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As a powerful tool for economic and social development, ICT aims at bridging the digital divide and aiding economic development by fostering equitable access to modern communications technologies. In modern society, the application of ICT and e-Gov is playing their increasing role to reach MDGs.
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International: 2011: Piracy Wars and Internet Censorship
International: A Comparison of Network Neutrality Approaches in: The U.S., Japan, and the European Union
International: Digital Divide from Computer Access to Online Activities – A Micro Data Analysis
International: e-Government: Five Key Challenges for Management
International: Evaluating the Impacts of Online Banking Factors on Motivating the Process of E-banking
International: Four Phases of Internet Regulation
International: Globalization in Development: Do Information and Communication Technologies Really Matter?
International: ICT for Development Draft Resolution at the United Nations
International: Local Nets on a Global Network: Filtering and the Internet Governance Problem
International: The Choice of Governance Mode in ICT Alliances: A Property Rights Approach
International: The Future of Internet Regulation
International: Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2010-11 - Enabling Tomorrow's Digital World
East Asia:
China: Characteristics of E-Waste Recycling Systems in Japan and China
China: Interim Measures for Management on Online Commodity Trading and Relevant Service Behaviors (in Chinese)
China: Investigation Report on the Application of Internet in China's SMEs in the First Half of 2012 (in Chinese)
China: Investigation Report on the Application of Internet in China's SMEs in the Second Half of 2012 (in Chinese)
China: Management Approach to Communication Network Security Protection (in Chinese)
China: National Government Informatization Construction During the Twelfth Five-Year-Plan Period (in Chinese)
China: Report(3C) on Chinese Netizens' Consuming Behavior in 2012 (in Chinese)
China: Report on the Application of Chinese Netizens' Social Websites in 2012 (in Chinese)
China: Report on the Investigation of Chinese Network Literature Users (in Chinese)
China: Report on the Investigation on Development of China Mobile Internet (in Chinese)
China: Report on the Research of Chinese Netizens' Information Security in 2012 (in Chinese)
China: Report on the Security of Chinese Online Payment (in Chinese)
China: Research on the Influence of Social Events and Internet Media (in Chinese)
China: Research Report on the Behavior of Chinese Mobile Net Users (in Chinese)
China: Research Report on the Development of Chinese Mobile Browser (in Chinese)
China: Several Opinions on Promoting Informatization Development and Guaranteeing Information Security (in Chinese)
China: The 29th Statistical Report on China's Internet Development (in Chinese)
China: The 30th Statistical Report on China's Internet Development (in Chinese)
The 31st Statistical Report on China's Internet Development (in Chinese)
Democratic People\'s Republic of Korea: A Double-Edged Sword Information Technology in North Korea
Democratic People\'s Republic of Korea: The Korea Computer Centre
Japan: Beyond Policy Strategic Actions to Support ICT Integration in Japanese Schools
Japan: E-Elections: Time for Japan to Embrace Online Campaigning
Japan: E-Learning in Japan: Past, Present, and Future
Japan: Entrepreneurship in Japan's ICT Sector: Opportunities and Protection from Japan's Telecommunications Regulatory Regime Shift
Japan: Japanese Local Governments and ICT
Japan: Municipal Government ICT in 3.11 Crisis Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Crisis
Japan: The Institutional Context for the Growth and Internationalization of ICT Start-Ups in Japan: Evidence from Rakuten and GREE
Japan: The Use of ICT and E-Learning in Higher Education in Japan
Japan: The Use of Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) in Evaluating Japan's E-government Services
Japan: Value of Japanese Internet Economy
Republic of Korea: E-Learning in the Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea: E-Tourism: An Innovative Approach for the Small and Medium-sized Tourism Enterprises(SMTES) in Korea
Republic of Korea: South Korea Information and Communication Industry
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Indonesia: ADB Rural ICT Project Indonesia Country Case Study Report
Indonesia: An Overview of the Development Indonesia National Cyber Security
Indonesia: Benchmarking Indonesian Local E-Government
Indonesia: Determining the Impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on Decent Work in Indonesia
Indonesia: E-Government Grid Services Topology Based on Province and Population in Indonesia
Indonesia: E-Government Implementation in Indonesia: Financial Transparency on the Web
Indonesia: ICT Alternative for Primary Care Delivery in Indonesia: A Proposal
Indonesia: ICT Sector Performance Review for Indonesia
Indonesia: Investigating the Potential of Mobile Phones for E-Governance in Indonesia
Indonesia: The Importance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Development to Indonesia's Future
Malaysia: Assessing E-Commerce Adoption by Small and Medium Enterprises in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand
Malaysia: The Influence of Malaysian Telecenters on Community Building
Philippines: Promoting E-Government in the Context of New Public Management: The Case of the Local Government of Cebu, Philippines
Philippines: The Power of Information: The Impact of Mobile Phones on Farmers' Welfare in the Philippines
Singapore: Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill (Singapore)
Singapore: E-Commerce and Privacy in Singapore
Singapore: E-Learning in Singapore: A Brief Assessment
Singapore: Globalization and E-Commerce: Growth and Impacts in Singapore
Singapore: National E-Commerce Legislation in Asia and the Pacific: The Case of Singapore
Singapore: Singapore E-Commerce Survey 2009-2010 Report (Phase 1)
Singapore: Singapore E-Government and E-Engagement
Singapore: Singapore's Strategy in Securing the Cyberspace
Singapore: The Evolution of Government Infocomm Plans: Singapore's E-Government Journey (1980–2007)
Thailand: Determinants of E-Commerce Usage in the Hotel Industry in Thailand: An Empirical Study
Thailand: Key Success Factors Behind Electronic Medical Record Adoption in Thailand
South Asia:
Bangladesh: The Adoption of Mobile Commerce Service among Employed Mobile Phone Users in Bangladesh Self-efficacy as a Moderator
India: Adoption of Electronic Commerce by Organizations in India Strategic and Environmental Imperatives
India: A Vision of Citizen-Centric E-Governance in India
India: Centralized Allotment Process for the Professional Course Admissions - CAPNIC
India: Challenges and Role of Standard in Building Interoperable E-Governance Solutions
India: Child Record Information System - ChRIS
India: Computerized Dealer Service Centre
India: Computerisation of Personnel Information Systems (CPIS)
India: Development through Information Technology in Developing Countries: Experiences from an Indian State
India: E-Governance Approach in India: The National E-Governance Plan-NeGP
India: E-Government for Improving Performance of Power Sector in India
India: E-Government in India: Opportunities and Challenges
India: E-Governance Initiatives in India
India: E-Governance in Petroleum and Explosive Safety Organization- PESO
India: E-Governance Policy for Modernizing Government through Digital Democracy in India
India: Election Confidential (ELECON)
India: E-Mitra
India: E-Procurement
India: E-Public Distribution Monitoring System - E-PDMS
India: Fast Reliable Instant Efficient Network for Disbursement of Services
India: Gazettes on Web
India: GIS Based Emergency Planning and Response Systems
India: Grievance Management System through Call Centre
India: Health Management Information System - HMIS
India: ICT in Delhi School Education System
India: Information Technology Annual Report 2008-09
India: Integrated Information System for Foodgrains Management - IISFM
India: Integrated Workflow and Document Management System - IWDMS
India: M-Government–Mobile Technology for E-Government
India: National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGS-AP Software)
India: Online Computerization of Treasuries (e-Kosh)
India: Performance of E-Governance in Indian Economy
India: Revenue Administration through Computerized Energy (RACE) Billing, Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB)
India: Service and Payroll Administrative Repository for Kerala– SPARK
India: Stamps and Registration Automation with Technology and Information (SARTHI)
India: System for Computerised Registration - SCORE
India: Treasury Accounting and Management System of Government of Bihar - E-KHAZANA
India: VAT Information Computerization to Optimize Revenue Yield (VICTORY)
India: VAT Information System
India: Web-Based Rail Reservation (Internet Ticketing)
India: Web-Enabled Lakshadweep Electricity Department
Sri Lanka: An Electronic Commerce Initiative in Regional Sri Lanka: The Vision for the Central Province Electronic Commerce Portal
Australia: Australia in the Digital Economy Consumer Engagement in E-Commerce
Australia: Digital Textbooks and e-Learning–An Australian Perspective
Australia: E-Commerce Marketplace in Australia Online Shopping
Australia: E-Democracy in Australia: The Challenge of Evolving a Successful Model
Australia: E-Government Benefits Study
Australia: Egovernment: Issues and Implications for Public Libraries
Australia: E-Learning in Australia
Australia: E-learning in Australia and Korea Learning from Practice
Australia: E-learning in Context: An Assessment of Student Inequalities in University Outreach Program
Australia: Electronic Commerce Benefits, Challenges and Success Factors in the Australian Banking and Finance Industry
Australia: Electronic Commerce Projects Adoption and Evaluation in Australian SMEs Preliminary Findings
Australia: Household E-Commerce Activity and Trends in Australia
Australia: Netalert-Protecting Australian Families Online
Australia: Organizing for E-Government in Search of Effective Act Governance in Australia
Australia: Retail in Australia: It's Time to Embrace the Digital Future
Australia: The Australian Guidelines for Electronic Commerce
Australia: The Australian Online Consumer Landscape
Australia: The Future of Australian e-Learning: It's All About Access
Australia: The Internet Service Market and Australians in the Online Environment
Australia: Trends and Issues in E-Learning Infrastructure Development
Fiji: Fiji's Information-Economy and the Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy Education in the Age of Broadband
New Zealand: E-Local Government in New Zealand: The Shifting Policymaker View
New Zealand: E-Government: What Is It, and Will It Transform Government
New Zealand: NetSafe: The New Zealand Model for Internet (ICT) Safety Education
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The "Innovation Union" – turning ideas into jobs, green growth and social progress
The European Commission's "Innovation Union", tabled today, sets out a strategic approach to innovation, driven by the highest political level. The Innovation Union will focus Europe's efforts – and co-operation with third countries - on challenges like climate change, energy and food security, health and an ageing population. It will use public sector intervention to stimulate the private sector and to remove bottlenecks which stop ideas reaching the market. These include lack of finance, fragmented research systems and markets, under-use of public procurement for innovation and slow standard setting. The Innovation Union is a "flagship" in the Europe 2020 Strategy.
