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Undergraduate Researcher Honored With Goldwater Scholarship
Matthew Krenik is the eighth UT Dallas student since 2005 to win a Goldwater Scholarship. He is also a McDermott Scholar.
Sophomore Matthew Krenik loves playing improvisational jazz piano or playing center in a pick-up game of basketball. But his real passion reflects the more academic side of UT Dallas: working on research that involves electrical engineering.
He discovered his passion early on. Growing up the son of an electrical engineer, Krenik participated the summer after ninth grade in the NanoExplorers program for high school students at UT Dallas, working with Dr. Yves Chabal, materials science and engineering department head, on hydrogen storage using metal organic frameworks.
After placing three times as a regional semifinalist in the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology, he started out at the University of North Texas, where he was president of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science student research organization. Krenik transferred to UT Dallas as a Eugene McDermott Scholar.
Krenik's accomplishments have now been recognized by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program. The electrical engineering major is one of 272 students selected to receive the scholarship from a field of 1,107 top students nominated by faculty at universities nationwide.
Krenik is the eighth UT Dallas student since 2005 to win a Goldwater Scholarship, which is awarded to students who intend to pursue careers in science, mathematics and engineering.
The program also gave an honorable mention to another UT Dallas nominee, Michael Lau, a sophomore in the new bioengineering program.
Michael Lau, a sophomore in the bioengineering program, has conducted undergraduate research with Dr. Danieli Rodrigues.
Last spring, Krenik worked with Dr. Bruce Gnade, vice president for research at UT Dallas, on materials science and thermodynamics research. Dr. P.K. Rajasekaran, senior lecturer in electrical engineering, describes Krenik as "very driven and smart."
"I think the world of him. You give him a criticism, and he takes it well and implements it. I am not surprised that he is receiving this scholarship. I am very proud of him. Any teacher would be proud to call him their student," said Rajasekaran.
Krenik has been supported over the years by grants from the National Science Foundation's Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF REU) program, including participating in materials science research at Carnegie-Mellon University when he was just 17, investigating new battery technology at Brazil's Sao Paulo University in summer 2011, and designing a harmonic radar system – partially built using a weed trimmer — to track the migratory patterns of amphibians with a biology team in 2012 at the University of Maine, which is the research he submitted for the Goldwater application.
He plans to earn a PhD in electrical engineering and gain industry experience along the way. Krenik hopes to do research and teach, and maybe become a university administrator someday.
Meanwhile, Lau also has been an undergraduate student researcher at UT Dallas, working with Dr. Danieli Rodrigues, assistant professor of bioengineering, on a drug delivery system for antibiotics for dental applications.
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UT Dallas Recipients
Since 2005, eight UT Dallas students have received nationally competitive Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, and three others have received honorable mention. They are:
Matthew Krenik
Michael Lau (honorable mention)
Truc Do
Abhishek Raj
Elizabeth Hanacik (honorable mention)
Philip Campbell
Truc Do (honorable mention)
Mary Gurak
Alex Palmer
Austin Swafford
Kassandra McLean
Lau began doing research projects when he was in high school, spending summers in the bioengineering department at The University of Texas at Arlington, where he explored the use of fluorescent biodegradable nerve guides to make a stent for nerve regrowth. While a student there his freshman year, Lau researched microfluidics and the manipulation of cancer cells by using nanoparticles to channel or block their movement as part of an NSF REU project.
"I've always had a dream of being part of the cure for cancer. My research for the Goldwater really honed it in for me," Lau said. "But I see that what I'm doing is a stepping stone now for future generations and what they will accomplish."
Schools are allowed to nominate four students a year for Goldwater Scholarships. Dr. Douglas Dow, coordinator of the Office of Distinguished Scholarships and associate director of the University's Collegium V honors program, said this is the third year in a row that either two or three of UT Dallas' nominated students have won the full award or honorable mention.
"We feel as if we now have institutional momentum with the Goldwater Scholarship," Dow said. "Every year, the competition gets tighter and the standards get ratcheted up, and our students are really rising to the challenge."
Designed to foster and encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering, the Goldwater program describes its scholarship as "the premier undergraduate award of its type in these fields." More than 80 recent Goldwater scholars have gone on to win Rhodes Scholarships for postgraduate study.
Media Contact: The Office of Media Relations, UT Dallas, (972) 883-2155, [email protected].

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On the 2015 Day of Archaeology, I am working with the reserve archaeological collections in the Antiquities Division of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology as a member of the museum's Inventory Project. This work involves the identification, organisation and documentation of a vast quantity of varied archaeological artefacts, which are mainly stored in wooden drawers in the basement storage area below our exhibition space – an area commonly known to us as 'the crypt'.
We document the collections from the crypt by the process of each team member working on one drawer of material at a time. Any individual drawer can contain a varied and eclectic mix of artefacts, often unrelated by chronology or provenance, with sometimes the only shared connection being that they were acquired or accessioned by the museum in the same year. Following the post theme of "Why Archaeological Archives Matter" suggested to us members of the Society for Museum Archaeology, I decided to share my work with the museum reserve collections in order to discuss this subject.
Of the last few drawers that I have documented, the artefacts have ranged widely in type and age, with some recent examples including Neolithic pottery, a bronze spearhead, a stone spindle whorl, a copper alloy seal matrix, a clay pipe stem, and some post-medieval glass and pottery sherds.
The museum's reserve collections may often be mistakenly underestimated in value by the public due to the fact that they consist of objects which are not on permanent view in the exhibition galleries, but the worth and importance of these collections cannot be overstated. The placement of objects in the reserve collections can often be due to their inability to match the themes displayed in the institution's current exhibitions, or simply due the lack of space to display such an enormous number of artefacts. A number of unusual and unique artefacts from the reserve collections have been re-discovered and re-assessed during the work of the Inventory Project, a number of which have been detailed on our Documentation Discoveries blog.
