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When three Republican members of the House of Representatives introduced a 21st extension of FAA programs and funding containing a policy provision that cuts Essential Air Service (EAS) passenger subsidies to 13 airports, it set off a firestorm in Congress and inside the Beltway. Probably passengers who use the affected airports were not too happy either.
Amidst trading accusations over the EAS cuts, the House passed the extension mostly along party lines on July 20. That dragged Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt into the fray.
"Congress needs to stop playing games, work out its differences, and pass a clean FAA bill immediately," said LaHood. "There is no excuse for not getting this done. Important programs and construction projects are at stake. This stalemate must be resolved."
Babbitt added, "We are going to be forced to furlough valuable FAA employees unless this situation is resolved quickly."
User-Fee Fears
Meanwhile, as debate raged over raising the nation's debt ceiling and reducing the deficit, general aviation organizations warned their members that the horse-trading going on between Congress and the White House could lead to a resurrection of GA user fees.
On July 19, seven general aviation groups sent a letter to all members of Congress urging them to drop a proposal to charge a $25 "departure fee" on airline and GA flights. "Our community is deeply concerned about reports suggesting that current negotiations to raise the debt ceiling are giving rise to a resoundingly discredited approach to raising revenues from our industry–user fees," the presidents of the associations wrote.
"Bad ideas, like bad pennies, have a habit of turning up again and again in Washington," said AOPA president and CEO Craig Fuller. "Now is not the time to revisit the bad idea of user fees," echoed Helicopter Association International president Matt Zuccaro.
The associations said the entire general aviation industry believes that the current fuel excise tax system is the most efficient and effective way for GA to contribute to the aviation trust fund. On the other hand, business aviation leaders emphasize, experience elsewhere in the world demonstrates that user fees cripple general aviation, doing irreparable harm to a vital economic driver.
Once the House passed the extension, it was sent to the Senate. "This extension adopts unanimously passed Senate language and stops three airports from receiving passenger ticket subsidies in excess of $1,000," said Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. "Every ticket at Ely, Nev., airport is underwritten $3,720 by federal taxpayers."
He said it is now up to the Senate to pass this bill and not shut down FAA programs "over a little provision that eliminates huge government subsidies to just three small airports." What he failed to mention was that two of the three airports are in the home states of two of the most influential Democrats in Congress, including Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
Sen. Jay Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, said he was disappointed that the House "tried to jam the Senate" on the FAA extension. "Since the House tried to gain leverage in the negotiations by striking [a] symbolic amount of EAS funding," he said, "the Senate will ignore that trick and move forward with trying to pass a clean funding extension."
Rockefeller declared the Senate will never pass a bill containing the EAS clause. "The House set a terrible precedent for bipartisanship, for the conference process and for the spirit of compromise," he said. "Our goal is solutions, not stunts."


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"Did you know I could tell time by the piano?" asked one friend of another. "You are kidding," replied his companion dubiously.
"I'll show you," said the first man, as he sat down at the piano and started to hammer out a martial tune.
Within seconds came a pounding on the wall, and an gry voice shouting, "Hey, you son of a bitch, dont' you realize it's 3:00 o'clock in the morning?"
2.Where do you keep yours?
The famous, but rather oged, doctor was making his rounds, followed by a young intern.Suddenly the intern noticed something peculiar.
"Say, doctor, are you aware that you have a suppository behind your ear?"
"Oh, *****!" exclaimed the eminent practitioner.
" Do you know what this means?"
"Some ~ has got my pen!"
3.If your father is a poor man, it is your fate, but,
if your father-in-law is a poor man, it's your stupidity.
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School cafeterias in the Milwaukee area are flowing with milk this week despite the sudden closure of a nearby dairy plant, according to a report by the FDL Reporter.
The Golden Guernsey dairy plant in Waukesha, Wis., closed over the weekend.
Golden Guernsey helped supply dairy to four area school districts, and school officials were left scrambling to ensure that students would continue have access to milk. Other local dairies were able to step in to provide a "seamless" transition of dairy service for the students. Read more here.
The dairy plant's closure is now also the focus of an investigation with the Department of Workforce Development. CBS 58 News reports that the investigation is based on complaints from the plant's workers who claim that the company "did not provide them notice of a closure." Click here to find out more about the investigation from CBS 58 News.
A report from The Business Journal points that Wisconsin state law requires employers with 50 or more workers to provide a 60-day notice in advance of a business closing affecting 25 or more employees or a layoff of at least 25 percent of the work force.


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Heart of Rome
THE FIRST Luxury Art Hotel Roma, a proud member of the LVX Collection of Preferred Hotels and Resorts, is located in the heart of one of the most historic districts of the capital, just short walking distance from Piazza del Popolo, Via del Corso, Via del Babuino, and the Spanish Steps.
Stay fit
If you want to work out, THE FIRST Luxury Art Hotel Roma offers a wide choice of machines at the 4th floor fitness area.
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The suites are completely soundproofed to ensure a quiet stay in Rome's historic city center. With permanent and temporary exhibitions from various artists, each suite becomes a private art gallery. Free WiFi is provided.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Hotel Amenities
The need to create a new concept of hospitality sets the essential pillar of THE FIRST Luxury Art Hotel Roma's philosophy: to offer guests the opportunity to enjoy a new cultural, gastronomic and sensory experience, in full respect of tradition and innovation. The main key to interpret the soul of our hotel is Art. It pervades all its public areas and rooms, blending with the idea of hospitality itself. This is an effect that guests will sense from the moment they check-in directly in the room itself, or while savoring a drink at the lobby bar or terrace, surrounded by artworks. As it fits to the most exclusive hospitality service, multilingual staff is on call, 24 hours a day, always on hand for any necessity or request, artworks purchase included.
