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Adrian Beltre was named the American League Player of the Month on Monday, his third such honor with the Rangers.
Beltre batted .369 with four doubles, nine homers, 19 RBIs and 13 runs scored over 26 games. He tied Alfonso Soriano for the Major League lead in homers and tied with Torii Hunter for the MLB lead in total bases (69).
Beltre also finished among the AL leaders in slugging percentage (second, .670), hits (tied for second, 38), extra-base hits (tied for fourth, 13), RBIs (tied for fifth) and batting average (sixth). And Beltre capped off his award-winning month in style, blasting a walk-off homer to lead the Rangers past the Angels on Wednesday.
Beltre has received AL Player of the Month honors four times, most recently with the Rangers in September 2012. He is one of seven players to win the monthly award multiple times with Texas, joining Josh Hamilton (four), Rafael Palmeiro and Alex Rodriguez (three each) and Ivan Rodriguez, Juan Gonzalez and Ruben Sierra (two apiece).
The 34-year-old slugger's two homers on July 4 moved him past Joe DiMaggio (361) for the 75th spot on the Major Leagues' all-time home run list. He went on to crush another one the next night and put together another two-homer game on July 9.
Beltre's seventh career walk-off homer on Wednesday -- his first with Texas -- completed the Rangers' three-game sweep over the Angels. Each of Texas' victories ended with a game-winning homer. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Rangers became the first team to win three straight games in that fashion since the 2004 Tigers.


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Communicating the Archaeological Profession Online
For two years, almost all of my mornings have been starting with the alarm clock sound, a good cup of coffee, the Windows' starting jingle and the trill of Facebook and Twitter notifications.
The strange thing is that I'm not affected by a social media addiction.
What is even more strange, it is that I'm unemployed.
Ever since I graduated in Archaeology – long ago, actually – I've always found it extremely difficult to explain to my friends and family what I could do as a job.
Not theoretically – more or less everyone had understood that. But practically.
In those moments, I realized that no one really knew what an archaeologist does.
Why? Because no one had ever explained it to them.
The answer was so simple that I was almost disoriented.
So I spent several hours on the Internet to look for someone or something in Italy which was writing about Archaeology and Communication, archaeological dissemination or talking about the archaeological profession.
At the end of the day, the results could be counted on the fingers of one hand.
After this, things have happened pretty quickly: I applied for a Master in Communication and New Media, they accepted my request for a scholarship, I started a blog and I decided that I would try to transform archaeological communication into my profession.
So – for two years – I've been getting up every morning with a mission: raise awareness and communicate.
Fortunately, along the way to achieve these goals, I have met many people who believe in the same principles: they believe we can change the piece of world in which we decided to operate and they want to do it using the communication tools that digital age made available to us.
All of my days mainly revolve around the goal of raising awareness in the use of social networks and online communication for the dissemination of cultural content. Not only by the institutions and museums, but also by professionals and private companies.
If our public does not consider the work of archaeologists to be relevant, it is because we have failed to communicate the value we bring to history, to society and to the global knowledge with our work.
Through researches and studies (online and offline), I try to spread and share the best case histories and best practices scattered around the world. The collaboration with #svegliamuseo helps me a lot in that: through the community and interviews, we bring out the national and international excellence in the use of social media and online tools.
The second focal point of my days are communication techniques. Writing on the web it's not just waking up a morning and suddenly write effective and appropriate content: it is necessary to study, to try, to make mistakes and to try again.
So I am gaining as much knowledge as possible through the study of every single topic that deals with communication: from marketing to advertising, from politics to information, from PR to business writing. I do a selective study and share principles and techniques exportable in the field of Archaeology Studies via social media.
For example, the technique I fell in love with is the digital storytelling. I think there is no better tool for museums to change perspective and perception, to change the role they have in society and to change the value they have for people.
And I think that archaeologists should follow the same path.
We have to be present where our audiences are now, we have to tell to audiences what archaeologists do, why they do it and with what results for them: only in this way our work will become and be perceived by people not only as culturally relevant but also as socially relevant.
At this point of my days I am seized with an incredible headache for having spent too many hours reading on a screen, but I am usually satisfied with the results. And after all there is no headache that a good cup of tea cannot calm down.


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Utah Woman Gives Birth to 14-Pound Baby
A Utah mom has been shopping for larger diapers after giving birth to a 14-pound baby boy.
Sara Brandon gave birth to her son, Joel Brandon Jr., or "J.J.," by cesarean section last May and was shocked by his size, especially since her last ultrasound estimated his weight as closer to 11 pounds.
"When they stuck him on the scale he was 14 pounds even," Brandon told ABCNews.com. "The doctor said it was the biggest baby he had ever delivered."
The delivery was a bit different from Brandon's previous birth experience with twin girls. Each girl weighed 4 pounds, and together they still weighed 6 pounds less than J.J.
"I had to have two [obstetricians] deliver him instead of one, because they knew he was going to be big," said Brandon. "They struggled to get him out."
According to Dr. Robert Barbieri, chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, J.J. was more likely to be oversize because Brandon has type 1 diabetes.
"An interesting effect of insulin, if it's not taken in a sufficient amount, the glucose remains high, and the baby's glucose starts to rise," said Barbieri. "It's like giving the baby fertilizer and it grows very large."
Barbieri said approximately one out of 1,000 babies could weigh 11-pounds, and one out of every 100,000 could weigh 14 pounds. A 14-pound baby, he said, is extremely rare, because usually a doctor will induce labor if a baby appears oversize.
J.J. spent the first 10 days of his life in the neonatal intensive care unit because of lung problems, said Brandon. But since he's left the hospital, he's thrived.
"He's very calm, content and giggly. He sits with his sisters all day. He only cries if he's hungry or tired," Brandon told ABCNews.com. "He's an awesome little guy, or big guy."
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Brandon said that J.J. and the now 3-year-old twins can all wear the same size diaper in spite of the age difference.
Cases of women delivering large babies vaginally appear to be grabbing headlines in recent years. A 13-pound baby was born vaginally in Germany in July, and a baby weighing nearly 14 pounds was born vaginally to an Iowa woman in 2012.
But these hefty newborns pale in comparison to the baby born to Guinness World Record-holder Ann Bates of Canada. In 1879, Bate's newborn weighed in at a whopping 23 pounds, 12 ounces.


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I'm Carine Muller-Pelletier. For my "first" 'Day of Archaeology' I would like to present to you a typical day in my life as an archaeologist, on the site of Queyriaux near Clermont-Ferrand in central France, where I have been excavating for more than a year.