The museum reserve collections span all archaeological chronologies and typologies, and offer a physical timeline of the development of material culture, seen within the changes and advances of material choices and the design of objects. As an example, seeing a flint javelin head, a bronze spearhead, and a collection of musket balls all in the same storage drawer clearly shows some of the development in weaponry throughout thousands of years of the human past.
A large section of the reserve collections consists of domestic material uncovered during archaeological site excavation – items such as pottery sherds, samples of shellfish and butchered animal bone, and waste material from craft and industry. While perhaps not aesthetically arresting or unique, objects such as glass sherds, clay pipe stems and metal slag samples offer us valuable and extensive information on everyday life and practices in both the near and distant past. The reserve collections also offer an extensive base for archaeological researchers and students to study specific artefact types or groups, or the complete physical results of an archaeological excavation.
The artefacts hold further valuable information in their detailed documentation in the museum's paper and digital records, which can consist of topographical files, accession registers, object archives and collection databases. These sources record important supplementary information relating to the object provenance, find circumstances, typology, associations and acquisition – all of which provide researchers with an improved and necessary understanding of the full story in the life of the artefact. Overall, the archaeological archives of the museum reserve collection are held in trust for a number of reasons – for conservation and security, for potential future display, as well as for their use as a research base for the future. Work with these collections constantly educates me on our sizeable and impressive national material culture, and the continual need to conserve and collect these important pieces of our past.


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Kansas City Chiefs' Belcher reportedly kills girlfriend, himself
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher fatally shot his girlfriend early Saturday, then drove to Arrowhead Stadium and committed suicide in front of his coach and general manager.
Authorities did not release a possible motive for the murder-suicide, though police said that Belcher and his girlfriend had been arguing recently. The two of them have an infant child.
Belcher thanked general manager Scott Pioli and coach Romeo Crennel before shooting himself in the parking lot outside the team's practice facility, police spokesman Darin Snapp said. Police had locked it down by mid-morning and reporters were confined to Arrowhead Drive just outside the gates.
The news cast a pall over the organization as it prepared to play the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. There was no official word whether the game would be played as scheduled.
Belcher was a 25-year-old native of West Babylon, N.Y., on Long Island, who played college ball at Maine. He signed with the Chiefs an undrafted free agent but had stuck around for four years, moving into the starting lineup. He'd played in all 11 games this season.
"I struggle a little bit, obviously, because Jovan Belcher's profile elevates the subject," Kansas City Mayor Sly James said. "I hope people will look at the situation and try not to judge the person. There are a lot of people hurting. There's a young baby right now without parents."
Authorities reported receiving a call Saturday morning from a woman who said her daughter had been shot multiple times at a residence about five miles away from the Arrowhead complex.
"When we arrived, a lady informed us that her daughter had been shot multiple times by her boyfriend, by the daughter's boyfriend," Snapp said.
Snapp said a call was then received from the Chiefs' facility.
"The description matched the suspect description from that other address. We kind of knew what we were dealing with," Snapp said. The player was "holding a gun to his head" as he stood in front of the front doors of the practice facility.
"And there were Pioli and Crennel and another coach or employee was standing outside and appeared to be talking to him. It appeared they were talking to the suspect," Snapp said. "The suspect began to walk in the opposite direction of the coaches and the officers and that's when they heard the gunshot. It appears he took his own life."
The coaches told police they never felt in any danger, Snapp said.
"They said the player was actually thanking them for everything they'd done for him," he said. "They were just talking to him and he was thanking them and everything. That's when he walked away and shot himself."
Snapp described the girlfriend as in her early 20s and that she and the player had a child together. He said the woman's mother told police they had recently been arguing.
"We can confirm that there was an incident at Arrowhead earlier this morning," the Chiefs said in a statement. "We are cooperating with authorities in their investigation."
James said that he spoke to Pioli after the incident, and while he refused to discuss the GM's emotional state, the mayor said Pioli was "extremely concerned that fans of this team are not disappointed and not left in the cold."
"I think they think there's an obligation to the people of this city, the fans of the team and the fans of the other team to play the game," James said.
The season has been a massive disappointment for the Chiefs, who were expected to contend for the AFC West title. They're just 1-10 and mired in an eight-game losing streak marked by injuries, poor play and fan upheaval, with calls for Pioli and Crennel to be fired.
The Twitter account for a fan group known as "Save Our Chiefs" recently surpassed 80,000 followers, about 17,000 more than the announced crowd at a recent game.
Associated Press Writer Heather Hollingsworth contributed to this report.


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These are my links for July 30th through August 1st:
- NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn asks NYU to evict Chick-fil-A– A powerful New York politician claims she was just speaking as a private citizen when she tried to run Chick-fil-A out of town, but she used her official letterhead and even invoked her position as City Council speaker to apply pressure on the embattled chicken chain.New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who has mayoral aspirations, sent a letter to New York University president John Sexton on Saturday asking the school to immediately end their contract with the fast food restaurant. The Atlanta-based company's sole New York City outlet is in the school's food court."I write as the Speaker of the NYC Council, and on behalf of my family. NYC is a place where we celebrate diversity. We do not believe in denigrating others. We revel in the diversity of all our citizens and their families," the letter begins.
"Let me be clear ?? I do not want establishments in my city that hold such discriminatory views," Quinn, an open lesbian who recently married her longtime partner, also wrote in the letter. "We are a city that believes our diversity is our greatest strength and we will fight anything and anyone that runs counter to that."
"As such I urge you to sever your relationship with the Chick?fil?A establishment that exists on your campus," the speaker added.
The letter has drawn the ire from others on the council.
