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About 200 newspaper advertising experts will attend the 22nd World Newspaper Advertising Conference in Prague on 1st and 2nd March. WAN-IFRA will provide summaries of each speaker's presentation during the event. Check back on our blog for the latest updates.
Welcome to coverage of Digital Media events.
The World Editors Forum is the organisation within the World Association of Newspapers devoted to newspaper editors worldwide. The Editors Weblog (www.editorsweblog.org), launched in January 2004, is a WEF initiative designed to facilitate the diffusion of information relevant to newspapers and their editors.
The leading exhibition for technology to publish news on mobile, in print and online, featuring the two free conferences – Digital Media World & Print World – plus expert Guided Tours.
The news publishing industry is experiencing transformation at an ever-growing pace, with new policy issues arising as the landscape changes.
We will be examining policy discussions that will define the news publishing environment of the future, the key topics being internet governance, privacy and copyright. Click here to learn more about our work.
WAN-IFRA Media Policy team and experts.
This is the blog for the Nordic Local Media Conference 2012, held 30-31 May in the World Trade Center, Stockholm. Full information about the event, including the programme, is available here.
Managing user comments in an increasingly toxic online environment is one of the main challenges for newsrooms. This blog features the 2016 Global Online Comment Report and highlights issues of related interest.
More than 305 media executives gathered in Singapore for Publish Asia 2019. WAN-IFRA is providing summaries of speaker presentations during the conference. Visit the blog for the latest updates.
Journalists and sport experts from all over the world will gather at the home stadium of Real Madrid in Madrid, Spain, on 29 and 30 March for the International Sports News Conference. WAN-IFRA will provide summaries of each speaker's presentation during the event. Check back on our blog for the latest updates.
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Le projet le plus passionnant reste encore celui à venir !
Je suis David Sallinen, responsable pour la WAN-IFRA de programmes de formations et de solutions d'accompagnement pour les medias qui veulent accélérer leurs stratégies sur le numérique, optimiser le print et introduire de nouvelles dynamiques éditoriales ou commerciales.
Ce blog, TheNextStep traitera de toutes les initiatives prises pour adapter les organisations de presse et de media aux nouveaux environnements concurrentiels et technologiques. En fait, nous vivons une phase de transition numérique inédite que chaque entreprise, organisation doit affronter avec son histoire, ses particularités et ses contraintes pour se réinventer.
Cette inévitable adaptation passe part le pilotage de multiples projets (nouveaux produits et services, nouveaux process, nouvelles compétences, nouvel état d'esprit…) que je vais partager avec vous.
Le plus passionnant étant toujours le projet à venir, je dédie ce blog aux professionnels engagés dans la transformation de leurs organisations qu'elles soient commerciales ou éditoriales, afin de partager les bonnes pratiques. Je me ferai également écho des « Innovation Day », événements réservés aux professionnels médias et aux entrepreneurs du numérique pour réimaginer les medias.
Ce blog est ouvert à vos remarques et suggestions.
N'hésitez pas à me joindre pour me soumettre vos suggestions ou faire appel à notre expertise.
The most exciting project is always the one you are about to start!
I am David Sallinen - in charge of WAN-IFRA's training and consultancy programmes for those media looking to accelerate their digital strategies, optimise the return from print, and introduce new editorial and sales dynamics.
This blog - TheNextStep - deals with all the initiatives we embark on for media as well as taking a look at the emerging landscapes in technology and markets.
We are living in a time of unprecedented transition in which each organisation has to adapt within the confines of its own abilities, legacy and limitations. In some cases it is proving necessary to completely reinvent ourselves.
That process begins with multiple pilot project (new products and services, new processes, new skills, new attitudes...) which is what I intend to share with you via the blog.
The most exciting project is always the one yet to begin, and this blog is dedicated to professionals engaged in transforming their media organisations whether editorially or commercially so as to share notes and compare best practice. I will also be mentioning the "Innovation Day" events we organise for media professionals and entrepreneurs who are busy rethinking the shape of media.
I welcome your remarks and suggestions and don't hesitate to contact me with them or to call on our expertise.
Este el blog de WAN-IFRA LATAM, la filial latinoamericana de WAN-IFRA.
Aquí encontrarás nuestras últimos artículos, entrevistas, resúmenes y coberturas de nuestros eventos.
Para más información sobre WAN-IFRA LATAM, síganos en Twitter, Facebook e Instagram o visite www.wan-ifra.org/LATAM.
Este é o blog da WAN-IFRA LATAM, a subsidiária da WAN-IFRA na América Latina.
Aqui você vai encontrar os nossos mais recentes artigos, entrevistas, relatórios, resumos e cobertura dos nossos eventos.
Para mais informações sobre WAN-IFRA LATAM, visitar www.wan-ifra.org/LATAM ou siga-nos no Twitter, Facebook e Instagram.
This is the blog of WAN-IFRA LATAM, WAN-IFRA's subsidiary in Latin America.
Here you'll find our latest articles, interviews, reports, summaries and coverage of our events.
For more information about WAN-IFRA LATAM visit www.wan-ifra.org/LATAM, or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
The 71st World News Media Congress, the 26th World Editors Forum and the 3rd Women in News Summit took place from 1 - 3 June 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland.
In this blog, WAN-IFRA provides previews, interviews, summaries of the presentations and other useful information about the Congress.
Participants were also very active on Twitter throughout the event under the hashtag #wnmc19.
In 2011 the newspaper world gathered in Vienna, Austria for IFRA Expo 2011, 63rd World Newspaper Congress and 18th World Editors Forum.
This is the event's live blog.
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Email Correspondence
For most of us, sending and receiving email is simple and fun. We use it to communicate with friends and family and to converse with our contemporaries in an informal manner. But while we may be unguarded in our tone when we email friends, a professional tone should be maintained when communicating with prospective employers.
Email is a powerful tool in the hands of a knowledgeable job-seeker. Use it wisely and you will shine. Use it improperly, however, and you'll brand yourself as immature and unprofessional. Dr. Sherry Reasbeck, a San Diego-based career counselor, warns that some email mistakes leave a bad impression. "It's irritating when the writer doesn't stay on topic or just rambles," says Reasbeck. "Try to succinctly get your point across—then end the email."
Be aware that electronic mail is often the preferred method of communication between job-seeker and employer. There are general guidelines that should be followed when emailing cover letters, thank-you notes and replies to various requests for information. Apply the following advice to every email you write: • Use a meaningful subject header for your email—one that is appropriate to the topic.
Neal Murray, director of the career services center at the University of California, San Diego, sees a lot of email from job-seekers. "You'd be amazed at the number of emails I receive that have spelling errors, grammatical errors, formatting errors—emails that are too informal in tone or just poorly written," says Murray. Such emails can send the message that you are unprofessional or unqualified.
When you're dealing with employers, there is no such thing as an inconsequential communication. Your emails say far more about you than you might realize, and it is important to always present a polished, professional image—even if you are just emailing your phone number and a time when you can be contacted. If you are sloppy and careless, a seemingly trivial communication will stick out like a sore thumb.
Thank-You Notes
If you've had an interview with a prospective employer, a thank-you note is a good way to express your appreciation. The note can be emailed a day or two after your interview and only needs to be a few sentences long, as in the following:
Remember, a thank-you note is just that—a simple way to say thank you. In the business world, even these brief notes need to be handled with care.
