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"I have faced big teams like Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Egypt, so I am ready for a big game," Mosimane said.
The former Bafana Bafana coach, who was appointed on Monday as a replacement for Johan Neeskens, was preparing for a baptism of fire against Free State Stars in a Premiership encounter in Phuthaditjhaba on Wednesday.
The Brazilians were in 15th position on the log, with only two wins, after 12 rounds of league matches.
Mosimane, who had spent little time with the players, said he would do his homework to prepare his side for the match.
"I only have one training session with the team before Wednesday, so I will have to assess them and see," he said.
"I've only been here for a day so let me diagnose first before I can write a prescription."
Stars a tough team to beat
Sixth-placed Stars were a tough prospect on their home ground, according to Mosimane.
"Not many people come out of there with a win, and I think we know the mentality of that team."
He lauded Stars' coach, Steve Komphela, who took over from Mosimane as interim Bafana mentor before the appointment of Gordon Igesund in July.
"The calibre of the coach [Komphela] and his credibility is known to us all. They have excellent players and they have belief and confidence."
The new Sundowns mentor said he had kept an eye on the big-spending Brazilians before he took the reins, and he was doing more intensive analysis of previous matches ahead of their first game under his charge.
"When I watch, I rewind and rewind, I have a pile of matches at home to watch, both of Stars' and Sundowns' last six or seven games."
In other matches on Wednesday, Chippa United play Orlando Pirates at Athlone Stadium, Wits host University of Pretoria at Bidvest Stadium and Black Leopards are up against AmaZulu in Polokwane. – Sapa


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Getting Off Dickie V's Back (For Now)Posted by jstevrtc on January 20th, 2009
John Stevens is a featured columnist for RTC. His columns will appear on Tuesdays throughout the season.
This past Saturday I was watching the North Carolina vs Miami (FL) matchup and simultaneously checking out nvr1983's live press-row blog of the event. Just before the second half started, ESPN's Dick Vitale started talking about his favorite subject, the Duke Blue Devils. No surprise there, right? Well, this time he prefaced it by saying, "I know people don't like it when I talk about Duke, but I'm gonna talk about them!" or something close to that (I don't have video of this, but if you do, put a link in the comments section and I'll add it to the post and credit you).
This tells us that it's obvious that Vitale is very much aware and maybe even a little sensitive about how the college basketball-loving public perceives him as favoring the Blue Devils. Heck, I admit, in the past I've been quick to jump on the guy with both feet about this. I've rolled my eyes and shaken my head like so many others when he, in a non-Duke basketball game, starts prattling on about Duke like a lovesick 6th-grade girl who has a crush on a boy and wants to talk about it endlessly.
So Vitale said a few things about Duke and that was that. Big deal. Big surprise. But right as the second half began, I began thinking — this wasn't his usual Thom Brennaman–Tim Tebow hyperbole about the Dukies. It was — gasp! — actually relevant. You see, it was the "I know people don't like it" part that caught my attention, specifically. That borders on an apology, or at least an acknowledgment of his Blue Devil affinity. Now, like a lot of college basketball fans, I think, I don't have a problem with the Duke program (I'm still deciding whether Coach K's satellite radio show is fair or not) as much as I have a problem with Vitale (and certainly Mike Patrick) bringing it up when it has no relevance to what's going on in front of him. That's the only time it ticks me off.
You know what it reminds me of? When you're talking to some girl and she does that "boyfriend" thing, meaning she inserts a random reference of the fact that she has a boyfriend into a conversation the FIRST chance she gets because 1) she really has one, or 2) she's not interested and this is her way of telling you. I think you know the conversation I'm talking about. Who among us hasn't been here:
Me: I had a flat tire today.
Girl: You know what? My boyfriend's car has tires.
Me: That's a heavy oxygen tank, there.
Girl: My boyfriend breathes oxygen!
Or maybe:
Me: Hi, I…
Girl: Boyfriend.
I recall that great bit on Seinfeld where George was out on a date with a woman who does that little trick by telling George he has a nice watch, then says, "My boyfriend loves watches, he's a real watch freak." When discussing it with Jerry, Jerry notes, "They just SLIP it right in there, like it's all part of the conversation." Well, I think that's kind of what Vitale does. And I think it's combined with a little bit of that schoolgirl thing I mentioned above. Or perhaps in Mr. Vitale there's a little bit of that guy who was affected so much by Star Wars as a kid that he's never been the same. You know the guy, the one who makes a Star Wars reference any time he can; the guy who filters his whole existence through that movie, seemingly asking himself at every moment of the day, "What does this have to do with Star Wars? What possible link can I make between that movie and the things that happen in my life on a moment-to-moment basis?" I think all of these are at the root of Vitale's Duke-o-philia.
BUT, my dear readers, I caught myself on this occasion, before I started texting my friends and ripping Vitale. There's a difference, this year. This season, Duke is relevant. Because Duke is good. True, Duke is usually good. But this season is different.
I see a different sort of energy around this particular Duke squad that I haven't seen in recent years. This is a team that has bought into the fact — one that coaches across the country at all levels try SO HARD to get into the collective consciousnesses of their teams — that defense creates offense, that the toughness of your defense will determine your success. In addition to being 4th in the nation in scoring, themselves, Duke keeps their opponents at 39.6% shooting per game, and they are second in the nation in a statistic I consider very important and telling, that of Turnovers Forced Per Game (17.0!!). So maybe Vitale, in his Duke love, is to be given a little leeway this year?
I admit, that's going to be tough. How many of you recall this incident from last year, where Vitale was calling a Duke game and this was shown:

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Some view unpaid leave as a chance to travel and have a vacation free of disruptions.
Spring is near, temperatures are warming, and the Nationals are preparing to defend their National League East crown, raising the question: Is there ever a good time to get furloughed?
With sequestration set to take effect on Friday, hundreds of thousands of federal employees may soon be facing unpaid days off. While most are no doubt dreading news of a furlough, there are apparently some who see a silver lining.
One reason is that Congress has sometimes granted furloughed federal employees back pay for the wages they missed. There is no guarantee that will happen this time. But after the 21-day shutdown from Dec. 16, 1995, to Jan. 6, 1996, more than $44 million was approved by Congress and the president to retroactively pay the 284,000 impacted employees, according to the Congressional Research Service.
Another reason is that agencies have to cap the furloughs at 22 days because unpaid leave beyond that becomes a layoff. And while nothing in the law requires federal agencies to schedule 22 days of furlough consecutively, there is also nothing in law that prohibits it.
"Bring it on! I've requested the consecutive 22 days so I can draw unemployment and travel," wrote one federal employee on the U.S. Air Force Web site earlier this week.
"I couldn't care less," wrote another on a FederalTimes.com blog. "Let it happen.... A vacation through a furlough is the best kind possible since I would be legally prohibited from doing anything in an official capacity including checking e-mails. I haven't had such an enjoyable vacation since the advent of cell phones and the Internet."
These are exceptions, of course. One federal worker, who spoke on condition that he not be identified, said that far from viewing unpaid leave as a good thing, he and his colleagues are "worried also about what is going to happen to jobs in our office longer term."
Moreover, most agencies are expected to spread out the unpaid, off-duty furlough days—not permit them to run consecutively—to minimize the impact on services.
But Joseph Kaplan, a lawyer whose firm represents federal employees worldwide, says that federal workers should know that they have clearly defined legal rights. For instance, none of the furloughs can begin on Friday. Employees must be given 30 days of advance written notice of a furlough by an agency, and then there must be seven calendar days for an employee to respond orally or in writing, have a lawyer or someone else represent them, and perhaps even appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board.
That means the earliest the sequester-related furloughs could start is in April.
But there are few grounds on which to challenge furloughs, unless proper notice was not given or some other violation of due process occurred.
Kaplan makes another point: "It does take an act of Congress to get the lost pay."
Asked about the likelihood that Congress would give federal workers their missed pay for furlough days retroactively this time around, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, did not directly respond to the question.
"Hopefully, President Obama will work with us to stop his sequester and replace it with smarter, common-sense spending cuts—so that will be a moot point," Boehner spokesman Michael Steel said.
Mariel Saez, a spokeswoman for House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, a Democrat whose Maryland district includes 62,000 federal workers, said, "Right now, Mr. Hoyer remains focused on replacing sequestration with a balanced solution to prevent the possibility of furloughs for federal employees."
(Image via Ersler Dmitry/Shutterstock.com)
NEXT STORY: How Furloughs Will Affect Pay and Benefits


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Department of Human Evolution
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone: +49 (341) 3550 - 350
fax: +49 (0341) 3550 - 399
e-mail: streiber@[>>> Please remove the brackets! <<<]eva.mpg.de
Geoffrey Michael Smith
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Department of Human Evolution
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone: 0049 (0) 341 3550 371
fax: 0049 (0) 341 3550 399
e-mail: geoffrey_smith@[>>> Please remove the brackets! <<<]eva.mpg.de
Research Interests
Geoff Smith is a Palaeolithic zooarchaeologist interested in the evolution of hominin subsistence behaviour. His research focus is on the analysis of animal remains from Palaeolithic sites to investigate taphonomy, site formation and hominin behaviour. He has studied material from sites throughout Europe and from various time slices including some of the earliest sites in Europe (Boxgrove, UK) along with key Neanderthal localities (La Cotte de St Brelade, UK; Neumark-Nord 2, Germany).
He joined the Department of Human Evolution in September 2017 to investigate human subsistence behaviour across the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in Europe. Primarily this will be through a new, up to date analysis of faunal material from the sites of Bacho Kiro (Bulgaria) and Ranis (Germany). His work will analyse and contextualise faunal data from both old collections and new excavations to present a comprehensive history of site formation, assemblage taphonomy and human subsistence behaviour. Results from these new analyses will then be synthesised to investigate human subsistence behaviour at the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition at a broader European scale.


