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The new William M. Anderson Center is the home to Eagle basketball and volleyball. The 2,000-set arena is complete with every imaginable detail, from top-notch locker rooms for teams, concessions and comfortable seating for fans, and video message boards. Also included is a luxurious President's box for game viewing. The site served as host for four rounds of the 2012 NCAA women's basketball tournament, the sectionals of the 2014 NCAA men's basketball tournament, and has also hosted events such as concerts and an appearance by First Lady Michelle Obama.
Directions To William M. Anderson Center
From Interstate 95, take Exit 130A (Route 3 East), and follow through five stoplights. At the sixth light, turn LEFT onto Business Route 3 (William Street), remaining in the LEFT lane. At the first light, turn LEFT onto College Avenue, and the campus will be on your right. Once on College Avenue, go straight through the first stoplight, and turn RIGHT at the second light (Route 1), Drive under the UMW Walkway and make an immediate RIGHT onto Alvey Drive. Visitor parking is located in the parking deck adjacent to the gyms.

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My bags sit empty, the cameras are not packed, and I have yet to secure the final book reading list. But before I head off to the Netherlands for a week I wanted to say a quick hello and goodbye. It didn't seem right to keep these chickpeas from you any longer and I didn't want you to worry if this space sits unattended while I'm skating along the canals, wondering quiet towns and tucking into cafes when the chill is no longer endearing.
I can't say much about the trip now as I really have no idea what to expect. I will say that I am so excited I can hardly think straight. I am traveling with my grandparents and some aunts and uncles to my grandfather's hometown. This will be the first time I've visited the place where my family began and to experience that with my grandparents is incredibly thrilling. I'll meet many relatives, stock up on chocolate sprinkles (hagelslag), and take a quick detour to Belgium for chocolate, waffles, frites, and beer. I welcome any and all suggestions on what's not to be missed.
In all my previous travel experiences my blond hair and blue eyes have been a glaring beacon to the fact that I'm not a local. In the Netherlands I am looking forward to feeling right at home. I'm eager to taste the food that raised my grandfather and my great-grandparents and enjoying it all in the presence of family.
For now there are chickpeas. Spicy ones at that. I'm on a quick meal kick as I've been frantically crossing things off the to do list and fitting in as many snuggles as the littles will allow in anticipation of this trip. With all the ingredients on hand this meal comes together in minutes but carries with it a hearty, warm spice thanks to harissa. Mine comes from Morocco but you can get your harissa at fine grocery stores or online. It's a perfect healthy winter dinner but I imagine in the Summer I'll see it again, chilled, in my picnic basket.
I'm looking forward to wandering unfamiliar streets and taking more photos than I know what to do with. Until then, I leave you with chickpeas.
Harissa Chickpeas with spinach
In anticipation of rich foods and unhealthy eating habits while traveling I've been stocking up on simple, healthy meals like this one. I imagine I'll see a nice big bowl of this upon my return.
The amount of harissa is really personal preference so please feel free to adjust the amount I suggest.
2 Tablespoons olive oil
2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
1 15oz can chickpeas (garbanzo beans) rinsed and drained
1 1/2 teaspoons harissa paste (more is fine too)
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 Tablespoon chopped, fresh mint
2 cups fresh spinach
Add olive oil to to a medium saute pan, saute garlic until fragrant and golden, about two mintues. Add harissa and cook another minute. Stir in chickpeas and salt then simmer mixture for about 5 minutes – until any liquid has evaporated and chickpeas are tender. Turn off heat and toss in mint and spinach. Stir and let the residual heat wilt the spinach slightly. Taste and adjust seasoning if needed.
Serve immediately with a hefty scoop of greek yogurt.


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Ecmandu wrote:Yeah! A super-awesome video !! (By me)
this is bible school boring. i feel like im in bible school but worse, because in bible school i got a boner because the girls across of me were accidentally showing me their panties because of their skirts showing it.
look man. gonna be real with you. Redo this video u will get more views. If you want this video to be popular. You need to crawl out of your crawling depression and talk this this. Maybe put some music in it too.
actually do not talk that fast, but just faster than the way you speak on your chronic depression.
And also, put more work in editting delete the empty spaces and repetitive comments. make it 5 mins max. We only have 365 days in a year, do you know how many hours that is? 24. But actually 12, because we go to sleep for half of the day.


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He's got ya there pinky.
Originally Posted by gore
They also hired Akai to help with the Bandwidth.
It's Akamai
There are two rules for success in life:
Rule 1: Don't tell people everything you know.
Quick 'n simple way to thurt a DDos attack, disconnect your modem. Open front door and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine and outdoors in general.
You didn't happen to post lolcats in /b/ did you? them LOIC wielding anon folks don't take kindly to lolcats interupting there kiddie pr0n viewing.
Awe shucks. And I thought when he answered
As far as I know, no.
he was answering the question anban.r meant to ask, how to stop a deauth DOS attack.
( anban.r not only stated he was looking to stop a deauth attack, but gave the command of the attack he was looking to stop. )
Well, better luck next time I guess. I need more booze.
" And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be" --Miguel Cervantes
Originally Posted by Opus00
It's Akamai
Yea, that one. It's been a long day. And now my Cousin's friend is being a ***** on FB, so yea, I'm not thinking clearly right now.
Well you must have had a long day when you replied to a question about a DOS with rambling about DDOS, then further rambling attempting to justify your position. Concede, you, and others, missed the discrepancy in the question.
My guess, this was someone's homework: some demoniac teacher probably expected students to spew forth answers such as gore expectorated, or clamor for cites and applications of 802.11w.
Either that, or the original poster was just plain clueless!
Either way an open WLAN is vulnerable to what was purposed.
I do not post here that much anymore because I believe that posts should be meaningful and responsive to the questions posed. SirDice did that in his first post, but it was technically although not practically, incomplete. That, and when the inconsistencies of the question were examined, along with the obvious hijacking of the thread, I felt the need to post.
For someone that wants to learn, I would suggest starting at something like
802.11 Denial of Service Attacks and Mitigation
IEEE Standards Publications, Specific requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications Amendment 4: Protected Management Frames
Enough being serious. Back to the booze!
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Damn dude.. Kind of a shot in the ass wasn't it?
Did you see the Topic? "DDOS attack on Wireless Network" Doesn't that sort of mean "This thread will be about DDoS stuff in some way" ? That's what I replied to. Doesn't really matter if the OP is clueless; They made a topic about DDoSs, and, I responded about them.
I don't think that really justifies saying everyone is wrong because we, like most people, read the topic, clicked on the post, and replied to what we saw. In fact I think that's what they call a "Forum" (Yes, I'm being a smart ass. I felt I should point out that I'm being one instead of a jerk, because that particular emoticon, can mean either, and I'm not one to attack normally respectable members such as you. And no that isn't Sarcasm, I actually like you when you aren't as serious) .
Originally Posted by gore
Damn dude.. Kind of a shot in the ass wasn't it?
Sorry dude, I have always like you too, but it is what it is.
In response to the topic question: I have learned I must try to figure out what people are attempting to say despite what they are actually saying. That is why I picked out the discrepancy. ( I think you of all people can understand that. )
I try to train all the people that work for me the same thing. If they fail, it should be a learning experience, something positive, not negative.
Everyone makes mistakes, just not the same one twice!
Originally Posted by IKnowNot
Sorry dude, I have always like you too, but it is what it is.
