Outgoing Energy Secretary Steven Chu spoke this week at a government-funded expo for energy innovation. The failure of the Solyndra solar company has cast a shadow over Chu's tenure. But supporters say only with that kind of risk-taking can the government plant the seeds for future energy success stories.
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Controversies linger over the drinking water project's impact, which could result in hard-to-manage algal blooms or gypsum crystals in the Dead Sea
A planned pipeline would deliver water from the Red Sea (center below) to the inland Dead Sea (center) to stem its rapid disappearance. Image: NASA
An ambitious plan to build a pipeline to carry water from the Red Sea to the shrinking Dead Sea lurched forward this month, after the World Bank held hearings to gather public comments on the proposal. But environmentalists charge that alternative plans to save the Dead Sea would be cheaper, more flexible and would have less impact on the region?s ecosystems.
If the project proceeds, a 180-kilometer buried pipeline will carry up to 2 billion cubic meters (m3) of sea water per year from the Gulf of Aqaba on the Red Sea through Jordanian territory to the Dead Sea.
The Dead Sea is world's lowest inland area. Proposals have been put forward to set up the pipeline so that the downward flow of the water goes through a hydroelectric plant that would in turn power a desalination plant, providing up to 850 million m3 of fresh water per year to the parched region. Brine from the desalination plant would be discharged into the already-saline Dead Sea, replenishing water that is evaporating from the lake at a rate of more than 1 meter per year.
The estimated cost of the project would be at least US$10 billion, of which about $2 billion would be for facilities that would pump the desalinated water from the Dead Sea towards Amman ? a distance of 200 kilometers, and a difference in altitude of 1,000 meters.
Public discourse
The World Bank in the past two weeks held public forums on the proposal in six cities across the three regions affected by the plan: Amman and Aqaba in Jordan; Eilat and Jerusalem in Israel; and Ramallah and Jericho in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The meetings came after the publication last year of three major reports ? a feasibility study, an environmental and social assessment and a study of alternatives to the controversial project.
Alex McPhail, team leader for the World Bank's Red Sea?Dead Sea study program, presented the three reports at the cacophonous Jerusalem hearing. McPhail said that the environmental and social assessment, led by the Environmental Resources Management, an international consultancy, indicates that ?all potential major environmental and social impacts can be mitigated to acceptable levels? ? with one notable exception.
Studies indicate that if more than 400 million m3 of sea water is added to the Dead Sea, the body of water could be afflicted with algal blooms or the formation of gypsum crystals, with effects that could be difficult to predict. But that amount of water or more is needed to stabilize or raise the level of the Dead Sea.
The environmental outcome of mixing Red Sea water into the Dead Sea is one of the project?s biggest stumbling blocks, according to the conduit?s biggest opponent, Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME), which is headquartered in Amman.
Ways to water
FoEME favors exploring alternative ways of getting drinking water to the region and saving the Dead Sea. These include increasing water recycling and conservation by Israel and Jordan; importing water from Turkey; and desalinating sea water on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea or at Aqaba, then discharging the brine into the Dead Sea and pumping the fresh water directly to Amman.
Pumping desalinated Mediterranean sea water across Israel to Amman ?almost certainly would be cheaper? than pumping it across Jordanian territory, says David Meehan, team leader for the feasibility study. ?But my perception is that it would be hugely unpopular in Jordan. Basically Israel would control the tap on the water supply to Amman.?
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Feb. 28, 2013 ? Laura Burkle and her colleagues captured 2,778 bees while retracing the muddy steps of a scientist who studied the interactions between bees and flowering plants more than a century ago.
Occasionally stung, but considering herself lucky to have access to the rich historic records that guided her field work, the Montana State University ecologist and her collaborators have now published their results in the journal Science.
Burkle conducted her bee study in the forests of southern Illinois while she was a postdoctoral researcher at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. Now at MSU for the past two years and planning a major ecological study between Yellowstone National Park and Glacier National Park, Burkle and her co-authors compared the bees and flowering plants that existed in 2009 and 2010 with those that existed in the late 1800s and early 1900s around Carlinville, Ill.
The researchers discovered that the area has lost many species of bees and flowering plants over the 120 years since professor Charles Robertson first surveyed the area, Burkle said. Also lost were many interactions between the bees and flowers.
Despite the loss, however, the bees and plants have been surprisingly resilient in the face of warmer temperatures and changing land use, Burkle said. The forests that once grew 10 miles outside of Carlinville are fragments of what they were when Robertson drove his horse and buggy to collect specimens. Fields of corn have replaced acres of trees and prairie. Natural areas have been converted to agricultural, commercial or residential uses. Winter and spring temperatures have risen an average of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
"The good news is that these systems and the way they are structured make them really resilient to change," Burkle said. "But there's been so much change that resiliency has been compromised."
Co-author Tiffany Knight, Burkle's faculty adviser for the study, said, "Plants are an important resource for humans, providing food, fiber and the backbone for all other ecosystem services. Most plants rely on animal pollinators for their reproduction. There is concern that human changes to the environment are disrupting plant-pollinator interactions, but our study is the first that has been able to look at this problem using historical data.
"One of our significant findings is that climate change has resulted in mismatches between plants and their historic pollinators, such that insects are active during times when plants are not in bloom," Knight said. "This is likely because plants and insects respond to different environment cues, and thus, we expect that mismatches between plants and their historic pollinators due to climate change is important across the globe."
The scientist who inspired the recent study was a Harvard professor before moving to Illinois to retire. When he discovered the woods around Carlinville, however, he resumed his academic life as a professor at the local Blackburn College. He collected most of his data from 1887 to 1897, but continued into 1917.
"He loved it," Burkle said. "That was his full-time passion."
Burkle learned about Robertson while looking for a research project to pursue as a postdoctoral researcher. Since Carlinville and St. Louis are just 1 ? hours apart, Burkle and Knight decided to follow up Robertson's study with their own.
