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Exotic Leather Fashion in Hollywood making profit off snakes
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – In the rough and tumble world of the Everglades, state-sanctioned python hunters are bagging snakes for the sake of science.
However, after handing the snakes over to research labs, some hunters take them to leather goods experts to make money.
"I really enjoy it. I love being outdoors, I love the Everglades," said hunter Leonardo Sanchez.
At Exotic Leather Fashion in Hollywood, co-owner Brian Wood said the latest "Python Challenge" is a win-win for his business.
"The snakes have become a problem because they're invasive," said Wood. "It just seemed natural for us to go ahead and start buying the snakes from the hunters and utilizing them in our fashions."
Typically, once hunters take their pythons to the University of Florida's lab in Davie for a necropsy, the snakes are then frozen.
Sanchez collected the 9-foot python he killed from the lab and brought it to Exotic Leather Fashions to be skinned and preserved. Wood said skins are then taken to an outside facility to be tanned.
"This is natural tanned into leather," said Wood, pointing to an already-tanned swatch of natural black-and-white python skin.
Wood says the skins are then cut and transformed at the shop by expert exotic-goods designers. Purses, wallets, boots, and belts are displayed in natural colors as well as dyed versions in brilliant pinks and greens.
Wallets can start at $160, while jackets can be as expensive as $4,200.
Hunters like Sanchez said they can make some money, too: Up to $150 per snake. Sanchez said he's happy to contribute to fashion for the sake of ridding the Everglades of an invasive species.
"That they're in your back yard about to eat your pets or your children -- it hasn't gotten to that yet. But they're out there. There's a lot of them out there," said Sanchez.
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Veras sets sights on return; slugger Morse on radar
Club looking to sign another reliever, with Crain, Gaudin also among candidates
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Several names emerged Tuesday as potential free-agent targets for the Astros, including one that should still ring familiar to fans in Houston.
Veteran pitcher Jose Veras, who served as the Astros' closer the first half of the 2013 season, told MLB.com he would love to come back to the club and said his agent has been talking to Houston about a possible return.
The Astros didn't make any moves during the second day of baseball's Winter Meetings at the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Resort, but they've clearly been busy behind the scenes. A source told MLB.com the team has had conversations about signing slugger Michael Morse, as well as pitchers Jesse Crain and Chad Gaudin.
The Astros have also reached out to representatives for free-agent outfielder Grady Sizemore, a source told MLB.com. Sizemore, who hasn't played in the Major Leagues since 2011, underwent back surgery and knee surgery in '11 and sat out last year while he tried to get healthy. An All-Star from 2006-08 with the Indians, Sizemore hasn't played more than half a season since appearing in 106 games with Cleveland in '09, when he hit 18 homers, drove in 64 runs and batted .248.
Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow wouldn't confirm interest in any the players, but it's clear the club will add another reliever and a first baseman/designated hitter at some point.
"I feel good that we're making progress on the fronts that we need to make progress," Luhnow said. "It doesn't matter if it happens Wednesday or Friday or next week. We do feel we're starting to come into focus on what is it that we have a possibility to do to continue to improve this team for next year."
Astros manager Bo Porter, who's scheduled to meet with the media Wednesday afternoon, arrived Tuesday and quickly caught up with Luhnow to find out where his team stands.
"Those conversations have been ongoing from the middle of the season to the end of the season and into free agency," Porter said. "We've talked constantly about our team, about our players that may be available via the free-agent market, via the trade market, and we're looking for ways to improve our ballclub."
Veras, who lives in Miami, signed a one-year deal a year ago with the Astros and was traded to Detroit in July. He saved 19 games for the Astros last season and posted a 2.93 ERA with 44 strikeouts and 14 walks in 43 innings.
"It feels like family there," Veras told MLB.com. "It's a young team, and they're hungry to win. I feel part of the team. It doesn't matter to me if we win or lose. When you play as a team and everybody cares, that's the best part for me. I do my job to make the team excited we won the game.
"It was my first time to get an opportunity to be a closer, and I appreciated that part. It felt like the best place I've been. I was talking to my agent and I feel excited the Astros are interested to bring me back to the team."
Veras, 33, said talks with the Astros were still in the early stages. The Astros blew 10 saves in August following Veras' departure while using a rotation of young pitchers to fill the closer role.
"We haven't talked about money or an offer yet," he said. "My agent just told me to wait for his call."
The Astros have added Chad Qualls to their bullpen, but they would like to sign one more reliever to bolster the back end.
Crain, who played at the University of Houston, has a 3.05 ERA and 45 wins in 532 career games. Last year with the White Sox, he went 2-3 with a 0.74 ERA in 36 2/3 innings and struck out 46 while walking only 11. He also didn't allow a homer. He was traded to the Rays in July, but a shoulder injury kept him on the shelf.
"There's been a lot of teams that have called and shown interest, but now it's just a waiting game," Crain said. "It would be fun to be able to play here, living here and going to UH. I'm doing my own thing and getting ready and see how things play out."
Meanwhile, a source told MLB.com the Astros have been talking with the agent for Morse, an outfielder/first baseman who has a history with Porter. When Morse played with the Nationals, Porter was the third base-coach. Morse, 31, hit .215 with 23 homers and 27 RBIs in 88 games split between the Mariners and Orioles last year and is two years removed from slugging 31 homers for Washington in 2011.
Morse, who underwent wrist surgery in October, would fill the Astros' need for a first baseman if healthy.
Luhnow said he won't be shy about taking a calculated risk to sign players who are coming off injuries.
"Oftentimes those don't work out, too, so you have to be careful," he said. "Our goal is to improve the team, so we're not looking to get any bargains. We're looking to get players that are going to help us win ballgames next year."

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KHAMITS {Egyptians}
· Anybody who has taken a look at Khamitic {Egyptian} culture cannot fail to have noticed the significance of the meaning of the Lotus flower in their culture.
In ancient Khamit {Egypt} there were two main types of lotus that grew, the white, and the blue (scientifically a waterlily, but symbolically a lotus). Further to this another type, the pink lotus flower was introduced into Khamit {Egypt} sometime during the late period of their civilization. If one is to observe the many Medu Netcher {hieroglyphics}, it is easy to see that the blue Lotus flower is the most commonly portrayed.
· This plant is known to be associated with rebirth. This is a consequence of it supposedly retracting into the water at the night, and emerging a fresh in the Sun the next day. The Khamits {Egyptians} therefore associated the lotus flower with the sun which also disappeared in the night, only to re-emerge in the morning. Therefore the lotus came to symbolize the Sun and the creation. In many Medu Netcher {hieroglyphics} works the lotus is depicted as emerging from Nun (the primordial water) bearing the Sun God.
