Roberts jokes about trip to 'impregnable' fortress

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Void Century

Different times, different pasts, different technology, different things, all of them meet together, not knowing how, where, or when it happened, because everything is happening at once.

From different generations across the world, different people of different ages and genders come together, nothing in common, these people group together to find a mystery of what had happened in the past, or is it the future?
One thing they know though, someone brought them together, not knowing who. But how? When? and why...?

Finding themselves in Chicago, separate places, the city that had tall buildings and plenty of people, became but ruins and nothingness. One finds newspapers talking about the end of the world. One finds a letter, explaining there was an empty space in the past called the 'Void Century' which contained of three hundred years, where no one knew what had had happened. All the letter said, was they needed to find out what had happened in this past. The rest of these people, scattered, look around what used to be Chicago, for any other people.

They slowly group together, finding these monsters which were obviously mutants, with intellects just as good as humans, they had to hide from and fight. How do they survive this horrifying century? Are there any other humans living? And how do they get out? And who is the culprit who put them there in the first place? Most of all, who created these mutants in the first place and destroyed this city?

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Real Housewives of OC Finale ? Cake-Gate and Other Drama

Season 7 of The Real Housewives of Orange County came to a screeching halt this week with a high-drama, two-part finale. The ladies of the OC are well known for their season-ending parties. Last year, we had the infamous drink-tossing incident between Jeana and Tamra. This year, not to be out-done, we had three incidents, starting with ?CakeGate?, when uninvited guest Sarah Winchester came to the party with Alexis. The party was a ?name-change? party thrown by Heather, who, after 15 years, decided to finally take her husband Terry Dubrow?s last name. What followed should make the highlight reels for the Real Housewives series! Alexis and Jim Bellino caused some drama during the Season 7 finale of The Real Housewives of Orange County. Image Credit: PRN / PR Photos. So the party is held at the palatial home of the Dubrows, where all of that plastic surgery money buys you a spectacular view of the Pacific Ocean and a home that princes and kings would feel comfortable in. Yet, Heather bought a cake for $550 that was hideous! Basically a three-tiered squarish cake with her new initials on it with a big pink sugar bow on top. Alexis arrives with [...]

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Rollyo.org - Art & Entertainment Then And Now - My Bookmark

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Art and humanities is a medium which is liked by every person. And many of them bookmark that page or site. With the help of Rollyo.org anyone can find art and humanities related stuffs.

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Dos Equis Offers Up To $25,000 Cash for Your Wildest Ambitions

As part of its ongoing effort to encourage adventure seekers around the world to stay thirsty, Dos Equis today officially announced the launch of the newest iteration of the Most Interesting Academy. The Academy?s mission is to inform, inspire and equip adult fans with the tools and knowledge necessary for leading an extraordinary life. Through an interactive online community at MostInterestingAcademy.com that features unique content created by notable bloggers and artists, and compelling experiences across the U.S., the Academy provides all the elements to keep life interesting.

As part of the Academy, Dos Equis will also reward fans with the chance to bring their most ambitious dreams to life through the ?Stay Thirsty Grant? competition*. Whether it?s base jumping in Bangkok, preparing rattlesnake soup for royalty, or traversing the Amazon, the Academy can help make it happen. Dos Equis will offer applicants the opportunity to realize their dreams, while showcasing their ability to share their unique desires and passions through the Academy online community. Each grant can have a value of up to $25,000.

?Connecting Dos Equis fans with some tangible and unique experiences that will enrich their lives is what the Most Interesting Academy is all about?, said Paul Smailes, Senior Brand Director at Dos Equis. ?We are also thrilled to be giving our most passionate and ambitious fans an opportunity to make their dreams come true with the Stay Thirsty grant. We can?t wait to see the applications.?

Dos Equis will bring the online Academy experience to life with a wide array of events and happenings throughout 2012, anchored by two large-scale Most Interesting Academy experiences in Austin and New York City. These events will bring like-minded adventurers together, and feature everything from musical performances by top acts to snake charmers and culinary tasting journeys. In addition, Dos Equis will be hitting the road to bring a slew of interesting experiences to fans nationwide, including mobile trucks with unique global cuisine, Tough Mudder? sponsorships, and other engaging experiences. For information about upcoming Academy events in cities across the U.S., go to MostInterestingAcademy.com.

