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A new EU Action Plan 2004-2007 to prevent fraud on non-cash means of payment
A new EU Action Plan 2004-2007 to prevent fraud on non-cash means of payment
A new EU Action Plan 2004-2007 to prevent fraud on non-cash means of payment
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A new EU Action Plan 2004-2007 to prevent fraud on non-cash means of payment
The 2004 Communication proposed a set of measures for the prevention of fraud on non-cash means of payment, drawing upon the 2001-2003 Action Plan on the prevention of fraud. The Commission released in April 2008 a report on the implementation of this Action Plan.
Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee, the European Central Bank and Europol of 20 October 2004 - A new EU Action Plan 2004-2007 to prevent fraud on non-cash means of payment [COM(2004) 679 final – Official Journal C 49 of 28.6.2006].
The measures provided for in the Fraud Prevention Action Plan 2001-2003 (FPAP) were successfully carried out. Experience shows that the Commission acted as a catalyst, promoting better information exchange and stronger cross-border cooperation. The Commission considers that cooperation between stakeholders is essential in combating fraud effectively: better cooperation between the public authorities and the private sector in the Member States is desirable. In its view, clarification of Community and national data protection legislation with respect to fraud prevention is necessary to allow an effective exchange of information at European level. The integration of the 10 new Member States (the countries that joined the Union on 1 May 2004) into the Community fraud prevention framework will continue to be a priority. The same applies to the strengthening of relations with public authorities in third countries.
In this Communication, the Commission laid down the priorities for maintaining and reinforcing cooperation between the stakeholders. It planned to:
Organise specific measures, such as pan-European training and conferences
The training of law-enforcement authorities was to be strengthened. The Commission planned to organise pan-European training sessions for specialised law-enforcement officers, as well as high-level conferences for senior police officers, magistrates and prosecutors. These measures were designed to make those concerned more aware of payment fraud and its impact on the financial system. Lastly, the Commission was to organise a seminar on fraud prevention for representatives of the private sector and the public authorities of the new Member States.
Review the system for transmitting data at European level
The Commission regarded the impossibility of exchanging data at EU level on high-risk and fraudulent merchants as a problem, and it wanted data protection rules in the EU to be clarified and harmonised. In its view, stakeholders should be able to exchange information with a view to early detection and notification of fraud attempts, whilst respecting the rights and freedoms of individuals, and the competition rules. The Commission proposed clarifying, in cooperation with national data protection authorities, the limits and conditions for exchanging information related to fraud prevention.
Reorganise the Fraud Prevention Expert Group (FPEG)
The EU Fraud Prevention Expert Group (FPEG) brought together the major stakeholders in fraud prevention, and intensified the exchange of information and cooperation. Its working procedures and participation methods needed to be reorganised in view of the enlargement to 25 Members States. The Commission suggested that there should be a fraud prevention expert in each country and/or sector, who would act as a contact point and disseminate at national level information on progress made by the Group. It also proposed that a steering group be set up to prepare the FPEG's activities and supervise those of the sub-groups, in order to ensure that the measures envisaged are carried out effectively and that meetings are held regularly. It also proposed that two sub-groups be set up to deal with security and user issues. Lastly, the FPEG was to improve communication with the public and professionals in the sector in order to highlight progress made and the effectiveness of the measures of the new Action Plan.
Improve the security of payment systems and involve the public
Using chip cards improves security and reduces the risk of fraud. The Commission is closely monitoring new, more secure solutions and supports these developments. Individuals should be better informed about the level of security in order to build up their confidence. To that end, they should be provided with clearer information on payment security, while merchants should be given improved educational material and adequate tools to protect themselves from data hacking. A Commission study shows that smaller retailers do not always use the most appropriate technologies owing to the cost of new equipment. The Commission nonetheless regretted that security evaluation criteria were not harmonised, which would reduce costs and the time taken. However, harmonisation should not entail a reduction in the existing level of security. These aspects of security were to be examined by the sub-group referred to above. The Commission was also to launch a study on cardholder verification methods (for card payments) and user verification methods (for e-payments and mobile payments).
Take account of technological developments
The notification of lost and stolen cards in the EU was to be improved. It is technically feasible and desirable to have a single phone number in the EU for notifying lost or stolen payment cards. The Commission was also planning specific initiatives aimed at preventing identity theft in the EU, often linked to organised crime. It is assessing the merits of setting up a single EU contact point for citizens and businesses faced with identity theft. Efforts were needed to protect commercial websites from unauthorised access. Security breaches of the databases of e-commerce merchants are causing incalculable damage to their reputation and influencing the perception of Internet security, thereby undermining consumer confidence.
At the end of 2007, the Commission was to present a report on progress achieved with the implementation of the action programme.
Commission Staff Working Document of 22 April 2008 – Report on fraud regarding non cash means of payments in the EU: the implementation of the 2004-2007 EU Action Plan [SEC(2008) 511 final – Not published in the Official Journal]. This report presents the implementation of the Action Plan during 2004-2007, as well as an overview of the prevention/fight against payment fraud context. This period is characterised by the implementation of both legislative and non-legislative initiatives. With regard to the first, the most notable are Directive 2005/60/EC on the prevention of money laundering and Directive 2007/64/EC on payment services in the internal market (PSD). As to the latter, the initiatives have been, in most cases, undertaken directly by the payments industry. Of the priorities laid down in the Action Plan (above), the following have been achieved:
Organise specific measures such as pan-European training and conferences Europol, in collaboration with the payments industry and in some cases funded by the Commission, has organised some specialised training sessions for law-enforcement authorities on the operational aspects of payment card fraud. The Commission organised the high-level conference on identity theft and payment fraud for senior police officers, magistrates and prosecutors in November 2006, and the seminar on the prevention of payment fraud for candidate countries in March 2006.
Review the system for transmitting data at European level A data management group was created within the FPEG. It produced a report in December 2006 on the barriers to the processing of personal data for the purpose of preventing fraud. In addition, the PSD provides for the processing of personal data by payment systems and service providers whenever necessary for fraud prevention.
Reorganise the FPEG
Membership of the FPEG was streamlined by inviting experts, in particular those representing consumers, to the Group's meetings. The proposed steering group for the FPEG was also created. Furthermore, additional sub-groups were established within the FPEG on: ATM security, communication, commerce, identity theft, law enforcement issues and security evaluation. A sub-group on users' issues was not created; however, the topic was discussed in relevant sub-groups. With regard to improving communication on fraud prevention, the Commission presented the Communication COM(2007)808 on consumer financial education in December 2007, which provides suggestions and practical assistance for those delivering financial education.
Improve the security of payment systems and involve the public
The study on user identification methods in card, e-, and mobile payments was completed in November 2007.
