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University of Nebraska announces finalists for UNMC chancellor position
The University of Nebraska announced today that following a national search, four finalists have been identified for the chancellor position at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Beginning next week, each of the finalists will visit UNMC for interviews and meetings with campus and community stakeholders.
"I'm very pleased that this position has attracted such a talented pool of candidates – individuals who are leaders in health science teaching, research and patient care," said NU President James B. Milliken. "I commend the search committee for its work, and I look forward to getting to know our finalists better and introducing them to UNMC and Omaha."
Current UNMC Chancellor Harold Maurer announced last fall that he will step down June 30 to move to a new fundraising role at the University of Nebraska Foundation. He has served as chancellor since 1998.
The first chancellor finalist to visit UNMC is Dr. Frederick J. Meyers, executive associate dean of the School of Medicine at the University of California, Davis. Meyers' campus visit is June 3-5. He will give a public presentation at 4 p.m. on June 4 in Room 1002 of the Durham Research Center. Members of the university community, other stakeholders and members of the public are welcome to attend to hear him discuss his vision for UNMC.
Meyers oversees the research, teaching, clinical care and community engagement missions of UC Davis' School of Medicine in coordination with leadership across the UC Davis community. Meyers also is the executive director of medical education and academic planning for the University of California, Merced, where he leads efforts to establish a school of medicine.
Meyers is a proponent of innovative research. He is a director of the Clinical and Translational Science Center's Research and Education Career Development Program, as well as the Mentored Clinical Research Training Program. He continues research on cancer molecular biology and metastatic cancer, conducting numerous clinical trials on prostate cancer and gene expression in renal cell carcinoma.
Meyers is a longtime leader of the hospice and palliative care movement, establishing programs that are now national models for providing compassionate end-of-life care. He was founding director of the School of Medicine's West Coast Center for Palliative Care. He is also known for his work in "simultaneous care," a model of care that allows cancer patients with advanced disease to receive both investigational treatments and palliative care.
A UC Davis faculty member since 1982, Meyers is an expert in hematology and oncology, with a special emphasis on the molecular biology of cancer and on clinical trials. His scholarly work includes more than 200 publications, book chapters, editorials and reviews.
Meyers obtained his medical degree from the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and completed his internship and residency training at UC Davis Medical Center.
Campus visit schedules for the other three finalists are still being arranged and will be announced as details become available.
The other finalists are:
Dr. Robert Califf, vice chancellor for clinical research and director of the Duke Translational Medicine Institute (DTMI) at the Duke University Medical Center.
Califf leads a multifaceted organization focused on the transformation of how discoveries are translated into improved health outcomes. Prior to his role at DTMI, he was the founding director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), a premier academic research organization. He is the editor-in-chief of American Heart Journal, the oldest cardiovascular specialty journal.
Califf completed his undergraduate studies at Duke University in 1973, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, and later graduated from the Duke University Medical School. After completing his internship and internal medicine residency at the University of California, San Francisco, he returned to Duke for a fellowship in cardiology. He is board-certified in internal medicine and cardiology.
Considered an international leader in the fields of cardiovascular disease treatment, health outcomes, quality of care, and medical economics, Califf is the author or coauthor of more than 1,000 peer-reviewed articles. The Institute for Scientific Information acknowledges him as one of the 10 most-cited authors in the field of medicine. As director of DTMI, Califf's contribution includes servicing as the first co-chair of the Principal Investigators Steering Committee of the NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award.
As the founder and director of DCRI, Califf led many landmark clinical trials in cardiovascular disease. Under his leadership, DCRI grew to an organization of more than 1,000 employees with an annual budget of over $100 million. A leader in clinical research, DCRI collaborates with government agencies, global academic partners, foundations and biotech, pharmaceutical, device, and diagnostics companies to execute clinical trials in a myriad of therapeutic arenas.
Dr. Stephen Klasko, dean of the Morsani College of Medicine and CEO of the Health Sciences Center at the University of South Florida.
Turning transformative philosophy into action has been Klasko's competitive advantage as the CEO of the largest academic practice in Florida and dean of the college of medicine of the United States' ninth-largest university. At USF, he is building research and teaching collaborations across the colleges of medicine, nursing, pharmacy and public health, to the point where the entities have merged into USF Health. In addition, he is defining a unique entrepreneurial academic model embodying partnerships between hospitals, university physicians and private physicians. These partnerships are allowing USF to redefine ambulatory health care across specialties in an error-free, service-oriented, and paperless environment. The Carol and Frank Morsani Center For Advanced Healthcare is a national model for outpatient care and has attracted attention in both the public and private sectors.
Prior to joining USF, Klasko was dean of the College of Medicine at Drexel University and CEO of Drexel University Physicians. During that time, he was responsible for the activities of more than 450 physicians and over 700 residents per year. That practice group made an $80 million turnaround based on quality initiatives resulting in better managed care rates and decreased malpractice insurance rates as well as unique partnerships that increased revenue by more than 50 percent in three years.
Klasko received his bachelor's degree in chemistry and biology from Lehigh University and earned his medical degree from Hahnemann University in Philadelphia. During a successful private practice and then academic career, Klasko completed the executive MBA program at Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Daniel Wilson, dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Florida.
Wilson has served at the University of Florida since 2012. Prior to that, he was chairman of psychiatry at Creighton University for 11 years, where he was also a professor of psychiatry, neurology and anthropology.
Wilson has a strong research track record, with more than 50 grants as principal investigator. While his primary focus is forensic psychiatry, Wilson's research agenda ranges from pharmaceutical development to treatment of mood, psychosis and posttraumatic stress disorders.
Prior to his appointments at Creighton, Wilson served as a professor of psychiatry at the University of Cincinnati, where he directed the University Institute for Medicine & Law. He also served as medical director of The Lewis Center of the Ohio Department of Mental Health, managing some 600 employees with a budget of $35 million. Under his leadership, the National Alliance on Mental Illness named the hospital the Best Psychiatric Facility in Ohio.
Wilson received his undergraduate degree in anthropology from Yale University, his medical degree from the University of Iowa and a diploma in mental health leadership from Case Western Reserve University. He completed residency in psychiatry as a joint appointee of Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General & McLean Hospitals.By working at the intersection of the fields of medicine, psychiatry and anthropology, Wilson has created hundreds of scholarly articles on a wide cross-section of topics that have earned him worldwide recognition. He has penned more than 200 papers, books, chapters and other scientific communications across a range of subjects including psychiatric diagnosis, psychopharmacology, forensics and evolutionary medicine.
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Russia starts clean-up after meteor strike
CHELYABINSK, Russia (CNN) — A day after a spectacular meteor blast shook Russia's Urals region, the clean-up operation got under way Saturday in the hard-hit Russian city of Chelyabinsk.
Although some buildings were unscathed when the sonic waves from the Friday morning explosion reverberated through the region, others lost some or most windows or had walls come tumbling down.
More than 1,000 people were injured, including more than 200 children, according to news reports. Many of them were hit by flying glass.
Most of those hurt were in the Chelyabinsk region; the majority of injuries are not thought to be serious.
However, one woman was flown to Moscow to be treated for a spinal injury resulting from the shock wave from the blast, state media reported. About 50 people were still hospitalized Saturday.
Altogether more than 4,000 buildings, mostly apartment blocks, were damaged and 200,000 square kilometers (77,220 square miles) of glass were broken, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency cited the Chelyabinsk regional emergencies ministry as saying Saturday.
Local officials have estimated the damage at more than 1 billion rubles (more than $33 million), RIA Novosti said. Chelyabinsk Governor Mikhail Yurevich promised compensation to all those affected, the official Itar-Tass news agency said.
