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What Is Iron?
Iron is a mineral. It is an important part of every cell in the human body. Most importantly, iron is found in the red blood cells where it helps deliver oxygen to all of the organs and tissues.
What Happens When the Body Has Low Iron?
Iron is needed to create new blood cells. A lack of iron can cause a low blood count called anemia. Anemia is one of the most common nutritional problems worldwide.
Anemia can lead to a number of problems, including:
- Decreased energy
- Pale skin color
- Headache
- Problems with concentration
- Lightheadedness
- Fatigue
- Shortness of breath
- Cold feet and hands
- Chest pain and rapid heartbeat
Babies and young children need iron for proper growth and development of their entire bodies, in particular their rapidly growing brains. When young children are anemic, they may show delays in normal development. They may have problems in school, including difficulty completing tasks and problems paying attention. Remember, however, that not all children with anemia have the symptoms listed above. Also, some children have low iron levels but have not yet developed anemia.
Are Some Children at Higher Risk for Anemia?
Some children are more likely to become anemic. Children who are born prematurely, have a low birth weight, live in poverty, or are recent immigrants have a higher risk of developing anemia. Adolescent girls are at higher risk of anemia due to blood loss from their menstrual periods.
How Can I Make Sure My Child Is Getting Enough Iron?
Generally, full-term breastfed babies are thought to receive enough iron in breast milk for the first 4 months of life. After that, they will need to be given an iron supplement until they get enough iron from other sources, such as iron-fortified formula or iron-rich food. Formula-fed infants need iron-fortified formula. After babies are taking solid foods, they should be getting iron-rich food, such as meat or iron-fortified cereal, each day. Premature babies should almost always be given extra iron starting at 1 month of age to 12 months, either as supplements, if eating breast milk, or special supplemented formula.
Children under 12 months old should not drink cows milk. Because cow's milk is a poor source of iron, toddlers are prone to developing anemia if they drink more than 2-3 cups of milk each day. If you restrict how much cow's milk your child drinks, they will be more likely to eat foods that are higher in iron.
Your child should have a balanced diet that includes daily portions of iron-rich foods, such as:
- Liver, beef, poultry, pork, lamb
- Tuna, salmon
- Iron-fortified cereals and breads
- Dried beans such as limas, soybeans, pinto and kidney beans, split peas, black-eyed peas
- Whole grains, including wheat, millet, oats, and brown rice
- Dried fruits such as apricots, raisins, prunes, dates, peaches
- Dark green vegetables, including leafy greens like spinach, kale, and collards, as well as broccoli and asparagus
- Blackstrap molasses
Interestingly, the body absorbs iron from animal sources such as meats better than iron from plant sources. Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) also helps the intestine absorb iron more efficiently. Serve iron-rich foods with drinks or foods that are high in vitamin C. Examples include: orange juice, citrus fruits, broccoli, strawberries, and melon.
Should My Child Be Tested for Anemia?
Anemia can be easily detected with a simple blood test. Different organizations have different recommendations regarding routine screening for anemia. Often children are checked for the first time at about 1 year of age. If your child is at higher risk, it may be done earlier. Let your child's doctor know if you are concerned that your child has anemia or is at risk for anemia.
How Much Iron Does My Child Need?
The exact amount of iron needed in the diets of children varies depending on age and gender. For example, because teen girls lose iron through menstrual blood, they need more iron than teen boys. Here are some basics on how much iron children need per day at various ages:
Age of Child
What Should I Do if My Child Is Anemic?
If your child is anemic, talk to the doctor to make sure that your child is eating a well-balanced diet that is rich in iron-containing foods.
If the doctor thinks that your child needs to take iron supplements, you should ask which form of iron your child should take. There are many types on the market, and you may need to try several to find one that your child tolerates. The doctor may encourage you to give your child a food or beverage containing vitamin C along with the iron supplement to improve its absorption. If your child has any stomach upset from the supplement, you may be asked to give smaller doses several times a day.
If you are giving your child iron supplements, carefully follow the doctor's instructions. Iron at doses that are higher than the ones listed in the table above can cause symptoms in children. Never give more than the amount prescribed, even if you have accidentally missed a dose.
How Can I Safely Store My Child's Iron Supplements?
Iron supplements are a leading cause of poisoning deaths in young children. Even though our bodies need a certain amount of iron, excess iron can cause serios problems and even kill—especially when small children swallow iron supplements intended for use by adults. To keep your child safe, put the supplements on the highest shelf of your cabinet, preferably in a locked cupboard. The supplement should also be in a marked container with a child-resistant lid.
If you think that your child may have taken an overdose of iron supplements or other multivitamins that contain iron, immediately contact the Poison Control Center, the doctor, or the nearest hospital's emergency department.
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- Review Date: 01/2016 -
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Stop the presses—legendary pessimist Nouriel Roubini is sounding optimistic. Is this the eighth sign of the apocalypse (or maybe the top of the market)?
The noted New York University economist and founder of Roubini Global Economics told CNBC on Tuesday that the "easy money" policy of the Federal Reserve will continue for "as far as the eye can see" and that's going to continue to be good for the U.S. stock market.
"When you look at the [mixed] economic data, there's a gap between the fact that the markets, rightly so, are buoyant," he told the network, "because middle of last year central banks had done another massive round of quantitative easing."
"Some of the improvement in the markets is not because growth is picking up ... certainly easy money implies asset inflation," Roubini added.
Don't take the prediction lightly. CNBC notes Roubini earned the moniker of "Dr. Doom" for the 2008 fiscal crisis and its bleak aftermath. Tempering his outlook somewhat, Roubini said he also sees positives and negatives coming for the American economy.
"There are some positives in the U.S. this year. You have QE, you have housing, you have the shale gas, you have some recovery in jobs in manufacturing," he explained in the interview. "But between the [January] fiscal deal ... and probably 'the sequester,' or something similar, we might have a $300 billion fiscal drag this year."
He predicted that broad government spending cuts in the form of sequestration could "technically put the U.S. in a double-dip recession with near-zero growth in the first quarter," following the surprise announcement last week of negative growth in the fourth quarter of 2012.
But for this year, he sees economic growth in the 1.6% to 1.7% range with continued high unemployment.
"[The unemployment rate] is not going to fall to 6.5%, which is the trigger for the Fed stopping zero policy rates," Roubini said.


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Journal Staff Writer
Residents being arrested or cited for marijuana possession may never be prosecuted after voters earlier this month approved legalizing the drug.
While Gov. John Hickenlooper has yet to sign the proclamation that will make this a state law, once he does it will make possessing less than one ounce of marijuana legal in the state.
