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Ice storm. Two little words that I've come to respect (and fear) since the big one that hit us in December 2007. When the weather gurus forecast another this past week, we braced ourselves in preparation. Groceries, candles, firewood, cash… and indeed, it arrived. We're now locked inside, with two happy dogs who don't quite understand why they can stay in the house all day, snoozing in the comfort of their beds. At least, the 2010 version didn't disrupt our power, so the fire in our fireplace is for pleasure, not necessity.
This weather calls for comfort food! For the first icy evening, I prepared a recipe from the latest Fine Cooking, described therein as "elegant enough for entertaining, but simple enough to make anytime." It calls for a cut-up chicken, but I used packaged chicken thighs instead, which are so under-appreciated and inexpensive, but so full of flavor!
(adapted from Fine Cooking #103; recipe by Melissa Pellegrino)
6 chicken thighs, bone-in
2 medium lemons
1 Tbs. unsalted butter
1 Tbs. extra-virgin olive oil
3 shallots, peeled and quartered lengthwise
3/4 cup jarred brined olives, rinsed, pitted, and halved
6 fresh sage leaves
2 dried bay leaves
1 tsp thyme (I used dry, could not find fresh)
Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 350F.
Blot the chicken absolutely dry with a paper towel before you begin, then season it on all sides with salt and pepper.
Cut the ends off the lemon, stand it on one end, carefully peel it, and release the lemon segments from the membranes, dropping them in a small bowl. Cut the segments in two or three pieces.
Heat the butter and the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Working in batches if necessary, cook the chicken skin side down until golden-brown, 5 to 6 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a baking dish with the browned side up. Pour off all but 2 Tbs. of the fat. Add the shallots, olives, sage, bay leaves, thyme sprigs, and lemon segments, and cook for a couple of minutes.
Add the lemony sauce to the roasting pan; cover with aluminum foil. Bake for 45 minutes, then remove the foil and increase the heat to 400F for 10 minutes to ensure the skin is crisp (alternatively, run the roasting pan under the broiler for a few minutes).
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Comments: The original recipe "pan-roasts" the chicken. That is, after browning the skin and sauteing the flavor ingredients, the chicken is returned to the pan and placed in a high temperature oven (450F) for 18-20 minutes, or until the meat reached 165F. I've cooked chicken this way before and was always disappointed by the results. The high heat toughens the meat, blocking the juicy texture that I enjoy, especially in the thighs. I adapted the recipe for slow-roasting, almost a braise, as covering the pan with foil created the perfect environment.
Pasta dressed with the lemony sauce from the slow-roasting was an excellent side for this dish, that made us forget the icy evening outside. This is a "Perfect Sunday Dinner", even if the only ice you want to melt is that of a first dinner at home with a special date.
Variations to try: we felt that mushrooms will nicely complement the dish, so next time I'm definitely adding some. Reducing the amount of olives and substituting some capers could work too.

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Indirect Bilirubin
Does this test have other names?
Unconjugated bilirubin
What is this test?
This test measures the amount of bilirubin in your blood. Your body produces bilirubin when it breaks down hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells. This breakdown is called hemolysis.
Your liver removes bilirubin from your body, so measuring it is one way to check how well your liver is working.
Why do I need this test?
You may need this test if the results of a total bilirubin blood test are abnormal. When total bilirubin is abnormal, it is important to measure direct and indirect bilirubin levels.
Your total bilirubin may be tested if your doctor suspects you have certain medical conditions. It may also be done as part of routine blood testing to screen for liver problems or a blood disease called hemolytic anemia. You may also have bilirubin testing to track a disease you have or are being treated for.
An increase in direct bilirubin is most likely caused by a blockage in the liver. An increase in indirect bilirubin is most likely caused by destruction of too many red blood cells.
What other tests might I have along with this test?
Your doctor may order many other tests along with direct, indirect, and total bilirubin that assess your liver health. These tests are called liver function tests and may include:
Serum aminotransferases
Alkaline phosphatase
Prothrombin time (a clotting test)
What do my test results mean?
Many things may affect your lab test results. These include the method each lab uses to do the test. Even if your test results are different from the normal value, you may not have a problem. To learn what the results mean for you, talk with your health care provider.
Bilirubin travels through your body in two ways. Bilirubin that is attached to a protein is called indirect or unconjugated bilirubin. Bilirubin that moves freely in the blood is called direct or conjugated bilirubin. Together they make up your total bilirubin.
Bilirubin is measured in milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL). Normal values for adults are:
Total bilirubin: 0.3 to 1.0 mg/dLDirect bilirubin: 0.0 to 0.2 mg/dL
Indirect bilirubin is the difference between total and direct bilirubin.
Common causes of elevated indirect bilirubin include:
Hemolytic anemia, or destruction of too many red blood cells
Bleeding into the skin caused by injury
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A genetic abnormality that causes slightly increased indirect bilirubin levels without other signs or symptoms of disease. This affects about 5 percent of the population.
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Elon Musk on How to Think About Tesla's Value
Tesla shares are up 434% this year. Asking whether this run has gotten ahead of itself and shares are overvalued is important. It's also an open invitation to feel the outrage of shareholders tired of those who "don't get it."
Whose opinion should you listen to? That's up to you. But a few weeks ago, Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared his thoughts in an interview with CNBC. Here's what he said when asked about his stock's surge (emphasis mine):
I really feel like the valuation we've got right now is more than we have any right to deserve, honestly. I think we need to make sure we really, you know, knock the ball out of the park in the coming years. ...
The market obviously goes through these periods of exuberance and depression. In our case, our stock has a lot of volatility because it depends so much on what people believe our future execution will be. Our stock price is obviously far too high based on historical financials, or even on current financials, so the value is very much based on what the future cash flows will be like. So as that confidence waxes and wanes, we'll see big swings in the value of the company.
The highlighted part isn't new; many people have pointed it out. But it's still lost on analysts and investors who are tempted to compare Tesla's metrics to other car companies.
The standard response to those who say Tesla can't be compared with others is to suggest they are falling for the "it's different this time" fallacy that pops up during all bubbles. But as analyst Eddy Elfenbein points out, sometimes it really is different this time:
I'd say there's about 10% of stocks, maybe even just 5%, where fundamental analysis is totally useless. ...The reason is that conventional metrics don't work on unconventional stocks. If a technology comes along which changes the entire ballgame, all those ratios go out the window.
How should someone have valued Eastman Kodak twenty years ago? The stock was a long-recognized stalwart of American business. It was a classic Nifty 50 stock and it paid a good dividend. As late as 2007, shares of EK were over $30. While all seemed calm on the surface, the company was quickly being made obsolete. Today, a share of EK goes for three cents. The dynamics changed and just by following the numbers, you would have been left in the dust. ...
There's always some innovation going on somewhere that threatens to upend the entire game, and fundamental analysis won't see it coming.
Same with Tesla. And it was the same 10 years ago during the dot-com bubble. Valuing companies based on clicks and made-up metrics was wrong for most dot-com companies. Most looked (and were) insanely overvalued. But for a few -- Amazon, for example -- the crazy valuations were totally justified: Amazon now trades three times higher than it did in 1999.
But Eddy's point about this rule being applicable to 5% or 10% of stocks is important. And I'd say he's overdoing it there -- I'd put it closer to 1%. The problem investors run into is that it's hard to know 5% or 10% (or 1%) of stocks to apply this rule to. Is it easy to tell apart Amazon.com from Etoys.com? Today, of course. Fifteen years ago, it wasn't nearly as clear. All we knew was that some company would do something enormous, and traditional valuation metrics wouldn't apply to those winners.
If you're into this style of investing, you just have to be aware that what you're doing is more akin to late-stage venture capital investing than what most consider to be traditional investing. The prospect of massive wins is mixed with the risk of horrendous losses. The worst thing you can do when investing in a company like Tesla is not realize that this is what you're doing. When a lot of investors evaluate the company using traditional metrics like the P/E ratio, many of them clearly don't.