Covering a diverse range of interests and activities, the Most Interesting Academy is supported by the Dos Equis Board of Experts. The Board is spearheaded by former professional football player, world traveler and bow-tie aficionado Dhani Jones, culinary pioneer Craig Thornton and contemporary collage artist Michael Anderson. The trio of Dos Equis Board of Experts will be on hand at all local market events to participate and encourage fans to brush up on all of the unconventional experiences offered.

?It?s my passion for adventure that gave me the desire to serve on the Academy Board,? said Dhani Jones. ?It?s my job to make sure that everyone who takes part in the Most Interesting Academy gets out of their comfort zone, experiences new adventures and ultimately, has a cool story to share.?

The Most Interesting Academy is part of an ongoing commitment from Dos Equis to encourage fans to stay thirsty through interesting, engaging and adventurous experiences, both in-person and online. To stay current with information regarding the Most Interesting Academy and more, ?Like? Dos Equis on Facebook (Facebook.com/DosEquis), or follow Dos Equis via Twitter (Twitter.com/DosEquis).

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Tepid economic growth weighs on US job market

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The U.S. economy is growing too slowly to pull the job market out of a slump, according to the latest data that suggest June has been another weak month for hiring.

Applications for unemployment benefits stayed above a level last week that is generally considered too high to lower the unemployment rate. And the annual growth rate for the U.S. economy in the January-March quarter was unchanged at a tepid 1.9 percent.

Two government reports released Thursday added to the picture of an economy that is faltering for the third straight year after a promising start. Job growth has tumbled, consumers are less confident and Europe's financial crisis has dampened demand for U.S. exports.

Most economists don't see growth accelerating much from the first-quarter pace, although some are hopeful that lower gas prices could help lift consumer spending over the summer.

Growth of around 1.9 percent typically generates roughly 90,000 jobs a month. That's considered too weak to lower the unemployment rate, which was 8.2 percent last month.

Slow improvement in the economy threatens President Barack Obama's re-election hopes. He is likely to face voters with the highest unemployment rate of any president since the Great Depression.

The Federal Reserve last week downgraded its outlook for 2012 growth. The Fed now predicts the economy will grow between 1.9 percent and 2.4 percent this year ? a half a percentage point lower than its forecast in April. And it doesn't see the unemployment rate falling much lower this year.

Hiring hasn't likely improved in June, based on the level of people applying for unemployment benefits.

Weekly applications fell only slightly last week to a seasonally adjusted 386,000, the Labor Department said. Applications have climbed nearly 5 percent in the past two months.

When applications are above 375,000, it generally means that hiring isn't strong enough to rapidly lower the unemployment rate.

Economists are predicting that 100,000 jobs were added in June and the unemployment rate did not change, according to a survey by FactSet. The government will issue the June employment report on July 6.

"Jobless claims are still too high and show that employment growth is slowing and no progress is being made," said Jennifer Lee, an economist at BMO Capital Markets.

Employers added an average of only 73,000 jobs a month in April and May after averaging 226,000 a month in the first three months of the year.

The report on the first quarter's economic growth showed that U.S. corporate profits fell, the first quarterly decline since the final three months of 2008.

U.S. corporations earned less profit overseas, the report said. That's likely a result of Europe's economic woes and slowing growth in countries like China and India. Lower overseas profits could discourage U.S. employers from adding some jobs in the second half of the year.

"With global weakness continuing ... corporate profits are likely to remain under pressure, a development that is unlikely to help the employment outlook," said Jeremy Lawson, an economist at BNP Paribas.

Other recent indicators have painted a mixed picture of the economy.

A closely watched private survey released this week showed consumer confidence fell in June for the fourth straight month. The Conference Board said worries about the job market outweighed lower gas prices and steady improvement in the housing market.

