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The family that 'plays' together …
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The Island Park Theatre Group had been rehearsing a new production of "Smokey Joe's Cafe" at Lincoln Orens Middle School. The show was to open November 9, but Superstorm Sandy had other plans. Undaunted, the cast is looking for a new venue for the show. According to Director and Choreographer Sal Canepa, Island Park has supported IPTG for years and now it's time for the cast and crew to give back. This show will be a fundraiser for various organizations in Island Park that suffered damaged. All previously purchased tickets will be honored. If you know of a venue please contact IPTG at (516) 554 6295. The rescheduling of Smokey Joe's Cafe will be announced in this paper.
This story orginally ran in the Nov. 1 issue of the Herald. Now, more than ever, do we appreciate family — those we were born into, and those we make along the way.- Mary Malloy
John, Lionel, Ethel and Drew Barrymore. Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh and Jamie-Lee Curtis. Henry, Peter and Jane Fonda. Lynn and Vanessa Redgrave — and don't forget Long Island's own Baldwin brothers.
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*Tactile Sensing—From Humans to Humanoids. Dahiya, R.S. Metta, G. Valle, M. Sandini, G., Feb 2010, Volume: 26 Issue: 1. On page(s): 1 - 20 [http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/login.jsp?url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fstamp%2Fstamp.jsp%3Ftp%3D%26arnumber%3D5339133&authDecision=-203 link]
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Administrative Stuff
Machine Learning:
- We will be meeting in HRL every Wednesday at noon.
- Feel free to bring lunch and/or other snackies.
Force Control of Manipulators:
- We will meet on Mondays at 11:00.
Machine Learning:
- 6/9/2010: Jan Peters, Sethu Vijayakumar, Stefan Schaal. Reinforcement Learning for Humanoid Robotics. International Conference on Humanoid Robots 2003. pdf
- 6/11/2010, 6/16/2010 Kober, J.; Peters, J. (2009). Learning Motor Primitives for Robotics, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) pdf
- Peter Pastor's slides on Dynamic Motor Primitives
- Background paper on DMP (skip to page 435) pdf
- Why DMP? Refer to bullets on page 10 & 11 of pdf
- 6/23/2010 Jens Kober, and Jan Peters. Policy Search for Motor Primitives in Robotics. NIPS 2008 pdf
- 6/30/2010 Thomas Ruckstieb, Martin Felder, Jurgen Schmidhuber. State-Dependent Exploration for Policy Gradient Methods. Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Database (2008) pdf
Force Control of Manipulators:
- Jun 21, 2010: J.K. Salisbury, "Active stiffness control of a manipulator in Cartesian coordinates," Proc. 19th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 1980.
- Jun 25, 2010:
- Look at the thumbnail, Notes from JK Salisbury paper.
- Stuart Glaser's (Stu's) controller: There's no paper. For citations, please cite the wiki page for the teleop_controllers package and the stack version (pr2_cockpit 0.1). The best reference for how it works is the code (attached). The controller is a riff off of "Simplified Acceleration Based Control Variation 1" from this paper (Comparative experiments on task space control with redundancy resolution by Nakanishi, Cory, Mistry, Peters and Schaal, IROS 2005)
- July 1, 2010:
Elegant and simple, yet complete derivation for one link is in this paper (pdf)
Authors to Read
Machine Learning:
- Jan Peters: http://www-clmc.usc.edu/~jrpeters/
- Willow Peeps
- Fernando De la Torre
- Stefan Schaal: http://www-clmc.usc.edu/~sschaal/
- Chris Atkeson: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~cga/
- Martin Stolle and Christopher Atkeson. Finding and transferring policies using stored behaviors. Autonomous Robots pdf
- Chad Jenkins: http://www.cs.brown.edu/~cjenkins/
- Aude Billard: http://lasa.epfl.ch/people/member.php?SCIPER=115671
- Christian Ott: http://www.robotic.de/Christian.Ott/
Force Control of Manipulators:
For initial background
- Neville Hogan
- Ken Salisbury
- D.E. Whitney
- Oussama Khatib: http://cs.stanford.edu/groups/manips/publications
Suggested Papers
Machine Learning:
- Fernando De la Torre's component analysis paper.
- Choon Hui Teo, S. V. N. Vishwanathan, Alex J. Smola, and Quoc V. Le. Bundle Methods for Regularized Risk Minimization. Journal of Machine Learning Research, 11:311–365, January 2010. pdf
- Jan Peters, Stefan Schaal. Policy Gradient Methods for Robotics. IROS 2006. pdf
- Jan Peters, Stefan Schall. Learning to Control in Operational Space. IJRR 08. download from library website
- Todd Hester, Michael Quinlan, and Peter Stone. Generalized Model Learning for Reinforcement Learning on a Humanoid Robot. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2010. pdf video related work
- Jonas Buchli, Evangelos Theodorou, Freek Stulp, Stefan Schaal. Variable Impedance Control A Reinforcement Learning Approac. Robotic Systems Science. pdf
- Detry,R.; Baseski, E.; Popovic, M.; Touati, Y.; Krueger, N.; Kroemer, O.; Peters, J.; Piater, J. (2010). Learning Continuous Grasp Affordances by Sensorimotor Exploration, From Motor Learning to Interaction Learning in Robots, Springer Verlag, 264. pdf
Force Control of Manipulators:
Skin Sensing
- Tactile Sensing—From Humans to Humanoids. Dahiya, R.S. Metta, G. Valle, M. Sandini, G., Feb 2010, Volume: 26 Issue: 1. On page(s): 1 - 20 link
- Tactile Sensing and Control of Robotic Manipulation. Robert D. Howe. Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.
