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Sunday, March 31, 2013
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By Simon Evans MIAMI (Reuters) - World number one Serena Williams fought back from a set down to beat Maria Sharapova 4-6 6-3 6-0 and win the Sony Open for a record sixth time on Saturday as she continued her dominance over her closest rival. With the win, Williams, who struggled with her serve in the first two sets, becomes only the fourth woman in the Open era to win the same WTA tournament six times, joining Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert and Steffi Graf. "I finally have some record," Williams said. "Like it's really cool. I can't seem to catch up with Margaret Court or Steffi or ...
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Saturday, March 30, 2013
Business, labor get deal on worker program
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Big business and labor have struck a deal on a new low-skilled worker program, removing the biggest hurdle to completion of sweeping immigration legislation allowing 11 million illegal immigrants eventual U.S. citizenship, labor and Senate officials said Saturday.
The agreement was reached in a phone call late Friday night with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, U.S. Chamber of Commerce head Tom Donohue, and Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, who's been mediating the dispute.
The deal resolves disagreements over wages for the new workers and which industries would be included. Those disputes had led talks to break down a week ago, throwing into doubt whether Schumer and seven other senators crafting a comprehensive bipartisan immigration bill would be able to complete their work as planned.
The deal must still be signed off on by the other senators working with Schumer, including Republicans John McCain of Arizona and Marco Rubio of Florida, but that's expected to happen, according to a person with knowledge of the talks who spoke on condition of anonymity. With the agreement in place, the senators are expected to unveil their legislation the week of April 8. Their measure would secure the border, crack down on employers, improve legal immigration and create a 13-year pathway to citizenship for the millions of illegal immigrants already here.
It's a major second-term priority of President Barack Obama's and would usher in the most dramatic changes to the nation's faltering immigration system in more than two decades.
"The strength of the consensus across America for just reform has afforded us the momentum needed to forge an agreement in principle to develop a new type of employer visa system," Trumka said in a statement late Saturday. "We expect that this new program, which benefits not just business, but everyone, will promote long overdue reforms by raising the bar for existing programs."
Schumer said: "This issue has always been the dealbreaker on immigration reform, but not this time."
The AFL-CIO and the Chamber of Commerce, longtime antagonists over temporary worker programs, had been fighting over wages for tens of thousands of low-skilled workers who would be brought in under the new program to fill jobs in construction, hotels and resorts, nursing homes and restaurants, and other industries.
Under the agreement, a new "W'' visa program would go into effect beginning April 1, 2015, according to an AFL-CIO fact sheet.
In year one of the program, 20,000 workers would be allowed in; in year two, 35,000; in year three, 55,000; and in year four, 75,000. Ultimately the program would be capped at 200,000 workers a year, but the number of visas would fluctuate, depending on unemployment rates, job openings, employer demand and data collected by a new federal bureau pushed by the labor movement as an objective monitor of the market. One-third of all visas in any year would go to businesses with under 25 workers.
A "safety valve" would allow employers to exceed the cap if they can show need and pay premium wages, but any additional workers brought in would be subtracted from the following year's cap.
The workers could move from employer to employer and would be able to petition for permanent residency after a year, and ultimately seek U.S. citizenship. Neither is possible for temporary workers now.
The new program would fill needs employers say they have that are not currently met by U.S. immigration programs. Most industries don't have a good way to hire a steady supply of foreign workers because there's one temporary visa program for low-wage nonagricultural workers but it's capped at 66,000 visas per year and is only supposed to be used for seasonal or temporary jobs.
Business has sought temporary worker programs in a quest for a cheaper workforce, but labor has opposed the programs because of concerns over working conditions and the effect on jobs and wages for U.S. workers. The issue helped sink the last major attempt at immigration overhaul in 2007, which the AFL-CIO opposed partly because of temporary worker provisions, and the flare-up earlier this month sparked concerns that the same thing would happen this time around. Agreement between the two traditional foes is one of many indications that immigration reform has its best chance in years in Congress this year.
After apparent miscommunications earlier this month between the AFL-CIO and the Chamber of Commerce on the wage issue, the deal resolves it in a way both sides are comfortable with, officials said.
