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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes: > Tom Lane writes: >> Interesting theory, but if LIBS is broken then wouldn't the backend fail >> to run at all? How'd they manage to pass the other regress tests? > Presumably the backend would print an error message along the lines of > "cannot find shared library libxyz.so" and the user would take appropriate > configuration steps. However, this doesn't really help when running > configure because no user actually reads every 'checking...' line and > tries to challenge the result by examining config.log. Oh, I see: you posit that the user fixed the shlib configuration problem after discovering the backend wouldn't run, but did not then go back and re-run configure. Yes, that makes sense. Justin, are the INT64 flags in your config.h wrong? > Yet another reason to avoid AC_TRY_RUN. The tests that we have to see whether 64-bit arithmetic actually works are probably just unnecessary paranoia. However, the tests to see whether snprintf does the right thing, and with what format flags, still seem necessary; and I see no way to handle those without a runtime check. Maybe the AC_TRY_RUN tests could be moved up to before we start probing for libraries? regards, tom lane
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DES MOINES, Iowa -- At the World Pork Expo, the National Pork Board shared plans for a new common industry audit platform for pork producers, packers and processors. It will use the existing Pork Quality Assurance Plus (PQA Plus) program as its foundation.
"As an industry, we know that our consumers are demanding a higher level of integrity from the pork industry's quality assurance processes and procedures," said Chris Novak, chief executive officer of the National Pork Board. "We are encouraged by the broad support we have received from all our industry's partners to develop the framework for this process."
The goal of the process is to provide consumers greater assurance of the care taken by producers and processors to improve animal care and food safety. The initial concept of the audit was introduced at the 2013 National Pork Industry Forum.
"This approach has never been more critical," said Emily Erickson, a member of the Industry Audit Task Force and a pig farmer from Jackson, Minn. "As pork producers, we know that we must do more to reassure consumers about our commitment to improving animal care. At the same time, we need a clear and consistent approach that can ensure that we're doing the right thing every day for our animals, our farmers and our customers. This new framework delivers on that promise."
The audit is currently in the final stages of beta testing in the field and is expected to be implemented later this summer.
"What's exciting about this common audit framework is that it has truly been the industry coming together to better serve the needs of farmers, customers and consumers," Novak said. "This is not a new Pork Checkoff program, but rather an initiative that will be led by producers and packers working together to enhance animal care. We're grateful to the packers who have been members of this task force for their leadership with this effort."
The Industry Audit Task Force includes producers and veterinarians representing the American Association of Swine Veterinarians, as well as packer representatives from Cargill, Farmland/Smithfield, Hatfield, Hormel, JBS, Seaboard, Triumph and Tyson.


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Lagerfeld backs gay marriage at Paris couture show
German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld on Tuesday used the finale of his Chanel haute couture show in Paris to signal his support for gay marriage.
Closing his spring 2013 show, two female models in long white gowns and trains swept into an amphitheatre in Paris's vast Grand Palais accompanied by Lagerfeld's four-year-old godson Hudson Kroening.
Speaking backstage after the show, Lagerfeld confirmed that it was intended as a show of support for gay marriage, although he said that he was "less supportive" of what he called gay men "ordering babies".
"I am not so crazy about that," he told reporters, adding that he urged men to adopt instead.
"Two mothers seems to me to be better than two fathers. A child without a mother, that's a bit sad," he said.
And Lagerfeld said he had been "horribly shocked" by recent comments by Pierre Berge, former companion of the late Yves Saint Laurent, in which he said he did not see any difference between paying a woman for the use of her womb to bear a child and paying someone to use their arms to work in a factory.
Earlier, asked about news that disgraced British designer John Galliano had been thrown a lifeline by fellow designer Oscar de la Renta, Lagerfeld added that he hoped "something positive comes out of it for him".
Considered a fashion genius, Galliano was sacked by Christian Dior and convicted last year in France of anti-Semitism after a video emerged of him hurling insults at people in a Paris bar.
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De la Renta has reportedly invited Galliano to work with him for three weeks in his New York studio "to give him the opportunity to reimmerse himself in the world of fashion and reacclimate in an environment where he has been so creative".
Catering to no more than 200 of the world's richest women, the label "haute couture" is protected in France, awarded on strict criteria such as the amount of work carried out by hand and in-house.
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THE Japanese whalers' security ship, Shonan Maru No. 2, was last night said to be standing off Fremantle in an attempt to keep tabs on the Sea Shepherd anti-whaling group.
As calls grew for action against the controversial ship, Sea Shepherd leader Paul Watson said it peeled away from the stern of his ship, Steve Irwin, on approach to the West Australian port and stood about 18 nautical miles offshore.
Shonan Maru No. 2 had followed the anti-whaling group's flagship since Christmas Day, and entered the Australian exclusive economic zone (EEZ) on 3 January in the pursuit.
The Steve Irwin is expected to leave within 48 hours after escorting the storm-damaged ship Brigitte Bardot to Fremantle.
Greens leader Bob Brown said the Gillard government should cease excusing the whaling fleet, and demand that they stay out of Australia's EEZ.
''Many Australians will be dismayed that the Environment Minister Tony Burke's office is saying the Japanese whaling fleet can sail where they like because it is legal, even when it is unethical and repugnant to Australia's own interests in protecting the whales,'' Senator Brown said.
The ANU's professor of international law, Don Rothwell, said the Shonan Maru No. 2 had entered an Australian whale sanctuary when it crossed into the EEZ.


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Tell the FCC to Say NO to Inaccessible Gaming and Communications Technologies!
by Mark Richert
An Email Today'll Keep the Waiver Away!
A while back, lobbyists representing the highly lucrative gaming technology industry filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) seeking a formal waiver from any requirement stemming from the landmark 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA), ensuring key communications features, such as text chat and other forms of electronic messaging included with their gaming technologies, will be accessible.
While the CVAA does permit the FCC to grant waivers in those instances where specific technologies may be both designed and marketed for primary purposes other than the kinds of communication contemplated in the new law, the FCC is nevertheless completely within its authority to refuse to grant waivers for such technologies.
There are signs that the FCC may be generally sympathetic to the interest of people with disabilities in accessible gaming technologies that incorporate various kinds of communication. However, it has recently come to our attention that the FCC may be under the impression that people with vision loss themselves are not particularly interested in the accessibility of gaming technologies.
Advocates should set them straight.
Send a brief email today to Karen Peltz Strauss, Deputy Bureau Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, FCC at email@example.com.
In your short, polite but firm message, tell the FCC how you feel about the ability of people who are blind or visually impaired to fully use the most popular gaming technologies on the market today. Remind the FCC that the growing popularity of gaming technologies in public schools to foster learning, use of gaming technologies to increase movement and exercise, and the overall impact of gaming technologies to bring people together, means that the accessibility of such technologies must not be thrown under the bus. Indeed, if the communications features of such technologies are allowed to continue to be inaccessible, kids, adults and seniors with vision loss will continue to be shut out of full participation in the school and community, and will not be able to take advantage of the enjoyment and benefits afforded by such technologies.
