Walking TED talk and taxi-driver-chatter-upper Tom Friedman is obviously not a big fan of Iraq. Possibly because it doesn’t seem like a place where Apple would extend their global empire; building factories full of low-wage worker bees churning out iToothbrushes or whatever the hell they are going to iMake next in an effort to suck every last dollar out of every last wallet before Steve Jobs returns to Earth to take them all to iHeaven. […]
Reported by Raw Story 21 minutes ago.
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Tom Friedman will never ever get tired of telling Iraqis to ‘suck on this’
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Cracks in Pluto's moon Charon may suggest ancient underground ocean
In the icy outskirts of our solar system, more than 29 times farther from the sun than the Earth, scientists say a great liquid ocean may have once flowed far beneath the surface of a moon called Charon.
Reported by L.A. Times 14 minutes ago.
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New 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' Trailer Shows Off The Villain
Marvel released a new international trailer for "Guardians of the Galaxy" and it finally gives us a much better idea of what to expect from Marvel's next big film.
Every teaser and trailer up to this point has highlighted the comedic aspects of the movie between a hodgepodge group of unlikely heroes: Peter Quill/Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Groot (Vin Diesel), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista), and Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper).
Finally, we're getting a sense of a more serious undertone to the film along with our first glimpse of the villain, Ronan (Lee Pace).
First check out the trailer:
Here's Ronan. He's the son of Thanos, the character we first saw in one of "The Avengers" end-credit scenes.
We get a little more about Peter Quill's backstory as a child abducted from Earth.
And we get to see more of the ships soaring in space.
There are a lot of new shots of the main characters.
*Drax the Destroyer*
*Groot*
*Rocket Raccoon*
*Drax and Gamora*
And, yes, this is Glenn Close. She’ll be playing Irani Rael, part of the intergalactic police force in the film. She’ll rank as the highest member of the corps, Nova Prime.
"Guardians of the Galaxy" is in theaters August 1.
*SEE ALSO: Details About The Villains In 'Star Wars: Episode VII' May Have Been Revealed *
Join the conversation about this story » Reported by Business Insider 8 hours ago.
Every teaser and trailer up to this point has highlighted the comedic aspects of the movie between a hodgepodge group of unlikely heroes: Peter Quill/Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Groot (Vin Diesel), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista), and Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper).
Finally, we're getting a sense of a more serious undertone to the film along with our first glimpse of the villain, Ronan (Lee Pace).
First check out the trailer:
Here's Ronan. He's the son of Thanos, the character we first saw in one of "The Avengers" end-credit scenes.
We get a little more about Peter Quill's backstory as a child abducted from Earth.
And we get to see more of the ships soaring in space.
There are a lot of new shots of the main characters.
*Drax the Destroyer*
*Groot*
*Rocket Raccoon*
*Drax and Gamora*
And, yes, this is Glenn Close. She’ll be playing Irani Rael, part of the intergalactic police force in the film. She’ll rank as the highest member of the corps, Nova Prime.
"Guardians of the Galaxy" is in theaters August 1.
*SEE ALSO: Details About The Villains In 'Star Wars: Episode VII' May Have Been Revealed *
Join the conversation about this story » Reported by Business Insider 8 hours ago.
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Always a Bridesmaid (11 Times)
I'll never forget my first time. I wore this drapey cream-colored promish dress. I think it involved a sash. At 21, I celebrated with the bride and other maids at some karaoke bar for the Bachelorette party. I gave the obligatory botched wine-soaked, half-crying speech at the rehearsal dinner. Headache pounding, I then miraculously made it through hair and makeup on the actual "big day."
Walking down the aisle, gracefully carrying a carnation bouquet, I stared at my then boyfriend standing on the groom's side fantasizing about our future wedding. A mere youngster, I clearly knew nothing about love, commitment, or holding my liquor. I'm not sure how much more I know now, but twenty years later, with significantly fewer stars in my eyes, I do have two feet planted more firmly on earth. I also look at the wedding machine quite a bit differently.
With 11 weddings under my belt, I know what wedding procedures and traditions I love (filet mignon) and which ones I would rather not experience ever again (the buffet). With the help of my compadre, Shannon Hill, we give you:
* The Good, the Bad (dresses) and the Ugly (my updo) of Bridesmaid-ship*
*1. Most importantly, before I get into some of the jokes, costs, and annoyances, I want to say that your friend asking you to support her on her special day is a huge blessing.* It is a beautiful thing to be asked, and I am grateful for every wedding I've been a part of. Now, let's dig in.
*2. It's expensive.* That diarrhea scene in Bridesmaids, where they are shopping for pricey wedding dresses, is no joke (well maybe the shitting and puking part). Participation in a full-blown wedding will set you back substantially.
Here is a standard and very approximate breakdown from my experience:
• Throwing the wedding shower costs (hopefully split between the bridesmaid crew) $100 to $300 each depending on fanciness-level.
• Wedding shower gift $50.
• Dress (you won't wear it again), jewelry, and shoes, $400 (bare minimum).
• Bachelorette Party in Vegas with flight, booze, food, chipping in for the bride, limo, hotel, strip club (debauchery), upwards of $1000 each.
• Wedding gift $50 (at least).
• Hair and makeup on the big day $100 to $200-ish.
Michelle's Rough Estimation = $1,800 to be a bridesmaid.
*3. Some dramafied episode will happen. It just will. I've seen fistfights that ended the dancing part and major bitchery between the bride's newer friends and older ones.* I've seen food throwing between divorced parents of the bride. Some bridesmaid (never me of course) will definitely hook up with some groomsman hoping a relationship will blossom. Someone will drop a glass of beer on the dance floor. Someone else will slip on that beer and cut their lip. Someone will cry. It all goes down at weddings because booze and romantic notions of forever make people say and do dumb things.
*4. Rituals that seemed special will become annoying like: the bride and groom lighting one candle with their individual candles to show that now they are all joined and "one being."* Same deal with the two colored sand piles that get mixed into one and "can never be unmixed!" The insanity of "mixing lives and forgetting individuality" that is implied with these rituals is what's annoying. Oh, and how can we forget the groom, to sexy stripper music, pulling the garter off the bride's thigh with his teeth while the bride laughs innocently like her dude's never been to that region before. It's so stupid. I loathe it and want this tradition banned.
*5. If you are like me and still single in your thirties, be prepared to hear the same thing from aunts, friends, and anyone else at the wedding who sort of knows you: "Don't worry. I am sure you will be next, Honey."* My recent experience, their expression is changing from hopeful to doubtful. These loved ones actually don't know anymore if you will be next (and neither do you). Too uncomfortable to ask what is going wrong, they nervously launch back into the old standbys, "You are dating right? Who are you dating?" Please, for the love of Jesus, just ask me about something else. I've gained some weight. Tell me you notice. Honestly, anything is less excruciating than someone asking whom I'm dating.
*6. On a positive note, homemade vows are always the best things ever.* When I see a couple read something they wrote for their person on a crumpled up piece of paper, I swoon. I love that shit. That's my favorite part of the wedding. Real words, said from the heart are #1 and rule.
*7. Speeches are fun and should be taken seriously.* If you are giving one, make it funny, practice it, and land those jokes. People love good speeches. Mix the stories, new stuff, and good things about the person your friend is marrying, and you'll be fine.
*8. Participation in too many weddings could cause you to not want a wedding.* I'm serious. I actually kind of don't know if I want a wedding (when I finally get married at age 80 to my childhood friend I made that "if we're not married by this age" pact with). I might just want to get hitched quietly, in front of a few family members in a field like Napoleon Dynamite's brother Kip. He and LaFawnduh were soul mates, you know.
This thing is getting too long, kind of like a wedding with a full Mass. Whatever you do, be grateful if you're asked, try to suck it up on the finances, and always act like a lady (at least until dinner and speeches are over with). Reported by Huffington Post 8 hours ago.
Walking down the aisle, gracefully carrying a carnation bouquet, I stared at my then boyfriend standing on the groom's side fantasizing about our future wedding. A mere youngster, I clearly knew nothing about love, commitment, or holding my liquor. I'm not sure how much more I know now, but twenty years later, with significantly fewer stars in my eyes, I do have two feet planted more firmly on earth. I also look at the wedding machine quite a bit differently.
With 11 weddings under my belt, I know what wedding procedures and traditions I love (filet mignon) and which ones I would rather not experience ever again (the buffet). With the help of my compadre, Shannon Hill, we give you:
* The Good, the Bad (dresses) and the Ugly (my updo) of Bridesmaid-ship*
*1. Most importantly, before I get into some of the jokes, costs, and annoyances, I want to say that your friend asking you to support her on her special day is a huge blessing.* It is a beautiful thing to be asked, and I am grateful for every wedding I've been a part of. Now, let's dig in.
*2. It's expensive.* That diarrhea scene in Bridesmaids, where they are shopping for pricey wedding dresses, is no joke (well maybe the shitting and puking part). Participation in a full-blown wedding will set you back substantially.
Here is a standard and very approximate breakdown from my experience:
• Throwing the wedding shower costs (hopefully split between the bridesmaid crew) $100 to $300 each depending on fanciness-level.
• Wedding shower gift $50.
• Dress (you won't wear it again), jewelry, and shoes, $400 (bare minimum).
• Bachelorette Party in Vegas with flight, booze, food, chipping in for the bride, limo, hotel, strip club (debauchery), upwards of $1000 each.
• Wedding gift $50 (at least).
• Hair and makeup on the big day $100 to $200-ish.
Michelle's Rough Estimation = $1,800 to be a bridesmaid.
