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Serious Questions About Wikileaks' Release of Purported Guantanamo SOP
On October 25, 2012, Wikileaks began to release what they indicated would be "more than 100 classified or otherwise restricted files from the United States Department of Defense covering the rules and procedures for detainees in U.S. military custody." They labeled the release "The Detainee Policies."
One of the first documents released was of the purported 2002 Camp Delta Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). According to the accompanying press release, this was "the foundation document for Guantanamo Bay ('Camp Delta')." Julian Assange is quoted in the press release as saying, "This document is of significant historical importance…. how is it that WikiLeaks has now published three years of Guantanamo Bay operating procedures, but the rest of the world's press combined has published none?"
Assange, who has been fighting extradition to Sweden, and currently resides under asylum protection at the Ecuadoran embassy in London, also challenged the press and the public to read and analyze the documents. "Publicize your findings," he asked.
But over three months later, there has been essentially zero analysis. Even though the Wikileaks "Detainee Policies" release had extensive world-wide coverage in the press and blogosphere, outside of a few tweets, there's been practically no follow-up investigation of these documents.
The non-coverage after the initial release is in itself astounding, but even more surprising is the fact that when examined some of the documents appear to be problematic and of doubtful provenance. (In addition, strangely, the documents do not allow cut and paste commands to accurately reproduce text, which is not typical of Wikileaks documents.)
Sadly – since a good deal of reporters, myself included, have come to rely on the accuracy of what Wikileaks has posted over the years – an examination of the Camp Delta 2002 SOP raises serious reasons as to whether it is a reliable document. At best it is a very corrupted draft of an authentic document. At worst, it is a sloppy forgery.
In addition, there are further questions about other documents released as part of "The Detainee Policies," as well questions as to whether Wikileaks personnel understood the material they were releasing. In the past, Wikileaks has used the resources of major media like the New York Times, the UK Guardian, El Pais, etc., and independent authoritative analysts, like Andy Worthington, for outside analytic assistance.
Wikileaks has been under significant economic and legal pressure from the US government and its corporate and other governmental allies, and it is no secret that the organization operates under serious constraints as a result. According to the organization, "An extrajudicial blockade imposed by VISA, MasterCard, PayPal, Bank of America, and Western Union that is designed to destroy WikiLeaks has been in place since December 2010."
Whatever Wikileaks has accomplished in other document releases and analysis, the failure to accurately report or vet the "Detainee Policies" documents, by either Wikileaks or the world press and blogging community, calls into dire question the accuracy of a good deal of what passes for reporting by media outlets and commentators.
The only expert I could find who had anything to say about the Camp Delta SOP document was Almerindo Ojeda, who posted a link to the purported "Standing [sic] Operating Procedures" at the website for the Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas (CSHRA), along with his caveats on the document. Ojeda's own independent analysis largely concurred with my own.
What Did Wikileaks Release?
We cannot know the source of the documents Wikileaks released. So any analysis of the documents must rely on a close textual perusal of the documents themselves. And thanks to Wikileaks, who released the 2003 and 2004 Camp Delta SOPs a few years ago, we can contrast and compare very similar documents.
The "2002" Camp Delta SOP does not look like other DoD documents of this type. It has no markings regarding its classification status, for instance. The formatting is often erratic, with whole paragraphs published with centered rather than justified or left aligned text. There is a good deal of missing, mispaginated, and misordered text. A number of pages begin with text that does not follow logically from the preceding page.
There's no doubt we are not looking at the SOP itself, even if we were to grant it was a genuine document. The Wikileaks document is not presented in the discrete pages of an actual document, but as a long running text document, as if from a word processor, with headings within the text indicating what page number out of 48 supposed pages a given block of text represents.
In addition, the page headers do not appear at the top or bottom of actual pages, but are interspersed within the text. The text itself does not go beyond "Page 47 of 48". The Wikileaks description of the document itself at the home page for the "Detention Poliicies" states that the document has 33 pages.
What Wikileaks calls the "Main [2002] SOP for Camp Delta, Guantanamo" states on its first page that it is a revision dated November 11, 2002. The subsequent SOP for Camp Delta is dated March 23, 2003, approximately five and one-half months later. That SOP, according to its text, was "reorganized" from the previous SOP, so it could consolidate "all aspects of detention and security operations" so the SOP could be "more efficient for its intended users."
Indeed, the new Wikileaks release of the purported 2002 Camp Delta SOP refers to separate SOPs for relating to detainee matters in relation to the International Committee of the Red Cross, as well as one for the "Use of IRF". IRF refers to "Internal Reaction Force," which according to this latest Wikileaks release is a 24 hour force available for "possible emergency response situations." Over the years, the IRF teams have been implicated in brutal beatings of prisoners and violent cell extractions.
The Wikileaks press release for the Detention Policies states, "The 'Detainee Policies' provide a more complete understanding of the instructions given to captors as well as the 'rights' afforded to detainees." It also asks "lawyers, NGOs, human rights activists and the public to mine the 'Detainee Policies'" and "to research and compare the different generations of SOPs and FRAGOs to help us better understand the evolution in these policies and why they have occurred."
Unfortunately, at least in the case of the purported 2002 Camp Delta SOP, it is unclear just what this document represents. Was it a faulty reconstruction of the original document, a draft of the SOP, a forgery based on some knowledge of the material? We can't know.
Another problem with the initial analysis by Wikileaks concerns unfamiliarity with the larger world of relevant documents on interrogation. For instance, in their press release, Wikileaks touts one document as revealing "a formal policy of terrorising detainees during interrogations." This 13-page interrogation policy document from 2005 describes interrogation policies "that apply to… all personnel in the Multi-National Force–Iraq (MNF–I). Wikileaks points out as examples of "exploitative techniques" the use of "'approved' 'interrogation approaches'" such as "Emotional Love Approach" and "Fear Up (Harsh)."
While it is interesting to see that these interrogation techniques were applicable to the MNF-I, they are not, as the press release implies, new or unique "interrogation approaches," but are drawn from the Army Field Manual (AFM) for Intelligence Interrogation in use at that time. That particular version of the AFM came out in 1992. The two "approaches" remain in the current AMF as well, which was significantly updated in September 2006.
While Wikileaks may be wrong about the significance of discovering the use of Fear Up and other problematic techniques, the organization is correct that these are abusive techniques. In fact, such techniques in use by the Department of Defense's interrogation manual only got worse after it was updated, with the addition of techniques of sleep deprivation and sensory deprivation that were not allowed in the earlier AFM, nor indeed, in the MNF-I document Wikileaks released. They are, however, allowed by the current Obama administration. [cont'd.]

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Charlie Brooker's take on how news 'experts' are doing little more than guessing, which is more or less what we could do, in the Guardian:
I went to bed in a terrible world and awoke inside a worse one. At the time of writing, details of the Norwegian atrocity are still emerging, although the identity of the perpetrator has now been confirmed and his motivation seems increasingly clear: a far-right anti-Muslim extremist who despised the ruling party.
