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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Senate GOP's next move awaited in nominations spat
FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2012 file photo, Richard Cordray waits for President Barack Obama to deplane at Cleveland Hopkins Airport. Cordray, the first director for the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau talks with The Associated Press about what consumers can expect on payday loans, student loans and other financial products. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2012 file photo, Richard Cordray waits for President Barack Obama to deplane at Cleveland Hopkins Airport. Cordray, the first director for the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau talks with The Associated Press about what consumers can expect on payday loans, student loans and other financial products. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)
Director Richard Cordray of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, left, and Deputy Director Raj Date listen during a field hearing on payday lending in Birmingham, Ala., Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/ The Birmingham News, Mark Almond)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama's appointments to two key agencies during the Senate's year-end break ensures that GOP senators will return to work Monday in an angry and fighting mood.
Less clear is what those furious Republicans will do to retaliate against Obama's "bring it on" end run around the Senate's role in confirming nominees to major jobs.
While Republicans contemplate their next step, recess appointee Richard Cordray is running a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the National Labor Relations Board, with three temporary members, is now at full strength with a Democratic majority.
Obama left more than70 other nominees in limbo, well aware that Republicans could use Senate rules to block some or all of them.
The White House justified the appointments on grounds that Republicans were holding up the nominations to paralyze the two agencies. The consumer protection agency was established under the 2010 Wall Street reform law, which requires the bureau to have a director in order to begin policing financial products such as mortgages, checking accounts, credit cards and payday loans.
The Supreme Court has ruled that the five-member NLRB must have a three-member quorum to issue regulations or decide major cases in union-employer disputes.
Several agencies contacted by The Associated Press, including banking regulators, said they were conducting their normal business despite vacancies at the top. In some cases, nominees are serving in acting capacities.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., at full strength, has five board members. The regulation of failed banks "is unaffected," said spokesman Andrew Gray. "The three-member board has been able to make decisions without a problem." Cordray's appointment gives it a fourth member.
The Comptroller of the Currency, run by an acting chief, has kept up its regular examinations of banks. The Federal Trade Commission, operating with four board members instead of five, has had no difficulties. "This agency is not a partisan combat agency," said spokesman Peter Kaplan. "Almost all the votes are unanimous and consensus driven."
Republicans have pledged retaliation for Obama's recess appointments, but haven't indicated what it might be.
"The Senate will need to take action to check and balance President Obama's blatant attempt to circumvent the Senate and the Constitution, a claim of presidential power that the Bush Administration refused to make," said Sen. Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican who is his party's top member on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Grassley wouldn't go further, and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky hasn't tipped his hand after charging that Obama had "arrogantly circumvented the American people." Before the Senate left for its break in December, McConnell blocked Senate approval of more than 60 pending nominees because Obama wouldn't commit to making no recess appointments.
Republicans have to consider whether their actions, especially any decision to block all nominees, might play into Obama's hands.
Obama has adopted an election-year theme of "we can't wait" for Republicans to act on nominations and major proposals like his latest jobs plan. Republicans have to consider how their argument that the president is violating Constitutional checks and balances plays against Obama's stump speeches characterizing them as obstructionists.
Senate historian Donald Ritchie said the minority party has retaliated in the past for recess appointments by holding up specific nominees. "I'm not aware of any situations where no nominations were accepted," he said. The normal practice is for the two party leaders to negotiate which nominations get votes.
During the break, Republicans forced the Senate to convene for usually less than a minute once every few days to argue that there was no recess and that Obama therefore couldn't bypass the Senate's authority to confirm top officials. The administration said this was a sham, and has released a Justice Department opinion backing up the legality of the appointments.
Obama considers the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau a signature achievement of his first term. Republicans have been vehemently opposed to the bureau's setup. They argued the agency needed a bipartisan board instead of a director and should have to justify its budget to Congress instead of drawing its funding from the independent Federal Reserve.
Cordray is expected to get several sharp questions from Republicans when he testifies Tuesday before a House Oversight and Government Reform panel.
The NLRB has been a target of Republicans and business groups. Last year, the agency accused Boeing of illegally retaliating against union workers who had struck its plants in Washington state by opening a new production line at its non-union plant in South Carolina. Boeing denied the charge and the case has since been settled, but Republican anger over it and a string of union-friendly decisions from the board last year hasn't abated.
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Monday, January 23, 2012
Giffords says she's resigning from Congress
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, gravely wounded in a shooting a year ago, will resign from Congress. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports.
By Michael O'Brien, msnbc.com
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Updated at 6:02 p.m. ET
Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) will resign from Congress this week, she announced in a video message posted Sunday.?
Giffords, the victim of a gunshot wound to the head in an attack a year ago in her Arizona district, cited her continued work toward recovery as a reason for stepping down from her seat.?
"I have more work to do on my recovery, so to do what is best for Arizona I will step down this week," she said in a video message posted to YouTube. "I will return and we will work together for Arizona and this great country."
According to a statement posted on her Congressional website, Giffords will attend?Tuesday night's State of the Union address as one of her final acts as a member of Congress before?submitting her resignation?to Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday.? The?statement also says Giffords plans to "finish" the Congress on your Corner event where the shooting happened before she leaves office.?
"Gabby Giffords embodies the very best of what public service should be.? She's universally admired for qualities that transcend party or ideology - a dedication to fairness, a willingness to listen to different ideas, and a tireless commitment to the work of perfecting our union.? That's why the people of Arizona chose Gabby - to speak and fight and stand up for them," President Obama said in a statement Sunday evening.? "Gabby's cheerful presence will be missed in Washington.? But she will remain an inspiration to all whose lives she touched - myself included.? And I'm confident that we haven't seen the last of this extraordinary American."
