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IBM United States
Software Announcement 202-132
June 4, 2002
IBM iSeries V5R2 Software Enhanced for iSeries Servers
At a Glance
Backup Recovery and Media Services
iSeries Access
For ordering, contact:
Your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or IBM Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL (Reference: YE001).
New Backup Recovery and Media Services (BRMS) function makes it more powerful and easier to use.
The BRMS plug-in to IBM iSeries Navigator better meets the needs of more complex users.
The BRMS server now supports:
iSeries Client Access Family is renamed to iSeries Access.
iSeries Access for Web and WebSphere® Host Publisher V4 now run on WebSphere Application Server V4. iSeries Access for Web additionally runs on Apache Software Foundation's Jakarta Tomcat. iSeries Access for Web adds enhanced 5250 interface, support for PDF, e-mail integration, and much more.
iSeries ODBC Driver for Linux provides data access to DB2 Universal Database® (UDB) for iSeries from Linux programs.
Backup Recovery and Media Services for iSeries (BRMS) (5722-BR1)
For detailed information on the BRMS plug-in to iSeries Navigator (previously known at Operations Navigator), refer to the iSeries Information Center, or download and review the BRMS GUI Student Guide from the BRMS Web site:
BRMS functionality is enhanced continually. Enhancements between regularly scheduled software releases are provided by PTF. Periodically review the BRMS Web site to learn of any new functions that might improve your backup and recovery strategy.
iSeries Access (5722-XW1)
iSeries Client Access is now called iSeries Access since the product provides data connectivity from other systems and platforms to iSeries servers.
iSeries Access: Order iSeries Access to get the family of products that provide access to iSeries servers (not just through Windows).
iSeries Access for Windows (Previously known as AS/400 Client Access Express for Windows)
Enhancements include:
iSeries Access for Web: iSeries Access for Web runs on WebSphere Application Server V4 (the V5R1 version of iSeries Access for Web runs on WebSphere Application Server V3.5) and on Apache Software Foundation's Jakarta Tomcat. Also, this version can be configured to run on more than one Web application server concurrently. New functions introduced in this release include:
Host Publisher V4: Compatible with WebSphere Application Server V4
As part of the WebSphere V4 environment, the following enhancements are included in Host Publisher:
Web Services, an application integration technology based on open standards and implemented in middleware, provides a way for applications to connect and interact on the Web easier and more efficiently. Host Publisher Integration Objects and EJB Access Beans are enabled to become Web Services.
Multilanguage support : On the server, you can use Host Publisher Server Administration and view the Host Publisher documentation in languages other than the server's default language.
Software Maintenance Utility, a new command-line tool, can help you apply software fixes. If you involve the IBM Support Center, this tool scans the product and creates a package containing documentation and files for the IBM support team to use in troubleshooting.
iSeries Access for Wireless: This provides access to iSeries administrative functions and development tools intended for wireless devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs) and Internet-enabled phones. Since no iSeries Access (5722-XW1) license is required to use iSeries Access for Windows, it is delivered with OS/400. Additional information about this product is available in the OS/400 announcement, refer to Software Announcement 202-123 , dated June 4, 2002.
Client Access Family (5722-XW1): Client Access Family (5722-XW1) customers who are running OS/400 V5R1 and have software subscription can acquire and use the V5R2 versions of the following products by ordering the 5722-XW1 refresh:
iSeries ODBC Driver for Linux (5733-LO1) (Web Download Only)
Linux programs written to the ODBC interface can access DB2® UDB for iSeries using the iSeries ODBC Driver for Linux. This ODBC driver is based on the ODBC driver in the iSeries Access for Windows product. Like that driver, the ODBC Driver for Linux uses the iSeries database host servers as the access point to the server, using a socket connection.
Key Points:
Refer to:
WebSphere Application Server V4 (5733-WS4, 5733-WA4)
WebSphere is a set of software products that help you develop and manage high-performance Web site to ease the transition from simple Web publishing to advanced e-business Web applications.
V5R2 iSeries offers two WebSphere options to choose from:
WebSphere Application Server V4 Advanced Single Server Edition for iSeries (5733-WS4)
WebSphere Application Server V4 Advanced Edition for iSeries (5733-WA4)
Builds on and enhances the Single Server Edition with additional support
for scaling Web sites into security-enhanced, transactional e-business
application sites.
WebSphere Commerce (5724-A18)
WebSphere Commerce for iSeries V5.4
Tap into the vast Internet market, increase your business, and improve your productivity by developing a business-to-consumer or business-to-business Web site with WebSphere Commerce Professional Edition (WCPE) or WebSphere Commerce Business Edition (WCBE).
CICS® Transaction Server for iSeries (5722-DFH)
Programs written for the CICS Clients and the CICS Transaction Gateway can access CICS transactions on iSeries over a TCP/IP network. This provides an identical function to what is available only over SNA networks.
CICS client/server programming allows existing host-based applications to
be enabled for client environments. The CICS Transaction Gateway
enables these same applications to be used in Web serving environments.
Both of these environments are available through either SNA or TCP/IP
DB2 UDB Extenders V7.2 (5722-DE1)
The DB2 UDB Extenders for iSeries V7.2, combining the XML Extender and the Text Extender, provides functions that utilize the Independent Auxiliary Storage Pools (IASPs) provided by the operating system. Additional functions improve performance and usability.
XML Extender enhancements in OS/400 V5R2:
Text Extender enhancements in OS/400 V5R2:
Content Manager OnDemand for iSeries (5722-RD1)
Content Manager OnDemand for iSeries V5.2 provides additional functions for ease-of-use and flexibility:
Accessibility by People with Disabilities
The following products are not fully accessible:
Reference Information
Letter Number Description Date Hardware Announcements 102-157 IBM iSeries (with POWER4(TM) Technology) June 4, 2002 and OS/400 V5R2 -- Unmatched iSeries Growth and Enterprise IT Management Made Simple 102-130 IBM iSeries ... Now with POWER4 Technology May 14, 2002 Software Announcements for June 4, 2002 202-131 IBM iSeries V5R2 Software Ordering and Charges Information 202-123 IBM OS/400 V5R2 -- Enterprise IT Management Made Simple 202-127 IBM WebSphere Development Studio Client for IBM iSeries V4 -- Workstation Development Tools to Support WebSphere Studio Workbench 202-126 IBM WebSphere Development Studio for IBM iSeries V5R1 Refreshed With New WebSphere Studio Workstation Tools 202-130 IBM WebSphere Development Studio for IBM iSeries V5R2 Enhancements 202-133 IBM Infoprint Server for iSeries V5.2 Transforms Your Output into an e-business Advantage 202-125 IBM DB2 DataPropagator(TM) for the iSeries Offers Improved Performance and Manageability
Ordering Information
Refer to Software Announcement 102-131 , dated June 4, 2002, for ordering information.
