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Buffalo Bills
Training camp site: St. John Fisher College in Pittsford, N.Y.
Campfires: All eyes will be on Terrell Owens, but he's not the most significant storyline at St. John Fisher. The Bills' offensive line is a jumbled unit and needs to emerge from camp with proficiency. None of the projected starting five will play the same position as last year. Pro Bowl left tackle Jason Peters is gone. Right tackle Langston Walker is flipping over to the other side. Right guard Brad Butler is replacing Walker. Geoff Hangartner is the new center. Rookies are expected to play guard.
A lot of parts must come together, but if they do, then the Bills' offense could be dangerous. They're adopting a no-huddle approach that will be fun to watch with a cast that includes Owens, Lee Evans and Marshawn Lynch. The Bills have been installing the offense for months, but the coaching staff's confidence in it will be dictated by how well Trent Edwards commands the no-huddle in camp and preseason games.
On defense, Buffalo's success may hinge on the defensive line. Pro Bowl defensive end Aaron Schobel is coming off a foot injury that rendered him essentially useless last year. The Bills drafted Penn State pass-rusher Aaron Maybin 11th overall. They also are hoping to get some production finally out of fourth-year defensive tackle John McCargo, who the Bills traded up to draft in the first round but so far has been a slug.
Camp will be a downer if ... the offensive line suffers an injury that prevents chemistry from forming. The main question about the Bills' front five is not that it's incapable. While there are doubts about Walker and Butler, many believe first-day draft picks Eric Wood and Andy Levitre have bright futures, and all of them can play multiple positions.
But nobody can dispute the value of cohesion and consistency along the offensive line. The sooner they learn to play their positions at a high level together, the less harassed Edwards will be. Any preseason volatility here would be harmful.
Camp will be a success if ... the defensive front shows signs it can be a positive influence. Buffalo defensive linemen recorded 12.5 sacks last year. Right end Ryan Denney led the way with four. Buffalo ranked 22nd in rushing yards allowed per game and 21st in yards per carry.
Buffalo is the only AFC East team that runs a 4-3 defense. If the Bills don't stop the run and can't sack quarterbacks, what's the point?
Project to monitor: Some Bills fans are enamored with the possibilities of sophomore tackle Demetrius Bell, a seventh-round draft pick from Northwestern State who didn't play a game last year. Bell has a good frame (6-foot-5, 307 pounds) and is the son of former NBA star Karl Malone.
Bell is viewed as a potential discovery in the making, the second coming of Peters, who the Bills signed as a rookie free-agent tight end and converted into a Pro Bowl left tackle. Bell spent the offseason getting reps as the second-team left tackle.
Miami Dolphins
Training camp site: team facility in Davie, Fla.
Campfires: Dolfans are eager to see how old friend Jason Taylor fits into defensive coordinator Paul Pasqualoni's 3-4 scheme, and a substantial factor is whether Cameron Wake will resemble the player who dominated in Canada the past two years. Joey Porter, the reigning AFC sack leader, will remain on the right side. That leaves Taylor (who has played almost his entire c
areer on the right side), Wake and incumbent Matt Roth to divvy up the snaps at left outside linebacker. That battle will be interesting to monitor.
Second-round draft pick Pat White has generated plenty of excitement for what he could provide the Wildcat offense. Training camp will be the West Virginia quarterback's proving ground. He looked raggedy as a passer in minicamp. Chad Henne certainly will remain the No. 2 quarterback behind Chad Pennington, but White's value will be as a threat to throw out of the trendy direct-snap offense.
One of the Dolphins' big areas of need heading into the offseason was at receiver. They don't have a clear-cut, go-to target. Rather than obtain one, they tweaked. They drafted Southern California's Patrick Turner as a third-down and red zone option and Ohio State's Brian Hartline as another possession receiver. Ted Ginn is entering his third year and needs to show he was worth the ninth overall pick Miami used to draft him.
Camp will be a downer if ... Taylor's homecoming doesn't pan out. Despite fan enthusiasm for his return after a bitter, one-year exile, there are no guarantees. Taylor probably won't hold down an every-down role. He will be playing on the side opposite of his career success.
Acid reflux will be a common ailment for Dolfans if injury-prone center Jake Grove can't stay healthy. Grove, a free agent from the Oakland Raiders, was the Dolphins' top offseason acquisition after the staff identified stout blocking at center as their greatest need. It's the only major offensive upgrade the Dolphins made, but he has missed 26 games since he was drafted in 2004.
Camp will be a success if ... one of the rookie corners steps into the starting role on the right side. The Dolphins drafted Vontae Davis in the first round and Sean Smith in the second.
It takes a while for rookie cornerbacks to gain the coaches' trust, but the Dolphins lost last year's starter, Andre' Goodman, to free agency. They signed Eric Green, but he lost his starting job with the Arizona Cardinals last year. What a boon it would be if Davis or Smith show he's ready right away.
Newcomer to watch: Even his new teammates are keen on finding out whether Wake is the real deal. He dominated Canadian Football League offensive linemen, piling up 39 sacks in two seasons.
But he hasn't worn full pads in the NFL. The former Penn State captain went undrafted. The New York Giants signed him in 2005 but cut him before training camp began. Many Dolphins players have been impressed with Wake's raw athleticism but haven't been able to definitively state what they think of his chances until they see him in full-contact situations.
New England Patriots
Training camp site: Gillette Stadium complex in Foxborough, Mass.
Campfires: Tom Brady's left knee not only is the top story of Patriots camp, but perhaps the NFL preseason, too. How Brady responds from having two ligaments reattached will determine whether the Patriots return to their familiar status as Super Bowl contenders. He looked impressive during minicamp, but what everybody wants to see is Brady against a live pass rush. One of his biggest assets is his pocket presence. We'll see if oncoming defenders affect him.
