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Estas notas son probablemente gotas insignificantes en un océano. Pero saben a sal rojiblanca, a la playa del expatriado, y a la fortuna de vivir in situ de nuevo la fase final de un campeonato de fútbol de naciones. No son por tanto mucho, pero son las nuestras. O al menos sólo tendrán sentido si así consigo que las sientas.

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Ginebra

Antes de entrar en materia, quería agradecer a makako su comentario. La verdad es que las veces que he estado en la Suiza francesa, los portugueses me han pasado desapercibidos, mientras que en la zona germana se hacen notables, entre otras cosas por su escaso dominio del alemán, las banderas que cuelgan de sus balcones y ventanas haya o no torneos de fútbol, y la cantidad de restaurantes y tiendas de comestibles de productos propios que regentan. Y sin embargo makako tiene razón, y los portugueses son más en la parte francesa de este hermoso país y además son la mayor comunidad extranjera en esa zona, aunque en el global del país sean la tercera más numerosa tras alemanes e italianos.

Y Ginebra es aún más: es la ciudad con la mayor comunidad portuguesa de Suiza. Así que ayer se encontraron como en casa. Recibieron demasiado premio a mi entender para lo que hicieron, pero es que están un punto también física y futbolísticamente por encima de los checos, que lo intentaron todo y a pesar de alcanzar un buen nivel no tuvieron ni la potencia ni la suerte ni, en lo últimos veinte minutos, la fineza suficiente para meter el segundo y ser la primera selección que le daba la vuelta a un marcador en esta Eurocopa.

Los suizos por su parte repitieron en Basilea, pero esta vez tuvieron que jugársela al waterpolo. Y aunque le echaron casta y dignidad, su goleador, otro emigrante inmigrado, que ni siquiera pudoquiso celebrar el primer gol y perdió otras dos ocasiones bien claras, fue el primero en ver cómo su nación de origen y tierra de sus padres sí que se convertía en la primera selección del torneo en dar la vuelta al resultado. Y curiosamente éste fue esperado para los perdedores e inesperado para los ganadores, y esta noche las bocinas sonaron en las capitales suizas moderadamente y no fue por su país. Hoy los periódicos se despertaron declarando el final del sueño. Y pidiendo al menos el triunfo como mejores anfitriones de la historia del torneo.

Y no me apetece hablar más de esta Eurocopa por hoy. Gracias a Dios que ahora mismo no vivo en España, porque somos la única nación en contra de sí misma. Sí yo fuera aficionado del otro equipo grande de la ciudad, hoy me daría vergüenza ajena de mis "compatriotas". No sois españoles, ...

Comentarios

makako ha opinado:

Ginebra, que ciudad!!! la segunda del mundo en calidad de vida segun la ultima clasificacion, detras de Zurich. Pero en mi clasificacion particular, que antes vivia en una y ahora en la otra, lo mas alto del podio solo puede ser para la inolvidable Genève.

Y que injusto ha sido el futbol con la seleccion Suiza, no solo por las lesiones de sus mejores jugadores, tambien por la manera de perder los partidos, especialmente el segundo, en el ultimo suspiro, significando la eliminacion matematica y a manos de el rival mas odiado.

Ese medio segundo que transcurre entre el gol que sentencia a Suiza y el griterio de 50.000 personas jurando en arameo (o Schweizerdeutsch, que vienen a ser lo mismo) fue demoledor. Bellevue jamas ha estado tan silenciosa.

Afortunadamente se gano el descafeinado partido contra Portugal, lo que evito que quedasen apeados con un cero en el casillero (curiosamente, la unica seleccion que se ha ido sin puntos ha sido la actual campeona).

Pero no ha sido una eliminacion dramatica (supomgo que es cuestion de expectativas), en un pais donde no hay ningun deporte que monopolice la informacion deportiva o la pasion del aficionado, su verdadera competicion era la de ser los mejores anfitriones, no se si lo conseguiran, pero estan poniendo empenho.

Saludos.

# junio 20, 2008 2:46

giibargtecht ha opinado:

Kenya wants to be Africa's digital <b>heart</b> but its e-learning strategy ignores the need for more trained<br><img src="images2.layoutsparks.com/.../pink-rose-lovely-bunch.jpg"><br> teachers and less inequalityKenya recently announced an ambitious plan to <b>deliver</b> 1.3m laptops to<br><img src="randomc.net/.../Lovely%2520Complex%2520-%252003%2520-%2520Large%252009.jpg"><br> schoolchildren. The project will cost more than $600m (53bn Kenyan shillings/£400m) <b>and</b> implementation will begin this year.This<br> is not simply a procurement issue or a small <b>part</b> of a larger educational strategy. It is <b>the</b> strategy. The budget, released this month, claims that the government "has prioritised<br><img src="ichef.bbci.co.uk/.../prairie_dog_1.jpg"><br> transforming the educational system to e-teaching and e-learning".<br> By contrast, the budget contained only 34.7bn<br> shillings for healthcare, and 67bn for the police.<br> In a country with extremely limited <b>financial</b> resources, this is a very bold move.In some ways, the strategy seems to reinforce the image of Kenya as Africa's digital heart. The country has embedded digital services in its national <b>development</b> plan, is building a<br><img src="fc08.deviantart.net/.../dragonfly_wings__by_Pretty_As_A_Picture.jpg"><br> <b>technology</b> park dubbed "silicon Savannah", is a pioneer in creating digital services and software (such<br><img src="media-cache-ec4.pinterest.com/.../bringing_pretty-1346104767_600.jpg"><br> as the M-Pesa mobile money transfer system and the <b>Ushahidi</b> <b>crisis</b> reporting platform), and has one of <b>the</b> highest internet penetration rates on the continent.But Kenya is characterised by <b>deep</b> <b>economic</b> inequalities. In the shadow of Nairobi's gleaming skyscrapers are millions of people who live in poverty. About half the country's 41 million people live below the national poverty line, <b>and</b> measures including the Gini coefficient show large gaps between rich and poor. More than 15 million Kenyans still don't have access to safe water or sanitation.Despite<br> free primary education, more than 1 <b>million</b> Kenyan children of school<br><img src="images2.fanpop.com/.../Lovely-Baby-Girl-sweety-babies-9050432-450-344.jpg"><br> age aren't attending classes.<br> Having a well-educated population is without doubt a way for the country to help itself out of poverty. But is betting the <b>farm</b> <b>on</b> e-teaching and e-learning a sensible strategy? More importantly, is it an equitable or just development approach?Many of the project's specifics have yet to emerge, but there are still some important points to be made.First,<br> laptops alone won't solve any of the structural and social issues – including a lack of trained teachers, <b>intermittent</b> power supplies and thousands of malnourished children – facing Kenya.Irrespective<br> of how many stories we hear <b>about</b> the effectiveness of laptops being dropped off to villages in rural Africa – the approach adopted by One Laptop per Child's Nicholas Negroponte, for instance – technology alone cannot provide an education. Among other things, children still need functioning schools, electricity and, crucially, trained teachers – tens of thousands are required, according to the Kenya National Union of Teachers.Second, <b>information</b> and communication technologies are an amplifier <b>of</b> capabilities, skills, and social and economic positions. Supporters of education <b>projects</b> based on laptop distribution often point to their success in connecting the previously disconnected. But while information technologies and the communication networks that link them are fantastic tools for <b>people</b> with <b>the</b> existing knowledge, skills and social networks to take advantage of them, they are less <b>useful</b> to those starting <b>from</b> a <b>less</b> privileged position. It is<br><img src="maxcdn.creativeadawards.com/.../Sad-Girl-l.jpg"><br> hard to see how the programme could do <b>anything</b> to address inequality without tackling its deeper roots.Third,<br> there is a long history of people and states framing technology as a solution to economic, social,  <a href = "zed15.tumblr.com/forex-growth-bot">forex growth bot </a> environmental problems. IT becomes intertwined with notions of modernity and progress. Naively, they are seen not just as a tool, but as a panacea for development.<br> Kenya's laptop project shows us how powerful these visions can be.<br> Why <b>get</b> involved in the messy <b>business</b> of hiring thousands of teachers, building functioning schools, creating a stable electricity supply,<br><img src="2.bp.blogspot.com/.../emily.jpg"><br> and ensuring that all children are well-nourished, when laptops and e-learning will thrust the country <b>into</b> the digital economy?Increased access to IT undoubtedly holds much<br><img src="content5.videojug.com/.../make-me-up-pretty-date-night-makeup.WidePlayer.jpg%3Fv3"><br> promise for some <b>of</b> Kenya's youth. But the worry is that the resources<br><img src="filmmakermagazine.com/.../happy-sad-face.jpg"><br> invested in the project could have been better spent.<br><br><img src="pad1.whstatic.com/.../550px-Make-a-Cat-and-Dog-Get-Along-Step-2.jpg"><br> Policymakers in other low-income countries will undoubtedly be watching closely; we need to ask <b>who</b> will ultimately benefit from the project and who <b>may</b> get left behind.Universal<br> primary educationGovernanceKenyaAfricaMark Grahamguardian.co.uk &copy; 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies.<br> All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As <b>the</b> U.S. seeks to reduce oil consumption, <b>not</b> all the news is bad: For <b>years,</b> automakers <b>have</b> been selling Americans cars with ever more efficient engines. In fact, a car purchased today is able to extract <b>nearly</b> twice as much power from a gallon of gas as its counterpart did 25 years ago.LONDON -- Global stocks rose Friday after the world's seven leading industrial nations moved to rein in the Japanese yen, whose surge to <b>record</b> highs this week was hurting a country already brought to its <b>knees</b> by natural disasters.<br> To make the most of the current financial climate, universities could use a clearer picture of funding strategy, <b>says</b> Alex BolsUK universities are second only to US higher education for their excellent<br><img src="4.bp.blogspot.com/.../wtf-demotivational-poster-1211081456.jpg"><br> research, which in turn drives the country's economic growth and pushes forward the boundaries of knowledge. The 1994 <b>Group</b> <b>is</b> running <b>a</b> project this year to identify the key elements policy-makers need to put in place to help institutions to build on this world-class reputation.At the last spending review <b>in</b> <b>2010,</b> funding <b>for</b> investment in capital, along with many <b>other</b> areas in these financially challenging times, was significantly restricted.<br> This funding has, to a large extent, been supplemented since then with <b>a</b> series of high-profile announcements of <b>funding</b> for particular projects. Does the government's attitude towards investment in capital reflect the current funding environment or a wider shift <b>in</b> the way funding will be allocated in the future?In recent months, we've <b>looked</b> at <b>different</b> aspects of research funding policy, such as the dangers of concentrating <b>research</b> funding too hard and the significance of critical mass. We have also held a series of policy events <b>in</b> recent weeks, bringing together experts from across the <b>sector,</b> looking at the importance of <b>investing</b> in research careers and the necessity of investing in infrastructure.A<br> number of key themes emerged about the demands of university buildings and equipment: firstly, the value of demonstrating the efficient use of buildings and equipment, and that <b>they</b> are meeting a specific need; secondly,<br><img src="extra.listverse.com/.../_amazing_sand_sculpture.jpg"><br> the importance of using government funding to leverage additional funding.To<br> make the most of the current financial climate, universities could use  <a href = "zed15.tumblr.com/Fibroids-Miracle">Fibroids Miracle download </a> picture of government strategy.<br> The change of attitude following the 2010 spending review begs the question: has the government been convinced of the importance of investing in research infrastructure, and as <b>such</b> will <b>they</b> make<br><img src="2.bp.blogspot.com/.../emily.jpg"><br> this a priority at the next spending review? <b>Or</b> <b>do</b> these moves symbolise an emerging new landscape in <b>which</b> the government allocates funding on a more ad hoc basis for specific high profile priorities?It will be important in the lead up to the next general election, and the spending review that will take place shortly afterwards, for universities and the sector to make the case for a longer-term strategic approach to funding.<br> <b>This</b> approach will be necessary to ensure effective planning, to identify the highest priorities <b>where</b> <b>the</b> greatest impact can be made, and to develop <b>strong</b> partnerships.The<br> ability to leverage additional funding from <b>external</b> sources is also crucial.<br> It may be possible to have 'shovel-ready' projects in some instances when funding becomes available, <b>but</b> it takes a lot of time and planning to develop these projects and bring in matched funding.<br> While the sector has responded well <b>to</b> these bids for funding, it might be possible in future to bring in additional funding from business <b>partners</b> if there is a longer lead-in time.If<br> there has been a more fundamental shift in the way government <b>allocates</b> funding, how could institutions be better prepared to respond to funding pots with tight deadlines? Partly this will involve institutions developing their own priority lists for investment, either singularly or as a group – these should also feed into national priorities for investment.At a time when government funding remains limited, the capacity for government investment to leverage additional income, whether matched funding <b>from</b> <b>the</b> institution or <b>from</b> business more widely, <b>seems</b> likely to remain a priority.<br> This links to the benefits <b>of</b> longer-term strategic relationships, whether with other universities, <b>business</b> <b>or</b> philanthropic sources or even their Local Enterprise Partnerships, which <b>enable</b> universities to best take advantage of funding as it arises.<br> It will be much easier to call on partners and matched funding if there is already an existing relationship between organisations.In<br> an ideal <b>world,</b> the key to infrastructure investment <b>would</b> be a longer-term approach to <b>funding.<br></b> Institutions could identify key priorities based on a specific need and demonstrating the impact of previous <b>investment,</b> all the while building <b>strategic</b> partnerships to ensure efficiencies and the ability to leverage additional funding now – <b>and</b> into the future.Alex Bols is chief executive of the 1994 group of universities – follow it on Twitter @1994group and Alex @alexbolsThis content <b>is</b> brought to you <b>by</b> Guardian Professional. To get more articles like this direct to your inbox, become a <b>member</b> of the Higher Education Network.ResearchPolicyFundingFinanceInfrastructureHigher educationUniversity administrationEducation policyguardian.co.uk<br><br><img src="images5.fanpop.com/.../WTF-random-30478937-640-644.jpg"><br> &copy;<br><img src="filmmakermagazine.com/.../happy-sad-face.jpg"><br> 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies.<br> <b>All</b> rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our <b>Terms</b> & Conditions | More Feeds&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In an excerpt from “Roger Ailes: Off Camera,” Mr.<br> Ailes, the head of the Fox News Channel, takes aim at Vice <b>President</b> Joseph R.<br> Biden Jr.<br> and Newt <b>Gingrich,</b> among others.<br> The attacks in the Iraqi capital, apparently  <a href = "zed15.tumblr.com/vision-without-glasses">vision-without glasses </a> <b>car</b> <b>bombs</b> outside three government ministries, a raid by gunmen and a suicide bombing. An 8,900 kilometer undersea fiber cable system in Asia, backed by a consortium including <b>Google,</b> China Telecom, NEC and a host of <b>local</b><br><img src="media-cache-ec4.pinterest.com/.../bringing_pretty-1346104767_600.jpg"><br> telecommunications companies, went live Thursday.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br> British researchers have found children conceived through in vitro fertilization start school with verbal skills eight months more advanced than those born through unplanned pregnancies. Rival groups split on the political direction of the protests, with <b>claims</b> two organisations back military ruleRival organisations behind Brazil's huge street <b>demonstrations</b> are struggling for control amid conflicting views about the political direction the movement should take.With further action planned for Wednesday evening, the <b>leftwing</b> groups who initiated the marches suspect opposition parties are trying to hijack the protests and use them as a<br><img src="4.bp.blogspot.com/.../wtf-demotivational-poster-1211081456.jpg"><br> platform to challenge president Dilma Rousseff's government before next year's presidential election.The protesters have proved a formidable political force, notching up victory after victory in the past <b>week</b> and forcing Rousseff's Workers' Party and regional leaders into a series of concessions. But the scale has ebbed in recent days. Although demonstrations continue on a daily <b>basis</b> in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and dozens of other cities, they are on a <b>smaller</b> scale <b>than</b> last <b>Thursday's</b> march of more than a million.The<br> vast majority of <b>marches</b> have been unified, but there have been a few shouting matches between <b>rival</b> groups competing to set the ideological direction of the protests.<br> Some would like a stronger focus on inequality and improving conditions <b>in</b> favelas. Others are pushing for <b>tax</b> cuts and a crackdown <b>on</b> corrupt officials.In<br> online chat rooms and microblogs, there is speculation that police are using agents provocateurs <b>to</b> stir up violence and pave the way for a coup. Evidence for that is scant, but <b>differences</b> have become more apparent. Groups such as Anonymous are calling for a period of reflection, and arranged workshops and public meetings in Rio this week to discuss where to go next.But<br><br><img src="cdn2.damnfunnypictures.com/HilariousMotivators001.jpg"><br> several organisations that <b>are</b> closer to <b>the</b> right pressed ahead with smaller gatherings on Monday and urged <b>more</b> on Thursday. Two of them, Organisation Opposed to Corruption and Online Revolution, advocate the return of militarism, <b>according</b> to an <b>article</b> on the Estado de São Paulo website. This followed tension in São Paulo during last Thursday's <b>march</b> when some groups <b>burned</b> the <b>flags</b> of the Workers Party."We<br> live in a democracy and this reaction is a kind of nationalism taken to an extreme.<br> I<br><img src="2.bp.blogspot.com/.../lovely.JPG"><br> fear this may be hidden fascism," <b>said</b> Talita Saito, a 21-year-old law student at the protest.Such<br> incidents have so far been on <b>the</b> fringes.<br> More positive is the sign of a new political debate that has been stirred up by formerly apathetic multitudes who are turning out in vast numbers to peacefully back the protests.But those who initiated the protests in support of cheap public transport are uneasy that part of the movement has morphed towards a campaign <b>for</b> lower taxes.A major reason for the success of last week's marches was that <b>the</b> organisers rejected affiliation with political parties.<br> The amorphous movement embraced frustrations felt across the political spectrum, many  <a href = "zed15.tumblr.com/tinnitusmiracle">tinnitusmiracle </a> brought into relief by the Confederations Cup.About<br> 50,000 people joined a demonstration<br><img src="1.bp.blogspot.com/.../toughcookie.jpg"><br> on Wednesday outside a stadium in Belo Horizonte, where Brazil were playing Uruguay in a Confederations Cup semi-final.<br> Police fired tear gas and protesters<br><img src="24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltnq8zFOsb1r5siw7o1_400.jpg"><br> threw stones.<br> In Brasilia, where the other semi-final was taking place, police shut<br><img src="images2.layoutsparks.com/.../the-crow-red-trees.jpg"><br> down traffic in the <b>city</b> centre in expectation of unrest.After last Thursday's march, the <b>huge</b> range of motivations was <b>evident</b> in the hand-written placards pinned on to the walls – "Schools not Stadiums", "70bn in Corruption", "End Police <b>Violence",</b> "Stop PEC 37" <b>(a</b> bill that would weaken <b>the</b> power of the public minister to investigate official wrongdoing) and "No to the Gay Cure" (a reference <b>to</b> evangelical <b>politician</b> Marco Feliciano's call for Brazil's medical establishment to treat homosexuality as a disease.In<br> recent days, Rousseff – a<br><img src="ilovedisastermovies.files.wordpress.com/.../natureunleashedavalanche.jpg"><br> former student radical – has talked to organisers and responded to some of their concerns. On Monday, she promised a referendum on political reform, tighter penalties for corruption, a 50bn real <b>(£15bn)</b> programme for public transport and more support for healthcare and education. Another concession was won from <b>legislators,</b> who dropped the PEC 37 bill.The groups behind the protests say Rousseff's promises are too vague and fall short of demands they have regarding evictions of residents for mega-events, excessive police violence <b>(seen</b> on Tuesday in a raid on the Maré favela in Rio that left at least nine people dead) <b>and</b> wider issues of inequality and environmental destruction.A<br> statement by the Passe Libre group said the government has to do more to rein in paramilitary police, who have shot protesters with rubber bullets and used teargas indiscriminately. "There is an urgent need to demilitarise the police and put in place a national policy to regulate less lethal weapons, which are banned in many countries and <b>condemned</b> by international bodies," the group said.Alan<br> Fragoso, one of<br><img src="lh3.ggpht.com/.../14-Lovely-Hearts-for-St-Valentines-day-sandwich.jpg"><br> the organisers of the Fórum de Lutas group that initiated the protests, said the demonstrations would <b>continue.