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Leaving Room for Data to ArriveBy Steven Vonder Haar | Posted 2002-06-17 Print
Storage area networks (SANs) grew quickly over the last few years but the downturn in Fortune 500 spending is forcing SAN vendors to look to smaller companies for growth.
Four years ago, Jim Wicker had a computing mess on his hands. An acquisition binge by his company, Dynamexa Dallas-based provider of same-day delivery serviceshad left Wicker managing an information network with 38 different computing systems, 12 operating platforms and six accounting applications.
Wicker and his team embarked on a step-by-step program to consolidate servers and simplify data-center operations. Within two years, they had decided to deploy a $600,000 storage area network.
Still a relatively novel concept at the time, a storage area network (SAN) is a high-speed network that links storage systems and servers, using switches to route requested data where it is needed.
"The SAN gives us the ability to manage our storage pool intelligently," says Wicker, vice president of information services for the company, which processes more than 40,000 on-demand transactions a day via its computer network. "The real value it has created for us is in reduced cost of ownership." He says the company now manages its computing infrastructure with 18 workersdown from 52 when the infrastructure was at its most complex. Only one of those employees oversees the company's half-terabyte of data.
The very fact that a SAN is in use at Dynamexa company with $240 million in annual salesraises the possibility that acceptance of the SAN may be widening. To date at least, SANs have been used primarily by Fortune 500 companies, which have the resources to deal with the evolving technology and with inter-vendor compatibility problems that remain an issue. But as Fortune 500 technology purchasing has fallen off, SAN vendors have been forced to broaden their target market. For vendors like EMC, Storage Technology, and Hitachi (profiled on pp. 77, 78 and 80 respectively), midsized companies like Dynamex represent an emerging opportunity.
SAN equipment has grown rapidly in the last few years and now constitutes a $5 billion-$7 billion market. In addition to Hitachi, EMC and Storage Technology, the hardware equipment makers also include IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun and Dell. Then there are specialized network equipment companies like Brocade and Nishan and software makers like Veritas, Qlogic and BMC.
These companies would not have a market if SANs hadn't proven to be a demonstrably good investment. But they have, especially for the big organizations that have historically deployed them.
Take BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee. A year after spending $100,000 on SAN equipment to manage a 50-terabyte data warehouse, the insurer claims its investment has already saved it $1.5 million. Part of the savings has come from trimming the number of workers devoted full time to storage management: just one worker now, compared to two previously.
The bigger savings comes from the ability the Chattanooga insurer now has, to manage network resources more intelligently. Information gathered by the SAN is used to identify which pieces of the network are being used most, making it easier to spend money only on systems that need upgrading, says Bob Venable, director of enterprise storage.
In one case, he says, an administrator of a Windows NT-based database at the company had assumed his application was running near its maximum capacity. Management and tracking tools that came with the SAN, however, made it clear the application was using only 25% of its potential resources.
"Without the SAN, we may have gone ahead and purchased another disc-server platform for that application," Venable says. "Now, that administrator has a feeling of confidence that he still has the room to grow by a factor of four."
Indeed, the metrics of SAN deployment are often so clear that many companies don't make the investment unless they can pinpoint not only what the payback will be but when it will happen. Carlson Companies Inc. is one such company; the $30 billion owner of such properties as Radisson Hotels and T.G.I. Friday's makes deployment of its SANs contingent on savings that can be identified up front.
Carlson is investing more than $1.5 million in SAN equipment and associated switching infrastructure supplied by Hewlett-Packard and Nishan. Gary Johnson, architectural consultant with Carlson Shared Services, says the SAN will allow Carlson to consolidate five servers housing 10 terabytes of data into a single larger server. Johnson says the savings on maintenance costs alone will produce a payback in less than three years.
For all their benefits, though, the adoption of SANs is now being slowed by technological uncertainty. SANs are based on Fibre Channel, a networking technology that is extremely fast but that is also expensive, and which vendors implement in noncompatible ways. Those problems have opened the door to an alternative called iSCSI, which can transport data at Fibre Channel-like speeds, but do so across a standardized TCP/IP network. With the deeper pool of experienced TCP/IP talent that exists, some enterprise buyers may be content to wait until 2003 or 2004 and deploy an iSCSI system as questions over iSCSI standards, interoperability and reliability get addressed. (For a primer on storage architectures, see Baseline, January/February 2002, or find the article online at www.baselinemag.com.)
Back at Dynamex, Wicker has no doubt of the value the SAN delivers for his company. Not only has the system reduced the cost of ownership associated with maintaining the company's data systems, it also has laid the groundwork for future data management initiatives. Next on the list is the development of a mirrored storage capability in which the SAN will be used to produce a complete copy of all of the corporation's data that is stored separately from the databases used in the company's day-to-day operations.
"The reason we can cost-justify this is that it provides tangible cost savings," Wicker says. "But it's nice to have that security blanket there, too."
IBM technical paper on SANs
IBM's storage-area-network "redbook"one of many technical manuals produced by the company's support organizationoffers a detailed overview of SANs and the advantages of implementing them. Only downside is its inherent bias toward IBM.
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While New Mexico remains at the top of the list of states with the most severe drought conditions in the nation, recent rain showers have been a welcome relief to many areas, including water-thirsty southeastern New Mexico.
But as growers begin their fourth cutting of alfalfa in parts of the hay-rich region, a New Mexico State University research center entomologist is warning producers to be on the watch for what could be an outbreak of variegated cutworms in and around Eddy County, a concern prompted by a similar outbreak of cutworms three years ago that wiped out much of the alfalfa crop south of Carlsbad.
"I don't want to sound the alarm because early reports of cutworms may not develop into a major problem as it did a few years back. But we are getting reports of cutworms in some fields, and since the rains last week, conditions are similar to what they were when we had the major outbreak a few years back," said Dr. Jane Pierce, entomologist at the New Mexico State University Agricultural Science Center in Artesia.
Pierce has worked the southeast region of New Mexico over the last 17 years and says this is only the second time she has seen significant numbers of cutworms during the heat of summer.
"Generally this time of year the heat and low humidity takes care of the problem for us. But like the last and only time I am aware of a cutworm problem in July was when rains, humidity and cooler temperatures were providing an opportunity for eggs to hatch, and that could be the case again this year if those weather conditions were to continue," she warned.
Pierce says late last week nearly a dozen cutworms were collected per night in pheromone traps at the research center's farm and were reported in other fields as well.
"Now is the time to survey alfalfa fields. If caught early enough they can be treated, but if unattended they can quickly do a great deal of damage," she said.
NMSU extension agronomist Mark Marsalis agrees.
"If you are scouting your fields and are finding two to three larvae per square foot you have reached the threshold of justifying treatment versus potential losses," Marsalis warns. "It is estimated that a single larvae can cause about a 2 percent loss on an acre of good alfalfa, so when you hit that threshold it's time to begin treatment."
High quality alfalfa remains in demand in southeastern parts of the state where there are a large number of dairy operations. Prices still hover around $275 a ton in and around Eddy County, where cutworms have been discovered in recent days.
"So at two to three larvae per square foot, growers are looking at over $10 per acre impact, so damages can add up quickly if the problem is not treated," Marsalis added.
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Alfalfa is New Mexico's leading agricultural crop and is recognized far and wide for its high quality. It also is credited with fueling the state's respected dairy industry. In a USDA report (2007) New Mexico was ranked sixth in the nation for dairy product production, seventh in milk production, and eighth in cheese production. These rankings were driven by consistent and strong production of alfalfa crops. While the state is known for its successful onion and chili pepper crops, alfalfa remains at the top of the list most years in both production tonnage and revenue.