Another interesting fact about the lotus flower meaning to the Khamits {Egyptians} was the way that it was used as a symbol for the unification of the two Khamitic {Egyptian} kingdoms, that is to say the bonding of upper and lower Egypt. For a long time the lotus had been used in the Medu Netcher {hieroglyphics} and art of upper Egypt, whereas in lower Egypt the Papyrus plant was notably in abundance. Therefore pictures of lotus and Papyrus that had grown up together and become inter-wound with each other came to be a symbol of the bringing together of the two kingdoms
As Buddhism stems from a different part of the world to Egyptology, there are many more colors of lotus to be seen. So it is not too surprising that the many different colors have come to be associated with different aspects of Buddhism. The main symbolism of the lotus flower and their meanings are given here.
- Blue Lotus: The blue Lotus is associated with a victory of the spirit over that of wisdom, intelligence and knowledge. If you get to see it a blue Lotus in Buddhist art you will notice that it is always depicted as being partially open and the centre is never observed.
- White Lotus: this color lotus is known to symbolize Bodhi (being awakened), and represents a state of mental purity, and that of spiritual perfection; it is also associated with the pacification of one's nature. This lotus is considered to be the womb of the world.
- Purple Lotus: known to be Mystic and is associated with esoteric sects. It can be shown depicted as either an open flower or as a bud. The eight petals of the purple Lotus are representative of the noble eightfold path; one of the principal teachings of the Buddha. Following this path is thought to lead to self awakening, and is considered one of the noble truths.
- Pink lotus: this is the supreme lotus and is considered to be the true lotus of Buddha.
- Red lotus: this is related to the heart, and the Lotus flower meaning is associated with that of love and compassion.


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Turkey on Sunday pledged its continued support for the Syrian opposition, saying its leaders should not be pressured into talks with the regime as civil war rages.
Speaking at a security conference in Germany, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said his country supports efforts to end the bloodshed in Syria, but he understands the opposition's refusal to talk to President Bashar Assad after so many Syrian deaths in the fight to topple him.
"It is easy to say now, (the) opposition should accept to sit with the regime, after 60,000 people have been killed," Davutoglu said at the gathering of top diplomats and security officials in Munich.
"Assuming that tomorrow there is a new election in (Assad's) presence, who will guarantee the safety of the opposition leaders?" Davutoglu said.
Opposition leaders reject any talks with Damascus until Assad steps down. In a sharp departure from their resolve, the coalition's president, Moaz al-Khatib, said Wednesday he is willing to talk to the regime if that would help end bloodshed.
Like the United States and its Western allies, Turkey has repeatedly called on Assad to step down. Assad brushed the calls aside, outlining a peace proposal last month that would put him in charge of national reconciliation talks.
Russia, Assad's most important international ally, said the insistence on his ouster before political talks can begin was counterproductive. Another staunch supporter of Damascus, Iran, said Tehran would welcome the opposition leaders to talks.
"Iran has talked to the opposition," Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said in Munich. "We are ready to be part of the solution," he insisted. "The sooner that we resolve the issue, the better it is."
Salehi talked in Germany on Saturday with al-Khatib, the opposition leader in a rare meeting between a senior Iranian official and an Assad opponent.
Al-Khatib's recent statements in which he said he is ready to talk to regime officials have angered his colleagues in his Syrian National Coalition, which he has been heading since November.
"Mouaz al-Khatib has committed a grave mistake. His duty is to represent the Coalition which categorically refuses to have any talks with any member of the regime before Bashar Assad steps down," said Kamal Labwani, a senior member of the coalition.
"He should respect the will of the people," Labwani told The Associated Press by telephone. "We expect him to apologize publically or to step down."
In the battlefield city of Aleppo in northern Syria, at least 16 people were killed when government troops bombed a building in a rebel-held neighborhood, activists said.
In other violence in the city, the official SANA news agency said a former parliament member, his wife and two daughters were killed near the Aleppo airport. The report said "terrorists," the term the Syrian government uses for rebels, fired at Ibrahim Azzouz's car in Sheik Said neighborhood, killing the family.
Rebels captured the strategic Sheik Said neighborhood southeast of Aleppo on Saturday. It was a significant blow to regime forces because the area includes the road the army has used to supply troops.
Troops loyal to Assad and rebels have been locked in a deadly stalemate in Aleppo, Syria's largest urban center and main commercial hub, since an opposition assault last summer. Seven months later, the rebels hold large parts of the city and its outskirts, including several army bases. But they have been unable to overcome the regime's far superior firepower.
The Britain-based activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which opposes the regime, said government troops bombarded a building in in Aleppo's rebel-held neighborhood of Ansari Sunday and killed at least 16 people, including 10 children and youth.
The Aleppo Media Center, a network of anti-regime activists in the city, said 20 people were killed in the shelling of Ansari. An amateur video released by the group showed a building reduced to a pile of debris with dozens of people digging through the rubble in search for survivors.
"The family of the man over there is still under the rubble," a man could be heard saying, referring to a man standing in the area.
The video appeared genuine and corresponded to other AP reporting on the events depicted.
In Beirut, airport officials said Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faysal Mekdad flew to Dubai. It was not clear whether if Mekdad will continue to another destination.
Mekdad and other Syrian officials have been using Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport in the past months after fighting intensified near the Damascus International Airport, and many regional and international airlines stopped flying to the Syrian capital.
Associated Press Writers Bassem Mroue in Beirut and Geir Moulson in Munich contributed to this report.


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C65 Trident GMT
DescriptionAlthough a beautiful watch in its own right, it's impossible to begin discussing the C65 Trident GMT without mention of the watch that came before it. Taking the bold '60s look introduced by the C65 Trident Diver, the Trident GMT then infuses it with the rugged spirit of the initial GMT watches created for the transatlantic Pan Am pilots of that very same era.
Aesthetically, the GMT continues down the path so successfully crafted by the Trident Diver, but as a watch built with the potential to track three time zones at once - or maybe just the time back at home while you enjoy some evening cocktails at your holiday bar (a Martini, perhaps?) - a few obligatory inclusions have also been made. The GMT's 24-hour bezel insert is constructed from dual blue and red-toned anodised aluminium, with its numerals engraved and filled with a white lacquer; the other notable addition is the C65's GMT hand, finished in a strong red hue that complements the rest of the dial's white-filled indexes and hands perfectly.
The GMT also features the same brushed and polished 41mm case, 150m water resistance and deep-stamped Trident backplate, but adopts further technical and visual refinements. Baton indexes at 12 and 6 have replaced the Arabic numerals of the earlier C65, while the removal of millisecond markers on its black dial supply a stripped back feel; a date window has also been added at 3 o'clock. And thanks to the Swiss-made Sellita SW330 - a GMT movement only 4.1mm high - the C65 Trident GMT measures in at a sleek 12.05mm - ensuring a watch that will look at home on almost every wrist.