Portions of Amendment 64 are expected to take effect in early December, since Hickenlooper was given 30 days to sign the bill into law following the Nov. 6 election.
A few cities in Colorado have already decided not to prosecute possession-of-marijuana cases, with one district attorney on the Front Range saying he will not prosecute cases that occurred before Amendment 64 passed.
Incoming 22nd Judicial District DA Will Furse said his views are similar to that of the Boulder district attorney, who said the people have spoken.
Several police agencies, knowing there would be no prosecution, have stopped enforcing this law.
Montezuma County Sheriff Dennis Spruell said his deputies are doing business as usual because the law has yet to change.
He pointed out that possession of marijuana under two ounces, as it is now, is a petty offense which does includes a citation or ticket but not any jail time.
No one will be jailed for possession of marijuana, he said. Nothing has changed in my office. We will do business as usual because it is not the law (right now).
Spruell also said the citation for possession would be similar to the ticket an individual would receive for jaywalking.
The sheriff said he understands the citations his deputies hand out could be dismissed by either the court or the DAs office in the future.
Furse said it could be difficult to charge someone with something that others are doing legally.
Furse said once the governor signs the bill it becomes the law of the land, though the regulations dealing with how to sell it in retail stores is still something that needs to be worked out.
Furse said when he takes office in January, possession cases will be something he will have to look at more closely.
My administration will work in concert with law enforcement and decide whether to dismiss charges initiated before Amendment 64s certification on a case-by-case basis, Furse said in an email. There are far too many variables in each case to implement a blanket rule.
However, he said it will be up to local law enforcement to decide if its valuable resources ought to be spent on additional marijuana-related arrests considering this laws inevitable implementation.
The city of Cortez is adopting a wait-and-see attitude and would like to see how the Colorado legislature handles the law.
City Manager Shane Hale said the city is not bound by any action, though he conceded that once Hickenlooper signs it into law it would become legal under state law.
From a city standpoint there is a lot of uncertainty, Hale said, and added not a lot of direction has been given to municipalities.
At the Nov. 13 city council meeting, Hale provided council members with a letter from the Colorado Municipal League about Amendment 64 and the potential impacts.
The council did not address the letter, and Hale said it was for informational purposes only.
According to the letter from the CML, local governments may prohibit this law from going into effect by council action at any time, but the first opportunity to refer a marijuana prohibition question to the ballot in the general election is Nov. 4, 2014.
In the letter the CML said that it will keep its members informed on employee-employer issues as it relates to the use and possession of marijuana in the workplace.
Hale said when the city council discusses Amendment 64, it could be in the format of a public hearing because a lot of input from everyone will be needed.
Ultimately, Hale said, any decision regarding marijuana will be the councils call.
CML attorney Rachel Allen, in the letter, said it is possible a lawsuit challenging the implementation of the amendment is forthcoming, which she added would set up a dynamic discussion of the 10th Amendment and the extent of state sovereignty on this issue.


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After some pretty hefty setbacks with its A380 superjumbo
program, Airbus was dealt another blow today by FedEx with the announcement
that the shipping company would cancel its orders for the A380-800F. FedEx has
originally signed on to purchase 10 of the superjumbos, but will
now instead purchase 15 Boeing 777s.
"The decision to purchase Boeing 777s was taken after
Airbus announced significant delays for delivery of A380s. Global package
demand continues to grow and we need the appropriate aircraft to meet that
demand," said Maury Lane, a spokesman at FedEx Express.
FedEx's first batch of four 777s will arrive in 2009 with
eight more coming in 2010. FedEx will take delivery of the remaining aircraft
in 2011 and has taken options to purchase at least 15 more planes. "We are
very pleased to meet the needs of such an important customer," said a
spokesman for Boeing.
Airbus announced back in
September that it was delaying its A380 due to problems with the plane's
wiring layout. In early October, Airbus announced that the
A380 would be delayed by at least a year.
When asked to comment on the FedEx announcement, an Airbus
spokesman remarked that the company "regrets FedEx's decision, but we understand
their need to urgently address capacity issues." The spokesman went on to
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Missing yachtsmen search called off
A search for four Britons feared dead after the yacht they were sailing capsized in the mid-Atlantic Ocean has been called off.
The crew of the Cheeki Rafiki, a 40ft Beneteau performance racer/cruiser yacht, ran into difficulties some 1,000km (620 miles) east of Cape Cod in Massachusetts on Thursday while returning from the prestigious Antigua Sailing Week regatta.
Contact with Andrew Bridge, 21, James Male, 23, Steve Warren, 52, and Paul Goslin, 56, was lost in the early hours of Friday while they were diverting to the Azores.
US and Canadian aircraft and merchant vessels looked for them throughout Friday and Saturday but have now called off the search.
The men were sailing the Cheeki Rafiki back from Antigua for Southampton-based yacht training and charter company Stormforce Coaching when they went missing.
A US Coastguard spokesman said that two US and one Canadian aircraft had been assisted by three commercial vessels until the search was called off at 5am local time.
The spokesman said: "We searched with multiple assets over 4,000 square miles for pings from the vessel's personal locator beacons.
"After receiving no more transmissions we believe that we would have found them by now if we were going to find them.
"These beacons are small devices and the ones being used have a very short battery life."
One of the commercial vessels taking part in the search, the 1,000ft container MAERSK KURE ship, discovered debris thought to be the overturned hull of the Cheeki Rafiki but did not stop to inspect it because nobody was seen on board.
Weather conditions in the area where the men went missing were described as treacherous, with winds in excess of 50 knots, waves of 15 to 20 feet and visibility reduced to under a mile.
Mr Bridge, who is from Farnham in Surrey, was being paid by Stormforce for his role on the yacht, a spokeswoman for the firm said.
But Mr Goslin, from West Camel, Somerset, Mr Warren, from Bridgwater, also in Somerset, and Mr Male, from Southampton, were also described as "very experienced offshore yachtsmen".
Stormforce director Doug Innes said that the yacht had first started taking on water on Thursday but the skipper was in contact and the crew were keeping the situation stable.
He said that it was possible that the crew took to a life raft after contact was lost on Friday.
"Search and Rescue authorities were mobilised and a mixture of Canadian and US aircraft along with merchant vessels searched throughout Friday and Saturday," Mr Innes said.
"Although the search efforts co-ordinated by Boston were exceptional we are devastated that the search has now been called off so soon.
"Our thoughts are with the four yachtsmen and their families and we hope and pray for them all."
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We are aware of a missing yacht off the East Coast of the USA with four British nationals on board.
"We are in continual contact with the US Coastguard and are providing consular assistance to the families."
