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TuneCore: RIAA Has Become A Part Of The Problem For Artists
from the indeed deptFor many years, I've used TuneCore as one of the key examples of the new generation of middlemen who served as enablers rather than gatekeepers for artists. The company has a clear record of really helping tons and tons of artists make money from their music in ways that were entirely impossible for most of those artists previously. It's a true success story. That's why I have to admit that I was somewhat disappointed in late 2010 when TuneCore's CEO Jeff Price came out in favor of COICA, the problematic predecessor to SOPA and PIPA. Thankfully, since then it appears he's realized the error of his ways.
Beyond his continually awesome series of posts providing tons and tons of useful data that the legacy recording industry has totally ignored, he's written a brilliant response to Cary Sherman's NYT op-ed that we've been discussing. Price points out that the real disinformation campaign has been from the RIAA, and the key point is that the RIAA does not represent artists, but rather it represents the major labels, who very frequently have agendas that are at odds with artists:
Furthermore, he notes that the RIAA's strategy here now puts it at odds with what's actually best for musicians. He goes on to point out that SOPA/PIPA in their original forms might have actually been the end of a service like TuneCore:
The RIAA has become part of the problem of protecting copyright due to its occasional less than honest approach to things. You just can't take what the RIAA says at face value as their agenda is not clear—is it to protect copyright or is it to protect the interests of its label members at any cost?
After all, this is the same organization that had the RIAA employee Mitch Glazer attempt to sneak language into a bill on Capitol Hill changing the definition of "work for hire," depriving artists of their rights (there's a great article about this in the Austin Chronicle).
Now add to this that as the RIAA demands that its label members' copyrights be respected and properly compensated, its members have knowingly taken hundreds of millions of dollars of other peoples' songwriter royalties over the past few years. Knowingly taking money generated from the copyrights of others—aka "Black Box Money"—sounds eerily like stealing.
No matter how much the legacy players in the industry want to claim that it was "just Google" that helped kill the bill, there's simply no way anyone can credibly claim that TuneCore is a Google puppet. In fact, I think it's clear that TuneCore has been one of the most useful tools out there for getting artists paid. And it's coming out strongly against the RIAA on this one, highlighting the key point that too often gets lost in this debate. The RIAA represents the gatekeepers, not the artists. This has never been about protecting content. It's always been about protecting gatekeepers.
However, if the original SOPA and PIPA bills were passed years ago, TuneCore most likely would not have existed, and power would still be concentrated with the old regime; they would have found a way to slow the market shift away from them. In the guise of "protecting copyright" the original SOPA bill would have provided the RIAA unilateral and almost unchecked power to kill the new emerging industry.
All the RIAA would have had to do is claim that music distributed by TuneCore was infringing on its label members' copyrights. With limited to no due process, TuneCore could have been shut down just like Dajaz1.
And I can assure you, from time to time TuneCore gets illegitimate and wrongful claims of infringement by the RIAA (and some of its label members).
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The banking industry has endured something of a bad press recently. Thanks to their mismanagement and reckless gambling with other people's money, the world is now staring into the abyss. It is something of a surprise, therefore, to discover that the Bank of England Club continues to offer superb facilities for the playing of Cricket, Tennis and Squash. Even banks seem to be able to get something right. There is a sting in the tail, however: Young's Ordinary was priced at £3.45 a pint. Your correspondent has it on reliable authority, that no-one has ever charged £3.45 a pint for this excellent, but usually reasonably priced beverage. Could it be that the private caterers who now run the Bank of England bar, not unlike Messers (sic!) Cameron and Osborne see the way to economic salvation in the following way: "Screw the bastards till the pips squeak and then screw them some more?"
After driving through heavy rainfall for most of the journey, suddenly, over the leafy suburb of Southfields a thin sliver of azure sky appeared: just enough to keep one naval seamstress in gainful employment for a couple of days. As a result the game started on time with Griffiths and Afzal opening the batting for Dulwich. The wicket turned out to be something of a two-faced untrustworthy Nick Clegg of a pitch. It was wet one end but dry and unyielding at the other. Griffiths succumbed quickly to a ball that climbed steeply from back of a length and the game became very attritional for some time as Afzal and the talisman Gibson tried to establish some sort of platform for the innings against some accurate bowling from the precociously talented Ramesh and the more mature Eddows.
Some more critical observers were quick to point out that Gibson and Afzal should have done more to get the score moving. Gibson, in particular, seemed to find himself in the firing line of this vituperation. As a neutral observer, with the benefit of hindsight, your correspondent would like to go on record as saying these criticisms are not entirely without foundation. He persistently missed quick singles that were there for the taking and his mind only seemed half on the problem of nudging, nurdling and rotating the strike. All one can surmise, is that the prospect of becoming a grandfather may have been "getting" to him. Happily, the birth of a 6lbs., 6 ozs. boy on 20th June may have resolved some of Gibson's off-field concerns and we can look forward to some more fluent innings from this cricketing yeoman in the future. At length, Gibson succumbed to a full toss which may have had some late reverse swing on it. He was swiftly followed by what on paper should have been the Howitzers of the Dulwich batting order: Rochford, Pylas and Owen all failed to make significant contributions and at 55 for 5 it would be fair to say that the 7th's found themselves deeply embedded in a particularly noxious and copious amount of foul-smelling excrement.
It was at this point, that things took a dramatic and unexpected turn for the better. Drafted in at the eleventh hour by his tenant, Rochford, Rob "Landlord" Branch arrived at the crease and without too much ceremony proceeded to cow shot both J and R Kendall to most parts of SW17 with some uncompromising and effective biffs. Branch finally succumbed with a debut score of 22. Meanwhile, at the other end, Afzal, who had survived all the innings' vicissitudes, was steadily acquiring a shrewdly compiled 43. The pair added 39 to the score. Branch was replaced by the saxophonist O'Higgins, who had eschewed a "gig" at a Swanley nudist camp to play here today. We can only conjecturalise as to why O'Higgins made this surprising decision. Did O'Higgins have some inside information that the female residents of this establishment were not a particularly attractive bunch? Did O'Higgins worry about his own "equipment" being uninsured and therefore vulnerable to misuse? Your correspondent has never attempted to play the saxophone in the nude, but one does wonder if certain parts of the anatomy may impede a musician of O'Higgins undoubted stature while attempting to play a particularly intricate solo number. Whatever, O'Higgins batted very creditably for undefeated 8 and John Smith was run out on 3. Dulwich finished with a total of 120.
Opener Gallimore was dropped by wicket keeper Griffiths off the fully clothed O'Higgins on the first ball of the Bank's innings. This was unfortunate as Gallimore proceeded to make a further 16 before succumbing to a viciously turning off break, delivered from round the wicket by Gibson. Could the old Merlin of spin weave his magic web yet again and destroy the bank's batting through cunning flight and guile? Unfortunately, we will never know: Gibson was removed from the attack after a couple of his deliveries slightly strayed from "the corridor of uncertainty" and were smacked for four by the unforgiving Lewis. He was replaced by the ex-government apparatchik David Ward who deftly dismissed Broughton who did not offer a stroke to a well-flighted googly which thudded into the top of the stumps. Ward was to make further inroads by dismissing Campbell, but bowlers Owen and Umesh could make no further impact and the Bank passed Dulwich's total comfortably with 3 overs to spare and losing only 5 wickets.

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A divided Supreme Court said on Thursday that SEC administrative law judges appointed by staffers should be appointed by the President, courts or department heads instead, but it didn't consider a Justice Department request to clarify the President's ability to fire any "officer of the United States."
In the 6-3 ruling in , Justice Elena Kagan said that judges are "Officers of the United States," subject to the conditions of the Constitution's Appointments Clause and ordered that petitioner Raymond Lucia should receive a new hearing with a different judge.
