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48 New Digital Media Resources You Might Have Missed
Been away from Mashable for a few days? Maybe you were sorting through hundreds of Oscar memes. Perhaps you've been busy working on integrating your brand with Facebook Timeline. Or have you been trying to figure out what the iPad 3 will look like?
For whatever reason you've missed our new digital media resources this week, let us catch you up in a flash with our features roundup.
This week we have the marketer's guide to Pinterest, a list of YouTube's most shared ads in February and everything you wanted to know about 3D printing but were too afraid to ask. We've also covered the new socially inclined Lytro camera, tips for better Facebook parenting and an explanation of how startups can establish relationships with journalists. And look at all the infographics!
Editor's Picks
How a Team of Doctors Uses Social Media to Drive Awareness and Save Lives For small non-profit medical teams working outside the U.S., Twitter and other social media tools have become an invaluable lifeline.
How Startups Can Build Lasting Relationships With Journalists Build strong, long-term relationships with reporters in order to promote your product or service. Try these tips to forge media connections.
Everything You Wanted to Know About 3D Printing But Were Too Afraid to Ask 3D printing is a booming business. Here, we explain how it works, where it's headed and what you might soon be printing.
Meet the Winner of Mashable's Facebook Short Story Contest We're proud to announce the winner of Mashable's Facebook short story contest. We've included a Q&A with the author and the winning story.
6 New Gadgets Helping People With Disabilities Here's a look at some of the latest assistive tech products on display at the Tech and Persons with Disabilities Conference.
10 Strategies for Non-Profits on Pinterest Non-profits are leveraging Pinterest for social good, but how did they get there? What are the strategies behind it?
Social Media
Oscars 2012: Who Won the Award for Most Social Buzz? [STATS] Sunday's Academy Awards generated a ton of social media buzz. Check out this year's fascinating social stats from Trendrr.tv.
8 Strategies for Launching a Brand Presence on Pinterest For brands looking to develop a Pinterest presence, try these seven simple steps.
The Oscars for Most Social Celebrity and Best Tweet Go To … [INFOGRAPHIC] While the stars lit up the stage at the 84th Academy Awards, viewers set the social web aflame, posting nearly 2 million Twitter messages.
How to Turn Social Feedback into Valuable Business Data If you have a social media presence, you're already generating valuable data. The next step is to prevent it from slipping through the cracks.
How to Turn Off Google Search plus Your World Results [VIDEO] A video shows you how to turn off "Google Search, plus Your World" results.
How to Add Photos to Your Facebook Map Adding photos to your Facebook map is a great way to chart where you've been and what you were up to when you were there.
20 TV Shows With the Most Social Media Buzz This Week [CHART] Which TV shows generate the most buzz on social networks? Find out each week from our new chart.
Need More YouTube Views? Try Pinterest Lionsgate didn't anticipate is how effectively Pinterest could promote its YouTube presence, but pinning videos has paid off extremely well.
6 Tips for Better Facebook Parenting We all struggle to help our kids through their tumultuous teen years. Here's how to use Facebook to reach your kids.
The Rapid Rise of Pinterest's Blockbuster User Engagement [CHART] Pinterest is not only gaining a ton of users, but those users are spending a lot more time on the site lately.
How Pinterest's Female Audience Is Changing Social Marketing Marketers are turning to Pinterest, a social network comprised mostly of women, to learn how to reach the world's most powerful consumer group.
Facebook Marketing: Why News Feed Still Trumps Timeline Pages Amidst the buzz of Facebook's new Timeline Pages, don't lose sight of the power and importance of News Feed marketing.
Why Team Coco Takes Social Media Comedy Very Seriously We spoke with Team Coco to figure out how it manages to curate hilarious Conan content all over the social web.
20 Facebook Page Cover Photos to Inspire Your Brand Timeline has finally rolled out to brand Pages and companies have quickly hopped on the opportunity to get creative.
Facebook Brand Timelines: 6 Big Changes Every Marketer Needs to Understand While you get your brand ready for the new Timeline format, here are six important changes to keep top-of-mind.
How Tumblr Rekindled the Art of Animated GIFs Animated GIFs have been circling the Internet since 1987, but Tumblr has given the art form a new life. Curators of the network's GIF tag talk about what makes them so appealing.
Introducing Mashable's Facebook Timeline Facebook rolled out Timeline for brand Pages on Feb. 29, and Mashable was proud to update ours on day one.
The Most Viral News Sources on Twitter and Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC] The BBC, The Huffington Post and The Guardian are the three most viral news sources on Facebook and Twitter, according to a new report.
How to Animate Your Google+ Profile We have previously highlighted some striking animated Google+ profile pages. Now we're showing you how you can make your own animated profile with a simple online tool.
20 Infamous Crimes Committed and Solved on Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC] Criminals are taking to the web just as quickly as police are meeting them there.
Facebook Timeline for Brands: The Complete Guide Before you get cracking on your company's Facebook Timeline, be sure to catch up on all our coverage of the new features.
Why Pinterest Aligns Perfectly With The Today Show's Content Strategy The Today show believes its viewers and Pinterest users in general consume content in a very similar way. Here's why their social strategy has been a success.
How to Maintain Traditional Customer Service in the Social Media Age Social media requires you to track a new set of customer service metrics. Learn how to balance social and traditional customer service channels.
For more social media news and resources, you can follow Mashable's social media channel on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook.
Business & Marketing
4 Reasons Your Startup Needs a Better Job Applicant Tracking System Looking for the best and brightest to get on board with your new company? Applicant tracking may help with that.
The Marketer's Guide to Pinterest [INFOGRAPHIC] Marketers can get their butts up to speed on the latest Pinterest tips and tricks with this infographic.
The Power of the Social Consumer [INFOGRAPHIC] Social media makes it possible for dissatisfied customers to change the course of business, even at giant companies. Here are a few examples.
Timeline for Brands: How to Prepare for Your Company's New Facebook Page Facebook Timeline for brand pages is here, but you have some time before the changes roll out. Here's how to prepare.
Facebook Ads Announcements: Everything You Need to Know At the top of Wednesday's Facebook Ads announcements was Premium, a new suite of products for marketers designed to leverage the social network's access to your friends and friends of friends.
3 Best Social Good Startup Accelerators You've Never Heard Of Consider these options if you want to accelerate the growth of your social impact startup.
10 Ways to Optimize Your Ecommerce Site for Google Search Want to up your PageRank and get more views for your ecommerce content? Here are 10 ways to climb the search list on Google.
YouTube's 20 Most-Shared Ads in February [VIDEO] Most of February's top YouTube ads were aired during the Super Bowl. What other ads made the cut?
Content Marketing: 5 Non-Profit Success Stories to Learn From These days, non-profits are strategizing online content to help engage web audiences. Is your non-profit using content marketing?
6 Branded Mobile Apps on the Cutting Edge of Innovation These brands are kicking butt on mobile platforms — find out what makes them stand out.
To B or Not to B? Weighing the Benefits of Benefit Corporations What exactly are the differences between B Corps and Benefit Corporations? And what are the "benefits"? Here's an overview to help shed some light.
For more business news and resources, you can follow Mashable's business channel on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook.
Tech & Mobile
Can the iPad Really Replace Your Laptop? Sure, there are tons of apps and ample reason for Mac lovers to ditch their laptops for the iPad. But, is it really the right choice?
8 Things That Could Make iPad 3 More Expensive Than iPad 2 The iPad 3 is rumored to be loaded with new tricks, but they might come with a heftier price tag.
Google Privacy: 5 Things the Tech Giant Does With Your Data Google's new privacy policy went into effect March 1 — but what exactly does it do with all that information? We break it down here.
13 Lytro Photos That Will Make You Look Twice Here are some of our favorite photos we've taken with Lytro's light-field camera.
Apple's iPad 3 Event Invitation: 7 Clues You Might Have Missed We asked Mashable readers what clues they could spot in Apple's March 7 event invitation. Here's what they found.
6 Excellent iPhone Apps Worth Paying For Here's a handful of iPhone apps worth buying — it's OK to splurge once in a while.
Have You Been SmartphOWNED? 13 Humorous Viral Texts Texts gone awry have taken center stage in the viral humor arena, and this time we're taking a look at SmartphOWNED.
How To Hire a Great Developer [FLOW CHART] Got an idea? Need a dev? This flow chart will help you navigate your search for a killer developer.
For more tech news and resources, you can follow Mashable's tech channel on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook.
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It's "Twinkle Toes" vs. "The White Mike Tyson."
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) has learned from sources close to the negotiations that a middleweight fight between UFC, PRIDE and Strikeforce veteran Frank Trigg (20-8) and British knockout artist John Phillips is in the works for the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts' BAMMA 6 event.
Featuring a middleweight title fight between current champ Tom Watson and challenger Murilo "Ninja" Rua, "BAMMA 6: Kong vs. Ninja" takes place May 21 at London's Wembley Arena.
Contracts for the matchup are expected to be finalized shortly. BAMMA 6, which also features notables Phil Baroni, Leonardo Santos, Aaron Wilkinson and Che Mills, streams internationally at BAMMATV.com.
Trigg seeks his second-straight win since his February 2010 release from the UFC. The 38-year-old Xtreme Couture product returned to the win column with a November 2010 first-round TKO win over Roy Neeman at the Israel Fighting Championship's debut event. The win snapped a two-fight slide that saw the former UFC title contender's second octagon stint come to an end.
Fighting professionally since 1997, Trigg has faced numerous notables in his 14-year career, including Carlos Condit, Dennis Hallman, Matt Hughes, Josh Koscheck, Robbie Lawler, Jason "Mayhem" Miller, Kazuo Misaki, Hayato "Mach" Sakurai, Matt Serra, Georges St-Pierre and Falaniko Vitale, among others.
Meanwhile, the 27-year-old Phillips looks to add a signature win to his budding résumé. The British-based product and two-time BAMMA veteran carries a five-fight win streak into the matchup. Incredibly, all five fights ended via first-round TKO and consisted of just four minutes and 52 seconds of total cage time – an average of just 58 seconds per outing.
In fact, 12 of Phillips' 13 career win have come via knockout. The other came by a second-round submission due to punches.
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CONTENTS BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:Part One: Social Work
Practice Perspectives Chapter 1: Generalist Social Work Practice
Chapter 2: Human System Perspectives Chapter 3: Values and
Multicultural Competence Chapter 4: Strengths and Empowerment
Chapter 5: An Empowering Approach to Generalist PracticePart
Two: Engagement: The Dialogue Phase Chapter 6: Engagement: Forming
Partnerships Chapter 7: Engagement: Articulating Situations Chapter
8: Engagement: Defining DirectionsPart Three: Assessment:
The Discovery Phase Chapter 9: Assessment: Identifying Strengths
Chapter 10: Assessment: Assessing Resource Capabilities Chapter 11:
Assessment: Framing SolutionsPart Four: Intervention and
Evaluation: The Development Phase Chapter 12: Intervention:
Activating Resources Chapter 13: Intervention: Creating Alliances
Chapter 14: Intervention: Expanding Opportunities Chapter 15:
Evaluation: Recognizing Success Chapter 16: Intervention:
Integrating Gains
PrefacePART ONE: SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE PERSPECTIVES Chapter 1 Generalist Social Work PracticeSocial Work Values and Purpose Human Dignity and Worth Social Justice Defining Social Work Achieving the Purpose of Social Work Generalist Social Work Levels of Intervention in Generalist Practice Policy and Generalist Practice Research in Generalist Practice Advantages of a Multifaceted Approach Social Work Functions and Roles Consultancy Resource Management Education Integrating Generalist Functions Looking Forward Practice Test MySearchLab Connections
Chapter 2 Human System PerspectivesThe Knowledge Base of Generalist Practice Theoretical Frameworks for Practice Developing a Practice Framework Analyzing Theoretical Perspectives Key Perspectives for Empowering Practice Ecosystems Social Constructionism Feminist Perspective Life Course Theory Critical Theory The Ecosystems Perspective Humans in Context Focus on Transactions Development as Evolutionary Change Goodness-of-Fit View of Dysfunction Implications for Change Human Systems System Defined Dimensions of Systems A Structural View of Systems An Interactional View of Systems Biopsychosocial Dimensions Cultural Influences Ecosystems: A Conceptual Framework for Practice Identify the Focal System What's Happening Inside the System? What's Happening Outside the System? How Do the Inside and Outside Connect? How Does the System Move through Time? Applying the Ecosystems Framework Looking Forward Practice Test MySearchLab Connections Chapter 3 Values and Multicultural Competence Frames of Reference Your Frame of Reference Shows Professional Values and Practice Principles Acceptance Individualization Nonjudgmentalism Objectivity Self-Determination Access to Resources Confidentiality Accountability Value Conflicts in Practice Personal Values and Resources Use of Self in Social Work Increasing Self-Awareness Values and Principles in Action: A Practice Example How Values Influence Practice Values and Diversity Multicultural Competence Cultural Diversity Defined Proficient Multicultural Practice Cultural Competence Cultural Sensitivity Cultural Responsiveness A Generalist View of Cultural Competence Practitioner-Level Cultural Competence Agency-Level Cultural Competence Community-Level Cultural Competence Looking Forward Practice Test MySearchLab Connections Chapter 4 Strengths and Empowerment Strengths Perspective Practice Assumptions Key Transitions Applying a Strengths Perspective Empowerment Personal Dimensions of Empowerment Interpersonal Dimensions of Empowerment Sociopolitical Dimensions of Empowerment Power Empowerment Social Work and Oppression Empowerment-Based Practice The Paradox of an Empowering Process Collaboration and Partnership Ethical Preferences for Empowerment Practice Characteristics of Empowerment-Centered Social Workers Empowerment-Oriented Strategies Looking Forward Practice Test MySearchLab Connections Chapter 5 An Empowering Approach to Generalist Practice Elements of an Empowering Generalist Approach Infusing an Ecosystems Perspective Reflecting a Social Justice Commitment Applying a Strengths Orientation Collaborating with Clients Constructing an Empowering Reality Phases and Processes of Empowering Practice Engagement: The Dialogue Phase Assessment: The Discovery Phase Intervention and Evaluation: The Development Phase The Recurring Nature of Dialogue, Discovery, and Development From Solving Problems to Promoting Competence Processes in Action: Practice Examples An Example at the Microlevel An Example at the Mezzolevel An Example at the Macrolevel Multilevel Practice in Generalist Social Work: An Integrative Case Example Social Work Practice at the Microlevel Social Work Practice at the Mezzolevel Social Work Practice at the Macrolevel Looking Forward Practice Test MySearchLab Connections PART TWO: ENGAGEMENT: THE DIALOGUE PHASE Chapter 6 Engagement: Forming Partnerships Collaboration and Partnership The Dilemma of Social Workers as Experts The Rewards of Clients as Experts The Social Worker's Role Agency Influences on Worker-Client Relationships Making Initial Contacts Recognizing What Clients Bring Initiating Collaboration Beginning Steps: A Practice Example Qualities of Professional Partnerships Genuineness Acceptance and Respect Trustworthiness Empathy Cultural Sensitivity Purposefulness Constructing Empowering Relationships Recognizing Rights Taking Responsibilities Avoiding Dual Relationships Discussing Rights and Responsibilities Augmenting Power When Clients Feel Powerless Collaborating with Oppressed Clients Voluntary and Involuntary Clients Partnerships with Larger Systems Respecting Confidentiality Absolute and Relative Confidentiality Violating Confidentiality Informed Consent for Releasing Information Privileged Communication Balancing Accountability and Privacy Looking Forward Practice Test MySearchLab Connections Chapter 7 Engagement: Articulating Situations Empowering Dialogue Listening and Responding Proactive Responding Describing the Current Situation Orienting toward Goals Searching for Strengths and Resources Sizing Up Situations Applying Models of Communication Verbal Communication Nonverbal Communication Influences on Communication Processes Accessing the Client's Perspective Responding to Thoughts Allowing Space Nonverbal Responses Single Word Responses Restatement Clarification Summary Clarification Request to Continue Questioning Combining Responses Practice Example Responding to Feelings The Experience of Feelings Identifying Feelings Verbalizing Feelings Validating Feelings Special Issues in Responding Responding to Anger Responding to Silence Responding to Questions Responding to Feedback from Clients Responding to Larger Client Systems Facilitating Discussion Respecting Existing Functioning Looking Forward Practice Test MySearchLab Connections Chapter 8 Engagement: Defining Directions Transforming Challenges into Directions Orienting Forward, Not Back Framing the Search for Resources Integrating Transactional Dimensions Considering Client Motivation Enhancing Client Motivation Motivating Clients Who Have Given Up Aligning Worker and Client Motivations Motivating Larger Systems Collaborating with Clients Who Resist Resistance Is Motivated Cooperating with Resistance Overcoming Environmental Resistance Cooperating with Mandated Clients Constructing Workers' Expectations Structuring a Working Partnership Defining a Motivating Direction Taking Priority Actions Responding to Trauma and Crises Responding to Large-Scale Disasters Responding to the Threat of Suicide Responding to Threats toward Others Responding to Child Abuse Responding to Elder Abuse Responding to Intimate Partner Violence Responding to Survival Needs Responding to Signs of Addiction Looking Forward Practice Test MySearchLab Connections PART THREE: ASSESSMENT: THE DISCOVERY PHASE Chapter 9 Assessment: Identifying Strengths Infusing a Strengths Perspective What Are Strengths? Why Identify Strengths? Balancing Strengths and Challenges Looking for Strengths Highlighting Strengths in General Functioning Strengths in Individuals Strengths in Families Strengths in Groups Strengths in Organizations Strengths in Communities Solution-Focused Dialogue Creating a Solution-Saturated Atmosphere Searching for Exceptions Detecting Incremental Steps Searching for Transferable Skills Recognizing Cultural Strengths The Challenge of Activating Cultural Strengths A Closer Look at Cultural Identity The Critical Use of Research about Cultural Groups Ethnic Group Strengths African Americans Non-Hispanic White Americans Latino Americans Asian Americans Native Americans Strengths in Cultural Group Memberships Women Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals Older Adults Religious Affiliations and Spirituality Persons with Disabilities Clients as Resources for Understanding Cultures Uncovering Strengths in Adversity Surviving Oppression Surviving Violence Surviving Family Disruption Looking Forward Practice Test MySearchLab Connections Chapter 10 Assessment: Assessing Resource Capabilities Exploring Resource Systems through Assessment Recognizing Environmental Resources Turning Challenging Situations into Resources Collaborating to Search for Resources Applying Theoretical Frameworks Organizing Assessment by Using a 5-Point Ecosystemic Schema Practice Example: Franklin Courts Organizing Assessment: Applying Ecosystemic Questions Assessing Structures Assessing Interactions Assessing Thinking and Feeling Assessing Cultural Influences Assessing Spiritual Dimensions Assessing Physical Environments Putting the Pieces Together Using Assessment Tools Social Histories Genograms Eco-maps Culturally Sensitive Assessment Social Network Maps Group Assessment Organizational Assessment Neighborhood and Community Assessment Tools as Resources for Empowerment Adding Viewpoints Bringing in Significant Others Contacting Other Professionals Assessing through Observation Observations by Clients Observations by Workers Recordkeeping Recording Types of Recording Formats Ethical and Legal Issues in Recordkeeping Looking Forward Practice Test MySearchLab Connections Chapter 11 Assessment: Framing Solutions Collaborative Planning Processes Client Expertise in Planning Worker Expertise in Planning Issues Affecting Collaborative Planning Planning in Multiperson Systems Goals and Objectives Differentiating Goals and Objectives Considering Goals Translating Goals into Objectives Constructing Action Plans Crystallizing Outcome Goals Writing Effective Objectives Prioritizing Objectives Screening Generalist Intervention Strategies Choosing Effective Strategies Delineating Tasks and Responsibilities Setting Reviews and Evaluations Contracting The Evolving Contract Contracting as an Empowering Process Looking Forward Practice Test MySearchLab Connections PART FOUR: INTERVENTION AND EVALUATION: THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE Chapter 12 Intervention: Activating ResourcesApplying Generalist Intervention Skills Intervention across System Levels Maintaining Progress in the Action Plan Implementing Action Plans Enhancing Interactions Sustaining Motivation Developing Power Promoting Leadership Facilitating Choices Shaping Competence Changing Perspectives Offering Feedback Constructing Feedback Creating New Concepts Using Narrative Strategies Trying Out New Behaviors Managing Resources Linking Clients with Resources Client Advocacy Maximizing Clients' Rights Fair Hearings and Appeals Educating Teaching Sharing Information Looking Forward Practice Test MySearchLab Connections Chapter 13 Intervention: Creating Alliances The Power of Alliances Developing Alliances through Groups Groups and Empowerment Mutual Aid in Groups Self-Help Groups Social Action through Group Work Strengthening Natural Support Alliances Social Support Workers' Roles in Encouraging Social Support Case Management: Client-Service Alliances Overview of Case Management The Purpose of Case Management Case Management Activities with Clients Case Management Activities within Delivery System Case Management as Policy Practice Case Management in Action: A Practice Example Workers' Resources for Case Management Critical Issues and Ethical Dilemmas Organizational Alliances for Service Delivery Forming Intergovernmental Alliances Building Interagency Coalitions Working on Teams Leading Effective Meetings Professional Support Networks Alliances within Organizations Antidotes to Burnout Professional Memberships Alliances through Technology Looking Forward Practice Test MySearchLab Connections Chapter 14 Intervention: Expanding Opportunities Opportunities: Keys to Empowerment Empowerment and Opportunities Empowerment in Groups and Communities Resource Expansion Identifying Resource Shortages Mobilizing Resources Educating the Public Writing Grant Proposals Community Change Generalist Processes for Working with Communities Working with Communities through Organizing Working with Communities through Development Social Work as a Political Profession Political Perspectives Political Perspectives Applied to Social Work Policy Development Policy Analysis and Change Consumer Participation in Policy Development Social Activism and Social Advocacy A Heritage of Social Reform Promoting Social Action Advocacy Role Legislative Advocacy Legislative Analysis Lobbying Legislative Testimony Looking Forward Practice Test MySearchLab Connections Chapter 15 Evaluation: Recognizing Success Social Work Research and Evaluation Integrating Research and Practice Client Involvement in Research and Evaluation Evidence-Based Practice Steps for Evidence-Based Decision-Making Implications for Social Work Practice Ethics in Research Research-Informed Practice The Research Process Research Terminology Practice Evaluation Client Outcome Assessment Using Standardized Instruments in Practice Evaluation Progress Evaluation Monitoring and Evaluating Action Plans Goal Attainment Scaling Single-System Designs Elements of Single-System Designs Types of Single-System Designs Limitations of Single-System Designs Program Evaluation Program Evaluation Design Consumer Satisfaction Surveys Empowerment Evaluation Looking Forward Practice Test MySearchLab Connections Chapter 16 Intervention: Integrating Gains Social Work Endings Completing Contracts Preparing for Resolution Discussing Readiness Evaluating Sharing Feelings Generalizing Outcomes Firming Up Social Supports Celebrations and Ritualized Endings Looking to the Future Following Up Closing with Referral Acknowledging Limited Resources Implementing Legal Mandates Making Referrals Responding to Clients' Discontinuation of Services Preparing for Early Discontinuation Recognizing Exit Clues Resolving Unplanned Exits When Clients Die Grief End-of-Life Care Grieving the Death of a Client Resolving Relationships with Multiperson Systems Small Group Endings Resolving Intermember Relationships Endings with Organizations and Communities Endings Are Beginnings Practice Test MySearchLab Connections Epilogue References Author IndexSubject Index
Karla Krogsrud Miley, A.M., ACSW, retired in 2009 from her appointment as professor and Chair of the Department of Social, Behavioral, and Educational Studies at Black Hawk College in Moline, Illinois, where she taught life span psychology, introductory psychology, and introductory social work. She continues to teach human behavior theory as an adjunct professor for the St. Ambrose University MSW program in Davenport, Iowa. A graduate of the University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration, A licensed social worker in Illinois, Miley has experience in a variety of fields of practice, including school social work and aging services. She has extensive experience in facilitating workshops and conference sessions on generalist social work and empowerment and social justice. She has served on the editorial board of Social Work Education and currently is on the Social Work Advisory Board for Pearson Education. Professor Miley is a coauthor Social Work: An Empowering Profession (7th edition), co-editor or Pathways to Power: Reading in Contextual Social Work Practice, and works collaboratively with Michael O'Melia and Brenda DuBois in writing Generalist Social Work Practice: An Empowering Approach (7th edition, forthcoming).
Michael O'Melia is an Associate Professor in the St. Ambrose University MSW Program. He specializes in teaching clinical social work with expertise in generalist, collaborative, and anti-oppressive methods. O'Melia is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Illinois, working for over thirty years with individuals, couples, families and small groups in child welfare, delinquency prevention, family therapy, and school-based practice settings. In addition to co-authoring Generalist Social Work Practice: An Empowering Approach, O'Melia is co-editor of Pathways to Power: Reading in Contextual Social Work Practice. Functioning as a community trainer and program consultant, O'Melia focuses on developing culturally competent practices, working with resistant and mandated clients, and implementing strength-based clinical strategies. He also sits on the Social Work Advisory Board for Pearson Education, serves as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Rumanian Social Work Review, and contributes as an editor to the Journal of Progressive Human Services. Brenda DuBois, PhD, MSW, is a professor and former director of the graduate School of Social work at St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa. A graduate of the University of Iowa (social work) and Illinois State University (Higher Education Administration), Dr. DuBois has been a social work educator for 33 years, in both BSW and MSW programs, with teaching specialties in generalist practice, social welfare history and policy, social justice, empowerment, and ethics. She serves on several community boards and service delivery planning groups. Additionally, she has extensive experience in facilitating workshops, staff development training, and conference sessions on generalist social work, empowerment social work, social justice, and social work ethics. Dr. DuBois is a coauthor with Karla Miley of Social Work: An Empowering Profession (7th edition) and works collaboratively with Karla Miley and Michael O'Melia in writing Generalist Social Work Practice: An Empowering Approach (7th edition, forthcoming).


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Why visit Majorca?
It has year-round blue skies, tons of history, a long and lovely urban beach, and a surprisingly lively restaurant scene.
Local hotspot
Portixol, a fishing village that's just a 20-minute bike ride out of town, is dotted with waterfront bars and restaurants, and a favourite spot for rollerbladers.
You probably didn't know
In 2014, Majorca's Serra de Tramuntana mountains made it onto the UNESCO list of cultural landscapes – this is prime hiking territory.
Suggested reading about Majorca
Read Helen Walsh's The Lemon Grove (2014), and Rafa: My Story by Rafael Nadal (2011). The tennis player is a native of Majorca.
Things to do in Palma and Majorca
Celler Sa Premsa
When you visit Majorca, the menú del día is a bargain lunch deal offered in restaurants across the city – a good option is Celler Sa Premsa, where Majorcan favourites like tumbet (a tasty stew of aubergine, potato and pepper) are served up in traditional surroundings. Three courses and a glass of wine will usually set you back less than €15.
Mercato del Olivar
Local cheeses, olives, Iberian ham and sobrasada (spreadable sausage) make for vibrant scenes at the Mercato del Olivar, a covered market in the centre of town of Palma de Majorca. When you fly to Majorca, tiny tapas bars are scattered around the place for those who want to stay and soak up the atmosphere, while an oyster and champagne bar also draws in the crowds.
Cappuccino, a homegrown café chain, is a good call for excellent coffee and reliable service – plus, they've managed to bag some of the best buildings in Palma de Majorca. The Calle San Miguel branch is one of the best, occupying a beautiful 19th century palace.
A relative newcomer to the Palma restaurant scene, Ombu wins fans for its upmarket take on tapas (think Spanish broken eggs with Iberian ham and patatas bravas with sobrasada foam) and its creative cocktails. There's a lovely terrace but it's small, so make sure to book ahead.
Santa Catalina is Palma's creative district and restaurant Nuru plays along; the art on the wall is by Spanish actor Jordi Mollà and the chef in the kitchen, Chus, has ten years of experience from El Bulli and Nobu, so the food is excellent.
Sa Roqueta
When you visit Majorca, at the little Portixol local Sa Roqueta, you can select their lobster from the tank and get it served up with some garlic oil and veggies, no frills necessary. Check the price with the owner, Toni, before you buy, or your lobster may end up having the last laugh.
Swanky Purobeach has remained at the centre of Majorca's nightlife for years. Its pool, which overlooks the sea, draws the crowds early, and many stay around for cocktails and summer tunes long into the night.
Bar Bosch
By day, locals of Palma de Majorca camp out on the terrace at Bar Bosch, enjoying toasted bread rubbed with tomatoes and olive oil as they read the papers. By night, it transforms into a lively meeting place. This spot has been running since 1936 and the visitors' book has even been signed by Majorcan artist Joan Miró.
Sailing crews from visiting superyachts linger around the Plaça de la Drassana in La Llonja – and the streets leading off it. Agua is a dark and narrow dive bar run by Rich and Lee, two burly ex-New Yorkers who support live music nights and general debauchery.
Ruta Martiana
The Ruta Martiana is a bar crawl – Spanish style – that only happens on Tuesdays. The action takes place around Sa Gerreria where local bars offer beers and pintxos (Spanish bar snacks) for the bargain price of €2 a pop.
Rialto Living
When you travel to majorca, go to Rialto Living, just off the Passeig des Born, is a cool concept store occupying a beautifully renovated former palace. You can buy everything from food and fashion to books and homeware.
We have Majorca to thank for the Camper footwear brand. There are a few Camper shops in the city, but the one on Passatge Galerias Jaime III is probably the easiest to find. There's also a factory outlet in Inca in central Majorca for die-hard fans.
Es Baluard Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
Palma is spoilt for galleries and museums, but Es Baluard Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art is one of the best, with permanent works from Picasso, Dalí and Miró. There's a very nice restaurant on site, too, which overlooks the bay of Palma.
Bellver Castle
Escape the city and climb up through pine woods to reach the 14th century Bellver Castle. The view is the real draw here, though the museum is worth a
quick visit too.
Train ride to Sóller
A rickety old wooden train departs regularly from the Plaça d'Espanya, winding through mountains and Majorcan countryside to reach Sóller. A pretty town in its own right, it has orange groves galore and some good lunch spots.
Events to look out for whern you fly to Majorca:
- Festival Saint Sebastian (January)
- Nit de l'Art (September)
- Palma Marathon (October)
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Upgrading server, storage, and networking hardware to meet growing demands can be a complex, uncertain, and expensive process in a business of any size. In recent years, large businesses have been able to simplify these upgrades by moving to engineered systems such as Oracle Exadata, and they've realized significant improvements in system performance. Until recently, the initial cost and extreme compute and storage capacity of available engineered systems did not meet the needs of most midsize organizations. But with the release of Oracle Database Appliance, midsize companies now have an engineered systems option to fit their businesses.Well-Tailored
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Headquarters: Westlake Village, California
Industry: Telecom services
Employees: More than 200
Revenue: US$50 million (estimated for 2011)
Oracle Products:Oracle Database Appliance
Partner: Cloud Creek Systems
Last fall CallSource realized that the company's IT infrastructure, which supports the company's core mission-critical Oracle Database 11g applications, needed an upgrade. "It was time," says CallSource Chief Technology Officer Jason Scinocca. "The servers were two-plus years old and couldn't handle the current load or future growth."
In the past, Scinocca says, such an overhaul would have been costly, complex, and time-consuming. Each component of the new system—servers, database, operating system, storage, networking, and so on—would have to be researched, tested for compatibility, purchased, and stitched together, and then tested and retested before being put into production. Most daunting of all was the cost: according to Scinocca's own research, a system with all the features that CallSource needed—high performance, high availability, redundancy, large main memory, terabytes of storage, expansion capability, and more—would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
"Why should I need to spend more than US$200,000, three months' worth of research, and two months' worth of configuring and testing?" says Scinocca. "That makes the project time six months before we even do a migration, and I've spent a great deal of time and allocated a lot of resources to get there—and we're not in production yet."
So Scinocca went looking for a simpler, faster, more affordable option. Because CallSource is an Oracle Database 11g shop, he didn't have to look far. Scinocca opted for Oracle Database Appliance, which combines hardware, software, storage, and networking in a single pretested unit.
The combination of components would also deliver multiple benefits. "Oracle Database Appliance is a complete integrated hardware and software system," says Scinocca. "I can write one much smaller check to Oracle, and I can sit around for only a couple of hours installing Oracle Database Appliance. If you were in my place," he adds rhetorically, "which way would you want to go?"Ideal Server
Oracle Database Appliance is a new member of Oracle's growing family of engineered systems, which includes Oracle Exadata, Oracle Exalogic, and Oracle Exalytics. Introduced in September 2011, Oracle Database Appliance was designed from the ground up for midsize firms such as CallSource.
CallSource's Scinocca agrees that Oracle Database Appliance is the perfect database appliance for a company with a database in the 1- to 2-terabyte range, which he calls "the typical medium-sized firm." Currently, CallSource's Oracle Database 11g instance is 1.5 terabytes, but Oracle Database Appliance gives it the room it needs to grow.
The CallSource database stores the information collected from its clients' calls, including national, regional, state, city, zip code, and area codes. CallSource then analyzes that information to help clients maximize the return on advertising expenditures in any number of channels, including print, billboards, Yellow Pages, direct mail, and the Web.Never Too Big
The size of the database in use is a key factor in choosing the right hardware for a database deployment, but Oracle Database Appliance delivers flexibility that lets midsize organizations such as CallSource deploy the right-sized solution.
A unique feature of Oracle Database Appliance is its pay-as-you-grow licensing, which lets users pay for only the number of processor cores they need and grow their processing as demand increases. Scinocca says he likes the flexibility this approach provides—to start small and expand, paying only for what the company needs.
"When we install an Oracle Database Appliance in our backup data center in Chicago [Illinois] later this year, we're planning on starting small, with probably four cores to start," he adds. (Four cores is the base Oracle Database Appliance configuration.)Out-of-the-Box Installation
A low cost is the most obvious initial benefit of Oracle Database Appliance, but there are others, says Scinocca. First is the simplicity of installation. A system built the old way, from assembled parts from different vendors, would take three to six months and require lots of staff time and expensive outside consultants. In contrast, CallSource purchased its Oracle Database Appliance through Cloud Creek Systems, an Oracle partner also based in Westlake Village. After delivery, Scinocca says, "the system was up and running in two-and-a-half hours, not including data transfer time."
Out of the box and without any tuning, Oracle Database Appliance delivers a 300 percent performance boost, Scinocca says. "I haven't done one thing to optimize the system."
"My clients used to call up and complain that they couldn't run their previous 2010 year performance reports on the old system," Scinocca continues. "Now they can run their much larger 2011 performance reports in less than a minute with zero software changes."
Oracle Database Appliance also takes less space and consumes less power. For CallSource, Oracle Database Appliance replaced multiple components, including a 25 U, three-node rackmount server, a fiber optics networking switch, and a clustered storage array. Oracle Database Appliance is a 4 U, two-node rackmount configuration with dual six-core Intel Xeon processors, 96 gigabytes of memory, and 3 terabytes of storage, all built into a single unit. And at CallSource, that single unit uses 7 amps of power compared to 24 amps used by the systems it replaced.
Most importantly, ongoing maintenance of the new engineered system is much easier. "With a typical patch, you have to make sure your operating system is compatible, your kernel is compatible, and your drivers are compatible," Scinocca explains. "And you're going to have to check and maintain every piece of software, and you have to make sure it's not impacting your current drivers.
"With the engineering behind Oracle Database Appliance, the grunt work has already been done for you," he adds. "Because Oracle Database Appliance is an engineered system, you know that the hardware and software have been tested together already before you install a patch, and you know it will work."
As best-of-breed systems from multiple vendors become more complex, costly, and time-consuming to set up, Scinocca sees engineered systems as the future for CallSource. "I believe other parts of my business could benefit from using engineered systems such as Oracle Database Appliance," he says. "That's why I'm looking into what other Oracle systems could do for CallSource."
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Heads up, Hawaii! Three Russian GLONASS satellites just went into the Pacific drink courtesy a failed Proton-M rocket launch in Kazakhstan. Дерьмо!
For the uninitiated, GLONASS stands for GLObal NAvigation Satellite System when it's translated from Russian (ГЛОбальная НАвигационная Спутниковая Система), and is part of a system that's meant to rival the U.S.'s Global Positioning Service (GPS) when it's made operational sometime next year.
Said GLONASS domination will be admittedly more difficult with three of its satellites currently mapping out the bottom of the Pacific Ocean "somewhere near Hawaii." [BBC via GPS Track Log - Thanks, Rich]


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Five years ago, Anthony Sarrack, an engineer at a Minnesota nuclear plant, warned the US government that their common emergency vents wouldn't work in a disaster. He was ignored. Two months ago, Fukushima exploded because of those same vents.
The vents at Sarrack's plant require electricity to open—which is exactly what workers at Fukushima didn't have when the plant was smashed by a quake and tsunami. No juice and no vents means a buildup of dangerous gasses—and then your plant explodes. Twice. Sarrack foresaw this happening in the US, the New York Times reports, and turned to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. They didn't agree with his (correct) critique, prompting him to flee the industry altogether in dismay.
So what does Sarrack think would avert a Fukushima repeat? How do we replace the GE-manufactured vents with something safer? Take the human element out of the equation. He believes
"A passive system, like one using a rupture disk, would work better and could be set to rupture at a pressure just slightly less than the pressure at which the containment would rupture. In those cases, he said, venting is always preferable; the releases of radioactive materials during deliberate venting are expected to be lower than those resulting from explosions."
At any rate, the lesson here is to listen to your engineers. I doubt there can be such a thing as too much consideration when it comes to keeping nuclear plants from exploding. [NYT]


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Deputies: Man arrested; another wanted in officer-involved shooting
2nd person wanted by deputies
A Greenwood teen is in custody and deputies are looking for another person after an officer-involved shooting late Thursday night.
According to the Greenwood Sheriff's Office, two agents with the drug enforcement unit got a call about drug activity at a home on Briggs Avenue about 10 p.m.
When agents arrived, one person ran off while another person fired shots at deputies. Deputies said one agent returned fire.
No one was injured.
"We are lucky our officers are uninjured and able to return home to their families safely, too often this type of incident ends deadly," Sherrif Tony Davis said.
Demekia Dequan Martin, 17, who lives at the home, was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted murder.
There was no further information released about the second suspect.
"We are lucky our officers are uninjured and able to return home to their families safely," said Sheriff Tony Davis. "Too often, this type of incident ends deadly," Davis said.
As protocol in cases like this, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has been called in to investigate.


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Mexico vs. Canada
July 11, 2013, 8 pm PT
CenturyLink Field, Seattle
Watch on FOX Soccer/UniMas in USA, Sportsnet World in Canada
Two struggling teams meet in Seattle on Thursday, with Canada and Mexico each still looking for their first points of the 2013 Gold Cup.
After a shocking 1-0 defeat to Martinique on Sunday, Canada have to somehow pick up results against either Mexico or Panama if they want to keep their chances of advancing alive. Meanwhile, after their surprising loss to Panama, Mexico come up against a bare-bones Canadian team that has seen several players leave the squad for a number of reasons.
The last time Canada played Mexico in a Gold Cup, it was one of the few iconic moments in the Canadian men's game. It was in the 2000 Gold Cup that Canada forced extra time with a 1-1 draw at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego before Richard Hastings' golden goal (the only goal he'd ever score for Canada) stunned the Mexicans. Canada went onto win that Gold Cup, but little else since. Since then the countries have met four times, with Mexico winning twice and the teams playing to two draws.
As a result of that opening-game loss, the odds are against the Canucks and the situation is grim. Interim coach Colin Miller must somehow rally a squad that's already lost two attacking players in Randy Edwini-Bonsu and Simeon Jackson due to injury and club responsibilities, while veteran Will Johnson is still battling the illness that limited his contributions in Sunday's game.
READ: Canada look to exploit a Mexico team that have "their backs against the wall"
Though not quite as bleak as Canada, El Tri come into this game in a pretty desperate situation with head coach José Manuel "Chepo" de la Torre's tenuous grasp on his job growing weaker with each disappointing result for the team. While World Cup qualifying is the priority, a draw or a loss to a rebuilding Canadian program will only further exacerbate his situation.
Canada – Marcus Haber
There aren't many options in the Canadian attack, and they're going to need Haber to be clinical with the few opportunities they do create. If the Canadians are to grab a goal, it will likely come from a set piece, and with Haber (right, in white) standing at least several inches over the Mexican defenders, he'll have to use his height to full advantage and bury the first chance he gets.
READ: D.C. United's Kyle Porter added to Canada roster in place of Nana Attakora
Mexico – Raúl Jiménez
Blessed with an abundance of speed, Jiménez has the ability to break down a Canadian backline that had issues dealing with the Martinique attack. The Club América man is trying to carve himself out more time in the Mexican squad and he'll have to like his chances to impress against Canada.
GOALKEEPERS (3): Jonathan Orozco (Monterrey/Mexico), Alfredo Talavera (Toluca/Mexico), Moisés Muñoz (Club América/Mexico).
DEFENDERS (10): Israel Jiménez (Tigres UANL/Mexico), Leobardo López (Monterrey/Mexico), Joel Huiqui (Morelia/Mexico), Dárvin Chávez (Monterrey/Mexico), Adrián Aldrete (Club América/Mexico), Efraín Velarde (Pumas UNAM/Mexico), Juan Carlos Valenzuela (Club América/Mexico), Miguel Layún (Club América/Mexico), Jair Pereira (Cruz Azul/Mexico), Alejandro Castro (Cruz Azul/Mexico).
MIDFIELDERS (5): Carlos Peña (Club León/Mexico), Javier Cortes (Pumas UNAM/Mexico), Luis Montes (Club León/Mexico), Jorge Enríquez (CD Guadalajara/Mexico), Miguel Ponce (CD Guadalajara/Mexico).
FORWARDS (5): Raúl Jiménez (Club América/Mexico), Marco Fabián (CD Guadalajara/Mexico), Rafael Márquez Lugo (CD Guadalajara/Mexico), Isaác Brizuela (Toluca/Mexico), Javier Orozco (Santos Laguna/Mexico).
GOALKEEPERS (3): Lars Hirschfeld (Vålerenga/Norway), Milan Borjan (Sivasspor/Turkey), Simon Thomas (Vancouver Whitecaps FC)
DEFENDERS (7): Ashtone Morgan (Toronto FC), David Edgar (Burnley/England), Adam Straith (unattached), Marcel de Jong (Augsburg/Germany), Nik Ledgerwood (Hammarby/Sweden).
MIDFIELDERS (9): Kyle Bekker (Toronto FC), Julian de Guzman (unattached), Samuel Piette (Fortuna Dusseldorf/Germany), Pedro Pacheco (Santa Clara/Portugal), Will Johnson (Portland Timbers), Issey Nakajima-Farran (Alki/Cyprus), Russell Teibert (Vancouver Whitecaps FC), Jonathan Osorio (Toronto FC), Keven Aleman (Real Valladolid/Spain).
FORWARDS (3): Tosaint Ricketts (Sandnes Ulf/Norway), Marcus Haber (Stevenage/England), Kyle Porter (D.C. United).


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This episode of The Geeks Of Doom Round Up, Andy takes a look at the new trailer for Cloud Atlas, directed by Tom Tykwer, and starring Tom Hanks, and Greg pays tribute to the late legendary Jon Lord, keyboardist for Deep Purple, with their classic song "Lazy".
See the full post here on Geeks of Doom!
Geeks Of Doom contributors Andy Sorcini aka Mr. Baby Man from The Drill Down and Greg Davies aka cGt2099 from Social Blend, Disquisition and TARDISblend join forces for The Round Up – a short mini podcast focusing on some entertainment news, what's happening at Geeks Of Doom, and a preview of what's coming up in Social Blend and The Drill Down.


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"Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed." - Abraham Lincoln
Every single day that goes by, the U.S. gets closer and closer to the dreaded "fiscal cliff," which would result in tax increases and spending cuts at a time when many would argue the economy is just one bad quarter away from another recession. Are such fears warranted now that Obama has won a second term? Maybe, maybe not.
Predictions are often meaningless unless one is actually betting on a particular prediction becoming reality. Fortunately, when it comes to markets, we can see this real-time through the behavior of price. (Read More: Round 1 - Traders Watch Sandy's Impact and Ding! 'Fiscal Cliff')
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By Thomas J. Lueck
With the disclosure that two civilian employees reported false results in testing drug bags in 2002 at the police crime laboratory, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly has ordered a shakeup of the Forensic Investigations Division and the creation of an oversight panel, the authorities said yesterday.
The changes come as a rebuke to the forensic unit's former commander, Deputy Chief Denis McCarthy, who was recently transferred to a patrol division.
Chief McCarthy, a 27-year veteran of the department, was in charge in 2002 when the two employees were found to have engaged in "dry-labbing," or cutting corners in the process of testing for drugs during an internal integrity test conducted by the department. In addition, the forensics unit failed to report the transgression to state officials and to a national laboratory accreditation board, as it is required to do.
Chief McCarthy's transfer and the 2002 drug testing falsification were reported yesterday by The New York Post. Mr. Kelly said that Inspector Kevin J. Walsh, formerly of the Counter-Terrorism Bureau, had replaced Chief McCarthy as commander of the forensics division.
A spokesman for the Police Department, Paul J. Browne, said the falsified test results in 2002 had no bearing on actual court cases, since they were revealed in a routine procedure of "blind proficiency tests" designed as internal checks on the integrity and competence of civilian criminalists, 100 of whom are now employed by the crime laboratory.
But some critics are not convinced that it is an isolated incident. Peter Neufeld, a lawyer and co-founder of the Innocence Project, a New York-based legal group that uses DNA evidence to represent people it believes have been wrongly convicted, said it was unclear how many cases were affected in New York and elsewhere by such falsified lab work.
Mr. Browne said the department's own testing revealed that the two employees had tried to save time by failing to inspect the contents of all the bags believed to hold cocaine, and reporting that they had tested them all. One technician, or criminalist, was told to inspect 37 bags and reported that all contained cocaine, even though four did not. The other criminalist said all six bags contained cocaine, but one did not.
The case was handled by the Internal Affairs Division, and both employees were disciplined in accordance with police policy, Mr. Browne said. But the violation of department rules came when the forensic unit failed to file a report on the matter with both the state and with the American Society of Criminal Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board, a national oversight organization that accredits New York state forensic labs.
"Our own testing worked, but the lapse came in failing to notify," Mr. Browne said. He said notification would be one of several procedures studied by a new Forensic Science Review Committee being formed with four senior police officials and two civilian forensic scientists.
But the creation of an oversight panel made up mainly of police personnel does not go far enough, Mr. Neufeld said. He added, "Whenever you have a scandal like this, it is essential to bring in an independent entity without any possibility of conflicts of interest."
Mr. Browne said the 2002 violations had come under renewed scrutiny last month after the current civilian director of the crime lab, Dr. Peter Pizzola, was informed by state officials of an anonymous report that someone in a crime laboratory at an unspecified location was dry-labbing. When he asked about past violations by New York City criminalists, Dr. Pizzola, who was not with the division in 2002, learned that there had been cases that year that were not reported outside the department.
The police said that Dr. Pizzola's predecessor, W. Mark Dale, had maintained in a recent interview that he believed the violations should not have been reported outside the department because they were being handled by Internal Affairs.
Mr. Browne said that one employee responsible for the 2002 violations, Elizabeth Mansour, had retired, and that the other, Rameschandra J. Patel, had been suspended from crime lab work and restricted to answering telephones.


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NSA mass collection system center stage for Senate Intelligence Committee
WASHINGTON – National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander again defended the agency's extensive metadata program that has collected phone records of countless Americans Thursday, telling the Senate Intelligence Committee that NSA analysts are as concerned about privacy and civil liberties issues as other Americans.
The committee appeared likely to recommend limits on the program. Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., emphasized the need to "change but preserve" limits on the metadata program that she says has been misrepresented as a surveillance program in the past.
Possible provisions Feinstein laid out included prohibiting the collection of the content of phone calls, reducing the length of time records can be held and queried and adding a requirement that each NSA review of a record be required to have a "reasonable and articulable" suspicion that the phone number is in fact associated with terrorism.
Feinstein also expressed the desire to increase transparency by also requiring annual reports specifying the number of phone calls determined to have met that "reasonable, articulable" suspicions standard as well as records citing the number of queries conducted each year along with the number of queries that result in an investigation.
Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Mark Udall, D-Colo., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., however, have introduced a bill to end the collection program entirely, and are looking to take action as soon as possible.
The most heated argument Thursday came from Wyden, demanding answers of Director of Intelligence James Clapper, NSA Agency Director General Keith Alexander and Deputy Attorney General James Cole. Wyden expressed his frustration with the intelligence leadership's lack of honesty with the American public.
"There's been a loss of trust in our intelligence apparatus here at home," Wyden said. "It's going to take a lot of time to rebuild."
ButClapper expressed concern about "overcorrecting" the in-place systems.
"If we had an alarm bell that went off when one terrorist communicated with another terrorist, our job would be a lot easier," Clapper said. "But unfortunately that doesn't exist."
Alexander attempted to bridge the broad gap between preserving Americans' privacy and gathering needed intelligence.
"Terrorists take advantage of familiar services…Gmail, Facebook, Twitter…technology has made it easy for them," Alexander said.
Defending the current system, Alexander said that there have only been 12 cases of willful violations over the past 10 years with – to his knowledge – no willful violations putting Americans' individual privacies at stake.
Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, said that since Sept. 11, America is in a "different kind of war."
"In the new world of international terrorism, our first line of defense is intelligence," King said. "I happen to believe that collecting these records is vitally important."
Sen. John Rockefeller, D-W. Va., said he favored amending the current program.
"You don't build a Roman forum and then build another one next door just because you found a mistake," Rockefeller said. "You make amendments as you need to do that."


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The Roosevelt Island Women's Health Organization (RIWHO) sends the following invitation to women 18 years and older for their October 23 Monthly Seminar. The meeting will take place 6:30 PM Wednesday October 23 at 546 Main Street Community Room on the 12th floor.
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This is my 5th Daring Bakers Challenge, and I have to say that this was my favorite! I've always wanted to try baking a pastry, so when I found out what this month's challenge was, I was pretty excited! After completing this challange, I've added a few new words to my baking vocabulary such as "butter-laminated dough", "Beurrage", and "Detrempe."
Laminated Dough - layered dough created by sandwiching butter between layers of dough
Beurrage – butter block (this is the butter that is sandwiched in the dough)
Detrempe – ball of dough
Interesting, huh?
I only wish that the process of making these braids and pastries were faster...it ended up being a 2-day process. I can't complain though, because that only makes you savor the final product more! This was my first attempt at laminated dough. I found completing the "turns" and folds to be fun. My butter block stayed in place, which made the process pretty easy. It just takes a lot of patience.
The cardamom and orange zest added such a wonderful, authentic flavor to these danishes. The original recipe called for an apple filling, but we were allowed to choose our filling as long as it was homemade. I chose to make a mixed berry filling for the Danish Braid, and I drizzled a hazelnut-coffee glaze over the top. Both of these ideas came from this very helpful video:
Instructional Video - Just click on "Danish Pastry Braid" after following the link.
Another great idea would be to make a savory filling instead of sweet, such as cheese, spinach, etc.
Our gracious hosts this month were Kelly of Sass & Veracity and Ben of What's Cookin'?.
You can find the entire recipe HERE
I think I'm going to let these photos do the rest of the talking...this braid was SO good...I will no doubt be making this time and time again. Sorry there are so many photos...can you tell I had fun with this challenge??
After cutting the strips...
Close-up of the mixed berry filling (raspberry, blueberry, blackberry, and strawberry)
After completing the braiding...
After the final rise...ready for the oven!
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A wine which celebrates the Mediterranean Art de Vivre! Its originality extends to the rose-shaped bottle, designed by a young student of the Ecole Boulle. The wine is not to be outdone – it is big and fresh and fruity. A Languedoc appellation wine, it comes in red, rosé and white. Cote des Roses is the name of the coastal area near the typical village of Gruissan.


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Miss Universe 2013, Gabriela Isler appears in Vogue en Espanol. She is wearing Ports 1961 Gown and Cantamessa jewelry.
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New Miss USA, a taekwondo black belt, explains why she feels self-defense is important
Nia Sanchez doesn't feel like she's ever been in any real physical danger. She has never felt threatened in public or feared she could be the victim of any type of violence.
There was, though, that one time a few years ago when she was in a public place and a jerk grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her in the opposite direction of the way she was going. Maybe the man was just joking around. Sanchez wasn't going to stick around to find out, quickly using her martial arts training to get the man to remove his grip.
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Miss Indiana USA Mekayla Diehl can add one more fan to her list: Miss USA Nina Sanchez.
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"I feel like this year we really had a healthy class of girls and that's what the pageant is about. Not being skinny and having the clothes fall off your bones but being fit, healthy and active—and Makalia is," Sanchez shared, adding: "We were at the gym working out together. She was telling me how she does different sports. We all do. Someone else did hockey and we had girls who were wrestlers," she said. "It's an active year."
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Miss USA 2014: 5 Things to Know About Nia Sanchez, Miss Nevada USA
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With tears streaming down her face, Ester Reed gently placed her fingers on a display case of military honors awarded to her long-lost love, Robert M. Williford.
"Bob was the love of my life," she said softly.
Reed's pain resurfaced Saturday, Nov. 2, during a medal presentation at the American Legion Post 75 in Cortez. Turns out, a Purple Heart and other medals awarded to her fiancée nearly 70 years ago were discovered last fall by a complete stranger at the base of a tree outside of Mena, Ark. Reed had no idea the medals existed.
"After Bob's parents passed away, his aunt, Viola, and her husband eventually moved to Mena," Reed said. "I'm assuming she had the medals, but I have no idea how they got out into the woods."
Williford disappeared while aboard the USS Scorpion in 1944. Attacked by Japanese forces on three attempts, the vessel was last seen on its fourth World War II mission on Jan. 5. The day Reed heard the news that her 19-year-old lover was killed in action was forever carved into her soul.
"It was a long time ago," Reed said, wiping tears. "I'm just glad Bob has been given so much honor."
Although it's unclear how the medals disappeared into a forest near the Arkansas-Oklahoma line, the discovery by a hunter was most shocking to Williford's living relatives. Everett Williford, nephew to the lost submariner, recalled seeing photographs of his uncle's military service inside his grandmother's home, but he too had no idea the combat medals even existed.
"Nobody in the family knew about the medals," he said.
The military honors finally returned home to Cortez on Saturday, thanks to members of the Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Colorado Patriot Guard Riders. Representatives from each chapter hand delivered the case, relinquishing custody at the appropriate state lines.
"These medals mean the world," said Rick Romero, captain of the New Mexico Patriot Guard Riders. "They were fought for and earned."
After there discovery, the medals were turned over to an Arkansas funeral home, and a yearlong search ensued to discover what happened to the man whose name was engraved on the medals. With the help of some Internet magic, Wayne Williford, a nephew of the vanished submariner was located in Cortez.
"It sounds like an old episode of Unsolved Mysteries," said Ken Hoyle, Ute Mountain Post 75 Adjutant.
In addition to the engraved Purple Heart, other honors found in Arkansas included an Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, a World War II Victory Medal, a WWII Navy Good Conduct Medal and an American Campaign Medal.
Petty Officer Robert Roland Williford was a Motor Machinist Mate 3rd Class in the U.S. Navy. Assigned to the USS Scorpion SS-278, the vessel was credited with sinking a Japanese gunboat, freighter, passenger-cargo ship, merchant vessel, two combat vessels and destroying multiple sampans, or flat-bottom boats.
Either in the East China Sea or Yellow Sea, crews aboard the USS Herring last sighted the Scorpion on Jan. 5, 1944. Never heard from again, the Navy vessel, which had previously came under attack on at least three occasions, was declared lost on March 6, 1944, 18-months after commissioning.
Awarded three battle stars, the USS Scorpion was one of 20 boats of her class lost in combat in World War II. Seventy-eight sailors were assigned to the Scorpion.


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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Hundreds of protesters opposed to a far-reaching trade pact with China invaded Taiwan's Cabinet offices Sunday, marking a sharp escalation in a student-led movement against the island's rapidly developing ties with the communist mainland.
An Associated Press photographer outside the offices estimated the crowd at about 800. Taiwanese television stations showed scenes of protesters pushing and shoving with police in the area.
Sunday's Cabinet action came five days after mainly student protesters occupied the nearby legislature after a ruling party lawmaker reneged on a promise to submit the pact to detailed legislative review.
Signed in June by representatives from Taipei and Beijing, the pact is still awaiting ratification by Taiwan's legislature. It would open dozens of service sector industries in each side's territory to companies from the other.
Since the protests began, they have attracted tens of thousands of supporters to the area around the legislature, in the sternest test so far for President Ma Ying-jeou's six-year effort to bring Taiwan's economy ever closer to China's.
Earlier Sunday, Ma said that going back on the pact would undermine Taiwan's economy and damage its international credibility.
Student leaders rejected Ma's contentions, insisting that tying Taiwan too close to China would harm Taiwan's hard-won democratic freedoms and pave the way for China's eventual takeover of the island. That has been the central goal of Beijing's Taiwan policy since the two sides split amid civil war in 1949.


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Three large broadband projects funded recently by the U.S. Rural Utilities Service (RUS) largely cover areas already served by broadband providers, according to a study released Wednesday by a trade group representing cable broadband providers.
More than 85 percent of the households covered by the three projects, using money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, have wired or fixed wireless broadband service available to them, not including 3G mobile broadband service, said the study, released by the National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA).
Including 3G service, nearly 99 percent of the households covered by the three projects, in northeastern Minnesota, southwestern Montana and northwestern Kansas, have broadband service, the study said. The study counts 3G, with download speeds of 600 Kbps to 1.4 Mbps, and DSL (digital subscriber lines), with speeds up to 3 Mbps, as broadband, although providers covering parts of the areas deliver faster service.
The three RUS projects largely focus on providing fiber service to the home, with speeds in the tens of megabits per second.
"While it may be too early for a comprehensive assessment of the ARRA's broadband programs, it is not too early to conclude that, at least in some cases, millions of dollars in grants and loans have been made in areas where a significant majority of households already have broadband coverage," wrote study authors Jeffrey Eisenach and Kevin Caves of Navigant Economics, a Washington, D.C., analysis firm generally opposed to government programs and regulations. "In addition, the [RUS] program creates strong disincentives to private broadband investment in the long run, as potential future investors will discount expected returns for the possibility that the government may step in, ex post, to subsidize a competitor."
The study largely depends on broadband providers to report their coverage areas. Navigant employees did not go to the three states to check the reported coverage areas, an NCTA spokesman said.
The cost of bringing broadband to each unserved home in the three projects is US$30,104, if 3G service isn't counted as broadband, the study said. If 3G service is counted, the cost rises to $349,234 per unserved home.
"Either comparison shows the cost to connect unserved households to be extraordinarily high because the vast majority of homes are already being served by another provider," said NCTA spokesman Brian Dietz.
The ARRA allocated RUS and the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) more than $7 billion for broadband deployment and related projects. RUS gave the Kansas project $101.2 million in grants and loans to cover 4,247 square miles with fiber- or Wi-Max-based broadband.
The Montana project received $64.1 million in grants and loans to cover 154 square miles in Gallatin County with a fiber network. The Lake County Fiber Network project in Minnesota received $66.4 million to build a fiber network in Lake County and parts of St. Louis County.
Within the boundaries of the Kansas project, five companies offer seven broadband services, including 3G, the study said. In Montana, seven broadband providers offer services, and in Minnesota, eight broadband providers, including 3G carriers, offer service, the study said. In some cases, the broadband providers offer service to a small percentage of residents within the project areas.
An RUS spokesman called the program awards process "fair and open."
"The projects highlighted in the NCTA study are in rural areas that lacked sufficient broadband for rural economic development, as required by the statute," the spokesman said. "All were carefully vetted on the ground by RUS field staff, received strong support from the local community, and will vastly increase broadband capacity in their communities."
Craig Settles, a community broadband adviser, also questioned the study. Communities applying for grants had to show that residents were not getting services or were not getting adequate speeds, he said.
"Just because a community has a private sector provider does not mean the service provided is adequate to meet the economic development, education, telemedicine and other needs of the community that require tens, if not hundreds, of megs of speed," Settles said in an e-mail. "It is borderline criminal how telecom and cable companies have suckered some congresspeople into believing an area covered by 'advertised speeds' means individuals and businesses actually have broadband coverage."
The study represents "sour-grapes tactics" by broadband providers, Settles added. He also questioned the study for equating 3G service to broadband.
"It's tiring listening to incumbents whine about 'duplicate coverage' when so many of them fail to deliver speeds that impact local economic development," he said. "We have to stop being taken in by the hype of the industry, and get into the community trenches to see what they're really dealing with, and why these stimulus awards make sense."