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From Washington Journal April 3, 2009.
Parts 2-4 below the fold.
From Washington Journal April 3, 2009.
Parts 2-4 below the fold.
President Barack Obama's wife choked up as she addressed girls at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School in Islington, north London, where her visit brought screams of excitement.
In my opinion this little clip gives us yet another example of what a transformational couple the Obamas have become in the world. In what could easily have been contrived for the cameras, the sense is that something genuine and real is happening, not faked. And as seen in this clip, Michelle Obama's message is especially resonant with young women and girls of color.
Earlier this week Gallup released their Favorable numbers for both the President and First Lady and for the first time she has scored higher than her husband. While this isn't unusual for most wives of Presidents, it does represent a milestone of sorts for Michelle Obama. Barely a year ago talking heads were bleating about her being a liability to her husband's campaign, that her outspokenness was a distraction in the middle of grueling primaries. And just a year ago the famous line,
"For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback"
...made headlines, twisted all out of shape into something sinister and decidedly un-American by a compliant press. Painted as "the angry black woman" her disapproval numbers shot up.
Now, however, with 72% of Americans having a favorable opinion and only 17% an unfavorable one she is likely the most highly regarded woman in America. Or at least up there with Oprah. Perhaps most surprising is that more Republicans now have a favorable opinion of Michelle Obama than unfavorable. The same cannot be said for her husband.
It is quite likely Michelle Obama will become the most admired woman in the world soon, if she isn't already. That is good for the Obama's but, after the last eight years, is a great thing for the United States.
From The Daily Show April 2, 2009. John Oliver explains the real reason you cannot touch the queen.
From The Newshour with Jim Lehrer April 2, 2009. John Boehner is suddenly now concerned about fiscal responsibility with his criticism of the Democratic budget. Never mind the debt that was run up under the Bush administration for things like invading other countries that weren't a threat to us and war profiteering. Never mind tax cuts that never trickle down and enrich those at the top. Now that the spending is needed to keep our country out of a depression, Boehner is concerned about the debt being left to future generations. His talk about bi-partisanship after the way he and his fellow Republicans ran the House of Representatives is also laughable.
KWAME HOLMAN: Leader Boehner, thank you for joining us.
Leader Boehner, you and other Republicans on both sides of the Capitol have looked at this budget that the Democrats are moving today in the House, that is a reflection of what President Obama has called for, and railed against it. What's wrong with what they're proposing?
REP. JOHN BOEHNER, R-Ohio, House minority leader: Well, I don't know where I should begin.
The first problem is it spends too much. When you look at the level of spending in this budget, it will make President Bush look like a piker. And I and other Republicans felt like we spent too much during the Bush years. But this budget, at some $3.6 trillion for next year, will be the largest expansion of our government in our history.
Secondly, it taxes too much. There are some $2 trillion worth of taxes in this proposal that will tax every American. Not only do we have higher taxes for capital gains and the top rate and bringing the death tax back in full force, but we have this national energy tax.
You know, they like to call it cap-and-trade. But what it does is that it taxes energy. And so, if you drive a car or turn on a light switch, or you have byproducts that use a lot of energy, everybody's going to pay this tax.
But it's not just the tax that's so onerous. It's the millions of American jobs that I believe will be at risk because our competitors around the world don't have such a policy. And so you'll see products coming in from China and India and elsewhere that will make our products made here more expensive relative to theirs.
And so you've got higher spending. You've got higher taxes. And then you get to the real whammy, and that's the national debt.
President Obama's budget will double the national debt in the next five years. It will triple the national debt in the next 10 years, given their projections.
This is unacceptable. I think it will imprison our kids and grandkids. It will slow our economy. It will slow job growth in America. It's just not, in my opinion, not the way to proceed.
Stephen talks to Twitter co-founder Biz Stone about how Twitter got started and where they may be heading with their business model.
Someone's got a crush on the First Lady. Don't tell the President...lol. From The Cafferty File:
First Lady Michelle Obama is even more popular than her husband, who has a hefty majority of Americans supporting him. A new Gallup poll show’s the first lady’s favorable rating at 72 percent compared to 69 percent for the president.
Also, Michelle Obama’s unfavorable ratings are much lower than the president’s — 17 percent for her versus 28 percent for him.