Vince Wilfork's contract situation could be a problem. The Patriots drafted Boston College defensive tackle Ron Brace, but he's no Wilfork, the behemoth who anchors Bill Belichick's 3-4 defense. Wilfork is entering the final year of his contract and wants security. He skipped offseason workouts and his displeasure could impact his participation in training camp.
A couple of intriguing positions to watch will be outside linebacker and running back. The Patriots didn't bring in anybody to replace respected veteran Mike Vrabel, a Pro Bowler two seasons ago. Pierre Woods, Shawn Crable and Tully Banta-Cain don't make quarterbacks quake in their cleats, but maybe somebody will emerge. In the offensive backfield, Laurence Maroney is coming off a shoulder injury and, entering his fourth season, needs to produce. The Patriots also signed free agent Fred Taylor.
Camp will be a downer if ... Brady suffers a setback in his recovery. The Patriots won 11 games with unheralded reserve Matt Cassel last year, but does second-year backup Kevin O'Connell (without offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, no less) engender enough confidence to withstand Brady tweaking his
If Brady encounters some turbulence, it's foreseeable the Patriots still could pull through as they did last year. But any Brady struggles will make Patriot Nation squirm.
Camp will be a success if ... somebody emerges as Vrabel's replacement and the Patriots come away pleased with their cornerbacks. New England's defense has some uncertainties, but finding reliable help at these spots will be huge.
The Patriots emerged from last year's camp unstable at cornerback. They cut Fernando Bryant just before the season and signed Deltha O'Neal, who was lackluster. This offseason they welcomed veterans Shawn Springs and Leigh Bodden and second-rounder Darius Butler. They traded right-side starter Ellis Hobbs.
Tough cuts to come? The Patriots will have some decisions to make at running back. Maroney is a first-round pick entering just his fourth season. They identified Taylor as somebody they needed. Sammy Morris and Kevin Faulk are old dependables. BenJarvus Green-Ellis showed he could play in the NFL when given the chance. It will be interesting to see how this position sorts out.
New York Jets
Training camp site: State University of New York in Cortland, N.Y.
Campfires: As much as rookie coach Rex Ryan's revamped defense will shape the Jets' season, quarterback battles always steal the headlines. When one of the candidates is the highest-paid player in franchise history and the highest-drafted quarterback since Joe Namath, you know it will be a molten topic. The Jets traded up to draft Mark Sanchez fifth overall. He's getting paid $28 million in guarantees. Unless he flops or veteran Kellen Clemens is brilliant, the rookie should start.
The Jets, however, likely will go as far as their defense takes them. It's difficult to tell how an aggressive, blitz-oriented defense is coming together when nobody's wearing pads or hitting. Training camp conditions will be the first real sense we'll get about how Ryan's methods will translate from Baltimore.
Ryan's defense will be aided substantially if he can get pass-rusher Vernon Gholston to contribute. Last year's sixth overall pick from Ohio State had an undetectable rookie campaign. The Jets need to get some kind of return on their investment, but the urgency is greater with outside linebacker Calvin Pace's four-game suspension at the start of the season. Gholston's opportunity couldn't be more obvious. He must have a terrific camp.
Camp will be a downer if ... Ryan's much-ballyhooed defense doesn't hum by the end of preseason. With all of the bluster, the signings of Bart Scott and Jim Leonhard and the Lito Sheppard trade, the Jets better be good on defense.
Purely from an entertainment perspective, camp will be a bummer if Ryan doesn't keep yapping like he did during OTAs and minicamp.
Camp will be a success if ... either Sanchez or Gholston emerges as a credible player. They don't have to be Pro Bowlers, but if one or the other demonstrates a level of competence to build from, then fans -- and general manager Mike Tannenbaum -- can breathe a little easier about the immediate future.
Sanchez, of course, is who the Jets need to come into his own more than any other player. They have the most invested in him. He might be the franchise's front man for the next decade. But if Sanchez sputters in camp and Gholston's game materializes, organizational confidence still would be buoyed.
Catch and release: The Jets haven't made the move fans hoped. They haven't landed an experienced receiver to play with Jerricho Cotchery. They lost Laveranues Coles but have opted to find a starter among last year's reserves and by turning over the bottom of the roster.
Chansi Stuckey and speedster David Clowney look like the best bets to emerge from this crew. Brad Smith and Wallace Wright also could end up with bigger roles, but the auditions will last right up until the regular season begins.
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EU Carbon Plunges After German Permit Auction Fails Second Time
European Union carbon permits dropped as much as 9.4 percent after a sale by Germany failed for a second time this year because bids didn't reach an unspecified reference price.
EU allowances for December fell as much as 50 cents to 4.80 euros ($6.34) a metric ton on the ICE Futures Europe exchange in London and were at 5.08 euros at 11:10 a.m. The contracts closed at a one-month high of 5.30 euros yesterday.
The 4 million tons from the canceled sale will be "evenly distributed" over the next four weekly auctions, Leipzig, Germany-based European Energy Exchange AG, which handled the auction, said by e-mail.
EU carbon allowances for this year dropped to a record 2.81 euros a ton last month as the region's slowing economy and a surplus of the certificates damped demand. The European Commission has proposed holding back 900 million tons of new permits over the next three years as one way to support prices.
The EU's emissions trading system, the world's biggest greenhouse-gas program by traded volume, may be oversupplied by 1.5 billion tons by the end of this year, Jos Delbeke, the European Commission's director general for climate, said Feb. 6.
A sale of German permits on Jan. 18 also failed after bids didn't reach the reserve price.
The EU introduced its carbon system in 2005 to help meet emission-reduction targets under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The program auctions or allocates for free allowances to factories and utilities, which must surrender enough permits to cover their discharges of carbon dioxide or face fines.