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science and Vice- President Antonio Tajani, responsible for industry and entrepreneurship said: "As we emerge from crisis in the teeth of fierce global competition, we face an innovation emergency. If we do not transform Europe into an Innovation Union, our economies will wither on the vine while ideas and talent go to waste. Innovation is the key to building sustainable growth and fairer and greener societies. A sea change in Europe's innovation performance is the only way to create lasting and well-paid jobs that withstand the pressures of globalisation. "
A new study1 shows that meeting the Europe 2020 target of increasing R&D investment to 3 percent of GDP could create 3.7 million jobs and increase annual GDP by up to €795 billion by 2025. One million extra researchers will be needed.
Ten key elements in the Innovation Union
The Innovation Union will be discussed at the Competitiveness Council on 12 October and at the European Council in December. Progress will be monitored as part of the governance of the Europe 2020 Strategy. An annual Innovation Convention will discuss the state of the Innovation Union.
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Single girls everywhere are preparing to take a leap.
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The planning has been going on for four years.
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Why won't the nation's two main operators of high-speed academic networks get together? According to Polley Ann McClure, a VP for Information Technologies at Cornell, the problem isn't a technical one. McClure advised both Internet2 and National LambdaRail as they held discussions about merging, but the talks now appear scuttled, something McClure attributes to personalities and poor management.
Many large academic institutions in the US belong to a private, high-speed network. Both the Internet2 consortium (which just celebrated its 10th anniversary) and National LambdaRail (which Internet2 helped to start) provide access to such networks, which are generally used for scientific and medical applications, along with network research. Internet2 has leased its network from Qwest (though this is currently changing), while NLR controlled its own fiber. Dealing with two separate groups required more work for administrators and researchers, though, so there was relief when Internet2 and NLR announced that they were in merger talks.
Those talks stalled earlier this year over unspecified "governance issues," according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. Now the talking has broken off completely.
Writing in the most recent issue of EDUCAUSE Review (PDF), McClure argues that the talks failed for two reasons. The first was what she calls the "use of an adversarial approach to the merger process." Instead of getting together to discuss a positive future vision that a unified organization could implement, the negotiating teams each showed up to meetings and defended their own past practices as the best ones. This approach, according to McClure, "destroyed trust among the parties and caused the group to lose its grasp of the future possibilities."
She also lays blame on "some individuals on or close to the merger team" who appeared more interested in "ending the careers of others" than in negotiating in the best interests of the academic community.
With talks between the two groups broken off, Internet2 is hard at work on a migration away from the company's leased "Abilene" network, which runs on 10,000 miles of Qwest fiber. The new network operates over Level3 fiber, but the consortium will have greater control of the underlying infrastructure. The first segment of the new network went live in late November, and full build-out is scheduled to be completed by the middle of next year. When operational, the network will initially have 100Gbps of capacity.


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Here's a recap of Sundays shows at Boston Fashion Week's The Tent.
All photographs by Amy Connolly for Hogger & Co.
The Launch:
The Launch showcases up-n-coming local fashion design graduates who have been selected as the "new designer to watch". This year, the designers selected were Achk Kombana, Jennifer Miller, Danielle Fernandes, Rei Hyun Lee and Tatiana Cuevo, each with very unique styles.
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Next up was Mark Cordell's Tru Fiction collection: edgy and rebellious and with lips painted in half smiles reminescent of the Joker. Playful, daring and androgneous.
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Emily Muller is another designer I met here, and her collection is ultra feminine, flowy and beautiful.
Candice Wu
With hair piled high in birds nests, the models rocked the runway in leather, chains, a bit of tweed and a sprinkling of badass.


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Leisure Systems Inc. (LSI), the franchisor of Yogi Bear's Jellystone Parks, is temporarily waiving its $20,000 franchise initiation fee in an effort to make it easier for family-friendly campgrounds to join its network.
The promotion, which is being offered as the 70-location Jellystone Park chain celebrates its 40th anniversary, is being promoted as Peter Yesawich and other travel industry experts forecast continued growth in demand for family friendly vacations, according to a news release.
"Travel industry research shows continuing strong interest in family travel, and we believe that modifying our franchise offer will be an effective way to encourage high-quality, family-oriented campgrounds to leverage our brand name and business model to grow their businesses," said Rob Schutter, LSI president and CEO.
Campgrounds signing a seven-year franchise agreement will get: a 10-foot Yogi Bear statue; a Yogi Bear costume; a facility sign package; travel and expenses for two people to attend "CAMP" (LSI's proprietary training program) and "CARE" (LSI's recreation training program.)
As a special promotion in conjunction with the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC) InSites Convention & Outdoor Hospitality Expo, LSI is also offering $1,000 worth of free Yogi Bear merchandise to each campground that signs a franchise agreement within 90 days of the convention, which will be held Nov. 9-12 in Orlando, Fla. A campground must visit the LSI booth at the InSites tradeshow to be eligible.
To sweeten the deal further, all new franchisees joining the franchise in 2010 will also be eligible to win a Boo Boo costume, valued at $3,100.
Schutter said the promotions are available to private campgrounds and RV parks that meet LSI's facility requirements which include a swimming pool, pavilion and playground. For more information, call (866) 928-9644 or visit www.campjellystone.com and click on Franchise Opportunity.
Launched in 1969, the Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp-Resort system is the second largest chain of campgrounds in the United States, boasting more than 70 campgrounds with over 15,000 campsites in 27 states and Canada. Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts, which focus on the family market, are among the best campgrounds in the industry with a quality reputation for being fun, friendly, clean and service-oriented parks. On average, they have higher revenue per site night and a longer average stay than that experienced by other campgrounds – independent or franchised. Additionally, each Jellystone Park is themed with Yogi Bear elements providing instant recognition and consumer appeal. It is truly a place "Where You Camp With Friends."
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911 Calls Recorded Vicious Pitbull Attack
(SPARTANBURG, S.C.) -- The 911 calls that frantic witnesses made as they watched a group of pitbulls attack a South Carolina woman have been released by police.
The calls began coming into the Spartanburg, S.C., police department in the early morning hours of Wednesday as three pitbulls began attacking Dreama Rice in the middle of a street there, waking neighbors.
"There are three dogs attacking this lady in the middle of the street. Oh, God. Ugh. Oh, my God," one caller could be heard saying. "These dogs are ripping the poor woman apart."
Police officers who arrived shortly after 2 a.m. pulled the dogs off of the woman and, when one dog turned toward an officer, shot one of the animals, according to ABC News affiliate WLOS.
"She ran in the street, they're just biting on her," one caller said.
Then, speaking to her child, the caller added, "I couldn't do nothing, baby. She is just yelling and screaming."
"They are shooting at the dogs. They have ripped this woman's face off almost," one caller said.
The other two dogs were seized and quarantined, and their owner, Ray Williams, faces charges. He told WLOS he kept the dogs in a fenced-in area but that they must have escaped.
