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Back in June, Microsoft piqued our interest when it demonstrated a surprisingly polished new interface for the in-progress Windows 8 operating system (OS). The final version isn't expected to go on-sale until spring next year at the earliest; a commercial launch may even be as much as a year away. Nonetheless, Microsoft seems to be doing a great job of encouraging interest in Windows 8, and held two events this summer to showcase its potential.
The first, Computex, gave strength to rumours that Windows 8 was to be more smartphone-like than desktop-bound. September's Build Conference sealed the deal, as Microsoft showed off tablet-specific features and allowed attendees a closer look at how the 'Metro' interface will perform.
Past Windows OSes have been supplied in several home and professional versions, with important differences in networking and security capabilities. With Windows 8, the split is more about how you interact with your PC – you can use a touchscreen or a keyboard and mouse, or both, but not all legacy programs will work in touch mode.
- See Windows Live SkyDrive online storage service
- See Windows 8 Tablet review
- See Microsoft Windows Server 8 review
Windows 8 will almost certainly be the final desktop edition of Microsoft's OS. Its interface is far less geared to keyboard and mouse input than existing versions of Windows. Instead, touch will be the primary method of getting around the screen and controlling what happens on it.
There will also be a tablet version of Windows 8 – another nod to our changing relationship with PCs.
At the start of the summer, we knew very little about Windows 8; today, a Developer Preview is open to anyone who wishes to try it out. Both 32- and 64bit versions of the Windows 8 code are available to download, and you don't need to be part of the Microsoft TechNet inner circle to trial it. In fact, you can grab your copy from the Downloads section on our website (head to tinyurl.com/3zqh77t for the 32bit version, and tinyurl.com/6xe4Lo2 for 64bit)*.
We were keen to test drive Windows 8 ourselves. Here, we provide an in-depth look at what the next OS promises, how it performs in both touch and non-touch environments, and whether Microsoft will regret sprinting down the path for finger-friendly input with barely a backwards glance.
With Windows 8, Microsoft likes to say it is "re-imagining" Windows. It's a hyperbolic term that promises dramatic changes but, for once, the hyperbole fits. Windows 8 could alter the very definition of a Windows PC.
The redefined Windows PC has a keyboard and mouse, a touchscreen or both. It's a tablet, a laptop or a desktop. It runs an ARM system-on-chip CPU like today's tablets, or a traditional x86 chip from Intel or AMD. It has a Taskbar, icons and windowed programs, but it also has a Start screen, tiles and fullscreen, immersive applications.
The last time Microsoft made such dramatic changes to the way its OS looks and functions, along with wholesale revisions to the underlying technology, was 16 years ago, with Windows 95. People lined up around the block at midnight to buy it.
We'd be surprised if Microsoft manages to inspire that level of excitement again. Having spent some quality time with the Developer Preview of Windows 8, however, we're convinced that it's set to be the most exciting release of Windows in a very long time.
A new way to use your PC
Log into a Windows 8 PC, and you're greeted with the Start screen. In place of a Taskbar full of applications and a desktop packed with shortcuts, your screen consists of a grid of tiles. As with icons, clicking or tapping a tile launches an application; unlike icons, these tiles display useful data. The weather tile, for instance, displays the current weather and updates itself without your input. If you've seen Windows Phone 7, you'll immediately recognise this 'Metro' interface.
In Windows 8, whether you're using a touchscreen tablet or a powerful desktop PC with a keyboard and mouse, the default interface displays a horizontal grid of tiles that are arranged into customisable groups.
Applications made for Metro work like tablet apps and display well on smaller, finger-driven screens. They display fullscreen, without any of the 'chrome' you find around desktop programs – there are no minimise or maximise buttons, scrollbars or drop-down menus.
Swipe a finger from right to left on a tablet or touchscreen PC and you're presented with the five Windows 8 'Charms': Start, Search, Share, Devices and Settings. Start always returns you to the Start screen, but each of the other Charms brings up a context-sensitive menu relative to the application you're using.
In a photo-viewing app, the Search button searches through your photos. Share allows you to post a photo on Facebook, Twitter, or any other app that can receive images in this manner. The Devices Charm lets you access a printer to print a photo or a camera to import new ones. Settings displays a list of photo-specific settings, such as brightness and contrast, plus core system-wide settings such as volume, power and networking.
Swipe a finger from the left of the screen and you flip back through your running applications. A swipe from the bottom or top of the screen reveals an 'app bar' overlay, which fulfils a similar function to a right-click context menu in Windows 7. In a photo app, you might find commands for cropping, resizing, rotating and fixing red-eye in this bar. An overlay at the top of the screen handles in-app navigation, such as bookmarks or recent documents.
Touch navigation, even at this early stage, is fast and responsive. It's simple and intuitive, and it has all the niceties you'd expect to make a touchscreen device feel right, including several built-in touch keyboards. These keyboards could use refinement, but they're already better than what you get in Windows 7, and they have autocorrect and spellcheck enabled.
Keyboard and touchscreen co-exist
You don't need to use Windows 8 via touch, nor buy a tablet or touchscreen PC if you prefer working with a keyboard and mouse. While the experience of using Windows 8 via touch and old-school peripherals is distinctly different, Microsoft doesn't treat you like a second-class citizen if you eschew the Metro interface in favour of the classic approach.
Move your mouse to the lower-left corner and up pop the Charms. The Start screen makes a Start menu obsolete; it's as if the Start menu is now fullscreen and loaded with useful at-a-glance information. Panning across the grid of tiles works with the mouse's scrollwheel, but you also get a scrollbar in all scrollable parts of the interface. Simply right-click to bring up the same menus you see when you swipe from the top or bottom of the screen. If you want to search, just start typing, and the search interface is populated with real-time results.
- See Windows Live SkyDrive online storage service
- See Windows 8 Tablet review
- See Microsoft Windows Server 8 review
Microsoft isn't asking you to throw away several years' worth of accumulated Windows software. Instead, conventional desktop programs (those you run in Windows 7) will launch in a full desktop, complete with a Taskbar, Recycle Bin, System Tray items and desktop shortcut icons. Everything that runs on Windows 7 will also run on Windows 8. This desktop won't be a secondary mode of operation, though. Rather, it will co-exist with Metro apps.
Programmers will create Metro apps using a new development model that gives them greater flexibility. Developers can make Metro apps with traditional programming languages such as C++, C#, and Visual Basic, but they can also make apps with HTML5, CSS 3 and Java-Script. This should mean faster, easier app creation for a range of developers, and may-be a broader array of high-quality apps.
Apps will be downloaded from a Windows Store that should resemble the app stores for Windows Phone 7 and other smartphone platforms. You can still buy and install legacy Windows desktop applications from any source you like, and Microsoft will even list some of them in the Windows Store with links to the developer's website.