Giffords has enjoyed a remarkable recovery since being shot in that?Jan. 8, 2011 incident that left six dead.?
Prior to that shooting, she had been considered a rising Democratic star, and had been considering a bid for Senate this fall. During the course of her recovery, she has been absent from Capitol Hill except for a surprise return to vote in August on an agreement to raise the nation's debt ceiling.
?I salute Congresswoman Giffords for her service, and for the courage and perseverance she has shown in the face of tragedy.? She will be missed,? House Speaker?John Boehner said in a statement.?
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi reacted to the announcement in a statement saying Giffords "has been a true bright star - a dynamic and creative public servant.? Gabby's message of bipartisanship and civility is one that all in Washington and the nation should honor and emulate."? Pelosi continued, "I join all my colleagues in Congress in thanking Gabby for the honor of calling her colleague and wishing Gabby and Mark great success and happiness.? She will be missed in the House of Representatives, but her legacy in the Congress and her leadership for our nation will certainly continue."
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GOP Debate Highlights: Newt Gingrich Denies Open Marriage Request, Slams CNN and Mitt Romney
Another Republican debate has come and gone, and as usual there was no shortage of fireworks as Newt Gingrich clashed with his rivals ... and CNN's John King.
Amid reports that Newt asked Marianne Gingrich for an open marriage while cheating on her with Callista Bisek in 1999, King led off the GOP debate with that topic.
Newt was not happy, and he let King know it ...
Reaming out the “destructive, vicious, negative” media rather than his ex-wife, who raised these accusations yesterday, Gingrich said he was appalled by CNN.
Newt, who went on to divorce Marianne and marry Callista in 2000 (they are still married), punctuated his lengthy answer by saying, “The story is false.”
Some other highlights of the second South Carolina debate this week, and the last before Saturday's critical primary in the Palmetto State included:
- Rick Santorum saying Barack Obama stands for “economic squalor”
- Mitt Romney saying "maybe" he'll release his tax returns sometime
- Santorum repeatedly criticizing Newt's grandiosity and stability
- Gingrich and Santorum claiming Romney is not really pro-life
- Ron Paul fans yelling for their man to get more screen time
With time running out for all candidates not named Mitt Romney to post a win and halt his march toward the Republican nomination, the tension was high.
Can any of them do it? We'll find out by tomorrow night.
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Sunday, January 22, 2012
Video: The great gas hydrate escape
Thursday, January 19, 2012
For some time, researchers have explored flammable ice for low-carbon or alternative fuel or as a place to store carbon dioxide. Now, a computer analysis of the ice and gas compound, known as a gas hydrate, reveals key details of its structure. The results show that hydrates can hold hydrogen at an optimal capacity of 5 weight-percent, a value that meets the goal of a Department of Energy standard and makes gas hydrates practical and affordable.
The analysis is the first time researchers have accurately quantified the molecular-scale interactions between the gases -- either hydrogen or methane, aka natural gas -- and the water molecules that form cages around them. A team of researchers from the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory published the results in Chemical Physics Letters online December 22, 2011.
The results could also provide insight into the process of replacing methane with carbon dioxide in the naturally abundant "water-based reservoirs," according to the lead author, PNNL chemist Sotiris Xantheas.
"Current thinking is that you need large amounts of energy to push the methane out, which destroys the scaffold in the process," said Xantheas. "But the computer modeling shows that there is an alternative low energy pathway. All you need to do is break a single hydrogen bond between water molecules forming the cage -- the methane comes out, and then the hydrate reseals itself."
Cagey Ice
Gas hydrates -- especially methane hydrates, which store natural gas -- look like ice but actually hold burnable fuel. Naturally found deep in the ocean, water and gas interweave in the hydrates, but little is known about their chemical structure and processes occurring at the molecular level. They have been known to cause problems for the petroleum industry because they tend to clog pipes and can explode. A methane hydrate produced the bubble of methane gas that contributed to 2010's Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
In previous work, Xantheas and colleagues used computer algorithms and models to examine the water-based, ice-like scaffold that holds the gas. Water molecules form individual cages made with 20 or 24 molecules. Multiple cages join together in large lattices. But those scaffolds were empty in the earlier analysis.
To find out how fuels can be accommodated inside the water cages, Xantheas and PNNL colleague Soohaeng Yoo Willow built computer models of the cages with either hydrogen gas -- in which two hydrogen atoms are bound together -- or methane gas, a small molecule made with one carbon and four hydrogen atoms.
In the hydrogen hydrates, which could potentially be used as materials for hydrogen fuel storage, a small hollow cage made from 20 water molecules could hold up to a maximum of five hydrogen molecules and a larger cage made from 24 water molecules could hold up to seven.
The maximum storage capacity equates to about 10 weight-percent, or the percentage of hydrogen by mass in the chunks of ice, although packing hydrogen in that tight puts undue strain on the system. The Department of Energy's goal for hydrogen storage -- to make the fuel practical -- is above 5.5 weight-percent.
Experimentally, hydrogen storage researchers typically measure much less storage capacities. The computer model showed them why: The hydrogen molecules tended to leak out of the cages, reducing the amount of hydrogen that could be stored.The researchers found that adding a methane molecule to the larger cages in the pure hydrogen hydrate, however, prevented the hydrogen gas from leaking out. The computer model showed the researchers that they could store the hydrogen at high pressure and practical temperatures, and release it by reducing the pressure, which melts it.