Terms and Conditions
Subcapacity terms and conditions for the following products only
PID WebSphere(R) Application Server 5733-WA3 Advanced Edition for iSeries, V3.5 WebSphere Application Server 5733-WA4 Advanced Edition for iSeries, V4 WebSphere Application Server 5733-WS4 Advanced Single Server Edition for iSeries, V4 WebSphere Commerce Professional 5724-A18 Edition for iSeries, V5.4 WebSphere Commerce Business 5724-A18 Edition for iSeries, V5.4
The flexibility of subcapacity pricing is announced for selected products running on IBM iSeries and AS/400® hardware capable of logical partitioning. This allows customers to pay for software based on the number of processors in each logical partition where the program is defined (runs) rather than the total number of processors in the machine. LPAR was introduced at V4R4 and is the earliest release where these new terms could apply. This announcement does not change program service dates for V4R4. For details on Passport Advantage and compatible OS/400® releases, refer to the individual product announcements.
Subcapacity licensing permits a customer to license a product for use on less than the full capacity (in processors) of the machine. A product must be isolated to a logical partition using IBM-provided tools to be eligible for subcapacity licensing. The products listed above can be optionally subcapacity licensed on iSeries and AS/400 hardware capable of logical partitioning.
In the future, subcapacity licensed customers will be required to send license manager software inventory logs to IBM. These logs will be audited for license compliance.
Customers may choose to license the eligible products either for full capacity (as in the past) or subcapacity of the machine, depending on their requirements.
Currently, the above software is priced by the full capacity of a machine under terms that permit customers to reallocate authorizations to use this software among the customer's machines. With respect to previously acquired authorizations for this software, IBM will permit the customer to take advantage of subcapacity pricing under the condition that the customer agrees to a restriction on reallocation of authorizations among the customer's machines. The customer must agree that when they choose to reallocate authorizations from one machine to another machine, all authorizations allocated to the first machine must be reallocated to the other machine. The authorizations on a machine may not be reallocated among multiple machines.
With subcapacity pricing, the number of processors that need to be licensed is the aggregation of all processors, including partial shares of a processor, across all partitions of a single machine (where the program is defined), rounded up to the next highest whole number.
The licensing and pricing of these products is based on the whole number of processors. On iSeries hardware, processor units are used by the system to size partitions. One processor unit is equal to the size of one dedicated processor. Processor units are not licensed or priced they are only used to define the size of a partition. For example, if a 4-way iSeries machine has WebSphere Advanced Application Server running in two partitions sized at 0.6 processor units and 0.7 processor units, the total number of processing units is 1.3. Since the product is priced and licensed based on the whole number of processors, this customer would need two processor licenses of WebSphere Advanced Application Server.
The number of processor units is independent of the number of physical processors running the logical partitions. For example, if a customer has WebSphere Advanced Application Server in a partition sized at one processor, which is divided equally across four physical processors of the machine (in other words, the partition is using 0.25 processor units of four physical processors), then this customer has one processor unit and would need one processor license of WebSphere Advanced Application Server.
The remaining terms and conditions are unchanged by this announcement.
Program Services: Available until September 30, 2004, for the following products:
Order Description Number Cryptographic Access Provider 5722-AC3 128-bit for iSeries AFP(TM) Utilities for iSeries 5722-AF1 Advanced Function Printing(TM) 5798-AF3 PrintSuite for AS/400 Advanced DBCS Printer Support for iSeries 5722-AP1 AFP Font Collection for 5648-B45 Workstations and OS/400 Backup Recovery and Media Services 5722-BR1 for iSeries iSeries Client Encryption (128-bit) 5722-CE3 Communications Utilities for iSeries 5722-CM1 Cryptographic Support for AS/400 5722-CR1 Order Description Number System/38(TM) Utilities for AS/400 5722-DB1 DB2 Universal Database(R) Extenders 5722-DE1 for iSeries V7.2 CICS(R) Transaction Server for iSeries 5722-DFH Dictionary and Linguistic Tools for AS/400 5769-DL1 Business Graphics Utility for AS/400 5722-DS1 Facsimile Support for iSeries 5798-FAX Advanced Function Printing 5769-FN1 DBCS Fonts for AS/400 Advanced Function Printing 5769-FNT Fonts for AS/400 Domino(TM) Fax for iSeries 5733-FXD DB2(R) Intelligent Miner(TM) for 5733-IM3 Data for iSeries V6.1 Advanced Job Scheduler for iSeries 5722-JS1 Managed System Services for iSeries 5722-MG1 Application Program Driver for AS/400 5722-PD1 Performance Tools for iSeries 5722-PT1 Query for iSeries 5722-QU1 Content Manager OnDemand for iSeries 5722-RD1 System Manager for iSeries 5722-SM1 DB2 Query Manager and SQL 5722-ST1 Development Kit for iSeries Content Manager for iSeries 5722-VI1 ValuPak for iSeries 5722-VP1 XML Toolkit for iSeries 5733-XT1 iSeries Access 5722-XW1
The following products' End of Service dates are:
End of Order Service Description Number Date WebSphere Commerce 5724-A18 March 31, 2004 MQSeries(R) for 5733-A38 December 31, 2003 iSeries V5.2 DCE Base Services 5769-DC1 June 30, 2003 for AS/400 DCE DES Library 5769-DC3 June 30, 2003 Routines QMF(TM) for Windows(R) 5697-G24 June 29, 2004 for iSeries DB2 Table Editor 5697-G84 November 30, 2004 for iSeries DB2 Web Query Tool 5697-G85 November 30, 2004 for iSeries Infoprint(R) Designer 5733-ID1 December 31, 2003 for iSeries VisualAge(R) Generator 5769-VG1 December 31, 2003 Server for AS/400 WebSphere Application 5733-WA4 September 30, 2003 Server V4, Advanced Edition for iSeries WebSphere Application 5733-WS4 September 30,2003 Server Advanced Single Server Edition for iSeries
V5R2 Content
The following is a list of iSeries V5R2 software included in this announcement:
Program Program Name Number Cryptographic Access Provider 5722-AC3 128-bit for iSeries AFP Utilities for iSeries 5722-AF1 Advanced DBCS Printer Support 5722-AP1 for iSeries Backup Recovery and Media 5722-BR1 Services for iSeries iSeries Client Encryption (128-bit) 5722-CE3 Communications Utilities for iSeries 5722-CM1 Cryptographic Support for AS/400 5722-CR1 System/38 Utilities for AS/400 5722-DB1 DB2 Universal Database Extenders 5722-DE1 for iSeries V7.2 CICS Transaction Server for iSeries 5722-DFH Business Graphics Utility for AS/400 5722-DS1 Facsimile Support for iSeries 5798-FAX Infoprint Designer for iSeries 5733-ID1 Tivoli(R) Storage Manager 5698-ISE Enterprise Edition Tivoli Storage Manager 5698-ISM Job Scheduler for iSeries 5722-JS1 Managed System Services for iSeries 5722-MG1 Performance Tools for iSeries 5722-PT1 Query for iSeries 5722-QU1 Content Manager OnDemand for iSeries 5722-RD1 System Manager for iSeries 5722-SM1 DB2 Query Manager and SQL 5722-ST1 Development Kit for iSeries iSeries Client Access Family 5722-XW1
iSeries V5R2 programs announced in separate software announcements include the following:
Program Program Name Number DB2 DataPropagator(TM) for iSeries V8.1 5722-DP4 Infoprint Server for iSeries 5722-IP1 OS/400 5722-SS1 WebSphere Development Studio 5722-WDS for iSeries
Also available in iSeries V5R2 are the following:
Program Version/ Program Name Number Release WebSphere Commerce 5724-A18 V5R2 MQSeries for iSeries V5.2 5733-A38 V5R2 Host Access Client Package 5733-A57 V2 for Multiplatforms AFP PrintSuite 5798-AF3 V3R7 AFP Font Collection for 5648-B45 V2R1 Workstations and OS/400 DCE Base Services for AS/400 5769-DC1 V4R3 DCE DES Library Routines 5769-DC3 V4R3 Dictionary and Linguistic Tools 5769-DL1 V4R5 AFP DBCS Fonts 5769-FN1 V4R2 AFP Fonts 5769-FNT V4R2 Domino Fax for iSeries 5733-FXD V4R4 QMF for Windows for iSeries 5697-G24 V4R4 DB2 Table Editor for iSeries 5697-G84 V4R3 DB2 Web Query Tool for iSeries 5697-G85 V1R3 DB2 Intelligent Miner 5733-IM3 V6R1 Application Program Driver 5722-PD1 V5R1 for AS/400 VisualAge Generator Server 5769-VG1 V4R4 for iSeries Content Manager for iSeries 5722-VI1 V5R1 WebSphere Application 5733-WA4 V4 Server V4, Advanced Edition for iSeries WebSphere Application Server 5733-WS4 V4 Advanced Single Server Edition for iSeries XML Toolkit for iSeries 5733-XT1 V1R1
Refer to Software Announcement 202-131 , dated June 4, 2002 for any new charges.
For local charges, contact your IBM representative.
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A Detroit city council member is asking President Obama to bail out the financially troubled city in return for residents' overwhelmingly supporting his successful re-election bid.
"There ought to be a quid pro quo," said Councilwoman JoAnn Watson, according to My Fox Detroit.
Nearly 75 percent of voters in Wayne County, which includes Detroit, voted for Obama on Nov. 6.
"After the election of Jimmy Carter, the honorable Coleman Alexander Young, he went to Washington, D.C., and came home with some bacon," Watson said. "That's what you do," Watson said.
Young was Detroit's mayor for 20 years and served as vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1977 to 1981.
The White House has expressed no plans to bail out the cash-strapped city that some experts say could go bankrupt by the end of the year.
Michigan officials began state oversight of Detroit six months ago to help the city avoid bankruptcy. But the city-state advisory board says Mayor Dave Bing, a Democrat, needs to move faster in his reform of city agencies and services to avert the city's financial meltdown.
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PORTLAND, Ore. – Protesters unhappy with the election of Donald Trump took to the streets of downtown Portland to show their displeasure early Wednesday morning.
The protest began at around 11 p.m. at Portland State University and ended there about 4:30 a.m., according to Portland police.
There were no arrests and reports of some minor vandalism, including a Dumpster fire in downtown Portland.
There was one report of a protester struck by a car as the crowd shut down lanes of I-5 for about an hour, police said. The person was not seriously injured, police said.
A video on Twitter says several people were struck and shows a car leaving the scene and angry protesters trying to chase it.
This car ran over multiple people during a PSU Protest where a big mass of people marched and took over the highway. pic.twitter.com/122dAkFsPM— Riles (@RilesOfTheNile) November 9, 2016
More than 100 protesters blocked traffic in the area of West Burnside Street and Southwest 6th Avenue. They continued to march southbound on 6th Avenue to Portland State University.
"We are making noise. We are telling Donald Trump that we don't like that he's here. I feel like we're doomed. This can't be real," one activist said.
Wednesday, members of Don't Shoot Portland, Black Lives matter, and leaders in the Latino community gathered at Revolución Coffee House, in Downtown Portland. They held signs, and voiced concerns about the election.
"What Trump stands for spits in our face and puts us down," said Rev Lynne Smouse Lopez, Pastor of Ainsworth United Church of Christ.
Photos: Downtown Portland protest after Trump's win
TriMet tweeted MAX green and yellow lines were disrupted due to the protest.
A dumpster was put in the middle of the road, blocking a MAX train.
Protesters lighting trash on fire .. dumpster in middle of street pic.twitter.com/4MYjJGV2iO— Mike Benner (@MikeBennerKGW) November 9, 2016
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France and Great Britain want an outright embargo on importing oil from Iran though cash-strapped Greece might have serious objections, diplomats say.
Iran gets the bulk of its revenue from oil exports. Amid growing concerns about Iran's nuclear ambitions, Western allies are keen to pressure Iran to back from its perceived goal of a nuclear weapon.
Diplomats in London and Paris are expected to push for a European ban on oil imports from Iran. Greece, which gets about 25 percent of its oil from Iran, can't afford the potential economic pressure that would come from an embargo, however.
European diplomats said that with more than $145 billion in bailout money on the table, however, Athens might be easily convinced to change its mind.
Over the next few weeks we have to help Greece find alternative sources of supply, a European diplomat told the Financial Times on condition of anonymity.
But we think other sources can be found and the entire sanctions package is likely to be agreed.
Scenarios are mixed, with some analysts seeing a substantial spike in oil prices from an Iranian embargo while others see Tehran handicapped significantly without oil revenue.
Europe isn't expected to make a decision right away. This, diplomats say, should give major importers time to find additional supplies from other countries and give the Libyan oil sector time to recover from war.
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Leslie Dodd was making connections at UT Martin before she began her course work her freshman year.
