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MDRU Experiment Project Soft Launching
Last July 18, 2014 the Soft Launching for the experiment project "FEASIBILITY STUDY ON RESTORING CONNECTIVITY THROUGH THE USE OF MOVABLE AND DEPLOYABLE ICT RESOURCE UNIT (THE MDRU PROJECT)" was held at San Remigio, Cebu.
Key dignitaries from NTT-Japan and Malaysia and executives from various offices of government agencies and local government units attended the affair.
The MDRU is a quick response ICT equipment/solution that can be deployed immediately to disaster-affected areas. This was first launched and tested by NTT after the Great East Japan Earthquake. It provides ICT services such as internet connectivity, phone services and information system that can be used during disaster or non-disaster instances.
This project is a collaboration of the Central Visayas Information Sharing Network Foundation (CVISNET) with Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) of Japan and the Department of Science and Technology Region VII (DOST 7) with the Municipality of San Remigio, Cebu, the pilot for the experiment project.
An attaché-case MDRU unit was brought in from Japan and given to the officials of San Remigio as the initial equipment for the experiment project.
This soft launching is only an initial attempt to show the capability of the MDRU, a more comprehensive event of the MDRU project with expanded sites and bigger equipment will be undertaken in the last quarter of 2014.
Currently the MDRU is installed in the San Remigio Community e-Center of headed by Municipal Planning Coordinator Engr. Romarico Cabellon.
CVISNET Executive Director Jeffrey Llanto presented the pilot project and Dr. Toshikazu Sakano, Senior Research Engineer of NTT-NIL, Japan presented the technical details of the project.
San Remigio Mayor Mariano Martinez welcomed the decision to have San Remigio as venue for the pilot project. He said the launch of the project was appropriate, since the municipality was damaged severely by super typhoon Yolanda last November 8, 2013.
DOST-7 Regional Director Engr. Edilberto L. Paradela, DOST-7 Director said, this technology from Japan is the first to be implemented in the Philippines.
The project is a blessing according to Cebu City Councilor Roberto Cabarrubias, CVISNET President.
NTT Network Innovations Laboratory Executive Director Dr. Atsushi Takahara hopes the experiment project will be a success.
Following the Ribbon Cutting and Presentation of the MDRU, Dr. Sakano demonstrated the unit to the public, he asked Mayor Martinez to make a call to San Remigio High School Teacher Ryan Romanillos. San Remigio High School is a designated evacuation center.
Philippines - Japan sign Agreement for Disaster Communications
Japan to donate mobile broadband unit for disaster response
CVISNET Executive Director Jeffrey Llanto Attended NTT R&D Forum 2014 at Tokyo, Japan
With invitation from Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation - Network Innovation Laboratories (NTT-NIL) Executive Director Atsushi Takahara and Senior Research Engineer Supervisor Toshikazu Sakano, Executive Director Llanto attended the prestigious 2-day NTT R&D Forum 2014 at Tokyo, Japan from February 13 and 14, 2014.
The forum showcases the research and development achievements of the NTT Group of companies. Various lectures and exhibits highlighted achievements and implementation on global cloud, security, network, user experiences and big data services.
Among the exhibits was the NTT-NIL project on the Moveable and Deployable Resource Unit (MDRU) under Mr. Toshikazu Sakano. The project during the forum garnered a "Recommended Exhibit" title.
The MDRU is a movable container which accommodates information, networking and processing functionalities. During disaster the MDRU can easily be transported to the affected areas and form a wireless access network and offers ICT services to the areas rapidly, easily and with minimum workforce and other requirements.
During the forum Director Llanto discussed the partnership of NTT-NIL and CVISNET for the possible implementation of the MDRU in the Philippines.
After the recent calamities in the Philippines, including the Bohol magnitude 7.2 earthquake last October 15, 2013 and the super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) last November 8, 2013; President Benigno Aquino III instructed Department of Science and Technology Secretary Mario G. Montejo for an initiative to ensure ICT services priority during disaster recovery.
Previously in 2013, both NTT and CVISNET were awardees by the UN organization ITU. NTT submitted the MDRU project, while CVISNET submitted the project Broadband for Communities / Schools.
CVISNet volunteer Sam Koskinen of the Australian Youth Ambassador for Development (AYAD) accompanied Director Llanto to the event.
Picture Caption, from left Tomoaki Kumagai of NTT-NIL, Sam Koskinen of AYAD, Dir. Llanto and Toshikazu Sakano of NTT-NIL.


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How to Talk to a Boy You Like
This will tell you how to talk to a boy when he knows or doesn't know that you like him.
1Try not to be nervous. Pretend he is your guy friend that has lived next door to you since you were eight. Think of him as a friend not a boyfriend.Ad
2Don't have your friends talk to him for you, just be direct.
3Think about what you are going to say and take a deep breath before proceeding.
4Make eye contact, and try to keep contact for longer than a second. If he looks back try to get you both to giggle a little.
5Don't swear or call yourself names if you say something you didn't plan on saying.
6Give him a hug every now and then.
7If he finds out that you like him, don't ask him out right away. If he doesn't ask you out, ask him out a few days later.
8Stay calm, and try not to be jumpy.
9Remember, there is no point in being upset if he turns you down because he is just a boy.
10Pretend he is a girl or your best friend. He will probably like you more if you are relaxed.
11Don't make too much eye contact, eye contact is good but if you don't do it right you can look freaky.
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- Make sure that you don't stare at him, just look at him casually.
- Don't be too obsessive. You want to be nice, but don't constantly annoy him.
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I am so happy about this as a lover of comics, but I'll still collect paper copies of my favorites
DC Comics to release on iPad same time as print
As part of DC Comics new 52 initiative, Dan DiDio Jim Lee, Grant Morrison and company announced that they would be releasing future issues on iPad day and date with the traditional print releases. That's great news for comic book readers, and great first step. Now how about offering collected digital editions simultaneous to trade paperback releases. I'd love Absolute digital editions of Watchman, Dark Knight Returns, Planetary, All Star Superman, and the list goes on.
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UK opposition slams premier over Gaza
Press TV – August 3, 2014
Britain's opposition leader has criticized Prime Minister David Cameron for failing to take a firm stance on Israel's aggression against Gaza.
Labour Party leader, Ed Miliband, said Saturday that it was "wrong and unjustifiable" that Cameron had failed to speak out about the Israeli atrocities.