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 29
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- Number of floors - 6
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Room Amenities
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Where to Eat
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Discover the smallest and the most beautiful areas in the center of Rome with the Eco-friendly electric cars Birò. THE FIRST Luxury Art Hotel Roma's staff is on hand to schedule your tour and suggest you the best places to visit. (half/full day surcharged rental)
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Check-in time starts at 2 PM
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- Up to 6 kg
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text: This news item expired on Friday, October 19, 2012 so the information below could be outdated or incorrect. Public health officials in the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services are working with local health departments in Gaston, Cleveland and Lincoln counties to investigate an outbreak of E. coli infection among people who attended the Cleveland County Fair between September 26 and October 7. As of noon on Thursday, October 11, 8 children and 5 adults are known to have been sickened in the outbreak. Eight of the illnesses are in Cleveland County residents, four are in Gaston County residents, and one case is from Lincoln County. According to State Health Director Laura Gerald, the State Laboratory for Public Health has confirmed two of the patients have E. coli O157:H7 infections. Escherichia coli are bacteria found in the feces of animals such as cattle, sheep and goats. If people touch contaminated material, food or animals, they can transfer the bacteria from their hands to their mouths, or to others. "We are working with county health departments, hospitals and physicians in the region to identify any additional cases related to this outbreak," Gerald said. "We also caution the public to be aware of the symptoms of E. coli infection and to contact their doctor or local health department if they are experiencing symptoms or illness." E. coli infection can spread from person to person; however, it can be prevented through frequent hand washing, particularly after using the rest room, after changing diapers, after touching animals and before eating, drinking or preparing food. The symptoms of E. coli infection vary for each person but often include severe stomach cramps, diarrhea (sometimes bloody), and vomiting. If fever is present, it usually is not very high (less than 101°F/less than 38.5°C). Most people get better within five to seven days. Some infections are very mild, but others can be severe or even life-threatening. "In some cases in young children, this infection can lead to serious complications, so parents should not send sick children to day care or to school to avoid passing it on to others," Gerald said. Click here for more information on E. coli.


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Sherwood Surgical Center at GBMC opened in 1979 as Maryland's first ambulatory surgical center, named after Virginia Sherwood a founding member of GBMC. It is the primary location for outpatient surgeries and procedures. The Center houses nine operating rooms and has the capability of performing a wide variety of outpatient and inpatient procedures.
With the advances in surgical techniques, pain control and anesthesia, many less invasive procedures can be performed on an outpatient basis. Surgeries at Sherwood Surgical Center are performed on both children and adults. A majority of elective pediatric surgeries are performed here. Additionally, Sherwood provides surgical interventions for newborns from the Newborn Nursery and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, as well as pediatric emergencies which present through the Emergency Department.
The professionals at the Center understand that surgery of any kind can be stressful, so they'll help guide you and your family through the entire surgical process from registration to recovery.
Sherwood Surgical Center's experienced surgeons perform a variety of outpatient surgical procedures including:
- Colorectal
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- General Surgery
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I'm sorry but I just had to drop everything and go on a rant after I saw this video clip about some loser who stole a Vermont farmer's entire harvest of maple syrup yesterday. What kind of pond scum does this?
Please help police find the perpetrator by sharing the story on Facebook, Twitter, blogs and bulletin boards. The robbery took place in Enosburgh Vermont, very close to the Canadian border so presumably the thieves are heading into Quebec to make their sale. Let's see if we can get this story into the hands of police in Quebec towns like Granby, Brom Lake, Saint Cesaire and Cowansville.
This farmer and his family have been working around the clock for the last couple months, installing some 13,000 taps, collecting over 6000 gallons of sap and boiling it down into maple syrup. Sugaring is hard work. In Vermont, we don't take this sort of thing lightly. What do you think should be the guys punishment if and when he's found? Death or life in prison?
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For me this was one of those weeks where I was glad when it ended! First of all I woke up sick on Monday and all week I've been coughing, congested, and feeling low energy. Maybe that's the reason every new recipe idea I've tried has either been a complete flop or something that I know can be good but needs more work.
I'd say the cooking highlight of the week was re-doing the photos for this Stir Fry with Pork and Veggies that I first made back in 2007, and even though I was sick it tasted good too. I used pork, but you could also make it with chicken, tofu, or just stir-fry the veggies.
Principles of Chinese Cooking
- Preheat the wok (before you put the oil in).
- Season the oil (with whole pieces of garlic and ginger root, which you remove when you add the food to be cooked, or tiny minced pieces which only get cooked for a few minutes before the other food is added).
- Symmetry of cut (all pieces must be cut the same size and shape).
- Have all ingredients cut and sauces mixed before you cook.
- Use very high heat and cook fast.
Easy Stir Fry with Pork and Veggies
(Makes 2-3 servings, recipe adapted from The South Beach Diet Quick and Easy Cookbook
1/2 cup sugar free apricot preserves (I used Smucker's Sugar Free Apricot Preserves)
3 T soy sauce
1 tsp. cornstarch or arrowroot starch (optional, but it will make a slightly thicker sauce)
2 T peanut oil, (could use canola oil or grapeseed oil but I prefer peanut oil for stir frying)
2 pork chops, cut into small very thin strips
(You could also use strips of chicken or small cubes of extra-firm tofu)
1 tsp. minced garlic
2-3 cups broccoli flowerets, cut in small bite size pieces
1 red bell pepper, cut into short thin strips
1 cup sugar snap peas, trimmed and cut in half lengthwise
4 green onions, cut into 1 inch diagonal pieces (optional)
Add soy sauce mixture and cook 1-2 minutes more, until sauce thickens slightly. Serve hot, over brown rice or Uncle Ben's Converted Rice if desired.
Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
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Chinese Stir-Fried Tofu with Pork and Vegetables ~ Use Real Butter
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The dish on Long Island's restaurant and food scene.
On Long Island, it always seems to be restaurant week — somewhere. In Smithtown, you'll find a $25 three-course price-fixed dinner at a large variety of dining spots the week of March 3 to 10. Keep in mind when making reservations that on Saturday night, after 7 p.m., the regular menu prevails at all locations.
Among participating places are Aji 53 and H2O Seafood Grill in Smithtown, FiveFive2 in St. James, Perfecto Mundo Latin Fusion Bistro in Commack and Ragazzi Italian Kitchen & Bar in Nesconset.
For the entire list, as well as more information, click here.


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I don't think the defense is playing good at all, but how many of you are gonna blame the defense for going down 14-3?
This team is sucking in ALL areas so far.
Blame the defense on the first 7. The 14 pt swing is on Ben. He messing up so bad , Haley took the ball out of his hand as of now.
Almost another pick.
That was a bad pass, can't blame Wallace for tip pass.


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A VARIETY show in aid of the Mayor of Dudley's charities will take place next month.
A host of musical and dance acts have been lined up for the event taking place at Parkes Hall Social Club, on Parkes Hall Road, Dudley, on Friday March 14 - which will feature Tony Gold and friends with eight top acts including a 1960s band and various vocalists.
Councillor Alan Finch, Mayor of Dudley, said: "I'm delighted that the social club is hosting the night for us. I hope to see lots of people there on the night for what promises to be a great night out."
Proceeds will go to the Mayor's charities - Hearing Dogs for Deaf People and White House Cancer Support.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
The show starts at 8pm. Tickets, priced £3, are available from the club in advance or by calling 07909 886591 or 07412 531924.


