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Thursday, August 1, 2013
Cowboys safety Barry Church suffers Jolly Rancher injury
OXNARD, Calif.?Barry Church is finished with Jolly Ranchers. The candy-loving Dallas Cowboys safety missed a day of training camp because of a cherry-flavored one.
Church chipped a tooth on a piece of the hard candy about a week before reporting to camp. He felt pain off and on, but says it was unbearable when he woke up Monday morning.
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The fourth-year pro missed a walkthrough and a full practice to get a root canal, but returned Tuesday.
Church says he "caught a couple of zingers" from coaches and teammates and isn't happy that he has to stay away from candy for a while.
Once he can eat candy again, Church says he'll "stick to the soft stuff."
Church missed the final 13 games last year with a torn Achilles' tendon.
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Promising new direction for organ regeneration and tissue repair
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Researchers have identified an entirely new approach to enhance tissue growth, findings that could lead to advances in organ regeneration and tissue repair, with widespread therapeutic applications.
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Shadowgun: Deadzone leaping from iOS and bringing multiplayer shootout to the Mac
Shadowgun: Deadzone, the work of the excellent Madfinger Games, is to make the jump from mobile to desktop, and will be available for the Mac sometime in the coming days. From today, the game is playable to PC gamers and anyone on Facebook, and it loses nothing of the mobile version in making the transition. Better yet, current players won't lose out on progress they've already made:
Players are able to play the game with a single user account across all platforms. This means that current mobile players can keep their present account and continue playing Shadowgun: DeadZone on their desktops or Facebook, all with the same account - ranks, gold, money, bought items, etc,
On mobile, Shadowgun: Deadzone looks pretty astonishing, but that touchscreen control system just doesn't suit everyone. The move to the PC and Mac could open a few more doors, and it's definitely one we'll be taking a look at when it drops. PC gamers can already download a copy from the Madfinger Games website, and the Mac version will be available through the Mac App Store hopefully later this week. Who's excited for this one?
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For the Masters of commodities at JPMorgan, a sense of deja vu
By Jonathan Leff
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fifteen years ago, a boom in global commodity trading was underway, and JPMorgan was late to the game.
Trying to catch up with Wall Street rivals, JPMorgan recruited a young trader, Danny Masters. Within a few years, it had built a global platform that eclipsed its peers. At last it was a major player in markets from oil to metals.
Then it pulled the plug. Regulatory scrutiny in metals markets had tarnished its reputation; the gains from shipping oil around the world no longer seemed worth the risk.
On Friday, history repeated itself.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced it would try to sell or spin off its physical commodity trading assets and operations, dismantling an empire built over five years by commodities chief Blythe Masters, 44, ex-wife of Danny Masters.
The announcement came almost 15 years to the day after the bank said it would end its first big foray into raw materials, led then by Danny when the couple was still married.
The operations for sale now account for as much as two-thirds of the bank's $2 billion-plus commodity revenues. They include 72 metal warehouses, three power plants, oil contracts and hundreds of traders from Singapore to Houston.
What remains will be a more traditional derivatives and precious metals operation, not unlike what the bank had in the early 1990s, when J.P. Morgan & Co. hired Danny Masters to help break into the ranks of the "Wall Street refiners," banks like Morgan Stanley
"For a year or two, there was nobody bigger than JP Morgan," said one senior industry executive in London.
Around the same time, JPMorgan was building up a large London base metals business, a new area for banks.
None of it would last.
In 1996, J.P. Morgan was named as one of at least four banks caught up in the Sumitomo Corp. copper trading scandal, when rogue trader Yasuo Hamanaka racked up $2.6 billion in unauthorized losses. Morgan, which had loaned money to the Japanese trading firm, was the only bank to be rapped by regulators for lax controls. It wound down the London desk by 1997 to focus on customer business, it said at the time.
In July 1998, a year after Masters was named to lead the global energy business, the bank announced plans to sell the 35-person trading team, a fraction the size of its current 500-plus commodities division. An executive said at the time that a buyer with a strategic focus on energy trading "was in the best interests of clients, employees and Morgan overall."
Six months later, it shut down the unit after oil slumped to $10 a barrel, discouraging potential buyers. In 1999, Danny Masters set up one of the first commodity-focused hedge funds. He could not be reached to comment for this story.
Cambridge-educated Brit Blythe Levett, who had interned at JPMorgan since 1987, had barely begun her career on the commodities desk when the bank launched its bold plan.
She married Danny before he joined JPMorgan, and left the commodities group before he started. She later won acclaim for helping create credit derivatives. In 2001, they divorced. Five years later, Blythe Masters returned to commodities.
She did not respond to email seeking a comment for this article, and the bank declined to make her available.
ROCKY RE-START
By 2004, oil prices were pushing past a record $50 a barrel, copper was $3,000 per tonne, and investment banks were again piling into commodities. Merrill Lynch, Barclays
JPMorgan saw "huge potential" in the business and believed it could compete with the two big rivals, says a person familiar with its commodities business at the time.
The bank hired Morgan Stanley's top power and gas trader, George "Beau" Taylor, to jump-start the effort. He beefed up the desk with big trades and doubled the energy team to 70 within a year. He said at the time he wanted to add more of "the proper rainmakers in the right seats."
The next year, the bank scored a coup when one client, hedge fund Amaranth Advisors, melted down after bad natural gas trades. JPMorgan and hedge fund Citadel took over Amaranth's trades and earned an estimated $725 million on that deal.
But the business Taylor built lacked a large base of customer flow and produced volatile results, including a sizeable loss in the first quarter of 2006, although annual results were strong, according to former employees.
