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Wassily Kandinsky (kăndĬn´skē, Rus. vəsē´lyē kəndyēn´skē), 1866–1944, Russian abstract painter and theorist. Usually regarded as the originator of abstract art, Kandinsky abandoned a legal career for painting at 30 when he moved to Munich. In subsequent trips to Paris he came into contact with the art of Gauguin, neoimpressionism (see postimpressionism), and fauvism. He then developed his ideas concerning the power of pure color and nonrepresentational painting. His first work in this mode was completed in 1910, the year in which he wrote an important theoretical study, Concerning the Spiritual in Art (1912, tr. 1947 and 1977). In this work he examines the psychological effects of color and his concept of the kinship between music and art.
Kandinsky exhibited with the Brücke group, and with Franz Marc and others he founded the Blaue Reiter group. In 1915 he returned to Moscow, where he taught and directed artistic activities. During the early 1920s his style evolved from riotous bursts of color in his "Improvisations" to more precise, geometrically arranged compositions. In 1921 he returned to Germany and the next year joined the Bauhaus faculty. In 1926 he wrote Point and Line to Plane (tr. 1947), which includes an analysis of geometric forms in art. At the outset of World War II, he went to France, where he spent the rest of his life. In American public collections, Kandinsky is particularly well represented in the Guggenheim Museum, New York City, and California's Pasadena Art Museum.
See his Reminiscences (1913; tr. in Modern Artists on Art, ed. by R. L. Herbert, 1964); biographies by J. Lassaigne (1964) and J. Hahl-Koch (1994); P. Weiss, Kandinsky in Munich: 1896–1914 (1982); V. E. Barnett, Kandinsky: At the Guggenheim (1983); C. V. Poling, Kandinsky: Russian and Bauhaus Years, 1915–1933 (1983); Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Staff, Kandinsky in Paris, 1934–1944 (1985); A. and L. Vezin, Kandinsky and the Blue Rider (1992); T. M. Messer, Vasily Kandinsky (1997); U. Becks-Malorny, Wassily Kandinsky, 1866–1944: The Journey to Abstraction (1999).


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Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT)
Here's the GODORT Conference schedule. Our schedule is packed, but there's plenty for those interested in government documents and we welcome new members! Just want to dip your toe in? Check out:
- GODORT Happy Hour Friday, January, 19th, 6 - 7:30PM, Roosevelt Hotel
A chance to GODORT members and those interested in documents of all stripes to mingle, chat and get to know each other. It's really a congenian group!!
- GODORT Washington Office Update Saturday, January 20th, 8:00 am-10:00 am WCC 611-614
The place to be if you want to know what legislation has recently been passed or is pending that could have an effect on libraries.
- GODORT Update Saturday, January 20th, 10:30 am-12:30 pm, WCC 606-607
Speakers include:
- Cheryl Nyberg, reference librarian and the website content manager at the University of Washington Gallagher Law Library in Seattle will speak about the Washington State Digital Archives
- Matt Brosius, OECD, will give a presentation entitled: "Back from the Brink: How OECD Brought its Books back from Oblivion by adding an E!"
- Judy Russell, GPO/Superintendent of Documents, will talk about GPO's Web harvesting project.
- GODORT New Members Lunch Saturday, January 20th, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm (Place TBA, check the GODORT conference schedule for more information)
- GODORT Membership Meeting Monday, January 22, 2007 10:30 am-12:30 pm WCC 201
There's lots more happening in the various committees. Feel free to drop by and see what GODORT is up to!!

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We've noticed something pretty awesome on our HTC 8S (review coming shortly, folks), something that many have been calling out for from Microsoft since Windows Phone launched back in 2010. In the Windows Phone 8 build that's loaded on the HTC 8S, we can enable the setting to allow the WiFi connection to remain active when the screen times out. Huzzah!
The rumor that the HTC 8S would bring this functionality was first reported back on November 22nd and it is now 100% confirmed.
On the HTC we have an OS version of 8.0.10211.204, while the Lumia 920 is only on 8.0.9903.10, which makes us believe this could well be an interim build to keep us occupied for the upcoming Windows Phone Portico update (aka Apollo+). Joe Belfiore, Windows Phone Program Manager, has stated the WiFi setting will be making an appearance in the next major update, but it's interesting to see it on hardware that have just gone to market.
Our version numbers aren't hitting 8.1 just yet so it could simply be HTC pushing for more functionality to be included in its own product line. With the company refreshing its partnership with Microsoft, this isn't a farfetched possibility.
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Still no connection.
New service provider? Yes, I think so. Just as soon as my line is fixed!?!
* There may have been more...
Frustrating with a capital FRUSTRATING.
oh bugger....still!
And there was me thinking 'only 5 swear words?
How VERY restrained!' ;)
It's hopeless but they do have you by the balls don't they!!! I'm missing your Posts :-) Are you at least enjoying the (albeit forced) computer break? Mel x
Oh I'd be cursing up a storm if I were in your position MM. In a world governed by technology and all of it's advancements, it seems quite ludicrous that they haven't been able to hook you up yet. Don't they know you're missed here in blogland. Rude! xo
That is where I grew my arse. Optarse.
For real.
I hope you get it fixed soon.
Beyond annoying, but sadly far too common a story! Missing you.
I'd wondered where you'd got to. I've been having intermittent issues with my optus home internet for the past few months. It likes to randomly shut off at various times in the early evening, but it always comes back on although sometimes not until the next day! Good luck in sorting yours out.
I must say that, even though I hate them, I stick with telstra. I tried other providers, including Optus, and ultimately had zero satisfaction.
Telstra have quite picked up their game. When I called with internet problems a few weeks ago they were there that day, called and told me it was a major problem and offered me a wi-fi modem pre-paid widget thing as I couldn't live without the internet.
Also, have found that if I say I want to speak with someone in Australia they'll put me through. Bliss.
Hope it's fixed soon!
OH No!!!
I thought we had connection problems in the country but this sounds worse at the moment.
Hope you find a lovely new provider very soon when you're back online.
There is no bloody alternative!!!! x
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Samsung KNOX Enhances Onvelop's Breakthrough Enterprise Mobility Platform
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA--(Marketwire - Feb 26, 2013) - Onvelop -- an enterprise mobility platform that utilizes licensed Microsoft protocols to provide secure access to enterprise communication and collaboration suites such as SharePoint, Lync and Office 365 from smartphones and tablets across multiple operating systems like iOS, Android and Windows 8 -- announces its collaboration with the Samsung KNOX solution Samsung announced earlier today. Samsung KNOX is an end-to-end secure solution that provides security hardening from the hardware through to the application layer. The Samsung KNOX retains full compatibility with Android and the Google ecosystem while engineering fundamental security and management enhancements, including its unique application container technology which enables enterprises to support both BYOD and Corporate-Liable models without compromising corporate security or employee privacy. Onvelop's OEM partnership with Samsung offers the platform incredible reach and provides Samsung with a ready extension into the enterprise-mobility market.
Onvelop is one of the first enterprise-mobility products to take advantage of the Samsung KNOX 's comprehensive and consolidated solution for enterprises. It allows users to manage work and personal lives separately on a single Android device with enterprise-ready data isolation that protects personal data from company oversight. This partnership brings a new era of enterprise mobility and BYOD for organizations using Office 365, SharePoint and Lync on server-side solutions.
Onvelop, which launched this January under the mobile-engineering product and service firm AgreeYa Mobility, headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is an intuitive, unified collaboration and communication platform that enables secure access to Office 365, SharePoint and Lync from mobile devices. Onvelop allows unparalleled productivity and flexibility for users and complete security and control for the enterprises that implement it.
Onvelop's patented and unique user experience brings enterprise mobility and BYOD to business consumers by providing an Onvelop dashboard with feeds for activities, announcements and events on the mobile device. Users enjoy one-stop access to the business tools they need to review SharePoint documents, create events and announcements in SharePoint, chat, call via Lync/OCS, have an Onvelop review meeting online via chat or call conferencing, check out and update documents from SharePoint, and check them back in to SharePoint so that updates become available to other enterprise users in the same network -- all from the mobile device. Android smartphone and tablet users can download a free trial version of Onvelop from Google Play. It's also available for purchase at Google Play, Appstore and through reselling partner Vodafone.