They spent the springs of 2009 and 2010 doing fieldwork around Carlinville. Generally working in the woods between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. when bees are most likely to fly, the researchers slogged through the forests looking for the first flowering plants of the season. Then they captured the bees that pollinated those flowers and identified them under the microscopes Burkle set up in their Carlinville apartment.
In 477 hours over two years, the researchers collected 3,620 "floral visitors," Burkle said. Of those, 2,778 were bees and the rest were mostly flies and butterflies. The plant that attracted the largest number of bees -- 923 individuals and 33 species -- was Spring Beauty, a small herbaceous plant. Second most popular plant was the Great Waterleaf.
In addition to their and Robertson's specimens, Burkle and Knight compared their findings to those of co-author John Marlin from the University of Illinois. Marlin, who had gathered data from the Carlinville area in the 1970s, provided intermediate-year information that was "incredibly helpful," Burkle said.
Burkle conducted her research with a $75,000 RAPID grant from the National Science Foundation.
Burkle's next study will begin this summer and look at disturbances -- such as from recent and more historic fires -- to see how plant and pollinator communities re-assemble across Montana between Yellowstone and Glacier national parks.
The suite of species that live in Montana and Illinois are entirely different, but some of the same issues apply, Burkle said.
Knight said, "I would expect that the effects of climate change on plant-pollinator interactions are even greater in some locations, such as high elevation sites in the Rocky Mountains that have experienced more dramatic changes in climate than our Midwestern site."
She added that Burkle's expertise on identifying bees and analyzing plant-pollinator networks were crucial to the success of the bee project.
"I miss working with her at Washington University, but I think she is in an excellent location to make new and significant contributions to the field of pollination biology," Knight said.
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A retirement party was held for an American Airlines flight attendant Barbara Beckett Monday as she celebrated her 53-year career with the company.
"It's something that I grew up wanting to do,? said Beckett, who is based in Miami. ?When I was very young my parents took me to the airport and I saw the stewardesses get off the plane. And I thought that's what I want to do.?
Beckett donned the American Airlines uniform for one last trip ? a last hurrah from Miami International Airport to London?s Heathrow Airport and back. Her flight was set to leave at 8 p.m.
Beckett has worked 8,000 flights for American, traveling the globe and going to places like Hawaii, Japan and Argentina.
The longest-serving flight attendant on American?s staff, she graduated from training on July 29, 1960, and has worked for the airline ever since.
Beckett?s longtime partner, her colleagues and friends, and some passengers wished her well at the gate before her Heathrow flight. Beckett said the first thing she wants to do once she retires is travel ? but she and her partner joked that she will be grounded for a while before booking a trip to Hawaii.
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Germany?s ruling centre-right coalition is set to water down proposed legislation that would force internet search engines and news aggregators like Google to pay publishers for displaying snippets of their content.
?Single words or the smallest text excerpts? would be exempt from the law, Manuel H?ferlin, internet expert for the Free Democratic Party, told the DPA news agency late on Tuesday.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition of Christian and Free Democrats proposed the Leistungsschutzrecht law to ensure press publishers were fairly compensated for their content, for example when a short summary of a news article appears on search engines or news aggregators.
But critics of the bill have dubbed it the ?Lex Google? because they say Germany?s beleaguered publishers are hoping to milk the successful US internet giant.
The company has mounted vigorous opposition to the legislation, saying content providers benefitted from traffic directed from snippets on its search engine and Google News.
?It was important to me to find a solution that allows the display of search results without making a visit to the original site superfluous,? H?ferlin said.
The VDZ and BDZV publisher associations reacted coolly to the proposed changes to the bill.
?We assume the ancillary copyright law first and foremost creates the legal foundation for press publishers to protect the work of publishers and journalists in the digital age,? they said in a joint statement.
Google had no immediate comment on the matter.
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Badger culls are set to go ahead later this year after final licence conditions were met, Environment Secretary Owen Paterson has said.
The pilot culls, in Gloucestershire and West Somerset, were postponed amid fears they could not be carried out effectively last autumn.
Ministers want to hold a pilot badger cull to halt the spread of tuberculosis to cattle.
Opponents, including the RSPCA, say it is inhumane.
Mr Paterson confirmed the cull at the National Farmers Union (NFU) annual conference.
He also announced a reserve pilot will also be prepared in Dorset.
Under the plans, badgers will be shot in the open without first being trapped in cages, which is current practice.
'?1bn' cost"I am determined that there are no further delays this year," Mr Paterson said.
"That is why we have taken the sensible step with the farming industry to elect a reserve area that can be called upon should anything happen to prevent culling in Somerset or Gloucester."
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Badger culls in England were postponed at the last minute in the autumn, when it came to light that the number of badgers in the pilot areas had been vastly underestimated.
Targets have now been set - farmers are allowed to shoot up to 5,094 badgers in West Gloucestershire and West Somerset over a six-week period starting as early as the summer.
Ministers have also announced a reserve area - Dorset - in case of unforeseen problems. They have commissioned a new national survey of badger numbers - the first for more than a decade - which is due to report in July or August.
Greater certainty over the number of badgers that can be killed without the threat of removing the local population - and the issuing of full licenses to farmers - clear some of the obstacles that led to last year's delays.
However, there are still many potential conflicts. The policy of free shooting badgers has not proved popular with either the public or the majority of independent scientists.
Opponents of the badger cull have promised to continue their action, with new protests already under way.
Mr Paterson added that tackling the spread of bovine TB had cost ?500m in the past 10 years and that figure could rise to ?1bn if action was not taken.
The authorisation from Natural England states that culling can take place from 1 June and will last for six weeks. It will be repeated annually for four years.
The pilot will be independently checked to ensure it is removing enough badgers in a humane way, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said.
Labour's shadow environment secretary, Mary Creagh, said scientists had branded the cull an "untested and risky approach" while more than 150,000 members of the public had signed a petition opposing it.
She said: "As incompetent Defra ministers stagger from one crisis to the next, the policing costs, paid by the taxpayer, will balloon to ?4m while bovine TB will increase in the next two years as the shooting displaces badgers.