*3. Some dramafied episode will happen. It just will. I've seen fistfights that ended the dancing part and major bitchery between the bride's newer friends and older ones.* I've seen food throwing between divorced parents of the bride. Some bridesmaid (never me of course) will definitely hook up with some groomsman hoping a relationship will blossom. Someone will drop a glass of beer on the dance floor. Someone else will slip on that beer and cut their lip. Someone will cry. It all goes down at weddings because booze and romantic notions of forever make people say and do dumb things.
*4. Rituals that seemed special will become annoying like: the bride and groom lighting one candle with their individual candles to show that now they are all joined and "one being."* Same deal with the two colored sand piles that get mixed into one and "can never be unmixed!" The insanity of "mixing lives and forgetting individuality" that is implied with these rituals is what's annoying. Oh, and how can we forget the groom, to sexy stripper music, pulling the garter off the bride's thigh with his teeth while the bride laughs innocently like her dude's never been to that region before. It's so stupid. I loathe it and want this tradition banned.
*5. If you are like me and still single in your thirties, be prepared to hear the same thing from aunts, friends, and anyone else at the wedding who sort of knows you: "Don't worry. I am sure you will be next, Honey."* My recent experience, their expression is changing from hopeful to doubtful. These loved ones actually don't know anymore if you will be next (and neither do you). Too uncomfortable to ask what is going wrong, they nervously launch back into the old standbys, "You are dating right? Who are you dating?" Please, for the love of Jesus, just ask me about something else. I've gained some weight. Tell me you notice. Honestly, anything is less excruciating than someone asking whom I'm dating.
*6. On a positive note, homemade vows are always the best things ever.* When I see a couple read something they wrote for their person on a crumpled up piece of paper, I swoon. I love that shit. That's my favorite part of the wedding. Real words, said from the heart are #1 and rule.
*7. Speeches are fun and should be taken seriously.* If you are giving one, make it funny, practice it, and land those jokes. People love good speeches. Mix the stories, new stuff, and good things about the person your friend is marrying, and you'll be fine.
*8. Participation in too many weddings could cause you to not want a wedding.* I'm serious. I actually kind of don't know if I want a wedding (when I finally get married at age 80 to my childhood friend I made that "if we're not married by this age" pact with). I might just want to get hitched quietly, in front of a few family members in a field like Napoleon Dynamite's brother Kip. He and LaFawnduh were soul mates, you know.
This thing is getting too long, kind of like a wedding with a full Mass. Whatever you do, be grateful if you're asked, try to suck it up on the finances, and always act like a lady (at least until dinner and speeches are over with). Reported by Huffington Post 8 hours ago.
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Chris Pratt Gets Abducted by Aliens in New ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Trailer (Video)
A new U.K. trailer for Marvel's “Guardians of the Galaxy” hints at the origin story for Chris Pratt's character, Star-Lord.
“I was only a kid when I left Earth,” Pratt's voiceover says as a young boy appears to get abducted by aliens. “I had no idea what the universe had in store for me.”
*See video:* Ronan the Accuser Makes an Appearance in New ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Promo
Big things, apparently, as he sweet talks “a thief, two thugs, a murderer and a maniac” into stopping an evil from wiping out billions of lives.
“If we don't’ protect the galaxy, who will?” Pratt asks in the new preview (above), a call to arms that motivates his outlaw gang to try and stop a mad man by the name of Ronan the Accuser.
*Also read:* ‘Yes Man's’ Peyton Reed Is Frontrunner to Direct Marvel's ‘Ant-Man’ (Exclusive)
Also fun? A little more character development for Groot — that big tree thing voiced by Vin Diesel. Not only does he like giving flowers to little girls, but he's also a great mediator when Star-Lord and Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper) can't stop bickering.
“Guardians,” directed by James Gunn, hits theaters on Aug. 1.
The post Chris Pratt Gets Abducted by Aliens in New ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Trailer (Video) appeared first on TheWrap.
*Related stories from TheWrap:*
'Guardians of the Galaxy' Looking for Real Community Superheroes
The Most and Least Liked Summer Movie Actors - Tom Cruise, Vin Diesel, Morgan Freeman, Channing Tatum
New 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Trailer Shows Off Marvel's Sci-Fi Space Opera Reported by The Wrap 7 hours ago.
“I was only a kid when I left Earth,” Pratt's voiceover says as a young boy appears to get abducted by aliens. “I had no idea what the universe had in store for me.”
*See video:* Ronan the Accuser Makes an Appearance in New ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Promo
Big things, apparently, as he sweet talks “a thief, two thugs, a murderer and a maniac” into stopping an evil from wiping out billions of lives.
“If we don't’ protect the galaxy, who will?” Pratt asks in the new preview (above), a call to arms that motivates his outlaw gang to try and stop a mad man by the name of Ronan the Accuser.
*Also read:* ‘Yes Man's’ Peyton Reed Is Frontrunner to Direct Marvel's ‘Ant-Man’ (Exclusive)
Also fun? A little more character development for Groot — that big tree thing voiced by Vin Diesel. Not only does he like giving flowers to little girls, but he's also a great mediator when Star-Lord and Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper) can't stop bickering.
“Guardians,” directed by James Gunn, hits theaters on Aug. 1.
The post Chris Pratt Gets Abducted by Aliens in New ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Trailer (Video) appeared first on TheWrap.
*Related stories from TheWrap:*
'Guardians of the Galaxy' Looking for Real Community Superheroes
The Most and Least Liked Summer Movie Actors - Tom Cruise, Vin Diesel, Morgan Freeman, Channing Tatum
New 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Trailer Shows Off Marvel's Sci-Fi Space Opera Reported by The Wrap 7 hours ago.
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Making Every Day the Day of the African Child
As we celebrate the Day of the African Child this week, we hold in our hearts the
brave Nigerian schoolgirls -- those in captivity, those who have escaped, the thousands whose fearless assertion of their right to an education has put them now at such risk. Our thoughts also turn to the estimated 9,000 child soldiers unwillingly waging someone else's ethnic war over the right to control the spoils in South Sudan, in hopes that their dreams not be shattered by this ravaging experience. Of the 48 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the region where we at the Millennium Cities Initiative have worked these last nine years, seven are on the United Nations' "List of Persistent Perpetrators," regularly violating at least four of six grave violations of children's rights. This is seven too many.
This important holiday affords us all a moment to reflect on the progress made with regard to children's rights and opportunities on and across the African continent. Indeed, there have been brilliant advances on behalf of children in most African nations; yet in far too many countries, hundreds of thousands of children remain hungry or food-insecure and are pressed into service as barely-paid laborers, sex slaves, soldiers and as human shields. Despite the important, world-altering focus of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on improving maternal and child health and reducing the prevalence of infectious disease, resources have not poured in as promised, and children's access to reliable medical care remains irregular, at best.
There has been tremendous improvement in the numbers of students attending primary school -- improvement compelled by the second Millennium Development Goal and enabled by the abolition of school fees, the inclusive policies of public school systems region-wide and significant efforts to keep girls in school. Yet the African Union's own report suggests that access to pre-primary, primary, secondary and tertiary education alike is still unacceptably limited, especially for girls and vulnerable children, and completion rates remain shockingly low for those who do attend. Teacher quality and deployment warrant more focused attention, as does the much-needed government oversight of those schools operated by the private and religious sectors.
As part of our work in assisting selected sub-Saharan regional capitals in their efforts to attain the MDGs, the Millennium Cities Initiative (MCI), a project of Columbia University's Earth Institute, has assessed children's health and schooling needs, attempting to diagnose the challenges facing each city's public health and education system and to estimate the costs, in human and financial terms, of meeting those challenges. Because the Millennium Cities are all located in nations at peace, child soldiering and systematic abductions of children at gunpoint are not occurring in our sites. But in the course of our work in the schools and in public health, we do see rape on an appallingly regular basis, usually followed up by no adverse consequences for the perpetrators; we see many brave young girls who have come alone to the city from the countryside in order to continue their education taken advantage of by older men, in exchange for shelter and school fees, nearly always with little recourse; and we see far too many preventable neonatal deaths, undernourished children and chronic exposure to devastating waterborne illnesses, due largely to poor sanitation and unclean water sources.
Millennium City leaders now know what it will cost to attain the MDGs in water and sanitation, health, education and gender parity. Many of them have now incorporated the MDGs into their annual budget processes, wherein they appeal to their national governments for the requisite funding to realize their top MDG-based priorities. But while most of the region's national governments are committed to attaining these Goals and have organized themselves to use donor assistance wisely toward this end, the donor funds have never come in as promised, and national budget officials are regularly forced to make draconian choices that often leave local governments with less than half of what they require in order to meet their people's most fundamental needs. Those most detrimentally affected by these shortfalls, of course, and by this monumental shortsightedness on the part of the international community, are the children, whose developing bodies and psyches are still so fragile.
We know now, after years of study and practice, what is needed and what works to help people find their way out of extreme poverty; the many brilliant and cost-effective solutions are ready to be implemented at scale. But the will, on the part of so many who could help, is somehow missing in action. And we will all be left with a world where an unfathomable number of today's impoverished, undereducated and insecure children will have grown into improperly prepared, rightly enraged adults with little deference for those who have denied them the fulfillment of their human potential.
What catastrophe, or what miracle, must occur, in order that we all do what it takes, to actually take care of our children?