Marsalis says alfalfa is generally New Mexico's largest cash crop sharing the spotlight only with the state's highly successful pecan crop.
"Most years alfalfa remains king of New Mexico's crop production, but it does compete with commercial pecan operations in the southeastern region of the state," he said.
History of Alfalfa in New Mexico
Introduced first by the Spanish in the 1500s, alfalfa has long played an important role in New Mexico's agriculture industry. By 1967, alfalfa had become the most important cash crop in the state and accelerated in value to a peak of nearly $150 million in 1984.
Agricultural statistics showed that by 1920 there were 128,000 acres of alfalfa in New Mexico. Acreage then declined to 80,000 in 1935 and, thereafter, increased to a maximum of 270,000 acres in 1981. Total production ranged from a low of approximately 200,000 tons in 1935 to a high of 1.33 million tons in 1984.
In 1996, New Mexico farmers produced nearly 1.38 million tons of alfalfa on 255,000 acres. The average alfalfa hay yield for the state in 1996 was 5.40 tons per acre compared to 4.30 tons in 1980 (New Mexico Agricultural Statistics). Using a season average price of $126.00 per ton, the value of the 1996 New Mexico alfalfa crop was approximately $173.5 million.
Last year (2012), USDA reports 285,000 acres of all hay varieties (200,000 of alfalfa) was produced yielding 4.75 tons per acre (5.5 tons per acre for alfalfa). In all, 1.355 million tons of hay was produced of which 1.1 million tons were alfalfa varieties.
Because of irrigation and climate, New Mexico generally produces between three to eight cuttings of alfalfa, with six cuttings generally accepted as the best to produce high quality alfalfa for dairy use. Currently in the southeast region growers are cutting their third alfalfa crop and in Eddy County a few are reporting they have started their fourth cutting of the year.
Pest management program
Over 30 percent of New Mexico's alfalfa is exported to out-of-state buyers. New Mexico producers consistently monitor insects including the blister beetle. With New Mexico State University's (NMSU) outstanding pest management program, coupled with effective, environmentally safe controls, producers continue to reduce unwanted insect population in New Mexico alfalfa.
Through the work of NMSU and its extension service, ongoing research into alfalfa has produced outstanding varieties and methods of production that under the right conditions can and does provide an excellent and nationally recognized hay crop.
Most years, free from the constant worry of unkindly rain, hay producers can control irrigation, cutting and baling to meet the exact specification for premium hay. The relatively low humidity is ideal for perfect curing of windrowed hay, with an absolute minimum of quality and nutrient loss.
In addition, part of the essence of New Mexico's hay quality is that most hay is baled at night – a technique not as common in less arid regions of the country. When the humidity begins to rise during the night, New Mexico farmers spend countless night-time hours monitoring the humidity and making many moonlit trips to check fields, waiting for the perfect baling conditions.
Doña Ana County ranked second in cash receipts, with crop production (first in the state) representing 49.9 percent of its total. Several eastern counties—Chaves, Roosevelt, Union, Lea, and Eddy—followed Curry and Doña Ana counties in cash receipts.
Cutworm scouting is best defense
Pierce and Marsalis agree that scouting fields is necessary to control losses caused by cutworms. They recommend scouting in the early morning or late evening. During warmer periods of the day cutworms generally can only be found in the soil, often at depths of an inch or more.
"It's also wise to control weeds along the border of alfalfa fields and anywhere in near proximity. Often eggs will hatch and larvae will survive in weeded areas, so maintaining a weed free environment near forage crops can help control potential damage caused by harmful cutworm populations," Pierce said.
Pierce also recommends staggering hay cuttings.
"We have discovered that fresh cut alfalfa fields can have both a positive and negative impact on cutworm populations. On one hand, cut fields allow the soil to heat up and this helps reduce the number of eggs that hatch. But it also causes the loss of beneficial predatory insects that feed on small larvae, so staggering your cuttings from field to field may prove to be an effective counter measure," she added.
Typically, female moths lay hundreds of eggs, often in small clusters. They deposit them on low-growing plants such as weeds. Migrating moths lay eggs on the soil as well and the larvae hatch to feed on various types of plants. Young larvae feed on the foliage or small roots of weeds and crops until they reach about a half-inch in length.
"When scouting for cutworm in fields the smaller larvae are of the most concern. These small larvae are not only treatable, but once they reach a certain growth stage, nature is going to take care of the problem for us. Damage is caused primarily from the smaller larvae and this is where we need to concentrate our control," Marsalis advises.
In addition to treating fields, another positive strategy is to make certain not to add to the problem by sustaining conditions that contribute to more eggs hatching. For example, growers should avoid irrigating alfalfa fields soon after beneficial rains have fallen. By keeping the soil moist and cool, conditions are better for cutworm development.
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Struggling J.C. Penney swung to a dramatic loss in the fourth quarter, a dismal period that will do little to raise hopes about new CEO Ron Johnson's turnaround.
J.C. Penney lost $552 million, $2.51 a share, after earning $291.4 million, $1.28 a share, a year earlier. Excluding one-time items, J.C. Penney lost $427 million, $1.95 a share. Analysts had predicted J.C. Penney to lose 28 cents.
Revenue declined by 28.4% to $3.8 billion. Comparable store-sales fell by 31.7%, one of the clearest signals in today's report clear that customers are continuing to abandon the 110-year-old department store.
Shares of J.C. Penney fell 15% in after-hours trading.
Investors hoped for any sign that J.C. Penney's turnaround is starting to take hold. Already, new CEO Ron Johnson has reversed some strategies: bringing back sales, coupons and clearance racks. He's said 2013 will be the make-it-or-break-it year for the company. "This is the year that the new JCP takes shape," Johnson said today. (He prefers calling the company JCP, not J.C. Penney.)
Johnson wants to completely renovate and transform the stores. The new, fresh set-up is focused around a center hang-out spot and individual branded boutiques. The rapid changes, which did not follow extensive tests, alienated J.C. Penney's core customer base, and Johnson's plans largely haven't caught on. Chief competitors like Target, Bon-Ton, Macy's and Wal-Mart, meantime, have been allowed to gain market share. Observers are particularly focused on whether Johnson will have sufficient cash reserves to fully withstand the customer flight. J.C. Penney cash is down to $930 million from $1.5 billion a year earlier.
Johnson tried to remain humble during a webcast this evening. He again admitted to making mistakes last year, having failed to fully understand J.C. Penney customers. "We learned they prefer sales. At times, they love a coupon, and they always need a reference price," he said. The company will use sales and coupons this year, though Johnson insists he will refer to the coupons as gifts. It's also rolled out a newer, more simple marketing strategy, including ads during the Oscars broadcast.
J.C. Penney did not offer any guidance for 2013. "I don't want to get into the habit of offering forecasts for early quarter results...I want to stay out of the guidance business. We think we are taking the steps to return to growth," he said. Johnson last May said he wouldn't make forecasts, further complicating the expectations for his transition. Johnson today instead focused on the 20 new home goods boutiques that will be installed in the coming months.
For the year, J.C. Penney lost $985 million, $4.49 a share. Revenue fell by 24.8% to $12.99 billion. Comparable-store sales were off 25%.
