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A contest to end malnutrition
The Melghat region of India is known for its high rates of child malnutrition. In response to this challenge, World Vision India devised an innovative technique for change, not only targeting attitude and behavior, but also aiming to address the source of the problem, with … a cooking contest!
Traditionally, the role of homemaker – including cooking – is bestowed upon the women of the household in India. World Vision's idea aims to bring about change in the cooking habits of every household, leading to health-conscious cooking. To do so, women are being empowered to cook with nutrition in mind.
Phase I of the project declared a cooking contest … with a twist. Participants had to prepare a recipe with high nutritional value, but there was a catch: the recipe could only use locally available ingredients.
The contest was announced through community development coordinators. Self-Help Groups interested in the contest were asked to come up with innovative recipes. Twenty-one groups came forward.
Ready to test their culinary skills, women gathered in their villages to brainstorm. Some zeroed in on sweet dishes, others on savory. From pudding to stuffed bread, the region of Melghat became filled with the aroma of a wide array of indigenous, health-conscious food.
Among the competitors were women from the villages of Badnapur and Solamoh. Both lacked one key element: livestock. Milk deprived, the women challenged themselves to design a recipe for rice pudding, which requires milk.
Despite the odds, the women of Badnapur decided to get creative and design a recipe that used milk from soybeans.
"We had heard that soymilk has a lot of protein and could be used to make milk tea," says Usha Subesh Mahalai, a member of the self-help group. "It was only when World Vision India announced the cooking contest that the women of the village got charged up. We devised a recipe to use soymilk in the kheer [rice pudding]. My kids love it."
At the end of round one, 15 groups were selected to undergo training with Anita Telang, a senior dietician from Government Hospital in Amravati. After analyzing their recipes, she made suggestions to increase the nutritional value of the dishes. The women were also trained to understand the nutritional value of each ingredient.
The women began including these new health tips in their daily cooking.
Finally, 13 self-help groups and their dishes were showcased in a one-of-a-kind nutrition exhibition at Chikhaldara.
The recipes were printed together in a booklet so people could see the ingredients used and calorific values. The dishes catered to all tastes, ranging from amaranth grain and peanut sweet balls in the sweet category to pumpkin stuffed Indian bread in the savory section.
Locals came from all over the region to witness this unique and community-inclusive initiative for battling malnutrition. More than 300 pregnant and lactating mothers, newly married women, and adolescent girls were targeted. Local colleges and schools also participated in the exhibition, extending their full support to the cause of eradicating malnutrition.
The recipe of the day and favorite dish was the soybean milk kheer.
The exhibition was also graced with the presence of government officials, mainly from the health-care sector, who highly commended the efforts of World Vision.
The nutrition exhibition not only created awareness of how to cook nutritious meals, but also started a trend of healthy eating practices using local ingredients.
In Phase II, World Vision is rolling out these winning recipes in households. A demonstration is conducted in front of the women to show them how to make each dish. The plan is to teach all 13 recipes to all the villages. Currently, the implementation of the kheer recipe is underway.
"Women are actively taking interest in improving the health of their children by incorporating all that they have learnt practically at home by cooking nutritious meals for their children," says Sushila, a community development coordinator for World Vision India.
The local recipes are cooked often and are doing wonders for the children of the community. Children who were categorized as malnourished are now gaining weight.
Once categorized as severely malnourished, Hemlata now stands strong and healthy with her weight in the normal realm. A six-year-old sponsored child, she says, "I love to eat kheer because it is sweet."
Now aware of healthy cooking techniques and the benefits of nutritious food, pregnant and lactating mothers are taking care of their health by eating right, leading to lower risks while giving birth and higher chances of having healthier babies.
Between February 2011 and May 2012, the number of malnourished children in Badnapur decreased from 42 to 10; 14 cases in Solamoh decreased to 1.
With innovative, community-inclusive initiatives such as food exhibitions, the World Vision team is working tirelessly toward making malnutrition history in the Melghat region.
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The treatment and management of eczema may include lifestyle changes, medications, phototherapy, and alternative and complementary therapies. The goal of these treatments is to reduce or alleviate skin irritation and other symptoms of eczema.
Treatment may involve the following:Lifestyle changesMedicationsOther treatmentsAlternative and complementary therapies
There are no surgical procedures for the treatment of eczema at this time.
Revision Information
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- Review Date: 12/2014 -
- Update Date: 12/20/2014 -

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"Cool and caressing, warm and limpid, breathy and voluptuous, it's certainly a sound worth celebrating
. The problem with dwelling on The Sound is that it leads too many people to think all Getz had to do was pick up his instrument and play pretty to be who he was. He played pretty, all right, on ballads and uptempo tunes alike. Few musicians are able to cast more meaning over a simple melody than he could. But as a bountiful board of posthumous recent recordings and reissues reveal, that was only one of the eggs in his basket. Getz was an improviser of hard-swinging, penetrating brilliance and headstrong logic. Under a cloak of accessibility, he created worlds of emotion and revelation of the sort that may never be heard again."Chicago Sun-Times


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QS World MBA Tour in Moscow - MBA Program - March 29 - Alumni Invited
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RoseThorn is a cross-platform library for 2D and 3D games running on GNU/Linux (and possibly other Unix-like OSes) and Windows. Features include: hardware accelerated 2D and 3D rendering; Ogg and WAV Sound support with OpenAL; Lua scripting; BMP, JPEG, and PNG image loading and saving (from screenshots); easily created and modified user interfaces with XML and CSS, combined with Lua event handling; separate 2D and 3D libraries; support for multiple fonts in both TTF and bitmap formats; support for OBJ, 3DS, MD5, and RTM model formats; skeletal animation (a work in progress); support for UDP and TCP networking; thread and mutex support; a Simple Shader API; 2D animated sprites; and some basic cryptography support. There is simple event management, with key/mouse bindings easily customized from the in-game console, config file, command line, or GUI.
ztex is a firmware Kit with a corresponding Driver API which is especially designed for the ZTEX Modules but which should work with all other EZ-USB based hardware. The Firmware Kit is written in C and assembled using a powerful macro processor. This allows you to specify all required settings using by a few commands. The necessary USB descriptors and the descriptor handling routines are generated automatically. The package runs under Linux and Windows (porting to other operating systems should be no problem). The Java driver API allows the development of platform-independent device drivers.
Enterprise-class network backup for heterogeneous networks.
A utility to edit text tags in an ICC profile.


