Monday, October 15, 2012

Libya police colonel targeted in assassination attempt

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - A police car exploded on Saturday during a failed assassination attempt on a police colonel in the eastern city of Benghazi, a Libyan police official said.

The attack was the latest in a series of assassination attempts in Benghazi, the cradle of last year's uprising which ousted Muammar Gaddafi, and where U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens was killed in a September 11 attack on the U.S. consulate.

Unknown suspects placed a home-made bomb under Colonel Mohammed Ben Haleem's car which was parked outside his house, police spokesman Majed al-Obeidi said.

"The colonel turned his engine on to warm up the car, then stepped back into the house to retrieve something. That's when the car exploded," he told Reuters.

Obeidi said the explosion in the central Benghazi neighborhood of al-Hadayeq caused no injuries or deaths.

Ben Haleem was a police colonel under Gaddafi and resumed his post in the new government after the uprising.

On August 10, gunmen shot dead Libyan army general Mohammed al-Fitori in Benghazi when he was leaving Friday prayers. The bullets were fired from a passing car.

Fitori had defected from Gaddafi's government during last year's revolt and later became head of ammunition and armament for the army.

In early September, a Libyan intelligence officer was killed and another wounded when their car exploded in Benghazi.

A bomb planted in the car, which belonged to one of the officers, was remotely detonated when the two got into the vehicle in a busy shopping district of the Mediterranean city.

(Reporting by Ghaith Shennib; Writing by Hadeel Al-Shalchi; Editing by Myra MacDonald)

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For dollars' worth of copper farmers out thousands

(AP) ? Cannon Michael is a folk hero across California's agriculture heartland, where these days the price of scrap metal influences a farmer's bottom line as much that of the fine pima cotton he grows.

When thieves tore up yet another pricey water pump for the few dollars' worth of copper wire that energize it, the frustrated farmer considered taping $100 bills to the rebuilt system hoping crooks would just grab the easy money next time.

After a little more thought he warned his neighbors ? and set a trap.

Within two months the screech of bare rims on asphalt alerted everyone within earshot that the 6-inch tire spikes Michael buried near his besieged pumps had thwarted the thieves' getaway.

"I have to protect my property," said Michael, whose thoughtful demeanor is not one of a vigilante. "Law enforcement isn't helping, but you can't expect them to be out in the middle of nowhere. At some point you have to make the thieves not want to come out here."

California farmers are facing a calamity. Petty metal thefts, which law enforcement officials believe are driven by Central California's high rate of methamphetamine addiction, are creating damages 10 times higher than the value of the metal crooks rip out to recycle.

In the nation's No. 1 agriculture county, thieves are on track this year to steal more than $1 million worth of metal they'll sell for pennies on the dollar. The theft of pump wiring, irrigation pipes, equipment bearings and even tractor weights account for 85 percent of Fresno County's rural crime, the district attorney said.

"That's just in metal loss," said Sgt. Mike Chapman of the Fresno County Sheriff's Office Agriculture Task Force. "That's not what it's going to cost to replace or repair the equipment, which can be 10 times more."

That's what makes metal thefts worse for farmers than thefts of crops or, five years ago when prices skyrocketed, diesel fuel.

The Urban Institute, a Washington DC research organization, estimated after studying crime in California's Central Valley that agriculture theft of all types cost farmers nationwide $5 billion in 2007, most passed along to consumers as higher prices.

As sheriffs' budgets shrink, often four or fewer deputies patrol up to 2,400 square miles a night. In Central California, where 31,000 farms span 22,600 square miles, potential witnesses are scarce and thieves work with impunity. The state attorney general reported in 2006 that of 119,297 thefts in this 10-county agricultural region, just 7,854 arrests were made.

The high price for recycled metals is driven by demand from China, where not enough is mined to keep up with the construction boom there. Untraceable metals bought by recycling businesses make their way to ports at Los Angeles, Long Beach and Oakland for shipment overseas.

Law enforcement officials lament the lack of deterrents, since jails are full, and the court system is concentrating on violent offenders.

"Metal thieves can be back on the streets by the end of the day," Chapman said. "Ag is the golden goose to the economy of California. If the rest of the population doesn't understand the importance of ag to the entire state, we will continue on this cycle."

California laws say recyclers must wait three days to get paid for non-ferrous metals such as copper, a loophole unscrupulous dealers exploit through a provision that gives anyone with 30 consecutive days of sales the clearance for immediate cash. Law enforcement says some of those regular dealers become middlemen for thieves.

In California, the crisis prompted hearings this summer by the chairman of the state Senate agriculture committee. Sen. Anthony Canella (R-Ceres) now is considering legislation that would require recyclers be paid by check instead of cash to make them easier to track. Years of prison crowding, he said, have left lawmakers reluctant to increase penalties for metal thefts, which can be prosecuted as felonies or misdemeanors, depending on the value of the metal stolen ? not the damage caused.

"Farmers are asking for help and they're getting frustrated and we need to step up and provide that help," Canella said.