She said, "I was chosen my junior year of high school to be in Governor's School of Agriculture. I was here and I took classes and I just loved it. I felt that I really fit in Martin." She continued, "Because we were governor's school students, the [agriculture] department faculty was welcoming and helpful in everything they did for us."
Dodd grew up in Brazil, Tenn. where she learned that she wanted to continue with her family's tradition in agriculture.
"I worked in the fields with my dad when I was young. And I just always loved it," she said. "There's was nothing I wanted to do besides be in agriculture. I didn't know until I was in high school that I wanted to go into veterinary medicine. But my love for agriculture kind of leads me that way, into animal science."
Dodd is currently pursing a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with a concentration in animal science. She is also a participant in the Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources Fellows Research Program. This departmental honors program provides her with additional preparation for pursing a graduate education or can help her to qualify for a professional school.
"The Fellows Research Program is a program for students [studying agriculture] who have excelled academically. It's a series of classes that you take where you pretty much learn how to do a large research project. You do every step from writing a paper to analyzing data. And it's in order to help those who are going to grad school or professional school," Leslie said of the program.
Last semester, Leslie's fellows class discussed the effects of a hay steamer when used on bales of hay that had been sitting for a while.
Dodd elaborated on her studies, "What a hay steamer does is it takes the hay and sterilizes it. It's more beneficial for farmers who have a smaller number of animals because most of those farmers keep the hay and it gets mold on it. Eventually, you have to throw them out. But with the hay steamer, you can put the hay in it and you can have a longer shelf life for the hay, and it is still good for your animals."
Dodd is on track to graduate in May, and this semester she is working to complete her Fellows' research project. Her work last semester will help her as she continues to study and research the hay steamer's ability to sanitize sitting hay as she applies her findings to her final project.
"As a student here at UT Martin pursuing agricultural interests, there are unlimited possibilities in what I can do. From the classroom lectures to the experiential learning opportunities, I've discovered how broad the field of agriculture is and learned that there is no limit to what I can do," Dodd proudly stated.
All of Dodd's hard work at UT Martin will pay off as she continues her pursuit of studies in veterinary medicine.
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VIENNA - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog has invited Israel to consider joining a global anti-nuclear arms pact and to place all its atomic facilities under his agency's inspections, an IAEA report said on Friday.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report said Director General Yukiya Amano met with Israeli leaders during a visit to Israel last month to discuss an Arab-led push for the Jewish state to accede to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
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There are too few periodical venues for good short fiction these days, so I'd normally be enthusiastic about the Wall Street Journal's decision to print works of fantasy. Unfortunately, they've opted to do so on their editorial page—starting with a long farrago of hypotheticals concerning the putative role of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in hindering the detection and apprehension of failed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad. In fairness to the editors, they acknowledge near the end of the piece that much of it is unvarnished speculation, but their flights of creative fancy extend to many claims presented as fact.
Let's begin with the acknowledged fiction. The Journal editors wonder whether Shahzad might have been under surveillance before his botched Times Square attack, and posit that the NSA might have intercepted communications from "Waziristan Taliban talking about 'our American brother Faisal,' which could have been cross-referenced against Karachi flight manifests," or "maybe Shahzad traded seemingly innocuous emails with Pakistani terrorists, and minimization precluded analysts from detecting a pattern." Anything is possible. But it's a leap to make this inference merely because investigators appear to have had fairly specific knowledge about his contacts with terrorists after he had already been identified. They would not have needed to "retroactively to reconstruct his activities from other already-gathered foreign wiretaps:" Once they had zeroed in on Shahzad, his calling patterns could have been reconstructed from phone company calling records whether or not he or his confederates were being targeted at the time the communications occurred, and indeed, those records could have been obtained by means of a National Security Letter without any oversight from the FISA Court.
This is part of a more general strategy we often see deployed by advocates of expanded surveillance powers. After the fact, one can always tell a story about how a known terrorist might have been detected by means of more unfettered spying authority, just as one can always tell a story about how any particular calamity would have been averted if the right sort of regulation were in place. Sometimes the story is even plausible. But if we look at the history of recent intelligence failures, it's almost invariably the case that the real problem was the inability to connect the right set of data points from the flood of data already obtained, not insufficient ability to collect. The problem is that it's easy and satisfying to call for legislation lifting the restraints on surveillance—and lifting still more when intelligence agencies fail to exhibit perfect clairvoyance—but difficult if not impossible, certainly for those of us without high-level clearances, to say anything useful about the internal process reforms that might help make better use of existing data. The pundit in me empathizes, but these just-so stories are a poor rationale for further diluting civil liberties protections.
Let's move on to the unacknowledged fictions, of which there are many. Perhaps most stunning is the claim that "U.S. intelligence-gathering capability has been substantially curtailed in stages over the last decade." They mean, one supposes, that Congress ultimately imposed a patina of judicial oversight on the lawless program of warrantless wiretapping and data program authorized by the Bush administration in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. But the claim that somehow intelligence gathering is more constrained now than it was in 2000 just doesn't pass the straight face test. In addition to the radical expansion of the aforementioned National Security Letter authorities, Congress approved roving wiretaps for domestic intelligence, broad FISA orders for the production of "any tangible thing," so-called "sneak and peek" searches, looser restraints on existing FISA wiretap powers, and finally, with the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, executive power to authorize broad "programs" of surveillance without specified targets. In a handful of cases, legislators have rolled back slightly their initial grants of power or imposed some restraints on powers the executive arrogated to itself, but it is ludicrous to deny that the net trend over the decade has been toward more, rather than less, intelligence-gathering capability.
Speaking of executive arrogation of power, here's how the Journal describes Bush's warrantless Stellar Wind program:
Via executive order after 9/11, the Bush Administration created the covert Terrorist Surveillance Program. TSP allowed the National Security Agency to monitor the traffic and content of terrorist electronic communications overseas, unencumbered by FISA warrants even if one of the parties was in the U.S.
This is misleading. There was no such thing as the "Terrorist Surveillance Program." That was a marketing term concocted after the fact to allow administration officials to narrowly discuss the components of Stellar Wind initially disclosed by the New York Times. It allowed Alberto Gonzales to claim that there had been no serious internal dissent about the legality of "the program" by arbitrarily redefining it to exclude the parts that had caused the most controversy, such as the vast data mining effort that went far beyond suspected terrorists. It was this aspect of Stellar Wind, and not the monitoring of overseas communication, that occasioned the now-infamous confrontation at Attorney General John Ashcroft's hospital bed described in the editorial's subsequent paragraph. We continue:
In addition to excessive delays, the anonymous FISA judges demanded warrants even for foreign-to-foreign calls that were routed through U.S. switching networks. FISA was written in an analog era and meant to apply to domestic wiretaps in the context of the Cold War, not to limit what wiretaps were ever allowed.
