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Chad Kroeger: 'Avril Lavigne engagement news was a shock to my parents'
AVRIL LAVIGNE and CHAD KROEGER's engagement news came as a shock for the NICKELBACK frontman's parents as they had never even met his girlfriend.
The Canadian couple stunned fans last month (Jul12) by announcing wedding plans and Lavigne and her husband-to-be opened up about the proposal and their plans to Hello! Canada.
Kroeger, 37, tells the magazine he had an embarrassing phone chat with his mother shortly after the Complicated singer agreed to become his wife.
He says, "You never know what your parents are going to say when you tell them you're getting married - especially when it's with someone they haven't met yet!
"My mom is a huge fan of Avril's, so putting her on the speaker phone and telling her the news was hilarious and equally embarrassing."
Lavigne, who was previously married to Sum 41 star Deryck Whibley, insists everyone has been really positive about the couple's plans to wed: "Everyone is super stoked for us. The reaction from our friends and family has been awesome!"
However, Kroeger admits he has yet to visit Lavigne's hometown of Napanee, Ontario: "I find that almost as terrifying as telling your parents you're going to tie the knot. You just never know when someone is going to come out of the woodwork with a story that starts off with, 'Let me tell you about the time...'"


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Breezy Point, NY, Couple Surprised by Rebuilt Home After Sandy
New York resident Jeanne Metz never stopped praying.
"We never, ever felt that God would forsake us," Metz told ABC News.
She and her husband, Burt Metz, lost their home in Breezy Point, part of New York City's Queens borough, after it was completely ravaged by Hurricane Sandy in October.
When they returned to the property Wednesday, their prayers had been answered, and they found their home completely rebuilt.
"I'm just completely shocked," Metz said. "We are so blessed and can't thank those that did this for us enough. Thank you."
The 80-year-olds have had the Breezy Point property for more than 30 years. They sold their primary residence in Brooklyn last year to help an ailing family member, and invested their life savings to upgrade the home for year-round living. When the contractor died in August, the work was never completed.
Hurricane Sandy brought four feet of water into the home, making it unlivable.
"When you're old, it's tough," Burt Metz said. "We didn't know what we were going to do."
That's when Operation Blessing stepped in.
The Virginia-based humanitarian organization gathered 300 volunteers from around the country to rebuild the Metz's home. The group has worked on more than 400 homes in Queens since the storm struck, but this was the first they completely rebuilt.
"We've never built a house like this," U.S. Disaster Relief Director Jody Gettys said. "The Metz's are so appreciative and truly and inspiring couple."
PHOTOS: Superstorm Sandy's Wide Swath of Destruction
Jeanne Metz, who's a two-time cancer survivor, said she and Burt were staying with friends for the time being. They thought members of Operation Blessing were gutting the house and revealing a frame today.
"When we came down here today, we really thought we were going to discover an open shell, and we were going to figure out how to move forward," Metz said. "We never ever dreamt anything of this magnitude could be completed in this timeframe."
The project started in early December and cost tens of thousands of dollars.
As the couple toured their new home with their children and grandchildren, with tears in their eyes, they said the home is a fresh start.
"It's beautiful. It's unbelievable. It's something you live for and pray for," Burt Metz said. "The good Lord was with us."

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All of the steps in To Secure the Service need to be completed before you create your web service client. The service's security policies are defined in its WSDL. You specify this WSDL file when you create the client application so that the client is configured to work with the service's security mechanism through the web service reference URL when the client is built or refreshed.
To use the IDE to configure security for a web service client, perform the following steps.
Create a client for your web service.
If you need an example of how to do this, see Creating a Client to Consume a WSIT-Enabled Web Service.
If you are creating a client for a mechanism that will use SSL, specify the secure port for running the client when completing the New Web Service Client step. To do this, type https:// fully_qualified_hostname:8181/rest_of_url in the WSDL URL field of the New Web Service Client wizard. For the example, this is the way to specify the secure URL for CalculatorWS web service:
If you prefer to use localhost in place of the fully-qualified hostname when specifying the URL for the service WSDL, you must follow the workaround described in Transport Security (SSL) Workaround.
In the Projects window, expand the client node.
Expand the Web Service References node.
Right-click the node for the web service reference you want to secure.
Select Edit Web Service Attributes.
When the Web Service References Attributes Editor is opened, select the WSIT tab to display the WSIT options (see Figure 7–2).
Refer to Table 7–2 for a summary of what options are required on the client side. The configuration requirements for the client are dependent upon which security mechanism is specified on the server side.
Click OK to save your changes.
The WSIT configuration information is saved in two files under Source Packages->META-INF.
To view the WSIT configuration files, in the tree, drill down from the project to Source Packages->META-INF. Double-click on serviceService.xml or wsit-client.xml to view the contents. The full contents of example client WSIT configuration files can be viewed at Client-Side WSIT Configuration Files.