Workers would earn actual wages paid to American workers or the prevailing wages for the industry they're working in, whichever is higher. The Labor Department would determine prevailing wage based on customary rates in specific localities, so that it would vary from city to city.
There also had been disagreement on how to handle the construction industry, which unions argue is different from other industries in the new program because it can be more seasonal in nature and includes a number of higher-skilled trades. The official said the resolution will cap at 15,000 a year the number of visas that can be sought by the construction industry.
Schumer called White House chief of staff Denis McDonough on Saturday to inform him of the deal, the person with knowledge of the talks said. The three principals in the talks ? Trumka, Donohue and Schumer ? agreed they should meet for dinner soon to celebrate, the person said.
However, in a sign of the delicate and uncertain negotiations still ahead, Rubio sent a letter Saturday to Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., calling for a deliberate hearing process on the new legislation and cautioning against a "rush to legislate." Rubio and a number of other Republicans are striking a tricky balance as they simultaneously court conservative and Hispanic voters on the immigration issue.
Separately, the new immigration bill also is expected to offer many more visas for high-tech workers, new visas for agriculture workers, and provisions allowing some agriculture workers already in the U.S. a speedier path to citizenship than that provided to other illegal immigrants, in an effort to create a stable agricultural workforce.
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Rising hopes about jobs propel consumer sentiment in March
Consumer sentiment jumped in the second half of March by a record amount as Americans discounted the effects of government spending cuts and saw more healing in the labor market, a survey released on Friday showed.
The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan's final reading on the overall index on consumer sentiment came in at 78.6, up from 77.6 the month before.
That was well above the median forecast of 72.5 among economists polled by Reuters and a record upward revision from a preliminary reading of 71.8 in mid-March.
Analysts had fretted that the so-called sequester, a package of across-the-board government spending cuts of $85 billion that went into effect in early March, would drag on the economy and dampen sentiment.
But consumers seemed to have brushed those worries off, survey director Richard Curtin said in a statement, and the swell of sentiment in the second half of the month more than erased the decline of the first half of March.
"Consumers have discounted the administration's warning that economic catastrophe would follow the reductions in federal spending, and consumers have renewed their expectation that gains in employment will accelerate through the rest of 2013," he said.
"If the late March results are replicated in the months ahead, however, the economy may finally gain enough upward momentum to significantly reduce the unemployment rate."
The survey also saw the largest proportion of homeowners reporting recent increases in home values in more than five years, with gains expected by more homeowners than any time since the March 2007 survey.
The survey's barometer of current economic conditions rose to 90.7, its highest since January 2008. It was also up from February's 89.0 and above a forecast of 87.8.
The survey's gauge of consumer expectations rose to 70.8, revised up from a preliminary 61.7 and up from February's 70.2. Economists had forecast 62.0.
The survey's one-year inflation expectation fell to 3.2 percent from February's 3.3 percent, while the survey's five-to-10-year inflation outlook was at 2.8 percent versus 3.0 percent.
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Pirates, Civic Center at a stalemate in lease negotiations | Maine ...
PORTLAND ? Negotiations on a new lease agreement between the Portland Pirates and Cumberland County Civic Center trustees has reached a pivotal moment, leaving many to wonder if the AHL franchise days are numbered in the city of Portland.
Pirates Managing Owner and CEO Brian Petrovek said that he?s running out of time in order to complete a new lease agreement with county trustees.
Petrovek, who said he?s scheduled to meet with trustees on Thursday, is hoping that a deal can be completed in the next few days because the team has yet to begin selling season tickets, or dealing with corporate sponsors for next season.
?We?re in a window where we should be selling season tickets for next season,? said Petrovek. ?We?re under the gun right now because long term we have no lease, and in short term we have no commitment from season tickets holders, no deposits on seats and we?re not generating any cash. That?s a big challenge today let alone the challenge of having no lease to communicate with our longer term partners, sponsors or otherwise about the future.?
?We?ve got to figure this out and I?m hoping we can do that in the next couple of days, because we are down to days. We were expecting to be in a much different place weeks ago, if not months ago and we?re not.?