</b> "Even if the protesters do not have <b>full</b> political <b>consciousness</b> we must seize the moment to promote the inclusion of political debate in the daily life of Brazilians," he said.In<br> response to Rousseff's promises and <b>concerns</b> about the vandalism that followed clashes with police, <b>the</b> organisers plan to set new <b>guidelines</b> for the protests.One<br> question will be how the movement can address inequality. Halting bus price rises <b>alone</b> <b>will</b> not achieve this if it means spending cuts in other areas of social spending, as the <b>São</b> <b>Paulo</b> mayor Fernando Haddad noted.So far most of the marchers have been middle class students, protesting in the city centres or near football stadiums.<br> But<br><img src="1.bp.blogspot.com/.../2.jpg"><br> on Tuesday came the first march in Rio from two favela communities – Rocinha and Vidigal – to the wealthy middle-class neighbourhood of Leblon, which is home to the state governor, Sérgio<br><img src="fc06.deviantart.net/.../Sunshine_by_Akaeya_Lovely.jpg"><br> Cabral."This is <b>not</b> about left or right. We're fed up with our leaders. We can't rely on public hospitals or schools, yet they spend billions on<br><img src="images2.layoutsparks.com/.../sad-woman-moon-night.jpg"><br> stadiums," said Anderson Castro, who turned up to the lively, peaceful, but relatively small march with his young son Arthur on his shoulders.The coming days are  <a href = "zed15.tumblr.com/Shapeshifter-Yoga">Shapeshifter-Yoga </a> <b>clarify</b> where, how and whether the demonstrations will continue on a large scale, with the attention of many focused on Sunday's Confederations Cup final in Rio.Additional reporting from São Paulo by Helena AlvesBrazilAmericasProtestWorld Cup 2014World CupJonathan Wattsguardian.co.uk<br> &copy; 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies.<br> All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Puerto</b> Rico's government is supporting an effort to overturn a ban on gay adoption in the U.S.<br> island territory. As Myanmar embarks on improving its higher education<br><img src="speakfresh.com/.../wtf5.jpg"><br> system, the possibility of assistance from foreign universities and scholars has become <b>a</b> central focus.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br> The Los Angeles Dodgers were curious about Yasiel Puig <b>at</b> <b>the</b> start of spring training.<br> They aren't anymore. The stimulant DMAA is banned by numerous sports groups, but is still found in supplements sold at stores including GNC, as a tennis player discovered too late. A typical pair of running shoes generates 30 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to <b>keeping</b> a 100-watt light bulb on for one week, according to a new MIT-led lifecycle assessment.<br> But what’s surprising to researchers <b>isn’t</b> the size <b>of</b> a shoe’s carbon footprint, but where the majority of <b>that</b> footprint <b>comes</b> from.<br> The researchers found that more than two-thirds of a running shoe’s carbon impact <b>can</b> come from manufacturing processes, with a smaller percentage<br><img src="ilovedisastermovies.files.wordpress.com/.../natureunleashedavalanche.jpg"><br> arising from acquiring or extracting raw <b>materials.<br></b> This breakdown is expected for more complex products such as electronics, where the energy that goes into manufacturing fine, integrated circuits can outweigh the energy expended in <b>processing</b><br><img src="speakfresh.com/.../wtf5.jpg"><br> raw materials.<br> But for “less-advanced” products — particularly those that don’t require electronic components — the opposite is often the case. <b>So</b> why does <b>a</b><br><img src="1.bp.blogspot.com/.../2.jpg"><br> pair of sneakers, which may seem <b>like</b> a relatively simple product, emit so much more carbon dioxide in its manufacturing phase? A team led by Randolph Kirchain, principal research scientist in MIT’s Materials Systems Laboratory, and research scientist Elsa Olivetti broke down <b>the</b> various steps involved in both materials extraction and manufacturing of one pair of running <b>shoes</b> to identify hotspots of greenhouse-gas emissions.<br> The group <b>found</b> that much<br><img src="cdn.smosh.com/.../funny-youtube-comments-gyote.jpg"><br> of the carbon<br><img src="images2.layoutsparks.com/.../sad-woman-moon-night.jpg"><br> <b>impact</b> came from powering manufacturing plants: A significant portion of the world’s shoe <b>manufacturers</b> are located in China, where coal is the dominant source of electricity. Coal is also typically used to generate steam or run other processes in the plant itself. A typical pair of running shoes comprises 65 <b>discrete</b> parts requiring more than 360 processing steps <b>to</b> assemble, <b>from</b> sewing and cutting to injection molding, foaming and heating. Olivetti, Kirchain and their colleagues found that for these small, light components such processes are energy-intensive — and therefore, carbon-intensive — compared with the energy that goes into making shoe materials, such as polyester and polyurethane. The group’s results, Kirchain says, will help shoe<br><img src="societyandreligion.com/.../2012-04-15_133810_1996625_2004770.jpg"><br> designers identify ways to improve designs and reduce shoes’ carbon footprint. He adds <b>that</b> the findings <b>may</b> also help industries assess the carbon impact of similar consumer products more efficiently. “Understanding environmental footprint is resource intensive.<br> The key is, you need to <b>put</b> your analytical effort <b>into</b> the  <a href = "zed15.tumblr.com/directory-of-ezines">directory of ezines review </a> matter,” Kirchain says. “In general, we found that if you have a product that <b>has</b> a relatively high number of parts and process steps, and that is relatively light [weight], then you want to make sure you don’t overlook manufacturing.”<br> Kirchain and his colleagues have published their results in the Journal of Cleaner Production. The sum of a shoe’s partsIn 2010, nearly 25 billion shoes were purchased around the world, the majority of them manufactured in China and other developing <b>countries.<br></b> As Kirchain and his co-authors write in their paper, “An industry of that scale and geographic footprint has come under great pressure regarding its social and environmental <b>impact.”<br></b> In <b>response,</b> companies have started <b>to</b> take account of their products’ greenhouse-gas contributions, in part by measuring <b>the</b> amount of carbon<br><img src="keturahweathers.theworldrace.org/.../love2.jpg"><br> dioxide associated with every process throughout a product’s lifecycle. One such company, ASICS, an athletic equipment company based in Japan, approached Kirchain to perform a lifecycle assessment for a running shoe manufactured in China.<br> The team took a “cradle-to-grave” approach, breaking down every possible greenhouse gas-emitting step: <b>from</b> the point at which the shoes’ raw materials are extracted to the shoes’ demise, whether burned, landfilled or recycled. The researchers divided the shoes’ lifecycle <b>into</b> five major stages: materials, manufacturing, usage, transportation and end-of-life. These last three stages, they found, contributed very <b>little</b> to the product’s carbon footprint. For example, running shoes, unlike electronics, require very little energy to use, aside from the energy needed to infrequently wash the <b>shoes.<br></b> The bulk of emissions, they found, came from manufacturing. While part of the manufacturing footprint is attributable to a facility’s energy source, <b>other</b> emissions came from processes such as <b>foaming</b> and <b>injection</b> molding of parts of a sneaker’s sole, which expend large amounts of energy in the manufacture of small, lightweight parts.<br> As Kirchain explains it, “You have a <b>lot</b> <b>of</b> effort going into the molding of the material,<br><img src="img.izismile.com/.../hilarious_and_puzzling_shitbrix_memes_part_2_640_47.jpg"><br> but you’re only getting a very small part out of that process.”“What stood out was <b>this</b> manufacturing burden being on par with materials, which we <b>hadn’t</b> seen in similar products,” Olivetti adds.<br> “Part of that is because it’s a synthetic product.<br> If we were looking at a leather shoe, it would be much more materials-driven because of the carbon intensity of leather production.”<br> An <b>improved</b> designIn tallying the carbon emissions from every part of a running shoe’s lifecycle, the researchers were also able to spot places where reductions might be <b>made.</b> <b>For</b> example, they observed that manufacturing facilities tend to throw out unused material. Instead, Kirchain and his colleagues suggest recycling these scraps, as well as combining certain parts of the shoe to eliminate cutting and <b>welding</b> steps. <b>Printing</b> certain features onto a shoe, instead of affixing them as separate fabrics, would also streamline the assembly process. Kirchain and Olivetti <b>view</b> their results as a guide for companies looking to evaluate the impact of similar products.<br> “When people are trying for streamlined approaches to [lifecycle assessments], often <b>they</b> put emphasis on the materials impact, which makes a lot of sense,” Olivetti says.<br> “But we tried<br><img src="media.treehugger.com/.../best-of-green-2011-slide.jpg.644x0_q100_crop-smart.jpg"><br> to identify a set of characteristics that would point  <a href = "zed15.tumblr.com/Pregnancy-Miracle">Pregnancy Miracle </a> making sure you were also looking at the manufacturing side — when it matters.” Vikas Khanna, assistant professor of civil and environmental <b>engineering</b> at the University of Pittsburgh, says focusing <b>on</b> the carbon impact from a product’s manufacturing is a needed, though difficult, adjustment for the lifecycle business. “We <b>are</b> often restricted to quantifying the environmental impacts of material production only, since the manufacturing data is either not readily available or proprietary,” says Khanna, who did not participate in the research.<br> He <b>adds</b> that knowing the manufacturing contribution may help companies find more effective ways to reduce a product’s carbon footprint.<br> “It is important to keep in mind that material substitution strategies alone may not be sufficient in reducing the environmental impact <b>of</b> products,” Khanna says. “For example, switching to renewable material sources may alone not be sufficient for products that <b>involve</b> high manufacturing energy requirements."<br> What’s it like to operate satellites 260 miles <b>above</b> the Earth’s surface? Now more than 200 high-school students can tell you from experience — and add the engineering feat to their college applications. Last week, MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AeroAstro) hosted its annual Zero Robotics tournament, in which high-school students from the United States and <b>Europe</b> developed computer codes to direct small basketball-sized satellites aboard the <b>International</b> Space Station (ISS).<br> This year, more than 1,700 students from around <b>the</b> world joined the challenge, with some programming for the very first time.<br> Over the course of three months, teams of <b>students</b> <b>worked</b> out computer codes to steer the satellites through a series of maneuvers, completing a virtual “mission” — clearing lower Earth’s orbit of accumulating space junk. Students put their codes to <b>the</b> test in online simulations, gaining points over opponents by completing certain maneuvers.<br> After a series of <b>simulation</b> rounds, the field eventually whittled to 200 finalists from the United <b>States</b> and Europe; these students gathered last Friday at MIT, and the European Space Research and Technology Center in the Netherlands, to <b>watch</b> their codes at work in space. Through a live video<br><img src="cdn.smosh.com/.../funny-youtube-comments-gyote.jpg"><br> <b>downlink</b> from the ISS, students watched as astronaut Thomas Marshburn and commander Kevin Ford prepared the satellites <b>for</b> competition. The satellites — one red, the other blue — are the latest version of SPHERES<br><img src="images2.layoutsparks.com/.../sad-woman-moon-night.jpg"><br> (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient Experimental Satellites), small programmable probes first conceived of by MIT undergraduates and further developed by <b>MIT’s</b> Space Systems Laboratory. Since 2006, <b>the</b> satellites have served as experimental software platforms on the ISS. <b>As</b> the astronauts made sure the satellites were properly fueled — the probes run on puffs of <b>carbon</b> dioxide — teams at MIT and at NASA’s <b>Ames</b> Research Center in California uploaded the students’ codes to the ISS.<br> “It boggles my mind,” Marshburn told the students as he prepared the satellites. “The level of education today has <b>come</b> very far from my days in school <b>…</b> we can feel the <b>brainpower</b> down there.”The competition took place in the Japanese Experiment Pressurized Module, a short corridor in which astronauts conduct microgravity experiments. At the start <b>of</b> <b>each</b> round, Marshburn and Ford aligned the satellites <b>at</b> one end of the module. Each  <a href = "zed15.tumblr.com/ex-girlfriend-guru">i want my girlfriend back </a> made its way to the other end, autonomously following instructions from students’ codes.<br> A team gained points with certain maneuvers, such as rendezvousing or docking with various points in<br><img src="cdn.smosh.com/.../back-to-school-motivators-snooki.jpg"><br> the module. By programming a satellite<br><img src="keturahweathers.theworldrace.org/.../love2.jpg"><br> to perform such maneuvers, teams were essentially learning to simulate actions that a real orbiting satellite might make in space — skills essential <b>to</b> pushing aerospace engineering forward, according to <b>competition</b> organizer Alvar Saenz-Otero.“We’re beginning to create this big group of <b>programmers</b> that will help us move forward,” Saenz-Otero told students assembled in an MIT auditorium. “Hopefully, ideas you came up with <b>will</b> inspire folks at NASA to develop new ideas.”The<br> competition was interrupted at intervals by drops in the video and audio feeds, and at times the astronauts had to pause to <b>replace</b> the satellites’ <b>carbon</b> dioxide tanks.<br> When the championship round between the two top U.S. teams yielded <b>a</b> rather anemic bout — <b>both</b> satellites came <b>up</b> short on points — Marshburn <b>and</b> Ford refueled both tanks and reran the students’ codes, with a higher-scoring and more dramatic finish. “That <b>was</b> a very aggressive last run,” Ford reported, to cheers <b>from</b> the MIT auditorium. “We could tell a full load of gas really made a difference.”The winning U.S. team comprised students from three high schools: Mira Loma High School in Sacramento, Calif., Montclair High School in Montclair, N.J.,<br> and Evergreen School District in Vancouver, Wash. The winning European team included students from Berlin and Padova, Italy. As a last piece of advice before signing off from the ISS, Ford told the students, “There’s always a<br><img src="4.bp.blogspot.com/.../love.jpg"><br> few obstacles<br><img src="4.bp.blogspot.com/.../wtf-demotivational-poster-1211081456.jpg"><br> in the way of everything, and you just have to keep working through them.<br> Keep going after those science and engineering degrees. It helps to understand so much of this planet better.” Life has <b>gotten</b> pretty salty in recent decades.<br> And no, that doesn't just<br><img src="cdn.smosh.com/.../funny-youtube-comments-gyote.jpg"><br> describe the growing number of R-rated movies, raunchy song lyrics and wild Hollywood <b>celebrities.</b> • Veteran scores 13 points in fourth quarter of 114-104 <b>win•</b> Hunter Felt: Five things we learned in NBA this weekAndre Miller scored 13 of his season-best 20 points in the fourth quarter as the Denver Nuggets <b>beat</b> the Oklahoma City Thunder 114-104 Tuesday night for their first 13-game winning streak since <b>joining</b> the NBA.<br> A big <b>performance</b> on his 37th birthday <b>started</b> with an inspirational speech and finished with Miller's play doing all the talking <b>for</b> him."He's a coach and <b>a</b> teacher and a veteran, and he does it every<br><img src="bombsite.com/.../Funny_Ha_Ha-6_body.jpg"><br> <b>day</b> in a very classy way, a very quiet way," coach George Karl said. "And then he can do what he did tonight, where he <b>can</b> take the most talented <b>team</b> maybe in the NBA and <b>be</b> the best player on the court for the last six minutes of the game."The Nuggets trailed by one at halftime but took control in the third quarter and never let Oklahoma City reclaim the lead. Denver moved within three and a half games of the Thunder in the Northwest Division and became the first team this season to beat Oklahoma City three times.