Yachting experts expressed concern that the hull of the yacht had been found but not inspected.
Andrew Pindar, who runs the GAC Pindar racing team, said "The fear with yachts upside down is that people could be trapped inside them.
"The classic example is Tony Bullimore, who capsized in the Indian Ocean in the 1990s and was trapped for days on end, surviving on a pocket of air before he was rescued.
"I don't know what has happened in this particular case and wouldn't want to speculate, but if nobody has gone to look inside there is a clear worry that survivors could have still been trapped there.
"It is horrific to think that it (the container ship) could have sailed on with the possibility that someone was still inside.
"I would have hoped for them or somebody with the right facilities to possibly have lowered somebody down or used some other way of approaching the yacht and knocking on the bottom of the hull."
Mr Pindar added that, having seen a picture of the Cheeki Rafiki taken from the container ship, it appeared to be an upturned boat rather than mere debris.
"It looks like it was missing the keel and it is possible a bulb had fallen off the bottom," he said.
"I don't know this particular boat, but it is a possibility that there was some catastrophic failure of the keel in some form or another which would have caused the boat to tip over."
Petty Officer Rob Simpson, a spokesman for the US Coastguard, said: "The MAERSK KURE is a 1,000ft container ship which does not have the manoeuvrability, capacity and ability to help.
"It has a fairly limited possibility of picking anything up - i t is not designed for search and rescue capabilities or anything like that or trained to do anything like that."
Asked if others could have attended the scene where the hull was found, he said: "It is not possible to take a helicopter that far off shore - the search area is very far out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The grand scale of this is immense.
"Aircraft take four or five hours to get there and vessels can take over a week. This particular ship just happened to be in the area, they were not tasked specifically for this."
PO Simpson said that two beacons used by the Cheeki Rafiki crew, which he described as "about the size of a mobile phone", give off GPS coordinates of their last known location while their batteries last.
But he added: "We are not actually able to hone into them when on location with an aircraft and have stopped receiving signals from them."
Mr Bridge's aunt, Georgina Bridge, said that her nephew was the captain on the yacht and was travelling back from taking part with the three other yachtsmen in the Antigua Week regatta.
She told Sky News: "Obviously the family are really concerned that the search has been suspended and we are really hoping that it will be resumed.
"We are holding out great hope that Andrew and the guys on board Cheeki Rafiki will be found.
"We are hopeful that they were able to launch a life raft and that they are still on board that, so we would just really like the search to be resumed."
Ms Bridge explained that all four men were "very experienced sailors", adding: "Andrew has been sailing since he was a small child, he has a real passion for sailing and has taken part in many races.
"He is a very experienced captain and has sailed Cheeki Rakifi a great deal. He has taken part in Fastnet and other very challenging races.
"Sailing is his passion and we just want him home."
Craig Burton, for the Royal Yachting Association, told Sky News the crew was "very, very experienced".
He said: "The skipper, Andy, has done numerous ocean crossings, he's a very experienced guy.
"We know they had water coming on board and were unable to find the source.
"When the search first started in the early hours of Friday it was very strong winds and some pretty high seas, so very challenging conditions for anybody on board."
He described the Cheeki Rafiki as a "very well-equipped" vessel.
The crew joked on social media about their lengthening beards and the food they were eating before running into trouble on their way back to Southampton.
A blog posted to Facebook on Tuesday, one of their last, read: "And yesterday we did it ... we turned east for home, completing our first 1,000 miles [which] was celebrated with a release of a cherished beach ball with a note inside, I hope it doesn't get home before us!
"We have had one stormy morning so far with beating rain and a force 5 wind which lasted a few hours, but we are still enjoying plenty of sunshine and warm temperatures.
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Fact - They basically had the same record at the end of last season. Now, the Warriors are in the 2nd round of the playoffs. And it's looking like this series against the Spurs is going 7 games.
Raptors on the other hand once again is out of the playoffs.
Fact - It is much tougher to get into the playoffs in the West than in the Eest because there's so many great teams in the West.
Another thing, Warriors play their rookies a lot. Mark Jackson is not afraid to use Ezeli or Barnes or Green or even Bazemore in crunch time. In fact, Green and Barnes plays clutch mins for the Warriors every night. Goes back to what Casey said about Jonas a couple of months ago that if the Raps were fighting for a playoff spot, Jonas would likely not get much playing time


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INTERPOL meeting intensifies efforts to bring Rwandan genocide fugitives to justice
LYON, France – Specialized Rwandan genocide investigators and prosecutors from 11 countries came together for an operational meeting to share information about wanted fugitives and facilitate the investigation of ongoing cases.
During the two-day (15 and 16 April) Rwanda Genocide Fugitives Operational Meeting organized by INTERPOL, information regarding more than 240 Rwandan genocide suspects who are the subjects of INTERPOL Red Notices or diffusions was reviewed by the investigators, who exchanged material on specific cases.
The participants also shared their experiences in managing genocide and international fugitive cases from the preliminary inquiry stage up to the prosecution, as well as discuss best practices in genocide investigations. Among the attendees of the meeting was Martin Ngoga, Prosecutor General of Rwanda.
The meeting was part of a larger INTERPOL initiative aimed at locating and bringing to justice the fugitives wanted for participating in the Rwandan genocide. The INTERPOL Rwandan Genocide Fugitives Project was created in conjunction with the Rwandan National Prosecuting Authority and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to target the remaining fugitives wanted by those two groups.
Since the project was launched in 2004, more than 35 fugitives who were subject to INTERPOL Red Notices have been arrested.


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The iPhone 3G was supposed to be Apple's latest media darling, the successor to the device Time magazine called the "invention of the year". In some effects the iPhone 3G has achieved this mercurial success -- but perhaps in sales only. It quickly sold 1 million phones and oodles of applications and has cruised comfortably to sales of 3 million phones worldwide.
However, problems have prevented ever since launch. The launch was muddled by problems connecting to Apple's servers. Then there were reports that the new iPhone's plastic casing, part of the price cutting measures that had slashed the iPhone's price from $399 to $199, was defective and cracking.
Now more tough news has come for Apple with reports that the iPhone 3G is committing the cardinal sin of cell phones -- being unable to make a good connection consistently in covered areas. The Apple message boards are ablaze with angry users complaining of dropped calls or poor call quality even with relatively good signal strength.
One user, Mr. Yarbrough, a 34-year-old accountant, describes, "I was driving down Folsom Street in San Francisco, and I got a dropped call 10 times. I get dropped calls just standing in one place. I'm extremely annoyed, but I'm hopeful a software update will fix it."
