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7 Reasons Why We Cannot Ignore the Power of Online Marketing
People across the world are spending more and more time of their PCs, laptops, smartphones and tablets. Instead of seeing shows aired on the TV, people are now deciding what they want to see. Apart from entertainment, these Internet-connected devices are also used to research and analyze brands, gather information, buy products and order services. People do not use yellow pages to find the contact number of local businesses; they use Google search or open a classifieds sites on the Internet. Consequently, online marketing has found a place in the marketing strategy of most companies and organizations.
Traditional marketing, on the other hand, is not doing that well. Cold calling is not appreciated by customers: over 200 million people have registered on the "Do Not Call" list. Television & Radio advertisements do work, but they do not provide a high ROI. Also, most viewers are habituated to flipping channels to avoid watching commercials. Pop-up or intrusive advertisements on the Internet are also known to drive visitors away and negatively affect the website as well as the advertiser.
Consequently, even those web promotion services that use conventional methods to advertise on the Internet do not yield good results. On the other hand, companies that use organic web marketing services can provide excellent leads and high conversion rates. Businesses worldwide is either switching to online marketing, or are mixing Internet marketing with traditional marketing. And there are seven very good reasons for this.
Reach a Targeted Audience:
Whether you go for content marketing or run a PPC campaign, you have a greater power to engage the audience. This is because the content you provide is related to your products or services, and the people who want to read it are bound to be interested in related services. Similarly, advertisements placed with Google search results are also relevant to what the users are searching. Thus, your advertisements are seen by the right audience.
Actually Help Users:
Traditional marketing pushes products or services onto the users, while web marketing provides interesting and relevant information to the users. For instance, content marketing provides information to users and add value to their internet browsing experience. Web promotion services that are based on a user-centric approach are known to generate a high ROI.
Users Come to You:
Web marketing is subtle. Instead of going to the customers, you wait for them to come to you. You attract users by providing relevant information or by providing entertainment.
Global Reach:
One of the biggest problems with traditional marketing is that it cannot reach customers all over the world. Using online marketing, you can reach a global audience. This aspect of Internet marketing is especially beneficial to businesses that have potential customers all over the world.
Track Advertising Investments:
Most companies that provide web marketing services will let you access the information regarding your web marketing campaign. You can see how many people clicked on your link, you can track their progress on your website, and you can see how many people decided to buy your products to services.
Easy and Economical to Promote Products:
A few words will do the job. You do not need to shoot a video advertisement or get models to pose for you. A simple and effective text advertisement will do. At the most, you may need a nice image and a punch line to go with it. Also, you can use the same advertisement for a long time. The cost of making advertisements is reduced drastically.
Higher ROI:
Advertising through newspapers, magazines, radio or television requires a large initial investment, and it doesn't generate high ROI. Online marketing gives a lot better ROI – also the initial costs are not prohibitive. For small and mid-sized businesses, this is the best form of marketing.
It can be seen that web marketing is changing the way advertising works. The manner in which people interact with products, review them and buy them has changed completely because of the Internet. At a time like this, conventional marketing tactics are being used less and less. Businesses can enhance their advertising strategy by availing web marketing services.


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Affleck, Garner expecting 3rd child
LOS ANGELES — Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner's family is growing — representatives for the actors say the couple are expecting their third child.
A one-sentence statement released Monday says the actors are "thrilled" to have another baby on the way. The couple has two daughters, 5-year-old Violet and 2-year-old Seraphina Rose Elizabeth Affleck.
No other details were released.
Affleck and Garner, both 39, were married in 2005.
Garner, who rose to fame after starring in the television series "Alias," appeared over the weekend at a Disney expo to promote her upcoming film, "The Odd Life of Timothy Green."
Affleck won an Oscar for co-writing the screenplay to "Good Will Hunting" and recently wrote, directed and starred in the thriller "The Town."


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In the recent years tennis has become more popular around the world. It's no coincidence that the attention towards tennis tournaments started to grow when the winnings from this sport also got bigger. When there is a lot of money involved the general interest grows and the curiosity is aroused.
Is no doubt that Steffi Graf, Williams sisters or Sharapova are among the most famous female tennis players of all times, but we wonder who are the top richest of all times.
Here you have the top 10 richest female tennis players with their net worth.
1. Serena Williams has a net worth of $130 million, of which $66 million were solely from prize money. She currently ranks No 1 in WTA and won 65 WTA titles in singles and another 22 in doubles.
2. Maria Sharapova has a net worth of $90 million. She earned $34 million in prize money and won 34 WTA and 4 ITF titles. She is still active.
3. Venus Williams has a net worth of $75 million. With 46 career titles won in singles and 21 titles won in doubles, Venus earned about $30 million only in prize money and is still playing.
4. Anna Kournikova: net worth $50 million. Retired in 2007 Kournikova earned only $3.5 million prize money in her tennis career. She won 16 WTA titles.
5. Kim Clijsters: net worth $39 million. With $24.4 million in prize money, Clijsters ended her career in September 2012. She has 41 singles titles and 11 double titles.
6. Li Na: net worth $40 million. She retired in September 2014, after winning a total of $16.7 million in prize money. She has 9 WTA and 19 ITF career titles.
7. Steffi Graf: net worth $30 million. She won 107 titles and earned $21.8 million in prize money. Retired from activity in 1999.
8. Martina Hingis: net worth $25 million. Hingis cashed in as prize money over $ 20 million in her career. She won 43 WTA and 2 ITF titles in singles and 42 WTA and one ITF title in doubles. She retired from singes and she is currently playing in doubles.
9. Caroline Wozniacki: net worth $20 million. With only 23 career titles won, she cashed in $ 19.6 million. She is still active.
10. Lindsay Davenport: net worth $20 million. She won 55 titles and earned about $22 million in prize money. She is unofficially retired since 2010.


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Air Arabia strengthens Russia operations, launches service to Kazan
02 October 2012
Air Arabia, the first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) in the Middle East and North Africa, announced that it has added its third destination in Russia with the launch of flights to Kazan. The new route is Air Arabia's fourth destination in Russia and will become the carrier's ninth destination in CIS and Russian Federation, as well as its 78th worldwide.