Presumably he wanted to make a name for himself, which is why I won't identify him. His name deserves to be forgotten. Discarded. Deleted. Labels like "madman", "monster", or "maniac" won't do, either. There's a perverse glorification in terms like that. If the media's going to call him anything, it should call him pathetic; a nothing.
On Friday night's news, they were calling him something else. He was a suspected terror cell with probable links to al-Qaida …
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1 SELECTKris posted this on Facebook here, but just in case you can't access it I'm reproducing the note in full here:
TRUNC( SYSDATE - TO_DATE( '04/21/2007', 'MM/DD/YYYY' ) ) kate_counter
well, as part of the new year, we (kate + me) began with follow-ups w/ her genetics DR. and neurologist.
we had a report sent from the radiologist that read "normal", for kate's MRI back in october. today her neurologist saw her and i brought the scans...we reviewed them together and while it does state "normal", it appears that the "GYRI" or the "wavy" parts of the brain structure are normal, but, they are not as "full" or "filled out" as a perfectly normal brain...it is still considered within normal parameters, but still smaller...her head is of normal size though...anyway, he feels this could be playing a part in her speech and motor delay issues...it is most probably caused by a lack of oxygenation at some point...
he explained that childrens' brains do recover and grow, but there is still this, for lack of a better word, immaturity in the fullness of the brain...her ventricles were also mildly enlarged, but within normal range...he showed me a scan of a "normally full" brain scan, and kate's is ever so slightly less full.
i wish i had a picture to show you, but pretend you dissect a cranium by lifting the top off and looking down, well, the brain doesn't entirely fill the skull....mind you, ever so slightly.
anyway, my heart kinda sank, but he was very impressed in her abilities to understand and comprehend complex tasks...she "acts" like a "normal" child by following directions...he wants to repeat a scan in october of this year to follow up on the growth...so yes, there is a very slight hint of brain damage, but one can not say for sure when this occurred...my best guess is 2.5 years of literally struggling to breathe...she can catch up, as kids brains are able to repair themselves, but it is a small hint as to what is going on...
secondly, her geneticist, is running a test for a disorder that does not allow a body to process cholesterol...( a key ingredient in brain growth), anyway, one of the hallmarks is small stature, and delays, but most prominently, syndactyly, most specifically, a mild syndactyly of the 2nd and 3rd toes...we will have results in about 3 weeks, as it has been sent to the Mayo Clinic...it is called Smith-Lemli-Optiz syndrome...it is rare and there are VERY severe forms, as well as very mild, barely perceptible forms....so, if you "google" it, don't fall out of your chair!
i guess i can't give up until i get the answers...deep inside of me i know there is something going on...i have always had a sense, even before she was born. anyway, there is the update...i know we will get this all figured out. BTW, i have taken up riding my bike to relax during the day when they are at school, unfortunately today, i can't get out to blow off some steam!
When I got home I was able to talk to Kris. The short of it, Kate has brain damage. Now, it's minimal as pointed out by the fact that the Radiologist didn't pick up it, but the Neurologist saw it right away. After seeing the MRI myself, you can see a small amount of space between her brain and her skull. Apparently that's indicative of brain damage.
What does that mean? Nothing really. We sort of knew all along. For both of us (her hearing, me reading) it hit pretty hard. I can't remember that last time I felt that way...and I can't explain why. Nothing has changed. We'll still love Kate, we'll still work with her (well, Kris will, I get to play!), she's just going to be slower than everyone else.
Which conveniently brings me to the theory I have about Kate.
Kate is a glimpse of the evolution of the human race. Her lifespan is double, perhaps triple that of you or I. The only downside is that development is slower (like a fine wine right?), which means she won't leave home until she's about 40. As a colleague pointed out though, that's not so unusual these days. ;)


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NHL Game Night 3/27: Lightning at CapitalsSubmitted by pete on March 27, 2009 - 21:16
A valiant comeback comes up short.
Mike McKenna allowed 4 goals on 38 shots in the loss. He held the team in once the Caps got to three and gave them a chance to get back even. No complaints from me.
First Period
06:49 WSH Ovechkin (52), (Backstrom, Laich)(PP)
11:17 WSH Backstrom (20), (Ovechkin, Green)(PP)
15:48 TB St. Louis (29), (Pettinger, Lashoff)
19:38 WSH Backstrom (21), (Green, Ovechkin)(PP)
Second Period
19:06 TB Stamkos (19), (Malone, St. Louis)
Third Period
02:59 TB Prospal (19), (St. Louis)
04:30 WSH Pothier (1), (Laich, Aucoin)
19:53 WSH Ovechkin (53), (Laich)(EN)
The Lightning's penalty kill has been absolutely attrocious in the second half of the season. I suppose it's a combination of losing their most mobile defensemen on the backline and losing Smitty. Still, one thing I'd like to see next season is Tocchet giving Stamkos some PK time. He skates so well, I think he'll quite a bit of pressure on the opposing point men.
Noah Welch was -1 with 1 shot and 1 hit in 8:44. His ice time in a game where one of the other d-men went out injured speaks volumes about what the coaching staff thinks of him. I think that of him too.
Matt Smaby had 2 penalty minutes, 2 hits, and 2 blocked shots in 8:01. He left the game after suffering a "lower body injury." The young man's been playing on a bad wheel for quite some time. Hopefully he'll get back quickly. He's just 4 games from graduating from prospect status here on BP.
David Koci had 2 penalty minutes, 1 hit, and 1 blocked shot in 5:35. No shots, no kills.
Martins Karsums had 2 shots and 1 hit in 8:49. He does nothing for me.
Richard Petiot managed, somehow, to land the big +3 with 1 hit and 1 blocked shot in 21:49.
Matt Lashoff got his first even strength assist, 4 penalty minutes, 3 shots, and 2 blocked shots in 24:01. I'd like to see him take better angles in his own end. I think it would keep him from taking so many minor penalties.
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NHL Game Night 3/26: Lightning at CanadiensSubmitted by pete on March 26, 2009 - 21:32
The Lightning stole a point they didn't deserve.
Karri Ramo allowed 3 goals on 36 shots for the overtime loss. The 13 save second period he put on was the kind of mind-bending play that he used to display regularly as a rookie with Springfield in the AHL a couple of seasons back. Can you critique the goals he allowed? Sure. His mechanics were awkward on Montreal's first goal and he was completely out of his sorts on the Latendresse wraparaound goal. That said, the Lightning would've lost this game 7-2 easily without Ramo's play tonight. It wasn't just the saves: it was deflection save after deflection save. The athleticism is absolutely undeniable, and if you project Karri to, say, Mike Smith's age, you start to understand why the Lightning have so much hope tied up in the young man. He has gotten points in each of his last six starts, which is somewhat phenomenal given the defensive corps (corpse may be more accurate) assembled in front of him.