The Day of the African Child was established 24 years ago by the African Union Assembly, to commemorate the deadly 1976 Soweto protests by schoolchildren, a seminal moment in the eventual fall of South Africa's brutal apartheid regime. Poverty and the concomitant absence of opportunity can be equally crushing; our focus on sub-Saharan cities emerged from the knowledge that this region was the furthest off-track in its efforts to achieve the MDGs, meaning that, without determined, targeted interventions, several hundred million African children will be deprived of hope.
May this week's celebration of the Day of the African Child, with this sober reckoning, be viewed 24 years from now as a turning point, as we rededicate ourselves to a seriously resourced effort to protect all our children, our planet's most precious asset. Reported by Huffington Post 8 hours ago.
brave Nigerian schoolgirls -- those in captivity, those who have escaped, the thousands whose fearless assertion of their right to an education has put them now at such risk. Our thoughts also turn to the estimated 9,000 child soldiers unwillingly waging someone else's ethnic war over the right to control the spoils in South Sudan, in hopes that their dreams not be shattered by this ravaging experience. Of the 48 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the region where we at the Millennium Cities Initiative have worked these last nine years, seven are on the United Nations' "List of Persistent Perpetrators," regularly violating at least four of six grave violations of children's rights. This is seven too many.
This important holiday affords us all a moment to reflect on the progress made with regard to children's rights and opportunities on and across the African continent. Indeed, there have been brilliant advances on behalf of children in most African nations; yet in far too many countries, hundreds of thousands of children remain hungry or food-insecure and are pressed into service as barely-paid laborers, sex slaves, soldiers and as human shields. Despite the important, world-altering focus of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on improving maternal and child health and reducing the prevalence of infectious disease, resources have not poured in as promised, and children's access to reliable medical care remains irregular, at best.
There has been tremendous improvement in the numbers of students attending primary school -- improvement compelled by the second Millennium Development Goal and enabled by the abolition of school fees, the inclusive policies of public school systems region-wide and significant efforts to keep girls in school. Yet the African Union's own report suggests that access to pre-primary, primary, secondary and tertiary education alike is still unacceptably limited, especially for girls and vulnerable children, and completion rates remain shockingly low for those who do attend. Teacher quality and deployment warrant more focused attention, as does the much-needed government oversight of those schools operated by the private and religious sectors.
As part of our work in assisting selected sub-Saharan regional capitals in their efforts to attain the MDGs, the Millennium Cities Initiative (MCI), a project of Columbia University's Earth Institute, has assessed children's health and schooling needs, attempting to diagnose the challenges facing each city's public health and education system and to estimate the costs, in human and financial terms, of meeting those challenges. Because the Millennium Cities are all located in nations at peace, child soldiering and systematic abductions of children at gunpoint are not occurring in our sites. But in the course of our work in the schools and in public health, we do see rape on an appallingly regular basis, usually followed up by no adverse consequences for the perpetrators; we see many brave young girls who have come alone to the city from the countryside in order to continue their education taken advantage of by older men, in exchange for shelter and school fees, nearly always with little recourse; and we see far too many preventable neonatal deaths, undernourished children and chronic exposure to devastating waterborne illnesses, due largely to poor sanitation and unclean water sources.
Millennium City leaders now know what it will cost to attain the MDGs in water and sanitation, health, education and gender parity. Many of them have now incorporated the MDGs into their annual budget processes, wherein they appeal to their national governments for the requisite funding to realize their top MDG-based priorities. But while most of the region's national governments are committed to attaining these Goals and have organized themselves to use donor assistance wisely toward this end, the donor funds have never come in as promised, and national budget officials are regularly forced to make draconian choices that often leave local governments with less than half of what they require in order to meet their people's most fundamental needs. Those most detrimentally affected by these shortfalls, of course, and by this monumental shortsightedness on the part of the international community, are the children, whose developing bodies and psyches are still so fragile.
We know now, after years of study and practice, what is needed and what works to help people find their way out of extreme poverty; the many brilliant and cost-effective solutions are ready to be implemented at scale. But the will, on the part of so many who could help, is somehow missing in action. And we will all be left with a world where an unfathomable number of today's impoverished, undereducated and insecure children will have grown into improperly prepared, rightly enraged adults with little deference for those who have denied them the fulfillment of their human potential.
What catastrophe, or what miracle, must occur, in order that we all do what it takes, to actually take care of our children?
The Day of the African Child was established 24 years ago by the African Union Assembly, to commemorate the deadly 1976 Soweto protests by schoolchildren, a seminal moment in the eventual fall of South Africa's brutal apartheid regime. Poverty and the concomitant absence of opportunity can be equally crushing; our focus on sub-Saharan cities emerged from the knowledge that this region was the furthest off-track in its efforts to achieve the MDGs, meaning that, without determined, targeted interventions, several hundred million African children will be deprived of hope.
May this week's celebration of the Day of the African Child, with this sober reckoning, be viewed 24 years from now as a turning point, as we rededicate ourselves to a seriously resourced effort to protect all our children, our planet's most precious asset. Reported by Huffington Post 8 hours ago.
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CASIS Announces Grant Awards for Remote Sensing
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., June 17, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) has announced grant awards for five projects focused on remote sensing and Earth observation. These awards stem from the CASIS Request for Proposals (RFP)...
Reported by PR Newswire 7 hours ago.
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Largest Active Volcano on Earth Rumbles Back to Life
Reported by Scientific American 7 hours ago.
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How to Get the Shot: 9 Tips From Wildlife Photographers
In the midst of city living, it’s easy to forget that beyond the tall buildings, the world can be a wild, wild place. Although the concrete jungle has its own ecosystem of sorts (see: rats, pigeons), there’s way more species inhabiting the planet; there are creatures in every crevice of the globe. And there are people who spend their lives documenting Earth’s non-human inhabitants — from penguins playing in the freezing Arctic waters, to mischievous meerkats in Botswana. In doing so, wildlife photographers not only capture the magic of Mother Nature, but they encourage humans to look beyond ourselves, to step outside of our daily routines. Read more...
More about Photography, Wildlife, Film, Gadgets, and Lifestyle Reported by Mashable 6 hours ago.
More about Photography, Wildlife, Film, Gadgets, and Lifestyle Reported by Mashable 6 hours ago.
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Sports World Needs More Tony Gwynns, A Lot More
Tony Gwynn played baseball at the highest level while also displaying humility, affability, and a down-to-earth outlook. He stands in contrast to the self-centered, jerk superstars so often idolized.
Reported by Forbes.com 6 hours ago.
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Terminal City: A Talk with Linda Fairstein
Linda Fairstein needs no introduction. For more than two decades, this former prosecutor was Chief of the Sex Crimes Unit of the Manhattan District Attorney's office. She tried many "ripped from the headlines" cases and is considered America's foremost legal expert on sexual assault and domestic violence.
Her 15 previous Alexandra Cooper novels are international bestsellers and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Her 16th is Terminal City, a suspense potboiler, once again featuring prosecutor Alex Cooper and her team who are in a frenzied quest to track down a serial killer who may be a mass murderer and terrorist.
*Terminal City takes place in and around Grand Central Terminal. As in many of your novels, the story reveals fascinating things about a great New York City landmark. Tell us some of the hidden secrets of Grand Central Terminal.*
I've always been intrigued by Grand Central Terminal, having grown up in Mount Vernon, a suburb of the city. It was my gateway to New York, coming in as a kid with my mother to go to the theater or shopping. As a child, the colossal size of it captured me; and as I grew older, its majestic appearance astounded me. In writing this novel, the opportunity to have private tours and get behind the scenes of the terminal was a thrilling experience.
I toured the terminal with an architect from the firm that did the magnificent restoration. The blueprints showed entire sub-basements, some going down 10 stories into the earth, and secure rooms upstairs, that don't appear on the original blueprints. That's because there was a concern for security when the terminal was designed a century ago. Presidents and dignitaries came to the terminal and were escorted directly to their hotels via underground passages.
The need for security became even more apparent during World War II, when Hitler realized he could paralyze U.S. troop movements on the eastern seacoast, if he could destroy the basement area of Grand Central Terminal where all east coast trains were controlled.
The hidden places within the terminal are very exciting to see. Though the book is named Terminal City, I wasn't aware that when the terminal was designed, the plan was to have an underground city within Manhattan, so a traveler could disembark from a train and walk underground to a hotel room in the Waldorf, or the Yale Club. The terminal was built to encompass an entire underground city of many acres. This was a complete surprise to me and became a device to use in plotting bad things in the novel.
*What about the mole people?*
I always believed the mole people were little more than an urban myth. I was shocked to discover there really is an underground colony of people, most with severe mental illnesses. The ancient tunnel structure has corroded over time. Much of the material of the tunnel walls has decayed over the 100 years, and there are "apartments" carved into the walls. The residents call them "condos." Homeless people can enter through sewer gratings and obscure entrance ways no one knows about. These people have their own mayor and regulations. Many of them use sprinkler pipes for water and electrical wire to screw in light bulbs. It's not only true of Grand Central Terminal, but others as well. There's a network of tunnels connecting from Penn Station to the Hudson River. So, there really is an underground New York.
*This is wonderfully described in the context of the novel. It was like an incredible tour through this landmark. Do you do this with each novel?*
I began doing it in the second book, Likely to Die. It was set in Bellevue Hospital. My office handled a case in which a young doctor was killed in her office, while working late at night. The killer was a homeless man living on the hospital roof. He slept during the day, and at night, went to the laundry area, would find a white lab coat, put it on and walk the hallways, completely unchallenged. He got food from discarded trays. On the night of the attack, he sexually assaulted the doctor, and then killed her.
