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Disney: Good Luck Charlie's Same-Sex Parents to 'Reflect Themes ...

June 21, 2013 10:05 AM PDT

Before it leaves the airwaves, Disney Channel?s Good Luck Charlie will introduce viewers to a family parented by two moms.

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Duncan parents Amy and Bob will meet the women when their young daughter Charlie hosts a playdate for a new classmate, in the B-storyline of an early 2014 episode that centers on Teddy?s bestie Ivy heading off to college.

The comedic wrinkle: One of the yet-to-be-cast moms winds up getting her ear bent by cornball Bob, while the other enjoys the pleasure of Amy?s company.

In a statement to TV Guide Magazine, which first reported on the news, a Disney Channel spokesperson said, ?This particular storyline was developed under the consultancy of child development experts and community advisors. Like all Disney Channel programming, it was developed to be relevant to kids and families around the world and to reflect themes of diversity and inclusiveness.?

Do you commend Disney Channel?s mission of inclusiveness? And this is pretty much Ellen and Portia?s gig to lose, right?

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Why Ocean Fertilization Could Actually Hurt Marine Health

Well, isn't this iron-ic: Putting iron into ocean waters to stimulate the uptake of carbon dioxide?a geoengineering scheme that?s been investigated for its potential to help combat global warming?may have unintended consequences that could limit its effectiveness, if not render it counterproductive.

A recent study published this month in the journal, Nature Communications, found that the outer shells of diatoms, a widespread type of algae, contain much higher levels of iron than previously documented.

They could act to "hog" iron in sea water, leaving less of it for other types of algae, according to Julia Diaz, a study co-author and researcher at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. ?

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The idea behind ocean fertilization is relatively simple: put iron into the ocean, and let the algae bloom. This purposeful introduction of nutrients is, in theory, supposed to increase marine food production and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. After the bloom, the algae die and take their carbon with them to the bottom of the ocean, where it may remain for eons, not adding to the greenhouse effect.

But it's a bit more complicated than that, according to Diaz. The study looked at the levels of iron in diatoms collected from the Southern Ocean, finding significant and surprising levels of the metal. Diatoms have been found to be more plentiful after ocean fertilization experiments, meaning they could be taking up this excess iron.

"If that's the case, that makes that iron unavailable to other organisms," Diaz tells TakePart. "And those other organisms may be more capable of drawing down carbon dioxide from the atmosphere."

While it's a bit of a stretch to suggest the ocean fertilization may release carbon dioxide in certain circumstances, it's not impossible. The ocean relies on a balance of phytoplankton, tiny-plant like cells that harness carbon dioxide, and bacteria than can eat these plants and release the gas.

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Nobody knows exactly how ocean fertilization may affect this balance in the future. This study suggests that diatoms' ability to "hog" the carbon dioxide is one more complicating factor.

"It's not clear what the long-term effects of iron fertilization would be," Diaz says. "We don't know what to expect. It could be dangerous?it might not do what we want it to do."

Government-backed programs have tested ocean fertilization a handful of times in the past. Like most geoengineering solutions, it's generally regarded by scientists as unpredictable, and unwise to be implemented without further testing, if at all.

Last summer, a group dumped one hundred metric tons of iron dust into the ocean off the coast of British Columbia. The action led to an algae bloom, and prompted international backlash and condemnation against them for using an unproven method on an already fragile ocean.

The CEO of the company that conducted the "experiment," the Haida Salmon Restoration Corporation, was fired last month. But the company said that it still supports the concept for its potential to feed salmon and sequester carbon.

Are you sold on the potential benefits of ocean fertilization, or do you think it's too experimental? Let us know in the Comments.

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High-speed mobile data congestion in Tokyo; iPhone worse than Android

By Ken Y-N ( June 22, 2013 at 00:26) ? Filed under Mobile, Polls, Statistics

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Mobile Marketing Data Laboratory recently conducted a study into data packet congestion in LTE 4G networks in Tokyo. Packet congestion was defined in this survey as when on an LTE connection the web page under test ? Yahoo! Japan?s top page was used ? fails to completely load within 30 seconds.

Demographics(?)

