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On November 7 2012, Californians had a chance to vote on a law that would require labeling of all Genetically Modified ("GMO") ingredients found in the processed foods sold in their state. The proposition also included a ban on the use of the word "natural" when it's used to describe foods that contain GMO ingredients (a common approach used by many processed food manufacturers).
This wasn't the first such effort. In the past year, two other states have attempted to label genetically modified food ingredients:
– Vermont: H.722 was eventually discarded after Monsanto threatened a lawsuit.
– Connecticut: HB 5117 was rejected after Monsanto threatened a lawsuit.
What set California's proposition apart was that it was the first to be sponsored by citizens. As Haji Warf pointed out on my Facebook page, "Vermont and Connecticut attempted to implement labeling through the legislative channels. Even California tried that with genetically engineered salmon; it didn't even make it out of the Appropriations Committee. By contrast, Proposition 37 is a citizens' initiative — people taking the decision-making power back into their own hands instead of relying on state representatives."
The fact that it was a bunch of citizens who couldn't be sued made pro-GMO companies very nervous. So nervous in fact, that a group consisting of many of the top names in the processed food industry (including every one of the labels shown at left) joined up with Monsanto to finance, develop and distribute anti-GMO labeling publicity.
By the time citizens were ready to cast their vote, this group of anti-GMO labeling companies had spent approximately $43 million on television commercials, YouTube videos, a website, social media, multiple mailers, print advertising, and even an "activity" booklet for children titled "Look Closer at Biotechnology" to create as much voter confusion as possible.
With $43 million at their disposal, tactics ranged from using a fake FDA quote and mailers that fraudulently displayed the FDA seal (a criminal complaint has been filed with the FBI, but the FBI is simply referring the complaint back to the FDA, which, being controlled by several ex-Monsanto VPs and attorneys, probably won't go much further), to fabricated front groups, and even impersonating a police organization (among others) to send out more mailers opposing GMO labeling.
The majority of these publicity efforts were handled by the same high-powered PR firm who was responsible for helping Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds in the "Californians for Smokers' Rights" initiatives back in the 1980s and 1990s, and more recently the big oil companies' fight against clean energy and climate laws in 2010.
As a result of all the confusion and "faux facts," California's Proposition 37 failed to make GMO labeling a reality.
What can you do now?
1) Keep sharing the truth. This page is packed with cross-referenced studies showing the inherent risks and proven health impacts resulting from genetically modified organisms. This video is a great way to wake up your unaware friends—especially those with children.
2) Sign a local petition. Visit your nearest natural / organic grocery store / food co-op or farmer's market, and ask them if they've started a GMO Labeling petition you can sign. If not, give them this letter and ask them to consider starting one. If they won't, you can always start one of your own!
3) Don't let the big food manufacturers bully you… buy organic. Is organic always GMO free? Yes, most of the time. Plus buying organic goes further towards supporting the right kinds of farms, food manufacturing companies, and nutrition choices. And last but not least…
4) Meanwhile, DO NOT BUY from the following anti-GMO-labeling companies. These companies are responsible for producing the majority of GMO-laden processed foods sold in the United States and for making a financial contribution to fight California's anti-GMO labeling campaign. Don't put these products in your grocery basket:
Bimbo Bakeries USA: think Boboli, Earth Grains, Oroweat, Entenmanns, and more
Bumble Bee Foods, LLC: canned fish and ready-to-eat meats
Campbell Soup Company: so much more than soup—their brands include Prego sauces, Pace salsas, Pepperidge Farms, Swansons (broths), V8 juice, and more
Cargill, Inc.: manufacturers of processed food ingredients
C.H. Guenther & Son, Inc.: manufacturers of Pioneer and White Wings flour, baking and gravy mixes, and tortillas)
Coca-Cola North America
ConAgra Foods: manufacturers of Marie Callenders, Orville Reddenbacher, Banquet, Hunts, Chef BoyarDee, Hebrew National, David Sunflower seeds, Wesson Oils and many, many more
Dean Foods Company: manufacturers of Silk and Horizon organic products… talk about walking both sides of the fence!
Del Monte Foods Company
Dole Packaged Foods Company
General Mills, Inc.: manufacturers of Betty Crocker, Bisquick, Gardettos, Gold Medal, Green Giant, Haagen Dazs, Hamburger Helper, Larabar, Muir Glen, Mountain High, Nature Valley, Pillsbury, Progresso, Totinos, Yoplait, and more breakfast cereals than I can list.
Godiva Chocolatier, Inc.
Hero North America: 100% "natural" jams and jellies (with GMO sugars)
Hershey Company
Hormel Foods Corporation
House-Autry Mills, Inc.
Idahoan Foods, LLC
Inventure Foods, Inc.
J.M. Smucker Company
Kelloggs Company
Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.: apple sauce, juices, and pie fillings
Land O'Lakes, Inc.: butters, cheeses, eggs, spreads, creams and more
Mars Food North America: M&Ms, Snickers, Skittles, and more, plus Pedigree and Royal Canin pet food
McCain Foods USA, Inc.: frozen potato products and snack foods
McCormick & Company, Inc.: spices, packages of seasoning mixes, and instant sauces
Morton Salt
Nestlé USA, Inc.: more than just chocolate… they provide bottled water, dairy products, cereals, baby food, ice cream and more
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.: juice, dried fruit, snacks and sauces
PepsiCo, Inc.: in addition to sodas and beverages like Naked Juice, they're responsible for manufacturing Fritos, Doritos, Tostitos, Sun Chips, and Quaker brand oats and cereals
Pinnacle Foods Group LLC: think Armour hot dogs, Aunt Jemima and Mrs. Butterworth's syrup, Bird's Eye vegetables, Duncan Hines cakes, Hungry Man dinners, Mrs. Paul's and Van de Kamp's fish sticks, Nalley's chili, Tim's Cascade potato chips, and more…
Reily Foods Company: coffee, tea, cake mixes, mayonnaise and more
Rich's Products Corporation: too many to list… click the link to see them all
Richelieu Foods, Inc.: pizza and sauces… and an organic line on the side to keep us no-GMO people quiet…
Sara Lee Corporation: Ball Park franks, Jimmy Dean sausage, Hillshire Farm meats and more…
Sargento Foods, Inc.: packaged and processed cheeses
Solae, LLC: DuPont Chemical's soy brand
Sunny Delight Beverages Company
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company: gum, mints and candy
This graph was compiled in September 2012, view the total contributions by these and other related companies here).
In addition to the above food manufacturers, why do you suppose the world's top chemical manufacturers—those responsible for DDT, Agent Orange, and other formerly "proven safe" chemicals—are taking the lead in preventing you from knowing what's in your food?
Even though "Big Ag" spending caused enough confusion with their "faux facts" to defeat Proposition 37, we are confident that US citizens will be even more prepared for the next labeling initiative. Until then, make sure you vote with your wallets at the grocery store by avoiding the list of food manufacturers and products shown above!
Update on GMO Labeling:
Organizers in multiple other U.S. states have begun building labeling campaigns, under the banner of the "Coalition of States for Mandatory GMO labeling." These states include Arizona, California, Connecticut, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington. New Mexico recently announced its own labeling initiative (I'm not yet able to determine if it's related to the Coalition effort).
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Further Wrestling with Recessed-Can Lights
How do you air seal IC-rated light fixtures that aren't accessible from above? Do the air sealing from below.
Since my first article on recessed-can lighting ("A Recessed Can of Worms," HE Jan/Feb '01, p. 42), there have been great strides in the development of new and improved insulated ceiling airtight (ICAT) recessed-can light fixtures for new and remodel construction. And new compact fluorescent models have become more available for reducing electricity use. The driving force for these developments may be new building codes mandating the use of the safer and more efficient lighting. What concerns me as a private consultant is how to deal with standard IC-rated recessedcan lights that were installed in cathedral ceilings or attic spaces that are not accessible and therefore cannot be air sealed from above. Standard IC-rated fixtures are still being installed in new construction, as well as in remodel projects, by some contractors and by homeowners themselves. (Non IC-rated lighting fixtures are another story all together.)
Yes, I still get calls from homeowners every winter when they notice holes in the snow on their roofs above the locations of all their recessed-can light fixtures. Even better yet, the calls I truly love: "Why is my house the only house in the neighborhood that never has any snow on the roof? Do you think it has anything to do with the thirty-six recessed-can lights I recently installed?" Well, it just may have something to do with it, or maybe the aliens have grown tired of crop circles! During the winter of 2004/2005, that is exactly what happened with me and my business (not the aliens-on-theroof thing).To try to address the problem of inaccessible can lights, I've gone back to the lab and into the field to test some ideas and different commercially available retrofit kits (see "First a Little History").