I used the hospital as a metaphor for the city. In those pre-9/11 days, there was no security at all. There were thousands of patients, medical and nursing staffs, florist deliveries, linen and food deliveries and thousands of people going in and out, all of whom could be potential suspects. As part of my own self-branding, I decided it would be interesting for readers to come away from my novels having learned something in addition to having been entertained. So, I'll take the reader behind the scenes of a New York City landmark, while balancing the interesting things about the place, with the novel's pacing.
*You may be the quintessential embodiment of the adage, "Write about what you know." Am I correct in assuming many cases in your novels are based on ones you've actually tried?*
I've never used a case I've tried in a novel, but I draw heavily on those cases for motives, character traits, and other aspects of the books. I love taking bits and pieces from actual cases and seeing if they fit into the novel's narrative arc. Part of what occurs in Terminal City is taken from the profiles of the Boson Marathon killers. I clip crime stories from everywhere across the country. I have notebooks filled with these crime stories--enough to choke a whale. I love taking a kernel out of a crime story and doing that "What if?" thing.
*One of the most dramatic scenes in Terminal City takes place between Alex and a defense attorney during an arraignment. The colloquy was electrifying. Are you most comfortable writing courtroom scenes?*
I think I'm most at home writing dialogue. As an English literature major in college, I was comfortable writing descriptions and atmosphere, but I was far more comfortable with dialogue, especially when I sat down with Alex Cooper. I just channel myself right there into the courtroom setting. It simply flows. I put myself in her head; her words are my words. I just love court routine and I can put myself there in a heartbeat. I can read something in a newspaper--like the recent cannibal cop case--and then create the dialogue to reflect the way I would handle the case.
*Do you ever refer to actual courtroom transcripts when writing certain scenes?*
I've never done that. I might someday--from cases back when I was a 32-year-old prosecutor. But you know, I'll probably end up saying to myself, "I write it better now than it actually was taken from reality." I'd rather make it up. You know fiction can be better than real life.
*There's a great deal of sexual tension between Alex Cooper and Detective Mike Chapman. It's been going on for 10 years. Have you planned where their relationship is going?*
Yes. I've been thinking about it and it will be something very interesting. I can tell you that 15 books into the series, the issue that's of number one importance to my readers is: what's going to happen between Alex and Mike Chapman? (laughter) At any book signing--whether six people or six hundred are there--that's one of the first questions asked.
*Who are the legal scholars or judges you admire most?*
I follow the Supreme Court closely. I personally look up to people like Stephen Breyer. One of my favorites is Sonia Sotomayor with whom I worked in the Manhattan DA's office. I look at her with special pride. I wish I could write like Oliver Wendell Holmes (laugher). There are so many judges on the Supreme Court, Criminal Term, in New York City, who shaped my career as a young lawyer. Judges Irving Lang and George Roberts, along with others, come to mind.
Now, many of my former colleagues in the DA's office are people I admire greatly: Ann Donnelly and Mark Dwyer who are sitting judges. I always read the New York Law Journal, in part, looking for criminal motives and new ideas for novels, and also hoping to find the elegance of language with which some judges write. It's just wonderful when you come across beautifully crafted opinions.
*In your spare time, what do you enjoy reading?*
I always have books in hand. I usually read non-fiction and fiction at the same time. I read crime fiction and thrillers--and did even before I began writing fiction. I love the genre, but also want to see what my friends and my competition are up to. (laughter). I love good thrillers and suspense novels: Michael Connelly, Harlan Coben, Lisa Scottoline, Lisa Gardner, Robert Crais, and lots of others. I was an English lit major in college, so I intend to read all of Anthony Trollope before I die. Now that I'm travelling on tour, I'll be reading a great deal of crime fiction. I can't read it when I'm at home writing because I'm afraid I'm going to subconsciously steal dialogue or be influenced by another writer's style.
*What's next for Linda Fairstein?*
I've got the location for the next one. It's a landmark not nearly as well-known as Grand Central Terminal. There's going to be a very dramatic turn of events for Alex. You'll have to wait to see what happens.
*Congratulations on your sixteenth Alex Cooper suspense novel, and thank you for casting a fascinating spotlight on a great New York City landmark, while telling a compelling story.___________
*Mark Rubinstein
Author of *Mad Dog House,* Love Gone Mad and The Foot Soldier Reported by Huffington Post 4 hours ago.
Her 15 previous Alexandra Cooper novels are international bestsellers and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Her 16th is Terminal City, a suspense potboiler, once again featuring prosecutor Alex Cooper and her team who are in a frenzied quest to track down a serial killer who may be a mass murderer and terrorist.
*Terminal City takes place in and around Grand Central Terminal. As in many of your novels, the story reveals fascinating things about a great New York City landmark. Tell us some of the hidden secrets of Grand Central Terminal.*
I've always been intrigued by Grand Central Terminal, having grown up in Mount Vernon, a suburb of the city. It was my gateway to New York, coming in as a kid with my mother to go to the theater or shopping. As a child, the colossal size of it captured me; and as I grew older, its majestic appearance astounded me. In writing this novel, the opportunity to have private tours and get behind the scenes of the terminal was a thrilling experience.
I toured the terminal with an architect from the firm that did the magnificent restoration. The blueprints showed entire sub-basements, some going down 10 stories into the earth, and secure rooms upstairs, that don't appear on the original blueprints. That's because there was a concern for security when the terminal was designed a century ago. Presidents and dignitaries came to the terminal and were escorted directly to their hotels via underground passages.
The need for security became even more apparent during World War II, when Hitler realized he could paralyze U.S. troop movements on the eastern seacoast, if he could destroy the basement area of Grand Central Terminal where all east coast trains were controlled.
The hidden places within the terminal are very exciting to see. Though the book is named Terminal City, I wasn't aware that when the terminal was designed, the plan was to have an underground city within Manhattan, so a traveler could disembark from a train and walk underground to a hotel room in the Waldorf, or the Yale Club. The terminal was built to encompass an entire underground city of many acres. This was a complete surprise to me and became a device to use in plotting bad things in the novel.
*What about the mole people?*
I always believed the mole people were little more than an urban myth. I was shocked to discover there really is an underground colony of people, most with severe mental illnesses. The ancient tunnel structure has corroded over time. Much of the material of the tunnel walls has decayed over the 100 years, and there are "apartments" carved into the walls. The residents call them "condos." Homeless people can enter through sewer gratings and obscure entrance ways no one knows about. These people have their own mayor and regulations. Many of them use sprinkler pipes for water and electrical wire to screw in light bulbs. It's not only true of Grand Central Terminal, but others as well. There's a network of tunnels connecting from Penn Station to the Hudson River. So, there really is an underground New York.
*This is wonderfully described in the context of the novel. It was like an incredible tour through this landmark. Do you do this with each novel?*
I began doing it in the second book, Likely to Die. It was set in Bellevue Hospital. My office handled a case in which a young doctor was killed in her office, while working late at night. The killer was a homeless man living on the hospital roof. He slept during the day, and at night, went to the laundry area, would find a white lab coat, put it on and walk the hallways, completely unchallenged. He got food from discarded trays. On the night of the attack, he sexually assaulted the doctor, and then killed her.
I used the hospital as a metaphor for the city. In those pre-9/11 days, there was no security at all. There were thousands of patients, medical and nursing staffs, florist deliveries, linen and food deliveries and thousands of people going in and out, all of whom could be potential suspects. As part of my own self-branding, I decided it would be interesting for readers to come away from my novels having learned something in addition to having been entertained. So, I'll take the reader behind the scenes of a New York City landmark, while balancing the interesting things about the place, with the novel's pacing.
*You may be the quintessential embodiment of the adage, "Write about what you know." Am I correct in assuming many cases in your novels are based on ones you've actually tried?*
I've never used a case I've tried in a novel, but I draw heavily on those cases for motives, character traits, and other aspects of the books. I love taking bits and pieces from actual cases and seeing if they fit into the novel's narrative arc. Part of what occurs in Terminal City is taken from the profiles of the Boson Marathon killers. I clip crime stories from everywhere across the country. I have notebooks filled with these crime stories--enough to choke a whale. I love taking a kernel out of a crime story and doing that "What if?" thing.
*One of the most dramatic scenes in Terminal City takes place between Alex and a defense attorney during an arraignment. The colloquy was electrifying. Are you most comfortable writing courtroom scenes?*
I think I'm most at home writing dialogue. As an English literature major in college, I was comfortable writing descriptions and atmosphere, but I was far more comfortable with dialogue, especially when I sat down with Alex Cooper. I just channel myself right there into the courtroom setting. It simply flows. I put myself in her head; her words are my words. I just love court routine and I can put myself there in a heartbeat. I can read something in a newspaper--like the recent cannibal cop case--and then create the dialogue to reflect the way I would handle the case.
*Do you ever refer to actual courtroom transcripts when writing certain scenes?*
I've never done that. I might someday--from cases back when I was a 32-year-old prosecutor. But you know, I'll probably end up saying to myself, "I write it better now than it actually was taken from reality." I'd rather make it up. You know fiction can be better than real life.
*There's a great deal of sexual tension between Alex Cooper and Detective Mike Chapman. It's been going on for 10 years. Have you planned where their relationship is going?*
Yes. I've been thinking about it and it will be something very interesting. I can tell you that 15 books into the series, the issue that's of number one importance to my readers is: what's going to happen between Alex and Mike Chapman? (laughter) At any book signing--whether six people or six hundred are there--that's one of the first questions asked.
