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South Carolina Data Breach Exposes SSN
The latest data breach in South Carolina where over three million Social Security numbers were exposed is just another example of how organizations aren't protecting sensitive data with encryption.
As many as 3.6 million Social Security numbers and 387,999 credit and debit card numbers may have been exposed during a series of cyber-attacks against systems belonging to the South Carolina Department of Revenue, state officials disclosed on Friday. Anyone who has ever filed a South Carolina tax return since 1998 may be affected.
The Department of Revenue became of the breach Oct. 20 and closed the security hole on Oct. 20. Investigators uncovered so that we aren't getting off the vote het attempts probing the system for vulnerabilities in early September and late August, officials said. The data was exposed during an attack in mid-September.
None of the Social Security numbers were encrypted, State Law Enforcement Division spokesman Thom Berry told Reuters. While the majority of the credit card numbers were encrypted, about 16,000 were not. That raises an intriguing question: Why?
"Cases like this continue to raise awareness of the shortcomings of traditional infrastructure security in keeping sensitive data safe," Mark Bower, data protection expert and VP at Voltage Security, told SecurityWatch.
Encrypt, Encrypt, Encrypt
Another data breach, another case of "Why wasn't the data encrypted?" finger-pointing.
While it's nice to know that some of the credit card numbers were encrypted, it's not clear at this point why all of them weren't protected in the same way. And it's surprising that Social Security numbers were considered less sensitive than credit card numbers. Social Security numbers are the most valuable piece of information, as it gives thieves control over the victim's entire financial identity, such as the ability to take out loans, open up new accounts, and even buy property.
Organizations have to protect data, and data shouldn't be on vulnerable systems. If the data is not protected, it will get breached, Bower said, calling data theft "the future of crime."
Affected Victims
While an investigation was ongoing, officials said no public funds were access or put at risk. The state will provide those whose data was exposed with one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection.
"Anyone who has filed a South Carolina tax return since 1998 is urged to visit protectmyid.com/scdor or call 1- 866-578-5422 to determine if their information is affected," the Department said.
State officials said the exposed credit card numbers were so old the risks of them being used may be low.


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Be prepared to confuse the hell out of guests because it's time to finally get an indoor wood-panel van, or at least a quarter of one. This Wood Panel Bar is a bar/liquor cabinet for lovers of the wood paneling. The liquor cabinet includes a classy drawer, hanging racks for various types of classes and an extending shelf. The back doors swing open like a real wood-panel van and the only downside is the lack of wheels. Click through to see another picture of the cabinet open.
The only way to make this wood paneled bar and liquor cabinet classier is to only store McCormicks and other bottom of the barrel liquors inside. Heck, it's beginning to remind me of my childhood, which was filled with cheap liquor and featured an ugly wood-paneled station wagon. This monstrosity is available for $2,850, which is more expensive than buying a real wood panel van and sawing the back off, but whatever. [Hometone]


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Call for Paper
Journal of Business Ethics Special Issue Conference on
Sustainable and Ethical Entrepreneurship, Corporate Finance and Governance, and Institutional Reform in China
6-7 April 2013, Beijing, China
钓鱼台,Diaoyutai Hotel (tbc)
Conference Link: http://www.chinadrcenter.org
- Douglas Cumming, Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada
- Wenxuan Hou, Durham Business School, Durham University, UK
- Edward Lee, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK
- Jiandong Chen, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China
- Xiuping Hua, Nottingham University Ningbo, China
- Xiao Ma, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China
- Huiyao Wang, Center for China and Globalization and Harvard University, US
- Zhenyu Wu, University of Manitoba, Canada
SCOPE OF SPECIAL ISSUE: China is an increasingly influential emerging country. Its impressive economic growth has elevated hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, and has therefore been hailed as one of the greatest achievements of modern history. The rise of China's economy has been contributed by the private sectors where entrepreneurs have played a pivotal role. However, Chinese entrepreneurship was only enabled after institutional reforms began in the late 1970s. Since then, institutional reforms continued to facilitate and expand entrepreneurship in China by improving the business environment. As Chinese entrepreneurs become increasingly competitive, they will also become more dependent on external financial resources to fund their businesses. This increasing reliance on external capital will in turn enhance the demand for business ethics and corporate governance, since accountability and stewardship promotes confidence among outside investors. Thus, there is an interrelationship between entrepreneurship, corporate finance and governance, and institutional reform is crucial to China's past, current and future economic development. The success of China's economy so far warrants studies of these issues to acquire insights and inform the development of other emerging countries. This call of paper invites empirical studies on these issues that are specific to the Chinese setting and could provide useful policy implications.
TOPICS: Specific topics and research questions can include, but are not limited to:
- What kind of regulations or institutional reforms facilitates ethical, sustainable and socially responsible entrepreneurship?
- What kind of regulations or institutional reforms encourages venture capital, private equity, and capital market investment in ethical, sustainable and socially responsible entrepreneurship?
- Do business ethics and corporate governance mechanisms improve capital acquisition and reduce cost of capital for entrepreneurs?
- Do sustainable and ethical entrepreneurs perform better and what type of corporate financing approach or corporate governance mechanism improves their performance?
- What are the appropriate performance metrics for sustainable and ethical entrepreneurs?
- Do sustainable and ethical entrepreneurship lead to more successful IPO and better post-IPO performance?
- What factors exacerbate the frequency of fraud in private and publicly traded companies?
- What regulatory or governance tools mitigate the incidence of fraud among private and publicly traded companies?
- Do political connections deter fraud and facilitate corporate transparency and corporate social responsibility?
- How do central and local governments encourage ethical investment in private and publicly traded companies?
- What is the role of different types of investors (such as private equity, hedge funds, banks, or institutional investors) in mitigating the incidence of fraud among private and publicly traded companies?
- What is the role of different types of investors (such as private equity, hedge funds, banks, or institutional investors) in stimulating new firm creation, particularly those in socially responsible industries?
- How does ethical investment and fraud compare in China with other emerging economics, and what factors (legal, institutional, institutional, or cultural) affect these differences?
NOTE: Studies exploring Chinese listed firms and studies investigating other BRICS emerging economies, e.g. Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa, will be also considered.
To aid in the development of papers, a two-day conference will be held in Beijing, China on 6-7 April 2013. Acceptance to the conference does not guarantee acceptance into the special issue. Likewise, papers may be considered for the special issue that are not presented at the conference.
PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: In your submissions, please indicate whether you want your paper to be considered for the special issue of Journal Business Ethics (JBE). By submitting a paper, authors are certifying (a) that the submission is original, unpublished work, (b) that in whole or material part it is not simultaneously under consideration elsewhere. Papers will be externally double-blind reviewed according to standard journal policy, following which authors will be invited to present their papers at a special issue conference. Interested authors should submit their papers in two PDF files: one with the name, affiliation, and contact information of the authors and one anonymous copy for blind review. Please follow JBE guideline: ( http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/applied+ethics/journal/10551) for manuscript presentation and put "JBE 2013 China Special Issue Conference" as the subject heading of the submission email.
Papers are to be submitted to: Douglas Cumming, email@example.com
Submission Deadline: 1 November 2012
Authors will be notified by: 20 December 2012
Special Issue Conference: 67 April 2013 (Saturday and Sunday)
Revise and resubmit process begins: 30 June 2013
Notification of acceptance to Special Issue: December 2013
ABOUT JBE: The Journal of Business Ethics publishes original articles from a wide variety of methodological and disciplinary perspectives concerning ethical issues related to business that bring something new or unique to the discourse in their field. All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and refereeing by two anonymous referees. JBE is one of the top 45 journals used by the Financial Times in compiling the prestigious Business School research rank and is included in the Social Science Citation Index.