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Meru raises Rs 150 crore from BCCL's Brand Capital
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Is the American motoring dream in India coming to an abrupt and complete end? The answer looks affirmative. After the unceremonious exit of General Motors and Ford Motors' complete sellout to Mahindra & Mahindra, the solitary American two-wheeler offering; Harley-Davidson is stopping production and scaling down operations to imported bikes only. This would leave the premium superbike market for the major European ones like Triumph, BMW, Ducati and Japanese rivals like Honda, Kawasaki, and Suzuki. How will the luxury bike market and overall auto market pan out in a complete absence of American players? Chanchal Pal Chauhan reports.
Ashesh Dhar joined the auto industry in 1991 and worked with TVS, Bajaj Auto and Mahindra before joining Tata Motors.


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Panasonic is hoping that its takeover of Sanyo will make energy systems its flagship division and help to triple its sales in the next three years.
A £2.8 billion takeover of Sanyo has brought a wealth of expertise in batteries and solar panels – something that the hierarchy at Panasonic see as a key growth area.
"The two brands will work closely to learn from each other and bring together the wisdom of each company," Panasonic said in a statement.
Green growth
Panasonic is hoping for a jump from 7 trillion yen in revenue this year to 9.5 trillion yen in 2013 – a rise from £47 billion to £63.5 billion, driven by a big increase in sales.
The Japanese company will invest 100 billion yen (£672m) over the next six years to expands its solar cell production, as well as claim 40 per cent of the global market in lithium-ion rechargeable batteries.
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Contributors: Roundtable discussion, feedback, and fact checking by Steve Taft, Lou Costabile and Jarret Kahn
What is the Michael Jordan true rookie card?
This article is the result of a roundtable discussion I held with three knowledgeable collectors looking at the status of the 1984-85 Star Michael Jordan #101 card. The question on the table was: "Is the 84-85 Star #101 card Michael Jordan's true rookie card and why/why not? Why is it that the card is designated an XRC by most collectors?" Some collectors refer to this as the Michael Jordan TRC.
Michael Jordan Star Co #101 cards for sale on eBay now
It is worth noting also that, though our discussion focussed on the Michael Jordan #101 card in the 84-85 Star set, there are several other notable cards produced by Star Co. to which the same principles apply. For example (by no means exhaustive):
- James Worthy #25 83-84 set
- Isiah Thomas #94 83-84 set
- Dominique Wilkins #263 83-84 set
- Charles Barkley #202 84-85 set
- John Stockton #235 84-85 set
- (H)Akeem Olajuwon #237 84-85 set
- Patrick Ewing #166 85-86 set
Having input into the conversation was renowned Star Co. cards expert Steve Taft along with experienced collectors Lou Costabile and Jarret Kahn. Check out the bottom of the article for links to the websites and online stores for these guys.
Steve Taft has been a dealer of Star Co. cards since the first All Star Game release in 1983. He consulted for the NBA in the million dollar court case between the NBA and Star Co. following the illegal printing of back dated cards in late 1996 to 1997. (This is commonly called the "Shop at Home Scandal" and you can read more about it at my interview with Steve Taft of August 2010.) Steve was also responsible for training Beckett graders in 2008 to enable BGS to begin grading Star cards – Beckett press release.
Lou Costabile and Jarret Kahn are well established and highly knowledgeable collectors of Michael Jordan Star Co. cards. Both have experience buying and selling the highest graded and most valuable Michael Jordan Star Co. collectables. Lou has also written a couple of articles for this website:
- Michael Jordan's Brightest Star (featuring a scan contributed by Jarret)
- Loch Ness Monster! Big Foot! Michael Jordan Caesars Palace Lake Tahoe Heavy Hitters!
Now that you've met everyone let's get into the discussion. The Michael Jordan memorabilia collecting community at large generally accepts the Beckett determined status of the 84-85 Star #101 card as being an XRC (Extended Rookie Card) and not Jordan's RC (Rookie Card). This is a point of contention for many reasons as you'll see in this article.
To begin our discussion we first need to define these two terms clearly.
What is a Rookie Card (RC)?
Between us we agreed that a rookie card is a card which is:
- The professional player's first appearance on a card.
For example in 1985 Topps released a Mark McGwire baseball card #401 in a Team USA uniform which is considered his rookie card even though his first card in an Oakland A's uniform was 1987.
- Manufactured by a company with a license to print cards for the major league they are representing.
- Part of a regular release set unless the only card released was part of a special set.
For example if the player has a base card, All Star card, and League Leader card in the one set then the base card will be considered the rookie card.
What is an Extended Rookie Card (XRC)?
The Extended Rookie Card nomenclature was actually invented by Beckett as a way to differentiate between the first card of a player in a standard set (RC) versus the first card of a player in special sets such as Topps Traded, Fleer Update or Donruss Rookies (XRC).
Beckett's reason for this was to place emphasis on the standard set to ensure true rookie cards came from these standard sets and not from special sets which sometimes featured new players before they had officially become professional players.
This statement begs another question: "what exactly is the difference between a 'standard' and 'special' set"?
I couldn't find anything from Beckett stating how they differentiate between the sets however, if we take the Topps Traded and Fleer Update sets as an example, we can assume the intention of the XRC designation was to ensure cards from complementary release sets distributed in complete set form are not classified as true rookie cards.
In addition, many collectors state that any card from a set not available through retail outlets and easily obtained by the general public cannot qualify as a rookie card. Steve Taft confirmed that this was the major point for Beckett in assigning the XRC status to RC cards of Star Co. sets:
I recall that a card from a set generally not obtainable thru retail outlets was a reason to call it an XRC and not a RC. Beckett believed a RC should be a card from a set available thru the long traditional sales outlets for cards such as corner liquor stores, pharmacies, mini-marts. This is why Star Co. RCs were assigned to the XRC category.


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Musical. Are you attracted to the wrong people? Does your wife look like your mother? Are your instincts untamed? Do you want answers to why? Come and lie down on Freud's couch.
Premiere October 29, 2012.
Freud's cigarr is the composer and lyricist Jan-Erik Sääf's tenth musical. In a warm, witty and humorous way, the legendary psychotherapist Sigmund Freud's theories are presented in the form of musical theatre. Freud, who lived in Vienna in the 1890s, dared to seek explanations about the human subconscious in a way that no one had done before. The production Freud's cigarr had its first performance at Boulevardteatern (The Boulevard Theatre) in Stockholm in 2009 and became an enormous success with the public. In the role of Sigmund Freud we see and hear Jonas Nerbe, actor, singer and artistic director of Stockholms MusikTeater. He is accompanied by three musicians.
"Freuds cigarr is amongst the coolest things to be seen at the theatre just now" wrote Svenska Dagbladet after the premier, "Jonas Nerbe is completely convincing in the role of Freud with a glint in the eye" wrote Dagens Nyheter.
Jan-Erik Sääf and Jonas Nerbe have collaborated previously in the musicals Me, William and Erik, both productions by Stockholms MusikTeater. Jan-Erik Sääf's compositions stretch across several genres such as opera, musicals, oratorios, songs and symphonic works. He has also worked in film, television, ballet and children's theatre.


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Stanczyk has previously published a map (or two) of Mt. Olivet, Detroit cemetery showing the various sections. Today, I am continuing the Mount Olivet meme to publish all of the section maps I have.
- Search of Mt Olivet is a part of the Mt Elliott cemetery association.
- Macomb County Death Searches
- Macomb County Obituary Search
- Seeking MI (Death Records 1897-1920)
- Interment.net
- Find A Grave
- Billion Graves
Section 15 (North part)
Sampling of Names:
332 – Buczkowski
443 – Orzel
553 – Rozanski
595 – Katolski – Koswicki
623 – Wroblewski
724 – Morawska
Let me hasten to add that Stanczyk is NOT related to the above name samples. You need to follow the link to Mt Elliott cemetery association for more info.