Water Gates
Understanding how the gas interacts and moves through the cages can help chemists or engineers store gas and remove it at will. Willow and Xantheas' computer simulations showed that hydrogen molecules could migrate through the cages by passing between the figurative bars of the water cages. However, the cages also had gates: Sometimes a low-energy bond between two water molecules broke, causing a water molecule to swing open and let the hydrogen molecule drift out. The "gate" closed right after the molecule passed through to reform the lattice.
With methane hydrates, some fuel producers want to remove the gas safely to use it. Others see the emptied cages as potential storage sites for carbon dioxide, which could theoretically keep it out of the atmosphere and ocean, where it warms the earth and acidifies the sea. So, Willow and Xantheas tested how methane could migrate through the cages.
The water cages were only big enough to comfortably hold one methane molecule, so the chemists stuffed two methanes inside and watched what happened. Quickly, one of the water molecules forming the cage swung open like a gate, allowing one methane molecule to escape. The gate then slammed shut as the remaining methane scooted into the middle of the cage.
"This process is important because it can happen with natural gas. It shows how methane can move in the natural world," said Xantheas. "We hope this analysis will help with the technical issues that need to be addressed with gas hydrate research and development."
Xantheas said performing computer simulations with carbon dioxide instead of methane might help determine whether it's chemically feasible to store carbon dioxide in hydrates.
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Kenny G's wife files for legal separation | Seattle's Big Blog ...
Seattle musician Kenny G and his wife Lyndie Benson-Gorelick are divorcing after 20 years of marriage, according to TMZ.
Benson-Gorelick filed for legal separation from the smooth-jazz guru, citing irreconcilable differences. Both have hired lawyers with a long list of celebrity clients.
At least Kenny has his upcoming cruise to take his mind off things.
Musician Kenny G and guest Lyndie Benson arrive at EIF's Women's Cancer Research Fund honoring Melissa Etheridge at Saks Fifth Avenue's Unforgettable Evening on March 1, 2006 at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. (Getty Images)
Kenny G in action during the first roundd of the Nationwide Tour 2005 Mark Christopher Charity Classic Presented by Adelphia at Empire Lakes Golf Course in Rancho Cucamonga, California September 15, 2005. (Getty Images)
Whoops! That's Sideshow Bob.
HOLLYWOOD - MAY 25: Musician Kenny G (C) performs with American Idol contestants Anwar Robinson (L) and Anthony Fedorov onstage the American Idol Finale: Results Show held at the Kodak Theatre on May 25, 2005 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) (Getty Images)
Musician Kenny G and his wife Lyndie Benson attend the HollyRods Designcure 7th Annual Benefit and fashion show featuring designs by Pamela Dennis at the home of Sugar Ray Leonard on July 9, 2005, in Pacific Palisades, California. (Getty Images)
Musician Kenny G performs at the 100 Acts of Support on January 20, 2005 at the Virgin Megastore in Burbank, California. In an effort to raise money for the victims of last month's tsunami, the Virgin Megastore Chain hosted 100 live band perfomances in 20 of its United States stores. All proceeds from the event are being donated to the Music for Relief Fund in conjunction with the American Red Cross fundraising efforts. (Amanda Edwards / Getty Images)
Musician Kenny G and singer Chaka Khan perform at the taping of the 6th Annual "A Home for the Holidays" on December 4, 2004 at Ren Mar Studios, in Los Angeles, California. "A Home for the Holidays" is a CBS Special celebrating the joys of adoption and will be screened on December 22, 2004. (Getty Images)
US musician Kenny G (R) arrives at the Arista Records 25th Anniversary Celebration at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles with his wife Wendy (L), 10 April 2000. G performed in the show which also featured Santana, Whitney Houston, Annie Lennox, Sarah McLachlan, and Barry Manilow. (AFP/Getty Images)
Musician Kenny G and son Max arrive at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards held at the Staples Center on February 8, 2004 in Los Angeles, California. (Getty Images)
Musician Kenny G and guest arrive to the 16th Carousel of Hope presented by Mercedes-Benz benefiting the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 23, 2004 in Beverly Hills, California. (Getty Images)
Seattle Supersonics owner Howard Schultz (R) chats with jazz saxophone player Kenny G (L) prior to his team's game against the San Antonio Spurs in Seattle, 27 April 2002. Schultz' Sonics lost 75-102 to falls behind 2-1 in their first round best-of-five Western Conference playoffs. (AFP/Getty Images)
Oops again. That's Malcolm Gladwell.
Kenny G receives a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (Getty Images)
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Seattle musician Kenny G and his wife Lyndie Benson-Gorelick are divorcing after 20 years of marriage, according to TMZ.
Benson-Gorelick filed for legal separation from the smooth-jazz guru, citing irreconcilable differences. Both have hired lawyers with a long list of celebrity clients.
At least Kenny has his upcoming cruise to take his mind off things.
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Prepare to Ace Your Job Interview with This Interview One-Sheeter [Job Interview]
Shared by Jenny Blake of LifeAfterCollege, the Google Docs template covers seven key questions or topic areas for you to bullet-point your examples, including how you're suited for the position, what your weaknesses are, what excites you, challenges you've overcome, and goals you have in the future. There's an area for questions you have for the company (such as issues or challenges about the job) and other notes (perhaps personal sound bites would be good here).
Just filling out the sheet can help you prepare, but you can also bring it to your interview and quickly glance at it while waiting (nice to have on you just in case).
Job Interview One-Sheeter | Google Docs via Wise Bread
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
Microsoft says it will fix Xbox color and streaming resolution issues - but not when (Digital Trends)
And according to EuroGamer, Xbox was ignoring these complaints from beta testers. So why would Microsoft issue an unfinished product? Consider the fact that there is building pressure for console systems to fill many voids: not only are these devices used for gaming, but they?ve becoming the digital hub of the living room, used for streaming content and watching DVDs (and in the case of the PS3, Blu-ray movies). Xbox and PlayStation don?t only have each other and Nintendo to compete with?they have smart TVs with built-in app and Internet access as well.?
