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I am gonna agree with Matt on this one. Landry is an outstanding bench player, who is severely under utilized on this team because Casey has a hard on for Alan Anderson.
His shooting will improve over the off season, which is good because we lack consistent shooters.
i know lowry n gay r boys...but if we wanna win...lowry's gotta go or move to backup...cuz he is no starter in this league...if u want me to be optimistic...go after jennings asap!
I ignored the hype coming into this season and looked at the roster. Realistically, I expected us to win 30-33 games. We've got about 5 winnable games remaining and we'll probably lose one of them and win one we shouldn't have. All in all we did as well as expected.
We started much horribly than expected, and then we made up for it after we traded for Gay. Low expectations is key.
Btw, great write-up.
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your pal,
Best thread I've read in a long time. I particularly like the comment about the Heat's first year. I think it is comparable to the Raps. (easy big fella...the teams aren't comparable, the situations are)
The Heat, in their first year, were a combination of players who were used to being used a certain way in their previous situations who were suddenly being asked to play differently. It changed the individuals games, it changed the team dynamics and the personality mix needed sorting out. they sorted everything out over the course of that year. the following year was pretty good :-) and we see the season they are having now. I think Lowry and Guy and JV and Ross and Telfair will be more effectively integrated into the team next season. The only significant change I expect to see is Bargs gone, or on the bench.
As for personnel and positions, I am fine with AJ starting. He is 10 and 8 in under 30 minutes a night, with 70% FT. That is good enough to start in this league. I believe he and JV will work together quite well. JV has shown a very nice shot from 12 feet out. I am looking forward to what else Demar adds to his game, to how Ross develops over the summer and to how Fields shot looks coming back in.
The only other thing I want to see is what happens to Bargs. If he can be traded, then I am interested in what the Raps receive.
I am in the optimistic boat...again.
Even the optimists were predicting roughly 36 wins for the season, with Bargnani playing at the same level he displayed in those 13 games last year. And now we subtract this player's good projection and we're maybe a playoff team?
Yeah, whatever.
Great post BD. I like the optimism, it's been so easy over recent (many, actually) seasons to just beat up on this team, but I too see the light. I believe the starting 5 can be a competitive lineup on a consistent basis. I'm done questioning Amir as a starter. Hasnt he had 21 and 18 boards in his last two games? When was the last time the Raps had a rebounder like that? Antonio Davis - maybe? Plus he adds some offensive production with great efficiency, and will no doubt improve in the post as he continues in this role. And I like what I'm seeing from JV, who could potentially be a go to offensive guy in the post. I'm willing to bet that he will develop a really effective post game, and if so, Amir will be a perfect compliment because he doesnt need or demand the ball in the low block. Demar continues to improve, I just hope he improves his outside shooting in the offseason, as long as that does not deter him from attacking. He gets to the line alot, and is the only raptor to do so consistently. I'll support Gay as long as his efficiency improves. We know he can knock down the tough shot, but he just takes too many of those. The Raps need to improve their offensive team game in order to get better shot selection. I dont see why Alan Anderson can't be that 3pt shooter everyone is so desperate for? Didnt he rattle off 15 straight a couple of weeks ago, only to be ignored when RG and DD came back on the floor.
And that brings me to the PG position. Like most, I'm uncertain Lowry is the right PG for this team. I want to believe he can be, but the way he is playing lately can only make one wonder. He just doesn;t seem that interested at the moment. Hopefully an off season and a fresh start this fall in training camp can turn that around.
Other than that, I'd get rid of Bargnani in any way possible, it's time to part ways, as I find it hard to believe he can have a positive impact on this team in any role next season. His presence alone, will be negative in my opinion. I like the possible Landry acquisition, as he can sub for Amir and still give you hard work, rebounding, and a low post presence when JV is on the bench as well. And of course, Ross, who will hopefully continue to get better and be a potent guy off the bench unitl he is ready to displace Demar in a few years time. Here's to looking forward to next year.
On a side note, the Raps have a tough division to deal with. The Knicks and Nets are pretty good teams (although the Knicks are very over-rated) and should improve next season. Regardless of what happens to Bynum in the offseason, I expect Philly to improve as well. That leaves the Celts, and its hard to know what will happen with them. Unless they go into rebuilding mode in the offseason, I expect they will be competitive next season, probably alot like they are now if Garnett doesnt retire. Either way, this will probably be the toughest division in basketball next year, and making the playoffs will be no easy task.
Although I also think Philly won't be that much better. They've got some pretty flawed roster construction going. They need to get Holiday some help. I find them very hard to predict because of that. An athletic roster with Holiday running the show is always dangerous, but it's hard to see them doing more than fight for the bottom (possibly with Toronto) of the playoffs without adding another big piece...and I'd have a hard time believing that's Bynum.
Not to be a debbie downer in this thread, but at what point do we realize or accept that 'optimism' has no impact on the results? It only offers a temporary distraction from reality
And I don't mean to tell people they shouldn't or can't be optimistic. But historic patterns in the NBA - needing a superstar, maxing out finances without a completed roster limits opportunities, efficiency is king - shows us there is little or limited reasons to be with this team
I remember reading (and being involved in) numerous threads this past offseason where it came down to "only optimistism makes sense". This team was 'playoff calibre' because of how good Andrea was, how Lowry was an all-star, Fields was an acceptable risk, the team had the best PG duo in the NBA, Demar was ever improving, Casey was a coaching genius, JV was a franchise player in the making, Ross was the Spurs style unexpected steal of the draft, and Toronto had alot of financial flexibility and assets to trade. Or some combination of the above
Yet we watched the season playout, and every single one of those ideas became questionable at best if not outright reversed.
here is why I am not optimistic about this team.
- this team is not complete and its final trade peice (Andrea) is a worthless, atleast within the realm of what Colangelo/MLSE want and need.
- there is a lack of evidence that MLSE will spend deep into the cap, yet absolutely need to overcome the financial strangle hold Colangelo has put this team under. This doesn't mean they won't do it, just there is no reason to believe they will
- the team still lacks a superstar and doesn't have the complete diversity and skill of the rare well rounded Detroit-ish teams
- Colangelo still runs this team, and he has a consistent desire to prove his decision making process, rather than doing whats in the best interest of the team
- just being a playoff team isn't enough for me. Especially after spending years in the NBA gutter. When you are this bad for this long you SHOULD have the assets and resources to be something more than having an 'average' ceiling. Its like getting yourself deep into debt, accepting you are stuck, declaring bankruptcy, and then taking out a pay day loan that same day and being excited about the $200 dollars you now have in your wallet.
What would make me optimistic is:
- Colangelo be released
- seeing Andrea Bargnani actually being traded for something (anything) of use. Even him being amnestied I'd at the very least see as this organization putting 'team' over $s or ego.
- Jonas or Ross blowing up
- a significant difference in Demar or should that not take place, seeing Demar play less minutes if not outright traded.
- blowing it all up and starting over (yet again)
- some ridiculous lopsided trade
My problem lies in not being able to realistically imagine any of the above taking place. They are low chance probabilities, pipe dreams or numerous years away from happening.
I see a low seed playoff team for the next few years, first round losses, and then reverting back to needing to make the "tough choice" of mediocrity or blowing it up in 2 or 3 seasons while listening to Matt Devlin blame the refs and Colangelo give vague excuses for what went wrong.
The one issue I have with your rationale is that you seem to want the team to make a near impossible leap from perennial lottery team to championship contender overnight. I would agree that "just being a playoff team isn't enough for me", when thinking long-term, but I view progression as more of a multi-year journey.
With the current roster and minimal room for flexibility (without trading DeRozan, since the rest of the tradeable assets are garbage), I would be quite happy with the Raptors becoming a playoff team next season. The core of the roster is quite young and more salary will come off the books after both next season and the season after, so additional assets can be added to the core group - as they develop individually and together as a team, the weaknesses, holes and lack of fit will become more obvious, allowing the GM (BC or otherwise) to address them. It's unfair to expect any team to do more than that, more quickly than that, without lucking into a true superstar player.
