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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council strongly condemned North Korea's third nuclear test on Tuesday and vowed to take action against Pyongyang for an act that all major world powers, including traditional ally China, have denounced.
"The members of the Security Council strongly condemned this test, which is a grave violation of Security Council resolutions," South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, whose country is president of the council this month, told reporters. He said the council would now consider "appropriate measures."
The non-binding statement was approved by all 15 council members.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said that Washington and its allies want the Security Council to pass a resolution that would "augment the sanctions regime" already in place due to Pyongyang's 2006 and 2009 atomic tests.
The council statement was agreed at an emergency closed-door session convened by South Korea. Diplomats say negotiations on new sanctions could take weeks since China is likely to resist tough new measures for fear that new sanctions could lead to further retaliation by the North Korean leadership.
Beijing has also been concerned that tougher sanctions could further weaken the North's economy and prompt refugees to flood into China.
The United States, Britain, France, Russia and China - the five permanent members of the 15-nation council - all condemned Pyongyang's latest nuclear test, which an international nuclear test monitoring agency in Vienna said was roughly twice as large as that of North Korea's 2009 nuclear test.
U.S. President Barack Obama said "the danger posed by North Korea's threatening activities warrants further swift and credible action by the international community.
Obama will give his annual State of the Union address later on Tuesday. Several diplomats said it was possible that was why North Korea chose this day to detonate an atomic device, since Pyongyang traditionally makes such moves on important days in the U.S. calendar.
China's reaction was more muted. In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Tuesday summoned the North Korean ambassador to China to protest against the North's new nuclear test. Yang said China was "strongly dissatisfied and resolutely opposed" to the test.
Several council diplomats said the United States and its allies would push for tough new sanctions rather than merely expanding existing measures imposed after Pyongyang's 2006 and 2009 atomic tests.
It was not clear what measures, if any, China would support. Diplomats said the Chinese delegation indicated behind closed doors that it could support a new council resolution on North Korea but did not specify what it would allow to be in it.
When North Korean leader Kim, 30, took power after his father's death in December 2011, there were hopes that he would bring reforms and end Kim Jong-il's "military first" policies.
Instead, the North, whose economy is smaller than it was 20 years ago and where a third of children are believed to be malnourished, appears to be trapped in a cycle of sanctions followed by further provocations.
China has long made clear its opposition to a new North Korean nuclear test, but council diplomats say Beijing could be expected to put up some initial resistance to new U.N. sanctions.
Eventually, U.N. diplomats predicted, China will most likely approve some form of sanctions against North Korea, although it is not clear how harsh Beijing will permit the measures to be.
Victor Cha of the Center for Strategic and International Security in Washington said "Chinese leaders cannot be happy with this test."
"In the world of diplomacy, little things do matter and conducting the test during the Chinese New Year will be viewed by Beijing as extremely insulting, and perhaps will lead them to take quiet punitive but temporary measures," wrote Cha, a former North Korea negotiator under President George W. Bush.
Chinese New Year began on Sunday.
"Whatever North Korea says, the nuclear test will gravely damage China's strategic and security interests," said Wang Dong, a professor at Peking University. "But the problem is that China's options, like the United States and others, are limited. North Korea is not our puppet. We cannot control its behavior."
In January the council passed a resolution expanding existing U.N. sanctions against North Korea due to its December rocket launch and warned Pyongyang against further launches or nuclear tests. North Korea responded by threatening a new atomic detonation.
North Korea's previous nuclear tests prompted the Security Council to impose sanctions - including a ban on the import of nuclear and missile technology, an arms embargo and a ban on luxury goods imports - on the impoverished authoritarian state.
There are 17 North Korean entities, including banks and trading companies, on the U.N. blacklist, and nine individuals - all linked to North Korea's nuclear and missile programs. U.N. diplomats say many more entities and individuals could be subject to international asset freezes and travel bans.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, a former South Korean foreign minister, said through his spokesman that he hoped the Security Council would take appropriate action.
"It is deplorable that Pyongyang defied the strong and unequivocal call from the international community to refrain from any further provocative measures," he said in the statement.
He later told the council that "the authorities in Pyongyang should not be under any illusion that nuclear weapons will enhance their security. To the contrary, as Pyongyang pursues nuclear weapons it will suffer only greater insecurity can isolation."
(Additional reporting by Michael Martina and Ben Blanchard in Beijing and Michelle Nichols and Paul Eckert in the U.S.; Editing by Bill Trott and Jackie Frank)


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The high-voltage switches of the model series HTS-Sl and HTS-Fl have been especially designed for scientific and industrial power pulse appli¬cations which require a fast and reproducible switching of peak currents at the kiloampere level. To achieve this, state-of-the-art power semicon¬ductor devices, so-called IGBT's (lnsulated Gate Bipolar Transistors) have been employed. These new switching elements of power electronics represent in principal a combination of the classical bipolar transistor with the modern vertical MOSFET. The advantages of both technologies; the current capability and low voltage drop of the bipolar transistor plus the high switching speed of the MOSFET, are ideally combined in the IGBT. By using a hundred or more interconnected IGBT's the switching modules of series HTS-Sl/Fl achieve the pulse power capability of gas discharge tubes and spark gaps. Additionally, IGBT switches offer advantages like simple connection, short recovery time, low jitter and last but not least the lifetime typical of semiconductor devices.

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Dear Mr. Flode, ((should I write Dr. Flode instead?? - yes))
I am writing in response to your request to provide a reference for John Kino to be accepted in --- College.
Having completed the course is it a course or a program? to me, a course is one class that is part of an overall program myself during the last academic year, I know that John has all of the qualities that [, from my point of view ((or standpoint, which is better?)) - point of view is the better of the two, but I would delete it] would help him to complete the whole three-year course if he were to be admitted in the faculty ((remote possibility in order not to seem arrogant?? If he were to be is fine)).
John is an admirable person who was doing volunteer work in Rwanda for a whole year in 2006. As a result is more natural to me of this amazing experience, he possess an instinct for adaptation. This will help him learn English, quickly achieving the desirable fluently in spite of his current modest level of proficiency.
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Who's ready for a Shepherd family reunion?
Caterina Scorsone will reprise her Private Practice role as Amelia Shepherd on Grey's Anatomy, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.
Grey's Anatomy's Jessica Capshaw dissects Calzona, previews new challenges ahead
Scorsone joined Private Practice's third season as Derek Shepherd's (Patrick Dempsey) younger neurosurgeon sister who previously struggled with drugs and alcohol after the death of their father.
Scorsone will return to Grey's —Amelia previously made her way to Seattle during Season 7 — in an episode slated for the beginning of May and will recur through the rest of Season 10. Details on why she makes her way back to Grey Sloan Memorial are being kept under wraps.
Grey's Anatomy: What's next for Cristina and Owen?
As Private Practice came to an end, Scorsone said she'd love to return to Grey's Anatomy in some capacity. "That would be wonderful," she told TVGuide.com at the time. "They have been so good to me here in Shondaland, if they ever wanted me to come and do a guest spot or anything — cook a soufflé — I would do anything."
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Located in Turkey's Marmara region on the southern bank of the Dardanelles Strait, Canakkale's history stretches as far back as 3000 BC. Today this lively university town is not only a short distance from the historic city of Troy, draped in mythological legend, but also the sombre battlefields of Gallipoli, where both the Allied and Turkish forces saw heavy casualties during World War I.
Drive through the rugged landscapes surrounding Canakkale to the ancient city of Troy, one of the world's most famous archaeological sites. Troy was depicted in Homer's epic tales of the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" as the setting for the great Trojan War. Its history dates back 4000 years, but it wasn't until excavations took place in the late 19th century that its ruins were uncovered, revealing the initial contact between Mediterranean and Anatolian civilisations.
You can explore its extensive excavations, including nine main cities that comprise beautifully preserved walls, temples, a theatre, and an underground watercourse, and witness the immense Trojan Wooden Horse used in the filming of the movie "Troy". Then visit its fascinating archaeological museum to discover a vast range of artefacts collected from the sites.
