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May 31, 2013
Fusion Centers Struggle with Surveillance Post-9/11
Fusion centers were created in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks to improve information gathering and intelligence surveillance among law enforcement agencies. But their effectiveness and legality has been questioned ever since.
May 17, 2013
N.J. May Pay Recent Grads to Live in Poor Cities
Lawmakers in New Jersey have proposed paying part of college graduates' student loans if they agree to live in cities in need of revitalization.
April 26, 2013
Ohio to Join 2 Other States with Arsonist Registry
Looking to reduce the economic and human cost of arson, the state is creating an arsonist registry to make catching repeat offenders easier.
April 12, 2013
First State to Pay Lawyers to Practice in the Country
To help rural America's drought of lawyers, South Dakota has passed the nation's first law to pay them to live and work in rural areas.
April 3, 2013
New Revenue Booster: Selling Your City's Expertise?
The Canadian city of Edmonton has created a for-profit agency to sell its expertise in waste management to other cities around the world.
March 21, 2013
Libraries Start Lending Unusual Items
Seeking to adapt to the changing demands of the digital age, some public libraries are beginning to loan out more than just books and movies.
March 14, 2013
NYC is 1st to Use Volunteer Techies to Improve Disaster Response
New York City has created the country's first municipal program that uses volunteer tech experts, including Facebook employees, to improve its emergency response.
March 6, 2013
Fingerprinting Helps Homeless Shelters Provide Faster Service
New Jersey is expanding a local program that helps human services agencies get a more accurate picture of where and when aid is most needed.
February 15, 2013
Using GPS to Track Drug Thefts
The NYPD will soon begin using 'bait bottles' of fake pain-killers equipped with invisible GPS devices to combat a rise in pharmacy robberies.
January 17, 2013
Public Fitness Parks Aid Income-Health Inequality
A nonprofit is helping cities across the country fund free outdoor gyms in public parks to help combat the nation's obesity epidemic.
December 13, 2012
Cities Pushing to Record Conversations on Public Buses
Despite privacy concerns, a growing number of public transit agencies are adding audio surveillance to buses.
December 4, 2012
D.C. Uses Facebook to Grade Government Agencies
Customer feedback on social media has become invaluable to private businesses in recent years. Now, cities like Washington, D.C., are turning to it to grade their agencies.
November 27, 2012
New Female State Legislators Learn from Their Elders
A nonpartisan nonprofit helps newly elected female legislators learn how to serve their constituents better by pairing them with veteran lawmakers.
November 15, 2012
City- and County-Centered Wikis
Built on the same concept as a typical Wikipedia page, city and county-centered wikis are popping up around the country.
November 7, 2012
Same-Sex Marriage Prevails in Four States
Voters in three states approved marriage for same-sex couples for the first time in history. In a fourth state, a measure to ban gay marriage was defeated.
November 1, 2012
New Election Monitoring Platform Empowers Voters
MyFairElection aims to make voters more active in monitoring their polling places to improve the fairness and quality of the electoral process.
October 25, 2012
Pennsylvania Launches Unique Career Website
A new statewide website unveiled this month is designed to help residents identify career paths, get training and find local jobs.
October 22, 2012
Recycling Paint in California
A new law requires paint manufacturers to put a system in place to make recycling leftover paint easier for residential and commercial customers.
October 18, 2012
Kansas City Streamlines Fire Hydrant Inspection
By using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software the city has overhauled a time-consuming process to save time and money while making the city safer.
October 15, 2012
Using Radar to Detect Wrong-Way Drivers
Milwaukee County hopes that radar detection coupled with new signage will stop wrong-way drivers in their tracks.
October 9, 2012
Seattle Police Use Neighborhood Twitter Accounts
The police department has created 51 hyper-local accounts to keep residents informed about crime and police response.
October 1, 2012
New Mexico Creates App to Reduce DUIs
The state has unveiled a new smartphone application, ENDWI, that has a suite of features to promote responsible drinking.
September 24, 2012
Measuring Air Quality in U.S. Cities
A nonprofit is working to create a real-time map of air quality in U.S. cities that will be available to the public.
September 20, 2012
North Carolina Encourages Youth Vote with Pre-Registration Drives
By allowing teens as young as 16 to register and having mandatory voting drives in school the state is ahead of its peers.
September 17, 2012
Michigan Rewards Colleges for Keeping Tuition Affordable
Public universities that keep tuition rates down are being rewarded with extra state aid.
September 13, 2012
Miami Taps into Organic, Local Food Movement to End Homelessness
A community just outside the city offers homeless people a paycheck and place to live in exchange for work on a sustainable urban farm.
September 10, 2012
Building Profiling for First Responders
Camden, N.J., is piloting a new program that maps out abandoned buildings for hazards to increase safety for first responders and nearby businesses.
September 6, 2012
D.C. Police Fight Crime with Design
District of Columbia police aim to work with developers to design safe environments that prevent crime.
August 30, 2012
Portland Loo Solves the Problem of Public Toilets
The city built a solar-powered, not-so-private restroom that deters illegal activity.
August 28, 2012
Wi-Fi Turns School Buses into Study Halls
The Huntsville, Ala., school district is testing out the idea on 20 school buses where students spend nearly two hours a day.
August 24, 2012
New Census App Keeps Users Up-to-date on Economy
The new app pools data from three government organizations and showcases real-time statistics for the U.S. economy.
August 23, 2012
New York City Tests Social Impact Bonds
The city will be the first in the nation to test the experimental financing model for social programs.
August 20, 2012
New Anti-Bullying Program Shows Promise in New Hampshire
Nine-week program that teaches good morals, ethics and behaviors has resulted in increased reporting of incidents.
August 16, 2012
1st Interstate Water Quality Trading Program to Begin
Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky will allow businesses to buy water quality credits from farmers across state lines to help them meet environmental standards.
August 14, 2012
Knoxville Tests New Options for Mentally Ill Persons
A new state law allows for court-ordered outpatient therapy for people with severe mental illness and it will be tested at a facility in Knoxville.
August 6, 2012
Kansas Pays Schools to Boost Skilled Labor
The state is going to pay school districts $1,000 for every student that graduates with credentials in high-need jobs.
August 2, 2012
Washington Offers Voter Registration on Facebook
Partnering with the social media site and Microsoft, the state has created an application that it hopes will boost voter registration.
July 30, 2012
Vermonters Tweet for Tourism
The state tourism agency is giving residents access to its Twitter account so they can tweet about what makes Vermont special.
July 26, 2012
Live Video Chat Comes to California Police Department
The Redwood City police department is likely the first law enforcement agency in the nation to offer the service to citizens in non-emergency situations.
July 23, 2012
Pennsylvania Develops Program for Financially Distressed School Districts
A new bill in the state sets up a recovery program that comes complete with an early-warning system to prevent future financial distress.
July 19, 2012
Using Transit Farecard Ads to Generate Revenue
New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority will sell advertising space on the front of MetroCards to make more money.
July 16, 2012
Prescription Drug Drop Boxes Fight Abuse in Ohio
The state aims to fight abuse of legal drugs by installing the boxes in police precincts in more than 20 counties.
July 12, 2012
Criminal Background Checks Speed Up in Massachusetts