In response to the topic question: I have learned I must try to figure out what people are attempting to say despite what they are actually saying. That is why I picked out the discrepancy. ( I think you of all people can understand that. )
I do. I can't tell you the number of times I've heard "So I go into Microsoft...." And then tried to figure out WTF they were doing, what app, and really, what VERSION of whatever it is, without them knowing any of that.
It's not that it's the most annoying thing ever, not everyone knows this stuff, but, at least knowing what the name of the Application you're using is, is sort of helpful for the rest of us trying to teach it to you, or, fix it when you mess up.
I try to train all the people that work for me the same thing. If they fail, it should be a learning experience, something positive, not negative.
See, I have to be careful there; I have a REALLY short temper. I mean, I do have ways I control it, like humor, sarcasm, and, if all else fails; Condescension, but it's hard for me sometimes. I don't really know why I have such a temper, but I do.
I actually use humor the most, since I'm Gifted with an ability to see humor in places a lot don't, and, basically come up with things on the fly, and it helps me keep from losing my temper.
Before I was able to use humor though, I'd snap at people and in the case of a cousin of mine, I basically punched him for being stupid a few times. Not that I think that's terrible; I can't stand stupid people who refuse to try not to be stupid, and a punch is a pretty clear indication to stop doing something, but not the right one.
Anyway though, I'm actually pretty good at teaching people stuff. I have Tourette's syndrome, and though it can make my life hell at times, one of the common side effects of it, is creativity.
I can generally explain things to people with analogies that I pull out of thin air, and they work.
The main reason I know this, is that when I was in college, my Teachers would be pretty busy, and in one Class, there were just to many of us for one person to handle, and though he had an aide, he wasn't always there. In the times when it was just my Teacher, I actually helped out a lot.
I got a LOT of extra credit for doing so, and at the end of the semester, my grade was almost 190% out of 100%. (I almost had TWO As for a grade) and in general, whenever the Teacher went into something more advanced, and there were a lot of questions, I was able to help out and answer them a lot, and, after he saw me doing it, he'd let me do just about whatever I wanted in class.
I was literally allowed to sit in the back of the class with my Laptop playing DooM while he was teaching, and he had NO problem with that. He said as long as I was quiet or used Headphones, I could.
So I'd play DooM, play on AO, play with Shells, and whatever else. And I'd help more in the Security aspects of classes.
He used me as an example multiple times a week sometimes, and I helped him design class work we would do because I had actual experience in how to do some of it.
so yea I was actually able to keep my Temper under control simply by using humor. I do admit though; There were a few times I'd walk away and talk to a friend in class, because in one of them, two guys in there who sat next to each other, were dumb as a box of ****.
Everyone makes mistakes, just not the same one twice!.
I try to do that very thing; If I make a mistake, or I screw up, that's OK; If I do it again, it's probably my own fault. (I'm only saying "Probably" because there could be a theoretical situation where only knowing something once might not work heh).
There seems to be some semantics involved here?
I am no expert in this area, but my understanding is that a deauthentication attack only requires one successful connection and so would be a DoS.
However, the most obvious solution that many people would try is to move the access point(s) and client(s). They may not even know that they are being attacked, but this would work if it took them out of range/visibility.
In these circumstances a determined attacker might use several attacking devices surrounding the target. I guess that would possibly be regarded as a DDoS, but you could argue the toss given that only one of the attackers was actually causing the deauthentication?
I liked HYBR|D's solution but on a similar note I have a friend who simply disabled the wireless crap and reverted to good old Cat5/RJ45 connections. That worked for him, but I am not sure if he was being attacked or just getting interference.
My next suggestion would be some sort of Faraday cage. If no signals can get in or out of the WiFi zone, then no attacker will see you or be able to connect.
Another possibility is to use directional or line of sight connections. That seems to work for the military, but there again they have guns and will shoot anybody in the wrong colour uniform
Seriously though, that approach would greatly restrict the opportunity offered to a potential attacker when compared to omnidirectional connections.
Obviously, if you thwart such attacks you won't see the attacker unless you set up some sort of honeypot or surveillance equipment.
Just a few thoughts
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| Coach John Speraw huddles with the U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team during a World League match in Wichita, Kan.
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RENO, Nev. (June 25, 2013) – The U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team will face a surging team from Bulgaria in their FIVB World League matches on June 28-29 (7:30 p.m. PT both nights/ BUY TICKETS) at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nev.
Team USA, ranked fifth in the world, sits in third place with a 3-1 record after going 1-1 with Argentina (1-3 and 3-1) and 2-0 against France (3-0 and 3-2).
Bulgaria, ranked eighth in the world, has gone 2-0 against France (3-2 and 3-0) and 2-0 against Argentina (3-0 and 3-1) to share the lead in Pool A with Brazil (4-0).
"Bulgaria looks to be physical and experienced," U.S. Head Coach John Speraw (Irvine, Calif.) said. "They have at least a few guys who went to the Olympics last year.
"I'm happy we're playing them at home. It's during our Boys' Junior National Championships, so I'm excited for all the young players to come watch an international volleyball match."
After two straight weekends of World League play, the United States had the weekend of June 21 away from competition. Speraw said his young team spent the time watching video and working to improve.
The team the U.S. Men will bring to Reno will include five players from the 2012 team that took second in World League – Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.), David Lee (Alpine, Calif.), Rich Lambourne (Tustin, Calif.), Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.) and David Smith (Saugus, Calif.) – and went on to finish fifth at the Olympic Games in London. Two of those players – Lambourne and Lee – also competed on the 2008 team that won gold at both the FIVB World League and the Olympic Games in Beijing.
The European side is hungry to reach the medal stand in 2013 after placing fourth at both the 2012 World League and the 2012 Olympic Games.
Bulgaria's leading scorer thus far has been opposite Tsvetan Sokolov, a 2012 Olympian, who has 90 points on 77 spikes, seven blocks and six aces. Behind him is outside hitter Todor Aleksiev with 59 points on 49 spikes, eight blocks and two aces. Aleksiev's success percentage of 56.98 places him first among all spikers in World League.
Viktor Yosifov is Bulgaria's top blocker with a total of 12 and an average of .80 per set.
Outside hitter Matt Anderson is leading the U.S. in scoring with 68 points on 54 spikes, nine blocks and five aces. He is followed by outside hitter Paul Lotman with 48 points on 40 attacks, six blocks and two aces. Lotman's success percentage of 51.95 puts him ninth among all World League players.
Anderson and Lee lead the U.S. in blocking. Each has nine blocks and an average of .56 blocks per set.
U.S. libero Erik Shoji (Honolulu) is third among all World League players in digs with 36 and an average of 2.25 per set. Anderson leads all World League players in receiving with 87 excellent receptions, and three errors in 101 attempts for an efficiency percentage of 83.17.
For additional information on the U.S. Men's Volleyball National Team in FIVB World League action, click here. To view the FIVB World League home page, click here.
2013 U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team
12-Man Roster for FIVB World League on June 28-29 in Reno, Nev.