"With its Samsung KNOX solution, Samsung will revolutionize the way Android devices are used for enterprise mobility," says Krish Kupathil, CEO of AgreeYa Mobility. "And Onvelop will leverage Samsung KNOX to provide enterprises with secure, unified collaboration and communication."
Onvelop has constructed a seamless functionality for both enterprises and end users, allowing single sign-on and password access and handling data security, data encryption and active directory while upholding existing company security and access restrictions and without requiring any other MDM license or solution.
With Samsung KNOX providing bolstered handset security, the platform allays fears about data security and control -- major concerns for CIOs -- and even provides enterprise administrators with a Web-based dashboard for easy remote license management and enterprise-data control on the Onvelop platform.
Onvelop 365 supports Samsung Android tablets with Honeycomb and later, Samsung Android smartphones with Ice Cream Sandwich and later and iPads with 5.0.x and later. Onvelop On-Premise supports SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010, RDP for XP, 2008 R2 server, Office 365, OCS 2007 and Lync 2010. Onvelop also supports Office 365 for Education, allowing students and faculty to communicate and collaborate from mobile devices.
"Onvelop and Samsung KNOX are ideal partners," says Dr. Injong Rhee, Senior Vice President, B2B R&D at Samsung Electronics. "Together, we're providing a new level of functionality that will satisfy enterprises and their employees, along with the robust security that keeps them confident that their personal and proprietary data is always safe. It is about extending Onvelop's full power of collaboration and communication to the end user, while allowing the IT department to maintain the control and security that they need through Samsung KNOX."
Onvelop is being demonstrated at the Samsung Booth in Hall 3. Mobile World Congress 2013 visitors can also schedule appointments to view live demonstrations and walkthroughs of Onvelop at http://www.agreeyamobility.net/179/mwc_2013. For more information about Onvelop, visit www.onvelop.com.
ABOUT AGREEYA MOBILITY: Headquartered in Mountain View, California, AgreeYa Mobility is a leading mobile SI and technology organization, with its development centers based out of the US, Canada, Poland, India, China and South Korea. The company caters to the requirements of telecom operators, handset manufacturers, chipset manufacturers and business enterprises. The company's innovative Onvelop product utilizes licensed Microsoft protocols to provide secure access to enterprises' back end from smartphones and tablets across multiple operating systems like iOS, Android and Windows 8. This secure functionality has been achieved by its interoperability relationship with Microsoft and other technology partnerships. Onvelop Cloud Platform enables telecom operators to create a seamless service combining disparate enterprise SaaS/OTT technologies for the enterprise. Visit www.onvelop.com for more information.
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Path Solutions, a leading Kuwait-based banking systems provider and Bank of Khartoum ("BOK"), Sudan's largest Islamic commercial and retail bank today announced the successful deployment of iMAL solution within an extraordinary project timeframe of only 8 months allowing BOK to have a very fast ROI. With the iMAL Enterprise Islamic Banking & Investment System, BOK will be able to enhance its service capabilities to quickly roll out new Islamic products and services to its customers. iMAL will also provide the bank with the advantage of centralized operations and risk management thus enhancing its competitive edge and boosting profitability.
"Bank of Khartoum has put forth an aggressive vision of growth and expansion in the local market and the neighboring African countries. This is another distinguished milestone achieved in the transformation of BOK", stated Fadi Al Faqih, BOK General Manager. "Following thorough due diligence, we've started a technology driven transformation initiative with Path Solutions' iMAL at its heart. We believe that iMAL solution will bolster our entire IT infrastructure and contribute in upgrading business performance. The solution will also allow us to launch new distinguished products and services to our clients using the latest modern technologies".
Commenting on the Go Live, Dr. Khalid Amir Osman PhD, Head of IT at BOK said, "We were pleasantly surprised when both the implementation time and the transfer of knowledge exceeded our initial expectations. This project implementation is absolutely a world record in the core banking implementations for banks of similar size. Path Solutions' team performed fabulously by achieving high level of efficiency and customer satisfaction at once, and the project has been successfully delivered while meeting all specified project requirements. We are confident that with iMAL we will be moving into the next generation of banking".
As one of Africa's leading and most innovative banks, BOK commands great respect from the financial community. It is also the commercial bank with the oldest continuous history in the country. BOK has a network of 18 branches in the capital, 32 branches nationwide and 75 ATMs across Sudan. The bank's expansion plans take into account the need to have a presence in all major industrial, agricultural and commercial centres, where its corporate customers are located, as well as the need to build a strong retail customer base for both deposits and loan products.
Said Naji Moukadam, President of Path Solutions, "We are very pleased that BOK has placed its trust in our AAOIFI-certified software solution, which we were able to deploy very quickly. BOK has mobilized comprehensive resources who spared no effort to help achieve this milestone. We highly value the tremendous contribution of BOK team to ensuring a seamless transition to Sharia-based banking".
According to Alain Abou Khalil, Path Solutions' VP Professional Services, iMAL solution was implemented through a complex architecture of distributed and centralized databases. SAFE was installed at 32 decentralized branches and 18 centralized branches of BOK.
Abou Khalil explained, "The ease of use of iMAL, our work methodology and our highly capable Professional Services team allowed us to deliver outstanding results in a short time span. In this respect, I am taking this opportunity to congratulate both implementation teams for their tremendous efforts in completing this distinguished achievement which stands as a great example of team work between vendor and customer. We look forward to BOK's continued success in Sudan".
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This article first appeared in Aviation Week & Space Technology.
"Three things are important for a navy today: flexibility, flexibility and flexibility," Rear Adm. (ret.) Kurt Birger Jensen, formerly of the Danish navy, tells Aviation Week. His analysis was borne out by discussions with shipyard managers and by new ship designs at the recent Euronaval exhibition here.
Tighter defense budgets, and the likelihood that battles on the high seas are things of the past, mean navies must understand that the ships they procure now will have service lives of 30-40 years. "We have an idea of what is ahead in the next 12 months, we can estimate what may happen in the next three years, but in 30 years? We haven't a clue," Jensen says.
So ships are becoming smaller, faster and capable of multiple missions.
Angelo Fusco, executive senior vice president for Italy of shipbuilder Fincantieri, says there is a "struggle between two conceptions [among navies]: maintaining the same number of ships but with lower capability or reducing the number but making each more sophisticated." He puts the Italian navy in the second category, "although industry would prefer the first." The general result, Fusco adds, is a tendency to simplification "but with modules to upgrade." Nevertheless, he finds modules "more philosophical than practical because current plug-and-play capabilities are not very developed in the naval sector and it takes one or two months to replace modules."
Fusco remarks that this is the first year the economic crisis has been felt in naval defense. Programs are limited and reconsidered. "The market is shrinking but the number of players is the same, so competition is tough." How tough? "The reduction in orders for merchant ships means shipyards that have never been interested in the military sector are turning to it, and we've been fighting them over the past couple of years." At the top of the list are South Korean shipyards, though he claims they "are not pro-active in design."
Ha-Yeon Jang, an associate in the ship business division of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, does not disagree. Rather than design a ship and offer it to the market, she explains that the group prefers to provide designs to customers' specifications, which tend to be for "not-so-big and fast" vessels.
French shipyard CMN—whose specialty has been small, fast, heavily armed vessels—was showing arguably the most unusual and innovative design of the show. It was so unusual that the design, which only exists on paper, was patented—the Combattante SWAO 53. This small-waterplane-area outrigger (SWAO) combines the speed of a slender boat with a large platform, on a starboard outrigger, for 5-ton helicopters or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).
The 53-meter-long (174-ft.) aluminum alloy ship has a 16-meter beam. Designed for littoral waters, maximum draft is 2.6 meters, and three fixed-pitch propellers provide propulsion. Top speed is 30 kt.