The state's new web-based system reduces the time it takes to run a background check on potential employees from weeks to mere minutes.
July 9, 2012
San Diego Pilot Curbs Graffiti
Taking pictures of graffiti with GPS-enabled cameras and uploading them into a database has proven successful.
July 5, 2012
Talking Urinal Cakes Help Michigan Battle Drunk Driving
The state is using motion-activated, talking urinal cakes to raise men's awareness about drunk driving.
July 2, 2012
Georgia to Deploy Robots to Repair Highways
The new technology will improve worker safety, cut down on repair time and save money.
June 28, 2012
Apps Challenge Aims to Improve Detroit Through Technology
Competition will have individuals or teams design applications to tackle the city's problems.
June 25, 2012
Arizona Pays Employees for Money-Saving Suggestions
Public workers can submit their cost-cutting ideas to the state and receive 10 percent of the savings, if implemented.
June 21, 2012
Connecticut Pilots Using Recycled Shingles to Pave Roads
Using residential roof shingles will save money and the environment simultaneously.
June 18, 2012
Vermont Implements Universal Recycling
A new law bans the disposal of any recyclable or compostable materials into landfills.
June 14, 2012
North Dakota to Fund Child Care For Economic Development
The state will begin a pilot program aimed at providing more child care in it's booming western oil region.
June 11, 2012
Oregon Recycles Street and Highway Signs to Save Environment
Successful pilot project uses high-pressure water jets to strip signs for reuse
June 7, 2012
Maine Prepares to Launch First Statewide Electronic Image Network
New medical image archive will reduce costs and make health care more efficient
June 4, 2012
Colorado Army Base Moves Towards Energy Independence
Several technologies aim to save $24 million a year and make Fort Carson net-zero by 2020.
May 31, 2012
Virginia Implements "Troops to Trucks" to Employ Veterans
Program will prepare military personnel for commercial driving jobs in the private sector
May 29, 2012
Ohio Schools Pilot Online Student Testing
Several districts try out online assessment program which will be implemented statewide in Fall 2014.
May 25, 2012
Rain Barrels Will Ease Burden on Buffalo's Sewer System
Pilot program in residential neighborhoods will provide savings to residents
May 21, 2012
Laser Light Shows Could Replace Fireworks
Pilot program in California will pay cities to make the switch for holiday celebrations
May 17, 2012
New York to Require Pro Bono Work for New Lawyers
New York will become the first state to make pro bono work mandatory for admittance to the state bar.
May 14, 2012
Colorado Program Connects Inventors to Patent Attorneys
A new plan will target low-income inventors, allowing them greater opportunities and protection
May 10, 2012
Pennsylvania Community Colleges First to Adopt New Metrics
New standards will increase transparency and college performance.
May 7, 2012
Ohio Pilots Program to Train Volunteer Firefighters Faster
An intensive course over two weekends aims to provide townships and cities statewide with better protection.
May 3, 2012
South Carolina Hospital's Plan to Reduce Medical Errors
New program reduced the rate of mislabeled blood specimens by 90 percent.
April 30, 2012
Boston to turn Gas Station into Electric Vehicle Park and Charge Facility
Located in the heart of downtown, the lot will promote greener driving alternatives.
April 26, 2012
S.C. Pilot Program Will Require Food Stamp Recipients to Get Job Training
Two agencies will partner to target almost 100,000 food stamp recipients with no dependents, in hopes of providing jobs that can lift recipients out of poverty.
April 23, 2012
Baltimore Prison to Launch Program Curbing Cellphone Use
A managed access system will allow calls to and from authorized numbers only.
April 19, 2012
Kentucky and LexisNexis Partner to Aid Disaster Victims
After a tornado devastated Kentucky leaving 21 counties designated as federal disaster areas, State Treasurer Todd Hollenbach wanted to find a way for his agency to help the victims.
April 16, 2012
NYC to Pilot Multifunction Phone Booths
Smart screens will collect data for the city while providing neighborhood information to users.
April 12, 2012
IRS Developing New Program to Battle Tax Fraud
Authorities are working on a program to allow police-identified victims of identity theft to share their tax returns with law enforcement, potentially securing their tax refunds.
April 9, 2012
Los Angeles To Buy Solar Power from Residents and Businesses
The CLEAN LA program will allow the city to contract with businesses and residents to provide solar power.
April 5, 2012
Michigan Businesses to Sell Exports on Chinese E-Commerce Site
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation and an export services company want to help the state's businesses with unique opportunity to access on one of China's e-commerce sites.
April 2, 2012
Building Sustainable Sidewalks with Recycled Toilets
Use of "poticrete" helped Bellingham, Wash., earn a green credential for sustainable walkways.
March 29, 2012
Green Button Initiative by Utilities Will Shrink Energy Bills
As part of their continued efforts to promote transparency, the Obama administration has announced the creation of a "green button" on utility provider websites.
March 26, 2012
Illinois Helps Fund New Chicago Tech Center for Startups
By creating a collaborative community of entrepreneurs in Chicago's Merchandise Mart, the state of Illinois aims to increase innovation and job-growth in the region.
March 22, 2012
NorCal Cities Offer Rental Workspace at Libraries
Santa Cruz, Palo Alto and San Francisco all have started pilots that allow public- and private-sector workers to book workspace at libraries, helping maximize building use and cut down on commute times.
March 19, 2012
E-Verify Self Check Allows Employees to Check Status
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's online Self Check allows potential employees to check their eligibility status before a future employer does.
March 15, 2012
Online Threat and Incident Reporting Aims to Increase School Safety
Online reporting software allows schools to submit, track and document potential safety threats in a centralized system.
March 12, 2012
Third-Party Enforcement of Building Codes Reduces Burdens
To increase energy code compliance and reduce administrative burden, certified third-party individuals in Georgia are helping to conduct code compliance tests.
March 5, 2012
Economic Education Goes Mobile
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has created a new mobile app aimed at increasing consumer knowledge about inflation and the use of credit.
March 2, 2012
N.H. Health Program for the Mentally Ill Increases Quality of Life
A health and fitness program for the mentally ill in Keene, N.H., will be expanded statewide due to its ability to improve one's quality of life.
February 27, 2012
North Carolina Judges Offer Counseling to Jurors
A new statewide pilot program will allow judges the option of providing jurors an opportunity to contact mental health professionals after experiencing graphic evidence during a trial.
February 23, 2012
Square: One Mobile Way to Accept Fares and Contributions
A small plug-in credit card reader is changing how cab drivers and campaigns accept payments on the fly.
February 16, 2012
South L.A. Bus Yard Transformed Into Unique Park
An industrial eyesore is now an urban wetland that can help clean stormwater and provide residents with green space to enjoy.
February 13, 2012
NYC's Center for Economic Opportunity Wins Harvard Government Award
An anti-poverty initiative launched by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2006 is being recognized for its cross-agency approach.
February 9, 2012
Using Radio to Teach English to Immigrants
English lessons over the radio and on CDs provide immigrants a way to study the language in their own homes.
February 7, 2012
Paying Property Taxes by Shopping Local
A town in New Jersey has created a program that offers residents the chance to earn property tax credits by patronizing local businesses.
January 10, 2012
Making Airport Waste Profitable
One of the nation's busiest airports is using sustainable practices and a lot of worms to start making money on all the waste it produces.
January 8, 2012
Prisoners Fill in for Researchers During Tough Times
Washington state trains prisoners to do scientific research.