No. - Name (Position, Height, Hometown, College)
1 - Matt Anderson (OH, 6-10, West Seneca, N.Y., Penn State)
4 - David Lee (MB, 6-8, Alpine, Calif., Long Beach State)
5 - Rich Lambourne (L, 6-3, Tustin, Calif., BYU)
6 - Paul Lotman (OH, 6-7, Lakewood, Calif., Long Beach State)
7 - Kawika Shoji (S, 6-3, Honolulu, Hawaii, Stanford)
8 - Kyle Caldwell (S, 6-9, Newport Beach, Calif., UCLA)
9 - Murphy Troy (Opp, 6-8, St. Louis, Mo., Southern California)
15 - Carson Clark (Opp, 6-8, Santa Barbara, Calif., UC Irvine)
16 - Jayson Jablonsky (OH, 6-5, Yorba Linda, Calif., UC Irvine)
17 - Max Holt (MB, 6-10, Cincinnati, Ohio, Penn State)
20 - David Smith (MB, 6-7, Saugus, Calif., UC Irvine)
22 - Erik Shoji (L, 6-0, Honolulu, Hawaii, Stanford)
Head Coach: John Speraw (Irvine, Calif.)
Team Manager: Anton Willert (Berlin, Germany)
Assistant Coach: Matt Fuerbringer (Costa Mesa, Calif.)
Consultant Coach: Andrea Becker (Martinez, Calif.)
Consultant Coach: Art Garcia (Lakewood, Calif.)
Consultant Coach: Aric Anderson (Lakewood, Calif.)
Physiotherapist/Athletic trainer: Aaron Brock (Storm Lake, Iowa)
Doctor: Sherwin Ho (Chicago, Ill.)
2013 U.S. Men's World League Schedule
June 7: Argentina def. USA, 25-18, 25-21, 22-25, 26-24
June 8: USA def. Argentina, 22-25, 27-25, 25-19, 25-16
June 14: USA def. France, 25-15, 29-27, 25-16
June 15: USA def. France, 22-25, 25-22, 24-26, 30-28, 15-9
June 28-29: Bulgaria at USA, Reno Events Center in Reno, Nev. (7:30 p.m. PT both nights) BUY TICKETS
July 5: USA at Poland, Spodek in Katowice, Poland
July 7: USA at Poland, Centennial Hall in Wroclaw, Poland
July 13-14: USA at Brazil, Maracanazinho in Rio de Janeiro


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The terrorist attack on Sept. 11 should be the great American tragedy in my life, but it wasn't. I had no idea what was going on. My parents tell me I called it the "best day ever" because I got picked up early from kindergarten and my dad came home early from his job down the street from the U.S. Capitol. Apparently we sat in the living room and played board games all day. The TV and radio were off because my parents didn't want the news to scare my little brother and me.
But I don't remember any of those stories. My earliest memory of 9/11 is the one-year anniversary, when I was in first grade. My entire school stood in a circle on the soccer field around the American flag and we had a moment of silence. I didn't really understand what was going on or why what happened was such a big deal, but when I envision that moment in my mind, I see a bird's-eye view of 200 elementary school students surrounding an American flag and learning, for the first time, to blindly hope.
On Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 I walked into the newspaper room at my high school and saw the entire staff huddled around one computer: completely silent, learning, blindly hoping.
For me, the great American tragedy was when we learned that a gunman killed 27 victims and then himself — 20 of whom were young children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Sandy Hook is a school much like the one I attended when I was in first grade; where we held hands, prayed for an America safe from evil and blindly hoped.
The Sandy Hook massacre is a tragedy because I realize what happens when we just blindly hope.
It is a tragedy because I realize that evil is not just the faceless terrorist who grew up in a place far from the one he is attacking.
It is a tragedy because I realize that the gunman targeted young people just like the shooter at Columbine, Virginia Tech, Aurora, Colo., and so on.
We are the future, but not if we are the targets.
This event can be our rallying cry for gun control and better mental health care. Some of my best friends through BBYO live in Connecticut, and I can only imagine how the tragedy has hurt them. I want to act to not only prevent more horrors like this, but to also give my friends a sense of safety and closure.
Many of us are too young to vote, but voting is just one of many ways to articulate our political interests. We can write letters to our congressional representatives, sign petitions, advocate and educate others and ourselves.
The tragedy in Newtown not only can be, but should be, our rallying cry for gun control. A similar incident occurred in Port Arthur, Australia, in 1996: Martin Bryant ate his lunch then took out two military-style, semi-automatic rifles and killed 35 men, women and children. Following the attack, Australian Prime Minister John Howard banned all assault weapons, such as semi-automatic rifles, and enacted tough licensing and ownership controls. Since the implementation of the 1996 National Firearms Agreement, gun ownership and homicide from firearms has decreased.
A national tragedy forced Australia to implement strict laws on gun control. According to a Huffington Post/YouGov poll after the Newtown tragedy, 51 percent of those surveyed think gun control laws should be more strict. Twenty-nine percent think they should remain the same and 14 percent think they should be less strict. Like Australia, America wants change.
It was OK for us to blindly hope when we stood in a circle around the American flag in first grade, but we're too old now to put our fate in other people's hands. We can no longer close our eyes and hope someone else will voice our thoughts. We need to act. We need to talk and feel passionate and get angry and get sad and embrace these emotions so that we cannot sit back and wait.
I know that the Sandy Hook tragedy could be the tipping point of gun control laws. I also know that some say everything will settle down, that we will return to our lives and nothing will come of this. Maybe we'll remember Newtown once a year. Maybe we will stand in a circle around an American flag and blindly hope.
But maybe this is our rallying cry. Maybe out of our sadness, anger and fear we open our eyes, become aware and create movement and proactive change regarding gun control and the treatment of mental health illnesses.
Faceless terrorists scare me. Burning buildings scare me. Evil gunmen scare me. But what scares me most of all is the idea that the only reaction from Newtown will be blind hope.


