Rebels, civilian protesters storm Libya parliament

Mohammed Dabbous / Reuters, file

Libya's national assembly elected Ali Zeidan as prime minister on October 14. His transitional government would replace an interim administration appointed in November after Moammar Gadhafi's death.

By NBC News wire services

TRIPOLI, Libya -- Protesters stormed Libya's national assembly on Tuesday, forcing the cancellation of a vote on a proposed coalition government named by the country's new prime minister just hours earlier.

Fewer than 100 people, made up of civilians and former rebel fighters, charged into the meeting hall of the General National Congress as it voted on Prime Minister Ali Zeidan's cabinet line-up, which was drawn from liberal and Islamist parties.

In chaotic televised scenes, congress members negotiated with the protesters, who were unhappy with some of the nominations, to leave. Voting then briefly resumed before being interrupted a second time, leading congress president?Mohammed Magarief?to announce the session was postponed to Wednesday.

"Let it be known to all Libyans and to the whole world in what conditions we are working in," Magarief said.

For Zeidan to take office, the congress has to approve his transitional government, which will focus on restoring security in the oil-producing country where many militias have yet to disarm since Moammar Gadhafi's overthrow last year.

Libya's new president, Mohammed Magarief, tells NBC's Ann Curry that the recent trouble in Libya is the unfortunate price of creating a democracy after decades of dictator-rule. Magarief lived in exile for 20 years in Atlanta before returning to Libya and becoming president.

Zeidan's transitional government would replace an interim administration appointed in November after Gadhafi's death.

Some ministers come from the liberal National Forces Alliance or the Muslim Brotherhood's political wing, the Justice and Construction Party, the two biggest parties in the 200-member congress. Others are independents.

Aware of Libya's sharp regional tensions, Zeidan said he had tried to strike a geographic balance among his 27 ministers.

"No region has been favored over any other," he told congress earlier on Tuesday. "We don't want to repeat mistakes or provoke the street."

Congress elected Zeidan as prime minister this month after his predecessor, Mustafa Abushagur, lost a confidence vote on his choice of ministers, criticized inside and outside the assembly.

Goran Tomasevic / REUTERS

An uprising in Libya ousts dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

A former career diplomat who defected in the 1980s to become an outspoken Gadhafi critic, Zeidan will govern the country while the congress, elected in July, passes laws and helps draft a new constitution to be put to a national referendum next year.

Security challenges
Outgoing Defense Minister Osama al-Juwali exposed the scale of the security challenge facing Libya's new rulers when he said on Monday the government had no control over Bani Walid, a former Gadhafi stronghold captured by militia forces supposedly loyal to Tripoli on October 24.

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A look at the life and times of Libya's mercurial and flamboyant leader

Al-Juwali said he had tried to visit the town, but troops accompanying him had been denied access. This, he said, showed that "the chief of staff has no control over the town, and this might mean armed men won't allow civilians to go back."

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Five days earlier, the army chief of staff had announced the end of military operations in Bani Walid, one of the last towns to fall to rebels in last year's war, but which some militias had accused of still sheltering Gadhafi supporters.

Last year's fight that ended in Gadhafi's ouster and death after 42 years in power was largely carried out by regional militias that amassed weapons. But long after the civil war ended, the militias continue to serve under their own leaders and wield significant power even though they have nominally come under the control of the state's military and police forces.

The lack of control of the government over the militias it relies on was brought home in the starkest terms on Sept. 11, the day of the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, the eastern city where last year's uprising against Gadhafi began. The Islamist group Ansar al-Shariah, one of the biggest militias in Benghazi, is suspected in the assault that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

Officials in Libya say they have arrested four suspects in connection to the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi in which U.S. ambassador Stevens and three embassy staff were killed. NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin reports from Tripoli.

The killings in Benghazi fueled popular anger against the militias. Just a week after the assault, tens of thousands of Benghazis attacked the headquarters of Ansar al-Shariah and another militia in Benghazi and drove them out.

The government took advantage of the public anger. In the days after the attack, authorities carried out high-profile weapon hand-ins in Tripoli and Benghazi and issued ultimatums for all militias to submit entirely to government control.

Friends and family members of the victims of the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, recall loved ones' bravery and courage. TODAY's Savannah Guthrie reports.

Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Skinny Vegetarian Pizza | Skinny Mom | Tips for Moms | Fitness ...

Did you know that October is National Pizza Month? I don?t know anyone that doesn?t love pizza. And if you don?t, you probably shouldn?t say it out loud. It is such a comfort food for many. It reminds me of good times with family watching football games in the fall or celebrating birthdays. It?s very simple to serve for a large amount of people.

But the truth is, it is not very healthy for you. I have found a way to enjoy pizza without all the guilt and grease. The dough is not completely whole wheat so that it doesn?t taste too grainy. I also used bread flour so the crust could be soft yet crispy and the dough elastic when rolling out. If it is still warm outside where you live, I recommend grilling this pizza!

My choice of toppings were grilled asparagus and mushrooms, tomato slices, asadero cheese and fresh basil.

Ingredients

• 3/4 cups whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup bread flour
• 1/2 cup soy flour
• 1 tablespoon honey (agave can be substituted)
• 1 tablespoon flaxseed (ground)
• 1 packet highly active dry yeast
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup warm water

Instructions

1. Mix water, yeast and honey (or agave) in a small bowl. I had to warm the water up for a few seconds in the microwave in order for it to reach 120*F. Let sit for 10-12 minutes while you mix flours.
2. Mix all of the flours, flax seed and salt in a large bowl. Remove 1/4 cup of mix and set aside.
3. Add flour mix to water mix slowly using a rubber spatula. Keep mixing until most of the liquid is absorbed. Form into a ball. Knead for about 2 minutes on lightly floured surface using some of the reserved flour mix.
4. In large bowl you were using, spray it with cooking spray and place dough in it. Cover and let sit for 25 minutes in a warm place. Maybe an oven or microwave that is off.
5. Place pizza stone on grill or oven. Preheat grill to 400*F. Roll out pizza dough on lightly floured surface until thin. Place dough on stone and grill or bake for 5 minutes on each side. This helps hold the toppings very well.
6. Remove, add pizza sauce and choice of toppings. Cook for another 20 minutes. Carefully transfer to pan. Slice and enjoy!