Benoit Andrieux, CMN's purchasing director, says that the stealthy vessel—crewed by 26 but with space for 35—is mission-flexible. It is designed for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; commando support (it carries three 7.5-meter rigid inflatable boats); integration within a naval task force; deterrent strike; and helicopter and UAV operations support (there are two UAV hangars but none for helicopters).
The fastest, if not the most flexible, vessel at the show was the handiwork of a small Italian company named FB Design, after founder Fabio Buzzi. Fifteen years ago, Buzzi shifted production from racing boats to military speedboats. Days before the Euronaval show he broke a long-distance record by traveling the 684 nm (1,267 km or 787 mi.) between New York and Bermuda in 17 hr., 6 min., at an average speed of 39.8 kt, in the new FB 40'SF.
FB's military speedboats are not only in service with navies, but law enforcement and customs officials in more than a dozen countries, including the U.S., U.K. and Singapore.
The eye-catcher on the stand at the show was the unmanned FB38, already bought by one undisclosed customer, which can be manned in 8 min. by removing a hatch and adding a canopy. The 12-meter-long, 2.33-meter-wide boat fits into a container for transport aboard a ship. The bow contains a gun pit with rotary mounting device, the center section is for operators, and aft is the electronic piloting system (not provided by FB) for unmanned operation. The radar folds away and does not have to be removed during containerization.
Alessandro Borgolotto, one of the designers at FB Design, says the vessel is for anti-piracy and anti-smuggling missions. It is not, however, for anti-mine operations because a growing number of FB boats are made of structural foam. That substance makes the craft virtually unsinkable, he remarks, but the foam cannot withstand or deflect a mine blast. The boat has a molded hull and countermolded floor of laminated fiberglass and is divided into six chambers. The military versions of the boats have shock-absorbing seats, while a carbon-fiber front ramp can be added for rapid troop disembarkment.
Flexibility is how Arend Schulze, sales director of German shipyard Lurssen, chooses to describe the requirements of his clients. Lurssen is unique in the international shipbuilding market as it is family-owned. Now in the hands of the fourth generation of the Lurssen family, the company, with 1,400 employees, builds big ships—from patrol craft and fleet-support vessels to corvettes and frigates. "The only things we don't do are aircraft carriers and submarines," says Schulze.
"What clients are looking for are multirole, multimission ships," he says. As a result, Schulze sees "huge potential" in offshore patrol vessels (OPV). Lurssen sold three OPVs to Brunei and has a repeat order. The 1,625-ton, 80-meter-long PV80 OPV, with a 13-meter beam, is based on a modified hull line. Like Fusco at Fincantieri, Schulze talks of "plug-and-play modules" but seems more optimistic as to their practicality. The modules, he says, are customer-defined and allow the PV80 to be modified for disaster relief, hydrographic missions and other operations.
"This is not a highly sophisticated vessel," he concedes, "it's a workhorse" and "easy to operate" with "excellent sea-keeping" characteristics. It has a stern ramp for launch and recovery on the move of its four 10-meter rigid inflatable boats. The flight deck handles a 10-ton helicopter, though there is no hangar.
It is not easy to develop an innovative submarine. But at every Euronaval exhibition, DCNS, the French naval systems company, displays a concept in this category. This year's choice was the SMX-26 submarine.
The small, 20-crew boat, dappled in green and gray, descends to the seafloor in no more than 12 meters of water, where it watches and waits. To avoid creating a vacuum beneath itself, making it hard to rise off the seafloor, the SMX-26 extends three legs that are independently adjustable. These also assure the boat remains horizontal on uneven terrain, explains Xavier Itard, director of DCNS submarine programs. "It can even move about on the legs," says Itard.
Another advantage of not resting on the bottom is that the boat can fire torpedoes. It will also have two flexible hoses: one for air supply, the other for exhaust gas, meaning it can recharge batteries while on the seabed.
Itard says the designers, who were led by Marie Nicod, wanted to validate a number of ideas. One was to design a small submarine for countries with shallow littoral waters. The idea is that the SMX-26 submarine will monitor a coast with an optronic periscope and, if necessary, surface to fire a 20-mm gun or launch six commandos in a rigid inflatable boat.
Whether the concept will lead anywhere remains to be seen. The SMX-23, a concept boat that was shown at Euronaval 2006, did result in the 855-ton Andrasta submarine program, which though available, has yet to be ordered.
Perhaps more than their designs, it is the shipyards themselves that will have to be flexible in the coming years to survive their rivalry for shares of a shrinking market, where there will be fewer customers, as well as buyers that want to build all or part of a ship in their own countries.


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Hi everybody! I'm interested in Lie Theory and its connections to Dynamical Systems theory. I am starting my studies and would like references to articles on the subject.
$\begingroup$ I am also interested in this connection. Searching the internet and literature hasn't been too forthcoming yet, but I have only just begun. It seems to me that a likely connection would be through representations of amenable groups. Jaoby, have you found anything useful in this direction on your own? $\endgroup$ – Eric A. Bunch Apr 1 '11 at 23:47
2$\begingroup$ Also, this question should probably be made community wiki. $\endgroup$ – Eric A. Bunch Apr 1 '11 at 23:48
$\begingroup$ Have you looked into Renato Feres's book Dynamical Systems and Semisimple groups? I found it beautifully written and very accessible. You should find many pointers to the literature in it. $\endgroup$ – Theo Buehler Apr 2 '11 at 4:53
$\begingroup$ Take a look at the Handbook of Dynamical Systems. $\endgroup$ – Steve Huntsman Apr 2 '11 at 15:32
The connections between Dynamics and Lie Groups (or Algebraic groups) comes mainly in two flavours: 1. Smooth dynamics, like others have stated Hamiltonian dyanmics and differntial equations. 2. Applications of Ergodic theory and Topological dynamics to Lie groups (or more generally, homogenuous spaces), or as Lindenstrauss' calls it - homogenuous dynamics.
The homogenuous dynamics realm is again divided to two main areas: 1. "Geometric Applications", i.e. most of Margulis works (rigidty and such). Those are problems that deal directly with these settings. 2. "Other applications", mainly number theortical applications, which basically can be modelled on such spaces and dynamical methods (such as orbit classification or measure classification) come to use.
I find myself more expert on 2.2 side, and I don't know anything about smooth dynamics, so I'll leave you with just one reference - Katok-Introduction to the Modern Theory of Dynamical Systems, which is some sort of general encyclopedia, and might be a good place to start your journey.
About homogenuous dynamics. The area doesn't have a usuall reference, and to be exact, there are hardly any references at all. A good place to start would be - Einsiedler,Ward - Ergodic Theory With a View Towards Number Theory, this relatively a new book in the GTM, which is well written, and give you introduction to ergodic theory, and in the later part he proves Ratner theorems for SL_2 (Furstenberg, Danni, Danni-Smilie). He also discuss some of the dynamics of nilpotent systems, such as the Heisenberg group (which is the starting point toward the Green-Tao theorem).
For the more advanced reader, the best place would be Elon's own notes - Lindenstrauss notes from a prev. course in HU, another good place would be the Clay Pisa proceedings, containing lecture notes of Eskin regarding Ratner theorems, and a paper by Lindenstrauss and Einsiedler about their work on diagonalizable actions. If one is particularly interested in Ratner theorems, one can look in - Dave Morris' book about Ratner's theorems.
For those who are interested in Margulis works (Arithmeticity and such), I know only of two references - Margulis-Discrete subgroups of semisimple Lie groups which is out of print and extremely hard to find (and also hard to understand, one needs some familiarity with Lie groups and algebraic groups), and the other one is a book by Zimmer - Ergodic Theory and Semisimple Groups. Dave Morris has a draft of book about Arithmetic groups which might be of interest as well - Morris - Introduction to Arithmetic Groups.
Well I'm hoping I gave you enough reading for some time.