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Uranerz Energy: Developing Uranium Projects in Wyoming
Relatively speaking, it's not saying much, but Wyoming's Powder River Basin is presently the largest uranium producing area in the United States. Cameco's (NYSE: CCJ) Smith Ranch produces over one million pounds of uranium oxide, more than one-third of U.S. uranium production. Because the spot uranium price has now surpassed $50/pound, more uranium development companies expect to profitably produce uranium in Wyoming. Uranerz Energy (Amex: URZ) has initiated environmental licensing and mine planning on two properties, which could make the company one of the leading junior uranium producers in this state. It would also bring more attention to uranium companies bringing their U.S. projects online.Investors generally miss the boat when evaluating the junior uranium companies. While many accept the fact that only a handful of companies should be producing uranium by 2010, very few understand U.S. and foreign utilities have been negotiating to buy this uranium from companies which have not yet permitted those properties to be mined. Of course, after these announcements are made, the stocks would likely soar if the spot uranium price is sustained above $50/pound. Many of these uranium development projects are reportedly economic at sub-$40/pound uranium. Last week, CIBC World Market set a price target of $70/pound on spot uranium for 2008, which should help boost the sector.Uranerz Energy is an excellent benchmark for other uranium companies. When we met with the company's Chief Executive Glenn Catchpole in Cheyenne this past February, he explained his company would be building a "Chevrolet" sort of in situ operation, not a Cadillac. In other words, he would construct an inexpensive, but functional, solution mining facility. These facilities, called in situ leach (ISL) mining or more correctly in situ recovery (ISR) operations, are basically water treatment plants. Oxygenated water is pumped through the sandstone to dislodge the trapped uranium. The uranium is recovered and then processed in a nearby facility. Catchpole believes his company can build an ISR plant for about $10 million, possibly less.He told us in August his company has an indicated uranium resource on the Hank and Nichols Ranch properties in excess of 13 million pounds of uranium oxide. Both properties are located in Wyoming's Powder River Basin. Drilling this past summer confirmed the historically known uranium resource along about 8,500 feet of strike length. The drilling apparently found an additional uranium-mineralized horizon. Before Uranerz issued its news release in August, the company staked another 54 federal mining claims in the immediate area. After thirteen holes were drilled on its Hank property, of which nine encountered uranium mineralization, Uranerz staked or leased another 840 acres near this property. Again, this drilling confirmed historical data. Developments on both properties bode well for the company's prospects.Investors should separate the junior uranium exploration companies, of which there are about three hundred worldwide, from those which are developing uranium projects in the United States. During the last uranium boom, in the 1970s, major U.S. oil companies spent hundreds of millions of dollars in exploration drilling and delineating uranium deposits. After Three Mile Island, the sector went into a 25-year depression and the oil companies got out of the business. A few industry insiders, such as Catchpole, picked up those nearly developed uranium properties for a song.A global nuclear renaissance has revived the hopes for many juniors, which means there are too many with too little. We focused on those developing resources, which were in the planning stages before the drought arrived. Quietly, Uranerz Energy assembled its U.S. portfolio, farming out its Canadian and Mongolian uranium exploration prospects to others, who would pay the freight for a potential discovery. As with three similar Wyoming-based uranium companies we've been tracking – Strathmore Minerals, UR-Energy and Energy Metals, Uranerz is moving quickly toward commercially mining uranium. Others are still looking for a deposit, and many investors don't realize the last major uranium discovery was about 20 years ago. That one should go into production next year.Trying to shake further data out of Glenn Catchpole borders upon frustration. He is "old school" uranium, which means he just goes ahead with his mining project and talks very little about it. In an August telephone conversation, Uranerz chairman Dennis Higgs laughed about how little Catchpole will tell even him about the company's properties. Having worked as a senior executive with Uranerz Exploration, before it was acquired by Cameco, Catchpole was once general manager of Cameco's Inkai solution mining project in Kazakhstan. He brought with him many of the senior executives and technical team from the old Uranerz. For example, the company's chief operating officer, George Hartman, was the mines manager for Westinghouse's Wyoming Mineral Corporation and has spent more than 35 years in the uranium and minerals sector.If one is looking for chatty, Uranerz is the wrong place to look. We hounded Catchpole for a number of months with emails and phone calls for some sort of update on his project. At first, he told us he was developing something in Wyoming. As we got to know him better, he told us it was somewhere in the Powder River Basin. We discovered, as did everyone else, how valuable his projects might become in an early August news release. The company's website is just as secretive. This sentence describes the company's Wyoming projects: "Based on Uranerz management's in-situ recovery mining experience in the Powder River Basin, the Company feels that it has sufficient critical mass in terms of mineable uranium resources to begin commercial environmental permitting and mine development planning."Why would anyone put up with this? Our conversations around the uranium sector confirmed what we suspected about Uranerz Energy. Glenn Catchpole is credible. He may be quiet, but he knows how to bring a project into commercial operation. We got the nod from Wyoming's Department of Environmental Quality land manager that Catchpole gets the job done right. With a $10 to $30 profit spread per pound of uranium, Uranerz Energy could very well deliver promising future earnings.According to Catchpole, Uranerz hopes to begin commercial operations sometime in 2008. That may be subject to change, but that is probably the same ballpark date UR-Energy has been talking about. Strathmore Minerals may start around the same timeframe. Energy Metals is concentrating their primary efforts in Texas, but the company did establish an office in Casper, Wyoming's largest city, which is also near the Powder River Basin.What all of this adds up to is this: Uranerz and its Wyoming competitors could uplift U.S. uranium production. At this writing, U.S. utility consumption of uranium outpaces U.S. uranium production by a factor of more than 20 to 1. While we hear the mantra of breaking U.S. dependence on foreign oil, U.S. utilities are at the mercy of foreign-mined uranium. At this time, about one-half of this uranium comes from dismantled Russian nuclear warheads. This ends in 2013 when the US-Russian HEU (highly enriched uranium) swords-for-plowshares deal is terminated. U.S. utilities will be scrambling to fill the gap. 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(AP) — Wanted on an international warrant for alleged war crimes, Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda lived openly in Congo for years, playing tennis at exclusive clubs and dining at lakeside restaurants in full view of foreign diplomats and U.N. peacekeepers.
That all ended when the 39-year-old known as "The Terminator" suddenly turned himself in Monday to the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda and asked to be handed over to the International Criminal Court — a surprise move that followed a split in Ntaganda's rebel group and apparent loss of support from his backers in the Rwandan government.
"My best guess is that his options came down to go to The Hague or be killed," Tony Gambino, the former director of USAID in Congo, said of the about-face by Ntaganda, one of Africa's most-wanted men.
In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Tuesday that Ntaganda would remain at the U.S. Embassy in Kigali while U.S. officials worked to "facilitate his transfer to The Hague at his own request."
Noting that Rwanda's Justice Ministry had promised safe passage, she said, "now it's a matter of working out the modalities, and that's going to take a little time."
Ntaganda, an ethnic Tutsi, was first indicted in 2006 by the ICC for allegedly building an army of child soldiers during a 2002-2003 conflict in Congo's eastern Ituri province. A second arrest warrant issued last July accused him of a range of crimes, including murder, rape, sexual slavery and pillaging.
Those who until recently fought alongside him say that Ntaganda fled Congo over the weekend after his men lost a key battle against fighters who split off last month from his M23 rebel movement.
Ntaganda was long believed to have been backed by Rwanda, which provided financial and logistical support to the ethnic Tutsi rebels he commanded in Congo's mineral-rich east.
After the rebels seized the Congolese city of Goma in November, U.N. investigators issued a day-by-day outline of the invasion, detailing how Rwanda equipped, trained, advised, reinforced and directly commanded the rebellion, including sending four companies from Rwanda's 305th brigade across the border to conduct operations.
Rwanda has fiercely denied the accusations, but several countries including the United States and Britain cut off aid to Congo's smaller, but more developed neighbor as a result.
Ntaganda became more vulnerable last month when the M23 split into two camps over the decision to bow to international pressure and withdraw from Goma late last year.
Ntaganda and another rebel leader, Jean-Marie Runiga, had opposed any pullout, but a rebel general, Sultani Makenga, ordered a retreat and initiated peace talks with the Congo government.
After entering Rwanda in the pre-dawn hours Saturday, Ntaganda tried to reach out to his backers in the Rwandan army, said Stanislas Baleke, a political official in the M23 movement who has links to Ntaganda. "But once he was in Rwanda they told him they could not guarantee his security," Baleke said.
Ntaganda was then told by his Rwandan contacts to go to the U.S. Embassy, he said, noting that the United States is not a member of the International Criminal Court and has no obligation to hand Ntaganda over to the court.
Nuland said the U.S. had no prior contact with Ntaganda or advance notice that he would turn up at the embassy. "It was a walk-in in the truest sense of the word," she said.
She declined to say why he chose the U.S. Embassy or whether he may have feared for his safety.
"I'm going to let him speak to his motives," she said. "He has now asked to go The Hague. That's a good thing we're trying to facilitate."
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The family of a 77-year-old woman dragged from her car during a traffic stop by police in Texas says a formal apology and anger-management training for the officer is needed to make things right, NBCDFW.com reported.