"Ministers should listen to the public and the scientists and drop this cull before any more public money is wasted."
Ian Johnston, of the NFU, said: "Last year the conditions weren't right. We need to do this properly in a very particular way and that's why the NFU asked for it to be postponed.
"When you have 30,000 cattle going to their death prematurely and farm businesses being destroyed... then doing nothing is not an option. So you've got to do it."
NFU president Peter Kendall also backed the cull and called for a full roll-out in 2014.
He described the 35,000 cattle that had to be slaughtered because of the disease as a "scandalous waste".
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Shazam recently announced a major milestone: 300m users. That's all the people who've ever tagged something using the company's app. An impressive figure, but not one that reveals what Shazam's current active userbase is.
In an interview with The Guardian at Mobile World Congress, Shazam's executive vice president of marketing David Jones shared some more useful stats on that front, as well as on where Shazam is making its money in 2013.
Starting with the active users ? or audience, as Shazam's TV partners may see it. "We don't publish our monthly actives, but I can say that weekly actives are in the tens of millions, and monthly actives are many tens of millions," says Jones.
"20% of all iPhones in the US used Shazam last month, and in some European countries like France, Germany and the UK we're seeing closer to 30% or 40%. And we're currently adding at least 2m new users a week, and more than 3m some weeks."
It's this scale that's important to Shazam's expansion into the second-screen TV space, where apps designed to complement TV viewing like Zeebox and GetGlue are still counting their downloads in millions.
Shazam says its users are currently tagging 10m songs, shows and ads a day. They're also tapping through to buy the content they tag from download stores like iTunes and Amazon MP3 ? to the tune of a run-rate of $300m of sales a year. The vast majority is music, but TV shows, films and apps are a small but fast-growing percentage.
It's that second-screen TV business that holds the key to Shazam's future, though. Starting in the US, which accounts for 90m of those first 300m users of the company's app. Shazam creates content within its app for every programme on 160 American TV channels, serving it up when viewers tag the show.
Content? That's a mixture of episode descriptions, quizzes, tweets, cast information and playable clips of every song on the soundtrack, with links to buy song downloads, TV episodes and merchandise ? the latter through a partnership with e-commerce firm Delivery Agent.
For big events like the Super Bowl, Grammys and Oscars in the US ? and recently the Brit Awards in the UK ? Shazam builds what Jones calls "custom experiences", with polls, predictions, and video highlights for 2012's Olympic Games, with official US broadcaster NBC.
"We are going to roll out support for television programming in other countries," says Jones, although he declines to give an exact date. "The UK will be next, and then Western Europe."
The custom experiences side of Shazam's business has just been boosted by Fox Broadcasting Company's launch of an initiative called Fox Now, in partnership with a firm called Watchwith. The scheme involves providing second-screen apps companies with extra material to synchronise with shows as they air.
The idea: Fox will provide behind-the-scenes footage, interviews, interactive content and ads to a range of third-party apps. Shazam is one of four launch partners in the US, alongside Viggle, ConnecTV and NextGuide.
"We think this is going to be empowering," says Jones. "It's inclusive, fostering the development of the entire TV companion-app space, and it lets more people have access to this content. It's going to be good for creators and good for the network."
Fox's second-screen content won't be exclusive to Shazam, though. Jones is nevertheless bullish on the threats posed by these rivals and others including Zeebox and GetGlue.
"They're all struggling to get downloads. If they're getting a couple of million downloads, they're lucky. And while it's great that they're trying different things, they haven't nailed the experience: nothing has taken off," he says.
"But we've been at this a couple of years building custom experiences. We have millions of people Shazaming television every month in the US already."
How does that translate into money? Sponsorships and ad-tagging. In the former case: "We get six-figure sponsorships for single-night events, and some seven-figure sponsorships over a broader spread of time," says Jones.
In the latter case, brands pay Shazam to make their TV adverts interactive: they include a call-to-action in the ad to get people to tag it, and then Shazam provides second-screen content relating to their campaign.
The company has run more than 200 campaigns for over 140 brands, according to Jones. "The minimum price is $75k, but most cost between $75k and $200k for a campaign that runs for a couple of months," he says.
"So with 200 campaigns where we're getting paid low-six-figures on average, this is already a double-digit million business on its own. Shazam for TV advertising is going to become our primary revenue stream very quickly, and that's the way we're going to grow to being a multi-billion dollar company."
Or get bought, of course. Shazam's openness about its revenues and growth is clearly partly about drumming up interest from broadcasters and brands outside the US, but it won't hurt any long-term ambitions for the VC-backed company to find its exit.
In the meantime, Shazam is continuing to bulk up its salesforce, plot global expansion for its TV business, and steering clear of some of the pitfalls that lie in wait.
For example, Jones says Shazam won't get sucked into letting networks or advertisers target their rivals through its app ? for example, enabling Coca-Cola to pay Shazam to show its content when someone tries to tag a Pepsi ad.
The company isn't abandoning music ? it recently inked an exclusive deal with dance-music downloads store Beatport to bolster its database of electronic music, and has been building second-screen content for music videos by Ellie Goulding, Lil' Wayne and Mariah Carey / Justin Bieber, for example.
Shazam is also releasing a new version of its iPad and Android tablet apps, with an emphasis on discovery. People can see which shows and songs are being tagged most by Shazam's users around the world, and drill down by country, city and town through a map interface.
"The whole idea here is to build a better experience on your lap," says Jones, while showing off the new app, which will be released in the coming weeks. Shazam is hoping that beefing up its tablet experience will boost its longer-term ambitions to make second-screen advertising an even larger business.
"For the time being, second-screen is supporting the ads on the first screen, but there will come a time when second-screen revenues start to become significant enough that the television networks and advertising sales groups will really start to take notice," says Jones.
"While we're making a ton of money now, compared to the billions of advertising that the networks sell, it's a smaller thing. That's the opportunity."
