NASA Laser Beams Send Mona Lisa to the Moon and Back

An image of the Mona Lisa has traveled nearly 240,000 miles digitally, going from the Next Generation Satellite Laser Ranging station at NASA?s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., to the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) instrument on NASA?s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. By transmitting the image on top of on laser pulses regularly sent in order to track position, simultaneous laser communication and tracking was achieved.

?This is the first time anyone has achieved one-way laser communication at planetary distances,? says David Smith of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ?In the near future, this type of simple laser communication might serve as a backup for the radio communication that satellites use. In the more distant future, it may allow communication at higher data rates than present radio links can provide.?

Satellites which go outside of Earth orbit characteristically use radio waves for tracking and communication. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is the only satellite in orbit around a body other than Earth to be tracked by laser also.

?Because LRO is already set up to receive laser signals through the LOLA instrument, we had a unique opportunity to demonstrate one-way laser communication with a distant satellite,? explained Xiaoli Sun, scientist at NASA Goddard and lead author of a paper detailing the work.

Timing a Pixel Array

The key to transmitting the image was accurate timing. Sun and his team divided the Mona Lisa image into an array of 152 pixels by 200 pixels. Each pixel was converted into a shade of gray, represented by a number between zero and 4,095. (I guess 50 shades of grey wasn?t to their liking.) Every pixel was then transmitted by a laser pulse, with the pulse being fired in one of 4,096 possible time slots during a brief time window allotted for laser tracking. The complete image was transmitted at a data rate of about 300 bits per second.

Received by LRO?s Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter instrument, the laser pulses reconstructed the image based on the arrival times of the pulses from Earth. This was accomplished with no interruption of LOLA?s primary task of mapping the moon?s elevation and terrain and the Goddard Space Flight Center?s main task of tracking LRO. The image was then returned to Earth using the spacecraft?s radio telemetry system in order to verify the success of the laser transmission.

Error Correction by Reed-Solomon Coding

Transmission errors were introduced by turbulence in Earth?s atmosphere, even when the sky was clear. To overcome these effects, Sun and colleagues used Reed-Solomon coding, which is the same type of error-correction code commonly used in CDs and DVDs. The illustration at the top of the page shows the image before and after correction. The white stripe indicates a brief period when transmission was paused.

?This pathfinding achievement sets the stage for the Lunar Laser Communications Demonstration (LLCD), a high data rate laser-communication demonstrations that will be a central feature of NASA?s next moon mission, the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE),? says Goddard?s Richard Vondrak.

The next step following the Lunar Laser Communications Demonstration is the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD), NASA?s first long-duration optical communications mission. LCRD will help develop concepts and deliver technologies applicable to near-Earth and deep-space communication.

Reference:

Free space laser communication experiments from Earth to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in lunar orbit
Sun, Xiaoli; Skillman, David R; Hoffman, Evan D; Mao, Dandan; McGarry, Jan F; McIntire, Leva; Zellar, Ronald S; Davidson, Frederic M; Fong, Wai H; Krainak, Michael A; Neumann, Gregory A; Zuber, Maria T; Smith, David E

Optics Express, Vol. 21, Issue 2, pp. 1865-1871 (2013) http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.001865

Image courtesy Xiaoli Sun, NASA Goddard

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12 Better Business and Personal Marketing Practices for 2013

As a small business, you will have to respond to these business marketing trends to keep your business relevant in 2013.

As a business owner or manager, the suggested personal marketing practices will prove to be valuable for helping you to better implement them for maximum business marketing benefit.

Business Marketing Trends and Practices

#1 ? Original Content is Highly Valued

If this wasn?t true, then media outlets would not always be racing to be the first to report the news to achieve the temporary prize of being first. There is no need to race when YOU are the only source.

Google Authorship is evidence that original marketing content ? one of a kind ? a category of one -?will always be more highly prized.

#2 ? Business is Now Personal

The personal perspective that you provide is what makes any type of content marketing original. Repurposing content is accepting mediocrity ? something that places you in a race to the bottom.

#3 ? Customers Want to Make Better Choices

Those who use their expertise to help their customers will earn their trust. First help your customers to be better buyers ? then help them further with your expertise. So this year, help your community to simplify.

#4 ? Social Media Will Not Fix Anything

If your business is broken social media will amplify that. So, to help you get better, why not consider blogging just for you. It will help you to dig deep and find better solutions for your customers.

#5 ? Consistency Sets Expectations

How often should you be publishing to your online channels? ?If you make regular contributions, even if that is quarterly, it is better than nothing at all ? and certainly better than anything irregular. Consistency is a mark of professionals.

#6 ? You Have to Love What You Do

I love to blog and it pains me that the gap since my last post is the widest in years. Looking on the bright side, I?ve just completed my first book on social marketing for small business?and that is reward enough for me ? especially if members of my tribe like you find it useful.