Another reason for optimism is that aside from the Heat, I don't think any team in the East is setup to be dominant for several years going forward. I see lots of opportunity for the Raptors to be near the top of the conference over the next few years, though the rest may all be fighting just to reach the conference finals and face the Heat (as long as their big-3 stay together).
- will Rose return to form and remain injury-free?
- his surrounding cast is getting older, how long before they need an overhaul?
- good young team that will be harder to keep together as each guy looks to get paid
- will West stick around?
- will they keep Granger or what will he return in trade?
- old, breaking down and not a threat at all without 'Melo
- having an owner willing to spend is great, but they aren't deep, are getting older and have zero flexibility
- luring Howard to team with JSmoove & Horford would be deadly, or they could blow it up even more
- without KG & PP, this team is average at best and will have to rebuild at some point soon
- borderline playoff team could get much worse if free agents leave for nothing
- what will become of Bynum, who just underwent surgery... will he ever wear a 76ers jersey?
- have some good young pieces, but likely as far or farther away from competing for playoffs than the Raptors, as of today
- yikes
I think for me though, to your last point of why you're not optimistic, playoffs for me would be enough. Not that I'd hoist up some champagne if we made the playoffs and followed that up with a first round exit, but after all these years -- yea, I kinda think that $200 in my pocket doesn't sound too bad.
your pal,
The NBA operates in cycles. Teams rise and fall. In a couple years, the Heat may not have the Big 3, or even a Big 2 anymore and will need to re-tool. Some other team will rise to the top that currently isn't there right now. That team, given what Colangelo has done -- will not be the Raptors.
your pal,
My response was quoted.Rapstor4Life wrote:
Does anyone think that if Bargnani was injured all season we would be a playoff squad?
That is the thing about predictions and projections. They are hardly based on anything other than opinion or statistics that may not carry over from a previous season. The roster also has not remained a constant from the start of the season nor has the defensive prowess carried over from last season but the offensive numbers have certainly improved.
The reality is the Raptors this season without Bargnani (good Bargnani, bad Bargnani, indifferent Bargnani) have actually been decent. Bargnani in the lineup has seen the Raptors go 10-25 while without Bargnani they have been 16-16. The Bucks are currently 33-32.
So with a question of without Bargnani would the Raptors be a playoff squad comes the answer I gave: I don't know. But for whatever reasons - concrete, circumstantial, coincidental, whatever - the Raptors have been a .500 team without Bargnani.
So one area we agree is: Yeah, whatever.
I totally understand your point - I was strongly in favor of a full rebuild immediately in the wake of the Bosh trade (and I think they blew the chance to tank last year while their #1 pick - JV - was still overseas). I'm just playing devil's advocate a little bit because sometimes I get frustrated when people talk about collecting 1st round picks year after year, seemingly in the hopes of lucking into the next LBJ or KD, as the 'OKC model' of franchise rebuilding. Isn't that approach just another 'treadmill', but just one in the lottery instead of on the playoff bubble, still dependent on lottery luck and drafting luck, to land a superstar?
The Raptors did rebuild - they drafted pretty well for 4 straight years in the lottery - DeRozan, Davis, Valanciunas, Ross. They cashed in a redundant young player (Davis) and an expiring veteran contract (Calderon) for a very good, young SF (Gay). I know that the financial flexibiliy and rebuilding/building plan seems shot now, but I personally think that has as much to do with guys like Bargnani ($11M next season), DeRozan ($9.5M), Kleiza ($4.6M) and Fields ($6.2M), as it does with the Gay acquisition. If Bargnani's salary can be dumped, Kleiza is amnestied, DeRozan is flipped for the traditional star starting PF the majority seems to want and Fields can earn his paycheque, then suddenly I think the team would be in a very good place, both in terms of finances and young talent.
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What I'd expect is, after all these years, the team being a very young, with a potential superstar or stars, about to get its first taste of the playoffs with players or some sort of assets (cap space or additional players etc) they could afford to give up to make the team better. A team that may be 'mediocre' now, but had alot of potential.
Instead this a team with no financial flexibility, whose available assets aren't desireable, whose 'core' players are for the most part known commodities (with poissbile exceptions) and who can't afford to give up the few valuable ones they have.
I want to see a team come out of the gutter with a glass ceiling, or atleast the resources to keep moving that ceiling higher. Instead this team is coming out of the gutter with a chunk of cement for a ceiling.
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Now, this isn't much about the draft, but more about the point guards.Enlightenment: Who was the better first overall PG pick?
John Wall or Kyrie Irving?
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I'm a point guard myself, and I love watching great play from the floor general, and seeing how they get their teammates involved, and how to make an impact on the game.
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In order:
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The best point guards in the league have something special about them. You look at the point guard position, and the future? It is very bright for a number of players. Eric Bledsoe, a kid who really came into his own last season playing behind Chris Paul, and Chauncey Billups. Having the ability to learn from two experienced, high talent, star calibre players, makes you a better player yourself. His last two seasons in the league so far have been a joy to watch. Many believe in years time, he will be taking over the reigns as a starter be it in a Clipper uniform, or elsewhere looking for a kid to run their team. This guy is a joy to watch, and I can't wait to see him grow even more. His jump-shot has improved, he's extremely strong, and very athletic. He's developed a better sense of where his players are, and learned to see the floor better. The Kentucky product reminds me a lot of a 'better attitude' Steve Francis. He came into the league as a high risk, high reward player, and well, quite frankly, The Clippers have gotten one heck of a reward.


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GOOD DAY NB , to start off the topic,
Currently naruto has wind nature chakra while sasuke [ i just use sasuke as my basis no other intentions] has Fire nature chakra but we all know also that he has now lightning element [ Chidori ; Raikiri ] So when will naruto learn his 2nd element ? and what will it be? In some point naruto must learn to use other element coz we all know most of high rank shinobi [ jounin level up ] must have 2 or 3 element... Now im wondering when will kishi planning to show us naruto 2nd element...
So i used my little brain hahha :D :D :D
well in Narutoverse, some of the characters names have actually meanings that are similar to the character's characteristics or its techniques used [ Rock Lee is similar to Bruce Lee , konoha will of fire resembles in uchicha clan and saratubi clan ]
WHILE I stumble in the google i found out this :
The Yondaime's family name Namikaze are wave and wind, and Naruto's mothers family name Uzumaki means whirlpool [a surname also related to water ].
Now naruto's natural element was revealed to be wind when Kakashi tested him. Around this time it was mentioned that most Jounin ninja can control two elements. This certainly implies that Naruto should improve and learn his 2nd element, so he will have another element besides wind.