Americans have received little in the way of pay raises this year, with wage growth trailing inflation. That has started to slow their growth in spending. Retails sales have barely grown in the past two months.

Less growth in consumer spending has also hurt U.S. manufacturing activity, a leading economic driver since the recession ended. Factories produced less in May than April, the Federal Reserve said this month. Automakers cut back on output for the first time in six months.

There have been hopeful signs.

Gas prices have plummeted since peaking in April near $4 per gallon. The average national price for a gallon of gas was $3.37 on Thursday, according to auto club AAA, Wright Express and the Oil Price Information Service.

U.S. factories received more orders for long-lasting manufactured goods in May, while a key measure of business investment plans rose.

And Americans are starting to gain more confidence in the long-suffering housing market. Home sales are up from last year and signed contracts to buy homes matched a two-year high in May.

One reason home sales are increasing is mortgage rates have fallen to the lowest levels on record. This week, the average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage stayed at 3.66 percent. That's unchanged from last week and the lowest since long-term mortgages began in the 1950s.

Home prices have started to rise in most cities. And homebuilders are planning to break ground on more projects in the next 12 months.

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Nextiva's Customer Service Team Delivers Amazing Service - Nextiva

One of our greatest goals at Nextiva is to raise customers? expectations ? and meet them ? by delivering our signature Amazing Service?.? We like to look at service as the foundation of everything we do, as a component of our product line.? Just as we strive to provide our customers with the strongest, most reliable VoIP telephone service, we want our customers to experience the highest levels of service.

We?ve identified five key factors to running a successful support center with optimal customer service, and would love to share with you how Nextiva abides by them:

• Be a good listener. ?Each of our customers have different system setups, so we make sure to take the time to listen to the needs of each caller so that we can set up new accounts and resolve any issues as quickly and easily as possible.
• Make customers feel important and appreciated. ?We understand that your time is valuable, so we guarantee little or no hold time when you call Nextiva.? In fact, 95% of our calls are answered by the second ring!
• Help customers understand your systems. ?Our trained support team can give you a simple and logical explanation of any network set-up so you understand your system in business terms.
• Treat employees well. ?Nextiva?s office is filled with happy, healthy employees thanks to our activity lounge, generous vacation time, free meals and casual environment.
• Know how to apologize. We admit: things aren?t perfect 100% of the time.? In the unusual instance of an outage, our engineers are able to quickly restore the network and relay any critical messages to our support team regarding downtime.

We recognize that excellent service depends on excellent systems and people. That?s why we build and maintain our powerful unified communication platform with a dedicated team of more than 200 expert engineers. The technology platform supports all of our business VoIP phone systems and services. And our customer advocates and support team are ready to provide you with Amazing Service?. Learn the top ten reasons small businesses choose Nextiva and see for yourself. Or simply call 866-435-3843!

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Nora Ephron: Justin Timberlake, Steve Martin Pay Tribute

Bette Midler, Kirstie Alley, Albert Brooks, Ron Howard and more also remember the late writer/director.
By Kara Warner

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Nora Ephron's untimely death Tuesday continues to dominate entertainment news via countless tributes and love letters posted online. There has also been an emotionally charged outpouring of love and respect from celebrities whose lives were influenced and affected by the late Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, director and playwright.

"She was the one you wanted to read, to listen to, to be in the company of. Nora Ephron. Incomparable wit; delightful friend. Sadness reigns," tweeted Steve Martin, who worked with Ephron on "Mixed Nuts."

"R.I.P. Nora Ephron... Funny, charming, witty, full of heart, and one of the greatest who put it all down in timeless, quotable classics," singer/actor Justin Timberlake added.

Timberlake's fiancée, Jessica Biel, tweeted: "Nora Ephron...thank you for your ground breaking contributions for women in the film industry. You have truly paved the way. With respect..."

"Nora Ephron was devastatingly funny, extremely witty, and was ALWAYS one of the kindest people I have ever met," wrote Colin Hanks, whose father, Tom Hanks, appeared in two of Ephron's most famous films, "Sleepless in Seattle" and "You've Got Mail."