In the Lab
How do you make a standard ICrated recessed-can light fixture more airtight when you can't build an air-sealed box from above? What air sealing material can you use to withstand the temperatures expected inside the fixture? What materials will withstand summer temperatures of 140°F? What lamp is the best choice to keep the thermal overload from shutting the fixture off? How much air reduction can we expect after air sealing these fixtures? How costeffective are manufactured retrofit kits?
To answer these questions I started back in the lab with my original test mockup (see photo above). I removed the 13 inch x 16 inch x 10 1/4 inch airsealed drywall box from over the top of the fixture, attached a thermal sensor to the side of the fixture, and placed R-19 fiberglass batt insulation over and around the fixture. I placed a second sensor above the insulation to record the ambient temperature and then placed the original 28 inch x 53 inch x 24 1/2 inch box made with insulation board over the entire mockup.The inside of the insulated box was heated with a 300 watt lamp controlled by a Chromolox thermostat, in order to simulate a hot ambient attic air temperature of 140°F.All the tests were performed at this summer ambient air temperature. I disabled the thermal cutout switch on the fixtures before testing them.
The lamps I chose for the test are a 100W A-base lamp, a 90W Capsylite flood, a 20W compact fluorescent flood, and a 20W triple biax compact fluorescent. I chose the 100W A-base lamp to start the testing, since I expected this to be the worst lamp of the group. The temperature of the fixture, after three hours of operation, went to 310°F— well over the 194° limit of the thermal cutout switch that I had disengaged. The wire nut that I used to jumper out the thermal cutout switch was on the floor; it had melted off the connection (see photo on p. 33).The good news was that the metal foil tape held in place.
After returning from the store with a new fire extinguisher, I started to test the next lamp, the 90W Capsylite flood. After three hours of operation the fixture reached a temperature of 217°F, also above the thermal cutout switch rating. The good news is that the new wire nut didn't burn off this time and the metal foil tape was still intact. I did think of calling my insurance agent, though, to check my coverage.The 20W compact fluorescent flood lamp raised the fixture temperature to 144°F after five hours of operation. This is a good thing. The 20W triple biax compact fluorescent produced a fixture temperature of 162°F after six hours of operation (see Table 1).
Duct Tape and Air Leakage At Home
Using my home as the next test site, and after trying to convince my wife that I was only cleaning the insides of our light fixtures, I conducted a blower door/pressure pan test on the four IC-rated recessed can lights above the kitchen countertop. These fixtures are in an inaccessible attic space that is insulated with cellulose insulation. The trims are the open black baffle type. The fifth recessed can I tested at home is an uninsulated eyeball that is located
in the center of the kitchen, between the first and second floors. I tested three additional recessed-can fixtures in the first-floor master bathroom. The gasketed glass-trim shower light and two open trims in the bathroom are insulated with cellulose insulation.
I depressurized the house and did pressure pan tests over each fixture.After documenting all the pressure pan readings, I removed all the open black baffle trims from the recessed-can fixtures in the kitchen and sealed all of the holes with the same aluminum duct tape that I had used in the lab. In all but one of the fixtures, I installed the tape on the inside of the fixture and on the drywall just under the reveal of the trim so that it would not be seen. I used tape to seal the holes inside one of the fixtures above the kitchen countertop, but I didn't seal it to the drywall, as I did with all the other fixtures. All the fixtures were equipped with 75W reflector flood lamps. (See Table 2 for the air flow around the fixtures before and after air sealing.)
The results of the pressure pan tests indicate that a substantial reduction of leakage is possible by simply taping all the holes inside the fixture as well as taping the fixture to the drywall. Also, there was no reduction of leakage through the fixture above the kitchen countertop that I sealed inside the fixture but not to the drywall.
This air-sealing method was very time consuming. The biggest problem with this method is trying to reattach the small springs that hold the trim to the ceiling. I found that I had to stretch the spring to attach it to the lamp bracket that holds the lamp socket. But the work paid off. The tested kitchen lights, which are equipped with thermal overloads, have been in normal operation for more than five months and have not tripped off since I sealed them with the tape.
Since taping the fixtures was so time consuming—it took roughly 30 to 45 minutes per fixture—not to mention the frustration of trying to reattach the trim with the small springs, I decided to try manufactured retrofit kits.To analyze the air sealing effectiveness of the manufactured trims, I conducted a blower door/pressure pan test on a recessed-can frame that was insulated with fiberglass batt insulation.The area where the fixture was installed was depressurized to -50 Pa. I did a smoke test at each fixture to identify air leakage locations. A standard, open black baffle trim indicated a pressure pan reading of -48 Pa, which I used as a baseline.The pressure pan test was done first with the standard trim and then again after the retrofit trim was installed (see Table 3).The installation time for all the retrofit kits was approximately ten minutes each. I liked the large springs on the retrofit trims that mounted the trim to the ceiling. Less frustration is also a good thing.
Can Man's Latest Wisdom
Air leakage through recessed-can lights is still a problem and I expect this problem to continue in the future. Although the manufactured trims or retrofit kits I tested indicated some reduction in air flow during the blower door and pressure pan test, they shouldn't be relied on solely to stop this flow of air. Most of the kits were successful in reducing the amount of air leakage inside the fixture. However, most did not address the leakage associated with the trim and the drywall connection, where 50% or more of the leakage occurs.The cost of the retrofit kits made no difference in how well they reduced air flow. The Lithonia Air-Tite foam tape kit, at a cost of $2.35, did as well as the Builders Best retrofit kit, at a cost of $34.All the manufactured kits tested were easy to install.
The duct tape manufactured by Nashua Tyco Adhesives was best for both air sealing recessed-can lights inside the fixture and sealing the trim to the drywall. Nashua manufactures a butyl-backed tape with a 5-mil adhesive that may be another solution.However, I did not test this product. Caulking may be another way to air seal the fixtures, although that may get a little messy and caulking material may not bridge larger gaps between the drywall and the fixture.The drawback with taping was the time needed to complete the air-sealing and to reinstall the trim. The problem that added the most time to the air sealing was the small springs that attach the trim to the ceiling—did I mention how annoying they were? Using the large wing type of springs that are on the trims in the manufactured retrofit kits could reduce the installation time. The cost of a roll of tape, which could be used for dozens of fixtures,was less than $20.The Halo Air Tite Super trim and the duct tape may be another option.
Although the duct tape method of air sealing IC-rated recessed-can lights is not in the International Energy Conservation Code or the National Electrical Code, it appears to be the most successful method of reducing air flow through ICrated recessed-can lighting located in inaccessible attic spaces—not to mention keeping the aliens off your roof. If you decide to use this method of air sealing, don't ever use it on non IC-rated lights, make sure to use lower-wattage reflector spotlights or fluorescent spotlights (see "New Reflector CFLs That Can Take the Heat,"HE March/April '05, p. 9), and make sure that the fixtures have thermal overload protection (IC rated).
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A new intelligence assessment has concluded that the United States is the target of a massive, sustained cyber-espionage campaign that is threatening the country's economic competitiveness, according to individuals familiar with the report.
The National Intelligence Estimate identifies China as the country most aggressively seeking to penetrate the computer systems of American businesses and institutions to gain access to data that could be used for economic gain.
The report, which represents the consensus view of the U.S. intelligence community, describes a wide range of sectors that have been the focus of hacking over the past five years, including energy, finance, information technology, aerospace and automotives, according to the individuals familiar with the report, who spoke on the condition of anonymity about the classified document. The assessment does not quantify the financial impact of the espionage, but outside experts have estimated it in the tens of billions of dollars.
Cyber-espionage, which was once viewed as a concern mainly by U.S. intelligence and the military, is increasingly seen as a direct threat to the nation's economic interests.
In a sign of such concerns, the Obama administration is seeking ways to counter the online theft of trade secrets, according to officials. Analysts have said that the administration's options include formal protests, the expulsion of diplomatic personnel, the imposition of travel and visa restrictions, and complaints to the World Trade Organization.
Cyber-espionage is "just so widespread that it's known to be a national issue at this point," said one administration official, who like other current and former officials interviewed spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
The National Intelligence Estimate names three other countries — Russia, Israel and France — as having engaged in hacking for economic intelligence but makes clear that cyber-espionage by those countries pales in comparison with China's effort.
China has staunchly rejected such allegations, saying the Beijing government neither condones nor carries out computer hacking.
Dating to at least the early 1980s, China has made the acquisition of Western technology — through means licit and illicit — a centerpiece of its economic development planning. The explosion in computer use has greatly aided that transfer of technology.
China's intelligence services, as well as private companies, frequently seek to exploit Chinese citizens or people with family ties to China who can use their insider access to U.S. corporate networks to steal trade secrets using thumb drives or e-mail, according to a report by the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive.