With temperatures dipping well below freezing at night, the need to fix windows left gaping by the blast is urgent.
The city of Chelyabinsk was functioning normally Saturday as the repair work began.
Workers swept up broken glass, boarded up holes and began fitting new panes of glass in some buildings.
"This is no exaggeration"
Residents told CNN of their shock as they saw, heard and felt the awesome blast, and the chaos and confusion they witnessed in the moments afterward, when no one knew what had happened.
Many were relieved nothing worse came to pass and believe the city had a lucky escape as fragments of the meteor came raining down.
Denis Kuznetsov, a 23-year-old historian from Chelyabinsk, told CNN via e-mail that he had heard and felt the shockwave despite being far from the center of the city.
At first there was a blinding flash lasting several seconds, which made him want to shut his eyes. The light shone "like 10 suns," he said. "This is no exaggeration."
Kuznetsov said he experienced what felt like "a push," as a sound wave passed through his body. "For some seconds I simply stood," amid the sound of breaking glass, he said.
After calming his parents, Kuznetsov tried to call friends, but all cellphone coverage was down. The internet still worked, however, and he managed to reach a friend in the city center who told of emergency responders heading into the streets.
At first, confusion was widespread, he said, with many people believing the boom had to do with a satellite or plane. But within an hour or so, news broadcasts declared it was a meteorite.
"There was no panic. All behaved quietly," he said.
Schools and many offices closed. Kuznetsov monitored the news, as the reported number of victims "grew hour by hour," he said. "Thank God no one died."
CNN iReporter Max Chuykov saw the meteor trail from the city of Yekaterinburg. He shared on Instagram that it was close to the ground.
Ekaterina Shlygina posted to CNN iReport and wrote on Instagram: "Upon Chelyabinsk a huge fireball has exploded. It wasn't an aircraft."
"Tiny asteroid" packs a big punch
About 24,000 emergency response workers were mobilized across the Chelyabinsk region Saturday, Itar-Tass cited the governor's office as saying.
Hospitals, kindergartens and schools were among the buildings affected by the blast, said Vladimir Stepanov of the National Center for Emergency Situations at the Russian Interior Ministry.
West of the city, authorities sealed off a section of a frozen lake where it was believed a sizable meteorite crashed through the ice.
But a team of divers has found no trace of any meteorite in the lake, an emergencies ministry spokeswoman told state media on Saturday.
The meteor was a once-in-a-century event, NASA officials said, describing it as a "tiny asteroid."
The space agency revised its estimate of the meteor's size upward late Friday from 49 feet (15 meters) to 55 feet (17 meters), and its estimated mass from 7,000 tons to 10,000 tons.
The space agency also increased the estimated amount of energy released in the meteor's explosion from about 300 to nearly 500 kilotons. By comparison, the nuclear bomb the United States dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 released an estimated 15 kilotons of energy.
The whole event, from the meteor's atmospheric entry to its disintegration in the air above central Russia, took 32.5 seconds, NASA said.
The national space agency, Roscosmos, said scientists believe one meteoroid entered the atmosphere, where it burned and disintegrated into fragments.
Amateur video footage showed a bright white streak moving rapidly across the sky before exploding with an even brighter flash and a deafening bang.
The explosion occurred about 9:20 a.m. local time, as many people were out and about.
A once in a lifetime event
Russians captured vivid images, many using dash cameras inside their vehicles.
Dash cameras are popular in Russia for several reasons, including possible disputes over traffic accidents and the corrupt reputations of police in many areas. Drivers install the cameras for their own protection and to document incidents they could be caught in.
Five regions of Russia, one of them Chelyabinsk, are thought to have been affected, Itar-Tass said. RIA Novosti cited emergencies ministry officials as saying three regions and Kazakhstan were involved.
NASA said on its website that the meteor was the largest reported since 1908, when the famous Tunguska event took place in remote Siberia.
In that incident, an asteroid entered the atmosphere and exploded, leveling about 80 million trees over an area of 820 square miles -- about two-thirds the size of Rhode Island -- but leaving no crater.
"We would expect an event of this magnitude to occur once every 100 years on average," said Paul Chodas of NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.
"When you have a fireball of this size, we would expect a large number of meteorites to reach the surface, and in this case there were probably some large ones."
In what astronomers said was an unrelated coincidence, a larger asteroid, called 2012 DA14, passed relatively close to Earth around 2:24 p.m. ET Friday.
Stargazers in Australia, Asia and Eastern Europe could see the asteroid with the aid of a telescope or binoculars, but it never got closer than 17,100 miles to the planet's surface.
The Russian meteor was about one-third the size of the asteroid. The two bodies were on very different trajectories, scientists said.

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Glad you liked the collection , will weed out the mixed up pics and move to another album sometime .
Followed your link but it only plays for 25 secs so does'nt show much of the photo set .
Loving the website and the fact bikes are being recognised as real survivors with history .
i have a couple more to add later on if i can find more history / parts (a 91 and a 93 926).
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ICS410: ICS/SCADA Security Essentials Waitlist
Mon, November 16 - Fri, November 20, 2015
Great balance of mixing traditional cyber with ICS. No matter which side you come from the material is balanced to teach what you need to know.
An absolutely excellent introduction to the world of ICS/SCADA.
SANS has joined forces with industry leaders to equip security professionals and control system engineers with the cybersecurity skills they need to defend national critical infrastructure. ICS410: ICS/SCADA Security Essentials provides a foundational set of standardized skills and knowledge for industrial cybersecurity professionals. The course is designed to ensure that the workforce involved in supporting and defending industrial control systems is trained to keep the operational environment safe, secure, and resilient against current and emerging cyber threats.
The course will provide you with:
- An understanding of industrial control system components, purposes, deployments, significant drivers, and constraints.
- Hands-on lab learning experiences to control system attack surfaces, methods, and tools
- Control system approaches to system and network defense architectures and techniques
- Incident-response skills in a control system environment
- Governance models and resources for industrial cybersecurity professionals.
When examining the greatest risks and needs in critical infrastructure sectors, the course authors looked carefully at the core security principles necessary for the range of tasks involved in supporting control systems on a daily basis. While other courses are available for higher-level security practitioners who need to develop specific skills such as industrial control system penetration testing, vulnerability analysis, malware analysis, forensics, secure coding, and red team training, most of these courses do not focus on the people who operate, manage, design, implement, monitor, and integrate critical infrastructure production control systems.
With the dynamic nature of industrial control systems, many engineers do not fully understand the features and risks of many devices. In addition, IT support personnel who provide the communications paths and network defenses do not always grasp the systems' operational drivers and constraints. This course is designed to help traditional IT personnel fully understand the design principles underlying control systems and how to support those systems in a manner that ensures availability and integrity. In parallel, the course addresses the need for control system engineers and operators to better understand the important role they play in cybersecurity. This starts by ensuring that a control system is designed and engineered with cybersecurity built into it, and that cybersecurity has the same level of focus as system reliability throughout the system lifecycle.
When these different groups of professionals complete this course, they will have developed an appreciation, understanding, and common language that will enable them to work together to secure their industrial control system environments. The course will help develop cyber-secure-aware engineering practices and real-time control system IT /OT support carried out by professionals who understand the physical effects of actions in the cyber world.
Course Content Overlap Notice:
Please note that some course material for SEC401 may overlap with ICS410. We recommend ICS410 for those interested in security for an ICS/SCADA environment as it is approached from this viewpoint, and SEC401 for those primarily interested in a general information security course.