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Prince tested the endurance of his fans on Saturday by performing a near three-hour set as he closed out the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.
The icon took the stage at the small La Zona Rosa club in a magenta high-collared shirt and fitted jacket, thrilling fans with a collection of hits, including "1999″ and "Cool," all backed by a 12-piece brass band.
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24 Kan. App. 2d 693
No. 77,431
JOHN WEROHA, Appellant, v. REGE CRAFT, d/b/a PLANET PINBALL, and JIM DERRY, Appellees.
The legal responsibilities of a business owner concerning security measures necessary to protect customers are discussed.
Appeal from Douglas District Court; ROBERT W. FAIRCHILD, judge. Opinion filed January 16, 1998. Affirmed.
John M. Solbach, of Lawrence, and Jeffrey B. Stephens, of Lawrence, for the appellant.
Todd N. Thompson, of Law Offices of Todd N. Thompson, of Lawrence, for the appellees.
Before PIERRON, P.J., GREEN, J., and GENE B. PENLAND, District Judge Retired, assigned.
PIERRON, J.: John Weroha appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Rege Craft, d/b/a Planet Pinball, and Jim Derry.
Weroha filed a petition against Planet Pinball and other unknown owners, shareholders, or partners; Jim Derry; and four unknown individuals who were in the Planet Pinball on or about December 29, 1992. The petition alleged Weroha entered Planet Pinball, walked directly to the restroom, and was attacked by unknown assailants. He suffered injuries directly resulting from the attack. In his petition, Weroha alleged that Planet Pinball negligently or recklessly breached its duty of care owed to him by failing to provide reasonable security measures or a safe place to engage in the activities offered at Planet Pinball.
Planet Pinball filed a motion for summary judgment, claiming that Weroha failed to establish that Planet Pinball owed Weroha a duty to protect him against third-party attackers.
The district court's initial memorandum decision made the following findings of fact and conclusions of law:
"During the evening hours of December 29, 1992, Plaintiff entered the business known as Planet Pinball and went directly to the bathroom. Either at the time the plaintiff entered the bathroom or shortly thereafter the plaintiff was attacked by a group of individuals who were not known to plaintiff prior to the attack. His jaw was broken, he was knocked unconscious, and suffered other injuries to his face and head. Plaintiff's wallet was missing after the attack and he assumes it was taken by his assailants. Other than robbery, Plaintiff knows of no reason for the attack.
"Defendant Craft owns Planet Pinball and defendant Derry was the sole employee on duty at the time of Plaintiff's battery. At the time that the battery occurred, Mr. Derry was in a storeroom talking on the phone and was out of view of the portion of the business which was accessible to the public. There was no sign of forcible entry into the bathroom.
"There was only one employee on duty in Planet Pinball on the evening of the attack on Plaintiff. There was no security guard on duty and neither convex mirrors allowing visual access to blind parts of the public areas nor remote cameras, either real or fake, had been installed. There had been no prior incidents of violence either in Planet Pinball or in the surrounding shopping center. On the night of the attack, none of the customers were drinking alcohol or behaving rowdily. Defendants have hired off-duty police officers on occasion; although, none were present on the night of Plaintiff's attack.
"Plaintiff had patronized Planet Pinball on one hundred fifty to one hundred seventy-five prior occasions. He had not previously observed any fights or violence there.
"Plaintiff attached to his response to the motion for summary judgment the affidavit of Leon Tuschoff, a security expert. Among other things, Mr. Tuschoff states that it is his opinion that the security at Planet Pinball 'falls below normal standards of care and below the acceptable standards of security for the type of game arcade business that Planet Pinball is, and was at the time of the incident. . . .' His affidavit goes on to offer examples of the security procedures which Mr. Tuschoff believes should have been implemented by defendants.
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"[T]he first issue to be discussed is whether the defendants had a duty to take measures to protect plaintiff from criminal conduct. Under the rule set forth by the court in [Seibert v. Vic Regnier Builders, Inc., 253 Kan. 540, 856 P.2d 1332 (1993),] the court must look at the totality of the circumstances facing the defendants when they made their decision concerning the security measures which were necessary. There is no evidence that the business had experienced any problems with violence or crime. There is no evidence that neighboring businesses had experienced problems with violence or crime. Although the plaintiff's expert alludes to the fact that businesses of the type run by defendants experience a high crime rate, there is no evidence that this is in fact the case and, more importantly, there is no evidence the defendants had knowledge that this is the case. Thus, the fact that defendants failed to provide mirrors, cameras and security officers on the premises cannot be grounds for negligence in this case. As to these issues defendants' motion is sustained.
"There is one allegation made by plaintiff which can withstand the motion for summary judgment. That allegation is that the defendants owed a duty to plaintiff to properly supervise the area in which patrons are present. Even without evidence of high crime, it seems apparent to the court that a reasonable person operating a business patronized by a large group of adolescents would take some steps to assure that the adolescents were supervised at all times. It is common knowledge that the presence of unsupervised adolescents in a group can lead to crime or violence. Whether or not the defendants breached this duty is a question for the trier of fact. As to this issue, the defendants' motion is denied." (Emphasis added.)
In the district court's second memorandum decision, in which it granted Planet Pinball's motion to reconsider, it implicitly recognized that it was improper to take judicial notice of the fact that unsupervised adolescents in a group can lead to crime or violence. By eliminating judicial notice of this fact, the court found Weroha had failed to present any evidence, under the totality of the circumstances, which would have caused Planet Pinball to reasonably foresee the third-party attack. Therefore, the court found that viewing the facts in a light most favorable to Weroha, he had failed to establish that Planet Pinball owed a duty to provide security to him.
Weroha filed a motion to reconsider the district court's second memorandum decision. The court denied the motion and restated its previous findings in its third and final memorandum decision.
On appeal, neither party contests the district court's findings of facts. However, Weroha contests the inferences drawn by the court, the decision to withdraw judicial notice, and the application of the law in this case.
Weroha does not argue he is entitled to any relief solely because the district court reversed itself in applying judicial notice to the fact that the presence of unsupervised adolescents in a group can lead to crime or violence. Rather, Weroha argues he did not have notice the court had reversed itself until the hearing on his motion to reconsider, when the court expressly said it had taken this action. In the court's second memorandum decision ruling on Planet Pinball's motion to partially reconsider, the court reversed its ruling and impliedly withdrew the judicially noticed fact; however, it was not expressly withdrawn until the later hearing.
Weroha argues that because he did not have notice that this judicially noticed fact had been withdrawn, he did not make an effort to file Marvin Jefferson's affidavit with the court. According to Weroha, Jefferson's affidavit is evidence of the previously judicially noticed fact. Therefore, he asserts Jefferson's affidavit should have been considered in reviewing whether his cause of action alleged sufficient facts to submit the case to the jury.
The district court's final memorandum decision on Weroha's motion to reconsider stated:
|"In addition to the legal arguments made by counsel, counsel for plaintiff has submitted an affidavit by Marvin Jefferson, a witness to the incident . . . . The court does not make a determination as to whether it is appropriate for the court to consider these items, submitted after the expiration of the time set out in Rule 141, as the court finds that even if the court considers them, they do not affect the decision of the court."
Jefferson's affidavit alleged the names of two men he claimed were Weroha's assailants. The affidavit stated that given the character of the assailants and their friends, Derry's activities would have apprised the assailants of the lack of security at Planet Pinball and, in fact, would have encouraged the assault. However, Jefferson's affidavit did not allege that any crime or violent activity had occurred in or around Planet Pinball prior to that event; nor did he state an opinion or draw a conclusion that the presence of unsupervised adolescents in a group can lead to crime or violence. Jefferson merely asserted that these two men, ages 17 and 19, have a tendency to engage in crime or violence when left unsupervised.
Weroha's argument that he was substantially prejudiced by the district court's withdrawal of the judicially noticed fact because it prevented him from timely filing supporting evidence via Jefferson's affidavit is without merit. The record clearly shows the court did consider the affidavit, even though it was not timely filed, and it did not provide alternative evidence of the previously judicially noticed fact which makes a direct correlation between groups of adolescents and criminal or violent activity.
Finally, Weroha's argument of prejudice must fail because the district court took judicial notice of the fact in question on its own motion. If the court had not taken judicial notice of this fact at the time the initial memorandum decision was ordered, it would have granted Planet Pinball summary judgment on all issues. Weroha needed to file Jefferson's affidavit with the court prior to its initial ruling on summary judgment.
The next issue to be considered is whether the district court erred in finding that Weroha failed to establish that Planet Pinball had a duty to protect Weroha from third-party attacks.
"A party is entitled to summary judgment if 'there is no genuine issue as to any material
fact and .
. . the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.' K.S.A. 60-256(c)
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"On appeal, we are required to resolve all facts and inferences which may reasonably be drawn from the evidence in favor of the party against whom summary judgment was entered. McGee v. Chalfant, 248 Kan. 434, 437, 806 P.2d 980 (1991). Where reasonable minds could differ as to the conclusions to be drawn from the evidence, summary judgment should be denied. However, in McGee, we also noted: 'The existence of a legal duty is a question of law to be determined by the court.' 248 Kan. at 437. We have unlimited review of questions of law. T.S.I. Holdings, Inc. v. Jenkins, 260 Kan. 703, 716, 924 P.2d 1239 (1996)." Gragg v. Wichita State Univ., 261 Kan. 1037, 1044, 934 P.2d 121 (1997).
The memorandum decision denying Weroha's motion for reconsideration stated:
"As the court noted in its memorandum decision on the defendants' motion for
the Supreme Court in Seibert v. Vic Regnier Builders, Inc., 253 Kan. 540 [, 550, 856
P.2d 1332] (1993),
set forth the following rule to be applied to cases in which invitees are victims of crimes on
'If, under the totality of the circumstances, the defendants could reasonably foresee that their customers have a risk of peril above and beyond the ordinary, they must take those security measures which would be taken by a reasonable person under the totality of the circumstances.'
In deciding a motion for summary judgment the court must determine whether there is a legal duty owing by the defendants to the plaintiff. The court must determine whether 'under the totality of the circumstances, the defendants could reasonably foresee that their customers have a risk of peril above and beyond the ordinary.' This issue was analyzed in detail in the court's original decision. The actions of the defendants on the night in question are irrelevant to this issue.
"The only real evidence which bears on this issue is the affidavit of the plaintiff's expert. After again reviewing the affidavit the court believes that the affidavit is insufficient to show that the defendants could reasonably have foreseen that their customers have a risk of criminal activity above and beyond the ordinary. The affidavit is conclusory and does not state that it is well known to owners of arcades that customers have an extraordinary risk of criminal activity. The affidavit also does not contain information sufficient to allow the court to determine that the affiant is an expert who is capable of making such a statement."
Both Weroha and Planet Pinball agree that Seibert sets forth the test for the district court to apply in determining whether a duty existed to provide security.
In Seibert v. Vic Regnier Builders, Inc., 253 Kan. 540, 856 P. 2d 1332 (1993), plaintiff drove to shopping center and parked in an underground parking garage. Upon exiting the car, plaintiff was assaulted and shot by the assailants. Plaintiff brought an action against the owner of the shopping center, alleging:
|"[The shopping center] was negligent in not providing security for its patrons when the assault upon her was foreseeable. Specifically, she alleged that by virtue of past criminal activity in the shopping center's parking areas plus the nature of the underground parking area, including dim lighting by virtue of numerous burned-out fluorescent tubes, [the shopping center] owed a duty to her as a business invitee to provide security. The shopping center had no security for its patrons--no warning signs, video surveillance, or security guards. The plaintiff offered expert testimony that the security, including the lighting, was inadequate and had appropriate security measures been in place, the attack upon her would probably not have occurred." 253 Kan. at 542.
In determining whether the shopping center had a duty to provide security, the Kansas Supreme Court noted this was not a case of either failure to intervene or summon police:
|"Rather, the liability sought to be imposed . . . is predicated upon the frequency and severity of prior attacks against different patrons by presumably different attackers at different times and in different areas of the parking lot, plus the totality of the circumstances making the attack upon the plaintiff or some other business invitee foreseeable to the defendant, who then had a duty to take appropriate security action to prevent or make less likely the same from occurring." 253 Kan. at 547.
The Seibert court looked to two general rules to determine whether a duty was owed:
|"The owner of a business is not the insurer of the safety of its patrons or customers. The owner ordinarily has no liability for injuries inflicted upon patrons or customers by the criminal acts of third parties in the business' parking lot, as the owner has no duty to provide security. Such a duty may arise, however, where circumstances exist from which the owner could reasonably foresee that its customers have a risk of peril above and beyond the ordinary and that appropriate security measures should be taken." 253 Kan. at 548.
Circumstances which the Seibert court found to create a duty are prior incidents in the area and whether it is located in a high crime area. 253 Kan. at 549.
Finally, the Seibert court found plaintiff's general allegations that security was inadequate were not sufficient to allege a duty existed; rather, plaintiff must show that under the totality of the circumstances the owner had a duty to provide security. 253 Kan. at 550. The plaintiff presented evidence that in the past 3 years, two armed robberies had occurred and one car was broken into.
The Seibert court reversed and remanded to the district court with instructions to review the case under a totality of circumstances test. The Supreme Court further directed the district court to make specific findings as to whether the premises were in a high crime area and to consider the physical characteristics of the parking garage to determine whether under the totality of the circumstances the shopping center owed a duty to provide security. 253 Kan. at 550.
Weroha argues the district court here made the same error as did the district court in Seibert, which was to simply rely on the "prior similar incidents" rule. 253 Kan. at 543. Weroha contends the court failed to apply the totality of circumstances rule articulated in Seibert and failed to draw all reasonable inferences in favor of the nonmoving party on summary judgment.
In reviewing the totality of the circumstances, the district court looked at the following facts: The only employee on duty was not in the public area of the establishment for an extended period of time; two nights a week Planet Pinball hired off-duty police officers to work; Planet Pinball did not hire a security expert to inquire about security measures which could have been taken; some inexpensive, unobtrusive security measures could have been taken which would have greatly increased the security on the premises; Planet Pinball did not have a policy of ejecting customers who were loitering and not playing games; there has never been a prior incident of violence at Planet Pinball; there was no evidence of a high rate of criminal activity in the area where Planet Pinball was located; and there was no evidence that arcade businesses in general have a high degree of criminal activity associated with them.
Weroha asserts the district court erred in finding there was no evidence that any incidents of violence had occurred at Planet Pinball and there was no evidence that arcade businesses in general have a high degree of criminal activity.
Weroha asks this court to draw the inference that there were previous incidents of violence at Planet Pinball from Planet Pinball's decision to hire off-duty police officers on Friday and Saturday nights. In support of his request, Weroha points to a statement by his expert, Leon Tuschoff:
|"The Affiant further states that in his opinion it is incongruent for the owner of the store to claim that there was no reason to hire off-duty police officers (which is the most expensive type of security and in most incidences twice as expensive as the private security that was available in Lawrence at the time) other than . . . incidents or other indications that such security was needed."
Weroha further asks us to draw the inference that the arcade business in general has a high degree of criminal activity. In support, Weroha relies upon Tuschoff's conclusion:
|"The Affiant further states that the apparent lack of attention to security, outlined above, in this type of business is inconsistent with the minimum level of safety/security such business should provide for its patrons' safety, given the ages of the patrons and the general nature of the business."
The inference which Weroha asks this court to draw from the fact that Planet Pinball hired off-duty police officers two nights a week is not a reasonable inference. See McGee v. Chalfant, 248 Kan. 434, 437, 806 P.2d 980 (1991). Weroha's inference is based solely on the costs associated with hiring off-duty police officers. Without more, it is not reasonable to conclude that previous incidents of violence had occurred at Planet Pinball from its decision to hire off-duty police officers on Friday and Saturday nights.
Weroha's reliance upon Tuschoff's bald statement about the "minimum level of safety/security such business should provide for its patrons' safety, given the ages of the patrons and the general nature of the business," to support the inference that arcade businesses in general have a high degree of criminal activity is unwarranted.
The district court viewed the evidence in the light most favorable to Weroha, but refused to make unreasonable inferences. See McGee, 248 Kan. at 437. The district court did not err in finding that based upon the totality of the circumstances, which included no evidence of previous violent activity at Planet Pinball, in the area, in the arcade business, or with the alleged assailants at Planet Pinball, Planet Pinball did not have a general duty to provide additional security to its patrons. An opinion to the contrary must have some factual basis to be credible.
We finally address whether the court erred in finding that Planet Pinball did not have a duty to intervene.
In granting summary judgment in favor of Planet Pinball, the district court stated:
|"Supreme Court Rule 141 provides that a party opposing a motion for summary judgment must state which factual contentions submitted by the moving party are controverted and must furnish a summary of the conflicting evidence with specific references to the pages, lines and/or paragraphs of the supporting documents. The plaintiffs have made no contraventions of the facts stated by the defendants or references to supporting documents which set forth any evidence which would impose on the defendants a duty to intervene. The defendants' motion for a summary judgment is granted as to any allegations that defendants breached a duty to intervene on behalf of plaintiffs."
On appeal, Weroha fails to argue that the district court erred in finding he had not made any factual contraventions to Planet Pinball's factual contentions on this issue. Further, Weroha confuses two separate legal duties in his argument that the district court erred in failing to find that Planet Pinball had a duty to intervene on his behalf.
Kimple v. Foster, 205 Kan. 415, 469 P.2d 281 (1970), sets forth the law in Kansas on a proprietor's duty to intervene. See Seibert, 253 Kan. at 547. In Kimple, the business owner was held liable when a physical attack commenced and several patrons, including plaintiffs, repeatedly asked employees to call the police, but to no avail. The business owner was found to have breached his duty to the plaintiffs because there was ample evidence that the employees had notice of the potentiality of danger to their guests. 205 Kan. at 419. The duty to intervene arises when a proprietor has actual notice, or should have notice, of the potentiality of danger.
There are no facts in this case which suggest that Derry had notice that Weroha was in either actual or potential danger; therefore, no duty to intervene occurred. In fact, Weroha states in his brief: "Upon hearing the [attack] through the wall, Defendant Derry left the store-room, where he had been on the phone again. He accosted the four individuals and asked them to leave. They did so." The evidence supports the fact that once Derry had notice of danger, he intervened.
Weroha is actually just arguing again that Planet Pinball had a duty to take additional security measures to prevent or make less likely the commission of the crime. As set out above, the necessary facts to establish that duty are not present in this case.


