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Richard A. Oppel Jr.
Recent and archived news articles by Richard A. Oppel Jr. of The New York Times.
In Bergdahl Case, the Rare Charge of Misbehavior
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is facing the serious charge that includes endangering the safety or a unit or outpost.
March 27, 2015, Friday
Bowe Bergdahl Charged With Desertion and Misbehavior Before the Enemy
The charges for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive in Afghanistan, raised the possibility that he could be imprisoned again, this time for life.
March 26, 2015, Thursday
Lawyers for Suspect in Boston Marathon Bombing Steer Blame to Brother
Amid prosecutors' objections, lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev foreshadowed their approach for trying to spare him from execution: that his brother, Tamerlan, masterminded the Boston Marathon bombing.
March 18, 2015, Wednesday
Treasury Department Faults Veterans Affairs in Feud Over Employee
The inspectors general of two government agencies are embroiled in a highly unusual dispute that centers on a senior employee who has worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Treasury Department.
March 16, 2015, Monday
Jurors Hear Harrowing Account of Boston Bombers' Hostage
The demise of the Tsarnaev brothers, testimony in Federal District Court in Boston indicated, was hastened by the quick, composed and methodical thinking of the man they took hostage.
March 13, 2015, Friday
Bicyclist Describes Scene of Officer's Shooting in Boston Marathon Trial
An M.I.T. student says he was riding by when he saw the man he identified in court, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, leaning into a police cruiser.
March 12, 2015, Thursday
Boston Marathon Bombing Jury Sees a Bullet-Pocked Message
Prosecutors showed jurors writing on the inside of a boat hull where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is charged with 30 counts, hid before his capture.
March 11, 2015, Wednesday
Videos at Tsarnaev Trial Show Carnage and Suspects in Boston Marathon Bombings
A defense lawyer argued that the videos presented at the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev show his older brother, Tamerlan, directing his actions.
March 10, 2015, Tuesday
Opposing Pictures of Tsarnaev at Boston Marathon Bombing Trial
The defense admitted that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had carried out the attack, but said he did so under the sway of his brother, not, as prosecutors insisted, because he was a jihadist.
March 5, 2015, Thursday
Cleveland Mayor Apologizes for Language Used to Blame Tamir Rice for His Death
Mayor Frank G. Jackson apologized on Monday for language that the city's lawyers used in court filings to assert that the 12-year-old boy's death was his own fault.
March 3, 2015, Tuesday
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My Jericho R .40 S&W (IWI) just arrived today. What an outstanding weapon. Looks good, feels good and only hope it shoots good. I was very surprised at how well the manual was written. Clear and precise details. I need to find one in 9mm. I got this one at a very reasonable price too.
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Glad to hear you like it! Now-when can we expect a range report?
Sometimes you earthlings REALLY amaze me!
Does it look like this one...
yes, and soon.
I like the Jericho and I've heard a lot of positive things about all of them.
The Jericho line is much easier to deal with in my opinion than the actual Baby Desert Eagle line. I sold my Baby Desert Eagle in 9mm for $500 with 2 extra clips and 40 self defense rounds to a restaurant owner my father knew. The guy liked the pistol a lot but it just wasnt for me...I just couldnt get used to it for some reason.
I look forward to a good range report
I'm already surrounded by half-dead brainless people already, the zombie apocalypse would just give me a reason to be productive and get rid of them.
The Jericho is one dam nice pistol, congratzzz
Well i hope my son likes it, cause i gave it to him....now i want one for myself...it is an excellent weapon, yes simplistic, yes built like a tank, but it just has the perfect feel and looks.....................
The Polymer Frame Baby Desert Eagles(Jericho 941) are really nice. This is a .40 great shooter.


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OSU Garden Planning Guide
I've linked a copy of the Oklahoma State University Garden Planning Guide below.
On one page, you'll find a listing of cool-season crops, recommended planting dates, spacing, etc. For almost all cool-season crops, the recommended planting dates fall between February 15th and March 10th. If you want to start transplants to transplant into the ground on/near those recommended planting dates, count back however many weeks you need to raise seedlings to transplant size and start your seedlings indoors about that many weeks before the recommended planting date.
On the following page, you'll find the same data for warm-season crops.
When fall garden planning/planting time comes around, there's a separate fact sheet for it.
For those of you who are new to using this guide, the earliest date given is for far southern OK and the latest gate given is for far northern OK. If you are in the middle of the state, choose a date in the middle of the recommended range of dates.
Here is a link that might be useful: OSU Garden Planning Guide
You're welcome.
The OSU Fact Sheets online are misbehavin' lately, aren't they?
I printed off many of them long, long ago....shortly after we moved here in the late 1990s.