"…The prime minister is wrong not to have opposed Israel's incursion into Gaza," said Miliband, adding, "His silence on the killing of hundreds of innocent Palestinian civilians caused by Israeli's military action will be inexplicable to people across Britain and internationally."
In response, the British prime minister has criticized his rival for playing politics with such a serious issue.
The reactions come amid reports that the Israeli regime has been using weapons containing British-made components in the fatal aggression against the Gaza Strip.
The UK daily Independent revealed that arms export licenses worth $70 million have been granted to 130 British defense manufacturers since 2010 to sell military equipment to the Tel Aviv regime.
These range from bulletproof garments to naval gun parts and armored vehicles.
"Among the manufacturers given permission to make sales were two UK companies supplying components for the Hermes drone, described by the Israeli air force as the 'backbone' of its targeting and reconnaissance missions. One of the two companies also supplies components for Israel's main battle tank," the report said.
Since July 8, more than 1,700 people have been killed and over 9,100 others injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza. Nearly 400 children are among the fatalities.
Meanwhile, thousands of people have staged demonstrations in different countries around the world in condemnation of the ongoing Israeli military aggression against the besieged Palestinian territory.
David Cameron spoke to Benyamin Netanyahu today. Here's what was said.
Interventions Watch | July 9, 2014
From the Gov.uk website:
'The Prime Minister spoke to Prime Minister Netanyahu earlier this evening about the situation in Israel. The Prime Minister strongly condemned the appalling attacks being carried out by Hamas against Israeli civilians. The Prime Minister reiterated the UK's staunch support for Israel in the face of such attacks, and underlined Israel's right to defend itself from them'.
So then, Israel simply defending itself from Hamas' attacks on Israeli civilians.
The actual facts, of course, speak of a somewhat different reality. According to medical sources in the Gaza strip:
Number of Israelis killed since the launch of 'Operation Protective Edge': 0
Number of Palestinians killed since the launch of 'Operation Protective Edge': 'at least 47′, of which 41 were civilians, and 12 children.
Nevermind that the very idea of 'defending yourself' against a people you have spent decades occupying, dispossessing, racially oppressing, collectively punishing and generally brutalising is a complete nonsense.
It doesn't need me to point out that David Cameron's supposed 'humanitarianism' and commitment to 'freedom' – which we are told was behind his decision to bomb Libya, and to almost bomb Syria – is a complete sham. He is simply the latest mouthpiece for a British Establishment that has long both committed and supported the perpetration of war crimes and atrocities in the service of colonial domination, while talking the language of human rights and freedom.
But statements like that one help to drive the point home.
And they illuminate where the BBC have been taking their lead from, perhaps:
(BBC News Online front page, circa 01:00 A.M., July 9th 2014)
Crimea invites OSCE mission to observe referendum on region's future
RT | March 10, 2014
The parliament of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea has sent an official invitation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to send a mission to observe the referendum on the region's future, slated for March 16.
The Supreme Council has handed over the invitation to Switzerland, the country that holds the rotating presidency of the OSCE. Crimean authorities invited observers from both individual OSCE member-countries and the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to come to Crimea.
"I am confident that the parliament of Crimea will make it possible for them to be present at polling stations. This process is underway now and the referendum itself will be as transparent as possible," Crimean Prime Minister Sergey Aksyonov said, as quoted by Itar-Tass.
On Saturday, Crimean residents – about 60 percent of whom are ethnic Russians – will cast ballots to decide whether the region will "become part of the Russian Federation as its constituent territory."
They will also decide whether Crimea's 1992 constitution, under which the autonomous republic is part of Ukraine but has relations with Kiev defined on the basis of mutual agreements, should be restored.
Preparations for holding the referendum are in full swing.
Crimea will allocate up to US$2 million for printing ballots and providing technical support. A total of 1,550,000 ballots will be printed.
Some 1,500 Crimean troops will guard polling stations during the referendum, Prime Minister Aksyonov said.
"We will have about 1,500 armed troops by the time the referendum is held. They will be placed on duty at all polling stations," he said. "The referendum will be guarded by armed people, primarily the autonomy's self-defense units and Armed Forces."
While Crimean authorities prepare for holding the referendum, radical groups plan provocations on the republic's administrative border, according to unconfirmed reports from a Ukrainian Special Forces source, cited by RIA Novosti news agency.
"We are receiving information that Ukrainian radical groups are preparing provocations at the Crimean administrative boarder on the day of referendum, March, 16," the source told the news agency.
The referendum has been brought forward twice from its original date of May 30 since it was appointed by local lawmakers last month.
The US has said it will not recognize the results of any referendum about the autonomous republic's future, as Washington continues to consider Crimea a part of Ukraine, US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt stated.
Earlier, President Obama said that a referendum in Crimea would "violate the Ukrainian constitution and international law."
This stance has been echoed by British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who also stated that "any attempt by Russia to legitimize the results could bring more consequences."
Speaking to Cameron and Merkel over the phone, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed confidence that Crimea's upcoming referendum will reflect the legitimate interests of its people.
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Check The Label – Boycott Israeli Produce
By Friends of Al-Aqsa November 7, 2013
The need to boycott Israel is growing
The call for boycotting Israel has grown significantly in recent years. The main purpose of this global campaign is to bring Israel to account for its human rights violations against Palestinians. The reason such civil action is necessary is because governments around the world with the power to intervene have repeatedly failed to utilise international legal apparatus in to hold Israel to account for its crimes.
However, successful boycott campaigns have revealed that ordinary people do have the power to act and respond to Palestinian calls for intervention. The destruction of Palestinian infrastructure through Israeli military assaults, routine demolitions of essential resources such as water wells, and blocking access to farmlands; means that Palestinians are unable to freely harvest their lands and bring their produce onto the markets. It is well documented that farmers are attacked by extremist settlers, and shot at by army personnel. Entire initiatives such as the Olive Cooperative have been built in response to these attacks, so that international solidarity activists can go to Palestine simply to help farmers harvest their crops and document the violent assaults some face on a daily basis.
Fishermen off the coast of Gaza face similar deadly assaults, this time from Israel's naval vessels. Thus, peaceful farming or fishing is now a luxury for Palestinians, yet Israel is exporting its own produce globally and reaping the financial rewards for it. Its exploitation of stolen Palestinian lands in the West Bank should not be allowed to enter European markets and the boycott campaigns seek to highlight this.