Cover Letters
A well-crafted cover letter can help "sell" you to an employer. It should accomplish three main things:
In addition to the guidelines stated above, here are a few tips to keep in mind:
While a well-crafted email may not be solely responsible for getting you your dream job, rest assured that an email full of errors will result in your being overlooked. Use these email guidelines and you will give yourself an advantage over other job-seekers who are unaware of how to professionally converse through email.
Written by John Martalo, a freelance writer based in San Diego.

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The spot is at the 13 km marker on the Independencia St.,in the capital(it s known Red beach ,but we locals know it by another name.
DistanceIn the city
WalkGood walk (15-30 mn)
Easy to find?Easy to find
Public access?Public access
Special accessDon't know
Alternative name Manrresa or Red Beach
Wave qualityRegional Classic
ExperienceExperienced surfers
FrequencyVery consistent (150 day/year)
DirectionRight and left
PowerHollow, Fast
Normal lengthShort (< 50m)
Good day lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good swell directionNorth, South
Good wind direction
Swell sizeStarts working at and holds up to
Best tide positionAll tides
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Week crowdEmpty
Week-end crowdCrowded
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Classic Beach break.
People don t go much surf at this beach they prefer Guibia ,even if Chinchorro is better. I don t know really why ,but at least you are sure too find some hollow tubes along a mile long beach.
It has breaks up and down the whole beach so you can find an uncrowded spot, but the best waves are at the other side of the beach ,so when you arrive ,turn right for me it s one of the best waves ,some days it s reminds me of puerto Escondido.
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By Musthaza , 05-05-2011
Manresa (Red Beach) - Hey is anyone of you still going to this beach? I would like to go but I don't what to go to the unknown.
By Meantime5 , 16-03-2011
Nice plan B - Red Beach has been surfed for decades. Best below 5 feet, any larger it closes out. Waves are fast, short and hollow, many closing out. The sandbars shift, so the sweet spot changes from day to day, sometimes even in the same day. Passing through the poverty zone is spooky at best, cars can get broken into, as they must be left afar, unless you wish to venture into the sand and risk getting stuck. There are nice rights near the harbor's jetty. It is definitely better than Guibia, can get polluted from the Haina River.
By Manypuleo Chinchorro , 02-06-2010
Great Shore Break - Perfect barrels in the morning, rigth and left. Just incredible....
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Butler star Matt Howard is among 6 players to work out for the Knicks on Wednesday. The other five are College of Charleston long range stud Andrew Goudelock, Georgia forward Trey Thompkins, Villanova guard Corey Fisher, Rhode Island forward Delroy James and and Notre Dame forward Carleton Scott. Matt Howard is the most publicized player in this group. He's got a late 2nd round grade. He's a typical players coach, but the coach would probably be in college. Although he can shoot long range, he doesn't have the body, athleticism or strength to play forward in the NBA. He's a great basketball mind and he's got a good motor but I don't think he'll be a good NBA player. Trey Thompkins is a 6-10 forward with a 7-1 wingspan. He's got a solid offensive game. He's got a great offensive game, he can shoot mid range, he can shoot 3's and he's got a solid post game. He's not the greatest athlete in the world and he's had conditioning issues in the past but he's a solid player. Corey Fisher is a 5'11 point guard. He's a late 2nd round pick to undrafted. He's not a great shooter and doesn't have good size. Just an okay player, I don't like him that much. Delroy James is another late 2nd round guy. He's a 6-8 small forward that is athletic but he needs to refine his offensive game. He has to improve his jumper if he's gonna play small forward in the NBA, only shot 25% from 3 last season. Carleton Scott is a 6-8 small forward who is a very good defender and is a versatile defender who can guard multiple positions. He doesn't give you much on the defensive end as he is very raw. If you've never seen Andrew Goudelock, then you've been missing out. It should be Goudelock range not Jimmer range. He's a 6-3 shooting guard with a 6-5 wingspan. He's not a great athlete but his shooting is incredible. Just check out the video below.
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There is speculation that the Knicks will look to purchase at least 1 second round selection and they have done nothing to dispel that speculation. They've been working out a ton of guys with 2nd round grades lately and I fully expect them to spend a bit of money to buy a couple. Follow @tarmosino


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Football Announces 2012 Schedule
By ODU Athletics
Dec. 15, 2011
NOTE: Head Coach Bobby Wilder will be on the Tony Mercurio Show at 3:10 p.m. on ESPN Radio 94.1 FM to talk about the 2012 schedule.
NORFOLK, Va. - Increasing its level of competition each season of play, Old Dominion head football coach Bobby Wilder has announced the 2012 football schedule featuring what should be the Monarchs' toughest slate to date. The 2012 schedule features three non-conference games with Duquesne, Hampton, and Campbell, as well as Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) match-ups with eight teams from the league, including four of the five league teams that advanced to the 2011 FCS playoffs.
"Buckle your seatbelts 12th Monarchs and get ready for another exciting ride in 2012 with three playoff teams from 2011 and four former national champions," said Wilder of the schedule. "We realize this schedule will present a challenge for our team and we gladly except the challenge. "
"We planned for each season to get more and more competitive to prepare us for a hard-fought conference season and put us in the best possible position come the post-season," he continued.
The 2012 campaign will kick off with the Monarchs' three non-conference contests - Sept. 1st at home with Duquesne, Sept. 8th at Hampton, and Sept. 15th hosting Campbell. The Duquesne Dukes won a share of this season's NEC title, while ODU will be meeting Hampton Roads rival Hampton for the third straight year and Campbell, out of the Pioneer League, for the fourth straight season.
"Duquesne finished atop the NEC standings, but lost to Albany in the regular season losing out on the conference's automatic bid," commented Wilder of his non-conference schedule. "Hampton has proved to be a great game for the Hampton Roads community and one we look forward to continuing this season, while Campbell has continued to improve each and every year."
The CAA portion of the schedule gets underway on Sept. 22nd in the first meeting with New Hampshire. The Wildcats finished tied for second along with the Monarchs in this past season's CAA race and was among the five CAA schools to advance to post-season action in 2011.
"We waste no time in getting into the thick of things with the CAA," said Wilder of the conference slate. "Last season we opened up against the national runner-up in Delaware and right away in 2012 we face one of the top teams in the league vying with us for a league title."
On Sept. 29th, the Monarchs have their first CAA road contest, trekking up I-64 to Richmond and follow with a bye week the weekend of Oct. 6th.
"We are looking forward to our first trip to Richmond and meeting up with new head coach Danny Rocco," continued Wilder. "Also we look forward to having our bye week mid-season this coming fall after having to wait until the final week of the regular season in 2011."
ODU returns to host 2009 National Champion Villanova on Oct. 13th and then travels to 2011 CAA Champion Towson on Oct. 20th. The Monarchs will meet Delaware on Oct. 27th for the Blue Hens first appearance at Foreman Field at S.B. Ballard Stadium, followed by meeting Georgia State for the third time in school history, but the first as a CAA opponents.
"It will be an important stretch," said Wilder of coming out of the bye week. "Villanova sported a young roster last year and will only continue to improve. Towson will be eager to continue its CAA Championship run and Delaware proves to be a challenge in the league year-in and year-out. Additionally, Georgia State will be looking to make some noise in their inaugural season just like we did last year."
