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Sarasota is one of only a handful of places across the country where Tommy Bahama fans can buy a tropical shirt and enjoy a fruity cocktail all in the same venue.
The retail-and-restaurant chain is throwing an anniversary party this weekend to celebrate the brand's 20th year in business since its debut in 1993.
The theme? "Make Life One Long Weekend."
Tommy Bahama's 20-year record of retail success shows how the brand is adaptable and able to do something a little different to attract new customers and keep the older fans coming back for more.
The restaurant-store combinations more than double the sales per square foot of the brand's retail-only sites, Terry Pillow, the chain's chief executive, told media outlets last year.
Other retail chains have capitalized on pairing apparel with food, too.
Nordstrom is known for its cafes and restaurants Bazille and Ebar inside Tampa's International Plaza. Florida's first American Girl store, a concept that pairs a doll for girls with a set of books, opened this year at The Falls in Miami with a bistro that accepts reservations.
The Tommy Bahama at 300 John Ringling Blvd. on St. Armand's Circle in Sarasota is participating in the weekend-long celebration. The party starts Friday inside the retail store, where from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., shoppers can enjoy live music, refreshments and giveaways. The restaurant will offer a special "island time happy hour" on Friday and a special menu through the weekend.
The menu includes selections from the first Tommy Bahama restaurant, bar and store in Naples, such as classic Key West conch fritters, boca chica chicken and a Barbados brownie.
Publix debuts catering
Publix debuted a full-service catering department in two markets in Florida.
The Publix Aprons Event Planning Catering program offers shoppers customized menus, on-site meal preparation, venue coordination and serving staff for parties and events.
The Lakeland-based grocer has offered event planning catering services since 2001 on a limited basis, but recently combined the program with its Aprons Cooking School.
The service is being offered only in Plantation and Jacksonville now.
It is unclear when the service will be expanded into Southwest Florida and other areas.
Best Buy stores ship
Best Buy will begin shipping online orders from all of its stores instead of the 50 stores now filling online orders.
During the next six months to a year, Best Buy expects to ship all online orders from its nearest store to cut the time it takes to deliver merchandise.
The "ship-from-store" method shows that the retail industry may be moving away from using large distribution centers.
Justine Griffin, the Herald- Tribune's retail and tourism reporter, can be reached at 361-4951 or at justine.griffin@ heraldtribune.com. Follow her on Twitter @SunBizGriffin and her daily blog at whatsinstore. blogs.heraldtribune.com/.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced three executive appointments: James McNamara has been named to the newly created position of managing executive at the Division of Trading and Markets, and James Burns will become a deputy director within the same division. Erica Williams will become the SEC's deputy chief of staff, replacing Burns.
McNamara is currently an assistant director in the SEC's Office of Financial Management. In his new position he will be responsible for the administrative and operational aspects of the Division of Trading and Markets, including human resources, budget, information technology and strategic planning.
McNamara previously worked in the Division of Trading and Markets from 2003 to 2005, when he served as a branch chief for administration. He then moved to the Office of Financial Management and became a branch chief for budget formulation and performance management until 2006, when he left to work in the private sector. McNamara returned to the SEC's Office of Financial Management in 2010, serving as the agency's budget officer for a year before becoming an assistant director. He received his bachelor's degree in history from Brown University.
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Burns has been a member of SEC chairwoman Mary Schapiro's staff since March 2010, most recently serving as the agency's deputy chief of staff. He advised Schapiro on the development and execution of the agency's rulemaking and policy agenda as well as other key agency initiatives, and also served as counsel to her on issues involving the Division of Trading and Markets, including the agency's analysis and response to the "flash crash" on May 6, 2010, and numerous other market structure and Dodd-Frank related rulemaking, studies and programs.
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There's a good reason more than half of Americans pay someone else to prepare their taxes: It's easy to make mistakes.
Rushing to meet a high-pressure deadline like tax day it can be even easier to slip up.
The growing popularity of tax preparation software and websites has managed to cut down on many mistakes. But whether you are filing an e-form or a traditional paper form, mistakes are still all-too common.
And those mistakes can end up costing you. You may not end up facing a larger tax bill or penalties if your misstep is small enough, it could end up netting you a smaller refund or at the very least delaying the arrival of your refund -- and nobody wants that.
Keep that in mind as you try to avoid these five common tax mistakes ...
No. 5: Math errors
Jimmy has four apples. If Uncle Sam takes two of those apples, how many will Jimmy have left? Less than if he had checked his math and realized he only owed Sam one apple.
As kids, we used such simple word problems to master addition and subtraction. As years go by though, those can fade for even the best of us.
That may explain why, according to the IRS, simple math mistakes are one of the most common missteps made on tax returns each year.
Remember to always check -- and even double check -- your math when preparing your return. Especially if you're rushing to make the midnight deadline, it can be easy to forget to carry the one.
Your math error may end up working in your favor, resulting in an IRS correction that nets you more money than expected. However, it can just as likely cost you money -- not to mention interest payments, penalties, etc.
No. 4: Screwing up personal information
It's amazing how simply transposing a couple digits on your tax return can end up indefinitely delaying your tax return.
But that's just what can happen if you goof up your social security number or your bank's routing information. Making such mistakes with your personal information can actually be worse than screwing up your math.
That's because the wrong bank account information could send your refund bouncing back to the IRS or straight into someone else's account. Considering that the IRS has no procedure for recovering lost electronically transferred funds, you could be out of luck.
At the very least, making such mistakes with your personal information can slow down your payment as you wait for the IRS to sort it out.
And filling out the wrong social security numbers, or forgetting to fill them in completely, can have the IRS disallowing certain tax breaks tied to your taxpayer identification number.
No. 3: Forgetting unearned income
Trust us, you don't want to overlook interest income, dividends, capital gains and other unearned income on your return. After all, the bank does tell the IRS about every penny you earn.
Those pesky 1099 forms that go to the tax agency include your social security number, so even if you don't remember that unearned income, the IRS will.
If you owe taxes on that income, the IRS will let you know. If they don't catch it right away, you could end up also owing interest and penalties on the unreported income.
When it comes to actually reporting that income, be sure to figure any taxes you do owe correctly. If you're subject to the alternative minimum tax, keep an eye on box 9 of the 1099-INT form. Another box of interest is 1b (qualified dividends) of the 1099-DIV form, which are eligible for lower capital gains tax rates.
No. 2: Not filing on time
The IRS reports that up to 20 percent of Americans wait until the last week to file. Just something to think about as you rush around on tax day trying to get everything done.
But make sure you do get everything in on time. Because once you are late with your taxes, you've opened a Pandora's box that can get worse with each passing day -- literally.
The IRS will start charging you interest payments, compounded daily, as soon as you are late. Then there are the penalties for filing late, which varies depending on how much you owe and how late you are.
While you can file for a six-month extension using Form 4868, you still need to file that form and pay any tax you owe by the regular filing deadline.
Really, it's much better to get it all over with and not end up paying more to the IRS than you need to.
No. 1: Forgetting to sign your return
Don't make perhaps the most embarrassing tax mistake of all -- sign your return.
According to the IRS, 1 million people each year forget to take that one final, simple step.
If you're filing electronically, you obviously don't have to worry about this step. Besides the fact there are no physical papers to actually sign, tax preparation software and websites won't send your return to the IRS without every step being complete.
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Not signing your forms -- or forgetting to have your spouse sign if filing jointly -- won't kill your return, but it could put your last-minute filing past the deadline and will delay any return you have coming.
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Chef Kris Wessel of Florida Cookery in Miami Beach, Florida, shared this recipe as part of a Palm Tree Christmas menu he created exclusively for Epicurious. You can also use this orange glaze on a 12-pound bone-in pork loin. See the Cook's Note for cooking times.