The National Intelligence Estimate comes at a time when the U.S. government is making a concerted effort to develop policies that address cyberthreats against the nation.
"We need the NIE on cyber for a systematic and comprehensive understanding of what the most dangerous technologies are, who are the most threatening actors and what are our greatest vulnerabilities," said former deputy defense secretary William J. Lynn III, who requested the report in 2011 but has not seen or been briefed on the contents.
Some officials have pressed for an unclassified summary to be released publicly. Michael Birmingham, a spokesman for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, declined to comment on the report, except to say that "as a matter of policy, we do not discuss or acknowledge the existence of NIEs unless directed to do so."
Much of China's cyber-espionage is thought to be directed at commercial targets linked to military technology. In 2011, when Chinese hackers attacked network security company RSA Security, the technology stolen was used to penetrate military-industrial targets. Shortly after, the networks of defense contracting giant Lockheed Martin, which used RSA security tokens, were penetrated by Chinese hackers. The company said no data were taken.
Companies in other sectors also have been targeted, though the reasons for the espionage are not always related to economic interests. The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post recently disclosed that they believe their networks were compromised in intrusions that originated in China.
Despite those disclosures and the growing prevalence of cyber-espionage, companies remain reluctant to report incidents.
"It's harder for companies to suggest that they haven't been attacked," the administration official said. "The question is, how do they respond when they are asked about it? Is it in their interest to work with other companies and with the government to alleviate some of the problem?"
A watershed moment came in January 2010, when the tech titan Google announced that its networks had been hacked and that the intrusions originated in China. The intruders made off with valuable source code and targeted the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists and dissidents, the company announced.
In a new book, Google chief executive Eric Schmidt says China is the world's "most sophisticated and prolific" hacker, adding: "It's fair to say we're already living in an age of state-led cyberwar, even if most of us aren't aware of it."
In recognition of the growing problem, the State Department has elevated the issue to be part of its strategic security dialogue with China. Within the past year, the Justice Department has set up a program to train 100 prosecutors to bring cases related to cyber-intrusions sponsored by foreign governments.
In many ways, the moves are a response to what experts have described as the government's earlier passivity in tackling the problem.
"The problem with foreign cyber-espionage is not that it is an existential threat, but that it is invisible, and invisibility promotes inaction," a former government official said. The National Intelligence Estimate, he said, "would help remedy that" by detailing the scope of the threat.
Some experts have said that cyber-espionage's cost to the U.S. economy might range from 0.1 percent to 0.5 percent of gross domestic product, or $25 billion to $100 billion. Other economists, while viewing the problem as significant, have pegged the losses lower.
The White House is set to soon release a trade-secrets report, compiled by U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel, that highlights the need for companies to work with the government to stop the pilfering, said officials familiar with the report.
The government cannot mount a case on its own. A company needs to think it was wronged, have enough evidence that can be made public and be willing to burn bridges with the country accused of the hacking, officials said.
The White House is also expected this week to issue an executive order on cybersecurity that calls for voluntary standards for critical private-sector computer systems and for enhanced sharing of threat information by the government with companies to help secure private-sector systems against cyber-intrusions.


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THIS LISTING FOR A 1950s BUNGALOW in the Maidstone Park section of Springs (East Hampton), N.Y., surprised me. I thought I knew every house in the area, not just because of my real estate interests, but from my frequent walks down to the bay.
This one had completely escaped my notice. And yet it's a house that, were I now in the market for a starter home in the area, I might give serious consideration. It's the kind of fixer upper that gets my juices flowing. It's small and manageable, it's got an interesting shape, it's one of a kind, and it's set back on a bit of a rise, off a quiet street.
Couple of red flags: possible mold and/or mildew issues. I walked in (the back door was open) and it had the dank feel of a house that had been closed up for a while. Also, while the neighbors on either side and across the street seemed OK, the house on the other side of the back fence seemed to have a bit of a hillbilly vibe, with junk in the yard. But that's how it goes in the "real" Hamptons.
As an asking price in this neighborhood, a short walk to Gardiner's Bay and to a lovely marina, 356K is not a terrible place to start. The listing, with a dozen photos, is here.
Am I nuts, or does anyone else see potential here?


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A member of the New Black Panthers believes in 'an eye for an eye' even if Trayvon Martin's family doesn't. The group is offering a $10,000 reward for the capture of George Zimmerman.
Bounty? There is currently no warrant for his arrest. Detaining him is false imprisonment.
Behold the face of deep racism, what we hate we then become ourselves. This is the face and attitudes that once was common on the white faces that did such horrors to black people and now they are those people just a different color.
this is crazy!!!!!!! I do not agree. this is not helping , I understand being upset but this is not the way to do this!!
How can you fault any group who wants to fight for justice in a case that is clearly racist.
First of all how is this a race issue? Have you ever worked law enforcement or security? secound we all as americans when something happen are quick to put blame on others. No one knows the full details, but everyone wants answers. What happened to INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN guilty??????? there is no proof as of yet mr. Zimmerman was in the wrong. If infact he so was attacked by Mr. Martin first. As far as this new Black Panther Leader he is very ingorant in his comments and rebuttles to Anderson Cooper. What so is street law anyone who walks the street can just make up on the spur of the moment???? I am tired of whenever something happens to an African American citizen it becomes a race issue, so my question is why is it becoming a RACE issue without knowing FACT??????
Where are the authorities on this case?
Are we down to "trial by popular opinion?" And we allow the Black Panther to openly talk about a bounty? On someone who has been so far convicted of.....NOTHING?
What about sorting out the facts!
If Zimmerman acted illegally, then he should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. If he acted legally....then he should be free. None of us know what, exactly the facts are in this case at this point.....only "rumors" and "innuendo." Do we not have a system of laws?
Where is the President on this? Where are the Media?
EddieInFL....you ask where is the president and media on this....don't you turn on your TV? The president should NOT be involved, but he has made statements that simply fuel racism from the black community. So does Jackson and Sharpton. Now the New Black Panthers are offering a $10,000 bounty on Mr. Zimmerman's head! Every time I put the TV on, there it is "breaking news" on the situation. EddieInFL....you live in FL and should know the rules that are in place in our State (yes, I live in FL also) before you make such statements. Maybe you need to turn on the TV....
So, putting a $10K bounty on Zimmerman makes everything ok? Two wrongs don't make a right. Black Panthers, you're no better.
Unfortunate for both parties! This is a no win situation. Its best not to take sides. Regardless of what was heard, the Courts must focus on Eye wetness accounts .The black community will always stand up for their own, which is expected. I used to be a Teacher, no more.!!! In the parents eyes, their children never do no wrong. I could point fingers in both directions because neither party was completely innocent. I would have never volunteered to do Zimmerman's job. Zimmerman,did not belong there.. Material thing can always be replaced Confronting the youth was a mistake, If he could not handle himself man to man then using the gun was wrong. I'm not sure what i would have done. If Zimmerman identified himself correctly then there should have been no reason for the fight. Whoever lost control first then that is where the guilt lies.
The 911 dispatcher clearly told Zimmerman not to follow Martin but he did anyway. That fact alone should have thrown out the claim of self defense. Zimmerman had no right to ask Martin where he was going. Zimmerman didnt identify himself as neighborhood watch and he wasnt in uniform (because he didnt have a uniform because he was self appointed racist wanna be cop). Zimmerman called Martin a coon on the 911 tape so that makes it a hate crime. I love how Zimmermans racism ruined his life.
Thinly-disguised racism, in the name of anti-racism. Vigilantes in search of an assumed vigilante. Expressing love for one family; condemning another. Quoting holy text, while spewing vile hatred. And, donning legal cloaks while encouraging anarchy. Way to go Panthers – what profound consistency. And, maybe you didn't notice – your prey isn't even white.
Members of the black panthers should be arrested for putting a hit on zimmerman, and for every body else they have hurt and attacked over the years. They have avoided many prosecutions hiding under the defense of "The poor black man in america-=
They did not put a hit out on him, they posted a reward for his CAPTURE
If Zimmerman was so beat up, where are the photos showing his alleged bloody nose?
I am black and I detest this. I do NOT condone putting a bounty out on George Zimmerman. We have a court system. Give it an opportunity to work as it is supposed to. Allow him to be judged by a jury of his peers.
This whole thing is an issue BECAUSE THE COURT SYSTEM FAILED TRAYVON MARTIN AND HIS FAMILY. Zimmerman was let go on the mere claim of self defense after murdering an unarmed juvenile, without a thorough investigation. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
I couldn't agree more, Evelyn! I believe Zimmermann is most likely guilty, but meeting one type of 'vigilante justice' with another type of 'vigilante justice' will NOT solve the problem...
You are SO correct. This all has been taken out of control by those who just want the attention. We need to know the 'facts' of the event and go from there. No made up assumptions and especially statements from those who just want to have a confrontation with everyone. Hopefully, we will get the complete truth at some point.