Course Syllabus
ICS410.1: ICS Overview
Justin Searle
Mon Nov 16th, 2015
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
- Overview of ICS
- Field components
- Network components
- Communications
- ICS Application Overview
- Industry models
- ICS drivers and constraints
- Physical Security & Safety Systems
ICS410.2: ICS Attack Surface
Justin Searle
Tue Nov 17th, 2015
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
- Overview of ICS Attack Surface
- Attacks on HMIs and User Interfaces
- Attacks on Control Servers
- Attacks on Network Communications
- Attacks on Remote Devices
ICS410.3: Defending ICS Servers and Workstations
Justin Searle
Wed Nov 18th, 2015
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
- ICS Server and Workstation Technologies
- ICS Server Operating Systems
- System and Security Updates
- Enforcing Security Policy
- Automation, Auditing, and Forensics
- System Processes and Services
- Logs and Log Management
- ICS System Hardening
- Databases and Historians
ICS410.4: Defending ICS Networks and Devices
Justin Searle
Thu Nov 19th, 2015
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
- Network Fundamentals
- OSI Layers 1 & 2 Ethernet
- OSI Layers 3 - 4 IP, UDP, and TCP
- TCP/IP Based ICS Protocols
- Network Defenses
- Wireless Network Security
- Controller and Field Device Security
- Cryptography Fundamentals
ICS410.5: ICS Governance and Resources
Justin Searle
Fri Nov 20th, 2015
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
- Information assurance foundations
- Computer Security Policies
- Contingency and Continuity Planning
- Risk assessment and auditing
- Password management
- Incident Handling
- Resources
Additional Information
"Great introduction into ICS landscape and associated security concerns. The ICS material presented will provide immediate value relative to helping secure my company." - Mike Poulos, Coca-Cola Enterprises
"Justin brings real world experience and scenarios into the classroom that are directly applicable to the challenges I am facing in the enterprise on a daily basis." - Jeff Ball, Arch Coal
Laptop Required
The ICS 410 Industrial Control System Security Essentials course consists of instruction and hands-on sessions. The lab sessions are designed to allow students to utilize the knowledge gained throughout the course in an instructor-led environment. Students will have the opportunity to install, configure, and use the tools and techniques that they have learned.
NOTE: Do not bring a regular production laptop for this class! When installing software, there is always a chance of breaking something else on the system. Students should assume that all data could be lost.
NOTE: It is critical that students have administrator access to the operating system and all security software installed. Changes may need to be made to personal firewalls and other host-based software in order for the labs to work.
- Laptop with at least one USB port.
- Laptop with DVD Reader.
- Latest VMware Player, VMware Workstation, or VWware Fusion installed. Other virtualization software such as Parallels or VirtualBox will probably work if the attendee is familiar with its functionality; however VMware Player should be prepared as a backup just in case.
- Ability to disable all security software on their laptop such as Antivirus and/or firewalls
- At least twenty (20) GB of hard drive space
- At least four (4) GB of RAM
If you have additional questions about the laptop specifications, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Who Should Attend
The course is designed for the range of individuals who work in, interact with, or can affect industrial control system environments, including asset owners, vendors, integrators, and other third parties. These personnel primarily come from four domains:
- IT (includes operational technology support)
- IT security (includes operational technology security)
- Engineering
- Corporate, industry, and professional standards
Course participants need to have a basic understanding of networking and system administration, TCP/IP, networking design/architecture, vulnerability assessment, and risk methodologies. ICS410 covers many of the core areas of security and assumes a basic understanding of technology, networks, and security. For those who are brand new to the field and have no background knowledge, SEC301: Intro to Information Security would be the recommended starting point. While SEC301 is not a prerequisite, it provides introductory knowledge that will help maximize a student's experience with ICS410.
What You Will Receive
- Software tools
- Virtual Machine environments will be utilized throughout the labs
- MP3 audio files of the complete course lecture
You Will Be Able To
- Run Windows command line tools to analyze the system looking for high-risk items
- Run Linux command line tools (ps, ls, netstat, ect) and basic scripting to automate the running of programs to perform continuous monitoring of various tools
- Install VMWare and create virtual machines to create a virtual lab to test and evaluate tools/security of systems
- Better understand various industrial control systems and their purpose, application, function, and dependencies on network IP and industrial communications
- Work with operating systems (system administration concepts for Unix/Linux and/or Windows operating systems)
- Work with network infrastructure design (network architecture concepts, including topology, protocols, and components)
- Better understand the systems' security lifecycle
- Better understand information assurance principles and tenets (confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, non-repudiation)
- Use your skills in computer network defense (detecting host and network-based intrusions via intrusion detection technologies)
- Implement incident response and handling methodologies
Hands-on Training
- Introduction to Samurai STFU
- Architect a secure DCS
- Information Leakage
- Password Fuzzing
- Bypassing Authentication with SQLi
- Spoofing Modbus-TCP control signals
- Finding Passwords in EEPROM dumps
- Host Based Firewalls
- Linux Hardening
- ICS Network Capture Analysis
- Network Capture Forensics
- Attack Tree Analysis
- Incident response exercise
What To Take Next?
Courses that lead in to ICS410:
- STH Modules
- STH.Engineer Modules
Courses that are prerequisites:
- SEC301 is not required, but it is recommended that students either take that course or have a working knowledge of the concepts taught in it.
Courses that are good follow-ups:
Author Statement
Eric Cole, Eric Cornelius, and Justin Searle
This course provides students with the essentials for conducting cybersecurity work in industrial control system environments. After spending years working with industry, we believe there is a gap in the skill sets of industrial control system personnel, whether it be cybersecurity skills for engineers or engineering principles for cybersecurity experts. In addition, both information technology and operational technology roles have converged in today's industrial control system environments, so there is a greater need than ever for a common understanding between the various groups who support or rely on these systems. Students in ICS410 will learn the language, the underlying theory, and the basic tools for industrial control system security in settings across a wide range of industry sectors and applications.


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April 5, 2017
A Macro Perspective: Where Are We Now?
- CBRE Econometric Advisors projects positive net absorption and continued rent growth for the North American suburban office market through 2018. Submarkets with high-quality amenities and efficient buildings capable of handling denser employee layouts will likely perform the best.
- Due to improving tenant demand and low overall levels of new supply, the U.S. suburban office vacancy rate has not increased for 27 straight quarters. The vacancy rate was 14.1% in Q4 2016, just 20 basis points (bps) above the prerecession low in Q2 2007.
- Many previously lagging suburban markets—including multiple Florida markets, Detroit, Milwaukee, Phoenix, Long Island, Inland Empire and Los Angeles— posted year-over-year vacancy rate decreases of 200 bps or more in Q4 2016, underscoring the geographic breadth of the suburban recovery.
- Despite evidence that Canadian companies have been relocating to downtown markets to attract millennial talent, the Canadian suburban office market recorded positive absorption and only a slight uptick in vacancy in 2016.
- Due to the struggling energy sector and new suburban supply coming on line, the Canadian office vacancy rate is expected to hover around 16% overall this year.
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I know, it has nothing to do with video games. But this 2013 TV news blooper reel from NewsBeFunny is just too good not to share.
I can't begin to name a favorite. Steve captured a few highlights in GIF form:
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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Well here we are three weeks into the new season. If you're all like me, I thought we'd be at best 1-2 and pushing it to the absolute max 2-1. Yet these Saints seem to want to make believers of ...
