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Earlier this week the Wall Street Journal reported that Google and an unnamed publisher were having discussions about leasing access to e-books. The general idea is that users would pay approximately ten percent of the list price for the printed book to be able to read the e-book for one week. In other words, they're talking about a pay-per-circ digital lending library.
When it comes to new (and recycled) schemes for pricing e-books, November has been a "Katy-bar-the-door" month. Amazon and Random House announced separate plans to sell e-books in less-than-complete chunks, such as chapters. If we manage to get through the remainder of the month without any more turkey announcements like this, we'll have another cause for thanksgiving. Read More »
Lots of folks are sour on snippets. Google has made lemonade out of the old word "snippet" by using it to describe what will be presented to users when they perform a full-text search in the Google Print Library and retrieve hits for the search term in a work still protected by copyright. Here is Google's brief (and a little vague) description of how this works on the "common questions" page about the Google Print Library Project (http://print.google.com/googleprint/common.html): "For library books still in copyright, you'll be able to find the book in your search result, but we will only display bibliographic information and a few short snippets of the book." Read More »
Cell phones, PDAs, MP3 players, and other portable information/communication appliances all have buttons. For most tasks, the dominant way of interacting with these devices involves pressing buttons. The functionality of some buttons has become so multifarious that they seem like joysticks—without the stick and without the joy.
The problem is: most button designs are poor, assuming that easy usability is the principal design goal. Somewhere along the line the device-design community developed the collective wisdom that the purpose of button design is to enhance the overall style—and sales attractiveness—of the device. The result is a bunch of gadgets with buttons that elicit user responses ranging from confusion to open hostility. Read More »
I don't know what possessed me to write a blog entry about copyright. Hasn't enough been written about copyright already—even if the future of copyright, fair use, the right of first sale, and intellectual property in general is arguably one of the essential issues currently confronting society and culture?
Here's how it happened. I was walking our dog Max in the pre-dawn darkness. Overhead, the slightly past-full moon was beginning its decline. The warm breeze reminded me that today probably will be the final day this year of summerlike weather in beautiful Blue Springs. Read More »
There are so many organizations involved—ten at the time of the initial press release—in the Open Content Alliance that it's difficult to tell how each organization will be involved. At the very least, Yahoo probably will be a major financial backer and a major (if not the primary) distributor of the content. One way to understand the OCA is as Yahoo's response to the Google Library Project. Read More »
Today's announcement of yet another massive digitization project for printed books, the Open Content Alliance involving Yahoo!, the Internet Archive, the University of California, the University of Toronto, U.K. and European Archives, and others, coupled with last week's announcement of an initial preview of the used book market by the Book Industry Study Group, has me wondering: If libraries as a group exhibit markedly accelerated deaccession activities for their printed materials in the next few years (that's a big unknown if), what are they going to do with all those surplus printed copies? Read More »
Tuesday three individual authors, as well as the Authors Guild, which represents approximately 8,000 authors, filed a lawsuit against Google over the library portion of its Google Library Project.
The suit (covered on Boing Boing Tuesday), claiming massive copyright infringement, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by lawyers representing Daniel Hoffman, a poet; Betty Miles, a children's and YA (young adult) author; and Herbert Mitgang, a Lincoln biographer. Read More »
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NVIDIA Corporation has demonstrated a document criticizing its rival's latest products as well as revealing certain unpleasant facts about ATI Technologies to press members as well as its own managers.
The History Repeating
The presentation that is marked as NVIDIA's internal document, says that ATI's latest RADEON X800 PRO and RADEON X800 XT graphics processors are based on the last year's architecture and have very suspicious drivers in terms of possible cheating and unfair optimizations. The document also claims that ATI Technologies could not implement Shader Model 3.0 in the RADEON X800 series and also mislead reviewers and customers about core-clocks of the flagship offering RADEON X800 XT.
NVIDIA's representatives confirmed [H]ard|OCP web-site the authenticity of the slides from the presentation published by 3DCenter.de web-site.
NVIDIA is pretty well-known for pass negative judgments on competing products. In 2001 the company issued a special document for its sales managers and some clients telling that PowerVR's KYRO graphics processor does not worth attention and is not a potentially feasible technology.
PowerVR's KYRO competed with NVIDIA's GeForce2 MX400 at about $150 price-point, showing decent performance in almost all games of that time, but did not support certain features, such as T&L engine. In a lot of cased the KYRO was faster compared to more expensive NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS and ATI RADEON 256 64MB DDR products.
In 2003 NVIDIA also released a document claiming that Futuremark's 3DMark03 benchmark was unfair and provided certain benefits to arch-rival's ATI RADEON graphics processors.
ATI's flagship offering RADEON X800 XT graphics card outperformed NVIDIA's top-of-the-range GeForce 6800 Ultra in a lot of cases based on the result of numerous gaming benchmarks. But ATI's RADEON X800-series does not sport some capabilities NVIDIA's new chips are able to execute, such as Shader Model 3.0.
Belittling Rivals' Instead of Praising Own Products
Earlier this month ATI Technologies supplied reviewers of ATI RADEON X800-series of graphics cards a document suggesting that they should disable certain trilinear filtering optimizations of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra GPUs from the ForceWare drivers to ensure "fair competition". Later it was discovered that ATI also had similar optimizations of trilinear filtering for its RADEON X800-series hardware that could not be disabled by the drivers.
While this is not news that hardware developers bash each other internally and sometimes even issue special documents to humiliate rivals in the eyes of potential clients, the leak of this kind of documents is not praised by the community of hardware enthusiasts, who often start to criticize authors of the documents and issue negative feedback.
Both leading makers of central processing units – Intel and AMD – were noticed spreading documents humbling each other too.


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Debates of Feb. 28th, 2003
House of Commons Hansard #70 of the 37th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was yukon.
- Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act
- Pharmacist Awareness Week
- Justice
- Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Festival
- Foreign Credentials
- Josée Lavigueur
- National Defence
- Canadian Music Week
- International Women's Day
- Liberal Party of Canada
- Atlantic Canadian Artists
- International Women's Day
- Winter Games
- Suzanne Rochon Burnett
- Canadian Forces
- Black History Month
- Gasoline Taxes
- Ethics
- Iraq
- Ethics
- Foreign Affairs
- National Defence
- The Environment
- Government Contracts
- Technology Partnerships Canada
- Taxation
- Agriculture
- Veterans Affairs
- Border Security
- Health
- Foreign Affairs
- Drugs and Pharmaceuticals
- Goods and Services Tax
- Oil and Gas Prices
- Health
- Human Rights
- The Environment
- Organized Crime
- Firearms Registry
- Foreign Affairs
- The Environment
- Fisheries and Oceans
- Citizenship and Immigration
- Government Appointments
- Zimbabwe
- Points of Order
- Privilege
- Points of Order
- Report of the Canadian Forces Housing Agency
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Committees of the House
- Income Tax Act
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Question No. 45
- Question No. 105
- Specific Claims Resolution Act
- Committees of the House
- Specific Claims Resolution Act
- Falun Gong
International Women's Day
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Wendy Lill Dartmouth, NS
Mr. Speaker, International Women's Day on March 8 is a day to reflect on how much women have achieved as we move toward a world of gender equality free from sexism.
It is a day to commemorate women like Nancy Riche, who recently won the AFL-CIO 2002 human rights award for her tireless work to improve the lives of working women around the world.
However women in Canada still face very real problems: 19% live in poverty and women on average still only earn 64% of men's salaries.
How is the government responding? Instead of changing EI rules for part time workers, most of whom are women, the Liberals hiked RRSP limits, which help less than 2% of women workers, and they have only delivered 3,000 of the 150,000 day care spaces needed for working women and their families.
It is time to start taking women's issues seriously again instead of sweeping them under the carpet or hoping that surfing the net, the theme from Status of Women Canada, will bring about women's equality.
Winter Games
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Caroline St-Hilaire Longueuil, QC
Mr. Speaker, we have already been dazzled by the Canada Games that will run until March 8. The magnificent performances so far all point to excellent results at the next Olympics.
I am very proud to underscore the excellence of our athletes from Quebec, who were leading in the medal count this week. The women's short track speed skaters, including four from Longueuil, made us especially proud when they swept the medals in both the 500 metre and 1,500 metre events.
And we can look forward to more because today marks the beginning of the 38th Finale des Jeux du Québec in the beautiful region of Portneuf.
On behalf of my colleagues from the Bloc Quebecois, I would like to congratulate the thousands of athletes and all the organizers and volunteers who contributed to the success of these two large gatherings of sport's finest.
Congratulations to everyone.
Suzanne Rochon Burnett
Statements By Members
February 28th, 2003 / 11:10 a.m.
Tony Tirabassi Niagara Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to some of the accomplishments of my constituent, Suzanne Rochon Burnett.
Suzanne is a proud Metis who began her broadcast career in Quebec in the 1950s. She eventually moved to the Niagara Peninsula and by 1974 she had developed the highly successful radio program Chanson à la Française . Suzanne was also a regular on CBC's Morningside .
In 1995 Suzanne's company purchased the business that operated radio station C-HOW in the Niagara. She applied to the CRTC for an FM frequency and was granted a licence.
Suzanne is a strong supporter of business, the arts and broadcasting in native communities. She is a member of countless arts and cultural boards, and has received numerous awards and medals, including the Order of Canada.
I congratulate Suzanne. She has made our community a better place in which to live.
Canadian Forces
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Progressive Conservative
Peter MacKay Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough, NS
Mr. Speaker, our military has been in desperate need of new helicopters for over two decades and yesterday's accident on the HMCS Iroquois demonstrates how starving our military of resources has put Canadian's lives at risk.
At the same time a Sea King helicopter was crash landing on the deck of the Iroquois , we saw a smiling Prime Minister disembarking from his brand new Challenger.
When the government hides the $100 million price tag for two luxury Challengers from the public, where is the transparency? Where are this government's priorities?
The Liberals' legacy of waste and mismanagement results in a blatant disregard for the money and safety of others. The HRDC fiasco, Shawinigate, corrupt ad contracts, a billion dollars on a failed long gun registry, a ballooning bureaucracy and our international reputation is in decline.
Choose your Prime Minister carefully.
When we pick a Prime Minister we often pick our priorities. Life-saving helicopters or luxury jets, which would we choose?
Black History Month
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Paul MacKlin Northumberland, ON
Mr. Speaker, February is Black History Month. It is a time for all Canadians to experience a part of their history and explore role models that they might not have recognized before.
Molly Killingbeck is an athlete, a coach, a leader and just one of many shining examples of female black Canadian role models.
Killingbeck began her love of sports at a young age with her love of running. Through dedication and hard work, she trained to become one of Canada's top female athletes in track and field. Her love of sport propelled her to many heights, from coaching the gold medal winning men's relay team in 1996 to her current position as an athlete services manager with the National Sport Centre of Ontario.
Following her experiences, she was inspired to campaign for a tighter anti-drug program.
Dedication and a healthy dose of fun keep Killingbeck strongly connected to the world of sport. As a coach, Killingbeck works to instill qualities in athletes that they can use on and off the track. For her, it is important to see all athletes as people first before viewing them as performers.
I ask all members to please join me in saluting Molly Killingbeck and all black Canadians who are role models for Canadian youth.
Gasoline Taxes
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Canadian Alliance
Gurmant Grewal Surrey Central, BC
Mr. Speaker, the transport minister thinks our cities should start charging road tolls. There is a better idea.
The Liberals should start giving provinces their fair share of gas tax revenue. Thirty eight per cent of what we are paying at the pumps goes into government coffers. The government rakes in nearly $5 billion in gas taxes annually, but it spends merely $113 million on roadway development, just two and a quarter per cent. As gasoline prices soar, so do government revenues as the Liberals continue to charge taxes on taxes. The Ottawa gas tax rip-off is highway robbery.
Transportation is critical to B.C.'s economy and public safety. Money is needed for repairs to the Sea to Sky Highway and public transit, but instead the government has one boondoggle after another.
The government should dedicate more of the gasoline taxes to highway spending, eliminate the one and a half cent per litre deficit-financing gasoline tax and stop charging GST on gasoline taxes.
Oral Question Period
11:15 a.m.