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text: Back When Your Child Has a Chronic Health Condition A chronic, or long-lasting, illness can be difficult for anyone to deal with. But for a young child diagnosed with a chronic health condition, there are challenges for both child and parent. Although you'll need some time and help coping with the diagnosis, it's also very important that you be there for your child. A child with a chronic illness will have questions, fears, and frustrations. And he or she will need strength and support from you to help in dealing with the changes in the months ahead. You can do a number of things to help your child cope with the chronic illness. Strategy No. 1: Provide options After a child is diagnosed with a chronic illness, he or she may face a barrage of hospital visits, tests, procedures, and other obligations. This can make children feel as if life is no longer in their hands, and they no longer have a say in anything. You can help your child avoid this overwhelming experience by giving him or her options and choices as much as possible. Even if it's as simple as what he gets to have for dinner or who gets to visit her in the hospital, these choices will allow your child to feel empowered during a difficult time. Strategy No. 2: Keep friends close Also critical in helping a child feel normal during a chronic illness is maintaining social ties with friends and family. If possible, this may involve following normal routines even with the chronic illness, or having friends visit in the hospital. Many children are frightened and confused when a friend has a chronic illness. As a parent, you can help keep your child's social circle strong by reassuring his or her friends (and their parents) that everything will be OK. Strategy No. 3: Look for signs of depression If a child has a chronic illness, it's not uncommon for him or her to develop a mood disorder such as clinical depression. Some of the signs and symptoms to look for include a lingering bad mood, withdrawal from friends and family, or talk of suicide. Signs of depression are more typical among young girls than boys, and they tend to occur more commonly if the illness affects the child's appearance or activity level. If you notice any of the signs of depression in your child, make sure to talk with your child's health care provider. A variety of medications or treatment options is available. Strategy No. 4: Follow a spiritual path Although religion and other forms of spirituality are usually seen as more important to adults with a chronic illness, they can be helpful for children, too. Thinking about the spiritual side of illness, for instance, may help a child rationalize what is happening to him or her. When dealing with a chronic illness, it's also not uncommon for issues of death and dying to come up. For example, a child may feel he or she is being punished for some past misbehavior, or he or she may wonder why a higher power would allow this to happen. In these situations, reassure your child as best you can. You can also invite spiritual leaders into your support circle when appropriate to help address your child's concerns. Strategy No. 5: Offer support If a chronic illness eventually becomes terminal, the parent's role is to provide comfort and support wherever needed. You can help your child arrange to say his goodbyes to family, friends, and loved ones through personal exchanges or letters. It's not uncommon for the child to become quiet and withdrawn during this period. This shouldn't be seen as rejection, but rather as part of your child's preparation process for death. Strategy No. 6: Seek help if needed Chronic illness can be extremely difficult for both parents and children to handle on their own. Don't be afraid to ask your health care provider about mental health counseling for you, your child, and any other family members affected by the illness if you feel like you need it.


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Somebody got the bright idea to shrink a Rubik's cube down to 10mm—that's less than half an inch. The cube is fully functional too, so for fat fingered dummies like me, it's that much more impossible to solve. Thanks.
A traditional Rubik's cube measures about 2 1/4 inches (5.7cm) wide on each side, this Rubik's cube in the world is probably smaller than one full sized "cubelet". The 10mm Rubik's cube is the smallest in the world but isn't for sale. Luckily for 15 bucks, you can grab the 12mm version to frustrate your life here. [Shapeways via Wired]


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LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Microsoft Corp. is rolling out a new interface for its Xbox game console users ? one that allows you to navigate through music, movies, TV shows and games with the wave of your hand or the sound of your voice.
The interface, first demonstrated by CEO Steve Ballmer in September, is set up similarly to Microsoft Corp.'s upcoming Windows 8 operating system with a series of large panes showing content options.
Xbox owners with the Kinect motion controller can swipe through screens by waving their hand in the air. It also responds to direct voice commands, and incorporates Microsoft's search engine, Bing. Windows phone users can control what to watch or hear by tapping on their portable devices.
The interface will be available to Xbox users connected to the Internet via a download on Tuesday.
In a demonstration for The Associated Press, a Microsoft employee demonstrated how saying, clearly, "Xbox. Bing. 'Iron Man,' " brought up a selection of movies, TV shows, games and soundtracks related to the title. Saying "Xbox. Show. Movies," brought up places to rent or buy the movie, including Microsoft's Zune store, Wal-Mart's Vudu, Netflix or pay TV channel Epix.
Separate subscriptions are required for services like Netflix, and much of the content also requires being a gold member of Xbox Live, a connected Internet service that costs $60 a year.
Microsoft expects to have pay TV channel partners, including those supplied by Verizon FiOS. There will be no broadcast partners, so fans of the ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox networks will continue to rely on standard set-top boxes or digital rabbit ear antennas for that content.
Microsoft says there have been 57 million Xbox units sold around the world and there are more than 35 million users who have logged on to its Xbox Live service at least once in the last three months. It did not divulge how many Xbox Live users are paying gold members.
Ross Honey, general manager of Xbox Live entertainment and advertising, said around 40 content partners were expected for the platform. Available apps from those partners will roll out gradually over time. Other partners include the British Broadcasting Company, Hulu Plus, Disney's online ESPN3 service, Ultimate Fighting Championship, YouTube and cable giant Comcast Corp.'s Xfinity on-demand subscription service.
Many of the offerings require separate pay TV subscriptions or one-time payments. Honey said that many deals with content providers are still in the works.
"As with any new technology that comes with the entertainment industry, it takes time," he said. "What we have here is a start."


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For Mattyas, music is a way of life, not just something to listen to, born and raised in Bucharest, Mattyas studied from a young age both piano and trumpet at the "Dinu Lipatti" Music School. Somewhat of a perfectionist, he started attending voice lessons soon after his graduation. Shortly after, he formed his own pop band, with him as the lead singer, while working with a series of famous producers.
In the year 2006, he was an opening act for the Vaya Con Dios concert in "Callatis Festival". His live performance was later released on CD by EMI International.
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Always reinventing himself, Mattyas took a new challenge in the year 2010, when he completely changed his sound and style. And the results came early: in the summer of the same year, he released with great success the single "Secret love". Drawing praises from critics and fans alike, Mattyas continued to release hit after hit: "Missing you" and "Mi amor", make sure you stay tuned for further news, now is preparing to take the world by storm with a new project!
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School speech backlash builds
School districts from Maryland to Texas are fielding angry complaints from parents opposed to President Barack Obama's back-to-school address Tuesday – forcing districts to find ways to shield students from the speech as conservative opposition to Obama spills into the nation's classrooms.
The White House says Obama's address is a sort of pep talk for the nation's schoolchildren. But conservative commentators have criticized Obama for trying to "indoctrinate" students to his liberal beliefs, and some parents call it an improper mix of politics and education.
"The gist is, 'I want to see what the president has to say before you expose it to my child.' Another said, 'This is Marxist propaganda.' They are very hostile," said Patricia O'Neill, a Democrat who is vice president of the Montgomery County School Board, in a district that borders Washington, D.C. "I think it's disturbing that people don't want to hear the president, but we live in a diverse society."
The White House moved Thursday to quell the controversy. First it revised an Education Department lesson plan that drew the ire of conservatives because it called for students to write letters about how they can help the president.
Then Obama aides said they would release the text of Obama's address on Monday, a day before his speech is to be beamed into the classrooms – an apparent attempt to show skeptical parents ahead of time what he plans to say.
Obama's speech to students was first announced late last month but criticism grew this week, as conservative commentators including Glenn Beck and Michelle Malkin said Obama was trying to improperly influence the students. Beck even urged parents to take their children out of school on Tuesday to protest Obama's speech.
The forum – a presidential address to students, where Obama plans to encourage them to take responsibility for education and do their best – might seem an unlikely forum for conservatives to make a stand. But some of the commentators said it was improper for Obama to insert himself so visibly into a classroom setting.
And it shows that the conservative anger with Obama and his policies is moving beyond the congressional town halls in August, where many members of Congress were loudly criticized by conservatives opposed to Obama's health care policies.
Republican strategist Rich Galen said he didn't have a problem with Obama reaching out to schoolchildren because "he is everybody's president. But you have to be very careful that it is not seen as literally propaganda. The original idea to have them write letters about how to help the president crossed the line and the White House realized that."
But Democratic strategist Chris Lehane said the protest against the presidential speech "shows at some level how desperate the right is to find an issue to challenge Obama on ...They have gotten some traction on health care, but the mere fact that they have jumped on this reflects that this is a party without a voice. Are they going to run in the mid-terms on a 'Presidents shouldn't talk to kids' platform?"