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I am a HUGE, HUGE fan of movies. I will watch all type of movies, I just love movies. "Side By Side" is a documentary about how filmmakers have changed the way they make movies by going from making a movie with film, to making a movie digital. It's very technical, but it has some very insightful views from James Cameron, Martin Scorsese, David Fincher, Robert Rodriguez, among many other people who help create movies. It's produced and hosted by Keanu Reeves. Weird, I know right?! But he does a good job interviewing the people, and he seems genuinely interesting in the entire process. Parts of the documentary are a bit tedious if you don't know much of the process(I don't), and other parts are fascinating if your a true fan of films(I am). I think this is an important movie to watch because filmmakers are the ones who tell the stories we all love, and this is a chance to hear from them about their side of the camera. I watched this very late at night and was glued to the screen. It's neat to see how things have changed in the 100 years movies have been made, and hear where some of these people think it's going to evolve to. A must watch documentary of people who genuinely love technology, movies, or hearing from people who make the all the magic happen.

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'Snooki & JWoww' Returns To MTV In January!

JWoww calls taping season two, which premieres January 8 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, 'the best two months of my life.'
By Jocelyn Vena, with additional reporting by Christina Garibaldi

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Grant funds new fitness equipment for Baton Rouge schools ? Our ...

By Tina Dirmann
staff writer for BCBS Louisiana Foundation

Physical education teacher Bonnie Richardson doesn?t just care about her students health.

The topic moves her to tears.

On a sunny fall day, as she gathered with her students on the Baton Rouge FLAIM school playground to break-in newly installed fitness equipment, she spoke of how the playground additions will impact kids.

??This will open up an opportunity for our students to be stronger,? said the teacher, carefully watching students struggle up a pole and wrestle with their first pull-ups.

Understanding that school PE activities are often the only time her kids get real exercise, the impassioned teacher tears-up. She knows her students are already battling issues formerly seen in only older adults, including high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity.

?But those problems have not only permeated her campus.

They are a growing epidemic on elementary school campuses serving lower-income neighborhoods. And it?s the reason the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation of Louisiana (through their Challenge for a Healthier Louisiana grant program) partnered with the Mayor?s Healthy City Initiative in Baton Rouge to create Fresh Beginnings, a $2.2 million project aimed at improving health and fitness needs in the community.

?And a top priority for Fresh Beginnings is to target physical education programs in North Baton Rouge schools, offering new equipment, training programs and nutritional education.
Fresh Beginnings also partnered with Project Fit America to implement the new physical fitness programs. Although Fit America is a national charity, this is the first time the group will be in Louisiana, teaching Baton Rouge school children fun, innovative fitness games and programs. Even the teachers must undergo training, said Steve Cox, national in-service director for Project Fit America, who was in town with Project Fit Trainer Kim Berg on Oct. 15-16. The pair spent time with students and teachers at four schools (BRFLAIM, Buchanan Elementary, Winbourne Elementary and Ryan Elementary).

?We are just starting to understand that kids who grow up unfit, stay unfit,? Cox said. ?Today, obese kids are developing diseases folks used to die of in their 60?s and 70?s. But the pendulum is swinging, as a society. We see this now and we?ve got to work to change it. Our kids deserve better.?

At Buchanan Elementary, Berg brought new three pound weighted hoola hoops and basketballs and ordered kids to run from workout station to workout station using the equipment to earn pieces of a skeleton puzzle. they couldn?t stop running, shooting, hoola-hooping until the puzzle was complete. And in the process, she threw out a few fitness terms, like, ?Hey, who knows what your core is??

?This is not just about exercise, but what each exercise addresses,? she said, emphasizing that their program isn?t just P.E. ? it is Physical Eduation, in the truest sense of the term.
The school visits and equipment donations are just the beginning of a three year program that will eventually go beyond school campuses and into the surrounding community. Look for Mobile Markets to crop up soon ? rotating grocery stores aimed at providing access to fresh fruits and vegetables in neighborhoods void of farmer?s markets or full service grocery stores.
Learning more about the Fresh Beginnings initiative, BR FLAIM school principal Cheryl Miller nodded in approval.

?These are all ground up initiatives, and we are the ground,? she said, nodding toward her school. ?Louisiana has been at the bottom of the obesity scale for too long. But if our kids see we think it?s important to be healthy, that we are serious about this, then it will stick. We will teach them life long skills.?

Source: http://ourhomelouisiana.org/2012/10/24/grant-funds-new-fitness-equipment-for-baton-rouge-schools/

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Are cancer patients' hopes for chemo too high?

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Shining Star: University High's Kayleigh Valley

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Duck and cover... that's probably your safest bet every time Kayleigh Valley attacks the net.

"I don't know the adrenaline starts pumping," Valley?said.? "It feels like you're actually going to win the match, that you got that set, so it's kind of exciting."

Kayleigh's also been exciting to watch on the basketball court, which is where she will continue her career at the next level.

"I've actually made a commitment to play basketball at the University of Montana," said Valley.

?"A kid that can go play division one in either sport, volleyball or basketball, it doesn't happen very often,?" said Titans head coach Mark Weis. "We've had a few of them come through University, but for me, this is my first one."

That wasn't the only tough decision Kayleigh had to make.? She was also responsible for selecting the team shoes, a choice that stood out in the GSL.

"At the beginning of the season I picked those out? and just thought it would be fun to go out as seniors having crazy shoes." Valley said.

