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President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) has ignited a constitutional crisis with his involvement in a political vendetta against Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (王金平) that is being disguised as an influence peddling probe, and Ma owes Taiwanese an explanation, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said yesterday.
The controversy began when the Special Investigation Division (SID) launched a probe into alleged influence peddling by Wang and two other judicial officials, former minister of justice Tseng Yung-fu (曾勇夫) and Taiwan High Prosecutors' Office Head Prosecutor Chen Shou-huang (陳守煌), in a lawsuit involving DPP Legislator Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘).
The SID's lack of due process in information-gathering and the administrative interference of the judicial and legislative branches throughout the investigation is highly alarming, DPP Chairman Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) said after a DPP caucus meeting yesterday.
"It seems like we are back in the White Terror era, during which the government regularly wiretapped opposition politicians... This is worse than the Watergate scandal and is unacceptable," Su said.
The chairman added that the SID had violated confidentiality regulations by reporting the case to Ma on Aug. 30, five days before it was publicly announced at a press conference on Friday, and demanded the president disclose whatever orders he gave during the meeting.
Ma has said that Wang abusing his position was "the most shameful day in the development of Taiwan's democracy," but what was really shameful was how the SID illegally gathered information and how the president used the division to politically persecute Wang, the DPP said.
With regards to the allegations that Ker asked Tseng, Chen and Wang to lobby a prosecutor to refrain from appealing his acquittal in a breach of trust case, Su said the claims were unfounded because Ker had been ruled innocent, so preventing an appeal was unnecessary.
In his first public appearance after the SID's Friday announcement, Ker yesterday told a press conference he would tackle the claims head-on because they had been a political witch hunt from the beginning.
Ker denied that he asked Wang to lobby for him, but said he was sorry the legislative speaker was involved in the scandal.
DPP Legislator Wu Ping-jui (吳秉叡) said that ironically, a group of Chinse Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers in 2007 did exactly what Wang has been accused of doing, when they lobbied for Ma after he was charged with embezzling his special allowance as Taipei mayor.
Wu said that then-KMT caucus whip Tseng Yung-chuan (曾永權) visited then-prosecutor-general Chen Tsung-ming (陳聰明) with a group of KMT lawmakers on Aug. 16, 2007 — one day after Ma was found not guilty — and asked Chen to urge prosecutor Hou Kuan-jen (侯寬仁) not to appeal the case.
"Judging by Ma's standards, if that was not influence peddling, then what is?" Wu said.
The DPP has agreed to adopt a "wait-and-see" approach to the case, with caucus director-general Gao Jyh-peng (高志鵬) saying that the party's next move would depend on Ma and Wang's reactions, amid rumors that the latter may be stripped of his KMT membership and position after he returns from Malaysia today.
Ex-DPP chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said that a president making such accusations for political persecution was a "national tragedy."
"The president has resorted to extreme measures, using illegally-obtained and unverified evidence to carry out political persecutions and divide the opposition so he can reap political gains," she said. "A leader like this is no longer fit to govern."


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In our regular Sunday feature, FIFA.com presents you with some of the biggest names in football who will be celebrating their birthdays over the coming week.
15 Finidi George (41) played a frontline role as Nigeria contested their first ever FIFA World Cup™ finals at USA 1994, the Super Eagles leaving the tournament with their heads held high following a thrilling Round of 16 loss to Italy. The winger also helped his country qualify for France 1998, where they again reached the last 16, and he disputed four separate editions of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations, tasting glory at Tunisia 1994 in his second attempt. His other trips to the continental showcase yielded a defeat in the final and two third-place finishes. In the professional sphere, George experienced his greatest successes at Ajax, clinching numerous trophies, including three league titles, two Dutch Super Cups, the UEFA Cup, UEFA Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup. He left Amsterdam for Real Betis in Spain, finishing on the losing side in a Copa del Rey showpiece, and from there he joined Mallorca, going on to finish his career with the islanders after one final adventure with Ipswich Town.
16 Pierre Littbarski (52) can pride himself on having left a real mark on the German national team, helping his nation to victory against Argentina in the 1990 FIFA World Cup Final. By then, the attacking midfielder had already fallen narrowly short of the global title on two occasions, losing finals to Italy at Spain 1982 and Argentina at Mexico 1986, and during his three campaigns he racked up 18 appearances and three goals. Littbarski also disputed a pair of UEFA European Championships, while in the club realm he remained loyal to Cologne during his years in the Bundesliga, reaching the 1986 UEFA Cup decider, only to lose out to Real Madrid. Further afield, he took in a spell at RC Paris before ultimately hanging up his boots at Japanese outfit JEF United Chiba. Retirement brought a switch to coaching and Littbarski held the reins at several clubs in Germany, Australia, Iran, Japan and Liechtenstein before taking up his current role as an assistant to Felix Magath at Wolfsburg.