The SEC has the legal authority to bring an administrative proceeding against an alleged wrongdoer, Kagan said, with the SEC presiding over the hearing. But in practice, the SEC has other staff members appoint administrative law judges that is considers as employees to conduct the hearings.
The SEC had charged Lucia with violations under the Investment Advisers Act, and it assigned an administrative law judge to adjudicate the case. Lucia appealed a ruling against him to the SEC, arguing the proceeding was invalid because the administrative law judge had not been constitutionally appointed. The SEC disagreed, claiming their judges were not "Officers of the United States" but "mere employees" instead.
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It's amazing that juicy gossip like this can remain secret for months in today's paparazzi-fueled world, but Radar Online is reporting that just before she started dating Conor Kennedy, Taylor Swift spent some time getting to know Harry Styles of One Direction, only to be let down when she discovered online pictures of him kissing model Emma Ostilly.
An insider told the site that Swift and the boyband teen idol dated casually in April. "Taylor really liked Harry and even though they weren't exclusive, he hinted at making it official with her just before he took off to Australia," the source said. "He even told Taylor he didn't want her to see anybody else while he was gone."
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Boulder City, Nev. • Clipboard in hand and the slogan "ForMITTable" emblazoned across the front of her shirt, Kathie Johnson rapped on another rattling screen door of a manufactured home in this subdivision just a few miles from Lake Mead.
The dog inside goes bananas and soon Gary Hedges pokes his head out the door. Johnson, of South Jordan, Utah, runs through her script, asking if Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan can count on his support this election.
"Absolutely. Absolutely," Hedges said as Johnson smiles and marks him down on her clipboard.
Like many in Nevada where home values have plummeted and unemployment is still nearly 12 percent Hedges is voting his pocketbook, pointing to the green Dodge Ram 2500 pickup truck in his driveway that he says cost $107 to fill up.
"Frankly, it doesn't need to be where it is," said Hedges. "Drill, baby, drill. That's all I've got to tell 'em."
This is the ground game, as the presidential campaign machines scrape and claw for every last vote and find some sliver of an advantage in the crucial swing states.
Road trip • In Utah, the outcome of the presidential contest has never been in doubt, but sandwiched as it is between two battleground states, supporters have begun pouring over the borders to do what they can to make a difference, slight as it may be, during the frantic final weeks.
About 250 Republicans packed into buses Friday, setting out for Las Vegas and the surrounding area knocking on an estimated 25,000 doors to boost the Romney-Ryan ticket. Another group spent the weekend campaigning in Colorado.
"I really believe in Mitt Romney's message and if there was an opportunity to bring his message to voters in another state … I definitely wanted to do it," said Linda Patiño, a student at the University of Utah, campaigning in Nevada.
More than 500 miles away, about 80 Barack Obama supporters from Utah fanned out in Colorado, contacting voters in neighborhoods in Grand Junction, Glenwood Springs and Cortez.
Mostly, the volunteers were making sure the voters knew where their polling places were, had received absentee ballots if they requested them, and got them returned properly, said Annette Bowman, one of the Obama volunteers from Salt Lake City.
"Coming from a state where it's pretty much guaranteed red, it's definitely something that we can do to kind of work in our favor for the election," she said. "A lot of people think you can't do anything as one individual, but we've talked to a lot of people, and it's kind of a pyramid thing, where you talk to one person and they talk to more and it builds."
Democratic edge • David Damore, a political science professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, said an effective grassroots effort can move the needle by a point or two. But in Nevada, at least, the Democrats still are well ahead in running a sophisticated ground game.
"If it's coordinated with information about voting patterns and micro-targeting and that stuff … it can be very, very useful," Damore said. "Just dumping people into a neighborhood without much thought and data isn't all that useful."
Democrats have been doing it longer, he said, and have a better system in place in the Silver State, but Republicans have begun putting resources and volunteers in the field.
"If you go with just the sheer number and you hit enough doors, you're going to get some results," he said.
Johnson said Romney's nomination offers a unique opportunity for Utahns to get involved.
"With Mitt's background with the LDS Church and [Nevada] is a friendly state because we have aligned values, we get to have a lot more [involvement] than any other candidate who ran," she said. "How often will we be that close to a presidential candidate, one we identify with and feel that is just part of our community and I feel, in our lifetime, this is the most crucial election we've had."
It's slow going in Nevada this Saturday. Only about every fourth or fifth door-knock gets answered. A few voters who were targeted earlier by a massive phone bank effort including four call centers in Utah are unwilling to say who they'll vote for or say they're still undecided.
It can get frustrating, said Fran Djoukeng, a student at Brigham Young University, who said she has wanted to be politically engaged and that canvassing for Romney was a good opportunity. She said she'd knocked on about 20 doors Saturday morning and spoken to one undecided voter and others who didn't want to talk.
"Out interacting with voters, you never know what they're going to say," she said.
Football over politics • In a gated community in Las Vegas along the Stallion Mountain Golf Club, Juleen Jackson and her daughter, Mary Alice, run into some resistance from a voter who doesn't want politics interrupting his Saturday.
"I don't know about all that. Right now I'm watching the football game," said the deep, male voice from behind the screen, before shutting the door.
But generally, those who actually answer the doors that Jackson and her daughter knock on are friendly and, for the most part, pro-Romney.
Jackson said it was her daughters who wanted to volunteer and she decided to turn it into a family excursion. She said she got seriously involved in politics about three years ago when she and a group of other mothers, fearful of the direction of the country, started a book club.
They read Cleon Skousen's The 5,000 Year Leap and Jackson began teaching a regular Constitution study group that, as the campaign approached, has included volunteering on Republican campaigns.
"It's a fun thing to do, and if you want to make a difference, you've got to get involved and roll up your sleeves," said Jackson, whose family was featured on an NBC News documentary about Mormons.
They knock on the door of Antonio Padilla, who grins as he assures them he'll be supporting Romney just like he tells the people who call him three or four times a day.
"I'm especially worried what will happen if Obama is still in. I'm scared for Medicare. I'm on Medicare right now, plus the gas [price] is real bad," said Padilla. "That hurts, especially when you're on a fixed income."
Around the corner, Johnson and Patiño have hit a snag. Lee Rose, a security guard, has issued them a trespass warning for knocking on doors in the gated community. "But tell Governor Romney I'm voting for him," Rose said.
Early voting • The Republican sweep through the Las Vegas area coincides with the start of early voting in the state, but many appear content to wait until Election Day to cast their ballots.
Democrats have leaped out to an advantage in the early voting, with 46 percent of the nearly 214,609 ballots cast so far coming from Democrats, compared to 37 percent Republicans and 17 percent independents, according to figures gathered by Michael McDonald, a political science professor at George Mason University who runs the Elections Project.
Republicans tout that as an improvement over their performance in 2008, and credit the 1.3 million voter contacts volunteers have made.
In Colorado, nearly 326,000 ballots have been cast, 39 percent by Republicans, 37 percent by Democrats and 24 percent by unaffiliated voters.
"Every single vote makes a difference, especially in Colorado," said Jefferson Campbell, a University of Utah student who spent the weekend working for Obama in Grand Junction.
Campbell said he's backing Obama because the president has supported the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and he wants to see that continue.
"Every time you talk to someone who wasn't going to vote … it honestly felt like I was making a difference," he said. "It felt like I was really playing an active role in the campaign and helping get people involved who otherwise wouldn't be involved."
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Democrats will have one final training session for volunteers who want to canvass in Colorado on the weekend of Nov. 2-4. It will be held Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Spencer Fox Eccles Business Building at the University of Utah, 1655 East Campus Center Dr.
