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After the recent revelations in the manga, it's safe to assume that there is solid evidence as to whom "The One Who Knows Everything" is referring to. Through research and simple deduction, it is safe to conclude that the person whom Sasuke wants to speak to is: Shisui Uchiha.
First, Suigetsu finds Sasuke, he tells him that he has found a scroll that has power for them to turn the tide of the war, the most probable power of the scroll is Edo Tensei.
Objection 1: The scroll had the ability to change the tide of the entire war, It's doubtful that it's a simple Edo summoning.
Reply to Objection 1: What Suigetsu exactly said was: "With That, We Hawks Can Rule The Shinobi Worl-..." Suigetsu of course is not the smartest chip in the block, if the Scroll had such tremendous power then why didn't Oro and esp. Kabuto used it before? why keep it stashed in Oro's basement and not use its' power? knowing how power hungry both Oro and Kabuto are, it's out of character for them not to act upon the scroll's power immediately when they can. Suigetsu saw the Edo Tensei army and how powerful they were, in his childish mind he must've thought that with Taka's skills and the power of an edo army they can rule over the world aka it was merely his banal fantasies. And whatever the true nature of the scroll has, one thing is clear: the scroll has the power to facilitate to meet someone, so it's most probably Edo Tensei.
Objection 2: The scroll contains a way to unseal/undo the Reaper Death Seal that would allow Sasuke to meet the Hokages.
Reply to Objection 2a: If we assume that the scroll contains a way to unseal the souls inside the reaper, then the question arises: why didnt orochimaru used it earlier since the soul part of his arms is sealed within the reaper and part of his power within it, surely he would have immediately acted upon it if he had a way to take it back but he didnt.
Reply to Objection 2b: Sasuke wants to know the truth about their clan, The Uchiha Clan and I doubt the Hokages can give intimate details regarding the truth and nature of their clan since the Hokages are outsiders to the clan, they may give their personal views about the Uchihas but they are still outsiders, they did not experience first-hand what the Uchihas felt, and what drove them to do what they did. So it's more probable that Shisui Uchiha can provide Sasuke the answer.
Objection 3: Suigetsu was surprised that Orochimaru would even consider such a task. This man knows Orochimaru very well, hence advised Sasuke not to revive Orochimaru feeling as Sasuke maybe underestimating him. The power of Edo Tensei wouldn't receive such a reaction from Suigetsu
Reply to Objection 3: Suigetsu was merely expressing his reservations in the revival of Oro, knowing Orochimaru's duplicitous and insidious personality that he might try to take power again, and if you remember when Suigetsu said that he said afterwards that "if you just take time you can learn to use it all by yourself" meaning that the scroll has a power that can be learned in due time but Sasuke wanted answers immediately, hence the need to facilitate Oro's revival as an instructor of performing Edo Tensei.
Objection 4: Orochimaru hasn't been able to use any ninjutsu since his encounter with the 3rd Hokage. The scroll could have been saved for other reasons
Reply to Objection 4: Suigetsu already pointed out Oro's arms were sealed, but Sasuke insisted in reviving Oro, possibly to teach him how to do the prepatations and hand signs needed to perform Edo Tensei himself.
Objection 5 : After reading the scroll, Sasuke himself stated how this was something only Orochimaru can do. Knowing Others have performed Edo Tensei already, it is therefore impossible for the scroll to contain the power of Edo Tensei because Edo Tensei can be performed by anyone given the right prep and knowldge.
Reply to Objection 5: Sasuke said that, and yet Suigetsu countered that by stating that if Sasuke took time to study it he can learn to use the power of the scroll himself, therefore the power of the scroll is not limited to Orochimaru only, by taking time anyone can learn it, and Sasuke doesn't have much time, nor was he known as a very patient guy, he wants answers and he wants them quickly. Also like I stated in my original post, Orochimaru could know specifically where Shisui's body is hidden or kept guarded by the Foundation, hence, Sasuke needs Oro also to pinpoint the exact location of where Shisui's corpse is hidden/interred.
Objection 6: Sasuke already watched Kabuto release Edo, also Itachi already briefly discussed the basis of Edo infront of Sasuke. At this point, needing Orochimaru other than the whereabouts of someone would only make sense.
Reply to Objection 6: Releasing an Edo and Summoning them are completely different, naturally Sasuke doesn't want to "unsummon" anyone but wants to summon someone in order to speak to. Also, If the scroll contains the location of someone, then why did Suigetsu asks "who is this one who knows everything person?" after Sasuke looked at the scroll and said he'll meet this certain person, and Suigetsu said further afterwards that in time Sasuke could learn how to use the power of the scroll, if you take the contextual meaning of that, it means prior to that statement Suigetsu already surmised that Sasuke needed Orochimaru's expertise on how to use that scroll, given that Oro's hands are sealed, his knowledge of the preparations and proper usage of Edo Tensei would greatly expediate Sasuke's learning time on how to use it himself.
Objection 7: It would appear that the scroll gave Sasuke the idea to revive Orochimaru and to use Edo Tensei on Shisui Uchiha, regardless of having prior knowledge about this, which is implausible.
Reply to Objection 7: , Sasuke had no initial intentions to seek this "The One Who Knows Everything" only after Itachi gave him his memories did he suddenly have the resolve to talk to this person, you can see by Sasuke's reaction from reading the scroll that its' powers facilitates a meeting/encounter with the person he was just thinking about. Sasuke didn't order Suigetsu or Jugo to retrieve it they found it themselves, and as luck would have it, the scroll has the power to give Sasuke the opportunity to meet this someone to finally put his lingering questions to rest.
Objection 8: Orochimaru explicitly asked Sasuke "why do you want to meet them?" in the plural, meaning it's more than one person,.
Reply to Objection 8: Orochimaru was the only one to refer to "The One Who Knows Everything" in the plural sense, both Sasuke and Suigetsu explicitly referred to them in the singular. Chapter 592 P. 13 Sasuke: This is it... The One.. Who Knows... Everything" Chapter 592 P.14 Sasuke: "I'm goint to meet the one who knows everything"; Chapter 593 P.1 Suigetsu: "Who is this person who knows everything?" there are two possible answers: 1. It was a mistranslation from Japanese to English of the singular noun to the plural form or 2. It is possible that it is not only Shisui who Sasuke plans to talk to but the former being the primary candidate to answer the major questions troubling Sasuke.
Moving on: Sasuke said "I want to know about Itachi's feelings, the feelings of a person who, even after getting his name sullied and dying, continue to think about his village and wanted to protect it"
Objection 9: It is possible that there are other persons besides Shisui who knew Itachi's feelings, he interacted with the other Konoha ninjas, the ANBU, the Akatsuki, there are many people who can relate to Itachi's feelings.
Reply to Objection 9: There is only one person who endured the same thing that Itachi did, one who, despite his name being marred, and himself dying, continue to care about Konoha and wants to protect it. It is Shisui:
"Shisui was perplexed that the clan would not deter from the coup d'etat that they were planning and about the consequences that would follow their actions. He told Itachi that he had tried to use Kotoamatsukami to stop them, but Danzō Shimura stole his right eye, adamant on protecting the village his own way. Fearing that Danzō would get the other one as well, Shisui entrusted the other to Itachi telling him to protect the village and the Uchiha name. In order to prevent conflict from arising over his eyes within the clan"
Objection 10: Shisui's name was not damaged/sullied like Itachi's
Reply to Objection 10: Sullied in the sense that Shisui was probably vilified, Shisui wanted to go the middle way and didn't support the planned Uchiha coup nor did he want Konoha to do drastic actions against his clan, so either of the two factions he didn't fully support or probably both earned him animosity much like Itachi's
Hence Sasuke's Question: What is Itachi's feelings is best answered by his best friend: Shisui Uchiha
The next question of Sasuke is: "What is our clan?"
Objection 11: The Hokages are better fit to answer Sasuke's question: "What is a/our clan?
Reply to Objection 11: Sasuke wants to know the truth about their clan, The Uchiha Clan and I doubt the Hokages can give intimate details regarding the truth and nature of their clan since the Hokages are outsiders to the clan, they may give their personal views about the Uchihas but they are still outsiders, they did not experience first-hand what the Uchihas felt, and what drove them to do what they did. So it's more probable that Shisui Uchiha can provide Sasuke the answer.Sasuke asking the Hokages the truth and nature of their clan is like asking your neighbor about the truth and nature of your family, you're neighbor can only give opinions, not inside information and not first-hand accounts. Further, it is clearly shown in the recent chapter (616) that they were going to a specific place within the vicinity of Konoha, the reaper is not located in any specific place for it is summoned by using RDS and not by searching for it in a specified location.
Hence Sasuke's question: Whati s our clan? is best answered by Shisui Uchiha, Sasuke would likely listen to an Uchiha over anyone else at this point, especially one who has the same ideals as Naruto, but was Itachi's close friend.
The next question of Sasuke is: "What is a village?"
Objection 12: Izuna and the Sons of the Sage are the best candidates to answer this question for Sasuke:
Reply to Objection 12: The sons of the Sages and Izuna died before the founding of Konoha or any village for that matter, so they will be unable to answer this question, also, the sons of the Sage existed before konoha was founded, why would they be located/ lived in a place founded centuries after they died? and also adding doubt that they were the ones they are seeking is the fact that since they were powerful individuals, why didn't Oro resurrect them long ago and used them to conquer the world?
Thoughts on ch. 616 onwards:
My prime suspicion is that it is Shisui Uchiha's body that they are seeking and Oro will use the scroll to Edo Tensei him, since Shisui's body was missing, I suspect Danzo took his body for safe keeping or for experimentation purposes but did not want Oro to acquire it, Oro and Danzo were in connivance before so Oro probably knew where Shisui's body was but Danzo kept it safe guarded from him. Sasuke having acquired Itachi's memory of the events must have also been made aware of Shisui's corpse hidden by Danzo, Itachi probably knew or suspected Danzo's hand in the disappearance of Shisui's corpse but didn't try to recover it because of his secret pact with Konoha to kill his clan and work as an undercover spy within Akatsuki, for if he tried to steal the body he would have acted in betrayal against the leaf and Danzo who was a leader of it. That would've also jeopardized Sasuke's safety when he was still living in the village.
Other point of interest:
(Excerpt from the Sasuke Novel, ch.1 Thunder Chronicles - The Day when the Wolf Howle)
"Sasuke is dreaming. He's standing in a dark forest. There's a red moon in the sky. Weird beasts try to attack him. He throws a kunai at them and they disperse into dozens of ravens. Then, a young masked boy appears. The boy and Sasuke exchange words. The boy questions Tobi's motives. "Why didn't Tobi tell you about Itachi earlier? If he had, you wouldn't have had to kill him. It's clear Tobi wanted to make your hatred grow." It seems the boy wants Sasuke not to trust Tobi. Sasuke asks if this is a dream. The boy neither denies nor affirms this. He says they're at the bottom of Sasuke's consciousness. The boy's last words are: "Remember: I am you, I am Itachi, I am the single witness who saw the rise and fall of the Uchiha Clan." The boy disperses in countless ravens and the dream ends."[/I]
You can see he is clearly not Itachi in the dream, he says to Sasuke :
"Why didn't Tobi tell you about Itachi earlier? If he had, you wouldn't have had to kill him. It's clear Tobi wanted to make your hatred grow."
Then he goes on and says:
Remember: I am you, I am Itachi
He is not claiming to be Itachi himself, but that he is like Itachi (in mindset and beliefs) and he is also like Sasuke (being both of the Uchiha clan) only Shisui fits the characteristics of this person in the dream. It is true that he is most probably dead but the departed have ways to communicate with the living through otherworldly means.