What a difference a year makes… On the campaign trail last winter and spring, Michelle Obama was at times considered a political liability. Some portrayed her as an “angry black woman,” while others didn’t like the way she talked about things like her husband’s dirty socks. And many questioned Michelle’s patriotism when she said she only recently became proud of her country.
But all that has changed… Another recent poll shows the first lady’s favorability ratings are up 28 percent since the summer. The most striking part of the Michelle “surge” is that she’s made the biggest gains among Republicans who viewed her negatively last year.
People are drawn to this woman; she is the real thing, and they get it. They like her focus on children and family, her devotion to her own daughters and husband, her visits to schools, soup kitchens, federal agencies, and her planting of the first White House vegetable garden since Eleanor Roosevelt.
Michelle Obama is rapidly moving to displace a couple of the more revered women of our recent past. The British media are positively beside themsevles over Mrs. Obama’s visit; and they know something about how to get beside themselves. They are comparing our new first lady to both Princess Diana and Jacqueline Kennedy. Actually, she’s cooler than either of them.
Here’s my question to you: What’s behind Michelle Obama’s remarkable surge in popularity?
David Shuster is moving to a new time slot but as he reports tonight his Hypocrisy Watch will still be a feature on the new show. Shuster takes Rove to task for having the nerve to accuse the President Obama of "playing politics" and claims he's worried about the White House wielding power responsibly. Pot meet kettle.
Rob Nabors, Deputy Director for Management and Budget, gives his no-nonsense take on the so-called Republican alternative budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI).
DNC leader Tim Kaine was just as dismissive yesterday.
"The House GOP budget would be just an April Fool’s day joke if it didn’t actually reflect the true priorities of House Republicans and what they would do if they had the votes in Congress to pass their own plan. Their budget relies on the failed economic policies that drove the U.S. economy into its deepest spiral in decades," he said in a statement.
"If House Republicans had their way and the budget they outlined today were adopted, President Obama’s economic recovery program, which is already saving and creating jobs throughout the country, would be gutted, Medicare as we know it would all but be all but eliminated, Social Security checks would be slashed and a proposed spending freeze on discretionary programs would cut essential services – from health care and support for veterans to education to job training - that Americans most depend on when the economy is in crisis."
The Wall Street Journal gave the ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee high visibility to feature their nonsense yesterday, an April Fool's joke.
Matthews gets another one wrong. From Hardball April 1, 2009 and no, it's not an April Fools joke. TPM Muckraker has more:
Just now, the MSNBC anchor, opining on the news that DOJ is dropping the charges in the Ted Stevens case, declared that the decision means "the charges should never have been brought, there should never have been a prosecution."
Um, no. The Justice Department made clear that it was dropping the case because of prosecutorial missteps -- specifically the failure to hand over a key piece of evidence to defense lawyers. The decision has almost no bearing on the merits of the underlying case against Stevens, who was convicted last fall of failing to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollar in gifts from an oil-services contractor.
From The Colbert Report April 1, 2009.
The Fine Line is a new index that is just as meaningless as the Dow Jones, but it always goes up.

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Towards Trajectory Anonymization: a Generalization-Based Approach
- Mehmet Ercan Nergiz, Maurizio Atzori, Yucel Saygı, n, Barı, ʂ Guc
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Trajectory datasets are becoming popular due to the massive usage of GPS and location-based services. In this paper, we address privacy issues regarding the identification of individuals in static trajectory datasets. We first adopt the notion of k-anonymity to trajectories and propose a novel generalization-based approach for anonymization of trajectories. We further show that releasing anonymized trajectories may still have some privacy leaks. Therefore we propose a randomization based reconstruction algorithm for releasing anonymized trajectory data and also present how the underlying techniques can be adapted to other anonymity standards. The experimental results on real and synthetic trajectory datasets show the effectiveness of the proposed techniques.
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Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Suva, 9 September, 2010 - Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) have limited natural resources. Sustainable land management and use is therefore essential for the future well-being of Pacific Island people. Land use has direct impacts on agriculture and forestry, and dealing with these three elements in a holistic manner is the best way to manage them sustainably.