I had to look for a while online to find a copy of this fact sheet that was accessible.
Hopefully the problems with the OSU fact sheet database soon will be resolved.
If not, you can google Texas A&M or TAMU plus whatever gardening topic you want and find great info. Gardening in Texas and Oklahoma are pretty similar, except most of Texas is further south so planting dates have to be adjusted.


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Hello, I moved to Albany from Long Island 3 years ago. I've been in my home about 2 years and gardening the whole time. The soil here in Albany is very different than what I was accostomed to on Long Island which was sandy, loamy soil.
So the soil here seems to be clay and dry. To be honest, I'm not sure what I am supposed to be doing with the soil to make it easier to work with, so all I have really done is add compost, a lot of compost. I'm not sure if this is really helping. I'm seeing more worms than I did when I first started, so maybe it is.
Is this generally what people do here to improve the quality or workability of the soil? I would appreciate any advice about working with clay soil. I feel like every vegetable I have tried to grow has been a major fail, that may be due to the excessive rains in July. However, my flower garden seems happy. Also, are there any fertilizers that are recommended?
Thanks in advance!
Hi there! I am about 3 hours west of you, on the eastern edge of the Fingerlakes region, but there is heavy clay soil here also, but on top of gravel, so it drains well. Compost is what has really worked for me, both homemade and what I have gotten from our municipal site. Also aged, hardwood mulch on the flowerbeds has impoved the tilth as it breaks down. I have had the most success with vegetables in raised beds. I don't have a large vegetable area (96 sq. ft. of growing space!), but plant it intensively. Initially, I filled the beds with anything I could get to raise the level to the top of the 8"--existing soil, compost, purchased garden soil, chopped leaves... Following that, I top them off every year from the compost bins in the spring and put chopped leaves on in the fall. The soil is very easy to work with in these beds.
One good thing about clay is that it tends to hold nutrients and moisture better than a sandy soil. The first thing I would do before adding fertilizers is to have the soil tested to see if it needs anything. You may very well have to adjust the pH. You can contact your local Cooperative Extension office to see what their process is to test.
I do whatever I can to garden organically, and truly believe that if you "take care of the soil, the soil will take care of the plants."
Good luck! Lois


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Iraqi security forces successfully disrupted a meeting of top al-Qaeda leaders in Kirkuk province Friday (December 28th) and arrested six men, the Ministry of Defence said.
Among the detainees are three senior leaders – identified as Saad Naji, Faraj Farhan and Ali Salem – believed to have masterminded terrorist attacks in Kirkuk, Ninawa and the Himreen mountains, said Lt. Gen. Ali Ghaidan, commander of the Iraqi army land forces.
The three "carry death sentences in absentia for their roles in the murder of dozens of citizens and security forces, as well as causing injury to hundreds of others in violent terrorist attacks that hit the country in the past three years", he told Mawtani.
Members of the 2nd Army Division's 8th Brigade and the National Police Assault Unit carried out the raid early Friday morning after officials received a tip from tribal leaders about an important meeting of al-Qaeda commanders, Ghaidan said.
The meeting was being held early Friday morning in a huge residential building in al-Zaghaitun village, south of Kirkuk, he said.
"Aerial support [was provided] by the army, which succeeded in encircling the place, storming the building and clashing with the gunmen for a few minutes before [the suspects] were forced to surrender," he said.
The six detainees were taken to an army camp as a first step, he said, and later will be moved to a detention centre specifically used for cases of terrorism.
In addition to the arrests, Iraqi forces "seized large quantities of ammunition and weapons during the operation", he added.
"The raid went on swiftly as the information was delivered to the army by tribal leaders, which conformed with calls made by local citizens and farmers in that village," said Col. Nasser Saleh al-Taie, commander of the Iraqi army's 8th Brigade.
Al-Taie told Mawtani that Naji, Farhan and Salem "had also facilitated the movement of foreign and Iraqi suicide bombers, as well as taken part in criminal acts of money laundering".
The Iraqi parliament's security and defence committee chairman, Aifan al-Issawi, described the raid as an important accomplishment.
"Committee members were informed of the raid's details and were especially pleased by the security forces' courage and the extent of co-operation shown by the citizens, more than by the success of the operation itself," he told Mawtani.
"It is expected that the six terrorists and the details of the daring raid launched by the Iraqi forces will be shown on television to inform the public of the scope and horror of the crimes committed by the terrorists," al-Issawi said.
Such a report will demonstrate "the security forces' ability to confront terrorism, as well as the importance of co-operation between citizens and security forces in defeating al-Qaeda in this country," he said.


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Will a weakened Christianity survive the new atheism?
March 2015
Dear CRI Partner:
As someone who monitors the spiritual landscape of America, you've no doubt been exposed to the relentless and increasing attacks on theism by the "New Atheists."