Forgive me if I'm a broken record on this, but the persistence of the claim in that first sentence above is truly maddening. It is false that "FISA judges demanded warrants even for foreign-to-foreign calls that were routed through U.S. switching networks." Anyone remotely familiar with the FISA law would have known it was false when it was first bandied about, and a Justice Department official confirmed that it was false two years ago. FISA has never required a warrant for foreign-to-foreign wire communications, wherever intercepted, though there was a narrower problem with some e-mail traffic. To repeat the canard at this late date betrays either dishonesty or disqualifying ignorance of elementary facts. Further, while it's true that a great deal of surveillance has always, by design, remained beyond the scope of FISA, it is clearly false that it was "meant to apply to domestic wiretaps" if by this we mean only "wiretaps where all parties to the communication are within the United States." The plain text and legislative history of the law make it clear beyond any possible doubt that Congress meant to impose restraints on the acquisition of all U.S.-to-foreign wire communications, as well as radio communications targeting U.S. persons. (The legislative history further suggests that they had hoped to tighten up the restraints on radio communications, though technical considerations made it difficult to craft functional rules.) We continue:
The 2008 FISA law mandates "minimization" procedures to avoid targeting the communications of U.S. citizens or those that take place entirely within the U.S. As the NSA dragnet searches emails, mobile phone calls and the like, often it will pick up domestic information. Intelligence officials can analyze, retain and act on true smoking guns. But domestic intercepts must be effectively destroyed within 72 hours unless they indicate "a threat of death or serious bodily harm to any person" or constitute "evidence of a crime which has been, is being, or is about to be committed and that is to be retained or disseminated for law enforcement purposes."
This means that potentially useful information must be discarded if it is too vague to obtain a traditional judicial warrant. Minimization is the FISA equivalent of a fishing license that requires throwing back catches that don't meet the legal limit. Yet the nature of intelligence analysis is connecting small, suggestive and often scattered clues.
The kernel of truth here is that the FISA Amendments Act did impose some new constraints on the surveillance of Americans abroad. But the implication that "minimization" is some novel invention is just false. Minimization rules have always been part of FISA, and they exist precisely because the initial scope of FISA acquisition is so incredibly broad. And those minimization rules give investigators enormous latitude. As the FISA Court itself explained in a rare published ruling:
Minimization is required only if the information "could not be" foreign intelligence. Thus, it is obvious that the standard for retention of FISA-acquired information is weighted heavily in favor of the government.
Similarly, the redaction of identifying information about U.S. persons is not required when that information is needed to properly interpret the intelligence, so the idea that analysts would have scrubbed mention of "our American brother Faisal" from an intercept of Taliban communications cannot be taken too seriously. It's not entirely clear what the editors are referring to when they say "domestic intercepts must be effectively destroyed within 72 hours:" Do they mean "inadvertent" intercepts of entirely domestic communications, or one-end domestic communications legitimately acquired under the FAA, or what? Either way, that's not really consistent with what we know about FISA minimization in practice: At least as of 2005, it appears that "minimized" communications were at least sometimes retained in ultimately retrievable form, though not logged. In any event, if I'm reading them correctly, the Journal is suggesting that NSA should be broadly sweeping up and retaining even the apparently innocent domestic communications of Americans, on the off chance that they might later prove useful? I can imagine being that consumed by terror, but I think I would be ashamed to admit it in public. Moving on:
Meanwhile, the FISA court reported in April that the number of warrant applications fell to 1,376 in 2009, the lowest level since 2003. A change in quantity doesn't necessarily mean a change in intelligence quality—though it might.
As it happens, I covered this in a post just the other day. As a Justice Department official explained to the bloggers at Main Justice, the numerical decline is "due to significant changes in the legal authorities that govern FISA surveillance — specifically, the enactment of the FISA Amendments Act in 2008 — and shifting operational demands, but the fluctuation in the number of applications does not in any way reflect a change in coverage." Finally:
These constraints are being imposed at the same time that domestic terror plots linked to, or inspired by, foreigners are increasing. Our spooks did manage to pre-empt Najibullah Zazi and his co-conspirators in a plot to bomb New York subways, but they missed Shahzad and Nidal Hasan, as well as Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's attempt to bring down Flight 253 on Christmas Day.
Abdulmutallab was a non-U.S. person who didn't set foot in the country until after setting his underpants aflame; there is no reason whatever to believe that FISA restrictions would have posed an obstacle to monitoring him. As for Nidal Hasan, investigators did intercept his e-mails with radical cleric Anwar al Awlaki. While it seems clear in retrospect that the decision not to investigate further was an error in judgment, they were obviously not destroyed after the fact, since they were later quoted in various press accounts. Maybe those exchanges really did seem legitimately related to Hasan's research at the time, or maybe investigators missed some red flags. Either way, the part of the process the Journal is wringing its hands about worked: The intercepts were retained and disseminated to the Joint Terrorism Task Force, which concluded that Hasan was "not involved in terrorist activities or terrorist planning" and, along with Army officials, declined to open an investigation. Rending already gossamer-thin minimization requirements is not going to avoid errors of that sort.
The Journal closes out their fantasy by melodramatically asking "whether FISA is in practice giving jihadists a license to kill." But the only "license" I see here is of the "creative" variety; should they revisit the topic in the future, the editors might consider taking less of it.


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Pantone has announced their Spring 2013 color trend forecast. The forecast is full of greens and blues, and a bright red and yellow and green pop out of it.
Comparing the 2013 forecast (above) to the Spring 2012 Pantone color forecast (below) makes the changes in trend more apparent.
Pink from last year has become bright red this year, and the earth tone browns have become green. The yellow tone has shifted to a lemon tone from a deeper more orange tone. The only remaining brown tone in the new palette is a very pale tone called Linen, compared to the dark saturated shades in the last year's forecast.
There are some tones that carry over from last year, though. The midnight blue and orange and purple shades in the 2013 forecast are nearly identical from the previous year. The turquoise tone is also a fairly consistent presence.
The new palette is very in line with the direction we've already been seeing the scrapbook industry moving, towards brighter colors and away from the muted tones of the vintage style. It's consistent with the rise of the graphic style that has been flooding onto store shelves.
The release of this forecast also raises a big question….what will the 2013 color of the year be? It should be one of the colors in this Spring 2013 forecast, but which one? I predict it will be one of the shades of blue or green, but we'll have to wait awhile to see. That won't be announced until December.