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- Makes 10 to 12 servings
- 1 (10- to 12-pound) fully cooked, trimmed, bone-in smoked ham (shank end), room temperature
- 2 cups freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 3/4 cup bourbon
- 1/2 cup guava or apple jelly, warmed
- 2 large shallots, peeled and thinly sliced
- 3 whole allspice
- 3 whole cloves
- Zest of 1 orange plus 2 oranges cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices
- 1 (2-inch-long) piece fresh ginger, peeled and grated
- Special Equipment
- 1 (10- by 14-inch) roasting pan; toothpicks; pastry brush
- Position a rack in the lower third of oven and preheat to 325°F.
- Using a sharp knife, score the fat covering the ham in a 3/4-inch-wide diamond pattern (do not cut into the meat). Place the ham in a 10-by-14-inch roasting pan and add 1 cup water. Roast the ham for 2 hours.
- While the ham is roasting, prepare the glaze: In a heavy, medium saucepan over moderately low heat, combine 1 cup orange juice, brown sugar, and bourbon. Bring to a simmer and continue simmering for 10 minutes. Add the guava or apple jelly, shallots, allspice, and cloves, and continue simmering until slightly reduced, about 5 minutes. Add the orange zest and the remaining 1 cup orange juice, and bring to a boil. Continue boiling until thickened, about 5 minutes. Add the orange slices and fresh ginger, and cook until the orange slices are tender, about 2 minutes.
- Once the ham has been in the oven for two hours, drape the glazed orange slices over the ham, securing them with toothpicks, and brush the ham and oranges with about 1/2 cup of glaze, reserving the remainder for serving. Continue roasting the ham until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part registers 145°F, about 30 minutes.
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- Remove the toothpicks from the ham and arrange the orange slices on a platter. Slice the ham and arrange on top of the oranges. Warm the remaining glaze and serve alongside.
Cooks' note:
To use this orange glaze on a 12-pound bone-in pork loin, roast the loin in a 350°F oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part registers 145°F, about 1 1/2 hours, adding the oranges and glaze for the last 30 minutes of cooking.


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Massachusetts tax scholarships as income
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick wants a state income tax increase that would raise the rate from 5.25 to 6.25 percent.
But his proposals also include eliminating deductions on a number of personal expenses. Among those deductions Patrick wants to eliminate are deductions for any income derived from college scholarships.
Patrick says he's closing loopholes and that his tax plan, offset by a proposed reduction in the state sales tax, will raise $1.3 billion annually.
Weymouth Republican state Sen. Bob Hedlund says the governor is making a mistake by trying to tax scholarships.
"He's been saying since he was elected that he wants to promote education, but in an effort to avoid cutting any spending, he's planning to tax the very thing that helps people get an education," Hedlund said.
Hedlund adds that he doesn't believe the governor's budget will make it out of the legislature because Democratic House Speaker Robert DeLeo has proposed his own budget.
Greater Boston Tea Party Coordinator Christine Moribito believes that while Hedlund says the governor's budget may be dead, that doesn't mean the specific proposals are.
She adds that in Massachusetts, tax proposals seem to live on, no matter how misguided.
"Yes, that's true (that the scholarship tax isn't dead). All of the proposed tax increases are ridiculous. We don't need to raise taxes on anything," Moribito said.
"We need to be concerned about the debt we're leaving for the next generation not passing on increased tax burdens," Moribito said.
Political analyst, columnist, and radio talk show host Jeffrey Kuhner says that Patrick's proposal to tax scholarships is anti-growth and an assault on Americans.
"Frankly, I don't think we should tax anything. We're overtaxed. We should be cutting taxes to grow the economy," Kuhner said. "The state government has more than enough money if they would go after the waste, fraud, and abuse."
Massachusetts' fiscal conservatives are railing against the governor and the legislature's tax proposals, but they're doing it without the help of Massachusetts' social conservatives.
Many Massachusetts social conservatives believe they're being shut out by the Greater Boston Tea Party, a movement that some social activists believe is trying to completely avoid the moral issues.
Massachusetts Family Association President Kris Mineau agrees and says the Greater Boston Tea Party is making a major tactical blunder.
"I think the Tea Party movement is making a big mistake in totally avoiding the social issues, especially those upholding the traditional values of life and marriage," Mineau said.
Mineau says it's perfectly acceptable to use the money issues as leverage to garner more participation. He adds that the budgetary woes have their roots in the ethical principles.
"We agree that the rallying points are about the national debt and the largess of government, but both issues have strong root causes related to life and marriage," Mineau said.
Mineau gives some examples.
"Since Roe v Wade 40 years ago, there are 55 million fewer citizens in America. That means 55 million fewer taxpayers to support Medicare and Social Security, never mind the productive and creative geniuses we've lost," Mineau said.
"The nuclear family, a married father, mother and children, is the best department of health, education and welfare, not the government. Married couples earn more money and enjoy better health than do singles over a lifetime," Mineau said.
"A child raised in a home with a married father and mother does markedly better in all measurements of health, academic achievement and social behavior, and carries those strengths into adulthood," Mineau said.
"Conversely, dysfunctional, unmarried or divorced households costs American taxpayers $113 billion annually due to welfare, substance abuse and crime. Massachusetts spends almost $1 billion annually," Mineau said.
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Intelligence Oversight and Surveillance Reform Act - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to provide additional requirements for obtaining orders for business records in counterterrorism investigations, including that the records sought pertain to a foreign power, an agent of a foreign power, or an individual in contact with, or known to a suspected agent of, a foreign power. Requires additional information if the applicant is seeking a nondisclosure requirement in connection with such request. Allows the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to apply for renewals of nondisclosure requirements.
Authorizes the Attorney General (AG), on an emergency basis and under specified conditions, to require the production of call data records by the provider of a wire or electronic communication service.
Imposes additional requirements on the authorized use of pen registers and trap and trace devices (devices for recording incoming and outgoing telephone numbers), including that: (1) the information sought must pertain to a foreign power, agent thereof, or individual in contact with or known to such an agent; and (2) the application must contain a statement of proposed minimization procedures (procedures designed to minimize the acquisition and retention of such information and to prohibit its unauthorized dissemination).
Prohibits any U.S. officer or employee from conducting a search of a collection of communications in order to find the communications of a particular U.S. person. Provides exceptions.
Includes among the procedures the Attorney General is required to adopt for targeting persons outside the United States to acquire foreign intelligence information procedures that are reasonably designed to limit the acquisition of the contents of any communication to communications to which any party is a target of the acquisition or communications that refer to such target, if such communications are acquired to protect against international terrorism. Requires acquisition authorization when a significant purpose is to acquire the communications of a particular, known person reasonably believed to be in the United States (thereby, in effect, disallowing random or reverse acquisition targeting). Prohibits the use against any U.S. person of unlawfully obtained information, except with the consent of such person or if the information indicates a threat of death or serious bodily harm to any person. Provides for challenges to surveillance by U.S. persons.
Establishes within the judiciary a Constitutional Advocate to review each application to and decision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA Court). Authorizes the Advocate to participate in FISA Court proceedings or a petition review pool proceeding and to appeal any decisions of such bodies. Requires the AG to publicly disclose certain decisions of the FISA Court and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review. Allows for certain Advocate petitions to such Courts.
Revises requirements for national security letters (drafted by the FBI and requesting communications records of a person or entity) to require the Director to certify reasonable grounds to believe that such records pertain to a foreign power, agent thereof, or individual in contact with or known to such agent. Provides similar requirements with respect to national security letters requesting financial or consumer report records. Requires additional information in the public reporting on the use of national security letters.
Allows electronic service providers to publicly report on information provided under FISA orders and national security letters. Exempts such providers from liability with respect to such reports. Revises generally requirements concerning government reporting on the use of FISA orders.
Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to remove the AG as a required intermediary for subpoenas in connection with authorized activities of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.