The brand has also been under pressure to release its metro UI update and offer more connectivity for Windows Phone 7 users?it needs to be able to leverage everything it can for its mobile platform, which has struggled to add more apps.?
So it seems that Microsoft prematurely pushed the update, and now there is no word on when it will be fixed?just that it will be. ?We?re aware of the colorspace issue w/some Xbox video apps & are working on a fix,? said Xbox Live programming director Larry Hyrb via Twitter. ?No ETA yet but we hope to have an update soon.?
The fact that some Xbox 360 users are dealing with poor color reproduction and the inability to play 1080p content at native resolution on the dashboard player definitely puts Xbox at a disadvantage. These malfunctions have slid (somewhat) under the radar for awhile, but it?s soured by how long the company is taking to address it all and give a real timeline on when an update will be issued.?
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America Is Open for Business | The White House
Yesterday, President Obama traveled to Disney World to announce new initiatives to significantly increase travel and tourism in the United States.?The fact is, each year, tens of millions of people from around the world visit the U.S.? In 2010, the travel and tourism industry generated over $134 billion dollars for the American economy.? It supported 7.5 million jobs in 2010. The President wants these numbers to grow.?
He traveled down to the Magic Kingdom yesterday to deliver one message: America is open for business.?
The President wants the United States to be the number one tourist destination in the world.?It?s good for businesses and it?s good for the economy as a whole. More tourists means more money spent in our cities and towns across the nation. It means more people will be renting cars, dining out, checking into hotels and checking out the sights and sounds of America.? That means more jobs.?
The President will continue to do everything he can to rebuild an economy where hard work pays off, where responsibility is rewarded, and where anyone can make it if they try.?He wants to restore the economic security for the middle class and those trying to reach it.?Yesterday?s announcement was an important step to put folks back to work, and he?ll keep at it and continue to do everything he can to strengthen the economy.
The President?s announcement will have an impact on communities all over the United States.?Let?s take a look at the coverage from local media outlets across the country:
Orlando Sentinel ? Obama at Disney: 'America is open for business'
President Barack Obama promised Florida's tourism industry Thursday that he intends to open the door wider to international tourists and was greeted with cheers in a state where increased foreign visitors are seen as one of the best hopes for future jobs.
Even Obama critic U.S. Rep. John Mica, R-Winter Park, welcomed the presidential directives, if only with a "what took him so long?" spin.
Arizona Republic ? Obama touting tourism for jobs
President Barack Obama said Thursday that he wants to create more jobs by drawing more international tourists to the United States, a plan White House officials said would especially benefit states like Arizona, home to the Grand Canyon and other national parks.
Creating jobs has become a central part of Obama's re-election campaign. On Wednesday, Obama will visit the Valley as part of a five-state tour to build upon themes -- likely jobs and economic development -- that he will emphasize Tuesday in his annual address to Congress.
Las Vegas Review-Journal ? Las Vegas Officials Welcome Obama?s Tourism Push
WASHINGTON ? President Barack Obama on Thursday unveiled a new strategy to boost foreign tourism in the U.S., telling an audience at Walt Disney World he wanted America to become the world?s top travel destination.
?America is open for business.? We want to welcome you,? Obama declared in his talk in front of the Cinderella Castle in the heart of the Magic Kingdom outside Orlando, Fla.
McClatchy/Cleveland Plain Dealer ? Obama, at Disney World, unveils plan to ease tourist travel to United States
ORLANDO, Fla. -- President Barack Obama's visit to Walt Disney World on Thursday was an appeal as much to Brazilians and their dollars as to Florida voters and their jobs. But it was a brief one, highlighted by a speech that lasted just 13 minutes.
As expected, Obama announced he intends to expand the U.S. State Department's Global Entry Program for trusted international visitors; expand and accelerate visa application processing for such countries as Brazil, India and China; and attempt to add more countries to the Visa Waiver Program that allows foreigners from 36 countries to skip the visa process.
Kansas City Star ? Missouri senator praises White House tourism initiatives
WASHINGTON | Sen. Roy Blunt wants to see more foreign tourists in Missouri and believes that a new White House plan that he helped write moves toward that goal.
President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered steps to ease red tape for foreign visitors in an initiative he said would create tourism jobs in the United States.
Tampa Bay Times (Editorial) ? Florida tourism gets jolt from Obama
Florida is accustomed to seeing plenty of visitors in January, especially in an election year. But the visit Thursday by President Barack Obama could mark a real boost for the state's economy. The president unveiled a new strategy to attract international tourists, which could bring more cash-flush foreigners to Florida. The plan also dovetails perfectly with the push across the region to expand the global appeal of Tampa Bay.
Raleigh NBC17 ? President Obama touts NC's tourism efforts
RALEIGH, N.C. -- President Obama is touting a plan to boost tourism in the United States, pointing to North Carolina as a state where eco-tourism and outdoor activities boost tourism.
Obama said he is looking at ways to expand the global entry program, which helps pre-screen international visitors at security checkpoints. That will make it easier and safer for frequent travelers to get into the U.S.
Salt Lake Tribune ? Obama encourages tourism to national parks
Some of Utah?s most famous travel destinations might be a bit more crowded this summer if a new White House effort is successful.
President Barack Obama issued an executive order Thursday, aiming to boost international tourism to the United States in an effort to spur job creation. Part of the initiative seeks to promote visits to national parks, including Utah?s scenic redrock country.