Take account of technological developments
In February 2007, the Commission adopted Decision 2007/116/EC, stating that numbers beginning with 116 are reserved as free-phone numbers for services of social value. The issue of establishing a single contact point on identity theft was taken up in a FPEG report and at the high level conference.
The achievements for this period demonstrate that security aspects are extremely important, but that consumer confidence and trust are equally important. The new legal framework, developments by the industry and the Commission (including measures not defined in the Action Plan) are considered to promote both.
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Adult Swim's Total Day delivery ranked #1 among adults 18-24, 18-34 & 18-49 and men 18-24, 18-34, & 18-49 on basic cable for the first week of March 2013. Compared to the 2012 time period, Total day delivery grew across all targeted demos - adults 18-24 grew by 15%, adults 18-34 by 10%, adults 18-49 by 10%, men 18-24 by 18%, men 18-34 by 11% and men 18-49 by 8%.
In Prime Time, Adult Swim ranked #3 among basic cable networks for delivery of adults 18-34. Increasing by double-digits across all targeted demos vs. last year's time period, Prime delivery grew adults 18-24 by 29%, adults 18-34 by 20%, adults 18-49 by 20%, men 18-24 by 38%, men 18-34 by 17% and men 18-49 by 12%.
Thursday's new episode premiere of the original series Newsreaders (12 a.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among adults 18-24 & 18-34, and men 18-24, growing by double-digits - ranging between 13% and 78% - across the board vs. the same time period last year.
An Adult Swim episode premiere of American Dad (Monday, 10:30 p.m.) earned double-digit growth across all targeted demos vs. the same time period year ago, ranging between 23% and 53%.
All new episodes that premiered during the action-adventure Toonami block - including Bleach, Naruto, Soul Eater, and Tenchi Muyo! GXP - all earned double and triple-digit increases across all demos vs. the same time period year ago.
The Saturday premiere of the acquired series, The Cleveland Show (10:30 p.m.) was #1 in its timeslot with adults 18-24 and men 18-24/18-34, while the Sunday premiere ranked #1 with men 18-24. Both premieres grew by double-digits with key adults and men.
Adult Swim programming - including Family Guy, American Dad and Robot Chicken - accounted for 17 of the top 50 telecasts among adults 18-34 on basic cable for the week, and 22 of the top 50 telecasts among men 18-34, both more than any other network.
Cartoon Network
Across the first week of March 2013, Cartoon Network ranked as television's #1 network for Early Prime (7-9 p.m.) and Total Day delivery of boys 9-14.
Cartoon Network was the #1 destination for all boys 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14 on all TV on Thursday Night, while #1 among boys 6-11 & 9-14 on Monday and Saturday Night (7-9p), and #1 among boys 6-11 on Wednesday Night. Thursday night saw growth among kids 6-11 and boys 6-11 vs. the same time period last year.
A new episode of Cartoon Network's original animated series, Adventure Time (Monday, 7:30p), scored as the #1 telecast of the week among boys 9-14, the #1 telecast of the day among boys 6-11 & 9-14, and #1 in its time period among kids 9-14 and all boy demos. Immediately following, a new episode of Regular Show (Monday, 8 p.m.) ranked #1 in its timeslot among all boys 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14, and MAD (8:30 p.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among boys 2-11 & 6-11.
Thursday night's new episode of the live-action sketch comedy Incredible Crew (8 p.m.) was the #1 telecast of the day among boys 6-11, and #1 in its timeslot with all boys 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14. Prior to this, original series Annoying Orange (7:30p) also ranked #1 in its timeslot with all boy demos.
Saturday Morning's season finale of Star Wars: The Clone Wars ranked #1 in its time period among boys 9-14, growing by double-digits across kids and boys demos vs. the same time period last year.
TBS continued its winning ways by once again ranking as basic cable's #1 network for the first week of March with adults 18-34 in primetime.
The TBS original comedy Cougar Town took in 2.4 million viewers in Live + 3 delivery with last Tuesday's episode, with 1.5 million adults 18-49 and 700,000 adults 18-34. Meanwhile, the show's Feb. 12 episode has grown to a final tally of 3.1 million viewers in Live + 7, with 1.9 million adults 18-49 and 942,000 adults 18-34.
With one week left before its exciting season finale, TBS's hit competition series King of the Nerds drew 1.8 million viewers Thursday night in Live + 3 delivery, an exceptional +32% boost over the prior week's episode. The show also averaged 1.2 million adults 18-49 and 606,000 adults 18-34, the latter growing +7% over the prior week. This Thursday night at 10 p.m. (ET/PT), the winner of the competition will take his or her rightful place on the "Throne of Games" and be crowned King of the Nerds. TBS recently ordered second season of the show, slated to air in 2014.
Telecasts of The Big Bang Theory gave TBS 17 of basic cable's Top 20 sitcom telecasts for the week with total viewers, along with 18 of the Top 20 with adults 18-49 and 16 of the Top 20 with adults 18-34.
TBS's late-night series CONAN averaged 845,000 total viewers in Live + Same Day and 527,000 adults 18-49. CONAN also drew 275,000 adults 18-34.
The Feb. 25th episode of TNT's hit drama Dallas drew 3.4 million viewers in Live + 3 delivery, up 6% compared to the prior week's episode. In the demos, Dallas drew more than 1.5 million adults 25-54 (+15%) and 1.2 million adults 18-49 (+10%).
Last Wednesday night's episode of the TNT original drama series Southland garnered 1.9 viewers in Live + 3, a +9% increase compared to the prior week's episode. In the demos, the latest installment of Southland garnered 881,000 adults 25-54 and 839,000 adults 18-49. Leading into Southland was the premiere of TNT's new unscripted series Boston's Finest, which has garnered 1.5 million viewers in Live + 3, with 688,000 adults 25-54 and 570,000 adults 18-49.
In February, NBA on TNT game telecasts twice ranked No. 1 vs. ad-supported cable among men 18-49 (Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston Celtics on Feb. 7 and Miami Heat vs. Oklahoma City Thunder on Feb. 14) and once among adults 18-34 and men 18-34 (Heat/Thunder).
After scoring its youngest February ever, truTV is now on its way to scoring its youngest Q1 ever, with a quarter-to-date primetime median age of 41.
Last week's Lizard Lick Towing (Monday at 10 p.m.) drew 2 million viewers in Live + Same Day, a +12% boost from the same time period last year. The show also ranked as one of basic cable's Top 5 programs in the timeslot with total viewers, adults 18-49 (1,044,000) and men 18-49 (568,000). To date this season, Lizard Lick Towing is averaging 2.3 million viewers, with 1.2 million adults 18-49 and 668,000 men 18-49.
