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Pope Francis at Mass: the merciful gaze of Jesus
(Vatican Radio) Allowing ourselves to be looked upon by Jesus, whose gaze changes our lives: this was the focus of Pope Francis' remarks after the readings at Mass on Saturday morning, the Feast of St Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist, whose conversion story is told in the Gospel passage of the day.
Jesus looks Matthew – a tax collector, a public sinner whose whole life was money, which he idolized – right in the eye. Then, said Pope Fraancis, "[Matthew feels] in his heart the gaze of the Lord who looked upon him.":
"That gaze overtook him completely, it changed his life. We say he was converted. He Changed his life. 'As soon as he felt that gaze in his heart, he got up and followed him.' This is true: Jesus' gaze always lifts us up. It is a look that always lifts us up, and never leaves you in your place, never lets us down, never humiliates. It invites you to get up - a look that brings you to grow, to move forward, that encourages you, because [the One who looks upon you] loves you. The gaze makes you feel that He loves you. This gives the courage to follow Him: 'And he got up and followed him.'"
"The gaze of Jesus," said Pope Francis, "[is not something] magical: Jesus was not a specialist in hypnosis." Jesus looked on everyone, and everyone felt His gaze upon him, as if Jesus had called each person by name … and this look would change the lives of everyone." So did Peter change, who, after denying his Lord then met His gaze and wept bitterly. Then there is the final gaze, from the Cross. "He looked on His mother, looked at the [beloved] disciple and said, with that look, he told us that His mother was our mother and that the Church is mother - with a look. Then he looked at the Good Thief, and once again to Peter, "[who was] afraid, after the Resurrection, with those three questions: 'Do you love me?' - a look that shamed him. The Pope said it will do us well to think and pray about this gaze of Jesus, and to let ourselves be looked on by Him. "Jesus goes to the house of Matthew as he was sitting at the table many sinners arrive. "Word had spread, and all of society - but not the [respectable folks] - felt invited to lunch," as it happened in the parable of the king who ordered the servants to go to the main crossroads to invite to his son's wedding as many people as they met, both good and bad:
"And sinners, tax collectors and sinners, they felt that Jesus had looked on them and that gaze of Jesus upon them – I believe – was like a breath on embers, and they felt that there was fire in the belly, again, and that Jesus made
lifted them up, gave them back their dignity. The gaze of Jesus always makes us worthy, gives us dignity. It is a generous look. 'But behold, what a teacher: dining with the dregs of the city!': But beneath that dirt there were the embers of desire for God, the embers of God's image that wanted someone who could help them be kindled anew. This is what the gaze of Jesus does."
"All of us, in our lives," concluded Pope Francis, "have felt this gaze, and not once only: many times! Perhaps the person of a priest, who taught us doctrine or forgave our sins, perhaps in the help of friends.":
"But all of us find ourselves before that gaze, that marvelous gaze, and we go forward in life, in the certainty that He looks upon us. He too, however, awaits us, in order to look on us definitively – and that final gaze of Jesus upon our lives will be forever, it will be eternal. I ask all the saints upon whom Jesus has looked, to prepare us to let ourselves be looked upon in life, and that they prepare us also for that final – and first! – gaze of Jesus!"
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PHOENIX -- Tempe Elementary School District No. 3 discriminated on the basis of age when it applied an early retirement incentive plan which granted greater economic benefits to younger employees based upon their age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
The EEOC's lawsuit, EEOC v. Tempe Elementary School District No. 3, (CV 11-01909- PHX-DGC) filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in Phoenix, alleges that the school district maintained an early retirement incentive plan that was unlawful. Specifically, the EEOC charges that the school district's plan is discriminatory because it grants more favorable benefits to younger employees based on their age. Under the school district's retirement plan, employees are reimbursed for accumulated leave based on their age at retirement, with those retiring at a younger age being treated more favorably than those who retire after age 60.
Such alleged conduct violates the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), which prohibits state and local governments, as well as private employers, from discriminating against individuals aged 40 and older in terms, conditions, and privileges of employment—including retirement programs-- because of their age.
The EEOC filed suit after exhausting its conciliation efforts to reach a voluntary pre-litigation settlement. The agency is seeking monetary relief including the amount of money a retiree should have received but for the discrimination with prejudgment interest. The Commission is also seeking an injunction prohibiting future discrimination to prevent Tempe Elementary School District No. 3 from engaging in further practices that discriminate on the basis of age.
"Early retirement incentive plans which discriminate on their face based upon age are illegal and need to be changed," said EEOC Regional Attorney Mary Jo O'Neill. "People in their '60s should not be penalized merely because they want to continue working."
Rayford O. Irvin, District Director of the EEOC's Phoenix District Office, added, "The Age Discrimination in Employment Act was enacted to eliminate discrimination based on age. With more people working longer and delaying retirement, we will actively protect the rights of people over 40 to be free from this type of discrimination."
EEOC's Phoenix District Office has jurisdiction over Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and part of New Mexico (including Albuquerque).
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing the nation's laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.

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For those who always saw James Cameron's blockbuster Terminator 2 as somehow eerily inevitable, recent trends in the development of warfare are proving them correct. How will the nature of warfare change with the advent of autonomous robots that can make their own decisions to kill? Think tanks that advise military planning and policies are now warning that the dawn of autonomous, killer robots – in real life – is upon us, and could be wielded by the enemy to create an unstoppable force.
Investors and analysts throw around the term "Fed" without much reflection on what the Federal Reserve actually is and is not. It's important to understand the Fed's structure as a prelude to understanding its policy process. The Federal Reserve is not a single central bank, but a system of twelve regional reserve banks under the supervision of a board of governors in Washington DC. Many a-list celebs have tones of fame but their fortunes are small potatoes compared to these folks, the billionaires. The story of millionaire Simon Cowell, who dropped out of school at 15, worked for Sony BMG and EMI Music.
Our roundtable guests talk about their roles as agents and being acknowledged by their clients. The world knows Valeria Lukyanova as the girl who turned herself into a real-life Barbie doll. I agree with Orlov that US weapon systems are more focused on profits than on effectiveness and that Russia has superior weapons and a superior cause based on protection rather than dominance. In short, it could change everything, though it is unclear if it will lead to a final stand by a human army against the rise of AI.