The regular season winds down hosting William & Mary on Nov. 10th in the Monarchs' home finale and closes at James Madison on Nov. 17th.
"Both these games came down to the wire last season," said Wilder of his squad's final two games, "with Craig Wilkins blocking a last second field goal against JMU and Eriq Lewis with two key interceptions at William & Mary. Just like last year, expect these games to be exciting for the 12th Monarch."
Since restarting its football team in 2009, Old Dominion has become the winningest start-up program in FCS history with a three-year total of 27 wins and only eight losses. In 2011, the Monarchs garnered their first national ranking, including cracking the top ten after concluding the regular season at 9-2 overall and 6-2 mark in the Colonial Athletic Association, a league which sent five teams to the post-season. The Monarchs graduate only eight seniors from the 2011 roster - defensive linemen Ronnie Cameron, Chad King, and Edmon McClam, linebacker J.J. Williams, quarterback Thomas DeMarco, offensive linemen Ryan Jensen and Jeremy Hensley, and wide receiver Prentice Gill, and return eight All-CAA performers including first teamers wide receiver Nick Mayers, punter Jonathan Plisco, linebacker Craig Wilkins, second team selection cornerback Eriq Lewis, as well as third team all-conference selections kicker Jarod Brown, defensive lineman Chris Burnette, wide receiver/punt returner Reid Evans, and three-time CAA Rookie and two-time National Freshman of the Week quarterback Taylor Heinicke.
The Old Dominion University football season ticket renewal process will begin in February 2012. Any available tickets after the completion of the season ticket renewal campaign in April will be offered to members of the ODU Football Waiting List. Fans are encouraged to join the Waiting List at /ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31100&ATCLID=208425130.
2012 Old Dominion Football Schedule
Sept. 1
|Norfolk, Va. - Foreman Field at S.B. Ballard Stadium
Sept. 8
|at Hampton
|Hampton, Va. - Armstrong Stadium
Sept. 15
|Norfolk, Va. - Foreman Field at S.B. Ballard Stadium
Sept. 22
|New Hampshire *
|Norfolk, Va. - Foreman Field at S.B. Ballard Stadium
Sept. 29
|at Richmond *
|Richmond, Va. - Robins Stadium
Oct. 6
|Bye Week
Oct. 13
|Villanova *
|Norfolk, Va. - Foreman Field at S.B. Ballard Stadium
Oct. 20
|at Towson *
|Towson, Md. - Unitas Stadium
Oct. 27
|Delaware *
|Norfolk, Va. - Foreman Field at S.B. Ballard Stadium
Nov. 3
|at Georgia State *
|Atlanta, Ga. - Georgia Dome
Nov. 10
|William & Mary *
|Norfolk, Va. - Foreman Field at S.B. Ballard Stadium
Nov. 17
|at James Madison *
|Harrisonburg, Va. - Bridgeforth Stadium
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NEW YORK (WFAN) – WFAN's Mike Francesa ripped into the New York Jets after they completed a deal to acquire marketing sensation and former Denver Broncos' quarterback Tim Tebow.
Listen to Mike Francesa's Show Open
Gang Green acquired Tebow for 4th and 6th round picks in this year's NFL Draft and received a 7th round pick in return from the Broncos.
The move places tremendous pressure on starting quarterback Mark Sanchez. Sanchez signed a long-term deal after the Jets chased in vain after Peyton Manning who had no interest in joining Gang Green.
Now, the Jets went after the next big marketing opportunity that came their way in Tim Tebow.
Francesa criticized the Jets for making the move for non-football reasons, selling jerseys and selling seats.
"Will they sell tickets? Yes. There are people who will show up so they can go scream for Tebow to get in the game. He will sell you tickets, he will not win you games," Francesa said on Monday's show.
Francesa continued to rip the team over the move which he considers to be about "buzz and sizzle" and not about winning football games.
"What Tebow will do is, he will create a buzz. There's no question. The thing the Jets can't deal with is losing sponsors to the Giants, losing suite owners to the Giants and they can't stand having empty seats. They want to take care of all that, then they'll worry about the football," he stated.
Francesa continued, "Tim Tebow is probably the hardest guy in history to try to build an offense around and win consistently in the NFL. It's almost impossible to do. That's how bad his throwing arm is."
Tebow completed 46.5% of his passes in the regular season. His percentage fell to 40.4% in the postseason.
Mike declared that the Jets jealousy over the Giants' success as a big reason why they acquired Tebow.
"On the field, they are a three-ring circus that just can't deal with the fact that they're in a town with a better organization, with a better ownership, better coaching and a better organization that knows how to win the right way. (The Giants) lose right and win right," Francesa stated.
Francesa pointed to locker room issues arising following Tebow's arrival and called the Jets "dysfunctional" repeatedly during his rant.
He explained, "Do you think Tim Tebow is going to straighten out the Jet locker room? Do you think guys like Holmes and Cromartie are going to pay attention to Tim Tebow?"
A locker room split would seem likely as Tebow is a polarizing figure and many Jets will continue to back Sanchez.
Do you agree with Mike that the Tim Tebow trade is more about marketing reasons over football reasons? Share your take below…


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BROOMFIELD, CO - June 3, 2014
Webroot, the market leader in cloud-based, real-time Internet threat detection, today announced a strategic partnership with Plantronics (NYSE:PLT), a pioneer in wearable technology. This agreement will see Webroot SecureAnywhere® AntiVirus for PC Gamers bundled with the Plantronics GameCom 788 Gaming Headset to ensure PC gamers are protected with real-time security that doesn't impact performance as they enjoy gameplay in stunning, cinematic sound.
Online gaming is fun and exciting, but its popularity has made it a target for online crime. Cybercriminals are targeting gamers to gain access to their online gaming credentials, and other personal information that can be exploited for profit. Traditional, signature-based antivirus solutions are notoriously bulky, disruptive and resource hungry, making them undesirable among gamers with high performance systems. As a result gamers either disable their security, or remove it altogether.
By partnering with Webroot, Plantronics now provides highly-effective, cloud-based threat detection from Webroot that is dramatically lighter and faster than competing products. Gamers won't be interrupted by screen freezes, game lag or system crashes from traditional slow scans and security updates. Plantronics is offering a 14-day free trial of Webroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus as a bundle with the GameCom 788 USB headset with Dolby® 7.1 surround sound technologies to provide players with state-of-the-art audio communication, and innovative, online security that doesn't compromise gameplay.
"Plantronics is committed to providing gamers with an immersive online experience. Precision audio and the ability to communicate with teammates is key," said Dorothy Ferguson, director of marketing for Plantronics Gaming. "Where Plantronics GameCom 788 with Dolby 7.1 surround eliminates sound lag when it counts most, Webroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus enhances security without jeopardizing player performance."
"Plantronics is an industry leader that shares Webroot's dedication to research and continual improvement through innovation," said David Bennett, vice president of worldwide consumer and SMB sales at Webroot. "Because Webroot SecureAnywhere solutions fundamentally changed the way security is delivered, they only requires a very small footprint allowing gaming PCs to perform at their peak. This is critical for gamers, as they often sacrifice security to maximize system performance. This partnership offers customers who demand the best for their systems, a combination of Plantronics revolutionary sound quality, and Webroot's unmatched protection against malware, identity theft and phishing attacks."