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Keynotes and Special Government Sessions
February 26, 2013
KEY-101 - Big Data Transforms Security
Welcome to a universe of Big Data, the next wave in Information Technology. Big data has the potential to transform our lives for the better; our health, environment, our livelihood, almost every…Speaker:Arthur W. Coviello Jr. - Executive Chairman (retired), RSA, The Security Division of EMC
KEY-102 - Making a Case for Security Optimism
Security issues have always been industry issues. There is no silver bullet and there is no single company that can solve all the security problems confronted by computer users. While our industry…Speaker:Scott Charney - Corporate Vice President, Trustworthy Computing, Microsoft
KEY-103 - Building a Higher Order of Security Intelligence
Security professionals have reached a turning point where the solutions and methods of the past are no longer enough. In order to meet the increasingly sophisticated attacks of today, companies must…Speaker:Francis deSouza - President, Products and Services, Symantec
KEY-104 - The Cryptographers' Panel
Join the founders and leaders of the field for an engaging discussion about the latest advances in cryptography, research areas to watch in 2013 and practical insights that continue to be drawn from…Speakers:Ari Juels - Chief Scientist, RSA, The Security Division of EMCAdi Shamir - Borman Professor of Computer Science, The Weizmann Institute, IsraelDr. Dan Boneh - Professor, Stanford UniversityRonald Rivest - Professor, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyWhitfield Diffie - Cryptographer and Security Expert, Cryptomathic
KEY-105 - Building and Securing Aadhaar – the World's Largest National ID System
The Government of India embarked on an ambitious National ID project in 2009 called Aadhaar in order to improve service delivery for its 1.2 billion residents. Since then Aadhaar has enrolled over 250…Speaker:Srikanth Nadhamuni - Advisor to UID Authority of India and Chief Executive Officer, Khosla Labs
February 27, 2013
KEY-202B - The Freedom to Be Who You Want to Be: Strong Authentication and Pseudonymity on the Internet
There are different ways people choose to identify themselves (or not) on the Internet. Attribution can be very important, but pseudonyms and anonymity are also an established part of many cultures --…Speaker:Vint Cerf - Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
KEY-202A - The Hyperconnected World of Intelligent Devices: A New Era for Security
The hyperconnected world of intelligent devices is now today's reality. We live in a new era where everyone and everything is powered by devices that collect and process information with context from…Speakers:John Pescatore - Director, SANS InstitutePhilippe Courtot - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Qualys, Inc.
KEY-203 - Securing the Data Center's Future Today
Virtualization and Software Defined Networking are game changers for the next generation data center, enabling profound shifts in IT services, business models and architectures. However, immature…Speaker:Christopher D. Young - Chief Executive Officer, McAfee
KEY-204 - The New Fundamentals of Security
McAfee's Worldwide CTO, Michael Fey, warns the current trajectory of the security landscape will lead to industry failure. Security experts must apply a new set of fundamentals to protect the…Speaker:Michael Fey - GM of Corporate Products and CTO, McAfee, an Intel Security company
KEY-205 - Democracy and the Internet
Freedom of speech and the distribution of knowledge is the foundation of Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales predicts that the Internet will democratize developing countries by making the world 'flat,' opening…Speaker:Jimmy Wales - Founder, Wikipedia
February 28, 2013
KEY-301 - Pandora's Box Meets the Sword of Damocles: Curtailing Cyber Abuse
Six years ago RSA Conference featured a panel in which the danger to children from sexual predators online was discussed. It's now 2013 and this danger has expanded. What can we do as information…Speakers:David Kirkpatrick - CEO and Chief Techonomist, Techonomy MediaJaana Juvonen - Professor of Developmental Psychology, UC Los Angeles Department of PsychologyJoe Sullivan - Chief Security Officer, UberMark Krause - Senior Compliance and Litigation Counsel, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.Sameer Hinduja - Co-Director, Cyberbullying Research Center, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida Atlantic University
KEY-302 - Criminal Education: Lessons from the Criminals and their Methods
Market forces are organizing our adversaries, driving cooperation, specialization and efficient predatory behavior. Their rapid adoption of new technologies and efficacy in information sharing have…Speaker:Art Gilliland - Senior Vice President & General Manager of Enterprise Security Products, HP
KEY-303 - The Lifecycle of Cybercrime
Trustwave and the U.S. Secret Service will highlight cybercrime trends from forensic investigations compiled in the 2013 Trustwave Global Security Report. The presentation will discuss the lifecycle…Speakers:Erik Rasmussen - Special Agent, U.S. Secret ServiceNicholas Percoco - Vice President, Strategic Services, Rapid7
KEY-304 - Mind over Matter: Managing Risk with Psychology Instead of Brute Force
Risk management is not a science... it's an art. To manage risk effectively, we need to understand how people feel about, and react to risk. Akamai's CISO Andy Ellis will talk about how research into…Speaker:Andy Ellis - CSO, Akamai Technologies
KEY-305 - How Gaming Can Make a Better World
Drawing on the latest findings in psychology, cognitive science and sociology, video game developer Jane McGonigal is turning gameplay to socially positive ends, developing new reality–based games…Speaker:Jane McGonigal - World-Renowned Game Designer, Inventor of SuperBetter
March 1, 2013
KEY-401 - The Hugh Thompson Show
Internet security guru and bestselling author Dr. Herbert "Hugh" Thompson has seen it all –– hacked voting machines, exposed airline computer insecurities and devised cell phone exploits. For the…Speakers:Billy Beane - Author: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair GameDr. Hugh Thompson - RSA Conference Program Chair, RSA ConferenceGary Wolf - Contributing Editor, Wired
KEY-402 - Remarks by Dr. Condoleezza Rice
In this inspiring presentation, Rice provides a sweeping look at global affairs discussing how recent events have changed the way we view political, economic, and social issues. She highlights the…Speaker:Dr. Condoleezza Rice - 66th Secretary of State of the United States
Special Government Sessions
Government Forum: New Directions from the White House
Tuesday, February 26 | 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Room 134
Moderator: Jim Lewis, CSIS
Panelists: Michael Chertoff, Former DHS Secretary; Michael Daniel, Cybersecurity Coordinator, The White House; Eric Rosenbach, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
The last three months have seen major developments in U.S. cybersecurity policy with a Presidential Decision Directive on the Military's role in cyber defense and offense and a new executive order on protecting critical infrastructure. After years of debate, this is a new game for cybersecurity with very different rules. Join us for an active discussion with leading experts from the administration and the private sector.
*007 or DDOS: What is Real-world Cyber Policy?
Thursday, February 28 | 10.40 AM - 11.00 AM
Room 134
Speaker: Michael Daniel, Cybersecurity Coordinator, The White House
Special Assistant to the President and White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Michael Daniel, discusses the Administration's cybersecurity agenda, and the application of national power with respect to cyber incidents. What can and should the government do about cyber espionage and attacks?
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*The FBI and the Private Sector: Safeguarding Our Cyber Security
Thursday, February 28 | 11:20 AM – 11:40 AM
Room 134
Speaker: Robert S. Mueller, III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Director Mueller will address the cyber threat to our national security. Intrusions and network attacks are the FBI's top cyber priority. Yet the FBI cannot confront cyber threats on its own. Private sector partnerships are crucial. We must continue to push forward, together, to protect our critical infrastructure - our ideas, our innovation, and our intellectual property.
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Ten Years Later: The National Mission to Secure Cyberspace
Thursday, February 28 | 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Room 134
Speakers: Tom Ridge, First Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 43rd Governor of Pennsylvania; Howard Schmidt, Former Cybersecurity Advisor for President Bush, former Cybersecurity Coordinator for President Obama
Moderator: Scott Hartz, CEO, Taasera, Inc., former CEO of PwC Consulting.
The US established the Department of Homeland Security in 2003, and in the same year, launched the first National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. In this 10-year anniversary discussion, Secretary Tom Ridge and former Cybersecurity Czar Howard Schmidt will look at the growing sophistication of cyber attacks over the last decade, and how industry and government can work together to secure a very complex and dynamic cyber frontier.