As part of its route expansion strategy in the Russian Federation and CIS region, Air Arabia also launches an additional weekly service to Yekaterinburg. With the launch of the additional services, Air Arabia will now operate more than 30 weekly flights to Russia and CIS region.
Air Arabia will offer services to Kazan on Wednesdays and Saturdays, departing from Sharjah International Airport at 12:30 pm and arriving at Kazan International Airport at 17:30 pm. Return flights will depart from Kazan on the same days at 19:00 pm and arrive in Sharjah at 11:59 pm (local time).
The carrier has also introduced additional service Yekaterinburg, departing Sharjah International Airport at 9:30 am and arriving Yekaterinburg at 16:15 pm. Return flights will depart from Yekaterinburg at 17:15 pm and arrive in Sharjah at 20:15 pm (local time). The additional service will complement Air Arabia's existing twice weekly services to Yekaterinburg.
"The launch of our non-stop service to Kazan is a continuation of Air Arabia's promise to customer's to expand its Eastern European presence and offer value for money fares to multiple destinations in the Russian Federation," said Adel Ali, Group Chief Executive Officer, Air Arabia. "We have marked our expansion into Russia last October and with this new service, Air Arabia will further contribute to the ever strengthening social and economic ties between the UAE and Russia."
Since launching operations to Russia in October 2011, Air Arabia has seen promising appeal for customers between the UAE and Russia. The airline is committed to using its infrastructure to improve its connectivity with increased services to more destinations in Russia and the wider CIS region. The airline recently launched services to Uffa in Russia and Odessa, its fourth destination in Ukraine. Air Arabia is UAE's first airline to enter Odessa.


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SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Portland freshman guard DaLove Woods scored a tournament-record 31 points as the Pilots upset Santa Clara 86-65 in the first round of the WCC Tournament at the Jenny Craig Pavilion. It marked only the second time in the tournament's 10-year history that a seventh seed upset a No. 2 seed to advance to the semifinals.
Santa Clara falls to 20-7 overall while Portland improves to 14-14. The loss also marks the most points allowed by a Bronco squad in 93 games, dating back to a 91-74 loss at Portland in 1998. Additionally, the Pilots snapped a seven-game losing streak in the series, and tied the all-times at 17-17.
It was the second upset in as many tournament games, as fifth-seed San Francisco upset fourth-seed Pepperdine 78-73 in the tournament opener. Saint Mary's and Gonzaga will play at 6 p.m. while LMU will play host San Diego at 8 p.m. The remaining four teams will be reseeded for semifinal play, which will begin on Friday at 6 p.m. The finals will be on Sunday, March 4 at 1 p.m.
The Broncos faced their eighth halftime deficit of the season after Portland took an 11-point edge into intermission, 40-29. The Pilots were up 23-30 when Woods scored eight straight points and finished the period with a game-high 12.
Junior guard Becki Ashbaugh opened the second half hot, with a drive and two three pointers. A basket by senior Annie Garrison closed the gap to 48-44 with 14 minutes remaining, but the Pilots regained control, converting two of three three-point plays in a two-minute span and the Broncos were down again by 11.
Garrison led Santa Clara with 18 points. Ashbaugh added 14 while junior guard Caroline Gruening and senior forward Jennifer Glysson added 11 points each. Santa Clara was held to 36 percent shooting from the field and a season-low 50 percent from the free throw line.
On the other side of the court, Khalila O'Rielly-Williams registered 18 points for the Pilots, while Sharon Rissmiller added 14. The Pilots shot 56 percent from the field and made 21 of 28 shots from the charity stripe.


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Liberty University to sponsor professional skier Jay Panther
Professional skier Jay Panther will be in Lynchburg, Va., Tuesday, Jan. 10, to announce Liberty University as his title sponsor.
Panther, 27, from Louisville, Ky., is returning to the university after winning 2012 World Cup starts at the U.S. Freestyle Selections Event in Steamboat Springs, Colo., on Dec. 19, 2011, which earned him the right to compete in the Freestyle World Cup moguls event Jan. 19-21 in Lake Placid, N.Y.
Panther trained at Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre on the Liberty University campus last fall. The centre is the only year-round ski slope of its kind in North America. Panther also spoke to more than 8,000 students at one of the university's weekly Convocations and offered free lessons to students.
"Jay is one of the top professionals in the sport of skiing and there is a very realistic possibility he will be in the 2014 Olympics representing the U.S.," said Lee Beaumont, Liberty's Director of Auxiliary Services. "He holds Christian values in line with (the) LU mission, and we believe partnering with him will increase the visibility of both Liberty and Snowflex."
As part of the sponsorship agreement, Panther will represent Liberty at the World Cup events, as well as in his upcoming tour to churches, schools and businesses. He will provide coaching for Liberty's ski team and general instruction at the Snowflex Centre.
"I think that part of the reason that God has me here is to give this place the national and international exposure it deserves, and you know, I travel all over the world," Panther said at Liberty in November. "… I'm in love with this place, I feel the love that everyone on this campus has; I feed off that."
Read more about Panther and view a video during his training at Liberty University here.
NOTE: Panther will be available for interviews from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, at Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre. Members of the media may request an interview through noon on Monday, Jan. 9.


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Mt. Zion Baptist Church has bought a church building at 1621 Dellwood Ave. in Frayser for $500,000. The seller was Schoolfield United Methodist Church Inc.
The building is on 2.2 acres at the southeast corner of Dellwood Avenue and Mensi Street. Vista Grande Street is to the east.
In conjunction with the purchase, Mt. Zion Baptist Church took out a $395,575 loan through Regions Bank with a maturity date of Feb. 23, 2016.
The seller, Schoolfield United Methodist Church Inc., received the property via quitclaim deed from Trustees of Schoolfield Memorial Methodist Church Inc. in October 1992.
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– Kate Simone
Cartus Corp., a provider of global relocation management with an office in Memphis, has been ranked among the Top 125 companies for organizational development and training by Training magazine.