This article originally appeared on guardian.co.uk
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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Wal-Mart is putting special labels on some store-brand products to help shoppers quickly spot healthier items. Millions of schoolchildren are helping themselves to vegetables from salad bars in their lunchrooms, while kids' meals at Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants automatically come with a side of fruit or vegetables and a glass of low-fat milk.
The changes put in place by the food industry are in response to the campaign against childhood obesity that Michelle Obama began waging three years ago. More changes are in store.
Influencing policy posed more of a challenge for the first lady, and not everyone welcomed her effort, criticizing it as a case of unwanted government intrusion.
Still, nutrition advocates and others give her credit for using her clout to help bring a range of interests to the table. They hope the increased awareness she has generated through speeches, her garden and her physical exploits will translate into further reductions in childhood obesity rates long after she leaves the White House.
About one-third of U.S. children are overweight or obese, which puts them at increased risk for any number of life-threatening illnesses, including diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease.
While there is evidence of modest declines in childhood obesity rates in some parts of the country, the changes are due largely to steps taken before the first lady launched "Let's Move" in February 2010.
With the program entering its fourth year, Mrs. Obama heads out Wednesday on a two-day promotional tour with stops in Mississippi, Illinois and Missouri. She has been talking up the program on daytime and late-night TV shows, on the radio and in public service announcements with Big Bird. She also plans discussions next week on Google and Twitter.
"We're starting to see some shifts in the trend lines and the data where we're starting to show some improvement," the first lady told SiriusXM host B. Smith in an interview broadcast Tuesday. "We've been spending a lot of time educating and re-educating families and kids on how to eat, what to eat, how much exercise to get and how to do it in a way that doesn't completely disrupt someone's life."
Larry Soler, president and chief executive of the Partnership for a Healthier America, said Mrs. Obama has "been the leader in making the case for the time is now in childhood obesity and everyone has a role to play in overcoming the problem." The nonpartisan, nonprofit partnership was created as part of "Let's Move" to work with the private sector and to hold companies accountable for changes they promised to make.
Conservatives accused Mrs. Obama of going too far and dictating what people should ? and shouldn't ? eat after she played a major behind-the-scenes role in the passage in 2010 of a child nutrition law that required schools to make foods healthier. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican Party's vice presidential nominee in 2008, once brought cookies to a school and called the first lady's efforts a "nanny state run amok."
Other leaders in the effort, such as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, have felt the backlash, too. Last fall, Bloomberg helped enact the nation's first rule barring restaurants, cafeterias and concession stands from selling soda and other high-calorie drinks in containers larger than 16 ounces.
Despite the criticism, broad public support exists for some of the changes the first lady and the mayor are advocating, according to a recent Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll.
More than eight in 10 of those surveyed, 84 percent, support requiring more physical activity in schools, and 83 percent favor government providing people with nutritional guidelines and information about diet and exercise. Seventy percent favor having restaurants put calorie counts on menus, and 75 percent consider overweightness and obesity a serious problem in this country, according to the Nov. 21-Dec. 14 survey by telephone of 1,011 adults.
Food industry representatives say Mrs. Obama has influenced their own efforts.
Mary Sophos of the Grocery Manufacturers Association, which represents the country's largest food companies, including General Mills and Kellogg's, said an industry effort to label the fronts of food packages with nutritional content gained momentum after Mrs. Obama, a mother of two, attended one of their meetings in 2010 and encouraged them to do more.
"She's not trying to point fingers," Sophos said. "She's trying to get people to focus on solutions."
A move by the companies signaling willingness to work with Mrs. Obama appears to have paid off as the Obama administration eased off some of the fights it appeared ready to pick four years ago.
The Food and Drug Administration has stalled its push to mandate labeling on the front of food packages, saying it is monitoring the industry's own effort. A rule that would require calorie counts on menus has been delayed as the FDA tries to figure out whom to apply it to. Supermarkets, movie theaters and other retailers have been lobbying to be exempted.
The industry also appears to have successfully warded off a move by the Federal Trade Commission to put in place voluntary guidelines for advertising junk food to kids. Directed by Congress, the guidelines would have discouraged the marketing of certain foods that didn't meet government-devised nutritional requirements. The administration released draft guidelines in 2011 but didn't follow up after the industry said they went too far and angry House Republicans summoned an agency official to Capitol Hill to defend them.
Besides labeling its store brands, Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, also pledged to cut sodium and added sugars by 25 percent and 10 percent, respectively, by 2015, and remove industrially produced trans fats.
Leslie Dach, an executive vice president, said sodium in packaged bread has been cut by 13 percent, and added sugar in refrigerated flavored milk, popular among kids, has been cut by more than 17 percent. He said Wal-Mart shoppers have told the company that eating healthier is important to them. Giving customers what they want is also good for business.
New York reported a 5.5 percent decline in obesity rates in kindergarteners through eighth-graders between the 2006-07 and 2010-11 school years, according a report last fall by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which studies health policy. In Philadelphia, the decline was 4.7 percent among students in grades K-12 between the 2006-07 and 2009-10 school years, the foundation said.
Declines also were reported in California and in Mississippi, where Mrs. Obama stops Wednesday.
In Philadelphia, an organization called the Food Trust has worked since 1992 to help corner stores offer fresh foods, connect schools with local farms, bring supermarkets to underserved areas and ensure that farmers' markets accept food stamps, according to Robert Wood Johnson.
New York City requires chain restaurants to post calorie information on menus. Licensed day care centers also must offer daily physical activity, limit the amount of time children spend in front of TV and computer screens, and set nutrition standards.
Both cities also made changes to improve the quality of foods and beverages available to students in public schools.
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This practice has the official name of Official Time and is defined by the Office of Personnel Management as:
Official time is time spent by Federal employees performing representational work for a bargaining unit in lieu of their regularly assigned work.
Unlike the private sector, where companies or unions pay union representatives to conduct ?union business,? our system of government unions allows union representatives who happen to be federal employees time away from their normal duties in order to conduct union business?all at taxpayer expense.