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Durbin Amendment Impact: $1 Million For CUs in Third Quarter 2012
Some credit unions which are supposed to be sheltered from the impact the Durbin Amendment's cap on debit interchange saw their interchange drop by collectively over $1 million in the third quarter of 2012, according to data collected by CUNA.
Although the association initially reported that only between 120 and 130 credit unions participated, in fact 230 credit unions responded to an invitation from CUNA to share their debit interchange data and of those CUNA used data from 155, according to CUNA Chief Economist Bill Hampel.
"Some were not able to break out signature debit interchange from PIN debit interchange," he said, explaining why some who initially responded were eventually not used.
"Some had changed processors during that period and were not able to collect the necessary data. If they did not have the data we needed, we didn't use their data," he added.
CUNA looked at the data across four time periods: the nine months from December 2010 to September 2011 provided a baseline for comparison. Six months from September 2011 to March 2012 provided data from the regulation's initial implementation and the association collected data from March to June 2012 and from June to September 2012 which represented debit interchange under the regulation's full implementation.
Regulations implementing the Durbin Amendment's cap went into effect on Oct. 1, 2011. Regulations implementing processing changes went to effect somewhat later.
The data from the 155 credit unions showed that while their debit interchange income increased across the quarter ending in June 2012, it decreased by 1.4% in the quarter ending in September 2012, translating into a loss of $1.38 million for the 155 credit unions in the quarter ending in September 2012.
This was despite seeing the overall number of debit cards issued by the 155 credit unions increase by almost 165,000 over the same quarter.
CUNA is continuing to collect debit interchange data to determine if this decline represented a one-time adjustment to the new regulation or is the first sign of an ongoing trend.

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Besides, the assumption is that the Rudy Gay trade worked because Calderon is an expiring contract. I don't think that's the case.
Besides, the assumption is that the Rudy Gay trade worked because Calderon is an expiring contract. I don't think that's the case.
Oh and trading him for boozer would be one of the worst trades in franchise history. That guy is worse than bargs IMO, even though he averages better stats.
obviously he's had his highs and lows with the team even stuck it out with them while they were in the playoffs
i never liked Primo Pasta to begin with
Team comes first. Right now Bargs seems to fit in off the bench. If a trade can make the team better, go for it. Right now there's been alot of changes so I'm in favor of sitting tight.
Bargnani is a career 15.4 ppg, 4.9 rpg and shoots 43.8 % from the floor
Boozer has also made the All-Star team in the past (once). In the real world Boozer is better than Bargs -- fanboy.
How could you say this would be the worst trade in franchise history?? WOW
Boozer is 31, due to make $15.3M & $16.8M the next 2 seasons.
The Raps are already very close to the luxury tax threshold for next season and this trade would push them into the tax. Not only does that make them a tax team, but it severely limits their options for additional roster moves: no bi-annual exception, significantly reduced MLE, more strict financial trade requirements.
I don't think Boozer is enough of an upgrade to justify making 42% / 46% more money than Bargnani over the next two seasons, especially with the negative impact on roster flexibility moving forward.
The #Raptors are still dangling Andrea Bargnani, with the team reportedly chasing #Bucks forward Ersan Ilyasova. bit.ly/WF4cES— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) February 11, 2013
Very interesting now that it's gaining some heat. Quite frankly, unless he's playing the power forward and no other position, and Derozan/Ross/JV/Lowry/Gay/Johnson aren't traded, I'm content with the deal.
Although, if any of the above players are included, no thank you.
Twitter: @ReubenJRD NBA, Raptors writer for Daily Hive Vancouver, Toronto.
Ugh....Ilyasova is a big SF who doesn't fill a hole.
I want no part of this 1-year wonder.
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Science fiction fans and generals alike have long fantasized about what it'd be like to have a laser weapon at their command. Now at last such dreams are nearing reality. After years of steady milestone progress, military contractor Northrop Grumman has reached a significant mark -- the first 100 kW steady-state laser.
The laser is part of the Joint High-Powered Solid State Laser Phase 3 Program, which combines 8 lasers in chain fashion to create a "superlaser" of sorts. Each laser can deliver up to 15.3 kW individually and is about the size of a large briefcase. Together they form a unit about the size of a couple garbage dumpsters stacked together, which can deliver a peak beam of 105.5 kW. The device has operated continuously for 5 minutes, a major landmark in integrity.
The beam quality is an impressive 3.0 or better, and full power is reached in 0.6 seconds.
At 100 kW, the laser is capable of delivering a military-ready deadly beam. The unit could see deployment aboard next-generation battleships and cruisers or aboard large aircraft. States a company release, "In fact, many militarily useful effects can be achieved by laser weapons of 25 kW or 50 kW, provided this energy is transmitted with good beam quality, as our system does."
However, the relatively large weight and high power requirements remain obstacles to deploying the lethal laser.
Northrop Grumman is not satisfied with the significant breakthrough. They want to continue to shrink the device so that one day it might be portable on the battlefield. Dan Wildt, vice president of Northrop's directed energy systems program, adds, "It is still a little heavy and a little big."


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If this were any other team or not his 1st time going against his former team I would be concerned. If it happens again vs. Memphis I'll be pissed. I'm not condoning it now but I do understand it.
I am pleased with Raps performance overall considering the situation. Grizz are a great team and you know they were just as fired up to play the Raps as Gay was to play former team.
I'm a broken record but Boozer would have looked good tonight.


