President Donald Trump made the right decision in responding militarily to Syrian strongman Bashar Assad's latest chemical-weapons attack, which killed dozens of civilians. Assad's henchmen likely used some sort of nerve agent, and they unquestionably violated decades-old prohibitions against the use of such weapons as well as an internationally-brokered agreement Assad signed promising to surrender his WMD arsenal. That fact serves as a reminder that neither the attack nor the U.S. response occurred in a vacuum. Rather, both are part of long chain of actions and inaction.
Some of us had serious doubts about the deal, which was implemented by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The intervening years have confirmed those doubts. Even before this month's attack, Assad violated the agreement throughout the second half of the Obama administration.
Obama, it seemed, recognized the importance of reinforcing the taboo against the use of chemical weapons—and the confluence of U.S. interests and ideals in Syria.
But then he engaged in a prime-time debate with himself and punted the problem to Congress. Make no mistake, seeking congressional support for military action—something the much-maligned Bush administration did before Afghanistan and Iraq—is the preferable way to go to war. However, other precedents—Reagan in Grenada, the elder Bush in Panama, Clinton in Kosovo, Obama himself in Libya and Iraq—underscore that congressional authorization was not essential after Ghouta.
Obama sought a way out of his conundrum by accepting Putin's promise to cajole Assad into handing over his WMDs. But entrusting an untrustworthy regime to vouch for the disarmament of another untrustworthy regime was something like asking a serial killer to hand over his bullets, letting him keep the gun, allowing him to avoid prosecution and prison, and letting one of his accomplices hold the ammo for safekeeping.
Regrettably, because Obama did nothing after the gassing of Ghouta, many options that existed in 2013—striking command-and-control facilities, grounding or eliminating the Syrian air force, targeting key nodes of regime power in Damascus—are off the table today because Russian personnel and assets are spread across Syria, most co-located with Assad's military. Thus, the U.S. military had to pre-inform its Russian counterparts of the impending missile strike. Doubtless, Russian commanders shared the news with their Syrian friends, sparing the guilty parties and preserving their instruments of murder.
It's also important to note that Putin didn't intervene in Syria until 2015. Obama's erased "red line" surely played a role in that decision. Whether the U.S. should have avenged Ghouta or protected Aleppo or toppled Assad is open to debate, but the importance of U.S. credibility is not. Obama failed to grasp this; Putin acted accordingly.
If you subscribe to the notion that U.S. foreign policy should be based solely on interests, it's easy to avert your gaze from Syria's hellscape. But as the new president has learned, it's much harder justifying a Pilate-like approach for those who wrestle with the headlines and believe the civilized world is called to defend more than narrow interests.
In Luke 12, Jesus explains, "From the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked." Given how much we Americans have been entrusted with, why would heaven not expect us to help Syria's innocents? Similarly, Proverbs 3 commands, "Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act." Given America's economic and military might, it's basically always within our power to act. Yet the power a president wields is a finite resource. That may explain the retrenchment and the reluctance to lead that has characterized U.S. foreign policy under both Obama and Trump.
If nothing else, the debacle in Syria illustrates that Americans cannot count on Putin's Russia to police the Middle East—and that an assault on our collective conscience ultimately impacts our interests.
To be sure, the Trump administration's decision to punish Assad for reopening this Pandora's Box will carry costs and consequences. But we must keep in mind that deciding not to punish Assad also carried costs, as the years since Ghouta made abundantly clear.


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I've a new addiction. It crept in quietly, relaxed my mind; now it's got me by the throat. And: Yes, I never thought it could/would happen to me. It's a 'match three' game like (but not) 'Candy Crush Saga' accessed on my iPhone.
My main game is 'Fruits Mania' but sometimes I also play 'Lollipop' or 'Honey Bee' as a back up or when 'Fruits' becomes too difficult or frustrating. With my index finger (right hand) I 'swap' one 'fruit' (orange sections, lemons, limes) for another. I must get three of the same (color, type) fruits in a contiguous line. When done, they vanish from the board giving me credit/s toward winning or ending that game with a rush of noise and fireworks. Sometimes a swap causes a chain reaction, removing many 'fruits' from the board. There seems to be a million variants/mutations of 'Mania' as I painstakingly move into higher more complex levels of skill with alterations. Oh: All this is accompanied by irritating repetitive music, the kind of sounds one hears in a penny arcade (bells, whistles, sirens) or with 'Angry Birds' which (thankfully) hasn't hooked me. I've missed other incarnations of this 'match three' format with names like 'Bejeweled,' 'Shariki,' 'Jewel Quest,' 'Chuzzle,' 'Sariki,' 'ZooKeeper,' 'Big Kahuna Reef' and more. Just as well.
Significant interference with work, school or relationships.
Oh no! What now? Who'd have thunk it?
Shall I awake and find all this a dream?
I remember loving Tetris too much, planning when I would play it. Quitting 2 weeks later. That was 27 years ago. Do you think they give out chips? I bet the ones for quitting Fruits Mania are gorgeous. BTW the irony that you a self professed fruit hater plays fruit mania is not lost on me.