The 4th Heads of Agriculture and Forestry Services (HOAFS) meeting will be discussing these issues next week, 14–17 September, 2010, in Nadi, Fiji.
The HOAFS forum includes CEOs, Directors and Permanent Secretaries of Ministries of Agriculture and Forestry of the 22 Pacific Island member states of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). The Suva-based Land Resources Division of SPC provides the secretariat for HOAFS. The biannual HOAFS meeting is the main regional platform for discussing Pacific agriculture and forestry issues, and for updating members on developments at the national and regional level across the two sectors.
In recent national and regional forums, there have been strong expressions of concern and calls for more concerted efforts to address global issues such as climate change, food security, biosecurity and trade, pest and disease incursions, organic agriculture, and the place of youth in agriculture. The 2010 HOAFS meeting will address these issues within the context of the theme of the meeting, Agrobiodiversity to address climate change, food security and trade, which recognises the UN International Year of Biodiversity 2010.
The importance of agrobiodiversity is specifically recognised in the Land Resources Division’s Strategic Plan 2009–2012, which includes the call to ‘conserve, develop, promote and utilise agrobiodiversity’. The establishment of the new Centre for Pacific Crops and Trees in Suva is evidence of SPC’s commitment to this objective.
Conservation and management of broad-based genetic diversity has been supporting improvements in agriculture for 10,000 years. This broad base of diversity has enabled agriculture to sustain increasing populations over the years and has also provided resilience in agricultural ecosystems, so they have the capacity to recover from environmental stress and to evolve. This capacity to evolve has given us the diversity that could help meet the challenges of climate change, ensuring food and nutritional security, and supporting trade development. Diversity is also key to combating pest and disease problems.
The proposed Framework for Action on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Development in the Pacific discusses how ICT can assist the agriculture sector. Mobile phones and Knowledge and Learning Community Centres (KLCs) can improve agricultural information sharing and increase the quantity and quality of agricultural information available, improving food production, enhancing food security and eventually enhancing market participation. This could also contribute to more informed policy decisions in PICTs. Mobile phones are perhaps the quickest and most appropriate method of receiving and circulating information throughout the Pacific region.
The Samoa Ministry of Agriculture hosted and chaired the 2009 HOAFS meeting, which was held back to back with a meeting of Pacific Ministers of Agriculture. The 2010 HOAFS will be hosted and chaired by Fiji.

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Ballakermen and Castle Rushen high schools have told students in Year 9 and 10 to work from home for parts of this week.
This is due to the continuing high levels of staff absence in the schools.
At Balla, Year 9 will be asked to stay home on Tuesday, with Year 10 asked not to come to school on Wednesday and Thursday, with the possibility of this being extended into Friday.
Headteacher Adrienne Burnett said: ‘Staff absence levels remain very high at school. Today, there are 20 teachers absent and I know that a significant number of them will not be able to return this week. In addition, support staff absence is also high and many of this team carry out key roles that must be covered.
‘I very much hope that Year 10 will be able to attend school on Friday, but want to give as much advance notice as possible, in case the situation does not improve. Students in Years 9 and 10 will see some of their teachers today who will be able to set work for the rest of the week. We will also remind students of the codes needed to access google classroom.’
At CRHS Year 10 are asked to stay at home Tuesday and Year 9 on Wednesday.
At St Ninian’s, Year 9 is asked to stay home tomorrow, with Year 10 asked not to come to school on Wednesday.

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OK, I have to admit I stole that line from my friend—he shrieked that his friend would “shit kittens” if she were to get her hands on the fancy boxed book Alien Vault. As it were, when I got ahold of a copy, I figured I would at least test its worth on a true Alien fan. So, I ordered pizza, and my friend came over with a copy of the movie. As we leafed through the book, we ended up so distracted by the photos and backstage stories that we almost forgot to re-watch the film itself.
Alien Vault: The Definitive Story of the Making of the Film by Ian Nathan is one of those books that one might think only a true fan would love. However, I don’t think that is true. Any movie fan would appreciate such an ode to movie-making as this coffee-table centerpiece.