Lynn Bedford's videotaped arrest has gone viral, sparking opinions across the country. The video shows Sgt. Gene Geheb pulling Bedford, of Cleburne, from her sports utility vehicle after she did not hand over her license and refused to get out of the vehicle.
Her granddaughter, Aubrey McQue, sought the video from Keene police and made it public.
"There was 19 seconds from when he first initially asked her for her driver's license to when he laid his hands on her -- 19 seconds," she said.
The video shows that the officer requested Bedford's license four times before telling her that he would take her to jail if she did not give it to him.
After Bedford told him, "Well, go ahead," he opened her car door, grabbed her arm and asked her to step out of the vehicle 10 times. He pulled her from the vehicle after she said, "I will not."
McQue said the officer's use of force was excessive.
"The video does speak for itself," she said. "Not once did she refuse to give her driver's license to him. She said, 'I'll give it to you in a minute,' and no patience was afforded to her. He controlled the entire situation, and he made it go in the direction it did. He let it escalate; he controlled that."
The officer said he stopped Bedford after he clocked her going 66 mph in a 50-mph zone. The family is not disputing the speeding citation but is fighting the charge of failure to present a driver's license.
McQue said her grandmother was speeding because she had a bladder infection and needed to get to a bathroom. The road her grandmother was on did not have a public bathroom in sight, she said.
Cop drags woman, 77, from car after ID refusal
McQue said manners and common sense on the part of the officer would have resulted in a different outcome.
"I know from experience from senior citizens and elderly people that they don't have to move faster," she said. "They take a more leisurely pace to do things, and that's the respect afforded them because they've lived so long."
Keene city administrator Bill Guinn, who has known the family for 30 years, said he called after hearing about the incident and offered to arrange a sit-down meeting with the police department.
The Bedfords have declined. The family retained an attorney but said they don't plan a lawsuit at this time.
"I feel badly for what happened, but that's the way it happened," Guinn said. "It's not the way we want anyone to feel about Keene or to see Keene. Keene is a great town, but there are these things that happen."
Sleepless and tearful
Bedford's family said this has never happened to her before. Since the video became public, her home phone constantly rings, and she hasn't slept. The family said Bedford is embarrassed, feeling like her life has been reduced to a video and Internet opinion polls about her as a person.
McQue said she was speaking on Bedford's behalf because her grandmother can't talk about the incident without crying.
"An apology would be nice, because she really is embarrassed by this -- that people think that she's a criminal. She's not a criminal," she said.
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Keene residents said they have noticed that Bedford's arrest is getting national attention.
"I have people call me from Chicago, one from Michigan, so I'm getting phone calls from people wanting to know what's going on in Keene," Dan Roberts said.
He said that everyone in town has their own opinion.
"I watched the video, and I think she was wrong," Roberts said. "She should've handed over her driver's license and ID, and it would've been all over."
But Rachel Jessup disagreed.
"More are siding with her because she's a 77-year-old lady," she said. "People feel bad for her."
"He's a cop," she said. "You expect police officers to be rational and handle situations in a more mature way."
NBC 5's Amanda Guerra contributed to this report.
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
Netanyahu vs. Advocates of Civil War
In 1948, Ben-Gurion ordered Yitzchak Rabin to open fire on the Irgun's Altalena ship carrying much needed weapons for the security of Israel, as it approached the shores of Tel-Aviv. Rabin then brutally ordered his troops to fire at the unarmed Jewish survivors swimming to shore, many of whom were Holocaust survivors. 19 Jews were murdered. Rabin never expressed any remorse for his actions -- in fact he relished in the murder, proudly saying in Washington DC when he was Israel's Ambassador to the USA, "we screwed them on the boat, and then we screwed them as they swam to shore." (source)
The proverbial artillery cannon which shot at the Altalena was named the "Holy Cannon"...and became a central theme in Ben-Gurion's legacy.
In response to the violence in the Shomron a few days, the ideological children of Ben-Gurion's "Holy Cannon" have called for shooting settlers.
"Too bad the IDF didn't arrest anyone; too bad they didn't shoot; too bad they didn't react." --MK Binyamin Ben-Eliezer (Labor) Wednesday, 14/12/2011
Where is he, the Holy Cannon, when we urgently need him? Where are those who claim to be the students of Ben-Gurion, and those who carry on his legacy? --Yossi Sarid Haaretz, Thursday, 15/12/2011
Defense Minister Ehud Barak Wednesday morning said the legal possibility of classifying the "hilltop youth" group of young radical settlers as a terrorist group, saying "as far as their behavior is concerned, there is no doubt that we are talking about terrorists." (JPost)
And why do Ehud Barak, Ben-Eliezer or Yossi Sarid never call the weekly violent protests by Israeli leftists and anarchists are Biyalin or Yaalin, in which over 110 IDF soldiers and border policemen have been wounded -- the work of "terrorists"... and they reserve the use of their holiest of canons, and reserve the use of deadly force, only at settlers?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's response:
He accepts the recommendations of the internal security minister and the justice minister for dealing with far-Right activists rioting in the West Bank -- that they be tried in military court, but rejected a recommendation to define the Hilltop Youth as a terror organization. (YNET)
Defining "Hilltop Youth" as a terror organization is ludicrous (there is no such organization called the "hilltop youth"), yet the statement is clear: Jewish ideological violence against Jews is not terrorism. Violence is wrong and should be punished to the full extent of the law, but it is not terrorism. You don't shoot to kill other Jews because that leads to a civil war.
Netanyahu learned one lesson right from Menachem Begin, who said there should never be a civil war in Israel.
Unfortunately, Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak and MKs from the Labor party would be more than happy to mow down settlers with Ben-Gurion's "Holy Cannon."
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5 comments:
- Avinoam said...
Ben-Gurion's exact words were:
"Blessed be the bullets that killed these enemies of Israel. The cannon that destroyed the Altalena is a holy gun, and should be placed in the temple."
I find it difficult to conceive of a Jew, much less a leader, speaking such vile words.
(BTW, please correct your spelling - it's "cannon")
- 5:50 AM, December 16, 2011
As I was driving to work on Thursday, I heard some of these tirades. I turned off the radio in disgust. These tirades should be kept as 5-second sound-bytes, ready to be recalled at election time.
- 1:41 PM, December 16, 2011
Hopefully, some reasonable people can use this opportunity to learn how to not treat people with double standards, and what the correct way forward is.
As rav Tzvi Yehuda said /wrote, you have to treat the minorities with an abundant about of Chesed, for they suffer being a minority.
- 11:29 AM, December 18, 2011
Could you imagine if a rabbi had said that the bullet that killed Rabin z"l is a "holy bullet"? It's not exaggeration to say that he would probably be arrested for incitement.
I'm not Heaven forbid suggesting that it was good to kill Rabin. I'm just pointing out the gross double standard exercised against the right.
- 9:56 AM, December 19, 2011
- nishamo said...
From Ben Hecht's "A child of the century":
"Blessed be the bullets that killed these enemies of Israel", he (B-G) said. "The cannon that destroyed the Altalena is a holy gun and should be placed in the temple."
Barak may be assured that useful idiots will pray to his idol in this temple. The rest of us will spit on his corrections and keep the truth alive. One of victimd murdered by order of B-G was heroic Abram Stavsky who will always precede B-G on pages of spoken Truth.