The address has left districts in the awkward spot of deciding how to handle the speech. Six districts contacted by POLITICO all said they would leave it to local school superintendents, principals and teachers whether to show the speech – but all said they would provide alternative activities for students whose parents didn't want them to see the broadcast.
In many ways, it wasn't simply the address that rankled conservatives, but a pair of proposed lesson plans, for young students and middle- to high-schoolers. The initial classroom activities made available on the Education Department's website were characterized by Malkin as having an "activist bent."
The White House altered the language of one suggested activity, which initially read, "Write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the president."
That was changed to: ""Write letters to themselves about how they can achieve their short-term and long-term education goals."
"Parents who called me who voiced concern about the speech all mentioned the teaching material and particular activities that were suggested," said Charles Pyle, spokesman for the Virginia Department of Education. One district in Virginia, Loudoun County, said Thursday it wouldn't show the speech at all.
"We had a few calls in our office and concerns from parents who didn't feel it was appropriate for students to participate in a political activity. They wanted to make sure that if it is shown, it is an educational discussion and in no way a discussion about politics," said Michael Vaughn, spokesman for Denver Public Schools. "We never second-guess our parents if they have concerns about classroom materials."
A letter from the Denver Schools Chief Academic Officer Ana Tilton, posted Thursday on the district's website, reminds principals that "if there are parents who still don't want their child to listen to the president's speech, please have an alternate activity available."
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan last month sent out a note to principals announcing the president's address as a "historic speech" where Obama "will challenge students to work hard, set educational goals, and take responsibility for their learning."
Obama isn't the first president to be criticized this way. O'Neill recalled President George H.W. Bush made televised address to students in October 1991 as campaign season was heating up. A handful of Democrats denounced Bush's address as pure politics. Bush asked students to "take control" of their education and to write him a letter about ways students could help him achieve his goals, strikingly similar to Obama's messages.


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Jerome Le Banner (JLB) is one of the most talented and popular athletes of the combat sports world. He holds several world and european heavyweight titles in kick-boxing, muay thai and full contact. Considered as one of the biggest punchers in kick-boxing history, JLB is one of the most famous K-1 fighters and by extension the best known kickboxer in the world.
Since 2006, his charisma and his natural acting qualities attracted a lot of movie producers. So, 'Geronimo' (as the fans call him) will feature in several movies from 2007. (Scorpion, Astérix aux Jeux olympiques, Babylon AD, Disco...)
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WASHINGTON—Republicans intend to cast President Barack Obama's second-term agenda as more "big government" and offer a series of steps to boost economic growth and reduce the federal debt, countering the president's agenda with competing visions for the country.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, previewing the Republican response to Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday, said Republican leaders would pursue policies that would create jobs for middle-class families, tame the federal debt and hold down future spending while providing a check on the president's agenda.
"We don't just want to be the opposition. We want to be the alternative," Rubio said in an interview with The Associated Press.
Rubio's speech will help frame how Republicans respond to Obama's first State of the Union address of his second term and try to shape the agenda at a time of divided government. Obama's first term was marked by clashes with Republicans in Congress over the role of government, deficits and spending cuts, and both sides are expected to use their addresses to offer prescriptions for rejuvenating the economy.
Rubio will deliver his address in both English and Spanish, a move that comes as party leaders point to the need to connect with Latino voters. Obama won 71 percent of Hispanics last year against Republican Mitt Romney and Republicans have said they must address that deficit with Hispanics in order to compete effectively with Democrats in the future.
Rubio is not the only Republican who plans to formally respond to Obama's speech before Congress. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., will deliver a tea party rebuttal to the president's address from the National Press Club on Tuesday night. He said it would serve as an "extra response" to Rubio's speech.
"This is about the tea party, which is a grassroots movement, a real movement with millions of Americans who are still concerned about some of the deal making that goes on in Washington. They're still concerned about the fact that we are borrowing $50,000 a second," Paul said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union." "None of the things I ran on as part of the tea party have been fixed."
Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, has played a high-profile role in promoting comprehensive immigration reform, which both Obama and lawmakers have identified as a top priority this year. But he said his rebuttal would emphasize a number of Republican approaches to improve the economy, including reforms to the tax code, stronger energy policies and ways of improving career and vocational training.
"You're usually able to go as far as your talent and work will take you and that's the direct product of free enterprise and limited government," Rubio said. "The president is basically asking us to abandon that. He's asking us to embrace the principles of more government, more government spending, more government control of our economy."
Rubio said in the past Republicans had not persuaded enough middle-class Americans to support their ideas on the economy. He said the party would argue that tax increases would hurt middle-class families because "they're passed through in the form of higher prices, less pay, less benefits and sometimes layoffs."
"Big government does not help you get ahead. It actually hurts the people who are trying to get ahead," he said.
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Audit: Michigan doing good job on child support
LANSING — A Michigan government audit of $2.6 billion in child support payments says that the office in charge of collecting the money is doing an effective job in making sure that parents pay what they're owed and care-givers get what's coming to them.
The Michigan Office of the Auditor General released a report Friday on the handling of payments from June 1, 2012, to March 31, 2014.
The state Department of Human Services says the audit concludes that its Office of Child Support "is effective in ensuring that child support collection and distribution is accurate and timely."
The audit says that a private contractor distributing the money did so with 99.9 percent accuracy during the 21-month period.


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Washington Redskins hire lobbyist
The Washington Redskins has brought in K Street reinforcements amid a major political fight brewing over the team's name.
The team hired McGuireWoods Consulting in late May, according to newly-filed lobbying disclosures.
The hire of a major K Street firm came just one week after 50 Democratic senators sent a letter to the National Football League asking the league to formally support a change in the Redskins name. "The N.F.L. can no longer ignore this and perpetuate the use of this name as anything but what it is: a racial slur," the senators wrote.
McGuireWoods will work on "discussions of team origins, history and traditions, Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation and youth sports, activities of Original Americans' Foundation," according to the disclosure.
The team and McGuireWoods did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Redskins owner Dan Snyder has stood firm against efforts to change the name. " We'll never change the name," Snyder told USA Today last year. "It's that simple. NEVER — you can use caps."
The team also brought on veteran PR maven and crisis communications expert Lanny Davis last year.
The Redskins have increasingly been under attack from all corners over their name — which many say is an ethnic slur against Native Americans.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took to the Senate floor in late April to denounce the team, saying: "How long will the NFL continue to do nothing — zero — as one of its teams bears a name that inflicts so much pain on Native Americans?"
A number of news outlets have also refused to print the team's name, instead choosing to call them the "Washington Football Team" or the "Pigskins."
Several Democratic members of Congress have also introduced a bill that would strip the Redskins of their trademark.
The NFL also currently enjoys nonprofit tax-exempt status – a major bit of leverage that Congress could use against the team and the league.
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), chairwoman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, has threatened to re-examine the league's continued tax status.
Lobbyists Ron Platt, Frank Donatelli, former member of Congress Lewis F. Payne and former Senate Finance Committee staff director Russ Sullivan are all listed on lobbying account for McGuireWoods.


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Hey, my boss said to talk to you - I hear you know a lot about web apps?
-Yeah, I'm more of a distributed systems guy now. I'm just back from ContainerCamp and Gluecon and I'm going to Dockercon next week. Really excited about the way the industry is moving - making everything simpler and more reliable. It's the future!
Cool. I'm just building a simple web app at the moment - a normal CRUD app using Rails, going to deploy to Heroku. Is that still the way to go?
-Oh no. That's old school. Heroku is dead - no-one uses it anymore. You need to use Docker now. It's the future.
Oh, OK. What's that?
-Docker is this new way of doing containerization. It's like LXC, but it's also a packaging format, a distribution platform, and tools to make distributed systems really easy.
Containeri.. — what now? What's LXE?
-It's LXC. It's like chroot on steroids!
What's cher-oot?
-OK, look. Docker. Containerization. It's the future. It's like virtualization but faster and cheaper.
Oh, so like Vagrant.
-No, Vagrant is dead. Everything is going to be containerized now, it's the future.
OK, so I don't need to know anything about virtualization?
-No, you still need virtualization, because containers don't provide a full security story just yet. So if you want to run anything in a multi-tenant environment, you need to make sure you can't escape the sandbox.
