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Victoria, state of southeastern Australia, occupying a mountainous coastal region of the continent. Victoria is separated from New South Wales to the north by the Murray River for a length of about 1,065 miles (1,715 km) and by an additional boundary of some 110 miles (180 km) linking Cape Howe and the nearest source of the Murray. The western boundary is with South Australia, and the southern coastline on the Tasman Sea and the Indian (Southern) Ocean stretches for about 1,045 miles (1,680 km) and includes the shoreline of Port Phillip Bay. Melbourne, the state capital, is at the head of the bay off Bass Strait.
The discovery and exploitation of petroleum and natural gas in the Gippsland Basin and Bass Strait beginning in the 1960s have provided a great boost to Victoria's economy. Although production of oil began to decline in the late 20th century, the state has retained its role as a major source of the country's natural gas and petroleum. Among the Australian states, Victoria is second only to New South Wales in terms of population, production, and influence in federal politics. Area 87,806 square miles (227,416 square km). Population (2016) 5,926,624.
The rich variety of landscapes in Victoria includes both alpine plateaus in the northeast, around Bright, and sandy deserts in the west, near Lake Hindmarsh. This wide range results from a complex geologic history and from variations in the weather as it is experienced in particular areas. These dominant factors have created distinct regions, which create different opportunities and problems.
The main upland areas are a continuation of the Great Dividing Range of eastern Australia. Starting with a width of about 190 miles (310 km) on the New South Wales border, these uplands arc westward across the state, becoming narrower and lower for 400 miles (640 km) before terminating in the Grampians and the Dundas Tableland, 25 miles (40 km) east of the South Australian boundary. The low, wide Kilmore Gap divides this upland core into two distinct regions. The eastern region is more extensive and higher, with several peaks over 5,000 feet (1,500 metres), culminating in Mount Bogong (6,516 feet [1,986 metres]). There are also some high plateaus. The varied geologic structure has been heavily chiseled by perennial streams, fed in spring by melting snow and ice. The highest peak in the western region is Mount William (3,829 feet [1,167 metres]) in the Grampians.
Plains surround Victoria's upland region on the north, west, and south. Apart from a narrow strip adjoining the Murray River in the north, the vast plains of the northwest region, bounded by latitude 36° S and the Avoca River, are known as the Mallee. This name is derived from a type of eucalypt that sends up a number of slender trunks from a single large underground source. The region's undulating surface of broad, low ridges and depressions reflects the faulting and folding of the underlying sedimentary rocks, which in turn have been overlain by windblown deposits that have been fixed by drought-resistant vegetation. To the west of the Mallee lies an area known as the Big Desert.
Port Phillip Bay, which was formed by the invasion of the sea after a downward movement of the Earth's crust, divides the southern plains into two distinct regions. To the east are the Gippsland Plains, intensive settlement of which has destroyed much of the original forest cover. To the west is a region of ancient basaltic flows, above which stand some of the original volcanic cones. The flows cover some 7,000 square miles (18,100 square km) and stretch 190 miles (310 km) west of Melbourne. Partitioning the southern plains into smaller areas are the Otway Ranges and the South Gippsland Highlands (north of Wilsons Promontory).
Drainage and soils
Australia's main river, the Murray, flows along nearly the entire length of Victoria's northern border. The soils and climate along the river's bank offer reliable conditions for farming. No streams rise in the Mallee, and those that enter from the south fail to reach the Murray, terminating instead in such salt lakes as Lake Tyrrell. Lack of water and wind-erosion hazards in the extreme northwest of the state and in the Big Desert make conditions too difficult for farming. Similarly, the Little Desert, which straddles the state's western boundary just to the south of the Big Desert, consists of deep sands, deficient in zinc and copper, that render the land unsuitable for settlement. Otherwise, the light soils of the Mallee are easily cultivated, and the development of suitable fertilizers has allowed better crop rotation and the production of improved pasture.
The Loddon River originates in the highlands to the northwest of Melbourne, flows northward across the plains that lie between the Mallee and the uplands, and ultimately joins the Murray at the state's northern boundary. The area to the west of the river, known as the Wimmera, has cultivable soils consisting mainly of gray clays that swell when wet and crack open when dry. The plains to the east of the Loddon River, which narrow toward Albury in New South Wales, are irrigated and support a wider range of farming activities. In recent geologic time the forerunners of present rivers laid down alluvial deposits that reveal considerable diversity in sand and clay content.
Although the western part of the southern plains has a uniform volcanic origin, there are local differences in the colour, texture, and stone content of the region's soils. These variations, once masked by the grasslands that covered the area, have been exposed by a generally uniform use of the land for livestock and dairy farming.
The easterly passage of anticyclones (high-pressure areas) and depressions is the main determinant of weather for most of Victoria. The track of the disturbances lies overland during the winter (generally the wettest season), while a more southerly oceanic course during the summer reduces the frequency of rain days. East Gippsland is an exception, since most of its rain results from intense depressions centred east of Bass Strait in the summer.
There is generally a close correlation between annual precipitation and elevation, and there is a clear decline in annual rainfall toward the northwest. The lowest-lying, driest parts of the Mallee usually receive less than 12 inches (300 mm) of precipitation per year, while in the Wimmera the annual amount ranges from about 12 inches in the far northern region to 22 inches (550 mm) in the higher elevations of the south. Some of the wettest areas in the mountains of the southeast may receive nearly 80 inches (2,000 mm) of precipitation in a single year, including heavy snowfall in winter.
The southern coast is generally cooler than the inland areas, except for the mountains, where in the highest elevations the average maximum temperature drops to less than 38 °F (3 °C) in winter. In Melbourne the maximum temperature in winter averages 55 °F (13 °C), while in summer the average is 80 °F (26 °C). In the warmest northwestern reaches of the Mallee, temperatures rise to a mean high of 90 °F (32 °C) in January and 59 °F (15 °C) in July.
Plant and animal life
Victoria has maintained a progressive conservation policy, the primary legislation of which was the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act of 1988. Administered by the Department of Sustainability and Environment, this act aims to preserve biodiversity by guaranteeing an environment that will allow all species to survive and flourish. More than 300 plant and animal species have been declared endangered, and all native species are protected.
The flora and fauna of Victoria are as diverse as the state's landforms. The slopes of the eastern segment of the primary upland region have the most extensive forest, the main species being snow gum, alpine ash, and mountain ash. Lower-growing vegetation is typical of the arid northwestern Mallee. The distinctive eucalypts of this region rarely exceed 30 feet (9 metres) in height and are surrounded by various grasses and shrubs. In the sparsely vegetated sands of the Big Desert, heath, scrub cypress pine, grass tree, and other low shrubs predominate.