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Washington Street is a street in Washington Beach, Vice City, one of the few named streets in the city. The exact length of the street is unknown.
It's the street where the game begins. Tommy Vercetti is dropped by Ken Rosenberg in a alleyway just in the side from his office. It begins at the South Bridge, which connects the Vice City Mainland to Midland, and it ends in an unnamed roundabout, in South Vice Point, theres a lot of businesses, safehouses around the street. Like the Avery Construction and the rival construction, on the other side of the street.
Missions appearances
Ken Rosenberg Missions
All those missions are received at the K. Rosenberg & Co.
Colonel Cortez Missions
- Mall Shootout - Tommy kills Pierre La Ponce in the Washington Mall
Avery Carrington Missions
All those missions are received at the Avery's construction side.
Umberto Robina Missions
- Stunt Boat Challenge - Tommy and Rico go underneath a little bridge, above a canal.
Vice Street Racer
The 3 most expensive races cross the Washington St.
- Stubby Shotgun - Over the Washington Mall Parking Lot
- TEC-9 - Behind the last pink house in the unnamed roundabout.
- Pistol - Inside the Avery Construction, first floor.
Rampages and Unique Stunt Jumps
- 3 Rampages
- 1st - Top of the Mall
- 2nd - West side of the Links View Apartment, front of the pink house.
- 3rd - Unnamed roundabout, heights form Vice Point.
- 2 Unique Stunt Jumps
- 1st - At the Bunch O'Tools, a little ramp to spring over a canal, you will land behind the Washington Beach Police Department.
- 2nd - At the third floor of Avery Construction, using wooden ramps, a PCJ-600 will be useful.
Hidden Packages
- 1 - Behind the 1102 Safehouse.
- 2 - Under the little bridge.
- 3 - South across the road from the construction side, just near the swimming pool.
- 4 - Near the jetty, at the little pier, behind the green apartments, across the street from the construction side,
- Front of the Ocean View Hospital, along with an ambulance.
Notable residents
- Ken Rosenberg (1986)
- Tommy Vercetti (1986)
- Avery Carrington (1986)
- Victor Vance (1984)


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The Graduate Center mourns the recent loss of five vital members of its community.
Gustavo Archilla, who worked at the Graduate Center as assistant to the registrar Elmer Lokkins until retiring in 1970, died on November 27, 2012, at the age of 96. He was described in the New York Times as an inspiration to supporters of same-sex marriage after he and Lokkins married in Canada in 2003. At that point they had lived together, without advertising their relationship, for fifty-eight years. Following the wedding, Archilla spoke out on the subject in a New York Times interview: "It was about fulfilling this desire people have to dignify what you have done all your life—to qualify it by going through the ceremony so that it has the same seriousness, the same objective that anybody getting married would be entitled to." Lokkins survives him. Archilla was born in Puerto Rico and moved to New York as a boy, taking a variety of jobs to support several younger siblings after his parents died.
Harry G. Carlson, 82, professor of theatre history and modern drama and internationally published scholar and translator of Swedish literature, died on December 22, 2012. Dr. Carlson, who retired in 2000, served as professor of theatre at Queens College, and was among the first members of the doctoral faculty in theatre when the Graduate Center program was established in 1968. A passionate teacher and educator, he will be missed by generations of students. Carlson is best known as a leading authority on the works of August Strindberg and Lars Forsell, and as a great Strindberg scholar who above all others transformed the Swedish playwright from a peculiar Swede to a foundational figure of literary modernism. His books and scholarly articles were published both in English and Swedish and were translated into many other languages. His most influential books include Strindberg and the Poetry of Myth (1982) and Out of Inferno: Strindberg's Reawakening as an Artist (1996). He left behind a yet unpublished manuscript on August Strindberg as a painter and his relationship to French artists and art colonies of his time. Carlson's highly praised translations (to be found in his Strindberg: Five Plays and in Modern Nordic Plays: Sweden, among other published volumes) continue to be widely read and produced by theatre companies internationally. Among many other honors, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Umeå University, Sweden (1990), and a Guggenheim Fellowship (1966). After earning his Ph.D. at Ohio State University Carlson taught at various universities in Illinois and Georgia before coming to CUNY. Even after retiring, he remained active as a teacher until his death, lecturing on Shakespeare for enthusiastic groups of students on Long Island, most recently at the Amagansett Public Library. It is fitting to say goodbye with the words of his beloved poet, Shakespeare: "Now cracks a noble heart. Good night sweet prince: And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!" (excerpted from text written by GC theatre alumna Eszter Szalczer)
Paul Mundinger, a member of the doctoral faculty in biology, died on November 10, 2011, at age 77. Dr. Mundinger ran the largest live bird research laboratory in the United States at Queens College. He joined the doctoral faculty in biology in the early 1980s and retired from Queens in January 2011. He inspired the careers of many students, and his son, Thomas Mundinger, said that his research led to "a wider acceptance of gene-based behavior throughout the scientific community." He studied vertebrate behavior, in particular analyzing bird calls and songs and the mechanisms of bird song learning. Using a sociobiological approach, his lab focused on the cultural evolution of song patterns, the effect of migration and dispersal on song culture change, the genetic basis of song learning predispositions, and the role of social factors on song learning, and contributed empirical evidence and theory development to the emerging field of biocultural coevolution and cognitive ethology. Mundinger received a Ph.D. in ethology from Cornell University and conducted the first of his avian field studies at their then-new Laboratory of Ornithology.
Setsuko Matsunaga Nishi, professor emerita of sociology and women's studies at the Graduate Center, died on November 17, 2012. She was 91. Appointed to the doctoral faculty in sociology in the early 1970s, she retired from Brooklyn College, her home campus, in January 1999. Nishi was a civil rights advocate and, as Greg Robinson and Barbara Katz Rothman wrote in the Los Angeles Japanese Daily News, Rafu Shimpo, on November 28, a "pioneering scholar of Asian Americans and multiracial relations." Her career combined sociological research and teaching in academia with social policy consultancy for both public and private organizations, as well as volunteer community leadership. Dr. Nishi was the founding board president of the Asian American Federation, Inc., and a past chair of the New York Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Born in Los Angeles, she was an honor student at the University of Southern California when she was incarcerated in a camp for Japanese Americans; after five months, she was granted leave to study sociology at Washington University in St. Louis. She received her doctorate in sociology from the University of Chicago in 1963. From 1965 until her retirement in 1999, she served as a professor of sociology at Brooklyn College and, when she joined the Graduate Center doctoral faculty in the early 1970s, initiated the first courses on Asian American studies. She also served as a faculty member in the women's studies certificate program from 1997 to 1999. Nishi received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Asian American Studies in 2007, and one of Japan's highest decorations, the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, in June 2009. At the time of her death, Dr. Nishi was preparing for the publication of a national study comparing the long-term outcomes of Japanese Americans who left internment camps to go to the Army, to college, to segregation at Tule Lake, and to work during wartime. A memorial research fund has been established to complete the publication of this and other work.
Lena Sorensen (Environmental Psychology, 1991), nurse, teacher, and researcher, died of heart failure on August 17, 2012, at the age of 64. For four years before her death, she served as associate professor of medical informatics in the School of Nursing at Massachusetts General Hospital's Institute of Health Professions. According to her obituary in the Boston Globe, she "dedicated her career to finding new and ingenious ways for patients to connect with doctors and nurses, and her own gift for connecting with others was as apparent in her personal life as it was in her professional work." Sorensen, who was born in Denmark, earned a bachelor's degree in nursing and master's degrees in psychiatric nursing and psychology, as well as her Ph.D. from the Graduate Center, where her dissertation was titled "Nursing and Computers: Caring in the Context of Information Technology." She received a Fulbright award in 1997 to study at the University of Tromso in Norway, where she was a visiting professor from 1998 to 2002. She also taught at Boston University, the University of Massachusetts–Boston, the University of Colorado, and New York University, where she created and until 2009 directed the graduate program in nursing informatics.
Submitted on: JAN 9, 2013
Category: Biology | Environmental Psychology | General GC News | Psychology | Sociology | Theatre and Performance | Women's Studies