With one week to go in its fourth season, truTV's Full Throttle Saloon (Wednesday at 9 p.m.) scored solid growth last week. The show averaged 1.5 million viewers (+12% vs. the prior week's episode); 863,000 adults 18-49 (+24%); and 514,000 men 18-49 (+20%). For the night, truTV garnered a Top 10 basic cable ranking among adults 18-49 and key male demos.
truTV's new hit Guinness World Records(R) Gone Wild! (Thursday at 8 p.m.) drew 1.3 million viewers last week, a +2% bump over the prior week's episode. The show also scored 622,000 adults 18-49 and 364,000 men 18-49. Among adults 18-34 (352,000), Guinness World Records Gone Wild! scored +19% growth over the prior week. The show ranked among basic cable's Top 5 programs in the timeslot with key adult and male demos. It also scored a remarkably low median age of 34, six years younger than the same night last year.
February marked the fourth most-watched month for NBA TV across total day since being nationally measured by Nielsen (29 months). NBA TV's 15 live game telecasts averaged 324,000 total viewers, up 4% compared to February 2012 (312,000 for 22 telecasts).
February's five NBA Fan Night presented by Sprint telecasts averaged 473,000 total viewers, up 23% compared to February 2012 (385,000 for seven Fan Night telecasts). Overall this season, NBA TV's 17 NBA Fan Night presented by Sprint telecasts are averaging 468,000 total viewers, up 3% compared to last season (455,000 total viewers for 22 telecasts).

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Get a New Car Using a European Delivery Program
You get a discount off the sticker price, save on rental-car costs and get a free night's stay at a luxury hotel.
Tommy Taneff met his new Porsche, a 911 coupe, last February in Stuttgart, Germany. Taneff had taken advantage of Porsche's European delivery program to pick up his new crush—the tenth Porsche he has owned—at the factory where it was built. He and a friend then drove to Vienna and Budapest before heading home, where his car was shipped to him gratis. "To be driving that car through the Alps and on the Autobahn, where there's no speed limit, is exhilarating. It was the experience of a lifetime."
SEE OUR SLIDE SHOW: 5 European Auto Delivery Programs
You don't have to be a Porsche enthusiast to take advantage of a European delivery program. All of the major European brands except Volkswagen offer a similar program. "If you're planning a vacation abroad, these programs are a very, very good deal," says Jeremy Anwyl, vice-chairman of Edmunds.com. When you pick up a car across the Atlantic, you get a discount off the sticker price, save on rental-car costs and get a free night's stay at a luxury hotel.
How it works. For all the European delivery programs, you order your car from the dealer three or four months before you want to pick it up. Prices are typically set at discounts of 3% to 8% off the U.S. sticker price. Then you plan your vacation; you can fly into the city where you're picking up the vehicle or make it a stop along your route. You'll be provided with two weeks of car insurance, but you can pay extra for longer stays.
When you arrive, you'll be picked up at the airport and transported to a hotel, where you'll be treated to a complimentary night's stay. The next day, you will visit the delivery center to claim your car and take a tour of the factory and the automaker's museum. Hit the road for your vacation and, when you're done, drop the car off at one of several locations and it'll be shipped back to the States for you.
Perks and pitfalls. Volvo provides the best perk: free round-trip airfare for two on Scandinavian Airlines. There's a $150 surcharge per person from June through August, but it's a drop in the bucket compared with what you'll save. Both Volvo and Mercedes–Benz waive the U.S. destination fee, saving you nearly $900 on the car itself.
Pick up your Porsche at the Leipzig factory and you'll get a driving experience customized for your car—track time for 911, Cayman, Boxster and Panamera models and an off-road course for the Cayenne. Porsche is the only program that lets you negotiate the vehicle price just as you would for a regular purchase, which may save you even more. (For details on the programs, see our slide show.)
No matter which brand you pick, shipping the car back to the U.S. takes about two months. And not all Euro vehicles are available for European delivery. If the car is built in the U.S.—like BMW's crossovers and most Mercedes crossovers—it's not on the menu.
Want to drive in winter or through the Alps when there's snow in the mountain passes? Many European countries' laws require tires that can handle wintry weather. If you order your car with all-season tires, you should be fine, but if you plan to travel in the winter, check your itinerary with the program. Porsche provides complimentary tires (for two weeks). BMW and Volvo rent winter tires, but Audi and Mercedes require you to equip your car with all-season tires if you're taking delivery from November to early spring.
Be prepared to pony up a steep tax if you keep the car in Europe too long. For German makes, you'll pay a value-added tax of 19% of the MSRP if the car is not shipped to the States before your insurance period is up (three to 12 months, depending on the program). You can stay six months in Scandinavia (or two months on the mainland) with a new Volvo, but after that you'll owe taxes of 25% of the MSRP.


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ROCHESTER — The woman accused of setting fire to a Pickering Road home in June was recently indicted on a felony arson charge, as well as two additional charges for allegedly assaulting a correctional officer twice while in jail.
Renee Shaw, 52, an inmate at Strafford County jail, is facing two felony counts of assault by a prisoner, for allegedly hitting a correctional officer with a pillow and throwing a cup of water at his face while being in custody on Sept. 12.
Shaw, who is being held on $10,000 cash bail, was arrested in June in connection to a fire that destroyed much of the home at 193 Pickering Road on June 26.
According to a police affidavit, Shaw told officers she started the fire by breaking a window at the back of the home, climbing through the window, taking unknown papers from the kitchen, and lighting them on fire using a lighter.
The blaze occurred when the owner of the home was out of state. Shaw had previously had a relationship with the homeowner, and he allowed her to stay at his home for several days while he was away. Shaw had been staying both inside the home and outside, in a tent, but after some time she was asked to leave because she was "harassing people," she told police, according to the affidavit.
A man who is familiar with the homeowner told police Shaw was making harassing phone calls from the Pickering Road house while staying there.
Since her arraignment in Rochester Circuit Court in June, Shaw was held on $10,000 cash only bail at Strafford County jail. After her indictment, her bail was converted to provide a possibility of $10,000 personal recognizance bail with approval from Strafford County Community Corrections Program.
According to court documents, Shaw's bail was amended to allow her to transport to the N.H. State Hospital. She is currently waiting for a bed at the hospital, and Strafford County Community Corrections Program does not recommend her release from jail before she undergoes mental health treatment.
Arson is a Class A felony, which comes with a maximum sentence of 7½ to 15 years in prison.
Each assault by a prisoner charge is a Class B felony, punishable by a maximum of 3½ to 7 years in prison.
An indictment is not an indication of guilt; rather, it means a grand jury found sufficient evidence to warrant a trial.