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The New York Center for Computational Sciences (NYCCS) assists industry in the Long Island region, New York City and New York State in the utilization of high performance computing to gain a competitive edge in product development and data management that translates into job creation, cost savings and job retention.
NYCCS is a joint venture between Stony Brook University's Institute for Advanced Computational Science and Brookhaven National Laboratory's Computational Science Center. These centers have a core group of scientists and faculty who work to apply and develop high performance computing for science. They have a mission to support and expand the community of users of high performance computing for science discovery and technology development.
The Center's Blue Gene/P has one rack and can run threaded code. The Center also hosts two Blue Gene/Q research supercomputers: a one-rack IBM Blue Gene/Q for general purpose research that boasts 16 cores per compute node, links together 16384 processors, runs threaded code, has total peak performance of 200 teraflop, and placed fifth on the June 2012 Graph 500 benchmark list; and a two-rack IBM Blue Gene/Q for use by the BNL Riken Research Center.
The Stony Brook University Institute for Advanced Computational Science (IACS) seeks to make sustained advances in the fundamental techniques of computation and in high-impact applications including engineering and the physical, life, and social sciences.
The Brookhaven Computational Science Center (CSC) brings together researchers in biology, chemistry, physics and medicine with applied mathematicians and computer scientists to take advantage of the new opportunities for scientific discovery made possible by modern computers.