<br> Denver's previous longest winning streak since the 1976  <a href = "zed15.tumblr.com/natural-vitiligo-treatment">natural vitiligo treatment download </a> was 12 straight in 1982. The club won 15 in a row in the 1969-70 ABA season."It's cool.<br> I'm sure a lot of <b>people</b> didn't think we would get this game, but we talked about having some pride, working hard and practicing," Miller said.<br> "We put in a lot of work to get to this point, so at least we came out and gave a good effort <b>and</b> it paid off."Ty Lawson led Denver with 25 points.<br> Miller also had <b>nine</b> assists and seven <b>rebounds</b> in 23 effective minutes. Kevin Durant<br><img src="images2.fanpop.com/.../Lovely-little-girl-sweety-babies-9909114-362-544.jpg"><br> had 34 points and Westbrook chipped in 25 for Oklahoma City.Elsewhere,<br> the Sacramento Kings <b>had</b> a 116-101 win over the Los Angeles Clippers, the <b>Indiana</b> Pacers beat the Orlando Magic 95-73 and the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 102-95.At Sacramento, Marcus Thornton had 25 points <b>and</b> Toney Douglas scored 17 of his 19 in the <b>fourth</b><br><img src="junebugweddings.com/.../junebug-best-of%25202012-intro-Chris-Jaksa-Chris-plus-Lynn.jpg"><br> quarter as the Kings rallied from eight down in the final 11 minutes to stun the Clippers. DeMarcus Cousins and Tyreke Evans added 17 points apiece for the Kings, who beat the Pacific Division-leading <b>Clippers</b> for the first time in more than two years.NBADenver NuggetsOklahoma City ThunderSacramento KingsLos <b>Angeles</b> ClippersBasketballUS sportsguardian.co.uk &copy; 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. 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Geoff Webster due to appear in court on 26 March after information from Operation Elveden investigation led to chargesGeoff Webster, the deputy editor of the Sun, has been charged over alleged criminal offences relating to payments of £8,000 to two public officials.Webster<br> was charged on Wednesday with two counts <b>of</b> conspiring to commit misconduct in public office during 2010 and 2011."The first offence relates to allegations that Mr Webster, between July 2010 and August 2011, authorised payments totalling £6,500 for information supplied <b>by</b> a public official<br><img src="extra.listverse.com/.../_amazing_sand_sculpture.jpg"><br> to one of his journalists," the Crown Prosecution Service said."The second offence relates <b>to</b> an allegation that in November 2010, Mr Webster authorised a payment of £1,500 for information provided by an unknown public official."Alison Levitt QC, principal <b>legal</b> adviser to the director of public prosecutions, said the decisions arose from Operation <b>Elveden,</b> the Metropolitan police's investigation into allegations of unlawful provision of information to journalists by public officials."We have concluded, following a careful review of the evidence, that <b>Geoff</b> Webster, who at the time of the alleged offending was deputy editor of the Sun newspaper, should be charged with two  <a href = "zed15.tumblr.com/trademiner">trademiner </a> conspiring to commit misconduct in public office, contrary to section 1(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977," she said.He <b>is</b> due to appear before Westminster magistrates court on 26 March 2013.The<br> chief executive of News International, Mike Darcey, told staff in an internal email that Webster was a "long-standing and valued colleague". He said the company would<br><img src="bombsite.com/.../Funny_Ha_Ha-6_body.jpg"><br> be supporting him throughout the legal process and added: "We will not prejudge the outcome."In <b>an</b> attempt to boost morale at the paper, where 24 staff have been arrested following the handing over of internal emails to the police, he said: "Producing Britain's most popular paper is a daily challenge, let alone in <b>such</b> difficult conditions.<br> I <b>am</b> grateful to all<br><img src="images5.fanpop.com/.../Cute-Lovely-Taemin-the-group-shinee-32032831-933-640.jpg"><br> of you for resilience and dedication."Webster was arrested in February last year, along with four other Sun employees.<br> One of that group, chief reporter John Kay, has already been charged. The <b>CPS</b> said it was making no further immediate announcements <b>on</b> charging decisions in the remaining three cases.One<br> charge Webster faces<br><img src="filmmakermagazine.com/.../happy-sad-face.jpg"><br> relates to a Ministry of Defence official for<br><img src="a.abcnews.com/.../gty_courtney_love-kb_130124_wg.jpg"><br> whom payment of £6,500 was allegedly authorised by him on behalf of another Sun journalist.The<br> Metropolitan police <b>have</b> expanded their Operation <b>Elveden</b> investigation beyond alleged bribes paid to public officials. The Met is now investigating the passing of "confidential" information to journalists where no money is involved.Webster is the fourth journalist at the newspaper to be charged since the Elveden investigation was launched, following the decision by News International owner News <b>Corporation</b> to co-operate with the police and hand over 300m internal emails.Last year, the paper's former editor, Rebekah Brooks, who was in charge between 2003 and 2009, and Kay were charged with conspiracy to <b>commit</b> misconduct in public office.<br> Kay pleaded not guilty earlier this month.In January, <b>the</b> paper's defence editor, Virginia Wheeler, was also charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office.Webster brings the number of people charged under Operation Elveden <b>to</b> 12.• <b>To</b> contact the <b>MediaGuardian</b> news desk <b>email</b> media@guardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. 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Kerry Washington stars as a political fixer in the ABC drama.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “This is a big deal, guys.”That<br> is what Jackie Sly ’14 tells freshmen and sophomores she has helped<br><img src="a.abcnews.com/.../gty_courtney_love-kb_130124_wg.jpg"><br> recruit for the Marine Robotics Team (MRT), an Edgerton Center-sponsored team that focuses on applying engineering and design to solve real-world problems.Sly has been involved in MRT since her freshman year and currently serves as team captain, working with team leads David Wise ’14 and Tommy Moriarty ’14.<br> This past August, Sly, Moriarty, Wise and teammate Adrian Tanner (Boston University ’14) received funding <b>from</b> the Edgerton Center to travel to Ketchikan, Alaska, with Edgerton instructor, team mentor and Tommy Moriarty’s father, Ed Moriarty. There, they were given special permission to conduct glider testing on buoyancy and pitch control (among other glider behaviors) in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough’s large indoor <b>dive</b> <b>pool.<br></b> What started as one day of permitted testing extended to an entire week after pool managers saw the impressive work the team was doing.<br> At the end of the <b>one-week</b> <b>period,</b> the team achieved what one member, Tanner, describes as “a glorious moment” <b>—</b> when they sent their <b>glider,</b> untethered, down nearly 45 feet into the ocean and watched it come back up.Inspiring<br> the next generation of underwater vehicle buildersDuring their <b>time</b> in Alaska, the team also worked with middle school students and teachers by helping with a program called SeaGlide. The <b>goal</b> of SeaGlide is to introduce students to underwater vehicles and teach them how to create mini-gliders using <b>water</b> bottles and an arduino (a type of microcontroller).<br> The program period coincided with the visit of U.S.<br> Sen.<br> Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who took time to speak with <b>Sly</b> and other team members about MRT’s work. <b>When</b> describing this and other MRT-related projects, Sly’s eyes light up.<br> Her motivation for leading MRT comes from the knowledge that <b>she</b> <b>is</b> guiding the next generation of leaders<br><img src="img.gawkerassets.com/.../xlarge.jpg"><br> in ocean engineering.<br> Through collaboration with other <b>MIT</b> organizations <b>such</b> as the Society for Women Engineers (SWE) and Keys to Empowerment Youth (KEYS), Sly has been  <a href = "zed15.tumblr.com/ex-girlfriend-guru">ex girlfriend guru </a> share her passion for building not only with MRT members but also with young students who might one day be engineers.An<br> <b>IAP</b> class that kick started Sly's passionInterestingly, Sly herself only identified ocean engineering as a potential career two years ago, when<br><img src="smsread.com/.../lovely_hearts_07.jpg"><br> she took an Independent Activities Period (IAP) class called Turbo that exposed her to marine robotics for the first time.<br> Since then, she has dedicated every vacation period to <b>working</b> on MRT projects and notes <b>that</b> the team<br><img src="images2.fanpop.com/.../baby-girl-babies-8856968-377-322.jpg"><br> has <b>not</b> had to seek out projects. The projects seem to come to them.<br> Companies such <b>as</b> Chevron see <b>the</b> value of applying low-cost, high-impact gliders in the oil industry to collect data on <b>local</b> oil concentrations in the water or temperature data needed to design off-shore structures, for example.<br> The Navy also is interested in this technology because of its applications in surveillance and military intelligence.Learning<br> how to be hands-off to help the learning processIndeed, last month, MRT members traveled to Bethesda, Md., for a day to explore their glider’s autonomy in a state-of-the-art Navy testing facility.<br> Moriarty describes the value of this experience, particularly for new members, saying that students learned not only how to put together and take apart <b>the</b> team’s<br><img src="images4.fanpop.com/.../Lucy-Hale-pretty-little-liars-tv-show-17132246-599-1024.jpg"><br> glider but <b>also</b> how to plan ahead, evaluate success and react quickly <b>when</b> things do not proceed as expected. He emphasizes the importance of failure <b>in</b> the learning process, saying that one of the most <b>important</b> things for him, as team lead, was to be “hands-off, to let people fail a little bit, make mistakes and find their own ways to put things together.”Upon reflecting on his <b>MRT</b> experience, Moriarty underscores the extent to which MRT has taught him about the engineering design process and about making a real difference in the world.<br> Sly shares Moriarty’s excitement for MRT and ocean engineering, highlighting the <b>value</b> of her MRT experience in motivating her to go to <b>graduate</b> school and <b>pursue</b> further study in the field.<br> In the future, she <b>envisions</b> <b>herself</b> living on an ocean coast, continuing  <a href = "zed15.tumblr.com/directory-of-ezines">directory of ezines </a> approach to engineering and both developing and <b>improving</b> underwater vehicles.While<br> these plans <b>are</b> not finalized, Sly knows one thing for certain: her <b>MIT</b> <b>career</b> would not be the same without MRT. As she herself puts it, “being in an Edgerton Club puts you ahead <b>in</b> a project class — you learn how to approach real problems and learn how to think technically.”<br> The team’s faculty mentor, Franz Hover, <b>the</b> Finmeccanica Career<br><img src="getfile7.posterous.com/.../Amazing_Photo_Submission_12.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><br> Development <b>Professor</b> in Engineering in MIT’s <b>Department</b> of Mechanical Engineering, agrees, saying, “The MRT has now as a central focus its gliding underwater robot, that should be able to do real environmental monitoring work at sea.<br> The students quickly see the 'reality' of this mission and I think it is compelling <b>to</b> them.”So what’s next for the <b>Marine</b> Robotics <b>Team?</b> As Moriarty puts it, they’re “going to break some boundaries and work toward technologies that can actually be implemented in <b>the</b> <b>field</b> as a strong product.”Two days after the worst fight in its 12-year <b>history,</b> the WNBA announced suspensions and fines for Detroit Shock assistant coach Rick Mahorn and 10 of the players involved in the skirmish that came at the end of the Shock's game against Los Angeles on Tuesday night in Detroit. A Soyuz capsule carrying three astronauts successfully docked Friday <b>with</b> the <b>International</b> Space Station, bringing the size of the crew at the orbiting lab to six. Despite reports from a Christian advocacy group and Al Jazeera that <b>two</b> kidnapped Syrian archbishops had been freed, there was no confirmation.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lawsuit filed in LA <b>superior</b> court says Nobu <b>autograph</b> hunter was victim of a 'brutal and unjustified physical attack'The former Chicago Bulls star Scottie Pippen is being sued over a fight last month at a Southern California restaurant that left an autograph-seeker hospitalized with a head injury.The<br> $4m lawsuit, filed on <b>Thursday</b> in Los Angeles superior court, says the 49-year-old plaintiff, Camran Shafighi, simply asked Pippen for a photograph for his girlfriend's 12-year-old son. Instead, the suit says, Shafighi <b>was</b> subjected to a "brutal and unjustified physical  <a href = "zed15.tumblr.com/Shapeshifter-Yoga">Shapeshifter Yoga </a> included spit in the face, a shove and a punch that <b>sent</b> Shafighi to the ground."At<br> no time did or could Mr Shafighi physically provoke or fight <b>back,</b> as he was knocked unconscious with the first blow," the lawsuit says.Sheriff's officials, who were still investigating the incident, said Pippen voluntarily came <b>into</b> a station to be questioned and was cooperative. He was not arrested <b>and</b> no charges have been filed. Investigators at the time said Pippen had been dining on 23 June with his family at Nobu, a restaurant on the beach in Malibu frequented by celebrities. Shafighi was taking pictures of<br><img src="seedmagazine.com/.../04_red-sky-at-night.jpg"><br> <b>Pippen</b> inside the restaurant then outside in the <b>parking</b> lot, investigators said.A sheriff's spokesman, Steve Whitmore, said several witnesses <b>described</b> Shafighi as intoxicated. An argument ensued that led to violence, investigators said.<br> Shafighi was taken to a hospital with a head injury, treated and released.A phone message left after business hours for Pippen's attorney Mark Geragos was not immediately returned.Pippen, 47, won six NBA titles with Michael <b>Jordan</b> and the Bulls and in 1996 was named one of the NBA's 50 greatest <b>players.<br></b> He was inducted into the Basketball Hall <b>of</b> <b>Fame</b> in 2010. He now serves as special adviser to the Bulls' president and chief operating officer.NBAChicago BullsCaliforniaUnited StatesBasketballUS sportsguardian.co.uk &copy; 2013 Guardian<br><img src="stalinsmoustache.files.wordpress.com/.../fart02.jpg"><br> News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved.<br> | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; If you hear Facebook making sounds when your <b>friends</b> post updates, your notifications settings are set to include audio alerts. Will it be used correctly?  A collection of <b>links</b> from the reporters and editors of the Dining section.<br> President Obama unveiled an ambitious blueprint to use $18 billion in federal funds to get 98 percent of the nation connected to the Internet <b>on</b> smartphones and tablet computers in five years. 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It means that, <b>unlike</b> some, when he offers his views on the environment they are taken seriously. Mr Redford had things to say this week about US journalism that were also worth listening to. 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My brother was gone.<br> All I could see was the top of his bed, so I jumped in and tried digging him out.  <a href = "zed15.tumblr.com/trademiner">trademiner review </a> I&nbsp;could hear him screaming for me and&nbsp;hollering for me."As the house's floor threatened to collapse further into a gaping hole more than 9m across and 15m deep, a&nbsp;sheriff's <b>deputy</b> who had arrived on the scene with the emergency services eventually pulled Jeremy <b>to</b> safety. Jeff remained trapped. "I couldn't get him <b>out,"</b> Jeremy said.<br> "I tried so hard.<br> I&nbsp;tried everything I could.<br> No&nbsp;one&nbsp;could&nbsp;do anything."As Jeremy and four others, including a two-year-old child, were led away uninjured, rescue teams <b>lowered</b> a microphone and video camera into the&nbsp;hole, but it <b>was</b> soon apparent that&nbsp;Bush could not have survived.<br> By&nbsp;Saturday, the search for his body had also been abandoned. "We just have not been able to locate Mr Bush, and so for that reason, the rescue effort&nbsp;is being discontinued," a local official, Mike Merrill, said.<br> "At this point, it's really not possible to recover&nbsp;the body."When<br> the ground begins opening up&nbsp;beneath our feet and plunging <b>unsuspecting</b> mortals into the abyss, some may be tempted to reach for the Bible and start predicting the End of&nbsp;Times (and a quick online search reveals that several of the wackier <b>sort&nbsp;of</b> website have not hesitated to do&nbsp;just that). But biblical as the story sounds, the sinkhole – as the phenomenon is called – that caused Jeff Bush's death was not an act of God but&nbsp;of&nbsp;geology.Natural sinkholes – as opposed to manmade tunnel or cave collapses – occur <b>when</b> acidic rainwater seeps down through surface soil and sediment, eventually reaching a soluble bedrock such as sandstone, chalk, salt&nbsp;or gypsum, or (most commonly) a&nbsp;carbonate rock such as limestone beneath. In a process that can last hundreds, sometimes thousands of <b>years,</b> the water gradually dissolves small parts of the rock, enlarging its natural fissures and joints and creating cavities beneath.As<br> the process continues, the <b>loose,</b> unconsolidated soil and sand above is gradually<br><img src="getfile7.posterous.com/.../Amazing_Photo_Submission_12.