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THINK Teams Debate Pace of Change Within the Industry
CHICAGO — Credit union executives attending CO-OP Financial Services recent THINK 2013 Conference heard two teams of executives and a panel of experts debate whether the credit union industry needs to make measured changes to face future challenges or massive changes.
The team of executives arguing for massive change was made up by Patrick Basler, president of First Financial Credit Union; Michael Bell, attorney at Howard and Howard; and Sarah Snell Cook, publisher and editor-in-chief of Credit Union Times. The team of executives arguing for measured change teamed Frank Diekmann, publisher of Credit Union Journal; Jill Nowacki, vice president for development at MAPS Credit Union; and Sandra Scott, vice president of card services and product management for Patelco Credit Union.
The team arguing in favor of massive change won the debate by 57% to 43%, according to audience polling taken during the event.
Both the teams and the panel of experts, which included Mollie Bell, chief engagement officer, Filene Research Institute; Chip Filson, chairman, Callahan & Associates; and Brandi Stankovic, partner, Mitchell, Stankovic & Associates, struggled a bit with defining the topic of the debate, since both sides emphasized that they favored credit unions changing to meet the demands of a shifting marketplace.
"I don't think anyone is up here arguing for the status quo," said Caroline Willard, vice president for markets and strategy at CO-OP Financial Services who moderated the debate. "The question is what sort of change is most needed."
The massive change team argued that credit unions began by stepping into the marketplace with a marked and massively new idea for financial services in the financial cooperative and have continued to adopt massive changes ever since. The measured change side argued credit unions had merely adopted and adapted to changes going on in the market.
In addition, both sides struggled a bit with the recognition that credit unions cannot always look to the members who are also their owners for direction when it comes to the question of change.
"You have to realize that some members are going to hate change," observed Basler, one of the massive change team members. "And other times you are going to have to make changes in order to attract more members."
Underlying the debate was a question about technology. For example, is offering a mobile banking experience represent a massive change or a measured change? It is massive in the sense that it means that a credit union might go for a long time without ever seeing a member face to face, but it is measured because the member is still interacting with the credit union to obtain financial services. All that has changed has been the means through which the interaction is accomplished.
Further, while much of the debate centered on changes to the margins of credit union business, the methods of how products and services are offered as well as the use of CUSOs to offer new sets of products and services, there was a high degree of conservative unanimity on stage about not changing credit unions as not-for-profit financial cooperatives owned by their members.
"You own us," Filson said at one point. "That is part of what makes us unique in the marketplace."


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Funerary gift: bottle
Ketef Hinnom, Jerusalem
Iron Age II, late 7th–6th century BCE
H: 16 cm
Israel Antiquities Authority
Accession number: IAA 1980-1077
Burial in Judah took place mainly in rock-hewn family burial caves, which were used for several generations. The bodies were laid to rest on benches carved along the walls. When their flesh had decomposed, the bones and funerary gifts were removed to a repository pit dug in the floor of the room, leaving the benches free for the interment of new bodies.
Digital presentation of this object was made possible by: The Ridgefield Foundation, New York, in memory of Henry J. and Erna D. Leir


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Texas CUs Reach Out to Explosion-Stricken Town
Texas credit unions have been contacting the Texas Credit Union Foundation on Thursday asking how they can help other credit unions and their members who might have been damaged or harmed in the explosion Wednesday night at a fertilizer plant in the town of West.
A fire at the plant in the small town about 20 miles north of Waco caused a devastating explosion that has killed and injured an as yet unknown number of people and heavily damaged or destroyed homes and commercial buildings.
"In times of crisis, the Foundation is here to help our credit unions and their staff get back on their feet so that they in turn can be there for their members," says TCUF Executive Director Courtney Moran.
Moran says the TCUF is currently assessing the situation to determine the scope of damage – if any – credit unions and their staff might have experienced. If it is determined that the damage is widespread, TCUF will activate its disaster relief fund.
"Already I received countless emails and phone calls from credit unions across the state wanting to know how they can help," says Moran. "It's so gratifying to know that we serve in a movement where people really care about each other."
The foundation said it would notify credit unions if the disaster relief fund is activated.


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According to documents obtained by the Courthouse News Service, Electronic Arts is facing a class action lawsuit due to the implementation of SecuROM DRM software in the recently released evolution game Spore. The lawsuit was filed Monday with the Northern California District Court and the plaintiff is Melissa Thomas and "all others similarly situated". Thomas is represented by Alan Himmelfarb and Scott A. Kamber of Vernon, California, and New York.
The suit claims, "Consumers are not warned about the program, which is installed without notice and cannot be uninstalled, even if they uninstall Spore". The lawsuit accuses Electronic Arts of deliberately hiding the fact that Spore uses SecuROM and claims the DRM software prevents the computer from operating under certain circumstances and/or disrupting hardware operations. The suit also claims that SecuROM takes over a portion of a PC's processing resources "to transmit information back to EA." The lawsuit is seeking an award for all plaintiffs the $49.99 purchase price plus damages. The details of the lawsuit are available in PDF format.
In addition to the lawsuit, there is more bad press for EA as Shacknews is reporting a poster on The Official Spore Forum was threatened with banning after asking about the DRM situation on the board. They were asked to take any further DRM SecuROM conversations to another forum and any further attempts to discuss the topic may result in a banning so severe the poster may be forced to buy a new copy to play Spore. The forum thread in question can be accessed here. In order to post on the forum, consumers must sign in with the Spore account tied to their game.
The comments appear to be the result of a frustrated forum moderator rather than official Electronic Arts policy as other forum moderators quickly stepped in claiming the inflammatory comments were the result of a miscommunication. They also stated on another forum thread "It is okay to discuss issues on this forum as long as it's done in a respectful manner and there are no personal attacks. This includes the DRM and other controversial issues.
In a message sent to Kotaku, Electronic Arts responded to the incident stating "These comments are absolutely not true or in-line with EA's moderation policy. They were made by an over-zealous community volunteer who does not work for EA."
Spore has received large amounts of criticism for the way its DRM was implemented. The backlash has caused Electronic Arts to backtrack on some of their decisions with regards to the DRM implemented in Spore. The class action lawsuit and the forum incident are more additions to the public relations disaster that the Spore DRM fiasco has become.


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unnamed Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd.'s (SEO 005930) senior executive was
quoted in The Korea Times as stating that "his" company planned to go
on the offensive in its legal battle against Apple, Inc. (AAPL), suing in multiple regions to try to ban sales
of Apple's upcoming iPhone 5.
I. Samsung Goes on the Offensive
The report quotes the male senior executive as saying, "Just after the arrival
of the iPhone 5 here, Samsung plans to take Apple to court here [in S. Korea]
for its violation of Samsung's wireless technology related patents. For as long
as Apple does not drop mobile telecommunications functions, it would be
impossible for it to sell its i-branded products without using our patents. We
will stick to a strong stance against Apple during the lingering legal
It was Apple who launched the patent war, by suing to ban Samsung sales in the
U.S., one of the world's most lucrative phone markets. But it was Samsung
who escalated the patent dispute, suing Apple in Germany, Japan, and South
The report in The Korea Times largely ignores this
distinction, inferring that Samsung is changing gears from a defensive to an
offensive role. It quotes the executive as saying; "We are taking
different tactics since we are quite confident."
More correctly, Samsung indeed may be altering its strategy, but it's likely
instead trying to push for faster rulings. For example its case in Germany
was filed before Apple's, but still is yet to be resolved, while the Apple one wrapped up last week. With the iPhone 5,
Samsung likely wants to sue Apple before it can be hit with new lawsuits
regarding the Galaxy S II.
II. From Friends to Enemies
The Android phone maker enjoys a complicated relationship with Apple,
Inc. (AAPL), much like Android OS-creator Google Inc.'s (GOOG) relationship with Apple. In addition to
its discrete devices units, Samsung is also one of the largest component
producers, making memory, CPUs, and screens for small portable devices.
Apple has long been one of its largest clients. Samsung is Apple's primary
supplier of NAND flash memory, the storage chips found inside the iPad and
iPhone products. Samsung also has manufactured Apple's CPUs. Early
iPhone contained CPUs designed directly by Samsung. In recent models,
Samsung's role as chip designer has blurred as Apple has begun branding its
chips and contributing substantially to the final design -- though Samsung is
still thought to be playing a key role in design.
However, the pair's relationship has been stressed to the breaking point by the fact that
Samsung is currently the world's top maker of Android smartphones and tablets,
vying with Apple for the top spot in global sales. As Android smartphones
have recently begun to outsell the iPhone 5-to-2 and Android tablets creep towards the once seemingly insurmountable iPad
sales lead, Apple has sued [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] the world's top
Android manufacturers claiming that they have stolen its patented designs and
Samsung CEO Choi Gee-Sung comments, "Apple is Samsung's biggest customer.
Hewlett-Packard (HP), Nokia and Sony were Samsung's previous big clients,
however, Apple is now a primary one. From our perspective, we are not entirely
happy (about the litigations)."
III. What Does Apple Claim?
Apple has been particularly pointed in its words for Samsung. In its
first lawsuit against its estranged supplier, it writes, "Rather than
innovate and develop its own technology and a unique Samsung style for its
smart phone products and computer tablets, Samsung chose to copy Apple's
technology, user interface and innovative style in these infringing
Much of the technology intellectual property involved in the suit deals with
the core Android OS -- for example the way touch works in certain phone
applications. However, Apple, thus far, has declined to directly sue
Google instead targeting the top manufacturers who use Android
Additionally Apple claims that Samsung's smartphones copy its patented design
on the iPad and iPhone.
The "fat iPad" design patent (D504,889 in the U.S.) was
filed in 2004 and depicts a device with no face buttons (unlike the iPad which
has one face button) and only a power button on the edges (no mute button or
volume rockers like on the iPad). The device was also much thicker than
the iPad, based on the drawings contained in the filing. As a result the
design looks relatively little like the iPad or
the Galaxy Tab (Samsung's tablet), beyond the fact that both are
"minimalist" rectangular tablets.
By contrast the iPhone design patents (D618,677 and D593,087 in the U.S.), which
were filed shortly after the release of the iPhone 4 and iPhone (original),
respectively, look much more like the respective iPhone models at the time.
Substantial visual differences can be found between the patent and Samsung's
best-selling Galaxy S/S II smart phones, the primary target of the lawsuit on
the smartphone front. The Galaxy phones have at least three physical face
buttons and feature a curvier bottom than the iPhone. On the other hand
if you ignore the side face buttons, the phones do look somewhat alike, in that
both have a small speaker slit above the screen and a home button beneath it.
Probably the most compelling evidence on Apple's behalf is that the Galaxy S
featured a curvier look à la the iPhone (original), where as the Galaxy S
II morphed into a blockier look à la the iPhone 4.
In short whether Samsung's devices look like Apple's seems largely arbitrary
and heavily subject to personal opinions. Perhaps this is why one
European Union court (the Netherlands) recently rejected these claims as being
without merit, while a neighboring court (Germany) upheld the claims and banned sales
of Samsung's tablets.
IV. What does Samsung Claim?
Samsung claims that it didn't copy Apple's design and that it's simply giving
the market what they want in terms of looks. And sales figures seem to
back that statement to some extent -- the Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab products sold
millions of units worldwide.
The South Korean company's infringement claims against Apple stem largely from
its deep portfolio of wireless communications patents. Much like Apple,
Samsung is essentially inferring that Apple must broadly alter its product from
what the market seemingly demands to bring it out of infringement.
Much as Apple says Samsung cannot make a minimalist tablet, Samsung says Apple
cannot make a tablet with wireless communications onboard.
Apple is very upset about this claim as many of the
patents involved are filed under the "fair, reasonable and
non-discriminatory" (F/RAND) principle. F/RAND applies to patents
developed as part of industry standards. It states that companies must
pay you fair licensing fees for the patent, but you must express willingness to
license the IP.
By contrast, Samsung is looking to ignore the F/RAND provisions and seek a
sales ban -- an identical tactic to Apple's. The move raises a compelling
question of limits F/RAND. Namely, the question goes something like -- is
a company that's broadly looking to kill a F/RAND patent holder's products
"unreasonable" and hence subject to licensing refusal?
Again the answer here seems largely subjective.
V. Fallout of the Patent War
If Apple is banned in the Samsung-friendly Korean court it will lose a nice
chunk of sales. SK Telecom Comp., Ltd. (SEO:017670) and KT Corp. (SEO:030200), South Korea's top two wireless carriers, have
collectively sold 3.1 million iPhones -- mostly iPhone 4s.
Thus the loss to Apple would be even greater than the loss Samsung suffered in
Germany -- which is expected to see 2.4 million tablet sales this year (of
which Samsung was expected to have significant minority stake, before the ban).
So far Samsung has yet to win a case, although the majority of the 23 lawsuits
filed internationally between the two companies have not made it to a ruling
yet. However, many believe that Asian courts, such as the South Korean
court, will display favoritism towards Samsung, a top local firm.
Samsung is appealing the German verdict and hopes soon to
strike blows of its own. Comments the unnamed executive, "If Samsung
wins in Germany that will give us a big breakthrough and so will other
envisioned efforts against such products as the iPhone 5."
Regardless of who "wins" the patent war, it's likely that the
consumers will lose by a reduction of choice in the market. Some may lose
access to the Android tablets or smart phones, while others may miss being able
to buy 3G-equipped iPads or iPhones.
Despite this, like some sort of Cold War-gone-awry scenario, Samsung, the
largest Android smart phone maker, and Apple, its bitter rival, continue to
march along the path to mutually assured destruction.