Initially, the Nikkei saw a sell-off then an attempted rally just after lunch but that was to fizzle-out eventually closing down 1.1%. Paul Craig Roberts: I use the writings of Orlov and The Saker as checks on my own conclusions. Knowing how the central bank is organized and who's in charge can position you to preserve wealth and even profit from the coming Fed-induced turmoil. However, in his assessment of the possibility of nuclear war, I think that Orlov under-appreciates the commitment of Washington's Neoconservatives to US world hegemony and the recklessness of the Neoconservatives and Hillary Clinton. It has a chairperson, currently Janet Yellen, and a vice chairperson, currently Stanley Fischer.
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The $1 billion fraud unearthed last week at a leading Indian outsourcing firm has spawned fears it could tarnish the image of India overseas as an outsourcing powerhouse, thus impeding business prospects.
Two days after B. Ramalinga Raju and his brother Rama Raju were taken into judicial custody for orchestrating the fraud, labeled widely as "India's Enron," the Indian government, in damage-control mode, swooped in to take control of Satyam, the beleaguered outsourcing company they cofounded. On Sunday, it appointed three leading businessmen to the board of Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
Last week, Mr. Ramalinga Raju admitted to concocting key financial results of Satyam Computer Services Ltd. "for years," while vastly overstating revenues and bank balances.
The magnitude of this fraud – the worst ever witnessed by corporate India – has sent shock waves across the country. Particularly unpalatable is the fact that Mr. Raju was no fly-by-night cash embezzler, but the chairman of India's fourth-largest outsourcing company. Satyam boasts of being the back office of more than 185 Fortune 500 companies, with a network spanning 66 countries. Many analysts fret this scam could impede the growth of the country's $40 billion outsourcing industry, long hailed as the engine of India's economic resurgence.
"For years, Raju was lionized as one of the whiz-kids of the IT [information technology] sector," says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, a New Delhi-based commentator. "There is no doubt this is a heavy blow to India Inc.'s [squeaky-clean] reputation overseas."
It isn't clear if the Satyam scam will deter multinational companies from outsourcing business to India or entrusting Indian outsourcing firms – attractive for their cheap labor and efficiency – with sensitive confidential data.
The National Association of Software Services Companies, India's IT watchdog, emphasizes that Satyam's case is an exception.
"This is a stand-alone case of the failure of corporate governance, and it is critical that it be viewed in this light," it said in a statement.
But it is a blow to the outsourcing industry, reeling under a slowdown. "The timing could not have been worse," the Indian Express, a national daily, editorialized Thursday. "We are less than a fortnight away from the inauguration of the least globalization-friendly American president in decades. At the cusp of a possible attitudinal shift in US policy towards offshoring, the collapse of one of the biggest Indian outsourcing companies amid allegations of ethical breaches is simply catastrophic."
"This incident is a black eye," Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman of Infosys, India's second-largest software firm, told the media last week. "We have been promoting Indian entrepreneurs, [the] Indian [corporate sector] as the flagship of 'brand India.' When one of the lot has deplorable behavior, then obviously it affects us all."
Before he fell from grace, Ramalinga Raju was hailed by investors as a visionary who shepherded his company to post profit margins exceeding 20 percent every year. Buoyantly declaring a 28 percent year-over-year revenue growth in the second quarter last year, he said: "We achieved this despite a challenging global macroeconomic environment."
But last week, Raju conceded that Satyam's revenues had been overstated by 76 percent and profits by some 97 percent. The stated operating margin of 24 percent was actually 3 percent.
The chase of huge profits and the pressure to meet investor expectations may have been behind his actions, some analysts say.
That pressure affects every major outsourcing player, Mr. Nilekani emphasizes.
"All of us who run companies must really put ethics, corporate governance, and running a transparent company in the front," he says. "If results are bad we should declare that, if profits are low we should declare that, but we should not do anything which impairs the trust of our stakeholders."
Analysts say poor accounting standards that allow manipulation of figures without being detected by Indian regulators are a key problem.
"We were disappointed but not surprised by Satyam's revelations," says Saurabh Mukherjea, head of Indian Equities, at Noble, a London-based investment bank. "Our daily encounters with listed Indian companies suggest that there are more Satyams in the pipeline thanks to enfeebled regulation, weak accounting discipline, and aggressive promoter behavior."
In his regular encounters with Indian companies listed at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE 500 index), he has discovered several fraudulent and unethical corporate practices.
In recent years, he has found at least 10 companies in the BSE 500 that have manipulated finances, he says, by "shifting expenses away from the current period by significantly reducing depreciation rates." At least 15 companies have "disbursed the bulk of their loans and advances to companies in which directors have an interest."
But while investor confidence in the very near term might take a knock, Mr. Mukherjea is optimistic that India Inc. will emerge from the crisis.
"In the country where accounting scandals have been exposed most frequently – the US – such scandals do not appear to have a bearing on the overall direction of the market," he says.
A year after accounting irregularities in Cendant and Sunbeam (two of the biggest such cases before Enron) were discovered in April 1998, he notes, the S&P 500 rose 17 percent.
"With the Indian market almost unprecedentedly cheap, this [might be] a good time to look for attractively valued companies," he says, "provided investors are willing to use forensic accounting analysis and primary data checks to avoid the next Satyam."


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Applies To: Windows Server 2008
The event logs record events that happen on the computer. Examining the events in these logs can help you trace activity, respond to events, and keep your systems secure. Configuring these logs properly can help you manage the logs more efficiently and use the information that they provide more effectively.
Windows Vista® and Windows Server® 2008 have a new event system that saves event log files as XML files that can be reported on and managed as part of a collective reporting schema. There are several additional log providers and categories that you can monitor.
Event Viewer in Windows Vistaand Windows Server 2008 tracks information in a number of logs, including:
Windows Logs. This provider contains the following events logs from the operating system:
Application. Events in this Windows log are classified as error, warning, or information, depending on the severity of the event. An error is a significant problem, such as loss of data. A warning is an event that is not necessarily significant but might indicate a possible future problem. An information event describes the successful operation of a program, driver, or service.
Security. This Windows log contains security-related events, which are called "audit events," and are described as successful or failed, depending on the event, such as whether a user's attempt to log on to Windows® was successful.
Setup. This Windows log records events related to installing programs and services on the computer. Computers that are configured as domain controllers have additional logs displayed in this category.