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A year after a judge ruled that Rio School District has to pay $5.5 million to the construction company that built Rio del Norte Elementary School, that company is on the brink of bankruptcy and Rio remains on the hook for the money pending an appeal.
A public collateral sale was held Tuesday for FTR International Inc., triggered by its creditor East West Bank foreclosing on a loan. Among the assets for sale were the rights to the judgment against Rio.
Assistant Superintendent for Business Services Mark Krueger said Friday that normal creditor law applies and if the district should lose its appeal, it will simply owe the $5.5 million to whoever bought FTR's assets.
Earlier this year several of FTR's creditors joined a federal bankruptcy trustee in a motion to force FTR International into Chapter 7 — or involuntary — bankruptcy, but a judge later dismissed that filing.
Rio is contesting charges that FTR says it is owed for work and delays on the $7.3 million Rio del Norte Project, which started in November 1999 and ended in September 2001.
In September 2011, after a trial that lasted several years, Ventura Superior Court Judge William Liebmann awarded FTR International $2.9 million as well as $2.6 million in penalties and interest.
Rio's attorney, James Negele, said the judgment has been appealed because of "mistakes in the law" made during the trial, but declined to elaborate, explaining that the reasons were too complicated to go into over the phone.
In 2010 FTR's lawsuit became a campaign issue when it gave $20,000 to a committee supporting a slate of candidates for the Rio school board who were opposing incumbents Robert Guillen and Ron Mosqueda.
Former Superintendent Sherianne Cotterell alleged during the campaign that FTR was trying to buy support for a settlement from challengers Eleanor Torres, Ramon Rodriguez and Henrietta Macias.
Later in 2011, however, when Trustees Tim Blaylock and Mike Barber asked the Ventura district attorney to determine whether the donation was a conflict of interest, Greg Totten's office found there was no violation of campaign law because the money went to committee expenses the candidates had no control over.


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Short Bursts of Risk Exposure In Options Create Opportunity in ATN International Inc
ATN International Inc (NASDAQ:ATNI) : Short Bursts of Risk Exposure In Options Create OpportunityDate Published: 2018-04-4
The results here are provided for general informational purposes, as a convenience to the readers. The materials are not a substitute for obtaining professional advice from a qualified person, firm or corporation.
With the market's direction becoming tenuous, we can explore option trading opportunities in ATN International Inc (NASDAQ:ATNI) that do not rely on stock direction.Over both the most recent bull market and the last bear market from 2007-2008, for stocks with certain tendencies, there has been a shrewd approach to trading pre-earnings volatility with options.
The goal is to find trades that expose risk in short-bursts of time, with out-sized historical gains relative to historical losses.
The Trade Before Earnings in ATN International Inc
Let's examine the results of getting long a weekly at the money straddle 4-calendar days days before earnings, and then sell out of that position one-day before the actual release earnings.
Here is the setup:
We are testing opening the position 4 calendar days pre-earnings event and then closing the straddle 1 day before earnings. This is not making any earnings bet. This is not making any stock direction bet.
Once we apply that simple rule to our back-test, we run it on an at-the-money straddle:
If we did this long at-the-money (also called '50-delta') straddle (using the options closest to one-week in expiration) in ATN International Inc (NASDAQ:ATNI) over the last three-years but only held it before earnings we get these results:
Long At-the-Money Straddle
|% Wins:
|Wins: 11
|Losses: 11
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Tap Here to See the Back-test
The mechanics of the TradeMachine™ are that it uses end of day prices for every back-test entry and exit (every trigger).
Track this trade idea. Get alerted for ticker `ATNI` 4 days before earnings
The results show a 118.3% return, testing this over the last 22 earnings dates in ATN International Inc. That's a total of just 66 days (3 days for each earnings date, over 22 earnings dates). That's an annualized rate of 654.2%.
We can also see that this strategy hasn't been a winner all the time, rather it has won 11 times and lost 11 times, for a 50% win-rate and again, that 118.3% return in less than two-full months of trading.
Setting Expectations
While this strategy has an overall return of 118.3%, the trade details keep us in bounds with expectations:
➡ The average percent return per trade was 11.63%.
Tested Across Bull and Bear Markets
While many times we can identify strategies that work during a bull or a bear market, this strategy, when we tested it empirically, worked during both. Here are the specifics:
Using the Nasdaq 100 and the Dow 30 as our study group, here are the average total returns by stock for the bull market from 2012-2018 (January) and 2007-2009, which includes the bear market, and the wild 2009 -- where the S&P 500 bottomed in March and then ripped higher -- in other words, a highly volatile time in the market.
As a quick reminder, here is the 2007-2009 period for the S&P 500:
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|2012-2018 (January)
Since we are looking at total returns, it turns out those time periods show nearly identical results (2012-2018 was six-years and 2007-2009 was three-years). Yet more impressive, the strategy showed a 57% win rate by stock during the wildly volatile 2007-2009 market.
These results are empirical, which is to say, they are objective. We are not inserting opinion.
This is it -- this is how people profit from the option market -- finding trading opportunities that avoid earnings risk and work equally well during a bull or bear market.
Please note that the executions and other statistics in this article are hypothetical, and do not reflect the impact, if any, of certain market factors such as liquidity and slippage.