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><br> washed into these cracks and voids.<br> Depending on how thick and strong that top layer is (sand will not last long; clay can hold out for millennia), and how <b>close</b> to the surface the void beneath is, the land  <a href = "zed15.tumblr.com/Pregnancy-Miracle">Pregnancy Miracle review </a> able to sustain its own weight – and that of whatever we build on top of it.<br> But as the holes grow, there will come a day when the surface layer will simply give way."Once those caves start to collapse, the <b>materials</b> above will simply funnel in," says Dr Anthony Cooper, <b>a</b> principal geologist at the British Geological Survey, which maps the country <b>for</b> rock types susceptible to sinkholes and&nbsp;carries <b>out</b> surveys for developers, builders and individuals worried about the prospects of the land caving in beneath them. "It's just like an eggtimer, really. That's certainly what appears <b>to</b> have happened with this incident in Florida."In<br> the language of geologists, the process that causes sinkholes is "the creation of a void <b>which</b> <b>migrates</b> towards the <b>surface".</b> <b>In</b> the language of the layman, when there's not enough solid stuff left underneath to support what is left of the loose stuff above, the<br><img src="images5.fanpop.com/.../Cute-Lovely-Taemin-the-group-shinee-32032831-933-640.jpg"><br> whole lot <b>collapses.<br></b> The resulting depressions <b>characterise</b> what is known as a karst landscape, in which hundreds or even thousands of relatively small sinkholes form across an area that, seen from the air, can appear almost pock-marked.Since around 10%<br><img src="stalinsmoustache.files.wordpress.com/.../fart02.jpg"><br> of the world's surface is made up of karst topographies, sinkholes are <b>far</b> from uncommon. The entire state of Florida, as the Bush family unfortunately learned, is classed as karst landscape, and sinkholes <b>are</b> <b>so</b> common that insurers are <b>obliged</b> by law to offer cover to home owners who ask for it (insurance was compulsory until 2007, when many home owners dropped it because <b>of</b> the rising cost).<br> "If you look at a satellite image of the state, or even just a map," <b>says</b> <b>Cooper,</b> "you'll see it's peppered with little circular lakes and lots and lots of sinkholes. A great <b>many</b> of them are visible, but many more are covered in.<br> It's typical karst topography."Elsewhere in the US, sinkholes are common in Texas, Alabama, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee and Pennsylvania. In Britain, the BGS says the carboniferous limestone of the Mendip Hills, the north of <b>the</b> South Wales coalfield, the  <a href = "zed15.tumblr.com/tinnitusmiracle">tinnitusmiracle review </a> the Yorkshire <b>Dales,</b> the northern Pennines and the edges of the Lake District <b>all</b> host well-developed karst landscapes. Karstic features<br><img src="fc01.deviantart.net/.../newid__by_polish_girl-d3bm20j.png"><br> are also common<br><img src="2.bp.blogspot.com/.../lovely.JPG"><br> in the UK on the chalk of&nbsp;south-east England, on salt&nbsp;in the centre and north-east of the country, and particularly on the gypsum that underlies<br><img src="img.naij.com/.../extremist-persons01.jpg"><br> <b>parts</b> of eastern and north-eastern England, especially around Ripon and Darlington, and in the Vale&nbsp;of Eden."Gypsum is the most soluble of all,"&nbsp;says Cooper.<br> "If you were to place a block of gypsum the size of <b>a</b> transit van in a river, <b>it</b> would dissolve completely within about 18 months." Ripon in North Yorkshire, Cooper says, is very susceptible to sinkholes, the most famous – some 20m deep – dating back to<br><img src="0.tqn.com/.../ShakingHands.KaneSkennar.jpg"><br> 1834.<br> In 1997, four garages collapsed into a <b>huge</b> sinkhole that only just missed the front of a neighbouring house.One of the more spectacular recent British <b>sinkholes,</b> a 7.5m-deep crater, opened up in 2010 beneath a patio in Grays, Essex.<br> "It was like an <b>earthquake.</b> There was a rumbling and we both ran out to look <b>and</b> there just a couple of steps away there was this monstrous hole," the house owner, <b>Ben</b> Luck, said at <b>the</b> time.<br> "It was there <b>in</b> a second. There wasn't a bit of dust, <b>and</b> there was no sign of the crazy paving – it had all disappeared in the hole."<br> Structural engineers said the hole was caused after water <b>penetrated</b> chalk <b>some</b> 25m down, causing tonnes of soil above it to shift.Around<br> the world, this process that produces sinkholes has created such striking natural features as the hills <b>of</b> <b>Ireland's</b> western coast, the caves of Slovenia and the pillars of Guilin in China. Where the underlying limestone layer is thick and rainfall <b>heavy,</b> vast underground caverns and subterranean rivers have produced sinkholes of dimensions that make what's happened in Florida or Essex look <b>positively</b> insignificant: the Xiaozhai tiankeng ("heavenly pit") in Chongqing, China, <b>is</b> 662m deep; the Dashiwei tiankeng in&nbsp;Guangxi 613m.<br> Croatia has a 530m-deep hole, with vertical walls, called the Red Lake, <b>while</b> Papua  <a href = "zed15.tumblr.com/Fibroids-Miracle">Fibroids Miracle </a> has the Minyé sinkhole (510m <b>deep)</b> and Mexico the Sótano del Barro (410m) and <b>Sótano</b> de las<br><img src="images5.fanpop.com/.../Cute-Lovely-Taemin-the-group-shinee-32032831-933-640.jpg"><br> Golondrinas (372m deep).What<br> finally<br><img src="static.guim.co.uk/.../Dangerous-dog-laws-to-be--008.jpg"><br> triggers a collapse? The&nbsp;most common factor, Cooper says, is changing groundwater <b>levels,</b> <b>or</b> a&nbsp;sudden increase in surface water. During&nbsp;long periods of drought, groundwater levels will fall, meaning cavities that were once supported by the water they were filled with may become weaker (water pumping, for factories or farms, can have a <b>similar</b> effect).<br> Conversely, a&nbsp;sudden heavy downfall can <b>add</b> dramatically to the weight of the surface layer of soil and clay, making it too heavy for the cave beneath to bear.Sometimes the trigger can be man-made. In chalky West Sussex in 1985, a burst water main caused an alarming rash of small 1m- to<br><img src="fc01.deviantart.net/.../newid__by_polish_girl-d3bm20j.png"><br> 4m-wide sinkholes to <b>appear</b> in Fontwell.<br> "There &nbsp;was also a man who <b>emptied</b> his swimming pool out on to his garden, and <b>was</b> soon confronted with&nbsp;a large sinkhole under his house," Cooper says. "And in Florida,<br><img src="25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr58mdNPiL1qgpgwvo1_500.gif"><br> automatic frost sensors have set off sprays fed from boreholes and intended to stop strawberry crops from freezing – <b>but</b> the result was more than 100 small&nbsp;sinkholes."So<br> how can <b>you</b> detect a developing sinkhole – and can anything be done about it once you suspect the process may be under way? In Britain, Cooper says, the BGS maps the country<br><img src="img.naij.com/.../extremist-persons01.jpg"><br> to locate rock types that may be affected by sinkholes.<br> It also keeps an up-to-date <b>National</b> Karst Database recording <b>visible</b> <b>sinkholes,</b> <b>springs,</b> soakaways<br><img src="0.tqn.com/.../ShakingHands.KaneSkennar.jpg"><br> and known building damage. Using all&nbsp;manner of modern technologies, "we cut an awful lot of data, from rock types to slope angles, covering materials and drainage, and basically zone the<br><img src="3.bp.blogspot.com/.../sad-quotes-2.jpg"><br> country into datasets <b>that</b> can be <b>used</b> by property developers, local councils, the construction industry, insurers and&nbsp;the like," <b>he</b> says.At the most basic level, people <b>in</b> a sinkhole-prone zone are best advised simply to "look around them, at the adjacent land and buildings".<br> <b>Telltale</b> signs may include sagging trees or fence<br><img src="images.wisegeek.com/red-light-therapy.jpg"><br> posts, doors or windows that no longer close properly, and rainwater collecting in unlikely <b>places.<br></b>  <a href = "zed15.tumblr.com/vision-without-glasses">vision without glasses </a> sinkholes can be <b>filled</b> in; Anthony Randazzo, a former University <b>of</b> <b>Florida</b> professor who has spent his career studying sinkholes, now runs<br><img src="images.chaophoto.multiply.com/.../Pretty-Dunlop-11.jpg%3Fet%3DLtjAG%252BElGBvR63RdxRQpLA%26nmid%3D232770919"><br> a&nbsp;profitable company that does just that, injecting grout to <b>fill</b> cracks that develop underground and shore up the&nbsp;foundations of buildings. "It's like a&nbsp;dentist filling a cavity,"<br><img src="static.fjcdn.com/.../JESUS_60a55f_1061651.jpg"><br> he <b>says.But</b> this is not always possible.<br> <b>The&nbsp;key</b> is good drainage; you <b>want</b> to get water away from a vulnerable area.<br> "Covering an opening up with concrete, or filling up a hole completely with solid concrete, may not necessarily help," warns Cooper.<br> Sometimes, too, the hole may simply be too deep: 80m,&nbsp;perhaps, <b>compared</b> with the 12-15m height of a house.<br> "On some occasions, we have had to point out to developers that a hole 20m deep and 30m wide is a lot bigger than <b>a</b> house," Cooper says.<br> "That's a hell of a lot <b>of&nbsp;concrete."Despite</b> the frequency of sinkholes, linked fatalities are rare.<br> Randazzo says&nbsp;he can recall only two other people besides Bush who have died because of <b>them</b> in the US during the past 40 years.<br><img src="files.sharenator.com/rappers_rappers_pokemon_soulja_boy_funny_hilarious_ouch_gros_demotivational_poster_1250306507-s640x682-81737.jpg"><br> Even then, he says, in both cases the people concerned had been<br><img src="images.wisegeek.com/dog-with-suds.jpg"><br> drilling boreholes (and thus interfering with groundwater levels).<br> "Usually, you have some time," Randazzo, who has<br><img src="hoguenews.com/.../afghan-girl-615.jpg"><br> lectured on <b>sinkholes</b> at Oxford University, told USA Today.<br> "These catastrophic sinkholes give you some warning over the course of hours.<br> This latest incident is very unusual, and very tragic."In the UK, Cooper says, no deaths attributable solely to naturally <b>formed</b> sinkholes (as <b>opposed,</b> say, to <b>the</b> collapse of <b>disused</b> mine chambers) have been recorded in recent times. But, he points out, since extremes of&nbsp;sinkhole-affecting weather – long periods of drought, for example, followed by spells of unusually heavy and <b>persistent</b> rain – are widely predicted to become more<br><img src="cdn.thatgrapejuice.net/.../alicia-keys-girl-on-fire-promo-pictures-01-527x325.jpeg"><br> frequent as&nbsp;the Earth's climate changes, "we&nbsp;would certainly <b>expect</b> there to be&nbsp;more sinkholes in the future". It&nbsp;could be only a matter of time before&nbsp;Britain buries a Jeff Bush.Natural disasters and extreme weatherGeologyFloridaUnited StatesGeographyJon Henleyguardian.co.uk &copy; 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. 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For many people, suburbs have a bad reputation: too bland, too boring.<br> Alexander D’Hooghe would like<br><img src="media.treehugger.com/.../bog_design2Barchitec_550x550.jpg.644x0_q100_crop-smart.jpg"><br> to change that perception.D’Hooghe,<br> a Belgian-born architect <b>and</b> director of the Center for Advanced Urbanism at MIT, cares deeply about urban form and the large-scale <b>issues</b> cities face in achieving more <b>efficient</b> energy use, better transportation and less congestion.<br> One of his main concerns is better integrating suburbs with <b>the</b> larger metropolitan areas in which they exist.SF<br> master donated 'a few strands' of hair before his death, to join pioneering <b>'solar</b> sail mission' in 2014A "few strands" of the late Arthur C Clarke's hair are due to travel on Nasa's "first ever solar sail mission into deep space".The<br> craft will be named the Sunjammer, after the story written by Clarke in 1964 about a race in space using solar sails. "The enormous disc of sail strained at its rigging, already filled with the wind that blew between the worlds," <b>wrote</b> the novelist almost 50 years ago. "The immense sail was taut, its mirror surface sparkling <b>and</b> glittering <b>gloriously</b> in the Sun …<br><img src="images5.fanpop.com/.../pretty-little-liars-Aria-pretty-little-liars-tv-show-31378022-527-700.jpg"><br> Something so huge, yet so frail, was hard for the mind to grasp.<br> And it was harder still to realise that this fragile mirror could tow him free of Earth merely by the power of the sunlight it would trap."The<br> voyage,<br><img src="static.guim.co.uk/.../Dangerous-dog-laws-to-be--008.jpg"><br> scheduled to launch at the end of 2014, is being organised by Celestis, which runs "memorial spaceflights" offering <b>families</b> the chance to send cremated remains into space (joining Clarke on board the Sunjammer would cost upwards of £8,000). Development <b>of</b> the solar sail <b>has</b> been led by Nasa, along with aerospace companies including Celestis's parent company Space Services Holdings.Charles <b>Chafer,</b> chief executive of Space Services Holdings, said he <b>first</b> <b>met</b> Clarke<br><img src="images2.fanpop.com/.../Lovely-Baby-Girl-sweety-babies-9050432-450-344.jpg"><br> in 1982 at the UN conference in Vienna <b>on</b> outer space. "I was/am a lifelong fan and attribute much of my interest in space to the movie <b>2001:</b> A Space Odyssey," <b>said</b> Chafer. "In 2000, when we were first planning a solar sail mission to deep space we approached him about donating a hair sample containing his DNA for launch. A partner at the time journeyed to Sri Lanka to his home where he obtained the sample."In a note accompanying the sample, said Chafer, Clarke wrote: "Here are a few strands, I would give you more but I don't have any to spare." The author died in 2008 at the age of 90, leaving behind more than 100 books <b>ranging</b> from <b>2001:</b> A Space Odyssey to Rendezvous with Rama.Clarke's deep space voyage next year follows the last journey of Hunter S Thompson, whose ashes were fired from a rocket across his Colorado farm. The late Iain Banks has also expressed a wish for some of his ashes to be fired from a rocket over the Forth. So Clarke is not the first author to go beyond the bounds of Earth – although, with the Sunjammer set <b>to</b> journey three<br><img src="ichef.bbci.co.uk/.../prairie_dog_1.jpg"><br> million kilometres towards the sun, he is <b>likely</b> <b>to</b> <b>travel</b> the furthest.Arthur<br> C ClarkeScience fictionFictionSpaceNasaAlison Floodguardian.co.uk &copy; 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies.<br> All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In an effort to avoid the huge storage tanks that natural gas-powered cars usually use, a company turned to an unusual approach: burning gasoline and natural <b>gas</b> together.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Many lawyers have found that if you have a legal complaint against New York City’s school system, you have to sue the department or the Board of Education, which many thought was abolished.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the last 10 <b>years,</b> it’s become far more common <b>for</b> physicians to keep records electronically.<br> <b>Those</b> records could <b>contain</b> <b>a</b> wealth of medically <b>useful</b> data: hidden correlations between symptoms, treatments and outcomes, for instance, or indications that patients are promising candidates for trials of new drugs.Much<br> of that data, however, is buried in physicians’ freeform notes. One of the <b>difficulties</b> in <b>extracting</b> data from unstructured text is what computer  <a href = "http://micro-niche-finder.webs.com">micro niche finder download </a> word-sense disambiguation.<br> In a physician’s notes, the word “discharge,” for instance, could refer to a bodily secretion — but it could also refer to release from a hospital.<br> The ability to infer words’ intended <b>meanings</b> <b>makes</b> it much easier for computers to find useful patterns in mountains of data.At the <b>American</b> Medical Informatics Association’s (AMIA) annual symposium next week, researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory will <b>present</b> a new system for disambiguating the senses of words used in doctors’ clinical notes. <b>On</b> average, the system is 75 percent accurate in disambiguating words with two senses, a marked improvement over previous methods.<br> But more important, says Anna Rumshisky, an MIT postdoc who helped lead the new <b>research,</b> it represents a fundamentally new approach to word disambiguation that could lead to much more accurate systems while drastically reducing the amount of human effort required to develop them.Indeed,<br> Rumshisky says, the paper that was initially accepted to the AMIA symposium described a system that used a<br><img src="machoarts.com/.../Chang_e-cg-girl-by-Ruoxing-Zhang.jpg"><br> more conventional approach to <b>word</b> disambiguation, with an average accuracy of only about 63 percent.<br> “In our opinion, that wasn’t enough to actually be usable,” Rumshisky says.