Im guessing right here that naruto next element would be WATER
Assuming that natural ninja elemental affinities are inherited then let's assume that Naruto inherited wind from his dad who as Hokage could probably control most if not all elements and perhaps also an affinity to water, and Naruto's mother probably had strong water jutsu as well because her name means whirlpool.
and besides Lightning[ Sasuke ] <WIND [ naruto ] < FIRE [ sasuke ] < WATER [probable naruto's element]<Lightning[sasuke to balance it out :D]
So,my belief is WATER ELEMENT should be narutos next element to learn. The only problem is where would Kishimoto find time for another training arc? The fighting now is no where near to end.. so it up to kishi now :D :D :D
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now, erroneous
reports of "room temperature" superconductor have
popped up frequently enough to make even the strongest optimist a bit
skeptical. Still, the steady advance of verified
superconductors operating at higher temperatures has raised
the hope of such a material eventually being found.Now a team
at the University of Bengal in India, led by Dhruba Dasgupta, has
become the latest to cause a stir, reporting that they have observed
what possibly appears to be superconductivity at 313 K.The
researchers used lead zirconium titanate (PZT) -- a common material
used in capacitors and other electronics -- for the work. They
first cut a 2 cm × 2 mm piece of a commercial disks of the
material. They then stripped away the existing silver coating
and coated the piece with 4000 Angstroms of aluminum via vacuum
evaporation.The conductivity was then probed along the
sample. The place where the conductivity sharply increased
beneath 313 K appeared right at the interface of the PZT and its
aluminum coat.The paper involved can be found here.It
is important not to jump too swiftly to conclusions. The
measurements of conductivity could have been flawed, or they may not
represent "true" superconductivity. The paper has not
yet been peer reviewed or published in a journal. Given its
impressive claims, and reportedly elementary process to achieve them,
it will likely soon see peer review.The idea of such a simple
metal mix acting as what is essentially the holy grail of
electronics, certainly sounds too good to be true.However, if
it does prove to truly be room temperature superconductivity, the
discovery would revolutionize a number of industries including
computing and power transmission. One can only hope that this
discovery -- or one in the near future -- is validated, so we can at
last reap the benefits
of superconductors without special equipment.Some of
the recent research into superconductors has focused on determining
how they work, in an effort to come up with new designs. To
read more about this, check out our
January 2008 andJuly
2008 pieces on this topic.


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It's well known that PlayStation 3 consoles will be in short supply this holiday season, and potentially beyond. Sony still stands firm behind its promise of delivering 500,000 units at launch, with 400,000 reserved for North American and the rest for Japan. Sony, however, is now softening on its projection of being able to provide an additional 1.5 million PS3s before year's end and a total of 6 million by March 2007, Bloomberg reports.
When the topic of such numbers came up in an interview with Jack Tretton, co-chairman of SCEA, he confessed that "the honest answer is [that the shipment numbers are] more of a target" rather than a confirmed count. Tretton also reiterated that production issues were the root of the problem.
Shortage of blue diode lasers required to manufacture Blu-ray drives continue to be the Achilles' heel in PlayStation 3 production. The shortage of components not only affect production of Sony's new console, but all Blu-ray machines. Even after suspending shipments of blue diode lasers for Blu-ray movie players, Sony still faces problems in meeting consumer demand.
With the expected shortage this holiday season, gamers have been at a frenzy in attempts to pre-order PlayStation 3. Some who managed to score a pre-order are not even planning to opening the box, but instead would rather take advantage of the rules of supply and demand by listing them on eBay at a large premium. In attempts to curb user dissatisfaction, eBay is canceling auctions of pre-orders until the product hits the market.


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Yes. yes! Fantastic pick.
I posted earlier today about the complete nonsense of drafting Harrison Barnes. For everyone who hates this pick...I'm assuming you'd have preferred Harrison Barnes? Why, exactly? Because he's famous and was slotted higher?
Let's be clear here:
Last season Terrence Ross, compared to Harrison Barnes: shot a better percentage across the board (2FG, 3FG, FG, FT). He rebounded better, dished out more assists, stole more balls, and blocked more shots. You want to criticize Ross, perhaps, because he might not be the best shot creator...I guess? Well, just watch Harrison Barnes' last NCAA tournament for a lesson in how NOT to create your own offense. Ross is the just the better player.
Terrence Ross. For the win. Excellent, excellent pick. The pick is gutsy like the tin man in a rain storm, but it's the right pick. For the second year in a row.
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And for the record...Ross is more a 2 guard than he is a small forward.
And I like how you changed the name of this thread from "fire BC" to "Fire Colangelo because he doesn't agree with the mock draft". How about you get it right instead and agree to say " Fire Colangelo because of his 6 mediocre years track record of the Toronto Raptors due to bad decisions and missed oppertuinities"
I think the title of the thread is valid now. Let's face it, if Chad Ford was telling us that Terence Ross was the 3rd best player in the draft there would be a "Let's have a parade for Colangelo" thread in here right now. Like I said about a hundred times leading up to the draft, these mock draft guys get it wrong at a ridiculously high rate so why all the respect?
Drafts are always a crapshoot. So it's silly to even speculate on what Ross is going to become. He could be the next Tracy McGrady just as easily as he could be the next Flip Murray. So I don't want to dump on anyone's pick (although when you have a chance to take a guy with a bad back that will probably eat himself out of the league to replace Kevin Garnett, you have to take it). But there are 3 things that concern me with this pick:
1. It seems that the Raps drafted for need over talent. On a team that was 20 games under .500 and has no elite talent at any of the positions, at this point they really shouldn't be drafting for need at this point.
2. The "Raps have Valanciunas" argument to not draft Drummond is so flawed it's not funny. It's not like Jonas put up 20 and 10 last year in the NBA. He's played 0 minutes and he's not Anthony Davis. You draft a guy who people want and if you don't get what you want, well, you have an elite talent. Find out who's better. If they BOTH pan out, great, then you can trade one of then. If not, well, it's not like you were winning the title anyway. If you're going to take a flyer, take one that could end up being a dominant big man.
3. I know this might be moot, because I have a feeling Nash is going to sign a max offer with the Raps, just so the Raps can make me experience the flesh burning from me, but if you're Nash, do you really want to go to a team where there are 2 rookie starters, a shooting guard who is a terrible defender with no handles and a PF who might be the worst help defender in the league? At some point, don't you look at Portland, that can offer comparable money? Or even New Orleans, who's builing a hell of roster?
(That's not even getting into the train of thought that they just drafted the replacement for DeRozan, as he's a free agent next year)
If Terrence Ross' last name was Rivers, there would be a lot less complaining going on
Hmmmm...seems like no ones grabbed pj3 yet, you guys think we could still nab him?
I have no doubts that the Raptors are not looking at Terrence Ross to start at the 3 spot next season. Almost certainly will the Raptors continue looking for someone for the small forward. Ross will begin as a backup 2, most likely. If you think Derozan is undersized for the 3...he outweighs Ross by over 20lbs. Restated: Ross will get his minutes at the 2. At least in the early goings.
Did anyone watch Ross play? Those highlight videos always look the same too me. It is exciting to have someone who can 1. shoot threes, and 2. work hard on the defensive end. I've read his measurements are pretty average, so he might have a tough time defending bigger SFs.
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Hot off the heels of the of selling the B-2 stealth bomber's radar spectrum to a Russian national and intrusions by Chinese hackers, the U.S. Armed Forces have another leak on their hands. Researchers analyzing 300 hard drives bought at computer fairs and on the internet auction site eBay discovered a surprise -- a hard drive containing U.S. missile defense secrets that was not properly wiped by contractor Lockheed Martin.
The research project was conducted by BT's Security Research Centre in England in collaboration with the University of Glamorgan in Wales, Edith Cowan University in Australia, and Longwood University in the US. According to British news site The Daily Mail, the researchers made the startling discovery that the hard drive in question contained highly sensitive information on test launch procedures of the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) ground to air missile defense system, used to shoot down Scud missiles in Iraq.
Also on the drive were Lockheed Martin's internal security policies, blueprints of facilities, and personal information on employees including social security numbers.
On other hard drives, the researchers discovered a wealth of additional information from other companies on employees, including bank account details, medical records, confidential business plans, financial company data, personal id numbers, and job descriptions. The drives were purchased in or shipped to the UK, America, Germany, France and Australia. Over 34 percent of the drives, according to researchers, contained "information of either personal data that could be identified to an individual or commercial data identifying a company or organisation."
Two disks from England's Lanarkshire NHS Trust hold patient medical records, images of x-rays, medical staff shifts and sensitive and confidential staff letters from Monklands and Hairmyres hospitals. A disk from an Australian nursing home contained pictures of patients and their wound. A disk sold in France contained network data and security logs from the German Embassy in Paris. Other disks contained secret business information from an auto company and a UK-based fashion company.