- Chick-Fil-A Supporters To Turn Out For 'Appreciation Day'– The culture clash over Chick-Fil-A could come to a head on Wednesday, with supporters in Chicago and around the country turning out for an "appreciation day" first proposed by former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee.Nationwide as of Wednesday morning, about 582,000 people planned to go to a Chick-Fil-A location and order something for Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day.Meanwhile, Republicans in Chicago say they will also file a formal complaint at City Hall against Ald. Proco "Joe" Moreno (1st), who wants to block the restaurant from moving into his ward because of the company's position on gay marriage and gay rights.
- Day By Day August 1, 2012 – Petards – Flap's Blog – Day By Day August 1, 2012 – Petards
- White House issues embarrassing apology to Charles Krauthammer over Churchill bust gaffe – The Obama presidency is fond of issuing apologies for America on the world stage, but very rarely makes them at home to Americans. White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer has just issued one to Washington Post columnist and Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer, who last week wrote an op-ed berating the Obama administration for removing a bust of Sir Winston Churchill from the Oval Office when it came to power. Pfeiffer had issued a stinging attack on Krauthammer, alleging that his Churchill bust reference was "100 percent false." Krauthammer was of course 100 percent correct, and the British Embassy in Washington even issued a statement contradicting Pfeifer's remarks.
- Where's The Outrage From Young Americans About Obama's Health Reforms?– President Obama's 2010 health reform law has been heralded by its supporters as strongly beneficial for young Americans. After all, the ACA decrees that all health insurance plans that offer any dependent coverage must offer coverage to enrollees' "adult children" (the terminology used in the law) until age 26, even if the adult child no longer lives with his or her parents, is not a dependent on a parent's tax return, or is no longer a student … even if the adult child is married. And the uninsured rate for those between 19 and 26 has indeed decreased.So what's not to like about the health law for young Americans? The under-appreciated truth is that the ACA has serious adverse impacts on young Americans, far more significant and longer lasting than temporary eligibility to remain on a parent's insurance.Health insurance costs are now dramatically shifted onto the backs of younger, healthier adults. Proponents of the ACA claim that those shunning insurance are responsible for shifting massive costs to insured Americans, thereby raising insurance prices significantly without the ACA's individual mandate. This is factually false. Generally, the population at whom the mandate is directed – those who voluntarily do not buy insurance and are not eligible for current government insurance – tend to be younger, healthier, and use far less medical care, on average about $850 and only $56 per year in emergency care. Based on both household survey and provider data, uninsured health care shifts only 0.8% to at most 1.7% of expenditures toward those already insured.
- Tea Party-Backed Cruz Wins Texas GOP Senate Race– The Tea Party trumped the institution in Texas on Tuesday, propelling attorney Ted Cruz to an upset victory over Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in the nationally watched Republican primary for the Lone Star State's open U.S. Senate seat.Cruz, a 41-year-old Cuban-American who is expected to win the general election in November (Texas hasn't elected a Democrat statewide since 1994), has pledged to bring his unbending conservatism to the upper chamber. The Tea Party's upset win is significant given the widespread rumors of its demise. But Cruz's victory signals that the grassroots movement has not just endured but is now woven into the fabric of the Republican Party, some observers say
- Elizabeth Warren: Obama's Convention Gamble– For all the attention being paid lately to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's verbal miscues, President Obama made a pretty devastating blunder of his own in a speech in Roanoke, Va., last month when he ad-libbed a riff straight from Elizabeth Warren's Senate campaign rhetoric.Obama made the case for an active government role in the economy, and criticized those individuals who thought their business success was entirely attributable to hard work and smarts. He's gotten the most scrutiny over his "you didn't build that" line, but reading the speech with full context, it's clear that he's making a case against an unfettered free market while downplaying the individual efforts of entrepreneurs.
- Report cites killings blamed on non-deported illegals– The Obama administration released illegal immigrants who went on to commit more crimes, including charges of 19 murders, 3 attempted murders and 142 sex crimes, the House Judiciary Committee said in a report Tuesday.All told, 16 percent of the nearly 47,000 illegal immigrants the administration was notified of but declined to deport between 2008 and 2011 under its Secure Communities program have gone on to be charged with other crimes, the committee said.They were part of the nearly 160,000 immigrants — most of them here legally — who were flagged by Secure Communities during the three-year period and who were later charged in nearly 60,000 more crimes, according to the committee and the Congressional Research Service, which looked at data the committee subpoenaed from the Homeland Security Department.
- Gay marriage foes want Supreme Court to step into California case – latimes.com – RT @LANow Gay marriage foes want Supreme Court to step into California case
- Flap's California Blog @ Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-08-01 – Flap's California Blog – Flap's California Blog @ Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-08-01
- Video: Romney Tries to Change Story of Auto Bailout – A new Mitt Romney ad attempts to flip the narrative of the auto industry bailout initiated by President Obama and has been widely praised as successful.
- Who's tweeting? Lawmakers don't say– Most lawmakers do not disclose whether they write their own tweets, according to a review of lawmaker Twitter bios by The Hill, which also finds that most members likely use a ghostwriter.While 84 percent of House lawmakers and 93 percent of senators are on Twitter, few follow President Obama's example in personally signing or tagging their tweets, an indication that would highlight the tweet's authenticity.Only 14 members of the House and 12 senators include a line in their bios that indicate whether a tweet is written by the lawmaker or a member of his or her staff. Those numbers include two accounts that put "press" in their Twitter account name and five that credit the account to "the office of" the lawmaker.