Cloud-based Webroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus for PC Gamers offers connected gamers an alternative to the traditional security solutions that have proven ineffective against today's malware. It installs in seconds and scans most PC systems in less than two minutes. It also uses less than 4MB of RAM and its cloud-based threat detection architecture means there are no security updates or definitions to download. All users are protected against the latest threats from the moment they are discovered – anywhere in the world.
Webroot will be exhibiting at the E3 Conference on June 10 to 12, 2014 at Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California, Booth #2750. In addition to showcasing Webroot SecureAnywhere Antivirus for PC Gamers, event attendees will have opportunities to win prizes such as free copies of Webroot software and a high performance gaming system.
About Plantronics
Plantronics is a global leader in audio communications for businesses and consumers. We have pioneered new trends in audio technology, creating innovative products that allow people to simply communicate. From unified communication to Bluetooth® headsets to gaming solutions, we deliver uncompromising quality, an ideal experience, and extraordinary service. Plantronics is used by every company in the Fortune 100™, as well as 911 dispatch, air traffic control and various mission critical applications for those on the frontline. For more information, please visit www.plantronics.com or call (800) 544-4660.
©GameCom and Plantronics are trademarks of Plantronics, Inc. registered in the US and other countries. Webroot, SecureAnywhere, Webroot SecureAnywhere, BrightCloud, and Webroot BrightCloud are trademarks or registered trademark of Webroot Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.


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"American Horror Story" returns with a coven
There's nothing yet to screen from Ryan Murphy's anthology series "American Horror Story: Coven" (which is still shooting in New Orleans and debuts in October), but FX did offer a star-studded panel. Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett talked about the acting challenges of the series — without giving away too much about their characters.
Some but not all of them play witches, exec producer Tim Minear said.
Paulson dropped this bit: "I play Jessica's daughter this year. Isn't that a nugget?" Her character, Cordelia, takes more than a name from Shakespeare.
"I do play a witch," Lange said. The story moves back and forth in time and the cast doesn't know where the characters are going. "You have to be brave. It's an interesting discipline." Last year, she said, "I got to sing, I got to dance, I got to spank people. It was good."
Lange relished the acting challenges: "I love madness, I do. I love playing mad."
Bates, who plays Madame LaLaurie, noted her Southern accent has come "roaring back." Bates also came roaring back with an attack on NBC for cancelling her series "Harry's Law." "They disrespected us and our 11 million viewers, they kicked us to the curb and they're getting what they deserve."
New Orleans' history of free people of color and slaves and rich and poor all living together in a big gumbo "in a city that I love" appealed to Bassett, who plays Marie Laveau, the Voodoo Queen.
The fun quotient on "AHS" is higher this year, Minear said. "There is a lot of humor. It might be more welcoming to an audience." A strong feminist theme runs throughout along with themes of race and repression, and mothers and daughters.
The distinct feel of New Orleans and the city's history of voodoo informs the writing, acting and production, Lange said, better than the Paramount backlot ever could. (There's also a good tax credit for shooting there, Minear added.)


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Scott Walker says federal government reneged on Medicaid payments to Wisconsin
One of Gov. Scott Walker's explanations for rejecting a full expansion of Medicaid under the federal "Obamacare" health care law was this:
The feds won't be good for the money.
And for more than a year, the Republican governor has cited a piece of recent state budget history as evidence.
Most recently, Walker made his case to a national cable audience in a Fox News Sunday appearance on Feb. 23, 2014, telling interviewer Chris Wallace he doubted the federal law's promise to cover 100 percent of the expansion for three years and no less than 90 percent thereafter starting in 2020. State taxpayers pick up the rest.
"That commitment is not going to be there and taxpayers all across America will be on the hook," Walker said. "They are not going to be on the hook in Wisconsin."
That's a prediction, but it was followed by this piece of evidence stated as fact:
"Even before the Medicaid expansion I had (provided) $600 million more to Medicaid. Almost 40 percent of that was to fill in the federal government reneging on commitments they've already made even before the Medicaid expansion."
In other words, they'll break their promise because they've done it before.
With Walker's decisions on Obamacare and Medicaid poised to become 2014 campaign issues let's look at this one.
Did "federal reneging" on Medicaid payments to Wisconsin pile approximately $240 million in extra costs onto the 2013-'15 state budget?
How it works
The biggest component of the broken promise, in Walker's view, is a recent drop in the federal government's share of what Wisconsin spends on Medicaid, which has covered children and parents with children under 19 in low-income households as well as people who are disabled or over 65 and impoverished."
The federal share was 60.21 percent in 2010, but by 2014 fell to 59.06 and is projected to drop further, to 58.27 percent, for the 2015 fiscal year.
That has raised costs to Wisconsin taxpayers, but there's a major problem in Walker's contention.
The federal share -- known as the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage, or FMAP -- fluctuates annually and varies from state to state based on a formula dating to Medicaid's inception in 1965.
That formula is "designed so that the federal government pays a larger portion of Medicaid costs in states with lower per-capita incomes relative to the national average (and vice versa for states with higher per-capita incomes)," a Congressional Research Service paper noted in 2013.
In other words, the standard federal share of Medicaid costs is not promised or guaranteed to hold steady; it must only stay between the statutory minimum of 50 percent and maximum of 83 percent.
It has gone up notably in some recent years as well.
In fact, Wisconsin saw its federal rate rise from 2009 to 2010, and also got a big additional bump to more than 70 percent for almost three years under the federal stimulus law and a subsequent legislative action -- both of which applied nationally.
Another major cost increase Walker has cited to back up his claim in the last year relates to hikes in the cost of premiums, deductibles and copayments that Medicaid pays for so-called "dual eligibles" who qualify for Medicare and Medicaid.
No reversal
Walker spokesman Tom Evenson said these and other cost increases are evidence of reneging by Washington.
But neither the fluctuations in federal help or the dual-eligible cost changes are due to any changes in federal Medicaid law or policy, according to the independent, nonpartisan Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau. It made this note in a November 2013 memo to state Rep. Jon Richards (D-Milwaukee).
The federal cost-sharing formula has not been changed to reduce matching rates since President Reagan and Congress enacted a temporary reduction for 1982-1984, said Edwin Park, a health-policy expert at the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
And the cost increases for "dual eligibles" are routine, reflecting rising health care costs, Park said.
Finally, Walker cites new costs states will have to pick up under Obamacare.
They are real, but two experts told us they do not represent a broken commitment.
Conservative health economist Stephen Parente at the University of Minnesota shares Walker's skepticism about future federal funding of the Medicaid expansion, especially given Obama's pull-backs in putting the health-care law into full effect. And he said governors are rightly frustrated by swings in Medicaid payments from Washington.
But Parente said it's not accurate to call those swings "reneging."
Jon Peacock, research director at the left-leaning Wisconsin Council on Children & Families, agreed. His view is Walker could have made the state less vulnerable to declines in federal help if he had taken the additional federal money available for the Medicaid expansion.
"If we took advantage of the Medicaid expansion funds," Peacock told us, "we would get a much higher matching rate that is locked in (under the law.)"
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Explaining his rejection of federal money to fully expand Medicaid coverage, Walker said on Fox News Sunday that "federal government reneging" on Medicaid payments to Wisconsin caused more than $200 million in extra costs in the 2013-'15 state budget.
But typical cost-sharing fluctuations, based mainly on a longstanding formula, explain the extra state burden -- not any reversal of course or pulling back on a commitment by Washington.