Exploring the nearby battlefields of Gallipoli have become like a pilgrimage for many Turks, Australians and New Zealanders. The museums and memorials detailing the impact of World War I on this region are fascinating tributes to the heroism and sacrifice of the men who lost their lives here. The Gallipoli Peninsula is an area of outstanding beauty, and has now been protected as the Gallipoli Peninsula Historical National Park, or "Peace Park". Visit the Kabatepe War Museum, Anzac Cove and the Lone Pine Cemetery, and see the first Anzac landing spot at Ari Burnu. The Gallipoli Campaign had a significant effect on the development of modern day Turkey, and this site has become a symbol of unity between the former enemy armies.
Those with more time can also visit the Canakkale Archaeological Museum, with a fine collection of ceramics and wooden crafts, as well as the impressive Sultan's Castle just outside Canakkale. With so much to do in and around this port city, why not join one of our Canakkale shore excursions to experience as much as possible.
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I would like to understand how we choose the best action and how we compose the range for it.
I have some notion on zero-sum games and minmax strategies.
And I know software that does this for texas holdem: I want to understand how they do it
This little and simple article
Example :
Let $A$ be a $n \times m$ matrix and $b$ be a $n \times 1$ vector (with real entries). Suppose the equation $Ax=b, x \in \Bbb R^m$ admits a unique solution. Then we can conclude that
$(\mathrm {a})$ $m \ge n$
$(\mathrm {b})$ $n \ge m$
$(\mathrm {c})$ $n=m$
$(\mathrm {d})$ $n
This is related: Do these points trace out a function? $ P(2^{2^s},2^{2^{-s}}) $
What function does $P(2^{2^{2^s}},2^{2^{2^{-s}}})$ trace out?
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Valhalla's first play of the summer concludes this week
"God of Carnage," the 2009 Tony Award winner for Best Play continues its second weekend in the Boathouse Theatre.
Local audiences have loved this play of manners, without the manners. With outstanding seasoned actors and director, this performance delights audiences with its glimpse into what happens when two sets of parents meet up to deal with the unruly behavior of their children. Do they have a calm and rational debate between grownups about the need to teach kids how to behave? Or do they have a hysterical night of name calling, tantrums and tears before bedtime? This is a very funny look at parenting and relationships. Anyone who has kids or been in a relationship will have a great time! Don't miss what the International Herald Tribune called "an expert piece of stagecraft, and savagely funny"
Thursday through, July 12-14 is the final week of performances at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, July 15 at 2 p.m. at the Valhalla Boathouse Theatre. Tickets: $18 in advance or $20 at the door. Purchasing tickets in advance is highly recommended.
Houston Jones a California based high-octane Americana quintet is here to entertain! Formed in 2001, the band performs a strong original repertoire that ranges from bluegrass and folk to blues and gospel.
Houston Jones features, Glenn Houston (lead guitar), Peter Tucker (drums and percussion), Travis Jones (lead vocals and acoustic guitar), Chris Kee (standup bass, cello and guitar), and Henry Salvia (keyboards and accordion). Don't miss this wonderful night of entertainment. Tickets: $18 and $15 at 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 16 in the Boathouse Theater.
Stop by and see our Artist in Resident, Nancy Clarke, July 12-18 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in the historic Grand Hall. Nancy will show her original oil landscapes of the Lake Tahoe area and Carson and Hope valleys as well as the Eastern Sierra. Clarke is a member of the Carson Valley Artists Association, the Nevada Artists Association and the Women Artists of the West.
Dee Manning of Moraga, Calif., and South Lake Tahoe, will be joining Nancy to show her original watercolors of Yosemite, the Eastern Sierra and Lake Tahoe. Manning was a member of the Carson Valley Artists Association when she lived in Walker, Calif. She is a member of the California Watercolor Association and the La Morinda Art Association.
Both artists have shown their paintings at the Tallac Historic Site, in the Grand Hall or Twin Cabins, for the past six years.
We are thrilled to have The Missoula Children's Theater back in 2012. They will be preforming "The Wizard of Oz" Presented by the Tahoe Art Project July 16-20. Auditions will be held Monday, July 16 from 10 a.m.- noon. There will be up to 60 roles available for children ages 5-17. Rehearsals will take place from July 17-19 from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. on the Valhalla lawn. The final performance will take place on Friday July 20 at 5 p.m. at the Lake of the Sky Amphitheatre at the Taylor Creek Visitors Center. Tickets are $10 and $5.
This is an amazing opportunity for our local children and everyone is encourage to come out an audition.
– Ginger Nicolay-Davis is the president of the Tahoe Tallac Association Board of Directors. Her column appears each week in Lake Tahoe Action during the Valhalla Summer Arts
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12-01-14: 4 years and 2 months old!
Kinley you are a spit fire; no if ands or buts about it! You keep us on our toes and we NEVER know what is about to come out of your mouth! You repeat and do EVERYTHING Micah Claire does! You are so ready to go to Kindergarten. You don't understand why you cant go next year because you will be FIVE and five year olds go to kindergarten! You love to sing and dance and some how you have fallen in love with Justin Bieber. UHHHHH, I so thought we were all past that point; but I was wrong! I caught you asking my iphone........Show me a picture of Justin Bieber! I just died laughing! You are doing great in gymnastics; you can do a handstand, a cartwheel, and a round off! You are no longer scared of walking on the middle or high beam! You are so ready for Christmas. You want Santa to bring your an American Girl Doll and a Barbie dream house!


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Futures are down considerably again this morning with the /ES down in the 845 area just beneath the 848 pivot:
There were some strange movements last night in the gold futures, /YG. Just after the lockup, the price fell by more than $50 an ounce, but recovered most of it. Prices did wind up bleeding off and is currently down about $20 an ounce. The dollar initially rose, but has fallen back again this morning.
Bonds are higher, don't ask me why or how. Deleveraging? Bernanke? The Treasury needing to borrow SIX TIMES its prior RECORD quarterly amount should have people running from our debt and burning our dollars! But then again the rest of the world is likewise as bad and the dollar and "safety" are definitely a perceived notion as fanciful as it may be.
And this morning Econoday is reporting that the ISCS store sales fell .7% last week, the worst rate in nearly 3 months:
Store sales fell back steeply in the April 25 week according to ICSC-Goldman's same-store index that fell -0.7 percent for a -1.7 year-on-year rate -- the worst rate in nearly three months.Redbook comes out soon, we get some more Case-Schiller data, and consumer confidence comes out at 10 Eastern.
BAC shareholders get to vote tomorrow on whether to show CEO Ken Lewis the door – Adios Ken, couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
And there's more talk that both BAC and C will need more capital as a result of the "stress test" which they are going to deny, of course. Whatever, they are toast regardless… the only question is how much and for how long are our idiot politicians going to keep giving our money to them? Or, the better question is how long are the people going to allow the greatest robbery in history to continue before they are all shown the exit at the business end of a pitchfork? Hmmm… American Idol still on? Check. Donald Trump still on? Roger that, it's going to be awhile.
Swine/Mexican/Baxter flu, what's an investor to do? The Air Force flying 747's and fighter jets over the Hudson river w/o even coordinating? Pakistan fighting off the Taliban only miles from their nuclear arsenal? Automakers owned by the government and their employees? Oh my.
798 is the next lower pivot after 848. The short term stochastic say that a rally or at least sideways action may be necessary to get the oscillators back off oversold, although the 60 minute slow does have a ways to go before it reaches oversold. For now it's just chop until we can exit the range we've been in, it would take a drop below 825 or so to do that.
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Barack Obama wins four more years in the White House but the American working class will lose unless it begins to form its own political alternative. And there is inspiration and guidance to be found in American history. By Trish Kahle.
No two historical situations are exactly the same, but sometimes the similarities are too eerie to ignore.
After a decade of right-wing reaction and working class retreat, crisis led to an explosion–but I'm not talking about the revolutionary explosion of the Arab Spring, or the occupation of the Wisconsin state capitol by union members and their allies, or Occupy Wall Street. I'm talking about 1930.
