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Should Banks Be Required to Adopt the Reporting Requirements of the SEC?
by Louis A. MACKENZIE Partner, New York Office
Presented before the Columbus Chapter of The Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants—December 1965
TONIGHT I have been asked to discuss with you for a few minutes the question, "Should Banks Be Required to Adopt the Reporting Requirements
of the SEC?"
Let me be brief. The answer to that one, at least in my opinion, is an unequivocal yes. But, is the answer that simple? For a few minutes, let us consider the recent legislation affecting bank reporting.
About one hundred years ago an event took place that has had a profound effect on the banking industry. That event was the approval by President Lincoln of the Act of February 25, 1863, providing for a system of national banks chartered and supervised by the Comptroller of the Currency, under the general direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. This Act, known as the National Currency Act, and referred to by many as the Free Banking Bill, attracted scant notice in the Nation's press of that day; as a matter of fact, in one New York City daily it was covered by the following three-line insert in a column on Washington miscellany:
The Free Banking Bill, it is understood, was approved by President Lincoln early in the week. In spite of the lack of publicity, I am sure that everyone in this room will agree with me that, with the stroke of a pen, President Lincoln set in motion a chain of events that in time helped to stabilize and strengthen the Nation's economy. Regulation, in short, has been healthy, for the aims of the federal government in its supervision of banks has been to protect depositors' funds and to assure the ability of banks to continue service to their communities.
On August 20, 1964, just a little over a hundred years after the signing of the National Currency Act of 1863, President Johnson signed into law the Securities Acts Amendments of 1964 whereby, among other things, public disclosure provisions concerning certain financial information became applicable to unlisted corporations having $1 million or more of assets and 750 or more stockholders of a single class. These provisions extend to the banking industry.
This Act, unlike the 1863 Act, has received reams of publicity,


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ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--McAfee today will join top cybersecurity specialists from the public and private sector to improve the effectiveness of computer security for all Americans. The first-of-its-kind National Cybersecurity Excellence Partnership is part of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, which is hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology in collaboration with the state of Maryland and Montgomery County. McAfee is a charter member of the Center, which was launched in February 2012.
The Center will have a special focus on shared technologies so that technologies from one company or government laboratory can take advantage of the capabilities of others in the marketplace. Most, if not all, of the work produced through the partnership will be released to the public in order to better secure the nation's critical infrastructure.
"This is an excellent example of a public-private partnership that will produce dynamic results," said Tom Gann, vice president for government relations at McAfee. "The collaborative work of the National Cybersecurity Excellence Partnership will benefit important national initiatives such as e-health and e-learning along with improving the security of the nation's businesses.
"McAfee is a leader in this market, but we know we're not alone in the fight. Every attacker, every would-be cyber thief or terrorist is looking for loopholes and weaknesses in our cyber defenses. Seamless security – a continuum of secure systems, no matter who makes or services them – is our goal. The Center's goal of interoperability is an important step towards that," said Gann.
McAfee will sign a Memorandum of Understanding with NIST today at the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, Md., 20850.
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TeaTotal: A Revolutionary Approach to Making Tea
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Technology design and development firm Cambridge Consultants has created a new prototype that brings a sense of theatre to the underdeveloped tea experience to rival that currently enjoyed by coffee drinkers in today's coffee shop culture. With consumer spending now focused on 'little luxuries', the TeaTotal prototype brings a dynamic experience to the customer who loves tea. It allows for personalisation according to taste, and brews the 'perfect cup' in half the time of the standard tea process, maximising revenue for the retailer.
TeaTotal is a fully programmable tea brewing device, allowing the consumer to specify not only the leaf, but also the intensity of the tea flavour and the relative bitterness. Cambridge Consultants' design team was able to identify the independent variables that impact flavour, and how to separately manipulate them to deliver each consumer's ideal cup. Moreover, while a standard tea process brews tea in roughly four minutes, TeaTotal only takes around two minutes, creating faster throughput in a retail setting. The prototype has been designed to use loose leaf tea and the theatrical brewing pot fills with water, swirling the leaves around and steeping until the tea is poured into a cup and the spent leaves are ejected, all highly visible to the expectant consumer
The Breville One-Touch Tea Maker
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- South Bay Ladies' Tea Guild said...
Interesting idea. Kind of like an espresso maker for tea? That may be a handy gadget for a tea or coffee shop to use, but I think it's a bit too expensive and bulky for my kitchen counter. I think I'll stick with my electric kettle and teapots.
- Steven Allen said...
Nice gadget, but part of the enjoyment of tea, at last four me, are the various rituals I must go thru to get that perfect cup of tea. There is some relaxation in the process. Take it easy, let it steep, enjoy the time, have a conversation, and don't rush perfection.
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"The Hills" star, who went under the knife for 10 procedures last year, told the mag that she still has things to work on.
"I love my boobs but I still want to improve," she said. "I didn't get them as big as I originally wanted."
However, Heidi said she didn't have anything scheduled at the moment, with more work to come "eventually."
"For maintenance," she said.
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"[It was] the best decision I've ever made," Heidi said. "My favorite part, I think one of them is my chin. I think that's what I was so excited about."
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Thanks for the offer Jim, but they are not my style.
thanks for the shirt link mate. very cool indeed... were all going well down here, hope youre keeping well. im keeping an eye out in roadworks for you, but havent seen ya yet
Not a fan at all Jim. Can't see what they get out of it or what they are trying to the world about themselves, besides the obvious. :-)
Thanks Jimbo ..., mail or Paypal ??
Didn't pick up a ticket on the way home did ya ?
You think James would forget??? You must have him confused with someone else!! LOL. No worries, I'll see what I can do, I'm sure a patch and sticker won't be hard to find, especially in the touristy Port area.
I'm really looking forward to the Albury get together, sounds like it will be a pretty good turn out.
I think that its possible that something like the whole Pixie thing could happen again... jeez that was a fiasco though. You do have to have a sense of humor on this forum, you just can't take things too seriously...
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The theme of the first round of the Simpson Shield will be a trick with stationery. Once again the one and only Ron Thompson will host the occasion and keep score of the points.
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|System: PC, PS3, X360
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: Bizarre Creations
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Sega
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Feb. 19, 2008
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1-4, 8 online
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Mature
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
The visuals of the title are pretty good. HD is only supported up to 1080i, but the frame rate shows no sign of sluggishness so only true snobs will complain. I really didn't like the silly camera interference that the developers put into the cutscenes. I absolutely hate that convention and hope that it dies soon. That technique was cool in 2002. Give us a clear image; interference is wholly played out effect. Before I totally digress, let me just say that I would have liked to have seen more gruesome kill animations. Unfortunately, that's not the case. The game has a clean arcade look, but it would have been great if they had employed ragdoll physics and melon popping head shots that fueled your desire to kill stylishly. Overall, the game is easy on the eyes, but a bit more stylized, over-the-top images would have made the game that much more enjoyable.
The music and sounds are mediocre. The weapons all sound real, but no time was spent on track selection. Luckily, music isn't imperative to the simple gallery shooter style of The Club. It's not as if there's a story where the mood or tone needed to be set by a dark original score. Furthermore, I did like the voiceover work and occasional in-game comments. The guide of the game has a soothing English accent that just smacks of a pompous, elitist nature that fits in nicely with the overall feel. The quickly dropped comments of Great Shot, Head Shot, Crack Shot, and Last Bullet, etc. are really gratifying and add to the tournament feel.
