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Category:642 Pedestrian Facilities
MoDOT values the needs of all transportation users, including pedestrians. Safe, convenient and well-designed transit and pedestrian facilities are essential to Missouri communities. Pedestrian safety needs to be considered on every MoDOT project, especially when pedestrians are expected in close proximity to roadway traffic.
- 1 Philosophy of Integrating Non-Motorized Facilities
- 2 Inclusion of Pedestrian Facilities on Projects
- 3 Pedestrian Facilities and the Americans with Disabilities Act
- 4 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Philosophy of Integrating Non-Motorized Facilities
On March 15, 2010 the United States Department of Transportation (US DOT) announced a new direction for the country when it released a new Policy Statement on Bicycle and Pedestrian Accommodation. It states that every transportation agency, MoDOT included, has the responsibility to improve conditions and opportunities to integrate walking and bicycling into their transportation systems."
The US DOT Policy Statement encourages states, local governments, professional associations, community organizations, public transportation agencies, and other government agencies, to create safe, attractive, sustainable, accessible, and convenient bicycling and walking networks and to:
- Consider walking and bicycling as equals with other transportation modes
- Ensure that there are transportation choices for people of all ages and abilities
- Go beyond minimum design standards
- Integrating bicycle and pedestrian accommodation on new, rehabilitated, and limited-access bridges
- Collect data on walking and biking trips
- Set mode share targets for walking and bicycling and track them over time
- Remove snow from sidewalks and shared-use paths
- Improve nonmotorized facilities during maintenance projects
Inclusion of Pedestrian Facilities on Projects
The conceptual study report or project scoping memo shall discuss the conditions listed below and explain how the planned project will address the following pedestrian issues:
- Existing pedestrian facilities and/or pedestrian signal indications within the project limits that do not meet current Americans with Disabilities (ADA) or MUTCD standards. Discuss what actions will be taken as part of the proposed project to make the areas compliant. Discuss any non-compliant items that are planned to remain after the project is complete and explain why these areas are not being addressed at this time.
- Existing gaps in the pedestrian facilities within the public right of way and how the project will address those gaps and provide improved accessibility for pedestrian users.
- Access to pedestrian traffic generators located near the proposed project area (i.e., residential neighborhoods, employment centers, shopping centers, schools, parks, libraries, etc.). Discuss the planned improvements and how they will provide improved pedestrian connectivity and accessibility.
- Accessibility for pedestrian traffic along the proposed project area where there is evidence of regular pedestrian activity such as footpaths worn on grass surfaces. Discuss how the project will provide new pedestrian facilities to meet the demands of the users.
- Access across a natural or man-made barrier (i.e., bridges over rivers, roadways, railroads or under access-controlled facilities). Discuss how the project will provide additional pedestrian accessibility on bridge structures.
- Considerations made when a local jurisdiction is implementing a comprehensive pedestrian policy in the area of the proposed project.
- Incorporation of pedestrian facilities where there is local support through local planning organizations or other organized community support.
- Accommodation of safe pedestrian passage through the Work Zone during construction of the project. Proper signing packages and detours are required when working within pedestrian areas.
Where applicable, pedestrian facilities should be a topic of discussion at public meetings with a special effort made to contact local groups of non-drivers, such as the disabled community, seniors and schools. Communities and affected disability advocate groups need to be included in the planning and design process. The Missouri Governor's Council on Disability provides a link to a Directory of Resources. This directory includes a listing of disability groups and advocates that may be contacted for input and can be searched by county.
Numerous strategies are available to provide improved facilities for pedestrians. Typical roadway sections (such as 4-lane major urban roadway, 4-lane minor urban roadway and 2-lane minor urban roadway) provide typical sidewalk layouts.
Pedestrian Facilities and the Americans with Disabilities Act
All pedestrian facilities are to be barrier free and usable by all people to the degree that it is technically feasible. They are to be built to the standards developed by the United States Access Board. These standards are based on the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and provided in the Americans with Disabilities Accessibilities Guidelines (ADAAG). Although not a legal standard, best practices in public right of way design are discussed more completely in the draft Public Rights of Way Accessibility Guidelinges (PROWAG).
The Non-motorized Transportation Engineer in Design Division will provide additional assistance in addressing specific pedestrian and bicycling related issues for MoDOT and local program projects.
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) is legislation which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability. Other Federal laws which affect the design, construction, alteration, and operation of facilities include the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 (ABA), and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. These laws apply to all federally funded facilities. The ADA applies to facilities, both public (title II) and private (title III), which are not federally funded. Newly constructed and altered facilities covered by titles II and III of the ADA must be readily accessible to and usable by people with disabilities.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has rulemaking authority and enforcement responsibility for Title II, while USDOT is legally obligated to implement compliance procedures relating to transportation, including those for highways, streets, and traffic management. The FHWA Office of Civil Rights oversees the DOT requirements in these areas.
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Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) requires the U.S. Access Board (Access Board) to issue minimum guidelines for accessible design requirements for facilities. The U.S Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) use the U.S. Access Board's guidelines as a basis to establish legally enforceable accessibility standards. The latest facility guidelines proposed by the US Access Board and approved by DOJ and DOT were published on September 15, 2010. The 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design (2010 ADA) is now a legally enforceable accessibility standard under the ADA.
Sidewalks, street crossings, and other elements in the public right of way can pose challenges to accessibility. The DOJ's 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design was developed originally for buildings and sites dealing with facilities and does not clearly address all right of way applications. To address this shortcoming, the US Access Board is developing new guidelines for public rights of way that will address the various issues unique to public rights-of-way. The Board's aim in developing these guidelines is to ensure that access for persons with disabilities is provided wherever a pedestrian way is newly built or altered, and that the same degree of convenience, connection, and safety afforded the public generally is available to pedestrians with disabilities.
Although PROWAG has not been approved by the DOJ or DOT, a FHWA memorandum dated January 23, 2006, encourages use of the draft guidelines where ADAAG does not clearly address right of way issues. The memorandum specifically states:
- "The Draft Guidelines are not standards until adopted by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Transportation. The present standards to be followed are the ADA Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) standards. However, the Draft Guidelines are the currently recommended best practices, and can be considered the state of the practice that could be followed for areas not fully addressed by the present ADAAG standards. Further, the Draft Guidelines are consistent with the ADA's requirement that all new facilities (and altered facilities to the maximum extent feasible) be designed and constructed to be accessible to and useable by people with disabilities."
The guidelines provided in MoDOT standards are based upon the federal requirements contained in the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design, based on ADAAG. Exceptions will be where the federal standards do not provide specific ADA accessibility aspects/requirements. In those cases, guidelines and best practices will be used based on the proposed PROWAG or other available FHWA guidelines. Where applicable, best practice references will be specifically cited in the guidelines.
The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices has been developed with the cooperation of the Access Board and can be considered the standard for traffic control regulations. Part 4, Chapter 4E specifically addresses traffic signals and Part 6, Chapter 6D addresses work zones. Other sections include pedestrian considerations as needed.
ADA Transition Plan
The ADA requires that public entities with more than 50 employees conduct a self-evaluation and develop a transition plan that identifies all structural modifications necessary to achieve program accessibility.
Between 2007 and 2010, MoDOT developed such a plan and accepted an anticipated compliance date of 2027. As such, all MoDOT projects will address existing ADA Transition Plan items within the project limits in an effort to bring them into compliance with ADA Standards and Guidelines to the maximum extent feasible.
All existing MoDOT facilities that are not currently compliant with ADA standards must be included in MoDOT's Transition Plan.