The real reason for Altalena affair and B-G hatred of Irgun in general and people of Stavsky stature in particular was in fear to loose power in even field. He didn't want even field. And he was ready to kill fellow-Jews to slant it.
It's the same reason that make power hungry Left to call for blood now. They will never resolve the conflict with Arabs in any meaningful way while clinging to power - to slant the field.
- 9:51 AM, December 28, 2011


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SlimTimer integration into Trac
Notice: This plugin is unmaintained and available for adoption.
The plugin allows a group of users to be defined by Trac username and SlimTimer login providing some basic group sharing of SlimTimer tasks. SlimTimer is an external time tracking application.
Key features:
- Create SlimTimer tasks from Trac tickets.
- Set hours in Trac tickets, such as the 'totalhours' field of the TimingAndEstimationPlugin, based on SlimTimer data.
- Back up SlimTimer data to an external database.
There are two parts to its operation: synchronisation and reporting.
When a Trac ticket enters the assigned state, ie it is accepted by someone, TracSlimTimer creates a corresponding task in SlimTimer. The ID of the SlimTimer task is then recorded with the Trac ticket as a custom field:
More generally, synchronisation occurs when:
- a ticket is assigned. Note that it is not just sufficient to put a name in the "assigned to" field. The assigned person also needs to accept the ticket before it enters the assigned state. Until then the ticket is in the "new" state.
- a ticket is closed.
- a ticket is reopened.
- a ticket is deleted.
- any of the following fields is changed while the ticket is in the assigned or reopened state:
- summary
- keywords
- milestone
The following synchronisation is performed:
- When tickets are assigned or reopened a corresponding task in SlimTimer is created if it does not already exist.
- When a SlimTimer task is created the SlimTimer ID is stored in a custom field of the Trac ticket.
- When a ticket is closed in Trac the corresponding task is marked as complete in SlimTimer.
- When a ticket is reopened in Trac the corresponding task is marked as incomplete in SlimTimer.
- When a ticket is deleted in Trac the corresponding task is marked as complete in SlimTimer.
- The name of the SlimTimer task is composed of the Trac ticket ID followed by the trac summary, e.g. " #40: Plan & co-ordinate 0.4 release"
- The tags of the SlimTimer task will include the Trac milestone and keywords.
- The coworkers of the SlimTimer task will include all the users configured in the TracSlimTimer module who have the "default CC/coworker" property selected and any users listed in Trac's CC field.
- The total hours recorded in SlimTimer are stored in the Trac ticket using the custom field 'totalhours' for compatibility with the TimingAndEstimationPlugin.
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Basic settings
Reporting options
User configuration
Supported Versions
This plugin will currently only work with Trac 0.10 because ClearSilver templates are provided. It will not work with Genshi.
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Art Collection
As an antiquarian, Leon Tsoukernik is also a big fan of art. Parts of his private collection are exhibited at King's.
Numerous paintings draw the visitors' attention like one of the exhibition's jewels: the "Daimler Motorkutsche und Benz Patent-Motorwagen" by Andy Warhol. What is more, "The Radimsky", our restaurant is named after the Czech impressionist, Václav Radimský, whose works are also displayed in the casino.
Beside the permanent exhibitions, additional artists will be able to get temporary exposure at the King's Casino & Hotel. Don't miss these amazing art pieces!


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Entered keyword "age and ageing" yielded 140 results.
Authors: Večerník, Jiří
The interconnection between economic hardship and political attitudes is analyzed in four East-Central European countries. Two explanatory keys to recent left-turns – the "relative deprivation" and "entitlements" theses – are examined. Financia...
Rural and Urban Differences in Economic Experiences, Anxiety and Support for the Post-communist Reforms in the Czech and Slovak Republics
Authors: Hraba, Joseph, Allan McCutcheon, Jiří Večerník
The economic experiences and economic anxiety of rural and urban residents of the Czech and Slovak Republics during the postcommunist reforms are compared and related to their support for the reforms. The analysis is based on five national surveys, 1992–1996, collected by t...
The Chinese 'silk road' of threats and opportunities in the void between the EU strategy, CEE interests and the citizens
This article was published on personal blog of scientist Emilija Tudzarovska Gjorgjievska.
The Chinese 'silk road' of threats and opportunities in the void between the EU strategy, CEE interests and the citizens
This article was published on personal blog of scientist Emilija Tudzarovska Gjorgjievska.
Eliška Drápalová: Varieties of Performance of Local Governments across New and Old Democracies: Germany, Spain, Czech Republic and Romania
23. 2. 2017
Sociologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., a katedra sociologie Institutu sociologických studií FSV UK si Vás dovolují pozvat na jarní cyklu Čtvrtečních sociologických seminářů.
Authors: Večerník, Jiří
The beginning of the economic transition in all post-communist countries has caused a number of social problems. First, price liberalization has led to a general decrease in the purchasing power of incomes and thus has made an increasing part of the population vulnerable to pover...
Housing policy and housing finance in the Czech Republic during transition. An example of the schism between the still-living past and the need of reform
Authors: Lux, Martin
The book contains a description and evaluation of the housing system reform in the Czech Republic constituting part of the transition from centrally planned to market economy. It addresses two goals: to evaluate housing subsidy reforms by applying improved methods of welfare econ...
Economics and Strategic Management of Local Public Services in Central Europe: Towards multidisciplinary analysis of infrastructure and service costs
Authors: Marcin Baron, Artur Ochojski, Adam Polko, Katarzyna Warzecha, Martin Šimon
The study challenges cost analysis of local public service across countries of Central Europe. The relations of economic features and demographic change characteristics have been investigated. Central Europe Programme co-financed the initiative as its strategic project...
Public Opinion Research Centre, Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Jilská 1, 110 00 Prague 1, Czech Republic tel./fax: +420 286 840 129, +420 210 310 5
Authors: Fialová, Kamila
This article explores the development of part-time employment in Central and Eastern Europe and compares it to Western Europe. On the macro level it examines the role of the business cycle and its effect on part-time employment in the two groups of countries since 2001. The key r...
9. 5. 2018 - 11. 5. 2018
To reflect and critically respond on the processes of financialization of housing across European countries the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Housing and Family Dynamics Working Group under European Network for Housing Research (ENHR) invite early-ca...
9. 5. 2018 - 11. 5. 2018
To reflect and critically respond on the processes of financialization of housing across European countries the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Housing and Family Dynamics Working Group under European Network for Housing Research (ENHR) invite early-ca...
New Innovative Solutions to Adapt Governance and Management of Public infrastructures to Demographic Change: E-book for tackling infrastructure costs in shrinking regions
Authors: Tomay Kyra, Lea Kőszeghy, Lívia Kelenné Török, Martin Šimon
The e-book is especially targeted to practitioners at the local and regional level who face demographic change (ageing, population shrinking, selective migration) in their everyday work, or will be possibly exposed to such changes in the future. Information provided in the e-book...
Authors: Večerník, Jiří
Social report which informs about the development during the two decades in the fields of employment and social policies, earnings and income inequalities, social structures with attention to the situation of the middle class, pensioners and the poor, and socio-economic values wi...
Authors: Večerník, Jiří
This book examines the income distributional experience of fifteen developed economies over the past two decades. It considers the effects on the inequality of household income of the development of individual earnings, unemployment, inflation, public sector transfers and taxes,...