System. This Windows log records system events that are sent by Windows and Windows system services, and are classified as error, warning, or information.
Forwarded Events. This Windows log records events are forwarded to this log by other computers.
Applications and Services Logs. Applications and Services Logs is a new category of event log provider. Each application or service installed on the computer will have an individual log. These logs store events from a single application or service rather than events that might have systemwide impact. This category of logs includes four subtypes for which the application or service can provide events: Admin, Operational, Analytic, and Debug logs.
Admin. Events that are found in the Admin channels indicate a problem and a well-defined solution that an administrator can act on. An example of an admin event is an event that occurs when an application fails to connect to a printer. These events are either well documented or have a message associated with them that gives the reader direct instructions of what must be done to rectify the problem.
Operational. Events that are found in the Operational channels are used for analyzing and diagnosing a problem or occurrence. They can be used to trigger tools or tasks based on the problem or occurrence. An example of an operational event is an event that occurs when a printer is added or removed from a system.
Analytic. Events that are found in the Analytic channels aid in performance evaluations and troubleshooting. These events are published in high volume, so they should only be enabled and logged for limited amounts of time as part of a diagnostic process. They describe program operation and may indicate problems that cannot be handled by user intervention.
Debug. Events that are found in the Debug channels can be used by developers when troubleshooting issues with their programs.
Both Analytic and Debug logs are hidden and disabled by default. To use these logs, first start Event Viewer, click the View menu, and then select Show Analytic and Debug Logs to make these logs visible. Then select the Analytic or Debug log that you want to enable and on the Action menu, click Properties. On the properties dialog box, select Enable logging and click OK.
Each of these logs has attributes, such as maximum log size, access rights for each log, and retention settings and methods, each of which can be defined in the appropriate Event Log section in Group Policy.
Event Log Settings
The Event Log Group Policy settings have been moved to a separate administrative template file in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. You can configure the event log settings in the following locations within the Group Policy Management Console:
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Event Log Service\
Subordinate folders exist for the following event logs by default:
The same set of policy settings is available for each event log. The Setup folder has an additional policy setting that allows logging to be turned on. The following sections describe the options and issues for configuring event log settings for better system management and security.
The event log Group Policy settings in Windows Server® 2003 are still supported on Vista. However, if the new Group Policy settings for the Event Log Service are also specified, they take precedence.
Maximum log size (KB)
This policy setting specifies the maximum sizes of the log files. An individual setting may be specified for each of the Application, Security, Setup, and System event log channels. The user interfaces (UIs) of both the Local Group Policy Editor and the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Event Viewer snap-in allow you to enter values as large as 2 terabytes. If this setting is not configured, event logs have a default maximum size of 20 megabytes.
Although there is no simple equation to determine the best log size for a particular server, you can calculate a reasonable size by multiplying the average event size by the average number of events per month, assuming that you back your logs up on a monthly schedule. The average event takes up about 500 bytes within each log, and the log file sizes must be a multiple of 64 KB. If you can estimate the average number of events that are generated each day for each type of log in your organization, you can determine a good size for each type of log file.
For example, if your file server generates 5,000 events per day in its Security log and you want to ensure that you have at least four weeks of data available at all times, you should configure the size of that log to about 70 MB (calculated as 500 bytes * 5000 events per day * 28 days = 70,000,000 bytes). Then check the servers occasionally over the following four weeks to verify that your calculations are correct and that the logs retain enough events for your needs. Event log size and log wrapping should be defined to match the business and security requirements that you determined when you designed your organization's security plan.
Possible values:
When enabled, specify a user-defined value in KBs between 1024 and 2147483647, which must be a multiple of 64.
Disabled or Not Configured
The maximum size of the log file maximum size is set to the local configuration value. This value can be changed by the local administrator using the log properties dialog box, and it defaults to 20 megabytes.
If you significantly increase the number of objects to audit in your organization and if you enabled the Audit: Shut down system immediately if unable to log security audits setting, there is a risk that the Security log will reach its capacity and force the computer to shut down. If such a shutdown occurs, the computer is unusable until an administrator clears the Security log. To prevent such a shutdown, you can disable the Audit: Shut down system immediately if unable to log security audits setting that is described in Security Options and increase the Security log size.
Enable sensible log-size policies for all computers in your organization so that legitimate users can be held accountable for their actions, unauthorized activity can be detected and tracked, and computer problems can be detected and diagnosed. Article 957662 "Recommended settings for event log sizes in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows Server 2008" (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=131753) provides guidance for the maximum size of event logs that you should configure on your server.
Potential impact
By default when event logs fill to capacity, the computer overwrites the oldest entries with the most recent ones. To mitigate the risk of loss of older data, you can configure the computer to automatically back up the log when it becomes full.
Ideally, all specifically monitored events should be sent to a server that uses System Center Operations Manager 2007 or other automated monitoring tool. Such a configuration is particularly important because an attacker who successfully compromises a server could clear the Security log. If all events are sent to a monitoring server, you can gather forensic information about the attacker's activities.
Log access
This policy setting determines which user accounts have access to log files and what usage rights are granted. Individual setting may be specified for each of the Application, Security, Setup, and System event log channels.
Possible values:
Not Configured
Enabling this setting allows you to enter a security descriptor for the log file. The security descriptor controls who can read, write, or clear the event log. You enter the security descriptor using Security Definition Description Language (SDDL). The following example shows the default SDDL string for the Application log:
O:BAG:SYD:(D;; 0xf0007;;;AN)(D;; 0xf0007;;;BG)(A;; 0xf0007;;;SY)(A;; 0x5;;;BA)(A;; 0x7;;;SO)(A;; 0x3;;;IU)(A;; 0x2;;;BA)(A;; 0x2;;;LS)(A;; 0x2;;;NS) In this example, the first ACE denies Anonymous Users read, write, and clear access to the log. The sixth ACE permits Interactive Users to read and write to the log. For more information about SDDL syntax and about how to construct an SDDL string, see the MSDN topic Security Descriptor String Format (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=96260).
If this setting is disabled or not configured for the application or setup logs, all authentication users can write, read, and clear the log. If this policy setting is disabled or not configured for the security log, only system software and administrators can read or clear the log.
Attackers who successfully log on to a computer can learn important information about the computer if they are able to view the event logs. They could then use this information to implement additional exploits.