One of the most important connections of the two fields can be found in the theory of Hamiltonian dynamical systems with Lie groups being the symmetry groups. The interplay of these leads to many interesting concepts (including, inter alia, the classical R-matrix) and results. For starters you can try the books Applications of Lie Groups to Differential Equations by Olver and Integrable Systems of Classical Mechanics and Lie Algebras by Perelomov, and the survey paper Integrable Systems and Factorization Problems by Semenov-Tian-Shansky.


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FCoE, Converging IT Teams, and… Penguins?
Recently flying on an airplane (which I've been doing a lot lately), I couldn't help but notice the book the gentleman sitting next to me was reading.
Normally people tend to read, watch, or listen to something while on an airplane, so that wasn't unusual, in-and-of itself. What was unusual was that this gentleman, obviously a professional businessman with grey hair and a many years of experience under his belt, was reading what appeared to be a children's book about… penguins.
Now, I like penguins. In college I had the privilege of even working on a project that enabled me to get access into the penguin exhibit at the Roger Williams Zoo in Rhode Island (but that's a story for another time). Let it suffice to say that I couldn't help but notice.
But the fact that this was a children's book, complete with large text and short sentences, also peaked my curiosity. Looking a little closer (and feeling guilty for peering over the guy's shoulder to read more about it), I noticed that this wasn't a children's book at all.
"Excuse me," I said. "What is that book you're reading?"
He closed the cover and angled it so that I could see: Our Iceberg is Melting by John Kotter.
My first thought was that this was a book on Global Warming or something similar, but then I saw the subtitle: "Changing and succeeding under any conditions."
"Is that a book on Change Management?" I asked.
He said that it was. "This has really helped my company through some difficult transitions," he added.
"What do you do?" I asked.
"I work for a non-profit corporation," he said. He didn't look like he wanted to go into it in much greater detail, so I didn't press. "I manage a large group of people who all are in this book."
"Really?" I asked. "He wrote about your company?"
He smiled. "No, I just mean that he's very good at grabbing the characters involved." He started leafing through the pages and pointed to big colorful pictures of penguin characters. "Whenever we have to handle change management, I can see exactly each person reflected in this story."
Suddenly, he snapped the book shut and handed it to me. "Here, you can keep it."
"What? Really?" I was shocked. You don't normally see this kind of thing nowadays. "Are you sure?"
He smiled. "Sure, I'll just pick up another copy at the office. Go ahead. It's an easy read."
So I did. The book, about 120 pages or so, and he was right. I finished the entire book in less than an hour, and I think I put it down only once. (Anyone who knows me knows how slow I read, so you know it's an easy read if I can get through 120 pages in an hour!)
Now, you may be wondering why I'm spending so much time talking about this book that some stranger gave me on an airplane somewhere over New York. The reason is because as I've been going around the world to talk about convergence, consolidated I/O, FCoE and converged networks, there is one issue that causes more grief and sleepless nights than any other:
How do you get the teams to work together?
As much as I would like to say that Cisco (or I) have a "foolproof" method for preventing mistakes, protecting control in every circumstances, and sitting server, networking, and storage teams down so that they all sing "Kum Ba Yah" in three-part harmony, I'd have a better chance of trying to reconcile Red Sox and Yankees fans (American baseball teams with a vicious rivalry, to international visitors to this blog).
In other words, "not likely."
Cisco can provide you with incredible tools to help accomplish the goal, it's true. The Nexus 7000 has Virtual Device Contexts, for example, that allows storage administrators to administer their environments without interference (or fear) from networking administrations who might have an overzealous moment with the configuration settings. Data Center Network Manager provides Role-Based Access Controls (RBACs) for identifying who has access to what with what privileges.
There are best practices and design guides to help, along with comprehensive troubleshooting guides in case things do go wrong.
Is it enough? In a word, not even close.
This is not a technological problem. This is a cultural problem, one that is just as unique to data center teams as there are data centers. There is no button to push, no software to install, no piece of hardware to buy that is going to suddenly make teams who haven't even met each other start to suddenly become poker buddies.
There is a process that must be followed, steps that need to be taken. Teams must be managed with a goal in mind that is conducive to fulfilling the "promises and hype" of which the technology is capable. There needs to be dedication that is driven from the vision and those people who are responsible for seeing it come to fruition, no matter where they reside in the organization.
Ironically, there is almost no one that I've spoken with that doesn't think that networks will eventually converge into a common infrastructure eventually. The timing for this, of course, is in dispute, but not the end vision.
It's funny, then, how the mechanics of getting there are so easily dismissed, avoided, or put aside. Doing so is the emotional equivalent of sticking one's head in the sand or stuffing fingers in the ears while singing "la-la-la-la" as loud as possible.
Cisco can provide you the tools, can add in the features you need to do this, and we're continuing to improve upon these elements over time. But if you're serious about capitalizing on what consolidation can provide – not only in terms of the financial impact but also what it can do for your company – then you should start to look beyond just the technical quick-fixes.
Ultimately, consolidation is more than just the wires, the boxes, the software. Converged networks means changing the way that you think about doing IT, and getting a head-start on the process will help you reap the rewards (maybe even over your competition!) and ensure that these changes actually stick.
I'm not saying that you should go out and buy the book, "Our Iceberg is Melting" but I will say that it definitely can help place things into perspective about the journey that lies before you. At the very least, you should not underestimate the process and the steps you need to take to ensure that you wind up successful.
Note: I have not met Dr. Kotter, he likely has no idea who I am, and in the interest of full disclosure there is absolutely no remuneration for mentioning it here (meaning, I received nothing for doing it). I simply read the book and saw a direct parallel to the questions that I have been asked over the past couple years with respect to consolidating teams.
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Obama's FDA needs to get tough on e-cigarettes
The Food and Drug Administration's weak rules on electronic cigarettes came under a new round of criticism last week when 29 state attorneys general wrote the agency to say its current proposal to regulate them"fails to address matters of particular concern."
The 29 officials are right on target. In April, the FDA had said it wanted to ban sales of e-cigarettes to minors. Yet it proposed to give manufacturers complete freedom to market a product that could addict a new generation of users to nicotine, expose users to many potentially dangerous chemicals, and still be a gateway back to tobacco.
The FDA would still allow manufacturers to sell electronic cigarettes with the very candy, cake, spice, and fruit flavors that were banned in 2009 for tobacco because they were luring youth into smoking. In another head scratcher, the FDA would also allow e-cigarette companies to advertise in media banned for tobacco, such as television and magazines. According to a study published last month in the journal Pediatrics, youth exposure to e-cigarette television advertising increased 256 percent from 2011 to 2013.
That figure was cited by the attorneys general in their letter, in which they urged the FDA to ban candy flavors, place the same marketing restrictions on e-cigs as for cigarettes, and strengthen health warnings. Noting studies that link adolescent nicotine use to adult memory loss, impulse control, and depression, the attorneys general suggest labeling that makes it crystal clear that nicotine"is a harmful and addictive chemical."
The harm has become obvious as child poisonings from playing with or accidentally swallowing liquid e-cigarette flavorings have skyrocketed. They have reached such a level that a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report in April said, "developing strategies to monitor and prevent future poisonings is critical."
The saga of e-cigarette regulation took a particularly mysterious turn this summer when Reuters reported that a key reason for the tameness of the FDA's rules was because the Obama administration's Office of Management and Budget significantly weakened the FDA drafts. OMB deleted language voicing concern for the safety of e-cigarettes, a proposal to review cartridges for harmful levels of toxic chemicals, and language that could have led to a ban on online sales. In a parallel revision, OMB also weakened proposed new rules for cigars and deleted FDA estimates of how many lives and how much money would be saved with reductions in cigar smoking.
OMB has not said why it weakened the rules, but the unspoken reason probably is that tobacco companies remain big players on Capitol Hill. The industry has spent $132 million in lobbying since 2009, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
That lobbying clearly has muted the cry for tough, proactive regulation. To be sure, e-cigarettes do not contain the carcinogens of burnt tobacco. E-cigarettes, with proper medical supervision, may help people stop smoking. But the fact that companies are using celebrities to market them as a way of being cool strongly suggests that the overriding goal of the industry is to get millions of people around the world hooked.