Controls and perspective are big issues. Everything is done well, but if you're used to games like Call of Duty and Halo, then you'll find that the third person perspective does not lend itself to pinpoint control. In other words, shooting from the hip is something you'll have to get used to. This is not really the game's fault, however. The developers have tried to make a gun slinging romp that has you hopping over obstacles and rolling in and out of combo kills. It's just that fans of the genre have become accustomed to a certain feel, and it is not replicated by this game. It makes single player very fun and unique, but at the same time it makes multiplayer controls feel clunky.
The Club is a fresh take on the shooter. It has a core concept that is truly engaging; it just feels as if it needs to be fleshed out a bit more. The single player Tournament mode is an absolute blast that will keep you occupied for a few hours. Unfortunately, the multiplayer features, though varied, are poorly executed. That means there isn't a whole lot of replay-ability in the title. After the first few days with the game, you'll soon grow tired of it. That's why I suggest picking it up on the cheap and waiting for a sequel to do away with some of the less refined aspects.
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It's the age old Heisman Trophy debate – Are you voting for the best player or for the player with the best season? That simple debate has caused many a stir when it comes to who should win the Heisman Trophy and it's made for great sports debate on TV and amongst sports fans nationwide.
So far during Heisman Week here on Crystal Ball Run we've taken a look into the future, well today it's finally time to take a visit to the past – the past 10 years that is.
Over the past 10 years the Heisman Trophy has seen just about everything – from historic beat downs (Troy Smith in '06) to vacated wins (Reggie Bush in '05) and of course a ton of controversy in between the lines. It got me thinking, who over the past decade really was screwed out of the Heisman Trophy. Well, I've only come up with four legitimate cases for "Screwjob of the Past Decade" and I've ranked them in order from the least to the biggest screwjob for your viewing pleasure.
4) Larry Fitzgerald – ('03 – Pittsburgh)
The winner that season was…. Jason White of Oklahoma. This was one of the closest votes of the past decade as White beat out Fitzgerald by just 128 points. White won on the strength of 40TD's to just 8 INT's for the season as well as 3,846 yards passing. However, he completed just 61.6% of his passes, the worst rate of his career.
Sure it was impressive to see him come back from two years with knee surgeries and put up those kind of numbers but Fitzgerald put up one of the best seasons a Wide Receiver has ever had in NCAA history having 92 catches for 1,672 yards, and 22 TD's. To put this in perspective the only two WR's to have won the award (Tim Brown & Desmond Howard) had only 8 more receptions combined in their winning years than Fitzgerald did by himself. You also have to combine their all-purpose yards in order to beat Fitzgerald's total for receiving alone. But what about the comparison to White? Well Fitzgerald led all players in TD's from scrimmage in FBS football (1-A at the time) with his 22TD's which topped even any running back that year.
That should give you some perspective on just how special of a season Fitzgerald had and add in that he did it as a true Sophomore to boot and you see why he may have lost out to White, but I argue he got screwed out of that award big time.
3) Montee Ball ('11 – Wisconsin)
Arguably the 2011 Heisman Trophy finalist field was the deepest it's had in quite some time and Ball is the poster child for that depth. He didn't even finish in the top three of the voting last year, so why does he land on our "screwjob" list? Because he had one of the single best seasons of any running back in history and still managed to finish outside the top three let alone win the darn thing.
True, Robert Griffin III had an amazing season and so did Andrew Luck, but I ask you if you look at the pure numbers how does a running back that rushes for over 1,900 yards and ties Barry Sanders for most TD's (not by a QB) in a single season at 39 not win the award? Heck he even passed for a TD that year and was 2-for-2 passing on the season. Not to mention he helped lead his team to the first Big Ten Championship game title and their 2nd straight Rose Bowl.
Well, RG3's 4,293 yards passing (36TD's/6INT's) may have something to say about it, but what was most ridiculous was Ball finishing behind any other running back, especially one that rushed for nearly 300 yards less, had 15 less touchdowns and even had less yards per reception while catching more balls than Ball.
Ultimately he suffered from being in the shadow of #AllEverythingAllRussell – a.k.a. Russell Wilson at Wisconsin. Wilson got off to a hot as could be start and kinda put the numbers Ball was already racking up under the radar. That and RG3's charisma and socks didn't help Ball's chances of gaining media hype until it was far too late in the game and for that he doesn't rank higher on the "screwjob" list. Personally I have a feeling we'll take a look at this vote many years down the road and be left scratching our heads even more as to how didn't win, let alone finish in the top three.
2) Vince Young ('05 – Texas)
You may think this one is a bit of cheating because we have the hindsight of Reggie Bush's win being vacated, but I would argue that even without it VY deserved the win over Bush and here's why: No QB in NCAA history had ever passed for over 3,000 yards and rushed for 1,000 or more yards in a single season until Young did it that season. Young also had his best passer efficiency rating of his career in 2005 at 163.6 and threw for 26TD's and had a total of 38TD's (12 rushing) on the year. The only blemish is that he threw for 10 interceptions.
This one is the classic case of the "best season vs. best player" debate as you could argue that Young clearly had the best season and that Bush was the best player. Bush had 1,740 yards rushing (respectable but not eye popping numbers) and another 481 yards receiving as well as a total of 18TD's. He also won for accumulation of his career to that point.
However, I have to wonder if the trophy would've gone the other way had voters known what VY would do in the 2006 Rose Bowl (to UCS nonetheless) to win the National Championship. I'm not sure there's a college football fan that will ever forget watching that miracle game where he passed for 267 yards, ran for 200 more, and had 3TD's rushing (including the game winner on 4th down with just 19 seconds left) to win the National title. I get that we were in the middle of the media's Trojan love fest and that USC had won 34 straight games, but this award is about the individual and Vince Young had the better individual season in 2005 and deserved the award in my book because of that.
(1) Adrian Peterson ('04 – Oklahoma)
Peterson was the victim of being too young according to the Heisman Voters in 2004. All Day finished 2nd in the Heisman voting to Matt Leinart and became the highest finishing freshman of all time in a vote that wasn't that close. However, I'd argue he should've been the 1st ever Freshman to win the Heisman Trophy and he got the biggest screwjob of the past decade.
Why did he get screwed? Well, he got punished for being on the same team as Jason White, who finished 3rd in the voting and split votes that should've gone to him and his numbers are vastly more impressive and more meaningful to his team than what Matt Leinart did in 2004.
Leinart won after throwing for 3,322 yards and 33TD's to 6INT's. However, he had his least efficient year of his college career with a rating of 156.5 that season. The TD to INT ratio is impressive to be sure, but not as impressive as what Peterson was able to compile.
All Day rushed for 1,925 yards and had 11 games over 100 yards rushing or more – both NCAA Freshman rushing records to this day. He had 15TD's on the season as well.
However, what's most glaring is the fact that he finished 3rd in 1st place votes for the Heisman behind Leinart and teammate Jason White.