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The Cannery Pier Hotel rests on the 100 year-old pilings that formerly supported the Union Fisherman's Cooperative Packing Company. Formed in 1897, it was the result of a turbulent time that favored big business cannery owners instead of the fishermen. Disputes with cannery owners about prices per fish started in 1876, with fishermen going on strike, and in 1880 they formed the Columbia River Fishermen's Protective Union. Tensions came to a head in 1896 when the fishermen went on strike again. Two strike-breakers were shot and more violence threatened, and the Oregon National Guard was called in to break the strike. After this, about 200 fishermen (mostly Finnish) came together, pooled their resources, and formed the Union Fisherman's Cooperative Packing Company. By 1904, it had become the largest cannery in Astoria. It remained a fishermen-owned business until the late 1940's.
For in-depth information about the history of Astoria's fishing past and Finnish heritage, check out "Fins, Finns and Astorians" by Greg Jacob, Ph.D. , available in the Hotel gift shop and Astoria local bookstores.
Watch a thirty minute documentary of the building of the dock and hotel. A very unique and fun telling of the trials and tribulations of building over water, "The Building of the Cannery Pier Hotel"


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The week before last (30 June - 4 July 2014) I had two enthusiastic work experience students working alongside me in the collections. Below are two short passages that I asked them to write about their time in the Museum.
Zechariah Francis
On my first day I was given a tour of the Museum, including the palaeontology building. The people that work here are very friendly. On my second day I learnt about type and figured specimens and then counted how many of each were in the Davidson collection of type and figured brachiopods. This was so Zoë had an accurate idea of how many were there, and to help her put together a bid for funding for a digitisation project.
An excellent experience being at the Museum was having a tour of the fossil mammal collection. The bones were massive and I was left speechless when I had the privilege to see a fossilised rhino-like animal.
My experience at the Natural History Museum has been memorable; it is an experience I will never forget. I have met dedicated scientists who have helped me understand the world of palaeontology. They have helped build a road which I will follow.
Thomas Miller
Over the past week I have been working in the palaeontology department with the Curator of Fossil Cephalopods and Brachiopods, Zoë Hughes. During this time I have been assigned many interesting activities that have given me a very good idea of what being a curator is like. These included counting the Davidson collection of brachiopods for a project, and cataloguing a large number of Ordovician nautiloids in preparation for a potential visiting researcher. I was particularly privileged to be able to work with the Jim Craig collection of Gault ammonites; photographing them for the Museum – it was also very useful to be able to learn how to use the brand new camera and stand.
One of the Photographs taken by Thomas of a Gault Clay ammonite.
Aside from working, I was also given a tour of the fossil mammal collection by Pip Brewer - this was very enjoyable and also let me see some different specimens to what I am used to working with.
Working in the museum showed me the scale of the collections and also the scale and importance of the work that goes on here. I am very grateful to Zoë and also Martin Munt for giving me this wonderful opportunity.
Huge thanks to both Zechariah and Thomas for all their hard work during the week!