Las Vegas Sun: Nevadans applaud President Obama?s tourism initiative
Tourism industry leaders from across the country applauded President Barack Obama today for signing an executive order and announcing initiatives that should increase travel to the United States.
Against the backdrop of Florida's Disney World, Obama announced his new plan to assist a fledgling renaissance in the country?s tourism sector ? one that industry executives believe will also pay dividends in Las Vegas.
Honolulu Star Advertiser - Obama move called tourism boon
State and industry officials say the action will increase visitor numbers. Hawaii's economy could see gains from a national strategy that aims to better promote the United States as a tourism destination and makes it easier for foreign visitors, especially from China and Taiwan, to get visas. An executive order President Barack Obama signed Thursday marks the first time that the U.S. has rolled out a national travel strategy and is the culmination of more than a year of lobbying by politicians and travel leaders nationwide and in Hawaii. ?Hawaii's economy could see gains from a national strategy that aims to better promote the United States as a tourism destination and makes it easier for foreign visitors, especially from China and Taiwan, to get visas.
Hawaii News Now ? Obama signs off on new tourism measures
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) ? Local officials are applauding an Executive Order signed by President Barack Obama on Thursday, saying it contains several new measures that will help increase travel and tourism to Hawaii.
The Executive Order establishing "Visa and Foreign Visitor Processing Goals and the Task Force on Travel and Competitiveness" stipulates that non-immigrant visa processing capacity in China and Brazil will increase by 40% in 2012 while also ensuring that 80% of non-immigrant visa applicants are interviewed within three weeks of their being received. A new website with information and statistics on visa processes will be designed to assist travelers and the tourism industry.
Sun Sentinel ? Obama tourism plan aims to bring more Brazilians to Florida
Expect more high-spending Brazilian tourists in South Florida and more tourism jobs, too, now that President Barack Obama is making a push to lure more foreign travelers to the United States.
Obama's tourism plan, unveiled Thursday in Orlando, adds dozens of embassy workers to process U.S. travel visas in Brazil, where wait times for visa appointments average three months in some cities.
Dayton Beach News Journal (FL) - Locals say president's tourism plan would help
DAYTONA BEACH -- President Barack Obama visited Disney World on Thursday to announce tourism initiatives for the entire country, and local tourism experts say they could dovetail well with the area's tourism efforts already in place.
The president issued an executive order making it easier for international visitors to secure visas -- specifically visitors in China and Brazil -- and announced a national tourism task force to promote travel opportunities.
Florida News Press ? Obama invite OK with Southwest Florida
Local industry experts encouraged as president tells worldwide visitors "America is open for business."
Southwest Florida tourism and hospitality leaders warmly greeted President Barack Obama?s new campaign, announced Thursday in Orlando, to make the United States the world?s top travel destination.
They liked his overtures to the Brazilian market, in particular, and his recognition of tourism as an economic engine, in general.
Central Florida News ? Orlando travel experts react to Obama's focus on Brazil in new tourism push
ORLANDO ? The instant local travel agent, and Brazil native Ricardo Pereira found out about President Barack Obama's "We Can't Wait" tourism plan, he knew the idea was a good one.
?Business is going to be incredible, not only for the Brazilians here, but the whole [state of] Florida,? explained Meridan Tours & Travel Owner Ricardo Pereira.
San Francisco KGO-ABC ? Obama's tourism push much appreciated in SF
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- President Obama visited the happiest place on Earth Thursday to talk tourism and his announcement Thursday has implications far beyond the borders of the Magic Kingdom.
The president says his trip to Walt Disney World is the first time his daughters have envied his job.
Desert Sun (CA) ? Local tourism on rise amid national push
Coachella Valley tourism leaders hailed a new travel industry report that shows yet another month of double-digit occupancy and revenue growth.
The Smith Travel Research report for December says the Palm Springs area increased its hotel occupancy levels 13.3 percent compared to the same month in 2010, and enjoyed a 19 percent gain in revenue per room.
Josh Earnest is Principal Deputy Press Secretary.
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Friday, January 20, 2012
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Power generation is blowing in the wind
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
By looking at the stability of the atmosphere, wind farm operators could gain greater insight into the amount of power generated at any given time.
Power generated by a wind turbine largely depends on the wind speed. In a wind farm in which the turbines experience the same wind speeds but different shapes (such as turbulence) to the wind profile, a turbine will produce different amounts of power.
And this variable power can be predicted by looking at atmospheric stability, according to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientist Sonia Wharton and colleague Julie Lundquist of the University of Colorado at Boulder and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
In a paper appearing in the Jan. 12 edition of the journal, Environmental Research Letters, Wharton and Lundquist examined turbine-generated power data, segregated by atmospheric stability, to figure out the power performance at a West Coast wind farm.
"The dependence of power on stability is clear, regardless of whether time periods are segregated by three-dimensional turbulence, turbulence intensity or wind shear," Wharton said.
The team found that power generated at a set wind speed is higher under stable conditions and lower under strongly unsteady conditions at that location. The average wind power output difference is as high as 15 percent less wind power generation when the atmosphere is unstable.
While turbulence is a relatively well-known term in assessing turbine efficiency, wind shear -- which is a difference in wind speed and direction over a relatively short distance in the atmosphere -- also plays an important role when assessing how much power a turbine generates over certain time scales.
Wharton and Lundquist said that wind farm operators could better estimate how much power is generated if the wind forecasts included atmospheric stability impact measurements.
Though earlier research looked at atmospheric stability effects on power output, few studies have analyzed power output from modern turbines with hub heights of more than 60 meters.