Personal Marketing Practices

#7 ? Surprise Your Audience

Pay attention to those that nobody pays attention to ? it could be the greatest gift they receive all year.?Buy the person?s lunch in the line with you. Send an anonymous gift.

#8 ? Show up Even When You are Unprepared

We all think that we need to be prepared, and we should be, but sometimes the most amazing days of our lives are those when we improvise from the heart in service to our communities. It?s a wonderful thing.

#9 ? Face Your fears

Being yourself means facing your fears and doing what you know has to be done if you are to feel the sense of accomplishment that drives your happiness and success. When you do what is uncomfortable you learn things about yourself that help you to better serve your customers.

#10 ? Love Yourself

Steve Jobs famously said, ?they are no smarter than you are.? ?When you really embrace that concept the fears that hold you back fall away. What?s left is the innate confidence in your own abilities that shines through.

#11 ? Your Work is Never Done

If it were, then you would have nothing to aspire to. Try to view life, and certainly business, as a process ? not a transaction. How can you do more together with your customers? They are probably wondering the same thing. Help them get what they really want.

#12 ? Show Your gratitude

Believe it or not, being grateful for the contribution of others helps you just as much, if not more than them. When you put that positive energy into the world it helps you realize you are part of something bigger ? an ecosystem that needs your contribution.

How about you?

What is your small business marketing manifesto for 2013?

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Jeff is also the author of?Built-In Social: ?Essential Social Marketing Practices for Every Small Business ? Published by Wiley, April 15, 2013

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IRL: Securifi Almond, Samsung Galaxy Note II and the LG Optimus G

Welcome to IRL, an ongoing feature where we talk about the gadgets, apps and toys we're using in real life and take a second look at products that already got the formal review treatment.

This is the one place where it's okay for us Engadget editors to be slightly behind the times. Back at CES a couple weeks ago, for instance, we got hands-on with the Securifi Almond+, a touchscreen router with a fancy all-white design and even fancier support for Zigbee / W-Wave home automation. Here in "IRL," though, we're just fine to talk about the OG Almond, which doesn't offer quite so many add-ons. Rounding things out, we've also got some anecdotes about the Galaxy Note II and Optimus G, neither of which need an introduction at this point.

Securifi Almond

Look, I moonlight as the IT guy at the White House, okay? Now that we're having such an honest conversation, I will say that I've been on the hunt for an ideal WiFi range extender for some time now. Western Digital's My Net Wi-Fi Range Extender does a fine job, but a) it's pretty large and b) it lacks bells and whistles. If you're looking for an alternative that addresses both of those issues, let me introduce you to the other product I'd trust to stretch WiFi waves from the Situation Room to the Rose Garden: the Securifi Almond.

While this is a bona fide WLAN access point / router at heart, I was focused primarily on testing its range extension abilities. I plugged the unit in some 90 feet away from a Netgear N900, watched the colorful touchscreen dance to life, and then tapped on a few screens in the Wizard Guide to set it all up. We've all heard it before -- "easy to set up!" -- but this one's truly capable of doing as advertised. Within four minutes, the unit had found my local 2.4GHz network, accepted my password and created a new network using that same password for areas that were previously out of reach.

In practice, it adds another 150-odd feet of range to my N900, and I saw no degradation in performance while streaming video. The touchscreen also continues to be useful after you've pecked in your information. You can have it display the local weather or the time, making it a pretty awesome glanceable piece of technology while it's broadcasting in the background. Two quirks, though: one, the weather forecast (apparently) doesn't update on its own, and two, the clock reversed AM and PM in my testing. Granted, both of these are in "Beta," and I'm hoping the company adds even more functionality through OTA software updates -- which the unit is fully capable of receiving.

The other bits you should know about: it won't rebroadcast 5GHz signals (boo!), and it actually creates a new SSID (network name) instead of just amplifying your existing one. This means that once you walk out of range of your existing router, you need to disconnect and reconnect to a new network name, which is a slight hassle. Those things aside, it's a solid performer at $80, and hopefully it'll get even better once the updates begin to roll in.

-- Darren Murph

Samsung Galaxy Note II

I was among the naysayers when Samsung released the Galaxy Note. Maybe it was my memories of the Streak 5 or perhaps it was just dread at the idea of carrying around a gargantuan handset. The Note's massive success did little to change my perception, but it did make me look at its successor with respect. Spec bump aside, the Galaxy Note II is certainly a more mature product compared to the OG Note, what with its bag of software tricks and that improved S Pen. I can see the S Pen's usefulness for not only the creative types, but also obsessive note takers and for general tomfoolery. Add smooth performance and impressive battery life, and it makes the Note II quite a compelling proposition indeed.