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Omaha Storm Chasers (3-2)
Omaha 3, Memphis 2
WP: Brett Tomko (1-0)
SV: Spencer Patton (1)
HR: Matt Fields (1)
Omaha Storm Chasers (3-2)
Omaha 3, Memphis 2
WP: Brett Tomko (1-0)
SV: Spencer Patton (1)
HR: Matt Fields (1)
Brett Tomko celebrated his 41st birthday by tossing 6.0 strong innings as Omaha won the opener over Memphis. Tomko scattered four hits and three walks, allowing one run. Spencer Patton fanned three over 2.0 innings for his first Triple-A save. Johnny Giavotella was 3-for-4 with two doubles and a run. Paulo Orlando added three hits and an RBI, while Matt Fields hit his first Triple-A home run.
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Northwest Arkansas let a 6-3 lead slip away as Midland plated five runs in the seventh. Justin Trapp led the Naturals with three hits and two RBI. Mark Threlkeld added two hits and an RBI. Starter J.C. Sulbaran struck out five while allowing three runs on six hits and a walk over 3.1 innings.
Wilmington Blue Rocks (2-2)
The Blue Rocks were off on Monday after a 2-2 split in Winston-Salem. They open the home schedule tonight vs. Myrtle Beach (Rangers). Sean Manaea is scheduled to make his professional debut. The former Indiana State Sycamore was selected 34th overall in the 2013 June Free Agent Draft. He is listed as KC's number five prospect by MLB.com.
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Steve Haweeli at Outeast
Steve Haweeli's paintings are on view in a solo show, "Excavations," at the Outeast Gallery in Montauk.
The dominant themes of the 20 works on display are saltwater seascapes and crosses. The artist, who is self-taught and known to the East End and much of Long Island as the president of WordHampton Public Relations, uses layers of oil paint, oil stick, charcoal, and acrylic paint in his canvases. Highly symbolic, they are inspired by Mr. Haweeli's varied history of occupations, including gravedigger, linguist, actor, seminarian, barman, wordsmith, and entrepreneur.
The show is on view through May 24.
Salomon Contemporary
Shows Alice Aycock
James Salomon will have two exhibits through June at his West Chelsea gallery beginning tomorrow.
The exhibit "E.V. Day: Butterfly" will be accompanied by "Alice Aycock: Twist of Fate." Ms. Aycock, who lives in Noyac, will show her new wall sculpture of the same title and drawings from her series "Sum Over Particle Histories." "Twist of Fate" alludes to the lives one does not lead in order to follow a particular path and what would happen if one went back in time to choose a different route. These journeys may be represented with ribbons of movement — gears and blades or other signs and symbols of movement — or those compositional components could be meaningless, according to the gallery.
The exhibit opens tomorrow with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. It will be on view through June 25.
"Faces" and "Places"
At Southampton Historical
The Southampton Historical Museum will show two new exhibits beginning Tuesday. "Famous Faces" are portraits by Zita Davisson of celebrities such as Diana, Princess of Wales, Princess Grace of Monaco and her children, Liza Minnelli, Jeremy Irons, Gloria Vanderbilt, Nancy Reagan, and Muhammad Ali. In "Phenomenal Places," Gary Lawrance will present architectural models of houses he designed in Southampton and on Long Island.
The exhibit will be on view through Sept. 3.
Fischl's "America: Now and Here" Opens in Kansas City
Kansas City, Mo., is now home to the first presentation of the multimedia art event called "America: Now and Here," which includes artwork, poetry, theater, dance, music, film, and discussions about the project and its themes.
The mission of Eric Fischl, who developed the idea a decade ago, is to take the various regions and attitudes that make up the 3.8 million square miles and some 300 million people of the United States and bring them together around the idea of art. Inspired by Sept. 11 and its aftermath, the North Haven artist and a team of organizers have amassed a group of 150 visual artists, poets, playwrights, musicians, and filmmakers to make works specifically about America in the last 10 years.
"The idea for the show is to have the works created mounted onto trailers specifically designed to convoy to different regions of the country, both major cities and outlying towns, to the local university and military bases," he told The Star last year.
For the past few years he has been trying to raise money to realize that vision, but has fallen short, so he will instead take the shows to existing spaces in three cities and their outlying areas over the next year. After the Kansas City presentation closes at the end the month, the show will travel to Detroit and Chicago. In 2012 the organizers expect the project to be mounted on trucks that will interlock at the sites to provide a venue in each city the show visits. The project also engages the creative community in each city, calling for works by local artists, poets, and playwrights and involving actors, musicians, and other performers and speakers.
The show opened last week and will continue through May 28.
Jesus Matheus Visits Solar
Jesus Matheus, a Venezuelan artist who now lives in Boston, will show his work beginning on Saturday at the Solar Gallery in East Hampton.
Mr. Matheus works in paint, sculpture, and drawing. He uses an "abstract language concentrated on geometric form, often in very saturated color or reduced to a palette of black and white or hues of brown," according to the gallery. The exhibit will be on view through June 20. A reception for the artist will be held on Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m.
Munk and Panero at Firestone
Loren Munk, an artist known for his Cubist-inspired paintings, and James Panero, the managing editor of The New Criterion, will discuss Mr. Munk's artwork at the Eric Firestone Gallery in East Hampton on Saturday from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Mr. Munk, who is also known as James Kalm for his role as a writer and curator, combines urban imagery with historic research in his work. His most recent subject has been art itself.
In addition to his editorial duties, Mr. Panero serves as his magazine's art gallery critic. His writings on art and culture have appeared in New York magazine, The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, and Forbes, among other publications. He wrote about Mr. Munk in February.
Pace Gallery Shows
De Kooning and Chamberlain
The Pace Gallery is devoting shows to Willem de Kooning, who lived and worked in Springs, and John Chamberlain of Shelter Island in two of its sites in New York City.
"Willem de Kooning: The Figure: Movement and Gesture" at 32 East 57th Street is the first show the gallery has mounted in its new role as exclusive representative of the artist's estate. It features work from the late 1960s to late 1970s and has a catalog with an essay by Richard Shiff, an art historian. Some of the work is from private collections and rarely seen — paintings, sculpture, and drawings. The show is on view through July 29.
The John Chamberlain exhibit, which includes sculptures from 1982 to 2008, will be on view at the gallery's 545 West 22nd Street location through June 11. Mr. Chamberlain studied at Black Mountain College in North Carolina in the 1950s and is known for his 1960s films as well as his sculpture in steel and foam. He has also used photography and painting as mediums.
Zacks and Castan
At Montauk Library
Fran Castan and Lewis Zacks will celebrate their collaborative effort "Venice: City that Paints Itself" on Saturday at the Montauk Library.
The festivities will begin with Ms. Castan reading poetry from the book at 2:30 p.m., followed by a reception and opening of an exhibit of Mr. Zacks's artwork from the book.
The couple were inspired to write the book by an extended stay in the city, where Ms. Castan said she could imagine Robert Browning writing his poetry at his palazzo, and where Mr. Zacks said he was inspired to follow in Claude Monet's and John Singer Sargent's footsteps in painting the Santa Maria della Salute church.
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NORWICH, N.Y., March 8, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NBT Bancorp Inc. (NBT) (Nasdaq:NBTB) announced today the successful closing of its previously announced merger with Alliance Financial Corporation (Alliance) (Nasdaq:ALNC). Under the terms of the agreement, Alliance merged with and into NBT, with NBT being the surviving corporation of the merger. Additionally, Alliance Bank, N.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alliance, merged with and into NBT Bank, N.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of NBT, with NBT Bank continuing as the surviving entity.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, each outstanding share of Alliance common stock was converted into the right to receive 2.1779 shares of NBT common stock. In connection with the merger, NBT will issue approximately 10,346,911 million shares of its common stock in exchange for all of the outstanding shares of Alliance common stock.