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A study by Microsoft Corp. reveals that the average human attention span has fallen from 12 seconds in 2000, during the advent of mobile, to now eight seconds. That may not seem significant until you consider the 9-second attention span of a goldfish.
If you're a communications pro at an MLS or Association, those numbers present real challenges when it comes to member communications. Right now, REALTORS® are desperately seeking homes for buyers, digging up new listings, and negotiating relentless bidding wars. Who has time to read?
The solution could be what's called micro-moments—a treasured break in between life's daily tasks to learn something, do something, or buy something. They are intent-rich 30, 60 or 90-second interactions where a lot of decision-making takes place.
One Midwest Association, for example, is reaching new heights in capturing and retaining the attention of its members—doing so with a small mix of micro-moments in mind. And, despite common perceptions that REALTORS® don't read the dozens of emails delivered daily to their inboxes, this team has managed to break through the clutter. "How" they've achieved that level of success is surprising.
"I like to cut to the chase. Our member-based communications advisory group reports on what members want to hear, how much, and how little. We take that seriously, and then we adapt."
Bob Jones, Director of Communications, Dayton REALTORS®
Based on that feedback, Jones took a daring leap by increasing the number of newsletters the Association sends out, from one to two per week. Rather than deliver a newsletter that contains eight to ten stories, now members receive emails with just three or four short topics, making it quickly digestible. "The stories we publish tend to have more resonance, because they're not competing with a dozen other headlines," says Jones.
The frequency of today's distribution is more than most would consider, yet the Association's metrics continue to move upward. "Our open and click-through rates are above the national average," he adds.
Here, Jones and Dayton REALTORS® CEO Carlton Jackson offer two reasons why the Association's members continue to engage digitally:
Communications have been redesigned to include short, relevant Association/MLS and industry news; learning opportunities, and tech tools that members absorb quickly during a break in tasks. When appropriate, excerpts end with "read more," which lets readers know the essentials are up front, but delving further is worthwhile later on.
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"We put RPR front and center," says Jackson, a former Iowa City Association CEO and NAR staffer. "We strive to keep our members briefed on all the latest enhancements to services we provide, and RPR does all the work for us."
Jackson and Jones are referring to RPR's Shareable Tips & Tools newsletter. Delivered monthly, Tips & Tools helps marketing communications, education, and social professionals to repurpose short, ready-to-share content in their own publications. It's a simple copy/paste that instantly connects members to data, tools, and analytics they want and need to succeed.
Topics range from geo-farming and listing presentations to new tools and features. The Tips & Tools June edition highlighted how to use RPR's free mailing labels in a direct mail campaign. July's newsletter includes three ways new REALTORS® can get to know their member benefit and fully leverage all the platform has to offer.
Overall, the newsletter is a win-win for Associations and MLSs that want to consistently deliver high quality, engaging information that adds value for members/subscribers.
"I'm always on the lookout for good content and RPR's stuff is right there for the taking, without me having to chase it down," says Jones. "You make my job easier."
"RPR is used more often than some of our other services because they make it easy for us to share stories," he continues. "We have other MLS services, but they don't offer the communications support we get through RPR. By that nature, they don't get used as much."
The symbiotic relationship between Dayton REALTORS® and RPR has produced real-time positive results. In recent years, the number of Dayton's members using RPR has doubled. And the Association has one of the highest RPR usage rates in the country.
"I haven't gone a single month without including Tips & Tools content in our newsletter," adds Jones. "The tips are short, which suits our members, and topical. And for longer subjects, I rely on the 'read more' option."
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Om! Brahman or Siva or the Impersonal Absolute is the Source and Substratum for the world of phenomena. He is the Source of the Vedas. From Him this world proceeds. In Him it lives. In Him it gets dissolved. He is Eternal, Self-existent, Self-luminous and Self-contained. He is all-Full. He is beyond Time, Space and Causation. He is birthless, deathless and decayless.
He moves and moves not. He moves in His manifested or Saguna aspect. He moves not in His transcendental aspect. He is smaller than the smallest and greater than the greatest. He is smaller than the smallest because He is the Soul of even the ant, the mustard and the atom, and He is extremely subtle. He is greater than the greatest because He is the Soul of this entire universe and extends beyond this universe, also and He is Infinite. He is nearer than the nearest and farther than the farthest. He is nearer to the thirsty aspirants, but He is farther to those who are worldly-minded. He is nearer than the nearest because He is the Inner Soul of everything. He is farther than the farthest because He is Infinite. He is beyond the reach of the mind and the senses (Avangmanogochara). He cannot be reached by people of gross mind and outgoing senses. But He can be attained by that aspirant who is endowed with a subtle, sharp, one-pointed intellect (Manasai�vaanudrashtavyam), and who is equipped with four means, and the grace and the instructions of a Brah�ma-Srotri, Brahma-Nishtha Guru, in Tat-Tvam-Asi Mahavakya.
Brahman is the only Reality. He is the only living Truth. The Liberated Sage or Jivanmukta be�holds Brahman only everywhere. There is no world for him in the three periods of time. But the igno�rant man sees only the five elements and the forms. The world of names and forms only is real for him. He denies Brahman altogether.
The man who moves in a desert in the noon sees the mirage at some distance and mistakes it for wa�ter. He runs there to drink water but is disappointed. The rays of the sun fall on the bed of sand and gene�rate the mirage. The mirage appears as a sheet of water and deludes man. Even so the worldly man beholds the five elements and their combination, i.e., names and forms, on account of Avidya. Avidya hides the real and makes the unreal appear as real.
In the twilight a man mistakes a rope for a snake, gets frightened and cries. When a friend brings a light his fear vanishes. He sees a rope only. Even so a worldly man mistakes the impure, perishable body for the Pure, Imperishable Atman and suffers in diverse ways on account of this erroneous notion or superimposition (Adhyasa) caused by Avidya. When the Avidya is destroyed through Brahma-Jnana or Knowledge of the Eternal through initiation into the significance of Tat-Tvam-Asi Mahavakya by the Preceptor or Brahma-Vidya Guru, he becomes iden�tical with the Supreme Soul. The world of names and forms vanishes in toto. He sees Brahman only. All his fears terminate.
The feeling of pleasure is an internal feeling. There is no pleasure in physical objects, though they excite pleasure in man. Sensual pleasure is only a reflection of the Bliss of the Atman. When a desire is gratified the mind moves towards the Atman and rests in the Atman for a very short time, and the man ex�periences pleasure. Atman or Brahman only is the embodiment of Bliss (Ananda Svarupa). Atman is full of Bliss (Anandamaya). Atman is a Mass of Bliss (Ananda-Ghana).
Brahman is both the material and the efficient cause of this universe (Abhinna-Nimitta-Upadana�-Karana). He is the fictitious material cause (Vivar�ta-Upadana). He somehow appears as this universe through Maya, without Himself being affected in the least, by names and forms. This is a mystery. This is indescribable.
Just as the crystal is not affected by the colour�ed objects, though it reflects them, just as the sun is not affected by the defects of the eye and other objects, just as ether is not affected, by reason of its subtlety, so, seated everywhere in the body, this Atman is not affected.
He who is equipped with the four means, who has purified his heart through selfless service (Nish�kama Karma Yoga); service of Guru, Japa, Kirtan and Upasana, who is calm, dispassionate, reflective, discriminative, fearless, straightforward, humble, large-hearted, compassionate, generous, truthful, pure and who is free from pride, egoism, arrogance, will realise this Mysterious, Indescribable, Unthinkable Brahman or the Imperishable.
I am Immortal Brahman OM!
I am not this body OM!
This is the Quintessence of Kevala-Advaita� Vedanta or Absolute Monism.
Thus ends the glorious Siva Vidya! OM!