Astoundingly, the industry representatives arguing for the waiver say that a waiver of the accessibility requirements of the new law is necessary to allow industry maximum opportunity to innovate, and thereby build on, their alleged track record of success meeting the access needs of people with disabilities.
Tell the FCC what you think of the kind of technological innovation that routinely leaves people with vision loss behind; we're left behind while the industry brags about their past access accomplishments while, at the same time, they seek legal maneuvers, like the proposed waiver, to shirk their responsibilities.
The FCC is expected to act very soon on the proposed waiver, so send your message to the FCC today!
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Dave Stokes <dave(at)greatgeek(dot)com> writes: > I have a sequence that I 'thought' was providing unique numbers but is > not. Is there someway to turn on unique-ness? Huh? nextval() should always produce unique values (unless the sequence wraps around, of course). regards, tom lane
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This is the fifth in a series of columns on information security. Prior articles dealt with simple steps to keep your data safe, especially while traveling, and with information security with respect to different forms of technology. This article will help to highlight the growing concern regarding keeping your company's intellectual properties safe given the rising tide of trade secret theft.
The recent admission by RSA that their SecureID product had been breached and the disclosure of attempted espionage at a major U.S. defense contractor both highlight the growing trend of cyber espionage and the resulting need for companies to keep their data safe. Just like other areas of the company responsible for information security, in-house counsel should be at the forefront of this effort.
The seriousness of the rise in attempted intellectual property thefts from U.S. companies is highlighted by the Department of Homeland Security's move to actively engage many companies with respect to cyber security. Additionally, it is worth noting that the U.S. Department of Defense has indicated that cyber attacks potentially could be considered acts of war. Given this heightened awareness, good governance dictates that information security be considered a mission critical part of a company's business plan.
While there are many "cyber exposures" companies should consider, such as sabotage, website defacement, electronic vandalism, electronic fraud and denial of service attacks, perhaps one of the least understood—yet increasingly problematic—exposures is cyber espionage and the theft of trade secrets and other intellectual property.
In the past, hackers and other malicious actors attacked computer networks for the notoriety, curiosity, thrill seeking or, in some cases, for extortion. However, the main threat facing companies these days is probably the theft of valuable trade secrets.
For example, in 2010 a Michigan couple was charged with allegedly stealing over $40 million worth of hybrid automobile related technology secrets. In this case, the thieves were actually employed by the company they stole from and had hoped to sell the secrets to one of the company's competitors. Also in 2010, a research scientist was charged in a 17 count indictment for economic espionage intended to benefit a foreign government. He was indicted for misappropriating and transporting trade secrets and other intellectual properties to a foreign government, while working as a research scientist at a large pharmaceutical company.
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Understanding Your Data
The first step in creating an effective information security plan is understanding your company's data. Unless you truly understand your company's data, it will be almost impossible to secure. When we speak of understanding your data, some of the questions you should ask are:
- What is the data?
- Who is creating the data?
- Who is using the data?
- What is the level of the sensitivity of the data? (Remember, all data is not created equally.)
- Given the above, how do we protect the different data?
Additionally, you must understand the life cycle of the various types of data in question. This includes understanding:
- When and where data is originated.
- When and where data is resting.
- When and how data is transmitted.
- How the data is used.
- What happens to the data when it is at the end of its life and is no longer being used.
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Once you understand the answers to the above basic questions, it becomes easier for a company to develop adequate information protection policies and procedures.
In crafting an information protection plan, companies must also understand any industry specific rules and regulations with which they must comply. For example, companies in the health care industry will need to thoroughly understand HIPAA and HITECH among other regulations, while a company in the banking industry might have to comply with Gramm-Leach-Bliley. A thorough understanding of these rules and regulations will be instrumental in developing a proper information security plan.
Finally, any information security plan must have input from the proper company employees. The most effective privacy and information security plans incorporate input from legal, compliance, information technology, finance and risk management. These types of multi-dimensional teams can more fully understand and address the risks facing a corporate enterprise. Additionally, it is worth noting that information security is increasingly landing on the radar screen of corporate boards and often falls under the oversight of either the governance or compliance committees of many boards.
In short, in-house counsel need to understand that their companies are facing an increasingly growing threats from malicious actors and that these threats must be addressed both contractually and in practice. Only through a robust information security plan can the trade secrets and other intellectual property developed by a company be adequately protected. Companies spend millions if not billions of dollars a year in research and development to build intellectual property portfolios and will need to make certain that they are protected with the same level of dedication and diligence that are applied to any mission critical asset.


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text: fracking Lege Weighs Frackers' Water Needs By Terrence Henry • Feb 14, 2013 Erik Reyna/KUT News Listen Listening... / 1:47 Fracking has opened up huge deposits of oil and gas in Texas and other parts of the county. It's brought plenty of jobs – and profits – to the state. But it also requires something Texas has in short supply these days: water. Texas Watches State of the Union with an Eye on Energy By Mose Buchele • Feb 13, 2013 Jeff Heimsath for KUT News Even before the President's State of the Union Address was over last night, some environmental and renewable energy groups were sending out congratulatory emails. "We thank President Obama for his leadership" read one from the Solar Energy Industries Association. The speech outlined "clean energy solutions" said the group Environment Texas. Lawmakers Focus on Eagle Ford Shale By Mose Buchele • Feb 6, 2013 Eddie Seal/Texas Tribune In the latest report on state sales tax revenues, some towns are reporting huge increases in sales tax collections. Asherton, for example, saw its January sales tax grow by 191 percent. Asherton is near the Eagle Ford Shale, an area being transformed by the oil and gas drilling boom. As Mose Buchele reports for StateImpact Texas, a new bipartisan group of state lawmakers hoping to guide that transformation hosted its first meeting today at the Capitol. East Texas Quakes Related to Oil and Gas Drilling? By Terrence Henry & Nathan Bernier • Feb 1, 2013 Eddie Seal / Texas Tribune Some people in the small East Texas town of Timpson are wondering if oil and gas drilling disposal wells are causing earthquakes in the area. The town registered its third earthquake in a week yesterday afternoon. Scientists Close to Testing Tracers for Drilling Fluid By Dave Fehling • Jan 22, 2013 Dave Fehling/StateImpact Texas As the debate over the safety of fracking continues between politicians, environmentalists and oil companies, some scientists may have found a way to test the drilling procedure. Drilling Regulators Tight-Lipped on Fracking Quakes By Mose Buchele • Jan 18, 2013 courtesy flickr.com/dayland The science linking oil and gas drilling activity and earthquakes has been established for decades. And with the current boom in domestic drilling, more earthquakes are happening and states are taking action to fight them. But not in Texas, where the most drilling is taking place. For StateImpact Texas, KUT's Mose Buchele reports. Top Stories of 2012: Fracking Rattles Texas By Wells Dunbar • Dec 28, 2012 2012 was a banner year for renewable energy. But in Texas and across the county, one energy story captured public attention like none other: fracking. Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a drilling practice used to extract natural gas from hard-to-reach deposits. Hydraulic fracturing fluid is pumped deep into underground wells to break up natural gas deposits. The fluid is then removed, and deposited into disposal wells, while the gas deposits are collected. Review Finds Conflict of Interest in Fracking Study (Update) By Wells Dunbar • Dec 6, 2012 University of Texas Energy Institute Update and correction: In a press release, UT announced that Dr. Raymond Orbach had "resigned." It did not say, however, that Orbach will be staying at UT as a tenured professor. Orbach has only resigned as head of the Energy Institute, effective Dec. 31. This post has since been corrected. Original post: One University of Texas professor has retired and another has stepped down from a leadership role after a review found a conflict of interest in a controversial report on hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." As KUT News previously reported, the report from the UT Energy Institute, "Separating Fact From Fiction in Shale Gas Development," stated that fracking, when executed properly, doesn't contaminate groundwater. But StateImpact Texas reported that the study's leader failed to disclose financial ties to the drilling industry, including a seat on the board of a drilling company. Another Texas Earthquake in Fracking Hot Spot By Wells Dunbar • Nov 20, 2012 flickr.com/wcn247 A small quake rattled the Fort Worth area last night – the latest North Texas quake to occur in proximity to hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," sites and their disposal wells. Fracking is the practice of pumping hydraulic fracturing fluid into wells to break up and extract oil shale and natural gas deposits. StateImpact Texas writes that "while it's difficult to link any individual quake to a specific cause, North Texas has seen a significant uptick in seismic events since hydraulic fracturing technology opened up the area to widespread oil and gas drilling." Weekend Dallas Earthquakes Occur in Fracking Hot Spot By Wells Dunbar • Oct 1, 2012 sustainability.gov/ A series of small earthquakes in the Dallas region over the weekend are reviving discussion of the link between quakes and the oil and gas industry practice of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." Fracking is the practice of pumping hydraulic fracturing fluid into wells to break up and extract oil shale and natural gas deposits. Just how fracking is linked to earthquakes is a hot topic around the country, Texas especially. The Dallas Morning News reports two quakes rattled the Dallas region on Saturday, followed by another quake on Sunday. Both quakes were in the Barnett Shale, which is rich in natural gas. StateImpact Texas writes that it's not the actual act of fracking itself that leads to earthquakes, but rather the disposal of the fracking fluid remaining after the process, which is usually shot into disposal wells deep underground. Panel Appointed to Review Controversial Fracking Study By Laura Rice • Aug 15, 2012 University of Texas Energy Institute The University of Texas at Austin has put together a panel of three experts to review a professor's disputed study on hydraulic fracking. UT professor Charles Groat's study stated there's little or no evidence that fracking's connected with groundwater contamination. But the results of the study came into question after a watchdog group noted Groat has received money from a company that does fracking. StateImpact Texas shares the make up of the panel: Outside Review for Controversial Fracking Study By Wells Dunbar • Jul 25, 2012 University of Texas Energy Institute A University of Texas study disputing connections between the oil and gas industry practice of fracking and groundwater contamination is receiving new scrutiny, with the revelation the study's leader failed to disclose significant financial ties to a drilling company that engages in the practice. As KUT News reported in February, the report from the UT Energy Institute, "Separating Fact From Fiction in Shale Gas Development," stated that fracking, when executed properly, doesn't contaminate groundwater. However, contamination may occur as the result of above ground spills or mishandling of wastewater. StateImpact Texas, a joint reporting partnership of KUT News and NPR, has followed the story. On Monday, highlighting a report from watchdog group Public Accountablitiy Initiative, it reported study leader Charles "Chip" Groat had extensive industry ties: Recent Report Adds Fuel to Fracking Debate By Wells Dunbar • Feb 20, 2012 Image courtesy fossil.energy.gov A newly-released report on fracking – the practice of pumping hydraulic fracturing fluid into wells to break up and extract oil shale and natural gas deposits – has caused something of a stir in Texas. Top Morning Stories 2/17/12: Fracking and Groundwater, $90 Million More for F1 Track By Erika Aguilar, KUT News • Feb 17, 2012 Image courtesy Chesapeake Energy UT Study Says Fracking Doesn't Directly Contaminate Groundwater A new report by the University of Texas at Austin released this week says there's no direct link between groundwater contamination and hydraulic fracturing – a controversial method of extracting natural gas and oil from shale formations. The research was done by UT's Energy Institute. The report's authors say contamination is often the result of above ground spills or mishandling of wasterwater, but not caused directly by fracking. Fracking involves blasting water, mixed with sand and chemicals, underground to fracture rock and improve the flow of natural gas and oil. The practice is used at the North Texas Barnett Shale. The federal Environmental Protection Agency is also studying the environmental effects fracking may have on groundwater. Its preliminary results differ from the UT study. Eagle Ford Shale Lures Halliburton To San Antonio By Nathan Bernier • Nov 18, 2011 Photo by Anne Lise Norheim, Halliburton http://www.flickr.com/photos/olfnorge/ Natural gas extraction on the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas has developed to the point that the oil field services company Halliburton has decided to build a $50 million operations base in San Antonio. The Houston-based company announced yesterday that it is looking to hire 1,500 people to staff the center. Annual salaries will average $70,000, the Houston Chronicle reports. When Halliburton reported its quarterly earnings last month, it announced record breaking profits at its North American operations: more than $1 billion. Much of that was on the back of the booming natural gas industry, which has taken off with technological advances in hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking" – a practice that allows access to natural gas stored in shale rock 5,000 feet underground. Oklahoma Earthquake Recharges Fracking Debate By Jessica Mahoney • Nov 7, 2011 Photo by Eddie Seal, Texas Tribune An earthquake hit outside of Oklahoma City on Saturday night. The magnitude 5.6 quake was the strongest in Oklahoma history. The US Geological Survey has released an initial report on the quake, but has not yet given an official cause. Earthquake In South Texas: Fracking Fluid at Fault? By Nathan Bernier • Oct 20, 2011 Eddie Seal / Texas Tribune A 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck an area of South Texas today that is a center point for natural gas and oil production in the Eagle Ford Shale. The quake's epicenter was here in the unincorporated community of Campbellton in Atascosa County near Karnes County. You can see numerous wells in the county in this map from the Texas Railroad