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INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana needs to find a long-term replacement for Danny Granger.
Team officials announced Wednesday that the one-time All-Star forward is expected to miss up to three months after receiving an injection in his left knee to treat patellar tendinosis.
Losing Granger for an extended period is a big blow for a team that entered this season hoping to contend for an Eastern Conference title. He was the Pacers' top scorer last season (18.7 points) and is typically their first option in late-game situations, too.
All the Pacers can do now is move on.
"We still have a heck of a team," coach Frank Vogel said before Saturday night's home opener. "We've still got a great deal of talent, a great deal of depth. So my hopes are very high that we'll excel without Danny."
Granger originally hurt the knee during May's playoff run. Vogel said the soreness dissipated for a while, then returned while Granger was working out during the offseason.
In September, Granger said he underwent blood-platelet treatment, which he described as a painful experience that could take months to fully heal.
"It hurts," Granger said in mid-October. "They take the blood out and inject it back in, so it hurts. But it helps you heal tremendously."
Apparently, Granger hasn't reaped those benefits yet. He has not played in any of Indiana's first four regular season games, though he did make one preseason appearance. At Cleveland, on Oct. 23, Granger scored nine points in 13 minutes.
Without him, things haven't always gone smoothly.
The Pacers (2-2) are averaging 20.3 turnovers a game, a number Vogel has already acknowledged needs to be cut significantly.
Vogel is also trying to figure out lineups and rotations without Granger. Gerald Green, signed as a free agent in the offseason, started the first three games. He's scoring 9.8 points and grabbing 4.3 rebounds, but giving up 2.5 turnovers per game. On Monday night at San Antonio, Sam Young moved into the starting lineup and finished with three points and three rebounds in a 101-79 loss.
Granger's absence has been more notable in the closing moments of games.
Indiana looked out of sync in the final minute last Friday at Charlotte and couldn't take advantage of several chances to win at lowly Charlotte. Instead, they wound up losing 90-89 — the Bobcats' first win in 24 games. The next night, against Sacramento, Indiana missed two shots at the end of regulation and two more at the end of the first overtime before finally getting past Sacramento 106-98 in double overtime.
Even opponents have noticed a difference.
"Maybe if you have him (Granger) he closes that (Charlotte) game out," Kings coach Keith Smart said. "Not having your go-to guy can change a lot of things."
But instead of building this team around a superstar, the Pacers decided to reinforce their bench. They're hoping that will take them go deeper into the playoffs than last season's second-round exit against Miami.
That decision could serve them well now.
David West, Paul George and George Hill are all scoring in double figures. All-Star center Roy Hibbert is averaging 8.8 points 7.8 rebounds and 3.3 blocks. And Tyler Hansbrough and Lance Stephenson have given the Pacers good minutes off the bench.
So Vogel remains optimistic.
Granger has averaged 18.2 points and 5.2 rebounds in seven NBA seasons.
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by George Zamora
SOCORRO, N.M., March 20, 2007 – New Mexico Tech undergraduates Thomas Erbes and Jonathan Gardner are the winners of the first round of a statewide student speech contest sponsored by Citizens' Alliance for Responsible Energy (CARE), a New Mexico-based nonprofit organization.
Erbes, who is majoring in chemical engineering, and Gardner, who is majoring in management, were both awarded $1,000 scholarships by CARE for delivering their award-winning speeches at a regional competition held yesterday on the university campus. They are now eligible to compete at the CARE Statewide Student Speech Contest final competition on April 19 at the State Land Office in Santa Fe.
The New Mexico Tech students and four other regional finalists will give their oral presentations before a panel of judges made up of industry leaders, government representatives, professional speakers and civic group decision makers. The winning presenter will receive the $5,000 Embrace Scholarship. In addition, some of the finalists may be selected to give their presentations to civic organizations throughout the state.


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IberiaBank has filed a $2.5 million permit application with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement for its Memphis market headquarters at 4894 Poplar Ave.
The Daily News first reported the planned move in September.
The permit states it is for interior renovation of a three-story bank building. The contractor is listed as Webb Building Corp.
An IberiaBank representative could not be reached by press time.
In September, the bank stated it would renovate the building and fill about half of it, with the rest reserved for future bank expansion and leasing opportunities.
The new location is slated to open in July, housing a full-service retail branch and the bank's commercial and private banking teams.
Currently, the bank has two branch locations in the Memphis area: at 7465 Poplar Ave. in Germantown and 1605 North Germantown Road in Cordova.
Source: The Daily News Online & Chandler Reports
– Kate Simone
Delta Air Lines announced Monday it is paying $313 million in profit sharing, the largest profit sharing payout in the airline's history.
The airline, which has a hub at Memphis International Airport, announced the bonus to its 80,000 employees around the world after posting a record $1.4 billion profit in 2010.
"This year's profit sharing continues the momentum that we've gained during the last four years, enabling continued investments in our people," said Delta CEO Richard Anderson.
The profit sharing will not be a one-time payout to the workers. It will be part of total compensation.
Delta emerged from bankruptcy in 2007 with $158 million in profit sharing.
A merger in which Delta acquired Northwest Airlines and the former Northwest Memphis hub closed in 2008.
The company pledged no involuntary furloughs in its frontline job because of the merger.
And Anderson boasted that the company added 4,000 new frontline jobs in the last year, as well as bringing jobs in its reservation operations back to the U.S.
"During the toughest of economic times this industry has faced, we kept our deals," Anderson said in a written statement.
– Bill Dries
A $13 million building permit has been filed for 2000 N. Parkway Blvd., the main address of Rhodes College, according to The Daily News Online, www.memphisdailynews.com.
The building permit lists its planned use as multifamily purposes.
Listed in the record are Memphis-based Grinder, Taber & Grinder Inc. as the general contractor; Norfolk, Va.-based Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Co. as the architect; and Memphis-based OCGB Inc. as the engineer.
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Volunteer Mid-South's Volunteer Expo will take place Thursday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Oak Court Mall, 4465 Poplar Ave.
Free and open to the public, the expo will feature representatives from about 100 local nonprofit organizations who will showcase their programs and provide information regarding volunteer opportunities.
Volunteer Mid-South is a nonprofit organization dedicated to building the capacity for effective volunteering and connecting citizens with opportunities to serve the Memphis and Shelby County community.
Established in 1975 by the Junior League of Memphis and the National Council of Jewish Women, it was originally called The Volunteer Center of Memphis.
In 2000, the organization became Volunteer Memphis, and in 2006, it merged with Hands On Memphis.
In 2009, the two organizations evolved into what is now known as Volunteer Mid-South.
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U.S. Housing and Urban Development has announced an additional $50 million in disaster funding to help Tennessee communities recover from last spring's storms and flooding.
