THE POLITICS of free trade have never been easy for President Obama - and they appear to be getting harder. Mr.<br> Obama wants congressional ratification of a <b>tariff-slashing</b> deal with South Korea, revising it recently to <b>meet</b> the objections of the U.S. auto<br><img src="http://image.torrent-invites.com/images/578internet_memes_funny_p.jpg"><br> industry <b>and</b> labor unions.<br> Sheikh Mohammed turned away on Saturday after Clare Balding asked about<br><img src="http://maxcdn.thedesigninspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Lovely-sunflower-l.jpg"><br> the scandal but gaps in the story need answersIf Sheikh Mohammed was under any illusions about the attention, and the questions, he would attract when he made his first <b>trip</b> to a racecourse since the <b>Godolphin</b><br><img src="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/files/2011/08/dog_1647727c.jpg"><br> doping scandal broke, <b>all</b> were dispelled on Saturday in <b>the</b> time it took Clare Balding to<br><img src="http://brynhobson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/LovelyWEB.jpg"><br> mention the British Horseracing Authority's inquiry into the case during a brief interview <b>after</b> the 2,000 Guineas.<br> "That's up to them," snapped the man who founded <b>Godolphin,</b> hired Mahmood al-Zarooni, and then paid the trainer's wages during three years in charge at Moulton Paddocks.As he turned away, the world's most powerful owner could not conceal his anger.<br> Dawn Approach, a brilliant five-length <b>winner,</b> had just carried the royal<br><img src="http://hoguenews.com/wp-content/uploads//2009/07/afghan-girl-615.jpg"><br> blue Godolphin colours to victory in the 2,000 Guineas for the first time in <b>14</b> years, yet the glow had lasted scarcely a minute.And this was a colt that had, almost uniquely for Godolphin, spent the winter in Ireland, hundreds of miles from Moulton Paddocks and <b>several</b> thousand miles away from Dubai. Thanks to Zarooni, however, the first thing on many <b>minds</b> as the horse passed the post was the steroid-doping <b>scandal.</b> Zarooni has tainted <b>the</b> Godolphin brand, and all that <b>is</b> associated <b>with</b> it.It<br> will remain tainted for the foreseeable <b>future,</b> until the Derby on 1 June, in which Dawn Approach could well <b>become</b> Godolphin's much-coveted first winner, and beyond. Sheikh Mohammed is not accustomed <b>to</b> being challenged, nor will he enjoy being part of a narrative over which <b>he</b> cannot exercise complete<br><img src="http://cl.jroo.me/z3/A/f/G/d/a.aaa-WTF-CAT-NORRIS.jpg"><br> control, but a refusal to address the issue <b>publicly</b> can only make things worse.So many questions remain, both for Godolphin and the <b>BHA,</b> which published the written reasons for its disciplinary panel's decision to ban Zarooni for eight years early last week.As had always seemed likely, the remarkable haste with which Zarooni was charged, tried and then expelled from racing meant that the account of the case which emerged from the BHA, while plausible enough as far as it went, was hopelessly incomplete. The whiff of Dick Francis about Zarooni's habit of passing syringes of steroids to stable staff <b>through</b> a car window attracted much attention – though he was hardly going to walk around the boxes yelling "juice time" – but the gaps in the account were painfully obvious too.The most pressing question <b>that</b> no one seems to have had time to ask Zarooni is: why? An answer to that <b>might</b> then beg the supplementary question: how long? Because we are being asked to believe <b>that,</b> in effect, Zarooni woke up one morning, three years into his training career at one of the biggest yards in Newmarket, and decided to start doping his horses with steroids.It is possible, of course. Zarooni, like any trainer <b>at</b> the top of the game,<br><img src="http://images.wisegeek.com/panting-dog.jpg"><br> was under immense pressure to succeed.<br> He was familiar with steroids and their ability to boost a <b>horse's</b> condition and appetite for exercise, so perhaps, one day, the urge to tip the odds in his favour was suddenly more than he could <b>resist.But</b> it is also possible that he succumbed to the temptation much earlier, perhaps from<br><img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/best-of-green-2011-slide.jpg.644x0_q100_crop-smart.jpg"><br> the moment he took over at Moulton Paddocks in the spring of 2010. We just don't know and, as yet, neither the BHA nor Godolphin seems much closer to an answer either.Godolphin is <b>still</b> conducting its own investigation into the doping, though with no indication as to when, or if, the results will be publicised. But these are questions that it <b>will</b> be difficult for Godolphin itself to resolve, since <b>the</b> answers will determine whether Sheikh Mohammed himself can be held responsible for the actions of his staff.Anabolic<br> steroids are powerful drugs which have significant, and rapid, effects.