Canadian Alliance
Dale Johnston Wetaskiwin, AB
Mr. Speaker, the Parker report has clearly stated that ministers should not operate family businesses under blind management agreements. The transport minister has conceded that changes to the government's ethics code may be necessary.
Will the government now admit that ministers should not be able to personally manage their holdings and be in cabinet at the same time?
Oral Question Period
11:15 a.m.
Don Valley East
David Collenette Minister of Transport
Mr. Speaker, we have been consistent in dealing with this matter in the last few days. The fact is that the present code of conduct did emanate from certain deliberations made by the former government and following Justice Parker's report, and we have followed those procedures. In the case of the former minister of finance, he followed all the rules and that has been confirmed by the ethics counsellor.
Oral Question Period
11:15 a.m.
Canadian Alliance
Dale Johnston Wetaskiwin, AB
Maybe he followed all the rules, but the rules should be changed, Mr. Speaker.
The former finance minister is not covered by a blind trust but by a one of a kind supervisory agreement, whatever that is. That allows him to have direct input into his company. He now says that as Prime Minister he would change that and make an even better deal for himself.
Ethics should apply to all cabinet ministers, including the Prime Minister. Why should the government ethics package allow a special deal for this Prime Minister wannabe?
Oral Question Period
11:15 a.m.
Don Valley East
David Collenette Minister of Transport
Mr. Speaker, I can understand that the hon. member has some strong views on this particular issue and I would invite him to go to committee where this matter is now under review and make his points. He is a member of that committee, I am told, therefore he has the full advantage of going to the committee, making these arguments and trying to change the policy.
Oral Question Period
11:15 a.m.
Canadian Alliance
Dale Johnston Wetaskiwin, AB
Mr. Speaker, the minister can count on us making a presentation to that committee.
The former finance minister's proposal for avoiding conflicts of interest, though, is to simply excuse himself from cabinet. When his businesses and personal holdings are directly affected by almost every government department, he will certainly be spending a lot of time in the hallways. Will the government commit to ethics guidelines that prohibit the Prime Minister from having personal control over his holdings? Yes or no.
Oral Question Period
11:15 a.m.
Don Valley East
David Collenette Minister of Transport
Mr. Speaker, I am sorry that the hon. member seems to be a bit under weather. I could not catch the full purport of his question, but I would say that the matter to which he refers about whatever happens at a Liberal leadership is hypothetical and we will not enter into those discussions.
Oral Question Period
11:15 a.m.
Canadian Alliance
Jay Hill Prince George—Peace River, BC
Mr. Speaker, I think it is the former finance minister that is about to be under the weather. The former finance minister had a special supervisory deal and has now asked for yet another tailor-made arrangement. Entrepreneurs in cabinet have only two options: to divest themselves of their assets or to put those assets into a true, and I emphasize true, blind trust. Will the government now admit that the only way to remove the perception of a conflict of interest is to have ministers divest themselves of private holdings as they do in the United States?
Oral Question Period
11:15 a.m.
Don Valley East
David Collenette Minister of Transport
Again, Mr. Speaker, I will take this as representations. The hon. member should really be making these kinds of suggestions at committee.
Again, to repeat, the former minister of finance followed all the rules. He conducted himself in an exemplary fashion while he was in cabinet. The issue of the meetings and what was discussed at the meetings has been reported on by the ethics commissioner, who said that there was no cause for concern in any of the meetings which he attended.
Oral Question Period
11:15 a.m.
Canadian Alliance
Jay Hill Prince George—Peace River, BC
Mr. Speaker, the only reason the former finance minister was able to follow all the rules is that they were so loose he could drive one of his ships right through them. The former finance minister received numerous private briefings from the Liberals' very own ethics counsellor. How many and on what issues, both of them refuse to say. Why is it the job of the ethics counsellor to protect the wannabe Prime Minister from public relations embarrassment?


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Note: The Dead Sea minerals this is enriched with are of no major help to anyone's skin. They make for a nice story and marketing hype, but there's no research proving their worth other than soaking in the real thing.
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Strengths: Most of the cleansers are good.
Weaknesses: Expensive; several of the daytime moisturizers with sunscreen do not list active ingredients; Dead Sea mud is not the cure-all for anyone's aging skin; disappointing toners; lackluster moisturizers and serums; jar packaging; no AHA or BHA products; no products to manage acne; no products to lighten skin discolorations; average masks; irritating men's products.
Ahava is the Hebrew word for love, and this group has adopted it for these skin-care products imported from Israel. Other than the endearing title, the point of difference for Ahava is that their products contain salts and minerals from the Dead Sea in Israel. So, you ask, is your skin going to love these products because they contain Dead Sea water? Supposedly, Cleopatra did, and, of course, she must have had skin to die for, or else Mark Antony wouldn't have risked everything for her. Is that a good enough reason to consider these products for your own skin-care routine? We hope not. Aside from the folklore, there is little truth behind the hype—why would anyone believe that Cleopatra knew any more about skin care than she did about computers or cell phones—and skin care in this millennium is indeed akin to rocket science.
Keep in mind the Dead Sea in Israel is called "dead" because nothing can live in it (technically, there are some bacteria and fungi that can). There are many environmental factors that contribute to making the Dead Sea one of the saltiest lakes in the world, but we won't get into that discussion. A comparison should give you an idea of just how salty it is. The seawater in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans has a salt content of 3–4%, while the Dead Sea has a salt content of 32%, as well as a large concentration of minerals such as sulfur, magnesium, calcium, bromide, and potassium. If you haven't been to the Dead Sea, we can tell you the aroma of the sulfur in the water is overwhelming. It is hard to imagine that anything so noxious would be considered a desirable beauty treatment.
Despite the smell and the high mineral content, there are no clinical studies or research showing that Dead Sea minerals have any effect on wrinkles, discolorations, sagging skin, or acne. There are, however, several studies demonstrating that Dead Sea minerals can have a positive effect on psoriatic skin, a practice known as climatotherapy (Sources: International Journal of Dermatology, October 2007, pages 1087–1091; Journal of Dermatological Treatment, May-June 2005, pages 308–313; and Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, September 2003, pages 451–457). Psoriasis is a skin condition characterized by rapidly dividing, overactive skin cells. How the Dead Sea minerals and salts affect psoriasis is still being debated. One of the more popular theories is that the mineral content of the water slows down the out-of-control cell division. Some research indicates that the benefit is cumulative and that the results can last for up to five months. Immersing psoriasis-afflicted skin in Dead Sea minerals is also a treatment that is better-tolerated than many conventional medical options.