For just a sample hors d'oeuvre, try this savory little morsel from Alex Rosenberg, a professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Duke University. In his book The Atheist's Guide to Reality: Enjoying Life without Illusions, Rosenberg states,
Is there a God? No.
What is the nature of reality? What physics says it is.
What is the purpose of the universe? There is none.
What is the meaning of life? There is none.
Why am I here? Just dumb luck.
Is there a soul? Are you kidding?
Is there fee will? Not a chance!
What is the difference between right/wrong, good/bad? There is no moral difference between them.
Rosenberg concludes, "So much for the meaning of history, and everything else we care about."
And on a particularly cheery note, Rosenberg says, if you're going to be atheistic, "you will have to be comfortable with a certain amount of nihilism… And just in case there's always Prozac."
Now let me ask you a couple questions:
If growing multitudes of college students are drinking deeply from this nihilistic nonsense (and they are), are we really supposed to be surprised that so many of our national spiritual and cultural indicators are headed south?
And if more and more of our young and insufficiently critical minds are being exposed to this spiritually deadly drivel, can we really be shocked when the perceived value of human life is deteriorating before our very eyes?
Well, rather than triggering hostile responses from those they now routinely ridicule (the old notion in spiritual warfare that to resist it, you must recognize it), the New Atheists have simply reframed the game. In short, they've rebranded.
What this means, in part, is that for a vast multitude of slumbering Christians, these New Atheists will stealthily and surreptitiously be stealing hard-won intellectual ground once actually defended by people of faith.
But because their winsome ridicule (winsome, at least, to naïve secularists) has been dumbed down to slide effortlessly past the growing number of uncritical minds receptive to such nonsense, they are being remarkably effective.
That's why I want to send you a very timely book: New Atheism: A Survival Guide. I've included a sheet with some excerpts to give you a sneak preview, but first I want to alert you to how New Atheists are using blogs to spread their message of nihilism and misinformation about Christianity.
Commenting on how increasingly popular these blogs are for young people, Graham Veale, the author of New Atheism, notes:
"The most popular comments are brief, snappy and witty. The most outrageous posts gain the most attention. There are honourable exceptions — but, in the main, blogs are intellectual junk foods. They're fun and addictive, but they provide little for the mind to chew on."
He notes, for example, that one particular blog, Pharyngula, "is a clumsy and ignorant attack on religion; indeed, that is the whole point of this blog. It takes a great deal of intelligence and effort to be so ill-informed."
Veale goes on to say, "As propaganda New Atheist websites are exceptionally effective." Commenting on what he aptly calls "sneer pressure," he shows how ridicule, rather than dialogue, is gaining momentum:
"This is the strategy pursued by the New Atheists. Dawkins' grasp of philosophical arguments wouldn't get him a pass grade in a high school class. But he doesn't mean to deal with the questions that theists are asking. He's ridiculing his opponents' position. The reasons for theism must be so bad, why even read about them? My goodness, no, you just dismiss them… The New Atheists have not offered one original argument for atheism. But they've plenty of original insults."
As you might expect, over the years I've read more than my fair share of books on apologetics. Some are classics, and, as you no doubt know, some are, well, "not so much." But New Atheism: A Survival Guide is a keeper, and I want you to have it for multiple reasons:
- First, it's eminently readable. Perhaps like me, you've waded through some books on apologetics that are like reading tax manuals written in German! Whatever their value, they're also sure cures for insomnia. (Perhaps a clue to its readability is that Veale is a high school teacher in Ireland, and he understands that most folks, like high school students, have little patience for convoluted intellectual abstractions.)
- Second, it's moving. What I mean here is that, along with providing clear and logical arguments for theism, Veale will also touch your heart. Along with feeding your head, he'll move you with stories that touch the deepest feelings that are part of our shared humanity — like our moral outrage over the existence of evil in our world.
- Third, it's brief. Unlike those apologetics books that could be used as tank stoppers just as easily as doorstoppers, this is a book you can read in a couple sittings.
- Fourth, it's practical. Unlike postgraduate textbooks on philosophy that would take a year to make sense of and another year to figure out how to use, Graham Veale presents critical truths in ways that are tools not only for reflection but also for discussion and engagement. That is, you can use the key points in this book to empathically and respectfully engage agnostics, skeptics, and even atheists without thumping them over the head with the Bible. (With sufficient force, the latter may be effective to induce unconsciousness, but unlikely, with New Atheists, to invite genuine engagement!)
Last, but by no means least, I'd like to send you New Atheism: A Survival Guide for your gift to support the outreaches of CRI because the book and your gift will do "double duty." The book will be a valued addition to your library and a practical tool for engaging others, and your gift will help us to continue touching and transforming lives, not only here on the "home front" but also in crucial battles for truth that are raging around the world.