First Period
11:09 MTL Kovalev (20), (Tanguay, Schneider)(PP)
Second Period
Third Period
05:48 MTL Latendresse (12), (Kostopoulos, Markov)
10:26 TB Koci (1), (Hall, Craig)
14:43 TB Krajicek (2), (unassisted)
01:45 MTL Koivu (15), (Markov, Plekanec)
The first 40 minutes of this game were, other than Ramo, an embarassment for the Lightning. Were it not for the fact that the team has to play in Washington tomorrow night, a bag skate might still be in order, whether they stole a point late or not.
Noah Welch was +1 with 2 penalty minutes, 2 hits, and 3 blocked shots in 11:33.
Matt Smaby was +1 with 1 shot, 2 hits, and 5 blocked shots in 23:34.
David Koci scored his first NHL goal and was +1 in 4:06. Call him the sniper: one shot one kill. He practically leapt right out of his skates when he realized what he had done.
Martins Karsums had 1 shot, 2 hits, and 1 blocked shot in 8:37.
Richard Petiot was -1 with 4 penalty minutes, 4 hits, and 5 blocked shots.
Matt Lashoff was -1 with 2 penalty minutes, 1 shot, 1 hit, and 3 blocked shots.
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NHL Game Night 3/24: Blue Jackets at LightningSubmitted by pete on March 24, 2009 - 21:35
Great ending to a horrifically boring game.
Mike McKenna was very strong stopping 33 of 34 shots for the win.
First Period
Second Period
Third Period
04:21 CBJ Hejda (3), (Williams)
10:55 TB Malone (25), (Lashoff, Stamkos)(PP)
03:04 TB St. Louis (28), (Stamkos, Petiot)
These two teams should be banned from playing games against each other. Fortunately, they rarely hook up. However, rarely should be reduced to never, ever, because they historically produce some of the biggest snoozers.
Good to see Steven Stamkos with a pair of helpers to continue his robust late season charge. He's now over a point a game in his last 17 contests.
The Lightning are playing themselves out of the opportunity to draft John Tavares or Victor Hedman. It brings up some interesting philosophical debates if they pick third or fourth? Take big Jared Cowen, who is a man child but is rehabbing a knee? Take the speedy Matt Duchene or Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson? Or sacrifice some burst for grit and character with Evander Kane? This is where I'm glad I'm not a scout whose livelihood depends on making the right choice. One or two in this draft is easy. Three or four is several sleepless nights and several heartfelt conversations pleading with the deity of your choosing.
Noah Welch played 14:38 in the game. He didn't break anything.
Matt Smaby had 1 shot, 3 hits, and 1 blocked shot in 23:56. That's the line I'd like to see with Matt. He would've been +1 were it not for a bad bounce off of him and in for Columbus' lone goal. Team leading IT for big 32.
David Koci had 2 penalty minutes and 1 hit in 8:07, as a winger, where he needs to be.
Martins Karsums had 2 shots, 1 hit, and 1 blocked shot in 15:23. He's drawn a good card playing with Lecavalier and Prospal at even strength, but he's done squat with it so far.
Richard Petiot had 1 assist and was -1 with 2 penalty minutes, 3 shots, 1 hit, and 1 blocked shot in 21:06.
Matt Lashoff had yet another power play assist, 1 hit, and 1 blocked shot in 23:49. The Lashoff trade continues to pay off like the loosest slot machines on the Vegas Strip. The hand wringing about the Lightning having to turn the power play over from Murphy to Lashoff a week ago is a distant, somewhat laughable memory.
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NHL Game Night 3/21: Thrashers at LightningSubmitted by pete on March 21, 2009 - 22:00
The Lightning pull out a critical win in the Tavares/Hedman sweepstakes.
Karri Ramo allowed 3 goals on 36 shots before allowing 1 of 2 shooters to convert for the shootout loss. Since the Lightning's drubbing against Carolina, Ramo has rebounded (perhaps a bad choice of words in Karri's case) to go 2-0-3. He's got a nice .919 save percentage over that span, too, by my count. Rebound control remains an issue, but he's making the first saves, which is critical. He could save the Lightning a small fortune by proving he can be Smitty's backup with continued good performances down the stretch.
First Period
06:12 ATL Kozlov (22), (Enstrom, Armstrong)
17:49 ATL White (20), (Kozlov, Kovalchuk)(PP)
Second Period
03:50 TB Stamkos (17), (Krajicek, St. Louis)
05:12 TB Stamkos (18), (Lashoff, Lecavalier)(PP)
12:52 ATL Kovalchuk (37), (White, Enstrom)(PP)
15:36 TB Prospal (18), (Krajicek)
Third Period
ATL- Kozlov
The Lightning managed to crawl back into this game after laying down in the First Period the same way they laid down in the Third Period against the Caps. They're fortunate the Thrashers stink in that regard and let them get back to even.
Steven Stamkos continues his steady march to 20 goals as he racked up his 17th and 18th tonight. Keep shooting, young man. It's hard to believe he only had 6 goals at the end of the month of January. In his last 16 games, Stamkos has 11 goals and 16 points. That pro-rates to a 56 goal, 82 point campaign over 82 games. That's not to say he'll stay this hot for a full year next season. But, to me, with an entire offseason to train and build his body and the work ethic he's already displayed, I would not be shocked at all to see him pot 40 goals and 80-90 points next year. I think the league was lulled into a false sense of security about Stamkos when he didn't come out of the hockey womb a preformed point-a-game player and when Barry Melrose decided to chuck #91 under the bus after he was fired. Hopefully Stamkos' amazing late season productivity continues to fly under the radar and sets him up to storm the league early next season. I suspect I'll almost feel pity for teams who have to choose between dying by Stammer or Vincent Lecavalier's hand next year with the two playing on opposite scoring lines. Almost.
Have the Lightning actually won a game in the third jerseys, by the way? If someone knows the team's record with them on, by all means post it. I suspect it's almost terrible enough to warrant burning the new threads.
Matt Smaby was +1 with 1 shot, 2 hits, and 3 blocked shots in 24:37. This was a good rebound game after going -4 against Washington.
David Koci had 2 penalty minutes, 1 shot, 1 hit, and 1 blocked shot in 6:45.
Paul Szczechura was -1 with 1 shot in 12:41.
Martins Karsums had 2 shots, 2 hits, and 1 blocked shot in 13:19. He was better tonight.
Richard Petiot was -1 with 6 penalty minutes, 1 shot, 4 hits, and 1 blocked shot in 23:11. He was awful in the first period as Atlanta took advantage of his slow feet. To his credit, he got it back together in the final 40 minutes. I like him as a #8 or #9 d-man who can come up from Norfolk if there's an injury.
Matt Lashoff had 1 assist and 2 penalty minutes and was -1 with 2 shots and 1 blocked shot in 28:18, which led the team in ice time. 3 games in a Lightning jersey: 3 power play assists. You can't complain about that kind of production. He deals a good pass for a one-timer, which can get a defenseman paid on a power play that features shooters like Stamkos, Lecavalier, and Martin St. Louis. His skating allows him to potentially eat big minutes like he did tonight, too. Darren Eliot claimed tonight that his skating had somehow been "exposed." It's a shame that someone swapped out his Thrashers flavored Kool-Aid for bad moonshine. Here's to hoping his eyesight returns to him soon.