Attempting to occupy that middle ground between smartphone and tablet, the Note II's size is its chief strength as well weakness, depending on how you look at it. Despite the new one-handed mode that shrinks the keyboard and dialing pad and docks them to the side, I still think the large size is tough to handle with a single hand. Heck, even using the lockscreen slider to accept or reject calls might be an issue if you try doing it one-handed, making the pebble-smooth handset prone to slipping. Ditto when you stretch your thumb across the glass to pull down the notification bar or to reach any app controls placed on the top.

On the flip side, watching movies is lots of fun thanks to that big display, as is playing games. Apps like Flipboard also shine with some extra screen real estate. Features such as multi-window and pop-up video make great use of the extra screen real estate and add to the device's pull factor, much more than having the same functionality on its smaller sibling, the Galaxy S III.

Basically, when it comes to smartphones, size does matter. It's really up to you what you prefer -- a large slab that can possibly help avoid the hassle of lugging both a phone and a tablet, or a conventional-sized blower that's more pocket-friendly but leaves something to be desired when it comes to the media and app experience. Personally, I think of these high-end phablets as SUVs of the smartphone world -- hardly easy to parallel park or squeeze into tight spaces -- but big, powerful and spacious. Love 'em or leave 'em, they're here to stay.

-- Deepak Dhingra

LG Optimus G on Rogers

The Optimus G feels like the Nexus 4's neglected cousin. Both LG phones are capable, but the Nexus 4's status as the official Google phone -- and the accompanying $350 unlocked price -- tend to overshadow the Optimus G's more traditional approach. I felt compelled to try the Optimus G on Rogers for a few weeks for just that reason. Is it worth it to give up stock Android and pay more, all so that you can score a few hardware advantages?

The Cliff's Notes answer: yes. In some cases, anyway. The battery life could certainly clinch a few sales. Where the Nexus 4's runtime is fairly average, the Optimus G has no problem lasting through a photo- and Twitter-heavy day. The 32GB of storage space is naturally useful for a hefty music collection like mine, too. LTE is indeed appreciated versus the Nexus 4's dual-carrier HSPA+ 3G, although I'll readily acknowledge that the 3G in my area is often fast enough. I'm even sanguine about the interface, despite my preference for pure Android. LG's custom interface feels relatively unintrusive and light, at least next to Samsung's TouchWiz. It mostly stays out of the way, and it doesn't lean on gestures that might only be useful once in a blue moon (see: Samsung's tilt-to-zoom).

If an unfettered Google experience isn't a factor, about the only potential dealbreaker is that oh-so-frustrating camera focus system. The Optimus G's camera (eight megapixels on the Rogers model) is fine in much of the time, but it's tough to compose some macro or close-up portrait shots when the continuous autofocusing offers just a split second of sharpness before it readjusts; I've taken a few photos that looked fine in the preview but were blurred by the time I hit the capture button. If LG ever embraces traditional autofocus for the Optimus G's camera, though, it'll be easier to recommend it, regardless of whether the Nexus 4 is on the shopping list.

-- Jon Fingas

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Senate's Reid reassured by Republicans' debt ceiling move

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office said on Friday that if the Republican-led House of Representatives can pass a "clean" debt ceiling increase, the Democrat-majority Senate "will be happy to consider it."

"It is reassuring to see Republicans beginning to back off their threat to hold our economy hostage," Reid's spokesman Adam Jentleson said in a statement.

The statement was issued after House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, a Republican, said the House would consider a bill next week to extend the U.S. debt limit by three months.

(Reporting by Alistair Bell; Editing by Vicki Allen)

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Virginia-Based Energy Company Looking to Build Large Wind Farm In OK

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This Awesome Animated Short Is a Student Film. A+!

Good. Bad. These are relative ideals that depend almost entirely on which end of the gun is facing us. A quartet of French art students—Micha?l Balthazart, Cl?ment Granjon, Quentin Sauvinet, and Rapha?l Gaudin—collaborated at ArtFX 2012 to explore this concept in Voile Noir, which follows a pair of pilots, Allan and Yvan, as they attempt to deliver a bomb that will single-handedly end the war. More »

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Lafayette PC is Small Business of the Year | WLFI - Lafayette, Indiana

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - Greater Lafayette Commerce has computed the votes and chosen its 2012 Small Business of the Year.

During a ceremony Wednesday at the Holiday Inn in Downtown Lafayette, Lafayette P-C was announced as the winner.

Lafayette PC is located on Main Street and owned by Jason and Julie Rusbam. It opened in 2008 and specializes in home computer support, repair, and data networking.

The Rusbams said they were certainly weren't expecting the recognition, but they were thrilled when their name was called.

"You know, it just helps to reaffirm that we're doing the right thing, hopefully," said Jason Rusbam. "That we're heading in the right direction, that we're growing our business, we're doing the right things, so it's very reassuring to know people can se that we're making a good effort."

Lafayette PC was chosen from a group of 11 previous Small Business of the Month winners named from September 2011 through August 2012.