It is unclear exactly how widespread the problem is as the message boards are a poor way to ascertain levels of failure. The main thread on the Apple boards had 746 comments, when it was locked by Apple, allegedly because it, "was too long and some browsers were timing out." Further adding to the difficulty of coming to any such metrics is the fact that Apple is denying that anything out of the ordinary is going on.
AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel states, "How a device performs in individual situations depends on circumstances like where you are in the 3G coverage, how close you are to a cell site. Things like terrain and buildings all come into play. I'm not denying that people are having a less than satisfactory experience, but overall, the phone is doing great."
So what exactly is causing the problems? Some users say that the problem is with faulty SIM cards. They say after replacing the card their quality improved and problems disappeared. However, one analyst, Richard Windsor of Nomura, is entirely convinced that the Infineon chipset on the phone is the source of the problems. He says the dropped calls, service interruptions, and abrupt network switches resemble problems that phones with Infineon-based 3G chips had when first launching in Europe.
He writes, "We believe that these issues are typical of an immature chipset and radio protocol stack where we are almost certain that Infineon is the 3G supplier. This is not surprising as the Infineon 3G chipset solution has never really been tested in the hands of users. Some people will not experience these problems as it is only in areas where the radio signal weakens that the immaturity of the stack really shows."
He says that no firmware update will fix the flawed phones. However, he adds the problems may be limited to a specific batch of phones or certain build of the phone. Who is to blame? Mr. Nomura says to blame Apple. He says, "this shows the risk of not going with a tried and tested solution."
Infineon says it's looking into whether Mr. Nomura's comments on the chipset never before seeing deployment was true.
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More money, more production
Was worth the money last season, so repeat that
Why isn't he putting any Legs into his Shot? He ain't even trying.
the dude was having fun he's not going to go ham at wonderland like seriously. Chill out guys, if he wanted to he probably would have made most of them.
There's a shot of him
Doesn't really look different, to my untrained eye
He doesn't look any bigger but doesn't mean his not stronger. Looks like DeMar and Bryan have a pretty good relationship. I don't see DeMar being traded anytime soon.
Great vid!
why you all so concerned about his body? i know i mentioned it but why all you horn dogs still talk about it? U wanna see some six packs? some hulkamania arms? some sexy long legs like a women? I know DeMar has a sexy body everyone, I get it I get it. Wish I had one too. And dw bout those 3 point shots, u think he want ppl to know he improved his game, hell no! the guy talking on the vid saying "how he in the nba", what a idiot for saying dat!! DeMar would rape him raptor style. N e ways did u guys hear Colangelo talk about his "Big Thighs". I see BC has a dark side to him ehehehe even he can't stop fantasizing about DeMar Physique oooo la la me so burning on fiyah!!!! Someone fetch me a towel!
DeMar DeRozan is my favourite player (:
Both of you dudes don't even know how to spell grammar, just saying.
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the company held a press conference at the Dearborn Hotel in
Dearborn, Michigan to announce some major news -- Ford will be
appearing again at CES and Ford CEO Alan Mulally will be delivering
the keynote address at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 7.
DailyTech attended the Ford press conference and got a chance
to listen to Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) President and CEO
Gary Shapiro break the news and give his thoughts on Ford.
Shapiro stated, "Ford understands the importance of technology
as a driver of innovative vehicles... Ford's vision of wireless tech
has set the bar [high] for the automotive industry and forever
changed how consumers interact with their cars."
Ford and
CEA officials then held a brief panel to discuss Ford's hottest
technology, Ford
SYNC and other innovations from the company. Built on top
of a Microsoft OS and with voice recognition technology from Nuance
(see AnandTech's special
on this company's voice recognition products), Ford believes that the
SYNC's latest features like Traffic, Directions and Information
Services put its vehicles a step ahead of the competition.
company also emphasizes that SYNC makes common in-car activities like
phone calls or listening to music safer and less distracting.
Ford's Jim Buczkowski, director of Electronics & Electrical
Systems Engineering emphasized this point stating, "At Ford,
driver distraction is a very important issue, voice technology helps
keep your eyes on the road and hands on the wheel. Technologies
like Ford SYNC are key to managing distractions."
Shapiro and the Ford directors agreed that SYNC would allowing a
hands-free texting ban without the loss of functionality. As
far as a texting ban, Shapiro states, "Banning texting while
driving is a no-brainer."
According to Buczkowski and
Doug VanDagens, director of Connected Services at Ford, one SYNC
feature that's being worked out is outgoing voice-driven text
messaging. The big holdup is fine-tuning the editing of text
messages by voice, they say, but they expect the feature to be
delivered sometime in the near future (perhaps a CES announcement?).
We also asked them when the vehicles might be getting automatic
updates via cell phones or other wireless links. Ford responded
that they believe that their user downloadable updates, such as their
"SYNC My Ride" program, are good enough and that the user
can install updates manually via USB.
As to security,
DailyTech pointed out that viruses or malware on the iPod or
other devices could in theory attack SYNC (causing volume disruption,
bad directions, errant speech, etc.), and asked what protections were
being put in place to stop this. Ford did not really comment on
a protections within SYNC, but said that vehicle specific functions
were firewalled to protect them from the vulnerable consumer
interface. So while malware could, in theory, wreak havoc with
SYNC, your base vehicle would be safe.
Another feature Ford
touted was their radar and sonar blind spot detection, parking lot
Cross Traffic Alert, and warnings to prevent rear end collisions.
All of these features help distracted drivers regain their
concentration. DailyTech asked Ford if they would be
overriding driver commands at some point, if drivers executed
dangerous moves, such as going into a lane with a car in it, despite
the warning.
Buczkowski and VanDagens said that Ford
engineers are considering this, but the issue is to implement it
properly. For now, they say the driver is ultimately
responsible for their own safety, though the car does take some steps
when fast approaching an obstacle, such as precharging the brakes.


