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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Simulations aiding study of earthquake dampers for structures
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Researchers have demonstrated the reliability and efficiency of "real-time hybrid simulation" for testing a type of powerful damping system that might be installed in buildings and bridges to reduce structural damage and injuries during earthquakes.
Friday, July 26, 2013
New Mexico (SID): Infographic: Men's Basketball Headed to Australia
July 25, 2013
Albuquerque, N.M.--- The men's basketball team is a little over a week away from its preseason exhibition tour of Australia, and the Communications Office has prepared its first ever infographic which contains the schedule and some tidbits on the trip.
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Source: http://www.bbstate.com/news/707633
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
Dana White and Demetrious Johnson in can?t-miss ?Jeopardy!? spoof
Two disclaimers here: 1) Turn down your speakers unless you're in a workplace where Dana White's naughty language is OK and 2) No, Dana White and Demetrious Johnson weren't actually on "Jeopardy!" This is a spoof.
But if any producers of "Jeopardy!" are reading this, please oh please consider inviting White to the next edition of Celebrity Jeopardy. Or think about making an all-MMA Jeopardy. It will be worlds of fun. At the very least, give us an MMA category of questions, just so we can see if Alex Trebek knows how to pronounce Royce Gracie.
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Leader of 'church for the poor' to visit Rio favela
Felipe Dana / AP
Policemen from Brazil's Pacifying Police Unit patrol the poor Varginha favela ahead of Pope Francis visit on Thursday.
By Clare Duffy, Producer, NBC News
RIO DE JANEIRO ? Just a short ride away from Rio?s legendary beaches of Ipanema and Copacabana are some of the most crime-ridden slums in Latin America. Known here as favelas, they are equally legendary, but for all the wrong reasons. Pockets of relentless poverty, drugs and weapons flood streets dotted with ramshackle buildings.
Pope Francis will step into one of these neighborhoods, Varginha, in the larger Manguinhos favela, on Thursday.
Little seems to faze Pope Francis. The throngs of well-wishers who mobbed his car, overwhelming his security detail on Monday just seemed to make him smile even more broadly. And visiting Varginha's mean streets likely won't faze him either.
As the former Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Francis regularly visited the poorest, most dangerous areas of that city, and he specifically asked that Varginha be added to his schedule. An estimated 1.2 million people, or 22 percent of Rio?s population, live in favelas.
Varginha is known locally as the "Gaza Strip" for its spiraling violence between rival drug gangs. The area was recently "pacified" by police ? a policy of flooding the area with heavily armed officers, both uniformed and plainclothes, to form a visible presence to disrupt and disperse criminal activity.
Officers wearing bulletproof vests patrolled the streets during a recent visit, keeping a watchful eye on the cramped apartment windows above.?
The pontiff is making his first visit overseas since he was elected in March. An estimated 2 million people are expected to greet him.
But the effort has not been entirely successful - far from it. A pitched gun battle erupted between rival gangs here just last month.
Paulo Lima, 58, a carpenter, who like most here barely ekes out a living, would like to see more police action. ?
"Police pacification brought some peace here, but it's not enough for us. We need much more," he said. "There is no state presence; our community was forgotten for a long time. I hope with the pope's visit we can have some improvement."
While there have been some cosmetic improvements ahead of the pope?s visit ? such as paved sidewalks and the removal of trash ? there is still room for much more in terms of sanitation, health care and education. A fetid river runs behind the small cinderblock church Francis will visit.?
Pope Francis heads to Brazil for World Youth Day where more than one million young people are expected to gather. The high cost of the trip to the Brazilian government has stoked fears that the event will be marked by protests. NBC's Anne Thompson reports.
When it rains, the sewage-ridden waters flood the neighborhood?s streets, carrying life-threatening diseases that sicken the area's children. A new sewage system was promised, but as it often happens here, improvements have yet to arrive. ??
Ranger Silva, a 24-year-old student, has heard it all before. "People here are still skeptical. We need to see these changes lasting, and not only because the pope is coming."?
As the Vatican's first Jesuit leader who called for a ?church of the poor,"?the simplicity of the?Capela Sao Jeronimo church Francis will visit is fitting. It's a small chapel nestled inside a box-like structure and has only 18 simple wooden pews inside. Francis is expected to speak with residents and give a blessing.?
Francis' effort to reach out to the poor during his visit has been welcomed by many Brazilians - particularly in the wake of massive anti-government protests across the country last month over corruption and the run-away costs of next year?s soccer World Cup.
There were a few signs of progress and hope in Varginha. Boys in brand new team jerseys played soccer on the field where the pope will address the community ? their dazzling, effortless skills would be the envy of any American suburban youth coach.??
And the sounds of a rock band filtered out of the little church Francis will visit.