Woman indicted on Rochester felony arson, assaulting an officer charges
ROCHESTER — The woman accused of setting fire to a Pickering Road home in June was recently indicted on a felony arson charge, as well as two additional charges for allegedly assaulting a correctional officer twice while in jail.


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Saucesational: An Experiment in Applesauce–Wealthy
Yesterday I took a few minutes to sauce up some Wealthy apples. Wealthy's are a striped red fruit with a tart balanced flavor. It is a multi-purpose apple, but especially good for cooking. Keeps well. Cherry Crab x Sops of Wine
We have quite a few customers that come in and are really grateful that we grow wealthy's. It's their FAVORITE apple for making pies and/or sauce. I just had a lady come in today who's mother used to make her drive to a random orchard hours from her home to buy wealthy's…and then she discovered that we grew them.
The wealthy apple was also the apple I featured this week for the folks that signed up for our apple share through the Burr Oak Garden CSA.
Anyway – I peeled, cored and sliced the wealthy's and tossed them into the mini slow cooker. The apples became slightly brown right away. I noticed that they stayed this color even when they were done cooking so the sauce was sort of a light brownish looking color.
The apples mushed up somewhat and remained slightly chunky. I like this kind of texture in my applesauce. I felt that the wealthy's had a unique tart flavor. I can understand why if people like this flavor they would want it for their baking apples. I personally was not a huge fan of the sauce – too tart for me. But Jared tried it too and enjoyed the flavor.


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Okay, let's be honest, we only brought up the subject of Sir Henry Segrave's Sunbeam 1000 and his push through the 200 mph barrier in 1927 so we could tell you about this car. After Segrave made his record-setting run, the competition predictably responded, though not for nearly a year. In February 1928, the dastardly Malcolm Campbell retook the title at 206.95 mph in his Blue-Bird. The following April saw an American, Ray Keech, best Campbell at 207.55 mph. Noteworthy advancement, but Segrave was developing a car to blow those records away.
In the shops back in England, work was progressing on a long, low spike of steely resolve called the Golden Arrow. Segrave, having shattered the records, set his sights on doing it again with a totally different approach. Instead of only brute power and mechanical fortitude, the new J.S. Irving design focused more on slicing a clean hole in the air. Of course, brute power didn't leave the scene. The engines in the Sunbeam 1000 produced a combined 1000 hp, whereas the single 24 liter, W12 Napier Lion aero engine in the Golden Arrow would produce 930 horsepower on its own. The body may have been the first to take advantage of aerodynamics by way of underbody shaping, generating 450 lbs of downforce at speed. When completed, the car was packed up and shipped to Daytona Beach. Segrave made two test runs at up to 180 mph and set his hood's telescopic sights on a record attempt. On March 29, 1929, in front of 100,000 spectators, Segrave crushed Keech's record with a run of 231.56 mph. With only about 20 miles under its belt, the car had set a record that would stand for nearly two years. Upon returning to England, Segrave was Knighted for his feats of daring. Unfortunately, this would be the last land speed record Sir Henry would ever attain. After this triumph, he turned his eyes to setting speed records on the water. He died shortly thereafter, in an accident in that pursuit—during which, of course he had achieved a run of 96.76 mph. In 1930, the Segrave Trophy was established in his memory. It is awarded annually to the Briton who demonstrates the most outstanding achievement on land, at sea or in the air.


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It is so much fun for me to watch Charlotte play during the day. She has more toys than she knows what to do with, and I've noticed that she goes in cycles of which toy she plays with more. But there are a few good old standbys, each having their own time that she prefers them.
They're not bright copper kettles or warm woolen mittens, but these are a few of her favorite things...
Comfort Cross: Uncle Aaron and Aunt Brittany gave this to her for Christmas and she has been hugging and chewing on it since. It is what she cuddles with at night when we put her down to bed, and what she plays with when she's in her crib for "time out". She loves chewing on the tag and the flap that lifts up to reveal Scripture.
Easter Bunny: Uncle Chad and Aunt Amber gave her her first Easter bunny. It is the only other toy in the crib (we try to keep other toys out of there since when she's in her crib she's either in time out or supposed to be sleeping), but he's another one for night time cuddling. The material is very soft and she especially loves chewing on the ears and the tail.
Holding on tight to her Cross and bunny while sleeping
Mr. Bumble: This was another gift, though I'm not sure from who (I'm sure it's written down on one of the gift lists I have around here somewhere...). Her room is done in a bumblebee theme (the BeeAttitudes) so he matches the decor, but he actually spends most of his time being dragged around the house where ever Charlotte goes. He has a ring that is perfect for her little hand to hold on to, so he usually goes with us to the store and on walks.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
These Are A Few Of Her Favorite Things
It is so much fun for me to watch Charlotte play during the day. She has more toys than she knows what to do with, and I've noticed that she goes in cycles of which toy she plays with more. But there are a few good old standbys, each having their own time that she prefers them.
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Monday, July 28, 2008
Newfound Mobility
Charlotte has been squirming and scooting around for a while now, but it seems like overnight she gained a newfound ability for mobility. She's crawling everywhere and getting into everything! Some of her favorite things to try to get into are electrical outlets (we have the plastic covers on them!) and the computer cords under the desk. She also loves trying to climb onto the coffee table. Sunday afternoon I walked in the living room to find her on the bottom part of the table, reaching for the clothes hamper. The clothes weren't dumped out then, but later that evening they were strewn all over the living room. I guess it's her way of helping me to get my chores done more quickly :)
Tonight she came to a shower at the church with me and I found out we have a little kleptomaniac on our hands. All the ladies had put their purses under their seats and she kept trying to get into (or chew on) them all. Silly girl.
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Friday, July 25, 2008
Sweet Baby Girl
Snuggling to stay warm after her bath
Standing up like such a big girl- Thanks Aunt Amber for the adorable outfit!
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Raspberries, Kisses, and Giggles... Oh My!
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Charlotte got a boo-boo this morning :( She loves pulling herself up and trying to climb on the coffee table. This past weekend we put foam bumpers on the corners but knew that the edges could still do some damage. As she was trying to climb on the lower level she lost her balance and the table gave her a goose egg on her eyebrow... well, it's more like a robin's egg. But she still wailed and it still scared me. I checked the dilation in her eyes and it was fine, and she doesn't seem to be bothered at all by it. I think she'll have a bruise by the time her Daddy gets home, but the little knicks and dings she's gotten up to this point never last long. And she hasn't seemed to be bothered by any of them.
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Monday, July 21, 2008
Once a month Jared and I work in the nursery at church and yesterday was our day with the babies. Hannah was the first baby in with us and she and Charlotte got so excited when they saw each other. Both girls crawled over to one of the exersaucers and started playing together. How sweet!