Your PC, everywhere
Our modern lives revolve around multiple devices, with gadget mavens and Luddites alike shuffling between desktops, laptops and smartphones. Our gadgets have evolved, too: massive hard drives, perpetual internet connectivity, HD cameras and stunning multitouch screens have altered the way we work and play, while leaving us with a hefty amount of data tucked away in separate silos. Windows 8 brings all these sources together.
In Microsoft's dream scenario for the OS, everything starts with your Windows Live account. Log into your device of choice, and your digital wares travel with you. The same content appears across all the devices you own, from the powerful desktop sitting in your home to the tablet you tote on your morning commute. The aim is to serve up a unified experience, with apps, photos and a consistent user interface that accompany you wherever you are and on whatever device you have at the moment.
The Everywhere OS is an idea that's long overdue. Although the technology we use evolves rapidly, many of us can't abandon the tools we've come to rely on. Desktops rule the roost in cost-effective storage and performance. A tablet is great for reading reports or firing off the occasional email, but you'll miss a laptop's physical keyboard when it's time to get serious work done on the move. You're free to swap between devices, but sharing information among them can be an ordeal.
With Windows 8, Microsoft hopes to eliminate those long-standing compromises. Whether you're browsing the web on a svelte ARM tablet or crunching Excel data on a multi-monitor workstation, you'll have access to the same apps and platform interface that you've grown accustomed to.
It's already clear that Microsoft has gone to some length to create a platform that's tablet-friendly, while simultaneously addressing the distinct needs of those who prefer to work with a keyboard and mouse. To pull off such a unitary, multi-device platform, the transition needs to be seamless. This is where developers come in.
Windows 8 is designed to make use of all that the internet has to offer, so any apps built for it will need to follow suit. Woven into the fabric of the OS is a slew of tools to help developers unify their software; as a result, they'll need to write an app only once, and it will run everywhere. Every touch gesture has a mouse- or keyboard-driven equivalent and, if not identical, they are as similar as can be.
Interoperability goes well beyond making sure that tapping on a screen translates correctly on a device not touch-enabled. Search is king, and Microsoft has thoroughly integrated it into the new OS. While on the Start screen, start typing on your keyboard (or swipe from the right and choose the Search Charm) to bring up Windows 8's search pane. Search, for example, 'cat'. The search pane will compile a list of any similarly named apps, settings or files.
Microsoft encourages app developers to come along for the ride, searching local and cloud data, pulling any cat-related content from the ether and displaying it on your device. A Twitter app could deliver a list of tweets about cats, while your music app could display all songs by Cat Stevens.
This functionality isn't restricted to indulging your feline pursuits, of course. Apps will be able to access your personal data just as readily (if you let them). Say you want to post a photo to Twitter: the Twitter app will pull images from your local drive, Facebook, Flickr, SkyDrive or other registered services. Data will be accessible across all your Windows 8 devices. Add pictures to your desktop PC, for example, and they'll sync to your laptop and tablet. Network passwords, changes to the spellcheck dictionary and Start screen tile layouts all sync instantly across your Windows 8 systems.
Improvements for everyone
Windows 8 is more than just a pretty interface. It promises to be full of features to benefit everyone, even if you're using a standard PC with no touchscreen and plan to spend most of your time in the traditional desktop environment. Thanks to a new memory manager and serious optimisation efforts, this build uses fewer resources than Windows 7. We've seen pre-beta Windows 8 PCs with boot times so fast that we could hardly believe they were running Windows.
If you're tired of managing printer drivers, you'll appreciate another addition. The OS introduces a 'class driver' for printers, such as those used today for keyboards, mice and USB devices. Just plug in your printer and it should work; most printers that support Windows 7 work with the class driver.
USB 3.0 also gets native support, while app developers can look forward to standardised interfaces to deal with touchscreens. Such screens are far more responsive in Windows 8 than Windows 7. We'll also see a wealth of sensors – accelerometers, gyroscopes, electronic compasses and so on.
The new Restart and Refresh features should prove popular. Restart returns your computer to its out-of-the-box condition in 10 or 15 minutes, wiping all user data – this is handy if you plan to sell or donate a computer you're replacing. Refresh keeps all your user profiles, data and Metro-style apps from the Windows Store, while returning everything else to a clean slate. It's like reinstalling Windows and copying back all your data, but it will be one-click easy and considerably faster.
- See Windows Live SkyDrive online storage service
- See Windows 8 Tablet review
- See Microsoft Windows Server 8 review
Power users will love the new Task Manager. It's received a facelift that displays useful data about your running processes, gives better at-a-glance information on system performance, and incorporates the Startup configuration capabilities of Msconfig. Multi-monitor users will have more control over how the Taskbar operates, and can easily choose which display the Start screen appears on.
For businesses and IT managers, Microsoft throws in a host of new tools, including built-in Hyper-V virtualisation on the client, enhanced remote-desktop capabilities, and the ability to run Windows 8, complete with applications and data, from a USB device. Explorer has a new layout and Ribbon interface to make more common commands easier to access. You'll also be able to directly mount VHD and ISO files without needing any extra software.
Microsoft has yet to reveal all the tricks in the Windows 8 goody bag. Even so, it's easy to be positive about the bold direction that the company is taking. And although such dramatic changes are sure to alienate some users, they're needed if Windows is to remain relevant as an OS for the next several years.
The computing world is changing. Rather than resist this surging tide, Microsoft swims with it with Windows 8.
Windows 8 security tweaks
Speaking at the Build developer conference, Steven Sinofsky, president of Microsoft's Windows division, said that Windows 8 will ship with several small but important security tweaks. Microsoft hopes this will make it a harder target for the viruses, worms and Trojans that are able to subvert older versions of the OS.
Most security features that appeared in Vista and Windows 7 and have gradually been added through updates. These include Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR), which will be used more extensively in Windows 8, as will a new feature that protects the core of the OS from 'kernel-mode NULL dereference vulnerability' (a way for an attacker to elevate privileges once on the system).
Windows 8 will also make extensive use of memory heap randomisation, another technique tried on Windows 7 that makes it difficult for malware programmers to 'overrun' the space given to an application for malicious purposes.
Probably the biggest security addition is Windows 8's support for UEFI 2.3.1 secured boot technology (which requires Bios support). This prevents early booting malware from interfering with antivirus products before they load into memory.
None of these changes is particularly radical, but they continue the design policy of restricting as far as possible what applications can do on the platform without upsetting the OS. Of course, in the Web 2.0 world, what an application can do is increasingly governed by software interfaces other than those looked after by the OS.
Sinofsky did, however, remind developers of the importance of the company's Security Development Lifecycle (SDL). This is the coding, testing and design system Microsoft came up with to avoid the security oversight that caused so many problems for Windows XP a decade ago.
"Some malware is as complex as commercial applications," said Sinofsky.