In March 2007, JPMorgan Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon told analysts the bank had "not had the level of earnings stability that we would have liked in energy." Value at risk in commodities, a measure of the bank's own money being wagered, more than doubled to an average $45 million a day in 2006; Goldman Sachs' VaR, by contrast, was $30 million.
As the bank refocused more on client-driven business, rather than proprietary trading, Taylor left for a rival months later.
This was a period of turmoil in the trading business. Dimon restructured the foreign exchange and commodities groups three times in seven months. Blythe Masters, who had been the investment bank's chief financial officer since 2004, took over on a temporary basis in late 2006 and then, in mid-2007, was formally named to run the commodities group.
TOP OF THE WORLD
The following year would mark the start of an acquisition spree that would transform the bank. But it would still take years for Masters to get the business firing on all cylinders.
One of her first public appearance after taking over the group was before a Senate subcommittee to talk about JPMorgan's global environmental products trading division, and push for a U.S. scheme. The bank's role in the still-young carbon market was going to be "her thing," said one former employee.
"For the private markets to most effectively address the problem of climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, which practitioners refer to as carbon, must have a price," Masters told lawmakers at the July 2007 hearing.
In early 2008, JPMorgan bought carbon offsetting company ClimateCare. In September, 2009, it paid $200 million to acquire UK-based EcoSecurities, which developed clean energy programs and carbon offsets as part of the Kyoto protocol.
But efforts to create a U.S. emissions trading scheme were collapsing by 2010, while the European Union's cap-and-trade system, the world's biggest, went into freefall amid a glut of credits and a dearth of confidence in new global curbs. ClimateCare's management took the firm private in 2011.
In the meantime, JPMorgan was doubling down on traditional markets. In the early days of the 2008 financial crisis, it took its first step back into physical trade, buying Bear Stearns, along with its power plants and large trading book.
The following year it bought UBS's global agricultural book and Canadian energy unit, a group that once worked for Enron.
The biggest deal came in early 2010. Royal Bank of Scotland, bailed out by the UK government, was forced to sell off the Sempra Commodities group it had bought a majority stake in just before the crisis struck.
In July 2010, Blythe Masters closed the $1.7 billion deal, acquiring a global physical oil trading platform with a history of big risks, and big rewards. It also had a premier base metal trading and warehousing division that traced its roots back to Metallgesellschaft (MG), the German enterprise that dominated the London market in the 1990s.
(For a history of the Sempra enterprise see: http://r.reuters.com/rez89t )
ON TRACK
That same year, JPMorgan suffered what Masters called a "rookie" loss in illiquid coal markets estimated to have cost the bank as much as $250 million. She was also enraged by the publication of an internal conference call on which she told the group's 600 traders that competitors were "scared shitless".
Some of the traders at Sempra had already been chafing at the more restrictive environment of a bank. In 2011, some of them followed their former bosses to a new trading house called Freepoint Commodities, backed by a private equity fund.
After these setbacks, the group seemed on track by mid-2012.
In April last year, Blythe Masters inaugurated the first educational program in the United States dedicated to broad commodity trading, at the University of Colorado. Its lab was filled with rows of trading terminals and premium data services.
She told CNBC at the time that JPMorgan expected client demand for commodity finance, risk management and trading to grow "very, very rapidly over the next couple of decades in fact. ... we are very excited about the prospects for growth."
Last July, JPMorgan clinched a deal that would make it the 11th largest U.S. oil importer: a three-year contract to supply crude and sell products from the 330,000 barrel per day in Philadelphia, the biggest on the U.S. East Coast. It was part of a wide-ranging financing deal that helped Carlyle Group
The deal showed how the combination of "physical capabilities with our financial risk management and structuring skills" offered "unique differentiators," Roy Salame, head of global sales and structuring, told Energy Risk magazine in May.
UNRAVELLING
By the time JPMorgan was named Risk's "Oil and Products House of the Year" two months ago, however, things had already begun to sour behind the scenes.
The Federal Reserve, which for the past decade has allowed commercial banks to trade broadly in physical markets, from Middle East crude to power plant tolls, was looking more closely than ever at how banks were operating in these markets.
A "review" of its landmark 2003 decision, made public in an abrupt announcement last Friday, had in practice been underway for months as the regulator queried other banks on pending requests, according to a source who speaks to the Fed regularly.
The Federal Reserve has declined to comment on the review, or any discussion with any specific bank on commodities.
A Reuters report in early 2012 made it clear JPMorgan would probably have to sell off the Henry Bath operation. Even deeper questions arose that had forced the bank to review the future of the business.
In February, Michael Cavanagh, a co-chief executive of the corporate and investment bank, told investors that because of "changes in regulation, particularly around the physical side" it would be looking to "optimize" the commodities group.
The next month, the U.S. power market regulator told JPMorgan it was looking into allegations that JPMorgan manipulated power markets in the Midwest and California.
Pressure on the bank mounted last week, when a U.S. Senate banking subcommitted grilled experts over whether investment banks should be allowed to own warehouses and trade oil tankers, putting unprecedented scrutiny the sector.
On Friday, after announcing the bank's exit, a spokesman said simply: "We considered many different factors, including the impact of potential new rules and regulation."
(Reporting By Jonathan Leff, additional reporting by Josephine Mason, David Sheppard and Barani Krishnan; Editing by David Gregorio)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/masters-commodities-jpmorgan-sense-deja-vu-124322967.html
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Quebec train crash: Will oil shipments by rail fall?
The Quebec train crash has sparked a flurry of emergency directives to increase railway safety, but there is no sign of shipments of oil by rail slowing as a result, Burgess writes. Indeed, the oil-by-rail industry is set to grow despite the catastrophic derailment, and amid a criminal investigation that has resulted in a raid on the offices of the train?s operator.
