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LARGE stone slabs at Great Harwood's Memorial Park have been removed for safe keeping after they were targeted by thieves.
The four foot by three foot slabs were lifted from around the cenotaph and placed in a pile ready to be loaded into a vehicle.
But they were spotted by one of the park's visitors, who reported it to the council and the police.
Chair of Friends of Memorial Park, Ian Wilkinson, slammed the thieves, who have struck before.
He said: "There were some flags taken a few weeks ago and we reported it to the council and the police. It's a sensitive area for people, and stealing from around the cenotaph is looked down on by a lot of people as not being very acceptable.
"Taking from around a cenotaph, which is there to remember people who fought in the war, is very offensive."
The Friends of Memorial Park group works closely with the council and police, and several vandals have been caught in the past.
Ian said: "We are very grateful to the council for taking the slabs away and for the police, who may have suspicions as to who it may have been."
The slabs will be replaced and others under a nearby memorial bench, which were loosened by the prospective thieves during the raid on Sunday, will be secured.
Independent councillor Ian Robinson reacted furiously to the news.
He said: "The thieves should be put on the town gate, handcuffed, and I will personally go down and flog them.
"It should be a name and shame when we find them, which we will because people know who they are and what they are doing.
"Being hung, drawn and quartered would not be good enough for them after they've stolen from a memorial park in memory of all the soldiers who have fought and died for their country."
No-one at Lancashire Police could be reached for comment.

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Join creative director Mike Laidlaw as he walks you through part one of the award winning Dragon Age: Inquisition E3 gameplay demo. In part one, explore the largest Dragon Age world ever created and lead your followers in a battle against a High Dragon.
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AMI underpins 40% lift in IAG's New Zealand premium revenue
By Paul McBeth
Feb 21 (BusinessDesk) - Insurance Australia Group's $380 million purchase of the beleaguered AMI Insurance helped boost the firm's New Zealand premium revenue by 40 percent in its first half.
The New Zealand unit, the country's biggest underwriter across the NZI, State and AMI bands, lifted profit to A$53 million in the six months ended Dec. 31 from A$34 million a year earlier, with a 40 percent increase in gross written premium (GWP) revenue to A$751 million. The bulk of the premium increase came from the AMI acquisition, and excluding that business, GWP rose 8.4 percent.
"In New Zealand, the underlying performance of the business has remained strong with an improved reported insurance margin of 8.3 percent," chief executive Mike Wilkins said in a statement. "The acquisition of AMI has cemented our market-leading position in the country and its integration is tracking to plan."
Profitability in New Zealand is expected to stay strong with significant price increases expected to offset rising costs, lower costs achieved from better integration of AMI, disciplined underwriting and containing costs on claims, IAG said.
The Australian parent more than tripled net profit to A$461 million with a 14 percent gain in GWP. It expects GWP annual growth of between 9.5 percent and 11.5 percent and an insurance margin from ongoing operations of between 12.5 percent and 14.5 percent. That margin forecast is up from the 11 percent to 13 percent range previously forecast.
The Sydney insurer's board declared an interim dividend of 11 Australian cents per share, more than twice the 5 cents a year earlier. The return is payable on April 3 with a record date of March 6.
The shares rose 3 percent to A$5.58 on the ASX today, and have gained 13 percent this year.


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Gold by Dan Rhodes [Review]
About the Book
Miyuki Woodward, lover of pints and Pot Noodles, has been spending holidays in the same Welsh seaside town for years. She loves the wet walks, she loves The Anchor and most of all she loves the pub-quiz.
This year, following an act of raw creativity involving some cans of gold spray paint, Miyuki will take part in the most turbulent events the village has seen since Tall Mr Hughes returned from the pub toilet without remembering to button up.
My Thoughts
Isn't it great when an impulse buy works out? I picked up this one on a bit of a bookish day out a few weeks ago, when I went to have a nosey about a couple of local books stores I'd not been to before and spotted it on one of the tables.
I'd never heard of the author before, nor did I really have any idea what it was about.
Thankfully it turned out to be a wonderful read, and one of those perfect Sunday afternoon kind-a-reads.
It's not as laugh-out-loud funny, as the book blurb would suggest, but that's not really the point, this is a lovely cosy read (the title perfectly captures the warmth and feeling in this book) that for nearly all of the book, just fills you with a lovely warm feeling.
Miyuki, and her friends in the village are a wonderful quirky group of people, and the two weeks we spend with them, are two weeks a lot of people would love to spend.
There's a certain amount of repetition to Miyuki's days, but that just adds to the cosy feeling, and this builds until Rhodes utterly breaks your heart, I'm not going to say how or why or when, you're going to need to read this one yourself to find out!


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Botanical Name: Hippophae rhamnoides
Also known as 'sandthorn' and 'seaberry', a native species to Europe and Asia (particularly India and China), Sea Buckthorn shrubs typically reach 0.5–6 meters tall, tend to flourish in harshly arid, sandy regions and are incredibly tolerant to salty air and soil.
The berries are vibrant orange in color and contain some of the highest concentrations of Vitamin C in the world:15 times more potent than the orange.The berries also carry dense contents of carotenoids, vitamin E, amino acids, dietary minerals, β-sitosterol and polyphenolic acids, thus making Sea Buckthorn essential oil an invaluable ally for dermatological purposes.
This Sea Buckthorn CO2 extract also contains a high level of betacarotene, giving it a deep red-orange color
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Forget frenemies! Lauren Conrad and Stephanie Pratt are still close, three years after The Hillswent off the air. Pratt, 27, was originally introduced to The Hills as a potential new rival for Conrad, 27. But after a bumpy start, the two became fast friends.
Pratt has also been a big fan of Conrad's latest venture, The Little Market. The organization works with developing countries around the world to produce fair trade and locally made products. The Little Market helps artisan's showcase their talents worldwide, by selling their goods online. On Oct. 26, Stephanie attended the launch party for The Little Market and posed with Conrad and co-founder Hannah Skvarla.
"My friends have the biggest hearts!! Congrats on @thelilmarket @laurenconrad @HannahSkvarla !! Xxx," Pratt captioned the picture.
At the end of The Hills, Pratt and the other remaining girls denounced Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt (Stephanie's older brother), complaining that their crazed antics -- excessive gossiping, plastic surgery, and Spencer's foray into crystal worshipping -- were too much to handle any more.
Though Stephanie cut her brother and his bride out of her life on the show, they recently reconciled and often tweet messages of support to one another.
Conrad did her best to mend the fence with Montag after Spencer tore them apart on The Hills, but no matter what her relationship with Pratt Sr. is, the newly-engaged star remains close with Stephanie.
After Conrad announced her engagement to William Tell on Oct. 13, Stephanie tweeted, "@LaurenConrad such amazing news!! You go girl!!! Love, s."
Pratt is currently starring on Britain's reality show Made in Chelsea. She got the gig after dating the show's star Spencer Matthews.


