text: Steve Wright, OutdoorChannel.com The Duck Hunter as a Young Man Kansas hunters show the next generation is doing fine The Duck Hunter as a Young Man GREAT BEND, Kansas -- To say we had some doubts about our hunting partners this morning would be accurate. Would two "college kids" be serious about duck hunting?And where were they anyway? We'd agreed to meet near the Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area headquarters at 5:30 a.m. It was 5:40. Late on a first duck hunting date -- not a good sign.Those negative thoughts vanished soon enough. For anyone worried about the next generation of duck hunters, stop. Levi Gerhardt, 19, and Matt Bishop, 21, both from McPherson, Kan., are two duck-calling, marsh-stomping examples of why the future of the sport is in good hands. Check out the Kansas Duck Trek photo galleries: That's what photographer James Overstreet and I were hoping for -- a couple of good hands and no surprises-- when we met Gerhardt and Bishop in the darkness at Cheyenne Bottoms. Bishop's pickup truck carried a 10-foot flatbottom boat and two bags of decoys, but no motor. When you're in your 50s and the marsh is pulling your wader boots off your feet, it helps to have something to lean on, so you don't just tip over like a bowling pin. And if you have a knee with a torn ligament in it, like Overstreet, it helps if you can sit in the boat on a youth-powered ride."Don't worry," Gerhardt said. "You've got a couple of young stallions to push the boat." I looked up to see a smile on Gerhardt's face. Yeah, I remember those "young stallion" days, when I could stay up past midnight, sleep a few hours, then hunt all day. Barely, but I remember.They pushed and I leaned on the flat-bottom in knee-deep water and head-high bulrushes. We sloshed maybe 100 yards to a mud flat in the marsh where a concrete bunker duck blind sat. There are dozens of these scattered over Cheyenne Bottoms, sticking up like tiny tornado shelters.We wouldn't have hunted out of this one even if there hadn't been four dead coots laying in the bottom of it. The blinds were built in the 1950s, and they're a half-century out of style and function. They do serve as a nice cover break, though. They've been here so long, the ducks must be accustomed to them.The usual quiet calm of sunrise didn't make an appearance."Welcome to Kansas," said Gerhardt, as the wind gained strength just after we'd set out the decoys -- one-third to our left and two-thirds to our right, with an open space directly in front of us. A battery-powered spinning-wing decoy, with an intermittent-timer, anchored the spread. We didn't need a jerk-string to put movement in this bobbing bunch of dekes.Any doubts Overstreet and I had about our companions were erased before sunrise. These guys obviously had "duck fever." More proof came when ducks began landing in the decoys before shooting time. Yeah, maybe they had done some scouting.Overstreet and I had spent the previous afternoon doing some scouting of our own, driving all over the dike system that honeycombs Cheyenne Bottoms. This 41,000-acre natural land sink in the Great Plains is breathtaking. Today, the 12,000 acres of actual marsh have been "stabilized" by the Kansas Wildlife Department with a series of low-lying dikes and channels to create five major "pools," one of which is a 3,300-acre refuge.The emerald green marsh grasses and reeds contrasted wonderfully with a deep blue sky. The wind-rippled waters served as a backdrop for what appeared to be the world's biggest bird show. For a serious birdwatcher, this would be the place to make progress on a lifetime list. From white-rumped sandpipers to American avocets to Hudsonian godwits, you name it, especially if it's a shorebird, and it's probably been here. At least 320 of the 417 bird species known to exist in Kansas have been seen in the Bottoms."Whooping cranes" blared the headline in a local paper. Yes, there were at least two of North America's most endangered bird species in Cheyenne Bottoms as well. The world population of white, five-foot-tall whoopers is estimated at only 350, but that's up exponentially since their numbers dropped into the teens in the 1940s. Their arrival at the nearby Quivira National Wildlife Refuge this week resulted in a mandatory shutdown of all duck hunting there. In Cheyenne Bottoms, a state-managed area, only Pool 5, where the whooping cranes were seen, was closed to hunting.When Levi Gerhardt graduated from McPherson High School last spring, he was known as an athlete -- a 6-foot-2 wide receiver on the football team, forward on the basketball team and baseball catcher. Hunting, however, tops his list of favorite sports, whether it's for deer or pheasants or ducks.Matt Bishop graduated from McPherson two years earlier. He knew Gerhardt, but the 5-foot-9 self-described "band geek" and the two-years-younger athlete weren't close friends. That has changed since they decided to band together as duck hunters, rather than compete against each other."I work with Matt's mother at the bank," Gerhardt said. "She was always telling me about Matt's duck hunting."Bishop has been playing a trumpet since fifth grade. That training came in handy when he picked up a duck call."It's just natural," said Bishop, who is now part of the Ducklander Calls pro staff.Gerhardt is taking 17 hours of classes at McPherson's branch of Hutchinson County Community College, and he works part-time as a bank teller. Bishop is taking 12 hours at the same school and holding down a part-time job at the local Dairy Queen. Both were skipping class this morning. But they don't skip class often and still manage to duck hunt four or five times a week.Gerhardt and Bishop didn't waste any time once shooting hours opened, knocking down single gadwalls that worked over the decoys -- one, then another, and a third. And for the next five hours there was barely a time when some type of waterfowl wasn't visible in the sky -- shovelers and teal, mallards and pintails, redheads and buffleheads. It was coot city, too; there were always coots visible in the corners of your eyes, creating temporary distractions. We had company in the marsh. Some horrible-calling hunters to our north fired a few volleys. And there were other muffled shots in the distance. But you could barely hear anything over the wind, which remained on the rise."Welcome to Kansas," Bishop said, repeating the refrain of the day.I'm not sure what we would have done without Libby, Bishop's six-year-old chocolate lab. Not only did she make some good, long duck retrieves, but Bishop also sent Libby to fetch his cap after it blew off his head and sailed into the decoys. And several times she successfully brought back decoys that had blown free of their anchors.No problem. Deed done. However, Libby appeared anything but happy to be there. She never set her butt down in the coal-black mud that lines the marsh. Between retrieves she just stood there on all fours, looking at Bishop as if thinking, "I'm going to get even with you for this.""She hates you, man," Overstreet said to Bishop."I've never seen her act this way," Gerhardt laughed.The one and only time Libby came back empty from a retrieve was after a bufflehead fell wounded. She made multiple attempts at the constantly diving duck and almost had her mouth around it when the duck found its second wind, sprung in the air and flew off. That gave Libby one more reason to glare at her master. (Bishop informed us later that Libby's mother had died recently; maybe she was simply in mourning.)As the sun rose higher and the wind blew stronger, the shooting got less accurate."I may run out of shells," Gerhardt said. "I'm just a student."I had to chuckle at that line. It was another reminder of decades ago, when a full box of shells seemed like a case. It took a lot longer to shoot 25 times when you were jump-shooting ponds with a single-shot.Gerhardt's statement prompted Bishop to tell how he killed five teal with one shot in the Bottoms earlier this year. We've all thought we were going to knock down five teal when we shot into a wad of them. (You're lucky if one falls; you keep reminding yourself to pick out a single bird.) Bishop said he pointed at one, and four more fell. He filled a Central Flyway six-duck limit with two shots. I believe that story. I saw Bishop get his heart broken by a bunch