Not surprisingly, with union bosses now controlling co-determining the business of Executive Branch agencies, the amount of tax dollars used to pay federal workers to do union work has increased significantly under Barack Obama?s watch.
According to a report prepared by the Office of Personnel Management, the amount of time spent by federal workers to conduct union business has increased nearly 600,000 hours since 2007.
The Examiner?s Sean Higgins made note that, in FY 2011 (the last year recorded in the OPM report), federal government workers spent nearly 3.4 million hours performing union activities while on the job.
Since the average federal employee made over $108,000 in both salary and benefits (in 2008), or $52.15 per hour, the costs to taxpayers in FY 2011 was over $177 million for federal government workers to conduct union business. [Again, that figure is using the 2008 average compensation cost (wages and benefits) for federal government workers.]
?In many cases, ?official time? is no more than taxpayer-funded no-show jobs.? stated the National Right to Work Committee?s on its website.
The NRTWC also notes that Obama?s union-controlled National Labor Relations Board spent more than three-quarters of a million in taxpayer money to pay for ?official time?:
In the OPM Report, you can see how much federal agencies are paying for union officials to work for unions. For example, the supposedly impartial National Labor Relations Board spent $768,465.14 for union officials to work for their union not for the NLRB. [Emphasis added]
Unfortunately, now that Obama has won re-election, without the accountability of a second election looming, the well is open to all those who wish to drink from the slush fund that is the taxpayers? pockets.
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A Predator B unmanned aircraft taxis at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas. (Eric Gay/AP)Just how many people have America?s drones killed? Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has put the death toll at 4,700?the first time an American official has publicly put a figure on the impact of strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles. The South Carolina lawmaker's office said he was citing an estimate already discussed on cable television.
Graham, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, disclosed the figure during a question and answer session on Tuesday with the Rotary Club of Easley in his home state of South Carolina. His remarks were first reported by the Easley Patch.
?We've killed 4,700,? the lawmaker said. ?Sometimes you hit innocent people, and I hate that, but we're at war, and we've taken out some very senior members of al-Qaida.?
Drone strikes, President Barack Obama?s signature tactic for killing suspected al-Qaida and other extremist fighters, have been ?very effective,? said Graham. ?It's a weapon that needs to be used.?
Amid a controversy sparked by Obama?s targeted assassination of American citizens overseas suspected of consorting with terrorists, Graham came down sharply against any judicial oversight of the drone war, calling the idea ?crazy.?
?I can't imagine, in World War [II] for Roosevelt to have gone to a bunch of judges and said, 'I need your permission before we can attack the enemy,'? Graham said.
Drone war expert Micah Zenko of the Council on Foreign Relations noted on his blog that Graham?s figure lined up with the high-end estimate by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
?Either Graham is a big fan of TBIJ?s work, or perhaps he inadvertently revealed the U.S. government?s body count for nonbattlefield targeted killings,? Zenko said.
Asked about the disclosure, Graham's office forwarded a clip from MSNBC in which the anchor cites the figure of 4,700 killed.
Obama's National Security Council and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence did not immediately say whether the lawmaker's comments amounted to an inappropriate disclosure.
Graham did not specify whether he was discussing CIA drone strikes or military drone strikes.
Obama's expanded drone war has broad popular support in the U.S., according to a poll released earlier this month by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center. That survey found 56 percent support such strikes and 26 percent oppose them. At the same time, 53 percent worry about potential civilian casualties. But overseas it faces majority opposition, Pew found last year.
(Hat tip: Agence France-Presse via the London Telegraph)
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Watchup, a startup hoping to reinvent the news-watching experience on the iPad, has released an update that should make it even more convenient for users. When I spoke to co-founder Adriano Farano back in December, he talked about how people used to gather around the TV for the nightly newscast ? something that's been lost in the current fragmented environment. Watchup tries to recapture some of the experience, while also allowing people to assemble a newscast of their own, pulling clips from sources like the Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press, and the PBS NewsHour. And the latest features offer an interesting mix between the old and the new.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/wpQy-UEWLQ0/
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Sony's Alpha A58 and NEX-3N broke cover just a few days ago in rogue press shots, and now the firm's European branch has made the duo official. With a 16.1-megapixel Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor, the NEX-3N picks up the banner as the outfit's entry level mirrorless camera and packs a 3-inch LCD screen that can tilt up to 180 degrees. According to Sony, the NEX-3N is the smallest and lightest interchangeable lens camera with an APS-C sized sensor, gently tipping the scales at 269 grams. The shooter sports a pop-up flash, has its ISO notched up 16000, a revamped Bionz processor for noise reduction and even packs support for Sony's Triluminos display tech. A price tag for the NEX-3N is still MIA, but it's slated to hit Europe in March.
As for the translucent mirror-toting A58, it features a 20.1-megapixel Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor and a 2.6-inch, 460k-dot LCD with an adjustable angle. If you'd rather not compose shots with the LCD screen, however, the A58 also has an OLED viewfinder. When it comes to video, the device can record 1920×1080 footage in AVCHD. Hirai and Co.'s refreshed Bionz image processing engine makes an appearance in the camera as well. Come April, the A58 will be available in Europe with an as-of-yet unspecified price tag.
Itching for new lenses? Sony's just dished out details on a trio of new A-mount glass and accessories (with some E-mount peripherals as well) that are headed for a March debut in Europe. For the complete lowdown on the cams, lenses and accessories, hit the jump for the press releases and galleries.
Easy to handle, easy to use: the new NEX-3N by Sony puts pro-quality images in everyone's reach 20 February 2013
Super-compact interchangeable lens APS-C camera weighs just 210g
Self-portraits have never been simpler with the NEX-3N, thanks to the camera's easy-to-hold textured grip that fits reassuringly in the hand. The crisp, bright 7.5cm (3.0-type) LCD screen instantly flips through 180 degrees for fuss-free arm's-length compositions. What's more, a newly-added zoom lever on the camera body allows smooth, fingertip control of focal length with compatible lenses like the slim, light SELP1650 power zoom. Great for one-handed portrait framing, the zoom lever also adjusts digital zoom if you're not using a powered lens.