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A new
material from researchers at Northwestern University could offer a way to
capture and recycle waste heat better than ever before [press release]. The material can convert a
record 14 percent of the waste heat passing through it to usable electric
When manmade devices perform work, be it a computer or a car, they produce
heat. That heat is ultimately lost, reducing the energy efficiency of our
devices. Some have cleverly exploited this fact, using waste heat to
offer desirable comfort heating. But ultimately, the only good solution
is to try to somehow recapture that heat in a usable form. To do that,
the right material was necessary.
Semiconductors have long been considered a promising candidate, as they can produce
electricity when heated. Lead telluride (composed of lead and tellurium
ions on a lattice) was considered one of the most promising candidates, as it
was relatively efficient in accomplishing the heat to electricity
But attempts to improve that efficiency via various techniques, such as
nano-inclusions resulted in an undesirable side effect -- increased scattering
of electrons, reducing overall conductivity. Obviously, if you're
converting heat to electricity, you have to funnel it out of the device, so
this was unacceptable.
The NU team, lead by Chemistry professor Mercouri Kanatzidis discovered
that by using a special type of nano-inclusion, the scattering could actually
be reduced. The trick was to use special crystals of rock salt (SrTe).
Professor Kanatzidis sums up, "It has been known for 100 years that
semiconductors have this property that can harness electricity. To make this an
efficient process, all you need is the right material, and we have found a
recipe or system to make this material."
Materials Science professor Vinayak Dravid also assisted in the study.
He describes the results, stating, "We can put this material inside
of an inexpensive device with a few electrical wires and attach it to something
like a light bulb. The device can make the light bulb more efficient by taking
the heat it generates and converting part of the heat, 10 to 15 percent, into a
more useful energy like electricity."
The study on the promising material earned a place [abstract] in the prestigious peer-reviewed
journal Nature Chemistry.
So the material seems great, but what about its commercialization prospects?
Well, lead telluride is relatively rare , but occurs naturally in mountain
deposits as the mineral Altaite. Significant deposits have been found in
the Altai mountains of northeast Asia; Zyrianovsk, Kazakhstan; the
Ritchie Creek Deposit in Price County, Wisconsin; the Koch-Bulak gold deposit
in Kazakhstan; Moctezuma, Mexico; and Coquimbo, Chile.
Given that air or liquid bearing waste heat can be channeled through a
relatively small area, a little telluride (say in a heatpipe on a computer
component) could go a long ways, recycling almost a sixth of the wasted energy.
Strontium is very abundant, so coming up with sufficient quantities of the
nano-inclusion material shouldn't be as big an issue.
Aside from making existing devices more efficient, the material could be used
to make new low voltage electronic devices, powered by waste heat from the human body.


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The 2013 Subaru Legacy Sedan holds an estimated 0 pieces of luggage based on 0.0 cubic feet of cargo space.
Luggage comes in many different sizes, so we used the general airline carry-on definition to estimate a piece of luggage (22" x 14" x 9"). This is a high-level estimation of what you can expect to pack comfortably in the trunk of this vehicle.


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Here we can see that Kushina was the one that taught Minato many seals !!
Here we find out that only a non-jinchuuriki can use Shiki Fūjin
But kushina was no longer a Jinchuuriki she lost the nine tails so she could use the Shiki Fūjin ( being a uzumaki and teaching Minato many seals we can assume that Kushina knows Shiki Fūjin )
So why didnt Kushina used the seal... and minato would have lived !! ( Kushina has some chakra left because Minato use her last chakra to seal in naruto so she could see naruto again )
My theory:--> A former Jinchuuriki or a Jinchuuriki can have an effect on the Death God perhaps it can influence the Death God
I belive Kishi made that statement with Minato for a purpose and we will see the Shiki Fūjin seal in the manga again and this time something big would happen !!


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ASUS continues to rack up sales of its popular Eee
PC 4G and 4G Surf. The 2-pound sub-notebook starts at $349 and
comes equipped with 512MB of DDR2 memory, a 4GB solid-state disk (SSD), a
7" 800x480 display and a 900MHz ULV Celeron processor.
The 4G and 4G Surf are about to be joined by another, more
expensive model. The new Eee
PC 8G ups the ante with an 8GB SSD and 1GB of DDR2 memory.
Dynamism shows the price of the new 8G model at $499 with
availability in mid to late December. ASUS gives the users the choice of Pearl
White or Galaxy Black with the 8G.
It will be interesting to see how the market accepts a $499
Eee PC. The $499 price point is still hundreds of dollars less than the
cheapest 12" ultra-portable notebooks and UMPCs on the market,
but $399 appeared to be the sweet spot for the Eee PC.
In other Eee PC news, Mobile O1 has posted
pictures of the upcoming green model. Unlike the Pearl White and Galaxy
Black models, the entire notebook casing is not molded in the same color --
instead, only the LCD lid is molded in green while the rest of the body
(including the keyboard) is molded in white.
The new green option will be joined by a sky blue and pink options
in 2008.


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Drones and UAVs are a key part of the U.S. Military's reconnaissance gathering capabilities. Drones used for recon are small aircraft that are hard to see on radar and capable of loitering around a target for hours on end without risking the lives of U.S. soldiers in the process. The U.S. military also plans to use drones to help resupply troops in remote locations.
While the U.S. has very advanced UAV's in its arsenal, Russia is laboring with UAV technology that is years behind the United States. Defense Technology International (DTI) reports that most of the Russian UAVs in service were designed in the Soviet era and are obsolete.
The UAVs in the Russian military are so obsolete that they are rarely used. Last summer, Russians used an old Tu-22 bomber to perform a recon mission, and the bomber was subsequently shot down while on the mission. DTI reported that using the ancient Tu-22 bomber for a manned recon mission was the equivalent to the 21st century version of a cavalry charge.
The Russian military are testing several more modern UAVs for integration into its arsenal. Among the designs being considered are the Tipchak from the Luch design bureau of Rybinsk. The aircraft is a 110-pound BLA-05 drone that is catapult launched and powered by a 12 HP piston engine. The 2.4-meter long aircraft has a 3.4-meter wingspan and carries TV/infrared cameras for up to 43 miles and has a three-hour flight time -- top speed is pegged at 124 MPH.
The Transas company is also demonstrating its UAV to the Russian military called the Dozor-4. Dozor-4 has a ceiling of 3,000 meters and has a 12.5kg payload that includes a digital camera and thermal imager. The aircraft is capable of beaming imagery in real-time for up to 100km from its base station. Images taken are automatically plotted onto a digital map using TopoAxis software from the company after returning from its mission.
The Dozer-4 was reportedly used in a search-and-rescue mission during its demonstration to assist in finding a competitors downed UAV. Dozor-4 flew at 1500 meters altitude for over 75 KM searching for the downed UAV. The Dozor-4 was ultimately recommended for Russia's UAV platform.