Rice was hospitalized, though the extent of her injuries was not immediately clear.
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The Canada-United States Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC) met in Washington, D.C., on June 19, 2013, to discuss work under the 2011 Joint Action Plan, the next steps in furthering Canada-U.S. regulatory alignment, and the role of the Council moving forward.
Discussions included planning for upcoming stakeholder dialogue over the summer and early fall of 2013, through which stakeholders will be asked to provide input on the next phase of RCC work, barriers to deeper cooperation, ideas on the design and form of cooperation going forward, and appropriate ways to ensure ongoing engagement of stakeholders.
Canada U.S. RCC members from Canada include senior officials from the Privy Council Office (Co-Chair), Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Development Canada, Industry Canada, and the Treasury Board Secretariat; members from the U.S. include senior officials from: the Office of Management and Budget (Co-Chair), Department of Commerce, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and the Department of State.
The Government-to-Government RCC activities on June 19 also included a workshop on cooperation involving RCC members and senior officials from Canadian and U.S. regulatory agencies, and bilateral agency-to-agency meetings on the RCC initiatives.
On June 20 in Washington, D.C., the Canada-United States Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC) held its second stakeholder event, the first having taken place in January 2012.
The plenary session, held in the morning at the Canadian Embassy, was kicked-off by the RCC Co-Chairs from Canada's Privy Council Office and the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. The Co-Chairs reiterated the continued high-level support for the RCC initiatve and plans to explore potential next steps in the evolution of the initiative.
The plenary session also included a panel of industry representatives, drawn from the automobile, consumer products, food, and home appliance sectors, who provided practical insights on the impacts of misaligned regulations and voiced support for continued and enhanced cooperation between Canada and the United States.
The morning ended with an open question-and-answer session with the RCC Co-Chairs who emphasized the importance of ongoing dialogue and input from stakeholders over the coming months.
The general overview presentation delivered by Canadian and U.S. RCC officials can be accessed hereThe morning plenary session was attended by over 250 Canadian and American stakeholders and government officials. On the afternoon of June 20, the Woodrow Wilson Center hosted a series of breakout sessions providing stakeholders with detailed technical updates from the Canadian and American regulators working on implementing each of the 29 Joint Action Plan initiatives. Video recordings (English only) and copies of the presentations for all June 20 RCC events, including the morning plenary and afternoon breakout sessions, are available on the Woodrow Wilson Center website, and can be accessed here.
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Alastair Sim's tour-de-force performance as the ultimate miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, has almost single-handedly made this beloved version of Charles Dickens' story into one of the best-loved Christmas films of all time. Some of Britain's best filmmakers united behind Sim, who was joined by a delightful cast of accomplished and acclaimed English actors; creating what many today believe to be the best and most faithful production of Dickens' immortal tale. Cranky and curmudgeonly Scrooge learns the error of his unkind ways and is taught the true meaning of the holidays when he is visited by the ghost of his late business partner and the spirits of Christmas past, present and future.
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As "Barbecue Bible" author Steven Raichlen points out in "Raichlen's Tailgating! 31 Righteous Recipes for On-the-Go Grilling," his latest ebook, "Long before NASCAR and the Super Bowl, there was tailgating. This distinctly American institution dates back to 1869, and probably earlier, when Rutgers and Princeton played their first intercollegiate football game. Students gathered before the contest to drink and socialize, so legend goes, serving their picnics on the lowered tailgates of horse-drawn wagons."
We've all seen or heard about elaborate tailgating setups — the limos and silver candelabras, the plasma-screen TVs and military-strength sound systems. There's even a company in California that will customize your pickup truck with built-in grills and refrigerated beer kegs. Tailgating has been embraced not just by football fans but by baseball, soccer, and racing enthusiasts. According to the American Tailgaters Association, more than 20 million Americans participated in these over-the-top parties last year."
You might be surprised to find that Raichlen has included recipes and a technique for grilling hot dogs in his new book. After all, as he says, "What could be easier than popping a tube steak on the grill? Even if you're a total neophyte and you've never grilled anything else, you've probably grilled a hot dog." However, Raichlen's recipe for Samba Dogs, which he first sampled from a street vendor outside a samba school in Rio, will make you think twice about ever serving a plain old hot dog at your tailgate again. Why not try this recipe, which crowns the grilled dogs with an electrifying relish of corn, tomatoes, peas, black and green olives, and hard-cooked eggs?
Steven Raichlen's Samba Dogs
Makes: 8 hot dogs
Cooking time: 6 to 8 minutes
Prep time: You can make the relish up to 2 hours ahead.
1 large egg, hard-cooked and cut into 1/4-inch dice
1 red ripe medium-size tomato, seeded and finely chopped
1/4 cup corn kernels, freshly cooked or drained canned corn
1/4 cup cooked fresh or frozen green peas or drained canned petits pois
1/4 cup pimiento-stuffed green olives, cut into 1/4-inch dice
1/4 cup pitted black olives, cut into 1/4-inch dice
1/4 cup diced red onion
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
4 1/2 teaspoons red wine vinegar, or more to taste
coarse salt (kosher or sea) and freshly ground black pepper
8 best-quality hot dogs
8 best-quality hot dog buns, split
Place the egg, tomato, corn, peas, green and black olives, onion, olive oil, and vinegar in a medium-size mixing bowl and toss gently but thoroughly to mix. Taste for seasoning, adding more vinegar and salt and pepper to taste; the relish should be highly seasoned.
Set up the grill for direct grilling and preheat it to high.
When ready to cook, brush and oil the grill grate. Arrange the hot dogs on the hot grate and grill, turning with tongs, until crusty and nicely browned all over, 6 to 8 minutes in all.
Meanwhile, toast the hot dogs buns, cut side down, on the grill until golden brown, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Watch the buns closely; they can burn quickly.
Serve the hot dogs on the toasted buns, topped with the relish.
Recipe courtesy of "Raichlen's Tailgating! 31 Righteous Recipes for On-the-Go Grilling" by Steven Raichlen


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Just before 11:40 p.m. on April 14, 1912, lookout Frederick Fleet saw a menacing black shape loom less than 500 metres ahead of the speeding Titanic.
Instantly, he rang the black bell in the crow's nest, then lifted the telephone to the bridge.
"Iceberg dead ahead!" he shouted. Sadly, the Titanic could not turn quickly enough and the massive berg gouged the first 100 metres of the ship's starboard hull.
The moment this happened, she was doomed.
Two hours and 40 minutes later, the Titanic climaxed a night filled with mounting terror by breaking in two and minutes later plunging bow-first to a dark and watery grave. Only 706 of the "unsinkable" ship's 2,223 passengers were loaded into lifeboats and rescued several hours later by the Cunard liner Carpathia.
Thanks to journalist Alan Hustak, author of Titanic, The Canadian Story, we know there were 130 Canada-bound passengers on the ill-fated White Star liner. Not so well-known, however, is that 30 of these men, women and children had a Manitoba connection. Who were they? What was their connection? And what was their fate?
Almost half the 30 passengers were travelling first-class. The wealthiest was appropriately named Mark Fortune. Like many of Winnipeg's new millionaires, Fortune was a self-made man, having amassed his wealth in real estate speculation several years before the city became the Chicago of the North.
One had only to look at the family's new 36-room Tudor-style mansion in Crescentwood to gauge the Fortunes' affluence. Accompanying him on the Titanic was his wife Mary, teenage son Charles and adult daughters Mabel, Ethel and Alice.
Also on first-class tickets were three prosperous Winnipeg bachelors: realtor Thomson Beattie, Union Bank president Thomas McCaffry and land merchant John Hugo Ross. Avoiding the city's long, cold winter, the Winnipeg Musketeers, as they were nicknamed, frequently travelled together abroad. In April 1912, the trio was returning from an extended European holiday. However, near the end of the trip, Ross became ill with dysentery and boarded the Titanic in Southampton on a stretcher.
The remaining first-class passengers were real estate agent John J. Borebank, Eaton's hardware manager George Graham, Montreal stockbroker Hudson Allison, Calgary building contractor Albert Dick and English stockbroker Austen Partner.
Besides Partner, who was on his 17th annual visit to Western Canada, the others had either been born in or lived in Winnipeg for several years. Albert Dick was travelling with his 17-year-old bride Vera and returning from a belated honeymoon in the Holy Land and Europe. Coincidentally, they had been married on May 31, 1911 — the day the Titanic was launched.
The second-class passengers were Charles Sedgwick, brothers Stanley, Leonard and Lewis Hickman, friends Charles Davies, Percy Deacon and William Dibden, and the Hart family, Benjamin, Esther and young daughter Eva.
