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Volume 7 Number 31 July 30, 2010
Dear Floridian:
This week I had the opportunity to travel to the Panhandle and meet with Kenneth Feinberg, the new Gulf Coast claims administrator for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, as well as small business owners and area Realtors who have been impacted by the spill. The meeting allowed me to advocate on behalf of affected small businesses who have been discouraged with the existing claims process, and to outline the ways in which the claims process could finally provide much-needed relief. Florida's small businesses, entrepreneurs and Realtors are at the heart of Florida's economy, and since the spill began, I have made it my priority to make sure their needs are addressed and their voices are heard.
Now that I've had the opportunity to meet with Mr. Feinberg, I am optimistic that the claims process will proceed at a better pace and serve a wider range of affected Floridians.
Alex Sink
State of Florida
Florida CFO Alex Sink met with Kenneth Feinberg, the independent administrator of the BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Victim Compensation Fund, this week about the lost-income claims process for small businesses and real estate professionals.
"Florida's small business people, entrepreneurs and Realtors are the heart of our economy, and they deserve to be compensated swiftly for lost income," said CFO Alex Sink. "The Gulf region is suffering a variety of consequences from the oil spill – including diminished property values. And during our all-important summer season, cancelled contracts and rentals are having a devastating effect on North Florida's residents and small businesses."
CFO Sink urged Ken Feinberg to make sure they are all treated fairly during the claims process.
Florida CFO Alex Sink issued the following statement regarding the loss of Rear Admiral LeRoy Collins, Jr., executive director of the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs:
"Admiral Collins dedicated his life to the protection of our state, country, and our veteran community," said CFO Alex Sink. "As Floridians, we are all indebted to Admiral Collins for his honorable service, and for being such a vocal advocate for the 1.8 million veterans in our state. My thoughts and prayers are with his wife, children and grandchildren during their time of mourning."
CFO Sink and Adm. Collins speak to seniors together.
Florida CFO Alex Sink announced on Friday that her Department of Financial Services has helped recover more than $11.1 million for Florida's insurance consumers in the first half of 2010. Under CFO Sink's leadership, the department's Division of Consumer Services continues its diligent efforts to help Floridians get the money they're owed from insurance companies.
One such recovery involved Ronald Rosen of Naples who suffered severe water damage at his home after pipes in the residence burst. The water damage left holes in the floor and forced Rosen to stay with friends while waiting for the insurance company to return his phone calls. After receiving the complaint through the DFS Consumer Helpline, one of CFO Sink's insurance consumer specialists was able to expedite the claims process.
"After I called the department the company returned my call the very next day," Rosen said. "I was ready to hire an attorney. This would have never been resolved without the department's help." The department helped Rosen recover more than $81,000 to repair his home.
In 2009, the Department helped recover $22 million on behalf of Florida consumers, and $14 million in 2008. In addition to the Consumer Helpline, CFO Sink also offers insurance consumer assistance online through Consumer Help Online, where consumers can file a request for assistance and check the status of their request at any time.
Floridians who need help recovering money from insurance companies or have an insurance claim, question or complaint, can receive help online at www.MyFloridaCFO.com or call our Consumer Helpline at (850) 413-3089 or toll-free at 1-877-MY-FL-CFO (1-877-693-5236).
Secretary General Ron Noble of Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organization, and CFO Alex Sink met to discuss fraud in Florida and its worldwide implications following a luncheon for the Florida Sheriff's Association Conference on this week in Ft. Lauderdale.
Interpol is the international intelligence agency that provides opportunities to collaborate among intelligence agencies around the world. Secretary General Noble works with 188 member countries around the world in their law enforcement communities as part of Interpol.
Gen. Noble and CFO Sink discussed Florida's attraction to international visitors, the role of law enforcement in working together to protect citizens and visitors alike and the General's goal that law enforcement agencies everywhere keep in mind how important it is to really focus on crime scenes they encounter, and share the data globally.
"International crime is a local crime somewhere," Noble said.
CFO Sink introduced General Noble to Susan Benton, sheriff of Highlands County. As sheriff of a small rural community, she spoke about how financial fraud is prevalent in her area. The sheriff's ongoing joint investigation among federal, state and local investigators involves money laundering and funds that had been traced through wire transfers, ending up in Egypt.
Florida CFO and State Fire Marshal Alex Sink on Wednesday announced the arrest of Earl S. Wilson, 55, on two counts of arson and four counts of attempted murder following a residential fire this morning in Seminole County. Wilson was booked into the Seminole County Jail and is being held without bond.
"Arson is a serious crime that puts the lives of innocent people and rescue personnel at risk and I hope this arrest sends a clear message to all arsonists that their actions will not be tolerated," said CFO Sink. "Fortunately, no injuries were sustained in this case, and I commend my SFM detectives and the Sanford Fire and Police Departments for their good work to protect Floridians."
The Sanford Fire Department called the State Fire Marshal's Orlando office this morning to investigate the cause of a fire that began outside of a home located at 1016 East 9th Street in Seminole County. After arriving on scene, SFM investigators, with the assistance of K-9 Misty, confirmed the fires were intentionally set after locating and identifying an accelerant. The home's two occupants told detectives that Wilson had threatened to burn the residence down and within minutes the fire was discovered. The fire spread to a second residential structure where two residents were home, which accounts for Wilson's four attempted murder charges.
CFO Sink's State Fire Marshal Bureau has six accelerant detection K-9 teams located statewide. Bureau K-9 handlers responded to 435 requests for assistance in 2009.
Florida CFO Alex Sink announced the success of three educational seminars held in the Panhandle last week to inform and provide training information to employers, contractors and business representatives to ensure compliance with workers' compensation laws. Seminars were held in Panama City, Shalimar and Pensacola by CFO Sink's Division of Workers' Compensation to address concerns by businesses in the Panhandle regarding their rights and responsibilities under Florida's workers' compensation law and the U.S. Longshore & Harbor Workers Compensation Act.
Members from CFO Sinks' Division of Workers' Compensation and Consumer Services provided information on topics such as:
For more information on CFO Sink's actions regarding the Deepwater Horizon oil spill view the Power point presentation given during the seminars: http://www.myfloridacfo.com/OilSpill/default.htm.
If you're thinking about buying a new home, be on the lookout for a new type of home warranty. With the tough housing market, many sellers are throwing in a one-year home warranty as a purchasing incentive for possible buyers. The warranty may be presented as a guarantee that the buyer doesn't get any "surprise" big expenses during the first year after purchasing the home, but not everything is covered.
One feature that can create confusion is that the warranty does not provide coverage for something that is already broken. When you hire a home inspector, make sure that they verify that the heating, air conditioning and other features are in working order. Appliance checks are not always part of a standard home inspection. Also, be aware that the contracts are often contracts of "inclusion," in other words, only named items are covered.
Buyers should always read the warranty document thoroughly to understand what is covered.
If you have any questions regarding a warranty, contact the Department's Consumer Helpline at (850) 413-3089 or toll-free at 1-877-MY-FL-CFO (1-877-693-5236).
One of the major aims of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is to reduce health costs by reducing the need for healthcare later in life. The PPACA aims to achieve this by providing consumers with benefits that will encourage them to become healthier earlier in life. In the prior installments of this series the Office of the Insurance Consumer Advocate provided consumers with information related to various benefits that will become available to them this year and in the future. In this edition of the summer series, the Office would like to focus on preventative healthcare benefits that will be available to consumers.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has unveiled a listing of various preventative care services that will be available to consumers at a reduced or no cost in an effort to combat chronic illnesses. Treatments for obesity, alcohol abuse and depression are among the services that will be available to consumers in September 2010.
Under these regulations, new health plans beginning on or after September 23, 2010 must cover preventive services that have "strong scientific evidence" of their health benefits. Various preventative care services will be provided at little to no cost depending on the patient's age, sex or if they are at a higher risk. The following are some of the new services that will be available to consumers:
Depending on your age and health plan type, you may have easier access to such services as:
Consumers should note that not everyone will be eligible for all services. Only people in insurance plans beginning after September 23, 2010, or in existing plans that change substantially will be able to get the discounted preventive services. For more information regarding preventative care services, consumers should visit http://www.healthcare.gov/.
As more information is available and additional changes become effective, the Office of the Insurance Consumer Advocate will generate advisories regarding preventative care services for consumers. More information regarding the PPACA can be found on the Insurance Consumer Advocate's website at, http://www.myfloridacfo.com/ica/federalhealthcare.asp.
Last week when Hurricane Bonnie was threatening parts of Florida, some insurance companies issued a binding suspension. This means the insurance company will not allow applications for new policies or endorsements to increase existing coverage when a tropical storm or hurricane watch or warning has been issued by the National Weather Service for any part of the State of Florida.
Take the time to review your insurance needs before a tropical storm or hurricane watch or warning is issued. If you have a mortgage closing scheduled during hurricane season, don't wait until the last minute to purchase your homeowners insurance. A tropical storm or hurricane watch or warning could delay your closing since the insurance companies will suspend binding new policies or coverage increases to existing policies.
Don't get caught in a situation where you don't have the right insurance and it's too late to acquire the coverage you need because of a binding suspension. If you have questions about coverage, ask your insurance agent to review your policy with you.
To verify the license of an insurance agent, please visit www.MyFloridaCFO.com. You may find out when a Hurricane Preparedness Event will be in your area by viewing our calendar linked here. Please check with us next week for more ideas.
Find out when a Hurricane Preparedness Event will be in your area on our calendar linked here. Check back with us next week for more ideas.
Thanks to this eViews' reader for offering a message of warning:
From time to time all of us hire extra help.
I am one of those people who did not check references or available criminal records.
Mr. "X" moved in across the street from me and seemed so nice. He presented me his business card showing his business address, license, and insurance information. Mr. X was hired to work around the house.
However, Mr. X turned out to be unlicensed, uninsured and untrustworthy. Mr. X took property without asking and pawned it - I got a copy of the police report for my $4000.00 paint sprayer he stole and pawned.
The reader found out, after the fact, that Mr. X was recently convicted of pawning another person's property and has been convicted in the past of burglary, dealing in stolen property, writing a bad check, DUI and more.
Some convictions may be listed on the Clerk of the Court website in your community or through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement website. It's easy and smart to check out anyone whom you may want to hire to do work around your home before it's too late. Don't make it easy to become a victim, even a Google search can be a helpful resource.
Many prospective burglars case neighborhoods on a regular basis, checking out trash piles and showing up on recycle day, seemingly to check the recycle materials.
What the crooks are really doing is getting a good look at your property to see what can easily be stolen. Don't let it happen to you - support your neighborhood watch and check references before hiring.
The Florida Housing Help website can help connect struggling Floridians who may be at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure or may be facing mortgage fraud issues with assistance. For a schedule of workshops that include community partners and resources and offer great information for citizens, read the Florida Housing Help Calendar.
Every day, hundreds of Floridians fall victim to financial fraud. Many of these victims are trusting seniors who were misled into making risky or inappropriate financial investments including annuities and reverse mortgages by unscrupulous agents and scam artists. In response, CFO Sink created the Safeguard Our Seniors Task Force to develop solutions to better protect Florida seniors from falling victim to financial fraud.