*Who are the legal scholars or judges you admire most?*
I follow the Supreme Court closely. I personally look up to people like Stephen Breyer. One of my favorites is Sonia Sotomayor with whom I worked in the Manhattan DA's office. I look at her with special pride. I wish I could write like Oliver Wendell Holmes (laugher). There are so many judges on the Supreme Court, Criminal Term, in New York City, who shaped my career as a young lawyer. Judges Irving Lang and George Roberts, along with others, come to mind.
Now, many of my former colleagues in the DA's office are people I admire greatly: Ann Donnelly and Mark Dwyer who are sitting judges. I always read the New York Law Journal, in part, looking for criminal motives and new ideas for novels, and also hoping to find the elegance of language with which some judges write. It's just wonderful when you come across beautifully crafted opinions.
*In your spare time, what do you enjoy reading?*
I always have books in hand. I usually read non-fiction and fiction at the same time. I read crime fiction and thrillers--and did even before I began writing fiction. I love the genre, but also want to see what my friends and my competition are up to. (laughter). I love good thrillers and suspense novels: Michael Connelly, Harlan Coben, Lisa Scottoline, Lisa Gardner, Robert Crais, and lots of others. I was an English lit major in college, so I intend to read all of Anthony Trollope before I die. Now that I'm travelling on tour, I'll be reading a great deal of crime fiction. I can't read it when I'm at home writing because I'm afraid I'm going to subconsciously steal dialogue or be influenced by another writer's style.
*What's next for Linda Fairstein?*
I've got the location for the next one. It's a landmark not nearly as well-known as Grand Central Terminal. There's going to be a very dramatic turn of events for Alex. You'll have to wait to see what happens.
*Congratulations on your sixteenth Alex Cooper suspense novel, and thank you for casting a fascinating spotlight on a great New York City landmark, while telling a compelling story.___________
*Mark Rubinstein
Author of *Mad Dog House,* Love Gone Mad and The Foot Soldier Reported by Huffington Post 4 hours ago.
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Why Are the Democrats So Unified?
Although you may not have heard about it yet, some people on the left are trying to organize opposition to military action in Iraq. Democracy for America, the group started by Howard Dean, is starting a lobbying campaign against any action. MoveOn has told its members to share a statement saying: "President Obama should reject the use of military force in Iraq, including air strikes. We must not be dragged back into yet another war." CREDO has gathered 80,000 signatures on a "Don't Bomb Iraq" petition.
It's safe to say that if the White House is even aware of this organizing, they are utterly unconcerned about it. It's partly the old story of mainstream Democrats paying no attention to their left flank unless it's to dismiss it. (As the aphorism has it, Republicans fear their base while Democrats hate their base.) But it's also an indicator of a phenomenon that hasn't gotten as much attention as it should: the extraordinary unity of the Democratic coalition at this point in history.
For good reason, we've spent a lot of time lately examining and analyzing the fractures within the right; as I've argued before, the seemingly endless civil war within the Republican Party is the defining dynamic of this political era. It's so interesting in part because it's a reversal of what was the norm for so long: a GOP that skillfully balanced the agendas of its various constituencies and kept them all focused on common goals, with plenty of successful elections as the result.
But there has been an equally notable reversal on the Democratic side. For as long as I can remember, liberals lamented how fractured and quarrelsome their coalition was. The clichéd "Dems Divided!" headline reflected a real truth, that it was nearly impossible to get all the left's constituencies together to act in a unified way. But these days, what dissent there is on the left isn't just quiet, it has almost no impact on the course of events.
The other day, Paul Krugman offered a good explanation of why there isn't more anger toward Barack Obama on the left over his presidency's shortcomings. For starters, there isn't that much disagreement on the left about policy. He goes on:
This policy unity has been helped by the fact that Obama has had a moderate degree of success in achieving these goals. If he had had an easy time, the party might be divided between those wanting more radical action and those not in a hurry; if he had failed utterly, the party might be divided (as it was for much of the past three decades) between a liberal faction and a Republican-lite faction. As it is, however, Obama has managed to achieve a lot of what Democrats have sought for generations, but only with great difficulty against scorched-earth opposition. This means that the conflict between "the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party"— exemplified these days by Elizabeth Warren — and the more pro-big-business wing is relatively muted: the liberal wing knows that Obama has gotten most of what could be gotten, and the actual policies haven't been the kind that would scare off the less liberal wing.
The other key driver of Democratic unity is the extraordinary level of Republican opposition to President Obama and to Democrats in general, both in terms of its sheer venom and in the practical ways the GOP has obstructed all attempts at governing. When the barbarians are at the gate, internal disputes tend to be put aside, so dissent on the left has been muted. That helps maintain broad unity, and unity on specific questions like Iraq as well.
So in this case, no matter what Obama actually does, Republicans will argue that he is being catastrophically weak and should be taking more aggressive military action (if Obama launched a nuclear strike against every other country on earth, John McCain would be on Meet the Press the next Sunday saying that true leadership would have been to nuke the moon). That sends a signal to liberals, that if conservatives are angry at Obama then he must be in the right neighborhood. The angrier the opposition is, the more likely the president's supporters are to rally behind him. And whatever action Obama takes, it will almost certainly be limited, which will please most liberals; it's hard to have an anti-war movement if you don't have a real war to oppose.
That isn't to say there aren't differences among prominent Democrats, with Elizabeth Warren the leader (whether she wants to be or not) of a group that would like to see a more populist agenda, and ample complaints about specific policies the Obama administration has undertaken. But at least in my lifetime, I can't remember when the Democratic Party was less contentious and those differences presented less of a threat to their overall project. The Democrats have their share of problems, but for the moment, infighting isn't one of them. Reported by The American Prospect 5 hours ago.
It's safe to say that if the White House is even aware of this organizing, they are utterly unconcerned about it. It's partly the old story of mainstream Democrats paying no attention to their left flank unless it's to dismiss it. (As the aphorism has it, Republicans fear their base while Democrats hate their base.) But it's also an indicator of a phenomenon that hasn't gotten as much attention as it should: the extraordinary unity of the Democratic coalition at this point in history.
For good reason, we've spent a lot of time lately examining and analyzing the fractures within the right; as I've argued before, the seemingly endless civil war within the Republican Party is the defining dynamic of this political era. It's so interesting in part because it's a reversal of what was the norm for so long: a GOP that skillfully balanced the agendas of its various constituencies and kept them all focused on common goals, with plenty of successful elections as the result.
But there has been an equally notable reversal on the Democratic side. For as long as I can remember, liberals lamented how fractured and quarrelsome their coalition was. The clichéd "Dems Divided!" headline reflected a real truth, that it was nearly impossible to get all the left's constituencies together to act in a unified way. But these days, what dissent there is on the left isn't just quiet, it has almost no impact on the course of events.
The other day, Paul Krugman offered a good explanation of why there isn't more anger toward Barack Obama on the left over his presidency's shortcomings. For starters, there isn't that much disagreement on the left about policy. He goes on:
This policy unity has been helped by the fact that Obama has had a moderate degree of success in achieving these goals. If he had had an easy time, the party might be divided between those wanting more radical action and those not in a hurry; if he had failed utterly, the party might be divided (as it was for much of the past three decades) between a liberal faction and a Republican-lite faction. As it is, however, Obama has managed to achieve a lot of what Democrats have sought for generations, but only with great difficulty against scorched-earth opposition. This means that the conflict between "the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party"— exemplified these days by Elizabeth Warren — and the more pro-big-business wing is relatively muted: the liberal wing knows that Obama has gotten most of what could be gotten, and the actual policies haven't been the kind that would scare off the less liberal wing.
The other key driver of Democratic unity is the extraordinary level of Republican opposition to President Obama and to Democrats in general, both in terms of its sheer venom and in the practical ways the GOP has obstructed all attempts at governing. When the barbarians are at the gate, internal disputes tend to be put aside, so dissent on the left has been muted. That helps maintain broad unity, and unity on specific questions like Iraq as well.
So in this case, no matter what Obama actually does, Republicans will argue that he is being catastrophically weak and should be taking more aggressive military action (if Obama launched a nuclear strike against every other country on earth, John McCain would be on Meet the Press the next Sunday saying that true leadership would have been to nuke the moon). That sends a signal to liberals, that if conservatives are angry at Obama then he must be in the right neighborhood. The angrier the opposition is, the more likely the president's supporters are to rally behind him. And whatever action Obama takes, it will almost certainly be limited, which will please most liberals; it's hard to have an anti-war movement if you don't have a real war to oppose.
That isn't to say there aren't differences among prominent Democrats, with Elizabeth Warren the leader (whether she wants to be or not) of a group that would like to see a more populist agenda, and ample complaints about specific policies the Obama administration has undertaken. But at least in my lifetime, I can't remember when the Democratic Party was less contentious and those differences presented less of a threat to their overall project. The Democrats have their share of problems, but for the moment, infighting isn't one of them. Reported by The American Prospect 5 hours ago.
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Study: Vast Ocean of Water is Trapped Inside Crystal "Sponges" in Mantle
Trapped crystalline water is believed to be enough to fill the Earth's oceans 1 to 3 times over
Reported by DailyTech 5 hours ago.
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Ice 'Sculptures' As Big As Skyscrapers Found Under Greenland Ice Sheet
The Greenland ice sheet may look like a vast expanse of white, but scientists peering beneath the smooth veil have found a fun house of sorts, full of giant jellyroll-like ice sculptures that could rival city skyscrapers in height and the whole of Manhattan in width.
The newfound wonderland not only reveals Mother Nature as artist, but also gives scientists a better picture of how Greenland's ice behaves and how that might change as the planet warms.