Businesses nominated for the monthly award must be a member of Greater Lafayette Commerce, privately owned, in business under current ownership for at least three years, have 50 or fewer employees and be involved in the community.

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Apple vs Samsung: Does Galaxy S3 maker need to worry over iPhone's twin launch in June?

Apple is working on two new iPhones this year and both the models could be out by June or July this year, a senior analyst has said.

According to an analyst at KGI Securities, Apple is expected to release both an upgraded version of the iPhone5 and an economy version with more colour options for users.

A report published by MacRumors quoting analyst Ming Chi Kuo reveals the roadmap of all the 2013 scheduled releases, pointing out that there could be updates for both its iPads and Macbook Pro series.

?Kuo expects that Apple will introduce both an iPhone 5S and a revamped iPhone 5 around June or July of this year, with the iPhone 5S appearing very similar to the current iPhone 5 but carrying a number of upgrades?..?the report says.

According to the analyst the upgraded iPhone will run on an A7 chip, and will come with the much awaited fingerprint sensor. Last year Apple acquired tech company Authentic, which specialized in developing the finger print technology.

Apple is also expected to bring out the next iPhone with near field communications (NFC) to facilitate mobile payments through its Passbook app. It was widely expected that Apple would do so with iPhone5. But the phone came with an upgraded iOS6 operating system that introduced the new Passbook feature but without NFC.

Emirates 247 had earlier reported about Apple working on a low budget series with multiple colours to choose from.

According to Chi Kuo the budget iPhone mainly aimed at taking on the competition from Samsung will be an iPhone 5 repackaged and come in plastic covers of six colours rather than the more expensive aluminium covers that all iPhones have been using so far.

Interestingly, Samsung which is also expected to launch its Galaxy S4 is expected to do so ahead of the iPhone release.

Samsung has already denied earlier reports that the S4 would be launched in March, making it highly probable for either a May or a June launch.

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Marc Trestman named Bears' head coach

Marc Trestman will become the 14^th head coach of the Chicago Bears. The team announced the news Wednesday morning.

(So, if the number 13 is unlucky, does that give Trestman an edge over Lovie Smith right out of the gate? Double sevens, baby! Alright, I digress ...)

Here?s the deal:

In his first season as offensive coordinator of the San Francisco 49ers in 1995, Trestman helped his team to the best overall point differential in the NFL, the best overall yardage differential, the second-best total offense, and the first-ranked total passing offense. The team went 11-5, losing their first playoff game. But in 1996, the team did one better all-around, finishing 12-4 and making it through the first round of the postseason.

That was with Steve Young at quarterback.

In 1998, Trestman began a three-year, unimpressive stint as offensive coordinator in Arizona, working with a below average QB in Jake Plumber, and a bad offensive line. My pointing those things out is not a defense mechanism, it?s a reality. But, despite the poor-passer, poor-protection, Trestman helped a dismal Cardinals team to a 9-7 record and a playoff win?the team?s first in 51 years?and their first nine-win season of the previous 14.

And by the turn of the century, Trestman had built a name for himself as bit of an offensive Einstein.

In 2002, Trestman was hired as the offensive coordinator of the Oakland Raiders. Richard Joseph Gannon, the team?s starting QB at the time, went on to have a career year under Trestman, throwing for 4,689 yards, 26 TDs, 10 INTs and a 67.6 completion percentage. Was it Trestman? Tough to say considering Gannon missed significant time due to injury the next two seasons and never returned to the NFL.

That?s the short and skinny on Trestman?s NFL career as an offensive coordinator. What does it all mean? I?m not sure, really. You could argue that in the role of coordinator, which will be his role in Chicago regardless of who he hires to carry the title, Trestman has brought immediate success to every team he?s gone to. You could also argue, however, that the League has evolved. And while it was doing so, Trestman was north of the boarder, working in the CFL.

There, as head coach of the Montreal Alouettes, Trestman led his team to back-to-back Grey Cup championships?the CFL?s version of a Super Bowl?and 2009 CFL Coach of the Year honors. But the CFL is not the NFL.

The question as to why, if Trestman is such a great offensive mind, has he not been able to sustain a long-term run in the NFL is a fair one. But those who?ve worked closest with him continue to sing his praises as a QB guru and an offensive innovator.

The only thing that is certain is that Bears? GM Phil Emery led an exhaustive search to find the right guy?a search that led some candidates to say they?d never seen someone as prepared for an interview as Emery?and that search ended with Trestman. All that matters now is what happens moving forward.

The goal is championships, and the race to the top starts today.

. . .

The Bears will hold a press conference to introduce Trestman on Thursday, January?17 at 10:00 A.M. CT in the Mugs Halas Auditorium.