The 2004 Heisman vote has really served as a huge lesson for a nation of voters that basically said "That's a great year, but he's got plenty left in him" because his numbers were never the same thanks to injuries that plagued his sophomore and junior campaigns. Simply put AP's freshman year is the single best season by any freshman player in the history of college football and that trumps a pretty good season by the QB that was was in the middle of a love fest and had won a lot at USC. I have a feeling if voters could have a do over they'd vote differently now than they did then and for that Adrian Peterson got the biggest screwjob in the past decade of Heisman Trophy voting.
As you can see from the list above the debate about who should win and what the criteria are for voting won't end anytime soon and that's part of the beauty of this award and college football in general. I say, here's to many more years of this debate raging on!
Don't forget if you want to find Andy's musings on college sports you can find him on Twitter at @andycoppens or for the best in Wisconsin Badgers coverage head over to MadTownBadgers here on the Bloguin network.


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City fights pay out over APD officer-involved shooting
Lawyers concerned city's credit rating will take big hit
The city is on the hook for a multi-million dollar judgement in the case of an Albuquerque police officer who shot and killed an Iraq war veteran.
On Friday, city attorneys asked District Judge Shannon Bacon to clarify some things in the order, but the judge was upset that the city of Albuquerque has questions about the judgment that a jury agreed on in March.
The jury awarded $10.3 million to the family of Kenneth Ellis Jr., an Iraq war veteran who was shot and killed by Albuquerque police Officer Brett Lampris-Tremba in 2010. The jury found the city was negligent to detain Ellis and that Lampris-Tremba used excessive force during the shooting.
"You have given me no tools whatsoever to even have a conversation with you today," said Bacon.
Ellis' family members said the question is a tactic by the city to not pay up.
"It's just a stall tactic to keep from having to write the check. It's frustrating. They're putting my family through all of this. I'd like to put it behind us, and I'm sure the city would, too," said the victim's father, Kenneth Ellis.
The city released a statement Friday, saying, "This case is far from being resolved. We will decline to respond to any comments that were made by others outside the courtroom today."
"There's been a verdict. A judgement needs to be entered. If they want to drag this on for years, then we'll be in the media for years on this," said Ellis.
Ellis said his family will not stop fighting for justice in their loved one's death.
The city plans to appeal the jury's decision.


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Tracy Riddle, Associate Dean of Students, Dies at 54
"Today we mourn the loss of a dear friend and colleague who touched the lives of countless students, families, faculty and staff members with her passion for life, tenacious spirit and gentle compassion," said Rob Oliver, president. A memorial service and celebration of Riddle's life is planned for 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26, at Augustana's Chapel of Reconciliation.
Augustana Announces Opportunities to Host International Students
As more than 60 new international students get set to start classes here in the fall, Augustana is seeking Sioux Falls-area families who are interested in learning about new cultures, languages, traditions, faiths and global perspectives to participate in a pair of welcome programs for students from other countries.
Alexander-Alton Article Published in National Physics Journal
An article authored by Belview, Minn., native Tom Alexander, class of 2011, and Dr. Drew Alton, assistant professor of physics, is featured in the June issue of Physical Review D, a national scientific publication.
Augustana's Northlanders Jazz Band to Perform at JazzFest
On Saturday, student performers in Augustana's Northlanders Jazz Band will take the stage before a projected crowd of some 75,000 fans at JazzFest 2011, Sioux Falls' annual jazz and music festival, held at Yankton Trail Park.
Tupper Honored by Campus Law Enforcement Association
Rick Tupper, director of campus safety, has received the President's Award by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, an honor bestowed on a member of campus law enforcement whose efforts go above and beyond the call of duty.
Forums to Discuss Energy, Vision, Confessions and Border Control
Three accomplished alumni and one iconic professor fill out the line-up for the Fall 2011 Augustana Thought Leader Forum series. First up, Doug Berven '91, POET's vice president of Corporate Affairs, will discuss "Revolutionizing Energy" on Thursday, Sept. 29.
Four Receive Sophomore Honors Awards
Rising juniors Kimberly Homan, Hannah Kuelbs, Brennan Olson, and Erika Zetterlund have been selected to receive the prestigious Sophomore Honors Award, an honor that recognizes outstanding achievement, scholarship and character.
Undergraduate Research Participation Jumps 54 Percent
This summer, 92 Augustana students are working alongside faculty members and mentors throughout the U.S., exploring and researching everything from platelet-biogenesis to the impact of ultrafast laser pulses on molecular fragmentation – an increase of 54 percent from last year.
Augustana Finishes Third in Learfield Sports Directors' Cup Standings
Augustana has finished third in the 2010-11 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings, a program best and the year's highest finish for an NSIC institution. During the 2010-11 season, the College also won the U.S. Bank/NSIC All-Sports Award and captured seven conference crowns.
The Augustana: Summer 2011
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The fewest workers on record were fired in January and job openings rebounded, showing employers are gaining confidence the U.S. expansion will be sustained even as lawmakers battle to trim the federal budget deficit.
There were 1.51 million people let go in the month, down from 1.57 million in December and the least in data going back 12 years, the Labor Department said Tuesday in Washington. The number of positions waiting to be filled climbed by 81,000 to 3.69 million after slumping by 177,000 in December.
The report shows recent payroll gains are being driven more by a reduction in dismissals than a surge in hiring, indicating sales are strong enough for companies to retain current staff. Acceleration in employment is needed for the labor market to make further progress and push down the nation's 7.7 percent unemployment rate.
"The fact that the firings are abating shows just how tight the labor-force components are for business," said Russell Price, a senior economist at Ameriprise Financial Inc. in Detroit and the top-ranked payroll forecaster in the past two years, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. "Businesses are becoming increasingly confident in the economic outlook."
Fewer Firings
The pace of firings has probably slowed further going into this month. The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits declined to a six-week low in the seven days ended March 2, the Labor Department reported last week. An average 348,800 a week filed jobless claims over the past month, the fewest in five years.
Tuesday's report helps shed light on the government's monthly jobs data. Payrolls grew by 119,000 workers in January and 219,000 in December. Job creation accelerated in February, with employment rising by 236,000, the Labor Department said March 8.
The number of openings in January was still short of the four-year high of 3.85 million reached in March 2012. Help wanted waned in December as the Obama administration and Congress locked horns over how to prevent the tax increases and budget cuts that came to be known as the fiscal cliff.
Hiring Gain
The number of workers hired in January increased to 4.25 million from 4.2 million in December, leaving the hiring rate unchanged at 3.1 percent, according to Tuesday's report. The rate peaked at 3.4 percent for a couple of months in the first half of 2012.
"The pace of hiring is still not great," said Daniel Silver, an economist at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New York. "The labor market is going fairly steady. It could be a lot better, but it also could be a lot worse."
Job openings at professional and business services led the gains in January, followed by trade, transportation and utilities. The latter was propelled by a jump among retailers.
Health care and social assistance companies showed the biggest decline in jobs available.
In addition to the decrease in firings, another 2.22 million people quit their jobs in January, up from 2.13 million in the prior month and the most since October 2008. The combination of fewer dismissals and the increase in those voluntarily leaving their jobs kept the total separations rate at 3 percent.