"I'm telling you what, that was a great call, " Weis said.?"At first people were like coach are you really going to let them do that? I said 'hey it's their call, its their season. Its synonymous with us just being different and wanting to have fun."

Now, U-High's hoping those same qualities help them make a post-season push.

?"Our whole team goal is to make it to state and to do well there," said Valley.

"To get there we obviously have to get through districts and regionals and just keep playing the way we play."

Which is exciting, in crazy shoes.

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Will Windows 8 crack the surface?

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Firm sales numbers for Microsoft's Windows 8 and its new Surface tablet will not be available for three months, but it may be clear long before then if it has a hit on its hands.

"We can definitely gauge it by chatter," said Emily Chan, an analyst at Bernstein Research. "There is a slight learning curve, so I don't think we will see that big pop that iPad saw."

Microsoft is desperate for the new-look, touch-friendly Windows 8 to grip customers' imaginations, as it looks to regain ground lost to Apple and Google in mobile computing and shake up the moribund PC market.

Perhaps more important is its new own-brand tablet called the Surface, available only through its own stores and website, which will challenge Apple's iPad head on.

"I'd want to know the sales???and return rate???of the Surface," said Sarah Rotman Epps at tech research firm Forrester. "But those numbers will be hard to get since Microsoft is the only retailer."

Early reviews of the Surface have been mixed, generally praising the slick hardware, but faulting battery life and the limited software and applications available.

Some worry that the first Surface model, which runs on a stripped-down version of Windows 8 called RT that is not compatible with old Windows programs, will cause some confusion and dissatisfaction among customers.

The three models for sale on Microsoft's U.S. website are already on back order, suggesting strong demand, but it is not known how many Surfaces Microsoft has manufactured.

"The fact it's back ordered is indicative that there's consumer interest," said Michael Gartenberg, an analyst at tech research firm Gartner. "How Microsoft introduces it, evangelizes it and explains it will determine long term success."

Microsoft has not said if it will reveal sales figures for Windows 8 or of the Surface before its next scheduled earnings on Jan.?24. The company tends to trumpet good news and stay silent otherwise.

After the launch of Windows 7 three years ago, CEO Steve Ballmer waited only a month to announce strong sales. A year later, he waited only 10 days to report record-breaking sales of the Kinect, the motion-sensing add-on for the Xbox. But Microsoft has never shared the sales of Windows-powered phones, which have a lowly 3 percent of the market.

If Ballmer stays silent about Windows 8 sales, it might indicate a less than stellar performance.

"I would definitely take it a sign that it's not super, super strong, but I won't take it as something negative," said Chan at Bernstein, who is expecting 8.3 million Surface sales by the middle of next year.

That averages out at about 1 million a month, a third the rate of the iPad, which notched up its first million sales in 28 days and has now sold more than 100 million units, averaging about 3.2 million a month.

Gartner forecasts that Surface and other tablets running Windows RT will sell about 2.3 million units this year and 9.3 million next year, grabbing about 2 percent and 5 percent of the worldwide tablet market, respectively.

Door-busters

Retail activity will be closely watched. Microsoft will have more than 60 brick and mortar stores open for the release of Windows 8 on Friday, half of them 'pop-up' stores that will stay open for the holiday shopping season.

Third-party retailers are cautiously optimistic.

"We have seen pretty good response to our pre-orders for Windows 8," said Best Buy spokesman Jeff Haydock. "Quite honestly, I don't know what to expect from Friday. I don't know if there will be lines or not. My sense is it will take some time for people to kind of come into the stores and check it out."

Best Buy may give some color on how PC sales are going when it reports earnings on Nov. 20.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the No. 1 U.S. retailer, said U.S. pre-orders for Windows 8 PCs "have been better than expected."

Online retailers Amazon.com Inc, Newegg and TigerDirect have been silent on Windows 8 pre-orders.

The full impact of PC sales on retailers will not be evident until chains report same-store sales for November.

Quick reaction

One early indicator of Windows 8's success will be the contents of the online Windows Store. Microsoft has had a harder time drumming up interest among developers for Windows 8, given the risk that there will be fewer users than competing platforms.

Microsoft will not disclose numbers, but there are expected to be 5,000 or so third-party apps available to U.S. users, in comparison with the iPad's 275,000. Some big names such as Facebook will be missing.

In social media, the tenor of comments on the Twitter hashtags #Windows8 and #Surface will give an indication of their reception after Ballmer unveils them both on Thursday.

Many users likely will be shocked by the new design, which dispenses with the Start button and features square tiles for apps.

"Public reaction to the new UI will depend how well Microsoft explains why 'different' is better and teaches how the new experience works," said Gartenberg. "That all starts on Thursday."

By the numbers

The ultimate test for Windows 8 will be PC sales.

Industry trackers are expecting a bump for PC sales in the last two months of the year, but not enough to rescue the whole year, which is forecast to dip for the first time since 2001.

Some analysts had expected an uptick in production of laptops ahead of the Windows 8 launch, but PC makers facing an uncertain global economy have been wary about committing.

Chip maker Intel, which is a good gauge of future PC demand due to its position early in the production process, expects the PC business to grow at only half the normal seasonal rate in the fourth quarter.

Chief Executive Paul Otellini recently told analysts he expects to have a better understanding of the success of Windows 8 in 90 days.

Stephen Baker, an analyst at retail research firm NPD Group, is expecting a 10 percent jump in PC sales for November and December over last year, but said comparisons will be difficult given a profusion of new devices and the volatility of year-ago data.

Fourth-quarter PC shipment numbers from research firms Gartner and IDC will not be published until early January, although analysts say PC makers might start to drop hints about demand before then.

"There will likely be many milestones, but very few will ultimately be decisive. The key point is will PC sales continue to shrink or will they experience a boost," said Al Hilwa at research firm IDC. "We can probably begin to properly judge that with some ambiguity in January."

(Additional reporting By Dhanya Skariachan in New York, Jessica Wohl in Chicago and Noel Randewich in San Francisco. Editing by Andre Grenon)?