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On July 6, a runaway train jumped the tracks in Lac-M?gantic, causing a series of explosions that leveled the downtown core. This tragedy has sparked a flurry of emergency directives to increase railway safety, but there is no sign of shipments of oil by rail slowing as a result.
Indeed, the oil-by-rail industry is set to grow despite the catastrophic derailment, and amid a criminal investigation that has resulted in a?raid?on the offices of Montreal, Maine & Atlantic (MM&A), the train?s operator, on 25 July.
The Quebec disaster comes as Canadian heavy oil prices undergo a reprieve from the dark days of January, when it was trading at only 50% of the World Brent Crude price. For July, Canadian heavy oil has reached around 83% of World Brent crude prices, where it traded at over?$91 per barrel.?
Incas Intoxicated Sacrificial Children in Preparation for Death
DEATH AND THE MAIDEN: 13-year-old Inca girl received coca and alcohol before being sacrificed 500 years ago, judging from chemical analyses of the mummy's elaborately braided hair. Meanwhile medical imaging revealed a wad of coca (green) in her mouth. Image: Photography by Johan Reinhard. Reprinted with permission.
She was killed at the age of 13 and placed in a mountaintop shrine in the Argentine high Andes?a sacrifice to the gods. There she lay for some 500 years until 1999, when archaeologists recovered her frozen body along with those of two other separately entombed children, a boy and a girl both between four and five years old. Researchers have long recognized that the three youngsters?the so-called Llullaillaco Maiden, Llullaillaco Boy and Lightning Girl?were victims of the Inca ritual of child sacrifice, or capacocha. A new study of their naturally mummified remains further illuminates the events leading up to their interment.
Chemical analyses of the hair of the children show that all three received coca leaves (from which cocaine is derived) and alcohol before they died. Twelve months before the 13-year-old maiden was killed, her consumption of coca surged. Meanwhile, her intake of alcohol?probably in the form of chicha, which is typically made from maize?peaked in her last weeks. And computed tomographic (CT) scanning revealed a large wad of coca leaves in her mouth that she had been chewing in her final moments. Andrew S. Wilson of the University of Bradford in the U.K. and his colleagues describe the findings in a report to be published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.
The exact nature of the event or events that led to the sacrifice of these children is unknown. It could have been an annual Incan occasion, or it might have been an unscheduled incident, such as the death of a ruler or a natural disaster. Whatever the case, the maiden received significantly more of these substances than the younger children did, possibly suggesting ?a greater need to sedate her,? the researchers report. They observe that the posture of the girl?s body and the undisturbed arrangement of her garments and surrounding ceremonial artifacts indicate that ?she was heavily sedated or dead when she was placed in the shrine.
?Coca and alcohol were substances that induced altered states interpreted as sacred, and which could suggest to victims and those associated with them the proximity of the divine beings whose continued benevolence was underwritten by these rites,? Wilson and his co-authors write. ?From a cross-cultural perspective, the psychologically deadening, disorienting, and mood-modifying effects of these psychoactive compounds on young victims, for whom any kind of informed consent to their own deaths cannot be unproblematically presumed, should not be downplayed.?
As for the parents compelled to sacrifice their children, they would have done so with a smile if they knew what was good for them. The authors note that according to the 1653 writings of Spanish Jesuit missionary Bernab? Cobo, ??it was a major offense to show any sadness,? and that ?they were obliged to do it with gestures of happiness and satisfaction, as if they were taking their children to bestow upon them a very important reward.??
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Monday, July 29, 2013
Energy industry must be more transparent, say MPs
Energy price rises coupled with high profits, mis-selling scandals at power firms and a lack of transparency over bills have destroyed consumers' trust in energy companies, a committee of MPs has said in a report that also criticises the sector's watchdog for failing to take effective action.
The energy and climate change select committee said consumer fears that price rises were out of step with the underlying cost of energy were valid, and the regulator, Ofgem, was not doing enough to ensure companies were open and transparent.
They said the complex way companies were structured, with energy trading arms making money from buying and selling supply and operations selling services to business customers meant it required a "forensic accountant" to work out exactly how much profit firms were making on selling energy to consumers.
Meanwhile a record number of people are now estimated to be in "fuel poverty", previously defined as paying 10% or more of their income in energy bills. The government has said it is working to help improve draughty homes through measures such as green deal loans to households and a levy on the energy industry ? the energy company obligation ? to pay for energy efficiency measures for those on low incomes.
The MPs called for greater transparency on bills and competition. Consumer groups such as Which? have questioned whether regulators are ensuring enough competition to keep bills down in a market dominated by six big players. .
Last year allegations emerged of price-fixing in the gas market, an investigation into which is ongoing. The practice of trying to sign up customers door-to-door has also come in for heavy criticism; several energy companies including SSE, EDF and British Gas suspended the practice after Ofgem handed out fines for malpractice.
Energy suppliers including the German giant RWE npower have come under fire for paying little tax on their profits. The industry has said the cost of investing in new energy infrastructure ? about ?200bn will be needed in the next decade to keep the UK's lights on and move to a lower-carbon energy supply, according to the government ? has reduced companies' taxable income.
Sir Robert Smith, chair of the select committee, said: "At a time when many people are struggling with the rising costs of energy, consumers need reassurance that the profits being made by the big six are not excessive. Unfortunately, the complex vertically integrated structure of these companies means that working out exactly how their profits are made requires forensic accountants."