The current lease agreement, a one-year extension signed last spring, is set to expire on April 30, opening debate about whether the Pirates could relocate to another city. It?s not the first time that there has been relocation talk regarding the Pirates, who were on the verge of moving to Worcester, Massachusetts in 2005, and again in 2010 when the team explored a move to Albany, New York as leverage toward a new five-year lease.
While not completely ruling it out, Petrovek said this time was different because of the current renovation that?s taking place at the Civic Center, but he needs to have new lease completed soon.
?(Relocation) is the last thing we want to do. It?s not the reason why we bought the team. We?ve been here for 13 years waiting for the building to be renovated. We knew when we bought the team it was outdated, but we worked toward a solution, and now that we have one, the last thing we want to do is consider relocation.?
?I agreed to extend the lease for one year on the basis of having a deal last fall, and I don?t have one and I?ve run out of time,? said Petrovek. I need to have a deal. I don?t want to go elsewhere and I don?t really want to consider other options.?
The Civic Center is currently undergoing a 33-million dollar renovation that was approved by voters in Nov. 2011. With Phase I nearly complete, it was expected that the arena would be closed for Phase II of the project following the completion of the Pirates? regular season on April 22, and a belief among some trustees that the Pirates would play its playoff games elsewhere, namely at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston, where they played six regular season games this season.
Although Lewiston was considered a success, selling out five of the six games, the Pirates decided to play its playoff games in Portland for player development and financial reasons as the Colisee only holds 3,650 compared to the Civic Center?s capacity of 6,733.
Despite the team?s recent slide in the standings, it?s still likely Portland will still make the postseason, which will push the start date of Phase II of the renovation into late May or June, delaying the opening of the building into the next hockey season.
It?s that opening date that?s has both sides at odds with each other as Cianbro, the construction company in charge of the Civic Center renovation, revealed during a building committee meeting last week that the opening would be delayed until Jan. 22, 2014, pushing the Pirates out of the arena for nearly two-thirds of its season.
?The Pirates are still under lease for the remaining of this season including the playoffs. They chose to play at the Civic Center,? said Neal Pratt, Chairman of the Civic Center Trustees. ?The April 22nd start date was based on the assumption that the Pirates would be playing its playoff games elsewhere, or they wouldn?t have made the playoffs. Now with the prospects that they?ll make the playoffs and they will be playing at the Civic Center everything will be pushed back.?
It?s that sentiment that left Petrovek aggravated with the trustees.
?We had an option in our lease to play our playoff games (in Portland) and we made a decision in the best interest of player development and our business to do that,? said Petrovek. ?It was our right and frankly, I?m getting a little frustrated by those who think it?s our fault. I didn?t set the schedule for the renovation. I wasn?t asked about it. But, we?ve all got to work around it and there are those who think it?s our fault because the building won?t open til Jan. 22, 2014 and I?m having a difficult time accepting that.?
Petrovek believed that the two month delay would only apply should the Pirates make the Calder Cup finals, and was prepared to play the first several weeks of the regular season next season on the road and at Lewiston, but was taken by surprise to learn that the delay would happen even if the Pirates played one round at the Civic Center.
?We originally knew it could be a delayed start into the fall, two months as most, and we were comfortable with the two month window, but to get news from (Cianbro) and hear them utter the words January. It was the first time we?d heard about it, so it created a much difficult situation we have to deal with.?
The first round of the American Hockey League playoffs is a best-of-five with the higher seed choosing whether they want to start at home or at the road. The Pirates are currently fifth of eight teams in the Eastern Conference that would make the playoffs if they were to begin today.
With the lower seed potentially only playing two home games, Petrovek questions why Cianbro couldn?t begin construction around the building until the first round is complete.
?Why couldn?t the construction start around us,? Petrovek questioned. ?There have been many buildings that have undergone renovations where the team continued to play while the work was on going. I never understood why it was a two month delay if we played just two home games (in Portland).?
Pratt said that the delay was because of Cianbro?s need to prepare the construction site, moving in equipment, including a large crane, and shutting down a section of Spring St. to traffic.
?The two to three months delay is mainly because when you?re hiring all the various subcontractors and planning the scheduling all of the contractors doing the work, they just can?t essentially sit idle until the playoff schedule is complete. It?s a time consuming process and takes time to put all the pieces in place.?