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Wacha starts off strong as Cardinals tie up Nationals
Righty retires first six batters; Rosenthal delivers scoreless inning in spring debut
JUPITER, Fla. -- The Cardinals and Nationals both scored three runs in the eighth inning and played to a 4-4 tie in 10 innings Saturday afternoon at Roger Dean Stadium.
The Nationals took their first lead of the game with a three-run homer from outfielder Destin Hood in the top of the eighth.
With Washington playing split-squad games, Hood was pulled out of Minor League camp to join the big league team for the day. In his first at-bat of the game, he drove a pitch from Cardinals righty Zach Petrick over the fence in right-center. The homer, which came with one out, followed an error by shortstop Luis Mateo and Justin Martinson's single.
The Cardinals answered right back with RBI hits from Xavier Scruggs and Greg Garcia. Scruggs drove home one with a two-out, ground-rule double. Garcia followed with a two-run single to tie the game. All three runs were scored off Washington reliever Daniel Stange.
Before the offensive outburst, the game had been tied at 1-1 since both starters exited after three innings.
The Cardinals, with an RBI single from second baseman Mark Ellis, scored first off Nationals right-hander Chris Young in the second. Ellis' hit followed a single and stolen base by catcher Yadier Molina. Those were the only two hits Young allowed while throwing 46 pitches (24 strikes) over three innings. Young walked three and struck out one.
St. Louis starter Michael Wacha retired the first six batters he faced on 24 pitches before running into some trouble in the third. A leadoff single by Brock Peterson, who made his Major League debut with the Cardinals last season, was followed by a walk and RBI single from Jamey Carroll.
Wacha finished with a pitch count of 51. It was the most pitches thrown by a Cardinals starter this spring.
A.J. Cole, a fourth-round pick from the 2010 First-Year Player Draft, followed Young with 2 2/3 scoreless innings. He scattered two hits and struck out three. Aaron Barrett replaced him and retired all four batters he faced.
Four Cardinals relievers -- Trevor Rosenthal, Sam Freeman, Randy Choate and Tyler Lyons -- made scoreless appearances. Saturday's outing was the spring debut for Rosenthal, whose throwing program had been interrupted by a groin strain.
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Since the weather had been so nice in NYC (HAD seeing that it's cold again), I decided to make these small cookies. I figured they would be an easy treat to throw in my bag and go.
See how small and cute they are? I used my normal chocolate chip cookie recipe. It's my favorite. I am addicted to it. So, I greatly enjoyed popping these in my mouth throughout the next couple of days (you know...when the weather was warm.)
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1 stick of margarine/butter (I find that margarine will make them softer. Yum!)1/2 cup of white sugar
1/4 cup of brown sugar
1 egg well beaten
1 cup and 2 Tablespoons of flour
1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla (use the real thing....imitation vanilla is a poser!)
1/4 teaspoon of warm water (DO IT! TRUST ME!)
6 oz of mini semi sweet chocolate chip morsels
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix margarine, sugars, and egg together until margarine chunks are quite small and well beaten. Sift flour, baking soda, and salt together and then stir until well mixed. Add vanilla and then mix. Water and then mix. And then add in the chocolate chips last. Place dollops of dough on cookie sheet with plenty of room between each dollop. Bake 8-10 minutes.
Erika's Extra Notes: To get very lovely and soft cookies, take out of oven when they are still fluffy/slightly uncooked looking. They will cook more while cooling. If baking two sheets at once, make sure to switch the top to the bottom and vice-versa half way through baking.
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East Rutherford, NJ - The 2014 Championship Meet at The Meadowlands will offer over $9 Million in harness racing purses for its stakes races, headlined by the $1.2 Million Hambletonian on Saturday August 2nd.
Carrying a $1.2 Million total purse, The Hambletonian is the richest Standardbred race in North America and will be the first jewel of the trotting triple crown in 2014. Hambletonian Day will also include a wide array of other stakes races, with total purses for the day being approximately $3.5 Million, the richest day of racing in the state of New Jersey.
The Hambletonian program will also include The Hambletonian Oaks, John Cashman Memorial, U.S. Pacing Championship, Peter Haughton Memorial, Merrie Annabelle, Lady Liberty and more.
"Hambletonian Day is always the greatest day of racing for our sport each year and we are thrilled to be the home of such a historic event," said Director of Racing Operations Darin Zoccali. "It is an event like the Super Bowl for us, where as soon as Hambletonian Day is over, we begin working on the next one."
This year's Hambletonian will be the first in the new $100 Million Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment facility.
"We are excited to give The Hambletonian a brand new, state of the art facility to call home," said General Manager Jason Settlemoir. "The experience for our customers will be better than ever, with more activities and a wide array of options for our customers to enjoy the day how they want, from fine dining, a gorgeous sports bar, skyboxes, a rooftop terrace and The Backyard which will be an enhanced version of the old paddock park. In addition, the day is sure to have a more intimate connection to the racing than ever before, as we have been feeling that energy all season long here at The Meadowlands."
Post time for The Hambletonian Day program is scheduled for 12:00 P.M.
The Meadowlands signature event, The Meadowlands Pace will take place on Saturday July 12th. Thanks to proactive changes made to the payment structure of the race, The Meadowlands Pace is showing promising growth through the sustaining payments and will carry a purse of an estimated $750,000 for the 2014 edition.
"We worked very hard on improving The Meadowlands Pace," said Zoccali. "We implemented an altered payment structure which will continue to evolve going forward and we are already seeing the results through the sustaining payments. This year's Meadowlands Pace is trending toward a substantial increase in the purse for the Final over 2013."
The Meadowlands Pace program will also offer a huge card of racing, including such races as The Mistletoe Shalee, Stanley Dancer Memorial, Del Miller Memorial, William Haughton Memorial, The Golden Girls, The New Jersey Sire Stakes Championships for two year olds and more, producing a near $3 Million night of stakes action. Meadowlands Pace Night will feature a special start time of 6:30 P.M.
New to the 2014 Stakes Calendar is The $400,000 Hambletonian Maturity for four year old trotters, to be contested at 1 1/8th Miles on Saturday July 5th which is Meadowlands Pace Elimination night. A maximum of 16 horses will be on the gate for the $400,000 event.
"This is a unique event," added Zoccali. "It would be great to see upwards of 12 or 13 horses entered as the race would have a European-style feel to it and I think is something we will all enjoy. It also provides a major race for the four year old trotters to target as their stakes season kicks off."
Other major events are the Arthur J. Cutler Memorial, to take place on Saturday May 17th and will coincide with Roosevelt Raceway Legacy Night. The New Jersey Sire Stakes Championships for three year olds will be on Saturday May 31st and The Meadowlands Maturity Pace on Friday June 13th, which is likely to mark the 2014 debut of Captaintreacherous, the 2013 Pacer of the Year.
While not a part of the summer Championship Meet, The Breeders Crown makes its return to The Meadowlands in the fall, with the Finals taking place over two championship nights of racing, Friday November 21st and Saturday November 22nd. The standardbred stakes season will end the following Saturday night, November 29th, with the second annual $1 Million TVG Free For All Championships. The 2014 Meadowlands stakes program will offer an estimated $16 Million in purses and the full stakes schedule can be found at http://meadowlandsracetrack.com/uploadedfiles/2014_Meadowlands_Stakes_Schedule.pdf.
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BAY CITY (AP) -- A man charged with killing a 4-year-old boy on an Indian reservation in central Michigan wants to move his trial to federal court in Detroit.
An attorney for Anthony Bennett says there's been too much negative publicity about the case. John Shea says Bennett is unlikely to get a fair jury in Bay City federal court because the public could be "poisoned" against him.
Bennett is charged with the death of Carnel Chamberlain, whose burned remains were found buried last summer outside the boy's home on the Saginaw Chippewa Indian reservation, about 70 miles north of Lansing. Bennett was living with Carnel and the boy's mother.
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For his Facebook game titled 50 Cent's Blackjack, 50 Cent linked up with Game Show Network (GSN) Digital to create a virtual casino where Facebook users can challenge their friends or play the games dealer.
"I am excited to partner with GSN Digital on this venture to create an unparalleled social gaming experience for my fans," 50 Cent explained to Hip-Hop Wired. "50 Cent's Blackjack is filled with fun twists and innovative features that is sure to provide hours of entertainment."
Unlike 50 Cent's Blackjack, Jay-Z's Empire will take more of a Sims-like approach where Facebook users can quite literally create their own empires as they work their way from "hustler, to entrepreneur, to business mogul."
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Board by board, the Charles W. Morgan sails toward seaworthiness
Mystic - Standing inside the massive hold of the whaling ship Charles W. Morgan last week, Quentin Snediker glanced at the thick framing one last time before it was covered with planks.
Some of the framing is original to the 1841 ship, while other pieces have been replaced by live oak that Snediker has acquired from all over the country.
The director of the Mystic Seaport shipyard said the restoration of the world's last wooden whaling ship is on track, and that in a few years the Morgan should be able to sail to old ports such as New London and New Bedford and Provincetown, Mass., for the first time in almost a century.
About one-third of the $6.5 million project to restore the hull of the National Historic Landmark has been completed, Snediker said. The hull would be launched on July 21, 2013, the 172nd anniversary of its original launch in New Bedford. Work such as reinstalling the rigging will continue through the remainder of 2013, with the Morgan setting sail in 2014.
About 14 shipwrights and apprentices work on the project daily, and Snediker said there have been no big surprises so far.
Precise three-dimensional laser measurements have been made of the 113-foot ship and patterns made of each piece of framing that needs to be replaced so a new one can be fashioned from sturdy trees known as live oaks.
"On the whole we know this ship very well so we know what we're getting into," Snediker said.
Some of the original framing in the bottom of the hull surprisingly did not need to be replaced, while wood added in the latter half of the 20th century had to be removed and replaced.
Snediker explained that's because the original oak has been preserved by its long immersion in salt water while the new wood is in areas subject to drying out and exposure to fresh water, all of which promotes rotting.
Money, wood needed
The Morgan has long been a popular exhibit at the Seaport, but it last sailed about 1924, almost two decades before the Seaport bought it from a group in North Dartmouth, Mass. In 1941, the Morgan was towed to Mystic.
The Seaport has raised a third of the money it needs for the project.
"We have the crew to do the work, the expertise and the tools, but in this economic climate it's been hard to raise the money," he said. "But we're doing a lot of fundraising."
The museum is also working to amass all the live oak and other wood it needs for the restoration. Snediker has assembled a network of people throughout the southeastern United States who know the museum is looking for large live oak trees and alerts him when they are available. The trees need to be large enough and long enough to fashion the thick timbers needed for the ship.
Through Snediker's network, the museum has obtained live oaks felled by hurricanes Katrina and Ike and removed to make way for road projects.
Last summer, during excavation work at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, oak ship timbers from the 1840s - the same decade that the Morgan was being built - were unearthed.
"The beauty of live oak is that it was still sound. A few days after coming out of the ground it was being put into the ship," Snediker said.
After completing the replacement of frames and planks on the inside of the hull, which once carried ballast, casks of water, supplies and barrels of oil, work will begin on the outside of the hull.
Snediker said the biggest part of the project comes near the end, when the bottom has to be replaced. That must be done last so the wood does not dry out.
"We still have a lot of work to do," he said.
When the project is done, Snediker said, 15 percent to 18 percent of the ship's original wood will remain.
"Part of historic preservation," he said, "is to retain as much of the original work as possible."
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FRIDAY, Sept. 25 (HealthDay News) -- People who suffer serious head injuries are more likely to survive if they have alcohol in their bloodstream, a new study suggests.
Data on more than 38,000 people with such injuries showed that 9.7 percent of those with no trace of alcohol in the bloodstream died in the hospital, compared to a 7.7 percent death rate for those whose tests showed the presence of alcohol, according to a report in the September issue of the Archives of Surgery.
While the injured people whose blood contained alcohol were more likely to have complications (12.9 percent versus 9.8 percent), they spent less time on a ventilator or in the intensive care unit, said researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
The information came from analysis of the 53 percent of 72,294 cases listed in the National Trauma Data Bank in which alcohol testing was done. Traces of alcohol were found in 37.9 percent of those tested.