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A couple of weeks ago, Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat made a suggestion: Let's tear down the viaduct before we make a decision about how to replace it. After all, between the time the viaduct is torn down and the time a replacement is built, we're going to have to make a lot of changes to the way we move vehicles through this city. These changes might work well enough to make us think differently about what's necessary.
Westneat reminds us that most Seattleites, even transportation experts, expected the September, 2005 bus tunnel closure to snarl traffic downtown. It didn't. In fact, thanks to many little changes (what he calls "a thousand little things") traffic has actually improved on some streets.
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If we'd known back in the '80s that we could get superior results by making a series of little changes to street use rules and signaling, would we have spent $480 million and ripped up the heart of downtown for nearly four years?
It's a moot point now. On the plus side, at least we have a place to put light rail.
But the tale of the bus tunnel has me wondering again about our other tunnel, the one not yet built. What to do with the Alaskan Way Viaduct is down to two choices: build a new elevated one or a tunnel. It's the big ugly or the big costly.
Do we really need either one? What if we did a thousand little things instead?
The Transportation Choices Coalition, a longtime advocate of replacing the viaduct with improvements to surface roads and transit, recently released this statement:
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Seattle – Local environmentalists are speaking out to express their discontent about the mandate forcing the City of Seattle to vote on the Alaskan Way Viaduct.
With the bulk of the conversation on the Viaduct centered around a "gold-plated" tunnel and "big ugly" elevated structure, many in the environmental community are crying foul, suggesting that the 1950's framework of defining capacity as moving cars from Point A to Point B has provided us no good option when it comes to the Viaduct. They believe that Seattleites have been pushed by the state into a box that no one wants to be in – choosing a structure that is too expensive or choosing to cut off the city from its waterfront for another 100 years.
What many in the community are calling for is a re-framing of the discussion, with a focus on moving people and goods, not automobiles. Outdated, auto-centric transportation planning has no place in a progressive city like Seattle. They want to see our elected officials articulating a vision for the city that will guide our decisions and state support to see that vision come to fruition.
"The new four-lane tunnel, a surface option – these are very encouraging conversations," said Jessyn Farrell, Executive Director of Transportation Choices Coalition. "The State has given us a false choice – we haven't been using the right framework."
Their charge is that a vote now is premature because all the alternatives – including a 6-lane tunnel, a 4-lane tunnel, another elevated structure, and a surface option – have not gone through a true vetting process.
The environmental community has been staunch in their commitment to fight any alternative that does not reclaim the waterfront. But the aging, compromised Viaduct structure does need to come down as a matter of public safety. The state currently has $2 billion in-hand to start taking down the Viaduct – no matter what alternative is chosen. "After implementing mitigation measures to deal with lost capacity, let's start taking it down now and have a true discussion of what should replace the Viaduct," said Farrell. "Only then will we see a reasonable consensus.
I also advocate a surface/transit option, but I see this as a solution everyone can get behind. We have to tear down the viaduct eventually, so why not do it now? If the "thousand little things" work well, we'll have saved a lot of money to invest in better transportation options. If they don't, we'll have more time to make an informed decision about what will.


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Jay Cochrane practices over Qutang Gorge on October 27, 1995, the day before The Great China Skywalk.
Jay Cochrane describes Skywalk 2012, the greatest Building-to-Building highwire performance in North American history as he walks on the wire.
From July 6, 2012, to Sept. 24, 2012, he set a distance record of 11.81 miles (19.01 Km) on the 1,300 foot long highwire from the Skylon Tower (521 feet) to the Hilton Fallsview Hotel (Canada's tallest hotel at 581 feet).
In 2005, the "Skylon Tower Skywalk" by Jay Cochrane began atop the 32-story (364 feet height) Niagara Fallsview Casino, traversing a distance of 1,250 feet, and finished atop the Skylon Tower at a height of 520 feet.
Jay's performance was astounding, set to music as he talked to the crowd below, giving the spectators a first-hand experience of what it is like to be on the wire.
On October 28, 1995, Jay Cochrane stepped onto a thin steel wire a quarter mile above the Yangtze River in China's legendary Qutang Gorge for his greatest show.
In 53 minutes he skywalked 2,098 feet to the Lion's Face of the gorge, 1,345 feet in the air (higher than the World Trade Center), an accomplishment recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the greatest wirewalk in history.
by Mark D Phillips
In 1995, Jeff Blumenfeld, a long time client, approached me and said, "How would you like to photograph the greatest skywalk ever in China by a man named Jay Cochrane."
I had never heard of skywalking or Jay Cochrane before. I had seen high-wire performances in circuses, but the idea of someone walking a wire over a river was something hard to imagine and something I desperately wanted to photograph.
Jay's skywalk would take place deep in the interior of China and he needed someone who could guarantee the delivery of a photographic image to the western media. Digital technology was the only option for accomplishing this. I had positioned myself as one of the leaders in the field.
The Great China Skywalk was commissioned by the China Sports Federation to bring international attention to Qutang Gorge and give the outside world a look at what life was like in this area of China.
Qutang Gorge, described as China's Grand Canyon on the Yangtze River, was soon to be inundated. The Three Gorges Dam would be the largest hydropower station and dam in the world, with a 370 mile-long reservoir. The dam would cause the water to fill Qutang Gorge to a depth of nearly 500 feet and cover more than 100 towns.
Clinton Randall and Steve Sless stand in Qutang Gorge cave near Fengjie, China, on October 23, 1995. Part of Jay Cochrane's Great China Skywalk team, the two found the cave along the riverbank of the Yangtze River. The area is now far underwater.
Fengjie, the town that served as Cochrane's base during the preparations and performance, was located at the western end of Qutang Gorge and is now totally submerged by the Three Gorges reservoir. The new city was moved piece by piece, three miles up the mountain.
The approach to the 2,300-year-old town was magical, rock stairs that looked as old as the mountains they were set in, climbed from the water's edge to the city center.
When our hydrofoil docked at the stairs after a 36 hour train and river expedition from Beijing, all you could think about were the stairs. Stretching from the river's edge, they looked like a stairway to the top of a mountain. Four of us had traveled from Beijing together to work on The Great China Skywalk. We looked at our luggage, looked at the stairs, and laughed. How could we possibly get all of this all the way up there? We didn't have to worry. Jay had arranged for porters who appeared immediately.
Fengjie was old. It felt old. It also felt untouched by western tourism. We saw no other westerners as we drove through town. Everyone watched us. Our hotel became known as the Fengjie Marriott to those of us who took up residence. Local officials had revamped the hotel in preparation for Jay's arrival, bringing it up to three star "luxury." As we entered the gate to the hotel, we immediately saw the lines painted on it saying, "This is where the water will rise." The old town will disappear.
In Beijing, I met three other members of Cochrane's team: Rik Paulsen, of Paulsen Wire Rope, the company that manufactured Jay's walk wire in Pennsylvania; Mike Wilson, who had helped negotiate Jay's performance deal from his company, International Special Attractions; and Steve Sless, a marketing and public relations expert from New Jersey who worked for Trump Entertainment.
Meeting Jay Cochrane for the first time was daunting. When we shook hands in the courtyard of the hotel in Fengjie, little did I know that we would form one of my greatest friendships. He was the consummate professional, not at all what I expected from a circus-performer. I quickly learned what a misnomer that was.
Jay Cochrane works on guide wires on the Chalk Walk along the Yangtze Rivier in Qutang Gorge attached to the skywire for the Great China Skywalk in 1995. ©Mark D Phillips
The 51-year-old Cochrane was a dervish. He was hard to keep up with, climbing the mountainside like a mountain goat, overseeing every aspect of the construction of his tiny bridge in the sky.