Victoria is home to a broad spectrum of animal species. Common marsupials include various kangaroos, wallabies, bandicoots, and wombats. Koalas usually inhabit wooded regions, but they have become a problem in some urban and residential areas, where they defoliate trees because of insufficient food supplies in their (shrinking) forest habitat. Other native mammals include the Australian fur seal on the coast, swamp rats, and flying foxes. Red deer are common in the Grampians and the Otway Ranges. Although not native to Victoria, deer are nevertheless protected. Rabbits, on the contrary, are ubiquitous and have become a serious menace to farming communities. Their eradication is an ongoing project. An assortment of native ducks and other waterbirds populate the wetlands, and cormorants are common on the coast. There are several types of cockatoos in Victoria, and although native to the region, some species are unprotected in certain circumstances. Victoria is also host to a wide range of passeriform birds, including various fairy wrens and honeyeaters. More than 50 species of lizards and snakes have been recorded in the Big Desert.
Population composition
Before 1939 the majority of Victoria's population had been born in Australia, and in 1947 only 8.7 percent of the population was foreign-born, most of them British. After World War II, however, Australia in general and Victoria in particular encouraged large-scale immigration from Europe in order to make the country stronger strategically, to assist many European and, later, Asian refugees made homeless by war, and to reduce the economic problems caused by the low Australian birth rate during the Great Depression of the 1930s. By the early 21st century nearly one-fourth of the Victorian population was foreign-born.
The largest groups of non-Australian- and non-British-born residents of Victoria are from Italy, New Zealand, Vietnam, China, Greece, and India. The Chinese and Indian communities are among the fastest growing. Ethnic friction, while present, is minimal, and the economic benefits of immigration are incalculable. The immigrant population has also made a distinctive contribution to the cultural life of the state—in architectural style and house decoration, in sports of all kinds, and in culinary variety.
Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders comprise less than 1 percent of Victoria's residents, the lowest proportion of any state or territory. A large segment of the indigenous population is under age 15, and only a small fraction is over age 65, reflecting fertility and mortality rates that are notably higher than those of other communities in Victoria and in Australia as a whole. Roughly half of the Aboriginal population lives in and around Melbourne; most of the remainder lives in smaller towns, such as Shepparton in the northeastern part of the state, and, to a lesser extent, in rural areas. Active campaigns for land rights and the preservation of sacred places have resulted in the return of some cultural heritage sites, such as Gariward (Grampians National Park), to their traditional custodians. Although the federal government took responsibility for Aboriginal affairs in 1975, administration is still in the hands of the Victorian government. Some authority, however, has been transferred to the Aboriginal land councils.
The diverse origins of the population are reflected in the variety of religious faiths found in the state. Christian denominations with the most adherents include the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Uniting, Eastern Orthodox, and Presbyterian churches. There are also significant Muslim and Buddhist communities. Roughly one-fifth of Victorians, however, follow no specific religion.
Settlement patterns and demographic trends
Victoria is by far the most densely populated Australian state, and it is surpassed only by New South Wales in total population. However, Victoria's rate of increase, especially since the later years of the 20th century, trailed that of several other states, including Queensland, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory, while the proportion of Australians living in Victoria—about one-fourth—also declined somewhat. More than half of Victoria's population growth has been attributable to immigration from overseas, while natural increase has continued to decline. Some residents have also been lost to interstate migration.
Almost three-fourths of Victoria's people live in the Melbourne metropolitan area, about one-tenth live in eight other urban areas (Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo, Shepparton [including Mooroopna], Melton, Warrnambool, Albury-Wodonga, and Mildura), and the rest reside in towns of fewer than 20,000 or in rural areas. Population distribution outside the metropolitan area reflects the qualities of the landscape. Geelong is the second port of Victoria, Ballarat and Bendigo originally grew up around goldfields, now largely exhausted, and Moe-Yallourn stands on brown coal beds, used for electricity production. The densest rural settlements are in fertile sections of the irrigated Murray River valley and the dairying areas of Gippsland; the sparsest are in the alpine sections of the eastern region and the dry Mallee. The northern plains have been only lightly settled.
Since 1980 there have been significant and ongoing shifts in population and settlement patterns. Greater Melbourne's growth rate has consistently outpaced that of the rest of Victoria, as Casey and Knox on the southeast fringe and Brimbank to the west of the metropolis have continued to expand. By the beginning of the 21st century, these newer suburbs held more than a half million residents. Older provincial cities and their surrounds have maintained their modest growth, and seashore settlements along the Mornington Peninsula, Bass Strait, and the Indian Ocean have expanded in response to retirement and recreation demands. Traditional Melbourne manufacturing hubs such as Dandenong and Maribyrnong have continued to recover from a decline that began in the 1990s, while country centres such as Ararat, Benalla, Stawell, Colac, and Moe have shown slow to moderate growth. Meanwhile, as Melbourne and regional centres have expanded, the rural dairying and mixed-farming regions of Gippsland and Corangamite have struggled to retain residents, as have the agricultural areas of the Mallee and Wimmera.
Environmental concerns began intensifying toward the end of the 20th century. The flow of the Murray River has been substantially reduced by irrigation, and increasing soil salinity has placed vast areas of farmland at risk. Soil degradation in central and western Victoria, severe wind erosion in the Mallee and Wimmera, and tree dieback and soil acidification in the central settlement belt have all constituted a severe challenge to sustainable agriculture. Landcare initiatives, inaugurated in the 1980s by the state and federal governments, have increasingly addressed such issues on the community level throughout Victoria's farmland region.
Victoria has a broadly based economy with well-developed primary, manufacturing, and service sectors; it contributes about one-fourth of Australia's gross domestic product (GDP). Since the mid-1960s the state's limited reserves of major land-based mineral deposits have been balanced by offshore petroleum and natural gas finds. Most of the main farming areas are used for improved or natural pastures or for cultivation, which involves mainly wheat and fodder crops. The main categories of productive holdings are dairy farms, sheep stations, mixed sheep-and-cereal farms, cereal farms, beef cattle operations, and vineyards.
Until the 1980s Victoria was the traditional financial and cultural hub of Australia. Toward the end of the 20th century it was supplanted in this role by New South Wales, largely because of the decline of traditional protected manufacturing industries and a fall in the relative value of trade return for agricultural commodities. By the beginning of the 21st century, however, Victoria had begun to regain its stature through economic growth and restructuring.
With the exception of the deserts of the west and extreme northwest, agricultural activities are undertaken in nearly every segment of Victoria's varied terrain. In the eastern region of the upland core, steep slopes and longer winters have discouraged cultivation except in sheltered valleys, but some hops and tobacco are grown. Beef cattle breeding and fattening, raising of prime lambs, and production of crossbred wool are the main rural activities of the area. In the western part of the upland, the lower relief, gentler slopes, and milder winters render the region more suitable for crop farming, and much of the forest cover has been cleared; most farmers also raise sheep and beef cattle.
In the plains surrounding the uplands, the agricultural industry centres on the cultivation of feed grains and grasses, the raising of livestock, and dairying, although the Mallee is also the state's primary viticultural area. Cultivation of wheat and fodder to support and supplement the raising of prime lambs and Merino sheep (for wool) are prominent in the plains north of the uplands and in the Wimmera. East of the Loddon River, varying soils and irrigation allow the cultivation of fruit and grain, as well as the raising of sheep and dairy cattle. The plentiful winter rainfall and mild summers of the Gippsland Plains make for excellent dairy farming; the production of veal and pork supplements the yields of milk and cheese. In the western region of the southern plains, livestock raising is again preeminent. Fine-wool sheep breeding and beef cattle breeding and fattening are typical, with some dairying around the towns of Colac, Camperdown, and Koroit.