For example, just last month I was in Mexico City, the largest city in the Western Hemisphere, meeting with leaders regarding ways in which CRI's resources can be translated into Spanish and used to impact not only Christians throughout Mexico but also eventually all of Latin America.
What's more, this month I'll be in Asia, meeting with key Christian leaders and missionaries in Thailand and China, developing strategies on how we can touch tens of millions of lives with biblical truth and more effectively halt the advance of predatory cults that are ravaging multitudes of new believers.
The simple truth is that I wouldn't be able to make these trips without the support of caring and concerned friends like you. And something as simple as your gift today will be leveraged — and very likely to touch more lives than you ever dreamed possible.
So I'll ask you to take just a moment to glance at some select excerpts from New Atheism: A Survival Guide. I just want you to catch a glimpse of the content that will warm your heart as well as steel your mind.
Then, while it's still fresh in your mind, please also take a moment to make a gift today to support the work of CRI. Whether it's $500 or $50, $250 or $25, please know that every gift to CRI makes a difference in our life-changing work together.
May God bless you richly for the difference you make in so many lives through your partnership!
…because Life and Truth matter…
P.S. If you're looking for a practical, highly readable, and enjoyable book on apologetics, trust me: you can't go wrong with this survival guide!


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Number of taxi licenses in San Diego to increase
UCSD plans space launch
The countdown has begun for a proposed launch next March of a rocket designed and built by UCSD students. Engineering students at the Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California San Diego, in La Jolla, are trying to make their school the very first university in the U.S. to successfully send a rocket into space. The attempt is being made with the help of funding from both the Navy and aeronautics companies.
San Diego County welcomes five new mayors
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Smarter meters popping up downtown
Our phones have gotten smart. Our cars have become smarter. And now, for better or worse, parking meters are growing some smarts. San Diego city government has begun a project this week to replace almost all of the current, old-fashion coin-only parking meters with smart meters. The smarts in the meters is used to process credit cards for payment and track and communicate usage statistics for the parking space.
Fall back! Daylight savings ends, standard time begins this Sunday morn, November 2, 2014
Tomorrow is October 31, and we all know what that means. Boo! No, no, not that. It means next weekend heralds the ceasing of the saving of daylight for 2014. Fall Back! The holiday season is full blown upon us, now is the time of year to take the time to remember to turn back the hands of all the clocks in your home and your car (excepting the ones that are synchronized by the internet, like your cable box or cell phone) come this Sunday morning, ostensibly at 2:00 a.m.
Decision for 2017 America's Cup venue coming soon
The choice is down to two prospective sites for the staging of the next America's Cup: our own fair city of San Diego, and Bermuda, the U.K.-owned island in the mid-Atlantic Ocean. The final decision by the committee charged with making the call will be made soon and the Port of San Diego has released a slick video extolling the virtues of America's Finest City as the venue for the 35th staging of the Cup, coming in 2017.
San Diego enacts mandatory water usage regulations
In response to the increasing drought conditions throughout our region, on Monday, a unanimous vote by the San Diego City Council puts mandatory water usage restrictions into effect as of Saturday, November 1, 2014. This will cause the voluntary rules, in place since this past July, to become mandatory, and therefore enforceable with fines and penalties. The stated goal is to decrease the use of water in the city by 20%.
2014 Kiteboard North American Championship held off Coronado shore
This year's Formula and Foil Class Kiteboard racing North American Championships were held from the 7th to the 10th on the beaches of Coronado Shores. Organized and put on by the San Diego Yacht Club of America's Cup fame, the event draws almost all of the most outstanding competitors in the sport each year. The "Coronado Roads" area was the actual site of the races.
Sea World sees birth of bottlenose dolphin
Sea World welcomed its newest resident this past Saturday at 3:32 p.m., a 40 pound bottlenose calf. Since the marine-themed amusement park opened in 1964, this birth marks the 80th successful dolphin delivery there. After a pregnancy that lasted the normal twelve months, the labor and birth was described as easy by experts employees of Sea World. Sadie, the proud dolphin mom is thirteen and this is her second calf, after having birthed a bottleneck in five years ago.


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Kacey Bellamy
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- 2014 Olympic Winter Games, silver medalist
- 2010 Olympic Winter Games, silver medalist
- Two-time member of the U.S. Women's National Team for the International Ice Hockey Federation World Women's Championship (gold-2008-09)
- Named one of Team USA's top-three players in 2009
- Three-time member of the U.S. Women's Select Team for the Four Nations Cup (1st-2008, 2nd-2006-07)
- Two-time member of the U.S. Women's Under-22 Select Team for the Under-22 Series with Canada (2007-08). Led U.S. defensemen with two points (1-1) in 2008. Paced the team with four points (1-3) in 2007
- Four-time USA Hockey Women's National Festival participant (2006-09)
- Two-time USA Hockey Player Development Camp attendee (2004-05).