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The seesawing story of Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time … In Hollywood rests on a fulcrum of understood history. We're meant to recognize the Hollywood of 1969 and the fate of Sharon Tate; we're also drawn to leads Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, their shared movie-star allure having accrued across decades. Those are the twin hooks of the film, and Tarantino reels us in by using both to generate suspense—such as that's possible—and meaning. If nothing else, he delights in this interaction between real and fake—and back again.
There are layers to Hollywood and ambition to its production in which Tarantino, true to his late-period style, clearly revels. He wants us to notice all the details filling his frame as it tracks the downward career arc of two made-up men, TV cowboy Rick Dalton (DiCaprio) and his stuntman Cliff Booth (Pitt), while the real Tate (Margot Robbie) moves on up. History fixes the endpoint for this trio though, with none set to live out the decade due to changing tastes or events. We watch because surely Tarantino has something up his sleeve, right? Well, yes and no. His film is expansive to the point of exhaustion, with digressions and meanderings in every direction. There's real history here—parties at the Playboy mansion, the release of The Wrecking Crew, the presence of Bruce Lee, Steve McQueen, and more—interspersed with fake television and movies. Despite even the spectre of Charles Manson, it's these latter sequences of creation that work best, despite being in service to productions that feel disposable in retrospect. I mean, can you imagine caring that much about an episode of The F.B.I., even if, like Dalton, you were in it? It's no wonder the film feels inessential at times too.
That's not the fault of Leo or Brad, though. It's their magnetism, together and apart, that gifts Hollywood its heart and drive. Without them, one can almost smell the fumes Tarantino is coasting on. Yes, he's invested tremendous effort in getting the look and feel of his film just right, and of course, he's made it his way. But after all those winding narrative trips, the film's final destination is an inescapable disappointment. We know Tarantino's history too well to believe it.
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While policymakers in the United States are confused over mass shootings and considering restrictions on guns there is a company developing "Smart Gun" which looks like an iPhone or any other smartphone.
The Ideal Conceal is developing a concealed carry gun which will be available for public later this year — It looks like a smartphone but in reality, it's a smart gun which will surely be confusing for the cops and when there is a confusion there is killing. The best example of the shooting case is 12-year-old boy Tamir Rice who was shot dead by the police for carrying a toy gun. But the Ideal Conceal thinks otherwise and hails its 380-caliber derringer, with two bullets loaded into two barrels as some kind of a saviour.
"Smartphones are EVERYWHERE, so your new pistol will easily blend in with today's environment. In its locked position, it will be virtually undetectable because it hides in plain sight," according to the company's website.
Once available the price for this gun will be $395. The developer behind this smart gun is Kirk Kjellberg who claims to have received 2,500 emails from customers ready to the piece. Kjellberg told CNN he understands how hard it is for people to carry a concealed gun without people making a fuss about it.