Authors: Hála, Jaroslav, Aleš Kroupa, Jaroslav Kux, Zdenka Mansfeldová, Petra Rakušanová
This contribution attempts to evaluate the possibilities of entry into the EMU considering the background of economical development, the political situation and developments in the systems and capacity of industrial relations in the Czech Republic, and considers the role of the m...
Authors: Večerník, Jiří
A large documentation of statistical and sociological surveys is used in this book to present a plastic picture of the transition in the Czech Republic "from below" i.e. as experienced by individuals and households. Other East-Central European and the EU countries serve as a comp...
Housing Affordability in Czech Regions and Demographic Behaviour – Does Housing Affordability Impact Fertility?
Authors: Kostelecký, Tomáš, Vobecká, Jana
The article examines the relationship between housing affordability and fertility in the Czech Republic after 1989. An analysis of national data suggests that improving housing affordability might be a factor behind the rise of fertility that has been observed since the beginning...
Authors: Benáček, Vladimír, Eva Michalíková
The study aims to analytically interlink the optics of individuals and households and focus on their demographic and socio-economic behaviour since 1989 in the Czech Republic, and compare these observations with other EU countries, primarily those of Central Eastern Europe (CEE)....
The Disappointed and Disgruntled. A Study of the Return in the 1990s of Czech Emigrants from the Communist Era
Authors: Nešpor, Zdeněk R.
The article provides a strong theoretical basis for a study of Czech emigration to the West and the return of the emigrants in the 1990s, which spreads from P. Berger´s and T. Luckmann´s theory of socialization, and compares it with a point of view of socio-economics,...


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Used as an intensifier after a question word (who, what, where, when, why, and how) to express extreme confusion, surprise, or aggravation. Often erroneously written or pronounced as "in Sam Hell." Primarily heard in US. And just how in Sam Hill am I supposed to have three reports done by 9 AM tomorrow? Where in the Sam Hill did you find that rusty old car? Who in Sam Hill is making all that noise?
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UBS reports a fourth quarter profit of CHF 1,205 million
Zurich/Basel, 9 February 2010 - Commenting on UBS's fourth quarter 2009 results, Group CEO Oswald J. Grübel said: "We entered 2009 at the height of the crisis. By the end of 2009 UBS has returned to profitability, delivering on its priorities. We have taken decisive action to transform UBS, and it is now a focused, efficient and resilient firm. We expect that our return to profitability will increase clients' confidence in UBS and restore our reputation."
Fourth quarter 2009 profit of CHF 1,205 million
UBS reports a fourth quarter net profit attributable to UBS shareholders of CHF 1,205 million (net loss of CHF 564 million in the third quarter).
Wealth Management & Swiss Bank's pre-tax profit was up 40% to CHF 1,109 million from CHF 792 million, mainly due to lower personnel expenses and the effect of other related cost reduction measures. Revenues were broadly flat compared with the third quarter.
Wealth Management Americas recorded a 62% increase in pre-tax profit to CHF 178 million from CHF 110 million on slightly higher revenues. This improvement primarily reflects a non-recurring interest income credit, increased fee income and lower personnel expenses.
Global Asset Management's pre-tax profit rose to CHF 284 million from CHF 130 million as lower revenues were more than offset by lower personnel expenses.
The Investment Bank recorded a pre-tax profit of CHF 297 million compared with a pre-tax loss of CHF 1,370 million. Fourth quarter 2009 saw a broader market slowdown, lower volumes and more limited trading opportunities which affected revenues from the equities and fixed income, currencies and commodities (FICC) areas of the Investment Bank. The investment banking department saw an increase in revenues compared with the prior quarter. An own credit charge of CHF 24 million on financial liabilities designated at fair value was included in the fourth quarter result, compared with a charge of CHF 1,436 million in the third quarter. Credit loss expenses were down to CHF 70 million from CHF 243 million. Operating expenses decreased due to lower accruals for variable compensation.
The Corporate Center's pre-tax result from continuing operations was negative CHF 956 million compared with negative CHF 255 million. The fourth quarter result included the reallocation of negative revenues to the Corporate Center from the Investment Bank, due to changes in the calculation of own credit from prior periods.
Fourth quarter 2009 results include a CHF 480 million tax credit mainly attributable to the revaluation of deferred tax assets, principally in the US.
Business division performance: 4Q09 vs 3Q09
Reporting by business division
Full-year 2009 results
Net loss attributable to shareholders decreased to CHF 2,736 million for full-year 2009 from CHF 21,292 million in 2008. Adjusted for the items below, the underlying pre-tax profit for 2009 was CHF 1.4 billion. In 2009, the biggest negative accounting impact came from losses on own credit on financial liabilities designated at fair value. These own credit losses were driven by the improved perception of UBS's creditworthiness during 2009, which was a positive development but led to a net charge of CHF 2.0 billion. The other items were a loss in relation to the closing of the UBS Pactual sale (CHF 1.4 billion), restructuring charges (CHF 0.8 billion) and a gain on the mandatory convertible notes formerly held by the Swiss Confederation and converted in August 2009 (CHF 0.3 billion).
Net new money and invested assets
Wealth Management & Swiss Bank Outflows of net new money were CHF 33.2 billion in fourth quarter 2009 compared with CHF 16.7 billion in the prior quarter. Invested assets of CHF 22.8 billion were affected by the Italian tax amnesty, of which CHF 14.3 billion were retained within UBS. Total net new money outflows from Swiss clients were CHF 5.9 billion compared with CHF 3.9 billion, with the corporate and institutional clients business recording net new money inflows. Net new money outflows for international clients were CHF 27.3 billion compared with CHF 12.9 billion. The Asia Pacific region showed positive net new money in the fourth quarter.
Wealth Management Americas The fourth quarter saw net new money outflows of CHF 12.0 billion compared with net new money outflows of CHF 9.9 billion in third quarter 2009. These were affected by financial advisor attrition and limited recruitment of experienced financial advisors. Invested assets per financial advisor have increased during the quarter and remain amongst the highest in the industry.
Global Asset Management Net new money outflows were CHF 11.0 billion in the fourth quarter compared with CHF 10.0 billion in the prior quarter. Excluding money market flows, net new money outflows were CHF 5.7 billion compared with CHF 2.3 billion. Institutional net new money outflows were CHF 3.8 billion compared with CHF 1.2 billion. Excluding money market flows, institutional net new money outflows were CHF 3.6 billion, compared with net inflows of CHF 1.4 billion. Outflows of wholesale intermediary net new money slowed to CHF 7.2 billion from CHF 8.8 billion. Excluding money market flows, wholesale intermediary outflows slowed to CHF 2.1 billion from CHF 3.7 billion.
Invested assets stood at CHF 2,233 billion on 31 December 2009, compared with CHF 2,258 billion on 30 September 2009. They were impacted by the abovementioned net new money outflows as well as negative currency translation effects, and were partially offset by positive market movements. Of the invested assets, CHF 960 billion were attributable to Wealth Management & Swiss Bank, CHF 690 billion were attributable to Wealth Management Americas and CHF 583 billion were attributable to Global Asset Management. Compared with year-end 2008, UBS's invested assets increased 3% from CHF 2,174 billion.
Capital base and balance sheet
On 31 December 2009, UBS's BIS tier 1 ratio stood at 15.4%, up from 15.0% on 30 September 2009. During the fourth quarter, risk-weighted assets (RWA) decreased 2% to CHF 207 billion, and BIS tier 1 capital increased by CHF 0.2 billion to CHF 31.8 billion.