"Nora Ephron. The Hostess with the Mostest on the Ball," Bette Midler wrote. "A brilliant soul, and we will all miss her so...."

Ephron's fellow writers/directors, Albert Brooks and Ron Howard, shared their memories of the late legend. "R.I.P Nora Ephron. A witty, charming, lovely person," Brooks tweeted, while Howard added: "RIP Nora Ephron brilliant gracious and FUNNY."

"You can settle for reality, or you can go off, like a fool, and dream another dream. ... Oh Jeez... you will be missed..RIP XO," Kirstie Alley wrote. "Auditioned for Nora Ephron 20 yrs ago," Kevin Nealon chimed in. "Didn't get the part but she sent me a thank you note. I'll always remember that and you, Nora."

Share your condolences for Ephron's family and friends in the comments below.

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Lawyer: Jerry Sandusky still says he's not guilty

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How to Wean Your Children Off Your Expense Account

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OLED Lego train station emerges from Adafruit and Arduino gear, minifigs to get home on time

Who knew Lego characters had to be somewhere in a hurry? Adafruit did, as it just whipped up a minifig-sized train schedule. The invention mates one of Adafruit's own 1-inch OLED boards with an Arduino Uno controlling the schedule behind the scenes. It looks to be a straightforward project for the DIY types, although the display is currently all show: the schedule doesn't (yet) pair up with the train tracks to automatically let your minifigs know if their trip to the pirate spaceship castle has been delayed by ghosts. You can check the source link for the full instructions. Duplo builders, alas, are kept out of the loop.

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National Mortgage Settlement | Cambridge Credit Counseling ...

The U.S. Attorney General recently announced the federal government and 49 states have entered into the largest consumer financial protection settlement ever with the 5 largest mortgage services to address mortgage servicing, foreclosure, and bankruptcy abuses.

To learn more about whether your loan may be affected by this settlement, the timeline for relief, and other questions, please visit:

1. The United States Trustee Program?s website concerning the National Mortgage Settlement, which includes Frequently Asked Questions:?http://www.justice.gov/ust/eo/public_affairs/consumer_info/nms/index.htm

2. The website of the Office of Mortgage Settlement Oversight at:http://www.mortgageoversight.com/

3. The website of the Executive Committee of the state attorneys general:?http://www.nationalmortgagesettlement.com/

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What?s Behind Canada?s Entry to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Talks?

Last week, U.S. President Barack Obama formally extended an invitation to Canada to join the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations, a proposed trade deal that includes the U.S., Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam (Mexico was also added last week). Supporters have lauded the TPP as potentially the world?s most important trade pact and the Canadian government spent months crossing the globe to lobby for an invitation.

Yet dig beneath the heady promises and the benefits for Canada are hard to identify. The price of admission was very steep ? Canada appears to have agreed to conditions that grant it second-tier status ? and the economic benefits from improved access to TPP economies are likely to be relatively minor since we already have free-trade agreements with four of the ten participants.

Given those conditions, why aggressively pursue entry into the negotiations? The reason stems less from gaining barrier-free access to a handful of relatively small economies and far more about using the TPP as a backdoor mechanism to promote regulatory changes in Canada.

Given Canada?s late entry into the TPP process, the U.S. was able to extract two onerous conditions that Prime Minister Stephen Harper downplayed as the ?accession process.? First, Canada will not be able to reopen any chapters where agreement has already been reached among the current nine TPP partners. This means Canada has already agreed to be bound by TPP terms without having had any input. Since the TPP remains secret, the government can?t even tell us what has been agreed upon.

Second, Canada has second-tier status in the negotiations as the U.S. has stipulated that Canada will not have ?veto authority? over any chapter. This means that should the other nine countries agree on terms, Canada would be required to accept them.

This condition could be used to stop Canada from joining forces with another country on a tough issue during the late stages of the negotiation. For example, Canada and New Zealand both have copyright terms that last for the life of the author plus an additional 50 years. The U.S. has proposed that the TPP mandate a term of life plus 70 years. While Canada and New Zealand might be able to jointly block the extension, the U.S. could pressure New Zealand to cave on the issue and effectively force Canada to accept the change.