"If we could peel away each layer of snow at a time, eventually we would see that the layers were no longer coming off flat, like a layer cake," study researcher Robin Bell, of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in New York, told Live Science in an email. "If we could see them, they would look more like an odd, icy jelly roll. The ice is bent, twisted and folded," so that 120,000-year-old ice generally found at some 1.5 miles (2.5 kilometers) down is now found just 0.6 miles (1 km) from the surface. [Images: Greenland's Gorgeous Glaciers in Stunning Photos]
Bell added that the structures would be like "giant ice sculptures made by nature."
Until now, scientists relying on airborne radar thought the structures, which Bell and colleagues estimate cover about a tenth of northern Greenland, were rocky hills. With newer, ice-penetrating radar instruments used during NASA's Operation IceBridge mission — which aimed to map ice loss at the North and South Poles — researchers realized those hilly structures were actually made of ice.
As for how these sculptures are formed, the researchers built their theory partly on past findings from Antarctica, where Bell and others had found that ice sheets can grow from the bottom up, not just from the accumulation of snowing piling up on top of the ice. That growth, the scientists found, occurs as melt water at the bottom of the ice sheet thaws and refreezes.Petermann Glacier in Greenland dropped a huge chunk of ice in 2012.
Here's what the researchers think is occurring: Water that comes from melting at the bottom of the ice sheet, or water that streams down from the surface along crevasses and tubular shafts called moulins, refreezes at the bottom of the ice sheet. Over hundreds to thousands of years, the refreezing process warms, softens and warps the ice above the base of the ice sheet, creating the giant jellyroll-like structures discovered using radar. These structures could be up to 3,280 feet (1,000 m) in height, Bell said. They get bigger and are more common as the ice sheet narrows into the ice streams headed out to sea.
These rolled-up ice sculptures may also explain a weird behavior of Petermann Glacier, which made headlines in 2010 when a Manhattan-size chunk of ice broke off and slid into the sea. The researchers found one of these "sculptures" lying at a spot on the glacier that is moving along at about twice the speed of nearby ice. They suggest the refreezing process, by softening the ice, may accelerate the flow of glaciers.
Bell and her colleagues detailed their research in the June 15 issue of the journal Nature Geoscience.
Follow Jeanna Bryner on Twitter and Google+. Follow us @livescience, Facebook & Google+. Original article on Live Science.· In Photos: Greenland's Ancient Landscape
· Images: One-of-a-Kind Places on Earth
· Images of Melt: Earth's Vanishing Ice
Copyright 2014 LiveScience, a TechMediaNetwork company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ]]> Reported by Huffington Post 5 hours ago.
The newfound wonderland not only reveals Mother Nature as artist, but also gives scientists a better picture of how Greenland's ice behaves and how that might change as the planet warms.
"If we could peel away each layer of snow at a time, eventually we would see that the layers were no longer coming off flat, like a layer cake," study researcher Robin Bell, of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in New York, told Live Science in an email. "If we could see them, they would look more like an odd, icy jelly roll. The ice is bent, twisted and folded," so that 120,000-year-old ice generally found at some 1.5 miles (2.5 kilometers) down is now found just 0.6 miles (1 km) from the surface. [Images: Greenland's Gorgeous Glaciers in Stunning Photos]
Bell added that the structures would be like "giant ice sculptures made by nature."
Until now, scientists relying on airborne radar thought the structures, which Bell and colleagues estimate cover about a tenth of northern Greenland, were rocky hills. With newer, ice-penetrating radar instruments used during NASA's Operation IceBridge mission — which aimed to map ice loss at the North and South Poles — researchers realized those hilly structures were actually made of ice.
As for how these sculptures are formed, the researchers built their theory partly on past findings from Antarctica, where Bell and others had found that ice sheets can grow from the bottom up, not just from the accumulation of snowing piling up on top of the ice. That growth, the scientists found, occurs as melt water at the bottom of the ice sheet thaws and refreezes.Petermann Glacier in Greenland dropped a huge chunk of ice in 2012.
Here's what the researchers think is occurring: Water that comes from melting at the bottom of the ice sheet, or water that streams down from the surface along crevasses and tubular shafts called moulins, refreezes at the bottom of the ice sheet. Over hundreds to thousands of years, the refreezing process warms, softens and warps the ice above the base of the ice sheet, creating the giant jellyroll-like structures discovered using radar. These structures could be up to 3,280 feet (1,000 m) in height, Bell said. They get bigger and are more common as the ice sheet narrows into the ice streams headed out to sea.
These rolled-up ice sculptures may also explain a weird behavior of Petermann Glacier, which made headlines in 2010 when a Manhattan-size chunk of ice broke off and slid into the sea. The researchers found one of these "sculptures" lying at a spot on the glacier that is moving along at about twice the speed of nearby ice. They suggest the refreezing process, by softening the ice, may accelerate the flow of glaciers.
Bell and her colleagues detailed their research in the June 15 issue of the journal Nature Geoscience.
Follow Jeanna Bryner on Twitter and Google+. Follow us @livescience, Facebook & Google+. Original article on Live Science.· In Photos: Greenland's Ancient Landscape
· Images: One-of-a-Kind Places on Earth
· Images of Melt: Earth's Vanishing Ice
Copyright 2014 LiveScience, a TechMediaNetwork company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ]]> Reported by Huffington Post 5 hours ago.
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Evidence of Things Not Seen: the Diary of an Unlikely Warrior
New guide by Angela Powers Flippen provides ammunition for spiritual warfare.
Russellville, KY (PRWEB) June 17, 2014
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
So says Hamlet to his friend, insisting that there are things about the world we live in that are not only stranger than we do know, but also stranger than we can know.
Angela Flippen reinforces this thought with her surprising story. Titled “Diary of an Unlikely Warrior,” she explains how she is able to see and cast demons out of people who are being spiritually terrorized. Co-pastor of Way of Life Ministries, Flippen has the honorable yet troubling gift of being able to detect demons.
“You can fill the sea with the things I do not know or understand, but one thing I do know is deliverance and warfare,” Flippen said.
Flippen did not ask for this gift. She has no involvement in occult activities and has never sought out evil other than to vanquish it, in service to God.
“This book deals with the part of Jesus and his ministry that no one wants to talk about, casting out demons,” Flippen said.
In the book, Flippen names and exposes the demons that are currently clinging to the world, weighing down our spiritual health. She describes the practices of false churches that leave people feeling empty at best – and at worst; spiritually derelict. Flippen shows how dealing with the evil in one’s life can leave them free to bring themselves closer to God.
For more information, visit http://www.diaryofanunlikelywarrior.com.
“Diary of an Unlikely Warrior”
By Angela Flippen
ISBN: 978-1-4908-0116-2
Available in softcover, hardcover, e-book
Available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and WestBow Press
About the author
Angela Flippen is co-pastor at Way of Life Ministries after being called to serve the church at 24 years old. Her book is meant to be a warning against corruption and falsity that plagues the world – even churches – and to warn and inform individuals about demons and how to rid these negative spirits from their lives. She lives in Russellville, Kentucky with her husband. She has a son, daughter and grandson.
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
For review copies or interview requests, contact:
Matt VanScoik
317.602.7137
mvanscoik(at)bohlsengroup(dot)com Reported by PRWeb 5 hours ago.
Russellville, KY (PRWEB) June 17, 2014
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
So says Hamlet to his friend, insisting that there are things about the world we live in that are not only stranger than we do know, but also stranger than we can know.
Angela Flippen reinforces this thought with her surprising story. Titled “Diary of an Unlikely Warrior,” she explains how she is able to see and cast demons out of people who are being spiritually terrorized. Co-pastor of Way of Life Ministries, Flippen has the honorable yet troubling gift of being able to detect demons.
“You can fill the sea with the things I do not know or understand, but one thing I do know is deliverance and warfare,” Flippen said.
Flippen did not ask for this gift. She has no involvement in occult activities and has never sought out evil other than to vanquish it, in service to God.
“This book deals with the part of Jesus and his ministry that no one wants to talk about, casting out demons,” Flippen said.
In the book, Flippen names and exposes the demons that are currently clinging to the world, weighing down our spiritual health. She describes the practices of false churches that leave people feeling empty at best – and at worst; spiritually derelict. Flippen shows how dealing with the evil in one’s life can leave them free to bring themselves closer to God.
For more information, visit http://www.diaryofanunlikelywarrior.com.
“Diary of an Unlikely Warrior”
By Angela Flippen
ISBN: 978-1-4908-0116-2
Available in softcover, hardcover, e-book
Available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and WestBow Press
About the author
Angela Flippen is co-pastor at Way of Life Ministries after being called to serve the church at 24 years old. Her book is meant to be a warning against corruption and falsity that plagues the world – even churches – and to warn and inform individuals about demons and how to rid these negative spirits from their lives. She lives in Russellville, Kentucky with her husband. She has a son, daughter and grandson.
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
For review copies or interview requests, contact:
Matt VanScoik
317.602.7137
mvanscoik(at)bohlsengroup(dot)com Reported by PRWeb 5 hours ago.
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URETEK Holdings Hires Joseph Bailey as Sales Engineer for the State of Georgia
As Sales Engineer, Mr. Bailey will be responsible for developing and growing URETEK’s brand awareness in Georgia for URETEK’s government, commercial, residential and industrial business segments. Joe will work with contractors, engineers and designers to integrate URETEK’s soil stabilization services into their design specifications.
