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A top cop says someone could end up dead if members of the public keep brandishing imitation firearms around police.
Hamilton city area commander Inspector Greg Nicholls said officers have come close to shooting three people in the past month after being confronted with fake weapons.
The latest incident took place in Dinsdale, suburban Hamilton, on Tuesday night when police responded to reports of a drunk man wandering the street carrying what turned out an air rifle, fitted with a scope.
Mr Nicholls said staff were sent to the scene "expecting the worst".
"They were able to resolve the situation but we had to present a firearm at this person to get him to submit to us," he said.
"It came down to a movement of the finger.
"When we turn up to deal with these situations in sometimes low light, where the information received is that the person is drunk, it places my staff in a very dangerous situation - so the message is that if you do this, things will happen."
On Saturday, police were called to a house near Hamilton Lake after a truck driver had a weapon pointed at him by a person in a car.
"When my staff attend an incident like this, their judgment is restricted," Mr Nicholls said.
"I know that if this gun was presented at me, I would be forced to use my tactical option, which would be the use of my firearm."
Police showed the Waikato Times several guns confiscated from people recently, both imitation guns and air rifles, which in some cases were hard to tell from the real thing.
They included replica semi-automatic pistols and revolvers, sawn-off shotguns and scoped air rifles.
Police said the weapons were impossible to tell from larger calibre guns in the often dark and confusing situations in which police found someone pointing a weapon at another person.
A member of the armed offenders squad who had faced many tense situations involving firearms said it was not worth the public taking risks with imitation weapons because police had to assume the worst.
"You don't have time to second-guess - if you do, you might end up dead," he said.
Anyone 18 years or older can own an airgun, which covers air rifles, air pistols, BB guns, soft air pellet guns and paintball guns.
Anyone under 18 years of age must hold a firearms licence or be under the immediate supervision of a firearms licence holder.
Mr Nicholls said parents must take responsibility for their children's actions when using airguns.
"Ninety-nine per cent of [people who use airguns] use weapons well, when used in the right situations and the right circumstances," he said.
Hunting and Fishing salesman Jesse Stark said there had been a surge in sales of airguns before Christmas.
"Most people were wanting them for pest control around the farm.
"But many parents came in buying them for their kids and when they do, they are given lots of advice about how to operate the firearm," he said.
Anyone buying an air gun from the store was asked to produce photo identification and to explain why they were buying the gun.
"If we didn't like the answer, they didn't get the gun - particularly those planning to shoot dogs and cats, which we see as completely inhumane," Mr Stark said.
Airguns at Hunting and Fishing can retail from $150 to $1000.
Airguns selling on Trade Me range from a $1 reserve for a Marui Hop-Up 6mm BB Gun to a buy-now price of $549 for a piston-driven air rifle.
Of more concern was the number of $2 stores selling imitation guns including BB guns and rifles that, if brandished in low light, could fool many experienced firearms users.
Inquiries at several budget stores around the Waikato revealed that BB guns were selling from between $2 and $30.
Mr Nicholls said many people viewed airguns as a toy - "which of course, they are not, particularly when they are being used inappropriately or in conjunction with alcohol".
"Police are not going to second guess, and nor should they, so our message to the public is that they need to think really really carefully - right down to teenagers with BB guns than can cause situations to escalate."
- Waikato Times
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- Developer: Heavy Iron Studios
- Publisher: Thq
- Genre: Action Platformer
- Release: Oct 27, 2004
- ESRB: Everyone
Defeating Plankton's statues
To defeat the giant statues, hit it on the eye with a Sonic Wave Guitar Attack when it is open. However, they can also attack. The first is easy. It will shoot big molten rocks at you. Wait until half a second after the eye closes and start the Sonic Guitar. It should be open by the time you hit it. The next one is easier. Stand on the platform to the left and its eye will try to shoot you. Jump to the right and use a guitar. The next two are the easiest. There will be enemies guarding them, but they are pushovers. Hit the missiles that they throw at you back at them (via the Macho Karate Spin). Then, one eye will open, attempting to send out more enemies. Just hit the eye. Do the same with the other one. The last one is actually a mini-Boss (although it has no health bar). It takes three hits to defeat it. First, take out the three enemies in the middle platform. then go to the closest platform and kill the enemies as you go. Next, jump on the springboard and prepare for a fight. The conveyors will start moving and the eye will open. It will shoot a laser at the front conveyor belt, and also shoot out a ball of lava. Wait until it is done, then jump to the front belt. immediately use a Sonic Guitar. Do the same thing two more times to win.