of canvasbacks an hour later. He could have claimed the one that dropped, but he didn't. "Tell me those weren't cans," Bishop yelled after we got buzzed by 20 of them. "No way. No way."Libby retrieved the lone downed bird. Way. A full-bodied, red-eyed canvasback drake."My dad is not going to believe this," said Bishop as he reached for his cell phone, calling his father to tell him a hunting story, which ended abruptly with, "Got to go!"We were getting buzzed again. This time by redheads. One hen fell dead.In the melting pot of waterfowl that is Cheyenne Bottoms, you never know what's going to fly by. Twenty-seven duck species have been seen here, including a fulvous whistling duck and a white-winged scoter. Admittedly, those are rare sightings. But with Kansas positioned smack in the middle of the Central Flyway, it gets some wanderers from the Pacific and Mississippi flyways, too, riding that ever-present wind. Those are the outliers. Overall, mallards are king in Kansas. The state duck harvest in recent seasons has been about 50 percent mallards, 14 percent gadwalls and 12 percent green-winged teal. It will be mid-December before the mallard numbers peak. The Bottoms seemed to be about 50 percent spoonies on this early-season hunt.When we decided to pick up the decoys, we had an eight-duck bag between three hunters: four gadwalls, one green-winged teal, one redhead, one shoveler and, yes, one canvasback."I still can't believe I missed my shot at a canvasback," Bishop said.What I couldn't believe was how quickly "the young stallions" got the boat and the decoys back to the truck. I was barely halfway there, huffing-and-puffing, pulling one foot then the other from the marsh. I looked up while stopping to catch my breath, and the youngsters were sliding the boat on solid ground.Yes, these guys can hunt. GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing. Sign Me Up


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Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Teatro Regio di Parma and Parma Capitale della Musica Present Five Concerts of Traditional Central Asian Music and an Exhibition of Masterpieces of Art from the Aga Khan Museum Collections
Parma, Italy, 30 March 2007 – His Highness the Aga Khan and Mr. Elvio Ubaldi, Mayor of Parma, inaugurated "Splendori a Corte", an exhibition of rare art and manuscripts from the Aga Khan Museum collections being shown at the Palazzo della Pilotta in Parma. In addition to the exhibition, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, in collaboration with the Teatro Regio di Parma and Parma Capitale della Musica, presented a programme of sacred music from Central Asia.
The Exhibition, which will open on 31 March 2007, will run for two months in Parma and then appear in other European cities. The music programme, which presents a panoramic view of Central Asia's musical traditions, opened at the Teatro Regio on 30 March 2007. Four other concerts, featuring four different performing ensembles, are running from 31 March to 1 April 2007 at the Palazzo della Pilotta.
"This Exhibition of artistic masterpieces from the Islamic world underlines that the arts, particularly when they are spiritually inspired, can become a medium of discourse that transcends the barriers of our day-to-day experiences and preoccupations," said His Highness the Aga Khan. "Many questions are currently being raised in the West about the Muslim world, with countless misconceptions and misunderstandings occurring between our contemporary societies. I hope that this exhibition will hold a special significance at a time which calls for enlightened encounters amongst faiths and cultures."
The Exhibition is dedicated to the presentation of Muslim arts and culture in all their historic, cultural and geographical diversity. The selection of artwork is made from the permanent collections of the Aga Khan Museum, which will open in Toronto, Canada, in 2010. Surrounded by a large landscaped park, the Museum will be housed in a 10,000 square-metre building designed by the Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki.
"The political crises of the last few years, and the large numbers of Muslims emigrating to the West, have revealed – often dramatically – the considerable lack of knowledge of the Muslim world in many Western societies," said Luis Monreal, General Manager of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. "This ignorance spans all aspects of Islam: its pluralism, the diversity of interpretations within the Qur'anic faith, the chronological and geographical extent of its history and culture, as well as the ethnic, linguistic and social diversity of its peoples. The supposed 'clash of civilisations' is in reality nothing more than a manifestation of mutual ignorance."
The opening concert took place on 30 March 2007 at the Teatro Regio di Parma with all four ensembles performing for 25 minutes. Each group's performance was introduced by a five-minute documentary film subtitled in Italian that portrayed the musicians in their home communities and provided a cultural context for their art.
The four individual concerts are taking place at the Palazzo della Pilotta, featuring single ensembles during one-hour performances. Each performance is preceded by a twenty-minute introduction that includes a brief presentation of the musical tradition and a five-minute documentary film on the musicians.
AKTC's programmes encompass a wide series of activities aimed at the preservation and promotion of various elements of the material and spiritual heritage of Muslim societies. The Aga Khan Music Initiative in Central Asia is an initiative for the preservation of the musical heritage of Central Asia, which both supports master interpreters and music tradition bearers, and carries out the recording and publication of musical anthologies of the various ethnic groups in that region. AKTC also supports the Muslim arts and architecture departments of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as ArchNet, a major online resource on Islamic architecture. AKTC includes the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, established thirty years ago and created to draw attention to and recompense outstanding examples of architectural excellence as well as projects which provide solutions for the most acute social needs which exist in Muslim societies.
These programmes are part of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), the cultural agency of AKDN, which uses cultural heritage as a means of supporting and catalysing development – a strategy seldom employed by other international agencies. AKTC programmes are aimed at revitalising historic cities in the Muslim world both culturally and socioeconomically. Over the last decade, this approach has demonstrated its unique potential, through projects which rehabilitate monuments and public spaces and generally enhance the urban environment, including historic areas in Cairo, Kabul, Herat, Aleppo, Delhi, Zanzibar, Mostar, Timbuktu and Mopti. Coupled with socioeconomic initiatives (microfinance programmes, vocational training, health care, early child development, etc.), this approach produces measurable results which have a direct impact on social opportunities and the quality of life in what are often contexts of extreme poverty.
The exhibition will be open from 31 March to 3 June 2007 at Parma's Palazzo della Pilotta. The exhibition is open Tuesday through Sunday 10.00 – 19.00. Mondays the exhibition is closed, except the 9th, 23rd, and 30th of April.
For more information, please contact:
Sam Pickens
Information Officer
Aga Khan Development Network
P.O. Box 2049
1211 Geneva 2
Tel: (+41 22) 909 7277
Fax: (+41 22) 909 7291
Notes on the Aga Khan Development Network
The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is a group of private development agencies working to empower communities and individuals, often in disadvantaged circumstances, to improve living conditions and opportunities, especially in Central and South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. The Network's agencies work for the common good of all citizens, regardless of their gender, origin or religion. Its underlying impulse is the ethic of compassion for the vulnerable in society. Its annual budget for social and cultural development activities is US$300 million.