The merger provides NBT with the addition of $1.4 billion in assets, including $920 million in net loans held for investment, and $1.1 billion in deposits. At December 31, 2012, NBT had assets of $6.0 billion.
Alliance Bank's 26 branches in the central New York counties of Onondaga, Cortland, Madison, Oneida and Oswego will open as NBT Bank locations on March 11, 2013, following a weekend systems conversion. The addition of the Alliance Bank offices will bring NBT Bank's total network of banking locations to 161 in five states, including New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
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- California Freight Mobility Plan (CFMP)
- Goods Movement Action Plan (GMAP)
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- Regional Goods Movement Activities
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Office of Freight Planning
California's Freight Transportation System
Goods movement is a complex, decentralized, dynamic network of systems – a mixture of public and private infrastructure, carriers and shippers, planning and regulatory bodies, public involvement, and other players interacting at global, national, regional, and local scales.
California is a major gateway and hub in terms of international trade on a global scale. The State's large population and market size also create huge domestic demands within its own borders. While goods movement activities are critical in terms of jobs and the economy, freight movement may also have adverse effects on infrastructure, communities, and the environment.
What's New
Current Planning Activities
Among the Office's current planning activities are the following (click on the links for more information):
Freight Planning Activities
The Office of Freight Planning develops strategies, policies, and methodologies that work to improve the freight transportation system in California. The Freight Planning Program is focused on the following activities:
Goods Movement Modes
Trucks, freight trains, container ships, and cargo aircraft move countless tons of goods that buyers and consumers demand from manufacturers and suppliers all over the world. Aside from the state highway system, much of the freight transportation network is privately owned and operated. For this reason, partnerships with the private sector and local and regional agencies are critical to fostering and maintaining coordinated and efficient freight planning and implementation.
These links provide more information about the goods movement modes and environmental considerations.
The Office of Freight Planning conducts analyses of freight transportation system performance and future trends, develops freight mobility plans and modal studies, and recommends improvements to goods movement systems and operations through system planning, regional planning, intergovernmental review, participation on multi-state goods movement advisory committees, and other activities.


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A few weeks ago, I wrote about the curious case of the eternal server, a VM that lives on forever with no natural decline or death state. The comparison I made in that piece was to the natural lifecycle of the physical server, for -- as we all know -- what goes up must come down eventually.
But not all physical servers are cut from the same cloth. Every once in a while, you encounter a physical server that's lived way beyond its normal expected lifetime and still delivers critical services day in and day out. Today, I'd like to tell you about such a server.
[ Also on InfoWorld: Paul Venezia contemplates the long life and slow death of the virtual server. | Dell, HP, IBM blade servers battle for the virtual data center; find out which comes out on top in InfoWorld Test Center's review. | Get the latest practical data center info and news with InfoWorld's Data Center newsletter. ]
Way back in 2005, I was quite impressed with the HP DL585. This box was an indicator of things to come -- it housed 64-bit x86 compatible Opteron CPUs that were well ahead of anything Intel was doing at the time since Intel was busy sinking billions of dollars into Itanium. It could handle four of those CPUs and up to 64GB of PC2700 RAM running at 266MHz. Add in the four 3.5-inch Ultra320 hot-swap disks up front and twin gigabit NICs out the back, and you had yourself one of the most powerful x86_64 servers on the planet at the time.
The reason I'm describing this server is that a few days ago I retired one after seven years of constant service. In an era where we tend to rip and replace hardware at the drop of a hat, this server represents a vastly different time in IT's history. It was born in the days when Windows Server 2003 was an infant and RHEL 3 was the new game in town.
Ironically, this server wasn't replaced because it was failing; it was replaced because it wasn't needed. For the past five years, it had been running one form of VMware hypervisor or the other, supporting a half-dozen production VMs. As the remainder of the data center was finally transitioned from physical to virtual servers, the VMs on this box were moved to the new farm, leaving the old guy with nothing else to do. Running an ancient version of VMware ESXi with no cluster or failover support of any kind, this box held it together with aplomb. In fact, the only hardware failure encountered over its lifetime was a CMOS battery. It never even lost a disk -- ever.


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Industry News
Nick Shatarah, on Paving His Way Through Social Media
As I peruse the social spaces I love to highlight stylists who are really capitalizing by using social media to grow their personal brands….and Nick Shatarah is one of those stylists. From his blog that explores his editorial work, to his professional Facebook page that highlights the day-to-day life of a stylist, to his candid Instagram account (he certainly is a Style Sync #fotohefe!), he's mastered the social branding side of the biz.
I recently had the opportunity to chat with Nick to get his perspective on using social media to grow his brand - and wanted to share his journey with all of you. So, here we go…
Your journey has been an incredible - what's the most exciting thing you've done recently?
This is such a hard question because every week it's something thing different! From NYFW or editorial magazine shoots it's always something new and exciting. For me it's the challenge of doing something different that keeps me going – and knowing someone can open up a magazine and see my work is simply the most exciting feeling I can have!
Tell us about participating in NYFW.
NYFW is always a journey in pushing myself to create fashion forward hair that doesn't over shadow the designers, yet complements their work. Our clients in the salon depend on us to keep them in the loop in what's new in fashion – what better way than to experience it first hand at fashion week, right?
I love the editorial work you've been doing. Tell me how you're promoting your personal brand through social.
As much as I am in the salon, I am an artist outside the salon. Branding myself as an editorial stylist was – and continues to be very important to me. I started with my own website, logo and business cards for my session work. To me that was saying I am more then the guy who works behind the chair – I'm also an artist who can achieve styling on the editorial side. I also started leveraging many different social media outlets from Facebook and Tumblr to Hairbrained.me, YouTube and Twitter. There's no doubt that social media had helped take my personal brand to the next level.
How do you keep your social media content hip, current and relevant?
I think between fashion week and young Hollywood it's easy to always stay current. Social is all about tapping in to the younger clientele for me and knowing what they want their hair, or style to represent. When I blog or create a new YouTube video, I always try to put myself in their shoes …What to THEY want to see on my social channels? How can I make styling their look easy for them? This alone has helped me become a stronger stylist in many aspects of my craft.
Tell us how you balance your privacy and professionalism yet, still connect with your fans and clients on social networks.
I love this question because I don't separate the two. For example, my Instagram is my everyday social life, including a behind the sceneslook at a photo shoot or pictures of my personal life. I think that by combining the two I am showing people or clients that I am humble and free to share the candid, personal side of my style. This strategy has really worked for me, as I've been able to connect with more fans by being candid and transparent….after all, that's what social media is all about, right?
How has social media helped you score new business – or editorial opps?
I am not connected to a manufacturer, so I don't think I would had made as much as a dent in the hair world without social media. I am always getting emails through my social networking site for editorial gigs, for example. By having these social outlets, I have been able to grow and network on a much different level.
What are your top 5 Instagram accounts to follow:
Phyto Hair Care , I Love the product line and I always have it on set.
Orlando Pita , His work is just fantastic!
RedDollbyTM, - Fantastic clothing designer I have worked with before.
T3micro/Amika –(Ok, I'm cheating I put those too together.) I love their styling tools.
HeyHeyGorgeous–A perfect resource for up-to-date fashion trends!
So there you have it! How do you build your personal brand online? You be yourself! Remember the three step process to personal branding: emotional + technical + promotional – it's our Style Sync and Evoke Brands social media mantra and success formula.