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The evening entertainment in the theatre was very poor to say the least (my grand children have given better performaces at school)
The food in the restaurants mediocre with the same menu throughout the whole 14 days with the exeption of the chefs special and that was only one item.on once occasion we were left standing for 20 minutes in the centre of the restaurant waiting for a waiter to call us to our table More we eventually we walked out, this was not the fault of the waiter but the person directing operations.
The shore excusions were over priced compared with other cruise lines
The only saving grace were the bar and restaurant staff they were fantastic !.
.To sum up not the best cruise we have experienced.in future we will go back to cruising with royal carribean,princess and thomsons. Less
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The science of predicting football results
A statistician explains some mathematical models behind predicting results of international soccer games and risks his reputation by trying to guess the winners of the 2010 World Cup. Download the article as a PDF to see the equations and simulation results table.
Predicting football results is a rapidly growing area of academic interest. Economists use models to assess the efficiency of betting markets, operational researchers use models to experiment with the various effects of tournament design, and statisticians showcase their proficiency with advanced statistical techniques by modelling the intricacies of football data.
It is not, of course, just academics who are mining the archives of football scores. Bookmakers live and breathe football prediction models - as do the more committed flutterers. Mistakes cost money and jobs, whilst finding a small advantage can carry great rewards.
Betting markets
In academia, the most common application of football forecasting models is to test for betting market efficiency. The Efficient Markets Hypothesis (EMH) is a cornerstone of financial theory and, in its simplest form, states that an investor should not be able to consistently obtain returns above the average. Finding a forecasting model of football that can generate better-than-average - or even positive - returns usually results in a publication for the academic as an example of a violation of the EMH, but the proprietary nature of the models means that the published ones rarely (if ever) represent the very best models, and even less often generate positive returns consistently.
The best performing models are the reserve of the gambling industry. It is paramount for a bookmaker to set odds at a value that realistically represent the probabilities of a match being won, drawn or lost. If the bookmaker fails to do this, it will risk huge losses.
For instance, Asian bookmakers would think nothing of taking an individual bet of US$200,000 - and regularly receive bets of $400,000 - and a typical weekend in the English Premier League typically attracts $500m turnover in Asia. With such tides of cash being wagered, it is not surprising that bookmakers make use of every possible tool at their disposal - one of them being mathematical models.
A mathematical model is not typically used on its own to set odds. An expert odds-setter is employed to adjust the model-generated odds given any extra information. For example, a typical model might take into account recent results of a team and each team's position in the league only. The odds-setter will then adjust these predicted odds to account for, say, an injury to a star player.
On the other side of the market, are the bettors. Specialist companies offer services to advise clients which bets to make. Maciej Jarowek is a betting consultant for AsianConnect88.com, a betting broker. I asked him for his thoughts on the use of mathematics in the industry. As a bookmaker does, he uses a model to give him a starting point and then adjusts the odds as he sees fit.
Jarowek is an expert on Polish football, and when he finds a discrepancy between his odds and those of the bookmakers, he can choose whether the discrepancy is enough to advise placing a bet. He says the biggest advantage professional gamblers have over the bookmaker is that they do not have to bet on every match - they can pick and choose. Given that Jarowek is one of many professional gamblers working for AsianConnect88.com, and that there are numerous such agencies in operation, it appears there is considerable scope for beating the market.
Compared with other sports, the result of a football match is relatively difficult to predict. Some academics believe this is one of the sources of the popularity of football - fans never really know the outcome of a match before it has happened making watching the game an exciting proposition.
Pundits make careers based on this uncertainty of outcome and spend endless hours contemplating each and every possible event in a match. There are countless upsets in domestic football every weekend, and the World Cup throws up its fair share of giant-killings. Given this inherent unpredictability, how can we make predictions?
There are two broad approaches to modelling football match outcomes. First, one can predict the result directly - whether the result will be a win, a draw or a loss. In this case, the outcome (win, loss, draw) is an ordinal variable (a win is better than a draw which is better than a loss). The model of choice here is an ordinal regression one, such as ordered probit. The output from such a model is the probability of each outcome, so that for an upcoming match one can use the model to calculate the probability of a win, draw or loss.