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The best place to get news, reviews, and discussion about all of your favorite TV
Netflix Best Of (www.reddit.com)
A place to learn about hidden Netflix gems and to request some gems that suit your wants.
For those of you who have said goodbye to their cable providers. If you want to learn more about how to be a cord cutter or to be a more successful one, this subreddit is for you.
A lot more than just listings––their news page is a one-stop-shop for all sorts of TV news.
A number of contributers offer their takes on TV shows and TV news.
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Offers suggestions, TV news, schedules, and reviews.
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Rounds up all sorts of TV news, along with suggestions for watching and reviews.
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Kan. jury convicts former cop of killing his wife
(CNN) — A Kansas jury on Tuesday convicted former cop Brett Seacat of first-degree murder for killing his wife, Vashti Seacat, and trying to cover it up by burning down their house.
The jury deliberated for just six hours before deciding Seacat's fate.
Seacat showed no emotion as the judge read the guilty verdict, but his father, a former highway patrolman who's attended almost everyday of the trial, started to cry after the verdict was read.
Sydney Woodside, Vashti's niece, told a HLN reporter outside the courthouse that she was pleased with the outcome of the trial, but it was excruciating.
"There were a couple points in the trial where you just wanted to scream," said Woodside.
The jury also convicted Seacat of one count of aggravated arson, and two counts of endangering a child.
The convicted murderer is now facing life in prison, but it will be up to Judge Larry Solomon as to whether Seacat will ever be eligible for parole.
Solomon will sentence Seacat to either life in prison without parole, or life in prison with parole eligibility after 50 years.
Seacat will be 87 years old before he could possibly be up for parole.
Solomon scheduled Seacat's sentencing for August 5.
During her closing argument Monday, prosecutor Amy Hanley said Seacat was full of uncontrollable rage because his wife had filed for divorce and was kicking him out their house.
"He was like a burning fuse," said Hanley. "That's why he was reckless."
Hanley repeatedly mentioned threats that Seacat allegedly made about killing his wife if she divorced her, and that he specifically said he would shoot her and burn down the house to make it look like she did it.
"He hoped it would burn up the evidence," said Hanley.
Hanley also reminded the jury multiple times that Seacat is a trained police officer who knows investigators' techniques, and therefore would know how to manipulate evidence and law enforcement interviews.
"He has an answer for everything," said Hanley wrapping up her closing argument. "Now it's time to give him your answer. Find him guilty of first-degree murder."
Defense attorney Roger Falk said during his closing that Vashti Seacat killed herself because she was depressed due to a side effect of her medication.
Falk also retold the story of Vashti's death from Brett Seacat's point of view, saying Vashti called him to come pick up their sons, that he heard gunshots, saw smoke and had to save his young boys.
Seacat was distraught after the incident, according to Falk.
"How do you break the news to a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old that (their) mother is dead?"
Falk also systematically went through all of the purported mistakes investigators made in the case, including the coroner's inability to determine a manner of death.
"Someone with over 3,000 autopsies under their belt sat here and told you, based upon all of their experience and training, 'I can't tell if this is suicide or homicide,'" said Falk.