The two men whose pickup tires were shredded last April by Michael's spike strip were caught with detailed maps locating other pumps. The stolen wire was found stashed behind bushes down the road.

They were charged with felony vandalism for tearing copper wire out of electrical boxes powering the pumps and with trespassing, which Merced County Deputy District Attorney Harold Nutt said "are the most serious applicable charges." One pleaded guilty, was sentenced to the local jail for being a repeat offender and released. The other has yet to be tried.

Michael farms 10,000 acres of cotton, hay and tomatoes near Dos Palos, about 65 miles northwest of Fresno. He said he has spent at least $100,000 to repair damage and replace parts that thieves have taken over the past three years ? claims that individually were too small to file with his insurance company.

"I have a bill for one pump where the retail cost of the wire was $11," Michael said. "It cost me $850 to put it back together. They know we have to replace it, so they wait and do it again."

At their peril. As signs warn at the entries to Michael's farm, the spike strips are back in place.

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This guest article from YourTango was written by Teresa Maples.

A recent study published by Christine Milrod and co-author Ronald Weitzer analyzes 2,442 postings written by people who pay for sex on an online discussion board that reviews sex providers and their services. Approximately one-third of the posts discussed emotional intimacy between?sex workers?and their clients.

Many of the people who paid for sex expressed a desire to grow their relationships beyond the sex act and develop feelings and mutual love with the person. So what kinds of things do people who pay for sex tell themselves?

5 Ways People Who Pay For Sex Lie To Themselves

1. ?I?m not doing anything wrong.??

The responders make excuses and do not obey the law. These comments were posted by people who are paying for sex. These people are a sub group of the population who are engaging in illegal activity. From a societal view, those who act outside the norms and rules of the society are not the norm for the culture.

Those who engage in paying for sex are breaking the law. Many of the people who engage in prostitution are also involved in a primary relationship like marriage or are living together. Usually, there is a social contract between the two people to be there for each other. In paying for sex, they are breaking this contract as well. In many ways, they are committing relational violence in their primary relationship. 22 Ways Couples Can Overcome Infidelity

2. ?This could turn into a real relationship.??

The responders think they are getting a real relationship,?but they are really seeking instant gratification. In one survey, 32% of customers arrested for soliciting a?prostitute?said they bought sex because they ?didn?t have time? for a conventional relationship. 28% did not want ?the responsibilities? of a relationship, and 18% said they would ?rather have sex with a prostitute than have a conventional relationship with a woman.?

In other words, 78% of the people paying for sex did not want to bother with a ?real? relationship and would rather pay for sex.? An unspoken message here is that the transaction between the sex worker and the client is about money and control. The client is paying to have sex acts done to him, which help feed his fantasies. He gets to call the shots. The sex worker is providing a service to get paid.

3. ?I just do it for the thrill.??

The responders say they are seeking the thrill, but they may be setting themselves up for a full blown sexual addiction. Biologically, people who seek intensity and thrill by engaging in a sex acts are programming their brains to seek greater and greater thrills to get the same effect. The engagement of risky behavior leads to more risky behavior. Many of the responders might experience anxiety and withdrawal symptoms if they chose to stop paying for sex. 7 Signs Your Partner Is A Sex Addict

4. ?I think I might love them.??

But really, the responders could be acting out their fantasies.?They could be?imagining they have a ?feelings of love? for the sex worker. Even in ?real? relationships there is an aspect of projecting what you want onto the other person. It makes sense that someone who pays a ?repeat? sex worker could imagine he has a ?real relationship? with her. I wonder what would happen if he stopped paying?

5. ?I derserve it.??

The responders have a sense of entitlement. In other words they are saying, ?I want sex a certain way and I deserve to get it.??While we are pre-programmed by design as humans to propagate the earth, similar to animals. We also have the ability to think and feel. Yes someone can pay for sex and feel momentarily satisfied; however, in my opinion they are depriving themselves the joy of true authentic?emotional connection?with a real person based on mutuality for the long term.

If you have paid sex workers and have tried to stop and keep going back to it, seek professional help. You can overcome this behavior. There is a way out. You can click on any of the links to contact?Sex Addicts Anonymous(SAA),?Sexaholics Anonymous(SA),?Sex & Love Addicts Anonymous(SLAA),?Prodigals, Inc.,?PureDesire,?SexHelp.com?or?myself?for help.

How do you get love and emotional intimacy?

It all begins with a commitment to being the healthiest you can be, from the inside out. Learn to love all the parts of yourself even the places that hurt or feel shameful. Healthy sexuality between two people, involves vulnerability and safety in the relationship. Both partners are attached to one another physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

This model of relationship mutually benefits each partner. It takes work and time to develop emotional intimacy, and it also requires delayed gratification. By learning how to be a safe person emotionally with a chosen safe person, you can develop a more complex positive response system that is stable and sustainable over time. Choose wisely. Why Do Married Men Pay For Sex?