MovementThis fine Sellita calibre with dual-time functionality allows for the time to be told in two time zones simultaneously - hence its use on 'GMT' watches.
When fully wound, it delivers 42 hours of continuous power, while vibrating at a rate of eight times per second (28,800 times an hour).
- Technical
- Diameter: 41mm
- Height: 12.05mm
- Weight: 71g
- Calibre: Sellita SW330
- Case: 316L stainless steel
- Vibrations: 28,800 per hour (4 Hz)
- Timing tolerance: +20/-20 seconds per day
- Water resistance: 15 ATM (150 metres)
- Dial colour: Black
- Lume: White SuperLumiNova®
- Bracelet width: 22mm
- Lug to lug: 47.1mm
- Features
- Swiss made
- 25 jewel self-winding elabore-grade mechanical movement
- 42 hour power reserve
- Dual-time GMT function
- Date calendar
- Central hacking seconds
- Anti-shock system
- Brushed and polished marine-grade stainless steel case
- High Definition "Trident" motif screw-down backplate
- Push-in crown stamped with twin flag motif
- Unidirectional stainless steel 24hr bezel with blue and red-toned anodised aluminium insert
- "Glass box" sapphire crystal
- Matte finish dial
- Twin flags debossed at 12 o'clock
- White SuperLumiNova® indexes and hands with green emission
- Signature Trident counter-balance on seconds hand
- Unique engraved serial number
- Marine-grade stainless steel bracelet with micro-adjustable ratchet clasp and quick-release system for easy changing
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In a preview for the upcoming TV drama "American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson," the disconsolate ex-athlete is portrayed slumping into the corner of a child's room, holding a gun. "Do not kill yourself in Kimmy's bedroom!" perhaps his closest friend begs him.
The loyal pal is lawyer Robert Kardashian. His daughter "Kimmy," then 14, eventually would be better known as "Kim."
It's telling that for all the star power packed into the miniseries (David Schwimmer as Kardashian, John Travolta as "Dream Team" lawyer Robert Shapiro and Oscar winner Cuba Gooding, Jr., as Simpson) the promo's punchline is based on an unseen figure who would later become famous for just being famous.
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It's also fitting: The Simpson saga took conceptions of celebrity on a breathless Bronco chase that hasn't quite ended.
In the wake of the June 12, 1994, slayings of the former football great's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, lawyers (Shapiro, Johnny Cochran) became stars. Witnesses (Simpson houseguest Kato Kaelin) became household names. A once unknown judge (Lance Ito), after spending the day overseeing the so-called "Trial of the Century," went home and watched a gang of his doppelgängers dancing across the stage of "The Tonight Show."
The biggest transformation came for Simpson. The man whose popularity transcended sports like few other athletes went from hugely famous to forever infamous – whether or not you believed "The Juice" capable of double murderer.
The televised Simpson trial, as previously noted, offered glimpses of what Reality TV would become – not only for introducing the Kardashians, but in its portrayal of a Hollywood lifestyle not unfamiliar to current "Real Housewives of (Fill-in-the-Blank)" viewers. The case morphed into an around-the-clock celebrity obsession, before the Internet took hold. It also spurred a cottage industry of books and TV movies.
Now, more than 20 years after the verdict, the Mr. Simpson's wild ride is still charting new paths, traced in blood. The miniseries, which premiers Tuesday on FX, arrives at a time when the name Kardashian conjures images other than the most steadfast "Dream Team" member.
For those too young to remember the case as it alternately unfolded and took endless twists, 10 episodes might seem like too much O.J. But to those of us who can recall the intense 16 months between the slayings and the jury's "not guilty" verdict know there's a lot to pack in, even for a dramatized rendering.
The miniseries, based on one of the best books about the murders, Jeffrey Toobin's "The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson," appears primed to tap into the current hunger for long-form, true-crime exploration, as evidenced by the lure of documentaries like "The Jinx," "Serial" and "Making a Murderer."
While a TV drama seems unlikely to change the minds of folks who lived through the Simpson circus, newcomers might get a skewed impression, no matter how strong the source material.
As Goldman's father, Fred, recently told People magazine: "You are going to have people basing their beliefs on a movie. Last time I checked, we don't rely on movies for facts."
All the facts may never be known, at least not to everyone's satisfaction. Simpson, behind bars for robbery and kidnapping, isn't talking. Still, the impact of the case resounds – with echoes traveling far beyond Kim Kardashian's bedroom, at any age.
Jere Hester is Director of News Products and Projects at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is also the author of "Raising a Beatle Baby: How John, Paul, George and Ringo Helped us Come Together as a Family." Follow him on Twitter.


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A Rustic Wedding at Old River Farms in Burgaw, North Carolina
Laid-back couple Ashley Kesler (30 and a statistical programmer) and Brad Mitchell (30 and a home builder) hosted a rustic farm wedding featuring vintage grain silos and an weathered barn as the ceremony and reception sites. Guests sat on quilt-covered hay bales during the ceremony and were greeted in the nearby barn by lantern lit tables covered in lace and fresh flowers. Family and friends stayed overnight at cozy campsite accommodations and spent the evening dancing and playing games like corn hole, checkers and even Jenga with a gianat set that Brad made himself. "The whole wedding truly reflected us: outdoorsy, laid-back and fun-loving people," Ashley says. The couple worked together with their families to make most of the decor and flower arrangements. Ashley and Brad used pallets to create custom flower boxes and crafted a lighted backdrop for the bar and cake table. Brad's mother gathered roses, hydrangeas and gerbera daisies from a local nursery, and the wedding party came together to make all the bouquets the morning of. Brad and his groomsman even collected and decorated the arbor with fresh wisteria vines for a simple ceremony backdrop. The pair offered their guests five of their favorite local brews served from kegs to create a casual atmosphere. "We made our own favors by adding chalkboard stickers to mason jars, which doubled as drinking glasses for the event," Ashley says. —Juliette Cheatham
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CRC 2014 will be held 23-24 September 2014 at Pantages, a Skyline Hotel, just steps away from Downtown Toronto's art, entertainment and shopping districts, and is considered among the leading boutique hotels in the city.
Attracting delegates from The United States, Canada, Mexico, The Caribbean, and beyond, CRC 2014 will focus on all that the Canadian Resort marketplace has to offer for companies looking to expand into that market and insights into how to attract Canadian vacationers to other destination hotspots.