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In this seminar, participants will explore several approaches to reading and responding to visually complex texts. Color, image, style, movement –these are all features of a sophisticated visual rhetoric. Students consume visual culture every day, yet much of what they are asked to produce in school is not multi-modal. Nevertheless, it is important to engage students to get them to think critically and strategically to visual culture and rhetoric. Seminar participants will examine examples of image manipulation in print and electronic culture will be discussed. There will be short demonstrations of image-manipulation technologies, including what gets called "Photoshopping" and the creation of kinetic (moving) images. Seminar participants will also refelct on the larger significance of what is called "visual culture."
Seminar led by Spencer Schaffner, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


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Ranking Online Schools
From Online Conservation Programs
In March 2007, the first ranking of online school quality was published by the Online Education Database (OED), which reviewed 21 online programs.
Most popular related searches
Online Programs on 8 Criteria
- Acceptance Rate
- Financial Aid
- Graduation Rate
- Peer Web Citations
- Retention Rate
- Scholarly Citations
- Student-Faculty Ratio
- Years Accredited
In the most recent ranking, Florida-based Nova Southeastern University led the pack.
Among other programs, Nova Southeastern University's Nusing School offers online RN-BSN, RN-MSN, MSN, and PhD's in Nursing Education programs.
In its ranking, OED favored schools with a competitive acceptance rate, significant financial aid availability, high graduation rates, high faculty retention rates, low student-faculty ratio, number of scholarly citations, and length of accreditation.
To be considered in the OED ranking, schools had to meet the following requirements:
- Accreditation by a programmatic, national, or regional accrediting agency,
- Be listed in the College Navigator (provided by the U.S. Department of Education),
- Offer more than one undergraduate degree online, and
- If campus-based, offer at least 50% of its undergraduate degrees online.
School rankings tend to get a great deal of media attention, especially when US News and World Report publishes their annual list of the nation's top colleges.
For as much positive attention as the rankings receive, however, they also tend to be heavily scrutinized and criticized. Factors such as the diversity of people, programs, and campuses suggest that it's not possible to realistically or fairly compare colleges side-by-side.
But rankings can be helpful.
They offer a comprehensive list of schools and easy access to presumably unbiased data. With online degree programs still relatively new in post-secondary education, rankings help you consider aspects you might normally overlook, such as peer review citations.
When looking at a school's ranking, it's important to consider your own personal factors and devise your own rankings system. What OED or US News might consider to be most important might be of little significance to you. Tuition costs, technology, and student support services are factors that many students consider crucial, but are not included in school rankings.
OED Rankings Include
- Upper Iowa University
- Dickinson State University
- ITT Technical Institute
- National University
- Westwood College
- Colorado Technical University
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Snapchat hired Peter Magnusson, a former engineering director at Google, to beef up its engineering team, according to a report.
Co-founder Bobby Murphy made the announcement to the Wall Street Journal, saying that the startup could also add 50 engineers to its team of just 15. Snapchat is an app that creates ephemeral photos and videos that are supposed to self-destruct in a matter of seconds. It also is known for rejecting Facebook's $3 billion offer to buy the startup.
Magnusson was in charge of Google's App Engine which helps developer build and run software.
U.S. & World
News from around the country and around the globe
"Snapchat runs primarily on Google data centers," Magnusson told the WSJ. The startup "was one of our largest customers."
Likely the company is expanding to fend off any competitors while adding security and features. Security should be a focus for Snapchat, especially after a data breach that exposed the information of 4.6 million users during Christmas. Perhaps that's more of a reason for the expanding engineering pool.


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bentleynuvilla needed a new button or icon design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 17 designs submitted by 8 freelance designers.
Please redesign the attached map of downtown
San Diego for our website [http://www.nuvilla.com]. Please make it look SUPER CLEAN, INTUITIVE, EASY-TO-READ & UNDERSTAND. Think "Apple Elegance + Google Simplicity"
Nuvilla [nuvilla.com]
Desired Color Scheme:
sliced, diced, & color-coded per district
Desired Style:
Think "Apple Elegance + Google Simplicity"
Accepted File Formats:
psd & ai [Photoshop, Illustrator]
Here's a sneak preview of what we're up to: http://www.nuvilla.com
Please color code per downtown district--like this--but far CLEANER, LARGER, EASIER TO READ & UNDERSTAND
600 pixels wide x 600 pixels tall
Please slice each color-coded district to allow website users to click on each individual district [& redirect to a page pertinent to that district]


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New York, March 6, 2013--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Tuesday's attack on Carmen Andrea Rengifo, a correspondent for the Colombian TV station RCN, by crowds who had gathered in Caracas to mourn the death of President Hugo Chávez. CPJ calls on authorities to investigate the assault immediately.
"In this time of transition, Venezuelan authorities must ensure that the press can report the news safely," said CPJ Deputy Director Robert Mahoney. "In order for the Venezuelan public to be informed on key issues in the coming weeks, journalists must be able to work freely without fearing attack."


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wesellcell needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 46 designs submitted by 26 freelance designers.
company name is We Sell Cellular
we wholesale and distribute cellular phones
We Sell Cellular
Desired Color Scheme:
Accepted File Formats:
jpg or GIF
would like a professional but catchy logo
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Testing HDMI and MHL successfully By Harald Gsoedl Today's set-top boxes, tablet PCs and smartphones are equipped with analog or digital video interfaces such as the high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) and the mobile high-definition link (MHL). Manufacturers test these interfaces at different stages in the value chain to verify their functionality and compliance with standards and thus ensure that they operate flawlessly when they reach consumers. Besides pure interoperability tests, manufacturers are also conducting an increasing number of application tests to see how equipment performs under realistic conditions. The high-definition multimedia interface When HDMI technology was first introduced in 2002, it triggered a paradigm shift within the consumer electronics industry. For the first time, equipment manufacturers and content providers alike embraced a digital video and audio interface standard. Since 2002, more than a billion electronic devices equipped with HDMI have been manufactured. Prior to the introduction of HDMI, consumer electronics equipment typically used analog interfaces to transmit video content, in spite of the known shortcomings compared to digital interfaces. The main reason behind the reluctance among content providers such as Hollywood studios to make the transition from analog to digital was that digital versatile discs (DVDs) or digital video broadcasting (DVB) could potentially allow lossless duplication of content by pirates, directly over external ports. HDMI succeeded in eliminating these concerns. This is because HDMI uses a special encryption mechanism – highbandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) – to secure content against duplication. If this is enabled on the source device (a Blu-rayTM player, for instance), the sink is checked to determine whether it supports HDCP. If it does, the source and sink exchange an encryption key that is used to decrypt the transmitted data. HDMI's technical design also ensures that video and audio content is transmitted in high quality, with little interference. The data is transferred between devices via three high-speed channels known as transition minimized differential signaling (TMDS) lines. In the most recent version of the interface, these channels are specified to support a bandwidth of up to 3.4 Gbit/s each. The interface also incorporates control lines, as shown in figure 1. Going forward, the focus will be on introducing ultra-definition (UD), which offers resolutions far higher than the 1920 x 1080 pixels currently supported by Full HD. This will take resolutions like 4K x 2K, already widespread in movie theaters and studios for some time now, into people's living rooms. The demand is there: displays are getting bigger all the time, the first consumer video cameras capable of this kind of resolution are already available, and people are using TVs more and more as an alternative to personal computers. Harald Gsoedl is Product Manager Broadcasting at Rohde & Schwarz – www.rohde-schwarz.com – he can be reached at email@example.com International Conference and Exhibition on Integration Issues of Miniaturized Systems – MEMS, NEMS, ICs and Electronic Components Co-organizer: Part of the activities of: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 13 – 14 March 2013 smartsystemsintegration.com BE PART OF IT! Knowledge exchange Trends and innovations Networking Main conference topics: • 3D-Integration and system packaging •Manufacturing technologies for smart integrated systems •Smart medtech systems and systems for prognostics health management In cooperation with: Register now at smartsystemsintegration.com/registration Further information: +49 711 61946-16 or firstname.lastname@example.com www.electronics-eetimes.com Electronic Engineering Times Europe February 2013 23
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Mike Mosca won both the one-meter and three-meter Ivy titles (photo Harvard Athletic Communications).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Brittany Powell and Mike Mosca of Harvard's swimming and diving teams will participate in the NCAA Zone A Diving Meet this weekend held at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center in Christiansburg, Va. Powell and Mosca, who were both Ivy League champions this season, have qualified for the zone meet based on results achieved during the 2012-13 swimming and diving season.
What's at Stake?
Five men and six women will earn spots in their respective NCAA championship meets through performances at this weekend's zone qualifier. The winner of each event will get a bid to the NCAA championships, while the remaining spots are determined through a system based on last year's results in the NCAA championships by zone 'A' participants.
Follow From Home
Live results from the meet will be available throughout the three-day qualifier. Also, follow @HarvardCrimson, @HarvardSwim (women) and @HMSDcrimson (men) on Twitter for more information on Harvard Athletics and the swimming and diving programs.
Event Formats
Both Mosca and Powell will compete in the one-meter and three-meter competitions at the qualifier. There are 43 entries in each of the events, except for the women's three-meter, which features 40 divers. After six dives in each event, the field will be cut to 18 finalists with all scores being carried over to the next segment. In the final, the order of divers, which is determined by random selection before the final, will remain the same. Mosca's one-meter and Powell's three-meter will be on Friday and the opposite schedule will be used Saturday.
Mosca's 2012-13 Season
Mike Mosca enters the zone qualifier as the Ivy League champion on both the one- and three-meter boards. Mosca successfully defended his one-meter title this past weekend with a finals score of 387.05 while taking the three-meter crown for the first time with a finals score of 409.85. Both scores were the highest ever recorded at the Ivy League Championships using the current scoring format.
Mosca is the school record holder on both boards with his score on the one meter from the conference meet surpassing his previous record, set earlier this year, of 372.45. The sophomore also broke his own school record on the three meter in a dual meet at Brown this season with a score of 412.42.
Mosca Last Year
Last season, Mosca finished second in the one-meter event with 684.15 points and third on the three-meter boards with a score of 773.05. He also produced the finals' fields' best dive in the inward 2 1/2 somersault pike (66.00).
Powell's 2012-13 Season
Brittany Powell culminated the year with an Ivy League championship in the one-meter event to become the first women's conference champion diver for Harvard since Sam Papadakis in 2008. She qualified in second during the prelims, but was easily the best diver in the finals session and beat Princeton's Rachel Zambrowicz by more than 20 points by posting a score of 290.45.
Powell's Zone History
This is Powell's third trip to the zone-qualifying meet, as she also competed in 2010 and 2011. As a freshman, she placed ninth off of the platform, but failed to advance to the finals in either the one-meter or three-meter. She was 23rd (220.70) place on one-meter dives and 33rd (189.70) out of the three-meter field. The next year, she advanced to the finals off of the three-meter board and finished in 16th with a score of 471.25. She was also 28th off of the one-meter (202.50) board in 2011.
Up Next
The NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships will be held March 21-23, while the NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships are slated for March 28-30. Both meets will be held in Indianapolis, Ind.