<br> Nitrotain – the brand name of ethylestranol, the steroid used by Zarooni on <b>11</b> of the 15 horses he has admitted to doping – acts swiftly, clears <b>the</b> system in less than a <b>week,</b> and is normally administered daily. That is not far short of 100 administrations per week.So it is pushes credibility to breaking point to imagine that no one at Moulton Paddocks beyond Zarooni and three associates – who were, apparently, unaware of what was in the syringes – harboured any suspicions about what might be going on.And <b>if</b> there were staff at Moulton <b>Paddocks</b> with concerns about what Zarooni might be up to, why did no one blow the whistle to the senior management? Fear, perhaps? And what might <b>that</b> say about the management structure set up by Godolphin's founder,<br><img src="http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/74090/74090,1210689189,1/stock-photo-lovely-coffee-12542989.jpg"><br> who is a famously hands-on boss? Turning away from questions like these will not work forever.GodolphinSheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al MaktoumDrugs in sportHorse racingGreg Woodguardian.co.uk &copy; 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved.<br> | Use of this content is subject <b>to</b> our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;President Obama will <b>host</b> a group of Senate Republicans on Wednesday for <b>a</b> dinner to discuss the federal debt. Personal trainer Bryant Johnson watches his tiny client pump her body <b>up</b> and down on a green yoga mat, spotting her with his hands at her waist in case she falls.<br> As “PBS NewsHour” <b>blares</b> in the background, Johnson counts down the first of two sets of 10 push-ups. Read full article &#62;&#62; The franchise tag for quarterbacks in 2013 will be $14.896 million.<br> 'When you know some people better, <b>you</b> see their flaws. With Noam, it was the opposite'"My heroes have always been cowboys," Willie Nelson sang, a sentiment I shared when <b>I</b> was a child in California. My hero in my teenage years, <b>while</b> most <b>of</b> my contemporaries were demonstrating against <b>the</b> US war in Vietnam, <b>was</b> the greatest cowboy star of them all, John&nbsp;Wayne.<br> When I was 16, he gave me a job. I admired him, and I<br><img src="http://content5.videojug.com/8b/8bcaddbe-40d5-f0b6-5412-ff0008cd853f/how-to-make-a-girl-happy.WidePlayer.jpg%3Fv2"><br> still do.Things changed <b>when</b> I moved to Beirut in 1972 and saw the devastation wreaked by US weaponry on Palestinian refugee camps and Lebanese villages. The connections to other places, such as Vietnam and Chile, became clearer. In 1974, I read a book on US policy in the Middle East, which made sharp criticisms <b>of</b> the western press that I had by then joined. It was Peace in the Middle East by Noam Chomsky, whose books on language I&nbsp;had studied as a philosophy student.I<br> wrote to<br><img src="http://machoarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Chang_e-cg-girl-by-Ruoxing-Zhang.jpg"><br> Chomsky, citing my reports on Israeli actions in<br><img src="http://cartoonswalls.com/walls/green_tinkerbell_fairy_lovely_wallpaper-normal.jpg"><br> south Lebanon, including the sinking of Lebanese fishing boats whose crews had to swim long distances <b>to</b> <b>shore,</b> that <b>my</b><br><img src="http://brynhobson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/LovelyWEB.jpg"><br> editors either refused to publish or rewrote to change facts unflattering <b>to</b> the Israelis or critical of US policies.<br> He wrote back, beginning a correspondence that continues to this day.A year later, while I was visiting Cambridge, Massachusetts, we arranged to meet.<br> He picked me up at my friends' place in a <b>battered</b> old car for lunch at his house in Lexington with his wife, Carol.<br> We became friends. When you know some people better, <b>you</b> see their flaws. With Noam, it was the opposite. <b>The&nbsp;closer</b> I came to knowing him, the&nbsp;more I saw his heroic qualities.<br> A&nbsp;scholar who has more or less defined contemporary linguistic analysis, he nonetheless engaged with the world, always on the&nbsp;side of the oppressed.<br> The US establishment treats him as a&nbsp;pariah.<br> Yet,<br><img src="http://highermusic.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/camile.jpg"><br> at the age of 84, Noam produces books, essays <b>and</b> lectures (he will give the Edward Said Lecture in London<br><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m1oBANRtfkw/UQv8Iq1Kb4I/AAAAAAAAARk/0a9HRzTIo8Q/s1600/sad-quotes-2.jpg"><br> on 18 March) at a rate that should shame the rest of us.•<br> Charles Glass's Deserter: The Last Untold Story <b>of</b> World War II is <b>published</b> this month by Harper PressNoam ChomskyCharles Glassguardian.co.uk &copy; 2013 <b>Guardian</b> News and Media Limited or its affiliated <b>companies.<br></b> All rights reserved.<br> | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions <a href = "http://a4marketing.blog.com/tinnitus-miracle/">tinnitus </a> Feeds Pavel Dmitrichenko, Bolshoi ballet dancer who confessed to ordering acid attack on Sergei Filin, was 'avenging girlfriend'They <b>once</b> danced on the same stage – two men united in a passion for ballet and bringing glory to Russia's most famous <b>theatre.<br></b> Now, Pavel Dmitrichenko, a dancer at the Bolshoi ballet, has confessed to<br><img src="http://getfile7.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-09-12/JugueIDoyIclawsIaiEueovJfcuwlIEkwndzlFuqqupizxsjiGEtIuicgaFi/Amazing_Photo_Submission_12.