More Quits
An increase in the number of workers quitting their jobs shows growing confidence in the odds of finding new work, said Janet Yellen, vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, who is among policy makers looking at these data to determine when the job market has made enough progress to reduce stimulus.
"Layoffs and discharges as a share of total employment have already returned to their pre-recession level, while the hiring rate remains depressed," Yellen said in a speech last week. "Therefore, going forward, I would look for an increase in the rate of hiring. Similarly, a pickup in the quit rate, which also remains at a low level, would signal that workers perceive that their chances to be rehired are good."
She said the central bank should press on with $85 billion in monthly bond buying while tracking possible costs and risks from the unprecedented program. She echoed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's comment the previous week that the benefits of the Fed's historically low interest rates and near-record $3.09 trillion balance sheet outweigh any risk of financial instability.
In the 12 months ended in January, the economy created a net 2 million jobs, representing 52 million hires and about 50 million separations, Tuesday's report showed.
Job Competition
Considering the 12.3 million Americans who were unemployed in January, the figures indicated there were about 3.3 people vying for every opening, up from about 1.8 when the recession began in December 2007.
Employers in all 50 states and the District of Columbia reported positive hiring plans for the second quarter, according to a survey of more than 18,000 companies by Manpower Inc. issued Tuesday. Those in the leisure and hospitality and professional and business services industries had the most positive outlooks. In addition, the share of employers anticipating having to cut staff, at 5 percent, was at the lowest since 2000.
More recent data show the labor market gained strength in February. The unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent from 7.9 percent in January and industries from film-making to accounting to construction powered broad-based gains as employers remained confident in the face of federal budget cuts and tax increases. Private payrolls grew by 246,000, the most since November.
March Sequestration
The strength came before $85 billion in automatic across- the-board budget cuts, known as sequestration, began to kick in on March 1 after Congress failed to reach a compromise on deficit reduction. That followed a 2 percentage-point increase in the payroll tax in January.
Maintaining labor market momentum will help those still out of a work, like Jim Barry, find employment. Barry was let go in 2009 from his purchasing position at Girl Scouts of Connecticut, where he had worked for two years. Searching for a job, he says he's sent out at least 120 resumes.
"There's what's called the black hole," said Barry, who has a graduate degree in choral conducting from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. "You never hear back from them. You lose track after a while."
Amid the search, Barry said he has kept his part-time job as a church musician in the greater Hartford area, which he has held since 2007. He works 10 hours to 15 hours a week and is living on the income from the job in addition to his savings.
Limiting Spending
"It limits my ability to purchase," he said. "I don't go to the store very often. I don't do many vacations. It just limits what you can do."
Barry's job-finding prospects may improve in coming months, according to the Conference Board's Employment Trends Index, released Monday. The measure of job prospects in the U.S. climbed in February by the most in a year.
General Motors Co. is among companies planning to expand. The Detroit-based automaker said last week it plans to hire 1,000 staffers for its information technology operations center in the Phoenix area. The hiring is part of GM's plan to add about 7,500 information technology workers.
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Ohio senators Tom Niehaus and Keith Faber recently presented a 2011 Edison Technology Center Award for Excellence to ne Trail Technologies, Inc., Fort Loramie, OH, for outstanding performance in retaining and generating new jobs within the state of Ohio. The firm is credited, in a letter from the Ohio Senate, with creating 35 jobs in 2010. A company representative notes that its growth primarily is related to its work in developing laser technology that enables cutting of thin-coated foils at speeds to 10 m/sec.
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FARMINGTON — The tree was lit last Saturday with a nice opening act by the Henry Wilson Memorial School band that performed outstandingly. The lights around town have been lit as well making it look very festive. Many home owners in our community have gotten in the holiday spirit by decorating their houses. If you're one of these or if you are planning to string up some lights and plant Rudolph on your roof… don't forget you can enter the Rec. Dept. Holiday Decorating Contest.
On the cultural side, Farmington recently had a professional performance of "The Nutcracker" and coming up the First Congregational Church of Farmington will host an evening of classical music performed by a professional pianist. See column for details.
Sad News
We have all been shocked and saddened by the passing of one of Farmington's most beloved citizens, Betty Mros. She was one of the most active members of our community and always ready to help out or be there with a kind word. She will be greatly missed.
Piano Recital First Congregational Church
Saturday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m. there will be a special program featuring Ukrainian pianist Natalia Shevchuk.
The concert will include Bach Concerto in Italian Style; Beethoven Sonata No. 21 "Aurora"; (Intermission); Schumann Arabesque; Schumann Symphonic Etudes. Please join us for this chance to hear world class music right in our home town performed by a professional pianist. Thanks to Rick Gladding for this info.
Conservation Committee and High School Connection
An historical and hopefully a yearly continuance has transpired between the Farmington Conservation Commission and Farmington High School. In order to enhance relations between the Conservation Commission and FHS, the Commission had added to its By-Laws a couple of years ago to allow a high school student to sit on the Commission. The Commission has also reached out to the FHS Environmental Sciences course offering our knowledge and expertise on conservation and the environment. At the Nov. 26 meeting of the Board of Selectman, two applications for student reps were discussed and approved by the BOS. At the next Conservation Commission meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 12, these two students will be sworn in. Here are two causes coming together with one goal… education. Thanks to Dave Connolly for this news.
Police Dept. News
Police Chief Kevin Willey and his family will be dressed as the Claus family to distribute presents to those in need on Christmas Eve via police car. "Blue Light Special" registration began Monday, Nov. 26. Families can sign up or drop off gifts for the drive through Dec. 19. Call Deb at Farmington PD (755-2731) to register.
Fire Dept. Toy Drive
Once again the Farmington Firemen's Relief Association is looking for donations of new unopened toys for redistribution to children in the Farmington area. We especially need donations for teenagers. You may drop off toys at the Fire Station located on Main Street in Farmington between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily or you can drop them off at the Holy Rosary Credit Union branch located on Route 11 during regular business hours. Help us spread the holiday cheer to a young child this year. Thanks to Rick Gladding for the info!
Toys for Tots
Toys for Tots needs your help! Please donate a new unwrapped toy to a child in need!
Drop off your toy at the Town Municipal Offices prior to Dec. 14.
For those families in need of assistance with gifts for your children; applications can be obtained at the following locations: the Farmington PD; the Town Hall/Welfare department; the Recreation Department; The Goodwin Library. The deadline for applications is Dec. 12.
Pickup date for toys will be on Dec. 21 at the Town Hall from noon to 4 p.m.
Holiday Rec Dept. News
Meet and Greet with Santa — Santa is making one last appearance before the big day. Bring the children to have a quick chat and a photo with Santa on Friday, Dec. 14, from 6-7 p.m. in the Recreation Department gym. (Children up to 10 years old.) The event is free and donations will be accepted. Printed photos will be $3 each.
House Decorating Contest — Decorate your house with lights and novelties to see if your house can be featured in next year's Farmington Parks & Recreation Fall/ Winter Brochure. All you have to do is call the Recreation Department before 5 p.m. on Dec. 10 and leave us your address. On Dec. 14 the Recreation Department will judge the houses. Don't forget to turn on your lights! Try to beat last year's winners pictured in the brochure!