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-08-01 – Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-08-01
- Fleischman sketches campaign against Brown tax increase | CalWatchDog – RT @CalWatchdog: NEW: Fleischman sketches campaign against Brown tax increase #catcot #tcot
- Television / Homeland Scores 9 Emmy Nominations: Congratulations to Claire Danes and Damian Lewis on their nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress and Actor in a Drama Series. Homeland is also nominated for Outstanding Drama Series, Directing, Writing, – Homeland Scores 9 Emmy Nominations:Congrats to Claire Danes and Damian Lewis on their nominations . via @pinterest
- Sports / The U.S. women's gymnastics team lived up to the high expectations facing them and earned the gold medal in the team final, winning the Olympic title for the first time since 1996 – The U.S. women's gymnastics team won the Olympic title for the first time since 1996 via @pinterest
- Sports / Michael Phelps won his 19th career medal Tuesday in London to become the most decorated Olympian in history. He earned the medal by swimming the anchor leg of the 4 x 200m freestyle relay. – Michael Phelps won his 19th career medal Tuesday to become the most decorated Olympian in history via @pinterest
- Californians Look at Who is Giving Big Donations to Raise Your Sales Taxes – Flap's Blog – Californians Look at Who is Giving Big Donations to Raise Your Taxes
- AD-38: Scott Wilk and Edward Headington Face Off at Unscripted Luncheon – Flap's California Blog – AD-38: Scott Wilk and Edward Headington Face Off at Unscripted Luncheon
- Sports / Michael Phelps prepares to compete in the men's 200m butterfly semifinals during the London Olympics on Tuesday. Today, Phelps has tied the record for most Olympic medals winning a silver medal in the 200 Butterfly. – Phelps has tied the record for most Olympic medals winning a silver medal in the 200 Butterfly. via @pinterest
- Sports / US Women Gymnastics Team wins gold – US Women Gymnastics Team wins gold via @pinterest
- Mitt Romney to Announce Vice President Via Smart Phone App – Flap's Blog – Mitt Romney to Announce Vice President Via Smart Phone App
- President 2012 Florida Poll Watch: Obama 48% Vs. Romney 47% – President 2012 Florida Poll Watch: Obama 48% Vs. Romney 47%
- Flap's Dentistry Blog: The Morning Drill: July 31, 2012 – The Morning Drill: July 31, 2012
- Day By Day July 31, 2012 – Wild Things – Flap's Blog – Day By Day July 31, 2012 – Wild Things
- Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior Meets California – Flap's California Blog – Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior Meets California
- Mitt's VP App | Mitt Romney for President – Who cares? So, 2008 RT @CPHeinze Romney will announce Veep pick on new App. #tcot
- GOP 12: O'Reilly: Rubio would help Romney the most – Rubio would RT @CPHeinze Bill O'Reilly thinks Rubio would be the biggest help to Romney.
- Spotify launches unlimited free radio for Android users in the US | The Verge – RT @verge Spotify launches unlimited free radio for Android users in the US
- Flap's California Blog @ Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-31 – Flap's California Blog – Flap's California Blog @ Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-31
- California: The Road Warrior Is Here– George Miller's 1981 post-apocalyptic film The Road Warrior envisioned an impoverished world of the future. Tribal groups fought over what remained of a destroyed Western world of law, technology, and mass production. Survival went to the fittest — or at least those who could best scrounge together the artifacts of a long gone society somewhat resembling the present West.In the case of the Australian film, the culprit for the detribalization of the Outback was some sort of global war or perhaps nuclear holocaust that had destroyed the social fabric. Survivors were left with a memory of modern appetites but without the ability to reproduce the means to satisfy them: in short, a sort of Procopius's description of Gothic Italy circa AD 540.Our Version
Sometimes, and in some places, in California I think we have nearly descended into Miller's dark vision — especially the juxtaposition of occasional high technology with premodern notions of law and security. The state deficit is at $16 billion. Stockton went bankrupt; Fresno is rumored to be next. Unemployment stays over 10% and in the Central Valley is more like 15%. Seven out of the last eleven new Californians went on Medicaid, which is about broke. A third of the nation's welfare recipients are in California. In many areas, 40% of Central Valley high school students do not graduate — and do not work, if the latest crisis in finding $10 an hour agricultural workers is any indication. And so on.
- Now Reuters And Bloomberg Are Reporting Apple Will Announce The Next iPhone On September 12– Bloomberg and Reuters are the latest publications to confirm that Apple is planning to announce the next iPhone on September 12.Bloomberg cites two anonymous sources "with knowledge of the company's plans" who say Apple will unveil a redesigned iPhone 5 on that date.Reuters cites a single source "familiar with the plan" who says Apple is planning to unveil a new product at an event that day, which it expects to be the next iPhone.
However, Reuters does note that its source says the date could "shift."
- Romney Spokesman to Reporters: 'Shove It'– A traveling press secretary for the Romney campaign had some choice words for the press corps on Tuesday in Warsaw, Poland, at one point telling reporters to "kiss my ass" and "shove it."As Mitt Romney was leaving a stop at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, approximately 100 yards away from the site itself, reporters shouted questions to the presumptive nominee, who ignored them.After several questions involving Romney's missteps on the trip, including comments he made in Israel, Romney spokesman Rick Gorka shot back.
"Show some respect," he said after being challenged for not taking questions, according to pool reports.
"We haven't had another chance to ask a question," a New York Times reporter said.
"Kiss my ass," Gorka said back. "This is a Holy site for the Polish people. Show some respect."
Just a few moments later, Gorka told a Politico reporter to "shove it."
- Texas Senate runoff expected to be close – CNN Political Ticker – CNN.com Blogs – Texas Senate runoff expected to be close –
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-31 – Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-31
- Popular Bill Clinton to Deliver Prime Time Campaign Speech for Obama – Popular Bill Clinton to Deliver Prime-Time Campaign Speech for Obama
- The Afternoon Flap: July 30, 2012 – Flap's Blog – The Afternoon Flap: July 30, 2012


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Here we go again, this time it's the German's turn to randomly drop [expletive deleted] from orbit.