Besides the complexity of the renovation, both sides simply coming to an agreement on how to approach the issues have proven to be a challenge. The Pirates are of the belief that the financial data to complete a lease is available and that a long-term lease should have been done months ago, while the trustees have opted for a more methodical approach due to the 33-million dollar bond which voters approved in Nov. 2011.
The issues are more complicated because of the renovation,? said Pratt. ?Everything impacts the next item so it?s about coming with that logical solution to all of the issues because the Civic Center is responsible for paying the bond. We have to take very seriously our financial needs so that we can repay the obligation to the renovation. That something we?re very much focused on.?
Petrovek?s main contention is that the county trustees shouldn?t be waiting for the building to opening before selling naming rights to the arena, or be in the process of selling both club seats and corporate suites. He believes that process should complete or well-underway by now.
?There are experts in the industry that can make logical, intelligent conservative assumptions about what this building will generate when it?s complete,? said Petrovek. You can?t wait for the building to open because it?s too late to run business like that. We disagree vehemently in that regard and we?ve been getting ?there are a lot of things we don?t know?. Well go find them out. We should have a naming rights partner already sold for the building. We should have had it done before the final drawings were complete. It?s nonsense on their part.?
?There is no reason why we can?t get something done. We keep exchanging ideas and doing analysis and it?s never ending. It?s got to stop because we?re running out of time.
Petrovek said he can?t understand why the trustees are hard-pressed to want to have a long-term lease with the Pirates as it guarantees the Civic Center income, noting that they now have a debt service on the renovation bond.
?They should want a long term deal,? he said. ?They have debt to pay. When you have a long term anchor tenant you have contractual income coming in all the time in order to pay down the debt service. We?ve seen how well long-term deals work in the city of Portland with the Sea Dogs. It?s a perfect example of a long-term relationship that guarantees a landlord getting paid over a long period of time.?
According to Pratt, the trustees are not against a long-term lease and that its part of the natural discussion toward reaching a potential resolution.
?We are looking at all aspects of the relationships and exploring various options,? he said. ?That?s been part of the discussion as to what makes sense. The length of the lease has been part of that discussion and what the financial implication would be on both the Civic Center and the Pirates in any deal.?
Source: http://mainehockeyjournal.com/2013/03/28/pirates-civic-center-at-a-stalemate-in-lease-negotiations/
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NRC Research Press adds a new title to collection of scientific and technical journals
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Unmanned Systems Canada and Canadian Science Publishing partner to launch a new journal dedicated to the rapidly growing field of unmanned vehicle systems
This press release is available in French.
The Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems (JUVS) is a new quarterly, electronic-only publication that is now accepting papers; the inaugural issue is scheduled for release in the Fall of 2013. Developed in partnership with Unmanned Systems Canada (USC-STC) and with support from the Kenneth M Molson Foundation, JUVS is an exciting addition to the NRC Research Press journal roster.
This new title aims to provide an accessible, consolidated forum where an accumulation of peer-reviewed scientific knowledge on the design, development, testing, and applications of unmanned vehicle systems (UVS) in the air, on and under the water, and on land is published and disseminated. The journal is broadly themed into four main areas: civil, environmental, military, and engineering technology; contributions are invited from recognized researchers and practitioners in academia, government and industry from all over the world.
"Upon consultation with USC-STC, NRC Research Press agreed that there was a need for a scientific, peer-reviewed journal dedicated strictly to the rapidly expanding field of UVS (marine, terrestrial, and aerial) and aimed at communicating new information to this research community," said Bruce Dancik, Editor-in-Chief of the NRC Research Press journals. "NRC Research Press is keen to be a part of this exciting initiative and to be collaborating with the UVS research community."
"There is a great need for such a journal," explains Dr. David Bird, a professor of Wildlife Biology and Director of the Avian Science and Conservation Centre at McGill University and Founding Editor of this new publication. "The development and application of UVS is rapidly growing worldwide. While much of the media attention to date has focused on military applications, the civil and commercial sectors have grown stronger with each passing year in countries all over the world with no end in sight."