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Energy Price Outlook
And so the bullish trade returns. The up-down-up-down pattern that has developed over the past week continued yesterday in WTI and cast a positive light on an otherwise neutral-appearing chart. Brent appears similar, but couldn't get much of a rally going yesterday. The market will still receive support from improved economic data in China and Europe, general weakness in the dollar, accommodative Fed policy, and recent production declines in Saudi Arabia. Those declines can also be interpreted as negative at the same time, because they add to OPEC spare capacity. Yesterday's surprise drop in oil inventories were positive but should be only temporary, as inventories tend to gain through the first five months of the year. Negatives are still in place from uncertainty over the U.S. debt ceiling and from Tuesday's report of weak 2012 German GDP. The bottom line between these ups and downs is that the market has almost gone nowhere in Brent and slightly higher in WTI in recent weeks. Expecting that trend to continue may be the best assumption going forward. We favor holding our June WTI-Brent trade entered on Jan 4th at -$14.25 with a target at -$8.00. In the event of a selloff in WTI, we would look for a rebound after a test of the $91.50 level. We would also anticipate a shrinking of the WTI futures contango.
Oil prices inversely mimicked trends in the dollar again overnight, and traded on either side of unchanged. There was some support given by OPEC's monthly report, which officially acknowledged the production cut that took place in December. That can also be a negative for prices, as it means that OPEC has additional spare capacity. OPEC left its 2013 demand estimate unchanged. Pressure was given overnight by the World Bank's cut to its 2013 global growth outlook to 2.4% from 3.0% previously. As the NY session progressed, prices finally caught wind in their sails after inventory numbers showed a surprise drawdown in oil stocks. Cushing inventories grew a sharp 1.78 mb/d due to the shutdown of the Seaway pipeline, which at 150 kb/d, would account for 1.05 MB of the increase.
Despite the up-down nature of the market recently, WTI could still trend in an upward direction while Brent stagnates. The restart of the Seaway pipeline last Friday will help to alleviate the glut in the Midwest U.S. and eventually decrease the amount of imports required. Brent's backwardation should ease while WTI's contango should narrow. The economy appears to be mending still, with industrial production reported yesterday at its highest since 2008. The Fed's Beige Book provides a view of the economy that will be discussed at the next FOMC meeting (Jan 29-30) and suggested that growth was "modest or moderate." While that's not a roaring endorsement, the data was affected by the uncertainties tied to the fiscal cliff, which could eventually be reversed. The biggest concern on the economy is whether above-normal winter temperatures are pulling forward demand from the spring and summer months.
Natural Gas
The market settled 2.0 cents lower yesterday in one of the first signs of weakness within this winter chill inspired rally. Discussions turned away from colder weather to some degree, as the cold spell that is expected to make its way across the Midwest and Eastern portions of the country may be confined to the Jan 20th-24th timeframe. A check of 10-day outlooks in Midwest cities show normal temperatures both before and after that period. The NOAA 8-14 day map revealed a shrinking probability in the below-normal area of temperatures in the Great Lakes and Northeastern states. The 6-10 day appears somewhat similar. The market also received some pressure from the report that U.S. weekly power output fell 2.6% y/y according to the Edison Electric Institute.
Today's trade will focus on whether the 2-4 day cold spell will in fact move on, as well as focusing on the Climate Prediction Center's long-term update. In its last report, it showed temps in January that were above-normal across the eastern two-thirds of the country. If that remains the case for February, next week's cold may not be enough to substantially reduce stocks of natural gas. The three-month F-M-A outlook was similar to the January outlook, but with above-normal temps across a wider section of the country. Natural gas prices are approaching key resistance from the Dec 21st high at $3.532 as well as from the 50-day MA at $3.56. The market also hasn't seen an accompanying increase in open interest or a notable liquidation in the net-short currently held by non-commercials and managed money accounts. We'd look for potential bearish action close to the $3.53 resistance level this week to think about a possible short position.
Global Economic & Dollar News
» The World Bank cut the global growth outlook to 2.4% for 2013 from 3.0% previously.
» ECB's Nowotny said that the strength in the euro is not a major concern and that he doesn't anticipate any currency wars. The comment ran counter to that may by Mr. Juncker on Tuesday when he said that the euro's exchange rate is dangerously high.
» Republicans are apparently split over whether to use the debt ceiling to extract spending cuts, or to wait for the sequester and continuing resolution. Regardless of strategy, there is a growing expectation that any dollar of increase should be accompanied by a dollar of spending reduction.
» U.S. CPI was unchanged in Dec which was as expected. The y/y rate fell to 1.7% from 1.8%. Core CPI was +0.1% vs. +0.2% expected.
» Industrial Production was +0.3% in Dec which matched expectations and was the highest since mid-2008. It was +1.0% in Nov.
» The NAHB Housing Index was 47 vs. 48 expected and 47 previously.
» The Fed's Beige Book reported that economic growth was "modest or moderate." It said that fiscal cliff uncertainties are hurting the economy and caused hiring plans to be halted.
Energy News
» Terrorists in Algeria attacked an oil platform operated by UK's BP and Norway's Statoil. The terrorists have 41 hostages including seven Americans. The attack was said to be in response to French military actions in Mali.
» OPEC's December Production totaled 30.4 mb/d, which was down 465,000 b/d from Nov. It's monthly report showed that it expects 2013 global oil demand growth to be unchanged at +0.9%.
» IAEA Inspectors negotiated in Iran yesterday for wider access to suspected atomic sites. World powers apparently will have a meeting with Iran on Jan 28th & 20th.
» U.S. Weekly Power Output fell 2.6% y/y according to the Edison Electric Institute.
Upcoming Events
Thu - IEA's Monthly Report
Thu - CPC Monthly Weather Update
Thu - Natural Gas Inventories (10:30am EST)
Sun - German Local Election
Tue - Israeli Election
Tue - Last Trade CLG3
Tue - API Inventories (4:30pm EST)
Wed - EIA Weekly Oil Inventories (10:30am EST)
Jan 28-29 - Iran and World Powers hold Nuclear Talks
Jan 29-30 - FOMC Meeting
Feb 12th - EIA's Short-Term Outlook
Feb 24-25 - Italian election
Mar 1st - Sequester Begins
Mar 14th - Debt Ceiling
EIA Inventory Review
Oil stocks fell a surprising 1.0 MB in yesterday's report and ran counter to most of the analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. In that survey, only one of the 11 analysts expected a decline. Yesterday's drop in oil stocks was prompted by a fall in imports and a moderate recovery in demand. The fall ran counter to the seasonal tendency, which shows inventories typically increase fairly steadily in the first five months of the year. We don't see why that can't happen again this year and would anticipate that trend to resume fairly soon. Inventories in Cushing Oklahoma grew a sharp 1.78 MB, but the growth was prompted by a temporary shutdown of the Seaway pipeline in the week leading up its ramped-up capacity. Cushing inventories should stabilize and/or fall in next week's report. Overall, the number caught the market off guard and was favorable for prices. The oil market's rally still faces headwinds, which could imply that the impact of yesterday's inventory report could be limited to just a day or two. The data and our analysis follow below.