Falling German Satellite Poses 1-in-2,000 Risk of Striking Someone This Month
A big German satellite near the end of life is expected to plunge back to Earth this month, just weeks after a NASA satellite fell from orbit, and where this latest piece of space junk will hit is a mystery.
The 2.4-ton spacecraft, Germany's Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT), is expected to fall Oct. 22 or 23.
The satellite will break up into fragments, some of which will disintegrate due to intense re-entry heat. But studies predict that about 1.6 tons of satellite leftovers could reach the Earth's surface. That's nearly half ROSAT's entire mass.
There is a 1-in-2,000 chance that debris from the satellite could hit someone on Earth, though the likelihood of an injury is extremely remote, German space officials say. For German citizens, the risk of being struck is much lower, about 1 in 700,000.
All areas under the orbit of ROSAT, which extends to 53 degrees northern and southern latitude, could be in the strike zone of the satellite's re-entry.
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You'd think that by now, we'd have the technology to orbit powered drones with robotic arms that could guide these massive dead satellites into a controlled deorbit.
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The community of third-party software developers who are building applications for Google's Linux-based Android mobile operating system are voicing new concerns about the absence of public software development kit (SDK) updates and the lack of information about the status of the platform. Developers are beginning to lose patience, and some are remarking that Google's unresponsiveness and lack of transparency are beginning to make other mobile platforms look more appealing.
Nicolas Gramlich, the operator of the independent Android Development Community message boards, posted a message on Google's official Android discussion mailing list last month lamenting the lack of information about upcoming releases and unresolved bugs in the SDK. He started a petition on the discussion list and encouraged others to share their concerns with the hope that Google would respond.
"In order not to lose many highly encouraged developers, I think its time to release some news about the development process of the SDK. Maybe let us know why we have to live with these long cycles," Gramlich wrote in a message on the list. "In my personal opinion it is not the right choice to keep developers in the dark."
His message received a chorus of agreements in response from others who are similarly frustrated with the current status of the SDK. Interest in competing platforms is a very common theme in the responses. The opening of Apple's iPhone App Store, the recent launch of the OpenMoko FreeRunner, strong carrier interest in LiMo, and Nokia's recent announcement of an open-source future for Symbian all give developers a reason to think hard about other options.
"I'm afraid (at the same time excited) that by the time the next Android SDK is released (close to EOY 2008 I guess), many developers here [will] have already released software on the iPhone platform, a platform with 20+ million users versus ZERO user install base for Android," wrote one supporter in a response on the mailing list. "It's not a hard decision to make after all. Hopefully someone wakes up sooner than later."
Google faced similar criticism following the initial Android SDK release. At launch, there was no public bug tracking system, inadequate documentation, and numerous technical problems. Google listened to the Android community's early complaints and invested a lot of effort into finding reasonable solutions. The most significant complaints were addressed by the time the second major iteration of the SDK was released, but little progress has been made since then.
Although Google has not issued an official statement to address the latest round of criticisms, an unofficial response came from Jean-Baptiste Queru, an Android engineer employed by the search giant. The tone of Queru's response indicates that he is also extremely frustrated with the situation but isn't in a position to address it himself. He says that Google is primarily focused on ensuring that handsets get brought to market and that SDK development is regarded as a secondary priority. He assures critics that he and his team are all aware of the problems and would like to communicate more openly about development status but are not permitted to do so.
"We (the Google Android team) are very much focusing on playing our part in getting an Android device on the shelves as soon as we possibly can, and that focus comes at the expense of other tasks, like getting an SDK out," said Queru. "So, while [concerns expressed in mailing list posts] aren't falling on deaf ears, they're typically falling in the wide-open ears of people whose hands are tied and whose mouths are gagged, and the frustration that such posts create in the Android team might in fact be larger than the relief that gets created in the community. [...] The Google Android people who read the groups hear you, we understand your pain, we communicate it back up to our management, we're not happy about the situation either, we'd love more openness too."
At this stage, it is likely that Google is focusing on meeting the needs of carriers and handset makers rather than third-party developers. As Queru indicates, this will probably change after the first phones launch. The problem, however, is the lack of transparency. Even if Google isn't willing to address SDK issues right now, the company needs to communicate with developers and provide some insight into when and how those issues will be addressed.
The Android platform has an enormous amount of potential and is positioned to deliver an exceptionally strong user experience, but that potential is undermined by the lack of communication. The strength of open platforms comes from a solid foundation of inclusiveness and transparency. Android will lose many of the advantages inherent in open platforms if barriers continue to isolate third-party developers from the project.
We have learned that Google has been secretly giving updated SDK builds to a select few developers under non-disclosure agreements.


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WOW, right??
This huge work of art by Lars Thygesen, certainly makes a statement, don't you think... and then to know that on the opposite wall, you find the artwork below, gutsy and not for everyone!! But, isn't that the point of art? On top of that, the building housing all this color and excitement, is an old rail road station from 1865!! The couple living here are behind the Danish auction house Lauritz.com.
Color, art and interesting collections are what they are all about, can you tell?
Just before Christmas I received the second Visit Visit book, Kunst & Karisma, by Iben & Niels Ahlberg. I have been through the book several times, and each time my eye gravitates to a different interior, all in all eight VERY different homes, filled to the brim with art and self expression!
In writing this book review, I have been given access to never before published images (web), furnished by the authors of the book, for which I am grateful, Thank You!
The basis for this house is an all white and black interior, (I am sure, as a reader of Northern Light, you are well aware I have a fondness of this combo) but with Pops of Neon color, scattered throughout... All starting with the LED light behind the hood in the kitchen... it changes color, and dictates the rest of the color scheme in the house!
While the owners of this house have impeccable taste when it comes to fashion (they own their own stores) they have worked with a design duo (Design By Us), to pull the interior together! Feminine floral, Neon, Pop art and classic furniture melt together in a very interesting mix!!