Trestman's Coaching Career:

1981-1982: University of Miami (FL)? - Volunteer Assistant
1983-1984: University of Miami (FL)? - Quarterbacks Coach
1985-1986: Minnesota Vikings ? Running Backs Coach
1987: Tampa Bay Buccaneers ? Quarterbacks Coach
1988: Cleveland Browns - Quarterbacks Coach
1989: Cleveland Browns ? Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
1990-1991: Minnesota Vikings - Quarterbacks Coach
1995: San Francisco 49ers ? Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
1996: San Francisco 49ers ? Offensive Coordinator
1997: Detroit Lions - Quarterbacks Coach
1998-2000: Arizona Cardinals ? Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
2001: Oakland Raiders ? Senior Assistant
2002-2003: Oakland Raiders ? Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
2004: Miami Dolphins ? Assistant Head Coach/Quarterbacks
2005-2006: North Carolina State ? Offensive Coordinator
2008-2012: Head Coach ? Montreal Alouettes (CFL)
2013: Head Coach ? Chicago Bears

Source: http://www.chicagonow.com/2013/01/marc-trestman-named-bears-head-coach/

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Two in custody after man killed outside Chicago State University

The Simeon and Morgan Park High School basketball teams ended their game at Chicago State University with a melee between players on the court. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune)

Staff report

12:17 a.m. CST, January 17, 2013

A 20-year-old man was shot and killed outside a Chicago Public Schools high school basketball game at Chicago State University Wednesday night after a melee broke out in a handshake line after the game.

The man was taken in serious condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center, according to the Chicago Fire Department.

The shooting happened about 9:20 p.m. outside the campus gymnasium near 95th Street and King Drive, said police News Affairs Officer Daniel O?Brien. He was pronounced dead at Christ hospital Wednesday night.

Chicago State Police put out a quick message to nearby officers, asking them to watch for a jeep that was pulled over east of the school a short time later, police said, citing early reports. Two people were taken into custody and police found a gun inside the jeep.

The game was between Simeon Career Academy and Morgan Park High School, both schools located on Vincennes Avenue about 30 blocks apart, at 81st and 111th Streets.

An argument in a handshake line after the game preceeded the shooting, police said. The gym was tense and word spread through the gym that someone had been shot.

Police said the argument spilled into the parking lot and someone pulled out a weapon and shot the 20-year-old.

Each team was held for longer than normal in the locker rooms after the game. Nothing outside ordinary bumps and physical contact happened during the game.

Chicago police responded to the scene but are not involved with the investigation, O'Brien said.

Chicago State Police refused to comment about the incident and city police referred inquiries to them and Illinois State Police, who said they were not involved in the investigation.

Check back for details.

Contributor Mike Helfgot and Tribune reporters Peter Nickeas, Rosemary Regina Sobol and Jeremy Gorner contributed to this story.

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Playboy Israel Is Coming

January 16, 2013, 6:00am

By Lilit Marcus

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Watch out, Israel, Playboy bunnies are heading your way.

Make sure you know how to pronounce shfanfanat. It means ?Bunny,? and there are about to be a whole lot more bunnies in Israel. That?s right: Playboy is coming to the Holy Land.

The famed U.S. lad mag, founded by Hugh Hefner in 1953, will be making its Middle East debut later this year. The project was the brainchild of Daniel Pomerantz, an American attorney who stuffed copies of the magazine in his suitcase when he made aliyah last year. He partnered with some businessmen from back home, and they spent time hunkered down with Hefner?s staff to get a sense of the magazine?s history.

An Israeli expansion makes plenty of sense for Playboy, which has been struggling financially for the last few years. Though the brand is still valuable, thanks to licensing deals that make everything from Playboy condoms to bunny-print clothing and beauty products, the magazine has followed industry trends and lost money hand over fist. The company reportedly earned more money from a reality show, ?The Girls Next Door,? about Hef?s three then-girlfriends, than it did from traditional advertising sales. The brand clearly needs to support its flailing magazine division, and launching new international editions is one way to do that.

How will Israel react to Playboy? If the short-lived attempt at bringing Penthouse to Israel (it lasted from 1989 to1993) is any indication, porn will be a hard sell. It?s basically a given that the country?s ultra-Orthodox population, which wouldn?t even show photographs of Tzipi Livni when she was running for Prime Minister, will protest the new magazine.

But it may not just be the Haredi community that has a problem with Playboy En Ivrit. Many feminists are anti-pornography, arguing that it objectifies and humiliates women. Gail Dines, a Britain-born feminist scholar who lived for many years in Israel, is one of the world?s most outspoken critics of pornography. In a 2010 interview in support of her book Pornland, Dines specifically addressed Playboy and why she felt it was so insidious: ?The advertising in Playboy was about telling men that if you consume at this level, then you will get the real prize, which is the women in the magazine, or women who look like women in the magazine. So what [Hefner] did ? he didn?t just commodify sexuality, he sexualized commodities, which is his brilliance.