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Well here we are three weeks into the new season. If you're all like me, I thought we'd be at best 1-2 and pushing it to the absolute max 2-1. Yet these Saints seem to want to make believers of us all. As a loyal Saints fan since the first kickoff in 1967, I have lived and died with this team as I'm sure, many of you have. For the first time in recent memory the Saints seem to have a more complete football team. On the offensive side of the ball ,I'm not sure you can compare this team with any other team in the past. At times they had great running backs, at other times they had great recievers.They have also had some pretty good Quarterbacks. But for my point of view, this bunch if not right now, at some point in the near future(and I mean this year) this team will be the best team ever fielded in the city of New Orleans.
On the defense, yea they need better corners, and sure the linebackers and d-line mess up from time to time, but the longer they play together, the better they will get. this bunch will gel.
The Saints did something today that speaks volumns about this team. they were down by 20 points and could have folded the tents and gone home, but no, they showed something lacking from last year, pride, they showed an amazing amount of intestinal fortitude. They reached down and pulled up what every great team must have, the absolute belief that they WILL NOT be beat.
If they don't win another game(God forbid) they showed that on this day they were the best team on the field and deserve to be mentioned among the best in the NFL.
If any of the Saints players happen to read this I would like to say Thank you for making me a Proud fan of the New Orleans Saints. And..................I'm a believer!
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Ideally, at least, that's what they do. In practice, they have to deal with low gravity, uneven surfaces, and lots of grit. The iRing provides a new way to do it.
No one's saying the wheel wasn't a great invention. Whoever thought it up should be very proud. The problem is, it often doesn't work very well without another invention; the road. Anyone who has played Oregon Trail knows how often a broken axle or some other wheel-related catastrophe delayed people and made them starve to death when winter set in and they were caught in the Sierra Nevadas. Until roads were widespread, the wheel was of limited utility.
On the moon, there are no such roads to be found. Some researchers from McGill University found a way around the alarming paucity of lunar development. Instead of wheels being taut rubber, which is energy efficient but can't get much of a grip on large obstacles, they're loosely-filled circular sacks of pebbles. The sacks droop down and enfold any obstacle, giving the vehicle purchase on large obstacles. The outer sack is made of chain-mail, making it puncture-resistant. Obviously it takes more fuel to glom along on sacks than roll on rigid wheels, but the moon's low gravity will help.
The researchers are getting a piece of 11.5 million dollars, dolled out to canny engineers by the Canadian Space Agency. These wheels also might be getting a bit of the $30 million Google prize for putting a vehicle on the moon.
Via MSNBC.
Photo: Brad Jones/Neptec Design Group.


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The Belkin Cooling Stand has a simple but elegant design that uses a single fan to draw the warm air away from your laptop.
It has a simple wave design that sits on small feet. This helps air to circulate underneath and around the base of your laptop. You'll find a small storage space at the back of the board for tidying away your power cable and leads.
Limited size
The fan is powered by USB through your laptop and we found it ran quietly, keeping our test machine cool.
The problem we found was the stand's size. It has been designed to work with 15-inch laptops and below, so won't suit desktop replacements at all.
We also found our 15.4-inch machine less than stable when resting on the stand. If you have a reasonably small laptop you'll like this stand, but it won't suit larger laptops.


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Tiger Woods Gossip
Tiger Woods gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
"Nothing good ever happens at 2am"
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In Tiger Woods' case, it's 3am. I used to listen to Jim Rome a lot. And one of the things he'd always say was, "Nothing good ever happens at 2am". As you know, Tiger Woods was arrested yesterday in Florida and charged with DUI. Full Story
Worst of 2013: Tiger & Lindsey's relationship portraits
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And the funniest part is that these photos – released on Facebook – came with a "please respect our privacy" message. So they hit up social media to announce their relationship – with visual aids – and in the same breath had the balls to ask us not to intrude. Yes, really. Full Story
Tiger's good luck charm
My ma always says -- some people bring you good luck, and other people will suck away all your luck. Chinese astrology has a lot to do with it. Every sign has its opposing sign. I, for example, am an ox. It would be terrible if I had married someone born under the sheep sign. If you have to, if that's who you happen to fall in love with, then the wedding date becomes critical. Full Story
Tiger thinks he's Brange
How closely did you follow the Tiger Woods cheating scandal? A parade of prostitutes, a frothy mistress, a mysterious car accident, the beautiful jilted wife…it was basically a story fit for Lifetime. But there have long been whispers that it was dirtier than reported, MUCH dirtier. That Tiger, though caught, wasn't really exposed. Full Story
Dating Portraits
Is this... how it's done now? I haven't been single in a long time. I guess these days when you're single and then suddenly not single you not only update your status on the social networking, if you're Tiger Woods, you also have PROFESSIONAL PORTRAITS taken to post on Facebook Full Story
Douches on a carpet
Tiger Jam happened in Vegas this weekend. How do you look less douchey? Stand next to someone super-douchey. Like, I don't mind Keith Urban's hair so much when Tiger Woods's shirt and John Mayer's hat get in the way. Right? I don't give a sh-t who you are… Prince Hot Harry on a Horse couldn't pull off that goddamn shirt. Full Story
Her date is making me crazy
Because I've seen him in a movie, or a tv show, as a supporting supporting player, and I can't place it. Have been thinking about it all morning and I can't place it. Can you place it? I don't need his name. I just need to know what he was in. The identity, really, is unimportant. Full Story
Tiger Woods must be extra annoying right now
Written by Jacek The run is over Gossips. If you could call it that. My Canucks got bounced from the playoffs last night by the same team that bounced them exactly a year ago to the day. And in similar fashion. But I liken what I'm feeling to writing that nasty final exam that stresses you out for weeks leading up to it. Full Story
I don't buy it
Lainey may choose to offer her thoughts on this on Monday but given her schedule today I get first stab at it. Tiger Woods finally came out of hiding. Photos appeared of him jogging the other day, taken by a sanctioned photographer as Lainey pointed out Full Story
The ultimate case study
I have written very little about Tiger Woods. After a while it was hard to keep count. He totally f-cked up. He was stupid. He was arrogant. He betrayed the values for which he was sold to us to uphold. But he also didn't kick the sh-t out of his girlfriend. And the fact that Tiger has become a punchline, instead of feared and respected, is probably the worst punishment you could inflict on him. Full Story
Porny steps up…
But what about Chris Martin? Star Magazine photo assumed the dumbest story last week about Jessica Simpson dealing with Tiger Woods suggesting they had an affair. Simpson immediately denied the report and according to Gossip Cop Full Story


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So, I've been having this...excerpt for lack of terms...hanging around on my computer. The idea for this started one night after I got out my last evening class last autumn. I was looking up at the stars as I waited for my ride, and bam! This story was born although I haven't completed it yet. I've posted it on the forums, but no replies at all.
I've called it Stars up until now because I didn't know what else to call it.
It was a quiet night. I sat back and looked up at the bare sky. Looking closer, I realized what novelists meant when they said the stars twinkle. If you paid enough attention to them, you could see them flicker in and out, like all they needed was a gentle breeze and their light would die. As I gazed at them, the brighter ones seemed to change from red to blue and back again on this nice, warm night.
Twinkle twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are
I remembered looking at this same ancient sky when I was young, only my father was standing next to me. I would ask him every night hed take me out what they were made of. Wishes. He said once. When I stopped believing him then, I asked him again. He laughed and said, Theyre Christmas lights. The moon decided to decorate the sky! The last time I spent an evening stargazing with him, I asked, and he told me, Thats where our souls go when we die, so that we can watch over our loved ones. Who knew that the next day, he would die in a car accident?
And a few years later, I found out that a real star was just a great big ball of gas miles and miles away.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky...