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><br> ordering an acid attack on its director, reportedly motivated by his desire to avenge his girlfriend.The<br> scandal, unprecedented in its violence, has blackened the name of the Bolshoi theatre, an institution that inspired respect and awe around the world, <b>even</b> in the darkest days of the Soviet Union.Now it stands tarnished, another victim of the savage<br><img src="http://hqwalls.org/walls/lovely_puppy_wallpaper_2-normal.jpg"><br> violence and score-settling <b>that</b> has seeped into <b>so</b> many other aspects of Russian life.<br> Some likened the case to the Oscar-winning<br><img src="http://hoguenews.com/wp-content/uploads//2009/07/afghan-girl-615.jpg"><br> thriller Black Swan, starring Natalie Portman, in which two dancers vie bitterly for supremacy.Dmitrichenko confessed to his crime <b>against</b> Sergei Filin on Wednesday , one day after being arrested in <b>a</b> police sweep that encompassed a Bolshoi-owned dacha <b>compound</b> on the outskirts of Moscow and the <b>region</b> of Tver, <b>100</b> miles away.In a police video released to state-run television, Dmitrichenko looked tired and unkempt, with deep circles under his eyes, appearing more like a <b>frightened</b> runaway <b>than</b> a dancer at a world-famous ballet."Yes, I organised this attack, but not to the extent that it occurred," he said.<br> Filin was attacked with <b>sulphuric</b> acid while returning home on 17 <b>January,</b><br><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tafXqu5xBBE/THNa74KTxpI/AAAAAAAAAKg/v8XH5NISmwM/s1600/SadFace.jpg"><br> scorching his face and neck, and leaving <b>him</b> fighting to save his eyesight.Police statements and anonymous press reports about Dmitrichenko revealed a picture of a man with an unpredictable temper and a deep love for his girlfriend, the Bolshoi dancer Angelina Vorontsova.Until<br><img src="http://images.wisegeek.com/dog-with-suds.jpg"><br> 2009, Vorontsova danced for Filin at Moscow's second ballet company, the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre.<br> She then transferred to the Bolshoi – and <b>began</b> dancing <b>and</b> studying under Nikolai Tsiskaridze, a flamboyant principal dancer who would go on to become Filin's nemesis.<br> When Filin <b>joined</b> the Bolshoi as director in 2011, he reportedly felt betrayed when Vorontsova remained a student of Tsiskaridze.According to press reports, Dmitrichenko believed that <b>was</b> why Vorontsova was consistently passed up for roles, including her dream role – the lead in Swan Lake – as recently as December.The<br> Bolshoi leadership declined to comment on the arrest <b>of</b> one of its most senior dancers.Mikhail <b>Lavrovsky,</b> <b>a</b> choreographer and ballet teacher, was among several <b>who</b> said they <b>did</b> not believe that, despite his infamous <b>hot</b> temper, <b>Dmitrichenko</b> could organise the attack."Dmitrichenko is a normal person," <b>Lavrovsky,</b> 71, told Izvestiya newspaper.<br> "I don't think he could have done this.<br> <b>He</b> wasn't deprived of anything.""This<br> never happened <b>in</b> my day," he said. "You'd hit each other in the face in the <b>dressing</b> room <b>and</b> that was that."As<br><img src="http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/movies/regional-movies/lovely/photo/12416023/Aadhi-and-Shanvi-in-a-still-from-the-Telugu-movie-Lovely.jpg"><br> soon as he was able to speak after the attack, Filin said he was sure he knew who ordered the attack against him, although he always refused to publicly <b>name</b> names.<br> He said he was <b>certain</b> it was linked to his work at the theatre.His lawyer, Tatyana Stukalova, told Interfax news agency on Wednesday: "My client is grateful to all law-enforcement <b>agents</b> who took part in <b>uncovering</b> this crime."He knew about the<br><img src="http://imfunny.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/funny-dog-pictures-praying-dog-boy-bed.jpg"><br> arrests from the press. I can't say <b>he</b> was very surprised when he heard about who was suspected."As they uncovered the plot this week, police released the smallest details of the attack, a rare insight into the violence that has long plagued Russia's business, political and human rights worlds.According to police, Dmitrichenko, motivated by "personal hostile relations linked to [his and Filin's] professional activities", engaged a man named Yury Zarutsky to attack the ballet director.Zarutsky then bought sulphuric acid from a <b>local</b> car repair workshop, waiting until <b>its</b> water evaporated in order to increase its concentration, a police <b>source</b> told Interfax.Sources<br> said that Dmitrichenko was intimately <b>involved</b> in organising the attack."On<br> the day of the crime, it was clearly established when the victim would leave<br><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_dlkAw43cLC0/SY_cTmXJaEI/AAAAAAAADHQ/TfPwow00H64/s800/14-Lovely-Hearts-for-St-Valentines-day-sandwich.jpg"><br> the Bolshoi theatre," a source told Interfax.<br> "The organiser said Filin was heading home, where the attacker was waiting for him."As Filin approached his door, the attacker called his name.<br> When Filin turned around, acid seared his eyes.<br> CCTV footage showed him falling to the ground, attempting to wash his eyes out with snow.Andrei <b>Lipatov,</b> who confessed to acting as a getaway driver, said on the police video: "Yes, I was there at <b>the</b> time. I drove someone. I <b>didn't</b> see how it happened.