Dr Andy Jones, head of information security research at BT, states, "This is the fourth time we have carried out this research and it is clear that a majority of organisations and private individuals still have no idea about the potential volume and type of information that is stored on computer hard disks. For a very large proportion of the disks we looked at we found enough information to expose both individuals and companies to a range of potential crimes such as fraud, blackmail and identity theft. Businesses also need to be aware that they could also be acting illegally by not disposing of this kind of data properly."
Dr Iain Sutherland of the University of Glamorgan adds, "Of significant concern is the number of large organisations that are still not disposing of confidential information in a secure manner. In the current financial climate they risk losing highly valuable propriety data."
A Lockheed Martin spokesperson commented on the alleged data leak, "Lockheed Martin is not aware of any compromise of data related to the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense program. Until Lockheed Martin can evaluate the hard drive in question, it is not possible to comment further on its potential contents or source."
A spokesperson for NHS Lanarkshire blames a corporate partner, commenting, "This study refers to hard disks which were disposed of in 2006. At that time NHS Lanarkshire had a contractual agreement with an external company for the disposal of computer equipment. In this instance the hard drives had been subjected to a basic level of data removal by the company and had then been disposed of inappropriately. This was clearly in breach of contract and was wholly unacceptable."


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The Journal counts down its Top 10 sports stories of 2012. Such events include, a new era of Dove Creek High School football, a Montezuma-Cortez regional golf 3-peat, the USA Pro Challenge comes to Montezuma County, Cortez native Eli Tomac continues his ascent in pro motocross and more.
List compiled by Bobby Abplanalp and Dale Shrull
It was a late August Friday night under the lights in Dove Creek.
A familiar setting with the stands full of Bulldog blue and yellow and the Dove Creek eight-man football team running over, through and around its opposition.
It was like any other opening night of high school football in the self-proclaimed pinto bean capital.
Except, one thing was different. The man who roamed the Bulldogs' sidelines for 50 years wasn't on the grass. For the first time in a half a century, Ken Soper watched the Bulldogs as a fan.
A new era of Bulldogs' football was unleashed on the gridiron under new head coach Shane Baughman.
Although the coaching is different, Dove Creek football still remains successful. The Bulldogs thrashed the Rangely Panthers 64-36 that Friday night.
A town of roughly 500 people remains divided over the Dolores County School Board's decision to vote out 74-year-old Soper as football coach. The legendary coach led the Bulldogs for 47 years (he was an assistant for three years prior) and was two wins shy of breaking the all-time Colorado state record for victories.
What's done is done and while many Dove Creek residents don't agree with the decision, many people seem to have accepted the change.
"It's about the kids and I've said that from the get-go," said Baughman, who assisted Soper for 10 years and is also the school's head wrestling coach. "I don't care who their coach is or whatever. I just want it to be about them, and if everybody can come out and support them, that's who this is ultimately about."
No. 2: BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK
Montezuma-Cortez High School's golf team was pushed to the limit on an August Tuesday afternoon on their home course, but found a way.
The way of Jakob Rudosky's wedge on the Par-4 18th hole at Conquistador Golf Course.
Rudosky didn't need four shots on No. 18. He needed precision and a little bit of luck to escape the rough.
With the wind at his back, Rudosky fired the golf ball over a tree and onto the green. A couple of stiff 18th green bounces and just like that, the shot was good.
The excitement and shock of Rudosky's spectacular eagle positioned the Panthers to win the one-hole team playoff versus Rifle, and claim their third straight 4A Western Slope Regional Tournament title.
Rudosky and Plewe hugged and the M-CHS fans cheered. The Panthers defended their region title and are going back to state.
It certainly wasn't easy, as M-CHS edged Rifle in the playoff, 12 to 13.
No. 3: PROFESSIONAL CYCLISTS ZIP THROUGH DOLORES
Here they come! And there they go!
It was a thrilling few seconds, with the primary word being "few."
Approximately 500 people, possibly more, lined the streets of Dolores and parts of Highway 145 eagerly anticipating the arrival of the second annual USA Pro Cycling Challenge. The race, touted as the premier cycling race in the U.S., started in Durango with Gov. John Hickenlooper firing the starting gun.
The first group of riders sped down into Dolores around 12:30 p.m., Aug. 20. The 24 riders flew into town with three breaking away furiously racing for the sprint finish line.
Moldova's Serghei Tvetcov of Team Energy pulled ahead to win the sprint. U.S. rider Tyler Farrar, from team Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, won the opening stage with a late sprint in the final kilometer in Telluride in an unofficial time of 4 hours, 42 minutes.
The sounds of cowbells, handed out by local businesses, and raucous cheering echoed throughout Dolores as the riders blitzed through at more than 30 mph. "Man, that was fast," Bob Coates of Dolores said. "I can't believe they go that fast. That was pretty exciting."
The race has some of the top cyclists in the world competing in the seven-day stage race that ends in Denver on Sunday. The field includes six of the top finishers from this year's Tour de France with a total of 126 riders from 24 countries.
By the time the second pack of riders, which is referred to as the peloton, cruised into Dolores, the pace was slower but anything but slow.
The event is one that definitely falls into the don't blink category.
No.4: BULLDOGS RUN OUT OF TIME
Up 18-14 on the road in the howling 50-mile an hour southeastern Colorado winds, the Bulldogs had to punt.
Dove Creek quarterback/punter Dalton Randolph kicked the ball deep and then was leveled by a Granada Bobcat. Despite no roughing-the-punter call, Granada was pinned deep at its own 5 with three minutes left in the fourth quarter.
The Bulldogs defense had dominated its 8-man quarterfinal playoff game in November. With the Bobcats on their end of the field and with a backup QB, first-year Dove Creek coach Shane Baughman was feeling good about a trip to the semifinals.
However, Bulldogs players, coaches and fans' excitement would soon turn to sorrow.
Three Granada fourth down conversions later, the visiting No. 8-seed Bulldogs found themselves down 20-18 with less than a minute to go.
Dalton Randolph and the offense moved the football to midfield. But unfortunately, the Bulldogs and their season ran out of time. The 16-seed Granada Bobcats pulled off another upset, winning 20-18.
"A heartbreaker to say the least," Baughman said. "We doubled them in first downs. It's one of those games where you're really irritated. It was a bad deal."
It was the Bulldogs first quarterfinal playoff appearance in six years.
No. 5: QUEST FOR GOLD
Dove Creek's Cole Baughman couldn't help but glance up at the person a step higher on the podium. Cole forced a smile and graciously congratulated Adam Baca of Rocky Ford.
A few minutes earlier, Baca had his hand raised in victory and now he was holding a gold medal, while Cole was left clutching silver and a crater of torment.
This is state wrestling.
The contrast between wrestlers in the championship match is almost painful to witness. As the winner breaks out in wild celebration, his coaches, family and teammates join in.
Tied 2-2 after two periods in February at Denver's Pepsi Center, it was Baughman on the wrong end of a 7-2 decision.
For Ryan Daves of Montezuma-Cortez, he was two seconds, yes two seconds, away from a third fourth-place medal.
But this time, he used those final two seconds to score two points and return home with a bronze medal. He has one more shot at the title this year as a senior.
For Wyatt Wade of Dolores, he sums up his season with the word "rough."
Battling nagging injuries and health problems, the talented then junior saw his season of hope spiral into a tormenting nightmare.
In 2011, he was the one looking up from the second-place podium spot. This was supposed to be the year when he would move up one spot.
But state wrestling is a cruel and unmerciful endeavor. Your opponent cares little if you're not 100 percent. Survival of the fittest - there is never any mercy or sympathy.
Even with his struggles and disappointment, Wyatt returned home with a fourth-place medal.
As a freshman for Dove Creek, Chance Randolph earned a third-place medal. Dalton Randolph placed fifth as a junior and Chance Johnson placed sixth as a senior for the Bulldogs.