- Played four years at the University of New Hampshire of Hockey East
- Ranks third all-time at UNH in career points by a defenseman. As a Senior (2008-09): Ranked fourth among NCAA blueliners with 28 points (6-22) in 35 games en route to being named to the RBK All-America First Team
- Garnered Hockey East First Team All-Star honors and was named the Hockey East Tournament MVP, as well as earning a spot on the Hockey East All-Tournament Team
- Named UNH's Jim Urquhart Student-Athlete of the Year. As a Junior (2007-08): Hockey East Second Team All-Star
- Led all Wildcat defensemen with 26 points (3-23) and ranked 10th in the nation with .74 points per game. As a Sophomore (2006-07): Hockey East Second Team All-Star
- Named to the Hockey East RBK/CCM All-Tournament Team
- Ranked second among team defensemen and 10th among the nation's blueliners with 29 points (10-19). As a Freshman (2005-06): Named to the All-USCHO Rookie Team and the Hockey East RBK/CCM All-Tournament Team
- Led UNH blueliners in goals (8) and was second in both assists (16) and points (24).
Graduated from New Hampshire in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in women's studies ... Graduated from the Berkshire School (Mass.) in 2005, where she lettered in hockey, field hockey and softball ... Named team MVP and co-MVP of the New England Prep School Athletic Council Division I as a senior ... Finished with 30 goals and 80 assists in four years ... Led team to 2003 NEPSAC Division I Championship ... Berkshire's Female Athlete of the Year as a junior and senior ... MVP of the field hockey team as a junior and senior ... MVP of the softball team as a sophomore and senior ... Played for Assabet Valley (Mass.) in 2000 and helped the team win the USA Hockey Girls' 12 & Under National Championship ... Also played for the Sound Shore Warriors (N.Y.) club hockey team ... Has two brothers, Robby and Corey, and one sister, Lindsey ... Brother, Robby, played hockey at the University of Maine and now skates for the Adirondack Phantoms of the American Hockey League ... Daughter of Maura and Robert Bellamy.
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Donald Sterling's Wife Tells Barbara Walters His Racist Remarks 'Made Me Sick' (Video)
Barbara Walters appeared on Monday's Good Morning America to reveal more of her exclusive interview with Shelly Sterling, the wife of L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling.
In introducing the clip, Walters said that while people have accused Shelly Sterling of being a racist, the estranged wife said, "I have never made any racial statements... I am not a racist."
STORY: Donald Sterling's Wife Wants to Remain Clippers Owner
As for her husband, Shelly Sterling said she doesn't think he's a racist, claiming he told her he didn't have any recollection of his recorded conversation with girlfriend V. Stiviano, which led her to think he has dementia.
"I have never heard him say racial things," Shelly Sterling told Walters. "It was horrible when I heard it. I mean, it was just degrading, and it made me sick to hear it. But as far as a racist, I don't really think he is a racist."
Walters later said that in speaking with Donald Sterling last week, as she tried to arrange an exclusive interview with him, which he later granted to CNN's Anderson Cooper, she can understand how someone could get the impression he has dementia.
"I won't use the word dementia; I'm not a doctor. I did find him very vague and confused and [I had to repeat] certain things. I can see that somebody could get that impression," Walters said.
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Shelly Sterling owns 50 percent of the Clippers through a family trust and is fighting to retain her stake in the team as the NBA looks to force a sale.
Asked what the team means to her, Shelly Sterling said, "It means a lot. It's my passion, and I love it, and it's my legacy to my family."
After Shelly Sterling's interview, the NBA released a statement obtained by the Associated Press clarifying that "under the NBA constitution, if a controlling owner's interest is terminated by a three-quarter vote, all other team owners' interests are automatically terminated as well.
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"It doesn't matter whether the owners are related as is the case here. These are the rules to which all NBA owners agreed to as a condition of owning their team."
On Monday evening, ABC News aired more excerpts from the interview, after which Walter explained: "Shelly's claim to the Clippers may ultimately be decided in court. Donald Sterling is the controlling owner. If his interest is terminated, then so is hers."
Meanwhile, Shelly Sterling's attorney, Pierce O'Donnell, said he doesn't agree with the league's interpretation of its constitution.
"We do not agree with the league's self-serving interpretation of its constitution, its application to Shelly Sterling or its validity under these unique circumstances," O'Donnell said, according to the AP. "We live in a nation of laws. California law and the United States Constitution trump any such interpretation."