Victoria is not only preeminent as Australia's dairying state; it is also a major producer of cattle and calves and wool. These three activities form the core of the state's agriculture sector. Agricultural activities generate only a tiny fraction of the state's economic output and employ a comparable proportion of the total labour force. Nevertheless, the agriculture sector is an important component of both the state and national economies.
Grains are the primary crops of Victoria, with wheat leading in terms of tonnage and area under cultivation, followed by barley. The state also ranks high in the country in the production of oats. Assorted fruits, nuts, and vegetables constitute a significant segment of Victoria's agricultural yield. Grape growing and wine production have expanded rapidly since the 1990s, and in the early 21st century Victoria was not only supplying wine to other states but also providing some one-sixth of the country's wine exports.
Deregulation of the dairy industry in 2000, especially at the expense of small farmers in New South Wales, Queensland, and Western Australia, has intensified the move toward larger farms, agribusiness, and the consolidation of processing in a few large cooperative and multinational establishments. Although most of Victoria's farming businesses remain family-owned, such consolidation has ultimately slowed the growth of country towns, particularly in East Gippsland, Colac-Otway, and south-central Victoria.
Resources and power
Before the discovery of petroleum and natural gas, the brown coal deposits near Moe-Yallourn were the mineral deposits of greatest value to the state. The focus of attention then shifted to natural gas fields in the waters of East Gippsland and oil fields in the eastern Bass Strait. All these fields have been linked by pipelines to the Longford gas-processing and crude-stabilization plant in Gippsland and the Long Island Point fractionation and crude-storage plant on Western Port Bay. More recently, gas fields have been discovered in the western Bass Strait off Cape Otway. Although a major portion of its known reserves had been consumed by the turn of the 21st century, Victoria has continued to produce nearly one-fifth of Australia's petroleum and half of its natural gas requirements.
The Latrobe Valley in the Gippsland Plains is noted for the generation of electric power. Large brown coal deposits in the region have been tapped as an energy source since the early 20th century. The Latrobe Valley coal mines supply several thermal power stations and provide the bulk of the state's electricity.
The state's manufacturing sector employs some one-seventh of the labour force, the vast majority of whom work in the factories of Melbourne and Geelong and in the coalfield centres of the Latrobe Valley. The original industrial suburbs of Melbourne had a central location, but many new factories have been constructed in peripheral areas, such as Altona, Dandenong, Broadmeadows, and Moorabbin, where larger areas of cheaper land were available. Geelong, like Melbourne, produces a wide range of products. Aside from electricity generation, industry in the Latrobe Valley centres on food and clothing manufacture, using local materials. Although a relatively small portion of the factories employ more than 50 workers, such factories employ most of the total workforce. In terms of numbers employed and value of wages, the most important manufactures include metal products and machinery, clothing, textiles, beverages and foodstuffs, print items and media, petroleum products and chemicals, and paper products. While the contribution of manufacturing to the overall state economy has declined since the last decade of the 20th century, Victoria has continued to be a leader of the country's manufacturing sector.
The decline in Victoria's manufacturing sector as a result of the steady removal of protective tariffs and a flood of comparatively inexpensive imports from China, Japan, and Southeast Asia was countered to a degree by expansion in service activities, now the mainstay of the state's economy. In the early 21st century, services accounted for roughly four-fifths of the state's economic output and nearly the same proportion of the labour pool. The strongest employment growth had occurred in property and business services, as well as in health and community services.
Tourism, constituting a relatively small portion of the state's overall economy and employment, nonetheless has been growing in importance. Victoria has come to command more than one-fifth of the national tourism sector. Other service activities, including information and communications technologies and education, have also been on the rise.
The major port and the focus of the rail, air, and road systems is Melbourne. Melbourne and Geelong ports between themselves handle most of the cargo entering and leaving the state, and Melbourne is the dominant passenger terminal. State-owned railways serve all productive areas through the several thousands of miles of mainly single-track lines. Since 1962 narrow-gauge tracks have linked Melbourne with the standard system of New South Wales at Albury. The capital's electrified metropolitan rail system carries thousands of passengers each working day, although the vast majority of working people drive to their place of employment. Melbourne Airport, just northwest of the city, was opened to international flights in 1970 and to domestic flights in 1971; it includes a major freight terminal. Multilane divided highways link all the major centres of the state.
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Consider also how knowledge interacts with conditional orders. Suppose a prison guard is ordered to shoot a prisoner if and only if they are trying to escape. If the guard knows someone is trying to escape and yet does not shoot he will be held accountable. Suppose meanwhile he does not know that someone is trying to escape but shoots them anyway, acting on a belief grounded in a baseless hunch that they were trying to escape. Here again the person will be faulted, even if the person is in fact trying to escape. Our common practice is to require knowledge of the antecedent of a conditional order in order to discharge it.The principle to take from this seems to be this:
KAct: If you oughtn't X unless C obtains, you oughtn't X unless you know C obtains.
Consider two claims about knowledge and warranted assertion:
KAN: You oughtn't assert what you don't know.
KAS: You may assert what you know.
P1. In C1, you know p but aren't in a position to know that you do [~KK].
P2. You may assert p in C1[P1, KAS].
P3. You shouldn't assert p in C1 unless you know p in C1 [P1, KAN].
P4. You shouldn't assert p in C1 unless you know that you know p in C1 [P3, Kact].
P5. You don't know that you know p in C1 [P1].
P6. You shouldn't assert p in C1 [P4, P5].
P6 is incompatible with P2, so something has to give. I think Kact has to be false, but I also think that principles in the neighborhood of Kact have to be more fundamental than principles that govern assertion. Since KAS seems much more plausible than KAN or Kact, I'd try to winnow the requirements on warrant, permission, etc. to something much weaker. I'd also worry about the coherence of principles in the neighborhood of Kact. I discuss this worry in the book and in my JPhil paper. In the literature, everyone seems to be fixated on Gettier cases and false belief cases, but these structural problems strike me as much more interesting.

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Saddam has a yacht with an escape route to a submarine. Unfortunately he didn't use his yacht before fearing political instability if he left Iraq.
Saddam's luxury yacht up for sale
The Iraqi government is to sell a luxury yacht which was previously owned by the late leader, Saddam Hussein.
The 82m (270ft) Ocean Breeze is equipped with swimming pools, an operating theatre, a helipad and an escape tunnel leading to a submarine.
The ship, originally called Qadissiyet Saddam after a historic Iraqi military victory, was built in a Danish shipyard in 1981 by workers sworn to secrecy.
But, despite its luxurious facilities, Saddam Hussein is never thought to have stayed on board himself, fearing political instability if he left Iraq.
So for most of its life, Ocean Breeze was moored in Saudi Arabia – until last year, when it arrived in the French port of Nice and remained there while its ownership was determined. (Source: BBC)
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How do I upgrade my software?