*The API convergence figures are the amounts that EIA data need to change in order to match the previous day's API figures
Oil stocks were -1.0 MB vs. +2.1 MB expected. It appears that inventories failed to build this week due to a lack of a sustained recovery in imports following declines at year-end. Imports fell 312 kb/d on the week to 8.03 mb/d after last week's increase of 1.25 mb/d in the first week of the year. It's possible that last week's build had brought forward some of this week's imports as can be the case from time to time. Imports usually surge in the first three weeks of the year, after refiners pull back on crude oil orders at year-end. Inventories were also pressured by a 199 kb/d increase in demand, which recovered from a sharp 1.14 mb/d decline in the previous week. Oil production added another 39 kb/d to inventories and rose to the highest level since Jan 22nd '93 from the highest since Mar 5th '93. Refinery utilization fell 1.2% to 87.9% which meant that refineries processed 204 kb/d less in crude oil during the week.
Oil stocks are now 37.98 MB above the five-year average compared to 40.58 MB above it last week. Stocks at Cushing set a new record high of 51.86 MB and gained 1.78 MB on the week. The shutdown of the Seaway pipeline played a role, as it ramped up to the upper-200 kb/d level of shipments from 150 kb/d previously. Capacity has been raised to 400 kb/d.
Gasoline stocks were +1.9 MB vs. +2.6 MB expected. Refinery production gained 205 kb/d despite the reduction in the utilization rate. A follow-through from previous gains in utilization was likely the reason for the increase. Gasoline demand recovered by 310 kb/d but still remains below the lower boundary of the five-year range. Gasoline imports fell 72 kb/d. The overall level of inventories are 13.51 MB above the five-year average compared to 14.84 MB above it last week.
Distillate stocks were +1.7 MB vs. +1.5 MB expected. In a stark difference with gasoline, refinery production fell 356 kb/d on the week although production had been much less volatile than the gasoline numbers have been recently. Demand increased 360 kb/d on the week, although weakness seen in the last several weeks has caused the four-week average to appear as though it's racing for the bottom. Distillate stocks are now 17.21 MB below the five-year average vs. 16.83 MB below it last week.


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I picked up this sign about a month ago. Haven't seen any like it.
I know that it's probably pre - 1984 due to the Allanson transformer on it. (old heavy type). It's dimmable as well.
Made by Fallon in their Spartanburg, SC plant. There is no model number (I/C number) listed.
Wondering if anyone could tell me a bit about it?? Narrow down manufacture timeline etc.
It's about 36" across x 19" tall... not looking to sell but, if someone might know a ballpark value it would help for insurance purposes.


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RCT Comparing Ion Levels and Clinical Outcomes of A-Class BFH to Metal on Polyethylene Total Hip Replacement (RCT)
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The primary aim of this study is to demonstrate that blood ion levels (cobalt and chromium) are lower at one year in patients who receive a metal on polyethylene total hip as compared to CONSERVE® A-Class Total Hip with BFH® technology. Secondary aims include the gathering of clinical data regarding survival and dislocation rates at two years post surgery, as well as the assessment of pain, physical function, radiographic and clinical outcome at the two year interval.
|Hip Joint Osteoarthritis Arthroplasty
|Device: A Class BFH Device: Metal on Polyethylene
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|A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Ion Levels and Clinical Outcomes of the CONSERVE® A-Class Total Hip System With BFH® Technology to Metal on Polyethylene Total Hip Replacement
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- The primary purpose of this study is therefore, to compare the metal ion levels between the advanced metal system and the traditional metal on polyethylene total hip replacement system. [ Time Frame: Multiple time points out to (2) two years ]
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Gofton W, Beaule PE. Serum Metal Ions with a Titanium Modular Neck Total Hip Replacement System. J Arthroplasty. 2015 Oct;30(10):1781-6. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2015.04.040. Epub 2015 May 9.
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Palmer out 6-8 weeks following knee surgery
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Dodgers non-roster pitcher Matt Palmer underwent arthroscopic left knee surgery in Phoenix Tuesday, and he is expected to return in six to eight weeks.
The surgery to clean up a medial meniscus was performed by Dr. Brian Shafer. Palmer's knee locked up while walking after playing catch on Saturday.
Palmer had a 3.60 ERA in three spring appearances, having allowed nine runs (seven unearned) in five innings, his outings marred by several errant pickoff throws. He allowed nine hits.
Palmer, a 33-year-old right-hander, has pitched parts of the past five seasons in the Major Leagues, including briefly for San Diego last year, and he went 11-2 for the Angels in 2009 as a swing man.
Palmer was assigned to Minor League camp.
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"I began to daydream about the jungle...."
On April 6, 1940, explorer and future World War II spy Theodore Morde (who would one day attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler), anxious about the perilous journey that lay ahead of him, struggled to fall asleep at the Paris Hotel in La Ceiba, Honduras.
Nearly seventy years later, in the same hotel, acclaimed journalist Christopher S. Stewart wonders what he's gotten himself into. Stewart and Morde seek the same answer on their quests: the solution to the riddle of the whereabouts of Ciudad Blanca, buried somewhere deep in the rain forest on the Mosquito Coast. Imagining an immense and immaculate El Dorado–like city made entirely of gold, explorers as far back as the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés have tried to find the fabled White City. Others have gone looking for tall white cliffs and gigantic stone temples—no one found a trace.
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Here are some old San Jose State programs from the late '40's. On the left is a Howard Brodie cover. Many colleges and pro teams used Howard's covers from the 30' to the 60's and he's probably one of the most famous cover artists.
By the way, in that game, the Spartans snapped a Hardin-Simmons win streak by beating them 19-12.
The SJS-Santa Barbara cover was done by Bion Atkinson. Back then it was Santa Barbara State, today the school is known as the University of California at Santa Barbara.
The last two are covers by Jess Cauthorn. I think they are pretty cool. The SJS-Pacific rivalry dated back to 1898. Unfortunately, the University of the Pacific had to drop football in the mid 90's. Every year the game was played for the "Victory Bell".
St. Mary's was a national football power in the '20's, '30's and '40's but de emphasized football in the '50's.