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6 Nominees Who Famously Criticized the Oscars | Film School Rejects

Criticizing the Academy Awards is becoming a tradition as solidified as the Awards ceremony itself. The ink spilled over anticipation of who will come out swinging during Awards season is typically followed by an anticipated ? but, when well-argued, often necessary ? critique of the pomp and circumstance of the ceremony itself. Now that we?re neck-deep in Presidential election season, the time dedicated to polling, statistics, and manufactured drama all in the service of something ultimately unpredictable resonates alongside the earliest Fall predictions of the Winter?s Awards competitors: no matter the race, we can become hopelessly invested in every detail in the process of competition. As Matt Taibbi stated bluntly in an editorial on the Presidential race, this is not what democratic participation should look or feel like. Nor, for that matter, is immersing oneself in the Kool-Aid of Oscar anticipation what a genuine investment in cinema should look like.

While I?ve bloviated more than enough on the Oscars, it?s something different entirely when someone who ostensibly stands to benefit from the institution itself to criticize it, as potential Best Actor nominee Joaquin Phoenix did recently. Perhaps criticizing the Oscars is not the bravest thing a wealthy famous person can do (perhaps), but the exact form that it takes is certainly worthy of attention because such instances evidence certain power relations and possibilities in Hollywood.

Why do some Hollywood figures participate in this criticism, and others don?t?

Dudley Nichols

In 1936, screenwriter Dudley Nichols was the first nominee to boycott the Academy Awards (the year that he won Best Writing for The Informer). Nichols?s boycott was expressed in support of the ongoing WGA strike. Of course, a similar strike nearly shut down the ceremony in 2008 as a result of solidarity expressed for unionized writers across many levels of Hollywood. While Nichols, who went on to pen Stagecoach and co-write Bringing Up Baby, would hopefully be proud that at the display of empathy that non-writer Hollywood figures gave to writers, the Hollywood screenwriter evidently still has a hard time making their way just above the line well after Nichols?s deliberate absence.

Nichols?s protest was politically circumstantial, not a sustained criticism of the ceremony or institution. As of 1949, after the writers? demands were negotiated and Nichols acquired several more nominations, Nichols was in possession of his 1936 Academy Award.

George C. Scott

George C. Scott became notorious for being the first famous actor publicized as openly critical of the Oscars, calling the ceremony a ?two-hour meat parade? (he?d surely be delighted to know the contemporary meat parade is more than an hour and a half longer). Scott declined his Best Supporting Actor nomination for The Hustler, but really turned heads when he refused to attend the ceremony that brought his Best Actor win for Patton in 1971 (when he made the famous ?meat parade? comment).

Scott was known for his discomfort with his own stardom as well as his sometimes-intimidating no-bullshit persona. Seemingly misplaced, Scott found success in an industry with bullshit as its stock-and-trade. Not only was Scott the archetype for the famous actor speaking out against the Oscar, but he also modeled the jokey, no-bullshit approach to criticism sometimes articulated by later stars.

Marlon Brando

Method actor Marlon Brando, who won an Oscar in 1955 for On the Waterfront, became politically involved with the American Indian Movement (AIM) during the many civil rights struggles of the early 1970s. Brando refused to attend the Awards ceremony in 1972, and sent Native American activist Sacheen Littlefeather to read a fifteen-page letter in protest that Brando had written. However, she was instructed by the producers to limit her comments to a one-minute speech. Perhaps no absence of an Award recipient is as notorious as this one. The political intents of the protest (against the treatment of Native Americans by the film industry ? did I mention Dudley Nichols wrote Stagecoach?) unfortunately became overshadowed by Brando?s increasingly eccentric public persona.

I haven?t found any information as to whether this public display helped the AIM gain recognition and support. As much as this incident plays into Brando?s late career narrative of theatricality and peculiarity, Native Americans are still virtually absent in Hollywood both on and off-screen after decades of negative representation, and whoever booed Littlefeather here looked like a bunch of assholes. When you watch the actual speech, it?s nowhere near as strange as the industry folklore developed around it ? which has attempted to mute any substance of the protests ? has remembered it to be.

After the protest, AMPAS declared that no future proxies could accept Academy Awards, even with the permission of the winner. The following year, when Brando received a nomination for Best Actor for Last Tango in Paris, he was once again absent.

Woody Allen

Though the prolific, eternal Hollywood staple Woody Allen refuses to attend the Academy Awards, this clearly never prevents him from receiving a nomination every 2-5 years. Allen made one exception to his consistent absence at the 2002 ceremony (in which he wasn?t nominated, thanks to Curse of the Jade Scorpion), when he gave a speech urging filmmakers to continue filming in a post-9/11 New York City. When asked about this rare appearance, Allen stated, ?I didn?t have to present anything. I didn?t have to accept anything. I just had to talk about New York City.? Allen?s decision seems to be mostly personal, as he hasn?t leveled much overt criticism at the Academy Awards.

Jean-Luc Godard

In 2010, French New Wave pioneer and current schizophrenic-media collage artist Jean-Luc Godard ? whose films had heretofore never been recognized by the Academy in any shape or form ? was announced as the recipient of a lifetime achievement award by AMPAS. Journalists and AMPAS members tried furiously for days to contact him by phone to see if he?d show up and accept, and Godard teased as to whether or not he would attend (he stated that one of the primary reasons he may not attend is because he can?t smoke on planes).

Godard ultimately did not receive or accept the Award by an industry that he at one point both revered and reviled, but the process leading up to Godard?s declaration made for the director?s most enjoyable and madcap Hollywood critique since Pierrot le fou.

Joaquin Phoenix

Past winner and nominee Joaquin Phoenix stated in response to speculation about his Oscar nomination, ?It?s a carrot, but it?s the worst-tasting carrot I?ve ever tasted in my whole life. I don?t want this carrot.? As judging by his recent career, the perpetually fascinating Phoenix (who, by the way, is indeed really, really good in The Master) clearly does not care too much if powers that be validate or approve his decisions, resulting thus far in one of the most interesting turns of an already variegated career.