UBS reduced its balance sheet by a further CHF 136 billion during the fourth quarter and held total assets of CHF 1,341 billion on 31 December 2009. The size of the balance sheet was reduced by 33% and risk-weighted assets were down 32% compared with 31 December 2008 as exposures to residual risk positions were significantly reduced.
In the coming quarters, UBS expects to see the effects of the progress it has made in improving operating efficiency, reducing risk, and rebuilding and re-focusing its businesses. UBS is confident that the measures it is taking to address the causes of client asset outflows will be effective, but in the immediate future still expects to report outflows, with some pressure on margins. The Investment Bank's results always depend heavily on market vitality, and client activity levels have been high in January. Although UBS cannot predict how long this attractive trading environment will continue, it expects that the Investment Bank's performance for 2010 as a whole will improve, in part because its residual risk positions should have a much reduced impact on results.


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It's been a long time coming, but finally Nike has teamed up with Polar for a wearable heart-rate monitor that works with the Nike+ SportBand and iPod Sport Kit.
Worn around the chest, the Polar WearLink+ sends the heart-rate to the Nike+ kit, which is then transferred to the NikePlus.com service for tracking against all the other stats. So now you'll know just how hard your little heart is working when you're jogging those 15kms.
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Wow. And not in a good way. Marie Claire has bough in to the Mother Dirt sales pitch wholesale. Here are some quotes form an article by Roxanne Adamiyatt published today in Marie Claire (see Probiotic Mist - Cleansing Body Mist)
"Like Febreze for your body, Mother Dirt's AO + Mist is a live probiotic spray that restores essential bacteria to our microbiomes. How? In short, the ammonia-oxidizing bacteria works to consume sweat on your body and turn it into a beneficial byproduct your skin can use."Ugh. No that is just not true. This is what the people from Mother Dirt may claim. But I have yet to see any evidence for this.
And then there is
"For example, if you were to use this formula on your face, the "good" bacteria in the mist would consume the ammonia (which raises pH) and restore balance to the skin i.e. it would become less sensitive, dry, or oily. And it's not just your face and body that can benefit from a reset spritz. You can use it in your hair too."Ugh again.
And then the president of Mother Dirt is quoted
According to Jasmina Aganovic, president of Mother Dirt, it can help you go longer between washes. "The bacteria converts your sweat into byproducts your skin can use and with that, you're restoring a microorganism that once naturally existed on the scalp," she explains.And there is more
You can also use AO+ as a quick post-workout fix as the good bacteria will consume the ammonia and urea in your sweat, AKA food for body odor.And
So whether it's balancing your skin, helping you prolong a blowout, or functioning as a deodorant, AO+ is working overtime to keep your hygiene in check...even if you're not. So we can't imagine something more useful to have on hand for summer.I normally would not go the next step but I think it may be needed here - is it time to ask if Marie Claire is getting any money from Mother Dirt for this advertisement?
And for presenting the spray from Mother Dirt as proven to do things without presenting any evidence, I am giving Marie Claire a coveted Overselling the Microbiome Award.
Update: 5/1/2017 8:50 PM
But wait. A little search of the Maria Claire web site pulled up another advertisement for Mother Dirt that is pretending to be an actual article:
Is Bacteria the Secret to Healthy Skin? by Renee Saleh in 2016.
In this article, the author basically reports on PR from Mother Dirt as though it is factual. For example consider this:
Take acne, for example. Aganovic, who has a degree in chemical and biological engineering from MIT, has studied the presence of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (a key component of the Mother Dirt product line) in both Western and aboriginal communities. She found that there were almost no acne cases in the aboriginal communities of Paraguay and New Guinea. These communities also shared the universal presence ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in skin cultures. In Western communities, however, acne occurs in 80 percent of adolescents, and there is less than a one percent occurrence of detectable ammonia-oxidizing bacteria on the skin. The absence of this type of bacteria in the West can be traced to the ingredients found in common household soaps and cleansers—and the decrease in time we spend in the great outdoors.


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I recently had a lengthy email correspondence with another transplanted Logan County native. We have different backgrounds and no ancestors in common but when we started talking our ancestors, collaterals and their families brushed at so many spots that I learned new things.
This indicates to me it would be worthwhile to expand our somewhat limited view and see what turns up.
If you have any connection to these lines or think you might – or know anything that might be interesting – I want to hear from you.
This is my maternal grandfather's direct male line [with spouses]. This is what is used for most DNA, which will come up later.
Ellis Downing [1888-1978] m L. Ethel Ryan [1892-1975]
William H. Downing [1863-1903] m. Eliza S. Harding [1869-1942]
William N. Downing [1839-1865] m. Delilah J. Downing [1842-1909]
Samuel Downing [1794-1866] m. Margaret Matthews [1797-1836] m. Mary Matthews Day [1800-1847]
George Downing [1867-1848] m. Elizabeth Bennett [1772-1802] m. Winifred Downing [1778-1841]
Timothy Downing [c 1744-c 1800] m. unknown m. Mary Chenoweth [1749-after 1791]
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Samuel Downing came to Logan County with his second wife Mary Matthews. Samuel was born in Maryland, lived many years in Ohio and came to Illinois. Mary was born in Ohio. Samuel's first wife Margaret was Mary's sister. Samuel's brother Thomas, members of his assorted families and various members of the Matthews family also came to Logan County. According to family history John Matthews, father of Margaret, Mary and others, was born in Ulster, Ireland. This is important.
Samuel's father and grandfather were also born in Maryland.
Note that there are two Downing-Downing marriages. Delilah is the daughter of Robert, son of John, all of Logan County. John came from "Virginia" which, at the time, could be about anywhere. Before his father James he is a blank.
Winifred is the daughter of Joseph, another Downing line living in Pike County, Ohio, but Joseph came there from Maryland. Before that he is a blank.
To the best of anyone's knowledge and all research to date, these three lines are not related.
Enter DNA. DNA testing indicates that all three [and one or two others tested] have a common ancestor back about the above Timothy's grandfather. This totally ruins my theory that they came by UFO, a theory which conveniently explains some relatives.
Further, testing indicates they came from Ulster. It appears likely, from research in yet another DNA matched line which my ancestors did not marry, that this common ancestor came in through District 96, South Carolina. This will come up again. Sarah Kirby and Humphrey Scroggin were married there. But that's another line.
See, we already have circles.
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I recently had a lengthy email correspondence with another transplanted Logan County native. We have different backgrounds and no ancestors in common but when we started talking our ancestors, collaterals and their families brushed at so many spots that I learned new things.


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In New York, there are classes available for anything you could ever want to learn; whether it's educational, sports-related, or becoming the next tastemaker. Whatever it is, a quick search online will likely get you to the right point. But have you ever heard of taking a class on life? No, we're not talking volunteering for a psych experiment or signing up for sessions with a shrink. We're talking LifeLabs, a "school" to help you become a better you!
Here's a list of some of the courses:
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Learn how to look good dancing to any beat.
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So, whatever it is you need some brushing up on… Trust us, you'll come out with no marks and completely improved. You only gain "exciting new perspectives on life, work, love, and fun!" You will be better at life, and plus, you'll get these pretty sweet merit badges once you've mastered a class.
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