Task-relevant Perception
- Kei Okada, Mitsuharu Kojima, Satoru Tokutsu, Yuto Mori, Toshiaki Maki, Masayuki Inaba : "Task Guided Attention Control and Visual Verification in Tea Serving by the Daily Assistive Humanoid HRP2JSK", In Proceedings of The 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2008), pp 1551-1557, 2008. ((The 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems Best Robocup Award)) pdf
- Kei Okada, Mitsuharu Kojima, Yuichi Sagawa, Toshiyuki Ichino, Kenji Sato, Masayuki Inaba : "Vision based behavior verification system of humanoid robot for daily environment tasks", 2006 6th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2006), pp 7-12, 2006. (2006 6th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots Best Paper Award) pdf


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By Mischa E. Thompson, Policy Advisor
Moving into the 21st century, racism and discrimination continue to be a problem throughout the fifty-six European, North American, and Central Asian countries that make up the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), including in the United States. Recent reports by the OSCE, European Union's Fundamental Rights Agency (2008, 2007), and European Network Against Racism have found that racial minorities and increasingly migrants are the targets of hate crimes and racial/ethnic profiling, in addition to experiencing discrimination in employment, housing, education, and other areas. Political parties espousing anti-migrant and racist positions are also on the rise, with the potential to undermine current efforts to implement tolerance and nondiscrimination initiatives throughout the region.
Efforts to address these problems over the years have resulted in the development of multi-lateral instruments to stem the tide of racial discrimination. The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) is often considered a premier international instrument in this area. Adopted by the United Nations in 1965 and entering force in 1969, over 173 countries including the United States, have agreed to have their government policies reviewed to determine if they create or perpetuate racial discrimination. ICERD defines racial discrimination as "any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, color, descent, or national or ethnic origin which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life." According to the treaty, countries are required to amend or repeal laws and regulations deemed to be discriminatory and are allowed to introduce positive measures such as affirmative action when necessary. As such, countries are obligated to protect against inequality and discrimination in the enjoyment of human rights, including in the areas of education, housing, criminal justice, health, voting, labor, etc.
While the 1975 Helsinki Final Act requires its members to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms "without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion," no review mechanism comparable to the ICERD currently exists within the OSCE. In recent years, the OSCE participating States have urged ratification of the ICERD (e.g., Copenhagen 1990, Helsinki 1992, Maastricht 2003), adopted complimentary initiatives such as the Annual Hate Crimes Report, and conducted consultations and other activities within the United Nations on relevant initiatives. The ICERD and its implementing committee, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), therefore continue to remain a primary resource in outlining and determining the success of OSCE countries' efforts to eliminate racial discrimination. For this reason, the 2008 CERD review of the United States and the status of U.S. efforts to combat racial discrimination were widely followed.
From February 18 to March 7, 2008 the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) held its seventy-second session in Geneva, Switzerland. The Committee of eighteen independent experts, including a U.S. representative, is charged with periodically reviewing the performance of the 173 countries that have signed and ratified ICERD. During the seventy-second session, the Committee reviewed anti-discrimination efforts undertaken by the Governments of the United States, Fiji, Italy, Belgium, Nicaragua, Moldova, and the Dominican Republic. The United States appeared before the Committee on February 22 and 23 after having submitted a report in April 2007 on its efforts to eliminate racial discrimination after last appearing before the Committee in 2001. Over four hundred U.S. non-government organizations (NGOs) also compiled and submitted a "Shadow Report" to the Committee, which provided supplementary independent information in addition to the government perspective.
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The review began with the United States noting the continuing problem and challenges of combating racial discrimination, but disagreeing with the Committee's views on causes and solutions. Ambassador Tichenor stated that, "the United States supported the elimination of racial discrimination at home and abroad [...] and had made significant progress in improving race relations in the past [and] continued to work actively to eliminate racial and ethnic discrimination. However, challenges still existed, and a great deal of work remained to be done." The United States then went on to argue that the causes of continuing racial disparities were poverty and other socio-economic variables, including poor choices made by minorities and discriminatory actions by non-state actors, as opposed to institutionalized practices stemming from past unjust government policies (e.g., slavery, segregation). The United States further argued that it should not bare the primary responsibility for addressing racial disparities because it was not solely responsible for creating the current situation. To bolster this argument, the United States also argued that the Committee's interpretation of the intent of the ICERD was incorrect in terms of the government needing to play the lead role in combating racial discrimination and disparities. (Find excerpts from the U.S. statements at the end of this report.)
This line of argument caused the Committee to question whether the United States still possessed the political will to comply with its ICERD commitments. Indeed, much of the proceedings involved Committee members reiterating the commitments ICERD countries have undertaken as signatories, including to augment laws and regulations which "have the effect of creating or perpetuating racial discrimination wherever it exists." Confusion was expressed as to why the U.S. government had supported efforts to end affirmative action in schools, while simultaneously highlighting the existence of racial disparities in all sectors of U.S. society. Further puzzlement was displayed as to why the United States was arguing against playing a lead role in combating discrimination, while at the same time introducing widely acclaimed new initiatives to combat discrimination such as the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's E-RACE Initiative and National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities. The Committee also questioned the status of and anticipated plans for other U.S. efforts to address de facto discrimination, manifested by racial profiling, lack of equal access to quality housing, healthcare, and education, the failure to preserve Native American land rights and return Hurricane Katrina victims to their homes.
Committee members also expressed disappointment in the United States. Several Committee members noted that they viewed the U.S. civil rights movement and resulting policies to address past inequities such as affirmative action, as models for policies they were considering and/or using in their own countries to address human rights concerns stemming from inequities and historical injustices. In some cases, these policies were developed following consultations with the U.S. government. Indeed, the Colombian Committee member remarked that he had participated in a visit to the United States as part of an Afro-Colombian delegation invited to view U.S. programs to combat racial discrimination.
Members of the Committee also requested that the United States participate in the 2009 Durban Review Conference, a follow-up to the 2001 World Conference Against Racism, as a means for continuing the conversation on eliminating racial discrimination. The United States responded that it had withdrawn negotiators from the first Durban Conference "because of pervasive anti-Semitism in its discussions" and would make a decision regarding participation at a later date.