Sedgwick was an English electrical engineer en route to Veracruz, Mexico via New York City. Originally, he was to be accompanied on the Titanic by his new bride, Adelaide, and their 11-year-old nephew, Leslie Radcliffe. However, due to the violence surrounding the Mexican Revolution, Charles decided to go alone and send later for Adelaide and Leslie. Ironically, Leslie became the purser on the Titanic's sister ship the Olympic, and in the 1920s came to Winnipeg and raised a family in Crescentwood.
Leonard Hickman was a farmhand in Eden, Man., who had returned to Fritham, Hampshire, England in Christmas 1911 and persuaded his brothers, Stanley and Lewis, to join him in Canada. While Leonard was planning to return to Eden, Stanley and Lewis had decided on The Pas.
On the same second-class ticket as the Hickmans and also headed for Eden were countrymen Charles Davies, Percy Deacon and William Dibden. Englishman Benjamin Hart was moving to Canada with his family to open a hardware store in Winnipeg.
The only third-class or steerage passengers with a Manitoba connection were seven members of the Andersson family. Johan Anders Andersson worked as a farmer in Kia, Ostergotland, Sweden, and although financially secure, had decided to take his wife Alfrida and their five children to Canada. His plan was to stay with Alfrida's sister, Anna, and her husband, Ernst Danbom, who lived near Winnipeg.
When the Titanic's captain, Edward Smith, ordered the lifeboats filled with women and children first, he sealed the fate of all but one of the male passengers with a Manitoba connection.
While Mary Fortune and her three daughters were placed in a lifeboat — and later rescued by the Cunard liner Carpathia — Mark and Charles were denied this opportunity and either drowned or froze to death in the -1 C water.
Their bodies, as well as those of John Borebank and Hugo Ross, were never recovered.
The cable ship Mackay-Bennett did find the bodies of Hudson Allison, George Graham and Thomas McCaffry, with the latter identified by the monogram "T.C.MC." on his underwear. Allison's body was laid to rest in Chesterville, Ont., Graham's in St. Marys, Ont. and McCaffry's in Montreal.
As for Thomson Beattie, a month after the disaster, his badly decomposed corpse was discovered in one of the Titanic's collapsible rafts by the liner Oceanic. His body was buried at sea and he is remembered on a stone in the family plot in Fergus, Ont.
The only first-class male to survive was Albert Dick. Thanks to his bride's stubbornness, he was allowed into a lifeboat and rescued by the Carpathia.
What of the fate of the second- and third-class passengers?
Charles Sedgwick, the Hickman brothers and their English compatriots Davies, Deacon and Dibden all died; only the body of Lewis Hickman was recovered and returned for burial in Riverside Cemetery in Neepawa.
Benjamin Hart died, but Esther and Eva survived, with Eva later writing memoirs of her Titanic experience and becoming one of the most famous survivors.
In 1980, 68 years after she was to have arrived in Winnipeg, Eva visited Winnipeg as a delegate to a convention.
Tragically, the entire seven-member Andersson family drowned.
What was the response in Manitoba to the deaths of so many citizens?
Between April 16 and 20 both the Manitoba Free Press and rival Winnipeg Telegram ran stories from its reporters in New York about the fate of the first-class passengers.
The papers also published photos of several survivors and victims, with the Telegram including a picture of the Fortunes' mansion at 393 Wellington Cres., and the Free Press countering with a picture of all seven victims of the Andersson family.
On April 17, flags flew at half-mast over most civic buildings, and two days later, Eaton's closed its store at one p.m. to honour George Graham.
On April 24, Winnipeg city council voted to erect a memorial plaque to six of the victims. Currently located in Winnipeg City Hall, it reads:
"Erected by the People of Winnipeg in memory of Mark Fortune, John Hugo Ross, Thomson Beattie, Charles A. Fortune, George E. Graham, J. J. Borebank. They with 1,484 others died when the S.S. Titanic foundered in the mid-Atlantic, April 15, 1912. They died that women and children may live."
In memory of Mark and Charles, the Fortune family donated chimes to Knox United Church on Edmonton Street.
Finally, on May 5, the Royal Alexandra orchestra and the Winnipeg City Band gave a concert at the Walker Theatre to raise funds for the families of the Titanic's heroic seven bandsmen and their leader Wallace Hartley.
Though Fortune, Borebank and Hugo streets in Winnipeg bear the names of three men who died in the Titanic disaster, it is most likely the streets were already named prior to 1912. However, Carpathia Street in River Heights was named in 1913 after the Cunard liner that rescued more than 700 Titanic passengers and crew.
On Nov. 16, 1912, a final memoriam occurred in the city. In honour of Mark Fortune, John Hugo Ross and Thomson Beattie, the Winnipeg Real Estate Exchange furnished a 16-bed ward, fittingly called the Titanic Ward, in the Children's Hospital on Aberdeen Street.
A plaque, which is currently in the hospital's museum, was also erected. It reads:
"In Memorial, Mark Fortune, John Hugo Ross, Thomson Beattie, who perished on the 15th day of April A.D. 1912 when the Titanic foundered at sea. To the heroic and inspiring memory, their fellow members of the Real Estate Exchange have furnished this ward and erected this tablet.
"Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends."
As a postscript, perhaps the most peculiar post-disaster event in Manitoba and one attributed to the press involved J.P. Alexander, former Manitoba MLA and registrar of the Boissevain land titles office. After seeing both a photograph and death notice of his dear friend John Hugo Ross in the Free Press, Alexander died of a heart attack in a barber's chair.
Michael Dupuis is a retired history teacher living in Victoria. He has written about the Titanic for Canadian, British and American publications. His most recent work is Women Reporters And The Titanic Story in The Titanic Commutator and Canadian Journalists in New York in Paul Heyer's Titanic Century Media, Myth, and the Making of a Cultural Icon.
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robotec Posts: 1The same thing occured with my 96 Sport Trac. Time for a new Trans.0
rnieves Posts: 1I have a 91 Ford Explorer. I was driving down the road at 35 mi per hr. when the transmission seemed to go in neutral. I was not able to reengage the gear though the gear shift lever seemed to operate all right. What could it be? The linkage? :confuse:0
enforcer Posts: 40This car has been relatively free of problems for the last 8 years (I bought it 3 years used) but I am now hearing some clunking when I start driving in reverse, and once in a while I am getting a spinning/grinding sound when shifting from drive to reverse, and occasionally on freeway shifting.
My trusted independent mechanic believes it is the transfer case, $1500-2000 to fix.
I got a second opinion from Aamco, which guarantees they will fix it for $2000 if I let them overhaul the transmission. Upset that I let them take me for $280 to diagnose the check engine light and fix an oxygen sensor, my fault for not walking.
May take it to Ford dealer for a 3rd op just for fun, but there is no way I can justify investing $2k in an 11-year old vehicle with 102,000+ miles.
From reading this post it looks like Explorer transmissions are set to implode @ 100k miles, so if you have more you are living on borrowed time. Guess I was lucky.0
mjfix Posts: 3I have a 03 Ford Explorer, the O/D light just started blinking. The transmission seems to be slipping. Between 20-30mph the engin rev sup to 5rpm on the tachometer and then the gear kicks in. Do I need a new transmission? How much would it be and should I get a rebuilt one. Could it be some other problem? Truck has 85K miles. Has this been recalled?0
I am not a mechanic but I have a 2005 Ford Explorer that had 43,000 miles on it at the time. The same problem was happening. The O/D light was blinking and the transmission was slipping. I would have taken it in to the Ford dealership but it was a weekend and they did not have a mechanic on duty to diagnose the problem. I took it to an independent transmission company and needed a rebuilt transmission which cost me $2100. It turned out to be a gear train failure and the mechanic showed me the defective parts, which I kept. There was no recall as I made sure to have it researched and Ford customer service gave me the same information. I have heard a lot of bad feedback about Ford's transmissions. I would definitely contact Ford to see if there has been a recall on your truck.0
scootter1 Posts: 23I have an 03 V8 Explorer I just bought for my daughter. It doesn't have a dip stick for the trans. Any idea how to check the level? It has about 119k miles, and I would feel better if I could check the level!!
TheKernal Posts: 3We purchased this Explorer used in early 2005 with about 50K miles on it and it's been a pretty good car. In 2006, we took it to the Ford dealership because we were having some shifting issues. They replaced some solenoids and it has been behaving OK up until about a month ago. We live in the mountains and climb some pretty steep grades. The O/D light and Check Transmission warning message comes on and flashes continuously when we climb the steep grade on the highway. If we click the O/D off before hitting the hill, nothing happens except we don't go into 5th gear. To reset the light and the "Check Transmission" message on the infocenter readout, all we have to do is turn off the car and turn it back on again. This car now has 137K.