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Rollins Reunion
On Saturday we drove up to Guyton, GA (just west of Savannah) for a Rollins Reunion. Other than the immediate family, we weren't sure who all was going to be there and predicted (rightly so) that we would only know a handful of other people. We met a few relatives we didn't know before and it was great to catch up with some who we hadn't seen in a while. It was also the first time that Grandma got to meet her great-granddaughter! Jared and I are both bad about remembering to take pictures so we didn't get many, but here are a few from the day.
Jared, Aunt Judy, and Uncle Ralph (they are Jared's double second cousins... I think...)
Charlotte's brief nap in her sling
Jared catching his breath while playing soccer (the guys played for such a long time!)
Chad showing off his skills
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Bye Bye Bye!
We've had a few inquiries, so I would like to report that two days ago, Jared saw the lizard running through the dining room. This time, Jared was not thwarted by Mr. Lizard's Olympic-like speed. Jared put him in the backyard, where he is most likely running from the ducks and chasing after mosquitoes. But most importantly, he's out of our house!!
And thank you for the suggestions on catching the next one that will sneak his way in!
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Friday, July 11, 2008
Hysterical Giggles
Last night I was showing Jared the little dance that Charlotte was doing when I went in to get her from her nap, and Charlotte went into hysterical giggling. It was absolutely hilarious hearing her laugh so hard. Jared said the only thing funnier would be to secretly film me doing her little dance. He better not! I had the camera up on the entertainment center, which I was using to balance myself, so my fingers get in the way every now and then, but you can still see and hear how excited she was.
Oh, and we have a new pet... A very unwelcome one. A few days ago I saw a lizard running around on the wall in our living room, the next day he was in the dining room, and the past two days I've seen him in Charlotte's room. Unfortunately, only one sighting has been when Jared (the official lizard catcher of the family) was home, and the sneaky little guy managed to get away and hide somehow. If it was a spider I would chase it and kill it, but I don't want to clean up lizard guts, and I'm most certainly not going to touch him with bare hands. So for now he's getting a nice air-conditioned vacation.
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Monday, July 7, 2008
Charlotte's Sweet Skills
Yesterday I was coordinating a wedding (yes, on a Sunday- very unusual!), so Charlotte got to spend the afternoon and evening playing with Daddy. When I was leaving she was supposed to be going down for her nap. But we could hear her fussing in her crib trying to fight off the sleep. Jared said that she kept fussing for a while so he went in to check on her and he said she was standing up in the corner of her crib trying to look out the window, just sobbing with big 'ol tears. He laid her back down and said that she was asleep within a few minutes. She's mastered the skill of pulling herself and standing, but I don't think she knows how to sit herself down again. She was crying out the window for someone to help her... poor thing :(
Some other cute things she's doing these days:
Sticking her tongue out... all the time!
Blowing raspberries (with tongue sticking out of course)
Giving bashful smiles
And she's loving going for walks now that we have her upright in the stroller rather than in the infant seat. When we used to go for walks, we often ended up holding her because she would get fussy, but since we've had her sitting upright, we haven't had to take her out of it at all. No, that's not true. A few times, Jared has picked her up because she was falling asleep and we didn't want her napping that close to bedtime! Car rides are much better too. I don't know if she just didn't like lying in that much of a reclined position, if it wasn't comfortable for her, or if she just likes seeing what's going on, but she seems much happier on car rides now that she is in her "big girl" car seat rather than the infant carrier. What a blessing!
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Saturday, July 5, 2008
4th of July Weekend
What a great weekend! It's not even over but we've already had a great time. The best part about it: we haven't done much of anything! Jared got off work early on Thursday and we took a quick swim in the pool before the rain came. Yesterday we did lots of relaxing but also managed to get some housework and officework done. Then yesterday evening we went over to Jeff & Lynn's from our church and hung out with some of the other "Young Marrieds" couples from our Sunday School class. We were there well past Charlotte's bedtime but with all the activity going on, she was not interested in sleep. But she was out cold within five minutes of leaving.
But possibly the biggest news from this weekend... Charlotte is getting her first tooh! Yesterday she was chewing on my finger and I noticed a tiny little bump on her gums. I didn't get a good look because she loves sticking her tongue out these days, but I managed to get a quick peek and saw a tiny little "hole" where a tooth will be popping in soon. She's been "gnawing" on anything and everything for months now and I have had many people share their wisdom that that means that she must be teething, so now I can finally say that she is!
She's also starting to pull herself up on things and stand herself up. She's still not quite crawling like a pro yet, but she might just skip that step altogether and go straight to walking :)
Peeking out of her crib after her nap
Getting into (or rather underneath) things she's not supposed to... she loves playing with the caster wheels on the bed in the guest room
Standing up to reach some books on the coffee table
She didn't want to cooperate and let me get a good shot of her 4th of July outfit, so here's the best I got
We grilled our favorite meal yesterday- chicken satay with yellow rice, with tortillas (faux roti canai) and curry sauce
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Playtime and Bedtime
Charlotte was cracking me up this morning. We have a basket that we keep a lot of her small toys in- the rattles, teethers, stuffed animals, and such things. If we plop her down on the floor with it in front of her, she'll entertain herself with it for a while as she goes through it all. After about thirty minutes, I put everything back in the basket and the fun starts over. A lot of times I've checked on her and she's ended up laying on the floor, holding onto the string that was tied into a bow, and swinging her arms up and down. The purpose? Who knows... But this morning I was in the kitchen and peeked out to check on her, and she somehow had managed to get her little hiney into the basket. It was adorable! By the time I got the camera out she had wriggled out of it a little, but this picture should give you an idea of the cuteness that abounded. And this is a video of her talking herself to sleep last night. It lasted for probably twenty minutes or so (Jared, correct me if I'm exaggerating here). I didn't want to turn the light on and disturb her bedtime story, so there's nothing wrong with your monitor-- the video is pitch black.
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Home Sweet Home
Monday marked one year since we moved into our house! It was actually the first house we looked at, and though we looked at maybe 10 more, it didn't take us long to realize this was the one we wanted. We love the location, the layout, and the lot we're on. We have a small pond in the back yard and it is so peaceful here. Like probably everyone else, we have a huge list of things to update, change, or add, but it's all mostly cosmetic stuff and things that we can just do when we get the urge (and extra cash!) to do. We go back and forth on whether to move out or to build out the attic when the family outgrows the space. We just love where we are so much that we can't decide if we would want to give it up...
And for a Charlotte update: She is getting so close to crawling! She pulls her legs underneath her, and she pushes herself forward with them but then falls onto her belly. Then she does a G.I. Jane belly crawl across the floor. She's starting to realize that if she keeps her legs tucked underneath her, she can move a little better. It's so much fun to watch her scoot around and to figure it out a little bit more each day.