Commission. (Note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly placed the epicenter in Karnes County.) A University of Texas seismologist says hydraulic fracturing itself does not cause earthquakes. But he says earthquakes have been associated with the disposal of fracking fluids. Halliburton Earnings Reflect Gas Drilling Boom By Nathan Bernier • Oct 17, 2011 Photo by WhisperToMe http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:WhisperToMe In an indication of how aggressively energy companies are pursuing underground natural gas, Halliburton is reporting a record breaking quarter, largely based on growth in its North American operations. For the first time ever, Halliburton's operating income in North America exceeded $1 billion. The company said that was mainly because of strong activity in shale rock formations like the Eagle Ford in South Texas and the Bakken region in North Dakota and Montana. Halliburton also cited strong activity in the Permian Basin of West Texas. North America has been experiencing an onshore drilling boom, as companies race to exploit hydraulic fracturing technology, commonly referred to as "fracking". It involves pumping large amounts of liquid thousands of feet underground to fracture shale rock formations and release natural gas or oil. Oil field service companies like Halliburton are "like the people that sold the picks and shovels during the gold rush in California," Houston-based investment banker Allen Brooks told Bloomberg News in June. Group of Scientists Criticizes Federal Fracking Panel By Matt Mawhinney • Aug 11, 2011 Illustration courtesy of Texas Tribune A Department of Energy subcommittee is recommending steps for restoring public trust in the natural gas extraction process known as hyrdaulic fracturing or "fracking," an important part of the Obama Administration's energy policy. Over the last few years, public concern over the process has grown with the release of documentaries like Gasland and reports of possible connections between fracking and contaminated ground water. You can watch the trailer to Gasland here to get a sense of the film's story arc and tone: Yesterday, a group of 28 scientists representing 22 universities sent a letter to Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, "expressing concern over the lack of impartiality on the Natural Gas Subcommittee." The group criticized what they called "advocacy based science" and pointed out that six of the seven members of the subcommittee "have current financial ties to the natural gas and oil industry." The group called for greater impartiality and asked that "at a minimum" subcommittee chairman John Deutch, an MIT professor and former CIA director, leave the subcommittee and be replaced by "a person with no financial ties to the natural gas and oil industry." Natural Gas Extraction Creates A Boom For Sand The rise of fracking as a method for extracting natural gas from shale rock has triggered demand for a key ingredient in the process: silica sand. 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Big, original, visionary films are rare in today's Japanese film industry, which overwhelmingly prefers sure bets developed from hit manga, anime, TV dramas, novels and other media properties.
Kazuaki Kiriya's 2004 post-apocalyptic fantasy "Casshern" may have been based on a popular manga and anime, but it was madly ambitious in the style of silent-era folie de grandeurs, while borrowing much of its alternative-future look from early 20th-century art and design (and realizing it with early 21st-century computer graphics.)
True, the story was a hash, but Kiriya, a fashion photographer and music-video director who had made "Casshern," his first feature, for the Hollywood equivalent of spare change, was definitely a talent to watch.
Five years on, he is back with "Goemon," a big-budget period epic produced by Takashige Ichise — the J-Horror impresario responsible for both the Japanese originals and Hollywood remakes in the "Grudge" franchise, as well as many other shockers. The operatic, over-the-top aesthetic of "Casshern" is in evidence, but used in the service of a story that is the local equivalent of "Robin Hood," filled with characters as familiar to Japanese viewers from hundreds of pop culture iterations as the Sheriff of Nottingham and Maid Marian are to Britons (and much of the rest of the world).
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In domestic commercial terms, this is far to the right on the scale running from risky to sure bet. (The only surer bet is to churn out the 10,000th remake of "The 47 Ronin.") Kiriya and his collaborators move heaven and earth (or rather, millions of pixels) to jazz this familiar material, creating a 16th-century Japan in which everything from costumes and castles to armies and weaponry have been blown up from kernels of fact to Brobdingnagian fantasies. Meanwhile, the heroes and villains are superhuman in everything from their appetites for power to the speed of their shuriken (fighting star) throws.
Chinese auteur Zhang Yimou did something similar in his period epics "Hero" (2002) and "House of Flying Daggers" (2004), but Kiriya goes further — about as far as one can go, in fact — without turning the film into a motion- captured animation or video game.
Visually, "Goemon" is blow-out-the- eyeballs spectacular, but watching the thief-hero Goemon (Yosuke Eguchi) soar into the sky, plunge down cliffs or decimate dozens of opponents in the numerous fight and battle scenes, I found my attention wandering.
The reason: In making his hero so effortlessly invincible and inhumanly indestructible, Kiriya reduces his exploits to CG-assisted dream sequences, in which everything is possible and nothing really matters because, in the pixilated world of "Goemon," life-or-death danger has been effectively banished. In moving digital mountains to put his vision on the screen, Kiriya either forgot or ignored a maxim of screen action observed by everyone from Buster Keaton to Jackie Chan: No real (or rather real-seeming) threat to the hero, means no real thrill in the seats. Or as Keaton himself said, "Only things that one can imagine happening to real people, I guess, remain in a person's memory."
"Goemon" begins in 1582, with Japan's stingiest warlord, Oda Nobunaga, falling victim to an assassin's plot and being succeeded by his right-hand man, Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Eiji Okuda). Times, however, are hard, and the gap between rich and poor is vast. Trying to bridge it is the master thief Goemon (Yosuke Eguchi), who shares his takings with the less fortunate, including a small, beautifully made box of foreign manufacture that he steals from the treasury of a rich merchant and tosses to a street urchin (Arashi Fukasawa).
The box, as it turns out, is of intense interest to Ishida Mitsunari (Jun Kaname), Hideyoshi's saturnine bugyo (administrator), who puts his trusted ninja, Kirigakure Saizo (Takao Osawa), on Goemon's trail. Goemon recovers the box while saving the urchin from the blade of a murderous swordsman (Tetsuji Tamayama).
He soon finds himself hotly pursued by not only Saizo, a former childhood friend who is now a formidable opponent, but also Hattori Hanzo (Susumu Terajima), the legendary ninja who worked for Tokugawa Ieyasu (Masato Ibu), the canny warlord who is plotting to succeed Hideyoshi. Goemon's only ally in this struggle is his loyal and comically excitable sidekick, Sarutobi Sasuke (Gori).
What is it about this supposedly empty box that makes it so valuable? Only, our hero discovers, the fate of the country.
In his quest to unlock its puzzle, he rediscovers a lost love, the lovely Cha Cha (Ryoko Hirosue), whom Hideyoshi is pressuring to become his concubine. Before he can sort out his relationship with her, however, he must deal with the powerful forces out to kill him, with the help of hundreds of sword-wielding minions.
Goemon cuts through these guys like butter in scenes of stunning technical brilliance that make the old "The Adventures of Robin Hood" show I watched as a kid look primitive and crude. But Robin's stirring skill with the quarterstaff inspired me to spend happy hours battling enemies (i.e, my younger brother) with a broomstick. What feats of derring-do, I wonder, will the young fans of "Goemon" be moved to imitate? Perhaps they'll wait until the story finds its true home — on a game console.