He had been in Fengjie for almost six weeks when we arrived. Jay's one-and-a-half mile long walk wire had been raised above the Yangtze River to a height of 1,300 feet high with manpower. Chinese workmen built walkways up the mountainside to specially constructed locations for the start and finish of the walk. The mountainside where Jay's wire was placed could only be accessed by boat, then a two mile hike up the muddy, newly built trail. To get from one side of the wire to the other, without walking across it, took 5 to 6 hours. Jay predicted a 1-hour walk on the 1-¼ inch thick cable.
Cochrane was born In Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, but now lived in Ocala, Florida. His story was classic. At 14, he ran away from home and joined the circus. After spending time trying different acts, he realized he loved the highwire.
In 1970, he was approached by a promoter who asked if he could walk a wire between two buildings. He said sure.
"I arrived to do the walk, and he took me to the top of one of Toronto's tallest buildings," Jay said. "I was terrified."
With that, Jay's career in skywalking was underway. His exploits took him over the arch in St. Louis and from the top of Spaceship Earth in Disney's Epcot Center. Qutang Gorge was to be a new level of skywalk for Jay.
In 1974, a little known highwire walker named Philippe Petite snuck into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center and strung a wire to set a record for the highest wirewalk. Jay had always worked legitimately. Now he had a chance to go higher than the skyscrapers of New York.
The Three Gorges, are Qutang Gorge, Wuxia Gorge and Xiling Gorge. Within Qutang Gorge, Jay's wire could be seen stretching between the canyon walls, silhouetted against the blue sky. It stretched 2,098 feet between the gorge walls, 1,340 feet above the Yangtze.
Jay Cochrane crosses the Yangtze River on his way to setup The Great China Skywalk. ©Mark D Phillips
Qutang Gorge from a boat on the river was cavernous, with current so swift that maneuvering to shore was almost like doing battle. Carved into the northern mountainside, 300 feet high, is the Plank Road, built around 300 AD to improve travel and communication when flooding or storms prevented travel on the river.
The Chalk Wall, located on the southern shore of the Yangtze within the gorge, is history preserved. Several hundred meters wide and several dozen meters high, the wall is a canvas completely covered with carved inscriptions dating from the Song Dynasty, 1,000 years ago. The finely executed characters are in different styles of calligraphy, including seal characters, official script, regular script and running hand. "Eulogy on the Virtues of Revival of the Song Dynasty", an essay of over 980 words written by the Southern Song calligrapher Zhao Gongsuo, is carved on the cliff wall in a space 4 meters high and 6.78 meters wide. Two characters named "Qutang Gorge" were carved by Zhang Boxiang of the Qing Dynasty over 400 years ago, each measuring 1.70 meters in width.
In a land where manpower raised a quarter-ton cable across a gorge, I arrived with cameras, developing equipment and computer equipment to send a photograph back of something that involved nearly no technology. The situation was not lost on me. It was like arriving on a distant planet. There were some basics. We had electricity, hot water and a phone. With those three items, almost anything is possible.
State of the art in photography involved the use of color negative film and highly caustic chemicals used in its development. In America, I could go to any drug store and have a roll of film processed for one or two dollars. The one hour photo labs in Fenjgie were quite different. Scratches and under developed film were the norm - it would not work when the film counted. Digital cameras had not become the norm.
Having transported several packages of dry color negative chemicals and a developing kit along with me, I began hand processing my film at the hotel. Each day when I returned to the hotel, I would order a pot of hot water. A steward would appear with the pot and a tray of tea choices. I tried to explain that the water was to be used for developing film, but communication was a large issue.
"In the days leading up to Jay's skywalk, we had a unique experience for westerners," Steve Sless recalled. "Fengjie was not a stop for tourists. Everywhere we went we would draw huge crowds, and just stare at each other. But everyone reacted to Jay."
On the day prior to the performance, Jay wanted to test the wire. He had never performed a skywalk on this level, over such a huge distance, with no man-made structures involved. As we watched, Jay stepped onto the wire, moving his feet back and forth, getting the feel of its many strands. Moving farther out the wire, the crowd seemed to stop breathing. Everyone was absolutely still and quiet. Jay stopped and ever so slowly, walked backwards, toe to heel, back to earth. It was spellbinding. That moment gave me the understanding that I was photographing an incredible moment. This man would stand on a sliver of wire, a quarter of a mile high over the rushing water of the Yangtze River. These pictures would never be recreated. It truly was a once in a lifetime experience.
Jay Cochrane, "The Prince of the Air", practices for his skywalk over the Yangtze River in Qutang Gorge, China, on October 27, 1995, the day before the actual performance. ©Mark D Phillips
Jay and I had gained a rapport, and flying to the start side of the wire in a Chinese military helicopter, Jay's demeanor showed how relaxed and prepared he was. The day before, as Jay had taken his first steps on the wire, I had never been so terrified for another person. But Jay had said to me, "The only time I have any peace is on the wire."
As we flew over Fengjie and Qutang Gorge, thousands of people could be seen walking and standing along the paths to the top of the Gorge walls. There was no way to accurately measure the number of people who had traveled to this location to witness Jay walking across the sky. Yangtze cruise ships lined the banks of the river. It was a moment frozen in time.
The skywalk began at 11:04 am. In 53 minutes, Jay skywalked the wire from the north side to the south side of Qutang Gorge. It was one of the most thrilling, spectacular, and terrifying events ever witnessed. Seeing Jay balanced on a wire, higher than the World Trade Center, suspended between the magnificent cliffs of Qutang Gorge, was unimaginable. In every event, their is the money-shot. Jay posing on one foot with his hand raised in triumph while still on the wire is the image from The Great China Skywalk. The photograph will outlive us both.
Jay Cochrane acknowledges the crowd with his signature one-foot salute during The Great China Skywalk over the Yangtze River in Qutang Gorge, China, on October 28, 1995. ©Mark D Phillips
I will never forget my friend Jay Cochrane or those magical days in China. We would have many more experiences over the next 20 years with skywalks in Taiwan, Canada, China, and multiple locations in the United States. Jay would always talk about Fengjie and the amazing enlightenment we felt during our contact with the ancient city, dignified people, and physical beauty of Qutang Gorge. It was a defining moment for both of us in our careers and our journeys through life.
We always talked of going back. During our last gig together, Skywalk 2012 in Niagara Falls, we actually discussed going back in 2014. But fate intervened as one of my best friends lost his battle with cancer.
Jay Cochrane will live forever in the grandness of his accomplishments. Performer. Philanthropist. Humanitarian. A remarkable human being.
The day after The Great China Skywalk, newspapers across the world featured Jay Cochrane's amazing accomplishment above the Yangtze River in Qutang Gorge.
JayCochrane salutes his audience from the wire in Qutang Gorge, high above the Yangtze River in The Boston Globe on October 29, 1995.
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In the bleakest assessment yet of Afghanistan's future, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar called for a "peaceful transition of the government" to democracy. But, in a wide-ranging interview arranged with The Daily Telegraph, he added that he feared a descent into chaos and anarchy similar to that which followed the withdrawal of the Russians in the 1980s.
Hekmatyar, a veteran of that bloody war, warned: "Today the scenario of Afghanistan is exactly like that of one year before the withdrawal of Soviet Union. The Americans and their allies are tired of fighting. They can neither bear the casualties nor the expenses of this war any more. They are left with no other option except withdrawal."
This brutally realistic analysis of the military situation will be sharply challenged by David Cameron, who issued a sunnily optimistic message when he visited British troops just before Christmas.
Yet it cannot be ignored since it comes from one of just a handful of Afghan warlords who, through his Hezb-e-Islami political party, holds the key to peace in Afghanistan after coalition forces are due to withdraw in less than two years' time.