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Most of the senior management team received a rise in base salaries after Rio undertook a comparison of what executives were being paid at peer companies. Rio chairman
In an outlook statement accompanying the annual report, Mr du Plessis said that while long-term fundamentals for global economic growth were strong, there were downside risks in the short term, and potential for medium-term volatility due to persistent economic imbalances.
"Financial systems remain fragile, particularly in OECD countries," he said. "The increase in sovereign debts, and government measures to address fiscal imbalances, are likely to temper short-term growth."
Mr Albanese said that while Rio's focus remained on long-term growth, the company would also consider "strategic merger and acquisition opportunities of moderate size that fit our overall direction and help us achieve our vision".
Rio has offered $4 billion for Mozambique coal developer
Rio is also in talks with uranium miner
Mr Elliott said Rio would continue to look for "innovative opportunities" to enter joint ventures with various parties. "In the past we have gained access to new resources, new geographies and special expertise through such vehicles and will look to continue to do so in the future."
Rio signed a joint venture with Chinalco covering its Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, but the West African nation has yet to approve the entry of the Chinese partner.
In the annual report, Rio noted its current tenure at the Simandou project comprised exploration permits recently extended to May 24. The miner said it would need a mining concession application that had been lodged to be approved or "some alternative grant" from the Guinean government to maintain the title after that date.
Guinea has threatened to take a 33 per cent stake in all mining projects in the country, up from the 20 per cent that had been previously agreed with Rio.
Rio is also disputing its loss of title over half of the Simandou project to Brazilian miner Vale and BSG Resources.
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Study Abroad
The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures considers studying abroad a very important part of any education in a foreign language and its culture. It makes every effort to encourage and facilitate students' participation in both short and long programs, and sponsors several programs itself, including study in Potsdam (Germany) and Salamanca (Spain).The International Education Office collaborates with the Department in making studying abroad easy and productive.
Students should consult with faculty in the early stages of planning their study abroad program, and they should have worked out which courses will transfer to UMD for credit toward the major or minor.
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OFCOM has just released a new public discussion document on Regulatory Challenges Posed by Next Generation Access Networks.
To read executive summary, please click here.
To download the document, please click here.
In response to the needs for health information management, ITU-T Study Group 16 has also developed the ITU-T SG 16 Technical Paper TP.RTM "Roadmap for Telemedicine" which aims to define the areas in which a set of open global international standards for e-health applications is currently needed.
To read more about the ITU-T Study Group 16's work on e-health, visit their E-Health and Standardization section.
A major new study prepared for the UMTS Forum by Booz Allen Hamilton quantifies the economic benefits of maintaining a harmonised approach to spectrum management across EU Member States.
To download the study click here.
On 16 November 2006, during the ECTA Conference 2006, Ms Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission responsible for Information Society and Media spoke on From Service Competition to Infrastructure Competition: the Policy Options Now on the Table.
In her speach Ms Reding focused on recent trends in the European ICT sector. She discussed issues related to the efficient regulation, liberalization process, spectrum, investment, competition as well as "separation" stating:
"...we have to be clear as to what is meant by terms like structural separation and "functional separation". The term "structural separation" has been used to mean several things: full divestiture of companies; legal separation with separate management structures; functional separation of organisational and management structures within vertically integrated undertakings; and simple accounting separation of specified activities within vertically integrated undertakings. I have expressed myself already in June in favour of finding a European way on the separation issue.
I believe that functional separation, which is a specific form of separation in the large sense as just described, could indeed serve to make competition more effective in a service-based competition environment where infrastructure-based competition is not expected to develop in a reasonable period. It may be a useful remedy in specific cases. It is certainly not a panacea. A cost benefit analysis therefore has to be made on a case by case basis, before such a remedy is imposed. And the effects of imposing such a remedy in Europes internal market have to be carefully analysed in each individual case. Functional separation is certainly a field where one will not be able to do without the two pair of eyes principle. "
For full version of the speach, please see here.
ITU-T Focus Group on Security Baseline for Network Operators has issued a survey which seeks to assess the security preparedness of network operators. The results from the survey will be used in preparation of a new ITU-T Recommendation: "Security Baseline for Network Operators". Participants are asked about their level of preparedness for various security threats.
Once approved the ITU-T Recommendation will show the readiness and ability of operators to collaborate and coordinate counteraction against security threats arising from interconnected networks. The Security Baseline will allow network operators to assess their network and information security posture in terms of what security standards are available, which of these standards should be used to meet particular requirements, when they should be used, and how they should be applied. It will also identify security Recommendations and standards to support evaluation of operators network security and information security.
Commencement of the first draft of the Recommendation will begin towards the end of 2006. See the online survey which is aimed at network and service providers. A deadline of 24 November 2006 has been set for survey responses.
Researchers and IT managers are confirming that spam levels have been particularly high in the past month and that there are no signs of a decrease. This phenomenon is the result of a new generation of viruses and zombies that infect computers very quickly and are increasingly difficult to get rid of. Image-based spam is also to be blamed. Spammers now know how to represent words in an image that are recognizable only by the human eye tricking anti-spam technologies and further increasing the negative effects of spam.
Read the full PC World article here.
Ofcom published its second annual Technology Research and Development Report which provides an overview of emerging technologies that have the potential to make more efficient use of the radio spectrum.
More information can be found here.
A comprehensive and interactive Body of Knowledge (BoK) on infrastructure regulation is now available online. Funded by the Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) and the World Bank, this website includes literature surveys, self-paced quizzes, a hyper-linked 90 page glossary, and 300 studies (in PDF). It should be useful for practitioners, researchers, students, and anyone interested in learning about utilities regulation. The material provides a set of regulatory concepts and readings which regulators and academics should find useful. The site was developed by the Public Utility Research Center (PURC) at the University of Florida, in collaboration with the University of Toulouse, the Pontificia Universidad Catolica (Lima), the World Bank and a panel of international experts. The BoK references publications and decisions by regulatory agencies and other governmental bodies; policy advisories by think tanks, consultants, donor agencies, and others; and research by academics, and other experts. The BoK is broad in scope, covering essential learning in the areas of policy reforms, market structure in network industries, finance, incentive regulation, service to the poor, pricing, service quality, cost analysis, regulatory institutions and instruments, legal frameworks, stakeholder involvement, negotiations, management and leadership, and public relations.