Impact of the Project Category on ADA
Whether a project is considered new construction, an alteration or maintenance to an existing facility is important in determining how the Americans with Disabilities Act applies. However, it is MoDOT's policy to upgrade pedestrian accommodations on all projects, including maintenance projects, when and where it is possible and appropriate. These upgrades may occur as stand-alone projects, maintenance, operations or contract projects.
New Construction
Pedestrian facilities are to be considered in all new construction projects and are to be planned, designed, constructed and maintained in a barrier-free, ADA-compliant manner. No new facility may be opened with a non-compliant ADA feature.
Much of the work done by MoDOT is upgrading or altering the existing system. In accordance with ADA, when an alteration is made to a roadway on which pedestrian facilities (sidewalks, pedestrian grade separations, curb ramps, etc.) exist on Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (MHTC) right of way, each altered element or space within the limits or scope of the project shall comply with the applicable requirements for new construction to the maximum extent feasible. Project budgets must take into account the necessary work required to improve facilities to ADA compliance.
An alteration is defined by the DOJ as
- A change that affects or could affect the usability of all or part of a building or facility. Alterations of streets, roads, or highways include activities such as reconstruction, rehabilitation, resurfacing, widening, and projects of similar scale and effect.
Resurfacing of any thickness constitutes an alteration under the ADA and triggers, at minimum, the obligation to provide ADA compliant curb ramps where pedestrian walkways intersect the resurfaced streets. Examples include, but are not limited to the following treatments or their equivalents: addition of a new layer of asphalt, reconstruction, concrete pavement rehabilitation and reconstruction, open-graded surface course, micro-surfacing and thin lift overlays, cape seals, and in-place asphalt recycling.
Curb ramp upgrades must comply with the following:
- Generally, curb ramps are needed wherever a sidewalk or other pedestrian walkway crosses a curb.
- Curb ramps must be located to ensure a person with a mobility disability can travel from a sidewalk on one side of the street, over or through any curbs or traffic islands, to the sidewalk on the other side of the street.
- Detectable warning devices will be installed at all curb ramp or slope area interfaces with public roads, streets, alleys or highways. Detectable warning devices will also be installed at approaches where a traffic control device like a stop sign or a yield sign is installed.
- The installation of ramps or curb ramps is not required in the absence of a pedestrian walkway with a prepared surface for pedestrian use.
- Curb ramps are not required in the absence of a curb, elevation, or other barrier between the street and the walkway.
- If pedestrian facilities exist before a project, that same space must remain and be accessible to the maximum extent feasible.
The phrase "to the maximum extent feasible" applies to the occasional case where the nature of an existing facility makes it virtually impossible to comply fully with applicable accessibility standards through a planned alteration. In these circumstances, the alteration shall provide the maximum physical accessibility feasible. Any altered features of the facility that can be made accessible shall be made accessible.
In addition to the federally required work on curb ramps, all MoDOT projects should, within the project limits, address the following items:
- All barriers to access between curb ramps, steep cross slopes, or steep running sloped areas will be addressed so that the area is passable to users of all abilities including those that use assistive mobility devices.
- All existing pedestrian facilities disturbed by highway construction will be replaced and made ADA-compliant to the maximum extent feasible.
- Signal projects should be scoped to include curb ramps and/or island cut through, detectable warnings, and ADA-compliant pushbuttons at a minimum.
- Upgrading intersections to full ADA compliance to expedite completion of MoDOT's Transition Plan. This should include providing audible pedestrian signals anywhere there are existing pedestrian signal indications.
Any exceptions will be based on technical infeasibility. Documentation of the decision shall be accomplished by way of design exception and will be discussed in the project scoping documentation.
This work must be accomplished as part of the alteration project, or by seperate project or maintenance that completes simultaneously with the alteration.
Basic maintenance tasks do not, under federal law, require bringing adjacent facilities up to current standards, but do require any disturbed areas to be replaced with complaint items to the maximum extent feasible. As previously stated, however, it is MoDOT's policy to upgrade pedestrian accommodations on maintenance projects, when and where it is feasible and appropriate. In so doing, additional progress can be made toward executing the transition plan.
Maintenance is defined by the DOJ as:
- Treatments that serve solely to seal and protect the road surface, improve friction, and control splash and spray are considered to be maintenance because they do not significantly affect the public's access to or usability of the road.
Some examples of the types of treatments that would normally be considered maintenance are: painting or striping lanes, crack filling and sealing, surface sealing, chip seals, slurry seals, fog seals, scrub sealing, joint crack seals, joint repairs, dowel bar retrofit, spot high-friction treatments, diamond grinding, and pavement patching. In some cases, the combination of several maintenance treatments occurring at or near the same time may qualify as an alteration and would trigger the obligation to provide curb ramps.
Local Considerations
Requests for improvements to pedestrian facilities often come from the public involvement efforts associated with larger projects. Requests from the public for improved accessibility, removal of existing barriers to access or to make an intersection ADA compliant will be addressed on a case-by-case basis at the earliest opportunity. These upgrades may occur as stand-alone projects for either maintenance, operations or as part of the current project.
For off-system projects and MoDOT permitted construction, the department, during its initial meeting or discussion with the owner or owner representative of the project will identify or restate the ADA obligations for the project. Written notice of areas of noncompliance found beyond MoDOT right of way should be provided to the owner. Work necessary to bring these items into ADA compliance should be included in off-system projects and on permitted projects on right of way.
Costs for new pedestrian facilities, including right of way, construction and maintenance, should be included in the regular project costs, but may also be funded in partnership with local jurisdictions or by local jurisdictions alone, by Enhancement or Safe Routes to School funds, other non-department sources or any combination of these. Existing pedestrian facilities disturbed by any MoDOT improvement will be replaced to meet current design standards to the maximum extent feasible. Normal right of way and construction costs for this work will be included as a project cost for the proposed improvement.
Agreements with local jurisdictions or others will be used to address funding and maintenance issues for pedestrian facilities constructed on or off of MHTC right of way. Standard form agreements are available on the Chief Counsel's contract webpage. Detailed information concerning the sequence for preparing and executing a project agreement is available in EPG 235.2.3 Project Agreements. The agency responsible for maintenance will be established prior to construction. MoDOT assumes legal liability for pedestrian facilities on MHTC right of way unless this responsibility is addressed by agreement, with MoDOT personnel performing regular inspections to ensure proper maintenance is performed as provided under terms of the agreement. If maintenance is not performed as required by agreement, MoDOT will take necessary steps to ensure proper maintenance is provided with the cost borne in accordance with the agreement.
Maintenance Responsibility
Maintenance of vegetation along sidewalk is required by ADA policies and necessary to keep the space open and available to pedestrians. Pedestrian facilities, to include sidewalks and steps, will be maintained by MoDOT where it is an obligation of the department.
Maintenance agreements shall be consulted to determine if there is another agency that has agreed to maintain or has been delegated maintenance of certain areas of MoDOT's property. Where such delegation has not been specified, adjacent property owners may be required to maintain the walks based on local ordinance, even though the pedestrian facility may be on MoDOT right of way or on the right of way of a dedicated street.
In some cases, MoDOT may have only have a pavement surface maintenance obligation and the actual property may be owned by another local agency. In these cases, MoDOT should contact the agency to notify them of any needed ADA work along the corridor triggered by MoDOT resurfacing work. Area Engineers should be MoDOT staff to contact the local agency and to discuss the local agencies responsibility for ADA improvements that will be triggered by the MoDOT surfacing work.
Where there are no agreements with other agencies or local ordinances that delegate maintenance responsibilities for pedestrian facilities, MoDOT shall maintain pedestrian facilities in compliance with current ADA standards and guidelines through maintenance activities, permitted work on right of way or through contracted efforts.
MoDOT is ultimately responsible for the maintenance and accessibility of any pedestrian facility located within right of way.