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Maxwell's discs are an apparatus used in studies of colour perception. They were developed by the eminent physicist James Clerk Maxwell.
Maxwell was intrigued by James David Forbes's use of color tops. By rapidly spinning the top, Forbes created the illusion of a single color that was a mixture of the primaries:[1]
[The] experiments of Professor J. D. Forbes, which I witnessed in 1849… [established] that blue and yellow do not make green, but a pinkish tint, when neither prevails in the combination…[and the] result of mixing yellow and blue was, I believe, not previously known.—James Clerk Maxwell, Experiments on colour, as perceived by the eye, with remarks on colour-blindness (1855), Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Maxwell took this a step further by using a circular scale around the rim with which to measure the ratios of the primaries, choosing vermilion (V), emerald (EG), and ultramarine (U).[2]
Initially, he compared the color he observed on the spinning top with a paper of different color, in order to find a match. Later, he mounted a pair of papers, snow white (SW) and ivory black (Bk), in an inner circle, thereby creating shades of gray. By adjusting the ratio of primaries, he matched the observed gray of the inner wheel, for example:[3]
To determine the chromaticity of an arbitrary color, he replaced one of the primaries with a sample of the test color and adjusted the ratios until he found a match. For pale chrome (PC) he found . Next, he rearranged the equation to express the test color (PC, in this example) in terms of the primaries.
This would be the precursor to the color matching functions of the CIE 1931 color space, whose chromaticity diagram is shown above.
- ↑ Peter Michael Harman (1998). The Natural Philosophy of James Clerk Maxwell, Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ James Clerk Maxwell (2003). The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell, Dover Publications.
- ↑ James Clerk Maxwell (1855), Experiments on colour as perceived by the eye, with remarks on colour-blindness


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When the new automation is in place, there is less total work to be done by the human worker, but what work is left is harder. That is the paradox of automation: It makes the work harder, not easier.
Note: Love this quote. It's easy to trick yourself that the reverse is true without thinking.