And this morning I was greeted with a poopy crib to clean up. She hasn't had a dirty diaper in the morning in a long time, but this morning there was a blowout and it was all over her, the sheet, the blanket... She got a quick wipedown and then enjoyed a splash in the tub to clean her up. Oh, the joys of motherhood!
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Sweet potato quiche
Quiche is that one recipe that I love coming back to — it's easy to make, looks delicious and tastes heavenly :-) Plus, it allows me to come up with new fillings, which makes it very versatile!
Sweet potatoes are very smooth and creamy when boiled, then baked, and shallots add a crunchy texture. The combination of them is very mild and aromatic, so make sure you spice it up to your liking!
Orange cheese-tart
I didn't plan to make this cake at all, what I did plan was apple tart with apricot jelly... Well, sometimes I just change my mind, especially while experimenting in the kitchen :-) The result is interesting, refreshing and citrusy! :-) If you don't like the strong orange aroma, you can replace them with any soft and sweet fruit: peaches, pears, and apricots should do fine!
Plain muffins
Nothing says "hello autumn" like a batch of fresh muffins or cupcakes! :-) With this simple recipe, you gonna whip them up in no time, and they will be a perfect base for more fancy muffins with fruit (I love muffins with dried plum bits), chocolate chip muffins, caramel-stuffed ones or double-or-triple-chocolate ;-) Or savory ones: paprika, tomato, herbs, sunflower seeds, etc. It all starts with this recipe.


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The 45-year-old singer who has released a new album, Kiss Me Once, which is her 12th studio album, revealed she is focusing on what she does have rather than what she does not.
In an interview with the Daily Mail's Weekend magazine, the pop star said: "I don't know how many more times I can say, if it happens, it happens. But I think maybe part of this frame of mind I'm in, trying to be calm and accepting and at peace with where I am, is really acknowledging that it just might not be written on the pages for me.
"You can't have everything, so I'd rather just focus on what I have instead of what I don't have."
Kylie, who is one of four judges on BBC's The Voice, split from her Spanish model boyfriend, Andres Velencoso, last year and changed her management team. Although she admitted to looking back on the previous year and reflecting on events, she said she had never been so focused.
Her new album is the first in four years and the singer said the first single, Into The Blue, reflected how she feels right now.
Kylie said: "I didn't write the lyrics but amazingly they just fit my life at the moment. I was still in a relationship when I recorded it, so it must be destiny because the song's coming to life more with my current frame of mind."


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NEW YORK (AP) - Subscriber trends are turning south again for Sprint Nextel as it struggles to compete with Verizon Wireless, the juggernaut of the industry.
The country's No. 3 wireless carrier on Thursday said it lost overall subscribers for the first time in two and a half years in the third quarter, as customers gave up on the moribund Nextel network and the company failed to sign up enough of them on the Sprint network.
It's the first time Sprint Nextel Corp. is reporting quarterly results since agreeing to sell 70 percent of itself to Japanese cellphone company Softbank Corp. for $20.1 billion. The deal hasn't closed yet, but Sprint has already borrowed money from Softbank.
Sprint lost an overall 423,000 subscribers in the July to September period, as trends across its product lineup were weak.
Excluding recaptured Nextel customers, it lost contract-signing subscribers from the Sprint network for the first time in years. Customers on contract-based plans are the most lucrative, and keeping them has been a linchpin of CEO Dan Hesse's turnaround plan.
For non-contract plans, the Overland Park, Kan., company added just 19,000 customers, the smallest number in more than three years.
Sprint's report follows a blow-out performance by Verizon Wireless, the country's largest carrier, which added 1.8 million overall subscribers, and a more lackluster report from No. 2 AT&T Inc., which added 228,000. Both figures exclude devices connected through wholesale agreements.
'We've constantly been playing catch-up,' Hesse said. With financial backing from Softbank, 'we can do that much more effectively.'
Sprint started selling the iPhone last fall, helping level the playing field versus the bigger companies - AT&T has been selling the iPhone since 2007, Verizon since February 2011. Now, Sprint will get closer to parity by adding the iPad and iPad Mini to its lineup, Hesse said. However, the appeal of the tablet will be limited for most Sprint subscribers, since the company is well behind Verizon and AT&T when it comes to upgrading its network to 'LTE' data speeds.
'We do have some what we call 'pardon our dust' issues,' Hesse said, as the company decommissions the Nextel network and uses the space freed up on the airwaves to boost data download speeds.
Sprint bought the Nextel network in 2005, and it's been a major reason for Sprint's consistent quarterly losses for the last five years. Nextel phones are known for their push-to-talk capability, but the network doesn't support the kind of data rates that smartphones require, and it's not compatible with the Sprint network. Sprint is shutting it down next year.
All three carriers started selling the iPhone 5 in the quarter, but while the bigger two saw a jump in iPhone activations, Sprint did not. It activated 1.5 million iPhones in the quarter, flat with previous quarters.
Sprint's loss was $767 million, or 26 cents per share, for the July-September quarter, from a loss of $301 million, or 10 cents per share, a year ago.
Revenue rose 5 percent to $8.76 billion.
Analysts polled by FactSet expected a loss of 43 cents per share on $8.81 billion in revenue for the Overland Park, Kan., company.
Analyst Christopher King at Stifel Nicolaus said the financial results were better than he expected, but the subscriber trends raise concerns for over Sprint's long-term market share.
Sprint shares fell5 cents to $5.57 in midday trading.


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We have been around for a long time, nearly 150 years, and our business is built on long-term growth and resilience which can only be achieved by integrity and responsible behaviour. It's key to our business.
We know that our industry has the potential to significantly impact the communities and environments in which we operate, and for people to have both negative and positive perceptions of who we are and what we do. There can be conflicting values between our industry and the community. A balance has to be struck between the potential disturbance of operations to our near neighbours, and the requirement for sources of aggregates upon which society depends.
The need to maintain and improve our physical surroundings drives the requirement for aggregates. The same need also demands, rightly, that these aggregates are extracted and transported with as little disturbance to the environment as possible. Great care is taken to minimise the effects of our activities on our surroundings, and afterwards to restore our sites to conditions at least as good as, and if at all possible better than they were before operations began.
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Children's Spatial Skills Seen as Key to Math Learning
Preschools and kindergartens long have taught children "task skills," such as cutting paper and coloring inside the lines. But new research suggests the spatial and fine-motor skills learned in kindergarten and preschool not only prepare students to write their mathematics homework neatly, but also prime them to learn math and abstract reasoning.