Republicans will continue busing volunteers to Nevada and Colorado over the final two weekends. Those interested in the Nevada trip can sign up at http://www.mittromney.com/forms/UTHelpMittWinNV and those interested in the Colorad trip can sign up at http://www.mittromney.com/forms/UTHelpMittWinCO Democrats will have one final training session for volunteers who want
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by Pete Mazzaccaro
It's shaping up to be a brutal summer. Through all of July, when it hasn't been too hot to be outdoors, it's been too wet. The only reasonable outdoor activity anyone should attempt is floating in a pool.
I had been planning to write about the difficulty of keeping up with a running program in this heat. But luck intervened, and I nearly broke a toe on my right foot two weeks ago. So no running for me.
And that's just as well. It's been too hot for running, and there are far more important things to write about than a jogging routine.
Just as this heat wave began, our national discourse reached a near boiling point over the acquittal of George Zimmerman, the Florida man who gunned down a 17-year-old black teenager, Treyvon Martin.
Zimmerman's acquittal was met with predictable and justifiable outrage by many. That an unarmed boy can be gunned down lawfully without consequences is shocking.
Most of what I've heard and read decrying the verdict misses the mark, in my opinion. I don't believe that the fault here lies at all with the jury. In fact, I'm pretty sure the jury followed its instructions, given the law. And I think it's likely that they reached their conclusion fairly. Racism is not the problem. It's the law.
Yes, racism was at work. When Zimmerman first spotted Martin in his gated Florida community, he quickly assessed that a black teen in a hoody was suspicious. He followed Martin in his car and later on foot, even though he was instructed by police not to follow the boy.
But racism and the kind of prejudice that prompts many to reach the same conclusion is pervasive and predictable. There is really no way to legislate against it. And its manifestation here should not, sadly, be all that surprising. In fact it should be planned for.
And that, I think, is where there is clearly fault with the law. The jury found that Zimmerman was within his legal rights to shoot and kill Martin in self defense under Florida law – the famous Stand Your Ground law. The law states that a person may use "justifiable force" in self defense when he or she believes an assailant represents an "unlawful threat." The defender, here, is also under no obligation to retreat first.
This law makes logical sense when one is defending home or property, but Zimmerman was doing neither. He was out on his own, acting as a police officer, even though he was not. And, again, he was informed by police that he was not needed to follow Martin. Here the ground on which he was standing was not his own. He had put himself in a situation he had no real business being in to begin with.
That law in the Zimmerman/Martin case has clearly interpreted broadly, giving Zimmerman the legal authority to stand his ground, even though he had initiated contact with Martin by following him.
And that, to me, is the the shocker. Martin's past and activities that night are irrelevant. Even if he had been out in the night looking to commit a burglary or buy drugs or whatever other motives Zimmerman might have imagined, that any law made it right to pursue, confront and then kill him, should be shocking and give us all serious pause. That is the law of the Wild West, not a civilized society.
Perhaps Martin's family will ultimately obtain a measure of justice through a civil wrongful death suit or a federal civil rights conviction. Meanwhile, the best justice might be the elimination of laws that give anyone with a gun the right to act like a vigilante.


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Fintry Provincial Park has opportunities for camping, swimming, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, hiking and wildlife viewing. Hiking the Canyon trail, you can enjoy a considerable variety of birds all over your walk. A beautiful and natural sand beach is available for all those lovers to swim, or just take a bath of sun.
The capital of Canada is Ottawa, in the province of Ontario. There are offically ten provinces and three territories in Canada, which is the second largest country in the world in terms of land area.While politically and legally an independant nation, the titular head of state for Canada is still Queen Elizabeth.On the east end of Canada, you have Montreal as the bastion of activity. Montreal is famous for two things, VICE magazine and the Montreal Jazz Festival. One is the bible of hipster life (disposable, of course) and the other is a world-famous event that draws more than two million people every summer. Quebec is a French speaking province that has almost seceded from Canada on several occasions, by the way..When you think of Canada, you think of . . . snow, right?But not on the West Coast. In Vancouver, it rains. And you'll find more of the population speaking Mandarin than French (but also Punjabi, Tagalog, Korean, Farsi, German, and much more).Like the other big cities in Canada, Vancouver is vividly multicultural and Vancouverites are very, very serious about their coffee.Your standard Vancouverite can be found attired head-to-toe in Lululemon gear, mainlining Cafe Artigiano Americanos (spot the irony for ten points).But here's a Vancouver secret only the coolest kids know: the best sandwiches in the city aren't found downtown. Actually, they're hidden in Edgemont Village at the foot of Grouse Mountain on the North Shore."It's actually worth coming to Canada for these sandwiches alone." -- Michelle Superle, VancouverText by Steve Smith.


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Went downtown yesterday to see what Jesse was up to. He was working on another "slut painting," which we'll later post all about once it's finished. It's gonna be a tutorial type post...
Jesse uses this one technique where he blots and squishes at the paint with a plastic bag to smooth out the extra sharp chunks.
That way, when you pull the bag off you're looking at a softer image. It sorta has the same effect as squinting your eyes, and makes it a little easier to analyze the shades of color you're looking at. Whatever works I guess.
After a bite to eat we headed down south to go check out a new wall that's supposed to be free for all taggers. On the way we looked inside the James Harris Gallery to see the new show Claire Cowie had up. She does a lot of water color stuff, along with some interesting sculpture. Her show's title is "About Strange Lands."
This first painting is called "Cityscape/Broken Wall."
"The Ruins"
"The Conversation"
"Still Life"
There were a few more paintings, but I was mostly into these guys.
This one was called "Rhinoscape." Both sculptures were made of foam, acrylics, gesso, and watercolors. If you look closely you can see little houses and trees all over them. According to the gallery's website, Claire was inspired by the famous story of Clara, a rhinoceros who was raised by a Dutch sea captain. The rhino was exhibited in the 1740's and '50s to European crowds who had never seen the exotic animal before.
Straight from the website- "Compelled by the way Clara became a spectacle and object of curiosity, Cowies work plays with ideas of objectification and preconception. For Cowie, the history of this rhino indirectly exposes how, before Clara was brought to Europe, most artistic representations paintings, drawings and poems alike of rhinoceroses were based on second and third hand accounts. While few artists had ever seen a rhino, they still rendered them. "
Jesse shows off while no one's looking.
We weren't there very long, and quickly headed down to a train yard around 2nd Ave and Lander. I saw this betta fish on the side of a passing train.
Anyway, the word on the street is that this huge wall is pretty much free game. There is a guy who owns the property, but he's been passing out business cards to people he will allow to tag it.
Here's a quick walk down the wall.
It's nice to see people have been throwing up some funny characters.
"My fruit-boots are too fast!!!"
Rumor has it that 1+1=3 did the one below from his wheelchair. If you didn't know already, about a year ago the dood fell off a highway sign and broke his back and shit. I guess he even lost an arm, but I don't know all the specifics... We were at this spot for about an hour hanging out, before KRUCKS came and tagged on top of all this stuff. I guess 1+1=3 can't really do much about it now... (ow, that was cold!) He better watch out though, or BEARSNATCH is gonna cover every tag he makes in this city!
Jesse did this piece the day before, but wanted to come back and finish up some stuff. It was a tribute to one of his favorite painters, John Currin, whose original I think was titled "Magnificent bosom." I couldn't find any pics of that on the internet anywhere, but some popular images I did find of his were of "The Pink Tree" and "The Bra Shop."
Anyway, Jesse pertended to huff some paint and got started.
And here's the finished product!
Apparently this is the first time in years since a spot like this has been available. Get on the guy's good side and safely go express yourself to the limit of your abilites! Jesse had these words to say, "Please dont tag any where in the area but the wall. If you fuck it up it is beat down time. I sware on all, that I love on this."{moscomment}
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Generation IV reactor
Generation IV reactors (Gen IV) are a set of nuclear reactor designs currently being researched for commercial applications by the Generation IV International Forum, with Technology readiness levels varying between the level requiring a demonstration, to economical competitive implementation. They are motivated by a variety of goals including improved safety, sustainability, efficiency, and cost.