The boycott of illegal settlement produce is becoming established. However, there is now also a move to boycott Israeli produce too, as Israeli companies have been found to breach EU food labelling regulations by labelling settlements goods as 'produce of Israel'. By doing this, they mislead consumers into believing that the goods are legitimately farmed in Israel, instead of illegitimately farmed on stolen Palestinian land, often exploiting Palestinian labour.
Recent statistics reveal that illegal settlements profit from exporting their produce to Europe to the tune of 230 million Euros a year. When compared to Palestinian exports, this is fifteen times greater in value. Thus, the EU imports 100 times more produce per illegal Israeli settler than it does per legitimate Palestinian resident of the West Bank.
The success of the boycott campaigns reflects the feeling on the ground. Ordinary Brits do not want to be a part of Israel's racist and illegal occupation policies, and they do not wish to support the illegal settlements by buying their produce.
British Politicians Oppose Boycott
Both the Conservatives and the Labour Party have both come out against boycott of Israel.
David Cameron stated in October 2012:
In a speech by David Cameron at the annual dinner of the United Jewish Israel Appeal, Cameron said on boycotting:
"And to those in Britain's universities and trades unions who want to boycott Israel and consign it to an international ghetto, I say not only will this Government never allow you to shut down 60 years worth of vibrant exchange and partnership that does so much to make both our countries stronger but I also say this: we know what you are doing – trying to delegitimise the State of Israel – and we will not have it."
The Labour Shadow Foreign Secretary, Douglas Alexander, recently stated "it is not Labour policy to support boycotts. We would like to see even stronger economic ties with Israel'. His comments were reported on twitter following a London meeting on 7 February 2013.
European Consumer Labelling laws
The EU is considering making it illegal for Israel to sell produce from the illegal settlements labelled as 'produce of Israel'. This would be a marked step towards obstructing settlements from profiting from the land they have stolen.
Produce to Boycott
Products to look out for are: dates, citrus fruits and herbs, and manufactured products including cosmetics, carbonation devices, plastics, textile products and toys.
Recently, Morrisons supermarket was found to be selling medjoul dates labelled as 'Produce of Israel' but which were in fact from illegal settlements.
1) Every time you go shopping, 'Check the Label' on the produce you buy. Ensure they are not from Israel, West Bank or Jordan Valley. If you do see produce from these places, take a photo and send it to email@example.com detailing the store and location.
2) If you find produce from Israel, West Bank or Jordan Valley ask to speak to the store Manager and explain that the produce are from illegal Israeli Settlements as they are grown on land that has been stolen from Palestinians. Ask for them to be removed from the shelves and for them not to be stocked again. Please also ask for the suppliers name if it is not clear as this is useful information. Email your experience to email@example.com
3) If you do not want to approach the Manager whilst you are shopping, contact the stores Head office on their customer service number/email explaining your concern.
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Tesco Customer Service Centre, Baird Avenue, Dundee, DD1 9NF
08457 22 55 33
Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, 33 Holborn, London, EC1N 2HT
0800 636 262
0800 188 884
Customer service enquiries – 0845 611 6111
General or corporate enquiries – 0845 611 5000
By Post: Customer Service Department, Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC, Hilmore House, Gain Lane, Bradford, BD3 7DL
General Enquiries: 0800 952 0101
Write to: Customer Service, ASDA House, Southbank, Great Wilson Street, Leeds LS11 5AD
Holly Lane, Atherstone, Warwickshire CV9 2SQ
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UK admits role in India Golden Temple massacre
Press TV – February 5, 2014
The British government has admitted complicity in a deadly attack on Sikhism's holiest shrine in India, the Golden Temple, almost three decades age.
Appearing in the House of Commons on Tuesday, British Foreign Secretary William Hague disclosed the findings of a government investigation into the level of British involvement in the June 1984 massacre of Sikhs in India's northwestern city of Amritsar.
Hague acknowledged that a British officer from the Special Air Service (SAS) travelled to India in February that year and advised Indian authorities on planning one of the most notorious atrocities in Britain's imperial history in the South Asian country.
The UK's top diplomat, however, sought to play down the SAS role in the assault, as he insisted that the advice to the Indian Intelligence Services on their Operation Blue Star raid on the temple had "little impact" on the outcome.
"The nature of the UK's assistance was purely advisory, limited and provided to the Indian government at an early stage," he said.
British Prime Minister David Cameron launched the probe in January after newly-released documents showed that the government of former British premier Margaret Thatcher was involved in the Amritsar raid.
Cameron said in a video message that he hopes the report would give "reassurance to the Sikh community here in Britain and elsewhere."
But Sikh groups criticized the scope of the Whitehall review, saying it failed to cover the British complicity during the time of the massacre.
In a letter to Cameron, Bhai Amrik Singh, the chairman of the Sikh Federation, said he was "hugely disappointed" with the probe's "narrow terms."
"It appears the review has looked at a narrow period and not covered the period in the latter half of 1984 and may not have addressed some of the concerns raised by UK politicians in the last three weeks," Singh wrote.
The death toll from the temple raid still remains disputed, with Indian authorities putting it in the hundreds and Sikh groups in the thousands.
In February last year, Cameron visited the scene of the massacre in the state of Punjab at the end of his three-day trade trip to India but he stopped short of making a formal apology.
David Cameron Says Snooper's Charter Is Necessary Because Fictional Crime Dramas He Watches Prove It
By Mike Masnick | Techdirt | January 31, 2014
You may recall the stories from the past couple years about the so-called "snooper's charter" in the UK — a system to further legalize the government's ability to spy on pretty much all communications. It was setting up basically a total surveillance system, even beyond what we've since learned is already being done today. Thankfully, that plan was killed off by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
However, Prime Minister David Cameron is back to pushing for the snooper's charter — and his reasoning is as stupid as it is unbelievable. Apparently, he thinks it's necessary because the fictional crime dramas he watches on TV show why it's necessary. I am not joking, even though I wish I was:
In the most serious crimes [such as] child abduction communications data… is absolutely vital. I love watching, as I probably should stop telling people, crime dramas on the television. There's hardly a crime drama where a crime is solved without using the data of a mobile communications device.
What we have to explain to people is that… if we don't modernise the practice and the law, over time we will have the communications data to solve these horrible crimes on a shrinking proportion of the total use of devices and that is a real problem for keeping people safe.
Yes, he just said that. Because fictional characters on crime drama TV shows make use of data, that's somehow proof that it's necessary. Perhaps someone can send Cameron a copy of Enemy of the State or any other fictional work showing how the government can abuse such information. Or, better yet, let's have our side stick with reality, and we can just point to real historical events of governments abusing such information.