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Black Hat researcher turns out the lights
With Black Hat's conference in Singapore coming up next month, I found myself chatting with independent security researcher Nitesh Dhanjani, who'll be giving a presentation at the March 25-28 event. We talked mostly about some things he'd learned about the Philips hue lightbulb system. These LED bulbs, one of the hipster gems lurking in accessory section of the Apple Store, are a fancy, Internet-connected product, squashed full of wireless circuitry. Among other things, you can use your iPhone to set them to one of 16 million colors (and these days, I should add, you can do this from an Android app as well).
The magic works because the lightbulbs talk in the Zigbee home automation wireless protocol to a base unit that acts as a bridge between Zigbee and Wifi. Your smartphone controls the lightbulb essentially by using an app that browses to a Web server running on the base unit.
There's a security feature that Philips has incorporated – your smartphone won't be able to send control commands through the base unit unless it's been pre-registered. To carry this registration out, you've got to use the local Wifi connection and you have to first press a button on the base unit (setting the unit to an open registration mode for a few minutes).
Partway through his research, Dhanjani noticed a quirk in this security feature after he'd had to completely reload his phone's operating system and a fresh, unconfigured copy of the app.
The thing was, TK had been forced to completely reload his phone's operating system and to load a fresh, unconfigured copy of the app. "I was walking over to my bridge, where I needed to press the button and it just worked. So I thought, how does the app know? Because I'm supposed to press the button. I thought, it just has to be something that ties to the phone."
Long story short, the app sends a hash of the phone's Wifi MAC address. If you've got access to the Wifi network, you've got access to the MAC address and getting the hash value is trivial. So, imagine a virus that attacks a conventional endpoint on your home network, but then turns off your lights and just keeps looping to turn them off.
Fatal? That's probably too dark a view of the matter. But it's more proof, if you needed it, that the Internet of Things will repeat the security mistakes of ten years ago.
Fortune 1000 companies keep their mouths closed, Willis says
Ran across the Fortune 1000 Cyber Disclosure Report, published earlier this month by Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings. The report found that among the Fortune 501-1,000, 22% remained silent on cyber risk. A "significant" increase compared to 12% of the Fortune 500 firms who remained silent in their disclosures, Willis said.
Other findings:
- The top three cyber risks identified by the Fortune 1,000 include: privacy/loss of confidential data, reputation risk and malicious acts.
- Cyber terrorism and intellectual property risks ranked lower than expected among the Fortune 1,000 given the focus of the federal government on these areas of risk and their importance to the health of the U.S. economy overall, the report said.
- When describing the "extent" of cyber risk exposures, financial institutions and technology companies rise to the top of the list disclosing distinct cyber exposures. Meanwhile, firms in the energy and utility sector report the fewest distinct exposures.
- In evaluating loss control measures, the industry groups that disclosed the greatest number of technical protections against cyber risk, including firewalls, intrusion detection, and encryption, include the technology, health care, professional services and financial institution sectors. Within financial services firms, insurance companies refer to technical risk protection 63% of the time.
- With respect to cyber insurance protection, the funds sector (33%) followed by utilities (15%), the banking sector and conglomerates (14%) reported the greatest levels of insurance. Insurance and technology sectors both disclosed the purchase of insurance coverage at the 11% level. However, the report indicated that many companies may be under-reporting the level of cyber insurance coverage based on Willis data and other industry data indicating higher take up rates, particularly for the health care sector.
- The disclosure of actual cyber events remains at 1%, a seemingly low number given the number of attacks that appear in the press on a regular basis, the report said.
McAfee report summarizes second quarter
Out in the last few days is an interesting quarterly update report from McAfee.
Topline findings from the second quarter of the year include the following:
- Banking Malware. Malicious parties employ mobile malware that capture usernames and passwords, and then intercept SMS messages containing bank account login credentials to directly access accounts and transfer funds.
- Fraudulent Dating Apps. These apps dupe users into signing up for paid services that do not exist. The profits from the purchases are later supplemented by the ongoing theft and sale of user information and personal data stored on the devices.
- Weaponized Apps. These threats collect a large amount of personal user information (contacts, call logs, SMS messages, location) and upload the data to the attacker's server.
- Ransomware. The number of new samples in the second quarter was greater than 320,000, more than twice as many as the previous period.
- Attacks on Bitcoin Infrastructure. In addition to disruptive distributed denial of service attacks, victims were infected with malware that uses computer resources to mine and steal the virtual currency.
That last bit, the Bitcoin bit, was kind of interesting, in that the whole Bitcoin kerfluffle has completely fallen off the radar in a remarkably short amount of time. There's a nice timeline in the report to refresh one's memory–and I suspect we'll here more about Bitcoin someday fairly soon. On the other hand, it didn't seem like McAfee could offer any information that was already generally reported in the news.
Fun and games with content security policies
On a typical Web page, it's possible to load a script from another file. Typically, that bit of script will be something you, the site developer, will have put there yourself and it will be loaded from your server.
But it doesn't have to be that way. It's possible to load that script from just about anywhere and it's also possible that someone malicious could use an input field on a form at your site to inject some scripting, or at least a call to invoke a script from elsewhere.
Since that injected script is probably up to no good, it would be nice to ensure that it can't run. And that's where the HTML Content Security Policy header comes in. As a new entry on the Neohapsis blog puts it:
CSP functions by allowing a web application to declare the source of where it expects to load scripts, allowing the client to detect and block malicious scripts injected into the application by an attacker.
Sounds good, right? But the Neohapsis folks have found that really getting a handle on CSP takes some practice and some experimentation. So to facilitate this, they've created the CSPplayground, which includes a number of things, but in particular includes a bunch of examples of CSP screwups.
Uniqul offers facial recognition payment scheme.
I'm fairly sure that the folks at Uniqul are serious–they've recently announced a product that uses facial recognition to extract your payments when you buy things. You scan your purchases, it scans your face, and then you or somebody whose face is similar to yours pays for your stuff.
From their PR pitch:
Long gone are the days of having to scour the bottom of your wallet for that missing nickel, having to pick out the applicable bonus and payment card or logging in on mobile phone wallets. Payment is handled simultaneously as your wares are scanned – which means that you will be saving that ca. 30 second payment time every time you pay with Uniqul! In other words the transaction becomes almost instant – all that is required is that you press an OK button on our Point-of-Sale tablet! Face recognition is handled automatically by our algorithms to ensure a high level of security and fast recognition.
I'll concede, it would be pretty cool not to have to bother with things like mobile phone wallets (as if I had one). It would be cool to save the 30 seconds per transaction. But it would not be cool to have to make the awkward expressions people make when using the product, as shown in their promo video.