Enable the Log access setting for the policies of all event logs.
Potential impact
None. This is the default configuration.
Retain old events
This policy setting controls Event Log behavior when the log file reaches its maximum size. When this policy setting is enabled and a log file reaches its maximum size, new events are not written to the log and are lost. When this policy setting is disabled and a log file reaches its maximum size, new events overwrite old events.
Possible values:
Not Configured
Old events may or may not be retained according to the Backup log automatically when full policy setting. You should only configure this setting if you archive the log at scheduled intervals and you ensure that the maximum log size is large enough to accommodate the interval.
Retaining old events introduces a greater risk of both a DoS attack by filling up the event log and an evidence obfuscation method by preventing critical information about an attack from being logged due to lack of space.
Configure the Retain old events setting for the policies of all four event logs to Not Defined. If you decide that you must retain old events logs, configure the Backup log automatically when full policy setting to mitigate the risk associated with this setting.
Potential impact
None. This is the default configuration.
Backup log automatically when full
This policy setting controls Event Log behavior when the log file reaches its maximum size and takes effect only if the Retain old events policy setting is enabled. If you enable this policy setting and the Retain old events policy setting is enabled, the Event Log file is automatically closed and renamed when it is full. A new file is then started. If you disable this policy setting and the Retain old events policy setting is enabled, new events are discarded and the old events are retained. When this policy setting is not configured and the Retain old events policy setting is enabled, new events are discarded and the old events are retained.
Possible values:
Not Configured
If you significantly increase the number of objects to audit in your organization, there is a risk that the Security log will reach its capacity and force the computer to shut down. If such a shutdown occurs, the computer is unusable until an administrator clears the Security log. To prevent such a shutdown, you can disable the Audit: Shut down system immediately if unable to log security audits setting that is described in Security Options and then increase the Security log size.
If you enable the Retain old events policy setting and enable and specify a Maximum log size policy setting, you should also enable the Backup log automatically when full policy setting to ensure that all valued events are recorded and retained and that there is no loss of service due to lack of storage for event logs.
Ideally, all significant events are sent to a monitoring server that uses Operations Manager 2007 or other automated monitoring tool.
Potential impact
Computers must have enough local storage to create a backup file or access to a network storage location to create the backup file. If the events cannot be logged because the disk is full or unavailable, the events are lost. Security events are the exception to this rule if you have enabled the Audit: Shut down system immediately if unable to log security audits policy setting, in which case the impacted computer shuts down.
Log access
In Windows Vista, and Windows Server® 2008, it is possible to customize the permissions on each event log on a computer. Some organizations may want to grant read-only access to one or more of the System event logs and to some members of the IT team, such as auditors. The access control list (ACL) is stored as a Security Descriptor Definition Language (SDDL) string. If this policy setting is enabled, only those users matching the security descriptor can access the log.
You cannot use this setting to configure write permissions for the log.
If this policy is disabled or not configured, the following default log access rights are enforced:
Application and Setup logs
All authenticated users can write/read/clear the log.
System log
Only system software and administrators can write or clear the log. Any authenticated user can read events from it.
Security log
Only system software and administrators can read or clear the log.
Users, both legitimate and illegitimate, who are attempting to hide evidence of prohibited activities could clear the event logs that could be used against them.
Identify which log files are valued in your organization. The security event log has the most restrictive default settings, but events in the application log or setup log may also be useful for forensic investigation. Configure the SID to match the user account that is trusted to manage and monitor those logs.
Potential impact
Users may not be able to access event log data for troubleshooting information.
Additional references
The following links provide additional information about event logging in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista:
For more information about SDDL, see Security Descriptor String Format.
For more information about events in Windows Vista, see Event Viewer and Resulting Internet Communication in Windows Vista (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=100973).


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Despite going unsigned last December after being released by the Minnesota Vikings, Donovan McNabb is not ready to call it quits. And in his effort to get back into the NFL, McNabb is working with a personal quarterback coach for the first time in his 13-year career.
In a report for ESPN, Shelley Smith spoke with McNabb about his off-season workouts revealing several interesting tidbits...
- McNabb says he has dropped 15-20 pounds and that he is in "great shape."
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Towards the end of last month, the first full, software-enabled unlock for the hottest gadget in town was announced. iPhoneSIMfree's solution was quickly verified, and consumers who wanted an iPhone without having to sign a contract with AT&T rejoiced. That rejoicing has become a bit more muted, however, as iPhoneSIMfree has now announced that it will not unlock phones for end users, choosing instead to deal only with so-called resellers.
The development is a very dangerous one for customers in the United States, and users should fully understand the dangers involved before leaping into what appears to be a money grab.
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Originally, iPhoneSIMfree said it would sell its unlocking software directly to end users, but in an e-mail forwarded to us by a handful of "interested customers," iPhoneSIMfree changed its tune. The operation is now calling itself a "wholesale only" company that will make the unlock available only to "resellers," leaving end users without the software they were told was coming. Well, kinda.
The company now requires a minimum purchase of 50 licenses, with bulk pricing ranging from $36 (in lots of 50) to $25 per phone (in lots of 5000). Translation: you, too, can become a "reseller" for the true "entry-level" cost of $1,800. The end result is that iPhoneSIMfree is asking for gobs of money up front, and to make matters worse, they're asking end users to essentially become business partners in a potentially illegal business operation.
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Cell phone unlocking exists in a strange gray area in the US. Last year, the US Register of Copyrights gave a DMCA exemption to cell phone owners who wanted to unlock a phone to work on another network. But anyone can still run afoul of the DMCA by selling unlocking software or engaging in its distribution in any way, because the Register of Copyrights didn't bother to provide protection for those distributing unlocking tools. That's why another company, UniquePhones, put its plans to sell its own unlocking service on hold after receiving a nastygram from AT&T's legal department early last week.
With iPhoneSIMfree's "reseller" program," the company is asking you to become part of a distribution scheme. It's a very gray area, legally speaking, because a "reseller" in this instance is engaging in distribution by definition, even if no net profits are involved. Of course, if Joe User buys a 50 pack license and does not use those licenses for anyone but himself, he may be able to argue that he wasn't distributing. However, if Joe is going in on a group deal to buy the licenses, it could be argued that this is distribution. In either case, such activity could invite legal scrutiny.