Studies by the Department of Medicine and Department of Epidemiology and Dermatology at the Soroka Medical Center of Kupat-Holim in Israel and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev on psoriasis and other skin rashes noted that "improvement [in skin] was found when patients soaked in two pounds/one kilo for three baths per week, for a period of six weeks." Now that's a lot of Dead Sea water, and certainly not the amount you would get by using these products. Most important, however, if you are looking for Dead Sea water to heal wrinkles, think again, because wrinkles are completely unrelated to psoriasis or other skin rashes.
Even if Dead Sea salts could benefit normal skin in some way, the amount you'll find in the Ahava products and products from other Dead Sea–oriented lines are infinitesimally small in comparison with the amounts used in the published studies, and your skin deserves so much more than these one-note products can deliver. For more information about Ahava, call (800) 366-7254 or visit www.ahavaus.com.
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Thomson Reuters tie-up pressures Canadian scion
When Thomson negotiated its $17bn deal for Reuters, Thomson chairman David Thomson stayed on the sidelines through 18 months of talks, speaking to Reuters top management only on the day plans for the deal were announced in 2007.
For the scion of Canada's wealthiest family, the hands-off approach, described by people close to the merger, was par for the course. The family's formula over the past two generations at the media empire founded by David Thomson's grandfather was "surround yourself with business people…and then let management manage," says Ron Barbaro, a former director.
Four years after it was completed, the tie-up with Reuters has disappointed investors, and Thomson, chairman of the combined company, is playing a more assertive role. Late last year, he presided over a wide-ranging management shake-up. And last week, he replaced the head of the family's holding company, which owns 55% of Thomson Reuters.
That executive, Geoff Beattie, remains vice chairman at Thomson Reuters, where he will focus on improving its performance, according to people familiar with the matter. Some of these people said the move comes after months of tension between Thomson and Beattie over the stock-market performance of Thomson Reuters, a merger Beattie had championed.
The move also signals a change in the way the family that controls one of the world's biggest media complexes manages its far-flung businesses.
For half a century, the Thomsons were an acquisitive family, buying up assets in an array of sectors and just as often selling them, frequently at the top of the market. Today, that family deal-making is set to largely end, several people familiar with the matter say, as the Toronto-based family company, Woodbridge, is retooled to become a more traditional holding company with a focus on income rather than new acquisitions. That was among the motivations for moving Beattie, who is well-known as a deal-maker, these people said.
Family members and officials at Woodbridge, which holds a number of investments besides its Thomson Reuters stake, also have discussed the possibility of restructuring some of these other holdings, according to people familiar with the matter. This could involve, over time, either distributing shares in some of those other assets to family members or selling them and passing the proceeds on to the members, one of the people said. A spokesman representing Woodbridge, Thomson and Thomson Reuters declined to comment on this and most other aspects of this article.
Last month, Woodbridge sold a parcel of downtown Toronto land, according to RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust, which said it and two other firms were the buyers. A RioCan executive said Woodbridge had been developing an adjacent plot but now is in talks to sell this as well.
At Thomson Reuters, the family's representation will increase, because the new president and CEO of Woodbridge, David Binet, will become a director along with Beattie.
"We anticipate a continued collaboration with Geoff [Beattie] at Thomson Reuters, which is our largest investment and of fundamental importance to us," David Thomson said last week in announcing the move. He said the shuffle comes as the family holding company "enters an important new era."
David Thomson declined several interview requests made in recent months. Through a Thomson Reuters spokesman, he declined a request for further comment about the Woodbridge move. In brief emailed responses to questions earlier this year, David Thomson said he was content with the Thomson Reuters tie-up.
The Thomson Empire
Starting in the 1930s, the Thomson family of Canada built a business that now controls 55% of Thomson Reuters.
The deal was designed to create a financial news and information powerhouse by combining two storied media groups. It would link Thomson's dominance in sectors such as investment banking and wealth management with Reuters's international footprint and strength in areas like foreign-exchange trading, equity sales and news. The combination hasn't yet delivered all of the benefits envisioned.
One reason was that the deal closed in 2008 just months before the global financial and economic crisis sapped sales at one of combined firm's biggest divisions, its financial-products unit, which sells news, data and other tools to traders and other financial players. Meanwhile, it was facing increased pressure from competitors such as Bloomberg.
Amid an uneven global recovery, the Thomson Reuters financial-products unit continues to perform fitfully, with sales slipping 2% in the first nine months of this year. Operating profit fell 18% in the period, based on the company's most recent earnings release.
Company-wide, Thomson Reuters's revenue slid 3% to $9.88bn in the first nine months of this year, weakened by worse-than-expected downsizing at financial institutions across Europe. Thomson Reuters's stock is down around 20% since the acquisition was completed, versus a rise of about 4% for the S&P 500.
The Thomson family's fortune has felt the effect. Its stake in Thomson Reuters is now worth about $12.6bn, down from around $16bn. Ranked by Forbes in 2007 as the world's 10th-richest family, with assets valued at $22bn, the Thomsons as of last March were Number 35 on the list with estimated assets of $17.5bn.
Although the family's controlling stake insulates Thomson Reuters from most outside investor pressure, the stock has frustrated some shareholders, including Canadians who have been longtime investors. Directors "have clearly dropped the ball, and shareholders have paid for it," said Ian Hardacre, a fund manager at Invesco Canada, an arm of fund-management giant Invesco that is among the largest investors in Thomson Reuters.
In his emailed replies earlier this year, David Thomson said that "The acquisition closed in 2008 and the global economy has been difficult since then. One of our key marketplaces is financial services and that has been particularly affected. The acquisition and integration was very complex and was well executed by management."