Besides the attorneys general, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the National Association of County & City Health Officials all want to ban candy flavors and subject e-cigarettes to the same restrictions as tobacco.
When President Obama signed the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, he made it clear he was disturbed that children were assaulted with an"insidious barrage of advertising" for tobacco and flavors that"make it even more tempting."
In the five years since, the barrage of advertising and the exploding use of e-cigarettes among young people make it imperative for Obama and the FDA to listen to the pleas of the top medical societies, public health associations, and, now, the majority of state attorneys general. Without strong action by the administration, e-cigarettes will become a temptation young people cannot resist.


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ROCHESTER — Household Hazardous Waste collection day (HHWD) is Saturday, May 4 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Turnkey Landfill, 90 Rochester Neck Road.
The communities participating in the HHWD are Barrington, Farmington, Milton, Middleton, New Durham, Northwood, Rochester, Somersworth, Strafford, and Wakefield.A product is hazardous when its use or disposal poses a threat to your health or the environment. To help you identify these hazardous products, federal law requires them to be labeled with warnings about their use, storage, and disposal. The words "Danger" (most toxic), "Warning," "Poison" and "Caution" (least toxic) are used to help identify the various degrees of toxicity. These words and the properties that make the product hazardous are listed to help you use these products safely.Do not dispose of any chemicals, petroleum products, or other hazardous wastes down the drain or on the ground. It is against the law. You can bring up to 10 gallons of the following to the HHWD site:
House and garden products — weed killers and fertilizers, no-pest strips; ant spray and baits; bug and rodent-sprays; poisons; flea repellents and shampoos; bug sprays; houseplant insecticides; oven cleaners, drain; toilet cleaners; wood/metal cleaners and polishes; rug cleaners, bleach; pool chemicals; tub, tile and shower cleaners; button cell and lithium batteries.
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Motor oil/tires/computers — for the collection center nearest you, call your municipality.
Zink carbon and alkaline batteries — batteries sold after May 1996 are non-hazardous and can be placed in the trash.
Recyclable batteries — for the disposal locations nearest you, please check the list provided in a recycling flyer.Car batteries — most places that sell car batteries will take them back. Some communities may have battery collections.Propane tanks — return to a place that sells them.
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|Scouts BSA
|Ideals · Aims and Methods
|Ranks · Merit Badges · Awards
Scouts BSA is a program of the Boy Scouts of America. It is available to boys under the age of 18 who meet any of the following qualifications:
- boys at least 10 years old who have earned the Arrow of Light
- boys at least 10 years old who have completed the fifth grade
- boys who are at least 11 years old.
- Prior participation in Cub Scouting is not required.
The Boy Scout program is designed to develop a boy's character, citizenship, and personal fitness using the following methods: a structured advancement program, high ideals, the patrol method, outdoor activities, adult association, personal growth, leadership development, and uniforming. This program and development structure is referred to as the Aims and Methods of Scouting.
BSA Mission Statement
The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.
BSA Vision Statement
The Boy Scouts of America will prepare every eligible youth in America to become a responsible, participating citizen and leader who is guided by the Scout Oath and Law.
Scout Oath
The Scout Oath or Promise is a pledge to help our community, our world, and ourselves.
The Scout Oath (or Promise) reads as follows:
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To do my duty to God and my country
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To help other people at all times;
To keep myself physically strong,
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Scout Law
The Scout Law consists of twelve points intended to guide the behavior and decisions of scouts and scouters. The Scout Law is:
|A Scout is Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent.
Scout Motto
The Scout Motto is "Be Prepared."
|— Sir Robert Baden-Powell
Scout Slogan
The Scout Slogan is "Do a good turn daily." On rank patches, the scroll is turned upwards into the shape of a smile to remind Scout to do a good turn cheerfully.
Outdoor Code
The Outdoor Code:
| As an American, I will do my best to—
Be clean in my outdoor manners.
Be careful with fire.
Be considerate in the outdoors.
Be conservation-minded.
Aims and Methods
The Aims and Methods of Scouting are the purposes for which Scouting tries to instill in its members and the ways it attempts to do so.
Structured advancement and recognition
- Scout
- Tenderfoot
- Second Class
- First Class
- Star
- Life
- Eagle Scout - Palms
- Merit Badges (each has a workbook)
- Scouts BSA awards
- Scout leader awards
The Scouts BSA advancement program is divided into three main areas. The first and primary advancement area is a series of ranks that the Scout progresses through known as the Eagle Scout trail. The rank system occurs in two distinctly different phases.
After joining Scouts BSA, youth work on the Scout, Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class ranks. During this phase, all four ranks may be worked on at the same time. These ranks focus on Scouting skills - the outdoors, physical fitness, citizenship, patrol and troop participation, and personal development. After completing these ranks, a Scout should be adept at participating in all of the activities in the Scouts BSA program, literally a First Class Scout.
During the second phase, Scouts work on the Star Scout, Life Scout, and Eagle Scout ranks. These ranks are worked on one at a time and must be earned in order. Here the focus of advancement switches from Scouting skills to personal development and community service. Merit badges are an integral part of this part or rank advancement.
After earning the Eagle Scout award, a Scout still has the opportunity for advancement recognition by earning Eagle Palms.
Merit Badges
Merit badges are the second main area of the Scouts BSA advancement program. Unlike ranks, there is a degree of choice in the merit badge program. A sub-group of merit badges are known as Eagle required merit badges. To earn Eagle Scout, most of these badges must be earned although some are "either/or" badges. The remainder of the badges help with earning ranks as well as Eagle Palms after the Eagle Scout award has been earned.
Scouts may work on merit badges from they time they join a Scout troop until they turn 18 years old. There is no time limit for completion of merit badges other than age 18.
Awards are the third area of the advancement. Unlike the first two areas or advancement, awards are completely optional and carry no special privileges with them. However, they are still an important part of the program providing opportunities not available in the other areas.
See also
|Scouts BSA portal
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Today's guest blog post is by Susan Falls.
The Society for Economic Anthropology (SEA) book prize committee is proud to announce our new winner: with over 30 submissions, the committee selected Sarah Lyon's new book, Coffee and Community: Maya Farmers and Fair-Trade Markets, published in 2011 by the University of Colorado Press as the outstanding book in economic anthropology for 2009-2011. Thanks to Jeff Cohen, Paul Rivera and Faidra Papavasiliou for their time and effort! And congratulations again to Sarah!
While many people believe that drinking fair-trade coffee, purchased directly from the growers, promotes healthier working conditions, environmentally friendly agricultural standards and fair prices, Lyon's work, "Coffee and Community: Maya Farmers and Fair-Trade Markets," (University of Colorado Press, 2010) analyzes the real implications of fair-trade networks.
Through an ethnographic analysis of Mayan coffee farmers in Guatemala, Lyon analyzes the collective action of fair-trade participants in creating new economic realities. "A lot of people have heard about fair trade and they may even purchase fair trade products, like coffee, so in that sense even though the book centers on the lives of these Maya coffee farmers in Guatemala, it is a subject that we can all relate to, or at least those of us who drink coffee," Lyon said.
The book received the most recent SEA Book Prize, a prize given every three years, to recognize the best publication in the field of economic anthropology over the three-year cycle. Lyon said that with approximately 30 other books nominated for the award, she was very honored to make it to the list of semifinalists and to receive the accolade.
Finalists for this prize also included:
- Michael Chibnik (2011) Anthropology, Economics and Choice. University of Texas Press
- Carrie M. Lane (2011) A Company of One: Insecurity, Independence, and the New World of White-Collar Unemployment. Cornell University Press
- Carolyn K. Lesorogol (2008) Contesting the Commons: Privatizing Pastoral Lands in Kenya. University of Michigan Press
- Jon B. Marcoux (2010) Pox, Empire, Shackles and Hides. University of Alabama Press
- Dinah Rajak (2011) In Good Company: An Anatomy of Corporate Social Responsibility. Stanford University Press
The book prize was announced at SEA's annual meeting in San Antonio. Lyon said that her "ultimate hope is that the award helps bring more attention to the struggles that small farmers in places like Guatemala face." She also remarked that "It's really great to know that people within your sub-discipline, the people whose work most closely mirrors your own and who you are referencing regularly, respect your research and find it interesting."