Smaller human studies have shown the same effect, as have animal studies, the report said. The animal studies indicated several possible mechanisms for alcohol's protective effect, such as diminished activity of catecholamines, the "fight-or-flight" hormones that include adrenaline, the researchers wrote.
"Our group has been working on blunting these catecholamine responses," said study author Dr. Ali Salim, an associate professor of surgery at Cedars-Sinai. "We came across animal studies showing that alcohol can do that in brain injury, so we looked at our largest database to see if we could find a correlation."
The study "raises the intriguing possibility that administering ethanol [alcohol] to patients with brain injuries may improve outcome," the report said.
But it's a possibility that requires intensive study before being put into medical use, said Dr. Homer C.N. Tien, an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Toronto, who led a study that found similar results three years ago.
"It just raises a possibility," Tien said of the new study. "The message is that we should look at this more closely."
What would be needed would be more studies in both animals and humans, he said. "Then we might propose a trial to give alcohol to people who have brain injury."
The higher incidence of complications seen in people who have alcohol in their blood when they suffer brain injuries is understandable, Tien said. "People who drink and drive tend to have alcohol abuse or dependence problems, so they are more likely to have health issues," he said.
And alcohol has to be handled carefully in medicine and real life, Tien said. "The report was very careful to say that alcohol has a huge potential to destroy life," he said. "From a public health point of view, it is not something we should mess with. But ethanol may have a pharmacological role if administered in discrete amounts in certain circumstances."
Dr. M. Sean Grady, chairman of the department of neurosurgery at the University of Pennsylvania, was even more cautious.
"I have a lot of caveats about the information they provide," he said. "Only half the people in the database had their blood alcohol measured, so we have to worry about their conclusions."
While Grady said "the novel use of a large database is a major contribution, I'm not confident that their observation is true or not."
Like Tien, Grady said more research on the issue is needed. "Instead of using an administrative database, we could do a number of clinical trials for traumatic brain injury collecting ethanol data as part of the studies," he said. "Those studies would have more detail and could give a better sense of whether ethanol plays a positive or negative role."
"Mechanism-wise, we need to figure out more about why this happens," Salim said. "We need to know about why it happens and how much alcohol we might need. Higher levels seem to worsen outcome. Also, we have to look at timing. A lot needs to be worked out."
Funding for studies of alcohol in brain injury would not be easy to get "because you're talking about an agent that contributes to brain injury," Salim said. "The key is to look at mechanism, and try to find alternatives for that mechanism."
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Advice on avoiding brain injuries is given by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
SOURCES: Ali Salim, M.D., associate professor, surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles; Homer C.N. Tien, assistant professor, surgery, University of Toronto; M. Sean Grady, chairman, department of surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; September 2009 Archives of Surgery
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The ATI Radeon HD 3800 graphics card series is the much anticipated new line of graphics cards by AMD. Many of our readers know that ATI's line of desktop graphics cards has some price gaps that their key competitor offers cards at. ATI really doesn't have a graphics card in the $150 to $250 price range nor the $399 and above category. This have given NVIDIA free reign at these price points, but that all changes today as the Radeon HD 3800 series fills the price gap between $150 and $250. Other than putting a product line at this key pricing segment, they have also introduced a new GPU core known as the RV670 that has several new features that make it stand out from the competition.
The ATI Radeon 3800 series will consist of the Radeon HD3870 and the Radeon HD 3850. Both cards have the same core and the only major difference is the clock speeds that the cards operate at. Today, we will be bringing you an in-depth review on a pair of Radeon HD 3850 graphics cards. In the future, we will be reviewing the Radeon HD 3870, so hang tight on that one. The Radeon HD 3850 that we will be covering today is pictured under the Radeon HD 2600 XT in the picture below.
The ATI Radeon HD 38XX series are the first graphics cards in the world to support DirectX 10.1 capabilities and plug-and-play ATI CrossFireX multi-GPU upgradeability. CrossFireX is similar to CrossFire, but up to four graphics cards are paired together this time around. If you would like to run eight displays or want the ultimate gaming performance from AMD – CrossFireX is the way to go, but you have to use an AMD 790FX motherboard with four x16 PCI Express lanes to make it possible. DirectX 10.1 brings awesome new lighting features like global illumination to reality, but in order to support Microsoft DirectX 10.1 these cards will need to be used on a system with Microsoft Vista SP1, which isn't due out till sometime in 2008. Once the first service pack for Vista comes out, game developers will be able to individually light hundred if not thousands of moving objects individually, which is a step closer to realism in games. So, what changes has ATI made that we can enjoy today? How about the fact it's built on the world's first 55nm process for a GPU; PCI Express 2.0; Unified Video Decoder – or "UVD" for full decoding of H.264 and VC-1; and lastly, how about ATI Power Play?
The GeForce 8800 GT will be known as the first desktop card on the market to support PCI Express 2.0, but the Radeon HD 3800 series was just a couple weeks behind. Current games have pushed the PCI Express 1.1 to its limits with high frame buffer demands, so PCI Express 2.0 was developed and launched. PCI Express 2.0 increases the bus data rate from 8GB per second to 16GB per second, so it actually doubles the bandwidth on this critical PC graphics interconnect. The PCI Express 2.0 specification is key for moving data quickly as the system RAM needs to be accessed to get data for large textures or vertex caches and as a result gaming performance has increased on platforms that have a PCI Express 2.0 motherboard and graphics card by as much as 22% from the testing that we have seen. Many of our readers might remember a few years ago when the industry moved AGP 4X to AGP 8X and how it didn't really do anything in terms of performance. Well, this time around it actually does! A number of PCI Express 2.0 supporting chipsets are available on the market today, so if you have an Intel P35 or X38 Express chipset on your motherboard it's highly likely you have PCI Express 2.0 and didn't even know it. AMD's upcoming 7-Series consists of the 770, 790X and 790FX chipsets and all support at least one PCI Express 2.0 support slot.
ATI has managed to pack all of these new features on a single slot graphics card that only needs a single 6-pin PCI Express power header, which isn't too shabby. The 55nm RV670 die has roughly 666 million transistors in it, which is 34 million less than the 700 million found on the die of the Radeon HD 2900 XT graphics card. The move to 55nm means a massive die shrink as the RV670 is just 192 sq. mm, which is small compared to the R600 that was 408 sq. mm in size. What is interesting though is the power consumption on the Radeon HD graphics cards and how they have become more efficient. For a single Radeon HD 3850 graphics card a 450 Watt or greater power supply with a single 75 Watt 6-pin PCI Express power connector is recommended by AMD. If you want to run a CrossFire the power supply should be at least 550 Watts and have two 6-pin connectors.
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The ATI Radeon HD 3850 has half the power consumption of the Radeon HD 2900XT and performs just slightly slower as you will see in performance testing in the following pages. Thanks to the RV670 being made on the 55nm process, AMD has been able to double the performance per watt on the Radeon HD 38XX series. That is no small task for any company, but AMD seemed to nail it down this time around. One other thing that can't be ignored is the fact that ATI moved from a 512-bit memory interface to a 256-bit memory interface on all GDDR3/GDDR4 Radeon HD 3800 series cards. The ring bus memory controller that handles the reads and writes remains 512-bit though. By changing over to a 256-bit memory bus the overall cost of the card can be lowered, while at the same time not hurting performance. Many enthusiasts thought the R600 had too much memory bandwidth and they might have been right. Lets take a look at the test system and then the benchmarks to see how it performs.
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PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. (MarketWatch) — Instead of promising to keep interest rates low in order to encourage more borrowing, the Federal Reserve should say the exact opposite.
Let's face it: The Fed, like most of us, wants consumers and business to spend more. This way, the economy will grow faster, thus creating more jobs, which will lead to more spending, and so on.
In the Fed's world, the best way to achieve this objective is to promise to keep interest rates low for some time. The Fed would also like to see the rate of inflation move a little higher than it is now to further incentivize people to spend. Besides, if the rate of inflation gets too low, it could turn into deflation — the bane of central bankers around the world.
While its efforts to boost spending are certainly acceptable, its methods of achieving this important objective leave a lot to be desired. Here is why:
It is a no-brainer to postulate that both business and consumers want to borrow at the lowest possible rate of interest.
If the Fed promises people that rates will remain low, then they can take their time before taking out a loan. On the other hand, if the Fed were to threaten to raise rates, I would bet that this would set off a scramble to borrow.
In other words, the Fed should announce to people that they had better borrow now, before rates rise. We can't say exactly when interest rates will go up, but they will — and it's likely to be sooner, rather than later.
This makes more sense than telling people that it is a good idea to borrow now, but if you don't, not to worry, we will keep rates down for quite a while so you have plenty of time to decide when to borrow.
As for the rate of inflation, simply saying that the central bank wants it higher is not enough. It has to put its money where its mouth is — it must pump lots of liquidity into the financial system.
Remember what that great economist, Milton Friedman, used to say: "Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon." Simply put, you can't have generalized inflation unless you have gobs of money circulating throughout the economy.
So what is the Fed doing? Instead of pumping more money into the economy, the Fed is pumping less.
Hello? This gambit will only serve to make it harder for inflation to take hold. That said, how can you convince people to buy now, before prices rise, when you are actually seeking to deprive inflation of its fuel?
The answer is you can't jump-start buying under this kind of policy any more than you can convince people to borrow without threatening to raise rates.
This is why the economy will continue to lumber along the way it has since the recession ended five years ago.
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When picking where File History sends backups of documents, photos and the like, it's a must to be sure that the storage chosen doesn't allow for anonymous access, Kenneth Johnson, a senior associate with KPMG, warned an audience at (ISC)² Security Congress.
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It's not a flaw in the Windows feature, he says. In fact it's a pitfall that Microsoft tells how to avoid in its instructions, but it's nevertheless easy to find files exposed in this way on the Internet.
For example, in one case, Johnson says he found on the Internet documents that detail corporate goals and employee evaluations that were backed up from a machine used by the company's former CEO. In another he found a doctor's notes about individual patients.
File History regularly backs up documents, photos, videos, music and Desktop folders so if the originals are lost, damaged or deleted, they can be quickly restored. The history is also useful for finding earlier versions of files.
Setting up File History requires naming a place where the backups are stored, such as a separate drive or network attached storage. If Internet-accessible NAS is chosen and it allows for anonymous FTP, then search engine crawlers can find the files. Using a search engine to find a File History signature - \configuration\catalog1.edb – yields pages of individuals' backed-up files.
Lopping that signature off the URL and searching again moves the searcher up the file structure of the victim's storage, potentially exposing a wealth of backed up files.
If File History violates corporate policies, infosec pros can disable it altogether via a group policy object as described by Microsoft.
If businesses decide to use File History and make sure the chosen storage is secure, sensitive data can still wind up accessible to anyone on the Internet, Johnson says.
For example, if an employee copies files to a thumb drive, downloads them to a non-corporate machine that backs up to the wrong type of NAS, they are exposed, he says. In this case supplemental controls such as policies that block downloads to removable media, can help remedy the situation, he says.
Johnson says he stumbled on this weakness while researching another issue. He has found email addresses for some individuals with exposed files, and he contacted them. "If I had my data exposed I'd at least want someone to tell me," he says.
Most of them didn't respond, some corresponded with him to find out more and one berated him for snooping. (Johnson says he doesn't actually drill down into the files themselves, just to their names, which can reveal a lot about what's in them.) He's checked back on the stored files of some of those he told about their problem and many of them are no longer available, so apparently they took steps to deal with the leaks.
This story, "Windows 8.1 backups can leave sensitive files exposed to Internet" was originally published by Network World.