These tough entry conditions might be worth it if Canada stood to benefit significantly from new market access. However, Canada already has free trade agreements with the U.S., Mexico, Chile, and Peru. That leaves just six countries, which currently represent less than one per cent of Canadian exports, as the net gain. In fact, there has been recent speculation that Chile is prepared to drop out of the negotiations precisely because it already has a free trade agreement with the U.S. and sees little upside in making major concessions in order to gain better access to the remaining TPP markets.

With Canada already surrendering negotiation leverage and few important markets at stake, our participation is less about other TPP countries and much more about us. Business groups such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce applauded Canada?s entry into the TPP, expressing the hope that it would force further changes to Canadian intellectual property laws less than 24 hours after Bill C-11 passed in the House of Commons.

For the Canadian government, the TPP offers cover for major reforms to supply management, the combination of tariffs, quotas and price supports that increase costs for dairy, eggs, chicken, turkey and broiler hatching eggs. The system has been politically untouchable for decades, but using a backdoor approach of mandating change through trade agreement might provide the mechanism to garner the necessary popular support.

While backers maintain that the TPP will open up new markets to Canadian companies, the reality is that the agreement?s biggest impact is likely to come from major domestic legislative reforms that would otherwise face considerable opposition and serious political risk.

Michael Geist holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law. He can be reached at or online at www.michaelgeist.ca.

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Thread: New to me freebies - Family Woodworking

The guy next door wanted to thank me for cutting his grass the past 5 or 6 weeks while his hand healed up after having a bone in his thumb replaced. This morning he came over & presented me with these little beauties he snagged at a garage sale...

The planer was attached to the stand, but I barely have enough room to pass gas, so it{the stand} will either be disassembled & stored or passed onto someone who can use it. He had no idea what the clamps were used for, but he picked up both the 32"36"? & the 50" for $5.00..after I explained the clamp uses we decided he should keep one for himself{besides, I told him that I knew where he lived if I needed the larger one }...He wouldn't say what he paid for the planer, he just smiled and said he was still "way ahead"...great to have good neighbors, or good to have great neighbors, either/or, I'm blessed to have quite a few on our little street!

I don't know much about this planer except it works fine, it seems. Though I will be making it a permanent home of some sort with in-feed & out-feed tables, currently set-up, it leaves about 2-3 inches of snipe, but hopefully some fine tuning and the possibility of some of you having a tip or two to share will square away most of the bugs I might encounter.

Anyways...sorry for rambling, I'm still giddy over this....hope you all have a great weekend, and be sure to at least wave hi to your neighbors...you just never know...

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Ron Barber Holds 'Congress On Your Corner' In Tucson

Arizona Shooting Memorial Ceremony

U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., right, and wife Cheryl, second from left, pose for a photograph with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, center, and her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, at a memorial ceremony remembering the victims and survivors one year after a gunman shot Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Arizona Shooting Memorial Ceremony

From left, Rabbi Stephanie Aaron, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, her husband Mark Kelly, and University of Arizona Medical Center's Dr. Peter Rhee, dance to the music of Calexico, during a vigil at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Ariz., on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. Giffords led a crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance in a rare public appearance one year after surviving a deadly shooting. (AP Photo/The Republic, David Wallace)

Arizona Shooting Memorial Ceremony

U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords recites the "Pledge of Allegiance" alongside her husband Mark Kelly, right, Ron Barber, far right, and Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett, left, at the start of a vigil at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Ariz., on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. The day marks the one year anniversary of the shootings at the Safeway in Tucson. (AP Photo/The Republic, David Wallace)

Arizona Shooting Memorial Ceremony

People hold lights aloft during a a memorial vigil remembering the victims and survivors of the shooting that wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, 12 others and killed six one year ago Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Arizona Shooting Memorial Ceremony

Mark Kelly leans on the shoulder of his wife, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords at a memorial vigil remembering the victims and survivors of the shooting that wounded Giffords, 12 others and killed six one year ago Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz.