To be clear, we're not lawyers, and the DMCA is notoriously complex. There are, however, absolutely no garauntees that Americans joining the "reseller" program won't end up on the wrong side of an investigation.
Barring the availability of a free, open-source software unlock, it looks like getting one's hands on one of the commercial solutions is going to be harder than most iPhone users thought. That should make AT&T and Apple happy, though the pair may now find itself bogged down chasing resellers as well as iPhoneSIMfree.
Why the change?
Why would iPhoneSIMfree do this? First and foremost, going the wholesale route allows iPhoneSIMfree to hedge its bets. Bulk orders enable iPhoneSIMfree to maximize its revenues quickly, which is especially attractive if the company isn't planning on being around for a long time. That's a possibility envisioned on the Hackint0sh forums, where news of the unlock's availability is labeled as a possible scam. Nevertheless, users there are talking about pooling their money to get in on the reseller program, scam or not. (That is exactly the kind of activity we're warning you about.)
Just as important, iPhoneSIMfree is also very careful to point out that it cannot promise that its unlocking solution will continue to work. "We CANNOT guarantee that this software will work after any future updates for the iphone," according to the e-mail sent out by the company. "It does currently work on all firmware versions up to and including 1.02. We will naturally try to provide our resellers an updated version of our software for each firmware update, it is in our interest, but we do NOT guarantee that we will be able to do so."
In other words, future updates from Apple are likely to thwart iPhoneSIMfree's software-only solution, and there is no guarantee that the company will triumph in the inevitable battle of patches and unlocks. From where we sit, something just doesn't look right. Buyer beware.


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endemic disease
a physical or mental disorder caused by health conditions constantly present within a community. It usually describes an infection that is transmitted directly or indirectly between humans and is occurring at the usual expected rate.
endemic diseaseEpidemiology The presence of a disease or infectious agent in a given geographic area or population group; ED also refers to the usual prevalence of a given disease in an area or group
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Continued prevalence of a disease in a specific population or geographic area.
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Endemic disease
An infectious disease that occurs frequently in a specific geographical locale. The disease often occurs in cycles. Influenza is an example of an endemic disease.
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traditionally defined as a finite abnormality of structure or function with an identifiable pathological or clinicopathological basis, and with a recognizable syndrome or constellation of clinical signs.
This definition has long since been widened to embrace subclinical diseases in which there is no tangible clinical syndrome but which are identifiable by chemical, hematological, biophysical, microbiological or immunological means. The definition is used even more widely to include failure to produce at expected levels in the presence of normal levels of nutritional supply and environmental quality. It is to be expected that the detection of residues of disqualifying chemicals in foods of animal origin will also come to be included within the scope of disease.
For specific diseases see under the specific name, e.g. Aujeszsky's disease, Bang's disease, foot-and-mouth disease.
air-borne disease
the causative agent is transmitted via the air without the need for intervention by other medium. See also wind-borne disease.
clinical disease
see clinical (3).
disease cluster
a group of animals with the same disease occurs at an unusual level of prevalence for the population as a whole. The cluster may be in space, with high concentrations in particular localities, or in time, with high concentrations in particular seasons or in particular years.
communicable disease
infectious disease in which the causative agents may pass or be carried from one animal to another directly or indirectly on inanimate objects or via vectors.
complicating disease
one that occurs in the course of some other disease as a complication.
constitutional disease
one involving a system of organs or one with widespread signs.
contagious disease
see communicable disease (above).
disease control
reducing the prevalence of a disease in a population, including eradication, by chemical, pharmaceutical, quarantine, management including culling, or other means or combinations of means.
disease control programs
organized routines specifying agents, administration, time and personnel allocations, community support, funding, participation of corporate or government agencies, animal and animal product disposal.
deficiency disease
a condition due to dietary or metabolic deficiency, including all diseases caused by an insufficient supply of essential nutrients.
degenerative joint disease
see degenerative joint disease, osteoarthritis.
demyelinating disease
any condition characterized by destruction of myelin.
disease determinant
any variable associated with a disease which, if removed or altered, results in a change in the incidence of the disease.
egg-borne disease
an infectious disease of birds in which the agent is spread via the egg.
endemic disease
see endemic.
environmental disease control
control by changing the environment, e.g. draining a swamp, ventilating a barn.
epidemic disease
see epidemic.
etiological disease classification
diseases arranged in the order of their etiological agents, e.g. bacterial, mycoplasma.
exotic disease
a disease that does not occur in the subject country. Said of infectious diseases that may be introduced, e.g. rabies is exotic to the UK, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia is exotic to the USA.
focal disease
a localized disease.
fulminant disease
an explosive outbreak in a group or a rapidly developing, peracute development of a disease in an individual. Called also fulminating.
functional disease
any disease involving body functions but not associated with detectable organic lesion or change.
generalized disease
one involving all or many body systems; often said of infectious diseases in which there is spread via the bloodstream. See also systemic disease (below).
glycogen disease
any of a group of genetically determined disorders of glycogen metabolism, marked by abnormal storage of glycogen in the body tissues. See also glycogen storage disease.
heavy chain disease
see heavy-chain disease.
hemolytic disease of newborn
see alloimmune hemolytic anemia of the newborn.
hemorrhagic disease of newborn
see neonatal hemorrhagic disease.
disease history
that part of a patient's history which relates only to the disease from which the patient is suffering.
holoendemic disease
most animals in the population are affected.
hyperendemic disease
the rate of infection is steady but high.
hypoendemic disease
the rate of infection is steady and only a few animals are infected.
immune complex disease
see immune complex disease.
infectious disease
one caused by small living organisms including viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa and metazoan parasites. It may be contagious in origin, result from nosocomial infections or be due to endogenous microflora of the nose and throat, skin or bowel. See also communicable disease (above).
manifestational disease classification
diseases arranged in the order of their clinical signs, epidemiological characteristics, necropsy lesions, e.g. sudden death diseases.
mesoendemic disease
the disease occurs at an even rate and a moderate proportion of animals are infected.
metabolic disease
see metabolic diseases.
molecular disease
any disease in which the pathogenesis can be traced to a single, precise chemical alteration, usually of a protein, which is either abnormal in structure or present in reduced amounts. The corresponding defect in the DNA coding for the protein may also be known.
multicausal disease
1. a number of causative agents are needed to combine to cause the disease.