Get in touch with Nick:
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/Nicholas.Shatarah
Salon Facebook: www.Facebook.com/CaressHairCutters
Twitter: www.twitter.com/NickShatarah
Tumblr: www.NicholasShatarah.tumblr.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/Nicholas_Shatarah
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/NickShatarahHair
Hairbrained.me: www.hairbrained.me/profile/NicholasShatarah
As always, feel free to contact me at: [email protected] with any questions or comments.
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Web: www.evokebrands.com
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About www.StyleSync.me:
Style Sync is an on-line social media training, personal branding and business education platform designed specifically for salon owners and stylists to help them magnify their image and multiply their results.
Style Sync, a division of Evoke Brand Strategies, is an on-line, subscription based social media training, personal branding and business education platform designed to help individual stylists and salon owners turn social media prowess into more clients and more money for your salon.
About www.EvokeBrands.com:
At Evoke Brand Strategies we develop digital, social and mobile strategies for salon professional, beauty, hospitality and entertainment brands. As branding and public relations veterans, yet early adopters of all things digital, we understand the importance of creating measurable, buzz-worthy campaigns that generate bottom-line results.


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Whitney Houston Film 'Sparkle' to Get Broadway Treatment
If Whitney Houston hadn't already left an impression on the world, she sure is leaving one since her passing in February, an event we still haven't fully come to terms with just yet.
Houston's final film 'Sparkle,' a remake of the 1976 movie of the same name, revolves around a girl group during the Motown era of music. The film, which has an Aug. 17 release date, also stars Cee Lo Green (who's almost unrecognizable) and Jordin Sparks, who plays her daughter.
But Houston's legacy will live on much longer thanks to screenwriter Joel Schumacher and movie mogul Howard Rosenman. The two have joined forces to help bring her film to the Broadway stage as a musical. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the pair are already working on more musical numbers to add to those already recorded by Curtis Mayfield, Houston and R. Kelly for the two soundtrack.
We're sure the song 'Celebrate,' a Sparks/Houston duet, will make the cut of the Broadway show. "I actually just heard a cut of it the other day and my jaw was on the floor," Sparks said to Entertainment Weekly.
Watch Whitney Houston in the 'Sparkle' Movie Trailer


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Mizzou Men's Basketball Team Beats Nicholls State
COLUMBIA - The Missouri men's basketball team beat Nicholls State 74-54 at Mizzou Arena Friday night.
MU's Alex Oriakhi led the scoring with 17 points and 10 rebounds against Nicholls State. TV networks reported Mizzou's Alex Oriakhi is the first Tiger since Malcolm Thomas in 1983-84 to have double-digit rebounds in 3 straight games.
Overall, Missouri has won 68 consecutive games vs. non-league opposition since the end of the 2005-06 campaign and Head Coach Frank Haith has yet to lose a non-league game in regular season action while at Mizzou.
The Tigers will face Stanford next week in the Bahamas for the Battle 4 Atlantis Championship.


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Reply to Stephduche -
I got the Reo for several reasons put them in the order you want:
1. Better service from my national distributor and local Ozone shop.
2. I did a good deal with my local shop, which I like to support anyway.
3. Goldilocks: the Dice felt reeeeally good but the Reo '14 felt 'just right' - it's a personal thing.
4. Look at the Reo 2014 range chart and believe it. 12k to 26k for the 12m, which I verify 100% - it's as if you get two (or 1.5 kites) for the price of one.
Reasons for buying North - questionable durability of Ozone kites. Please pick me up on this
if someone wishes to disagree, maybe I just abuse my kites too much. But my last Ozone got so full of round pinhole patches it looked like a flying dalmatian after only 150 hours flight time.
Reasons for not buying North - where I live the distributor has an appalling warranty claim record.
My guess is because too many berks have abused the system.
You have to try these kites and see what's right for you and where you kite. And you can't believe me or anyone else 100% in these reviews, I mean look at the reviews for the first 2012 Reo - nobody said it had a lousy low end or it let you down like a broken elevator when you jumped it.
And the 10m 2012 was maddening wet flannel compromise of a kite IMHO.
I like my Reo 2014, a lot. You might not.
Subjectivity test:Check out the Reo vs RRD Religion threads on Seabreeze, some say the RRD is faster others that it's slower, in the end it depends how you feel it moves more than anything else.
All reviews are limited by their authors and are highly personal: my mates love Catalysts, Best TS and BW Noise Pros, but apart from the last kite, I can't even bloody tack on those kites without getting my arse wet. But put me on a Reo and my skill level shoots up to 95% dry butt transitions and the occasional air grab spinny whotsit.
You look at the performance pie chart for the Dice - for me it's wrong. It goes upwind like a m.f. and has a sweet boost. Yet Jaime, Sky, Airton and Tom who are lightyears ahead of my caveman standards disagree - they must have put those statistics together and they got completely different vibe from the kite than I did. Maybe 'cos they were comparing to Evos and Rebels... who knows?
Maybe my arms are too long or it just works different for bald blokes?
It's a really nice kite with all the engineering North love to do and overdo. I'd try one, I'm pretty sure you'll come back to the beach with a big smile on your face, most people who I know who tried it did - and that's what it's all about.
But I still like me Reo better....


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The Ruby on Rails open source web application framework has announced its first release candidate of Ruby on Rails 3. Used by web developers for rapid application development, Danish-born Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson has highlighted a total of 842 new 'commits' by 125 code contributors since the previous iteration of the beta.
Recent code augmentations have centered on speed of development and performance. Although Heinemeier Hansson is typically modest in his RubyonRails.org blog when he says, "Most of the fixes have been of minor significance, but we did manage to dramatically speed up Rails 3 development and startup speed for larger applications."
Ruby on Rails 3 is generally agreed to represent a significant revision to the application framework. This release will see the Ruby on Rails and the lighter-weight Ruby-based Merb framework finally come together in close proximity, after the two entities find announced that they would work with each other back in December 2008.


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- About us
- Blogs
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- Challenges
- Chapters
- Papers
- Projects
- Code of Conduct
- Google SoC
- Recent posts
- Security Workshops
Changes in the structure of your organization.
Currently no changes in the organization.
List current chapter members and their activities
Mark Ryan del Moral Talabis
Jason Martin
Anthony Giandomenico
Ernie Shiraki
Howard Van De Vaarst
Ron Ballesteros
Chris Potter
List current technologies deployed.
Currently using active data collectors for security and data mining research
1. Search engine crawler
2. Security forum crawler
3. IRC data collector
4. Ontogen
5. Text Garden
6. Document Atlas
7. Weka
Activity timeline: Highlight attacks, compromises, and interesting information collected.
Data mining research focused on detecting trends on worms and virus activity. Data collection began on October 2008. Currently doing retro research.
October - beginning of chatter about polymorphic behavior and related to Microsoft security patches
November - Concentrated chatter of the "w32downandup" worm (which is polymorphic and related to Microsoft security patches)
December - Increase in chatter regarding antivirus and removal
January - continued chatter of "w32downandup" and antivirus/removal. Also beginning of chatter about peer-to-peer
(see findings for data mining research)
1. List any new tools, projects or ideas you are currently researching or developing.
We are currently pursuing research towards data mining to gain insight on security trends. Using a combination of tools we have developed a security research framework called VERITAS.
2. List tools you enhanced during the last year
No tools were enhanced but we used data mining tools to augment our data collectors.
3. Would you like to integrate this with any other tools, or you looking for help or collaboration with others in testing or developing the tool?
Currently we are trying to integrate the different tools that we use into one system.
4. Explain what kind of help or tools or collaboration you are interested in.
None currently.