10 more games to go. We'll see if Blair Jones and/or Justin Keller get late season recalls. I would advise it with these two players having their contracts up this offseason.
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NHL Game Night 3/19: Capitals at LightningSubmitted by pete on March 19, 2009 - 21:28
For some inexplicable reason, the Lightning decided to do a drive by for the third period.
Mike McKenna allowed 5 goals on 30 shots for the loss. He probably would've like to have had Washington's second goal back, and Washington's last goal came off a bad rebound. But the Lightning completely laid down in front of him in the third period, so it's not like McKenna is the one who takes the blame.
First Period
07:43 WSH Ovechkin (50), (Backstrom)
17:39 TB Stamkos (16), (Lecavalier, Lashoff)(PP)
19:50 WSH Green (26), (Morrisonn, Kozlov)
Second Period
15:54 TB St. Louis (27), (Malone, Lashoff)
Third Period
01:48 WSH Green (27), (Kozlov, Ovechkin)
07:38 WSH Nylander (8), (Kozlov, Ovechkin)(PP)
12:26 WSH Bradley (5), (Morrisonn, Steckel)
The Lightning's streak of getting points in games ends at four. It might be for the best considering the team was about to play itself out of the #2 draft slot. Still, I just don't get it. They played 40 minutes of hockey showing they could go toe-to-toe with one of the most talented teams in the league, and it's like they got on the bus early at the second intermission.
Noah Welch was -2 with 1 shot in 16:33. He's just not good.
Matt Smaby took the rough -4 treatment with 1 hit and 1 blocked shot in 20:25. Shake it off, #32.
Paul Szczechura was -2 with 3 shots in 13:32. He was also 44% on draws.
Martins Karsums was -1 with 1 shot and 3 hits in 13:24. The chemistry he had on a line with Szczechura and Pettinger was fleeting, apparently. He's just not very good right now either.
Richard Petiot was +1 with 1 shot and 1 hit in 21:58. He was one of only two players with a plus rating. He made some mistakes, but they didn't end up in his net.
Matt Lashoff had 2 assists and was +2 with 2 shots and 1 hit in 22:30. If you're looking for the silver lining from this game, it's Lashoff. When he came over from Boston, from what I had seen in his younger days playing in Providence, I figured he'd be a good two-way #5 d-man who could get you 25 points a season. Seeing him in extended minutes through two games, he looks like he very much might be the equal of Paul Ranger and Andrej Meszaros in terms of his skill and athleticism. Those are two players who should be 40 point a year d-men when healthy. The key is going to be whether these coaches can get Lashoff to pay attention to his own zone and to take the body consistently. They've already pulled that feat off with Meszaros, so there's reason for optimism on that front. You can see the talent, though. Damian Crisdotero did some Chicken Littling about Cory Murphy breaking his foot and Lashoff having to assume his minutes. Matt sure did answer the bell tonight.
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Matt LashoffSubmitted by timothy on March 19, 2009 - 11:16
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Matt Lashoff's early years were spent in the Avon Old Farms prep school program in Connecticut before joining the US National Talent Development Program in Ann Arbor, Michigan for the 2002-2003 season. The previous summer, he was selected in the third round, forty-ninth overall, in the OHL Priority Draft by the Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds. Lashoff eventually chose to forego a career the NCAA after his rights were traded to the Kitchener Rangers, where he played three seasons in the OHL. In 2003-2004, his first season of Canadian junior hockey, Lashoff scored 5 goals and 24 points in 62 games with 97 penalty minutes. The following season, 2004-2005, he posted 4 goals and 22 points in 44 games, and at year's end he was ranked the twelvth best North American skater prospect by NHL Central Scouting. Lashoff was selected 22nd overall by the Boston Bruins in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. He played one more season of junior hockey in 2005-2006, amassing an impressive 7 goals and 47 points to go along with 146 penalty minutes in 56 games. Lashoff had 1 goal and 2 points in a 7 game amateur tryout with the Providence Bruins of the AHL after his junior season ended, and then in 2006-2007 he had an impressive rookie season with the P-Bruins, potting 11 goals and 36 points in 64 games for Boston's top affiliate. Lashoff also made his NHL debut in the 2006-2007 season, posting 2 assists in 12 games. Lashoff's most memorable moment of the 2006-2007 season, however, came at the AHL All-Star skills competition when he completed a behind-the-back shootout goal that became an instant YouTube classic. At season's end, Lashoff was named to the AHL All-Rookie Team. The following year in 2007-2008, Lashoff matched his AHL point production with 9 goals and 36 points in 60 games. He also appeared in 18 games for Boston, scoring his first NHL goal on December 31st, 2007 against the Atlanta Thrashers. He finished the year with 1 goal and 5 points at the NHL level. 2008-2009, however, turned out to be a disappointment for Lashoff as he was passed on the Bruins depth chart by fellow defensive prospect Matt Hunwick. He posted 5 goals and 21 points in 33 games with the P-Bruins and a lone assist for Boston before being dealt at the trade deadline along with Martins Karsums in exchange for veteran Mark Recchi and a 2010 second round pick. Lashoff was scoreless in 2 games with Norfolk of the AHL before being promoted to Tampa Bay where he posted 7 assists in 12 games after inheriting power play duties from an injured Cory Murphy. Lashoff's younger brother Brian is an undrafted prospect who was signed out of junior by the Detroit Red Wings.
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"He has breathtaking skating ability and really soft hands passing the puck on the power play. He could easily be a #2 defenseman in the league if he commits to filling in the holes in his game." -Pete, BoltProspects
Lashoff is quite possibly the best skater of any defenseman in the Lightning organization, which is quite a statement considering the organization is also home to Paul Ranger, Andrej Meszaros, and Victor Hedman. His straight line speed is impressive, and his agility, balance, and lateral movement is world class. He has strong offensive instincts and excellent hands that he uses to distribute the puck effectively on the power play.
Boston gave up on Lashoff because he never has consistently shown willingness to play with an edge in the defensive third of the rink. He's generally in decent position defensively, but because he is so slight in build he can be overpowered by larger forwards. Although he is an excellent puck distributor on the power play, his shot is not threatening to NHL penalty kills.
Athletically, Lashoff has the ability to be every bit as good as fellow Lightning defensemen Paul Ranger and Andrej Meszaros. If he bulks up and takes the body more consistently, he can be a #2 defenseman in the NHL capable of playing a lot of minutes due to his superb skating ability. However, if he doesn't improve in those areas, he'll never be more than a third pair defenseman.
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NHL Game Night 3/17: Maple Leafs at LightningSubmitted by pete on March 17, 2009 - 21:41
Lightning crumble in final 20:24.