<br> “So <b>what</b> we tried<br><img src="seedmagazine.com/.../03_red-sky-at-night.jpg"><br> instead was something that’s been tried before in the general domain but never <b>in</b> the biomedical or clinical domains.”Topical<br> applicationIn particular, Rumshisky explains, she and her co-authors — graduate student<br><img src="a.abcnews.com/.../ap_jessica_ridgeway_missing_jt_121006_wg.jpg"><br> Rachel Chasin, whose master's thesis is the basis for the new paper; Peter Szolovits, an MIT professor of computer science and <b>engineering</b> and health science and technology; and research affiliate Özlem Uzuner, who got her PhD at MIT and is now an assistant professor at the University at Albany — adapted algorithms from a research area known as topic modeling. Topic modeling seeks to automatically identify the topics <b>of</b> documents by inferring relationships among prominently featured words.“The<br> twist on it that we’re trying to transpose from the <b>general</b> domain is to treat occurrences of<br><img src="cdn.theatlanticwire.com/.../large.jpg"><br> a target word as documents and to treat senses as hidden topics that we’re trying to <b>infer,”</b> Rumshisky says.Where<br> an ordinary topic-modeling algorithm will search through huge bodies of text to identify clusters of words that tend to occur in close proximity to each other, Rumshisky and her colleagues’ algorithm identifies correlations not only between words but between <b>words</b> and other textual “features” — such as the words’ syntactic roles.<br> If the word “discharge” is preceded by an adjective, for instance, it’s much more likely to refer to a bodily secretion than to <b>an</b> administrative event.Ordinarily,<br> topic-modeling algorithms assign different weights to different topics: A single news article, for instance, might be 50 percent about politics, 30 percent about the <b>economy,</b> and 20 percent about foreign affairs.<br> <b>Similarly,</b> the MIT researchers’ new algorithm assigns different weights to the different possible meanings of ambiguous words.One<br> advantage of topic-modeling algorithms is that they’re “unsupervised”: They can be deployed on huge bodies of text without human <b>oversight.</b> As a consequence, the researchers can keep revising <b>their</b> algorithm so that it incorporates more features, then set it loose on unannotated medical papers <b>to</b> draw its own inferences.<br> And the more features it incorporates, the more accurate it should be, Rumshisky says.Featured attractionsAmong the features that <b>the</b> researchers <b>plan</b> to incorporate into the algorithm are listings <b>in</b> a huge thesaurus of medical terms, <b>compiled</b> by the National Institutes of Health, called<br><img src="cdn.motinetwork.net/.../wtf-demotivational-poster-1238557745.jpg"><br> the Unified Medical Language<br><img src="news.menshealth.com/.../stk107962cor1.jpg"><br> System (UMLS).<br> Indeed, <b>word</b> associations in the UMLS were the basis of <b>the</b> researchers’ original algorithm — <b>the</b> one that <b>achieved</b> 63 percent accuracy.<br> There, the problem was that the length and structure of the paths from one word to another <b>in</b> the UMLS didn’t always correspond to the semantic difference between the words. But the new system intrinsically identifies only those correspondences that recur with enough frequency that they’re likely to be useful.“The<br> parts of the [UMLS] that are relevant for distinguishing the senses would basically float to the top by themselves,” Rumshisky says. “It kind of gives you, for free, this association, if it’s valid.<br> If it’s not valid, it just won’t matter.”The researchers are also experimenting with additional  <a href = "productreviewer4u.webs.com/google-sniper">google sniper </a> semantic features that could help with word disambiguation and with word associations established by NIH’s Medical Subject Headings paper-classification scheme. “It’s still<br><img src="i.i.com.com/.../Dog_drives_1210_480x360.jpg"><br> not perfect, because we haven’t integrated <b>all</b> the linguistic features that we want <b>to,”</b> Rumshisky says. <b>“But</b> my hunch is that this is the <b>way</b> to go.”“About<br> 80 percent of clinical information is buried in clinical notes,” says Hongfang <b>Liu,</b> an associate professor of medical informatics at the Mayo Clinic.<br> “A lot of words or phrases are ambiguous there. <b>So</b> in order to get the correct interpretation, you need to go through the word-disambiguation phase.”Liu says that <b>while</b> some computational linguists have applied topic-modeling algorithms to the problem of word-sense disambiguation, “My feeling is that they work on kind of toy problems.<br> And here, I <b>think,</b> it can actually be used in production-scale natural-language-processing <b>systems.”</b> The <b>baseball</b> star Curt <b>Schilling</b> dazzled a state government with <b>his</b> video-game business plan. 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Livery-cab <b>drivers</b> in the outer boroughs said that they eked <b>out</b> a meager living as it was, and that converting to a green taxi would cost them thousands and bring more rules.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Senate <b>Majority</b> Leader Harry Reid rejected a plan to keep student loan interest rates from doubling on July 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br> The mayor spoke Wednesday night at a celebration of the newspaper’s <b>125th</b> anniversary, calling it “my second favorite financial news outlet.”&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Filed under: Cellular, BusinessIf you are familiar with "adware", you'll know that it is installed on personal computers (almost always without consumer consent) to display advertising and<br><img src="1.bp.blogspot.com/.../Lovely%2BHeart%2Bin%2BSea%2BSand.jpg"><br> popups that seem to <b>take</b> over the PC as if <b>it</b> were possessed.Well, in a fist, marketers have been held responsible for ads displayed through adware -- and the culprits include the largest mobile carrier in the U.S.<br> <b>--</b> Cingular <b>(the</b> wireless unit<br><img src="moviegalleri.net/.../aadi_shanvi_lovely_movie_stills_5200.jpg"><br> <b>of</b> AT&amp;T), which will pay New York $35,000 to cover penalties and investigatory costs.Read&nbsp;|&nbsp;Permalink&nbsp;|&nbsp;Email<br> this&nbsp;|&nbsp;Linking&nbsp;Blogs&nbsp;|&nbsp;Comments Ah, <b>"permission</b> structures." The now-famous term comes, as far as I can tell, from a 2008 profile of David Axelrod in the New Republic, where Jason Zengerle quoted Ken Snyder, a Democratic consultant and Axelrod <b>protege,</b> <b>on</b> his mentor's approach. "David felt there almost had to be a permission structure set up for certain white voters to consider a black candidate." The "permission structure" relied heavily on "third-party <b>authentication,"</b> <b>which</b> is to say, endorsements from respected figures or institutions that the targeted voters admired. Read full article &#62;&#62;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The NCAA stripped Oregon of a scholarship in each of the next two seasons and placed the program on probation for three years, <b>opting</b> against stiffer penalties like a bowl ban despite issuing a show-cause order against former coach Chip Kelly, who apologized to the school, its fans and it players.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The <b>high-profile</b> group still euthanizes <b>most</b> of the animals at its shelter in Virginia, even as a “no-kill” movement that promotes adoption grows rapidly.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jacob Frenkel, an inflation hawk who was Bank <b>of</b> Israel governor in<br><img src="dogs.thefuntimesguide.com/.../dog-age-calculator.jpg%3F9d7bd4"><br> the 1990s, will replace Stanley Fischer, who <b>is</b> stepping down at the end of June.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I had to be Teddy. Nothing else would make sense. This is, after all, a fitness column, and any high school history student can tell you which U.S. president is <b>most</b> closely linked with "the life of strenuous endeavor," as Roosevelt liked to put it himself. On Sunday, May 19, MIT visiting scientist <b>Dr.</b> Kanako Miura, 36, died after being struck by a motor vehicle while riding her bicycle in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood.<br> Miura, an expert in humanoid robotics, came to MIT last fall during a yearlong sabbatical from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan, where she worked as a senior researcher at the Intelligent Systems Research Institute. At MIT, <b>she</b> worked with Professor Russ Tedrake’s Robot Locomotion Group at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). In <b>an</b> email sent to the MIT <b>community</b> on May 19, MIT President L.<br><img src="idleeflthoughts.files.wordpress.com/.../best-job.jpg"><br> Rafael  <a href = "productreviewer4u.webs.com/fat-burning-furnace">fat burning furnace review </a> “Our hearts go out to her friends and colleagues at MIT, and especially the Miura family,<br><img src="3.bp.blogspot.com/.../Sky%2Bmade%2BLovely%2BHeart.jpg"><br> who must absorb this terrible loss from so far away.”A native of Japan, Miura received her B.E. in aerospace engineering and her M.E.<br> and Ph.D.<br> in information science from Tohoku University in Japan.<br> <b>She</b> also received a Ph.D. in Electronique, Electrotechnique, Automatique from l'Universite Louis Pasteur, France in 2004. She was a postdoctoral fellow with Tohoku University from 2004-05, and a <b>researcher</b> with NTT DoCoMo (Japan’s largest mobile service provider) from 2005 to 2007. In <b>2007,</b> she joined the Intelligent Systems Research Institute at the AIST where she worked on the HRP-4C, or Miim robot, a<br><img src="static.ddmcdn.com/.../dog-breed-dog-breed-pictures1.jpg"><br> humanoid robot designed to mimic the features of a<br><img src="images.meredith.com/.../a_101871398_w.jpg"><br> human female. “I am shocked and saddened by this tragic loss, and<br><img src="image.shutterstock.com/.../stock-vector-sad-emoticon-72187144.jpg"><br> my heart goes out to Dr.<br> Miura’s <b>friends</b> and colleagues in the Robot Locomotion Group and, most <b>importantly,</b> to her family,” said<br><img src="4.bp.blogspot.com/.../love.jpg"><br> Professor Daniela Rus, director of <b>CSAIL.</b> “Dr.<br> Miura’s research in <b>humanoid</b> robotics was essential to the field, and she made many important contributions during her time at MIT. She truly became an integral part of the CSAIL community during her time here and <b>her</b> loss will <b>be</b> felt <b>by</b> all.”Miura’s<br> <b>research</b> focused on<br><img src="static.guim.co.uk/.../Dangerous-dog-laws-to-be--008.jpg"><br> human motion analysis and motion <b>generation</b> for humanoid robots in particular.<br> <b>For</b> Tedrake and his research group the opportunity to learn from Miura about her approach to walking, planning <b>and</b> control for humanoid robots was an unparalleled chance to gain insight <b>and</b> knowledge from one of the experts in <b>the</b> field of humanoid robotics. Tedrake and his team were excited to apply Miura's experience to the techniques his group has developed in the realm of dynamics<br><img src="img.izismile.com/.../amazing_animal_closeups_640_10.jpg"><br> <b>and</b> motion control.“We learned so much from her from the time she arrived, not only about her specific <b>approach</b> to humanoids, but also about the field of humanoid robots <b>in</b> general.<br> As<br><img src="news.menshealth.com/.../stk107962cor1.jpg"><br> we were trying <b>to</b> enter this new field of humanoid robotics, she was <b>our</b> expert,” Tedrake said. With the <b>Robot</b> Locomotion Group, Miura conducted research <b>using</b> the language of <b>optimization</b> for control design used in Tedrake’s group to reinterpret the successful results Miura had had in <b>her</b> work at the AIST in Japan.<br> Through their collaborative efforts, Miura and Tedrake hoped to come up with new, state-of-the-art techniques for walking and motion control in humanoid robots.<br> The timing of Miura’s arrival at MIT was serendipitous, according to Tedrake, as his research group was just starting a new research project with the group’s first humanoid, a <b>robot</b> named HUBO. During her time at CSAIL, Miura became an essential part of the Robot Locomotion Group, both for <b>her</b> technical expertise <b>and</b> for the warmth, care <b>and</b> friendship she provided to all her colleagues. Tedrake recalled how Miura was an enthusiastic participant in the group runs his research group frequently takes, hosted <b>one</b> <b>of</b> the Robot Locomotion Group parties at her apartment and even became one of the leaders of the<br><img src="static.ddmcdn.com/.../dog-breed-dog-breed-pictures1.jpg"><br> team’s group coffee breaks. During Robot Day at the Cambridge Science Festival, Miura spent hours explaining the technology behind humanoid robots to crowds of young children. “She was really part of the fabric of our group.<br> She was not <b>just</b> a visitor in our group, she became a close friend and a member of our family,” said Tedrake.<br> “The energy she brought to her work was<br><img src="media-cache-ec4.pinterest.com/.../bringing_pretty-1346104767_600.jpg"><br> contagious, and her enthusiasm <b>was</b> easy to see.<br> She loved giving tours, and showing off the lab, and she had an unfailing optimism in the future and importance of <b>humanoid</b> robots.”Mark Pearrow, a software engineer in the Robot Locomotion Group, worked closely with Miura on integrating her knowledge of bipedal locomotion into Tedrake’s research group's software and getting it to run on HUBO. <b>“She</b> was bright, patient, very giving of her time and knowledge, humble and funny. It was an honor to be able to work with her and I will miss her terribly,” Pearrow said.<br> “I just hope we can find the <b>wisdom</b> and strength to carry her spirit forward in our lives and work.”All<br> members of the MIT community who  <a href = "http://forex-growth-bot.webs.com">forex-growth-bot </a> by this death are encouraged to contact Mental Health Services at 617-253-2916.This article will be updated with information about plans to honor Miura’s memory as details become available. Michael Sarris says there have been 'no offers, nothing concrete' and he will stay in Moscow until a deal is reachedThe Cypriot finance minister ended a day of loan talks in Moscow on Wednesday without reaching a deal to help save the Mediterranean island from a financial crisis that could have a disastrous impact across Europe.Michael Sarris met his Russian <b>counterpart,</b> <b>Anton</b> Siluanov, before holding higher-level talks with Igor Shuvalov, a deputy prime minister and close ally of Vladimir Putin, the Russian president. The talks ended at about <b>4pm</b> Moscow time and Sarris cancelled a planned press conference because of the lack of results.On<br> Tuesday the Cypriot parliament rejected a <b>plan</b> to impose a <b>levy</b> on bank deposits in order to raise €5.8bn toward a €10bn bailout offered by the European Union.Cyprus turned to Russia for a lifeline, seeking a five-year extension on a €2.5bn loan granted in December 2011 that is due to mature in 2016. It has also asked Russia to <b>refinance</b> <b>the</b> loan and lend an additional €5bn."We<br> had a very good first meeting, very constructive, very honest discussion," Sarris said after meeting Siluanov.<br> "We've <b>underscored</b> how difficult the situation is."<br> However, he said there were "no offers, nothing concrete".Sarris said he would <b>stay</b> in Moscow until a deal was reached.<br> "We'll <b>now</b> continue our discussion to find the solution by<br><img src="animal-world.com/.../BichonFriseWDN_Ap6D.jpg"><br> which we hope we will be getting some support," he said. <b>Asked</b> by reporters whether that meant simply renegotiating a loan, Sarris said: "No, we are looking at things beyond that."Russian banks and businesses <b>are</b> believed to have more than $30bn held in banks in Cyprus, the country's favoured offshore tax haven. The proposed levy would have forced rich Russians as well as not-so-wealthy Cypriots to contribute to the <b>EU</b> bailout.Putin was<br><img src="static.guim.co.uk/.../Dangerous-dog-laws-to-be--008.jpg"><br> one of the loudest critics of the plan, calling it "unfair, unprofessional and dangerous".<br> Russian officials expressed dismay that they were not informed of the proposal in advance.Now, in its role <b>as</b> potential saviour, the Kremlin is believed to be haggling for <b>shares</b> in Cypriot banks and gas fields in exchange for the requested loan, the Russian press <b>reported.On<br></b> Wednesday the Cypriot <b>government</b> denied reports that Cyprus Popular Bank,<br><img src="img.izismile.com/.../amazing_animal_closeups_640_10.jpg"><br> the country's second biggest bank, was being sold to Russian investors.The energy minister, George Lakkotrypis, who oversees commerce, industry and tourism, was also in Moscow<br><img src="1pageweekly.com/.../im-sad-smiley.png"><br> on <b>Wednesday,</b> although Cypriot officials said he was visiting a tourism exhibit.His<br> appearance in Moscow <b>has</b> fuelled speculation that the state monopoly Gazprom was seeking exploration rights over gas fields recently discovered off Cyprus's Mediterranean coast.<br> Gazprom has denied <b>the</b> reports.CyprusRussiaEuropeEurozone crisisMiriam Elderguardian.co.uk &copy; 2013 Guardian News and Media <b>Limited</b> or its affiliated companies. 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The first stage of blood clotting is the formation of a plug, seen here, which is made up of platelets (seen in <b>gold)</b> and structures called von Willebrand Factor (vWF),<br><img src="static.ddmcdn.com/.../dog-breed-dog-breed-pictures1.jpg"><br> seen in red.<br> The <b>vWF</b> structures are normally present in blood in coiled up form, but in the presence of the flow from a bleeding wound they unfurl to form long, sticky strands, which <b>bind</b> the platelets together.Image: Hsieh Chen NRA head Wayne LaPierre offered another fiery critique <b>of</b> Congress's actions on gun control Friday, suggesting universal background checks and a federal <b>gun</b> registry are only meant to tax guns and confiscate them. Read full article