Arizona Shooting Memorial Ceremony

Teresa Bier leaves a rose honoring Christina Taylor-Green in a vase for the six people killed in the shooting at an event for Giffords one year ago, during an interfaith remembrance service at St. Augustine Catherdral, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012 in Tucson, Ariz.

Arizona Shooting Memorial Ceremony

Pat Maisch, right, who grabbed a gun magazine as the shooter prepared to reload, reacts after being introduced by former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona, during a memorial ceremony remembering the victims and survivors of the shootings in Tucson that left six dead and 13 wounded, including Giffords, one year ago Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona Shooting Memorial Ceremony

Daniel Hernandez, former intern for U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, leaves one of six roses for the six people killed in the shooting at an event for Giffords one year ago, during an interfaith remembrance service at St. Augustine Catherdral, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012 in Tucson, Ariz. Hernandez came to Giffords' aid after the shooting.

Arizona Shooting Memorial Ceremony

A memorial of flowers and six crosses stands across the street from the Safeway where one year before a shooting at an event for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords left six dead and 13 injured, including Giffords, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, in Tucson.

Arizona Shooting Memorial Ceremony

Matt McLear, 48, of Tucson, Ariz., looks at a memorial of flowers and crosses across the street from the Safeway where one year before a shooting at an event for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords left six dead and 13 injured, including Giffords, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, in Tucson.

Arizona Shooting Memorial Ceremony

Shooting victim Mary Reed, right, receives a hug during a service honoring the lives of the 2011 Tucson shooting victims at University of Arizona Centennial Hall in Tucson, Ariz., Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. One year ago, a gunman opened fire at an event for U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, killing six and injuring 13, including the Congresswoman.

Arizona Shooting Memorial Ceremony

U.S. Senator Mark Udall, right, speaks for shooting victim U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords during a service honoring the lives of the 2011 Tucson shooting victims at University of Arizona Centennial Hall in Tucson, Ariz., Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. One year ago, a gunman opened fire at an event for Giffords, killing six and injuring 13, including the Congresswoman.

Arizona Shooting Anniversary

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband retired Navy Captain Mark Kelly walk on the Davidson Canyon Gabe Zimmerman Memorial Trailhead Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012 to pay tribute to Zimmerman, who was killed almost one year ago during the Tucson shooting. Zimmerman was the director of community outreach for U.S. Representative Giffords.

Arizona Shooting Anniversary

In this photo provided by the office of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Giffords and husband Mark Kelly pose at the Davidson Canyon Gabe Zimmerman Memorial trailhead outside of Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012. Kelly posted the photo earlier Saturday via his Twitter account. The trailhead is named in honor of Giffords' slain staff member Gabe Zimmerman.

Arizona Shooting Anniversary

Iesha Seiku, center, founder of a Harlem anti-gun violence group, joins members of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence and the National Action Network as they pause during a "Too Many Victims" march and vigil against gun violence on the first anniversary of the Arizona shootings that killed six and injured 12, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Gabrielle Giffords

The signals are strong. One year after being shot in the head, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is on a mission to return to the job she so clearly loved. Her husband and people near the three-term congresswoman say she is highly motivated to recover from her injuries and get back to work in Washington, potentially using her inspirational story as a way to mend political differences in the nation's capital. She faces a May deadline to get on the November ballot, meaning she has a few months to decide her next step. (AP Photo/southwestphotobank.com, P.K. Weis)

Jared Loughner

This Jan. 8, 2011 file photo provided by the Pima County Sheriff's Office shows Jared Loughner. Loughner, The mentally ill man charged in the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others isn't expected to go to trial in 2012 as he continues to be forcibly medicated in a bid to make him psychologically fit to stand trial.

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John and Roxanna Green finish a floral portrait of their daughter Taylor, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, at the historic Castle Green in Pasadena, Calif. Taylor was Killed during the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabriel Giffords and Roxanne will carry the floral portrait on the Donate Life float in the Rose Parade on, Monday, Jan. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman)

Gabrielle Giffords

U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., waves to airmen while serving a Thanksgiving meal at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)

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Brand new bonding skills make boron more like carbon

BORON has been hiding secret skills but its cover is finally blown.