A reporter for the New York World described March 6, a day that began with President Hoover claiming employment would rise and ended with more than 500,000 people in the streets of 25 US cities, like this: "Women struck in the face with blackjacks, boys beaten by gangs of seven and eight policemen, and an old man backed into a doorway and knocked down time after time…. One of [the women] fought savagely howling curses…. A detective ran up and while the policemen held her crashed his blackjack into her face three times before a man dragged her away."
Despite the repression, the protesters were back again later that year. This fight–the fight for basic relief and welfare services for the skyrocketing numbers of unemployed–was ultimately successful, securing $1 million in new relief funds (in today's money, that would $14 million). Even more importantly, however, this victory was the beginning of a larger social struggle–and it was a struggle–that led to reforms we now remember under the broad name "The New Deal." Of the New Deal reforms, one of the longest lasting and almost certainly the most popular is Social Security, which was passed under the SSA in 1935.
Typically, we are told that the New Deal was a reform program championed by FDR. But this story is not only false, it obscures the lessons we can learn from the struggles of the 1930s about how to organize–and more importantly–how to win. The Great Depression, which lasted from the stock market crash of 1929 until World War II, was a school of struggle for hundreds of thousands of members of the American working class. As people came to understand their collective power–whether by sitting in on the floors of their factories, fighting lynching and racist court decisions, demanding price control through roaming boycotts, or organizing the unemployed as a force of potential labor and social upheaval–they learned through trial and error what worked and what didn't.
This is to point out how fluid and dynamic the struggle that culminated in the Social Security Act was. There was not a meeting after the October 1929 crash where workers sat down and decided to pursue such a program. In fact, when the SSA was passed in 1935, there was still very little consensus over whether the program met the demands of the people who had fought for it, and if it were not for WWII, the social tensions that were behind the massive strike waves, anti-eviction campaigns, and sharecropper organizing could have escalated. The organizers of the 1930s did not have the bounds on their thinking that the knowledge of the coming war imposes on us. In fact, Social Security was part of a bigger struggle that had a broad vision for a society that put working people first, that ensured people would not starve as their farms blew into sand across the Dust Bowl. Because of this, we cannot talk about Social Security without also talking about that larger struggle–a struggle in which many people died to ensure that the dictates of the market would not determine whether or not a person would eat.
Much like the people who formed unemployed councils in the early years of the 1930s, the American working class finds itself in a barely contained free-fall. Living standards, which had been in decline since the 1970s, took a nose dive after the 2008 economic crash. Around the world, poor and working people have been blamed for a crisis they didn't cause. And instead of making the banks and multinational corporations that caused the crisis pay for it, the ruling class–the 1%, as it were–are ramming through austerity packages around the globe, causing their profits to spike while wages, benefits, and real employment numbers continue to drop. Now, to add insult to injury, American politicians, Democrat and Republican, have put the social welfare policies on which millions of American rely on the block to receive the budget axe. The same policies for which women were beaten by policemen in the streets of New York, for which tenants defied eviction orders, for which unemployed people and workers were shot at by gun thugs are being stripped away. Critically, not only will these austerity measures not fix the financial crisis, they will create a social catastrophe.
But if there's one lesson we can learn from the struggles of the 1930s that culminated in, among other things, Social Security, the cornerstone of the too-meager American social safety net, it's this: FDR might have signed the SSA into law, but it was the people like us–the workers, the farmers, the unemployed–who created it.
We can't wait for a politician to save Social Security. Let's harbor no illusions: there is a bipartisan consensus around rolling back the SSA programs. Obama lamented to the New York Times earlier this year that the media didn't give him enough credit for his willingness (and really, his eagerness) to place Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid on the chopping block. As for the GOP, I'm not sure what else needs to be said. They're rabid with austerity. I'm sure right now, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are on stage somewhere, frothing at the mouth as they scream about "entitled people" (like me, incidentally) who receive government assistance because their own income is not enough to meet their basic needs.
As I'm writing this, in the middle of election day, I know that whichever candidate wins, the people living in this country will lose unless we form our own political alternative, one steeped in the deep but too often forgotten tradition of grassroots organizing and militant unionism of this country.
This article was first published by I Can't Believe We Still Have To Protest This Shit.
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Emerging from this past week's DREAM "Dynamite!! 2010" event both victorious and mostly injury-free, Jason High has been added to the Jan. 28 Titan Fighting Championships 16 event.
High (12-3) takes on fellow welterweight Rudy Bears (12-6), officials today announced.
TFC 16 airs live on HDNet from Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kan. Both fighters hail from the area.
At the Dec. 31 DREAM event, High earned a split-decision victory over notable Hayato Sakurai. He's now won three consecutive fights since his first and only fight in the UFC, which resulted in a decision loss to Charlie Brennaman at UFC Fight Night 21. His only other career losses came to notables Jay Hieron and Marius Zaromskis (in the 2009 DREAM welterweight grand-prix finale).
Bears, a one-time Strikeforce Challengers headliner, has spent his past four bouts with Bellator Fighting Championships, where he went 2-2 while competing exclusively on the organization's Kansas City cards. Most recently, he topped UFC vet Chad Reiner via first-round knockout at Bellator 32 in October.
The latest TFC 16 card now includes:
- Tim Sylvia vs. Abe Wagner
- Drew McFedries vs. Gary Tapasua
- Rudy Bears vs. Jason High
For the latest on Titan Fighting Championships 16, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
(Pictured: Jason High)


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A short piece I made for my Gateway class. I hope you guys like it.
Running from Ryan Buick on Vimeo.
A short piece I made for my Gateway class. I hope you guys like it.
Running from Ryan Buick on Vimeo.
From hearing guest speakers to hearing Deb on a daily basis, I feel that I have begun to understand an industry I couldn't tell you one coherent thought about a few months ago. It's an entirely unique industry full of people you would never see in any other occupation. Creatives, planners, directors, and clients are thrown into this sandbox where they have to abandon all their egos while still communicating what it is they'd like to see in this project. The teamwork aspect of the industry is something that I could really see myself diving into.
I just finished Delivering Happiness, the book about Zappos and their extremely unique company culture. In the book, the founder talks about the moment where he realized that he had to step away from the company he started in his apartment and watched grown to a hundred million dollar venture. After a couple years of working in a deteriorating company culture, he realized one morning that he simply did not want to get out of bed. How does one get to the point where a company that they birthed is one that they no longer want to be a part of?
Reading his book terrifies me in a way. My biggest fear is to wake up every morning for a job that I don't love going to. I love technology. I love working for technology companies. I love being able to slay the dragon that is a shitty user experience. I love the fact that my grandpa can actually interact with an iPad. That's what going to get me out of bed for work each morning – knowing that the better I do my job, the easier the user's life may be for a few minutes of the day. That being said, I can see how a tech company can cannibalize its own culture with loading up on talent fits – not culture fits. I hope to someday be a part of a company that holds culture in an equal regard with talent because it knows that teamwork and creative collaboration leads to success.
I know I'm on a bit of a rant here but after reading this book, learning in this class, and listening to these speakers, I've come to understand just how important company culture is to success and I'm excited to someday be a part of a company that gets me out of bed for the right reasons.
Just two simple quotes that I found that help remind me to step back every once in a while (yes, they are on my "fancy'd" list). It's tough to remember the matrix we live in. Sometimes the rat race of school, work, relationships, you name it sucks us up and chews us to the point we forget where we're really going – or if that's anywhere at all. We all wish we could go back to the days of the playground where nothing mattered but the bounce of a ball. But that isn't life. Life is grabbing something head on when its charging at you and there's no solution on google to fix it. Life is about solving problems, however big or small, and feeling the success or failure that can accompany these problems.
I really am grateful for this class and making me sit down and think about what makes me creative. What makes me react differently or scratch my head until I feverishly begin to type? I actually believe I'm coming closer to these catalyst points than I have in a very long time. Part of me wishes I never stopped drawing – That I still wanted to have the final say at Crayola on why the hell Sea Turtle Green should be in the 48 pack of crayons. Hopefully, that kid in me is coming back.
What the hell is wrong with us? How do I know what the black and white thing is? Regardless of the physics and science behind it, I believe the recognition we instantly experience in these pixelated images can tell us a great deal about brand recognition. The mind can be instantly attracted or turned of by an image no matter how blurred or obscured it may be. Familiarity with worldwide brands is inescapable and must be quality must be assured by these brands on a massive scale.