Most of these designs are generally not expected to be available for commercial construction before 2030–40.[1] Presently the majority of reactors in operation around the world are considered second generation reactor systems, as the vast majority of the first-generation systems were retired some time ago, and there are only a dozen or so Generation III reactors in operation (2014). Generation V reactors refer to reactors that are purely theoretical and are therefore not yet considered feasible in the short term, resulting in limited R&D funding.
The Generation IV International Forum (GIF) is "a co-operative international endeavour which was set up to carry out the research and development needed to establish the feasibility and performance capabilities of the next generation nuclear energy systems."[2] It was founded in 2001. There are currently ten active members of the Generation IV International Forum (GIF): Canada, China, the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), France, Japan, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, and the United States. The non-active members are Argentina, Brazil, and the United Kingdom.[3] Switzerland joined in 2002, Euratom in 2003, and China and Russia in 2006. The remaining countries (excluding Australia) were founding members.[3]
The 36th GIF meeting in Brussels was held in November 2013.[4][5] The Technology Roadmap Update for Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems was published in January 2014 which details R&D objectives for the next decade.[6] A breakdown of the reactor designs being researched by each forum member has been made available.[7]
Australia joined the forum in 2016.[8]
Reactor types
Many reactor types were considered initially; however, the list was downsized to focus on the most promising technologies and those that could most likely meet the goals of the Gen IV initiative.[1] Three systems are nominally thermal reactors and three are fast reactors. The Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR) is also being researched for potentially providing high quality process heat for hydrogen production. The fast reactors offer the possibility of burning actinides to further reduce waste and of being able to "breed more fuel" than they consume. These systems offer significant advances in sustainability, safety and reliability, economics, proliferation resistance (depending on perspective) and physical protection.
|Neutron Spectrum
|Temperature (°C)
|Fuel Cycle
|Size (MW)
|Example developers
|JAEA (HTTR), Tsinghua University (HTR-10), X-energy[9]
|30–150, 300–1500, 1000–2000
|TerraPower (TWR), Toshiba (4S), GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (PRISM)
|300–700, 1000–1500
|Energy Multiplier Module
|20–180, 300–1200, 600–1000
|Fluoride/Chloride salts
|250, 1000
|Flibe Energy (LFTR), Transatomic Power, Thorium Tech Solution (FUJI MSR), Terrestrial Energy (IMSR), Southern Company[9]
Thermal reactors
A thermal reactor is a nuclear reactor that uses slow or thermal neutrons. A neutron moderator is used to slow the neutrons emitted by fission to make them more likely to be captured by the fuel.
Very-high-temperature reactor (VHTR)
The very high temperature reactor concept uses a graphite-moderated core with a once-through uranium fuel cycle, using helium or molten salt as the coolant. This reactor design envisions an outlet temperature of 1,000 °C. The reactor core can be either a prismatic-block or a pebble bed reactor design. The high temperatures enable applications such as process heat or hydrogen production via the thermochemical iodine-sulfur process. It would also be passively safe.
The planned construction of the first VHTR, the South African PBMR (pebble bed modular reactor), lost government funding in February, 2010.[11] A pronounced increase of costs and concerns about possible unexpected technical problems had discouraged potential investors and customers.
The Peoples Republic of China began construction of a 200-MW High Temperature Pebble bed reactor in 2012 as a successor to its HTR-10.[12]
Also in 2012, as part of the Next Generation Nuclear Plant competition, Idaho National Laboratory approved a design similar to Areva's prismatic block Antares reactor as the chosen HTGR to be deployed as a prototype by 2021. It was in competition with General Atomics' Gas turbine modular helium reactor and Westinghouse's Pebble Bed Modular Reactor.[13]
Molten-salt reactor (MSR)
A molten salt reactor[14] is a type of nuclear reactor where the primary coolant, or even the fuel itself is a molten salt mixture. There have been many designs put forward for this type of reactor and a few prototypes built. The early concepts and many current ones rely on nuclear fuel dissolved in the molten fluoride salt as uranium tetrafluoride (UF4) or thorium tetrafluoride (ThF4). The fluid would reach criticality by flowing into a graphite core which would also serve as the moderator. Many current concepts rely on fuel that is dispersed in a graphite matrix with the molten salt providing low pressure, high temperature cooling.
The Gen IV MSR is more accurately termed an epithermal reactor than a thermal reactor due to the average speed of the neutrons that would cause the fission events within its fuel being faster than thermal neutrons.[15]
The principle of a MSR can be used for thermal, epithermal and fast reactors. Since 2005 the focus has moved towards a fast spectrum MSR (MSFR).[16]
While most MSR designs being pursued are largely derived from the 1960s Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment(MSRE), variants of molten salt technology include the conceptual Dual fluid reactor which is being designed with lead as a cooling medium but molten salt fuel, commonly as the metal chloride e.g Plutonium(III) chloride, to aid in greater "nuclear waste" closed-fuel cycle capabilities. Other notable approaches differing substantially from those with MSRE pedigree include the Stable Salt Reactor(SSR) concept promoted by MOLTEX, which encases the molten salt in hundreds of the common solid fuel rods that are already well established in the nuclear industry. This latter British design was found to be the most competitive for Small modular reactor development by a British based consultancy firm Energy Process Development in 2015.[17][18]
Supercritical-water-cooled reactor (SCWR)
The supercritical water reactor (SCWR)[14] is a reduced moderation water reactor concept that, due to the average speed of the neutrons that would cause the fission events within the fuel being faster than thermal neutrons, it is more accurately termed an epithermal reactor than a thermal reactor. It uses supercritical water as the working fluid. SCWRs are basically light water reactors (LWR) operating at higher pressure and temperatures with a direct, once-through heat exchange cycle. As most commonly envisioned, it would operate on a direct cycle, much like a boiling water reactor (BWR), but since it uses supercritical water (not to be confused with critical mass) as the working fluid, it would have only one water phase present, which makes the supercritical heat exchange method more similar to a pressurized water reactor (PWR). It could operate at much higher temperatures than both current PWRs and BWRs.
Supercritical water-cooled reactors (SCWRs) are promising advanced nuclear systems because of their high thermal efficiency (i.e., about 45% vs. about 33% efficiency for current LWRs) and considerable plant simplification.
The main mission of the SCWR is generation of low-cost electricity. It is built upon two proven technologies, LWRs, which are the most commonly deployed power generating reactors in the world, and superheated fossil fuel fired boilers, a large number of which are also in use around the world. The SCWR concept is being investigated by 32 organizations in 13 countries.
A SCWR Design under development is the VVER-1700/393 (VVER-SCWR or VVER-SKD) — a Russian Supercritical-water-cooled reactor with double-inlet-core and a breeding ratio of 0.95.[19]
Fast reactors
A fast reactor directly uses the fast neutrons emitted by fission, without moderation. Unlike thermal neutron reactors, fast neutron reactors can be configured to "burn", or fission, all actinides, and given enough time, therefore drastically reduce the actinides fraction in spent nuclear fuel produced by the present world fleet of thermal neutron light water reactors, thus closing the nuclear fuel cycle. Alternatively, if configured differently, they can also breed more actinide fuel than they consume.