Senior Trips
On Friday, Dec. 7 "A Christmas Carol" is at the Leddy Theatre. We will go out to dinner before the show so bring some extra money. The fee is $25. The bus will leave at 4 p.m.
On Monday, Dec. 10 – Mystery Lunch Bunch. Fee is $5. The bus will leave at 10:30 a.m.
On Thursday, Dec. 20 – Christmas Tea Party. Join us for our holiday tea party and enjoy some yummy treats! Fee is $5. The party will start at noon.
Goodwin Library
The staff of the Goodwin Library wishes you all a very Merry Christmas, a Happy Chanukah, a cheerful Kwanzaa, and a wonderful New Year! We will be closed Dec. 24 and 25: Christmas Eve Day and Christmas Day. We will close at 5 p.m. on Dec. 31, New Year's Eve and be closed Jan. 1, 2013, New Year's Day.
Patron Appreciation Day on Wednesday, Dec. 19 from 3-6 p.m.
We appreciate you, our fantastic patrons, all year long but once a year we like to do something special to express that appreciation… and that is Patron Appreciation Day! Be sure to stop by for some great goodies and conversation!
The Farmington Film Society will be presenting the classic film "The World of Henry Orient," on Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 6 p.m. It is an enchanting film set in New York in the 1960s during the holiday season about the crush two young girls develop on an avant- garde concert pianist played by Peter Sellers in one of his more unusual roles. This film is a gem and was not made widely available in local theaters; so be sure to mark the date. Please note: These movies contain adult content and language. A parent or guardian must accompany children under the age of 18. Please call for more information 755-2944, ext. 2 or e-mail email@example.com.
Children & Young Adult News
Good news, kids! Join us during Christmas vacation for Board Game Days, Lego Day and Make 'n Take crafts! Winter Story-Times: Signup begins Dec. 26. Story times begin Wednesday, Jan. 16; Pre-School (4-5) - Wednesdays 1:30-2:15 p.m., Sleepy-Time (K-3) Wednesdays 6:30-7:15 p.m. Babies and Books (1-3 years) Thursdays 10:30-11:00 a.m.
Goodwin Library Book Club on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 6:00 p.m.
This month we will be discussing Erik Larsen's "In the Garden of Beasts" a look into the build up to WWll through the eyes of the US Ambassador to Berlin and his family. It's a riveting story and if you haven't read it grab a copy at the library and if you have already read it, please join us for a great discussion! Next month we hope to read "The Hangman's Daughter" by Oliver Pötzsch, which is a recent best seller set in Germany, 1660: When a dying boy is pulled from the river with a mark crudely tattooed on his shoulder, hangman Jakob Kuisl is called upon to investigate whether witchcraft is at play. The author is a descendent of the Kuisls, a famous Bavarian executioner clan.
Historical Society Meeting
Antique Appraisal Evening with David Aubert on Friday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. in the Historical Society Museum of the Goodwin Library (lower floor). The Society will convene for its regular monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. The business meeting will end at 7 p.m. at which time David Aubert will begin a two hour program of antique appraisal. Due to our two-hour limitation, attendees wanting to have their items appraised will be asked to sign a card at the start of the event. Cards will be drawn randomly from those submitted. Participants are limited to two items in the interest of time. David will continue to appraise items by random drawing until 9 p.m. We'll try to do as many as we can while respecting the time limitations. We regret that we might not be able to appraise everyone's items. The presentation will be free to the public. Refreshments will be served. (News from the Historical Society website www.farmingtonnhhistory.org.)
Farmington Inaugural Ball
The Farmington Democrats will be sponsoring an Inaugural Ball on Sunday, Jan. 20, from 6-9 p.m. It will be held at the Farmington Rec. Hall. There will be hors d'oeuvres, dancing and entertainment featuring singer / songwriter (and Rochester's Poet Laureate) Pat O'Brien. Tickets are $8 in advance online at http://goo.gl/e5vSd or $10 at the door.
The Zoning Board will meet on Thursday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. in the Selectmen's Chambers.
The Board of Selectmen will meet on Monday, Dec. 10 at 6 p.m.
Farmington Democrats will meet Thursday, Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. in the Farmington Rec meeting room.
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FARMINGTON — The tree was lit last Saturday with a nice opening act by the Henry Wilson Memorial School band that performed outstandingly. The lights around town have been lit as well making it look very festive. Many home owners in our community have gotten in the holiday spirit by decorating their houses. If you're one of these or if you are planning to string up some lights and plant Rudolph on your roof… don't forget you can enter the Rec. Dept. Holiday Decorating Contest.


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Isaac Newton conducted an experiment with a bucket containing water which he described in 1689. The experiment is quite simple and any reader of this article can try the experiment for themselves. All one needs to do is to half fill a bucket with water and suspend it from a fixed point with a rope. Rotate the bucket, twisting the rope more and more. When the rope has taken all the twisting that it can take, hold the bucket steady and let the water settle, then let go. What happens? The bucket starts to rotate because of the twisted rope. At first the water in the bucket does not rotate with the bucket but remains fairly stationary. Its surface remains flat. Slowly, however, the water begins to rotate with the bucket and as it does so the surface of the water becomes concave. Here is Newton's own description:-
... the surface of the water will at first be flat, as before the bucket began to move; but after that, the bucket by gradually communicating its motion to the water, will make it begin to revolve, and recede little by little from the centre, and ascend up the sides of the bucket, forming itself into a concave figure (as I have experienced), and the swifter the motion becomes, the higher will the water rise, till at last, performing its revolutions in the same time with the vessel, it becomes relatively at rest in it.Soon the spin of the bucket slows as the rope begins to twist in the opposite direction. The water is now spinning faster than the bucket and its surface remains concave.
What is the problem? Is this not precisely what we would expect to happen? Newton asked the simple question: why does the surface of the water become concave? One is inclined to reply to Newton: that is an easy question - the surface becomes concave since the water is spinning. But after a moment's thought one has to ask what spinning means. It certainly does not mean spinning relative to the bucket as is easily seen. After the bucket is released and starts spinning then the water is spinning relative to the bucket yet its surface is flat. When friction between the water and the sides of the bucket has the two spinning together with no relative motion between them then the water is concave. After the bucket stops and the water goes on spinning relative to the bucket then the surface of the water is concave. Certainly the shape of the surface of the water is not determined by the spin of the water relative to the bucket.
Newton then went a step further with a thought experiment. Try the bucket experiment in empty space. He suggested a slightly different version for this thought experiment. Tie two rocks together with a rope, he suggested, and go into deep space far from the gravitation of the Earth or the sun. One certainly cannot physically try this today any more than one could in 1689. Rotate the rope about its centre and it will become taut as the rocks pull outwards. The rocks will create an outward force pulling the rope tight. If one does this in an empty universe then what can it mean for the system to be rotating. There is nothing to measure rotation with respect to. Newton deduced from this thought experiment that there had to be something to measure rotation with respect to, and that something had to be space itself. It was his strongest argument for the idea of absolute space.