<br> I just drove him, waited and drove him away.<br> I was asked to do it, without explanation."The<br> three men are expected to be charged on Thursday. They face up <b>to</b> 12 years in prison if convicted.Dmitrichenko<br> was due to <b>dance</b> the role of Bluebird in Sleeping Beauty <b>on</b> 16 March. The Bolshoi said they were urgently seeking a replacement.His<br> girlfriend, Vorontsova, was due to dance in <b>George</b> Balanchine's Jewels<br><img src="http://highermusic.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/camile.jpg"><br> on Wednesday evening.RussiaBolshoiDanceBalletEuropeMiriam Elderguardian.co.uk<br> &copy; 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. <b>All</b> rights reserved.<br> | Use of<br><img src="http://files.sharenator.com/777-s500x400-28766-580.gif"><br> this <b>content</b> is subject to our <b>Terms</b> & Conditions | More Feeds Rutgers reached a $475,000 <b>settlement</b> agreement with its fired basketball coach, Mike Rice, agreeing to pay him for the remaining two years of his <b>contract.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br></b> When the Newseum opens April 11, visitors will see an extraordinary work of architecture housing <b>extraordinary</b> exhibits.<br> A listing of films releasing this summer.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kenny Perry's prediction that improved power and accuracy off the <b>tee</b> would put him in contention at <b>the</b> U.S. Senior Open proved correct as he split one fairway after another to move into a seven-way tie for the lead in Thursday's opening round in Omaha, Nebraska.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br> Microsoft kicked off its Build conference in San Francisco this week by releasing a preview of<br><img src="http://moviegalleri.net/wp-content/gallery/aadi-shanvi-lovely-movie-stills/aadi_shanvi_lovely_movie_stills_5200.jpg"><br> the next version of its Visual Studio IDE (integrated<br><img src="http://highermusic.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/camile.jpg"><br> development environment), as well as updates to other development tools.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The folks at the NCAA finally got around to charging the <b>University</b> of Miami with a lack of institutional control, and if there's one thing you can be confident <b>they</b> still know something about, that's it.<br> No phrase better describes the <b>way</b> the <b>NCAA</b> has gone about its business during the brief tenure of President Mark Emmert.<br> Jack Dennis, a principal investigator at the <b>MIT</b> Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL), has been named the recipient of the 2013 IEEE <b>John</b> von Neumann Medal.<br> <b>Dennis</b> was honored “for fundamental abstractions to implement protection <b>in</b> operating systems and for the dataflow programming<br><img src="http://media.artofbeauty.com/913713.ZP_Lovely_banner1.jpg"><br> paradigm.”Dennis,<br><img src="http://getfile7.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-09-12/JugueIDoyIclawsIaiEueovJfcuwlIEkwndzlFuqqupizxsjiGEtIuicgaFi/Amazing_Photo_Submission_12.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><br> a professor emeritus in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, was <b>the</b> original <b>leader</b> of the <b>Computation</b> Structures Group at CSAIL. He led the development of dataflow models of computation and novel principles of computer architecture inspired by dataflow models. Currently, Dennis <b>is</b> engaged<br><img src="http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/8900000/Lovely-Complex-Wallpapers-I-Found-lovely-complex-love-com-8951044-800-600.jpg"><br> in research on functional <b>programming</b> principles and related principles of computer architecture, and is applying these concepts in<br><img src="http://imfunny.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Barbie-fake-funny.jpg"><br> the design of a novel advanced multiprocessor chip for general-purpose computing.Dennis received the 1984 <b>Eckert-Mauchly</b> Award for contributions to the field of computer architecture, <b>and</b> is a fellow of the IEEE and of the ACM.The<br> IEEE John von Neumann Medal, established in 1990 in honor of mathematician John von Neumann, is presented annually for outstanding achievements in computer-related science and technology. Dennis <b>will</b> be presented with the award<br><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PaAipF_k5FU/T3UOFODbYhI/AAAAAAAABGA/ErQrHoLqdOE/s1600/Internet-wtf.jpg"><br> at the 2013 IEEE Honors Ceremony.For<br> more information about Dennis’ work visit http://www.csail.mit.edu/user/1552. “My Amityville Horror,” a new documentary, adds to <b>the</b> library <b>of</b> books and films about <b>a</b> paranormal classic. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky will endorse a pathway to citizenship for the nation’s illegal immigrants, a significant move for a favorite of Tea Party Republicans <b>who</b> are sometimes hostile to <b>such</b> an approach. According to Machover, the installations were developed individually but have been assembled so that they work nicely together in <b>a</b> progression through the library spaces, turning the library into a comprehensive, sound-filled experience. Some installations will be explored with use of headphones; some will be set up in separate, enclosed rooms, and some will be in the open spaces.One<br> of the installations, a <b>robotic</b> Music Chandelier, will be shown for<br><img src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02281/Police-dog-camera_2281458b.jpg"><br> the <a href = "http://a4marketing.blog.com/coffee-shop-millionaire/">coffee shop millionaire download </a> in "Library Music." Mike Fabio, graduate student in media arts and sciences, <b>designed</b> the laser-based system for the chandelier, <b>which</b> can be played by the public in its current iteration. Fabio's chandelier is <b>being</b> developed for Machover's opera, "Death and the Powers," which will premiere in Monte-Carlo, <b>Monaco,</b> in November 2008."A<br> library to listen to should be fun!" said Machover, expressing delight that the Music Library, a place normally devoted to listening to and thinking about <b>music</b> in silence, will be transformed<br><img src="http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt42/njh7689/fart-fire.jpg"><br> by willing staff members and Machover's group into an <b>interactive,</b> musical environment. At the Jan. 19 <b>demonstration,</b> the student designers will explain the how, what and why of their installations and will be available to guide visitors through each experience. Also, Lewis Music <b>Library</b> staff will share some of its hidden treasures that relate to sound installations and experimental music technology.<br> Refreshments will be served.For more information, contact Ariane Martins, x3-1613, e-mail: ariane@media.mit.edu. Each winter, wide swaths of the Arctic Ocean freeze to form sheets of sea ice that spread over millions of square miles. This ice acts as a massive sun visor for the Earth, reflecting solar radiation and shielding the planet from excessive warming.<br> The Arctic ice cover<br><img src="http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff126/co-pirate/Hilarious.jpg"><br> reaches <b>its</b> peak each year in mid-March, before shrinking with warmer spring temperatures. But over the last three decades, this winter ice cap has shrunk: Its annual maximum reached record lows, according to satellite observations, in 2007 and again in 2011. Understanding the processes that drive <b>sea-ice</b> formation and advancement can help scientists predict the future <b>extent</b> of Arctic ice coverage — an essential factor in detecting climate fluctuations and change.<br> <b>But</b> existing models vary in <b>their</b> predictions for how sea ice will evolve. Now researchers at MIT have developed a new <b>method</b> for optimally combining models and observations to accurately simulate the seasonal extent of Arctic <b>sea</b> ice and the ocean circulation beneath.<br> The team applied its synthesis method to produce a simulation of the Labrador Sea, off the southern coast of Greenland, that matched actual satellite and ship-based observations in the area. Through their model, the researchers identified an interaction between sea ice and ocean currents that is important<br><img src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2010/10/13/kathleen-edward-(6)_620x414.jpg"><br> for determining what’s called “sea ice extent” — where, in winter, winds and ocean currents <b>push</b> newly formed ice into warmer waters, growing the ice sheet.<br> Furthermore, springtime ice melt may form a “bath” of fresh seawater more conducive for ice to survive the following winter.Accounting for this feedback phenomenon is an important piece in the puzzle to precisely predict sea-ice extent, says Patrick Heimbach,<br><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e8pDUFUfsaA/UNdUBfMKNMI/AAAAAAAADQ8/zDtxhz8GYiY/s1600/Love-Quotes.jpg"><br> a principal research scientist in MIT’s <b>Department</b> of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences. “Until a few years ago, people thought we might have a seasonal ice-free Arctic by 2050,” Heimbach says.<br> “But recent observations of sustained ice loss make scientists wonder whether this ice-free Arctic might occur much sooner than any models predict … and people want to understand <b>what</b> physical processes <b>are</b> implicated in sea-ice growth and decline.”Heimbach and former MIT graduate student Ian Fenty, now a postdoc at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will publish a paper, "Hydrographic Preconditioning for Seasonal Sea Ice Anomalies in the Labrador Sea," in the Journal of Physical Oceanography. An icy forecastAs Arctic temperatures drop each winter, seawater turns to ice — starting as thin, snowflake-like crystals on the <b>ocean</b> surface that gradually accumulate <b>to</b> form larger, pancake-shaped sheets. These ice sheets eventually collide and fuse to create massive ice floes that can <b>span</b> hundreds of miles. A full story and a<br><img src="http://i.istockimg.com/file_thumbview_approve/16349486/2/stock-illustration-16349486-lovely-floral-card.jpg"><br> careful exam can determine which pains may indicate serious illness.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br> Chia-Chiao Lin, an Institute Professor Emeritus at MIT who played a pivotal role in the development of applied mathematics both in the United States and in China, died Sunday in Beijing.