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Britain's scandal-tainted press faces its day of reckoning as judge prepares ethics verdict
LONDON - It's judgment day for Britain's press.
After nearly 18 months of damaging revelations about widespread media misconduct, the senior judge tapped to investigate the ethics and practices of some of the English-speaking world's most powerful newspapers will deliver his verdict next Thursday.
Lord Justice Brian Leveson's inquiry was launched in response to the phone hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World where journalists routinely intercepted phone messages to obtain sensational stories and allegedly engaged in computer hacking and bribery, too.
"The reputation of the British press is as low as it's possible to be," said James Curran, a professor of communications who has written extensively on the history and politics of the media. "For the first time, there is a possibility of modest reform."
A year's worth of hearings exposed a host of shady journalistic practices, from blackmail and stalking to trafficking in stolen medical records and other private information.
Celebrities, crime victims, and the falsely accused described feeling helpless as reporters ground their privacy and reputation to bits, while some of the country's most senior police officers — who should have been investigating the wrongdoing — were described glugging champagne at intimate dinners with those who would later become the scandal's chief suspects.
Leveson's recommendations and reaction from the press and politicians have been a matter of intense speculation since the inquiry was ordered by Prime Minister David Cameron in July, 2011. Leveson could recommend new rules for journalists, suggest a new press watchdog, or simply endorse the status quo. In the case of new regulations, lawmakers would have to sign off on his recommendations before they became law.
There have been scattered hints as to Leveson's approach. He and inquiry lawyer Robert Jay mostly eschewed the inquisitorial approach during hearings, often politely asking various witnesses for their thoughts on whether the press should be reformed and how to do it.
But the genial atmosphere of the hearings may mask a trenchant, industry-shaking verdict.
In August, the judge sent inquiry participants a sheaf of documents laying out his potential criticisms, a move intended to enable those targeted to have a final say before the inquiry's recommendations are released. They are meant to be confidential, but Chris Blackhurst, the editor of Britain's Independent newspaper, was so shocked by the tone that he broke with protocol to go public with his concerns.
"It is a damning indictment of my industry," he told the BBC. "The best way I can describe it is that he's loading a gun, and that this document — well over 100 pages — is all the ammunition. And believe you me, there's plenty of ammunition. You read it and you just gulp."
Paul Connew, a tabloid editor-turned-public relations expert who has followed the scandal closely, said he is worried, too. He predicted that Leveson would propose some kind of "light touch" regulation, for example one that would see publishers submit to the rulings of an independent regulator. But Connew — who counts himself among the thousands of phone hacking victims — said that the moment government becomes involved in setting rules for journalists, liberty suffers.
"It's a cliche, but it's the first step down a slippery slope," he said. "I'm not saying you're going to overturn 300 years of press freedom in one fell swoop, but you're removing one of the foundation stones."
The battle lines are being drawn as proprietors and reform campaigners prepare to fight. On Wednesday, victims of press abuse met with Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to argue their case for greater protection against unscrupulous journalists. On Thursday, the Free Speech Network, a press lobbying group, unleashed a publicity campaign against any attempt at state-backed regulation.
The group's ad in Murdoch's The Sun newspaper was particularly stark:
"These people believe in state control of the press," the ad said over pictures of Syrian strongman Bashar Assad, Russian leader Vladimir Putin, and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. "Do you?"
Curran said the warnings were overwrought. He explained that a regulator — were one to actually be set up — would probably be a body "independent of government and independent of the press which will have some backup powers. That's a far cry from Zimbabwe."
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Surveillance on secular trends of incidence and mortality for device–associated infection in the intensive care unit setting at a tertiary medical center in Taiwan, 2000–2008: A retrospective observational study
1 Department of Infection Control, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
2 Department of Nursing, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
3 Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
4 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
5 School of Nursing, National Yang–Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
6 School of Medicine, National Yang–Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
7 Institute of Public Health, and Community Medicine Research Center, National Yang–Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
8 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital Luodong; St. Marys Medicine Nursing and Management College, Luodong, Taiwan
BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:209 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-12-209Published: 10 September 2012
Device–associated infection (DAI) plays an important part in nosocomial infection. Active surveillance and infection control are needed to disclose the specific situation in each hospital and to cope with this problem effectively. We examined the rates of DAI by antimicrobial-resistant pathogens, and 30–day and in–hospital mortality in the intensive care unit (ICU).
Prospective surveillance was conducted in a mixed medical and surgical ICU at a major teaching hospital from 2000 through 2008. Trend analysis was performed and logistic regression was used to assess prognostic factors of mortality.