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Thursday links — All three UW non-conference foes picked as pre-season faves
Posted by Bob Condotta
Seasons such as 2008 — when UW played BYU, Notre Dame and Oklahoma as its non-conference foes — are likely over forever (actually, UW fans hope seasons like that are over forever in every conveivable way, though this particular discussion is solely about scheduling).
Under AD Scott Woodward and coach Steve Sarkisian, the Huskies plan to fully adopt the A-B-C model of non-conference scheduling, meaning playing one A-list team, one B-lister and one C-lister.
Such a schedule is designed to give a team two games in which it is favored to win, and then a third that is a big-money, high-profile affair that helps balance the budget while also providing an opportunity to make a national name.
This year's slate seems to fit that philosophy perfectly with Nebraska in the role of the A-list team, Hawaii as the B-lister and Eastern Washington as the C team.
But if the pre-season media polls are any indication, the schedule may be deceptively tough.
The Western Athletic Conference released its official media poll today, with Hawaii selected as the favorite. And that means all three of UW's non-conference opponents have been selected as the favorites in their conference.
Eastern Washington, the defending FCS champion, was earlier picked as the favorite in the Big Sky. Nebraska, meanwhile, was picked as the favorite in the Big Ten in the Cleveland Plain-Dealer's pre-season poll of conference media. That is the closest thing there is to a media poll this year as the conference decided not to have an official pre-season poll at the request of the coaches.
Then comes nine Pac-12 conference games, completing a schedule that while maybe a little easier on paper, figures to create more than enough challenges for the Huskies in 2011.
IN OTHER NEWS. …
— ESPN.com's Ted Miller with lots of news and notes around the Pac-12.
— The Ventura County Star has some updates on UW players with ties to that area (though I'll note that Sarkisian said at media day he anticipates Erik Kohler starting the season playing primarily tackle).
— Dr. Saturday has a season preview of Nebraska.
— Oregon coach Chip Kelly was a little more revealing on NCAA matters in an interview with ESPN.
— Dwight Jaynes wonders what the Pac-12 Networks are going to show all day long and if anyone will be watching.
— SI.com's Joe Posnanski with an interesting read on the debate about paying players.
— The Tennessean has a good overview of the Titans' QB situation with Matt Hasselbeck in the fold and Jake Locker waiting in the wings.
— A few UW commits have been picked to play in the new Semper Fidelis Bowl.
All for now.
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EU set to relax state aid rules to compete with US
The European Union should relax its state aid rules to compete with mass US subsidies for green technology, the head of the European Commission has said.
Ursula von der Leyen, commission president, paved the way for Brussels to "improve" its powerful competition and anti-trust rules in order to "rebalance the playing field" on investment in green technologies following a subsidies spat with the US.
The Biden administration has angered Brussels and European capitals with a $369 billion package of tax breaks for US industries under Washington's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Europeans have complained that the Act will favour the US electric vehicle producers and could lure some European companies to relocate to America to take advantage of the preferential treatment.
"To keep up in the clean tech race, we need to do our homework in Europe and rebalance the playing field where the IRA and others create distortions," von der Leyen told an audience at the College of Europe yesterday.
"If we see that investments in strategic sectors are leaking away from the European Union, this would only undermine the single market. And that is why we are now reflecting on how to simplify and adapt our state aid rules," she said.
Biden said the IRA could be "tweaked" to alleviate European demands, when he met France's President Macron last week. There has been speculation that the subsidies rules could be widened to include European companies, after similar exemptions were made for US trading partners like Canada and Mexico.
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Local AF kids get scholarships
By Tyler Hemstreet on May 4, 2012
With dreams of becoming a dentist, Jacob Hatzinger knows there are years of school and tuition payments ahead of him.
That's why he's getting an early jump on saving up for college.
The Graham-Kapowsin High School senior is off to a good start. Hatzinger was recently awarded a $3,000 scholarship from the McChord Officers' Spouses' Club as part of its annual Outstanding Student Merit Scholarship Program.
The OSC awards scholarships as part of its welfare program every year to graduating high school students who are dependents of both military and/or civilians at McChord Field and dependent spouses of both military members and/or civilians at McChord Field.
Besides listing his community involvement and other extra curricular activities, Hatzinger submitted an essay detailing the many benefits of growing up in a military family.
"I wrote about the experience of seeing the dedication and hard work of all the different military people around you," said Hatzinger, whose father, Cary, is a retired command chief master sergeant who ended his military career recently but still works on McChord Field in a civilian capacity and belongs to the VFW Post 969 in Tacoma.
