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A sign indicates that no gas is available at a gas station in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Friday temporarily waived a maritime rule to allow foreign oil tankers coming from the Gulf of Mexico to enter Northeastern ports to help ease a fuel shortage in the areas hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy. Area residents have been struggling to find gas stations with power. At stations with power, residents have faced miles-long lines and dwindling supplies. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A sign indicates that no gas is available at a gas station in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Friday temporarily waived a maritime rule to allow foreign oil tankers coming from the Gulf of Mexico to enter Northeastern ports to help ease a fuel shortage in the areas hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy. Area residents have been struggling to find gas stations with power. At stations with power, residents have faced miles-long lines and dwindling supplies. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A police officer moves a car that is out of gas, trying to position it so it can fill up, at a gas station in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. In parts of New York and New Jersey, drivers face another day of lining up for hours at gas stations struggling to stay supplied. Superstorm Sandy damaged ports that accept fuel tankers and flooded underground equipment that sends fuel through pipelines. Without power, fuel terminals can't pump gasoline onto tanker trucks, and gas stations can't pump fuel into customers' cars. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A cab driver pushes his taxi cab forward in a line for gasoline in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. In parts of New York and New Jersey, drivers face another day of lining up for hours at gas stations struggling to stay supplied. Superstorm Sandy damaged ports that accept fuel tankers and flooded underground equipment that sends fuel through pipelines. Without power, fuel terminals can't pump gasoline onto tanker trucks, and gas stations can't pump fuel into customers' cars. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Shortly before the gas ran out, customers wait in line at a Hess station where the line of cars snaked 10 blocks, and at least 60 people waited to fill red gas cans for their generators, in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn, New York Friday morning, Oct 2, 2012. Courier Winston Alfred said he had been there in his van since 4:20 am, and was second in line, when he was turned away four hours later. (AP Photo/David Caruso)
People and vehicles line up at a gas station waiting to fill up, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in Newark, N.J. In parts of New York and New Jersey, drivers lined up early Friday for hours at gas stations that were struggling to stay supplied. The power outages and flooding caused by Superstorm Sandy have forced many gas stations to close and disrupted the flow of fuel from refineries to those stations that are open. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
NEW YORK (AP) ? When it came to fuel supplies and patience, the New York metro area was running close to empty Friday.
From storm-scarred New Jersey to parts of Connecticut, a widespread lack of gasoline or electricity to pump it brought grousing, gridlock and worse, compounding frustrations as millions of Americans struggled to return to normal days after Superstorm Sandy. A man pulled a gun in one gas-line fracas that led to an arrest.
Lines of cars, and in many places queues of people on foot carrying bright red jerry cans for generators, waited for hours for the precious fuel. And those were the lucky ones. Other customers gave up after finding only closed stations or dry pumps marked with yellow tape or "No Gas" signs.
"EMPTY!" declared the red-type headline dominating the New York Daily News' front page.
"I drove around last night and couldn't find anything," said a relieved Kwabena Sintim-Misa as he finally prepared to fill up Friday morning in Fort Lee, N.J., near the George Washington Bridge, where the wait in line lasted three hours.
Arlend Pierre-Louis of Elmont, on Long Island, said he awoke at 4:30 a.m. to try to get gas.
When he finally found some ? "the one working pump in Elmont" ? the line was so long he gave up and returned to his home, which still has no light or hot water.
At a Hess gas station in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn, the 10-block line caused confusion among passing drivers.
"There's been a little screaming, a little yelling. And I saw one guy banging on the hood of a car," said Vince Levine, who got in line in his van at 5 a.m. and was still waiting at 8 a.m. "But mostly it's been OK."
While the snaking lines and frayed nerves revived memories for some of the crippling Arab oil embargo of the 1970s, a cabdriver stuck in a 17-block line at a Manhattan station remained philosophical.
"I don't blame anybody," said Harum Prince. "God, he knows why he brought this storm."
Many tried to heed Mayor Michael Bloomberg's admonition to "have some patience" as the stricken metro area recovers from the unprecedented storm that upended daily life with power outages, food shortages and other frustrations besides lack of fuel.
But tempers boiled over in some places.
Arguments in gas station queues in New York's Queens borough and in Pelham led to arrests, authorities said. In the first case, a man pulled a gun, and in the second police confiscated a box cutter. No one was hurt.
Power outages that lingered across the region prevented some gas stations that had fuel from being able to pump it, officials said. But fuel supplies themselves were badly disrupted by the storm.
Sandy damaged ports that accept fuel tankers and flooded underground equipment that sends fuel through pipelines. Without power, fuel terminals can't pump gasoline onto tanker trucks, and gas stations can't pump fuel into customers' cars.
The Port of New York and New Jersey was slowly starting to accept tankers, but some cargo was being diverted to the Port of Virginia. Federal requirements for low-smog gasoline have been lifted, and fuel trucks are on their way to the area.
Officials said they were working to speed the flow of fuel.
On Friday, the Obama administration ordered the purchase of up to 12 million gallons of unleaded fuel and up to 10 million gallons of diesel fuel for distribution in areas affected by the storm to supplement private-sector efforts. It will be transported by tanker trucks to New York, New Jersey and other damaged communities.