We rate Walker's claim False.


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I missed posting this before the actual Grammys, but I really like the design. The Social Grammys from Activ8Social looks at the online stats of the biggest names in music.
What is the only thing that could be more exciting than this year's Grammy Awards? An infographic about the Grammy Awards, of course! Before we see them rock the red carpet, we wanted to see how the biggest names in music size up against each other in terms of their social reach.
To find out who would win the "Social Grammys," we analyzed the Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube accounts of the nominees for the Best New Artist, Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Album of the Year. There's no question that the nominees all have a substantial and influential online presence but some are shockingly stronger in some areas than others. One surprising statistic is "Thinking About You" artist, Frank Ocean, has over 1 million more followers on Twitter than he has fans on Facebook. Another interesting statistic is the fact that only 42% of the nominees have Instagram accounts.
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Strabon is a fully implemented semantic geospatial database system that can be used to store linked geospatial data expressed in RDF and query them using an extension of SPARQL. Strabon supports spatial selections, spatial joins, a rich set of spatial functions similar to those offered by geospatial relational database systems, support for multiple Coordinate Reference Systems and widely used serializations for geometric objects such as WKT and GML. Strabon is built on top of the well-known RDF store Sesame and extends Sesame's components to be able to manage thematic and spatial data that are stored in PostGIS.
The development of Strabon started in the context of European FP7 project SemsorGrid4Env (Semantic Sensor Grids for Rapid Application Development for Environmental Management). Starting September 2011, Strabon is being utilized and extended with new functionalities in the FP7 project TELEIOS (Virtual Observatory Infrastructure for Earth Observation Data) which our group leads.
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Woke up this am and all my favorites that i am following have disappeared. I tried readding but it did not correct
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There were some glitches with the previous fix and the engineers made some tweaks to the solution. The Following/Favorites section should finally be appearing correctly again for all. If you're still experiencing issues, do let me know!Ações de comentário
Sorry if it's slighty off-topic, but what use is having 15 or 20 pages of dramas you "Follow"? Other than getting spammed by the CMs for new projects (very remotely related to them) needing license?
I follow some upcoming shows in order to show that I'm interested in them and help get the license. I also follow a couple of oldies I don't want to see disappear. But that's all. When they do get the license I remove them.
At some point I did follow those I wanted to watch, but I got so much spam in my notification inbox that I deleted all of those, and just made a separate private collection for that purpose.
But even if you do use Follow for that purpose (having all the ones you want to watch in one place for easy access, if there are lots it's no longer easy: how can you ever find what you want if it's 15-20 pages?
Gosh, who would have known ...
I konw that now there is the possibilty to make a collection, (it wasn't like that 8 years ago) but what I do not like about the collection is that you can't switch the positions of a channel.
Well this is one point, the other is that I ususally not unfollow a drama - unless I really hate it, or don't like the channel for any other reason.
I follow upcoming shows only if the only awaken my interest, if they tent to become a must watch for me I fill out the request form.
Usually, I position the channels I watch at the start of my followed channels after that are the shows I want to watch and if a show doesn't managed to keep me interested, it will drift back. But if I am looking for a show, I will start to screen my favorites and usually find something.
These days I don't need to look, I have no time to spare. I barely managed to keep my QC this year.
BTW: How to stop the e-mailing that new comments are up here?
It's bugging me.
@me_97 thank you, I thought, I did unfollow, but maybe it was another thread. Channels might not be the only affected "follow/unfollow issue". I even changed my account settings, maybe I need to sign out/in? Now I went to my activies/following and the system told me one more time that I am no longer following, we will see if this will last ...
Yes still in weird order, but not officially solved, so maybe Viki is still at work. I think, I do not like this kind of "community service", you can't really interact with others. You can vote up or down or throw in a comment, if you follow you get a mail for each comment. What use should this be other than a data collection for Viki. I don't see much use for anyone else. Sorry, this is a really cold area here, who created it?
Three or four pages of my favorites have also disappeared. I do have one page, but the shows are not necessarily the ones I followed. It seems random. Also, I can't add or delete anything from the following list, so I'm not sure how to fix the problem.
Isn't there some sort of backup/restore file that Viki can use to fix this?
Following - Movies is okay, but there is only a page, so if that would be messed up ...
But Following - Dramas is not okay, it is still mixed up, there sometimes is an empty space inbetween, or only two lines filled, when it usually are four. I can add channels, since the last page grows, but who knows where that channel's image is saved.
Do we need to log out and back in, for a change?
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Well, for those interested in an little comparison, I made a trip up to Ronald last week, and tried to match a few photos for a then and now. Unfortunately, out of this group, the only building I could find was the general store.
There are lots of other buildings left, but most have been restored. I'll post separately seen about what else is there today.


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33 Years Ago: Bruce Springsteen Records 'Nebraska'
Following the massive success of 1980's double album 'The River,' many expected Bruce Springsteen to follow up his first No. 1 album with another set of radio-friendly rock songs. Instead, the songwriter released 'Nebraska,' a stark acoustic record that was mostly recorded in one session, on Jan. 3, 1982.
Ironically, the recording of 'Nebraska' began as an exercise in then-new technology. For years, Springsteen had recorded demos into a boom box. But he decided to invest in a Teac Tascam 144 four-track cassette recorder so that he could add an extra guitar or percussion to give the E Street Band a better idea of what he wanted.
His then-guitar tech, Mike Batlan, set up the portable studio in Springsteen's bedroom in Colts Neck, N.J. on the morning of Jan. 3 and went to work. In a marathon session that took them deep into the night, Springsteen recorded guitar-and-vocal tracks for 15 songs, with overdubs on a few. Two others, 'My Father's House' and 'The Big Payback,' were recorded a few months later.
But when the band tried to record Spingsteen's new material, only four of the songs — 'Born in the U.S.A.,' 'Pink Cadillac,' 'Downbound Train' and 'Child Bride' (which was later rewritten as 'Working on the Highway') — translated to a full-band arrangement. Three of those wound up on 'Born in the U.S.A.' two years later, while 'Pink Cadillac' was the b-side of 'Dancing in the Dark.'
The problem was that the songs continued the dark themes found on the second disc of 'The River,' like 'Stolen Car' and 'Wreck on the Highway.' While the songs weren't necessarily autobiographical, the demons haunting the characters reflected Springsteen's own desperation and isolation — even as he was becoming a big star — that stemmed largely from his troubled relationship with his father. The characters were lost and adrift, and the raw, ghostly sound of the demos worked better than the E Street Band's bar-band rock.
Five of the songs — 'Atlantic City,' 'Highway Patrolman," 'Johnny 99,' 'State Trooper' and the title track — deal with characters who have turned to a life of crime. It didn't make sense to put a heavy back beat to, say, 'My Father's House,' or a soul-inflected Clarence Clemons sax solo on 'Used Cars.' Springsteen's harmonica did the trick.
Unable to get the sound he wanted from the band, Springsteen asked engineer Toby Scott if there was any way to put out the cassette of the demos. Scott was able to do his magic, and 'Nebraska' was released, to minimal hype, on Sept. 30, 1982.
To this day, the 'Electric Nebraska' sessions, outside of those four songs, have not been released either officially or on bootleg. But Springsteen has since figured out how to rock out on half of the 'Nebraska' material. 'Atlantic City,' 'Mansion on the Hill,' 'Johnny 99,' 'Open All Night' and 'Reason to Believe' have all been somewhat regularly performed by the full band on various tours.