I clearly see all the problems with the issues in the case of Trayvon Martin and what we need is the facts before making decisions. What I have already seen is the fact that we have a group that calls themselves an army involved in scare tactics, threats, and inciting violence. With their current act of offering a reward on Zimmerman they have defined themselves as being equal to people like Sadam who paid monies for terrorist acts against Israel. We sent the military to remove Sadam so why do we allow self professed terrorist groups to roam the streets here. The New Black Panthers are clearly a group whose purpose is to incite violence. I have heard the statement and I ask that if a white man offered a $10,000 reward for capture of Eric Holder for his involvement in fast and furious how long would he be on the street?
Way to go "Black Panthers" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
why ?? and what will this accomplish ?? NOPTHING !! except continue emtion raising exchanges which have NO value in finding out the truth. They need to be arrested for contributing to the falsification of exchange and inhibiting a formal federal investigation. Where are the people who should be decrying what non-value affect this has on the whole situation ???
This is a perfect example of whats wrong in this country.... People Taking things too far which is exactly
what happened in the Trayvon case to begin with....Everywhere people are trying to make this a Racial issue,
or hoody issue,when all people are doing is allowing history to repeat itself. If we only had civility from one too another this tragic loss of life wouldn't have happened...Our children see and read about how we as "Adults" act, and grouping
ourselves against one another will certainly not make this world any better....
i partially agree although if the people had not taken it to the extent they have thus far the law wouldn't have served justice for the murder that occurred. its clearly a case of race but the panther party is making it seem like they need to put the concentration on revenge "eye for an eye" rather then letting the legal system work now that the attention has been brought to the right people.
I think you hit the nail on the head. These people are exploiting the weak for there own gain. He says white people need to stop killing black people. But where is he when a white person gets killed by a black guy? This is why Americans don't understand racism. It is a (for-profit business). a Scam a Fraud. Like occupy wall street.
its not a racial thing just things gone bad its a shame someone looses life , dont make it more than that white or black.
i don't understand why no one has brought up the fact that it seems like trayvon was the one who was using the "stand your ground" defense. he's walking along minding his own business, some big guy (zimmerman) starts following him & confronts him and so, fearing for his safety, trayvon attacks zimmerman & then zimmerman shoots & kills him. zimmerman can't claim self-defense because he instigated the whole thing.
it's as if a robber holds someone up with a gun and the victim tries to defend himself by attacking the robber & then the robber shoots the victim & then claims he (the robber) was justified in shooting because he felt threatened.
The new black panther party interview made me upset as an African American. I think that they are more of a hate group than anything. They are taking the focus off of Trayvon Martin and his family. I think the black panther group are using the Trayvon Martin case as an excuse for a race riot. Please keep everyone in prayer, that we remain in unity.
Thank you Anisha! You must have had parents like mine. I too pray for the best for all of us.None of us need KKK or the Black Panthers. Thank God most of us are way beyond this as Dr King wanted. As a white woman,blacks do not make me nervous but mean Godless people of any color race or sex do.
There were several things that bothered me about the black panther interview.
1. He isn't a citizen yet he wants to enforce laws that he makes up.
2. He has no regard for Trayvon's family's wishes.
3. He kept talking about the white man this and the white man that. First, Zimmerman is not white. You can tell that by looking at him. Second, many white people are as outraged about this case as he is.
4. He kept talking about Uncle Tom this and that...the white people this and that. He's as racist as anyone I've ever heard, and he's obviously full of hate. Even though he ticked me off, I'l pray for him. He needs it. His type of justice never helps.
This is aside from whether Zimmerman is guilty or innocent, why did Trayvon's parent's not know where he was or that he had died until days later? A topic America needs to address is the responsibility of parents is know where there child is no matter what color they are.
According to reports, they filed a missing person's report on him. I wondered how and why the police would not find this boy's family and allow them to suffer, and him to stay in that cold, dark place alone for 3 whole days.
Just wanted to reply to your statement. As a parent I have a sixteen year old son and there are many times my son will tell me he's going one place and ends up being somewhere else. At the end of the day we can't be with our children 24/7 all we can is pray and try not to worry for their safety but as parents that's what we do.As far as Trayvon parents rather they new where he was or not he didn't deserve to die, and as far as the police why did it take them so long to identify the body and tell tell his parent's that their son was dead.ARE YOU A PARENT just imagine if it was you
AC – Why don't you ask the all important question? Did the police take any photos of Zimmerman's injuries? I have heard he had a broken nose, and injuries to the back of his head. If the police didn't take pictures they are incompetant.


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Movie review: 'Evan' doesn't live up to 'Almighty' challenge
Those weren't false profits conjured up by Jim Carrey playing God in "Bruce Almighty." But there was certainly something unholy about the 240 million pieces of silver his believers invested in a comedic sacrilege.
Now we're being asked to invest our faith (and $10) in a new messiah, one with far less sanctity, in Steve Carell, making history as the first bit player to be rewarded with the most expensive comedy sequel ($175 million) ever made in "Evan Almighty."
Nothing personal, understand, cause I think Carell is one of the funniest men on TV. There isn't an episode of "The Office" that he fails to crack me up. And as a 40-year-old virgin, he has no equal.
But cast him as a modern-day Noah and provide him with jokes older than Moses, and you're talking a disaster of biblical proportions.
While it might not be the worst movie of the year, it's certainly among the leaders, committing sin upon sin in flooding the screen in idiocy while putting a modern spin on the ancient tale of the ark.
Two-by-two, the tired gags parade by as Carell and his co-stars find themselves caught in a torrent of poop, fart and crotch jokes. Oh, did I mention that this juvenile crud is for kids?
If you're smart, you'll leave all recitations of Genesis 6:14 to the Sunday school teachers and not the tandem of Steve Oederkerk and Tom Shadyac, who prove even less blessed in their second comings as the writer and director of these (not-so) "Almighty" tales.
Clearly, they have no concept of right and wrong, as they flaunt their failings with a series of comedic missteps that send their ark up a certain creek without a paddle.
Worse, we, the unsuspecting audience, wind up knee-deep in that creek's waters.
Humor? Is that what they call something as tired as the family dog sinking his fangs into Dad's groin – not once but twice – or Carell screaming every time God (again taking the pleasing form of Morgan Freeman) pops up in the back seat of Evan's brand-new Hummer?
It gets even worse when this "Oh, God" rip off suddenly turns into a "Dr. Dolittle" redo with yet another overtaxed family man getting drenched in bird doo and llama spit. It's about then that you're tempted to hoof it.
Yet you stay, simply because "Evan Almighty" is such a train wreck of a movie you can't help but be intrigued by its awfulness. You think "it can't possibly can't any worse," but it does, wasting not only Carell's talents but also those of Gilmore Girl Lauren Graham, as Evan's doubting wife and mother of his three prefab Hollywood kids.
Theirs is a family so phony and rooted in movieland hokum that you don't so much root for them as despise them. With good reason: they're all self-centered, me-me-me, prigs that you pray for God (heck, even Morgan Freeman) to smite.
Quite a change from the last time we saw Evan as Jim Carrey's nemesis and chief rival for the anchor seat at a Buffalo TV station. In "Bruce," Carell was actually funny, stealing the show from his mugging co-star by famously delivering his newscast in tongues.
In this latest incarnation, Evan has traded in his teleprompter for a newly elected seat in Congress, where he's instantly taken under the wing of the biggest man (literally and figuratively) in the House (John Goodman), who wants Evan's vote on a bill that would open up protected lands for development and make the crooked pol a bundle.
It's at about the same time that the other Big Guy takes Evan under His wing and without explanation orders the freshman congressman to build Him an ark and load it with two of every species on earth. Talk about a fantasy; a Congressman doing something to help mankind?
After some initial reluctance, a suddenly hirsute Evan agrees to do God's bidding, and predictably gets labeled a nut by both his colleagues and his family, all of whom abandon him.
Audiences will likely do the same given the film's terminal lack of humor, not to mention all those cloying stabs at sentiment, as the ever hypocritical Hollywood hacks try to convince us that owning a big house and even bigger Hummer is tantamount to snuggling up with Mephistopheles. Have any of them checked the driveways of their mansions lately?
It all goes down about as smoothly as an apple in the Garden of Eden. But there's nothing here to tickle your ribs or your fancy, just a series of misadventures that are the equivalent of Dante's nine circles of hell, only not nearly as fun.


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An entertaining book of facts that includes a list of the "the 20 greatest car movies" and their stars and cars
Chapman's Car Compendium: The Essential Book of Car Facts and Trivia. By Giles Chapman. Merrell, 187 pp., $16.95.