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The document cache is damned large, probably too large to reasonably ship around on anything smaller than a portable hard drive.
Storable'd PPI documents are also version specific, so you don't really want that anyway.
But if I load them up, serialize to raw perl, and then build a LZMA-compressed tarball, I think I can get about 100 to 1 compression and it will fit into around 50 meg.

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NTSB: Flutter Led To Reno Crash
Last year's fatal crash of a P-51 racing aircraft at Reno was caused by compromised stiffness in the elevator trim-tab system, which led to flutter and loss of elevator pitch control at race speed, said the National Transportation Safety Board in�in its probable-cause hearing on Monday. At last year's race, veteran air racer Jimmy Leeward lost control of his Galloping Ghost P-51 after the home pylon turn, causing a sharp pitch up followed by a dive into a spectator area, killing him and 10 others. The NTSB's investigation revealed that the aircraft was flying faster than it ever had by some 35 knots, with higher engine power settings than previously used. The board also found that there was evidence of ongoing structural failure during the race, including a cracked canopy. Further, Leeward and his crew had made major modifications to the aircraft, including the removal of the P-51's iconic belly airscoop, that compromised the structural integrity of the fuselage. The crew notified the FAA of only one of these changes, a boil-off system used to improve oil cooling. The NTSB probe found that screws used to attach one of two trim tabs to the elevator were old or loose, possibly having last been replaced in 1986. This allowed the trim tab to flutter, failing the tab control rod and resulting in an instantaneous pitch-up moment that generated a calculated 17 Gs, which the board determined was beyond human endurance. In a video posted on AVweb yesterday, the trim tab can clearly be seen departing the elevator, but by that point, the control rod had already failed and Leeward had no trim control. �The board had issued 10 safety recommendations in April, so the race organizers would have time to act on them before this year's races, and no new safety recommendations were issued on Monday.
NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersmann referred to the aviation writer Ernest Gann in her closing remarks, and said "Fate is no longer the hunter" for pilots who can rely on a wide range of safety advances that weren't available in Gann's time. Spectators at aviation events also need an assurance that they will be protected, she added. "Innocent bystanders should never have to rely on fate for their safety," she said.
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Today the non-disclosure embargo for the Series3 TiVo lifts,
and sites everywhere are starting to disclose the details. Gizmodo has
few images and videos up already, sporting the new OLED front display and a
sleek new look.
The biggest draw to the Series3 is, of course, the CableCARD support. The
new Series3 supports two CableCARD 1.0 adaptors capable of decrypting a single signal per card. Multi-stream support will be available later this year.
CNET also was able to get
a shot at the new Series3, which particularly emphasized on the networking
capabilities of the Series3. All reviews so far have been disappointed
with the lack of TiVo2Go, a service that used to allow users to rip content
from the TiVo to a PC. Also absent from the Series3 is the ability to use
external hard drives, although an e-SATA connector is present for future
reports "Units go on sale today at TiVo.com
and should be showing up within the next week or so at Best Buy, Circuit City, Fry's, and Ultimate
Electronics." However, at the time of publication the TiVo.com links
had not been enabled yet. CircuitCity has its buy
page up already.
The Series3 will still come with the $800 price tag as reported earlier.
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text: Last year I made my mother a friendship braid quilt in her favorite colors. 6 months later she was moved to a nursing home from assisted living. She could not take most of her favorite nick-nacks with her but she was allowed to take the quilt. Beside some pictures, that is all she was able to take with her. Last weekend when I visited her - the quilt was gone. Needless to say I brought it to their attention and 4 days later they found it. Whew - now I can sleep tonight.