- Learn more about Sarah Lyons on her home page.
- Get your copy of "Coffee and Community" to read today.
The SOCIETY FOR ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY (SEA) is a group of about 300 anthropologists, economists, geographers, and scholars from other disciplines who are interested in the connections between economics and social life. The SEA welcomes new members from all disciplines and all four fields of anthropology.
Please visit us at : http://econanthro.org/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Society-for-Economic-Anthropology/174962112560846
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Miikka Kiprusoff is leaving the NHL and the Calgary Flames on his terms.
The veteran goalie announced his retirement on Monday after 12 NHL seasons, the last nine with the Flames — the club with which he wanted to finish his career.
The 36-year-old Kiprusoff, who began his career with the San Jose Sharks, joined the Flames in 2003 and helped lead them to the Stanley Cup finals the following year. He made the decision to retire at the end of last season, but thought about it over the summer before making an official announcement that he was "100 percent sure."
"It's an important decision for me personally, my family, the Flames organization and fans," Kiprusoff said in a release. "I've been very lucky to have spent 10 years of my career in Calgary. There is no better place to live and play."
The native of Turku, Finland, holds Flames records with 305 wins, 576 games played and 41 shutouts.
With the Flames well out of playoff contention last season, the team discussed dealing Kiprusoff at the trade deadline.
Although he did not have a no-trade clause, Kiprusoff indicated he would not report to a new team if dealt. The Toronto Maple Leafs were unsuccessful in getting him to change his mind.
"Miikka has been up front with us since the trade deadline that he wanted to finish his outstanding playing career as a Flames player, and that the 2013 season was going to be his last," Calgary general manager Jay Feaster said. "We, as an organization, made it clear to Kipper that we did not want him to make a rash or hasty decision."
Kiprusoff made his NHL debut with San Jose in March 2001, after a two-season stint with Kentucky of the AHL. Kiprusoff spent parts of three seasons with San Jose, before being traded to Calgary on Nov. 16, 2003, for a second-round draft pick.
That deal helped shape the Flames franchise for the next decade. Kiprusoff finished the 2003-2004 season with a goals-against average (GAA) of 1.69 and carried his stellar play into the playoffs. He won 15 post-season games and had five shutouts while leading the Flames to within one victory of a Stanley Cup title.
He was a finalist for the Vezina Trophy, given to the NHL's top goalie, that season and won the award two years later, after finishing the 2005-2006 campaign with a 42-20-11 record, a 2.07 GAA, a .923 save percentage and a team record 10 shutouts.
The Flames have fallen on hard times in recent years, having missed the playoffs the past four seasons. Kiprusoff struggled last season, with an 8-14-2 record, 3.44 GAA and .882 save percentage. Calgary finished 13th in the Western Conference with 42 points.
In 623 career regular-season games with Calgary and San Jose, he went 319-213-71 with a 2.49 GAA and .912 save percentage.
"Miikka Kiprusoff has been the backbone of the Calgary Flames since his arrival here in 2003, and every night for more than 70 nights per season, his magnificence between the pipes gave the team a chance to win," Feaster said. "He inspired hope and confidence, and he made those around him better players as a result of his brilliance. Miikka will take his place in the pantheon of great NHL goaltenders, and his place in Flames' history is secure."


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Brantley seeks advice from former big leaguer dad
CLEVELAND -- There was a time years ago when a young Michael Brantley contemplated becoming a switch-hitter. With his dad watching, Brantley moved to the other side of the plate and tried his hand at batting from the right side.
"It was the ugliest swing I'd seen in a long time," Mickey Brantley said with a laugh. "I told him to stay lefty."
CLEVELAND -- There was a time years ago when a young Michael Brantley contemplated becoming a switch-hitter. With his dad watching, Brantley moved to the other side of the plate and tried his hand at batting from the right side.
"It was the ugliest swing I'd seen in a long time," Mickey Brantley said with a laugh. "I told him to stay lefty."
The Indians might want to send the elder Brantley a thank you card this Father's Day.
These days, Michael Brantley sports a smooth left-handed swing as Cleveland's starting left fielder. Over the past few years, the outfielder has developed into a steady hitter capable of handling any spot in the lineup. Brantley is quick to credit his dad -- a former big league player and coach -- for the lessons learned throughout his youth.
Having a former player for a father had its advantages for Brantley when he was beginning his own life in baseball. Mickey Brantley's influence did not stop when Michael entered the professional ranks though. They still talk frequently, whether through text messages or phone calls, and Mickey still offers advice when he spots a flaw in his son's swing or approach at the plate.
Michael Brantley appreciates any feedback his dad has to offer.
"He's always been there for me. He's always been in my corner," Brantley said. "It's a valuable asset that I have and am lucky to use. We talk almost every day. He'll text me, whether it's a good day or a bad day. Maybe it's, 'Hey, call me after the game. I've got something for you.' Just little things. I feel like he knows my swing best.
"We've been working on this swing for 26 years. He's seen it for 26 years. Any little adjustments that I need to make or anything he suggests, I have to try it."
A parent weighing in does not always go over well in a Major League environment.
With the Brantleys, however, the Indians do not mind the extra input. Cleveland manager Terry Francona said that Mickey Brantley's advice has never interfered with the work Indians hitting coach Ty Van Burkleo is doing with the younger Brantley. If anything, Brantley's dad provides his son with suggestions that Van Burkleo can take into consideration.
"His dad has been a big influence on him," Francona said. "I mean that in the good way, because that's not always the case. But he looks up to his dad a lot for guidance. I think there's a real comfort zone there. [Michael Brantley] pulls it off in a way where he incorporates it with Ty. We've all seen those instances where [a parent offering advice] is not good."
It helps that Mickey Brantley has a big league resume.
The 51-year-old Mickey Brantley -- whose given name is Michael Brantley Sr. -- played 10 professional seasons, including spending parts of four campaigns with the Mariners from 1986-89. Junior was born in 1987, when Mickey hit .302 with 14 home runs and 54 RBIs in 92 games for Seattle. After his playing career ended, Mickey Brantley had various coaching jobs, including serving as the hitting coach for the Blue Jays during the 2005-07 seasons.
Michael Brantley did not inherit his dad's power, but he does now boast the family-record for RBIs in one season (60 last season for Cleveland). Over the 2010-12 seasons, Michael also improved each year in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage as he grew into an everyday player for the Tribe. Through 61 games this season, he was hitting .286 with two homers, eight doubles and 26 RBIs for the Indians.
Francona has already used Brantley in all nine lineup spots.
"He's a pleasure, man," Francona said. "You can hit him eighth one day, hit him cleanup one day, hit him seventh one day. He just goes out, gets a couple hits and plays a good left field. You just kind of wind him up and let him go."
Mickey Brantley never wanted his son to feel forced into playing baseball, but that was never an issue for Michael, who tried a variety of sports through his youth.
"He loved baseball," Mickey Brantley said. "He loved any sport, pretty much. Baseball, golf, soccer, basketball, football -- the whole nine yards. He was a good athlete. Anything he chose to do, I was there for him and supportive."
Well, almost anything.
"I tried switch-hitting, but he stopped me," Michael Brantley said. "He told me my right-handed swing was so ugly that I had no chance."
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian.


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After an 11-year hiatus from the big screen, America's favorite CIA spy is back.
The first trailer for "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" has hit the web, and by the looks of it, Paramount Pictures' highly anticipated reboot of the beloved franchise is in good hands.
Following in the footsteps of Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck before him, Chris Pine stars as a young Jack in an original story based on the character created by Tom Clancy, who sadly passed away this week.