The actor cited his experience as the subject of Awards buzz when he starred in Walk the Line as the source of his discomfort with the ceremony (could this have also inspired his years-long renunciation of Hollywood and staging of a breakdown?). Phoenix seems to be in full George C. Scott mode with a ?I-don?t-give-a-fuck? demeanor and colorful metaphors in tow, but what?s interesting is that Phoenix, like Scott, treats the ceremony as frivolous, while attempting no associated criticisms about potential negative ripple effects of the Awards-season-as-hype-machine on the craft of acting.

Final Thoughts

Probably the most immediately noticeable aspect of this list is that it?s composed entirely of white men and, with the exceptions of Nichols and Godard, movie stars. Though a lack of attendance did not bring evident repercussions on the likes of Brando or Woody Allen, I wonder if women and persons of color are reluctant to criticize the ceremony because quality Hollywood roles are difficult to find as is.

Secondly, with some exceptions, there seems to be a pattern of treating a frivolous ceremony with frivolity, and this is where Scott, Phoenix, and Godard are connected. Few criticisms are made outside the observation that the ceremony is silly, pompous, and unnecessary. Negative systemic effects about the quality of mainstream filmmaking or compromising the craft of acting aren?t mentioned, just a personal distaste.

Finally, even though the Academy Awards have been a television event for several decades (which probably contributes to some actors? sense of discomfiting self-aggrandizement), it?s unclear as to whether the speeches of the ceremony are a productive forum for activism, as the Nichols and Brando examples attest. In fact, the Awards have a more evident history of activism from people who actually went up to the podium.

Criticisms of the Academy Awards may be rare from potential recipients, but they?re also occasionally very rich (see: meat parade). However, the hardest thing for an industry to do is criticize itself from the inside. But that won?t stop me from wishing for a mass walkout led by Joaquin Phoenix holding a bag of carrots.

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Toy hippo, fish join new astronauts in flight to space station

A Soyuz spacecraft blasted off from Kazakhstan Tuesday morning with an American and two Russians also on board.

By Tariq Malik,?Space.com / October 23, 2012

The Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of US astronaut Kevin Ford and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin blasts off from its launch pad 31 at the Baikonur cosmodrome October 23, 2012.

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The Soyuz rocket roared into a clear blue sky from the Central Asian spaceport of Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to begin a two-day flight to the space station. Liftoff occurred at 6:51 a.m. EDT (1051 GMT).

Riding aboard the rocket's Soyuz TMA-06M space capsule are NASA astronaut Kevin Ford and Russian cosmonaut s Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin. The three men are due to dock at the station on Thursday (Oct. 25) at 8:35 a.m. EDT (1235 GMT), and join three other crewmates already aboard the orbiting lab. Novitskiy is commanding the Soyuz flight.

"I think it's going to be something special, and I will get unforgettable memories," Novitskiy said in a NASA briefing before the mission. Novitskiy picked a small toy hippo, a gift from his teenage daughter Yana, to use an indicator of when the Soyuz reached the weightless environment of space. [Launch Photos: Soyuz Rocket Blasts Off With Station Crew]

Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin are the second half of the Expedition 33 crew on the InternationalSpace Station. Their mission marks the second spaceflight for Ford, a veteran NASA shuttle pilot, and the first trip to space for Novitskiy and Tarelkin.

The 32 medaka fish also hitching a ride to the space station on Novitskiy's Soyuz capsule are part of an experiment to study how fish adapt to the absence of gravity. The fish will live inside a space age fish tank, called the Aquatic Habitat, which was delivered to the space station on an earlier flight.

"I've got training on these fish?they're a bit larger than guppies," Ford said before flight. ?"It's 32 fish, plus the three of us."

While most crewed Soyuz launches have lifted off from the historic launch pad used by Yuri Gagarin, who made the first manned spaceflight in 1961. But that pad is being renovated, so Tuesday's launch blasted off from a different pad called Site 31 in the first manned launch from the site in 28 years, NASA officials said.

The new U.S.-Russian crew will join NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, who have been living on the station since July. Williams is commanding the station's Expedition 33 crew.

Tuesday's Soyuz launch comes at a busy time for the space station crew.

On Sunday (Oct. 28), a robotic Dragon space capsule built by the private spaceflight company SpaceX will depart the space station to wrap up the debut cargo delivery flight for NASA under a $1.6 billion commercial resupply contract. Days later, on Wednesday (Oct. 31), an unmanned Russian Progress spacecraft will launch and dock at the space station within six hours to deliver tons of more cargo.

Then on Thursday (Nov. 1), Williams and Hoshide will venture outside the space station in a spacewalk to fix an ammonia leak in the orbiting laboratory's cooling system.

Williams, Hoshide and Malenchenko are due to return to Earth on Nov. 19. Ford will then take command of the space station's Expedition 34 mission at that time.

On Thursday, you can?watch the Soyuz docking live on SPACE.com?via a NASA TV feed. The NASA broadcast will begin at 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT).

You can follow SPACE.com Managing Editor Tariq Malik on Twitter?@tariqjmalik?and SPACE.com on Twitter?@Spacedotcom. We're also on?Facebook?&?Google+.

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Once Obama country, Colorado now razor-close

MORRISON, Colo. (AP) ? Four years ago, Barack Obama used this state as both a stage for his nominating convention and a place to show how his new brand of politics could unite young voters, women and minorities to create a winning coalition even in places that normally back Republican presidential candidates.

Now Colorado has become an example of how hard it has been for him to maintain that coalition against the headwinds of a sour economy and his own disastrous first debate performance in Denver.