2. the same disease can be caused by a number of different agents.
multifactorial disease
see multicausal disease (above).
new disease
disease not previously recorded. May be variants on an existing disease, e.g. infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, or escapes from other species, e.g. the Marburg virus disease of humans.
notifiable disease
a disease of which any occurrence is required by law to be notified to government authorities.
organic disease
see organic disease.
pandemic disease
a very widespread epidemic involving several countries or an entire continent.
quarantinable disease
a disease which the law requires to be restricted in its spread by putting the affected animals, farms or properties on which it occurs in quarantine.
reportable disease
see notifiable disease (above).
disease reservoir
any animal or fomite in which an infectious disease agent is preserved in a viable state or multiplies and upon which it may depend for survival.
secondary disease
1. a disease subsequent to or a consequence of another disease or condition.
2. a condition due to introduction of incompatible, immunologically competent cells into a host rendered incapable of rejecting them by heavy exposure to ionizing radiation.
self-limited disease
see self-limited.
sex-limited disease
disease limited in its occurrence to one or other sex. See also sex-linked.
sexually transmitted disease (STD)
a disease that can be acquired by sexual intercourse.
slaughter disease control
see slaughter (2).
sporadic disease
occurring singly and haphazardly; widely scattered; not epidemic or endemic. See also sporadic bovine encephalomyelitis, sporadic leukosis, sporadic lymphangitis.
storage disease
see storage disease.
disease syndrome
see syndrome.
systemic disease
sufficiently widespread in the body to cause clinical signs referable to any organ or system, and in which localization of infection may occur in any organ.
disease triangle
interaction between the host, the disease agent, and the environment.
disease wastage
loss of income generated by production of milk, eggs, fiber, or loss of capital value because of diminution in the patient's value.
wasting disease
any disease marked especially by progressive emaciation and weakness.
zoonotic disease
disease capable of spread from animals to humans. See also zoonosis.


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Disopyramide Phosphate Information
DISOPYRAMIDE (dye soe PEER a mide) is an antiarrhythmic drug. It helps make your heart beat regularly. This medicine also helps to slow rapid heartbeats.
This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
They need to know if you have any of these conditions: -diabetes -difficulty passing urine -glaucoma -heart disease or previous heart attack -kidney disease -liver disease -low blood pressure -malnutrition -myasthenia gravis -an unusual or allergic reaction to disopyramide, other medicines, foods, dyes, or preservatives -pregnant or trying to get pregnant -breast-feeding
Take this medicine by mouth with a glass of water. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Take your doses at regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often than directed. Do not stop taking this medicine suddenly. This may cause serious, heart-related side effects. Your doctor will tell you how much medicine to take. If your doctor wants you to stop the medicine, the dose will be slowly lowered over time to avoid any side effects. Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. While this drug may be prescribed for selected conditions, precautions do apply.
Overdosage: If you think you have taken too much of this medicine contact a poison control center or emergency room at once. NOTE: This medicine is only for you. Do not share this medicine with others.
If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses.
Do not take this medicine with any of the following medications: -amoxapine -antivirals for HIV or AIDS -apomorphine -arsenic trioxide -certain antibiotics like clarithromycin, erythromycin, pentamidine -certain medicines for depression like maprotiline, tricyclic antidepressants -certain medicines for fungal infections like fluconazole, itraconazole, ketoconazole, posaconazole, voriconazole -certain medicines for malaria like chloroquine, halofantrine -cisapride -droperidol -haloperidol -hawthorn -methadone -other medicines for irregular heart beat like dofetilide, dronedarone -phenothiazines like chlorpromazine, mesoridazine, thioridazine -pimozide -ranolazine -sertindole -tacrolimus -vardenafil -verapamil -ziprasidone This medicine may also interact with the following medications: -certain medicines for blood pressure or heart disease like beta-blockers -certain medicines for seizures like carbamazepine, phenytoin, phenobarbital -other medicines that prolong the QT interval (cause an abnormal heart rhythm)
This list may not describe all possible interactions. Give your health care provider a list of all the medicines, herbs, non-prescription drugs, or dietary supplements you use. Also tell them if you smoke, drink alcohol, or use illegal drugs. Some items may interact with your medicine.
Visit your doctor or health care professional for regular checks on your progress. Check your heart rate and blood pressure regularly while you are taking this medicine. Ask your doctor or health care professional what your heart rate and blood pressure should be, and when you should contact him or her. Your doctor or health care professional also may schedule regular tests to check your progress. You may get drowsy or dizzy. Do not drive, use machinery, or do anything that needs mental alertness until you know how this medicine affects you. Do not stand or sit up quickly, especially if you are an older patient. This reduces the risk of dizzy or fainting spells. Alcohol may interfere with the effect of this medicine. Avoid alcoholic drinks. Your mouth may get dry. Chewing sugarless gum or sucking hard candy, and drinking plenty of water may help. Contact your doctor if the problem does not go away or is severe. This medicine may cause dry eyes and blurred vision. If you wear contact lenses you may feel some discomfort. Lubricating drops may help. See your eye doctor if the problem does not go away or is severe. Avoid extreme heat. This medicine can cause you to sweat less than normal. Your body temperature could increase to dangerous levels, which may lead to heat stroke. This medicine may affect blood sugar levels. If you have diabetes, check with your doctor or health care professional before you change your diet or the dose of your diabetic medicine.
Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible: -allergic reactions like skin rash, itching or hives, swelling of the face, lips, or tongue -breathing problems -chest pain -confusion -cool, pale skin -fast, irregular heartbeat -feeling faint or lightheaded -fever, chills, or sore throat -headache -swelling of feet or legs -trouble passing urine or change in the amount of urine -unusually weak or tired -unusual weight gain -unusual hunger -yellowing of the eyes or skin Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your doctor or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome): -change in sex drive or performance -constipation or diarrhea -nausea, vomiting -stomach pain or bloating
This list may not describe all possible side effects. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Keep out of the reach of children. Store at room temperature between 15 and 30 degrees C (59 and 86 degrees F). Throw away any unused medicine after the expiration date.
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Disopyramide Phosphate Oral capsule


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As Managing Director of the BNP Parabas North America, Michael Finkelman has seen the fitness industry grow since the company began lending to the industry eight years ago and he sees no slowdown in sight.