All serious photographers know that great photos start with a great composition. Brand new Auto Object Framing helps you get better-looking, more professional results without effort. The camera judges what's in the scene - one person, two people or even macro and moving objects - automatically cropping the shot to create more powerful, professionally-framed compositions.
Weighing approximately 210g, the NEX-3N is the world's smallest, lightest interchangeable-lens camera with a large APS-C sized sensor*. Grabbing more light than the sensor in ordinary compact cameras, it's the big sensor that's key to exquisitely detailed photos and sparkling Full HD movies that stand out from the crowd. What's more, it's easy to create pro-style background blur effects with your collection of interchangeable E-mount lenses... just like you'd achieve with a bigger, bulkier DSLR camera.
The camera's large sensor also boosts maximum sensitivity to ISO 16000. It's complemented by an evolved BIONZ processor that uses the same area-specific noise reduction techniques featured on the acclaimed full-frame α99. Levels of noise reduction and sharpness are individually adjusted for different image areas. Even if you're shooting in dim light, you'll enjoy crisp, ultra-low noise handheld shots without needing flash.
The NEX-3N is also the first NEX interchangeable lens camera from Sony that offers support for new "TRILUMINOS Colour". You'll experience a dramatically expanded palette of vivid, ultra-realistic colours when videos and still images are played back on any BRAVIA TV with support for "TRILUMINOS Display".
There's now a range of thirteen high-quality E-mount lenses to realise the immense creative potential of the NEX-3N. Choose from telephoto, zoom, wide angle, macro lenses by Sony and Carl Zeiss to suit any shooting situation. Every model blends superb optical performance with elegant looks to complement your E-mount camera. There's also a full range of coordinating accessories by Sony, from style-matching carry cases and straps to spare batteries.
The light, compact new NEX-3N interchangeable lens camera from Sony is available in Europe from March 2013.
* Among interchangeable-lens cameras with an APS-C sensor and pop-up flash, as of Feb 2013.
Never miss the moment: the new α58 from Sony
Digital SLT camera with Translucent Mirror Technology
* In Tele-zoom Continuous Advance Priority AE mode
For life's spontaneous moments - catch all the split-second excitement with the new α58 interchangeable lens camera from Sony. With Translucent Mirror technology for speedy shooting with fast, accurate autofocus, it's the must-have choice for grabbing those once-in-a-lifetime picture opportunities. Even if you're new to interchangeable lens photography, you'll enjoy image quality that effortlessly exceeds your point-and-shoot compact camera, plus features you'd expect from a far higher-priced DSLR.
At the heart of the α58 is a brand new Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor with an extremely high resolution of (approx.) 20.1 effective megapixels. It's teamed with an improved BIONZ image processing engine for exceptionally detailed, low-noise stills and Full HD video, plus an extra-wide sensitivity range of ISO 100 to 16000.
Pick from the choice of 35 interchangeable A-mount lenses (including two tele-converters) and experience flawless images in virtually any lighting conditions, from dimly-lit interiors to atmospheric twilight scenes. Even if you're shooting handheld, SteadyShot INSIDE keeps pictures crisp and stable, letting you shoot with confidence at slower shutter speeds or higher zoom settings where wobbles are often a worry.
Unlike ordinary DSLR cameras, SLT cameras by Sony use Translucent Mirror technology that directs light onto the main image sensor as well as a separate autofocus sensor. This means that subjects stay sharply focused at all times as you compose scenes with the tilt-angle LCD or through the high-resolution, high-contrast OLED Tru-Finder. And with no moving mirror to slow you down, you'll enjoy non-stop live image preview during speedy burst shooting or while you're recording Full HD video.
The α58 is your ideal partner for grabbing the action as it happens - like sports, wildlife or spur-of-the-moment fun with friends and family. Tele-zoom Continuous Advance Priority AE mode brings that decisive moment closer with a high-speed burst of sharp images at 8 frames per second. The high-performance 15-point AF system now features Lock-on Autofocus with speedier, more accurate subject tracking. So now you can capture the athletic grace of a gymnast or animals in the wild with a burst of crisply-focused images, even if your subject's moving.
Featured on previous models, Auto Portrait Framing has now evolved into even more versatile Auto Object Framing - helping you get better-looking, more professional results without effort. The α58 judges what's in the scene - one person, two people, even moving objects or macro subjects - tracking, framing and cropping the shot to create powerful, professionally-framed compositions. Thanks to Pixel Super Resolution Technology by Sony, cropped images preserve the same resolution as the original exposure.
Instantly selectable from the mode dial, Picture Effect lets you pick from a palette of 15 artistic 'in-camera' treatments, like Toy Camera, Mono and Partial Colour.
Framing, focusing and viewing your shots is a pleasure through the new OLED Tru-Finder. This bright, high resolution electronic viewfinder accurately shows the results of adjusting camera settings in real time. Instantly see the result of adjusting exposure compensation, aperture, ISO, white balance, Picture Effect and other parameters before you shoot... not after. It's a great way to compose the perfect shot with confidence.
The α58 is the first-ever A-mount interchangeable lens camera from Sony that offers support for new 'TRILUMINOS Colour'. You'll experience a dramatically expanded palette of vivid, ultra-realistic colours when videos and still images are played back on any BRAVIA TV with support for 'TRILUMINOS Display'.
The new α58 interchangeable lens camera from Sony with Translucent Mirror technology is available from April 2013.
Sony adds three A-mount lenses, new A-mount and E-mount accessories
Full-frame G Lens 70-400mm telephoto zoom; Full-frame Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm F1.4; DT 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 standard zoom; compact add-on flash and remote commander
The 70-400mm F4-5.6 G SSM II and Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50mm F1.4 ZA SSM lenses complement the impressive imaging capabilities of Sony's full-frame α99 SLT (Translucent Mirror) camera. The DT 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 SAM II is a light, compact 3x zoom that's an ideal partner for A-mount cameras with APS-C sensors.