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The Third International Conference on Tibetan Language
Volume 1
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The Tibetan language is closely tied to the extraordinary culture and history of the Tibetan civilization. Its rich literary heritage holds a unique position in the history of world literatures. However, around the middle of the twentieth century, the environment for Tibetan-language use changed dramatically, undergoing a phase of active negation and suppression during the Cultural Revolution, followed by a period of rehabilitation and promotion for wider use in society. Since then, impressive efforts have been made to develop new terminologies and to translate works from other languages in subjects such as science, law, business management, and information technology.
In response to the increasingly precarious position of the Tibetan language in the twenty-first century, Trace Foundation, the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University, the Shang Shung Institute, the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, and TBRC hosted the Third International Conference on Tibetan Language at Columbia University. The conference comprised eleven panels of more than sixty scholars and linguists. Both Tibetans and non-Tibetans across the globe participated, addressing the history, current situation, and viability of the Tibetan language, as well as what practical steps could be taken to encourage its development.
The papers collected in this volume (the first of a three-volume set) were originally presented at two panels on the Domains of Use and Linguistic Interactions that convened during the Third International Conference on Tibetan Language in New York City in 2011. The papers explore the roles of demographics, public policy, culture, technology, and more and seek to define domains for Tibetan-language use and issues related to the history, evolution, and origins of the Tibetan language, as well as its relationship with other languages, language contacts, lexical exchange, lexical comparison, linguistic features, and linguistic classification.
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- Fecha de publicación oct. 21, 2013
- Idioma English
- Etiquetas Tibetan, Tibet, linguistics, language
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For twenty years Trace Foundation has supported the continuity, development, and vitality of Tibetan communities. We work with people to better their lives and reinforce the uniqueness of Tibetan culture, language, and places.
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Emory Dunahoo Jr. has won a runoff election for a seat in the Georgia House representing a district in Hall County. Newnan businessman Mike Crane will take his seat in the state Senate after winning the District 28 runoff. And in Senate District 50, John Wilkinson captured 58 percent of the vote to win his runoff against Rick Austin.
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#10: Mie Kumagai
"That moment was the biggest challenge for us, but it also led to our biggest achievement."
We begin this list with a woman and while she isn't the most remarkable woman in Sega's history, she's the first to lead a development studio within the company. The woman is Mie Kumagai, creator of the ever-so-popular and fun Virtua Tennis series. First joining Sega in 1993, she joined Sega's development team, AM3, where she has remained for twenty years. After initially being involved in the development of an array of games put out by AM3, her first game where she was lead developer was Winter Heat, the super fun and rather well done winter sports game for arcades and the Saturn.
Fast forward three years later and Mie Kumagai creates Virtua Tennis, a game series that is arguably the best tennis series in video game history; naturally, this is her claim to fame and the title that really put her on the map. Fast forward one more year to 2001 and AM3's (now known as Hitmaker) studio head, Hisao Oguchi, left to run Sega of Japan as its president. With the head of the studio seat now vacant, Kumagai assumed the role, making her the first woman at Sega to head a studio, a role she still has to this day. Yes her impact may not be that of a Yu Suzuki, but Mie Kumagai's impact at Sega is large indeed.
Not Just Tennis!: While her claim to fame, as stated above, is indeed the Virtua Tennis series, Mie Kumagai has also been the creative mind behind the Virtual-On series, from the NAOMI Oratorio Tangram, to the most recent Marz.
Sounds are a major part of any game, as we all are aware of, however when there is a certain talent that performs the sounds rather than just creating sounds, one can see that this is an important individual indeed. Takenobu Mitsuyoshi was hired by Sega in 1990 and quickly began working on sound creation for games, beginning with the arcade aircraft games, Strike Fighter and G-LOC: Air Battle, before creating the sounds for the first racing game he did in the game OutRunners. His next game would be the game that would make him famous, another racing game that is arguably the best arcade racer ever; Daytona USA.
What was different about Daytona USA was that Takenobu Mitsuyoshi took up the microphone and sang the in-game tunes, with his iconic voice, usually remembered for his funny-sounding English (borderline Engrish) rather than his brilliance. Still, his belting out of "Daytona," is remembered by video game fans all over the world to this day, though Takenobu Mitsuyoshi did a lot more than just the Daytona series. He has also done a ton of sound creation and composing for other AM2 titles, such as Virtua Fighters 2 and 3 (he had done all of the sounds and composing for Virtua Fighter 2 and the spinoffs), Virtua Racing, Rent-A-Hero and Shenmue, as well as a multitude of other titles from the other Sega development studios. Finally, he has also released albums that have him doing real-instrument versions of classic Sega tunes, such as a vocal rendition of the Alex Kidd theme, as well as touring with the Sega Sound Team band, performing tunes at concerts. Speaking of concerts, his work on Shenmue has been played at Play! A Video Game Symphony, throughout their touring schedule. Mitsuyoshi is still creating and composing content to this day, so look out for his music wherever you can!
Born on a special day, or not?: Hard to say, as none of them have any evidence of the truth, but numerous sites list Mitsuyoshi's birthday as either the 12 of December or Christmas day, 1967.
#8: Peter Moore
"We had a tremendous 18 months. Dreamcast was on fire we really thought that we could do it."
The inclusion of Peter Moore on this list may be a bit controversial, however no head of Sega, be it in the East or the West, arguably did more to try and put Sega at the forefront than Moore himself. Born in England in 1955, Moore rose to prominence in the business world by becoming the head of Reebok for many years. After the unusual move to the electronics world with Sega, many doubted Moore's ability to run the company, however Sega appeared to be just fine at the beginning of the Dreamcast's run, which was hampered at first due to previous president, Bernie Stolar's, mishandling of operations (depending on who you ask).
And so Moore was tasked with leading the Dreamcast 3 months after its record-breaking launch, which could have been disastrous with the Playstation 2 looming, however the situation wasn't bad at all, with the Dreamcast continually selling games and moving consoles at a rate that only the Genesis had achieved in Sega's history. Regardless though, Moore made the call to discontinue hardware production (to which he stated he had no idea why he had to make the call, as Sega of Japan always made decisions such as these), which, at the time seemed like a poor decision, as well as pissing off many fans who were behind the Dreamcast 100%. In hindsight however, Moore made the right decision far and away, as the past failures of the 32X, Sega CD and (in North America) the Saturn had left Sega in a dangerous position business-wise, threatening to be swallowed up by a stronger company; it was Moore's decision (at least, initially) that has allowed Sega to still survive to this day. Moore then went on to Microsoft to help gain attention and steam for the 360, which it did. After that, he moved on to Electronic Arts where he is currently president and COO, a position he last held at, you guessed it, Sega.
Ugh, Uwe Boll...: Moore played one of the zombies in the live-action, 2003 film, House of the Dead, directed by Uwe Boll. The film, as many know, was panned by almost any breathing creature on the planet and it currently sits at 32 on the imdb bottom 100.
#7: Rieko Kodama
"It ended up being an incredible experience and we were able to make a great game. The game was Alex Kidd."
Rieko Kodama is the second woman on the list and she is the first of the "big guns." Born in 1963, Kodama came to Sega in 1984, fresh off of a degree in advertising from a trade school and immediately started in character design for Champion Boxing (also Yu Suzuki's debut title). From there, she was an environment designer on Alex Kidd in Miracle World and her work caused her to vault into the large projects Sega had undertaken at the time, such as Fantasy Zone II and Sega's port of the first Japanese RPG, the Black Onyx, followed by a title that would place her among Sega's elite.
Phantasy Star started out as a "ho-hum," release, until the many gamers saw just how great a game it was. Praised by many, Kodama (who also created the series with Yuji Naka) was proud of her creation, which led her to become a lead on many future titles such as Magic Knight Rayearth and Phantasy Star IV, considered the pinnacle of the series, as well as being involved in other high-profile titles such as the Sonic the Hedgehog games (as a level designer), until her next grand creation, Skies of Arcadia. Arguably (I keep using this word a lot) the greatest RPG ever crafted, Kodama ensured that the game would be made as perfect as possible and it came awfully close! It goes without saying that Rieko Kodama is an important figure in Sega's history.
Gotta love those ancients!: Kodama had originally wanted to pursue a career in art or archaeology. The art aspect is clear, as she was a designer on many titles and the archaeology aspect can be seen in the Phantasy Star series and Skies of Arcadia, where it is required to discover information about certain ancient civilisations.
#6: Hideki Sato
The most important thing is the attractiveness of the contents we will supply. Game hardware is just a box to deliver those contents."
Sega had been a prominent arcade and amusement machine manufacturer for decades before they released their first console however since they joined the market, all of their consoles were created by one man, Hideki Sato. Sato began at Sega in 1971, working various jobs in research and development, including being part of a team that first brought commercial video games to Japan. 1983 hit and Sega released their first console, the SG-1000 to a lukewarm reception. Designed by Sato, it was Sega's answer to the Famicom as it was released on the same date in 1983, albeit to markedly less fanfare than Nintendo's console. 2 years later came the follow-up console, also designed by Sato, the Master System, which was clearly the best console on the market in terms of specifications and ability upon release. This too did not sell as well as expected, though it did give Sega enough momentum for Sato in order for him to release the biggest thing in gaming at the time, the Sega Genesis/Megadrive.
Sato's third console seemed to be the charm as the Genesis helped Sega become the first dominant player in the video game market for the first time since Nintendo had assumed the position in 1983. After two well-designed by Sato but horridly marketed and implemented add-ons to the Genesis, Sato came up with another console that made waves, the Sega Saturn. While the Saturn won the console war in Japan for that generation, it was dead in the water in North America, prompting Sato to design his final console and quite possibly his greatest achievement thus far, the Dreamcast, whose discontinuation was a feeling of great loss for Sato. Ever the tower of the company line, he still is loyal to Sega, working for them in any capacity that he can, even now in 2013.
The Handy Man: Not only has Hideki Sato been the creator of all of the Sega home hardware, he is also the creator of all of the Arcade hardware (at the very least, until the Lindbergh as no sources have claimed otherwise). If you need Sega hardware, he's your man.
#5: Naoto Oshima
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"Well, he's a character that I think is suited to America -- or, at least, the image I had of America at the time."
When one thinks of the "Sonic the Hedgehog," franchise, Yuji Naka is usually the only name that comes to mind, even though there were actually two men behind the series' creation. Naoto Oshima began his studios at Tokyo University, before being hired by Sega in 1987 as a designer. He began to work with Yuji Naka and Rieko Kodama on the first Phantasy Star, before working on its sequel, doing more design work. When a new team was created known as AM8 (Sonic Team), Oshima was asked to be one of the team who was assigned the task of creating a mascot for Sega; someone to put up a fight against Nintendo and Mario. Not only did Oshima create someone to put up a fight, he created someone who was bigger and better, Sonic the Hedgehog.
While Naka was the brain behind the team and the series as a whole, Oshima was the brain behind the characters of the series, having created all of them until his departure from Sega. While Naka took part of AM8 to work on Sonic 2 with the Sega Technical Institute in the United States, Oshima remained in Japan to create Sonic CD, a game that was rather different than Sonic the Hedgehog in many ways, while still retaining the same look and feel. After some more Sonic-related titles in Knuckles Chaotix and 3D Blast, Oshima flexed his creative talents yet again, creating the characters for NiGHTS Into Dreams... for the Saturn. Being the lead developer on Burning Rangers as well, he enjoyed more success with the two Sonic titles for the Saturn, Sonic R and Sonic Jam, where he was an advisor on both, culminating with his final effort for Sega, Sonic Adventure, where he worked more of his magic before leaving the company to work on titles such as the Silent Hill series. Naoto Oshima may not have the star power that his good friend Yuji Naka has, he is a leading Sega personality indeed, one of the greats.
No man is an island, except for Naoto Oshima: Oshima has been credited at times as "Big Island," or "BigIsland," (Sega had a policy in the late 80's that required all team members to use code or nicknames) as that is the literal translation of his last name.
"If there's nothing unique about video games, then what's the point in playing? I want to help get the industry out of the pinch it's getting itself into, and the only way is to be brave. You have to be bold."
Taking a slightly more modern approach, the figure on this list at #4 is none other than Sega's current, "Superman," Toshihiro Nagoshi. While not much younger than the prior people on this list (outside of Moore and Sato), Nagoshi can been seen as the, "newer blood," of Sega, with all of the former department heads and designers having moved on to other companies and projects. Coming to Sega in 1992 as one of the chief designers of Virtua Racing, he worked on various titles until he joined AM4 (Amusement Vision) and he was the studio's supervisor for Shenmue. Following that, he headed his first title, Monkey Ball (more prominently known as Super Monkey Ball), which was mega popular in arcades and in the home market.
Following the big success of the Monkey Ball titles, Nagoshi teamed with Shigeru Miyamoto to create F-Zero GX (another title he was head on), which was a great title on the Gamecube. After supervising Sonic titles as well as Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg, Nagoshi wanted to start a grand project, his own, "Shenmue," with the end result being the fantastic Ryu Ga Gotoku series (Yakuza here in the West). With the continued success of this series, supervising more Sonic titles and heading some great titles such as Vanquish and Binary Domain, Nagoshi has become Chief Creative Officer at Sega as well as a member of the board of directors, while still being involved in the Ryu Ga Gotoku series. Things are looking to go nowhere but up for Toshihiro Nagoshi.
Birthdays: Toshihiro Nagoshi's birthday is June 17th 1965, the same as the lead character in the Ryu Ga Gotoku series, Kiryu Kazuma. Coincidence? Obviously not!
#3: David Rosen
"Sega has tremendous engineering and technology capability. It's an interesting situation that really comes out of our coin op business. Basically, due to the coin op business we have this ability to translate and transpose the engineering know how into consumer product, consumer oriented product."
At one point, every company on this Earth, whether a mom 'n pop corner store or a national conglomerate, began with a person (or persons) and a dream; Sega is no different. Sega's humble beginning can be seen in two different companies. The first, Nihon Guraku Bussan Limited (AKA Service Games) was a company that created jukeboxes and various other amusement machines right after World War II, on army bases and throughout Japan. The second company was a company that began as a portrait painting studio, then a photomat machine-making company, then a pachinko machine manufacturer before finally ending off as an amusement machine manufacturer in its own right. The name of the company was Rosen Enterprises and the owner was a tall, private military man named David Rosen.
David Rosen is considered the father of Sega as he was the man that was the head of the company known as Sega Enterprises in the 1960s, when arcades consisted of electro-mechanical and other amusement machines such as Periscope, Sega's first game ever. When Pong was first created in 1972, Rosen was the man in charge of bringing it to Japan under Sega's name, which he did in the form of Pong Tron, Sega's first arcade video game ever. Rosen then saw his business become a subsidiary of Gulf-Western for over a decade, however in 1984 he headed a team of investors (led by Rosen, Hayao Nakayama and Isao Okawa) to buy Sega back, in order to once again become its own company.