Teresa Maples MS is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor?in Washington State. Connect with me for more information about healing from those things that get in the way of living life to its fullest. ?

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Sam Rockwell in Seven Psychopaths. Sam Rockwell in Seven Psychopaths.

Photo by Chuck Zlotnick/Blueprint Pictures Limited/The British Film Institute/Film4 ? 2011. All rights reserved.

The bracingly weird Seven Psychopaths is the second film written and directed by the Irish playwright Martin McDonagh. His first movie, In Bruges, about a pair of squabbling hitmen cooling their heels in that medieval Belgian city, attracted a small but passionate following for its idiosyncratic blend of semi-comic violence and bro-on-bro chitchat.

Like Quentin Tarantino, McDonagh excels at writing sharp, funny dialogue for people (men, usually) who are just passing the time while they wait for something violent and inevitable to happen. But McDonagh has his own distinctive voice and a set of obsessions quite different from Tarantino?s: For one thing, his characters tend to be introspective, yearning types, very different from the deadpan fatalists who populate Tarantino?s world. McDonagh also brings up ethical and spiritual questions it?s hard to imagine, say, Uma Thurman?s avenging bride in Kill Bill taking the time to ponder: Is violence ever really the right answer? What happens to us after we die?

That?s not to say that those questions ever get addressed satisfactorily in Seven Psychopaths. This is a movie that throws a lot of stuff at you (jokes, subplots, philosophical riffs, arterial jets of blood) and leaves you puzzling over what to do with it all. It?s at once a gangster movie, a buddy comedy, and a meta-fictional exploration of the limits of both genres?and if that sounds impossible to pull off, well, McDonagh doesn?t, quite. But the pure sick brio of Seven Psychopaths takes it a long way.

Colin Farrell, who also co-starred in In Bruges, plays an Irish screenwriter named Marty. Yes, he?s a same-name stand-in for the writer, like Nicolas Cage?s Charlie Kaufman in Adaptation. And like that character, Marty is suffering from epic writer?s block on his latest, now wildly overdue script. All he has is a title, one that everyone seems to agree is awesome: Seven Psychopaths. But his inability to progress beyond writing ?Psychopath #1? on a legal pad has him depressed and drinking heavily, and his girlfriend Kaya (Abbie Cornish) is about to send him packing.

Marty?s loose-cannon best friend, Billy (Sam Rockwell), is desperate to collaborate on the script?his job as an actor is going nowhere, and he?s been making a living by kidnapping dogs, then sending his courteous, ascot-wearing buddy Hans (Christopher Walken) to return them and collect the rewards from their owners. One unlucky day, Billy and Hans kidnap a Shih Tzu that turns out to be the adored pet of a notoriously ruthless crime boss, Charlie (Woody Harrelson). When Billy refuses to return the dog (pointing out that ?that would defeat the purpose of kidnaping?), Charlie and his henchmen come after the dognapping duo, providing Marty with an all-too-close view of the many varieties of human psychopathology.

This dognapping plot is only one of multiple concurrent stories in Seven Psychopaths, some of them nested inside others. A masked serial killer stalks Los Angeles, leaving a Jack of Diamonds playing card at each murder scene. A dour Quaker (Harry Dean Stanton) figures out how to avenge his daughter?s murder while staying true to his pacifist beliefs. A Vietnamese priest (Long Nguyen) sits in his hotel room in America, plotting revenge for the Vietnam War. What do these stories have to do with one another? Is Marty generating them himself, as his screenplay-in-progress makes its tormented way from brain to pen? And is the increasingly unhinged Sam right when he insists that it can all end only in a no-holds-barred, Hollywood-style macho shootout?

All this narrative nesting and genre-skipping sounds very cerebral on the page, but in practice, Seven Psychopaths is as pleasurably kinetic as can be, full of double-crosses and gunplay and sun-kissed SoCal locations (the last third or so of the movie takes place amid the sci-fi-worthy vegetation of Joshua Tree National Park). There?s a crisp, witty score by Carter Burwell; there?s (too briefly) Tom Waits, telling a tale of murder and lost love while cradling a pet rabbit. Above all, there?s Sam Rockwell, whose manic turn as the gonzo Billy steals the movie even from notorious gonzo-character specialist Woody Harrelson. Walken, as the mysteriously unflappable Hans, does wonderful work in a more minor, low-key mode; when he turns down a proffered drink with the casual demurral ?I take peyote,? his comic timing is pure gold. Farrell has less to do as the naive audience proxy Marty, but his permanently quizzical wedge-shaped eyebrows express the audience?s own confusion. There?s not really time during Seven Psychopaths to think through how, or if, all its almost-clever narrative puzzles fit together, and after the movie?s over, it doesn?t quite seem worth worrying about.

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How does a farmer from New Zealand get involved in cloud computing?

Entrepreneur Ben Kepes talks about his own successful businesses, the role of technology, and the opportunities that the cloud can bring to small and medium-sized businesses that are more used to focusing on the bottom line first.