See the following:
I will be presenting this at Shakacon 2009 (Hawaii Security Conference). Synopsis of talk will be:
The inspiration of this study is the dollar bill. More specifically the "Eye of Providence" or the "all-seeing eye" floating the back of the US dollar bill. But this presentation is not about Eyes, or the US Dollar, or the Da Vinnci code but about Knowledge and Information.
It is not a secret that in today's world, information is as valuable or maybe even more valuable that any military tool that we have out there. Information is the key. That is why the US Information Awareness Office's (IAO) motto is "scientia est potential", which means "knowledge is power". The IAO just like the CIA, FBI and others make information their business. Aside from these there are multiple military related projects like TALON,ECHELON, ADVISE, and MATRIX that are concerned with information gathering and analysis.
So now in the context of extremely witty acronyms, we would like to present the Virtual Extraction Review, Insight and Threat Analysis System or VERITAS. Unfortunately, it's not actually a system but a framework but I guess it would have to be because it would have much less impact if we called it VERITAF.
VERITAS is a combination of tools and techniques to conduct data mining for security. Think of it as threat Intelligence in a box. The idea here is to use data mining in order to analyze and gain insight on different threats. This can be used to visualize trends (e.g. security trends, worms, viruses), summarize large data sets (forums, blogs, irc), gather a high level understanding of a topic (e.g. technologies), and automatically categorize different topics for research (malware descriptions). And since it's a framework, you can actually use different tools and techniques in order to get what you need.
Would also like to write a KYE paper on data analysis sometime soon
Was able to finally set up data mining framework (VERITAS).
Hopefully, we can continue pursuing this and improve on it this year.


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California Department of Transportation
Date: October 9, 2013
District: 7- Los Angeles
Contact: Maria Raptis
Phone: 213-897-9372
Bay Area gets $140 million from high-speed rail bond
Los Angeles – The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $359 million to 36 projects, an investment that will create jobs bolstering the state's economy, reduce traffic congestion, repair highways and bridges, and improve rail service.
"These projects allow millions of dollars to flow into construction and produce enormous economic benefits for California," said Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty.
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) received $140 million from Proposition 1A, the high-speed rail bond, to purchase 46 new rail cars that will provide new service from the BART/Caltrain Millbrae Station directly to San Francisco International Airport.
The Millbrae facility is one of several key regional connectivity points California's High-Speed Rail Authority has identified that will link BART and high-speed rail, creating a "blended" rail system. To handle additional transferring of passengers at Millbrae from the blended system longer trains will be needed. The $140 million will help pay to lengthen all three rail storage tracks at the south end of the station, enabling the facility to handle BART's maximum train length of 10 cars and make it possible to run longer trains from the East Bay to the airport.
Today's allocations also included $44 million from Proposition 1B, a 2006 voter-approved transportation bond. To date, nearly $17 billion in Proposition 1B funds have been put to work statewide for transportation purposes. The remaining $175 million in allocations today came from various state and federal transportation accounts
Other highlights of the CTC funding allocations include:
- $2,500,000 - In Los Angeles, Interstate 10 at various locations from I-405 to I-110 to install sand filters and infiltration devices for storm water drainage.
- $2,200,000 - In Santa Monica, State Route 1 from Dewey Street to I-10 to relinquish ownership of 5.2 miles of roadway (Lincoln Boulevard) to the local jurisdiction and bring the roadway to standard.
- $923,000 - In Hawthorne, State Route 105 at Inglewood Avenue for slope repair, restoration, and hydroseeding.
- $500,000 - to Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA/Metrolink) in Los Angeles at the Woodley Avenue Grade Crossing for safety improvements, installing pre-signals, traffic control and signaling devices and lengthening existing barriers.
For information about all projects that received allocations today please see the attached file.
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Managing Director, Office of the / Youth Services Coordinating Commission and Office[Record group 61-7]
Agency Function
- The purpose of the Commission is to prevent and control juvenile delinquency and neglect, to protect, safeguard and improve the physical, mental, emotional and moral welfare of all the youth of the City by strengthening and improving home, family and community living conditions through the initiation of new programs and facilities and synthesizing and coordinating all existing programs and facilities within the area of youth services.
- Agency History
- On 5 September 1973, Mayor Rizzo approved a Council ordinance instructing the City Solicitor to establish a non-profit corporation entitled the Youth Services Coordinating Commission. The Commission was composed of thirty-one members, the membership of which was detailed in the ordinance. It included the Mayor, President of City Council, Administrative Judge of the Family Court Division, District Attorney, Police Commissioner, President of the School District, Director of the Defenders Association, the Southeastern Regional Director of the Pennsylvania Department of Welfare, the Director of the Mayor s Criminal Justice Improvement Team, the Commissioner of Public Welfare, the Chairman of the Philadelphia Regional Planning Council, 10 members appointed by the district Councilmen of City Council, and ten selected by a Community Selection Committee. The Commission had the following responsibilities: serving as an intake, screening and referral agency in the juvenile field, principally for non-arrest cases; serving as a planning agency for youth services; establishing a research and evaluation center for the purpose of collecting and evaluating statistical data and information related to youth; and developing a model program for control and elimination of juvenile delinquency.
Mayor Rizzo approved a second ordinance on 26 October 1979 which dissolved the corporate structure of the Youth Services Coordinating Commission and replaced it with a new independent Youth Services Coordinating Commission, and a Youth Services Coordinating Office under the supervision of the Managing Director.
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What I expect to see is the routing table doing this:
Implementation of no ip classless
1 - Router handles a packet destined to 172.16.3.1
2 - Router examines its routing table to find a level 1 ultimate route - none found
3 - Router examines its routing table, finds a level one parent route for the classfull, logical destination address.
4 - Router examines it's level 2 child route located under 172.160.0 and does not find a match for the 172.16.3.0 network.
5 - Router drops packet..
Instead, the router is still using classless routing decisions. Is there something I am missing?
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R1#show runn | s classless
no ip classless
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R1#show version | s IOS Software
Cisco IOS Software, 3600 Software (C3640-IO3-M), Version 12.4(25d), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
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Gateway of last resort is 0.0.0.0 to network 0.0.0.0
172.16.0.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets
C 172.16.1.0 is directly connected, Serial0/0
S* 0.0.0.0/0 is directly connected, Serial0/0
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R1#ping 172.16.3.1
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 172.16.3.1, timeout is 2 seconds:
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 28/44/80 ms


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Kilmeade "misspoke" about "all terrorists" being "Muslims" -- twice
After repeatedly claiming that "[n]ot all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims," Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade "clarif[ied]" his comment and claimed that he "misspoke." In fact, Kilmeade not only made the claim at least twice in a single day, but he also questioned whether "moderate Muslims" need to prove "you're not one of them," which is in line with his history of bigoted and anti-Muslim statements.
Kilmeade repeatedly falsely claimed "all terrorists are Muslims"
Kilmeade: "Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims." On the October 15 edition [1] of Fox News' Fox & Friends, Kilmeade defended Bill O'Reilly's comments [2] on the October 14 edition of ABC's The View by claiming the show's hosts "were outraged that somebody was saying there's a reason -- there was a certain group of people that attacked us on 9-11. It wasn't just one person. It was one religion. Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims."