Please select the appropriate download depending on which Multifunction Display product is being used to complete the software update.
The DSM30/300/300G v4.20 software upgrade is also inclusive of feature modifications/corrections which were introduced in prior DSM30/300/300G application software updates. Of note is the DSM30/300/300G v4.11 software update which was designed to address intermittent SeaTalkhs communications issues which may have arisen when the DSM is interfaced to a C-Series Widescreen MFD, E-Series Classic MFD, E-Series Widescreen MFD, or G-Series system. Typically, this condition would be reported within the MFD's fishfinder application as a "DSM Connection Lost" system alert and/or "No Data Source" information box. The corresponding software modifications to correct this issue are not applicable to DSM30/300/300Gs which have been interfaced to C-Series Classic MFDs.
NOTE: E-Series Classic MFDs which are interfaced to a DSM30/300/300G should be upgraded with E-Series v5.52 software.
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Note: this software update will cause the following fishfinder configuration settings to be reconfigured to the corresponding default settings. As such, the current configuration of the following settings should be noted and the system will need to be manually reconfigured with these settings following the software update:
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If upgrading the DSM via an E-Series Widescreen MFD or C-Series Widescreen MFD, then the DSM must be interfaced to the MFD via one of the following means:
o Note: The MFD does not control the power state of the DSM. It is generally recommended that the DSM be powered by a dedicated circuit which may be switched on/off (ex. breaker, fuse panel switch, etc.). Should the DSM not be so powered onboard your vessel, it will be necessary to control the power state of the DSM by disconnecting/connecting the DSM's power cable's plug from/to the DSM whenever these procedures call for changing the power state of the DSM.
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Note: in order to update a DSM300G via a G-Series GPM400, the DSM400 must be currently programmed with v4.11 DSM30/300/300G application software. The DSM's software version may be verified via the command sequence MENU->SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS->EXTERNAL INTERFACES->SEATALK HS (ETHERNET)->, followed by pressing the DEVICES function key and then examining the information listed for the DSM. If not, then your the DSM300G's software may be updated:


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Cherie Henderson checked in at Jacksonville International Airport Friday, heading home with a crew full of sick co-workers who flew to Jacksonville from Mississippi for a meeting.
"My whole family has been sick with the flu, we've all gotten it, and at this meeting, several people were coming down with high fevers and whatnot, and so they think they might be coming down with the flu," Henderson said.
There's concern the virus could be in transit as people travel across the country.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, dozens of states are reporting widespread influenza activity.
"It's very scary," said Phyllis Skarbrevik, who's concerned about the flu. "I actually had the flu shot, and I had that stomach virus. That lasted two days and that was it for me."
Many travelers say they're doing everything they can to stay healthy. They're taking advantage of the hand sanitizer stations scattered throughout the airport, something doctors say is a good idea.
"You definitely can import flu from other cities by getting on an airplane and visa versa," said Jean-Paul Montoya, an infectious disease specialist at St. Vincent's Medical Center. "In the swine flu epidemic, there were cases of people contracting the flu on an airplane. So you just have to take precautions when you are on an airplane."
It's recommended that nearly everyone should receive a flu shot. But despite all the warning signs, some out-of-towners say they're not concerned.
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The CDC believes the spread of flu may be slowing in some areas of the U.S. It still suggests Americans take precaution.
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This talk is part of the International Workshop "Novel Ideas in Optics: From Advanced Materials to Revolutionary Applications" hosted by Purdue University.
Nader Engheta is the H. Nedwill Ramsey Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering, and Professor of Bioengineering, at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his B.S. degree in EE from the University of Tehran, and his M.S and Ph.D. degrees in EE from Caltech. Selected as one of the Scientific American Magazine 50 Leaders in Science and Technology in 2006 for developing the concept of optical lumped nanocircuits, he is a Guggenheim Fellow, an IEEE Third Millennium Medalist, and a Fellow of IEEE, APS, OSA, SPIE and American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and the recipient of several research awards including the 2008 George H. Heilmeier Award for Excellence in Research from UPenn, the Fulbright Naples Chair Award, NSF Presidential Young Investigator award, the UPS Foundation Distinguished Educator term Chair, and several teaching awards including the Christian F. and Mary R. Lindback Foundation Award, S. Reid Warren, Jr. Award, and W. M. Keck Foundation Award. His current research activities span a broad range of areas including metamaterials and plasmonics, nanooptics and nanophotonics, biologically-inspired sensing and imaging, miniaturized antennas and nanoantennas, physics and reverse-engineering of polarization vision in nature, mathematics of fractional operators, and physics of fields and waves phenomena. He has co-edited the book entitled "Metamaterials: Physics and Engineering Explorations" by Wiley-IEEE Press, 2006.
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AYFS Week #3 Action: Chargers and Bears are on top
The third week of the ongoing American Youth Football of Samoa (AYFS) continued last Saturday morning with a double header match up instead of the normal four game match up every Saturday, as their schedule was a bit off with the All Star match ups being postponed until further notice.
To open up last Saturday's double header, was the first showdown of the Bengals and the Bears who met for the first time this season. The Bears who had quite a tough time against the Bengals last season, came in this year to defeat the Bengals, and recorded their second victory of the season on Saturday, after shutting out the Bengals in this regular season game.
During the opening quarter of the game, the Bengals who had quite the tie two weeks ago against the Steelers, failed to convert on downs against the Bears, as they suffered a shut out from the Bears defense, who committed to stopping the Bengals offense all day last Saturday to no touchdowns.
The first quarter concluded scoreless, as the Bears struggled against the Bengals defense.
4:34 remaining in the second quarter, and the Bears find themselves in a threatening situation on the Bengals 5-yard line that featured Wayne Filiga walking into the end zone for the first touchdown of the game. Their two point conversion was no good as the Bears were on top by six.
The third quarter saw the Bears again score their second touchdown facing the Bengals end zone from the 2-yard line, as Wayne Filiga again entered the end zone with just 4 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter on a sweep play, sending the Bears to a 12 – 0 lead.
The two point conversion by Manuleleua was good enough to send the Bears home with a 14 – 0 victory, their second win of the season, as the Bengals have yet to win.
The Steelers coming off from two weeks ago with a tie against the Bengals, failed to uphold their clean sheet when they added a loss in their match against the Chargers this past Saturday, as the Chargers continue to make the best of this season's match up, as they are not looking like the Chargers from the past — they are looking to play in the play offs this season.
The 'Steel' curtain made an early statement in the game, as they recorded the first touchdown of the game from the Chargers 34-yard line, when Seui pitched the ball out to Luteru Ah Loe on a running play that featured Luteru marking his way down the sidelines and into the end zone. Ah Loe on the two-point conversion reception saw the Steelers on top with the first eight points of the game.
Not too long after that — with just 8:41 into the second quarter of the game, the Chargers start threatening the Steelers by punching in their first six points of the game in the hands of Leatigaga who converted on a third and goal situation from the Steelers 2-yard line for their first touchdown of the game.