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Morton, Scheck: Changes are long overdue for Texas' clemency process
Willingham case highlights need for system reform
Few people can comprehend the pain felt by the family of Cameron Todd Willingham, whose survivors recently stood with us at the Capitol to ask the state to investigate his wrongful execution.
On Dec. 23, 1991, a fire decimated Willingham's Corsicana home, killing his three daughters.
This tragedy was compounded when Willingham was mistakenly blamed for the fire and convicted of arson murder of his own children.
It is now uniformly understood that the fire investigators who believed that Willingham committed arson were flat wrong.
The Texas Forensic Science Commission has unanimously recognized serious problems with every aspect of the investigators' assertions in the case, and multiple renowned arson experts have concluded that there was no evidence of foul play.
A recent investigation by the Innocence Project, however, has uncovered troubling new evidence that there may have been foul play at and after Willingham's trial. The jailhouse informant, Johnny Webb, who claimed that Willingham had confessed, recanted his testimony in a written motion that he attempted to file with the court in 2000 - four years before Willingham's execution.
Although a notation on the motion indicates that it was presented to John Jackson, the lead Willingham prosecutor who had since become a judge, this crucial evidence was never provided to Willingham's lawyers or even placed in the court file. This recantation never saw the light of day until years after Willingham was executed.
Also, while both Jackson and Webb told the jury that Webb could expect nothing in return for his testimony, newly discovered documents indicate that extraordinary efforts were made to assist Webb in reducing his sentence by 10 years and in dealing with Webb's day-to-day complaints about prison conditions. Importantly, it appears that neither the courts nor Gov. Rick Perry knew of Webb's recantation or the assistance he received when they denied Willingham's last-minute pleas for a stay of execution.
The state of Texas has acted admirably in the creation of the Forensic Science Commission, which has critiqued the fire science in the case; and the State Fire Marshal's Office has, in conjunction with the Innocence Project of Texas, implemented a review of past arson cases where convictions may have been based on similarly unreliable evidence. Improvements also have been made in the judicial system with the passage of the Michael Morton Act, new requirements for DNA testing in death penalty prosecutions and the creation of a new procedure to consider scientific evidence that contradicts that which led to a conviction.
But the clemency process that failed to discover Willingham's innocence in 2004 remains essentially unchanged. A recent study by a committee of the American Bar Association found that the Board of Pardons and Paroles' consideration of capital cases is woefully inadequate - Texas does not meet any of the eleven minimum guidelines for an adequate process. This is a gaping hole in the safety net against wrongful execution.
Although reasonable people can debate the effectiveness of the death penalty or whether it is morally appropriate, no one can endorse a system that allows the execution of an innocent person. And we need to do everything in our power to make sure that the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the last stop in our criminal justice system, has the resources and the procedures necessary to do its job.
And reform of the board should extend beyond capital cases to parole procedures in felony cases, generally.
In a panel discussion the day after our press conference, Vikrant Reddy, coordinator of the Right on Crime campaign for the Center on Effective Justice, explained that as a matter of first principles our criminal justice agencies must adhere to the values of liberty and transparency. We agree and call for a ground-up assessment of board procedures through interim legislative hearings to ensure that these core values are honored in all cases.
Legislative hearings and a public investigation into the Willingham matter, through which we can acknowledge the mistakes that were made, will allow us to learn from these errors and establish meaningful reforms.
We recognize that Gov. Perry and the Board of Pardons and Paroles were not adequately informed of many critical facts in the Willingham case and would never intentionally allow the execution of an innocent man. We are now at a point where leadership in calling for an examination of the Texas clemency process will result in real reform.
There are only two mistakes one can make on the road to truth: not going all the way, and not starting. Let's go all the way to ensure that Texas never again executes an innocent person.
Morton, who was wrongly convicted of murdering his wife, served 25 years in prison before he was exonerated by DNA evidence. Scheck is co-director of the Innocence Project, a litigation and public policy organization affiliated with Cardozo School of Law that is dedicated to exonerating wrongly convicted people through DNA evidence and reforming the criminal justice system.


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SKF signs bearings contract with CMPC
2016 July 25, 10:00 CET
SKF will provide bearings and housings to Chilean pulp and paper manufacturer CMPC in a two-year deal
Gothenburg, Sweden, 25 July 2016: SKF has boosted its presence in Latin America still further, with a two-year contract to supply a wide range of bearings and support services to CMPC, one of the major Chilean pulp and paper companies.
CMPC is one of the world's leading manufacturers of pulp, tissue, forestry and paper and packaging products. The company operates in eight countries in Latin America, employs over 17,000 people and exports to customers around the globe.
CMPC's facilities in Latin America include extensive and sustainably managed forestry plantations, plus a range of saw, pulp, containerboard, corrugated, plywood and tissue mills. The company also has plants for moulded products and recycling, plus a paper distribution business unit.
Throughout, the focus is on quality and efficiency, with the reliability of every production system being critical. Francisco Javier Morales, Assistant Manager for Procurement at CMPC, explains, "We operate a lean business model, with all our production lines being optimised to maximise output as safely, efficiently and sustainably as possible. We therefore work closely with our suppliers to ensure that this philosophy is reflected across the supply chain and build strong relationships with strategic partners such as SKF."
The new agreement between CMPC and SKF means that SKF will become a supplier of bearings, housings and accessories, for all of CMPC's plants in Chile. The list of specified SKF products includes: Spherical Roller Bearings, Deep Groove Ball Bearings, Cylindrical Roller Bearings, Self-Aligning Ball Bearings and CARB Toroidal Roller Bearings, plus a variety of linear motion and sealing products.
Oscar Olivares Reyes, Key Account Manager for Pulp & Paper at SKF, highlights the fact that, "many of these products are used in extremely demanding applications, with extremes of temperature and humidity, and are installed in areas that are difficult to access. Our reputation for product quality and reliability, plus our long track record of supplying bearings to the pulp and paper sector, therefore played an important role in helping us secure the new contract."
Francisco Javier Morales adds, "Our decision to be partner with SKF was also based on their ability to provide a range of training, technical support and consultancy services, which will help us optimise plant efficiency and reliability still further."
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From the heart of the Dark Land, heart-notes rise – one clear, one high, and a dreadful dark descending shriek, as a golden note falls, strikes rock... and falls.
The fire leaps in joy: its smokes rise sweet upon the East Wind, who blows free and fierce, bringing tidings to the west.
The skies are swept clean – ash falls over Pelennor, and rains upon Ithilien, glitters over Rohan and dusts the Shire, even. In Lórien, Galadriel lifts her face to the sunlight, as Nenya sings and then subsides, makes way for a new harmony woven round nine dear, familiar songs...
May 10th, 3025
There was something strange about the day. There was a stillness to it: even the gulls seemed subdued, and the dragonflies' drone whisper-thin. It was as if the very mountains were exhaling a silence... a smallness, almost, as if they were bowing their lofty heads.
"Raneg?" The boy lay still and silent as the day upon the strand, his ear pressed to the earth. But the call came again: "Raneg!"
He should go – he should rise and go to his mother before she sent Halbarad to find him...
But no, Halbarad was abroad since Tuesday, gone on some errand for Lord Círdan and his mother.