Rosen remained as chairman of the company as a whole (he was chairman of both Sega of Japan and Sega of America) and the president of Sega of America, until he appointed Tom Kalinske as president in 1990. He continued to be a member of the board of directors until 1996, when he retired to his home in Los Angeles. Little is known about Rosen nowadays, as he is (as mentioned above) a very private man, rarely doing interviews and seemingly just enjoying life. Without this man, Sega may not have existed as they did and he is arguably the most important figure in the history of Sega.
Not that Rosen!: There are many David Rosens in the world, especially prevalent in the past decade or so. Others include the political fundraiser that went to court a few years ago, the head Rabbi of Ireland and another video game man, the CEO of Wolfire Games.
#2: Yu Suzuki
"Personally, I always want to make games that go hand-in-hand with new technology. Let's say there was some calculation that used to take two hours or so to finish. Then, suddenly, you find a new way to do it in software and hardware. That, in itself, opens up new doors and opportunities for games -- I think it can inherently lead to better games."
Many video game developers have come and gone throughout the years; some have a handful of good hits, some have a handful of bad hits, some work on only a couple of games while others work on a multitude. Few though not only create fantastic titles, but they also innovate the industry with their work: Shigeru Miyamoto is one, Shinji Mikami is another, Yuji Naka is up there with these two men and the same can be said for Sega's top creative man, Yu Suzuki. Hit after hit, innovation after innovation, award-winning title after award-winning title, Yu Suzuki is one of the most accomplished men in the video game industry.
Born to two elementary school teachers, Suzuki always had a passion for music and for construction, as he played the piano at a young age and built many models of structures and vehicles. He attended Okayama University and graduated with a degree in computer programming. In 1983, he joined Sega as a designer, though he quickly began creating his own titles, creating Champion Boxing (along with Rieko Kodama) in just his first year with the company. Year 2 however proved to be much more productive, as he created the legendary arcade racer, Hang-On, which rewrote the book on how arcade games controlled; no longer was there a control stick and buttons, as you controlled by riding on a replica motorcycle. That's right, you lean, the bike turns. You rev, the bike revs. It was the first cabinet of its kind, but there was plenty more to come from Yu Suzuki.
Skipping the great arcade titles in Space Harrier and OutRun, After Burner was the next big innovator and yet again it was in the arcade cabinet (though the game's speed and scaling was never before seen in an arcade). The cabinet required you to strap yourself in, almost in the vein of a mini-amusement park ride, as the area you sat in rotated along with your movements on the screen. His next 2 titles, Virtua Racing and Virtua Fighter, reached the unknown waters of 3D, showcasing to the world what 3D gaming looked like in all of its glory; Virtua Fighter in particular was honoured at the Smithsonian for its contribution to art. After more big hits in the arcade such as Virtua Fighter 2 and Virtua Cop, Suzuki released his greatest achievement to date on the Dreamcast.
Shenmue hit in 1999 on the Dreamcast, however it was actually in development for 14 years as the amount of time, research and all-out effort put in was insurmountable; Yu Suzuki is a very ambitious man, no doubt. After the great reception of both Shenmues (2 in particular), Sega packed up in the console department and Suzuki had to now create games for other platforms. Virtua Fighter 4 was a hit, Virtua Cop 3 and OutRun 2 are still played at many arcades today and the mobile games that Suzuki has developed have been well-received as well. Suzuki now is focused on his own company, YS.net, creating and releasing games for mobile platforms. He is still an advisor at Sega, though he is no longer involved with AM2 or any other development teams. Suzuki has also expressed his wishes to release the third Shenmue title as soon as possible, in order for the saga to be completed and, of course, to satisfy all of the fans worldwide. Still, whether the game is released or not, one cannot deny the impact, innovation and outright gamer joy Yu Suzuki has brought to the video game industry.
Birthdays pt. 2: Yu Suzuki is one of 3 Gemini's on this list (June 10th), along with Toshihiro Nagoshi (June 17th) and Rieko Kodama (May 23rd), unlike the figure in the first spot on this list, who is a Virgo...
#1: Yuji Naka
"I want to make interesting games. I want to show my dreams and visions to kids. But most important, I want to create something that will make the player happy. I want the player to be surprised and have fun. Everything I do in my daily life, I think about how it would fit into a game."
Sonic the Hedgehog is one of the greatest characters in video game history, from the games he starred in, to the backstory, to the character himself, his existence transcends gaming; after all, it took 3 men to create him! With Yu Suzuki's brilliance, success and how much he is revered by the gaming industry and public alike, someone really grandiose who has just as many credentials would have to be higher than Suzuki on this list; Yuji Naka, one of the three aforementioned men, more than fits the bill. Born on September 17th, 1965, he became interested in video games from looking at code in magazines and debugging it on his own. It paid off, as Yuji Naka is widely considered to be the greatest man in Sega's existence. Coming to the company in 1984 after being rejected by Namco, like Suzuki, Naka quickly vaulted himself to be one of the head designers in the company.
Also as Suzuki did, Naka's debut game was published immediately and was met with satisfaction from the Sega brass, as Girl's Garden, which was originally just supposed to be a demo of Naka's talents, became one of the best titles on the SG-1000. Unlike Suzuki however, rather than running his own development studio, Naka instead was the chief converter of arcade ports to the Master System, handling the conversions of OutRun and Space Harrier (among others) before embarking on his first big title.
Phantasy Star, as mentioned earlier, was the brainchild of Rieko Kodama, however she created the title with a lot of help from Yuji Naka. Naka was the chief programmer of the game and also had help from Naoto Oshima. The trio would soon build up a lot of steam, creating Phantasy Star II (where Naka was the head of the project) and accidentally creating the very first emulator program, which he created when trying to play NES games on the Genesis. It was soon after, when he, Oshima and a team of 13 others would come up with the game (and character) that would change the video game industry forever.
As stated, Sonic the Hedgehog was created from the brain of three men; Oshima designed the character, Naka designed the backstory and movement of the characters in addition to coding the game and Hirokazu Yasuhara created the stages of the game, while all of the other work was done by the rest of the team. While the game exploded and made the company a lot of well-deserved money, Naka temporarily quit the company due to a payment dispute, signing on with the American-based Sega Technical Institute, where he brought some of the team with him, while he left Oshima in Japan. With STI, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was created and even more money was made; Yuji Naka was on his way to the top of the Sega ladder. Naka returned to Japan and created Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as well as Sonic and Knuckles, which introduced a new "lock-on," technology for cartridges. The title sold super well as the prequels did, giving AM8 (Sonic Team) a ton of firepower at Sega, as well Naka was promoted to the head of AM8, just in time for the Sega Saturn to appear.
With the Saturn's arrival, so too did more great games from AM8, such as the highly underrated Burning Rangers, the fun Sonic racing title, SonicR and easily the most beloved Sega title on the Saturn, NiGHTS Into Dreams... Acting as head on the project again, Naka also did a bit of programming for the fantastic title, which introduced the analog controller to the Sega world. The move to the Dreamcast for Sonic Team (no longer called AM8) was also smooth, as Sonic Adventure was a hit title headed by Naka that helped move Dreamcasts at the North American launch. Chu Chu Rocket, a pioneering game in online gaming as well as Samba de Amigo, a rhythm game with a twist, were two more projects headed by Naka, before Sonic Team released its final game for the console, Sonic Adventure 2, which also was a fantastic game headed by Naka.
Life after Sega left the hardware realm was still good to Yuji Naka, as he was behind the superb titles of Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg as well as Phantasy Star Universe. Then in 2006, Naka decided to move on from Sega and quit the company, forming his own, new company, Prope. Like Suzuki, Naka is still an advisor of sorts, though he is no longer affiliated with the company in any creative way. Still, Yuji Naka's legacy is one that few in the video game industry have ever come close to replicating; Sega will assuredly be ever grateful to one, Yuji Naka.
Birthdays pt. 3 and Nicknames pt. 2: The date for Yuji Naka's birthday was used for the level select code in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (play sounds 19, 65, 09, 17). As well, since he was seen as a slightly younger protégé of Yu Suzuki, Yuji Naka's nickname at Sega was "YU2."
There you have it, the top 10 real-life figures in Sega's history comes to a close. As always, thanks should be given out, however this time to my parents, who's mentioning of the head of a team my mother works with got me to thinking about making this list. Truly, Yuji Naka or Yu Suzuki could have been #1 on the list and in my book, there is no one, Sega or otherwise that could touch Suzuki in terms of innovation and quality. Naka however helped create a character that is so iconic, few if any characters have ever come close to the iconic status Sonic the Hedgehog has attained. It was a tossup indeed!
Going through the hundreds of names that I did when researching this list, there truly are some phenomenally talented individuals who worked at Sega, past or present, in every capacity. You have David Rosen, the staunch businessman who helped create a major industry in Japan and the West, Rieko Kodama who blazed a trail for women in the video game industry, Yuji Naka who creates characters and games that stand the test of time and Yu Suzuki who has constantly innovated and changed the landscape of the industry. The newer, "young blood," of Sega continues this tradition, with Rie Kumagai continuing on that trail that Kodama began at Sega and Toshihiro Nagoshi showing the qualities that Naka and Suzuki possessed when they were in his role in the company; Sega may no longer be in the hardware race, but their titles still stack up well indeed. Comments? Questions? Nitpicks? Praises? If you have any of those, head on over to the top 10 board and let your opinion be known! As always, be nice though, please? Peace!
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He said Iraqi forces had staged light counterattacks, but that the American raid had gone better than hoped.
Denying what was clearly visible to many Baghdad residents, Iraq's Information Minister, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, said there had been no big US raid and Baghdad was "safe".
US columns had been "slaughtered", Mr Sahaf told reporters at the Palestine Hotel. "The battle is still going on. Their infidels are committing suicide by the hundreds on the gates of Baghdad ... don't believe those liars."
He was speaking within sight of US tanks on the other side of the Tigris.
The denial came as Reuters reported the Information Ministry and the Foreign Ministry in Baghdad remained firmly in Iraqi hands with heavily armed Republican Guards spread over the area taking fighting positions.
The Foreign Ministry is a few hundred metres from one of the main gates of the presidential palace which US forces said they now occupied.
Reuters correspondent Khaled Yacoub Oweis said Republican Guard units, each carrying six rocket-propelled grenades, were spread over the area taking fighting positions.
"There is a no-man's land between the Iraqi troops and American troops on the street in front of the ministry," he said.
On the city's western outskirts, an armoured battalion from the 3rd Division's 1st Brigade captured the old presidential palace near the airport, commanders reported.
Two US soldiers were believed to have been killed and six others wounded in an Iraqi attack on a US communications centre in the south of Baghdad, military sources said yesterday.
The first military transport, a C-130 Hercules, landed at Baghdad airport on Sunday night as Iraqi troops fired intermittent mortar and artillery rounds onto the runway.
By late yesterday, US officials claimed Baghdad was isolated, and there were checkpoints on all main arteries. The encirclement came as thousands of Baghdad residents tried to flee, despite both Iraqi and coalition attempts to block or dissuade them.
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Gatecrashers at the palace
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Armour-plated wake-up call
Few holes left for a Saddam quick exit
US visitors find taps on, no one home
Chemical Ali's body found, say British
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Neighbours wait but tide of humanity isn't flowing
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Thailand's army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha seized control of the government in a coup on Thursday, two days after he declared martial law, saying the military had to restore order and push through reforms after six months of turmoil.
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The military declared a 10 p.m. until 5 a.m. curfew, suspended the constitution and told outgoing cabinet ministers to report to an army base in the north of the capital by the end of the day. Rival protest camps were ordered to disperse.
The army had declared martial law on Tuesday, saying the move was necessary to prevent violence.
Twenty-eight people have been killed and 700 injured since the anti-government protests erupted late last year.
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Erika Lawrence, 2014 Class Speaker "This is a great place for a new beginning"
Erika Lawrence, 24, was seeking a new beginning in life when she stumbled upon Community College of Philadelphia, the path to possibilities.
She had been searching for an affordable two-year college with an academically rigorous curriculum that would prepare her for transfer to a globally minded university. Her two aunts in Philadelphia gave the College glowing recommendations because of its "great reputation" and seamless transfer programs and agreements.
"I moved here for Community College of Philadelphia," said Lawrence, a Business Administration major from Bowling Green, KY who has been living with one of her aunts. "I was looking for a program that allowed me to connect to a four-year institution at a low cost . . . it was either come here to Philadelphia or go back home and live with my parents. I needed a new beginning in life. This is a great place for a new beginning."
On May 3, Lawrence, a student in the Honors program, will be the class speaker at the College's 48th Commencement. Jotaka Eaddy, Senior Director for Voting Rights and Senior Advisor to the President and CEO of the NAACP, will be the keynote speaker at the ceremony, which begins at 10 a.m. in the Liacouras Center at 1776 N. Broad Street. Eaddy will discuss the importance of civic engagement, voting and the benefits that accrue from community service.
In just two years, Erika has managed to create a life that she could never have imagined just two years ago. She is working as an intern with the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program, where she mingles daily with the region's up-and-coming entrepreneurs. The program provides the owners of these small regional companies with a fast-track business education while offering the opportunity to access financial capital and powerful networking opportunities.
And the internship has given Erika real-world knowledge. "It has allowed my two years of class work to come to life," she said.
This year, Erika was elected treasurer of the Student Government Association and president of the Eta Sigma Chapter of Alpha Beta Gamma, an international business honor society. Alpha Beta Gamma, under her leadership, was named the College's 2013-2014 Club of the Year at the recent student leadership awards. The club was honored for going above and beyond efforts to grow its membership, and for "leading with integrity and working to be an example of leadership." As ABG's president, Erika also received an award.
Her participation in College activities has created opportunities for her to meet knowledgeable academic leaders, elected officials, business experts and other VIPs. At a recent breakfast marking the launch of the College's magazine, Pathways, Erika, was seated at the same table with Temple University President Neil D. Theobald. It was a thrill since she plans to transfer to the Fox School of Business at Temple University this fall.
Her travel last summer to Belize as part of the College's Study Abroad program is another memory she will always cherish. That 10-day trip broadened her worldview and taught her a very important lesson about global business. "I realized I don't know as much as I thought I did," she said. "The world is so big and there is so much info out there. Study abroad helps students become well-rounded and more knowledgeable."
She offers practical advice to incoming freshmen who stand now at a crossroads, as she did, searching for the right path.
"I would say not only to study hard, but get involved, Erika said. "By getting involved you are able to meet various people who can offer you exciting opportunities that you would never think of. That is my advice. Two years ago, I would not have believed all this could happen."