Existing sidewalks shall be maintained within the project limits and are not allowed to be removed. ADA provisions state that projects shall not decrease, or have the effect of decreasing, the accessibility of a facility below the requirements for new construction in effect at the time of the alteration (PROWAG R202.3.1).
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Tonight (March 26, 2009 Thurs) at 7 I'll be at East/West Books, 78 5th Avenue (at 14th St.) New York, NY 10011. You better be there, or else!
Tomorrow is Monmouth College in West Long Branch NJ at 6 pm, the next day is the Brooklyn Zen Center at 11 am, and Sunday is at the Traditional Chinese Cultural Center in Washington DC at 10 am. Attendance at all functions is mandatory. You will not be released from the cycle of birth and death unless you're there! All the info you need is linked on the very first link over there to your left<<<<<<<<
Last night at the Interdependence Project was cool and groovey. That's one of my favorite venues. Friendly folks and great questions. Sold a couple-few books too, which is nice.
New York City is fun. It's cloudy outside today! After living so long on the West Coast that seems almost exotic. Last night I was introduced as being from the West Coast, which I almost resented seeing as I grew up mostly in Ohio. But maybe it's the tan. I don't sun myself. But it's sunny there and I spend a lot of time outside so to people "back east" I look all toasty.
I did an interview for a local public access TV show called A Better World and the interviewer asked, "Why Buddhism?" Why don't I just get rid of the silly robes and the other trappings and just teach, y'know, awakening and stuff (actually he didn't talk that way, I just can't recall what he said exactly).
I've thought about this a lot. In many ways I'm very much inclined to do just that, to ditch the whole Buddhism thing and go off on my own. To disrobe (heh-heh) as they say. But I feel that wouldn't be entirely honest. I know that one woman whose name I can never recall, the former student of Kapleau... dammit. People have told me her name at least half a dozen times and it instantly leaves my memory banks. Anyway I know she famously did that, got rid of all the Buddhist stuff and just teaches. And what I've seen of her work is very good (you can tell I've read a lot of it, can't you?).
But for me, it wouldn't work. I am a Buddhist. I accepted Dharma Transmission from a Buddhist Master and if I were to deny that I accepted that I'd be lying. People sometimes think I'm bragging when I say this. But really I'm almost embarrassed that I did this. It is very much out of character. I didn't ask for it. In fact I took a year or so to finally accept it when it was offered. But I did it and now I have to face the consequences.
It's an honor, sure. But it's also a burden. For better or worse I am part of something, a movement maybe, or a sub culture... I don't know for sure. Not a religion. But something else. And it doesn't belong to me.
By the way, I just got some terrible news. They've announced the cast for the Three Stooges Movie that's to begin shooting this year or next. Sean Penn will play Larry Fine, Jim Carrey will be Curly Howard and Moe will be played by Benicio Del Toro. It will not be a biopic, but will be a comedy with those three essaying the roles of the Stooges. I'm not making this up.
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New IBM Analytics Study finds that the culture, measurement and trust around data form an organization's ability to act on data and analytics, which is the only way to realize a return on investment. (Credit: IBM)
In its fifth global examination of the adoption and usage of analytics, IBM found that a steadily growing number of respondents (more than two-thirds) are applying business analytics to support revenue-generation strategies, versus cost containment. Additionally, the IBM Institute for Business Value study, entitled "Analytics: A Blueprint for Value," found that almost 40 percent of companies see a rapid return on investment (ROI) -- within the first six months of analytics adoption.
The study also found three essential factors to advance business analytics within organizations - sponsorship, trust and skills -- and significant gaps in each area. By addressing these gaps, analytics leaders have an opportunity to increase executive advocacy, strengthen trust across the organization, and build deeper knowledge and skills.
"In order to unlock the value of data, organizations need to identify different C-suite champions to get fully behind the use of analytics. Emerging roles like the Chief Data Officer and the Chief Analytics Officer are helping companies build an enterprise-wide data strategy to gain competitive advantage," said Fred Balboni, Global Leader and Partner, Business Analytics and Optimization, IBM Global Business Services. "It takes the right alignment of strategy, standards, technology and organizational structure to reap the full potential of what business analytics offers."
Executive Advocates Needed
Today, only a small percentage of C-suite leaders are strong advocates for the use of Big Data and analytics to speed decision-making and institute change. IBM's study reveals that one-quarter of all Chief Executive Officers (CEO) and Chief Operating Officers (COO), act as the lead advocates for the use of analytic insights (24 percent). This is a 10 percent increase from 2012, but still far from the pervasive leadership required to spark widespread change. Besides the CEO and COO, other C-suite executives such as the CIO and CMO have the power to advance the use of Big Data and analytics across the enterprise.
Executive sponsorship and involvement in Big Data and analytics are key to value creation. In organizations with low levels of executive support, analytics implementations are hampered by lack of funding, resources and follow through. As organizations seek to grow, there is a need to have deeper horizontal and cross-company advocates to help pay for projects.
This draws attention to the fact that executive sponsors are critical to building a data-driven culture. In the future, more companies may think of appointing a Chief Data Officer or a Chief Analytics Officer to help his or her company analyze and drive results, and build a corporate culture around analytics to drive business success.
The Trust Gap
Most organizations today prioritize investments and decisions about data at the business-unit level.
A lack of trust within organizations is proving to be one of the most significant hurdles to achieving value. While about 60 percent of top performers enjoy strong levels of trust among individuals within their organization, the level of trust drops significantly (47 percent) when it is anonymized between business units and IT departments in general.
A fragmented approach can result in a breakdown of trust among different groups of people who may be accessing, interpreting, and using data in different ways. This gap stems from a basic distrust about who is qualified to competently analyze and act upon the data. A lack of trust among executives, analysts and data managers can significantly impact the willingness to share data, rely on insights and work together to deliver value. IBM's study found that a trust gap among individuals is a leading indicator of lack of trust in the veracity of data. When this happens, the overall costs to a business are high.
For example, a major global banking institution duplicated its data collection efforts from two different sources because banking executives did not trust the work of another team from a different geography, which led them to doubt the authenticity of data.
Nationwide Insurance in Columbus, Ohio, is an example of an enterprise using increased communication and education to bridge the trust gap.
"By empowering our organization to build trusted relationships, we have accelerated our Big Data and analytics objectives," said Wes Hunt, VP of Analytics at Nationwide Insurance. "We break down trust barriers by an increased focus on education and personal interaction, so everyone understands and interprets data similarly. It is imperative that there is trust– both in the data and in individuals – so the organization can more quickly act on those insights from the data."
The Growing Skills Gap
Another factor that is creating a barrier to success with Big Data and analytics is around skills. The gap between the demand for Big Data and analytics talent globally and the supply of talent locally is one of the key obstacles to analytics implementations across all organizations. One-third of respondents cited the lack of skills to analyze and interpret data into relevant business actions as the top business challenge impeding better value analytics within their organizations.
The largest skills gap is the ability to combine analytics skills with business knowledge to draw meaningful insights from the data. The analyst who both understands the business and performs higher mathematic tasks is the most sought after in the market. More than one-third of all respondents (36 percent) cited this as their organization's most pressing skills gap, followed by analytic skills (24 percent), data management skills (21 percent) and business skills (19 percent).
About the "Analytics: A Blueprint for Value" Study
IBM conducted its analysis with nearly 1,000 business and IT executives from 70 countries. Survey topics included executive activities, business process activities, data management practices, human resource management, competency measures, software usage and hardware implementation. IBM conducted this survey by using a global team of business strategists, consultants, data scientists and statisticians.