Unlike the author's Cold War-era novels like "The Hunt for Red October" and "Patriot Games," through which our hero rose through the agency ranks, the teaser finds a young Jack just starting out his career post-9/11 and the war in Afghanistan.
Here, he's tapped for duty as part of a covert operation to stop a nefarious Russian (Kenneth Branagh) from wrecking the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
Kevin Costner plays Jack's handler, William Harper, a Clancy regular who recruits him for his mission. Keira Knightley is aboard as Ryan's ladylove, Cathy Ryan, who isn't exactly keen to learn her man is operational.
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"This is geopolitics. It's not couples therapy," notes William.
Kenneth Branagh also directs the thriller from a script from David Koepp ("Jurassic Park," "War of the Worlds").
"Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" is slated to hit theaters on Dec. 25, 2013.
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Short-handed Rox drop rubber game to Nats
DENVER -- Rockies left-hander Jeff Francis couldn't revel in his good Thursday afternoon, not when seemingly everything else fell apart around him in a 5-4 loss to the Nationals at Coors Field in front of 37,017.
With his rotation spot being speculated about since poor results in his previous start, Francis pitched six innings and struck out eight -- his most in a game in five years -- while giving up just two runs.View Full Game Coverage
DENVER -- Rockies left-hander Jeff Francis couldn't revel in his good Thursday afternoon, not when seemingly everything else fell apart around him in a 5-4 loss to the Nationals at Coors Field in front of 37,017.
With his rotation spot being speculated about since poor results in his previous start, Francis pitched six innings and struck out eight -- his most in a game in five years -- while giving up just two runs.View Full Game Coverage
But home runs and RBIs leader Carlos Gonzalez, leadoff man Dexter Fowler and leading hitter and slugger Troy Tulowitzki were injured -- and, it turned out, Tulowitzki is lost for four to six weeks with a broken rib on his right side.
Reliever Wilton Lopez replaced Francis with a 3-2 lead, but moved the tying run from second to home with back-to-back balks and was ejected along with pitching coach Jim Wright after the top of the seventh. Then, normally reliable reliever Matt Belisle gave up two runs.
In his last start, a loss to the Padres on Saturday, Francis gave up four runs and six hits while throwing 93 pitches in just four innings. It was his first start since coming off the disabled list with a groin injury. But with veteran former All-Star Roy Oswalt nearing readiness after a series of Minor League starts at Double-A Tulsa, Francis' future in the rotation is unclear.
Francis made a strong impression Thursday, but was disappointed after a strange and disappointing day.
"It's hard to be really happy when you don't win the game," Francis said.
"It was as good as I've seen his fastball as far as location and sequences with it," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said.
The Rockies, who began the day second in the National League West, dropped two of three to the Nationals and are 3-4 on the current 10-game homestand. They start a three-game series with the Phillies on Friday.
Tulowitzki was hurt diving for Ian Desmond's infield single in the eighth. The break was later revealed via an MRI. Gonzalez and Fowler were hurt in freak occurrences, but their outcomes weren't as serious. In both cases, with Gonzalez's left foot and Fowler's knuckle on his right ring finger, X-rays were negative and they're day to day.
Gonzalez, who leads the Rockies in home runs (18) and RBIs (52) was on deck in the bottom of the first when Jordan Pacheco's foul ball smashed off his left foot. Tyler Colvin, who replaced Gonzalez, delivered an RBI single off Ross Detweiler for a 1-0 lead in the first.
In the bottom of the third, Fowler attempted to bunt for a hit, but had to pull back to avoid Detwiler's inside pitch. But the ball hit Fowler's right hand, which was wrapped around the bat. Fowler was 1-for-1 with a first-inning double and is hitting .302.
The Rockies designated outfielder Eric Young Jr. for assignment on Wednesday, wanting to go with an extra pitcher, right-hander Chris Volstad. But now with Gonzalez and Fowler sore, and with Michael Cuddyer having just returned after missing five games with bruised ribs, Weiss said he will determine Friday whether the Rockies need to make roster moves.
"The breaks went our way," said Nationals reliever Craig Stammen, who pitched two scoreless innings. "Two balks, best players all got hurt -- that's kind of how last year went, it seemed like everything went our way."
Jonathan Herrera replaced Fowler and played left field for his second career outfield performance. Yorvit Torrealba, normally a catcher, batted for Tulowitzki in the eighth and finished the game by making his third career appearance at first base. Pacheco made his first career outfield appearance, in left field in the ninth, while Herrera moved to shortstop.
Even with the crazy occurrences, the day nearly went the Rockies' way.
The Rockies' Todd Helton delivered a two-out RBI single in the ninth off Rafael Soriano, who rebounded by forcing Herrera into a soft lineout to earn his 17th save.
Rockies reliever Rex Brothers pitched a perfect top of the ninth to run his scoreless streak to 28 outings, covering 26 1/3 innings.
Francis gave up a Ryan Zimmerman two-run homer in the third inning, but not much beyond that.
"I thought I commanded [the fastball] well, and threw more first-pitch strikes than I had been and it put me ahead in a lot more counts," said Francis, who lowered his ERA to 5.87. "I had a little more purpose with my curveball. Just throwing it helped me a lot, too.
"I struck out a few guys. I didn't know that it was more than I had in five years. I think you make some good pitches and you end up striking some guys out."
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Hardball in the Rockies, and follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb.


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Residents of New York who buy health insurance on the state's new health insurance exchange will pay premiums that are less than half what they had been in the past, but that wasn't enough to stop the Republican-controlled House from voting Wednesday to delay the "individual mandate" that state officials said would produce such savings.
As Democrats touted New York's announcement that premiums for individually purchased health plans will drop by 53 percent, and as insurers detailed such savings, Republicans scoffed at those numbers, saying they may well have been trumped up.
In other words, New York on Wednesday stood at the center of one of the most vociferous debates yet over the controversial health care bill passed by Congress in 2010, which will require most Americans to own health insurance or pay a penalty starting in January.
White House press secretary Jay Carney praised the savings in New York during his daily press briefing, saying they are one more argument for the health care reform law that has long been called "Obamacare."
"Not only will new insurers be entering the market to offer plans to consumers, the cost for even the most comprehensive plans will be down by more than 50 percent, according to the state," Carney said. "This is in line with what we've seen in other states, like California and Oregon. Competition and transparency in the marketplaces, plus the hard effort by those committed to making the law work, are leading to affordable, new, and better choices for families."
Republican lawmakers could not disagree more. Asked about the 53 percent decrease in premiums cited by the state, Rep. Chris Collins, R-Clarence, said: "Those are not numbers that make any sense, in my book. I would want to see the real data and where it came from. It's easy to manipulate a number to fit what you're trying to say."
Nevertheless, state officials stood by their numbers, saying the dramatic cut in premiums stood as proof that the much-criticized "individual mandate" and health insurance exchanges will work to the benefit of many state residents.
"New York's Health Benefits Exchange will offer the type of real competition that helps drive down health insurance costs for consumers and businesses," said Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.
The state's exchange, created under the federal health insurance overhaul, is sort of an Expedia or Travelocity for those looking for health care policies: a place where they can comparison-shop and pick the best deal. Businesses also will be able to use the exchanges to select policies for their employees.
Where insurance shoppers previously had to choose among 15,000 plans that were offered in the state, the exchange organizes the available plans into four categories – bronze, silver, gold and platinum – based on the level of benefits offered. There is also a "catastrophic" plan that offers less expensive bare-bones coverage for those younger than 30 and those who cannot afford anything greater.
The plans within each category will have standardized contract terms and product offerings to make it easier for consumers and businesses to comparison-shop for policies, the state said.
The 53 percent drop in premiums comes when the state compares the high-end gold and platinum plans to the plans that were previously available to individuals in the state, which offered roughly similar benefits, the state said.
"For the lower-cost tiers of individual coverage [silver, bronze and catastrophic], the approved 2014 rates would represent an even greater reduction than 53 percent compared with last year's average direct pay rates – however, those plans are not directly comparable to existing offerings," the state said.