17 Horst Hrubesch (61) is one of the most effective forwards ever to have represented Germany, having scored twice to seal victory in the final of UEFA EURO '80 before taking silver at the 1982 FIFA World Cup Spain. He built his reputation at Hamburg, where he won two Bundesliga crowns and twice finished second, as well as topping the scoring charts in 1981/82. With Hrubesch in their ranks, Hamburg also excelled on the European stage, reaching the finals of the UEFA Cup and European Champion Clubs' Cup before they finally won the latter competition against Juventus. He then packed his bags for Standard Liege in Belgium, but returned to Germany to end his career with Dortmund, after which he took up coaching. He has helmed sides in Germany, Austria and Turkey and more recently has been working wonders as coach of Germany's international youth teams, leading the U-19s and U-21s to European glory.
18 Felix Katongo (28) will be savouring this birthday more than most after helping Zambia to their surprise triumph at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. The brother of team captain Christopher, Felix made two appearances at the tournament, including the showpiece, and he held his nerve from the spot during the decisive penalty shoot-out. The midfielder started to turn heads while at Green Buffaloes in his homeland, and from there he moved to South Africa, enjoying stints with Jomo Cosmos and Mamelodi Sundowns before trying his luck in France with Rennes and Chateauroux. Libyan side Al Ittihad proved his next port of call, though after a short stay he returned to Green Buffaloes.
19 Abelardo (42) was one of Spain's most gifted defenders of the 1990s, representing La Roja at the 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cups as well as EURO '96 and 2000. Before that, he clinched gold with Spain at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, and it was in Barcelona that he also experienced his greatest triumphs in the club game. Twice he won the Liga, Copa del Rey and Spanish Super Cup with the Catalan giants, while his time at the Camp Nou also yielded a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup success and the UEFA Super Cup. Abelardo finally left Barça to join Alaves, where he ended his career.
20 Shay Given (36) stood between the posts for the Republic of Ireland at the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan, his saves contributing to the team's run to the Round of 16, where Spain ended their bid. A product of Celtic's youth system, Given moved to English side Blackburn Rovers at a young age, and from there was loaned out first to Swindon Town and then to Sunderland, topping the second tier during his time with the north-east club. The goalkeeper really came to prominence at Newcastle United, where he twice finished on the losing side in an FA Cup final, though he picked up an UEFA Intertoto Cup before signing for Manchester City and finally tasting cup success at Wembley. Since the start of the current season, he has been wearing the gloves for Aston Villa.
21 Peter van Vossen (44) represented the Netherlands at USA 1994, making three starts after beginning the tournament as a substitute. Six years later, he was back in a major tournament with the Oranje at EURO 2000, where the co-hosts reached the last four. Van Vossen won the UEFA Champions League with Ajax in 1994/95 and represented a whole raft of clubs during his career, including Anderlecht, Rangers, Istanbulspor, Feyenoord and Vitesse. Since ending his playing days, he has served as an assistant coach with several Dutch sides.


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Highlights: Raptors, Shorebirds, Songbirds, Upland Birds, Waterbirds, Waterfowl
Access: Year-round. 4x4 vehicles recommended. 4x4 vehicles recommended. Road closed from Nov 15-June 1, open to hiking. Access free of charge.
Directions: I-15 Exit #47; take US 30 E; zero your odometer at the Chevron station; mi 0.5 turn L (N) on Old US 91; mi 3.9 turn R (E) at Portneuf WMA sign (Robbers Roost Rd); continue to the gate at mile 4.1; a high clearance vehicle is needed beyond the gate; if you proceed, there are turnouts at mi 4.2 and 4.5.
Description: Sharp-tailed Grouse can be found on "benches", and watch for Red-tailed Hawks. Look for Green-tailed Towhees nesting in sagebrush habitat. The riparian habitat is likely to have nesting Yellow Warblers. MacGillivray's and Wilson's Warblers can be seen during migration. Watch this area for accipiters. Golden Eagles, Northern Harriers, Red-tailed Hawks and Great-horned Owls are commonly seen on Portneuf WMA. Swainson's and Rough-legged Hawks are early spring visitors, passing through on their migration flights north. Blue, Ruffed and breeding Columbia Sharp-tailed Grouse are commonly found on the WMA. Turkey, Gray Partridge and Ring-necked Pheasants are less common resident upland bird species.
Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, MacGillivray's Warbler, Vesper Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, American Goldfinch, Lazuli Bunting, Western Dingbird, Western Wood Pewee, Black-capped chickadee, Sage Thrasher, Rufous-sided Towhee, Green-tailed Towhee, American Robin, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Western Meadowlark, and Pine Siskin are some of the birds that inhabit Portneuf WMA's riparian and upland habitat.
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MILLEDGVILLE, Ga. - The Georgia Southwestern Lady Hurrcanes opened up the season splitting the two games against Queens University as both teams teams saw their first action of the 2013 season. Offense was the theme of the day as GSW scored 20 runs off 24 hits.
Game 1: Queens 11, GSW 9
Queens started the contest with a first-inning RBI double to give the Royals the early 1-0 advantage.
GSW struck back in the bottom of the second inning when Ashley Clifton scored the first Lady 'Cane run of the year off an Avery Purser sacrifice fly to tie the game.
The game wasn't tied for long, however, as Queens scored five runs over their next two innings, including a third inning that saw two Royal home runs, in order to take a 6-1 advantage over Southwestern.