By Janice Harayda
This book is, quite possibly, the best literary gift for a car-lover that I have come across in more than 15 years of reviewing. It is witty, intelligent, well-written, inexpensive, and handsomely illustrated. It is also full of fascinating lore, such as its list of 25 excuses supposedly written on insurance forms after accidents. (Excuse No. 6: "I didn't think the speed limit applied after midnight.") And it speaks to lovers of all kinds cars — Kias and Hyundais included — unlike the overpriced coffee-table tomes that seem intended mainly for people who think you haven't lived until you've owned a Maybach 62.
Much of Chapman's Car Compendium consists of anecdotes, diagrams and lists with inspired titles like "Dictators' cars" ("Rafael Trujillo – Chrysler Crown Imperial") and "The cars most name-dropped in rap songs" (Mercedes is No. 1). But the book also has pithy advice on subjects such as how to wash, winterize and sell your car.
Giles Chapman notes that you, could, conceivably discover some of his material online. But that wouldn't be nearly as entertaining as reading this book. Chapman begins his introduction to one list with the droll: "Scotland is noted for many things, but making cars isn't one of them." He mercifully doesn't say whether there's a connection between that fact and another: Scotland is known for making malt liquor.
Best line: The list of "The 20 greatest car movies and their stars." Chapman lists the stars and the cars they drove in the films. (Be honest, boomers: Did you remember that Dustin Hoffman drove an Alfa Romeo Duetto Spider in The Graduate?) Some of his choices reflect tastes perhaps more British than American: Carry on Cabby makes the cut but Taxi Driver doesn't. But other entries are above reproach: Goldfinger (Aston Martin DB5), Thelma and Louise (Ford Thunderbird), Driving Miss Daisy (Hudson Hornet).
Worst line: "20 celebrity car deaths." Some deaths on this list involve disputed circumstances that beg for a fuller discussion. Chapman says Princess Grace died while driving her Rover 3500S. Wikipedia says it was a Rover P6. Chapman may be right, but what's his source?
Published: October 2007 www.gileschapman.com.
About the author: Chapman is a London-based former editor of Classic & Sports Car ("the world's best-selling classic car magazine," or so he says) who appears frequently on BBC radio. He contributes to many well-known magazines and newspapers.
Furthermore: God bless public libraries. I might have missed this one if I hadn't found it in the "New Books" section at mine.
Janice Harayda's 2008 A-to-Z holiday gift-book list will appear soon. Please bookmark this site or subscribe to the RSS feed to avoid missing it.
© 2008 Janice Harayda. All rights reserved.


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Security guard: Accused teen spent much of day at church campus after family is slain
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The New Mexico teen accused of killing his family and plotting to randomly gun down Wal-Mart shoppers spent much of the day after the early morning slayings at his church, wandering the campus as dozens of Sunday school teachers were being trained on how to deal with a shooter, a security official said.
But it wasn't until hours later, former police officer and Calvary Albuquerque security chief Vince Harrison said, that he knew something had gone terribly wrong.
Harrison, who led the safety training Saturday morning, said he was called back to the church that evening after 15-year-old Nehemiah Griego told a pastor he found his family dead in their home.
"When I met Nehemiah, I knew something wasn't right," Harrison said Wednesday. "I could feel it, I could see it in his eyes and I could see it in his behavior and his demeanor so the red flags went up and that's when I called the sheriff's department."
Harrison, who had known the Griego family for about 10 years, said he drove the teen back to the family's rural southwest Albuquerque home to meet authorities, interviewing him along the way.
"He went into detail of where they were, where the guns were and he was very matter-of-fact, really cold so I knew something wasn't right," Harrison said.
After finding the bodies, sheriff's officials say, they took the teen to headquarters. During questioning, they say he confessed to shooting his mother and three younger siblings in their beds shortly after 1 a.m., then waiting in a bathroom with a military-style semi-automatic rifle to ambush his father upon his return from an overnight shift at a homeless shelter.
They say he also told them he had reloaded the family's rifles and taken them with him in the family van with plans to randomly shoot more people.
"That sends chills down my spine," Harrison said. "But obviously God had a different plan."
Harrison said several people spotted Griego at the church throughout the day and told him hello, thinking nothing of it until his arrest. He said officials then reviewed security video and found the teen had spent much of the day there.
The video has been turned over to investigators, who have been working to piece together what led to the violence and what happened in the hours that followed.
Harrison said he doesn't know why Griego decided to come to the church, but that it was like a second home for the boy, who was homeschooled.
"It was a familiar place to him," he said. "I think if he did have in his mindset to do something foolish and start shooting people there also, I think his demeanor was tamed a little bit because he saw people there he knew."
Sheriff Dan Houston said Tuesday there was no indication Griego intended to harm anyone at the church. The sheriff also said Griego and his girlfriend had spent much of the day together.
A prayer vigil was held at the church Wednesday night for victims Greg Griego, 51, his wife, Sarah Griego, 40, and three of their children — a 9-year-old boy, Zephania Griego, and daughters Jael Griego, 5, and Angelina Griego, 2.
Before the start of the vigil, members of the crowd shared hugs and handshakes as photographs of the victims were displayed on large digital screens at the front of the church. An estimated 2,000 people attended and nearly every seat was filled before the start of the hour-long service.
"Our hearts break, Lord," Pastor Skip Heitzig told the crowd. "We, often in times like these, scratch our heads and wonder why. We are at a loss for words and we are certainly at a loss for explanation."
Heitzig shared stories about Greg Griego, who once served as pastor at Calvary. He said Greg was always ready to "get his hands dirty" and was dedicated to helping others find God through his work as a pastor and as a volunteer chaplain. He also urged the crowd to remember that forgiveness and restoration — two tenets dear to Greg — will be important as the community moves forward.
Relatives in a statement Tuesday night said they were heartbroken, and remembered the teen as a bright and talented musician who played guitar, drums and bass with the church choir. He also was a champion wrestler who dreamed of following his family's long tradition of military service, and a boy who accompanied his pastor father on rescue missions to Mexico, they said.
"We have not been able to comprehend what led to this incredibly sad situation. However, we are deeply concerned about the portrayal in some media of Nehemiah as some kind of a monster."
The statement, emailed by the boy's uncle, Eric Griego, called on the media and the public not to use 15-year-old Nehemiah Griego "as a pawn for ratings or to score political points."
"He is a troubled young man who made a terrible decision that will haunt him and his family forever," the statement said.
Associated Press Writer Jeri Clausing in Albuquerque, N.M., contributed to this report.
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Identification of the thermal properties of concrete for the temperature calculation of concrete slabs and columns subjected to a standard fire—Methodology and proposal for simplified formulations (2017)
The fire resistance of concrete members is controlled by the temperature distribution of the considered cross section. The thermal analysis can be performed with the advanced temperature dependent physical properties provided by 5EN6 1992-1-2. But the recalculation of laboratory tests on columns from 5TU6 Braunschweig shows, that there are deviations between the calculated and measured temperatures. Therefore it can be assumed, that the mathematical formulation of these thermal properties could be improved. A sensitivity analysis is performed to identify the governing parameters of the temperature calculation and a nonlinear optimization method is used to enhance the formulation of the thermal properties. The proposed simplified properties are partly validated by the recalculation of measured temperatures of concrete columns. These first results show, that the scatter of the differences from the calculated to the measured temperatures can be reduced by the proposed simple model for the thermal analysis of concrete.
Global Sensitivity Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Walls Subjected to Standard Fire - A Comparison of Methods (2017)


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Host an Outdoor Winter Party
Take it outside
This winter, take the party outside! Bundle up. Build a crackling bonfire. Play winter games. Serve warm-you-up foods. And let the beauty of a snow-kissed landscape take center stage.That's the philosophy of the Ice family, which gathers on the family's snow-coated Minnesota land on special occasions. "We dress warm, close in on the roaring fire and realize that we truly are hardier than we thought," says Audrey Ice, whose late father and his 12 siblings grew up on the 13 acres in Wayzata, a Minneapolis suburb.Are you hardy enough for an outdoor winter party, too? Click ahead for Audrey's hearty menu, stay-warm strategies and clever decor.
Circle around the fire
A bonfire provides the focal point for a snow-day party. Blanket-topped hay bales surround the flames and provide easy seats. Recycled-sweater koozies protect fingers from cold drinks.