Provided through HUD's Community Development Block Grant Program, the grants will supplement the $24 million that was awarded by HUD last September to support long-term disaster recovery efforts.
HUD's allocations are $4.23 million for Memphis, $22.35 million for Nashville- Davidson County, $2.52 million for Shelby County, and $20.88 million for the state of Tennessee.
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Thompson | Berry Public Relations has hired Kalisa Hyman as a public relations account executive and social media director.
Hyman's primary responsibilities will include providing account strategy for various PR accounts, as well as social media consulting for the firm.
Hyman is a native of Mississippi and graduated from the University of Memphis. She has worked in communications for ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and in public relations at the Chandler Ehrlich advertising and marketing firm.
For more information about Hyman and Thompson | Berry, visit www.brainwoo.com.
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Tennessee teachers are being surveyed about the environment at their schools.
According to the Tennessee Department of Education, it's the first statewide survey of its kind.
All school-based licensed educators can anonymously and voluntarily share their perceptions of the teaching and learning environment, which research has shown to be critical to student achievement and teacher retention.
As part of Tennessee's First to the Top reform initiative, the survey will provide additional data for school and district improvements.
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The survey is being conducted through March 11.
Details are at www.telltennessee.org.
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The government's top watchdog over the financial bailouts says he will step down next month.
Neil Barofsky says in a letter to President Barack Obama that he will leave this job on March 30 as special inspector general for the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program.
A spokeswoman says Barofsky believes the office met its goals.
Barofsky blasted the Treasury Department in a series of audits of the bailout fund, which pointed out management problems. His investigations led to 14 criminal fraud convictions for bankers. He often criticized the department's refusal to make public its decision-making process.
The spokeswoman says Barofsky's top deputy, Christy Romero, will become acting special inspector general next month.
Barofsky is a former federal prosecutor who was nominated by President George W. Bush in November 2008.
President Barack Obama says his budget proposal reflects a need to start reducing deficits, but not at the expense of programs he says deserves more money.
Appearing in Maryland, Obama declared, "We can't sacrifice our future." He said the country has a responsibility to commit money to areas that will help it compete against other nations. And he emphasized education as one example.
The president spoke at Parkville Middle School near Baltimore, an institution that focuses on science, technology, engineering and math.
Obama on Monday sent Congress a $3.73 trillion spending blueprint that pledges $1.1 trillion in deficit savings over the next decade through spending cuts and tax increases.
The president pledged to work with lawmakers of both parties to come up with a budget that shows better fiscal discipline.
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While the national unity government held together in 2011, political violence continued and little progress was made toward a new constitution. President Robert Mugabe and his Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) party pushed for elections in early 2012, though no dates were set. An international entity that oversees the diamond trade approved diamond exports from the country despite the reported abuse of miners and graft by ZANU-PF power brokers. Also during the year, the authorities expanded their crackdown on the mainstream Anglican Church, which does not recognize a pro-Mugabe splinter faction.
In 1965, a white-minority regime in what was then colonial Southern Rhodesia unilaterally declared independence from Britain. A guerrilla war led by black nationalist groups, as well as sanctions and diplomatic pressure from Britain and the United States, contributed to the end of white-minority rule in 1979 and the recognition of an independent Zimbabwe in 1980. Robert Mugabe and the Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), first brought to power in relatively democratic elections, have since ruled the country.
Zimbabwe was relatively stable in its first years of independence, but from 1983 to 1987, the Shona-dominated government violently suppressed opposition among the Ndebele ethnic minority, and between 10,000 and 20,000 civilians were killed by government forces. Widespread political unrest in the 1990s, spurred by increasing authoritarianism and economic decline, led to the creation in 1999 of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), an alliance of trade unions and other civil society groups, including many white farmers. However, President Mugabe and ZANU-PF claimed victory over the MDC in parliamentary elections in 2002 and 2005, as well as in a 2002 presidential poll. All three elections were seriously marred by political violence aimed at MDC supporters, fraudulent electoral processes, and the abuse of state resources and state-run media. Security forces crushed mass protests and strikes called by MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai in 2003.
The 2005 parliamentary elections left the ruling party with a two-thirds majority and the ability to amend the constitution. It subsequently enacted amendments that nationalized all land, brought all schools under state control, and reintroduced an upper legislative house, the Senate. The MDC split over whether to participate in November 2005 elections for the chamber, allowing ZANU-PF to win an overwhelming majority amid voter turnout of less than 20 percent.
Also in 2005, the government implemented a slum-clearance effort known as Operation Murambatsvina, which means "drive out the trash" in the Shona language. It resulted in the destruction of thousands of informal businesses and dwellings as well as thousands of arrests. According to the United Nations, approximately 700,000 people were made homeless, and another 2.4 million were directly or indirectly affected. Initially moved into transit camps near cities, many displaced residents were forced to return to the rural areas designated on their national identity cards. Analysts maintain that the operation, billed as part of a law-and-order campaign, actually targeted urban MDC strongholds.
Violence before the March 2008 elections, though serious, was less severe than expected. In the parliamentary polls, the Tsvangirai-led MDC won 99 seats in the lower house, followed by ZANU-PF with 97 seats and a breakaway faction of the MDC, led by Arthur Mutambara, with 10. The results denied ZANU-PF a legislative majority for the first time in the country's 28-year history. In the Senate, ZANU-PF took half of the 60 elected seats, but it also controlled the chamber's 33 unelected seats. The MDC and its splinter faction won 24 and 6 Senate seats, respectively.
When the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) finally released the presidential results in May, it found that Tsvangirai had outpolled Mugabe, 47.9 percent to 43.2 percent, requiring a runoff between the two. The MDC accused the ZEC of fraud and claimed that Tsvangirai had won the election outright with 50.3 percent of the vote. As evidence, the party cited an extensive parallel vote count conducted by a network of civic groups.
Following the election, ZANU-PF militias and state security forces began a brutal campaign of violence aimed at punishing and intimidating MDC members and their suspected supporters in civil society and the press. Tsvangirai ultimately withdrew from the June runoff, allowing the unopposed Mugabe to win 85 percent of the vote amid low turnout and many spoiled ballots. Political violence continued after the election. According to international and domestic human rights organizations, some 200 MDC activists and supporters were killed over the course of 2008, about 5,000 were tortured, and more than 10,000 required medical treatment for injuries.
In September 2008, ZANU-PF and the MDC reached a power-sharing agreement brokered by the Southern African Development Community (SADC)—known as the Global Political Agreement, or GPA—that allowed Mugabe to remain president, created the post of prime minister for Tsvangirai, and distributed ministries to ZANU-PF (14, including defense, state security, and justice), Tsvangirai's MDC faction (13, including finance, health, and constitutional and parliamentary affairs), and Mutambara's faction (3). A constitutional amendment creating the post of prime minister was enacted in February 2009, and the new government was sworn in that month.