In addition to Dines, the late Jewish feminist Andrea Dworkin was considered one of the world?s most rabid anti-porn activists. She was known for going into stores, ripping up copies of magazines like Playboy, and claiming that the act was protected under free speech. As for whether we?ll see Israeli women going into grocery stores and ripping up copies of Playboy is yet to be seen, but I think it?s safe to say that Daniel Pomerantz has an uphill battle ahead of him.

As for me? I?m a pretty ardent feminist, but I also don?t think it?s fair to judge something before we?ve seen it. Pomerantz told Ha?aretz that he?s planning to include long-form journalism and fiction alongside the centerfolds in Playboy Israel, and I?m excited about the possibility of writing on par with the level of American Playboy?s golden era. Despite the old classic ?I just read the articles? joke, Playboy has been known for running great work from acclaimed authors like Margaret Atwood, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Norman Mailer, and for paying them pretty reasonable rates as well. If Playboy Israel continues this trend, I would definitely read it just for the articles. My suggestion? See if Etgar Keret is interested.

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UN supports France's military intervention in Mali

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No, that's not what the people of mali want, that's why the majority of malians are praising france for saving their country? from becomming a theocracy. Mali is democratic, Syria isn't, that's why people support the government of Mali and not Syria's government.

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Jack Reacher Sequels Seem Unlikely

Despite earning Paramount $700 million worldwide with Mission: Impossible ? Ghost Protocol, it looks like Tom Cruise won?t be getting to go ahead from the studio to turn his newest action film, Jack Reacher, into a franchise. Nothing is official just yet but if the film can?t do big business at the box office overseas, then it looks like plans for the sequel may be abandoned.

Though the film received mediocre reviews from critics, many still hoped that the studio would give Cruise another chance, especially given the fact that author Lee Child has written over 15 novels about the character.

Made on a $60 million budget, the film?s $150 million-plus worldwide haul isn?t anything to scoff at, but apparently Paramount is looking for $250 million before it will entertain the idea of a sequel.

Now, there still is hope for all you Reacher fans out there. The film has yet to be released in markets like Japan, China and more. If it makes a splash overseas, it could hit that 250 mark. It will be tough, but not impossible.

Personally, I wouldn?t mind seeing a Jack Reacher sequel. The first film wasn?t great but it did have its moments. If director Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise could step it up a bit for round two, then it could work out. There?s certainly more than enough source material to draw from.

What do you think? Do you want to see a sequel to Jack Reacher?

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8 Useful Tips for Developing a Good Web Design

Online businesses are growing in leaps and bounds as more and more number of people are taking to the internet to shop, share and interact. Even large corporate companies, various manufacturing industries, educational institutions and various other industries are harnessing the power of the internet for marketing purposes. Whether you are starting a new business, or need a boost to your old venture, use online marketing strategies to attract a wider target audience to use your products and services. If you don?t know how to use the internet to your advantage, hire professional and affordable web design services in London to help you make the most of your online business.
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What Services Do Internet Marketing Companies Offer?:-If you aren?t familiar with online marketing procedures, then it is best to leave the job to professionals who will design different strategies to promote your business on the internet. When you hire professional and affordable web design services in London, you will be offered a host of online marketing services that are bound to improve your business and provide World Wide visibility to your brand. Good web design companies offer variety of web design and development services, SEO marketing, social media marketing, pay per click advertising, email marketing, marketing analytics, content management system and advanced website services.

How Do Online Marketing Companies Function?:-Online marketing companies offer highly customized services based on your marketing needs. They will work as a team along with you to understand your marketing goals and objectives. After analyzing your existing marketing position, they will design suitable marketing strategies and services. Companies that specialize in professional and affordable web design services in London will assign a specialized team comprising market researchers, graphic designers, content writers, programmers and web designers to handle your account from start to finish. Apart from providing marketing solutions, they will also track your online business performance and fine tune it to ensure complete efficiency.
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Tips for a Good Online Campaign:-Although your agency specializing in professional and affordable web design services in London will ensure to develop an effective business website, here are some tips that you can use when designing a new business website. Use
graphics wisely, do not overload your site with unnecessary pictures. Make sure the content is brief, clear and factual. Write only what you are able to deliver. Avoid exaggeration. Include only active links and keep your website browser friendly. Make sure that visitors
don?t have to jump from one link to another, make navigation easy for them and provide all the tools they will need to take immediate action like support and services for web design.

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Grand jury declines to indict parade float driver in Texas train collision

Wednesday, January 9, 2013 - 7:35pm

CNN ? A grand jury in Texas declined to indict the driver of a parade float involved in a deadly accident with a train during a November 15 parade, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

Four people were killed when the flatbed truck driven by Dale Andrew Hayden was struck by a train during a parade to honor the military.

Midland County prosecutor Eric Kalenak said the 12 members of the grand jury decided against indicting Hayden, who last month had been cleared by Midland police.