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An ordered probit
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My model here is based on nearly 9,000 international match results over an eight-year period. The information and the effects on the probability of a team winning a match are:
- Venue - home/away or neutral. A team is more likely to win if at home;
- Distance from capital city to game location. A team is more likely to win the shorter the distance travelled (by fans and the team itself);
- Difference in world ranking between the teams. A higher ranked team is more likely to win;
- Change in world rankings for each team during the previous 12 months. An improving team is more likely to win;
- Type of match, namely: major tournament (World Cup or confederation championship), minor tournament (other FIFA- sanctioned one), qualifier or friendly. Better teams take major tournaments more seriously;
- Past match results. For each game, I use the previous eight results for each team (on average a national team plays eight matches in a 12-month period). In addition to the results, I know the world rankings for each of the eight opposition teams at the time of the game.
Using the information of past results needs a little extra thought. A 1-0 win for a team ranked 200 versus a team ranked 4 clearly represents a better performance than if the teams were ranked 200 and 198 respectively. As a consequence, the past results should be weighted relative to the result and relative to the strength of the opposition. A past performance metric (ppm), which captures this relationship, is given by the formula at the top (left) of this page.
This ppm goes from '-1' to '1', where '-1' represents the worst result possible - the top-ranked team losing to the bottom-ranked team - and '1' represents the worst-ranked team beating the best-ranked team. Note that 204 is the maximum value of the ranking of any team during the period under consideration. The past performance metric is plotted at the top (right) of this page.
(Sshhh - I predict the World Cup winner)
The ordered probit model described above can be used to estimate the probability of each outcome (win/draw/loss) in one match. A bookmaker might use these probabilities to help inform odds-setters, whilst a bettor might use them to assess whether a bet should be placed.
In order to predict the winner of the World Cup 2010, one needs to predict the winner of a series of matches. To do this, I use simulation, and have written code that uses the fitted model of match outcome to simulate the entire tournament. The World Cup starts with eight mini-leagues (groups) of four teams, playing each other once. The first- and second-placed teams in each group then progress to the knockout stages. This tournament structure affects the probability of a team winning.
For example, in the upcoming World Cup, the most likely teams to progress from Group G are Brazil and Portugal. The most likely team to win Group H is Spain. The winners (runners-up) of Group H then meet the runners-up (winners) of group G in the first knockout round. Thus Spain are almost guaranteed a difficult match in the first knockout round. Compare this to Group A favourites, France, who will most likely face the runner-up of Group B. Given Group B favourites, Argentina, are much stronger than the other teams in the group, France (and Argentina) are likely to have less difficult matches in the first knockout stage than Spain, Brazil and Portugal.
It is clear then, that predicting the winners of the tournament overall is not just a case of picking the best team. One needs to take into account the effect of the tournament structure. The results of 100,000 simulated tournaments are shown in the table, left.
Despite their seemingly difficult draws, Spain and Brazil are still first and second in terms of number of wins. The number of wins can easily be converted into a predicted probability of winning the tournament for each team which is shown in the third column of the table (left).
It is interesting to compare the predicted win probabilities with the FIFA World Rankings. France are big movers upwards - possibly because of their easier draw, whilst Portugal fall to ninth favourites, despite being the third-ranked team in the world.
Given that the most frequent use of such a model is to compare the probabilities with those of bookmakers, the fifth and sixth columns of the table give the odds and implied probabilities from Bet365, as at the date I made my predictions (14 May 2010). I have to admit, when I saw the similarities, I was pleased - it confirms the model and simulation exercise give sensible results. However, closer inspection reveals some discrepancies. Disclaimer time: Please note I do not suggest you use these odds to place a bet. The bookies really do know what they are doing and incorporate far more information I have used to inform their odds - they are also paid much more than I am for doing this sort of thing!
It appears the bookmakers think Spain and Brazil are more likely to win than I do, suggesting these are actually not good teams to back (at these odds). This might be because they are protecting themselves against the market which is keen to be on these teams - a similar story is true for England.
France, on the other hand, offers good value - the model suggests the probability of victory is nearly twice the probability assumed by the bookmaker. It will be hard to take for any Republic of Ireland fan, if France were to go on to win the World Cup, given that they were knocked out of the World Cup by France forward Thierry Henry's 21st-century spin on the 'hand of God' goal.