No. 6: TOMAC WINS AMA SX LITES WEST
Geico Honda's Eli Tomac stayed near the front of the pack in Salt Lake City's Rice-Eccles Stadium in May. Things were going good. Then, some good fortune came from an unfortunate crash by a competitor. The race was there for the taking and Tomac took advantage. The Cortez native led the final five laps over Jason Anderson (Suzuki) to get the win.
It was Tomac's fourth win of the year and Tomac had enough the points to take the SX Lites West championship.
"When I went across the (finish) line in Salt Lake, I didn't even know I actually won," said Tomac of winning the championship.
Winning an AMA points championship at just 19 years old is quite an accomplishment in Tomac's quest for elite status in the sport.
"It's pretty much the childhood dream you could say. To go out there and win a supercross championship," said Tomac, a McElmo Canyon resident.
No. 7: PHILPOTT FINISHES ON TOP
Kenny Philpott won every high jump event his last two years at Mancos High School.
Except one.
That one runner-up finish came as a junior at the 2011 Colorado High School Activities Association, track and field state championships.
Being a senior in 2012, Philpott was determined to take gold.
"Winning state is something I always wanted to do," he said.
The key to winning a 2A state championship was remaining consistent.
No problem.
Philpott was able to jump 6 feet, 4 inches in the rain. Other athletes' heights continued to drop like the May rain in Lakewood. Chris Epps of Peyton jumped 6-3 for second-place.
It was Philpott's height that earned him a much coveted state championship.
"It was definitely something. I wish the weather would have been better to jump higher," Philpott said. "Being up on that podium when they call your name, it was a good feeling."
Philpott is high jumping this year at Colorado School of Mines in Golden on a full athletic and academic scholarship. He is majoring in civil engineering.
No. 8: NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!
Yackle Brothers Racing is taking over.
Jake and Nye Yackle are well known in their hometown of Cortez.
Now they're known nationally.
The rise to endurance mountain bike racing prominence continued July 6, at Sun Valley, Idaho. Jake and Nye Yackle raced in their respective classes at the USA Cycling National Championships with one objective at hand - win.
"I was pretty confident with all the races leading up to Nationals with winning," Jake Yackle, 12, said.
"This was my race," a determined Nye added.
For 9-year-old Nye Yackle, he has had to endure often being second to his older brother. And, having to race against people twice his age kept him from finishing near the top in some races.
In Sun Valley, the men's junior 10-Under cross-country class had racers in Nye's age group. The four lap, 7-mile race was his for the taking.
"It feels good to show how good I am in my age group," Nye said.
Nye Yackle did what he set out to do. The kid from Cortez never trailed in the race, dominating his way to a first national championship at 32 minutes, 23 seconds.
For Jake Yackle, things didn't go as smooth in his race. Although one wouldn't realize it after seeing his final time. The elder Yackle trailed the first lap of the cross-country men's junior 11-12 race. Jake's course was five laps, eight miles long. On the first major incline, that's when Jake Yackle made his move.
Jake passed Nathan Hickey (Monrovia, Calif.) going up the switchbacks and never trailed again. Even crashing merely just slowed Jake Yackle down, but didn't derail him of his second USA Cycling national championship, clocking in at 38:32.
No. 9: EVERIN RETIRES AFTER 30 YEARS
Thirty years ago, Jim Everin stepped onto the campus of Dolores High School wearing his trademark shorts and tennis shoes as the physical education teacher.
He made students run, lift weights and taught them to stay active
On May 25, the last day of school before summer break, Everin taught his last P.E. class at the school where he taught for 30 years.
The 54-year-old first stepped onto the DHS campus in 1982.
Everin coached the Dolores Bears baseball team for three decades, as well as handling the school's athletic director duties for more than 25 years.
In the last 10 years, Everin's teams have been San Juan Basin League champions eight times. In 2011, the team made it to the 2A state final four after beating Paonia to secure the regional title. The Paonia Eagles have long been a tormenting rival, especially in the postseason.
"Paonia has always been our nemesis," Everin said.
It was the Dolores Bears best season since a 1982 state championship appearance.
Last spring, the Bears won another SJBL title to advance to the postseason.
Everin was named SJBL 2012 Coach of the Year in his final baseball season.
Not a bad way to end a career.
No. 10: DOMINATION AND DESTRUCTION
With the Towaoc crowd standing, screaming their support with a deafening roar, Elsie Zwicker was the calm in the center of the cage.
There was little sign that the 125-pound powder keg was about to ignite. Little did her opponent, Jessica Kennett, know the punishment and pain that was about to be inflicted upon her.
Zwicker - calm, cool and in control - tapped her fists together as the referee signaled for the fight to begin.
The fuse was lit and Zwicker went TNT on Kennett. Launching herself at her opponent, Zwicker landed a straight right hand to Kennett's head.
Fast and furious, Zwicker assumed immediate control of the 125-pound King of the Cage, Wrangler, Super Fight title bout in July at the Ute Mountain Casino.
Left elbow, left elbow, punch, bam, bam, bam. Vicious and ruthless. It's the only mentality of the cage. Only the strongest will win.
"That's my strategy," Zwicker said about starting fast. "Dad (trainer Sheldon Zwicker) has always told me, if you want the best seat in the house, you gotta get there first."
With five-minute rounds, Zwicker's fast start was designed to try and get the fight stopped as quickly as possible.
She showed no mercy and the crowd was delirious. This is her crowd. Five times she's fought as a professional for the appreciative Towaoc crowd, and five times she left the cage victorious.
That July Saturday night would be her sixth victory in Towaoc to push her pro record to 6-4.
The one they call "sweetheart" is now a mixed martial arts champion.


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It's Colangelo and Triano, not Amare, Spike Lee and the rest of his drinking buddies. The only thing he owes BC and Triano is professional courtesy and nothing more.
I figure as much as he;d like to play in the same city he spends his off-season, but question is..will Phoenix take NY's garbage to get it done? And will he (Nash) want to leave money on the table?
If they don't sign Nash it's just going to amplify not being able to land Barnes, Waiters or Lillard...atleast for me anyways.
All this and nothing about the topic at hand. Great job.
Now you're really begging the question here.Wow. You really do hold a grudge - just as I thought and that is cool. I apologized when I hurt your feelings before and I've apologized for having a difference of opinion with you now. Isn't that what you are looking for? Otherwise I really don't know what your posts are all about.... You are right!
I'm afraid I can't see a favourable trend developing here. There's less and less substance with every post you make.
Let me say this: I hold no ill feelings towards you Matt. It's just that your troll posts and flamebaits were so bad before that I feel compelled to help you improve.
Again, show me where I said this.I'm the first to admit when I am wrong (I think I've done it on these forums 5 times in the last 2 days), you just can't come at me with, "You're wrong because I say you're wrong!"
i dont think nash waiting on the knicks means he wants to go there. If i were a free agent and had a 12 mil/year offer and NY was coming after me i would want to wait and see what they can offer me, doesnt mean i would go to NY i would want to weigh out the options.
All stories generally have direct quotes from him or lack the anonymous 'source'.
I don't buy this story because it is well known Nash's inner circle is extremely small and they do not play these games through media personalities such as Aldridge. It is just now how he has ever operated - even when PHX let everyone go who was a part of the Suns glory years and deep playoff run in 2010.
Personally, I think this source is a person connected with the Knicks. I believe Nash to stick to his word and make a decision within 4-5 days. I think the last bit of business is to hear what Dallas says.
Nash spurning the Raptors now would have devastating effects, in my opinion, on his role with Basketball Canada and his Canadian business ventures in retirement.
This is all my opinion.
I think Nash wants all his options available to him. If NY is interested, he is going to hear their full pitch. I still have a good feeling about Nash in Toronto.
One concern I had was that Bryan was dipping into his cap space to get Fields at $5M for the first year (or $6.3M on average). Could we do a S&T with NY for Fields using Barbosa's TPE? Or give them Weems & Bayless for Fields (they were interested in Weems, and Bayless could be a solid replacement for Lin).
That way we still have cap space to sign Nash outright, or make other moves.