The book is full of behind-the-scenes photographs from the production of the film, like concept art, samples of illustrated storyboards, some of monster-mastermind H.R. Giger’s fantastic alien illustrations and models, and Polaroids of models of Ash’s gooey decapitated robot head. Mmmm… yummy. I was particularly taken with an image of beautifully lithe Bolaji Badejo, a Kenyan mime discovered in a bar who became the alien’s creepily graceful physical actor.
A couple nitpicky notes: The book contains a handful of “enclosures”—aka pockets that contain documents that are folded and tucked into the book. In theory, this is a nifty idea as you can pull out a print of an artistic Giger alien painting, or a blueprint of the ship the Nostromo, or a reprint of a Japanese film poster. But the thing is, most unfold to be only a little larger than the opened book, which kind of defeats the purpose. Also, with the folds, the folded documents end up not exactly suitable for framing.
The layout of the book is fantastic, and the writing is high quality. But, major oops, actress Veronica Cartwright’s name is spelled inconsistently throughout the book as “Cartright”, including, bam!, right there in a pulled quote on page 70. Since several reproductions of the original movie poster are included with the cast list clear enough to read, you’d think someone would notice this major gaffe. Kind of sloppy, kids!
Super-hardcore Alien geeks may clench their fists in frustration at such nitpicky issues in the book… But shoot, as a casual fan of the film, I found Alien Vault to be a fascinating peek at the all the creative work the went into the first true classic sci-fi horror film.

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Part of Forbes.com's innovative BrandVoice platform, NetApp's BrandVoice effort places content from the network storage solutions provider on dedicated, branded pages of Forbes' site. A team of NetApp contributors writes columns on a variety of topics, from the security challenges of the Bring Your Own Device movement to a more personal column from NetApp Vice Chairman Tom Mendoza detailing how setting 90-day goals has changed his life. The informative, well-written content is strong on its own, but hitching it to a trusted brand in journalism gives it even more credibility and authority. Visitors see the Forbes name at the top of the page, and the right rail has a list of the most-read stories on Forbes.com. At the same time, readers see links to most popular NetApp content and can click to see photos and bios of all the NetApp contributors. The insightful content is right at home on the platform, effectively positioning NetApp as a thought leader with a lot to say.


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The NHL Board Of Governors met today at the Western Times Square in New York to ratify the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, which will hold for 10 years. To represent the Tampa Bay Lightning team owner Jeff Vinik, general manager Steve Yzerman, and assistant general manager Julien BriseBois were in attendance. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and Chairman of the Board Of Governors Jeremy Jacobs, who owns the Boston Bruins, held a press conference after the meeting to confirm the ratification.
The vote went through unanimously. The CBA still won’t be official until the NHLPA votes on it and it gets signed. A spokesperson for the union said that should happen on Saturday. Teams are looking to start training camp as soon as Sunday, with the season starting on January 19. It’s rumored, though not official, that the Lightning might actually get to start off the season at home this year. The schedule, which was set to be released either tomorrow or Friday, is now to be released “instantaneously” after the deal is signed.
“To the players, who were very clear they wanted to be on the ice and not negotiating labor contracts; to our partners, who support the League financially and personally; and, most importantly, to our fans, who love and have missed NHL hockey, I am sorry. I know that an explanation or an apology will not erase the hard feelings that have built up over the past few months, but I owe you an apology nevertheless.
“The National Hockey League has a responsibility to earn back your trust and support whether you watch one game or every game, and that effort begins today,” Commissioner Bettman later added. “The players are ready to play their hearts out for you. The teams are preparing to welcome you back with open arms. The wait is just about over. Like all of you, we can’t wait to drop the puck.” -Gary Bettman
Not covered in the CBA is the issue of realignment and participation in the Olympics. Bettman said that they will address these issues in the future. It will be interesting to see how they do the realignment.
Bettman ended with this:
“Once the players ratify the Agreement, all the things that you love most about NHL hockey — the speed, the intensity, the skill, the teamwork and the incredible passion — will greet you once again,” he added. “As I said, we know that no words of apology or explanation will soften the disappointment. I read the letters, I followed the tweets, I read the blogs — we have a lot of work to do.”
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REFUND OF ANTI DUMPING DUTY IN CERTAIN CASES – NEW RULES NOTIFIED
The Indian Central Board of Excise and customs has on 19th January 2012 had notified new set of rules relating to the refund of anti dumping duty . Under these rules , an importer can obtain if he proves that anti dumping duty in excess of the actual margin of dumping has been paid by him.