He called for Ofgem to "shine a brighter light" on the companies, which could involve breaking down their profits to show which come from different activities. The committee accused the watchdog of "failing consumers by not taking all possible steps to improve openness and increase competition" with its "relatively light touch approach".
John Robertson, a member of the committee, said: "Ofgem needs to use its teeth a bit more and force the energy companies to do everything they can to prove that they are squeaky clean when it comes to making and reporting their profits."
The outgoing chief executive of Ofgem, Alistair Buchanan, was criticised for announcing when he quit earlier this year that the UK faced a severe threat of blackouts as ageing power stations were taken off the grid and demand outstripped supply. Industrial consumers have been offered deals to turn off their factories at peak times to safeguard electricity for consumers. Critics said Ofgem should have foreseen this situation earlier and taken steps to ensure there would be no shortfall.
Rachel Fletcher, senior partner for markets at Ofgem, said: "We agree with the committee that suppliers have been poor at communicating with their customers. That is why Ofgem has taken the lead in pursuing transparency across all sections of the energy market, [making] energy companies produce yearly financial statements, which have been reviewed twice by independent accountants and found to be fit for purpose."
She said the watchdog was forcing companies to simplify their billing and tariff information and was proposing to make them publish wholesale energy prices two years in advance.
The MPs also criticised the government for doing too little to help millions of people living in fuel poverty. The current approach is to offer low-income families subsidies, paid for by energy companies, for energy efficiency measures such as solid wall insulation and new boilers. The government announced an extra ?20m for these efforts last week, which should benefit 20,000 homes.
Smith said: "Fuel poverty is getting worse as energy prices rise, making it all the more critical that the government must respond to the Hills review [a 2012 independent report on fuel poverty] as a matter of urgency."
In a recommendation that is likely to be controversial, the committee said the money for lifting people out of fuel poverty should come from the taxpayer, not bill-payers. "Tax-funded public spending is a less regressive mechanism than levies on energy bills, which can hit some of the poorest hardest," said Smith. "Shifting the emphasis from levies to taxation would help protect vulnerable households."
Angela Knight, chief executive of Energy UK, which represents energy companies, said the industry had improved its information to customers. "We have seen radical change ? there are fewer tariffs and the new deals are clearer so it is easier to compare, bills have been simplified so they are easier for customers to follow and it is simple to switch from one supplier to another. The industry is also committed to helping customers who are struggling to pay their bills." She said companies already supplied information to Ofgem on the revenues, costs and profits of the generation and supply parts of their businesses. "We know there is more to do and trust takes time to rebuild. We will continue to work with customers, government and the regulator as well as consumer groups to make things better."
Ed Davey, the energy and climate secretary, said the government was helping the fuel poor through a new obligation on energy companies to pay for efficiency improvements, stipulating more transparent tariffs and investing in renewables and other infrastructure, so that bills would be ?166 lower by 2020 than they would be if nothing was done.
Davey said: "We are using the energy bill to ensure that all households will be able get the best deal for their gas and electricity as soon as possible. Our policies to support renewable energy and reduce energy waste are insulating consumers from the rising cost of fossil fuels."
The fuel poverty charity NEA said the energy company obligation was insufficient to address the scale of fuel poverty and called for further action. "It is crucial that in the coming months the government accept there is an urgent need to address well-documented deficiencies with the current approach and ensure that there is adequate and proportionate assistance which is accessible to all fuel poor households to protect them from rising energy costs," it said.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jul/29/energy-industry-transparency-mps
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London mayor Boris Johnson moves in to keep star-studded athletics event in London.. and not Glasgow
THE Diamond League meeting had been set for Hampden next year but now the UK capital's mayor has intervened in a bid to keep it down south.
Andrew Winning
GLASGOW could lose out on staging a star-studded Diamond League athletics meeting next year after London mayor Boris Johnson launched a last-minute bid to land the event.
This year?s showpiece, held on Friday and Saturday, attracted more than 120,000 fans to the Olympic Stadium to see superstars such as Mo Farah and Usain Bolt take part.
The Anniversary Games were a massive hit with spectators who saw Olympic heroes Bolt ? who arrived on a rocket ? and Farah storm to victory in the 100m and 3000m respectively.
With the Stratford venue unavailable next summer due to building work, Hampden Park had emerged as the hot favourite to plug the gap, using the track which is being installed for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
But Johnson is now trying to push Glasgow out, tabling the idea of turning the event into a London street games using Pall Mall and Horse Guards Parade as a temporary home.
UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner said: ?We?re talking to the Greater London Authority about that.
?The mayor would like to keep the event in London for obvious reasons.
?It was a London Olympics and Paralympics.
?We?ve pretty much got a green light from Glasgow to go there.
?So we?ve got some interesting choices. It will come down to a variety of things. Not just money.?
A final decision must be taken by November but Glasgow chiefs have a trump card up their sleeve ? with stars such as Bolt able to cash in on a tax exemption for athletes jetting in for the 2014 Games.
And Warner said: ?There is a window that would make Glasgow an easy opportunity.
?And the organisers of the Commonwealth Games want to do all they can to ensure the world?s greatest athletes are there.?
Mid Scotland and Fife Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser said: ?It sounds perfectly sensible for the Diamond League to be held in Glasgow.
?The facilities are already in place in preparation for the Commonwealth Games.
?It would also help to build a profile for Glasgow as a venue for holding major sporting events.
?I can understand Boris Johnson?s view on this ? he is protecting his own interests. He was elected to look after London.
?I think it would be great if it came to Glasgow.
?It?s a fantastic opportunity for the city.?