Dr. Bird has a passion for this field of study. For the last four decades his research has spanned all aspects of the biology of raptorial birds, but his main focus today is the application of unmanned vehicle systems to wildlife research and management. "David's enthusiasm for UVS and his prolific scholarly record make him an ideal Editor for this new and important scientific journal," said Dancik. "David is a welcome addition to the NRC Research Press family."
Since 1929, NRC Research Press journals have been delivering quality, peer-reviewed, international science to the world. Published by Canadian Science Publishing (CSP), an independent, not-for-profit organization, our journals are award-winning, high-impact scientific and technical publications that have an international readership in more than 175 countries. Continuing a long-standing mission to keep pace with the progress of scientific and industrial research throughout Canada, NRC Research Press is proud to bring this new journal to life in cooperation with Unmanned Systems Canada.
The inaugural 2013 volume of JUVS will be available free of charge. To enquire about subscriptions for 2014 or how to submit an article to the journal please visit the Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems online at http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/juvs.
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Unmanned Systems Canada and Canadian Science Publishing partner to launch a new journal dedicated to the rapidly growing field of unmanned vehicle systems
This press release is available in French.
The Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems (JUVS) is a new quarterly, electronic-only publication that is now accepting papers; the inaugural issue is scheduled for release in the Fall of 2013. Developed in partnership with Unmanned Systems Canada (USC-STC) and with support from the Kenneth M Molson Foundation, JUVS is an exciting addition to the NRC Research Press journal roster.
This new title aims to provide an accessible, consolidated forum where an accumulation of peer-reviewed scientific knowledge on the design, development, testing, and applications of unmanned vehicle systems (UVS) in the air, on and under the water, and on land is published and disseminated. The journal is broadly themed into four main areas: civil, environmental, military, and engineering technology; contributions are invited from recognized researchers and practitioners in academia, government and industry from all over the world.
"Upon consultation with USC-STC, NRC Research Press agreed that there was a need for a scientific, peer-reviewed journal dedicated strictly to the rapidly expanding field of UVS (marine, terrestrial, and aerial) and aimed at communicating new information to this research community," said Bruce Dancik, Editor-in-Chief of the NRC Research Press journals. "NRC Research Press is keen to be a part of this exciting initiative and to be collaborating with the UVS research community."
"There is a great need for such a journal," explains Dr. David Bird, a professor of Wildlife Biology and Director of the Avian Science and Conservation Centre at McGill University and Founding Editor of this new publication. "The development and application of UVS is rapidly growing worldwide. While much of the media attention to date has focused on military applications, the civil and commercial sectors have grown stronger with each passing year in countries all over the world with no end in sight."
Dr. Bird has a passion for this field of study. For the last four decades his research has spanned all aspects of the biology of raptorial birds, but his main focus today is the application of unmanned vehicle systems to wildlife research and management. "David's enthusiasm for UVS and his prolific scholarly record make him an ideal Editor for this new and important scientific journal," said Dancik. "David is a welcome addition to the NRC Research Press family."
Since 1929, NRC Research Press journals have been delivering quality, peer-reviewed, international science to the world. Published by Canadian Science Publishing (CSP), an independent, not-for-profit organization, our journals are award-winning, high-impact scientific and technical publications that have an international readership in more than 175 countries. Continuing a long-standing mission to keep pace with the progress of scientific and industrial research throughout Canada, NRC Research Press is proud to bring this new journal to life in cooperation with Unmanned Systems Canada.
The inaugural 2013 volume of JUVS will be available free of charge. To enquire about subscriptions for 2014 or how to submit an article to the journal please visit the Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems online at http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/juvs.
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Syrian officials: 12 killed in university attack
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ? Mortar shells slammed into a cafeteria at Damascus University Thursday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 20, according to state media and an official. It was the deadliest in a string of such attacks on President Bashar Assad's seat of power, state media and an official said.
Rebels began firing shells at the capital earlier this year, and the strikes have become increasingly common in recent weeks as rebels clash with government troops on the city's east and south sides.
State-run TV said 12 people were killed when mortar shells struck the cafeteria of the university's architecture department in the central Baramkeh district. A Syrian official who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to give official statements said 20 people were wounded in the attack.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which came two days after rebels barraged Damascus with mortar shells that killed at least three people and wounded dozens.