Karri Ramo allowed 3 goals on 39 shots before allowing 2 of 6 shooters to convert for the shootout loss. He looked really good for the first 39:36 of the game. He was moving well. Following the puck. Then he overplayed on Jason Blake to allow the first goal and his fundamentals started to come unglued. His rebound control went straight to hell. His five-hole got big enough to drive a truck through. I give him credit for battling his way to get the point and he was game in the shootout, but that's a game Karri's got to help his team close out. Fundamentals. Fundamentals. Fundamentals. On the good side, he's claimed 6 of the last 8 available points.
First Period
13:39 TB Lecavalier (29), (Murphy, St. Louis)(PP)
Second Period
02:26 TB Stamkos (15), (St. Louis, Ramo)(PP)
02:36 TB Pettinger (5), (Karsums, Krajicek)
19:36 TOR Mitchell (9), (Blake, Stralman)
Third Period
03:24 TOR Blake (24), (Stempniak)
14:29 TOR Hamilton (2), (Devereaux, Stajan)
TOR- Hamilton, Mitchell
TB- Lecavalier
Hard luck by the Lightning in the shootout as Stamkos and St. Louis both rang posts. Hint to Rick Tocchet: Lashoff's awesome at shootouts.
We'll have to see if the Lightning make a recall with Cory Murphy going down to injury. Vladimir Mihalik?
Noah Welch had 2 penalty minutes, 2 hits, and 1 blocked shot in 18:29. If he plays every game down the stretch, he'll graduate and be a Bolt Prospects alumni. This saddens me. See: Stewart, Karl.
Matt Smaby was -1 with 2 penalty minutes, 1 shot, 1 hit, and 2 blocked shots in 20:57. He was more subdued than usual tonight.
David Koci had a 10 minute misconduct, 1 hit, and 1 blocked shot in 4:47.
Paul Szczechura was +1 with 1 shot and 2 blocked shots in 13:31. He was also 70% on draws. He looked good tonight. His whole line did with Pettinger and Karsums.
Martins Karsums had an assist and was +1 with 2 shots and 2 hits in 10:19. Still waiting for him to put it all together, but he was better tonight.
Richard Petiot had 2 hits in 18:59 against his former organization.
Matt Lashoff was -1 with 1 shot, 1 hit, and 1 blocked shot in 22:58. You can see why he was a guy the Lightning were willing to give considerably to get. His skating is smooth as silk, and he's got some skill. Between Lashoff, Ranger, and Meszaros the Lightning will have a ridiculously mobile defense next season. The downside with Lashoff? Tocchet needs to get him to take the body more in the defensive zone. If he can get that out of Lashoff, he's a top-four in this league. Even if he doesn't, he's a real nice number five d-man in the making; a great piece to add to the puzzle.
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Matt Lashoff To Make Lightning DebutSubmitted by timothy on March 17, 2009 - 10:01
Just as local Tampa Tribune beat writer Erik Erlendsson reported in his blog on Monday, the Tampa Bay Lightning have recalled defenseman Matt Lashoff from the Norfolk Admirals on an emergency basis today, Lightning Executive Vice President and General Manager Brian Lawton announced. Lashoff is expected to make his Lightning debut in tonight's game against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Lashoff, 6-foot-2 and 204 pounds, has skated in 16 games with the Boston Bruins this season, recording an assist and 10 penalty minutes. A 2005 first-round draft choice of the Bruins, Lashoff has appeared in 46 games with Boston during the past three seasons, recording a goal, seven assists and 22 penalty minutes. He played in two games with Norfolk this past weekend, recording two penalty minutes.
A native of East Greenbush, New York, Lashoff has skated in 164 games with Providence of the American Hockey League during the past four seasons, tallying 26 goals, 95 points and 181 penalty minutes. He was selected as a starter for the Planet/USA team at the 2007-08 AHL All-Star Game. Prior to turning pro Lashoff played three seasons of junior hockey with Kitchener of the Ontario Hockey League, recording 16 goals, 93 points and 284 penalty minutes in 162 games.
The Lightning acquired the 22-year-old from Boston on March 4, 2009 with Martins Karsums in exchange for Mark Recchi and second-round draft pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.
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A German boy named Micha died last June after several years of agony from a rare but fatal complication of measles called subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE).
While still too young to be vaccinated himself, he contracted measles from an unvaccinated child in a pediatrician's waiting room. Years later, SSPE erupted. One family's choice not to vaccinate their child effectively destroyed another family.
In the United States, where health insurance coverage is more limited than in Germany, Micha's parents could have incurred substantial medical costs on top of their incredible heartache and suffering. The question is, would it be reasonable to hold the unvaccinated parents liable for those costs?
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The second argument focuses on preventing externalities observed when parents roll the cost of their decisions onto others. Several studies have shown that unvaccinated children are at increased risk of vaccine preventable diseases, and therefore more likely to transmit those diseases and cause others harm. If parents are not held responsible and forced to pay when their unvaccinated child infects another, they will not consider those costs when deciding whether or not to vaccinate. However, assigning liability in these cases will encourage parents to include those costs into their calculation.
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The U.S. Supreme Court signaled Monday that it likely will resolve the constitutional challenge to the Obama health care overhaul, sidestepping the procedural issues that could derail the case until 2015.
The first of the three days of arguments proved, as expected, to be arcane, dense and probably unimportant in the long run. At issue was whether the court could decide the constitutional challenge to the health care law at this point, since to do so would violate the general rule requiring people to pay their taxes first, and then litigate any objection later. That rule was enacted by Congress in 1867 to ensure a steady flow of revenue to run the country. But the court has allowed exceptions to the rule, and during Monday's arguments, the justices seemed inclined to view this case as one of those exceptions.
Because the Obama administration and the challengers want the case resolved now, the justices appointed lawyer Robert Long to defend the proposition that the court should wait to hear any challenge until a penalty is paid in 2015, after the individual mandate kicks in.
Long, however, faced considerable skepticism.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, for instance, asked what the harm would be if the constitutional challenge is resolved now, before any tax penalty is paid.
"What is the parade of horribles that you see occurring?" she asked.
Lawyer Long responded that the government would face a flood of legal challenges to other taxes, thus tying up revenue collection in the courts for years.
Justice Antonin Scalia, tongue firmly in cheek, disagreed. "What's going to happen is you are going to have an intelligent federal court deciding whether you are going to make an exception ... and there will be no parade of horribles because all federal courts are intelligent."
Is The Penalty A Tax?
The justices asked Long why the penalty provision in the health care law is a tax at all, since there is no punishment for failure to pay it.
He replied that the tax penalty is calculated by the IRS, based on income, and collected by the IRS at the time taxes are filed.
Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr., arguing for the government that the case should go forward, seemed to have a slightly easier time of it, except for one particularly thorny question from Justice Samuel Alito.
"[Solicitor] General Verrilli, today you are arguing that the penalty is not a tax," Alito said. "Tomorrow you are going to be back and you will be arguing that the penalty is a tax."
Verrilli replied that penalties enacted under the congressional taxing power are not necessarily taxes.
Gregory Katsas, representing the challengers, also argued that the court should go ahead and rule on the constitutionality of the law without waiting for someone to be assessed a penalty.