The family empire traces to 1931, when David Thomson's grandfather Roy, the son of a barber, launched it with the purchase of a Canadian radio station. Thomson holdings at various times included hairdressing salons, an airline, North Sea oil assets and a portfolio of newspapers stretching from Marion, Ohio, to Britain, where the company once owned the Times of London.
The publicity-shy family has cast a long shadow, particularly in Canada, not only because of its size, wealth and philanthropy but also because of an astute business record. Under Roy Thomson's son Ken, it sold some of its largest holdings, including print newspapers, ahead of downturns in their sectors.
Though its Thomson Reuters stake is by far the family's biggest holding, contributing $600m in dividends in 2011, it also owns such assets as a $3bn investment in funds managed by private-equity firm General Atlantic, 13.2% of US hotels group Strategic Hotels & Resorts and 85% of Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper.
David Thomson shares ownership of Woodbridge with his brother, Peter, a prizewinning rally driver, their sister, Taylor, and four cousins. Peter is a Thomson Reuters board member, but Taylor has no formal role at Thomson Reuters. The extended family has fanned out across Canada, with different branches pursuing different businesses. That dispersal was a motivation for changing Woodbridge, according to people familiar with the matter.
Some family members began to complain about the performance of Thomson Reuters, according to people familiar with the matter. David Thomson, asked whether some were dissatisfied, said in his emailed replies: "We have confidence in the company and its long-term potential. All the family is very supportive of Thomson Reuters."
In a sign of how the family has tried to adapt to its growing size, members in May discussed hiring someone to write a family newsletter that would inform the clan of their investments' performance, according to a person familiar with the plan. It isn't clear whether the newsletter got off the ground.
Beattie, while at the helm of the family holding company, was the point man in a tight circle of advisers that acted as a conduit between the generally private family members, their investments and the bankers and lawyers who pitched new deals. As a proponent of the Reuters deal, he took an active role in negotiations with Reuters executives.
Shortly after the deal's completion, some Thomson executives began to resent what they saw as a "reverse takeover," say people familiar with the matter. Reuters's chief at the time, Tom Glocer, became chief executive of the combined company. He tapped a Reuters lieutenant to head the division that included financial information.
There were cultural mismatches. At one point, professional-division head James Smith, from the Thomson side, delivered a no-frills, fact-laden presentation on the latest iteration of a desktop product for legal professionals. Among Reuters executives accustomed to flashier presentations, "there was a lot of snickering" about how dry it was, said one person present. Through a Thomson Reuters spokesman, Smith declined to comment.
An executive from the Reuters side presented on "Project Utah," a desktop product for traders that had yet to launch but for which a rollout was already envisaged that would include outdoor displays, live events and sponsorship of a "South Pole Expedition." Project Utah morphed into Eikon, a kind of all-in-one desktop system aimed at competing with Bloomberg's news, data and analysis terminals.
Both Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg compete with News Corp's Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires.
Making Thomson's and Reuters's databases and delivery networks "talk to each other" proved an "incredibly complex" undertaking, said Douglas Taylor, a former Thomson executive and founder of Burton-Taylor Consulting. Launched in the fall of 2010, Eikon had a slow start, amassing just 8,000 customers in its first year. The number has since jumped to 25,600.
Bloomberg last year overtook Thomson Reuters in share of the market for financial data, and Bloomberg increasingly is competing on other fronts. It rolled out Bloomberg Law, a research tool for lawyers that puts it in direct competition with Thomson Reuters's dominant Westlaw legal service.
David Thomson initially gave Thomson Reuters executives free rein, in the family's customary hands-off style. A collector of photographs, he sometimes called editors at Reuters's photographic-agency business to talk about pictures, yet rarely reached out to top executives, these people said.
Through the struggles to perfect the Eikon product, he had little contact with the Glocer, other than at board meetings, people familiar with the matter said. Big investors also say David Thomson rarely reaches out to them. But at the annual meeting in May, he lingered to chat with small investors over sandwiches long after other directors had left.
Thomson is regarded by friends and in the close-knit Toronto business community as private almost to the point of reclusive, and a bit eccentric. He sometimes arrives at business meetings in jogging gear or cargo pants, or wears sneakers with his suit. He spends large sums on art, but, like his father, Ken, shows frugality elsewhere. He will get years' worth of wear from shoes and suits, said one person.
When David Thomson was still young, his grandfather, Roy, lined him up to someday take over the family business, stating this responsibility in the patriarch's autobiography. Some who know David Thomson describe him as a reluctant heir. He "felt the weight, or the responsibility, that he would step into those shoes," said Jeff Laidlaw, who knew him through school and his early 20s.
As Thomson Reuters struggled to reap the full promise of its merger, however, David Thomson began to pressure Beattie at the family holding company for a turnaround, according people familiar with the situation. Beattie then ratcheted up pressure on Glocer, the chief executive at the time, according to these people.
In July 2011, Glocer forced out the head of the financial-information unit. Soon, Glocer himself stepped down, succeeded by Thomson veteran Smith, the executive whose presentation at an early meeting had struck some from the Reuters side as colorless.
Despite Thomson's evident preference for taking the back seat in management, he has a huge desire to do well at the business started by a grandfather of whom he often talks admiringly, according to friends. "He's deeply competitive," said Wesley Wark, a friend who first met Thomson at Cambridge University in 1975. "He doesn't relish if the company is not doing well, he doesn't relish having his performance outperformed."
—Keach Hagey contributed to this article.
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With the members of Delerium separating in the mid-'90s, Fulber produced albums by P.O.D., Sarah Brightman, David Foster, and Fear Factory. The band reunited in 2001 and released Poem, followed by Chimera two years later. In 2004 Nettwerk released the 1994-2004 collection Best Of. Their 2006 effort Nuages du Monde featured singers from around the world, including opera star Isabel Baryakdarian and Punjabi singer Kiran Arwuhalia. Music Box Opera from 2012 arrived with a different set of vocalists, including Leona Naess, Kristy Thirsk, and Michael Logen. Fulber and Leeb have also recorded as Intermix and Noise Unit. ~ Craig Harris
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Huffinton Post
New Media feudalism?
Huffington Post was just sold to AOL for $315 million. Good stuff. An online media effort makes big bucks.