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On The Line: Wing Lam of Wahoo's Fish Taco, Part Two
Photo by Meranda Carter
The soon-to-be-married Wing (Congrats!!) keeps up the pace on our ride-along as we continue this week's interview. He offers more of his favorites, plus reveals his last meal that's only available in one place. For missing out on part one, you are banished here to catch up. Learn how to make a classic recipe tomorrow.
Hardest lesson you've learned:
Sometimes being the best is not the only way to get ahead.
What would your last meal on Earth be?
Eating a freshly picked mango (or five) in Brazil.
Who's your hero, culinary or otherwise?
My dad. He cooked all over the world and kicks butt.
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Crab cooker.
Where are you building the Las Vegas and New York locations?
In New York, it's 333 Park Avenue; in Vegas, it's in a bedroom community.
Where do you like to go surfing (or golfing, as we hear you enjoy that, too)?
I surf near 36th Street in Newport; I golf at Aliso Viejo Country Club.
Who came up with the Outer Reef Burrito?
Our Hawai'i franchisee; it was a portability issue with surfers. Our burritos are usually served with rice and beans on the side, but they would ask for everything to be stuffed inside.
What's your favorite menu item?
A side of white rice and black beans; it's my Brazilian staple.
What dish would you tell newcomers to Wahoo's to try first?
#2 fish and chicken taco combo, with the green sauce.
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Working on the Internet and teaching.
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I love the shape and the old 'antiqueee' opalescent pink! colour of the glass.
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Yes, we're driving less, 3.7% less.
Notes from Howard's Sabbatical from Working. The name comes from a 1998 lunch conversation. Someone asked if everything man knew was on the web. I answered "no" and off the top of my head said "Fidel Castro's favorite color". About every 6-12 months I've searched for this. It doesn't show up in the first 50 Google results (this blog is finally first for that search), AskJeeves says it's: red.
Monday, July 28, 2008
We're Driving Less
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- Natalie & Jessica's Dad said...
Last night on NBC Nightly News this was mentioned. Also mentioned was that since we are buying less gas, there's less gas tax going to road and infrastructure improvements, leading to a massive budget shortfall in road construction funds.
Can't win...
- Tue Jul 29, 06:50:00 AM EDT
- Howard said...
See, another reason for gas taxes to increase.
- Tue Jul 29, 09:15:00 AM EDT
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Everyone's tired of hearing about the flu. After this past flu season, it's hard to even hear the word without thinking about all the people you know that have missed work or school because of flu-related sickness. But now you hear your dog can get the flu? What's up with that?
First of all, what is flu? Since H1N1 hit the headlines last year, we've been subject to news reports, newspaper articles and internet stories that tell us exactly that. Recap: it's caused by a virus called influenza, it spreads easily and it affects mainly the respiratory system.
Simple, right? Not quite – first of all, it doesn't just affect people. Horses, pigs, cattle, birds and, yes, that's right, dogs, can also catch their own specific types of flu. The different strains of influenza virus are named for two specific proteins that vary depending on the specific virus (these are what the H and the N indicate). Where the human "swine flu" is H1N1, the canine flu is H3N8.
How does Fido catch CIV?
Because of how easily the virus can be transmitted, dogs that share air-spaces are the most at risk for infection. A dog infected with the H3N8 virus can spread the virus around an animal shelter, boarding home or even a dog park rapidly and effectively. Not all dogs that contract the virus will show symptoms, but they can still be carriers for the virus.
So, how can you tell if your dog has been infected with H3N8 virus? Well, without a clinical test you can't be 100% sure, but there are some symptoms that infected dogs may show one or more of:
• coughing
• runny nose
• fever
The illness can progress rapidly so having your pet seen by a vet soon after noticing any of these problems is important. As with any systemic illness, very old and very young pets are most at risk so pay special attention to these individuals.
While the signs listed above are common for many diseases, your vet can assess whether the history of exposure and the timing of your pet getting sick correlates with them being at risk for CIV infection. If they feel it appropriate, they will recommend blood testing (usually CIV testing requires a blood test on initial presentation, then another in two weeks) and probably some medical treatment.
Treatment tends to be aimed at helping your pet fight the virus himself. Because we can't treat most viral diseases directly, treatment supports your pet's normal functions while its immune system eliminates the infection. Giving your pet additional fluids (often by IV), helping him reduce fever with anti-inflammatory medications and then combating any secondary bacterial infections with antibiotics are the mainstays of treatment. Most cases will resolve with home-care within a few days while a few will need hospitalization while he recovers.
What to do?
The logical question on your part, of course, is, "Surely the best way to look after my canine compadre is to prevent him from getting the disease altogether?" Absolutely; an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, as they say.
Let's take the basic facts of infection: your pet can be infected by another dog through direct contact, sharing air-space or through the infected pet's saliva on food bowls, toys or even people's hands.
So, how do you avoid your pet being infected? If your pet is a home-body and never leaves the couch, there's very little cause for concern. Similarly, if you carry your Chihuahua around in his own custom carrier, he's highly unlikely to be infected. The group most at risk includes pets that stay at boarding kennels, go to day-care, attend mixed obedience classes, or are in any other situation that results in dogs mixing or spending prolonged periods of time "breathing that same air". Obviously, to help reduce the risk of infection, all good pet facilities thoroughly clean all bowls and toys that could be used by different pets as well as washing their hands between handling pets (and it makes good sense that pet owners should do the same).
The good news is that, if your pet is considered "at-risk", there's now a vaccine available to help protect your pet. In fact, many kennels and doggy day-care facilities are now requiring a CIV vaccine before they allow your pet to stay with them. (To be effective, the vaccine requires two injections two to four weeks apart; contact your veterinarian for more information.)
In summary, while CIV is nothing to be *sneezed* at, you can ensure that you keep your pets safe by staying informed and following your vet's advice.
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PLEASE find treatment for this horrendous flu. My "dogs" are my Fur Kiddz. I love them so very much.
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Dr. Lai received her B.A. in biology at the University of Colorado. She then pursued her doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine, and the license to practice acupuncture.
Her practice focuses on supporting and restoring the inherent healing systems of the individual using natural therapies. Dr. Lai takes the time to listen and tailors the treatments to the needs of the individual.
Dr. Sinclair
Dr. Sinclair received his N.D. degree from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, AZ and completed his undergraduate work at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
He is a member of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians and licensed acupuncturist. He has been published in and served as an associate editor for the peer-reviewed journal, The Alternative Medicine Review. In his Frederick, MD clinic, Dr. Sinclair specializes in natural medicine and integrates clinical nutrition, botanical medicine, homeopathy and Chinese medicine into comprehensive individual health plansthat work to restore the body's natural balance and vitality.
Naturopathic medicine and acupuncture offer an approach to restoring health by focusing on the underlying causes of disease. We are doctors who listen and take the time to educate our patients. In our clinic, we have seen over and over again that proper dietary, lifestyle and nutritional changes can have profound effects on many complex and chronic health issues.
Together we will tailor a treatment plan best suited to your needs, while also striving to improve your overall health and vitality by practicing the six fundamental principles of naturopathic medicine.