Why would NY do that if we take Fields from them and prevent them from getting Nash? A TPE could do wonders for them especially if they lose Lin, Fields and lose out on Nash. They would need a PG and could go after a guy like Sessions or perhaps even Lowry from Houston. Plus that TPE would not be enough to get Nash anyway (and you can't package a TPE with other assets to get one person).
Actually scratch my idea of sending them Bayless & Weems.. they could just repackage them to Phoenix in a S&T. I like the TPE idea better.
I haven't read this entire thread so someone else may have mentioned this, but a little digging into Synergy's numbers shows that Fields is in fact a pretty shitty defender. Now take this with a grain of salt because I find it hard to believe that BC would be stupid enough to stick Casey with yet another poor defender on the wing and the Raps' in-house scouting may suggest differently, but here are the numbers according to Ball Don't Lie's Kelly Dwyer:
He wasn't any great shakes on the defensive end, either. Fields ranked 341st among NBA players in overall points allowed per play defended, according to Synergy Sports Technology's game charting. When you consider that more than 440 players saw NBA floor-time this season, that not all of them are counted (only guys with at least 25 plays charted appear in the rankings, per Synergy's FAQ) and that Fields played 2,009 total minutes this season (so it's not like he got burned repeatedly for one game and caught a bum stat line), that number looks really, really bad. That he ranked 185th in the NBA or worse in defending pick-and-roll ball-handlers, on post-ups, on spot-ups and in isolation doesn't help matters. (In fairness, we must note that he posted a top-100 finish in defending plays off screens, coming in at 96th overall.)
Not encouraging.
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Pitchers highlight list of Pirates' top prospects
By Zack Meisel / MLB.com
The future success of every Major League team lies largely in its Minor League pipeline. With that in mind, MLB.com is looking at each team's farm system, from the Top 20 Prospects to under-the-radar types.
The Pirates are well-represented on MLB.com's Top 100 Prospects list, and everything starts with their right-handed pitching tandem.
Gerrit Cole, the No. 1 prospect in the organization, could make his Major League debut at some point in 2013. The hard-throwing 22-year-old, who was the first overall selection in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft, opened last season at Class A Bradenton but finished the year by making a start at Triple-A Indianapolis. Overall, he compiled a 9-7 record and 2.80 ERA in 26 starts between those two levels and Double-A Altoona. He also tallied more than a strikeout per inning.
Jameson Taillon, the second overall pick in the 2010 Draft and the No. 2 prospect in the Pirates' system, went 9-8 with a 3.55 ERA in 26 starts between Bradenton and Altoona.
"They continue to work toward making a definite impact in Pittsburgh. [The rankings] confirm how we feel about them," said Kyle Stark, an assistant general manager for the Pirates.
Following the pitching duo in the Pirates' prospect rankings are the organization's top young hitters in shortstop Alen Hanson and outfielder Gregory Polanco. Hanson, who turned 20 after the 2012 campaign, batted .309 with 33 doubles, 13 triples, 16 homers, 62 RBIs and 35 stolen bases for Class A West Virginia. He reached base at a .381 clip and logged a .528 slugging percentage.
Polanco, a 21-year-old outfielder from the Dominican Republic, is an imposing force, at 6-foot-4. He batted .325 with a .388 on-base percentage, .522 slugging percentage, 16 homers, 85 RBIs and 40 stolen bases in 116 games for West Virginia last season.
"We've always liked them, and they've begun to perform," Stark said of Hanson and Polanco. "The rankings reflect the hard work both have put into their developments and give them more motivation to keep improving."
Top 20 prospects
Cole is expected to begin the 2013 season at Triple-A, though he could certainly contribute to the Pirates at some point.
A couple of other prospects could be in the mix for the starting rotation as well. The Pirates acquired southpaw Andy Oliver from the Tigers in December. The former second-round Draft pick is 0-5 with a 7.11 ERA in seven career big league starts. The No. 12 prospect in Pittsburgh's system, Oliver went 5-9 with a 4.88 ERA for Triple-A Toledo last season.
Kyle McPherson, a 14th round Draft choice in 2007 and the Pirates' No. 7 prospect, made 10 appearances (three starts) for Pittsburgh in 2012, as he posted a 2.73 ERA in 26 1/3 innings. The 25-year-old also had a 3-6 record and 3.22 ERA in 12 starts between Altoona and Indianapolis last year.
Bryan Morris, the organization's No. 14 prospect, also enjoyed his first taste of the big leagues last year. The right-hander tossed five innings of relief for the Pirates following a September call-up and yielded just one earned run in five frames. In 46 appearances for Indianapolis, he posted a 2.67 ERA with 79 strikeouts in 81 innings.
Under the Radar
Matt Curry: A first baseman and the Pirates' 16th-round Draft selection in 2010, Curry batted .285 with 34 doubles, 11 homers and 76 RBIs in 111 games with Altoona last season. He has been a steady producer during his ascent through Pittsburgh's system, with a .287 average and .377 on-base percentage in three Minor League seasons.
Phil Irwin: The right-hander, who turns 26 on Feb. 25, could help the Pirates at some point in 2013. He posted a 3-0 record and 2.57 ERA with 28 strikeouts in 21 innings in four starts for Indianapolis last season after going 4-7 with a 2.93 ERA at Altoona. The seasoned Minor Leaguer was originally a 21st-round Draft choice by the Pirates in 2009.
Hitter of the Year
Alen Hanson: The native of the Dominican Republic pieced together an impressive stat line as a 19-year-old in Class A last year. What he does as an encore in 2013 could determine how quickly he progresses through the Pirates' system.
Pitcher of the Year
Jameson Taillon: The second overall pick in the 2010 Draft, Taillon pitched his best after a promotion to Altoona last year. There, he earned a victory in all three of his starts while posting a 1.59 ERA and striking out 18 in 17 innings. The 21-year-old, who stands 6-foot-6, could enter the big league scene sooner rather than later.
Zack Meisel is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @zackmeisel. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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United States Southern Cities in 1870 and 1880: A Study of Individuals and Families (ICPSR 7568)
Principal Investigator(s): Goldin, Claudia
This data collection contains individual-level and family-level information collected from the 1870 and 1880 manuscript schedules of the United States Population Census for seven Southern cities: Charleston, South Carolina, Richmond, Virginia, Atlanta, Georgia, Savannah, Georgia, Mobile, Alabama, Norfolk, Virginia, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Approximately 5,000 individuals and 1,500 families are represented for each of the two census years studied. Part 1 contains data for 1870, and Part 2 contains data for 1880. The data gathered for sampled individuals include age, sex, race, marital status, presence of health defect, school attendance, ability to read, ability to write, occupational classification (female and male), nationality, and real and personal wealth (for 1870 only). Both datasets include a variable that uniquely identifies each family in the sample to facilitate the aggregation of the data for the creation of family-level data for each member, e.g., sex, race, age, marital status, school attendance, member status in the family, occupation, health, unemployment, city of residence, nationality and parents' nationality, and real and personal wealth.
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Study Description
Goldin, Claudia. United States Southern Cities in 1870 and 1880: A Study of Individuals and Families. ICPSR07568-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2002. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07568.v1
Persistent URL: https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07568.v1
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Subject Terms: cities, demographic characteristics, economic history, family, family history, genealogy, historical periods, labor history, literacy, population characteristics, social history, Southern United States
Geographic Coverage: Alabama, Atlanta, Charleston (South Carolina), Georgia, Louisiana, Mobile, New Orleans, Norfolk, Savannah, South Carolina, United States, Virginia
- 1870
- 1880
Universe: Individuals and families in Charleston, South Carolina, Richmond, Virginia, Atlanta, Georgia, Savannah, Georgia, Mobile, Alabama, Norfolk, Virginia, and New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1870 and 1880.