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Honorable Alexis M. Herman
Prepared Remarks: The Moral Case for Shared Prosperity"
National Cathedral, Washington, DC
August 31, 1997
I come before you on the eve of Labor Day to report on the state of the American workforce. This has been something of a tradition among my 22 predecessors as Secretary of Labor. And it is a tradition I am proud to carry forward -- with one refinement.
I have chosen to offer my report at an unlikely hour from an unlikely place.
Not in the middle of what some call the work week but on a Sunday, a day of rest and reflection.
Not from behind a bank of microphones or the imposing table of a congressional hearing room but from the pulpit of this grand cathedral.
So let me begin by posing the obvious questions. Why now? Why here?
The National Cathedral is actually my final stop of a week of travel. For the past eight days, I have traveled the nation to see America at work. From Seattle to West Virginia and Minneapolis, El Paso, and Nashville along the way I have listened to Americas working men and women. I have witnessed what it is like to hold a job and raise a family today. I have heard testimony to works pleasures and its pains, its wonders and its woes.
And what I heard on my journey affirmed a truth I discovered as a young girl in my hometown in Mobile, Alabama: next to family and faith, the most sacred thing in our lives is the work that we do. And as Princess Diana helped us understand, it is not just in the paid work but it could be in volunteer work, as we give of ourselves.
Why now? Why here?
Because in America, work has a spiritual dimension, a moral value that transcends the accountants measure of profit and loss. It affirms our humanity; it strengthens our soul.
The Proverbs tell us: Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth. But the wealth to which the Scripture refers is not the accumulation of material riches. It is something far more valuable something that can only be fashioned with diligent hands.
It is dignity.
Let there be no mistake: work is as much a source of dignity as it is a source of income.
And what more fitting place to talk about dignity than this dignified house of God? Standing higher than even the Washington Monument, the National Cathedrals mission is to be a great church for national purposes. And for 90 years, it has achieved that mission with power and with grace. This is the place where Bishop Tutu told America about the evils of apartheid. Where great leaders who passed from our lives including my friend Ron Brown have been honored and remembered. Where every President since Theodore Roosevelt has spoken to the nation.
So from this high place, on this day set aside for reflection, let me tell you what Ive seen.
My friends, on Labor Day 1997, the state of the American workforce is solid, strong, and proud. Americas workers are in better shape than in many, many years. Working families tell me they are feeling better about their lives.
After all, our economy is the healthiest in a generation. Unemployment has dropped to a 24-year low. We have added nearly 13 million new jobs in the last five years. Our Gross Domestic Product is climbing at a healthy rate. Inflation is at historic lows. Corporate profits are rising and setting records.
These are indeed prosperous times.
But, still, a quiet unease lurks in our land -- a nagging sense that this new prosperity belongs to someone else, a dull fear that our nation will declare success before all Americans have the opportunity to claim their fair share.
Across our nation, I have encountered working people who worry that Americas rising economic tide may be casting our citizens toward two separate shores. In one direction, this tide may be carrying some Americans to a promising destination a new economy, full of opportunity and challenge. But in the opposite direction, this same tide may be stranding other Americans on the shoreline of an old economy that is quickly washing away beneath their feet.
On Labor Day 1997, the task before us as a nation . . . as a moral people . . . I dare say, as children of God . . . is to make sure that the economys new buoyancy lifts the lives of all Americans. That a nation moving forward leaves no one behind. That we do not declare our work completed until Americas new prosperity is shared by all.
For prosperity that is not broadly shared is in fact a false prosperity. The great religions teach us that. In the fifth book of the Torah, God says that justice requires that landowners allow the worker in the field to share in the produce he or she is harvesting. Romans IV reminds us: When a man works, his wages are not credited to him as a gift, but as an obligation.
Not a gift. An obligation. An obligation that is both softhearted and hardheaded. Permit me to make it plain this morning: narrowly held prosperity is not only morally troubling it is economically unsustainable.
Now, take it from someone who ran her own business: theres nothing wrong with rising profits. In capitalism, thats pretty much the point. But if profits rise and paychecks dont, something is out of whack. If the economy booms, but only a few feel the tremors, something clearly has gone awry.
Economies do not grow for long if one persons gain is another persons loss. The American economy is not some creaky vehicle in which adding more passengers slows things down. Indeed, it is the exact opposite. Bringing more people aboard speeds us up. The better more of us do, the better all of us do.
Let me give you an example. Tomorrow, millions of hard-working people will get a modest raise. At midnight, the minimum wage will rise from $4.75 an hour to $5.15 an hour the second stage of the minimum wage increase President Clinton fought for, and won, last year. Raising the minimum was a matter of social justice and economic security.
But do you remember the fight? The opponents didnt argue the fairness of the measure. Instead, throughout the debate, we heard a chorus of Cassandras who predicted that giving hard-working Americans a 90-cent raise would destroy the whole economy.
Well, it hasnt. Raising the minimum wage has not hurt the economy. It has not destroyed jobs. It has not raised unemployment. What is has done is provide working people with an additional one thousand dollars a year in buying power. And theyre using that new capacity to fuel the entire economy. Bringing more people aboard did not slow us down. It sped us up, made us stronger.
On Labor Day and all days, we cannot forget: Ethics and economics coincide. The moral and the monetary are intertwined.
Some of you may know that this churchs formal ecclesiastical name is the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. I thought about that, and I realized how appropriate it was to speak here on this topic. Because to ensure that prosperity lifts up all Americans, we do not have to rob Peter to pay Paul. We can do better together. Indeed, thats our only option. The only way some of us can get ahead is if all of us get ahead.
I learned that in my tour of the American workplace this past week. The talented and dedicated men and women I met told me they agreed that our nation is now prosperous. But they said we still have more to do, that our business is not finished. They looked at their own lives and the lives of their neighbors, saw good men and women who had not yet claimed their fair share, and asked me, What does prosperity truly mean?
And then they told me.
The Americans I met last week told me prosperity means helping to move people from welfare to work. In Seattle, Washington I met with women who were receiving public assistance. Let me tell you: they were not the convenient stereotypes some people use to demonize welfare recipients. The women I met . . . their hearts and hands ached for work.
I met one woman who, in the morning, showed me her first resume. And then in the afternoon, told me she had landed a job. I was so proud of her. She and others told me that Washingtons discussions of welfare-to-work often focus on the welfare and the work, but ignore the to. What these women need what all who seek the dignity of work need is a support system. A moral and economic support system . . . one that includes child care and transportation and coaching and mentoring and sometimes just someone to lend a sympathetic ear.
Helping all Americans get a paycheck . . . that passport to dignity . . . is what prosperity means.
The Americans I met last week told me that prosperity means giving the opportunity to learn throughout their lifetime. In El Paso, I met with Chicana women who had been displaced from their jobs. They were a powerful example that as we celebrate the new economy, we must assist the good people who remain in the old economy through education, training, and skill development that leads to real jobs at the end of the day.
Later in El Paso, I met several dozen youth learning employment skills through the Job Corps. These young men and women exquisite in their blue shirts and khaki pants affirmed my faith in our future. And not just because the culinary students made me the best Bananas Foster I have ever tasted in my whole life.
One Job Corps participant told me: I have big dreams. But dreaming isnt enough. I have to work to make my dreams come true. I have to learn to make my dreams come true.
Young people firmly on the path of lifelong learning. That is what prosperity is all about.
The Americans I met last week told me prosperity means doing well at work and at home. In Minneapolis, I met with parents who work at one of the Honeywell Corporations amazing high-tech facilities. Theyre helping Honeywell succeed in the global marketplace . . . because Honeywell is helping them succeed around the kitchen table.
A Honeywell manager told me how the company helped him adopt his two daughters, and bring them from Colombia, South America. The company gave him time off, immediate health insurance for his two children, even Spanish classes. And Ill never forget the Honeywell food service worker who told me about her son. Her little boy, just five years old, had leukemia. Mom took time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act.
She told me something remarkable: without Family and Medical Leave and the personal and professional support of her company, her family wouldnt have been able to survive. And today, Im happy to report, the cancer is in remission. Her little boy is doing just fine.
People well-equipped to balance job demands with family obligations. That is what prosperity means.
Other Americans I met last week told me prosperity means having dignity and security not just in their working years, but in retirement as well. In Nashville, I talked with a Girl Scout troop in the morning and a group of employees of women-owned businesses in the afternoon who were looking for retirement security.
Nashvilles women and girls told me something all Americans need to hear: youre never too young to start saving for retirement and youre never too old to begin either.
Working people secure in retirement, flourishing even after theyre done working. That is what prosperity means.
And, finally, the Americans I met last week told me that prosperity means guaranteeing every working American a safe and healthy workplace -- with the rights and respect they deserve and with equal opportunity for all. In Morgantown, West Virginia in the heart of Appalachia I took a 1000-foot journey below the Earths surface, led by a group of talented, dedicated coal miners.
Mining is perilous work. Even though Friday was a sunny August morning, the mine was as cold and dark as a winter night. And by the time I came back up, I had coal dust on my skin, in my nose, and on my lips. Like those who go there every day to earn a living . . . in that hour, I felt work. Smelled work. Tasted work.
Coal mining is a dangerous profession. But one miner told me that this coal mine was not only one of the most productive in the nation. It was also one of the safest.
An America where no worker is forced to sacrifice their life for their livelihood. That is what prosperity means.
The words of these Americans are an important reminder this Labor Day. By working together moving people from welfare to work, investing in learning, balancing work and family, protecting pensions, and keeping workplaces safe, fair, and free of discrimination we can redeem the moral essence of work. And in so doing, we can complete the unfinished business of Americas new prosperity.
That is what we must do. And when I say we, I do not mean just the President or just the Labor Secretary. I do not mean just corporations and their stockholders. I do not mean just working people and the labor unions that represent them. I mean we -- in the broadest, richest, most beautiful sense of that simple word.
For the strength of our nation is -- as the President has said -- that we are one America. Not a prosperous America and an impoverished America. One America. Not a skilled America and a stalled America. One America. Not an educated America and an ignorant America. One America.
The only America worthy of the name is one America where prosperity is broadly shared and all people can truly fulfill the heights of their potential.
And ultimately, there is only one way to build that kind of nation. Technology cannot manufacture it. Enlightened minds cannot theorize it. Power cannot dictate it. In the end, the President is right: it must flow from the human spirit.
This ideal that were all in this together, that were bound by the mutual obligations of humanity is something that every religious tradition teaches. And we can be reminded of it in the most surprising circumstances.
Earlier this month, I found myself at the center of a tough and bitter strike. For fifteen days, the management of the United Parcel Service and its Teamster employees were at loggerheads. Historians will determine when the talks turned, when the deal gelled. But I have my own analysis. I think both the management and the workers realized that they couldnt survive without one another. That the success of one side depended on the success of the other side.
The settlement was a victory for collective bargaining. And it was a realization that strong companies and strong unions go hand in hand. The two sides understood they needed each other.
And the rest of us needed both of them.
Recently I heard a great story from a UPS driver on his first week back on the job. One afternoon, he came upon a woman hed been delivering packages to for 15 years. She ran up to the driver, wrapped her arms around him and said: "I'm so glad you're all right. Since you've been delivering to me, I've had three jobs and two husbands. You're the only stable relationship in my life. If anything happened to you I don't know what I'd do."
We need each other. Were in this together.
And as we celebrate work in these prosperous times, we ought to keep in mind the words of an old woman in my home state of Alabama who said, Ive been down so long that getting up now dont even cross my mind.
Let us help her up. Let us bring her to her feet. Let us make her a full participant in Americas new prosperity.
From this church of great national purposes, on this morning of reflection, on the eve of the day we honor work and all it means, let us dedicate ourselves to lifting up the people who make America work. The men and women who mop the office floors when the lights are dim. Who guard buildings in the eerie stillness of night. Who care for our babies when parents cannot. Who wipe our brow when were ill. Who tend to our bodies and our souls when we age. Who cook our food and teach our kids and fill our orders and patrol our streets and clean our clothes and do all those other things.
Let us say in a voice that never wavers: all work is important . . . all workers are prized . . . all people have dignity.
This we owe to one other.
This we owe to America.
This we owe to our God.
Thank you very much. I wish all of you Godspeed and a restful, fulfilling Labor Day.