About IBM Big Data & Analytics
Each day we create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data generated by a variety of sources -- from climate information, to posts on social media sites, and from purchase transaction records to healthcare medical images. At IBM we believe that Big Data and analytics are a catalyst to help clients become more competitive and drive growth. IBM is helping clients harness this Big Data to uncover valuable insights, and transform their business. IBM has established the world's deepest and broadest portfolio of Big Data and analytics technologies and solutions, spanning services, software, research and hardware. For more information about IBM Big Data & Analytics, visit www.ibmbigdatahub.com. Follow IBM Big Data & Analytics on Twitter @IBMbigdata and @IBMAnalytics.
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Could not launch Adobe Reader 9.5.1. Please make sure it exists in PATH variable in the environment. If the problem persists, please reinstall the application.
If I launch Firefox from the terminal the message it gives when attempting to open a PDF is:
(firefox:5989): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_realize: assertion `GTK_WIDGET_ANCHORED (widget) || GTK_IS_INVISIBLE (widget)' failed
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/usr/bin/acroread: 23: exec: /opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread: Permission denied
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The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission in its annual report also flagged China's massive increase in military spending as a worry, citing its naval expansion as a threat to the US' role in Asia.
The report accused China of "directing and executing a large-scale cyberespionage campaign," penetrating the US government and private industry.
"There is an urgent need for Washington to take action to prompt Beijing to change its approach to cyberspace and deter future Chinese cybertheft," said the commission, set up by Congress to make policy recommendations.
The report listed proposals aimed at "changing the cost-benefit calculus" for China, including banning the import of the manufacturing giant's goods that are determined to include technologies stolen from the US.
Other possibilities include restricting access to US banks for companies deemed to have used stolen technologies, or banning travel to the US for people involved in hacking.
The commission called for a combination of steps, saying China would likely "make only temporary or minor changes" in response to solo measures.
The report comes after months of disclosures from former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden that the US engaged in sweeping espionage worldwide, including the monitoring of online correspondence and tapping the communications of leaders of both friendly and rival countries.
China has used Snowden's revelations to accuse US President Barack Obama of double standards, saying Beijing is also a victim of cyberespionage.
The commission's report said the US and China have maintained dialogue on cybersecurity, but quoted observers as estimating that Snowden's disclosures have set back US efforts "by at least six months."
"Frankly, yes, it has hurt the US ability to express concern. There's no question of that," commission vice chairman Dennis Shea told reporters.
"I personally believe there is a distinction between what the United States does for security purposes and the whole-scale economic espionage that's going on directed against the United States," he said.
In a report released in February, the security firm Mandiant said China was devoting thousands of people to, and has made a major investment in, a military-linked unit that has pilfered intellectual property and government secrets.
The commission said the Chinese unit decreased activity for about one month after the Mandiant report, but the reduction may have been because the US government shared information with Internet service providers.
US National Security Adviser Susan Rice, in a speech on Wednesday at Georgetown University, said cyberespionage also hurt China "because American businesses are increasingly concerned about the costs of doing business" there.
"If meaningful action is not taken now, this behavior will undermine the economic relationship that benefits both our nations," she said.
The wide-ranging report warned that China, which has steadily ramped up its military budget as its economy soared to the world's second-largest, may soon challenge US forces' dominant role in Asia.
China's People's Liberation Army "modernization is altering the security balance in the Asia-Pacific, challenging decades of US military preeminence in the region," it said.


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Apollo 14 landed in the Fra Mauro region, the intended landing site of the aborted Apollo 13 mission. The astronauts used the Modularized Equipment Transporter (MET) to haul equipment during two EVAs (later missions would use the Lunar Roving Vehicle). They collected samples, took photographs, and the nearby Cone crater. One of the more famous moments came at the end of the second EVA when Apollo 14 commander Alan Shepard hit 2 golf balls on the Moon.
The Apollo 14 mission was the third manned lunar landing mission. Its objective was to perform detailed scientific lunar exploration. The space vehicle with a crew of Alan B. Shepard, Jr., the commander; Stuart A. Roosa, the command module pilot; and Edgar D. Mitchell, the lunar module pilot, was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Fla., at 4:03:22 EST on January 31, 1971.
The touchdown occurred at 08:37:10 GMT, February 5, within 50m (160 ft) of the target point in the Fra Mauro highlands. The first extravehicular activity (EVA) began 5 hr 23 min after touchdown.
A color television camera mounted on the descent stage provided live coverage of the descent of both astronauts to the lunar surface. The crew deployed the U.S. flag and and the solar-wind composition experiment, erected the S-band antenna, and off-loaded the modularized equipment transporter (MET), laser ranging retroreflector (LRRR), and the Apollo lunar-surface experiments package (ALSEP).
The second EVA was a planned extended geological traverse of Cone Crater. All equipment required for the geological traverse, including the lunar portable magnetometer (LPM), was loaded on the MET. The traverse up the side of Cone Crater provided experience in climbing and working in hilly terrain in 1/6 earth gravity conditions. This EVA lasted 4 hr and 20 min, during which time the astronauts traveled approximately 3 km.
Liftoff occurred at 18:48 GMT, February 6, after 33 hr on the lunar surface. After crew transfer, the LM ascent stage was separated and remotely guided to impact on the lunar surface. Impact occurred between Apollo 12 and 14 seismometers. The resulting seismic signal lasted for 1.5 hr and was recorded by both instruments.
The command module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean approximately 1 km from the target point at 20:24 GMT, February 9, 1971. From NASA SP-272, Apollo 14 Preliminary Science Report.


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Ian Schrager, famous for pioneering, design-centric boutique hotels in the mid-eighties, once championed the idea of "cheap chic." But as the co-founder of Studio 54 became the most influential high-end hotelier in the decades since, his properties have seemed to lean ever more toward an emphasis on daring form over simplicity – and stretched the definition of affordability along the way. With the Public Hotel, a smart, new choice for business and leisure travelers set in downtown Chicago's Gold Coast district, Schrager has returned to his initial conception: a design hotel that is tastefully stylish, comfortable, and yet priced well below the astronomical.
Residing within the bones of the old 258-room Ambassador East Hotel and Pump Room restaurant, the Public has the sort of measured-wit interiors that will appeal to anyone with a basic working knowledge of aesthetics. A walk through the public spaces reveals modern sheepskin-covered chairs, fireplaces, contemporary metal lamps, spherical lights hanging above curved restaurant booths, and a light-versus-dark color scheme along with the occasional faux-Flemish-master painting. All in all, the self-conscious, design-for-design's-sake wackiness of the late nineties is thankfully absent. This is a place where you can take a business client without he or she getting the wrong impression that you still attend raves.
The rooms are spacious, clean-lined, and embrace a minimalist, no-color color-scheme. They're what you'd call homey, if your home is a well-appointed pre-war apartment building dotted with black-and-white photos. We also found a sense of comfort that's frequently absent in business hotels, such as with Frette linens dressing the low-lying beds and large, porcelain bathroom counters, and welcome techie amenities like free Wi-Fi and a nicely sizable flatscreen HDTV.
The Pump Room restaurant, which was once a hangout for golden-age Hollywood celebs, is now overseen by celebrity chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten and is far less buttoned-up than before. The same goes for the farm-to-table menu, where you'll find the Colorado lamb chops are served sweet and sour (so much for heavily salted steaks on frigid Chicago nights), although you can also order proteins "simply prepared," a good option for people with allergies or just a Foodie Progress holdout. The most innovative dining option, however, is the chef's Public Express: think healthful, room-service style meals (such as salmon salad with bibb lettuce and carrot-miso dressing) sold in to-go in bags, intended for those dashing to the airport or a boardroom.