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Britain, France vow to strengthen cooperation in defense, nuclear energy
Xinhua | January 31, 2014
LONDON — British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande agreed Friday to beef up the two countries' cooperation in defense, nuclear energy and climate policy.
Britain and France inked the cooperation deals at the UK-France Summit 2014 held in British royal air force station RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire of southeast England.
The two countries issued a communique setting out plans for joint investment in the procurement of defense equipment, joint training of armed forces and continued development of the Combined Joint Expeditionary Force, an Anglo-French joint military training and operation program.
"Britain and France are natural partners for defense cooperation," British Defense Secretary Philip Hammond said, adding that the agreements reached at the summit would enhance the "interoperability" of British and French forces.
According to the agreements, the two countries are set to launch a two-year-long joint feasibility study program with an investment of 120 million pounds (about 197.4 million U.S. dollars) for a future Anglo-French combat air system.
Britain and France also agreed to invest in Britain's major nuclear weapons base, the Atomic Weapons Establishment, to carry out safe testing of British and French stockpiles and achieve greater sharing of technical and scientific data for joint research.
The two nations pledged to join hands in tackling security issues, such as terrorism and drug and arms trafficking, in north and west Africa, as well as building on international peacekeeping missions in Libya, Mali and the Central African Republic.
In addition, the two sides declared their commitment to developing safe nuclear energy, collaborating on new nuclear power stations, combating climate change and pushing for European Commission's domestic emissions reduction agenda.
"We reiterated our resolve to work together towards achieving an ambitious and legally-binding agreement at the next COP (UN Conference of the Parties on Climate Change) in Paris in 2015," said Edward Davey, British Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.
See also: Britain, France sign nuclear energy agreement
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Sharon took "Brave Decisions" for Peace, says Agent Cameron
By Stuart Littlewood | Intifada-Palestine | January 14, 2014
In a statement marking the death of Ariel Sharon, British prime minister David Cameron said he was "one of the most significant figures in Israeli history and as Prime Minister he took brave and controversial decisions in pursuit of peace, before he was so tragically incapacitated."
This sickening tribute will not go down well outside Israel. Sharon, real name Scheinermann, was the child of immigrants fleeing Russia to the British mandate of Palestine in the 1920s. At the tender age of 10 the boy joined the Zionist youth movement Hassadeh. At 14 he was a member of a paramilitary youth battalion and later joined the terrorist group Haganah.
Sharon made a name for himself in 1953 when his secret death squad, Unit 101, dynamited homes and massacred 69 Palestinian civilians – half of them women and children – at Qibya in the West Bank. His troops later destroyed 2,000 homes in the Gaza Strip, uprooting 12,000 people and deporting hundreds of young Palestinians to Jordan and Lebanon.
He was regarded as the patron of the settlers' movement. He used his position as housing minister to encourage the establishment of a network of Israeli settlements in the occupied territories to prevent the possibility of ethnically-cleansed Palestinians returning. Explaining his policy, Sharon said: "Everybody has to move, run and grab as many (Judean) hilltops as they can to enlarge the (Jewish) settlements because everything we take now will stay ours… Everything we don't grab will go to them."
Chief of staff of the Israeli Defence Force, Rafael Eitan, remarked, "When we have settled the land, all the Arabs will be able to do about it will be to scurry around like drugged cockroaches in a bottle." Sharon doubled the number of Jewish settlements on the West Bank and Gaza Strip. By the end of 2005 the total was 177.
In 1982 he masterminded Israel's invasion of Lebanon, which resulted in a huge death toll of Palestinians and Lebanese, a large proportion being children. An Israeli tribunal found him indirectly responsible for the massacre of Palestinians in the refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila and he was forced to resign as Defence minister, but that didn't stop him being appointed to other senior government posts.
In 2000, just before his election as prime minister, Sharon and an escort of over 1,000 Israeli armed police visited the Temple Mount, site of the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque, and declared that the complex would remain under perpetual Israeli control. It was a deliberately provocative move which triggered the second Intifada, although there are indications that the Palestinians had already planned an uprising and Sharon's reckless move simply pushed the button.
He was also responsible for war crimes at Jenin in 2002 when, after the second intifada was declared, the Israeli army turned a variety of strategic weapons on the town. Accusations of a massacre were denied but many civilians living in the town and its refugee camp were killed in the street fighting and helicopter gunship attacks, and in sections of the town that were flattened by armoured bulldozers.
Israel prevented UN investigators gaining access but a Human Rights Watch report concluded:
Israeli forces committed serious violations of international humanitarian law, some amounting prima facie to war crimes. Human Rights Watch found no evidence to sustain claims of massacres or large-scale extrajudicial executions by the IDF in Jenin refugee camp. However, many of the civilian deaths documented by Human Rights Watch amounted to unlawful or willful killings by the IDF. Many others could have been avoided if the IDF had taken proper precautions to protect civilian life during its military operation, as required by international humanitarian law… Some of the cases documented by Human Rights Watch amounted to summary executions, a clear war crime… Throughout the incursion, IDF soldiers used Palestinian civilians to protect them from danger, deploying them as 'human shields' and forcing them to perform dangerous work … the IDF prevented humanitarian organizations, including the International Committee of the Red Cross, from gaining access to the camp and its civilian inhabitants, despite the great humanitarian need.
Sharon was the driving force behind the evil Separation or 'Apartheid' Wall which deviates wildly from the Demarcation/Green Line and effectively annexes 10 percent of the Palestinian West Bank's choicest land and water resources, and cuts off villagers from their crops and livelihoods.
And there have been reports that Israeli death squads are authorised to enter "friendly" countries and kill those suspected of being a threat to the Jewish state wherever they are hiding. Targeted killings were pretty much restricted to Occupied Palestine but the appointment of a new Mossad director, Meir Dagan, in 2002 changed all that.
Sharon was said to have given his old buddy Dagan a mandate to revive the traditional methods of Mossad, including assassinations abroad, even at the risk to Israel's bilateral relations. It is quite possible that Mossad hoodlums are at this moment prowling the streets of London, Bradford, Glasgow and Manchester – as well as major cities in Europe and the US – snuffing out plotters against their rotten racist regime.
The president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Vivian Wineman, paying tribute to Sharon, says: "He was among Israel's greatest military strategists and a master of tank warfare, an art learnt at staff college in Britain… His final major act demonstrated his vision and political boldness in unilaterally withdrawing from Gaza in pursuit of the peace process with the Palestinians."