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the American east was colonized and went from a frontier into a
built-up economic giant, laws in the "New World" became
increasingly regimented and defined. Today, a similar scenario
is playing out in the world of wired broadband internet. The
service has matured into a cornerstone of the modern economy, but
only now is legislation catching up.At stake is whether
internet service providers should be allowed to charge websites/web
content creators fees to determine traffic speed by offering faster
connections. Also at stake is whether ISPs should be allowed to
purposefully slow traffic down.Verizon and Google today
rolled out a proposal that offers a prospective answer to those
questions. The proposal, which had been rumored
since last week, is only two pages long and can be
found here.It
calls for the legislation enforcing the premise of "net
neutrality" -- banning the deliberate slowing down or
speeding up traffic on wired connections. Under the
Google/Verizon plan, the Federal Communications Commission would gain
the authority to punish offenders, fining them up to $2M USD for
intentional violations (while a bit ambiguous, it sounds like these
fines could be per
which would be bad news for throttlers
like Comcast).The proposal also redefines the frontier --
offering exemptions for wireless and new online services such as
internet-connected television. It makes it clear that strict
rules must be in place to ensure that companies can't create creative
renamings of traditional broadband offerings to try to skirt net
neutrality rules.This approach makes sense to an extent, but
there's substantial ambiguity here. The definition of
legitimate "new" online services, versus illegitimate
rebrandings is not clearly outlined. Furthermore, there is some
risk to this approach -- if wireless traffic is temporarily exempted
from net neutrality as it develops, there's the risk that it will
become a permanent exemption.Also
of interest, the proposal seeks to mandate that ISPs offer clearer
information on their real-world connection stats to subscribers.
It also calls on the U.S. Government Accountability Office to publish
yearly reports monitoring the
state of broadband internet across the country.The
proposal also supports financing the Universal Service Fund (USF), a
mechanism included in the Telecommunications
Act of 1996 which looks to expand telecommunication service
to expensive groups -- such as individuals with disabilities, or
individuals in rural areas. Specifically, the proposal calls on
the USF being used to deploy broadband to the remaining parts of
America that it does not currently reach.A remaining
significant aspect of the proposal is its repeated use of the word
"legal" with regard to traffic and content. The
intent is clear -- Verizon and Google are leaving room to
discriminate against pirated traffic. However, the bar would be
raised somewhat in the sense that the onus would be on ISPs to prove
that traffic was indeed illegal. The upside to
filesharers is that many ISPs may opt simply not to regulate
traffic. However, the downside is that if they do opt
to regulate traffic, they could in effect be removing the financial
burden of tracking piracy from copyright watchdogs and taking it on
themselves, fulfilling the long time goal of groups like the RIAA to
either get ISPs or the government to pay for such tracking.It's
worth noting that there's still substantially ambiguity in
virtually all of
the proposal's suggestions, though, which may have helped Verizon and
Google -- two companies with notably
different past opinions on net neutrality -- reach common
ground.The proposal comes as the FCC crafts
net neutrality legislation to present to Congress.
Along with its plan
for national broadband, the new legislation will look to reshape
the face of internet in America. The trickiest part will be
whether the FCC can put this somewhat vague two page proposal into a
more comprehensive measure that will likely span 100 pages or more
and lay out explicit rules.Will Verizon and Google continue
to agree when that kind of proposal hits? And will other
players like AT&T and Microsoft sit quietly by while Verizon and
Google's attempts to steer the nation's internet policy? Those
are two critical questions, the answers to which remain to be seen.


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The device
has not yet received a price, but the rumors are already flying about
a possible
iPhone tie-in. Engadget Mobile and others claim that
AT&T will offer unlimited MicroCell iPhone calling for $20 a
month. Reportedly with AT&T Internet, the fee drops to $10
a month, and with AT&T Internet and landline service it goes away
entirely. Reportedly the device will also support 3G data and
text message transmission under existing plans.
AT&T offers iPhone service plans for $60 for 450 daytime rollover
minutes, $80 for 900, $100 for 1350, or $120 for unlimited.
Using the new service users may be able to save money by opting for a
cheaper plan and calling from their home location. It is
unclear, though, whether the device would first burn through the
users' rollover minutes, or whether it would start in unlimited
At any rate, the device may at last prove a cure to the
iPhone's perennial signal
quality complaints.
The second big piece of iPhone news is
that Apple has reportedly opened
an investigation into why some users with OS v3.1-equipped
iPhones are experiencing poor
battery life. Reportedly, AppleCare teams are emailing
customers lists of 11 questions and an app that tracks and reports
battery life to Apple.
One key issue is whether the battery
life is truly bad, or whether the OS's battery indicator is merely
faulty. Describes one of the reported questions,"When you
notice a power drop, does it seem to be a legitimate power drop, or
rather an issue with the battery icon indicator?"
is reportedly emailing users who complain about battery life on its
forums. The company is warning customers that install the
application not to sync their phones as the battery logs it creates
are very large. They suggest disabling it after Apple has
received their information.
Its unclear exactly when or how
Apple might use the feedback to improve the iPhone's OS, but its
certainly good to see the company taking action on this reported