In practice, Mugabe retained control of the powerful executive branch, and in 2009 and 2010 he unilaterally appointed the central bank governor, the attorney general, and the police commissioner, as well as a number of senior judges and diplomats. Mugabe also refused to swear in some MDC ministers and all of its provincial governors, appointing ZANU-PF loyalists instead.
The GPA set a February 2011 deadline for the adoption of a new constitution, but attempts to hold public meetings on the charter in 2009 and 2010 were undermined by political violence that was overwhelmingly perpetrated by ZANU-PF supporters.
In July 2011, the MDC and ZANU-PF agreed on a roadmap toward elections, including reforms of the electoral laws within 45 days. However, no such reforms were made by year's end, nor were any agreements reached on the composition of the ZEC or security reforms. In October, the ZEC announced that it would need an additional US$220 million to hold a constitutional referendum and administer future elections. No date had been set for either by year's end, though Mugabe called for the elections to be held in early 2012. ZANU-PF was generally pushing to hold elections earlier than Tsvangirai and the MDC, apparently due to concerns about Mugabe's health and the likelihood of internal ZANU-PF rifts if balloting were to be held after his death. In December, ZANU-PF once again endorsed Mugabe as its presidential candidate.
The Kimberly Process, an international mechanism designed to prevent the use of diamonds to fund armed conflicts, decided in November to lift a suspension of Zimbabwean diamond exports from a number of mines in the Marange diamond fields. The ban had been imposed in 2009 following reports of military control of the mines and severe human rights abuses against both miners and locals. In August, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) had reported that security forces ran a "torture camp" near the mines to punish those caught mining for themselves or demanding higher payment. Also that month, Human Rights Watch (HRW) found that mining companies were employing police and private security guards who used shootings, beatings, and attack dogs to deter unlicensed miners. The Financial Times reported in December that significant amounts of diamond revenues were not being reported or sent to the MDC-controlled Finance Ministry, but were directed instead to high-ranking ZANU-PF officials.
Zimbabwe is not an electoral democracy. President Robert Mugabe and the ZANU-PF party have dominated the political landscape since independence in 1980, overseeing 18 amendments to the constitution that have expanded presidential power and decreased executive accountability. Presidential and legislative elections in March 2008 were marred by a wide-ranging campaign of violence and intimidation, flawed voter registration and balloting, biased media coverage, and the use of state resources—including food aid—to bribe and threaten voters. The period leading up to the presidential runoff in June 2008 featured accelerated violence against the opposition, prompting a UN Security Council resolution declaring the impossibility of a fair poll. Mugabe ultimately ran unopposed, and the vote was declared illegitimate by observers from the African Union and the SADC. Although the September 2008 GPA called for a new constitution and the formation of an independent election commission, neither goal had been achieved by the end of 2011. In June, the South African Institute for Race Relations reported on a leaked Zimbabwean voter roll that contained some two million extra names, including children and people aged over 100.
Since the restoration of the Senate in 2005, Zimbabwe has had a bicameral legislature. A 2007 constitutional amendment removed appointed seats from the House of Assembly, increased the size of both chambers (to 210 elected seats in the House of Assembly and 60 elected seats in the Senate), and redrew constituency boundaries. In the Senate, at least 33 additional seats are still held by traditional chiefs, presidential appointees, and other unelected officials. The president and elected lawmakers serve five-year terms. A 2009 constitutional amendment stemming from the GPA created the post of prime minister (and two deputy prime ministers) while retaining the presidency, leaving the country with a split executive branch.
In 2011, MDC-affiliated ministers and officials continued to face obstruction and harassment from state entities controlled by ZANU-PF. Most notably, in March the Supreme Court nullified the 2009 election of the MDC's Lovemore Moyo as speaker of the lower house based on a claim by ZANU-PF that the vote had been "disorderly." Later in the month, Moyo was reelected speaker. In June, MDC deputy media minister Jameson Timba was arrested for "insulting the president" in a South African newspaper; he was soon released from detention. The following month, a number of employees of the MDC-controlled Finance Ministry were briefly detained on charges of inappropriate travel.
State-sponsored political violence is a serious and chronic problem, and worsened in 2011. In general, MDC-affiliated politicians, activists, and supporters are subject to harassment, assault, and arbitrary detention by security forces and militias allied with ZANU-PF. Some attacks have also been perpetrated by affiliates of the MDC. In January, the Southern African Coalition reported a surge in ZANU-PF-inspired violence, particularly surrounding meetings of MDC supporters and MDC-controlled local authorities in Harare and the Budiriro and Mbare townships. In February, hundreds of MDC supporters who sought refuge in a church from an outbreak of MDC–ZANU-PF violence in Mbare were briefly detained by police. In June, the Zimbabwe Elections Support Network reported that ZANU-PF militants had begun setting up bases in disputed rural voting districts, many of which were used as so-called "torture camps" during the 2008 elections. Police raided the offices of the MDC in Harare in November, sealing the office of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and firing tear gas into the building.
Corruption is rampant throughout the country, including at the highest levels of government. The collapse in public-service delivery and the politicization of food and agricultural aid has made the problem ubiquitous at the local level. In May 2011, the World Bank reported that almost half of Zimbabwe's civil servants are either not qualified for their positions or not working at all. Also in 2011, reports by both the Finance Ministry and international observers alleged that the bulk of proceeds from the Marange diamond fields had bypassed the national treasury, fueling speculation of official enrichment and patronage. In March, Energy Minister Elton Mangoma of the MDC was arrested on charges of making irregular fuel purchases and violating tender procedures, though a court cleared him of the charges in June. An anticorruption commission envisioned in the GPA has yet to be formed. Zimbabwe was ranked 154 out of 183 countries surveyed in Transparency International's 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index.
Freedom of the press is restricted. The country's draconian legal framework includes the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA), the Official Secrets Act, the Public Order and Security Act (POSA), and the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act. In general, these laws restrict who may work as a journalist, require journalists to register with the state, severely limit what they may publish, and mandate harsh penalties—including long prison sentences—for violators. As mandated by the GPA, in 2010 the newly formed and quasi-independent Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) replaced the state-controlled Media and Information Commission (MIC). However, former MIC head Tafataona Mahoso was appointed chief executive of the new body. The ZMC granted a number of new licenses, including to two news agencies and the long-shuttered Daily News, the country's most widely read independent daily until it was closed for violating AIPPA in 2003. The paper returned to print in March 2011.