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Coalition Calls for More Diversity
While the NCUA's Office of Minority and Women Inclusion was created to ensure diversity in management, employment and business activities, the two-year old division has much more room to have an impact.
That's according to the African American Credit Union Coalition, which just released six recommendations for the NCUA to consider. Among them, providing a further breakdown analysis of minority and women-owned business contractors and suppliers with regard to the percentage of minority-owned businesses versus women-owned businesses.
The AACUC also suggested engaging trade organizations to promote diversity as a credit union best practice via conference sessions and include in roundtables meetings a more comprehensive representation of credit union trade and advocacy groups.
The coalition also recommended establishing an SEC counterpart rule requiring credit unions to report on call reports their diversity policies and the methods used to diversify workforces, including boards and senior management.
Through its OMWI, the NCUA should also consider encouraging the proactive recruitment of qualified minorities and women with respect to the strategic needs and goals of the agency and credit unions, the AACUC said. This can be accomplished by utilizing the talent banks or biographical databases of credit union advocacy groups such as the AACUC or NLCUP for workforce placement referrals.
Finally, the AACUC suggested increasing transparency of procurement process for goods and services contracted for and by the NCUA in areas such as asset management, for instance.
In 2010, the Dodd-Frank Act established a mandate that required the NCUA and other agencies to create OMWIs.
"The AACUC commends and supports the NCUA's OMWI in its efforts to comply with the Dodd-Frank Act mandates. However, the agency must go further. The AACUC recognizes and advocates for diversity as a means to foster new approaches and fresh perspectives toward achieving credit union perpetuity for generations to come," the AACUC wrote in a position paper, "Dodd-Frank, Diversity and the Credit Union Movement."
In January 2011, the NCUA opened its OMWI in compliance with the Dodd-Frank Act and submitted to Congress its first report as required by the law.
In its report released in April 2012, the NCUA said it needed to do more with its efforts to hire more minorities. Among the findings, of the $37.9 million paid to contractors in 2011, $3.1 million or 8.1% of those contracts were paid to minority and women-owned businesses.
The NCUA also awarded $49.6 million in supplier contracts of which $6.8 million or 13.75% were awarded to minority or women-owned businesses. Four businesses were involved in the $28.3 billion corporate credit union system sale of securities.
The NCUA said it implemented two-day training in supplier diversity for agency employees involved in the procurement process.
However, the agency did identify as a most significant challenge, the hiring of qualified minorities and women, more specifically pertaining to the employment of Hispanics at all levels and other minorities at CU-12 and above grade levels. The NCUA also instituted call report utilization to determine if credit unions have a diversity policy or program in effect.
"The AACUC's mission is to strengthen the movement through mentorship and leadership," said Sheilah Montgomery, AACUC chairwoman. "Dodd-Frank's diversity provision is in line with our position. We're looking to be kind of a referral. We want to be a resource for fresh ideas."
To further make its case, the AACUC pointed to the SEC saying the agency has taken affirmative steps in implementing its assessment of the diversity policies and practices of publicly traded companies and their boards. For instance, the SEC approved a rule that would require disclosure of whether, and if so how, a nominating committee considers diversity in identifying candidates for director.
The SEC also requires companies to disclose if the nominating committee or the board has a policy with regard to the consideration of diversity in identifying nominees, how this policy is implemented and how the nominating committee or the board assesses the effectiveness of its policy. In addition, the rule also requires the disclosure of this data to be reported on corporate proxy and informational statements.
Mark Brantley, AACUC advocacy chairman, said in gathering research for the coalition's position, he discovered that the SEC had adopted a rule requiring companies to report diversity initiatives on their proxy statements.
"Just in my own experience, there's not a lot of diversity. We want to strengthen the credit union movement and that's the reason we embarked on this provision from the Dodd-Frank Act," Brantley said.
To that end, the AACUC was scheduled to meet with CUNA President/CEO Dick Cheney and NAFCU President Fred Becker at the coalition's networking meeting held during CUNA's Governmental Affairs Conference last week in Washington, Montgomery said. In addition, the AACUC is hoping to have a conversation soon with Tawana James, the director of NCUA's OMWI, she added.
Brantley said while the intent behind diversity is to have more inclusion of minorities and women, he acknowledged that there are some credit unions may consider this a challenge because of their limited access to certain groups based on where a credit union is located.
In those instances, more diversity on boards and through skill and expertise are viable alternatives, he suggested.
"I truly believe that there is a conservation to be had but we haven't sat down to have it," Montgomery said. "This position will start the conversation. We have so many things that we align with. Through this conversation, I believe we're going to create something great for the industry."


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General Industrial Statistics, 1963-1979 (ICPSR 7950)
Principal Investigator(s): United Nations
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Geographic Coverage: Afghanistan, Africa, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Asia, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda Islands, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Chile, China (Peoples Republic), Christmas Island, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Europe, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Gibralter, Global, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Latin America, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia (Federated States), Middle East, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North America, North Korea, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Persian Gulf States, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South America, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Soviet Union, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam (Socialist Republic), Virgin Islands of the United States, West Indies, Western Samoa, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Japan, "Big Brother" has been replaced by big
corporations. In the land of the rising sun, powerful
corporations like Toyota, Honda, Sony, and Nintendo command enormous
power and control over their employees. Companies in many cases
go so far as to provide arranged marriages for single workers and
housing for employees. The price of such personal attention,
however, is a level of scrutiny that most people here in the
U.S. would
find unsettling.Japanese phone giant KDDI has just given
employers a new means to scrutinize their employees, unveiling a new
smartphone platform that allows companies to monitor cell phones'
accelerometers and track
what their employees are doing. KDDI will
offer the phones, presumably to companies would make them mandatory
for workers. The phone firmware sends logs of accelerometer
data to a central database for processing. KDDI has identified
patterns for common activities like walking, climbing stairs, or even
cleaning. Even precise cleaning activities like scrubbing,
sweeping, or emptying waste baskets can be picked up.Combined
with GPS tracking, the platform could give employers an unprecedented
and largely automated way to cheaply and efficiently track workers
and digitally
snoop on their performance.Describes Philip Sugai,
director of the mobile consumer lab at the International University
of Japan, "Technically, I think this is an incredibly important
innovation. For example, when applied to the issue of
telemedicine, or other situations in which remotely monitoring or
accessing an individual's personal movements is vital to that
service. But there will surely be negative consequences when
applied to employee tracking or salesforce optimization."While
medical applications seem quite promising, KDDI plans to primarily
try to sell the service as to managers, foremen and employment
agencies looking to snoop on workers. Hiroyuki Yokoyama, head
of web data research at KKDI's research labs in Tokyo describes,
"It's part of our research into a total ubiquitous technology
society, and activity recognition is an important part of that.
Because this technology will make central monitoring possible
with workers at several different locations, businesses especially
are very interested in using such technology to improve the
efficiency of their workers. We are now at a stage where we can
offer managers a chance to analyze more closely the behavior of
staff."He says the system does not violate
workers' privacy
rights. He states, "Of course there are privacy issues
and any employers should really enter into an agreement with
employees before using such a system. But this is not about
curtailing employees' rights to privacy. We'd rather like to think
our creation more of a caring, mothering system rather than a Big
Brother approach to watching over citizens."Kazuo
Hizumi, a leading human rights lawyer in Japan is among those
unsettled by the technology, though, and doesn't think there's
anything "mothering" about it. He states, "This
is treating people like machines, like so many cattle to be monitored
and watched over. New technology should be used to improve our
lives not to spy on us. It beggars belief that a prominent
company such as KDDI could come up with such a surveillance system.
It's totally irresponsible. I'm afraid ordinary citizens don't
care about this lack of rights. Consequently because of technology
like this, Japan is heading for the Dark Ages."