The overall rate of DAIs was 3.03 episodes per 1000 device–days. The most common DAI type was catheter–associated urinary tract infection (3.76 per 1000 urinary catheter–days). There was a decrease in DAI rates in 2005 and rates of ventilator–associated pneumonia (VAP, 3.18 per 1000 ventilator–days) have remained low since then (p < 0.001). The crude rates of 30–day (33.6%) and in–hospital (52.3%) mortality, as well as infection by antibiotic-resistant VAP pathogens also decreased. The most common antimicrobial-resistant pathogens were methicillin–resistant Staphylococcus aureus (94.9%) and imipenem–resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (p < 0.001), which also increased at the most rapid rate. The rate of antimicrobial resistance among Enterobacteriaceae also increased significantly (p < 0.05). After controlling for potentially confounding factors, the DAI was an independent prognostic factor for both 30–day mortality (OR 2.51, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.99–3.17, p = 0.001) and in–hospital mortality (OR 3.61, 95% CI 2.10–3.25, p < 0.001).
The decrease in the rate of DAI and infection by resistant bacteria on the impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome can be attributed to active infection control and improved adherence after 2003.


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The good news is despite the economic headwinds across Europe, spending on social media marketing is still forecast to rise ― from €1.4 billion in 2012 to reach €3.2 billion in 2017, reflecting a 17.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR). As social media marketing in Europe heads towards maturity, the pace of growth slows somewhat but the trend continues upwards. We're also forecasting the percentage of online users who are present on social networks in Europe to continue to rise, from 63% in 2013 to more than 70% by 2017, so if you thought social had already reached a point of saturation, think again.
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But how far along are people on this shift? Have your customers made the shift? How many of them are demanding mobile utility?
Posted by Kim Celestre on April 24, 2013
I am probably one of the few individuals who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and only heads to Los Angeles during Forrester's annual Marketing Leadership Forum. I recently had the opportunity to visit Los Angeles for the second time and, just like last year, did not venture too far from my hotel. I have yet to experience the true LA "scene" or even get a glimpse of an actor, musician or sports star! But the highlight of my annual trip to LA is having the opportunity to completely immerse myself in various discussions with fellow marketers (yes, I still consider myself a marketer at heart!). Who needs to see Ozzy Osbourne's Jessica Simpson's mansion in Beverly Hills when I get to mingle with the real "stars" who are the clients, attendees, vendors and Forrester employees who participate in the Marketing Leadership Forum with such passion?
Posted by Sarah Rotman Epps on April 22, 2013
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Last week was full of news on wearable devices: First the report from The Wall Street Journal that Microsoft is fabricating a smart watch (whether it's just a prototype or an actual product is not confirmed); then Google's release of guidelines for developers building apps (known as "Glassware") for Glass; followed by the news on Wednesday that Google will start shipping Glass units to participants in its Explorers program.
To put these stories in perspective, Glass is a much, much more important story than any smart watch story — whether that watch is made by Microsoft, Samsung, or even Apple. Smart watches could enable new "glanceable" experiences that we haven't had on other devices, enhanced by body-generated data, like the Basis smartwatch does today. But they won't fundamentally disrupt social norms in the way that Glass will. At best, they'll reinforce existing ecosystems for smartphones — i.e., iPhone buyers might buy an iWatch; an iWatch might displace some phone usage, but wouldn't replace a phone altogether.
Google Glass Could Be The Next Big App Platform
Posted by James McQuivey on April 16, 2013
As I write this, I am sitting in Boston's Logan airport surrounded by healthy- but somber-looking people clad in the yellow and blue of the official jersey of the Boston Marathon. Some are wearing their medals, some are walking with a bit of a limp. All of them are on the phone with their loved ones, telling their stories of survival. I was not one of them, I wasn't even down in the city – my favorite place to watch the historic marathon is at the 25 kilometer mark, miles away from the explosions. But I feel for them, I feel with them, and for a brief moment, we are all brothers and sisters. With each phone call, text, email, or tweet from friends and associates from around the world – especially those from Madrid and London who feel this solidarity especially deeply – I am reminded that we are better than this, we will be better than this.
How will we be better than this? In the days and months to come we will do what the best of us always do, we will support each other and work to build a better society than the one that permitted this. But what about the long run? Given my role – I am not a first responder, I was not on the front lines, the best I could do was offer my house to marathon-running friends as a place to regroup, refuel, and just be surrounded by good feelings for a while before beginning a long drive home – I am best able to help in the long run rather than the short run.
Posted by Thomas Husson on April 16, 2013
AppGratis is a French app promotion and discovery platform startup that was recently ejected from the App Store on the grounds that it violated Apple's developer T&Cs. Back in September 2012, Apple tweaked its developer guidelines, adding a clause that states: "Apps that display Apps other than your own for purchase or promotion in a manner similar to or confusing with the App Store will be rejected."