Anderson Braz, 19, expertly strummed his electric guitar, as the group rehearsed their upcoming performance for the pope.?
"I'm nervous now," he said. "Imagine on the day ? it will be pure heart, pure emotion."
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GOP Donors for Immigration
What do major Republican donors like Sheldon Adelson and Paul Singer have in common with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi? They are all in favor of immigration reform.
Tens of thousands of immigration-reform supporters march in the Rally for Citizenship outside the Capitol on April 10. Major Republican donors support immigration reform. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty)
The Republican rank and file may be divided, and the prospects for the Senate?s immigration compromise in the House gloomy, but among the biggest donors to Republican causes in the 2012 cycle, there is overwhelming support for immigration reform. Many top Republican givers to the Romney campaign and to conservative super PACs are squarely behind immigration reform and only one, former Rick Santorum super PAC backer Foster Friess, is actively opposed. As former Romney campaign spokesman Ryan Williams told The Daily Beast, ?a number of traditional Republican donors are speaking out in favor of immigration reform because they see this legislation as good for the party, but also good for the future of the country.? But these donors aren?t the usual RINOs and token Republicans lauded by the left. These are the guys who cut the checks to pay for tough negative ads.
Singer, a hedge fund manager and major Romney donor who has been attacked as a ?vulture capitalist? by ThinkProgress, has written a six-figure check to the National Immigration Forum, a pro-immigration group. Bob Perry, who funded Swift Boat Veterans for Truth in 2004 and spent nearly $25 million in 2012, was poised to be a strong advocate for immigration reform before he passed away in April at age 80.
Even the ultimate liberal hate figure from the 2012 election, Adelson, who dumped more than $75 million into trying to defeat Barack Obama, is pro?immigration reform. In a December 2012 interview with The Wall Street Journal, the casino mogul said: ?I?m pro?DREAM Act ... It would be inhumane to send those people back, to send 12 million people out of this country to disrupt a whole potpourri of family issues over what happens to the children. I mean, it?s all ridiculous. So we?ve got to find a way, find a route for those people to get legal citizenship.?
The result is a coalition of strange bedfellows, but those on the left don?t seem to mind. It?s normal for ?big bills to get supported by coalitions for diverse reasons,? said Jeff Hauser, a spokesman for the AFL-CIO. It?s a natural outcome when an issue ?is so important, big, and complicated,? he added.
?If the business community is going to put money into passing reform, they?re going to think twice about candidates that are blocking reform? in future elections.
The sheer amount of financial firepower behind the immigration-reform bill could have real consequences for those Republicans who don?t fall into line. Ali Noorani, the head of the National Immigration Forum, told The Daily Beast, ?If the business community is going to put money into passing reform, they?re going to think twice about candidates that are blocking reform? in future elections. The issue is becoming so important, he said, that ?organizations and individuals that spend political dollars are looking at immigration as a threshold question? in future elections.
But just because donors favor immigration reform doesn?t mean Republicans in Congress will follow. After all, Singer is strongly in favor of gay marriage, and Adelson supports ?socialized medicine.? Neither of those causes are likely to gain traction among House Republicans any time soon.
However, with the August recess approaching, those donors can be leveraged to pressure members of Congress who are spending the month out of Washington. As Williams points out, business leaders in individual communities have the ear of their members of Congress. Many employ a ?significant number of people in districts across the country, and members will be hearing from them.? Such a strategy is crucial to future of the bill, said Noorani. The likelihood of immigration reform passing the House ?really depends what type of political space that we can create in the month of August, if conservatives weigh in at a district level for immigration reform,? he said.
After all, donors are important, but voters are even more important. Said Rick Tyler, the president of the Strategy Group for Media and a former spokesman for Newt Gingrich: ?Remember, politicians don?t form parades, they jump in front of them, and there?s no big parade on immigration.?
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'I will always love you' on Houston's headstone
WESTFIELD, N.J. (AP) ? Whitney Houston's grave in New Jersey has been marked with a teardrop-shaped headstone ? with an inscription well known to her fans: "I will always love you."
The 48-year-old pop music queen died Feb. 11, 2012, in Beverly Hills, Calif. An autopsy found she had drowned accidentally, with heart disease and cocaine use contributing to her death.
She was buried next to her father in Westfield, N.J., about 20 miles west of New York.
Her headstone includes a heart-shaped engraving upon which her image and the words "THE VOICE" are etched in capital letters.
Just below is the inscription "I will always love you," from the Dolly Parton song Houston made famous. Houston's recording of the song was played at her funeral.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/always-love-houstons-headstone-223952282.html
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Israel releases Hamas lawmaker
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Source: www.maannews.net --- Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Date 23/07/2013, 19:04 (Jerusalem) ...
Source: http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=616261
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