In the new research, Wharton and Lundquist gathered a year of power data from upwind modern turbines (80 meters high) at a multi-megawatt wind farm on the West Coast. They considered turbine power information as well as meteorological data from an 80-meter tall tower and a Sonic Detection and Ranging (SODAR), which provided wind profiles up to 200 meters above the surface, to look at turbulence and wind shear. Looking at upwind turbines removed any influence that turbine wakes may have on power performance.
The team found that wind speed and power production varied by season as well as from night to day. Wind speeds were higher at night (more power) than during the day (less power) and higher during the warm season (more power) than in the cool season (less power). For example, average power production was 43 percent of maximum generation capacity on summer days and peaked at 67 percent on summer nights.
"We found that wind turbines experienced stable, near-neutral and unstable conditions during the spring and summer," Wharton said. "But daytime hours were almost always unstable or neutral while nights were strongly stable."
"This work highlights the benefit of observing complete profiles of wind speed and turbulence across the turbine rotor disk, often available only with remote sensing technology like SODAR or LIDAR (Laser Detection and Ranging,)" Lundquist said. "Wind energy resource assessment and power forecasting would profit from this increased accuracy."
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
Ron Paul, the South Carolina Debate and His Potential MLK Day Problem (ContributorNetwork)
COMMENTARY | Because Monday's Fox News/Wall Street Journal GOP debate from South Carolina falls on Martin Luther King Day, Rev. Jessie Jackson, who was born in Greenville, S.C, wants to hear the candidates talk about issues regarding the legacy of King.
"I want to hear from them," Jackson told Politico. "Do they support Dr. King and the New South movement? Do they appreciate Dr. King's legacy?"
While it would certainly be appropriate to have the Republican candidates share their opinions about King and civil rights, that topic may pose some problems for Texas Rep. Ron Paul.
"Boy, it sure burns me to have a national holiday for Martin Luther King," states one of the controversial newsletters published in Paul's name in December 1990. "I voted against this outrage time and time again as a Congressman. What an infamy that Ronald Reagan approved it!"
The newsletter also said King was "at best -- a socialist."
While Paul's supporters like to point to his Yea vote on a Dec. 5 1979, bill to amend H.R. 5461 as proof that he supported the holiday, H.R. 5461 isn't actually the bill that established the holiday. This bill was simply a measure intended to move MLK Day to the third Monday in January rather than Jan. 15.
House Vote 578, taken to make MLK Day an official national holiday, took place on Nov. 13, 1979. While 252 Members voted in support of the bill, Paul was one of the 133 who opposed the measure leaving the bill just five votes shy of the two-thirds majority required for passage. While the bill was finally passed in 1983, Paul again voted no.
Furthermore, on July 3, 2004, Paul was also the only congressman to vote against House Resolution 676, which honored the 40th anniversary of the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, a bill Paul has said he would also have voted against.
For his speech on the House floor, posted in its entirety on his "Fan Site," Ron Paul.com, Paul is praised as courageous for saying not only that that the bill "increased racial tensions" but that The Civil Rights Act of 1964 actually "violated the Constitution and reduced individual liberty."
While Paul repeatedly claims ignorance of the racially inflammatory content of the newsletters his voting record and public statements regarding civil rights measures is more consistent with supporting that he shares the sentiments of the controversial quotes than serving to support his denial.
Moreover, Paul is heralded by his followers as courageous for being the only one to vote against the July 3, 2004 bill that celebrated four decades of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and for standing on the House floor to deliver a speech to condemn the measure.
"What the Civil Rights Act of 1964 did," wrote Henry A, Rhodes in his 1982 study, An Analysis of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Legislated Response to Racial Discrimination in the U. S., "was to create an environment in which attitudes would be able to change."
During the 2008 presidential election, as reported by ABC News, "blacks accounted for a majority of voters in South Carolina, 55 percent -- the highest turnout among African-Americans in any Democratic presidential primary for which data are available."
The Jan. 15 Newsmax-Insider Advantage poll shows former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leading the GOP field with an impressive 32 percent of voter support. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich holds second with 21 percent. Paul sits stagnant in third with 14 percent.
Considering these things -- should the GOP candidates decide to take up Jackson's suggestion -- it will be interesting to hear Paul defend his positions on civil rights, his opinions of Dr. Martin Luther King to voters in South Carolina on the anniversary of King's holiday that his newsletter called our "annual Hate Whitey Day."
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Israeli-US war games postponed (AP)
JERUSALEM ? Israeli defense officials say the U.S. and Israel have postponed their largest-ever war games to avoid aggravating mounting tensions between Iran and the international community.
The missile defense exercise, "Austere Challenge 12," was scheduled for April to improve defense systems and cooperation between U.S. and Israeli forces.
Defense officials said Monday the drill won't take place before the second half of 2012. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the decision, which they say was taken on Sunday.
Thousands of American and Israeli soldiers were to take part in the exercise, which was designed to test multiple Israeli and U.S. air defense systems against incoming missiles and rockets from places as far away as Iran.
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Golden Globes 2012: Dresses With Super-High Sexy Slits (omg!)
There were a variety of dress styles out on the red carpet during Sunday's Golden Globe Awards, but three stars deserve an A-plus for showing off their legs in racy designs.
PHOTOS: See what all the stars wore at the 2012 Golden Globes
Angelina Jolie made a jaw-dropping appearance in a satin one-shoulder Atelier Versace gown with a hint of red at the neckline and a thigh-high slit. The In the Land of Blood and Honey director, 36, completed the look with Lorraine Schwartz jewelry and a Christian Louboutin clutch.
PHOTOS: Fashion missteps at the 2012 Golden Globes
Charlize Theron, who received a Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy nod for her role in Young Adult, stunned in a pale pink Dior Couture gown, which featured a sexy plunging neckline and high slit. The 36-year-old accessorized with jewelry and a headband by Cartier.