Now Newton returned to his bucket experiment. What one means by spin, he claimed, was spin with respect to absolute space. When the water is not rotating with respect to absolute space then its surface is flat but when it spins with respect to absolute space its surface is concave. However he wrote in the Principia:-
I do not define time, space, place, and motion, as they are well known to all. Absolute space by its own nature, without reference to anything external, always remains similar and unmovable.He was not too happy with this as perhaps one can see from other things he wrote:-
It is indeed a matter of great difficulty to discover and effectually to distinguish the true motions of particular bodies from the apparent, because the parts of that immovable space in which these motions are performed do by no means come under the observations of our senses.Leibniz, on the other hand, did not believe in absolute space. He argued that space only provided a means of encoding the relation of one object to another. It made no sense to claim that the universe was rotating or moving through space. He supported his argument with philosophical reasoning, but faced with Newton's bucket, he had no answer. He was forced to admit:-
I grant there is a difference between absolute true motion of a body and a mere relative change of its situation with respect to another body.For around 200 years Newton's arguments in favour of absolute space were hardly challenged. One person to question Newton was George Berkeley. He claimed that the water became concave not because it was rotating with respect to absolute space but rather because it was rotating with respect to the fixed stars. This did not convince many people that Newton might have been wrong. In 1870 Carl Neumann suggested a similar situation to the bucket when he imagined that the whole universe consisted only of a single planet. He suggested: wouldn't it be shaped like an ellipsoid if it rotated and a sphere if at rest? The first serious challenge to Newton, however, came from Ernst Mach, who rejected Neumann's test as inconclusive. However, he wrote in 1872 in History and Root of the Principle of the Conservation of Energy:-
If we think of the Earth at rest and the other celestial bodies revolving around it, there is no flattening of the Earth ... at least according to our usual conception of the law of inertia. Now one can solve the difficulty in two ways; either all motion is absolute, or our law of inertia is wrongly expressed ... I [prefer] the second. The law of inertia must be so conceived that exactly the same thing results from the second supposition as from the first.We quote from an 1883 work by Mach on Newton's bucket:-
Newton's experiment with the rotating water bucket teaches us only that the rotation of water relative to the bucket walls does not stir any noticeable centrifugal forces; these are prompted, however, by its rotation relative to the mass of the Earth and the other celestial bodies. Nobody can say how the experiment would turn out, both quantitatively and qualitatively, if the bucket walls became increasingly thicker and more massive -- eventually several miles thick.Mach's argument is that Newton dismissed relative motion too readily. Certainly it was not rotation of the water relative to the bucket that should be considered but rotation of the water relative to all the matter in the universe. If that matter wasn't there and all that there was in the universe was the bucket and water, then the surface of the water would never become concave. He disagreed with Newton's thought experiment based on two rocks tied together in completely empty space. If the experiment were carried out in a universe with no matter other than the rocks and the rope, then the conclusion one can deduce from Mach's idea is that one could not tell if the system was rotating. The rope would never become taut since rotation was meaningless. Clearly since this experiment cannot be performed it is impossible to test whether Mach or Newton is right.
After Einstein introduced the special theory of relativity in June 1905 the concept of absolute space was no longer tenable. Of course this theory only dealt with constant velocity motion, so did not apply to acceleration. Newton's bucket involved circular motion, and so acceleration and the special theory did not apply. What about the two rocks joined by a rope in a universe without any other matter? Here Einstein's special theory would tend to support Newton rather than Mach, in other words the rope would go taut when the system rotated. But how can rotation mean anything once the notion of absolute space has been cast aside? Well the special theory of relativity still has absolutes. Absolute space-time is a feature of special relativity which, contrary to popular belief, does not claim that everything is relative. Although velocities, distances, and time intervals are relative, the theory still sits on a postulated absolute space-time. In special relativity observers moving at constant velocities relative to each other would not agree on the velocity of a bucket moving through space, nor would they agree about the time that has elapsed in the bucket experiment, but they would all agree on whether the bucket was accelerating or not.
After this Einstein began working on the theory of general relativity which incorporated acceleration and gravity. His theory was published in 1915. Even before this, however, he claimed that his theory would make Mach's view of Newton's bucket correct. He did so in a letter which he wrote to Mach in 1913 in which he told Mach that his view of Newton's bucket was correct and agreed with general relativity. Einstein even included "Mach's principle" into general relativity. The theory is based on the equivalence of gravity and acceleration (something which has been checked experimentally today to a high degree of accuracy). The behaviour of Newton's spinning bucket is, as Mach claimed, determined by the gravitational forces of all the matter in the universe. There is, however, still a problem as Einstein came to understand. General relativity does not say that Newton's two rock thought experiment in an empty universe agrees with Mach. Rather it still comes down on the side of Newton and the rope will become taut as the system spins. Why should that be? Well in simple terms, in a universe with no matter there is no gravity. Hence general relativity reduces to special relativity and now all observers agree when the rock system is spinning (i.e. accelerating). One could argue that there will be gravity produced by the mass of the rock system, but this is negligible and will not produce the necessary forces to make the rope become taut.
In 1918 Joseph Lense and Hans Thirring obtained approximate solutions of the equations of general relativity for rotating bodies. Their results show that a massive rotating body drags space-time round with it. This is now called 'frame dragging' or the 'Lense-Thirring effect'. In 1966 Dieter Brill and Jeffrey Cohen showed that frame dragging should occur in a hollow sphere. In 1985 further progress by H Pfister and K Braun showed that sufficient centrifugal forces would be induced at the centre of the hollow massive sphere to cause water to form a concave surface in a bucket which is not rotating with respect to the distant stars. Here at last was a form of the symmetry that Mach was seeking.
Frame dragging has recently been verified experimentally. This involved using the rotating earth as the massive body and putting a satellite into orbit with a gyroscope which kept it pointing in a fixed direction. Although the Earth has only a tiny frame dragging effect it was possible to detect the extremely small precession of the gyroscope which was caused. A report of the experiment is at the NASA web-site
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We're evaluating DB Audit and we had a couple questions.
We are planning to use DB Audit to only log the data changes of certain tables. We would be using our own software to display data change logs to the end user and not use the built-in reporting tools. Our intent is to show the user the history of changes relevant to what the user is working on. Does anyone have experience using DB Audit in a similar manner?
Additionally, has anyone dealt with the issue of multiple tables being associated with a single transaction? For instance, if the user makes a change that touches multiple tables, is there an easy way to associate the data log changes among all the tables to that particular user action? It appears to us that only the only option is to use the column AUDIT_TIMESTAMP plus the primary keys for the original tables.
If that's the case, in the audit tables (for Oracle 10i), DB Audit uses a DATE datatype for the column AUDIT_TIMESTAMP. We're looking for more precision and were wondering, is it possible to set DB Audit to use TIMESTAMP as the datatype for that column as it carries fractions of a second?
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In addition to primary keys and AUDIT_TIMESTAMP you should use the session id which is also recorded in the audit trail; together this will provide you with a unique combination. The precision of datetime column AUDIT_TIMESTAMP is sufficient for this purpose.
No you cannot change AUDIT_TIMESTAMP data type to Oracle's TIMESTAMP. audit record header columns are not customizable.
Just in case, if you are not aware, DB Audit provides an API that external programs and scripts can use to set audit settings, configure filters and fetch data. The data output format is customizable, by default XML is used, but other formats are also supported.
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How does the session id tie back to the data audit tables? I assume that you're talking about the column in the AUD$ table? I'm not quite understanding how I would use it to get to a "transaction id" across multiple tables.