So here it is - I put my neck on the line (at least the model does) to give you some tips, based purely on statistics (not my opinion):
Spain are the tournament favourites, but may not offer value for money. (The more astute reader will recognise this as a bit of a politician's answer: if Spain win, I can say 'I told you they were favourites', whilst if they lose, I can say 'I told you they weren't a good bet - there was an 88.4 per cent probability of them not winning'!)
France to win is a good bet.
I also persuaded Jarowek to give me a tip:
Brazil not to win. (Typically reserved and cautious).
The model's predictions for the latter stages of the tournament are:
QF1: Holland vs Brazil
QF2: France vs England
QF3: Germany vs Argentina
QF4: Italy vs Spain
Semi-final line up:
SF1: Brazil vs France
SF2: Argentina vs Spain
Brazil vs. Spain
Pretty obvious really! I should say that, although my reputation as a statistician rests on these tips being reasonably good, I will be cheering on my native England no matter whom the opposition. I wait in anticipation for kick-off on 11 June...
Further information:
Download the article as a PDF to see the equations and simulation results table.
Hot tips: the E&T panel gives its World cup predictions
E&T has gathered a panel of four experts – people with a professional or personal interest in the science of predictions – to kindly stick their neck out and state who they judge will be involved at the latter stages of the tournament – and who, above all, will claim the cup.
Dr Ian McHale
Dr Ian McHale is a Senior Lecturer in Statistics at the University of Salford. His research interests include statistics in sports and the study of gambling markets. If he had known footballers and golfers earned so much money, he would have ignored his parents and concentrated less on maths at school and more on his sporting activities. Still, mathematical models no doubt came in handy for the predictions here.
Winner: Spain
Finalists: Spain and Brazil
Semi Finalists: Spain, Brazil, Argentina and France.
David Williams
David Williams is head of PR and official spokesman at Ladbrokes plc, a leading retail bookmaker in the UK, Ireland, Belgium and Spain with over 2,700 high-street betting shops. Ladbrokes' share of the global betting and gaming market brings in revenues of over £1bn, with £15bn worth of stakes placed with the company in 2009. Utilising state-of-the-art technology, Ladbrokes is able to react quickly to fluctuations in the global gambling market, and Williams tapped in to this technology to select his final four teams.
Winner: Spain
Finalists: Spain and Brazil
Semi Finalists: Spain, Brazil, England and Argentina
Chris Day
Goalkeeper Chris Day started his career at Tottenham Hotspur before moving to Crystal Palace and then to Watford under one-time England manager Graham Taylor. Spells with QPR, Oldham and Millwall followed before Day joined Stevenage Borough FC. Day has based his predictions on his football knowledge – including the surprise elimination of tournament favourites Spain, reasoning that the runner-up in Group G is likely to be Portugal, who would then give Spain a real test in the next match. With Ronaldo in their side, Portugal will be no pushovers.
Winner: Brazil
Finalists: Brazil and Argentina
Semi Finalists: Brazil, Argentina, England and Holland
Laura Daligan
'Psychic, artist and pin-up' Laura Daligan specialises in tarot card readings and dream interpretations. She is also a colour healer, using her artistic skills to help people find the right colours for their wardrobes, homes and personal style. "I feel England will do well," she says. "As semi finalists, I am getting England, Brazil; Argentina will do well but their game is not stable. Spain will also do well. I'm getting an already-established world cup team, the colour red and a macho manager for the winning team. That suggests Spain. Korea and Japan will also have some interesting games."
Winner: Spain
Finalists: Brazil and Spain
Semi Finalists: England, Brazil, Argentina and Spain
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Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee resigned on Thursday to President Abd al-Kalam, who asked him to remain as caretaker premier until a new government is formed.
"We accept the people's mandate with all politeness," said Venkaiah Naidu, president of Vajpayee's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had been confident of securing a new term in the early election.
The Congress party, led by Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born heir to India's most famous political dynasty, said it will ask Abd al-Kalam, the ceremonial head of state, to let it form a new government.
Congress, which left power in 1996 after ruling India for 45 years, was to meet late on Thursday to decide on its choice for prime minister with many pushing for Gandhi, the 57-year-old widow of slain former premier Rajiv Gandhi.
Rural appeal
Gandhi campaign proved to be successful by appealing to the rural poor.
Voting was largely peaceful throughout the country
Opposition groups systematically denounced Gandhi during the campaign, saying she was still a foreigner even if she only ever appears in Indian dress and speaks in fluent, if accented, Hindi.