Later during his radio show, Kilmeade asserted that it's a "fact" that "every terrorist is a Muslim." On the October 15 edition [3] of Fox News Radio's Kilmeade & Friends, Kilmeade stated: "Not every Muslim is an extremist, a terrorist, but every terrorist is a Muslim. You can't avoid that fact." From Kilmeade & Friends:
KILMEADE: Muslim extremists, Al Qaeda, blew up those buildings -- blew up the Khobar Towers, blew up the [U.S.S.] Cole, blew up the embassies, tried to blow up Times Square, tried to blow up the plane. The shoe bomber, the Times Square bomber, the underwear bomber -- they have one thing in common. They are all extremists, and they are all Muslims.
Not every Muslim is an extremist, a terrorist, but every terrorist is a Muslim. You can't avoid that fact. And that is ridiculous that we got to keep defining this -- the people that equate Timothy McVeigh with the Al Qaeda terrorist organization, which is growing and a threat that exists.
Kilmeade also asked if Americans "have a right to look at moderate Muslims and say, 'Show me you're not one of them.' " On the October 15 edition of Kilmeade & Friends, Kilmeade said [4]: "From what we've seen from the Khobar Towers to the Cole bombing to the embassy bombings to the Times Square, the shoe bomber, do you think Americans have a right to look at moderate Muslims and say, 'Show me you're not one of them.' "
Fox News VP says Kilmeade would "clarify" his comments on Monday. On October 15, The Huffington Post reported [5] that Bill Shine, Fox News' senior vice president of programming, said that Kilmeade would "clarify" his comments on Monday. From The Huffington Post:
Fox News SVP of Programming Bill Shine says Kilmeade will address the comments on Monday.
"Brian was talking about the events on 'The View' yesterday and was referring to the radical extremists who killed Americans on 9/11," Shine told the Huffington Post. "Obviously, not all terrorists are Muslim and Brian will clarify this point on television and radio on Monday."
Kilmeade addresses comments, claims he "misspoke"
Kilmeade: "I'm sorry about that, if I offended ... or hurt anybody's feelings. But that's it." On the October 18 edition [6] of Fox & Friends, Kilmeade stated:
KILMEADE: Meanwhile, on the show on Friday, I was talking about Bill O'Reilly's appearance on The View, and I said this: "Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims." Well, I misspoke. I don't believe all terrorists are Muslims. I'm sorry about that, if I offended or -- offended or hurt anybody's feelings. But that's it. Now let's go over to Stuart.
Kilmeade did not address the fact that he made the claim both on Fox & Friends and on his radio show, in which he stated it was simply a "fact" that "every terrorist is a Muslim."
Kilmeade has a history of offensive and inflammatory comments regarding Islam and Muslims
Kilmeade: Muslims "have to understand" being profiled because of "the war that was declared on us." On the November 10, 2009, edition [7] of Fox & Friends, Kilmeade told Fox News contributor Laura Ingraham: "You get a chance to talk to a lot of Islamic experts, Muslim experts, and people who understand the Quran, and I asked him one time, off camera, I said, 'How do you feel about the extra scrutiny, clearly, you're getting at the airports?' And he said, 'I'm all for it, because I want to get home to my family, too.' And that's really got to be the attitude. So, if you're Islamic, or you're Muslim and you're in the military, you have to understand ... and that's just the fact right now in the war that was declared on us."
Kilmeade asks if "it's time for the military to have special debriefings" of Muslims, because "I've got to know the guy next to me is not going to want to kill me." Following the shooting at Fort Hood, Kilmeade asked on the November 6, 2009, edition [8] of Fox & Friends: "Do you think it's time for the military to have special debriefings of Muslim Army civilians, officers, anybody enlisted, because if I'm going to be deployed in a foxhole, if I'm going to be sticking in an outpost, I've got to know the guy next to me is not going to want to kill me." Guest host Peter Johnson Jr. asked Fox News legal analyst Geraldo Rivera, "You won't countenance special screenings for Muslim officers, will you? ... Will you countenance that?"
Kilmeade: "[I]f you're a 20- to 30-year-old Islamic male, even if you have no evil intentions, expect to be delayed. We have to profile." On the January 4, 2009, edition of Fox & Friends, Kilmeade said [9]: "[N]inety percent of these terrorists are men, Islamic men, between 20 and 30. Why are we pretending that all of us should get equal training [sic]? Shouldn't we just tell -- if you're a 20- to 30-year-old Islamic male, even if you have no evil intentions, expect to be delayed. We have to -- we have to profile."
Kilmeade reacts to Bloomberg's Park51 support with anti-Muslim rant. On the August 25 edition [10] of Fox & Friends, Kilmeade played video of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's statement that "Islam did not attack the World Trade Center, Al Qaeda did. To implicate all of Islam for the actions of a few who twisted a great religion is unfair and un-American." Kilmeade responded:
KILMEADE: That's one way of looking at it, you could say just for a few. Those few have us bogged down really in two wars, one of which, I guess, is concluding. And then we have those few people in Yemen and those few people in Somalia and those few people that blew up in Madrid, and those few people that -- those bus bombings in London. Besides those few, I don't really see the problem.
Kilmeade asks if "Islamic community" is "gloating" by building Islamic community center near Ground Zero. On the May 26 edition [11] of Fox & Friends, Kilmeade said: "Six-hundred feet from where World Tower One - World Trade Center One stood. Is this gloating on the part of the Islamic community?"
Kilmeade calls Islamic cultural center plans "an outrage" and accuses Muslims of "taunting" 9-11 victims. On the May 25 edition of Fox & Friends, Kilmeade said [12], "Let's talk about what's happening downtown, because this is an outrage and it gets worse," referencing Park51. Kilmeade later claimed: "This is taunting. This is an absolute insult, especially to those 9-11 families. ... And now across the street you're going to have an Islamic learning center? If at the very least, it shows a crassness and callousness to the U.S."
Kilmeade was also forced to apologize following statement that Swedes have "pure genes" because they don't marry "other ethnics"
Kilmeade: Americans don't have "pure genes" like Swedes because "we keep marrying other species and other ethnics." On the July 8, 2009, edition of Fox & Friends, while discussing a study on the relationship between marriage an Alzheimer's, Kilmeade opined [13] that "we keep marrying other species and other ethnics and ... the Swedes have pure genes, because they marry other Swedes. Because that's the rule."
Kilmeade later apologized for those comments. On the July 20, 2009, edition of Fox & Friends, Kilmeade apologized for his remarks, saying he had "made comments that were offensive to many people. That was not my intention, and looking back at those comments I realize they were inappropriate. For that I sincerely apologize."
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The Database of Raising Intelligence is a collection of controlled studies that were designed to increase intelligence in people of all ages. The database includes only those trials of high methodological quality that use standardized measures of intelligence to assess the outcomes.
Sixty-three studies that looked at children from the prenatal period through age five years met the criteria for inclusion in a recent addition to the database. These studies focused on the effects of nutritional supplements and environmental changes on childrens intelligence.
DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) is a fatty acid that aids in brain and neurological development. Breast milk is naturally high in DHA, along with other health-promoting substances. Several studies support the use of DHA supplements during pregnancy and lactation to help boost babies levels of this nutrient.
Early educational intervention programs are intended to enrich young childrens lives before they reach preschool age. The database included those studies that accomplished this through home visits, parent training, special child development centers, or some combination of these.
We found no evidence to support the notion that interventions conducted earlier in young childhood more effectively boost IQ than those that begin later, commented the authors.
Several studies have looked at how training programs designed to help parents read effectively with their children might help boost intelligence. These programs teach parents how to ask open-ended questions, encourage their children to read, and follow their childrens lead about their interests.
The database included 16 studies that looked at the effect of going to preschool on IQ in over 7,000 young children.