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His argument prompted Justice Stephen Breyer to challenge Katsas on Congress' intent when it passed the 1867 law.
"One thing that's relevant in my mind is that taxes are, for better or worse, the life's blood of government," Breyer said. Congress quite reasonably usually requires people to pay their taxes before challenging them in court because to do otherwise would mean that "500 federal judges" would "be substituting their idea" of when there should be an exception to the tax law. By requiring people to pay first and litigate later, he suggested, Congress was ensuring a more orderly process.
Katsas answered that the challengers don't dispute the constitutionality of the tax penalty in the Obama health care law; the challengers only contest the mandate. Chief Justice John Roberts didn't seem to buy the argument.
"Why would you have a requirement that is completely toothless?" he asked. "You buy insurance or else. Or else what? Or else nothing."
If Monday's argument was a hallmark of legal gibberish, Tuesday's argument challenging the constitutionality of the individual mandate is likely to provide plenty of fireworks.
The lawyers have already laid the fuses. Tuesday the justices will light them.
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.
And I'm Melissa Block. After months of anticipation and preparation, the arguments began with the usual formality.
CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS: We will hear argument this morning in case number 11-398.
BLOCK: The Supreme Court began hearing three days of arguments on the federal health care law.
SIEGEL: The justices' decision could have a major impact not only on the law but on the upcoming presidential election. And as evidence of the gravity of the case, the court has released same-day audio of today's proceedings - something it rarely does. NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg has the story.
NINA TOTENBERG, BYLINE: Outside the court, there were demonstrators chanting, singing and even presidential candidate Rick Santorum. Inside, the court added close to 100 chairs to accommodate as many bigwigs and members of the public as possible. But the dark-suited men and women who sat thigh to thigh in the crowded courtroom were as quiet and well-behaved as kids on the first day of school. The Obama health care law requires all Americans by 2014 to have health care coverage of some sort - Medicaid, Medicare, employer-provided - or if none of these, then you have to buy it individually, or you pay a penalty assessed on your income tax.
The legal problem before the Supreme Court today is that the general rule for challenging taxes or tax penalties is pay first, litigate later. And since nobody will be assessed a penalty until 2015, the question before the court was whether the challenge to other provisions of the law, namely the individual mandate, can proceed. Now, this is where you might expect to hear some riveting argument from the first day with the justices and lawyers engaging in Olympic-style verbal jousting - think again.
JUSTICE ELENA KAGAN: So Reed Elsevier seems in multiple respects on all fours with this case. Why is that wrong?
SOLICITOR GENERAL DONALD VERRILLI: I don't think so, Justice Kagan. We think the closest analogue is the very next provision in the United States Code - 7422(a) - which this court has held is jurisdictional and is phrased in exactly the same way as 7421(a).
TOTENBERG: That exchange between Justice Kagan and Solicitor General Donald Verrilli was what it sounded like for most of the hour and a half of argument this morning. The bottom line, however, appeared pretty clear: the justices seemed inclined not to be sidetracked by the 1867 law that generally requires taxes to be paid before they can be challenged in court. Both the administration and the challengers want the case to go forward for different reasons. So the justices appointed lawyer Robert Long to defend the proposition that the court should wait to hear any challenge until a penalty is paid in 2015 after the mandate kicks in. Long, however, had a tough time. Justice Sotomayor wanted to know what would happen if, in this case, you could litigate first and pay later.
JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR: What's the parade of horribles that you see occurring?
TOTENBERG: Justice Scalia followed up, tongue firmly in cheek.
JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA: What's going to happen is you're going to have an intelligent federal court deciding whether you're going to make an exception. And there will be no parade of horribles because all federal courts are intelligent. So...
TOTENBERG: Justice Breyer noted that taxes, for good or ill, are the lifeblood of government, but he wondered since there's no punishment for a failure to pay the individual mandate penalty and since Congress specifically did not call the penalty a tax, why is it, in fact, a tax? Long responded this way.
ROBERT LONG: The amount of the liability and whether you owe the liability is based in part on your income. It's assessed and collected by the IRS.
SCALIA: There's at least some doubt about it, Mr. Long, for the reasons that Justice Breyer said. And I thought that we had a principle that, unless it's clear, courts are not deprived of jurisdiction. And I find it hard to think that this is clear.
TOTENBERG: That last was Justice Scalia again. Solicitor General Verrilli, arguing for the government that the case should go forward, seemed to have a slightly easier time of it, except for this very thorny question from Justice Alito.
JUSTICE SAMUEL ALITO: General Verrilli, today, you're arguing that the penalty is not a tax. Tomorrow, you're going to be back, and you'll be arguing that the penalty is a tax.
TOTENBERG: Verrilli replied that penalties enacted under the congressional taxing power are not necessarily themselves taxes. Representing the challengers, lawyer Greg Katsas also argued that the court should go ahead and rule on the constitutional questions without waiting for someone to be assessed a penalty. The challengers don't dispute the legality of the penalty, he said, only the mandate. Chief Justice Roberts didn't seem to buy that argument.
ROBERTS: Why would you have a requirement that is completely toothless? Pay, you know, buy insurance or else. Or else what? Or else nothing.
GREG KATSAS: Because Congress reasonably could think that at least some people will follow the law precisely because it is the law.
TOTENBERG: If today was a hallmark of legal gibberish, tomorrow's argument challenging the constitutionality of the mandate is likely to provide plenty of fireworks. The lawyers have already laid the fuses. Tomorrow, the justices will light them. Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Take the next step to creating a successful career as a registered dietitian! Mount Mary University's dietetic internship program is designed for women and men who already hold a bachelor's degree in nutrition or dietetics, but still need to fulfill the supervised practice component to meet eligibility requirements for the Registration Examination for Dietitians.
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Q Do psychological interventions (education, individual cognitive behavioural or psychotherapeutic programmes, or group support) improve survival and psychological outcomes in women with metastatic breast cancer?
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Cochrane Breast Cancer Group Trials Register (September 2003), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (Issue 4, 2003), Medline (1966 to October 2003), CancerLit (1983–2000), CINAHL (1982 to October 2003), PsycINFO (1974 to November 2003), and SIGLE (1980 to November 2003); reference lists of relevant studies and reviews; hand searches of relevant journals; and known authors in the field.
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published and unpublished randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in any language that assessed the effectiveness of psychological or psychosocial interventions (⩾1 of education, individual psychotherapy, cognitive behavioural training, and group interventions) in women with metastatic breast cancer. 2 reviewers assessed the quality of individual trials using the Jadad scale and another method score that was more relevant for trials of psychological interventions.
survival, psychological outcomes (anxiety, mood, self esteem, and emotional control), quality of life, functional living, and pain.