GSW added a run in the bottom of the fourth when Purser scored off a Royals' error to draw close but Queens quickly countered with a three-run fifth inning off three hits allowing them to take a commanding 9-2 lead.
GSW scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth due to a Shelley Sweatt two-run RBI single drawing the Lady Hurricanes within five, 9-4.
Queens expanded their lead in the sixth inning off a Whitney Britt RBI single to take a 10-4 lead.
Southwestern tried to rally in the final two innings as they scored five funs off six hits but Queens notched a run in the top of the eighth and held on for a 11-9 victory.
Purser had 3 RBI's for GSW (0-1) while Sweatt notched two for the Blue & Gold.
GSW finished with 11 hits on the game and left 12 runners on base. Purser and Clifton led the Lady 'Canes with three hits apiece.
Whitney Britt led Queens with four hits and three RBI's while Emma Shultz had a game high five RBI effort, thanks in part to her three-run third inning home run.
Britt accounted for the other third-inning slam for Queens (1-0)
GSW Starter Allison Pastor (0-1) took the loss for Southwestern as the Junior tossed five innings and allowed nine runs and eight hits.
Queens' Kaitlyn Bodine (1-0) pitched 4.2 innings and allowed four runs on four hits while Lyndey McCurrey got the save for the Royals.
Game 2: GSW 11, Queens 4
Georgia Southwestern got revenge in the second game as GSW's offense stayed alive while Queens' bats were stymied by the Hurricanes.
Ashley Clifton's RBI double drove in Mason Moreland in the first inning to get the Lady 'Canes off to quick start.
Southwestern added to it's lead in the second when Moreland returned the favor as a Moreland sacrifice fly drove in another run to put GSW up to an early 2-0 lead.
Queens got on the board in the bottom of the second inning due to a Lyndey McCurry sacrifice fly of her own.
In the third inning, GSW's Jordan Miller scored off a wild pitch to extend the Lady 'Cane advantage to 3-1.
Queens rallied and tied up the game, 4-4, when Southwestern responded with the game-defining sixth inning that saw the Lady Hurricanes notch seven runs off five hits en route to an 11-4 advantage.
The GSW pitching staff held Queens hitless for the final two innings as Southwestern ended the night celebrating their first victory of the 2013 season.
GSW's Hayley Knight led Southwestern with three hits on the night while Moreland and Clifton added two a piece for the Blue & Gold.
Georgia Southwestern had 13 hits on the night, leaving 14 on base for a two-game opening day total of 24 hits.
The 11 run output was the largest offensive output by a Lady 'Cane team since February 6, 2011 when GSW scored 14 in a 14-4 victory over Brewton-Parker.
Starter Erin Vick (1-0) gets the win for GSW (1-1) as the junior tossed five innings allowing four runs on six hits and three strikeouts.
Relief pitcher Kaitlyn Bodine (0-1) gets the loss for Queens (1-1) as she pitched the game-defining sixth inning allowing seven runs off four hits.


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After eleven months of uneventful operation, we just had another error code on our LG Tromm front-loading washer. We previously had an OE error code and a tE error code. This time, it was a UE error code.
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Talk about annoying. About two weeks ago, our LG washer started giving a tE error code and refusing to complete the current cycle. After realizing that this was due to a problem with the thermistor, we decided to call in a professional to fix it.
When it rains it pours… This morning, our LG Tromm front-loading washer issued another series of beeps indicating an error. This time, however, it wasn't the tE error code that we've grown accustomed to. Instead, it was an OE error code.
Speaking of troubleshooting an LG washing machine… If you need to drain your washer, here's how: turn it on, hit the spin speed button (timer will read 13 min), and hit start. That's it. For reference, our washer is model # WM2487HWM.
My wife recently heard a funny chime from our LG Tromm front-loading washer. When she went to the laundry room, it was reporting error code tE. The manual instructed her to unplug the washer and call for service.


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2017 will have been a perfect demonstration of the need to tackle cyber security issues head on.
How many attacks were carried out? Today, we are no longer talking about cellphones that can be hacked after hours of hard work. Literally entire systems can be interrupted and disrupted. Hospitals, train stations, airports can be brought to a halt, thousands of computers, telephones and connected objects instantly changed into input terminals, cameras or microphones.
Digital technology advances in such leaps and bounds that it is permeating all facets of life, including some unforeseen ones. New information and communication technologies have revolutionized our daily lives and are permanently affecting our areas of operations, in our ranks as in those of our enemies. In our connected, even "hyper connected", daily lives, we must therefore be all the more attentive and vigilant.
Behind these attacks, a new breed of fighter, sometimes organized, sometimes acting alone, but almost always unpunished.
The 2018 FIC's theme is therefore particularly sensitive. Hyper-connectivity and resilience: two central themes for our security and defense today and in the future. I am happy to be a participant. Proud, as well, because, once again, the FIC is fully aware of the cyber security stakes at hand, and able to bring together the key international players.
France wishes to serve as a model in terms of cyber security. The Ministry of Defense is fully committed to this fight, whether in recruiting information warriors and reservists or leading research on issues of cyber security and sovereignty. The Ministry also promotes our companies and develops excellence workshops around these themes in our schools and universities.