Gas-cooled fast reactor (GFR)
The gas-cooled fast reactor (GFR)[14] system features a fast-neutron spectrum and closed fuel cycle for efficient conversion of fertile uranium and management of actinides. The reactor is helium-cooled and with an outlet temperature of 850 °C it is an evolution of the very-high-temperature reactor (VHTR) to a more sustainable fuel cycle. It will use a direct Brayton cycle gas turbine for high thermal efficiency. Several fuel forms are being considered for their potential to operate at very high temperatures and to ensure an excellent retention of fission products: composite ceramic fuel, advanced fuel particles, or ceramic clad elements of actinide compounds. Core configurations are being considered based on pin- or plate-based fuel assemblies or prismatic blocks.
The European Sustainable Nuclear Industrial Initiative is funding three Generation IV reactor systems, one of which is a gas-cooled fast reactor, called Allegro, 100 MW(t), which will be built in a central or eastern European country with construction expected to begin in 2018.[20] The central European Visegrád Group are committed to pursuing the technology.[21] In 2013 German, British, and French institutes finished a 3-year collaboration study on the follow on industrial scale design, known as GoFastR.[22] They were funded by the EU's 7th FWP framework programme, with the goal of making a sustainable VHTR.[23]
Sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR)
In India, the Fast Breeder Test Reactor reached criticality in October 1985. In September 2002, fuel burn-up in the FBTR for the first time reached the 100,000 megawatt-days per metric ton uranium (MWd/MTU) mark. This is considered an important milestone in breeder reactor technology. Using the experience gained from the operation of the FBTR, the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor, a 500 MWe Sodium cooled fast reactor is being built at a cost of INR 5,677 crores (~US$900 million) and is expected to be critical by June 2016. The PFBR will be followed by six more Commercial Fast Breeder Reactors (CFBRs) of 600 MWe each.
The SFR[14] is a project that builds on two closely related existing projects, the liquid metal fast breeder reactor and the integral fast reactor.
The goals are to increase the efficiency of uranium usage by breeding plutonium and eliminating the need for transuranic isotopes ever to leave the site. The reactor design uses an unmoderated core running on fast neutrons, designed to allow any transuranic isotope to be consumed (and in some cases used as fuel). In addition to the benefits of removing the long half-life transuranics from the waste cycle, the SFR fuel expands when the reactor overheats, and the chain reaction automatically slows down. In this manner, it is passively safe.[24]
The SFR reactor concept is cooled by liquid sodium and fueled by a metallic alloy of uranium and plutonium or spent nuclear fuel, the "nuclear waste" of light water reactors. The SFR fuel is contained in steel cladding with liquid sodium filling in the space between the clad elements which make up the fuel assembly. One of the design challenges of an SFR is the risks of handling sodium, which reacts explosively if it comes into contact with water. However, the use of liquid metal instead of water as coolant allows the system to work at atmospheric pressure, reducing the risk of leakage.
The European Sustainable Nuclear Industrial Initiative is funding three Generation IV reactor systems, one of which is a sodium-cooled fast reactor, called ASTRID, Advanced Sodium Technical Reactor for Industrial Demonstration, Areva, CEA and EDF are leading the design with British collaboration.[25][26] Astrid will be rated about 600 MWe and is proposed to be built in France, near to the Phénix reactor. A final decision in construction is to be made in 2019[20]
The PRC's first commercial-scale, 800 MWe, fast neutron reactor, to be situated near Sanming in Fujian province will be a SFR. In 2009 an agreement was signed that would entail the Russian BN-800 reactor design to be sold to the PRC once it is completed, this would be the first time commercial-scale fast neutron reactors have ever been exported.[27] The BN-800 reactor became operational in 2014.
The 400 MWe Fast Flux Test Facility operated successfully for ten years at the Hanford site in Washington State.
The 20 MWe EBR II operated successfully for over thirty years at the Idaho National Laboratory, until it was shut down in 1994.
Lead-cooled fast reactor (LFR)
The lead-cooled fast reactor[14] features a fast-neutron-spectrum lead or lead/bismuth eutectic (LBE) liquid-metal-cooled reactor with a closed fuel cycle. Options include a range of plant ratings, including a "battery" of 50 to 150 MW of electricity that features a very long refueling interval, a modular system rated at 300 to 400 MW, and a large monolithic plant option at 1,200 MW. (The term battery refers to the long-life, factory-fabricated core, not to any provision for electrochemical energy conversion.) The fuel is metal or nitride-based containing fertile uranium and transuranics. The LFR is cooled by natural convection with a reactor outlet coolant temperature of 550 °C, possibly ranging up to 800 °C with advanced materials. The higher temperature enables the production of hydrogen by thermochemical processes.
The European Sustainable Nuclear Industrial Initiative is funding three Generation IV reactor systems, one of which is a lead-cooled fast reactor that is also an accelerator-driven sub-critical reactor, called MYRRHA, 100 MW(t), which will be built in Belgium with construction expected to begin after 2014 and the industrial scale version, known as Alfred, slated to be constructed sometime after 2017. A reduced-power model of Myrrha called Guinevere was started up at Mol in March 2009.[20] In 2012 the research team reported that Guinevere was operational.[28]
Two other lead-cooled fast reactors under development are the SVBR-100, a modular 100 MWe lead-bismuth cooled fast neutron reactor concept designed by OKB Gidropress in Russia and the BREST-OD-300 (Lead-cooled fast reactor) 300 MWe, to be developed after the SVBR-100, and built over 2016-20, it will dispense with the fertile blanket around the core and will supersede the sodium cooled BN-600 reactor design, to purportedly give enhanced proliferation resistance.[19]
Advantages and disadvantages
Relative to current nuclear power plant technology, the claimed benefits for 4th generation reactors include:
- Nuclear waste that remains radioactive for a few centuries instead of millennia[29]
- 100-300 times more energy yield from the same amount of nuclear fuel[30]
- Broader range of fuels, and even unencapsulated raw fuels (non-pebble MSR, LFTR).
- In some reactors, the ability to consume existing nuclear waste in the production of electricity, that is, a Closed nuclear fuel cycle. This strengthens the argument to deem nuclear power as renewable energy.
- Improved operating safety features, such as (depending on design) avoidance of pressurized operation, automatic passive (unpowered, uncommanded) reactor shutdown, avoidance of water cooling and the associated risks of loss of water (leaks or boiling) and hydrogen generation/explosion and contamination of coolant water.
Nuclear reactors do not emit CO2 during operation, although like all low carbon power sources, the mining and construction phase can result in CO2 emissions, if energy sources which are not carbon neutral (such as fossil fuels), or CO2 emitting cements are used during the construction process. A 2012 Yale University review published in the Journal of Industrial Ecology analyzing CO2 life cycle assessment (LCA) emissions from nuclear power determined that:[31]
"The collective LCA literature indicates that life cycle GHG [ greenhouse gas ] emissions from nuclear power are only a fraction of traditional fossil sources and comparable to renewable technologies."
Although the paper primarily dealt with data from Generation II reactors, and did not analyze the CO2 emissions by 2050 of the presently under construction Generation III reactors, it did summarize the Life Cycle Assessment findings of in development reactor technologies.
FBRs [ Fast Breeder Reactors ] have been evaluated in the LCA literature. The limited literature that evaluates this potential future technology reports median life cycle GHG emissions... similar to or lower than LWRs[ Gen II light water reactors ] and purports to consume little or no uranium ore.
A specific risk of the sodium-cooled fast reactor is related to using metallic sodium as a coolant. In case of a breach, sodium explosively reacts with water. Fixing breaches may also prove dangerous, as the cheapest noble gas argon is also used to prevent sodium oxidation. Argon, like helium, can displace oxygen in the air and can pose hypoxia concerns, so workers may be exposed to this additional risk. This is a pertinent problem as can be testified by the events at the loop type Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor Monju at Tsuruga, Japan.[32] Using lead or molten salts mitigates this problem by making the coolant less reactive and allowing a high freezing temperature and low pressure in case of a leak. Disadvantages of lead compared to sodium are much higher viscosity, much higher density, lower heat capacity, and more radioactive neutron activation products.