North Korean attacks on the rise?
Solutionary posted a blog piece late last week that takes at look at incidents originating from North Korean IP addresses. A couple of key findings:
- North Korea has historically generated 34-200 touches per month against Solutionary clients… until February of 2013 when Solutionary recorded 12,473 touches – an 8445% increase over the average during the previous 12 months
- It is important to note that just over 11,000 of these touches were directed against a single financial services entity as part of a prolonged attack, but that the remaining spike of around 1,000 was spread across its client base and was still a relevant number
- North Korea has never been considered a "big player," BUT things are beginning to change with the new regime in North Korea
- Coincidence? The last spike in "touches" occurred in November 2012 when North Korea replaced their defense minister with "a more aggressive, hard-line military commander"
- While the touches span across 13 industries, the financial sector was the top target, and has been for quite some time
The percentage increase statistic strikes me as pretty well-nigh meaningless, given that the base was tiny, a couple hundred incidents a month, but this does seem to indicate that North Korea has found a new toy.
Trend Micro shoots down Crisis Trojan threat to VMware
Last week, when Symantec researchers said they had discovered the Windows version of the Crisis Trojan could spread to VMware virtual machines, it was big news. But Trend Micro doesn't see Crisis as a major threat for enterprises using VMware. In fact, executives at the company think Crisis's potential to spread to virtual machines was overblown.
"There was a fair amount of hype," Harish Agastya, director of product marketing for data center security at Trend Micro, told me in a meeting this week at VMworld in San Francisco.
The Crisis malware only impacts Windows-based Type2 hypervisor deployments, not Type 1 hypervisor deployments, which are what most enterprises use, he said. "It's specific to Type 2," he said.
Warren Wu, director of product group management in the data center business unit, wrote a blog post that provided more details on the different deployments and attack scenarios. Here's his description:
Type 1 Hypervisor deployment – Prime examples are VMware ESX, Citrix Xensource etc. It would help to think of these products as replacing the Host OS (Windows/Linux) and executing right on the actual machine hardware. This software is like an operating system and directly controls the hardware. In turn, the hypervisor allows multiple virtual machines to execute simultaneously. Almost all data center deployments use this kind of virtualization. This is NOT the deployment this malware attacks. I'm not aware of malware capable of infecting Type 1 Hypervisors in the wild.
Type 2 Hypervisor deployment – Example VMware Workstation, VMware Player etc. In this case the hypervisor installs on TOP of a standard operating system (Windows/Linux) and in turn hosts multiple virtual machines on top. It is this second scenario that the malware infects. First, the host operating system is compromised. This could be a well-known Windows/Mac OS attack (with the only added wrinkle being the OS is detected and the appropriate executable is installed). It then looks for VMDK files and probably instantiates the VM (using VmPlayer) and then uses the same infection as that used for the Host OS. This type of an infection can be stopped with up-to-date, endpoint antimalware solutions.
What makes Crisis unique, Wu wrote, is that it specifically seeks out virtual machines and tries to infect them. It also infects the VM through the underlying infrastructure by modifying the VMDK file instead of infecting the VM through more conventional avenues such as file shares, he said.
Trend Micro has made a name for itself in virtualization security, so what the company is saying about Crisis carries a lot of weight. Trend Micro was the first security vendor to partner with VMware and produce an agentless antivirus product. At VMWorld, the company launched the latest version of its Deep Security server security platform, which provides anti-malware and firewall protection, intrusion prevention and integrity monitoring to protect virtual servers and desktops.
The new version features caching and de-duplication functions to reduce file scanning and improve performance and hypervisor integrity monitoring. Deep Security 9 also includes integration with VMware's vCloud Director and Amazon Web Services. That integration combined with a unified management console will enable customers to manage security of their physical, virtual and cloud servers from a single console, Agastya said.
Trend also launched Trend Ready for Cloud Service Providers, a program that provides certification that Trend Micro's cloud security products – Deep Security and Secure Cloud– are compatible within a service provider's environment, said Scott Montgomery, global strategic director of cloud provider business development at Trend. AWS, Dell, HP Cloud Services and Savvis are among the cloud service providers that have received the Trend Ready designation.
FFIEC cloud computing risks document: Where's the beef?
It seems the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council could have done a little better with its cloud computing advisory. Earlier this month, the FFIEC issued a statement on outsourced cloud computing. The resource document outlines key cloud computing risks financial institutions should consider.
In the document, the FFIEC said it considers cloud computing to be another form of outsourcing with "the same basic risk characteristics and risk management requirements as traditional outsourcing."
Right there, I think a lot of security experts would disagree. Cloud computing involves so many new elements — namely multi-tenancy – that present different risks than traditional outsourcing models. The FFIEC cloud computing statement covers multi-tenancy and other issues associated with cloud computing, such as potential complications with regulatory compliance due to data location, but at a high level without much detail. The document also covers familiar ground like vendor management and due diligence, stressing the importance of both in cloud computing arrangements.
Perhaps the FFIEC figured others, such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), have already provided ample guidance on cloud computing risks. Late last year, NIST released its Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing (.pdf), which covers threats and risks associated with public cloud computing and provides organizations with recommendations.
Still, banks look to the FFIEC for guidance, and if any industry needs to be careful with moving data into the cloud, it's banks. The FFIEC's rather cursory treatment of the subject is puzzling indeed.
Federal cloud computing strategy faces challenges, GAO finds
A recent audit into U.S. federal agencies' adoption of cloud computing services highlighted challenges that likely would resonate with private enterprises looking to move applications to the cloud.
The report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office looked at the progress seven agencies have made in implementing the White House's "Cloud First" policy. According to GAO, agencies need to do better planning – of the 20 plans for implementing cloud solutions the agencies submitted, seven didn't include estimated costs. None of the plans for meeting the federal cloud computing strategy included details on how legacy systems would be retired or repurposed.
What's telling, though, is the list of cloud challenges GAO compiled after talking to agencies. Topping the list is concern over the ability – or inability – of cloud providers to meet federal security requirements. For example, State Department officials reported that cloud providers can't match the department's ability to monitor its systems in real time. Also, Treasury officials noted that meeting a FISMA requirement for maintaining a physical inventory is tough since they don't have insight into the cloud provider's infrastructure and assets.
Other challenges cited in the GAO report include agencies not having the necessary expertise to implement cloud services; a Health and Human Services official reported that it's difficult to teach staff a new set of procedures, such as monitoring performance in a cloud environment. Another challenge: Ensuring data portability and interoperability by avoiding vendor lock-in.