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|2011-08-17, 05:40
|Link #81
Bittersweet Distractor
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 26
Could've been a lot better if it were two chinese turtlring teams playing it as safely as they could. Stream crashing didn't help.
OH man though, I'm too tired.
As for how DoTA 2 itself looks...
Graphics look fine.
User interface is kinda shit though, it needs work.
Sound effects need a bunch of work.
Spell visuals need work.
Verdict? Not bad actually, considering it's just closed beta. however they definitely got stuff to do here.
|2011-08-17, 10:51
|Link #82
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: United States of America
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Well, considering that the stream was forced to be scaled down to 480p thanks to the number of people, it looked decent imho. Check out the youtube upload between Ok.Nv.Cn and Tyloo - looks a lot better with HD. But even without HD, at least it was not a clusterfuck. A lot of work to do still though. I don't like those icons.
And while that EH vs IG game turned into a turtle fest, it was a pretty intensive game. If only there hadn't been so many pauses and lag and what not. I suppose I got used to the graphics by the end of the two hours though
I expected better of Valve with management though. They very well had the numbers (~30 mill active players) so why would they not get enough bandwidth to hold. It crashed at only ~1.6 mill viewers. Screw that.
|2011-08-17, 13:31
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I just kind of gave up after the second time the game appeared to hang up and crash and the stream went back to the DOTA 2 logo. I waited about 5 minutes and felt I'd seen enough. I wouldn't mind checking it out again if I could be guaranteed the game won't just stop right in the middle. For the record it looked like it was on there end rather than my end because every time the units would suddenly just start running in place, the commentary would stop, and then the default DOTA 2 Tourney logo with music.
Game looks good, but not very impressed with the effort to stream it. Wonder how Gabe is going to blame the users on this one....
|2011-08-17, 14:05
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The good news is that the replay videos from today's matches should be up in a while (they already have 5 replays available as of this post), so if you missed a match, you can watch it lag free.
As for the cause of the lag, looks to be the stream getting overwhelmed with the number of people watching off it. They actually had to pause a match once with the message "Overwhelming Online Demand" as cited reason
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|2011-08-17, 16:12
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Anti-mage fed is horrible , + with his blink ouch!
|2011-08-17, 17:06
|Link #88
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Yeah, the games later on were better (as in no lag and better stream - the games weren't really fought over as intensely, at least not the ones I watched anyway). They also streamed in HD for a couple of them.
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|2011-08-18, 00:06
|Link #89
Great Commandy One
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: 3 times the passion of the usual flamenco
It should be noted that the stream might actually directly tied into the game itself though through observers, i.e. people who are participating in the game but not as one of the players. I saw a player on the IG vs EHOME match a couple of times who was not on either team, but was getting connected and disconnected from the match nonetheless.
I'm thinking that the stream we saw is actually one of the features in the game itself (IIRC they did say something to that effect on the features of DoTA 2), where you can directly stream the content of the game itself using proprietary software, instead of having to use third party ones. The side effect though is that the stream now affects the game itself as far as bandwidth use is concerned.
|2011-08-18, 00:53
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Well the games later on yesterday were a bit better. But seriously, Gamescom needs the internet they have at Dreamhack. There were ~1.6 million people tuned in at peak yesterday. I don't know how many of them will return but the finals will probably have similar if not higher numbers. Don't know how they are gonna fix the lag then >_>
|2011-08-18, 07:37
|Link #92
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: event horizon
You have to understand this can very by a lot. Well X was better, would only be a valid point if they actually got the same number of viewers (as well as where those viewers were from) and while you can get so far by just plugging in more hardware, there is a saturation limit where you just need a full infrastructure to handle it (which is not the easiest thing to come by). You wouldn't believe how complicated just sending enormous amounts of messages though the wire is, these days we just take for granted everything "just works", instead of being in awe when stuff like streaming to millions actually works.
Particularly in a topic with heated debates like this one, just ignore anything you get. If people really have something to say, you'll get it though pm or vm anyway.
|2011-08-18, 08:15
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|2011-08-18, 20:00
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@Felix, I meant better purely as in more watchable. I didn't say they were "better" better in any other sense. There were probably fewer viewers - I also heard from trusted sources that they split off the broadcast from a service to another (which is why we couldn't hear the commentators later on) and Valve employees aren't exactly the most worthless bunch of people so they must have figured something out as well. That first match was the most closely contested match for the first day along with being the inaugural match so it kinda sucked that we had so much lag though.
They just turned German and Russian shout casting off for today to work the bandwidth out x.x. I love Vilat's shoutcasting and there are quite a few Russian players so not sure about that choice. German is fine though - considering most Germans tune in to Tobi all the time (his base is in Germany after all) anyway.
|2011-08-22, 19:13
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Senior Member
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Location: United States of America
Age: 26
Some of those icons are fugly. Most of them are definitely going to be changed considering they are just placeholders so there is little point to posting them now. It may have been useful earlier on to help identify the items during the tournament but its redundant now. And you may want to post your image as a thumbnail as Daniel E. has requested.
|2011-09-23, 22:49
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Bittersweet Distractor
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 26
Good news. Seems like we might be able to play soon!
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text: Hi I've been a long time tennis player since I was 7 years old, and I've gone through the juniors as a top #3 national player in age groups until the 18's. I also played on tour for 6 years and now I am a private coach of 2 kids. Going through tennis life and playing with only the best of the best and the best coach's, even though I'm not old enough to get respect from the parents I know a little bit more than an average tennis parent. The point to is I'm having trouble explaining the counter-punching style of tennis. I completely agree with your post and I said the same thing to the parent of my student and they disagreed with me. They came to me and showed me the book Maximum Tennis by Nick Saviano(Which I've met and been coached by him once before). I can't remember exactly what it says but basically it said that a counter-puncher is considered a defensive player and they are called "pushers". And in professional tennis there are no counter-punchers since the balls are hit hard and with fast pace. When I saw this in the book I was dumbstruck... I've never in my tennis life heard one coach saying that a counter puncher is a pusher. There are some counter punching baseliners in pros that I am thinking. One player I can think on top of my head would be Davydenko. Also in the book it said that Arantxa Sánchez Vicario is a counter puncher... I've always heard and thought that she was a retriever... I know you've written it in your first post but in my word and knowledge, "pushers" do not generate spin on their ball and it just floats rather than generating their own pace and cutting through the air like a "grinders" ball which has a lot of topspin, which is the same thing you said... Are counter punchers, pushers in your opinions? Am I wrong about this? I am getting a lot of stress going through everything with me on what is right and wrong... Thanks for reading the post and thanks again for all the future replies.