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Americana Collection
Suffrage March Centennial Anniversary Online Exhibition
The Americana Collection includes several letters written by suffragist Susan B. Anthony. This exhibit celebrates the vision and courage of several suffragists who were also DAR members including Anthony and Alice Paul.
Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Among the wide variety of holdings in the DAR Americana Collection is a collection of all of the signatures of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. This exhibit includes a biography, signature, and portrait for each of the 56 signers.
"Those Who Knew And Loved Him": The General Henry Knox Family Documents in the Americana Collection
The DAR Americana Collection explores the life of Revolutionary War General Henry Knox through his letters and other documents and images. The online exhibition features a selection of the materials archived in the Americana Room.
Signers of the U.S. Constitution
The Americana Collection houses a complete set of documents that include the signatures of the 39 signers of the U.S. Constitution. This exhibit includes brief essays regarding each of the 12 states and the delegates who represented them. The states appear in the order in which they ratified the Constitution. Rhode Island did not participate in the Constitutional Convention. All 39 signers are represented with both a signed document and a portrait.
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Women of Resilience: DAR Service in World War I
This exhibit honors the DAR members who selflessly and tirelessly dedicated themselves to the World War I relief effort. Their hard work and patriotic spirit contributed much to America's victory. The accomplishments of selected DAR hidden heroes are highlighted. Featured are photographs, letters, bulletins, and scrapbooks from the NSDAR Archives.
Four Founders
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Daughters of Distinction
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DAR Presidents General
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The Harvard men's swimming and diving team opened its championship season with a fourth-place team finish and a pair of event wins at the 2013 ECAC Open Swimming and Diving Championships at Blodgett Pool.
Freshman Robert Doles took home an ECAC title in the 400-yard individual medley, while the Crimson foursome of Jack Pretto, Owen Wurzbacher, Ryan Cutter and Will Brophy emerged victorious in the 200 medley relay.
Harvard totaled 426 points to finish fourth out of 19 teams that registered points. Boston University won the meet with 631.5 points, beating out runner-up Navy (530) and ending the Midshipmen's four-year run of ECAC men's titles. Columbia (457) took third place, and UMBC (358.5) finished fifth.
The two Crimson event victories came in consecutive men's races to start off the second day of finals Saturday. The relay squad had qualified for the final with the third-fastest preliminary time but shaved 1.71 seconds off that mark and beat second-place BU by more than three-tenths of a second, in 1:30.20. Doles followed that performance with his 400 IM win. He touched the wall in 3:57.14, more than three-fifths of a second ahead of the field.
Harvard finished the weekend with 10 top-three finishes. Two relay winners, Brophy and Pretto, also placed individually. Brophy was the runner-up in the 50 freestyle Friday, clocking a personal-best time of 20.39 seconds, barely a tenth-second off the winning pace. Pretto took third in the 100 backstroke, logging a time of 49.06. Brophy and Pretto also helped Harvard placed third in the 200 free relay. They were joined by Adejia Boutte and Travis Downs, and the foursome clocked in at 1:21.92.
A pair of sophomores placed in two individual events each. George Doran was the runner-up in three-meter diving Friday with a score of 294.1. On Sunday, his score of 267.5 was good for third place in the one-meter competition. Reed Snyder took third place Friday in the 500 free (4:30.85) and Sunday in the 1,650 free (15:48.55).
Boston University also claimed the ECAC women's title. The Harvard women placed fifth.
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Spring flowers and new leaves at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University signal the return of schoolchildren for outdoor field study experiences. For three decades, the Arboretum has reached out to students from Boston Schools to participate in structured explorations of the collections, life science instruction, and engaging interactions with the natural world. This season the Arboretum welcomes hundreds of science students from pre-school through primary grades with new programs, an enhanced partnership for in-class instruction at a neighborhood elementary school, and six additional volunteer guides.
Beginning in April, young explorers delve into the landscape through five educational programs designed for hands-on learning. The youngest participants—pre-schoolers from Head Start and kindergarten students—discover plants, animals, and habitats in the Explorations program. Boston's first grade students explore living things and their habitats in the Organisms program, and second grade students compare plants grown in the classroom with the Arboretum's mature tree specimens in Old Plants. Upper elementary school grades investigate how flowers make seeds in Flowers Change, and compare evergreen conifers and deciduous flowering trees and their cultural uses in Native Trees/Native Peoples.
Over the past five years, the Arboretum has enhanced the value of its Field Studies experiences for local students through partnerships for in-class science instruction. Arboretum educators will continue to visit classrooms at the Boston Teachers Union (BTU) School in Jamaica Plain this spring, supporting teachers and helping facilitate science instruction on a weekly basis. Science Specialist Ana Maria Caballero will also visit classrooms of a pre-school partner, ABCD South Side Head Start, to lead activities focused on plants that include observation, drawing, collage, and painting.
The Arboretum's programs for schoolchildren depend on the dynamic participation of volunteer guides, and with the addition of six new recruits this spring, the corps now comprises 40 individuals. Training commenced in March and provided an opportunity for seasoned guides to help mentor their new colleagues. Trainees learned the curricula and practiced techniques for teaching children in outdoor settings, working in groups to explore the living collections and build cohesion as a team.
As a fundamental part of the institution's public mission, programs for children's education initiate a continuum for lifetime learning at the Arnold Arboretum. In celebration of the scope and accomplishments of these programs and specifically its partnership for in-class instruction, the Arboretum will mount an exhibition of observational drawings of plants and other organisms by students at the BTU School. "Through a Child's Eye" will be on view in the Hunnewell Building Lecture Hall from June 15 through September 1, 2013.