With a sigh, he rose and brushed the sand from his clothes and face and hair, then scrambled regretfully along the stony way. Sandstone riddled by wind and water left many pools and places for a young boy to explore. He had been the starfish king that morn, and watched the hermit crabs scuttling about, while sailors hastened along the quays, carrying goods, checking sail and rigging – making all ready.
For, Lord Círdan and his people were leaving at last.
The boy closed a hand about the pearl that hung upon a silver cord about his neck. The Shipwright had given it to him last night.
"To remember me by," Círdan had said, and then: "Who wears it has the care of the Havens in his hands."
"Shouldn't Mother have it?" he had asked.
"She has other cares – the people look to her for guidance. She is their Lady. But to you, I give care of this place, and this land that has so long been our home. Keep it well, so that later, it may keep you and yours well," Círdan had answered.
To keep the Havens and care for them seemed a very great chore, one he had no idea how to do, but he had promised the Shipwright he would, and he meant to... once he knew how. Círdan had seemed well pleased, at least.
"Raneg!" He raised his arm and waved to his mother, who saw and made for him, stepping lightly among the sandstone crags. She held out her hand to him as she neared, and he clasped it. With a soft grunt, she turned and, to his delight, swung him over a little gap. "I should have kept you closer," she told him. "We are wanted on the quays. It is time."
The boy blinked, and glanced up at her, then over at the docks. Indeed, folk had gathered there – all of Mithlond, it seemed. His heart sank. "Must they really leave now? I thought Halbarad would come back first!"
"We shall hope he has. But the tide turns, and the sea beckons. Come," she urged, and swept him up in her arms, lengthening her stride, and for all he felt himself too old to be carried like a babe, he did not protest. For if Lord Círdan and all the Elves were leaving this very hour, he would not miss their sailing.
No one would miss it. All along the quays, and in the street that ran along the dockside, the refugee Dúnedain had gathered. Young and old, they stood – a patient throng, and silent as the day itself. Silver stars winked here and there among the folds of cloaks as the crowd parted to let his mother pass. He watched heads bow, and felt their eyes upon him when she set him down so that he could walk the last way with her.
Upon the dock stood Círdan, his hair gleaming silver in the sun; a little to one side of him stood an old, brown-robed man, leaning upon a staff and with a beard that surely swept his knees. But beyond him, there were a man and woman that he did not know, save that they were too familiar from his mother's stories: Celeborn of Doriath, and the Lady Galadriel turned to stare gravely down upon him.
"Mae govannen, hên nín," Galadriel greeted him, and then held out her arms to his mother: "A! Mír nín."
"Daernaneth," she murmured. "Daeradar."
The old man meanwhile looked upon the reunion, as Lord Círdan joined the lord and ladies, then he looked down at the boy standing anxiously by.
"Well-met, lad," he said, and held out his hand. "You must be Arrandir."
"Yes," Arrandir answered, clasping that hand, ere asking in turn: "Who are you?"
"A very good question, but since we've little time, you may simply call me Radagast."
"You're a wizard!"
"I was," Radagast replied, but then raised his seamed face at the sound of horses' hoofs clattering over the cobblestone. In the road, beyond the crowd, a horse and a pony appeared. As they reached the quay, they came to a stop, their riders leaping down from their backs. They left their mounts untied, trusting them to remain there as they hurried forward. "Ah. Excellent timing," the wizard pronounced.
The crowd murmured, but shifted again to let the newcomers through – a Ranger, and one who, by his height, could have been his son, save that the face was not young enough, and the tousled brown curls that framed it had too much grey salting them. Halbarad and Peregrin Took hastened to join them.
"My lady, my lords," Pippin said, sounding just a bit out of breath. "It seems we came just in time to say farewell!"
"To us, perhaps. But I think you will be very welcome here, if you will stay for a little while," Galadriel replied, glancing at Arwen, and then at Arrandir. Then stepping back, she gestured minutely to Círdan.
The Shipwright stood forward, then, and Arwen quietly moved to stand behind Arrandir, placing her hands on his shoulders, as Halbarad and Pippin fell back a pace or two. Círdan smiled down upon him, then spoke so that all could hear who stood by:
"Our time in Middle-earth has ended; Elvenhome calls us now beyond the Sundering Seas. Much has been lost, and many have perished who should be here to enjoy the fruits of their struggle. They have given more than can we, but perhaps some little grace is left us to give."
So saying, he laid a hand upon Arrandir's head, and said: "In the darkest days, the Dúnedain stood with us upon the walls, and waited on the tidings from the east with sword and bow. And though we were spared, Gondor is shattered, and Rohan ravaged, and the land of your forebears destroyed. Therefore, what we have made here is yours now to hold, for your people and for memory of ours, and of the friendship that has bound us. Will you take this gift and this charge from us, Arrandir Ben-adar?"
It was the same question from last night. Arrandir had said 'yes' to it already, but plainly, that had been practice of a sort. Aware of all eyes upon him, and the of weight of that hand, and of the glimmering knowledge that what he said now, he said as the son of his mother and the father who was one among the many absent givers, he drew himself up, and nodded.
"I will," he said. And then, because his mother insisted he mind his manners: "Thank you, Lord Círdan."
Círdan smiled at him, then put one hand to either cheek and leaned down and kissed his brow. "Then take root and grow anew; prosper, and remember us. Farewell, child. My lady Evenstar. Master Took. We shall remember you – always."
"Farewell," Pippin said, and Arrandir blinked away tears, for he could not remember a time without the Shipwright.
The Elves and Radagast boarded the grey ship then – the last elven ship in the harbor – and in a flurry of activity, the sailors made ready to depart. The anchor lifted; the sails unfurled and caught the breeze. With a groaning of masts, the ship turned and cut out into the bay, while from the shore, the people sang:
Ai! laurië lantar lassi súrinen, yéni únótimë ve rámar aldaron! Yéni ve lintë yuldar avánier mi oromardi lissë-miruvóreva Andúnë pella, Vardo tellumar nu luini yassen tintilar i eleni ómaryo airetári-lírinen. Sí man i yulma nin enquantuva? An sí Tintallë Varda Oiolossëo ve fanyar máryat Elentári ortanë ar ilyë tier undulávë lumbulë ar sindanóriello caita mornië i falmalinnar imbë met, ar hísië untúpa Calaciryo míri oialë. Sí vanwa ná, Rómello vanwa, Valimar! Namárië! Nai hiruvalyë Valimar! Nai elyë hiruva! Namárië!
The ship dwindled in the distance, and a silence fell once more. To Arrandir, it seemed as though somehow, the heavens had lowered. The elven ship gleamed upon the horizon, and then was lost in the glitter of the sea and the closeness of the sky.
A sigh seemed to go up among those gathered, and Pippin wiped at his eyes with a handkerchief. But he glanced up at Arwen, and with a slight, sad smile, reached up and patted her hand. His mother lowered her gaze to him, and smiled in return, then looked to Halbarad.
"Thus passes the Age," she said, and then squeezed Arrandir's shoulders. "Come, gentlemen – there is much to do in this new world."


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2012 is a big year for the Smartphone, due to a huge leap in technological advances across the board. More and more people have smartphones – to give an example, 37% of Australians own one, lagging only behind Singapore. It had begun to seem that everyone should aspire solely to Apple iPhones or the Samsung Galaxy, which seemed to be the two companies at the summit of the market. These manufacturers could still suitably claim dominion, but they have a lot of mid-range offerings snapping at their heels for customers who want to save some cash.
The better the high-end phones are, it seems the better the high/mid-range phones are forced to become with the likes of Nokia, Sony, HTC and Motorola all introducing excellent new products.