Great vigilance goes hand in hand with the great opportunities new technologies have to offer. They hold major keys to progress, innovation and modernization for our military and country. Here again, the Ministry of Defense must lead the way. Digital technology is a major vehicle for modernizing the ministry and guaranteeing weapons efficiency and success in our missions.
We will rise up to the digital challenge. We have the full support of the defense community. Furthermore, the law for military programming and the strategic cyber review provide a solid foundation in our undertaking.
The 2018 FIC will give us the opportunity to talk and debate about these subjects together. I wish this tenth edition brilliant success.
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For me, the pillows and NUMBER GIRL are ze bestest bands evar.
Panic! at the Disco and Fall Out Boy
i know many people don't like them, but if you listen to their lyrics..they're good!!
Without doubt, for me it's Pereza (yeah, a Spanish group.. srry you don't know them u.uU)
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B6300-001: Corporate Finance
MW - Full Term, 10:45AM to 12:15PM
Credit hours: 3.0
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Instructor: Daniel Wolfenzon
This is the core course in finance, required of all students in the MBA Program. It may be considered the first course in corporate perspective. It focuses on the primary tasks of the corporate treasurer, showing students how to use ratio analysis to assess corporate performance and project financial statements and cash needs for both projects and whole companies. It devotes substantial time to the question of how much debt is optimal in a firm's capital structure. It then introduces discounted cash flow and shows how to estimate a weighted average cost of capital to use as a discount rate appropriate to a particular company or project. By the end of the course, students have all the tools necessary to value a company by projecting its free cash flow and discounting it at an appropriate rate.
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Stefan H. Robock Professor of Finance and Economics; Chair of Finance Division
Daniel Wolfenzon is the Stefan H. Robock Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia Business School. He received a Masters and a PhD in economics from Harvard University and holds a BS in economics and a BS in mechanical engineering from MIT. Professor Wolfenzon previously taught at the University of Michigan, the University of Chicago and NYU. He is also a Faculty Research Fellow...


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Nobody gave Lincoln College a chance against Massassoit because you just can't teach height in basketball.
On Saturday, Jan. 26, the upper division junior college team shuffled six footers in an out of their lineup with like cards in a poker game while 7 foot, 2 inch center Andrew McCarthy protected the net like a soccer goalie.
Their roster reads like the United Nations with players recruited from Greece, Croatia, and Montenegro, but with 19 minutes left, Lincoln led by six. At nine minutes, the Wildcats led by two, and with two seconds remaining, they still had a chance to win.
"It came down to just one possession down the end, and we gave them three chances," said Lincoln coach John Wasielewski. "Just like Dean College, they are a division above us in the NJCAA, so we're not even supposed to be in this game. It's a real testament to what these guys have been doing all week. They're really working hard."
Massassoit held on for a 77-76 victory, but Lincoln matched them toe-to-toe. Mat Correa had 21 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 assists. Tylon Holmes (5 rebounds, 3 steals) and Sean Douglas scored 12 points apiece, and Kevin Smith (11 points), Howell McFarlane, and Charles Davis had five rebounds apiece.
"Our record doesn't show it, but I don't know how many times this season coaches have told me that they are worried about playing us," said the coach. "I love hearing that. I don't think that our guys fully have a grasp on it, but I think they're starting to get it. I think we can compete with anybody."
The game came on the heels of a 70-65 win over Gateway on Friday in a division matchup that coaches called a landmark victory.
Holmes paved the way with 27 points and 10 rebounds. Smith had 13 points with eight boards, and Douglas scored 10 points with 13 rebounds. Lincoln trailed by six at the half, but out-scored Gateway, 40-29, in the second half.
It was the first time in program history that the Wildcats have bested the Lions, and it was a game that carries postseason implications. Lincoln is 5-10 overall, but the 4-5 record in division play is all that matters for the postseason.
"We had a game plan. Our defense was just fantastic, but that's something we've been working on," said Wasielewski. "We played two in arow, and we wanted to go in guns blazing. Whatever we do, we do. As long as we work hard, that's all I want to see."
Even a division loss to Quinsigamond at the start of the week couldn't damper the coach's excitement. Douglas scored 17 points in the loss. McFarlane added 11, and Holmes scored 10 with six steals and 7 boards.
Wasielewski said that, with that intensity, his team has a good chance of returning to the postseason.
"That's why the Gateway win was so big," he said. "We have a huge game against Springfield coming up, and it's pretty much a three-team race for those last two spots…It's just like very season. We've got a lot of work to do, and we're not going to know where we're going to end up until February"


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Because an astonishing haul of 16 Ferraris is coming up for auction next month, including a pristine example of each of the company's superlative, halo hypercars. Got your attention yet?
It's an exclusive sale at the annual Concorso D'Eleganza Villa D'Este weekend, hosted on the glorious banks of Lake Como in Italy by RM Auctions. And the roster of Ferraris they've managed to rustle together is incredible.