He discusses his own initiative to arm businesses with vendor-neutral information to enable them to ?see the wood for the trees? when it comes to investing in the cloud.

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Press Review ? New income tax to crush families | Portugal Daily View

Sol
?Gaspar gave in to Portas?, writes weekly newspaper Sol, after Paulo Portas as leader of junior coalition partner CDS-PP pressured Minister of Finance V?tor Gaspar during last Thursday?s Council of Ministers where the 2013 state budget was drafted. According to the weekly, the government backtracked on its intention to make changes to property tax and eased its proposed changes to personal income tax brackets, among other measures, as ?15m worth of spending cuts ease the tax burden.

P?blico
?4% surcharge on income tax starts being paid in January?, reports P?blico, about the government?s 2013 state budget, revealing that the new personal income tax brackets will also affect lower incomes. The daily also lists a few other changes included in the draft budget, claiming that the tension between the two coalition partners has finally eased.

Correio da Manh?
?New income tax to crush families?, writes Correio da Manh?, as the government?s new income tax brackets are set to increase the tax burden for many households. According to the daily, the lower bracket is to increase from 11.5% to 14.5%, while a 4% surcharge, which is to be paid monthly, will further increase the burden. The paper estimates that those with lower incomes will lose the equivalent of one monthly salary.

Di?rio de Not?cias
?Not even funerals were spared?, discloses Di?rio de Not?cias, as the daily reveals that the government?s 2013 draft budget confirms a huge tax hike and cuts to several benefits, including the bereavement benefit which is to be halved. The paper also reveals that unemployment benefits will be slashed another 6%, salaries above ?80,000 will pay 54.5% in income tax, vehicle tax is also to be increased, and a 2.5% solidarity tax is to be introduced for higher incomes.

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?2013 state budget: Painful?, writes Jornal de Not?cias,?as the government is to yield over ?2bn with its ?brutal income tax hike? included in the 2013 state budget. The daily highlights the main measures included in the draft document, including how?pensions above ?1,350 will see cuts between 3.5% and 10%.

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?Gaspar?s blow to the middle class?, reports i, about the government?s 2013 state budget, revealing that unemployment and sickness benefits will be subject to taxes, the government is to cut back on its financial support to the Autonomous Region of Madeira, 10,000 public servants are to be made redundant, and personal income tax is to increase for everyone while tax deductions are to be slashed.

Di?rio Econ?mico
?Families earning over ?80,000 a year to be taxed as rich?, writes Di?rio Econ?mico, as according to the government?s draft budget, a 4% surcharge and the new tax brackets will take?54.5% off the earnings of those making over ?80,000 a year. According to the financial daily, independent workers are also to be affected by the tax hike, as vehicles, tobacco and property rents will also be subject to higher taxes.

Jornal de Neg?cios
?Unemployed and independent workers to lose more?, reports financial newspaper Jornal de Neg?cios, also listing some of the main measures included in the government?s draft budget for 2013, as businesses are to pay higher corporate tax and foundations are to lose exemption from paying corporate tax and property tax.

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?We have the best in the world?, reports Record, focusing on Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, as he returns to the spotlight in Moscow ahead of tonight?s match between Portugal and Russia for the 2014 World Cup.

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?Summit of leaders in Moscow?, writes O Jogo, as Portugal and Russia get ready to vie for the leadership of Group F in the qualifying stage for the 2014 World Cup.

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Saturday, October 13, 2012

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Following three consecutive weeks of declines Saskatoon real estate sales sprang back this week as local agents reported 78 firm sales of single-family homes and condominiums to the multiple listing service? for an increase of nine compared against last week and up twelve sales from the same week a year ago. Meanwhile, the number of new listings added to the MLS? slipped lower this week to 115, a drop of 25 from the previous week but well up from the same week last year when just 65 Saskatoon homes were added to the inventory.

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Active residential listings continued to do what they?ve been doing lately; pretty much nothing. Over the course of the week, numbers of active listings on the Saskatoon multiple listing service? grew by 12 to reach 1199. At the close of the same week in 2012 that total stood at 1234. Today?s inventory count shows 729 single-family homes and 374 condominiums. A year ago, the system offered 744 active single-family homes and 416 condos.

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The median sale price for the week moved higher by eleven thousand dollars this week to finish at $336,000 while the weekly average plunged lower by almost $45K to $331,888. Last week,? the average had hit an new all time high, skewed by a handful of big sales spread across fewer sales. This week?s average sale price nearly matched the six-week average which came in at $331,825. That?s about four thousand dollars lower than it was last week and up by just over ten thousand from the same week a year ago. Meanwhile, the four-week median edged up six thousand dollars this week to $315K, finishing up over the close of the same week last year by twelve thousand dollars. These are some of the narrowest year-over-year gains that we?ve seen in some time.