They're joined by a compact new on-camera flash and a wired remote that's ideal for advanced shooting.
"70-400mm F4-5.6 G SSM II" telephoto zoom
Sony's G lens line-up is strengthened for 2013 with the revised 70-400mm F4-5.6 G SSM II. Ideal for capturing wildlife and action-packed sports, the upgraded super-telephoto zoom builds further on the premium performance of its predecessor with enhanced optics and faster, more responsive autofocus. Thanks to a new LSI drive circuit, autofocus speed of the SSM (Super Sonic Wave Motor) is around four times quicker than before. Teamed with enhanced tracking AF, the upgraded lens is now even more suitable for capturing stills and Full HD video of fast-moving subjects.
While its optical design is carried over from the previous-generation model, the new-generation lens features Sony's proprietary Nano AR Coating on optical surfaces. Offering around five times the efficiency of conventional anti-reflection coatings, this advanced technology reduces flare and ghosting for exceptionally high-contrast images.
Carl Zeiss "Planar T* 50mm F1.4 ZA SSM"
The new Planar T* 50mm F1.4 ZA SSM joins the existing Distagon 24mm, Planar 85mm and Sonnar 135mm in the A-mount range of prime length optics by Carl Zeiss. Offering a fixed 50mm focal length and extra-bright F1.4 aperture, the premium lens is an ideal choice for quality-critical portraiture and low-light shooting.
Featuring 8 elements in 5 groups with two aspherical elements, the brand new optical design is optimised for superb results with Sony's full-frame α99. Exceptional resolving power and contrast at all apertures are teamed with smooth, quiet autofocusing and a rear-focus system that maintains the same lens body length during AF. The dust- and moisture-resistant design extends the appeal of the new lens to a wide range of outdoor shooting applications.
"DT 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 SAM II" zoom
Boasting second-generation styling, this new lens succeeds the popular DT 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 SAM that was introduced in 2011. The light, compact 3x zoom lens covers a frequently-used range of focal lengths from wide-angle 18mm to standard 55mm (35mm camera equivalent range: 27-82.5mm). While retaining the same smooth AF motor (SAM) as its predecessor, newly-designed rear lens elements suppresses flare and ghost, while mechanical elements have been upgraded for more positive, comfortable operation.
New accessories for Sony cameras and camcorders
The HVL-F20M is a space-saving, easy to carry new flash for Multi Interface Shoe mounted cameras, that's ideal for brightening up portraits, interiors and dimly-lit scenes. Despite its compact size, it's packed with pro-style features like wireless control for fuss-free multi flash set-ups, simple bounce operation and Auto White Balance compensation for more accurate, natural-looking white balance. It's refreshingly easy to use: just raise the flash head to switch on... then turn off again by lowering when the flash isn't needed.
Compatible with a growing range of 'α' A-mount and E-mount, Cyber-shot[TM] and Handycam(R) models that feature the versatile Multi Terminal interface, the RM-VPR1 wired remote commander features handy controls for zoom and video recording start/stop. It also includes a shutter lock function that's ideal for long-exposure 'bulb' shooting with 'α' cameras. The remote comes supplied with two cables. One is for use with Multi Terminal-equipped cameras/camcorders, while the other allows simple shutter release with 'α' A-mount cameras that only include a REMOTE terminal.
Please see http://www.sony.co.uk/hub/lenses for full details on new lens and accessories.
The new lenses and accessories will start to become available in Europe from March 2013.
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Instructor Jeff Schiel said that while he has done necropsies before this was the first time he used an alligator.
Hands-on experience is something he strives to provide his students. Last fall, for the third year NJC's criminal justice and anthropology students participated in a crime scene excavation, with a deceased dog as the victim.
The alligator used for Thursday's lesson came from the Colorado Alligator Farm in Alamosa. One
Northeastern Junior College forensic anthropology students Jori Archer (right) and Erika Younpers work to find the different organs inside an alligator. (Callie Jones/Journal-Advocate)
of Schiel's students used to work at the farm.?I told him if you talk them and they ever have a dead alligator, tell them to send it our way,? he said.
So when the farm found a dead alligator that's exactly what they did. Schiel said it was a quick process: He learned about the dead alligator just last week and opted to change around his lesson plans to give his students this unique experience.
Along with the forensic anthropology students, a few other interested students were able to participate as well.
The farm didn't tell the college anything about how the alligator died, so it was completely up to the students to determine. By the middle of the necropsy the students had already formed some opinions, maybe suicide.
To determine how the animal died they had to remove its organs and examine them and then remove the skin in order to examine the animal's bones.
The students definitely enjoyed the opportunity to get hands-on with their studies.
?It's awesome,? said Jori Archer.
Erika Younpers added that being able to get hands-on experience ?is probably the best way to learn about anything.?
Callie Jones: (970) 526-9286; Northeastern Junior College criminal justice instructor Jeff Schiel holds up an alligator with its organs removed for his students to see. Forensic anthropology students performed a necropsy on the alligator to determine how it died. (Callie Jones/Journal-Advocate)
After removing one of the organs from the alligator the students look it over to try to determine what it is. (Callie Jones/Journal-Advocate)
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The first Boeing 787-881 Dreamliner delivered to All Nippon Airlines.
Keith Draycott/FlickrVisionThe first Boeing 787-881 Dreamliner delivered to All Nippon Airlines.
Keith Draycott/FlickrVisionTwo reports on troubles with lithium ion batteries aboard Boeing's 787 Dreamliner:
In Japan, where a battery on an All Nippon Airlines 787 overheated and began smoking on Jan. 16, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing, the Transport Ministry released a report Wednesday saying it found that the battery in question had been improperly wired.
The Associated Press, citing the Transport Ministry report, said the ANA 787's auxiliary power unit was incorrectly connected to the main battery that overheated. The incident prompted the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and authorities in other countries to ground 787s worldwide.