Hayden was driving the last flatbed truck in the parade and was crossing the tracks when an eastbound Union Pacific train slammed into the float, killing Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 3 Gary Stouffer, 37; Army Sgt. Maj. Lawrence Boivin, 47; Army Sgt. Joshua Michael, 34; and Army Sgt. Maj. William Lubbers, 43.

At least 12 other people were injured.

The National Transportation Safety Board said in December that the grade-crossing warning system, which consists of a bell, lights and a gate, operated as designed, giving a 20-second warning of the train's arrival. The truck entered the crossing and the gate lowered, tipping over flag stands on the float.

The board re-created the accident as part of an investigation.
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Most of the people use rewritable CD and DVD to make backup of their important files and documents. There are other people also who just use hard drives for data backup.

Author: Iqbal Dhutti
Date: Jan 10, 2013 - 8:05:47 AM

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Most of the people use rewritable CD and DVD to make backup of their important files and documents. There are other people also who just use hard drives for data backup. Apart from CD, DVD or hard drive, some people still use data recovery services as it is not only the best way to backup, but a best way to recover your previous data lost. For some people it seems to be impossible, yet it depends on the kind of failure and amount of data lost.

If you are looking for someone to recover your data that seem quite valuable to you then data recovery companies are your destination. Data recovery companies offer data recovery services to help retrieving important data lost. Data recovery services are best for those people not familiar with computers and with the help of these they can get their data back.

There are plentiful data recovery companies available online promising to help in recovering lost data due to hard drive failure or other problems. These companies have team of experts having knowledge and experience in recovering lost data. There are basically two distinct types of services provided by these companies namely data recovery from software failure and data recovery from hardware failure. Hardware data lost is more difficult to recover as compared to logical software failure.

There are thousands of companies who claim to be the best data recovery specialist, but all these companies are not equally versed and provide same level of services. As data recovery companies are available in bulk, it is hard to decide the best company among all of them.

Here are few tips that will help you finding most suitable company:

Check out the Company history: Find out clients of company for whom it has worked and how many clients have been satisfied with their work. With the help of better business bureau or chamber of commerce you can find complaints that have been fired against the company.

Check if the Company is recommended by computer manufacturer: Sometimes computer manufacturers recommend data recovery companies that they know well and have belief and confidence on those companies.

Facilities: A reputable data recovery company has all those facilities that are required to perform the task of data recovery. If you find that the company is not having all facilities, then it is better to switch for another one.

Optimum recovery rate: Generally most of the data recovery companies promise their success rate near about 80-90%. If a company have significantly lower recovery rate, then obviously it is not the one you have to approach.

Find out company?s physical Address: Some of the fake data recovery companies exist virtually on the web, but does not have any physical location. So before hiring any data Recovery Company always be sure that it has physical location.

An optimum Data Recovery Company contains no hidden fees, offers free consultation, charges significantly affordable free, retrieve data on-site and does not outsource their work to third party. Hence make a perfect choice to get all things done in a simplified way.

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Intro to Brewing Beer: My Best Brewing Resources (Pt. 7 of 8 ...

by Chris Lindsey

Books

How to Brew by Jon Palmer:

The modern textbook on brewing, written both as a guide for beginners and a reference for experts. Palmer is an engineer so he doesn?t scrimp on the details, which is good for some but may be overwhelming for others. If you think you?re in the latter group, start with The Complete Joy of Homebrewing. The book is structured to walk you through all the major topics of homebrewing from basic to advanced, and includes numerous appendices covering recipes, beer styles, troubleshooting, and more. I reference this book at least once every time I brew.

The Complete Joy of Homebrewing by Charlie Papazian:

The original textbook written by the godfather of modern homebrewing. The prose is more approachable than How to Brew but softer on the details. The book is an ambling blend of instruction, warm encouragement, drawings, recipes, and step-by-step pictures ? all featuring a spirited couple with frothy steins in hand.

Magazines

Zymurgy:

The magazine of the American Homebrewers Association, named for the science of brewing and fermentation. The articles focus mostly on beer, brewing techniques, brewing culture, and happenings within the AHA. Delivers 6 times a year.

Brew Your Own:

An independent magazine about brewing. The content is similar to Zymurgy except there?s more focus on brewing techniques, experimentation, and DIY projects related to brewing. Delivers 8 times a year.

Part 1: Why I Brew Beer
Part 2: 4 Common Questions
Part 3: Step-by-Step Guide To Getting Started
Part 4: Extract or All-Grain
Part 5: Five Keys to Consistency
Part 6: Bottling or Kegging
Part 8: Coming Soon?

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From the Author: I?ve been brewing beer for about 4 years. I took to it quickly once I got started and now it?s a regular part of my life. I have greatly enjoyed the experience and am glad I have put in the time and effort to learn the craft, so I hope my writings will inspire you to try brewing for yourself.

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Legal Stuff: Of course, we should remind everyone that our blog entries are for your information only and are not intended as medical advice. If you?re going to drink, do it legally and responsibly; don?t be stupid =). For more info, check out our site: www.drinkwel.com.