Republicans and Democrats alike agree that Colorado is a toss-up in this election. Like other battleground states, a slight Obama polling edge before October here has been transformed into a deadlock. That's because independent suburban women ? the key demographic in this closely divided state ? are taking a second look at Romney. Some analysts see an enthusiasm gap between Obama's supporters and his rival's. And the president's attacks on Romney's wealth may resonate less here than in blue-collar Midwestern battlegrounds like Ohio.

"He should be doing better and he isn't," said independent pollster Floyd Ciruli, a former chairman of the state Democratic Party. "It's the worst (swing) state of the bunch for him; isn't that amazing? It's the place we thought he could use as a model."

Though the state has only voted for a Democratic presidential candidate once since 1968, Obama won it by 9 percentage points in 2008. The president is now tied in most public polls here, as well as nationally.

The Romney campaign tried to capitalize on that dynamic Tuesday night with a high-profile appearance of Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan, joined by musicians Kid Rock and Rodney Atkins at historic Red Rocks Amphitheater.

"We're in the homestretch now and I think the people of Colorado are going to get us all the way there," Romney told an ecstatic crowd of about 10,000.

Obama was due to hold another rally in Denver on Wednesday. His campaign expresses confidence about its chances, saying it always knew 2008 was an anomaly and this contest would look more like the normal election-year photo finishes in a state evenly divided among Republicans, Democrats and independents.

'We have always said this race will be a close election, and we are confident that the president's plan to move our country forward, coupled with the strongest grass-roots organization in history, will lead us to victory on Election Day," Obama campaign spokeswoman Kim Parker said.

To do that, the president needs to win back voters like Robin Abrams, 24, one of the suburban female moderates who voted for Obama in 2008.

"Obama seemed promising ? something new, something fresh," Abrams said Tuesday from a coffee shop in Englewood, a suburb south of Denver.

But this time around, she'd undecided. She's getting out of college in about a year and isn't sure she'll be able to find a job. She likes Obama's stance on social issues, especially women's health and abortion rights. But she's thinking about her pocketbook, too.

"Socially, I think I'm more Democratic. But economically, I'm not sure. And I want to be sure," said Abrams, who added that she turns off her cellphone sometimes because she's so bombarded by political messages.

The two campaigns are fiercely battling for the votes of the roughly 100,000 undecided voters here who are overwhelmingly nonpartisan women who support abortion rights. The Obama campaign has modeled its approach on Michael Bennet's 2010 U.S. Senate race, in which the Democratic political novice defied the Republican Party by hammering his tea party opponent on immigrants' rights and abortion. Bennet won by less than 30,000 votes.

Laura Chapin, a Democratic consultant, argues that approach ultimately will put Obama over the top. "The demographics still favor President Obama," she said. "This is a young, well-educated state with a majority of women and a lot of Latino voters."

But the state's high levels of education and relative affluence mean that some of Obama's class-based attacks on Romney may not resonate as well.

"Have you ever seen jobs shipped overseas to China from here?" Ciruli said. "We've got no labor unions, we've got minimal old-style manufacturing."

And Republicans contend that the Obama campaign's attempt to paint Romney as an extremist melted away after voters watched him in the first debate, which was widely viewed in Colorado. "That narrative came crashing into reality when they saw that guy up on the debate stage in Denver seeming rational and reasonable," said Ryan Call, chairman of the state Republican Party.

Kenneth Bickers, a political scientist at the famously liberal University of Colorado, Boulder, said Obama also is suffering from an enthusiasm gap. He said that despite two Obama campaign visits here, he sees far less enthusiasm than he did four years ago. "If there's an enthusiasm gap on the Boulder campus, where I am, that's the canary in the coal mine," Bickers said, adding that he believes Hispanics, who are 21 percent of the population here, may not turn out at the same clip as they did four years ago.

Democrats scoff at the notion of an enthusiasm gap, while boasting that their field operation is as strong as ever and could be worth a percentage point or two of the vote. In a sign of its strength, Democrats dramatically narrowed Republicans' advantage in voter registration this summer. Republicans say their own ground game is vastly improved since their low point in 2008.

Denver-based GOP operative Katy Atkinson said that in a state as close as Colorado, the ground game may make all the difference.

"The Democrats have spent a lot of money registering new voters, and those can be the toughest to turn out. So they have the tougher job, but they also have a very sophisticated program," Atkinson said. "If anybody can do it, the Obama people can. But that's the whole question in Colorado."

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HBT: Zito will start Game 1 for Giants in WS

UPDATE: It?s official, Zito will start Game 1.

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There?s no official word yet on the Giants? rotation for the World Series, but Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com reports that Barry Zito is likely to get the call for Game 1 against the Tigers.

He?d face Justin Verlander in a matchup of former Cy Young winners (which sounds perfectly normal except for the part about Zito winning his in 2002).

That represents a helluva turnaround for a guy who was left off the postseason roster during the Giants? run to the World Series in 2010, but Zito came up huge with 7.2 shutout innings in Game 5 of the NLCS and according to Baggarly ?word around the team is that Zito deserves the honor.?

Zito struggled against right-handed hitters all season, allowing them to bat .281 with an .823 OPS (compared to .209 with a .559 OPS versus lefties), so matching up with a Detroit lineup that includes righties Miguel Cabrera, Austin Jackson, Delmon Young, Jhonny Peralta, Omar Infante, and Avisail Garcia isn?t ideal. Of course, the same was even more true of a Cardinals lineup filled with good right-handed bats and Zito shut them down.

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Lunch at the Googleplex - Amateur Gourmet

October 22, 2012 | By Adam Roberts | 0 Comments

When I was invited to give a Google Talk in Mountain View, CA last Friday, I was incredibly honored and flattered but, also, I was really keen on checking out the cafeteria. I mean: what kind of food would I find there? What do people who work at Google eat?

Luckily, my host Chris invited me to lunch first. And not only that, I was allowed to take lots of pictures. So prepare yourselves for a journey, a journey to the Google Cafeteria.