Source: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/london-mayor-boris-johnson-moves-2101142
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Sunday, July 28, 2013
UNIONS IN DISGUISE? GOP Lawmakers Question Rise of 'Worker Centers'
Roughly 200 so-called "worker centers" across the country are representing employees who work in everything from the fast-food industry to the taxi business.?
But some key Republican lawmakers are asking if those centers are actually acting more like labor unions. The concern is that the rise of these groups has become a way around the rules that govern bona-fide unions -- like requirements to submit financial filings to the feds every year.?
House education committee Chairman John Kline, R-Minn., and Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., sent a letter this week to newly confirmed Labor Secretary Thomas Perez requesting that he clarify the situation.?
"In the last decade, the line between so-called 'worker centers' and labor organizations has blurred. Today, many of these worker centers are dealing with employers directly on behalf of employees," they wrote.?
They cited the example of one such group lobbying, back in the late '90s, for increased minimum wages in restaurants in the Koreatown area of Los Angeles. The four-year campaign of pickets and boycotts was ultimately successful.?
But lawmakers want to know what makes one group a union, and another something else.?
"We're just asking the secretary to clarify what those things are. And it's very well spelled out if you read the law what it is. What you can and can't do and what your reporting requirements are and are not," Roe told Fox News.?
Alexandra Suh, executive director of the Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance in Los Angeles, defended its activities.?
"My understanding is that unions' main role is to seek to represent a body of employees at a specific workplace and, in an ongoing way, formally bargain and negotiate contracts with the employer on behalf of those individuals. KIWA does not play this type of role," Suh said.?KIWA was involved in seeking higher wages at Los Angeles restaurants.?
Others are convinced the unions are skirting the rules with these groups.?
A full-page ad from the Center for Union Facts has been running showing the AFL-CIO'S Richard Trumka, and then the same picture of him in a disguise as a "worker center" big shot.?
Many say worker centers do provide useful services such as job training and English-as-a-second-language classes.?
But the Heritage Foundation's James Sherk said "some worker centers are also being used by unions are front organizations, to advance their own agenda, rather than looking at a purely altruistic effort to benefit workers."?
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Saturday, July 27, 2013
Quantum of sonics: Bonded, not stirred
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McGill researchers discover new way to bond particles using ultrasound to form new materials
Researchers at McGill University have discovered a new way to join materials together using ultrasound. Ultrasound sound so high it cannot be heard is normally used to smash particles apart in water. In a recent study, the team of researchers, led by McGill professor Jake Barralet, from the faculties of Dentistry and Medicine, found that if particles were coated with phosphate, they could instead bond together into strong agglomerates, about the size of grains of sand. Their results are published in the journal Advanced Materials.
Nanoparticles are extremely useful but are difficult to contain because they are invisible and are easily carried in the air. They can also enter the body easily, creating a concern for the safety of industrial workers and the public. A new method to stick nanoparticles to one another into something you can handle safely with your fingers, without changing their useful properties, could have implications for a range of everyday applications.
"Using ultrasound is a very gentle low-energy process compared to traditional furnaces and welding, so even active drugs and enzymes can easily be built into carriers to make new hybrid materials," says Prof. Barralet, lead investigator of the study and Director of Research in the Department of Surgery at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC).
Ultrasound induces short-lived bubbles (known as cavitation) that create, for a fraction of a microsecond, when they collapse, 'hotspots' of thousands of degrees. Because this bubble formation is a random and infrequent process, scientists have struggled with ways to harness this incredibly powerful phenomenon for assembling materials rather than for destroying them. The key to the McGill team's finding was developing a way to localize cavitation at the nanoparticles' surface. This led to the discovery that their phosphate coating interacts with unstable radicals created at these hotpots and makes the nanoparticles 'weld' together irreversibly.
Just as a mixologist (cocktail waiter) shakes drinks together to create your favourite martini, materials scientists can now simply mix preformed nanoparticles together and zap them in the ultrasonic bath to create new weird and wonderful hybrid and fully functional microparticle materials, such as conductive ceramic catalysts, magnetic polymers, and drug-loaded metals.
"Our discovery may help alleviate the loss of platinum from catalytic converters in car exhausts, for example. Half of the platinum mined annually worldwide is used to make catalytic converters and up to half of this platinum is lost into the atmosphere during the lifetime of the car. This results from a lack of a better method up to now for bonding nanoparticles in a robust and durable manner while still maintaining their activity."
The study's co-author and former McGill doctoral student, David Bassett, helped make the discovery when he spotted something unusual in the bottom of his ultrasonic bath.
"Instead of getting smaller, these things grew and kept on growing. We went up many blind alleys and it took me three years to unravel what was going on. It was painstaking but now it's really satisfying to finally have a grip on it."
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McGill researchers discover new way to bond particles using ultrasound to form new materials
Researchers at McGill University have discovered a new way to join materials together using ultrasound. Ultrasound sound so high it cannot be heard is normally used to smash particles apart in water. In a recent study, the team of researchers, led by McGill professor Jake Barralet, from the faculties of Dentistry and Medicine, found that if particles were coated with phosphate, they could instead bond together into strong agglomerates, about the size of grains of sand. Their results are published in the journal Advanced Materials.
Nanoparticles are extremely useful but are difficult to contain because they are invisible and are easily carried in the air. They can also enter the body easily, creating a concern for the safety of industrial workers and the public. A new method to stick nanoparticles to one another into something you can handle safely with your fingers, without changing their useful properties, could have implications for a range of everyday applications.
"Using ultrasound is a very gentle low-energy process compared to traditional furnaces and welding, so even active drugs and enzymes can easily be built into carriers to make new hybrid materials," says Prof. Barralet, lead investigator of the study and Director of Research in the Department of Surgery at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC).