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Expressing his love for "Twilight," Zac Efron says that Edward Cullen and Bella Swan's kissing scene in the movie was "great."
Losing the Best Kiss MTV Movie Award to Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart for their lock-lip scene in "Twilight," Zac Efron has no hard feeling toward the duo, telling MTV after the awards show over the weekend that he thought Edward-Bella's kissing scene in the vampire drama movie was "great." Besides, the "High School Musical" heartthrob also had the same opinion about the movie itself, saying on the red carpet of the event, it was a "great film."
As for reality TV star Stephanie Pratt, she said she was impressed by Robert and Kristen's almost-kissing scene at the annual awards event. "When Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson ... were so close and the whole auditorium was like, 'Are they gonna? Are they gonna?' Then they didn't! But I was, like, dying to see them kiss," she said about Robert and Kristen's close encounter when they were accepting the particular award on stage.
And Will Ferrell wasn't an exception. He was seen clapping enthusiastically during Robert and Kristen's almost-kiss moment. The comic actor, moreover, gushed that he is "obviously" a big fan of the movie itself. And Kings of Leon's singer Caleb Followill chimed in, "I really liked 'Twilight' a lot. It was a cool, generational kind of movie. I thought it was really pretty."
Robert and Kristen shared Best Kiss MTV Movie Award during the 18th annual awards show taking place at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, Calif. on Sunday evening, May 31. Both of them won over some heavy contenders vying for the category, which include Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy in "Wanted (2008)," Freida Pinto and Dev Patel in "Slumdog Millionaire", James Franco" and Sean Penn in "Milk", and Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron in "High School Musical 3: Senior Year".