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South African Airways (SAA) is offering participants of the Cape Argus Cycle Tour, a safe and reliable bicycle carriage service to and from the event.
Transportation of bicycles to Cape Town will be done from 6 to 13 March 2010 and back to their destination from 14 to 22 March 2010.
Normal handling procedures will apply at other airports and passengers are advised to arrive for check-in at least 1 hour and 30 minutes before departure.
The cost of transporting a bicycle is R250 per one-way and can be paid for at any Pick n' Pay store and SAA will ensure the safe carriage and appropriate care of the equipment.
A voucher will be given as proof of payment and this must be presented together with an air ticket or e-ticket print out when handing the bicycle in at the various drop-off points.
International passengers pay a handling fee on departure and follow the respective domestic airport's handling procedure.
When booking travel to and from Cape Town, passengers must inform SAA booking agents or travel agents that their bicycle will be accompanying them.
How to prepare your bicycle for transporting:
It is important to ensure that a bicycle is securely packaged before handing it over to SAA. Special boxes or bags must be used and are available at cycle stores. The chosen packaging should be one that adequately protects the bicycle from possible damage. The packaging must be clearly marked with the owner's contact details. Packaging may be opened to conduct necessary security checks.
Handlebars should be turned parallel to the frame and pedals removed or turned inward, the seat down and tyres deflated. Tyres cannot be carried on board the aircraft as their size is not within the minimum requirements and could cause damage to their aircraft and bicycle part.
Carbon dioxide cylinder's used to inflate tyres are treated as dangerous objects and shipped as cargo.
Any electronic equipment fitted to the bicycle must be removed and carried separately.
Departing from OR Tambo International Airport:
Bicycles are to be dropped off at Domestic Departures Terminal B Kerbise from 06h00 to 20h00 from 6 to 13 March. On arrival back in Johannesburg, bicycles can be collected at this same area.
Departing Durban International Airport:
Drop off at Technical Hanger from 06h00 to 20h00 on weekdays and 06h00 to 18h00 on weekends. Retuning bicycles are collected at this same area.
When dropping off, the passenger must present their air ticket or e-ticket printout as well as the proof of payment for the transportation of the bicycle. A baggage claim tag will be presented to the passenger as proof of drop-off.
Collection at Cape Town International:
Bicycles can be collected at a specially designated area at Cape Town airport from 08h00 to 23h00 each day. Signage will lead passengers to the collection area. On collection of the bicycle, passengers must present the baggage claim tag as well as their ID or passport.
Those collecting bicycles on behalf of others must present their ID/passport, a copy of the owners ID/passport, a letter of authority to collect and the baggage claim tag.
On return from Cape Town, the same drop off procedure follows in that passengers must present their air ticket or e-ticket and proof of payment for the carriage of the bicycle. Drop off at Cape Town can be done from 14 to 22 March from 06h00 to 20h00 each day.
Due to the expected high volumes of passengers returning to their various destinations in the days directly after the event, it is possible that bicycles may arrive on a later flight than the one the passenger is traveling on.
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National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1990 (ICPSR 9833)
Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Drug Abuse
This series measures the prevalence and correlates of drug use in the United States. The surveys are designed to provide quarterly, as well as annual, estimates. Information is provided on the use of illicit drugs, alcohol, anabolic steroids, and tobacco among members of United States households aged 12 and older. Questions include age at first use, as well as lifetime, annual, and past-month usage for the following drug classes: marijuana, inhalants, cocaine, hallucinogens, heroin, alcohol, tobacco, and nonmedical use of psychotherapeutics. Respondents were also asked about problems resulting from their use of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, their perceptions of the risks involved, insurance coverage, and personal and family income sources and amounts. Demographic data include gender, race, ethnicity, educational level, job status, income level, household composition, and population density.
Series: National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) Series
Access Notes
The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.
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Study Description
United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Drug Abuse. National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1990. ICPSR09833-v5. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2013-05-06. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09833.v5
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- Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration
Scope of Study
Subject Terms: alcohol abuse, alcohol consumption, amphetamines, barbiturates, cocaine, drug abuse, drug use, drugs, hallucinogens, heroin, households, inhalants, marijuana, methamphetamine, prescription drugs, sedatives, smoking, stimulants, substance abuse, substance abuse treatment, tobacco use, tranquilizers, youths
Geographic Coverage: United States
- 1990
- 1990-09--1991-02
Unit of Observation: individual
Universe: The population of the continuous United States, aged 12 and older, living in households.
Data were collected by Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC, and prepared for release by National Opinion Research Center, Chicago, IL.
For selected variables, statistical imputation was performed following logical imputation to replace missing responses. Unique code values were assigned to the recency-of-use variable when such logical imputation occurred. These code values are readily identifiable by the phrase "... LOGICALLY IMPUTED" or "... LOGICALLY ASSIGNED" in the code value descriptions.
Data were weighted based on the three stages of sampling that were used. The person-level sampling weight is the product of the three-stage sampling weights, each of which is equal to the inverse of the selection probability for that stage. Adjustments were made to compensate for nonresponse and sampling error. Adjustments also included trimming sample weights to reduce excessive weight variation and a post-stratification to Census population estimates.
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For some drugs that have multiple names, questions regarding the use of that drug may be asked for each distinct name. For example, even though methamphetamine, methedrine and desoxyn are the same drug, their use was measured in three separate variables.
Sample: Multistage area sample design with an oversampling of young people, minorities, and the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
personal interviews, including self-enumerated answer sheets for questions on drugs
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Desktop Pick-&-Place Machine: An EETimes Community Project
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Would you be interested in having your own pick-and-place machine that can assemble your boards -- and possibly even reflow them -- while fitting in a space smaller than an 11" x 17"?
With all the excitement associated with of 3D printers, there seems to be a giant gap in the rapid prototyping tool set -- a desktop pick-and-place (P&P) machine that can be had at a reasonable price. If you were to survey the landscape, you would find that most of the smaller pick-and-place machines that are out there are either just not quite ready for primetime, or will cost more than a few thousand dollars. This is where the EETimes community has an opportunity to change the picture.
The idea started at this year's EELive! Conference and Exhibition. A few of us were standing around at one of the Gadget Smackdowns chatting about this and that. Among the various topics we discussed were the popularity of presentations on mechanical design and the need for a way to get reasonable prices on low-volume production/prototype runs. It was then that these two ideas converged and we decided that we wanted to design a very small pick-and-place machine.
The more we talked about this, the more excited we got. The thought of having a machine that can assemble your boards -- and possibly even reflow them -- while fitting in a space smaller than an 11" x 17" footprint just brought great big grins to our faces.
This idea -- with the excitement it brings -- is more than just designing a machine. There is a teaching opportunity as well. We will be using this project to teach concepts about electromechanical integration, motor usage, computer vision, PCB assembly, and a range of related topics through our blog posts and future conference presentations.
So what exactly will this machine consist of, and what tasks will it be capable of performing? Well, this is where we would appreciate your help. We do have some basic goals, but we would welcome your suggestions to fill out the details.
Let's start with out top-level design goals, which are as follows:
- $400 to $600 target sales price
- 11" x 17" or smaller footprint
- A modular system allowing for addition of features at a future date
- Good mechanical design
With these as the basic design goals, here are some thoughts on other details to get your creative juices flowing. Because of the fact that we are shooting for a low price point, there will need to be some tradeoffs. For example, this is not intended to be the fastest pick-and-place machine out there, so we can look at compromising on speed.
Also, because we are not intending to use this machine to provide high throughput, we can look at eliminating the typical component feeders (though we may have a concept that could mitigate this tradeoff). Lastly, because we are looking to have a small machine, we are not intending to have an extremely large build area. Remember that this is intended to be a machine for very low volume production -- say a few hundred pieces, or prototypes.
There is an advantage to this being a small machine, which is that we can look at employing some concepts that might be too complex to implement on a production-level machine. For example, one concept we would like to consider is making this machine so that it cannot only print solder paste without stencils, but that it can then be able to reflow the entire board after the components have been placed. Another idea is to have a component tester. This concept would allow for testing of polarity of LEDs and other diodes. In turn, this would help insure less iterations of your concept due to mislabeled diodes.
So we have a basic framework and some design concepts to get the gears turning in your head. Now we need your help to gather ideas on what you would like to see in this type of a machine. We encourage you to share your comments below. After everyone has posted their ideas, we might use a poll tool to help narrow down some of these concepts. Once we have a better idea as to what the community would like to see in such a machine, there will be further chances to participate in this project. We look forward to seeing your creativity in action.
Related posts:
- Red Pitaya Becomes a Kickstarter Success Story
- Christmas Roll Call: What Electronic Gifts Did You Receive?
- 3D Printers Will Not Come to Every Household (Just Yet)
- Learning From Others' Mistakes: a Case Study of a PCB Design Error
- New Saleae Logic Analyzer Family Combines Digital & Analog
- EELive! 2014: A Tale of Adventure, Learning & Friendship
- Taking the mikroC Toolchain for a Test Drive


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Wednesday is Financially Fit Day for NCUF
Wednesday is "Financially Fit Day" as far as the National Credit Union Foundation is concerned.
The NCUF has given that designation to April 3 to help the industry kick off National Financial Literacy Month.
It's also part of a campaign the foundation calls "Credit Unions Support Financial Education: Leading the Way to Financial Freedom."
The foundation said it is encouraging credit unions to hold a "Financially Fit Day" on Wednesday and to raise funds through the month to help support financial education in their communities.
Ideas for exactly how to raise funds and celebrate the day are in a foundation tool kit online, as are campaign resources such as pledge forms, newsletter articles, sign-up sheets, stickers, flyer, statement stuffer, wall pin-up templates, a YouTube video and Web buttons, the foundation said.
"If credit unions want to do more than casual days or fundraising, we encourage them to be creative in their efforts and use any of our materials as a starting point," said Christopher Morris, director of communications at the NCUF in Madison, Wis.
This year's initiative is a follow up to last year, when the NCUF and the Texas Credit Union Foundation created the program in an effort to raise awareness of financial education and also raise funds for programs and grants from the NCUF and state credit union foundations.
The NCUF and the state credit union foundation in which the donation was made will split the proceeds, the NCUF said.