Not my first choice.... but why not have a little fun in the bedroom? Hmmm..... ;)
Living with what you like and what speaks to you, really is essential and that's what this book is all about; Personal Art Collections!!
All featured homeowners are in some way or another "in the arts", be it furniture, fashion or floral... all very exciting and it is such a treat to be able to see "how the other side lives"!
Meet Signe Boegelund-Jensen, a Haute Couture designer. Africa is where she grew up, Copenhagen is where she lives and John Galliano is where she honed her skills!
Signe's story is very interesting and her home is a studio in white and light spaces... keeping the focus on her creations! Actually, not only does she create couture, she also created this "Cup of Cream" hanging chair....
With an eye for detail, it's no surprise that the dark, glossy, coffee colored floors are authentic to the building (of 1908) as is the tall white paneling. Signe's fashion even makes it into the kitchen, I guess it's difficult to only be creative in one room ;)!
How fun would it be to explore in this apartment??
here) I shared with you a house filled with Multi Cultural accessories, owned by the design duo behind Day Birger et Mikkelsen / DAY Home... and I am sure some of the inspiration for the decor in this house (owned by Lars & Camilla Wiberg) came from DAY, as Lars used to work at DAY, as Sales Manager.
Above a glimpse of the kitchen, filled with art and artifacts, this is no longer "just" a kitchen, but a gathering space! (Aren't all kitchens at some point??)
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A collection of perfume bottles and other curiosities are kept close together on a glass tray, a powerful statement, a small piece of art in itself, great impact as a group!!
There is strength in numbers.
Love of interesting materials and objects carry over to Camilla's store Pour Quoi, making the shopping experience even more unique.
Contemporary Bungalow; probably my favorite home featured in this new book...
Meet Chresten Rud, owner of "Couch by C", Furniture and Interior. With a trained eye for style and quality, his house is filled with perfectly scaled furniture, calm colors, an interesting mix of objects. An impressive collection of Black and White photographs by Joergen Angel, Bent Rej ("Rolling Stones In Concert", below) and others are displayed through out the house.
Perhaps my favorite image from the Kunst & Karisma book, this nook from Chresten's home! Love the light (great photography), love the over sized lamp, love the color of the silk shade, love the white chaise, love the kelim pillow and the Missoni throw as well as the B/W photography!
Last but not least, one image from a really cool home, which I will let you explore in the book, on your own....
My thought was this: Why does art have to hang on the wall or be propped on a shelf? Why not do it like this? Perfect for a casual summer house, or any other relaxed space for that matter.
Great idea, great use of color, great use of antique objects!!!
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, the photographs are wonderful, and the differences in all these homes makes it interesting! There is something for everyone, the common thread is Art, all different kinds of art, keeping you engaged till the last page!
Of course I can't show you all the homes, so I encourage you to check out the book! The cover of the book, along with the image above, is by Contemporary Thai artist Attasit Pokpong, you can read more about him and his artwork here, a post I did a little while back.
Visit Visit Kunst & Karisma (Art & Charisma) can be purchased here in Danish, and an English insert is available though the Visit Visit website. If you spot an item in the book, you would like for yourself, access to an address list can be found here. Very cool, I must say, making art and artifacts available to all of us! The team behind the book, Iben & Niels Ahlberg, have a website, check that out here. And for all of you FB people, you can follow along here. Why not "Like" Northern Light Blog on FB, while you are there??
Still not satisfied? Check out the Visit Visit Nordisk Eksotisk post I wrote here!
(The first book in the series) Now I am left wondering what the next book in the series will be about, any guesses?
All image by Iben & Niels Ahlberg.
Open book image by NHH for Northern Light Blog.


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The Chicago Latvian Association celebrated its 75th anniversary on January 13, 2010. Originally called the Chicago Latvian Club, it was founded by a group of 13 Latvian immigrants under the motto "Unity, Friendship, Philanthropy and Education." These words were the foundation for shaping and growing the Club's work.
Following its motto, the new organization held lectures, celebrated Latvian holidays, and hosted singing and plays along with other social events. An important mission was to provide help to the sick and destitute.
Around 1949, major changes occurred with a new wave of Latvian emigration from Europe to Chicago. These immigrants gradually took over leadership of the organization. All of the Club's activities thrived in this period with cultural activities in particular expanding considerably. The first Latvian Culture Days were held; the organization began supporting youth organizations and the Latvian school; and events continued to be held to mark holidays and days of remembrance.
In 1954, the Chicago Latvian Club was renamed the Chicago Latvian Association, because the term "club" no longer accurately described the organization's goals. Under the auspices of the Association, a funeral fund and academic discussion group were started, excursions were organized, and athletes and philatelists alike started their own groups.
Until Latvia regained independence in the early 1990s, the Association's work included political as well as social and cultural activities. Today, the Chicago Latvian Association supports Latvian cultural life in Chicago by organizing events (including in conjunction with other organizations) and donating funds to causes in both Latvia and in the Chicago Latvian community. The CLA also manages the Latvian Community Center building and finances.


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Primacy of the Ear, by Ran Blake with Jason Rogers
Many music books are designed to help better understand written music, but Ran Blake's Primacy of the Ear focuses on the development of the ear, rather than the eye. There are exercises for instrumental practice, but most of the technical and practical exercises in Ran's book are concentrated on how to take an aural language and apply it to your own music. Putting the ear, rather than the eye or fingers, at the center of your musical learning is the key to forming a truly personal style.
"One's single most crucial ally in the exploration of music is the ear. When you listen, the ear reacts before the brain has time to process; it is an honest broker. When you play, the ear pulls you to a sound faster and more confidently than your brain; it is the part of you most in clutches of the muse. More than any other learning tool, the ear offers a straight line to your musical DNA and allows you to access and communicate your most honest, most original music."