<br> He was 96. The cause of death was heart failure, Lin’s family said. Lin’s broad and seminal research, together with his service to the community, were instrumental in the growth of applied mathematics at MIT and elsewhere in the United States. More recently, he had helped build the field in China as a Distinguished Professor at Tsinghua University since 2002.<br>  Lin joined MIT as an associate professor of applied <b>mathematics</b> in 1947, becoming a full professor in 1953.<br> In 1966, he was named an Institute Professor — MIT’s most prestigious faculty appointment. He retired from MIT in <b>1987.<br></b>  Real-world applicationsLin was an applied mathematician whose research initially concentrated on fluid mechanics, focusing on hydrodynamics stability and turbulence, and addressing the aerodynamics of gas turbines, oscillating airfoils and shock waves.<br> His doctoral <b>dissertation</b> solved an outstanding problem, stemming from Werner Heisenberg’s work, concerning the stability of parallel <b>flows.</b> He also resolved a long-standing problem concerning the theory of asymptotic solutions of ordinary differential equations (of higher order than 2), which<br><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XsM8pTSwFQA/SYbqJ45FlCI/AAAAAAAACJc/7-VMZwS1ZR0/s1600/Lovely%2BHeart%2Bin%2BSea%2BSand.jpg"><br> are uniformly valid around turning points.  With Theodore von Kármán, his thesis advisor, Lin proposed a spectral theory for homogeneous turbulence, further developing von Kármán’s similarity theory and the statistical <b>theory</b> of turbulence. These investigations in hydrodynamic stability and <b>turbulence</b> greatly impacted engineering and science fields dealing with fluid flow, including geophysical fluid dynamics.<br> In 1955, Lin published a monograph titled “The Theory of Hydrodynamic Stability,” the first such publication in this developing field. Lin’s research interests then turned to <b>problems</b> in the hydrodynamics of superfluid helium and astrophysics.<br> In 1964, in collaboration with Frank Shu of the University of California at Berkeley, Lin advanced the density-wave theory of galaxy formation (based on the earlier work of Bertil Lindblad) to account for sustained spiral structures. He also contributed to related problems in gravitational collapse and star formation. In 1974 Lin co-authored, <b>with</b> his former student <b>L.</b> A.<br> Segel, the now-classic treatise, “Mathematics Applied to Deterministic Problems in the Natural Sciences.”<br> More <b>recently,</b> in 1996, with Giuseppe Bertin, <b>he</b> <b>published</b> another monograph, “Spiral Structure in <b>Galaxies:</b> A Density Wave Theory.”Contributions in <b>ChinaFor</b> many years, Lin <b>was</b> interested in the <b>development</b> of science and education in China.<br> In 1972, as the deputy leader of a delegation of Chinese-born American scientists, Lin returned to his homeland, receiving a warm welcome from Premier Zhou Enlai and other leaders. <b>He</b> visited China regularly in the ensuing years, inviting many well-known experts to give lectures there.<br> He also facilitated study and research by Chinese scholars at MIT — many of whom have since become leaders in various fields in China.<br> In 2002, Lin returned to his alma<br><img src="http://lulzshirts.com/sites/default/files/user_uploaded/wtf.png"><br> mater, Tsinghua University, as Distinguished Professor.<br> He founded the Zhou Pei-Yuan Center for Applied<br><img src="http://media-cache-ec5.pinterest.com/avatars/lovelyfood-89_600.jpg"><br> Mathematics<br><img src="http://societyandreligion.com/minecraft/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-15_133810_1996625_2004770.jpg"><br> — now an active hub of research in quantitative biology, applied partial<br><img src="http://images.chaophoto.multiply.com/image/1/photos/39/1200x1200/11/Pretty-Dunlop-11.jpg%3Fet%3DLtjAG%252BElGBvR63RdxRQpLA%26nmid%3D232770919"><br> differential equations, scientific <b>computation,</b> and other interdisciplinary subjects linking mathematics, natural sciences and engineering — and served as its honorary director, undertaking research on protein folding. He worked tirelessly at Tsinghua University to set an <b>example</b> for young researchers, overseeing the research of more than 10 PhD students.<br> Lin was also a <b>visiting</b> professor of mathematics at Florida State University from 1994 to 2011.A <b>celebrated</b> <b>scholarLin</b> was born July 7, 1916, in Beijing. He received a <b>BSc</b> in physics from Tsinghua University in 1937 <b>and</b> an MSc in applied mathematics from the <b>University</b> of Toronto in 1941. <b>He</b> then earned his PhD, in aeronautics, from the California Institute of Technology in 1944; Caltech honored <b>Lin</b> with its Distinguished Alumni Award in 1992.Lin did postdoctoral work at the Jet Propulsion Lab before joining the faculty of Brown University in 1945 <b>as</b> an assistant professor of applied mathematics, becoming an associate professor in 1946. He joined MIT’s mathematics faculty the following year.Twice<br> named a Guggenheim Fellow, in 1954 and <b>1960,</b> Lin received major recognitions from a variety of professional societies, including the Otto Laporte Award of the American Physical Society.