Cartus was ranked No. 54, the highest of any relocation services company.
"Training" magazine's annual competition evaluates organizational learning programs and judges companies on elements such as internal best practices, demonstrable results, innovation and evaluation procedures.
Cartus was recognized for its lunch and learn sessions and its Emerging Leader Development Program, designed to help employees in higher professional ranks develop their leadership skills.
This is the tenth consecutive year Cartus has been named to the list.
– Taylor Shoptaw
Parkway Properties Inc. has announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.075 per share payable on March 30, 2011, to shareholders of record of Common Stock on March 16, 2011.
This dividend is the 98th consecutive quarterly distribution to Parkway's shareholders of Common Stock and represents an annualized dividend rate of $0.30 per share.
The board of directors also declared a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share payable on April 15, 2011, to shareholders of record of Series D Preferred Stock on March 31, 2011.
Parkway Realty Services is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) affiliated with Jackson, Miss.-based Parkway Properties Inc. – a self-administered REIT that specializes in the operation, leasing, acquisition and ownership of office properties.
Parkway Realty owns and manages 1.6 million square feet of office property in the Memphis metropolitan area, including the Renaissance Center, Forum, Morgan Keegan Tower, Falls Building and Toyota Center.
– Sarah Baker
Borders Group Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Wednesday and will be closing about 200 stores, but no Memphis stores will be affected for now. Borders has the option of closing 75 more of its 622 currently operating stores, though those locations have not yet been announced.
Borders Group operates a Borders bookstore at 6685 Poplar Ave. and a Waldenbooks in Wolfchase Galleria, 2760 N. Germantown Parkway.
The 40-year-old company filed $1.28 billion in assets and $1.29 billion in debts, as of Dec. 25, and will be receiving $505 million in debtor-in-possession financing from GE Capital, among others, to help successfully reorganize.
"They are going to have to be an entirely different company than the one that went into bankruptcy protection if they want to emerge successfully," Jim McTevia, managing partner of turnaround firm McTevia & Associates, told The Associated Press.
Borders operates smaller stores such as Waldenbooks and Borders Express. The stores expected to close are losing an estimated $2 million a day. The company also owes millions of dollars to publishers, including $41.1 million to Penguin Putnam, $36.9 million to Hachette Book Group, $33.8 million to Simon & Schuster and $33.5 million to Random House, according to The Associated Press.
Borders operates barely half of the 1,249 stores is operated at its peak in 2003, and its annual revenue has fallen by about $1 billion since 2006.
– Allison Buckley
Electronics and food and drink remain the favored items in cargo thefts nationally, according to a survey by FreightWatch International.
From February 2010 to January 2011, electronics thefts accounted for 21 percent of all cargo thefts. Food and drinks were 20 percent.
Most of the thefts were at truck stops or on secured lots.
Thefts tracked in the month of January include $200,000 worth of electronics in a trailer stolen on a public access lot in West Memphis.
There were 47 theft incidents for the month nationally, with Texas having the most incidents – 10 – and New Jersey recording nine reports.
The West Memphis theft was the only one in the Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi Mid-South region.
For the period between February 2010 and January 2011, Tennessee ranked sixth for thefts among the 21 states for which FreightWatch had information. California was first with over 200 incidents reported. New Jersey was a distant second, peaking at more than 100.
Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas each had fewer than 50 incidents.
The monthly totals showed a decrease in incidents from December 2010. But the value of the average monthly losses increased from $351,616 in December to $671,336.
The average jumped dramatically because of a $10 million electronics warehouse burglary in Orlando.
– Bill Dries
Federal officials say they're concerned about reports that some companies are trying to exclude the unemployed from applying for job openings.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is examining how prevalent the practice might be and whether it could violate federal job discrimination laws.
There's no specific legal protection for unemployed workers. But commissioners are investigating whether excluding jobless applicants may be extra hard on blacks, Latinos or other ethnic minorities that tend to have higher unemployment rates.
The Labor Department says it's hard to measure the problem because most job openings are not posted publicly.
The concerns are based on anecdotal reports of advertisements or recruiting firms that discouraged the unemployed from applying.
– The Associated Press
Tennessee school districts would no longer have to engage in negotiations with teachers' unions under a bill advancing in the Senate.
The measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Jack Johnson of Brentwood is headed for a full Senate vote after passing the Senate Education Committee 6-3 along party lines on Wednesday.
Johnson says collective bargaining actually stifles teacher input. He says with education reforms proposed across the state and nation, "it is more important than ever that all teachers have a seat at the table" and not be filtered by a union.
Hundreds of teachers came to the Legislative Plaza across the street from the Capitol to oppose the legislation.
Tennessee Education Association lobbyist Jerry Winters testified before the committee that the legislation would create "chaos." He says "people need a collective voice to express their concern."
Federal Reserve officials are slightly more optimistic about economic growth this year than they were in November, reflecting an expected boost to consumer and business spending from tax cuts.
Fed officials say in an updated forecast that they think the economy will grow between 3.4 percent and 3.9 percent this year. That's an upward revision from their November forecast, which predicted that gross domestic product will grow 3 percent to 3.6 percent.
The Fed's latest outlook foresees little improvement in the unemployment rate. The central bank predicts that the rate, now at 9 percent, will end the year at that level or possibly dip to 8.8 percent.
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Bourbon Bread Pudding
Sometimes, the name tells you all you need to know. Buttery, boozy, toothsome and rich, this bread pudding from The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook is just the thing for Sunday brunch. Or, you know, any time you want.
Reprinted with permission by Cheryl and Griffith Day. Copyright © 2012. Published by Artisan Books. Available wherever books are sold. All rights reserved.
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- Yield:serves 12
- Active time: 20 minutes
- Total time:1 hour 30 minutes
- For the Pudding
- 1 1/2 pounds ciabatta, brioche, or challah, cut into 2-inch cubes (9 cups)
- 4 cups half-and-half
- 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
- 5 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 cup golden raisins
- For the Bourbon Glaze
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons bourbon
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
Position a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.