Specifically, we ate at a cafeteria called ?Big Table.? Apparently there are many lunching options at Google headquarters, this one is one of the largest.

As we made our way towards it, I saw lots of Google bicycles. Chris explained that whenever you need to get anywhere, you just grab one and go. Observe:

I also saw this machine, which apparently makes balls:

And this desk with lava lamps on it:

But you?re not here for lava lamps? you?re here to see what it?s like in the Google cafeteria. So here we go. Check out these people eating their lunch.

And here?s the cafeteria in all its glory:

First, though, I had to wash my hands in the men?s room. I got a kick out of this sign when I was finished:

Then, back in the cafeteria, it was time to grab a tray:

The thing that struck me the most about the Google cafeteria was the incredible variety of options. A noodle bar, a pizza bar, a salad bar, hot food, cold food, and lots and lots of ethnic food. Check out these condiments:

And these toppings for the noodle bar:

Here?s a variety of meats?halal grilled chicken, char siu pork, and 24-hour braised ginger beaf:

Cucumber salad and mango pickle:

A helpful healthy eating pyramid:

I was most curious about this curd rice, which I took and enjoyed (lots of flavor, creamy texture):

Here are people getting salad from the salad bar:

More hot food options:

And more:

Here?s a handy guide to Google?s menu labeling symbols:

And some agua fresca (strawberry flavored) to drink with your lunch.

As it got closer to 12 o?clock, the crowds grew:

The best part: you don?t have to pay for it. You just pile food on your tray and walk outside and eat. No wonder people like working at Google.

Here?s the plate that I made for myself:

My favorite part was the tomato stuffed with some kind of grains seasoned with orange zest.

And here are my lunch companions, Jen and Chris (my host):

And the scene outside:

As you can see, Google?s a bit of a Utopia for computer nerds. And the food is pretty incredible considering how much of it they have to make and how many people (from different backgrounds) they need to feed. Plus: there?s all kinds of snack food and beverages available all over the building.

After my lunch, I was whisked upstairs where my memory was erased; then I gave a Google Talk (which should be online, pretty soon?I?ll post it!) and my time at Google was at an end.

So thanks, Chris, for hosting me? it was a real treat to see what Google?s many employees get to eat for lunch. Stay Googley!

Tags: cafeteria, California, Google, lunch, Mountain View

Categories: California, Restaurant Reviews

Source: http://www.amateurgourmet.com/2012/10/lunch-at-the-googleplex.html

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Veterans Say Economy Is Top Security Risk - Business Insider

A recent poll conducted by nonpartisan veteran's advocacy group has found that veterans believe that the American economy is the biggest threat to national security.

The poll, reported by Politico, placed 'foreign terror groups' in second, followed by traditional powers, debt, military cuts, and cyberwarfare. The group Concerned Veterans for America sponsored the poll, while the Winston Group actually conducted it.

It should be noted that veterans are the group facing service-wide personnel cuts and $600 billion in mandatory defense cuts (referred to as "sequestration") and who, until very recently, had an unemployment rate higher than the national average.

The poll found Iraq and Afghanistan veterans unemployment to be the top concern of most vets, at 88 percent.?

NOW SEE: ?How The U.S. Invited Iranian Hackers To Attack The Banking System >

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/veterans-say-economy-is-top-security-risk-2012-10

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UFZ is breaking new grounds in water management

Public release date: 22-Oct-2012
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Contact: Tilo Arnhold
presse@ufz.de
49-341-235-1635
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

Project Implementation Office established at the Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation

This press release is available in German.

Amman/ Leipzig. Following an initiative proposed by Jordan's Ministry of Water and Irrigation, the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and the Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation are currently developing an extensive programme designed to improve water management in Jordan. The proposed decentralisation of sanitation and reuse of water is designed to significantly alleviate the issues of water scarcity and groundwater protection that Jordan faces today. During this process it is important to sustainably align fundamental social conditions as well as political and administrative standards with wastewater treatment technology requirements. During her visit to Jordan on 21st October, Annette Schavan, Federal Minister of Education and Research, has together with Jordan's Minister of Water and Irrigation, officially inaugurated the Implementation Office that has been established for this purpose at the Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation.

With funding from the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) under the "Integrated Water Resource Management" sponsorship programme (02WM1212), the UFZ and the Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI) have set up a Project Office at the MWI designed to co-ordinate the development of an implementation strategy on decentralised wastewater treatment scenarios in rural and peri-urban areas over the next three years. Many of Jordan's households are not connected to mains sewerage systems, and the indirect disposal of untreated wastewater through cesspools poses considerable risks to the country's scarce groundwater resources. This could be avoided by reclaiming and reusing wastewater locally, thus significantly contributing to an improved water balance in one of the most arid countries in the world. Jordan proposes a share of recycled water of up to 15% of the overall water quantity available, to be used primarily for agricultural purposes.

This joint Jordanian-German initiative aims to integrate the relevant institutions and technologies into the current political strategy of Jordan while also giving consideration to the socio-economic environment, and to study the conditions required for successful implementation. In the process, new markets will be opened up, not least in other countries where water is scarce since the procedures and methods developed will be transferable so that other regions may apply them efficiently as well.

MWI and UFZ pursue their goal by using the so-called participatory approach, which is new in many ways: They are building a visible bridge between research, development, water resource policy and implementation. A National Implementation Committee (NICE) is to develop the implementation strategy, where the interests of all major stakeholders of Jordan will be represented. Established experts from the GWP Regional Sections and corresponding networks will be involved to help create the fundamental conditions required for decentralised wastewater treatment systems. Special workshops and consultations (capacity development) are currently being conceived in line with requirements. It must be emphasised that rather than serving as a substitute for centralised disposal plants, decentralised wastewater structures should be put into place where they can achieve greater economies as opposed to centralised solutions. The most suitable locations will be identified by way of a GIS based analysis developed at the UFZ and designed to evaluate and visualise economic, ecological, demographic and physical factors for decision-making. This will allow for earmarking such locations that pose a particularly high risk to groundwater resources.