VIDEO: Us editors recap the best and worst moments at the 2012 Golden Globes
The Help's Viola Davis, who was a nominee for Best Actress in a Drama, wowed in a wine-colored one-shoulder Emilio Pucci gown with a slit that practically reached her hip. The 46-year-old teamed her gown with black sandals, gold jewelry and a gold clutch.
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
UK scientists find 'lost' Darwin fossils (AP)
LONDON ? British scientists have found scores of fossils the great evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin and his peers collected but that had been lost for more than 150 years.
Dr. Howard Falcon-Lang, a paleontologist at Royal Holloway, University of London, said Tuesday that he stumbled upon the glass slides containing the fossils in an old wooden cabinet that had been shoved in a "gloomy corner" of the massive, drafty British Geological Survey.
Using a flashlight to peer into the drawers and hold up a slide, Falcon-Lang saw one of the first specimens he had picked up was labeled 'C. Darwin Esq."
"It took me a while just to convince myself that it was Darwin's signature on the slide," the paleontologist said, adding he soon realized it was a "quite important and overlooked" specimen.
He described the feeling of seeing that famous signature as "a heart in your mouth situation," saying he wondering "Goodness, what have I discovered!"
Falcon-Lang's find was a collection of 314 slides of specimens collected by Darwin and other members of his inner circle, including John Hooker ? a botanist and dear friend of Darwin ? and the Rev. John Henslow, Darwin's mentor at Cambridge, whose daughter later married Hooker.
The first slide pulled out of the dusty corner at the British Geological Survey turned out to be one of the specimens collected by Darwin during his famous expedition on the HMS Beagle, which changed the young Cambridge graduate's career and laid the foundation for his subsequent work on evolution.
Falcon-Lang said the unearthed fossils ? lost for 165 years ? show there is more to learn from a period of history scientists thought they knew well.
"To find a treasure trove of lost Darwin specimens from the Beagle voyage is just extraordinary," Falcon-Lang added. "We can see there's more to learn. There are a lot of very, very significant fossils in there that we didn't know existed."
He said one of the most "bizarre" slides came from Hooker's collection ? a specimen of prototaxites, a 400 million-year-old tree-sized fungi.
Hooker had assembled the collection of slides while briefly working for the British Geological Survey in 1846, according to Royal Holloway, University of London.
The slides ? "stunning works of art," according to Falcon-Lang ? contain bits of fossil wood and plants ground into thin sheets and affixed to glass in order to be studied under microscopes. Some of the slides are half a foot long (15 centimeters), "great big chunks of glass," Falcon-Lang said.
"How these things got overlooked for so long is a bit of a mystery itself," he mused, speculating that perhaps it was because Darwin was not widely known in 1846 so the collection might not have been given "the proper curatorial care."
Royal Holloway, University of London said the fossils were 'lost' because Hooker failed to number them in the formal "specimen register" before setting out on an expedition to the Himalayas. In 1851, the "unregistered" fossils were moved to the Museum of Practical Geology in Piccadilly before being transferred to the South Kensington's Geological Museum in 1935 and then to the British Geological Survey's headquarters near Nottingham 50 years later, the university said.
The discovery was made in April, but it has taken "a long time" to figure out the provenance of the slides and photograph all of them, Falcon-Lang said. The slides have now been photographed and will be made available to the public through a new online museum exhibit opening Tuesday.
Falcon-Lang expects great scientific papers to emerge from the discovery.
"There are some real gems in this collection that are going to contribute to ongoing science."
Dr. John Ludden, executive director of the Geological Survey, called the find a "remarkable" discovery.
"It really makes one wonder what else might be hiding in our collections," he said.
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pod2g updates with video of iPhone 4S untethered jailbreak via @Dhowett
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Monday, January 16, 2012
Costa Concordia: Capsized cruise ship owners blame 'human error'
Costa Concordia owners say that the captain made an unauthorized deviation from the programmed course, leading to the deadly crash.
The captain of the?Costa Concordia?cruise?ship that capsized off Tuscany made an unauthorized deviation from its programmed course, a "human error" that led to the vessel's deadly grounding, the ship's Italian owner said Monday. Rescue operations, meanwhile, were halted as the wreckage slightly shifted.
Skip to next paragraphThe comments from Costa Crociere chairman and CEO Pier Luigi Foschi ramped up the pressure on the captain, who already is under investigation by authorities for suspected manslaughter and as well as allegations he abandoned ship before the passengers were safe, violating the Italian navigation code.
Six bodies have been recovered so far from the wreckage of the Costa Concordia, which ran into a reef Friday night and capsized into the port area of Giglio, sparking a frantic evacuation of the 4,200 people onboard.
The rescue operation was called off mid-afternoon Monday after the Costa Concordia shifted a few inches (centimeters) in rough seas. The fear is that if the ship shifts significantly, some 500,000 gallons of fuel may begin to leak into the pristine waters around the island of Giglio.
Fire department spokesman Luca Cari said the ship had shifted a few centimeters vertically and horizontally Monday because of the turbulent waters. He said an underwater search for 16 people still missing was put on hold.
Foschi said his company, which is owned by the world's largest cruiseline, Carnival Corp., stood by the captain, Francesco Schettino, and would provide him with legal assistance. But he said the company disassociated itself from his behavior.
Costa ships have their routes programmed, and alarms go off when they deviate, the chief executive said in a press conference.
"This route was put in correctly. The fact that it left from this course is due solely to a maneuver by the commander that was unapproved, unauthorized, and unknown to Costa," he said.
Schettino has insisted he didn't leave the liner early, telling Mediaset television that he had done everything he could to save lives.