But David Carr throws out some interesting commentary about that and the online culture that does cause me to pause and think about it. The paragraphs that grabbed my attention were:
It will be interesting to see how the legions of unpaid bloggers at The Huffington Post react to the merger with AOL. Typing away for an upstart blog — founded by the lefty pundit Arianna Huffington and the technology executive Kenneth Lerer — would seem to be a little different from cranking copy for AOL, a large American media company with a market capitalization of $2.2 billion.
Perhaps content will remain bifurcated into professional and amateur streams, but as social networks eat away at media mindshare and the advertising base, I'm not so sure. If it happens, I'll have no one but myself to blame. Last time I checked, I had written or shared over 11,000 items on Twitter. It's a nice collection of short-form work, and I've been rewarded with lot of followers … and exactly no money. If and when the folks at Twitter cash out, some tiny fraction of that value will have been created by me.
He has a point. Maybe not the one he thinks he has, but there is a point to be made here. It's one thing to labor away at a blog like QandO which is a personal decision and a labor of love. I don't do it for money nor do I expect to earn a living doing it here. If someone were to come along and offer a pile of money for the place, I'd take it, but it would be money I and the other bloggers earned by developing the place and writing here.
But what about those sites which encourage community, give bloggers access and then use the demographics (which bloggers helped create) to actively sell advertising and raise revenue? And, like HuffPo, what if they sell?
Well, without out legal agreement that your participation is worth x amount in either area (advertising or a sale) you haven't a leg to stand on. You agreed to whatever stipulations they had in place when you entered your first post, if there even were any.
So what happens now with HuffPo? The paid bloggers/journalists will most likely continue to be paid. But what about the bulk of bloggers/diarists/citizen journalists there? Will they continue to write?
I mean that's a big change. Those that have helped build that sites reputation now know what their work built.
So will they be willing to continue on adding to its value without compensation? Or will they demand a piece of the pie or withhold their content?
And if they do withhold their content, will others be willing to step forward and take their place.
HuffPo also has the argument that all of the value isn't to be found in the contributions of the bloggers/diarists/citizen journalists there. And that's probably true – but HuffPo (and now AOL) can't deny part of the value must be contributed to them.
The point of all of this is it changes, fairly dramatically, the thinking of many who participate online in a "free" capacity helping build a brand. HuffPo definitely has a brand.
You have to ask then, what are AOL's expectations for non-paid bloggers? And, on the other side, are non-paid bloggers willing to continue working for nothing but adding value to AOL's brand?
Interesting questions, interesting times. For whatever reason I keep hearing the "echo" of "union" floating around. Hopefully bloggers will avoid anything like that – a loose federation or association would serve as well, but I have to say, if bloggers are adding value to a site such that a 2 million dollar investment can grow to 315 million, they ought to have an understanding going in that they get a share in compensation for their contribution – or not. Their choice. But there should be a choice. And a smart entrepreneur is going to attract the brightest and best by providing one. And such a site or sites would keep the "feudal" sites from becoming more prevalent than they are today.


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We are still celebrating our product swap with Maya Road this week. Today we have a fun mix of products for you. A mini album…cards….and layouts!
Here is a fun mini album featuring Jenni Bowlin Core Impressions from Design Team Member Paula Gilarde:
And look how gorgeous these Maya Road kraft doilies look against Core'dinations Graphic 45 Core Impressions on this card from Design Team Member Linda Beeson. Oh and check out the fabulous detail with the Maya Road flowers in the center!
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I love shutdown corners, Deion is my boy.
I think the secondary is junk for the Browns.
What does everyone think about getting Law or Woodson?
They both have been beat up and come with a large pricetag.
Is it worth it?
I am on the fence here.
I doubt they consider either.
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As the holiday season is in full swing, more people are traveling--to visit relatives or vacation away from cold weather. Although many times pets can be included in travel plans, sometimes a dog sitter is the best option.
According to VetStreet.com, the best way to prepare a pet sitter for their responsibilities is to create a detailed list of your pet's day-to-day life. Write down how much and at what time your pet eats and how often they go outdoors and what type of exercise they should get. According to VCA Animal Hospitals, healthy dogs need two 30-minute walks each day and cats must be engaged in several short bursts of activity every day to stay healthy. Include any daily supplements or medications your pet takes to ensure proper administration while you are gone. The list should also include the location of all pet supplies so the sitter can easily find everything they need.
Aside from your pet's feeding and exercise schedule, make sure to include more personal information about your pet as well. For example, if your pet is timid around new people or becomes easily frightened, list common hiding places so a sitter can easily locate your pet. Include favorite toys or treats and any personality quirks your pet may have. Be sure to alert your sitter if you have a pet that will run for an open door or techniques they can use if your pet should escape. Providing your sitter with detailed information will allow them to get to know your pet better and understand its behavior to gauge if it's feeling healthy and happy under their watch.
Once this information is compiled, invite the sitter to the house to go over the material. This way they can ask questions and voice any concerns. Get the sitter's contact information and leave emergency contacts—include your veterinarian's number--in the event of an emergency in your absence.


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Math, science, engineering and technology aren't just for geeks — or guys, says Mayim Bialik, who plays a neuroscientist on The Big Bang Theory — and in real life.
As a child actress on Blossom, Bialik was turned on to biology by a tutor. The actress earned a doctorate in neuroscience at UCLA. She met her future husband in calculus class.
Being a scientist is a wonderful and creative way to live your life," she says. "It's a creative life and opens up tremendous opportunities. It's a cool way to look at the world. It's a beautiful thing to know how waves keep crashing and what it means to see a shooting star."
Seventy percent of jobs require math and science knowledge, says Bialik.


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I use my nonstick (Circulon) and my stick resistant, or simply annodised aluminum (Calphalon) pieces about 50/50.
I use QVC Techniques/Cooks Essentials hard anodized cookware. I use their grill pan to fry steaks, sear both sides at high heat and then put everything in a 450 degree oven that has been preheating for about an hour and finish cooking the steaks. These cookware is rated up to 500 degree oven. I have used this grill pan for at least a year, about 3 times a month, in the oven at this degrees. So far no damage. I also put the pan in the dishwasher to clean which is not recommended on a lot of the nonstick pans.