A summary of the U.S. Review before the Committee and Concluding Observations of the Committee included recommendations to the United States in areas ranging from affirmative action and immigration to voter disenfranchisement and the rights of Native Americans and tribal peoples. This includes a request for an interim report due in February 2009 on how the United States has implemented the Committee's recommendations regarding: 1) racial profiling and counterterrorism efforts impacting Arab, Muslim, South Asian and others, 2) protecting Western Shoshone lands, 3) efforts to return displaced Hurricane Katrina victims, 4) decreasing minority youth imprisonment rates, and 5) organizing training programs and other initiatives to make government officials and parties at the state and local levels aware of U.S. responsibilities under the ICERD. This last point was repeatedly raised by the civil society shadow delegation. In particular they were concerned by "U.S. exceptionalism" – or the perception that United States tells other nations to abide by international human rights laws, but refuses to comply with those laws itself. The Committee also called for greater consultation and cooperation between the U.S. government and civil society in preparation of its next report due in November 2011 following concerns that civil society was not sufficiently consulted during the drafting of the 2007 report.
Also, of relevance in addressing global efforts to eradicate racial discrimination was the seventh annual meeting of the United Nations Working Group on People of African Descent (WGPAD). Formed in April 2002, the Working Group studies and proposes solutions to the problems of racial discrimination faced by people of African descent living in the Diaspora, with a focus on improving their human rights situation. The Working Group met for its seventh Annual Session on January 14 to 18th, where it reviewed its proceedings of the past seven years on thematic issues that impact the experiences of persons of African descent in the following areas: administration of justice, media, equal access to quality education, employment, health, housing, participation in political, economic, and social sectors, racial profiling, and the empowerment of women of African descent. The WGPAD seventh Annual Session focused on the development of recommendations based upon these past sessions as a UN requirement in preparation for the 2009 Durban Review Conference. The United States participated as an Observer at the meeting. The Final Recommendations included calls for countries to: develop and/or adopt national action plans and monitoring bodies to combat racism and assist victims, address racial profiling and other disparities in the criminal justice system, introduce socio-economic data collection methods that include African descendants, counter negative media stereotypes, develop a best practices report and index on racial equality, and create a fund to support NGO participation in future WGPAD activities and meetings. The next WGPAD meeting is scheduled for January 12-14th and will focus on youth.
Within the OSCE context, the WGPAD holds special importance as the only multilateral entity focused on the human rights situation of the more than five million persons that make up the African descendant or Black European population. In recent years, partially as a result of their high visibility in European countries, Blacks have increasingly become the targets of hate crimes and experienced discrimination in education, employment, housing, and other sectors. Additionally, Blacks are often the targets of anti-immigrant campaigns, including racial profiling, regardless of their citizenship (see also U.S. Helsinki Commission Hearing The State of (In)visible Black Europe: Race, Rights, and Politics).
Initiatives such as the CERD and WGPAD have been critical to maintaining a global focus on countries' efforts to monitor and combat racial discrimination in line with their human rights commitments. Additionally, they compliment OSCE efforts in this area such as this year's OSCE Supplementary Meetings in Vienna on Roma and national institutions to fight discrimination against minorities and migrants. Because of the role promoting equality and non-discrimination plays in the protection of human rights and ensuring peace and security in the OSCE region, the U.S. Helsinki Commission has also increased its focus in this area (see specific activities below).
U.S. Helsinki Commission Related Activities during the 110th Congress
25 SEPT 2008 Hastings Urges Increased Support for Combating Racism and Discrimination against Blacks and Other Minorities in Europe (Press Release/Resolution)
17 JULY 2008 Racism and Xenophobia: The Role of Governments in Addressing Continuing Challenges (Article)
16 JULY 2008 Racism in the 21st Century: Understanding Global Challenges and Implementing Solutions (Hearing)
15 JULY 2008 Italian Fingerprinting Targeting Romani Communities Triggers Protests; OSCE Pledges Fact-Finding (Article)
13 JUNE 2008 Fighting Anti-Muslim Discrimination (Briefing)
29 MAY 2008 Hastings Remarks – OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on National Institutions against Discrimination in Combating Racism and Xenophobia
15 MAY 2008 Hate in the Information Age (Briefing)
9 MAY 2008 Los Angeles: The Regional Impacts and Opportunities of Migration (Hearing)
29 APRIL 2008 The State of (In)visible Black Europe: Race, Rights, and Politics (Hearing)
7 MAR 2008 Helsinki Co-Chairs Hastings and Cardin Call for US to Step Up Efforts to End Racial Discrimination (Press Release)
Recognizing the enduring value of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) as a cornerstone of global efforts to combat racial discrimination and uphold human rights, and for other purposes (Resolution)
7 FEB 2008 Taking Stock: Combating Anti-Semitism in the OSCE Region (Part 2) (Hearing)
Taking Stock: Combating Anti-Semitism in the OSCE Region (Hearing)
3 DEC 2007 Continuing the Fight: Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims (Article)
6 NOV 2007 Combating Hate Crimes and Discrimination in the OSCE (Briefing)
13 AUG 2007 Sustaining the fight: Combating Anti-Semitism and other forms of intolerance within the OSCE (Article)
7 JUNE 2007 Hastings Opening Session Remarks – OSCE High Level Conference on Combating Discrimination and Promoting Mutual Respect and Understanding, Bucharest, Romania
Hastings Session 4 Remarks – OSCE High Level Conference on Combating Discrimination and Promoting Mutual Respect and Understanding, Bucharest, Romania
Related Articles, Reports, and Events (in order as mentioned in article):
Hate Crimes in the OSCE Region – Incidents and Responses (2008)
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights Annual Report (2008 and 2007)
European Network Against Racism Shadow Reports on Racism in Europe (2008)
The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD)
CERD 72nd Session (Feb 18- March 7, 2008)
U.S. Government Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) Report
U.S. NGOs Shadow Report
US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's E-RACE Initiative
National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities
2009 Durban Review Conference
United Nations Summary of U.S. CERD Review
CERD U.S. Concluding Observations
UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Sustainable Policies for Roma and Sinti Integration
OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on National Institutions against Discrimination in Combating Racism and Xenophobia
Excerpts from statements made by the U.S. delegation to the CERD.