While provisions made in year 2000 to frame rules to refund such duty , they have been notified only now . To provide for procedure for determination of amount paid in excess by computing actual margin of dumping , the government has also amended custom tariff ( Identification , Assessment and Collection of Anti dumping Duty on dumped articles and for determination of injury )Rules , 1995 ,. The new refund of anti dumping Duty (paid in excess of actual margin of dumping ) Rules 2012 and other related amendments come after last year ‘s budget had amended the parent provision in the Custom tariff act ,1975 ( section 9AA) to enable the Indian Govt to reduce anti dumping duty on such cases .
The new rules provide time period of three months for filing refund application to assistant/deputy commissioner of customs at the port of importation . Three months will be counted from the date of issue of notification by the government ( date when the notification relating to the reduction in the rates has been notified ) or from the date of the judgment or the order of Court or Tribunal or authority .refund has to be made to the claimant within 90 days of application .


Globe Trek Productions are back again this week with another installment of their Texas busking series. Last week, of course, we featured a late-night session with Dallas rapper Blue, the Misfit. This week goes in a completely different direction with Austin-based balladeers Band of Heathens, who pulled out their acoustic guitars for a late-afternoon stroll around the square in Denton.
Singers Gordy Quist and Ed Jurdi are the "stars" of this episode, handling all of the playing between them. (Drummer Richard Millsap makes an appearance as well, but he sits out the actual performances.) After chatting with series host Morgan Chadwick about their bands and clubs in Dallas and what they do to unwind when they're not performing, the pair run through some spirited renditions of "Shotgun" and "Miss My Life," both off of last year's Sunday Morning Record, with each taking a turn at lead vocals.
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Kia has held a ceremony for its dedicated plant for the production of battery-electric purpose-built vehicles.
The ceremony was held at Kia’s Hwaseong plant, located in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, and was attended by over 200 people, including government officials, Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Euisun Chung, Kia’s Global President and CEO Ho Sung Song, and other employees from Hyundai Motor Group and the automotive parts industry.
Kia President and CEO Ho Sung Song, on behalf of Hyundai Motor Group, highlighted in a greeting, “Hyundai Motor, Kia, and Hyundai MOBIS together plan to invest KRW 24 trillion in the domestic electric vehicle industry by 2030, with the goal of making South Korea one of the top three players in the global EV market. Our focus is to enhance the competitiveness of the entire electric vehicle ecosystem, including research and development, production, and infrastructure, and to lead the way in driving change and innovation in the new global automotive industry.”
Kia has announced that they will invest around one trillion won to secure 99 acres of land, with the company planning to start mass production in the second half of 2025. The new plant plans to produce 150,000 units in the first full year.
The new PBV plant will be built as an eco-friendly plant that applies future innovative manufacturing technologies while minimising carbon emissions, states the release. It will also seek efficiency and intelligence with Hyundai Motor and Kia’s smart factory brand ‘E-FOREST technologies’ such as digital manufacturing systems.
Additionally, the PBV plant will be built as a low-carbon factory by operating a dry booth, a nature-friendly construction method, during the painting process of vehicle manufacturing, and reducing carbon emissions by about 20 percent compared to existing factories by utilizing natural light and streamlining the manufacturing process.
Kia will also apply innovative technologies such as automation of facilities using machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), automation of painting quality inspection under the vehicle, automation of installation of parts such as glass, vehicle name, and company logo, and real-time automatic measurement quality data analysis to autonomously correct and install the vehicle body in real time.
The new facility will be a ‘human-friendly’ plant by pushing automation in heavy-duty work and tasks that require looking up at the ceiling, while enhancing the feeling of ‘openness’ and also reducing noise levels.
At the ceremony, Hyundai Motor Group also outlined its aim to become one of the worlds top three EV manufacturers by 2030 through the combined sales of Hyundai Motor, Kia and Genesis electric models.
The Group also announced that it plans to significantly expand the annual EV production in Korea to 1.51 million units and global volume to 3.64 million units by 2030. To enable such plans, Hyundai Motor and Kia, alongside with Hyundai MOBIS, plan to invest KRW 24 trillion (approximately 18 billion USD) in the EV sector domestically.