Microsoft has also spotted an interesting clue as to why a sizable minority of PCs seem to lack adequate antivirus protection – people use free antivirus that comes with a new PC, but then fail to re-subscribe after trial periods expire.
"Shortly after Windows 7 general availability in October 2009, our telemetry data showed nearly all Windows 7 PCs had up-to-date antimalware software," said Sinofsky. "A year later, at least 24 percent of Windows 7 PCs did not have current antimalware protection. Our data also shows that PCs that become unprotected tend to stay in this unprotected state for long periods of time."
Microsoft's biggest security challenge with Windows 8 remains the same one the company had with Windows 7 – a core of stubborn users refuses to upgrade from older OSes, especially XP. This, critics might point out, is largely Microsoft's fault for shipping five versions of the OS since the year 2000, a marketing approach that left some users unsure as to the value of paying for a new version.


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Health First Colorado (Colorado's Medicaid Program) Co-Payments
The Regular Health First Colorado program allows members to get services from any Provider that accepts Health First Colorado members. There is no need to get referrals for care, but doctors are not required to take new patients either.
What is a Co-payment?
A co-payment is a small amount of money that you pay for the cost of your medical care. Health First Colorado pays most of the cost of your care, but you may have to pay a small amount. Co-payments are different for different services.
Health First Colorado members must pay the co-payment listed below when getting services, refer to 10 CCR 2505-10 Section 8.754:
Inpatient Hospital Services
- $10.00 per covered day or 50% of the averaged allowable daily rate whichever is less
Community Mental Health Center Services
- $2.00 per visit
Outpatient Hospital Services
- $3.00 per visit
Rural Health Clinic/ FQHC Services
- $2.00 per date of service
Practitioner Services
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Durable Medical Equipment
(UB-outpatient and CO-1500 claims)
- $1.00 per date of service
Optometrist Visit
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(UB-outpatient and CO-1500 claims)
- $1.00 per date of service
Podiatrist Visit
- $2.00 per visit
Radiological Services
(UB-outpatient and CO-1500 claims)
- $1.00 per date of service
Psychiatric Services
- $.50 per unit of service (1 unit = 15 minutes)
Prescription Services
(each prescription or refill)
- Generic drugs - $1.00
- Brand name drugs - $3.00
Some clients do not have to pay co-payments:
- Clients who are ages 18 and under
- Clients who are pregnant
- Clients living in a nursing facility
- American Indians and Alaska Natives

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Devils split over U.S.-Canada Olympic final
Saturday, 02.27.2010 / 3:08 PM ET / Features
By Eric Marin
|Parise could be wearing gold on Sunday.
Teammates root for one another to succeed, but when national cheering interests come into play, all bets are off. That will be the case when Team USA battles Canada in the much-anticipated finale of the 2010 Olympic tournament in Vancouver.
Travis Zajac normally centers Zach Parise and Jamie Langenbrunner, who have enjoyed a very successful run for the undefeated U.S. squad seeking its first Olympic gold since the 1980 Miracle on Ice. Parise had a goal and an assist, while Langenbrunner added a helper in the Americans' 6-1 semifinal win over Finland on Friday.
Canada survived a last-second scare to overcome Slovakia, 3-2, in the other semifinal game.
Zajac has been pulling for his linemates to do well – until now. He admitted that he'd be rooting for Canada to secure its second men's hockey gold since the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. But he also appreciated how well Parise and Langenbrunner have performed on their line centered by Colorado's Paul Stastny.
"Whoever you put with them at center, it's going to be an easy job for them," Zajac, a Winnipeg native, said. "You just have to get those guys the puck. They're great on the forecheck, they create things offensively all the time. I've watched them and they were on the puck, they were skating, they were moving the puck – they were fine out there. It's nice to see. Hopefully not against Canada, though."
David Clarkson, who grew up in Toronto, has been one of the most vocal Team Canada supporters in the Devils' dressing room. He stayed at AmeriHealth Pavilion on Wednesday to watch with teammates as the Canadians eliminated Russia in a 7-3 rout.
"My captain Jamie Langenbrunner and Zach Parise playing for the U.S., I'd like to see those guys do well up until the final game," Clarkson said. "I also hope that Canada dominates. That's just me. As a kid, I was born and raised that way, and that's my country. As much as I wish them good luck, I hope Canada does great. If both teams make it, if that happens, I'll definitely wear some of my Canada stuff to the rink to make some of these other guys mad."
Langenbrunner notched the game-winning goal in Team USA's 5-3 win over Canada in the preliminary round. But the focus now is on the final showdown.
Said Clarkson: "Being from Canada, we couldn't be more proud. Hockey's our life."
If there is any bragging to be done after the Olympics, some of it will have to wait until after the break, when the Devils are together again. Patrik Elias and Ilya Kovalchuk, who exited the tourney with the Czech Republic and Russia, respectively, remained on the West Coast until the end of the Olympics. After two starts for Canada in the preliminary round, Martin Brodeur has served as Roberto Luongo's backup. Jacques Lemaire (Canada) and Tommy Albelin (Sweden) have served as assistant coaches.
The Devils resume the regular season at San Jose on March 2, when they open a three-game western swing that includes stops in Calgary and Edmonton.
What remains to be seen is the toll of Olympic participation. While most NHLers had some days off to recover from the regular season grind, Olympians have had little time to physically or mentally regroup. Instead, they have suited up for some incredibly high-paced games featuring the world's elite players.
Dainius Zubrus doubts that well-conditioned athletes like Parise and Langenbrunner will have any difficulty at all. The Devils, who have 21 games remaining, hold a one-point lead over Pittsburgh in the Atlantic Division.
"Every team has a lot of good players, especially teams like the U.S. and Canada," Zubrus said. "They have go-to guys, but the ice time is pretty evenly spread out. We'll see how they're going to come back, but Zach and Jamie are both in good shape. I don't think we need to worry about any of that. Hopefully, they win something and mentally, they'll be even more excited. Now that I have a U.S. passport, they better win."
|Rolston and Scott Young wearing silver in 2002.
"When you go there, it breaks up the NHL season," Rolston said. "Then you come back into this with no break and you can have a little bit of a letdown. I think I did, but you get back into it, obviously. Our guys are elite players and they'll be great players for us. It could also be motivating for those guys that got knocked out early."
Rolston got his last taste of the Winter Games at Torino in 2006, when he potted three goals and an assist in six games. He has been impressed that the chemistry between Parise and Langenbrunner has carried over so well onto the Olympic stage.
"They're the best line, there's no question about it," Rolston said. "Zach, he's one of the best players in the League, and this is just another showcase for him. I don't think he gets the recognition as much as he should. He's not hyped as much as a lot of other guys get real hyped. If he was playing in a Canadian city he'd be on every billboard. He's a special player. The thing about Zach is that he works so hard. You see a lot of skilled players that kind of float. He just works hard and I think that's one of the reasons why he's so successful.