Does anybody know if changing the transmission fluid and maybe doing a full flush helps with this issue? Otherwise, we're considering a Honda CR-V...0
I also have a 2003 Ford Explorer that the O/D light just started blinking on today. I felt it slip a bit last week when I was turning the O/D on, and now it seems to slip a bit between 20-30mph. I have about 82K miles on it, is this always a "needs a new transmission" problem or could it possibly be something not quite as, how should I say....Expensive? Any information would be greatly helpful and appreciated...0
jaglover05 Posts: 3I would strongly advise everyone with transmission issues to find out first what type of trans. you have. Do some research online. I had an 02 jaguar trany go out after warranty expired and had a headache for 6 months trying to figure it out. While ford owned jaguar they kept using a jatco "japanese automatic transmission co." j5 something trany and these have electric cylinoids for shifting. These were very very very prone to failure and have been used on several other types of cars. I traded an 02 jag for an 05 and havn't had a problem yet. One rule you should remember, no warranty means more of a headache than without, because it's all out of pocket. it nearly ruinned me, but i only got a deal trading it back in on another one "with a warranty till 2010. goooood luck to all.0
martyp1234 Posts: 1Hello all, I have an '02 Mountaineer w/4.0 V/6, it supposedly has the 5R55W transmission. Overdrive just died, blinking lights, etc. Can I swap it with an 5R55S transmission ? I've heard they are "sister" trannies. If it does bolt up, will it throw codes ? From what I've read, 2nd gear has a different ratio. With these computer controlled cars, I don't know what will happen. I called Ford, but they say that they NEVER change what was originally installed, no matter how bad the original part performed. They only used the 5R55w for 1 year, then replaced it with the 5R55S. Any help, would be appreciated. Thanks.0
wonderwood Posts: 1Won't go into Drive. Takes off fine in 2,1, and then does fine in Drive after I reach about 15 mph or so. Reverse seems fine, everything else is normal. This vehicle has 316,000+ with no major issues... yet. Problem started after being hung up in a snowbank, but there is no snow packed around the tranny and I can't find anything unplugged, bent, etc. Any suggestions?0
johnnie632000 Posts: 3I have a 1997 Explorer that needs the trans replaced. Can anyone tell me how I can tell if mine has the overdrive drum sensor or not? Thank You John0
jimsteinmeyer Posts: 1I am reinstalling my auto trany after replacing the front seal. I installed the torque converter on the trany and then placed the trany in the vehicle. Then I found I had to slide the converter foward to bolt it to the flywheel. Now I can't get the trany any closer to the motor than about 1 1/2". I assume the converter is now not properly mated to the trany. I have attempted to turn the flywheel but am not getting anywhere. Are there any suggestions on how to fit this together better?
Thank you.0
brizendine Posts: 1I have a 1993 Explorer with the exact same problem. Transmission doesn't shift when cold. After warming it's smooth. Did you ever find the solution?0
I've got a 2002 & same thing happened, O/D light blinking & slipping between gears. Unfortunately mine was a "needs a new transmission" issue. Sounds like it's very common, I posted a complaint on CarComplaints.com & were well over 200 other complaints for the exact same thing. I'm not sure how to post a link on here but hopefully this helps you: http://www.carcomplaints.com/Ford/Explorer/2003/
Looks like it's a huge problem that affects multiple years. My 2002 has an enclosed transmission so apparently it's a bigger deal to get to & fix. Not sure about the 2003 but I'm guessing it's the same. Good luck!
Thanks for the response. Within a day of posting the problem, it started slipping realy bad (on the way to the mechanic). The problem progressed REALLY quick! Unfortunately mine was also a "needs a new transmission" issue as well. To the tune of $2800. Needless to say....it's now running great but I am kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop. My husband has an Expedition that had a transmission problem as well thankfully it was under warranty....We will still remain a Ford family but from now on will just buy trucks! His F-150 had 185,000 HARD miles on it and it was a great truck...it actually still had a trade in value!0
Ha, same situation with us, I've got a high-mileage 1999 F-150 we use as a plow truck & only had some minor brake problems... nowhere as expensive as our Explorer's transmission failure was. I traded our Explorer soon after I had it repaired because the rebuilt transmission only had a 90-day warranty. Actually I had it fixed, was happy with the repair (not the price) & forgot about it for awhile, then one day I thought I felt it slip a little & that was all the reminder I needed!
Join the club. Last year, June 2008 I had to have my transmission replaced at 42,000 miles and was out of pocket at about $2200. I bought it new, original owner. The O/D light came on and the gears were shifting from first to third. I have a 2005 Ford Explorer XLT. I called Ford's customer service department, sent letters to everyone from the Customer Service director to the CEO in hopes that someone would at least reimburse part of the costs. There is obviously a defect in these transmissions and Ford will not take responsibility.0
I have the same thing..only noticed it w/ this cold weather (in early am's trying to leave my driveway ). The car sort of bucks.. and makes clugging noises.. When i get going straight, it's all ok. What to do? What is this? Thx for any help.0
jk2309 Posts: 1my o/d light started blinking at 95xxx miles just a month after i had a new tranny put in. i took it back to the mechanic that fixed it and he said there was nothing wrong. i told him to drive it for a couple days and then tell me if there was anything wrong with it. he called me 3 hours later to pick him up because he was broke down on the highway. he fixed the problem but at 110xxx miles the whole transmission wouldnt catch in any gear. he fixed it again claiming that he had to order a sleve to go in the transmission somewhere. it ran until it was just a month out of his 30xxx mile warranty. now at 142xxx miles it went out again. the new mechanic i took it to says that this year explorer (2003) has a defective case and if you rebuild it it will go out agan between 35xxx and 50xxx miles. its only 160 bucks for the updated case but the new selenoid packs and everything with labor is 2800 bucks and he said he'd warranty it for 5 years. i dont recommend going through what i did. just have them patch it for about 600 bucks and then trade it off for something else.0
wpd029 Posts: 1Same thing happened to me, I have a 2002 Explorer XLS, Ford completed an overhaul on the transmission and it was under warranty. I just brought my car into Ford for transmission issues. Slipping and shudder from 4th to 5th. Ford wanted $4370.00 to fix. You know what I told them. Brought it to another Transmission Repair Facility and they said $2755.00. When conducting a follow up with the facility they asked if tranny work was done in the past because their was a plug in the vent. The rep told me this is not normal. They also found water or coolant in the tranny oil. Check this last year I brought the beast in for a brake job and the rear coil springs on the truck were cracked. The rep told me it was due poor parts quality. I feel your pain. I'll probably write a letter to Ford just to vent because their not going to do anything. And I only have 61000 miles on it.0
I have a 2005 Ford Explorer XLS and the transmission went out at 43,000 miles. Did not purchase the extended warranty because this was my second Ford Explorer (1998) and did not have any problems. The O/D light came on and called Ford dealership. They told me it was a transmission problem but did not have a mechanic on site as it was a Friday evening. I took it into an independent and was told the car was shifting from 1st to 3rd gear so I let them fix it. I kept all the replaced parts and had the mechanic write a letter explaining the defective gears. I contacted Ford Customer Service and was told because I did not take it to a Ford dealership they could not help me. Either I got the shaft from the independent or obviously at 43,000 miles there had to be a defect. I purchased the SUV new. Ford customer service was no help. I even sent letters to the Director of Ford CS and the CEO. I knew they would not read them but hoped to get the problem escalated. I might as well sent them to my dog for what it was worth. At this point there is no way they would have a recall and I can't believe they don't know about these problems. Anyhow I won't purchase another Ford.0
agrywczynski Posts: 2I have a 98 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer edition. It is a 5.0 liter V8. It will go into gear but will not move. I am trying to find a used transmission but need to know if anyone knows what transmissions will fit this?0
wasitworthit Posts: 1I have just recently purchased a used 2002 ford explorer, eddie baure edition, with 100,000 miles on it. Now as of right now it has had (to my knowledge) no transmition problems, But does have a noise durring idle. I have breefly researched the car before I got it, but aparently not quite enough because of all the transmition problems I am reading about. Now my question is " Did I make a bad buy?" I have owned all fords before, and have done almost all of my own mechanical work, including transmition replacements. But this is the newest vehicle I have owned, and would like it to last a while without any major repaire.0
I have a 2003 Ford explorer that has just been diagnosed with the "needs a new transmission" problem. I am wondering if anyone else has also had the same oil/transmission fluid leak problem that I saw that occurred at the same time. While I was on the highway it started smoking black. When I looked under the hood, I saw what appeared to be oil on the drivers side rear of the engine block right at the valve cover line. The Ford dealership said that this was a leak from the bell housing... I am wondering if anyone else has seen this and can attest to it really being that before I put the money in for the new transmission and end up with an additional cost to fix an engine leak. Thanks!0
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i have 02 expl XLT-- great car until something horrible is beginning to show up when the car is cold... Huge "slipping/ clunking" when beginning out in mornings.. and when taking first few easy turns when starting out. The car 's transmission or front end feels like it's falling apart but a few minutes later, things are fine... no problem once warmed up. Any ideas?????1
i have a similar problem w/ 02 explorer XLT -- Is it the transmission?? It sure feels like it is.. Huge "clunking" when cold in mornings... horrible noise with easy turns from parking place on cold mornings. (Such bad "slippage" early am's that i think i have to get out and leave the car on the side of the road...) Once engine warmed up-- (20 min?) things seems fine. mechanic finds nothing.. how can this Be???!!!0
elmado Posts: 1Will a 1995 Ford Explorer transsmision fit a 1996 Ford Explorer?0
builtfordtuf93 Posts: 1hey im looking for a tranny for a 2003 ford explorer. i got one thats not the same year, so i need to know what years would fit it. please help0


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While learning F# I found this article on railway oriented programming which I found quite effective in my day to day development. Finding no existing code/nuget packages that already had this I decided to create me own.