The shelling rarely causes many casualties, but it has shattered the aura of normalcy the regime has tried to cultivate in Damascus.
The government blamed "terrorists," the term it uses for rebels fighting to oust Assad, and called the attack as a "barbaric massacre."
Government-run Al-Ikhbariya TV station showed footage of plastic tables and chairs turned upside down, shattered glass and pens and books scattered on the floor. Pools of blood were seen on the floor of the open-air cafeteria.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the attack saying many of the wounded were in critical condition.
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By Steve Keating ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Tiger Woods's renewed success has him back on top of the world rankings but questions thrown at him after Monday's triumph at Bay Hill were about something he has not done for a long time, win the Masters. While all signs point to Woods being close to his best after years of struggling with injuries, personal strife and a tedious swing overhaul, his comeback will not be complete in many minds, including his own, until he snaps a drought in the majors that dates back to the 2008 U.S. Open. ...
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Mar 26 (Reuters) - Leading money winners on the 2013 PGATour on Monday (U.S. unless stated): 1. Tiger Woods $3,787,600 2. Brandt Snedeker $2,859,920 3. Matt Kuchar $2,154,500 4. Steve Stricker $1,820,000 5. Phil Mickelson $1,650,260 6. Hunter Mahan $1,553,965 7. John Merrick $1,343,514 8. Dustin Johnson $1,330,507 9. Russell Henley $1,313,280 10. Kevin Streelman $1,310,343 11. Keegan Bradley $1,274,593 12. Charles Howell III $1,256,373 13. Michael Thompson $1,254,669 14. Brian Gay $1,171,721 15. Justin Rose $1,155,550 16. Jason Day $1,115,565 17. Chris Kirk $1,097,053 18. ...
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Socrates (In The Form Of A 9-Year-Old) Shows Up In A Suburban Backyard In Washington
When he rang the doorbell, Zia hadn't planned to step inside. He was there to pick up his fiancee who was babysitting, but she couldn't leave (the parents were running late) so Zia agreed to hang out for a bit. His fiancee said, "Let me introduce you to the kids" ? the 2-year-old girl, the 7-year-old boy and, most important, squatting, with no shoes on, surrounded by ants on the back patio, the oldest ? the 9-year-old ? the one he would make world-famous on YouTube.
This is the boy he now calls "The Philosopher."
Nine is what fourth-graders are. You don't expect them to be wise; they're still boys. When the two started talking, there was no hint of what was about to happen, except for the slightly odd introduction. His girlfriend said he "is interested in cosmology." "Really?" Zia thought, "cosmology?" So he leaned in and asked ? just to be a badass ? "What do you think about dark matter? Any ideas?"
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The boy looked up, started to answer, and almost immediately Zia thought, "Wait!" Zia Hassan is a Washington, D.C.-based musician, blogger, teacher-in-training and video cameraman and he's learned to act on instinct, and his instincts were telling him, "I need to film this." He said to the boy, "Uh, can I film this? Is that all right with you?"
The boy didn't mind. And here, a million-and-a-half views later, is what the boy told him about the universe. I don't know the right words to describe what I feel watching this. Quiet surprise? Joy? Mystery? You should just look for yourself ...
We all know smart kids, who are curious, who collect information. "I knew more things in the first 10 years of my life than I believe I have known at any time since," says the writer Bill Bryson. But what Bill knew growing up in Iowa was local: "I knew what was written on the undersides of tables and what the view was like from the tops of bookcases and wardrobes. I knew what was to be found at the back of every closet, which beds had the most dust balls beneath them." Boys gather information by climbing, crawling, inspecting, gossiping.
But this 9-year-old ? what he knows is different. It's not local; it can't be found looking under a couch. It's mind stuff, found mostly in books or college classrooms, or by letting your mind run free.
I Could Be Wrong ... I Could Be Wrong ...