In each file, Variables 1-4, 25, and 60 are for identification. Variables 5-24 pertain to the over 10,000 individuals and are presented basically as provided by the principal investigator. Variables 25-59 pertain to the over 3,000 families and were created by ICPSR staff by aggregating or redefining the individual-level data into composite variables for the entire family, or for the head only as the representative of the family. The individual and family data were then merged, producing the two final files. Both files have the same number of variables with identical numbering. Comparable variables for the two years were calculated with identical methods. If data existed for one year and not the other, a dummy variable was inserted as a placeholder for the year without data.
The principal investigator and ICPSR wish to emphasize that the 35 family-level variables included here are not meant to be the only composite variables that could be created. Each researcher may find it necessary to create additional variables specific to his or her particular research project. These family-level variables are intended to assist researchers in their preliminary analyses of these data, and may be used or enlarged upon at the discretion of each researcher.
Sample: One out of every 50 pages of the 1870 and 1880 manuscript censuses for Charleston, South Carolina, Richmond, Virginia, Atlanta, Georgia, Savannah, Georgia, Mobile, Alabama, and Norfolk, Virginia, and one out of every 200 pages for New Orleans, Louisiana, were sampled to gather the individual-level data.
The 1870 and 1880 manuscript schedules of the United States Population Census
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well known fact that hackers based out of China have been probing and attacking servers of the U.S. government and its contractors. Often these attacks
have been mildly successful in stealing quantities of
information. Now U.S. neighbor Canada appears to have become the latest
victim of Chinese cyber-aggression.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper released a short statement on Thursday confirming
that the government had encountered an "attempt to access" government
information by foreign agents. The government would not confirm where
that attempt came from or what information may have been stolen.
But sources have told Canada's leading news network, CBC, that the
attacks were traced to servers in China [report].
They add that the attack took at least two major government departmental
sites offline and gained highly confidential classified information off
government servers.
According to sources, the servers penetrated belonged to Canada's Finance
Department and Treasury Board. Those sources said the attackers stole key
passwords (sounds like a phishing scheme) to gain access to the machine.
The sources say that the government is unsure whether servers containing
Canadian citizens' tax and health records were compromised.
The attackers used a technique dubbed "executive spear-phishing".
Using that method they seized control of Canadian government officials'
individual machines via typical infection modes. Once they had access,
they began to send emails from the officials' computers, asking for passwords
to various servers. As the emails originated from a legitimate source,
many government officials gave up these passwords. States one source
about the method, "There is nothing particularly innovative about it. It's
just that it is dreadfully effective."
Michel Juneau-Katsuya, a security analyst and former officer with the Canadian
Security Intelligence Service (Canada's equivalent of the CIA) went on the
record to say that "all indications point at China" as the origin of
the attacks. He believes that the attack was orchestrated by China's
semi-independent "patriotic-hackers" and was driven by China's view
that Canada is "a land of opportunity to get natural resources that
they need so, so much."
Despite being forced to shut down hundreds of servers in January after the leak
was detected, Canada did its best to keep the incident quiet. Meanwhile
Canada's Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSE), a little
known branch of the Canadian military rushed to try to diagnose the extent of
the attack and regain control.
The attacks are thought to be part of the broader GhostNet operation in China.
It is unknown exactly to what extent the hackers are cooperating with or
endorsed by the Chinese government. But it seems highly likely that they
are receiving at least some support from the leadership of China, given that
they remain in operation.
The attacks may be largely financially motivated. While it is tempting to
think that China's cyber-assault is a prelude to some sort of military activity,
more likely the highly profit-driven nation is merely stealing valuable
financial information with which to drive its GDP even higher. The
initially targeted Canadian government departments are evidence of this.
The uneasy question of how to deal with the superpower's cyber-aggression is
one that the international community has not yet find a good countering solution.


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Kotkin named vice dean of Wilson School
Stephen Kotkin, Princeton's Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Contemporary History and professor of history and international affairs, has been named the vice dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, effective July 1.
As vice dean, Kotkin will oversee the graduate and undergraduate academic programs for the Wilson School. Nolan McCarty, the Susan Dod Brown Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, who had been serving as associate dean of the Wilson School, has been named the chair of Princeton's Department of Politics.
"I greatly appreciate Nolan's superb leadership over the past six years, and I look forward to working with him in his new role as chair of the Department of Politics," said Wilson School Dean Christina Paxson. "And I am very pleased that Steve Kotkin has agreed to serve as vice dean and thank him for his willingness to take on these new responsibilities." While the title has changed from associate dean to vice dean, the roles are the same.
Kotkin joined the Princeton faculty in 1989 and is a specialist on authoritarian regimes. Between 1995 and 2008, he directed Princeton's Russian studies program, which became the Program in Russian and Eurasian Studies under his watch. A former chair of the editorial board at Princeton University Press and a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, he received his Ph.D. from the University of California-Berkeley.
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Vermont Senate passes fuel tax increases
MONTPELIER -- The Vermont Senate on Friday pulled back somewhat on a gasoline tax increase passed by the House, but has made up for that by increasing the diesel tax.
In an unusual move, the Senate gave its version of a transportation budget bill preliminary and final approval on the same day. Lawmakers said quick action was required because part of the gas tax increase is to take effect May 1 -- in just 11 days.
Exactly how large increases in fuel taxes will be is still uncertain. The House passed a slightly larger gasoline tax increase than the Senate did, and no diesel tax increase. House Transportation Committee Chairman Patrick Brennan said he hoped the two chambers could concur after informal negotiations and not have to go to a conference committee to work out the differences between the two versions.
Remarks by senators that no one wants to increase taxes but Vermont's roads are in rough shape and in need of repair were echoed later by customers and workers at the Gulf and Sunoco stations a half block east of the Statehouse.
"The roads are in rough shape but the gas tax is high enough," said 37-year-old Fawn Buska of Barre, who was pumping gas into a Subaru at the Sunoco station.
Sue Steinberg of Montpelier said she drives around Washington County as a speech therapist and saw the same dilemma. "Unless there's a way to get the underlying price of gas down, I don't think we should raise it (the gasoline tax) higher," she said. But she added, "The roads are in terrible shape."
Lawmakers supporting the increases said they were needed in part so the state could raise matching funds for federal money that otherwise would be lost to Vermont.
But critics said the gasoline tax is regressive -- the lower someone's income is, the higher a share of it such a tax consumes.
"So many people have cut back on discretionary driving already," Sen. Ann Cummings, D-Washington said in summing up comments she had delivered earlier on the floor. "What they have left is necessary driving, going for groceries, going to the doctor."
Vermont's gasoline tax is a complex blend of one levy calculated in cents per gallon, a second levy for a fund dedicated to cleanups when underground fuel tanks leak, a third and another levy to pay off money the state borrows for transportation projects by issuing bonds.
The bond levy is calculated in similar fashion to a sales tax, as a percentage on the dollar -- it's currently 2 percent, but both House and Senate versions of the bill would increase it.
Transportation Secretary Brian Searles said the combined taxes currently stand at about 26.6 cents per gallon. The House version would raise the gasoline tax by a projected 6.7 cents, depending on who underlying prices affect the sales-tax-like portion of the overall levy. Senators voted to raise it a projected 5.9 cents per gallon.
The administration of Gov. Peter Shumlin originally recommended an increase of about 8.6 cents per gallon.
"That was just a conversation starter," Searles said. He said he would be satisfied with either the House or Senate version.
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Onsite Coverage: NOWaccount Creator Wins 'Next Big Idea' Competition
LAS VEGAS — Five finalists entered the "shark tank" but only one emerged as the winner in NACUSO's first-ever Next Big Idea competition.
NOWaccount, an accounts receivable merchant service designed for small businesses that sell to other businesses or government customers to potentially provide access to capital for credit unions, was named the winner of the contest.