<br> In 1975, he received the Timoshenko Medal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering “for outstanding contributions to fluid mechanics, especially to hydrodynamic stability and turbulence, superfluid helium, aerodynamics and galactic structures.” He received the Award in Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis from the National Academy of Sciences in 1977 and <b>the</b> first Fluid Dynamic Prize of the American <a href = "http://a4marketing.blog.com/panic-awaypanic-attack-treatment/">panic away </a> in 1979. In 1981, the MIT faculty selected Lin for the James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award; he delivered the Killian Lecture to the <b>MIT</b> community in the spring of 1982. Lin’s Killian Award citation noted that he was highly influential in “developing a more<br><img src="http://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/Teleflora/T38-1A%3F%26wid%3D445%26hei%3D550%26fmt%3Djpeg%26qlt%3D80,0%26op_sharpen%3D0%26resMode%3Dbilin%26op_usm%3D1.0,0.5,1.0,0%26iccEmbed%3D0%26layer%3D1%26opac%3D0%26layer%3D2%26opac%3D55%26layer%3D5%26opac%3D0%26layer%3D3%26opac%3D0"><br> comprehensive approach to applied mathematics.”<br> Within MIT’s Department of Mathematics, Lin served as the first faculty chair of the applied mathematics group, from <b>1961</b> to 1966. He was president of the Society for <b>Industrial</b> and Applied Mathematics from 1973 to 1974, and a member of its board of trustees from <b>1978</b> to 1980. Lin held honorary doctorates from <b>the</b> Chinese University of Hong <b>Kong</b> (1973), Tsinghua University (1987) and Taiwan’s National Tsing Hua University (2005).<br> He was also, his family said, <b>an</b> honorary professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and at Nankai University.<br> His professional <b>honors</b> included selection as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1951), as academician of Academia Sinica (1958), as a member of the <b>National</b> Academy of Sciences (1962), and as a foreign <b>member</b> of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1994).Lin was twice a <b>member</b> of<br><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XsM8pTSwFQA/SYbqJ45FlCI/AAAAAAAACJc/7-VMZwS1ZR0/s1600/Lovely%2BHeart%2Bin%2BSea%2BSand.jpg"><br> the Institute for Advanced Study, in 1959 to 1960 and 1965 to 1966.<br> He was also a member or fellow of the American Astronomical Society, the American Mathematical Society, the American Physical Society, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and the Institute of Aerospace Sciences.Lin is survived by his wife of <b>66</b> years, Shouying Liang Lin, of Beijing and Cambridge, Mass.; daughter Lillian Shengjung Lin and her husband, Alan Stephen Crawford, of Decatur, Ga.; sister Xiaoyuan Lin and her husband, Shukai Li; sister <b>Xiaoying</b> Lin and her husband, Junjie Gu; and brother-in-law Hongmo Dong.<br> He is also survived by stepgrandson Scott Crawford and his wife, Shay, and <b>their</b> children; stepgrandson Joshua Taylor<br><img src="http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/2700/109065431/stock-photo-lovely-brunette-holding-a-cup-of-coffee-while-smelling-it-s-sweet-aroma-with-her-eyes-closed-109065431.jpg"><br> and his wife, Sarah, and their <b>children;</b> stepgranddaughter Yolanda Jones and her husband, Darius, and their children; <b>and</b> numerous cousins, nephews, nieces, great-nephews, and great-nieces.Lin was preceded in death by <b>his</b> son Edward; brother Jiaxin Lin and his wife, Shunzu Huang; brother Jiatian Lin; brother Jiakeng <b>Lin</b> and his wife, Kanghuai Cheng; sister Xiaohua Lin; brother-in-law Shoupan Liang and his wife, He Fu; brother-in-law Shouchu Liang; and sister-in-law Shoubin Liang and her husband, Xiaoshen Chen. President <b>Obama</b> traveled <b>to</b> Israel on Wednesday in a symbolic two-day visit to the country, the first of his presidency, bearing a message of solidarity and a <b>promise</b> to defend Israel from threats. <b>In</b> “The Last Exorcism: Part II,” the victim of the first film in this series is in a house for recovering trauma patients in New Orleans when her demon again comes a-courting. Federal employees should not expect their <b>salaries</b> to increase in 2013, <b>House</b> Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (Md.) said Tuesday.<br> "I think that as<br><img src="http://media-cache-ec5.pinterest.com/avatars/lovelyfood-89_600.jpg"><br> <b>a</b> practical matter, it's going <b>to</b> hold for the balance of" 2013, the congressman said, according to an article from the Federal Times. "I'm not for that, you understand, but obviously, I'm not in control, as all of us have <b>observed."<br></b> Read full article &#62;&#62; Aide admits timing is unfortunate, a day after spending <b>review,</b> <b>as</b> republicans call on monarch to hand back extra moneyBuckingham Palace has launched a robust defence of the Queen's funding after it emerged that under the government's new system for financing the monarchy she <b>will</b> receive a multimillion-pound increase over the next two years.Under the sovereign grant, calculated as 15% of the profits of the crown estate, the Queen will receive £37.89m from the state next year, a 5% increase <b>on</b> this year's grant of £36.1m and more than £5m more than her £32.3m expenditure in 2011/12.A day earlier George Osborne's comprehensive <b>spending</b> review outlined cuts of £11.5bn and included new restrictions on welfare.A<br> senior royal aide denied that the palace felt uncomfortable with the raise and said it would be used to <b>tackle</b> a massive backlog of building repairs that would take 10 years to clear.But<br> he <b>admitted</b> the timing was unfortunate.