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You have a unique medical history. Therefore, it is essential to talk with your doctor about your personal risk factors and/or experience with urinary incontinence. By talking openly and regularly with your doctor, you can take an active role in your care.
General Tips for Gathering Information
Here are some tips that will make it easier for you to talk to your doctor:
- Bring someone else with you. It helps to have another person hear what is said and ask questions you may not have thought of to ask.
- Write out your questions ahead of time, so you don't forget them.
- Write down the answers you get, and ask for clarification if necessary.
- Don't be afraid to ask questions about where you can find more information about what you are discussing. You have a right to know.
Specific Questions to Ask Your Doctor
- Based on my medical history, am I at risk of developing urinary incontinence?
- Should I start Kegel exercises or estrogen cream (for women) now to help prevent incontinence later on?
- Do any of the medications I take increase my risk?
- Are there other things I can do to reduce my risk?
- What could have caused my incontinence?
- Is there more than one factor/cause?
- What topical treatment do you recommend to keep the urine from breaking down my skin?
- Are there other complications that I should be aware of?
- What treatment plan do you recommend?
- Are there any new treatments that might be better than the current standard?
- Do you recommend that I participate in a clinical trial?
- Is there a clinical trial appropriate for me?
- Are there any medications that will supplement my fluid restriction and prolong the time between visits to the bathroom?
- Will medications like these be safe for me to use?
- How often should I do Kegel exercises?
- What about regular physical exercise, what type of exercise is safest for me?
- Can I be cured?
- If I am cured, could the problem return?
- Will my treatment have any lasting negative effects?
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LG Electronics will attempt to cash in on the virtualization craze later this month with the introduction of LCD monitors that can double as virtualized desktop PCs.
The LG SmartVine N-series line will include 17-inch and 19-inch monitors in the United States, while a 16-inch version will also be made available in overseas markets.The monitors can be used as traditional desktop displays via a standard VGA connector, however they will also incorporate embedded virtualization technology from U.S.-based desktop virtualization specialist NComputing.
To make use of the onboard virtualization circuitry, users can connect a keyboard and mouse directly to the SmartVine monitor, which in turn connects to a host PC via a standard cable. The host PC can support up to ten additional virtual desktops with the adition of two NComputing X550 PCI Card Kits and the company's vSpace software.
The 19-inch SmartVine N-Series monitor will list for $199 in the United States. The thin client solution is to be targeted primarily at education and government markets, and service sector organizations, such as call centers. NComputing executives claim that an increased industrywide focus on desktop virtualization, Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings, and Web-hosted applications will drives sales of the LG N-Series units. The Redwood City, Calif., company has released esitmates that customers of the virtualization-equipped monitors will be able to lower their computer hardware costs by 60 percent, maintenance costs by 70 percent, and electricity costs by 90 percent. The LG monitors work with both Windows and Linux computers.
The market for virtualization technology has continued to expand this year, while other areas of the technology sector faltered, because of virtualization's potential to consolidate physical resources and reduce costs in the data center. While server and storage virtualization schemes have become top priorities for corporate IT departments, interest in desktop virtualization has traditionally lagged behind its data center conterparts. For example, a recent survey of 377 federal IT managers conducted by CDW Government Inc. found that 59 percent of federal agencies have implemented server virtualization, and 51 percent are utilizing storage virtualization, but only 49 percent have invested in virtualized desktops.
However, other studies suggest that virtualized desktops may be gaining momentum in the public sector. Desktop virtualization vendor Citrix Systems announced that a survey it conducted at the recent 2009 Consortium of School Networking (CoSN) Conference found that 80 percent of technology leaders in kindergarten through grade 12 schools were interested in implementing desktop virtualization in their classrooms.


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Corruption, financial crime and asset recovery focus of INTERPOL meeting in Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria – Senior investigators and prosecutors from West, East and Central Africa have come together in Nigeria to discuss ways to successfully identify, investigate and prosecute cases of corruption and related financial crimes at the 6th INTERPOL Global Programme on Anti-Corruption, Financial Crimes and Asset Recovery.
Organized by INTERPOL's Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes unit in coordination with the INTERPOL Regional Bureau in Abidjan and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of Nigeria, the five-day (7-11 October) meeting gathered some 60 participants from 16 countries to examine the latest tools and techniques for investigating different forms of corruption.
Topics covered included fraud, financial crimes, abuse of authority, corruption in procurement and contracting, corruption in the financial sector, abuse of public office, money laundering, auditing and computer forensics, asset recovery and the effective use of mutual legal assistance in international investigations.
Ibrahim Lamorde, Executive Director of the EFCC, highlighted the critical role of international police cooperation in successfully tackling corruption in Africa and beyond.
"Corruption on the scale in which we confront it today is hardly a simplistic, one-man criminal endeavour. That is why we are devoting enormous resources to set up operational institutions, build legal architectures and drive through reform programmes. But these efforts will always come up short against determined criminals if they are not backed by inter-agency cooperation," warned Mr Lamorde.
Presentations during the meeting – the first of its kind held in West Africa – focused on case studies, challenges to successful investigations, prosecutions of corruption cases and information specifically relevant to the African region, with practical exercises to assist participants in enhancing their skills and abilities.
"Corruption and financial crimes are growing security threats to our societies. Investigating corruption and financial crime requires better understanding of the crime," said Inspector General of the Nigerian Police, Mohammed Abubakar.
"To stay ahead of the criminals, the law enforcement community needs to have the necessary resources, knowledge and well-developed partnerships with all stakeholders," he concluded.
Delegates were also updated on an innovative new tool to enhance the fight against corruption: the INTERPOL Secure E-mail Capability – Asset Recovery (SECOM). For the first time within the anti-corruption community, SECOM will enable the instant and secure exchange of information and technical knowledge on corruption and related asset recovery.
In the field of asset recovery, INTERPOL works closely with the Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Initiative, run jointly by the World Bank and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The objectives of the INTERPOL-StAR partnership for the coming years in international asset recovery will be examined during the meeting.
Head of INTERPOL's Anti-Corruption unit, Jaganathan Saravanasamy acknowledged "the prominent role played by the EFCC in the fight against corruption."
"Corruption is a universal phenomenon; no country, no society is immune to it. The challenges to tackling corruption are immense and investigations into cases of corruption are often complex, therefore it is critical that law enforcement worldwide is equipped with the knowledge and skills to bring an end to this harmful crime," said Mr Saravanasamy
INTERPOL's Global Focal Point Platform connects registered anti-corruption practitioners worldwide and provides them access to a range of investigative tools and services, including contact details of their counterparts around the globe, legislative and judicial frameworks concerning asset recovery, all valid INTERPOL notices issued for corruption-related cases, and an 'initial action checklist' to assist with the first stages of an investigation. Some 170 national investigators and prosecutors from nearly 100 countries have been nominated as Focal Points