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Why It's Dangerous: Many children are drawn to communicating with strangers, feeling that their secrets are safer with them than with their friends. This app is a perfect tool for ill-intentioned strangers looking to connect with young people because it allows you to exchange messages with people nearest to you (so anonymity can be easily lost).
YikYak – All Yik Yak users are anonymous. They don't create a profile or account, but they can post comments that are accessible to the nearest 500 people (within a 1-5 mile radius). A psychiatrist called this the most dangerous app he'd ever seen because it "can turn a school into a virtual chat room where everyone can post his or her comments, anonymously. Untruthful, mean, character-assassinating short messages are immediately seen by all users in a specific geographic area."
Why It's Dangerous: This app is causing problems in schools across the United States, with students maliciously slandering teacher, staff, and other students. In fact, several schools have now banned smart phones from campus because of this particular app.
Kik – A free app-based alternative texting service that allows texts/pictures to be sent without being logged in the phone history. (Similar apps: Viber, WhatsApp, TextNow)
Why It's Dangerous – Makes it easier for your child to talk to strangers without your knowledge since it bypasses the wireless providers' short message services (SMS). Children also think they can "sext" without parents finding out. In addition, strangers can send your child a "friend request."
Snapchat – Allows you to capture an image or video and make it available to a recipient for a specific time. After that time limit is up, the picture/video automatically disappears forever…or so Snapchat claims. (Similar apps: Poke, Wire, and Wickr)
Why It's Dangerous – Kids can receive (or send ) sexually inappropriate photos. This app also makes kids feel like they can "sext" or send inappropriate pictures without consequences because the image will self-destruct automatically. The truth is that nothing sent over the internet disappears. There are always ways to retrieve and capture those images.
Vine – Allows users to watch and post six second videos.
Why It's Dangerous –While many of the videos are harmless, porn videos do pop up into the feed, exposing your children to sexually explicit material. You can also easily search for/access porn videos on this app. Predators utilize this app to search for teens and find their location. Then they try to connect with them via other messaging apps.
ChatRoulette and Omegle– These apps allow you to video chat with strangers.
Why It's Dangerous – Not only are users chatting with strangers, they could be chatting with a fake stranger. "Chat sites like Chatroulette and Omegle have done their best to produce systems that warns users when the people they are chatting to are potentially using fake webcam software, however developers still manage to slip under their radars with frequent updates." So a fifty-year-old man could set up a fake webcam and use images from a 15-year-old boy that looks like a teen celebrity to convince your child to send inappropriate pictures or get information about your child's location.
Tinder – Users post pictures and scroll through the images of other users. When they think someone is attractive they can "flag" the image. If that person has also "flagged" them in return, the app allows you to contact them.
Why It's Dangerous – This app, and similar apps such as Down, Skout, Pure, and Blendr, are primarily used for hooking up.
Poof – Hides other apps on your phone. You select which apps you would like to hide and their icons will no longer show up on your smartphone screen.
Why It's Dangerous – If children have apps that they want to keep hidden from their parents, all they have to do is download this app and "poof," their screen is clear of any questionable apps. So, if you see the poof app on their phone, you may want to ask them what they are hiding.


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Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn today laid out a proposal to encourage broadband Internet in a four-block area in Pioneer Square, allowing telecom and cable companies to lease some of the conduit that the city is now placing under First Avenue South. McGinn said it is a small, incremental step in a larger plan to bring high-speed Internet to the parts of the city that need it, tapping into some 500 miles of "dark fiber" that's not being utilized.
"We want take advantage of our existing fiber optic cable, and our ability to connect companies up to it that need it," said McGinn during remarks along First Avenue this morning.
If no one bids on the Pioneer Square project, then McGinn said the city will look into "whether we can just do it ourselves." The city is hoping that the fiber could be installed later this year.
High-speed Internet in the historic Seattle neighborhood is notoriously bad. (I wrote this post from our developer's offices along First Avenue, and the Internet speeds are far worse than what I get at home. It took about 40 minutes to upload a 2-minute video to Facebook).
And what does that mean for the techies who are flocking to the neighborhood?
Jeff Strain, the founder of Undead Labs, a 20-person game developer in Pioneer Square, said that fiber-optic cable would dramatically improve his company's ability to create cutting-edge games.
"What we are able to get in Pioneer Square is about half the speed of what you'd be able to get in your home," said Strain. "So, it is not really suitable for the sort of media rich businesses that we are trying to build down here."
If the city is able to attract fiber optic cable providers to the area, Strain said his company could get 100 megabit service in the area. That's a more than 2,000 percent increase in speed.
"It is essential for us in order for us to keep our company here," said Strain.
Other large technology companies also are moving into the area, including Zynga which just opened a branch office in the old Washington Shoe building earlier this month and Isilon Systems which plans to relocate to the neighborhood later this year.
The conduit is being laid from Cherry Street to King Street on First Avenue South, with crews at Seattle City Light placing electrical conduit under the street as part of the Viaduct deconstruction project. Since the street was already being torn up, Mayor McGinn pushed a plan forward to put empty conduit under the street which could eventually house fiber optic cable. Total cost is just $60,000.
City of Seattle CTO Bill Schrier said that the fiber-optic cable will help "equalize" Pioneer Square with downtown Seattle, which is already well served by private Internet service providers. The goal, he said, would be to have the providers offer service to both residences and businesses in the area.
And McGinn said bringing fiber to Pioneer Square is part of a larger mission that he has for the city, making it competitive on a global scale.
"This is a small policy step, making our conduit available to private providers to pull cable," he said. "The bigger policy steps would have to do with making some of the cable that we've pulled for our purposes available, and we are not asking for that today."
McGinn said that they will look at expanding the program into other areas of the city if it meets with success.
"We would love, as you know, to get as many homes and businesses connected to fiber optic cable as we can. This is something tangible we can do right now. But go to Beacon Hill? I'll tell you, I've been there, and usually one of the first two or three topics discussed is the quality of the service up there. It is not good. And that's really challenging because … we still believe that businesses can be started in garages in this city and grow into big businesses. And it would be kind of nice if some of those garages could compete on a world scale too."
Here's Schrier talking more about the plan to bring high-speed Internet to Pioneer Square.
Previously on GeekWire: Is the Seattle Underground the key to solving Pioneer Square's Internet woes?


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News of a beloved celebrity's death often brings heartbroken fans from far and wide to the Hollywood Walk of Fame to pay tribute to a talent lost.
But when news spread of Prince's sudden death, there was no star on the world-famous sidewalk to gather around. That's because the legendary pop artist had turned down the opportunity, as so many elite and influential figures had not, to have his name monumentalized along the Hollywood corridor.
"Prince was approached on two occasions about the possibility of being nominated for a star and he stated that the timing was not right," the Walk of Fame said in a Facebook post Friday in response to questions about the notably absent star. "We would have loved to honor this very deserving talent. It is unfortunate that it did not work out."