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FriendFeed Is This Years Twitter, But Why? — If you haven't been keeping up with the noise, FriendFeed is the hot startup of the minute. The service launched to the public February 25 and announced $5 million in funding at the same time. — The concept of FriendFeed is simple enough.
Discussion: Loic Le Meur Blog, SmoothSpan Blog, Bubblegeneration Strategy Lab and The Last Podcast
Frederic / The Last Podcast: Big Day for FriendFeed
Duncan Riley Misses the Point of FriendFeed — Yesterday, it could be said that FriendFeed "tipped", as TechMeme's Gabe Rivera put it. Dozens of visible FriendFeed users reported getting an unprecedented swarm of subscriptions by new friends, and the site gained incredible exposure via comments …
Discussion: The Guidewire, Jeremy Toeman's LIVEdigitally and Scripting News
Carlacthompson / The Guidewire: Constructive Criticism — The blog world is atwitter …
Jeremy Toeman / Jeremy Toeman's LIVEdigitally: From Geocities to FriendFeeds: the (de?)evolution of self-expression …
Dave Winer / Scripting News: FriendFeed gets interesting
Brian Solis / bub.blicio.us:
FriendFeed Appeals to the A-List and the Entire Alphabet-List — In case you missed it, Louis Gray recently renewed the fervor over FriendFeed by publishing a list of "elite" bloggers that were using FriendFeed. Very clever Mr. Gray. Very clever. *golf clap* — I have to say, I really enjoy his posts.
Steven Hodson / WinExtra: Would you hammer a nail with a shovel?
Corvida / SheGeeks: Louis Gray Is The Culprit
Matthew Karnitschnig / Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft Pitches Merger Vision To Yahoo at Meeting — Senior executives from Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. met Monday to discuss Microsoft's takeover offer for the Internet company, according to people familiar with the matter. — The meeting, the first since Microsoft …
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / HipMojo.com: Yahoo! Evaporated $5B in Value in 2 Days
Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News.com: Microsoft and Yahoo, sans investment bankers
Nathania Johnson / Search Engine Watch Blog: Yahoo! Goes on a Date with Microsoft
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land: Yahoo And Microsoft Hold Informal Talks About Combining Companies
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider: Yahoo Finally Deigns to Meet With Microsoft
Geoff Duncan / Digital Trends: Microsoft, Yahoo Execs Talk Merger
Sheldon Liber / BloggingStocks: Bye bye Yahoo!, it was nice knowing you
Benjamin J. Romano / Tech Tracks: WSJ: Microsoft and Yahoo execs talked Monday
Henry Blodget / Tech Ticker: Breakthrough: Microsoft and Yahoo Finally Meet
Rafat Ali / paidContent.org: Updated: Yahoo-Microsoft In Informal Talks On Merger; No Negotiations …
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Imagine There's a MicroHoo (It's Easy If You Try) — Okay, we Photoshopped it, but only because we could not get our head around what the official Yahoo/Microsoft post-merger picture might look like. — With news that the pair were in informal talks, first broken by CNET …
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider, Outside the Lines and Between the Lines
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider: SNEAK PEEK: Microsoft-Yahoo Agree To Deal!
Dan Farber / Outside the Lines: Podcast: AOL gets social with Bebo, Microhoo talks and semantic Web progress
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Could Yahoo's 'openness' be another anti-Microsoft poison pill?
Could Yahoo's 'openness' be another anti-Microsoft poison pill?
Discussion: CyberNet and ProgrammableWeb
John Musser / ProgrammableWeb: Yahoo Search and the Semantic Web
Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
Verizon embraces P4P, a more efficient peer-to-peer tech — The Distributed Computing Industry Association's P4P workgroup is devising a new protocol for what researchers describe as carrier-grade peer-to-peer file transfer systems. Verizon reports that a recent test it conducted revealed …
Discussion: Bit Player, Silicon Alley Insider, TechSpot, Engadget and Data Center Knowledge
Jon Healey / Bit Player: Verizon gives p2p some love
Jose Vilches / TechSpot: Verizon makes P2P file-sharing faster, more efficient
Paul Miller / Engadget: Verizon gloms onto "P4P," doubles up on the competition
Don Reisinger / CNET News.com:
For once, we should applaud Verizon
For once, we should applaud Verizon
Discussion: The Register
Andrew Orlowski / The Register: Korea's P2P pirate goes legal, targets Europe
Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:
Verizon touts smart P2P software
Verizon touts smart P2P software
Discussion: Good Morning Silicon Valley, NewTeeVee, ReadWriteWeb, IP Democracy, Between the Lines, Electronista, DSLreports and Slashdot
Janko Roettgers / NewTeeVee: How Verizon Wants to Speed Up Your BitTorrent Videos
Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb: Goodbye, P2P! P4P is Coming
Cynthia Brumfield / IP Democracy: Verizon to Use P4P to Aid P2P. Smart Move.
Kdawson / Slashdot: Enhancement To P2P Cuts Network Costs
Peter Svensson / Associated Press:
Verizon Gets Cozy With P2P File-Sharers
Verizon Gets Cozy With P2P File-Sharers
Discussion: GigaOM, Gizmodo, Inquirer and ExtremeTech
Andrew Thomas / Inquirer: Verizon speeds P2P file sharing by 600 per cent
Mark Hachman / ExtremeTech: Verizon Buys Into P2P Tech, and Improves It
Microsoft Announces Acquisition of Rapt — Rapt solutions will provide Microsoft with advanced technology and services for digital media publishers. — Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to acquire Rapt Inc., the leading provider of advertising yield management solutions for digital media publishers.
Leslie Poston / Profy.Com: Microsoft Buys Rapt, Gears Up To Be Online Ad Presence
Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News.com: Microsoft gets Rapt up in advertising management software
Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM: Microsoft Buying Rapt to Get More Ad Insights
Jordan McCollum / Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim: Microsoft Acquires Rapt, Loses CMO
Alex Nesbitt / Digital Podcast: Microsoft Makes Smart Acquisition
David Utter / WebProBlog: Microsoft gets Rapt, but will big names stay?
Daya Baran / WebGuild: Microsoft Buys Another Online Ad Firm
Michael Learmonth / Silicon Alley Insider: Microsoft Buys Ad Management Firm Rapt
Stan Schroeder / Mashable!: Microsoft Acquires Ad Management Software Maker Rapt
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Microsoft Picks Up Another Ad Startup: Rapt
Microsoft Picks Up Another Ad Startup: Rapt
Brian Morrissey / Adweek: Microsoft to Buy Rapt
Cristina Ledesma / 901am: Microsoft to acquire Rapt
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Microsoft picks up another ad company; Buys Rapt
Microsoft picks up another ad company; Buys Rapt
Discussion: paidContent.org, TGDaily.com, AppScout and Venture Chronicles
David Kaplan / paidContent.org: Microsoft Buys Ad Inventory Management Firm Rapt
Wolfgang Gruener / TGDaily.com: Microsoft acquires another web advertising firm
Brian Heater / AppScout: Microsoft Acquires Media Monetizer, Rapt
Richard Martin / TechWeb:
Google Exec: Android Will Outsell iPhone — Google has not released sales predictions for devices based on its mobile operating system Android. But that doesn't stop Rich Miner, group manager for mobile platforms at the search giant, from being confident.