If we see something good or bad, chances are we can tell what it is within seconds. And opinions can be made almost faster. So no matter the medium, no matter the distance, brands must be concise, responsible, and flawless in their exposure.
I believe in separating the cans from the trash. Yes, that's it. I don't do it to save the polar bears or to feed some obsessive-compulsive sickness. I just want to make life a little bit easier for the malt liquor and urine soaked man digging through our dumpster in the middle of the night.
Life has never given him a break. My uncle who slept in alleyways for the last half of his life never got a break either. I was lucky enough to have the chance of spending time with him growing up in San Francisco, where the sight of living skeletons lining the walls of luxurious hotels and corporate offices is an accepted way of life. Passersby saw him curled up against the gate in front of Glide Memorial as a leech of society. They saw him as just another fiend whose bloodshot eyes lit up as he watched their hard-earned money fall into his outstretched Big-Gulp cup. I saw him as Uncle Pete.
I know I can't do much for the homeless and I don't expect anyone else to feel bad for them. All I ask of myself and of others is to leave the cans on top and imagine the momentary peace this man can have knowing he doesn't have to claw his way through used tissues and rotten food scraps and to make a of couple bucks. It's a small victory in a cold world that doesn't give two shits about them. Hell, it might even make them smile.
This whole concept of leaving the cans on top isn't just solely applicable to homelessness. It's a guiding principle for how I would like to live my life. It's similar to the movie Pay It Forward, but Kevin Spacey creeps me out too much so I would rather use my own slogan. It's no secret that everyone in life has those moments where they need something to keep them from bottoming out. Yet we don't always make the smallest of efforts to show them that someone cares. Leaving the cans on top and keeping them out of the literal and proverbial dumpster gives everyone the ability to make a stranger's life better. And for that brief, anonymous gift of temporary relief, I believe the world is a better place.
This is the world in which I want to live. MVS is the future of what I hope can be a instantly connected, educated society. And the craziest thing about it – I just downloaded it. And it works. I cannot wait to show this to my grandpa over spring break and make him crack up with the latest piece of geekery I've acquired.
All joking aside, I adamantly believe this technology will be a mainstay of our mobile lives within a matter of years. As the technology progresses, soon all pieces of media in our physical world will be interactive. Imagine walking down the street and being able to read an entire Wikipedia entry on a statue or engraving you'd never seen before.
Yes, QR codes are everywhere but they are not being used. (Our project will show that) However, this platform of completely open-ended google search based on something in our physical world will be revolutionary.
It is innovation like this that truly makes me giddy to live in today's world.
Came across Trunk Club the other day while looking at subscription gift services – an increasingly popular trend for the trendy with money to spend. Based out of Chicago, Trunk Club begins with a remote interview between the stylist and the user where they get a feel for the customer's need and taste. Before you know it, a trunk is delivered at your door full of designer brands which you can then respectively keep or return.
I think it's an innovative and fun concept that rewards even the most hopelessly unhip guys. Someday, I can see girlfriends and mothers everywhere sitting down on the couch and sipping Chardonnay as the men in their life uncomfortably squirm in their soon-to-be favorite J. Crew Cardigan.
This is the Mozart of Dance. This kid is 17 years old is touring in America for the first time after years of denied requests by his parents. Yes, you read that right. I can't wait to see Madeon perform in two weeks and it's a joy to see such ridiculous skill and hard work. This is everything I aspire to when I mix songs and DJ so I hope you all like it as well.
Tracy Wong of Wong Doody Crandall Weiner spoke to our Creative Strategist class this week about the creative process and the democracy of a good idea.
He spoke about the failures that can occur if:
People in the agency must not have open minds but empty minds to truly let external ideas seep in and be accepted. It's the idea that matters – not the author. If everyone can leave their ego at the door and truly come ready to work collaboratively with the client, greatness like the "Dear Me" campaign can occur. I was particularly interested by his description of the revelation that can happen if both sides can make sacrifices. The client wanted testimonials and the agency cringed at the staleness of the idea. Yet, everyone worked together to come up with a truly effective campaign.
Tracy's talk was engaging in its frankness on how the industry works. It is an industry where teamwork is paramount to the success of just about anything and I'm excited to someday be a part of it.
A simple call to action that speaks to everyone. Now that is how you widen your access point. Scott Bedbury would be proud of this. It speaks immediately deep down inside all of us. We know we said we were going to run tomorrow but did we? This makes Nike not just a product but an ideal and is a perfect example of how to widen a brand's access point
Tiny Story from Sebas & Clim on Vimeo.
How do you tell a story with just a dot, a line, and a colored background?
These guys did just that and the simplicity of their work shows that advertising can be simple and can tell brief stories if it is concise and true. Oh, and don't forget to have a cute acoustic song in the background..
From Fast Company: "Storytelling is an increasingly important part of successful design. It's easy to think, "How on earth am I supposed to tell a story using just a logo? Or a package? Or a typeface?" But Tiny Story shows us that engaging narratives can be conjured up out of just about anything, no matter how sparse or simple."
I absolutely love what the team behind Project X is doing to build buzz for their upcoming movie. They have released a series of videos where celebrities share their craziest party stories over an animated cartoon. The series sells without selling in a fresh, interesting, and hilarious way.
In my midterm I wrote about setting yourself apart from the flooded ecosystem of a brand's respective market. In an industry inundated with terrible trailers, this animated series builds viral buzz for Project X in an extremely creative way that gets people talking.
This incredibly cute 5 year old actually reveals some basic things about logos and brands that never crossed my mind. When trying to distinguish your brand (cough, cough Jaguar, Puma, GreyHound), it's incredibly important to evoke an immediate, distinct reaction. In a world defined by split-second consumerism, are we undervaluing the importance of logos?
Watching this video reminded me of the passage in Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs, in which Jobs painstakingly works with Paul Rand to develop a powerful logo for the NeXT computer. Jobs understood what a logo meant to the global community and the emotions it evokes upon a glance or a deep inspection.
When we set out to design something to be seen by the world, we have to remember what ties us all together – what makes us smile, what makes us cry. I believe a logo that can invoke an understanding of a company's culture is a vital asset to any successful company.
Video via: GOOD
This song has enough pain in it for an entire album's worth. I've attached the lyrics because their honesty and brutal imagery perfectly describes the feelings almost everyone has had when shit in a relationship feels hopeless. I really hope these guys can somehow hitch onto the back of the locomotive that is Mumford & Sons right now. At least there's enough room for beautiful storytelling and Scottish accents in my library.
"I might never catch a mouse and present it in my mouth
And make you feel you're with someone who deserves to be with you.
But there's one thing we've got going and it's the only thing worth knowing.
It's got lots to do with magnets and the pull of the moon."
PC Brands and Innovation in the same sentence? Believe it or not, this combination might be something actually taken seriously in 2012. As CES in Las Vegas came to a close last week and the nerds began their diaspora from America's Playground, it became clear across the blogosphere that Ultrabooks were going to be a revolution. This industry tends to get swept up in buzzwords (see: "cloud") but the Ultrabook is poised to truly become a household name that's actually understood.
At CES we witnessed genuine inspiration from the likes of Lenovo, Dell, and Samsung. For the first time in years, it seems these companies have realized that product, not profit, is something that is to be stressed with the utmost importance, and not something gleaned through the exterior glass of an Apple Store. The models have lessened in quantity and increased in quality and end-to-end design (just like Jobs would've loved).
From Gizmodo:
"It's one thing to copy a MacBook and poop out a junkish half-measure; it's another to borrow almost everything good and add even more desirable features to it."
I look forward to seeing what Intel's new Ivy Bridge platform can do when teamed up with genuine PC innovation in the Ultrabook space. After all, some competition will only make this Macbook Air on my lap get that much better.