OK, I'm getting a little lost here. Let's back it up. So there's a thing like virtualization, called containers. And I can use this on Heroku?
-Well, Heroku has some support for docker, but I told you: Heroku's dead. You want to run your containers on CoreOS.
OK, what's that?
-It's this cool Host OS you can use with Docker. Hell, you don't even need Docker, you can use rkt.
-No, rkt.
Right, Rocket.
-No, it's called rkt now. Totally different. It's an alternative containerization format that isn't as bundled together as Docker is, and so it's more composable.
Is that good?
-Of course it's good. Composability is the future.
OK, how do you use it?
-I don't know. I don't think anyone uses it.
Sigh. You were saying something about CoreOS?
-Yeah, so it's a Host OS you use with Docker.
What's a Host OS?
-A Host OS runs all your containers.
Runs my containers?
-Yeah, you gotta have something run your containers. So you set up like an EC2 instance, you put CoreOS on it, then run the Docker daemon, and then you can deploy Docker images to it.
Which part of that is the container?
-All of it. Look, you take your app, write a Dockerfile, turn it into an image locally, then you can push that to any Docker host.
Ah, like Heroku?
-No, not Heroku. I told you. Heroku is dead. You run your own cloud now using Docker.
-Yeah, it's real easy. Look up #gifee.
-"Google's infrastructure for everyone else". You take some off the shelf tools and stacks, using containers, and you can have the same infrastructure Google has.
Why don't I just use Google's thing?
-You think that's going to be around in 6 months?
OK, doesn't someone else do hosting of this stuff? I really don't want to host my own stuff.
-Well, Amazon has ECS, but you gotta write XML or some shit.
What about something on OpenStack?
Look I really don't want to host my own stuff.
-No, it's really easy. You just set up a Kubernetes cluster.
I need a cluster?
-Kubernetes cluster. It'll manage the deployments of all your services.
I only have one service.
-What do you mean? You have an app right, so you gotta have at least 8-12 services?
What? No, just one app. Service, whatever. Just one of them.
-No, look into microservices. It's the future. It's how we do everything now. You take your monolithic app and you split it into like 12 services. One for each job you do.
That seems excessive.
-It's the only way to make sure it's reliable. So if your authentication service goes down…
Authentication service? I was just going to use this gem I've used a few times before.
-Great. Use the gem. Put it into it's own project. Put a RESTful API on it. Then your other services use that API, and gracefully handle failure and stuff. Put it in a container and continuously deliver that shit.
OK, so now that I've got dozens of unmanageable services, now what?
-Yeah, I was saying about Kubernetes. That let's you orchestrate all your services.
Orchestrate them?
-Yeah, so you've got these services and they have to be reliable so you need multiple copies of them. So Kubernetes makes sure that you have enough of them, and that they're distributed across multiple hosts in your fleet, so it's always available.
I need a fleet now?
-Yeah, for reliability. But Kubernetes manages it for you. And you know Kubernetes works cause Google built it and it runs on etcd.
What's etcd?
-It's an implementation of RAFT.
OK, so what's Raft?
-It's like Paxos.
Christ, how deep down this fucking rabbit hole are we going? I just want to launch an app. Sigh. Fuck, OK, deep breaths. Jesus. OK, what's Paxos?
-Paxos is like this really old distributed consensus protocol from the 70s that no-one understands or uses.
Great, thanks for telling me about it then. And Raft is what?
-Since no-one understands Paxos, this guy Diego…
Oh, you know him?
-No, he works at CoreOS. Anyway, Diego built Raft for his PhD thesis cause Paxos was too hard. Wicked smart dude. And then he wrote etcd as an implementation, and Aphyr said it wasn't shit.
What's Aphyr?
-Aphyr is that guy who wrote, 'Call Me Maybe.' You know, the distributed systems and BDSM guy?
What? Did you say BDSM?
-Yeah, BDSM. It's San Francisco. Everyone's into distributed systems and BDSM.
Uh, OK. And he wrote that Katy Perry song?
-No, he wrote a set of blog posts about how every database fails CAP.
What's CAP?
-The CAP theorem. It says that you can only have 2 out of 3 of Consistency, Availability and Partition tolerance.
OK, and all DBs fail CAP? What does that even mean?
-It means they're shit. Like Mongo.
I thought Mongo was web scale?
-No one else did.
OK, so etcd?
-Yeah, etcd is a distributed key-value store.
Oh, like Redis.
-No, nothing like Redis. etcd is distributed. Redis loses half its writes if the network partitions.
OK, so it's a distributed key-value store. Why is this useful?
-Kubernetes sets up a standard 5-node cluster using etcd as a message bus. It combines with a few of Kubernetes' own services to provide a pretty resilient orchestration system.
5 nodes? I have one app. How many machines am I gonna need with all this?
-Well, you're going to have about 12 services, and of course you need a few redundant copies of each, a few load balancers, the etcd cluster, your database, and the kubernetes cluster. So that's like maybe 50 running containers.
-No big deal! Containers are really efficient, so you should be able to distribute these across like 8 machines! Isn't that amazing?
That's one way to put it. And with all this, I'll be able to simply deploy my app?
-Sure. I mean, storage is still an open question with Docker and Kubernetes, and networking will take a bit of work, but you're basically there!
I see. OK, I think I'm getting it.
Thanks for explaining it.
-No problem.
Let me just repeat it back to see if I've got it right.
So I just need to split my simple CRUD app into 12 microservices, each with their own APIs which call each others' APIs but handle failure resiliently, put them into Docker containers, launch a fleet of 8 machines which are Docker hosts running CoreOS, "orchestrate" them using a small Kubernetes cluster running etcd, figure out the "open questions" of networking and storage, and then I continuously deliver multiple redundant copies of each microservice to my fleet. Is that it?
-Yes! Isn't it glorious?
I'm going back to Heroku.
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Alpha Base Foundation Pack, 60 Packets
A Natural Supplement Pack for Optimal Health
We have designed Alpha Base as the foundation for an effective nutritional supplement program. Most of our products are formulated to work with Alpha Base so you are not taking dangerous levels of any vitamin or mineral. By taking Alpha Base you are assured of having a solid foundation of nutritional support. From there, carefully formulated products can be added to focus on specific areas of need. Using the best vitamin and mineral ingredients available, formulated using the highest standards, Alpha Base surpasses all others in providing a safe, effective program for life-long nutritional support.
A Natural Supplement Combination of Essential Nutrients
Alpha Base Foundation Pak combines our Alpha Base Multivitamin supplement along with our dynamic natural vitamin and natural mineral formulas (Orthomega Mineral Tablets) as well as our natural omega 3 fish oil supplement (Orthomega) and our effective vitamin E supplement (Natural Vitamin E Mixed Tocopherols). This combination of essential nutrients in easy to take, divided dose supplement packets, is an ideal way to ensure you are supplying your body with the needed nutrients at the appropriate levels.
The Advantage of Alpha Base Foundation Pak:
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•Full Regimen of USP Vitamins, Reacted Minerals and Omega-3 Oils!
•Includes Vitamin E Mixed Tocopherols!
•Broad Spectrum of Antioxidants?More than Just Window Dressing!
•Patient Compliance as Easy as 2 Packets per Day!
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The daily stressors we encounter each and every day rob us of the feeling of wellness we know our body would be capable of achieving. The immense amount of free radicals we are constantly bombarded with can even damage our DNA, which intern leads to many degenerative diseases.
Do you feel that you are not functioning at your peak, that your body and mind aren't performing the way you would like? This may be a problem with your multivitamin. Many people already take a multivitamin supplement, yet they still do not feel better. This is due to the fact that not all multivitamins are created equal.
A Complete Multivitamin and Multimineral Supplement for Optimal Health.
Numerous studies have reported that both vitamins and minerals are essential for supporting optimal health. Both vitamins and minerals play many crucial roles in the body too numerous to list, most recognizably supporting bone health, immune health, and cardiovascular health, to name just an important few. Not everyone is able to take these vitamins and minerals in through their daily diets or are uncertain about the vitamin and mineral content of foods they are eating. Supplementation with a high quality daily multivitamin and multimineral supplement may provide benefit for those wishing to meet their recommended daily requirements of minerals and vitamins.