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BONSAIS, DWARFS ... Ted Kipping, a certified arborist for Tree Shapers, will talk to the De Anza Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society about bonsai and dwarf conifers at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17, at the Hillview Community Center, Room 12, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos. The public is welcome. Information: www.treeshapers.com
DESIGN HELP ... Annette DeStefano, owner of Operation Color - Creative Color and Interior Design, will teach a class called "Do It Yourself (With Help) Interior Design" from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Thursdays, April 18 to May 2, at Palo Alto High School, Room 1706, 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto. The class will deal with design basics, space planning, pitfalls and budgeting. Participants are invited to bring photos of design issues plus pictures of admired interiors. Cost is $53 plus a $10 materials fee payable to the instructor. Information: 650-329-3752 or www.paadultschool.org
LEGENDARY DESIGNER ... Hutton Wilkinson, president of Tony Duquette, Inc., will speak about the designer, whose clients included Lurline Roth (former owner of Filoli), Lady Elsie de Wolfe Mendl, the Duchess of Windsor and Dodie Rosenkrans, from 2 to 3 p.m. on Friday, April 19, at Filoli, 86 Cañada Road, Woodside. The presentation on Duquette, who was the first American artist to have a one-man show at the Louvre, will be followed by a book sale and signing, as well as a reception. Tickets are $30 for nonmembers, $25 for members. Information: 650-364-8300 or www.filoli.org
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text: hmmmm, with such a massive incident (destroying Vulcan) in the timeline, how come the temporal devision of Startrek didnt do something? hell, in the episode 'Relativity' (Voyager) the temporal guys were out to stop just one ship from being destroyed. ... hmmm got an idea for a script to put things right here


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Mad River Harley-Davidson rumbles the North Coast.
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NORWALK, Ohio – Mad River Harley-Davidson roars to Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio as a new sponsor with creative ideas for fun and sweet rides ready for the road.
"We're really excited," said Jessica Benfer, operations manager of Mad River Harley-Davidson, 5316 Milan Road, Sandusky, Ohio. "We looked into (sponsoring) last year, but we couldn't get it done before the season started. We think it's the perfect partnership because of the demographics of it. Customers who attend the races are the same as our customers."
Mike and Franscene Davis, owners of Mad River Harley-Davidson, also own Adventure Harley-Davidson, 1465 State Route 39 NW, Dover, Ohio, on the Web at adventureharley.com, and Rubber City Harley-Davidson, 1120 Main Street, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, on the Web at rubbercityharley.com.
Is there a Fat Boy in your future?
Mad River sells new and used motorcycles, Jessica Benfer said.
At the dealerships, certified Harley-Davidson technicians work on the motorcycles in state-of-the-art shops with all of the current tools, dyno and up-to-date information from Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Jessica Benfer said.
Also, a parts department deepens the service to customers, while in the store men, women and children find authentic Harley-Davidson clothing, gifts and motorcycle accessories.
Each store offers a unique page on Facebook.com, with mascots, photographs, contests and events.
For example, the Rubber City Facebook page posted a photo of a three wheeler pulling a camper. To view the photo click on the winning caption: Business in the front, party in the back.
Deuce, the mascot for Mad River Harley-Davidson, pops up in photos all over that Facebook page.
These Harley-Davidson stores keep the calendar moving with creative year-round activities. For example, they just finished a Hogs and Kisses benefit dinner for Valentine's Day.
Also, for coming events on madriverharley.com, and facebook.com/madriverhd:
• Register every Saturday, then be present at a drawing at 3 p.m. March 30, 2013 for a chance to win a customization package valued at either $1,000 or $500.
• Week two of a Custom Bike Build is 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 9, 2013 at Mad River Harley-Davidson.
• A sale on shirts and other Harley-Davidson licensed products is March 9, at Mad River.
• A Polar Bear Ride meets from 9 to 10:30 a.m. for registration and a pancake breakfast at Mad River. The ride leaves at 10:45 a.m.
• Lunch and Learn: Ready to Ride at noon on March 23 provides tips for basic maintenance checks to prepare for the season.
Mad River Harley-Davidson opened in May of 2010 and employs 40 of the 150 people among the three dealerships, Jessica Benfer said. An employee of one of the other dealerships thought up the name as a spin-off from the Mad River Railroad.
"It has history to it locally," Jessica Benfer said.
At Summit Motorsports Park, Mad River Harley-Davidson signs and public address announcements at each race will point racers and fans to the Sandusky dealership, Jessica Benfer said.
Also, Mad River Harley-Davidson plans to set up a merchandise tent at events such as the Auto Plus Night Under Fire and Wanda AkzoNobel Blue Suede Cruise, Jessica Benfer said.
For information, to schedule repairs, or to order your dream Harley-Davidson motorcycle, call Mad River at 419-502-2244.


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So it appears that it is not possible to update Navigator III maps, although I swear I have heard from some who have been able. I recently purchased an update from Garmin who just sent me this reply:
So it looks as though I am trapped in 2006!Thank you for contacting Garmin International.
I apologize that you're having this issue. In researching the device you have, this was a special order device and does not have an option to update maps. Because of this issue, I have started the process to refund the cost of the Lifetime maps that you purchased.
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EXCERPT: "The 1964 Trial of Jack Ruby had Everything, Except Dignity, Decorum and the Law."
"After having witnessed Jack Ruby kill Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John F. Kennedy, I was sent to cover surely the strangest court case ever." This is the first of three excerpts from the memoirs of the late, legendary Canadian journalist who died a year ago, available for the first time as an ebook.


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For three days, I had been in the middle of a mountain dragnet around Big Bear Lake, with one day off, and this was the fourth. I was tired of the snow, weary of the search, numb from the tedium of the hunt for the suspected cop killer.
So I headed home. Around noon, about 15 miles down the mountain near Arrowbear, I encountered dozens of local deputies and federal marshals near where Christopher Dorner's mother owns land.
Guns drawn, they slunk toward a small cabin. Ready for anything.
I thought: Hell, they've found Dorner. This is big.
Suddenly, they turned around and started running. Toward me. And toward their cars along Highway 330. They jumped in, fired up and started racing back up the mountain, sirens and lights blazing.
I followed close behind at speeds I don't care to mention.
About 20 miles past Big Bear Lake, the officers pulled over along Highway 38, within a quarter mile of the cabin where Dorner had apparently holed up.
It was a quarter mile from where the 33-year-old ex-cop had reportedly just exchanged gunfire with deputies, killing one and injuring another.
The police I'd followed leaped from their units, guns out.
They hurriedly set up a command post. Then hundreds of SWAT team officers, sheriff's deputies and police swooped in – and swung into action as one.
It reminded me of the enemy engagements I'd seen across Iraq during various tours with the U.S. Army.
And I was oneof two reporters Tuesday to witness the battle between an army of police and a man believed to be Dorner.
I heard a loud bang – either from tear gas or a flash-bang grenade. Then silence. Then I saw smoke drifting above the trees.
I had no clue whether the man in the cabin was alive or dead.
I hoped no one else had gotten hurt. The man inside the cabin may have killed four innocent people. And I hoped none of these other men, or women who were out here, were injured.
A half-hour later, four fire engines rolled up. Within an hour, the telltale smoke of the burning cabin was gone.
Then the detectives moved in to investigate.
And there was still no word if Dorner, subject of a weeklong manhunt, was dead.
If so, a happy ending this was not.
I don't think when anyone dies, it's a happy ending. But if he is dead, no one will ever die by his hands again.
In the end, I was greatly impressed by the cops. I knew there was tremendous sorrow. And tremendous anger, too.
I knew this whole battle – one that took the lives of four people and possibly a rogue ex-cop – was such a victory.
But only after such a terrible waste.


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Can anyone identify this spider? Spotted several of them around the window frames.....
Hi Christina,
This is a harmless Zygiella species, almost certainly Zygiella x-notata (AKA missing sector orb weaver). They do seem to specialise in "window living", I'm sure you will notice many more now that you are aware of them. They also typially make homes in/on other man-made structures, like climbing frames, unused bicycles, car wing mirrors...you name it really.
Regards, Mark.


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So this guy sails over to the New World, kills and enslaves some local populations, brings human beings back to Europe as curiosities, and also unleashes a whole series of nasty plagues that devastate the people of the American continents over the next several centuries…and we celebrate this event?
How about if we don't?
Here's a great suggestion: rededicate the day to exploration, and do it in the name of Neil Armstrong, someone who didn't initiate a wave of genocide and was by all accounts a decent human being. It serves two purposes: it stops enshrining a rather nasty event, and starts celebrating a noble purpose. Easy. It's such an obvious idea, I don't know why we haven't done it already.
Oh. It's got 90 signatures so far. It needs 25,000. That's why it hasn't happened yet.