In many cases, there is already a large amount of experience built up with numerous proof of concept Gen IV designs. For example, the reactors at Fort St. Vrain Generating Station and HTR-10 are similar to the proposed Gen IV VHTR designs, and the pool type EBR-II, Phénix and BN-600 reactor are similar to the proposed pool type Gen IV Sodium Cooled Fast reactors being designed.
See also
- 1 2
- ↑ "GIF Portal - Home - Public". www.gen-4.org. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
- 1 2 "GIF Membership". gen-4.org. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ↑ "generation IV international forum updates technology roadmap and builds future. DOE".
- ↑ "The Generation IV international forum holds their 36th meeting on Monday 18th Nov 2013 in Brussels.".
- ↑ Technology Roadmap Update for Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems
- ↑ Generation IV International Forum, overview, John E. Kelly, page 15
- ↑ http://archive.is/22e5F
- 1 2 "Energy Department Announces New Investments in Advanced Nuclear Power Reactors...". US Department of Energy. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ↑ https://www.gen-4.org/gif/upload/docs/application/pdf/2013-09/gif_rd_outlook_for_generation_iv_nuclear_energy_systems.pdf
- ↑ South Africa to stop funding Pebble Bed nuclear reactor
- ↑ Nucnet Report: 'China Begins Construction of First Generation IV HTR-PM Unit', 7 January 2013
- ↑ "INL approves Antares design".
- 1 2 3 4 5 US DOE Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Committee (2002). "A Technology Roadmap for Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems" (PDF). GIF-002-00.
- ↑ "Idaho National Laboratory detailing some current efforts at developing Gen. IV reactors".
- ↑ H. Boussier, S. Delpech, V. Ghetta et Al. : The Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) in Generation IV: Overview and Perspectives, GIF SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS/2012 ANNUAL REPORT, NEA No. 7141, pp95
- ↑ Europe: Moltex' Stable Salt Reactor
- ↑ Moltex Energy sees UK, Canada SMR licensing as springboard to Asia Jun 28, 2016
- 1 2 "Technology Developments & Plant Efficiency for the Russian Nuclear Power Generation Market Wednesday". March 24, 2010.
- 1 2 3 "The European Sustainable Nuclear Industrial Initiative (ESNII) will support three Generation IV reactor systems: a sodium-cooled fast reactor, or SFR, called Astrid that is proposed by France; a gas-cooled fast reactor, GFR, called Allegro supported by central and eastern Europe; and a lead-cooled fast reactor, LFR, technology pilot called Myrrha that is proposed by Belgium.".
- ↑ "The V4G4 Centre of Excellence for performing joint research, development and innovation in the field of Generation-4 (G4) nuclear reactors have been established. 20 July 2013 National Center for Nuclear Research (NCBJ]".
- ↑ "the European Gas cooled Fast Reactor.".
- ↑ "The GOFASTR research program".
- ↑ David Baurac. "Passively safe reactors rely on nature to keep them cool".
- ↑ "Areva, CEA secure EUR650m funding to develop ASTRID sodium-cooled Generation IV reactor 11/11/2010".
- ↑ "UK and France Sign Landmark Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement 02/22/2012 . POWERnews".
- ↑ "Joint venture launched for Chinese fast reactor".
- ↑ Hellemans, Alexander (12 January 2012). "Reactor-Accelerator Hybrid Achieves Successful Test Run". Science Insider. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ↑ "Strategies to Address Global Warming" (PDF).
- ↑ "4th Generation Nuclear Power".
- ↑ Warner, Ethan S.; Heath, Garvin A. Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Nuclear Electricity Generation: Systematic Review and Harmonization, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Yale University, published online April 17, 2012, doi: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00472.x.
- ↑ Tabuchi, Hiroko (17 June 2011). "Japan Strains to Fix a Reactor Damaged Before Quake". The New York Times.
External links
- Article from Idaho National Laboratory detailing some current efforts at developing Gen. IV reactors.
- Generation IV International Forum (GIF)
- U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology
- Gen IV presentation
- Science or Fiction - Is there a Future for Nuclear? (Nov. 2007) - A publication from the Austrian Ecology Institute about 'Generation IV' and Fusion reactors.
- Gail H. Marcus (December 2011). "Nuclear Power After Fukushima". Mechanical Engineering (the magazine of ASME). Retrieved 23 January 2012. "In the wake of a severe plant accident, advanced reactor designs are getting renewed attention."
- International Thorium Energy Organisation - www.IThEO.org
- International Thorium Energy Committee - iThEC


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This powerful Crystal Skull is distinctly colored by Blue Kyanite & Red Ruby.
Ruby in Kyanite is a compelling combination!
Metaphysical and Healing properties of Ruby:
Ruby is a stone for embracing passion in love and life, encouraging us to follow our bliss, and to move away from strife. Ruby further stimulates the loving emotional side toward nurturing, bringing spiritual wisdom, health, knowledge and wealth. It has been used as a stone of protection since ancient times. It is an excellent shielding stone, protecting one on all levels and safeguarding from psychic attack.
Metaphysical and Healing properties of Kyanite:
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Working together these two stones harmonize and energize your total system, completely resetting the physical, emotional, and spiritual bodies. All the while, illuminating ones true path and highest calling. The combination of these minerals also assist in astral travel.
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How to Activate your Crystal
Crystals love to work with a purpose! In general, they are already "Turned On" and busy doing their own thing: Elevating Energies and pumping out Good Vibes! This is their natural state. We can tap into these elevated energies and combine forces by working with our crystals to expand and elevate our own energies and to connect with our highest self. This is done through activation and will set a field of expanded energies that will help us in our daily lives as we practice and deepen this connection with our crystalline friends.
To begin an activation, clear your mind and sit quietly with your crystal. Connect with your heart center and through your heart center connect with the crystal you are holding. This crystal is sharing its love and light with you, as you share your love and light with your crystal.
Think of activation as the growing and expansion of energy layers. The first activation establishes a connection between the crystal and the user, creating the first layer. These layers continue to grow, for both ourselves and the crystal, as we continue to connect. This energy field becomes more stable over time as we continue to connect and reconnect.
Cleansing your Crystal
Stones of all kinds are energetically alive. Crystals and Gemstones carry their own vibrations and can be influenced by subtle energies and/or thoughts and actions taking place around them. Crystals also have the ability to be cleansed of influences that have touched them before or after they have come to you. When gemstones are energetically cleansed they are cleared of all energies other than their own, and until they are used again in ritual or meditation, they will generally remain cleared. For some people, it is important to cleanse, wash and purify their gemstones and crystals before using them. For others it is not. This is really a personal preference, one that you may feel into on an individual basis.
Feel into your crystal when you first receive it. How does it feel? Does it feel yummy and scrumptious; is it a pure delight? Then maybe it doesn't need cleared at all. But, if you feel guided to make this new gemstone truly a piece of your own, and perhaps also to have a special bonding session with your new crystalline friend, then cleansing your crystals should be easy and fun. Below are a few ideas for consideration, but you may be inspired by something entirely different! The key is to have an open heart and to connect with your crystals just as you would with any person or spirit guide.
Listed below is one of our favorite methods. For a more exhaustive list of possibilities, see our Crystal Cleansing Guide.
Cleansing your crystals with the method of energy and intention:
Hold your crystal with the intention of Pure Love & Light enfolding it. Feel yourself and your crystal being surrounded within a sphere of very supportive white or golden light energy. (You may also play with different colors, if you enjoy color healing!) Begin to feel Cosmic Love and Source Energy flowing throughout your body and directly into your crystal. Stay within this protective sphere for as long as you feel guided. This is also an excellent way to begin any meditation.


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City residents deserve better
The post-mortem on the debacle of Blizzard `13 in Bridgeport will come later.