Jacob also wrote about his great experience living in Europe while his father was stationed in Germany.
"(The military lifestyle) exposes you to different cultures," he said. "That was an unbelievable experience being in Europe because just seeing how the different culture is and how different it is from America. It's an invaluable experience."
Earlier this year, Jacob earned a $1,000 scholarship from the Veterans of Foreign Wars' Voice of Democracy Program for his audio essay on the topic "Is There Pride In Serving In Our Military?"
His essay was submitted to Post 969 won at the district and state levels and was in the running for a $30,000 scholarship.
Jacob wants to study biochemical engineering at the University of Washington.
"Once I've graduated from there I want to become a dentist," he said. "I'll probably go to a graduate program for that. I'm thinking about (going to the) Armed Forces Medical School."
Steilacoom High school senior Darcie Olive also took home a $3,000 scholarship from the OSC.
"I'm elated," she said with a grin.
Olive is headed to Willamette University in Oregon in the fall. She plans on studying pre-medicine there with hopes of becoming a pediatrician.
All of the scholarship applicants submitted strong awards packages, and OSC board members looked at those who put in volunteer work in the local community in addition to their scholastic achievements, said Jenn Schnoebelen, OSC scholarship chair.
"With so many thrift shop volunteers putting long hours in, we wanted to make sure (scholarship) recipients were putting hours of service into other locations," Schnoebelen said. "We wanted to make sure that was a match, and we weren't just giving them a scholarship because they just turned in an application and didn't have service."
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Interview by the University of South Florida "USF Marine Scientists conclude 10 years of unprecedented studies on the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill" (April 13, 2020)
Podcast "Panel Discussion (Episode 16): What we have learned about the Gulf for the past seven years" by David Levin, WUSF studios, Tampa, FL (November 19, 2019).
Invited talk, University of South Florida – College of Marine Science, "Organic molecular tracers of processes at depth in the Gulf of Mexico" (Oct 25, 2019).
Award Gulf Research Program, Early Career Research Fellowship – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – , Washington D.C. Professional Development Meeting, Washington D.C., (September 4-5, 2019)
Invited talk, Sea Grant Workshop: How does Science Guide Oil Spill Response? Collaborating before, during, and after the spill. FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Center, St Petersburg (April 24, 2019). "Deep-pelagic research in the Gulf of Mexico: Understanding ecosystem variability and trends"
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Our manuscript on the "Decadal assessment of PAHs in mesopelagic fishes" highlighted in the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Newsletter (February 4, 2019)
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My work on deep-sea fishes highlighted by The Marine Diaries, Rita Steyn (2018) "When is a fish like a canary?
Congressional Earth and Space Science Caucus Exhibition (June 20, 2018) Washington D.C.
Invited talk, GOMRI Board Members visit for research outline of contaminants in mesopelagic fauna – DEEPEND Consortium, Nova Southeastern University, Deepend Consortium (June 13-14, 2017). "PAHs in tissues of mesopelagic fishes in the Gulf of Mexico"
Our manuscript on the "recovery of benthic foraminifera" highlighted in the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Newsletter (June 8 2017)
Our work in Mexico coastal environments highlighted in the short documentary "The Ixtoc Blowout" (2016) by filmmaker Jake Price (http://jakeprice.com).
Our publication on the "Hercules 265 gas well Blowout" highlighted in the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Newsletter (August 26, 2016)
Bay News 9 featured our field campaigns in Mexico (August 4, 2016)
St Petersburg Science Festival, Science in the Sun (October 21-22, 2016). Sharing with the public our project DEEPEND Consortium.
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Radio interview at WUSF Public Media by Florida Matters, Carson Cooper (2015): "Five Years after the BP oil Spill
St Petersburg Science Festival Event (2015) – Another year of fun outreach showing the local community what we do at the lab.
Invited talk – Sea Grant Seminar Where did the oil go? (04/14/2015) NOAA's Gulf of Mexico Disaster Response Center, Mobile, Alabama. "Spatial Extent of Contamination in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill"
Podcast "Return to Ixtoc" David Levin talks about his visit to our R/V Justo Sierra research cruise experience in the Southern Gulf of Mexico (August 2015)
Documentary "Dispatches from the Gulf" Journal to Planet Earth Series. Produced by Screenscope Part 1 (2014) – Our field work in the C-IMAGE Consortium (and… basically my 20 seconds of fame in the big screen): Part Four and Part Five.
St Petersburg Science Festival Event (2014) – Cool video of one of the most exciting outreach events we do in the lab.
Our work on contamination of fishes highlighted in the Tampa Bay Times (April 5, 2013) – Interview by Craig Pitman. Article: "Three years after the BP oil spill, USF research finds massive die-off"
Our work on PAHs in deep-sea fishes highlighted in the Science News (February 8, 2013) – Article: "BP research dollars yield signs of cautious hope" by Erik Stokstad