For 2014 in Western New York, the state approved nine companies to sell insurance plans on the Health Insurance Exchange for uninsured individuals. In addition, eight companies will offer plans on the other exchange for small businesses.
HealthNow New York – parent of BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York, Independent Health, and Univera Healthcare, which is affiliated with Excellus Health Plans, will offer plans on the exchange.
Overall, the rates are significantly less than what's currently available to uninsured individuals, for whom premiums now can exceed $1,000 a month. The rates for standard plans also vary widely, ranging from $371.87 to $834.66 a month for standard platinum plans with the lowest out-of-pocket expenses, and $221.58 to $487.45 a month for bronze plans with the highest out-of-pocket expenses. Family plans cost nearly three times as much.
Some said, though, consumers should not compare plans by price alone.
"You can't argue that the rates are more affordable, but you have to look at overall value," said Nora McGuire, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at Independent Health.
Individuals who receive coverage at work will see few changes. But the lower rates for the standard plans on the state's exchange suggest that the health care law will increase access to insurance for those without coverage.
"This is a positive development," said Donald Ingalls, vice president for state and federal relations at HealthNow New York.
It's anticipated that New York will enroll more than 600,000 people in the first few years – out of 2.6 million uninsured in the state. Enrollment is set to begin on Oct. 1 for policies that go into effect Jan. 1, 2014. There are roughly 130,000 people without health insurance in Western New York, officials said.
Of the nine companies offering individual plans in the Buffalo area, the Freelancers Co-Op rates were the lowest.
Co-Ops are new nonprofit health insurance plans created in the Affordable Care Act, which provided loans to encourage the creation of Co-Ops to compete with other insurers.
"The exchange is equalizing things. It will make it easier for consumers to participate in insurance," said Daniel McGowan, CEO of the Co-Op, which is sponsored by the Freelancers Union in New York City.
You didn't hear any such praise for Obamacare, though, from House Republicans, who pushed through legislation that would delay the individual mandate for a year. The vote on the bill was 251-174.
That bill, and a companion measure codifying the Obama administration's decision to delay for a year the mandate that many small businesses offer health insurance, are likely to go nowhere. They're unlikely to be considered in the Democrat-controlled Senate, and even if they were to pass, President Obama has threatened to veto the measures.
Still, Republicans said it was only fair to delay the individual mandate for a year if businesses were getting a one-year break from having to provide health care.
"To me, it's a basic question of fairness," said Rep. Tom Reed, R-Corning. "If the administration is going to pick winners and losers, why pick employers over individuals?"
Like Collins, Reed questioned the state's announcement that premiums would be 53 percent lower for individual health plans. He said he called the Governor's Office to ask for details that actually showed a comparison between the previous plans and the ones that will be offered in the exchange, only to be told that such data will not be available until September.
"That, to me, is a red flag," Reed said. "Unless I can see the plans themselves and compare apples to apples, I reject the conclusion that there's a 53 percent decrease in premiums as a result of going to the exchanges."
Democrats, meanwhile, lauded the state figures. "The cost-cutting influence of the conservative principles of choice and competition are manifesting themselves not only in New York, but also California," said Rep. Brian Higgins, D-Buffalo.
As for the GOP's attempt to delay the centerpiece of Obamacare, Higgins said: "I think people on the other side need to grow up and to help make this work here. I think what you're seeing here is the total politicization of the health care issue that just continues and continues."
Zremski reported from Washington and Davis from Buffalo. email: firstname.lastname@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com


text: If Australia are looking to address the problems that cost them the Ashes in 2005, there is still some work to do. Their middle-order looks as fragile as ever. There is no way they can go into the Ashes with Symonds and Gilchrist at six and seven, respectively. Symonds is simply not up to batting in the top six for Australia. He's been given more than a fair run - 9 Test matches, including the last 7 in succession. Despite this, he still averages under 20. I wouldn't care if he is a genius with the ball (in reality, his bowling is merely serviceable) Australia can not afford to have him as a specialist batsman against England, particularly batting infront of a fading Gilchrist.


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Flames nab individual title, team-best second place at NCWAs
March 15, 2014 | Allen, Texas
Liberty University wrestler Ryan Diehl capped off a phenomenal freshman season as an undefeated 133-pound national champion, helping the Flames hold on for a second-place team showing at Saturday's NCWA National Championships at the Allen Event Center in Allen, Texas. He also received the NCWA's Wrestler of the Year award.
|Liberty 133-pound freshman Ryan Diehl was named NCWA Wrestler of the Year.
The second-seeded Diehl upset Massachusetts Institute of Technology's top-seeded, undefeated, defending national champion senior Sam Shames, 15-10, to finish his first year of collegiate wrestling at 34-0. As the Flames' only championship finalist, he needed to win to allow Liberty (171.5 points) to hold off third-place Shorter University (162.5) and finish runner-up to national team champion Grand Canyon University (254.5).
"It was an amazing day," Flames Head Coach Jesse Castro said. "It's been like a roller coaster."
Liberty had seven wrestlers reach the championship quarterfinals after Thursday's opening day of competition, but Diehl was its only representative in Saturday's championship final.
Flames' 141-pounder Colin Lewis, junior 157-pounder Chase Boontjer, junior 174-pounder Keyshaun Ward, and senior 184-pounder Royal Brettrager each grappled back through the consolation bracket to capture third place individually.
"There was a lot of disappointment in terms of losing so many semifinal matches," Castro said. "It was a gut check. They just kind of regrouped and kept things in perspective. I'm glad they stepped up to the plate."
After being knocked out of the championship bracket with a loss in the quarterfinal round, Lewis won three consolation matches on Friday, the last two by major decision and technical fall. On Saturday, the first-year graduate student who last wrestled for Liberty as a sophomore competing at the NCAA Division I level, pulled out three tight decisions to emerge as the consolation champion.
Lewis edged Georgia Southern's Joshua Gaspard in the consolation quarterfinals, North Florida's Chad Baumann 4-2 in the semis, and Texas A&M's Austin Souders 3-2 in the final.
Boontjer, who placed seventh at last year's NCWA tournament to help boost the Flames to third place, escaped with a 3-2 victory in his second consolation match Friday against The Apprentice School's Patrick Foxworth before winning three more decisions in Saturday's wrestlebacks. He defeated William & Mary's returning All-American Austen Brower in a rematch of their Mid-Atlantic Conference final. Then, in the consolation semifinal, Boontjer earned a 15-6 major decision over Montana Western's James Peterson before edging Central Washington's Nick Bendon, 4-3 in the final.
At 174, Ward, the No. 1 seed, repeated his third-place performance from last year's tournament. Ward scored a 9-3 decision over Navy Prep's Robert Manier in the semifinals before taking Shorter's second-seeded Dalton Lane to overtime before finishing him off with a fall in 6:53.
Brettrager capped his career with a second-straight third-place showing and, like last year, picked up bonus points with back-to-back pins along the way. He decked Army Prep's Jack Wedholm in 3:23 before sinking Navy Prep's Jadaen Bernstein in 2:46.
Also at 184, Liberty freshman Matt Reynolds, who lost an 11-1 major decision to Wedholm in his sixth consolation match of the tournament — and first on Saturday — bounced back to earn All-American status by pinning Middle Tennessee State University's Jonathan Roberts in 1:38 of the seventh-place final.
Liberty 197-pounder Aaron Thompson, who captured a national title in 2012 and placed second last year, finished fourth as a senior. Thompson, who like Brettrager battled back from offseason surgery, started Saturday's consolation competition by scoring an 18-7 major decision over Auburn's Carl Brown in the semifinals before coming up on the short end of a 3-2 decision in the third-place final against Grand Canyon's Marcus Haughion.
At 149, Liberty sophomore Peter Tatanish, who lost his championship semifinal by 7-4 decision to Grand Canyon's top-seeded Mike Hamel, dropped another tight match in the consolation semis, falling to Air Force's Robert Walker, 3-2. Tatanish had scored a 7-3 decision over Walker in Friday's championship quarterfinals.
Complete team scores and individual brackets are available online.