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Sunday, April 09, 2006
Over-Share from Dr. Evil's Hideaway
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to my underground lair.
—Dr. Evil
Another year, another fawning article about the way Bill Gates runs Microsoft.
Last year it was the Wall Street Journal's turn to describe Mr. Gates' near-mythic visits to a cottage on a lake in order to Think Big Thoughts about the Future of Technology, all alone—no friends, no family allowed—with only a caretaker who "slips him two simple meals a day."
As I pointed out at the time (see "Bill's Hideaway" from March 28, 2005), perhaps if Bill had instead merely spent a couple of hours each morning at the local Starbucks watching how real people actually use technology, he might have come up with something more in tune with what human beings want or need—a great search engine, perhaps; or a simple wireless email device—instead of a tablet PC and a word processor with an "Insert Button" that you use only when you accidentally touch it and it begins deleting things while you type, so that you have to touch it again to get it to stop deleting things.
But he does not. And thus we have the Insert Button—a technology only Dr. Evil could admire.
Now, almost a year to the day after the insider's view of Bill's Hideaway by the lake, Fortune Magazine has apparently been cajoled by Gates' PR people to publish yet another insider's story, this time written by Gates himself.
"How I Work: Bill Gates," it is called, and sure enough, technology's richest monopolist describes how he actually manages a company that has been sliding into irrelevance ever since the internet came along and allowed consumers to bypass its stranglehold on personal computing.
It is, I think, a sad read. Gates's words come across not as insightful and informative in the Jack Welch how-I-get-things-done management style, but as the self-impressed noodlings of a man in control of a very large, very rich and very powerful organization who appears to have lived almost frozen in time—the Doctor Evil of the software business, who sees the world the same way he saw it thirty years before without wanting to believe how radically it has changed.
An overstatement, you say? Well, Gates begins the article by describing—and I am not making this up—the three computer screens on his desk.
These three magical screens are "synchronized to form a single desktop" which allows him to drag items "from one screen to the next." This, he solemnly declares, "has a direct impact on productivity."
Yes, the CEO of the world's largest software company begins "How I Work" by lovingly describing a desktop computer setup that sits on every trading desk in every high-rise office building from Wall Street to Moscow by the hundreds: multiple screens linked to the same computer.
Bizarrely, there is no mention of his key managers, software engineers, or any other people in his opening paragraph: just a description of how he has three computer screens all tied together.
Gentlemen, I have a plan. It's called blackmail.... Either the Royal Family pays us an exorbitant amount of money, or we make it look like Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, has had an affair outside of marriage.
—Dr. Evil
Moving on, Gates describes how each screen has a different function, and here you might imagine you are reading a parody of how a brilliant, nerdy, lines-of-code-centric guy would manage a large enterprise:
"The screen on the left has my list of emails. On the center screen is usually the specific e-mail I'm reading and responding to. And my browser is on the right-hand screen."
I am not making that up, either. Nor am I making up sentences such as:
"We're at the point now where the challenge isn't how to communicate effectively with e-mail, it's ensuring that you spend your time on the e-mail that matters most." (As opposed to, say, ensuring that people actually want to use your products. )
All in all, we learn much, much more than we ever need to know about the way Mr. Gates Runs His Company.
My daughter calls this kind of stuff "Over-share."
We learn he's "not big on to-do lists." We learn he likes to "check the folders that are monitoring particular projects and particular blogs." We learned he's "very disciplined about ignoring" a "little notification box that comes up in the lower right [of Outlook] whenever a new e-mail comes in."
And we learn that he's "getting ready for Think Week," the cabin-by-the-lake sojourn where Mr. Gates will "read 100 or more papers from Microsoft employees" about "issues related to the company and the future of technology."
Finally, we learn Bill still keeps an old-fashioned whiteboard in his office with "nice color pens." It is, he tells us, "great for brainstorming when I'm with other people, and even sometimes by myself."
After reading the entire piece, which contains much more of this kind of stuff, you begin to wonder how a company can survive management-by-email. Of course, as Microsoft-watchers know, the reality is that Gates does not manage the company by himself.
Finally, I come to my Number Two man. His name: Number Two.
—Dr. Evil
Ex-Procter & Gamble assistant product manager Steve Ballmer is "Number Two" to Gates' Dr. Evil. Ballmer is a smart, funny, loud, in-your-face promoter of all things Microsoft—the first business manager ever hired at a company founded by software nerds, and crucial to the company's rise to power.
Oddly enough, the previous edition of Fortune Magazine contained an interview with "Number Two," which provided a fascinating insight into why Dr. Evil and his Evil Henchmen sitting around the shiny Evil Conference Table in Microsoft's underground lair appear so out of touch with the Austin Powers-ish free-swinging technology innovation pouring forth from upstarts in Mountain View, Cupertino and elsewhere.
In a story titled "The Sleeping Giant Goes on the Offensive," Ballmer is asked by the Fortune reporter if he has an iPod:
"No, I do not. Nor do my children…. I've got my kids brainwashed: You don't use Google, and you don't use an iPod."
There you have it: the key business manager of the most important technology company ever created (by people far smarter and richer than yours truly) deliberately excludes from his household two of the most important technology innovations of the last decade.
Next thing you know, we'll hear Dr. Evil's Evil Henchmen have kidnapped the Google boys and are holding them for a ransom of...
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21 comments:
- The Way Rider said...
And when the best they can come up with is a sort of virtual reality, cringe making (Microsoft's word, not mine) email competition; one really has to wonder just how far they are from (Net) reality.
I am refering to a hotmail email arrived in my hotmail account dated April 7:
"Make us cringe to win great prizes! Have you ever done something that you really shouldn't have? Something so painfully awkward that you cringe just thinking about it? If so, you could be in line to win great prizes with MSN Hotmail! We want you to e-mail us your embarrassing stories via MSN Hotmail and make us cringe. We also want you to send them to your friends - not only so they laugh at your expense, but also so they vote for you if your story makes the weekly Top Five newsletter. Every week, the best stories will win fantastic prizes!"
It's pathetic!
Now if you want to see what's really happening on the net, and love music, check out www.pandora.com.
And in the interests of full disclosure, no I have absolutely nothing to do with the site. I came across it one week ago, and the possibilities of this type of site as a business just make my mind boggle….
- Howard Lindzon said...
A beauty
- the management said...
on the other hand, almost all the new superphones that are coming out seem to run Windows Mobile, so somebody round there has got their head switched on. I tried to buy a PalmPilot last week and they don't seem to be selling them in the UK any more; it's all mobile phones, mainly with Windows-based software.
- Mainstreet Technology said...
you are absolutely right on - in fact, i thought most of the responses in that fortune article were dead flat lame. if i were a stockholder of most of those companies, i'd be selling...
- Ryan said...
Jeff: I should probably start this comment out by saying how right you are and how smart you are and how you would be better at running a (or even better yet at starting a) 300 Billion dollar company. That is if I want you to post this comment.
Why do you only post comments of readers that agree with you? From what I have read from you you hate everything that you do yourself. Deleting any and all contrary views seems very communistic, doesn't it?
Anyway you might be right about good ol Bill but it seems like he does a lot of good for the world (he has the largest charity foundation in the world). Why do you take such low shots at Bill while protecting the out right dishonest dealings of many hedge funds? Oh wait you still believe that hedge funds never participate in any market manipulation. Its amazing to me that you can believe that market manipulation is a thought up idea in CEO's minds. I guess you can be wrong in your realm of things and Bill can be wrong in his. He just doesn't have the time to sit around and talk cheap petty little shots at you. Heck he probably has no idea who you are.
Your good friend,
- Jeff Matthews said...
Ryan: As readers can tell, I publish the good comments and the bad comments. And the misinformed comments, as well.
- Chlngr said...
So, Jeff... you've never pulled a post that disagreed with your view? I know differently, and I've printed screens of the before and after. I can understand pulling the useless blather of name-calling etc., but on MSFT issues I know you've pulled posts at odds with your "Bill sucks" thesis.
- Jeff Matthews said...
"Chlngr": You have way too much time on your hands, what with printing out before and after comments of this blog.
But since you make an incorrect statement, let me correct it so other readers don't get the wrong impression.
I don't pull comments that "disagree" with me. I pull comments that use infantile message board language, on which yours verged.
Whatever you want to say, say it like an adult or it won't appear here, I guarantee that.
- Chlngr said...
Maybe I do have too much time, but I'm doing a study on how unbiased blogs that claim to be unbiased really are. I selected your blog as part of the sample because you appear to have some strong opinions along with a reader feedback mechanism. As one might have guessed, there are lots of blogs out there that claim to provide an open environment for all points of view, but that really do not... but I'm sure all of your readers already know this.
- Jeff Matthews said...
"Chlngr": I can save you the trouble of "studying" the "hidden" bias in this blog right now--
I am biased against prevaricating CEOs, lousy Microsoft software that comes with every computer, and Wall Street analysts who regurgitate corporate spin, among many other things.
I have no idea where you got this "unbiased" notion. Maybe you should switch to decaf?
In any case, you may safely take this blog off your so-called "biased unbiased blog" list, and put it on your "biased biased" blog list anon.
Have fun.
- dkman said...
As someone who posted plenty of comments disagreeing with Jeff on a variety of topics (his past love affair with GOOG being one of them), Chlngr I am puzzled where you are coming from.
I am even more puzzled that anyone would venture into the blogosphere expecting the world of "unbiased" reporting.
I think we all know that even people who nowadays call themselves journalists or reporters are just as biased as any of us. Their bias often colors and defines their work regardless of whether you are reading NYT or watching Fox News.
When it comes to blogs, the ones I value the most are those where someone, like Jeff, is willing to voice their opinion. By definition, it makes no sense to expect opinions to be unbiased.
Jeff: Another matter where I have to disagree with you is the "comment moderation" feature. I think it takes too long for comments to be posted and it often stifles the debate on any topic.
- Jeff Matthews said...
"dkman" raises a point that I never considered--whether by previewing comments before they are published is a good thing or a bad thing for readers who wish to comment.
I like it because I can keep out the nonsense--the comments that use infantile message board words like *&^%#@!, insulting language and generally drag the discussion down to message board-level, before they have time to infect the discussion and cause otherwise rational individuals to refrain from posting a serious comment.
But "dkman" thinks it stifles debate.
Any informed opinion, especially on dkman's perspective, is welcome.
- dkman said...
Since I raised the issue, let me attempt to clarify a bit.
I don't think comment moderation feature is necessarily the root cause of the issue here. Rather, the issue is the lag time between entering a comment and then having it reviewed and approved by Jeff.
This time period used to be 0, when everyone could just post rapid-fire and I think we had topics which solicited a great deal of debate and lots of comments.
In my experience, it now could take up to several hours for comments to be approved and put on the blog, and as a result, the average number of comments per topic has declined significantly, hence my "debate stifling" comment.
This is meant as constructuve feedback, nothing else. I don't care if someone out there thinks I am a brown-noser but Jeff's is one of the best blogs out there.
- doug said...
I think "Chlngr" is really Patrick Byrne.
- Roland said...
For everyone who thinks Jeff is over the top with his comments about Microsoft, check out the "mini-microsoft blog.
Written by a current microsoft employee who wants a leaner microsoft, you get a glimpse of everyday life in the "evil empire".
After reading some of the posts and comments , you will realize the employees are afraid the world of technology is passing them by...
- Jeff Matthews said...
"doug": no, I doubt "chlngr" is Patrick Byrne.
"PadawanCowboy" is Patrick Byrne.
- johnlichtenstein said...
Unless you want a full time cleaning job, then keeping the discussion on track is a tradeoff between control and timeliness. I prefer timeliness. One thing you might think about is taking on a helper or two, maybe a nice student who will work for concert tickets. Or lightening up and just clean out junk once a day.
- Danyele said...
In my house Bill Gates is reffered to as "The Devil." I could not agree with you more!
- TimingLogic said...
I appreciate Bill Gates for what he is. Someone with above average intelligence who was in the right place at the right time.
Gates only got a start in this business because IBM was under the Consent Decree which kept them from using their own operating system for their new creation, the IBM compatible PC. Gates didn't write the code. He bought it. IBM's monopoly and the copycats who knew they would only have a chance of success if they used the same architecture as the monopolistic IBM gave Gates all he needed.
Gates tried to sell his company to IBM and others many times for as little as $10 million as I recall. The last discussion of a sellout was somewhere around $1 billion as I recall. If he was such a visionary, why didn't he see how his attempts at selling what would be a $40 billion dollar company for a few pence was so foolish? And, if he had been successful at doing so, he'd be a name we likely wouldn't even remember.
Microsoft has used that monopoly to create a desktop application suite monopoly and funnel it into other ventures as well. They've been caught with their pants down on nearly every major shift of technology including the Internet, Network Centric Computing, Browsers, Thin Clients, Gaming, Content Management, Databases, Security, Usability, Consumer centric computing, Mobile Devices, Handheld Devices, Enterprise Computing, Systems Management, Virtual Computing, Collaberation, etc, etc, etc.
Gates is no more a visionary than I am. But, he's pragmatic, smart, has surrounded himself with competent people and has a monopoly with no real threats..........YET.
Microsoft won't shape the future of computing technology and consumer electronics any more than he has in the past.
- Aaron Koral said...
Here's a question for the board: if Microsoft is representative of "over-share", is there a publicly traded company that is indicative of "under-share" (i.e., providing TLI - too little information) to investors?
- A said...
Jeff, I tend to side with dkman on moderation. It sterilizes the debate and you may have people repeating each other's points because they didn't see somebody already having posted the same thought. You can always take down the silly and infantile when it appears. We are all grown-ups and can handle an occasional trauma of seeing the word $#@! in print. IMHO, or course.
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BEYOND THE ROOMS: The Madonna Inn'll also host a New Year's Eve party, an ongoing ice rink, and other festive happenings. Oh, and there are holiday cocktails, too, like Grandma's Apple Cobbler. See, quaintness and nostalgia in all things, even the grown-up beverages. If you're staying in one of the green rooms, sipping a red drink, and considering a round of ice skating in the morning, well, then, consider yourself under the spell of the World's Hue-Happiest Theme Hotel.