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Ana Martinez, a Walk of Fame ceremonies producer, said in a statement that an application was never submitted on behalf of the Purple One, but he could still be honored posthumously, though the waiting period for that is five years.
"We hope his family will do that when the time comes," Martinez said.
Other big names noticeably absent from the Walk of Fame include Oscar-winners Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman, comedian Jerry Seinfeld, media mogul Oprah and Grammy-winners Madonna and Whitney Houston.
According to Martinez, of those, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Jerry Seinfeld and Oprah have been selected, but have not set dates for dedication ceremonies.


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Filipino-American Victims to be Remembered at 9-11 Anniversary Memorial Services
Filipino-American organizations are commemorating and remembering the 20 victims of the World Trade Center collapse on September 11, 2001, twenty people who had Filipino origins. Two of those were actually on board the planes that hit the twin towers. Their biographies will be read at the 9/11 Tenth Anniversary Vigil for Filipino American Families on Sept. 9, 2011, from 7pm to 9pm at the Asian American Writers Workshop, 110-112 West 27th Street, Sixth Floor, New York, NY. This event is open to the public.
The sponsors of the event are as follows:
- Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) Metro New York Chapter;
- Filipino American Human Services, Inc. (FAHSI);
- Kalusugan Coalition, Inc.;
- Damayan Migrant Workers Association;
- Collaborative Opportunities for Raising Empowerment (CORE);
- Filipinas for Rights and Empowerment (FiRE);
- UniPro, BaranGAY, NYU International Filipino Association (IFA);
- Outstanding Filipino Americans (TOFA) in New York Committee.
There was also one other Filipino-American who died in the plane crash in Pennsylvania.
The name-reading activity was suppose to be part of the upcoming memorial celebrations but Mayor Bloomberg decided to scrap this tradition. A lot of the family members were angered when this announcement was made, saying the reading should remain part of the ceremonies. Still, there are others who agree to discontinue it as a requirement.
Half-way around the world, Marie Rose Abad, a New York-born daughter from an Italian immigrant family and one of the victims of the 9/11 attacks, has her name emblazoned in a village in the Philippines called the Marie Rose Abad Village where her Philippine-born American husband, Rudy Abad, had a community of about 50 one-story houses built in 2004 in her memory. Marie Rose was a senior executive at the 89th-floor office of the investment bank Keefe, Bruyette & Woods when the second plane slammed the building.
The 21 Filipinos and Filipino-Americans who died in the World Trade Center attacks and the Pennsylvania plane crash were the following:
- Grace Alegre Cua;
- Cesar A. Alviar;
- Marlyn C. Bautista;
- Cecile M. Caguicla;
- Jayceryll M. de Chavez;
- Benilda Pascua Domingo;
- Judy Hazel Fernandez;
- Ramon Grijalvo;
- Frederick Kuo Jr.;
- Arnold A. Lim;
- Manuel L. Lopez;
- Carl Allen Peralta;
- Maria Theresa Santillan;
- Rufino Conrado (Roy) F. Santos;
- David Marc Sullins;
- Hilario (Larry) S. Sumaya;
- Hector Tamayo;
- Cynthia Betita Motus Wilson;
- Ronald Gamboa (plane crash);
- Ruben Ornedo (plane crash);
- Manolito Kaur (plane crash).
Both President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama are expected to attend the Ground Zero memorial services. The 9/11 attacks claimed the lives of 2,977 people, including 246 victims on the four planes and 411 emergency workers from the FDNY, NYPD, PAPD and EMT.
Sources: Inquirer Global Nation | Filipino Reporter | Huffington Post | Wikipedia
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At Drake's Jungle Tour opening night in Houston, he changed a lyric in his song from "Madonna" to "Rihanna." And neither of those women probably give a f-ck. So here's Madonna. Love is pain and pain is art show me your Graffiti Heart. ❤#rebelheart Full Story
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There was a party for Gwyneth Paltrow's 40th birthday in London earlier this week. Stella McCartney, Hugh Grant, and some other British personalities were there. G celebrated her birthday proper in Portofino the week before with close family and friends. Now she's in New York to celebrate some more but also to help promote the Tracy Anderson Pregnancy Project. Full Story
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The Movie Star is dying. Good Taste is dying. The Supermodel died a long time ago? Back in the day, we worshipped models. Victoria Beckham's imminent triumph on the cover of Vogue is making me nostalgic for days past when it wasn't Jennifer Aniston's face on fashion magazines but the real stars of the runway. Full Story
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NFL Week 8: Cowboys and Eagles meet in a must win
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It's only Week 8, yet the future of one contender/pretender could be decided in the NFC East. The loser of Dallas' visit to Philadelphia will be at a distinct disadvantage in the wide-open division. And as the Cowboys and Eagles have proven this season, both are capable of falling apart.
Yet each team feels it has turned a corner. Philly (2-4) broke a four-game slide by beating Washington, then healed up during its bye week. Dallas (3-3) just as easily could be 6-0 if it could figure out how to protect a late lead.
"We believe we're a good team," Cowboys tight end Jason Witten said. "But we've got to go do it because .500 is not going to cut it. You've got to continue to get better."
Dallas surely got better with its running game last week as DeMarco Murray sped to a franchise-record 253 yards rushing, second only to Adrian Peterson's 296 among rookies in NFL history.
"The best teams peak at the right time. That's what we need to do," Witten added.
The Cowboys also have the best run defense in the league, and guess who has the top rushing offense. Yep, the Eagles, thanks greatly to Michael Vick's unparalleled maneuverability at quarterback.
All of which makes for a spicy confrontation that could have long-term effects on the division.
"It's a big game for us. Each team (knows) what's at stake this time," Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware said. "It's going to be one of those long, drawn-out, beat-down games. We've got to go up there and get a win."
The other NFC East teams face AFC East squads, with the Giants hosting Miami and the Redskins heading to Toronto to play Buffalo.
Also, it's New England at Pittsburgh, Cleveland at San Francisco, Detroit at Denver, Arizona at Baltimore, New Orleans at St. Louis, Jacksonville at Houston, Cincinnati at Seattle, Minnesota at Carolina, and Indianapolis at Tennessee.
San Diego is at resurgent Kansas City in the Monday night game.
Off this weekend are Atlanta (4-3), Chicago (4-3), Green Bay (7-0), Oakland (4-3), Tampa Bay (4-3) and the New York Jets (4-3).
Miami (0-6) at New York Giants (4-2)
The Dolphins aren't in any better shape on this trip to the New Jersey Meadowlands than they were two weeks ago, when they fell to the Jets. In fact, they probably are worse off following that late collapse against Denver.
Expecting Miami to end its slide against the rested Giants, who likely get back several key players, especially DE Justin Tuck and RB Brandon Jacobs, is a reach.
New York leads the NFC East and given the Redskins' difficult game Sunday and the Cowboys visiting Philadelphia, the Giants could pick up some ground with a win.
Washington (3-3) vs. Buffalo (4-2) at Toronto
The Bills' "home" game in Canada is not a welcomed occasion for safety George Wilson.