Picture via: Business Insider


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S. S. Pandey, "Compactness in Wiener amalgams on locally compact groups", International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, vol. 2003, Article ID 906058, 15 pages, 2003. https://doi.org/10.1155/S0161171203212205
Compactness in Wiener amalgams on locally compact groups
We study the compactness of bounded subsets in a Wiener amalgam whose local and global components are solid Banach function (BF) spaces on a locally compact group. Our main theorem provides a generalization of the corresponding results of Feichtinger. This paper paves the way for the study of compact multiplier operators on general Wiener amalgams on the lines of Feichtinger.
Copyright © 2003 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.


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The New York-based Journal News newspaper has removed its controversial name-and-address database of gun owners from its website, Lohud.com. The map was officially taken down at 5 p.m. Eastern time.
In a release published on the website, its publisher, Janet Hasson, said the move was taken not because of New York's new gun laws, but that:
…the database has been public for 27 days and we believe those who wanted to view it have done so already. As well, with the passage of time, the data will become outdated and inaccurate.
The publishing of the interactive map, which drew the ire of conservatives and was blasted daily by Fox News commentators, was created in the wake of the horrific shootings in Newtown, Connecticut. Criticism of the publication of the list escalated after recent break-ins at two addresses included on the map.
The newspaper, based in West Nyack, New York, reportedly had to bring in armed guards to protect its staff after threats were made against their safety.
The statement in full that was published on Lohud.com:
To our readers:
In the wake of the Sandy Hook shootings, the Journal News thought the community should know where gun permit holders in their community were, in part to give parents an opportunity make careful decisions about their children's safety.
The Journal News mapped the public database of permit holders, placing a dot on the address of every permit holder in Westchester and Rockland counties and providing the name and street address of each holder. The dots conveyed a powerful message: gun permit holders are everywhere in our counties.
But public reaction to the posting of names and street addresses was swift and divided. Many in the community expressed their gratitude for The Journal News' decision to make the information available, but permit holders were outraged at what they considered to be an invasion of privacy. Gun owners from across the country vocally conveyed their anger and accused The Journal News of having exposed permit holders and non-permit holders alike to the risk of burglaries and other crimes. Hundreds of threats were made to Journal News staffers.
So intense was the opposition to our publication of the names and addresses that legislation passed earlier this week in Albany included a provision allowing permit holders to request confidentiality and imposing a 120-day moratorium on the release of permit holder data.
Today The Journal News has removed the permit data from lohud.com. Our decision to do so is not a concession to critics that no value was served by the posting of the map in the first place. On the contrary, we've heard from too many grateful community members to consider our decision to post information contained in the public record to have been a mistake. Nor is our decision made because we were intimidated by those who threatened the safety of our staffers. We know our business is a controversial one, and we do not cower.
But the database has been public for 27 days and we believe those who wanted to view it have done so already. As well, with the passage of time, the data will become outdated and inaccurate.
Equally important, the legislature has weighed in on the issue and representatives of residents from across the state have said that some New Yorkers who hold gun permits should have the right to keep that information private. As a news organization, we are constantly defending the public's right to know. Consequently we do not endorse the way the legislature has chosen to limit public access to gun permit data. The statute is very broad and allows anyone who meets certain criteria within qualifying categories to keep their permit information private. When the moratorium concludes, far fewer permit holders will be identifiable, and those who want to know which houses on their block may have guns will not be able to get that information. But we are not deaf to voices who have said that new rules should be set for gun permit data.
Make no mistake, The Journal News will continue to report aggressively on gun ownership. We will continue to pursue our request for data from Putnam County, and will closely analyze the data for Westchester and Rockland counties when it once again becomes publicly available. And we will keep a snapshot of our map–with all its red dots– on our website to remind the community that guns are a fact of life we should never forget.
Janet Hasson
President and Publisher
Journal News Media Group


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Wonder why the banks are plummeting? They were never healthy in the first place, they were built upon multiple levels of fraud (ht Mr. Guest):
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Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said additional monetary stimulus may be warranted because inflation is too low and unemployment is too high.
"There would appear -- all else being equal -- to be a case for further action," Bernanke said today in the text of remarks given at a Boston Fed conference. He said the central bank could expand asset purchases or change the language in its statement, while saying "nonconventional policies have costs and limitations that must be taken into account in judging whether and how aggressively they should be used."
He didn't offer new details on how the Fed would undertake those strategies or give assurances the central bank will act at its Nov. 2-3 meeting.
Headline inflation at the consumer level eased and the core rate remains extremely soft. Although this morning's positive retail sales report should have the Fed happy, the CPI numbers will have the Fed still worried about inflation being too low. The overall CPI in September slowed to a 0.1 percent gain from 0.3 percent in August. Analysts had projected a 0.2 percent increase for September. Excluding food and energy, CPI inflation was unchanged for the second month in a row and came in below the median market forecast was for a 0.1 percent uptick.
The strongest component was for energy, up 0.7 percent in September, following a 2.3 percent jump the prior month. Food also was on the warm side, gaining 0.3 percent after a 0.2 percent rise in August.
By major expenditure components, upward pressure in September was seen in medical care, up 0.6 percent, and in transportation (up 0.5 percent and including a 1.6 percent hike in gasoline). Weakness was in a number of categories: housing, down 0.1 percent; apparel, down 0.6 percent; recreation, down 0.3 percent; education & communication, down 0.1 percent; and "other," down 0.1 percent.
The bottom line is that core inflation is anemic. The Fed will likely want to take out some sort of insurance policy at the next FOMC meeting to ensure that no inflation does not turn into deflation.
The consumer is opening his wallet wider as the pace of retail sales has picked up. Although auto sales led a September gain, strength is broad based. Overall retail sales in September advanced 0.6 percent, following a 0.7 percent gain in August (revised up from 0.4 percent) and a 0.5 percent increase in July (previously 0.3 percent). The September figure came in above the market expectation for a 0.5 percent increase. Excluding autos, sales rose 0.4 percent, following a 1.0 percent boost in August (previously 0.4 percent) and matching analysts' median forecast. Sales excluding autos and gasoline rose 0.4 percent, following a 0.9 percent surge in August.
Today's report shows the consumer sector apparently in better shape than almost anyone believed-especially after taking into account upward revisions for July and August. The impact on the markets could be tricky today. Although the economy is in better shape than believed prior to this morning's release, there could be negative impact if the report is seen as significantly reducing the odds of further quantitative easing by the Fed.
Manufacturing activity is picking up steam in the New York region. The Empire State index jumped to 15.73 in October vs. 4.14 in September. The larger the reading over zero, the greater the rate of month-to-month growth.
And growth is strong in the two key areas of new orders and employment. New orders rose to 12.90 vs. 4.33 while employment rose to a very strong 21.67 vs. 14.93 and 14.29 in the two prior months which were already strong. Shipments jumped to 19.39 vs. September's minus 0.27. A negative is backlog which, at minus 1.67, continues to contract though at a slowing rate.
Strength is confirmed by the six-month outlook where the index jumped nearly nine points to 40.0. This report, which points to a new rise in the manufacturing recovery, has been much stronger than the sister report from the Philadelphia Fed. Yet the indications from this report suggest that wide negatives in the Philadelphia report will at least move to neutral. The Philadelphia manufacturing report will be posted next Thursday.
The U.S. trade gap widened sharply in August, largely on nonoil imports but with oil imports also contributing. Exports continued to grow but only modestly. The overall U.S. trade deficit increased to $46.3 billion from $42.3 billion in July. The latest trade gap came in wider than the median market forecast for a $44.3 billion deficit. Exports edged up 0.2 percent, following a 2.0 percent gain in July. Imports rebounded 2.1 percent, following a 2.1 percent decline in July. Nonoil goods imports in August rebounded 2.2 percent, following a 3.0 percent decrease the month before.
The worsening in the trade gap was primarily in the nonpetroleum deficit which grew to $35.9 billion in August from $33.2 billion the previous month. The petroleum goods gap expanded to $21.9 billion from $20.8 billion in July.
Producer price inflation was mixed for September as food prices kept upward pressure on the headline number with energy also contributing. The overall PPI growth rate remained elevated at 0.4 percent in September, matching the August rise and well topping the median forecast for a 0.1 percent increase. At the core level, the PPI remained sluggish with a 0.1 percent gain-the same as in August and equaling expectations.