I wonder how much someone would pay for the glittering of light that was said to grant wished thats what many wanted to believe a star was. There was nothing rich about it. They only reflected the sun. Dad just loved astronomy and the history of what us humans thought about the stars, and the way they had been recorded in history. After all, that was his profession. Astrology.
I didnt care what stars were made of anymore. They could disappear for all I cared.
Mood broken, I stood from the lawn chair in my backyard and went inside to fetch my coat, deciding to take a walk.
I should've known something was going to happen, with the direction my mood was already going. Walking down the sidewalk, the only light I paid attention to was the street lights, but thanks to my good vision, my peripherals picked up more than that. That's the only way I could've spotted the little kid off on the other side of the road, hiding behind a dumpster. Quietly, so as not to scare the kid off, I crossed the street. The boy was on his knees, his hands clasped together in front of him. He was muttering something that, only until I got closer could I hear.
"...I wish I may, wish I might, have this wish I wish tonight. Please bring mommy back!" He sounded weak, as though he hadn't eaten in days, but it didn't stop him from speaking this in such a pleading prayer-like way.
"Hey kid." Just like I had predicted, the boy became startled, and he tensed as if ready to run like a scared cat at the sound of my voice. "Don't run."
He froze, paralyzed from both fear and indecision. He didn't know whether to trust me or not. Hey, I didn't blame him. I wasn't sure whether to trust me or not.
"You shouldn't be out so late at night. It's dangerous." I said it for the simple fact that I didn't know what else to say. He looked even more afraid, standing slowly, just in case he had to bolt.
I sighed. "Hey. I'm not going to eat you or anything." The boy's face didn't change. "Where are your parents?" I took a step forward, he took one back. Boy, was I ever dealing with something or what? "Hey, I said I wasn't going to hurt you." Silence. The boy was really going to be like this? Fine. I leapt, so suddenly to probably make the boy's heart jump out his mouth, and caught him by the arm before he could escape. "Where are they?" I asked, a little peeved. It just ran with the mood I had already been in. He struggled with his entire small body. It was like when you captured a stray cat, the way he struggled with scratching and wriggling.
"Hey kid! Tell me where your parents are and I'll consider letting you go."
The struggling subsided quickly, but not immediately. Then, in his small kid-voice, he answered, "I don't know." He face was away from me, head bent, but his voice sounded teary. So much, that I reached and turned the boy's face, with a little resistance. He glared at me with such vehemence, I almost let go...but the tears reflecting the streetlight got to me.
"Come with me." I said, dragging him with me.
Caught unaware, he didn't put up a fight for the first couple of yards. "Hey where are you taking me?" I didn't answer, which made him start struggling all over again. "My mom told me not to talk to strangers!" He said. His struggles were still strong for a weakened little boy. I picked him up and threw him over my shoulder. "Hey!" He protested. But I turned a deaf ear.
What the hell was I doing. Bringing home a young boy who couldn't be more than eight, nine years old just because...why? On a whim? Was it the fact that the boy reminded me of me? My saddened little me when I lost poor old daddy?
How funny.
I deposited the boy in one of my dining chairs. Surprisingly, he didnt bolt. I went to the kitchen and decided to warm up a bowl of the chicken soup ma had sent over earlier today. Placing it in front of him, I took the other seat. Eat. He looked at me warily, but slowly reached for the food. Once one spoonful disappeared in his mouth, the rest followed.
I hadnt had a chance to look at the boy in the dark behind that dumpster, but now, in the light of my dining room, I realized how young the boy actually looked. He couldnt be more than seven. His face was dirty, but underneath that, and his tattered blue shirt, his skin was pale ivory. His hair looked to be blond, but, like his skin, it was dirty. His dark eyes were focused on food he continuously brought to his mouth.
He finished the bowl and I calmly got up and refilled it for him. This time, he took his time consuming it. Every second or so, he would quickly glance at me and then away. When he finally finished, I took the bowl and placed it in the sink
Um mister He finally spoke up. Why did you give me food? Why indeed? What? Was I feeding the ghost of the younger me by doing so? How very noble of me.
Because, you were hungry. I replied. I didnt return to the dining room seat, instead, making my way to the couch. Settling down, I crossed my legs, and turned on the Television. A baseball game was on, and I left it there. I didnt know what the boy liked to watch, and I didnt want to look like I was trying to win him over, because, truthfully, who cared?
The boy came and sat on the floor next to the couch. You can sit on the couch if you want. I said. He didnt listen to me. His eyes stayed glued on the game. Mine soon followed. For an artist, watching the batters arch into their swings and pitchers throw and hunch their backs, the long line of a stretch to catch the ball. All of it was actually an inspiration to me. As much as a starry night was to Vincent Van Gogh.
The boy couldve left, and slammed the door behind him, and I wouldnt have known with the way I found myself enraptured with the game. So it wasnt until the game was over that I found myself realizing I had forgotten my guest. Only to find that, there where he had sat down, was where he was curled up. He must have been exhausted, only running on apprehension. And the way hed eaten only meant hed been in the situation for longer than a few hours. For any kid, that mustve been a nightmare.
I picked him up gently and placed him on the couch, grabbing the quilt from the closet and draping it over him. Id worry about giving him a bath in the morning. Thats if he didnt disappear sometime in the night.
And if he was still here in the morningId figure out what to do with him in the morning, I decided. It was better to make decisions when I wasnt in such a gloomy mood, but hell if I was going to wait that long, I guess Id have that kid for a few years.
I scowled and made my way upstairs to my room.
I hardly got to the top step when a piercing scream radiated through the house. It had me running down the stairs in a heartbeat. I thought it was an intruder or something like that, but all I saw was one little kid thrashing around on my couch. I almost rolled my eyes and turned around, but the look of pure fear pulsating on his face stopped me.
Rounding the couch, I took hold of the kids shoulder. Hey kid, kid! I shook him lightly. He thrashed under my touch. Hey! Youre dreaming! His black eyes popped open and he looked at me and became still, his small chest heaving in the aftermath. He slowly closed his eyes, turning on his side.
I sighed. What kind of traumas had this boy been through? What had I gotten myself into? I stood, shaking my head. I poured myself a drinkalcohol, of courseand sat down at the dining room. That father I had been so fond of, the one who lied to me over and over about the stars, he had adopted me. Him and his wife. They loved me dearly.
God! Why were these memories and thoughts taking over my mind now? When I didnt want to think about it? I took my drink and went to my work-space.
It wasnt really decorated. I couldve painted the walls or something, to make it more lively, but I knew the color wasnt going to last long. So I left it white well, to begin with now, it was decorated with every color thinkable. When I get frustrated, it seems I threw my brushes and palettes around.
But I think I liked this look better than painting the walls. More livelier. I pulled out an empty canvas and set it on the easel. Frustration either faded away or was created when facing these canvases. Right now, I was hoping my thoughts and frustration would go away.
I thought of drawing one of the members of the baseball team, but the green color I would use for the grass wasnt on my brush. Instead, it was pale peach. Instead of white cloth with pin-point lines, I found myself making squares of different cloths stitched together. And instead of a stadium filled with dots for the audience, a dark brown couch. I was painting the boy with his agonized filthy face, catching the detail in every stroke. His tightly-shut eyes squeezing out tears, his mouth open in a silent yell, the veins in his small neck stressed against his pale skin. I sighed. Set down my brush. Downed my drink.
This was getting me nowhere. I set my brush and palette down with another sigh.
The boys yell sounded after a few minutes of empty silence, and I was thankful for the distraction. He was thrashing again, he made that face that Id captured on the canvas, again. Hey kid. Wake up. I shook him lightly.