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we've talked about Ford's
EcoBoost turbocharged engines in the past, it pertained to
four-cylinder and six cylinder engines. Ford claims that its
four-cylinder EcoBoost engines give the power and performance of a
six-cylinder, while the six-cylinder EcoBoost engines give the power
and performance of an eight-cylinder engine.
we're assuming that Ford's new three-cylinder EcoBoost will give the
performance of a small four-cylinder engine. The new 1.0-liter
three-cylinder engine is expected to have CO2 emissions of less than
100g/km -- it is also said to generate around 120 hp.
to Ford, the EcoBoost three-cylinder engine would be a prime
candidate to replace the naturally aspirated 1.6-liter four-cylinder
engine in the upcoming
Fiesta. The 1.6-liter engine in the Fiesta generates 119 hp and
delivers fuel economy ratings of 30 mpg city and 40 mpg highway.
numbers generated by the 1.6-liter engine are already quite good
compared to its competition, but with the added cost and complexity
of using turbocharging technology, we'd hope that the EcoBoost
three-cylinder would be able to net at least another 5+ mpg in both
the city and on highway.
engineers have experimented with the idea of a three-cylinder engine
for the past twenty years, but felt the power that could be achieved
from such an engine configuration couldn't be made substantial enough
to offer a practical solution for smaller vehicles," said Ford in a
press release. "That's
all changed with the advanced yet affordable Ford EcoBoost
the EcoBoost three-cylinder engine is the main news here, the engine
is featured with a futuristic design study from Ford: the Start
Concept. The Start Concept is merely a design exercise and has no
chance of seeing future production.
a team, we engaged in a philosophical discussion that yielded a
common vision. To create a beautiful object that spoke to us
emotionally as well as intellectually", explains Freeman Thomas,
design director. "The exterior design is simple with purposeful
proportions and refined surface language normally found on vehicles
in premium segments."
exterior of the Start Concept is definitely interesting, but
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Combating terrorism and maritime piracy across Horn of Africa focus of INTERPOL training
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – Enhanced use of INTERPOL's tools and services to boost member countries' ability to combat terrorism and maritime piracy across the Horn of Africa and beyond is the focus of an INTERPOL capacity building programme which has opened in Tanzania.
The two-week session (20 Feb – 2 Mar) organized by INTERPOL's Capacity Building and Training Directorate brings together 27 law enforcement officials from 11 countries involved in transnational investigations into terrorism and maritime piracy.
Opening the programme, Tanzania's Minister of Home Affairs, Shamsi Vuai Nahodha said the diversity of the participants would enable a wider sharing of knowledge and expertise.
"Terrorism and piracy are organized transnational crimes that do not respect political borders and are complex aspects to deal with. It requires well trained personnel and modern communication equipment for exchanging intelligence, conducting investigations and establishing databases. This training will address these needs as participants will be equipped with the tactics and techniques for dealing with these complex aspects," said Minister Nahodha.
With the course – and two further sessions targeting the Asian and Sahel regions - supported by Canada, attending the opening ceremony Canada's High Commissioner to Tanzania, Robert Orr said the session 'would be essential in developing the effectiveness of law enforcement nationally and internationally, with the course participants becoming part of a network to more effectively operate and fight transnational crime.'
Thanking Tanzania's Inspector General of Police, Said Ally Mwema for hosting the course, Jean-François Gadeceau of INTERPOL's Capacity Building and Training Directorate said the programme "will provide participants with the opportunity to share their realities of tackling terrorism and maritime piracy, and to learn and share from these experiences."
"It will also give them with the necessary knowledge to better use INTERPOL's tools in the fight against international crime, and how through the organization's global systems they can help others work more effectively and efficiently," added Mr Gadeceau.
The two-week course will include a variety of instruction modules, exchanges and practical exercises in three main areas:
- INTERPOL's tools available through the I-24/7 secure global communications network
- co-operation between specialized units and National Central Bureaus
- knowledge and skills on concrete ways to combat terrorism.
Countries taking part in this first INTERPOL Capacity Building Programme on Counter-Terrorism for the Horn of Africa are Comores, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritius, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda and Yemen.


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More money, more production
Was worth the money last season, so repeat that
I wouldn't be nearly as hard on DeRozan if he was going to be making around the MLE (ie: $4-6M per season). I'd even suggest he be moved into the 2nd unit, so the redundancy with Gay could be minimized and he could ideally become more efficient scoring against the opposition's 2nd unit. However, his contract - within the confines of the salary cap structure - makes that an invalid option because it would represent a significant waste of money (no 2nd unit player should be making $9.5M).
Moving forward, I think it's absolutely fair to evaluate DeRozan against 2 benchmarks (goes for all players, not just DeRozan):
1. DeRozan compared to all starting SGs (really should be all starting SF/SG, since wing positions have become nearly interchangeable)
2. DeRozan compared to all players making around $9.5M per season (to compare the 'bang for your buck')
I have a hard time believing DeRozan would ever come out of those evaluations with a positive review, let alone being considered a favourable 'bang for your buck'. When you consider him as the team's 2nd wing option behind Gay (another below average 'bang for your buck' type player with a similar style of play), it would further diminish DeRozan and his contract. Is it DeRozan's fault? Is it BC's fault? Is it the league's fault? Does it matter?
The bottom line for me is:
1. The Raptors have way too much salary cap committed to inefficient volume scorers at the wing position.
2. DeRozan isn't worth $9.5M per season.
3. DeRozan is very likely a much better trade asset than any other wing on the team (given age, salary, talent and potential).
Last edited by CalgaryRapsFan; Mon Apr 15th, 2013 at 12:13 PM.
It absolutely matters whose fault it is because:
1. It leads to unrealistic player expectations. All you can ask is that players improve year to year. Can you really expect more improvement from a player because, for example, he's making $11 million instead of $6 million? Not really.
2. If every player is overpaid on the team, it's not their faults! Replace management!
I realize "Fire Colangelo" is not exactly a new thought, but yeah...
Fields is also overpaid but unlikely to be moved, due to his contract and injury situation.
Gay is also overpaid but unlikely to be moved, due to his contract and because of the hype surrounding his acquisition. I think he's a 'name' player that will be used to prove Toronto as a respectable destination, to both lure and keep players.
Valanciunas and Ross are great value players, since they're on rookie-scale contracts.
Amir is a great value player too. His contract is reasonable enough that he could even be moved to the 2nd unit (backup PF / 3rd big) if a better starting PF is acquired via trade, without worrying that too much money is being paid to a 2nd unit player.
Lowry is a great value now, but has just a single season left to earn his next contract. I worry that he'll become overpaid too, if BC is still around next offseason.
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Of course. You can't really blame them for being the player they are, but you can certainly move them because the player they are is not worth their contract. Those are two different evaluations though. My post was really more for people who are mad at DeRozan for not being a superstar because that doesn't make sense.
I'll keep this simple:
A player is paid X ($ under a salary cap) to achieve Y (help win games).
If a player isn't producing Y atleast up to what he gets in X, he is hurting the team. The magnitude of which is greater the higher X is or the lower Y is.
Its ALL Colangelo's fault for giving Demar X when he couldn't achieve Y
But it doesn't change the fact that X is significantly > Y. And that is the single most important part of the entire equation.