"We were the last ones to leave the ship," he said.
Foschi said the liner had passed all safety and technical tests in its 2011 evaluation. He added that the company's main concern was the safety and well-being of the passengers and crew, as well as to ensure fuel doesn't leak out from the upended hull into the water.
The 500,000 gallons of fuel onboard are in 17 separate tanks, Foschi said. Sensors have been put in place to track the movements of the ship.
Questions have been swirling about why the ship had navigated so close to the dangerous reefs and rocks that jut off Giglio's eastern coast, amid suspicions the captain may have ventured too close while carrying out a maneuver to entertain tourists on the island.
Residents of Giglio said they had never seen the Costa come so close to the dangerous "Le Scole" reef area.?
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Epstein not counting Cubs out for next season
By ANDREW SELIGMAN
updated 8:29 p.m. ET Jan. 14, 2012
CHICAGO - For all the talk about the Chicago Cubs' future, Theo Epstein isn't ready to write them off for next season.
The club's new president of baseball operations says the Cubs just might surprise a few people even though there are question marks on the roster and holes in the farm system.
Epstein sees each season as a "sacred opportunity to win" and insists the Cubs "have more talent than we're given credit for."
"Check back in the middle of the season," Epstein said Saturday during a question-and-answer session with fans at the Cubs Convention. "We might just have the ability to really surprise some people, do some damage in the National League Central."
Chicago is undergoing a major overhaul, and a quick turnaround appears unlikely. There were some rumblings the Cubs were eyeing Prince Fielder, particularly after they hired manager Dale Sveum from Milwaukee's staff, but don't count on that.
"There haven't been any discussions with us with Prince," said Sveum, the Brewers' hitting coach the past three seasons after serving as their bench coach and third-base coach. "He's a heck of a player. He's probably one of my favorite guys that I've ever coached, but that's just not going to happen. We have a first baseman in Bryan LaHair and (prospect Anthony) Rizzo waiting in the wings as well. We're doing OK with big power, left-handed hitters right now."
They're OK in their fans' eyes, too.
There's a big sense of optimism surrounding the Cubs as they try to break a championship drought that dates to 1908. Long-suffering fans are hopeful that Epstein along with new general manager Jed Hoyer can turn things around and help bring home that elusive title, just as they did in Boston.
They see a plan. They see a roster getting overhauled. They see reason to have hope, and right there with them are the owners, the Ricketts family.
Chairman Tom Ricketts said, "2011 wasn't what we wanted it to be on the field, but off the field, we've added some people that I think will get the organization going in the right direction. And I think we have a bright future."
He said president Crane Kenney was the one who actually requested permission from Boston to speak to Epstein, and after negotiations began, they flew him in for a clandestine meeting in Chicago. The secret got out when a fan spotted Epstein at a Starbucks and told the Chicago Tribune.
"We were so secret," Ricketts said. "We flew him in secretly, we picked him up secretly, all these things. And then he hops out of the car to get an iced coffee. If you're going to go to Starbucks, why didn't you just fly in on United and put up a billboard?"
That misstep aside, Ricketts knew he was the man for the job. The task is no small one.
Management has already started gutting the roster, with Aramis Ramirez, Carlos Pena and Carlos Zambrano gone. The Cubs have been stocking up on prospects along with young and inexpensive players with major league experience, beefing up the farm system while hoping low-risk investments pay big dividends.
"We'll be scratching and clawing, trying to acquire as many assets as we can," Epstein said. "Very bluntly, we don't have enough of them. We don't have enough good players. We don't have enough young players. We don't have enough players whose contributions on the field exceed or match their salary, so we're going to be scrapping and clawing to acquire those guys as we feel that they can maximize our competitiveness now and create that foundation for long-term success."
The Cubs have made a big commitment to their minor league system and scouting. They have an academy in the Dominican Republic in the works, hoping to tap into a fertile market, and although Epstein said the system is deeper than he expected, it is a bit thin at the higher levels.
"There aren't necessarily a lot of high-impact players that are close to the big leagues," Epstein said. "If there were, it would be one of the best systems in baseball. We're not. There's a lot of room for improvement, a lot of work to do to get where we want to be, but there are a number of interesting players. ... We do have a lot of depth, albeit at the lower levels. I think with a few more acquisitions and prospects and a solid draft, you're going to see our system start to creep up into the upper third ? which is a nice place to be."
NOTES: Tom Ricketts had little to say about a sexual assault allegation against star shortstop Starlin Castro, other than he hopes it gets resolved quickly. ... The Cubs announced they are adding the "Budweiser Patio" in the right-field bleacher section for the upcoming season. The plan calls for a 75-foot long LED board that will show information such as the pitch count along with a player's picture and statistics. The patio will accommodate groups of 50, 100 or 150 guests with seats and standing-room only tickets that will include all-inclusive food and beverage packages. ... Kenney, the president of business operations, also said the Cubs remain committed to renovating Wrigley Field rather than building a new ballpark. "We're here for good," he said.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Sunday, January 15, 2012
15 free games for the iPhone, iPad and Android devices (Appolicious)
There are tons of addictive games for the iPhone, iPad and Android smartphones and tablet devices that won?t cost you a dime.
Sure, some of these games expose users to advertising or begin charging in-app payments after a certain point. But a lot of fun can be had for free with minimal distraction.
Here are the 15 best free games for Apple?s iOS and Google?s Android devices that you should consider downloading right away.
Here is our video review of the recently released Android version.
Six-Guns (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad)
Check out our video review.
My Horse (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad)
Sudoku 2 (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad)
Check out our video review.
Multiple members of the Appolicious Advisor team contributed to this report.
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