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The first trailer for the third entry in the Madagascar franchise has been unveiled. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted finds the zoo-friendly characters on the lam in Europe, where they join a traveling circus. It looks as though they might be going the spy thriller route (uh-oh), with Ben Stiller's character doing his best Tom Cruise impression. There are a few cute scenes here, especially with the penguins and Sacha Baron Cohen's character, and kids are sure to eat this movie up, but there's really not much to convince your average adult moviegoer that this isn't a straight-to-DVD cartoon sequel. Noah Baumbach (Fantastic Mr. Fox) penned the screenplay, so hopefully the full film offers something for a more mature audience to enjoy as well.
Hit the jump to check out the trailer. The film also features the voices of Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, David Schwimmer, and Frances McDormand. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted opens June 8th, 2012.
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Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo, and Melman the Giraffe are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple and of course, King Julien, Maurice and the Penguins are all along for the comedic adventure. Their journey takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover: a traveling circus, which they reinvent – Madagascar style.


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The Phils erupt for eight runs in the third inning as they win their first Grapefruit League game by defeating the Tigers, 10-6
An eight-run outburst in the bottom of the third leads to the Phils first Grapefruit League victory as they defeat the Tigers, 10-6.
The Tigers took the lead in the top of the first as, with the bases loaded, via a single by Andy Dirks, and walks to Jordan Lennerton and Austin Jackson, and with two men out, Nick Castellanos hits a bases clearing double to right center field, scoring Dirks, Lennerton and Jackson, giving the Tigers a 3-0 lead. The Phils would get a run back in the bottom of the second as, with two men on, and with two men out, Darin Ruf hits an RBI single, knocking in Marlon Bryd, who has started the inning off with a single, then moved up to second base on Carlos Ruiz's walk, making it a 3-1 Tigers' lead, while sending Ruiz, who has earlier walked, up to second base. The Phils made it a 3-2 Tigers' lead in the bottom of the third as, with the bases loaded, via a lead-off walk by Jimmy Rollins, a single by Chase Utley, moving Rollins up to second base, and a single by Byrd, moving both runners up a base, and with one man out, Rollins would score on a force attempt missed catch error by shortstop Hernan Perez on first baseman Lennerton's throw to second base on Dom Brown's grounder, while Utley would move up to third base, and Byrd would be safe at second base, as Brown stops at first base, leaving the bases loaded. The Phils then tied the game up at three-all as Ruiz is hit by the pitch, forcing in Utley, as Byrd and Brown both moved up a base as the bases remained loaded. The Phils then took the lead as Maikel Franco received a bases loaded walk, forcing in Byrd, giving the Phils a 4-3 lead, while moving Brown up to third base and Ruiz over to second base, with the bases staying loaded. The Phils then made it a 5-3 lead as, with Ruf battling, pitcher Jhan Marinez threw a wild pitch, allowing Brown to score from third, and Ruiz and Franco to both move up a base. Ruf then gave the Phils a 6-3 lead as he hits an RBI ground out, 5-3, knocking in Ruiz, as Franco stayed at second base. The Tigers then made a pitching change, replacing Marinez with Jose Valdez. Two batters later, after third baseman Castellanos had committed a foul pop error on a foul ball hit by Tony Gwynn, who then got on base with a walk, Rollins gives the Phils a 9-3 lead as he hits a third-run home run to right field for his first home run of the spring, scoring Franco and Gwynn. The Tigers would start a comeback in the top of the sixth as, with two men on, and with nobody out, Castellanos hits an RBI double, his second double of the game, and his fourth RBI, knocking in Jackson, who had started the inning off with a single, then moved up to second base on shortstop Reid Brignac's fielding error of Tyler Collins' grounder, making it a 9-4 Phils' lead, while sending Collins, who had reached base on Brignac's error, over to third base. The Tigers then cut the Phils' lead to 9-5 as, with runners on second and third, and with still nobody out, Trevor Crowe hits an RBI ground out, 5-3, knocking in Collins, while sending Castellanos up to third base. The Tigers then made it a 9-6 Phils' lead as, with a man on third, and now with one man out, Luis Exposito hits a sacrifice fly to center field, knocking in Castellanos. The Phils would get a run back in the bottom of the eighth as, with a man on third, and with one man out, pinch-hitter Leandro Castro hits an RBI ground out, 6-3, knocking in Lou Marson, who had started the inning off with a double, then moved up to third base on Freddy Galvis' fly out to right, giving the Phils a 10-6 lead. That would end up being the final score as Justin de Fratus would pitch a scoreless ninth.
Kyle Kendrick pitched two innings, giving up three runs on two hits, three walks and a wild pitch, while striking out three. Sean O'Sullivan (1-0, 0.00) got the win as he pitched two scoreless innings, hitting a batter, while striking out three. Phillippe Aumont pitched a 1-2-3 inning. Luis Garcia pitched an inning, giving up three runs, only one of which was earned, on three hits. Cesar Jimenez received his first hold of the spring as he threw two 1-2-3 innings, striking out two. Justin De Fratus pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits, while striking out three. Jose Alvarez pitched two innings, giving up a run on two hits and two walks, while striking out two. Jhan Martinez collected his first blown save of the spring, before taking the lost (0-1, 40.50) as he lasted only two-thirds of an inning, giving up six runs, three of which were earned, on two hits, two walks, a hit batter and a wild pitch, as he struck out two. Jose Valdez pitched a third of an inning, giving up two runs on a hit and a walk. Evan Reed, Melvin Mercedes and Kyle Ryan combined for four 1-2-3 innings, striking out four (Reed (1), Mercedes (2), Ryan (1)) between them. Endrys Briceno pitched an inning, giving up a run on a hit, while striking out a batter.
The Phils had six hits in the game, with Marlon Byrd leading the team with two hits, both singles. Jimmy Rollins (Home Run, 3 RBIs), Chase Utley (Single), Lou Marson (Double) and Darin Ruf (Single, 2 RBIs), had the Phils' other four hits, while Dom Brown (Error), Ruiz (HBP), Maikel Franco (Walk) and pinch-hitter Leandro Castro (Ground Out) had the other four Phils' RBIs, while the final run came in on a wild pitch. The Phils also had five walks (Tony Gwynn, Junior, Rollins (2), Ruiz, Franco) in the game, while the defense committed an error (Reid Brignac).
The Phils (1-2) play their next Greapefruit League game tomorrow afternoon against the New York Yankees (1-2) at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida. The game is to start at 1:05 pm EDT. The Phils plan to send to the mound Miguel Gonzalez who'll be making his first spring training start. The Yankees plan to counter with C.C. Sabathia (14-13, 4.78 (2013)), who is trying to bounce back from a bad 2013 season. The Phils hope to even up their record.