It wouldn't matter if Demar rejected the contract initially, asked for less, and Colangelo forced him to take the money. Demar still needs to play up to his contract/role to not be a burden on the teams chances for success. As it stands he has not been able to and will therefore hurt the team (aside from his play vs usage) by making it more difficult to get players who can help the team more efficiently.
As for the 2nd part, I'm not expecting Demar to have done or do anything. But he NEEDS to play up to his contract/role or he is overpaid. If he can't he should be replaced with someone who can. This really isn't that complicated.
First Rap to ever start and play 82 straight games!
Hes gets an A- this season.
Last edited by white men can't jump; Wed Apr 17th, 2013 at 11:31 PM.
Oh, a guy named Vince Carter did it too
Last edited by white men can't jump; Wed Apr 17th, 2013 at 11:47 PM.
Correction via Raptors Media
RaptorsMR @RaptorsMR 11m
Correction. DeRozan first Raptor to record 82 starts in multiple seasons. Mea culpa.
Thats intense, Demar doesnt break down!
Thats something valueful that people should take into account, not missing games means a lot!
The Baltic Beast is unstoppable!
Question. Do you guys think DeRozan has FINALLY turned the corner? i mean, it's tough to evaluate players on non playoff team this time of the year. But DeRozan looked amazing these last 2 weeks i'm not gonna lie. If he can carry his play these last 2 weeks to next year then i guess were looking at a future all-star player?? because that's what he looks like right now.
This is why DeRozan is so frustrating to watch.
Question. Do you guys think DeRozan has FINALLY turned the corner? i mean, it's tough to evaluate players on non playoff team this time of the year. But DeRozan looked amazing these last 2 weeks i'm not gonna lie. If he can carry his play these last 2 weeks to next year then i guess were looking at a future all-star player?? because that's what he looks like right now.
This is why DeRozan is so frustrating to watch.
lol when he scores he doesnt do anything else so he still wont be a allstar
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As reported at DailyTech, NBC Universal announced this
week that it would be launching a direct download service to allow viewers to
download episodes of their TV shows free of charge.
The move followed ABC's initiative from last year to offer free primetime TV
content available to download from its website. Now ABC appears to be
attempting to steal a bit of NBC's press thunder with an announcement
of its own.
ABC will be offering its prime time content on AOL Video. The
shows will be paid for with embedded advertisements, like NBC's shows.
ABC is owned by Walt Disney and AOL is owned by Time Warner, so the move marks
a major collaboration between the two media giants.
Otherwise, the main impact appears to be that ABC will be the first network to
give viewers the choice to either download TV content or view it online at AOL
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download videos due to filtering or in older machines where hard drive space is
scarce (though that is less likely with today's massive hard drives).
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Which Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show contenders will be recognized?
Beauty and the Beast
Dr. Who
Falling Skies
Game of Thrones
Once Upon A Time
Orphan Black
Teen Wolf
True Blood
Under the Dome
The Vampire Diaries
The Walking Dead
Which Favorite Movie pre-nominees will make the cut?
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Fast & Furious 6
The Heat
Iron Man 3
Man of Steel
Monsters University
Oz the Great and Powerful
Star Trek Into Darkness
We're the Millers
World War Z
Which male music artists will pick up nominations?
Blake Shelton
Bruno Mars
J. Cole
Jay Z
Justin Timberlake
Kanye West
Lil Wayne
Luke Bryan
Michael Bublé
Robin Thicke
Which female music artists will make the cut?
Ariana Grande
Britney Spears
Carrie Underwood
Demi Lovato
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga
Miley Cyrus
Selena Gomez
Taylor Swift
Who will the top 5 nominees be for Favorite On-Screen Chemistry?
Alicia & Will (The Good Wife)
Barney & Robin (How I Met Your Mother)
Booth & Bones (Bones)
Castle & Beckett (Castle)
Damon & Elena (The Vampire Diaries)
Derek & Meredith (Grey's Anatomy)
Emma & Hook (Once Upon A Time)
Holmes & Watson (Elementary)
Jess & Nick (New Girl)
Kurt & Blaine (Glee)
Oliver & Felicity (Arrow)
Olivia & Fitz (Scandal)
Sheldon & Penny (The Big Bang Theory)
Tony & Ziva (NCIS)
Vincent & Catherine (Beauty and the Beast)
Tune in tomorrow morning to see just how well you predicted!
Sound off with your predictions for each category in the comments section below. Who are you rooting for?
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Jkaptive is a simple captive portal without RADIUS (and thus without total security, but at the same time without too much hassle). The reason behind this is because a lot of site administrators don't need tight security; their site is just a café that offers free Internet access on an unsecured WLAN access point connected to the Internet, and they need a ticketing system to make it cumbersome for average people to use this offering without actually buying a single coffee. Jkaptive itself just presents the login page and checks the token. The blocking of unticketed traffic is done through Linux' netfilter. As no proxy server is involved, jkaptive has no performance penalty, nor does it create problems with non-HTTP traffic. Once the token is accepted, jkaptive is out of the way of any network packets completely. For presenting the login page, jkaptive has a built-in Web server, so no additional Web server application is needed.
sl takes the most common use of Unix ls, to display the files in a directory compactly in multiple columns, and makes it substantially more useful. sl groups files by purpose so you can mentally organize many files quickly; for instance, it collects .html files together, as opposed to leaving them mixed up with supporting images, CSS, and JavaScript. sl points out interesting files, which include those that have been recently modified, read relatively recently, are relatively large, have warnings, or need to be checked in to or out of version control. sl is also aesthetically pleasing due to attention to layout and filtering as well as limiting color and text annotations to salient information.
The Aida project is two-fold: it defines a simple common markup language designed to describe structured text, and it implements a compiler that translates the Aida syntax into various target formats (HTML, LaTeX, Trac, Mediawiki, Text, Markdown, and others). The system is fast, flexible, and extensible. The core command, aida, is a strict parser (written using Bison and Flex), which analyzes files written in the Aida Markup Language and invokes callbacks in order to convert them to the target format. It embeds a Tcl language interpreter and the callbacks are written in Tcl. This makes it very easy to extend the library and to define new target formats. Furthermore, the Aida files are highly parameterizable via a header and the entire system is configurable at the admin and at the user level. It is also possible to evaluate Tcl code within an Aida file and thus create dynamic contents.
Points&Forces is a set of software tools for architects, engineers, and surveyors. It uses a command line interface. It features a flexible design, total station control, digital camera control, real-time control and visualization, processing of point clouds (from laser scanners or other sources), geometry manipulations, projection of photographs on meshes, photogrammetry, in-situ measurements, and format translations for points, lines, and triangle meshes to formats that include dxf, stl, wrl, and pov. The tools were mostly used for the documentation of cultural heritage sites and buildings.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has had 32 cases of West Nile virus this year, with a dozen of those cases reported in the past week.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says two of the 32 people who contracted the illness have died. There were 57 cases of West Nile virus reported in Kansas last year.