For the latest month, food jumped 1.2 percent after dipping 0.3 percent in August. The energy component rose 0.5 percent, following a 2.2 percent jump in August.
After improving five of the last six weeks, initial jobless claims rose 13,000 in the October 9 week to a higher-than-expected 462,000 (prior week revised 4,000 higher to 449,000). The Labor Department had to use estimates for five states due to administrative delays tied to this week's Columbus Day. The four-week average, up 2,250 to 459,000, ended six straight weeks of improvement.
Continuing claims fell substantially in the October 2 week, down 112,000 to a recovery low 4.399 million. Yet improvement here reflects, to an uncertain but probably significant degree, the loss of benefits. Those on emergency and extended benefits both fell. The unemployment rate for insured workers is down one tenth to 3.5 percent.
Columbus Day clouds the initial claims results which will likely be expected to fall back in next week's report. The outlook for the jobs market remains uncertain.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Bank repossessions and foreclosure auctions hit record levels in the third quarter, RealtyTrac said on Thursday.
372,445 foreclosure auctions were scheduled in July, August and September, while 288,345 properties were repossessed by lenders over the same time period.
Overall foreclosure filings edged up to 930,437 in the third quarter, a 4% increase from the previous quarter. One in every 139 homeowners received a foreclosure filing during those three months.
Bank repossessions, or REOs, also are on the rise. In September, a record 102,134 homes were taken back by banks. It's the first time repos have topped 100,000 in a single month.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- JPMorgan Chase said it earned $4.4 billion during the third quarter on Wednesday, an increase of 23% from a year ago, as loan loss reserves continued to decline.
The first of the nation's big banks to report results, JPMorgan (JPM, Fortune 500) said it earned $1.01 per share. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters were expecting the New York City-based bank to earn 90 cents a share during the three-month period ended September 30.
The provision for credit losses, the funds set aside for the allowance of bad loans, was reduced to was $3.2 billion, down 67% from a year ago.
"We are pleased to report a continued overall decline in credit costs, although our mortgage and credit card portfolios continued to bear very high net charge-offs," said chief executive Jamie Dimon in a statement.
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Import prices fell 0.3 percent in September skewed by a 3.1 percent temporary downswing in petroleum prices. Excluding fuels, import prices rose 0.3 percent for a second straight month. Prices for petroleum-based products, including natural gas, all show wide declines though a reversal is in store given this month's $10 jump to $80 oil. Prices of imported finished goods show very little change, up 0.1 percent for consumer goods for a second straight month, small increases that don't offset 0.2 percent declines in the prior two months. Prices for imported capital goods are unchanged. Year-on-year, total import prices are up 3.5 percent with ex-fuel up 2.6 percent.
Export prices rose 0.6 percent for a second straight sizable gain that once again reflects pricing power for agricultural products which rose 2.4 percent on top of August's 4.1 percent gain. The plus 12.1 percent year-on-year rate for agricultural export prices is the highest in two years. Finished goods prices on the export side are mixed with capital goods unchanged but consumer goods excluding autos showing a 1.0 percent jump.
Import prices were tame in September but rising oil prices together with this month's weakness in the dollar point to upward pressure for October. For tomorrow's producer price and Friday's consumer price reports for September, today's report points to mild readings.


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Have you been looking for a comedy "gun" that would be great for close-up performances as well as parlor shows. This is a well made item that is easy to "set" between performances and looks like a professional prop. When the trigger is pulled the barrel opens and a colorful cloth drops down showing the word "BANG"! Can be used for many different situations.
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Hi Everyone! How are you? I've been doing well, considering the circumstances! For me, as long as there is no spontaneous bleeding, I'm good! Haven't had much of an appetite lately - probably all the meds I'm always on messes w/my stomach. Poor Mark is always trying to prepare me something good to eat!
This will be a quick entry, as I want to spend as much time as I can with our furry kids before we leave on another trip to CO! I always look forward to going, as I know I'm in the best care possible @ Swedish! Plus, I love everyone up there - they are so awesome! That is so important for a patient to feel safe, comfortable and well cared for! It gives Mark a little bit of a break from having to take care of me all the time too! I just found out last visit that Swedish has free WiFi - yay!
Shalon was recently in CO - she went for her 6 month check up and needed a little more embolization - the she'll return in another 6 months for another MRI to see if she is finally AVM free!
Recently, Celia took time out from her busy schedule to clean my teeth! Most of you know she is a dental hygenist and her husband Greg a dentist! My teeth are suffering as I go through my avm treatments - not too badly though. I'll deal with it.
If you ever have a chance, check out the Brussels Griffon Fan Page on Facebook - one of the breeders Brussels just had puppies! So precious! Oh, that is Bella taking a nap!
Thank you all for your love, prayer and support. The journey continues ...
Much love to all of you!


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What you need to know before you go
Manila has a certain 'rough diamond' quality about it. The Filipino capital can seem chaotic, with an eclectic mix of buildings that range from Spanish colonial styles to ultra-modern skyscrapers. The city is actually a conglomeration of 12 cities and 5 municipalities, together forming Metro Manila, so there's no shortage of things to see and do.
The most Americanised of all Southeast Asian cities is a dynamic, charming and hugely cosmopolitan place, often visited by business and island-bound travellers. It's a city of contrasts – gleaming shopping malls stand proudly next to slums, while street food vendors ply their wares outside 5-star hotels. Manila is an eyeopener and a showcase for the integration of the old and the new.


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The Obama administration wasted little time in outlining its response to the Supreme Court's decision Wednesday to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act. That day, the acting director of the Office of Personnel Management pledged to provide "additional guidance" on what it meant for employees. Friday afternoon, that guidance came. The spouses of federal employees have access to the government's system of benefits, regardless of sexual orientation.
BuzzFeed's Chris Geidner got a copy of the OPM's memo, sent to each government agency. (You can read it at the bottom of this article.) It walks through each benefit program, echoing the same refrain.
Health insurance: "All legally married same-sex spouses will now be eligible family members under a Self and Family enrollment."
Life insurance: "All legally married same-sex spouses and children of legal same-sex marriages are now eligible family members under the FEGLI Program."
Dental and vision: "As with FEHB, all legally married same-sex spouses will now be eligible family members under a Self and Family enrollment or a Self Plus One enrollment."
Even retirees, who have two years to "inform OPM that they have a legal marriage that now qualifies for recognition."
On Wednesday, OPM Acting Director Elaine Kaplan seemed almost relieved when issuing a statement on the ruling.
Today's historic decision by the Supreme Court that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional is a much welcome development in the continuing quest to ensure equal treatment under the law to all Americans. For the federal government as an employer, it will impact benefits for our married gay and lesbian employees, annuitants, and their families.
Today's memo ends in a similar way:
We appreciate your cooperation in our effort to implement the Supreme Court's decision, and provide greater equality to Federal employees and annuitants regardless of their sexual orientation.
Sometimes additional government paperwork isn't such a terrible thing.
The full memo, via BuzzFeed.
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CITiZAN is the Coastal and Intertidal Zone Archaeology Network. We're Megan and Andy, the team's Northern office. Between us we cover the English coast, running between the Scottish border and the Dee on the west coast and the border to the Wash on the east.
Discussing coastal erosion with the Historic England's inspector for the World Heritage site of Hadrians Wall on the coast of the Solway Firth
Over the last few days we have been travelling down the north-western coast of England from Cumbria to Lancashire; staying in Maryport and Morecambe. Along the way we've been stopping off to explore exciting intertidal and coastal archaeology. Our preparation for the Day of Archaeology started on Thursday with Andy whizzing off to the record office. Meanwhile, Megan went off to site for a reccy ahead of a guided walk around the 7th-century chapel.
The 7th-century St. Patrick's Chapel on the dramatic coast of Morcambe Bay
Andy spent most of the day searching out historic records; seeking 19th century and early plans of the area for a community training session in map regression. Among the things he found was a list of fruit trees planted by the rector of St Peters (the successor of the early medieval chapel) recorded in the list of Birth, Burials and Marriages for 1773.