The Nokia Lumia is the first Windows phone the company has produced, and it exudes all of Nokia's previously vaunted charms. A Nokia wouldn't be a Nokia without a clever interface to guide you through the phone's manifold applications and usages, of which the average Australian uses 25 on any smartphone, one of the new favourites being an app for online gambling , and the 800 is no different. Designed primarily as phones and not convoluted tablets, the Nokia phone is often the easiest to use for those who like simplicity combined with cleverness. It has a beautifully simple design with a curved glass panel going right the way to the edge of the phone. Where some of the more minimal handsets look unspectacular, the Nokia has a 'less-is-more' elegance about it; a phone for the discerning buyer.
The Sony range will feature prominently in the end of year sales lists as they have the Xperia S, Xperia P and Xperia U on offer simultaneously. The Xperia U is the lower range phone but on first look it would appear one of the most striking on the display. It's hard to class it as a lower/mid-range phone due to its quality, but this would be its natural market position. The Xperia S is highest ranking and ready to rival the iPhone 5 and Galaxy S3.
2012 is set to be an era-defining year for the smartphone, with quality across the board and lines beginning to blur between the great and the good.


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Bad boys of Boston are back - interview with Aerosmith's drummer Joey Kramer
They're back! Steven Tyler (vocals), Joe Perry (guitar), Brad Whitford (guitar), Tom Hamilton (bass) and Joey Kramer (drums) of Aerosmith are coming to Houston on July 30 for the Global Warming Tour at the Toyota Center. Tickets are still available at the Toyota Center box office, online at houstontoyotacenter.com and by phone at (866) 446-8849. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Aerosmith, who covers more than 40 years, last played Houston nearly two years ago – Aug. 5, 2010, to be exact – but more importantly are set to release new material for the first time in 11 years with Music from Another Dimension!, slated for an early November date. It's the band's first record of new tunes since Just Push Play in 2001.
There's not a lot that hasn't already been said about a band that's sold more than 150 million albums (best-selling American rock band of all time), won a slew of Grammy Awards, battled adversity and still have the fire to produce great music, allowing their loyal fans to be blessed with more Aerosmith.
I had the pleasure to chat with Joey Kramer before the tour stops in Houston. The drummer, author and now coffee entrepreneur feels this is the best Aerosmith to date.
How has the tour been going?
Really well. The band is probably playing better than we ever have. Everyone is getting along, having fun on stage, and we are playing some new songs. This is probably the best Aerosmith show ever.
Did you ever imagine some 42 years ago Aerosmith would reach iconic status and be releasing new music in 2012?
Certainly not. Even today, we are swimming in foreign waters just as we were when we first started because nobody expected it to last this long. We love what we do so much, there's really nothing for us to do.
A new record, 'Music from Another Dimension!' is scheduled for a fall release. What led to bringing producer Jack Douglas back into the mix? He's produced, what, five albums for you guys with four coming in the '70s?
We wanted to get back to the closest thing we sounded like when we recorded the likes of albums such as 'Rocks' and 'Toys in the Attic.' The best way to do that was to record the new album the same way we did back then, and Jack was a part of the equation. That, along with the band going into the studio, playing together in the same room and everybody participating in the songwriting. Between those three things, that is what we did, and what we came out with was the old Aerosmith spirit with new material. We had a bunch of stuff that was left over in the can from the likes of 'Get a Grip,' but we chose not to use any of that, instead coming up with all new material that you will hear on the record, which is fresh and new.
Any favorites on the new album?
I really don't have one particular favorite. I really like 'Love Three Times a Day' and 'Street Jesus.' I am still loving them all.
I noticed a remake of 'Shakey Ground,' which was originally done by The Temptations. Why that particular song?
That was actually Steven's idea. I think he heard the song and decided that he could sing the shit out of it and the band could play it. We love that kind of stuff, so we gave it a shot. It was originally going to be a bonus track for the Japan or European version of the album, but it came out so good we decided to use it.
With a large catalog of music, is it difficult to come up with a set list?
Oh yes. It's really hard to please everyone all the time, but we try to. We usually switch out a few songs every night, but it's very hard to do what we do, especially in a couple of hours on stage.
Of everything Aerosmith has accomplished, does any one moment stick in your mind?
I think right now, actually. This is a time where we are enjoying it more so than ever. I think it's the first time ever I really get that; everyone realizes what it is that what we have, and I'm observing the gratitude that we all have, especially myself, for what I have in front of me. And for the fans to react to us and support us the way that they do — this is a great time right now.
Tell me about your Rockin' & Roastin' coffee that you have created.
It was something that I always wanted to do. I thought of it a long time ago, but never really had to the time or the energy to do it. It's three different flavors — Sumatra, Ethiopia and Guatemala. I came up with those flavors with my travels around the world. The site where you can get it is at rockinandroastin.com, and we are working on some retail deals and I hope it will be in supermarkets soon. It's fair trade coffee, USDA organic, and certified 'shade grown' so that it doesn't destroy the rainforests. It's some of the best coffee I've ever tasted, and I just want to share it with everybody else.
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There has been lots of discussion in the last few weeks about the case for advertising on Facebook.
However, two events in the last 48 hours have become cause for pause.
(By another measure, the blank ads performed 60% better.)
The ARF's research director, Ted McConnell, is the former manager of digital marketing innovation at Procter & Gamble.
In an email, Ted McConnell cites a correction from an earlier posting of this article: "The Blank Ad was trafficked on Ad Networks, as reported in the Ad Age Story, not in Facebook. Facebook was not mentioned in the story. I doubt if FB would have accepted a blank ad," cites McConnell. "Further, from a research standpoint, we also reported that we trafficked a Blank, not an ad, [the earlier post stated the object was a blank ad rather than blank] so the results were about whether attribution models might suffer from mistake clicks at very low low click rates. We think that the presence of a display ad is a signal to a user that they have the opportunity to navigate, whereas a click on a blank is a click response to no signal at all. We also reported a variance by site so that no conclusion could be reached about any particular site."
"In any case, it would be incorrect to make any conclusion about Facebook from the standpoint of context and ad format is very different from most publishers. [The study] was intended to discover what risks there might be for those who use very low click rates as a surrogate for attention to advertising. For the record, I believe that display advertising, well executed, works well, in degrees that vary by audience and context quality, as is true with all advertising," concludes McConnell.
In related news, a Facebook advertiser named Limited Run—a start-up that develops e-commerce platforms for musicians and labels, announced they detected that only about 20% of their clicks actually lead people to its website (they also pay for the 80% that don't lead to their site which is the problem). This story was in PC World.
Whatever explanations Facebook may have for these hoped-for anomalies (we hope they are anomalies and we assume FB hopes so, too), we hope Facebook can calm the growing disquiet that began with GM suddenly pulling its Facebook advertising a few months ago.
In the last century, when advertisers placed television campaigns on television, they were never exactly sure how many eyeballs they reached. Rating services took test samples in various markets across the nation and extrapolated reasonable numbers. These numbers were based upon hard statistical data (there was always room for variation and people who got up to go to the bathroom during commercial breaks were never measured).
But, importantly, while the numbers were first seasoned with math, they were also given huge dollops of trust. If FB wants advertisers to "Like" it, the company must realize that it's always easy to get the numbers. What's not always easy to sustain the trust.
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The bipartisan Farm Bill that President Obama signed into law on Feb. 7 will cut $8 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) over the next 10 years. The cut is more like a snip when compared to the nearly $40 billion decrease in funding proposed by Republican lawmakers during the four years it took lawmakers to come to an agreement. For the subjects of this article, however, and for the millions like them who depend on SNAP, every little bit that gets chipped away hurts. New York-based photographer Jeff Riedel spent days with each subject, capturing a glimpse into the lives of the 47 million people who depend on government assistance for food.