Ci: How involved with the fitness industry is BNP Parabas?
We are lenders to several fitness club companies and speak to many fitness club companies on a regular basis regarding any potential corporate finance ideas, and financing ideas in general. We have been involved since the mid-1990s.
Ci: What did BNP Parabas see to spark that early interest in the industry?
We were the initial lender to 24 Hour Nautilus, before it became 24 Hour Fitness and now Fitness Holdings Worldwide back in 1994. What we saw in the industry was a fragmented industry that was riding a demographic wave of interest in health and fitness. We were lenders to Snapple and General Nutrition, so we were aware of what was going on in that space. Then we became aware of the strength of recurring revenue of membership. Then we became comfortable with the industry as a whole, so much in fact that we began going to other lenders and financial investors touting the benefits of being involved in this industry. We haven't seen anything that has changed our minds on the industry.
Ci: How strongly positioned is the fitness industry for obtaining capital through investment or via debt?
In general, as we speak to the lending community today certain things get pointed out when you look at the fitness club industry. One of the things is that all of the companies that have been reporting such as Bally Total Fitness and TSI, which are the most recognizable names out there among the lending community, have all reported very solid operating performance over the last four to six quarters. This points to the steadiness and the resiliency of the industry, despite the economic troubles during this period of time. The other thing is that people in the investment community understand better the recurring revenue stream of the industry through the monthly dues. This is much better recognized today than it was in 1994 when we began loaning money to the fitness club industry.
Ci: When you look at the financial statements of the public companies, the recurring revenue stands out, but there have been other, growing profit centers. Does this bottom line boost help the industry's position with financial companies?
It absolutely does. We have been talking about this to perspective lenders and investors over the last few years. And if you look at the fitness club industry as lifestyle companies, these ancillary revenue streams really points out that at the end of the day it's not just people going to the club and lifting some weights or getting on a stationary bike. They are utilizing personal training nutrition, and other profit centers, and that's all captured on that ancillary revenue line. That helps to legitimize the industry because it helps to get people to think outside of the traditional image they have about fitness clubs and shows other recurring revenue streams outside of paid memberships.
Ci: Does some of this increased awareness come about as a result of the maturing process for the industry?
If you look out at the public domain there really are three companies that are out there: Bally's, Town Sports, and Sports Club. As these companies grew it caught more of the financial community's eye. Speaking from the debt side, what you see going on in the public debt side is rising default rates. And when you look at companies that are reporting results they are reporting results year after year that are sequentially down. When you look at the fitness club companies that are reporting they have all reported good results. What's happening is that it is highlighting to the investment community what a solid credit story fitness clubs can be.
Ci: Is that opening the door for other, smaller, private companies to get some financing for growth?
Absolutely. We are out there speaking to investors about the fitness club industry constantly. We have a high-yield bond analyst, John Maxwell, who specifically covers the fitness club industry as an industry sector. When John or I are out there speaking to perspective lenders there is more and more of a demand for fitness club company paper. That is based on lenders realizing what a good credit story that fitness club companies can be.
Ci: How do you qualify that "good story"?
When you look at the companies that are reporting publicly — also there are a lot of lenders out there looking at lending to companies that are private — so when you look at the industry as whole you see them reporting good results over the last couple of quarters. All lenders can tell their story about portfolios that are under some stress due to today's economy, but when you look at the fitness club companies in general they have weathered the storm.
Ci: What do you attribute to the resiliency of the fitness club industry?
When you speak to people, they seem to recognize that health club memberships are not a discretionary item. They do not give up the fitness club membership in difficult times, so the recurring revenue stream for memberships looks very strong to investors. Then you add in the ancillary revenues — these have stayed strong. One would assume that personal training, for instance, would suffer during troubled economic climate. But when you look at the companies that have reported — and again these are the bigger players — they have all reported strong private training revenues over the past couple of quarters. This is something members don't want to give up. It has become part of their lifestyle, part of the daily routine.
Ci: Looking at some of the small to mid-level players out there, what do they need to do to position themselves well for the investment community?
In today's financial market you have two groups — and this goes for every industry, not just fitness. There are the big borrowers; I would define that as people that can obtain funding at $100 million or more. Then you have smaller borrowers, which are companies with needs of $100 million or less. For companies that are able to access the bigger borrower market, there is clearly a lot of availability of capital on the debt side. For companies at $100 million or less, it is tighter. Speaking to that second group there are still debt facilities getting done, but they really have to have a strong story to tell. There are companies on the cusp of the larger group and they have an easier time, but smaller companies have to do a lot of work and be more proactive in approaching lenders and telling their story. Capital is available for the smaller, second-tier companies, but perspective borrowers must be more aggressive if they are to get it.
Ci: Has not being proactive been a problem for this industry when it comes to acquiring funds?
I think what part of the problem for the industry is that it is very fragmented. There are not a lot of big players. A lot of players growing to be bigger players, but when you look at that $100 million-plus group there are really only five or six companies that can gain access, and those five or six companies really represent a small fraction of the entire fitness club market. So you have a scenario where most of the companies can not access that market and they need to be more proactive and they need to understand that need better.
Ci: Is that fragmentation a hindrance to the growth of the industry as a whole?
It is to the extent that there is only two public companies that have issued public equity and another that has issued public debt, so you really have only three companies that are visible to a public investor. That has been the hindrance. This limits the amount of coverage you get from analysts and the amount of press given to how companies in the industry are performing, and in a sense that has limited public investor interest in this industry. One of the things PNB Parabas has been trying to do over the last few years is get out there and tell public investors that there is this industry out there that has been performing well and has great cash flow that they need to keep an eye on because it is growing and will be much more visible down the road. We tell them it is a chance to be one of the first ones to gain access. When we have sat down with perspective lenders and investors and told that story and shown them the financial results, they have told us that they are interested in it and want to know how to get into it. But it is tough when you can only point to three public companies. You have Bally's, which is still misunderstood by the investment community; TSI, which doesn't issue public stock; and SportsClub, which is a different animal altogether, with its big-box format and so few locations. So we really need to sit down with these guys and explain to them that this is only a snapshot and that there are many others in this $10 billion industry, such as 24 Hour, Lifetime Fitness, Equinox, and L.A. Fitness that need to have their story told. The investment community needs to know that there are plenty of other quality companies than the three public ones they watch.