The truth is that Israel continued to control Gaza's airspace, air-waves, coastal waters and border crossings, and still does, creating, in effect, an open air prison camp. The idea that Sharon's withdrawal was a peace overture is nonsense.
Former Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks, called him "a warrior who became a man of peace". A poll by the Israeli news website Ynet voted Sharon the eighth greatest Israeli of all time.
One of Sharon's must famous (or should that be infamous?) sayings was at an Israeli Cabinet meeting when he (allegedly) told Peres: "We the Jewish people control America, and the Americans know it." Americans from now on should make damn' sure they unshackle themselves from such people.
Sharon escaped earthly justice and belongs to the mega-criminal class that Cameron's government changed our law of Universal Jurisdiction to protect. It is hoped others, however, will live to feel the teeth of justice chewing their sorry ass.
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By Mike Masnick | Techdirt | December 3, 2013
The UK Parliament is presenting itself as a complete joke. Rather than looking into controlling the GCHQ (the UK's equivalent to the NSA), it has instead held a hearing to interrogate and threaten Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger for actually reporting on the Snowden leak documents and revealing the widespread abuses of the intelligence community. The hearing included the insulting and ridiculous question: "do you love this country?"
Committee chair, Keith Vaz: Some of the criticisms against you and the Guardian have been very, very personal. You and I were both born outside this country, but I love this country. Do you love this country?
Alan Rusbridger: We live in a democracy and most of the people working on this story are British people who have families in this country, who love this country. I'm slightly surprised to be asked the question but, yes, we are patriots and one of the things we are patriotic about is the nature of democracy, the nature of a free press and the fact that one can, in this country, discuss and report these things.
Perhaps equally ridiculous: after UK Prime Minister David Cameron ordered the destruction of Guardian hard drives, urged the Parliament to start this very investigation and flat out threatened news publications for reporting on government abuse, folks in Parliament have the gall to suggest that it's Rusbridger who broke the law in sharing some of the Snowden docs with the NY Times? Maybe if Cameron hadn't done everything he could to try to stifle a free UK press, the Guardian wouldn't have felt the need to share documents with a competitor.
Conservative MP Michael Ellis: Mr Rusbridger, you authorised files stolen by [National Security Agency contractor Edward] Snowden which contained the names of intelligence staff to be communicated elsewhere. Yes or no?
Rusbridger: Well I think I've already dealt with that.
Ellis: Well if you could just answer the question.
Rusbridger: I think it's been known for six months that these documents contained names and that I shared them with the New York Times.
Ellis: Do you accept that that is a criminal offence under section 58(a) of the Terrorism Act, 2000?
Rusbridger: You may be a lawyer, Mr Ellis, I'm not.
And from there it took a turn to the bizarre as Ellis started talking about how Rusbridger might reveal that GCHQ agents were gay. I'm not kidding.
Ellis: Secret and top-secret documents. And do you accept that the information contained personal information that could lead to the identity even of the sexual orientation of persons working within GCHQ?
Rusbridger: The sexual orientation thing is completely new to me. If you could explain how we've done that then I'd be most interested.
Ellis: In part, from your own newspaper on 2 August, which is still available online, because you refer to the fact that GCHQ has its own Pride group for staff and I suggest to you that the data contained within the 58,000 documents also contained data that allowed your newspaper to report that information. It is therefore information now that is not any longer protected under the laws and that jeopardises those individuals, does it not?
Rusbridger: You've completely lost me Mr Ellis. There are gay members of GCHQ, is that a surprise?
Ellis: It's not amusing Mr Rusbridger. They shouldn't be outed by you and your newspaper.
[Brief inaudible exchange in which both men are talking]
Rusbridger: The notion of the existence of a Pride group within GCHQ, actually if you go to the Stonewall website you can find the same information there. I fail to see how that outs a single member of GCHQ.
Ellis: You said it was news to you, so you know about the Stonewall website, so it's not news to you. It was in your newspaper. What about the fact that GCHQ organised trips to Disneyland in Paris, that's also been printed in your newspaper, does that mean if you knew that, information including the family details of members of GCHQ is also within the 58,000 documents – the security of which you have seriously jeopardised?
Rusbridger: Again, your references are lost to me. The fact that there was a family outing from GCHQ to Disneyland … [CUT OFF]
There was much more in the hearing, with multiple UK members of parliament making statements that suggest that they are ignorant of a variety of things, including how encryption works and the nature of a free and open press.
But, really, just the fact that they're spending time investigating Rusbridger in the first place, rather than looking more closely at what the GCHQ is doing, makes a complete mockery of the UK Parliament.
UN to probe security agencies' snooping
RT | December 3, 2013
The United Nations is set to carry out an investigation into the spying activities of the US and UK, a senior judge has said. The probe will examine the espionage programs and assess whether they conform to UN regulations.
UN special rapporteur Ben Emmerson QC told British newspaper The Guardian that the UN will conduct an inquiry into the NSA and the GCHQ's spying antics. Following Edward Snowden's revelations, which blew the whistle on both agencies' intelligence gathering programs, Emmerson said the issue was at "the very apex of public interest and concerns."
The report will broach a number of contentious issues, said Emmerson, including whether Snowden should be granted the legal protection afforded to a whistleblower, whether the data he handed over to the media did significant harm to national security, whether intelligence agencies need to scale down their surveillance programs and whether the UK government was misled about the extent of intelligence gathering.
"When it comes to assessing the balance that must be struck between maintaining secrecy and exposing information in the public interest, there are often borderline cases," Emmerson told The Guardian.
Emmerson also mentioned the raid this summer on The Guardian's London offices in search of hard drives containing data from Snowden. Addressing the allegations made by the chiefs of British spy agencies MI5, GCHQ and MI6, that publishing Snowden's material was "a gift to terrorists," Emmerson said it was the media's job to hold governments to account for their actions.
"The astonishing suggestion that this sort of responsible journalism can somehow be equated with aiding and abetting terrorism needs to be scotched decisively," said Emmerson, who will present the conclusions of his inquiry to the UN General Assembly next autumn.
Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger is set to appear before a Commons home affairs committee in a hearing about the newspaper publishing of Snowden's security leaks. British Prime Minister David Cameron issued a statement in September, warning of a possible crackdown if media continued to publish information on covert intelligence gathering programs.
He said the government had not yet been "heavy-handed" in its dealings with the press, but it would be difficult not to act if the press does not "demonstrate some social responsibility." Cameron added that the UK was a more dangerous place after the Guardian published Snowden's material.