Mommy! Dont leave! He yelled. It pierced my heart. Daddy! His yells continued. God what had this boy been through!? And at such a young age!?
I took his hand. Look, Im right here. I said.
Daddy? He hiccuped, his voice still a little of a yell, like daddy was still far away.
Yes. Right here. Cant you feel my hand? His face was wet, but the agony had left, only filled with painful sorrow. I squeezed his hand. He squeezed back. He sniffed a few times, and then he slipped back into quiet sleep.
He looked really peaceful in his sleep. Without a care in the world now that daddy was by his side. He looked so sweet. A young boy. This is how all his nights should be. Quiet, without having to worry that mommy and daddy would abandon him.
This sleeping face captured me too, and all I wanted to do was rush back into the room to paint this angelic kids face.
But more than that, without me holding his hand, I had a feeling his nightmare would come back. So I stayed put.
As I said on the forums, this is my first piece from a male POV. Any critique is always welcome!


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A stay at any Ritz Carlton Hotel or Resort is the ultimate in exceptional hospitality and impeccable service; every guest is treated as the hotel's most important guest. The Ritz Carlton Istanbul lives up to that reputation with rave reviews; from the moment I pulled up to the entrance, the doorman made me feels he was waiting just for me.
On my first visit, my friend Lucette sent a car and driver to meet me at the airport. Unfortunately he did not speak English so it was a struggle to get him to identify the sights as we crawled through traffic. My first impression ofIstanbulwas overwhelming; the wail of the call to prayer from the mosques competes with the impatient honking of taxi horns.
This trip, I arrive in port on the Aegean Odyssey, at the end of an amazing Voyage to Antiquity, and have the luxury of touring in an air conditioned bus with a knowledgeable guide before checking into the Ritz Carlton.
Istanbul remains a city in perpetual motion; the traffic, no less daunting, more than rivals New York; it is a complex city with many layers, intriguing neighborhoods, fifteen thousand taxi cabs and a population of 15,000,000 creative and energetic people. It is a colorful tapestry woven with threads of history, art and culture, from the splendors of the Roman, Greek and Ottoman Empires. It is also the only city in the world divided into two continents … Europe andasia. I will have to work hard and move fast in the next five days to devour another taste of its endearing flavors.
The Ritz Carlton Hotel and Residential Condominiums, over looking the Bosporus Straits, in the heart of Istanbul's prestigious Dolmabahce quarter, is the epitome of Ottoman splendor. Built by the famousTurkish architect Doruk Pamir, the interior reflects the timeless tradition of Turkey's historic legacy with a distinctive sense of Ritz Carlton tradition. Luxurious fabrics and marvelous works of art grace the lobby, restaurant and accommodations. Oil paintings by the modern artist Timur Karim depict scenes from Ottoman life, historic Istanbul landmarks and images of the Bosporus. My oversized room, with a view of the water, is reminiscent of medieval times, decorated in the motif of the Ottoman tulip with handcrafted furniture and carpets.
The Ritz Carlton has not changed since my last visit, three years ago. It is a hotel that not only remembers and appreciates its loyal guests, but also one that values their well-trained staff who has mastered the art of pampering and pleasing with imperial yet friendly service.
The LAVEDA SPA is a sanctuary you don't want to miss. Here they make the world revolve around your needs . . . then gently slow it down, using nature's intelligence to replace the stresses and strains of everyday living with serenity, beauty and skin enhancing products. Holistic massages like the "Sultans Royal Six Hands Massage", applied in synchronization by three trained therapists . . . the "Traditional Turkish Massage" that energizes inactive muscles . . . and the "Hot Chocolate Seduction" are just a sampling of the spa menu.
The afternoon of my arrival, thanks to the thoughtfulness of the Public Relations and Spa Director, I am booked for a Traditional Turkish Bathing Hammam . . . a full head to toe invigorating and purifying exfoliation and cleaning ritual that dates back to Byzantine and Roman times. The spa's marble Ottoman style octagonal shaped authentic Turkish Hammom, modeled after the 18th Century Baths ofRoxelana, is a most welcomed refuge after a week aboard the Aegean Odyssey, with daily tours to ancient Greek, Roman and Ottoman civilizations.
Fatimagreets me wearing a bathing suit; she will get very wet scrubbing and washing my naked body and hair with buckets of soapy water; she sends me into a eucalyptus steam room for five minutes to open my pores then leads me to the marble hammom room. She places a huge bath towel and a neck roll on the scrubbing altar in the middle of the room; I am not sure if I am going to be sacrificed or beautified. She begins by dosing my body with pans of water, then wearing somewhat abrasive hammom gloves briskly scrubs my body from head to toe; there is no time for modesty as she lifts one leg and then the other resting them on her shoulder; layers of skin flake off.; she dowses me with pans of water to wash away dead cells. When this ritual is complete, and she is satisfied with her work, she lathers my body with a mixture of lavender massage oil and bubble bath . . . more dowsing. I move to another ledge to have my hair and face washed. It leaves my skin and state of mind ten years younger and smoother. Even a few furrows in my brow have miraculously disappeared, along with my dead cells and jet lagged state of mind. Towel dried, the best is yet to come … an amazing deep tissue Turkish massage.
The spa director is anxious for me to experience their new signature sea shell hot massage, and we book an appointment for the next day. I watch as my therapist pushes a poultice filled with special tea leaves into a small hole in the top of each shell. He then adds oil and closes the holes. Somehow the mixture heats up and keeps the shells hot for thirty minutes. One is held in each hand, and when passed over my body with light kneading strokes, my weary- from- traveling body relaxes and succumbs to the calming effects.
Lunch is served on the Guney Park Terrace Restaurant, and I order a chicken wrap and an icy glass of Turkish rose. I have developed a taste for this light local wine which compliments all the fresh fish. Theevening grill menu features a variety of lamb and beef (which I did not have a chance to sample) that are spit roasted on an open fire.
Since my last visit, a rooftop oasis has been created with a small swimming pool, a hot tub and a bar offering drinks and refreshments. The sweeping views from here are breathtaking; magnificent Mosques glitter like gold in the afternoon sun.
High Tea at the Ritz is a sweet treat; platters of meat patties and rich pastries invite tasting. I sit in the window of the intimate Rc lobby bar watching fishing boats troll; a cruise ship makes its way slowly out of the harbor headed for its next port; ferries chug across the straits; a female violinist and a pianist play a melancholy tune.
The staff, the spa, the cuisine and the ambiance of The Ritz Carlton Istanbul continues to rate an A+ in my notebook of "Unforgettable Places and Memorable Moments". I leave behind a hotel and a city that welcomed me into its embrace, and treated me like an Ottoman Princess.
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William Worth Belknap's argument was simple, if not a model defense: you can't impeach someone who is no longer in office.
Born in Newburgh, New York in 1829, Belknap graduated from Princeton University in 1848, studied law at Georgetown University, and was admitted to the bar in 1851. He moved to Iowa, briefly entering government work in 1857 when he was elected as a Democrat to one term in the state legislature.
When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Belknap joined the Union Army and became a major in the 15th Iowa Infantry. He fought at Shiloh, Corinth, and Vicksburg before taking part in the campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta. In 1864, he was promoted to brigadier general and given command of the 4th division of the XVII Corps. Belknap joined General William Sherman's march through Georgia and the Carolinas. When he was mustered out in 1865, Belknap was a major general; he had also switched parties to join the Republicans.