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During the April school vacation week the Disability Resources Office hosts a special program designed to help students with disabilities, who have self-identified during the process of admission, make a decision about whether Bridgewater is a good fit. Disability Resources staff members discuss the variety of programs and services available and current students share their experiences. Tours of the campus include stops at the learning assistance areas, adaptive computing labs, library and other areas of particular interest. Please contact our office to register for the event at 508-531-2194.
Pre-College Workshop for Students with Disabilities
Pre-College Workshop is a two-day program for new students with disabilities which takes place prior to the start of fall classes. These two days consist of five workshops, informational tours, family workshop, welcome lunch, and other exciting activities for new students to become familiar with Bridgewater State University prior to the arrival of the University community. PCW gives new students with disabilities an opportunity to talk about what BSU offers with upper-class students with disabilities. Students will work in small groups and will have a lot of time to ask questions, to discuss concerns about policies and procedures, to learn how to negotiate classroom accommodations.
Leadership and Peer Educator Training
Leadership and Peer Education Training is offered to students identified with the Disability Resources Office who are interested in pursuing leadership opportunities with the Disability Resources Office or other university programs.
Peer Mentoring
Mentors are upper-class students with disabilities who complete the Leadership and Peer Education Training Program. The peer mentors assist freshmen students with disabilities with their academic needs, such as time management, study skills, testing strategies. In addition, the mentors help with self advocacy, independent learning skills, and use of on campus resources. The Disability Resources staff determines based on the students' documentation who will be invited to the Peer Mentoring Program.
Erika Pinault Memorial Scholarship
The Erika Pinault Memorial Scholarship is awarded at Honors Day in memory of a longtime devoted member of the University facilities staff by The Bridge Center (formerly known as Handi-Kids Chapter II of Bridgewater).
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Carl "Beanieman" RendaPDGA#32852 Open/Adv
Began Playing Disc Golf: I played once or twice as a teenager, but never with more than one disc. In October of 2006 I begun playing with one of my friends, and by January 2007 I played in my first tournament and I was hooked.
First Disc: One of the very first run Z-XL's. Good straight flying disc that could be used as a midrange too. Still had it in my bag until I lost it shortly before Worlds in 2008.
Favorite Hole at Morley: Hole 15. I've aced it 3 times, and I know more than a few different ways to get to each pin position.
Morley Field Aces: Four. Hole 15e twice, 15a and 18a.
Favorite Disc: Cryztal Challenger. My game lives and dies by the putter. I put a lot of snap on my putts and a challenger holds a true line with that snap. The Cryztal plastic gives me the feel I need to release it with consistency. I can use it from just about any shot 100 feet and in and feel confident about my opportunity to make the putt.
Favorite Drivers: Champion Wraith, Champion Roadrunner, Sparkle Rogue
Favorite Midranges: Z Comet, FLX Buzzz, Sparkle Wasp
Favorite Putter: Cryztal Challenger is a jump putter's best friend
In My Bag: Drivers (12) Champion Wraith, Boss, Teerex, Teebird, Roadrunner, Monarch, Destroyer, Sparkle Force, Sparkle Rogue, Cryztal Avenger SS, Z Surge, Z XL Midranges (5): Z Comet, ESP Buzzz, Cryztal Buzzz SS, Sparkle Wasp, Champ Gator Putters (2):FLX Challenger, Cryztal Challenger. If you think that's a lot of plastic, I used to carry 25 when I could throw thumbers and sidearms.
Top Finishes: 1st, 2008 Amateur Mini Disc Golf World Championships (that's right baby…world champ!) 1st, 2007 December Morley Monthly Advanced 2nd, 2008 San Marcos Ice Bowl Advanced 4th, 2008 Sun Valley Open Advanced 4th, 2008 Ice Bowl in Paradise Advanced 4th, 2008 Fling XII Advanced 4th, 2007 Fling XI Intermediate 5th, 2008 September Morley Monthly Open
Accomplishments: 50th in Amateur PDGA Points internationally 2nd in California and 1st in SoCal, 2008 2008 San Diego Aces Advanced Points Series Champion 1st in California in PDGA events played among amateurs - 2008 2008 Disc Golf Gladiators Advanced Gladiator
Favorite Disc Golf Website: Would have to be PDGA.com, or my DGRUS page. You should also check out SanDiegoAces.com and this website, Morleyfield.com.
Favorite Pro Player: The answer to this is obvious. Based on heart, hard work, passion for the game, and since I play pro at Morley, I would have to say myself. Plus if I picked one of the local pros I play with all the rest of them would get pissed. But if I had to pick one out of the top 20, it would have to be Paul McBeth. The kid phenom will be the best in the world one day, and his success hasn't gone to his head.
Tips for newer players and players looking to improve: Develop a consistent putting routine. 40-50% of your shots are putts, so if you are a strong putter, it will buy you time for the rest of your game to develop. If you commit any amount of time, even as little as 15 minutes of putting practice each time you are at the course, over time you will develop a consistent stroke that is easy to keep in rhythm. I usually commit 45-60 minutes each time I play to putting. 15 minutes before my round, 15 minutes inbetween rounds and 15 minutes before I leave.


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MISSION, KS--(Marketwire - Nov 1, 2012) - (Family Features) When the big game rolls around, you want to make sure you have everything ready to go so you can focus on the action. Prepping in advance for watch parties and tailgating means you don't have to worry about last-minute details. And while standard watch party fare may be enticing, game day snacking guilt can set in once the day is over. Avoid snacking guilt by serving up flavorful, better-for-you dishes that will still please the party palates of your fellow fans.
For example -- instead of nachos topped with cheese, sour cream and more cheese, opt for a flavorful spin on nachos-as-usual. This recipe for Mediterranean Nachos incorporates the savory and fresh flavors of Sabra Roasted Garlic Hummus and Roasted Red Pepper Hummus, as well as tomatoes, Greek olives, fresh mozzarella, zucchini and pepperoncini. Likewise, the Hummus Deviled Eggs are sure to score big points with your watch party crowd, and can be made in advance, or while your nachos are in the oven.
Try these flavorful, better-for-you dishes at your game day watch party; whether your team wins or loses, you're sure to get an M.V.P. mention. For more game day recipes, visit www.Facebook.com/Sabra.
|Mediterranean Nachos
|Makes: 4 servings
|Time: 25 minutes
|cups pita chips
|tablespoons Sabra Roasted Garlic Hummus
|tablespoons Sabra Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
|to 10 grape tomatoes, cut in half lengthwise
|cup chopped zucchini, cut into 1/4-inch chunks
|tablespoons chopped Greek olives
|tablespoons chopped pepperoncini
|1 1/2
|cups shredded mozzarella
Preheat oven to 375°F.
Place pita chips in a 9- to 10-inch skillet or other oven-proof pan or baking dish. Top with small spoonfuls of hummus.