The government continues to dominate the broadcast sector via the state-controlled Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) and the NewZiana news agency. Access to international news via satellite television is prohibitively expensive for most Zimbabweans. In 2009, the government lifted a ban on foreign news organizations such as the BBC, but the MIC significantly raised the accreditation fees for these outlets. Accreditation and license fees for foreign outlets were raised again in January 2011. Government jamming of domestic and foreign-based shortwave radio has decreased in recent years, but is still a problem. The 2007 Interception of Communications Act empowers the state to monitor telephonic and electronic communication. Journalists are routinely subjected to verbal intimidation, physical attacks, arrest and detention, and financial pressure by the police and ZANU-PF supporters.
Restrictions on freedom of expression have extended to the art world. In 2011, the cast of a play about the 2008 election violence was arrested and detained for two days for "beating a drum in public" and undermining the authority of the president.
While freedom of religion has generally been respected in Zimbabwe, church attendance has become increasingly politicized, and 2011 featured a stark increase in restrictions on and harassment of religious groups—particularly the mainstream Anglican Church—that are not aligned with ZANU-PF. Throughout the year, a pro-Mugabe Anglican splinter faction led by excommunicated bishop Nolbert Kunonga mounted a campaign to seize hundreds of church properties and other assets, including orphanages and Harare's main cathedral. In October, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams gave Mugabe a report on alleged abuses against Anglicans, including death threats against bishops; denial of access to churches, schools, clinics, and missions stations; the violent dispersal of congregations; evictions of priests; and one murder. In September, South Africa's Mail & Guardian reported on efforts by ZANU-PF to court the leaders of popular evangelical churches ahead of upcoming elections.
Academic freedom is limited. All schools are under state control, and education aid has often been based on parents' political loyalties. Security forces and ZANU-PF thugs harass dissident university students, who have been arrested or expelled for protesting against government policy. Teachers, especially in rural areas, are often targets of political violence. In 2008, thousands of teachers—many of whom served as polling officials—were beaten by ZANU-PF militias, and many rural schools were closed. According to the Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe, seven teachers were killed, 60 were tortured, about 600 were hospitalized, and over 230 teachers' houses were burned down. In October 2011, Amnesty International reported that thousands of children evicted during Operation Murambatsvina in 2005 were still attending makeshift schools in their new settlements. The nongovernmental organization (NGO) Plan International reported in November that one-third of Zimbabwean girls were not attending primary school and two-thirds were not attending secondary school due to poverty, abuse, and cultural practices.
The small nongovernmental sector is active, but NGOs face legal restrictions and extralegal harassment. The 2004 Non-Governmental Organizations Act increased scrutiny of human rights groups and explicitly prohibited them from receiving foreign funds. Among other instances of harassment in 2011, Abel Chikomo, director of the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, was arrested in April and charged with running an illegal organization; Chikomo was harassed repeatedly throughout the year. In September, Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu, leaders of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), were arrested along with 10 other activists during a demonstration in Bulawayo. While others were released without charge, Williams and Mahlangu were held for 13 days on charges of kidnapping and theft. According to Amnesty International, WOZA leaders and members had also faced a targeted intimidation campaign by security forces in February, ahead of their annual Valentine's Day protest march in Bulawayo.
The 2002 POSA requires police permission for public meetings and demonstrations. Such meetings are often broken up, and participants are subject to arbitrary arrest as well as attacks by ZANU-PF militias. The POSA allows police to impose arbitrary curfews and forbids criticism of the president. In March 2011, police raided a meeting of civil society activists inspired by the popular uprising in Egypt. While 46 people were initially arrested and charged with treason, which can carry the death penalty, the cases against all but six were dropped, and the remaining charges were reduced to "inciting public violence" in July. The six defendants' trial had not begun by year's end.
The Labor Relations Act allows the government to veto collective-bargaining agreements that it deems harmful to the economy. Strikes are allowed except in "essential" industries. Because the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has led resistance to Mugabe's rule, it has become a particular target for repression. In recent years, Gertrude Hambira, secretary general of the General Agriculture and Plantation Workers' Union (GAPWUZ), has also been subject to focused harassment by the authorities.
Pressure from the executive branch has substantially eroded judicial independence, though the situation has improved somewhat since the GPA. The accused are often denied access to counsel and a fair, timely trial, and the government has repeatedly refused to enforce court orders. It has also replaced senior judges or pressured them to resign by stating that it could not guarantee their security; judges have been subject to extensive physical harassment. Vacancies for scores of magistrate posts have caused a backlog of tens of thousands of cases.
Security forces abuse citizens with impunity, often ignoring basic rights regarding detention, searches, and seizures. The government has taken no clear action to halt the rising incidence of torture and mistreatment of suspects in custody. Security forces have also taken on major roles in crop collection and food distribution, and both the police and the military remain heavily politicized toward ZANU-PF despite the GPA. Meanwhile, ZANU-PF militias operate as de facto enforcers of government policy and have committed assault, torture, rape, extralegal evictions, and extralegal executions without fear of punishment. In March 2011, HRW accused the government of willfully failing to investigate and prosecute political violence perpetrated during the 2008 elections, and alleged that this failure was fueling further acts of violence. In September, in a rare exception to the prevailing impunity, a court sentenced ZANU-PF militia commander Gilbert Mavhenyengwa to 20 years in prison for the 2008 rape of the wife of an MDC supporter.
Lengthy pretrial detention remains a problem, and despite some improvements in recent years, and prison conditions remain harsh and sometimes life-threatening. Overcrowding and funding shortages have contributed to HIV and tuberculosis infections among inmates and poor sanitation facilities.
People living in the two Matabeleland provinces continue to suffer political and economic discrimination, and security forces often target these areas as MDC strongholds. Restrictive citizenship laws discriminate against Zimbabweans born in neighboring African countries.
The state has extensive control over travel and residence. The government has seized the passports of its domestic opponents, and foreign critics are routinely expelled or denied entry. High passport fees inhibit legal travel. At the same time, badly underfunded immigration and border authorities lack the capacity to effectively enforce travel restrictions.
Property rights are not respected. Operation Murambatsvina in 2005 entailed the eviction of hundreds of thousands of city dwellers and the destruction of thousands of residential and commercial structures, many of which had been approved by the government. Despite the advent of a government resettlement program (Operation Garikai), by 2011 the majority of victims still lacked adequate housing and had no means of redressing the destruction of their property. Most victims have moved into existing, overcrowded urban housing stock or remained in rural areas.
The 2007 Indigenization Law, which stipulates that 51 percent of shares in all companies operating in Zimbabwe must be owned by black Zimbabweans, came into effect in 2010. September 2011 was the deadline for foreign companies to submit plans on share sales to the government. Over 700 companies did not submit plans or had their plans rejected by the government; many complained of lack of clarity over the procedures and requirements. By year's end, details concerning the implementation and enforcement of the law remained murky. In February 2011, a ZANU-PF-sponsored rally against foreign ownership of companies spurred a series of violent attacks on foreign traders (mostly Chinese and Nigerian) in Harare; eight people were arrested.