5 AM, time to wake up. I have to hand out a scientific update on the site's findings, or at least finish the chapter I have begun last night. At least, the dig is only about 15 minutes away from where I live. 7:30 AM, time to open up the site, to offload the vehicles. Early rising colleagues are here to help. We set up the office. 8 AM the day's work begins, and I start with the ongoing troubleshooting.
A first round of the site: some 28,000 square metres, with everywhere a high density of finds. The race now begins, talking to everyone, on each excavation sector: those where mechanical tools are used to open the grounds, those where ground structures are dug with a mini-scoop, those where level excavations are carried out, using hand-held tools (wow, its great), and those were stratigraphy is being recorded. I need to keep track of what is going on, it's so important that I have a clear overview of everything.
Fine-tuning is sometimes called for, in function of yesterday's results: new question may arise, and we need to find the appropriate methods to answer them. We consult and debate, and then I need to decide quickly – this is my role.
Specialists follow each others on site to collect the data necessary for the scientific report. It is important to clearly highlight the scientific potential of the site: its state of preservation, the nature of the vestiges, their typological and chronological attribution, aspects of technological behaviour, some preliminary functional interpretations of the occupation zones and their spatial organisation – and that, for each chronological phase. And then, all of that needs to be replaced in relation to what is already known and to the answers we can expect given our outstanding questions.
6 PM, time to endorse my young mother's role …. until 9 PM, when I return to the scientific report and the day's new information.
All in all, this has been an intense 3 months, during which I was asked to produce two scientific reports (a sum of 60 and 90 pages of work usually done as post-excavation work). But the site certainly merited such an investment!
Indeed a distinctive characteristic of the site of Queyriaux is the presence of densely structured and remarkably well preserved occupation floors, situated in dwellings dated to the middle Neolithic and the middle Bronze Age periods. The abundance, diversity and good preservation of the finds collected further enhance the value of the site. A rare opportunity thus emerged to connect the organisation of circulation on the occupation floors with the associated material culture, highlighting a broad spectrum of human activities. Together, these strands of information led towards a more faithful 'paleo-ethnological' reconstruction of ancient daily life. The spatial distribution of the finds shows an organised occupation of space, characterised by well delimited and complementary areas, specialised in different activities around a central zone where large scale buildings were present. The data we are gathering can therefore expand our knowledge on villages from that period, and help us address such questions as the hinterland territories of these communities, their interactions with the environment and the landscape, and their networks of exchange.
At a regional level, the site presents a first opportunity to study the middle Bronze Age.
Sites of "Chasséen" Neolithic are more numerous, and in most of them occupation floors have been identified. They have not always been studied, however, or exposed on too small surfaces. At Queyriaux, we felt it important to request the scheduling of the site as an exceptional discovery: this would give us at last the necessary means to excavate and study wide stretches of these occupation floors.
We have thus worked on the site all through the seasons, always with the necessary scientific rigour and dedication. Alongside our own site, was also fully excavated the antique necropolis found alongside the nearby Roman way.
And every day, despite the stress and the weariness, I would reach the site with same emotion. We are so lucky, I was telling myself, that we can study such an exceptional site – a great and possibly unique experience in my life as an archaeologist. Results from the specialist analyses are beginning to arrive, and they confirm, to our great satisfaction, the impressions on the field.
Carine Muller-Pelletier, archaeologist at Inrap


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This definitely counts as one of the most disturbing things we've seen in our time, but nevertheless combines one of our greatest passions with...well, The President of the United States of America. I'm not sure how - or why - anybody would come up with the idea for this. But anyway, it's Ólafur Arnalds' 'Þú Ert Sólin' and Barack Obama reading Psalm 46 united in musical matrimony.
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If I replace the 5d2 with Sony A7r, ML is not useful ? Why?
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Equity futures are lower this morning following yesterday's moneyness/ leverage fluff fest. The dollar and bonds are recovering a small part of yesterday's losses, the Yen continues into record territory, oil is down slightly, gold & silver are holding onto yesterday's gains, and food commodities are slipping slightly.
Yesterday was a sad, sad day for America, did you miss it? What the media and your government didn't tell you yesterday was that America's advertised debt (reality is WAY higher) surpassed 100% of the nation's GDP? No, all you heard on the news was that trumped up GDP supposed "grew" by 2.5%. But remember, debt is money inside of the central banker box, and thus it is the growth of debt/money that you are seeing as "growth." Do not believe the lies, remember that lying is a cooperative act, do not give the purveyors of fraud permission to lie!
Speaking of moneyness lies, Personal Income supposedly rose by .1% in September while Consumer Spending supposedly rose by a whopping .6%! Those figures are supposedly up 4.4% and 5.3%, respectively, year over year, not that I believe for a second that Personal Income is actually up by that amount. The first flaw in this report is that they do not disseminate the actual dollar figures they are measuring, they convert them into percent moves. Here again, because they measure inflation incorrectly (understated), these figures are distorted to the high side. Thirdly they fail to average in the "income" that's missing from the unemployed! Fourthly, these statistics fail to point out that those closest to the production of money are seeing giant leaps in income, while those who are further away are taking it on the chin with lower wages and a higher percentage of temporary and part-time work. Even if we take these numbers at face value, then they are high and it is clear that the "Fed" is failing in their price stability mandate, thus how do they justify more "stimulus" and printing? Oh, that's right, they're not printing money, just ask them. Here's Econoday giving their blessing to the lies:
Personal income rose modestly in September but wages & salaries were healthy. Meanwhile, spending was up notably while inflation was mixed. Personal income in September edged up 0.1 percent, following a 0.1 percent dip in August. The latest number fell short of the consensus forecast for a 0.3 percent gain. Importantly, the wages & salaries component rebounded 0.3 percent, after declining 0.1 percent in August. Sluggishness in income was from a dip in interest income and from flat government benefits.
Consumer spending ramped up, gaining 0.6 percent, following a 0.2 percent rise in August. The September figure beat analysts' median forecast for a 0.3 percent increase. By components, durables jumped 2.2 percent after a 1.1 percent decline in August. Nondurables increased 1.1 percent, following a 0.6 percent rise. About half of the nondurables increase was price related. Services rose 0.2 percent after a 0.3 percent gain in August.
Turning to inflation numbers, the headline PCE price index increased 0.2 percent after gaining 0.3 percent in August. The consensus called for 0.2 percent gain. The core rate slowed to no change from up 0.2 percent in August. The market expectation was for a 0.1 percent rise.