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Equity futures were up but dove hard on the Employment situation report:
The dollar is up, bonds are up, and VERY interestingly, oil is diving while gold soared initially, but now also reversed.
And the headline came in even worse than I expected at 10.2%, 190,000 jobs lost in the month of October if you believe their numbers. I don't. And while the monthly number is decreasing, the total percentage of the population unemployed keeps growing as no new jobs are being created. Please witness the U6 "alternative" report…
A jump from 17 to 17.5%! Truly not good. I'll dig deeper into the numbers and will report either in another post or in the daily thread (don't miss Point's analysis either!). Below is the entire BLS report:
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Here's Econoday's report:
The jobs picture in October worsened as the unemployment rate topped double digits and payroll jobs fell more than expected. Nonfarm payroll employment in October declined 190,000, following a revised decrease of 219,000 in September and a revised contraction of 154,000 in August. The October fall in payroll employment was more negative than the market projection for a 175,000 decrease. September and August revisions were up 91,000 net for the two months (the net declines were smaller).
Payroll losses were widespread in both goods-producing and service-providing sectors but declines were sharper in the goods-producing sector. Goods-producing jobs contracted 129,000 in October, following a 114,000 decline the month before. Construction jobs fell 62,000 while manufacturing decreased 61,000 and mining dipped 5,000.
Wholesale trade numbers come out at 10 Eastern, Consumer Credit at 3 Eastern. Consumer credit is tightening as banks conduct their CREDITORY practices of jacking rates and closing accounts, something that is accelerating now that the date for the new credit card laws has been moved up. No credit, no jobs, the consumer is 70% of the economy and therefore no meaningful recovery.
One piece of evidence of that came yesterday when we learned that retail online sales decreased by 2% yoy in the 3rd quarter, the first time in history that we have had two successive quarterly yoy drops in online sales.
From a technical point of view, if you remember I've been saying that wave 2 is the "fool 'ya" wave. I can't tell you how many people I read last night were talking about new highs. The DOW did make it back to 10,000 retracing 75% of its downtrend, but as I looked around the charts last night I could see that it is the anomaly as the XLF did not even make it back to 38.2%! The market does not go forward without the financials.
Neither the Utiilities nor IYR made it back to the 38.2%, most indices did make it back to the 50% level, the S&P back to 61.8%, and the DOW led as defensive big caps do - initially.
And, just like I thought, we went to the top of the small rising wedge in the S&P, the top of the channels in the other indices, and now we are returning back down. My guess was that we would go to 1,070ish, and the /ES topped out 1,069, a near perfect 61.8% retrace.
This means that my primary wave count is likely correct, and that we may have just begun wave 3 down. I'll want to see the bottom of the current channels break for confirmation. The action in the dollar will also be very important.
The first pivot in play is 1,061 with overhead at 1,090. The 38.2% fib is at 1,057, the bottom of the SPX channel/wedge is around 1,054, and the next lower pivot is at 1,041. If the 1,061 pivot falls, then momentum will shift back to the downside.
We were overbought on the short term oscillators yesterday, so I would expect this downdraft to have some legs to it, we'll see.
Boy, watching those Texas politicians place multiple votes yesterday just made me more furious than I already was - it was the Fannie house renting/bad asset hiding that really got me fuming. We are continuing to plunder as Bastiat so eloquently stated way back in 1850, we're trading our freedom for security, but losing it all in the process, and as Point was mentioning in our thread yesterday, "Hey, freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose…"
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Trader Kevin Coulter, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Strong earnings reports from Home Depot and Macy's helped lift stock indexes in early trading on Wall Street Tuesday. A jump in home sales and consumer confidence also brought buyers back to the market. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)


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It looks like the sad, sordid tale of the Brokeback Enzo (which two of the So-Cal Jalops attempted to find the death-site of a week or so ago after failing miserably back in March), is over. Fat Stefan scored hisself a three-year sentence on embezzlement and firearms charges, to be served concurrently with his six-month sentence for drink-driving. Jim Parkman goes back to Alabama, Stefan leaves the U.S. when he gets out of the pokey in what his attorneys figure will be late '07 or '08. The Bel-Air manse gets sold to pay the debts. No word if Stefan will find his shirt hanging inside Dietrich's when he gets out.
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The 4th World Water Forum came to an end on Wednesday, 22 March 2006, World Water Day, in Mexico City, after seven days of debates and exchanges. Close to 20,000 people from throughout the world participated in 206 working sessions where a total of 1600 local actions were presented.
Participants included official representatives and delegates from 140 countries out of which 120 mayors and 150 legislators, 1395 journalists experts, NGOs, companies, civil society representatives were involved. The Ministerial Conference brought together 78 Ministers.
The Forum represents a unique opportunity to foster the world's attention on water related issues. During an entire week, participants take the advantage of it to launch new initiatives and organize special events.
The World Water Forum is the largest multi-stakeholder process of the water community. It involves directly several thousands of stakeholders representing a great variety of situations, cultures, perspectives, responsibilities. A synthesis process of the Forum has been developed and implemented in three phases:
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Spring storm moves east, bringing snow to Colorado
A storm that toppled trees, caused scattered power outages and whipped up blinding dust storms brought blizzard conditions to parts of Colorado, where up to 20 inches of snow was expected in the mountains through Tuesday.
With forecasters predicting 6 to 11 inches, Denver Public Schools closed all schools and offices Tuesday. Colorado's largest school district, Jeffco Public Schools, was among those canceling classes.
Denver International Airport reported about 300 canceled flights early Tuesday and warned travelers to be ready for delays as planes were deiced. About half of the cancellations were commuter flights, airport officials said.
Northern California was first to feel the lashing blasts of the storm Monday, which spread to the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys.