Ultrasound induces short-lived bubbles (known as cavitation) that create, for a fraction of a microsecond, when they collapse, 'hotspots' of thousands of degrees. Because this bubble formation is a random and infrequent process, scientists have struggled with ways to harness this incredibly powerful phenomenon for assembling materials rather than for destroying them. The key to the McGill team's finding was developing a way to localize cavitation at the nanoparticles' surface. This led to the discovery that their phosphate coating interacts with unstable radicals created at these hotpots and makes the nanoparticles 'weld' together irreversibly.
Just as a mixologist (cocktail waiter) shakes drinks together to create your favourite martini, materials scientists can now simply mix preformed nanoparticles together and zap them in the ultrasonic bath to create new weird and wonderful hybrid and fully functional microparticle materials, such as conductive ceramic catalysts, magnetic polymers, and drug-loaded metals.
"Our discovery may help alleviate the loss of platinum from catalytic converters in car exhausts, for example. Half of the platinum mined annually worldwide is used to make catalytic converters and up to half of this platinum is lost into the atmosphere during the lifetime of the car. This results from a lack of a better method up to now for bonding nanoparticles in a robust and durable manner while still maintaining their activity."
The study's co-author and former McGill doctoral student, David Bassett, helped make the discovery when he spotted something unusual in the bottom of his ultrasonic bath.
"Instead of getting smaller, these things grew and kept on growing. We went up many blind alleys and it took me three years to unravel what was going on. It was painstaking but now it's really satisfying to finally have a grip on it."
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Excitement abounds for New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton as training camp looms
One wouldn't expect Saints coach Sean Payton to return to his first training camp since 2011 as the same person with the same routine.
He acted more like a giddy fan Thursday morning by tweeting a picture of a slogan written in gold lettering that read, "I can't keep calm I'm a Saints fan."
Payton also mixed up the conditioning test to the surprise of the players. Drew Brees said Payton started off the return with a "bang" with a new conditioning test and referred to the test as a 10-minute wrestling match rather than wind sprints or gassers.
Brees wouldn't go into great detail about the test, but the fact Payton mentioned CrossFit in his Thursday morning tweet probably gives a hint as to some of the elements involved.
And yet at the same time, Payton is re-establishing his presence on the sideline and in Brees' ear. Payton said during his press conference Thursday night that he will reassume the play-calling duties fully for the first time since early in the 2011 season after suffering a broken leg in Week 6 at Tampa Bay.
While Payton still has concerns such as the left tackle battle, improving the running game and revamping the defense, these are good "problems" to have in Payton's eyes. He's concerned about the product on the field rather than how to spend his time in exile. Payton spoke at length about mainly football issues during his near 25-minute press conference.
"It's good to be back, though," Payton said. "I'm excited."Payton said he's not approaching Friday's first practice of training camp as an opening day-type scenario for him. But he understands there's still a uniqueness to having the entire team assembled once again, coaching staff included.
Saints general manager Mickey Loomis put the overall sentiment of the team into terms everyone inside the organization and fans outside of the Metairie practice facility walls can agree upon.
"It's back to normal," Loomis said. "We've got 2012 in our rear-view mirror and we're just looking ahead. We're not looking in the rear-view mirror. It feels normal. It feels good.
"There's an excitement, a little fresher excitement than it would be ordinarily because of what happened a year ago. I think we're all a little more focused maybe than what we would have been otherwise."
Brees said the feelings and emotions after seeing Payton on Thursday were the same as when he saw the coach at the beginning of the offseason program in mid-April. He said there's a noticeable excitement that Payton is back."Here we are four offseasons later, and it's the first normal one in a while," Brees said. "That's why it was a breathe of fresh air to get back here in April just knowing it's a new year. It's a new year.
"The goals, the structure, everything is still very much the same, but with a renewed sense of urgency and a few little wrinkles to challenge everyone to make sure we all know that you've got to work to earn your spot around here always no matter what you've accomplished in the past. We like that."
It's the same message Payton has preached since returning to the Saints in late January after his near yearlong suspension by the league in connection with the bounty scandal. Payton has preached how his return to the team alone won't be a magic elixir to fix all of the issues from 2012, which led to a 7-9 record and seat at home for the 2012 postseason.
"This whole offseason we've been able to focus solely on football and that's refreshing," safety Malcolm Jenkins said. "Especially to have Sean back and just to not have any distractions in the offseason (is important). When Sean came back he established that he wanted (us) to work out (a little differently) in the weight room and (he) really changed some things up.
"So the pace has been changed and guys have been focused. Guys have been here and holding each other accountable. We showed up in shape today. We're looking forward to the momentum that we have going into the season."
Some of the more immediate issues lingering entering training camp are injury-related, with five players potentially starting on the physically unable to perform list: linebacker Victor Butler (knee), wide receiver Marques Colston (foot), safety Roman Harper (abdomen), cornerback Patrick Robinson (knee) and rookie wide receiver Kenny Stills (wrist).
The bigger issues include the new 3-4 defense, the running game and who starts at left tackle. Yet Payton is quick to acknowledge learning the personnel to fix those needs remains a challenge.
"You get into what you know is your offseason or minicamp, OTA mode -- getting more than anything else becoming familiar with a number of players that are new to your eye was and still is one of the key things I think for me," Payton said. "There's a handful of players as you look at your team are different than what you remember, so I think it's important.
"The goal is to find the right 53. That's the No. 1 thing."
As for Payton reclaiming his role as the primary offensive play caller, his response may sound like a correlation to his return to the team:
"It's just a matter of getting back up to speed and getting familiar with the elements of it."