The Journal of the American Medical Association Advises All Adults to Take a Daily Multivitamin Supplement.
A study published in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) found that some groups of people are at a higher risk for vitamin deficiencies and inadequate vitamin status, these deficiencies and sub-optimal levels may lead to poor health. Supplementation with vitamins such as vitamin K, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin B12, vitamin B6, and vitamin A were found to be very beneficial in the prevention of poor health.
Natural Carotenoids in Our Multivitamin Supplement
Carotenoids, such as lycopene, lutein, and zeaxanthin also play an important role in supporting eye health. These carotenoids are found in high concentrations in the eyes, and have proven their efficacy in numerous trials. Supplementation with carotenoids is essential in maintaining optimal health however, most multivitamin and multimineral supplements on the market do not contain carotenoids in their formulation. This lack of natural carotenoids significantly reduces the potency and quality of a given multivitamin/multimineral supplement.
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Taking a daily multivitamin and multimineral supplement is important; however, the quality of the ingredients included is critical. Many minerals are poorly absorbed. That is why our natural multivitamin supplement uses fully reacted minerals utilizing optimal absorption.
There are many other significant differences in quality and formulation within the multivitamin category. Even products whose supplement fact boxes look the same when compared, can be miles apart in their actual effectiveness. Several factors make our Alpha Base multivitamin one of the most effective natural vitamin and mineral supplements available.
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Using the best vitamin and mineral ingredients available, and formulated using the highest standards into an efficacious super supplement, Our Alpha Base multivitamin surpasses all others in providing a safe, effective program for life-long nutritional support.
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•Easy to swallow vegetable capsules.
•Excellent mineral sources, and a 2:1 Magnesium to Calcium ratio.
•USP/NF grade ingredients are used wherever available.
•Fully reacted minerals have a higher assimilation rate than others.
•Lutein and lycopene are dosed in sufficient quantities to be scientifically effective in the body.
•Provides a significant vitamin D dose of 800 IU.
•Alpha Base uses methylcobalamin as its B12 source.
•Contains high levels of antioxidants, reducing free radical damage.
•Alpha Base has a high tolerability for patients that are typically sensitive to other multivitamin supplements.
•Formulated as the base regimen for all of our other natural supplement products, ensuring that when taken properly, patients will be assured of non-conflicting dosages.
May cause nausea when taken on an empty stomach.
Patients on Warfarin/Coumadin should consult their prescribing Physician before taking Vitamin K. If you are pregnant or nursing, consult your health care professional before taking this product.
These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to treat, diagnose, prevent, or cure any disease. Consult a physician before taking. Should you experience any serious physical side effects from taking these nutritional supplements, discontinue and call your doctor immediately.


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Cooler Master Cosmos SE Computer Case Launched
Cooler Master, a leading creator, innovator and manufacturer of desktop components and more, today proudly launches the newest addition the ultimate line of premium cases, Cosmos SE.
Built and inspired by the spirit of the Cosmos and Cosmos II and their supercar design origins, Cosmos SE comes loaded as a more aggressive and more nimble sports car in a decidedly more compact form. Driven by this aesthetic, Cosmos SE features the trademark curved aluminum handles and sleek outer exterior that fans have come to love. Its divergent styling comes from a more forceful, road hugging, and compact sports car feel.
Contained within the desirable exterior of the Cosmos SE is the support for truly exceptional system builds. Cosmos SE comes capable of supporting up to 8 fans with four being preinstalled. Two 120mm blue LED fans in the front with LED on/off control, one 140mm fan in the top, and one rear 120mm fan provide strategically placed cooling for all of a user's systems components. Superior liquid cooling support is built in for 120, 240, 280, and 360mm radiators with users being able to install a 120, 280, and a 360mm radiator all at once. Users with light to massive storage needs will find their needed balance with support for up to 8 HDDs / 18 SSDs via removable HDD/SSD cages. The Cosmos SE supports multiple high-end graphics cards up to 395mm / 15.5 inches long and even support for tall CPU coolers up to 175mm / 6.9 inches.
Proper system maintenance and clean cable management make a large difference in system airflow and performance. Cosmos SE ensures that system maintenance will be easy with multiple removable dust filters placed in the top, front, and bottom. To ensure that system airflow stays optimal, many cable pass-through areas and a large rear cable management space of 34mm are provided to make it easy to route cables in a more efficient manner.
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Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Driftwood Collective
I'm a really big fan of what the Driftwood Collective are up to...
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Tuesday, 20 March 2012
James Straffon
released this week, but I think I prefer James Straffon's efforts.
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
adidas Originals Tobacco
Acid Sweat Lodge
three benefactor levels, and they've just released the GOONS Report, a visual rundown of the last year's category updates.
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Prolly X Deus Ex Machina
Thursday, 16 February 2012
The Boneyard Project
Lady Mechanika
Lady Mechanika by Joe Benitez... Sold out all over Sydney...
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Missed out on the SELFEST exhibition last year, featuring DMOTE, Roid and Horfe, some of the freshest work on paper I've seen for a while.
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
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The Mike Wallace Interview
Most of us know Mike Wallace from his long career on 60 Minutes, the Sunday-night staple of American TV. But long before 60 Minutes, Wallace established himself on his eponymous The Mike Wallace Interview, a long-form interview show that started in 1957.
Wallace donated recordings of some early Interview programs to the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, and now the interviews and transcripts are available online. Watching the interviews, you're transported back forty years to a time when TV shows started with over-the-top Philip Morris cigarette ads. Wallace himself introduces the program by saying:
WALLACE: Good evening. What you're about to witness is an unrehearsed, uncensored interview. My name is Mike Wallace. The cigarette is Philip Morris. ANNOUNCER: New Philip Morris, probably the best natural smoke you ever tasted, presents: THE MIKE WALLACE INTERVIEW.
Aside from the cigarette ads, the show is actually really interesting -- there are lots of interesting guests, and Wallace is a personable but tough interviewer.
Notable interviews include: Steve Allen, Frank Lloyd Wright, Margaret Sanger, Kirk Douglas (fresh from Paths of Glory!), Eleanor Roosevelt, Pearl Buck, Salvadore Dali, Aldous Huxley, and on and on. Go get your interview on!


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High-Paying Travel Nursing Jobs in Texas | 2023
High-Paying Travel Nursing Jobs in Texas
Why Travel RNs Enjoy Working in the Lone Star State
If all your exes don't live in Texas, then head over to the Lone Star State for your next travel healthcare job assignment. Even if they all live in Texas, go anyway. Texas is huge and you can get lost in all its wonderful, diverse, weird, big, hot, cowboy-ness.
Big city life in Texas doesn't mean tiny cramped spaces like it does in some of the nation's other big cities. There's plenty of wide-open spaces even in cities. Cities such as Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, and the ever-more-popular Austin are major draws for people moving to Texas.
Texas travel nurses who are music buffs will be endlessly entertained, be it whether they settle in the Live Music Capital, Austin, or any other large city. Texans love their music and they love it out loud. Across the state year-round, live music festivals can be found of all types of genres.
Travel nurses in Texas aren't just feeding their souls with good music, but they are also feeding their tummies. Tex-Mex cuisine and its imitations can be found worldwide, but here you will find the most authentic and memorable dishes, and you will find them everywhere.
Much like cowboy boots and hats, football is a thing in Texas, very common and very important. If you move to Texas knowing nothing about football, be assured you will leave knowing everything. Football knowledge is like osmosis. Texas football games are a big deal for communities, starting at the school level, passing on into university level, and of course to the big leagues, NFL. So, don't resist too hard, buy a pair of cowboy boots and a football jersey and you're ready to watch the game, be it live, in a bar, or at a friend's house.
Resources for Texas Travel Nurses
If you are considering taking a travel nursing job in Texas, be sure that all your registered nursing licenses and credentials are up to date. Check out the Texas Board of Nursing's website for further information about the nursing regulations in the state of Texas.