"Jamie's been a hard worker his whole career and that's how he makes things happen. I'm happy for both of them and I hope they get a chance to win."
Rolston is familiar with the pressure that Parise and Langenbrunner will be feeling on Sunday. The Flint, Mich., native was a member of the 2002 U.S. squad that lost to Canada in the gold medal game.
"It's always disappointing being on the losing end, but at the end of the day, you've won a silver medal," he said. "It's almost more fun for the bronze medal team because they won the game, you know? When you go back and you see the Canadian team and how good they were. Brett Hull had said right after the game, 'Listen, I'm pretty proud of this silver medal.' It's a special thing. To win a medal at the Olympics is great."
Rolston thinks the goaltending of Buffalo's Ryan Miller will wind up being the difference. Miller, who has had an outstanding tournament, became the first goaltender since Mike Richter in 2002 to earn a shutout at the Olympics when he stopped 19 shots to blank Switzerland, 2-0.
Miller then stopped all 18 shots against Finland, and will carry a shutout streak of 111:38 going into the gold medal game. It's one game to decide one who leaves Vancouver carrying precious gold, and who comes home with stories of what might have been.
"It's just the best players in the world and so much fun to play in it," Rolston said. "It's fun to watch as a fan. It's just great hockey."


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Anek's work is popping up around the blogosphere, and rightly so. Her style is unique, yet accessible. By creating mostly line drawings of olive oil, teapots, greens, and such, she evokes the small pleasures of the kitchen. One print bears the idiom, "La cucina piccola fa la casa grande" — "A little kitchen makes a large home." Anek often includes Italian phrases, and like the cuisine, her art is unfussy. And to that, I say buon appetito.
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Sunny Days Ahead for TUI Germany?
Despite falling short of making a net profit in the third quarter, German tour operator TUI AG's third quarter results were more upbeat than its U.K. peers Thomas Cook and TUI Travel, of which TUI AG owns more than 56%.
"We are seeing our business performance outlook more than confirmed and will achieve our targets for the year despite the European debt crisis," TUI Chief Executive Michael Frenzel said.
The group expects a moderate increase in turnover and growth in operating earnings compared to fiscal 2011.
Some operators in the travel industry have been struggling under the effects of the financial crisis and political unrest in the Middle East. British travel operator Thomas Cook plunged into crisis last November, when unrest severely affected its operations in North Africa.
At the beginning of August, Thomas Cook then reported it had swung to a loss in the third quarter as sales of its Olympics and Paralympics packages came in under target.
Earlier this month TUI Travel reported a wider pretax loss for the nine months ending June 30, as well as a wider operating loss, due mainly to a weaker euro. The company confirmed its full year view.
TUI AG meanwhile lowered its debt in the third quarter, reducing it by around €800m to €759 million as of June 30, after selling most of its stake in container shipping line Hapag-Lloyd AG. It still has a 22.1% stake with a book value of €550 million.
TUI's German company certainly seems to be in a strong position, but can it sustain its relatively sunny disposition going forward?
Silvia Quandt analyst Stefan Kick pays special attention to speculation that TUI AG may buy TUI Travel's German, Austrian and Polish tour operator business, which generates revenues of €4.8 billion.
"This move would be the best solution," Mr. Kick said.
TUI Travel would get funds to invest in strongly growing emerging markets like Russia, China and Latin America, he says, while TUI AG would get an operating business and therefore could use its tax loss carry forward to reduce its German taxes, resulting in a €620 million tax benefit, Mr. Kick reckons.
A TUI AG spokesman would not confirm the acquisition speculation, only repeating that the company is still planning to expand its tourism operations, but that there were no specific plans yet.
"We don't see the merits of a full tie up with TUI Travel, but think the company will seek to expand," Deutsche Bank analyst Simon Champion commented, noting the purchase of some business segments from TUI Travel would be a benefit.


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Abstract—Qjidaa and Radouane have recently presented a method for robust line fitting and experimentally compared it to other methods, including a method suggested by us. The results attributed by Qjidaa and Radouane to our algorithm are incorrect. We apply our algorithm to the data used by Qjidaa and Radouane and demonstrate its robustness and accuracy.

Line fitting, outliers, Hough transform.
N. Kiryati, A.M. Bruckstein, H. Mizrahi, "Comments on: 'Robust Line Fitting in a Noisy Image by the Method of Moments'", IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence, vol.22, no. 11, pp. 1340-1341, November 2000, doi:10.1109/34.888720


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I am a cookie fiend who could give Cookie Monster a run for his money. But as much as I enjoy stuffing my face with cookies, I especially love making them. So I was super thrilled to hear that friend of Rare Bird Finds and Food Blogger, Lindsay Landis wrote a cookbook called The Cookie Dough Lover's Cookbook. She created the perfect, egg-free cookie dough recipe (yep, that's right, this dough can be eaten raw!) and that simple cookie dough recipe is the base for not just cookies, but cakes, candies and more!
RBF: How'd you came up with the "perfect" cookie dough - were you on a cookie dough quest? Or did it just happen by accident?
LL: I don't know about you but I'm always sneaking bites of cookie dough before they are baked, and that got me thinking - what if I made a dough that was meant to be eaten raw? It wasn't hard to take out the eggs (they are replaced by some milk in the recipe to bring the dough together), and voila! Cookie dough that's safe to eat raw.
RBF: How'd you come up with the idea of using the dough for more than cookies?
LL: It started with the eggless dough, and for me the next logical step seemed to be taking that dough and dipping it in chocolate (my cookie dough truffles). I also stuffed it into some cupcakes, threw it into some homemade ice cream, and even spread a layer of it in the bottom of a cream pie. It was at that point I started that an entire cookbook of raw-dough recipes wouldn't be too far fetched.
RBF: According to the title, the book isn't just about making cookies, but "cakes, candies and more." What's the "more"?
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Nirnayam to hit the screens on September 25
Presenter of the film says, "We are making efforts to release the film on September 25. It is a beautiful love story with action backdrop. Srinivas, though a novice has given a nice performance as a youth, who reaches the city from a village in Rayalaseema region for education. Navaneet Kaur"s glamour would be an added attraction. Tanikella Bharani has excelled in the role of heroine"s father. Telangana Sakuntala has also played a good character. Vandemataram Srinivas has composed music and already the audio has become popular."
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Alabama Secretary of State Beth Chapman was unanimously elected to the Executive Board of the United States Election Assistance Commission's (EAC) Standards Board.
The EAC is an independent, bipartisan agency created by the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) in 2002. The commission assists and guides state and local election administrators in improving the management of elections for federal office. It serves as a national clearinghouse and resource for information regarding election administration. It also accredits voting system testing, laboratories and certifications.
"Alabama needs to be represented in all areas of elections both nationally and at home," Chapman said. "It is in our best interest to contribute to and benefit from elections information that affects our state."