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The Master of Science (M.S.) in Animal Science Program in the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources prepares students for additional post-graduate work as well as career opportunities and cooperative ventures with federal and state agencies, private industry, and other interested organizations. A MS in Animal Science involves research designed to solve problems that lead to improvements in food animal productivity, profitability and sustainability.
Admissions and Undergraduate Degree Requirements
In addition to the general graduate school requirements [1], potential candidates must have an undergraduate degree in agricultural sciences, respective of their area of concentration or the equivalent, with thirty (30) credits from the following lists of courses for a specialization in Animal Science: Thirty (30) hours in Animal Production, Animal Reproduction, Anatomy and Physiology, Nutrition, Genetics, Selection, Forage Production, Immunity, Animal Diseases, Animal Behavior and similar courses are required for admission into the program.
Graduate Degree Requirements
The Master of Science degree in Animal Science is designed to prepare students for advanced study in animal production/management, physiology, nutrition, and health. The degree requires a supervised research program and a thesis. A total of thirty-one (31) credit hours are required for the degree, including twenty-five (25) hours of coursework and six (6) credit hours of research.
The Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (AGNR) is housed in the W.W. Baker Building in the agriculture complex at the rear of DSU's campus. AGNR holds classes and provides state-of-the-art research lab space in both the Baker and Agriculture Annex buildings, which each also contain faculty offices and student computer laboratories. The Claude E. Phillips Herbarium--located in the U.S. Washington Cooperative Extension Center building--the Aquaculture Research and Demonstration Center and a 6,000 square foot Research Greenhouse round out the agriculture complex. The Claude E. Phillips Herbarium contains the largest collection of preserved plant specimens at any historically black institution, dating back to 1799. Off-campus facilities include Hickory Hill Farm, a 75-acre beef, meat goat and forage research facility, located approximately seven (7) miles from campus in Cheswold, Delaware; and the Outreach and Research Center, a 192-acre farm in Smyrna, Delaware, which is used for high tunnel season extension and ethnic crop varietal trials, and research.
The diverse faculty in the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources are dedicated to their respective fields of study. Specific areas of research interest of the agriculture faculty include, animal production, reproductive physiology, sustainable agricultural production, animal well-being, plant systematics, plant physiology, genomics tissue culture, forage production, forage utilization and minor crop production. Active research programs exist within these areas and offer graduate students many opportunities for active learning and discovery.


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A 10 minute walk through 500-year-old native podocarp forest. This was once a widespread forest type, which has largely disappeared from the lowlands of the region.
What is a QEII covenant?
A QEII open space covenant is a legally binding protection agreement, which is registered on the title of the land. It is voluntary but once in place binds the current and all subsequent landowners.
Each covenant is unique. It can apply to the whole property or just part of the property.
There can be different management areas within a covenant with varying applicable conditions. Conditions can be stringent where rare or vulnerable natural features or habitats are being protected.
Types of covenant agreement
Open space covenants are generally in perpetuity though there can be a case for a variable term covenant. These include:
Kawenata, on Māori land, which recognises tino rangatiratanga; Life of the Trees where individual trees occur in a situation where they may not be self-regenerating; Landscape protection agreements where the land does not have title, such as roadside areas.


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Dude, Where's My Student Loan Package?
By John Sandman
NEW YORK (MainStreet)--Word on the impending Stafford Loan rate increase isn't the only news the nation's college students are waiting on, as interest rates are set to double from 3.4% to 6.8% on July 1. Congress is in gridlock while the immigration issue is pushing student loans to the back burner.
Less well-known are the number of students who have not yet received information on their financial aid packages for the upcoming Fall semester.
Computer systems need to be re-programmed for hikes in student loan origination fees mandated by the Department of Education once the federal sequester kicked in. The sequester is the $1.2 trillion in budget cuts resulting from a 2011 increase in the debt ceiling.
While the sequester's start date--March 1, 2013--was well-known, implementation has not been a Big Bang.
Diane Stamper, executive director of student financial aid at Ohio State University, said the fee increases are small but required many changes to OSU's computer processing system. It is those changes--and the time it takes to make them--that have forced students to wait to hear about their financial aid packages--and how much they're getting.
"We have an entire infrastructure in our computers and in our systems that supports this," Stamper told the Columbus, Ohio affiliate of NBC News on June 26. "We've had to make at least 74 changes to be able to accommodate what is a one decimal point change in the calculating of the fees that are due."
Normally, returning students at Ohio State receive details of their financial aid package by the end of May. Stamper says the university expects to provide the information to students during the first week of July. But there were no guarantees it would happen then.
"I have heard that there are some delays at colleges that have home-grown administrative software systems," said Mark Kantrowitz, senior vice president and publisher at Edvisors Network . "The last I heard, the standard systems that are used by most colleges--BANNER, PowerFaids, Wolfpack--were all updated pretty quickly." BANNER is an administrative software app for higher education developed by Systems and Computer Technology, which maintains student and financial data. PowerFaids is software created by the College Board.


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U.S. Lawmakers to Probe FBI's Petraeus Investigation
The Senate Intelligence Committee will investigate why the FBI failed to immediately notify the White House and Congress when it discovered that ex-CIA Director David H. Petraeus was involved in an extramarital affair.
The FBI began investigating after a woman, a friend of Petraeus and his wife, Holly, complained to law enforcement about receiving harassing e-mails, according to two officials briefed on the probe.
The Intelligence Committee chairwoman, Democrat Dianne Feinstein of California, said she had no indication that the second woman had an affair with Petraeus. "She was frightened and went to the FBI," Feinstein said yesterday on "Fox News Sunday."
The Federal Bureau of Investigation traced the threatening e-mails to Paula Broadwell, 40, the author of a Petraeus biography. Broadwell's messages warned the woman to stay away from Petraeus, said the officials briefed on the probe, who asked for anonymity to discuss information that hasn't been released. The probe also found e-mails that showed an extramarital affair between Broadwell and Petraeus, they said.
Retired Army Colonel Steve Boylan, a former spokesman for Petraeus in Iraq, said on ABC's "Good Morning America" that the affair began about two months after he took over as CIA director in mid-2011 and ended four months ago.