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Went 8-12 in singles play, including 0-2 at No. 3, 3-5 at No. 4, 2-4 at No. 5, and 3-1 at No. 6…went a team-best 11-7 in doubles play, including a 7-1 record with Aliaksandr Malko…won each of his final five doubles matches with Malko, including winning both matches in the Big Sky Tournament…posted a 6-2 singles record against Big Sky opposition, with four of those wins coming in straight sets.
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A 2011 graduate of Traugutt High School in Radom, Poland…played basketball all four years of high school as the team's shooting guard.
Parents are Wojtek and Agata Brandys…a business administration major…played from 2006-11 for the Legia Warszawa Tennis Club…played at the 2009 summer, and 2010 winter Junior National Team Championships.


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The industry lied. The documents told the truth. For decades, tobacco companies -- and their hired-gun law firms -- insisted that cigarettes didn't cause cancer. That nicotine wasn't addictive. That the same upstanding corporate citizens who brought the world Joe Camel would never, ever peddle dangerous drugs to children.
Of course, this was all smoke.
They knew. They knew all along. And we know they knew, because there's an entire library of proof. When states sued the nation's four largest tobacco companies in the 1990s to recover an estimated $246 billion in public health costs, the legal discovery process uncovered millions of internal industry papers and memos -- many detailing a long, sordid history of research suppression, bogus science production, sleazy lobbying and deceitful, manipulative marketing, incriminating dispatches from a 30-Plus Year's War to keep the American public puffing despite mounting evidence that smoking kills.
When it comes to concussions and brain damage, what's hiding in the National Football League's files?
No one knows. No one but the league, that is. And if the proposed $765 million settlement of a federal class action lawsuit brought against the NFL by more than 4,500 former players is any indication, league commissioner Roger Goodell and company very much would like to keep it that way. In agreeing to a tentative deal that will bar both current football retirees who decline to opt out and all future pro players from pursuing concussion claims, the league is set to dole out what former NFL Players Association present Kevin Mawae describes as "hush money" -- a hefty payoff to prevent discovery, and with it, the potential unearthing of damaging facts.
Under the settlement, former New York Jets team doctor and current NFL medical advisor Elliot Pellman will never be deposed under oath.
The research correspondence of the league's discredited, controversial Mild Traumatic Brain Injury committee will never come to light.
Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue -- who once dismissed concussions as a "pack journalism" issue and oversaw a league push to market tackle football to children -- will never be put on a witness stand.
The league's long relationship with the Washington, D.C.-based law firm Covington and Burling -- a firm, coincidentally, that was eyeballs-deep in planning and executing the tobacco industry's systemic dissembling and malfeasance -- will never be scrutinized.
In essence, the deal will allow the NFL to keep on keeping on, vault shut, admitting nothing, safe behind its messaging curtain, a wonderful wizard of concussion Oz. Or maybe not. While the football world has been focused on retired Miami quarterback Dan Marino's Hokey Pokey approach to the concussion suits, a recent district court ruling in a relatively obscure case involving former members of the St. Louis (now Arizona) Cardinals threatens to expose the league to discovery, regardless of the settlement's outcome. Moreover, the same ruling could put pressure on the league to increase the size of $765 million deal. Unless it torpedoes the agreement altogether.
This is a bit complicated. Let me explain.
Late last year, retired St. Louis receiver Roy Green and two other former Cardinals sued the team in Missouri state court, alleging that they suffer from football-related brain damage and that the franchise failed to warn them about the risks of long-term harm from concussions sustained during play. In response, the Cardinals argued that the case should be moved to federal court, where it likely would be folded into the class action that produced the proposed settlement.
So far, so familiar. Green's complaint mirrors the other concussion suits. Similarly, the Cardinals' rejoinder paralleled that of the NFL, which maintains that brain damage claims fall under the league's previous collective bargaining agreements with its players, and thus are labor law matters that belong in federal court.
Now for the twist: Green sued a specific team. Not the league. His lawyers argued that their case should remain in state court, largely because (a) employers (like the Cardinals) owe duties to employees (such as Green) to maintain a safe workplace and to warn workers about on-the-job dangers; (b) said duties are a matter of common law, arising independently of labor law.
In other words, Green's lawyers argued that the NFL's CBA doesn't matter with regards to concussion claims. And a few weeks ago, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri agreed.
This is a pretty big deal. Well, potentially.
Back to discovery. Think of a war. An insurgency. The NFL doesn't want to fight potential requests to open its vaults anywhere and everywhere, in remote villages and on distant highways, in state courts across the country. It wants a single front. A global peace deal. The proposed settlement provides the latter. Granted, former players can opt out of the deal and pursue individual suits in federal court -- and with them, a shot at discovery. But their position will be significantly weaker. The league likely can afford to outspend and outlast them, to isolate and starve a handful of guerrilla dead-enders.
Green's case is different. It opens a second front in state court, a less-friendly battleground for pro football. And Green's lawyers can begin discovery against the Cardinals right away, no matter what happens with the NFL settlement.
Following Green's example, former players for the St. Louis Rams and Kansas City Chiefs could sue those teams and expect to remain in state courts, joining the discovery battle. In fact, two groups of former Chiefs players led by Albert Lewis and Neil Smith who already have sued the team and had their cases moved to federal court are requesting their suits be remanded to state court.
"We intend to discover the truth," says Paul Anderson, a Kansas City attorney who is part of the legal team representing Green in the Cardinals case and Lewis and Smith in the Chiefs cases. "There's a lot of things out there publicly that are very damming to the NFL and its member clubs. We intend to find out what hasn't been made public, what the NFL has concealed from the players for so long."
Believe it or not, things could get worse for the league. A lot worse. Follow along. As Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk has pointed out, the NFL's initial defense against concussion suits is that there should be no suits in the first place. To the contrary, the league argues, all brain damage claims fall under previous CBAs, which means they should be resolved in arbitration. Not court.
Compared to jury trials involving alleged employer wrongdoing, arbitration tends to be more predictable and less employee-friendly. It's also private. Discovery is usually far less extensive. Evidence generally does not become a matter of public record. Long story short: if you're a corporation with something to hide, you want arbitration. The NFL did. Prior to the settlement announcement, the league asked Anita Brody, the federal judge overseeing the consolidated concussions cases, to send all of the suits to arbitration -- but because of the settlement itself, Brody never ruled on the NFL's request.
Enter the Green case. According to Anderson, the league's arbitration argument before Brody cites the same portions of the NFL CBA (regarding athletic trainers, players seeking second medical opinions, and so on) as the Cardinals' argument before Perry. Perry ruled against the team, finding the CBA to be irrelevant. Although her decision isn't binding beyond the Eastern District of Missouri, it could have what lawyers call persuasive authority -- that is, federal judges around the country, including the Third Circuit's Brody, likely will consider it when ruling on similar questions.
What does this mean for the league? It means that if former NFL players in places like California or New York sue teams over concussions, those suits theoretically could remain in state courts, opening additional discovery fronts. It also means former players and clever lawyers are now more likely to follow Green's lead and sue teams instead of the league, because the mere threat of discovery equals significant negotiating leverage.
Speaking of leverage: The proposed $765 million settlement was born of fear. The NFL feared discovery. Players' attorneys feared that most or all of their cases would be sent to arbitration. Following Perry's ruling, that calculus may have changed. Florio explains:
… the outcome also could result in the plaintiffs in the settled case to quit trying to persuade Judge Anita Brody to approve the settlement, opting instead to proceed with the litigation. If the players in that case secure the same victory Roy Green and others have realized in Missouri, the value of the claims would potentially skyrocket …
The settlement already is troubled. Many observers -- including yours truly -- believe that it's wholly inadequate, too small in size and too limited in scope. Judge Brody has expressed doubts as well, refusing to grant preliminary approval of deal. A group of former NFL players including Alan Faneca and Sean Morey are attempting to intervene in the process, the better to lobby for more generous terms.
You're the NFL. You want this all to go away. If the proposed agreement falls through and federal litigation resumes, you could be stripped of your first and best defense -- and instead plunged into discovery hell. What's a revised settlement worth to you? A cool billion? The $2 billion the players' attorneys reportedly first asked for? Even more?
Alternately, you know that a settlement won't stop Green. It may not stop others like him, either. Discovery hell has shifted to state court. It could be just as hot. Do you bother with a settlement at all? After all, what's the point of paying hush money if people can still talk?
"Theoretically, you should be able to take [the Green] case and apply it to any NFL team," Anderson says. "This is also the same issue that is pending before Judge Brody regarding the NFL's motion to dismiss. So the significance is potentially huge. The effect could be that the NFL -- or at least its member clubs -- can no longer hide behind the CBA."
To borrow a phrase from former CIA director George Tenant -- while continuing our insurgency metaphor -- "discovery is not a slam dunk" . It will take time and money. Lots. Tobacco companies fought tooth and nail against disclosure. They were successful for decades, largely by using -- and abusing -- attorney-client privilege to shelter their most incriminating documents. If push comes to legal shove, expect similar scorched-Earth tactics from the NFL.
Also remember: Green is suing the Cardinals. Not the league. His lawyers should be able to subpoena the team's files. Depose team doctors, too. But will they be able to frisk the NFL itself? Given that Green and his fellow plaintiffs played in the 1980s, will they be able to question the league about its brain trauma knowledge and behavior during the 1990s and beyond, the timeframe for "League of Denial" and what Anderson calls "damming public things?"
A lawyer who has worked on the NFL concussion cases -- no friend of the league, and an admirer of the legal work that went into the Green case -- has doubts.
"I'm not pooh-poohing the decision by the judge or the result," says the lawyer, who requested anonymity. "I think it's a great result. But theoretically, why would it open the discovery doors to the NFL? Can't they just say, 'Look, judge, they can have the team physician that treated Roy Green, but we'll be damned if they look into our files?'
"Let's face it: this is an NFL case about NFL issues, like the concussion committee, Pellman, [Dr. Bennet] Omalu, the disability system, scientific fraud. How do you get to that by saying team doctors and coaches improperly handled concussions? How do you get to those big smoking guns? You don't. You just don't. If someone can show me otherwise, they're a better lawyer than me."
Green's attorneys say they're ready. They won't be intimidated. Their lead lawyer, Kenneth McClain, was the first attorney to obtain a federal court order breaking the tobacco industry's attorney-client privilege defense, forcing R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. to turn over 32 "special projects" documents containing evidence that the company knew that nicotine was addictive. Documents obtained through a separate federal court order subsequently showed that the industry's Council for Tobacco Research, founded in 1954, was a front organization producing bogus, lawyer-supervised scientific studies that a judge said were intended "solely to further the economic interests of the industry."
"Our goal is to discover the truth, wherever it is," says Andrew Schermerhorn, an attorney for Green. "If relevant information exists in the files of the NFL, we are confident that the rules of discovery will allow us to obtain it."
How so? Here's a thought exercise. Suppose the NFL tries to restrict discovery to individual teams such as the Cardinals. State courts, team lawsuits, leave us out of it. Could Green's attorneys crowbar their way into the league's files? Yes. Provided the Chiefs lawsuits are remanded to state court, they can depose and subponea former Kansas City team doctor Joe Waeckerle, who also was a member of the league's controversial concussion committee.
Now consider: Pellman ran the concussion committee. He was Tagliabue's personal physician. He also worked for the Jets. Committee members Mark Lovell and Joe Maroon worked for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Former Philadelphia Eagles trainer Rick Burkholder was on the committee, as were Baltimore Colts team doctor Andrew Tucker, New York Giants trainer Ronnie Barnes and Indianapolis Colts doctor Doug Robertson and neurosurgeon Henry Feuer. If other former players follow Green's lead, sue those teams and remain in state court, each man could be targeted. Each is a potential lockpick, a tool for uncovering what the NFL knew and when it knew it.
"I can't say at this stage which doors are open," Schermerhorn says. "But we intend to open and walk through as many as necessary to get at the truth."
In 1994, Phillip Morris chief executive officer William Campbell appeared before Congress. He wore a nice suit. After raising his right hand, he said the following: "I believe nicotine is not addictive." Six other tobacco executives did the same. All were lying. The documents told the truth: as far back as 1961, industry scientists were referring to their customers as nicotine addicts. Five years ago, Goodell testified on Capitol Hill. He wore a nice suit. Asked if there was a link between football and brain damage, he declined to answer, deferring to medical experts and referring to a "medical debate." Did he know better? Did the NFL? Do the league's doctors and documents tell a different, less equivocal story? Thanks to Green, we may be closer to finding out.