Sounds familiar, right? Security, cloud provider transparency, lack of expertise, vendor lock-in are all issues that organizations, both public and private, are wrestling with as they try to take advantage of cloud services. In its report, the GAO notes that recently issued federal guidance and initiatives, including guidance from NIST and FedRAMP, address some of these issues. Still, the issues are far from easy to solve. The journey to the cloud is a pretty bumpy one right now, as the GAO report found.
Yahoo fixes flaw that led to password breach
Well it could have been worse. Yahoo on Friday said it has fixed the vulnerability that allowed hackers to expose approximately 450,000 email addresses and passwords belonging to the Yahoo Contributor Network. That's a huge number but still small potatoes compared to the half billion visitors Yahoo claims each month.
The online giant said in a blog post Friday that the compromised data was an older file containing email addresses and passwords provided by writers who joined Associated Content prior to May 2010, when Yahoo acquired it and renamed it the Yahoo Contributor Network. "This compromised file was a standalone file that was not used to grant access to Yahoo systems and services," Yahoo said.
In addition to fixing the vulnerability that led to the breach, the company said it deployed additional security measures for affected Yahoo users, boosted its underlying security controls and is notifying affected users. "In addition, we will continue to take significant measures to protect our users and their data," Yahoo said.
Yahoo's blog post touted its response to the breach as "swift" but the company had already taken a lot of punches since the reports of the breach were published Thursday. Some security pros berated Yahoo for lack of security while others expressed mock surprise that the struggling company still had so many members. For sure, the breach – the latest in a series of password breaches – is yet another reminder of the need for users to be more careful about the passwords they create and for companies to take proper steps to secure those passwords.


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AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- A jury has found a second man guilty of murder in a fraternity house shooting in northeast Ohio that left one man dead and 11 others wounded.
Jamelle Jackson of Youngstown was convicted Thursday in an Akron court after the trial was moved there because of pretrial publicity in Youngstown.
The 20-year-old Jackson also was found guilty of felonious assault charges and improperly discharging a firearm at or into a habitation.
Jackson's attorney says his client plans to appeal the verdict. Jackson's sentencing is scheduled for next week.
Columbus Jones of Youngstown was convicted earlier this year for his role in the Feb. 6, 2011, shooting near Youngstown State University. He was sentenced to 92 years to life in prison.
Jamail Johnson, a 25-year-old student, was killed in the gunfire.


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As you're probably aware, the Corvette's competition in ALMS GT1 is sparse to nonexistent. What you may not realize is that across the Atlantic, GT racing is alive and well. The comparative health of European production-based motorsports was apparent at the opening race of the '08 FIA GT series, held at Silverstone Circuit in England. In contrast to the one-marque tedium that characterizes ALMS GT1, the Silverstone race saw three ex-factory C6.Rs going head-to-head with five other manufacturers for class honors.
The private Corvette teams stayed busy during the winter break, preparing for the upcoming season. Phoenix Carsport Racing purchased the '07 Pratt & Miller chassis No. 005, which joined the '05 P&M No. 001 to form a two-car team. A new sponsorship package with GMAC Financial Services was finalized, and both cars were done up in prominent GMAC livery. A driver lineup of Marcel Fassler and Jean Deletraz in car No. 5, and Mike Hezemans and Fabrizio Gollin in car No. 6 was established.
Belgium Selleslagh Racing Team (SRT) was Pratt & Miller's first European Corvette customer. SRT purchased C5-R chassis No. 007 in 2001 and scored many impressive victories with the car. It was eventually sold to Austria's AT Racing to make room for '07 C6.R chassis No. 006. For 2008, the team secured sponsorship from Q-Park, a company that operates parking systems across 10 European countries. Christophe Bouchut and Xavier Maassen were tapped to drive the new car, which will also see action in the FIA GT and FFSA French GT championships.
Silverstone is a World War II bomber base located between London and Birmingham. The 3.2-mile high-speed track hosts numerous events each year, including Formula One and the FIA GT championship. Thirty-one cars qualified for Sunday's two-hour race, 15 of which were classified in the GT1 category. Six manufacturers were represented in GT1: Corvette, Aston Martin, Maserati, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Saleen. The top six qualifiers were separated by only 0.714 second! On top in very wet qualifying conditions was the No. 5 Phoenix Carsport C5-R, driven by Fassler to a time of 1:55.220. Next was the No. 3 C6.R of Bouchut, with a time of 1:55.303. Hezemans' C6.R was fifth at 1:55.734.
Race day dawned wet, cold, and extremely foggy, prompting the teams to mount intermediate dry/wet tires. The mist was so thick, it was almost impossible to make out the cars coming down the pit straight to take the green flag. When they finally broke into the clear, the Corvettes of Fassler and Bouchut could be seen battling for the lead exiting Turn 1. Bouchut had the inside line and won the skirmish, but Fassler retook the lead at the next corner. Meanwhile, the No. 33 Aston Martin, driven by Karl Wendlinger, took advantage of the Corvette battle and slipped by both cars to lead the first lap. Then, on Lap Nine, Wendlinger spun out, allowing Fassler to retake the lead. By Lap 22, Hezemans had pulled in behind Bouchut, putting the Corvettes in first, second, and third. After a round of pit stops, the order on Lap 27 was Aston, Corvette, Corvette, Aston, Corvette, and Maserati.
By Lap 36, Fassler was back in front, closely followed by Bouchut. But another round of pit stops that included fuel, tire, and driver changes pushed the Corvettes back to third, seventh, and ninth. On Lap 52, Deletraz made contact with a Maserati, spinning out both cars and sending the lightly damaged Vette tumbling down the order. With six minutes to go, the top five cars were only 4.7 seconds apart, with Corvettes in fourth, fifth, and eighth.
The checkered flag dropped on Lap 59, giving the win to the No. 33 Aston. The No. 3 Bouchut/Maassen Corvette finished Fourth, while the No. 6 Hezemans/Gollin Vette took Fifth. The crumpled No. 5 Fassler/Deletraz car managed to claw its way back to a respectable Eighth. Meanwhile, the GT1 Citation Cup-a concurrently conducted race for nonprofessional drivers-went to the Wolfgang Kaufmann/Aliaksandr Talkanitsa team in the AT Racing C5-R.
Despite the Corvettes' disappointing showing, it was exciting to see them once again duking it out with the world's best sports cars. With a little tuning and good pit strategy, we think the Vettes will be back in the winner's circle in the very near future.