In a tightly sealed flask in a German lab sits an emerald-green crystal that is the first stable compound with a triple chemical bond between two boron atoms. Such bonds were previously reserved for an elite club of atoms, including carbon, which sits next to boron in the periodic table.

In another first, boron atoms have linked up with each other in chains. Carbon's tendency to do so is the basis for organic chemistry, making possible DNA, proteins, alcohols and plastics. Synthetic, or alien, life based on boron remains far-fetched - boron still can't link to other life-related compounds, for one thing. But the feats pave the way for boron-based polymers, and other structures previously undreamed of. "Certainly this will go into the textbooks," says Holger Braunschweig of the University of W?rzburg in Germany.

Until now largely obscure, boron occupies a special spot in the periodic table. On one side are metals like beryllium, which give away their outermost electrons to form ionic bonds. On the other side are the non-metals carbon and nitrogen, which prefer sharing electrons in covalent bonds.

A single covalent bond is two electrons shared between two atoms. Carbon, with four outer electrons, and nitrogen with five, form triple covalent bonds consisting of six shared electrons, or three pairs. Boron has three outer electrons, so in principle should be capable of this too, but it has remained aloof. In 2002, Mingfei Zhou and colleagues at Fudan University in Shanghai, China, managed to make a boron triple bond - but only at 8 degrees above absolute zero.

Boron can hold up to eight outer electrons: a pair in each of four slots. In atomic boron, one of these slots is completely empty and the other three are half-full, with one electron apiece. To make triple-bonded boron that could survive at room temperature, Braunschweig and his colleagues filled all four slots. They filled up the empty slot by bonding each boron atom to a molecule that donated two electrons. Each boron atom then completed the filling of its slots by pairing up with another boron atom and pooling its original three electrons (see diagram). In the resulting compound, each boron atom has a full suite of eight outer electrons, making it stable (Science, DOI: 10.1126/science.1221138).

Braunschweig and his team have already begun investigating the reactivity of the novel compound. "It turns out that it shows a rich chemistry," he says.

Triple-bonding is not the only way the researchers got boron to mimic its superstar neighbour, carbon, though. They also coaxed boron atoms into forming a chain. Previous attempts to do this with boron failed and resulted in messy clusters. "It is extremely difficult to form chains of boron atoms," says Braunschweig. The secret was to attach the boron atoms to an iron scaffold, which allowed up to four to form a chain (Nature Chemistry, DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1379).

Next, Braunschweig and his team hope to free this boron chain from its scaffold and increase the chain length to form the boron equivalent of polyethylene, a common plastic. "The material, if it could be made, would have completely different physical behaviour from an ordinary carbon chain," Braunschweig says.

A world of previously forbidden chemistry beckons. "They did not simply find a new flower or a new plant," says Gernot Frenking of the University of Marburg in Germany, who was not involved in the work. "They opened the door to a whole new garden."

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JBLM soldier from California dies in Afghanistan

by Associated Press

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Posted on June 22, 2012 at 8:09 PM

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash.? -- The Defense Department says a 22-year-old soldier from Gustine, Calif. has died in Afghanistan of wounds suffered from enemy small arms fire.

Sgt. Jose Rodriguez died Tuesday near Maiwand in Kandahar province.

He was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.

The base said Rodriguez entered the Army in August 2008.

This was his second deployment to Afghanistan. He deployed with the 2nd Stryker Brigade in April.
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Thousands in Tahrir Square slam Egypt military 'coup'

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Tim's back! Brian's back! Even Dana's back! Oh yeah, and Microsoft's back, too! We're all in New York City this week (well, everyone but Microsoft) at an undisclosed location as our studio is being rebuilt. Come join the fun and breathe in all of the construction dust tonight at 5PM.