Chicago, all due respect, was long a place where a personal design hotel of this caliber simply didn't exist. Indeed, upon meeting friends at Public, we felt almost as if we had landed upon a Manhattan hideaway that caters to HBO stars in town for glossy magazine interviews. That's not to say there was anything wrong with the Windy City and its lodging options before, but this remarkable dose of new-era class in a metropolis of famously smart yet down-to-earth people is worth more than a passing look. [Rooms from $135; publichotels.com]
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On a warm spring afternoon, New Delhi's famous India Gate is a quiet place. Cars and buses cruise the wide road that runs under the stately memorial, where a few well-dressed tourists pose for pictures. Rows of colorful boats bob on a nearby lake.
And then there's Babaji Jana. For the past year, Jana has been lying on a footpath in front of India Gate, staging a silent protest against officials who, he says, forcibly took his land. Shirtless and in dirty gray trousers, the 43-year-old farmer from the eastern state of Orissa holds the Indian flag as he recounts how his local district council confiscated part of his 6-hectare plot to build a road and sold the rest off. He was not given compensation, so he brought his protest to the nation's capital. "I used to be a landowner, and now I am on the streets," says Jana.
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He is far from alone. Protests against land acquisitions are soaring in India as the country's restless economy increasingly encroaches on traditional landowners and ways of life — at times with violent results. In 2007, when the Marxist government of West Bengal unveiled plans to take over land in Nandigram for a chemical park, villagers clashed with government forces. The violence lasted over a year, killing 14 people and injuring many more. In 2011, bloody protests broke out in Orissa over the construction of a road as part of a massive steel-mill project. Women and children formed a human chain to prevent work from going ahead.
The landgrab protests, analysts say, are likely to worsen. In 2011, there were protests in 130 districts in the country. A report released in December predicts a major rise in similar conflicts all over India by local communities in the coming decade in protest of landgrab. The report, prepared by the Washington-based Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) and the Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development, blames India's government agencies and private investors for the growing spate of clashes. "The government's own acquisitions for different industrial development [and] mining projects show that they will require at least 11 million hectares more by 2025," says Arvind Khare, RRI's executive director. "With the kind of protests and violence we have seen because of the 4.6 million [hectares of land acquired by the government to date], can you imagine the nature of protests when another 11 million is grabbed?"
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In an interview with TIME last year, India's Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said while land acquisition is essential for development, the government has to weigh up the need for development and the interests of local residents. "You cannot put up a factory or a hydroelectric project or mine minerals unless you have land," Chidambaram told TIME. What he describes as a balanced land-acquisition bill is now being debated in Parliament, but many already criticize the legislation for not taking into account the interests of millions of people who are dependent on the forests, pastures or common lands to which long-standing custom, but not statute, grants them rights. (There is some legislation to protect the rights of India's indigenous forest communities, but major infrastructure projects are exempt from its strictures.)
"If you really start looking at the struggle and violence and conflicts taking place in rural areas, you will find that most of those conflicts where protests are getting more organized and more violent are those that are on the common land," says Khare, who has championed land rights around the world for more than three decades. "These are the people who are not covered by the present legislation or the legislation the government is talking about."
Until they are, men like Jana will continue his protests. "I have nothing left to lose," he says, "so I will continue my protest till my last breath." Unfortunately, not every protest will as peaceful.
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5505 Belt Line Road, Dallas TX 75254 (map); 972-503-5253; 7 locations listed at jakesburgers.net
Cooking Method: Grilled
Short Order: Unlike many older joints, Jake's hasn't been overtaken by the recent burger revolution—its greasy deliciousness is as appealing as ever
Want Fries with That? Get the crispier, battered Jumpin' Jake Fries over the regular ones
Price: Jake's Special burger, $5.99; battered fries, $1.99; jalapeño bottle cap burger, $6.79; tater tots, $1.79; root beer, $2.50
Notes: Full bar. Breakfast available.
By north Texas standards, Jake's Hamburgers is positively ancient at over 25 years old. This local favorite predates the recent drive towards gourmet burgers with artisan toppings—it's very much a product of the fast-food age, albeit with some Texas quirks, and the menu reflects this. However, Jake's can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the best burger places in town.
We visited one of its newer locations, just off the tollway in Addison, to find it relatively quiet for a Friday evening. That's as much to do with the restaurant's design as anything else—spacious and bright, there are two bars and three seating areas, all distinct from each other but interconnected. For a joint that has to serve local old-timers their weekend beer fix as well as young families and out-of-town businesspeople, it does a great job of making everyone feel welcome in their own space.
The same goes for the waitstaff, who were both friendly and informative. Not that I needed much information: I knew what I wanted, which was the Jake's Special. That's the fairly classic fast-food formula of two quarter-pound patties of beef that's ground fresh daily, Thousand Island, cheese, lettuce, and tomato. No onion, no pickle—unusual for Texas, but there you are.
The first thing you notice about a Jake's burger is the bun. The puffy crown is absolutely coated in poppy seeds. The fruits of the papaver somniferum have never been so plentifully found outside an Afghan opium field, but arrayed over the puffy crown of a substantial, eggy bun, they're not unwelcome.
But the real star of the show is inside the bread. There are much better patties in Dallas, but the alchemy of Jake's burger makes it a force to be reckoned with. Or maybe by "alchemy" I just mean "grease." Either way, the two salt-and-peppered patties are so loosely packed and juicy that two in essence become one, melded by a yellow river of cheese. The cool sauce and lettuce and the juicy tomato set things off nicely, and there's a hint of crust on the burger to give a salty-Maillard fix at the end of the bite. The beef flavor isn't dominant, but there's enough of it that you know you're eating a damn fine burger. As with the best of fast food burgers, the Jake's Special is far more than the sum of its parts, and I was extremely glad that I'd gone for their specialty rather than trying one of their custom burgers.
Still, the amount of grease should not be underestimated. Even my artery-hardening youth in Scotland hadn't quite steeled me for this. It was thus that the Jumpin' Jake Fries, or battered fries, seemed like a healthful side option by comparison. These fresh, hand-cut fries were deftly seasoned, uber-crispy, and served hot and plentiful.
From my wife's side of the table, the skin-on regular fries, despite also being fresh and hand-cut, were nothing to write home about, although her turkey burger was itself delicious and—notice the pattern—liberally fattened so as to avoid even the slightest suspicion of dryness or mealiness.
It's for my own safety that I live quite a ways down the road from Jake's; were I close enough, I'd no doubt partake of the ultra-fatty but superlative burger far more often than is advisable. Those who live nearby could be forgiven for eating at Jake's regularly. It's very reasonably priced, and with bar seating and friendly staff it's clear that a lot of the clientele were regulars from the neighborhood. Jake's has worked hard to make both the ambience and the product worthy of such loyalty.
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In another fine mess, the University of East London contributes to the escalation of madness that also saw Will Hutton foolishly pontificating against G20 protesters on the BBC two nights ago as part of a series of suits trotted out to do defensive work in anticipation of the coming protest. Lovely of the press to do this kind of warm up stuff when this kind of one-off event comes around. It adds a certain frisson.
People have asked me if I will be protesting against the G20 on April 1st, and I want to stress that I protest against them every day, and against the G50, G100 and any Gee whizz propaganda scam cooked up by the executive committee. I'll be about of course, though I am also interested in building political outlooks and alternatives for more than a one-day carnival-cum-police training exercise in crowd containment. This 1 in 365 fractional theatre is no doubt striking, you've got to love these occasional stage-managed inversions of the bourgeois order, repleat with boarded up shopfronts, bankers wearing trainers, and anthropology professors outrageously suspended for giving puffed up interviews to local tabloids (its clearly mockery, viddy the picture, read the article). That said, the idea that the G20 protest might turn into a velvet revolution is intriguing, so do bring a snack for the lock down. There surely does need to be an alternative to this rotten, corrupt and unequal system – and although its going to take more than a street party on April Fools day, if we thought about it in terms of larger fractions and what is needed to win we might be getting somewhere (a party organization, overturning of class divisions, open borders, anti-racism that is more than wearing a badge, end of the arms trade, free education [hence this post's title – warm it up] and more). G20, G19, G18, G17… – how many days would it take to get all velvety? Arise comrades, another world is necessary.