Also at today's meeting, The University of South Alabama showcased their program, "Voting System Risk Assessment... Election Process Models and Voting System Models," which is funded by a grant received from the EAC.
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Heart Lines Splay the NightWhen the pulsation kicks inAnd the dull ache takes over~Fear and depression try to buffet meA simple course for their joyI will not give in!I will not be afraid!I trust Father, even when I know not whyOh! The dull echo of a sullen Love,I must fight against the wavesRegardless of my lungs and breath!Never give in! Never lose Hope!Sweet fever pitch, tar and feathersTo the inner cogs of my soulI claw and I claw, butThe sealed walls don't budgeNot even a smidgen!Light beckons, His voice gentle~" Trust me.Trust me.I Love you!"Gorgonized beyond belief!Yes YESHUA!!!Splay the Night and fuzzle my heart!~By: A.J. Wagoner
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The latest broadside in the 'greener than thou' skirmish among presidential candidates saw Sen. Barack Obama ripping Sen. John McCain for his climate-change proposals.
"I know that my climate change plan is stronger than John McCain's," he told Reuters last Friday.
As if immigration, Gitmo, and taxes weren't enough, Sen. McCain's stance on global warming has further distanced him from the Republican base. Now, as energy policy and climate change appear to be coming out of primary-season hibernation, his stance on how to tackle global warming is also giving ammunition to Democrats.
McCain and Sen. Joseph Lieberman dusted off five-year old legislation to introduce last year's Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act, one of seven climate bills percolating in Congress (including two by Sen. Lieberman). The main provision: A national cap-and-trade scheme that would cover the power sectors, industry, commerce, and transportation. By slowly lowering the amount of greenhouse gasses those sectors could emit, McCain's bill would reduce emissions by 65% by 2050. The bill also calls for more money for nuclear power and alternative-energy research.
Sen. McCain, whose first principle of climate-change policy is that it be "rational" and "feasible," says he wants to find the balance between economic pain and environmental gain. While many economists think a direct carbon tax is the easiest way to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and raise cash for government coffers, Sen. McCain says carbon taxes would hurt the man on the street. (Some economists suspect Sen. McCain doesn't know what he is talking about.)
One key part of Sen. McCain's bill, like many other climate-change proposals now pending, is that he would allocate a big chunk of emissions permits to industry for free. They would have to buy in an auction some smaller portion of the permits. Europe did something similar when it started its emissions-trading scheme; permits were given away generously in 2005 and will be auctioned in 2013.
That's what has Sen. Obama riled up. "I've been very specific about proposing 100 percent auctioning, which makes an enormous difference in terms of how effective it's going to be," Sen. Obama told Reuters. He added that he is in regular talks with former vice-president Gore and hopes to start work on climate-change policy as soon as he secures the nomination.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The 2013 Islanders Dance Team advanced to the finals of the Division I Open after placing eighth out 21 teams today in the preliminaries at the National Dance Alliance Collegiate National Championships in the Peabody Auditorium. The Islanders performed their sassy jazz routine in the preliminary round and received a score of 8.945 and will perform in the finals at 2:03 p.m. EST on Friday, April 12.
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Henry IV Part 2
by William Shakespeare
Analysis: Plot Analysis
Most good stories start with a fundamental list of ingredients: the initial situation, conflict, complication, climax, suspense, denouement, and conclusion. Great writers sometimes shake up the recipe and add some spice.
Initial Situation
King Henry IV is ill and the rebels are still acting up. Meanwhile, Prince Hal lays low.
Even though the king's forces enjoyed a victory against the rebels at the battle at Shrewsbury back in Henry IV Part 1, there are still a few dissenters, led by the Archbishop of York, and they're causing a lot of trouble. Also, King Henry hasn't been feeling well lately and he's still worried about what will happen when his son, Prince Hal, inherits the throne.
King Henry still believes Prince Hal is a degenerate.
Even though Prince Hal saved his old man's life at the battle at Shrewsbury back in Henry IV Part 1, King Henry still thinks Hal's a loser, especially since Hal is still hanging out with Ned Poins, a rowdy commoner. In the meantime, Prince John arrests the rebel leaders so the only thing left to worry about is whether or not Prince Hal will reconcile with his father and be a responsible king.
Prince Hal gets caught trying on the crown before his father is dead.
Thinking his father has died in his sleep, Hal makes off with the crown. Whoops, that was not a good call. Things get awkward when the king wakes up from his nap and figures out what's happened. In fact, it seems like all of Henry's worst fears are confirmed by Hal's actions and he accuses his son of wanting him dead so he can be king.
Prince Hal and King Henry make nice… and then Henry IV dies.
After his father lays into him, Hal delivers a moving speech that finally convinces his father that 1) Hal loves him and 2) Hal wants to be a good king. The reconciliation between father and son happens just in time because shortly after they resolve their differences, King Henry dies (off-stage) and we hear about it from Warwick, who says that Henry has "walked the way of nature" (5.2.5).
Hal confronts the Lord Chief Justice and embraces him as a new "father" figure.
Now that King Henry IV is dead, the Lord Chief Justice (the old king's main man and upholder of the law), along with just about everybody else, is pretty stressed out about his future under the new king. That's because, back in the day, the LCJ threw the wild prince in the slammer for misbehaving. Now that the very same prince is the King of England, things could possibly get ugly. Turns out, though, that Hal's committed to being a stand-up monarch. He embraces the LCJ as a "father" and says he's ready to uphold the law of the land.
Hal banishes Falstaff, completing his "reformation."
In one of the play's most painful moments, Hal comes face to face with his old friend, who is an inappropriate companion for the monarch now that Hal has "turned away from [his] former self" (5.5.61). In other words, the king is no longer "wild Prince Hal" and must behave accordingly. When Falstaff (who has lined up on the street to catch a glimpse of the newly crowned King Henry V) eagerly greets his old friend, Hal says "I know thee not, old man. Fall to thy prayers" (5.5.47). Ouch! Hal then banishes Falstaff and orders him to stay at least 10 miles away from him. In doing so, Hal makes a statement to the world that he's a changed man.
The Lord Chief Justice and Prince John anticipate the end of civil strife and a new war with France.
Now that Hal's "reformation" is complete, Shakespeare turns his attention to what will happen in the final installment of the tetralogy. Prince John predicts that before the year is over, England will be at war with another nation. (FYI: In Henry V, the newly crowned King of England claims the French throne and invades France.) The end of the play, then, is more of a "to be continued" than a final conclusion.


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CTA features Grace AD and Men's Basketball Coach Gary Bailey as Graduation speaker
Coach Gary Bailey takes the podium last Friday as CTA Superintendent and Grace Associate Head Coach Dan George and his son, Hunter, spectate.