Hekmatyar has spent most of the past 11 years on the run. He is thought to have played a role in helping Osama bin Laden escape from the Tora Bora mountains after the fall of the Taliban in 2001. In 2003 he was designated a "global terrorist" by the United States, and has been labelled a "war criminal" by President Hamid Karzai's government in Kabul.
He has survived an assassination attempt by the CIA, and is believed to have masterminded some of the bloodiest attacks against American and British forces over the past few years. Today his exact whereabouts are unknown, though he is believed to be based in the mountains of south-eastern Afghanistan.
The Daily Telegraph's interview could not be carried out face-to-face. Instead, a series of questions were dispatched through an intermediary, and the answers, recorded on video tape, were returned within three weeks. The video shows that Hekmatyar, a veteran of 40 years of Afghan warfare and intrigue, now sports a white beard, though he retains his trademark black turban.
He gave answers to all of the questions sent to him. When asked what he believes will follow when combat troops pull out in 2014 his answer was both terrifying and encouraging: "The fact is that the government has failed. The authorities have lost heir credibility completely. They have fallen victims to severe internal disputes and seem hopeless and worried.
"The foreign forces have failed and the situation is worsening by the day. We might face a dreadful situation after 2014 which no one could have anticipated."
But this dire assessment was accompanied by a warm language about the democratic future of Afghanistan.
Indeed Hekmatyar sounded more like a UN election observer than a feared warlord who as prime minister of Afghanistan in the 1980s was responsible for the murderous shelling of Kabul. He called for a 'peaceful transition of the government' and demanded a 'free and fair election,' saying that the winner of a majority of the votes should 'be accepted by all.'
He added that Hezb-e-Islami was ready to take part in the 2014 presidential elections, though he set out two conditions: 'complete withdrawal of all foreign forces and elections in which all parties are equally represented. If these conditions are accepted, then we are ready to take part in the election.'
Strikingly Hekmatyar has dropped a great deal of the fanatical Islamist language for which he was notorious as a young leader. There were no calls for jihad against godless infidels.
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, left, claimed Prince Harry, right at a Las Vegas party, was a jackal trying to hunt lions
Rather he presented himself as a leader of the national resistance against foreign oppressors. When asked whether he supported the Pakistan Taliban strategy of blocking girls' education, Hekmatyar was outraged: 'We are against the blowing up of schools and other institutions not only in Afghanistan and Pakistan but elsewhere in the world. I don't think that a devoted majahid could be involved in such things.'
Hekmatyar denied any links with the Pakistan Taliban, and accused foreign intelligence agencies of being involved in attacks on schools and other atrocities.
Indeed he insisted that Hezb-e-Islami 'consider education is as necessary for girls as it is for boys. We don't discriminate in this regard. The only thing that we are against is boys and girls being taught together. We think that is harmful from any perspective."
He mocked the Afghan National Army, upon which Coalition hopes depend for a peaceful future for Afghanistan, declaring that 'it is not a national army. It is made by the hands of others. The soldiers of Northern Alliance have worn American uniform. The basic aim behind making of this army was to use it against freedom fighters and freedom seekers.'
Hekmatyar reserved his most eloquent vitriol, however, for Britain, portraying British troops as lackeys of the Americans and describing Prince Harry, currently serving as a helicopter pilot with British troops in Helmand province, as a 'jackal'. Hekmatyar declared that "The British prince comes to Afghanistan to kill innocent Afghans while he is drunk. He wants to hunt down Mujaheddin with his helicopter rockets without any shame.
Prince Harry manning the 50mm machine gun on the observation post at JTAC Hill, close to FOB Delhi (forward operating base), in Helmand province Southern Afghanistan
'But he does not understand this simple fact that the hunting of Afghan lions and eagles is not that easy! Jackals cannot hunt lions. During the Mujaheddin attack on the American base the Prince saw that he was the one about to be hunted and was searching for a hole in which to hide himself.
'It seems that some British authorities still dream about the times of the eighteenth and nineteenth century and they want their ambassador to be treated like a viceroy and their prince to go out in uniform to hunt for human beings and play the satanic role that they used to play in the past.' But Britain's historic role in creating such conflicts is now finished, adds Hekmatyar: 'The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have proved that Britain has to go and take part instead in proxy wars – and this is what she cannot afford even for a short space of time. The fact is that America and her allies have lost the right to rule and lead the world both administratively and morally.'
Hekmatyar insisted that British troops had achieved nothing.
Britain dragged herself into this unjustified, useless but cruel conflict to please the White House. The British did not gain anything instead they lost blood and treasure.
They never had a positive role in Afghan affairs and they will not have any significance after 2014.
I do not understand how the British public accept their children being sent to certain death in order to please American generals".
Speaking before David Cameron's announcement of further cuts in Britain's military presence in Afghanistan, he offered to facilitate an early departure of Nato forces, saying that 'if they want a respectful exit, we can help them in this regard.'
David Cameron visits troops at Christmas
But behind these rhetorical blasts against the British and the Americans lurks an apparent readiness to play a creative role in the creation of a peaceful Afghanistan in the future. Hekmatyar concluded with a ten policy statement for his Hezb-e-Islami political party in which he called on 'all the stakeholders within Afghanistan to join hands for a workable solution for Afghanistan and resolve disputes without the involvement or influence of foreign forces.'
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The most innocuous question asked of Republican Sen. Scott Brown and his Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren in their debate Monday night has perhaps provided us with the most revealing look into the heart of the two candidates.
The Red Sox are suffering through one of their worst seasons in decades, and in Red Sox Nation it is hard to say which is generating the most pain and uncertainty, their embarrassingly failing team, or the flagging economy.
Things are so bad that one of the gravest insults you can heap on a Yankee fan these days is to suggest that the Red Sox are still their biggest rival.
And so on a night when Sen. Brown and Ms. Warren were given the chance by the debate moderator, David Gregory, to speak freely as the Red Sox fans they claim to be, one spoke of a broken heart, hope and redemption, and the other played politics.
Mr. Gregory asked whether Manager Bobby Valentine should be fired or allowed to stay another year.
�You know, I had such hopes for Bobby Valentine. I am still just in wounded mode on that,� Ms. Warren said, before allowing she would bring Mr. Valentine back for another year.
Now, there are a lot of Red Sox fans I know who would say Ms. Warren is off her rocker for wanting to give Mr. Valentine a second chance.
Indeed, the general consensus among fans and sports writers is that he won�t be coming back.
Yet, contrast her response to that of Mr. Brown, who seems to suggest that Ms. Warren is a flawed candidate because of her optimistic outlook for the Red Sox.
�I remember in the beginning of the season professor Brown said the Red Sox are going to win 90 games, and obviously that didn�t happen,� he said.
Pressed to commit one way or the other to whether he would keep or fire Mr. Valentine, Mr. Brown declined to take a position, saying he would leave it up to Red Sox management.
This tells me that the Red Sox jersey he wears on the campaign trail is just for show, a proclivity that seems to shadow his political positions.
Consider the answer he gave, for example, when Mr. Gregory asked him whether he would support Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky as leader, should the Republicans win the majority in the Senate in November.
Mr. McConnell is the staunchest blocker of President Obama�s agenda in the Senate.
Mr. Brown wouldn�t say definitively whether he would support Sen. McConnell, even though the Massachusetts senator is currently soliciting campaign donations by saying his re-election will allow him to help block President Obama�s economic agenda.
Now, I know this is a campaign season in which candidates are asking us to trust them on their vague, and sometimes absent plans to revitalize the economy, and I understand they think they can get away with this because the home economics classes taken in high school are the closest some of us have come to understanding modern day economic theories.
I also understand that politicians often speak differently to different audiences. But it is hard to imagine any other Red Sox fan out there, witnessing this dreadful season, who would stand on propriety when it comes to speaking their minds on whether Mr. Valentine should stay or go.