Apologies for creating a second userid, but for whatever reason, the forum software is neither recognizing my password for the first account, nor letting me reset the password.
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Please disregard the reference to session id, it is incorrect for Oracle. Sorry about that misleading reference.
Yet, there is a known trick involving use of a custom procedure hook to get Oracle session id recorded in the audit trail tables. That will likely provide you with the required values. I will search the support system for the exact solution and post it here
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Hi, just checking in to see if you'd managed to find the procedure hook to allow the session id to be recorded in the audit tables.
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Ok, there is an ADVANCED button available on the Set Data-change Audit Options screen. You can use that button to "hook" your custom stored procedure. The procedure will be fed several parameters, including user name and expect you to return some other user name. What you can do here is appending session id (SID) to the start or end of the user name using some character separator between SID and user name. That new value will be saved in the username column and you can use it in your reports and queries.
To get a better idea, check examples of custom stored procedure available in DB Audit manual pages 108 - 110
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OAKLAND — Artist Mario Chiodo has been waiting and working tirelessly for 12 years to install the final piece of his "Remember Them: Champions for Humanity" monument at Henry J. Kaiser Memorial Park.
The monument, which stands 21 feet and weighs about 60,000 pounds, is a four-piece bronze sculpture depicting 25 individuals — including Abraham Lincoln, Cesar Chavez and Mahatma Gandhi — Chiodo felt have had a hand in changing history through humanitarian efforts.
On Thursday, Chiodo, the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and the Oakland Fire Department presented the Sept. 11-inspired piece's fourth and final section with a special presentation of a steel remnant from the World Trade Center.
"We want to honor those lost and salute those who responded valiantly under such terrible circumstances," said Joseph Haraburda, president of the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce.
The steel remnant, protected in a glass casing, was displayed at City Hall and then taken by firetruck to the memorial site. Two firefighters from the California Task Force 4, who went to New York City in response to the attacks on the World Trade Center, were chosen to place the remnant in a chamber within the fourth piece of the monument.
Mayor Jean Quan, who attended the first presentation of the monument in 2011, offered words of support for the project.
"We hope this will help others to acknowledge history and inspire them to change history and stretch the boundaries," she said.
Shanton Tyson, a student at Saint Mary's College, had her own personal connection to the ceremony.
"It reminds you that no matter where you are in the world, everyone remembers (Sept. 11) and this really hits home for me," she said. "This just shows love and unconditional support, and it means the world to me."
Originally from New York, Tyson's father, John Tyson, was a lieutenant for the New York Fire Department and was among those called to respond to the Sept. 11 attacks. Although more than 300 firefighters did not survive, he came out of it with a crushed ankle.
Long-awaiting this final installment, Chiodo was thrilled that the day had finally arrived.
"I wouldn't call this a milestone; it's more of a 'major' stone," he said. "We're almost at the very end of completing the project, and I feel really good."
In early April there will be a formal dedication and official opening of Henry J. Kaiser Memorial Park after a wall for the visually impaired and other smaller projects are completed as an extension to the "Remember Them" monument.


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Deep River Road
Road suffers from flooding' huge water holes
DEEP RIVER TOWNSHIP — Some Deep River Townships living on Deep River Road are hopeful that the Road Commission will do a major repair to the road. Others are resisting because the project would cause the road to cut into their property. Take a look at these photos submitted from Independent reader Don Kroczaleski and see what you think. Get the rest of the story on April 2 in issue 14 of the Arenac County Independent.
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Kenyan police must stop terror hits on tiny budget
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's lead counterterrorism agency is working to stop another Westgate Mall-style terrorist attack — that many here believe Somali militants will try again — on a shoe-string budget: The Anti-Terror Police Unit in Nairobi has just $735 to spend this month.
Documents seen by The Associated Press show that even after the September attack by al-Shabab on an upscale mall in Nairobi that killed at least 67 people, the country's top anti-terror security force is allocated only around $2,205 for its operations — for maintenance and fuel for cars, travel expenses and office supplies — in January, February and March.
By comparison, a Kenyan member of parliament earns about $45,000 in salary and allowances during a three-month period.
Kenya is facing a budgetary crisis brought on by high salaries paid to some government employees, its government has said. President Uhuru Kenyatta and his vice president each pledged last week to take a 20 percent pay cut, and Kenyatta is urging other top government officials to do the same, saying the country cannot afford to pay so much in salaries.
Last week Kenyatta said more resources will be allocated to the police and military. "For a long time, the security sector has not been given the attention it deserves. We are changing that," the president said.
The anti-terror unit is struggling to do its work because of limited funds, said a security official from the police headquarters, who insisted on anonymity because he is not authorized to share the information. The limited budget makes preventing another attack difficult, he said.
Despite the budget figures AP saw in official government documents, the spokesman for Kenya's Internal Security Ministry, Mwenda Njoka, denied that the anti-terror unit had been allocated only $18,000 for the quarter. He did not provide any alternate figures.
Combating terrorism is a capital-intensive exercise because of the time and manpower needed to try to learn the identity of would-be attackers, the security official said.
Somali terrorists are financing their terror attacks with more funds than Kenya is spending on the Anti-Terror Police Unit, the official said.
He cited an incident in September 2012 in which police stopped a planned attack on parliament. A suspect was arrested in a house in a Somali section of Nairobi with four suicide vests, two improvised explosive devices, four AK-47 rifles and ammunition, the official said. The suspect told police that he had been given about $82,000 to carry out surveillance and launch the attack.
The official said the suspect claimed he had once been arrested by police who noticed his surveillance activities but was released after paying a $470 bribe. A police spokesman has previously described the bribe-taking culture among Kenya police as "deep and wide."
A second security official who also insisted on anonymity said the anti-terror unit does not have bullet proof vests and in some Kenyan jurisdictions along the border with Somalia known as terrorism hotspots the anti-terror unit does not have single police car.
Alamin Kimathi, a human rights activist who has been the biggest critic of the anti-terror police, believes the unit is heavily supported by the West and that this funding affects its priorities. More often the unit's work is driven by a Western agenda, he said. "He who pays the piper calls the tune," Kimathi said.
Human rights activists often accuse the anti-terror unit of killing suspects whom they can't successfully prosecute. Human rights groups said 18 people suspected of having links to terror networks had either been executed or disappeared in 2012; 13 people suffered the same fate in 2013.
Kimathi said the anti-terror unit requires more funding for criminal intelligence gathering, training, forensics and equipment. He said some of the excesses blamed on the special unit can be attributed to a lack of funds. "When you don't feed the dog, it will turn around and bite you," he said.
The U.S. and U.K. only give material support to the anti-terror unit, such as vehicles, equipment and training, but does not give financial assistance, the security officials said.
Kenya is one of the top five global recipients of State Department anti-terrorism funding, which supports border and coastal security and law enforcement programs, according to a September report by the U.S. Congressional Research Service titled "U.S.-Kenya Relations: Current Political and Security Issues."
In fiscal year 2013 a U.S.-Kenyan law enforcement cooperation program known as the Diplomatic Security Anti-terrorism Assistance program had a budget of $7.75 million.