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A former government official was
recently presented with presented with extensive phone records of his
interactions with James Risen, a reporter for the New York Times and
author of the book, "State of War."
The investigation concerns a series of leaks, reported by Risen in State of
War and with associate Eric Lichtblau in the Times, which lead to the
discovery of an "extensive,
off-the-books domestic spying program" later confirmed by the Bush
Administration. Justice Department officials confirmed that prosecutors
subpoenaed Risen's phone records in an effort to ferret out his sources, and
sources close to the investigation indicated that at least one former
government official has already been questioned.
The Times' source, a grand jury witness speaking on anonymity, said
he was not clear whose records the DoJ is accessing, noting that it's possible
that investigators could target Risen's phone records, or the records of the
officials he may have spoken with. The Times also reports that it has,
thus far, not received any subpoenas, though it notes that it's possible the
government could subpoena its phone company without the giving the Times anynotice.
Justice Department officials served Risen a subpoena earlier this year
January, demanding the sources for a specific chapter in State of War that
details a CIA plan to infiltrate Iran's nuclear program.
Joel Kurtzberg, the New York attorney representing Risen on behalf of his
employer and publisher, declined to comment.
Risen's reporting set a climate that helped propel evidence of an
AT&T/NSA wiretapping alliance into the limelight, galvanizing the civil
rights groups to action and setting telcos and the Bush Administration aflame.
The government is currently moving to crush the resulting lawsuits by invoking
the State Secrets privilege, which have the potential of quickly ending the
His articles – which won him a shared Pulitzer Prize in 2006 – are just the
latest target of a government seemingly intent on punishing reporters that fail
to cooperate. Times reporter Judith Miller spent nearly three months in
jail after refusing to divulge her sources in a leak that identified a C.I.A.
operative, and California freelance reporter Josh Wolf spent over half a year
in jail after he refused to testify before a grand jury and hand over
videotapes of an anarchist
rally in San Francisco that turned violent. In Wolf's case, a three-judge
panel in the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that his behavior was in
defiance of the "long-established obligation of a reporter to comply with grand
jury subpoenas."
Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press executive director Lucy A.
Daiglish warned reporters of the Bush Administration's "really egregious"
efforts at intimidation, telling press members to spur technology and "do your
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I think if he picks even 1 thing up from even being around Sabonis no matter what it is it is more valuable than being in the summer league.
I think if he picks even 1 thing up from even being around Sabonis no matter what it is it is more valuable than being in the summer league.
Also, to those who are saying he should hit the weight room asap - wake up. He's 20 years old. Even though his frame is wide, I doubt he'll ever be Howards size. I believe the most beneficial thing for such a young kid is PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE. And by practice I mean PLAYING PRACTICE/EXPERIENCE, which he's getting an invaluable amount of at this moment. He will fill out his frame gradually as he's getting older (he's already put some nice, balanced weight this last year), it's NOT HEALTHY to force this bulk up. Do you want him to have Kanter's knees? Or do you want him to be a long-term piece of the Raptors puzzle?
"Its easy to talk about, its easy to sum it up when you just talk about practice. We sittin' in here, I'm supposed to be the franchise player, and we in here talkin' about practice. I mean listen, we talkin bout practice. Not a game, not a game, not a game. We talkin bout practice. Not a game, not a, not a, not the game that I go out there and die for, and play every game like its my last. Not the game. We talkin' bout practice, man. I mean how silly is that? We talkin' bout practice. I know I'm supposed to be there, I know I'm supposed to lead by example. I know that, and I'm not shovin' it aside, you know, like it don't mean anything. I know its important, I do. I honestly do. But we talkin' bout practice, man. What are we talkin' bout? Practice? We talkin' bout practice man. We talk... We talkin' bout practice. We talkin' bout practice. We ain't talkin' bout the game, we talkin' bout practice, man. When you come into the arena, and you see me play, you see me play, don't you? You see me give everything I got, right? But we talkin' bout practice right now. We talkin' bout practice. (crowd laughs) Man look, I hear you, its funny to me too. I mean, its strange, its strange to me too. But we talkin' bout practice man. We not even talkin' bout the game, the actual game, when it matters. We talkin' bout practice."
-Allen Iverson
Alex McKechnie and the raps staff know whats up. They arent going to have this kid bulk up where its going to be a problem. This isnt a CB4 era training staff. He just needs to get stronger. Think Tyson Chandler. He isnt bulky. But the guy is strong as a bull.
JV's problems last night had little to do with strength and bulk. He took those first 2 fouls at the top of the key bumping or grabbing the player he was screening then a few moments later he picked up foul number 3 when foolishly slammed Santiago on a lay up. Then Puerto Rico went at JV and he was soon fouled out. Chock it up to inexperience but it was not the physical part of this particular game that was Jonas' shortcoming.
It seems like Big V got twitter: @JonasValanciuna
Edit: It seems the account got suspended (probably fake). Terrence Ross retweeted him, which was what led me to believe it was real. Sorry, all.
Last edited by KingMaxwell47; Sat Jul 7th, 2012 at 01:41 PM.
Did anyone else notice that Jonas played 6 minutes and had 5 personal fouls? Yikes. Not exactly what a Raps fan wants to see!
Edit: Oops I'm a little late yall already saw it.
please dont expect a lot from him next season, he's gona be like amir when it comes to fouling but he will adjust in time
JV has 17 pts (on 9 shots) and 7 rebounds in the key qualifying game for Lithuania. Al Horford (for PR) had 12 pts (on 13 shots) and 4 rebounds. JV seems to have come through in the clutch. Lithuania qualifies for the Olympics.
Last edited by Bouncepass; Sat Jul 7th, 2012 at 09:45 PM.
JV's stats in final qualifying against Puerto Rico (and Al Horford).
Min: 26:08
Pts: 17 (6/9 FG, 5/6 FT)
Rbs: 7 (2 Off)
1 Asst, 1 Block, 1 Steal, 3 TO.
Fouled out in the last minute, with Lithuania leading by more than 20.
JV was the dominant front-court player for Lithuania in the game. An impressive showing in the most important game qualifying their team for the Olympics, after a disappointing performance in a meaningless game.
you should actually watch the games versus dominican res. Lithuania dominated - valanciunas got easy time. don't wanna bash the kid - but he is yet to play good at important moments of the game for LTU team. game vs puerto rico was so much harded and he fouled out in 6 mins stupidly. hopefully just too much energy - overdid his defense
Last edited by Skaloon; Sun Jul 8th, 2012 at 07:09 AM.
I hope Lithuania brings back the tied eye uniforms for the Olympics as a 20 year anniversary.
people also need to remember this is a new team he is playing on. Having watched some of the play I can tell you they are lost on offense, and defensive rotations. JV's Olympic results should best be judged when they trounce the US in the gold medal game behind JVs 40pts 20 boards 10 assists and 30 blocks...god damn these mushrooms kicked in fast
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to an
upcoming report by the U.S.-China Economic and Security
Review Commission, a U.S. Congressional advisory group, a major
Chinese telecom succeeded in effectively hijacking U.S. internet
traffic last year.Normally web traffic is routed via the
fastest route -- typically through domestic connections. This
principle of the internet has in the past helped to secure domestic
traffic. However, the greater global internet is all connected,
so in theory traffic could be routed abroad through international
connections to foreign routers, returning through yet more
international connections to domestic servers.Obviously this
kind of routing is a tremendous security risk. And it's
reportedly exactly what happened last year.U.S. citizens
trying to access government sites, such as the U.S. Senate, the
office of the secretary of defense, NASA, and the Commerce Department
last year had their traffic routed through China Telecom, the third
largest telecommunications company in China and a company whose major
owner is the government of China.Traffic request for several
major commercial companies were also briefly rerouted, according to
the report.The rerouting may have been an example of China
testing U.S. web security and gauging the nation's ability to protect
its users' data requests. If that was the case, the U.S.
government failed miserably to protect
its citizens' data.The report describes, "Evidence
related to this incident does not clearly indicate whether it was
perpetrated intentionally and, if so, to what ends. However, computer
security researchers have noted that the capability could enable
severe malicious activities."China Telecom did not deny
the incident occurred, but did
deny that it intentionally "hijacked" U.S.
citizens' traffic. A company statement reads, "The
spokesman of China Telecom Corporation Limited denied any hijack of
internet traffic."Aside from the suspicious
misdirection, the security report found many other troubling clues to
a Chinese hand in cyberattacks and cybercrime committed against U.S.
citizens and corporations.Among its finding, it found that 28
percent of phishing
scams -- false emails designed to lure users into
accidentally giving up their passwords or personal information --
originated from China. And it adds, "Anecdotal reports
about the success of these activities continue to surface, some with
compelling links to the Chinese government."The report
also details the theft of the incredibly valuable source code that
runs Google's search engine last year -- a theft which originated in
China. The incident and the ensuing lack of cooperation from
the Chinese government subsequently caused Google to briefly
defy the Chinese government's censorship, before
finally relenting
and recensoring its search. Some suspect that the
attack was perpetrated by China's leading search engine, Baidu, and
suspect that the Chinese search giant may incorporate algorithms from
the code to improve its own search.