Where, I wondered, did he learn about multiverses, free will, the odds of intelligent life in the universe? How does he manage to be so aware of what he doesn't know? "Of course, I could be wrong," he says over and over, offering his opinions in the most unassuming, gentle way. And his brother, talking about how baseball satisfies our need for drama ("We do not have that kind of suspense in our lives."), he's doing it too ? thinking, connecting, reflecting ? and he's 7!
What's going on in this house? Are these kids outrageously smart? Zia says they're "certainly bright," but not scarily so. Is it something the parents are doing?
"I've gotten lots of questions about how they've raised [their kids]," Zia wrote me. "I don't think they have a particular method or anything like that. They're both excellent human beings and they treat their kids as if they're intelligent young people, and not children who couldn't possibly understand how the world (or universe) works."
This, he thinks, may be the key. These kids are encouraged to think out loud, to say what they think, even if they might be wrong. Each is appreciated. The parents, he says, "are also in awe of their children." And that frees them.
"I think there are a lot of kids who think about interesting things," Zia says. "It's my guess no one really asks them about it."
Maybe that's what this family does: They turn to their kids, and they ask.
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
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Friday, March 15, 2013
Temporary Restraining Order Against Elgin -- Pregnancy Support ...
Contact: Tom Ciesielka, 312-422-1333, tc@tcpr.net
ELGIN,?Ill., March 13, 2013?/Christian Newswire/ -- Swift protection came to TLC Pregnancy Services and the young women of Elgin in their federal case against Elgin's zoning restrictions. TLC claims the zoning laws impair young women's access to the free pregnancy services offered through the mobile ultrasound facility. Today, United States District Court Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan agreed, after hearing arguments from both sides, that TLC is likely to succeed on the merits of its case. The details of the Temporary Restraining Order state that the young women of Elgin are likely to suffer irreparable harm if Elgin's zoning restrictions are applied in a way which denies them access to the free services TLC's mobile ultrasound facility provides.
"The big question is -- why is Elgin wasting tax payer money to restrict the access of young women to free pregnancy services?" said Noel W. Sterett, an attorney with the Mauck & Baker (www.mauckbaker.com) law firm. "We hope today's ruling allows Elgin's officials to rethink their position and do what is best for TLC, Elgin, pregnant women and their unborn babies: get rid of a law which has no purpose and is unconstitutional."
"Young women have been calling and looking for the TLC mobile facility after Elgin restricted us from serving in the community." said TLC's Executive Director Vivian Maly, "At least for now, we have this good news and will be available to support these women close to home."
TLC will now bring its mobile pregnancy service back to its usual positions at the Evangelical Covenant Church of Elgin and JB's Pub & Bar for as long as the court order remains in place. Both of these locations are in close proximity to Elgin's Larkin High School.
"Women deserve access to the help they need for themselves and their unborn children without undue interference from the government," said Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Casey Mattox. "The court was right to stop the city of Elgin from preventing women from obtaining free ultrasounds and health information. TLC's free services help both Elgin and its citizens, so the city's actions have been both counterproductive and unconstitutional."
View the Temporary Restraining Order here and the original Complaint here. For additional supporting documents or to schedule an interview, please contact Tom Ciesielka 312-422-1333, tc@tcpr.net. ?
For Elgin City Council press inquiries, contact Cheri Murphy the Assistant to the City Manager for Community Engagement at 847-931-5667 or Murphy_c@cityofelgin.org.??
About TLC Pregnancy Services
TLC is a "no-charge" pregnancy support facility which provides equal access to individuals with reproductive concerns in the Elgin community. Along with free ultrasounds, pregnancy and S.T.D. testing, pregnancy health care, pre- and post-birth education, they also have a fathers' support program. An emergency food pantry is available and Hope Services which provides women's and children's clothing, as well as funding for emergency situations. If there is a need they cannot provide, they refer individuals to outside community resources.
About Mauck & Baker, LLC.
Mauck & Baker was established in Chicago in 2001, is nationally known for representing non-profits, businesses, religious institutions, and individuals. The firm concentrates its practice to the area of religious liberty litigation around the country. It works with individuals and business as well on personal and corporate matters.
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Monday, March 4, 2013
The Weekly Roundup for 02.25.2013
You might say the week is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workweek, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Weekly Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 7 days -- all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
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Demolition begins on sinkhole house
Authorities in Florida are tearing down the home covering the huge sinkhole that swallowed a man in his bedroom, NBC's Gabe Gutierrez reports.