On Wednesday, Lara Hodgson, president/CEO of NOWaccount in Atlanta, won over the audience, clearly impressing the judges as well as those attendees who texted in their votes via their smartphones and iPads
More NACUSO Coverage:
- Walking Away With Awards
- Affordable Care Act Breakout Uncovers Concerns
- NFL Legend Joe Montana Talks Teamwork
- Debate Over Who's in Charge of MBL Diligence
- The Sales Lion Walks and Talks
Accepting on NOWaccount's behalf Thursday morning at NACUSO's annual conference was Eric Jenkins, chief operating officer of CU Partner Link, a Duluth, Ga.-based firm that has a partnership with NOWaccount.
With the debut of its Next Big Idea contest, NACUSO said it looked for innovative ideas that were either at the early stage of development that needed investment, those that were ready to be delivered or implemented and those that would help fuel growth, deal with challenges or help better serve their members or CUSO owners.
The competitors were given eight minutes to present their ideas to the panel of judges, modeled after the reality television show "Shark Tank," which features aspiring entrepreneurs pitching their business ideas to a panel of potential investors.
In addition to NOW account, the four other finalists that presented during a session late Wednesday afternoon at NACUSO's annual conference were:
- Hype Kick: a channel that connects merchants with members by offering special vouchers through mobile and online banking as a means to generate noninterest income for credit unions.
- Credit Union Exchange Blueprint: a portal for credit unions to help members identify the right insurance solutions for their needs.
- CU Revest: an arrangement that allows credit unions to recapture value lost in severely delinquent and charged-off consumer loans and leases, which are then contributed to the CUSO for units for net cash flow shares.
- JA Bentley & Co.: an online insurance quoting service that connects members with up to 60 insurance companies.
At the end of the Next Big Idea presentations, attendees at the session were asked to text a special code on their mobile phones to vote for one of the five contestants. There was an unexpected glitch when the votes were initially counted.
NACUSO said while there were approximately 125 attendees who were present during the contest's presentation more than 300 votes were received as a result of some who were asking others who had not attended to text in their votes. NACUSO said it did a revote on Thursday morning and declared NOWaccount the winner.


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Kidding, but seeing how his name has come up in a number of trade scenarios, I'm sure we'll here lots of talk also because of the rumblings that Bosh and Wade want to play together starting next season.
Source - Click hereAnd sources have told ESPN.com that Miami, fed up with Beasley's lack of devotion to defense and steep learning curve in the maturity department, tried diligently to move Beasley before the trading deadline in February but found no takers willing to give up anything more than garbage.
So if Beasley can be moved before the draft for a player with only a partial guarantee for 2010-11, or if the Heat can arrange an uneven deal (salary-wise) and send him to an under-the-cap team in a trade that would be consummated after the league's one-week moratorium on player movement ends July 8, look for Riley to go for it.
Because despite Beasley's brief burst of offense -- four of his seven field goals came in a stretch of the first four minutes of the fourth quarter to help Miami battle back right when it appeared Boston was poised to pull away -- his body of work in this series, 11.7 points and 7.0 rebounds, and his two years of incidents and inconsistency have made him expendable.
Yes, it would be difficult to tacitly admit Beasley was a mistake at No. 2, but major mistakes have been made there before (the name Darko comes to mind).


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INTERPOL congratulates US law enforcement officers and public for close cooperation in swift resolution of Boston Marathon terrorist bomber investigation
LYON, France – INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble has commended the swift resolution of the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings as 'a credit' to the successful and effective investigative work involving the FBI, state and local US law enforcement authorities as well as exceptional cooperation from the public.
The INTERPOL Chief said the 'extraordinary investigation' which led to the identification and location of the two suspects just days after Monday's murderous terror attacks in which three people were killed, including an eight-year-old boy, a young American woman and a young Chinese woman, and more than 170 others injured, was 'exemplary'.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, identified by the FBI as 'suspect two' was taken into custody on Friday evening after a 22-hour manhunt which began following a shoot-out with law enforcement officers late on Thursday night in which his brother, 'suspect one' 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was fatally injured.
"The professional, thorough and coordinated investigations by federal, state and local law enforcement authorities, and the courageous actions of the officers on the ground, mean that these two terrorists no longer pose what was clearly a significant threat to both the Boston community and international visitors," said INTERPOL's Chief.
Secretary General Noble also deplored the cold-blooded murder of 26-year-old Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier, who was shot multiple times by the then fugitive terrorists while in his car on Thursday evening.
"The continued dedication of law enforcement officers to tracking down these suspects despite the obvious dangers to themselves is a reminder of the sacrifices and risks police officers take on a daily basis to keep members of their community safe.
"On behalf of the international enforcement community, INTERPOL extends its deepest condolences to the families and friends of all those killed and injured in Monday's bombings and during the conclusion of the investigation into those vicious attacks," concluded Secretary General Noble.
Since Monday's bombings, INTERPOL's Command and Coordination Centre has been in close contact with INTERPOL Washington, with all messages and information requests treated with the highest priority.
At the request of US authorities, INTERPOL published an Orange Notice, or international security alert detailing the two improvised explosive devices and information about the two suspects including their fingerprints and identity documents.
The INTERPOL Chief has pledged the Organization's continued and full support for any further requests for assistance from the US or any involved country.
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Census of Population and Housing, 2010 [United States]: Summary File 1 With National Update (ICPSR 33461)
Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census
This data collection contains summary statistics on population and housing subjects derived from the responses to the 2010 Census questionnaire. Population items include sex, age, race, Hispanic or Latino origin, household relationship, household type, household size, family type, family size, and group quarters. Housing items include occupancy status, vacancy status, and tenure (whether a housing unit is owner-occupied or renter-occupied). The summary statistics are presented in 331 tables, which are tabulated for multiple levels of observation (called "summary levels" in the Census Bureau's nomenclature), including, but not limited to, regions, divisions, states, metropolitan statistical areas, micropolitan statistical areas, counties, county subdivisions, places, congressional districts, American Indian and Alaska Native area and Hawaiian home lands, ZIP Code tabulation areas, census tracts, block groups, and blocks. There are 177 population tables and 58 housing tables shown down to the block level; 82 population tables and 4 housing tables shown down to the census tract level; and 10 population tables shown down to the county level. Some of the summary areas are iterated for "geographic components" or portions of geographic areas, e.g., the principal city of a metropolitan statistical area. With one variable per table cell and additional variables with geographic information, the collection comprises 2,544 data files, 48 per state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the National File.
The Census Bureau released SF1 in three stages: initial release, National Update, and Urban/Rural Update. The National Update added summary levels for the United States, regions, divisions, and geographic areas that cross state lines such as Combined Statistical Areas. The Urban/Rural Update added urban and rural population and housing unit counts, summary levels for urban areas and the urban/rural components of census tracts and block groups, geographic components involving urbanized areas and urban clusters, and two new tables (household type by relationship for the population 65 years and over and a new tabulation of the total population by race). This data collection comprises the intial release and National Update. The Urban/Rural update is available as ICPSR 34746.
SF1 is supplied in 54 ZIP archives. There is an archive for each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the National File. The last archive contains a Microsoft Access database shell and additional documentation files besides the codebook.
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Study Description
United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. Census of Population and Housing, 2010 [United States]: Summary File 1 With National Update. ICPSR33461-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2013-07-15. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR33461.v2
Persistent URL: https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR33461.v2
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Subject Terms: age, gender, Hispanic or Latino origins, housing, population, race
Geographic Coverage: United States
- 2010
- 2010
Universe: All persons and living quarters in the United States and Puerto Rico.
The ZIP archives for Datasets 1 to 99 contain 49 files each: 48 data files and a "packing list" which describes the contents of the archive.
Datasets 1-56 and 72 are numbered according to the state FIPS codes.
Original ICPSR Release: 2012-03-05
- 2013-07-15 ICPSR changed the study title: "With National Update" was added to the title. In addition, the codebook was replaced with the latest version issued by the Census Bureau on September 2012. The codebook is now available as a separate file and is no longer included in the last ZIP archive.
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