The ReadMe file is vary basic for now but it should give you the general idea I'm trying for. Essentially an "attempt" represents a computation that is either a success or a failure; this can then be evaluated in to a "result".
The syntax for now should let you bind from other attempts and bind from other results.
A quick reminder of the syntax:
//Basic usage let doThis = attempt { let! x = someFunc() let! y = someOtherFunc y return! finalFunc y } //Catching Exceptions let exceptionHandler (e:exn) -> Fail e.Message let tryThis = Attempt.Catch exceptionHandler doThis //Evaluating let result = Attempt.Run tryThis
The plans for the not so distant future are:
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Letter, J. H. Lane to Gov. of Minnesota [Willis A. Gorman]
Author: Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866; Robinson, Charles
Date: January 22, 1856
This "Appeal of Gen. Lane & Gov. Robinson" to Willis A. Gorman, the territorial governor of Minnesota, was a call for assistance during Kansas Territory's present crisis: the territory face, wrote Lane and Robinson from Lawrence, K.T., on January 22, 1856, "an overwhelming force of the Citizens of Missouri" organized for invasion on the Missouri border.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: Charles & Sara Robinson Collection, #488, Box 1, Folder 2
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Keywords: Free state cause; Gorman, Willis A.; Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866; Minnesota; Missouri; Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
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I'm a long-time GNU/Linux user, from a time when such things didn't exist. I've been using Slackware and recently Gentoo. I'm an advanced user/admin/developer, so the answer can (and should!) be as detailed and as accurate as possible. I want to understand how these things work, so I can use them (as an user or as a developer) the best possible way.


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Version 1.1 of the popular instant messaging app for OS X, Adium, was released in its final form yesterday to much fanfare on the Adium Blog. Over a year in the making, Adium 1.1 includes a student project from Google Summer of Code 2006—that is, newer and "tastier" tabs. As we mentioned in our writeup of the 1.1 betas, the new tabs are based on PSMTabBarControl, and allow you to arrange your tabs anywhere on the window you like (top, sides, bottom), handle tab overflow better by displaying a chevron if there are more tabs that are hidden, and are capable of displaying the number of unread messages per tab, among other things.
But there are more new things in Adium 1.1 than tabs. In addition to being "prettier and faster," certain functionalities for Yahoo! Messenger and MSN have been implemented, DirectConnect through AIM is more reliable and less memory intensive, and you can now import transcripts and accounts from iChat. The version history gives a more detailed list of the changes made in the latest version, for those of you who want to dig through it before downloading.
As always, Adium 1.1 is available through Adium's website and weighs in at 14MB. I just finished downloading it and am looking forward to getting my tab on. Okay, I should probably be shot for uttering that last phrase...
Update: It looks like 1.1 is having some stability problems, but the Adium team is aware of it and thinks they've cornered the problem. It looks like we can expect a 1.1.1 update soon.


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Warrants for Mou Moua have been issued in connection with Monday's murder in Arcade. Larry Durham, 66, was found dead in his home at 133 Azalea Drive Monday night. The GBI and Arcade Police Department have been investigating leads in the case and issues warrants for Moua Thursday on charges of Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution and Murder. Moua is an Asian male, approximately 5'2" tall and weighs around 120 lbs.
The cause of death and motive in the case have not been released.
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Lee Brice and the Henningsens Prank Prankster Brad Paisley
Brad Paisley is a major prankster. He's notorious for his love of sneaky shenanigans on tour -- usually done to his openers. But this time, his opening acts Lee Brice and the Henningsens got to him first, pulling a major prank on the singer.


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We'll learn to fold both dumplings and wontons and fool-proof methods of cooking them to perfection. You'll also learn how to make the special spicy wonton sauce that many dumpling class graduates have gotten hooked on. Finally, we'll feast! Nobody (to my knowledge) has ever left this class hungry.
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Ubaldo Jimenez of the Indians was named the American League player of the month for September.
Here is the team's release:
Starting pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez of the Wild Card-winning Cleveland Indians has been voted American League Pitcher of the�
Month for September. Jimenez compiled a perfect 4-0 record in six starts in September with a 1.09 ERA, seven walks and 51
strikeouts over 41.1 innings pitched to claim his third career monthly award, previously winning for April and May 2010 while he was
with the Colorado Rockies. He is the first Indians hurler to win Pitcher of the Month honors since Cliff Lee in August 2008.
Among A.L. leaders for September, Ubaldo finished first in innings pitched and strikeouts, was second in ERA, was tied for second in wins and was�
fourth in the league with 11.1 strikeouts per 9.0 innings pitched. Opponents managed just a .230 batting average against him.
In a September 3rd matchup against the Baltimore Orioles, the 29-year-old Jimenez scattered four hits over 6.0 shutout innings
with four strikeouts as the Tribe edged the O�s, 4-3, at Progressive Field. The victory snapped a personal two-game losing streak. In
his next start on September 9th, the eight-year veteran allowed one unearned run on seven hits in 7.0 innings pitched to lead the
Indians past the Kansas City Royals, 4-3, in Cleveland. Ubaldo struck out 10 batters for the third time in four outings, also striking out
10 in each of his starts on August 23rd (vs. Minnesota) and August 29th (at Atlanta). His next trip to the bump proved just as
commanding as the Dominican Republic native permitted one run on eight hits with one walk and eight strikeouts in a season-high 8.1
innings to help the Indians top the Chicago White Sox, 8-1, on September 14th at U.S. Cellular Field. Ubaldo�s third straight win
marked his longest outing since registering a complete-game effort on June 1, 2011 against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Facing the
Houston Astros on September 19th, the 2010 National League All-Star allowed one run on six hits with nine strikeouts in a no-decision
as Cleveland prevailed, 2-1, at Progressive Field. Jimenez followed that outing with a 6.1-inning effort against the White Sox on
September 24th in which the right-hander allowed two runs on five hits with seven strikeouts and did not factor in the decision as
Cleveland triumphed, 5-4. On the season�s final day and with a Postseason berth on the line, Jimenez shut down the Minnesota Twins
offense over 6.2 innings, allowing just one run on five hits and registering a season-best 13 strikeouts as Cleveland won, 5-1, at Target
Field to ensure a spot in Wednesday�s A.L. Wild Card Game Presented by Budweiser.
Others receiving votes included Jimenez�s Indians teammate Bryan Shaw (5-0, 0.00 ERA, 13 G, 15.1 IP, 15 SO); Bartolo Colon (4-1,�
1.16 ERA, 31.0 IP, 33 SO) of the Oakland Athletics; Hisashi Iwakuma (2-0, 0.76 ERA, 35.2 IP, 28 SO) of the Seattle Mariners; Greg Holland
(0-0, 0.64 ERA, 10 SV, 18 SO) of the Kansas City Royals; and Alex Cobb (3-0, 2.57 ERA, 35.0 IP, 35 SO) of the Tampa Bay Rays.