To make the pudding: Put the bread in a large mixing bowl and pour the half-and-half over it, tossing it gently to soak the bread. Let sit at room temperature while you prepare the custard.
In a medium saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Remove from the heat, add the brown sugar, granulated sugar, and vanilla, and stir until well combined and smooth.
In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs, then add the butter-sugar mixture, stirring until well combined and smooth. Pour the custard mixture over the bread, tossing gently to incorporate the custard and half-and-half mixture until well combined.
Pour the bread mixture into the prepared baking dish and spread it evenly. Sprinkle the raisins over the top and gently work them into the pudding; make sure the liquid covers the bread. Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil and bake for 55 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for an additional 10 to 15 minutes, until the bread pudding is golden brown. Set the pudding aside while you prepare the glaze.
To make the bourbon glaze: Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Remove from the heat and add the bourbon and confectioners' sugar, stirring until incorporated. Add the cream and mix until smooth.
Pour the glaze over the top of the bread pudding and let it sit for 15 minutes before serving. The bread pudding is best served warm, but it can be refrigerated, tightly covered, for up to 4 days.
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Your home is one of your most important financial assets - so when it comes time to sell it, make sure you have a professional by your side to help you maximize its value and protect your interests. A Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England REALTOR® can help you navigate the selling process so you feel confident every step of the way.
The kitchen is the heart of the home, so it's no surprise that a kitchen makeover is the #1 home improvement you can make to capture higher resale value. Even if you can't spring for granite countertops and new cabinets, minor upgrades like replacing faucets and light fixtures can make an impact.
Bathroom upgrades also offer a big payback. Consider replacing worn flooring and re-grouting tiles to give your bathroom an instant facelift.
Rounding out the top 5 home improvements that will boost home value are:
Time of year is an important consideration for home sellers. While you may have personal considerations (such as a job transfer) that require you to sell quickly, it's best to time your listing to take advantage of seasonal and economic conditions. A little flexibility can go a long way!
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Sales of anti-war T-shirts listing thousands of American troops killed in Iraq have sparked a Republican legislator to expand a state law.
Republican Assemblyman Mike Duvall wants to expand a state law to prevent sales of T-shirts, posters and buttons that carry the names of Iraq war dead since 2003 without permission of their heirs. The existing bill -- nicknamed the "Marilyn Monroe Law -- already prohibits the commercial use of the names, signatures, photographs, voices or likenesses of celebrities for 70 years after their deaths without permission from their estates. Duvall is planning to build on this bill to include fallen soldiers of the Iraq war.
There are loopholes to the Marilyn Monroe Law, including literary pieces such as books, magazines, newspaper articles and works of art that feature deceased celebrities.


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Opinion: Kerry Grandstands, Syria Burns
Hoover Institution senior fellow Fouad Ajami on why Secretary of State John Kerry should focus on Syria, not the Israeli-Palestinian talks. Plus, an update on Egypt. Photo: Associated Press
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Restoring Responsibility: Promoting Justice, Therapy and Reform Through Direct Brain Interventions
8 November 2012
To register, please click here
Direct brain intervention based mental capacity restoration techniques—for instance, psycho-active drugs—are sometimes used in criminal cases to promote the aims of justice. For instance, they might be used to restore a person's competence to stand trial in order to assess the degree of their responsibility for what they did, or to restore their competence for punishment so that we can hold them responsible for it. Some also suggest that such interventions might be used for therapy or reform in criminal legal contexts—i.e. to make non-responsible and irresponsible people more responsible. However, in this paper, Nicole Vincent argues that such interventions may at least sometimes fail to promote these responsibility-related legal aims. This is because responsibility hinges on other factors than just what mental capacities a person has—in particular, it also hinges on such things as authenticity, personal identity, and mental capacity ownership—and some ways of restoring mental capacity may adversely affect these other factors. Put one way, Vincent's claim is that what might suffice for the restoration of competence need not necessarily suffice for the restoration of responsibility, or, put another way, that although responsibility indeed tracks mental capacity it may not always track restored mental capacities.
About the speaker
Nicole Vincent conducts research into theories of responsibility, and she studies how these theories inform ethical, political and legal debate. In 2007, she obtained her PhD in philosophy of law from the University of Adelaide with a dissertation entitled "Responsibility, Compensation and Accident Law Reform". From late 2007 until early 2011 she worked at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands on a research project entitled "The Brain and The Law". Since February 2011, Nicole has been a Macquarie University Research Fellow. Her research project entitled "Reappraising the Capacitarian Foundation of Neurolaw" has two components. First, it investigates whether capacitarian intuitions about the relationship between mental capacity and responsibility still obtain in contexts where mental capacity has been restored or enhanced. Second, she is also, with others, developing an Australasian Neurolaw Database.
Lawyers/barristers: attendance at this seminar is equal to 2 MCLE/CPD units.
This event is hosted byThe Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence.
Time: 6-8pm
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2013 (Sophomore): Led team in ground balls (36) for the second straight season ... Led team in caused turnovers (16) ... Second on team in draw controls (35) ... Nine goals, nine assists ... Started all 15 games for the second straight season.
2012 (Freshman): Led team in draw controls (36) and ground balls (32) ... Added five goals and three assists ... Started all 15 games.
High school: Played lacrosse and soccer … Captained lacrosse team and was all-state prep division, all-county, all-conference and team MVP as a junior and as a senior … All-state as a senior … Led team in assists, draw controls and ground balls and was second on team with 44 goals as a senior … Team was Prep State finalists in 2011 and county finalists in 2010 … Captained soccer team as a senior.
Club teams: Played for STEPS Elite with Yale teammate Emily Rutland … Also played for Schoolgirls.
Notes: Grandfather, father, Kelly, and older brother Matt all played lacrosse at Princeton … Older brother Nick plays lacrosse at Villanova … Mother, Susan, ran track and played soccer at Princeton … Uncle Michael attended Yale.