5 studies (n = 636) met the selection criteria. 2 studies assessed cognitive behavioural group interventions, and 3 assessed supportive-expressive group therapy. Meta-analysis using a fixed effects model showed that group psychological interventions did not differ from usual care for survival at 1, 5, or 10 years (table⇓). Cognitive behavioural therapy did not differ from usual care for anxiety at 6 months (1 trial); Profile of Mood States at 6 months (1 trial) or 8 months (1 trial); self esteem at 6 months (1 trial); or Functional Living Index at 8 months (1 trial). Supportive-expressive group therapy improved scores on the Courtauld Emotional Control scale at 8 months (1 trial) and reduced reported pain assessed using a 10 point visual analogue scale (meta-analysis of 2 trials, weighted mean difference 0.75 reduction, 95% CI 0.63 to 0.86) compared with usual care; the groups did not differ for Profile of Mood States at 10–12 months (2 trials) or quality of life at 1 year (1 trial).
Existing evidence does not support a survival benefit for women with metastatic breast cancer who participate in group psychological interventions (cognitive behavioural therapy or supportive-expressive therapy) compared with those who receive usual care. Evidence on the effects on various aspects of psychological functioning is mixed.
Edwards et al provide a rigorous review of RCTs comparing the effectiveness of psychological interventions on biopsychosocial outcomes in women with metastatic breast cancer. Only 5 eligible RCTs were identified, and these had diverse psychological outcome measures and conflicting results. Because of the diverse nature of the studies and participants, the authors used a rigorous approach to data analysis that considered the heterogeneity and scarcity of data in the field as potential factors that could affect the results of the meta-analysis. The authors also considered potential effect modifiers such as family history of breast cancer, age, time of diagnosis of metastasis, variation in length of follow up, and loss to follow up.
The results are relevant for oncology nurses, psychiatric clinical nurse specialists, and nurse practitioners working in hospital or community oncology settings, as well as managers responsible for development and implementation of programmes for women with metastatic breast cancer. Evidence from this review highlights the equivocal nature of existing data on the effectiveness of group psychological interventions for women with advanced breast cancer. Although the evidence suggests some short term psychosocial benefits, these benefits were not maintained in the longer term. These findings are disappointing considering the conceptually logical and anecdotal evidence of the benefits of such psychosocial interventions. Considering the human and financial resource commitment of breast cancer services to psychosocial interventions, the lack of evidence supporting the efficacy of this approach justifies evaluation of traditional programming and resource allocation for this patient population. Moreover, the design of future studies should consider the authors' excellent methodological critique of the extant literature.
For correspondence: Dr A G Edwards, Department of Primary Care, Swansea Clinical School, University of Wales Swansea, Swansea, Wales, UK. adriangkedwardsbtinternet.com
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On Court: Started competing in SoCal junior tournaments at age 10 and USTA Nationals in 12 and under division...continued sectional, national, and ITF tournament play up through 18 and under division...4 star recruit on TennisRecruiting.net as a junior and senior...played #1 singles for three years at Temple City HS, after attending San Marino HS as a freshman...Temple City Captain junior and senior year...Rio Hondo league doubles champion...CIF quarter-finalist in doubles...CIF singles round of 16...reached top 35 in nation in 14s, top 70 in nation in 16s, including two national doubles titles....as a freshman made Stags Tennis debut at USTA / ITA West Regionals in October, going 4-2 in singles and 2-1 (with Butts) in doubles...appeared in two singles dual matches in the spring, against Brandeis on Feb 22, and then against Hawaii-Hilo in Oahu on Marh 22...played #6 and #5 singles, losing only four games in four sets...appeared in four doubles duals in the spring (all with Pereverzin), going 1-3...completes first year with overall record of 6-2 in singles and 3-4 in doubles...as a sophomore won two matches in each the singles and doubles of the USTA / ITA West Regionals in September...had two straight set wins in opening rounds of singles before losing tough three set match to Santa Cruz's Eli Scandalis...partnered junior Cameron Bernhardt in doubles, earning win over 8th seeds Cummins and Wilson of Redlands in the first round...dropped opening singles dual match of the spring season, then won seven straight at the #1, #3 and #6 positions...was extremely valuable as first Stag off the bench during the last two weeks in March, getting key wins against Hardin-Simmons, Williams, Pacific (OR), Chapman, and Redlands...completed 2014 with records of 10-3 in singles and 7-2 in doubles, playing with Morkovine...as a junior played six singles matches at the USTA / ITA West Regionals, winning four and reaching the consolation finals...paired with Bryan Mehall in doubles for three matches...had spring season cut short by left wrist injury, but still appeared in three singles matches and six doubles matches...went 3-0 in singles dual matches at the #4-5 positions and did not drop a set...partnered Marino, Shankar, Hull and Mehall to go 3-1 in doubles dual matches...finished 2015 with overall records of 7-2 in singles and 5-4 in doubles.
Tools: Babolat Pure Drive Roddick strung with Solinco Revolution at 53 lbs
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waht was y2k virus and how it was solved???????????
Sjees.. first hit on google:
Oliver's Law:
Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
Erm,it wasn't a virus AFAIK...more like a wee little bug that got a lot of hype..never did cause any serious problems though.
The fourth result on a Google search gets you this:
What is Y2K Bug?
During 1960s to late 80s there was a widespread practice in all computer softwares to use two digits for repreasenting a year rather than using 4 digits. This was done to save computer disk and memory space because these resources were relatively expensive in those times. As the year 90's approached experts began to realize this major shortcoming in the computer application softwares. In year 2000, the computer systems could interpret 00 as 1900 messing up all the computing work. For example if a program function is calculating difference between two dates, it would calculate a negative number. For example difference between 1 Jan 2000 and 31 Dec 1999 could be calculated as -100 years rather than 1 day. This was a major bug for the whole finance industry. The bug not only existed in computer software but it also existed in the firmware being used in the computer hardware. In general this bug threatened all the major industries including utilities, banking, manufacturing, telecom, airlines.
How was it averted?
Y2K bug was a clicking time bomb for all major computer applications. The computer and system application companies came out with year 2000 compliant operating systems and system software. IT companies around the world spent billions of dollars to go through their entire application source code to look for the Y2K bug and fix it. Almost everybody raced around to make themselves Y2K compliant before the fast approaching deadline. Finally when the big day came, many utilities and other companies switched off their main computers and put the backup computers on work. When the clock ticked Jan 1, 2000, no major problems were reported. Almost every bank worked fine, no major power outages were reported, airplanes still flew and the whole world went on with its normal life.
It got me £4500 (English Pounds)
We were actually trying to trade real cases?............I only found one, with a dead battery!!
"Well see, they wrote all this bank software, and, uh, to save space, they used two digits instead of four. So, like, 98 instead of 1998? Uh, so I go through these thousands of lines of code and, uh... it doesn't really matter. I uh, I don't like my job, and, uh, I don't think I'm gonna go anymore."
-Office Space
Blankety Blank Blank Blank!
It was a bug in code not a virus....see a lot of cobol programmers used two digits for dates instead of four. Luckely a lot of us hardwokign schlubs put in 80 hr weeks in 97 and 98 to make sure nothing bad happen leading to a lot of newer it folks thinking the issue was all hype. I personaly watched automated assembaly lines grind to a halt during date rollover testing in the late 90's (just in time assembly decided it had 100 years before the component needed to be built so it stoped).