"The fan support in Toronto is a night-and-day difference from what we have in Buffalo," he said. "For the most part, it's a show. You see just as many jerseys for the opposing teams as you do the Bills. They cheer for any big play regardless of whichever team makes it."
Buffalo has made a lot more big plays than Washington, which has lost two straight, made a quarterback change from Rex Grossman to John Beck, and is severely banged-up.
Even ironman linebacker London Fletcher is in shaky shape. Fletcher has never missed a game in his 14-year NFL career, with a streak of 214 straight appearances, but is bothered by a hamstring problem.
Meanwhile, the Bills come off a bye hoping to extend their dominance of the Skins to six straight.
Sounds like they'd prefer to try at Ralph Wilson Stadium, not the Rogers Centre.
New England (5-1) at Pittsburgh (5-2)
One of the NFL's juiciest matchups for more than a decade, although it's been decidedly one-sided in favor of Tom Brady and company.
"Some of our greatest games that we've ever played have been against them," Brady said.
Brady is 6-1 against the Steelers, with 14 touchdown passes, three interceptions and a 104.8 passer rating. Pittsburgh's blitzes and shifting schemes don't confuse the two-time league MVP, and Ben Roethlisberger tends to struggle against Bill Belichick's defense.
However, the current New England defense is vulnerable, which could lead to a shootout if Brady's mastery over the Steel Curtain continues.
"As the league evolves and you've got to keep up with teams like New England scoring 60 points a game," Roethlisberger said, "it's part of the evolution."
San Diego (4-2) at Kansas City (3-3)
When October began, the Chiefs were a mess, 0-3, stagnant on offense, leaky on defense and beaten up all over. Coach Todd Haley found the right spark, though – helped by a sideline shouting match with quarterback Matt Cassel in the team's first victory, at Minnesota.
KC has won three straight and by beating the enigmatic Chargers at Arrowhead, the Chiefs will be tied atop the AFC West with San Diego and idle Oakland.
"We never bowed our head and thought the season was done like some people did," cornerback Brandon Flowers said. "We just knew if we kept pushing, things would turn around for us.
"It's going to be a great showdown Monday night."
The Chargers showed why they come up short in the championship chase despite all their talent by blowing a 21-10 lead at the Jets last weekend.
Cleveland (3-3) at San Francisco (5-1)
Following their third straight road win, the last thing the Niners needed was a bye. Still, coach Jim Harbaugh will keep the fires burning, even if it means back-slapping an assistant coach too hard.
San Francisco is in an enviable position if it can take advantage of a relatively easy schedule that could yield a division crown by Thanksgiving. It needs to keep dominating on the ground (second against the rush, sixth running the ball) and cherishing the ball – only six giveaways, second in the league behind the Lions' five.
Cleveland has won three in a row in the series but must find some offense. Only winless Miami and St. Louis have scored fewer points among teams that have played six games.
Detroit (5-2) at Denver (2-4)
Things suddenly aren't motoring along so well in Motown. The Lions lost two straight at Ford Field, tight games in which the opponent made the key plays. Now they head to Denver, where Tebowmania has the city 8 miles high.
Tebow came up with all the big plays down the stretch – actually the last six minutes of regulation – after flopping for much of the day in Miami. But he produced a victory, snapping the Broncos' three-game slide, and made this matchup more interesting.
The Broncos could be in decent shape if Lions QB Matthew Stafford (right ankle) and RB Jahvid Best (concussion) are limited or absent.
Arizona (1-5) at Baltimore (4-2)
The Ravens come off a hideous offensive performance – Jacksonville deserves credit for its defensive play in that game, but Ray Rice got only eight carries – and now faces a team that ranks 28th against the pass. Arizona has yielded the third-most points among teams that have played six games, and isn't more efficient on offense. Indeed, the Cardinals are minus-5 in turnover margin and the Ravens are plus-4.
Expect Rice to be heavily involved for Baltimore this time.
"He's got to get more than eight carries," coach John Harbaugh said. "Eight carries is never going to be a winning formula for Ray Rice, there's no doubt about it."
New Orleans (5-2) at St. Louis (0-6)
Even at full strength, something the Rams haven't enjoyed all season, this might be a mismatch. Now, with Sam Bradford nursing a high left ankle sprain, adding to all of St. Louis' injury woes, the Saints might go for another 62 points.
Then again, New Orleans will want to get out of St. Loo healthy and with another win before facing consecutive games against division rivals Tampa Bay and Atlanta. So maybe Drew Brees and the boys get only 42 points.
Jacksonville (2-5) at Houston (4-3)
Coming off their upset of the Ravens, the Jaguars present a defensive challenge – if not much else – to the Texans, who won a statement game in Nashville last Sunday. Houston was spiraling and ravaged by injuries before it got well in Music City to take control of the weak AFC South.
"I felt very strongly that this would be a good, solid defense for us this year, and we're nearing the midway point, and I think that it's obvious that it is and has been, and we're going to need to be even better through the second half of the season," Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio said.
Houston won't get back star WR Andre Johnson this week, but the key could be the running game. Arian Foster and Ben Tate both rushed for more than 100 yards against the Titans, and Foster added 119 yards receiving while scoring three times in a showing reminiscent of his breakout 2010 season.
Cincinnati (4-2) at Seattle (2-4)
A Bengals victory and defeats by Baltimore and Pittsburgh would lift Cincinnati into a tie for the AFC North lead – heady territory for a rebuilding franchise.
Cincinnati has won three straight and its defense ranks second in yardage allowed, the main reason for the overall improvement. Its seven fumble recoveries rank second overall and its 14 sacks bode poorly for Seattle, whether Tarvaris Jackson or Charlie Whitehurst is the quarterback. The Seahawks have given up 23 sacks, tied with the Rams for the most surrendered.
Minnesota (1-6) at Carolina (2-5)
A "veteran" rookie quarterback, Cam Newton, against a newbie rookie, Christian Ponder.
Newton has been tearing up the NFL, on pace for several rookie records and helping the Panthers look respectable even while occupying the bottom of the NFC South. He led them past the Redskins last Sunday and has seven TDs rushing already. That ranks second in the league and ties the full-season rookie mark (since the 1970 merger) set by Vince Young in 2006.
Ponder made a nice starting debut in a loss to Green Bay, never looking overmatched – just as Newton has not been all season. He threw for two TDs and led the Vikings to a season-high 435 yards total offense.
Indianapolis (0-7) at Tennessee (3-3)
Both teams would like to erase Oct. 23 from their calendars. Tennessee was routed 41-7 at home by Houston, yet that was 21 points better than the performance the Colts provided in New Orleans, a 62-7 gouging.
Until last week, Indy seemed to be getting closer to a win, and the Titans had the look of a contender. Each of them needs to consider those embarrassments a one-week issue and not let the negativism fester.
Indianapolis has won five in a row against Tennessee. Of course, some guy named Peyton was on the field for those games.