"We think of early-childhood classrooms as being really high in executive-function demands, but what children are being asked to exercise [executive function] on end up being visual-motor and fine-motor tasks," said Claire E. Cameron, a research scientist at the University of Virginia's Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning, in Charlottesville. She spoke at a forum held here last week by the Needham, Mass.-based Learning and the Brain Society.
Put yourself in the mind of a 4- or 5-year-old, and copying a shape on the blackboard onto a piece of paper is a much more cognitively complex task than it is for an adult: Understanding the design, then holding that shape in your mind and deciding how to start copying, requires working memory, one of the brain's executive functions. Gripping the pencil properly, applying the right pressure to avoid tearing the paper, and keeping the paper oriented on the desk all need fine-motor skills that also, at such ages, require focus and self-control.
"Children learning to write have not automated these skills," Ms. Cameron said. "Even sitting up straight so you can face the paper can be difficult."
Children deemed "typically developing" can still show a wide range of visual-motor skills. In one test, children are asked to draw increasingly complex shapes.
As part of the Minds in Motion project at the University of Virginia, researchers test how well preschool and early-elementary children copy simple designs. The student drawings here were done by children without disabilities who were of the same age but different levels of development in executive-function and fine-motor skills.
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"Some kids are actually seeing parts that aren't there," Ms. Cameron said, noting one attempt at a cross that looks more like an abstract animal.
"This is a normal developmental state," she said. "When we copy something, we have a mental image and we are manipulating it and coordinating what you see with your movements."
Other researchers at the University of Virginia center have found executive function, fine-motor skills, and general knowledge in kindergarten are better predictors of 8th grade reading and math achievement than early-literacy skills.
Moreover, the black-white achievement gap in elementary school also may have some of its roots in those foundational skills: Black children studied by the center entered kindergarten on average 9½ months developmentally younger than their white classmates in executive function and 8 months developmentally younger in visuo-spatial skills, though it's not yet known why.
Researchers led by David W. Grissmer, a research professor at the university, found 1st graders who had attended high-poverty preschools often had never built with construction paper, blocks, or modeling clay.
Precursor for Math
And, in a separate, ongoing study of nearly 500 preschoolers, Ms. Cameron found about a third tested high in both executive-function skills—such as following directions amid distractions—and visual-motor skills, such as cutting paper. Children who performed well in either or both executive-function and visual-motor skills achieved well in both math and reading achievement and class behavior later on in the early-elementary grades.
"It's the children who are low in both who are struggling," Ms. Cameron said. The more quickly children become automatic in mentally coordinating an action or repeating a design, the more they can free up working memory and organize their thinking for more abstract problems.
As part of a $1 million pilot project supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Mr. Grissmer and his team worked with after-school programs at three high-poverty, high-minority elementary schools in Charleston, S.C.
For 45 minutes a day, four days a week, for seven months in fall 2010 and spring 2011, groups of five to seven kindergartners and 1st graders played games that required them to copy designs and shapes. At the start of each class, the pupils took part in "calirobics"—handwriting and line-tracing exercises set to music. During the rest of the class they copied a pattern or picture in a variety of materials. Some days, students cut and pasted construction paper to make chains or built models out of clay or Lego blocks; other days, they used stencils, pattern blocks, or fusible plastic beads.
The children were not taught any math, and the teachers did not draw any links between the art projects and math skills, but by spring, the 1st graders showed significant improvement in both math and executive-function skills.
At the start of the program, the students had tested at the 30th percentile nationwide in numeracy and "applied problems" on a standardized test of early math knowledge; by the end of the program, they had moved to the 47th percentile in those areas. The participating students showed similarly large improvements in looking, listening, attention, and executive-function skills.
The development of fine-motor coordination and executive function may be more critical than subject content for early-childhood classrooms, Mr. Grissmer said.
"We start kids too early on math and reading when they don't have these foundational skills," he said. In the earliest grades, he said, "you can't just teach reading and math to get higher reading and math skills."
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Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1919-1930 (2)--Original Data, 1930-1968. Source: NBER Computed Data By Subtracting Total Seperation Rate From Gross Accession Rate (Series 08255); Data Are From Bureau Of Labor Statistics.
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NBER Indicator: m08256a
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Video Acceleration API is a successor to XvMC, providing partial and full hardware offloading of video decoding. This interface is available on Intel graphics. Interface frontends are also available for ATI's XvBA and nVidia's VDPAU. This interface is supported by MythTV as of 0.25.
Enable VAAPI
You need to install the libva VAAPI library and the related hardware drivers.
Intel Graphics
Install necessary packages
Using Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt-get install libva1 i965-va-driver libva-intel-vaapi-driver vainfo
If compiling from source, also install libva-dev
sudo apt-get install libva-dev
Using other distributions
You can use the official Intel graphic installer available at from Intel
Or build from source:
If your distribution doesn't include recent drivers (0.32 and above is recommended). Install Intel drivers (taken from: step 5 of GUIDE Simplified Guide for a perfect minimal HTPC on INTEL platforms): (11-8-13 See remarks below for errors and incomplete compile. This wiki needs to be updated.)
cd ~ sudo mkdir Builds cd Builds sudo apt-get build-dep libva1 git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/vaapi/libva cd libva git checkout vaapi-ext sudo ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr sudo make sudo make install cd.. git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/vaapi/intel-driver cd intel-driver git checkout vaapi-ext wget http://paste.kde.org/184874/raw/ -O ./increase_micro_version.patch (11-8-13 the file will download but it is empty) sudo autoreconf -v --install sudo patch -p1 < ./increase_micro_version.patch (11-8-13 There will be an error here since the patch file is empty) sudo ./configure --prefix=/usr sudo make sudo make install
TestCheck to see if newly installed software is working by running
vainfoYou should see something similar to this: (note, output will be different for those running different versions of the Intel integrated graphics, you are looking for VAEntrypointVLD with some of the codecs)
vainfo: VA API version: 0.32 vainfo: Driver version: i965 Driver 0.1 vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264Baseline : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileVC1Simple : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileVC1Main : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileVC1Advanced : VAEntrypointVLD
Configure MythTV for VAAPI
- Make sure you are using OpenGL or Auto as painter
- MythFrontend -> Setup -> Appearance, make sure Painter is set to Auto or OpenGL (not Qt)
- Select VAAPI Playback Profile from Mythfrontend:
- MythFrontend -> Setup -> Video -> Playback -> (Screen 3/8) -> Select "VAAPI normal" profile in list
Hit Next until you are back out to the main screen
Try playing back a recording or another video and you should notice a decrease in CPU usage.


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WASHINGTON, April 20, 2012--The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) in conjunction with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) today announced next steps in eradicating the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) infestation from Worcester County, Massachusetts.