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What is Linux
So what's this Linux thing all about? What does Linux look like? What software runs on Linux?
What is Linux about?
You can find a good introduction to Linux here, here, and here.
What does Linux look like?
Over the last few years, Linux graphic user interfaces (GUI) have greatly improved. Click to view screenshots of the current desktop environments offered by the Gnome and KDE Project.
How about software?
There is a large selection of software for Linux. For quick selection and comparison, see the fossfor.us site.
According to freshmeat.net (a large index of software for Linux and other Unices), there are currently over 23,000 projects in development. Many of these programs are Open Source and/or free.
Below is an overview of some popular software for Linux. For more software and downloads, check out our Software Downloads section.
Web Browser - Firefox, Chromium
Firefox is a standards-compliant open source web browser developed by the free software community with the cooperation and support of Mozilla Corporation. Firefox provides all essential features of a browser for the modern web, and also a wide variety of add-ons that will undoubtedly satisfy anybody's needs and wants.
Firefox respects users' privacy in many ways. Some of these include: 1) not providing a means of browser-wide login like Chrome, 2) syncing tabs, settings, and other personal data requires encryption, 3) the address box and search box are two separate boxes to make it clear to the user that one is for adresses and the other is for querying a search engine that could be spying on you, 4) when Firefox encounters a redirect or an expired SSL certificate, it clearly conveys to the user that his or her privacy could be compromised, 5) many open source add-ons are available that make your browsing experience even more secure, private, and/or anonymous (such as NoScript, Adblock Edge, and WebPG), and 6) security holes are never opened up for added convenience (e.g. Adobe Flash is never bundled with Firefox).
Chromium is the open source web browser project from which Google Chrome draws its source code.
Office Suite - LibreOffice
LibreOffice is a free and open source office suite. It includes key office applications such as a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, and drawing program, all with a user interface and feature set similar to other office suites.
Sophisticated and flexible, LibreOffice also works transparently with a variety of file formats, including those of Microsoft Office. It primarily supports the Open Document Formats (ODF), such as .odt (documents), .ods (spreadsheets), and .odp (presentations). Here at the LUG, these are the formats we primarily use. Also, many European governments are adopting ODF as the official format for electronic documents. ODF and LibreOffice promotes total interoperability and information integrity.
Instant Messaging - Pidgin, Empathy
Pidgin is a messaging program that supports multiple protocols, including XMPP/Jabber (e.g. Google Talk), IRC, MSN, AIM, ICQ, amd Yahoo!. It features many plugins and has a large community surrounding it.
Empathy is a messaging program that supports XMPP/Jabber (e.g. Google Talk), SIP, IRC, MSN, AIM, ICQ, and Yahoo!. It supports voice and video calls (only for XMPP and SIP), and has excellent integration with the GNOME desktop.
Audio Player - VLC, MPlayer, Clementine
VLC is famously known as the player that "plays everything." It can handle DVDs, (S)VCDs, Audio CDs, web streams, TV cards and much more. You don't need to keep track of a dozen codec packs you need to have installed. VLC has nearly all codecs built-in. It can even play the file or media if it is damaged!
Movie Player - MPlayer, VLC
MPlayer is a movie player for Linux. It plays most MPEG, VOB, AVI, VIVO, ASF/WMV, QT/MOV, FLI, NuppelVideo, yuv4mpeg, FILM, RoQ, and OGG files, and some files for RealMedia. You can watch VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, FLI, and even DivX movies too.
Another big feature of MPlayer is the wide range of supported output drivers. MPlayer supports displaying through a number of hardware MPEG decoder boards such as the DVB and DXR3/Hollywood+ . And what about nice, big anti-aliased shaded subtitles (9 supported types!!!) with european/ISO 8859-1,2 (hungarian, english, czech, etc), cyrillic, korean fonts, and OSD.
Graphics Software - GIMP, Inkscape
GIMP is a professional raster image manipulation program, and part of the GNU project. It is suitable for tasks such as photo retouching, image composition, image authoring, or any other task that requires manipulation of raster images.
Inkscape is a professional vector image manipulation/creation program.
Programming - Gcc, Eclipse, Qt
The GNU Compiler Collection contains frontends for C, C++, Objective C, Chill, Fortran, and Java, as well as libraries for these languages. It is a full-featured ANSI C compiler, with support for K&R C as well.
GCC provides many levels of source code error checking traditionally provided by other tools (such as lint), produces debugging information, and can perform many different optimizations to the resulting object code.
A quick list of popular games that have been ported to Linux:
- Civilization: Call to Power
- Counter Strike
- Counter Strike: Source
- Descent 3
- Doom 1/2/3
- Half Life
- Half Life: Source
- Half Life 2 , HL2: E1, HL2: E2
- Homeworld
- Kerbal Space Program
- Never Winter Nights
- Postal 2
- Quake 1/2/3 (see ioquake3-based projects, such as OpenArena)
- Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
- Simcity 3000 Unlimited
- Soldier Of Fortune
- Team Fortress 2
- Tribes 2
- Unreal Tournament
Getting Linux
Interested in trying out Linux? Our Getting started page will step you though the process of finding, installing, and tweaking Linux on your computer.


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The Climate Coalition spans over 100 organisations, from environment and development charities to unions, faith, community and women's groups.
Check them out below, or use the drop down menu to filter by organisation type.
Quaker Peace and Social Witness
Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) is a hub for local and national Quaker action for peace and justice and is committed to nonviolent social change. It supports Quaker witness in local communities and represents Quakers at a national level to parliament, government and the general public. The sustainability work carried out by QPSW aims to support Quakers in Britain to make real their commitment to become a low-carbon, sustainable community. It also supports Quakers to campaign about climate change, and engages politically on behalf of Quakers on issues of sustainability and peace.
The RSPB is the largest wildlife conservation charity in the UK. With more than a million members and nearly 20,000 volunteers together we speak out for nature. It says Birds in our title, but we're also about other wildlife — it's all interconnected and you can't help one thing without helping all the others too. We work around the world, from people's back gardens to the ferocious southern oceans, saving species from extinction, protecting special places for wildlife, and motivating people to add their voice to ours.
Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is a worldwide Christian church and charity. We put our beliefs into practice through a programme of practical action, serving our communities, supporting those in need and fighting for social justice.
SCIAF (Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund) is Scotland's leading international aid and development agency. We work in over 15 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America responding to humanitarian disasters and providing some of the world's poorest people with practical support so that they can work their way out of poverty and towards a better life. Here in Scotland we campaign to address the root causes of poverty and injustice so that we can create a fairer world for all people.
Scientists for Global Responsibility
Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR) is an independent UK-based membership organisation of about 900 natural scientists, social scientists, engineers, IT professionals and architects. We promote science, design and technology that contribute to peace, social justice, and environmental sustainability. SGR carries out research, education and advocacy work focused on four main issues: security and disarmament; climate change and energy; who controls science and technology; and emerging technologies.
Scottish Communities CAN
Scottish Communities Climate Action Network is a grassroots network of community groups that are taking action on climate change. As a 'community of communities' we provide a shared vision and voice for our members and work to address barriers and challenges so as to enable communities to shape their own low-carbon future and promote local resilience and wellbeing.
Scottish Community Alliance
Scottish Community Alliance is a coalition of Scotland's community based national networks all of which work in different ways to support stronger and and more resilient communities. We publish a fortnightly briefing - Local People Leading - which is a mix of commentary on relevant policy and community action. You can subscribe to it via our website above.
Scottish Episcopal Church
The Scottish Episcopal Church is a welcoming and inclusive Church that traces its history back to the beginnings of Christianity in Scotland. We are part of the world-wide Anglican Communion - a family of some 70 million Christians in more than 160 countries. The vulnerable and those in need are of particular concern to us. Justice, peace, and the care of the environment are also areas in which our members are actively involved. As a church we support a variety of mission and development projects at home and overseas.
Scottish Seabird Centre
The multi-award winning Scottish Seabird Centre is located in North Berwick, East Lothian, overlooking the wildlife-rich waters of the Firth of Forth. A conservation and education charity, the organisation focuses on encouraging people to appreciate and care for wildlife and the environment. A world-leader in remote wildlife viewing, there are interactive live cameras on the world-famous Bass Rock, Isle of May National Nature Reserve, plus other harbours and islands. Visitors to the five star Discovery Centre can zoom in on the seasonal wildlife action and there are also boat trips, a gift shop and the Seabird Café.
SCVO works in partnership with the voluntary sector to advance our shared values and interests. We have over 1400 members who range from individuals and grassroots groups, to Scotland-wide organisations and intermediary bodies. Through lobbying and campaigning SCVO works to advance the interests of our members and the people and communities that they support.