Approximately 450 friends and family of Creative Technologies Academy Class of 2014 gathered for commencement ceremonies in Cedar Springs, Michigan on Friday night, May 30. Dani George, Valedictorian of the class and daughter of Superintendent/School Leader, Dan George (also Associate Head Coach of Men's Basketball at Grace), had requested that her dad ask Grace Athletic Director and Men's Head Basketball Coach, Gary Bailey to be the featured speaker at the graduation. Coach Bailey agreed and the crowd was treated to his trademark humor mixed with solid advice to the graduates. In his speech, entitled "For Example," Coach Bailey recounted several lessons he learned from his father, gave lessons on understanding southern Ohio dialect, and poked fun at Coach George on at least one occasion. "He was hilarious," remarked one parent, "but he gave a lot of good advice, too!" Reviews from parents and graduates alike reflected the same thoughts.
Men's Basketball Coach Gary Bailey and Associate Head Coach Dan George, with Grace Bible College Dean of Students and former CTA Dean Kyle Bohl also participating in the background.


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Jindal Steel, Essar Raise Prices
By Prasenjit Bhattacharya
New Delhi — Two major Indian steelmakers — Jindal Steel & Power and Essar Steel Ltd.– have raised product prices by 1,000 rupees a ton ($18) a metric ton this month despite sluggish demand, as raw material costs remain high, executives of both these companies, who didn't wish to be named, said Monday.
Jindal Steel and Power produces mostly long products used in the construction sector, while Essar Steel makes flat products used in making automobiles, machineries and consumer durables.
India's steel demand slowed to 3.9% in the first nine months of the financial year that began April 1, due to weaker growth in industrial output.
As a result, at least two large steel companies–state-run Steel Authority of India and JSW Steel — haven't raised prices since January.
Steelmakers said it is tough to predict if they will raise prices next month, as the federal government will present its annual budget on Feb. 28.
The budget could alter the pricing structure of steel, in case there is any increase or reduction in taxes on raw materials, or imported steel and scrap products. Tight secrecy around budget proposals in India makes it impossible for industry executives to gauge what kind of tax changes are being planned for their sector.


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Campbellsville Independent
Sept. 15-19
Monday - Mini corn dog, macaroni and cheese, sweat peas, fruit cocktail and milk.
Tuesday - Chicken tetrazzini, tossed salad with tomatoes, baby carrots with dip, diced pears and milk.
Wednesday - Taco salad with tortilla chips with salsa, shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes and shredded cheese, Spanish rice, pineapple tidbits and milk.
Thursday - Pepperoni pizza, salad, corn, applesauce, graham cracker and milk.
Lake Cumberland Community Action Agency Head Start is now participating in the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program administered by the Kentucky Department of Education.
Meals will be served at no separate charge to enrolled participants at the center and are provided without regard to color, national origin, sex, age or disability.
Campbellsville University's Carver School of Social Work and Counseling faculty member, Dr. Karen Westbrooks, has been appointed to the Kentucky Board of Licensure for Marriage and Family Therapists.
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear appointed Westbrooks to serve a four-year term on the Kentucky Board of Licensure for Marriage and Family Therapists.
Westbrooks is associate MFT director and associate professor of counseling for the Louisville Education Center.
After winning local and state competitions, Kyrsten Hill, Belinda Cheng and Ivy Neal traveled to the National Family, Community, Career, Leadership of America conference in San Antonio, Texas.
At nationals, they presented their STAR Event, Portfolio in Review and gave a speech about their local FCCLA chapter at Taylor County High School. They took home silver medals.
The girls were among 7,500 other teens from all across America.
Taylor County Elementary School recently named its Writers of the Week for the week of Aug. 29.
They are kindergartener Adelynn Port, first-grader Sophia Aman, second-grader Alex Kingsbury, third-grader Dayne Graham, fourth-grader Dalton Robertson and fifth-grader Mercede Bright.
The Kentucky Association of Conservation Districts, in partnership with Kentucky Farm Bureau, announces the beginning of the 2014 Jim Claypool Art and Conservation Writing Contest titled, "The Soil Daily Times."
Students across the state will use a soil theme to create art and essays to urge their audience toward good soil conservation practices. County, area and state winners will be chosen through the local conservation districts.
Taylor County High School recently named its Students of the Week for the week of Sept. 2.
They are freshman Lauren Williams, sophomore Raylee Perkins, junior Kayla Rodgers, and senior Jilly Benningfield.
Taylor County Middle School recently announced its Student Leaders of the Week for the week of Sept. 5.
They are Brennan Parker, Devon Kiskaden, Logan Bricken, Lane Sapp, Chelsey Adcock and Jarrett Perkins.
Sept. 8-12
Monday - Cheeseburger on bun with pickles and onions, baked fries, coleslaw, peaches and milk.
Tuesday - Breaded chicken patty, mashed potatoes, peas and carrots, mandarin oranges and milk.
Wednesday - Bosco pizza stick, garden salad, corn, sidekick smoothies and milk.
Thursday - Chicken nuggets, broccoli casserole, seasoned carrots, fruit cocktail and milk.
Campbellsville High School students MaKenzie Murrell and Paige Dabney graduated this summer from The Center for Rural Development's Rogers Scholars program.
Rogers Scholars is an intensive one-week summer leadership program that provides opportunities for high school students in Southern and Eastern Kentucky to receive the skills they need to become the region's next generation of business and entrepreneurial leaders. Seventeen colleges and universities partner with The Center to offer exclusive college scholarships to Rogers Scholars graduates.
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Frequently asked questions (FAQ's) on Olympiad schools of Narayana
Admissions are given from 6th to 10th classes. The syllabus is SSC.
What are the advantages of the coaching?
Students will develop awareness regarding competitive exams and will develop confidence from early age itself to attain success.
Only in English.
Yes, but they have to submit migration certificate during the process of admission and should join SSC Curriculum.


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A strong aftershock jolted the Italian town of Amatrice Thursday, making an already arduous rescue operation even more difficult, as the clock ticks down to find survivors of the earthquake that has left at least 241 people dead.
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Speculators, Commodities and Cross-Market Linkages
Bahattin Buyuksahin
Bank of Canada
Michel A. Robe
American University - Kogod School of Business
November 8, 2012
We use a unique, non-public dataset of individual trader positions in 17 U.S. commodity futures markets to provide novel evidence on those markets' financialization in the past decade. We then show that the correlation between the rates of return on commodities and equities rises amid greater participation by speculators generally, hedge funds especially, and funds that trade in both equity and commodity markets in particular. We find no such relationship for other kinds of commodity futures traders. The predictive power of hedge fund positions is weaker in periods of generalized financial market stress. Our results indicate that who trades helps predict the joint distribution of commodity and equity returns.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 57
Keywords: Financialization, Cross-Market Linkages, Commodities, Equities, Hedge funds, Index funds, Dynamic conditional correlations (DCC)
JEL Classification: G10, G12, G13, G23
Date posted: November 13, 2010 ; Last revised: November 14, 2012
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Coming soon: at the moment we have two types of rooms, the single room and the double room. Soon we will inaugurate a third category. This is going to be a category between the single and the double. We will install a full size bed ( 140 x 180 ) in the room to make it possible for two people to sleep comfortably. The price will be cheaper than the double room and a little bit more expensive than the single room. So we will have: 1. single rooms 2. double rooms with full size bed 3. double rooms with king size bed ( bigger room ).Stay pending!