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Hot 8 warms Tahoe's spirits with taste of Bourbon Street
Bourbon Street comes through the Crystal Bay Casino Friday when the Hot 8 Brass Band marches into the Crown Room.The Hot 8, which sometimes has as many as 12 or 13 members, are a quintessential NOLA — New Orleans, La. — band, second line revelers with horns and drums who trail a jazz funeral parade."It's a musical representation of the city," said tuba player Bennie Pete, one of the founding members of the band that began in 1995.The band is like the Big Easy's inner city. It has suffered great tragedy but has an indefatigable spirit, celebratory in its jazz, arguably our nation's greatest cultural contribution. Several of the band's members have been murdered by way of gunfire and they all have been hurt by Hurricane Katrina.The Hot 8 warmed up at home after it returned from a tour in Canada and before hit headed out for a West Coast trip and more shows in Canada."The Super Bowl is here," Pete said. "We've got the great big palm trees in the middle of Canal Street leading people to the great Harrah's casino and the restaurants are cooking barbecue and shrimp etoufee and everything's wonderful on the outside, the tourist part of it. But on the inside, the community, they are not rebuilding it."While gun safety is a major topic, Pete said the No. 1 issue regarding public health is mental illness. A New York Times study revealed people with mental issues are 11 times more likely to be victims of violent crime."They cut funds," Pete said. "People need their medicine. People need someone they can talk to. Some of them will get murdered on the street because people are already dealing with crime and people are scared for their life and here comes someone needing their medicine. They don't know the difference. They're grabbing their gun for protection and shooting them." The Hot 8 have been featured on Spike Lee's documentary "When the Creek Don't Rise" and the HBO series "Trem." It has played with Mos Def, Lauryn Hill and Mary J Blige.A CD, "The Life And Times Of…' was released in November is a gumbo, distinctly NOLA with flavors from all over the world."This whole album is an international type of swing," Pete said. "We pay respect to influences on the road."The album closes with "War Time," a caveat to young bands which seek preeminence in the French Quarter: The Hot 8 is on the road a lot but remains second to none as the city's second line kings, representing 504 area code, it is boasted.Concert-goers will find the band members outgoing when the Hot 8 debuts at Crystal Bay, Pete said."We like to go out in the neighborhoods and get lost, find a nice pub or bar and mingle with people because that's what New Orleans is," he said. "We like meeting and greeting and hanging out. We've learned that people throughout the world are going through some of the same things we're going through. We've just had an opportunity, but it comes with a high risk."


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The objective was to create a key knowledge-sharing tool for its employees. Accenture worked with the company to provide digital communication essentials delivered through Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Azure, with an entire portal successfully developed from scratch in three months. The company saw increased knowledge sharing and enhanced communications, and created a foundation for operating as a digitally-enabled business.
Since the company was in the process of building a datacenter that would not be functional for several years, a cloud platform was selected to provide rapid deployment of services and easy access for employees, as well as reduce the need for substantial infrastructure.
Accenture worked with the company to provide essential digital communication tools—including Lync, OneDrive for Business, Yammer and SharePoint—all of which were delivered through Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Azure. Accenture also provided continued support to manage the new solution, as well as a change management program for training employees on the governance of the new services.
Since the launch, the chemical company has seen progress across the following three priority business cases defined by its leadership team:
Facilitate knowledge transfer from its parent companies to ensure effective operations
Implement proper knowledge management to promote a culture of information sharing
Institute knowledge retention to help employees access frequently-needed policies and other reference materials


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GREENVILLE, N.C. – Senior forward Courtney Hurt scored 21 of her game-high 28 points in the second half and keyed VCU to its fourth straight road victory following a 62-49 win against East Carolina Wednesday night at Minges Coliseum.
East Carolina pulled within three with 18:26 left but VCU scored 17 of the next 23 points to build a 14-point advantage and the Pirates could never recover.
VCU (5-3, 1-0 CAA) snapped a two-game losing skid against East Carolina and handed the Pirates just their first loss at home since late last season, a streak of 12 straight games, one shy of the school's all-time record.
Hurt posted her fourth straight double-double with 12 rebounds, a pair of blocks and an assist, while senior Andrea Barbour added 14 points, eight boards and a game-high tying four steals. Sophomore Robyn Parks chipped in seven points and five rebounds, and freshman Christina Carter finished with five points and game-best five assists.
East Carolina (5-3) hit four of its first six from the field and jumped out to a 12-4 advantage just over four minutes in. VCU battled back and Parks pulled the Rams within 14-11 at the 14:09 mark before Katie Paschal beat the shot clock with a layup, which gave the Pirates a five-point advantage two minutes later.
Momentum would swing in VCU's favor, however, as the Black & Gold kept East Carolina off the board for seven straight minutes, while the Rams used a 9-0 run, capped off by a stick-back from Hurt, to pull ahead 20-16 with 6:18 left.
After Britny Edwards made it a two-point game with 5:11 to go, Carter scored five of the Rams' next eight points and VCU took its largest lead of the half at 27-20 on a fast break layup from Parks with 2:57 remaining. East Carolina would pull within two with less than 1:30 to go but Barbour scored the final four points for VCU, including a jumper with five seconds showing, to give the Rams a 31-26 advantage at the break.
Kristine Mail, who finished with a team-high 17 points, pulled East Carolina within three after a layup with 18:26 left but it was as close as the Pirates would get as Hurt caught fire and scored 13 of VCU's next 15 points and the Rams used a 15-4 spurt to take their largest lead at 46-32 with 10:27 showing.
Back-to-back 3-pointers and a fast break layup by Mail pulled East Carolina within 50-42 with 7:39 left but VCU scored six straight to go back up by 14 less than two minutes later.
VCU shot 48.3 percent from the field, including 50 percent in the second half, while holding East Carolina to just 29.3 percent shooting in the final stanza
After a 10-day break, VCU returns to the Verizon Wireless Arena for back-to-back games against Coppin State on Dec. 18 and Norfolk State on Dec. 21. Tipoff against the Eagles is set for 2 p.m.


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Joined the Crimson during spring workouts and will look to play his first season of collegiate baseball as a senior in his final semester of sports eligibility at Harvard.
Made his first start in the second game of a doubleheader at Jacksonville State on 3/4 and went 4-for-4 with three RBI and a walk ... Threw an inning of scoreless relief at Bryant on 4/7 ... Earned the win on the mound against Cornell on 4/10 with two innings of one-hit, scoreless relief in an 11-8 Harvard win ... Batted 1-for-3 with a walk in the nightcap while playing right field ... Earned a victory against UMass in the first round of the Beanpot on 3/20 with 3.0 innings of four-hit relief in which he did not allow a run while striking out three ... Threw 2.0 scoreless innings with a strikeout against BC in the Beanpot championship game at Fenway Park ... Struck out four batters in 3.0 relief innings against Dartmouth on 5/1.
In his second stint at Harvard after transferring to LSU in the summer of 2007 before returning to Cambridge in the spring of 2009 … Originally walked on at LSU after a brief Mormon mission to Chile … Earned a scholarship at LSU in 2007 and was the Tigers' starting QB in 2008 … Was granted a medical redshirt following the 2007 season due to a shoulder injury ... A dual threat quarterback … Can run or pass with equal effectiveness … Originally recruited by Gary Crowton when he was the head coach at Brigham Young but chose Harvard which has had an All-Ivy League QB now in eight of the last nine years.
At Harvard
2010: Started three games but missed significant time with two concussions ... Finished the season 40-69-4 for 502 yards and four touchdowns ... Made his first Ivy League start in the season opener against Holy Cross ... Completed 20 of 25 passes for 276 yards and three touchdowns while rushing for 39 yards against the Crusaders and earned a spot on the Ivy League weekly Honor Roll on 9/20 ... Also named to the College Football Performance Awards honorable mention at quarterback that week ... Missed three weeks with a concussion but returned to start at Princeton, going 9-for-21 for 98 yards in a win ... Suffered a season-ending concussion against the Tigers ... Major H award winner.
2009: Sat out the season per NCAA eligibility for transfer and progress toward degree rules.
At LSU
2008: Had season cut short with a lower leg injury suffered against Georgia ... Started first three games of season before giving way to Jarrett Lee after suffering a concussion against Auburn ... Saw action on a number of drives against Georgia and completed 2-of-2 passes for 22 yards ... Also notched a career-long 20-yard run against the Bulldogs ... Rotated with Jarrett Lee against South Carolina and played well by completing 2-of-3 passes for 10 yards and a touchdown ... Rushed five times for 19 yards against the Gamecocks ... Saw limited action against Florida but completed 2-of-3 passes for 32 yards ... Also ran for 14 yards and a touchdown against the Gators, which marked the second rushing TD of his career ... Through six games, he completed 55.6 percent of his passes (25-of-45 passes for 282 yards with two touchdowns and one interception) ... Finished 7-of-14 for 77 yards and one TD against Appalachian State ... Went 10-for-17 for 125 yards and one interception against North Texas ... Finished 2-for-6 for 16 yards against Auburn while rushing for 40 yards ... Was the Tigers' fourth-leading rusher with 35 carries for 129 yards and two TDs.
2007: Played in one game for the Tigers … Saw action in LSU's win over Middle Tennessee … Completed 1-of-2 passes for nine yards and ran for another 27 yards on four carries.
At Harvard
2005: Played his true freshman season at Harvard in 2005 … Quarterback for the Harvard junior varsity squad in 2005 … Played in the Harvard-Yale junior varsity game at the Yale Bowl … Ran for one TD and threw for another in the Harvard-Yale JV game … Left Harvard following his freshman season, going on what was planned to be a two-year Mormon mission in Chile … Injured knee playing soccer five months into his mission and had to return home to Nevada to have surgery.
Full name is Andrew Dale Hatch … Parents are Wendell and Julie Hatch … Has one sibling, Christian who is a forward on the basketball team at UC San Diego… Is concentrating in psychology with a secondary concentration in economics.


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