In the meantime, Chris Knight needs to be re-ininstated, this sort of reaction is just mad. Again, check out the photo from the article that caused the furore – its clearly pantomime. And the 'Guardian's' intrepid reporter seems to have a bit of the Will Hutton's about him too – if you compare the 'Evening Standard' original article on Chris Knight – see comment one below for the text – I think you can clearly see that the process of escalation is carried out here too. Richard Rogers to the rescue. AwaY. With friends like these, who needs enemies…
Professor suspended over claims he incited G20 violence
• Interview creates trouble for anthropology expert
• Protest organiser revels in 'perfect storm for enemies'
The G20 Meltdown protesters intend to converge on the Bank of England from four directions. Each group will march behind one of the "four horsemen of the apocalypse".
Richard Rogers The Guardian, Friday 27 March 2009
One of the leading organisers of next Wednesday's Financial Fools' Day protests was last night suspended from his role as Professor of Anthropology at the University of East London, on full pay.
Chris Knight, who has been a lecturer in anthropology at the university since 1989, and professor since 2000, was informed of his suspension yesterday evening, and was told it was because of an interview he gave to a newspaper this week in which he is quoted as "inciting criminal action, specifically violence against policemen and women and damage to banking institutions".
In an interview with the Evening Standard, Knight was pictured with a placard bearing the slogan "Eat the bankers", and quoted as saying: "If they [the police] want violence, they'll get it". He is also quoted by the Standard as advising bankers that on April 1 "if you're thinking of coming in, my advice is don't".
Knight, along with fellow UEL anthropologist Elizabeth Power and former Liberal Democrat councillor turned activist Marina Pepper, set up the G-20meltdown.org website and began to host meetings to which they invited other green and anarchist groups.
Knight told the Guardian last night that he was doing everything possible to make sure there was no violence next week. He said he had set up the protest group with theatrical rather than violent aims.
"I'm doing everything possible to make sure that all the anger of the middle classes doesn't turn into violence. That's why we do all this play-acting. We're being nice to the bankers – we're burning them as effigies. Of course we don't want violence. If there's a huge ruck, the press will photograph it, and our vision about a different planet will not get reported."
He added: "But it's going to be hard. The message to police is 'if you press your nuclear button, I'll press mine'. It sounds like a threat? Well, yeah – don't do it. If you want violence, you'll get it.
"I know I'm in my own bubble. But in my bubble I'm predicting we'll have a velvet revolution in the next week or so …The police, backed up by the army, will try to hold the ExCel centre. While they hold that, they will lose London. Then I think Gordon Brown will go.
"It's a perfect storm for our enemies," he added. "I cannot believe my luck. It's happening 800 yards from my campus … The media are doing all our work for us."


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As the More is More Mom®, I'm all about………more Dancing with the Stars and American Idol season finales! Where have the past 4 months gone since we were first introduced to all of the "Stars" and met all of the decent contestants during Hollywood week? More importantly, what on Earth are we going to watch during those coveted hours Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings? Certainly not 2 ½ Men (at least until this fall when super cutie Ashton Kutcher hits the scene) and The Voice isn't totally doing it for me. Seriously, who exactly is Cee Lo Greene (Forget You…woo, hoo, hoo)?
So here we are, down to our final three contestants for the coveted Mirror Ball, and our final two Idol hopefuls…….It's been a real horse race.
Heading into the final night of DWTS you've got Hines Ward (darling, personable and graceful Steeler's QB), Chelsea Kane (who claims to be a Disney star, but I've never seen her on The Suite Life of Zach and Cody and she wasn't even in High School Musical's I, II or III) and, of course, America's favorite, Kirstie Alley (from TV and movie classics such as Cheers and Look Who's Talking I and II, and the only contestant ever to tame bad boy professional dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy).
What's the best way to kick off the season finale party? Obviously with Don't Stop the Party by the Peas (otherwise known as the Black Eyed Peas), but for me, the party would only have been complete with an appearance from my ultimate boy friend, Season 9 winner, Donny Osmond (and this is not a…..Puppy Love).
With a star studded night, Josh Grobin was quite fine, but if it doesn't have a beat I can dance to, forgedaboudit (I would have been awesome on American Bandstand or the Soprano's). As a gal who adores nostalgia, I was thrilled to see Belinda Carlisle and the Go-Go's (and they have Got the Beat). Country sweetheart, Sarah Evans, made an appearance singing A Little Bit Stronger, which was okay, again, if you like 'em slow.
The race could have gone any which way, so it all came down to the final round in competition: (best dancer) Chelsea and Mark, with their Hogwart's inspired Viennese Waltz, (dancer with the most personality and chutzpah) Kirstie and Maks, with the Cha Cha Cha (Forget You……Cee Lo Greene makes a DWTS appearance tonight, too) and (most charming and delightful dancer) Hines and Kym, with the Samba. But which of these competitors reigns supreme?????
The mirror ball trophy goes to, the incomparable………Hines and Kym, bringing it home to the Steeler Nation!
On the other hand (or channel), I haven't quite gotten over the fact that James Durbin isn't in the final American Idol race. While I don't have a classically trained ear, my earliest musical experience comes from exposure to my K-Tel and Donny Osmond albums (you see, everything always comes back to my Donny). What I absolutely adored about James was his range, his passion, his talent and intensity. Even though he's cute as button and will clearly have a huge career, Scotty McCreary just isn't doing it for me. As for Lauren Alaina, I think she's got the chops to be a huge Carrie Underwood/Kelly Clarkson type, but I just can't shake the feeling that she's a little bratty. In my house, I might have washed her mouth out with soap (from the pump dispenser for easier clean up). It's a toss up as to who will walk away victorious, and quite frankly, since it won't be James, I'm not all that worried. However, I hope they've got a super big finale planned……..one where Steven Tyler sings with James (they owe him one)!
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Tiffin reports
A first-block Thomas Street caller reported Friday that evicted tenants returned to a residence and stole items.
A caller in the first block of Lindsay Avenue reported Friday evening a pit bull grabbed his son's arm, but didn't break the skin.
A caller in the first block of North Monroe Street reported Friday evening three kids were throwing rocks in the pond and breaking windows.
A caller in the vicinity of West Perry Street and Jackson reported early Saturday morning somone with a knife jumped out of a vehicle and threatened him. According to the report, the incident was due to information posted on Facebook.
A 300-block Water Street caller reported Saturday morning a bird feeder and ceramic duck were damaged.
A caller in the first block of Lewis reported Saturday morning her landlord was at the residence harassing her.
Boggio Walid, 22, of Tiffin, was charged with public urination Saturday.
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A 6000-block East TR 1068 caller reported Friday evening someone tried to break into the garage. The caller also reported someone might have attempted to steal gasoline earlier in the week.
A 1000-block North TR 57 caller reported Saturday morning a mailbox was smashed.
A burglary report was made Saturday afternoon in the first block of East TR 143.
Fostoria reports
A large fight was reported Friday afternoon at E. Fremont and Sandusky.
A person requested to speak to an officer Friday afternoon about possible elder abuse.
Charges were pending after police responded to an incident Friday evening at Kmart, 620 Plaza Dr.
A disturbance was reported Friday evening in the 200 block of Bannister St.
Charges were pending Friday evening after police responded to an incident at Save-a-Lot, 895 N. Countyline.