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to Bloomberg, sources at Microsoft state that the company
will be making a very late tablet push, unveiling a dedicated tablet operating
system sometime next year (2012).
With Apple announcing its entry-level priced iPad 2 and with a
host of Android competitors like Samsung and Motorola releasing
higher-powered, more expensive entries, the tablet market is on fire. The
competition is particularly fierce on the operating system side where Apple has
poured a great deal of effort to make iOS better suited for a large-screen
device. Similarly Google has put tremendous effort to complete Android
3.0 Honeycomb, which overhauls the past Android UI and makes it truly
tablet-friendly. Even HP's
webOS and RIM are
looking to get a piece of the tablet business
Microsoft, meanwhile stands watching on the sidelines. While it will
release some Windows 7-based tablets this year, the outlook for them is
somewhat poor. They require
Intel x86 processors, and the chipmaker has struggled to deliver energy
efficient Atom chips for tablets. Another trouble spot is the Windows 7
OS itself. The operating system isn't exactly optimized for a tablet
experience, and with dedicated competitors like iOS 4.3 and Android Honeycomb
3.0 on the market, that could seriously stall sales.
Bloomberg quoted Michael Gartenberg, a New Jersey-based analyst, as
meeting the news with pessimism, stating, "If 2011 is the year of the tablet
wars, Microsoft will be awfully late suiting up for that battle."
And he's not alone; Goldman Sachs was scathing
in a recent assessment of Microsoft and Intel's combined tablet
Then again, a late entry may not spell doom for Microsoft's tablet efforts.
Its other key
mobile offering -- smartphones -- looked like a mess after the downhill
slide of Windows Mobile and the abysmal
failure of Kin. But by going back to the drawing board and taking the
time to reinvent, the company has delivered arguably the most
innovative smart phone user interface currently available. And
with a new partnership with Nokia in hand, Microsoft could pass Apple to become the
world's second largest smartphone OS maker in terms of sales if it
plays its cards right.
The one worrisome sign is that Microsoft is reportedly choosing to build on top
of Windows 7, adding more touch features. While Windows 7 is arguably a
great personal computer OS the question is whether even a modified version will
be up to speed on tablets. While such an approach is a quicker and
easier, many were hoping the company would port the Windows Phone 7/Zune
operating system to a tablet, given its more touch-centric UI. To
Microsoft's credit, many users -- including DailyTech readers
-- have clamored for Windows 7-tablets.
Interestingly, Microsoft appears to be preparing to follow a similar approach
that Google
is following with its upcoming Chrome netbook/notebook OS, giving out
test units to commercial partners and the public. Microsoft will
reportedly begin distributing device with test builds of the new OS before the
end of the year.
It is unclear whether current generation Windows 7 tablets releasing this year
will be upgradeable to the new OS next year, but this presumably would be the
case, if hardware makers cooperate.
According to reports [1] [2] by
In-Stat, the tablet business will be booming over the next several years, and
will, in part, cannibalize PC sales. In-Stat predicts over 100 new
designs from Apple, Android makers (Motorola, Samsung, HTC, Sony-Ericcson,
Archos, etc.), RIM, HP (webOS), MeeGo tablet makers (no major named partners),
and Windows tablet makers (Dell, Lenovo, etc.) to enter the market this year.
And it predicts sales by 2014 to rise to 58 million units and by 2015 to
118 million units.
Microsoft is also reportedly preparing
its next generation version of Windows, which will support ARM
CPUs for notebooks, Windows 8.