KDHE Secretary Robert Moser says residents should be taking precautions against mosquitoes, which can spread the disease through bites. Symptoms can range from a slight headache and low-grade fever to swelling of the brain.
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As of today, we have about 1% chance of making the playoff consider Rudy Gay is out with back spasms, who knows when he will return to the lineups. DeRozan is not gonna make this team any better and without Gay's presence, he's just a mediocre SG. Allen Anderson will keep on jacking up shots after shots, a 3rd stringer SG on a better teams and almost non existent on a championship calibre team. Lowry is not his former self when he played for the Rockets where practically offense are going through him, we either switch to an offensive minded coach or trade Lowry for a pass first PG. Bargnani is just atrocious to play but let him ride the storm till the end of the season, perhaps we can find a better suitor for him.
Terrence Ross needs to be packaged along with our expiring for a backup SG, someone in the mold of Redick who can hit open jumpers or beyond the arc. Amir Johnson is not our PF of the future, a decent backup PF/C, a glue guy, picture Oakley. We need a someone versatile of a PF to keep up with the new wave of PF in today's basketball scenario (Someone in the calibre of KG, CB4, Al Jeff, Josh Smith, Boozer, D.West, L.Aldridge), possibly address that through the draft (buy a pick through trade with Bargs??) Valanciunas need another year or two to keep up with the rest of the center in this league, to me, he just has as much ceiling as Enes Kanter, Omer Asik, at the best Pekovic. His not in the mold of Sabonis, Gortat or Igauskaus at their prime. To look forward for next year, we need to build around Rudy Gay. Remember this is Gay's team now, all others are just supporting players and most are expendable.


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A study
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users have become increasingly interested in on-demand applications like
Netflix, and this enthusiasm for real-time entertainment categories will likely
continue to grow.
Sandvine is a provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for fixed and
mobile operators. It releases a Global Internet Phenomena Report annually, and
has done so since 2002. These reports analyze internet phenomena and traffic on
the web in North America, Latin America and Europe.
In the Global Internet Phenomena Report: Spring 2011, Sandvine found that Netflix is now 29.7
percent of peak downstream traffic in North America, and has become "the
largest source of internet traffic overall."
In 2009, real-time entertainment applications consumed 29.5 percent of peak
aggregate traffic, and today, that number has increased to 49.2 percent.
According to Sandvine's predictions, this category will account for 55 to 60
percent of peak aggregate traffic by the end of this year.
In Europe, real-time entertainment has steadily increased to 33.2 percent of
peak aggregate traffic from 31.9 percent in fall 2010, and BitTorrent
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traffic at 59.7 percent and also downstream internet traffic at 21.6 percent.
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New York Credit Unions Shut Early
The $1.8 billion, 340,000-member Municipal Credit Union in New York City said it closed its branches, call center and corporate office at 3 p.m. Friday because of a blizzard the National Wather Service said is expected to generate up to 14 inches of snow and strong winds in the Big Apple.
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"The credit union will make a decision early tomorrow morning regarding whether or not its branches will be open or closed for Saturday business," said MCU spokesperson Sherry Goldman. "Members can check the website for updates."
Over on Long Island, the $5.1 billion, 211,001-member Bethpage Federal Credit Union in Bethpage, N.Y. said it is closing its 25 branches throughout Long Island at 5 p.m. All of its branches are usually open until 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Fridays.
Throughout the New York tri-state area, the blizzard is expected to drop as much as 18 to 35 inches of snow Friday and into Saturday. The Credit Union League of Connecticut office in Meriden and the Massachusetts Credit Union League office in Marlborough, Mass., were closed Friday. However, staff members from both leagues were monitoring emails and voice messages and responding to inquiries from credit unions.


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Dezirae Todd went for the gold. And she got it.
At 19 years old, she is the first young lady, in 14 years, in Montezuma County to receive the Gold Award through the Girl Scouts of America. Todd was one of 74 girls across the state who earned the award last year.
She has earned every badge possible during her 14 years in the Girl Scouts. The final badge, and most prestigious award Todd could receive as a Girl Scout, was the "cherry on top of her sundae," Dezirae said.
In order to be considered for a gold award, a Girl Scout must complete two service projects, or complete one service project and receive the silver award. Todd has both her bronze and silver awards. She received her bronze award by volunteering at a church camp and her silver when she mentored middle school students. She also had an additional project under her belt, involving gardening and learning how to be self-sufficient without getting goods from a grocery store.
When considering the gold, the idea sort of hit her unexpectedly. Todd was a junior at Montezuma-Cortez High School, when she suffered a traumatic brain injury during a soccer game.
It was a normal day and a normal game. Todd was playing against Durango High School in April 2010 when she collided head-to-head with a Durango girl.
"We went to head the ball at the same time and hit our heads together instead," Todd explained.
The force of collision cracked Todd's skull, moving her brain in the process, causing a ventricular shift. This left Todd completely off kilter. She lost her sense of balance and she suffered from vertigo. The injury left her unable to stand and walk normally. She also had some memory loss and was forced to leave school for the last six weeks of her junior year and half of her senior year. She was happy that she had earned enough school credits to graduate early, so she was still able to secure her diploma.
It was her injury that led her to develop her award-winning project. As Todd was recovering, she started researching brain injuries and their effects. All the therapy she received to counteract the injury, was carefully documented as she found her way back to normalcy. It took a year before Todd felt like herself again.
She eventually was able to compile all of her findings and then she started writing a blog.
"The blog was to inform people all over of my story and have them share their stories, to encourage people with brain injuries," Todd said. "People can comment and share thoughts to motivate one another."
It took Todd four months to put her project together. Her blog attracted people from all over, including from Germany and Russia, to share their own encounters with brain injuries.
In order to be considered for the gold award, Todd had to present a proposal by interview to the Gold Award committee. The award must be obtained individually, without the help of another person. The Girl Scout must be of Senior or Ambassador rank, usually when they are in high school.
Todd was 18 when she presented her project. She received her gold award the year of her graduation from the Girl Scouts. The lingering effects of her injury has left her with headaches and some memory problems but that doesn't stop her from pursuing her goals in life. Todd credits the Girl Scouts with that discipline and determination.
"It (Girl Scouts) promotes confidence and perseverance," she said. "It gives girls the skills they need to go through life with that confidence in pursuing their goals and perseverance to get where they want."