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In an un-reality show locally, Sarasota and Manatee counties are both shelling out precious public resources with the hope of attracting Hollywood filmmakers. The attempt to lure major Hollywood productions, or even minor ones or commercials, to Sarasota or Manatee defies reality. But then, that is so much of movie-making — fiction.
What is it that draws local officials — and they are doing this across the nation — to making spectacles of themselves to try to land a movie production?
Do they get all star-crossed when a big-name movie star comes to town, and they get to meet him? Is it just the simple addiction to giving private companies public money to entice them to come or stay in Sarasota or Manatee counties?
Whatever it is, this push to lure movies and commercials is an unwise use of the public treasury.
Manatee is boasting about its new Manatee County Film Office, something for which County Commission Chairwoman Carol Whitmore pushed hard. The office is a division of the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Backers point out proudly that Manatee County is now on the most important Florida map that film producers use when seeking to make a movie in the state — the Governor's Office of Film & Entertainment website, www.FilminFlorida.com.
So when Steven Spielberg or James Cameron hop online to see where to shoot their next movie — boy, this is just hard to write — Manatee County will be right there, waiting to accept their click on the state office of film website. Well, not exactly. When Spielberg and Cameron click the location resources link, and then the Florida Film Commission's link, and then scroll down the list, they'll find 49 other wide-eyed communities in Florida.
Seriously, if Manatee gets a Fruit Loops commercial out of this, it will be amazing.
Sarasota has been even more gaga.
It already has a film office, created a $250,000 film incentive fund in September 2010, gave $1.75 million to Ringling College to create a post-production ability to lure Hollywood filmmakers and gave startup Sanborn Studios a $650,000 startup grant.
Both counties can draw on some state incentives as well.
Not surprisingly, so far not much has come from these efforts, other than Ringling's increasing stature.
Interestingly, the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities and the Tax Foundation — one a liberal think tank and the other a conservative — have studied the issue and found that state and local subsidies for film companies are expensive and provide only small benefits, and those only temporarily.
The entire game of incentives for private companies is a losing sham for taxpayers. It always results in redistributing some tax money to private interests, who clearly are planning an expansion anyway, to get them in a specific city or state. But it does not expand the pie any, such as an overall friendly business climate would.
This is clear in the luring-Hollywood fad. Nationally, movie-making would be the classic zero-sum game. The pie cannot be enlarged with giveaways, just re-divided. And apparently not much of that.
And while every community wants a diverse economy — and every community wants clean, high-paying tech jobs — we cannot have everything. It would be wiser and more prudent to play to our existing strengths, to make the most of what we have — beaches, tourism and, yes, growth.
But it would also behoove us to be the most attractive place for business, which means competitively low taxes and regulations and a solid workforce and infrastructure system. By getting carried away with Hollywood glitz and targeted incentives, we miss the big picture — and opportunity.
In an un-reality show locally, Sarasota and Manatee counties are both shelling out precious public resources with the hope of attracting Hollywood filmmakers. The attempt to lure major Hollywood productions, or even minor ones or commercials, to Sarasota or Manatee defies reality. But then, that is so much of movie-making — fiction.


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Fundraisers put on their wellies and braved the rain to show their support for the Sam's Wish to Walk appeal.
Upper Hopton Community Association organised the walk which followed 2.5 mile and five mile routes around the Hopton countryside.
Association Rodger Leedham said Sunday's event had gone very well.
"We raised £502, even though there was a lot of rain!" he said.
Among those taking part were schoolboy Sam Bottomley and parents, Karen and Stephen.
Money raised by the appeal will allow Sam to receive treatment that will eventually allow him to walk independently without the use of a metal walker.
A host of events have been held in aid of the appeal since January, including a fashion show at Hopton Primary School.
Businesses have also been showing their support, with the The Dusty Pub in Mirfield raising £760 with an Italian themed evening.


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Islam Analysis: Nations must highlight ICT achievements
A UN report's failure to showcase software successes among Islamic nations shows the need for greater self-promotion, argues Athar Osama.
A report on the software industry and developing countries by the UN agency that promotes the economic development of low-income nations brings together a wealth of information on and insight about a sector that has created islands of riches and propelled the development of countries such as India, Ireland and Israel.
- UN report fails to showcase examples of ICT success from across the Islamic World
- Islamic nations need to do more to promote the strength of their software sectors
- Otherwise they run the risk of losing out on market growth, hindering their development
But the 'Information Economy Report 2012', published by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) last month (28 November), also has some major omissions.
From the perspective of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member countries, one major oversight is the limited mention of several well-established success stories and emerging players in the software/information and communications technology (ICT) sector within the Islamic world.
Countries such as Egypt, Jordan, Malaysia and Pakistan are doing particularly well. Despite remaining challenges, they compete internationally and deliver jobs and prosperity in their ICT sectors. But the report provides no analytically rigorous justification for why it chose to focus on certain countries over others.
Software success stories
Take Egypt's ICT industry for instance. Both public and private sector ICT industry planners have long sought to position the country as a low-cost destination for Europe [1, 2], just as India has done for the United States.
In doing so, Egypt has built upon its multilingual foreign-educated population and proximity to Europe. In 2011, Egypt was ranked by consultancy A. T. Kearney as the world's fourth best destination for providing outsourcing activities, having come 12th in 2008 and sixth in 2009. [3] However, as a result of the country's uprising, the situation might change.
The Smart Village office development in Cairo was home to 35,000 software professionals in 2010 and is expected to have 100,000 by 2014. [4, 5, 6]
The Maadi Contact Center Park, also in Cairo, is designed to host 50,000 call centre workers. Prior to the Arab Spring that began two years ago, Egyptian software exports were projected to hit US$2 billion in 2013 and US$10 billion by 2020. [7] These totals may have to be revised upwards.
Malaysia offers another interesting example of an ICT industry that may be domestically focused but also delivers significant export revenues. This nation is among the best connected in the Islamic World [8, 9]. Its ambitious Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) Project was launched in 1994 to try to create an information technology cluster based around Cyberjaya, a cybercity near Kuala Lumpur.
As a reflection of its deep integration and penetration in domestic life, ICT contributed about 9.8 per cent to Malaysian GDP in 2009 [10]. Malaysian companies also exported US$2.3 billion-worth of software and related services in 2009 [11].
Other countries such as Iran, Jordan, Pakistan and Turkey may not be far behind in gaining significant benefits from the sector.
The role of government
The report also pays considerable attention to governments' roles as drivers of the software industry in developing countries. It introduces the model of a 'national software system' that puts government at the centre of software competitiveness.
While governments can be important players, and enlightened governments can certainly help, the above argument undermines the idea that it is the private sector — particularly small and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurial firms — that drives real competitiveness.
It is often said that the biggest thing the Indian government did for its country's software success was simply to get out of the way. While this is a caricature, it does capture the essence of the challenge in the developing world, where governments often fail to deliver.
Missed opportunities
While the report also highlights the importance to development of creating software industries and emphasises the need for a mix of domestic consumption and exports, it does not address deep and ingrained cultural, psychological and policy biases against domestic software production and consumption in many countries around the world. In a number of nations, including Pakistan, tax incentives are focused on software exports, thus discouraging companies from producing software for domestic use.
On the whole, the report presents some interesting ideas and raises some crucial questions. But it falls short of addressing the deeper issues and challenges — many of them widely prevalent in the Islamic World — that undermine the true potential of software industries in OIC member countries.
Software export success is a tricky business that depends on perception as well as reality. So the report's failure to highlight OIC countries with well-established and emerging software industry capabilities will hinder efforts to alter out-of-date perceptions and enhance their export competitiveness.
This article has been produced by SciDev.Net's Middle East & North Africa desk.
Link to the report [3.56MB]
Athar Osama is a science and innovation policy consultant and advisor. He is the CEO of Technomics International Ltd, a UK-based international technology policy consulting firm, and founder of Muslim-Science.com and the Pakistan Innovation Foundation.
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[1] Bright Creations (2011)
[2] Why Outsource to Egypt? (Information Technology Industry Development Agency, 2010)
[3] Offshoring Opportunities Amid Economic Turbulence (The A.T. Kearney Global Services Location Index, 2011)
[4] Smart Villages Egypt (2012)
[5] ElKady, Yasser. Benefits of outsourcing in Egypt (Information Technology Industry Development Agency, 2012)
[6] Why Egypt? On Location (Information Technology Industry Development Agency, 2010)
[7] The Report: Emerging Egypt 2008 [646kB] (Oxford Business Group, 2008)
[8] The Networked Readiness Index 2012 [49kB] (World Economic Forum, 2012)
[9] DHL Global Connectedness Index 2012 (DHL, 2012)
[10] Malaysian Science & Technology Indicators 2010 (Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia, 2010)
[11] MSC Malaysia Industry Report 2009 [5.5MB](Multimedia Development Corporation, 2010)