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I probably shouldn't care much who wins the Ontario election.
While I'm offended by the recklessness of the budget introduced by Premier Kathleen Wynne last week, it shouldn't affect me much. I don't make $150,000 a year, so I won't be hit by the latest wealth tax*. I don't smoke and I rarely use toll roads, so higher taxes and fees won't make a big dent. Although the deficit will increase, and the debt will grow, the same has been true for almost all my adult life, and somehow Ontario has survived. I'm old enough that, by the time Wynne's unnecessary new pension plan kicks in, I won't have to worry about it. Besides, I'm in one of the exempted categories (presuming the newspaper industry survives that long), and I've saved on my own, which I now realize is a rare and unusual practice that Ontario Liberals believe most people can't manage.
[np_storybar title="Scott Stinson: Ontario Liberals, NDP make 'pie in the sky' financial pledges while PCs vow to spend less" link="http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2014/05/05/ontario-liberals-ndp-make-pie-in-the-sky-financial-pledges-while-pcs-vow-to-spend-less/"%5D
When Andrea Horwath put a stake through the heart of the surprisingly resilient minority Liberal government on Friday, the NDP leader accused Kathleen Wynne of having presented a big-spending budget that promised "the moon and the stars" as the government tried to outrun scandal.
A few hours later, the Premier warned voters that Ms. Horwath would make "reckless" financial pledges that amounted to "pie in the sky" economic "pipe dreams."
Somewhere, Tim Hudak was no doubt nodding furiously.
As a six-week election campaign begins in earnest on Monday, there are many uncertainties about the three leaders and their parties that each have their own electoral baggage, but one central fact isn't in dispute: The Liberals and NDP want to spend more, the PCs vow to spend less.[/np_storybar]
The scandals? I don't live in Caledonia, so Dalton McGuinty's unconscionable abandonment of the innocent people in that community had no direct impact on my life, other than making clear I shouldn't expect any better treatment if my turn should come. I've never been on an air ambulance, so the ORNGE debacle made no real difference. I've been in a lottery-ticket group for 17 years and hardly won a cent, so the ongoing embarrassments at OLG — other than feeding my sense of injustice that other people always seem to win — have limited impact. The $1.1 billion wasted on the gas plant scandal is insulting and outrageous, but if I counted all the billions mindlessly wasted by inept governments since I started voting, I'd have no time for anything else.
So big deal. Why should I care about stuff that doesn't hurt me?
Admittedly, it's a bit vexing that a decade of Liberal rule has reduced Ontario to one of the welfare provinces, constantly blaming Ottawa for its woes and bleating for more money. It's mortifying that the government has made such a colossal hash of the power industry, which used to be a source of provincial pride but has become the butt of a joke, subsidizing alternative energy projects while selling off excess power at a loss, jacking up monthly bills and driving away investment. And I do find it awkward that executives at OPG have been fattening their own bonuses –"buying themselves speedboats with your money" in Andrea Horwath's words — while the government shrugs it off because, it says, it' really hard to keep track of this stuff.
But my lights still work.
I'm a bit concerned about the size of the debt, since the one short period in which Ontario balanced its budget came after decades of similar deficit finance finally produced a crisis, causing a long, painful recession with a horrific loss in jobs. It could easily happen again, especially given the Liberals' whistle-in-the-dark attitude, but I'm from the baby boom generation that has been kicking the debt can down the road for 40 years, figuring our kids can pay the bills. Why change now?
I should be more like the Toronto Star, which could hardly wait for the budget to be printed before urging the NDP to support it, arguing: "Unless Horwath wants to play a high-risk game at the polls, this budget provides her with good reason to support Wynne's progressive plan." I can't help wondering if they wrote that line themselves or bought it from a 20-year-old drug dealer. If the Star was carrying a similar debt to the province, it would be out of business; if it went to a bank to borrow more while admitting it can't get by on an $11 billion overdraft, it would laughed off Bay Street. But the Star's been saying the same stuff as long as I can remember and is immune to logic. The people who run it are part of the 1%, and it's in their business plan.
So, as I said, I shouldn't care who wins. But I can't help it. I don't like the idea that Kathleen Wynne and crew think Ontarians are so thick-skulled they'll vote for the same people who caused all these problems, in the expectation they're the ones to fix it. It bothers me that Wynne can't bring herself to speak the name of Dalton McGuinty, while arguing that his Liberals – they're all the same McGuinty people — represent the voice of experience against the dangers of "untried" ideas. Better to stick with ideas that have failed rather than try something different, right?
It just seems dumb, when you've been cheated and lied to and misled and mismanaged for 11 years, to offer a vote of confidence to the cheaters. But this is Ontario. A lot of people read The Star.
National Post
*It's getting closer, though. The Liberals previous wealth tax hit anyone anyone earning over $500,000. Now it's $150,000. A couple more Liberal budgets, and the "rich" will mean anyone on the province's Sunshine List of public employees. The 1% will merge with the public service. THAT could get embarrasing


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NEW PORT RICHEY — By taking a position that appears to condone offshore oil drilling, County Commissioner Jack Mariano handed his political opponents a campaign issue, and they're using it to question his environmental and leadership credentials.
When the commission voted Tuesday on a resolution urging the U.S. Congress to prevent oil and gas drilling off the Florida coast, Mariano was the sole holdout. Now two candidates vying to take over Mariano's northwestern Pasco commission have criticized his position from both sides of the political aisle.
"I was genuinely shocked that he would go so far out," said Rich Jenkins, who like Mariano is a Republican. "Why in the word would we risk billions if not trillions of industry in tourism, trade, fishery and the ecosystem? ... I just can't express how disappointed I am that we didn't get a 100 percent unanimous vote on that."
Jenkins said there would always be pressures to exploit oil resources off Florida, but he felt Floridians should "hold the line."
"Put the effort into alternative fuel sources," Jenkins said. "As a candidate for Pasco County Board of Commissioners I will pledge to work towards the preservation of Florida's Gulf Coast and prevent oil drilling in our waters."
Tuesday's commission resolution warns that oil spills would threaten the ecology and economy. Commissioner Michael Cox, who introduced the resolution, said offshore drilling would not lessen U.S. dependence on foreign oil, since the U.S. owns only 3 percent of the world's proven oil reserves.
Mariano voted against the resolution, saying the decision should be left to congressional leaders. He said oil rigs off the Louisiana coast survived Hurricane Katrina without inflicting environmental damage.
But he said Thursday his critics are misinterpreting what he said.
"I didn't say to go out and drill," he said. "I wanted to not send the resolution. Leave it to the congressional delegation. I'd rather they focus on things like the National Catastrophic Fund. The only thing I wanted was to stop the resolution."
On Tuesday, Mariano said he had learned more about offshore drilling at a recent conference — handing his opponents another barb to throw.