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Q: JQuery event handlers not attached via breadcrumbs links In my Rails 4.1 app I'm using JQuery-ujs to update cells in a table in my comments#index view. So in my comments.js.coffee file I have
jQuery ->
    $('tbody').on 'click', '.btn-info', ->
      $(this).closest('tr').children('td').eq(4).attr("id", "target")

and the corresponding update.js.erb file
$('#target').html("<%=j @comment.state.humanize %>").removeAttr("id")

The view renders different groups of comments into the table via custom routes of the form /comments/pending, /comments/confirmed etc. and all goes well so long as I request the view directly in the browser address bar.
But I also have breadcrumb links on the page which are generated via link_to helpers:

      pending

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      notable

      eminent

When I click on any of these links to get the view, the page is correctly loaded, but inspection shows that no click handler is attached to the
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How can I ensure that the click handler is always attached?

A: It's happening because of turbolinks. If you look into rail guides it states:
Turbolinks will make an Ajax request for the page, parse the response, and replace the entire  of the page with the  of the response. You jquery code would be in head i guess and hence it doesn't get load on clicking link.
The solution to your problem would be to wrap your jquery code inside a function and then call that function on page load like:
$(document).ready(your_function);
$(document).on('page:load', your_function);

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You can use the jquery-turbolinks gem which will bind the Rails Turbolink events to the document.ready events so you can write your jQuery in the usual way. For more information checkout my answer here