Suggestions for additional readings and topics can be made at the website. http://www.regulationbodyofknowledge.org
A new tool that gives a unique overview of ITU-Ts Next Generation Network (NGN) related activities has been released. The NGN Project Management Tool, was developed with the support of a voluntary contribution for one of the ITU-T Sector Members.
Since the work towards standards for NGN is taking place across a number of different ITU-T study groups and other standards development organizations (SDOs) the ability to coordinate and view all NGN work in one place will be invaluable to the swift and efficient publication of NGN specifications.
Essentially a repository of information from ITU and other SDOs, the system was asked for by members of the various Study Groups working on NGN. Key will be the ability to keep track of the latest versions of Recommendations and provide detailed information for experts and summaries for management.
Access information on the NGN Project Management Tool here.
The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the EU Contact Network for Spam enforcement Authorities (CNSA), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the London Action Plan for Spam Enforcement (LAP), the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the Seoul-Melbourne Anti-Spam group, six leading international anti-spam initiatives/organizations, launched at the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Athens, Greece, a new online information resource to assist stakeholders in their fight against spam.
This new website (http://www.stopspamalliance.org/) aims to help coordinate international action against spam more effectively and improve information sharing in this area. It will contain information on anti-spam laws and enforcement activities, consumer and business education, best practices for fighting spam, and international cooperation.
For further information, please visit http://www.stopspamalliance.org/
John MacDonald, a member of the ITU team that created the new VDSL 2 standard, will take part in an upcoming Webinar on this topic, 21 November 2006. The Webinar, the second on the topic that ITU has contributed to, will outline what VDSL2 is, which are its competitive differentiators and benefits, and how it allows service providers to compete with cable and satellite operators - by enabling the delivery of enhanced voice, video and data services over a standard copper telephone cable.
ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) is a product of ITU-T, ITUs standardization arm, and is the world's most widely deployed broadband access technology. It has enhanced users' experience of the Internet, provided access to digitized content, and fuelled the delivery of streaming video and the development of online gaming by offering downstream data rates of up to 8 Mbit/s. Today, service providers must ensure their DSL offerings can compete against other market options from cable operators. One way to do so, is by offering services over VDSL2 (ITU-T Recommendation G.993.2) - very high-speed DSL - a new version of DSL, which gives service providers the ability to deliver even higher bandwidth and more enhanced services to consumer and business customers.
Delivering up to 100 Mbit/s both up and downstream, a tenfold increase over ADSL (Asymmetric DSL) VDSL2 provides for so-called fiber-extension, bringing fiber-like bandwidth to premises not directly connected to the fiber optic segment of a telecom companys network. By deploying VDSL2 operators expect to be able to offer services such as high-definition TV (HDTV), video-on-demand, videoconferencing, high-speed Internet access, and advanced voice services. Importantly VDSL 2 offers carriers a solution that is interoperable with the DSL equipment many already have in place. In addition, VDSL 2 will work with both legacy ATM networks and next generation IP-based networks.
A presentation entitled "Evolution of Digital Media in a Convergent Era" (PDF), was made by Cristina Bueti, Project Officer, ITU Strategy and Policy Unit,at the Festival International du Film et de la Télévision on 4 November in Geneva, Switzerland.
As part of the Shaping Tomorrows Networks Programme and in line with the stated objectives of the WSIS Tunis Agenda for the Information Society (November 2005), that
ITU and other regional organisations should take steps to ensure rational, efficient and economic use of, and equitable access to, the radio-frequency spectrum by all countries
., ITU (Strategy and Policy Unit and Radiocommunication Sector) and and the Ugo Bordoni Foundation will jointly host a workshop to identify global trends and good practice in radio spectrum management.
The Workshop on "Market Mechanisms for Spectrum Management" will be held from 22 to 23 January 2007 in Room C at ITU Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland.
It will examine, inter alia, the use of market mechanisms for both primary allocation of spectrum (e.g., auctions) and for secondary trading. It will look at recent trends in ITU Member States, the increasing demand for spectrum and will examine future challenges in developing policies for access to radio spectrum.
ITU Member States, meeting participants and other interested parties are encouraged to send in their spectrum related contributions to the meeting. All contributions will be posted on the meeting website. Please send your contributions to email@example.com
More information can be found here.
ITU-T will host this year's Broadband Europe Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, 11-14 December 2006. BBEurope is an annual event which was initiated by the European Commission Framework Programme 6 BREAD project which is part of the "BroadBand for All"-strategic objective of the European Commission.
Peter Van Daele, BREAD Project Leader: "The concept of 'Broadband For All' refers to a situation in which broadband is not only available to every citizen, but is actually used by all of them. In that respect it is a more demanding concept than the traditional universal service obligation in telephony, which merely stipulates the availability, at certain conditions, of a given service. The usage of information and communication technologies via broadband infrastructures by all citizens is a policy objective because it is considered to be a key component of transforming Europe into a knowledge-based society, thus enhancing economic growth and increasing employment."
The BREAD project has amongst its objectives to develop a holistic vision encompassing technical, as well as economical and regulatory aspects. Another important aspect is of identifying roadblocks on European, national/regional level and share visions and best practices on national level to EU level.
BBEurope brings together on an international level all the BroadBand players, researchers, service providers, content providers, operators, manufacturers, policy makers, standardisation bodies, professional organisations. The meeting will discuss topics such as NGN, IPTV, wireless access, powerline, security, QoS, and broadband in rural areas. The event will conclude with a panel discussion titled: Future Perspectives in Broadband.