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CAMRA's Key Campaigns
Stop tax killing beer and pubs
Secure an effective government support package for pubs
Encourage more people to try a range of real ales, ciders and perries
To raise the profile of pub-going and increase the number of people using pubs regularly
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CAMRA has a Club of the Year award scheme for clubs that like our Pub of the Year award judges clubs on the basis of their being a community asset and providing a wide range of facilities, and focusing on quality in everything they do, including the real ales they offer.
CAMRA is also seeking to identify and protect clubs with historic interiors, and there is a dedicated website on our efforts on this important project.


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The IRS is making it easier for middle- and low-income taxpayers to pay off their tax bills, the agency announced Monday.
Under its Offer in Compromise program, the IRS will let taxpayers who are paying off student loan debt and state and local taxes arrange smaller payments to the IRS.
"This phase of Fresh Start will assist some taxpayers who have faced the most financial hardship in recent years," IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman said in a statement. "Thus this program is set to help more people in the middle class than ever before."
The program typically lets cash-strapped taxpayers settle their tax claims for less than the full amount owed. The usual requirements have been slackened now, such as only looking at one year of future income for payment plans fewer than five months (down from four years) and two years of future income for payment plans between six and 24 months (down from five years).
This should help unemployed taxpayers by not factoring in what their ability to pay will be if they return to work or get a higher-paying job.
To qualify for the OIC program, the IRS requires that taxpayers are current with all filings and payments and are not currently going through bankruptcy. Once admitted into the program, the only thing that you need to do to remain in is promise to file and pay your taxes for the next five years.
So, if you are feeling the pressure this year's tax bills, visit www.irs.gov to see if you qualify.


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A colleague in another country had an AIX logical partition that went down and couldn't boot. He asked how he could boot it without media. It was a development logical partition.
I knew nothing at all of the environment, and had no possibility of access to it myself, so I found out the following pertinent facts:
- there was an HMC
- there was no Virtual I/O Server (VIOS)
- there was a NIM server but it was at a lower level than the AIX host that couldn't boot
- they had a mksysb backup which was in a file system on a different AIX host
So how would they boot it? Maybe you've already come up with your own answer:
- Easy! Just use NIM.
- Have they got a VIOS? Use the Virtual Media Library.
- Boot from media. Just find the AIX DVD. It must be somewhere.
- What's media? What's a DVD? (This answer is for our younger readers).
Before you ask
I had a few other questions swirling around my head.
- What triggered the host going down? Was it a user-initiated reboot? If so, why did they reboot in the first place? If not, do they know what event brought it down? Is that fixed, or fixable?
- Has a call been placed with IBM? If there was a system dump, has that been sent through to IBM to get some support advice?
- What release of AIX was it running?
- Do they have a mksysb backup? Is it recent enough to use? Was it backed up to NIM?
Remember, the NIM server was down level in comparison to the AIX host which was (I expect) a NIM client. That's a big no-no. You're supposed to have the NIM server at the latest level and then use that to update the clients, but obviously they had bypassed NIM in building and/or updating the AIX host.
"So, update NIM already!"
Easier said than done. In this environment, the NIM server is a production host and it can't just be updated without notice. Yes, it should have been up to date all along before they worked on updating their dev host, but these things happen.
What about the VIOS Virtual Media Library?
Obvious solution, isn't it? You can load an ISO image of the AIX installation media and/or the mksysb (produced by the mkdvd command) and boot off that. Hopefully, the problem with booting up is just a bootlist that needed to be updated or something simple. But they didn't have a VIOS and I didn't know if they had the resources to build one - particularly an adapter to connect to a disk for the VIOS rootvg.
Restoring mksysb to another disk
There was another approach they could have used. Since they had a good mksysb backup, they could build an alternate disk with that backup (they'd have to do it from a running AIX system, not from the dead one!), and then reassign the logical partition to boot off that disk. I've never tried this myself, but it would be done with the alt_disk_mksysb command.
A new NIM
I later heard that they built a new, temporary NIM server and booted the logical partition from that. I didn't get a full briefing but perhaps they restored from the mksysb.
Post mortem
After the scramble to get a system up again, it's always worth doing a post mortem when there are problems like this, even if you don't get to the root cause.
This little account probably has got you thinking of what you would or wouldn't do. There were some things in the environment which could have been done better, particularly having the NIM server up to date.
Sometimes shortcuts are the slowest way to get your destination. No doubt my colleague and his team will revisit this environment, and consider updating NIM, and then keeping it updated before they do any patching or installation of other partitions. They may also virtualise a little more by installing a VIOS. And they could also look at a regular test restoration from a mksysb.
In the end, they were able to recover the dev host that had gone down. I'm sure they'll consider new approaches to the AIX environment which will make the process smoother next time.
Over to you ...
If you've got some ideas about how to address this situation, you can add a comment to this post. Comments are moderated, mainly to stop people trying to put in spurious links that sell handbags. You'll need to log in to IBM developerWorks to add a comment. I'd be interested in your feedback.


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DuPont™ Surlyn® extrusion resin is used in products designed for superior performance in harsh environments, including shock tubes for mining and construction, flooring, wake/bodyboards, and snowshoes.
DuPont™ Surlyn® extrusion resin provides outstanding durability, impact toughness, and resistance to chemicals and abrasion in a wide range of applications. Processes include film, cast sheet, and profile extrusion, as well as extrusion coating/lamination.
The performance properties of Surlyn® extrusion resin are well-suited to sporting goods, construction and other high wear and tear products.
Mining and Construction Shock Tubes
Shock tubes are used in detonating systems for mining, construction, and other applications requiring controlled detonation of explosives. Surlyn® extrusion resin has been used for years as the interior layer in these tubes, due to its unique combination of adhesion and physical performance properties:
- Superior powder adhesion: Ensures uniform powder dispersion and reduced risk of misfires
- Exceptional chemical and oil resistance: Prevents oil penetrating through the tube and interacting with explosive powder, allowing for reliable blasting, even in harsh environments
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Surlyn® 8940 is the grade of choice for shock tubes. The typical shock tube structure is three layers:
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For structures requiring a tie layer, DuPont™ Nucrel® or DuPont™ Bynel® can be used as the intermediate adhesive layer.