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One of the hens is taking a battering, she used to be the Queen, then she went broody and now she's looking to be on the way out. I've moved her to the fruit cage but will I ever to able to reintroduce her. Check out the funky R&B soundfile for good advice. I find 60's soul has the answer for most major problems.
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6 Chickens arrived from Barrow - coughing slightly from their car journey in with Julie - a kind donation from a friend of Julie's, (the chickens not the cough)
Apart from escaping almost immediately from the pen, (where they are kept for their own protection - principally from walker's dogs), they have settled in and started laying immediately. Ed built up the fence to Colditz standards, (he has been reading the 'One The Got Away' - an account of Grizedale's history as a prisoner of war camp) and I have cut their wing feathers off with a pair of rusty sissors.
The chicken types are as far as I can make out
1 Ameraucana (lays blue eggs, Chilean cross-breed)
3 Maran (the 70s dream Chicken, dark brown eggs to go with the dark brown bread and everything else)
2 Australorp (Orpington Austalian cross, light brown eggs and lots of them)
Karen has suggest calling them after female gospel singers, so - Albertina, Shirley, Clara, Cassietta, Inez, Dorothy, Loleatta, Bessie, Doris, Delores - they do all seem to be rather chickeny names - any preferences? Could simplify matters by grouping them, also under Gospel names, so the 3 Jones Sisters, The Consolers, Gloria Spencer (who worked with the by line the worlds largest gospel singer).
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I'm not sure how many of you have used the free GOOG-411 service before, but I've used it over a dozen times since its release. The speed and accuracy of the automated system is rather astounding, and the fact that you don't have to pay $1.25 just to get a phone number is what really catches people's attention.
Have you ever thought to yourself "how is Google benefiting from offering the service for free?" You may think that they are planing some sort of advertising system, but as it turns out Google themselves are actually skeptical about its profitability. Their real investment for the system is in the speech-to-text model, where they essentially turn all of the GOOG-411 users into lab monkeys:
Whether or not free-411 is a profitable business unto itself is yet to be seen. I myself am somewhat skeptical. The reason we really did it is because we need to build a great speech-to-text model … that we can use for all kinds of different things, including video search.
The speech recognition experts that we have say: If you want us to build a really robust speech model, we need a lot of phonemes, which is a syllable as spoken by a particular voice with a particular intonation. So we need a lot of people talking, saying things so that we can ultimately train off of that. … So 1-800-GOOG-411 is about that: Getting a bunch of different speech samples so that when you call up or we're trying to get the voice out of video, we can do it with high accuracy.
That snippet was yanked from an InfoWorld interview with Google's Marissa Mayer. As you can see the data that they are able to collect should play a huge roll in speech-to-text conversion for videos on YouTube. With that they would not only be better at filtering out copyrighted content, but they would also be able to show ads related to the content of the video.
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Just days after winning a Golden Globe, Wall-E has been nominated for another three big awards.
The animated summer hit about the rubbish-collecting robot is up for best animated film and best sound at the Bafta awards.
And it's going head-to-head in the music category with Mamma Mia!, which is in the running for two prizes, including outstanding British film.
Meanwhile, Kate Winslet is up against herself in the best actress category.
Elsewhere, there's good news for British animation, with Wallace and Gromit's A Matter Of Loaf And Death being nominated as best short animation.
And Heath Ledger, who died in January from an accidental overdose, has been nominated for best supporting actor for his role as the Joker in the Dark Knight.
He was awarded a Golden Globe for best-supporting actor for his role in the film.