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More on Physicists and Their Shirts
The letter by Tor Laankan in the June APS News on how physicists lose their shirts reminds me of a time when they didn't.It was at the 1986 March APS Meeting in Las Vegas. The casinos and locals were not happy about our lack of participation in the many activities that are offered to visitors. It was reported that one pit boss said, "They came with a single twenty dollar bill and one shirt, and they changed neither."
Marvin L. Cohen
Berkeley, CA
Sir Christopher Wren and His Prize
"This Month in Physics History" for July, 2013 discusses scientific wagers, specifically those made by Stephen Hawking. The column discusses the reward of a book worth 40 shillings that Sir Christopher Wren offered in January, 1684 to "the first person able to demonstrate that Kepler's laws could be derived from the inverse-square law."
However, in The Life of Sir Isaac Newton by David Brewster (J. & J. Harper, New York 1833), pp. 145-146, the author writes that Sir Christopher, at a January, 1684 meeting with Halley and Hooke, offered that book to "either of the two philosophers who should, in the space of two months, bring him a convincing demonstration of it." I think this qualifies more as a prize than as a wager, as both Halley (who was able to demonstrate it for circular orbits) and Hooke (who claimed he had a general proof) believed it was true. Moreover, the prize was not generally announced: it was a private competition between Halley and Hooke.
Only seven months later, in August, 1684, did Halley go to Cambridge to present the question to Newton, after the term of the promise that Sir Christopher made already had expired. Newton of course had the solution. Halley announced on December 10, 1684 to the Royal Society that he saw Newton's solution in his treatise "De Motu Corporum in gyrum," and the rest is history.
Incidentally, Mordechai Feingold in The Newtonian Moment (Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004), pp. 29-30 writes that it was "probably" Hooke's suggestion to Halley to go to Cambridge to ask Newton, as Newton had already told Hooke some three years earlier that he knew that the shape of the orbit in an inverse-square force field was an ellipse. It appears that Newton could have won Sir Christopher's prize already over three years before it was proposed!
Lior Burko
Huntsville, AL
Physics History and the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
I was pleased to see the headline "APS Honors Vera Rubin and Kent Ford at Carnegie Institution" in the July APS News. On more than one occasion, I have had the pleasure of meeting Vera Rubin, who represents astrophysics in a fashion all can aspire to. Michael Turner's presence at a place where the existence of dark matter got an early nod makes perfect sense both in his role as APS President and as a distinguished astrophysicist and cosmologist.
Turner contributed some remarks on pp. 8-9 of the September 2008 issue of Physics Today about the work of my father, Ralph A. Alpher, together with Robert C. Herman, and George A. Gamow in the 1940s. The article bore the catch title "From abg to Precision Cosmology: The Amazing Legacy of a Wrong Paper," but in fact it recognized the beginning of modern precision cosmology on April 1, 1948 with the first publication emerging from Alpher's dissertation on nucleosynthesis. Few citing the Alpher-Bethe-Gamow letter to Physical Review recognize just what it is, or where it came from. The addition of Hans Bethe's name, in homage to the Greek alphabet, and the submission itself, were purely Gamowian. Alpher's first dissertation, involving theoretical work on galaxy formation, was "scooped" by E. Lifshitz in 1946 in the Journal of Physics USSR (E. Lifshitz, 10, 116-129). Gamow likely wanted this not to happen again–hence the publication even before Alpher's dissertation defense. This second dissertation on nucleosynthesis work emerged from the "hot big bang" proposed by Gamow in 1946 (G. Gamow, Physical Review, 1946, 70, 373-375). It took Alpher's mathematical genius to bring the idea to fruition as a precise theory of nucleosynthesis. This is noted by prominent historians of physics including Helge Kragh and Stephen G. Brush, among others.
I urge anyone interested in this history to read Turner's short article, Alpher and Herman's accounts, or one of my recent publications (e.g., V.S. Alpher, "Ralph A. Alpher, Robert C. Herman, and the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation," Physics in Perspective, 2012, 14, 300-334.) Ralph Alpher published, along with colleagues at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHUAPL), the first estimates of the temperature of the Cosmic Microwave Blackbody Radiation (Nature, 1948, 162, 774; Physical Review, 1949, 75, 1089). This work was done independently of Gamow, who opposed the concept theoretically but did publish an estimate himself in 1953. JHUAPL had been the administrative arm of DTM from 1942 through 1945. DTM helped Alpher get his start in applied physics. Herman joined JHUAPL in 1942. Gamow, a consultant to the Navy's Bureau of Ordnance during the war, as was Alpher, passed through the doors at DTM and JHUAPL many a time.
The Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (DTM) deserves much broader recognition. In 1940 President Roosevelt authorized the establishment of the National Defense Research Council (NDRC), headed by Vannevar Bush. Ralph A. Alpher was at the time working at the Carnegie Institution of Washington (CIW) and assigned to the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism under Scott Forbush. They were analyzing geomagnetic data gathered from around the globe. Suddenly, everyone was working for the NDRC under the Office of Scientific Research and Development, which had the task of bringing applied technology up to the level of eventual adversaries Germany and Japan.
There was not a moment to lose in this effort, and DTM, with its wartime development efforts headed by Merle Tuve, was the epicenter not only of recruiting and hiring the best scientific and technological minds from across the country under the cloak of secrecy, but also of the early development of new methods in naval degaussing and the first "smart bomb" known as the proximity fuze, which made its debut in January, 1943 in the USS Helena's anti-aircraft guns. After deployment, it neutralized most kamikaze attack on naval vessels. Deployed finally by the Army in the Ardennes, the proximity fuze helped turn back Hitler's last, desperate offensive. The work at DTM made a decisive difference in the outcome of the war as recognized by the plaudits given the work done there by Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, General George S. Patton, Admiral George Hussey, Jr. and others.
The DTM has often been at the forefront of scientific work, whether it be pure science, science in the public interest, or science applied to national defense. The Department itself maintains a finding aid of more than a century of magnificent achievements that would rival any academic research university (Department of Terrestrial Magnetism General Files, 1904-Present, carnegiescience.edu/legacy/findingaids/DTM-2005-07-General.html). I suggest we take note again of the singular role of the DTM in service to the nation, as well as a place where the existence of dark matter received a valuable lift.
Victor S. Alpher
Austin, TX
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DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Anaheim, built in 2006, is within a mile of the Anaheim Convention Center and Disneyland® Resort. Kids under 12 receive complimentary meals at Agio Ristorante when accompanied by an adult who orders an entrée (one child per adult). Inspired by Californian and Italian cuisine, Agio serves all meals and offers both à la carte and buffet breakfast. Other dining options include Grappa Lounge, with upscale bar fare and a menu of boutique grappas, and Café Biscotti, serving espresso drinks, bagels, and pastries.
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