Keep it hot
Like a multicourse dinner, foods come out one-by-one: zesty chicken chili cooked in an iron kettle over the fire (left), loaded slider-style hamburgers (next slide), creamy beer-cheese fondue with chunks of crusty bread and sweet apple slices (slide 5).Warm-Me-Up Chicken Chili
Fun finger food
Hamburger Steak Sliders, cooked inside the house and carried to the party, are easy finger food. Keep hamburgers warm on a pizza stone.Hamburger Steak Sliders
Fondue over the fire
Warm up outdoor parties with a bubbling pot of fondue. At the Ice's party, beer-cheese fondue simmers on top of a large iron griddle.Fireside Beer-Cheese Fondue
Serve hot foods in style
Grouped on a tray, vintage plaid insulated bottles offer steaming soups and drinks.For some of our favorite hot-drink recipes, click on the link below.21 hot drink recipes
Simple cold drinks
Why bother with ice? Freezing temps keep bottled beverages cold. For a festive display, serve drinks in a partitioned vintage box and metal pail, cushioned with soft snow.
Frosted Mitten cookies
Sugar cookies pair nicely with hot chocolate, served together on a tray or in a box.Frosted Mitten Sugar Cookies
Easy snacks
Paper-wrapped cups hold pretzel sticks -- a quick midparty snack.
Keeping warm
A guest decides which coat to snag from a shovel "coat hook." Shovels, anchored in 3-foot-high drifts, act as holders offering tartan wool coats and nubby blankets. Vintage bushel baskets store fleece scarves, mittens and hats for those who need extra layers.
Light the way
Heavy-duty luminarias, made from snow-filled metal pails and candleholders, outline a path during the day -- and light it at dusk.
Double-duty decor
Vintage snowshoes, wooden skis, toboggans and sleds accent the party area as decor -- and double as activities.
Jar lanterns
Hanging lanterns crafted from mason jars and wire are lit as the sun sets.
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Party guests stay toasty by the fire, which blazes until people leave around midnight.No one minds when the sun sets and temperatures drop. In fact, it feels as if the party is just getting started. Hotdogs appear from the house to roast over the steady fire. Enamelware coffee cups are refilled with hot drinks. Chatter and laughter continue late into the night.For Audrey, watching her family members enjoy themselves makes the party planning and preparation all worth it.


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|Specs at a glance: Toshiba Satellite U845W-S414
|1792x762 at 14.4" (135 ppi)
|Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
|1.9GHz Intel Core i7-3517U (Turbo up to 3.0GHz)
|6GB 1600MHz DDR3 (non-upgradeable)
|Intel HD Graphics 4000 (integrated)
|256GB solid-state drive
|100 megabit Ethernet, Single-band 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0
|3x USB 3.0, HDMI, card reader, headphones, microphone
|14.5" x 10.1" x 0.81"
|4.0 lbs
|54WHr 4-cell Li-ion
|1 year
|Starting price
|Price as reviewed
|Other perks
|Webcam, backlit keyboard, Kensington lock slot, Intel Wireless Display
One of the issues with today's Ultrabooks (and with PC laptops in general) is differentiation—so many of the parts and features are similar across different models and manufacturers that it's hard to stand out from the pack. Ivy Bridge processor? Integrated graphics? 1366x768 screen? Everybody's got those. What else you got?
With its Satellite U845W, Toshiba is doing something that is at least different, if nothing else: this laptop takes the same insides used in other Ultrabooks and adds an ultra-wide 1792x768 display with a 21:9 aspect ratio, taking aim directly at movie buffs and multitaskers who need or want lots of horizontal elbow room for their windows. Is this super-wide screen enough to give the U845W an edge over other Ultrabooks, or does it push the laptop too far into niche territory?
The screen
The 21:9 1792x768 screen is marketed as being ideal for two things: watching movies in their native aspect ratio, and placing two windows next to each other. The screen's diagonal size is 14.4", but the extreme aspect ratio actually makes the U845W nearer the height of an 11" notebook while still retaining the width of a 14" or 15" model.
With two windows taking up exactly half of the screen, there is indeed a lot less horizontal scrolling than on a standard 1366x768 screen, though it's not banished entirely—most Web sites are designed around a minimum 1024x768 canvas, so the roughly 890-pixel-wide window still isn't quite wide enough to see everything.
To enhance the utility of the wide screen to heavy multitaskers, Toshiba has included a Split Screen utility, one of the most useful OEM add-ons I've encountered recently. It allows you to resize a pair of windows to take up disproportionate parts of the screen—allowing, for example, one window to take up a 1024 or 1366-pixel-wide space, and the second window to use the remainder. This can be useful in cases where you've got a browser or a document that needs more space, and another program like an IM or Twitter client that only needs a narrow strip.
Widescreen movies do indeed look nice on the panel, though 4:3 and 16:9 content ends up with even wider horizontal letterboxing than before—the laptop's wide screen is useful for those who like to watch videos while they work or browse the web, however. The laptop's speakers are loud and don't distort at high volumes, though as is the norm for laptop speakers, there's not much bass going on.
The U845W's TN display is mostly unremarkable—modest horizontal viewing angles, poor vertical ones, and slightly dull colors—but the main drawback of the screen is that, while the added width is nice to work with, the main problem with the 1366x768 screens that so many laptops are saddled with isn't horizontal resolution, but vertical resolution. 1792x768 is merely the 21:9 version of 1366x768, and by the time I had used it for a few hours I was already wishing for a bump to 2100x900 (which, incidentally, would also resolve the problem with viewing two 1024x768 windows side-by-side).
Construction and aesthetics
The U845W is part "midnight silver" aluminum (though to my eye it's a bit closer to burgundy), and part rubberized black plastic. The nice part about the latter is that it doesn't act as a fingerprint magnet, though dust does readily stick to it. Its port layout is decent but not exceptional—two USB ports and a 100Mb Ethernet port on the left; a card reader slot on the front; and another USB 3.0 port, an HDMI port, and headphone and microphone jacks on the right.
Open the laptop, and you'll be greeted by a hard plastic wrist rest and Toshiba's standard backlit Ultrabook keyboard—the same one used by the 16:9 Satellite U840 Ultrabook, the upcoming U925t convertible laptop, and others. It's not my favorite; the keys are a bit shallow and mushy even compared to other chiclet keyboards, and they are slightly rectangular—they're just as wide as the keys on keyboards from ASUS, Apple, Acer, and the like, but for some reason not quite as tall. Like all keyboards, you get used to it with some time, but it just doesn't feel as firm as I'd like.
The trackpad is a large, textured plastic multitouch affair with no dedicated buttons. With the latest drivers installed, it works predictably—tap-to-click, right clicking with two fingers, and sort-of-inertial two-finger scrolling are all available. The two-finger scrolling makes a go at being inertial, but the end result is sketchy. The version of the drivers I used also had a "coasting" option enabled by default which makes the scrolling continuous until you move the mouse, which you'll either have to get used to or disable in the trackpad's settings. Clicking the lower-left and lower-right corners of the trackpad (where the buttons would be on an older-style trackpad) also invokes left and right clicks.
The laptop's super-wide size may cause problems with bags or other accessories—my laptop bag is made to carry 13" and 14" laptops, but the end of the U845W sticks out a bit. The U845W also weighs in at a hefty-for-an-Ultrabook four pounds, while the thinner 11" and 13" Ultrabooks often weigh between two and three pounds.
Internals and performance
The U854w uses Ivy Bridge processors and chipsets and the Intel HD 4000 integrated GPU, which should tell you pretty much everything you need to know about its performance. Our review unit included a Core i7-3517U CPU running at 1.90GHz, the exact same chip found in the ASUS UX31A we reviewed, so I'll point you in that direction if you're looking for benchmarks. Cheaper versions of the notebook also ship with a 1.7GHz Core i5-3317U, the same CPU in the Acer Timeline A5 we reviewed—either way, Ivy Bridge Ultrabooks continue to be just fine for most general computing tasks. The bottom of the laptop does get warm while the laptop is working hard, and when the single system fan kicks in the laptop can get pretty loud—in normal use, though, it wasn't unpleasant to handle or to listen to.
Our review unit also included a zippy 256GB SSD, though lower-priced versions can come with standard spinning hard drives paired with small SSD caches. However, the U845W falls behind a bit in its networking capabilities. While others in this price class usually offer gigabit Ethernet and dual-band 802.11n wireless, our review unit offered only 100Mb Ethernet and single-band 2.4GHz WiFi.
Toshiba rates the SSD-equipped models at 9.05 hours of battery life, and the hard drive-toting models at 8.36 hours. This will obviously vary based on usage and screen brightness, among other factors, but the manufacturer's estimate seemed just a bit optimistic based on our time with the device—expect to get battery life in the in the high six-hour or low seven-hour range with all of Windows' default settings.
Repairability and upgradeability
The U845W has eleven Phillips head screws on its underside, one of which is hidden under a small rubber nub in the center of the laptop. Remove them, and the bottom of the laptop pulls away without much effort. There is a small cable that connects the power jack to the motherboard which comes off with the bottom case—you'll want to be careful with it while taking the laptop apart, and of course make sure to reconnect it during reassembly so the laptop will power on.