With 465 of the 543 seats declared by the Election Commission, Congress and its allies had won 190 seats compared with 164 for Vajpayee's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its partners.
The balance will be held largely by populist regional parties whose support will be crucial for a stable government.
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The BJP, which has led coalitions since 1998 as the first avowedly Hindu party to rule secular India, called the election five months ahead of schedule to capitalise on 79-year-old Vajpayee's popularity and booming economic growth.
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"It has cost it the support of a very large section of the population. The sympathy and concern for the hardships of the poor were not reflected in the BJP's policies," he said.
India's historic rival Pakistan expressed hope that the new government will proceed with a dialogue between the two countries initiated last year by Vajpayee, who declared he was on his last bid to make peace in South Asia.
Congress spokesman Anand Sharma told AFP the party "is committed to working towards creating lasting peace in the region."
At the headquarters of Congress, which led India to independence from Britain, a huge balloon shaped as an open palm, the 119-year-old party's symbol, dropped to the ground as supporters lit firecrackers.
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Sonia and Rajiv's son, Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday became the fourth-generation MP from the dynasty.
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Conducting its third meeting in three weeks Thursday evening, the group focused its attention on the financial feasibility of the shelter and the creation of a Steering Committee to guide future decisions.
The first issue "sounds uncertain," admitted Bob Sedlack, one of the major volunteers along with fellow retired professors Walker Gilmer, John Dittmer and retired former St. Andrew's Rector William Wieland.
The second agenda item seems to have fallen nicely into place. Such community stalwarts as Ken Heeke, Chuck Schroeder, Ruth Ralph, Alan Barber, David English, Dave Bohmer, Bob Jedele and Jerry Lewis have joined the previously mentioned quartet to essentially comprise a Steering Committee that has agreed to continue meeting.
The group also agreed to further engage retired Bloomington shelter director Joel Rekas in continued exploration of local homeless shelter situation and its future.
To this point, Rekas, who since last September has been involved in researching A-Way Home operations and the potential for a future revival or creation of a replacement shelter, has been paid a stipend by Gilmer, Sedlack, Wieland and Dittmer.
The ad hoc committee suggested the group explore using $7,500 in leftover funds allocated to A-Way Home by the United Way to both pay Rekas and possibly fund a feasibility study.
The need for the feasibility study seems obvious to committee members.
"You don't reopen unless you have a sustainability plan -- bottom line," Bohmer asserted.
Rekas' original blueprint suggested a $187,000 first-year budget. However, it did not offer a plan for raising that kind of money.
"Joel wants the leadership to come from the community," Sedlack said. "When we bring Joel back, we have to define what we need him to do."
To that end, the cadre of community leaders offered a number of questions that need answers before proceeding much further with a project Gilmer and others hope to see revived by the Sept. 9 anniversary date of the shelter closing.
Is it sustainable? If not, how can services be done? How can it go about becoming a satellite agency? Is it more feasible to partner regionally with Parke, Clay or Owen counties, for example?
"To be fair," Bohmer pointed out, "haven't we answered the first question? We're not self-sustaining."
Heeke agreed. "History has proven that," he said.
History has also showed that A-Way Home had a good track record of securing local donations to help augment its overall budget.
From 2004-2011, donations to the shelter were never less than $42,773 annually, and that number was last year, when closing came in the ninth month.
Four times in recent years, former shelter Director Debbie Zigler, who has reportedly resigned recently at head of the Housing Authority, and her board were able to raise more than $50,000 (2007, 2008 and a high of $52,526 in 2009).
"I'm impressed by that," offered Schroeder, who is executive director of Putnam County Comprehensive Services and knows more than a little about fundraising.
Ralph suggested the committee certainly has assets to offer a potential future partner.
"We have a site," she said. "We have a history of fundraising and a will to do it ... that we have a place is huge."
The committee has pondered ultimately redefining that space to serve families without co-mingling them with single homeless men.
Regardless, focusing on servicing their needs is the issue.
Sedlack said he has had recent reports of homeless people living in a tent and their cars, as well as several bunking with friends and relatives whenever and wherever possible.
"Judy Miller (Food Pantry director) said she has been giving food to eight families that are homeless," he said.
Ralph offered another heart-tugging example of need.