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Tuesday, Nov. 6
A.M. 1:05 to 2:36, town-wide, building and grounds checks; 7:27, Ayer and Mill roads, traffic stop; 9:31, Park Lane, Fire Dept. inspection service; 9:49, Trail Ridge Way, same; 10:26, Old Littleton Road, Fire Dept. inspection; 10:43, same.
P.M. 12:02, Littleton County Road, medical, ambulance call, patient refusal; 1:38, Littleton Road, residential alarm; 2:43, Tahanto Trail, medical, ambulance call; 3:28, Ayer Road, Fire Dept. inspection; 4:30, Ayer Road, disturbance, neighbor complaint; 6:41, Mettacomett Path, on-line bank fraud reported; 6:55, Fairbanks Street, motor vehicle accident, ambulance call, patient refusal; 9:37, Old Mill Road, Fire Dept. call, chimney fire extinguished; 9:48, Old Mill Road, suspicious activity.
Wednesday, Nov. 7
A.M. 12:53 to 4:21, town-wide, building and grounds checks; 2:10, Ayer Road, traffic stop; 6:36, Mass Avenue, same; 8:46, Fairbank Street and school, traffic control; 9:31, Mass Avenue, medical, ambulance transported woman with chest pain to Emerson Hospital, Concord, ALS on board.
P.M. 12:46, Ayer Road and Route 2, disabled motor vehicle; 2:19, West Bare Hill Road, fire alarm; 2:38, Old Shirley Road, request for police; 5:30, Route 2 west, motor vehicle accident, Fire Dept. and ambulance, transported one to Leominster Hospital; 5:40, Ayer Road, general disturbance, unwanted guest, gone on arrival; 6:13, Stow Road, medical, ambulance call, transport to Emerson Hospital; 7:24, town-wide, DPW called out; 9:33, Finn Road and Hillcrest Drive, tree down; 10:04, north side of town, building checks.
Thursday, Nov. 8
A.M. 12:30, Mass Avenue and Pond Road, schools, beach and library checked; 8:22, Ayer Road, suspicious activity, vehicle left at business, no problem; 8:22, Fairbanks Street and school, traffic control; 8:44, Woodside Road, medical, ambulance transport to Emerson Hospital, ALS on board; 9:11, Littleton County Road, welfare check; 9:28, Park Lane, Fire Dept. re-inspection.
P.M. 12:03, Old Mill Road, police officer requested; 1:27, South Shaker Road, general call; 2:52, Bolton Road, E-911 hang up call, misdial; 3:01, Ayer Road, Fire Dept. re-inspection; 8:30, Bolton Road, message delivery; 8:39 to 11:55, town-wide, building, business and grounds checks.
Friday, Nov. 9
A.M. 12:08 to 2:25, town-wide, building and grounds checks; 8:27, Fairbank Street and school, traffic control; 8:44, St. John Lane, suspicious person; 9:32, town-wide, vacation checks; 10:15, South Shaker Road, property returned; 10:34, Ayer Road, disabled vehicle.
P.M. 12:37, Trail Ridge Way, Fire Dept., re-inspection; 1:05, Houghton Lane, medical, ambulance transport to Leominster Hospital, ALS on board; 1:08, Still River Road, attempted break-in, past; 6:55, Bolton Road, suspicious activity, lights on in neighbor's home while family was away, workman, all clear; 7:49, Littleton County Road, missing juvenile, miscommunication, he was at school play; 8:56 to 11:11, town-wide, building and grounds checks; 10:33, Kettle Hole Road, Bolton, mutual aid call, cancelled.
Saturday, Nov. 10
A.M. 1:31 to 3:53, town-wide, building and grounds checks; 5:42, police station, parked vehicle; 9:52, Pinnacle and Old Littleton roads, skaters in road.
P.M. 1:13, Main Street, Lancaster, mutual aid, Fire Dept.; 1:14, Old Littleton Road, suspicious activity, white van turned around in driveway; 4:29, Mass Avenue and Bromfield School, burglar alarm; 4:33, Liittleton Road, Fire Dept. call; 5:41, Town of Littleton, Fire Dept call, mutual aid; 6:53, Ayer Road and Dunkin Donuts, disabled motor vehicle; 8:31, Mass Avenue and school, parked vehicle; 8:45 to 10:23, town-wide, building, business and grounds checks; 9:42, Littleton Road and Route 2 bridge, suspicious activity, report of kids throwing rocks, unfounded; 10:17, Ayer Road and Route 2, object in road.
Sunday, Nov. 11
A.M. 12:35 to 2:03, town-wide, building and grounds checks;
P.M. 10:32, 10:55, north and south sides of town, building, business and grounds checks.
Monday, Nov. 12
A.M. 12:12 to 1:23, town-wide, building and grounds checks; 12:43, Still River Road and General Store, suspicious motor vehicles; 6:48, Ayer Road, traffic stop; 7:06, Ayer Road and Gebo Lane, same; 8:56, Depot and Old Shirley roads, suspicious motor vehicle, driver waiting for his boss; 9:15, town-wide, vacation checks; 10:56, Mass Avenue and Boxborough town line, traffic stop; 11:03, Simon Atherton Row, past suspicious activity, resident reported someone had siphoned gas from his vehicle's tank; 11:42, Willard Lane and Clinton Shore Drive, caller saw kids with paint ball guns, no damage reported.
P.M. 12:34, Still River and West Bare Hill roads, traffic stop; 1:40, Depot Road and soccer field, motor vehicle complaint; 3:27, Ayer Road, residential burglar alarm; 3:50, Depot Road and soccer field, motor vehicle complaint; 4:45, same; 4:55, Stow Road, suspicious person; 8:45, 10:20, north and south sides of town, building, business and grounds checks.