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Overbid sales saw a bit of a resurgence increasing from two last week to six this week. On average, those buyers paid an additional $6,134 to firm up a deal. Another 11 buyers paid full asking price to close up their home purchase while 60 of the week?s 78 sales were reported to have sold below the asking price by an average of $8,146, a much smaller number than last week?s $12,410.

Other notable MLS? activity this week included 45 cancelled and withdrawn listings, 22 expired listings and just 33 price adjustments.

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Highlights from the news this past week

Saskatoon housing starts jump: CMHC ? Star Phoenix
Potentially flawed data used by banks and lenders bump up house prices ? Globe and Mail
New housing price index rises 0.2 percent in August ? Globe and Mail
Why TD Bank thinks Canada is overbuilt ? Globe and Mail

A map displaying the boundaries of Saskatoon real estate areas is here.
An overview of data collection and calculation practices for our statistical reports is here.

Get the most current market intelligence with our FREE Market Snapshot including prices of homes recently sold in your area. Get it here now.

I?m always happy to answer your Saskatoon real estate questions.? All of my contact info is here. Please feel free to call or email.

Norm Fisher
Royal LePage Saskatoon Real Estate

Source: http://teamfisher.com/saskatoon-real-estate-week-in-review-october-7-13-2012/

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Even Batman Gets Tripped up by Apple Maps

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'Invisibility' could be a key to better electronics: Visual 'cloaking' technology enables more efficient transfer of electrons

ScienceDaily (Oct. 12, 2012) ? A new approach that allows objects to become "invisible" has now been applied to an entirely different area: letting particles "hide" from passing electrons, which could lead to more efficient thermoelectric devices and new kinds of electronics.

The concept -- developed by MIT graduate student Bolin Liao, former postdoc Mona Zebarjadi (now an assistant professor at Rutgers University), research scientist Keivan Esfarjani, and mechanical engineering professor Gang Chen -- is described in a paper in the journal Physical Review Letters.

Normally, electrons travel through a material in a way that is similar to the motion of electromagnetic waves, including light; their behavior can be described by wave equations. That led the MIT researchers to the idea of harnessing the cloaking mechanisms developed to shield objects from view -- but applying it to the movement of electrons, which is key to electronic and thermoelectric devices.

Previous work on cloaking objects from view has relied on so-called metamaterials made of artificial materials with unusual properties. The composite structures used for cloaking cause light beams to bend around an object and then meet on the other side, resuming their original path -- making the object appear invisible.

"We were inspired by this idea," says Chen, the Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering at MIT, who decided to study how it might apply to electrons instead of light. But in the new electron-cloaking material developed by Chen and his colleagues, the process is slightly different.

The MIT researchers modeled nanoparticles with a core of one material and a shell of another. But in this case, rather than bending around the object, the electrons do actually pass through the particles: Their paths are bent first one way, then back again, so they return to the same trajectory they began with.

In computer simulations, the concept appears to work, Liao says. Now, the team will try to build actual devices to see whether they perform as expected. "This was a first step, a theoretical proposal," Liao says. "We want to carry on further research on how to make some real devices out of this strategy."

While the initial concept was developed using particles embedded in a normal semiconductor substrate, the MIT researchers would like to see if the results can be replicated with other materials, such as two-dimensional sheets of graphene, which might offer interesting additional properties.

The MIT researchers' initial impetus was to optimize the materials used in thermoelectric devices, which produce an electrical current from a temperature gradient. Such devices require a combination of characteristics that are hard to obtain: high electrical conductivity (so the generated current can flow freely), but low thermal conductivity (to maintain a temperature gradient). But the two types of conductivity tend to coexist, so few materials offer these contradictory characteristics. The team's simulations show this electron-cloaking material could meet these requirements unusually well.

The simulations used particles a few nanometers in size, matching the wavelength of flowing electrons and improving the flow of electrons at particular energy levels by orders of magnitude compared to traditional doping strategies. This might lead to more efficient filters or sensors, the researchers say. As the components on computer chips get smaller, Chen says, "we have to come up with strategies to control electron transport," and this might be one useful approach.

The concept could also lead to a new kind of switches for electronic devices, Chen says. The switch could operate by toggling between transparent and opaque to electrons, thus turning a flow of them on and off. "We're really just at the beginning," he says. "We're not sure how far this is going to go yet, but there is some potential" for significant applications.

Xiang Zhang, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of California at Berkeley who was not involved in this research, says "this is very exciting work" that expands the concept of cloaking to the domain of electrons. The authors, he says, "uncovered a very interesting approach that may be very useful to thermoelectric applications."

This research was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through MIT's Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion center, a DOE Energy Frontier Research Center.

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  1. Bolin Liao, Mona Zebarjadi, Keivan Esfarjani, Gang Chen. Cloaking Core-Shell Nanoparticles from Conducting Electrons in Solids. Physical Review Letters, 2012; 109 (12) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.126806

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iPod Nano review: Still the best plain Jane media player around

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In a world full of feature-rich smartphones doubling as media players, the iPod Nano seems like a throwback to older days. But if you just want a tiny, well-designed stick of gum that plays your tunes and videos, it's your best bet.