At least a dozen trees came down in San Francisco, police officer John Tozzini told KGO-TV, which reported that more than 20,000 utility customers lost power in the region. A swath of outages occurred across the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, the Sacramento Bee reported.
A tree smashed into a Sacramento home where four friends were playing bridge, but they didn't stop playing their game Monday, according to KCRA.
Gusts topped 80 mph at some places in Southern California. The blustery system was being fueled by a cold front.
"It's just a cold, really strong upper low," said Carol Smith, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard, Calif.
Whitecaps flecked the Pacific Ocean along the California coast, where gale warnings and small craft advisories were posted. Recreational boaters were warned to stay in port. Wind-driven swells slapped over the tops of breakwaters and turned waves into a churning froth under piers at points such as Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach on the Los Angeles County coast.
The wind turned small wildfires into big problems in some areas, including a blaze in Fillmore about 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles that burned two homes and forced the evacuation of 84 homes.
Blowing dust forced the closure of state Route 14 in the high desert Antelope Valley north of Los Angeles due to low visibility. Officer Michael Farrell said motorists who stopped on the road were hit from behind by other cars, but no major injuries were reported.
The power went out for more than 13,000 Southern Californians because of the winds and the weather.
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In Arizona, gusty winds produced by a cold front enveloped Phoenix in a dusty haze and closed 34 miles of Interstate 40 in the northern part of the state for several hours Monday. At least four people were injured in a pileup when two semi-trucks jackknifed in a dust storm on I-10 in southern Arizona. The injuries were not life-threatening.
Associated Press writers Greg Risling and John Antczak in Los Angeles; Paul Davenport and Walter Berry in Phoenix; and Colleen Slevin and Catherine Tsai in Denver contributed to this story.


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Let $Q_{\infty,p}$ be the field obtained by adjoining to $Q$ all $p$-power roots of unity for a prime $p$. The union of these fields for all primes is the maximal cyclotomic extension $Q^{cycl}$ of $Q$. By Kronecker-Weber, $Q^{cycl}$ is also the maximal abelian extension $Q^{ab}$ of $Q$.
A well known conjecture due to Mazur (with known examples) asserts, for an elliptic curve $E$ with certain conditions, that $E(Q_{\infty,p})$ is finitely generated. This is the group of rational points of $E$ over $Q_{\infty,p}$ (not a number field!).
A theorem due to Ribet asserts the finiteness of the torsion subgroup $E(Q^{ab})$ for certain elliptic curves.
(a) Can one expect to find elliptic curves (or abelian varieties) $A$ with $A(Q^{ab})$ finitely generated?
(c) Can one expect to find curves $C$ of genus $g >1$ with $C(Q^{ab})$ finite?


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| 5.2°C Belfast
The eurozone recovery ground to a halt in the second quarter after German output shrank and France flatlined, official data showed today.
Hopes for an upturn for the 18-nation bloc have been hit by the impact of tit-for-tat sanctions with Russia over the Ukraine crisis.
Bank of England governor Mark Carney cited this week the "modest" pace of growth in the eurozone - Britain's biggest trading partner - as a key challenge facing the UK.
Markets had been expecting the eurozone to post 0.1% growth but even this meagre expansion proved too much and instead it was recorded as 0%, following a 0.2% improvement in the previous period.
Germany shrank by 0.2%, slightly worse than feared, as its trade balance worsened, following growth of 0.7% in the first quarter.
Meanwhile, France posted zero expansion for the second successive quarter, as its finance minister immediately halved its growth forecast for the year to 0.5%.
The European Central Bank has slashed interest rates to record lows as policy-makers try to stave off the threat of a damaging deflation spiral in the stagnant economic zone.
But experts believe fears of an escalation in the Ukraine crisis are holding back investment and postponing some spending.
Latest figures from Italy show it returned to recession in the second quarter, though Spain and Portugal bucked the gloomy trend with each country posting growth of 0.6% for the period.
The eurozone's struggles contrast with the UK, which is expected to see gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 0.8% for the quarter confirmed tomorrow. It is forecast to post the strongest performance among major world economies this year.
Peter Vanden Houte of ING Bank said the eurozone figure was even worse than already-downbeat consensus expectations.
"Today's figures show that the upturn remains too weak to withstand external shocks, meaning that GDP growth will probably remain stuck in stop-and-go mode. It now looks very likely that GDP growth for the whole of 2014 will remain below 1%."
Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit, said: "A stalling of economic growth in the second quarter raises concerns that the euro area is sliding back into a triple-dip recession.
"Many, including the European Central Bank, point to survey data suggesting such fears are overplayed, and that growth will revive as previously-announced stimulus take effect.
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bad news from conakry
Things are not good in Guinea. After 50,000 people took to the streets to protest a rumor that the head of the military junta that took over the country last December intends to run for the presidency, the army reacted with force. Given Captain Moussa Dadis Camara's somewhat less than stable behavior of late - not to mention his increasingly strong grip on power in the country - it appears the people of Conakry have a well-founded fear. At least one Guinea-watcher expects the demonstrations to continue for several months.
Local human rights activists report that at least 157 people were killed by government troops during Monday's protest. They also note that women are being raped in public and that soldiers are bayonetting civilians. From the BBC:
Alpha Conde, head of the Rally of the People of Guinea party, said he would return there to "mobilise the people".
..."We can't fight and then draw back, we fought for change so we can't retreat now," Mr Conde, speaking from New York, told the BBC.
"We want free and democratic elections, but considering what happened yesterday, we now want the government to go and for it to be replaced by a national government that can organise elections."
Mr Conde said the government had been "discredited" by the violence, which he said had been "planned and were directed by the president's own advisor".
On Tuesday, the French government took the key step of cutting its aid to Guinea's military and will push the EU to do the same today.
Here's a useful Q&A about these events. Are there any Guinea-watchers who could give us more information or context?