"We have families that are homeless and we can't have them sleeping in the laundromat," she said, explaining that such a situation had apparently been occurring recently until the business owner put a stop to it.
"We have to do something," Ralph stressed.
As it has since the shelter issue emerged, the need seems quite obvious to the community and the committee. How to address it over the long term remains the quandary.
The group has volunteered to continue pursuing long-term possibilities with tentative plans to meet again at 5 p.m. Thursday in the basement conference room at the Putnam Partnership Center, 2 S. Jackson St., Greencastle.


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NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwired) -- 09/26/13 -- The Women's Media Center announced its honorees for The 2013 Women's Media Awards on Tuesday October 8th at 583 Park Avenue in New York City. Lily Tomlin will host the event.
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- Mary Thom (in memoriam), author, Ms. Magazine editor, and Online Features Editor for The Women's Media Center.
The Women's Media Awards recognize and honor game-changers for women in media. By deciding who gets to talk, what creates the debate, who writes, and what is important enough to be visible, the media shapes our understanding of who we are and what we can be. The Women's Media Awards shine a light on this important issue.
Pat Mitchell, President & CEO of The Paley Center for Media and Founding Co-Chair of The Women's Media Center, will present the Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award to Christiane Amanpour. "I admire Christiane for so many reasons...she's brave, courageous, committed, compassionate, and approaches her life and her work with unusual vigor and discipline," says Pat Mitchell. "Through a career characterized by reports from the most dangerous places on earth to the offices of the most powerful leaders and policy makers, Christiane's insistent pursuit of the truth has shaped a better understanding of the world in times where that understanding has been needed most. Her body of work as a journalist and the values that clearly define her choices as a journalist and as a woman, inspire and serve as a model for all journalists, and all women, on their path to a life of purpose and to work that matters and makes a difference."
Jane Fonda, two-time Academy® Award-winning actress, humanitarian, activist and Co-Founder of The Women's Media Center, will present the Social Media Award. The honoree is selected online by a group of ten distinguished digital journalists, bloggers, and thought leaders. "Social media has brought news and differing perspectives to the world and changed the conversation," says Jane Fonda. "It is where the power to make significant change exists today."
Robin Morgan, best-selling author and award winning poet, Co-Founder of The Women's Media Center, and Host of WMC's Live with Robin Morgan, will present the Multi-Media Award for Groundbreaking Contribution to Women, History and America to the acclaimed PBS series MAKERS, The landmark documentary and digital platform featuring the largest video archive of thousands of women and their compelling stories.
"It's fitting that the first ever Women's Media Center Multi-Media Award goes to MAKERS," says Robin Morgan. "This project -- a decade in the making -- is an incredible, multi-faceted accomplishment. It finally makes visible the U.S. Women's Movement in all its power and diversity, and by so doing strengthens both journalism and democracy itself."
Gloria Steinem, Co-Founder of The Women's Media Center, will present the Visionary Role Model and Corporate Leader Award to Sheila C. Johnson. "Sheila is a true trailblazer in the world of media," says Gloria Steinem. "She has used her power and vision to change the landscape of media as we know it."
Carol Jenkins, former President of the Women's Media Center, will present the Carol Jenkins Emerging Journalist Award to Maria Teresa Kumar. "I have been so impressed by Maria Teresa, a deft and credible participant in news analysis, ever since we met," says Carol Jenkins. "We're proud to say she is one of ours -- a graduate of WMC's Progressive Women's Voices Media Leadership program. She has used her command of the media to build one of this country's best organizations, while at the same time exhibiting a consistently reliable expertise in political, social justice and economic matters. Hers is an invaluable voice in media."
Martha Nelson, Editor-in-Chief of Time Inc., Co-Chair of the Women's Media Awards, and a former Women's Media Center honoree, will present the Mary Thom Art of Editing Award to the family of Mary Thom. "I am pleased to help introduce this new WMC award for editing -- a rare opportunity to recognize the career of a brilliant editor and to highlight the often unsung work of editors across all media," says Martha Nelson. "Great editors are like conductors, who can coach and coax an individual to greater performance at the same time they work to orchestrate the whole. This award brings that complex role and the individuals that conceive, nurture and shape stories, working tirelessly without bylines or applause, into the spotlight."
The Co-Chairs for The 2013 Women's Media Awards are Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, Gloria Steinem, Gayle King, Loreen Arbus, Pat Mitchell, Martha Nelson, Carol Jenkins, Jewelle Bickford, Lauren Embrey, Jodie Evans and Gloria Feldt.