Unlike the sixth-generation iPod Nano, the seventh-generation of Apple's itty-bitty media player isn't a square slab that doubles as a super-chunky watch. Instead it's a nod to the very first generation's design?? tall and skinny. It has the biggest screen seen on an iPod Nano so far, one that Apple thinks is legit enough to watch movies and TV shows on. (It's 2.5?inches, so I beg to differ on that, but at least the video playback?capability has returned to the Nano.)

While the Nano does have Bluetooth technology built in, it doesn't offer our most beloved wireless capability: Wi-Fi. You can't stream music straight from the cloud. You can't set it up without a computer. You can't randomly download songs on impulse as you walk down the street.?

You're stuck tethering this thing to your computer whenever it needs a file refresh (even songs from iTunes in the Cloud)?or a software?update. But, hey?? at least the new Lightning connector makes syncing a quicker task than ever.

The Nano's always been?great for gym rats?? and now it's even better.?The FM capabilities mean that you can tune into a gym's funky ol' school?TV system (and actually hear what's going on in the latest episode of "Girls") and its built-in pedometer and Nike+ support?mean that you don't have to shell out an extra twenty bucks for a shoe sensor.

The Nano's featherlight anodized aluminum body will likely?make you slide the device between your fingers, marveling at how something so aesthetically pleasing and dainty can possibly feel so solid. Perhaps this excellent physical design will even make you overlook the Nano's biggest drawback: Its old-school software.

Unlike its big brother, the iPod Touch, the Nano doesn't run a full-blown version of iOS. Instead it has?its own, simple operating system. This means no extra apps or games. The Nano's interface does?look and feel a lot like iOS at first touch swipe and tap though, but?you'll quickly notice all the little missing details (like lengthy menus, consistent on-screen "back" buttons, and so on). You're basically getting a slightly slicker, breezier version of the interface seen on the square iPod Nano we've loved to hate in the prior two years.

By now you've noticed the pattern when it comes to the Nano: It does a couple of things well, but lacks any bells and whistles. That's really the takeaway. This thing's a great music player?? the best one you'll encounter. For some, it might even be a great cheap little movie player (at least until the cost of buying and renting movies adds up).?It has all the things you love about Apple's design without many extra thrills.

For $149, the Nano's a solid choice for?folks who don't want to fuss around with a phone while in the gym or running around the city,?for parents who want to pick up the equivalent of My First Media Player for their youngsters, and for those who just want to listen to some music.

Want more tech news?or interesting?links? You'll get plenty of both if you keep up with Rosa Golijan, the writer of this post, by following her on?Twitter, subscribing to her?Facebook?posts,?or circling her?on?Google+.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/gadgetbox/ipod-nano-review-still-best-plain-jane-media-player-around-1C6427714

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Friday, October 12, 2012

Lukashenko speech hints at possible future political reform in - RT

Belarussian President Aleksandr Lukashenko (AFP Photo / Vasily Fedosenko)

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko called on the newly elected parliament to modernize the country?s political system. That process will largely depend on domestic circumstances and the situation in neighboring countries, he said.

?Under tough pressure from outside, when the existence of the country is at stake, we will still gather around some personality like other Slavic people do, in order to protect ourselves and defend our piece of land,? Lukashenko said during a Thursday speech at the final session of the outgoing Belarusian parliament.

He said that it is impossible to outmaneuver Belarus, and that ?it is necessary to think about other ways of influencing? the country and its society.

Lukashenko announced that he would continue to grant parliament new powers as civil society develops, Belarusian news agency BelTA reported. He also expressed ambitions to modernize the country to the level of other developed nations.

?Today someone may think this is a fantasy. But some time ago the idea of Belarus being a sovereign state with its own independent policy also seemed to be wishful thinking,? Lukashenko said.

He also said that the Belarusian electoral system should remain unchanged for the time being: ?Let?s not rush. These are not us who should define ? we will make a decision. And time and the people should define.?

Lukashenko supporters won every seat in the Belarusian parliament in the country?s September 23 election, while opposition groups boycotted the polls.

Source: http://rt.com/politics/lukashenko-belarus-reform-parliament-182/

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Colleges Encourage More International Student Engagement

Many American college campuses are mini melting pots, bringing together students from countries across the world. But simply congregating students from different cultures doesn't necessarily mean they'll interact--and some colleges are starting to step in.

In a new environment, it's often easiest to gravitate to what you know. For international students, in particular, language and cultural barriers can muddle attempts to make friends at a new school in the United States. But in the past few years, colleges across the country have debuted initiatives, orientations, and programs to encourage cross-cultural interaction, often even before the school year starts.

At Juniata College in Pennsylvania, for instance, incoming freshmen from any country can opt into the school's InBound program, which unites small groups of students around a common interest. The three-day program, held before orientation, preempts a natural inclination to hang out with similar students, says Jenifer Cushman, dean of international education.