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'Snooki &amp; JWoww' Dives Into Babies, Love 'And A Little Drunkenness'

MTV's stars tease the show, premiering tonight at 10 p.m. ET!
By Christina Garibaldi, with reporting by James Lascina

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10-foot squid captured on film in natural habitat

NHK/NEP/Discovery Channel via Reuters

A giant squid is seen in video still captured from a submersible by a Japanese-led team of scientists near the Ogasawara Islands in July 2012.

By Arata Yamamoto and Peter Jeary, NBC News

The world's first moving images of a giant squid living in its natural habitat have been captured by a team of scientists led by a Japanese zoologist more than half a mile below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.

The ghostly pictures of the 10-foot-long giant squid were recorded from a state-of?the-art submersible carrying a three-person team of zoologist Tsunemi Kubodera, a camera operator and the submersible?s pilot, who made around 100 dives during an expedition in summer 2012.

Although small by giant squid standards ? the largest ever caught measured 59 feet ? it was the first time a live giant squid had been caught on video deep in the ocean.

Kubodera, from Japan's National Museum of Nature and Science, credited the success to the submersible?s silent running.

?If you try to approach making a lot of noise, using bright lights, then the squid won't come anywhere near you, ? he said. ?So we sat there in the pitch black, using a near-infrared light invisible even to the human eye, waiting for the giant to approach.''

On one dive in July 2012, near the Ogasawara islands, 620 miles south of Tokyo, they finally had their close encounter more than 2,000 feet down and followed the creature down further.

?This was the first time for me to see with my own eyes a giant squid swimming,'' Kubodera said. ?It was stunning. I couldn't have dreamt that it would be so beautiful. It was such a wonderful creature.?

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A giant squid is seen in this video still captured from a submersible by a Japanese-led team of scientists near the Ogasawara Islands in July 2012.

The squid was missing its characteristic two longest tentacles ? and scientists don?t know why. Marine biologists said if that pair of tentacles had been intact, the creature would probably have measured up to 23 feet long.

Kubodera?s deep-sea expedition was the culmination of a 10-year project by Japanese broadcaster NHK to capture pictures of the mysterious creature in its habitat. An ?ultra-sensitive high-definition camera was developed to operate at the ocean depths, using special light that was invisible to the sensitive eyes of the giant squid.

NHK will air its video footage in Japan on January 13, in a prime time documentary entitled Legends of the Deep: Giant Squid and will be shown on the Discovery Channel?on January 27.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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T-Mobile's 4G Connect offers free 200MB of monthly data on PCs and tablets (hands-on)

T-Mobile knows that the easiest way to get new customers is to give away your service for free, and it's handing access out like so much candy with its new 4G Connect strategy. Similar to what we've seen for Chromebooks, the deal supplies 200MB of free data every month for up to two years, right out of the box. Those who need more than casual email checks on the road just need to pay T-Mobile's prepaid rates to keep the broadband going. The Dell Inspiron 14z and HP Pavilion dm1 are the only devices available for now that qualify for the 4G Connect plan, but more are lined up for 2013, including (but not exclusively) devices with Qualcomm's Gobi chipsets in PCs or its Snapdragon chips in Windows RT tablets. T-Mobile tells us that we won't have to hunt down specific Magenta models, either -- once a PC line includes 4G Connect, every American variant should carry the needed modem as a matter of course.

We had the opportunity to try a Pavilion dm1 with 4G Connect, and it's clear that T-Mobile is largely letting the PC builder take priority. The hardware is very much vanilla on the outside. Most of what you'll notice, apart from reasonably fast HSPA+ data when you're away from WiFi, is a custom T-Mobile app. Both a Live Tile and the full app will show usage; diving in shows everything in a simple not-Metro layout with extra options for SMS messaging and topping up when the bandwidth runs low. Apart from having to register the PC in the first place, the service is as simple as we'd care to see. Now, where's our LTE connection?

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Nuance and ZTE annouce multi-year collaboration on voice-enabled Android devices

ZTE and Nuance have entered into another multi-year deal for voice activated services on ZTE devices. This time around, though, we'll see a larger focus on in-car services using ZTE's yet to be released Car Mode app -- which will be available in more than 25 languages at launch. Like most in-car setups the focus is of course remaining safe while driving but not giving up the interaction with the services on your mobile you've come to love. Using Nuance's stellar voice to text magic drivers will have access to text messages, calling features and music control without the need for a data connection. Car mode is activated with a wake-up word at which point you'll be assailed with a soft spoken barrage of information from your set without requiring eyes or fingers-on to get tasks done. Users can quickly interrupt any current command or incoming audio as well as put the system in a "do not disturb" mode if you just need a little peace til you arrive at your destination. Car Mode will come pre-installed on ZTE sets shipping this year.

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