Snowden's revelations of the international spying activities of the UK and US have embarrassed the White House and Downing Street. Recent leaks show that the NSA and GCHQ not only monitored millions of civilian communications using programs such as PRISM and Tempora, but also eavesdropped on high-profile businessmen and politicians. Moreover, it was revealed that the NSA also spied on the UN's headquarters in New York.
Both nations have sought to justify their intelligence gathering programs as being in the interests of national security.
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UN envoy 'shocked' by UK's 'unacceptable' persecution of The Guardian over Snowden leaks
RT | November 16, 2013
A senior United Nations official responsible for freedom of expression has warned that the UK government's response to revelations of mass surveillance by Edward Snowden is damaging Britain's reputation for press freedom and investigative journalism.
The UN special rapporteur, Frank La Rue, has said he is alarmed at the reaction from some British politicians following the Guardian's revelations about the extent of the secret surveillance programs run by the UK's eavesdropping center GCHQ and its US counterpart the NSA (National Security Agency), it was reported in the Guardian.
"I have been absolutely shocked about the way the Guardian has been treated, from the idea of prosecution to the fact that some members of parliament even called it treason. I think that is unacceptable in a democratic society," said La Rue.
Speaking to the Guardian La Rue said that national security cannot be used as an argument against newspapers for publishing information that is in the public interest even if doing so is embarrassing for those who are in office.
The Guardian as well as other major world media organizations including the New York Times, the Washington Post and Der Spiegel began disclosing details about the US and UK's mass surveillance programs in June, after receiving leaked documents from former NSA contractor, Edward Snowden.
The publications have sparked a huge global debate on whether such surveillance powers are justified, but in Britain there have been calls for the Guardian to be prosecuted and the editor, Alan Rusbridger, has been called to give evidence to the home affairs select committee.
The Prime Minister David Cameron has even warned that unless the newspaper begins to demonstrate some social responsibility, then he would take "tougher measures" including the issuing of D notices, which ban a newspaper or broadcaster from touching certain material.
While on Friday the New York Times wrote an editorial entitled "British press freedom under threat". It said, "Britain has a long tradition of a free inquisitive press. That freedom, so essential to democratic accountability, is being challenged by the Conservative-Liberal coalition government of Prime Minster David Cameron."
The op-ed added that Britain, unlike the US has no constitutional guarantee of press freedom.
"Parliamentary committees and the police are now exploiting that lack of protection to harass, intimidate and possibly prosecute the Guardian newspaper," the leader read.
Frank La Rue's intervention comes just days after a delegation of some of the world's leading editors and publishers announced they were coming to Britain on a "press freedom mission".
The trip is being organized by the Paris based, World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), and will arrive on UK soil in January. WAN-IFRA says it will include key newspaper figures from up to five continents and that this is the first mission of this kind to the UK ever.
The delegation is expected to meet government leaders and the opposition, as well as press industry figures and civil society and freedom of speech organizations. Their discussions are expected to focus on the political pressure brought to bear on the Guardian.
"We are concerned that these actions not only seriously damage the United Kingdom's historic international reputation as a staunch defender of press freedom, but provide encouragement to non-democratic regimes to justify their own repressive actions," Vincent Peyregne, the Chief of the WAN-IFRA, told the Guardian.
newspaper posed a threat to the UK national security.
Also in October, British Prime Minister David Cameron called on The Guardian and other newspapers to show "social responsibility" in the reporting of the leaked NSA files to avoid high court injunctions or the use of D-notices to prevent the publication of information that could damage national security.
La Rue's remarks come as an international delegation is set to visit Britain over growing concerns about press freedom in the country and a government crackdown on media reporting leaks and scandals.
Organized by the World Association of Newspaper and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), the delegation, which includes publishers and editors from five continents, will arrive in January.
The team will reportedly meet with government, opposition figures and media representatives.
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US orders UK not to publish Chilcot probe findings – report
Press TV – November 14, 2013
The US government has explicitly ordered Britain not to publish the contents of the four-year-long inquiry into the Iraq War carried out by Sir John Chilcot.
The administration of US President Barack Obama insists that certain parts of the Iraq Inquiry, known as the Chilcot Inquiry, could not be released as it is focused on the pre-war conspiracy hatched by the former US president George W. Bush and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, The Independent has revealed.
Tony Blair led Britain into the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 on the false pretext that the country's Ba'athist regime possessed ready-to-use weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). No such arms were ever found in Iraq, but hundreds of thousands lost their lives following the invasion.
According to some leaks from the inquiry, Bush and Blair began conspiring for the Iraq War only weeks after Bush was inaugurated as the US president in 2001.
Now, the US government claims that Bush-Blair conversations and even those comments made by Blair to the inquiry are the property of the US government and has therefore decided to keep them classified.
"The US are highly possessive when documents relate to the presence of the President or anyone close to him. Tony Blair is involved in a dialogue in many of these documents, and naturally someone else is at the other end – the [US] President. Therefore this is not Tony Blair's or the UK government's property to disclose," said one high-placed diplomatic source.
According to the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, "Chilcot, or anyone in London, does not decide what documents relating to a US President are published."
This comes as Prime Minister David Cameron has told Chilcot in a letter that some documents needed to be "handled sensitively."
Elaborating on Cameron's statements, the Cabinet Office told The Independent: "It is in the public's interests that exchanges between the UK Prime Minister and the US President are privileged. The whole premise about withholding them [from publication] is to ensure that we do not prejudice our relations with the United States."
Therefore, the authors of the inquiry's final report, including Chilcot and his team, are under heavy pressure not to hurt the so-called "special relationship" between Britain and the US.
It's also expected that they will publish a neutral report in spring next year which will lack evidence to charge Blair with serious policy failures, and it may also be such a redacted report as to be meaningless and a waste of almost £8 million of British taxpayers' money.
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News Release
Reports Record Net Cash of $104 Million
SEATTLE, WA, Apr 29, 2009 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) today announced
financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009.
Revenue for the quarter was $74.5 million compared to $26.1 million
in the prior year period. The company reported a net loss for the
quarter of ($4.9 million) or ($0.15) per share compared to a net loss
of ($12.0 million) or ($0.37) per share in the first quarter of 2008.
Total gross profit margin for the first quarter was 24 percent
compared to 43 percent in the first quarter of 2008. As anticipated,
product margin declined to 22 percent driven by a large, low-margin
contract (on which $36 million was recognized in the first quarter of
2009). The first quarter 2009 service margin of 32 percent was
impacted by a delay in the signing of a contract and revenue
recognition issues relating to a custom engineering project on which
we have been incurring costs.