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Friday, July 26, 2013
BP Oil Spill Update: Halliburton pleads guilty to destroying evidence, Transocean must turn over docs
On April 20, 2010, when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig blew up in the Gulf of Mexico, 11 people were killed and it began what would go on to become the largest marine oil spill in history, with oil erupting from the sea floor for 87 days, gushing some 5 million barrels into the Gulf.
BP is still considered the main party at fault for the disaster, but Transocean, who operated the Deepwater Horizon rig, and Halliburton, who poured the well cement, have also faced investigations and criminal charges for their involvement in the incident.
On Thursday, Halliburton plead guilty to destroying evidence related to the spill.
Steven Mufson at The Washington Post reports:
In a startling turn in the three-year-old criminal investigation, Halliburton said that on two occasions during the oil spill, it directed employees to destroy or ?get rid of? simulations that would have helped clarify how to assign blame for the blowout ? and possibly focused more attention on Halliburton?s role.
Later in the piece, Mufson explains what the destroyed evidence would have shown:
Halliburton?s simulations examined one of the key decisions in the run-up to the disaster: Whether BP made a serious error by using six centralizers instead of 21; centralizers are metal collars on the outside of the steel pipe that helped stabilize the drill pipe in the center of the hole.
Before the blowout, Halliburton had recommended that BP use 21 of the centralizers. Later, during inquiries about the spill, Halliburton officials repeatedly pointed at a BP executive who gave the go-ahead to use only six centralizers in part because it would have taken additional time to find more.
Now the plea agreement says that on two occasions Halliburton?s simulations revealed that it made little difference whether BP used six or 21. That would have intensified scrutiny about whether flaws in Halliburton?s cement job were more significant.
Also yesterday, The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ordered Transocean to turn over subpoenaed documents related to the spill to the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), which has been trying to investigate the cause of the 2010 incident.
According to The Louisiana Record, Transocean has been challenging the CSB's legal authority and therefore making it harder for them to prevent similar disasters in the future:
The CSB is made up of experts in safety and environmental health who are investigating the explosion and the events leading up to it with the goal of preventing future incidents. During the board?s investigation it subpoenaed internal documents from Transocean ? but the company only partially complied with the subpoena, according to court documents.
Transocean is currently appealing the CSB?s authority to investigate the matter.
When you recall that Exxon Mobil is still trying to avoid paying for the damage caused by their 1989 Exxon Valdez tanker spill, it is no surprise that other oil companies would use legal delays and illegal obfuscation to avoid justice being served in this instance.
John Upton at Grist makes a similar point:
To spend three years obstructing a federal probe into the Deepwater Horizon accident may seem unconscionable, but, then, this is the oil-drilling industry that we?re talking about.
For more on the BP Gulf oil spill, see our previous coverage here. And don't miss my collection of The Best Writing on the BP Oil Spill.
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Prince Alfred & Formosa Dining Room (Maida Vale, London, by Harvey Peters)
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Review of Prince Alfred & Formosa Dining Room from 25 July 2013
The place is nothing special but I'm used to it and I like it in a homelike way. The staff already knows me and I have always been served fast enough. The food is good but the decor is a bit dull. Anyway, nice place for a quick lunch.
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News story: FCO launches new Twitter service offering travel advice and help
The new Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) service offers an easy way to stay up to date with the latest advice about travel, and to get help before and during a trip abroad. Questions to @FCOtravel are answered 9am ? 6pm BST, Monday ? Friday.
The new Twitter service helps to ensure that British people travelling overseas have a trouble-free trip, advising on passports, visas, travel safety, and more. In the event that something goes wrong, the FCO can be contacted on Twitter for support.
This service is provided by the FCO?s dedicated travel advice and consular teams, who are online to answer questions between 9am and 6pm weekdays, UK time, and aim to respond within 30 minutes. Outside of these times questions are only answered in the event of a crisis situation. Others are picked up at the start of the next working day. Many questions about travel can be replied to on Twitter, but any inquiries that involve personal information are taken offline.
This service adds to the ways that British people travelling or living overseas can already get in touch with the FCO: by emailing the travel advice team or contacting local consular staff.
The new Twitter-based service responds to increasing customer demand for more accessible information and services online. The launch follows a two-month pilot phase to trial the service and train staff involved in the delivery. This project is leading the way in providing consular services to customers more quickly and directly, and is part of the UK government ?digital by default? agenda.
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/fco-launches-new-twitter-service-offering-travel-advice-and-help
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Intel, Chandler-Gilbert college prep students for engineering
Intel Corp. is working with Chandler-Gilbert Community College to help students get more experience in engineering.
- Staff Phoenix Business Journal
Intel Corp. and the Chandler-Gilbert Community College are working together on a program designed to give students more working experience with engineering.
The East Valley Tribune reported the program, Intel Ultimate Engineering Experience, will work with 110 undergraduate students in the state.
The program is offered to college freshman and sophomores. Intel has a large campus in Chandler.
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Stars React to Royal Baby Birth! Kate Middleton Twitter Reaction From Celebrities
4:08 pm, July 22nd, 2013
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Kate Middleton and Prince William welcomed a baby boy on Monday, and the royal birth generated immediate reaction from celebrities on Twitter.
As Gossip Cop reported, the couple?s son weighed in at 8 pounds and 6 ounces, and was delivered at 4:24 p.m. London time.
There?s no name yet ? but stay tuned.
In the meantime, stars began sending their congratulations and well wishes as soon as the big announcement was made.
Check out what they had to say below!
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It?s a boy! So happy for my cousin Kate and the future King of England!
? Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) July 22, 2013
Congratulations to the Royal Family on their new baby boy!