Work with Elite Specialty Staffing to Enjoy Lucrative Travel Nursing Benefits:
- High Pay and Bonuses
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Generous Housing Allowance
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Nanoparticles: Small Packages, case study on the health risks
A new case study on the health risks of nanotech doesn't tell the whole story
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The potential dangers of nanotechnology have been capturing imaginations for some years now-and for good reason. The technology is getting researchers closer to designing and engineering materials atom by atom. And it's allowing them to tap into material properties that, until recently, were either unknown, or mere intellectual curiosities. Chances are that the device you're reading this on does what it does because of nanotechnology. Batteries, computer chips, digital memory, display screens, all perform better now because they use engineered nanoscale materials. And this is just the beginning. The sometimes-unusual properties of materials engineered at this exquisitely fine scale can now be found in new drugs, medical implants, super-lightweight materials, cheap and efficient solar cells, cars, clothing, cosmetics, food packaging-almost everywhere you look, someone is either using nanotechnology or thinking about how they can use it to make the products you use and rely on cheaper, more efficient, and more effective.
But the unusual properties that are making all this possible are raising alarm bells with people who worry about what can go wrong with new technologies. What happens, they ask, when these nanomaterials and products get into the environment, or into our bodies? Can the cool things they are designed to do also be harmful if they end up in the wrong place? It's a compelling question: History is littered with great technologies that also had an unexpected downside-just look at some of the health and environmental challenges that plastics are creating, for instance. It's also especially pertinent to the nanoscale, where particles too small to see with the naked eye can potentially throw a nanowrench into the nanoworld of biology. This is not idle speculation-there's a growing body of research that shows some nanoscopically small particles can cause harm in unexpected ways if they get into your body or out into the environment.
A few days ago, these concerns were brought to the fore with the publication of a case report in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine. The report describes a chemist who developed symptoms that included throat irritation, nasal congestion, facial flushing, and skin reactions to jewelry containing nickel, after starting to work with a powder consisting of nanometer-sized nickel particles. According to the report's lead author, this is "case one in our modern economy" of exposure to a product of nanotechnology leading to an individual becoming ill.
Although there have been other instances where engineered nanoparticles have been suspected of causing ill health, this is the first where the link seems credible. But beyond indicating that working with a fine nickel powder without any form of protection probably isn't a good idea, does this case help better understand the risks of nanotechnology?
In the grand scheme of things, probably not-although as an indicator of what not to do, it is important. For more than a decade now, there has been a massive global investment in research into the health and environmental impacts of engineered nanomaterials. Between 2004 and 2013 more than 6,000 academic papers were published on how these materials possibly cause harm, and how it might be averted. And for decades before this, researchers were studying the health impacts of nanoscale particles arising from natural processes, and as by-products of industrial processes. As a result, we now know quite a lot about how nanoscale materials behave in the human body and how to reduce the chances of harm occurring. We know, for instance, that inhaled or injected nanoparticles can get to places in the body that larger particles cannot go; that the surface of nanoparticles is important in determining how harmful they are; and that nanoparticles are sometimes less harmful than the chemicals they're made of. We also know that our bodies have evolved over millennia to handle nanoparticles, and that fine particles are integral to many biological and environmental systems. These studies have also indicated how much we don't know, which is why research in this area remains a priority. And one area we know less about than many would like is: How dangerous is the stuff people are actually exposed to, as opposed to the pure materials that researchers often use in their studies?
Over a couple of days in London last summer, I found myself mulling over a very similar question with a small group of colleagues. We were a pretty eclectic group-engineers, designers, toxicologists, business leaders, academics, policy wonks-but we had one thing in common: We wanted get a better handle on how dangerous realistic products of nanotechnology might be, and how these dangers might be avoided.
Unfortunately, the pristine engineered nano materials that toxicologists like to work with don't reveal much about what happens in the real world-for instance, after those materials have been put into your smartphone and you've handled it with greasy fingers, held it to your face, dropped it, had the shattered screen mended, and eventually disposed of it. Our approach was to imagine products based on engineered nano materials that were technologically feasible and would also have a reasonable chance of surviving a cut-throat economy-products like active food packaging labels that indicated the presence of contaminants; helium-filled balloons with solar cell skins; and materials templated from viruses to generate hydrogen and oxygen from water. We then tried to imagine how these plausible products could potentially release dangerous materials into the environment.
To our surprise, we struggled to come up with scenarios that scared us.
What we discovered was that placing technological and economic constraints on the products we imagined reduced the chances of exposure to especially harmful materials. In part, this was due to the knowledge we already have on the safe use of engineered nanomaterials. But it was also because, technologically wonderful as engineered nanomaterials are, many of them don't seem as worrisome as imagined when seen in the cold light of commercial reality.
We also found that, for many new materials, good production and use practices go a long way to reducing the chances of harmful exposures. And this is why the case of the nickel nanoparticles above needs to be approached with some caution. Many people have an allergic skin reaction to nickel, and research has shown that inhaling nickel particles can cause people to become sensitized to the metal. It's also well known that fine powders will become airborne more easily than coarse ones when they're handled, and that the finer the powder you inhale, the more potent it is in your lungs. So it shouldn't come as a surprise that handling nickel nanopowder in an open lab without exposure controls is not a great idea. In other words, the reported incident was more a case of bad exposure management than nanoparticle risk.
That said, the case does highlight the level of respect with which any new or unusual material should be treated. This was also one of the conclusions from those two days in London. Just because the risks of many nanotechnology products seem relatively small, doesn't mean that we can afford to be complacent. There's still the possibility that someone will create a particularly dangerous new material, or will use a material that seems safe in a dangerous way. As a society we need to be vigilant when it comes to advanced materials, whether they are branded with the nano insignia or not. We need to continue investing in the science that will inform the safe development and use of new materials, and to apply every ounce of understanding we currently have to preventing them from causing harm. So far though, with one or two notable exceptions (I wouldn't advocate inhaling carbon nanotubes for instance), there are surprisingly few in-your-face risk red flags when engineered nanomaterials are developed and used responsibly. That's good news for nanotechnology safety. But it will only stay good as long as the state of the science on potential risks of new materials keeps pace with materials themselves.
This article is part of Future Tense, a collaboration among Arizona State University, the New America Foundation, and Slate. Future Tense explores the ways emerging technologies affect society, policy, and culture. To read more, visit the Future Tense blog and the Future Tense home page. You can also follow us on Twitter.


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MOVIE REVIEW: '42' makes run for greatness
Jackie Robinson didn't need baseball, but baseball needed him – and so did America. Without him, we'd have no Reggie Jackson, no Willie Mays, no Hank Aaron and quite possibly, no Barack Obama. He was but one man, but he encompassed a well-armed army in the battle against racism in the months following World War II, when blacks good enough to fight for their country weren't deemed good enough to fight for a pennant. The only person coming close to matching his courage was Branch Rickey, the progressive general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. He made a pitch against segregation and Robinson literally knocked it out of the park.
If ever a dynamic duo was worthy of a movie it's what today's kids would probably refer to as Rickey-Rob. And now they've finally got one in "42," which – true to Robinson's spirit – does it with grit and very little fanfare. It's your classic meat-and-potatoes bio-pic, not unlike "Pride of the Yankees," which paid bland, but honorable, tribute to doomed Bronx Bomber, Lou Gehrig.
All that's missing is Teresa Wright as the virginal beauty waiting by the phone for her man to call and issue a long-distance proposal. Although, gorgeous Nicole Behaire does make for a satisfactory facsimile as Rachel Robinson, the unsung hero in Jackie's rise from Negro League obscurity to civil rights icon.
But then, she's not who we've come to see. That would be the appropriately anonymous Chadwick Boseman, who starts off with a couple of bunt singles as Robinson, but ends up belting a slew of homers in the late innings, when "42" finally makes its run for greatness.
It doesn't quite get there, but boy does it come close, and a lot of that is due to Harrison Ford's terrific portrayal of the stubborn and deeply religious Rickey.
True, Ford's a bit over the top, but you can't fault the influx of heart and soul he brings to a picture that's desperately short on flash. He and Boseman also make a compelling team, with Ford reigning supremely as the unshakeable father figure and Boseman consistently generating empathy for a rightfully angry young man who must learn to fight back with actions, not words or fists.
Writer-director Brian Helgeland ("L.A. Confidential") never balks in letting us experience the ugliness of racism over and over, as Robinson forces himself to bite his tongue as slurs, insults and baseballs are fired at his increasingly cool head.