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Sony pumps $994 million into building stacked CMOS that lets smartphones record HDR Video

Sony is pumping 80 billion yen ($994 million) into its Nagasaki Technology Center, the home of its innovative stacked CMOS. Unlike traditional versions, the image sensor and circuit are mounted on top of one another, rather than side-by-side across a supporting substrate. The tweak means it shaves valuable millimeters from its body while producing far clearer images and, best of all, HDR Video. With the investment (and some Government subsidy) the company aims to pump out 60,000 wafers per month by the end of 2013. Given that both Samsung and Apple both use Sony's imaging equipment in their flagships, we can hope that the 13-megapixel units find their way into the next generation of handsets.

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Senate bill brings some big changes to farm policy

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Briefly putting election-year politics aside, the Senate on Thursday moved toward strong approval of legislation assuring that farmers hit by bad times will be protected and that millions of others hurt by the bad economy won't go hungry.

The Senate is expected to show bipartisan support for the $500 billion bill that sets farm safety net and conservation policies and funds the food stamp program over the next five years. The vote will come after lawmakers finish the final eight of more than 70 amendments the Senate is considering as part of the 1,000-page bill.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky opened Thursday's session by praising the Senate's recent successes in getting bills passed. McConnell said they were "getting back to operating the way the Senate traditionally has."

The bill goes next to the House, where there's less enthusiasm for it among conservative Republicans. The House Agriculture Committee has delayed a vote on the farm bill until July 11, and it's uncertain when the full House will vote. The 2008 farm bill expires at the end of September.

One issue the Senate left unresolved that the House will have to consider is a division between northern and southern farmers over safety nets.

The Senate bill makes major changes in past practices, eliminating direct payments to farmers regardless of whether they plant a crop and replacing the payments with greater emphasis on crop insurance and a new revenue protection plan that compensates farmers for minor losses until crop insurance kicks in.

Northern and Midwestern corn and soybean farmers support the change, but southern rice and peanut farmers, who have relied more heavily on direct payments and a target price subsidy that would also be eliminated, are looking to the House to keep at least some parts of the old system.

Senate supporters say the changes to the subsidy programs will save $15 billion over the next 10 years. The entire bill, with savings to conservation programs and food stamps, formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, would save the treasury $23 billion over that period.

The Senate bill also limits subsidy payments to those with adjusted gross income of less than $750,000, half the current ceiling, and caps payments at $50,000 for an individual or $100,000 for a couple. An amendment approved Wednesday would also reduce by 15 percentage points the taxpayer share of crop insurance premiums for those with incomes of more than $750,000. The government now pays an average 62 percent of crop insurance premiums.

The bill also ends payments to "farm managers," sometimes wealthy people who may have an interest in a farm but don't live on the property or actively engage in farming.

Food stamps continue to command the great majority of farm bill dollars. Spurred by the bad economy, there are now 46 million people getting food stamps, at a cost of about $80 billion a year. That's 80 percent of the entire farm bill budget.

The farm bill does make an effort to end abuse or misuse of SNAP benefits. Lottery winners and college students being supported by their non-low-income families no longer qualify. The bill cracks down on benefit trafficking, prevents liquor and tobacco stores from accepting food stamps and closes a loophole in which some states give as little as $1 a year in heating assistance to people, even when they don't have heating bills, to increase their food stamp benefits. That saves about $4 billion over 10 years, a tiny part of the $770 billion the program is expected to spend, and senators rejected amendments that would have made deeper cuts in the program.

The measure also differs from past farm bills in paying more attention to what are called specialty crops, mainly fruits and vegetables. It expands block grants to states to support research and promotion of specialty crops, assists organic farmers and expands support for farmers' markets and programs that help get healthy foods to low-income areas.

Still, there are numerous groups that say the bill doesn't go far enough in casting off old farm bill habits. The conservative Club for Growth said it still asserts too much government control in the private sector. The public interest advocacy group U.S. PIRG said the bill "will continue the current practice of disproportionately subsidizing the largest agribusinesses, who are already profitable and don't need taxpayer handouts."

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., long a watchdog for special interest projects included in highway and farm bills, noted that the bill doesn't change the program that protects sugar growers from foreign competition and creates a new $3 billion program for cotton growers. He said there is also money in the bill to improve the U.S. sheep industry, study the health benefits of peas and lentils and plant trees in urban parks.

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