After the war, Belknap returned to Iowa and served as a collector of internal revenue from 1865 to 1869. In that year, President Ulysses S. Grant appointed him to be Secretary of War after the death of John A. Rawlins. In a time of relative peace for the country, Belknap's activities in this position included starting preparation of historical reports by post commanders, advocating preservation for Yellowstone Park, launching a secretarial portrait gallery, and recommending that Congress fix May 1 as the start of the fiscal year. He was evidently not supportive of the Freedmen's Bureau.
Belknap's annual salary was $8,000, though he was known for living in a certain amount of luxury and throwing extravagant parties. The New York Times later reported that many acts of government corruption were considered unsubstantiated or invented, and investigations of wrongdoing were conducted "in an aimless, drifting manner." However, Belknap soon found himself fully exposed after the damning testimony in late February of 1876 by one Caleb P. Marsh of New York.
Marsh testified before the House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War that Belknap's second wife, Carrie, encouraged him to apply for a post trader position at Fort Sill in Indian Territory. She asked for $6,000 a year to help convince her husband to appoint Marsh, though she also warned that Belknap had threatened to throw a man who offered $10,000 for a post trader appointment down the stairs. Such a position could be quite lucrative, with the New York Tribune reporting that a $15,000 investment could yield a $40,000 annual income. Not surprisingly, the current trader, John S. Evans, wasn't inclined to part with it.
Though Belknap was later charged with appointing Marsh to the position, Marsh never took the job. Instead, apparently with Belknap's consent, Evans and Marsh entered into a contract which would allow Evans to keep his job; he agreed to pay Marsh $12,000 each year, half of which he was to pay to Carrie. The amount was subject to a proportional decrease if the number of troops at the fort fell below 100. The first payment rolled out in the fall of 1870.
Carrie died of tuberculosis in 1870. Marsh kept sending the payments to Carrie's sister, Amanda, ostensibly to help support Carrie's infant child. Belknap, if he didn't know about the arrangement from the start, received some of the payments while Amanda was traveling. The child died in 1871; Belknap later married Amanda, and the payments kept coming. According to the articles of impeachment later handed down in Congress, Belknap received $24,450 between 1870 and 1876.
Following Marsh's testimony, things moved with surprising speed. On March 1, 1876, Belknap apeared before the committee. They offered to hear him the next afternoon, but he didn't show up. Instead, on the morning of March 2, Belknap handed in his resignation to Grant. The President accepted, appointing the Secretary of the Navy to replace him. Within a week, he had appointed attorney Alphonso Taft to the post.
The House of Representatives immediately took up the question of whether it had the authority to impeach Belknap, since impeachment cannot impose fines or imprisonment but only remove someone from office or disqualify them from holding office. Hiester Clymer, Democrat of Pennsylvania and chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, described Belknap as "the proper outgrowth, the true exponent, of the corruption, the extravagance, the misgovernment that have cursed this land for years past." The House unanimously voted to have the Senate go ahead with the impeachment process.
As the impeachment process moved along, Marsh fled to Canada. Congressman Lucius Q.C. Lamar, a Democrat of Mississippi, said that Marsh's flight took with him any chance of a criminal indictment of Belknap. "Now, gentlemen, we have all the proceedings which have been been taken in this House and all the testimony which has been brought before it against William W. Belknap," said Lamar. "But with Marsh absent it is useless, and there is no way of criminally proceeding against William W. Belknap." A grand jury still managed to find enough to indict Belknap on bribery charges in May. The Times had reported prior to the indictment that he faced up to three years in prison and a fine three times the amount taken if convicted.
The Senate took up five articles of impeachment against Belknap, which included one colorful charge that he had been "basely prostituting his high office to his lust for private gain." When he was tried before the senators, he repeated the argument that the impeachment did not apply to him, since he was no longer a United States officer but simply a citizen of Iowa. The official Senate reply stated that his argument did not hold water, since the malfeasance occurred during his time as Secretary of War.
After over 40 witnesses came before the Senate, 35 senators voted that Belknap was guilty; 25 voted that he was not guilty, although 23 of them said that it was only because they felt that Congress did not have jurisdiction in the matter. The Times dubbed the whole impeachment affair "a rather stupid and uninteresting farce," and said that it set a precedent in allowing any civil officer to "escape the penalty fixed by the Constitution by hastening to resign as soon as his deeds are disclosed." The newspaper noted how the criminal indictment still stood, but guessed that it would not hold up in light of the "rather common robbers" involved in a $47,000 theft from the Treasury managing to avoid prosecution. The writers were prophetic in this matter, as the charges against Belknap were dismissed in February of 1877 for lack of evidence.
Belknap returned to practicing law, moving first to Philadelphia and then back to Washington. He died in 1890 of an apparent heart condition.
Sources: The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, The Senate Historical Office, Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army by William Gardner Bell, "The New Secretary of War" in the New York Times on Oct. 14 1869, "Gen. Belknap's Career" in the New York Times on Mar. 3 1876, "The Case in the House" in the New York Times on Mar. 3 1876, "The Testimony" in the New York Times on Mar. 3 1876, "The Event at the Capital" in the New York Times on Mar. 3 1876, "The Belknap Impeachment" in the New York Times on Mar. 31 1876, "Belknap Indicted" in the New York Times on May 4 1876, "Acquittal of Belknap" in the New York Times on Aug. 2 1876, "The Suit Against Gen. Belknap" in the New York Times on Feb. 9 1877, "Belknap's Sudden Death" in the New York Times on Oct. 14 1890, Grant: A Biography by William S. McFeely, Lucius Q.C. Lamar: His Life, Times, and Speeches 1825-1893 by Edward Mayes, Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1876


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Encyclopedia of 1848 Revolutions. Articles about the people and ideas motivating the 1848 European revolutions. Most articles have bibliographies.
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The 1848 Revolutions challenge the maxim that winners write history. But the very concept of "vi ctors" is misleading. The Parisian February revolution of 1848 was a victory of harmonious reconciliation between high and low. Roman Catholic clergymen and lay who broke into the king's Tuileries gathered in the chapel to sanctify the new republic. A great number of artists depicted the historic moment of historic accord.
Since World War I, generations of national historians in the successor states to Austria-Hungary have vilified the Austrian chancellor of 1849, Schwarzenberg, as a national enemy. In response to the critics, a laudatory biography history of Prince Felix von Schwarzenberg characterized him as Austria's savior. However the aftermath of collapse of the iron curtain changed matters: a close friend and adviser to Vaclav Havel in Prague was a contemporary noble Schwarzenberg. The transformation from nemesis to hero was not merely in Prague. A new phalanx of central Europeans who had condemned Felix von Schwarzenberg's villainy in 1849, now a century and a half later regret his dereliction of "just" national claims that might have prevented Austria-Hungary's collapse into 20th century bitterness. This is a warning that historical judgment is always provisional and extremely controversial. Even in the short run any neat categorization into "winners" and "losers" is no more than provisional, because all historical verdicts are in a state of constant flux. Historical suppositions are kaleidoscopic. The passage of time shifts all perspectives and the entire picture muta tes. As new rulers replace those holding power, they also displace the old winners, transforming all perceptions.