It's pretty darn moving, too, not to mention, incredibly inspiring, which makes you bemoan all the more Helgeland's shocking dependence on bio-pic clichés. Instead of catching "cans of corn," Helgeland opens them up and dumps the contents all over everything. It's an amazing amount of maize, much of it reserved for our conduit, Wendell Smith (Andre Holland), the Pittsburgh-based black sportswriter who not only recommended Robinson to Rickey, but also became the young man's off-the-field chaperone and protector whenever the Dodgers ventured away from home.
Holland's OK, but there's a little too much of William H. Macy's Tick Tock McGlaughlin (from "Seabiscuit") in there to prevent his obtaining any discernible gravitas.
Still, Helgeland rates kudos for funneling most of his film's focus on Robinson's rookie year of 1947, when everyone from fans to umpires to opposing managers and teammates wanted nothing to do with the black man in the pressed-white flannels. And the cinematography by Don Burgess ("Forrest Gump"), particularly his capturing of the baseball scenes, is superb and evocative, as are Richard Hoover's set designs and Caroline Harris' well-tailored 1940s fashions.
But one can't shake the feeling that "42" should have been so much more than a standard – albeit well-made – bio-pic. It should have been smart, powerful and classy like Spielberg's "Lincoln," especially when you consider that next to Abe, no one did more for black Americans than Jackie Robinson.
42 (PG-13 for thematic elements, including language.) Cast includes Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Andre Holland and Nicole Behaire. Written and directed by Brian Helgeland. Grade: B


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This Friday, the United States men dive back into World Cup qualifiers in Costa Rica before heading to Columbus to square off against Mexico. While much of the buzz surrounds Altidore's status and Donovan's reintroduction to the full first team, the most intriguing questions are at the right back position.
Brad Evans was ruled out of the squad this past week after suffering a calf strain and will be replaced by Gold Cup starter Michael Parkhurst. However, it is unlikely Parkhurst will see any minutes in either of the qualifiers, as Geoff Cameron, who starts at right back for Stoke City, is the obvious choice to fill the position.
Or is he?
Yes. Yes, he is. I encourage you (and Klinsmann and everyone else) to think as little about this decision as possible. Like guessing on a multiple choice test, the first answer that pops into your brain is usually the right answer. Now apply that same principle to right back with the only two available options. Exactly.
More troubling than the lack of depth at right back is that Cameron's inclusion as a starter was ever uncertain to begin with. I have made no secret of my distaste for Evans in what is a massive role in the current U.S. system of play. And Parkhurst is even a step below Evans, leaving almost no mark in the Gold Cup despite having free reign to ignore his defensive responsibilities as the U.S. rolled over teams on their way to the championship.
Not only is Cameron better at right back, he is also a fairly unique player compared to the rest of the squad. At 6'3" and 185 pounds, he is a natural center back, only he has enough speed, athleticism and skill to start out of position for a Premier League team in England. He is the American Phil Jones, a plug in at any position, except his malleability appears to be to his own detriment. As an incredibly versatile player without a true home, there is no one position he has to play, so Klinsmann opts to use players that train year round in a single mindset.
Furthermore, defense may not even be the position he is best suited for. Against Panama back in June, Cameron started for a concussed Jermaine Jones in the center of the midfield with Michael Bradley and seemed to truly come alive. For whatever reason, Klinsmann seems to prefer Jones with Bradley, despite how similarly they function as attacking midfielders. Against Panama, though, Cameron was everywhere, flying around the field in a defensive holding role. That unleashed Bradley on attack and helped kickstart the U.S. in the early stages of their current win streak.
Klinsmann clearly deserves the benefit of the doubt considering the team's recent success, and many of the remaining questions about starters will be answered in the next ten days. It is altogether possible that Evans was given the starting nod over the summer simply because his club was in season and Cameron's was not.
Regardless, the U.S. will need Geoff Cameron on the field in some capacity against the more polished competition in the World Cup. Hopefully, Friday night will be our first full look at a world class back line. Remember, the first answer is usually the right answer.


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There's something for virtually everyone.
Political discussion about Monday's tax-cut compromise has focused on how much money the wealthy might save. Yet if the deal is approved by both houses of Congress you're bound to see more money in your wallet, whatever your income.
That's because the package provides a bonus, in addition to the widely anticipated extension of the Bush-era tax cuts. The suprise perk is a one-year reduction in Social Security payroll taxes.
Nearly every worker should take home more money starting in January. The deal also includes an extension of unemployment benefits through the end of 2011.
"If this package does indeed pass, it's going to make a significant difference over the coming year for middle-class taxpayers," said Melissa Labant, a tax manager for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Economists expect the combination of maintaining current tax rates, reducing payroll taxes and boosting other tax benefits will induce consumers to spend more and investors to turn more bullish.
Here's a look at key elements of the compromise package.
Payroll tax: The government takes 6.2 percent out of your paycheck, up to $106,800, for Social Security. That would drop to 4.2 percent in 2011, resulting in an immediate increase in take-home pay.
If you make $50,000 a year you will pay $1,000 less. If you get paid twice a month, you will have an extra $41.67 in your paycheck starting in January.
Anyone who makes more than $106,800 a year will receive the maximum savings of $2,136.
"That certainly provides an added level of dollars to do whatever people were planning on doing, whether that's saving or spending," said Greg Rosica, a tax partner at Ernst & Young LLP.
Estate tax: For the past 12 months, you didn't pay any taxes if a family member died. In 2011 the estate tax was supposed to be 55 percent of the value of an estate after the first $1 million. Now it will be 35 percent of an estate's value after the first $5 million.
Except for the temporary repeal of the estate tax this year, the rate has not been less than 45 percent since 1931.
Only about 3,500 estates will owe the estate tax in 2011 under the plan. That compares with roughly 7,000 under Obama's earlier proposal of a 45 percent tax on value exceeding $3.5 million. Although that may not sound like a big difference, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the new estate tax proposal will add about $25billion to the deficit.
Tuition tax credit: Families with kids in college can benefit from a tax credit for tuition and fees. A maximum of $2,500 will remain in place for two years. A credit reduces taxes owed, versus a deduction which reduces taxable income.
Parents familiar with 529 college savings plans may question what to prioritize. A 529 account encourages savings by enabling account holders to make tax-free withdrawals for eligible college expenses.
Parents should set aside $4,000 per year to maximize the tax credit before contributing to a 529 plan, says Mark Kantrowitz, a college financial aid expert and publisher of FinAid.org. That's because directly lowering their tax bill exceeds the financial benefit of tax-free distributions.
The extension is welcome assistance: The average annual cost of in-state public four-year schools rose to $7,605 this fall and private college expenses increased to $27,293.
Child tax credit: There's more good news if you're a parent: The $1,000 child tax credit is being extended for two years. Taxpayers with income of less than $75,000 – or $110,000 for married couples filing jointly – qualify for the full amount.
Alternative minimum tax: More than 21 million taxpayers will win a reprieve from the Alternative Minimum Tax for both 2010 and 2011.
The AMT was enacted in 1969 to make sure wealthy people couldn't avoid taxes altogether, but it wasn't indexed for inflation. This means Congress has to raise the amount of income exempt from the AMT each year to spare millions from tax increases averaging about $3,900.
Had no adjustment been made, taxes would have gone up for individuals making as little as $33,750, and married couples making $45,000.
Similarly, a married couple making $85,000 a year with two college-age children would have had to pay $4,500 more in taxes, according to an analysis by The Tax Institute at H&R Block. A married couple making $100,000 a year with two young children would have faced a tax increase of more than $6,100.
Capital gains and dividends: Current tax rates on long-term capital gains will remain in place for two years. The tax applies to profits from the sale of an asset, such as stock, held more than a year. The highest rate of 15 percent was expected to rise to 20 percent next year.
Investors will also benefit from an extension of the historically low tax rates on dividend income, which top out at 15 percent. Had no action been taken, dividend payments would be taxed as regular income. This would raise the tax rate to as much as 39.6 percent for top earners. The extension means a savings of nearly a quarter on every dollar of dividend income for this group.
Individuals with dividends paid to taxable accounts can collectively expect to save nearly $75 billion over two years, according to an analysis by Standard & Poor's analyst Howard Silverblatt.
Cliff Caplan, a financial planner and president of Neponset Valley Financial Partners in Norwood, Mass., said the extension of the lower tax rates could lift prices of dividend-paying stocks as they become more popular with investors who can now avoid the higher tax rates for at least two more years.