Take a deep breath: there's the 650bhp Enzo, fully certified by Ferrari Classiche and one of just 400 built (chassis number 138347) with 1,028km on the clock and an estimate of €880,000 (£755k); there's a Ferrari F50, car number 283 from a production run of just 349, complete with a 520bhp V12 and 'low-mileage', up for around €480,000 (£411k); you'll find the rather splendiferous - and raucous - Ferrari F40, possibly the most iconic Ferrari hypercar ever built, with 40,000km on the clock, a full Ferrari Classiche certification and recent service, estimated to sell for €420,000 (£360k); then there's a Ferrari 288 GTO, chassis number 54777, built in February 1985, certified by Ferrari and carrying just 34,960km on it from new - yours for around €950,000 (£813k).
And rounding off Ferrari's top dogs is the 599XX: that 720bhp, 6.0-litre V12-engined hypercar that sits as one of the company's most powerful. The car up for auction is number 25 of just 29 produced (chassis number 170895), has been stored in Maranello since new and comes with an estimate of €1,100,000. (£942,000).
You'll also find a brace of 250s, a pair of 365s and even a 1962 400 Superamerica SWB Coupe estimated to sell for €2,200,000 (£1.9m). On top of that, there's a rather beautiful Porsche 356 Speedster, a Jaguar XJ220, a Lamborghini Miura, and even a 1930 Bugatti Type 46 Coupe.
Have a click through the gallery for a preview - the sale will take place on 25 May, so stay tuned to TopGear.com for the results. Which is your favourite hyper Ferrari, good folk of TopGear.com - 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, or, bringing in the new boy, the new LaFerrari?
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Just wanted to drop a quick little note to let you know I haven't fallen off Planet Earth and landed in a Black Hole of Cyber space somewhere. But I have decided to take a break from vlogging due to some difficult issue that have arisen. Yes, it's true, I've been sick for over 5 weeks now with this flu-monster (now downgraded to a cough and hoarse voice), but that is all. Nothing terrible to report on that front.
I just find that I have to put all my energies right now on these difficult issues. Sometimes life is just plain hard, wouldn't you agree? Sure glad I have Jesus to lean on. The issues are nothing life-threatening or even relationship-threatening. But I've gotten to the point I need to consolidate and focus on a few important matters.
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The 2007 National Intelligence Estimate on Iran's nuclear weapons program lives on in the imagination of some government officials. At the end of a lengthy piece[1] by James Risen in the New York Times this past weekend an anonymous official claims: "That assessment holds up really well."
No, it does not.
The authors of the 2007 NIE famously argued that the Iranians halted their nuclear weapons program in 2003 and had not restarted it since. The U.S. intelligence community defined "nuclear weapons program" as "Iran's nuclear weapon design and weaponization work and covert uranium conversion-related and uranium enrichment-related work." For no good reason, the NIE's definition excluded "Iran's declared civil work related to uranium conversion and enrichment."
The idea was that while Iran continued to install centrifuges and improve its long-range missile capability it did so as part of a declared and purportedly civilian program, so there was nothing to worry about. As was widely pointed out at the time, this was foolish because a "civilian" nuclear program today can quite easily become a military program tomorrow. This has happened time and again around the globe.
The 2007 NIE was also flat wrong about Iran's covert work. In September 2009, President Obama announced that "Iran has been building a covert uranium enrichment facility near Qom for several years." Obama noted that "the size and configuration of this facility is inconsistent with a peaceful program." Incredibly, the intelligence community was aware of the facility at Qom before it even published the 2007 NIE.
This should have been the end of the 2007 NIE. Covert uranium enrichment was explicitly included in the NIE's definition of Iran's "nuclear weapons program." By continuing to build such a facility, the Iranians showed that they had not decided to end all work on the bomb. They were simply trying to hide it.
And that is one of the main flaws in both the 2007 NIE and the narrative offered by U.S. officials to Risen. The part about covert uranium enrichment efforts has been disproven, so American officials are hanging onto nuanced arguments about the most clandestine aspects of Iran's nuclear weapons program, including weapon design, or "weaponization." The potential for failure cannot be overstated.
To his credit, Risen does a good job reporting on the many holes in the U.S. intelligence community's knowledge of Iran's nuclear machinations. As Risen has reported on multiple occasions, America's spy network inside Iran has been seriously compromised, if not outright eliminated. Consider that one former intelligence official cited by Risen says, "Iran is the hardest intelligence target there is. It is harder by far than North Korea."
North Korea is perhaps the most closed society on the planet. U.S. intelligence has long been almost entirely blind inside the country. According to Risen's source, the spooks' window into Iran is even smaller. They don't really know what is going on; they are making guesses.
The 2007 NIE zombie suffered a head shot in 2010, Risen tells readers, when U.S. intelligence officials "[i]ntercepted communications of Iranian officials discussing their nuclear program." This "raised concerns that the country's leaders had decided to revive efforts to develop a weapon," but "in the end, they deemed the intercepts and other evidence unpersuasive, and they stuck to their longstanding conclusion."
Of course, this was not such a "longstanding conclusion."