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Soon, paper could become almost passé at health clubs. Digitization of information is increasing in many industries, including the fitness industry, as a way to reduce paperwork, increase efficiency and streamline record keeping.
The push for this digitization is coming from manufacturers who are now integrating universal serial bus (USB) ports into their new cardiovascular and strength equipment.
Some USB-enabled cardio equipment serves one purpose — to allow exercisers to charge their personal music devices. However, another application for USB involves tracking clients' workouts, which is especially important in the profitable personal training area of fitness facilities. By using USB technology, personal trainers can track what their clients do in their cardio workouts between personal training sessions without relying on clients to fill out paper cards. In addition, USBs mean less paperwork for personal trainers, saving them time, which can help increase clubs' personal training profits.
The Eastside Family YMCA in Penfield, NY, uses USB technology on two pieces of its strength equipment that cost $10,000 each. The technology enables trainers to download one of 20 custom, eight-week exercise programs to a USB-based key. Since the equipment was installed in January 2007, 161 users from 16 to 75 years old have worked out on the machine, which has logged more than 3,000, 30-minute sessions.
Another line of equipment allows exercisers to plug a USB stick into a port and create and save custom workouts. Personal training clients can hand the stick to their trainers, who can then download data into their computer program. Members can also take the USB stick home, plug it into their computer and view their results on a spreadsheet.
Equinox Fitness Clubs has invested more than $1 million in this line of equipment between last year and this year. David Harris, national director of personal training for Equinox, expects to see a return on investment in less than a year.
"This is our first step into the USB port world," says Harris, who says Equinox is in the process of purchasing 500 USB-enabled treadmills, 200 USB-enabled elliptical trainers and 300 USB-enabled stationary bikes for its 41 clubs. "Our members are extremely results-oriented and technologically savvy, and we've seen many members and trainers using the USB feature to create and save workouts."
Equinox employs 1,400 personal trainers, who currently track members' workouts manually on log sheets and PDAs. Personal training accounts for about one-third of the company's revenues, and Harris expects the technology will complement, rather than distract from, future profits. The majority of the members do not track their own workouts right now. By using the USB technology, they will receive validation of their personal training efforts, he says.
"Our members love the fact that they can use the USB technology to track performance," Harris says. "It's a win-win for everyone as an educational tool."
Workout Tracking
By investing in USB technology, club owners give members the ability to track their workouts and usage of equipment without filling out paper cards. Gregory Florez, CEO of Fit Advisor Health and Coaching Services in Salt Lake City, says that in his experience, members often overstate the intensity and duration of their fitness activity.
"With USB technology, the data doesn't lie," he says. "Either they ran for four miles in their target heart rate zone, or they didn't. You can't fake it."
Lynn Rosen-Stone, fitness supervisor for the Baltimore Jewish Community Center (JCC), knows this all too well. She has seen how members track their workouts on their cards and says they're often not complete.
"We have files and keep the cards, and half do it, and half don't," she says. "I've seen missed numbers and missed spaces, and it's not nearly as accurate as if a trainer did it."
Despite the availability of USB technology, some clubs continue to track members' workouts with paper. Defined Fitness, which has four locations in Albuquerque, NM, allows members to fill out their own workout cards, and personal trainers track members' workouts via log books, cards or computer printouts.
"Our trainers provide the data in the format clients are demanding," says CEO Anndee Wright-Brown, who says her club uses an Excel spreadsheet and an in-house system. She plans this year to invest in personal training software that will help trainers schedule appointments as well as track members' workouts.
With and Without Paper
However, just because a cardio machine has USB technology doesn't mean a personal training department can go paperless. Since USB technology is installed mostly on cardiovascular equipment right now, clubs need another product to tie everything together, says one vendor.
Leo Perez, the general manager of an Equinox club in New York, says the USB technology is effective for recording cardiovascular training workouts, but for weight training and other modalities, the club still requires that the 50 trainers use hard-copy documentation.
"We don't intend to have our members have all the data regarding the strength training," Perez says. "It's good for a trainer to have copies of everything."
Like Equinox, Fitness and Wellness Professional Services, which owns, manages and operates six wellness centers in New Jersey and has 20 more under development, still tracks strength training with a workout card. The facilities are mostly paperless and high tech, but the trainers personally track the members' strength workouts to ensure a level of personal interaction. At the medically based fitness facilities, each member is set up with a trainer, and trainers are always available on the floor to help put the exercisers through their workout.
"Cardio is a totally different animal from strength training," says CEO Gary Reidy. "Unless you're in a cardiac rehab program, cardio is something that you do independently. Trainers, however, need to work with their clients and help them get through their resistance training program."
Barriers to Adoption
Although USB technology can allow club owners to reduce their paperwork, the technology comes at a price. The relative cost of adding a charging port to a cardio machine is relatively low, says the director of product management for one cardio equipment vendor. To be functional and to transport data, however, a cardio machine needs to have an embedded computer, which adds a significant cost to the machine, he says.
Although treadmill prices vary depending on the purchasing agreement, USB-enabled treadmills can run $1,000 or more than those without. That extra cost may be too much for some fitness facility owners, Florez says. However, the cost of the equipment may not be the only thing making some club owners cautious about adding equipment with this technology.
"Clubs have been disappointed by spending a lot on technology that didn't work," Florez says. "They're leery of being a first mover until they see if the customers will really use it."
Wright-Brown says that Defined Fitness, which has 30 trainers company-wide, plans to wait and see whether the USB technology is a fitness trend or a fad.
"We're not going to jump on board in the first year or two," she says. "We want to see if it's something that is serving a purpose and providing them with useful information."
Wright-Brown typically spends about $5,000 to $6,000 on a new treadmill, and each year, her company invests between $50,000 and $200,000 on new equipment per location, she says. If the USB trend turns out to be a success, she'll take a closer look at investing in the new cardio machines, she says.
"The more you empower your member to improve their health and fitness, the more you make them committed to be healthy and keep them in your business," she says.
In the end, wider adoption of this USB-enabled equipment will depend on the results that the early-adopting clubs see in member retention, goal attainment and increased personal training revenue — not to mention reduction in the mountains of paperwork for personal trainers.
Tips for Launching USB Technology in Your Fitness Facility
The success of USB-enabled equipment depends on how club owners embrace, package and manage the technology and incorporate it into an experience for the member, says Bob Esquerre, fitness consultant and owner of the Esquerre Fitness Group in Boca Raton, FL. Here are three tips from club owners and consultants about how to implement this technology:
Sell the memory sticks to your members in your pro shop or provide them free of charge to your personal training clients. If your club is investing in cardio equipment that uses USB-based cards, you can bump up the monthly dues for card users.
Rather than keeping cardio equipment with USB technology in a personal training studio, place it out on the floor and make it available for everyone.
Train your personal training staff and your other employees on how to use the USB technology so that they can in turn train their clients to help them get the most out of their workouts.
The Medical Model
The current method of communication between physicians, therapists and personal trainers is about as effective as working a TV without a remote, says Gregory Florez of Fit Advisor Health and Coaching Services in Salt Lake City. USB technology makes it easier for personal trainers to share fitness information with physicians and therapists, he says.
"As our health care system continues in a death spiral, and obesity and life-related diseases continue to increase, logging and tracking systems will allow exercisers to share their data with personal trainers, and, more importantly, going forward with the health care professionals," he says.
Gary Reidy of Fitness and Wellness Professional Services purchased 150 USB-enabled treadmills because he thought they would be a great way for fitness information to be shared with the entire patient-caregiver team. Every two weeks, members hand the personal trainers their USB sticks, and the trainer uploads the fitness data into a comprehensive computer program. Although the medical files are under lock and key and the facility follows all privacy regulations, the USB technology helps the medical team track the members' exercise regimen.
"At the end of the day, all their results end up in the computer and the database," he says. "We're excited that we can download the data and see how people are doing."
Cardio Equipment Vendors with USB Technology
- Life Fitness, www.lifefitness.com
- PC Health & Fitness, www.lifespanfitness.com
- Star Trac, www.startrac.com
- Technogym, www.technogym.com


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