Simon Dawlat, the CEO of AppGratis, shares his vision in great detail here and explains why he thinks the ban is totally unfair. Even France's digital industry minister, Fleur Pellerin, has spoken up in support of AppGratis, describing Apple's actions as "extremely brutal, unilateral, and without explanation," and calling on Cupertino to "behave ethically." Natasha Lomas at TechCrunch fairly and exhaustively summarizes the whole story here.
Without going into the legal details here, one may argue that there is a blurring of the line between app discovery and app promotion. I personally viewed AppGratis as a traffic booster based on curated app discovery experiences. I think it definitely helped gain some initial visibility in app stores, but I think app developers and publishers still needed to measure the customer lifetime value and make sure their audiences would stay engaged.
Anyway, the AppGratis controversy highlights the growing dependency from publishers and developers to Apple and Google in the app economy.
Posted by Nate Elliott on April 15, 2013
Recently we described an idea called the database of affinity: A catalogue of people's tastes and preferences collected by observing their social behaviors on sites like Facebook and Twitter. Why are we so excited about this idea? Because if Facebook or Twitter or some other company can effectively harness the data from all the likes and shares and votes and reviews they record, they could bring untold rigor, discipline, and success to brand advertising.
But exploiting the database of affinity won't be easy. Any company hoping to turn affinity data into something marketers can use will need three things:
Posted by Christine Overby on April 12, 2013
Engaging with perpetually connected customers is something you can't fake, and when you engage, you create expectations that need to be met. This is one of the key messages Yannick Grecourt, Head of Strategy and Marketing at Deutsche Bank Belgium, shared with me when I talked to him recently in preparation for his speech at our Forrester Forum for Marketing Leaders EMEA.
Q: How does Deutsche Bank Belgium prioritize the most important channels for reaching customers?
A: Confronted with remarks on why other banks were developing new initiatives and we were not, we were forced to share our direction with all the internal divisions explaining the prioritization process. We decided to divide all channels into two categories: the managed and integrated channels, and the 'non-integrated' channels, and we used the customer journey to define all possible touch points. For the integrated category, the most important elements are alignment and relevancy, whereas for the non-integrated the judgment call is made based on the impact to the integrated channels.
Q: How do digital channels improve the advisor/client relationship?
A: A key impact of the financial crisis was the increasing involvement of clients in the management of their portfolio. As a consequence, clients were in search of more frequent contact but in a more and more digitalized environment. The development of a new advisory approach included a new online platform that has allowed us to align the tools we provide to our clients with the tools we use internally. As a matter of fact, our clients are sharing the same tools and information as our advisors do. Over time, clients are also getting used to how important/urgent a message is depending on the channel.
Posted by Melissa Parrish on April 4, 2013
A few weeks ago, my dad and I were talking about the policy on airplanes to turn off all devices from the time the door closes until the plane has reached 10,000 feet.
My point: I don't have a problem powering down for 15 or 20 minutes. It's when we get delayed on the tarmac for an hour or two that I get antsy, though lately the pilots seem to let you reconnect while you wait for take-off.
His point: "I don't see why people feel the need to be connected all the time anyway."
A predictable response based on generational differences? Perhaps. But what made it a particularly interesting comment is that he said it while using his iPhone to find the least traffic-ridden route home to CT from NJ.
This, then, is the mobile mind shift: The expectation that the info you need is available whenever you need it on any appropriate device — without having to make a conscious effort to stop what you're doing, decide which device to use, turn it on, scroll, click, etc., and eventually find what you're looking for. You want to know what the traffic's like? Here's the map. You want a table for dinner? Reserved. You want to know the weather? Done.
The result is a customer with extremely high expectations that you must be ready to meet, or risk irrelevance. The key to serving these customers will be to shorten the distance between what they want and what they get; to refocus your marketing efforts to deliver utility at speed; to make your customers' lives better rather than just making your messaging better.
Posted by Sarah Rotman Epps on April 4, 2013
When I talk to marketing executives about the Smart Body, Smart World paradigm — how sensor-laden devices like wearables give us access to new domains of information and what we can do with that information — they always bring up the movie Minority Report.
The 2002 sci-fi crime thriller has become the reference point people imagine when they think about the future of advertising: specifically, the scene in which Jon Anderton (Tom Cruise) walks through the mall and billboards show him ads based on his mental state (stressed out) and context (on a journey).
This depiction of the future makes sense if you take the status quo of advertising in 2002 — delivering messages via screens to acquire new customers and persuade them to try your product — and bolt on new technology like biometric scanning. There are multiple examples of marketers today doing simplified versions of this, using billboards that adapt content based on gender and age.
A Dumb Vision Of The Smart Future
But this is a pretty dumb vision of the "smart" future. Smarter marketing goes far beyond advertising.
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