"When you see that these are really beautiful people, good people doing as much as they can to get by and it's still not enough," Riedel said, "you realize that it is easy for the government in all of their callousness to look at things as statistics and as numbers. But when you get in and see the real life humans dealing with real life problems . . . it's a different sort of process."
Take Carly Poe, a 33-year-old single mom from Portland, Ore. She's working on her Master's in Public Health at Portland State University so that she'll one day be able to provide more for her family. She works about 10 hours a week, part-time, at the hospital where her 14-year-old son was treated for cancer as a baby. She's one of 805,000 Oregonians, about 20% of the state's population, who depend on SNAP.
Though her benefits were only set to fall to $220 from $240, she and her son received about $120 for food in February— money she says lasted about a week. In March she received $220, which she says will last just over two weeks, at most. To supplement her SNAP funds, Carly gets creative with her bills; she takes money she would use for bills and buys food. (She says it's like playing a game of Tetris).
"I try to make sure we eat healthy, fresh food and it's getting hard to do," Poe says. "We're struggling."
These people could be your neighbors, your co-workers, or the person standing behind you at the supermarket. Carly Poe, Jennifer Noonan, J.B. Hillman, and Willie Smith are just a handful of the tens of millions–most of whom live with children, the elderly, or disabled—who depend on SNAP for food.
They're mothers, caregivers, daughters, students, and advocates. They work hard, or did before they reached retirement, but they face constant struggles to maintain their poverty-stricken households.
Though we've only profiled a few, they're stories are not the exception. And given the cuts to SNAP benefits Americans have already faced and will continue to face over the next decade, their stories aren't likely to change anytime soon.
SNAP helped keep about 4.9 million people out of poverty in 2012, including 2.2 million children, according to the left-leaning Center for Budget and Policy Priorities. Last November, SNAP lost $5 billion in funding when the 2009 Recovery Act's benefits ended. The average family of three lost an average of $29 per month as a result of that cut. Jennifer Noonan, a 24-year-old single mom of two in Portland, saw her benefits fall from $524 to $475, money she says barely lasts her the month.
When the photos were taken in December, Jennifer was working part-time at Wal-Mart, but because her position was seasonal she's out of work. In the photos, Noonan is shown with the food she was able to buy with the funds she had at the end of the month (about $20), including a couple of packs of hotdogs, margarine, canned chili, and broccoli. She shops at a Grocery Outlet, a discount store, near her home to save cash.
Noonan, a product of the foster care system, says the part that hurts her most is the impact on her children. "I don't care if you take food out of my mouth," she says. "But I care that you take food out of my kids' mouths. They don't deserve this."
Willie Smith, a 73-year-old from Detroit and J.B. Hillman-Rushell, who moved from Georgia to Detroit to care for her mother with Alzheimer's, are two of the millions of seniors who depend on SNAP to supplement their Social Security benefits. Smith, a retired clerical worker, receives about $1091 a month in Social Security, the majority of which she uses to pay for her Medicare premium, life insurance, rent, and transportation. Whatever is left is added to the $43 she gets to pay for food. Hillman-Rushell and her mom receive $14. "We can get about four things out of that," she says.
I asked each of them what they hoped people gained from seeing Riedel's project and they all had similar answers: that people, particularly lawmakers, begin to consider their humanity. "I want to put a face to the issue," said Smith. "Those politicians who want to eliminate the food stamp program, they should be ashamed of themselves. We can barely make it."
Still, make it they must. "I got a sense," Riedel told TIME, "that somehow, no matter what cuts they're facing, they are going to have to figure things out and move forward.
Jeff Riedel is an editorial and commercial photographer based in New York.
Maya Rhodan is a reporter for TIME based in Washington.
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By Troy E. Renck
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Port St. Lucie – Traveling through Florida is more interesting than annoying.
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The other fiscal fight
President Barack Obama made a demand of House Speaker John Boehner near the end of their first White House meeting on the fiscal cliff: Raise the debt limit before year's end.
Boehner responded: "There is a price for everything."
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And with that exchange, described by sources familiar with the Nov. 16 session, an issue that has been overshadowed by the fiscal cliff showdown moved to the forefront of already complicated negotiations to avert more than $500 billion in spending cuts and tax increases by the new year. With bitter memories of the 2011 debt-limit standoff still fresh, both sides are engaged in another aggressive round of hardball.
( PHOTOS: Fiscal cliff's key players)
Within a few months, Congress will once again need to increase the nation's borrowing capability. Obama and congressional Democrats, still stung by the last bruising fight, want to hike the debt ceiling without drama. But Boehner wants to use the debt limit to extract more concessions from Democrats. He told Obama at the White House that it's "my leverage," although he added that he's flexible on when it should be done.
Most of the attention so far has focused on income tax increases and the entitlement program changes that could affect every American. But the debt ceiling holds equal, if not greater, importance for the economy and the political fortunes of both parties. Rating agencies are threatening another downgrade of U.S. debt if Congress strains to increase the borrowing limit like it did last year.
The politics of this fight are simple: Democrats are roundly peeved with how Congress and the White House handled the debt ceiling in 2011 and say they won't fight on it again. Democrats on Capitol Hill thought the administration gave up too much for a vote that was once a legislative technicality.
( Also on POLITICO: Fiscal 'cliff'? Democrats say 'slope')
Republicans know it's a difficult vote for nearly all of their members. They need something to show for it — and to uphold Boehner's principle that the nation should only acquire more debt if it's willing to cut an equal amount of spending or save a commensurate amount of money through entitlement reform.
This time, Obama is saying he won't indulge the speaker.
Boehner shouldn't expect a thing in return for raising the debt ceiling, and certainly not his demand for spending cuts that exceed the jump in the borrowing limit, Democratic officials said.
"Do you really think we would come up with a $4 trillion grand bargain and then try to find another $1 trillion in cuts to offset a debt ceiling increase? I don't think so," said a Senate Democratic aide.
( Also on POLITICO: Complete coverage of the fiscal cliff)
Congressional Democrats are pushing Obama to hold firm. They've even privately suggested Obama consider raising the debt ceiling without Congress. Their argument is that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution says the "validity of the public debt … shall not be questioned," which means the president can raise the cap on his own.
In fact, at the tail end of a news conference on Nov. 15, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said as much publicly, although the offhanded remark largely flew under the radar.
"Well, I am with the 11th Amendment, so, is it the 11th Amendment that — 14th?" Pelosi said. "Whatever it is, I am with the Constitution of the United States."
Nothing raises the ire of Republicans in Congress like the specter of Obama taking matters into his own hands. If the White House goes that route and raises the debt ceiling by executive order, Boehner and his leadership team would likely take immediate legal action to halt the debt ceiling increase, sources familiar with his thinking said.