Session descriptions are slated to be released in a matter of days, and will include topics that will address the complexities of aging resorts and aging members, and preserving the traditional experience whilst adapting to changes in vacationing trends of younger generations. Other sessions will include pertinent issues affecting the state of the industry and updates from the Canadian Resort Development Association.
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Guard Seth Allen is leaving the Maryland basketball program.
The school announced Friday that Allen has been granted a request to be released. In two seasons with Maryland, Allen averaged 10 points and 2 1/2 assists over 56 games.
Coach Mark Turgeon says, "I've grown close to Seth and his family over the past few years, so I am disappointed he has decided to leave Maryland."
After missing the first 12 games of last season with a broken foot, Allen averaged 13.4 points and three assists. His best game came against Florida State, when he scored 32 points.
With a strong recruiting class coming in, Maryland has lost four players since the end of its 17-15 season: Allen, forward Nick Faust, center Shaq Cleare and guard Roddy Peters.
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- 1 cup fresh blueberries, picked over for stems
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- 2 tablespoons sugar
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- 3/4 cup buttermilk
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- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted, plus more butter for cooking and serving
- 1 egg, lightly whisked
- 1/2 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Maple syrup, for serving
- Combine the blueberries and 2 teaspoons of the flour in a small bowl, and toss to coat well. Set aside.
- Place the remaining flour and the corn flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a medium mixing bowl, and whisk to combine.
- Combine the buttermilk and milk in a separate mixing bowl. In a small bowl, whisk the melted butter and egg until well combined; then stir the egg mixture into the buttermilk mixture. Add the lemon zest and vanilla, and stir well. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, and stir until just combined; do not over-mix. Gently fold the blueberries into the batter, and set it aside to rest while the skillet is heating.
- Place a nonstick skillet over medium heat. When a drop of water dances across the surface, it is ready. Add a small pat of butter to the skillet, and then add about L cup batter for each pancake, fitting in as many as you can while leaving enough room to turn the pancakes. Cook until they are bubbly around the edges and the top surface is beginning to look slightly dry, 2 to 3 minutes. Turn them over and continue to cook until the pancakes are golden on the bottom and just cooked through, 1 to 2 minutes. Place on a warm plate and cover lightly with aluminum foil while you cook the remaining pancakes.
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The hunger fast for a moral US budget has gone spiritually viral. Ten days ago, we announced at the National Press Club that the budget debate had become a moral crisis. Prayer, fasting, and radical action are now required. Sojourners, the Alliance to End Hunger, and Bread for the World spearheaded this effort, but many more organisations, churches, and individuals have joined each day. We now have more than 30,000 participants and are still growing.
From large Christian groups such as World Vision and Opportunity International, to secular groups such as Women Thrive Worldwide and the ONE campaign; from labour unions such as the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which represents the poorest workers in the country, to MoveOn.org, involvement in this fast is amazingly broad.
Twenty-five members of Congress will join the fast, and this work is now referenced constantly on the House floor. More members continue to join, and they plan to have at least one member fasting every day until Easter by "passing the baton" on to their colleagues.
We are keeping the pressure on Congress through emails and phone calls as well as media coverage. CNN, Fox News, PBS, NPR, and many print and online outlets have highlighted the hunger fast. Every story is another opportunity to raise awareness about what is happening in Washington DC, and how it will affect the poor across our country and the world. Others are spreading the word by connecting with us on Facebook and Twitter (#HungerFast).
My favourite thing about these first 10 days of the fast has been the stories. For example, a doctor friend, calling with concerns about my health, said, "Well, I walked into church today and our youth group announced a 30-hour fast for the poor and a moral budget, and said they were inspired by your fast." Also, a Jewish activist joining our water fast told me he was re-reading the biblical story of Esther, who called the people to a public fast to change the king's mind. He spoke about the emotions he felt when he imagined his two-year-old daughter having the hunger pangs he was now experiencing. Low-income workers from my hometown of Detroit, Michigan came to one of our congressional events to thank us for fasting, and to say they were joining us.
Finally, we were given a very generous gift from Christ House, a 24-hour residential medical facility for homeless men and women in Washington DC, founded by the Church of the Savior. Gordon Cosby, the 94-year-old founder of the church who now lives at Christ House, told me that the homeless men and women had raised the money themselves. And when Gordon said, "I am praying for you every hour," I felt ready to take on the giants of Washington for another day.
The message of the fast gets clearer each day - fasting tends to focus you, and the message is that a budget is about the choices we make. This fast is not just about cutting spending, but about the values that will determine our priorities and decisions. Should we cut $8.5 billion for low-income housing, or $8.5 billion in mortgage tax deductions for second vacation homes? Should we cut $11.2 billion in early childhood programs for poor kids, or $11.5 billion in tax cuts for millionaires' estates? Should we cut $2.5 billion in home heating assistance in winter months, or $2.5 billion in tax breaks for oil companies and off-shore drilling? This debate isn't about scarcity as much as it is about choices.
This battle over a moral budget will be with us for a while, but it is bringing more and more Christians together -- from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to the Salvation Army, from the National Association of Evangelicals to the National Council of Churches, from Sojourners and Bread for the World to a growing number of other denominations and groups - a vision and strategy is coalescing to form a "circle of protection" around the most critical and life-saving programmes for the poorest and most vulnerable people in our communities.
The fast has energised the faith community, poverty and hunger organisations, and secular social change groups, and has helped to spark a broad and united movement for a moral budget. With 17 days left until Easter, we are continuing to create a spiritually empowered community ready to engage in the moral battle for a better budget, a better country, and a better world in the huge political fights that lie ahead. Join the hunger fast for a moral budget, and let's make this fast spiritually viral.
© Jim Wallis is the author of Rediscovering Values: A Guide for Economic and Moral Recovery, and CEO of Sojourners (www.sojo.net). He blogs at www.godspolitics.com. You can also follow Jim on Twitter @JimWallis. This article is reproduced as part of an ongoing agreement, with kind acknowledgements to our friends at Sojourners.


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8.6.2 Coupled Model Variability
220.127.116.11 Comparison with the instrumental record
Barnett (1999) concatenated the annual mean near-surface temperature anomaly fields from the first 100 years of integration of eleven CMIP control experiments to produce common empirical orthogonal functions (EOFs) for the eleven AOGCMs. By projecting the Global Sea Ice and Sea Surface Temperature (GISST) annual mean temperature anomaly data set (Rayner et al. 1996) onto these common EOFs, he was able to estimate to what extent model variability represented the observed variability. An analysis of the partial eigenvalue spectrum for the different models (Figure 8.17a) suggests that there is considerable disparity between the estimates of variability within the coupled models. Some of this disparity arises from model drift and other low-frequency variability. Intra-model disparity was much lower than inter-model disparity as demonstrated by a similar common EOF analysis obtained from ten 100 year segments in the 1,000 year GFDL_R15_a control run (Figure 8.17b). While the highest two modes were substantially underestimated in the GFDL_R15_a model, the higher modes agreed better with observations. Error bars on the observational data are large and when this is taken into account, model disagreement with observations may not be significant. As Barnett (1999) did not remove the trend over the 20th century in the GISST data set, the observations also contain responses to both natural and anthropogenic forcing. One would therefore expect control integrations from coupled climate models to underestimate the observed spectrum at low frequencies (e.g., Folland et al., 1999).