Year-on-year, headline prices are up 2.9 percent, compared to 2.9 percent in September. The core is up 1.6 percent on a year-ago basis, down slightly from 1.7 percent in August.
Today's report is relatively strong-at least for this recovery. Headline income is sluggish but the important wages & salaries component is moderately healthy. Personal spending is robust although price gains played a partial role. Core inflation softened and this gives the Fed room for further accommodation if the FOMC chooses.
On the news, equity futures slipped a bit.
The Employment Cost Index for Q3 rose half that expected at .3%, which is up 2.0% for the year. This measurement includes benefit costs – again everything is measured in dollars then converted into a percentage:
Growth in benefit costs eased substantially in the third quarter and helped to bring down the employment cost index to a quarter-to-quarter plus 0.3 percent in the third quarter from outsized 0.7 percent and 0.6 percent gains in the prior two quarters. The reading is far below the Econoday consensus for plus 0.6 percent. The year-on-year rate slowed to 2.0 percent vs the prior quarters' 2.2 percent and 1.9 percent.
Benefit costs slowed to plus 0.1 percent in the third quarter, down from 1.3 percent and 1.1 percent in the prior two quarters. Wages & salaries rose a respectable 0.3 percent, following a run of 0.4 percent gains. But the year-on-year rate of plus 1.6 percent, the second in a row, is below the core CPI rate of plus 2.0 percent and well below the overall CPI rate of plus 3.9 percent.
Are you dazed and confused yet by how these statistics show supposed growth and yet there is a giant disconnect between them and reality? Money printing coupled with false and misleading statistics is why that disconnect exists, again, we have to collectively stop giving our tacit permission for the lies.
The University of Michigan's Consumer Sentiment reading just came in at the very depressed level of 60.9, which is higher than the last report of 57.5. This reading, while depressed, is in the opposite direction of the Consumer Confidence reading we just got which is near an all-time low. Not that the "consumer's" sentiment matters – they are being marginalized more and more.
So, you want to fix Social Security? Guess what, it's EASY, but only if you remove yourself from the central banker's debt to control you box. Have you wondered yet why it is that trillions can be created to "shore up the banks," and yet when it comes to things like Social Security and education there's no money to be found and "we're all going to have to take the pain!?"
Uh, huh, sorry, but I don't give my permission for that whopper of a lie. And let's be clear, the AARP crowd is right, people have paid into the system for years and years, they deserve to get the benefits that were promised to them! WE all deserve to get something back for what we put in, failing to do so is letting the criminal class abscond with your life's productive efforts, and that's called theft!
For decades the surpluses that went into Social Security were moved into the general fund and spent. Spent on what? Stupid things like ridiculous wars, insane "defense" spending, and special interest pandering galore. This is what happens when you give the money production power to a few private individuals, they turn YOUR PRODUCTION (99%) into THEIR GAINS (1%).
So now all that's left is a phony accounting entry saying that Social Security is owed all that money. And now we have a demographic problem where for the next couple of decades we're going to be taking in less than is going out – that's the Ponzi nature of the way the program was created. It is Ponzi because it did not start with assets, payouts were dependent upon current income, and we squandered surpluses instead of saving them. What to do now?
Here's all that has to be done to fix Social Security, this is best performed inside of the framework of Freedom's Vision (more on that coming), but is certainly doable at any point, including right now. Are you ready? The ease at which the cure is possible might startle you, but again you must remove your brain from the control-you fear created by the central banker paradigm:
To "unponzify" social security all that must be done is to create 1 trillion sovereign, non debt backed, dollars (more if needed), and then PARK THEM into a new and untouchable Social Security Trust Fund. You then use those dollars to meet obligations while the demographics are unfavorable, and then mandate that during surplus years the fund is rebuilt. No changes to benefits or taxes required.
That's it, that's all it takes. Creating this truly sovereign money is NOT inflationary because it is parked (like the current $1.6 trillion "excess reserves are today) – and in fact it acts as a sort of 'shock absorber' to the demographic roller-coaster. It took no "PAIN" to create that money, it simply took removing your brain from the debt as money to control you paradigm. In other words, it took not giving permission to the lies. In fact, had it been given the proper reserves and accounting in the first place, it would never have been "Ponzi" from the start.
There are all kinds of true solutions that benefit everyone equally once your mind is outside of the central banker box. I'm going to go there, all the way, in my next series of articles to show you how. I think I see a floor that needs sweeping…


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Those of us based in the UK won't have heard much about Annuals in recent months, likely presuming their last release to be their promisingly grandiose debut Be He Me back in 2006. But the band have been busy in the intermittent period, releasing various EPs and a follow up record Stateside. To make up for depriving us Brits of legitimate access to this period of creativity, Count the Rings arrives with a selection of tracks from those various releases alongside a few tantalising new morsels. And as such, we have here before us a record of 'songs' and ideas, rather than a coherent album.
It's a collection of experiments and ideas that yields some interesting results - and ones which could well come to shape the band's future career path or setlist encore; they just don't ever gel to form a coherent album.
Opener 'Eyes in the Darkness' strikes an impressive balance between the soaring choruses which trademarked the band's first foray and the instrumental experimentation which followed it (once the rather ill-fitting intro is dispensed with). 'Hot Night Hounds' delivers on the band's ability to craft anthemic choruses with truly beautiful results, 'Turncloaking' manages to be heartfelt yet haunting and the closing 'Holler and Howl' strikes that difficult balance between fun and complex, which a few other tracks here strive for but fall short of. However it's not all as well judged; 'Hardwood Floor' (in particular) and 'Springtime' desperately want to clutch those emotional heartstrings but end up feeling like derivative chart fare (though the latter's ending is very good indeed) and the slide guitar production on 'Loxstep' and 'Always Do' cheapens what are fundamentally rather decent pop songs.
In fact it's only the odd bit of genre merging misstep or over-bearing layering that let the record down, rather than the band's inherent abilities. Although one further criticism would be that many of the tracks included arrive at the 'juicy' part of the song a bit quicker than their musical peers might do, meaning that they don't quite have that certain something which elevates them into that 'epic' arena they aim for. Indeed, sometimes the material becomes overwhelming so rapidly, that it leaves you (somewhat conversely) with a sense of feeling a tad underwhelming due to its early ejaculation.
For a band so young and musically virile, Annuals exude a charm and songwriting ability which is way superior to what would normally be asked of them, hence it feels rather unfair to criticise them so. Yet due to sharing character traits with the likes of Broken Social Scene and Arcade Fire, expectations are seriously lofty amongst fans of rousing refrains and singalong outros. Ultimately, for the band to truly stand out, they need to work with someone who'll help discover their unique voice amongst all the ideas, over-production and talent the band put into every one of their releases.