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He needs to be stern. Everybody in the government right now doing whatever they want; continue making promises they do not fulfill. The Governor needs to be stern. -Jeremy


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SAINT LEO, Fla. - The Saint Leo men's basketball team was selected ninth in the 2010-11 Sunshine State Conference Preseason Poll, it was announced Thursday by SSC Commissioner Jay Jones. The Lions totaled 39 points, finishing 33 points behind Barry for eighth. Rollins College claimed the top spot with 182 points and 10 first-place votes.
Last year's regular-season co-champions, the Tars received 182 points in the preseason poll, as well as 10 first-place votes. Last year's other co-champion, Florida Southern, finished second in the poll with 177 points and eight first-place votes.
Lynn came in third in the poll with 143 points. Eckerd appeared in the fourth position with 124.
Things were close in the next four slots in the preseason rankings. Nova Southeastern tipped the scales in fifth with 84 points. Florida Tech was sixth with 77 points, followed closely by Tampa in seventh with 74 and Barry in eighth with 72.
Despite losing all-time scorer and rebounder Jordan Prais and impact player Josue Vazquez, the Lions return a core group including seniors Jeremy Jackson, Matt Salay and Saladeem Dewberry, as well as welcome back senior Quentin Cullop after a year's hiatus.
The Lions, who were also selected to finish last season ninth, concluded the year in a three-way tie for seventh-place and earned a berth into the SSC Tournament.
Voting for the SSC men's basketball preseason poll was conducted among the league's men's basketball coaches and sports information directors.
The Green & Gold will open its season in Valdosta, Ga. on Friday, November 12 when they take on Valdosta State University.


text: The Northwestern University Music Library is the new home for the memorabilia of distinguished Chicago concert pianist Zinaida "Zina" Aleskow. The collection includes photographs, recital programs, newspaper articles and letters from such notable musicians as Ignaz Friedman, Nicolai Malko, Mstislav Rostropovich, Joseph Szigeti and Jennie Tourel. Aleskow, who remained active as a solo pianist and chamber musician almost until her death in 1994, also donated her large collection of sheet music to the Merit Music Program.