Between the 10th and 14th of June 2013 the investigation team visited the six busiest stations on the Tokyo Yamanote line, choosing two spots on each to test, during both the morning peak period of 7 am to 9 am, and evening peak of 5 pm to 7 pm. 100 connections were made from each collection point, for a total of 1,200 tests for each phone.

Specifically, the stations and locations were Shinjuku South and East entrances, Ikebukuro in front of South ticket wicket and Seibu East entrance, Shibuya in front of Tamagawa ticket wicket and Hikarie entrance, Tokyo Yaesu Central entrance and Marunouchi North entrance, Shinagawa Minato South entrance and Central ticket wicket, and Shinbashi Kasumori entrance and SL Plaza. For the tests, au and SoftBank iPhone 5s tested out Apple connections, and Android was represented by docomo?s Xperia Z, au?s HTC J butterfly, and SoftBank?s Aquos Phone Xx.

Instead of a graph, here?s Shinbashi?s SL Plaza:

SL is the abbreviation used in Japan for Steam Locomotive, as you might have guessed!

Research results

1. iPhone 5 packet congestion rates

Station	au iPhone 5 congestion rate	SoftBank iPhone 5 congestion rate
Shinjuku	40.0%	3.0%
Ikebukuro	9.5%	2.0%
Shibuya	3.0%	0.0%
Tokyo	5.0%	0.0%
Shinagawa	52.5%	9.0%
Shinbashi	12.5%	0.0%
Total	20.4%	2.3%

2. iPhone 5 page load time

Station	au iPhone 5 page load time	SoftBank iPhone 5 page load time
Shinjuku	18.11 seconds	5.50 seconds
Ikebukuro	8.24 seconds	4.84 seconds
Shibuya	6.46 seconds	3.74 seconds
Tokyo	7.49 seconds	4.15 seconds
Shinagawa	18.32 seconds	7.94 seconds
Shinbashi	9.64 seconds	3.28 seconds
Total	11.38 seconds	4.91 seconds

By time of day, au was about 50% slower in the evening, versus about 20% for SoftBank. By day of the week, Monday and Friday mornings were slower than the mid-week mornings for both carriers, and Friday evening was the slowest overall for au.

3. Android packet congestion rates

Station	docomo Xperia Z congestion rate	au HTC J congestion rate	SoftBank Aquos Phone Xx congestion rate
Shinjuku	4.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Ikebukuro	17.5%	0.0%	0.0%
Shibuya	2.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Tokyo	3.5%	0.0%	0.0%
Shinagawa	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Shinbashi	2.5%	0.0%	0.0%
Total	4.9%	0.0%	0.0%

4. Android page load time

Station	docomo Xperia Z page load time	au HTC J page load time	SoftBank Aquos Phone Xx page load time
Shinjuku	6.27 seconds	2.47 seconds	3.30 seconds
Ikebukuro	8.96 seconds	3.16 seconds	5.12 seconds
Shibuya	4.78 seconds	2.76 seconds	3.76 seconds
Tokyo	8.06 seconds	2.98 seconds	3.46 seconds
Shinagawa	4.00 seconds	3.28 seconds	3.86 seconds
Shinbashi	5.08 seconds	3.24 seconds	4.19 seconds
Total	6.19 seconds	2.98 seconds	3.95 seconds

It was difficult to see any obvious trend by time of day or weekday here.

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Chicago teachers union chief faults ?rich white people? for city?s education mess

In a scathing speech on Wednesday, the president of the Chicago Teachers Union charged that racism and ?rich white people? are to blame for the immense financial crisis facing the Chicago Public Schools.

In her remarks to an audience at the upscale City Club of Chicago, union boss Karen Lewis strongly criticized Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. She also urged the city schools to follow the strategic blueprint of the Chicago Cubs baseball team.

?Members of the status quo ? the people who are running the schools and advising the mayor on how to best run our district ? know what good education looks like because they have secured it for their own children in well-resourced public and private institutions,? the Dartmouth graduate charged.

?When will there be an honest conversation about the poverty, racism and inequality that hinders the delivery of a quality education product in our school system?? Lewis also asked in the speech. ?When will we address the fact that rich, white people think they know what?s in the best interest of children of African Americans and Latinos?no matter what the parent?s income or education level.?