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NOAA declares seal die-off as 'unusual mortality event'
PORTLAND, Maine – The federal government is declaring the deaths of hundreds of seals off the New England coast this summer to be an "unusual mortality event."
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday it will investigate the "elevated strandings of harbor and grey seals in the Northeast attributed to disease." It said 462 seals have been found dead off the New England coast in July and August, with most off of Maine and others off of Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
The NOAA has said tests indicate dead seals found in New England tested positive for avian flu and phocine distemper.
The agency says that declaring a marine mammal die-off as an "unusual mortality event" means the deaths will be prioritized for investigation and response.


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Speculation that China may soon buy more U.S. pork led to higher hog prices Tuesday and shares of top pork producer Smithfield Foods, Inc rose on the same hope. Smithfield, the nation's largest hog and pork producer, reported it has not made any new deals for pork with China. That did not deter investors who sent Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures prices up the daily trading limit and Smithfield's shares up more than 3 percent at the New York Stock Exchange.
In August, Smithfield announced a deal to sell 60 million pounds of pork to China for delivery through December. China is expected to buy more U.S. pork, but when and how much is unknown. "Given their needs in China, they are going to be back in the market over the next several months," said Jim Robb, economist at the Denver-based Livestock Marketing Information Center. "There are still lingering impacts of their swine disease problem."
The disease, Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome or blue ear disease, killed over 1 million Chinese hogs earlier this year. Although a vaccination program is bringing the disease under control, the outbreak sent Chinese pork prices higher and prompted talk that Beijing will import pork to help bring meat prices down. On the year through September, China and Hong Kong combined have bought nearly 105,200 metric tons of U.S. pork, up 71 percent from a year earlier, according to government data compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation.
That has moved China/Hong Kong past Canada as the third largest export market for U.S. pork so far this year.
Fueling some of Tuesday's rumors regarding a new China deal was news that Smithfield will run its Sioux City, Iowa, pork plant on Sunday. Hog traders had assumed the Sioux City plant's extra production was for new China business, but Smithfield said it was due to an abundance of hogs. Running a pork plant on Sunday is rare. It last happened in October 2006, according to Ron Plain, agriculture economist at the University of Missouri.
The abundant U.S. hog herd this year has created a surge in pork production. USDA estimated Monday's hog slaughter at 430,000 head, which would be a one-day record if confirmed. Analysts predict that pork exports will be critical in the months ahead to take pork supplies off the market and prevent a severe drop in hog prices.

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Kashmir Hill, Forbes Staff
Welcome to The Not-So Private Parts where technology & privacy collide
One of the things that shocked me about the film Crazy Stupid Love — beyond Steve Carell’s transformation into a ‘player’ thanks to Ryan Gosling’s intervention — was that the movie actually (*spoiler alert*) celebrated a teenage girl giving a teenage boy naked photos of herself. This surprised me for two reasons: 1) that Hollywood isn’t on the “help protect kids from getting harassed and bullied over naked photos” bandwagon, and 2) she took the photo with a Polaroid instant camera instead of a smartphone.
But maybe Hollywood is right. Perhaps kids are taking all of their naked photos Polaroid-style. Recent studies published by Pew and by the Pediatrics Journal suggest that kids aren’t actually using their smartphones all that often for ‘sexting.’ In both studies, just 2% of thousands of kids surveyed say they’ve ‘sexted’ naked photos of themselves, though in the second survey [pdf], 7% of kids say they have received such images. (The discrepancy there would suggest either that those naked photos that are taken really get around, or that kids are perhaps under-reporting their past photo shoots.)
The New York Times reports that sexting is more of a trend among the older crowd:
An earlier, often-cited study had estimated that as many as one in five teenagers engaged in sexting, but it included 18- and 19-year-olds, most likely increasing the overall prevalence.
In recent years, high-profile cases in which teenagers were arrested for forwarding nude pictures of other minors have attracted nationwide attention. Despite sexting’s reputation as a teenage pastime, surveys now suggest that it is actually more common among young adults than children.
Kids Young adults these days.