"Apparently this is the result of him attending yet another conference and coming back with these ideas — I wonder who was there promoting oil drilling. Who sponsored the session?" said Ginny Miller, a New Port Richey Democrat.
Mariano was criticized last year for running up a travel tab for conferences that was higher than all his commission colleagues combined.
On Thursday, he told the St. Petersburg Times the conference he had attended was a U.S. Green Building seminar about two months ago, where he had met and discussed the drilling issue with a speaker from Louisiana.
Like Jenkins, Miller said Florida and Pasco depended on tourism and pristine nature and could not afford to risk of oil or gas drilling in its waters.
Miller disparaged Mariano's comment Tuesday that coastal drilling is likely to occur whether or not the United States is the first to do it.
"You don't just say 'oh well, it's hopeless,' " she said. "I don't think this kind of cynicism is a reflection of leadership."
On Thursday, Mariano said what he meant was that China and Cuba already have a deal to drill for oil about 90 miles off Florida's coast, on Cuba's side of the Florida Straits.
A third candidate for Mariano's seat, Democrat Lance Shortt, was less definitive than the other opponents.
"My personal opinion is that I would not be in favor of drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico," Shortt said. "I'm kind of a tree hugger, so I'm certainly concerned about the environment. Until the country moves out of its dependence on oil, I would like to see better tax credits for alternative energy. ... But if somebody were to say that you can drill for oil and pay $4 instead of $6 (a gallon), I'm not sure I'd say don't drill."
The fourth candidate, Republican George F. Vera, remained in jail Thursday, where he was taken in December on a charge of simple battery, the sheriff's office said.
Chuin-Wei Yap can be reached at email@example.com or (813)909-4613.


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15 Minutes: Olympics
15 Minutes: Olympics
On August 11, two days before the opening ceremonies, the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team will kick-off the first event of the 2004 Olympics in a match with Greece. How are the American women preparing for this competition? What will give them the edge to beat the home team in the heat and humidity of the Games? Kristine Clark, Ph.D, is director of Penn State's sports nutrition and advisor to the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team.
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World will react if Syria uses chemical weapons: France
France on Tuesday joined the United States and NATO in delivering a blunt warning to Damascus not to use chemical weapons on rebels, warning that the international community would react if it did.
"Any use of these chemical weapons by (Syrian President Bashar) al-Assad would be unacceptable," foreign ministry spokesman Vincent Floreani told reporters.
"The leaders in Damascus must know the international community is watching them and will react" if they are used, he said, adding that France was in contact with its partners to "prevent any use of these arms should the regime or anyone else be tempted".
US President Barack Obama on Monday told Assad not to use chemical weapons against his own people, in a new warning as the conflict approaches the 21-month mark with more than 41,000 people killed.
The Syrian government, fighting to prevent the capital Damascus from falling to rebel forces, reiterated on Monday that it would never resort to chemical weapons.
But a US official told AFP that Syria had begun mixing chemicals that could be used to make sarin, a deadly nerve agent, while CNN reported Damascus could use the gas in a limited artillery attack on advancing rebels.
Washington fears that battlefield advances by rebels could prompt Assad to use chemical arms, or that such stocks could become insecure or find their way into the hands of groups hostile to the United States and its allies.
NATO on Tuesday joined Washington in delivering a blunt warning to Damascus against the use of chemical weapons, as the alliance readied to approve a Turkish request for missiles to protect its border with Syria.


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833 enrollment growth slows, but still growing
District 833's schools have the space to house its students for the next 10 years, according to an enrollment study.
Growth has slowed, but it still increased by 1.1 percent a year over the past six years, said Mike Vogel, assistant to the superintendent for operations at the June 17 school board meeting.
The study, done by Hazel Reinhardt Consulting Services, reflects that the district is highly dependent on new housing starts to sustain enrollment growth.
There is a west to east pattern of housing aging, and those moving to new housing are the most likely, among people moving into the district, to have school-age children, according to the study by Reinhardt, who does enrollment analysis for 200 other districts, Vogel said.
New housing starts are not projected to increase until 2014, according to the study.
The study shows middle school populations staying stable. The number of high school students continues to rise. East Ridge enrollment could rise faster than at the other two high schools, he said.
Schools on the west side of the district, with the exception of Cottage Grove Elementary, located in an area where new homes are being built, have declining enrollments. Enrollment is declining at Oltman Middle School, but it's stable or increasing at Woodbury, Cottage Grove and Lake middle schools, Vogel said.
Schools with declining enrollment could be used for alternative programs.
The district retains 82.5 percent of its students throughout their schooling, with some leaving for private schools, or schools outside of the district.
Board member Jim Gelbmann said he questions why parents are not choosing to send kids to public school.
In January, Superintendent Mark Porter invited parents of students not enrolled in district schools to a meeting.
Parents make education choices and stay with them, he told board members.
Porter suggested the district look at increasing options for pre-kindergarten programs to draw parents in.
"We haven't paid attention to non-publics because of past space issues," Porter said. "We're not keeping up."
He said the district uses data from the study to predict enrollment. Financial planning, however, is done on the actual number of students in the district.
students go
Of students who live in District 833:
- 82.5 percent attend district schools;
- 10.6 percent attend private schools;
- 3.6 percent are enrolled out of the district;
- 2 percent attend charter schools; and
- 1.2 percent are home-schooled.
Source: Hazel Reinhardt Consulting Services
Editor's note: This is a corrected version of this story. A previous version contained incorrect information.


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Will dreams of real-life Jurassic Park be realized?
Australian mining mogul Clive Palmer is one of his nation's richest men, holding a fortune of over $8.4B USD and controlling much of the nation's rich mineral supplies. Like many billionaires, Mr. Palmer has occupied himself with odd projects, including the soccer (football) club he owns, Gold Coast United.
I. Billionaire Sets Sights on Reviving the Saurians
But following a 2009 heart attack due to sleep apnea, Mr. Palmer became increasingly eccentric setting his sights on more unusual projects.
The billionaire recent revealed plans to build a replica of the Titanic in China and sail it as a luxury cruise liner in the waters around Australia, as early as 2016. Now he reportedly has taken an interest in cloning
a dinosaur
according to
local Australian newspaper
Sunshine Coast Daily
Clive Palmer has already announced plans to resurrect
The RMS Titanic
. He's rumored to be aiming to recreate a dinosaur next. [Image Source: EPA/Dan Peled]
Mr. Palmer has scheduled a press conference for Friday in Brisbane, Australia.
Sunshine Coast Mayor Mark Jamieson has already confirmed that Mr. Palmer plans to build a new resort dubbed the "Palmer Resort" in the Middle East, featuring "fly-in, fly-out Muslim hospitality staff." The resort will include a 20-story sky needle and an oversized ferris wheel in the style of the London Eye.