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In this article, we'll explain 6 popular betting systems that you can experiment with in your online casino gaming experience. Truth be told, these timeless, tried and true betting systems originated in the world of offline betting, but they apply equally as well to online casino gambling, no matter what the game, no matter what the betting structure.
Before You Begin: For most of these systems, you will need to decide what your betting unit will be ahead of time (such as the minimum allowable bet at the game and online casino in question).
1-3-2-6 Betting System
This is what's called a Positive Progression system, meaning that as you win, your bets increase. The foundation of this online casino betting system is the premise that a player can win any game a maximum of 4 times in a row before they'll probably lose.
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- If you win a second round in a row, bet 2 units on the next (third) round;
- If you win a third round in a row, bet 6 units on the next (fourth) round;
- Then, no matter what happens (win or lose) return to the beginning of the pattern, betting 1 unit per round until you win one, etc.
The risk-reward scenario with the 1-2-3-6 betting system is simple. You can win as much as 6 times your original bet after 4 rounds of play while only putting 2 units of your own at risk.
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This is a Negative Progression system, meaning that as you lose, your bets increase.
The foundation of this online casino betting system is the premise that a player cannot possibly lose an infinite number of times without ever winning a single round. Therefore, what the Martingale system is designed to help you do is offset all of your accumulated losses with a single win.
Whether you consider it cynical, realistic, or both, this system works best in cases when the online casino game is paying out a 1 to 1 payout ratio on each bet. Here's how it works:
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- If you win, bet the same amount again, but if you lose, bet double the amount;
- If you lose again, you double your bet again.
The downside to the Martingale system is that you need a large bankroll to start out with as well as the resolve to keep increasing your bets as your losses compound. Not just anyone can pull this online casino betting system off.
In the rarest of cases, you may, after enough losses, reach the online casino's betting maximum and then not be able to raise your bet further or offset your losses with one win.
The D'Alenbert System
This is another Negative Progression system. It's also considered an Insurance System in that, as you win, the size of your bets increase. Here's how it works:
- Each time you lose, you raise your bets by one unit;
- Each time you win, you lower your bets by one unit;
This system also requires a large enough online casino bankroll to pull it off.
By adding the insurance system to the negative progression system, you're hedging your increasing losses by pulling some profits off the table each time you win.
The Labouchere Betting System (a.k.a. The Cancellation System)
This system, another Negative Progression, is somewhat more complicated than those listed so far. Depending on the odds in whatever online casino game you're playing, you'll come up with some sequence of numbers -- of any length you wish -- and not necessarily sequential.
Each number in your sequence is a multiple of your predetermined betting unit (7 therefore is 7 times your betting unit; 5 is 5x, etc.) Here's how it works:
- Your first bet should be the sum of the first and last numbers in your sequence;
- If you win, cross out those two numbers you just added together (the two outermost in your sequence) and bet the sum of the next two;
- If you win again, cross out those two outermost numbers and repeat the process
- If you continue winning until you have no more numbers in the sequence to add together, you simply start from the beginning with the entire, original sequence.
- If you lose, you add to the end of the sequence, the sum that you had just used, thus creating a new sequence;
- Crossing out no numbers at all (because you didn't win yet), add the first number in the sequence to the new last number that number and use that new sum as your multiple;
The supposed benefit of this complicated betting method is that anytime you have to start over with the original sequence, you come out with a profit. The drawback is that you can accumulate enormous losses before you ever win (if you ever win).
Your success at the Labouchere system really depends on selecting the right sequence.
The Paroli System (a.k.a. The Anti-Martingale System)
This is another Positive Progression system. More than simply selecting a unit of betting, with the Paroli system you also need to determine two other criteria before you begin:
1. A cap: The uppermost amount at which you will stop increasing your wager and return to your starting unit;
2. A multiple: How much you'll increase your bet every time you win (1 unit, 2 units, 3 units, etc.)
You should base these factors on the odds of the online casino game you happen to be playing. The appeal of the Paroli System is that you can play at the online casino for a while with a small bankroll. You cut your losses and let your profits ride.
The Parlay System
This is another Positive Progression system. Similar to the Paroli System, the effect of the Parlay system is to "pyramid" your profits, meaning that every time you win you wager both your winnings and the amount of your initial bet as your next bet.
The reward of the Parlay system can be huge. The risk is that you can lose it all in a single bad online casino beat.
Casino Online Betting - Why to Select Playing Online
With the explosion of internet betting gone are the days when betting on the like of the NFL, NHL or the NBA are confined to just the outright winner or match handicaps (where the outsider is given a lead in order to make the best more even). As competition within the world of internet betting has mushroomed so has the range of bets offered as they compete to become 'the leading exponent of US sports'. On any match now you can bet on 'over & under' which is betting on whether you reckon the total amount of points scored will be over or under a given number. Wider afield you can go for what the first scoring play will be or even who the Man of the Match award will be given or MVP (Most Valuable Player).
As a result the popularity of US Sports betting has also risen simply due to the fact that there is more for the 'leisure' bettor to get involved with and more enticing odds that those in the two horse race that is one side or the other to win. Whilst there is a huge lobby to restrict internet betting in the US the feeling that the bird has flown the nest is very strong as off-shore operators are queuing up for the business and many have now even listed themselves on the UK stock exchange giving them an immediate credibility.
For those of you with a nervous disposition it's probably worth turning away now as the biggest growth area in betting in the US, outside of the monster that is Poker, is College sports! Yep, I'm afraid bookies will take bets on almost anything if the appetite is there – one was taking bets on how would die in the latest Harry Potter book another on the outcome of the Michael Jackson trial. Is nothing sacred, apparently not? And the NCAAF is no different – but before we judge to harshly, let's not pretend that private underground wagering on the College sports has been massive for years so why not bring it out into the open. For those interested, Florida State and Miami are joint favourites in the ACC Conference Championship.
In the more mainstream fields Indianapolis just head the betting in the NFL over New England for the Superbowl XLI, its hard to split the Detroit Red Wings and the Ottawa Senators (who, with a name like, that should certainly know better than have a bet) in the Stanley Cup and in the MLB World Series its very tight in the betting between the New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees.
Well, happy betting as our eyes start to turn away from the World Cup (that's soccer to those who only follow the US stuff) and look forward to a new season of Hockey, Baseball, American Football and Basketball
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Newtown's Sandy Hook students greeted by signs, ribbons on return to school Thursday (photos)
MONROE -- The road to the new Sandy Hook Elementary School was paved Thursday with ribbons in the school's colors, signs of welcome and encouragement -- and police officers.