In a second study [pdf] published in Pediatrics, researchers looked at how often sexting cases are investigated by law enforcement to see whether media hype about sexting teens being prosecuted for distributing child porn was in keeping with the reality in various states. They surveyed over 2700 law enforcement agencies and found that most of the over 3,000 cases the agencies dealt with in 2008 and 2009 did not lead to prosecution. The anecdotes at the end of the researchers’ study made me happy that I did not grow up in the cell phone age. Worse than having your naked photos widely distributed would seem to be having a relative find them and call authorities. Here’s one such anecdote:
A 14-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl who were boyfriend/girlfriend for a couple of weeks sent sexual pictures and videos to one another,including pictures showing masturbation. The girl’s mother found the pictures of the boy on her daughter’s cell phone and told the school resource officer that she wanted the boy prosecuted to the full extent of the law. When she found out that her daughter had also sent images, she wanted her daughter prosecuted as well. Both went to juvenile court and were assigned 20 hours of community service.
Wow. Parents these days.

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It’s no secret that pretty much the whole world loves cheese, but how each region shows that love is just a little different. Check out these (equally delicious) cheesy dishes from around the world, curated by The Daily Meal. From Greek Saganaki to Mexican Queso Fundido, cheese love truly does come in all shapes, sizes, and flavors.
There’s a lot that goes into creating specific kinds of cheese, and some are deceptively complex — for example, it usually takes about 10 liters of milk to make just one kilogram of hard cheese. And, more generally, it takes around 10 pounds of milk to make just one pound of cheese. Still, cheese is so popular across the world that there are more than 2,000 different varieties available, and more cheese is produced annually worldwide than coffee beans, tea leaves, cocoa beans, and tobacco combined.
Photo by The Daily Meal


The new building is part of an inner-city complex, which was already constructed by PSP in Wedel in 1999 (main building) and 2002/2003 (extension buildings 2.BA/3.BA) as a research and laboratory building. The solitary building at Rosengarten 25 is used by the pharmaceutical company medac (Gesellschaft für klinische Spezialpräparate mbH) as an administration building and is within walking distance from the main building on Theaterstraße. Consisting of four above-ground and one underground floor, the building has overall dimensions of approximately 50 x 18 metres. The basement is used as a two-storey underground car park with the help of parking pallets. By staggering and cantilevering the upper floor beams, the building is given a characteristic cubature. On the long sides, the second and third upper floors are staggered back in such a way that accessible roof terraces are created. At the southern and northern gables, the uppermost storey blocks cantilever far out, and the building is framed by a pergola-shaped frame construction as a structural element.
Rosengarten, Wedel near Hamburg / Germany
medac Gesellschaft für klinische Spezialpräparate mbH, Wedel
The office space is largely defined as two or three axis rooms. The office units are largely individual offices. A room-high glass partition wall system was used to structure the individual areas. In addition, filing cabinet elements integrated in the middle of the glass office partition serve as a spatial separation. Due to the staggered building cubature, the offices on the two uppermost floors have direct access to the outside terrace on all long sides. The largest meeting room in the building is located on the top third floor. Positioned in the approx. 6-metre projecting part of the building on the south side, this room floats above the main entrance and the entire street space, thus providing interesting views over the city to the Elbe. A square recess (approx. 70 x 70 cm) was inserted in the floor of the projecting floor slab in each of the two corners of the room. Through a double glass pane, the observer is offered a vertical view which reaches 10 metres down to the forecourt of the building. The facade of the reinforced concrete skeleton construction corresponds to the post and beam construction of the headquarters on Wedeler Theaterstraße. Standing formats alternate as closed, partly glazed and blue-coloured elements in irregular sequence.
Picture Credits: Achim van Gerven, Hamburg


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Beautiful graphic novel, including six full length DC comic stories
- Comic 1: The Coming of the Toa
- Comic 9: Divided We Fall
- Comic 10: Powerless!
- Comic 11: A Matter of Time...
- Comic 12: Absolute Power
- Comic 13: Rise of the Rahkshi!
- Comic 14: At Last -- Takanuva
Also includes three articles providing information regarding Rahkshi, early cover sketches for comics, a preview of the movie BIONICLE: Mask of Light, and another preview of BIONICLE: The Game.