The Massachusetts ALB Cooperative Eradication Program will step up its efforts in 2012 to delimit the infestation of ALB in Worcester County, and will focus its eradication strategies on four critical operations: delimiting surveys, removal of infested trees, regulatory activities and methods development to enhance program operations.
Since Aug. 5, 2008 when the invasive beetle was first detected in the state, the eradication program has surveyed over 2 million host trees within Worcester County while the regulated area has grown from 17 square miles to the current 110 square miles. The program is still working to delimit the infested area.
"The priority is to complete delimitation as soon as possible by focusing efforts on survey," said Christine Markham, National Director for the APHIS ALB Eradication Program. "Surveys will determine the full extent of the central Massachusetts infestation and the information gained will help determine what additional eradication control strategies will be used to fight the infestation."
Ground inspection of host trees is completed by specially trained federal, state and contracted survey crews. Ground surveyors and professional aerial surveyors are working to identify the edges of the infestation. The program will also work with entomologists and foresters from APHIS, DCR, USDA's Forest Service and Pennsylvania State University to further develop pheromone traps, designed to lure and capture the insect. Trap placements are expected to begin in June.
Given the priority to complete delimiting surveys, the eradication program will not focus on the use of chemical treatment applications in Worcester County this year. It is critical that the boundaries of the infestation are identified in order to prevent the infestation from spreading beyond the current area. The use of treatment applications will be reevaluated in 2013.
Infested trees will continue to be removed throughout the year as they are detected. To date, 20,448 infested trees and 10,250 high-risk host trees have been removed from within the regulated area. The removal of infested trees will continue to reduce beetle populations and contribute towards the eradication of the pest.
The program is facilitating several methods development projects. One key study involves the use of detector dogs, which are trained to recognize the scent of the beetle verses other forest pests. Additional studies currently under development include regulatory treatments for wood and nursery stock, and fall treatment applications.
Program staff continues to monitor the regulated area, respond to service calls and conduct training sessions for compliance agreements. The eradication program holds compliance agreements with 2,957 individuals working within the regulated area. These efforts are designed to limit the spread of the invasive pest and facilitate its eradication from within Massachusetts, as well as to prevent its spread to other states.
The mission of the eradication program is to help save trees and to eradicate the invasive pest from the state. The eradication program continues to work with partners to improve science-based eradication protocols.
For information about the beetle and program activities, please contact the Massachusetts ALB Cooperative Eradication program at 508-852-8090 or toll-free at 1-866-702-9938. Log on to www.aphis.usda.gov or http://massnrc.org/pests/alb or visit www.beetlebusters.info for more information about ALB, including pictures and where to report a suspected beetle.
The Massachusetts ALB cooperative eradication program is comprised of APHIS, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, the city of Worcester, the towns of Holden, West Boylston, Boylston, Shrewsbury and Auburn, the city of Boston, and the town of Brookline.
With Agriculture Secretary Vilsack's leadership, APHIS works tirelessly to create and sustain opportunities for America's farmers, ranchers and producers. Each day, APHIS promotes U.S. agricultural health, regulates genetically engineered organisms, administers the Animal Welfare Act, and carries out wildlife damage management activities, all to safeguard the nation's agriculture, fishing and forestry industries. In the event that a pest or disease of concern is detected, APHIS implements emergency protocols and partners with affected states and other countries to quickly manage or eradicate the outbreak. To promote the health of U.S. agriculture in the international trade arena, APHIS develops and advances science-based standards with trading partners to ensure America's agricultural exports, valued at more than $137 billion annually, are protected from unjustified restrictions.
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I couldn't let a season pass by without sharing my handprint and footprint ideas from this year and years past. As my kids get older I am finding it harder to come up with projects that can fit both their hands and feet on one page so I've been letting them each do their own thing. I've also been having fun adding their drawings to the handprint art! The possibilities are endless!
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On November 20, 1989, the Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. Hailed as the most widely-ratified human rights instrument in international law, it has been celebrated as the most comprehensive international treaty, embodying as it does, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of children. While the Convention affirms children's entitlement to rights, it recognizes that children, because of their vulnerability, are entitled to the necessary care and protection that would ensure their development to the fullest potential.
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Arbitrations between private economic actors and public law bodies are on the rise, both under
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International legal scholarship has since long tried to comprehend the diversifica-tion of actors, rules, and authorities in international law. Almost 60 years ago, Philip Jessup, who was later appointed as a judge at the International Court of Justice, developed the idea of a "transnational law", including "all law which regulates actions or events that transcend national frontiers". His approach aimed at substitut-ing and expanding the traditional notion of international law which used to be confined to inter-state relations.
The Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth is issuing a call for original research papers to be presented at the Sixth Annual Conference on Internet Search and Innovation. The conference will be held at the Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, IL. The conference will run from approximately 12:00 P.M. on Thursday, June 4, 2015 to 3:00 P.M. on Friday, June 5, 2015. There will be a dinner reception and keynote address on Thursday night.
The conference is organized by Professor Daniel F. Spulber, Northwestern University.
This year, we will engage in a broad discussion of "Reimagining IP/Gender: The Next Ten Years of Feminist Engagement with Intellectual Property Law." The symposium will take place in Washington, DC on Friday, February 27, 2015.
The Information Society Project at Yale Law School invites paper proposals for its upcoming conference, Innovation Law Beyond IP 2, to be held in New Haven on March 28-29, 2015. We will continue the style and substantive themes of the inaugural Beyond IP conference held in March 2014. While we welcome proposals under the general theme, this year we also particularly invite submissions under the sub-theme "Bringing the State Back In."
The Marco Biagi Foundation invites international researchers in the disciplines of law, economics, organisational theory and sociology to contribute to this analysis, presenting papers focusing in particular on one of the following tracks:
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The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and the Office of Financial Research invite the submission of research and policy oriented papers for the 2014 Financial Stability Conference to be held December 4-5, 2014, in Washington, D.C. The objectives of this conference are to highlight research and advance the dialogue on data requirements for macroprudential policy development and implementation, and to disseminate the recent advances in systemic risk measurement and forecasting tools.
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Sometime ago, I had received scanned photos of the Plenzler and Przybylski families through a cousin, John Plenzler.
A photo on the CD that he graciously sent had no identification. If anyone can identify the photo below, leave a note here and I will respond as soon as I can. I have a hunch that this could possibly be a photo of the Andrew and Francis Przybylski family, taken shortly after their arrival in the US (early 1880s). My hunch is based on that there are five children in this photo, and the first four children of the family were born in Poznan, Poland. The fifth child, Victoria, was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1882. Other than the infant, there appears to be two boys who could possibly be sons Frank and John and two girls who could possibly be daughters Marianna and Rose. However, I have no way to verify. Click the photo to download a full sized scan.
Any input or information would be deeply appreciated!