The union leader then questioned the motives of ?venture capitalists? who have expressed a desire to improve the quality of education for poor and minority students.

?There is something about these folks who love the kids but hate the parents,? Lewis inveighed. ?There?s something about these folks who use little black and brown children as stage props at one press conference while announcing they want to fire, layoff or lock up their parents at another press conference.?

Lewis called for ?an end to corporate subsidies and loopholes.? She demanded ?progressive taxation? to close the $1 billion budget deficit currently facing the Second City and its public schools. (RELATED: It?s official: Chicago Public Schools will close 49 elementary schools for good)

Higher income tax rates on wealthy residents would generate billions in necessary revenue, the union chief suggested. She also proposed new taxes for commuters and for financial transfers.

In her closing remarks, Lewis, a self-professed Chicago White Sox fan, suggested that the Chicago Public Schools would be wise to emulate the Chicago Cubs baseball franchise.

?When the Cubs lose a game they don?t call for Wrigley Field to close down. They don?t want the entire team dismantled. Despite empty seats, the stadium isn?t accused of being underutilized,? she said.

Lewis, who obviously spends little time listening to Chicago?s two main sports radio stations, also suggested that ?no one questions? the salaries of Chicago baseball players.

Year after year ? despite individual player performance, despite game losses and near wins ? the fans show continue to show up. We keep cheering for our Cubbies. We know they are winners. We dream. We believe,? Lewis said.

?Do the same for our children,? she implored. ?Cheer them on. Invest in them. Love them. Support their parents. Support their teachers. Support their schools. Let?s work together. Let?s win, Chicago. Let?s win.?

The Chicago Cubs famously have not won a World Series since 1908 (or a National League pennant since 1945). The team is currently in next-to-last place in Major League Baseball?s National League Central division ? 16 games out of first place.

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Bank of England's King plans to waltz into the sunset

By David Milliken

LONDON (Reuters) - Dance lessons are one of Bank of England Governor Mervyn King's few clear plans for his retirement when he steps down later this month after 20 years at the Bank of England.

In a rare personal interview to be broadcast later on Sunday, the 65-year-old, who was previously a professor at the London School of Economics, expressed sadness that his focus on work had damaged his private life.

"The career always came first. That was probably a mistake," he said when asked if he regretted not having children and only marrying in 2007.

King rarely speaks about his personal life, though his passion for cricket and soccer team Aston Villa is well-known.

However he opened up in an interview with BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, a British broadcasting institution in which public figures discuss their lives and the eight pieces of music they would wish to listen to if stranded on a desert island.

King's top pick was "My Ship" from the 1941 musical Lady in the Dark by composer Kurt Weill and lyricist Ira Gershwin.

The song was played at his wedding to Barbara Melander, a university sweetheart who he lost touch with when she returned home to Finland, and then reconnected with later in life.

Ever the economist, King partly blamed the heavily regulated nature of the international telephony market in the 1970s for him and Melander drifting apart.

Most of King's musical choices were classical - though he also selected a song celebrating Aston Villa's 1982 European cup success - and he commented how he felt like dancing whenever he heard Beethoven's 7th Symphony in A major.

"I have promised my wife when I leave the Bank that I will take dance lessons," he said.

Talking about his work, King confirmed the widespread impression that he takes a rigorous, academic approach to central banking and has little sympathy with commercial bankers.

"My office tries very hard to protect me as much as possible each morning to have as much of the morning free as I can to sit and read and think and reflect," he said.

King rebuffed in familiar terms criticisms that the Bank of England had failed to warn of the risk of a financial crisis.

But he expressed pleasure that fewer young people now wished to become bankers. "I don't think they want to earn money if it's being earned in a way that creates enormous damage to the rest of society," he said.

He also showed a soft spot for Britain's politicians, despite the fact that some - such as former Labor finance minister Alistair Darling - have been less flattering about him.

"Most of the politicians I have had the good fortune to work with are far more impressive people than the press would lead you to believe," he said.

"Perhaps we would do better to give politicians space to let them go away in private to think something through in depth, and then come back and talk about it at length, rather than expect ... an immediate solution to every problem."

(Reporting by David Milliken; editing by Patrick Graham)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/bank-englands-king-plans-waltz-sunset-230415580.html

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