The American League Pitcher of the Month, Ubaldo Jimenez, will receive a specially designed trophy, suitably engraved, for his accomplishment.�


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Invited Speakers
Complexity of quantifier processing
Jakub Szymanik
I will survey some results of our recent empirical studies on quantifier processing. The starting point of the research was the computational complexity analysis of sentence comprehension. The theory predicts different computational requirements for various quantifiers. I show how this theoretical predictions are reflected in reaction time and working memory experiments with healthy and schizofrenic subjects. Up to now most of our experimental material involved precise quantification but I will discuss how the obtained results could be related to vague quantification. Moreover, I will describe the work in progress in which we try to bridge the gap between precise and approximate quantification.
On the theory of intermediate quantifiers
Vilém Novák
Intermediate quantifiers are in natural language represented by expressions such as most, a large part of, a few, almost all, etc. A detailed semantic analysis of them has been provided by P. L. Peterson in his book [7]. It seems natural to study intermediate quantifiers within the frame of fuzzy (many-valued) logics, because truth degrees of sentences involving them intuitively change continuously from falsity to truth depending on cardinalities of sets of objects considered in their interpretation. Therefore, we will focus in this contribution to their formal theory introduced by V. Novak in [5]. Its main goal was to provide a computational model of their meaning. The considered formal frame is higher-order fuzzy logic | fuzzy type theory (FTT) introduced in [4].
The main idea behind formal interpretation of intermediate quantifiers consists in the observation that intermediate quantifiers are just classical quantifiers 8 or 9 whose universe of quantifiers is modified using an evaluative linguistic expression (the latter are expressions such as \very small", \roughly big", \more or less medium", etc.). Consequently, intermediate quantifiers are in this theory defined as special formulas of FTT (not as new logical symbols). Hence, all proofs involving intermediate quantifiers are carried out in the basic formal system of FTT. Let us also mention that this theory is closely related to the theory of generalized quantifiers [6] and its formal generalization [1, 2]. Besides detailed analysis of the meaning of intermediate quantifiers, the Peterson's book [7] presents also 105 valid generalized syllogisms. Example of such syllogism is:
Almost all Y are M
All M are X
Some X are Y
In [3], formal proofs of validity of all of 105 generalized syllogisms has been proved also in our formal theory which is a strong argument for its substantiation. We will discuss generalized syllogism in the second part of this paper.
30-Minute Talks
Some cases of vague quantity
Stephanie Solt (ZAS)
In this talk, I will survey some linguistically interesting cases of vagueness in the expression of quantity, including the context-dependent quantifiers many and few, the vague quantifier most, the approximate use of round numbers, and the pragmatically enriched interpretations of modified numerals. Emphasis will be on examining approaches and mechanisms that may be applied to their formal semantic analysis, and on highlighting open questions where insights from fields beyond linguistics might be fruitfully brought to bear.
Coherent probabilistic quantification, existential import and Aristotelian syllogistics
Pfeifer, Niki, Giuseppe Sanfilippo & Angelo Gilio
Aristotelian syllogisms are two-premise arguments which are formalizable in monadic first-order logic. The building blocks are composed of three affirmed or negated predicates, which are universally or existentially quantified. Traditionally, universally quantified statements (e.g., All X are Y) are assumed to be non-empty (i.e., not vacuously true). The resulting requirement - there is at least one X - is called "existential import". We present intuitions towards a coherence based probability semantics for Aristotelian syllogisms. We argue why we use the coherence approach to probability, which goes back to de Finetti. We propose new probabilistic notions of existential import and different probabilistic interpretations of quantifiers like "Most" and "Almost all". Finally, we relate the resulting probabilistic syllogisms to Peterson's (2000) frequency semantics of Aristotelian syllogisms. The main goal of our work is to provide a philosophically well-founded and psychologically plausible coherence based probability semantics for Aristotelian syllogisms, that allows for exceptions and takes the uncertainty into account, which is almost always present in everyday reasoning.
Reasoning with vague quantifiers
Maria Spychalska
In our presentation we discuss reasoning with quantifiers in natural language. We take into account direct inferences, including scalar implicatures as well as syllogistic reasoning. We investigate such quantifiers as "most", "some", which are sometimes considered as vague. We hypothesize that indeed a typical or pragmatical reading of those quantifiers involves given proportions or quantities, however it does not exclude the wider, logical meaning (e.g. "most" will be typically used for proportions close to 80%, but it still may be understood as "more than half"). We speculate about how the two meanings are established in language and what roles they are playing, proposing that the logical meanings is more important in the passive language comprehension, while the pragmatical in the active language production. We also shortly present the progress of our work which aims at experimental investigation of our hypotheses.
On Hajek's fuzzy quantifiers "probably" and "many"
Petra Cintula
In this talk we review Hajek's study of generalized fuzzy quantifiers with the stress on two prominent examples: "Probably" and "Many". We will consider their motivation, study their syntax and (several kinds of) semantics, and state several completeness theorems. We will also explore the relation of the generalized fuzzy quantifiers in Hajek's sense with fuzzy logics with modalities and the general area of study of the so-called `measures of uncertainty'.
Is there a role for fuzzy logic in linguistics?
Chris Fermüller
Fuzzy logicians usually acknowledge that vagueness is a linguistic phenomenon. Indeed the literature in fuzzy logic abounds with terms like "linguistic fuzzy modeling", "linguistic variable", and "linguistic hedge". However none of this literature seems to be well connected to formal semantics of natural language as a sub-discipline of contemporary linguistics. In fact, semanticists often take it for granted that it has been shown decades ago - e.g., in a classic paper by Hans Kamp - that truth conditions for sentences involving vague expressions cannot be modeled adequately using fuzzy logic. In this talk we will attempt to sort out some relevant misunderstandings and formulate challenges to both, those who reject the use of fuzzy logic in linguistics and those who claim that fuzzy logic is an appropriate tool for modeling vague language.
Common ground and granularity of referring expressions
Raquel Fernández
Speakers can refer to the same entities in may different ways. For instance, a speaker may choose to refer to a meeting time with the expression `in the morning' or with the more precise, numeric expression `at 10:30am'. The relevant difference here is one of level of precision or granularity. The common assumption is that the pragmatic appropriateness of choosing a level of granularity depends on the contextual situation and the purpose at hand. What this assumption exactly entails, however, is often left unexplained in theoretical accounts and has certainly not been sufficiently investigated experimentally. In this talk, I will describe the key objectives and plans of a new joint project with Dale Barr (Glasgow) and Kees van Deemter (Aberdeen), supported by the ESF Euro-XPRAG scheme, that aims at investigating to what extent cooperative speakers choose the level of granularity of their utterances as a function of what they consider to be their common ground with their addressees.
Numbers and vague quantification in Alor Pantar languages: some initial observations
Marian Klamer & Antoinette Schapper
EuroBABEL project: Alor Pantar languages: origins and theoretical impact
One of the topics we are currently investigating in the Alor Pantar (AP) languages (Papuan, eastern Indonesia) concerns the structure of simple and complex numbers and numerical expressions in the AP languages. Many of the languages show traces of a quinary (base-5) system in the lower cardinals (e.g. Teiwa yes haraq 'five two'= 'seven'). In our talk we first present the structure of simple and complex number words in AP languages and give some generalisations about these. We address the question which numbers may be used to express approximate quantity - if any. Then we present some descriptive data on the use of the quantifiers 'much/many', 'a little bit/few'. Apart from encoding a mass/count noun distinction, quantifiers may also encode positive or negative evaluation of quantity, e.g. Teiwa iga' 'many/much (more than expected)'.
Color terms and quantities: an experimental account
Marijan Palmovic & Gordana Hrzica
Pursuing the issue of vagueness and categorization, we expanded the initial approach of disassociating the experimental effects related to vagueness and matching/mismatching categories.
In the first pair of experiments we tried to define the electrophysiological trace of categorization of color terms in terms of "processing costs". An early frontal negativity has been obtained in the mismatch condition (color term – color rectangle presented on the computer screen). The same effect, but smaller was obtained for the matching conditions when colors vaguely matched the color term. More data is necessary to confirm the effects of mismatch and vagueness in the later latencies (400 ms onwards).
In the second pair of experiments we tried to dissociate Approximate Number System (ANS) and the symbolic number system. In the first experiment the participants had to judge whether two groups of circles shown on the screen differ in more than 3 circles. The number of circles covers all ratios from 1:1 to 9:8. The results indicate left frontal and temporal negativity (F7, T7) in the 300-600 ms range and a parietal positivity in the approximately the same interval, but only for small number of circles (1 to 3). No difference between large number of circles has been found irrespectively of the difference (i.e <3 or >3).
The second experiment was the same as the first one, except the presentation of the quantities; instead of circles the participants were shown the numerals. The preliminary results show differences in the 400-700 ms interval on the frontal electrodes. A comparison between the two experiments shows stronger frontal activation in the frontal regions in the first experiment indicating processing costs relating to the non-numerical stimuli presentation in an experiment that requires subtraction. However, the results were obtained on only 15 participants, so further refinement of the data should be done.