"It is important to distinguish between those instances where disparate outcomes are caused by racial discrimination, and those instances where disparities are a consequence of something else (e.g., class, poverty, socioeconomic circumstances, and/or cultural factors [...] situations where there is a simply a correlation between poor outcomes and race, rather than causation. [...] It has consequences regarding who bears primary responsibility for taking the lead on eliminating racial disparities. And if it's government, it affects the breadth and nature of the tools that government has at its disposal to solve the disparity problem [...] when a poor outcome that correlates with race is caused by actual discrimination, government bears the immediate burden of acting [...] when other factors drive the disparate outcomes [...] individuals and organizations will need to participate to help devise and implement effective solutions" - Ralph Boyd, Private Sector Advisor, Executive Vice President Community Relations, Freddie Mac Chairman and CEO, Freddie Mac Foundation, February 22, 2008
"[Katrina] is an instance where racial minorities bore disproportionately the housing and health care burdens [...] a situation where government alone couldn't [...] achieve solutions… The results of certain of these public/private partnerships are not final [...] but prospects are promising… The programs provide comprehensive services [...] to progress, from a situation of merely surviving, to a state of being self-sufficient, to eventually putting them on a path that moves them in a direction of having aspirations and even expectations of becoming prosperous." - Ralph Boyd, Private Sector Advisor, Executive Vice President Community Relations, Freddie Mac Chairman and CEO, Freddie Mac Foundation, February 22, 2008
"Evidence for intentional racial discrimination is equivocal; some studies show effects of the race of the victim, but others show none [...] With regard to the racial dimension of life in prison without parole, I reiterate that disparate impacts are not per se evidence of racial discrimination. That is, there is no proof of causation that life in prison without parole is imposed on juveniles because of their race." - Laurence Rothenberg, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Legal Policy, Department of Justice, February 22, 2008
"[...] the debate should not shift from a focus on victims and the communities devastated by crack to a focus on how the law punishes those who commit serious crimes. [...] The success we are experiencing in some of our most fragile, formerly crack-ravaged communities will be seriously interrupted if these communities are forced to absorb a disproportionate number of convicted felons, who are statistically among the most likely persons to re-offend." - Laurence Rothenberg, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Legal Policy, Department of Justice, February 22, 2008
"[...] the United States reiterates its view that decisions concerning when special measures are warranted and what type of measures are left to the judgment and discretion of each State Party. The U.S. position is that special measures taken for the sole purpose of securing adequate advancement of certain racial or ethnic groups or individuals requiring such protection may or may not in themselves be race-based." - Laurence Rothenberg, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Legal Policy, Department of Justice, February 22, 2008
"Incarceration rates are 'possible indicators' of racial discrimination, they are not proof of such discrimination. Many other factors contribute, if not cause, such disparities. [...] There are limits to the ability of the government to address some of the causes of disparate outcomes, which require efforts at all levels of society. [...] Although there is, no doubt, racism to be found among certain individual actors in the U.S. criminal justice system, the overarching apparent disparate impact is more likely the result of what Harvard sociologist William Julius Wilson calls 'structural' causes such as underlying social, economic, and cultural factors, as well as what he labeled 'behavioral' factors – behavioral choices by the persons involved." - Laurence Rothenberg, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Legal Policy, Department of Justice, February 22, 2008
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The Partner Program Insider
Whether you're looking to create a new partnership or simply see what the competition has to offer, the following guide will provide you with a handy reference tool for evaluating and comparing the channel programs of many of the leading vendors in the IT industry. Additionally, we've checked with readers and industry experts to put together what we believe is a collection of articles that are relevant to very real trends and opportunities for 2011 and beyond.
Vendor Profiles
Automatic Identification
Located in Brunswick, OH, Tharo Systems has been a world leader in the automatic identification industry since 1982. Tharo is the author of EASYLABEL®, the best selling and most powerful label design software on the planet. There have been nearly 100,000 copies sold with sales in almost every country in the world.
Bar Code Labeling
|Niceware® International sells and supports the NiceLabel® family of bar code labeling software products and the LabelClinic® family of healthcare identification products. Headquartered in Brookfield, WI, Niceware is uniquely positioned to deliver high-value, feature-rich software products combined with industry-leading support and services to our valued integration and value-added reseller partners.
Data Collection
|CognitiveTPG's multi-tier Preferred Program is an innovative channel program that is designed to recognize top-performing resellers by providing them with a full complement of technical, marketing, and sales support, resources and rebates. The program is limited to a select group of resellers capable of producing a high level of sales, service, and support for our product solutions. CognitiveTPG is committed to helping our preferred resellers find ways to improve business operations, identify new opportunities, and grow their bottom line.
Datamax-O'Neil At A Glance
|At Zebra, we're focused on helping customers put the right asset in the right place at the right time. And that not only requires best-in-class technology — it also requires the right partners. That's why we offer PartnersFirst®. It's a unique channel community that brings together companies like yours — industry leaders, innovators, and experts.
Disaster Recovery
|eFolder, leader in cloud services, offers online/local backup, BDR appliances, doublecheck — antivirus, antispam, and exchange archiving as SaaS and HaaS to the reseller community. eFolder offers its services exclusively through the channel. eFolder was founded by channel veterans and is primarily staffed by prior employees of VARs/MSPs.
|As a global value-added distributor, Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions is focused on best meeting the needs of both resellers and suppliers. It brings more than 13,000 value-added resellers broad market access, extensive supplier relationships, and the resources and scale to meet their needs.
|Cranel Imaging and Versitec provide a supportive, tailored distribution model to enterprise content management value-added resellers (VARs). Working with us, you gain a solid technology portfolio, product and business expertise, and exceptional services from a team of skilled professionals. Dedicated VAR advocates with a legacy of experience in the document imaging industry, our focus is on advancing the business of our customers.
|As the convergence of wireless and the Internet revolutionizes the way we live, work, and play, TESSCO Technologies Incorporated (NASDAQ: TESS) provides the products, services, and solutions that make wireless work. Delivering with speed, reliability, and total commitment to your success, TESSCO architects product and value chain solutions for commercial and government value-added resellers, including network and security VARs, and two-way radio dealers.
