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Today, IAR Systems® proudly announces that its runtime analysis product C-RUN™ is available as an add-on to the world-leading development toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench® for ARM®. Integrated with the toolchain, C-RUN offers each developer access to runtime analysis that brings powerful functionality and is easy to use.
C-RUN is a brand new product from IAR Systems that performs runtime analysis by monitoring application execution directly within IAR Embedded Workbench. The tight integration with the toolchain supports the full cycle of implementation, testing and debugging. C-RUN for ARM has several powerful features such as bounds checking to ensure accesses to arrays and other objects are within boundaries, different overflow and arithmetic checks, as well as a comprehensive heap checker. Flexible settings enable developers to customize analysis functionality according to specific needs.
"C-RUN is developed by IAR Systems' own compiler and debugger tool experts and introduces code analysis as an early, natural part of the development cycle", says Anders Holmberg, Product Manager, IAR Systems. "Thanks to the seamless integration of C-RUN with IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM, the workflow remains uninterrupted and the developer can expect to feel right at home when using C-RUN."
"Runtime analysis that is both powerful and easy to use is not something that has been readily available to embedded developers. Our customers have inspired us to make runtime analysis more accessible, and I am very proud to now be able to offer them C-RUN for ARM", says Stefan Skarin, CEO, IAR Systems. "We are well-known for the high performance and ease of use of our development tools, and with C-RUN we bring a new dimension to our world-leading ARM tools offering."
IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM is a high-performance C/C++ compiler and debugger toolchain that incorporates a compiler, an assembler, a linker and a debugger into one complete integrated development environment. C-RUN is available today, as an add-on product to version 7.20 of
IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM. To read more about and explore C-RUN for ARM, visit www.iar.com/crun_arm.
Editor's Note: IAR Systems, IAR Embedded Workbench, C-SPY, C-RUN, visualSTATE, Focus on Your Code, IAR KickStart Kit, IAR Experiment!, I-jet, I-scope, IAR Academy, IAR, and the logotype of IAR Systems are trademarks or registered trademarks owned by IAR Systems AB. All other products are trademarks of their respective owners.
About IAR Systems
IAR Systems provides developers of embedded systems with world-leading software tools for developing competitive products based on 8-, 16-, and 32-bit processors. Established in Sweden in 1983, the company has over 46 000 customers globally, mainly in the areas of industrial automation, medical devices, consumer electronics, telecommunication, and automotive products. IAR Systems has an extensive network of partners and cooperates with the world's leading semiconductor vendors. IAR Systems Group AB is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm. For more information, please visit www.iar.com.
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The Case of the Really Naggy iPhone, Or: Stretching Your Original iPhone's Life
Though early units might have been less reliable on the inside than later ones and sequels, the original 2007 iPhone was built pretty tough—enough that a family member's hand-me-down that has been continually used (inside cases) for nearly three years now is still working fine. At least, it was until a week or two ago, when a certain little "nag screen" became way more naggy than normal. Even when the phone wasn't actively being used, the "this accessory is not made for use with iPhone" screen would pop up for a brief second, then disappear, and the screen would randomly turn on now and again without a message, as well. Our family member asked whether she should just go to the store and get a cheap iPhone 3G. "No!" we said, "even Steve Jobs is saying already that the next iPhone is an A+ update. Do you really want to buy into the nearly two-year-old iPhone 3G on the verge of something like that?"
So we tried to fix the iPhone. The simplest "3 R's" troubleshooting techniques suggested by Apple didn't work: "Restart," "Reset," and "Restore," respectively just turning the device off and on, clearing its settings, and then wiping its content altogether with iTunes. Restore seemed to have the greatest impact, but the nag screen quickly returned. There was clearly a hardware problem of some sort, and the most obvious culprits were a screwy Sleep/Wake switch or a dirty Dock Connector. If you haven't seen what a typically pocketed iPhone's bottom looks like after three years, these pictures tell most of the story—believe it or not, this is what the iPhone's black plastic bottom panel looked like after it was cleaned. Tiny specs of grime had probably found their way onto the Dock Connector.
Since it's really, amazingly easy to damage the Dock Connector's super thin, small pins with anything metallic and quite possibly even small pieces of plastic, we went after it with the gentlest and thinnest items we could find on hand—card stock that was a little thicker than paper, plus a little rubbing alcohol on the end of some tissue paper. This isn't ideal for cleaning—something that doesn't leave fibers behind would be better—but the junk we got out of the Dock Connector port, including bits of fuzzy lint, little crusty things, and who knows what else collectively left the iPhone in completely working order again. A little extra work with a toothpick after the first two photos were taken got the extra junk out of the port's corners. Thus, after 15 minutes of careful attention, there wasn't a need to toss the hardware away and replace it with its plasticy sequel.
Yet. We'll see what Apple shows up with this summer, but from what we're hearing so far, it's going to be worth buying into.
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I've used a vacuum with the crevice tool attached to suck out the gunk in the dock connector. It's extreme, but it definitely gets out anything stuck inside those nooks and crannies. I've also used canned compressed air to blast out debris. This method is very effective.
Posted by Dennis Lloyd in Irvine, CA on March 19, 2010 at 11:09 AM (CDT)
even think of using a used toothbrush? with a little zippo lighter fluid. does fantastic cleanup for the dock.
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Carnival Magic Cruise Review by Dorfre51: Carnival Magic - The goog the bad the ugly and the superb
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Carnival Magic - The goog the bad the ugly and the superb
Destination: Europe - Western Mediterranean
Embarkation: Barcelona
We are a couple who are retired and holiday 7 or 8 times a year including cruises about once a year. This cruise was taken as part of my 60th birthday treats. We travelled to the ship independently and stayed in Barcelona for 1 night pre trip and 3 nights after which worked very well.
Embarkation was smooth and well organised.
I have split the review into 4 sections for clarity:
Superb The real star the Ship, spacious and comfortable. The Staff were very friendly and helful to us, all of them. The food especially the dinners in the Northern Lights. The lido and carvery all produced excellent food at lunchtime (and we did not use them in the evening.)
Good The entertainment staff with special thanks to Danny Black the singer guitarist in the Red Frog Pub. The ports of call, especially Venice. The Red Frog pub itself. Comfort in the cabin even though we had an inside. Plenty of space in the cabin and the bathroom was great.
Bad Lack of More information for independant travellers. Cost of excursions.
Ugly Misinformation to independant travellers. Distance to train station said to be a mile when it was 400 yards etc.
Disembarkation (or debarking as it was called also was efficient and well organised. Our only critisism was you has to debark by 9am at the latest.
Overall a great cruise to some nice ports of call Less
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I love this family owed restaurant the ribs are great! seafood was good according to husband, I don't eat seafood.
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I love this family owed restaurant the ribs are great! seafood was good according to husband, I don't eat seafood.
Hubby had the chicken parmesan, friend had the eggplant parmesan, I had shrimp and scallops.... it was all good but, to my tastebuds, a bit bland. A bit (okay, a LOT) more garlic would have made a world of difference. Also, I ordered the green beans since the waitress said they were fresh - well, they started that way but... 更多
LOVED, LOVED, LOVED, this restaurant!!!! Pricing was reasonable and ALL the food was delicious!!!! The staff was very friendly and prompt! Had a very good band. No one out of our group of 15 was unsatisfied with anything!!
Our family of 15 arrived for a nice dinner together. They had live music playing. They arranged the seating for us all to sit together. Very nice people, great music, and the food was delicious! Would definitely recommend!
Found this place couple years ago. Always have to eat at least once here. We don't eat Greek, but the menu always has something we like.
Walked over for live music in lighted gazebo. Food was average. Enjoyed sitting outside and music. Had the fried Calamari and it seemed like it was frozen and poured out of a bag. Same size rings. No taste.
We had a nice early dinner there. I had spaghetti and my husband had eggplant parm. Both were very good. The portions were huge. I thought the prices were very reasonable. My big spaghetti dinner was $10. It's not a fancy place. Service was good. We ate early so it wasn't busy. You can eat in or out. The inside... 更多
Such a pretty place to eat! It's slow around this time so you're promised excellent service. Jordan was an amazing waitress she took very good care of us. Try the mahi wrap!! 5/5 in my book!!
This is always our 'go to ' spot while at STA when the popular tourist spots are packed. Greek style Ocean beach fair. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. Popular with locals and good food.
Outstanding service, outstanding prices and large portions. My wife and I wanted a simple speghitti dinner with bread and a salad. ($9.95) When our meals came out there was enough for two people ON EACH PLATE with garlic toast and a nice side salad. The taste was so good. Mine was baked with cheese on top. I am a big... 更多
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#119 Jan 8, 2013
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#123 Jan 8, 2013
Chris was also addicted to puffing some Peter
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#126 Jan 8, 2013
Ashley Bowen is not a good person, even before she became a drug addict, she was a bully in high school, I have seen her jump people for no reason and it is not someone I would EVER associate myself with. HOWEVER, having said that I do not think it is proper to get on this website running your mouth about someone who was murdered and coming up with conspiracy theories. I know people who are on drugs who this could happen to, and we have all tried to get them to stop. Drugs take over your life and makes you a different person, and after so long there is no turning back. You do not have to respect these people involved in this situation, but you should take a minute to stop and think about what if you had kids that one day grow up to be these kind of people... rarely is it the parents fault and you should put yourself in the shoes of those who love these people. I know several people who come from amazing families and who have strayed down this path. I cannot imagine something like this happening to someone I once cared about and people coming on here saying they deserved it. You people are no better than anyone else- drug addicted or not. You people are very pathetic.
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#127 Jan 8, 2013
hey YOU SUCK fu@@ you,maybe they will be next to bite it you are a pos junkie to im sure
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#128 Jan 8, 2013
i can still smell ashleys puss on my bed yumm it smells good
#129 Jan 8, 2013
How's. This for theory... Watch the news... It has been now said Ashley was involved in robbing them. So the man she loved so much she now assisted in him being killed. Now lock her up!!!!
#130 Jan 8, 2013
You've got it all wrong.
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#131 Jan 8, 2013
I still have my kid ty and I don't live there anymore so know what u r talking bout before u run that dick sucker. Of. Yours u pos lifelow prick
#132 Jan 8, 2013
All wrong huh please enlighten!
#133 Jan 8, 2013
do you know Ashley or Chris personally? Like honestly on a person level, not just because of drugs or whatever? Ashley never jumped anyone in high school.. Yeah she fought a couple times but she was never a bully. She was nice to everyone. I don't think Ashley set Chris up. I have no room to talk and its not my place to try and explain what happened. Drugs do terrible things to people but it doesn't make them awful people. Wrong place, wrong time. Don't speak of someone you know nothing about and don't just go by what the news is saying.
#134 Jan 8, 2013
i dont blame the people who shot him...sorry folks ...he stole and got what happens when you steal...4 dead kids, a dead hooker and now a guy from the projects...DONT STEAL and u will live
#135 Jan 8, 2013
This town is going to shit fast..and it is very sad. I feel awful for Chris and his family may he RIP! But someone needs to get Bri Black outa tha fucking bluff most bad shit revolves around her and her apartment. She is nasty and doesnt even have her kids..soo why r they still letting her live there??? Id love to know....But the bluff is nothing but nasty pill popping junkies that will never amount to anything. If you have Kids raise them..dont do drugs dumb asses.
#136 Jan 8, 2013
birdie rules u get it.
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#138 Jan 9, 2013
He might have been a bad guy but regardless I think that its awful that a young man was murdered when the 2 prostitute junkies (Ashley and Bri) were the ones that robbed them. In my opinion, they are the ones that should have suffered the consequences not Carter and his family. Some may say that he died a hero because he was in love with Ashley. But thats false. This young man died a victim.. not hero. He was executed because of someone elses actions. Its women like Ashley that are ruining a lot of peoples lives in this country. Its time to stop the drug use and the violence that comes with it. We need to find a better path for out youth. Its time to take a stand against the trafficking of drugs. Punishments need to be severe and enforced. This is only logical. I hope that one day, law enforcement and judges all across the nation will help in handing out very long, hard sentences for drug crimes and crimes that are related to drug use. Good luck America.
#139 Jan 9, 2013
Anyone kno how much heroin was stolen? And how did ashley pull off the theft? I'm sure it wasn't just laying around!
#140 Jan 9, 2013
Eh about tree fiddy
#141 Jan 9, 2013
So it was that damn lock ness monster that got the dboys... Now I understand!!
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#143 Jan 19, 2013
What the f#*k does this have to do with anything being said ???? You a fu#king idiot smh
#144 Jan 19, 2013
Lmao u said big scary thug you bahahahaha
#145 Feb 5, 2013
Bri Black has been evicted thank god, its about time. You'd think after her Mother supposably "Over Dosing" ( Which she went and told a people she smothered her own mother over some klonopins, her beautiful baby girls getting taken away, The suppose to be "love of her life" Hanging himself "because he thought she was dead", Her what was suppose to be "Best Friend" getting shot in her apartment & later on dieing, i think this should have been done along time ago. Bri When are you going to open up your eyes and grow the fuck up?? noone feels sorry for your ass, your an attention whore, you use people just to get what you want. some ppl feel sorry for you and say no wonder look at what shes been threw. FUCK THAT, yeah youve had a hard life but goddamn open up your eyes and do something with yourself, if i was you id want to make myself better && turn my life around, for the people that have died around you that loved you, the 2 Amazingly Beautiful baby girls you could get back, and most of ALl YOURSELF!! Do you really want to end up dead && have to have austin explain that their mommy died , & theyll never see or get to know you, Make them be proud of you not wonder & think my mommy must not love or care about me because she chooses a buzz && to get fucked up over getting me & my sister back or to even be involved in our lives? Is that really what you want abby & mia to think now or when they get older? that their mom was a pos, that slept with everyone & did shit with people to get drugs, that shoots up, doesnt work or go to school, & kills herself more & more each day? You must have had to do/doing some fucked up shit for this bad of KARMA to come back to you. Im Glad Austin Bowen has done a complete turn around for HIS KIDS, Im very Proud of him, && i think its wonderful that he quit useing drugs, went to rehab (GOT HELP PERIOD), is working & takes care of his girls the way they deserve to be taken care of, && i give their Grandfather props for taking them & raising them, they are in a much better enviorment than being with or around you!! WHat do u think could have happend to your kids if you would have had them when all this crazyness has occured? Have you just ever stoped to think of someone else other than youself?? you are one selfish bitch And personally i think that all 3 of these deaths have been your fault!! How do you lay your head down at night and sleep? How do you go everyday with blood on your hands?? GROW UP, OPEN YOUR FUCKING EYES, YOUR GOING TO END UP DEAD SOON IF YOU KEEP SHOOTING UP && DOING THE THINGS YOUR DOING!!! YOU SHOULD AT LEAST BE NICE ENOUGH TO GO TO THE TROOPERS WIFE YOU WERE FUCKING && LET HER KNOW SHE NEEDS TO GET CHECKED TO MAKE SURE SHE HASNT CAUGHT ANY OF YOUR NASTY DISEASES. DO you ever really think your goina get your kids back at the rate your going? Or do you even want them back? cause im pretty sure its been almost 2 years and you'd think if you wanted them or missed them youd done try to get them back. Your pathetic, get off your back, shut your leggs, get the needle out of your arm, & get a fucking Job like an adult & big girl, & live in the real world, And take care of your kids, your their mother you gave birth to them you should have them they are your responsibility not everyone elses but bris, I have known you for years and never once in 6th grade did i ever think you was going to be like this and turn out this sad. Do you know ppl call you the communitity bicycle because "everyone gets a ride". Do you know how embarrassing that sounds? Quit feeling sorry for yourslef, quit Craving attention & DO something with your life!!
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To wage war in Yemen, Saudi Arabia is using F-15 fighter jets bought from Boeing. Pilots from the United Arab Emirates are flying Lockheed Martin's F-16 to bomb both Yemen and Syria. Soon, the Emirates are expected to complete a deal with General Atomics for a fleet of Predator drones to run spying missions in their neighborhood. As the Middle East descends into proxy wars, sectarian conflicts and battles against terrorist networks, countries in the region that have stockpiled American military hardware are now actually using it and wanting more. American defense firms are following the money. Boeing opened an office in Doha, Qatar, in 2011, and Lockheed Martin set up an office there this year. Lockheed created a division in 2013 devoted solely to foreign military sales, and the company's chief executive, Marillyn Hewson, has said that Lockheed needs to increase foreign business — with a goal of global arms sales' becoming 25 percent to 30 percent of its revenue. Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association ... said he viewed the increase in arms sales to the region "with a great deal of trepidation, as it is leading to an escalation in the type and number and sophistication in the weaponry in these countries." Meanwhile, the deal to sell Predator drones to the Emirates is nearing final approval. If the sale goes through, it will be the first time that the drones will go to an American ally outside of NATO.
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Weeks before Pacific Gas and Electric Co. released a long-awaited seismic report about the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant last year, Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials had already drafted talking points declaring the plant safe from earthquakes, Sen. Barbara Boxer said Wednesday. An internal commission memo showed that the agency was planning to tell the public that "the NRC had reviewed the report, and it had concluded Diablo Canyon was seismically safe" — before even seeing the report. Boxer ... used it to illustrate what she called the commission's lax attitude toward seismic safety, even in the wake of the 2011 meltdown of three reactors at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Her comments shone new light on a controversy that has simmered since the seismic safety report's release last fall. PG&E released the report on Sept. 10. That same day, the commission — the federal agency that regulates nuclear plants — formally rejected complaints from one of its own former inspectors at Diablo Canyon, who had argued that the plant should be closed. Several newly discovered faults nearby, he said, could produce more violent shaking than Diablo was designed to withstand. Environmental groups ... accused the commission and PG&E of colluding to release both the report and the rejection of the inspector's complaint on the same day, generating positive press about Diablo's safety.
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Not long ago I was asked to speak to a religious congregation about widening inequality. Shortly before I began, the head of the congregation asked that I not advocate raising taxes on the wealthy. I had a similar exchange last year with the president of a small college who had invited me to give a lecture that his board of trustees would be attending. "I'd appreciate it if you didn't criticize Wall Street," he said. It seems to be happening all over. A nonprofit group devoted to voting rights decides it won't launch a campaign against big money in politics for fear of alienating wealthy donors. A Washington think tank releases a study on inequality that fails to mention the role big corporations and Wall Street have played ... presumably because the think tank doesn't want to antagonize its corporate and Wall Street donors. A major university shapes research and courses around economic topics of interest to its biggest donors, notably avoiding any mention of the increasing power of large corporations and Wall Street on the economy. It's bad enough that big money is buying off politicians. It's also buying off nonprofits that used to be sources of investigation, information and social change, from criticizing big money. Our democracy is directly threatened when the rich buy off politicians. But no less dangerous is the quieter and more insidious buy-off of institutions democracy depends on to research, investigate, expose and mobilize action against what is occurring.
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Major drug companies took hefty price increases in the U.S., in some cases more than doubling listed charges, for widely used medications over the past five years, a Reuters analysis of proprietary data found. Prices for four of the nation's top 10 drugs increased more than 100 percent since 2011, Reuters found. Six others went up more than 50 percent. Together, the price increases on drugs for arthritis, high cholesterol, asthma and other common problems added billions in costs for consumers, employers and government health programs. Extraordinary price hikes by two small companies, Turing Pharmaceuticals and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc ... drew new attention to drug costs. Turing expected to book $200 million by raising the price of Daraprim, an antiparasitic used for a rare infection, by 5,000 percent, according to company documents released by Congressional investigators. Routine price increases by bigger players may draw less attention, but they add up. Sales for the top 10 drugs went up 44 percent to $54 billion in 2014, from 2011, even though prescriptions for the medications dropped 22 percent, according to IMS Health data. Even after discounts, pharmacy benefit managers told Reuters they pay annual price increases on top medications of up to 10 percent. By comparison, the U.S. consumer price index rose an average of 2 percent annually over the last five years.
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Many Oklahomans can still vividly recall the day they experienced their first earthquake. Ever since 2009/2010, earthquakes in the state have increased exponentially – leading to what are called "seismic swarms". In 2000 there was not a single earthquake, but in 2014 we experienced 585 quakes of magnitude three or larger. For some time now, scientists have wondered whether fracking-related activities, such as wastewater injection, might be the source of increased seismic activity in Oklahoma. In May of last year, the Oklahoma Geological Survey, an affiliate entity of the University of Oklahoma, released a statement in conjunction with the United States Geological Survey, saying that wastewater injection was a "likely contributing factor the increase in earthquakes". Not long after this statement, David Boren, president of the university, summoned the Oklahoma Geological Survey's lead seismologist Austin Holland, who was also one of the authors of the statement, to a meeting with Harold Hamm, CEO of ... one of Oklahoma's largest oil and gas exploration and production companies. Boren facilitated the meeting despite the fact that he also serves as a member of the Continental Resources board of directors. In July 2014, Continental Resources released a presentation positing an alternative theory for the seismic swarms and downplaying the influence of induced seismicity. One can only imagine the pressure this meeting must have brought upon Holland and his team of scientists.
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More than 750 plaintiffs are suing the Johns Hopkins Hospital System Corp. over its role in a series of medical experiments in Guatemala in the 1940s and 1950s during which subjects were infected with venereal diseases. The lawsuit in Baltimore seeks $1 billion in damages for individuals, spouses and children of people infected with syphilis, gonorrhea and other sexually transmitted diseases through a U.S. government program between 1945 and 1956. The suit claims Johns Hopkins officials had "substantial influence" over the studies, controlling some advisory panels, and were involved in planning and authorizing the experiments. A Hopkins spokesperson ... confirmed that faculty members took part in reviewing funding applications, but said this did not warrant a lawsuit against the medical center. The statement expressed "profound sympathy for individuals and families impacted by the deplorable 1940s syphilis study conducted by the U.S. Government in Guatemala," and noted that the ethical standards for conducting medical research have changed significantly in the decades since then. It's the latest in a series of lawsuits over the studies. A federal judge in 2012 dismissed a lawsuit against the U.S. government involving the same study.
Note: Explore an excellent list of dozens of studies over the years in which humans were used unknowingly as guinea pigs in clear breach of ethical standards. Links are provided for verification of each study. For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles about corruption in the medical industry and in government.
Change.org is a B Corporation — a for-profit company committed to social or environmental goals in addition to its financial obligations. Because the San Francisco firm tries to benefit not just its shareholders, but also society, Change.org is an especially appealing place to work for civic-minded job-seekers, said David Hanrahan, head of global human resources. Hanrahan has an eye toward recruiting Millennials. B (for beneficial) Corporations are the creation of B Lab, a Pennsylvania nonprofit that awards the certification to companies that meet its standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. A 2014 Brookings Institution report, "How Millennials Could Upend Wall Street and Corporate America," found that the "desire on the part of Millennials for their daily work to reflect and be a part of their societal concerns will make it impossible for corporate chieftains to motivate Millennial employees simply by extolling profits." In 2012 ... California [became] the 28th state to provide a legal structure allowing companies to become certified B Corps. Since then, such firms have flocked to the Bay Area. The region is home to the highest concentration of certified B Corps on the planet. The certification process is a way to tell the difference between "good companies" and good marketing, [consultant Ryan] Honeyman wrote in his book, "The B Corp Handbook: How to Use Business as a Force for Good." Many companies want to do good, but they don't know how to do it," said Honeyman. "The B Corp certification process gives them the tools to do so."
Note: For more along these lines, see this article about B Corps and "stakeholder capitalism" as a solution to the problem of growing income inequality.
A senior HSBC executive has privately admitted that the bank is "cast-iron certain" to have another major regulatory breach in the future. Global head of sanctions Lee Hale ... was meeting with independent lawyers monitoring HSBC as part of a controversial 2012 deal with the US Department of Justice, in which the bank avoided prosecution over sanctions-busting and money-laundering in its Mexican branch in exchange for paying a $1.9bn fine and receiving additional regulatory scrutiny for a period of five years. The deferred prosecution agreement was signed by the then US attorney for the eastern district of New York, Loretta Lynch. During a long exchange about HSBC's new policy on sanctions and internal breaches of company rules, Hale told the regulator that "given the size and scale of HSBC", in his view "it is a cast-iron certain[ty] this will happen, at some point in the future we're going to have some big breach, some regulatory breach". He added: "I hope it doesn't happen, but it is likely." The recorded monitor discussions also touched on problems in the bank's US compliance team. Hale said: "The internal audit team have done a US review and it's not great in terms of what they've found." The findings, according to Hale, prompted the bank to terminate the employment of one of the bank's senior compliance executives in New York, a former sanctions official at the US Treasury. In 2012, a US Senate report noted that a high turnover of compliance staff at the bank's US subsidiary had made reforms difficult to implement.
Note: Read lots more on HSBC's sweetheart deal with U.S. officials in a Rolling Stone article by Matt Taibbi. Is it even possible to root out corruption in a bank founded to service the international drug trade? For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles about systemic corruption in government and the financial industry.
In a war full of failures, the US counternarcotics mission in Afghanistan stands out: opiate production has climbed steadily over recent years to reach record-high levels last year. One clear winner in the anti-drug effort is ... the infamous mercenary company formerly known as Blackwater. Statistics released on Tuesday reveal that the rebranded private security firm, known since 2011 as Academi, reaped over a quarter billion dollars from the futile Defense Department push to eradicate Afghan narcotics, some 21% of the $1.5 bn in contracting money the Pentagon has devoted to the job since 2002. The company is the second biggest beneficiary of counternarcotics largesse in Afghanistan. Only the defense giant Northrop Grumman edged it out, with $325m. According to the US inspector general for Afghanistan "reconstruction", the $309m Academi got from US taxpayers paid for "training, equipment, and logistical support" to Afghan forces conducting counternarcotics. Far from eradicating the deep-rooted opiate trade, US counternarcotics efforts have ... contributed to the opium boom. In December, the United Nations reported a 60% growth in Afghan land used for opium poppy cultivation since 2011, up to 209,000 hectares. The estimated $3bn value of Afghan heroin and morphine represents some 15% of Afghan GDP. Academi and its former Blackwater incarnation have an infamous history in Afghanistan. It once set up shell companies to disguise its business practices, according to a Senate report, so that its contracts would be unimpeded by company employees' killings of Iraqi and Afghan civilians.
Note: Blackwater, now called Academi, got caught systematically defrauding the US government, while serving as a "virtual extension of the CIA". The CIA has been linked to the Afghan heroin trade for decades. In 2000, the Taliban had all but eradicated Afghan opium production. Once Afghanistan was under US control, opium production surged to record levels.
Earlier this month, the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer announced findings that glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto's RoundUp line of pesticides, is "probably carcinogenic to humans." The research, published in The Lancet Oncology, relies on studies conducted on the chemical over the last few decades. Use of glyphosate – which the EPA has deemed safe — has soared in the last two decades with the introduction of crops genetically engineered to withstand the herbicide. Glyphosate is also a main ingredient in a new product called "Enlist Duo" recently introduced by Dow Chemical. Widespread use of the chemical has also come under fire because weeds are becoming increasingly resistant to it. Dow has marketed its new product ... as a new tool for farmers battling herbicide-resistant weeds. But agriculture experts say farmers should look at other ways to manage weeds, like cover-cropping, increased rotation and mechanical removal. This week, environmental groups sent a letter to the EPA renewing their calls for the agency to reconsider its decision to approve Enlist Duo. The groups also called on the EPA to reexamine its findings that glyphosate is safe. Monsanto has come out swinging. In a press release, Chief Technology Officer Dr. Robb Fraley said the company is "outraged". Monsanto has demanded a retraction of the report.
Note: The negative health impacts of Monsanto's RoundUp are well known, while the risks and dangers of genetically engineering crops to tolerate such chemicals are becoming increasingly clear.
Big Wall Street banks are so upset with U.S. Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren's call for them to be broken up that some have discussed withholding campaign donations to Senate Democrats in symbolic protest. Representatives from Citigroup, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America, have met to discuss ways to urge Democrats, including Warren and Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, to soften their party's tone toward Wall Street. Citigroup has decided to withhold donations for now to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee over concerns that Senate Democrats could give Warren and lawmakers who share her views more power, sources inside the bank told Reuters. The Massachusetts senator's economic populism and take-no-prisoners approach has won her a strong following. Warren, a former Harvard Law professor who joined the Senate Banking Committee after taking office in 2013, has accused big banks and other financial firms of unfair dealings that harm the middle class and help the rich grow richer. In a Dec. 12 speech, she mentioned Citi several times as an example of a bank that had grown too large, saying it should have been broken apart by the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. In January, Warren angered Wall Street when she successfully blocked the nomination of a banker Antonio Weiss to a top post at the Treasury Department. She argued that as a regulator he would likely be too deferential to his former Wall Street colleagues.
Note: Read Sen. Warren's response in this Boston Globe article. For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles about the systemically corrupt banking industry.
The issues surrounding G.M.O.s - genetically modified organisms - became more complicated last week when the International Agency for Research on Cancer declared that glyphosate, the active ingredient in the widely used herbicide Roundup, probably causes cancer in humans. Two insecticides, malathion and diazinon, were also classified as "probable" carcinogens by the agency, a respected arm of the World Health Organization. Roundup, made by Monsanto for both home and commercial use, is crucial in the production of genetically engineered corn and soybean crops, so it was notable that the verdict on its dangers came nearly simultaneously with an announcement by the Food and Drug Administration that new breeds of genetically engineered potato and apple are safe to eat. Few people are surprised that an herbicide in widespread use is probably toxic at high doses or with prolonged exposure, circumstances that may be common among farmers and farmworkers. Nor is it surprising that it took so long - Roundup has been used since the 1970s - to discover its likely carcinogenic properties. There is a sad history of us acting as guinea pigs for the novel chemicals that industry develops. To date, G.M.O.s and other forms of biotech have done nothing but enrich their manufacturers and promote a system of agriculture that's neither sustainable nor for the most part beneficial. We don't need better, smarter chemicals along with crops that can tolerate them; we need fewer chemicals. There's no reason to put the general population, and particularly the farming population, at risk for the sake of industry profits.
Note: Monsanto's Roundup and the GMO crops that support its use are well-known by scientists to be a threat to public health. For more, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles on GMO risks and how these are covered up.
An ambitious 12-nation trade accord pushed by President Obama would allow foreign corporations to sue the United States government for actions that undermine their investment "expectations" and hurt their business, according to a classified document. The Trans-Pacific Partnership - a cornerstone of Mr. Obama's remaining economic agenda - would grant broad powers to multinational companies operating in North America, South America and Asia. Under the accord ... companies and investors would be empowered to challenge regulations, rules, government actions and court rulings ... before tribunals organized under the World Bank or the United Nations. The chapter in the draft of the trade deal, dated Jan. 20, 2015, [was] obtained by The New York Times in collaboration with the group WikiLeaks. [Its] cover mandates that the chapter not be declassified until four years after the Trans-Pacific Partnership comes into force or trade negotiations end, should the agreement fail. Under the terms of ... chapter, foreign investors could demand cash compensation if member nations "expropriate or nationalize a covered investment either directly or indirectly." Opponents fear "indirect expropriation" will be interpreted broadly, especially by deep-pocketed multinational companies opposing regulatory or legal changes that diminish the value of their investments. In 2013, Eli Lilly took advantage of a similar provision under Nafta to sue Canada for $500 million, accusing Ottawa of violating its obligations to foreign investors by allowing its courts to invalidate patents for two of its drugs.
Note: The above article further clarifies why the TPP is a pending disaster. For more, see this article, or watch the two minute video Former US Secretary of Labor Robert Reich made to educate the public about the dangers of the TPP.
"God's Bankers" provides an exhaustive history of financial machinations at the center of the church in Rome. The final unification of Italy in 1870 ... deprived the church of its lands and feudal income, leading to several decades of acute financial insecurity. Popes of this period ... publicly denounced lending money at interest (usury) while at the same time accepting massive loans from the Rothschilds and making their own interest-bearing loans to Italian Catholics. Beginning with Bernardino Nogara, appointed by Pius XI in 1929, the church also empowered a series of often shady financial advisers to engage in financial wheeling and dealing around the globe. "So long as the balance sheets showed surpluses," [author of God's Bankers Gerald] Posner writes, "Pius and his chief advisers were pleased." That pattern would continue through the rest of the 20th century. The American archbishop Paul Marcinkus, [who] ran the Vatican Bank from 1971 to 1989 ... ended up implicated in several sensational scandals. The biggest by far was the collapse of Italy's largest private bank, Banco Ambrosiano, in 1982 - an event preceded by mob hits on a string of investigators looking into corruption in the Italian banking industry. Marcinkus ... also served as a spy for the State Department, providing the American government with "personal details" about John Paul II, and even encouraging the pope "at the behest of embassy officials" to publicly endorse American positions on a broad range of political issues.
Note: The Vatican Bank was implicated in a scheme to smuggle tens of millions of euros out of Switzerland in 2013, and was used to launder money for the mafia as recently as 2012. For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing financial industry corruption news articles from reliable major media sources.
For decades, Monsanto and its enablers inside the USDA have denied the central tenets of evolutionary biology, namely natural selection and adaptation. Since the early 1980s, Monsanto has endlessly hyped genetically engineered (GE) crops they claim could reduce hunger, reduce pesticide use, and survive droughts. In reality, no such "miracle" crops exist. No significantly greater yielding crops, no more effective drought resistance crops. And ... around 85 percent of all genetically engineered crops in the United States and around the world have been engineered to withstand massive doses of herbicides, mostly Monsanto's Roundup. Each year 115 million more pounds of Roundup are spread on our farmlands because of these altered crops. Wouldn't that massive increase in Roundup use over that huge a portion of our cropland cause some weed populations to develop resistance? Of course. As a result, in less than 20 years, more than half of all U.S. farms have some Roundup resistant "superweeds," weeds that now infest 70 million acres of U.S farmland. A science-based, and safer, way forward is to ... use ecologically based weed control. There are proven organic and agroecological approaches that emphasize weed management rather than weed eradication, soil building rather than soil supplementing. Crop rotation and cover crops can return productive yields without ridding the land of genetic biodiversity, and could reduce herbicide use by 90 percent. So it's long past due that our government required real and rigorous science when regulating GE crops.
Note: Read more about how GMO technology has backfired, producing new "superweeds" and "superbugs" that threaten crop production. For more, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles on GMO risks and how these are covered up.
The powerful U.S. sugar industry skewed the government's medical research on dental care. Sugar industry leaders advocated for policies that did not recommend people eat less sugar. The government listened, according to a new report published in the journal PLOS Medicine. In the 1960s, amid a national effort to boost cavity prevention, the U.S. government spearheaded a research program, known as the National Caries Program (NCP), which aimed to eradicate tooth decay. But instead of turning to an obvious solution — having people eat less sugar — the government was swayed by industry interests that pushed alternative methods, such as [using] vaccines for fighting tooth decay. [The] committee that was set up by the government to set research priorities for the NCP included many doctors and scientists who were also ... part of another group called the International Sugar Research Foundation, which was established by the sugar industry. Rather than recommending that people reduce sugar intake, government-funded research focused on interventions that wouldn't advise Americans to lower their sweets consumption. For instance, the research encouraged the wider use of fluoride. More recently, the industry attempted to influence the ongoing debate about changes to the Food and Drug Administration's nutrition facts label. One of the key changes currently being mulled is the inclusion of an "added sugar" label, which is meant to communicate how much of any given food's sugar content was added during processing. The industry is vehemently opposed.
Note: "When you take on Big Sugar, you take on a huge political money operation," Rep. Mark Steven Kirk from Illinois said while fighting Big Sugar back in 2007. For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing health corruption news articles from reliable major media sources.
Three years ago, the nation's top utility executives gathered at a Colorado resort to hear warnings about ... rooftop solar panels. According to a presentation prepared for the group, "Industry must prepare an action plan to address the challenges." Three years later, the industry and its fossil-fuel supporters are waging a determined campaign to stop a home-solar insurgency that is rattling the boardrooms of the country's government-regulated electric monopolies. Recently, the battle has shifted to public utility commissions, where industry backers have mounted a ... successful push for fee hikes that could put solar panels out of reach for many potential customers. In a closely watched case last month, an Arizona utility voted to impose a monthly surcharge of about $50 for "net metering," a common practice that allows solar customers to earn credit for the surplus electricity they provide to the electric grid. Net metering makes home solar affordable by sharply lowering electric bills to offset the $10,000 to $30,000 cost of rooftop panels. A Wisconsin utilities commission approved a similar surcharge for solar users last year, and a New Mexico regulator also is considering raising fees. In some states, industry officials [are now] arguing that solar panels hurt the poor. "It's really about utilities' fear that solar customers are taking away demand," said Angela Navarro, an energy expert with the Southern Environmental Law Center.
Note: In Arizona, traditional utility companies are brazenly manipulating the law to attack solar power installation companies. Meanwhile, the Rockefellers have stopped investing in fossil fuels. Does this mean that the renewable energy revolution is now in full swing?
Lower IQ, adult obesity and 5% of autism cases are all linked to exposure to endocrine disruptors found in food containers, plastics, furniture, toys, carpeting and cosmetics, says new expert study. Europe is experiencing an explosion in health costs caused by endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that is comparable to the cost of lead and mercury poisoning, according to the most comprehensive study of the subject yet published. Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that interfere with the human hormone system, and can be found in food containers, plastics, furniture, toys, carpeting and cosmetics. The new series of reports by 18 of the world's foremost experts on endocrine science pegs the health costs of exposure to them at between €157bn-€270bn (Ł113bn-Ł195bn), or at least 1.23% of the continent's GDP. "The shocking thing is that the major component of that cost is related to the loss of brain function in the next generation," one of the report's authors, Professor Philippe Grandjean of Harvard University, told the Guardian. After IQ loss, adult obesity linked to exposure to phthalates, a group of chemicals used in plastics, was the second largest part of the overall cost, with an estimated price tag of €15.6bn a year. The study attributes at least 5% of European autism cases to EDC exposure. "These studies tell a frightening and expensive story equivalent to a €7,500 cost for every man, woman and child in the EU every year," said Genon Jensen, the director of the Health and Environment Alliance.
Note: Recently, a major report showing the dangers of many common pesticides was suppressed by EU officials. Federal regulators in the US claim to have no data on over 62,000 industrial chemicals that US consumers are exposed to.
Microsoft, Apple, Google and five other tech firms now account for more than a fifth of the $2.10 trillion in profits that U.S. companies are holding overseas, according to a Bloomberg News review of the securities filings of 304 corporations. The total amount held outside the U.S. by the companies was up 8 percent from the previous year. General Electric topped the list for the fifth straight year. The company now has $119 billion outside the U.S., an increase of 8 percent from the end of 2013 and a 27 percent gain since 2010. Microsoft has more than tripled its offshore holdings since 2010. Apple, which counts only part of its non- U.S. holdings as indefinitely held offshore, increased that portion to $69.7 billion from $12.3 billion in 2010. Cisco now has $52.7 billion outside the U.S., up 10 percent since 2013. John Chambers, Cisco's chief executive, said on Bloomberg TV on Feb. 20 that "our tax policy is causing me to make decisions that I don't think is in the interest of our country, or even in our shareholders, long term." The companies owe taxes at the full U.S. corporate tax rate of 35 percent on profits they earn around the world. They get tax credits for payments to foreign governments and don't have to pay the residual U.S. tax until they bring the money home. Obama earlier this year proposed applying a 14 percent mandatory tax on the stockpiled profits and a 19 percent minimum tax on foreign earnings going forward.
Note: U.S. laws now protect corporations as if they are people, but require human people to pay more income tax. For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles about corporate corruption.
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Calif. sheriff's deputy killed in shootout
Sheriff's Deputy Ricky Del Fiorentino, 48, died on Wednesday in a shootout with a carjacking suspect
Duty Death: Ricky Del Fiorentino - [Cleone, California]
End of Service: 03/19/2014
Associated Press
CLEONE, Calif. — The suspect in the fatal shooting of a Northern California sheriff's deputy carjacked two people at gunpoint in Oregon and exchanged gunfire with the owner of a tourist attraction before his confrontation with the deputy, authorities said.
Mendocino County Sheriff's Deputy Ricky Del Fiorentino, 48, died on Wednesday in the shootout that happened around noon, the sheriff's office announced. The suspect, Ricardo Antonio Chaney, 32, of Oregon, also died in an exchange of gunfire with a police officer and not of a suicide as authorities had initially reported, Sheriff Tom Allman said on Wednesday night. Allman spoke earlier at a news conference in Fort Bragg near the site of the deputy's slaying.
"I wish you weren't here, and I wish I wasn't here," a tearful Allman said.
The incident began in Eugene, Ore., early Wednesday, when authorities said Chaney stole a black BMW and forced the car's occupants into the trunk, the Press Democrat of Santa Rosa reported. The occupants, who had not been located as of Wednesday night, may have escaped or been freed at some point, Allman said.
Around 10:30 a.m., the sheriff's office received a call from the owner of Confusion Hill, a tourist destination along Highway 101 north of Leggett, about 400 miles south of Eugene. John Mills, 55, told the Press Democrat he had found Chaney urinating within a fenced park area.
When Mills told him to leave, he cursed, drove away, but then returned with a shotgun, Mills said. Mills, who had grabbed a baton, hit the shotgun as Chaney came through the entrance, causing the weapon to discharge, he told the Press Democrat. Chaney fired again through the door before fleeing to his car and driving away.
"I was pissed," Mills said. "I wanted his head on a pike."
Mills said he was able to get off one shot at Chaney from a handgun. Sheriff's officials said Chaney was likely not hit.
Chaney was spotted a short time later by a sheriff's deputy, but got away during a chase that reached speeds of more than 100 mph, according to sheriff's officials. Del Fiorentino encountered him a little before noon just north of Fort Bragg in Cleone, a rural area that is a mix of homes, forest and open fields.
Chaney opened fire with an AK-47-style assault rifle, spraying Del Fiorentino's vehicle with bullets, Allman said. Lt. John Naulty, a Fort Bragg police officer who was searching for Chaney nearby, heard the gunfire and arrived at the scene to find Chaney going through the deputy's vehicle.
Allman said Chaney fired six or seven rounds at Naulty, who returned fire. Chaney was later found dead.
U.S. Highway 1 near MacKerricher State Park was closed during the search for Chaney, and the park evacuated, the Press Democrat reported. School officials also kept students who live in the Cleone area on campus as a precaution, as law enforcement vehicles swarmed the area.
What prompted Chaney's alleged rampage was not clear. He had a run-in with law enforcement on March 6, when police stopped his vehicle and found that he had no vehicle insurance. They also discovered firearms, including a modified AR-15, and body armor in the glove box and trunk, according to The Register-Guard of Eugene. Citing police records, the paper said Chaney was arrested and released the same day.
Del Fiorentino, once a wrestling coach at Fort Bragg High School, began as a deputy with Mendocino County in 1988, spent 10 years with the Fort Bragg Police Department and returned to the sheriff's office in 2000.
California Attorney General Kamala Harris paid tribute to the deputy late Wednesday night.
"His tragic death is a stark reminder of the danger our brave men and women in law enforcement face every day to keep our communities safe. Deputy Del Fiorentino will never be forgotten by the people of California," Harris said in a statement.
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Kendal Mountain Festival line-up announcedadded Jun/2010, see all Kendal Mountain Festival news & reviews
'Kendal' is the biggest event of its type in Europe and it's the main social event for outdoor enthusiasts in the UK. As ever there'll be hundreds of film screenings including many high-profile premieres, plus loads of speakers and special guests making this a must-do long weekend in the Lake District.
It's looking like a great year for climbers and mountaineers with Peter Habeler, Tim Macartney-Snape, Timmy O'Neill, the Pou brothers Eneko and Iker, Lucy Creamer, Steve McClure, Gavin Pike and Eddie Barbour amongst the names announced.
From the wider world of outdoor adventure there's the globe-trotting biker Mark Beaumont talking about his latest gruelling adventures, plus David James on mountaineering in Afghanistan. Cameron McNeish and Richard Else will talk about the Live Climb project from the BBC featuring Dave MacLeod and Tim Emmett on Sron Ulladale, and there's the chance to see two of the most well-known names in mountain photography; John Cleare and Colin Prior.
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The Festival organisers say that there are a couple more surprises they can't tell us about yet, so watch this space!
Together with over 70 films in competition, art, literature, the legendary Bike, Snowsports, Wild Water and Free Flight nights plus the Boardman Tasker literary prize, it promises to be another unmissable year!
Dates are 18-21 November and tickets will be on sale in August. Book online or through 01539 725133 - news as it happens at www.mountainfest.co.uk.
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