For a draft meeting agenda and more information on the call for papers (deadline: 10 November 2006), see the event website.
Over seven hundred people voted for the most influential standards work from ITU-T in a recent poll to celebrate 50 years of CCITT/ITU-T. The work area for video coding received the most votes. The task of video coding is to establish efficient formats for storing and transmitting video data. The work of ITUT in this field was pioneered in joint projects with the International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC).
In addition to the two video standards that were explicitly mentioned in the poll question (H.262/MPEG2-Video and H.264/AVC), there were several others of substantial importance in the standardization of that field. Specifically, that includes H.120, H.261, and H.263. Signalling System Number 7 (SS7) received the second highest number of votes. SS7 is a common channel signalling system that separates network resource control from the resources being controlled. This fundamental shift enabled the implementation of highly efficient centralized databases for call control, especially valuable for services that may be accessed from any subscriber line (Intelligent Networks, 800/Freephone, credit card, VPN, etc.), and an integral capability on which todays ubiquitous mobile phone systems depend. Among other service supporting capabilities, it enables monitoring the status of a line to see if it is busy or idle, alerts that indicate the arrival of a call, and the addressing system that routes calls.
The full voting results can be seen here. See more related information in the ITU-T Newslog.
Computer World reports of a new kind of spam called "targeted spam or spear phising". This type of spam, currently on the rise, is particularly hard to catch for spam filters because the spammer is able to "spoof" the sending e-mail address to make it look like it's coming from within the organization of the recipient. Unlike traditional spam, spammers send just a few of these messages at the same time, making antispam technologys job even harder.
These attacks affect essentially large organizations or very well-known brands. Once the company has been alerted, blocking it is pretty easy. But detecting such well-crafted messages is becoming harder as the sophistication level of spam increases.
For more information, read the full Computer World article.
According to a recent Forbes article a new kind of spam is rapidly invading users e-mail boxes: image spam.
To the human eye, image spam looks like regular junk email, but for anti-spam software, the image spam is very hard to detect. Usually anti-spam programs scan messages for certain key phrases but do not analyze pictures, so the same word saved as an image file goes undetected. Anti-spam technology is trying to adapt to this new phenomenon. However, for now, image spam is on the growth and is consuming much more bandwidth and storage space in consumers e-mail boxes.
To read the full Forbes article, please click here.
For more information, see Secure Computings Report on Image Spam.
"In a sweeping set of measures, the German Federal Network Agency has ordered more than 80 network operators and service providers not to bill or collect for any phone numbers used illegally. A large number of consumers had complained to the German Federal Network Agency about so-called ping calls and other forms of telephone spamming."
"A ping call is where a call is made to a telephone number and broken off after just one ring. The subscribers display shows a missed call with an expensive premium-rate number or an 0137 number. In addition to these ping calls, another form of telephone spamming promises prizes where the person called hears a prerecorded message saying that they have won a large amount of money that can be collected by calling an expensive premium-rate number."
"The Federal Network Agencys stringent measures are a continuation of the intense battle against telephone spam. Since May 2006 alone, the Federal Network Agency has disconnected 237 call numbers on account of ping calls and prize promises. In addition, a ban has been imposed on billing and collecting for 78 call numbers. These bans protect consumers that have called a spam number back, and prevents them from having to pay any charges. The spammer does not receive any payment for the calls initiated."
See the Federal Network Agency's press release here.
ITU's Strategy and Policy Unit has just released a new issue of SPU Flash.
The electronic version of the SPU Flash, Issue 10 is available here.
Click here to subscribe to SPU News.
In his remarks at the First Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum in Athens, Greece, 30 October 2006, ITU Secretary-General Yoshio Utsumi, encouraged meeting participants to "welcome open debate in the great spirit of Athenian democracy".
See the transcript of Secretary-General Utsumi's speech here.
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This year, hundreds of Vermont high school students are enrolled in virtual classes; taking courses designed by Vermont teachers.
Distance learning offers students the benefit of taking subjects that might not be available at their local school - or courses they couldn't otherwise fit into their class schedule.
Experts say everything from foreign languages to physical education can be taught online. There's even a biology course featuring virtual frog dissections in 3D!
But there are questions about how online instruction compares to teaching in traditional classrooms.
We talk with Jeff Renard, coordinator of the Vermont Virtual Learning Cooperative and Peter Drescher, state technology coordinator at the Department of Education about the growth in online courses for high school students.
Also, Burlington Free Press reporter Candace Page describes how the state is preparing to respond to a host of invasive threats at Vermont's doorstep; from chronic wasting disease to the emerald ash borer.
And we visit with Middlebury College student Hannah Waite who has combined her knowledge of physics and her musical talents to create an instrument called the laser harp.


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Fallout 3 Retrospective
The games industry has difficulty with its creative side. Every medium has its crass, commercial projects, but the widespread respect afforded to songwriters, directors and authors is rarely found in games. Here the franchise is king, and we've grown accustomed to seeing our favourite series ripped from their creators and thrust inelegantly into the hands of another. Even the most respected names are only a step away from being bled for sequels like Friday The 13th.
Fallout's devoted fans knew as much, and the moment Bethesda purchased the IP from Black Isle Studios they felt the same thing was happening to them. Fallout 3 would be just another bastard offspring of a once proud institution, sired by an industry with a pathological aversion to originality and a powerful lust for profit. However, impartial observers had reached a different conclusion: Fallout 3 was in the care of Bethesda Softworks, a master of the art of role-play, and failure was not an option.
"We felt obligated by the series, not by the fans in particular, as we're big fans ourselves," explains Todd Howard, the game's producer. "We knew, going into it, that we had huge shoes to fill." Bethesda is an immensely capable studio, but the Fallout series' unique personality and rare maturity attracted a jealously protective audience. Very few games took you to the places that Black Isle dared, and it's natural to be wary of even the most skilful and well-meaning alien influence. Howard could have screamed his sincerity from the highest mountain, but suspicion came with the territory.