Newtown school buses idled for moments Thursday morning, with green and white ribbons on their grilles, waiting to bring students to the former Chalk Hill Middle School for the students' first day back in three weeks. The original Sandy Hook Elementary School was the site of a massacre on Dec. 14 when a lone gunman forced his way into the school and killed 20 students, between the ages of 6 and 7, and six staff, including the principal.
Officials announced Wednesday the school had been renamed Sandy Hook Elementary School. Newtown Superintendent of Schools Janet Robinson said the decision to carry over the name had been made by the staff.
The new school shares a campus with Jockey Hollow Middle School and is adjacent to an elementary school. Monroe police directed traffic in front of the school, only permitting parents and buses onto the campus. Once closer to the school, a second checkpoint was set up. Police said Wednesday they would be stopping and interviewing everyone who entered the campus. One parent reported her license was checked when visiting the school.
By the time school began at 9:07 a.m., there was no traffic on the road that had been filled with parents and buses dropping off students. The superintendent has said there are about 500 students who attend the elementary school.
Richard Wilford's son, Richie, 7, attends second grade at Sandy Hook. Wilford said his son was "apprehensive" going back to school Thursday, but more because of the newness of his environment than for his safety, which was his parent's paramount concern.
Wilford, like many other parents, sent his son to school on the bus and then drove to the school, where he stayed and attended an informational assembly with school officials. While there, he saw five officers in the school but surmised there may have been more.
In a midday press conference, Monroe police Lt. Keith White said the day proceeded without "any issues." He said students were excited to be "together as a class for the first time since the tragedy."
"Watching them get off the bus, most of the kids were excited. They'd seen friends they hadn't seen in a while. They were anxious to get into the hallways and meet up with the other kids," White said. "And you could see the teachers had the same response. They were quite excited to see the students all together."
Parents were told by interim Principal Donna Page they were welcome to remain with their child on the first day. Page was the principal of Sandy Hook until her retirement in June 2010. She was succeeded by Dawn Hochsprung, who was killed in the shooting.
White said a lecture room was filled with parents attending an assembly on school security, though he did not know how many attended. "We just want to make sure everybody feels comfortable and we want to move on, and let the kids move on, too," he said.
Wilford described being in the school as a "double-edged sword," explaining the parents' presence may have made the students feel like things were abnormal.
Inside the school, he knew his son was safe.
"They really went above and beyond to ensure the safety of the kids and everything. There was an incredible police presence, and a presence of administrators and others who were there to make sure that the students and the parents felt safe," he said.
White did not know how many students were absent from school.
"Talking to the principal, attendance was very good today. Most of the students did come by bus, most of the buses were full and a lot of the classrooms were full," he said.
He said many students sat with the therapy dogs assigned to the school.
Wilford said he never considered not sending his son back to school.
"I think it's time to return to the routine. And I believe that routine helps to re-establish security and stability," Wilford said. "I knew that the school board had taken every reasonable precaution, and perhaps even every unreasonable precaution, to make sure everything was OK. I didn't have any apprehensions about his safety."
Officials have declined to comment on how surviving pupils whose classmates or teachers were killed in the shooting would be accommodated. When asked Wednesday if students were leaving the district, White said he was not aware of any.
White said school officials would not be making any public comment and were going back to business "as usual."
The original Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown remained closed Thursday.
Orange cones blocked off the entrance to the school, as did a state trooper parked in the entrance toward the school. The school has been closed since the day of the shootings.
As the school year continues at the new school, White said they will continue to evaluate the security on a week-by-week basis. "We are trying to keep a balance. ... We don't want them to think that this is a police state. We want them to know that this is a school, and a school first, and it's a place to come to learn and enjoy their friends and grow up."
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Issue 34 of Ireland's anarchist paper Workers Solidarity 34 from 1992
Anarchism today
Anarchism to-day is growing in all of the Eastern European countries. As it was isolated for some 70 years in the soviet union and 40 years in Eastern Europe it will be a slow and painful process. In the west the anarchist movement grew slowly throughout the 80's and is now in the process of re-examining the anarchist tradition.
The factory committees appeared in Petrograd and Moscow around February/March of 1917, and quickly spread. Elected directly by the workers in each enterprise, they appear initially to have formed in a response to theatened closures, and to press for the 8-hour day, though the scope of their demands would soon extend. But by 1918 they were being suppressed by the new Bolshevik government.
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The American Civil Liberties Union has filed suit against a rural county in North Carolina, asking a federal judge to permanently enjoin local officials from delivering overtly Christian invocations prior to county commission meetings.
Members of the Rowan County Commission traditionally deliver an invocation prior to the pledge of allegiance at the start of public meetings.
Some county residents have complained about what they say are blatantly Christian references in the invocations.
For example, in March 2012, a commissioner ended his invocation: "And, as we pick up the Cross, we will proclaim His name above all names, as the only way to eternal life. I ask this in the name of the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, Jesus Christ."
In December 2012, a commissioner concluded his invocation with the words: "I pray that the citizens of Rowan County will love you Lord, and that they will put you first. In Jesus's name. Amen."
The suit was filed on behalf of three residents of Rowan County who complain that sectarian premeeting prayers and comments are offensive and make them feel excluded from the community and the political process.
The complaint was filed in US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina on Tuesday. It says that since November 2007, a sectarian prayer has been delivered in 139 of 143 meetings – or roughly 97 percent of the commission's public meetings.
"I want my local government to be open and welcoming to people of all beliefs," one of the plaintiffs, Nan Lund, said in a statement. "But when officials begin a public meeting with prayers that are specific to only one religious viewpoint, I feel unwelcome, excluded, and compelled to participate" in a religious exercise, she said.
The ACLU sent a letter in February 2012 informing the board that sectarian prayers at government meetings violated the First Amendment. The board never responded formally, the suit says.
The complaint says that board members made public statements of defiance, defending the content of their invocations.
One board member was quoted in the media as saying, "I will continue to pray in Jesus' name. I am not perfect so I need all the help I can get, and asking for guidance for my decisions from Jesus is the best I, and Rowan County, can ever hope for."
In 2011, the Fourth US Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., ruled against North Carolina's Forsyth County in a similar case involving invocations that critics said were too overtly Christian.
The appeals court said that any prayers must be neutral and not exhibit a preference for one faith over another. That case was also litigated by the ACLU. It caused more than 20 local governments in North Carolina to change their invocations at public meetings.