The early educational intervention trials, interactive reading studies, and preschool studies only included children from lower socioeconomic classes, so the results from these cant necessarily be generalized to children from all income classes.
"Our current findings strengthen earlier conclusions (for example, that complex environments build intelligence), cast doubt on others (for example, that earlier interventions are always most effective), and give rise to tantalizing new questions for future research," concluded the researchers.


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LOWELL --Two UMass Lowell mechanical engineering graduate students saw that crutches, in their traditional form, do not give users the ability to interact with their mobile devices as easily as people who don't use crutches.
So Adam McLaughlin and Jordan Tye created a prototype crutch with custom grips that can support technology. They pitched their idea Friday night to a panel of judges at the Merrimack Valley Sandbox's first-ever pitch contest for youth entrepreneurs -- and won first-place.
The Merrimack Valley Sandbox is an initiative funded by the Deshpande Foundation that supports entrepreneurship and leadership. It sponsors pitch contests where entrepreneurs can pitch their ideas and win prize money to fund their ideas.
More than 40 students and youth entrepreneurs pitched their ideas to judges at the Catalyst Pitch Contest Friday night at UML's Coburn Hall.
One of the judges, Trish Fleming executive director of the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge, said the students' pitches she saw competed on the same level as the pitches she hears from MIT and Harvard University students and alums.
"You guys are right up there with them," she said.
Ray Riddick, executive director of the Greater Lowell Community Foundation, who spoke on behalf of the judges, said they were impressed with the McLaughlin and Tye's prototype and their understanding of their market.
After two years of development, through the use of 3-D imaging and 3-D printing, McLaughlin and Tye designed a custom grip using the user's hand print.
According to the young men's research, 7 million people in the U.S. use crutches. Their goal is to reach 1 percent of the market in the first year, which would yield a $1.5 million profit, according to their calculations.
They have named their company Supporting Devices.
The second-place pitch came from Claudio Rafael, of Middlesex Community College, for his idea called Visual Accuracy, a graphic design company for printed ads, marketing, animations and television commercials.
The third-place prize was awarded to Middlesex Community College students Stephanie Maglio, Ginger Khoyi and Brian Khoyi for their idea, Read 2 Me, an Android-based mobile app.
The app will allow the user to create and play audio and video files synched to text files. For example, a grandmother can record reading a bedtime story to her grandchild, who will then be able to play the audio and read the book at the same time.
Ginger Khoyi said the project was inspired by her husband who is being deployed overseas in April, who will be able to record a message for Khoyi to listen to.
"It's the first time I'm going to have to go without him for an entire year, at least I'll have him in my hand," she said.
Audience members were able to text in votes after the pitches to vote for their favorite. The two fan-favorite winners were Greater Lawrence Technical High School students Keisha De Leon and Jiangely Velasquez for PYT Fragrance and Lucky Henry, of Merrimack College for College Power.
The other finalists were: Derek Coleman, Jack Price, Alexis Gilardi, Elizabeth Libro, Paolo Settipane and Jose Cruz.
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New iPod Touch, iPod Nano, iPhone firmware and more
At Apple's "Let's Rock" event Steve Jobs has announced a new iPod Nano and a redesign of the iPod Touch along with some other exciting new stuff. The second generation of the iPod Touch is thinner with a more slicker and curved design, a stainless steel back, a built-in speaker, an improved battery (36 hours for music, 6 hours for video), Genius playlist and integrated Nike+iPod support. For the 8GB version you pay $299, the 16GB costs $299 and the 32GB version costs $399.
And then there's the new iPod Nano as well. It has a less grippy click-wheel, it's faster and more responsive, it has an accelerometer, it looks nicer and it comes in a lot of different colors.
This friday we'll be getting iPhone 2.1 firmware that has a few interesting new features. The battery life will be significantly better, you'll experience less call drops, there's a few bug fixes, Apps will crash less and you'll be able to get backups faster to iTunes. There's also iTunes 8 which features Genius playlists.
Steve Jobs announced that people have downloaded over 100 million applications from the App Store in just 60 days, and there are already 700 games available today. Phil Schiller, senior vice president of marketing, showed Real Soccer 2009, Need for Speed: Undercover and Spore Origins.


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The pace of the economic recovery, India's decision on exports, China's actions on rebuilding reserves and the relation of cotton price and profit potential to competing crops all weigh on markets going into fall and winter and on 2011 planting decisions.
But so far, so good, says Gary Adams, vice president for economic and policy analysis for the National Cotton Council.
"The situation now is far different from recent years," Adams said at the American Cotton Producers/Cotton Foundation joint meeting in Lubbock, Texas. "Optimism has steadily increased since late 2009," Adams said.
He said October futures were trading in the 87 cents per pound range. "The Far East index has been in line as well." He said December 2010 futures made runs at 80 cents several times during the year but would back off into the 70s. Until recently. "The last few weeks December has been in the 83 cents range."
Stocks, he said, have been "tighter than anticipated. China stocks are also tight."
He said China cotton stocks may be lower than USDA estimates.
U.S. stocks have been whittled down over the past three years. Concerns over the China stocks and Pakistan's 2010 crop also contribute to optimism.
Adams said a 10 million-bale U.S. cotton stock level in 2007 has been trimmed to 3 million coming out of 2009. "We are in a much different position in 2010. Warehouses may not be completely empty but those 3 million bales are spoken for."
He said 480,000 bales remain in the marketing loan and about 19,000 are certificated, down from 1 million bales, and "one of the lowest levels on record. But we could see some erratic behavior by October."
He said the low stocks cannot be made up soon. "It will take three to three-and-a-half months for the Northern Hemisphere 2010 crop to move into the market," he said. "So we have a tight market going into 2010 harvest."
And there may not be enough production to fill the gap. Recent flooding in Pakistan could reduce the world's fourth largest cotton producer's crop by as much as 30 percent. "Pakistan is a net importer of cotton so there is the potential for Pakistan to import more cotton."
He said India will see a substantial increase in production but their export activity is a question. Currently, India has an export ban, which followed an export tax. "We have questions about what India will do. If they are in the market they will be competitive," Adams said. India typically undercuts U.S. cotton prices.
"But how aggressive with they be? The USDA assumption is they will resume exports Oct. 1 without an export tax."
That assumption would put India exports at 6 million to 6.5 million bales, similar to 2009. But Adams says 4 million to 5 million may be a more likely export cap.
He said China has depleted its cotton reserves by some 15 million bales in the last 14 to 15 months. "A big question is how much they have left in reserves. We don't think it can be much. So when do they start rebuilding reserves? Now, they have no flexibility."
He said China likely will need to import cotton for domestic use and to build reserves. "They have a tight supply situation but will look for opportunities to import."
He said internationally, cotton is deficit some 17 million bales. "The United States anticipates exports of 15 million bales."
Exports are off to a good start, he said. "Carryover sales from 2009 and orders not shipped put exports just shy of 6 million bales on the books. That's the most business on the books at this time of year ever. We're off to a good start and exports look strong into the fall."
He said the 2010 U.S. crop is off to a promising start. Early NASS estimates put the crop at 65 percent good to excellent. Some weather problems in late July and early August lowered expectations but still remains at 62 percent good to excellent.
"Abandonment is low, 2.5 percent across the belt. That rivals 2004 and 2007."
USDA estimates call for an 18.5 million bale crop. "We have the potential to go either way," Adams said. "With a good rain for much of the Cotton Belt the yield could be exceptional. But challenges remain."
He said the U.S. and world economy is a concern. "The economic recovery needs to continue," he said.
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