This is a lovely book that is sure to delight all Lego Bionicles fans!
|Used book||Used book,excellent condition|
|Age interest||10+ years|
|Publisher||DC Comics/ Lego|
|Dimensions (cm) L X W||27 X 17|
Bionicle - The Saga of Takanuva
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Hate Traffic? Yet Another Reason for Bike Infrastructure.
A ten-day traffic jam stretching more than 60 miles outside of Beijing, China is a nightmare – a nightmare for those in their cars, for the Chinese government, and for its citizens. The jam, noted as the longest in history, formed on August 14 and has caused some drivers to be stuck on the road for six days.
(Associated Press/Alexander F. Yuan)
According to The Hindu,
The number of vehicles in Beijing has increased by 1,900 a day on average in the first six months of this year, officials said at a recent transportation seminar. Beijing, like many of China’s big cities, has invested heavily on widening roads, building towering flyovers and expanding its subway system. It is, however, still struggling to keep pace with the surge of new vehicles. China, with its fast-expanding middle-class, this year, overtook the United States to become the world’s biggest car market. In Beijing alone, a city of 20 million, the total number of vehicles is expected to hit 7 million by 2015. The city’s roads can accommodate 6.7 million vehicles…To ease the burden on the roads, the government is planning to invest 331.2 billion Yuan ($ 49.4 billion) in the next five years to expand its subway system by 850 km and increase the usage of public transport to 40 per cent.
Hopefully, China’s efforts include bike infrastructure and increasing the bike-mode share, in addition to expanding its public transportation system. Similar problems are popping up in countries near and far. Click here for a slide show of 12 of the world’s most high traffic areas.
Similar recurring nightmares (albeit not as long as Beijing’s) are clogging our own backyards. Next time, instead of sitting idle in your car for two hours on you way to work and for two hours on the way back, ride your bike. Worst case scenario, it will take you the same amount of time as when you sat in traffic. However, when you bike commute you don’t subject yourself to the frustration of going nowhere and annoying radio morning shows. You feel refreshed and not the least bit irritated from the time you wasted sitting in traffic – because you didn’t!
In addition to biking your work commute and errands, take action and protect vital bicycle funding in your community. The more citizens on bikes, the less traffic and the happier we will all be.
The League is working to build a Bicycle Friendly America. Get involved, and enjoy the ride.


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Every now and again you fall in love. Hard. Now don’t worry. I’m still getting married in October. I’m not running off with anyone new. I’m talking about this pizza. This wonderful, delicious and beautiful pizza.
I have never been a big fan of blue cheese but I’m trying to learn to love it. I just can’t accept that I don’t like blue cheese. Everyone else seems to love it. People rave about how it’s the best thing since sliced bread. I feel the same way about fish and olives. I hate them too. Maybe someday I will learn to the love them. If not, I’m guessing I will survive.
What about you? Are there any foods you can’t stand?
So, now while I may not start slathering everything I own in blue cheese (who would?) I will gladly eat this pizza. The blue cheese brought a nice sharp note to the sweet nectarines. Oh, and that sage. I grew it. Yep. I have managed to not kill my herbs…yet. Well except my basil. That is on it’s way out the door. For some reason it likes to keep dying on me. It looks great, then one day I see a little brown on the stem, then more brown and then death. It’s a tragic cycle that keeps happening. Sigh.
Nectarine, Sage & Blue Cheese Pizza
Yield: 2 small pies
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 18 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Whole wheat pizza dough (store bought is fine)
8 ounces blue cheese
1 nectarine - sliced
2-4 sage leaves - chopped (depends on size of leave and love of sage)
Fresh cracked pepper
Source: Recipe adapted from Alexandra's Kitchen
Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees.
Let dough reach room temperature and divide in half. Sprinkle a little corn meal on parchment lined baking sheet and pull out dough to create a small pizza. Do this with both pieces of dough.
Drizzle each pie with olive oil. Using a pastry brush spread it evenly over the dough. Top each pie with 4 ounces blue cheese and a few nectarine slices.
Bake for 18 minutes until cheese is melted and dough is cooked through.
Sprinkle pies evenly with sage after removing them from the oven and let sit for a few minutes before digging in!