In its 2005 NIE, the U.S. intelligence community came to exactly the opposite conclusion – Iran was forging ahead with its nuclear weapons program. It was just two years later, in late 2007, that they reversed their stance by carefully selecting their words to achieve a desired conclusion. But even that policy-driven definition of Iran's nuclear weapons program proved problematic just two years later when, in 2009, President Obama went public with the intelligence about Qom.
By early 2010, the U.S. government seemed ready to abandon any pretense of accuracy with respect to the 2007 NIE's conclusions. On January 3, 2010 the New York Times reported:[2]
Mr. Obama's top advisers say they no longer believe the key finding of a much disputed National Intelligence Estimate about Iran, published a year before President George W. Bush left office, which said that Iranian scientists ended all work on designing a nuclear warhead in late 2003.
After reviewing new documents that have leaked out of Iran and debriefing defectors lured to the West, Mr. Obama's advisers say they believe the work on weapons design is continuing on a smaller scale -- the same assessment reached by Britain, France, Germany and Israel.
Notice that Obama administration officials cited new leaked documents and defector debriefings as the reason for their change of heart. This is likely part of what Risen calls "other information."
Indeed, on January 15, 2010, Newsweek's Mark Hosenball reported[3] that "U.S. intelligence agencies are quietly revising their widely disputed assertion that Iran has no active program to design or build a nuclear bomb." Hosenball's sources warned that the new estimate would likely be "Talmudic" in its "parsing," because while the Iranians continued to "research" how to build a bomb, they were not in "development" – that is, "actually trying to build a bomb."
Huh? Research is part of development, no? That's why corporations around the world call it "research and development."
In any event, the new intelligence mentioned by the Times and Hosenball was sufficient to move forward with a new NIE, or at least that is what was reported.
In February 2010, Josh Rogin reported[4] at Foreign Policy that "the Obama administration is getting ready to finalize a new National Intelligence Estimate that is expected to walk back the conclusions of the 2007 report on Iran's nuclear program." Then, in March 2010, Hosenball explained that the updated NIE "has been kicked down the road yet again," but was still "expected to be more hawkish about Iran's nuclear intentions." (More "realistic" is probably a better description, but I digress.)
Despite the delays, Rogin reported[5] about one year later, in February 2011: "The U.S. intelligence community has completed and is circulating a new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran's nuclear weapons program that walks back the conclusion of the 2007 NIE, which stated that Iran had halted work on its covert nuclear weapons program."
This conflicts with Risen's reporting. Risen says that the "intelligence crisis that erupted in 2010" ended when U.S. intelligence officials "stuck" to the 2007 NIE's conclusions.
By February 2011, the U.S. intelligence community had long been aware of the facility at Qom. They were also aware of intercepted communications, new leaked documents, and the testimony of Iranian defectors – all of which indicated they got it wrong in the 2007 NIE.
Taking the word of Risen's sources at face value, however, we are to believe the 2007 NIE lived on. But in November 2011 a new protagonist tried to kill it: the IAEA.
"Since 2002," the IAEA's report reads, "the Agency has become increasingly concerned about the possible existence in Iran of undisclosed nuclear related activities involving military related organizations, including activities related to the development of a nuclear payload for a missile, about which the Agency has regularly received new information."
The IAEA's stream of "new information" began the year before the 2007 NIE's authors said Iran discontinued its nuclear weapons program and continued thereafter. Of particular concern to the IAEA is the work of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a key figure in Iran's nuclear weapons program. It was Fakhrizadeh's shop that was suddenly shuttered in 2003 and, the U.S. intelligence community assumed, stayed closed. But the IAEA documents in some detail how Fakhrizadeh has played a shell game, moving his operation from one venue to another. No matter where Fakhrizadeh houses his operation, the IAEA says, the Agency remains "concerned because some of the activities undertaken after 2003 would be highly relevant to a nuclear weapon programme."
That work includes efforts towards what is, in all likelihood, weaponization.
The IAEA mentions work on a "multipoint initiation concept." The IAEA adds that, prior to 2003, the "dimensions of the initiation system and the explosives used with it were consistent with the dimensions" for a new payload that were "given to the engineers who were studying how to integrate the new payload into the chamber of the Shahab 3 missile re-entry vehicle." After 2003, Iran "engaged in experimental research involving a scaled down version" of this initiation concept.
Some have tried to claim that this work was related solely to the production of nanodiamonds. But this is highly doubtful as it was consistent with weapon design prior to 2003 and it continued under the auspices[6] of Fakrizadeh's post-2003 nuclear research.
If we are to infer just a bit, it appears that the "multipoint initiation concept," or related work, is what Hosenball's sources referred to as "research" as opposed to "development" when they mentioned the intelligence community's "Talmudic" interpretation of the intelligence.
There are still more details in the IAEA's report. In short, the intelligence indicates the Iranians did not stop all work on weaponization either.
The 2007 NIE's authors began by arguing that Ayatollah Khameini issued a stop work order in 2003 and he had not rescinded it since. That was disproven by the facility at Qom and extensive other intelligence since then.
But in the minds of some U.S. officials the 2007 NIE lives on.