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Women enjoy extensive legal protections, but societal discrimination and domestic violence persist. Women serve as ministers in national and local governments and hold 32 and 24 seats in the House of Assembly and Senate, respectively. The World Health Organization has reported that Zimbabwean women's "healthy life expectancy" of 34 years is the world's shortest. Sexual abuse is widespread, including the use of rape as a political weapon. Female members of the opposition often face particular brutality at the hands of security forces. The prevalence of customary laws in rural areas undermines women's civil rights and access to education.
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A former Camp Lejeune Marine said in court Tuesday that he is not guilty of killing his wife nearly two years ago.
A former Camp Lejeune Marine said in court Tuesday that he is not guilty of killing his wife nearly two years ago.
At his arraignment, Juan Carter Hernandez, 26, entered an official plea of not guilty in the 2011 shooting death of 20-year-old Kandace Rose Hernandez.
Hernandez � who was wanted on a federal warrant for desertion at the time of the shooting � had been married since 2008. The couple did not have children.
During a Rule 24 hearing following Hernandez�s arraignment, prosecutors told N.C. Superior Court Judge Charles Henry that the state would not be seeking the death penalty in the case.
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Zachary James Stewart, 23, was charged with being an accessory after the fact of murder. He is accused of removing Kandace Hernandez�s wallet and cellphone from the crime scene, according to warrants.
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There were 6 guys last year that signed for more that $3mil, Strasburg, Ackley, Tate all signed for more than $6mil, with Turner getting $5.5 and Matzek getting $3.9 from the Rockies. Wheeler got 3.3 from the Giants.
In 2008 seven guys got more than 3mil - Beckham, Alvarez, Hosmer & Posey all got around $6mil. Matsuz & Alonso got $4mil, and Smoak got 3.5.
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Last week, Cisco Live in San Diego served as the perfect backdrop for showcasing the pace of innovation. We've come quite a long way from the Cisco Live of the '90s–those ancestral brick cell phones and clunky PC workstations! This year, people were using their phones to record videos, share pictures, check email, and send out quick tweets as they walked around. Proof positive that mobile internet connectivity has allowed us to better integrate the different roles we play in our everyday lives and to be more productive. No matter where I was, Cisco Jabber kept me connected to my colleagues and team who couldn't be there. But just because they weren't there with me, doesn't mean they couldn't experience Cisco Live. In fact, they could remotely access all of the goings-on from any device with internet connectivity.
We are in a decade where flexibility seems to be the mantra and innovation the expectation. Elastic mobile architectures, as enabled by the recently released ASR 5500 mobile internet platform, showcase flexibility being built from the ground up. And flexibility is most obvious in our choice of consumer devices and the ability to work our way as enabled by the Cisco Unified Workspace. Ultimately, great minds generate growth and innovation. Cisco helps by providing better networking and collaborative tools that free those minds to do their magic. It all adds up to a continuous innovation life cycle.
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Today's the big day. My novelization of the Mutant Chronicles film is officially on sale! Run on down to your friendly local bookseller and pick up a copy of your very own—or download an eBook version from your favorite online purveyor of such marvels.
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More significant role for Iran's space administrationNovember 11, 2010 at 6:28 pm | Posted in Guest blogger | Leave a comment
Parviz Tarikhi (http://parviztarikhi.wordpress.com) is a space science and technology specialist in Iran majoring in radar remote sensing since 1994. He holds a PhD in physics focusing on microwave remote sensing. He has been involved with the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN-COPUOS) since 2000, including as Second Vice-Chair and Rapporteur in 2004-06 of the committee bureau. Since 2001 he has co-chaired Action Team number 1 of UNISPACE-III with the mission 'to develop a comprehensive worldwide environmental monitoring strategy'. From 2004-07 he led the Office for Specialized International Cooperation of the Iranian Space Agency. He is also a freelance journalist and technical writer who has made in the meantime years of research and study on the developments and status of space science and technology with a particular focus on Iran.
Following the annexation of the Iranian Space Agency (ISA) to Iran's Presidency Institution that was put in force by the approval of the Iranian Administrational Supreme Council on 29 September 2010, the activity of ISA under the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology was concluded after about 7 years. The President of I. R. Iran has appointed Dr. Hamid Fazeli as the in-charge of the presidency for ISA who will work as the I.R. Iran President's Deputy in the meantime.1 This new administrational promotion is the indication of the significance of Iran's space endeavor for the government.
ISA was established on 1 February 2004 according to the Article 9 of the Law for Tasks and Authorizations of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology passed on 10 December 2003 by the Parliament of Iran. Based on the approved statute ISA mandated to cover and support all the activities in Iran concerning the peaceful applications of space science and technology under the leadership of a Supreme Council of Space chaired by Iran's President. The Council's main goals included policy making for the application of space technologies aiming peaceful uses of outer space, manufacturing, launching and use of the national research satellites, approving the space related state and private sector programs, promoting the partnership of the private and cooperative sectors in efficient uses of space, identifying guidelines concerning the regional and international cooperation in space issues. To follow and implement the strategies set by the Council, ISA affiliated with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in the form of an autonomous organization, was organized. The President of ISA held the position of the Vice-Minister of Communications and Information Technology and the secretariat of Supreme Council of Space at the same time. 2, 3
The space agency continued implementing its tasks and duties under the supervision of the 'Supreme Council of Space' until when the government decided to merge the supreme councils according to the approval of Administrational Supreme Council in August 2007 and in line with the implementation of the IV Development Program of the country. The 'Supreme Council of Education, Research and Technology' was established by merging the 'Council of Science, Research and Technology' and 11 supreme councils including Information Technology, Communications, Space, Atomic Energy, Communication Media Security, Education and Training, Educational Revolution Logistics, Informatics, Science Applications, Biotechnology, and Standards. However, the new 'Supreme Council of Education, Research and Technology' was dissolved soon after in February 2008 and its functions were put on the newly set-up of "Science, Research and Technology Commission" under the Iranian Cabinet. 4, 5
Change in the status of the Supreme Council of Space urged the revision in the statute of ISA to allow it for functioning according to the legislations and approved laws and regulations. In this connection the Council of Ministers of IR Iran on 15 June 2008 approved the amendments to the statute of ISA approved in June 2005 which following the investigations of the Guardian Council of the Constitution of IR Iran led to final approval on 2 July 2008. The most important change in the new statute in comparison to the former one was that the supervision of the Supreme Council of Space with the leadership of the President of Iran has been cancelled. As a result ISA became only an administration under the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology that was responsible to report to the relevant Minister. It was actually the indication of the limitation and confinement for the Agency although the new statute provided ISA with more financial authorization to focus and regulate its efforts for institutionalization of space activities and benefiting the potentials and available sources to reach its goals.6 The new statute moreover authorized ISA to proceed for establishing space research centers and firms with the endorsement of the Council for Development of Higher Education. This task was not included in the older statute of ISA approved in June 2005. Also authorizing ISA according to new law to receive the approved tariffs for offering the space services charged the Agency to act based on the rates approved by the Cabinet and settle the funds to the state public revenue account. Furthermore, in line with the Article 68 of the Law for Management of Country Service approved in 2007, ISA in coordination of the Presidential Deputyship of Management and Human Assets Development was authorized to make necessary superior payments with the endorsement of the Cabinet to draw and retain appropriate human resources for the specialized and managerial positions. 7
The Iranian Parliament considered the dissolution of the councils as illegal in continuation and decided to revive the dissolved councils however the Guardian Council of the Constitution of IR Iran returned the approval of the Parliament for revision and amendments. By the approval of the Expediency Council on 27 September 2008 the State was mandated to revive the dissolved councils after 8 months since their dissolution. Reviving of the Supreme Council of Space raised the need for mandatory change of the statute of ISA. The statute was needed to ratify the relation of the revived Supreme Council of Space with ISA and redefine the functions and duties of the Agency in the new configuration based on the aims and mandates of the Supreme Council of Space. This ratification did not took place in practice however by the recent administrational promotion of ISA the need for setting up a newer statute based on the new administrational changes to be approved by the Iranian Parliament is a must.