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Broad-billed Sandpipers and asst waders, Thailand, Jan 2013 web
Broad-billed Sandpiper(L and 2 birds right of center on island; Red-necked Stints (4 right birds and 1 at 4th from left); Lesser Sand-Plover (3nd from left); and nonbreeding Curlew Sandpipers (2nd from left; center; and rear feeding)
Common Redshank juv (L), Lesser Yellowlegs juve (R) early Sep
Common Redshank (L) and Lesser Yellowlegs (R) juveniles. photographed in late August (LEYE) and early Sep (Redshank)
Figure 152 - Couch's Kingbird (L) and Tropical Kingbird (R), new Sept 2013
Comparison of Tropical (R) and Couch's Kingbird (L)
Figure 31 - Ross's Goose and Snow Goose final
Comparison of Lesser Snow Goose and 2 Ross's Geese (upper)
Comparison of head and bill shapes of Snow Goose(L), Ross's Goose (C) and hybrid from Kentucky (R)(Lower photos)
Figure 31 - Ross's Goose and Snow Goose final 2 Jan 2014
Upper Photo: Comparison of Lesser Snow Goose (L) and white and dark morph Ross's Geese (R)
Lower photo composite: comparison of head and bill shapes of Lesser Snow Goose (L), Ross's Goose (C) and hybrid Lesser Snow/Ross's Goose from Kentucky (R)
Figure 34 - Trumpeter Swan and Tundra Swan bill feathering and shape differences without text
comparison of bill feathering and bill size/shape of Trumpeter Swan and Tundra Swan. Note the variation of feathering bordering the bill on both species.
Figure 32 - Photo array - Swans
this photo composite shows the three common white swans from North America in direct comparison, sized to scale. Note the proportionally longer neck on the Trumpeter Swan (left) compared to the shorter, thicker neck on the Tundra Swan (C). Also note how t
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Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher believes it was the right time for the club to sell controversial striker Luis Suarez.
The Reds have agreed a club-record fee of £75million with Barcelona for the 27-year-old Uruguay international, who will have his medical ahead of signing a five-year contract next week.
Carragher played alongside Suarez for two and a half years before retiring last summer and admits that while it is a blow to lose a striker who scored 82 goals in 133 appearances, it was the end of the road for him at Anfield after he incurred a four-month ban for biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup - his third lengthy suspension while a player at the club.
"Luis was the best LFC player I played with bar (Steven) Gerrard. Gutted he's gone but was inevitable he would go to Spain one day," Carragher wrote on Twitter.
"It was the right time for everyone he wanted to go we got a good price considering incident at WC (World Cup).
"I would sign one striker as we have (Rickie) Lambert and hopefully a promising Belgian (Lille's Divock Origi) alongside Sturridge - you need four.
"I like (Wilfried) Bony but with all attacking mdf's (midfielders) looks like it will be one striker most of the time Sturridge main man, so price important."
Former Reds midfielder Dietmar Hamann was of a similar opinion.
"Glad the Suarez saga is over. Not surprised how it ended. The club will be better off without him," he wrote on Twitter.
Ex-Liverpool captain Phil Thompson is confident his old team will cope with the loss of their world-class striker.
"A Luis Suarez in your side is always going to make your side far better," he told Sky Sports News.
"He might have been the best player in the world the way he played last year.
"He was absolutely superb and it was wonderful to have him playing for Liverpool and to be a star.
"We made him a superstar. Suarez gave everything for the cause and certainly helped Liverpool get Champions League football.
"It's not just about one man. It was a tremendous season and a lot of people came to the fore with a different brand of football.
"With or without Luis Suarez, I'm quite sure that will take place. It's whether we get the goals again.
"But Liverpool Football Club has been surviving over the years. I go back to watching Roger Hunt and Ian St John and then along came Kevin Keegan and along came Kenny Dalglish and along came Ian Rush.
"You were always worrying if there'll be someone else, but sooner or later there is a superstar.
"Michael Owen and Robbie Fowler came along and then Fernando Torres and Luis Suarez.
"There have been great players and this football club will always move on any way.
"Yes, it will be a loss without Suarez and his ability but I'm quite sure we are in good hands, as long as we spend the money right."
Gerrard, who rates Suarez as the best individual he has played alongside, posted his own tribute on Instagram alongside a picture of the pair celebrating together.
"On an emotional day for me would just like to say what a pleasure it has been playing with an amazing talent such as Luis," he wrote.
"I would like to thank him for his outstanding contribution on the pitch during his time @liverpoolfc and to wish him and his family all the best on his new adventure in Spain. #lfclegend."
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Snakes and Ladders: Canadian economy
J'aime bien le Macleans non seulement ils ont des articles drôlement pertinents et en plus ils n'ont pas peur de sortir des sentiers de la demi-vérité.
De plus, ils ont le sens de l'humour.
Extrait de : Snakes and Ladders: Canadian economy édition, macleans.ca, December 14, 2015
Following the Canadian economy can have the ups and downs of a board game. So play our special edition of Snakes and Ladders.
The Canadian economy has been so full of ups and downs, between the ballooning housing market and the plunging interest rates, it can be feel like you're playing a board game. Inspired by that rollercoaster sensation, we created a Snakes and Ladders game all about the economy. The standard rules of Snakes and Ladders apply. Enjoy!
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March 3, 2008
The Lipscomb Bisons golf team was confronted with bad weather and a competitive field to close the first round of the second annual Grover Page Classic in first place Monday at the Jackson County Club in Jackson, Tenn.
The Bisons shot 290 in the first round with Cory Parkinson leading the field with a 69 (34-35) and Cody Hale close behind in a tie for second with a 71.
As a team the Bisons are one shot ahead of the host Tennessee-Martin team which fired a 291.
The tournament was moved up to a 7:30 a.m. start in an attempt to avoid the weather. But the first round was filled with delays. There was a 25-minute delay for lightning during morning play after four holes. There was also a delay for 1 ½ hours due to weather conditions with seven holes left to play.
Despite the weather the first round was completed and most teams finished two or three holes in the second round.
The second round is scheduled to continue Tuesday at 9 a.m. The tournament will only be 36 holes due to more expected bad weather Tuesday.
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We've all done it-texting while walking. And bumping into someone or falling off a curb or ….
In Birmingham, England, Capital FM Radio personality Laura Safe was texting a message to her boyfriend while on her way to a Birmingham shopping center. She was so engrossed in the text message that she didn't notice she was heading straight for an icy cold canal a few feet from the base of a stairway.
"Oh dear. I should really be called Laura UNsafe after the day I've had! Lol," tweeted Safe as quoted by the U.K.'s The Sun newspaper. "I thought ice on the canal was pavement because it looked dark in the corner of my eye."
A nearby business surveillance camera caught the entire ordeal as Safe can be seen walking down the stairs into the shopping center's plaza and then suddenly dropping into the chilly canal waters.
According to The Sun, a bystander called out to warn Safe that she was walking toward the frozen canal but it was too late. Businessman Neil Edginton was able to rescue Safe and pull her out of the water.
Edginton tells The Sun he "realized her focus was on her mobile phone and that she was going to walk straight into the water. I shouted to her to stop but it was too late. I dropped my phone and ran over to her. I had to lay down on the side with my arms in the water because she was submerged and pulled her out."
Although Safe did escape serious injury, she says she's learned her lesson.
"I'm a lot more cautious," said Safe in The Sun. "I don't text any more. I'm too scared."
The Sun reports Safe was able to thank her rescuer and good Samaritan, Edginton, during an on-air broadcast "for his heroic efforts."
When ABCNews.com reached out to Safe for comment, Capital FM Radio sent an email saying Safe was on a skiing vacation.
"We've sent her off with a lot of padding," said Gaynor Martin, the station's program administrator.


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National Estuaries Day (September 24)
Pledge to Spend a Day on the Bay: SIGN RAE'S ONLINE PETITION!
Our nation's estuaries are an irreplaceable natural resource.
Restore America's Estuaries asks that you show your support for your local estuary by signing the petition and Pledge to Spend a Day on the Bay!