In addition, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano temporarily waived a maritime rule to allow foreign oil tankers coming from the Gulf of Mexico to enter Northeastern ports. The action, she said, would "remove a potential obstacle to bringing additional fuel to the storm-damaged region."
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, meanwhile, signed an executive order waiving the state's requirement that fuel tankers register and pay a tax before unloading.
Tankers, he said Friday, are now making "great progress" delivering fuel to distribution centers.
"No reason to panic," the governor urged.
Bloomberg told reporters Friday that the gas-supply issues "are starting to be alleviated" through the temporary regulatory fixes and other developments. He noted a plan is in place to ensure that police, fire and other emergency vehicles have the fuel they need. Buses, including school buses, are also a priority.
"But the bottom line is that the gasoline system is getting back on its feet," he said.
Delays due to storms, the mayor added, "have happened before. They spring up very quickly, and they go away very quickly. We basically have a supply system ? as it comes in we use it. If it stops coming in, we're in trouble."
But keeping perspective could be a challenge as the gas lines lengthened.
Many service centers along the Garden State Parkway and the New Jersey Turnpike were so full that cars trying to pass at highway speeds sometimes had to swerve to avoid them.
New Jersey planned to move to a gas-rationing system in 12 counties in the northern part of the state.
Gov. Chris Christie ordered the rationing to help ease fuel shortages and long lines at gas stations. Starting at noon Saturday, residents with license plates ending in an even number will be able to buy gas only on even-numbered days. Those with plates ending in an odd number can purchase gas on odd-numbered days.
In Connecticut, traffic jams created by New Yorkers exiting from Interstate 95 to take advantage of the stations that were open were "making it difficult for everybody," said Greenwich police Lt. Kraig Gray.
Police monitored lines in many places, including a Hess station in Fort Lee, N.J., where an officer was seen ordering a man out of line after sneaking in from a side street.
Among those waiting there, Kenneth Kelly of Englewood Cliffs took it all in stride.
"It ain't that bad. I could be in Queens," he said, referring to the confrontations there. "I've seen a lot of bad in my life, people getting sick and things like that. This is what I call an inconvenience. Now, losing something like a house, that would be bad."
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Associated Press writers David Porter, Katie Zezima and Richard Pienciak in New Jersey; Amanda Barrett, Eileen AJ Connelly, Meghan Barr and Jennifer Peltz in New York; and Alicia Caldwell in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.
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Years of research into a type of?concrete that can?fills its own cracks may be coming to fruition as the material's creators prepare for real-world?testing. If demonstrated successfully, the living-organism-assisted "bioconcrete" could transform how?our cities are built.
The Delft University of Technology's Centre for Materials has been working on self-healing materials in various forms since at least 2005, which is when this type of self-healing concrete was first proposed. The need for it is not necessarily pressing (concrete is already?a versatile and reliable building material), but the improvement could reduce maintenance costs enormously, among other benefits.
The material works by incorporating a type of bacteria called Bacillus pasteruii into its structure. These tiny organisms produce calcite, a hard and stable mineral, and enough calcite will fill in the tiny cracks that would otherwise admit water, threatening the integrity of the concrete or its metal reinforcement.
It's not as simple as dumping a bucket of bacteria into the mixer, though. The creatures need food to live, which as you can imagine is scarce inside a hardened?block of concrete. So the problem researchers have faced is producing microscopic capsules of food (calcium lactate, a component of milk) that are durable enough to survive the mixing process but at the same time accessible to a hungry bacterium.
They have a way to do it, but Dr. Henk Jonkers, who leads the project, tells BBC News that it's extremely expensive. Nevertheless, it must be done in order for them to start their real-world testing:
We have to produce the self-healing agent in huge quantities and we are starting to do outdoor tests, looking at different constructions, different types of concrete to see if this concept really works in practice.
After all, not all concrete is simply laid down as sidewalk. There are different mixture types, coatings, paints, weather stresses, and other factors that may prove incompatible with (or lethal to) the bacteria. And the sooner they start, the better; the concrete will have to be closely monitored for two full years in order to be sure no unpleasant side effects appear in the medium and long term.
If successful, the bacterial concrete could begin to be sold shortly afterward. It would be significantly more expensive than normal concrete, of course, but the price of the concrete itself is only a small part of the cost of laying down a street or raising a wall. And if the cracks in that street or wall fix themselves instead of needing constant maintenance, this living material could more than pay for itself over the life of the structure.
Devin Coldewey is a contributing writer for NBC?News Digital. His personal website is?coldewey.cc.
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Scarface was never afraid to go big. And the house portrayed as the intrepid drug dealer's in the iconic 1983 film of the same name certainly reflects that personality trait.
The "Scarface" home, lauded for its exquisite landscaping, was once listed at $35 million -- a price you might not have to be a ruthless gangster to afford, but that probably wouldn't hurt. According to Trulia, that 2008 asking price was reduced to peanuts, by comparison, when it was snapped up for $6.239 million in 2009. Today it rents for $30,000 a month.