Mr. Fazeli is the fifth president of the Iranian Space Agency who is appointed since the establishment of ISA. He holds a PhD degree in Mechanics from the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran. Before appointment as the in-charge of the presidency of ISA he was working as the president of the Aerospace Research Institute (ARI) of Iran since February 2009. ISA's first president, Mr. S. Hassan Shafti, conducted the Agency from its establishment in February 2004 to 18 October 20052 while the second president, Mr. Ahmad Talebzadeh, headed the Agency by 29 July 2008.8 Mr. Reza Taghipour (currently the Minister of Communications and Information Technology) was the successor of the second president who presided the agency by 22 September 2009.2 He was replaced by Mr. Muhammad Ali Forghani whose presidency lasted by 29 September 2010.
[1] ISA's News Archive (Persian Version): Appointment of the in-charge of the presidency for the Iranian Space Agency by I.R. Iran President, Iranian Space Agency- Tehran, 19 October 2010,
http://www.isa.ir/components1.php?rQV==wHQxAkOklUZnFWdn5WYMJXZ0VWbhJXYw9lZ8BENzQDQ6QWStVGdp9lZ8BUM4ATMApDZJ52bpR3Yh9lZ (accessed 29 October 2010)
[2] Harvey, Brian; Smid, Henk; Pirard, Theo: Emerging Space Powers; the New Space Programs of Asia, the Middle East, and South America, Springer/Praxis, February 2010, pp. 264-268 & 286
[3] Tarikhi, Parviz: Iran's space program; Riding high for peace and pride, Space Policy International Journal (Elsevier), Issue 3, Volume 25, August 2009, pp. 160-173 (DOI: 10.1016/j.spacepol.2009.05.010).
[4] Tarikhi, Parviz: Is there a Need for New Space Law? Tehran, 9 November 2008, https://rescommunis.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/guest-blogger-parviz-tarikhi-is-there-a-need-for-new-space-law/ (accessed 29 October 2010)
[5] Tarikhi, Parviz: New Statute for ISA- more confinement or more freedom? Tehran, 11 September 2008, https://rescommunis.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/guest-blogger-parviz-tarikhi-new-statute-for-isa-more-confinement-or-more-freedom/ (accessed 29 October 2010)
[6] Tarikhi, Parviz: Iranian Cabinet approves new Statute of the Iranian Space Agency Tehran, 22 July 2008, https://rescommunis.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/guest-blogger-parviz-tarikhi-iranian-cabinet-approves-new-statute-of-the-iranian-space-agency/ (accessed 29 October 2010)
[7] Tarikhi, Parviz: Statutes of Iranian Space Agency (2005 & 2008), Journal of Space Law, USA, Vol. 34, No. 2, winter 2008, 15 pp., December 2008, http://parviztarikhi.wordpress.com/features-2/statutes-of-iranian-space-agency-2005-2008/ (accessed 29 October 2010)
[8] Gabrynowicz, Joanne Irene: Mr. Ahmad Talebzadeh appointed Director General, Department of External Relations and Legal Affairs for Asian-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization in Beijing, China, 10 February 2010, https://rescommunis.wordpress.com/2010/02/10/mr-ahmad-talebzadeh-appointed-director-general-department-of-external-relations-and-legal-affairs-for-asian-pacific-space-cooperation-organization-in-beijing-china/ (accessed 29 October 2010)
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The California-based company owns and operates eight wind power projects in the United States, Canada and Chile with a total generating capacity of 1,041 MW.
It offered 16 million shares, and expects to raise around $318.6 million in net proceeds.
Pattern priced the shares in its initial public offering, the first for a US wind energy company, at $22, above the $19-21 range initially expected. The stock opened at $24.10 and touched a high of $24.30 during the day.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Spurred by additional satellite leads, Australian officials on Sunday ramped up a multinational effort to comb a vast stretch of the south Indian Ocean for traces of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said eight military and civilian aircraft carrying 20 volunteer spotters — double the number used Saturday — would look for objects that were shown floating about 1,500 miles off the coast of western Australia.
An Australian navy vessel also began to conduct a search, and more ships were on the way.
Sunday was the fourth day of an operation that has focused on this remote area of the Indian Ocean since Australia, and then China, spotted satellite images of large objects that could be wreckage from Flight 370, which left Kuala Lumpur for Beijing on March 8 with 239 people on board.
Although officials continued to call it a search and rescue operation, Australia's maritime authority said that the effort was challenging and "continues to hold grave fears for the passengers and crew on board the missing flight."
The search effort has been both high-tech and labor intensive. Authorities for the first time deployed four commercial planes, because of their ability to sweep the search area for as long as five hours, three more than the P-3 Orions and U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon aircraft that have been used in the search.
Sunday's search was expected to cover an even larger expanse of these normally rough waters than before, about 22,800 square miles, with marker buoys helping to track the ocean currents.
Although no sightings of possible airplane debris have been reported, the effort in this part of the Indian Ocean received new impetus after China on Saturday released images of a large object floating in an area about 75 miles from where Australian satellite images had shown two objects, one similar in size.
A Chinese defense agency said on its website that satellite pictures taken around noon Tuesday showed an object measuring 74 feet by 43 feet southwest of where Australia two days earlier captured images of the two objects, one of them estimated at 79 feet long. Australian officials have said these could be related to the missing plane.