And it will have to answer the question of what was so wrong with the city's planning for this long-forecasted storm.
The result of whatever planning occurred was a nightmare, a city of largely rutted, slippery byways more reminiscent of a medieval village than the state's largest city.
And people in Bridgeport are understandably outraged.
This is not to say that handling a storm of this force on the narrow, congested streets of a compact city is ever easy. But it's been a long, long time -- if ever -- that streets in neighborhoods all over the city were absolutely untouched by a plow a good 72 hours after the last flake fell, as many were on Tuesday. Mind-boggling.
And yes, Mayor Bill Finch can talk about the "yahoos" whose cars got stranded at the height of the storm, but the fact is at least some of those "yahoos" were hard-working people coming home from a job. Not everyone has the luxury of skipping work in bad weather.
It's clear the storm got ahead -- way ahead -- of the city's response.
Among the questions the post-mortem should address are: Did the city move in time to lock up the services of private contractors, with their dump trucks, bucket loaders and plows, to supplement its own force?
Was it the right idea to pull crews off the road for three hours at the height of the storm? Safety is paramount, of course, and heavy plows trying to operate in whiteout conditions could do more harm than good. But as Gov. Dannel P. Malloy pointed out Monday, he'd advised municipalities to plow through the storm. Who was right?
Were parking restrictions put into effect early enough?
And so on. People in Bridgeport literally stuck in their homes for days by impassable or unplowed streets are seething and deserve better than this.


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LA GUARDIA AIRPORT, New York — FlightSafety International has introduced its new generation Vital 1100 visual system.
"Vital 1100 offers unprecedented fidelity for a wide variety of uses with full flight simulators and a complete range of other advanced training devices," said Jon Hester, General Manager, Visual Systems.
The company's team of engineers and designers developed Vital 1100 based on customer requirements and "the experience gained during more than 44 years of producing the successful series of Vital visual systems," he said.
The computational performance of Vital 1100 is five times greater than that of its predecessor, the Vital X. This enhances training by providing mission-specific imagery with improved scene content and unprecedented levels of detail, according to company officials.
Hundreds of millions of scene elements are processed every second and presented along with environmental effects such as physics-based weather models of rain, snow and hail that develop and react as they do in the real world. Other features include dynamic shadowing and enhanced shading effects. This adds a new dimension to the training environment by providing pilots with valuable cues and added realism, company officials said.
FlightSafety has delivered more than 1,000 visual systems and close to 800 simulators and other advanced training devices to date. The simulators and visual systems are part of an integrated training system used throughout the company's network of Learning Centers and by many other organizations worldwide.


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While talk of a ceasefire is on going, the US Navy has sent 3 warships to be stationed off the coast of Israel.
From Debka
USS Gunston Hall
The US has ordered three amphibious warships with 2,500 Marines aboard back to the eastern Mediterranean to remain on standby off Israel's shore in case they are needed to evacuate American citizens. The USS Iwo Jima, the USS New York and the USS Gunston Hall, were sailing west of Gibraltar on their way to back to Norfolk, Virginia, when they were turned around.
The United States have never before evacuated American citizens from Israel. The US notice does not say whether a possible evacuation would include the US forces posted in American bases in Israel. A mass evacuation would entail a Marine shore landing in order to lead the evacuees to the amphibious craft.
USS New York
The Iwo Jima is a helicopter carrier, while the New York, one of the newest vessels of its kind in the US Navy, is a primary class of amphibious transport dock.
Although a decision to evacuate nationals was defined in the CNN report as a "remote contingency," our sources stress that it is extreme enough to be taken only when a war situation is envisaged capable of endangering Americans.
This step negates the expectation articulated widely in Israel Monday, Nov. 19, that a ceasefire with the Hamas is within reach. It rather indicates that Washington sees the situation surrounding the Gaza Strip in a far different light, more like a situation holding the threat of a general conflagration beyond the confines of the Israel-Hamas contest in Gaza.
USS Iwo Jima
According to the same report, the US military also maintains three to four ships off the coast of Israel that are capable of shooting down ballistic missiles. That deployment has stretched for some months in the face of a potential ballistic threat from Iran.
Does President Obama believe that a ground war will start soon and that Hamas "fighters" will invade Israel? Or is he getting ready to "impose" a solution on the area. If it is the first he is a fool and if it is the second he might be biting off more than he can chew.
Is the United States prepared for another Middle Eastern war? One in which the President will have to round up and incarcerate a segment of the American People?
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It's not uncommon for a game to have bugs and glitches, just ask Bethesda. But especially when multiplayer is involved, people will dig up or stumble on some hilarious (and sometimes useful) glitches.
Here are a few that people have already been uploading to YouTube, not even a full day after Black Ops II has been released.
The top video is during Black Ops II's Zombies mode, where a zombie's body stretches across a building, leaving but a tiny hand at the end of that awkward, skin-filled rainbow. I hope the imagery of that made your Tuesday better.
This one got coined the "Jesus glitch." For obvious, non-resurrection related reasons.
Here's another one from the Zombie mode. A sneaky little glitch that gives you invincibility. But where's the fun in that if you're not getting up and fighting? I don't know about you, but I like using my guns.
I like to think the care package in this video came down, saw all the enemies with guns and was like, "NOPE. BUHBYE."
Yet another Zombies glitch, I imagine the zombie here is thinking, "Maybe if I stand really, really still he won't see me." Either that or he's been practicing his ballet lunges so much he froze that way. That's how it works, right? Like making faces?
And then of course there's the Samuel L. Jackson glitch that Luke pointed out last night.
Find any others? Let us know. And make use of Theater!


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Peacebuilding: The Art of Human Appreciation
Milet Mendoza
"During my captivity, when I was on bended knees, tied up and very afraid, I looked into the face of the young boy holding a gun to my head and I thought, 'Oh my God. What have we done to this young boy?'"
In a conflict situation, it is easy to see the structures that have been ruined and the technical side of what needs to be improved. But it is the spirit that has been decimated. Too often the social side is forgotten and the healing process is disregarded as a critical element of development interventions. I think that is why, despite millions of dollars spent, there is still conflict, people are still poor, and people remain un-empowered.
I was returning as an independent humanitarian and peace worker to the Sulu Archipelago, Southern Philippines when I was kidnapped and held captive for two months by Abu Sayyaf in Basilan in 2008. During my captivity, when I was on bended knees, tied up and very afraid, I looked into the face of the young boy holding a gun to my head and I thought, "Oh my God. What have we done to this young boy?"
I had studied the Moro peoples' history, talked to people, heard stories about violence and revenge — in that moment, everything I knew of the oppression and deprivation people had suffered flashed before my eyes. I felt responsible. In the face of death, the first thing that came to me was to ask for forgiveness. The exact words I said were: "For all the sins of the Christians against the Muslims, I ask for forgiveness." By doing so, I took upon generations of prejudices, biases, human rights violations, historical inequalities, and missed opportunities.
As they were taping my mouth shut, I said what I thought were going to be my last words: "I just want you to know that my respect for the Muslim people has not diminished because many of them opened their homes to me, adopted me as their sister, as their daughter, as one of them. And because of that I became a better Christian."
As a humanitarian and a peace worker, I feel strongly that it is not about "I and me," but "we and us." My story is part of a bigger story. I share this story because I hope people see the importance of the context, of why people turned out to be like this. I was sure that if I were born in that side of the world, I could be one of them.
Transforming a culture of violence to a culture of peace takes collaborative engagement. We must allow the context within which we find ourselves to define our development engagement. The habit for many of us is to come in as outsiders and have the false assumption that we know better — that we have been given the technical tools and studied all the right steps to go about implementing a project that is time-bound and outcome-focused. Having knowledge and funds mean power. And that power is evident in how you relate with people, who more often than not are seen as beneficiaries or recipients rather than as partners. The paradigm needs to shift so that you come to an area believing that even those who are illiterate or very poor have something to give. They have as much to give, if not more, than you have assumed that you can do.