Mr. Brown�s inability to forgo politics for just a moment and tell us whether the manager of the worst Red Sox team in decades should stay is not the same as Attorney General Martha Coakley, his challenger two years ago, calling former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling a Yankee fan and speaking condescendingly of the prospect of campaigning outside Fenway Park in the cold, shaking hands.
Nevertheless, his noncommittal response should be seen as a strikeout anyway to all deflated and diehard Red Sox fans.


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I had no idea his name was Dick Wang. Here's an interesting story.
My parents told me that when I was really little, I played with the actor who played Data from the Goonies and Short Round from Indiana Jones. REALLY little, as in, from a time from which I can't remember. Of course now, looking at his IMDB page, I realize he's about 10 years older than I am, so this story is probably one of three things: a lie, a misrecollection, or a super weird play date. [FNAOK via Digg]


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Developers are human and limited with what they can do. I forget this at times and I work with developers. I call myself a low level user.
It's amazing the patience the entire BSD community has had with me.
Tolerating newbies prattlings and inconsistencies while providing help .. for the promethean torch to remain lit .. I feel ashamed of the slow pace I am moving at .. and forgetfully expecting solutions to every single issue be provided right away .. lol ..?!
For newbies, forums like Daemonforums act actually as a safety bridge to attain a higher level .. gradually .. and this is important as highest level developpers are not logically supposed to deal directly with low evel users .. not a kind of uppisheness .. but rather an organizational necessity for things to run smooth .. and for discourse to remain mostly understandible .. newbies differ in how they use/understand the faqs .. some of them get dedaemonized when they fail to understand a portion of a faq .. some come here and there and get needed information in an attenuated form that suits their level .. and step by step they imbue something we might call "survival *BSD knowldge" necessary to follow along the path .. using .. testing .. contributing .. :-)
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I look for multiple solutions to multiple problems.
1. What can the machine be used for?
2. What can be done to improve the machine?
A single solution to anything is not good enough; there is too much bias.At least two solutions gives us a choice.
Working with a single architecture or a single operating system skews the results. There needs to be at least two.
How can I compare these?
Above everything else, I need to ask why.
Why? Which reason is the catalyst for my actions and decisions in the process?
Okay, I want to improve things; to make it easier for people.
Thanks Ninguem ! cool brainstorming !
starting from where you ended , Steve Jobs and company made an effort to make cyberlife easier .. a japanese old lady thanked him live , for making easier her life .. but someone else needs more than just that and keeps asking if ever the OS is reliable and secure .. so we centrifugally diverge according to our respective aims,expectations,walks of life, .. etc and then we centripetally meet again as net-users .. some know what they want and have a clear prospect .. some others are using what's available/cheap/easy/beneficial .. a third category may include those still in search of an ideal OS that does x in a better way y .. x changes with time because the human condition is marked by instability .. so the choice y is gonna change accordingly .. some would argue that the more an idea/principle is strong the more it resists change .. one's boulomaic world -world of desire- may influence one's decisions .. love design and you'll find yourself using mac .. if your deontic world -world of obligation- wins over your boulomaic world .. then you are gonna commit yourself to something you have to be using to fulfill your mission even if you don't like it .. but here the question at issue comes up : to what extent would one be goot at doing something they don't like ? just feel they have to do it , every day , every night ..
Remains a third world : the epistemic world , or the world of knowledge .. the more you know about something , the more you succeed in making it useful to you and/or to the rest of the world .. this is the kingdom of the wise .. some of the wise have one more extra-feature : benevolence/generosity .. because their deontic world eclipses their boulomaic world .. others , as a matter of fact, are driven by the latter to trade all ideals .. I must confess that the BSDs fit into the first category .. :-)
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It's been about fifteen months since Innovative Interface made its initial announcement for Encore, its next generation library interface, or "discovery services platform" to use their terminology. The company has found a warm reception to this new product with over 50 libraries signing license agreements to date.
Nashville Public Library
In recent days, some of the Encore development partners have unveiled their work. You can now see Encore at Nashville Public Library, the Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale University, and Michigan State University Libraries.
Binghamton University Libraries, which uses the ALEPH automation system, and the University of Kentucky, a Voyager library, both allow access within their internal network, but not to the general public.
While none of these libraries have put Encore into production use as their default catalog, the public availability of Encore marks a major milestone in this new product.
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University of Michigan grads Greg Gage and Tim Marzullo have created RoboRoach, a kit that lets you control a living cyborg cockroach with just your smartphone.
The pair came up with the cyborg roach idea to get students interested in neuroscience and neurotechnology using commercially available electronics, and launched their Backyard Brains startup.
The $100 RoboRoach kit comes with everything a kid -- or adult -- needs to perform cockroach brain surgery. Users can anesthetize the cockroach in an ice bath and attach wires to the bug's antennae and install electrodes in its brain.
The 4.4 gram "backpack" on the upgraded cyborg roach communicates through your smartphone's Bluetooth to take instructions through the RoboRoach app.
Currently, Backyard Brains is raising money through a Kickstarter campaign to develop more fine-tuned prototypes.
The RoboRoach project was also presented this week at the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh, where it inspired controversy over ethical treatment of the cockroaches, though RoboRoach creators say the stimulation doesn't shock or harm the cockroach.


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PRESS RELEASE: Combining power with precision, the latest addition to FabFilter's Pro plug-in range is an EQ that delivers the cleanest sound and an uncompromising feature set, all behind a great looking, intuitive and clutter-free interface…
FabFilter's software instruments and effects have won the company many awards and fans across the globe thanks to their simple philosophy - to develop plug-ins that sound every bit as good as they look. The Pro- Q precision EQ is no exception, combining a clean and accurate sound and a never-before-seen feature set that has none of the sacrifices you normally have to make when choosing an EQ. And with all of this power crammed behind a great looking interface, Pro-Q could easily become your 'go to' plug-in for every EQ application - be it musical, surgical or creative.
With Pro-Q it's easy and intuitive to create and edit up to 24 EQ bands with multiple curves. Pro-Q has a zero latency mode, but - unlike so many other EQs - greater transparency and precision is possible with the option to switch to a linear phase mode with adjustable latency. There's also a built-in, real-time frequency analyzer that gives instant visual feedback of your signal's frequency content - be it pre- or post-EQ.
With total control of the frequency curve and unparalleled visual feedback relaying instant analysis of the signal processing also comes superb sound quality. Pro-Q's groundbreaking filter algorithms offer precise analog modeling and unlimited internal headroom. There's also a mid/side EQ option for the ultimate in sparkle and width for your mixes.
Such a comprehensive feature-set would usually impact on ease of use but Pro-Q's intuitive interface makes precise editing a breeze. The plug-in also incorporates FabFilter's clutter free 'what-you-use-is- what-you-see' feature so only displays the curves that are in use with their associated controls. Never has precision EQ-ing looked so good!
Ultimately, then, Pro-Q offers the best of everything: functionality and usability with a feature-set and sound you've always asked for behind an astonishing interface that will enhance your creativity and give you precise control over your EQ every time.
Key features
• A great sound from state of the art filter algorithms with precise analog modeling and unlimited internal headroom (no clipping)
• Operates either in zero latency mode, or in linear phase mode with adjustable latency
• Incredible interface that is ideal for easy and precise editing
• What-you-use-is-what-you-see to minimize screen clutter and maximize usability
• The ability to create new EQ bands just by dragging the frequency curve
• Select multiple curves to drag and edit in parallel
• Up to 24 EQ bands
• Filter shapes: Bell, High/Low Shelf, High/Low Cut with 6, 12, 24 and 48dB/oct slopes
• Each band can operate on the stereo signal or on the left or right channels independently for per-channel EQ-ing
• Mid/side mode to EQ the mid and side signals separately
• Built-in real-time frequency analyzer with Pre- and Post-EQ modes
• Ability to double-click for text entry of parameter values
• Different display ranges: 6dB range for mastering use, 12dB, and 30dB for sound shaping during mixing
• All the usual FabFilter quality you've come to expect: perfectly fine-tuned knobs and controllers, interactive MIDI Learn, undo/redo and A/B switch, Smart Parameter Interpolation for smooth parameter transitions, an extensive help file with interactive help hints, sample accurate automation, and AltiVec and SSE optimization
Price & Availability
FabFilter Pro-Q is now available for EUR 139, USD 199 or GBP 124. It can be used on Windows and Mac OS X in VST and VST 3, RTAS and Audio Units plug-in formats. Bundles with FabFilter Pro-Q and other FabFilter plug-ins are also available. See www.fabfilter.com/shop.