Since Australia reported its satellite sightings Thursday, an increasingly intensifying effort has been undertaken to comb the waters. But Saturday's hunt ended with aircraft equipment and human spotters finding little more than a wooden pallet and clumps of seaweed, said the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, which is coordinating the operation in that area.
In a statement, the maritime agency said it had plotted the position of the new Chinese satellite image and that it fell within Saturday's search area. The authority said it would take the new information into account in Sunday's search plans, which could be affected by bad weather.
The report of the Chinese image came amid concern that any objects seen by satellite days ago may already have sunk, but it is still likely to give further motivation to the multinational search in the so-called southern corridor that is thought to be a likely path taken by Flight 370.
Malaysia's defense minister, Hishammuddin Hussein, said that China was dispatching ships to the area of the object sightings.
China already has five ships in the southern corridor and is sending two more, Hishammuddin said in a statement during a daily press briefing, which was cut short by the Chinese satellite news. He also said two Chinese aircraft capable of hauling heavy items were to join Australia, the United States and New Zealand in the search operations.
Two merchant ships and an Australian navy vessel also are in the search area.
Japanese planes were to arrive Sunday, and two Indian aircraft that landed in Malaysia on Friday night also will assist with the search in the southern area, Hishammuddin said. In addition, a British vessel equipped with underwater search sensors was en route, he said.
Despite the growing and sophisticated resources, the operation has proved daunting because of not only the large search area but also the generally strong currents and rough seas in this remote section of the Indian Ocean.
Hishammuddin said there was a cyclone warning for the southern corridor.
On Saturday, weather conditions and visibility were good as four Orion military aircraft and two long-range commercial planes scoured the area, with 10 volunteer air observers helping to look for any objects that could be related to the missing jetliner.
Australia's maritime agency said observers in one of the civilian planes spotted a number of small objects, including a pallet, within a radius of about three miles, but an inspection later by a New Zealand Orion found only seaweed.
Despite the lack of success thus far, Malaysian officials have pledged to keep search operations going for as long as there is hope.
"I know this roller-coaster has been incredibly hard for everyone, especially for the families," Hishammuddin said Saturday. "We hope and pray this difficult search will be resolved, and bring to closure to those whose relatives were on board."


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There might be something of a silver lining to Iran's quest for nuclear weapons, as a British newspaper reports that Israel could soon join a defensive alliance with Turkey, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Savvy readers will recognize the last two nations in that list as not currently having diplomatic ties with the Jewish state. The forging of such a pact could drastically alter Israel's position among its Arab neighbors.
The deal is being brokered by the Obama Administration, according to an Israeli official cited by London's Sunday Times, and would provide Israel with access to radar stations across the region in exchange for Israeli anti-missile technology.
The Sunni Muslim states are openly opposed to Shiite Iran attaining nuclear weapons and shifting the balance of power in the region.
While the scheme might have positive diplomatic repercussions for Israel vis-a-vis the Arab states, it could also signal that Washington is resigning itself to Iran going nuclear, and is instead looking to a policy of containment.
Israel has repeatedly stated that an atomic weapon in the hands of Iran's mullahs is an unacceptable scenario that the Jewish state and its allies must do everything possible to prevent.
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During Society Day at the Federation of Genealogical Societies 2012 conference, I attended "The Shape of the 21st Century Genealogical Society" led by George Morgan. Here are some of the main points I gleaned from the session:
Societies struggle because they need to move forward. Morgan noted that about 2% of the genealogical and historical societies out there do not have websites. The necessary tools for the 21st century are dynamic websites (no stale pages, lots of updates), blogs, green publications (e-newsletters, etc.) and technology and innovations along these lines.
To attract new genealogy society members, offer a combination of traditional and technology programs. Supplement in-person speakers with webinars. Also form special interest groups (SIGs). These could be based on research interests like world locations, ethnic groups, software or technology.
Morgan also urged societies to reach out to and work with other community organizations. He suggested a "Research-a-Rama" as a way to partner with local libraries. Members and community guests can learn about the society, the library's materials and some new skills all in one event.
Other ways for societies to connect with the community include getting involved with schools, scouts, community groups (Rotary, Elks, etc.), ethnic groups and more. Also, partner with other societies for larger events and programs, bigger profile speakers and to reach a larger audience.
Be sure to advertise each and every genealogy society event though a variety of channels. There are lots of free community papers out there, events boards at community centers and libraries, and even television and radio.
Takeaways from this session all pointed to increased community involvement for a society's success and growth in the 21st century.


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Author Notes: The waiter delivered a plate covered with a tangle of crisp vegetable shavings, all slicked with a thin, pungent bagna cauda dressing.
At home, I improvised with a group of vegetables that are available in most grocery stores – by no means should you feel like you have to use all the vegetables in the following recipe; just try for 4 of them so there's enough variety, and adjust the amounts accordingly. The salad holds up well, which is important for a packed lunch. But I may just serve this at my next dinner party. —Amanda Hesser
Serves: 4
2 small carrots, trimmed and peeled
2 radishes, trimmed
2 small turnips, trimmed and peeled
2 small beets, trimmed and peeled
1/4 small butternut squash (the seed end, preferably), seeded and peeled
8 brussels sprouts, trimmed
1/4 cup whole flat leaf parsley leaves
4 anchovy fillets
2 small (or 1 medium) garlic cloves
2 tablespoons lemon juice
5 tablespoons olive oil
- Cut the carrot into 3-inch-long, sliver thin batons (I first cut the carrot crosswise into 3-inch lengths; then I cut each piece in half lengthwise; finally, I cut each half lengthwise into 1/8-inch slivers.)
- Using a mandoline, slice the radishes, turnips, and beets crosswise into the thinnest circles possible – they should be translucent.
- Put the mandoline to work again: slice the butternut squash into the thinnest ribbons possible. Stop when you have 2 cups of ribbons.
- Pull the brussels sprouts into leaves – you may need to trim the stem as you go to help the leaves separate, and remember that the leaves tend to wind around the sprout, so you want to pull them off the sprout in an unwinding fashion.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the carrots, radishes, turnips, squash, brussels sprouts, and parsley. (Leave aside the beets until the end; otherwise, they'll stain the rest of the vegetables.) Mix with your hands to disperse the vegetables. You should have 4 to 6 cups of vegetables.
- In a mortar and pestle (or in a mini food processor or blender), pound the anchovy, garlic, and a large pinch of salt to a paste. Slowly beat in the lemon juice, followed by the olive oil, adding it in drops so the dressing has time to emulsify. Season to taste with salt, and add more lemon juice or oil if needed.
- Pour half the dressing over the vegetables and blend with your hands so you can separate the vegetables (they like to cling to each other). Mix and mix and mix! Then taste and adjust seasoning. If it's good, slip the beets into the salad (but don't really mix them in), and let the salad rest for at least 15 minutes before serving. Then eat, and feel virtuous.