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Used at the front of high-performance snowshoes, decking made of Surlyn® extrusion resin provides remarkable toughness, even when cold.
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nojo needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 709 designs submitted by 145 freelance designers.
F3 offers laptop cases, bags, and accessories that have been designed with a bit more thought. The results are products that look better and work better. You will want to own our products.
Our look is clean, modern, subtle, and refined. We pay great attention to usability and detail.
Anyone that uses a laptop and goes places with it. People that appreciate a well-designed product.
1) F3 should be interpreted as F cubed (F^3) - we just can't enter the superscript format here.
2) We say "all terrain" logo because our logo will have to work everywhere: de-bossed onto metal, rubber, leather; printed on different fabrics, materials, and packaging, and in digital form on our website F3GEAR.COM.
3) Because the logo will often appear de-bossed, it has to look great without the use of color.
4) F3 refers to "Form - Function - Freedom" which is essentially our slogan or tag line. It's optional to incorporate "Form - Function - Freedom" in the logo design.
***We will try to provide plenty of ongoing feedback***
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public parking workshop
As part of the Ann Arbor Discover Downtown (A2D2) project, the City is hosting two public participation events on long-term parking strategy. Tonight (March 28), the project team will facilitate a work session to obtain input and direction on the parking study at the Ann Arbor Downtown Library 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. There will also be a public workshop on downtown access and parking issues Thursday, March 29 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, City Hall. More details at the A2D2 page.
So, why should you care? You either don't own a car or don't use one often. How is fixing downtown parking going to impact your life? If you aren't sure why you would attend these meetings or what you would say if you did, here are a few ways that parking affects carfree folks:
1) Community decisions are made by those who show up at the meetings. It is easy to blame the auto-centric design of cities on a Detroit conspiracy, but the fact is that decisions are being made at these meetings and the people who are most likely to show up are those who want more, better parking. If no one shows up to say, "hey, I ride my bike and take the bus. We need to include these options in this discussion," then those options won't be discussed.
2) Increased parking facilities reduce downtown density. Carfree life is always easier when parking lots are not spreading out the distance between destinations. We should be advocating for minimal increases in parking supply.
3) Parking is part of the larger transportation system. Increasing parking leads to a need for other changes to accomodate increased traffic (if more parking won't result in more traffic, why are we adding parking?). That means more competition between people and cars for public space.
4) Instead of more parking, we should be considering more convenient parking. Even when half of the spaces in town are empty, visitors end up circling the block looking for one of the few spaces on Main St. They do this because a) they want convenience, and b) they don't know about other options. We need to provide better information to drivers about where parking is available and make parking in a structure more convenient than parking on the street. Once they have parked their cars, we need to provide convenient ways to get around downtown without going back to the car. A good network of transit, sidewalks, and bike lanes, along with other facilities will help. Not coincidentally, these are the projects that the carfee community wants more of anyway. This is the perfect venue to explain that connection.
The workshop is an open house, so you won't get stuck sitting through a boring public policy lecture. Just stop in and let the leaders know that parking design is important to you and you want to know what alternatives they are considering.
Thanks to Nancy Shore for the heads-up!


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CPD: notification.
We wish to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support through the completion of our online CPD questionnaires as well as to share some exciting news with you. HMPG's journal CPD questionnaires will be moving to the Medical Practice Consulting (MPC) CPD platform (www.mpconsulting.co.za) as part of a strategy to consolidate all South African Medical Association (SAMA) members' CPD certificates and history.
All SAMA CPD certificates (whether for annual conferences, branch meetings or workshops) are already available online on the MPC CPD platform and moving all active HMPG online CPD questionnaires to the same platform will mean that all SAMA member CPD certificates will be issued in one central, convenient location--resulting in less admin for our CPD clients.
An additional benefit is that the MPC CPD manager can complete your IAR form on your behalf (no more countless hours of reconciling CPD records before a compliance audit) and submit your CPD history to the HPCSA once you have approved it and are happy with the results. All that is required of you, when you are ready, is to click a single button to submit your CPD Activity Record to the HPCSA. Nothing will, of course, ever be submitted without your prior approval and consent.
The MPC system also adds additional functionality to the CPD questionnaires and the system has been set up to make the process as easy to follow as possible.
The South African Medical Association (SAMA) board has concluded that the CPD services associated with the South African Medical Journal (incorporating Continuing Medical Education) and the South African Journal of Bioethics and Law will only be offered to registered and fully paid-up SAMA members, as per the SAMA member benefit schedule; therefore, you will be required to register a profile on the MPC CPD system (if you do not already have one--if you already have one, login as usual) and to supply your SAMA membership number. You will be required to do this only once. Your membership will be validated in real-time and you will be able to access the journal CPD questionnaires. This once-off registration should not take more than 2 minutes and you will be on your way to completing the CPD questionnaires.
Below are some questions and answers that will assist you in getting started. When will the CPD questionnaires move to MPC?
All HMPG-issued journal CPD questionnaires will move to the MPC CPD platform from February 2014 onwards. This will include all prior CPD questionnaires that are still active.
What website do I access to complete the HMPG questionnaires?
Who is MPC?
Medical Practice Consulting (MPC) is a group company of SAMA. MPC has historically hosted CPD at SAMA's annual conferences, issued all SAMA member CPD certificates and has hosted SAMA's online branch elections. By moving active HMPG journal CPD questionnaires to the MPC system, SAMA members will have all their CPD certificates in one central, convenient location. MPC has also been supplying the Foundation for Professional Development distance learning courses online for the last 2 years and has hosted some of the largest online training initiatives in the South African healthcare industry.
What do I need to register a profile on the MPC CPD system?
MPC does not retain any confidential information on their database, so you will not be requested to share your telephone number, practice or home address. All that is required for registration is your name, surname, specialty, SAMA membership number and HPCSA number (which is included on your CPD certificate to comply with HPCSA CPD requirements).
How long will registration take?
Completing registration should take no longer than 2 minutes--please remember to have your HPCSA (MP Number) and SAMA membership number at hand.
What about my historic CPD certificates on the www.cpdjournals.co.za website?