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When genes were first discovered, the canonical view was that each gene encodes a unique protein. However, biologists later found that segments of genes can be combined in different ways, giving rise to many different <b>proteins.This<br></b> phenomenon, known as alternative RNA splicing, often alters <b>the</b> outputs of signaling <b>networks</b> in different tissues and may <b>contribute</b> disproportionately to differences between species, according to a new study from MIT biologists.After<br> analyzing vast amounts <b>of</b> genetic data, the researchers found that the same genes are expressed in the same <b>tissue</b> types, such as liver or heart, across mammalian species.<br> However, alternative splicing patterns — which determine the <b>segments</b> of those genes <b>included</b> or excluded — vary from species to species. “The core things that make a heart a heart are mostly determined by a <b>heart-specific</b> gene expression signature.<br> But the core things that make a mouse a mouse may disproportionately derive from splicing patterns that differ from those of rats or other mammals” says Chris Burge, an MIT professor of biology and biological engineering, and senior author of a paper on the findings in <b>the</b> Dec. 20 online edition of Science.Lead<br> author of the paper is MIT biology graduate student Jason Merkin. Other authors are Caitlin Russell, a former technician in Burge’s lab, and Ping Chen, a visiting grad student at MIT.A<br> variety of proteinsAlternative RNA splicing (a discovery for which MIT Institute Professor Phillip Sharp shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in medicine <b>or</b> <b>physiology),</b> controls the composition of proteins encoded by a gene.<br> In mammals, genes — made of DNA stored in the cell nucleus — consist of<br><img src="cdn.motinetwork.net/.../hilarious-hilarious-air-guitar-idiot-retard-cat-demotivational-poster-1220603476.jpg"><br> many short segments known as exons and introns. After the DNA is copied into an RNA transcript, all introns and frequently some exons are <b>excised</b> before the messenger RNA (mRNA) leaves<br><img src="1.bp.blogspot.com/.../learning%2Bto%2Bfart.jpg"><br> the nucleus, carrying instructions to make a specific protein.<br> This process allows cells to create a <b>much</b> <b>wider</b> variety of proteins than would be possible if each gene encoded only one protein. Some proteins, including Dscam in <b>fruit</b> flies and neurexin in humans, have <b>thousands</b> of alternate forms.<br> These variant proteins can have vastly different functions, Burge says. For example, the full version of a protein may bind to DNA at one end and activate DNA transcription at the other end. If an alternatively spliced form is missing the activation section, it will<br><img src="a.dryicons.com/.../lovely_birds.jpg"><br> <b>compete</b> for binding to the same DNA regions as the full-length <b>protein,</b> preventing activation of transcription.In<br> <b>2008,</b> Burge and colleagues analyzed mRNA from 10 different human tissues, publishing <b>their</b> results in Nature, and found that nearly every gene is alternatively spliced. Furthermore, <b>most</b> alternative splicing was found to <b>differ</b> among tissues. In <b>the</b> new study, the researchers compared tissues from several different mammalian <b>species</b> — the rhesus monkey, rat, mouse and <b>cow</b> — as well as one species of bird, the chicken. For each species, the researchers analyzed <b>nine</b> types of tissue (brain, colon, heart, kidney, liver, lung, muscle, spleen and testes) from<br><img src="24.media.tumblr.com/.../tumblr_mflxag5MK11qinh7xo1_500.jpg"><br> three individuals, sequencing more <b>than</b> a trillion bases of <b>mRNA.Using<br></b> new high-speed sequencing technology, the researchers analyzed both gene expression and alternative splicing patterns in each tissue sample. They found that gene expression patterns <b>were</b> extremely similar across tissues, no matter what species the tissue came from. That is, the genes active in kidney tissue from rats were nearly identical to those turned on in cows’ kidney tissue.“That<br> was not a big surprise,” Burge says.<br> “It’s consistent with the idea that the gene expression pattern actually determines the identify of the tissue. You need to express certain structural and motor proteins if you’re a muscle cell, <b>and</b> if you’re a neuron you have to express certain synaptic proteins.”The results from the alternative splicing pattern comparison were very <b>different.<br></b> Instead of clustering by tissue, the patterns clustered mostly by species. “Different tissues <b>from</b> <b>the</b> cow <b>look</b> more like the other cow tissues, in terms of splicing, than they <b>do</b> like the corresponding tissue in mouse or rat or rhesus,” Burge <b>says.Because<br></b> splicing patterns are more specific to each species, it appears that splicing may contribute preferentially to differences between those species, Burge says. “Splicing <b>seems</b> to be more malleable over shorter evolutionary timescales, and<br><img src="static.dezeen.com/.../dezeen_Drawing-Machine-by-All-Lovely-Stuff_ss_2.jpg"><br> may contribute to <b>making</b> species<br><img src="static.dezeen.com/.../dezeen_Drawing-Machine-by-All-Lovely-Stuff_ss_2.jpg"><br> different <b>from</b> one another and helping them adapt in various ways,” he says.The<br> new study<br><img src="images5.fanpop.com/.../Cute-Lovely-Taemin-the-group-shinee-32032831-933-640.jpg"><br> is the first large-scale effort to look at the role of alternative splicing in evolution, says Brenton Graveley, a professor of genetics and developmental biology at the University of <b>Connecticut</b> Health Center. “It provides a lot of new insight into the potential role of <b>alternative</b> splicing in driving <b>differences</b> <b>between</b> species,” says Graveley, <b>who</b> was not involved in this study. New functionsThe <b>researchers</b> also found that a major function of alternative splicing is the addition and deletion of short protein segments that contain one or more phosphorylation sites.<br> Phosphorylation (addition of a phosphate molecule) is a very common way for cells to activate or deactivate proteins. When a variant form of a<br><img src="i.telegraph.co.uk/.../dog-house-cloud_2405022k.jpg"><br> protein lacks a key phosphorylation site, it may lose the function of the original form. Phosphorylation can also direct proteins to <b>different</b> locations within the cell, which may  <a href = "productreviewer4u.webs.com/fat-burning-furnace">fat burning furnace download </a> function.Changes<br> in splicing patterns also help to modify the signaling networks that regulate most cellular activity.<br> These networks are often controlled by <b>phosphorylation</b> of proteins involved in the network, many of <b>which</b> can be alternatively spliced. “You can think about it as rewiring signaling networks so they control different outputs.<br> Splicing can add a new output or delete it in a tissue-specific way,” Burge says.The researchers also identified several thousand <b>new</b> alternative exons in each species, and are now studying how these exons evolved and exploring their potential functions.The research was funded by a Broad Institute SPARC grant, the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.<br> Pupil-teacher interaction outside of the classroom is <b>fraught</b> with dangers, but Lizzie Deane, 16, can't understand <b>why</b> her Manchester school doesn't embrace social mediaIn every school there are young, attractive teachers that all the girls and all the boys fancy: there was probably one in your school, there's at least one <b>in</b> your child's school, and there's probably one in my school in Manchester – but that would be telling.Everyone<br> has fond memories of that poor object of forbidden <b>excitement.</b> The difference today is that you can follow that teacher on Twitter and Facebook."Staff must not use social networks to communicate with students" is the guidance <b>given</b><br><img src="static.ddmcdn.com/.../pug.jpg"><br> in my school's <b>e-safety</b> policy.<br> Nor should they "have students classed <b>as</b> 'friends' or the equivalent".<br> <b>But</b> this is just a guideline; there is no explicit rule preventing online teacher-pupil communication because no law exists to enforce it. Therefore if I were to become friends with that young teacher on Facebook,<br><img src="content5.videojug.com/.../how-to-make-a-girl-happy.WidePlayer.jpg%3Fv2"><br> we would both merely be advised to cease contact<br><img src="images.wisegeek.com/howling-dog.jpg"><br> on the grounds that it was inappropriate.Obviously, there are safeguarding issues that the <b>guidance</b> seeks to comply with – the scores of well-publicised sexual relationships between pupils and teachers are <b>evidence</b> enough to stigmatise this kind of 'online contact'. <b>But</b> teachers are having to adapt to new roles and expectations created by the internet, particularly with social networking.So, do teachers have a responsibility to tweet/post <b>responsibly?</b> In my <b>school</b> a picture of a drunken teacher found <b>on</b> a social media site would spread round the whole school in about an hour, everyone openly laughing at the hapless victim. (There is invaluable advice about this <b>in</b> the policy: teachers will "ensure all online activity, both in and out of<br><img src="bridalmusings.com/.../lovely-LA-by-Sweet-Little-Photographs_00.jpg"><br> school, will not bring their professional role into disrepute".)You<br> don't <b>have</b> to search for long to find examples of how teachers can suffer from inappropriate online scrutiny: ratemyteachers.com<br> is a favourite. These comments may seem harmless to students (or parents for that matter) but the issue of cyber-bullying arguably affects teachers as much as it does pupils. I have heard stories of violent threats being made and worse.So teachers and schools must defend themselves; social networking and the thorny issues that come with it are not simply going to disappear. Forcing a child to delete <b>an</b> account <b>or</b> labelling some behaviour as "inappropriate" will only feed the curiosity, like when you tell a child not to <b>go</b> by the <b>river</b> because it's dangerous – they will <b>anyway.<br></b> So if they cannot prevent <b>it,</b> schools would do better <b>to</b> attempt to manage it in a smarter way.Teenagers know that schools are hopeless with social media <b>–</b><br><img src="camillestyles.com/.../prettySimple_RedLips_TitleImage.jpg"><br> the fact email is the only way they can talk to teachers is the biggest clue. Ask any <b>teenager</b> how often<br><img src="news.menshealth.com/.../stk107962cor1.jpg"><br> they email and you will <b>see.</b> <b>Besides,</b> email is surely more dangerous; one-to-one conversations can become very personal,<br><img src="images.thevine.com.au/.../the-weird-girl-gift-guide_h.jpg"><br> whereas open <b>contact</b> on a <b>social</b> media site is much more<br><img src="a.dryicons.com/.../lovely_birds.jpg"><br> transparent.<br> Facebook<br><img src="pad2.whstatic.com/.../550px-Love-Step-1.jpg"><br> itself started in a university, designed to connect Harvard students. Perhaps a return to its educational roots wouldn't be a bad idea?Virtual learning environments or VLEs are all <b>the</b> rage in schools at the minute.<br> They allow teachers and pupils to access class content, homework etc and some even have social spaces where they can interact through threaded discussions. Brilliant right? The only problem is the school splashes out all this money and no one uses it. Not even teachers. Because it's basically a more boring version of Facebook.<br> Why then, shouldn't schools use Facebook for the same means? It's free, most pupils will go on it regularly <b>anyway</b> and <b>would</b> be far more popular – Facebook <b>could</b> be the world's biggest and best VLE.A teacher could post essay questions on the special 'Yr11 English' group, and the class could post ideas, debate or ask questions in an environment they're all familiar and comfortable with. The class learns, <b>the</b> school saves money and (unlike email) it is completely transparent.Of <b>course,</b> there will be those that emphasise<br><img src="static.dezeen.com/.../dezeen_Drawing-Machine-by-All-Lovely-Stuff_ss_2.jpg"><br> the 'social' in social media – teachers are there in a professional capacity to teach, not to socialise. And Twitter <b>is</b> a very different story; it is much more difficult to monitor and <b>contain,</b> there<br><img src="departments.fmarion.edu/.../pretty.gif"><br> is no way protecting tweets, nor is there the possibility of creating private online spaces.But by demonstrating that they can use social media – and more <b>importantly,</b> use it positively – schools will garner <b>more</b> respect from students.<br> And in the internet age,<br><img src="i239.photobucket.com/.../Hilarious.jpg"><br>  <a href = "http://micro-niche-finder.webs.com">micro niche finder </a> blurred boundaries and hierarchies, this mutual respect toward social media could prove crucial.• Lizzie Deane lives <b>in</b> south Manchester and <b>is</b> currently in her final year of high school• This article was amended on 19 March 2013 to remove a quote <b>from</b> ratemyteachers.com.FacebookInternetSocial<br> networkingSchoolsSecondary schoolsSocial mediaDigital mediaChild protectionChildrenSocial careLizzie Deaneguardian.co.uk<br> &copy; 2013 Guardian News <b>and</b> Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved.<br> <b>|</b> Use of this content is subject to our <b>Terms</b> <b>&</b> Conditions | <b>More</b> FeedsWith a rapidly expanding cinema audience, the biggest new films are being adapted for what is now the second largest box office in the worldThere's a lesson to be learned from new teen comedy 21 & Over, though the abstract of that lesson will largely depend on where you see it.<br> Catch it on <b>one</b> <b>of</b> the 300-odd UK screens it opened <b>across</b> yesterday, and witness<br><img src="25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr58mdNPiL1qgpgwvo1_500.gif"><br> a jocular salute to the redemptive power of youth, rebellion and getting fucked-up.<br> Hold out for the film's debut in China later this month <b>and</b> you're in for an altogether <b>more</b> moralistic experience.Along with a growing band of Hollywood innovators, the <b>producers</b> of 21 & Over have worked closely with the Chinese government to produce an alternate cut for their audiences, one in which the film's hero is refashioned <b>as</b> a Chinese exchange <b>student</b> who ultimately shakes off <b>the</b> rank delinquency of American college life and<br><img src="assets.shitbrix.com/.../wtf-camping-camping-wtf-you-ll-***-brix-c8f323.jpg"><br> returns home a reformed character. With just 34 foreign<br><img src="images4.fanpop.com/.../Lovely-night-for-a-lovely-Princess-sweety-babies-16667998-350-504.jpg"><br> imports allowed to compete for China's rapidly expanding cinema market in any given year, such <b>drastic</b> acts of appeasement are becoming commonplace.Ever since China reopened its doors to American releases in 1994, with the intrepid cultural ambassador that was The Fugitive, <b>studios</b> have fought hard to capture a fair share of the country's immense cinema audience, with artistic integrity often taking a back seat to the demands of a strict review board. <b>But</b> since China overtook Japan to become the world's second-largest box office last year, Hollywood's more entrepreneurial quarters have been getting busy. Last year, Lionsgate spent $1m digitally substituting Red Dawn's <b>villainous</b> Chinese baddies with North Korean ones; <b>this</b> summer's Brad Pitt-starring zombie epic World War Z has already excised a <b>fleeting</b> suggestion that the outbreak emanated from within the <b>country's</b> walls; while Django Unchained toned <b>down</b> the colour of its many blood splashes.As<br> so often, James Cameron was a pioneer, crediting the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park as the inspiration for the sweeping vistas of Avatar. The film<br><img src="3.bp.blogspot.com/.../Internet-wtf.jpg"><br> <b>went</b> on to become the highest <b>grossing</b> in Chinese<br><img src="25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdmi1rx9gO1rdtrv5o1_500.gif"><br> history, while one of the park's <b>peaks</b> was swiftly renamed the Avatar Hallelujah Mountain.<br> Similarly eager <b>to</b> ingratiate, last year's sci-fi hit Looper relocated an entire act from Paris to Shanghai, while 2010's candy-sweet The Karate Kid remake rendered its title meaningless with a calculating move to the land of kung fu.In<br> spite of such blatant pandering, the latter two films failed to meet expectations <b>at</b> the Chinese box office; a sign, perhaps, of a <b>growing</b> cynicism towards such tokenistic approach <b>to</b> cultural inclusiveness. Just this month, Iron Man 3 flew the flag for Sino-American relations by embellishing its Chinese cut with appearances from local stars Wang Xueqi and Fan Bingbing. But it inadvertently made a mockery of their inclusion <b>by</b> reducing both roles to blink-and-you'll-miss-them cameos in the US version.<br> If cinema <b>screens</b> continue to pop up in China at a rate of nine a day, the likes of Wang and Fan won't be waiting around for Robert <b>Downey</b> Jr's scraps much longer.China's flourishing box office2008: $0.62bn2009:<br> $0.91bn2010: $1.47bn2011: $2.1bn2012: $2.7bnChina's<br> addition to Iron Man 3Wang XueqiBorn in 1946, Xueqi is a Hong Kong veteran with a taste for playing stirring roles in party-boosting historical dramas (2009's Bodyguards And Assassins, 2011's The Founding <b>Of</b> <b>A</b> Party).<br> Also directed <b>of</b> Sun Bird, which didn't do much.Fan BingbingThirty-one-year-old Bingbing is an actor, singer and the Most Beautiful Person in China 2010.<br> She has also started her own movie studio and fashion line. If she finds a minute, she's set to appear in the next X Men movie, too.James CameronBrad PittCharlie Lyneguardian.co.uk &copy; <b>2013</b> Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies.<br> All rights reserved.<br> | Use of this content is subject to<br><img src="4.bp.blogspot.com/.../SadFace.jpg"><br> our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds Why is this vote so important, for Kenya and for the continent of Africa as a<br><img src="2.bp.blogspot.com/.../Pakistani-Girl-Punjab-Rung.jpg"><br> whole? Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto is commemorating Cinco de Mayo by urging his countrymen to tackle current problems with the same "unity and commitment" that defeated the French 151 years ago.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; James Hill recalls recently photographing Sochi, <b>Russia,</b> the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics, which will be the first held in a subtropical zone.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br> This academic year, my husband and I are engaged in a trial run with downsizing and relocating.<br> RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Banks fearful of <b>U.S.<br></b> retribution are preventing millions of dollars in foreign aid from reaching the Palestinians, the <b>Palestinian</b> finance minister acknowledged Tuesday.<br> <b>A</b> late <b>winter</b> storm <b>did</b> not<br><img src="dezignus.com/.../15lovely-heart-vector1.jpg"><br> prevent students, faculty <b>and</b> staff from gathering in Wong Auditorium on March 7 to hear MIT Sloan alumna Ilene Gordon ‘75, SM ’76 speak about  <a href = "productreviewer4u.webs.com/google-sniper">google sniper </a> as chairman, president and CEO of Ingredion Inc., a multibillion-dollar manufacturer of starches, sweeteners and <b>other</b> food ingredients. Gordon <b>was</b> the first speaker of the Dean’s Innovative Leader Series for the spring 2013 semester.Gordon, named to Fortune magazine’s 50 Most <b>Powerful</b> Women <b>in</b> Business list for 2012, joined the Illinois-based Ingredion — then named Corn Products International — in 2009. There was little direction, global coordination or global expertise <b>when</b> Gordon first joined the company, she said. She quickly began to work with<br><img src="a.dryicons.com/.../lovely_birds.jpg"><br> her team to develop a new <b>strategy</b> and a brand with just one voice.She<br> started by rebranding and changing the organization’s name to Ingredion, to reflect the company’s international presence and its efforts to diversify. Gordon then looked to expand Ingredion’s market in the food, beverage, brewing, paper and animal <b>nutrition</b> lines.“We <b>needed</b> an umbrella brand for our company.<br> We <b>laid</b> out a strategic blueprint <b>…</b> we needed one voice,” Gordon said. “We put together a strategy to grow our company and to be one <b>brand.<br></b> I think back to when <b>I</b> was at Sloan, and I took a lot <b>of</b> courses on planning … operational planning and strategic planning.<br> And to this day, it has really served me well.”Gordon then began to grow the<br><img src="img.izismile.com/.../wtf_were_they_thinking_640_01.jpg"><br> company, broadening the portfolio of ingredient offerings and expanding globally.<br><br><img src="lovelypackage.com/.../lovely-package-mm2.jpg"><br> Ingredion acquired other companies, <b>including</b> National Starch, as part of these endeavors. She noted that everything she does is to increase shareholder value: The company’s stock <b>price</b> has <b>doubled</b> since Gordon took over.<br> <b>Last</b> year, Ingredion’s sales topped<br><img src="images.businessweek.com/.../intro.jpg"><br> $6.5 billion and the company joined the Fortune 500 list of America’s largest corporations.“It’s<br> important to look at trends as well.<br> People want <b>healthier</b> food, people want low calorie, and people want convenience,” Gordon said, noting that Ingredion <b>now</b> supplies low-fat and gluten free ingredients to food makers. “It’s about<br><img src="mimg.sulekha.com/.../lovely-stills-0265.jpg"><br> customer collaboration at all times.”Lastly,<br> Gordon offered several pieces of career advice to students in the audience.“Get international work experience.<br> <b>Get</b> it as early as you can in your career.<br> Get<br><img src="cdn2.sbnation.com/.../good_girl_gina_large_verge_medium_landscape.jpg"><br> out your comfort zone and grow,” she said.She also advised that students find a mentor. Additionally, she noted that it is important to treat people well, wherever you are. Gordon also said that students should get on-the-ground experience once they are with their companies and suggested that factory tours and meeting people throughout the company were the best ways to do this.“Respect<br><img src="lh3.ggpht.com/.../14-Lovely-Hearts-for-St-Valentines-day-sandwich.jpg"><br> cultural diversity,” Gordon said in closing. "It’s all about appreciating people’s <b>differences.</b> It’s about diverse opinions. Seek a balanced life.<br> It’s all about choices and how you spend your time.” The C.E.O.<br> says that it is hard to maximize the performance of a team without managing yourself well first.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br> The actress reveals her hopes for the Don-Peggy relationship and her plans for what comes next. American Airlines <b>canceled</b> more than 1,000 <b>flights</b> yesterday, stranding <b>tens</b> of thousands of passengers as <b>the</b> carrier's mechanics scrambled to reinspect wire bundles on jets grounded as recently as two weeks ago for similar checks. A month after Carnival Cruise Line had to tug the Triumph to port because it was disabled by a fire, there’s <b>a</b> problem with another one of its ships — the Dream.<br> Baikonur, Kazakhstan, is set to be replaced as the Russian space launching center, and ethnic tensions <b>and</b> economic challenges are <b>already</b> creeping into the city.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br> An American team was prevented from gathering information about the disappearance of two citizens and a resident of the United States, Ambassador Karen B. <b>Stewart</b> said.<br> House Republicans narrowly passed a farm bill on Thursday that was stripped of hundreds of billions in funding for <b>food</b> stamps, abandoning<br><img src="l.yimg.com/.../excuses-dogs-christmas3-13122012-jpg_114939.jpg"><br> four decades of precedent to gain the backing of conservative lawmakers. Read full article &#62;&#62;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A university press release also reports that 68 percent of adults are aware of medical research opportunities for themselves.<br> However, 84 percent of parents are not aware of medical <b>research</b> opportunities for children.<br> Hundreds of people were believed trapped in the wreckage of the building, where several factories made clothes for European and American markets.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Electric companies are looking for ways to provide enough power at reasonable prices for electric vehicles.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br> Mr. Curran <b>coached</b> generations of baseball and basketball players for 55 years at Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, N.Y.,<br> winning more than 2,600 games. In ancient <b>times,</b> Gorgon was a mythical Greek creature whose unblinking eyes turned to stone those who beheld <b>them.<br></b> In modern times, Gorgon may be one of <b>the</b> military's most valuable new <b>tools.<br></b> Hollywood has worked its magic on Joseph Delaney's source material, infusing its Lancashire <b>setting</b> with swords-and-sorcery glitz. Diehard fans are reading t' riot <b>act</b> With Peter Jackson's<br><img src="moreintelligentlife.com/.../Pretty%2520Woman.jpg"><br> Hobbit trilogy already set to equal the box-office success of the Kiwi film-maker's<br><img src="25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdmi1rx9gO1rdtrv5o1_500.gif"><br> Lord of the Rings triptych and Game <b>of</b> <b>Thrones</b> storming the small screen, it ought to be a golden age for swords and sorcery.<br> In reality, Hollywood <b>tends</b> to throw<br><img src="dogs.thefuntimesguide.com/.../dog-age-calculator.jpg%3F9d7bd4"><br> us the occasional fantasy <b>flop</b> (2006's Eragon, 2011's inferior Conan the Barbarian remake) and the odd attempt to push fairytale fare through a high-fantasy filter (last year's Snow White and <b>the</b> Huntsman or this year's Jack  <a href = "http://forex-growth-bot.webs.com">forex-growth-bot </a> Slayer).Sergei Bodrov's Seventh Son, for which the first trailer dropped earlier this week, at least looks like an attempt to revisit traditional 80s-style swords-and-sorcery fantasy in the style of Willow or Dragonslayer. The film's sumptuous cast features the Dude<br><img src="2.bp.blogspot.com/.../Pakistani-Girl-Punjab-Rung.jpg"><br> and his <b>sometime</b> paramour (Jeff Bridges and <b>Julianne</b> Moore) as sorcerer Master Gregory and <b>his</b> witchy nemesis Mother Malkin respectively, as well as Narnia's Ben Barnes, Game of Thrones's Kit Harington and the ever-wonderful Olivia Williams.<br> Here's <b>the</b> synopsis:In a time long past, an evil is about to be <b>unleashed</b> that will reignite the war between the forces of the supernatural and humankind once more. Master Gregory (Jeff Bridges), the last of <b>the</b> <b>Falcon</b> Knights, had <b>imprisoned</b> the malevolently powerful witch Mother Malkin (Julianne Moore) <b>many</b> years ago.<br> But<br><img src="cdn.biharprabha.com/.../smiling_girl.jpg%3F5bdf3a"><br> now she has escaped and is seeking vengeance. Summoning her followers of <b>every</b> incarnation, Mother Malkin is preparing to unleash her terrible wrath on an unsuspecting world. Only one thing stands in her way: Master Gregory.<br> In a deadly reunion, Gregory comes <b>face</b> to face with the evil he always feared would someday return.<br> He has only until the next full moon to do what usually <b>takes</b> years: train his new apprentice, Tom Ward (Ben Barnes), to fight a dark magic unlike any other. Man's only hope lies in the seventh <b>son</b> of a seventh son.Bodrov,<br> the Russian director whose films Prisoner of the Mountains and Mongol: <b>The</b> Rise to Power of Genghis Khan were both Academy Award nominees for best foreign film, is an intriguing choice to take charge of the camera.<br> Furthermore, the <b>movie</b> itself is based on a much-loved <b>children's</b> fantasy series, Joseph Delaney's The Spook's Apprentice (known as The Wardstone Chronicles outside the UK).<br> Unfortunately, that's where much of the positive stuff ends.I <b>won't</b> pretend <b>to</b> have read the novels, of which there are <b>an</b> impressive 12, but acolytes have been taking to web forums and the IMDb's message boards to berate the film's title change – as well as the decision to age up the main characters and ignore <b>the</b> very Lancastrian setting of the books – almost since the film first got the green light two years ago. Bridges, who appears to be adopting a sort of mid-Atlantic twang in the trailer, is "playing a skinny, malnourished bloke who lives a few days' walk from Burnley, FFS", according to one angry commenter on the Bleedingcool.com forum.Over<br> on IMDb, another <b>fan</b> writes: "I was so excited when I heard that the Spooks books might be made into a movie.<br> Imagine my horror when they cast 20-year-olds to play 13-year-olds? Then they <b>quite</b> happily state that the <b>movie</b> will be nothing like the books. So what was the point in associating this movie with the book series when they have <b>completely</b> rewritten it? Bleh … Thank you Hollywood for ruining YET ANOTHER movie."In the two years since that thread<br><img src="l.yimg.com/.../excuses-dogs-christmas3-13122012-jpg_114939.jpg"><br> was posted, studio Warner Bros has replaced<br><img src="moreintelligentlife.com/.../Pretty%2520Woman.jpg"><br> 27-year-old Sam Claflin with <b>31-year-old</b> Barnes as (14-year-old) sorcerer's apprentice Tom Ward, which can only add to the "ageing up" distress.<br> What's strange here is that Warner Bros is the same studio that gave us the Harry Potter films, which were notable for their refusal to change many details from JK Rowling's books – and were rewarded with the highest box-office gross of any film series in history. Game of Thrones may be deviating rather dramatically from George RR Martin's A Song of <b>Ice</b> and Fire novels (with the full permission of the author, of course), but the elements of the source material <b>–</b> in particular the old world accents – remain intact.The<br> Hobbit trilogy, likewise, has been stretched into radical new forms as Jackson vies to ape the success of the rather more epic Lord of the Rings – but no one has yet attempted to saddle Gandalf with a <b>Californian</b> brogue.<br> So why has The Spook's Apprentice been dealt such a poor hand? One can only assume it is <b>because</b> Delaney's books are less well known than their more <b>celebrated</b> counterparts.Fantasy<br> fans, are you happy enough simply to see a bit <b>more</b> swords <b>and</b> sorcery in cinemas? Or should Seventh Son have held <b>true</b><br><img src="24.media.tumblr.com/.../tumblr_mflxag5MK11qinh7xo1_500.jpg"><br> to its source material? For those who have yet to make up their minds, Bodrov's movie hits UK cinemas in October, but doesn't arrive in the US until January. So far, there's no official Australian release date.Science<br> fiction and fantasyFilm adaptationsChildren and teenagersFictionFantasyBen Childguardian.co.uk &copy; 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved.<br> | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds American scientists <b>are</b> wondering what <b>role,</b> if any, they will play in the future in high-energy physics <b>—</b> the search for the <b>fundamental</b> particles and forces of <b>nature</b> — <b>a</b> field they once dominated.<br> Elena Gorokhova had many compelling reasons for fleeing the Soviet Union in 1980, but the one that <b>finally</b> pushed her over the <b>edge</b> was rather mundane: "It has to do <b>with</b> my mother," she explains in her memoir,  A <b>Mountain</b> of Crumbs  <b></b>  (Simon <b>&amp;</b> Schuster, $15). Mundane perhaps, <b>but</b> also