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Is it really necessary to stick 13 sensors, a camera, extra gyroscopes and crash sensors into these vacuuming robots? I'm all for improved gadgets, but I just plain don't want my vacuum able to take photos of my knickers.
Granted, there's at least the peace of mind that this pervy lil' vacuum has enough sensors to avoid me properly after making me feel violated. [Akihabara News]


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Funnily enough, the water in Canada and the water in Scotland should share a lot of the same characteristics (including similar local variations) as they are from the same original land mass - before the continents as we now know them, were formed. :thup:
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Seventeen Grand Island volunteers gathered at the Riverside-Salem Environmental Chapel on a rainy morning last Saturday, Sept. 22, to participate in the Buffalo-Niagara Riverkeeper's annual Shoreline Sweep.
Grand Island was one of 20 Western New York sites that participated in the event. Volunteers paired up and filled out a checklist of each piece of litter picked up (for example, plastic bottles, beverage cans, etc.), which will be entered into a national database to assess what litter is especially problematic and what policies might be developed to reduce this litter in the future. Island volunteers concentrated on problem areas such as the East River Marsh, the South Grand Island Bridge, Buckhorn State Park and the overlooks. Renewable and non-renewable trash was sorted into separate bags and picked up by the Town Highway Department. John's Pizza & Subs provided free pizza for the wet and hungry volunteers.
Some of the volunteers are pictured with bags full of the detritus from their sweep.


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Strong Performance Amid Tough Conditions
PURCHASE, N.Y. – The Yale men's golf team battled tough conditions to finish in third place at the Century Intercollegiate, which it hosted this weekend at the Century Country Club in Purchase, N.Y..
The weather wreaked havoc on players' scores, and the difficult course at the Century Golf Club certainly did not help.
At the end of the second day's play, the Bulldogs had an overall team score of 634 (+66), a score that testified to the challenging weather that golfers had to play in. Still, Yale was just six strokes short of championship winners and Ivy League rivals Harvard, who finished at 628 (+60), and five strokes behind George Washington, who caught up over the day to end play at 629 (+61).
"The conditions were once again very difficult. As one player said, the only difference between yesterday and today was he could still feel his hands," said head coach Colin Sheehan '97. "The Century course is a championship test and the greens were as challenging as any we have played."
Fortunately, the Elis will not leave the event without some strong individual performances.
Similar to past weeks, leading the charge was senior captain Thomas McCarthy, who made great strides through the second day to shoot 75 (+4), ending up in a tie for fourth place.
Also up high on the leaderboard were junior Jeffrey Hatten and freshman Sam Bernstein, who came off strong performances at last weekend's Princeton Invitational to finish at +8 and +9 overall for the tournament, earning them a tie for ninth and a tie for 12th, respectively.
"I am very proud of how well the team competed this weekend," Sheehan said. "They were grinding to the very end and they clearly play with a resolve to support each other."
The Bulldogs will venture to Galloway National Golf Course in Galloway, N.J., for the Ivy Championship, an event at which they finished in second place last year.
Report filed by James Lu '14, Yale Sports Publicity.


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While a high school student at the Carcar Academy, did decor and lettering jobs; hang around the Abellana brothers' studios (painter Martino and sculptors Ramon and Sindulfo) where he was informally taken in and where he was able to observe and absorb from the masters in his own hometown; studied in Manila; part of Dimasalang Group of artists and writers founded by his future brother-in-law and fellow Cebuano and Abellana apprentice, Sofronio Y. (sym) Mendoza; formally began his career in the more competitive capital; although there exposed to various art styles and movements being pursued by their best proponents, he harkened back to his Abellana awakenings and found his best form in realistic portraiture; won the prestigious Portrait Society of America William F. Draper Grand Prize for International Competition in 2005; the most sought-after (and necessarily highest-priced) portrait painter certainly in the Philippines if not also abroad but may still surprise the art scene in the future with an altogether non-representational turnaround as he exposes us through his art to his experiences and his person.
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Brookfield Engineering offers the new 90° Peel Fixture for use with the CT3 Tester, designed to measure the adhesion force between two materials. The fixture maintains a 90° angle as the tape is pulled away from the substrate. The CT3 Tester measures the adhesive force to separate the tape. Typical applications include testing the strength of packaging tape, adhesive bandages, transdermal patches or any number of items with an adhesive surface.
Brookfield offers dozens of test fixtures with several designed specifically for testing packaging and adhesives. They also continue to develop new accessories in response to each customer's particular needs.
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When James Breen looks into the near future, he sees a dramatic changing of the guard.
Mobile banking will eclipse online banking in three to five years, said Breen who is SVP at the $5.4 billion Bethpage Federal Credit Union in Bethpage, N.Y.
"It's going to happen, it is inevitable," said Breen. "Just over 50% of our online banking users now are mainly on mobile. It's more convenient and they get alerts. They are using online less and less."
Some credit unions say the domination of mobile is already happening. A spokeswoman for the $55 billion Navy Federal Credit Union in Vienna, Va., said she believes it's possible that the financial institution's mobile usage could surpass online banking this year. One of the main reasons is many of its 4.6 million members are heavy mobile device users, she added.
Other reasons that point to the shift are home PCs are falling into disuse, industry sales have cratered and many homes are replacing dead computers with tablets, which also count as mobile devices.
At the Austin, Texas-based mobile banking apps developer Malauzai, co-founder Robb Gaynor said at financial institutions where mobile banking has been offered for at least 12 months, the typical usage growth per month is 5% and that usually occurs with very little marketing. Meanwhile, online banking usage is flat, he noted.
"Mobile banking will keep getting bigger as smartphone prices continue to fall," predicted Breen who said the younger the member, in many ways, the stronger the preference for mobile banking, with those under the age of 40 being the heaviest users.
A survey from global business advisory firm AlixPartners revealed 28% of U.S. consumers now use mobile banking, up from 19% in the fourth quarter of 2012. But do not bury online banking just yet. At the $290 million Charlotte Metro Federal Credit Union in Charlotte, N.C., David Cooper, vice president of information systems, argued that while mobile will keep growing, online banking is unlikely to fade away.
Certain tasks such as personal financial management tools work better on large screens, he said. While they can be done on a tiny phone screen, given a choice, some members would opt for a bigger screen to complete a mortgage application, for instance.
A typical session is very short, often under a minute, and may involve checking a balance or paying a bill and then signing off. There is not a lot of leisurely viewing on the mobile channel and that, too, differentiates it from the online channel. What has fueled the growth is that it continues to add features that make it in some ways, superior to online banking.
"The user can do things in mobile that cannot be done online, like mobile remote deposit capture and picture pay," said Gaynor, adding as more functions are built into mobile, usage will continue to grow.


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