If you register on the MPC CPD platform with the same email address as you were using on the www.cpdjournals.co.za website, MPC will import all your CPD certificates for the last 36 months into your MPC CPD manager for you. Alternatively you can still login to www.cpdjournals.co.za and save any CPD certificates that are still valid (remember that CEUs have a 24-month shelf life and expire after 24 months).
What happens if I run into technical difficulties?
Simply complete an online contact form and MPC will assist you with your technical problem. If your SAMA number for some reason does not match that in the SAMA membership database, MPC will assist with rectifying the problem. MPC's contact details are available online: www.mpconsulting.co.za/contact-us
Gert Steyn
CEO, Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG)
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Authentication Services - Overview
Integrate Unix, Linux and Mac OS X in Active Directory, while extending the compliance and security of Active Directory to your enterprise using Authentication Services, part of the Privileged Access Suite for Unix.
This Active Directory user authentication tool enables you to achieve compliance with cross-platform access control. And with centralized authentication and single sign-on, your organization can improve operational efficiencies. By using this Active Directory integration software, you can also unify identities and consolidate directories, simplifying identity and access management.
Extend the authentication, authorization and administration infrastructure of Active Directory to the rest of your enterprise. This authentication tool enables Unix, Mac OS X and Linux systems to operate as full citizens within Active Directory. View the complete list of Unix, Linux and Mac operating systems supported here.
Prove that your Unix, Linux and Mac OS X systems have control over non-Windows stored data when they join Active Directory. Authentication Services enables you to alert on, audit, and show in-depth change history of Unix-centric information being managed by Active Directory.
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Why The Ryder Cup Is A Sports Marketing Phenomenon
|There's golf, and there's the Ryder Cup. Like nothing else in golf, it dominates the headlines, courts controversy, ignites social media, and draws in millions of non-fans. So how did what started as a low-key exhibition match in the 1920s, and which was dying by the 1970s, become a sports marketing phenomenon?Re-invention
The Ryder Cup heralded a trend which has shaped modern sport: the creation of new and re-imagined formats. Consider for example the huge success and influence of the Rugby World Cup (born in the 80s), football's Premier League and Champions League (the 90s), cricket's Twenty20 and IPL, and most recently eSports. And there are many more.
So it was with the Ryder Cup. Following years of predictable and overwhelming US victories over a hopelessly outmatched GB & Ireland team, by 1977 the event was on its last legs. But from 1979, at the inspired suggestion of Jack Nicklaus, GB & Ireland became a European team to make the matches more competitive. And the rest, as they say is history.
Three players, who will all cast giant shadows over this Ryder Cup, stand apart for their marketing impact on golf: the recently-passed Arnold Palmer, who with Mark McCormack as his salesman, led golf into the TV era and made it a big business; Tiger Woods, the sport's first truly global icon whose impact was only truly felt after his disgrace and withdrawal; and Seve Ballesteros, who transformed the image and appeal of European golf in general and the Ryder Cup in particular.
When Nicklaus made his suggestion, Seve was the inspiration. Seve duly became the talisman of the new European team and inspired its first game-changing victories over the US in the 80s. Brilliant, charismatic and fiercely competitive - especially against the US players and galleries who he perceived as having slighted him early in his career - Ballesteros was, above all, the catalyst for the Ryder Cup phenomenon.
Less Is More
One of modern sport's biggest problems is that there's too much of it. Football, rugby, tennis, cricket and golf have all over-supplied the marketplace, leading to numerous negative on- and off-field consequences. This has increasingly worked to the Ryder Cup's advantage. It doesn't come around very often, but when it does, we can't wait. Less is more.
Above all, one thing makes the Ryder Cup unique, and uniquely powerful as a sports marketing platform: it's Europe versus the USA. This happens nowhere else in major sport. Nowhere else in major sport does Europe compete under one banner, uniting hundreds of millions of fans. And it's easy to forget that sport in the USA is a primarily a domestic affair: the dominant US team sports are all contested internally. As a sporting nation, the USA rarely ventures outside its borders onto the world stage. So when it does, it's rare, and it's a big deal. And this year, owing to Brexit, this particular aspect of the Ryder Cup story is even deeper.
The Ryder Cup is entirely unlike the golf that we see week-in, week-out, all year. Tournament golf is selfish: the Ryder Cup is selfless. It's not about individuals playing for a title and multi-million-dollar purses. It's about teams, about playing as part of the team, about winning for the team, and – that extreme rarity in big sport - not about money – the players aren't paid to appear in the Ryder Cup. And this works and appeals in a way that tournament golf simply doesn't. It gives the fans a team to support, and that in turn makes it bigger, more emotional, and easier to buy into than tournament golf - remember, worldwide, it's team sport that rules. It makes heroes and villains out of players who, ordinarily, we don't passionately support or oppose in their tournament identities. And most importantly, it works because it demands of the players something different, something other, something somehow better.
It may not like it, but the fact is that sport thrives on controversy. Controversy creates today's stories, history's legends, and tomorrow's fans. Controversy sells. And since the Ryder Cup was re-invented in 1979, and the contest became as close and as fierce as anything that sport can offer, controversy has never been far away: indeed, it's become part of the event's DNA and its global appeal, part of why we look forward to it, part of what we expect from it. Golf's traditionalists might not like it, but that controversy is another element that sets the Ryder Cup apart, and gives it an appeal way beyond golf's normal fan base and media footprint.
Defining Moments
We regularly tune into marquee events hoping to see something special, only to be disappointed. But since its re-invention, the Ryder Cup has never disappointed. Every event since 1979 has produced unforgettable, defining moments that have entered the sporting – not just golfing – pantheon. And this isn't about serendipity: it's the inevitable result of the contest being re-invented to become even and unpredictable, blending perfectly with a format which is guaranteed to produce moments that win – or lose – the match. The Ryder Cup is a perfect sports marketing template.