However, the Steelers had a difficult time trying to find their way back to the Chargers red zone, as their starting quarterback Elise Seui, was taken out of the game after a severe blind side tackle from the Chargers Samuel Taliva'a that gave the Chargers a head start with a healthy roster in the first half of the game.
In the third quarter, after Leatigaga scored his first two touchdowns of the season taking the Chargers over the Steelers with a 12 – 8 lead, the Steelers were very glad to start off the second half of the game with Seui back in the huddle for the third quarter of the match to try and lead the Steelers to victory.
Seui's first drive back into action in the third quarter, and he leads the Steelers all the day down to Chargers territory with Luteru Ah Loe recording another touchdown situation for the Steelers that brought them back to lead 14 – 12.
Just when the Steelers thought they were going to lead and win, the Charger's Leatigaga thought otherwise when he spotted another touchdown conversion for the Chargers with just 4 seconds remaining in the third quarter on a fortunate fourth and goal situation, that witnessed the Chargers coming back to lead the game.
Suddenly with 8:43 remaining in the fourth quarter, the Chargers made a clear statement that they were going home with the victory on this one, when Samuel Taliva'a dove into the end zone from the Steelers 32-yard line on a counter play that went all the way home for another Chargers touchdown. Michael Tuimavave on the successful two point conversion was good enough to send the Chargers on a 22 point lead.
Not too long after that – the Steelers pinned deep in their own territory, saw the sun cover with clouds when Seui was sacked immediately in the end zone for a safety by Ray Maota Faleai'i, sending some extra points on the scoreboard for the Chargers.
It's 7:23 remaining in the game, and the Steelers get the ball back. Seui wants to lead the Steelers to victory, and manages to pull it off with the first play of the drive when he aired out a quick slant pass to Luteru Ah Loe, who caught that ball, and saw nothing but the end zone as he trailed down the sidelines to record another Steelers touchdown to trying to catch the Chargers 28 – 20 lead.
But, the Chargers are just too good this Saturday, with Leatigaga and Samuel Taliva'a leading the Chargers in the 4th quarter over the Steelers with two more touchdown conversions that saw the Chargers looking to make it to the play offs this year, with an astounding performance. End game: Chargers recorded their second victory with a 40 – 20 win over the Steelers.


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Eclipse Day at the Googleplex is a half day event for developers to learn about different Eclipse projects and related technologies. You are invited to attend and listen as experts from the Eclipse projects, Google and eBay share their experiences of using Eclipse. It's also a great opportunity for you to meet and network with other Eclipse enthusiasts. There is no cost to attend, but pre-registration is required.
Registration is full as of June 3. If you're interested in attending, still register and we will add your name to the waiting list. If there are any cancellations we will confirm you to the attendance list.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
1:00pm - 7:30pm
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA
Thanks very much to the Google Open Source office for hosting this event.
|Track 1
|Track 2
|Main Tent Session: Eclipse @ eBay - Michael Galpin, eBay
|Building great RIA with ATF - Philippe Ombredanne, nexB
|What's New in CDT Ganymede - Sergey Prigogin, Google
|Plug-in Development 101 - Chris Aniszczyk
|Wiring Hacker Synapses: Collaborative Coding and Team Tooling in Eclipse - Scott Lewis, Composent, Mustafa K. Isik
|Introduction to Equinox and OSGi - Alex Alves, BEA Systems/Oracle
|Tools Make the Difference: GWT in Eclipse - Bruce Johnson, Google
|Android's Eclipse Toolset - Xavier Ducrohet, Google
|How Mylyn Changes the Way I Develop - Bjorn Freeman-Benson, Eclipse Foundation
Attendee Registration
There is no cost to attend this event but all attendees must register ahead of time. Space is also limited so please register early. To register, please email your name, company (if applicable) and e-mail address to <lynn at eclipse dot org>, and your name will be added to the wiki.
Name, Company:
- Ian Skerrett, Eclipse Foundation
- Robert Konigsberg, Google
- Maksim Ustinov, Cisco Systems
- Doug Chesney, LucidEra, Inc.
- Tony Peppler, Ardent.com, Inc.
- Dmitry Serebrennikov, Adchemy Inc.
- Bradley Jones, Cloudshield Technologies
- Jeff Miller, Google
- Ivan Kelembetov, ameria GmbH
- Kelly Campbell, Google
- John Kline, Google
- Philip Zeyliger, Google
- Terry Parker, Google
- Sean Sullivan, Google
- Lee Schumacher, Google
- Brett Chabot, Google
- Radim Kubacki, Google
- Marius Milner, Google
- Walfredo Cirne, Google
- Bradley Hawkes, Google
- Jeff Regan, Google
- Wenbo Zhu, Google
- Alex Le, Google
- German Borbolla, Google
- Benjamin Aranguren, HSTX
- Richard Fetik, Data Confidential
- Olaf Schneider, Cadence Design Systems
- Mike Achenbach, Vendavo Inc.
- Wes Isberg
- John Schneider, Abaqus Inc.
- Rob Glover
- Vishnupriyan Venkatesan, Oracle
- Tilak Michael, Oracle
- Kedar Mhaswade, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Kevin Nilson, Silicon Valley Google Technology User Group
- Peter Zen
- Ashvin Radiya, AvantSoft, Inc.
- Vibha Dixit, AvantSoft, Inc.
- Jay Deleanu, Synopsys Corporation
- Rob Cameron, Juniper Networks
- Meiji Wang, Juniper Networks
- Ramana Anasuri, E*TRADE Financial
- Pashupathi Kura, Savi Technology, Inc.
- Doug Morgan, Google
- Jayashree Beltur, E*TRADE Financial
- Anil Chellani, E*TRADE Financial
- Maleka Sankaragal, E*TRADE Financial
- Rob Helmer, CustomWeather, Inc.
- Geoff Flint, CustomWeather, Inc.
- Lynda Leung, CustomWeather, Inc.
- Nandha Srinivasan, E*TRADE Financial
- John Nguyen, E*TRADE Financial
- Krishna Kumar, Cognizant
- Ram Prasad, Cognizant
- Norm Smith, E*TRADE Financial
- Mahesh Kumar, E*TRADE Financial
- Ran Tao, E*TRADE Financial
- Sharada Bettadahally, E*TRADE Financial
- Victor Huang, E*TRADE Financial
- Sanjay Sharma, E*TRADE Financial
- Vikram Kannan, E*TRADE Financial
- Hariharan Vijayakumar, Cognizant
- Mallikarjuna Rao Talari, E*TRADE Financial
- Hozefa Shiyaji, E*TRADE Financial
- Chris Aniszczyk
- Manish Madhusoodan, E*TRADE Financial
- Abinov Vishen, E*TRADE Financial
- John Brinnand, eBay
- Meizhen Huang, E*TRADE Financial
- Tim Cook, Coherent Logix Inc.
- Milivoje Cvjetinovic, The Thomas Kinkade Company
- Gurbir Singh, Synopsys, Inc.