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When Nicholas D. Chabraja, a former Chicago trial lawyer, took over running General Dynamics 12 years ago, <b>the</b> giant defense contractor had $4 billion in sales, 29,000 employees and pretty simple businesses -- one made tanks, another made nuclear submarines. Post Home Section staffers Jura Koncius and Terri Sapienza take questions on your decorating dilemmas.A critical guide to classical music performances in New York. IN NOVEMBER, Marine Corps Lt. Gen.<br> John F. Kelly stood before an audience in St. Louis and spoke from the heart about the disconnect between the lives and experiences of members of the U.S. <b>military</b> - and those of the civilians they are defending. The armed forces are at war and have been for a d... To stand at 14th Street and Park Road in Northwest Washington is to behold a new world created at whiplash speed. Match of the Day host complained over paper's claim that he quit social media site due to 'an allegation about his private life'The <b>Sun</b> did not breach Gary Lineker's privacy or harass his relatives and neighbours <b>when</b> it investigated an allegation about his personal life, the Press Complaints Commission has ruled.Lineker complained that the Sun had broken<br><img src="cdn.motinetwork.net/.../wtf-wtf-demotivational-poster-1214703933.jpg"><br> the watchdog's rules on privacy and harassment<br><img src="l.yimg.com/.../excuses-dogs-christmas3-13122012-jpg_114939.jpg"><br> when it looked into a claim that <b>he</b> quit Twitter in January due to "an allegation about his private life".The<br> Match of the Day host and former footballer denied the allegation – which the Sun chose not to publish – and criticise the<br><img src="seedmagazine.com/.../04_red-sky-at-night.jpg"><br> paper for contacting his neighbours and relatives, including his wife's stepfather, about the claim.However,<br> the PCC <b>ruled</b> on Friday that the Sun had "stayed on the right side of the line" and did not uphold Lineker's complaint of invasion of privacy and harassment.The watchdog accepted that the allegation about Lineker was of a personal nature but threw out the complaints after ruling that it  <a href = "buyz19.tumblr.com/aquaponics-4-you">aquaponics 4 you </a> to restrict the freedom of<br><img src="media-cache-ec4.pinterest.com/.../bringing_pretty-1346104767_600.jpg"><br> journalists to conduct enquiries undertaken in order to investigate <b>the</b> veracity of an allegation and to assess whether a sufficient public interest justified publication".Charlotte<br> Dewar, <b>the</b> PCC's director of complaints, said: "The commission acknowledged that<br><img src="images2.fanpop.com/.../Lovely-Baby-sweety-babies-9049984-400-320.jpg"><br> it can be a distressing experience to be the subject of journalistic inquiries, but it is reluctant to restrict the<br><img src="ivusolutions.com/.../Stylish-girl-facebook-fb-dps103.png"><br> freedom of journalists to engage in standard newsgathering activities."On this occasion, the commission <b>decided</b> that the <b>newspaper</b> had stayed on the right side <b>of</b> the line and did not uphold the complaint."Lineker announced that <b>he</b> was quitting Twitter "for personal reasons" in a message to his 1.3<br> million followers on 18 January.The<br> following day, the Sun contacted the former footballer's<br><img src="kristah28.edublogs.org/.../rating-color-red-1eo2bqn.jpg"><br> agent about a "tip" <b>it</b> received that his departure had been prompted by an allegation about his private life.Journalists<br> at the paper contacted Lineker, Danielle's stepfather, the BBC press <b>office,</b> and five other individuals <b>about</b> the claim before deciding not to publish the allegation, which <b>his</b> agent had refused to confirm or deny.In a complaint <b>to</b> the PCC, Lineker denied the allegation and said there was no possible public interest<br><img src="cdn.pedigreedatabase.com/.../german_shepherd_dog.jpg"><br> in investigating or <b>publishing</b> it even if it had been true.The Sun denied it had <b>invaded</b> Lineker's private life or that it was required <b>to</b> "demonstrate any public interest in its inquiries," according to the PCC <b>ruling.•&nbsp;To<br></b> contact the MediaGuardian news desk email media@guardian.co.uk or <b>phone</b> 020 3353 3857.<br> For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".• To get the latest <b>media</b> news <b>to</b> <b>your</b> desktop or mobile, follow MediaGuardian on Twitter and FacebookThe SunPress Complaints CommissionNewspapers & magazinesNational newspapersNewspapersPrivacy & the mediaGary LinekerJosh Hallidayguardian.co.uk &copy; 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies.<br> All rights reserved. | Use  <a href = "buyz19.tumblr.com/natural-vitiligo-treatment">natural vitiligo treatment </a> content is subject to<br><img src="4.bp.blogspot.com/.../Zoya_Nail_Polish_Lovely_Spring-2013_tease.jpg"><br> our Terms & Conditions <b>|</b> More Feeds&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The bonds of the European Union are tested as wealthier nations come to the aid of smaller, struggling states.<br> Britain has signed a new legal treaty with Jordan in the hope of deporting a radical cleric accused of being Osama bin Laden’s “right-hand man in Europe,” the interior minister said Wednesday.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br> For a lack of progress, 18 Division I teams will miss postseason play in 2013-14, but the Connecticut men’s basketball team has requalified.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Arian Foster has had <b>three</b> consecutive seasons over 1,200 yards with<br><img src="images.thevine.com.au/.../the-weird-girl-gift-guide_h.jpg"><br> <b>double-digit</b> touchdowns, but he’s not the top fantasy back.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br> Primary Source suggests three tech tools matched to three current events topics that, together, can help you teach both Common Core skills and digital literacy.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br> Filed under: In The News, Research Reveals: Big Kids, Research Reveals: Tweens, Research Reveals: Teens, Health • Notts, 325 for five, lead Derby by 69 with five wickets left• Strong reply from Sussex batters at SurreyTo what, judging by some perhaps dangerously dismissive experts, are the myriad weaknesses of the members of Australia's Ashes squad can be added another.<br> Ed Cowan, who is spending the first half of the season <b>with</b> Nottinghamshire, gets out to daft shots when well set.For the second match in succession <b>the</b> left-handed opener passed 50 in some style, only <b>then</b> to deposit the worst ball he had<br><img src="cache.boston.com/.../t03_17824203.jpg"><br> received into the hands of a surprised and grateful fielder. In this case they were those of a young man called Greg Cork, son of Dominic and <b>a</b> member of the Derbyshire academy doing some substitute fielding.The<br> bowler whose first-ball long-hop was the cause <b>of</b> Cowan's demise, the left-arm spinner David Wainwright, celebrated with a grin, but it was a rare moment of good fortune for Derbyshire <b>on</b> a day of hard toil against their<br><img src="global3.memecdn.com/wtf_o_125054.jpg"><br> local rivals. The  <a href = "buyz19.tumblr.com/trademiner">trademiner </a> be tinged with green, but from a<br><img src="kristah28.edublogs.org/.../rating-color-red-1eo2bqn.jpg"><br> batsman's point of view it has <b>flattened</b> into something approaching excellence, and with Cowan, Alex Hales and James Taylor all scoring half-centuries, and both Michael Lumb and Samit Patel getting into the 40s, Notts, who closed on 325 for five, are already leading by 69.It<br> <b>might</b> have been rather more had <b>not</b> Patel contrived to run himself out in comical fashion, setting off for a quick single and completely losing his footing <b>when</b> rightly sent back by Taylor.<br> He was still lying flat on his back when the bails were removed.Rain<br> affected the game at Chester-le-Street, and it was late in the day before Yorkshire could resume their first innings.<br> The Durham seamer Graham Onions, so unfortunate with injury in recent years <b>but</b> still very much in the England picture, proceeded to demonstrate his form and fitness by numbering <b>the</b> international batsmen Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow <b>among</b> his victims in taking five for 61.Luke<br> Wells led the way with an unbeaten century as <b>Sussex</b> replied strongly to Surrey's first-innings score <b>of</b> 351 at The Oval.<br> The captain Ed Joyce was also <b>unbeaten</b> on 51 when the Seasiders closed on 204 for <b>two.In</b> Division Two, Northamptonshire continued their impressive start to the season by establishing a dominant position over struggling Gloucestershire at Bristol. Steven Crook and <b>Trent</b> Copeland are much better batsmen than their current <b>positions</b> of 10 and 11 in the Northamptonshire line-up might suggest, and they steered <b>their</b> side past 400, a first-innings lead of 212, before Copeland nipped out Michael Klinger when the home team began their second innings.Hampshire's<br> captain Jimmy <b>Adams</b> scored an unbeaten double century before declaring when their first innings had reached 500 at West End. Worcestershire have already lost five wickets in <b>reducing</b> the deficit to 341.Rain also affected play at Old Trafford, <b>where</b> Jimmy Anderson  <a href = "buyz19.tumblr.com/forex-growth-bot">forex growth bot pdf </a> overnight figures by picking up the two remaining wickets in Kent's first innings. The England bowler ended the day with a bat in his hands, coming in as nightwatchman as Lancashire ground their way to 36 for two <b>from</b> 30.2 overs <b>in</b> reply.County Championship Division OneCounty Championship 2013 Division TwoCounty Championship 2013 Division OneCounty Championship<br><img src="cdn.pedigreedatabase.com/.../german_shepherd_dog.jpg"><br> Division TwoCricketNorthamptonshireLancashireDerbyshireNottinghamshireKentDurhamSussexSurreyRichard Raeguardian.co.uk &copy; <b>2013</b> Guardian <b>News</b> and Media Limited or its affiliated companies.<br> All rights reserved.<br> | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Former Baltimore Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada was charged today with lying to congressional investigators about the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball.<br> Twelve-year-old Ye Wocheng became the youngest golfer<br><img src="4.bp.blogspot.com/.../most-amazing-photos-ever41.jpg"><br> to qualify for a European Tour event when <b>the</b> Chinese schoolboy survived a late wobble to <b>grab</b> a place at the Volvo China Open on Wednesday. These are hairy times for fans of simian fiction. The <b>autobiography</b> of Tarzan's sidekick , " Me Cheeta ," was mildly amusing, but Sara <b>Gruen's</b> silly " Ape <b>House</b> " left me <b>dragging</b> my knuckles on the floor, and Laurence Gonzales's " Lucy " read like something thrown out between the bars. Now, though,... Few people have had a more bizarre career in the entertainment business than Creed Bratton He broke [...] We should all be encouraged to play with our foodWhen you slice a cone the surface produced is either a<br><img src="images.thevine.com.au/.../the-weird-girl-gift-guide_h.jpg"><br> circle, an ellipse, a parabola or <b>a</b> hyperbola.These curves are known as the conic sections.And when you slice a scone in the shape of a cone, you get a <b>sconic</b> section – the latest craze in edible mathematics, <b>a</b> vibrant new culinary field.On<br> their fabulous website, the folk at Evil Mad Scientist provide a step-by-step guide to baking <b>the</b> sconic sections.In fact, the raspberry<br><img src="1.bp.blogspot.com/.../Rory-Gilmore-gilmore-girls-34512_766_1024.jpg"><br> jam parabola and the nutella ellipse join a pantry of geometrical foodstuffs  <a href = "buyz19.tumblr.com/tinnitus-miracle">tinnitus-miracle </a> liven up afternoon tea.Bread is <b>the</b> perfect <b>medium</b> <b>for</b> creating tangrams – a puzzle in which a square is divided into seven pieces and rearranged to make a variety of shapes, such as a polar bear:And a camel:These images are taken from Dashing Bean, which has several more excellent suggestions, with beautiful pictures, including fish, foxes, birds, pigs and chickens.  For some background, here's a video from Maths on Toast that shows you how <b>to</b> make tangrams from, well, toast.Perhaps the most famous <b>dough-based</b> mathematical mouthful, however, is<br><img src="global3.memecdn.com/wtf_o_125054.jpg"><br> the Möbius bagel, in which a <b>bagel</b> is sliced in such a way <b>as</b> to turn it into two linked parts:The Möbius bagel was thought up by George Hart, and his site provides a full explanation of the steps <b>required.This</b> video explains it too:It all <b>makes</b> a <b>change</b> from pi.Food<br><img src="images4.fanpop.com/.../girl-and-the-rain-sad-songs-16929572-500-706.jpg"><br> <b>scienceMathematicsBakingFood</b> & drinkAlex Bellosguardian.co.uk<br> &copy; 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies.<br> All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions |<br><img src="3.bp.blogspot.com/.../WTF.png"><br> More Feeds&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jeff Francis is way ahead of schedule for the start of the<br><img src="pix.rejecttheherd.net/.../fart.jpg"><br> Colorado Rockies' season. Todd Helton could use a some more good at-bats.<br> English <b>second-tier</b> side Blackburn Rovers sacked Michael Appleton on Tuesday, 67 days after he became their<br><img src="3.bp.blogspot.com/.../sad-quotes-2.jpg"><br> third manager of <b>the</b> season.<br> The bride is a senior associate in a management consultancy firm; the groom works in the White House. In <b>a</b> span of weeks, popular uprisings in the Islamic world have <b>upended</b> counterterrorism relationships that the United States spent much of the past decade trying to build. Carmakers have offered the media a sneak preview<br><img src="filmcircle.com/.../Puri-Jagan-new-Item-girl.jpg"><br> ahead of the 83rd Geneva Motor Show, which opens to the public on Thursday The fine, for failing to give Windows users <b>the</b> choice of competing Web browsers, is the first levied by the European Commission for neglecting to comply with a

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