Post-Army Affair
"The affair started after he had been in the CIA, after he had retired from the Army," said Boylan, who said he'd spoken with Petraeus over the weekend. Petraeus "deeply regrets" that it happened, Boylan said.
A senior U.S. military official identified the woman who reported the e-mail threats as Jill Kelley, 37, who lives in Tampa, Florida, and serves as an unpaid social liaison to MacDill Air Force Base, site of the military's Central Command and Special Operations Command, the Associated Press reported.
Kelley and her husband, Scott, released a statement yesterday saying that, "We and our family have been friends with General Petraeus and his family for over five years. We respect his and his family's privacy and want the same for us and our three children."
Last week, Petraeus, 60, resigned and admitted in a statement to having an affair. During his career, he rose to the rank of four-star general and led the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan before retiring to become head of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Resignation Accepted
Although the probe had been under way for several months, according to two law enforcement officials, it wasn't until last week that the FBI notified James Clapper, the U.S. Director of National Intelligence. Clapper notified the White House. Petraeus met with President Barack Obama on Nov. 8 and the president accepted his resignation the next day.
Feinstein said Congress should have been told of the probe, and there are confidential ways of doing it. The affair "could have had an effect on national security," she said.
"The FBI director had the obligation to tell the president or the National Security Council at the earliest state" of the investigation, not after "this has been going on for several months," said Representative Peter King of New York, a Republican and chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.
That the "FBI didn't realize until Election Day that General Petraeus was involved" after four months of looking at e-mails wasn't plausible, he said. "It just doesn't add up."
FBI Interviews
The FBI investigation included interviews with Petraeus and Broadwell, according to two law enforcement officials briefed on the probe. The last interview, with Broadwell, took place the week before Election Day, one official said.
The probe took time to unfold, one of the law enforcement officials said. It was not obvious who the e-mail account attached to the threatening messages belonged to, and the FBI had to track down the owner. As the investigation continued, and Broadwell was tied to the account, the messages with another unknown account were also uncovered, the official said.
That account belonged to Petraeus, adding a new element to the investigation, the official said.
Senior Justice Department officials were briefed on the probe for the first time in September and they continued to receive updates, the officials said.
Criminal Probe
The investigation looked into whether the e-mails constituted a national security threat, one official said. While it was determined that there were no national security risks, the probe continued as a criminal investigation into the threatening e-mails -- a primary reason cited by officials for the agency not informing Capitol Hill of the probe.
Lawmakers were not entirely in the dark, however.
Representative David Reichert, a Washington Republican, heard from an FBI source about the probe in late October and passed the information to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, according to Rory Cooper, Cantor's spokesman. Cantor spoke to an FBI employee on Oct. 27 about the affair, Cooper said.
Cantor, a Virginia Republican, then discussed the call with his chief of staff, Steve Stombres, a day later. The decision was made to call the FBI, which Stombres did on Oct. 31, after the government resumed normal operations in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Stombres contacted the FBI's chief of staff, who informed him that the bureau would not confirm or deny the investigation.
Security Risk
"I was contacted by an FBI employee concerned that sensitive, classified information may have been compromised and made certain Director Mueller was aware of these serious allegations and the potential risk to our national security," Cantor said in a statement yesterday.
Investigators have found no evidence of a security breach, any loss of classified material or any evidence that another foreign power was aware of Petraeus's infidelity, which the official said could have exposed him to blackmail.
Three people, all intelligence, military or congressional officials, have identified Broadwell, who wrote "All In: The Education of David Petraeus," as the woman who had an affair with Petraeus. There were no responses to an e-mail to Broadwell or phone messages left at her home.
Two of the officials briefed on the probe said there appear to be no criminal or national security matters involved, adding that it isn't clear if the FBI has closed its investigation.
CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell has taken over as acting director with Petraeus's departure, Obama said. The president said he was "completely confident that the CIA will continue to thrive and carry out its essential mission."
Hearings Planned
Morell's first test may be dealing with the fallout on Capitol Hill.
Petraeus leaves an agency embroiled in questions about what led to the deaths of four U.S. citizens, including the ambassador to Libya, in the Sept. 11 attack on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi. Republican lawmakers have been pressing the Obama administration, CIA and State Department for more information about what occurred during the attack.
Yesterday, Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, the top Republican on the Intelligence panel, and Feinstein both said he may be asked to appear later.
"At the end of the day, I would not rule out General Petraeus being called to testify," Chambliss said. "That still could happen at some point in time."
Morell is scheduled to meet with House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers , a Michigan Republican, and Representative C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger, the top Democrat on the panel, on Nov. 14, according to a House aide.
'Real Questions'
"I have real questions about this," King said on CNN's "State of the Union." "I think a time line has to be looked at and analyzed to see what happened."
Feinstein, who called Petraeus's resignation "an enormous loss" said she "may well ask" Petraeus to testify in front of her committee about the events in Libya, something Petraeus was scheduled to do this week before his resignation.
A fitness buff and avid runner who earned his Ph.D in international relations from Princeton University, Petraeus had a distinguished 37-year military career. He co-authored the army's counterinsurgency manual, which became the blueprint for forces in Iraq under his leadership.
He also stepped in, at Obama's request, to command the war in Afghanistan after Army General Stanley McChrystal resigned after an embarrassing article in Rolling Stone magazine.
Intelligence Background
Broadwell graduated with academic, fitness and leadership honors from West Point, according to the Penguin Speakers Bureau. During more than 15 years of military service, she has served with the U.S. intelligence community, Special Operations Command and FBI Joint Terrorism Task Forces, the bureau said.
In her book preface, posted online, she said she first met Petraeus in 2006 as a graduate student at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government when he was visiting Harvard.
Broadwell described Petraeus as a mentor, and said they went on "a lot of runs" in Kabul while she was researching her book. She said the general's nickname was "Peaches."
In a Nov. 5 Newsweek article she wrote about Petraeus's rules for living, Broadwell lists as No. 5: "We all will make mistakes. The key is to recognize them and admit them, to learn from them, and to take off the rear view mirrors -- drive on and avoid making them again."
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5 Brands That Abandoned Their Fan Base
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