But according to a source who leaked those plans early, Mr. Palmer's wildest dream for the resort is to clone a dinosaur and set it loose in a special exhibit at the resort for his guests to watch. The source claimed to the newspaper that Mr. Palmer has retained the expertise of the
team that cloned Dolly the sheep
to try to make it happen.
II. Plan is Likely Not Feasible With Current Technology
Assuming the report is accurate and not an elaborate joke on the part of Mr. Palmer and his friends, the dinosaur ambitions will prove daunting.
Thus far researchers have discovered soft tissue samples from dinosaur bones, but it is unclear whether DNA -- which is easily destroyed by water-based reactions -- could have survived for millions of years. Back in 1994
an article
[abstract] by microbiologist
Scott Woodward
Brigham Young University
, who claimed to have found dinosaur DNA in a bone specimen. However, the claim was questioned and has been heavily criticized in discussion since.
The good news for the DNA hunters is that
recent microbiology analyses
[abstract] have revealed that dinosaur cells were very similar to bird cells, hence their genome was likely similar to birds. Why is that good news? Birds have a very "small" genome compared to fellow vertebrates, at around 1.4 billion base pairs, versus just over 3 billion for humans.
Still, recovered DNA sequences from fossilized bugs have been only 250 to 300 base pairs long [
]. Hence you'd still need to conjure up tens, if not hundreds of millions of fragments in order to "finish" a dinosaur.
There's several speculative routes to "resurrecting" the dinosaur, however they all remain highly improbable. [Image Source: The Field Museum]
Such analysis would also be complicated by the possibility of genetic material from bacteria who were oft living inside dinosaurs' bodies and played a crucial role in some forms of fossilization. Bacterial and fungal DNA could be excluded by comparing to map bacterial gene sequences, but this would be a daunting task.
Dr. David L. Stern
, a
Princeton University
professor who wrote 2010's book
Evolution, Development, & the Predictable Genome
has proposed
an alternative route, suggesting that by comparing modern descendants of dinosaurs (e.g. birds and mammals) scientist could eventually backtrack genetic development to create possible dinosaur genomes.
A final possibility would be to somehow locate a
specimen and use the aforementioned methods to try to speculate/create close genetic relatives. Of course this would require finding a living dinosaur.
And while the discovery of
Latimeria chalumnae
and the
Latimeria menadoensis
(Coelocanths) off the coast of Africa have raised hopes of finding something more exotic -- such as a plesiosaur -- experts say such survival stories are increasingly improbable as the size of the creature increases. Hence, whatever wiped out the dinosaurs was less likely successively to wipe out an ancient fish, insect, or fungus.
So how exactly does Mr. Palmer hope to create a dinosaur? Who knows, but he might find more fortune trying to resurrect
a more recently extinct animal
, such as the mammoth, whose
genome is nearing completion
. If he's feeling ambitious, he could always try to clone a sabertooth tiger -- such as
Smilodon populator
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text: Bulletin board: May 10, 2012 May 9, 2012 Story Share FUTURE EVENTSSt. Albans Rotary Club will sponsor a pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at St Mark's Episcopal Church's Christ's Kitchen. The cost is $6 and patrons get all-they-can-eat pancakes and sausage, cooked by Rotarians. Funds go to support Christ's Kitchen, Jericho House and high school scholarships. The St. Albans High School Marine ROTC will serve the meals. Putnam County Parks and Recreation Commission is hosting a photography class instructed by Dusty Hurley, starting May 10 and continuing through June 14. The class will be from 6:15 to 7:45 p.m. Tuesdays in the Commons of Putnam County. For information or to register, contact Dusty at 304-586-0201 or www.lovehappinessphoto.com.The town of Marmet's next Saturday night dance will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday at the Marmet Recreation Center in Marmet. Performing will be Freda Cooper and The Mountain Gold Band. The charge is $8 per person. The concession will be open and hot dogs, barbecues, hamburgers and more will be sold. The Marmet Recreation Center is an alcohol- and smoke-free environment. For questions, contact Barry Pauley, Town of Marmet, at 304-949-9692. West Virginia Humanities Council will feature a re-enactment of Belle Boyd, a Martinsburg resident and a Confederate spy during the Civil War from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday during St. Albans Founders Day activities. The presentation will be by History Alive! re-enactor Patty Cooper of Parkersburg. Abraham Lincoln, by George Bartley, also will be present that day.Poca River Road Race 15K (9.3 miles) will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Poca River Bridge at the end of Doc Bailey Road in Cross Lanes. The race is sanctioned by USA Track and Field. Registration is $15 in advance or $20 on race day. To register, contact Kelly McGraw at 304-553-1633.Habitat for Humanity Homeowner Education and Community Center, 815 Court St., will offer an Energy Efficiency HomeSMART Audit Program from 1 to 2 p.m. on Saturday. Learn how to save money, reduce energy use and get paid to do it. The information session is free.Items for Bulletin Board may be submitted by mail to The Charleston Gazette, 1001 Virginia St. E., Charleston, WV 25301, or faxed to 304-348-1233. Notices will be run one time free. Please include a contact person's name and a daytime telephone number. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 DHHR: WV medical marijuana law will need $2 million in upfront costs 2 Correctional officers need raises, lawmakers told 3 Stats back KU coach's praise of WVU offense 4 Gazette editorial: Is it time for health care for all yet? 5 Capital High closed for the week after high mold, C02 levels found Hemphill named president at W.Va. State University Previous Story CURA approves apartment project downtown Next Story


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WHITTIER >> Pothole in front of your driveway got you down? Is that streetlight that's been out for six months starting to attract thrill seekers? Are shopping carts starting to pile up in your frontyard?
Is that what's got you down, friend?
Well, now there's an answer.
The city of Whittier has launched a new mobile phone application — AccessWhittier — that lets residents report such problems to City Hall so the problems can be corrected.
"Our residents told us they wanted smart phone convenience with the ability to report issues to us whenever or wherever they prefer," Mayor Bob Henderson said in a news release announcing the new service. "This technology will improve our efficiency, which is very important with our tight budget."
AccessWhittier is available on iPhones, iPads, Android devices and Windows phones.
Smartphone users can simply open the app, choose an issue, take a picture and hit submit, according to the news release. The app identifies the exact location and sends the complaint directly to the appropriate department. A city staffer looks into the matter, the city said,
"The GPS and camera features built into the iPhone and Android smart phones make it simple for residents to alert City officials about issues around the clock," said the city's news release. "Residents will know their issue went to the right person without ever going to an office or sitting down at a computer or making a phone call during business hours."
Residents also can get status updates on the problems they report.
"This efficiency allows the city to improve customer service with fewer people," said the release.
However, some problems, especially larger ones, may need to be added to the city's work program, delaying the repair until funding becomes available.
AccessWhittier can be downloaded by searching for "GORequest" in the Apple App store or Google Play store. There is no charge to download the app.
For residents with Windows phones or other mobile devices, AccessWhittier is available by browsing a mobile version of the city's website to access services at http://user.govoutreach.com/whittierca/faq.