- Ehud Kaldor, EMC²
- Scott Jones, On-Site Manager Inc.
- Joseph Dean, On-Site Manager Inc.
- Raghu Srinivasan, Oracle Inc.
- Michael Jonath, Software AG
- Reshma Shetty, Software AG
- Greg Kim, Netflix
- James E. Ervin Groovy Eclipse/Eclipse Monkey
- Aniruddha Shevade, Software AG
- Michelle Yen, Software AG
- Andrea Plesnarski, Software AG
- Lakshmi Gubbala, Software AG
- Korin Yang, Software AG
- Joseph Wofford, Rearden Commerce
- Mayank Jaiswal, Audible Magic
- Stan Chan, Rearden Commerce
- Tom McGee, State of California, Air Resources Board
- Kamlesh Sangani, Rearden Commerce
- Hossein Akhlaghpour, Rearden Commerce
- Harald Rudell, Filmsoft
- Henry Luis, Echelon Corporation
- Raul Bajales, Globant
- Syed Sajid Hussain Shah, PhD Candidate, University of Hagen
- Karl Osterlund, Echelon Corporation
- Yufen Kuo, MontaVista Software
- Thomas Wilsher, Rearden Commerce
- German Viscuso, db4objects, Inc.
- Tim Chiu, Symyx Technologies
- Mel Chung
- Charles Rand, CDC Software
- Ketan Bhanushali, E*TRADE Financial
- Ray Valdes, Gartner Inc.
- Siamak (Ash) Ashrafi
- Ken Aung, Rearden Commerce
- Jeremy Osborne
- Al Thompson
- Rashmeet Singh, E*TRADE Financial
- Newton Chan, Foothill College
- Aarthi Mohan, eBay
- Durga Gududuntla, eBay
- Joep Rottinghuis, eBay
- Yogesh Chobe, Coherent Logix Inc.
- Lincoln Smith, Google
- Mike Forster, Google
- Luiz-Otavio Zorzella, Google
- Tina Nguyen, Google
- Rob Peterson, Google
- Kotturu Chakravarthy, Google
- Park Kittipatkul, Google
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Haunted Places in Texas
Halloween - the time for scares, screams and haunted anythings. If you're in the mood for combining all of those, try visiting one of the haunted places right here in Texas.
Texas is known for its uniquely authentic culture and lifestyle, but would you have ever guessed that it is also home to tons of haunted places? Apparently it is, and Halloween sounds like the perfect time to go visit them!
If you chose a town anywhere in Texas, more than likely you would be able to find something there that people would say is haunted. This list only includes a few locations, but there are dozens of them to explore. Would you go visit these Texas treasures or would the idea of the hauntings scare you off?
Texas White House
This Fort Worth bed-and-breakfast has had three ghostly experiences occur in the Lone Star Room. All three occurrences have involved a woman staying alone in the room and feeling the presence of another person in bed with them. It is believed that the ghost is the husband of the only family that ever resided in the home because he died there and the Lone Star room would have once been his bedroom.
Adolphus Hotel
The 19th floor of this Dallas hotel is the center of paranormal activity according to guests and staff members. When the hotel was originally constructed, the 19th floor was home to the extravagant ballroom but in order to keep standards high in the hotel, renovations were made to accommodate more guests in luxurious style and the ballroom was sealed off. Many guests and staff members have reported hearing big band/swing style music playing softly as well as piano music late at night. Additionally, it is believed that a few guests who once stayed at the hotel never left - one who frequents the bistro and one who wanders the hall crying while searching for her husband-to-be who left her at the altar.
Catfish Plantation
This Cajun-homestyle restaurant in Waxahachie is known as the scariest restaurant in the United States. It is said to be haunted by three ghosts - Will, Caroline and Elizabeth - who were previously residents in the house before it was converted into the restaurant. Both staff members and customers have felt a strange presence, seen inanimate objects move on their own and witnessed cold spots throughout the house. Additionally, alcoholic beverages seem to arouse even more paranormal activity.


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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
World's eyes are once again focused on the complex and secretive ways of the Vatican
As the Catholic church prepares to choose its second leader in a decade, the world's eyes are once again focused on the complex and secretive ways of the Vatican.
In mid-March, 117 cardinals will be locked inside its walls until they decide who should next attempt to govern one of humankind's most enduring, yet bewildering, institutions.
Their new pope must not only provide spiritual leadership to followers in more than 180 countries around the globe, but also reconcile deep divisions within the two-and-a-half square miles of the Vatican itself, on the left bank of Rome's Tiber river.
In his homily at Mass late Wednesday, Pope Benedict XVI spoke of "sins against the unity of the Church," hinting at the office politics of an organization worth at least $8 billion but which features a switchboard operated by nuns.
Each day, some of the Vatican City's 1,900 lay workers leave the cacophony of traffic-choked Rome and step across the white lines that mark the state boundaries.
Inside, they assist up to 2,800 global employees of the Holy See – including cardinals and archbishops – to the sound of choirs and the leading of prayers.
"It's only a normal workplace if having a Raphael fresco on the office wall is normal," said George Weigel, NBC News Vatican analyst and author of "Witness to Hope," the best-selling biography of Pope John Paul II.
More than 5 million tourists see inside the Vatican's grounds and museums every year – almost as many as New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art – but the power lies away from the cameras.
One of the possible candidates for the papal role, Canadian Archbishop John Michael Miller, gave an insight into this very private world.
"When the main elevator of the Apostolic Palace stops at the third floor, you have two choices: turning to the left, for the pope's private apartment, or to the right, for the offices of the Secretariat of the State," he wrote in a 1997 article for 'The Catholic Answer'.
"Every day about 200 men and women - bishops, priests, religious and laity- turn to the right. They walk along magnificently frescoed corridors to their modest offices, where they discretely collaborate in the pope's ministry to the Church and the world."
Although the wealth of the church has been on display throughout history, its financial details are not. Paolo Cipriani - director of The Institute for Works of Religion (IOR), often referred to as the 'Vatican Bank' - last year pledged to "lift the veil of secrecy" surrounding the organization.
The institute manages $8 billion of the church's worldwide wealth and investments as well as 33,000 accounts for clergy and parishes, held in euros.
An open day last June was the first occasion in which journalists had been allowed inside its headquarters, inside a medieval defensive tower that once housed the Vatican prisons, newspaper La Stampa reported.
'A pretty lean organization'
It is an environment at once opulent and modest.
Despite the vast assets of the Church, the Holy See made a loss of $18.4 million loss in 2011.
Its $308 million income from IOR revenues - and supporters including its biggest single donor, the United States – fell short of the $326.4 million cost of running its global missions and operations such as Vatican Radio.
A separate budget for the Vatican City state, which deals with the administration of the church's "home" in Rome made a $12.4 million profit in 2011, with most of its $113 million coming from tourists at its museums.
"This Dan Brown notion that the church is oozing millions of euros is just not true," Weigel said. "These incredible buildings are not liquid assets. Most of the money that comes into the church goes straight back out again.