"All citizens of Rowan County deserve to be treated equally by their government, regardless of their personal religious beliefs," said Chris Brook, legal director of the ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation.
"By refusing to obey the law and insisting on opening meetings with prayers that are specific to only one religion, the Rowan County commissioners have created an environment where citizens of different beliefs are made to feel alienated," Mr. Brook said.
"In order to make local government more welcoming to citizens of all beliefs, officials must end this unconstitutional practice at once," he said.
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The Earth has been Warmer and Cooler before Man created his First Carbon Emission
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The left likes to attack religion. Pointing out how those in power created all religions. To control the people. And to increase their power. They note that these religions are not based in scientific fact. But on faith. And silly superstitions. Not intelligent thought. Which is why the left attacks religion. To free people from these silly superstitions. So they can control the people with their own silly superstitions and faith (see I Spent 28 Hours on a Bus. I Loved It. by Eric Holthaus posted 2/4/2014 on Slate).
For the first time, 195 nations backed a consensus statement saying that humanity is "extremely likely" (greater than 95 percent confidence) to be the dominant cause. That's about the same confidence doctors have that smoking causes cancer…
That means we have no choice but to change our collective path right now.
There is no such thing as consensus in science. We don't take votes in science. We use the scientific method. And here's how Merriam-Webster defines the scientific method:
principles and procedures for the systematic pursuit of knowledge involving the recognition and formulation of a problem, the collection of data through observation and experiment, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses
Do you see anything about taking votes and forming a consensus? No. Because it's not science when you take votes and form a consensus. When empirical data and experimentation uphold a hypothesis what does that mean? It means we haven't disproved that hypothesis yet. It doesn't mean that hypothesis is a scientific fact. It just means someone hasn't come around to disprove it yet.
We don't know what killed off the dinosaurs yet. We have many hypotheses. A massive meteorite hit the earth. A period of volatile volcanic activity. Continental drift cooled the planet. Dinosaur flatulence warmed the planet. Aliens killed them. Or took them away. There are many theories. But no one knows for sure what happened. And scientists haven't taken a vote to settle the matter once and for all. They are still working to figure that out. Because that's the scientific method. Whereas the theory of global warming (let's call it what it was before their warming predictions were proven wrong and they opted to use climate change) is the only 'science' the left wants us to accept as settled science. Without any further inquiry. And they even belittle anyone who believes in the scientific method as climate change deniers. Because we don't pray at the altar of global warming. Turning our world over to those who want to regulate every aspect of our lives.
Climate was around a lot longer than dinosaurs. Yet while we can only make educated hypotheses on what happened to the dinosaurs we can supposedly understand fully something that predates the dinosaurs. Which is preposterous to say the least. In the Seventies they were warning us about global cooling. Then in the Nineties they were warning us about global warming. Without ever saying that they were wrong when they said the planet was cooling. Or why we should believe them now when they were wrong before. And not just a little wrong. They were the most wrong possible. Changing from one extreme (cooling) to the other extreme (warming).
Climate doesn't only predate the dinosaurs. It also predates man. And there was a lot of climate activity going on long before man created his first carbon emission. Once upon a time there were no polar icecaps. Then at another time glaciers reached down from the polar regions to near the equator. These extremes happened long before the internal combustion engine. Or the coal-fired power plant. In fact, these things happened when there were no manmade carbon emissions. So what caused these climate extremes that were much more extreme than the climate of today? Whatever it was we do know one thing. Man did not cause them. Just as he is not causing global warming today. For it may come a shock to liberals but man is not bigger than climate. Climate is bigger than man. And it can bring on another ice age and kill us in droves.
If you live in a northern clime look out your window at that snow and ice covering the ground. Now ask yourself this. How much food do you think our farmers could grow if their fields were covered with snow and ice all year round? Or if the temperatures never rose enough to warm the wet soil enough to allow seeds to germinate? None. That's how much. We can irrigate land during a summer drought. But there will be nothing we can do to warm and dry the soil enough to grow food. Which means the climate doomsayers were right in the Seventies. Global cooling is the greater threat. Not warming. And anyone worried about manmade global warming should ask the climate 'scientists' to explain how the polar icecaps could melt, glaciers could extend down from the polar regions to the equator and then recede back to the polar regions without any manmade global warming around to cause this climate change. And if they can explain how with a straight face than perhaps we should listen to them. But not until then.
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Global Duty Free & Travel Retail Industry on Course for Annual Sales of 50 Billion US Dollars
14 Nov, 2012, 08:30 GMT
PARIS, November 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
"The most recent annual sales figures from Generation showed our industry reached 46 billion US dollars in 2011. Even allowing for the positive impact of exchange rates against the dollar, this was a performance to be proud of."
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Speaking at the annual TFWA World Exhibition Conference in Cannes on Monday 22nd October, Erik Juul-Mortensen, President of TFWA commented that, "Our brands, resilient and resourceful, demonstrated growth across all categories, with luxury goods leading the way."
Highlighting the strength of the Asia Pacific region he continued, "This 2011 performance was all the more remarkable given the persistent currency turmoil and the continued economic gloom within the EU, particularly the Eurozone countries, a weak US economy and political and social unrest in North Africa and the Middle East."
Noting the continued growth in 2012, Juul-Mortensen said, "If we maintain this current direction, and we avoid major crises, we are on course to achieve sales of over US$50 billion this year. The latest sales growth forecasts see travel retail potentially hitting $60 billion plus by 2015 and $120 billion by 2020."
Keynote speaker Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chair of the Albright Stonebridge Group provided an erudite summary of the current geopolitical situation. She said that there has always been a trend towards globalisation but it is the pace at which change happens now that has increased.
She pointed to four realities: the growth of some economies - China, Brazil, Russia, Turkey - which has changed their economic leverage; new technology which has fuelled political change with four governments overthrown in the Middle East and a fifth under intense siege; the evolution of security threats which are even more threatening than before; and religion which is a source of support to millions but whose doctrines can cause conflict.
"Although we cannot underestimate these problems," she concluded, "we cannot be panicked by them either."
The Conference, on the theme 'A Brand New Dimension', also featured presentations by Jean-Charles Decaux, CEO JCDecaux on new modes of engagement with consumers and Kjell A. Nordstrom, Economist, on future business strategies in the face of shifts in society.
Attended by a record 894 delegates, it set the scene for TFWA World Exhibition which gave 462 brand-owners the opportunity to showcase thousands of products before buyers, agents, distributors and other trade visitors representing airports, airlines, airport retailers, ferry and cruise line companies and other duty free outlets. The exhibition occupied 21,000m2, the largest exhibition of its kind ever.