Operating expenses for the first quarter of 2009 were $21.4 million
compared to $22.8 million in the prior year period. The first
quarter 2009 results included non-cash items of $2.2 million for
gross depreciation and amortization and $2.4 million related to stock
compensation expense, which includes approximately $1.4 million in
accelerated amortization related to the stock option tender offer
completed in the first quarter of 2009. Additionally, interest
expense included $0.5 million of non-cash interest expense related to
the adoption of a new accounting principle.
As of March 31, 2009, cash and short-term investments totaled $131.8
million and net cash was a record $104.1 million (cash and short-term
investments less the face value of outstanding convertible notes of
$27.7 million). Net cash at Dec. 31, 2008 was $52.7 million.
"We had a solid first quarter marked by strong revenue performance
and excellent growth in our cash position," said Peter Ungaro,
president and CEO of Cray. "With the hiring of Skip Richardson to
lead our Custom Engineering business development team and the recent
announcement of the XT5m, our new midrange supercomputer, we now have
the pieces in place to deliver on our long-term strategic vision. We
have more than doubled our addressable market in the last 18 months
and, with the momentum created by the Cray XT5 supercomputer, we will
continue to expand our position in the high performance computing
For the full-year 2009, a wide range of potential outcomes remain
possible. Cray continues to expect revenue in the range of $260
million for the year with a small operating loss. Overall gross
profit margin is expected to be in the low to mid-30 percent range,
much improved from first quarter levels. Core operating expenses are
anticipated to be lower by roughly $2 million from 2008 levels. We
currently anticipate the balance of the annual revenue target to be
weighted relatively evenly by quarter through the remainder of 2009,
though results could fluctuate significantly depending on the timing
of system acceptances.
Recent Highlights
-- During the first quarter, Cray announced the formation of a new
subsidiary in India aimed at strengthening its presence in that country's
growing high performance computing marketplace. Also during the quarter,
the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP) in Calcutta, India selected
the Cray XT5 supercomputer for its Theory Division. SINP is the first
customer in Cray's Asia Pacific region to acquire a Cray XT5 system.
-- During the first quarter, Cray was awarded a contract with a U.S.
government agency for a new Cray XT5 system and services totaling
approximately $31 million. The first phase of the new system is scheduled
for delivery in the second half of 2009.
-- In March, the company launched its new line of Cray XT5m midrange
supercomputers. The Cray XT5m system builds on the success of the Cray XT5
system to deliver performance, efficiency and manageability unrivaled in
its price range with capabilities that previously were only available to
the world's largest research facilities. The High Performance Computing
Center Stuttgart (HLRS) at the University of Stuttgart, Germany is the
first Cray XT5m customer.
-- In April, Cray announced continued momentum in the establishment of a
worldwide reseller network for the Cray CX1 deskside supercomputer. Cray
has signed contracts with a dozen resellers around the world, including
several in the U.S. and others in Italy, Spain, Korea and Japan. These
resellers provide broad, global access to the high performance computing
industry, including the scientific research and commercial market segments.
-- In April, Cray announced the appointment of Skip Richardson to the
position of vice president of business development for the company's custom
engineering team. Richardson, who has more than 20 years of business
development experience in the technology and aerospace industries, will be
responsible for promoting Cray's custom engineering solutions to government
agencies, commercial customers and systems integrators.
Conference Call Information
Cray will host a conference call today, Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at
1:30 p.m. Pacific Time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss 2009 first
quarter financial results. To access the call, please dial into the
conference at least 10 minutes prior to the beginning of the call at
1-877-941-1469. International callers should dial 1-480-629-9674. To
listen to the live audio webcast, go to the Investors section of the
Cray website at http://investors.cray.com.
If you are unable to attend the live conference call, an audio
webcast replay will be available in the Investors section of the Cray
website for 180 days. If you do not have Internet access, a replay
of the call will be available by dialing 1-800-406-7325 and entering
access code 4063244. International callers can listen to the replay
by dialing 1-303-590-3030, access code 4063244. The conference call
replay will be available for 72 hours, beginning at 4:30 p.m. Pacific
Time on Wednesday, April 29, 2009.
About Cray Inc.
As a global leader in supercomputing, Cray provides highly advanced
supercomputers and world-class services and support to government,
industry and academia. Cray technology enables scientists and
engineers to achieve remarkable breakthroughs by accelerating
performance, improving efficiency and extending the capabilities of
their most demanding applications. Cray's Adaptive Supercomputing
vision will result in innovative next-generation products that
integrate diverse processing technologies into a unified
architecture, allowing customers to surpass today's limitations and
meeting the market's continued demand for realized performance. Go
to www.cray.com for more information.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements. There are
certain factors that could cause Cray's execution to differ materially
from those anticipated by the statements above. These factors
include significantly fluctuating quarterly operating results;
significant reliance on third-party development service and parts
suppliers; the timing and successful passing of customer acceptance
tests; the level, timing and continuation of government funding for
supercomputer purchases and research and development activities,
including the large DARPA HPCS contract; lower margin and operating
results due to many variables; the technical challenges of developing
high performance computing systems, including potential delays or
changes in development programs that can result in lost revenue and
delayed payment milestones; the possible adverse effects of the
current economic uncertainty on government budgets; the successful
porting of application programs to Cray supercomputer systems; winning
and timing of new Custom Engineering contracts for 2009 performance;
successful rate of customer adoption of the Cray CX1 system;
anticipated revenue subject to complex revenue recognition rules;
Cray's ability to compete against larger, more established companies
and innovative competitors; and general economic and market
conditions. For a discussion of these and other risks, see "Risk
Factors" in Cray's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with
the SEC.
Cray is a registered trademark, and Cray XT5m, Cray XT5 and Cray CX1
are trademarks of Cray Inc. All other trademarks are the property of
their respective owners.