Existing FabFilter customers can purchase Pro-Q with great discounts by logging in to their online user account: www.fabfilter.com/myaccount.
For more information, visit http://www.fabfilter.com/
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"Cyberinfrastructure for Polar Sciences" Workshop Report
By: Jonathan Pundsack, Managing Director of the Polar Geospatial Center
In mid-September, the Polar Geospatial Center hosted the NSF-Sponsored Workshop on Cyberinfrastructure for Polar Sciences at the University of Minnesota McNamara Alumni Center. The workshop featured invited talks, plenary discussions, and breakout sessions, and was attended by approximately 60 in-person participants. In addition, community members were invited to participate virtually. Plenary talks (downloadable as a PDF document) and recorded video presentations are available on the workshop website.
Workshop Background and Goals
The Polar Cyberinfrastructure Program at NSF has the potential to transform polar research by facilitating the transmission and integration of data and knowledge across the polar and cyberinfrastructure (CI) communities. Community input is essential to the process of realizing these goals to ensure that the infrastructure investments meet the on-the-ground requirements of scientists working in each domain. For the program to meet the needs of the science community, stakeholders from the broadest range of science domains must be engaged in defining and communicating their cyberinfrastructure needs and desires.
In order to support a strategic vision of the NSF Polar Cyberinfrastructure Program and to build on the EarthCube experience, a workshop on Cyberinfrastructure for Polar Sciences was held 10-12 September 2013 at the Polar Geospatial Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. The goal of this workshop was to engage scientists and engineers to ensure that the cyberinfrastructure needs for this community are aligned with the overall plans and design of a Polar Cyberinfrastructure Strategic Plan.
Workshop Products
The third day of the workshop was reserved for the Organizing Committee and select participants to begin framing and drafting a workshop report. The completed report will address connections between computer and polar sciences concerning what can be accomplished in the short-term (1-5 years) and long-term (5-10+ years). The outcomes of this workshop will support community-driven design and architecture of a polar science CI that is aligned with the following end-users' needs:
- Long-term sustainable curatorship, standardization, management, and discovery of data and metadata; visualization; manipulation; and analysis.
- Use of high performance computing (HPC) for direct and sustainable advances in current polar research.
- Big data and data access.
- Interoperability with data from other domains.
- E-learning and educational tools based on cyberinfrastructure components.
- Virtual organizations.
Workshop Recommendations
Workshop Organizing Committee Members
Alberto Behar - Arizona State University
Robin Bell - Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Geoffrey Charles Fox - Indiana University, Bloomington
Jeff Dozier - University of California, Santa Barbara
John Helly - University of California, San Diego
Wenwen Li - Arizona State University
Paul Morin - University of Minnesota
Mark Parsons - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Jonathan Pundsack - University of Minnesota
Andrew Roberts - Naval Postgraduate School
Marco Tedesco (ex officio) - NSF
Chaowei Yang - George Mason University
The workshop participants were surveyed for the top priorities of polar cyberinfrastructure component needs. The survey results were then categorized and collated. Four of the priorities stood out as requirement recommendations for the coming two years. These are:
Data as a Service (DaaS) – DaaS is clearly a common denominator and should be emphasized in program opportunities within the next two years. The goals are to provide on-demand data sharing through discovery, access, transportation, and delivery service to the end-user. The DaaS recommendation includes both data production and consumption, since the interface between the two requires interoperability on each side and this should be viewed, managed, and implemented according to system engineering best-practices to ensure openness and platform independence.
Education and Training – A variety of training forms ranging from informal workshops to formal education is essential to maintain a sustainable and cutting-edge polar CI to enable polar sciences.
Communication and Networking – Networking continues to be a major bottleneck in polar sciences. This includes syncing data with data centers when conducting fieldwork and freely moving data for polar research across data centers.
Community Building and Community Portals – Polar CI is an emerging community crossing many disciplines, and the community needs proper mechanisms to improve the awareness, advance the building and utilization, and sustain the evolution of Polar CI. Polar cyberinfrastructure is recommended for:
- Fostering smart phone sensor polar network communication.
- Increasing satellite bandwidth for scientists conducting polar field trips to move the data from/to the polar regions.
- Suppling fast and reliable Internet connection for polar research.
- Sharing and standardizing tools for moving data to/from polar regions.
Other components, notably modeling and data analysis including visualization, algorithms, and software, will be addressed by subsequent workshops. Their planning horizons will be blended with these recommendations.
A report from the workshop will be made available prior to the 2013 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting and distributed via the workshop website and other channels.
For more information, visit the workshop website or contact Jonathan Pundsack, Managing Director of the Polar Geospatial Center (pundsack [at] umn.edu).
Jonathan Pundsack has more than a decade of experience in science program management, primarily related to the Arctic and Antarctic. Prior to joining the Polar Geospatial Center in April 2012, he served as a Program Manager at the Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S., and before that as the Executive Director of the Arctic-CHAMP Science Management Office at the University of New Hampshire.


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One of the most versatile function rooms in Hartlepool catering for everything from family birthday parties and wedding receptions to seminars and exhibitions
Two sets of large bi-fold doors provide a light and airy environment and the opportunity to take a break in the fresh air.
The Niramax Site can be split into two - each with its own bar. We can accommodate up to 150 people at dining tables in the main room or up to 200 by opening up the soundproof screen. We have a licence until midnight.
You can provide your own buffet or use your own cater.
Party hire - Non Club Members
Room hire large function room £80 ( plus £50 refundable deposit*)
Room hire Full room (room dividers open) £120 + £50 deposit
Optional:: White cotton table cloths - £3 each per table (round tables accommodate 10 people)
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Exhibitions, Conferences and Seminars in Hartlepool
The Niramax Suite provides one of the most attractive and easily accessible exhibition and conference venues in Hartlepool. It can accommodate up to 250 delegates theatre style or 160 cabaret style
The 3.5m screen and HD projector offer superb quality with cone directional speakers the length of the ceiling. Just plug your laptop into the wall panel.
Our sophisticated sound system allows you to play your own music from bluetooth, cd,or usb stick.The spill out room also allows for coffee breaks and buffet lunches.
Room hire for Exhibitions and Seminars
Just £25 per hour including water and orange juice on tables. Tea, coffee and biscuits @ £2.50 a head. White cotton table cloths @ £3 per table.
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|*Deposit will not be refunded if there are breakages, damage to furnishings or if guests are found to have brought in their own drinks.


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The United Sates Postal Service is banning the international shipment of all devices that contain lithium ion batteries starting May 16, it announced in a press release. This includes even small-order batteries in devices like smartphones and tablets, meaning that if you wanted to pick up an iPad or Nokia Lumia 900 in the US for your friends across the Atlantic, your days to execute that errand are numbered.
Fast Company states that the likely reason for the ban is that lithium ion batteries can catch fire or explode in certain conditions, and so are considered a safety risk. Bloomberg reports that compromised lithium ion batteries have been implicated in two US cargo-jet accidents since 2006. The ban will also extend to shipping to army and diplomatic post offices abroad.