Discussion: Coop's Corner, CrunchGear, Engadget, Tech IT Easy, IntoMobile, Google Phone and PalmAddicts
Charles Cooper / Coop's Corner: Behind Google's FUD campaign against Apple
Nicholas Deleon / CrunchGear: Android, a platform, will outsell iPhone, a phone: Google exec
Thomas Ricker / Engadget: Google: Android will outsell iPhone, we still love ya Steve
Vincent van Wylick / Tech IT Easy: Why Android will suck — Hello again, Vincent here.
Vincent Nguyen / Google Phone: Google: We'll far outsell iPhone; our SDK lets you do more
Dan Farber / Outside the Lines: What if Apple really opened up the iPhone?
Vasanth Sridharan / Silicon Alley Insider:
Del.icio.us: Dropping The Periods, Overhauling Design (YHOO) — Remember Del.icio.us? The social bookmarking service was one of the earliest symbols of Web 2.0 — an inventive app with a cult following — but the buzz has died down since Yahoo (YHOO) acquired the company in 2005.
Discussion: TechCrunch, SheGeeks, Mashable! and Tom Raftery's Social Media
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch: Delicious 2.0 News Finally Comes To New York
Kristen Nicole / Mashable!: Del.icio.us Drops the Dots as Site Gets Makeover
I, Cringely . The Pulpit | PBS:
Blu-ray Blues — Now that HD DVD is dead and Sony's Blu-ray has apparently won the HD media war, why aren't we seeing Blu-ray drives available as a factory option, at least, for Macintosh computers? I think Steve Jobs is deliberately holding back in a high-stakes gamble for control of HD video distribution.
Analyst: Apple DVR by gen 3, Blu-ray soon
Analyst: Apple DVR by gen 3, Blu-ray soon
Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac and TGDaily.com
David Chartier / Infinite Loop:
Apple to iPhone App Store applicants: Just hang tight — It's never easy to get a Dear John letter, but it can sting a little more when you're getting the same letter as everyone else. Such is the case with the first wave of iPhone App Store "rejection" letters that Apple is now sending out to developers.
Discussion: The Macalope and MacRumors
Erica Sadun / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
iPhone developer rejection letter mass mailing
iPhone developer rejection letter mass mailing
Discussion: iLounge and InformationWeek Weblog
Charles Starrett / iLounge: News: Apple e-mails iPhone developer rejections, angering some
Adam / Reuters/Second Life:
EXCLUSIVE - Rosedale to step down as Linden Lab CEO — Linden Lab Chief Executive Philip Rosedale said on Friday the company he founded has begun a search for a new CEO with more operational and management expertise. — Rosedale will become chairman of the Linden Lab board when his successor is found …
Discussion: InformationWeek Weblog, New World Notes, Valleywag, VTOR, Virtual Worlds News and Massively
Mitch Wagner / InformationWeek Weblog: Rosedale Out As Second Life CEO
SLHamlet / New World Notes: Open Forum: What's Philip Linden's Departure Mean For Second Life And The Lindens?
Jordan Golson / Valleywag: Linden Lab CEO stepping down
Evansmom Goodspeed / VTOR: Philip Linden/Rosedale Steps Aside as CEO
Joey Seiler / Virtual Worlds News: Rosedale to Resign as CEO of Linden Lab
Moo Money / Massively: Cinemassively: Philip Rosedale on transparency
Philip Linden / Official Second Life Blog:
Changing my Job — We've decided to search for a new CEO …
Changing my Job — We've decided to search for a new CEO …
Discussion: The Social and Massively
Caroline McCarthy / The Social: Philip Rosedale to step down as Linden Lab CEO
Tateru Nino / Massively: Philip Rosedale stepping down as Linden Lab CEO
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Is KickApps Next to Board AOL's Gravy Train? — While a lot of focus yesterday was on the gobs of cash that Time Warner (TWX) shareholders now have to fork over to social-networking site Bebo, which was bought by its AOL division for $850 million in spite of low revenues …
Discussion: CenterNetworks, NewTeeVee, TechCrunch, Marc's Voice, Valleywag, MediaFile, Contentinople, Business Week, New York Times, Silicon Alley Insider and ReadWriteWeb
Allen Stern / CenterNetworks: Who Should AOL Acquire Next?
Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee: KickApps: The Next Acquisition Target
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch: AOL On A Bender - KickApps May Be Next Acquisition
Nicholas Carlson / Valleywag: AOL exec Ira Parker trying to buy Eric Alterman's KickApps for $90 million
Kenneth Li / MediaFile: AOL's buying spree
Frank Smith / Contentinople: News Roundup: Buying Up Social Media
Mark Scott / Business Week: Bebo on Board: AOL Pays Big
Brian Stelter / New York Times: AOL Buying No. 3 Social Networking Site
Richard MacManus / ReadWriteWeb: AOL + Bebo = Still No Market Differentiation
Om Malik / GigaOM: Update: AOL Buying KickApps Too?
Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:
Comscore: YouTube dominance grows — As big media companies and start-ups alike try to make headway in the crowded online video market, YouTube's dominance is still growing. — Google (which owns YouTube) accounted for 34.3 percent of the online videos watched in January, up 1.7 percent from December, according to ComScore.
Discussion: comScore, WebProNews and Electronista
Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:
Y Combinator Demo Day Roundup for Spring 2008 — The fledgling startups listed below will present their ideas and initial products to investors at this spring's Y Combinator Demo Day on March 18. Of the 19 companies in this batch, 10 have already launched and only one remains in stealth mode.
Radley Balko / Reason Magazine:
The RateMyCop Saga — So even as police departments across the country are setting up sex offender registries, drug offender registries, and posting the mugs and names of suspected johns online, they also took a great deal umbrage early this month when Gino Sesto set up a site called RateMyCop.com.
Discussion: Kevin Burton's NEW FeedBlog and p2pnet


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Responsible banking and a focus on the long-term well-being of clients are core values embedded in FINCA's mission. We have adopted strict internal standards and policies to help ensure that clients do not become over-indebted and that they are always treated fairly and ethically.
One of the keys to this is education. FINCA offers financial literacy classes in many countries to teach people how to budget, save and invest wisely in their micro businesses.
FINCA was one of the founders of the Smart Campaign, a global initiative promoting the adoption of high ethical standards in the treatment of clients in the microfinance industry. In 2014, Kyrgyzstan became the first FINCA subsidiary to receive formal Client Protection Certification by the Smart Campaign.
We also actively participate in, and support, MicroFinance Transparency, an industry-wide effort to ensure full transparency in pricing, and the Social Performance Task Force's Universal Standards, which measure social performance and adherence to mission.
"FINCA has always had a strong commitment to client protection best practices—it's just what we do and the clients know that. It helps them but it's also what makes FINCA thrive."–Margarita Cherikbaeva, FINCA Kyrgyzstan
Also, you can visit us in our Financial User Protection page.


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Publications Tagged: peace operations
- Added May 01, 1994
- The Owl of Minerva Flies at Twilight: Doctrinal Change and Continuity and the Revolution in Military Affairs. Authored by Dr. David Jablonsky.
- Revolutions in military affairs have never been strictly military phenomena. Social and political transformations in the past have also been major and often catalytic ingredients of such revolutions.