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Town Square
Keep Hope Alive: Response to "We all Woke Up With Hope"
Original post made by Candyce Roberts, Vineyard Avenue, on Jan 23, 2009
Comments (15)
a resident of Livermore
on Jan 23, 2009 at 2:39 pm
I think this actually may be part of his health care plan. To prevent them from entering government health care roles. It's probably a part of his immigration policy too.
This really is not that surprising. The information was out there that as an Illinois senator he was against the banning of late term partial birth abortions.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Jan 23, 2009 at 5:14 pm
C'mon people. Obama is a politician...can you people really take what he said during the campaign seriously? Well, wake up and smell the coffee. He'd say anything to win the election. When things [or people] seem too good to be true...
a resident of Vintage Hills Elementary School
on Jan 23, 2009 at 9:42 pm
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I, for one, did not "wake up with hope."
"We" are not all united.
a resident of Del Prado
on Jan 25, 2009 at 11:28 pm
I also, did not wake up with Hope.
I woke up with 'Hang on to your wallet!'
a resident of Country Fair
on Jan 26, 2009 at 9:47 am
I, too, did not wake up with hope on inauguration day. Instead, I felt like we had gone back 40 years to the peace and love hippie days of the 1960's. Those principles are not going to keep our country safe or re-invigorate our faltering economy. But then those who voted for President Obama, and seem to think he is the Messiah, blindly believe he will just 'take care of it' for us. Like closing Guantanamo Bay and releasing criminal terrorists back to their homeland so they can attack us again. This is change we can believe in - peace and love abounds! With leaders like this, along with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, all drinking out of the same Kool-Aid barrel, we should be very afraid of the future.
a resident of another community
on Jan 26, 2009 at 11:02 am
It certainly should be no surprise to anyone that Obama would take action to expand the pro-abortion cause. He has few principles of his own and is beholden to the liberal left that controls the national media. So many people in this country were so disenchanted with George Bush that they failed to investigate what Obama really stands for.
a resident of Livermore
on Jan 26, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Obama snubs vets, skips Heroes inaugural ball
Web Link
I think we can also tell where he stands on the military. The first president in 56 years to skip the ball that honors veterans and had 48 Medal of Honor winners in attendance. If you've ever read any of their stories you'd know these are the real heroes.
I guess kanye, snoop-dog or ludacris weren't going so there was no reason to display any unity or hope. But this could be considered CHANGE.
a resident of Mission Park
on Jan 26, 2009 at 12:48 pm
This thread has hyperbole run amok all over it!
It's about sex education, not abortion! Were you even aware that one of Bush's policies was to use our tax dollars to make other desperately overpopulated/starving countries teach abstinence only education? We also used that money to force them to use their own funds to support abstinence only education. That is so wrong on so many levels. Countries that should be teaching their people to not get pregnant in the first place in order to avoid abortion all together. That's merely an exercise in backwards thinking. It's a fact that during Republican administrations that abortion numbers do go up because of those unrealistic ideas that people will abstain just because they're taught to. Geez, look at Sarah Palin's daughter if you want an example. I know Sarah is hero to all the anti-choicers around and she couldn't even get her own daughter to abstain from sex. Now had she known how to use a condom or the pill, she might not be a new mom at age 18.
So, Candyce, what are you doing about all the starving people in our country and other countries? As more people get laid off and become homeless (me included), what are you doing about that? I'm really interested to know since you seem to think Obama's got his priorities screwed up. I think he's doing a great job so far undoing all of Bush's backwards thinking policies that negativity affect a lot of people. Including those that amount to Bush turning our country from "we the people" into the pseudo-theocracy the rest of have had to endure for the past eight years.
After all of the babies, children and pregnant woman killed and maimed in Iraq and Afghanistan, your words ring completely hollow about abortion. All you can think about is killing more people in the name of your freedom, which by the way, Iraq was not threatening to take away, nor were they the ones who attacked us on 9-11 (you must watch to Fox news). If you really think that those foreign civilian losses of life are any less important than unborn American babies, you really are one sick person! How disgusting! I'm appalled that ANYONE would say that out loud, let alone write it on the internet where it will never disappear. Let me guess, you are a churchgoer too. Do you think God thinks that those unborn American babies are more important than all those civilians killed in the name of freedom?
Obama believes in freedom of choice, which is not being pro abortion. No one is pro abortion. If you don't want one, don't have one. It's really that simple. You cannot tell me or my daughters or anyone else if they can or not. I know that makes you crazy, to not have total control over everyone else, but that's the way it is. Get over your hysteria already.
a resident of Ruby Hill
on Jan 26, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Nauseating. Your paper and this particular article are so biased toward "socialism." Those from Pleasanton who attended the "Messiah's" inauguration are absolute "lemmings."
When Ronald Reagan began his first term, he inherited a much worse economy and jobless rate -- thanks to the hapless Carter administration. Reagan turned the economy and unemployment rate around very quickly...on policies that are the exact opposite of what Obama is proposing and implementing. Obama is an avowed socialist and socialism simply does not work to build economies and produce jobs.
Wake up you socialists at the City of Pleasanton!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jan 26, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Janna maybe you should first read The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b(f)(1)), Then tell us again this is not about abortion.
a resident of San Ramon
on Jan 26, 2009 at 8:54 pm
I woke up nauseated and truly afraid for our great country. To have this lying fraudulent narcissistic liberal leading us down the road to ruin with the democratic congress as his accompaniment is worse than any horror movie. This is the liberalism of the 60s and 70s coming back to bite us in the worst possible ways.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jan 27, 2009 at 9:26 am
I am very pleased to read this thread that there is intelligent life out there. If you just relied on the media you would think the entire world was pleased with our Messiah. Thank you for affirming my belief that there are some like minded folks who can see the writing on the wall. My son, a US Marine, is getting ready to be deployed to Afganistan and I pray for all our military. Least the terrorits who will no longer be interrogated and set free from prisions to kill more Americans. They just want us dead at any cost. I do wish Obama well, because our lives depend on it.
a resident of Vineyard Avenue
on Jan 27, 2009 at 10:25 am
Janna might be interested in the website and organization...Feminists For Life...(she sounds like a feminist). She can watch the video of a woman who was a member of NARAL and Planned Parenthood until she had to take stats on the number of abortions each woman had in a year. One, two, three, four abortions a year per woman. She realized she had swallowed the lie that "abortion is so horrible and undesirable that no one would have more than one" She had even had an abortion herself for convenience sake (her words). She changed her mind about abortion when she looked truth in the eyes. I also see that Janna makes the mistake of reading my comments about using tax dollars for abortion "ABROAD" as Abortion in America. I realize abortion is legal in this country. Abortion kills an unborn child anywhere. But It is an entirely different story to export abortion by using my tax dollars. Why in the world does America have to promote abortion in Africa or China? Hearts need to change inn order to embrace life. Anger on either side gets us nowhere. But we can and should voice our objection to the use of tax dollars for abortion abroad. I will be walking door to door and setting up a booth downtown to collect as many "babyhope' postcards as I can to send to Mr. Obama on February 14th. We can make a difference...YES WE CAN.
a resident of Downtown
on Jan 30, 2009 at 11:02 pm
I guess I should not have been surprised - no soon was President Obama inaugurated than the right-wing started in on ABORTION! and SOCIALISM! It only took a couple of days.
A significant, and growing, number of Americans are pro-choice. The influence of the religious right is waning, and the recent election reflected that at both the presidential and congressional levels. Time to get over it.
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Intelletes Battle for Science Olympiad Title
By Thomas Guengerich
SOCORRO, N.M., Feb. 11, 2009 – More than 750 student "intelletes" representing 25 middle schools and 24 high schools from every corner the state will test their scientific knowledge — as well as their motor skills — in 46 spirited academic contests at the 23rd Annual New Mexico Science Olympiad, which will be Saturday, Feb. 21, on the New Mexico Tech campus.
Science Olympians bring their dreams of winning gold, silver and bronze as they fly model planes, build bridges and robots, examine fossils and decipher DNA in a quest for Olympic-style medals.
Tony Ortiz, the state director of the Science Olympiad, said the 2009 event promises to be a challenging and intense day for the competitors and their coaches.
"The Science Olympiad brings together the brightest youngsters in the state for a unique event," Ortiz said. "It's an academic event, but it's still a competition. These kids will feel the pressure to perform their best. It's like a Battle of the Brains."
Albuquerque Academy is the six-time defending champion in the high school division, and also won the middle school last year.
Socorro High School was the last school to beat Academy, taking the state title in 2001 and 2002. The home team, along with perennially strong teams La Cueva, Sandia, Roswell and Albuquerque Home Schoolers, will try to dethrone the powerful champions.
"Everyone will be trying to knock off the champs," Ortiz said. "Science Olympiad is a good natured competition and all the students show great sportsmanship. But everyone is still trying to knock off Academy. They come to New Mexico Tech expecting to win and everyone else is trying to knock them off."
The winning teams in both the middle school and high school levels will represent New Mexico at the 2009 National Science Olympiad in May in Augusta, Ga.
Each team can have up to 15 members, with two "intelletes" competing in most competitions. The winning team earns 20 points; second-place earns 19 and the 20th place team gets 1 point. The team with the most points takes home the state title and a trip to the national competition.
Ortiz said the event allows academically gifted students to excel, earn recognition and explore different potential career paths.
"This event promises to be a full day of fun and excitement for these students," he said. "These competitors are the brightest young people in New Mexico. They're here to compete and win, but we'll make sure they enjoy themselves too."
All the competitors are invited to a special dinner and reception on Friday night at the new Fidel Building. They'll then be treated to the movie Contact (partially filmed near Socorro), billiards and video games. After the event Saturday, the students are invited to an awards assembly.
New Mexico Tech professors and students serve as event coordinators and help inspire students to pursue their education and careers in science, engineering and technology.
"Our faculty can relate to these students and these events," Ortiz said. "Science Olympiad prepares students by teaching them how to work in teams, which is an important skill for college and beyond."
Science Olympiad is a nationwide program that uses tournament competition as a means to challenge and motivate science students in their academic pursuits. The competition requires teamwork, cooperation, planning, and months of practice, providing students with a working knowledge of facts, concepts, and processes, as well as helping them develop thinking skills through practical applications of science and engineering.
The schools competing at the State Science Olympiad at New Mexico Tech:
Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque
Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers, Albuquerque
Cibola High School, Albuquerque
La Cueva High School, Albuquerque
Sandia High School, Albuquerque
West Mesa High School, Albuquerque
Laguna Acoma High School, Casa Blanca
Clayton High School, Clayton
Cloudcroft High School, Cloudcroft
Deming High School, Deming
Farmington High School, Farmington
Piedra Vista High School, Farmington
Hatch Valley High School, Hatch
Hobbs High School, Hobbs
Los Lunas High School, Los Lunas
Lovington High School, Lovington
United World College USA, Montezuma
Mountainair High School, Mountainair
Rio Rancho High School, Rio Rancho
Gateway Christian School, Roswell
New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell
Ruidoso High School, Ruidoso
Socorro High School, Socorro
Hot Springs High School, T or C
Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers, Albuquerque
Annunciation Middle School, Albuquerque
Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque
Hoover Middle School, Albuquerque
Madison Middle School, Albuquerque
Wilson Middle School, Albuquerque
Roswell Homeschoolers, Artesia
CC Snell Middle School, Bayard
Cloudcroft Middle School, Cloudcroft
Red Mountain Middle School, Deming
Mesa View Middle School, Farmington
Hatch Valley Middle School, Hatch
Highland Junior High School, Hobbs
Kirtland Middle School, Kirtland
Los Lunas Middle School, Los Lunas
Cottonwood Classical Prep. School, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
Lovington-Sixth Grade Academy, Lovington
Taylor Middle School, Lovington
Mountainair Middle School, Mountainair
Sidney Gutierrez Middle School, Roswell
Capshaw Middle School, Santa Fe
La Plata Middle School, Silver City
Cottonwood Valley Charter School, Socorro
Sarracino Middle School, Socorro
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In Traverse City, Michigan, there's been a bit of a kerfluffle over a Veterans Day choir concert at a local church. As mlive.com reports:
[Pastor] David Walls decided to "censor" the concert three weeks ago over the objections of the church's choir director.
Walls told the paper that the prayer was rejected because the church did not want to offend their congregation and military veterans they planned to honor that day…
Walls told the paper the prayer was "in Arabic, addressed to Allah, with references to Muhammad for an event that was intended to honor veterans." The prayer was to be led by an Islamic leader from Grand Rapids.
The decision reportedly offended a Traverse City West Senior High student of Muslim faith who was in the choir. On the flip side, an NMC college trustee, Doug Bishop, told the paper he would have been offended at having to observe the prayer.
Somebody should lock Jehovah and Allah in a room to duke it out between themselves so the rest of us can have some peace.