(Unaudited and in thousands, except per share data)
Quarter Ended
March 31,
2009 2008
--------- ---------
Adjusted) (1)
Product $ 59,462 $ 10,690
Service 15,019 15,438
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Total revenue 74,481 26,128
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Cost of product revenue 46,334 6,412
Cost of service revenue 10,276 8,359
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Total cost of revenue 56,610 14,771
Gross profit 17,871 11,357
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Research and development, net 11,215 13,719
Sales and marketing 6,063 5,382
General and administrative 4,146 3,696
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Total operating expenses 21,424 22,797
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Loss from operations (3,553) (11,440)
Other (expense) income, net (754) 253
Interest expense, net (533) (496) (2)
--------- ---------
Loss before income taxes (4,840) (11,683)
Income tax expense (48) (282)
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Net loss $ (4,888) $ (11,965) (2)
========= =========
Diluted net loss per common share $ (0.15) $ (0.37) (3)
========= =========
Diluted weighted average shares
outstanding 33,197 32,371
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(1) March 31, 2008 results have been adjusted for the adoption of FASB
Staff Position No. APB 14-1, Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments
That May Be Settled in Cash upon Conversion (Including Partial Cash
Settlement) ("FSP APB 14-1").
(2) Summary of adjustments due to retrospective application of FSP APB 14-1
to Previously Reported March 31, 2008 balances:
Previously As
Reported Adjustment Adjusted
----------- ----------- -----------
Interest income (expense), net $ 837 $ (1,333) $ (496)
Net loss (10,632) (1,333) (11,965)
(3) Previously reported net loss per common share for the three months
period ended March 31, 2008 was $(0.33) per share
(Unaudited and in thousands)
March 31, 31,
2009 2008
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Adjusted) (1)
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 123,428 $ 72,373
Restricted cash 2,691 2,691
Short-term investments,
available-for-sale 5,641 5,350
Accounts receivable, net 23,756 95,667
Inventory 53,726 80,437
Prepaid expenses and other current
assets 23,630 29,993 (2)
--------- ---------
Total current assets 232,872 286,511
Property and equipment, net 18,246 18,396
Service inventory, net 1,734 1,917
Deferred tax asset 1,716 1,200
Other non-current assets 6,533 5,837
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Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 20,012 $ 16,730
Accrued payroll and related expenses 10,267 23,672
Advance research and development
payments 1,432 13,887
Convertible notes 26,218 25,681 (2)
Other accrued liabilities 6,173 24,670
Deferred revenue 56,847 67,692
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Total current liabilities 120,949 172,332
Long-term deferred revenue 17,782 18,154
Other non-current liabilities 3,070 3,170
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Shareholders' equity:
Common stock and additional paid-in
capital 546,431 543,442 (2)
Accumulated other comprehensive income 10,358 9,364
Accumulated deficit (437,489) (432,601)(2)
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(1) December 31, 2008 balances have been adjusted for the adoption of FASB
Staff Position No. APB 14-1, Accounting for
Convertible Debt Instruments That May Be Settled in Cash upon Conversion
(Including Partial Cash Settlement) ("FSP APB 14-1").
(2) Summary of adjustments due to retrospective application of FSP APB 14-1
to Previously Reported December 31, 2008 balances:
Previously As
Reported Adjustment Adjusted
----------- ----------- -----------
Prepaid expenses and other
current assets $ 30,023 $ (30) $ 29,993
Convertible notes 27,727 (2,046) 25,681
Common stock and additional
paid-in capital 518,727 24,715 543,442
Accumulated deficit (409,902) (22,699) (432,601)
Cray Media:
Nick Davis
Paul Hiemstra
SOURCE: Cray Inc.


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Georgia Tech defensive coordinator Ted Roof has returned to his alma mater in Atlanta after a successful season at Penn State, and turned one of the nation's worst defenses into one of the best in less than a full season. Not an easy task, and something for which Yellow Jackets head coach Paul Johnson should be thanking his lucky stars, otherwise Johnson's seat would be beyond scorching at this point.
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Exit Groh, stage left.
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|Men's Basketball » News
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Tuesday, March 03, 2009 | Men's Basketball
Creighton's Booker Woodfox Is Larry Bird MVC Player of the Year
ST. LOUIS -- After helping Creighton to its first regular-season crown since 2002, Booker Woodfox has been named the 2009 Larry Bird MVC Player of the Year. The senior sharpshooting guard is one of the best shooters in the country and leads the league in three-point accuracy (50.9) and three-pointers made (83). His 15.9 scoring average leads Creighton and ranks second in The Valley.
Full listing of teams on Page 2 of this release (and attached as a PDF - link at the bottom of this page)
Woodfox has helped the Bluejays to a 25-6 overall mark and 14-4 conference record as Creighton earned the tournament's No. 2 seed after tying for the regular-season title with top-seeded Northern Iowa. Woodfox is the first Creighton player to earn the league's top honor since 2003, when Kyle Korver was voted the league's Player of the Year for the second-straight year. Only two other Creighton players have earned the top honor in the MVC, which began honoring Players of the Year in 1969 (Bob Harstad in 1990 and Chad Gallagher in 1991).
2009 Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year Voting
Student-athletes received 3 points for a first-place vote, two points
LARRY BIRD MVC PLAYER OF THE YEAR -- Booker Woodfox, Creighton
The league's Newcomer of the Year is Chamberlain Oguchi of Illinois State. In his first year at ISU, the senior transfer from Oregon led the Redbirds in scoring, ranking fourth in the league with his 14.8 points per game average. He was second in the league (to Woodfox) with 75 three-pointers made. Oguchi is the fourth ISU player to win Newcomer of the Year honors. Lorenzo Gordon was the last Redbird to win Newcomer of the Year honors, doing so in 2005.
The league's Freshman of the Year hails from Southern Illinois. Kevin Dillard is the league's top-scoring freshman and leads the Salukis with 12.6 points per game, which ranks 10th-best in the conference. His league-only scoring average of 13.9 points per game is best among any first-year player. He's the sixth Saluki to win the honor and one of two current SIU players to have been named Freshman of the Year (joining teammate Bryan Mullins).
Bryan Mullins of Southern Illinois highlights the league's all-Defense unit, earning the league's Defensive Player of the Year honor for the second-straight year. A Saluki has won the honor in five of the past six years. He's only the second player in league history to record 500 career assists and 250 career steals, joining Creighton's Ryan Sears.
For the 13th-consecutive season, the league's head coaches selected a "Sixth Man Award" recipient, and this season's honor goes to UNI's Lucas O'Rear. The honor is presented to the league's top reserve player (one who has started fewer than 25 percent of his team's games). O'Rear averaged 5.4 points, 5.5 rebounds and 23 minutes while appearing in 26 games, starting one game. He's the first Panther to win the honor.
In addition to the specialty awards, the conference announced it's all-conference units (first-team, second-team and honorable mention), all-newcomer team, all-freshman team, and all-defense team -- as selected by the league coaches.