Document And Content Management
|ABBYY develops technology that captures and then transforms information and enables greater productivity for business and personal computing applications. From data capture, to OCR, to linguistics solutions, ABBYY solutions streamline — with unmatched accuracy — leading the way in the global information revolution.
|Cabinte NG's (CNG) document management and workflow software moves your clients' manual paper-based processes into efficient electronic workflows. As a result, businesses can increase productivity, reduce paper, save money, and meet compliance requirements.
|DocuLex DocuLex creates nonproprietary content management software. Through an extensive worldwide reseller channel, the company offers network-enabled document capture and image processing software, along with browser-based document and content management programs for collaboration, email archiving and compliance, knowledge management, and customized workflow and records retention, offered as Archive Studio. Archive Studio is easy to use, productive electronic document management software for any business environment seeking secure instant document access.
|Office Gemini is a software manufacturer focused in the document management and document scanning industry. From great software products and implementation assistance to strategic document management and scanning consulting services, we are able to provide a wide range of services to our end users and VARs equally. Our sales and support specialists are not only experts on our own software products, but are also very knowledgeable about the industry as a whole and can help with complimenting software and hardware products, helping VARs provide an entire solution to their customers.
|OKI Data Americas, Inc. - Managed Print Services (MPS) is recognized as a changing force within the print and imaging industry. Analysts and forecasters have projected double-digit growth through 2014i. Businesses of all sizes no longer see MPS as just another value-added service; instead, it is rapidly becoming a valuable solution that no company can do without. The accelerating demand for MPS presents a large opportunity for solution providers to capitalize on the emerging market of outsourced services.
|OpenText is committed to establishing relationships with top resellers, services, and solutions providers to deliver solutions in fax over IP, unified communications, and messaging to healthcare, financial, government, and legal sectors. The OpenText Partner Program for Fax and Document Distribution is tailored to the unique business models and markets of our diverse partners across the globe, and provides the framework to help partners grow their businesses and drive profits.
Document Scanners
|Canon U.S.A., Inc., headquartered in Lake Success, NY, is an industry leader in professional, consumer, and industrial imaging solutions. Canon's extensive product line enables businesses and consumers worldwide to capture, store, and distribute information. Canon is listed as one of Fortune's Most Admired Companies in America.
Mobile And Social Media
|Sundrop Mobile is a mobile marketing and loyalty solutions provider. Sundrop operates an automated, "card-less" mobile loyalty program, loyalTXT, that uses the consumer's mobile number as their "loyalty card," text messaging with email for data collection and communication, and seamlessly integrates social media and location-based services. Sundrop introduces businesses to their customers by providing the infrastructure and expertise that empowers merchants to reach their customers via mobile, email, social media, and location-based marketing — anytime.
Network Security
|AVG Technologies is a global security software maker protecting more than 110 million consumers and small businesses in 170 countries from the ever-growing incidence of Web threats, viruses, spam, cyberscams, and hackers on the Internet. AVG has nearly two decades of experience in combating cybercrime and one of the most advanced laboratories for detecting, pre-empting and combating Web-borne threats from around the world. Its free, downloadable software allows novice users to have basic antivirus protection and then easily upgrade to greater levels of safety and defense when they are ready.
|The Gigamon value-added reseller partnership program was designed to establish and retain an elite customer-focused reseller channel. Gigamon dedicates considerable resources to ensure that we maintain successful relationships with our partners. Gigamon offers a myriad of rewards and resources, including devoted regional sales managers and area vice presidents, inside sales, sales engineers, and technical support personnel.
Payment Processing
Discover Networks - ATTENTION Payment Processors: Discover® compliance has never been more profitable Now is the perfect time to make sure your customers are enabled with all the new IIN (BIN) ranges on the Discover® network for these reasons:
|Fifth Third Processing Solutions delivers innovative payment strategies, processing support, and acceptance solutions to merchants of all sizes and industries. Headquartered in Cincinnati, OH, Fifth Third Processing Solutions is one of the nation's top payment processors and provides a merchant product suite that includes credit, PIN debit, and gift card processing, electronic check services, and secure technology solutions to over 400,000 merchants across the nation.
|In 1998, Merchant Warehouse revolutionized the payment processing industry by launching an online store that offered merchants a choice of competitively priced payment terminals and a best pricing guarantee on merchant account services. In 2007, Merchant Warehouse launched Merchantware®, a secure and PA-DSS certified payment processing software suite designed specifically for point-of-sale developers. This suite helped solidify its partner program that began in 2005. Since then, Merchant Warehouse has partnered with hundreds of POS developers, value-added resellers, and ISVs across all industries.
Payment Security
|PrehKeyTec is a leading manufacturer of advanced data input devices. Our solutions are installed in demanding operating conditions requiring high-quality products with long-term performance, configuration flexibility, and exceptional reliability. See PrehKeyTec products in action in retail, grocery, banking, government, healthcare, and beyond.
Point Of Sale
|Action Systems, Inc. (ASI>, makers of the Restaurant Manager POS System™ and Write-On Handheld™ for tableside ordering and payment using an iPod Touch, provides cost-cutting, bottom-line boosting solutions for the hospitality industry. For 25 years ASI has partnered with VARs to help them generate more sales and quick, trouble-free POS installations with restaurants, bars, nightclubs, takeout/ delivery, and QSR establishments.
|Cherry is a brand of ZF Electronics Corporation, a global supplier of computer keyboards and input devices since 1967. With the industry's best products, services and support, Cherry products provide the most advanced POS keyboard solutions available.
|Future POS is "An Award Winning" software company with restaurant installs around the world, including fine dining, quick serve, retail, and specialty applications. By offering all of the software modules for one price, Future POS has always offered restaurant owners an unmatched value in their point of sale system.