In a moving Ash Wednesday mass attended by thousands, Pope Benedict gave his final public mass and is now preparing to meet with the pastors of Rome's parishes. NBC's Anne Thompson reports.
"It is not even the biggest employer locally. Given the number of lay Catholics worldwide – 1.2 billion – the Vatican is a pretty lean organization. Of course, lean does not necessarily mean efficient."
Confidential documents, stolen by the pope's former butler and published in 2011 in a scandal known as "Vatileaks," revealed the haphazard and sometimes bizarre nature of the church finances.
As well as tens of millions of dollars in small, personal donations from around the world, an Italian chat show host gave 10,000 euros with a note seeking a meeting with Pope Benedict.
The papers also revealed the efforts of Archbishop Carlo Mario Vigano to slash grossly inflated costs such as the $700,000 life-sized nativity scene in the center of St. Peter's Square, according to a Newsweek feature on the scandal.
Insiders insist there is little sign of modern extravagance inside the Vatican, but the working world is very different to a similarly-sized corporation.
"Some of the technology – the computers, for example – may seem a little backward from a U.S. perspective," said Father Robert Gahl, associate professor of ethics at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome. "There is an esprit de corps which is very motivating. It is a highly professional atmosphere."
When asked how many people work in the Vatican, 20th century Pope John XXIII is reported to have replied: "About half."
Gahl said there was a grain of truth in the comment. "Like in any organization, there are some people who are there for the tremendous job security," he said. "But there are also priests who devote a lot of their lives to their work."
Even the more secular aspects of the Vatican, the city state, are complex thanks to its geography.
Squeezed into a triangular site in central Rome, the smallest country in the world has grown well outside its original footprint and much of its buildings and offices – including its own hospital – lie outside its boundaries but are granted the same judicial separation from the rest of Italy.
Much of the administration of the Vatican City, which issues its own passports and license plates and has its own postal service – reportedly much more efficient than its Italian counterpart – is carried out by lay workers who must agree to the church's moral instruction.
"I don't think they have to be Catholic but I would image that, this being Italy and because of the nature of the job, most people who apply are Catholic," Gahl said. "I would also think that, when you interview somebody for a job at any non-profit you are likely to choose somebody who shares the same ideals and objectives as the organization."
One of the first tasks of the new pope will be to try and rein in the Roman Curia - the Byzantine hierarchy of the Holy See, which includes various dicasteries, pontifical councils and secretariats - as well as modernize its practices.
"There is a feeling that Benedict never really got to grips with it at all," said Weigel. "I think some changes are going to essential for the new pope."
A dissident Austrian priest, Rev. Helmut Schueller, has spoken out against the ritual of the cardinals' conclave - at which voting papers in the ballot for the new pope are burned to create white smoke - and called for greater openness in the process of selecting a new leader.
"If things were going well, the conclave fathers would at least be going out to the Church grassroots and calling meetings to really hear what the faithful expect," he told Reuters on Wednesday.
However, running the Vatican will require more than just fresh management skills.
"The pope is not so much the head of a corporation, more the CEO of a large non-profit – and that means bringing clarity in direction and teaching," said Gahl. "Cardinals do not usually subscribe to Harvard Business Review."
- By Alastair Jamieson, Staff writer, NBC News


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Rumors had been circulating after she was seen wearing a gold band instead of her engagement ring
Angelina Jolie has put to rest speculation that she and Brad Pitt married in secret – rumors sparked after she wore a simple gold band instead of her diamond engagement ring on a visit to Africa this week.
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On Wednesday at the "Hack in the Box" security conference in Amsterdam, a security expert demonstrated how hackers can take control of an airplane by using a mobile device and a few other basic tools.
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The yen fell to a two-year low against the dollar on Wednesday as Japan's new prime minister called for weakening the currency to stimulate inflation, while U.S. stocks fell, led by declines in retailers' shares.
Sales growth at U.S. retailers was projected to have fallen short of expectations during the holiday shopping season, according to preliminary estimates from firms that track retail spending.
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The S&P 500 was down 0.5 percent, with consumer discretionary stocks among the hardest hit. The Morgan Stanley Retail index dropped 1.9 percent.
U.S. shares were also pressured as it appeared Congress will not negotiate a deal before January 1 to avoid the "fiscal cliff," a series of $600 billion in spending cuts and tax hikes that would slow the U.S. economy sharply unless lawmakers take action.
There is concern that potential tax hikes cut into U.S. holiday spending.
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A U.S. official said on Tuesday that President Barack Obama may return to Washington from his Hawaiian holiday as early as Wednesday evening to resume talks.
A series of big decisions will wait until early 2013, when tax rates are scheduled to rise for most Americans. Economists warn that the world's largest economy could fall into recession as a result unless action - even retroactive - is taken to cushion the blow of higher rates and reduced spending that has helped bolster a weak economy.
The Dow Jones industrial average was down 36.95 points, or 0.28 percent, at 13,102.13. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 7.08 points, or 0.50 percent, at 1,419.58. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 19.01 points, or 0.63 percent, at 2,993.59.
U.S. stocks have held in a tight range, recovering losses sustained just after the U.S. election in November. The S&P 500 is still up about 13 percent on the year.
The dollar rose as high as 85.74 yen on trading platform EBS, the highest since September 2010, following the swearing-in of Shinzo Abe as premier and was last at 85.64. The euro rose as high as 113.40 yen, a 16-month high, up 1.4 percent. The euro was at $1.3215 against the dollar, up 0.3 percent.
Abe is calling for a mix of aggressive monetary policy easing and big fiscal spending to beat deflation and weaken the yen. He is pressuring the Bank of Japan to adopt a 2 percent inflation target that would auger for a weaker currency, threatening changes at the central bank if his wishes are not met.
"The election of Abe has had a galvanizing effect on the dollar/yen exchange rate and he has been able to accomplish more in two months of jawboning than the BoJ has... over the past several years," said Boris Schlossberg, managing director of FX strategy at BK Asset Management in New York.
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U.S. single-family home prices rose in October for the ninth month in a row. The S&P/Case Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas gained 0.7 percent in October on a seasonally adjusted basis, stronger than the 0.5 percent rise forecast by economists polled by Reuters.
Ten-year U.S. Treasury notes rose 4/32 of a point in price to yield 1.762 percent.
Brent crude climbed above $110 per barrel on Wednesday, hitting a two-month high, with investors hoping for a last-minute deal to avoid a U.S. fiscal crisis. U.S. crude futures gained $2.22, or 2.5 percent, to $90.83.
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While successful people-to-people diplomacy always requires hard work and creativity, a little star power never hurts. So when recently-retired Major League Baseball great Ken Griffey, Jr. joined 2004 Olympic softball gold medalist Natasha Watley to serve as State Department sports envoys for "Diamond Diplomacy" activities in Mexico City from February 28 to March 4, the program was destined to sparkle.
The envoys hit the ball out of the park as they conducted four days of clinics involving hundreds of young softball and baseball players, talks with students, a Google+ Hangout with participants throughout the Americas, and meetings with Mexican government leaders and sports officials -- activities all designed to emphasize the importance of education, teamwork, and respect for diversity.