Meanwhile Megan was out at the site planning her tour. The guided walk started at Rectory Gardens Wood, looking at the terraces where the rector had planted his apple, plum, pear and cherry orchard. She then moved on to look at Mesolithic settlement sites and Second World War practice trenches on Heysham Head before heading to the early medieval St Patrick's Chapel, a National Trust owned site with unique, enigmatic rock cut graves. She finished at the 10th century St Peters Church, where several medieval cross bases and a hogback stone nestle amongst Post-medieval gravestones.
Megan discusses the Mesolithic settlement of Heysham Head on her guided walk
The Day of Archaeology itself started with a big fry-up before heading to St. Patrick's Chapel, to kick off a two-day building recording event. The 7th-century chapel overlooks the stunning Morecambe Bay and although it stands on a sandstone promontory, a good 10 metres above mean sea level, is at serious risk of erosion and destruction with several metres of the headland having disappeared since the turn of the 20th century.
The morning was spent teaching interested member of the public the theory of archaeology recording; off-set planning, buildings recording, taking levels and photographs. It was a lot of information for our novices to take in but everybody enjoyed themselves.
In the afternoon we put the classroom sessions into practice. There was a chance to plan the rock-cut graves; some with head sockets and others with indications of slab coverings. The graves proved a little bit challenging but our volunteers ploughed on. Next they moved on to drawing an elevation of the chapel, much of it ruinous, with the west wall completely gone. But a fantastic Anglo-Saxon doorway in the south wall remained. Intrigued by the arched door, with three similar doors reconstructed in St Peters Church, they discussed it with Paul Gwilliam, our building's expert. Debating whether the doorway was in its original position or whether it was moved during the early 20th century reconstruction of the chapel.
Our volunteers record the enigmatic rock-cut graves
All these processes are how a buildings archaeologist would go about recording a site such as St. Patrick's Chapel. Our volunteers now have the skills to record their medieval church and monitor the erosion caused by Morecambe Bay. The three CITiZAN offices, based in York, Portsmouth and London will be teaching archaeological skills on beaches, cliff tops and intertidal zones around England in the next three years. Hopefully every training session will be as fun as today!


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Defense still believes in the base realignment and closure process.
Congressional resistance to the base closure and realignment process appears to have worn down Pentagon officials, at least for the moment. "I understand that now is not the time for a [new] BRAC round," Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said during an Association of Defense Communities conference in Monterey, Calif., in early August.
That doesn't mean Panetta and other Defense Department officials, including Dorothy Robyn, deputy undersecretary of Defense for installations and environment, are giving up in the long term. "It's an important debate we have to have, and frankly, it's not going away," Panetta told the defense communities audience.
The Pentagon is facing $487 billion in cuts over 10 years under the 2011 Budget Control Act, and $600 billion more if sequestration goes into effect on Jan. 2, 2013. Defense might be able to achieve those reductions without BRAC, but "the reality is that the department is going to need to take a hard look at what we do in terms of supportive infrastructure," said Panetta, who requested two additional rounds of BRAC as part of Defense's fiscal 2013 budget. "If I'm taking the force structure down and then maintaining large infrastructure costs, then the money that ought to be going to training, for assistance . . . for our soldiers is going to maintain the infrastructure."
BRAC was designed to prevent parochial political interests from getting in the way of closing excess military installations. Defense officials who oversee it admit that closures and realignments can either devastate local communities or spur economic growth, depending upon the process used and the triggers for implementation.
In July, for instance, Defense's Office of Economic Adjustment announced $180 million in funding to expand Route 1 in Northern Virginia to accommodate traffic headed toward Fort Belvoir, where the military and civilian workforce has doubled as part of a realignment following the 2005 BRAC. The highway project is the first installment in a $300 million program for improvements associated with medical facilities.
Robyn told Government Executive that whether or not BRAC ultimately creates jobs or tears apart communities depends on how property and other resources Defense no longer needs are repurposed.
During BRAC closures and realignments in 1988 and 1991, Defense was unprepared to engage communities that would lose military and civilian jobs that served as their backbone, she says.
"It was completely unmindful of job creation," Robyn says. Communities targeted by base closings took an average of 53 months to come up with a reuse plan. Military bases do not pay property taxes, so plans to redevelop once the services relocate are vital, she notes. Local officials must mull the best use for the land: Is there funding to build a school and pay teacher salaries, or to build an airport?
During the most recent rounds of BRAC—in 1993 and 2005—communities began thinking about these questions earlier. In 1993, the OEA decided to give BRAC-targeted property to local communities at a discount through economic development conveyances. In order to be granted one, communities and military departments must prove reuse would lead to job creation and seek fair market value for the property. Conveyances remain "the most important mechanism" available to communities in the BRAC process, Robyn says.
Policymakers would do well to remember this history, lest it repeat itself. Earlier this year, Robyn told lawmakers that the messy and harmful early BRAC scenes could come back to haunt military communities if the department were to decide to close bases under existing, non-BRAC authorities that don't require congressional sign off.
"If we act outside the BRAC process, the department is severely constrained in what it can do to help local communities," she warned. Robyn and other Defense officials decline to say whether this remains an open threat heading into what is slated to be a long lame duck session closing out the fiscal 2013 budget. They also remain vague on whether they will request closures during the fiscal 2014 budget process.
Even when BRAC is undertaken with communities' interests in mind, it's not always clear how much the process benefits the Pentagon's bottom line.
The 2005 BRAC presents a big public relations challenge for Defense. When it's finally complete, the department will be looking at a $35 billion price tag. Officials initially estimated it would cost $21 billion to implement that round of closures and realignments, and projected overall savings of $36 billion over two decades. The Government Accountability Office now says Defense will save about $10 billion during that time.
These figures are largely responsible for lawmakers' skepticism about further rounds. Robyn insists the 2005 closures were outliers; those realignments were driven by the urgency of bolstering the military's capabilities during two wars. Next time around, BRAC will be focused on cost savings, she says.
"It could be 15 or 20 years before we make back in savings all that we spent up front in 2005," says Todd Harrison, a senior fellow for defense budget studies at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. The right time for BRAC, he says, is when the budget starts to increase. "Going into a down budget cycle, why would we want to spend that money up front?" he asks.
But Winslow T. Wheeler, director of the Straus Military Reform Project at the Project on Government Oversight, agrees with Defense officials that shedding excess capacity should be central to the department's efforts to generate savings and enhance efficiency. A return to BRAC is inevitable because of the fiscal climate, not in spite of it, he says. "It will come up again and they have to find a way to make it happen," Wheeler says. "Your infrastructure has to be sized for your force. Good political leadership can make a BRAC closure a plus, not a minus, in terms of economics. Certainly in Congress we don't have the kind of political leadership that points that out to communities."
Defense officials could pick up the slack, by continuing to share stories of community expansion and job creation. A new round of BRAC might not be on Defense's immediate agenda, but base closures and realignments remain a big issue for military communities nationwide and for those charged with watching the budget. On both the job creation and budget fronts, Robyn says: "We won't start to see the payback until later."


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Buda vs. Pest: One city, two personalities
By John Malathronas, for CNN • Updated 9th December 2013
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"Budapest" rolls off the tongue pretty easily, and the Hungarian capital itself feels as if it's been around for a long time.
But Budapest is a relatively recent construct -- the result of an 1873 merger between two distinct cities: Buda on the western bank of the Danube and Pest on the bank opposite.
The result, Budapest, sounds so much more natural than other twin cities -- Minneapolis/St. Paul or Dallas/Fort Worth -- it's difficult to imagine that the alternative "Pestbuda" was floated seriously at the time.
Although they've been populated for centuries, Pest and Buda have developed so separately that the first bridge spanning the Danube, the imposing Chain Bridge, wasn't built until 1849.
Their distinctiveness continues to this day.
View from the hills
Hilly Buda has the better views.
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Built on a series of hills, Buda is the site of a grand Hapsburg palace and has a detached, imperial air of settled wealth.
In contrast, populous Pest -- as flat as a prairie -- is busy, buzzing and bourgeois, with an assortment of bars, cafés and gourmet restaurants.