Sprinkle tomatoes, zucchini, olive and pepperoncini over the chips. Top with shredded mozzarella.
Bake 15 to 20 minutes, or until cheese has melted and edges are beginning to brown.
Serve warm.
|Hummus Deviled Eggs
|Makes: 12 servings
|Prep Time: 25 minutes
|Assembly: 15 minutes
|cup, plus 1 tablespoon Sabra hummus
|tablespoons olive oil
|teaspoon freshly ground pepper
|teaspoon salt
|teaspoons relish
|Paprika for garnish
Place eggs in pot and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Turn off the heat and let sit for 14 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and run cold water over the eggs. Cool eggs 10 minutes.
Remove shells when cool. Cut in half and scoop out the yolk and reserve in bowl of a food processor. Repeat with the remaining 5 eggs.
Add hummus, olive oil, pepper, and salt to the yolks; puree in the food processor. Add the relish and pulse 3 to 5 times to incorporate.
Put the yolk mixture in a piping bag. (Use a tall glass and fold the edges of the piping bag over the glass to make it easier to transfer the mixture.) Pipe about a teaspoon of the mixture into each of the egg white halves and sprinkle with paprika.
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This week, we dive in to the genre of detective mysteries. Our royalty free music pick of the week is a short little stock music track by Matthew Anklan called Mystery Groove (track ID 387379). Without sounding dated, this production music track features four trumpets and rhythm section, complete with note bends, harmon mutes, and a delightfully funky beat and bass line.
The looped groove is perfect for comedy, mystery, and investigative shows, and immediately gave us images of the Pink Panther, Inspector Gadget, Mr. Monk, Sean Spencer, and other famously wacky television detectives. We combined this track with a stock footage clip ID 74853, which is a shot of a forrest road winding through some pretty dense fog. The video, also available for download at Productiontrax, adds to the mysterious yet almost comical flare of this music track. We think this piece will work equally well as a soundtrack for children's projects or advertising.
License the audio: http://www.productiontrax.com/royalty-free-music/387379
Get the footage: http://www.productiontrax.com/stock-footage/74853


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Vanilla Bean Simple Syrup
warm fuzzy in a bottle
2 cups of sugar
2 cups of water
1 vanilla bean
Scrape the beans from the vanilla bean. In a saucepan, mix together sugar, water and seeds from the vanilla bean. Cook on low heat until it simmers. Cook for 8-10 minutes until the liquid has reduced.
Cooking in the saucepan with the bean seeds and the bean.
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In India, one iconoclastic solar company employs deep knowledge of the ways communities use energy to overthrow the traditional means of bringing power to the people.
Now, coming off a September meeting with President Barack Obama, Bangalore, India, -based SELCO is stepping into the light of international attention. As a UN report (PDF) from last year shows, it's been a difficult journey—and one with lots of lessons for other social enterprises.
Since 1994, SELCO has transitioned from a simple solar-light provider to an energy-solution company seeking to correct the failings of the Indian energy market and provide affordable energy to the poor.
Founder Harish Hande, a University of Massachusetts Ph.D who'd become enthusiastic about rural solar energy during field work in the Dominican Republic and Sri Lanka, says he set out to dispel three myths when he launched the company from an office in his aunt's home:
1) Poor people cannot afford sustainable technologies;
2) Poor people cannot maintain sustainable technologies;
3) Social ventures cannot be run as commercial entities.
The Indian energy market has largely failed the rural poor, explains the UN report, because "most of India's rural population does not have access to electricity. Instead, they are dependent on highly polluting and inefficient sources of energy such as kerosene or forest wood." India's massive blackouts this summer reveal major problems even for the people connected to the central power grid. Solar options have been present, but no banks were willing to make loans for the high start-up costs of solar energy. Furthermore, rural inhabitants had formed a negative perception of solar power based on government-installed solar street lights that were not maintained and would stop functioning after a few months.
SELCO acted to correct these breakdowns with a business model built on products and services people needed. In the mid 1990s, Hande began fixing some of the pre-existing solar street lights and training locals on how to maintain the technology themselves. Fast-forward a few years: these now-experienced technicians were snapped up by SELCO as employees.
At SELCO's inception, Hande insisted that the company be a commercial enterprise rather than dependent on grants, which could run out or be unreliable. He felt that the poor would "be willing to pay for technology if they found it useful."
Drawing on various equity investments and early loans from Tata BP Solar and USAID, through SELCO's US-based non-profit partner Winrock International, Hande was able to set up three rural service centers, "which were essential for creating a sustainable rural delivery model." By relying on the local, experienced solar technicians from its service centers, SELCO was able to provide reliable solar power to even the remotest of customers. The technician customizes SELCO's products and services based on his local knowledge of the customer.
The UN report describes a hypothetical customer:
"His need is for a minimum of four lights, one each for the kitchen, bedroom, living room, and cowshed. However, a deeper understanding of his lifestyle might reveal that while he needs these four rooms to be lighted, the rooms need not be lighted simultaneously."
A smart SELCO salesperson would install technology for four lights but only sell the customer two actual lamps.
The solar technicians literally sat with midwives during nighttime births and calculated budgets with street vendors to determine the ways each used electricity and when it was needed most. Hande explains:
"Today, when we design a solution for a midwife, a vegetable vendor, or a mason, we begin with the precept that the solution must pay for itself. It should be financed from the additional income that it generates. There is a big difference between creating a want and selling a product, and identifying a need and designing a solution to fulfill it. We always want to focus on the need."
SELCO's name for the individualized, one-day-at-a-time repayment plan for each client, based directly on the cash flow freed up by the solar lights, is "doorstep financing." It's a format the company believes deeply in, going so far as to organize field trips for loan-wielding bankers to show how valuable solar power is to its customers.
But even the best ideas can fail if the global market takes a turn in the wrong direction, as they did in 2005 when SELCO diversified its supplier base for cheaper products and Germany started subsidizing its solar market, causing global prices to plummet. On the edge of financial disaster, Hande stabilized company costs and reassessed its business model. SELCO eventually climbed into profitability by 2008 after a second round of funding from socially oriented investors such as International Finance Corporation, E+Co, and Good Energies and Lemelson Foundation.
What might have become a fatal crisis for SELCO turned out to be a useful course correction.
"In retrospect, Harish feels that those difficult days helped SELCO not only refine its business model but also to have a better set of investors whose philosophy is aligned to that of SELCO," concludes the UN study.
SELCO had determined that its success depended on several key practices: reliance on a network of locally connected salespeople, all of them on staff; a strong, flexible relationship with a single reliable supplier, Tata BP; and, above all, an intimate knowledge of the electricity needs of its customers.