• Celebrate National Estuaries Day! National Estuaries Day (NED) is the annual celebration of the vibrant and essential coastal areas where rivers meet the sea and a terrific opportunity to learn more about estuaries. National Estuaries Day 2011 will take place on Saturday, September 24 and events will be held across the nation throughout that week.
• Click here to learn about specific opportunities to spend a day on your local bay!
• Celebrate your local bay any day of the year! Can't make it to NED? You can ALWAYS take advantage of volunteer opportunities and hands-on restoration projects in your nearby bay or estuary, participate in a guided walk or boat tour, or simply explore your estuary with family and friends!
• Click here for a list of Restore America's Estuaries' (RAE) member groups or find a National Estuarine Research Reserve near you!
Follow the links to tell your friends and followers on Facebook and Twitter how critical estuaries are to a very special way of life and share with them how they can spend a day on the bay!
Dallas Zoo Science Day 2011 (October 1)
Discover how much fun science can be by attending ExxonMobil Science Day at the Dallas Zoo on Saturday, October 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The festival-style event will feature 18 science booths featuring hands-on activities for children of all ages, preschool to junior high, that are aligned with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) standards. In addition to the activities for families, all educators will receive four (4) SBEC and TEEAC credits. Only pre-registered educators will receive free parking, admission, and a teacher's guide, and a curriculum CD-ROM filled with the day's activities and classroom extensions. Pre-registration closes on Friday, September 16, 2011. For more information please visit http://www.dallaszooed.com/teachercenter/teach_zsd.htm or see attached registration form.
2011 Artist Boat Kayak Raffle for "Help Float the Boat" Fundraiser
Attached is a flyer for a Necky Manitou 14 Kayak that will be raffled on October 8th at the Help Float the Boat: A Fundraiser for Artist Boat event (winner need not be present). It is an incredible kayak worth $1000! Payment can be made with a credit card over the phone, or a check can be mailed in. Ticket stubs will be mailed back. Starting August 15th, it will be on display at the MOD CoffeeHouse at 2126 Postoffice St, in downtown Galveston, TX. Artist Boat is a non-profit organization: www.artistboat.org
To Order by Phone: 409-770-0722 email: firstname.lastname@example.com or send a check to Artist Boat at 2415 Avenue K, Galveston, Texas 77550
The Keystone Center for Education, in partnership with Alcoa Foundation, will be hosting a live webcast of Key Issues: Bringing Environmental Issues to the Classroom teacher professional development institute from Wednesday, July 27 through Saturday, July 30.
The Key Issues Institute is a national teacher training institute that provides middle- and high-school educators with the process, skills and confidence to investigate current environmental issues with their students using The Keystone Center's non-biased framework. The institute introduces a new way of thinking about approaches to contentious issues in order to facilitate student inquiry. The curriculum integrates science, math, social studies and language arts, as well as incorporates role playing, simulations and best practice sharing.
The live webcast will begin at 9:30am on July 27th and will be located at http://www.keystone.org/cfe/pel/services/key-issues along with a schedule of events and planning documents to support each lesson covered at the institute. Viewers will have the opportunity to see the Key Issues Institute in action in Silverthorne, CO, and follow along with lessons modeled by Key Issues teacher facilitators. For questions, please contact Key Issues Program Director Anne Love at (970) 513-5840 or email@example.com.
AWW Teacher Workshop (August 20-21)
Dr. Deutsch's Alabama Water Watch staff will be hosting a teacher workshop using the 'Living Streams' curriculum at their offices on the AU campus. Teachers will be trained using macro invertebrates as a water quality indicator (biological testing). The times are Saturday from 9 am-5 pm and Sunday 2 pm-5 pm. Sunday, we will test a nearby stream. No cost and there are a few spots available. Mona Scruggs and Sergio RuizCordova will be facilitating - they are great folks! Please email firstname.lastname@example.com if you are interested or know a teacher that might benefit.
Mona Scruggs worked as a community and environmental conservation extension agent in Panama in the Peace Corps and completed her M.C.P. in Community Planning at Auburn University. Her work at AWW includes watershed management and planning and environmental education with domestic and international projects.
Sergio S. RuizCórdova, M.S. has a M.S. in Aquatic Ecology from the Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures, Auburn University. His work with AWW primarily involves maintaining the statewide database and creating data reports. In addition to responsibilities with AWW, he coordinates the development and maintenance of a database for the Global Water Watch projects in Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Philippines and other countries through the International Center for Aquaculture and Aquatic Environments.
NAAEE Conference, Raleigh, NC (October 11-16)
You won't want to miss the 2011 40th Anniversary Conference of the North American Association for Environmental Education in Raleigh, NC, October 11-16, 2011, where Climate Change is one of six strands for study. Be sure to register at http://www.naaee.net/conference by the Early Bird deadline of August 11, to get the best rates!
Regardless of your learning style, or your audience, if you want to update your knowledge of climate change science, Raleigh, NC is the place to be in October.
• In the climate change strand, you can select from 55 sessions on every aspect of climate change education from pre-K through adult learners.
• You can "ask the experts" at a panel discussion on Thursday, October 13, where you will meet scientists from Canada, Mexico, and the United States sharing their experiences and information on "Climate Change, Oceans and Society".
• You will hear about uplifting real solutions to this real problem, showing how currently available alternative energy sources can be implemented all over the world, to focus all of our personal energy on generating our community energy needs.
We also invite you to browse the host Environmental Educators of NC website to join EENC or for conference updates at www.eenc.org.
NSF Regional Grants Conference, Austin, TX (October 17-18)
The first National Science Foundation Regional Grants Conference of fiscal year 2012 will be hosted by The University of Texas at Austin on October 17-18, 2011. Key officials representing each NSF program directorate, administrative office, the NSF Office of International Science & Engineering, Office of General Counsel, and Office of the Inspector General will participate in this two-day conference. More at http://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=118594&WT.mc_id=USNSF_13
26 Seconds
Every 26 seconds in America, a student drops out of high school. State Farm has launched a campaign to address this startling statistic and engage those who can most directly affect change – young people themselves. The campaign, titled "26 Seconds," will use interests – like music, sports and video – to engage youth. It provides an online venue for youth to express feelings on the issue and creatively share thoughts and talents – encouraging them and their peers to make graduation a priority so they become more than a statistic. The message to young people is to Be Heard, Be Seen, Be You and Be More than the statistic. The program's tagline "BMOR" underscores this call to action.
The campaign's online presence, 26seconds.com and facebook.com/26seconds, will strongly rely on the creative talents of young people. Their stories, songs, videos and testimonials will raise awareness in ways we can only imagine. Young people will lead the effort by committing to stay in school and influencing their peers to do the same. The :26 campaign will offer incentives (t-shirts, gift cards, experiences and scholarships) to participants and showcase the talent that young people have to raise awareness and affect change.
For more information, please contact: Mia Jazo-Harris, State Farm® Public Affairs, email@example.com
1 State Farm Plaza, B-4, Bloomington, IL 61710, 309.766.5242 (office), 309.533.2011 (cell)
Announcing NOAA's Response and Restoration Blog
NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration develops and employs critical scientific solutions to marine pollution caused by humans such as oil and chemical spills, and plastics in the ocean. To help clear the murky waters of tackling these hazards, the scientists and staff at OR&R have launched a Response and Restoration Blog and would love to have you join the discussion!
We've already posted on:
The challenges of explaining the scale of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico,
What happens to corals when ship captains watch boxing matches and not where their ships are going,
Planning for potential oil spill impacts on Arctic ecosystems,
The many doppelgangers for oil spilled in the ocean,
And, of course, pirates.