<br> "If <b>there</b> is a day's discomfort [because of George Osborne's statement] we just have to live with it," he said.<br> "We can't manage the timing."Introduced in<br><img src="http://grandprixgroup.com/official_usedcarshow/wp-content/gallery/pretty217/pretty21-717.jpg"><br> April last year, the sovereign's grant is <b>a</b> single payment replacing<br><img src="http://images.chaophoto.multiply.com/image/1/photos/39/1200x1200/11/Pretty-Dunlop-11.jpg%3Fet%3DLtjAG%252BElGBvR63RdxRQpLA%26nmid%3D232770919"><br> the civil list and grant-in-aid for building maintenance and travel costs, and is designed to make the monarchy more self-sufficient.<br> The amount given to the Queen is based on funds<br><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DJxssa7CE9A/S8t7Qv65OwI/AAAAAAAAAEI/IxGyB5F-M8o/s1600/_graphics-lovely-hearts-preview3-by-dragonart.png"><br> <b>two</b> <b>years</b> in arrears.Profits<br> from the crown estate, which is one of the largest property owners in Britain, rose by 5.2%<br> to £252.6m. Most of the profits go to the Treasury.The<br> cost of the monarchy had been reduced by <b>80%</b> over 20 years, said the official, with major savings including the scrapping of the royal yacht Britannia.A total of <b>360</b> buildings <b>are</b> maintained by the <b>sovereign</b><br><img src="http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/195826/195826,1327910036,3/stock-photo-beautiful-fashion-girl-with-roses-93880045.jpg"><br> grant, and for years the previous grant-in-aid for the royal palaces was pegged at £15m, meaning repairs <b>were</b> <b>delayed.<br></b> Priorities now are to renovate at least half of <b>the</b> lead roofs at Windsor Castle and replace the roof on the picture gallery at Buckingham Palace and that of the Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore, which has been closed to the public since 2007 <b>for</b> safety reasons.Buckingham Palace also requires replacement wiring and pipework, <b>which</b> could provide an opportunity for redecoration. The state rooms <b>have</b> not been redecorated at all during <b>the</b> Queen's 60-year reign, the aide said.Sir Alan Reid, keeper of the privy purse, said that Osborne had driven "a very hard bargain" when <b>the</b> government introduced the sovereign grant, insisting that the palace be given £31m, which was £5m less than the <b>previous</b> year's sum in civil <b>list</b> and grant-in-aid.<br> He said the royal household had achieved a real-terms reduction of 24% over the last five <b>years.Controls</b> over the grant allow the chancellor <b>to</b> renegotiate on a five-yearly basis the <b>percentage</b> of crown estate profits given <b>to</b> the Queen. The next renegotiation is due in 2015/16. <b>Buckingham</b> Palace is <b>not</b> permitted to <b>build</b> up a reserve of more than 0.5% of one year's sovereign grant.<br> Palace accounts <b>are</b> open to scrutiny by the National Audit Office.Asked whether the prime minister supported the increase in the Queen's funding, a No 10 spokesman said: "There is a process that is gone through.<br> I don't think the prime minister disagrees with that process."The campaign group Republic called<br><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CyaMMSY2NAU/TZ2yHWlM1BI/AAAAAAAAAv4/8y4Iee4KMm4/s1600/Cute-Baby-Girl-Thinking-480x360.jpg"><br> on the Queen to <b>hand</b> back the raise, arguing that the deal struck by the government two years ago did not <b>allow</b> royal funding to go down but to rise year-on-year in line <b>with</b> crown estate profits."We<br> said <b>from</b> the start that this was a bad deal <b>for</b> the taxpayers and no way <b>to</b> fund <b>a</b> public institution. Clearly we were right," said Graham Smith, Republic's chief executive. "As everyone else is seeing cuts to <b>services</b> and jobs, it is unbelievable that our head of <b>state</b> will sit silently by as she is handed millions more in public <b>money."He</b> added: "The crown estate is not – and never has been – the personal property of the <b>royals.<br></b> The Windsors have no more right to its revenue than I do."The<br> Queen's accounts show that the cost of the royal family to the taxpayer – excluding security and protection costs, which are not disclosed – rose by £900,000 to £33.3m<br> during her diamond jubilee year.The<br> cost of "cleaning, laundry and other" was £700,000, up from £500,000 the previous year, and <b>her</b> gas bill rose £300,000 to £1m. Salary costs <b>went</b> up from <b>£17.5m<br></b> to £18.3m after staff – who had been on a pay freeze for three years – were given a "little" rise to boost morale in the diamond jubilee year. About 20% of the staff <b>belong</b> to a union.The cost of upgrading the <b>IT</b> system was £900,000, as the palace had been using Microsoft Office 2003. "You probably thought we were all on 1497, being a traditional organisation," joked one aide.The QueenMonarchyCaroline Daviesguardian.co.uk &copy; 2013 Guardian <b>News</b> and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use <b>of</b> this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More