An analogous study by Stouffer et al. (2000) compared the surface air temperature variability from three long 1,000-year CMIP integrations (GFDL_R15_a, HadCM2, ECHAM3/LSG (Large-Scale Geostrophic ocean model)) to the variability found in the same observational data set (Jones and Briffa, 1992; Jones 1994). They argued that, over the instrumental period, the simulated variability on annual to decadal time-scales was fairly realistic both in terms of the geographical distribution and the global mean values with a notable exception of the poor simulation of observed tropical Pacific variability (Figure 8.18). The HadCM2 model substantially overestimated tropical Pacific variability, whereas it was underestimated in the GFDL_R15_a and ECHAM3/LSG models. They also noticed that on the inter-decadal time-scale, the greatest variance in the models was generally located near sea-ice margins close to regions of deep oceanic convection and associated with low-frequency variations of the thermohaline circulation. While the three models generally agreed on the dominant modes of variability, there was substantial inter-model disparity in the magnitude of each mode. The analysis of Stouffer et al. (2000) can easily be reconciled with Barnett (1999) by realising that Stouffer et al. (2000) examined a subset (GFDL_R15_a, HadCM2, ECHAM3/LSG models) of those CMIP models considered by Barnett (1999) that did not experience climate drift, and that less emphasis was placed on the poor resolution of tropical Pacific variability.
As an extension to the above analysis, Bell et al. (2000) compared annual mean surface air temperature variability in sixteen CMIP control simulations to the thermometer record, on time-scales of 1 year to 40 years (Figure 8.19). The authors found that: (1) thirteen of the sixteen CMIP models underestimate variability in surface air temperatures over the global oceans; (2) twelve of the sixteen models overestimate variability over land; (3) all the models overestimate the ratio of air temperature variability over land to variability over oceans. These results likely reflect problems in both the ocean and land-surface components of climate models. In particular, underestimation of variability over oceans may be due, at least in part, to weak or absent representations of El Niño in the models; overestimation of variability over land may be due to poor land surface parametrizations including insufficient soil moisture.
Duffy et al. (2000) also partitioned the CMIP models into those that are flux adjusted and those that are not. They defined two measures of temperature variability and applied them to the CMIP control simulations. The simulations differed substantially in the amount of temperature variability they showed. However, on time-scales of 1 year to 20 years, the flux adjusted simulations did not have significantly less variability than the non-flux adjusted simulations; there is some suggestion that they may have more variability. Thus it cannot be argued, for example, that the use of flux adjusted models in studies of detection of anthropogenic climate change tends to make observed temperature changes seem more significant than they should be, compared to natural internal climate variability. Nevertheless, it is still an open question as to how coupled model variability depends on internal model parameters and resolution.
188.8.131.52 Comparison with palaeo-data
There have been relatively few studies which have undertaken a systematic comparison of AOGCM variability with variability found in the Holocene proxy temperature record. However, three studies (from the MPI (Max Planck Institute), Hadley Centre and GFDL) that focus on the analysis of long control integrations are available. Barnett et al. (1996) demonstrated that the GFDL_R15_a (Stouffer et al., 1994) and ECHAM1/LSG (Cubasch et al., 1994) models underestimate the levels of decadal-scale variability in summer palaeo-temperature proxies from 1600 to 1950 (expanded version of Bradley and Jones, 1993), with increasing disparity with observations at lower frequencies.
Using annual and decadal mean near-surface palaeo-temperature reconstructions at seventeen locations Jones et al. (1998) demonstrated, through a principal component analysis, that the standard deviation of the GFDL_R15_a model (Stouffer et al., 1994) and the HadCM2 model (Johns et al., 1997; Tett et al., 1997) principal component time-series compared favourably with both proxy and observed data. Time-series of the top seven principal components did, however, show much less century time-scale variability than in the proxy time-series. This was especially true in the HadCM2 model that was dominated by tropic-wide decadal variability. Through cross-spectral analysis they concluded that the "GFDL control integration bears a remarkable similarity in its statistical properties to that obtained from the proxy data. In view of this similarity it appears the spatial structures from the control integration can be used to represent the spatial structures of naturally occurring variations in near-surface air temperature". This conclusion was also highlighted by Delworth and Mann (2000) who noted that both palaeo-temperature reconstructions (Mann et al., 1998) and the GFDL_R15_a coupled model suggest a distinct oscillatory mode of climate variability (with an approximate time-scale of about 70 years) of hemispheric scale and centred around the North Atlantic.
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Some people see it as a trend. But it is more than just a trend. It is a new design solution — it helps to resolve the design problems associated with the different resolutions and devices (desktop, laptop, tablet, and mobile). I'm going to share a list of responsive sites that I feel are nicely done. I've categorized the list into two categories: Adaptive and Fluid & Responsive.
Adaptive DesignThe following sites are examples of adaptive design. The design adapts based on the viewport width.
iAInformation Architects is one of my favorite minimal sites. It is simply beautiful. I admire the fact that such a beautiful design only uses two colors (black and red) with just web safe fonts, no texture images, no fancy Javascript effects or custom fonts. Transforming the navigation list menus into dropdown menus on smaller formats is very smart because it conserves a lot of space in the header.
Head LondonAlthough the Head London site is not fluid, but it did a pretty good job on the responsive layouts. The layout is consistently put together on each viewport layout. Most responsive sites use max-width to create fluid images (refer to my Responsive Design tutorial), but the images on Head is masked at full size.
Food SensePay attention to see how the Food Sense site responds. It flows from detailed 2-column layout with sidebar to 1-column layout. As the design gets smaller, it gets more minimal. The slider has 2 line of navigation text at the bottom on the large format, it then changes from two lines of text to one line, the text then disappears on the small format. The navigation menu has icons on the large formats. The menu icons disppear on the smaller formats.
Fork CMSGo to the Fork CMS site, resize your browser window. Notice the parallax scrolling effect on the water waves? That is fun. However, I don't agree on hiding the feature icons as it goes smaller because readers with small viewport will lose some of those information.