To the fans, the series being taken from Black Isle was only exacerbated by the knowledge that Fallout 3 was already in production. The architect of the entire universe would have no say in the new game despite already having one planned, and the myth of Bethesda's ill intentions grew from there. Some even suggested that the IP was purchased to capitalise on the looming dread engulfing the modern West, but Howard bristles at the idea.
"It really had nothing to do with current events, or what could happen to us," he insists. "It was just that this world was great. The Fifties retro future that had been destroyed, that nuclear naivety mixed with a world gone wrong was too cool not to set another game in." Veterans of the Capital Wasteland are unlikely to argue. The familiar icons and locations allowed gamers a sense of identification that most science-fiction epics set in a post-apocalyptic 2271 can't command. Even the technology has an endearingly archaic feel to it – the Dalek-voiced security robots march rigidly into mind.
"In Fallout lore, the timeline split after World War II," explains Emil Pagliarulo, Fallout 3's lead designer. "Technology kept advancing at a pretty astonishing rate so there were fusion-powered cars, robotic servants, laser weapons, things like that. At the same time, the United States retained very Fifties sensibilities, so the fashions, the hairstyles, the home decor were all more in line with old American TV shows like Leave It To Beaver or Father Knows Best."
Pagliarulo echoes Howard's sentiments and dismisses the idea that Bethesda's interest was guided by anything more than love and respect for the series. However, he's more willing to discuss Fallout 3's numerous cultural reference points, including a certain Pulitzer Prizewinning novel that arrived just at the right time. "After we had started writing the story and had all those details nailed down, Cormac McCarthy released his great novel The Road," he recalls. "We were blown away by the similarities in theme – a father doing everything to protect his son in a post-apocalyptic environment. It was a strange case of inspiration after the fact. We were already doing what we were doing, but I think it made us feel that much better about the story we had created."
A film adaptation of The Road is due for release later this year, and promises to be every bit as uncompromising as its source material. Bethesda's take on the apocalypse is obviously very different, but if director John Hillcoat can capture a fraction of the richness and coherence of Fallout 3's landscape, it will surely be a triumph. The lush, pastoral fantasia of Oblivion was impressive, but it was also the evolution of a style and idea conceived years before, a setting where gamers felt comfortable. The wastelands had to be hostile, scorched and barren, qualities that sit uncomfortably beside the aggressively bright colours most gamers demand.
Fallout 3 was not allowed to be 'beautiful'. "Of course, Fallout 3 is the sequel to the previous Fallout videogames," acknowledges Pagliarulo. "But being made by Bethesda, it was also very much a sequel to Oblivion. We knew our fans would see it as such, and Oblivion, maybe more than anything, is a 'beautiful' game – you leave that underground prison and are thrust into this amazing forest environment. We knew that in Fallout 3 the player was going to leave Vault 101 and be thrust into a destroyed, postapocalyptic environment. That was the challenge: how do we make the wasteland look beautiful? How do we make the player feel amazed and depressed at the same time?"
The obvious solution would simply be to plump for size – if Oblivion was big, Fallout 3 could always be bigger – but Bethesda actually decided to head in the opposite direction. After all, the emptiness of the wasteland made it feel vast by default, and the instantly recognisable landmarks of Washington – unprecedented anywhere else in America – did an excellent job of eliciting the required levels of amazement. Feelings of depression seemed to follow naturally as the full resonance of the White House restyled as a bomb crater began to sink in. Fallout 3's smaller play area makes its exploration a consistently surprising pleasure.
The game's auto-travel function has become the subject of discouraging remarks, but its habitual users have no one to blame but themselves. The density of locations and distractions offer more than enough incentive to take the slow road, and the rewards for doing so are invaluable. Some of the game's brightest jewels lie buried among the wastes, its most vivid characters make their lives in the humblest of homes. In the case of 'Oasis', one of the game's most impressive quests would never be discovered by a player unwilling to poke around the map's nooks and crevices.
"WE MAKE BIG games, but it's never just space for space's sake," insists Pagliarulo. "The downtown DC section was, at one point, twice as big as what we shipped with. We're talking polished gameplay spaces, with weeks, even months of work having been put into them. But we looked at all that space and had to be honest with ourselves: it was too much, it was hard for the player to navigate, it didn't really add much to the game, and so we cut it."
The creation of a game of Fallout 3's ambition seems to demand that fearless, brutal honesty. Bethesda allowed itself no quarter, and shunned any received ideas and tried-and-true solutions. The entire team played the game every day, attempting to refine its disparate elements so the bigger picture would make sense. "Our unofficial company motto is 'Great games are played, not made'," says Pagliarulo.
"What that means for us is constant playtesting and revision. We can make all the content in the world, but we also need to know that it's going to be fun."
Not that designing the Capital Wasteland was a gruelling ordeal in the name of fun. Washington held lifelong familiarity for many members of the team, and the rest could draw inspiration from the opportunity to unmake their shared national history. Standing before the Washington Monument – its form pocked and exploded by years of perpetual warfare – is a potent reality check, but the idea manifests itself in more subtle and ingenious ways. In a single day of playing Fallout 3, we sold the Declaration of Independence for less than the price of a decrepit missile launcher, then used it to destroy a robot programmed to act like George Washington. Bethesda's brainstorming sessions must have been a riot.
"It was, actually," says Howard. "We had to spend a good deal of time figuring out what the government in the world of Fallout would have been like, and how Washington DC would look if the events after WWII were different." The area around the Mall, which contains almost every famous structure in downtown Washington, was an immediate concern. But strangely enough, when it came to deciding the fate of such symbolic buildings, the conclusion was invariably the same. "We went in with a pretty good plan," Pagliarulo explains sheepishly, "and, you know, as we kept building the world, we kept destroying other recognisable landmarks."