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The Montezuma County Board of Commissioners and Cortez Sanitation District struck an intergovernmental agreement this week to let the county landfill handle and process biosolids into compost, starting May 1.
While the landfill has for years accepted biosolids - treated sewage with liquids extracted - for disposal, manager Deborah Barton said the agreement would let human waste be put to more constructive use.
"Instead of disposing of it, we're making it into a beneficial soil amendment. Eventually it will be available for sale," she said.
Under a pilot project clearance from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, the landfill will be labeled a Class I composting facility.
Class I entails rigorous management and monitoring procedures, with frequent turnover and testing for bacteria like fecal coliform. As long as the compost meets safety standards, it can be sold on the market to agricultural producers.
Compost, a mixture of decayed organic material like leaves, grass clippings, wood chips, food scraps, and yes, excrement, is used by backyard gardeners and large farms alike to boost soil nutrient levels.
Sanitation District Manager Tim Krebs, Jr. said that upon delivery to the landfill, the biosolid sludge is considered Class B by CHPHE. After folding in the other organic elements and letting it heat up to kill any pathogens, it becomes Class A and can be sold legally to the public.
The landfill charges $8.98 per cubic yard to process compact waste products - like biosolids and soils - and $33.63 per ton to process loose, bulky items like branches.
Krebs said, on average, 14.5 metric tons (16 tons) of biosolid material is dropped off at the landfill each month.
"The idea here is to improve soil and rangeland health," Barton said. "After applying the compost, farmers can use less water on their crops. It also makes (synthetic) herbicides and pesticides more effective and lets you low-till."
The presence of sewage by-product in compost is a psychological barrier many people must overcome, Barton added. Most can handle the idea of using livestock manure as a natural fertilizer, but crossing the line to human waste makes people squeamish. But with proper treatment and testing, it poses no public health or safety risk.
"There's a preconceived notion that manure, poop, feces, whatever you want to call it, is gross and disgusting," she said. "We all have cultural baggage, if you will, that makes us perceive things a certain way and fear things we may not need to (fear). You can look at the science or you can look at it emotionally."
Barton was hoping to secure the Class I permit from CDPHE by now, but negotiating the bureaucratic maze has been slow. In the interim, the landfill will operate as a "pilot project" while the official permit conditions are ironed out.
"This also gives us time to decide if (selling compost) is something we really want to pursue (long-term)," Barton said, adding that she believes agriculture producers in Montezuma County have a pent-up demand for compost the landfill will eventually generate.
It won't be ready for sale this growing season, however. The landfill can't start composting biosolids until May 1, and even then the mixture takes three or four months to cure. Barton is targeting mid-to-late fall, when many farmers cover their fields in nutrient-rich compost to rejuvenate the soil before snowfall, to begin selling.
"That's the goal," Barton said. "Will we meet the goal? That remains to be seen. Composting is not something you do overnight."


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I was thinking about the roster this year when my thoughts suddenly turned to next year so I came up with a hypothetical to run by all you Armchair GMs.
Calderon 3 years 15 million after this season?
Why we should:
We all know his strengths. Those strengths seem to be amplified when he comes off the bench.
Why we shouldn't:
Will take crucial minutes from Terrence Ross and John Lucas.
He is getting OLDER...but by no means ANCIENT.


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Like when Colangelo was able to bring Dallas into the sign and trade for Turkoglu in order to add depth to the roster, it looks like more teams may be involved in the sign and trade for Bosh.
There's more to the story if anyone wants the whole read...Yet sources say that a four-team trade scenario between the Heat, Raptors, Bobcats and Rockets hatched on the eve of LeBrons hour-long Decision special on ESPN would enable Toronto to bring back an asset or two in the wake of Chris Boshs departure but also avoid taking back Beasley. Which is believed to be the only sort of sign-and-trade that the Raptors would consider.
The proposed deal, sources said, would send Beasley and Rockets forward Jared Jeffries to Charlotte, land Bobcats center Tyson Chandler in Houston and create sufficient cap space for Heat president Pat Riley to offer max-contract money to Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and James.


text: Based on a character from O. Henry's 1907 short story "The Caballero's Way," this classic Western ran from 1950 to 1956 and was one of the first TV programs filmed in color. Duncan Renaldo stars as Cisco, a kind of Robin Hood of the Old West, and Leo Carillo is his English-mangling sidekick Pancho. Set in 1890's New Mexico, Cisco and Pancho fight corruption and seek justice for the victims of bandits, con men, and cattle rustlers. A total of 156 episodes were shot over seven years and included guest appearances from the likes of Sheb Wooley, Robert Blake, and Denver Pyle.


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In a move that is proving to be controversial with some,
some California school districts are looking to a high-tech
way to save money, even if the payback won't be achieved until well over a
decade later. CNN is reporting that some California school
districts are looking to low-interest federal loans to install solar panels on
CNN singled out
the San Ramon Valley Unified School District, which has installed roughly
10,000 photovoltaic panels at five of its 35 total schools at a cost of $23
million. Under the most optimistic projections, the photovoltaic panels would
offset energy usage at the schools by 67 to 75 percent.
According to spokesman Terry Koehne, the San Ramon Valley
Unified School District will pay back the loans courtesy of the energy savings
from using the solar installations. However, this won't be a quick payback for
the school system -- it will take roughly 16 years to break even on the
photovoltaic panels.
Koehne, however, points to the upside of embarking on this
expensive venture; "It's pure profit after that. And following that, we're
going to start realizing savings of $2 (million), $3 (million), $4 million a
Like many schools across the nation, California schools are
facing a serious budget crunch. Less money means fewer teachers, fewer teaching
assistants, and more students per classroom. By making this move now, the
school district is hoping that the future payoff will allow it use its
resources more wisely.
Lower production costs, thanks to stiff
competition from Chinese companies, is causing a surge in the adoption of
solar panels. One of the causalities
of the race to the bottom in panel costs was Silicon Valley-based Solyndra.
The company received a rushed $535 million loan courtesy of the Obama industry
during 2009 in order to bolster its operations.
However, the company two years later filed for bankruptcy
and axed over 1,000 employees. Interestingly, an email that was sent out before
final approval of the loan was granted rightly projected that the company would
run out of money by September 2011.


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Gifted and Talented Education services are available to students in Grades K-12 throughout Maryland. State funding for these services is contained within the foundation of The Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act of 2002, and its precise use is determined by each local school system. Multiple criteria are reviewed to identify students who need high-end services within an authentic curriculum of rigorous performance expectations. A student's budding talent must be matched with carefully-selected services designed to develop that talent. These services include inquiry learning, advanced problem-solving, enrichment clusters, acceleration within the discipline of a student's particular strength, Maryland Summer Centers, mentorships with highly-reputable authorities, in-depth seminars, and debates, among others.
Links to information about Gifted and Talented education.
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)
Maryland Coalition for Gifted and Talented Education (MCGATE)
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)
Maryland Coalition for Gifted and Talented Education (MCGATE)
Maryland Educators of Gifted Students (MEGS)Maryland Summer Centers ProgramJohns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
Criteria for Excellence: Gifted and Talented Program Guidelines
Links to other Gifted Education resources


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JTAGTest is an IEEE 1149.1 JTAG Boundary scan tester for embedded designers, production houses, and service companies. It provides a significant aid for PCB debugging, prototyping, testing, and repairing. Using an IEEE 1149.1 (JTAG) boundary-scan, the device pin signals or internal signals can be monitored in real-time without interfering with normal device operation, and you can change pin state manually. It runs under Wine on 32-bit Linux distributions using special Linux support libraries, which are included in the distribution.
KBasic is a programming language related to VB.NET, Visual Basic, Visual Basic for Applications, and Java. It combines the best features of those tools and comes with built-in backward-compatibility support for VB, VBA, and QBasic. It also comes with support for VB.NET syntax, functions, and similar objects and classes. It allows developers with an installed base of VB applications to start developing for a mixed-platform environment. KBasic comprises a compiler, an interpreter, and an integrated development environment.
TM++ is an embedded, portable, persistent Topic Maps engine. It is designed to work according to the ISO standards for TMDM 1.0 and XTM 1.0/2.0 on Windows and most POSIX-compliant operating systems like Unix and Linux. It has interfaces for C++, ALLEGROCL, CHICKEN, CLISP, CFFI, C#, Guile, Java, Lua, Modula 3, Mzscheme, Ocaml, Octave, Perl, PHP4, PHP5, Pike, Python, R (aka GNU S), Ruby, Lisp S-Expressions, Tcl, Common Lisp/UFFI, and XML.
The GRIA Command Line Client interface has several advantages over the standard graphical interface. It provides the ability to automate various common actions through easy to write and use batch or shell scripts. Actions can be performed automatically without the need for interaction with the user, and chained together to form pipelines. In addition, the command line client uses less resources than the graphical interface.
GridSphere Plug-in for GRIA is a GridSphere (http://www.gridsphere.org/) plug-in for the GRIA 5.1 middleware (http://www.gria.org/). The plug-in is suitable to be used not only with GridSphere, but also with any other Java application which can use a GRIA 5.1 plug-in. This way, a GridSphere user can, for example, submit new jobs in a GRIA 5.1 Server through a user-friendly portal as well as monitor submitted jobs, having a keystore signed by the GRIA server administrator.
StelsMDB is a MDB JDBC type 4 driver that allows you to perform SQL queries and other JDBC operations on Microsoft Access database (versions 2000-2010) files. The driver is completely platform-independent and does not require installing additional client or server software to provide access to MDB files. It can be effectively used to create, process, and export Microsoft Access databases in your Java applications. It supports most keywords of ANSI SQL'92, supports inner and outer table joins, supports CREATE, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements, supports transactions, and supports aggregate, numeric, string, conversion, and user-defined SQL functions.