When we began this project in 1986, we dealt with a powerful group who claimed to interpret historical truth for the "people." The historians assumed that the "people" whom they exemplified were the real victors of 1848. The governmentally employed advocates of approved historical truth professed to speak for the masses. As a consequence of 20th century wars, power h ad shifted in a number of successor states to displace the autocratic 19th century "victors" of Russia, Prussia and Austria. The new officially sanctioned history, claiming to interpret an active participant in the 1848 revolutions, Karl Marx, caricatured objectivity in large parts of Europe. Walter Ulbricht, the former leader of East Germany, for years ridiculed historical veracity by maintaining that had three professions: worker, politician, and historian. Following Stalin's example, Ulbricht's name embellished a multi-volume history of the German worker movement, and his speeches cluttered East Germany's scholarly historical journal in a cruel betrayal of professional standards. Ulbricht's blatant mockery of objective history was swept away by the 1989 revolutions. Yet the historical turning point of 1989, although the most dynamic, was only the latest of many historical metamorphoses dating back to the revolutionary era itself. And the only constant is ambiguity, because success and failure always depend on fleeting and momentary perceptions. Continually, the verdict of history mutates with contemporary events as we reconsider the accomplishments of what we perceive as history's "winners." Yet, although any verdict is ambiguous, provisional, and highly colored by ideology and national bias, a few features stand out.
Blog of Dr. Miland Brown that features different aspects of world history. Not everything can be covered but sites dealing with any historical issue or topic are possible future posts. Also includes sites which discuss teaching history. Dr. Brown is an academic in North America.
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
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Hi Miland I was wondering if you could direct me to where I could find your academic credentials or if you could post them. I am trying to use this site for a project and need to show that is an academci site. Thanks BY
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You can find informtion about me at http://www.worldhistoryblog.com/2007/07/tagged-by-jennie.html. Thanks. Miland
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Alternative energy suppliers promise cheaper rates
Rates not regulated like public utility rates
Alternative energy suppliers often promise a cheaper rate than what comes from customers' current utility company.
It's confusing but it's perfectly legal. Alternative energy suppliers selling electricity and gas surfaced in different states more than a decade ago.
The public utility still delivers the electricity or gas to a customer's home, but the customer chooses another company to supply the electricity or gas.
"They, in effect, are competing with each other," said Paula Carmody, the people's counsel for Maryland. She said the pitch comes not only in phone calls, but also via door-to-door sales and direct mail.
"These companies have to be licensed by the Public Service Commission and they are subject to lots of rules and regulations for marketing and for contracting," Carmody said.
Alternative energy suppliers' rates are not regulated like public utility rates, and alternative rates do not have to be approved.
"They may have different deals with wholesale companies or marketers. That's their secret," Carmody said.
So, do consumers really save money with alternative suppliers? The website for the Maryland Office of People's Counsel breaks it down.
For example, PEPCO's summer rate for electricity is 9 cents per kilowatt hour. Compare that to an alternative supplier at 8 cents. Using the typical 12,000 kilowatt hours a year, PEPCO would charge about $1,080.
Compare that to the alternative supplier at $960 -- a savings of $120 for one year. That's at a fixed rate from the alternative supplier for 24 months.
But if PEPCO decides to drop its rate during that 24 months, that savings may not add up, and beware, alternative suppliers sometimes require a contract. Cancellation penalties go as high as $200.
"That wipes totally out any kind of savings that you had expected," Carmody said.
Carmody also warned about contracts that are month to month or have a variable rate, because the supplier can change its rate at any time.
Carmody also warned: Don't give salesmen your electricity or gas account number unless you have signed a contract.


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Lisa Norden (SWE) was recently awarded the most prestigious annual sport award in Sweden for her impressive 2012 triathlon season. The award, named the Bragdguldet, is awarded to Sweden's top athlete of the year.
It has been given to the likes of alpine skiers Anja Parson and Ingemar Stenmark and tennis star Bjorn Borg. Initiated in 1925, Norden became the first triathlete to join the long list of winners after beating out eight other sportsmen, many of whom were also Olympic medallists.
Throughout the 2012 ITU triathlon season, Norden claimed silver at the 2012 London Olympic Games in a nail-biting sprint battle down the finish chute with Nicola Spirig (SUI). She then went on to win two ITU World Triathlon Series races.
Despite suffering a dehydrating night with food poison, Norden closed out her season with by being crowned the world champion with a fourth-place finish in Auckland.


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Radial access should be first choice for PCI, ESC says
The radial approach for percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) was developed 20 years ago and is used for more than 50% of procedures in France, Scandinavian countries, the UK, Spain and Italy. Despite the advantages of radial access some countries in Europe such as Germany use radial access for fewer than 10% of PCI.
Evidence has accumulated in the literature showing the benefits of radial over femoral access for PCI including reduced bleeding and improved survival. In addition, the development of smaller and thinner devices has made the radial approach increasingly practical.
The European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI), the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association (ACCA) and the Working Group (WG) on Thrombosis of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) therefore decided it was time to write a consensus document outlining the advantages, disadvantages and expertise requirements of the radial approach. The paper is published today in EuroIntervention, online ahead of print.
Patients receiving an acute intervention, for example in myocardial infarction, need anticoagulants and antiplatelet drugs but these increase the risk of bleeding. Meta-analyses of randomised studies and large observational registries show that radial access reduces procedure access site-related major bleeding compared to femoral access. In addition, patients receiving the femoral approach must lie down for several hours after PCI to reduce the risk of severe bleeding while radial access allows patients to stand up in one hour.
Dr Marco Tubaro (Italy), ACCA member and co-author, said: "The radial approach strongly reduces the bleeding complication at the site of the procedure. The reduction in bleeding translates into a reduction in events and even into a reduction in mortality, particularly in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)."
Professor Kurt Huber (Austria), a representative of both the WG on Thrombosis and ACCA, said: "There's a lot of knowledge now that radial access is relatively safe, it's easier for the patient, there are fewer bleeding complications, and most acute interventions can be performed through the radial artery because we have smaller and thinner devices. This was not the case some years ago."
He added: "In a small percentage of patients the radial approach does not work, for example if the arteries in the arm are too small, if rare anatomical situations hinder the radial approach or if specific interventional strategies are necessary. So interventionalists should also know the femoral approach. The more experience interventionalists have with radial, the less they are forced to switch to femoral."
The consensus document emphasises the importance of maintaining expertise in both techniques. The authors state: "Proficiency in the femoral approach is required because it may be needed as a bailout strategy or when large guiding catheters are required."
Professor Martial Hamon (France), first author of the paper, said: "Overall I think there is a consensus now that the radial arteries can be used as the default access site for PCI. However we need to be aware of remaining concerns, for example risk of stroke and radiation exposure, especially during the learning curve. There also remains the issue of non-access site bleeding whatever the access site used. These issues are outlined in the paper."
He added: "It is now clear after the RIFLE and RIVAL trials that radial access reduces major bleeding at the vascular access site and as a consequence improves patient outcomes, including survival, especially in STEMI. It is therefore essential that PCI centres use radial access as the strategy of choice in high risk acute coronary syndromes (ACS) patients in conjunction with current recommendations regarding optimal antithrombotic strategies."
Dr Ferdinand Kiemeneij (Netherlands), inventor of radial access for PCI and last author of the paper, said: "Although this technique was initiated 20 years ago there is still a lot going on to get everyone doing this procedure. It is taking off quite rapidly now and I think this paper really adds to a more general acceptance of the technique. I'm convinced that it will improve patient care overall by providing more knowledge, more training and better awareness. So this will play a key role, especially now it's supported by the European Society of Cardiology."
Dr Jean Fajadet (France), EAPCI President, said: "It is twenty years since Ferdinand Kiemeneij performed the first PCI via radial access and it is therefore the right time for a position paper on the radial approach. Since 1992, thousands of patients have benefited from this technique, which offers multiple advantages: early ambulation, improved comfort, reduced bleeding risk, shorter hospital stay and reduced cost."
He added: "In recent years, studies have shown a correlation between low bleeding complication rate and low mortality rate, justifying the use of radial access in patients at high risk of bleeding. In the coming years we can expect the radial approach to be the preferred access route for PCI."
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