Among the ruins of this destroyed civilisation, a new one is beginning to flower; your character is at the heart of its future. The entire series picks apart the history of America, but nowhere more effectively than in Fallout 3. Bethesda's frequent use of Wild West imagery is very deliberate. The Capital Wasteland is the frontier of the war to rebuild the country, but that can only be earned through blood and toil, and the outcome is far from certain. "Sacrifice and survival were our themes," adds Howard, and few landscapes have highlighted the contrast between those values with such clarity: anyone who chatted to the mysterious stranger in the Megaton bar will know exactly what we mean.
"The choice to save or destroy Megaton was definitely a deliberate attempt to show the world we were serious about taking on the Fallout franchise," says Pagliarulo, "because a big part of that is giving the player some really tough choices to make. Megaton is definitely one of the first big decisions you have to make. It's one of the biggest in the entire game, really. The Fallout world is not pretty, and that's something we fully embraced. It's epitomised in the Megaton quest."
A particularly lazy criticism of Fallout 3 is that it's just 'Oblivion with guns'. But beyond the jarring way the camera fixes every speaking character lifelessly in the centre of the screen, genuine similarities are difficult to spot. The fact is, Oblivion may be great, but it's inferior to Fallout 3 in all matters but for those of personal taste. The progress is obvious in the dialogue, the voice-acting, the characters, the environmental design and – most importantly – the quests. The absence of guilds released the design team from having to honour restrictive categories, and allowed the shift in emphasis towards more choice, rather than more missions. This is the root of Fallout 3's side quests being as compelling and considered as its main story. They provide all the incentive a player could need to stray from the path and remake the future, and Bethesda sweated and strained to make it work.
"By allowing the player multiple ways of completing quests," explains Pagliarulo, "which, in many cases, included killing the quest giver in the middle of the task, we were creating more permutations than players were really even aware of. At times it would be a logistical nightmare, with quests breaking in unexpected ways, or the player not receiving an award. It was a huge learning experience, but it was definitely the right approach to take. It's Fallout, after all. It deserved it."
During an interview about Pink Floyd's seminal Dark Side Of The Moon album, the band's guitarist Dave Gilmour lamented that he forfeited his right to one of the most important cultural experiences of that generation: lights off, headphones on, Dark Side on the turntable, and the volume turned right up. The album may have been made in the same kind of studio as myriad others, but the combined effect of its tricks was quite unlike anything that went before it. It could blow you away, and by being so integral to its production, by building it up layer by layer, Gilmour could never understand the power of his own creation.
The comparison is far from precise, but stumbling around the Wasteland, with no fixed direction and no idea as to what horrors or surprises await, seems to transcend traditional gaming in the same way. Does Bethesda suffer from Gilmour's same feelings of regret? "I do, actually," Howard replies. "We always wanted to make another Fallout game, so we jumped at the chance. But while I do still enjoy playing the game – the basic mechanics are really fun – the key ingredient, to explore and be surprised, is lost on me at this point."
The pride in a job well done still shines through, however, and Pagliarulo enthusiastically dispels the misconception that an artist can't be objective about their own labour. "I realise the humble answer is 'No, we had no idea it would be that well received', but that wouldn't be completely honest," he admits. "It was pretty late in production, when all the combat was balanced and VATS was working well, and my thoughts began to move from 'This is pretty cool' to 'Wow, this is, um, awesome'. I'm a huge gamer, and there came a point where, for the span of a few months, I was having more fun at work than I was playing other games at home. That's never happened to me before. For nearly four years I watched my colleagues pour their souls into this game, but I really started to feel we had created something special, something that hadn't quite been done before. It's been a really, really great ride."
Like all happy customers, though, gamers simply want to know when they can expect to buy their next ticket. Fallout 3 was an incomparable experience, not just the high-octane roller coaster we're used to, but the concept is only as infinite as Bethesda's desire to pursue it further. Our minds often drift into a reverie of new, far-flung wastelands – London, New York, Tokyo, you name it – but we're too familiar with the game industry's poker face to even bother with questions about a sequel. We content ourselves with the knowledge that, as long as the potential for improvement remains, a studio of Bethesda's calibre would always be interested.
"Honestly," Howard concludes, unaware of our hopeful internal dialogue. "I can see how to improve all of it now." We choose to read between the lines.


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Ecuador, Paraguay close in on finals
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ECUADOR and Paraguay are on the brink of qualifying for next year's World Cup finals after winning key matches.
Agustin Delgado scored twice as Ecuador beat Bolivia 2-1 in La Paz, while Roque Santa Cruz gave Paraguay a 1-0 win over Argentina in Asuncion. It was Paraguay's first win over its illustrious neighbour in a World Cup qualifier.
Argentina leads the South American group on 31 points, four ahead of Brazil, which meets Chile today (Melbourne time). Ecuador follows on 26 points, Paraguay on 25, and Colombia, which hosts Uruguay, and Chile on 20.
The top four teams qualify for the finals and the fifth plays off against the Oceania winner, almost certainly Australia.
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Property crimes dropped 4.66 percent, while violent crimes against people increased by 1.62 percent. Those categories combined accounted for a 3.65 percent decrease in major crimes, which police suggested was part of a long-term downward trend.more »
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An intensive police blitz against cannabis has seen more than 35,000 plants sprayed or ripped out across Northland in the past two months and a sophisticated underground growing bunker uncovered. The buried shipping container, complete with a lighting ...more »
Mike Flowers was a lawyer in the Manhattan district attorney's office in the early 2000s, prosecuting everything from homicides to Wall Street crimes, then made the shift to a plush corporate law firm. After a boring year behind ... city—all 900,000 ...more »
I.) on Wednesday said he plans to hold a future hearing on the resources the Justice Department has in place to prosecute the cyber theft of American intellectual property and take action against botnets. At a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight ...more »
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I just moved back to Baltimore, and I'm looking to meet new people here.