Opening the laptop gives you access to the RAM, mSATA hard drive, wireless card, and hard drive (for models with a mechanical hard drive). Interestingly, the SSD-only models appear to use an mSATA SSD and leave the main hard drive bay empty to save weight. You can see the area where a hard drive (probably a 7mm high version) would go below the memory and to the right of the SSD and wireless card.
There is a single available RAM slot in the U845W which can support up to 8GB of RAM, making for a total of 10GB when you factor in the 2GB of RAM soldered onto the motherboard. Any other upgrades or repairs would require further disassembly of the laptop, putting them well into warranty-voiding territory.
Windows 8 experience
The U845W's odd screen size is actually very well-suited for Windows 8, which will expand to take advantage of additional vertical pixels but is still very horizontally-oriented. The Start screen can display extra columns of tiles, and the Snap feature in particular becomes less obtrusive when you've got more space to work with.
Toshiba is also offering beta Windows 8 drivers that enable the native trackpad gestures: swiping in from the right edge of the trackpad with one finger brings up the Charms menu, swiping in from the left will cycle through your running apps, and swiping down from the top invokes app-specific menus. The beta drivers are a little cranky—not every gesture I made registered—but we hope the production-quality drivers will be a bit better.
The Satellite U845W has some interesting ideas, especially for multi-monitor multitaskers—given the choice between its wide 1792x768 display and a standard 1366x768 display, I'd be very tempted by the wider option. However, that same wideness can make it awkward to carry, and it's a bit on the heavy side compared to its other 13" brethren.
It's a very interesting idea and Toshiba deserves points for originality, but standard 16:9 computers with 1080p displays (like the ASUS Zenbook Prime) can still fit more on their screens than the U845W, and they do it in a standard-sized package that weighs less to boot. Even 1600x900 16:9 displays are very close to the U845W in terms of the amount of data they can show on-screen: Toshiba's widescreen experiment compares pretty favorably to the 1366x768 screens that glut the Ultrabook and low-to-mid-end laptop markets, but in most cases a higher-resolution 16:9 display is going to be a better choice.
The good:
- Wide screen can be useful for multitaskers or movie watchers, especially in Windows 8 or on the desktop using Toshiba's Split Screen utility.
- 21:9 content looks good without the letterbox, though other aspect ratios suffer a bit.
- SSD-equipped models are nice and quick.
- Well-suited for Windows 8.
- Not too hard to get into and upgrade, though 2GB of RAM is soldered to the motherboard.
The bad:
- Vertical screen space is still at a premium.
- TN panel is only average, which makes it less than ideal for movie watching (one of the U854w's main selling points).
- Keyboard is a bit shallow and mushy.
- Slow networking interfaces.
- A bit heavier than standard 13" Ultrabooks.
- Oddball form-factor may cause problems for those with smaller laptop cases.
The ugly:
- A higher-resolution 16:9 notebook can fit more on the screen without the headaches that can come from using this oddly-shaped laptop.


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Flanagan asking state to allow Fall River police officers to carry overdose antidote
FALL RIVER — Mayor William Flanagan said Thursday he requested the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to allow city police officers to carry naloxone, a nasal spray that reverses heroin and other opioid overdoses.
Calling drug overdoses an important public health issue, Flanagan said he was looking to take a "proactive, lifesaving approach," and he predicted that Fall River police officers could be equipped with naloxone — more commonly known as Narcan — within the next three to four weeks.
"Given the fact that our police department is often our first responders, they should be trained in the use of Narcan," Flanagan said.
Narcan has gained renewed attention since a recent wave of fatal heroin overdoses has swept through several Massachusetts communities, including Taunton, where police have reported 67 heroin overdoses — five of them fatal — since Jan. 1.
Last month, officials announced that New Bedford police and firefighters will begin carrying Narcan. Boston Mayor Martin Walsh also said last week that he wants all first responders in Boston to carry the antidote.
Flanagan said the deadly heroin batch — which may be laced with another drug like Fentanyl — has not yet hit Fall River, though he noted that, locally, drug overdoses have increased in the past three years.
In 2013, Flanagan said the Fall River Police Department responded to 385 calls for drug overdoses, an increase from 351 overdose calls in 2012 and 335 calls in 2011.
"Opioid overdoses can affect anyone from a child who gets into his parents' medicine cabinet, to a senior citizen who takes too much of their medication," Flanagan said.
While the idea of equipping and training police officers with Narcan is still in the discussion stage, Fall River Police Chief Daniel Racine said his officers are often the first personnel to respond to a medical emergency.
"We understand our role and responsibility as first responders and see this as a positive initiative to save a human life," Racine said.
Since 2007, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health has run a pilot program in which 15 health and substance abuse agencies across the state distribute Narcan and train addicts, as well as their partners and relatives, on how to administer the antidote.
Through the same pilot program, agencies such as Seven Hills Behavioral Health, which runs the Narcan program in Fall River and New Bedford, also work to equip and train police departments with Narcan.
"The training takes place with the police department, and then we basically become the technical assistants and liaisons to the police departments," said Connie Rocha-Mimoso, the HIV/AIDS and naloxone programs director for Seven Hills Behavioral Health.
Rocha-Mimoso said Fall River police officers would be trained on how to assess an opioid overdose, administer Narcan and immediately connect patients with medical providers. Rocha-Mimoso said she intended to contact the state DPH on Thursday to seek state approval, which she added is normally not a long process.
"We want to make sure that the training takes place, protocols are created and we want to make sure the police department has all the support from the state and Seven Hills to implement this," she said.
The state DPH says Narcan has saved more than 2,000 lives in Massachusetts.
"(Narcan) can instantly reverse a heroin overdose and save lives. I think it's wonderful," said Nancy Paull, the CEO of Stanley Street Treatment and Resources in Fall River.
Paull said the number of needless addiction deaths is shocking.
"If that number of people were dying of any other disease, there would be a public outcry," she said.
Paramedics and emergency medical technicians in Fall River have used Narcan since 1993 with "great results," said Fall River EMS Director John Duclos.
"Narcan reverses the effects of an overdose just about immediately. It's really spontaneous," Duclos said. "If we can get to an overdose while the person is unconscious and their respiration is low, as long as they have a heartbeat, we can get them to come around. If the heart has stopped, then we have to go a couple of extra miles."
Duclos said he would like to see Fall River EMS oversee the city police officers' Narcan training because of the possible side effects if the antidote is not correctly administered.
"If it's given too fast when the patient wakes up, they can get extremely sick, with a lot of vomiting," Duclos said. "The other thing, if you give them too much, you can put someone into withdrawal symptoms. That's why you give it in small dosages, small increments. All we want to do is get you breathing on your own again, get a good heartbeat. Otherwise, you could go into cardiac arrhythmia."
If approved, Flanagan said the Fall River Police Department will need to draft policies and procedures before training its officers on Narcan. The mayor said the officers would carry the antidote in their first-aid kits, which are placed in every police cruiser.
"If we can save one life, it's worth it," Flanagan said.
Herald News staff reporter Deborah Allard contributed to this report.


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Ilan Goldfajn Elected IDB President
November 20, 2022
(Updated to add the starting date) Ilan Goldfajn was elected president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today during a Special Meeting of the Bank's Board of Governors. The meeting was held at IDB Headquarters in Washington, D.C., with delegations attending virtually and in person. Nominated by Brazil, Goldfajn will take office for a five-year term on December 19, 2022.
IDB Launches its First Virtual Art Exhibition
May 18, 2021
"Legacy" highlights the cultural richness and diversity of Latin America and the Caribbean through the works of 17 established and emergent artists. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), is launching Legacy: Recent Acquisitions of the IDB Art Collection, its first entirely virtual exhibition, which focuses on climate change and sustainability, gender equality, and economic recovery.
IDB and IDB Invest Gain Board Support on Vision 2025 and Path Toward Capitalization
March 21, 2021
IDB President Mauricio Claver-Carone details "Vision 2025," as Bank's agenda focuses on recovery and sustainable growth for region at first Annual Meeting in two years. Board of Governors approves resolution on recapitalization discussions, supports "Vision 2025." BARRANQUILLA, Colombia – The Inter-American Development Bank's Board of Governors approved a resolution authorizing the analytic work required to consider a potential capital increase, and overwhelmingly supported the IDB's "
IDB announces 12 shortlisted proposals of the Orange Innovation challenge
December 05, 2019
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced the 12 shortlisted proposals of the first edition of the Challenge: Orange Innovation, which seeks to recognize innovative business models that are using cutting-edge technologies for specific sectors of the Orange Economy.