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Japan successful no matter the circumstances
Semifinals tuneup shows deep talent on defending Classic champs' roster
By Mike Bauman / MLB.com
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Even when the game doesn't count, the baseball team from Japan looks very impressive.
As exhibition baseball games go, this one appeared to be at the head of the class in terms of weight, heft, significance.
Here were two defending champions -- the San Francisco Giants, winners of two of the last three World Series, and Team Japan, winner of the two previous World Baseball Classics.
|Bracket | Full scoreboard
The Japanese defeated the Giants, 6-3. Giants manager Bruce Bochy was comprehensive in his praise of the Japanese performance.
"They played well, they swung the bats well, they pitched well, they played a good ballgame today," Bochy said. "They certainly outplayed us.
"Their pitching was sharp. We only mustered five hits today, but more than that, we didn't get very many good swings off. We were a little passive with the bats. Sure, these are guys that we haven't faced, but you know what? We still have to go in there and get aggressive and for some reason we weren't today.
"But give [Team Japan] credit, though. They pitched well, they played well. They threw strikes, they had good command, they had good secondary pitches, they looked sharp."
The Japanese, who have advanced through two rounds of the 2013 Classic, were preparing for the Classic semifinals, which begin Sunday in San Francisco. The Giants were taking a day off from Cactus League play, but were still preparing for the 2013 regular season.
There was nothing specifically at stake, but this was still a competition.
"In any generation, when you play a game, it's a game," said Koji Yamamoto, manager of Team Japan, through an interpreter. "We all look forward to winning."
At the end of the afternoon, all of the winning had been done by the Japanese. Although the Giants presented some of their own mitigating circumstances, the other half of the game was yet another demonstration of just how advanced Japanese baseball is.
The Giants did not use any frontline pitchers. Yusmeiro Petit started, worked four innings giving up four runs and took the loss. Bochy started five regulars at the top of his lineup, but four of them were taken out after two plate appearances. The Japanese started their ace, Masahiro Tanaka, but pitched him only two innings and substituted frequently as the game progressed. If Japan reaches the final of the Classic, Tanaka is expected to start that game.
The Japanese teams that won World Baseball Classics in 2006 and 2009 included prominent Major League players. This Japanese club has no players with current Major League connections and only one who previously played in the Majors, infielder Kazuo Matsui. And yet, so far, the Japanese have been as successful as ever in the Classic.
"I knew about the situation from the get-go," Yamamoto said. "We knew when I was first asked to become the manager that we would probably have no Major League ballplayers. So that was something that I had to start off with, from my standpoint.
"But going into today, you see these guys growing with more confidence and that makes me feel mentally strong. Although it's not easy, this is reality. So I think it's motivating for these kids right now, because a lot of these guys have no experience here, but they have a lot of interest. So hopefully this will be a good start for these guys to know what Major League [Baseball] is all about. If they can compete here, that would be another challenge for them."
There were more than 100 Japanese reporters covering this game, an indication of how important the performance of Team Japan is for its home country. Yamamoto was kind enough to set aside time for a much smaller group -- four American reporters. Among the topics was the obvious pressure on his team as it goes for a third straight Classic championship.
"It's not easy to win back to back," Yamamoto said. "We're going for our third straight right now and there's a lot of pressure on our back. Our goal was to come here to the United States. Once we get here, anything can happen. That's how I look at it."
Yamamoto was also asked if he would like at some point to see "a true World Series," between, for instance, championship teams from the Major Leagues and Japan.
"To be honest with you, I have no room in my mind to be thinking about stuff like that," Yamamoto said with a smile.
It is true, Team Japan has more than enough to do as it seeks a third straight World Baseball Classic title. The Japanese will play another exhibition Friday, this one against the Chicago Cubs, before traveling to the semifinals.
The San Francisco team that Team Japan defeated was not the absolute best that the Giants can put on the field. That doesn't detract from the quality that the Japanese displayed at Scottsdale Stadium. By now, in international competition, there is no reason to expect anything less than very good baseball from Team Japan.
Mike Bauman is a national columnist for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The F-35 fighter program is over budget and
behind schedule, but the contractors are working hard to get back cut costs and
adhere to time schedules. One of the most costly components of the F-35 is its
engine made by Pratt & Whitney. The company has announced that it is
working to lower
the price of the engine and that the price could drop even more in the
coming years.
This news comes ahead of the start of negotiations
between the Pentagon and primary contractor Lockheed Martin for the next batch
of fighters. Bennett Croswell, president of Pratt & Whitney military
engines said, "We have activities planned and in place to bring the cost
down in [low-rate initial production] 5."
The fifth batch of F-35 fighters is part of the
LRIP 5 batch. Pratt & Whitney has plans to reduce the cost of the F135
engine to the price of the older F119 engine that the F-22A uses. What exactly
those prices are is unknown since that is proprietary information owned by the
engine builder. Pratt & Whitney has said that it was able to beat the price
target during the negotiations for the fourth batch of fighters and it hoped to
be able to beat pricing again on the fifth batch purchase.
Croswell said, "We're constantly looking at
ways to do even better than what that plan is."
While negotiations are going on for the next batch
of engines, Pratt & Whitney has announced that it has found a way to
increase the thrust of the F135 engine used in the vertically landing version
of the F-35 that will be flown by the Marine Corps. The change will add 100
pounds of thrust to the engine and the company is also trying to reduce the
weight of the engine by 100 pounds.
There are some in Washington that want to see
development of the second F-35 engine renewed. An amendment
proposed by the House would allow the second engine to be
developed at the cost of the builder. The second engine for the F-35 was officially
killed in March.


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2013 Watch: Cards in the Year Ahead
Credit cards are likely going to continue their expansion into the credit union industry in 2013 as more credit unions start to issue cards and credit unions that already issue them expand their programs.
In an era of steadily shrinking noninterest income, improvements in fraud detection and protection, combined with better, more targeted underwriting and card portfolio management will continue to make credit cards an important part of credit union's loan portfolios.
But there will be some shifts within the credit union card issuing industry. Credit union card reward programs, often offered through deals with payment CUSOs, may be overhauled and modernized.
More 2013 Watch
- Dec. 28, 2012 Marketing in the Year Ahead
- Dec. 27, 2012 Gen Y in the Year Ahead
- Dec. 27, 2012 Member Investments in the Year Ahead
- Dec. 26, 2012 Member Business Lending in the Year Ahead
- Dec. 26, 2012 Human Resources in the Year Ahead
- Dec. 21, 2012 Credit Union Taxation in the Year Ahead
- Dec. 20, 2012 CUSOs in the Year Ahead
- Dec. 20, 2012 NCUA Board in the Year Ahead
- Dec. 19, 2012 Mortgage Lending in the Year Ahead
- Dec. 18, 2012 Low Income Service in the Year Ahead
- Dec. 18, 2012 Bank Conversions in the Year Ahead
- Dec. 17, 2012 Student Lending in the Year Ahead
- Dec. 17, 2012 Auto Lending in the Year Ahead
Many credit union card reward programs still rely on a catalog, whether in paper or digital format, filled with merchandise eligible for purchase with rewards points to drive their card reward programs. But affinity rewards are moving forward at a rapid rate, and credit unions will begin to offer other forms of rewards such as cash back and slashes in interest rates as part of the affinity reward mix.
Instant issuing of both credit cards and debit cards will continue to elbow onto the scene. Instant issuing, studies show, sharply increases card activation and member satisfaction as instantly issued cards can often carry artwork personal to the cardholder. In addition, instantly issued debit cards also provide for instantly issued PINs that the cardholders is able to select themselves, leading again to greater member satisfaction.
Next year will also likely see the interchange rate on credit union-issued debit cards continue to drop, but debit card usage will only continue to expand, blunting the impact of lower interchange per transaction on overall credit union income from credit union interchange.