We'll talk a lot about the dirty issues affecting our ocean and coasts - oil spills, hazardous waste sites, micro-plastics and other marine debris - and how we're working to cleanup and restore America's waters. Keep up with and join the conversation by email, RSS, or bookmarking usresponserestoration.wordpress.com.
Hypoxia in Focus: Leaders to Strategize for a Healthy Gulf (August 2)
You're invited to a press conference at the Joint Gulf of Mexico Alliance-Hypoxia Task Force All Hands Conference. A leader for the Alliance and Task Force, Richard Ingram of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, will present on current and future collaboration efforts to reduce nutrients in the Gulf. Additional hypoxia experts will be on hand to answer questions.
The Westin Canal Place, New Orleans, LA
August 2, 2011, 12:00 PM
For more information, contact Valerie Kleinschmidt: email@example.com or 251-861-2141 ext. 2710
To learn more about the Gulf of Mexico Alliance, visit www.gulfofmexicoalliance.org.
To learn more about the Mississippi River Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force, visit: http://water.epa.gov/type/watersheds/named/msbasin/index.cfm


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New York: With more than 1 million visitors annually, the New York International Auto Show is one of the most important shows for the US auto industry. Here are some of the vehicles debuting this year. The show opens to the public on Friday.
Subaru Outback: The newly redesigned 2015 Outback is the fifth generation of the popular crossover, which debuted 20 years ago at the New York show. The new Outback has a sharper, more premium design and more interior room. Fuel economy is improved by 3 mpg to 33 mpg (7.1 litres per 100 kilometres) on the highway with the 2.5-litre four-cylinder engine, which gets 175 horsepower. The engine is carried over from the 2013 model year, but Subaru also improved fuel economy with features like shutters on the grill which close to improve air flow. A 3.6-litre six-cylinder with 256 horsepower is also available. Other new features include front seat cushion air bags, which help keep passengers in place in a crash, and blind spot detection and lane change assist, which alert the driver to cars in other lanes. The Outback, which is made in Indiana, goes on sale this summer. Pricing wasn't announced, but Subaru says it will be similar to the outgoing model, which starts at $23,495 (Dh86,227).
Alfa Romeo 4C: After a nearly 20-year absence, Italian car maker Alfa Romeo is returning to the US market. The elegant, rounded 4C sports car will go on sale in limited numbers starting in June. Alfa CEO Harald Wester says the company expects to sell around 800 4Cs in the US this year and around 1,200 next year. Dealers haven't yet been named, but the company will release more details next month. The 4C two-door, rear-wheel-drive coupe, which is on display in New York, will start at around $54,000. Five hundred limited edition models will start at $70,000. The 4C has a 1.7-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine with 240 horsepower and a six-speed, dual-clutch automatic transmission. It gets an estimated 28 mpg in combined city and highway driving.
Honda Fit and Hr-V: Honda confirmed that its HR-V subcompact SUV, which is based on the tiny Fit, will go on sale this winter. The vehicle isn't on display in New York, however. The new 2015 Fit is. It's shorter and wider and has five additional cubic feet of passenger room. New features include a rearview camera and Honda's LaneWatch system, which automatically shows a view of the passenger side lane when the driver uses the turn signal. Honda has upgraded the 1.5-litre, four-cylinder engine and a new transmission, helping boost the car's fuel economy by 7 mpg to 41 mpg (5.7 litres per 100 kilometres) on the highway. The Fit goes on sale this month starting at $15,525, up $100 over the outgoing model.


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Department of Primatology
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone: +49 (341) 3550 - 200
fax: +49 (341) 3550 - 299
Curriculum Vitae
|Date of birth
|2 June 1978
|Place of birth
|Hagen, Germany
|Permanent residency
|South Africa
|German (excellent command: spoken & written), English (excellent command: spoken & written), French (good: spoken & written), Afrikaans (good: spoken only)
- Reichenbach Gymnasium, Ennepetal, Germany.
Primary Education until standard 10, October 1996.
- Deutsche Schule Kapstadt (DSK), Capetown, South Africa.
A-Levels (Abitur) received in November 1997.
- Cape Technikon, Capetown, South Africa.
National Diploma in Nature Conservation completed in November 2001.
- University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
First year BSc in Zoology, completed in November 2002.
- University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Second and third year BSc Zoology, completed in January 2005.
- Conservation Ecology Research Unit (CERU), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
BSc (Honours) (cum laude) in Zoology, completed in January 2006.
- Conservation Ecology Research Unit (CERU), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
MSc in Zoology, completed in September 2008.
- Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI EVA), Department Primatology, Leipzig, Germany.
PhD in Biology, in progress. To be submitted in July 2013.
Work experience in related fields (in reverse chronological order)
- Country representative for the African Great Ape Monitoring Program in Liberia and project coordinator for the nationwide chimpanzee survey in Liberia from 11th of August 2010 to 17th of May 2012.
- Organizer of and lecturer at the Pan African Great Ape Monitoring Program training workshop funded by the Max-Planck Society (as part of the nation-wide chimpanzee survey in Liberia) from 27th of July to 10th of August 2010, Juarzon, Sapo National Park, Liberia.
- Organizer of and lecturer at the West African Great Ape Training Workshop funded by GRASP from 18th of February to 12th of March at Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire.
- Course assistant, Statistics course offered to BSC (Hons.) students (Zoology 702 – Research Methods in Zoology) University of Pretoria, February 2006, 2007 and 2008.
- Genetics laboratory assistant, University of Pretoria, 2003- 2004.
- Genetics laboratory assistant, University of Stellenbosch, during the entire year of 2002.
- Research assistant in Etosha National Park, Namibia, as part of the ND in Nature Conservation, March- November, 2001.
- Fieldwork assistant, Western Cape Nature Conservation Board, Cedarberg Wilderness Area, from 27th June to 13th July 2000.
- Assistant manager, Schoenfeld Guest Farm, Namibia from 18th November to 20th December 1999.
- Assistant, Animal Welfare Society, Gordons Bay from 11th August 1998 to end of December 2000.
- Veterinarian assistant, Windhoek Veterinary Clinic from 27th July 1998 to 8th August 1998.
Honours and Awards
- Research Prize for the best research project submitted in partial fulfilment of the National Diploma in Nature Conservation at the Cape Technikon, Cape Town, 23 November 2001.
- Life-long membership with the Golden Key International Honour Society, University of Pretoria.
- Completion of BSc (Honours) with cum laude.
- Prize for the best MSc presentation at the Annual General Meeting of the Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, 23- 24 November 2006.
- Runner-up for the prize for the best MSc presentation at the Annual General Meeting of the Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, 22- 23 November 2007.
- North America Congress for Conservation Biology (NACCB) Student talk winner at the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) North America Congress in Oakland, California, 15- 18 July 2012. [Link]
- Cover page: Diversity and Distributions (volume 18, issue 11).
- Junker et al., 2012. Recent decline in suitable environmental conditions for African great apes. Full reference listed under "Refereed Journal and Book Chapters Publications" below. [Link]
Teaching and supervising experience
- Scientific supervision of two Liberian students, Clement G. Tweh and Menladi M. Lormie from August 2012 to July 2013 at the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- GIS (ArcGIS, Quantum GIS) course/ self-help meeting (map design, spatial analyses, survey design) for students and staff at the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. 22th March – present.
Ad hoc reviewer
- Oryx – The International Journal of Conservation
- Save Our Species (SOS)
- International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment