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Third World Network
The Third World Network is an international network of organizations and individuals involved in issues relating to environment, development and the Third World and North-South issues. It has its international secretariat in Penang, Malaysia. Its flagship magazine, Third World Resurgence, covers a wide range of topics including environment, economics, biotechnology, north-south relations etc. The network conducts research on various issues pertaining to the third world countries; It publishes books and magazines, organizes seminars. Formerly directed by Martin Khor, (of Malaysia, now Executive Director of the South Centre), it has offices in Accra (Ghana), Geneva, Goa (India) and Montevideo (Uruguay). It also has affiliated organizations in a number of third world countries, including Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, the Philippines, Senegal, South Africa, Thailand, and Uruguay.
Non-governmental organizations can prove to be very affective in the policies and issues that face developed and developing countries. The discussions of such governmental organizations as the United Nations, the World Bank, IMF, and WTO are frequently overseen by NGOs. The outcomes and decisions made by these government-run organizations are heavily influenced by input from NGOs. This is because many non-governmental institutions are often deeply involved and are adamant about their various missions to serve humanity. An example of just such an NGO is the Third world Network. The TWN, or the Third World Network was originally created at an international conference in Penang, Malaysia. The conference was on "The Third World: Development or Crisis" and was held in November of 1984. At the concluding meeting, the Consumers' Association of Penang and their one hundred plus participants from twenty-one different countries organized the TWN (About Us). Created to strengthen cooperation between the environmental and development groups of the South, this non-governmental institution has reached far beyond its original objectives to become an effective organization in the developing world. The TWN has two parts that are presented as its goals for aiding the developing world: its objectives and its mission. The former part involves the hopes of deepening of the understanding of the challenges and development dilemmas facing developing countries. They also have the objective of bringing about policy changes to create fair, equitable and environmental friendly development; a development that will sustain itself (About Us). TWN's mission is grounded in just distribution of resources from around the world. This organization also believes in accomplishing better articulation of the Southern peoples' needs and rights, as well as finding plans of development that are ecological and that will fulfill the human needs around it (About Us). This organization has proved very affective in achieving its goals and objectives and is very efficient. It does its job rather well and works toward its objectives and mission in various ways. Overall, the Third World Network researches different economic, social, and environmental issues of the South (About Us). To make different crisis and challenges of the developing world widely known and to discuss them, TWN publishes many books, articles, and magazines; it also organizes and attends various conferences, workshops, and seminars dealing with such subjects (About Us).Successful ongoing magazines of the TWN include the Third World Resurgence, and the Third World Economics. It also has its own successful website under the institution's name. TWN does a great deal to be a platform for Third World interest as international places such as the UN, WTO, IMF, and the World Bank (About Us). The TWN has official locations that can be found all over the world and is associated with many organizations in Third World countries. The Third World Network's International Secretariat is located in its founding country of Malaysia in the city of Penang. It also has offices in Kuala Lumpur in that country (About Us). In Accra, Ghana is the African Regional Secretariat and the Latin American Regional Secretariat for TWN is in Montevideo, Uruguay. Other TWN offices are in Goa, India and Geneva, Switzerland. TWN has stationed researchers all over in Delhi, Beijing, Manila, and Jakarta (About Us). To select its personnel, the TWN presents the possibility of obtaining a job through the application process. It hires personnel with all degrees and presents jobs that are in many of the countries where its offices are stationed (TWN). The Third World Network also provides programs, courses and degrees through its location in Singapore, as well as scholarships, fellowships, and distance learning (TWN). Personnel and directors of various branches of the Third World Network are also involved in other non-governmental organizations. Yao Graham, Roberto Bissio, and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz are activists and Executive Directors of the TWN Africa as well as writers for its magazines (Group Members). Roberto Bissio is also a member of the Third World Network's international council. Chee Yoke Ling is an international lawyer as well as a Director of Programmes for TWN (Group Members). The TWN is composed of highly professional and knowledgeable directors and personnel with very educated backgrounds. An example of this would be the Director of TWN in 2002, Mr. Martin Khor. Khor was an economist who studied at Cambridge University and lectured in the Science University in TWN's hometown of Malaysia. Having written several books and articles on various issues affecting the developing world, he was previously prepared for his position. He was also prepared through his former job as a Vice Chairman of the United Nations commission on Human Rights Expert Group. As a non-governmental institution, the TWN has proven itself quite successful and efficient in working to diligently fulfill its mission and objectives. The organization continues to research and speak up for the South and its people as well as searching for a sustainable policy needed for developing worlds. Living up to its name, TWN is continuing to prosper and equip others to provide a successful Third World Network.
External links [edit]
- Official website
- Pithouse, Richard (2005) Report Back from the Third World Network Meeting Accra, 2005, Centre for Civil Society : 1-6.
African Division (TWN-Africa) [edit]
- autonomous sister-organisation in Accra, Ghana
- African Agenda: TWN-Africa's flagship publication. (Some French articles of editions available)


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By Christie, Jim, John, and Terry Noe
Our dog, Maggie, loves to run around in our big yard. But how do we fence her in? Building a 500-foot fence is expensive and unsightly, so we use an "invisible fence." This is a buried wire that runs around the edge of our yard. Maggie wears a radio collar that beeps when she gets close to the wire, or gives her a mild shock if she strays over the edge (it doesn't hurt).
One of Maggie's favorite sports is digging up the gophers that are endemic to our neighborhood. Unfortunately for us, the gophers have a hobby of their own, which is biting through the buried wire of our invisible fence.
How do you find a break in a 500-foot buried wire? Digging up the entire 500 feet would not be fun. You can buy commercial cable finders that will find buried wires and wire breaks, like the Armada Technologies Pro 700, but these cost from $500 to $2,000! We decided to make our own and use the money we saved for something useful, like building a big trebuchet.
Step #1: Here's how it works.
Next- Our WireFinder 9000 has 2 components: a transmitter that puts a radio signal on the buried wire, and a radio receiver. You connect the transmitter to one end of the buried wire. This causes a current to flow through the wire, which creates a radio signal that radiates from the wire. Then you can find the wire by walking around with the radio receiver.
- When the receiver is close to the buried wire, the radio signal is strong and you can hear it over the receiver's speaker. The strength drops rapidly as you move away from the cable, causing the signal to drop in volume until it becomes inaudible.
- If there's a break in your wire, the current can't reach the isolated segment. So when you move past the break, the signal level drops off rapidly. Using the WireFinder, we were able to locate the break in our wire quite accurately: the place we started digging was only 2 feet from the break.
- This technique works for finding both simple wires — like our invisible fence — and buried coaxial cables as well.
- To keep things simple and cheap, we chose a regular AM radio as the receiver. Then we designed our transmitter to generate a signal of the right frequency and modulation type so that an AM radio can pick it up. Fortunately, the AM radio band is very low-frequency, which makes construction and wiring very simple. The total cost of the transmitter is about $35.
This project first appeared in MAKE Volume 20, page 141.

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Malala Yousufzai has been recovering at a hospital in Birmingham, England, after she was shot in October in Pakistan. The Taliban have vowed to target her again.
Pakistan's High Commissioner to Britain, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, confirmed a BBC report Wednesday saying that Malala's father, Ziauddin, has been appointed Pakistan's education attache in Birmingham.
The position—with an initial 3-year commitment—virtually guarantees Malala will remain in the U.K.
Malala's case won worldwide recognition for the struggle for women's rights in Pakistan. In a sign of her reach, the 15-year-old made the shortlist for Time magazine's "Person of the Year" for 2012.


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Cascading stripes of sparkling ombre sequins in lilac, amethyst and rose pay homage to the glitz and glamour of Music City. Metallic silver trim and tab zipper pulls add an extra dash of flash, while smoky charcoal grey liner provides (a bit) of substance. Rhinestone studded cowboy boots, anyone?


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Shimla - Five people were killed when the vehicle in which they were travelling in skidded off the road and rolled down a gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district, police said Friday.
The dead included three women.
The car carrying five people was going to Tapri when the driver lost control over the vehicle and it fell into a 200-ft gorge near Bhavanagar, some 175 km from here, Thursday night,
Superintendent of Police Veena Bharti told IANS.
She said the victims belonged to Kothi village near Rekong Peo town in Kinnaur district.
One person, who was injured was rushed to a nearby hospital where he died. Four others died on the spot.


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Gus Bahena, public affairs officer for Fort Irwin and the National Training Center, was our intrepid guide as we trucked toward the live-fire training area, where soldiers trained on a realistic battlefield.
Red flags flew from the back of our Humvee signaling we were aware we were in a "live-fire" area.
Like an armored dune buggy rattling along the desert floor, we left a rooster tail of sand and dust.
The vintage Humvee we were riding in rolled to a stop while the guard checked our papers.
The rock-strewn sand, dotted with dry creosote bushes and surrounded by inhospitable mountains
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However, this was the Mojave Desert doubling as the forbidding and arid Middle Eastern country of Afghanistan.
Only 30 miles north of Barstow, the Mojave served as a backyard training ground for our troops before they deployed.
The 20-year-old khaki Humvee was not your Mother's shiny Hummer H2.
Climbing into the front seat had been a challenge for me with no step up or handle to hold onto (especially embarrassing wearing a 30-pound Kevlar vest with ceramic plates and a 15-pound helmet secured over the chin).
I felt like a large tortoise.
Along with Sun newsroom colleagues Rick Sforza and Jim Steinberg, I was visiting Fort Irwin to see how our soldiers
When we stopped for lunch, we were treated to the culinary experience known as MREs, or Meals Ready to Eat. I didn't know the food could heat itself up, but cold water, poured into a plastic bag with a heating element, would heat the meal you placed inside it.
"Grilled" chicken breast, Sloppy Joes, jalapeno cheese spread -- it all tasted pretty good and even resembled what it was supposed to be.
There are 13 villages in the National Training Center, located in The Box, the large sand box of the 1,000-square-mile training center.
Villages are built with single and double-stacked shipping boxes covered with sand-colored stucco and painted-on bricks to replicate houses.
On site at the village of Ertebat Shar were officers from the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and Operations Group, stationed at Fort Irwin.
Combat trainers were preparing soldiers for combat readiness by the time they deployed. These soldiers would deploy in groups in late winter or spring.
Soldiers in the Jan. 10 through Jan. 19 rotation were primarily from Fort Stewart in Savannah, Ga.
The situational training
When we arrived at Shar-e Tiefort, vendors were selling their wares along the road into town. The marketplace was a line of tables along the lane, laden with fruit, bread, flowers, clothing, pots and pans. Merchants dressed in robes yelled to passers-by in their native Pashto, the language of Afghanistan.
Women, covered in burkas, walked obediently with their heads bowed behind the men.
Role players, both soldiers and civilians, were wearing lasers that recorded when they were hit. They found the extent of their injuries on casualty cards issued to them. Medics responded to the casualties, according to the injury on the cards.
Like a Hollywood set -- complete with script, the scene played out with props, role players in makeup and costumes, along with action-packed pyrotechnics.
Barrels at the side of the road were filled with TNT. The IED explosions were not only heard and seen, they were felt, the sound reverberating through your body.
An IED in the bed of a truck on the side of road was a VBIED -- Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device, which exploded with fire and smoke.
An RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenade) was released by an insurgent on top of a bridge. The rat-a-tat-tat of an M4 Assault Rifle could be heard in the distance.
Casualties were lifted from the lane and taken away.
I felt I really was half a world away.
When the scene ended, the woman in the gold-colored burka was standing next to me. "Is that uncomfortable?" I asked her.
"You get used to it -- except in the heat," she said, taking off the burka.
She introduced herself as Maria Craig of Upland -- practically a next-door neighbor.
I asked Maria if I could try her burka on and she arranged it over my head, placing the basket-weave panel across my eyes.
I told her I could barely see. I felt claustrophobic.
"Women are second-rate citizens in Afghanistan," Maria said. "They can't interact with men and they can't show any part of their bodies - even their hands."
Rick was taking pictures but I couldn't get out of the awkward garment fast enough.
I pulled it up over my head, breathing the fresh air. It was good to be free.
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At the Foreign Affairs Council held in Brussels on 23 July 2012, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Tonio Borg, appealed once again to the EU to assist Libya in border management. He welcomed the EU's readiness to provide further assistance to the Libyan authorities, particularly in the areas of security and border management. EU Foreign Ministers held an exchange of views on the latest developments in Libya in light of the elections for the national general congress of 7 July 2012 and discussed EU assistance to Libya. The Deputy Prime Minister welcomed the significant changes brought about through the elections in Libya which should lead to the first democratically elected government by August. Dr Borg welcomed Mahmoud Jibril's victory at the polls for the Constituent Assembly through elections conducted in a free and fair manner, and which is expected to lead to a secular and liberal coalition government. He also welcomed the fact that 16.5% of the seats of the constituent assembly were won by female candidates.
Further sanctions adopted against Syrian regime
The Foreign Affairs Council adopted another set of reinforced sanctions against the Syrian regime. Foreign Ministers strongly condemned the increasing use of force by the Syrian regime and reiterated their call for an immediate end to the killing of civilians, the withdrawal of the Syrian army from besieged towns and a peaceful end to the current crisis. They expressed their deep disappointment that despite the serious escalation of violence, the members of the UN Security Council could not agree on a resolution to add more effective and robust pressure to end the violence and allow for a peaceful settlement of the conflict. The meeting also noted with concern the spill-over effects of the Syrian crisis in neighbouring countries and reiterated its support for the peace plan negotiated by the Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States, Kofi Annan. On 17 July 2012, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tonio Borg, condemned the violence taking place in Syria, stating that "these atrocious acts must not occur without impunity".
The High Representative briefed Ministers on her visit to Egypt and her meeting with President Morsi. The Council affirmed the EU's willingness to intensify its cooperation with Egypt acknowledging Egypt's critical role in the region. The Council meeting also discussed developments in Sudan/South Sudan, Mali and the Sahel, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and held an exchange of views on energy and foreign policy underlining the importance of increasing coherence of EU energy policy with its external policies.
Malta supports the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's EU Membership
In a bilateral meeting held in Brussels on the same day between the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Tonio Borg and his counterpart Nikola Poposki, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Foreign Minister Borg reiterated Malta's support towards Skopje's EU perspective and augured that the EU candidate country gradually moves on to the opening of accession talks. Deputy Prime Minister Borg noted that the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is becoming attractive to Maltese companies, with a Maltese IT company employing around 100 technology consultants, setting up office in the capital Skopje.
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Longtime trainer Lucarelli goes after elusive Longacres Mile win
By SHAWN SKAGER
Auburn Reporter Sports Reporter
August 20, 2010 · Updated 12:32 PM
It's been a long time coming for Frank Lucarelli.
Since getting his license in 1979, the Enumclaw-based trainer has been a fixture at Washington and California tracks, compiling the second most career wins at Emerald Downs.
But in the 31 years that Lucarelli has been training Thoroughbreds, one race has eluded him – the Longacres Mile. And it's not just the Mile victory that is missing from his list of accomplishments. Before this weekend's race, Lucarelli has not even had a horse run in the Mile.
That all changes on Sunday, however, with Lucarelli saddling two heralded horses for the Mile – Gallant Son and Winning Machine.
The 75th running of the $250,000 Grade III Mile is scheduled to go off shortly after 5 p.m. Coverage will begin at 4 p.m. (FSN-TV, KJR 950 AM).
Lucarelli likes his chances.
Gallant Son, who drew the No. 8 post, will have to sneak by odds-on favorite Noosa Beach, who will break out of the No. 5 hole. Winning Machine, meanwhile, drew the No. 1 post.
"It's something that is important to us and something we've always wanted to do," Lucarelli said. "I've always wanted to run in the Mile and win the Mile. And I haven't had the opportunity, so this is a good chance to give it a go. I get excited about winning any race, so winning the biggest race up here would be a big deal."
Lucarelli got his first taste of training as a youth.
"My dad owned horses, so when I was a little kid I used to go out with him in the mornings on Saturdays and watch him train," Lucarelli said. "So I started working out there when I was 13 in the summers."
A promising pitcher who was drafted by the Pittsburg Pirates after graduating from Newport High School in 1975, Lucarelli said he concentrated on his baseball career, playing college ball at Western Washington and minor league ball in the Northwest and California independent leagues.
After four years of playing baseball, Lucarelli returned to horse racing.
"I knew that I liked that business," he said. "I'm not a big gambler, but I like the business of it. It's a sport with athletes – horse athletes – and I just liked it a lot."
He ran his first horse, Ebony Spirit, in 1979 at the winter session at Portland Meadows and won his first race by five lengths.
"I thought it was a pretty easy game at first, but it was a few months until my next win," Lucarelli said.
Soon the wins started coming in droves, including stakes wins at Emerald Downs with horses such as No Curfew, Kenny Hawk, Marva Jean and Indian Weaver.
"I've had some good young horses, just not ones that have gone on to be good older Mile kind of horses," he said.
This year, Lucarelli looks to have the horse to deliver a Mile win in 4-year-old Gallant Son. Lucarelli and owners Chris Randall and Nick Rossi acquired the horse at the Kentucky Yearling sale for $9,000. Immediately, the group knew they had a special horse on their hands.
"He was just a real good looking colt, real correct with a good vet report, so we bought him," Lucarelli said. "And he's turned out to be a good horse. … Nobody can tell what's inside of them or how tough they're going to be when it comes down to racing. But he's a tough horse and likes to run."
After Gallant Son won the Premio Esmeralda, the Washington Thouroughbred Owners Association Lads Stakes and the Gottstein Futurity in 2008, Lucarelli shipped the horse to the California circuit in Del Mar, Santa Anita, Pasadena and Hollywood Park.
"He's been down in California since. We ran him in the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita, where he got beat by three-and-half lengths," Lucarelli said.
To win the Mile, Gallant Son must contend with rival Noosa Beach.
"I beat him when he was 2, and he's obviously the local horse to beat," Lucarelli said. "Someone asked if I thought I could still beat him. Noosa Beach has progressed really well, but so has my horse.
"It's mainly going to be about the trip," he added. "If Noosa Beach is going to be dangling around the front end and he gets a trip and I don't, then he's going to beat me. But if I get a good trip and he (Gallant Son) sets up and races like he should, I've got a good chance to beat him (Noosa Beach)."
This year's edition of the Longacres Mile will be run at approximately 5 p.m. Sunday at Emerald Downs. The Mile will feature the following entries – listed with post position, expected jockeys and initial odds (as of Aug. 18.)
No. 1, Winning Machine, Inoel Eeato, 20-1
No. 2, Senor Rojo, Miguel Perez, 15-1
No. 3, Wasserman, Jennifer Whitaker, 20-1
No. 4, Jersey Town, Kevin Krigger, 15-1
No. 5, Noosa Beach, Ricky Frasier, 3-1
No. 6, Gallon, Juan Gutierrez, 20-1
No. 7, Almost Time, Frank Fuentas
No. 8, Gallant Son, Leslie Mawing, 5-2
No. 9, Teide, Chad Hoverson, 6-1
No. 10, Davos, Russell Baze, 15-1
No. 11, Assessment, Gallyn Mitchell, 5-1
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Thought I'd share a clip of my KR on the dyno...KB 2.8 Stage III with Jon Lund tune ...there's room for improvement. Special thanks go out to Van for his assistance.
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Guwahati, June 29 (IANS) The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) Friday said that all passengers stranded at three locations on the Lumding-Badarpur hill section have been evacuated.
The NFR ran a special train from Lumding to Mupaand and back to Lumding Friday to ferry the passengers, NFR spokesman S. Hajong said in a statement to the media.
"Similarly, another passenger special train was run between Silchar and Harangajao and back to Silchar today," said Hajong.
"The passengers who were stranded at Mibong have been taken to Lumding by a relief train and then from Lumding to Guwahati by Intercity Express on Thursday," Hajong said.
"The passengers, who were stranded at Harangajao, had been taken to Badarpur by a relief train yesterday. Similarly, the stranded passengers of Lower Halflong station were transported to Lanka by road, and further to Guwahati from Lanka by a special train," the statement said.
The NFR spokesman also said that the Dima Hasao district administration had arranged for the vehicles to transport the stranded passengers to Lanka by road.
Three trains - Up Cachar Express, Dn Cachar Express and Lumding-Agartala-Lumding Express - carrying about 2,300 passengers were stranded at three stations in the Lumding-Badarpur hill section since Tuesday due to heavy landslides, which are a common phenomenon in the hill section of the NFR.
The NFR spokesman said the restoration work is in full swing and would be finished in two weeks if good weather prevails. The trains were stranded after heavy rains caused mudslides and landslides at about 90 places and affected the tracks.


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Mitt Romney's top staff offered reporters an endless number of reasons they're going to beat President Obama on a conference call Wednesday. Not included on their list of Romney advantages: a clear lead in the polls.
"Obama has a political enviroment problem," Romney pollster Neil Newhouse said. "He's got an intensity problem, he's got an image problem and he's got a ballot problem — and they all add up to a challenging Tuesday next week."
The call came as recent data shows Obama with a small, but persistent lead in enough states to win 270 electoral votes. Wednesday was a particularly rough day for Romney on that front, featuring new surveys in which Obama held a solid lead in Ohio, surged to an 8-point lead in Wisconsin, and even led by 5 nationally in one case. But Romney aides insisted things were on the right track.
"We feel we are in a very good place, that this race is exactly where we had hoped it would be a week out," senior adviser Russ Schriefer said.
While the campaign never went so far as to say it held a lead in key states like Ohio, Wisconsin, or Nevada in public or internal polls, staffers pointed to various reasons they felt Obama still held a losing hand.
"Right now their firewall is burning," political director Rich Beeson told reporters.
Many of the explanations offered were familiar. Obama has persistently lagged Romney among independents nationally and in Ohio, for example. While this has been an issue for Obama across the board, given that a huge number of GOP-leaning conservatives have renounced party identification over the last several years, it isn't entirely unexpected. Simply put, the "independents" of 2012 are not the same voters who labeled themselves such in 2008 (and especially not the same as they were in 2004).
Another issue that was cited by Schriefer: Obama is "stuck well below the 50 percent threshold in almost every mark that you can take, whether it's the national polls or whether it's the state polls."
Unfortunately for Romney, that may be changing too. Not only do a number of recent polls in all-important Ohio show Obama cracking 50 percent (two on Wednesday alone), but he's at 49.2% in the TPM Polltracker Average — not exactly far off. Wisconsin (49.3%) and Nevada (50.3%), which combined would put Obama over the top with an Ohio victory, look pretty similar.
National polls are another story, with several daily trackers showing Romney leads, a number of others showing a tied race, and a few showing Obama leads. Average it out and you get a super tight race with Obama clinging to a small lead well within the margin of error, 48.4% to Romney's 47.3%.
Schriefer described the contest overall as "a close race, as we've always thought it would be." Newhouse called it a "very tight race that's very far from being decided."
But at the same time, they argued Romney had such momentum that he could threaten an electoral vote blowout that extends deep into Democratic territory. They pointed to recent ad buys by Romney and allies in a number of marginal blue states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Minnesota.
"Can we win all of them? Probably not," Schriefer said. "Can we win some of them? I think so."
Newhouse pulled the camera out to the bigger picture, even citing 2008 swing states like Indiana and Missouri, both long abandoned by both campaigns, as evidence of Romney's overall strength.
"If we asked ourselves a year ago where this campaign would be and we said the Obama campaign was going to be defending in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and in Pennsylvania and in Michigan and they were goign to be more or less not playing in North Carolina and Indiana, which they won four years ago, in Missouri, where they came close, you would say that the Romney campaign was in a very good place," he said.
The question is whether Romney's last-minute incursion into new states is a sign of strength — and there have been at least some polls showing places like Minnesota and Michigan within single digits — or an acknowledgement that the path to victory through Ohio now looks untenable. The Romney campaign argues it's the former, the Obama campaign says it's the latter, though they're not above contesting Romney with ad buys of their own.
But the Romney team's lack of any clear polling advantage in the key states puts them in a tough spot. While the race remains extremely close, there's been little movement since his initial first debate surge and time is running out fast. Polling analysts like Nate Silver, Sean Trende, and Nate Cohn suggest Romney may need state polls to be systematically wrong across the board for him to prevail at this point. That's far from impossible, but it's hard to imagine the Obama campaign would want to trade places right now.
Benjy Sarlin is a reporter for Talking Points Memo and co-writes the campaign blog, TPM2012. He previously reported for The Daily Beast/Newsweek as their Washington Correspondent and covered local politics for the New York Sun.


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Electronics is the study and use of electrical devices that operate by controlling the flow of electrons or other electrically charged particles in devices such as thermionic valves and semiconductors. The pure study of such devices is considered as a branch of physics, while the design and construction of electronic circuits to solve practical problems is part of the fields of electrical, electronic and computer engineering.
The main uses of electronic circuits are the controlling, processing and distribution of information, and the conversion and distribution of electric power. Both of these uses involve the creation or detection of electromagnetic fields and electric currents. More broadly, most electronics systems fall into the category of either control systems or communication systems.
While electricity had been used for some time to transmit data over telegraphs and telephones, the development of electronics truly began in earnest with the advent of radio. Today, electronic devices perform a much wider variety of tasks.
One way of looking at an electronic system is to divide it into the following parts:
- Inputs - Electrical or mechanical sensors (or transducers), which take signals (in the form of temperature, pressure, etc.) from the physical world and convert them into current/voltage signals.
- Signal processing circuits - These consist of electronic components connected together to manipulate, interpret and transform the signals.
- Outputs - Actuators or other devices (also transducers) that transform current/voltage signals back into useful physical form.
Take as an example a television. Its input is a broadcast signal received by an antenna or fed in through a cable. Signal processing circuits inside the television extract the brightness, colour and sound information from this signal. The output devices are a cathode ray tube that converts electronic signals into a visible image on a screen and magnet driven audio speakers.
AC electronics frequencies are ultimately limited by a heat dissipation barrier at around 50 gigahertz and a plasma resonance barrier at approximately 1 terahertz. Instead of signals manifest in electrical currents, signals in polaritonics are manifest as admixtures of lattice vibrations and electromagnetic waves, and operate in the range of frequencies from 100 gigahertz to approximately 10 terahertz. Photonics, in which signals are manifest purely as electromagnetic waves propagating in non-dispersive media, operates at frequencies on the order of hundreds of terahertz, but is limited in functionality as compared to polaritonics or electronics. Polaritonics bridges the gap between electronics and photonics.
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Electronic test equipment
- Ammeter, e.g. Galvanometer (Measure current)
- Ohmmeter, e.g. Wheatstone bridge (Measure resistance)
- Voltmeter (Measures voltage)
- Multimeter (Measures all of the above)
- Oscilloscope (Measures all of the above as they change over time)
- Logic analyzer (Tests digital circuits)
- Spectrum analyzer (SA) (Measures spectral energy of signals)
- Vector signal analyzer (VSA) (Like the SA but it can also perform many more useful digital demodulation functions)
- Electrometer (Measures charge)
- Frequency counter (Measures frequency)
Interconnecting electronic components
- electrical connectors, plugs and sockets etc.
- printed circuit boards
- integrated circuit
- point-to-point construction
- wire-wrap
- breadboard
Passive components
- fuse
- capacitor
- inductor
- magnetic amplifier (toroid)
- piezoelectric crystal
- polyswitch
- resistor
- varistor
- transformer
Active components (solid-state)
- diode
- transistor
- integrated circuit
- other active components
Active components (thermionic)
Display devices
Electromechanical sensors and actuators
Thermoelectric devices
Photoelectric devices
- light-dependent resistor
- photodiode
- photovoltaic cell (solar cell)
- biconical
- Cassegrain
- elemental dipole
- feedhorn, waveguide
- magnetic dipole (loop)
- parabolic dish
- phased array
- radio antenna
- Yagi
Analog circuits
Most analog electronic appliances, such as radio receivers, are constructed from arrays of a few types of circuits.
- Analog computer
- Analog multipliers
- electronic amplifiers
- electronic filters
- electronic oscillators
- Phase-locked loops
- electronic mixers
- electronic power supply
- impedance matchers
- operational amplifiers
- comparators
Digital circuits
Computers, electronic clocks, and programmable logic controllers (used to control industrial processes) are constructed of digital circuits. Digital Signal Processors are another example.
Complex devices:
Mixed-signal circuits
Mixed-signal circuits, also known as hybrid circuits, are becoming increasingly common. Mixed circuits contain both analog and digital components. analog to digital converters and digital to analog converters are the primary examples. Other examples are transmission gates and buffers.
Heat dissipation
Heat generated by electronic circuitry must be dissipated to improve reliability. Techniques for heat dissipation can include heatsinks and fans for air cooling, and other forms of computer cooling such as liquid cooling for computers .
Associated with all electronic circuits is noise. Types of noise include
- Shot noise in resistors.
- Johnson-Nyquist noise (Thermal noise) in resistors.
- White noise
- 1/f noise (pink noise, or flicker noise)
Electronics theory
- Mathematical Methods of Electronics
- Digital Circuits
- Analog Electronics
See also
- Electrical engineering
- Computer engineering
- Datasheet
- Mechatronics
- Electronics manufacturing
- List of electronics topics
External links
Tutorials and projects
- Electronics Infoline Directory for electronics projects
- Wikibooks Electronics
- Electronics tutorials.com
- Williamson Labs' Electronics tutorial
- Ian Purdie's Electronics tutorials
- Iguana Labs' Electronics Tutorials and Kits
- Electronic Meanings and Acronyms
- Lessons in Electric Circuits - A free series of textbooks on the subjects of electricity and electronics.
- Radio-Electronics.Com Free information and resources covering radio and electronics
- A hobbyist wiki
Some other good sites
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Zeb Richardson has one more game before his high school playing days come to an end. The future Guilford College basketball player will take part in the 2012 North Carolina Coaches Association East-West All-Star game Monday, July 16.
Richardson will be playing with nine other teammates from the western half of the state, battling against a team of all-stars from Raleigh, and other eastern areas of the state.
He will be joined on the West team by Justin Cousin (Graham HS), Tracy Gathings Jr. (Ben L. Smith HS), Nathan Jones (Davie County HS), Shawn Lester (Mooresville HS), Rob Noyes (Freedom HS), Diondre Pratt (Anson County HS), KeShun Sherrill (West Rowan), Josh Smith (Olympic HS) and Shivaugn Wiggins (North Mecklenburg).
After wrapping up his Husky career with the 2011-2012 Mountain Valley Conference Player of the Year and NCPreps All-State honors, Richardson will be headed to Guilford College after this to start his college basketball career. The Quakers are coming off of a 17-9 season, which included an outstanding 12-1 record at home.
Several other players on both teams have also made their college choices known as all 20 of the players are seniors and are hoping to take their basketball talents to the next level.
Cousin – Air Force Academy
Lester – UNC-Charlotte
Richardson – Guilford
Sherrill – Augusta State
Smith – Clemson
Wiggins – Mount St. Mary's
Alex Bradley – UNC-Pembroke
Elon Edwards – Catawba
Terrill Hilliard – Wingate
Denzel Ingram – UNC-Charlotte
DaAndre Mason – Campbell
Dominique Reed – Mount Olive
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"It's the rare visitor who won't discover here that his or her ethnic group has contributed to the history of Texas," noted the New York Times in its description of the Institute of Texan Cultures. The 26 different ethnic and cultural groups represented at the educational center incline one to agree with the Times. The article went on to list the institute as a top San Antonio attraction due to its "imaginative, hands-on displays" and kid-friendly features, including an adobe home and one-room schoolhouse. Along with heritage festivals and other events, the institute features both long-term and rotating exhibits, as well as a photo archive with more than three million images.
Although Amazing Jump's mission is to get children's and adults' heart rates pumping, not a single dumbbell or treadmill can be found inside its walls. Instead, brightly colored jumbo trampolines, padded dodge-ball courts, and themed inflatables fill the massive indoor facility, which combines fitness with fun by inviting jumpers of all ages to bounce with the vigor of a coffee-drinking kangaroo. A kiddie roller coaster, playroom, and inflatables keep the littlest climbers happy as their older siblings and parents face off on the basketball and dodge-ball courts or ricochet across two children's trampolines and 10 oversize ones. Later, guests can catch their breath and exercise their opposable thumbs at the coin-operated arcade games before grabbing a pizza and a snack before heading back into the fray.
The kiln-savvy teachers at Cibolo Creek Pottery show students how to fuse colored glass, use a throwing wheel, or hand-build ceramic structures. Pottery classes build on fundamental skills, such as using glaze, wielding appropriate tools, and shaping clay into functional toupees. During scheduled classes, pupils can customize their painted clay or glass creations to yield eye-catching decorations such as those in the online gallery.
Imagination flows without restriction inside Art by Heart Studio as aspiring pintsize and full-size creators soak up artistic techniques on a drop-in basis. From painting, mosaics, and stained-glass projects to more time-tested methods, including sewing and knitting, the studio's instructors can help protégés of any age hoist their talents to the next level. In addition to sharing a wealth of knowledge, Art by Heart Studio repurposes would-be trash into art supplies through its Green Heart Program, which saves items such as empty candy tins, bubble wrap, and shoeboxes from the garbage dump or from having to find secondary jobs in telemarketing.
The certified marksmen of Bullseye Shooting Sports teach the fundamentals of safety and accuracy to pupils of all ages. In addition to offering courses in range safety, NRA-certified instructors teach students how to responsibly fire pistols, rifles, and shotguns. Fletched projectiles are the subjects of private archery lessons, held on the facility's open-air range, as well as at kids' backyard archery parties. USA Archery–certified coaches tote portable ranges and the requisite equipment to shindigs, instructing up to 20 kids, adults, or terrified bull's-eyes in marksmanship.
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center began weaving itself into the fabric of San Antonio's arts and theater scene more than three decades ago to share the richness of Chicano, Latino, and Native American art forms. Now a cornerstone of the community, the nonprofit touches the lives of more than 100,000 people each year with theater and dance performances, cultural festivals, and creative classes. The center passes down traditional forms of expression, such as Mexican Folklórico dance and cactus juggling while also embracing contemporary art forms such as photography.
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8:20am Thursday 17th January 2013 in News By Josh Layton
DENYS Hodson CBE, a key figure in the development of the Oasis and other arts and leisure facilities in Swindon, has passed away aged 84.
Denys, who died on Sunday, was director of arts and recreation for Swindon and Thamesdown councils, chairman of Southern Arts, governor and deputy chairman of the British Film Institute and vice chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain under Lord Palumbo.
He exemplified a new breed of leader in his field and featured many times in the Adver over the years – including when he retired in 1992.
He was often pictured testing the ice himself after a hard freeze before giving the OK to go skating on public ponds.
Building on the legacy of Swindon's pioneering post-war librarian, Harold Jolliffe, he recruited and led a team of unusually excellent officers in the creation of a comprehensive leisure service, in which the arts and sport had equal weight.
He played a key role in the development of Swindon's 20th Century art collection while actively promoting participation in all art forms.
Denys' son Nicholas said: "His reputation at local and regional level led to national appointments in which he used his consummate diplomatic skills to broker relationships at a turbulent time for the Arts Council and Regional Arts Associations."
Mr Hodson was born in the vicarage at Northleach in May 1928. His father, the Rev Harold Hodson was a parson who won the Military Cross in Salonika in 1917.
The family moved to the rectory at Bedale, Yorkshire in November 1938. There they typified the rural parson's idyll, riding to hounds with the local hunt and visiting outlying parishes by pony and trap (or even by sleigh in the winter months).
Nicholas said: "On more than one occasion, Denys was able to ride to local dances and return home safely – despite being slightly the worse for wear – thanks solely to the homing instinct of his horse Ruth."
He went to Marlborough College during the war, leaving in 1946. He did his National Service with the Palestine Police, returning in 1948 to go to Trinity College, Oxford, reading history.
His first job was with Imperial Tobacco and shortly after joined the advertising agency Coleman Prentice Varley and began a rapid rise in the 1950s London advertising industry. In 1970 he moved from the private to the public sector, taking up the position of director of arts and recreation in Swindon.
Over the next 22 years he was responsible not only for the development of arts and leisure facilities in this rapidly growing borough – including the Oasis pool and sports complex, Broome Manor golf course and the Wyvern Theatre – but also for establishing Thamesdown Community Arts, Swindon Dance and the borough's public art programme, and for supporting the development of the Council's 20th Century art collection.
During this period he became increasingly involved with regional and national arts policy and management. He was made a CBE in 1981 for services to the arts.
In retirement, he led the Friends of Fairford Church dedicated to preserving this magnificent 1th Century Wool Church.
Over the course of more than 20 years his tireless efforts secured over £1m in funding and enabled the restoration and in-situ preservation of the church's unique stained glass windows, often described as the finest English medieval church windows in existence. He enjoyed bird watching and was an expert dry-fly fisherman on the Coln and Leach rivers in Gloucestershire.
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There is an open field along Mercer Street in Princeton that commemorates the Battle of Princeton during the Revolutionary War.
It may not be George Washington flexing his Colonial muscle, but the battle for bragging rights in town will be held today on the turf at Princeton Day School as neighboring Princeton High pays a visit.
On paper, this lines up to be one of the best games of the year. Princeton Day is 7-1-3 and the Little Tigers are an equally impressive 10-1.
The girls always look forward to taking on PDS, said Little Tigers coach Heather Serverson. Its always exciting because they know some girls from their days at JW (John Witherspoon School) or club. They want the bragging rights around town.
Both bring a strong defense and aggressive offense. Only three times this season has either given up multiple goals in a game.
Princeton is a very strong team, said PDS first-year coach Tracey Arndt. We are just trying to focus on the areas we need to improve and stick to our game plan.
Offensively, Princeton has tallied 42 goals while the Panthers have registered 35. The defense has been stingy with each allowing just 11 goals through 11 games.
We are connecting both on and off the field, added Serverson. Our goals are always to play with speed, intensity and composure to maximize our opportunities. So far this has provided us with a lot of success this year.
Emilia Lopez-Ona leads the Tigers with 27 points on eight goals and 11 assists, Vivian Bazarko and Sydney Watts each have six goals and Lucy Herring has five goals in the last three games.
Breanna Hegarty has a 1.00 goals against average, and having Watts and Julia DiTosto on the back line has helped solidify the defense.
PDS is led by Andrea Jenkins with 10 goals and four assists. Emma Quigley has 11 tallies and they have a solid midfield and defense with Mary Travers and Corinne Urisko. Sarah Trigg has a 1.00 goals against average in the cage.
We have had moments of brilliance and moments of inconsistency, said Arndt. The girls have been working hard on the areas they know need to get better.
PDS still has to face Hun and the Raiders will also be looking to earn their share of bragging rights.
But for now, its a turf war at Princeton Day, and it should be a game that lives up to the hype.
Rough Run for Rams
It has been a tough three-game stretch for Hightstown.
First, the Rams battled Hopewell Valley into double-overtime before falling to the Bulldogs. Then playing on little rest, West Windsor-Plainsboro North took a 3-2 win and on Tuesday South edged them 2-1 with 18 seconds left.
My girls know what we are up against, said Hightstown coach Nichole Tomasello. We just have to shake it off. We have to rebuild our confidence and move forward.
The three one-goal defeats were heartbreaking, but Tomasello has the Rams knocking on the door as one of the elite teams in the county.
Kelly Mankowich controls things in the middle, Nicole Kerr is a steady defender, Dorothy VonAhnen has been stellar in the cage and they get plenty of offense from Ricky Geisler (19 points), Becky Zahora (14) and Randi Kosmides.
This is a team that could be very dangerous when the Mercer County Tournament begins.
The Rankings Return
When last we took a look at how teams should be ranked in the area, the top spot went to Lawrenceville.
The Big Red (6-4) hold on to the top spot having won four of the last five, including wins over Hopewell Valley, Princeton Day and Hunterdon Central.
Sara Culhane, with 26 points, including 11 goals, has been the catalyst for the Lawrenceville attack.
No. 2 Princeton (10-1), as stated above, has a tough test with No. 3 Princeton Day. The Tigers have a great blend of experience with Watts and Bazarko providing senior leadership. Lopez-Ona, Lucy Herring and Julia DiTosto are three very talented sophomores.
Allentown (9-2), which has won six straight, gains the No. 4 ranking. Hayley Peterson has an astounding 0.82 goals against average for the Redbirds.
Hopewell Valley (10-3), despite losses to Allentown and No. 1 Lawrenceville, is No. 5.
Another streaking team, West Windsor-Plainsboro South (8-2), is sixth. That could change quickly though, the Pirates and Allentown tangle this afternoon. Colby Hussong leads WW-P South with 11 goals and 10 assists.
A very hot Peddie (8-2) team moves into the No. 7 spot. The Falcons are coming off wins over Pennington and Hill.
Hightstown (7-4), Hun (4-2) and West Windsor-Plainsboro North (5-4) round out the top-10.
But stay tuned, with the MCT just around the corner positions are subject to change.
Falcons Flying
Here we thought Peddie was in a rebuilding mode.
Nah, Alli Treese and the Falcons were just reloading.
We are playing well together, said Treese of the Falcons, who have won seven straight. Its a group of kids that enjoy playing as a team. It is a little surprising that we have come along so quickly. But, were still not perfect.
Treese moved Steph Saxton to the defense to compliment freshman Ally Huelbig and along with the play of Danielle Rette in goal the Falcons have allowed just four goals in the streak.
Peddie has Lawrenceville on Saturday and that should prove to be worth the price of admission.
Its always interesting with Lawrenceville, Treese said. It will be a good test for our young team.
Right now the Falcons are getting As.
Raiders Rolling
Hun might only have played six games, but there are plenty of indications it could be another banner season for Kathy Quirk.
The Raiders are off to a 4-2 start and have got strong performances from Francesca Bello and Carey Million. Bello has seven goals and Million has 12 points.
We have been playing very aggressive in the circle, said Quirk. We have been able to make things happen. We still need to improve on our communication on defense. We need to stay strong in front of the cage.
While Hun has the talent to stay strong, it suffered a setback when Olivia Albanese went down with a knee injury.
Bello has stepped in the center-mid role and with Alex Kane and Reina Kern holding the defense together, Hun should be able to ease the pain.
The schedule gets tougher, but it looks like the Raiders are going to be up to the task.
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Finally there is a move to bring the game into the light of day. The decision by the state and officials to allow the clock to run all the way down and the horn go off is a great one. The players know the penalty corner doesnt end when time runs out. This way the fans can join in the excitement of the final seconds.
Now, if we stop having kids run along side to count off the final seconds well be talking progress.
Its great to see that Lawrenceville will be back in the MCT to defend its title. Wouldnt it be nice to see Peddie there too?
Having won eight of the last nine, Allentown has shown itself to be one of the elite teams this season. The Redbirds have a big test today against South.
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Alcohol Education & Rehabilitation Foundation (AER)
Deakin West, ACT
Maggie Brady, a social anthropologist from the Australian National University, has written a series of short books called First taste, which explore the social history of alcohol use in Australia. The series of six booklets investigates the factors that have been a foundation for Indigenous drinking habits. The booklets provide a complete analysis of the history relating to the introduction of alcohol to Indigenous Australians. The topics covered by the booklets include:
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
This resource can be used to give Indigenous people an understanding of how history has played a role in the current levels of alcohol drinking. It is applicable to all age groups and settings (rural, urban or remote). It provides useful background information to anyone working in the area of Indigenous health and alcohol use.
Alcohol Education & Rehabilitation Foundation Ltd
Level 1, Suite 8
8 Phipps Close
Deakin ACT 2600
PO Box 19
Deakin West ACT 2600
Ph: (02) 6122 8600
Fax: (02) 6232 4400
Email: email@example.com
Publication Officer
First Taste Booklet set
PO Box 7077
Canberra BC ACT 2610


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Mu current customer develops embedded devices used by many end users in Netherlands. In order to save server load devices use multicasts for downloading data: every device registers itself on multicast channel using IGMP and listens to UDP packets. No connections to be managed results in lower overhead.
However, some data (or some requests) cannot be downloaded from multicasts channels and HTTP/HTTPS must be used to interact with server. As the number of devices is very high special methods have been used in order not to overload backend servers (randomised delays, client software optimization).
Consequently, small bug in client software that will trigger more events than usual can be very dangerous to whole system stability (because the effect of thousands of devices – perfect DDOS may kill back-end). In order to catch such errant behaviour as soon as possible I've developed daily report that controls server usage in my customer office.
First of all, we need to locate the most "interesting" device by IP address from logs (we list top 20 IPs based on server usage):
ssh $server "cat /path-to-logs/localhost_access_log.$date.log" | awk ' { t[$1 " " $7]++ ip[$1]++ } END { for(a in t) { print t[a], a } max = 0 max_ip = "" for(a in ip) { if(ip[a] > max) { max=ip[a]; max_ip=a; } } print max_ip > "/tmp/max_ip" } ' | sort -n | tail -20 IP="`cat /tmp/max_ip`"
Then selected IP will be examined hour-by-hour to locate patterns in behavior:


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14th June 2011 Archive
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Aussie censor bans Dead or Alive
So not PG … backflips after pressure
The Australian classification board has bowed to pressure over the rating of Nintendo 3DS title Dead or Alive: Dimensions, revoking its initial PG certificate and banning it from sale in Australia. The incident has again tested Australia's limited classification board system which currently holds MA 15+ as its highest …
Games 14 Jun 2011, 00:01
Bitcoin slump follows senators' threats
Correlation or causation?
As any investment adviser will tell you, it's a bad idea to put all your eggs in one basket. And if Rick Falkvinge was telling the truth when he said all his savings were now in Bitcoin, he's been taken down by a third in a day. Following last week's call by US senators for an investigation into virtual crypto-currency Bitcoin …
Financial News 14 Jun 2011, 00:58
Site appeals feds' unprecedented domain seizure
'Operation in our Sites' challenged
The Spanish operator of a website related to sports has petitioned for the return of two domain names seized by the US government in an unprecedented campaign that confiscates the addresses without first giving owners a chance to defend themselves in court. Puerto 80, the owner of rojadirecta.com and rojadirecta.org, said in a …
Hosting 14 Jun 2011, 01:11
Xeround reinvents MySQL atop Amazon cloud
NoSQL. Without the No
Upstart database maker Xeround has taken the wraps off the 1.0 release of its flagship product, but you can't install it in your local data center. It's only available as a service, from public clouds like Amazon's EC2. Xeround got its start building massively scaled database management systems for telecom companies, including …
Cloud 14 Jun 2011, 02:43
Intel, AMD in HP notebook smackdown
Which is faster? 'You tell me' says AMD
In early May, HP released a flurry of updated, redesigned Intel-based business notebooks. Now, AMD – Intel's microprocessor rival – will power these machines as well. On Tuesday, HP announced new business and consumer notebooks equipped with the latest versions of what AMD insists on calling APUs – accelerated processing units …
Hardware 14 Jun 2011, 05:00
Intel 510 250GB Sata 3 SSD
Review Performance benefits
Having recently covered Crucial's new M4 SSD, it seemed only natural to go further in-depth with it's Intel counterpart, the 510 series. Both of these drives feature Marvell's 88SS9174 controller, with the Intel drive using the BKK2 revision, and a SATA 6Gb/s interface. Sata 3 performer: Intel's SSD 510 Intel and Crucial's …
Hardware 14 Jun 2011, 06:00
Patrick Byrne: 'See, I told you America's economy was busted'
The battle beyond naked shorts
Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne has declared another victory in his six-year fight to expose fundamental flaws in the American financial markets. With a piece detailing what it calls "America's dodgy financial plumbing", the latest issue of The Economist addresses the very problem Byrne has fought so hard to uncover: naked …
Financial News 14 Jun 2011, 06:13
Teen sells Perl cloud startup to ActiveState
Mojolicious Phenona
Meet Daniil Kulchenko. He was an HTML programmer at age six. He was a freelance Linux systems administrator at 11. And at 15, he founded his first business: Phenona, a platform-as-a-service for building and hosting Perl applications. Now, Kulchenko has sold Phenona to dynamic language specialist ActiveState for an undisclosed …
Cloud 14 Jun 2011, 06:56
Big data can be deduplicated
Opinion Isilon view disputed
Ronaldo Yamashita, an ESG analyst in Brazil, took exception to the Isilon view that big data is not compressible and sent El Reg his reasoning why he thinks this is the case. When we talk about "text" big data, like logs or information gathered from different sources (e.g. web, credit agencies, Facebook), it is highly …
Storage 14 Jun 2011, 07:47
Nokia and Apple bury patent beef
You drop your lawyers and I'll drop mine
Nokia and Apple have settled their patent dispute, with Cupertino handing over an undisclosed lump sum and agreeing to ongoing royalties. The case has been rumbling on since October 2009, with Nokia taking the action to various courts in the US and Europe, and both companies making formal complaints to the US International …
Mobile 14 Jun 2011, 08:48
Microsoft squeaks on Google Nortel sale
Sold company should honour old agreements
Microsoft is worried that any sale of Nortel's patents could endanger the worldwide agreements it had with the company. Google is offering $900m for the remnants of the company, and its 6,000 patents, and Microsoft is calling for any existing patent agreements to be transferred. Microsoft warned that any sale would disrupt …
Broadband 14 Jun 2011, 08:49
Metro Bank in schoolboy email error snafu
bcc fail for stripling bank
Metro Bank, the newly established UK retail bank, has irked its customers with a schoolboy email error. The latest marketing missive from the bank was sent using all the email addresses in to To: field instead of using the bcc (blind carbon copy) field. In the process, the bank disclosed the email addresses of around 1,200 …
Security 14 Jun 2011, 08:50
Samsung pips rivals with 1TB internal 2.5-inch drive
Top of the leapfrog league
Samsung is the first disk drive vendor to launch a 1TB, internal, 2-platter, 2.5-inch hard drive, leap-frogging the other four HDD suppliers. Western Digital has a 3-platter 1TB 2.5-inch drive, the Scorpio Blue, but its 3-platters and 12.5mm z-height measurement means it can't fit in a standard 9.5mm z-height drive bay as the …
Storage 14 Jun 2011, 09:07
Businesses believe tribunal system favours employees
81% of companies said claimants had 'tried it on'
Almost all employers think the current Employment Tribunal system favours employees over businesses, a new survey has found. Only 3 per cent of firms are satisfied with the current system while 97 per cent of companies think the system is weighted in favour of workers, the survey by law firm Pinsent Masons said. Pinsent …
Small Biz 14 Jun 2011, 09:19
LulzSec hacks US Senate
Bethesda also bashed in latest attack
Hacker tricksters LulzSec is baiting US lawmakers with its latest attack on the US Senate. The hacking group posted what security experts Sophos characterised as "basic information on the filesystems, user logins and the Apache web server config files" of the Senate website on Wednesday morning. The group also posted a …
Security 14 Jun 2011, 09:26
Dam Busters dog dubbed 'Digger'
Guy Gibson's mutt rebranded for the US movie market
Scriptwriter Stephen Fry has announced he's successfully tackled the thorny problem of just what to call Guy Gibson's dog in Peter Jackson's upcoming remake of The Dam Busters. The mutt will be rebranded "Digger", Fry announced to the BBC, because "there is no question in America that you could ever have a dog called the N- …
Hardware 14 Jun 2011, 09:36
BT ramps up fibre-optic roll-out plan
5m homes with potential access by June
BT Openreach is to connect a further 66 exchanges - together feeding almost 1m houses and office premises - to its fibre-optic network between now and the end of 2012. Openreach, BT's infrastructure arm, has a list of existing and will-be-connected exchanges on its website. The company said the 66 new locations - and a …
Broadband 14 Jun 2011, 09:43
Dolphin Browser HD
Android App of the Week The Dan Marino of mobile web browsers
There's not much wrong with the stock Android web browser but if you fancy something a bit more capable you might want to consider Dolphin HD as an alternative. Dolphin HD: browse with tabs Now before I go on, this recommendation is not about page rendering speed. If you want to download Dolphin, Opera, Firefox or any of …
Phones 14 Jun 2011, 10:00
Wassup with systems and service management?
Reader poll You tell us
"Do more with less" springs to mind when describing the conflicting demands placed on IT: new devices, more services with better performance, not to mention making it all nice and secure too. And, oh, we want all that at a lower price please. Trying to shoehorn this into existing ways of working is likely to end in tears. So …
Tech Panel 14 Jun 2011, 10:00
ARM server hero Calxeda lines up software super friends
Preparing to battle The Atom
With Intel's top brass bad-mouthing ARM-based servers, upstart server chip maker Calxeda can't let Intel do all the talking. It has to put together an ecosystem of hardware and software partners who believe there's a place for a low-power, 32-bit ARM-based server platform in the data center. To that end, Calxeda, formerly …
Servers 14 Jun 2011, 10:00
Cable & Wireless in talks to acquire 2e2
Private equity backers holding out for £450m
Cable & Wireless Worldwide has opened acquisition talks with systems integrator 2e2, according to industry insiders. Sources reckon that long term 2e2 backer Duke Street Capital (DSC), which acquired 2e2 from venture capitalist Gresham in September 2006 for £130m, is edging toward its five-year exit plan. A second private …
The Channel 14 Jun 2011, 10:00
Neal's Yard Remedies its supply chain
Video With IT department of one
Neal's Yard is famous for its natural remedies sold in distinctive blue bottles. But how do the perishable and rare ingredients get to the factory, and how do the products of this £20m business get to market? Neal's Yard has both a sophisticated supply and distribution chain - and an IT department of one to run it. In this …
Doing Better Business 14 Jun 2011, 10:30
Anonymous vows to attack Federal Reserve
Blames bankers for impoverishing millions
Infamous hacktivist collective Anonymous has served notice that it intends to attack the websites of the Federal Reserve. The campaign – likely to take the form of denial of service attacks and possibly sit-ins – is in protest at the Federal Reserve's role in the global financial crisis, misuse of US taxpayer funds and …
Security 14 Jun 2011, 10:32
Guy spills on girl in weird Huawei tablet teaser
Gadget users exchange fluids
Chinese comms kit maker Huawei has posted a "sneak peek" video of its MediaTab tablet - and rather a curiosity it is too. The video, not the tablet. All we can say, after watching it, is that the MediaPad has a camera and a headphone port. No doubt it has a screen too - 7in, judging by the size of the tablet - but it is never …
Tablets 14 Jun 2011, 10:33
Creationists are infiltrating US geology circles
Grand Canyon? Caused by Noah's Flood, that
Creationists are infiltrating US geology circles in an attempt to push the theory that the Earth is no more than 10,000 years old and that recognised geological phenomena which appear to contradict this idea can be accounted for by Noah's Flood and similar Bible stories. The attempt by creationist "scientists" to present …
Science 14 Jun 2011, 10:35
Carphone Warehouse considers retailing future
Big yellow boxes slipping into the red
Despite good results from its US expansion, and turning a French loss into a profit, annual figures from Carphone Warehouse show its ambitious plan to change European retailing is consuming a good deal more cash than anticipated. Losses from joint operation Best Buy UK topped £62m in the last 12 months, more than three times …
Mobile 14 Jun 2011, 11:00
Quantum recruits sales heavy hitter
Marketing splits from sales
Quantum has recruited a heavy-hitting sales VP to cope better with the complex deals and extended sales cycles it is seeing. Until now EVP Bill Britts had worldwide responsibility at Quantum for marketing, sales and services. He reported to the previous CEO, Rick Bellluzzo, and then to Jon Gacek when he took over the CEO …
Storage 14 Jun 2011, 11:05
BT earmarks 66 more exchanges for fibre-to-the-cabinet upgrade
Bucket and spade required
BT's Openreach wholesale division announced this morning the next 66 exchanges that it plans to upgrade as part of its fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) broadband rollout. Most of the locations, which are spattered all over the UK, will get the FTTC technology at some point in 2012. BT said that a few of the exchanges will "go live …
Broadband 14 Jun 2011, 11:27
Capgemini goes French
Another acquisition
Capgemini is in advanced talks to buy Prosodie from Apax Partners and its senior managers. The exclusive negotiations should lead to a deal that will add to earnings for the year. It is based on a value of €382m, and will be paid for from Capgemini's cash reserves. Prosodie has 861 staff, turnover in 2010 of €172m and …
The Channel 14 Jun 2011, 11:31
NFC pioneer packs in proximity payments
Bling Nation failed in bring in the bling
Having failed to find a business model that worked, the pioneering proximity payment company Bling Nation has stopped processing payments – although it claims the move is temporary while it finds a workable business model. The pay-by-sticker system was launched in 2009, striking deals with community banks and under cutting …
Broadband 14 Jun 2011, 11:35
VMware unfurls fresh Spring Java 'vFabric'
Priced by the VM
VMware has unveiled a new version of its vFabric platform, a collection of software tools for building, deploying, and running SpringSource Java applications atop VMware hypervisors. Dubbed vFabric 5, the platform offers a new incarnation of the SpringSource tc server designed to improve memory management for Java applications …
Virtualization 14 Jun 2011, 12:00
Duke Nukem Forever
Review What were we waiting for, Christmas?
In a game bursting with 1980s macho-movie quotes and in-jokes, one line resonates far beyond Duke Nukem Forever's puerile script. Besieged by an alien invasion, the President of the United States ignores calls to beg the eponymous meathead to save the planet, lamenting, "Duke, you're a relic from a different era." My boot, …
Games 14 Jun 2011, 12:00
EA: early Battlefield 3 buyers will gain no advantage
Bye-bye boycott?
EA has denied claims that gamers who pre-order Battlefield 3 will gain an advantage in play over those who don't. Some fans began calling for an international boycott after reports surfaced that buyers who pre-order the game will gain unfair advantage thanks to the exclusive Battlefield 3 weaponry they will receive as an early …
Games 14 Jun 2011, 12:02
Facebook hurls insults, punctuation at growth slump report
'People... wrong. Every. Single. Time!'... bitch
Facebook flacks are up in arms about a report that pointed to usage growth slumping in the company's more mature markets such as the US, where six million people recently switched off from the world's largest social network. Inside Facebook Gold said data it had garnered about Facebook usage showed that the Mark Zuckerberg-run …
Media 14 Jun 2011, 12:18
Stand by for more big, windfarm-driven 'leccy price rises
Analysis Think it's bad now? Just wait, says Grid
The National Grid has released a report into the way things are headed for the UK's electricity supplies in the coming decade, and it's not good news for anyone who finds their 'leccy bill to be a noticeable expense. No matter what happens to fossil fuel prices, British electricity is going to cost a lot, lot more in the near …
Science 14 Jun 2011, 13:02
Facebook value hits $100bn, to go public in Q1 2012
Waiting for the burp... bitch
Facebook's valuation grew even larger yesterday, after a CNBC report suggested that share-watchers on Wall Street expected to see the company's planned IPO pop the $100bn mark. CNBC reckoned the dominant social network could take Facebook public in the first quarter of 2012, with an S-1 filing that might land as soon as …
Financial News 14 Jun 2011, 13:03
Cambridge startup launches world's first white space radio
16Mb/s, 10km range, battery-powered and licence-free... just not legal
Neul, the Cambridge startup staffed by some of the UK's top radio boffins, has started manufacturing a white space radio, despite the fact that there isn't a single country where such a thing would be legal to use. Neul launched last year, and has been talking about protocols and standards for use in white space: television …
Broadband 14 Jun 2011, 13:26
Yorks PC maker goes titsup owing £1m+
Little chance of payout as PC maker faceplants
West Yorkshire-based Cube Enterprises has gone under owing more than £1.2m to trade and expense creditors, the Reg has learned. The Wetherby firm went down in May, but a director's report presented to creditors at a meeting on 9 June revealed creditors were unlikely to recoup monies owed, resulting in anguished howls from the …
The Channel 14 Jun 2011, 13:48
Video vigilantes in trouble again
CCTV leaks leads to ICO slap
Video vigilante service Internet Eyes is in trouble with data protection regulators again. Internet Eyes streams CCTV footage from shops to its network of users who watch the live feeds from their home computer. Keen-eyed noseyparkers can then hit an alert button if they spot a shoplifter. This information is then texted back …
Law 14 Jun 2011, 13:53
Careless tweets cost lives, warns MoD
Vid campaign against the perils of social networking
The Ministry of Defence has knocked together a couple of videos warning just how a careless tweet or unguarded Facebook comment could end up with someone on the wrong end of an AK-47. The MoD accepts social networking sites are "great for keeping in touch with family and friends, and letting the world know what you're up to", …
Bootnotes 14 Jun 2011, 14:21
Quantum pounces on Pancetera
Go go for VM backup to DXi
Quantum is buying virtual machine backup specialist Pancetera for a measly $12m. It's not even $12m cash as $3.6m of it is in the form of 1.2 million Quantum shares. What Quantum is buying is "a virtual appliance that can reduce virtual machine backup I/O load by up to 80 per cent, and lets sysadmins move virtual machine files …
Virtualization 14 Jun 2011, 14:27
Commons hit by rash of laptop thefts
One politico also has charm stolen
The House of Commons' perennial theft problem has become increasingly high tech, with sporadic thefts of computers in recent years turning into a veritable run on laptops, according to the latest figures. In a Commons answer last week, John Thurso detailed cases of theft on the Commons Estate over the last five years, for the …
Government 14 Jun 2011, 14:52
Belkin FlipBlade mobile tablet stand
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Tablets 14 Jun 2011, 15:00
VMware eats Digital Fuel
Will p*ss fire and put the heat on IT budgets
Server virtualization juggernaut and cloud plumbing supply provider VMware has acquired Digital Fuel Technologies, a company that has created online applications for doing IT costing, budgeting, planning, showback and chargeback. Digital Fuel has also built systems for implementing service level agreements for IT infrastructure …
Virtualization 14 Jun 2011, 15:01
European Council: Creating hacking tools should be criminal across EU
Ministers want Europe-wide legal net for cybercrookery
The making of hacking tools and computer viruses should be a criminal act across Europe, EU ministers have said. The EU's Council of Ministers has backed the extension of criminal sanctions to tool—makers in response to European Commission plans to update EU laws tackling attacks against computer systems. Responding to …
Security 14 Jun 2011, 15:11
A sysadmin's top ten tales of woe
Mission Critical The IT troubles I have seen
Get enough people of any profession in one room and the conversation drifts inexorably towards horror stories. Everyone loves a good "…and then it all went horribly sideways" yarn, and we all have more than one. The IT profession is flush with tales of woe. There are no upper boundaries on ignorance or inability. From common …
Enterprise Tech 14 Jun 2011, 15:30
No Gingerbread snack for Desire owners, says HTC
We didn't put enough Ram in, admits manufacturer
HTC today told Desire smartphone users they won't be getting a Gingerbread update after all because it didn't put enough memory in its handsets. Oops. The company made the announcement on its Facecrack page, claiming the handset lacks memory for both Gingerbread and the Sense UI. Solution: give users the choice to upgrade to …
Phones 14 Jun 2011, 15:47
Earth may be headed into a mini Ice Age within a decade
Physicists say sunspot cycle is 'going into hibernation'
What may be the science story of the century is breaking this evening, as heavyweight US solar physicists announce that the Sun appears to be headed into a lengthy spell of low activity, which could mean that the Earth – far from facing a global warming problem – is actually headed into a mini Ice Age. Ice skating on the …
Science 14 Jun 2011, 17:00
Duke Nukem sniffs out a number one
Chart topper scores better on PlayStation
Despite an influx of bad reviews, Duke Nukem Forever has clawed its way into the top spot of the UK's videogame charts for all consoles. It appears the perennial bombardment of hype has paid off and although fans have waited 14 years to play the bloody thing, interest hasn't faded. It now sits on top of the all-formats charts …
Games 14 Jun 2011, 18:09
AMD promises 10 teraflop notebooks by 2020
Fusion Summit Demos next year's Trinity and talks elephants
AMD has demoed its next-generation "Trinity" processor, promising 10-teraflop notebooks based on follow-ons to its new A-series "Liano" APUs by 2020. "Two and a half years or so ago ... I brought up a bold promise: that in 2011 AMD would deliver a supercomputer in a notebook," AMD senior vice president and products-group …
Laptops 14 Jun 2011, 18:31
World's biggest ad agency keelhauls 2000 'pirate' sites
No, not Google
Advertising giant GroupM will stop buying advertising space on more than 2,000 global sites said to offer pirated or unlicensed content. The blacklist, assembled with help from key entertainment clients, includes The Pirate Bay and KickassTorrents, but also features legitimate download sites such as BitTorrent Inc and business …
Media 14 Jun 2011, 18:54
Malware abusing Windows Autorun plummets
You'll never guess why
Microsoft saw a sharp drop in malware infections that exploit a widely abused Windows Autorun feature almost immediately after it was automatically disabled in earlier versions of the operating system. As measured by Microsoft's various antimalware programs, Windows XP and Vista suffered 1.3 million fewer infections in the …
Security 14 Jun 2011, 19:06
Citigroup hack exploited easy-to-detect web flaw
Brute force attack exposes 200,000 accounts
Hackers who stole bank account details for 200,000 Citigroup customers infiltrated the company's system by exploiting a garden-variety security hole in the company's website for credit card users, according to a report citing an unnamed security investigator. The New York Times reported that the technique allowed the hackers to …
Security 14 Jun 2011, 21:25
Google Instant Pages: Search sites rendered before you click
Webmasters, beware fake traffic
Google has unveiled several new desktop and mobile search tools, including a Chrome service known as Instant Pages that attempts to accelerate your searches by rendering pages before you actually click on them. Already available with the developer version of Google Chrome – and due to arrive in the next stable version of the …
Media 14 Jun 2011, 21:47
IBM: Palmisano mulls Big Blue line of succession
We have a plan. Almost
It's no coincidence. As IBM celebrates its 100th anniversary, the Wall Street Journal is running a vague story about IBM president, CEO, and chairman Sam Palmisano "seeking advice" on how to handle the transition to a new set of executives. IBM's age has got Wall Street thinking about how old Palmisano is – and who will be …
Servers 14 Jun 2011, 22:30
NBN downstream wholesale arrives, courtesy of Nextgen
Entry-level for smaller ISPs
One of the criticisms of Australia's National Broadband Network – a case prosecuted by Internode founder Simon Hackett, among others – is that product suites offered by NBN Co don't suit smaller ISPs. Nextgen Networks is seeking to address that by crafting an alternative wholesale product. The company says its "NBN Connect" …
Broadband 14 Jun 2011, 23:05
'Harmony' for open source contributors on horizon
Just don't mention the Canonical bit
A controversial push to establish clear-cut rules for contributing to open source projects is nearing completion. Project Harmony – no, not that Project Harmony – has spent a year collecting feedback on how to refine terms governing contributors to open source projects, and it's scheduled to wrap up this effort on June 23. …
Developer 14 Jun 2011, 23:49