Strong relationships with philosophically aligned investors, suppliers, employees, and clients, coupled with an unwavering mission to its social objective, are key to SELCO's success.
This approach is also the reason SELCO's growth strategy is to replicate itself rather than to scale up the original business. Hande recognizes that for long-term growth, SELCO must continue to operate in the context and communities of the people it serves and understands best. A growth alternative—setting more and more aggressive sales targets in existing locations—might actually lead the company to turn away from the low-income buyers it aspires to serve.
Today, 90 percent of SELCO's clients pay for their solar systems with credit. SELCO technicians work out of one of the company's 25 energy service centers, which employ 170 people in Karnataka and Gujarat. They have "sold solar lighting to more than 110,000 rural homes and to 4,000 institutions" and, with the help of the aforementioned social investors, aim to reach twice that number.
The UN study concludes with Hande explaining, "It is better if we now focus on building other SELCOs rather than trying to grow this SELCO."
"Every staffer, including Hande, is an employee," notes Business Today. "The firm does not take out profits but reinvests in the business."
The result has been a good idea that has led to other good ideas, like a small local startup that leases SELCO lights to street vendors who only need them part of the day. Today, SELCO's "innovation department and incubation laboratory," funded in partnership with the Self Employed Women's Association Bank, sets out to "explore and generate new ideas that can be developed into products and services to address needs of the poor."
And the benefits of SELCO to its clients? Some cite "the significant savings in energy costs as their primary benefit ... the rest pointed to their children's education." The impact on pollution, meanwhile, "is yet to be quantified."
As Hande steps back from the company he founded 15 years ago to focus on other innovations for the poor, SELCO is doing about $3 million in business. Hande feels that could increase to $10 million in the coming years, but he believes that "fresh ideas, fresh legs" from the younger leaders are the ones to take SELCO forward.
Social Vigil explains that Hande hopes to "replicate the SELCO model across India" and create six centers of innovation for the poor by 2017. And as Business Today reports, he "wants to reach out to still poorer people, work with the poorest of the poor. He wants 20 percent of SELCO's turnover this year to come from families with a monthly income of Rs 3,000 [USD $55] or less."
The UN findings mark SELCO as a truly market-driven enterprise with sustainable, large-scale impact in rural Karnataka. The hundreds of millions of Indians who lack energy have every reason to hope that SELCO's many reinventions will continue.
• This article originally appeared at Global Envision, a blog published by Mercy Corps.


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Senators score twice in third, hold off Jetsby Sean Farrell
OTTAWA -- The Ottawa Senators used the most effective penalty-killing strategy possible against the Winnipeg Jets to match their longest winning streak of the season.
Zack Smith and Clarke MacArthur scored third-period goals, and Ottawa did not allow a Winnipeg power play as it held on to extend its winning streak to three games with a 4-3 victory against the Jets on Thursday.
Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist, and Milan Michalek scored for the Senators, who won three in a row from Nov. 5-9.
Craig Anderson stopped 32 shots to win his fourth in a row. Cory Conacher had two assists for Ottawa (18-18-7).
"It's nice not to go up and down," MacArthur said about the Senators' first three-game winning streak in seven weeks. "We got three [wins] in a row here. You can come into the rink and feel confident and have a little swagger and want to build on it. So as far as that goes, obviously winning's fun, but at the same time we've just got ourselves to .500 and now we really have got to try and start building on it."
Winnipeg's Dustin Byfuglien scored in the first period and assisted on Olli Jokinen's goal at 14:31 of the third that drew the Jets within 4-3.
Jokinen scored two seconds after roughing minors to Conacher and Winnipeg's Jacob Trouba expired. Ottawa had seven minutes in penalties, including Matt Kassian's major for fighting with Anthony Peluso at 9:30 of the first period.
"I think the disappointing thing for me is that through that whole game we can't manage to get a power play, and that could become the difference in the game, so that was disappointing for me," Jets coach Claude Noel said. "It's hard to believe that you end up with nothing there."
Evander Kane scored for Winnipeg, which saw its winning streak end at three games despite erasing deficits of 1-0 and 2-1.
"Even though we were down 2-1 in the first I thought we outplayed them in the first period," Kane said. "They got a fortunate bounce at the end [of the first], but we came back in the second period and I thought we played very similar to how we played in the first and we were able to have it tied going into the third period, and just breakdowns, and we're on the other side of the game again."
Winnipeg goalie Al Montoya, playing his fourth game in a row, made 25 saves. Montoya stopped 27 shots Tuesday for his second shutout of the season, a 3-0 victory against the Buffalo Sabres.
Smith scored his ninth goal at 6:42 of the third period to give Ottawa its third one-goal lead. After winning a faceoff in Winnipeg's zone and drawing the puck back to the left point, Smith deflected defenseman Marc Methot's shot past Montoya to make it 3-2 with his fourth goal in six games.
MacArthur made it 4-2 at 11:29 with his 13th goal, his second in as many games.
Jokinen scored when he put home a centering pass from Byfuglien for his 10th goal.
"I think when we made it 4-2, we had momentum," Anderson said. "We had the game pretty much at our fingertips there, and then at the end of a 4-on-4 they made it a 4-3 game and we had to make sure we got the momentum back. They kind of took it over a little bit there, and momentum's huge. Momentum is one of those things where if you can maximize the time you have it, you're going to win a lot of games."
Zibanejad put Ottawa up 1-0 when he scored his 10th goal at 13:34 of the first period.
Byfuglien got credit for tying the game when his shot from right point struck Ottawa defenseman Joe Corvo's stick and deflected past Anderson at 15:37.
Michalek restored Ottawa's one-goal lead at 2-1 when he scored for the first time in seven games with 46.4 seconds remaining in the first period.
"We had contributions from all the lines, and that helps," MacArthur said. "Smitty's line is doing a great job of shutting down and they were able to get one, and Mika's been flying, so you get other lines scoring and it just makes you more of a depth team and tougher to beat."
Kane drew Winnipeg even for the second time with his 12th goal at 1:32 of the second period. He banked a shot from behind the net off Anderson's backside for his fifth goal in his past nine games.
Peluso pulled the puck around Anderson for an opportunity at a wide-open net midway through the second, but his shot struck the crossbar.
"I think nine times out of 10 he's going to score," Anderson said. "I got lucky."
Senators captain Jason Spezza missed his third game in a row because of a hip-flexor injury. Ottawa defenseman Chris Phillips returned after missing two games because of a left-foot injury.
Ottawa begins a four-game road trip against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. Winnipeg plays the second game of its three-game trip Saturday against the Boston Bruins.