Atlanta, Georgia (PRWEB) June 17, 2014
Today, URETEK Holdings, Inc., a foundation stabilization and infrastructure sealing company, announced the hiring of Joe Bailey as Sales Engineer for the State of Georgia.
As Sales Engineer, Mr. Bailey will be responsible for developing and growing URETEK’s brand awareness in Georgia for URETEK’s government, commercial, residential and industrial business segments. Joe will work with contractors, engineers and designers to integrate URETEK’s soil stabilization services into their design specifications.
Mr. Bailey joins URETEK Holdings with over 27 years of experience in the construction industry, primarily in the specialized field of mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) structures, having experience in business development, marketing, estimating, project management and product development. Prior to joining URETEK, Mr. Bailey worked with Vista Wall Systems, LLC, Tensar International Corporation, Soil Systems Engineering, Inc., and for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management. Mr. Bailey graduated from Northeastern University in Boston Massachusetts with a B.S. in Civil Engineering.
“I am excited to join URETEK Holdings and to offer its economical geopolymer injection process for infrastructure and structural rehabilitation,” states Mr. Bailey. “URETEK offers a solution that allows for stabilization with minimal invasion and no excavation, fixing the problem at its source.”
“URETEK’s rigid structural geopolymers are the only product that fills voids, stabilizes support soils and seals and rehabilitates structures and infrastructure. Joe adds extensive experience in MSE and soil stabilization systems, industries that have much to gain from adapting our product into their rehabilitation programs,” states Kathleen Shanahan, CEO of URETEK Holdings, Inc.
URETEK’s proprietary polymer formulas are used in a wide variety of applications, including slab lifting and underground void filling, storm/waste drain rehabilitation and sealing, soil erosion control, emergency infrastructure restoration (dams, spillways, and levees) and culvert, pipe, and manhole sealing.
About URETEK Holdings, Inc.
URETEK Holdings, Inc. specializes in improving the weight-bearing capacity of subsurface soils through the injection of patented, lightweight, expanding structural polymers. The patented URETEK Deep Injection Method provides the industry’s most cost-effective, quickest and safest solution for soil stabilization and densification without excavation. For 25 years, URETEK has safely completed more than 85,000 projects leveling, lifting, sealing and stabilizing structures of all sizes for commercial, residential, and governmental clients. URETEK Holdings operates in 31 states across the United States. Reported by PRWeb 5 hours ago.
Atlanta, Georgia (PRWEB) June 17, 2014
Today, URETEK Holdings, Inc., a foundation stabilization and infrastructure sealing company, announced the hiring of Joe Bailey as Sales Engineer for the State of Georgia.
As Sales Engineer, Mr. Bailey will be responsible for developing and growing URETEK’s brand awareness in Georgia for URETEK’s government, commercial, residential and industrial business segments. Joe will work with contractors, engineers and designers to integrate URETEK’s soil stabilization services into their design specifications.
Mr. Bailey joins URETEK Holdings with over 27 years of experience in the construction industry, primarily in the specialized field of mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) structures, having experience in business development, marketing, estimating, project management and product development. Prior to joining URETEK, Mr. Bailey worked with Vista Wall Systems, LLC, Tensar International Corporation, Soil Systems Engineering, Inc., and for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management. Mr. Bailey graduated from Northeastern University in Boston Massachusetts with a B.S. in Civil Engineering.
“I am excited to join URETEK Holdings and to offer its economical geopolymer injection process for infrastructure and structural rehabilitation,” states Mr. Bailey. “URETEK offers a solution that allows for stabilization with minimal invasion and no excavation, fixing the problem at its source.”
“URETEK’s rigid structural geopolymers are the only product that fills voids, stabilizes support soils and seals and rehabilitates structures and infrastructure. Joe adds extensive experience in MSE and soil stabilization systems, industries that have much to gain from adapting our product into their rehabilitation programs,” states Kathleen Shanahan, CEO of URETEK Holdings, Inc.
URETEK’s proprietary polymer formulas are used in a wide variety of applications, including slab lifting and underground void filling, storm/waste drain rehabilitation and sealing, soil erosion control, emergency infrastructure restoration (dams, spillways, and levees) and culvert, pipe, and manhole sealing.
About URETEK Holdings, Inc.
URETEK Holdings, Inc. specializes in improving the weight-bearing capacity of subsurface soils through the injection of patented, lightweight, expanding structural polymers. The patented URETEK Deep Injection Method provides the industry’s most cost-effective, quickest and safest solution for soil stabilization and densification without excavation. For 25 years, URETEK has safely completed more than 85,000 projects leveling, lifting, sealing and stabilizing structures of all sizes for commercial, residential, and governmental clients. URETEK Holdings operates in 31 states across the United States. Reported by PRWeb 5 hours ago.
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Earth's Most Abundant, Yet Elusive, Mineral Named After Nobel Prize Winner
Reported by Scientific American 3 hours ago.
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The Tao of Things
When considering the Internet of Things, there has been much focus on the hardware: the billions of communicating devices. However, in realizing the potential of the IoT, the hardware is not the hard part. Instead it's about how to manage today's universe of fast, big data, generated by these devices.
The Internet of Things, a massive ecosystem of interconnected sensors and devices, holds such great potential to change our lives that it is being referred to as technology's next generation.
In 2008, the number of things connected to the Internet exceeded the number of people on earth (6.7 billion). By 2020, it is estimated that there will be 50 billion things connected.
The global Internet of Things market is expected to grow by more than $5 trillion over the next six years, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). IDC predicts that the global IoT market will hit $7.1 trillion by 2020, as people around the word -- and particularly in developed nations -- develop an affinity for full-time connectivity.
With every cellphone call, smart watch reading, Facebook update or smart car parking, a piece of data is born -- creating massive clouds of big data, which are interconnected.
This data can be compared with crowds of people walking and driving in a big city. Data, like the crowds and traffic, has to be managed - otherwise there will be accidents and crashes or riots. A way must be found to organize and manage the crowds, making their individual paths both clear and personalized.
Hence, the Tao of Things. Tao is translated as the way or path. Tao is the flow of the universe, and there is believed to be a pattern behind it that keeps the universe balanced and ordered. The concepts of Tao include yin and yang, where every action creates a counter-action.
If we apply Tao to the business enterprise, companies must accept the flow of the universe, along with the yin and yang, and work with it in order to avoid catastrophe and possibly take advantage of the opportunities created.
Take fast, big data, for example. As volumes and velocities of data continue to increase exponentially, many firms' existing infrastructure approaches are struggling to scale. New, agile, systems are needed to handle the Internet of Things' computational explosion of sensory inputs and reference data.
The devices and sensors themselves are just the data sources. The hard part is finding the right software architectures to support a new class of streaming, decision-centric application requirements. Systems are required that can analyze vast volumes of fast data, compare it against patterns in reference data and generate smart responses rapidly.
Let's look at our big city analogy. Imagine if traffic lights could sense when one part of the city was getting bottlenecked and then redirect traffic in order to speed things up. Imagine if a crowd of pedestrians was building up on the sidewalk outside a hockey game that was about to finish, and all of the pedestrian crossing lights stayed on until the people were dispersed.
City Hall or the police, armed with the relevant data from cars and people, and smart traffic lights, could accomplish this. The Tao, or flow, of the city would be transformed. This is an example of how intelligent business operations can help firms improve the Tao of Things.
Gartner call the new kind of business architecture required to deal with IoT's computational data explosion an "Intelligent Business Operation" (IBO). According to Gartner, IBO provides a style of work in which real-time analytic and decision management technologies are integrated into the operational activities that run a business, city or other complex system. Such an architecture is streamlined to handle, analyze and respond to the vast message scale of the IoT. Underlying technologies include a combination of low latency messaging ,streaming analytics & rules and intelligent business processes, all built on an in-memory platform.
As Lao Tzu, considered the father of Taoism, said: "All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small." Reported by Huffington Post 3 hours ago.
The Internet of Things, a massive ecosystem of interconnected sensors and devices, holds such great potential to change our lives that it is being referred to as technology's next generation.
In 2008, the number of things connected to the Internet exceeded the number of people on earth (6.7 billion). By 2020, it is estimated that there will be 50 billion things connected.
The global Internet of Things market is expected to grow by more than $5 trillion over the next six years, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). IDC predicts that the global IoT market will hit $7.1 trillion by 2020, as people around the word -- and particularly in developed nations -- develop an affinity for full-time connectivity.
With every cellphone call, smart watch reading, Facebook update or smart car parking, a piece of data is born -- creating massive clouds of big data, which are interconnected.
This data can be compared with crowds of people walking and driving in a big city. Data, like the crowds and traffic, has to be managed - otherwise there will be accidents and crashes or riots. A way must be found to organize and manage the crowds, making their individual paths both clear and personalized.
Hence, the Tao of Things. Tao is translated as the way or path. Tao is the flow of the universe, and there is believed to be a pattern behind it that keeps the universe balanced and ordered. The concepts of Tao include yin and yang, where every action creates a counter-action.
If we apply Tao to the business enterprise, companies must accept the flow of the universe, along with the yin and yang, and work with it in order to avoid catastrophe and possibly take advantage of the opportunities created.
Take fast, big data, for example. As volumes and velocities of data continue to increase exponentially, many firms' existing infrastructure approaches are struggling to scale. New, agile, systems are needed to handle the Internet of Things' computational explosion of sensory inputs and reference data.
The devices and sensors themselves are just the data sources. The hard part is finding the right software architectures to support a new class of streaming, decision-centric application requirements. Systems are required that can analyze vast volumes of fast data, compare it against patterns in reference data and generate smart responses rapidly.