Unemployment benefits: Million of job seekers will benefit from an extension of their benefits at current levels through the end of 2011. The extension applies to workers laid off for more than six months, and less than 99 weeks. Seven million Americans would have lost their benefits through next year without the 13-month extension. Obama's Council of Economic Advisers estimates the provision will create 600,000 jobs next year. That's because the unemployed live on the edge, and tend to spend every dollar they get, rather than save. That spending flows to businesses, putting them in better position to hire.
The average weekly payment for the roughly 8.5 million people receiving unemployment benefits is $302.90. But it varies widely by state, from as little as $119 in Puerto Rico to nearly $420 in Hawaii. Each state sets the amount through a formula meant to replace a portion of an unemployed person's old income.


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Now that developers have in their hands a pre-release version of Windows 8 running on a special edition of the Samsung Series 7 tablet, analysts are weighing in on how many developers will ultimately build Windows tablet applications.
Microsoft says Windows 8 will work on all the traditional platforms, such as desktops and laptops as well as tablets, which would suggest that a traditional Windows developer would simply port the desktop and laptop versions of Windows 8 to new tablets.
There's no guarantee that will happen, however.
Some analysts aren't sure how well Windows 8 will run in different tablet screen sizes and resolutions, and with the tablet's priority for touchscreen input, or with inputs using a keyboard, mouse or digital pen.
Analysts also question what Windows application developers will do in the coming months if they want to join the tablet trend now, instead of waiting as long as a year for a generally available Windows 8 tablet. Microsoft is already seen as woefully behind in a tablet market dominated by Apple's iPad and Android devices. Most experts believe the applications designed for iPad and Android tablets are a big reason there is a tablet fad at all.
App developers -- many of whom are independent operators from small shops -- are often considered the tail wagging the tablet dog. How developers react in coming weeks to Windows 8 preview technology is a key factor in how well Microsoft performs in its tablet future.
"Certainly the developer folks who already support Windows will be interested in Windows 8, especially if they think they can build an app once and have it play across many platforms. But it is not yet clear that it is possible," noted Jack Gold, an analyst at J. Gold Associates.
"But the Win 8 tablets are at least a year away, and in the mean time, no app vendor is going to be able to just sit back and wait," Gold added. "So I think you'll see a mixed reaction: Clearly Windows developers will be interested in Win 8, but they will also have to have an answer for the popularity of iPad and Android."
Other analysts said Microsoft might be overreacting to the tablet trend with Windows 8, noting that desktops and laptops will still dominate computing for years to come. In that sense, they hope the Windows 8 OS truly serves the needs of traditional desktop and laptop Windows developers.
Bob O'Donnell, an analyst at IDC, noted that Microsoft has been selling software used in tablets and slates for 10 years with limited success. IDC said only about 1.4 million Windows-based tablets, slates and convertible laptops were sold in 2010. By comparison, IDC recently revised its forecast for 2011 to say that there will be 63 million media tablets sold in 2011, with nearly 70% of them iPads.
O'Donnell noted that desktops and laptops out-sell media tablets like the iPad at a rate of about 4 to 1. He expects that ratio to be about the same in 2015, when tablets could become 30% of the mix oin the personal computer market.
Colin Gillis, a financial analyst at BGC Partners, noted a similar ratio in favor of desktops and laptops over tablets in an interview on CNBC. He predicted Microsoft will continue to be a good investment because of the strong continued interest in desktops and laptops.
O'Donnell, in an interview added, "I am a little concerned that Microsoft seems so tablet-obsessed with Windows 8 and think they are missing the big picture... Microsoft is so focused on the tablet story that it makes me a little concerned about how Microsoft will make the PC as big as possible."
O'Donnell said he recognizes that tablets are in fashion, but that Microsoft's long-term future is going to be more dependent upon laptops and desktops. "At the end of the day, the question remains what device are you going to use to get your work done, and the answer is almost always the PC desktop or laptop," O'Donnell said. "If Microsoft wants the biggest audience, it will be with devices that have keyboards and mice, with touch second."
O'Donnell predicted that in 2015, Microsoft will still be a small player with tablets, behind Android and iOS. He said it is somewhat ironic that the Samsung Series 7 Slate that was given to 5,000 developers at Microsoft's Build conference this week is almost always depicted with an attachable keyboard in Samsung photographs.
Noting that the version being used by developers has an Intel i5 chip, O'Donnell also questioned how easily Microsoft will adapt coming tablets to ARM-based chips as it indicated it will at the conference.
Microsoft showed a tablet equipped with an ARM-based chip, but didn't run any processes on it during the demonstration. ARM is widely used for chips in many mobile devices and is seen as superior in battery efficiency.
"I'll be honest, I have serious concerns about the ARM side of things long-term for Microsoft," O'Donnell added. "Intel is not going to let ARM run away with its chip business."
Matt Hamblen covers mobile and wireless, smartphones and other handhelds, and wireless networking for Computerworld. Follow Matt on Twitter at @matthamblen or subscribe to Matt's RSS feed. His e-mail address is email@example.com.


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This morning I wrote a post about adult autism. I came to the keyboard armed with statistics. I hashed out arguments. I agonized over the wording. I framed my life in terms of the grim numbers I'd found in the research.
When I was finished, I walked away from the computer feeling unsatisfied and restless. Does knowing that 14% of adults with ASD are married or 25% have at least one friend really mean anything? We can create a composite of averages, saying this or that about adults with autism, but that composite person doesn't exist.
The average American family has 1.86 children. Do you know anyone who has 1.86 children? Of course not. The averages are just that. Fictional composites created by aggregating data and finding the mean. Ironically, that mean often doesn't exist.
We can't define autistic adults using averages any more than we can have 1.86 children in our family.
Starting Over
Tonight, I did what writers do. I deleted four hours worth of work and started over.
I decided to leave the statistics to the people who really need them, the advocates and policy makers, for whom they are tools of the trade.
Through the lens of humanity, quantifying something so complex and varied is a futile undertaking. The minute we divide ourselves into those with friends and those without, those with jobs and those without, those with partners and those without, we set up a false dichotomy.
Life is a journey, not a snapshot. We may shift in and out of those categories on our journey. We may intentionally choose not to join one side or the other. We may choose not to be quantified according to another's standards of functionality.
We are individuals and as such we can only be understood as individuals, one at a time.
As I so often do, I went to the opposite extreme in search of inspiration. I abandoned statistics in favor of Tibetan Buddhism.
If I could explain in words how I got from one to the other, I would, but the closest I can come is this: I found myself standing so close to this subject that I felt blind to the shape of it and as I struggled for a solution, shuffling through bits of ideas and images and memories in my head, puzzling out how to describe something that refuses to take a single shape, I came upon a fragment of the quote below, stored up from some long ago reading or lecture:
Like the mountain, our lives need to be observed at a distance. To take any one moment and say it defines who I am is to diminish the whole of me, the greatness and complexity of all that I've been and will become.
Like the mountain, the form of our lives can only be understood fully by taking stock from all sides. Look at my life from one side and it looks dull, flat, unformed. Look from another angle and you'll find texture and depth, hidden crevices jagged with fallen rocks and outcroppings worn smooth from the battering winds.
Like the mountain, experience reveals us to ourselves. Walking through rain and snow, basking in the sun, weathering the storms, we find our strength and frailty, we form bonds with others and choose which paths to walk alone.
With each passing season, I feel myself growing and changing, sometimes subtly, sometimes violently, but changing, always changing.
To see, to understand, to experience.
Instead of the statistics I'd planned to leave you with, I'll give you people, others on the spectrum who are sharing their stories in their own words:
Amy Sequenzia (@ ollibean)
Anabelle Listic
Aspects of Aspergers
Aspergirl Maybe
The Asperger Cafe
Autism Raising Autism
E (The Third Glance)
Elizabeth J. (Ibby) Grace
Gretchen Leary
Happily Clueless
Henry (@ollibean)
Inner Aspie
Jeannie Davide-Rivera
Lydia Brown
Lynne Soraya
Quirky and Laughing
Radical Neurodivergence
Samantha Craft
Spectrum Scribe
The Caffeinated Aspie
Unstrange Mind
Yes, That Too
If I've linked to you above and you'd like to be listed differently (or not listed), please let me know via twitter (@aspiemusings) or in the comments.