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National Youth Survey [United States]: Wave IV, 1979 (ICPSR 8917)
Principal Investigator(s): Elliott, Delbert S., University of Colorado. Institute of Behavioral Science
Youth data for the fourth wave of the National Youth Survey are contained in this data collection. The first wave of this survey was conducted in 1976 (ICPSR 8375), the second wave in 1977 (ICPSR 8424), and the third wave in 1978 (ICPSR 8506). Data are available in this wave on the demographic and socioeconomic status of respondents, disruptive events in the home, youth aspirations and expectations, social isolation, normlessness, perceived disapproval by parents and peers, attitudes toward deviance, exposure and commitment to delinquent peers, sex roles, interpersonal violence, pressure for substance abuse by peers, self-reported delinquency, drug and alcohol use, and victimization.
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Study Description
Elliott, Delbert S. National Youth Survey [United States]: Wave IV, 1979. ICPSR08917-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2008-09-10. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08917.v2
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- United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (78-JN-AX-0003)
- United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Mental Health (MH27552,)
Scope of Study
Subject Terms: aspirations, behavior problems, career goals, community involvement, delinquent behavior, depression (psychology), deviance, drugs, expectations, family conflict, family relations, health services utilization, life events, neighborhood conditions, parental attitudes, parents, peer influence, sexual behavior, social attitudes, social behavior, social isolation, social values, socioeconomic status, spouse abuse, substance abuse, teenage pregnancies, victimization, young adults, youths
Geographic Coverage: United States
- 1979
- 1979
Unit of Observation: Individual
Universe: Youths in the United States.
Produced by the University of Colorado, Behavioral Research Institute at Boulder, CO.
Sample: National sample of the American youth population selected by area probability sampling.
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- Performed consistency checks.
- Standardized missing values.
- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
Restrictions: Users are reminded by the United States Department of Health and Human Services that these data are to be used solely for statistical analysis and reporting of aggregated information and not for the investigation of specific individuals or treatment facilities.
Original ICPSR Release: 1988-10-25
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This study is provided by ICPSR. ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for a diverse and expanding social science research community.
Survey of Income and Education, 1976: Rectangular File (ICPSR 7919)
Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census
This data collection is a modified version of the original SURVEY OF INCOME AND EDUCATION, 1976 (ICPSR 7634). While the original files were hierarchically structured, this file is rectangular in structure. All of the household and person records were included in the rectangular file, but none of the family records. The household variables were placed at the beginning of each corresponding person record. The survey was conducted during the months of April through July of 1976 by the Census Bureau for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. It served as a supplement to the yearly Current Population Survey and was conducted to obtain reliable state-by-state data on the numbers of children in local areas with family incomes below the federal poverty level. The information was used by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to facilitate Title 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The survey includes questions used in the Current Population Survey and also contains additional exclusive questions covering school enrollment, disability, health insurance, bilingualism, food stamp recipiency, assets, and housing costs. This collection was provided by the National Chicano Research Network, which was located at the Survey Research Center of the Institute of Social Research, University of Michigan.
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U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. SURVEY OF INCOME AND EDUCATION, 1976: RECTANGULAR FILE. Conducted by U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, and University of Michigan, National Chicano Research Network. ICPSR07919-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1981. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07919.v1
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Scope of Study
Subject Terms: bilingualism, census data, children, civil rights, disabilities, education, educational needs, enrollments, families, family income, financial assets, food programs, health insurance, households, housing costs, income, jobs, minorities, occupational mobility, occupational status, poverty, public assistance programs, school age children, social services, socioeconomic status, states (USA)
Geographic Coverage: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, United States, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
- 1976
- 1976-04--1976-07
Universe: All occupied housing units, most vacant units, and group quarters such as rooming houses, communes, military installations, religious group quarters, college dormitories, and agricultural workers' quarters.
The codebook is provided by ICPSR as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site.
Sample: The sample consisted of 51 state samples in almost 1,000 sampling areas.
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Original ICPSR Release: 1984-06-28
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"Transcendent ... Empire of the Summer Moon is nothing short of a revelation.... This book will leave dust and blood on your jeans."NYTBR
"The vast, semi-arid grasslands of the southern Great Plains could be dominated by hunters and warriors on horseback. In the first half of the 19th century, the Comanches, often referred to as 'lords of the Plains,' were the single most powerful military force in the region, to the frustration of both the Mexican and U.S. governments. In this engrossing chronicle, award-winning journalist [S.C.] Gwynne traces the rise of the Comanche people from their roots as primitive bands of hunter-gatherers to their mastery of the horse and emergence as the feared power brokers of the area. At the center of the narrative is the charismatic Quanah Parker, who skillfully navigated the gaps between his traditional culture and the emerging, settled culture of the late-19th century. Quanah was the son of a Comanche warrior and a woman named Cynthia Ann Parker, who was kidnapped at the age of nine and chose to stay with the Comanches. Quanah was a brilliant, feared war chief who guided his people in adapting to new realities after their final suppression by the U.S. Calvary. An outstanding addition to western-history collections."Booklist


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Rwanda becomes 150th member country visited by INTERPOL Secretary General
Mission part of leader's commitment to frontline policing
KIGALI, Rwanda – INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble travelled to Rwanda this week in a landmark trip marking a total of 150 member countries visited since he took the helm of the world's largest police organization.
Since his election in 2000, Mr Noble has made it a priority to ensure that the needs of member countries shape the direction of INTERPOL's activities, and has committed to visit each of the 188 member countries personally to witness the unique threats faced by each nation and meet those who dedicate their lives to protect innocent citizens.
"My meetings with ministers and police chiefs in 150 countries during the past 11 years have provided me with an insight into the challenges facing frontline police each day," said Secretary General Noble. "This has guided our activities, our strategy and the development of our tools and resources to support those officers."
"I believe that as an international organization, INTERPOL should be judged on the effectiveness of its daily support to law enforcers worldwide, not just by our geographical reach or the scale of our membership," he added.
The first INTERPOL chief to visit so many countries, Mr Noble said that it was fitting for this milestone to be achieved in Africa, a region unique in both potential and challenges.
"Africa is one of the fastest growing and most challenging continents in terms of infrastructure and diversity of criminal activity, making it essential that the region is fully integrated into the INTERPOL global structure," he told chiefs of police at the Eastern Africa Police Chiefs Cooperation Organization (EAPCCO) Annual General Meeting in Kigali ahead of his meetings with Minister of Justice, Tharcisse Karugarama, Inspector General of Police Emmanuel Gasana and Martin Ngoga, the Rwanda Prosecutor General.
"East Africa is on the frontline against the scourge of maritime piracy, and along with West Africa has become a target for drug trafficking routes to Europe, while across the continent, natural resources are being drained by environmental and wildlife crime and counterfeit pharmaceuticals putting innocent lives at risk. These threats are many and varied, but they all require a coordinated law enforcement response," Mr Noble told the meeting.
"Add to that the fast growth of the Internet in Africa which will only exacerbate the wide range of crimes already faced by police, and it is clearly essential that we must combine our efforts to ensure that frontline officers have access to the tools they need," concluded Secretary General Noble.
One of the ways in which this has already been achieved is through the connection of all African National Central Bureaus (NCBs) to I-24/7, INTERPOL's global communications system, ensuring they can communicate and access vital policing information in real-time, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Mr Noble highlighted frontline successes achieved by cross-border policing activity in East Africa, such as operations targeting stolen motor vehicles - that have seen more than 500 vehicles recovered since 2006 - and the seizure of more than 10 tonnes of counterfeit and illicit medical products.


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the publisher of STO, has partnered up with Del Taco to provide a
free trial of the game. Customers who purchase a Macho-sized drink at
Del Taco will receive a free limited edition Star Trek collector's
cup and a free trial of Star Trek Online while supplies
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caveat is that customers will have to download a copy of the game, as
well as sign up for an account in order to participate.
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Coastal Credit Union Commits to Symitar Conversion
The $2.2 billion Coastal Credit Union in Raleigh, N.C., plans to convert to the Symitar Episys core processing platform and run it in-house, according to Symitar owner Jack Henry & Associates in Monett, Mo.
The 177,100-member Coastal CU cited the need for more flexibility to address operating inefficiencies and the ability to creatively extend core functionality as processing requirements evolve in its decision, Symitar said.
"Coastal Credit Union was the largest credit union on its current core system and had exceeded the system's functional capabilities," Symitar said in its announcement.
"As channels grow increasingly complex, the core has to be nimble enough to support real-time channel needs and not create barriers to the movement of data between those channels," said Tami Langton, vice president of business transformations at Coastal.
Symitar now claims more than 35% of the market for credit unions of more than $1 billion in assets, and Coastal – a pioneer in credit union use of video tellers and before that, online banking – cited the ability to be part of that user community in its decision.
Ted Bilke, president of Symitar, "Our people, core and complementary solutions, and client collaboration align with Coastal Credit Union's own culture. It is important for us to provide the tools for credit unions to advance their role in the financial ecosystem, and at the same time have credit unions that take a vested interest in furthering the collective strength of their peers."
Symitar said it now has more than 750 credit unions on its Episys and Cruise core processing platforms.
Coastal currently uses the CUBE core processing platform from Fiserv Inc., according to the Technology Survey from Callahan & Associates. Coastal uses Fiserv's Corillian home banking platform and Online Resources for online banking, the survey said.


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