A caller reported Friday night possibly witnessing a drug deal in the parking lot of Circle K, 551 E. Lytle.
A 200-block East Center Street caller reported Saturday morning her husband assaulted her.
A caller requested to speak to an officer Saturday afternoon about possible bullet marks on his garage.
A caller in the 1000 block of North Countyline reported Saturday afternoon a male subject was taking items from her trailer, which previously had been on fire.
Tiffin accidents
Connie Ledwedge, 68, of Tiffin, was cited with an improper back/start violation after an accident Saturday.
Matthew Goedde, 33, of West Liberty, was cited with failure to yield after an accident Saturday at West Perry Street and Elmer.
Delbert Smith, 56, of Tiffin, was cited with an improper back/start violation after an accident Saturday.
A driver was cited with failure to control after a motorcycle accident Saturday afternoon in the 1000 block of West Market Street.
Bloomville fire and EMS and the Echo 1 unit made a squad run Friday afternoon.
Attica EMS and fire made a squad run Friday night.
Bascom EMS, Bettsville fire and the Echo 1 unit made a squad run Saturday morning.
Attica fire assisted the Willard Fire Department early Saturday morning with a house fire.


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Intergraph settles 8-year suit with Bentley Systems for $200M
January 20th, 2011 by Susan Smith
The following article in this week's Huntsville Times settled a matter that many thought had been settled long ago.
Intergraph Settles $200M suit with Bentley Systems
HUNTSVILLE, AL — An eight-year lawsuit between the former Intergraph Corp. and Pennsylvania-based software maker Bentley Systems has been settled for nearly $200 million, according to court documents.
The settlement is among the largest in Madison County history, court watchers said.
As part of a settlement agreed upon last month, Cobalt BSI Holding, which bought Intergraph in 2006, will sell back to Bentley its 15.6 million shares of Bentley stock, at a purchase price of just over $12 per share, totaling about $198 million, according to court documents. In July 2010, Sweden-based Hexagon AB bought Intergraph from Cobalt for $2.1 billion.
The settlement total includes $9.9 million in fees and expenses awarded to Cobalt's attorneys, including Bartley Loftin III of Huntsville and his firm, Maynard Cooper & Gale.
Intergraph sold its civil engineering products to Bentley in 2000 and the deal included proceeds from maintenance contracts.
In 2002 the companies began their long courtroom skirmish, with Intergraph challenging how much Bentley owed it from a promissory note and Bentley countersuing in connection with Intergraph's handling of the maintenance contracts.
As part of the settlement, both sides agreed not to issue press releases about the agreement or otherwise publicly discuss the case, except to note the agreement was "consensually resolved."
A settlement hearing before Circuit Judge Tom King, from Jefferson County, who gave preliminary approval to the deal in December, will be Feb. 10 at the Madison County Courthouse.
-Huntsville Times
In July 2010, Sweden-based Hexagon AB bought Intergraph from Cobalt BSI Holding for $2.1 billion.
One question that arose among those of us who have followed Intergraph since the days when Bentley Systems was owned by Intergraph, is: does Intergraph still own 30 percent of Bentley Systems, and if so, how is Bentley affected by the recent news of this acquisition?
In an AECCafe Today blog, on July 13, 2010, Chris Barron, vice president of corporate marketing for Bentley, responded: "As a privately held company, Bentley does not routinely report on the identity of its minority stockholders or the stockholders or the size of their holdings. However, in response to your question, we can advise you that the Bentley shares previously held by Intergraph were transferred to an affiliate of its private equity owners following its going private transaction in 2006 and we have no indications that those shares are part of the sale to Hexagon."
Clearly much of what has gone on with Intergraph and Bentley has occurred under wraps and the two companies have agreed not to issue press releases or publicly discuss the case.
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COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M basketball is off to a bad start – and the season has yet to begin. Sophomore guard J-Mychal Reese has been suspended for violating athletic department rules and regulations, the university announced tonight.
Reese started 25 of 33 games last season as a touted freshman out of Bryan High, and averaged 6.2 points and 1.9 assists. His father, John Reese, is an A&M assistant under third-year coach Billy Kennedy. The Aggies are facing Texas-Permian Basin in A&M's lone exhibition game tonight in Reed Arena, before opening their season on Nov. 8 against Buffalo.
A&M made the NCAA tournament from 2006-11 under former coaches Billy Gillispie and Mark Turgeon, but hasn't made the postseason in Kennedy's first two years. Reese's suspension is expected to be between two and three games.


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24-Jun-2001 -- A weekend away at a friend's holiday house on Tasmania's east coast provided the opportunity for another confluence hunt. I'd already bought a detailed map and roughly located 42 South 148 East as being a couple of kilometers walk from the nearest road through bush.
On the Friday afternoon on the way up we took a short detour to visit the area. My wife, who hasnt exactly caught confluence fever, was eventually convinced that a short stroll in the bush would do us all good after the long drive. We climbed a gate and followed a rough track heading in the right direction through apparently disused gravel quarries. The track branched several times so the GPS was handy for recording the route we had taken. My seven year old son Rowan, an experienced confluence seeker from 43S 147E, helped with the navigation, while my four year old daughter Ella was just happy to be out of the car.
We reached the edge of the quarried area where stunted eucalypt trees growing on the gravel changed to less disturbed natural woodland. With daylight fading I scouted ahead another couple of hundred meters and got to within 800 meters of the confluence. The route ahead was down a ridge through light bush and the only remaining obstacle was a creek or small river that the map showed to be just before the confluence.
On Sunday morning we headed back home and despite the deteriorating weather I tried again while the others waited patiently in the car. This time I jogged through the quarry and down the ridge, more or less blindly trusting in the GPS to get me there and back. For the last hundred or so meters some thicker scrub slowed progress. A couple of startled wallabies hopped away.
The confluence turned out to be in a small clearing just before the creek. Many small dead trees indicated a bushfire had passed through the area some years before. With rain starting to fall I turned back, again just following the GPS arrow and not using a map or compass. I arrived back at the car just as heavy rain was falling and the already strong winds reached gale force.


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I'm in a higher part of NYC so there was no flooding where my apartment is. It WAS very windy which made me scared that a lot of trees would fall.
My roomie snapped this photo of one of the trees that fell due to the storm.
Besides that, Astoria held up fairly well.
I didn't have much time to figure out what recipes I wanted to make before the subway/grocery stores shut down seeing I had an opera performance on Sunday at 2:30pm and the subways shut down at 7pm.
I sang my part of Camillo (a pants role), spoke to friends afterwards, and then caught one of the last trains to Astoria.
Which meant I had to assess my baking supplies and then figure out what I could make via allrecipes.com. (They have a great way to search recipes via ingredients.)
I found this chocolate cobbler and figured I'd give it a try.
It was very yummy and nice to eat warm while the storm was howling outside.
Too bad there was no natural light to be had for the photoshoot of this dessert. My roomie helped out by being my lighting with his head lamps. Ha!
I hope everyone in the NYC area is safe and warm. And if they have the ingredients they might as well make this recipe while the trains are still shut down. :)
Chocolate Cobbler (adapted from allrecipes.com)
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This year, there was something missing from our annual holiday. More than one guest remarked on it. One even got a little upset. WHERE ARE THE CRABBIES???? I've had them on the brain ever since their noticeable absence earlier this month. And so, Lizzie—the creator of these little bites of crabby crack—brought over a tray of Crabbies last night and we broke out the bourbon. I was really in the mood for a good bourbon champagne punch, and inspired by my favorite brown liquor cocktail, the Manhattan, I accidentally created my new favorite cocktail, which Lizzie christened the Elf on a Shelf. Careful, these go down a little too easy if you know what I mean, and I kind of feel like this guy might have tattled on me to Santa last night.