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In particular, we are the Social Entrepreneurship Team in BASES, and every year we run a challenge for about 100 teams that enter to win their share of 50k to help build their idea and change the world. Teams submit a business plan of their idea to judges (judges are mostly VCs and execs already working at social ventures), who then decide who advances to the next round, and so on, until there are several finalists. In addition, our team holds workshops, networking events, and speaker-series to help engage and educate people about Social Entrepreneurship.
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If you haven't been following, a trans-Atlantic pharmaceutical takeover war that has flown largely under the radar up to now is fast approaching the boiling point.
Privately held investment firm Royalty Pharma is trying to get control of Irish drugmaker Elan PLC /quotes/zigman/170510 /quotes/nls/eln ELN but has met stiff resistance. Based in New York, Royalty has offered to pay $6.4 billion for a majority stake in Elan, which translates to $12.50 a share.
Elan officials think the company is worth substantially more than Royalty is offering. They value the company at somewhere between $15.50 and $20.80 a share. The dispute reached a point where Elan earlier this week got a temporary restraining order in an Irish court prohibiting Royalty from circulating a proxy to its shareholders until a takeover panel can review the matter.
The Irish takeover panel is scheduled to decide whether the proxy should be mailed in coming days. A U.S. District Court also is reviewing the tender offer and whether the investment firm is fit to run a public company. Royalty Pharma specializes in acquiring royalties to various drugs.
Elan shareholders are scheduled to meet June 17 to decide several matters, including the acquisition of a smaller company, a $200 million share buyback and a $1 billion royalty deal with Theravance involving four respiratory drugs. There is no mention on the agenda of Royalty's offer, however. Royalty contends the Elan proposals are being made to avoid a takeover, but they acknowledge the deals would have to be rejected in order for them to proceed with the tender offer.
A little history: Royalty first made a bid for Elan in February, offering $11 a share at the time. Just prior to that, Elan shares hit a 52-week low, closing at $9.40 on Feb. 6. That was around the time it sold its 50% stake in Tysabri, the multiple-sclerosis drug it developed with Biogen Idec Inc. /quotes/zigman/91573 /quotes/nls/biib BIIB for $3.25 billion.
Elan rejected the offer in April and Royalty came back in May with a higher per-share offering but a smaller stake. Instead of the entire company, Royalty is looking at a 50%-plus-1 stake via a hostile tender offer.
Central to the dispute is that Elan contends Royalty is vastly underestimating its ongoing royalties in Tysabri, adding they're now worth roughly $11.85 to $17.15 a share. Royalty says that values Tysabri royalties at as much as $6.6 billion, twice the price it got for selling its stake in the drug to Biogen.
Since Royalty made its first offer, Elan shares have been rising but in a measured fashion without spiking. Shares ended trading Wednesday up marginally at $12.65.
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What if you could rig it so that competing with your flagship product was against the law? Under 1998's Digital Millennium Copyright Act, breaking an anti-copying system is illegal, even if you're breaking it for a legal reason. For example, it's against the law to compete head-on with the iPod by making a device that plays Apple's proprietary music, or by making an iPod add-on that plays your own proprietary music. Nice deal for Apple.
Microsoft gets the same deal, courtesy of something called "Information Rights Management," a use-restriction system for Office files, such as Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and Excel spreadsheets.
We've had access control for documents for years, through traditional cryptography. Using PGP or a similar product, you can encrypt your files so that only people who have the keys can read them.
But Information Rights Management (IRM), first introduced in Office 2003, goes further -- it doesn't just control who can open the document, it also controls what they can do with it afterwards. Crypto is like an ATM that only lets you get money after you authenticate yourself with your card and PIN. IRM is like some kind of nefarious goon hired by the bank to follow you around after you get your money out, controlling how you spend it.
With IRM, an Office user can specify whether her documents can be printed, saved, edited, forwarded -- she can even revoke access to the documents after sending them out, blocking leaks after they occur. Documents travel with XML expressions explaining how they can and can't be used.
Now, if anyone was allowed to make a document reader, it would be simple to make a reader that ignores the rules. This is a perennial problem for Adobe's password-restricted PDFs -- the only thing that distinguishes them from normal PDFs is a bit that says, "I am a restricted PDF." Just make a PDF reader that ignores the bit and you've defeated the "security." It's about as secure as one of those bogus "Confidentiality notices" that your mail-server pastes in at the bottom of every email you send.
There are plenty of readers for Microsoft's Office formats these days. Apple makes at least two -- Pages and TextEditor. Google and RIM both have Office readers they use to convert Office documents to other formats. And there's also free readers like OpenOffice.org, which are open source and so can be modified by anyone with the interest to write or commission new code for them.
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IRM has an answer. Unlike a crippled PDF, a restricted Word file is encrypted. Only authorized readers will get the keys. This technology will return Office users to the days before the file format had been reverse-engineered by competing products like WordPerfect, where reading an Office file meant licensing the file-format from Microsoft.
If anyone makes a client that listens to its owner instead of Microsoft, then the system collapses. No-print, no-forward, revoke and other flags for the document can simply be ignored. Once Microsoft sends a decryption key to an untrusted party, all bets are off -- Microsoft loses its lock-in and you lose any notional security benefits from IRM.


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On the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Earth Charter for North Africa and the Middle East Region, IUCN is launching two new Arabic WANI toolkits.
The Water and Nature Initiative (WANI) toolkits "FLOW -The Essentials of Environmental Flows" and "PAY – Establishing Payments for Watershed Services" were translated into Arabic by IUCN through the Zarqa River Project, in partnership with the Jordanian Ministry of Environment. IUCN chose the Earth Charter celebration to launch the new Arabic toolkits due to their relevance of ecosystem management with the Earth Charter's principles.
"IUCN will celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Earth Charter through launching IUCN Arabic translated publications on ecosystem management jointly with the Ministry of Environment," said Dr. Odeh Al Jayyousi, IUCN West Asia Regional Director. "This scientific approach demonstrates IUCN's mandate in documenting best practice and transferring its international experience to the regional and local levels," added Al Jayyousi.
IUCN Member, the Jordan Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD) and the Earth Charter global initiative are holding a celebration under the patronage of HRH Princess Basma Bint Talal from 23-24 November 2010 at the Dead Sea.
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