It was a very serious error (or more correctly a lot of very serious errors comeing from the same programming practice) we just fixed it in time.
If the story was every truly told it would be a great victory for us poor IT schlubs, we actualy did somethign right...unfortunitly that story is boring, and well most people want to blame it not praise us.
Who is more trustworthy then all of the gurus or Buddhas?
I remember I spent newyears eve 99 - 2000 in the office. The company threw a decent party for us and we did get a bounus for the hundreds of hours we put in during the time leading up to the date but as bballad said it is a boring story in itself.
\"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.\"
\"The reason we are so pleased to find other people\'s secrets is that it distracts public attention from our own.\"
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As I remember it, the problem just wasn't related to Cobol. In many other languages and even in quite a few databases the engineers decided to store dates as just a string of 6 characters. Often in YYMMDD format to simplify the sorting by date. Quite effective, of course, as long as the year stays within a range of 100 years. One solution for the Y2K bug was to change the year offset, which was simple to implement and which would buy some more time to really fix the problem. This offset method is simple. E.g. any YY value below '30' would be in the 21th century and above would be in the 20th century. Thus 18 -> 2018 and 44 -> 1944.
Nowadays, dates are stored differently. Often as a number of days since 1900 or since 1970. Thus the only limit now is the size of the number datatype (often 2 or 4 bytes) which won't cause many problems anymore for the next 50 years or so. (And then there will be a new Y2K like problem.) Storing dates as just a number of days used to be considered a slow method because it required the computer to do some serious calculations to translate it to day-month-year format. Nowadays computers are fast enough so this isn't a problem anymore.
Basically, the Y2K bug is just an overflow error. It's quite a common mistake. But the Y2K bug did provide a lot of new jobs in the IT industry since many companies decided to invest heavily to get rid of this problem. And the IT industry stayed quite popular for a while until the whole bubble exploded. The industry normalized again, with many companies going chapter 11 just because they had invested too much. But still, the IT industry got very popular because of it all because suddenly companies started to invest heavily to educate new developers and engineers to fix these issues.
Out side the the obvious financial and some control software. Some academics and media decided the Clock was the cause of the problem, If it was electronic and had a "Clock" it was vulenerable to the Y2K bug, inspite that many Electronic clocks had nothing to do with the time, let alone the date. This lead to Y2K hysteria. Visions were displayed of exploding computers, planes crashing, powerstations melting down.
Some wise guys when faced with the failure of any major problems to surface, came up with alternate problems based on the Y2K bug. Who has heard of the Time Dilation Effect?
Yep this was the death throws of Y2k..
Y2K Bug 5% fact 95% hype
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The Washington National Cathedral, the nation's traditional host of prayer services for presidents and memorial services for national tragedies, announced on Wednesday that it would now also hold weddings for same-sex couples.
The cathedral, a neo-Gothic landmark in northwest Washington, is the seat of the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church and the Washington Diocese. Episcopalians voted at their convention last summer to authorize an official liturgy for blessing same-sex unions, bringing the church in line with other liberal Christian and Jewish denominations that sanction gay marriage.
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BOSTON (CBS) – Don't get confused listening to the Boston Celtics.
Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden is still Game 5 of their playoffs series against the New York Knicks. You didn't sleep for a week and miss the C's storming back to tie the series with three straight wins, putting them on the brink of becoming the first NBA team to come back from a 3-0 deficit.
Nope, they're still down 3-1 and one loss away from a long, long summer.
But for the Celtics, they know it's win or go home. And because of that, much like Sunday's Game 4, Wednesday and any other game they play against New York will be a Game 7 in their minds.
"We have to come out, again, like a Game 7. Every possession, every defensive stop means that much," guard Jason Terry said on Tuesday. "If we come in with that approach you're going to put yourself in a position to win."
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The must-win mentality worked on Sunday – barely – as the Celtics overcame their own deficiencies to pull out a 97-90 overtime win. They blew a 20-point third quarter lead, a trend that has haunted them all series, and only hit the 90-point mark for the first time thanks to the extra five minutes.
The odds are once again against the Celtics for Game 5 in New York. J.R. Smith will be back for New York, and anything from Sunday's first half that made you feel halfway decent about this team – Brandon Bass' defense on Carmelo Anthony, Jeff Green's scoring touch, and even Kevin Garnett's crashing the boards – slowly melted as they let their double-digit lead evaporate. It's been the same story for three of the four games: Celtics get the lead, Celtics blow the lead. Avery Bradley is still playing like he has a bag of rocks on his back, and Paul Pierce's jump shot looks flatter than the Bruins power play more times than not. The only difference on Sunday was the Jason Terry that hits shots showed up, and the Celtics didn't fold, at least not completely, down the stretch.
It's usually been one bad quarter that has done the Celtics in this series, and they know that trend cannot continue Wednesday night if they hope to keep playing.
"The urgency is to play for four quarters," said captain Paul Pierce. "The first two games in New York we played well for one half, and then there was that one quarter we had mental lapses and lost focus. We have to be cautious of that knowing they'll have a sense of urgency to close this out."
"It's just staying persistent, staying in the moment and knowing every possession is critical," said Terry. "We can't turn the ball over; that's been a struggle for us this series. If we don't turn it over, stay persistent and keep defending the way we are, we're going to have a great shot to win this game."
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The Knicks have thrown a swarming defense at the Celtics, putting pressure on their non-ball-handlers handling the ball in Rajon Rondo's absence. While Pierce has done an admirable job as a point-forward throughout his career, his 5.5 turnovers a game are evidence he is rushing plays – along with anyone else who may have ball-handling duties on a given possession.
But it's not just Pierce. For the series, the Celtics are turning the ball over nearly 16 times a game. Most are caused by the Knicks pressure, but others are caused by their own poor play.
Pressure or not, it's got to change and fast.
"We can't allow their ball pressure to get to us," said Pierce. "I think sometimes we're rushing. We have to be patient and not have any unforced turnovers. When we drive to the basket, when we get to the paint, we have to be aware of their slap downs."
All signs are pointing towards the Celtics losing this series, likely on Wednesday. The Knicks would hate to have to return to Boston for a Game 6, and squash any chance of a potential winner-takes-all Game 7 back in New York.
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They may be 48 short minutes away from elimination, but the Celtics aren't feeling any of that. They'll put it all on the line on Wednesday, and if it's enough, do it again on Friday.
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Warts are common skin infections that can affect any area of the body, but tend to occur on the fingers, hands, elbows, and bottom of the feet. Warts generally don't cause serious problems, so they may not need to be removed.
There are several types of warts, including common warts, flat warts, and plantar warts.
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Although there's no way to prevent warts, it's always a good idea to encourage kids to wash their hands and skin often. If your child has a cut or scratch, use soap and water to clean the area because open wounds are more likely to develop warts and other infections. If a wart develops, make sure your child doesn't scratch the area.
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