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FRIDAY, FEB. 1 - Braised beef over noodles, glazed carrots, tossed salad, bran muffin, saucy fruit salad.
MONDAY, FEB. 4 - Chicken fajitas with lettuce and tomato, seasoned pinto beans, cilantro rice, fresh grapes.
TUESDAY, FEB. 5 - Sloppy Joe, roasted potatoes, pickled beets, sherbet.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6 - Cream of potato soup, chicken salad platter with grapes and walnuts on lettuce leaf, whole wheat roll, strawberries and banana slices.
FRIDAY, FEB. 8 - Birthday Day: Roast pork with baked apples, scalloped potatoes, California blend vegetables, whole wheat bread, raisin nut cup, birthday cake.
MONDAY, FEB. 11 - Beef tacos with lettuce, tomato and salsa, refried beans, Fiesta corn, winter fruit salad.
TUESDAY, FEB. 12 - Herb baked chicken, steamed brown rice, peas and carrots, Jeannie's salad, bran muffin with raisins.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13 - Salisbury steak with mushroom sauce, broccoli, baked potato with sour cream, whole wheat roll, fluffy fruit salad.
FRIDAY, FEB. 15 - Crunchy baked fish with tartar sauce, oven-browned potatoes, mixed vegetables, creamy coleslaw, wheat roll, banana.
MONDAY, FEB. 18 - Closed for the President's Day holiday.
TUESDAY, FEB. 19 - Chicken and dumplings, broccoli, tossed salad, apple crisp.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20 - Salmon patties with cream sauce, steamed brown rice, mixed vegetables, whole wheat roll, tangerine.
FRIDAY, FEB. 22 - Everything pizza, three-bean salad, raisin nut cup, banana.
MONDAY, FEB. 25 - Barbecue pork ribs, cooked spinach, whole kernel corn, potato salad, fresh apple slices.
TUESDAY, FEB. 26 - American lasagna, seasoned green beans, tossed salad, wheat roll, apricots.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27 - Pork chops with gravy, buttered beets, steamed brown rice, bran muffin, raisin nut cup, mandarin oranges.
Due to budget cuts, we have closed the Thursday evening meals; home delivery seniors may receive an additional meal during the week to compensate.
Meals are a $3.50 donation for seniors 60 or older, $9 for those under 60. Lunches are served at noon Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Tuesday meals are served on Tuesday evenings at 5:30 p.m. There is a salad bar every Tuesday at 5 p.m. and Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. Milk is served with all meals. Please call the day before or by 9:30 a.m. at the latest on the same day to reserve your meal. For more information and to make your reservation, contact Montezuma County Senior Center at 564-2775 or 564-2772.
The Senior Center can always use more volunteers. Please give a call to find out how you can help with this meal program.


text: How does DeMar expect to get the respect of a leader on this team when he continues to dissappear and float on the perimeter when he needs to be attacking the basket and taking this team on his back, or at least taking some pressure off of KL so they can't just focus on KL. Don't mean to be so negative, and I am not a DD Hater, but in order for him to take that next step and be a legit star on this team they need him to not dissappear. The sad thing is that the worse thing that happened in OT was when AA fouled out, he definietly knew what had to be done and was the most aggresive player in OT!! Anyone else agree or am i totally "floating on the perimeter away from the play" (a la DD) on this opinion???


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People rally during an anti-abortion demonstration at the Texas Capitol in Austin July 8 as the legislature continued to debate in special session a measure that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of gestation and place new restrictions on abortion providers. Pro-lifers were encouraged to wear blue at the Capitol. (CNS photo/Mike Stone, Reuters)
Governor Rick Perry signed the Preborn Pain Act into law July 17.
The Texas Senate passed the Preborn Pain Act shortly after midnight Saturday July 13. The act, which will restrict abortions across Texas, was passed by the state House of Representatives on July 10.
In a statement released July 8 by the Texas Catholic Conference, the bishops of Texas asked the faithful throughout the state to join them in "prayer and action to protect the lives of the unborn in our state."
"To succeed, our voices must be heard by state lawmakers in acting to reverse the culture of death that continues to seep into our society," the bishops said. "
"The success of the [Preborn Pain Act] is a testament to the courage of the pro-life community in Texas and to the pro-life legislators we've elected," said Mike Demma, director of the diocese's Catholics Respect Life Office. "We're going to have to continue to pray and advocate that these bills don't get challenged in court."
Demma also thanked the scores of people from the Fort Worth Diocese who "rushed to Austin" to support the pro-life legislators during the debates.
"I was very pleased with the turnout of Fort Worth Diocese advocates," he said. "They responded by finding their own transportation in response to the call for support at the capitol."
According to the House Research Organization, the act will:
Ethan Riogas holds a crucifix as he stands outside the Capitol gates during a protest before the start of a special session of the Legislature in Austin, July 1. Lawmakers were called back to debate and vote on proposed abortion legislation and both supporters and opponents of the bill gathered outside the Capitol. (CNS photo/Mike Stone, Reuters)
"The bill takes a common sense approach to improving facility standards to address abortion complications, requires compliance with FDA standards for distributing the abortion drug RU-486, requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, and prohibits abortion after five months of pregnancy, when scientific evidence shows babies can feel pain," the bishops said.
The bishops also urged Catholics throughout the state to contact their representatives and senators in support of the bill.
The bill was reintroduced July 1 in a second special legislative session called by Governor Rick Perry. The bill was introduced in the first special session in June, but failed to pass the Texas Senate as Senate Bill 5 on June 28.
"What we need to do as Catholics and as Christians is to go to our knees, form prayer groups, pray Rosaries as a group, have Adorations for Life, ask our priests to include prayers for life in our Mass intentions, and go to the abortion mills and pray and serve as witnesses that God loves all life," Demma said. "God will end abortion with the help of his mother, but we must be His arms and legs and continue to pray."
Someone once told me that "the Catholic Church is the Church of the living"; a profound statement which made me think, "What is 'not living' about a baby in the womb?" I realized that if we possess foundational dignity for unborn human life, we might then be passionate about all human life. Human life deserves dignity from conception, which then flows naturally to all human life, regardless of its frailties and faults.
When pressured to abort her fifth child, Pam Tebow rejected the doctor's recommendation and placed her faith in God. A few months later, the 37-year-old mother gave birth to a healthy boy, named Tim, who grew up to become an All-American quarterback, Heisman Trophy winner, and player in the National Football League.
Texas legislators passed House Bill 2 this afternoon, which will restrict abortions in the state. The bill will now go to the state Senate where it will likely be voted on Friday. If passed there, it will go to the governor's desk. In a statement released July 8 by the Texas Catholic Conference, the bishops of Texas asked the faithful throughout the state to join them in "prayer and action to protect the lives of the unborn in our state."


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Intel is planning to release
quad-core Kentsfield based Xeon
3000 seriesprocessors. The new Xeon X3220 and X3210
processors will be identical to
the recently named Intel
Core 2 Quadro processors and share the same Kentsfield
There will be no architectural or socket
differences between desktop Core
2 Quadro and
Xeon X3000 series processors, with the exception of product placement
marketing. The new Xeon X3220 and X3210 processors will arrive clocked
at 2.4
and 2.13 GHz with a 1066 MHz front-side bus respectively. Both Kentsfield Xeon X3000 processors will
feature 8MB of L2 cache. Expect the Intel Xeon X3220 and X3210 to
arrive in
Q1'07 for $851 and $690 in 1,000-unit lots.
Before Intel releases its Kentsfield
based Xeons it will release Clovertown Xeon DP processors.
The new Clovertown Xeon DP
processors are quad-core and multi-processor
enabled. With a compatible LGA771 motherboard users can install two Clovertown processors in a system for
eight-core computing. The new Xeons will arrive in X5355, E5345, E5320
E5310 models clocked at 2.66, 2.33, 1.86 and 1.60 GHz respectively.
Intel Xeon
DP models X5355 and E5345 will have a 1,333 MHz front-side bus while
the Xeon
DP E5320 and E5310 have a slightly slower 1,066 MHz front-side bus. All
Clovertown Xeon processors will
have 8MB
of L2 cache. Pricing for Intel Clovertown
Xeon DP processors will be $1172, $851, $690 and $455 for
models X5355,
E5345, E5320 and E5310 in 1,000-unit lots respectively. Availability is
expected later this quarter.
Lastly on the Intel Xeon roadmap is
one new Tulsa Xeon MP processor. The
new dual-core Xeon MP 7150N will
be clocked at 3.5 GHz with a 667 MHz front-side bus. This particular
model will
have 2MB of L2 cache and 16MB of L3 cache. Pricing for the new Xeon MP
will be $2,622 in 1,000 unit lots. Availability is expected in


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San Diego County CU Ready for New Social Security Deposits
The $5.8 billion, 242,000-member San Diego County Credit Union said it is preparing for a new influx of direct deposit business as federal benefits by paper check comes to an end.
The Treasury Department has been in the process of phasing out paper payments and requiring electronic deposits of Social Security checks and other federal benefits, and the switch now must be made by March 1, SDCCU noted.
Benefit recipients can choose to get their payments by direct deposit to a bank or credit union account or to a MasterCard debit account.
"We look forward to welcoming a new influx of direct deposit savers," said Teresa Halleck, SDCCU president/CEO.
"Receiving your Social Security or other supplemental income payments by direct deposit is safe and reliable. Recipients will not have to worry about a check being lost or stolen, and the money is available immediately on your payment date. There will no longer be a need to wait for the mail to arrive," Halleck said.
Ending paper Social Security checks is expected to save about $120 million annually, along with environmental benefits.