Elf on a Shelf Cocktail
Makes 8 drinks
1/2 cup bourbon
3 tablespoons agave nectar
1 teaspoon Fee Brothers orange bitters
1 bottle champagne or sparkling wine
8 Luxardo cherries
Mix bourbon, agave nectar and bitters in a glass measuring cup. Fill 8 wine glasses with ice, and pour one ounce (or two tablespoons) of the bourbon mixture in each glass. Top with champagne and add a Luxardo cherry.


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Stevens Students Lead "Heart-to-Heart" Relief Effort for Jersey's Healthcare Professionals Impacted By Superstorm Sandy
A group of Stevens students took some decisive action in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, which made a critical difference for healthcare professionals living in impacted areas on the North Jersey coast.
By forming a partnership with Meritus Health, a major hospital system in Maryland who mounted a goods drive in the immediate aftermath of the storm, and The Visiting Nurses Association Health Group (VNAHG), the students helped to fill a warehouse with vital supplies ranging from baby care items to clothes to school items for kids.
The VNAHG, the largest home care provider in the state, had many employees severely impacted by the storm. These workers received goods both in person as well as at a "Super Saturday" event in which Stevens healthcare students led the distribution of the goods and assisted all of the affected employees and their families. Undergraduate students in Biomedical Engineering and Technology Management and graduate students in Healthcare Leadership and Management joined the effort quickly and effectively in all phases of the emergency relief operation.
Stevens faculty and students also contributed needed goods as part of the drive, and will continue to work with both organizations in the near future.
"As is always the case, the executives at both of these prominent healthcare organizations were mightily impressed by the dedication, integrity of purpose and performance of our students, especially in this crisis situation," said Dr. Don Lombardi, director of the Stevens Healthcare Educational Partnership (SHEP). "Moreover, scores of impacted healthcare professionals whose families and homes were visited by this tragedy got some deeply needed relief and help from our students, who in turn got some powerful lessons in the real-world of healthcare."


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This is the first episode of Did You Know Gaming?, a new series close to my heart because it does exactly what I try to do here with Total Recall: not necessarily dwell on the known history of games, but the more interesting stuff hiding in the background. It's off to a good start, with discussions of some weird and messed-up bugs, glitches and deadly warnings to be found throughout the Pokémon series.
You'll also learn of a creepy theory involving Ditto and Mew, and even see the order in which Pokémon were designed, then inserted into the game.


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Total solar eclipse viewed from Australia
On Nov. 13, 2012, a narrow corridor in the southern hemisphere experienced a total solar eclipse. The corridor lay mostly over the ocean but also cut across the northern tip of Australia where both professional and amateur astronomers gathered to watch.
During a solar eclipse one can see – using appropriate instruments to protect the eyes since you should never look at the sun directly – dim structures around the edges of the sun. These structures are the sun's atmosphere, the corona, which extends beyond the more easily seen surface, known as the photosphere.
In modern times, we know that the corona is constantly on the move. Made of electrified gas, called plasma, the solar material dances in response to huge magnetic fields on the sun. Structural changes in these magnetic fields can also give rise to giant explosions of radiation called solar flares, or expulsions of solar material called coronal mass ejections, CMEs – which make the corona a particularly interesting area to study.
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Carbenes: New molecules have wide applications
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have created in the laboratory a class of carbenes, highly reactive molecules, used to make catalysts - substances that facilitate chemical reactions. Until now, chemists believed these carbenes, called "abnormal N-heterocyclic carbenes" or aNHCs, were impossible to make.
Carbenes are made up of unusual carbon atoms and are usually unstable in nature. They attach themselves to metals to form metal-carbene complexes that serve as efficient catalysts used widely in the pharmaceutical industry.
The metal-carbene complexes are formed in two ways: (a) the complex is created in one step, without first preparing carbene independently, and (b) a metal and an independent carbene are brought together to make the complex.
Most often the metal used in a metal-carbene complex is rhodium, gold, platinum or palladium - all of which are very expensive and, in some cases, even toxic. To bring down the cost of catalysts, when possible, carbenes are used independently (without metals) in many chemical reactions.
Until now, aNHCs have been used as only metal-carbene complexes, never independently. Chemists had assumed that aNHCs cannot exist freely, which made them impossible to make.
Now UC Riverside's Guy Bertrand, a distinguished professor of chemistry, and colleagues have challenged that assumption by successfully creating aNHCs that are metal-free and can be used to make any desired complex.
"Many chemical species are believed to be unstable because they do not obey the rules we learned at school, and consequently nobody tries to make them," said Bertrand, who led the research project. "The role of scientists, however, is to challenge former hypotheses. That is just what we did in the case of the aNHCs, and we were successful.
"The aNHCs are stable at room temperature both in the solid state and in solution, which means their application as metal-free catalysts is extremely wide, greatly benefiting industry by making possible scores of new chemical reactions."
Results of the study appear in the Oct. 23 issue of Science.
"This study, reporting the synthesis and characterization of an entirely different class of metal-free NHCs, could open new horizons and have a huge impact on the field of catalysis," said John Schwab, who oversees organic synthesis grants at the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of General Medical Sciences. "The potential applications to drug discovery and manufacture are exciting, since catalytic processes can help keep costs in check and be environmentally friendly, to boot."
Bertrand is interested in making aNHCs commercially available. "We hope many chemists in the world will use these carbenes and find some new applications," he said.
The UCR Office of Technology Commercialization has filed a patent application on the technology and is currently seeking partners in industry interested in developing the technology commercially.
Source: University of California - Riverside (news : web)
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The Aussie "multiple medium" magazine, Gizmag, in print form is "distributed in environments where affluent males congregate." This may be the reason that I've never seen it. That and that I think they are limited to Australia in the print edition.
Nonetheless I was delighted to discover that in their article on the 60th anniversary of the publication of Vannevar Bush's "As We May Think" essay, they included two links to ibiblio sources. ibiblio link and the link to Ted Nelson in the article [they should have used this link for Nelson] go to a JOMC master's project by Scott Griffin from 2000 on Internet Pioneers. Unfortunately, they misspell Dr. Bush's name regularly.
Anniversary of Vannavar [sic ] Bush's famous essay describing the MEMEX machine
Bush was a visionary and his work in creating the environment which nurtured
the development of what became the internet is well documented in several
excellent articles in Wired magazine and ibiblio.


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Tim Linden had an early oppurtunity to even the score for the Crimson at Newton Campus Field against cross-town foe Boston College (Photo Courtesy of Gil Talbot)
NEWTON, Mass. – Senior goalkeeper Austin Harms made four saves on six shots but Harvard came up short against No. 14 Boston College in a 2-0 loss Tuesday at the Newton Campus Field. With the loss, the Crimson falls to 2-8-1 overall on the season.
Boston College (9-3) opened the scoring in the sixth minute of the contest, as Kyle Bekker netted his fifth goal of the season, assisted by Charlie Rugg and Kevin Mejia. Harvard would mount some pressure following that goal with a Tim Linden header which was saved by Justin Luthy. Connor McCarthy fired a shot just wide less than a minute later as the score remained 1-0.
Bekker struck again in the 41st minute as a shot from 10-yards out deflected off a defender giving the Eagles a 2-0 lead.
Harvard would hold the advantage in shots, 6-5, through the first half but trailed, 2-0, heading into halftime. The Crimson produced three second-half shots, and held the Eagles off the score sheet, but was unable to find the back of the net falling to Boston College, 2-0.
The Eagles outshot the Crimson, 15-9, while Harvard held the edge in corner kicks 2-1.
The Crimson will host Brown at the Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Saturday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m.


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