The Anti-Terror Police Unit was formed in 2003 shortly after al-Qaida in 2002 bombed an Israeli-owned hotel in the coastal city of Mombasa, killing more than a dozen people, while also nearly simultaneously attempting to bring down an Israeli plane taking off at Mombasa International Airport. Those attacks took place four years after al-Qaida orchestrated the bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 224 people, including a dozen Americans.
Police officers in Kenya are poorly paid, which officials acknowledge contributes to the bribe-taking culture. Kenya is attempting to reform the National Police Service to redeem its sullied reputation as the most corrupt institution in the country and consistent allegations of human rights abuses.
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Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti spoke in generalities of how the White Sox contacted him on Friday about the mercurial outfielder.
"We got a call from one club, and they offered us a very low dollar figure with no player attached to it," Colletti said. "We didn't start it and we didn't float his name. One team came forward, and I'm not sure what they were trying to accomplish."
That explanation was provided by Williams on Saturday.
Impact players were the target for the White Sox, players who could move them up a notch in competing for a World Series title. Ramirez didn't work out, nor did the other pursuits, but Williams will move forward from a position of strength.
"All I can say is, if we felt there were any impact players on the market, we were going to go after them," Williams said. "We are strong enough as we are and everything fits together in such a way that the only thing we were going to add would be something of an impact guy.
"I'll be honest. I was really optimistic on a couple of fronts that we would be able to add to this team without subtracting anything and unfortunately everything that presented itself over the last number of weeks, with the exception of the Edwin Jackson thing, just didn't. It was destructive to what we were trying to do as a ballclub and it would have taken too much from what's already on the field."
with the exception of the Edwin Jackson thing? why, didn't 'the Edwin Jackson thing' subtract something?


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Council approves stormwater consents
Environment Waikato has approved stormwater consents for towns in the Waipa District.
Environment Waikato has approved stormwater consents for towns in the Waipa District.
Waikato mayors and chief executives met yesterday to find a way to make progress on the State Highway One Expressway.
Environment Waikato has launched a new freephone for animal and plant pest advice in the Waikato.
Environment Waikato is working with other agencies, community groups, Crown research institutes, iwi and others to preserve the Region's variety of natural life.
Hamilton's buses launch into state-of-the-art electronic ticketing from next month – and it will save passengers money and time.
Road crash fatalities are dropping in the Waikato with more effort being put into targeting speeding and drinking drivers.
The number of young women aged between 15 and 19 who are driving has increased 76 percent in the past 10 years, this week's Regional Road Safety Subcommittee heard.
Environment Waikato is developing new rules to manage the Waikato River during floods.
Environment Waikato has prepared a set of environmental guidelines for river and catchment management work programmes.
Half the pollution complaints to Environment Waikato in the past year were about air pollution, and most of these were about industrial discharges, the Council's Regulatory Committee heard this week.
The Waikato River has not suffered any lasting effects from the chemical truck fire on Cobham Drive late last month, this week's Environment Waikato Regulatory Committee heard.
Twenty pairs of eyes are keeping a close watch on the Waikato River these days.
Environment Waikato and Waikato District Council have granted resource consents for an open cast coal mine and a construction and demolition landfill at Rotowaro Rd , Pukemiro.
Environment Bay of Plenty and Environment Waikato councillors are getting together next week to visit parts of both regions.
Water skiiers and jetskiers will continue to be prohibited from using the stretch of Waikato River between Mangaonua Stream and the Pukete footbridge under the new Navigation Safety Bylaw passed by Environment Waikato this week.
Boaties, surfers, jetskiers and other water users now have a new bylaw controlling safety on the water in the Waikato.
Environment Waikato has granted resource consents to allow an upgrade to Meremere's wastewater treatment plant.


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Do you use the Hotline? If you haven't been lately, you're missing out -- between discussions about chocolate sorbet and cherry pitting, questions about FOOD52 recipes, and discussions about the latest ban on foie gras, it's a lively place. Here are our top 5 Hotline questions of the week:
1. This week's Genius Chocolate Sorbet created lots of excitement. But, with no ice cream maker in sight, a number of FOOD52ers wondered if they could still make David Lebovit's creamy vegan sorbet without investing in a new kitchen appliance. As it turns out, you can indeed make sorbet without an ice cream maker! In fact, Lebovitz explains how on his blog.
2. In search of an efficient way to pit cherries, SKK asked FOOD52ers if they have any handy tricks up their sleeve. Sunkissed said:
I just pitted 4 lbs of cherries in 15 minutes using a metal Wilton cake decorating tip. I used a star tip and it pushed only the pit out with no juicy after mess. Hands aren't stained either. BONUS!!! Yay!! I couldn't believe how easy it was. Just stick your thumb in the wide opening of the tip then insert the star end, give a little push. Wha-la! Cost for tip $1.79.
3. Meanwhile, babycakes16 wondered what they could make with freshly-picked blackberries. Answers ranged from cobbler to financiers and jams. What's your favorite recipe for blackberries?
4. And, with 10 pounds of eggplant, Helen's All Night Diner asked the community what she should make, keeping in mind that she's already whipped up a batch of caponata and ratatouille. FOOD52ers had many ideas, inspiring her to make a spicy tagine as well as eggplant meatballs.
5. Finally, as a result of the recent ban on foie gras in California, a debate developed over the ethics of gavage. As BoulderGalinTokyo noted, there is "Such passion on BOTH sides!"
See what other Food52 readers are saying.


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Upper gastrointestinal tract radiography (GI) is an x-ray examination of the pharynx, esophagus, stomach and first part of the small intestine (duodenum) that uses a special form of x-ray called fluoroscopy and an orally ingested contrast material called barium.
Fluoroscopy makes it possible to see internal organs in motion. When the upper GI tract is coated with barium, the radiologist is able to view and assess the anatomy and function of the esophagus, stomach and duodenum.
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Editor's note: This story was originally published in March, 2013 and updated June 19 to coincide with the International Economic Forum.
(CNN) -- Several thousand of the world's most powerful people are in St. Petersburg this month for the city's annual International Economic Forum.
The only problem? While we at CNN Travel would be the last to deny that macroeconomics can be a thrilling subject for discussion, there also happens to be a bulbous onion-shaped dome's worth of once-in-a-lifetime type touristic distractions in Russia's spectacular "Paris of the East."
St. Petersburg showcases a vivid history from czarist Russia, through Communism (it was long called "Leningrad") to the present day.
Established in 1703 by Czar Peter the Great, Russia's second-largest city lives up to its reputation as the country's cultural capital, with astounding palaces, churches and museums.


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Initially after baking, the cake was a bit dry. Surprisingly within a night, it transformed into moist, fragrant and soft cake. It's unbelievable! Anyone knows the theory behind? Please share with me.
Mango Yogurt Cake
260gm of mango yogurt
120 gm of Caster sugar
4 eggs (Grade B) at room temperature
50gm of sunflower oil
200gm of self-raising flour
1 tsp of baking powder
1. Beat the eggs and Caster sugar under high speed until fluffy. (I beat it for about 15 minutes)
2. Pour in the yogurt and mix well.
3. Gently fold in the sifted flour and baking powder with plastic spatula.
4. Lastly, add the sunflower oil and mix well with spatula.