London and PartnersDesign wise, I'm not a big fan of this site, London and Partners. But the responsive layouts are very well planned - from a large format 4-column layout to a small 1-column layout. Most responsive sites hide certain content as it goes smaller, but this site keeps it all. It shows that even content-rich site can be responsive.
Fluid & ResponsiveNow let's take a look at the fluid and responsive sites. The following sites not only respond base on the viewport width, but the layouts and its content are fluid/elastic.
BitfoundryWhat caught my attention with Bitfoundry is the intro text. First I thought the resizable ribbon was a background image using background-size property, but it turned out that is an tag with z-index applied. This is a nice trick to make resizable background image because CCS3 background-size is not cross browser yet.
Ethan MarcotteEthan Marcotte, being the founder of responsive design and author of Responsive Web Design book, his site of course is responsive. Instead of using max-width to make the images responsive, Ethan uses some CSS tricks to clip the images at original size.
Paul Robert LloydOn Paul Robert Lloyd's site, not only the layout is responsive, but the font size is also responsive. On larger viewport, the font size is slightly bigger which provides more comfortable reading on large monitors. This is a good usability touch.
10K ApartIf you have a large display, maximize your browser's window and check out 10K Apart. Then resize your browser's window and watch the header images scrolls in opposite direction.
Forefathers GroupThe Forefathers Group has great attention to details and it flows nicely across all viewport sizes. The overall design is very graphical. However, on the small version, it seems a lot of graphic elements were removed. It would be nice to preserve some of the graphic elements using background-size property.
Colbow DesignUnlike the Forefathers Group site shown above, Colbow Design preserves all the graphic details on all viewport layouts. Colbow Design creatively uses tiled background images (header image, city illustration and footer image) to deliver a consistent appearance throughout all resolutions.
CSS TricksBeside of responsive design, CSS Tricks adds some transition effects to make the flow more interesting. Resize your browser window and watch the elements transit from one point to another.
Electric PulpI like how Electric Pulp responds from a 3-column layout to 2-column and then a single column. However, the resizable header image doesn't work that well on smaller versions. The text becomes illegible.
Further Reading
- Mediaqueri.es, a gallery dedicated on responsive sites
- Best Web Gallery - responsive section
- Responsive Design with Media Queries
- Ethan Marcotte's 20 Favorite Responsive Sites
- Skeleton - Boilerplate for responsive
- 320px and up - the small screen first boilerplate
- Fitvids.js - jQuery plugin for fluid video embeds (similar to Elastic Videos trick by TJK Design)


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Michigan wound up with far right Republicans in control of state government during the GOP sweep of 2010. This has led to problems including passing a so-called "right to work" law, attempts to restrict reproductive rights, and state government attempting to ignore the will of the voters in legalization of medical marijuana. While most states have given up on the idea of trying to rig elections, many Michigan Republicans are still pushing for this:
Republicans handed Bobby Schostak another two-year term as state chairman Saturday and overwhelmingly endorsed a plan to change Michigan presidential electoral vote rules in a way opponents charge is intended to distort election results in favor of GOP candidates.
By a 1,370-132 margin at the party convention in Lansing, GOP members approved a resolution backing a proposal from Rep. Pete Lund, R-Shelby Township, to divvy-up 14 of the state's 16 electoral votes according to which candidate got the most votes in each congressional district. The other two would go to the state-wide vote total winner.
That switch from a winner-take-all formula that has been in effect 175 years could water down the dominance Democrats have had in Michigan in presidential elections for the last 24 years.
Critics say the plan would have given Mitt Romney nine of Michigan's 16 electoral votes last year, although he lost by more than 500,00 votes to President Barack Obama state-wide. With the win, Obama captured all 16 Michigan electoral votes.
Lund introduced a bill to make the revision last year but it was unsuccessful. Hesaid he intends to reintroduce it in 2013, but leaders of the Republican majorities in both legislative chambers haven't publicly announced a position on it.
The current winner take all system in effect in all but two states might sound undemocratic, but provides results far closer to the national popular vote than allocating electoral votes by Congressional district. Under the current system, the winner of the popular vote has won the vast majority of elections. The 2000 election provided a notable exception with Al Gore winning the popular vote but George Bush winning the electoral vote. Reviews of the results in Florida afterwards did show that Gore would have won Florida (and therefore the election) if there was a state-wide recount, but not in the more limited recounts sought by Gore which were ultimately shut down by the Supreme Court.
There are two problems with the Republican proposal to allocate electoral votes based upon Congressional districts. Republicans hold a larger number of Congressional districts than they should receive based upon numbers of votes for each party due to gerrymandering. Even if not for gerrymandering, the concentration of Democratic voters in cities compared to the more rural Republican voters would result in Democrats controlling a smaller number of Congressional districts–winning by larger margins in cities than Republicans would win in other areas.
While is is preferable that the winner of the popular vote becomes president, allocating electoral votes by state helps to level out these issues and provides a result far closer to the popular vote than the Republican proposal would. Of course the Republican proponents realize this and prefer rigging elections to providing a platform which more voters would support. Even many Republicans oppose this. Hopefully some oppose this in support of democracy. Other motivating factors for some Republicans is the hope that they can carry an entire state and receive all of its electoral votes in the future, and fear of their state becoming less meaningful to candidates and receiving less attention during elections.


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The 13th Annual Benjamin Menschel Distinguished Lecture will be "Genealogy, Genetics and African American History," delivered by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher, Jr. University Professor at Harvard University and founding director of The Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. His most recent project is the critically acclaimed PBS documentary series, The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross (2013), which he wrote, executive produced and hosted along with co-authoring the series' companion book with historian Donald Yacovone. Professor Gates is Editor-in-Chief of TheRoot.com, a daily online magazine focusing on issues of interest to the African American community.
Professor Gates also is the author of several works of literary criticism and has edited, co-edited, rediscovered or championed dozens of works of African American fiction, many now considered to be canonical works including, most recently, Solomon Northup's 12 Years a Slave. Professor Gates has received 51 honorary degrees and the MacArthur Foundation "Genius Award," and a National Humanities Medal. He has been named one of Time magazine's "25 Most Influential Americans" and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2006, he was inducted into the Sons of the American Revolution after tracing his lineage back to John Redman, a Free Negro who fought in the Revolutionary War.
The Benjamin Menschel Distinguished Lectureship is made possible through the generosity of the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation. Now in its thirteenth year, this highly regarded lecture series has provided a public platform for some of the most renowned scientists and prominent intellectuals of our time.