FOROMIC launches in the Dominican Republic, seeks to reinvent inclusion
October 31, 2019
The event was attended by IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno. Dominican Republic – FOROMIC, the main event on innovation for the inclusion of Latin America and the Caribbean, has just started in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, with the slogan "Reinventing Inclusion". The event was inaugurated by the Minister of Finance, Donald Guerrero and the President of the IDB, Luis Alberto Moreno.
From plastic waste to art: New Exhibit urges to address environmental problems
October 02, 2019
The new exhibition titled "Single-Use Planet" features eco-activist artists from across Latin America and the Caribbean at the IDB. Free registration here.
IDB Group launches Open Innovation Challenge to reduce plastic use
September 26, 2019
Washington, D.C. — The Inter-American Development Bank Group together with MIT Solve launch an Open Innovation Challenge that seeks to find the most innovative solutions that substantially reduce or eliminate single-use plastic and plastic waste in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Rethink Plastics Challenge offers the selected solutions prizes totaling 60,000 USD.
WeXchange 2019 Pitch Competition is now open for women entrepreneurs
June 25, 2019
The Pitch Competition, open to high-growth women entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean, is organized by IDB Lab and Angel Ventures. The deadline for application is July 31.
The IDB honors Peruvian chef Gastón Acurio
May 21, 2019
The ambassador of Peruvian cuisine will deliver the Cátedra Enrique Iglesias of Culture and Development on May 21, 2019. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced today that the chef Gastón Acurio was recognized with the Cátedra Enrique V. Iglesias of Culture and Development. This award was created by the organization to distinguish those who have excelled in their work of promoting the progress of Latin America and the Caribbean through the arts and culture.
IDB launches Superheroes of Development contest to recognize executing agencies
March 04, 2019
In its second edition, the call for proposals will be open from March 4th to May 17th, 2019. The Superheroes of Development Award will recognize executing agencies of IDB-financed projects that have successfully addressed challenges during its implementation. The contest will identify eight finalists from across Latin America and the Caribbean who will travel to IDB's Headquarters in Washington, D.C. to present their solutions.


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My companion in misery is pictured at right. Say hello to Betty.
No, I have not gone and bought a cat, so please don't send notes of congratulation or condolence. Betty lives in the rambling Victorian pile where I've been house-sitting for friends while they and their dogs are away. My duties as temporary house elf include bringing in the paper, sorting the mail, picking ripe vegetables in the garden, and entertaining Betty.
Betty was raised by a dog and seems to think she is a dog. She acts more canine than feline: comes when called, greets visitors at the door, doesn't regard all humans with withering contempt, etcetera. She's also a chatterbox. Betty could out-talk an entire aviary of parrots. I've never known so vocal an animal.
I am long accustomed to silence and solitude when I work. The denizens of Chez Panopticon learned during the gestation of the little bookto clear out when I tell them to. Writing, drawing, and knitting with "assistance" all this week has been quite an adventure.
Here, translated from the Calico, is a snippet of Betty that I transcribed yesterday afternoon.
Hi! Whatcha doing? Are you drawing? Is that drawing? Let me see. Cool. Is that a sheep? Are you drawing sheep again? Move over so I can see. I like your pencil. You know what's fun? When we draw something together. Here, I'll help you. Hey! You know what else is fun? Drawing cats. You should draw cats. I'll be your model. Here. Draw this. Look. Look. Look at me. Look at me! Lookatme lookatme lookatme! Hey!
Where are you going? Are you going to the sofa? Cool. I like the sofa. Move over, I'm crowded. Whatcha doing? Is that knitting or crochet? Is that wool? Are you knitting with wool? It tastes like wool.
Here, I'll help you. No, seriously, I want to help you. Let me help you! Hey!
Are you going to write now? Why do you have to write again? You just wrote something this morning. Seriously, why are you writing again? Did you write enough? Or was it lousy? I bet that's it, isn't it? I bet what you wrote was lousy. You know what's fun? Writing together. I'll help. Move over so I can type. I said move. Move! Hey!
Why don't you draw instead? You can draw cats. I'll be your cat model. Move your glass of water so I can model. Here, draw this. Look. Draw it. See? That's my butt. You should draw my cat butt. I'll bring it real close so you can see the fine detail. Look at me! Lookatme lookatme lookatme! Hey!When I go back home life with Dolores will seem positively placid by comparison. At least, I think it will. She's been on retreat in rural Wisconsin with campaign advisors for a couple weeks. I've had excited telephone calls from Harry that indicate the campaign is getting ready to move into high gear.
I wonder if anybody would notice if I moved out and ran away?
In the Works
I seem to be entering some kind of Hat Phase, and have three on the needles all at once. Pictures forthcoming.
And in spite of Betty's assistance, et al., I corrected the proofs of the little book (the design is sharp and witty–Interweave did very well by me) and also launch an experimental Etsy shop. So far, so good - have a look if you get a minute.


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National jobless rate drop pushes Dow even higher
NEW YORK (AP) — A burst of hiring in February pushed stocks higher on Wall Street.
The Dow Jones industrial average gained 67.58 points, or 0.5 percent, to 14,397.07. The index surpassed its previous record close Tuesday and logged a sixth straight increase Friday.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 6.92 points, or 0.5 percent, to 1,551.18. The Nasdaq composite advanced 12.28 points, or 0.4 percent, to 3,244.37.
U.S. employers added 236,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent from 7.9 percent in January, the Labor Department reported. That's far better than the 156,000 job gains and unemployment rate of 7.8 percent that economists surveyed by FactSet expected.
The strong job growth shows that employers are confident about the economy despite higher taxes and government spending cuts.
Optimism that hiring is picking up has been one of the factors bolstering the stock market this year. Stocks have also gained on evidence that the housing market is recovering and company earnings continue to growing.
Stocks have also been boosted by continuing economic stimulus from the Federal Reserve.
The U.S. central bank began buying bonds in January 2009 and is still purchasing $85 billion each month in Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities. That has kept interest rates near historic lows, reducing borrowing costs and encouraging investors to move money out of conservative investments like bonds and into stocks.
Investors have also been pondering what the Fed's next move will be. That question was in especially sharp focus Friday after the government reported the surge in hiring last month.
Andres Garcia-Amaya at JPMorgan Asset Management said that the strong jobs report may heighten speculation that the Fed will end its stimulus sooner than investors had anticipated, which would be a negative for the stock market.
"If the economy maintains or increases the pace of job creation....that could change the Fed's stance," said Garcia-Amaya. "That could mean that the Fed could take the 'punch bowl' away."
The Dow has gained 9.9 percent this year and is trading at record levels, having broken its previous record of 14,164 on Tuesday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index is up 8.8 percent since the start of the year, and is less than 1 percent short of its all-time high close of 1,565 set Oct. 9, 2007.
The stock market is drawing in more investors as it continues to surge.
Investors put $3.2 billion into stock mutual funds in the week ending Wednesday, data provider Lipper reported Friday. That's the ninth straight week of net inflows to stock funds, bringing this year's total to $59 billion.
Friday's jobs report strengthens the case of stock market bulls, who say the economy is gaining momentum following a long and tepid recovery after the financial crisis and Great Recession, said JJ Kinahan, chief derivatives strategist at TD Ameritrade.
"It gives hope to those that say this rally isn't just about the Fed, it's about the economy recovering," said Kinahan. "It's giving people confidence that maybe the economy is turning the corner."
The Dow is up 120 percent since reaching a 12-year low during The Great Recession. The index bottomed out almost exactly four years ago, on March 9, 2009, at 6,547. The S&P 500 has gained 129 percent since hitting its own bottom of 676 on the same date.
McDonald's contributed the most to the Dow's gains, rising $1.62, or 1.7 percent, to $98.71. The fast-food restaurant chain reported that a key sales figure fell 3.3 percent in February, but the decline wasn't as bad as analysts were expecting.
H&R Block had the biggest percentage gain on the S&P 500, advancing $2.30, or 9.2 percent, to $27.28.
The company said late Thursday that its net loss widened because of a delay to the start of this year's tax season. The stock got a boost, though, after CEO William Cobb said on a conference call that the company was winning market share, Barrington Research analyst Joe Janssen said.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note, which moves inversely to its price, rose to 2.06 percent from 2 percent Thursday. The yield is at its highest in 11 months.
Among stocks making big moves;
— Pandora gained $2.06, or 17.6 percent, to $13.79 after the Internet radio company issued a strong profit forecast and said its mobile business was improving. Pandora also said its CEO, Joseph Kennedy, would leave.
— Skullcandy fell $1.51, or 22.5 percent, to $5.21 after the headphone maker projected a big loss and a drop in sales for the current quarter. The company said this year's results will likely be worse than in 2012.
— Foot Locker fell $2.52, or 7.1 percent, to $32.79 even after reporting that its fiscal fourth-quarter profit jumped 28 percent. An extra sales week helped boost earnings, but analysts were expecting more.


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