A record total of 6074 trade visitors flocked to the week-long show in Cannes, up 4% on 2011, all keen to update on trends and view the latest products.
Many of the items on display are exclusive to travel retail; consumers have demonstrated the appeal of products which cannot be found on the high street. Brands often use travel retail as the global launchpad for new products and the first place these are revealed to buyers is at TFWA World Exhibition.
The global duty free and travel retail industry is a dynamic and prosperous market place. The total sales of US$46 billion in 2011 represent an increase of nearly 18% on the previous year and for the first time in the history of the industry, the Asia & Oceania region outpaced Europe with sales of US$16 billion - up 25% on 2010 - compared with US$15.6 billion in Europe, the birthplace of duty free & travel retail, according to Generation Research.
Airports dominate the market with nearly two thirds (61%) of sales, with airlines 6%, ferries 5% and downtown, cross-border and military duty free stores accounting for the remainder.
In spite of the current economic problems in global markets, luxury goods from fashion and accessories to jewellery and watches are the most popular purchases generating nearly US$17 billion in revenue a year. Fragrances and cosmetics have traditionally been a great favourite and today they account for a third of sales (31%). Wines & spirits, a category which is noted for its innovative marketing techniques such as travel retail exclusive products and in-store cocktail bars, generates sales of almost US$8 billion.
In terms of passenger numbers, the future of the duty free and travel retail industry looks secure however the industry faces many challenges. Several policies pose a threat to the industry and as such a threat to the non-aeronautical revenue streams of international airports.
TFWA World Exhibition provides a window to the world of brands but also offers a forum in which industry participants can discuss such concerns and network in pleasant surroundings. The next TFWA World Exhibition will take place in Cannes from 20th to 25th October 2013.
Before then industry executives will congregate at the MEDFA Conference on 26th and 27th November in Dubai and at TFWA Asia Pacific Conference & Exhibition in Singapore from 12th to 16th May 2013. In addition, in response to keen interest from the trade in developing duty free and travel retail in China, TFWA and the Asia Pacific Travel Retail Association (APTRA) are organising the 'Industry Conference on China' in Beijing from 5th to 7th March 2013.
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Demonstrators mark anniversary of anti-Putin movement at an unsanctioned protest
Turnout was significantly lower than last winter's rallies, which attracted more than 100,000
Ksenia Sobchak, the socialite turned opposition leader, and her boyfriend among those detained
A few thousand Muscovites braved police and subzero temperatures to mark the first anniversary of Russia's anti-Putin movement at an unsanctioned protest in central Moscow.
While turnout was significantly lower than last winter's rallies, which at one point attracted more than 100,000 people, those that came faced more serious consequences, including jail and fines of more than $9,500 – nearly the average monthly Russian salary.
Hundreds of riot police cordoned off protesters who gathered next to the headquarters of the Russia's FSB security service and the former home of the KGB during the Soviet Union.
Alexei Navalny, the popular anti-corruption blogger, and Sergei Udaltsov, a leftist activist, were detained by police immediately upon arriving, as were Ksenia Sobchak, the socialite turned opposition leader, and her boyfriend the activist Ilya Yashin.
All four were taken to a police station in the south of Moscow but released within hours.
Police initially allowed the crowd gather peacefully, but after an hour began closing in on specific protesters who they arrested in often brutal scenes. An estimated 40 people were detained.
The rally was the first major protest to not receive approval from Moscow authorities, a sign of hardening relations between the city government and opposition leaders who refused to hold the rally at alternative locations suggested by the state.
The demonstration is unlikely to breathe new life into the opposition, which has struggled to find direction since Vladimir Putin's re-election in March. Yet the turnout was arguably higher than expected given the threat of violence and fines.
In the days before the rally, the state appeared to issue a warning to the demonstrators, announcing that a criminal investigation had been opened into Mr Navalny and his brother, and raiding the home of an associate of Mr Udaltsov.
"It was very scary for me to come. I cried this morning," said Tatiana, 52, who did not want to give her last name for fear of getting in trouble with her employer.
She said once she had arrived at the rally she had become more confident, and had dared to affix to her coat lapel a pin that read "We were at Bolotnya . . . Arrest me!" – a reference to the first major protest last year.
"They say that there we don't exist, but today we showed them that we do. Their laws created by an illegitimate regime an illegitimate president are not an order for us. We are in charge here . . . We will come out on to the streets again," she said.
With no speeches or performances, the protest lacked the euphoria that coloured the demonstrations of a year ago. But those present insisted that were optimistic that change and reform would come, no matter how gradual.
"Over the past year, nothing particularly changed in politics. However, I think society has started thinking a bit about what needs to be done," said Ivan Kosnisky, a designer.
"We need to change from within. I don't know if there is a universal recipe. But we need to stop being indifferent and start thinking of things that are located outside our own apartments."
He added: "I see the faces here I usually see at the Moscow Conservatory or the Tretyakovsky art gallery. It's simply pleasant for me to chat here with these people who are clearly of the same mind."


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If you choose to use your personal device for employment purposes then your employer may take control over that device to protect themselves. In a company mobile liability policy, the employer often has remote capabilities to monitor activity and in the event of loss or employee termination wipe the data...
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January 17, 2013 Added by:Rebecca Herold
There is a topic that has been coming up, over and over and over again over the past 12 years, that I've never seen addressed in other publications. What does your organization do with all the personal information you collect from job applicants? Consider a real situation I encountered around ten years ago...
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What's Next For BYOD - 2013 And Beyond
December 30, 2012 Added by:Ian Tibble
The business case is inconclusive, with plenty in the "say no to BYOD" camp. The security picture is without foundation - we have a security nightmare with user devices, regardless of who owns the things...
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Prediction: BYOD May Go Away in 2013
December 25, 2012 Added by:Paul Kenyon
Considering this speed of change, taking a moment to reflect on the security risks ahead is not only prudent, but could save your organization from being blindsided. From my view, here's what I'd recommend organizations, from SMBs to the enterprise, prepare for in 2013...
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All Aboard
December 17, 2012 Added by:Randall Frietzsche
We need a well-conceived set of administrative and technical controls - our policy, while still acknowledging that every living creature on the planet is organically attached to a smart device, must dictate that the user will follow the policy at risk of termination...
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Social Media: Lightning Storm
December 03, 2012 Added by:Joel Harding
I worked for one company who wanted to get information out quickly to all their stakeholders. The problem was the company was mired in an unhealthy aversion to risk. Their mind-set was avoidance, whereas industry transitioned to risk mitigation. That company is doomed to fail...
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BYOD savings may be lost by security and admin costs
November 12, 2012 Added by:Rainer Enders
Companies need to mobilize, that is without question -- but for too long BYOD has become nearly synonymous with this effort. In reality, BYOD is just one of the ways enterprises can mobilize, and in many cases, it is not the most secure, or necessarily the most cost-efficient way to do so...
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Security and Privacy Concerns for Mobile Devices
November 11, 2012 Added by:Dan Dieterle
BYOD (Bring your own Device) is one of the latest tech fads. Bring in that tablet or smart phone from home and we will hook it right up to our corporate network for you! What a great thing, and the IT staff just loves it too. But there are some serious concerns about mobile devices...
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BYOD Costs are Rising
November 11, 2012 Added by:Bill Gerneglia
Recent research demonstrates some of the quantifiable benefits and complexities associated with allowing employees to use their own mobile devices on their employers' networks. Most organizations are now enabling BYOD in the enterprise...
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Third Party Application Analysis: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
November 02, 2012 Added by:Fergal Glynn
Communication and execution are crucial to successful third party analyses. A huge contributing factor for these best practices is project management. Project management activities such as status meetings, enterprise follow-ups, and open discussions will facilitate the analysis process...
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iPhone Mania and Your Corporate Security
November 01, 2012 Added by:Tripwire Inc
With the release of the iPhone 5 the proliferation of personal smart phones into the enterprise will get even faster. With projected sales between 5 and 8 million iPhones through the holidays you can guarantee that a fairly large percentage of them will be added to the burdens of the corporate network...
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BYOD or Rogue IT?
October 22, 2012 Added by:Bill Gerneglia
Rogue IT is the name given to the informal, ad hoc software and electronic devices brought by employees into their workplace. If IT managers are warming up to and in fact embracing BYOD are they as accepting of Rogue IT in the office? Is Rogue IT simply an extension of BYOD?
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Employers Must Consider Social Media Risks
October 17, 2012 Added by:David Navetta
One should assume that any information purportedly protected by privacy settings could still be viewed by strangers. And t is difficult to authenticate "friends" on a social network – they may be impersonators looking to scrape sensitive information from the "private" online posts...
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Four Best Practices for BYOD Policies
October 16, 2012 Added by:Robert Siciliano
Bringing your own device is not a right but a privilege. If your employer doesn't allow it there is generally a good reason. Data breaches cost thousands and in some cases millions. So if you are lucky enough to be privileged, protect that mobile device with the guidance of the IT department...
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Network Design, Wireless Security, and Password Policies - Business Beware
October 15, 2012 Added by:Gary McCully
A while back I was on a wireless assessment in which I was able to compromise the client's primary Windows Domain from their guest wireless network. My hope in writing this article is that organizations will take their network design, wireless security, and password policies a little more seriously...
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Six Questions to Ask Before Posting to Social Networks
October 10, 2012 Added by:Rebecca Herold
Every day I see yet another situation where employees misused, abused or otherwise accused social media sites to the chagrin of their employers. Businesses need to make a coordinated effort, using a combination of policies, training and technology to mitigate the risks of workers using social media sites...


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Filipe Ibarro's 1934 Letter in New Masses
Where the Sun Spends the Winter
San Antonio, Texas
Dear Editor:
I want the women of New York, Chicago and Boston who buy at Macy's, Wannamaker's, Gimbel's and Marshall Field to know that when they buy embroidered children's dresses labeled "hand made" they are getting dresses made in San Antonio, Texas, by women and girls with trembling fingers and broken backs.
These are bloody facts and I know, because I've spoken to the women who make them. Catalina Rodriguez is a 24-year-old Mexican girl but she looks like 12. She's in the last stages of consumption and works from six in the morning till midnight. She says she never makes more than three dollars a week. I don't wonder any more why in our city with a population of 250,000 the Board of Health has registered 8000 professional "daughters of joy" and in addition, about 2,000 Mujeres Alegres (happy women), who are not registered and sell themselves for as little as five cents.
Catalina Torres has four children and her husband cracks pecans at thirty cents a hundred pounds. He makes about two dollars a week. She says that they pay her thirty cents a dozen for the embroidery and she can only make three dozen a week because of the children.
Maria Vasquez, a spinster, sews the children's dresses at home for fifteen cents a dozen. If she works from dawn to midnight she can make three dozen a day. For each new dress style you have to go to the office first and make a sample. I asked her if she passed the test every time. She ran inside and came out with an envelope in her hand. Read my diploma she says, and you won't ask any more foolish questions.
The "diploma" is a circular letter printed by the thousands on the company letterheads and is addressed to no one in particular. It says her work has been satisfactory and that they are proud of her, and any time she wants work they will be glad to give it to her. The company is the Juvenile Mfg. Corp. Their New York office is E. Edar, 1350 Broadway.
Several years ago our Chamber of Commerce launched a campaign in competition with Florida and California inviting tourists to come to San Antonio, "Where Sunshine Spends the Winter." I don't know whether the tourists came but Eastern manufacturers and Capital came and let out the children's dresses for home work. There are thousands of American-born Mexican girls and women and they work at any price.
Ambrosa Espinoza is thirty and she has worked the last seven years on these "hand made" dresses. I am enclosing her pay envelopes. One week three dollars, the next, two fifty-five and the third only seventy cents. With this she has to pay rent for her shack, pay insurance, support the Catholic Church and feed herself. When I try to talk to her she says: Todos es de Dios, todos es de Dios--everything is from God, everything is from God. She embroiders four dozen dresses a week at seventy-cents a dozen and works from morning till late at night. At night she uses a kerosene lamp. She says that times are getting harder and even American women will take the work. The boss knows this so he reduces the prices every week, and if you don't like it you can leave it. She also works for the Juvenile Mfg. Corp.
She tells me about her brother and how he lost his leg. For twenty-five years he worked for Southern Pacific Railway, and three years ago they laid him off. He looked high and low for work. Then he decided to look in North Texas and he tried to hop a freight. But he lost his balance and the train cut his leg the way the railroad cut the twenty-five years from his life.
As I got out of the shack I can't forget this brother who lies on his iron cot like a skeleton. He uses rags for mattress, and lies motionless, gazing on the Virgin of Guadalupe and the image of the young Jew of Galilee. He prays to them, dreaming of another world.
I want you women up North to know. I tell you this can't last forever. I swear it won't.
Felipe Ibarro
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