Let's look at our big city analogy. Imagine if traffic lights could sense when one part of the city was getting bottlenecked and then redirect traffic in order to speed things up. Imagine if a crowd of pedestrians was building up on the sidewalk outside a hockey game that was about to finish, and all of the pedestrian crossing lights stayed on until the people were dispersed.
City Hall or the police, armed with the relevant data from cars and people, and smart traffic lights, could accomplish this. The Tao, or flow, of the city would be transformed. This is an example of how intelligent business operations can help firms improve the Tao of Things.
Gartner call the new kind of business architecture required to deal with IoT's computational data explosion an "Intelligent Business Operation" (IBO). According to Gartner, IBO provides a style of work in which real-time analytic and decision management technologies are integrated into the operational activities that run a business, city or other complex system. Such an architecture is streamlined to handle, analyze and respond to the vast message scale of the IoT. Underlying technologies include a combination of low latency messaging ,streaming analytics & rules and intelligent business processes, all built on an in-memory platform.
As Lao Tzu, considered the father of Taoism, said: "All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small." Reported by Huffington Post 3 hours ago.
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These Moving Photos Show The Passion Of A Blind Soccer League
MEXICO CITY (AP) — As nations from around the globe battle in the World Cup, a more unusual soccer championship has just been decided on a hard court in Mexico's capital.
For 18 years, the men of the Ignacio Trigueros Soccer League for the Blind and Visually Impaired have spent Sundays traveling long distances from their homes to central Mexico City to play the country's most popular sport.
Each six-man team is allowed one sighted player or two visually impaired players who can use their eyes on the court. All other players wear blindfolds to make sure they are evenly matched.
Without their eyes to guide them, they rely on the sound of a special ball ricocheting off the boards that surround the court or is rolling at their feet. Risking collisions and falls, the players pass, shoot, defend and occasionally even slide tackle.
When the league started, players used a soda can filled with pebbles to make noise, said Miguel Angel Canela, who plays goalkeeper for the Italia team. Then they began putting ball bearings into store-bought soccer balls.
Today, Canela, a 51-year-old industrial mechanic who lost his sight in a work-related accident at age 23, makes the special balls from scratch using a mold in his home workshop.
Jose Luis Molina, 44, a lifelong athlete who lost his sight at age 13, said positions on the pitch are fluid: "All of us like to be out front because we want to score."
Molina said his sense of orientation, as well as his ability to read his environment by sound, are well-developed after years of commuting into the capital. During the week, he sings and plays guitar as part of "Los Hunos," a respected all-blind street band that draws a crowd even on rainy days as it plays outside a central subway station.
The six-team league is a rare outlet for the blind and visually impaired community, league president Javier Mosqueda Lomeli said. "For us, this is important because we have almost no recreational spaces. Here, we play soccer, the family comes. It's a way to let off steam after working all week."
Marco Antonio Camarillo, 53, who plays for Leones Negros, knew his wife was watching from the stands during Sunday's final.
"She is afraid of me being hit, or falling, but she shares my love of football," he said. Camarillo had several collisions during the game, but came away pleased that he was able to score a goal.
Canela said he thrives on the adrenaline.
"The goalie gets the hardest time, but I like playing rough," he said. "It hurts, it hurts. But then it goes away."
Italia eked out a 6-5 victory in the final. As the match ended, Leones Negros' Camarillo was engulfed in a group hug from his rivals on the winning team.
"On the court, as in the farthest corners of the Earth, there is rivalry, there are fights, there are spats," Molina said. "But socially, it's harmonious."Italia's Jose Luis Molina, left, 44, controls the ball during the final match against Leones Negros in Mexico City on June 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)A player from the Leones Negros team gets help covering up his eyes as he prepares to sub into the tournament final match against Italia in Mexico City on June 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Italia's goalkeeper Miguel Angel Canela, 51, launches the ball back into play after a scoring attempt by Leones Negros during the league final in Mexico City on June 8, 2014.
(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Supporters cheer and bang on the boards after a goal was scored by Leones Negros, in their league final match against Italia, in Mexico City on June 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Players leave the court after a downpour interrupted a mixed-team match following the league final, in Mexico City on June 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Players from Cruz Azul joke around with the ref as they take the court for the third place match, during the 2014 league finals, in Mexico City on June 8, 2014.
(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Jose Luis Molina, center, celebrates with Italia teammates after they defeated the Leones Negros 6-5 in the 2014 league final in Mexico City on June 8, 2014.
(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Goalkeeper Miguel Angel Canela, center, heads off in the rain with teammates to celebrate their victory in the 2014 final in Mexico City on June 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Italia's Jose Luis Molina, stretches ahead of a match, as his wife Maria Luisa Vicente looks on in Mexico City on June 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Italia goalkeeper and industrial mechanic Miguel Angel Canela inserts metal pellets into a plastic ball at his home workshop in the Valle de Chalco area of Estado de Mexico on June 6, 2014.
(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) Reported by Huffington Post 3 hours ago.
For 18 years, the men of the Ignacio Trigueros Soccer League for the Blind and Visually Impaired have spent Sundays traveling long distances from their homes to central Mexico City to play the country's most popular sport.
Each six-man team is allowed one sighted player or two visually impaired players who can use their eyes on the court. All other players wear blindfolds to make sure they are evenly matched.
Without their eyes to guide them, they rely on the sound of a special ball ricocheting off the boards that surround the court or is rolling at their feet. Risking collisions and falls, the players pass, shoot, defend and occasionally even slide tackle.
When the league started, players used a soda can filled with pebbles to make noise, said Miguel Angel Canela, who plays goalkeeper for the Italia team. Then they began putting ball bearings into store-bought soccer balls.
Today, Canela, a 51-year-old industrial mechanic who lost his sight in a work-related accident at age 23, makes the special balls from scratch using a mold in his home workshop.
Jose Luis Molina, 44, a lifelong athlete who lost his sight at age 13, said positions on the pitch are fluid: "All of us like to be out front because we want to score."
Molina said his sense of orientation, as well as his ability to read his environment by sound, are well-developed after years of commuting into the capital. During the week, he sings and plays guitar as part of "Los Hunos," a respected all-blind street band that draws a crowd even on rainy days as it plays outside a central subway station.
The six-team league is a rare outlet for the blind and visually impaired community, league president Javier Mosqueda Lomeli said. "For us, this is important because we have almost no recreational spaces. Here, we play soccer, the family comes. It's a way to let off steam after working all week."
Marco Antonio Camarillo, 53, who plays for Leones Negros, knew his wife was watching from the stands during Sunday's final.
"She is afraid of me being hit, or falling, but she shares my love of football," he said. Camarillo had several collisions during the game, but came away pleased that he was able to score a goal.
Canela said he thrives on the adrenaline.
"The goalie gets the hardest time, but I like playing rough," he said. "It hurts, it hurts. But then it goes away."
Italia eked out a 6-5 victory in the final. As the match ended, Leones Negros' Camarillo was engulfed in a group hug from his rivals on the winning team.
"On the court, as in the farthest corners of the Earth, there is rivalry, there are fights, there are spats," Molina said. "But socially, it's harmonious."Italia's Jose Luis Molina, left, 44, controls the ball during the final match against Leones Negros in Mexico City on June 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)A player from the Leones Negros team gets help covering up his eyes as he prepares to sub into the tournament final match against Italia in Mexico City on June 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Italia's goalkeeper Miguel Angel Canela, 51, launches the ball back into play after a scoring attempt by Leones Negros during the league final in Mexico City on June 8, 2014.
(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Supporters cheer and bang on the boards after a goal was scored by Leones Negros, in their league final match against Italia, in Mexico City on June 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Players leave the court after a downpour interrupted a mixed-team match following the league final, in Mexico City on June 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Players from Cruz Azul joke around with the ref as they take the court for the third place match, during the 2014 league finals, in Mexico City on June 8, 2014.
(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Jose Luis Molina, center, celebrates with Italia teammates after they defeated the Leones Negros 6-5 in the 2014 league final in Mexico City on June 8, 2014.
(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Goalkeeper Miguel Angel Canela, center, heads off in the rain with teammates to celebrate their victory in the 2014 final in Mexico City on June 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Italia's Jose Luis Molina, stretches ahead of a match, as his wife Maria Luisa Vicente looks on in Mexico City on June 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Italia goalkeeper and industrial mechanic Miguel Angel Canela inserts metal pellets into a plastic ball at his home workshop in the Valle de Chalco area of Estado de Mexico on June 6, 2014.
(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) Reported by Huffington Post 3 hours ago.
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Supermoon 2014 Dates: When is the Next Supermoon? And What is It?
The post Supermoon 2014 Dates: When is the Next Supermoon? And What is It? by Zachary Stieber, Epoch Times appeared first on The Epoch Times.
Two supermoons have already passed in 2014 but one is coming up.
Those two happened in January; the next one is slated for July 12.
Supermoons refer to when the moon is slightly closer to Earth in its orbit than …
The post Supermoon 2014 Dates: When is the Next Supermoon? And What is It? by Zachary Stieber, Epoch Times appeared first on The Epoch Times. Reported by Epoch Times 2 hours ago.
Two supermoons have already passed in 2014 but one is coming up.
Those two happened in January; the next one is slated for July 12.
Supermoons refer to when the moon is slightly closer to Earth in its orbit than …
The post Supermoon 2014 Dates: When is the Next Supermoon? And What is It? by Zachary Stieber, Epoch Times appeared first on The Epoch Times. Reported by Epoch Times 2 hours ago.
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