|Panasonic has established leadership over more than 30 years of innovative POS and drive-thru solutions that are reliable, affordable, and flexible. With the first kitchen display systems, the first modular workstations, and one of the leading POS workstations in the world, Panasonic is recognized globally for products that provide measurable value and facilitate a positive customer experience. Their proven reliability is demonstrated by systems still in place and running restaurant operations even after 20 years of use.
|Specialized Business Solutions (SBS) is absolutely dedicated to the dealer channel. We've built our reputation by providing quality retail automation software and top-notch support services — which provide our dealer partners with the means to prosper and shine in the eyes of our mutual customers. Keystroke POS software is sold exclusively through authorized dealers. This policy is based on the firm belief that local dealers play an important role in the successful automation of small businesses.
|LightSpeed is Xsilva's elegant retail platform for Mac and mobile point of sale that blends innovative functionality with an intuitive look and feel. LightSpeed's complete business solution includes a point of sale (POS) solution for front-counter retail and powerful back office functions such as inventory management, order processing, and billing. Xsilva's newest addition, LightSpeed Mobile, offers retailers the ability to complete transactions on the retail floor using the same hardware that Apple uses in its own retail stores.
QuickBooks Inventory Solutions
|Fishbowl Inventory is the #1-requested inventory and manufacturing solution for QuickBooks users, especially those with annual revenue between $5M and $100M. More than 1.7 million QuickBooks users in the United States need the advanced inventory control and manufacturing tools Fishbowl offers. Fishbowl is an ideal choice for resellers who wish to take advantage of money-making opportunities and big discounts on software and services.
|KineticD sets a new standard by providing small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) with the same level of service and protection for irreplaceable digital assets that large enterprises enjoy. We deliver agile, secure, cloud-based services that enable SMBs to continuously back up, restore, access, and share information online from any location. Founded in 2002 as Data Deposit Box, our industry-acclaimed services deliver advanced, patented technology that is used daily by over 40,000 customers and is supported around the world through an extensive reseller partner network.
|RELDATA is the innovation leader in unified block and file storage solutions scaled out over iSCSI, which cost-effectively enable mid-size and distributed enterprises to nondisruptively consolidate, virtualize, and protect business data across multivendor platforms. In this era of data storage bells and whistles, RELDATA stays focused on the core functionality requested by the most demanding data-dependent organizations as they virtualize their IT environments.
Unified Communications
|The definition of unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) is vast in the industry, but at NEC we know that at the heart of UC&C is the freedom to use your application of choice on your device of choice, when and where you choose. That is why NEC created applications that are designed for the business executive, keeping in mind the bottom line, while addressing the needs of IT and the end user.
UPS/Power Protection
|Important Reasons You Should Partner With APC By Schneider Electric - Achieve your financial goals Your company's objective is profit, and we want to help you achieve your financial goals. Partnering with APC unites you with a global leader in the rapidly developing field of energy management and positions you to take advantage of many valuable opportunities to profitably grow your sales and service offerings, while solving today's most critical customer energy efficiency problems.


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Remarks by
Samantha Healy Vardaman, Senior Director, Shared Hope International
October 4, 2012
Thank you, Chairman Smith and Congressman Cohen, the U.S. Helsinki Commission and the Victims' Rights Caucus, for keeping the spotlight on this critical issue of child sex trafficking.
The victimization endured by this man as a child is heartbreaking.
Shared Hope International has been working to develop responses to sex trafficking, restore victims and prevent victimization for fourteen years. In 2006–2007, under a grant from the U.S. Department of State, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Shared Hope researched sex trafficking markets in four countries with the goal of finding commonalities to help define programs on an issue basis rather than a regional basis. The Netherlands was one of the countries.
Demand for illegal commercial sex was—and is—the commonality, and became the title of this research. Another commonality was the exploitation of children through child sex trafficking, defined as the giving of anything of value in exchange for the prostitution, sexual performance or pornography of a child under 18.
Child sex trafficking and child sex tourism are happening in all parts of the world and the reason is that demand exists for the commercial sexual exploitation of children.
Focusing on the findings in the Netherlands illustrates the scope of the problem. Shared Hope found that legalized prostitution led to increased demand and consequently a need for more supply; but there are a limited number of adults willing to enter the prostitution "profession." The deficiency is filled with trafficking victims.
The ban on brothels in the Netherlands was lifted in 2000. Just a few years later, the Amsterdam City Council recognized the dangers of trafficking, deciding to close 100 of the 350 prostitution windows in the official Red Light District. Amsterdam's Mayor Cohen stated, "Almost five years after the lifting of the brothel ban, we have to acknowledge that the aims of the law have not been reached. Lately, we've received more and more signals that abuse still continues, the police admit we are in the midst of modern slavery."
In 2003, there were 257 registered victims of human trafficking. In that year, Amsterdam's city Council decided to close the street prostitution zones where abuse and criminal activity were rampant. A 2004 media piece reported that a public opinion poll taken in the wake of the resignation of a council member after admitting he had bought prostitution in the street zone being closed, revealed 73% of citizens believed that public officials should not be stigmatized for buying prostitution and 63% believed the council member's actions were a private matter that should not have led to his resignation.
In 2004 about 8,000 prostitutes worked in Amsterdam alone—more than 2/3 were of foreign origin. In 2005, Dutch police received more than 600 reports of women who may have been forced into prostitution and 400 women contacted anti-trafficking organizations for assistance. In 2007, there were 343 registered victims of sex trafficking in 2007; 25% were underage.
At the time of our research in 2006–2007, there was reportedly no police presence between 12 am and 6 am in the official Red Light District in Amsterdam, a time which one trafficking victim called "a black market" of prostitution when children became readily available. Only 5-6 police officers worked in the entire Amsterdam Red Light District; there was no capacity for investigating the illegal trafficking occurring. This was an iceberg with legal prostitution at the top masking the vast illegal activity beneath.
The Dutch Criminal Code article 250a in 2005 extended jurisdiction to reach citizens committing child sex tourism, that is, sexual exploitation of a child outside the Netherlands; this mirrors the U.S. PROTECT Act that has been used successfully to combat child sex tourism perpetrated by American citizens. At the same time, in the Netherlands, a 2005 news report interviewed a former vice officer in the Red Light District of Amsterdam who reported that two primary groups of pimps worked the Red Light District: "the loverboys" and "the Turks." He reported that law enforcement officers were given just three months to complete investigations—a wholly insufficient amount of time to investigate these complicated crimes.