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Beyonce kicked off The Mrs Carter Show World Tour in Belgrade yesterday. It's always a spectacle where B is concerned and, obviously, a major part of that is the clothing. And all the Spanxing. Can you imagine singing and dancing in triple Spanx? I can't even lie down in bed in Spanx. But this is how you avoid camel toe. You can see her avoiding it quite well in the white outfit. Which I love. Especially the shoulders, although it's crazy to me how it's, like, totally normally now to see a performer on stage not wearing pants. The only reason I consciously realised that she's not wearing pants is that I tried to picture myself in the same and then it occurred to me that, um, if I put that on, I wouldn't be wearing pants.
As expected, there is also some leather involved. And some sort of generic red gown. And then...
A gold bodysuit with massive nipples that are totally implants. I mean the costume. So breasts are fake now even when they're fake.
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- Dystonia is often cloaked in mystery and difficult to diagnose
- Though it's the third most common movement disorder, few people understand it
- Dystonia's cause is mostly unknown, and there is no cure for it
- "You don't die from dystonia," one woman says, "but you want to"
Lori Raines and her mother were hunting for deals at post-Christmas sales in 2009 when Raines' left leg involuntarily turned inward and an excruciating pain shot through it.
At first, she thought the pain was the result of a 2005 operation to fix a herniated disc in her lower back.
It wasn't.
As a massage therapist, yoga instructor, aspiring artist and mother, she could not afford to lose mobility. But within a couple of days, Raines was practically bedridden.
She began taking a number of medicines and steroids that changed her personality, caused friends to abandon her and destroyed her marriage.
But nothing stopped the pain or involuntary movement in her leg.
"I lost everything," she says.
Finally, eight months and about 30 doctors' opinions later, she was diagnosed with dystonia, a little-known but the third most common movement disorder.
"If you have something invisible going on, then it's all subjective," the 41-year-old says. "Dystonia doesn't show up on MRIs and it doesn't show up on tests."
Raines hasn't been able to work, slowly watching dystonia spread from her legs to her arms to her neck. Forced to get around on crutches or in a power chair, the former dancer is mostly confined to her Hendersonville, North Carolina, home.
"You don't die from dystonia," she says. "But you want to. It's sort of like a life sentence, as opposed to a death sentence."
Dystonia is often cloaked in mystery and can take years to diagnose. In most cases, dystonia's cause is unknown, and there is no cure. Patients and medical professionals agree dystonia awareness lags far behind other movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis.
Dystonia is "characterized by sustained or intermittent muscle contractions causing abnormal, often repetitive, movements, postures, or both," according to the article "Phenomenology and classification of dystonia: A consensus update," published this year by an international panel of dystonia researchers.
Dystonia can be divided into primary and secondary types, says Dr. H.A. Jinnah, director of the Dystonia Coalition and professor in the department of neurology, pediatrics and human genetics at Emory University. It is difficult to quantify exactly how many people suffer from it.
Under the National Institutes of Health guidelines, Jinnah says pure or primary dystonia is identified as a rare disorder, but mixed or secondary dystonia occurs frequently. Combining the two classifications makes dystonia a common disorder, he says, "because we would have to include cerebral palsy, Parkinson's disease and a whole load of others."
There are two common treatments for dystonia; neurotoxin injections, such as Botox, and deep brain stimulation, which requires an operation to place a neurostimulator in the brain. The stimulator sends electrical currents to parts of the brain that control muscle movement.
Certain forms of dystonia have been linked to genetics, environmental or brain damage. But scientists are still trying to determine exactly what causes the disorder.
"What all of us would like, and most especially our patients, is a medication so that they don't have to get injections or brain surgery," Jinnah says. "That requires that we know something about the cause."
Cervical dystonia, which causes the neck and sometimes the shoulders to contract involuntarily into uncomfortable positions, is the most common form.
Cris Rogers, 46, says he believes he developed cervical dystonia due to birth complications. He didn't begin experiencing symptoms until his teens and wasn't properly diagnosed until he was 36.
"Even world-class orthopedists missed this diagnosis by a country mile," he says.
Rogers calls having cervical dystonia a "gift" compared with other forms out there. He is able to treat it with quarterly Botox injections.
"There is an emotional aspect to dystonia that people don't get," he says. "You feel hopeless."
Yet there is no guarantee the Botox will always be an effective treatment.
"If you have relief and the symptoms return, that is a level of pain that is hard to describe," he says. "Because you know what it is like to feel good."
Rogers is a member of the Facebook page Neuronauts, a closed dystonia support group with about 650 members that Raines created in 2012. Raines says she encouraged the Neuronauts to post their stories on CNN's iReport in honor of Dystonia Awareness Month.
"We are isolated as a whole," she says of the group and people who suffer from dystonia. "We have no support. We have no money. We're just trying to keep ourselves alive."
Michele Weber, a mother of two who has a Ph.D. in political science, is also a Neuronauts member. Like Raines, she has multiple forms of dystonia that affect her neck, limbs and facial muscles.
She began experiencing symptoms as a child and started seeking medical opinions in her 20s. But Weber says she wasn't diagnosed until her 40s.
"(Dystonia) is devastating to people socially and economically," the 47-year-old says. "We're not the glamour illness. We don't have the celebrity spokesman."
Weber's peers are often shocked to hear she works as a financial adviser, an "assumption" that her visible symptoms are indicative of "lesser intelligence," she says. She bucks her natural tendency to keep personal issues private because she believes raising awareness is key to advancing treatment and a cure.
"Until I know that everybody is diagnosed or have adequate treatments, I'll keep being a big mouth about this," she says.
Like Rogers, Weber considers herself fortunate because she has her husband's support and quality care from a doctor she trusts. Her symptoms constantly limit basic abilities such as using her hands and legs.
"I am disabled -- no more, no less," she says. "All of our abilities are temporary."
All three agree that the medical community's lack of understanding of dystonia contributes to the public's lack of awareness.
Dystonia's wide variety of forms has caused a lag in research and treatment, says Dr. Mahlon DeLong, medical director of the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation and professor of neurology at Emory.
"There was a period of time in the '50s, '60s and '70s when physicians thought this could be psychogenic," he says, meaning it originated in the mind. "It was a very unfortunate time."
DeLong says that the medical community now understands dystonia's symptoms are not psychological and that the recent discovery of new genes creates opportunities for advancements in treatment -- and may lead eventually to finding a cure.
"We're beginning to understand the molecular disturbances in the brain," he says.
Identifying the genes that may be involved in dystonia will allow researchers to learn about their different mutations, Jinnah says. These findings will then enable scientists to understand better how the mutations alter patients' biochemistry and how the mutations affect the brain's normal neurological functions.