[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/world/middleeast/iran -intelligence-crisis-showed-difficulty-of-assessing-nuclear-data.html
[2] http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/world/middleeast/ 03iran.html?_r=1&pagewanted=1
[3] http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/blogs/ declassified/2010/01/15/coming-around-on-iran.html
[4] http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/02/ 26/coming_soon_a_new_iran_nie
[5] http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/02/15/ exclusive_new_national_intelligence_estimate_on_iran_complete http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/02/26/coming_soon_a_new_iran_nie
[6] http://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/irans-work- and-foreign-assistance-on-a-multipoint-initiation-system-for-a-n/
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If you're in the area for business, you'll be glad to know that the hotel features a meeting room, as well as an on-site Business Center, so you can easily complete paperwork while you're on the road. The hotel's address in Spokane Valley, Washington also places you near a variety of corporations and close to the Spokane Convention Center for your convenience.
Leisure guests never lack for something to do since the hotel's property in Spokane Valley, Washington is near sites like the INB Performing Arts Center. You can always spend an exciting day at Riverfront Park, home to a wide array of activities. While in Spokane, WA, the hotel's guests should also be sure to check out the schedule at the Spokane Arena or to visit the Spokane County Fair & Expo Center.
We're proud to provide free Wi-Fi access throughout these accommodations, so guests in Spokane, WA cab stay connected. The hotel's guests should also take advantage of the complimentary, hot Express Start Breakfast Bar, which is served every morning. Other amenities include an indoor pool and a Fitness Center. We hope to welcome you soon!
- Rollaway Bed/Cot Available
- Crib Available
- Iron/Ironing Board
- In-Room Heating and A/C Controls
- Extra Bedding Available
- Sofa Bed/Sleeper Couch
Bathroom/Personal Care
- Private Bathroom
- Bathroom Amenities Available
- Hair Dryer
- Bathtub
- Separate/Walk-in Shower
- Separate Vanity Area
In-Room Features
- Mini Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Coffee Maker
- Tea Maker
- Flat-screen TV
- Work Desk with Lamp
- Desk-level Electrical Outlet
- Free Local Calls
- Cable/Satellite
- Premium Channels
- Stereo/Radio
- Phone with Voicemail
- Complimentary Morning Newspaper
- Windows Open by Guest
Added Value
- Connecting Rooms Available
- Full Breakfast Included
- Breakfast Buffet Included
- Continental Breakfast Included
- Complimentary Coffee in Lobby
- Off-site Restaurant Delivery Available
Business Services
- 1 Meeting Room(s) Available
- On-Site Business Center
- Printer
- Copier
Internet Access
- Free High-Speed Internet in all Rooms
- Wireless Internet service is free for all IHG® Rewards Club members
Entertainment & Recreation
- Indoor Pool
- Heated Indoor Pool
- Indoor Whirlpool
- Indoor Pool Hours of Operation: 6:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Health & Fitness
Complimentary Fitness Center
Air conditioned room featuring a treadmill, universal gym, recumbant bike, elliptical machine, yoga mats, weights and 42" television! Indoor pool & spa are located in the next room!
Fitness Center Type: LIMITED
Fitness Center Equipment:
- Treadmill
- Elliptical Machines
- Free Weights
- Stationary Bicycle
Housekeeping & Laundry
- Daily Housekeeping
- On-site Guest Self-Laundry Facilities
- Hours of Operation: 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Added Value
- Wake Up Calls
Hotel Details
9220 East Mission
Spokane, Washington 99206
United States
Check In: 3:00 PM
Check Out: 11:00 AM
Check-in Age: 18
Parking + -
- Complimentary Self Parking Available
Accessibility + -
- Public Entrance
- Guest Rooms
- Elevators
- Public Restrooms
- Registration Desk
- Business Center
- Number of Accessible Meeting Rooms: 1
Accessible Hotel Areas
- Registration Area
- Accessible Guest Rooms
- Business Center
- Meeting Room
- Exercise Facility
- Pool
Hotel Areas with Accessible Routes from Accessible Public Entrance
- Accessible Self Parking
- Van Accessible Self Parking
- Closed Caption TVs
- Telephone with TDD
- Visual Alarm/Alert in Guest Rooms
- Visual Alarm/Alert in Public Spaces
- Communication Kits with Visual Alarms
Provided by Hotel
Pet Policy + -
- Pets Allowed
- Service Animals Allowed
- Pet Walking Area On-site
- We are very pet friendly. Pets accepted on the 1st floor. Guests must sign a pet agreement stating they will keep pet on leash at all times, will not leave pet in room alone and that they will be responsible for any damages.
Facility + -
- Smoke-Free Facility
- Number of Floors: 4
- Total Number of Rooms: 103
- Number of Suites: 18
- Number of Non-Smoking Rooms: 103
- Number of Accessible Rooms: 7
- Connecting Rooms Available
Credit Cards + -
- American Express
- Visa
- MasterCard
- Diners Club
- Carte Blanche
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I had been tasked with managing a project which was outsourced to some Ukrainian developers.
The company hired them through Elance at a fixed price. At that point my boss left me alone to handle them and get the work done. I created a detailed specification of the complete thing that needed to be done.
The project involved dealing with such things as XMPP, RabbitMQ, and Database. In my first meeting with them (always IM) I explained thoroughly what they needed to do. They seemed to understand it -- and they were very confident that it would be done easily.