Shared Hope International partnered with the Scarlet Cord working in outreach and services to trafficking victims in Amsterdam. They identified "the loverboy" problem early and developed programs to bring into the schools to prevent the recruitment of youth. The "loverboy" pimping method is very similar to modern trafficking in the U.S. and other countries, relying on emotional bondage rather than physical force. In our research in the Netherlands, victims reported also that "magic" was used to entice them.
But child sex trafficking is not limited to the Netherlands, or any one country. And a "weak link" in the global dragnet and safety net will prevent us from protecting the victims and would-be victims.
Traffickers rely on their ability to frighten a child into silence or the reluctance of adults to listen when children speak about sexual exploitation. It is imperative that the justice system be ready to listen to allegations and to thoroughly investigate them.
Shared Hope International has identified promising practices stemming from our concentrated efforts of the last five years in the U.S. to develop proper responses to child sex trafficking; some of these are happening in other countries already and all of them are transferable to those looking for responses:
· The presence of School Resource Officers within high schools builds trust and comfort between children and law enforcement, making it harder for traffickers to convince children that law enforcement is to be feared and distrusted.
· Education at all levels of the justice system—from investigation to trial—will lead to more identifications of trafficking victims and better responses.
· Above all, victim-centered approaches to interviewing and investigation are critical to a child's confidence to disclose their victimization. A few examples include:
The Dallas Police Department High Risk Victim (HRV) Unit flags the file of any repeat runaway to funnel the case to the HRV Unit where all of the officers are trained in trafficking identification and forensic child interviewing.
Gang Units, like the Fairfax County Gang Unit in Northern VA, are being trained in sex trafficking identification and victim interviewing that can separate the victim from the influence and gag control of the gang.
Human trafficking task forces across the country bring together service providers and law enforcement to ensure victims are supported and encouraged to seek justice.
Victim witness coordinators in the majority of federal law enforcement offices ensure the victim is supported and heard through the investigation and trial process.
Shared Hope International has developed the Protected Innocence Challenge which includes a framework of laws for effective responses to child sex trafficking. The framework gives credit to those states that have laws providing for victim protections and support through the investigation and trial process. Thirty-four states currently have some protections and all are being encouraged to enact more laws ensuring child victims are heard and protected.
Finally, attacking demand—the root of the problem—leads to corroboration of a victim's complaint, less reliance on the victim's testimony, and reduction in the number of children exploited. Resources and prioritization of fighting demand are critical.
Child sex trafficking is a threat to our society's health, and is truly a national and international security threat allowing organized crime to prey on the most vulnerable in our communities. Until we all, as a global community, and individually within our nations, our state, our cities, get serious about stopping the demand, this fight has no end.
Thank you for continuing to keep this issue at the forefront.


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Since 2007, more than 3,000 people age 25 and under have participated in the Hagerty Youth Advocacy Program to gain insider access to the classic car and boat hobby. Hagerty provides these youth services as a way of 'giving back' to the classic car industry to support and encourage the next generation of car enthusiasts and collectors.
Introduced as our first official youth service in 2007, the Youth Judging Program is hosted at more than 70 classic car and boat events throughout the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Designed primarily for youth ages 8 to 14, the Youth Judging Program brings the world of classics to a kid friendly level. The Young Judges are guided through the show field as a group to pre-selected show cars and interact with owners, allowing the judges to learn details, history and fun facts about each. A simplified score card that highlights five basic categories and is rated on a scale of 1-to-5 is used. For more information or to request a Youth Judging kit for your show, contact email@example.com or 231.929.6147.
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Hagerty is off to the races! Valve Cover Races, that is. Similar to pinewood derby racing, this form of racing involves assembling a rolling racer using an engine's valve cover as a starting point. From there, gravity takes over as two of the homebuilt racers speed down a specially designed sloping track.
The Scale Model Building Contest partnered youth ages 8 to 12 with supporting car clubs to build a scale model car. Each participating car club hosted several participants, helping them build the model and using the time to teach them about cars. Once models were complete the club voted on the best, which was then submitted to Hagerty as a finalist. The top five submitted models were selected and the builders and a guardian received an all-expense-paid trip to Monterey Classic Car Week for final judging by a panel of VIP judges. The hosting car clubs of the finalists also received $500.
The classic car world is full of interesting cars and people that want to share their story. This led us to create the Youth Reporter Contest in 2011. Participants from across the U.S. and Canada submitted a video of themselves reporting on a classic car-related topic and the winner was selected by public online vote. The prize? All-expense-paid trips to three major collector car events, including Monterey Classic Car Week and a special trip to Los Angeles to interview Jay Leno and tour his Big Dog Garage!
Hagerty's Young Designers Contest was introduced in 2010 for young people passionate about automotive design and provided them the opportunity to showcase their skills. Designers ages 13-17 years old, were asked to submit original renderings of what they thought their favorite classic car would look like if designed 50 years down the road in 2060. The top five finalists were selected through online voting and were awarded an all-expense-paid trip with one guardian to Monterey, Calif., during the Monterey Classic Car Week for final judging by a panel of VIP judges including host of Chasing Classic Cars Wayne Carini, Stewart Reed of the Art Center College for Design and former GM Chief Designer Tom Gale.
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(Washington, DC) Today the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) announced the following hearing:
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014
10:00 am
U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, Room SVC 203/202
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and its Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) have cooperated closely through tangible projects, expertise exchanges, election assistance, conferences, and rich dialogue to advance human security with the OSCE Mediterranean Partners for Cooperation – Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia.
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The Honorable William Roebuck, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Egypt and the Maghreb, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
The Honorable William B. Taylor, Vice President for Middle East and Africa of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
Dr. Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland and Brookings Institution Saban Center Non-Resident Senior Fellow
Ms. Zeinab Abdelkarim, Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa at the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)
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The United States Helsinki Commission will conduct a briefing on human rights in Central Asia with a particular focus on Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The expert participants will also comment on the recent violence in Kyrgyzstan.