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Home Page Press Kosteniuk to Conduct May 8 Simul in Cherry Hill
|Kosteniuk to Conduct May 8 Simul in Cherry Hill
|By Dan Herman
|May 4, 2010
CHERRY HILL, NJ- There are still a few spots left at the Alexandra Kosteniuk simul in
Cherry Hill this weekend. Ms. Kosteniuk will be playing 30 players,
ranging from beginner to expert, at Cherry Hill High School West, in
Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Afterwards, she will meet players and
deliver an afternoon seminar on her best games. For more information
or to register for the event, go to www.greaterchchess.com or call Dan Herman at (856) 287-2393."


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Miranda Lambert Buys Carrie Underwood a Motorcycle
Miranda Lambert surprised Carrie Underwood with a brand new motorcycle on Saturday! Underwood shared a picture of herself atop the black and chrome two-wheeler late Saturday night, admitting she needs a little training before hitting the open road.
The gift may have been a thank you gift for recording and performing 'Something Bad' on Lambert's new 'Platinum' album. The ride is definitely "Something Bad," in the best way possible. Underwood looks ready to ride in this picture, although she'll need proper clothing … we're thinking boots, a helmet, leather jacket and maybe a pair of riding chaps.
Both Lambert and Underwood enjoyed playful weekends. Earlier the 'Good Girl' singer tweeted a picture of a slip and slide, before later admitting they had to stop sliding early. "We had to rename the "slip 'n slide" after one of our daredevils got stitches. It is now called the 'slip 'n slash,'" she said on Twitter.
Lambert spent her weekend in Ardmore, Okla., riding horses. You can see pictures of her fun HERE. 'Platinum' is in stores on June 3 but the two country women will be reprising their Billboard performance of 'Something Bad' on June 4 at the CMT Music Awards.
Everything You Need to Know About 'Platinum' in 60 Seconds


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This case study is the first of a two part series. The information below reflects the events of April 25th, 2011 from a human standpoint, without critical regard to process or tactical considerations, or future implications, which will be covered in Part II.
Social media and health care, the conundrum of all conundrums. While social media facilitates a quickness and level of transparency that contrasts starkly with the inherently private nature of health care, there are moments and glimpses that show us that the two can coexist, and quite effectively. Because much of what I do here at Emory Healthcare involves social media, I'm an advocate for its use and believe in the benefits of social media for health care organizations. To name a few, social media breaks down geographic barriers to traditional support groups. It allows us to keep important health and wellness factors top of mind. We can use social media to discuss health news and innovations in real time or solve problems for patients, families, and communities looking for a quick solution, or an outlet and set of ears to listen. In all of these cases, social media proves time and time again to be a trusted source for getting answers, engaging with peers and businesses, and resolving problems. On April 25th, I had a chance to participate in a social media dialogue that will forever impact my life, and potentially the realm of health care social media.
At 11:06 am on April 25, we received a tweet from Matthew Browning, who was playing a critical role in helping his wife and family in getting through a crisis situation. The tweet read as follows, "@emoryhealthcare NEED HELP NOW!! Grandma w/ RUPTURED AORTA needs Card Surgeon/OR ASAP, STAT! can you accept LifeFlight NOW!!?"
While much of our social media is proactive and conversational, when we receive a tweet like Matthew's, everything changes. We must immediately throw out the process flowcharts, remove all barriers, and act. Instantaneously, things shift into high gear and a number of contacts in a variety of departments are contacted to get the right information as quickly as possible. Within minutes, we tweeted back to Matthew, "@MatthewBrowning Matthew, please either call 911 or have your grandma's doctor call our transfer service to get immediate help: 404-686-8334."
What was most important here was giving Matthew information he could act on. When using Twitter, messages can only be 140 characters, so it was critical to include the most necessary information for him to get immediate assistance. The reason we provided the number for the transfer service will be discussed in detail in part two of the case study.
Four minutes later, at 11:21 am, Matthew responded, "@emoryhealthcare We are doing that! She is in small South Georgia hosp right now- but needs MAJOR help- We are calling, thanks!" We responded "@MatthewBrowning keep us posted & please let us know if there is anything else we can do to help. We're keeping you both in our thoughts." Matthew sent a tweet one minute later, "@hospitalpolicygrp @emoryhealthcare Thank you for your help!" Followed by "@emoryhealthcare Look for STAT Transfer from South Georgia, accept her if able and we'll see you soon Thanks!"
16 minutes later, at 11:41 am Matthew's wife's grandmother was on a lifeflight to Emory. "@emoryhealthcare Thank you for accepting her- She is on the LifeFlight to you now- Bless you all and Thank you!!"
Our dialogue with Matthew on Monday continued on through the day, and not all of the tweets we received or sent are included above, but if that doesn't show you the power of social media, I don't know what will. It's true that the same outcome may have taken place if it had not been for social media. But when a life is hanging in the balance and minutes, not hours make the difference, the risk of ignoring technology such as social media to intervene and save a life is one we're not willing to take. As Matthew mentioned when I spoke with him via phone on Tuesday, "when you've got a ruptured aorta as a diagnosis, you can't think. You gotta just move."
And move he did. As a Registered Nurse and founder of Your Nurse is On, a health care staffing application, Matthew's circle of health care peers and friends is not a small one. Using Twitter, email, and LinkedIn, he was able to make more contacts in minutes than anyone could in hours with traditional technologies. At the same time, phone calls were being made from the hospital trying to find a hospital to transfer his wife's grandmother to, "we got lots of nos," Matthew told me Tuesday. Thankfully, in this case we were able to be there. When he reached out to us via Twitter our team had the ability and capacity to help. "We group-sourced something to people with a common interest and achieved a medical miracle," Matthew said.
While HIPAA and patient privacy considerations are of the utmost priority when it comes to any health care related dialogue, there are moments in which common sense and the willingness and desire to save a life has to take a front seat. He recalled that when his wife's grandmother was on her way via lifeflight, a surgeon had been lined up, but a bed had not. But in times of crisis, like he says, you just move. And like Matthew moved to make contact with his network in minutes, our team of physicians, nurses, and staff moved to make sure our patient was accommodated. "That's the pace of health care," he says.
In this case, health care and social media not only coexisted, but mirrored each other in pace to keep alive the possibility of saving a life. Without the quickness of social media, that helicopter may have never been dispatched. It's our commitment and our passion in health care to do everything we can to make sure the things we can control go well. On April 25, Twitter was a tool we used to help make that happen.
Very unfortunately, we learned from Matthew via Twitter that his wife's grandmother passed away on Monday evening. He told us "@emoryhealthcare Thank You for your valiant efforts on behalf of our Grandmother – your team is awesome and their compassion unrivaled- thx".