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Tesco has launched a bikes-for-work scheme for its 300,000 employees.
The retail giant hopes the scheme will encourage employees to change to commuting by bicycle.
Employees can either purchase a bike from one of provider Cyclescheme's network of independent bike shops, or via the Tesco Direct website. Those who do so via the Tesco Direct site using a staff Privilege card will receive a 10% discount on top of the available tax savings.
Judith Nelson, personnel director for Tesco in the UK and Republic of Ireland, said: "By making it easier and more appealing for our people to live healthier lives, we are using our scale for good to make a positive difference in society.
If 1% of employees take up the bikes-for-work scheme, that could equate to 12,888 car journeys being replaced by cycle journeys and over 117 tonnes of CO2 offset each month.
Hi there, I'm an employee for Tesco, and would really like to become a part of the bike scheme so I can ride to work everyday. Please could you advise me on how I can apply to become a part of this. Thanks, Maria Pascale.
Tesco employees can go to their benefits website ourtesco.com sign up if you've not already registered. You'll need your employee number. Then click the cycle to work link. Explains it all.
I have been given the cancelation number from cycle scheme after I decided i don't want to go ahead and collect a bike for cycle to work and thought my certificate had been cancelled. This was obviously not the case when upon exiting Tesco on Wednesday I collected my final wage slip where it view to have taken the final outstanding balance of my 'bike' from my wages leaving me with little over £100 for the month. Again I have contacted the given email and received no reply for 4 days now any advice to further contacts that anyone could suggest even some sort of a response time frame would make me grateful? Thank you in advance.
I am a employee in Helsby branch (5198), and I have already bought a bike and have now decided to use it for work. Do I get anything back for doing so?
I have had a quote for a bike from Halfords. It is a Pendleton somerby bike. When I enter Halfords on the application it doesn't reconise it and it doesn't reconise the make of the bike.


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Consumers could be collateral damage if US expands tariffs
WASHINGTON (AP) — For many Americans, President Donald Trump's trade war may soon get very real. His administration is preparing to extend 25% tariffs to practically all Chinese imports not already hit with duties — including toys, sneakers, shirts, alarm clocks, toasters and coffeemakers. American businesses and consumers could end up paying higher prices.
Stocks rise, claw back chunk of Monday's trade-war plunge
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks climbed on Tuesday, and the S&P 500 clawed back a third of its loss from Monday's rout in the latest whipsaw move as investors weigh just how badly the escalating U.S.-China trade war will hurt the economy. The day's rally was nearly a mirror image of Monday's plunge, just not as severe: Technology companies led the way higher after bearing the brunt of the selling on Monday, Treasury yields rose modestly and gold gave back a bit of its gains.
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SALISBURY, Mass. (AP) — Some research suggests rising sea levels and flooding brought by global warming are harming coastal property values, but how much is an open question. The advocacy group First Street Foundation suggests climate change concerns have sapped more than $15 billion in appreciation from homes along the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast. But other researchers caution the oft-cited study assumes overly dire projections for sea level rise.
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WhatsApp says its popular communications app had a vulnerability that hackers used to deliver spyware. The spyware allowed spies to effectively take control of dozens of phones in targeted operations. WhatsApp says the flaw has been fixed. It did not directly affect the end-to-end encryption that makes WhatsApp chats and calls private.
Disney takes over Hulu from Comcast as stream wars heat up
NEW YORK (AP) — Disney cut a deal with Comcast to take full control of Hulu as each prepares to launch its own streaming service. Comcast, which owns a third of Hulu, can sell its stake starting in 2024 for a minimum of $5.8 billion. Having total control of Hulu gives Disney more power to support its own streaming efforts as Comcast, AT&T and Apple all prepare to launch their own. An aftereffect of all these new services may well be the fragmentation of content across services.
New security flaw in Intel chips could affect millions
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Intel has revealed another hardware security flaw that could affects millions of machines around the world. The chipmaker said Tuesday there's no evidence of bad actors exploiting the bug, which is embedded in the architecture of computer hardware. Intel says it could give let attackers see leaked data but it's difficult to exploit outside of a laboratory.
Escalating trade war causing anxiety in America's heartland
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The escalating trade war between the U.S. and China is creating anxiety among rural farmers and bankers. RSM chief economist Joseph Brusuelas says the farm sector might see its greatest downturn in three decades. President Donald Trump promises more aid. But the American Soybean Association says farmers are tired of being "collateral damage in an endless tariff war."
Tribes across country push for better internet access
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Native American tribes are pushing the federal government to give them priority when it issues licenses that could expand internet coverage in their communities. The Federal Communications Commission has not issued any new permanent licenses for the Educational Broadband Services spectrum in more than 20 years. It asked the public to weigh in on possible changes to the licensing system, including giving a priority to tribes.
Google opens German centre to improve data privacy
LONDON (AP) — Google says it's opening a privacy focused engineering centre in Munich, Germany, in its latest move to beef up its data protection credentials. CEO Sundar Pichai said Tuesday that the Silicon Valley tech giant is expanding its operations in the southern German city and plans to double the number of privacy engineers there to more than 200 by the end of 2019.
Walmart ups the delivery game with next day shipping
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is rolling out next-day delivery on its most popular items, raising the stakes in the retail shipping wars. The nation's largest retailer says Tuesday it's been building its own network of more efficient e-commerce distribution centres to enable the faster delivery. The move comes just two weeks after online behemoth Amazon said it's upgrading its free shipping option to Prime members who pay $119 a year to one-day delivery from two-day delivery.
The S&P 500 rose 22.54 points, or 0.8%, to 2,834.41. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 207.06, or 0.8%, to 25,532.05, and the Nasdaq composite index jumped 87.47, or 1.1%, to 7,734.49. The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks rose 20.06 points, or 1.3%, to 1,543.06.