Vitaly Ponomaryov, Director, Central Asia Program, Memorial Human Rights Center
Atanzar Arifov, General Secretary of Uzbekistan's Erk party and former political prisoner
Pulat Akhunov, Director, Central Asian Association of Sweden and former political prisoner
Abdusalom Ergashev, Head, Ferghana Branch, Independent Human Rights Organization of Uzbekistan
The people of Kyrgyzstan, suppressed by their Government, signaled this week that tensions are coming to a head when protests escalated into violent clashes with police. In an unprecedented outburst of violence on March 17, six people were killed and scores wounded when police opened fire on demonstrators.
The United States is in Central Asia to make sure terrorists cannot use the region to plan attacks on us or recruit new members. But all the region's states are led by men determined to stay in power indefinitely. This means they cannot allow society to challenge the state, which, in turn, insures that discontented, impoverished people with no other outlets could well be attracted by radical ideologies.
The un-official transcript of the briefing will be available on the Internet at http://www.csce.gov 24 hours after the briefing.
The United States Helsinki Commission, an independent federal agency, by law monitors and encourages progress in implementing provisions of the Helsinki Accords. The Commission, created in 1976, is composed of nine Senators, nine Representatives and one official each from the Departments of State, Defense and Commerce.
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Celebration Europe 2016: Rebelscum.com Forum Member Badges
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We are pleased to offer our
forum members the opportunity to request a complimentary event exclusive name badge to represent Rebelscum.com in London during
Star Wars
Celebration Europe! This offer is only for those attending the event in person. We will take orders through Saturday, June 25th and badges can be picked up at the Rebelscum.com/TheForce.net booth in the fan table area during the show.
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Pennsylvania Collecting Society Creates Cool Collectible Coin To Benefit Pets For Vets
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To help raise funds for Pets for U.S. Vets, PSWCS.org will be selling a limited run of 1,000 medallions featuring C-3PO from
Star Wars
. All the details in the full report!
eBay Today #1547: Classic Kenner Action Figure Point Of Purchase Headers
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Sure, we've been known to get a chuckle out of Mrs. Miniver's
Economy Proof
auctions, but we'd be remiss to overlook her auction for
two of the coolest action figure point of purchase headers produced in the classic Kenner era
. Follow the link above to have a closer look! For more information on these headers, head over to
Star Wars
Collectors Archive
Hasbro Photo Archive:
The Black Series
#21 Luke Skywalker 6-Inch Figure
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Returning to
The Black Series
6-inch section of our photo archive, we've added the
#21 Luke Skywalker
6-inch action figure. Follow the link above to have a closer look at this new entry!
NZ News: Takodana Encounter Spotted
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Confirmation that the four-figure Takodana Encounter multipack has arrived in New Zealand has reached us via
Star Wars-New Zealand
, who have recently revamped their site to super-schmick levels. They report that the set is available at branches of The Warehouse, and the
their website
, for NZ$45 now.
Sideshow Collectibles: Darth Maul Premium Format Figure Preview
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The pre-order for Sideshow Collectibles' Darth Maul Premium Format Figure opens next Thursday, June 2, but for now, click on the thumbnail above to check out the preview image they have released.
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Star Wars
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Info of next weekend's (June 4/5th, 2016)
Star Wars
Days has started to appear on the
park's events page
, with news there will be a family build challenge, a LEGO
Star Wars
Miniland scavenger hunt, and a Jedi trivia contest. FBTB fills in some of the gaps that the MOC display that they are co-organising with the local LUG has a
special t-shirt and an exclusive polybagged minifig
for those registered entrants that bring a MOC on the weekend.
LEGO: Rebel A-Wing Pilot Polybag
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Images of a mystery polybag minifig have surfaced across the webosphere today - no concrete information has been confirmed and only conjecture surrounds it. For now you can sit back enjoy the image above, and we'll report back with an update when there's more news to share. Thanks to Nick Coco for posting the pic in the Australia LEGO Star Wars Society group on Facebook.
Gentle Giant Photo Archive: Special Action Figure Villains Set Jumbo Kenner Figure
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We've added one final entry to the Gentle Giant Ltd. section of our photo archive for this series of updates. Follow this link to have a closer look at the
Special Action Figure Villains Set
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Soundtrack To Be Released On Vinyl
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John Williams' powerful soundtrack for
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
is calling to you. You can let it in - on vinyl featuring Millennium Falcon and TIE fighter holograms - on June 17.
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) today said the prospect of expanding NATO to include Bosnia-Herzegovina should motivate the country to make constitutional and political reforms needed to fit into the alliance.
"As a member and now chairman of the Helsinki Commission, I have watched the Balkans go from a period of conflict and genocide in the 1990s to the progress we have seen in recent years," Chairman Cardin said. "NATO played a vital, historic role in responding to the many challenges in the Balkans, and the Alliance should continue to bring positive change to the region by offering membership to additional Western Balkan countries that meet the criteria and can contribute to collective security. This includes Bosnia-Herzegovina, despite the problems that country faces today, which can only be remedied by constitutional reform. Preparing for NATO may be one of the best means for Bosnia to overcome its internal divisions."
Senator Cardin spoke at an SFRC hearing about the future of NATO and transatlantic security, which featured testimony from former Secretary of State Madeline K. Albright and other witnesses. The Helsinki Commission held hearings on the Balkans this year, and Senator Cardin led a congressional delegation to Sarajevo in June.
Albania and Croatia became NATO Allies in 2009.
The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the U.S. Helsinki Commission, is an independent agency of the Federal Government charged with monitoring compliance with the Helsinki Accords and advancing comprehensive security through promotion of human rights, democracy, and economic, environmental and military cooperation in 56 countries. The Commission consists of nine members from the U.S. Senate, nine from the House of Representatives, and one member each from the Departments of State, Defense, and Commerce.
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