Those wishing to spread the gadget love internationally won't be entirely out of luck. Private shipping companies such as UPS, FedEx, and DHL are still an option, though these companies often charge a few times the price that the USPS does.
As of now, the USPS only expects to keep the ban in place until January 1 2013. By that time, it expects the International Civil Aviation Organization, the Universal Postal Union, and the Postal Service will have figured out safely shippable quantities of lithium, as well as packaging or installation procedures to help ensure safer international travels.
Further reading
- USPS To Stop Delivering iPads And Kindles To Troops And Overseas Consumers On May 16 (Fast Company)
- DMM Revision: Mailings of Lithium Batteries (United States Postal Service)
- Ask Ars: What is the best way to use a Li-ion battery? (Ars Technica)


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Cathy McGowan's unlikely victory over Liberal frontbencher Sophie Mirabella at last year's federal election might have been a one-off, the result of particular circumstances in the seat of Indi in Victoria's north-east.
But maybe not. In the tiny town of Oxley on Saturday, about 70 people inspired by the Indi campaign gathered to learn the nitty-gritty of how McGowan managed a 9 per cent swing against a supposedly safe incumbent. The first test may be Victoria's November election, where independents, disillusioned with major parties, are daring to dream of an Indi-style upset.
Bruce Argyle, Healesville small businessman and philanthropist, last week announced his candidacy in the new seat of Eildon, nominally a fairly safe Liberal electorate. Argyle is a former president of the Healesville Chamber of Commerce, owns B&Bs and runs Angus cattle and has never been a member of a political party.
''Indi inspired me because of what they were able to achieve against the odds, against a long-standing incumbent, and how they were able to achieve, starting from scratch.
''We actually think we've got a chance, though I'm sure every independent says that.''
Peter Hansford was also in Oxley to learn. He's contemplating an independent campaign under the banner ''The Voice for Macedon'' in a seat now held by Labor.
Jo McCubbin from Sale lives two blocks from Nationals leader Peter Ryan and is trying to identify an independent candidate ''to get someone else in on the [coal seam] gas issue'', a significant concern in the Gippsland South electorate.
Andrew Gunter, lawyer and former adviser to legendary former NSW independent Ted Mack, says the seat of Niddrie in Melbourne's north-west suffers from being a safe Labor seat.
''It's not relevant for decisions made in Spring Street. Whenever it comes to infrastructure spending or big-ticket items that might be needed locally, the funds tend to all go to marginal seats, and that's not us.''
Locals were meeting to discuss standing an independent candidate.
The IndiShares event was organised by Voices for Indi, the community group that conducted a ''kitchen table'' conversation about what people wanted from politics before supporting McGowan's candidacy.
President Alana Johnson said Saturday's meeting was organised after the group was inundated with requests about how they did it.
''It's about people wanting to do politics differently, that nothing really has changed in terms of how politics has been conducted since the election. People remain disappointed in the performance of politicians, both federal and state.''
Participants from Victoria, NSW, Queensland and Tasmania moved from table to table in discussing such things as social media, branding, volunteers and engaging young people. Apart from would-be independent candidates, there were unions, community and environment groups keen to learn about how to better engage people about their issues.
What they heard was that as romantic as an independent campaign might sound, it actually was about hard, detailed work.
In one discussion, McGowan told the group that an independent campaign was about organisation, attention to detail, and allowing stuff-ups to happen without blame. ''It's not about putting someone on a pedestal, you're not looking for me. You're looking for a small-business person who's reliable, trustworthy, and they'll grow in the job. There's absolutely no point in electing a dud.''
As insistent as Voices for Indi is about being inclusive and non-partisan, realpolitik raised its head. While Labor and the Greens had representatives, the Victorian National Party pulled out on Friday night without explanation.
The chairman of the Indi Liberal Party federal electorate conference, Tony Schneider, told The Border Mail there was nothing Liberals could learn from IndiShares and he would not sanction or encourage any Liberal member to attend. It would be ''counterproductive to our strategy to win back Indi'', he said.
Gay Alcorn is editor of The Age and has been a journalist for more than 20 years. A three-times Walkley Award winner, she was The Age and Sydney Morning Herald's Washington correspondent from 1999 to 2002, covering the 2000 presidential election and the September 11 terrorist attacks. She has also been an investigative reporter, Darwin correspondent and senior writer. She was The Age's deputy editor from 2006 to 2008 and editor of The Sunday Age for more than four years until September 2012.


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Nephrotic syndrome causes scarring or damage to the filtering part of the kidneys (glomeruli). This causes too much protein to be lost from the blood into the urine.
People with nephrotic syndrome often have:
Nephrotic syndrome results from damage to the kidneys' glomeruli. These are the tiny blood vessels that filter waste and excess water from the blood and send them to the bladder as urine.
Your glomeruli keep protein in the body. When they are damaged, protein leaks into the urine. Healthy kidneys allow less than 1 gram of protein to spill into the urine in a day. In nephrotic syndrome, the glomeruli let 3 grams or more of protein to leak into the urine during a 24-hour period.
Nephrotic syndrome may happen with other health problems, such as kidney disease caused by diabetes and immune disorders. It can also develop after damage from viral infections.
The cause of nephrotic syndrome is not always known.
Nephrotic syndrome is a set of symptoms. These are the most common:
The symptoms of nephrotic syndrome may look like other medical conditions or problems. Always talk with your healthcare provider for a diagnosis.
Your healthcare provider will review medical history and do a physical exam. Other tests may include:
Your healthcare provider will figure out the best treatment based on:
Your healthcare provider will try to find the underlying cause. He or she will also attempt to control blood pressure and cholesterol, and reduce protein in the urine.
Medicines can include:
Diet. A special diet can help delay the need for dialysis and to get rid of extra fluid and toxins that build up. Avoid salt to prevent more swelling. Avoid fats and cholesterol. Be sure to eat lean protein.
Dialysis is used in extreme cases to remove fluid and toxins when your kidneys have severely impaired filtering.
Not all causes of nephrotic syndrome can be prevented. To prevent damage to the glomeruli:
Vidant Health can connect you to health care professionals to help you understand your condition and guide you through the treatment process. Let's chat.


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Colgate plans stock split, hikes dividendMarch 7, 2013: 12:17 PM ET
Colgate-Palmolive announced plans Thursday to offer a 2-for-1 stock split and hike its quarterly dividend by 10%.
Shares of Colgate (CL), which have rallied 11% this year, edged higher in early trading.
The stock split will take effect after the close of business on April 23. Shareholders will receive one additional share of Colgate common stock for each share they own as of that date.
On a pre-split basis, Colgate will now pay a quarterly dividend of 68 cents per share, up from 62 cents per share.
The consumer products maker said the move reflects its "positive outlook."
Colgate is a leading seller of oral hygiene products, with nearly 45% of the global toothpaste market, and other "personal care" items such as deodorant and soap. It also makes household cleaning products and pet food. Colgate's main competitors include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Procter & Gamble (PG).
Related: Betting on boring stocks pays off
In January, Colgate reported a 6% jump in fourth quarter net income to $671 million.
The company sells its products in over 200 countries, and has been growing rapidly in emerging markets. In the fourth quarter, Colgate said "organic sales" in emerging markets rose 10%.
However, last month, Colgate warned that it could lose approximately $120 million in the current quarter due to the devaluation of Venezuela's currency, the bolivar fuerte.


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Pitchmen, the Discovery Channel reality series about infomercial pitchmen starring Anthony "Sully" Sullivan is returning next month, but without one key element: the late Billy Mays.
The first season of the show featured Sully and Mays traveling the country holding "pitch-a-thons" to give regular joe inventors a chance to get their product pitched and sold by the best.
How the show and Sully will handle the sudden death of Mays has yet to be seen, but the show definitely will have a huge hole to fill without that beautiful, bearded, blue-shirted man.