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A person wearing a short skirt and eskimo boots (a.k.a. Uggs). Be cautious, as an Eskiho is also likely to carry Herpatitis G. Derived from the two words eskimo and ho.
Pssst, look at that Eskiho, she must really get around.
লিখেছেন- Rusty Shackleford 1 de ডিসেম্বার de 2004
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(n.) a ho who wears skanky, revealing clothes even during the cold of winter.
Eskiho, go put a jacket on before those nipple erections poke somebody's eyes out.
লিখেছেন- steak n cheez 31 de মে de 2004
A woman sporting an outfit consisting of shorts or a skirt coupled with Ugg boots.
Mark: Why is that girl wearing furry boots and shorts? That makes no sense.
Nick: Ignore her, she's just an eskiho.
Nick: Ignore her, she's just an eskiho.
লিখেছেন- That Guy With The Face 22 de জুলাই de 2013
An girl who decides to wear either spandex or a short skirt with ugg boots during winter time.
weather man: it's -2 degrees Fahrenheit in your area, this is the time to bust out the gloves and snow pants. Don't be lookin' like some kind of eskiho in shorts and uggs.
লিখেছেন- juju half pint 28 de নভেম্বার de 2008
Girls who wear the fashion disaster that is a mini-skirt with Ugg boots.
Did you see those girls? They're such a freaking Eski-Hoes!
লিখেছেন- RobGF 17 de অগাস্ট de 2008
A girl from Alaska or the artic circle who has a lot of sex.
Boy, Mariah is such an eskiho, she loves sex.
লিখেছেন- RobinsonkidTampa 8 de এপ্রিল de 2010
Eskimo hos that have the soul purpose in life to lead their doggy sled, build igloos, and cure vaginal needs.
Ajay: Darn, my eskiho and i melted our igloo!
Ella: Well get him to build another one!
Ella: Well get him to build another one!
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Born: March 29, 1950 in Ambridge, Pennsylvania
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The numbered fleet commanders are Vice Admirals. Their staffs are normally split between the fleet flagship and a component ashore. The Second and Third Fleets are home-ported in the United States, with most of their forces training in coastal waters, while the Sixth and Seventh Fleets are home-ported at forward locations, with forces operating in areas of responsibility.
ADM Ernest King, Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, established numbered fleets in 1943 as a basis for task force designations and for specific geographic areas. Even-numbered fleets served in the Atlantic, odd-numbered fleets operated in the Pacific. King designated 5th Fleet to operate in the Central Pacific Ocean. When major offensive operations began in the Central Pacific in the summer of 1943, VADM Raymond A. Spruance became both Commander, Central Pacific Force, and Commander, 5th Fleet, retaining only the 5th Fleet title by August 1944. As naval activities in the Central Pacific increased and operations diminished in the South Pacific, the 3rd and 5th Fleets melded into a single organization, but the title varied, depending on whether VADM William Halsey, commander, 3rd Fleet, or VADM Spruance, Commander, 5th Fleet, exercised command. Leadership and the fleet number varied, because while one admiral commanded the fleet in a specific operation, the other admiral served ashore with his staff planning the next major offensive.
The numbered fleet commanders are required to function as Joint Task Force (JTF) commanders when a JTF has been established. When acting as JTF commanders, they report directly to USCINCPAC or USCINCLANT. The Navy is currently organized into five fleets:
- Second Fleet - in the Atlantic.
- Third Fleet - in the Eastern Pacific.
- Fifth Fleet - in the Arabian Gulf and Indian Ocean..
- Sixth Fleet - in the Mediterranean.
- Seventh Fleet - in the Western Pacific.
First Fleet is a term occasionally used as an informal reference to the US Coast Guard, although as far as one can detect the United States has never in fact officially used this designation with reference either to the Coast Guard or any element of the US Navy. The informal appelation honors the fact that between 1790 and 1798, there was no United States Navy and the cutters which were the predecessor of the US Coast Guard were the only warships protecting the coast, trade, and maritime interests of the new republic. The modern Coast Guard was established on 28 January 1915, under a new law which provided that the Coast Guard was an armed service at all times and made provisions for its transfer to the US Navy when needed.
Second Fleet is responsible in peacetime for training the Atlantic battle fleet in war-fighting skills, developing and evaluating new naval tactics and maintaining theater battle group readiness. Second Fleet operates primarily in the Atlantic Ocean from the North Pole to the South Pole and from the shores of the United States to the west coast of Europe. It also operates along both coasts of South America and part of the west coast of Central America. In all, it covers more than 38 million square miles. The US Second Fleet traces its origin to the reorganization of the Navy after World War II in December 1945 and the formation of the US Eighth Fleet. In February 1950, the command was redesignated to its current title, US Second Fleet, and is a part of US Atlantic Command. Based in Norfolk, VA, Second Fleet currently uses USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC 20) as the fleet flagship. The force consists of a balanced mix of capabilities including aircraft carriers, surface combatants, submarines, surveillance assets, amphibious forces, marine landing and mobile logistic units.
Third Fleet operates in the eastern Pacific, headquartered aboard USS CORONADO (AGF-11) operating from San Diego CA. Third Fleet was formed as a fighting force under Admiral "Bull" Halsey on 15 March 1943, and reconstituted in the Middle and Eastern Pacific on 01 February 1975. Third Fleet is responsible for the operational readiness of Carrier Task Forces and Amphibious Ready Groups with their embarked Marine Expeditionary Units for their expeditionary warfare mission; and providing the immediate response necessary to react to any emerging crisis from humanitarian and peace-keeping missions to major regional conflicts from the Pacific Ocean to the Arabian Gulf. Third Fleet's missions are to operate as a numbered Fleet Commander and as a Sea-Based Joint Task Force Commander, in order to prepare assigned Battle Groups for contingencies throughout the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Fourth Fleet was established 15 March 1943 from Atlantic Force. The Fourth Fleet waged relentless war against raiders, blockade runners, and submarines in the South Atlantic. In April 1943 Fleet Air Wing 16 transferred from Norfolk to Natal, Brazil, to direct patrol plane antisubmarine operations under the Fourth Fleet in the South Atlantic.