"Our idea is that when international students come to campus, they should be thrust into interaction with domestic students as quickly as possible, so they don't bond and form their own cohorts within [their cultures]," she says.

[See what surprises international students about U.S. colleges.]

And by bonding over a common interest, such as outdoor sports or community service, students discover they immediately share a passion, despite not sharing a culture. "There's a lot of time to get to know each other in ways that wouldn't happen if you were just thrust into the classroom," Cushman notes.

Minnesota's Macalester College is also using the days before college to encourage cross-cultural interaction. U.S. students can choose to partake in the school's international student orientation, which starts a few days earlier than the welcome for domestic students and covers topics including immigration, visas, and even shopping.

"Students really do want to be friends with people from other cultures when they arrive, but the idea of it is a lot easier than the practice," says Aaron Colhapp, director of international student programs at Macalester College.

Looking to make the most of her college experience, Macalester student Amy Janett volunteered for both the orientation and the subsequent Ametrica program, a weekly meeting of international and domestic students to discuss common obstacles that get in the way of friendships.

"I didn't realize how different it was for international students to come to school in the U.S. than it was for American students to do so," says Jannett, who now serves as an international student program assistant. "I didn't realize all the other obstacles they have to overcome, like getting a visa [and] figuring out finances."

[Find out why international students may have to pay more for college.]

Though she is now friends with students who come from countries all around the world, Janett says a cross-cultural friendship can require time and patience to build. "I think you have to really want to do it in order for it to happen," she says.

American volunteers are also an important factor in the new International Pal Program at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, an offering that debuted this fall.

"We were finding a lot of international students saying it was difficult to make friends with U.S. students, so we wanted something to facilitate that interaction, but we didn't want it to be completely forced," says Liz Kruse, adviser for international student and scholar services.

International students deal with a variety of obstacles that can serve as barriers to new friendships, Kruse notes, especially if they struggle with English.

"There are lots of cultural things that go into making friends and making conversations--what's appropriate to say when you're first getting to know someone," she says. "People like to be able to go back and forth really quickly, and international students don't always have those language skills to converse so quickly."

[Find out how to overcome common challenges for international students.]

Though adjusting to language and cultural differences can make the first month or so at college feel overwhelming, Danish student Simon Sangaard says interactions get easier with time. Now, he's so accustomed to life at Macalester that country of origin doesn't define the peers he hangs out with, he says.

"The group of friends I have here is very mixed, and I don't really think of them as being American or international," Sangaard says. "I just have a group of friends here, and they happen to be from Lithuania or Sweden or the U.S."

For more international student tips and news, explore the Studying in the United States center.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/colleges-encourage-more-international-student-engagement-153526984.html

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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Airlines eye subway-style self-boarding

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Self-service is king when it comes to flying these days, with travelers checking in online, downloading their own boarding passes and tagging their bags.

But passengers outside the U.S. often perform one more task on their own at the airport: self-boarding.

Scan your boarding pass at a gate equipped with a subway-like turnstile, and voil?, you?re on your way to the plane?no gate agent required.

It?s an option travelers seem to love: Almost 90 percent said self-boarding is their favorite self-service technology in a survey of more than 2,500 passengers from 70-plus countries released on Tuesday. The poll was conducted by SITA, a company that specializes in air transport communications.

You?ll likely encounter automated gates at airports in Europe or Asia, but in the United States, they are still a rare sight. One of the few places you?ll see them is at the shiny, new Terminal 3 at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, where JetBlue has been testing self-boarding since July.

?We are receiving positive feedback -- customers do like it and it does speed up the boarding process,? said JetBlue spokeswoman Tamara Young. ?There?s not the bunching that was previously experienced with the agents taking the tickets.?

Gate agents are still there, watching over the process to make sure travelers don?t encounter any snags, Young said.

Those snags are one of the reasons airlines have been proceeding carefully, industry observers said.

?If you've seen people using self-check-out at supermarkets, they aren't generally as adept at scanning bar codes as the actual check out personnel,? said Robert W. Mann Jr., an airline industry analyst.

?When you narrow it down to the pointy end of the funnel, when everybody is trying to get on the airplane through one door, the person who struggles with the scanning is holding up 150 people and they?re all (upset).?

Still, self-boarding seems to be an attractive option for both airlines and travelers.

Some 17 international carriers now use the technology and there are 113 automated gates at airports around the world, according to recent figures collected by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The group, which represents some of the world?s biggest airlines, supports self-boarding as part of its "Fast Travel"?initiative.

Airlines that pioneered the process include SAS and Lufthansa in Europe, and All Nippon Airways in Asia, said IATA spokesman Perry Flint.

Passengers may like the service because it?s somewhat empowering, Mann said. Travel requires people to give up a lot of control over their environment, so this is a small instance where they can take charge.

But the cost of installing the gates may be an obstacle for carriers in the U.S., where airlines usually own or rent the check-in space in airports where they operate and can?t spread the expense among several different users, Flint said.