? Bethenny Frankel (@Bethenny) July 22, 2013
I know it?s a boy, I?m watching it on the dang web cam. It?s gurgling.
? josh groban (@joshgroban) July 22, 2013
It?s a boy! Perhaps Anderson? Or Cooper? @andersoncooper @DevnaShukla
? Kelly Ripa (@KellyRipa) July 22, 2013
A lady had a baby.
? Joel McHale (@joelmchale) July 22, 2013
If Prince William is anything like I was, he?s hustling home on The Tube right now to assemble the Ikea crib & changing table.
? Willie Geist (@WillieGeist) July 22, 2013
I?m delighted for the Duke and Duchess now their son has been born. The whole country will celebrate. They?ll make wonderful parents.
? David Cameron (@David_Cameron) July 22, 2013
So pleased to hear that William and Kate had a baby boy. Long live the future king. MBB
? William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) July 22, 2013
Congratulations to Kate & William on the birth of their baby boy! So relieved that his name won?t include the words Ivy or Apple.
? Joan Rivers (@Joan_Rivers) July 22, 2013
EPIC!!!! a new prince was born. its like real life Game of Thrones #royalbaby
? Jack Osbourne (@MrJackO) July 22, 2013
It?s a boy!!! Congratulations William and Kate!! X
? Cara Delevingne (@Caradelevingne) July 22, 2013
Woah people seem super excited for this new british band, the royal baby.
? Ellen Page (@EllenPage) July 22, 2013
Breaking News: Kate Middleton has given birth to an 8 pound 6 ounce baby brat.
? Jeffrey Ross (@realjeffreyross) July 22, 2013
Royal baby boy!
? NeNe Leakes (@NeNeLeakes) July 22, 2013
Congrats to William and Kate. Your son shares the same birthday as I do.
? Albert Brooks (@AlbertBrooks) July 22, 2013
Congratulations to two of the loveliest people in the whole world on their baby boy. I am so happy for them.
? Ellie Goulding (@elliegoulding) July 22, 2013
And in happier news the new baby prince was born! So happy for Will & Kate! Xx
? Teresa Giudice (@Teresa_Giudice) July 22, 2013
Welcome to the future king! Congratulations William & Kate. Much Love, Queen Latifah #QLShow pic.twitter.com/b0d33ikWZv
? Queen Latifah (@IAMQUEENLATIFAH) July 22, 2013
I just wish princess Diana could?ve been here to welcome her first grandchild,that tragedy still feels like yesterday,we need this baby.:)
? Lisa Vanderpump (@LisaVanderpump) July 22, 2013
Poor Harry. A tiny baby has more power than him. Unacceptable.
? christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) July 22, 2013
It?s a boy!!! Special times ahead for Kate and William. Xxxx
? Emma Bunton (@EmmaBunton) July 22, 2013
Today may be a good day to announce my new EDM DJ name: Royal Baby Labour
? Rashida Jones (@iamrashidajones) July 22, 2013
#GodBlessOurFutureKing very proud to be british right now!
? Kelly Osbourne (@KellyOsbourne) July 22, 2013
I think they should name him The Dude. #RoyalBabyNames
? Melissa Gilbert (@MelissaEGilbert) July 22, 2013
It?s a BOY! #royalbaby I had a feeling it was a boy! Yay! Congrats Will and kate!
? lisa rinna (@lisarinna) July 22, 2013
Congratulations Will and Kate on the birth of your son! I wish you so much happiness and health!
? Hilaria Baldwin (@hilariabaldwin) July 22, 2013
Congratulations to William & Kate on the arrival of a Prince. #RoyalBaby
? Crystal Hefner (@crystalhefner) July 22, 2013
Diana would have been a grandmother today
? mia farrow (@MiaFarrow) July 22, 2013
Congratulations New Future King of Englandia!!!!! SO exciting!!! Just heard the news!!!!
? Kirstie Alley (@kirstiealley) July 22, 2013
Congratulations to William & Kate on the arrival of a Prince. #RoyalBaby?
? Kim Zolciak-Biermann (@Kimzolciak) July 22, 2013
The #RoyalBaby is EVERYTHING!!!http://t.co/EMm3Vq5g2E
? NiC0LE P0LiZZi (@snooki) July 22, 2013
And.. #newlife, welcome, to the little #royalbaby !
? Eliza Dushku (@elizadushku) July 22, 2013
I would pay like 12k to eat the poo of the #RoyalBaby
? RainnWilson (@rainnwilson) July 22, 2013
I would be so honored if they named the royal baby, "Steve Martin."
? Steve Martin (@SteveMartinToGo) July 22, 2013
It's a boy! Major congrats to Prince William and Kate! #RoyalBaby
? Rebecca Minkoff (@RebeccaMinkoff) July 22, 2013
stupid royal baby comes out early to ruin my bday? 6 mins old and this prick is already more famous than me? not cool #ididtheclubcircuit
? David Spade (@DavidSpade) July 22, 2013
The #RoyalBabyBoy should be named "Party" or "Rager".
? ANDREW WK (@AndrewWK) July 22, 2013
Congratulations to Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge. As a father, I know the amazing joys of parenthood and how special it is.
? Dr. Mehmet Oz (@DrOz) July 22, 2013
So the glad the royal baby is healthy and safe. After the Red Wedding, I get very nervous for royal babies. #SpoilerSomeoneStabsHim
? Zach Braff (@zachbraff) July 23, 2013
#BabyWatch update! Im home in LA & I was technically in England when the #royalbabyboy was born! Might have been on a plane but I was there!
? Sarah Hyland (@Sarah_Hyland) July 23, 2013
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