When you enter a community that has been traumatized and disintegrated, what is important at the end of the day is that you uplift the human dignity of people. Human security is not just where people are now but the hope and the dream that is crystallized when they see their own potential. You draw out the best in people by providing them opportunities to take the primary role in making positive changes.
I was part of a development engagement on the island of Tawi Tawi in the Philippines. With very little money, we were able to repair seven classrooms. The children collected the sand and rinsed it with salt so it could be used for the construction. The mothers cooked the meals for the carpenters. The young boys collected the rainwater. You quantify this collaboration — it doesn't need to be in the form of money — and it is clear that the community contributed more than we did with our little support. It was important to us to make sure that the community realized this.
I always say that no one is too poor not to give something and no one is too rich not to ask for anything. Everyone has something to give.
Peacebuilding is an art. It is the art of human appreciation. I don't want to see horrible pictures; I don't want to tell stories about women abused. You already know these horrible things are a matter of fact; they are all around you. I don't want to highlight them. This is a way for me to protect myself from becoming de-sensitized and to keep hope alive in my heart. It is the remembrances of goodness and resilience that give hope. I want to remember the positive things that inspire people. So in the moments when people are in despair, like I was as a captive, they can find strength.
It was in the moment of face-to-face encounters with marginalized people and with resilient women that I was transformed. On many occasions, I felt the pain of the other and the joy of the other. My heart pulsated with them. They have become my lampposts in my peace path.
Milet Mendoza is currently a 2010 Women PeaceMaker at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice.


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Here's an opportunity to put your finely honed Olioboard skills to use. Benjamin Moore has teamed up with Olioboard and is hosting a Spring Color Makeover Contest. Create a room, and include at least three Benjamin Moore paint colors, to be eligible for a chance to win 1 of 3 $450 prize packs.
We wanted to create an app that would allow anyone to experiment with interior design, no matter the age or technical ability.
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What is Olioboard? Olioboard is the Polyvore for interior designers and interior design enthusiasts. It is an on-line community where you create and share digital mood boards. You can upload, download, organize, drag and drop interior design products. It is free, but you have the option to upgrade to the Pro Plan Color Tool. Recently included in the Pro Plan are all the Benjamin Moore paint colors, and in honor of this great new addition, all members will have access to the color tool for the duration of the contest.
To get started you need to set up an Olioboard account, read the rules for the Benjamin Moore Spring Color Makeover Contest here, and start creating.
When you enter your board, let us know so we can all vote for you. Good luck!
Entries need to be received by May 10, 2012 at 12:00 EST.


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It's that time of year everyone. The cold air is slowly creeping in and the leaves are starting to change. September is half way done which means I need to get my tush moving on getting my fall porch together. In keeping with my forever going theme of up-cycling, I have decided to decorate my porch this year with things that grow from the earth only. Mums, kale, pumpkins, corn shocks and
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SKILLMAN, N.J. -- Barry University men's tennis team finished No. 3 in the final Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings.
The Buccaneers went 25-3 this season, advancing to the NCAA Division II semifinals.
Freshman Ahmed Triki was ranked No. 3 in the final singles rankings. Triki went 13-3, all at the No. 1 flight, to earn All-American honors. The top 20 ranked players in the country earn All-American honors in singles. Triki was 6-3 against nationally-ranked opponents.
Junior Fabian Groetsch finished the season with a No. 15 ranking, following a 10-5 record. It is the second time Groetsch earned singles All-American honors in his three-year Buccaneers career.
Senior Ollie Lemaitre and Triki finished the year with a No. 3 doubles ranking to earn All-American distinction. The top 10-ranked doubles teams in the country earn All-American honors. Lemaitre, the school's all-time doubles wins leader with 82 career victories, paired with Triki to put together a 15-3 record with 14 wins at the No. 1 flight.


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It's funny that Aaz brings up concerns about the pace of the story because that exact thing has been gnawing at the back of my mind for a while now. (If I'm misunderstanding what you said, Aaz, feel free to tell me to fuck off.) But I never realized how much information we got and how quickly we got it during the ordeal with the Sea God until I read the volume as a whole. It seemed like a lot of important information was revealed at breakneck speed. It almost felt like a cram session. Now we're back to Rickert and in four episodes he has beelined straight for Griffith.
Do you guys think we'll see Nina again sometime in the future? I am glad Luca and the group are back so maybe her and Joachim will turn up somewhere.
Do you guys think we'll see Nina again sometime in the future? I am glad Luca and the group are back so maybe her and Joachim will turn up somewhere.
Good stuff guys. Especially liked the ending when you guys started talking about the possible political allusions and conflicting ideologies Miura could implement into Berserk.
That's an interesting possibility as well. The last time we heard of them they left off somewhere together, two cowards working together in order to learn to be brave. Here's a possibility: imagine that instead of them being in Falconia, they end up with Guts and co. fighting against Griffith. Definitely would be a nice way to redeem both those characters
It's a cute thought, but I don't think they'd be particularly useful on the battlefield. Unless the plan is to slowly infect the opposing force with STDs.
I'm not criticizing the pacing or anything. It just feels like things are being rushed a bit. Or maybe it's just that things aren't being expanded upon as much as I'd like.
I wonder if sometimes Miura feels like accelerating the pace of the story when the episodes are released at longer intervals. You know, to keep the interest of more casual readers, or even to fuel his own? I don't think so though.
I like the role reversal, which reminds me of when Farnese led the Holy Iron Chain Knights after Guts, thinking he was their prophesied enemy.
Aaz commenting on Rickert & Erica's ages actually touched on something I was wondering lately: How much time HAS elapsed post-Golden Age? Does anyone have a rough idea?
Q1: To the readers, Guts as a character has grown tremendously in the past few years, but how much time has elapsed in the Berserk world since the end of the Golden Age arc in Volume 14? (i.e. Lost Children - Millennium Falcon)Id say its been 3-4 years, though its not been clearly decided.
Thanks, Walter. That's handy to know. What age do we currently put Rickert at, then? He had to be early teens during the Golden Age, surely. About 13 (so 16-17 now?) Ish hard to tell in manga sometimes.
There's one thing I'd like to ask you to confirm, if you don't mind: regarding the scrolls given to Rickert, in particular the one granting him an audience with Griffith, from what was said in the podcast I took it that the audience was set up in advance, and that the audience was set up specifically for Rickert. Is this so?
Indeed it is.
I'm really curious to learn why Griffith set it up, but I guess it'll probably be clear when their meeting takes place.


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Quick Slants:
- Rookie Arthur Moats is the name of the player who knocked Brett Favre.
- Stevie Johnson dropped a pass in the first quarter. It was perfectly thrown downfield pass on 3rd and 9 that would have put them in Vikings territory.
- Florence now has three interceptions in two TDs in the last three games. Before that he had never scored a touchdown.
- Bills one a replay challenge to get the ball back after an apparent Fitzpatrick fumble. The Vikings one a challenge on their first touchdown as an incomplete pass was reversed to a TD.
My Take:
The worst thing that happened to the Bills was knocking Favre out of the game on the opening series. It just seemed like Jackson was waiting for his opportunity and was going to seize it. He played like a man possessed and dominated after throwing his pick six. The Bills just made too many mistakes and played their worst game since their bye week. We knew they were due for a clunker and this was it. Hopefully they won't go into the tank now with just four games left but knowing the character on this team I doubt it.
What's Ahead:
The Bills head back to Orchard Park to take on the improved Cleveland Browns and try to get back on track.


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