Ci: Do you think there are other companies that are poised to make a jump to the next level?
There are a lot of companies that we are speaking to that are ready to take that next step. The big thing that is very important to this — and being associated with the industry for a very long time, I have seen this change — is the sophistication in management and infrastructure. When we started lending to the industry the infrastructure of these companies, both in management and on an IT basis, were very immature. Today we are at the point where a lot of these middle-tier companies can go public or can access this institutional money because they have the infrastructure to do that. I think over the next six to nine months we are going to see a lot more capital market activity occurring within the fitness club industry.
Ci: This growth has always been viewed with caution due to the fear of a national player dominating local clubs. Is that founded?
Not at this point. Lenders worry about overbuilding. But there is still room for everyone to grow.
Ci: You mentioned increased capital activity over the next six to nine months. What do you see as the trigger to that activity?
I think what you have are companies better able to access the market and a market that is wanting for these type of credit stories. You have a debt market — especially a bond market — that is in a bull market that is really asking for a new supply of issuers. When we go through and ask lenders what they are looking for, we can go through and put check marks against all those for fitness club borrowers. I think those really are the two factors converging at the same time.
Ci: Has the sophistication of management you mentioned earlier carrying over to a real understanding of the financial market and how to utilize it to the clubs' advantage?
For any industry as you get bigger and more mature you need the infrastructure. Over the last two years you are seeing the fitness industry moving into that stage of maturation, especially these middle-tier companies that are looking outside of their regional base.
Ci: Where do you see that leading the industry, say two years down the road?
I think you will see more public companies during that time. I also think you will see more analysts pick up the industry and recognize the growth of the industry and that it is a lifestyle industry not just health clubs. You'll also see more strategic players looking at buying into the fitness industry. When you look outside the industry right now it is hard to find many companies that are a good strategic fit. But as the fitness club companies start to really mature and as that ancillary revenue continues growing strategic buyers will start recognizing the value of the membership base. There really is a membership base out there that is unexploited, and they will enter the industry. That will be very good for the valuation of the industry as a whole.
Ci: What would be the benefit of these strategic players to the valuation of the industry?
I think as people recognize the fitness club industry as an outlet to a membership base, it is a very attractive demographic for other companies. You think of somebody like a Nike, Disney or a Club Med — which has already made a foray with a small company in France — you can see the fit. It has started to happen on the marketing side with several companies affiliating with Bally Total Fitness as the only real national player out there. I think these companies may see that owning a fitness club company may be a very attractive option for them.
The fitness club business can be looked at as a specialty fitness business or a service business. One of the things that has also hampered the fitness club industry is that it is so unique. Where do you really place it? Is it a retail concept? Well it has four walls, but it really isn't selling a product, but it is selling a service. Well then, is it a service company? Well you are selling a service but at the end of the day it is within the four walls, so not really. It is an industry that really has no home when you look to see who should be following it. That is why the more public players we get there is better coverage and more focus by the financial community. John Maxwell here is really the first person to strictly focus on the sector and look at it as an industry unto itself. But that really is us looking out a couple of years and saying this will be an industry that more people will focus on, but BNP Parabas is going to make the investment today.


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UPDATE: They fired him.
ESPN's Marc Stein is reporting that Lakers coach Mike Brown will be in "immediate jeopardy" if his team has a bad six-game home stand between now and Nov. 20.
LA is 1-4, a big disappointment after acquiring Steve Nash and Dwight Howard this summer.
Team executives and players have publicly supported Brown, but Stein says things need to turn around immediately for him to keep his job.
Luckily the schedule is fairly easy during the home stand:
- Golden State (tonight)
- Sacramento (Sunday)
- San Antonio (11/13)
- Phoenix (11/16)
- Houston (11/18)
- Brooklyn (11/20)
No back-to-backs and no travel against some really soft opponents — this is the perfect opportunity for Brown to save his job.
Even though the Princeton offense is getting the bulk of the criticism right now, LA's main problems have been defense and depth. They're 25th out of 30 teams in defensive efficiency, and only two bench players are averaging more than 5 points per game.


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New research has revealed that 13.3 million motorists who need glasses or contact lenses drive without them.
Such risky driving increases the risk of an accident four-fold and drivers risk invalidating their insurance, a £1,000 fine or could face prison if they cause a fatal accident due to defective vision.
The research, by Direct Line Car Insurance, found that 37 per cent of motorists claim they haven't had a vision test in the past two years or more, despite good eyesight being a basic requirement of safe driving.
According to the latest government data, 260 accidents in 2014 were caused by uncorrected, defective eyesight – nine of which were fatal accidents and 56 of which were serious.
The study highlights that it's the short journeys to the doctors or supermarket where motorists are taking the most risks by driving with bad eyesight.
Within the last year, 26 per cent of motorists have popped somewhere 'local' without their glasses or contact lenses, compared to 15 per cent who didn't wear them on a long distance journey (over 50 miles).
Almost one in 10 (nine per cent) have not worn their glasses or contacts when taking their children to and from school.
Gus Park, director of motor at Direct Line said: "Having good eyesight is a basic requirement of safe driving but our research shows that many motorists are driving without their glasses or contact lenses.
"Given that a person's eyesight can change a significant amount in as little as six months or a year, we recommend motorists have their eyes tested at least every two years3 to make sure they remain safe on the road and reduce the risk of road accidents."
According to the most recent government data, 260 accidents in 2014 were caused by uncorrected, defective eyesight – nine of which were fatal accidents and 56 of which were serious. If a UK driver has been involved in an accident they could face up to 14 years imprisonment if they cause death due to dangerous or careless driving5 as a result of bad eyesight.
Park continued: "Driving with poor eyesight is illegal and can be as dangerous as drink driving. If caught, you risk invalidating your insurance, receiving a fine and in some cases, risk imprisonment.
"Remember also, that if your eyesight is below decimal 0.5 (6/12) measured on the Snellen scale, or you have an eye condition such as cataracts, you will have to inform the DVLA. Drivers must also be able to read a car number plate from 20 meters - if you are asked to read one and cannot, your licence may be revoked and you could be prosecuted."
The research found men are more likely to not wear their glasses or contacts when driving (40 per cent) along with those aged 18 to 34 (60 per cent).