?It may not make economic sense for the airline to make that investment if they?re the only ones who are going to be using it and if they are already operating at a very high level of efficiency,? Flint said.

Bottom?line: Don?t look for automated self-boarding gates dominating U.S. airports any time soon, but be ready for subway-like boarding in other parts of the world.

And don?t forget your smartphone when you travel.

The SITA survey also found that the number of passengers with the gadgets has ?risen dramatically? over the past year, from 54 percent to 70 percent.

?We?re now at the tipping point of explosive growth in mobile services offered to passengers, which will give them more control over their journey and reduce stress,? said Francesco Violante, the CEO of SITA.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/travelkit/airlines-eye-subway-style-self-boarding-1C6369602

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Filing Bankruptcy? Check Out This Must-Read Advice | Siben ...

TIP! Bankruptcy is a difficult and stressful process, and you will need all the help you can get. By hiring a competent attorney, you can alleviate some of that stress.

No one wants to need to go through the process of filing for bankruptcy. Bankruptcy is usually a last resort and understanding the process is important. If this has happened to you, then use the advice in this article to move forward with your life.

TIP! If you are going to file for bankruptcy make sure you are prompt. Some folks ignore financial difficulties for a long time, and this can be disastrous.

Keep up with your attorney and what he is doing with your bankruptcy. You need to know what?s going on so don?t be afraid to ask them questions. Some lawyers will not get in touch with you and perhaps not work on your case as much as they should if you are not constantly reminding them about your issues. Despite misconceptions, lawyers are human, too.

TIP! The best way to stay away from bankruptcy is to be prompt when paying anything you owe, and don?t let debt spiral out of control by paying only the minimum each month. Some people assume that making only minimum payments is the easy route, but doing so can cause a person to become controlled by debt too easily.

When consulting with your bankruptcy lawyer, be sure to disclose all of your significant debts. While this means you have to disclose information about credit card companies, hospitals and lenders, it also means you should tell him about any money that you owe family and friends.

TIP! When you are on the road to filing for bankruptcy, you are likely to have more than a few conversations with your creditors. Make a point of getting any agreements you make with creditors in writing.

When filling out the bankruptcy petition, it pays to be honest. Hiding assets can cause immediate dismissal. Be honest at all times about any monetary resources you have that the court needs to know about. Do things on the up and up, and your outcome will likely be favorable.

Chapter 7

TIP! Determine what type of bankruptcy best suits your financial situation. There are a number of different types of bankruptcies.

Do not make the assumption that every dollar of debt will be disscharged in a Chapter 7 case. Debts that can not be eliminated might need to be revised and a new payment arrangement made. For instance, child support, court-sanctioned fines and alimony cannot be discharged in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

TIP! It is important that you increase your knowledge on personal bankruptcy by reviewing websites that provide reliable information. The United States D.

There is always the possibility that your petition for bankruptcy may be denied. It?s a good idea to keep this possibility in mind. If you prepare for this worst-case scenario, you can act quickly if denial causes you to lose your home or your car.

TIP! It is important to know how Chapter 7 filings differ from Chapter 13 filings. Take the time to find out about each one online, and look at the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Before you file, make sure you understand current bankruptcy laws. Laws are subject to change, and it?s important that you?re educating yourself about current code only. Check the website of your state?s legislation or get in contact with your local office to learn more about these important changes.

Chapter 7

TIP! If most of your debt is from taxes, you are probably better off not filing for bankruptcy. Some filers pay their taxes due with a credit card and then file for bankruptcy.

Understand the differences between Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Every one of your debts will be gone if you decide to go with Chapter 7. Your former ties with creditors will cease to exist. Filing Chapter 13 differs by requiring you to agree to a 60 month plan to repay your debts before they are totally eliminated. You need to be aware of the pros and cons of each type of bankruptcy so you can correctly select the best choice for your situation.

TIP! It is important to remind your lawyer of any details that may be important to your case. Never assume that they can remember all details without reminders.

Many people erroneously believe that once they have filed for bankruptcy they will never be able to obtain financing again. That?s partially true, but your credit score may actually increase after filing. It is important that you make timely payments once you have filed, in order to increase your credit score.

TIP! If you headed toward for bankruptcy you have little to lose, so honesty is the best policy. Lying or hiding information about your finances is a very bad mistake.

To re-establish credit after your bankruptcy, think about opening one new line. You may need to shop around a bit, but there are secured credit cards that are specifically targeted at those who have just been discharged from bankruptcy. These cards usually charge high rates, but there is a higher chance you would pay for a higher rate, given the bad credit rating that you have. If you can begin to rebuild your credit slowly, you will eventually be able to completely erase the bad and replace it with the good.

TIP! Be certain to create a list that displays all the debts you want discharged when you file. Those who have unlisted debt will not have it included in any discharge.

Good advice is important when filing for bankruptcy. It will be easier to do this if you gather as much information as possible. The above article has provided a lot of this knowledge so that you?re able to deal with your finances with less stress

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