The program began on February 28, just in time for the envoys to partner with the U.S. Mission in Mexico City to commemorate Black History Month and highlight how sports break down barriers. Griffey, Jr. spoke about his hero, Jackie Robinson, who became the first African American major league baseball player in 1947. As the program extended into March, the envoys celebrated Women's History Month by reaching out to hundreds of young female participants with messages of empowerment -- both on the field and in the classroom.
The Mexico City program marked another success in what has already been an action-packed year for the State Department's sports diplomacy initiatives. Since January, the Department has dispatched sports envoys to engage underserved youth and their coaches in Bangladesh, Russia, Morocco, and Spain, received sports visitors representing these communities from Mongolia, Argentina, Turkey, Lebanon, Kyrgyzstan, South Korea, and Nigeria, and completed sports grant programs which fostered connections between non-elite American athletes and their counterparts in China, Mexico and Belize. Sports transcend language, economic and social barriers; build a strong foundation of understanding between people of different cultures; and forge life-long relationships.
This year's programming success continues more than a decade of effective State Department sports exchanges. The recent release of the Study of ECA's SportsUnited Programs report showcases many of the outcomes of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs' sports diplomacy programs. The evaluation investigated outcomes from participants of sports programs that took place from 2002 to 2009 -- a retrospective approach designed to capture lasting effects manifested several years after the exchange. Highlights of the evaluation report include:
- 92 percent of respondents reported an improved view of Americans.
- 87 percent of respondents shared their experience from the exchange with others back home.
- 81 percent of respondents rated their knowledge of free speech and freedom of the press as moderate or extensive after the program.
- 69 percent of the coaches and program administrators surveyed indicated they organized new activities or assumed a leadership role in their community.
Visit the Evaluation Division webpage to learn more about the evaluation and download the full report.
The gold standard of global sports diplomacy continues through 2014, as State Department sports programming continues to expand the parameters of diplomacy, reaching underserved populations such as women, youth, and persons with disabilities throughout the world, while empowering them to become active members of their communities and stewards of democratic ideals.
About the Author: Morgan O'Brien serves as a Cultural Affairs Officer in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs' (ECA) SportsUnited Office.


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If you're not born into a place or happen to study somewhere that has direct access to corridors of power and greatness (of political and technical superiority), then at certain age you stop dreaming or even having a vision of being captain of the ship (ie the world). Yet how near the access can be eludes our well tamed mind. Steve Jobs realised early (before becoming Apple's CEO again) that the world outside him was not smarter than him. Conversely, we live on same crust of earth and breathe same air that 'masters' breathe. But why do it rarely happens for underdogs, poor and powerless to break new grounds? It isn't simply a history of lack of resources. It may well be lack of vision.
Al Qaeda has got some smart people in its analysis team. No matter how much I dislike them, they know how to play the game. They used American's superiority and turned it into their weakness by drawing them into the pit of hell called Afghanistan by a single act of destroying two buildings. So many stones and metal is destroyed on a daily basis. So many die every die. But it was their vision and understanding of their enemy that despite having no army of their own they dragged the Empire and pricked it with death of its 2000+ expensive killing men and just a trillion dollar.
My concern however is simply that I have lack of belief about being in the shoes of say Obama, Bill Gates, or terror monster such as Baghdadi (alumni of American prison in Iraq).
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Top 10 albums of 2012 critics' picks: Adrian Mack
If it seems like I'm handing out career-achievement awards for half of this list, it's probably related to the number of times this year I got three tracks into the latest best-fucking-thing-ever and ended up rolling my eyes and reaching for Let It Bleed instead. Farewell, indie rock (please).
Bobby Womack
The Bravest Man in the Universe
Bobby Womack has been, at times, a very, very troubled man, as the 68-year-old soul belter admits with palpable regret and much wisdom over this astonishing comeback disc. Even with its self-conscious electronic arrangements and time-stamped cameos (hello and goodbye, Lana Del Ray), this thing is a raging artistic success.
Royal Headache
Royal Headache
I realize that we're all fabulous young moderns with awesome space-phones and a nodding acquaintance with the dominant electronic sounds of the time, but some things are just fucking eternal, like peanut butter in your chocolate and an Australian guy with Steve Marriott's voice screaming along with a band that sounds like Swell Maps.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Chosen over Psychedelic Pill because, er, I haven't heard Psychedelic Pill. Even then, I'm not sure if the pure joy I derived from this album could be matched, not least because it soared so high above anybody's expectations. Best moment: the conceptual coup de grace of sticking the Silhouettes' doo-wop standard "Get a Job" right in the middle of Young's growling take on American folk standards like "Clementine".
Scott Walker
Bish Bosch
Amazingly, Bish Bosch manages to be both the bleakest and the funniest record in the trilogy Walker began so terrifyingly in 1995 with Tilt. Here's the thing: point me to one other 69-year-old former pop god whose work so devastatingly reflects the terrible losses we've endured since the cultural pinnacle of the '60s. The sun ain't gonna shine anymore, indeed.
Tame Impala
Not just the album we lonerists have long deserved, but decisive proof that the future-retro math of debut Innerspeaker could not only be duplicated under lab conditions but actually refined and improved.
Rodney DeCroo
Included here for his whole canon as much as Allegheny itself, DeCroo's magnificent spoken-word album is like the melancholic epilogue to the inspired streak of roots-rock records that preceded it.
Sun Araw & M. Geddes Gengras Meet the Congos
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Or the Congos meet the smart-asses uptown, if you like. A fascinating clash of old-world manners and new dub schizophrenia, it's as if everybody involved has forged a new musical Esperanto by the time the album ends.
In Your Brain
There's a shit ton of great neo-soul out there but Monophonics keep it dirtier than most, which is why I have it piped into the master bedroom through the speaker hidden behind my black velvet painting of Pam Grier.
Jake Bugg
Jake Bugg
This gem of a debut went huge in the U.K., which is hardly surprising since it sounds like Alex Turner collaborating with an 18-year-old version of Lonnie Donegan. The neo-skiffle movement starts (and likely ends) here.
World Music
And so Sweden's psych-masters Dungen begat Goat, who replaced the flutes and pastoral leanings with something that sounds like the Exorcist II soundtrack as played by voodoo pygmies. Un-fucking-believable.
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Dec 13, 2012 at 4:40pm
Fuck me. Goat simply kicks ass.
Let me repeat: Fuck me. Goat simply kicks ass.
Thanks for the head's up Adrian. "I heard it here first" so to speak...(never heard them 'till now)
Dec 15, 2012 at 10:27am
Please, Please, Please
Dec 17, 2012 at 9:40am
Indie rock, as in the DIY ethos, manage your own affairs, non genre specific "business model" is great
Indie rock, the subgenre populated by barely able to play, lo fi prententious crap should have been stillborn, or better yet, aborted
Dec 22, 2012 at 10:03am
Mr. Mack's discredits himself with the liberal use of profanity, and this is supported by the quality of the reviews. This is music? Even Neil Young is a disappointment.