- Added November 01, 1993
- The Army and Multinational Peace Operations: Problems and Solutions. Authored by COL William J. Doll.
- Effectiveness in multinational peace operations has become an important issue for the Army. In addition to traditional peacekeeping to monitor cease-fires and truces, the Army is now involved in activities such as peace enforcement and the reconstruction of failed states. While the Army has well-established procedures for traditional peacekeeping, it clearly has much to analyze and learn about these new types of multinational peace operations.
- Added October 01, 1993
- The Future of the United Nations: Implications for Peace Operations. Authored by Dr. Steven Metz.
- President Clinton has expressed clear support for greater U.N. effectiveness in the peaceful resolution of conflict and the organization of collective security. This entails finding ways to improve U.N. peacekeeping, peacemaking, and peace-enforcement.


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With all the trouble of jailbreaking iOS 8 devices and the lack of support for 64-bit hardware, does iOS physical acquisition still present meaningful benefits to the investigator? Is it still worth your time and effort attempting to acquire that iPhone via a Lightning cord?
Granted, jailbroken iOS devices are rare as hen's teeth. You are very unlikely to see one in the wild. However, we strongly believe that physical acquisition still plays an important role in the lab, and here are the reasons why.
- Apple's current privacy policy explicitly denies government information requests if the device in question is running iOS 8. This means that handing over the device to Apple will no longer result in receiving its full image if the device is running iOS 8.x (source: https://www.apple.com/privacy/government-information-requests/)
- In many countries (Mexico, Brazil, Russia, East Europe etc.) Apple sells more 32-bit phones than 64-bit ones. Old iPhones traded in the US are refurbished and sold to consumers in other countries (BrightStar coordinates these operations for Apple in the US). As an example, new and refurbished iPhone 4S and 5 units accounted for some 46% of all iPhones sold through retail channels in Russia in Q1 2015.
- Physical extraction returns significantly more information compared to any other acquisition method including logical or over-the-air acquisition. In particular, we're talking about downloaded mail and full application data including logs and cache files (especially those related to Internet activities). A lot of this information never makes it into backups.
- Full keychain extraction is only available with physical acquisition. Physical is the only way to fully decrypting the keychain including those records encrypted with device-specific keys. Those keychain items can be extracted from a backup file, but cannot be decrypted without a device-specific key. In addition, the keychain often contains the user's Apple ID password.
- With physical acquisition, you can extract the 'securityd' (0x835) from the device. This key can be used to completely decrypt all keychain items from iCloud backups.
- Physical acquisition produces a standard DMG disk image with HFS+ file system. You can mount the image into the system and use a wider range of mobile forensic tools to analyze compared to iTunes or iCloud backup files.


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- All > Medicine Information and Evidence for Policy > Medicines Policy
- All > Medicine Programme Coordination > Programme Coordination
Developing and Implementing Caribbean Pharmaceutical Policy
(2011; 2 pages)
(2011; 2 pages)
Access to essential medicines is a prerequisite for realizing the right to health. Access to medicines is guaranteed through the development and implementation of pharmaceutical policies, integrated with health policies, addressing primary determinants in product selection, pricing and financing, as well as regulation, organization of the provision system and rational use. In order to be beneficial, medicines need to be safe, effective and of quality - otherwise funds can be wasted, the populations' health can be put at risk and confidence in the health system can be jeopardized. National medicines expenditures currently ranges from 7% to 66% of total health expenditure worldwide...


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UNESCO Chair Program on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management: International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage 2014
Recent disasters in North East of Japan and Christchurch in New Zealand as well as destructive earthquakes that hit Haiti and Chile in 2010 have caused enormous loss of life, property and cultural heritage. This disaster has once again shown that cultural heritage is highly vulnerable to natural disasters such as earthquake, the Tsunami, fire, floods and cyclones.
Therefore it is important to undertake proactive measures that can reduce risks to cultural heritage from these catastrophic events through adequate mitigation and preparedness. In the post disaster phase, the challenge is how to salvage heritage properties, which are at risk of demolition and to assess their damage. The long term challenge during recovery phase is how to repair and retrofit them and undertake reconstruction that respects tangible as well as intangible heritage values.
In the light of these challenges, comprehensive risk management is essential for the protection of cultural heritage from disasters. Therefore Cultural Heritage and Risk Management project of Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University (RitsDMUCH) aims to organize the UNESCO Chair International Training Programme to build the institutional capacity needed to formulate comprehensive risk management plans that are based on the characteristics of cultural heritage and nature of hazards in the regional context.
One of the main reasons for extensive damage to cultural heritage is due to fires resulting from natural or human induced causes. Also fires can result from earthquakes as was the case during 1995 Great Hanshin Awaji earthquake in Japan. Considering these issues, the 9th UNESCO Chair International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage will specifically focus on 'Protecting living cultural heritage from disaster risks due to fire'.
Call For Applications
Dates of the course: 7 to 21 September 2013
Place: Kyoto, Kobe and Tohoku area, Japan
Held in cooperation with: UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICCROM, ICOMOS/ICORP
Application Requirements
Application Deadline
Applications should be E-mailed to email@example.com
by April 10th, 2014(Japan Standard Time).
Past years' International Training Course


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The Makah Ozette Potato Presidium - Spring 2012
In the 1980's an unknown fingerling potato was recognized to be a staple in the diet of Pacific Coast Native Americans of the Makah Nation. The Makah occupy the region around Neah Bay, Washington, that is the most northwesterly point in the United States. Tribal lore reported that this potato had been used by these people for about 200 years. The Makah had named this potato the Ozette after one of their five villages located around Neah Bay. More about the Ozette and how it became part of the Ark of Taste can be found here. The presidium is focused on increasing seed production to bring more seed to market. Here is where those efforts stand currently:
After flooding annihilated the seed crop of 2010, our partner Pure Potato had to start again with the three year process of producing an abundant crop of certified seed potato. A project they had just completed. We are grateful they are willing to do it again.
The Certified Generation program starts with PreNuclear minitubers. These are first grown in "test tube" then planted in the green house. The resulting crop of mini tubers is planted the next year for reproduction in the field and then classified as Nuclear. The following years they are classified as Generation 1, 2, etc. as long as they remain within the disease parameters specified by the Department of Agriculture.
This Spring Pure Potato will plant 32 pounds of PreNuclear Makah Ozette minitubers in the field. This should yield approximately 30 one hundred pound sacks of Nuclear seed potato. In the spring of 2013 they will plant 16 sacks per acre that will yield 200 sacks per acre.
The question for Pure Potato is; how much to plant and how much to sell in 2013? We need potential growers to tell us of their intentions and to get on the list for notification of availability by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
Next year, 2013, depending on the yield, there may be a limited supply of Nuclear Generation Makah Ozette seed potatoes for sale at $2.00 per pound. The plan is to keep reproducing this variety and increase the volume to meet the needs of all those interested in growing it.
This spring there is some seed available from Potato Garden (800.314.1955, email@example.com).
Gerry Warren
Presidium Coordinator
email@example.com, 206.818.5366
For the history and back story of this potato go to the Makah Ozette Presidia page at Slow Food USA or here for more.
Makah Ozette Potato brochure [PDF]
Pure Potato
9020 Jackman Rd
Lynden, WA 98264
Potato Garden
12101 2135 Rd
Austin, CO 81410


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