Located in Santa Barbara, Calif. (not Miami, where "Scarface" was set), the home sits on 10 acres of tree-blanketed land overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Dubbed "El Fureidis" -- which is said to loosely translate to "Pleasure Gardens" -- the home boasts gardens encircled by towering palms and statuary, and features four terraced pools that descend 70 feet from the home to a lower casino. The property also has an interior courtyard (perfect for climactic gunfights), several verandas and a motor court.
On the inside, the five-bedroom, five-bathroom home has a library, a conversation room, a "staircase gallery," a pool and spa.
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Hello everyone,
The first weekend of November is a combination of First Friday and Greenville?s Open Studios. Mark your calendars to come to the Far West End on Friday evening (Nov. 2nd) to say hello to the artists in our neighborhood and us at Artisan Traders.? As always we?ll be having fun enjoying art, music, food, and beverages.
DJ Holla is a transplant from the Baltimore/DC area with 15 years of experience in the industry now living and working in Downtown Greenville. ?He has been able to travel the U.S. and Internationally to DJ, plus brings experience in various kinds of music genres such as Top-40, Rock, Hip-Hop, R&B, Oldies, and much more.? He?ll be entertaining us from 6pm ? 8pm.?
We?ll have on display the works of eight local artists ranging from sketches, paintings, wood work, metal work, and ceramics.? And for their fans, Carolina Olive Oil will be back with their unique tasting bar of infused olive oils and flavored balsamic vinegars.
We are holding fast to October by doing one last October Fest hoorah.? David Revels will be cooking up brats, potato salad and cole slaw. And, no worries vegetarians, you?ll be taken care of as well!? It?s all you can eat for $6.? There will also be beer, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages on hand.
We, at Artisan Traders event venue, invite you to take a look around while you are here and think about booking your upcoming holiday party with us!
It?s next Friday, November 2nd, 6pm ? 9pm at 1274 Pendleton Street in Greenville.
Hope to see you here!
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Apple has always been a leader when it comes to screen resolution for its mobile gadgets.
With the iPhone 4 it introduced the "Retina display," which is so sharp that you can't see pixels. Earlier this year, it added Retina to the iPad. And then it put Retina on its laptops.
So, when it introduced the iPad mini without a Retina display, it was something of a surprise.
For the last two years it's been telling the world how important it is to have a super sharp display. And now, it apparently isn't that important.
The reason Apple skipped the Retina display for the iPad mini is because it would have been too expensive and it would have drained the battery.
However, Apple has also conditioned us to believe it can do the impossible. So, excuses about price and battery feel like just that ? excuses.
Therefore, the lack of a Retina display is a let down. (It also leads us to believe people should hold off on the iPad mini for a year under the assumption Apple will add Retina in the next model.)
The early reviews of the iPad minis are largely positive, but there's one common complaint. The screen is wanting.
MG Siegler:
While we?re on the subject of the screen, let?s not beat around the bush ? if there is a weakness of this device, it?s the screen. But that statement comes with a very big asterisk. As someone who is used to a ?retina? display on my phone, tablet, and even now computer, the downgrade to a non-retina display is quite noticeable. This goes away over time as you use the iPad mini non-stop, but if you switch back a retina screen, it?s jarring.
That?s not to say the iPad mini screen is bad ? it?s not by any stretch of the word. It?s just not retina-level. At 163 pixels per inch, it?s actually quite a bit better than the iPad 2 screen (the last non-retina iPad), but you really can?t compare it to a retina display.
Walt Mossberg:
...unlike its closest competitors, the Mini can?t play video in high definition. Apple insists the device does better than standard definition, if you are obtaining the video from its iTunes service, since iTunes scales the video for the device, so it will render somewhere between standard definition and HD. It says some other services will do the same. But the lack of true HD gives the Nexus and Fire HD an advantage for video fans.
Joshua Topolsky:
There's no question that to the naked eye this screen does look lower in resolution than its nearest competition. Pixels are noticeable, especially in webpages, books, and when viewing email ? and that can be distracting sometimes. Since Apple is the company that's gotten our eyes used to the hey-look-no-pixels trick of the Retina display, it's hard to take a step back and not notice. I don't think the lower resolution is a deal-breaker in this product, but it is a compromise you have to be aware of. It simply doesn't look as clear as other products on the market.
David Pogue:
Sadly, the Mini doesn?t gain Apple?s supercrisp Retina display. Nobody?s going to complain about the sharpness ? it packs in 163 pixels per inch (ppi) ? but it?s not the same jaw-dropping resolution as the big iPad (264 ppi). Gotta hold something back for next year?s model, right?
CNET:
But oh, that screen. It's not bad, not at all, but it's not Retina Display. It's not even as high-res as other 7-inch tablets. If you're an obsessive over crisp text, you'll notice the fuzziness. If you're comparing the Mini to a laptop, you won't. I wanted that display to be as good as the one on the iPhone 5, iPod Touch, and Retina iPad. It isn't, not now. It mars the product for me, because otherwise, the screen size and its aspect ratio is perfect for handling comics, magazines, and reading apps.
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-ipad-minis-screen-2012-10
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