The NICE project evolved as a result of the groundwork undertaken in the lower Jordan River watershed by the IWRM project, SMART (Sustainable Management of Available Water Resources with Innovative Technologies), which is also sponsored by the BMBF. Research institutions, regulatory authorities, universities and water utilities from Germany, Jordan, Israel and Palestine are all involved in the project consortium. A particular highlight in Jordan is the Research, Demonstration and Training Facility in Fuheis (near Amman) where decentralised wastewater treatment technologies and options for agricultural reuse have been tested locally during normal operation since 2010. The SMART project includes the seven pilot plants for decentralised wastewater treatment and reuse that are currently under construction in rural and peri-urban areas in Jordan.

The project implemented jointly by MWI, BMBF and UFZ is a major step forward, combining environmental research and technology transfer with the core elements of international co-operation. It adds a whole new facet to application-oriented research the UFZ is committed to.

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For further information, please contact:

Germany/UFZ:
Dr. Roland Mller, Head of the Centre for Environmental Biotechnology (UBZ) at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
Telephone: 0341-235-1275
http://www.ufz.de/index.php?de=3096

Jordan:
Dr. Mi-Yong Lee, Head of the NICE office in Amman, Jordan Ministry of Water and Irrigation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
http://www.mwi.gov.jo/sites/en-us/SitePages/Water%20Demand%20Management/Introdcution.aspx
Telephone: +962 -6-565-2260 ext. 1126
Mobile +962-79-6639537

Links: http://www.iwrm-smart.org/

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Public release date: 22-Oct-2012
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Contact: Tilo Arnhold
presse@ufz.de
49-341-235-1635
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

Project Implementation Office established at the Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation

This press release is available in German.

Amman/ Leipzig. Following an initiative proposed by Jordan's Ministry of Water and Irrigation, the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and the Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation are currently developing an extensive programme designed to improve water management in Jordan. The proposed decentralisation of sanitation and reuse of water is designed to significantly alleviate the issues of water scarcity and groundwater protection that Jordan faces today. During this process it is important to sustainably align fundamental social conditions as well as political and administrative standards with wastewater treatment technology requirements. During her visit to Jordan on 21st October, Annette Schavan, Federal Minister of Education and Research, has together with Jordan's Minister of Water and Irrigation, officially inaugurated the Implementation Office that has been established for this purpose at the Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation.

With funding from the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) under the "Integrated Water Resource Management" sponsorship programme (02WM1212), the UFZ and the Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI) have set up a Project Office at the MWI designed to co-ordinate the development of an implementation strategy on decentralised wastewater treatment scenarios in rural and peri-urban areas over the next three years. Many of Jordan's households are not connected to mains sewerage systems, and the indirect disposal of untreated wastewater through cesspools poses considerable risks to the country's scarce groundwater resources. This could be avoided by reclaiming and reusing wastewater locally, thus significantly contributing to an improved water balance in one of the most arid countries in the world. Jordan proposes a share of recycled water of up to 15% of the overall water quantity available, to be used primarily for agricultural purposes.

This joint Jordanian-German initiative aims to integrate the relevant institutions and technologies into the current political strategy of Jordan while also giving consideration to the socio-economic environment, and to study the conditions required for successful implementation. In the process, new markets will be opened up, not least in other countries where water is scarce since the procedures and methods developed will be transferable so that other regions may apply them efficiently as well.

MWI and UFZ pursue their goal by using the so-called participatory approach, which is new in many ways: They are building a visible bridge between research, development, water resource policy and implementation. A National Implementation Committee (NICE) is to develop the implementation strategy, where the interests of all major stakeholders of Jordan will be represented. Established experts from the GWP Regional Sections and corresponding networks will be involved to help create the fundamental conditions required for decentralised wastewater treatment systems. Special workshops and consultations (capacity development) are currently being conceived in line with requirements. It must be emphasised that rather than serving as a substitute for centralised disposal plants, decentralised wastewater structures should be put into place where they can achieve greater economies as opposed to centralised solutions. The most suitable locations will be identified by way of a GIS based analysis developed at the UFZ and designed to evaluate and visualise economic, ecological, demographic and physical factors for decision-making. This will allow for earmarking such locations that pose a particularly high risk to groundwater resources.

The NICE project evolved as a result of the groundwork undertaken in the lower Jordan River watershed by the IWRM project, SMART (Sustainable Management of Available Water Resources with Innovative Technologies), which is also sponsored by the BMBF. Research institutions, regulatory authorities, universities and water utilities from Germany, Jordan, Israel and Palestine are all involved in the project consortium. A particular highlight in Jordan is the Research, Demonstration and Training Facility in Fuheis (near Amman) where decentralised wastewater treatment technologies and options for agricultural reuse have been tested locally during normal operation since 2010. The SMART project includes the seven pilot plants for decentralised wastewater treatment and reuse that are currently under construction in rural and peri-urban areas in Jordan.

The project implemented jointly by MWI, BMBF and UFZ is a major step forward, combining environmental research and technology transfer with the core elements of international co-operation. It adds a whole new facet to application-oriented research the UFZ is committed to.

###

For further information, please contact:

Germany/UFZ:
Dr. Roland Mller, Head of the Centre for Environmental Biotechnology (UBZ) at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
Telephone: 0341-235-1275
http://www.ufz.de/index.php?de=3096

Jordan:
Dr. Mi-Yong Lee, Head of the NICE office in Amman, Jordan Ministry of Water and Irrigation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
http://www.mwi.gov.jo/sites/en-us/SitePages/Water%20Demand%20Management/Introdcution.aspx
Telephone: +962 -6-565-2260 ext. 1126
Mobile +962-79-6639537

Links: http://www.iwrm-smart.org/

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AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.

Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/haog-uib102212.php

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