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Just launching a rocket ship is straight out of Jules Verne.
Wow wow wow.Watching the two boosters land side-by-side was straight out of Jules Verne.
Did they ever announce if the 3rd one landed on the barge?
At 300 mph... it crashed.
WOW!!!! FINALLY got the bandwidth to watch the video. The sight of those two Booster's coming in for a landing. ... I do not believe they have ever had a "Return to earth" of an unmanned device, only the space shuttle and the Scaled ship have done that.And they all land in "Glider" mode. not a powered tail first landing as in a Science Fiction movie. Only as of that flight. that kind of earth landing. NO LONGER FICTION.
Yep, SpaceX has landed about 20 rockets so far. It has become routine now.
Awesome video, thanks for sharing. Now that's how it's done Rocketman !
Musk said if they can get any video of the impact, it "should be fun to watch and we'll put out a blooper reel." I love this guy
yeah, those landing are cool. I'd like to see more footage of how they get back to the area of the landing pads. from separation to the time that the decent rockets fire again to slow it down.... remarkable really.
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I recently stumbled upon a lovely voiced songbird called kokokaina who happens to be another youtube prodigy. Check out her youtube page and give her songs a listen. Altough i've heard of her name some while ago, i regret not listening to her songs earlier. It's just so soothing to listen to her melodies that carry me away. Her songs are nothing complicated and has some really good lyrics i think many of us can relate to. Have a listen to her songs for yourself.. let her carry you away with her sweet soft melodious rhythms.
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Rapidly Urbanizing Populations Face Unique Challenges
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By 2050, nearly 95% of the growth in urban populations will occur in developing countries. (The Gates Foundation)
The world's urban population is expected to grow by 2.6 billion people between 2011 and 2050, bringing the total number of urbanites to 6.3 billion. This urban expansion will be especially burdensome for developing countries, where 82 percent of the world's population currently lives, I write in a new report for Vital Signs Online.
Although the developing world is less urbanized than the industrial world in relative terms, developing countries are home to an estimated 1.54 billion more people. In absolute terms, the developing world is projected to add approximately 2.45 billion people to its cities by 2050, while the industrial world is due to add just 170 million.
Within the developing world, the vast majority of this urban growth is projected to occur in Asia and Africa. Asia far outstrips Africa in total population, with 4.2 billion people in 2011 compared with Africa's 1 billion. But these regions are also the least urbanized areas on Earth: Asia's population was 45 percent urban in 2011, and Africa's was only 40 percent urban. In Latin America and the Caribbean, by contrast, 78 percent of the regions' 599 million people live in cities.
A characteristic feature of Asian urbanization is the prevalence of "megacities" that are home to more than 10 million people. In 2011, there were 23 such cities worldwide, 13 of which were Asian. By 2025, the total number of megacities is expected to reach 37—with 21 in Asia alone. Specifically, Southeast Asia is home to the most densely populated cities: approximately 16,500 people per square kilometer are squeezed into the region's urban areas.
Cities, especially in the developing world, must find a way to provide essential services to their ever-increasing populations. When cities fail to meet these essential needs on a large scale, they create areas known as slums, where households typically lack safe drinking water, safe sanitation, a durable living space, or security of a lease. According to UN HABITAT, 828 million people in developing-world cities are considered slum dwellers—one in every three residents. Slum populations are expected to grow significantly in the future, and UN HABITAT projects that 6 million more people live in slums every year.
The World Health Organization identifies the rapid increase of urban populations, especially slum populations, as the most important issue affecting health in the 21st century. The agency cites overcrowding, lack of safe water, and improper sanitation systems as the primary factors contributing to poor health among the urban poor. Slums often become breeding grounds for diseases like tuberculosis, dengue, pneumonia, and cholera, and slum dwellers contract water-borne or respiratory illnesses at much higher rates than people in rural areas do.
Cities and their slums will continue to grow as long as rural populations continue to migrate to cities to find economic and other opportunities, such as access to cultural amenities, education, and health care.
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Auckland is in the final throes of its preparations for the opening game of the Rugby World Cup. So what is an American marine scientist doing wandering the streets of this bustling New Zealand city? The RWC may be the main story here, but in the preceding week, Auckland has also been home to the 42nd Pacific Islands Forum. Leaders from the 15 Pacific member nations, along with U.N. Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon and European Union President José Manuel Barroso, have spent the week talking about some of the big problems facing the region — from the return of democracy in Fiji to the very real impact that climate change is having on many of these low-lying nations.
I've been here with my Conservation International colleagues, Sue Taei, Mike Donoghue and Schannel van Dijken. Along with our partners, we have been celebrating the first anniversary of the Pacific Oceanscape — a collaborative agreement covering 38.5 million square kilometers, or an area four times the size of continental Europe. Its purpose is to provide a framework for an integrated management of the Pacific Ocean and covers things like ocean health and security, governance, and sustainable use of resources.
We had a wonderful celebration, but most importantly, some major new commitments were made. President Anote Tong from Kiribati hosted the event, which was very fitting and added significant weight to the festivities. President Tong has led the charge for the Pacific Oceanscape, presenting the concept to Pacific Islands Forum leaders in 2009, and shepherded the project to formal recognition last year. Kiribati's Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) is also the Oceanscape's foundation site.
Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna was also present. The Cook Islands has declared half of its Exclusive Economic Zone as a marine park, overtaking PIPA for the title of world's largest marine protected area — a nice example of friendly competition that benefits so many.
In addition, Tokelau's Faipule Foua Toloa, the Ulu (or head of state) of the territory, announced that his government was designating its waters as a sanctuary for marine mammals, turtles and sharks.
Following these significant contributions, further commitments were made; President Tong revealed the identity of the first Pacific Oceanscape Commissioner, Forum Secretary General Tuiloma Neroni Slade, and two major new funders also added their support.
It was an incredibly moving evening, and it was impressive to see a coalition of world leaders making strong commitments and to hear passion for the protection of this vast ocean — not just for the people who depend on its resources for their livelihoods and well-being, but also for the ecosystems that sustain it.
Dr. Greg Stone is CI's chief scientist for oceans.


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The wind industry directly contributed EUR2.3 billion to the GDP in 2008, or 0.24% of the total, and indirectly added EUR1.5 billion more, totalling EUR3.8 billion, or 0.39% of GDP. This figure dwarfs the EUR1.14 billion it received in production incentives.
The figures are an update to Deloitte's previous year's report, Macroeconomic Impact Study of Spain's Wind Sector, commissioned by national wind association Asociacion Empresarial Eolica (AEE) (Windpower Monthly, January 2009). The first edition calculated wind's 2007 combined direct and indirect contribution as EUR3.27 billion, or 0.35% of GDP. Wind's 2008 share of GDP is thus 12.7% above that of 2007.
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The study, says AEE, undermines the many critics who argue that production incentives make the technology too expensive. AEE president Jose Donoso welcomes the findings, saying: "Wind power is just about the best investment the Spanish economy can make."
Wind contributed more to Spain's coffers than it received, as taxes paid by the sector exceeded incentives paid out by EUR243.7 million. The wind sector provided more than 41,000 jobs in 2008 - 23,000 directly.
The biggest contribution to GDP came from wind plant development and operation, with 140 developers and operators generating EUR695 million, closely followed by 19 turbine facilities generating EUR628 million. The 270 component manufacturers accounted for some EUR530 million, with EUR361 million from the 277 service providers. Deloitte tallies wind industry exports at EUR2.9 billion during 2008. Imports totalled EUR1.9 billion, resulting in a positive export balance of EUR1 billion for 2008, up from EUR947 million in 2007.
Donoso says that while the macroeconomic impact is reason enough to continue to support wind power, it is a mere by-product of generating clean energy and reducing reliance on foreign energy supplies. Spain currently meets 80% of its primary energy needs from abroad, primarily with fossil fuels.
Deloitte calculates that 31.1 GWh of wind production on the electricity grid in 2008 replaced power generated from coal and combined-cycle gas plants and from fuel-oil generation, avoiding 19 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions. At a 2008 reference price of EUR21.10 a tonne for CO2 emissions rights, wind saved the electricity system EUR405.5 million. Wind generation also saved Spain EUR2.2 billion in fossil fuel imports in 2008, compared to EUR1.014 billion in 2007.
AEE says it hopes that the government will consider this year's study as it determines policy support for wind in 2012-2020, rather than bowing to pressure to reduce incentives.
After publication of the first edition of the report in 2009, despite it highlighting economic rewards from wind, the industry ministry applied quotas to new wind capacity. The ministry also told AEE that it aimed to remove production incentives from 2012, maintaining a minimum price for wind generation on the wholesale electricity market as the sector's sole market support mechanism (Windpower Monthly, October 2009).


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Hollywood action hero Bruce Willis stunned TV audiences on Tuesday when he took part in an interview while wearing a bathrobe.
The "Die Hard" star clearly wanted to stay comfortable as he donned the unusual garb for a pre-recorded interview, which aired on British morning show "Daybreak," but kept his shirt and trousers on beneath the robe.
Host Kate Garraway managed to keep her composure throughout their chat, but her colleagues in the studio joked about Willis' odd outfit choice after the segment had aired.
Presenter John Stapleton said, "What was with the dressing gown?" while his co-presenter Helen Fospero added, "I don't know. … He looked dressed underneath. He's quite eccentric though I think."
It is not the first time Willis' weird antics on the show have left his interviewer Garraway looking uncomfortable – in February, he spat water over the floor during their chat to show how he keeps his baby daughter Mable entertained.
Willis was previously slammed for his lackluster appearance on BBC program "The One Show" in February when he responded to interview questions with disinterest while promoting his movie "A Good Day To Die Hard." He later apologized, blaming jetlag for his listless behavior.