Fifth Fleet maintains a visible and powerful force to counter and deter threats to the Arabian [Persian] Gulf area. The Commander, US Naval Forces Central Command is the naval component commander for US Central Command responsible for combat operations in the Middle East. Fifth Fleet was initially established 26 April 1944 from Central Pacific Force, and dis-establsihed after the war. Through the 1980s several frigate- and destroyer-type ships and minesweepers were assigned to the Middle East Force as well as support ships. After the 1990 Iraqi occupation of Kuwait, the largest armada since World War II assembled in the Gulf in support of Operation Desert Shield, and ultimately Operation Desert Storm in 1991. The Middle East Force found itself operating under operational control of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command where it remained following the war. During Desert Storm in 1991, the Commander, Seventh Fleet served as naval component commander for Central Command. Since the Gulf War, NAVCENT fulfilled the roles of both a naval component command and as the fleet command. Ships from the East and West Coasts comprised the fleet, but it operated without a traditionally understood structure or number. By July 1995, the course of events made a new numbered fleet necessary. After a 48-year hibernation, the US 5th Fleet was reactivated and it now cruises the Gulf. Commander, United States Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) exercises command and control over all naval operations throughout the AOR from a headquarters located in Manama, Bahrain. Since naval forces routinely make up over 70 percent of all US military presence in theater, NAVCENT's location on the scene is an integral part of USCENTCOM's ability to successfully execute a theater strategy. From major exercises to day-to-day real world operations such as enforcement of UN sanctions, NAVCENT plays a major role in maintaining stability and deterring aggression in the region. The vast majority of NAVCENT's operating forces are rotationally deployed to the region from either the Pacific Fleet or the Atlantic Fleet. These forces normally consist of an Aircraft Carrier Battle Group (CVBG), an Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), surface combatants, submarines, maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, and logistics ships.
Sixth Fleet, headquarterd on the command ship USS LaSalle, consists of approximately 40 ships, 175 aircraft and 21,000 people. The Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean is the major operational component of Naval Forces Europe. The principal striking power of the Sixth Fleet resides in its aircraft carriers and the modern jet aircraft, its submarines, and its reinforced battalion of US Marines on board amphibious ships deployed in the Mediterranean. Commander, Sixth Fleet has both US national and NATO responsibilities. He reports to the Commander-In-Chief, US Naval Forces, Europe (CinCUSNavEur) in the US chain of command and to CinCSouth when the Sixth Fleet operates as part of NATO as StrikForSouth. The CinC Naval Forces Europe, based in London, is responsible for US naval operations in the European area, and also holds the NATO position of CinC Allied Forces Southern Europe, responsible to the NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe. The CINC Naval Forces Europe does not have administrative responsibilities for support of US naval forces in Europe, which are under the cognizance of CINC Atlantic Fleet.
Seventh Fleet, established 19 February 1943 from Southwest Pacific Force, is the largest of the forward-deployed U.S. fleets, with 50-60 ships, 350 aircraft and 60,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel. Operating in the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean and Arabian Gulf -- up to 11,000 miles from the west coast of the United States, Seventh Fleet, with the support of its Task Force Commanders, performs three jobs. First, C7F can be assigned as a Joint Task Force commander in the event of natural disaster or joint military operation. Second, C7F is the operational commander for all naval forces in the region. Finally, C7F is designated as the Combined Naval Component Commander for the defense of the Korean peninsula; in the event of hostilities, all friendly naval forces in the theater would fall under C7F control. Of the 50-60 ships typically assigned to Seventh Fleet, 18 operate from U.S. facilities in Japan and Guam. These forward-deployed units represent the heart of Seventh Fleet. The 18 permanently forward-deployed ships of the US 7th Fleet are the centerpieces of American forward presence in Asia. They are 17 steaming days closer to locations in Asia than their counterparts based in the continental United States. It would take three to five times the number of rotationally based ships in the United States to equal the same presence and crisis response capability as these 18 forward deployed ships. On any given day, about 50 percent of Seventh Fleet forces are deployed at sea throughout the area of responsibility.
Eighth Fleet, established 15 March 1943 from Northwest African Force, operated in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II with a main mission of amphibious warfare. At the outset of the War the forces that eventually evolved into US Eighth Fleet were designated Amphibious Forces, Atlantic Fleet, and later United States Forces North-West African Waters. Under the command of Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, the Fleet supported landings in Sicily and at Salerno, the first sustained land assault and invasion of the European mainland in World War II. Eighth Fleet supported the August 1944 landing of Allied troops on the coast of southern France with heavy naval gunfire and aircraft attack. With the reorganization of the Navy after World War II in December 1945, Eighth Fleet was reactivated on 01 March 1946 under the command of Admiral Marc A. Mitscher. Under the overall command of Commander, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Eighth Fleet was the heavy striking arm of the Atlantic Fleet. It consisted of the preponderance of Atlantic Fleet aircraft carrier assets, initially including the new fast carriers Midway and Franklin D. Roosevelt, their escorts and support ships. These latter did not include the fast battleship division made up of the Wisconsin and the Missouri, retained under direct command of Atlantic Fleet. In February 1950, the US Eighth Fleet was redesignated to US Second Fleet, a part of US Atlantic Command.
Tenth Fleet was a special anti submarine organization formed during the Second World War to counter convoy and shipping losses from German German U-boat wolf packs. During the Battle of the Atlantic in 1942 these amounted to more than half of all ships lost to the U-boats in the whole period of the war, most of which were sunk in the American defense zone. Tenth Fleet, with headquarters in Washington DC, was established under Commander in Chief United States Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King on 20 May 1943 to control United States antisubmarine operations in the Atlantic. Although the Tenth Fleet brought needed order to the American anti submarine effort, by this time Germany had lost the strategic initiative in the Battle of the Atlantic. Tenth Fleet was a unique organization within the United States Navy -- it never put to sea, it had no ships, and never had more than about 50 people in its organization. After the surrender of Germany in May 1945 Tenth Fleet was disbanded in June 1945.
Twelfth Fleet was established on 01 October 1943 from the US naval forces under Commander Naval Forces Europe, Admiral Stark. All US naval forces operating from the United Kingdom were at that time under Admiral Stark. As in the case of the US Army, tactical organization for the Normandy invasion was delayed until the fall of 1943 when the Twelfth Fleet under Rear Adm. Alan G. Kirk was organized. On 09 September 1943 Admiral King ordered consolidation of all US naval forces in Europe under a new command, the Twelfth Fleet, to be headed by Admiral Stark. But, although this simplified the appearance of the command, the fact remained complicated. At the same time, Admiral King directed that a task force be formed to control operations and training for the cross-Channel assault. This became Task Force 122 under command of Rear Adm. Alan G. Kirk. Operational and administrative command thus remained divided. Two other important subordinate commands were formed under Twelfth Fleet: the Eleventh Amphibious Force under and Landing Craft and Bases, Europe, which was created in the summer of 1943 to receive and control the buildup of landing craft for the invasion.