Bought a Brother MFC-7840W All-In-One Wireless Laser Printer from NewEgg today for $219, no tax, free shipping. I feel it is a pretty good deal. I have been looking around for an All-In-One printer for some time. This one has a laser printer, a copier, a scanner, a fax; and has both wireless and ethernet networking capabilities.
I had a basic HP inkjet printer but the ink always seemed to dry up before I could use the whole cartridge. And I have often felt the need to scan or print something at home. I don't think I will be using the fax option that much though.
The printer is available for $249 at Amazon – http://amazon.com/dp/B0016ZQ566/. It has pretty good reviews there.
Speaking about Amazon, I figured out a way to find the shortest possible Amazon URLs for a product. Of course, I can use tinyurl.com or bit.ly, but this is the shortest URL I could find using an official Amazon website.
However, it can be made even shorter by using the amzn.com domain name. The trick is to append the product id (in this case – "B0016ZQ566") after "amzn.com/".


16 LIGHTING CONTROLLER Hubbell Building Automation's IFC in-fixture controller provides stand-alone lighting control with unified motion and daylight sensing. The controller includes a built-in standard time clock. The complete unit provides on/off and 0–10V dimming control—in any combination of motion, light level and time-of-day—for fully capable and code-compliant energy-saving control. It controls up to 4A of electrical load and supports 120–277V AC and 347/480V AC applications. It can be programmed using any Bluetooth-equipped Android tablet or mobile device and the free IFC programming app.
17 CABLE HANGER Arlington Industries' one-piece, galvanized SMC cable hangers hang Flex, MC or AC cables in any direction. They mount on a variety of surfaces and are available in three sizes. Each cable is held in place independently, so there is no bundling of cables or derating of conduit. It can be used in place of cable tray and accepts a wide range of cables from 0.375–0.625.
18 PLUG Appleton's Powertite 30A and 60A nonmetallic, corrosive-resistant plugs for use with all UL 1686-C1 receptacles are designed for sewage plants, shipping docks, food and beverage processing plants, or any environment exposed to corrosives, frequent hose- downs or severe weather. They have an impact-modified PBT polyester housing that resists corrosion, deformation and cracking, while UV stabilization helps prevent degradation due to sun exposure. A dual-molded locking ring features rigid plastic threads on the inside and a rubberized grip on the outside. Shock-absorbing rubber protects against impacts, dropped plugs and rough handling.
19 HEAT DETECTOR Potter Electric Signal Co.'s Thermoflex MP Series heat detector has a low-profile design, an anodized aluminum finish and corrosion-resistant mounting plate. It is available in combination rate of rise and fixed temperature or fixed temperature only with releasing temperatures of 135°F, 165°F, 200°F and 285°F, and is cold-temperature rated at - 40°F.


Treating a common cold can be extremely difficult, especially if you have small children. Your family could spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars each year on doctor's visits and cold medications, but the fact of the matter is there is no scientific cure for a common cold.
Cinnamon is known to help ease the pain of a dry or sore throat, and it is praised by "naturalists" because of its effective healing properties. You can try boiling one teaspoon of powdered cinnamon in a glass of water, and then mixing it with some pepper powder and honey for extra effect. Or you can add a little extra cinnamon it to your child's food.
Even if you're eating and drinking all of the right things, and taking the right supplements, you're not going to feel better without enough sleep. Make sure you sleep as much as you can when you're feeling under the weather, and you'll hopefully be feeling better in no time at all!
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