Buda offers sweeping panoramas. Most visitors are content with the view across to Pest from the Fisherman's Bastion on Castle Hill and ignore the less accessible Gellért Hill just to the south.
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Yet here the ramparts of the old
Citadella fortress
Citadella sétány 1; +36 1 279-1963; free entry
) provide equally stunning vistas over the Danube.
It's in the hiking network of the Buda Hills, where city residents come to picnic and ramble through the woods.
During weekdays, you can walk for hours without seeing another human being.
Kids' railwa
At the Children's Railway, kids do everything but drive the trains.
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Hills hide the
Children's Railway
zechenyi-hegyi Gyermekvasut; +36 1 397 5394; $5.40 adult, $2.70 child; closed Monday
) a narrow-gauge line operated entirely by 10-to-14 year olds as ticket sellers, announcers and conductors -- only the drivers are adults.
The line runs for 45 minutes through 11 kilometers of forest landscape with seven stops in-between.
Check mates at laid-back Széchenyi Baths.
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When night falls, Buda goes to sleep and Pest wakes up.
Whether you prefer the opulence of the Opera House, one of Europe's finest, or the conviviality of the city's legendary
ruin pubs
, you want to be on the Pest side of the river after dark.
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Pest has been a hotbed of Hungarian national pride to counter the Austrian Hapsburg court reigning from Castle Hill.
Buda may have the palace, but Pest houses the Hungarian parliament (
1-3 Kossuth tér; +36 1 441 4000; daily tours in English April-October, $7.80 EU citizens, $3.90 others
), a dazzling neo-Gothic building whose superlative interior is more than a match for its exterior.
Spa wars
Pest is as practical and business-oriented as Buda is aloof and superior.
Buda has thermal spas, such as the Gellért or Rudas Baths, built by the old ruling elites.
Pest has an open-air people's pool: the neo-baroque Széchenyi Baths complex where you can still find old men playing chess, half immersed in the water. (See
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Pest's bustle is best reflected in its most well-known shopping artery: Váci utca. It suffered during the Communist era but the street has regained its ritzy reputation.
More: 8 must-see Budapest buildings
Fittingly, Buda has the Wolf's Meadow cemetery, where famous Hungarians such as classical composer Béla Bartók and conductor Georg Solti are buried in extravagant tombs.
Pest, on the other hand, has the vitality and life force associated with the fiery Magyar temperament -- nowhere more evident than in the former city's culinary culture.
Café cultured
Café Gerbeaud: the desserts are just as pretty.
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In Vörösmarty square you can find one of Europe's monuments to confectionary brilliance: the café founded by Emil Gerbeaud (
Café Gerbeaud
, 7-8 Vörösmarty tér, +36 1 429 9000
) in 1885, complete with over-elaborate ceilings and chandeliers.
Not far away, the renovated art nouveau decor of the
Gerlóczy Café
Gerlóczy u. 1; +36 1 501 4000
) gives traditional Hungarian dishes a modern makeover.
Read: Budapest's best 'ruin bars'
Further out, at the edges of the seventh district, the fin-de-siècle elegance of
New York Café
part of the Hotel Boscolo Budapest; 9-11 Erzsébet körút, +36 1 886 6167
) has to be seen to be believed.
Some tourists do just that -- constantly snapping diners from the gallery above.
"Visit Buda but stay in Pest" is the advice every Budapest visitor is given.
But in fact the once-separate cities have such distinct characters you should spend as much time exploring each.
It's the only way to do them justice.
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Opinion: The $3,000 Car Tax
Charlie Drevna, president of the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, on how Washington's fuel standards are increasing the price of cars and gas. Photos: Toyota
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... the car tax on the way Europe in coming years so over the of ... the coming years so and I hit a tells about is Charlie's revenues the present of the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers of visiting us from our DC bureau Charlie thanks for joining us ... could it be refinance ... I mean that this upbeat tone now what I'm talking about a new tax coming but ... I'm you know this is on TV or videos so op ... to be clear this is on this is really one that scared a floor under the radar this is not a of ... attacks are going to see on your ... ten forty when you file it this year this is not ... can be readily apparent ... but the but it's coming nonetheless what what is this tax exactly ... well it's it's the tax to the American consumer and American driver going beyond feel very ... dramatically ... due to the new cafe standards it will take effect in the US the price two thousand seventeen that these are the fuel economy standards the government is for that federal government saying that fifty four and a half miles a gallon has to be the four wide average by twenty twenty five I believe ... aam and that that ... that translates into an increase in costs in the car of three thousand dollars ... the maximum federal government center in TRO percent of the three thousand dollars other studies have shown ... James is going to be anywhere from ... four to six or seven thousand dollars ... but that's just the beginning ... and that that's that's the immediate the immediate ... impact when ... when the consumer a walk into the dealer and get that nice twenty thousand dollars or twenty six thousand dollars ... the second thing consumers gonna have to be forced to realize and a sunburn ... stays ... when they open up the owner's manual and see that it would have to huge premium gasoline and that's been in that vehicle which by the way ... is going to be much smaller ... so when you combine and the combined the ... the the fuel economy standards that Mitt building smaller automobiles requiring ... premium gasoline is that that's a double whammy to the consumer ... the next that maybe the triple whammy ... because ... what with that its consumers can also find on ... is is that as we are forced to ... read refining industry and although it parties were forced to put more and more and more ... ethanol into the fuel mix ... not only that of using premium gasoline than initially not more because the downgrade as more ethanol and within ... the last gas mileage to get ... some legs ... I was asking if you haven't all an estimate for what this is gonna cause of the summing even though this standard is twenty twenty five they gotta prepare to me to ... start building these ... smaller or end more expensive cars beforehand but that ... if the government acknowledging at three thousand dollar ... like in the vehicle prize ... he mentioned of private estimates going further to mention other costing you haven't all in figure for what this is ... giving it to kids about when ... the band because as you mentioned earlier changes to its fleet wine average ... so think about it you know you know the the the the the ... the folks ... people walking in to buy a car didn't hit fifty four ... miles down the pot that they get smaller vehicle ... and that's a fallacy ... because it does this whole thing is is is thirty four ... mpg ... it is also predicated ... on the belief that ... debt is gonna be some sort of consumer ... acceptance or consumer race ... of the of the electorate vehicle which the federal government is counting on to get just fifty four AM Nostra down so ... the consumer is not to get fifty four ... miles a gallon for the continued apace and the five hundred dollars ... per metric vehicles a taxpayer ... that many U S gas U S gas mileage because of ethanol ... they pay more for the car ... and the premium gasoline which is not what average running anywhere between thirty to thirty five cents more ... per gallon than with the worry is declining interest ... in their ... head into a Toyota Camry


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Comedian Russell Brand is aiming to fire up the revolutionary spirit by writing a new book about how to improve society.
The funnyman and Hollywood star - who has already written two hugely successful volumes of his memoirs - will publish his as-yet-untitled book later this year.
Book firms are currently lining up their entries for the lucrative Christmas market, with Brand's new work to be released in October.
Publisher Century said the book will urge readers to "discard apathy and challenge the status quo", as well as sharing his views on " inequality, rioting, financial meltdown, and the total mistrust of politicians".
Brand has spoken about his views on revolution during interviews in recent months and outlined his thoughts in an essay for New Statesman when was guest editor. He also got into a spat with fellow comic Robert Webb who was unimpressed by Brand's call for people to register their disenchantment with the system by refusing to vote.
Brand said of his new book: "People keep asking me how The Revolution will work? 'We all want to bring down the government and establish a personal and global utopia but how?', they ask. Well in this book, I'm going to explain it.
"Having accrued the greatest wisdom known to man - by conducting interviews, watching DVDs, reading books, thinking and looking at the sky - I am now able to put in a simple, accessible book(y wook) the solution to internal and external turmoil. And about time too."
Ben Dunn, the publishing director of Century said: " Like the rest of the world, I have been avidly following Russell's writing and stand up and have been inspired by his passionate call to arms. This book will be a massive extension of that and I can't wait to publish his brilliant words later this year."
The book will be published in hardback with a paperback to follow next year.