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November 21, 1966 - September 24, 2013
Highland Mills, NY
Teresa (Teri) Fox, 46, of Highland Mills, NY, passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital. She was a school teacher with the Balmville School in Newburgh Enlarged School District.
She was born November 21, 1966 in Bronx, NY to Thomas O'Keefe and Francine Gensch.
Survivors include her husband, Bert Fox, at home; her father, Thomas O'Keefe; son, Steven Fox, at home; daughter, Jennifer Fox, at home; brothers: Robert, Danny O'Keefe, Tim, Darren and Thomas Sullivan; sisters: Helen, Kathy, Lorraine, Peggy and Jenifer O'Keefe. She was predeceased by her mother, Francine O'Keefe and brother, Thomas O'Keefe.
Visitation will be held from 12-3:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 28th at Quigley Bros. Funeral Home, 337 Hudson Street, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY 12520. A Funeral Service will be held at 3:30 p.m. at the funeral home, Saturday, September 28th. Cremation will follow the service.
Contributions may be made to the Nation Kidney Foundation, Finance Department, 30 East 33rd St., New York, NY 10016.
Arrangements are by Kevin Quigley of Quigley Bros. Funeral Home; to send condolences or for directions to the funeral home, please go to: www.quigleybros.com


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Executive's guide to e-business: from tactics to strategy
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Is E-Business Helping You—Or Your Competitors
E-business is transforming the commercial landscape and completely redefining traditional business assumptions. In an e-nabled world
With information applicable to a wide range of industries, Executive's Guide to E-Business will help any company take its rightful place in the e-nabled world and reap the tremendous benefits of the e-business revolution
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Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont has a voice that is noticeably absent from the Sunday morning news programs. He is opposed to cutting Social Security. He is in favor of raising taxes on the wealthy. He stands firmly for economic views that have the support of majorities of working people in poll after poll. Yet, why is he not on "Meet the Press" or "Face the Nation"? Why would someone who has long advocated for what the American majority wants not be on these shows week after week, month after month?
Meanwhile, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona voted for gutting Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security when he voted in favor of the Senate version of the Republican-Ryan budget. He is clearly out of touch with the majority of Americans, yet why is he the one who is out front and center on the Sunday morning talk shows? Since the beginning of the year, he has been on the Sunday shows a whopping 10 times, three more times than the Senate minority leader and more than any other member of Congress.
In his piece today, Robert Greenwald sums it up perfectly: "The Sunday shows often set the tone for the upcoming political week. As the same voices drone on, the senator's absence means the political and media elites are overlooking the forces squeezing working and middle class Americans."
Progressive members of Congress such as Sanders have the ideas that are so desperately needed in our country's current economic situation and the ability to articulate them. While McCain provides excellent sound bites, having him appear on Sunday talk shows ad nauseum does nothing but ensure his talking points will be repeated over and over again, while forward-thinking alternative policies from such legislators as Sanders will be forced into the closet, never to see the light of day.
Sanders is far from the only powerful voice for the American majority in Congress missing from the airwaves. Sens. Al Franken of Minnesota, Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Barbara Boxer all voted against the Senate version of the Republican-Ryan budget, and should also be front and center in the Sunday news programs. But they are not.
Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) co-chair Representative Keith Ellison has only appeared on the Sunday morning shows one time this year, while CPC co-chair Rep. Raúl Grijalva, has not been on at all. And neither has former CPC co-chair Representative Barbara Lee.
At the end of his column, Greenwald posts the names and numbers of people to contact, to urge them to put Sanders and other elected officials who proudly stand up with the American Majority on their Sunday morning shows. I am sharing them as well, at the end of this post, in the hopes that those in the majority come together and respectfully ask to put these great heroes of the American majority on their news programs.
Getting these heroes of the American majority on television is just one step. Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) has launched a petition drive to get the media to focus on "The People's Budget," a budget proposal crafted by the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Their budget provides common sense solutions to current problems all while saving the integrity of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The budget also offers sound solutions that will ensure jobs for the unemployed. No one in the mainstream media is focusing their attention on this positive solution.
I urge you to sign the FAIR petition, and let the news agencies know that, frankly, this type of one-sided reporting is not acceptable; that "The People's Budget" deserves the same amount of coverage as the Republican-Ryan so-called budget plan.
- Face the Nation: Carin Pratt, (202) 457-4481, firstname.lastname@example.com
- Meet the Press: Iliana Drimmer, (202) 885-4598, email@example.com
- This Week: (212) 456-7777 (push 5 and address your message to Rick Kaplan, executive producer of This Week)
- State of the Union: Michelle Jaconi, (404) 827-1500, email@example.com
To members of the mainstream media who want to air the voices of these heroes, Campaign For America's Future has put together polling data about what the American majority is really saying. You can find all the information here.


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Michael Strahan announced on Wednesday that he will join Good Morning America as a co-host.
The former New York Giants football star announced the news on his show, Live! With Kelly and Michael. Strahan currently co-hosts Live! with Kelly Ripa, and will continue his duties there in addition to Good Morning America.
"The big news is that I'm gonna be on GMA now," Strahan confirmed to Ripa this morning. The host said he will begin with semi-regular appearances on the other morning show.
"I don't think I could do it every day," Strahan elaborated. "I have a lot going on. I have to be smart about it."
The host reassured Ripa that he loves her and Live!, and said their show will remain his number one priority.
"I would never do anything to jeopardize the quality of what I do here," Strahan promised. "This is what I do. This is me. This is my home, no matter what."
Good Morning America news anchor Josh Elliott recently decided to leave the show for a new job at NBC sports. A source recently told The NY Daily News that the addition of Strahan is unrelated to Elliott's departure.


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Mohammad Nabi, world renowned as the right-handed batsman and off break bowler from the Afghanistan International cricket team, was the first player from the country to be selected in the Indian Premier League player auction.
Glenn Maxwell, known for his dramatic shot making and improvisation, currently plays ODI and Twenty20 cricket for Australia. However, he has also proven his ability in Test cricket also, becoming the second Australian to score centuries in all three formats.
Suresh Raina, regarded as one of the best fielders in world cricket, is an aggressive left-handed middle-order batsman and an occasional off-spin bowler. He is the first cricketer in the history of Indian cricket, to hit a century in all three formats of international cricket.
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Lotek fish & wildlife monitoring systems allow researchers in over 100 countries worldwide to track animals, birds and fish of almost any size, in almost any environment.
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The latest comes from Broward County, Florida, where a publicly subsidized art show included more hate speech directed at President Bush:
The piece in question is a painting depicting President Bush being sodomized. Artist Alfred Phillips said images of an oil barrel and a man wearing a Muslim headdress in the work are part of a political statement about the United States being abused by oil companies.
Michael Friedman, the artist who complained to the county, said the painting is offensive and tasteless.
"Something snapped inside," he said. Friedman entered a piece depicting Pope Benedict XVI with several swastikas in the background.
"Sodomy in a public forum is not, from my perspective, considered art," he said. "I think somebody has to draw the line somewhere. I like political satire. However, that type of image … I don't think is artistic."
Well, you know a painting is offensive when the guy who painted the Pope with swastikas thinks it's over the line. I'm a little puzzled, though, by what the show's organizers considered to be a "relevant political message," i.e., how the oil companies "abuse" the United States. That would be, I suppose, by providing petroleum products that allow us to go places, heat our homes, have offices and factories in which to work, and operate equipment so that, instead of living like the ancient Egyptians, hauling blocks of stone around with ropes, we can sit at desks and do things like operate computers. Is that how the oil companies "abuse" Americans? I suppose the idea is that without the oil companies, oil and gasoline would spring magically out of the ground (pollution-free, of course), and into our gas tanks and furnaces. For free.
Leftists are so childish that I cannot understand how anyone can take them seriously.


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