So far so good. But after one week, when we met again, they were full of misunderstandings about what needed to be done. When I asked one of the developers if he knew XMPP, he said he was working with it for the first time. At our first meeting I'd very specifically mentioned the complexity of the project and the technologies involved. Plus, I had repeatedly asked them to write a functional specification of exactly HOW they would do it. But they said NO, and insisted that they would rather write the code. I said OK.
The project completed after 3 weeks and they delivered what was needed. At that point I started to review the code. It was okay for the most part, but there ware some important problems:
- they hard-coded some of the things that needed to be separated out into a config file
- there were multiple config files that I needed to be consolidated in one
- they wrote absolutely NO documentation
- some other minor changes
I asked them to make these changes (except documentation) -- And, we had an argument.
They said, since the price was fixed, I was being unfair in asking them to make any changes once they completed the working code. That they had worked for unreasonable amount of time on the project and now it was completely wrong to ask for anything.
Finally now they have made the changes, and the project is over. But it leaves some questions in my mind...
They did what was needed but I needed it properly done, and hence the changes. was I really unfair?
Why did I agree on letting them code without having a functional specification?
Why did I not make sure that they understood everything the first time?
Does anyone find themself in the same position? Do you think there is a better way to manage outsourced projects?
Thanks for all the opinions -- after reflecting upon entire experience, I can conclude...
Although I wasn't vague in the specifications from my side, I certainly didn't make them ironclad as suggested. So the take away is: always be as much specific as possible -- read your specs from their perspective too and see if you missed something. Repeat it at least three times.
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W by SW: New venues heat up Crozet
Things are buzzing west of town. Let's start our tour in the little hamlet of Ivy, home to Duner's and to the slowly transforming general store, Toddsbury of Ivy.
Owned by the dynamic duo of Bruce and Bonnie Kirtley for the past nine years, Toddsbury is the kind of place where you can talk about everything from John Kerry's nomination speech to this season's persistent rain as you eat, sip, or wait for your take-out order. Not only can you count on finding a vintage wine (both Kirtleys are wine biz veterans) as well as an impressive selection of old-fashioned (baked-fried chicken, pizza) and new-fangled lunch items (Bonnie is constantly experimenting with flavor combinations for her savory sandwiches and soups), but you can now start your day with a pleasant coffee buzz at Toddsbury's new espresso bar.
Grab a cup of Guatemalan or a frothy cappuccino and, for contrast, a breakfast biscuit, and you're good to go. Seating is limited to a few benches (a couch is coming), but as we're learning, it's more Italian to stand up. Could gelato be next?
Next stop: Crozet. Turn left at the stop sign after the town's original "destination restaurant," Crozet Pizza, and you'll be greeted by two bright and busy new venues one a full-service café hosting live music in the evenings, and the other an upbeat Southwestern eatery. Though only the first is named after the ancient god of music and fertility– flute-playing Kokopelli– it's clear his Southwestern spirit is shining down on both.
Music lovers Tammy and Chris Scot designed Kokopelli's Café, which opened on July 18, to be the kind of place they'd want to hang out in. Ready for a change (both have backgrounds in education), the Scots bought the 100-year-old building at 5793 "The Square" (aka the block of historic buildings off Crozet Avenue) earlier this year and proceeded to perform extensive, ambience-altering renovations.
Former Mountain View Grill regulars will have a hard time recognizing the building's new inhabitant with its high ceilings, long white bar, cheerfully painted walls, and an interior "courtyard" complete with a faux window, a pergola and twinkling lights (for music "under the stars").
Obviously infused with a sense of humor, the abundant café menu, created by the Scots and their chef, Larry Chappa, features wraps, sandwiches, panini, and salads with names like "Running for the Border" (grilled chicken, black beans, corn salsa, jack cheese, chipotle dressing on a wrap), and "California Dreaming" (turkey, melted brie, and spiced chutney on Albemarle Baking Co. bread).
The appetizer menu, which is actually written on LPs– stars "Love me Tenders," "Nacho Nacho Man," and "I Only Have Eyes Fondue." For breakfast, there's a full coffee bar with everything from muffin tops (yes, there are actual specialty pans for baking these!), Agnes' Very Very (organic) bagel sandwiches, and frittata (Italian omelet), and expanding specials like French toast with fruit and raspberry yogurt fondue.
The response? "Every day," says Tammy, "at least five different people thank us for opening." Kokopelli's opens each morning at 7:30 and features an eclectic mix of live music acts (acoustic, young artists, folk, rock) ThursdaySunday evenings.
Judging from the crowds swarming in and around La Cocina del Sol one recent eve, Crozet seems to be thanking Alex Montiel for his much-awaited Southwestern restaurant opened in late June. A Crozet restaurant packed with families, couples, singles at the bar– by 6pm on a Wednesday? And without even a sign out front?
Yellow inside and out with an open, airy and fresh Southwestern feel (lots of glass, yellow and white walls, an open kitchen), La Cocina is like a spritz of lemon for Crozet, and perhaps a destination restaurant in its own right.
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