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One thing the cycling community in New York City can agree on is that it has a rich history, filled with significant events that have shaped the popularity of the bike culture to what it is today. What is often debated by bike advocates and activists is which groups or individuals are responsible for these events and why? Who influenced who? Things like, how much of a role did critical mass have on building the popularity of cycling or was it more about a well funded advocacy group who was less rebellious and willing to work with the city in more traditional forms of a non profit. How much of a roll did the messenger community play by spearheading renegade events and street races? Perhaps it was ancient Druids who left cryptic messages in the ethos, thousands of years before the wheel was even invented.
Next week I will be co-hosting a panel discussion with many significant players that make up our unique bike culture and begin a dialouge about our history. Sorry, the druids are not available.
This was the brain child of my sister blogger Nona Varnado of thebirdwheel.com, who recently moved to Los Angeles. She attended a similiar event out there that pieced together it's own bike history into a timeline which lead to an open panel discussion and allowed community input of the key events to build the timeline.
Here is more about the event:
#BikeNYC Community History-a panel discussion.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
6:30pm – 9:00pm
at Red Lantern Bicycles
345 Myrtle Ave-Fort Greene, Brooklyn
RSVP: #BikeNYC Community History
The Quick Version: It's a crowdsourced "people's history" of cycling in NYC. After panel members have spoken audience members will be encouraged to add benchmarks under each year. We'll be looking at 1985 – 2013.
Curated by: Nona Varnado
Moderators: Mike Green (BikeBlogNYC) & Nona Varnado (theBirdWheel)
Panelists: Charles Komanoff, Caroline Samponaro, Bill Di Paola, Kevin 'Squid' Bolger, Helen Ho, Steve Vaccaro, Ken Stanek, Chris Kim, Taliah Lempert and Dmitry Gudkov.
Thanks to Transportation Alternatives (celebrating their 40th!) and Times Up! (celebrating their 25th!) we have a pretty excellent timeline to start from.
this happened: labikemvmt.com
It was one of the most rewarding experiences I've had as a bike community member, organizer and cycling advocate. I'm so excited to experience a NYC version!
The format is two moderators, Mike Green (BikeBlogNYC) and myself (TheBirdWheel). In mostly chronological order we have panelists talk about how things actually happened (there will be surprises…) It's a great way to create a narrative and timeline of local cycling history as a social movement.
The #BikeLA event was extremely successful, heartwarming and a solid way to create a crowdsourced peoples history. This was huge for academics, recognizing individual and movement volunteers, practical insights developed over the years in a way that very positively brought people from many places (individuals, academics, advocates, personalities) together in a kind of reunion. People brought kids, connected about new projects and greater cross collaboration.


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You might have played Patatap last week as it made its way around email, Facebook, Twitter, and other avenues.
If you haven't, you probably should. People like this "portable animation and sound kit" that lets you "create melodies charged with moving shapes" on a touchscreen web browser (phone or tablet) or on a computer. In terms of technologies that help people make music even if they haven't the faintest idea what they are doing, this web app perfectly straddles the line between "this sounds like music" and "it reacts to what I am doing."
Most importantly, it sounds great and reacts fast. You can even play along with whatever other music you're streaming in real time, if you use it on a computer, although it works great for messing around with on its own. If you have a modicum of experience with triggering electronic sounds rapidly, you can put together some pretty advanced stuff, although button mashing works well too, which helps explain why this thing became so popular so quickly.
To find out more about Patatap, we asked two of its creators, Jono Brandel (developer/designer) and Shawn James Seymour (the latter crafted the musical sounds with his Lullatone bandmate Yoshimi Seymour in Japan), some questions.
Eliot Van Buskirk, Evolver.fm: How did the idea for Patatap come to you?
Jono Brandel, Patatap developer and designer: It came out through tinkering with animations over the last couple of years. I created the animations to be used for visualizing music, however about 6 months ago I got in contact with composers Lullatone and it became clear we should repurpose them to create an instrument of sorts.
Evolver.fm: What would you say is the philosophy behind Patatap?
Brandel: We are interested in the mixing of aural and visual senses, and wanted to bring that to a format that anyone can enjoy.
Shawn James Seymore, Lullatone: We like that with Patatap, "making a composition" could mean composing as in a song or also composition as in the balance of objects in visual art.
Evolver.fm: Is it difficult to design something with which average, non-musical people can make something that sounds good? What's the secret, if there is one?
Seymore: Thank you for noticing! One of the things we were most careful about was making sure that it could sound good no matters who was playing. The first move was to carve down all of the sounds into their shortest most simple form. Even though there are a lot of layers in most of the tones, we were careful to make sure they wouldn't get muddy if someone pressed too many buttons at once.
Evolver.fm: How did you get the melodies and timbres to fit together so well?
Seymore: A big trick to split each set into 13 sounds with some kind of melodic element and 13 there are strictly rhythmic. We realized early that too many melodic elements made it hard to create tracks with room to breathe. Other than that, we just chose sounds for each set that we thought would work well together to make a song with a few random dudes thrown it to give it some spice!
Evolver.fm: How have you reacted to the popularity of Patatap? Did you expect this? And is there a way to monetize it, as they say?
Brandel: We weren't expecting this at all! We hope people will support us through buying ancillary artifacts. We have a merchandise page on the website and they link to 3 albums of Lullatone's and 2 posters of mine.
Evolver.fm: What about the technology? How is Patatap able to be so responsive via the web?
Brandel: Web technology is at a really interesting place where we can start to make projects like this. Today's web technology, which harnesses processing power typically associated with native applications, lowers the barrier of entry for audience participation. In many ways, I think this is why the reception was so strong.
Evolver.fm: Are you working on any future music projects that you can tell us about?
Brandel: I'm collaborating with Warp Records at the moment. If you're interested to know as soon as it comes out I update status of all my projects on Twitter frequently: @jonobr1.
Seymore: We are always recording new songs and albums. We already have some more ideas for new instruments to make with Jono in the future.
Check out some Patatap creations, replete with notation, or try it yourself.
Stay tuned for more digital music news, reviews, and analysis.


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I ran into author and Rolling Stone contributing editor Jeff Goodell at Arizona State in Phoenix, where he was a speaker at the Covering the Green Economy conference (I also spoke). Though he had just published a book, the rumpled-looking Goodell didn't talk about it until prodded by his fellow journalists. The book is "How to Cool the Planet" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26), and it's about geoengineering — scientific approaches to reduce the Earth's temperature that can achieve positive results without actually reducing the carbon dioxide (CO2) we seem unable to stop pumping into the atmosphere. Here he is on TV talking about it:
Goodell's book is not science-lite: There's not a lot of pages devoted to crazed schemes and the dreamers who advance them. Instead, he focuses on some key scientists — including a bleeding-heart liberal who used to organize anti-nuke rallies and a former Dr. Death who created weapons systems with H Bomb designer Edward Teller — who might actually be on to something. The book's message is that there's no substitute for reducing CO2 emissions, but given the results of the underachieving Kyoto Treaty and the dramatic failure of COP 15, it doesn't look like that's happening anytime soon. And if we continue to ignore the Earth's dire warnings, geoengineering may be a Hail Mary pass for a planet in trouble. I talked to Goodell after the conference:
MNN: How do you define geoengineering?