According to the AP, on the ANA flight, the Japanese Transport Ministry noted:
Flickering of the plane's tail and wing lights after it landed and the fact the main battery was switched off led the investigators to conclude there was an abnormal current traveling from the APU due to miswiring.
However, the ministry said it still needed further investigation to determine exactly what caused the main battery to overheat.
In another report, the Reuters news agency, citing an unnamed source said to be "familiar with [Boeing's] plans," said the aircraft maker had determined that the solution to the overheating problem was to increase the gaps between the battery's individual cells, but the report gave no other details.
The Reuters story also quotes Kiyoshi Kanamura, a professor at Tokyo Metropolitan University, who has been involved in battery research, as saying that the "logical solution" for the battery problem is to install ceramic plates between the cells and add a vent to the battery box, presumably to dissipate the excess heat.
The Dreamliner is a revolutionary airliner that is the first to make extensive use of lighter-weight lithium ion batteries, which are more prone to overheating and catching fire.
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If you want to settle down in Hana HI and love horses or farming, it is time to get a farm and ranch in Hana HI. There are many attractive, spacious, rewarding farmland and ranches readily available for sale in this area. Vast acreages here provide you adequate area for cattle to graze and enough land for you to farm. Right here you could indulge in nation living as never ever previously.
The Toursit Advantage When Owning A Farm And Ranch In Hana HI
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You can easily get impressive and offer picnic breakfast, lunch or dinner at your farm and ranch in Hana HI relying on the time of the day. Introduce your site visitors to your beloved horses on the ranch. You can additionally take them around the farm on horseback for a fantastic experience. Show them how much more number of people can easily grow their own food and come to be self-dependent. If you are a long-time homeowner of Hana HI, share great tales about the neighborhood history with love and passion.
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An additional remarkable reason why you must purchase the best farm and ranch in Hana HI is that you could make your plot of acres of land highly profitable. At Maui, you could discover parcels varying from a couple of plots of land to hundreds of acres for sale. If you are lucky, you can easily discover sits that attribute lava tubes, historical sites and waterfalls in the beautiful green acres. In Maui, many people buy ranches and farmland. This is one of the significant reasons why it is simple to discover huge, average and small farm and ranch in Hana HI.
Two Major Industries Advantages For Your Farm And Ranch In Hana HI
Farmers in Maui who own their plots of land produce their very own fruits, vegetables, flowers and plants. After consuming exactly what is required for their family members, they have actually now started dispersing the exact same among next-door neighbors, friends and family as a token on goodwill. Lots of smart landowners now attract visitors and have initiated a new trend called agro-tourism. Inviting travelers to their farm for a tour or picnic attracts considerable profits. Farmers additionally generate income by selling regional products.
How Can You Discover The Very Best Farm & Ranch in Hana HI?
If the prospect of doing this company interests you or if you simply wish to lead a quiet country life with your beloved horses in a ranch, you can easily find a host of homes in Maui. To create an excellent have you could call your own, you should first pick whether you want an undeveloped or developed land. If you are intending on constructing a house or a commercial structure for running your firm, you can choose from a range of developed land for sale. If you wish to take pleasure in the exquisite country experience in Maui, you could move with your family and horses of course to the most effective farm and ranch in Hana HI.
Choose From Lush Acres For Your Farm And Ranch In Hana HI
Some of the prominent, sought-after properties can be discovered in Haleakala. This island developed by a volcano features lush acres, rolling hills and rugged terrain. Right here you will find lots of vacant land or existing ranches for sale.
Found 4000 feet above the sea, Haleakala ranches are full of country cheer, laughter and serene living. It is uncomplicated finding families staying in Haleakala ranches and ranches working together to rear livestocks and harvest produce. It is undoubtedly an enchanting site to see a dozen turkeys, more than a couple of pigs, dogs and horses looked after tenderly by people. You can easily have all of these wonderous things with your farm and ranch in Hana HI.
It is not unheard of to locate visitors carefully led on horsebacks over the steep slopes in Maui. They gently amble past the sandalwood trees and eucalyptus groves brushing shoulders with wild pheasants. The wild and barbarian surfaces here attract many investors and realtors. They always enquire about the most effective farm and ranch in Hana HI offered for sale.
Select From An Assortment of Diverse Micro-Climates For Your Farm And Ranch In Hana HI
Hana HI is an unique area that delights in assorted micro-climates. On the north and eastern side of Maui, you can easily discover misty, lush jungles and amazingly beautiful, sun-drenched beaches on the southern and western sides. This can be wonderful for some who are considering possessing a farm and ranch in Hana HI.
If you are a horse lover or an outdoor lover, select from a range of coastline residences or upcountry cottages in Hana. You can enjoy a cool temperature right here and be tempted by the location?s pristine calmness.
Outside activities here include horseback riding, rambling tracks and impressive waterfalls. You can easily decide on a farm and ranch in Hana HI or an enchanting beach home in Lahaina, Kapalua, Makena, Wailea or Kihei to access fishing, snorkelling, surfing and sailing.
What Else Are You Getting With Your Farm And Ranch In Hana HI
Maui is a fun-filled place, that a number of possible and real home owners consider their dream come true. If you?re aiming to develop a business in Maui, specifically one that keeps you bustling seven days a week, understand you?ll still have the ability to do things other than tend to your farm and ranch in Hana HI.
Considering many horse-ranch owners additionally enjoy other aspects about animals and nature, Maui is a best spot. With so much sea and wildlife, it?s hard for any type of pet enthusiast to move to Maui, start the business they enjoy, and think that their life ends up not being fulfilling.
There are also other tasks, such as surfing, bon fires by the ocean, dinners, movies, shopping, jet skiing, and more. If you wish to do it, be it an odd task or an usual one, the wonderful thing about Maui is that it?s a rate that can in fact provide it to you.
Source: http://find-your-perfect-home.com/farms/maui-hi/hana-farm-ranch/
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