By Ian Johnston and Matthew DeLuca, NBC News
Crews began demolishing a Florida home Sunday that is perched over a huge sinkhole, after deeming it too dangerous to keep searching for the man swallowed up from his bedroom.
Rescue workers on Saturday had called off their search for 36-year-old Jeffrey Bush, who?had not been heard from since the hole appeared at about 11 p.m. ET Thursday in Seffner, near Tampa.
?Unfortunately we have not been able to determine the whereabouts of Mr. Bush,? Hillsborough County Administrator Mike Merrill said. ?With all the equipment that we brought in and specialized help, we have just not been able to locate Mr. Bush, and so for that reason the rescue effort is being discontinued.?
Authorities have said the hole, which was originally about 30 feet deep, was ?seriously unstable.? A 100-foot safety zone was set up around it Friday and homes near the hole were evacuated for fear of a sudden collapse.
Scott Audette / Reuters
Demolition crews and Hillsborough County Fire Department watch as the house, where Jeffrey Bush was swallowed by a sinkhole, is demolished in Seffner, Florida March 3, 2013.
The sinkhole now poses a safety risk to the residence next door, said Hillsborough County Fire Rescue public information officer Ronnie Rivera at a noon press conference on Saturday. Family members would be allowed to enter briefly along with emergency personnel to recover belongings, Rivera said.?
The demolition started at around 8:30 a.m. Sunday, and wrapped up for the day at about noon. It was expected to resume again on Monday.?
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Authorities were able to retrieve a few personal belongings from the destroyed house for the family, including photographs, a Bible and even the wood address marker from the front of the building.
A second family in an adjacent home began moving their possessions out on Saturday afternoon as authorities struggled to get an accurate read on just how large the sinkhole is.
Authorities brought in heavy equipment to demolish the home from outside the perimeter of the sinkhole, which Merrill said extends down as much as 50 to 60 feet.
?We?re dealing with a very unusual sinkhole,? Merrill said. ?It?s very deep, it?s very wide, it?s very unstable.?
Hillsborough County, Florida officials lay out their plan going forward at the site of a sinkhole that appeared beneath a home and is believed to have killed one of the residents.
On Friday, Jeremy Bush spoke tearfully about how he tried to save his brother.
"I couldn't get him out," he said. "All I thought I could hear was him screaming for me and hollering for me, but I couldn't do nothing."
Jeremy Bush was saved from the hole by Hillsborough County sheriff's Deputy Douglas Duvall, NBC station WFLA reported.
'Really shocking'
?Neighbors told NBC station WFLA.com of their surprise.
"It's just really shocking," said Kevin Charles, who lives two houses down from the Bush?s house. "It kind of worries me because ? it could have been any one of these houses along this side over here.?
"I think the issue now is everyone in the area is going to sit back and wonder whether should get sinkhole insurance," said neighbor Steve Hamlyn. "Because we really didn't see a need for it until now."
One man is presumed dead after being sucked into the earth as he was sleeping, and now other families in the neighborhood are on edge. NBC's Gabe Gutierrez reports.
While some in the neighborhood did not know of the risks, sinkholes are common in Florida, The Associated Press reported, and home insurers are required by law to provide coverage for the sudden disaster.
Florida?s geological makeup increases the likelihood of sinkholes, and more than 500 have been reported in Hillsborough County since 1954, the state?s environmental agency told the AP. A monster 400-foot sinkhole that sucked in a house, five sports cars, two businesses and part of a swimming pool appeared near Orlando in 1981.
"You can almost envision a piece of Swiss cheese," Taylor Yarkosky, a sinkhole expert from Brooksville, Fla, told the AP. "Any house in Florida could be in that same situation."
At a press conference at 8 a.m. ET Saturday, fire officials announced they had set up an email address, accessible at www.firefighter-relief.com, for anyone wishing to send message of condolences or donations to the family.
NBC News' Gabe Gutierrez and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Luis Echeverria / AP
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This story was originally published on Sun Mar 3, 2013 9:58 AM EST
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