Goodell: The British Royal Society defines it as large-scale, intentional intervention in the climate system to offset global warming. It's figuring out ways to reduce the amount of sunlight that hits the planet in order to cool things off. It's also about developing new technologies that could suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere in artificial ways in order to reduce concentrations in the atmosphere.
Most people would think that was an impossible task. Did your research in how to cool the planet show that these kinds of things are really achievable on such a big scale?
One of the things that's really surprising is that when it comes to cooling off the planet by blocking sunlight you don't have to block very much, only 1 or 2 percent. That could offset a doubling of CO2 emissions, and doubling is the common yardstick you'll find scientists use to talk about climate sensitivity.
There are simple things that would mimic natural processes. For instance, we know that big volcanoes like Mount Pinatubo, which erupted in the Philippines in 1992, put a lot of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere. The particles act like tiny mirrors. Mount Pinatubo actually lowered the temperature of the Earth by about a degree for several years.
One of the most promising and interesting ideas here is to mimic nature — build an artificial volcano that would put small amounts of such particles high into the stratosphere, higher even than a volcano would do, and reflect away a small amount of sunlight. That has not been done yet, but it is very doable, and it could have the effect of cooling off the planet. It does not eliminate the need for reducing carbon dioxide emissions, but if you wanted to find a way to cool off the planet quickly, this is one way to do it.
If I took these ideas to leading climate scientist James Hansen or to environmental writer and 350.org founder Bill McKibben, would they scoff at them?
I was on a panel with Bill McKibben a few weeks ago in Vermont. Bill says the fact that we're even talking about this seriously is a measure of how desperate things have become. One of the reasons I got into geoengineering was that I wrote a book about coal ["Big Coal"]. I realized that the world was not going to stop burning coal anytime soon, and the technology to remove CO2 from the coal stacks is not likely to work on a large scale. And so that means we're going to be pumping a whole lot more CO2 into the atmosphere for a long time, and we're going to blow through a whole lot of the targets scientists have set in order to avoid the risk of dangerous climate change.
And so what might we do, what are other ways of dealing with this problem? I think people like Bill McKibben and James Hansen would say this is very dangerous, manipulating the climate on this level. And we really should focus our intentions on reducing CO2 levels. And I totally agree with them. But despite what Hansen has been saying for 30 years and McKibben for almost as long, we're not doing a very good job of it. Emissions are going up, up, up, and by any meaningful measure we're not making progress.
So I think it's important to at least think about geoengineering, to at least articulate what the risks and dangers are so we can better understand it.
What are some of the more far-out geoengineering concepts for reducing global warming effects?
There are basically two categories of techniques, one of which is reducing the amount of sunlight that hits the planet, which would work very quickly — it's like popping a parasol on a beach. And in that category are things like pumping particles high into the stratosphere, and also brightening marine clouds. We know that can work because ships do it — particles from diesel exhaust stimulate cloud growth and reflect away sunlight. Other ideas are about changing the reflectivity of the Earth — even Energy Secretary Steven Chu has talked about painting roofs white, and roads white, which would have a small effect.
The other category encompasses ideas that would suck CO2 out of the air, ranging from dumping iron into the ocean to stimulating plankton blooms (which would pull carbon out of the surface waters and out of the air). There is also using a chemical process to build machines called artificial trees that will pull CO2 out of the atmosphere directly. Think of a kind of iron lung for the planet that would allow us to dial in the kind of climate we want. Those are some of the more practical things.
One of the far-out, science-fiction ideas is putting mirrors in space — I don't take those ideas very seriously because they're very expensive and would take hundreds of years to implement. Researchers also have had the crazy idea of dumping plastic balls or Styrofoam into the ocean in order to change the reflectivity of the Arctic Ocean. Some have even talked about launching a nuclear weapon at the moon to create a lot of moondust and reflect away sunlight. There are a lot of wacky ideas.
Isn't there some idea involving the breakfast cereal Special K?
Yes, one researcher has talked about dumping thousands of millions of tons of Special K into the ocean with the idea that it would change the reflectivity of the oceans while also adding nutrients and creating plankton blooms — so it would be a lot of bang for the buck. These are the nutty ideas that a lot of garage thinkers are putting out there. I tried to not focus too much on that stuff, because it just makes you laugh and this is a really serious endeavor. To focus too much attention on those things undercuts the seriousness of the science.
I think you were a bit surprised that the fossil fuel lobby actually loves your book.
When the galleys of the book came out, the first call I got was from one of the big fossil fuel lobbying firms, inviting me to Washington and offering to sponsor talks. They love the idea, because if it's positioned for them in the right way, which for me is the wrong way. They hear the message, "We don't have to worry about cutting back on oil and coal and other fossil fuels if we can just put some sulfur particles up in the sky and continue on our merry way." It's a diet pill for our climate problems. But in reality, that's kind of a nightmare scenario because reducing the sunlight that hits the planet is not a cure-all for the problems of high CO2 levels. Among other things, we'd still have to deal with the most important consequence of those high levels, which is the ongoing acidification of the oceans.


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|Catawba Achievement Center News Articles
Following are news articles about the Catawba Achievement Center.
July 8: YourHub.com, "Video Professor donates to Achievement Centers."
September 9: Trading Markets.com, "IBM, SeniorNet, Native American Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Department of the Interior, USDA Rural Development Bring Technology Access, Education to Catawba Indian Nation."
September 10: Handsnet Human Services News, article with information about the Center's opening.
September 12: Business Week.com, "BRIEF: Catawba Reservation to get technology center [The Charlotte Observer, N.C.]"
September 12: CharlotteObserver.com, "Catawba Reservation to get technology center."
September 12: Individual.com, "Tribe opens tech center at Longhouse: Computer training, GED program, small business classes in the plans."
September 12: HeraldOnline.com, "Tribe Opens Tech Center at Longhouse."


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A Relative Bioavailability Study of Citalopram 40 mg Tablets Under Fed Conditions
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First Posted : March 19, 2009
Last Update Posted : August 17, 2010
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|Drug: Citalopram HBr 40 mg tablets, single dose Drug: CelexaTM 40 mg tablets, single dose
|Phase 1
Study Type: Interventional Study Design: Randomized, 2-period, 2-sequence, crossover design.
Official Title: Single Dose Crossover Comparative Bioavailability Study of Citalopram 40 mg Tablets in Healthy Male Volunteers/Fed State
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Rate and Extend of Absorption
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|32 participants
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|Single Dose Crossover Comparative Bioavailability Study of Citalopram 40 mg Tablets in Healthy Male Volunteers/Fed State
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Drug: Citalopram HBr 40 mg tablets, single dose
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- Significant history of hypersensitivity to citalopram or any related products as well as severe hypersensitivity reactions (like angioedema) to any drugs.
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|Algorithme Pharma Inc.
|Montreal,, Quebec, Canada, H4N2Y8
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|Algorithme Pharma Inc
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