The 2013 Women's Media Award Honorary Committee is Christine Baranski, Candice Bergen, Suzanne Braun Levine, Tina Brown, Jennifer Buffett, Graydon Carter, Gail Collins, David Corn, Ann Curry, Rosario Dawson, Laura Dern, Linda Ellerbee, Sally Field, Sandra Fluke, Maya Harris, Anne Hathaway, Goldie Hawn, Sarah Jones, Catherine Keener, Christine Lahti, Diane Lane, Cindi Leive, Andrea Mitchell, Geneva Overholser, Anna Quindlen, Cecile Richards, Marlene Sanders, Regina Kulik Scully, Lesley Stahl, Martha Stewart, Michael Stipe, Marlo Thomas, Kathleen Turner, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Barbara Walters, Maggie Wilderotter and Julie Zeilinger.
The Women's Media Center
The Women's Media Center works to make women visible and powerful in media. The Women's Media Center trains women experts to be in the media; does groundbreaking research and reporting on media inclusion and accuracy; produces media style guides, such as the first ever to cover reproductive issues (especially important now that reproductive freedom is under attack in states across the country); and documents and reports sexualized violence as a tool of war in Syria and other conflict regions. Its publication, The Status of Women in U.S. Media Report, is now the industry standard on where women stand, and serves as a map to where women need to go.
"The Women's Media Center exists to change the status of women in media. Because 51 percent of our population is women, and only 3 percent of all clout positions in media are held by women, the Women's Media Center Awards were created to honor champions for women who use their media platforms to tell the stories, facts, and solutions crucial to all viewers, and to advance opportunities for women in media," says Julie Burton, President of the Women's Media Center. "Because media tells our stories and influences the role of women in every part of society, we are proud to honor these amazing women who set the standard for what media should look like when it gives voice to the female half of the country."
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Accuvant, the Authoritative Source for information security, today announced that Jason Clark, chief security and strategy officer, Jamie Gamble, principal consultant, and Tim West, senior consultant, will speak at the RSA USA 2014 Conference. The trio will address topics such as data-centric cloud security, risk management in the insurance industry, and improving medical device security. The event is scheduled to take place from February 24 through February 26, 2014 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
"Information security threats continue to evolve and increase as our society becomes more and more reliant on technology, and those with malicious intent see more and more opportunity for potential gain," said Steve Perkins, Accuvant's senior vice president of marketing. "The RSA Conference is an extremely important venue for information security leaders. It allows them to come together to learn from one another so they can continue to advance their art, craft and science."
Accuvant experts will participate in the following presentations at this year's RSA Conference:
Adventures in Insurance Land: Weaknesses in Risk Pricing and Alternatives
|Jamie Gamble and Tim West will cover the current issues facing the cyber insurance industry, and provide possible solutions to help advance insurance pricing and corporate risk management.
|Wednesday, February 26, 2014; 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
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|Jason Clark will co-present this session during which he will discuss the current trends in security – social, cloud, big data and mobile – and present a data-centric strategy to secure and enable the business to leverage these trends.
|Wednesday, February 26, 2014; 10:40 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.
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|Jamie Gamble and Tim West will discuss the weaknesses seen in medical device security and ways manufacturers and practitioners can best secure their environments.
|Thursday, February 27, 2014; 10:40 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.
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Media wishing to interview any Accuvant experts are encouraged to contact Susan Vaillancourt at [email protected] or 603.459.8906.
About Accuvant
Accuvant is the Authoritative Source for information security. Since 2002, the company has served more than 5,500 clients, including nearly half of the Fortune 500 and more than 900 educational institutions and government entities. Headquartered in Denver, Accuvant has offices across the United States and Canada and has the largest and most skilled team of technical security professionals in the world – Accuvant LABS. For more information, please visit www.accuvant.com.
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Mark your calendar! Next weekend the City of San Antonio's Solid Waste Management Department will sponsor the annual City Wide Cleanup Day from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at various locations across the city. …
Recycle at Celebrate San Antonio
It's time to ring in the new year. With the new year comes a great opportunity for you to make the pledge to make this the "greenest" year for you and your family. One of the biggest parties in San …


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For more information about Howie and Loki, visit the Humane Society of Lewisville at hsltexas.org.
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