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Discussion in 'Science Fiction & Fantasy' started by Ian Keldon, Nov 24, 2012.
That wasn't "rage". That was annoyance.
You have an interesting measuring stick then. Carry on.
I would have no interest in the version of the movie described in the post at the end of the last page. Personally, I'd rather get a male lead who Diana is equal too. Someone who gets in on the action, and plays an active role in the plot, but doesn't necessarily steal the spotlight away from her.
That sounds so dirty, like half time feedback during coitus.
Or simply not targeting the film at viewers like Gaith. If box office numbers should have taught us anything by now it's that you can make a profitable film involving wish fulfilment fantasties that cater to women.
I don't think the audience who can't find believable women who are heroic is one to be over concerned with.
Rednecks, the super religious and assholes.
That's %70 of the people who go to movies who think that women should make dinner in the bedroom.
The only way that (non kiddy cgi) movies other than the Fast and the Furious make money is when fetish filmhead fanatics by the thousands, see the same movie at least 10 times over at full price.
Not to generalize, or anything...
Jean Claude Van Damn shouldn't have been allowed to make movies.
I know I'm not normal because I don't stress over American Idol ballots.
What is NASScar?
Generalities are what decide media popularity by backing up (or not backing up) their opinion with dollars.
Who is the most powerful demographic in America if it isn't assholes?
I wonder if there's some way to incorporate that into the film. Perhaps Circe attacks Wonder Woman while she's sitting in bed, eating a sandwich, and watching TV?
I know there's been a lot of back-and-forth in this thread, but I've said several times I'd be perfectly happy to see a WW movie if they reviews were good enough; I just agree with Guy that it could be a tougher sell for others.
Only because most people suck.
And most of the people who don't suck are tired from work, raising children or both to bother going to the movies.
In a perfect world, this would be an easy project to sell.
Avengers made a billion dollars in how many weeks?
So all my theories are out of whack.
I took my ten year old niece and 11 year old nephew, so that taps the children's market.
Which means the parents found a way to make their kids shut up for three hours.
Worth it's weight in gold.
I had to leave the theatre at the one hour mark because they were thirsty, and then I had to take one of them to the toilet at the two hour mark, which means that I needed to see the damn thing again myself with out the four foot company who stole 16 minutes from me.
In what imaginable world is Wonder Woman simultaneously child-friendly and adult-friendly?
It's really hard to find the fulcrum between these two with a rampaging politician murderer in a bikini crowing about girl power.
True, reality really doesn't have any vulnerability to our wishes or plans.
Bugs Bunny did it for years.
Only if they end up rolling around the bed in babydolls.
That scene would be all the advertising the movie would need.
I don't think a Wonder Woman movie needs to take into consideration audiences which cannot identify with her because she's a woman. You may still see it because you hear it's good, and you may be won over by it, but it shouldn't - and I don't think it would need to - court viewers who feel that way.
But that would be terrible advertising for children and (straight) women.
Bruce Timm's team did a damn fine job of it.
A fan-made WW trailer - technically polished, yet generically "gritty" and pretty well devoid of wit:
... Yeeeeaaahhh. Doesn't exactly make my inner studio exec start writing a $100m check...
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Purchased ZA Security Suite ver 9.3.037.000.
Installed on 2/19 on Lenovo SL510, Lenovo T510 and HP G62, all Win 7 64 bit.
(All 3 are new laptops)
Have been a ZA customer for many years now and have not run into an issue that couldn't be resolved - until now.
The HP system possesses the HP Support Assistant software.
Everything worked fine until ZA was installed.
Have been researching the net for hours and the only info found thus far = this issue seems to exist for HP owners that have installed ZA (free or purchased versions) & when they uninstall ZA, the HP Support Assistant goes back to working properly again.
Has anyone at ZA developed a patch for this issue yet? or - does anyone know how/where to configure ZA so that the HP_Utils.exe program can run?


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