And now I'm back, living in Fed Hill and dealing with Maryland traffic again.
I like to turn my talents toward learning and then mostly explaining the rules to new board games to friends while drinking.
- Vonnegut, Atwood, Bradbury, Remarch, a smattering of history, and lots of sci-fi
- Also I am currently 13 books deep in O'Brian's wonderful Aubrey/Maturin series, and in doings so I've learned more about brigs, frigates, capstans, and staysails than I ever thought possible.
- The Fifth Element, Fight Club, Alien, Blade Runner, Mad Max (any, but especially the latest), Some Like It Hot, Spinal Tap, Dr Strangelove, Memento, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny
(I really like watching the same movies over and over again. If you're persuasive though, I'll watch your movie pick and probably like it too. I'm just stubborn.)
- Arrested Development, Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Supernatural, Daily Show/Colbert (RIP to both now), Workaholics, Rick and Morty
- Also HBO-type serial drama whatevers: Westworld, The Wire, Rome, Deadwood (still my favorite), Breaking Bad, Mad Men
A sampling of my playlist recently:
- The Clash, The XX, Led Zeppelin, Tom Waits, Dr Dre, Cold War Kids, The Decemberists, Hendrix, and of course a bit of Tenacious D
Food: I've really gotten into Indian and Thai food lately. Also sushi is one of the greatest things ever created by man. In general I'll eat almost anything.
Edit: I have given up my earthly possessions. Step 1 is complete.
Edit 2: I bought a bunch of shit. Back to Step 1.
Or you have a bar trivia team in need of another underperforming member.
Or you know of a good show to binge-watch on Netflix while drinking wine.


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Fri, Jan 14 2011 03:43 PM Posted By: John Philip Wyllie
Come September, a familiar face will be missing from the sidelines at Bonita Vista High football games. After 39 years of coaching and 19 years at the helm of Bonita Vista High's varsity football program, Carl Parrick has decided to step down. He leaves behind a solid record of 193-127-7 amassed over 30 seasons at the varsity level, first at Southwest High and then at BVHS.
"I needed a change," Parrick said. "I got a little stagnant I think. It wasn't that I lost my enthusiasm. I still love to coach and if the right situation comes up I probably would (go back to it), but I am taking (at least) a year off. I plan to get more involved in the two car clubs that I am in and I plan to go to Florida in March to visit some old friends, see some Nationals exhibition games and take some other trips. I am also looking for a'67 Mustang Fastback or a '68 Barracuda Fastback that I can completely rebuild."
This is not the first time that Parrick has set a new course.
" I left Southwest High in February 1992 because (then like now) I needed a change," he said. "When the Bonita Vista opportunity came up and (former principal) Dr. (Jeff) Schaeffer wanted me here, it (turned out to be) a great experience. I had 19 wonderful years (at BVHS), but the timing seemed right for me now to leave."
During Parrick's tenure he helped to transform Bonita Vista's struggling program into a contender. The Barons captured several league banners along the way. And each year except the final one produced more regular season wins than losses, but winning wasn't the only thing that Parrick was concerned with.
"Everybody wants to win including me, but to me it is more important that these kids get a good education," he said. "We had 24 kids on the all-academic team this year. We always did well with that and we also sent a lot of kids out with football scholarships."
In 17 of his 19 seasons at BVHS, the team enjoyed educational tours. The places the team visited included Washington D.C., Hawaii, Cuba and the Pacific Northwest. When the Barons were not training for their road games, they would be visiting museums and battlefields and learning about each area's history.
One thing Parrick is not worried about is the future of BVHs football program. He believes it is in capable hands with long-time assistant coach Greg Raby stepping up to fill the void.
"Greg has been coaching with me for 30 years and I think he will do a fine job," Parrick said. "He is a great motivator and he knows a lot about football. We left him with 31 of the 45 kids returning and a very good junior varsity team. I am also leaving Greg with an awesome booster board headed by Theresa Camacho."
Parrick leaves with few regrets and lots of positive memories of the coaches he worked with and the many players that he coached.
"I will miss my long lasting friendships and working with the kids the most," he said.
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Reds end losing streak
SAN DIEGO -- Homer Bailey came within two outs of a five-hit shutout to end his four-start losing streak and the Cincinnati Reds beat the San Diego Padres4-1 Wednesday to snap a five-game skid.
Brandon Phillips homered and Joey Vottohit a two-run double for the Reds, who avoided a three-game sweep and ended San Diego's four-game winning streak.
Bailey had allowed just five singles going into the ninth, when Everth Cabrera reached on a fielding error by first baseman Votto leading off the inning. The right-hander got Chris Denorfia to fly out before Chase Headley doubled in Cabrera. Manager Dusty Baker pulled Bailey, and Aroldis Chapmangot the final two outs for his 25th save in 29 chances.
The performance by Bailey was just what the Reds needed to end a 10-game West Coast trip on a positive note. Not only had the Reds lost five straight after winning the first four games of the trip, but Bailey hadn't won since throwing the second no-hitter of his career July 2 at home against San Francisco. Three of his four losses since then had come on the road.
Bailey (6-10) allowed six hits and one unearned run, struck out seven and walked none.
Phillips homered to center field off lefty Eric Stults(8-10) leading off the second, his 13th.
The Reds added three more runs in the seventh, all unearned because of third baseman Headley's throwing error on Derrick Robinson's grounder. The error put runners on first and third, and Chris Heiseysingled to left to score Zack Cosart, aboard on a leadoff single. Votto followed with a double to right to bring in Robinson and Heisey.
Stults allowed four runs, one earned, on 10 hits in 6 2/3 innings. He struck out five and walked none.