We are and will continue to keep Matthew, his wife, and their family members in our hearts and thoughts. When I spoke to him on Tuesday, though, he had a humbling peace about him, as though he knew everything possible was done. The series of events that took place on Monday, April 25 were no doubt humbling and powerful for all of us involved. This experience has shown us what we already believed, that social media has the power to truly change the landscape of health care and impact and potentially save individual lives because of it.
Thank you to Matthew Browning and his wife, Phoebe, for reaching out a hand and for the dedication, care, and love they have shown us and the health care community despite tremendously chaotic circumstances. Welcome to our Emory Healthcare family.
Related Links
Can Twitter Help Save Lives? A Health Care Social Media Cast Study, Part II
Emory Healthcare on Twitter
Matthew Browning on Twitter
Author: Morgan Griffith, Interactive Marketing Manager, Emory Healthcare
Tags: case study, community, patient story, patient-centered care, risk, social media


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To extrapolate to 2025, indulge me as I go back to the year 2005 to extrapolate. Ten years ago, iPhone was still not introduced (iPhone 1 got introduced on June 29, 2007). Smartphones were rare. Internet was not a household item. Cloud was not there. Tablets were not there. In fact, none of the technologies mentioned in the previous paragraph were there. In ten years we have come a long way.
Let me add an anectode about how I witnessed this ride in the last 10 years. In 2005, I joined University at Buffalo as an Assistant professor, and started teaching CSE 646: Wireless and Mobile Computing, a graduate level project-based course on wireless sensor networks. In order to pique the interest of my students, I would start the class by a review-assignment on a short science-fiction story by Vernor Vinge, "Synthetic Serendipity". (If you have 10-15 minutes, do read this story; it is really good.) So, every year, we would talk about which technology mentioned in this short story may get realized soon. A funny thing started to happen around 2010. It seemed like, every year we would find a couple technologies mentioned in the book to get realized: Google Glass, delivery drones, Arduinos, robot sets for education, augmented reality, BitCoin, holograms, etc.
This leads me to be optimistic about the kind of progress we would see in the next 10 years. (Ok, maybe not as optimistic as the singularity guys and what their law of accelerating returns predict.) Let me wear my wizard hat, and look into my crystal ball. (I will stick to predicting only computing related advances with which I have some familiarity.)
Advances in machine learningMachine learning is all the rage now. Thanks to big data and cloud computing, machine learning stole the show in the recent years. However, machine learning is still just simple statistical learning today. In other words it is still in its infancy. I think we are going to see much better technology and accelerated progress in machine learning in the coming years. Five years ago, I would not put singularity before 2150-2200 timeline. Nowadays, I am not so sure. The AI winter is over, and AI is blooming. With all the attention it is receiving we are bound to witness more breakthroughs in machine learning.
I wager that by 2025 we can expect to have AI as smart as a 3rd-grader. This AI will of course be a savant at book/Google knowledge in specialized fields, but in addition it will be able to synthesize and contextualize the information and use cognition as well as a 3rd-grader can. (This article summarizes cognitive capabilities of an 8-10 year old.)
This will of course be accessible through our smartphones. Siri will get that good. We will have a personal asistant who has human intelligence at the level of a 3rd-grader, and who will have all the world's knowledge accessible through filtering of a 3rd grader's synthesis/creative capability. It was already uncanny when I witnessed my 4 year old having a conversation with Siri a couple months ago. I wonder how this would feel to the middle-aged and elderly. It may come as a total culture shock and be an alienating experience as predicted in the Synthetic Serendipity story.
This is the pattern of software-based innovation. Software-based innovation virtualizes a physical thing, and then improves on it every year thanks to the availability of exponentially more computing/querying power. By 2025, we will have a virtual personal assistant, virtual nanny, virtual teacher, and a virtual doctor in our smartphones.
If you have missed the movie "Her", schedule sometime to watch it. I thought it was pretty good. Come to think of it, in the most recent Terminator movie the SkyNet was rising from the smartphones. Coincidence?
Advances in Internet of Things (IoT)Arduino and maker movement made a splash. Raspberry Pie is already getting dirt cheap. Yet, the Internet of Things domain is still looking for a killer application. I expect the killer application to arrive, and obviously I don't know what it will be. Maybe it will be in querying the physical spaces as well as we can query the cyber space with Google. Being able to query for car keys at the house, or items in schools, warehouses. I don't know. Maybe we will become a security/surveillance-obsessed community and employ IoT to record/query audio and video.
In any case, I wager that IoT will finally take off. I include 3D-printing technology as auxiliary to IoT. In 2025, you may not quite be able to download and print a car, but I believe we will start downloading and printing toy cars for our children at least. (Whatever you can't print at home will be printed at an Amazon warehouse nearby and will be drone-delivered to you within a couple hours.) Of course the toy car would be steerable from the Internet and it would streaming videos to YouTube :-) Most amazing of technologies always start as toys, then find serious use. I remember in 2005 I had an argument with a graduate student who thought "the newly released Google Maps was a silly toy idea because we already have paper maps" (I kid you not).
Printable IoT utensils/tools/gadgets may help revolutionalize/democratize retail the way cloud computing revolutionalized/democratized the IT startups domain. Walmart's business may be in jeopardy in 2025, because printable IoT technology will accelerate the innovation in consumer items/tools and bridge the gap between idea to production and delivery in retail. If you have a good idea for a smart kitchen utensil, you will be able to prototype it and get it into production and retail at large-scale quickly. This will be like Kickstarter on steroids. We may see next Instagrams, Dropboxes, Apples(?), flourish in the domain of printable IoTs.
The way cloud computing provided pay-per-use elastic-scalability to software-as-a-service, an IoT printing platform can provide pay-per-use elastic-scalability to retail-as-a-service. Amazon was the cloud computing platform provider which facilitated/accelerated IT-based startups. Can Amazon be the platform provider for IoT printing business as well? Wow, I might have figured out Amazon's convergent strategy to world domination in 2025.
Software is already eating the world, and by 2025 software will be rebuilding/reintegrating to the world. Maybe for future science-fiction reading in my classes, I should assign Neil Stephenson's "Diamond Age", which is set in a future world in which programmable-nanotechnology affects all aspects of life.


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G.O.O.D. Music rapper Kanye West has yet again found himself in the middle of a copyright infringement lawsuit thanks to his 2005 single "Gold Digger." AllHipHop.com reports that Trena Steward and Lorenzo Pryor, the children of the late David Pryor, are suing West and a number of labels for allegedly sampling Pryor's 1974 record "Bumpin' Bus Stop."
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Others targeted in the copyright/RICO lawsuit include Roc-A-Fella Records, Bad Boy Records, Stones Throw Records, and even video game publisher Activision.
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