She is now attending Colorado State University.


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Lance Armstrong cited hundreds of drug tests as proof he had not cheated to win the Tour de France seven times. Then he confessed to Oprah and was sued by the businesses that had paid millions for his endorsement. For decades, Bernie Madoff was able to convince not only hundreds of investors but also the Securities and Exchange Commission that his Ponzi scheme was a legitimate investment plan. Now he plans to spend the rest of his life in a federal prison.
Will it ever end?
When the rich, powerful and self-righteous are caught lying, stealing or cheating, the headlines can be huge, and the sentences can be stiff. But fear of hard time or humiliation apparently isn't enough to discourage bad behavior by them or the rest of us.
All of us lie, steal, and cheat, at least a little. In a 2012 survey, 52 percent of employees in Fortune 500 companies reported observing misconduct in their workplace in the previous month. And a 2010 study that reviewed applications to American colleges by Chinese students found 90 percent of the recommendation letters were fake, and 70 percent of the essays with those applications were written by someone other than the applicant.
Aren't they breaking some law?
When people lie and cheat, they ignore moral edicts such as The Ten Commandments, the lessons their parents tried to teach with switches or soap, and the laws criminalizing deceit and deception. And even when governments use "special" techniques such as water-boarding, people persist in lying.
Clearly, punishment isn't enough to discourage bad behavior. As Professor Leslie E. Sekerka has noted, "A compliance-driven approach may help people become aware of the rules, [but] it does little to cultivate, support, and build the moral competencies necessary for ethical strength." In fact, compliance-driven approaches may backfire, as Jonathan Macy of Yale Law School argues. Macy suggests ethical behavior has declined among the investment banks, law firms, accounting firms, and credit reporting agencies that serve the financial services industry because the intense regulation imposed on that industry. In his book The Death of Corporate Reputation, Macy explains:
Whereas these sorts of firms once depended on their reputations to attract and retain business, such firms no longer depend on maintaining their reputations as a key to survival. Instead, regulations often, either directly or indirectly, require companies that issue securities to retain various Wall Street service providers such as outside auditors, credit rating agencies, investment banks, and law firms. Because the demand for the services of these firms is driven by regulation, the firms don't need to maintain their reputations in order to attract business. As such, reputation is no longer an asset in which it is rational to invest.
One example Macy cites is the Texas law firm Vinson & Elkins. That firm, on its website, pays homage to the Macy's traditional economic model of reputation by saying: "We are committed to the highest ethical standards, both in our service to clients and in our personal lives," and "[o]ur success depends on maintaining an impeccable professional reputation."
But lawyers at Vinson & Elkins had represented Enron, and had issued "fairness opinions" that were crucial to the transactions that defrauded investors and bankrupted the company. Vinson & Elkins was sued and ultimately settled by waiving $3.9 million in unpaid fees and paying $30 million to the Enron bankruptcy estate, which certainly seems like an admission of wrongdoing that should have tarnished the firm's reputation. But the firm did not have to disgorge $162 million in fees it received from Enron before bankruptcy, no lawyer from the firm was charged with professional misconduct, the partner responsible for the Enron account was later promoted to managing partner, and the firm soon became the first in Texas to have average partner compensation exceed $1 million per year. As Macy says, "Vinson & Elkins's reputation was enhanced, not tarnished, by its relentless representation of Enron…." And he offers a reason: "Clients like aggressive lawyers."
Is honesty too much to ask?
Americans tell an average of 1.65 lies per day, according to one study. In another study of people meeting strangers, the subjects said an average of 2.92 false things during only 10 minutes of conversation. So, as John Denver sang, "truth is hard to come by." But truth isn't always a good thing. Deceit is actually an important social skill — a skill that is exhibited not only by humans, but also by animals, including microbes. And children who start lying by age two are more likely to be successful as adults. Why? Lucy Kellaway explains:
Offices are glued together with lies. We pretend to like people we work with. We must pretend to be satisfied with our jobs. We must pretend to think our company is better than the competition. By accepting a place in any hierarchy, you are bending yourself out of shape.
Assuming Kellaway is right, there still are times and places when businesses need to count on managers and employees to be honest. Fortunately, Daniel Ariely, author of The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty, and others have suggested ways to encourage people to be more honest when it matters:
- Insist managers model honest behavior consistently, even when it results in reduced sales or profits.
- Avoid conflicts-of-interest, unreachable goals and other temptations to cheat.
- When employees have opportunities to cheat, let them know they are being watched or their work will be checked by people they can't influence.
- Discourage employees from making decisions when they are tired, hungry, stressed, irritated, annoyed, or feeling self-righteous.
- Reward honesty, regardless of the consequences.
Honesty is a lovely word. But honesty is too much to ask, at least from all of us all of the time. Fortunately, our goal can and should be more modest. The first step, of course, is to be honest with ourselves. Once we master that, we can demand more honesty from others.


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Stephen Jackson, Richard Jefferson, Andrea Bargnani
These 3 players make the same amount. You'd have to be crazy not to admit Bargnani has the most value out of the 3.
.... and further along the list were the names of Brendan Haywood and Charlie V ?? C'mon man.
.... and slightly above the list was Deandre Jordan; who can't make a midrange jumper to save his life.
Andrea has very good value associated with his salary.


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Game Haiku – 05/12/08 – Brewers 8, Cardinals 3
Yadi ejected,
turned fight with ump into a
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Check out the video of Yadier Molina fighting with the ump and leaving his catcher's equipment scattered on the field in disgust. Tony got tossed too, for coming to his catcher's defense. Tony kept his uniform on.


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Soldiers, sailors and airmen serving at Camp Bastion in Helmand, southern Afghanistan, met 007 star Daniel Craig when he visited the base yesterday, Sunday 18 November 2012.
He surprised the 800 troops who were about to watch Skyfall, the latest Bond film.
After a brief introduction of the film to the enthusiastic audience, Daniel was given a tour of the camp during which he had an opportunity to meet soldiers and see some of the training they do before they deploy to forward operating bases.
Travelling in a Foxhound vehicle, he received a demonstration of its capabilities from Force Master Driver Warrant Officer Class 1 Rob Ingham. WO1 Ingham said:
"We get quite a lot of visitors here, but having James Bond was special. He seemed to be pretty comfortable in the driving seat!"
Continues at: mod.uk – 007 joins UK Forces in Afghanistan for Skyfall screening
November 19, 2012 18:09
A visit that has done new impulse to warriors courage and will, that has apported humanity and solidarity. The result: warriors as just deployed and ready to all duties. Thanks to "007" claudio alpaca


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