Quantifier use in English and German: an online study
Rasmus Bååth, Uli Sauerland, & Sverker Sikström
We investigate to cross-linguistic differences in the use of quantifiers. At this point, we have data from English and German. Quantificational expressions in English and German are similar, but especially among indefinite expressions differences exist. We present preliminary results from an online survey that test to what extent quantifier use can be predicted by semantic meaning.
Model Theory for Fuzzy Predicate Languages
Pilar Dellunde
This talk is an introduction to the syntax and semantics of fuzzy predicate logics and to its model theory. Model theory is the branch of mathematical logic that studies the construction and classification of structures. Construction means building families of structures, which have some feature that interest us. Classifying a class of structures means grouping the structures into subclasses in a useful way, and then proving that every structure in the collection does belong in just one of the subclasses. I will pay special attention to the class of reduced structures and to the role of equality in fuzzy predicate languages, discussing the possibility to express quantities by means of sentences with the equality symbol.
Modelling the pragmatic effects of approximation
Chris Cummins
Approximate and vague numerical expressions of quantity convey a limited amount of semantic information, but recent experiments suggest that this can also be pragmatically enriched. In this presentation, I first discuss data concerning the scalar implicatures arising from comparative quantifiers ("more/fewer than"). I consider the potential role of a multiple constraint satisfaction model in accounting for these enrichments, and the relation of this model to general considerations of communicative relevance. I then consider the pragmatic effects associated with the use of vague or approximative numerical quantifiers, with particular reference to how the hearer can be expected to infer the knowledge state of the speaker. Finally, I suggest how these effects can be modelled by the constraint-based approach, and consider the predictions made by this model about the interpretation of such expressions.
Vagueness at all orders
Denis Bonnay
In the talk, I will examine several accounts of vagueness understood as a form of epistemic uncertainty, that is, essentially, as deriving from our limited powers of discrimination, and I will discuss how this first-order uncertainty may, or may not, propagate at higher orders. In particular, different ways of making sense of the idea of limited higher-order vagueness will be presented in connection with the notion of clarity. A side goal will be to provide more realistic formal representations of vagueness by connecting margin for error models and the signal detection model used in psychophysics.
Precision, vagueness, scales and the Back-Down Phenomenon
Alan Bale
In principle, there is a difference between an underlying vague semantic representation versus a precise representation which in practice is treated imprecisely (whether through the implementation of verification procedures like estimation or through deliberate imprecision in order to achieve a conversational effect). However, often it is difficult to detect this difference empirically which can lead to some potential confusions especially with scales and notions of granularity. This issue is of utmost importance for semanticists. The details of imprecise usage lie beyond core semantic theory. In contrast, the details of vague semantic representations are central to it. In this talk, I will review one potential empirical means of detecting this difference (namely the Back-Down Phenomenon) and apply it to sentences which are thought to involve measurement and scales. I will attempt to demonstrate that some linguistic data, which has been treated as examples of vague representation, are best classified as examples of imprecise usage.
Contextual models of vagueness and vague quantifiers
Christoph Roschger
We discuss the expressiveness of degree- and delineation-based models of vagueness highlighting the approaches by Barker and Kyburg/Morreau. We show in which respect such approaches are equivalent and outline in which manner they can be combined. Moreover, we investigate possibilties to extend these approaches to vague quantifiers and point out possible implications of these extensions.
Approximate number and the meaning of "most"
Justin Halberda
I present evidence for an interface between vision, numerical cognition and the semantics of quantifier terms. The goal is to highlight a case where non-visual cognition (lexical meanings) interfaces with vision and visual limits (tracking multiple sets) constrain later cognition. Along the way I discuss the Approximate Number System, vagueness, and the (non)-relation between meaning and verification.


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Google Glass has a new style. In fact you might say, it has "style" for the first time ever. But does the new look really make Glass look any less absurd?
The original Glass was so held back by its crazy spaceman look that this update to real frames is definitely an improvement. But it kind of makes you wonder, were the frames ever really the problem?


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|amenity = university
|An educational institution designed for instruction, examination, or both, of students in many branches of advanced learning.
|Group: Education features
|Used on these elements
|Useful combination
|Status: approved
|Tools for this tag
- For OSM activities by the scientific community, see Research.
How to map
Universities typically occupy a large area, so it is recommended to create an around the entire campus with the amenity=university tag, plus a name=* tag at least. For a more complex multi-site facility then ideally it will be mapped using a multipolygon. There should not be a node and area for the same university.
Buildings can be tagged with building=university and optionally also building:levels=* or height=* for tall buildings. Buildings serving multiple distinct functions can be described using multiple 'building' tags which share nodes on the boundary between functions. Each part of the building can then have its own name. Building entrances can be identified using an entrance=* which ideally links to the transport network with highway=footway, highway=steps or a similar tag.
It is also useful to tag amenity=parking gardens, bars, restaurants, shops, and much more besides.
Individual elements of the university should not be tagged with amenity=university but can be mapped with operator=* and the name of the university, for example operator=University College London. Land and building owned by the university but not used for university purposes (ie not used for teaching, research, administration or accommodation - although note the below on accommodation) should not be included in this boundary. Where a university owns land and building for investment or future use these should be tagged appropriately with operator=blar university.
When the university accommodates students on a separate site to the site where teaching and research takes place, then the tagging landuse=residential + residential=university can be used (also use operator=*). Where it is not easily discernible that residential land belongs to the university (no signs, barriers or other distinct features), consider avoiding mapping the area as a university. The building itself can be included in the university relation, and the operator tag used.
Faculties and departments
|This paragraph should later be moved to dedicated faculty and department definitions and linked from here
Current usage on taginfo indicates that users start mapping faculties with the key faculty=* and departments with the key department=*. As these are likely formalized values the suggestion is to use English words, replace spaces with underscores, don't capitalize and don't concatenate refs in the faculty tag (e.g. don't tag "09 Chemistry" but use "chemistry" and put "09" in the ref).
Number of uses in OSM
Similar tag and proposals
- amenity=college - For college grounds.
- amenity=school - Schools use a similar tagging system.
- Proposed features/University Campus (tertiary education) - original proposal for this tag
- amenity=hospital - Hospitals can be large institutions comprising many buildings. We should follow a similar approach when mapping them
- building=university - separate buildings
- residential=university - residential area


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Adding Your DNA To A Biobank Is A Noble Move -- But Is It A Wise One?
from the no-good-deed-goes-unpunished dept
One new approach to teasing apart the complex relationships between genes and common diseases such as cancer, heart disease, asthma and diabetes is by creating huge biobanks of medical data and samples. The idea is that by tracking the health and habits of very large populations across many years, and then examining their DNA, it will be possible to spot factors in common. Here's a major biobank that is shortly opening up its holdings for research:
UK Biobank recruited 500,000 people aged between 40-69 years in 2006-2010 from across the country to take part in this project. They have undergone measures, provided blood, urine and saliva samples for future analysis, detailed information about themselves and agreed to have their health followed. Over many years this will build into a powerful resource to help scientists discover why some people develop particular diseases and others do not.
Anything that brings us closer to understanding and treating diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people is obviously to be welcomed. But DNA is special: for a start, it is unique for each of us (even "identical" twins seem to have different DNA.) This has made DNA of particular interest to the police, since it appears to offer a perfect way for identifying those at a crime scene (not necessarily the perpetrators, of course.) Which raises the question: what happens when the police realize that biobanks offer a great way to get DNA they can't obtain in the usual ways?
The UK Biobank addresses this issue in its FAQ:
Will access be allowed for purposes other than health-related research?
Clearly the UK Biobank wants to do the right thing here, but that last phrase "unless it is forced to do so by the courts" means that the police will probably get what they want once they start invoking "terrorism" or asking us to think of the children.
The UK Biobank Resource has been established for health-related research that is in the public interest. Any attempts to use it for other purposes will be resisted. So, for example, insurance companies and employers will not be allowed to access the Resource to look at information, samples or test results for any identifiable participants. Nor will UK Biobank allow access by the police, security services or other law enforcement agencies, unless it is forced to do so by the courts.
And once they have a sample, they might well decide to sequence its DNA to help identify the likely hair, eye and skin color of the person concerned – and perhaps much else besides, as gene analysis techniques advance, including highly-sensitive areas such as mental and reproductive health.
Investing your DNA in a biobank might seem like a noble act today, but who knows what the payback will be in years to come?
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