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Osseo squeezed by Robbinsdale Cooper 55-53 in overtime in a Section 5 quarterfinal game March 7. Kiara Russell led Osseo with 16 points.
"We knew it was going to be a tough game," Osseo coach John Rieser said. "We were playing without Azaria Reed, who was out with an illness, so we had to go a bit deeper on the bench when Hayley Swanson got into foul trouble."
And the bench came through for Osseo, especially sophomore post Lemia Ntor-ue, who came up with a career-high 12 points.
"Lemia missed much of the season with a serious ankle injury," Rieser said. "She actually reinjured it in early January, so really hasn't played much this season. She is very athletic and has a great wing span. She gave us some quality minutes last night."
Ari Jones chipped in with seven points Madi Malone and Cat Etheridge each scored six points and Ayo Porte had five. But Russell led Osseo and came through with five of Osseo's eight points in overtime.
"Kiara Russell is also playing at a high level, but we really got great contributions from every kid that played," Rieser said. Osseo, seeded fourth, played top-seeded Centennial in the semifinal March 11. The winner advances to the section final Friday, March 14, at Anoka.
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The Ground Self-Defense Force has been studying the idea of jointly operating its secret intelligence unit and special units to engage in overseas hostage rescues, infiltrations, target surveillance and base attacks since around 2008, former senior defense officials said Monday.
The existence of the intelligence unit was reported in November. It has been secretly gathering intelligence abroad since the Cold War without informing the prime minister, who is the commander-in-chief of the Self-Defense Forces, or the defense minister — a practice viewed as undermining civilian control.
While the government denies its existence, a former senior official of the special GSDF unit, established in 2004 to counter terrorist and guerrilla attacks, said it was needed to attack enemy bases.
"We need a powerful intelligence unit to enable the special unit to sneak into enemy bases to attack them," the former official said.
According to the former officials and other sources, the idea was to have the intelligence unit introduced to special operations with an eye to deploying the SDF abroad, just like the U.S. Navy SEALs, which stormed the Pakistan compound of al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden and killed him in 2011.
Such a scheme, however, may contravene the current interpretation of the war-renouncing Constitution, which prohibits the use of force to settle international conflicts.
While the special unit was formed to deal with attacks that exceed the capabilities of the police, its overseas duties, including reconstruction support for war-ravaged Iraq, have expanded since then.
On the other hand, the special unit has been secretly engaging in infiltration and hostage-rescue drills, as well as conducting reconnaissance on aerial bombardment targets, the sources said. In the process, the special unit discovered that it lacks sufficient capability to gather information from local informants.
The GSDF has already started reshuffling senior officials in the special unit in line with personnel changes in the intelligence unit.
The intelligence unit has set up bases in such countries as Russia, China, South Korea and Poland, and several dozen GSDF members have engaged in overseas intelligence activities lacking a legal basis by taking false identities. This included pretending to be officials of Japanese government bodies other than the Defense Ministry and employees of trading companies, according to former officials.


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A contractor waded waist-deep through one of 16 activated carbon filters at West Virginia American Water's Charleston treatment plant Tuesday, vacuuming up the carbon with a large hose as local and national media members attentively watched and recorded his every move.
The replacement of a filter has likely happened hundreds of times since the treatment facility along the Elk River opened in December 1973 with rare notice or thought by anyone outside the chilly, industrial filter room. But the work Tuesday -- the man crawling around in a concrete pit sucking up 52,000 pounds of the black, granular substance with a vacuum hose -- marked the beginning of what the water company hopes will be the end of a water contamination crisis that has marred the public's trust in the company's tap water.
"Within days of the Freedom Industries chemical spill, we committed to our customers and have continued to commit to our customers that we would be changing out the carbon caps in the filters just as soon as soon as flows allowed it to," water company spokeswoman Laura Jordan said. "We let customers know during that time that flow rates during the cold winter months are at their highest. It does not allow us to take any of the filters out of service for changing during those months. This is the first time we were able to start that."
Jordan said contractors from Pittsburgh-based Calgon Carbon will replace two filters per week, and the entire project is expected to take eight weeks. She said the project will cost West Virginia American Water more than $1.1 million.
The Elk River water treatment facility was overwhelmed on Jan. 9, hours after state officials discovered thousands of gallons of crude MCHM and other chemicals leaking from a faulty storage tank at Freedom Industries into the river. The contaminant seeped through the carbon filters and into the company's 1,500-mile water distribution, which serves 300,000 people in nine counties -- more than 15 percent of West Virginia's population. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and West Virginia American Water president Jeff McIntyre issued a Do Not Use order on the evening of Jan. 9 that lasted as long as nine days in some affected communities.
Jordan said the filters are typically changed out on a four-year rotating cycle, but water company executives pledged to change all the filters shortly after the spill. They insisted the filters were not compromised in any way and that the replacements were to help "public perception."
Water samples taken at the treatment plant recently show less than one part per billion of MCHM in treated water, but no traces of MCHM in water before treatment, indicating that MCHM may be leaching from the activated carbon filters. Both McIntyre and Jordan have repeatedly said the low levels of MCHM pose no danger to human health, citing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's one part per million screening level for MCHM set the day after the spill. Jordan said the recently-released MCHM samples were estimates because the levels of MCHM were so low.
"This is a continuation of our commitment to our customers -- not for any health reasons," Jordan said. "As we know, water leaving the water treatment plant, now laboratories can detect down to that half of a part per billion level. This makes no difference in our minds."
Jordan added that she is not aware of any additional recommendations for replacing in-home water filters beyond what was provided in the flushing instructions in January.
Charleston mayor Danny Jones applauded the water company's move Tuesday. Jones said in a statement that the replacement of the water filters was a "crucial step" for those still not trusting their tap water.
"I've heard from several people that the continuing use of these water filters, which were contaminated by the chemical leak on Jan. 9, added to their concerns about the quality of the water moving through the plant ever since," Jones said.
"My hope is that the end result of this entire frustrating situation will be greater protection of our water to the point where we have the safest and cleanest water anywhere. The water company's replacement program moves us in that direction, starting today."
Jordan said all 16 filters will be replaced in the next several weeks with "virgin carbon" -- carbon which has never been used before.
"The schedule this week is to empty one filter today, one filter tomorrow, then replace the carbon in the first filter by Thursday and replace it in the second filter by Friday, and then those filter will be put back into service," Jordan said. "Next week, we'll start the process all over again with another two (filters)."
Jordan added that each filter will be sanitized and tests will be conducted before each filter is put back online.
"We will be continuing to test for MCHM throughout this whole process as we are still doing here at the treatment plant," Jordan said. "We will also be testing post-full-filter-replacement and will be providing that information to our customers."
Contact writer Marcus Constantino at 304-348-1796 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him at www.twitter.com/amtino.


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The Oakey Campus of Opportunity Village
The Oakey Campus of Opportunity Village, located at 6300 W. Oakey Blvd. commemorated the dedication of the Opportunity Village Board Room, generously funded by Caesars Foundation. It took place at its Oakey campus and was part of Phase I of a recent Revive and Renew initiative.


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FROCESTER completed the double over Weston with a 41 run victory on Saturday, maintaining their top of the table position.
It was another magnificent century from captain Nick Trainor, which laid the basis for the victory.
Frocester batted first, and after Beard was run out, Trainor and Quereshi featured in a partnership of 86, with Trainor the dominant partner.
Quereshi eventually fell for 26 and after 40 overs the Frocester total had only reached 128 for two.
However, Trainor and Wand cut loose against the tiring attack and added 90 runs in the final 10 overs as Frocester reached a total of 218-3.
Trainor was dismissed in the penultimate over, having struck 10 boundaries and three sixes, but Wand remained unbeaten on 57.
Chasing the highest total on the Weston ground this season, the home team knew they faced a difficult task. So it proved as the Frocester bowlers were very accurate and, despite a few too many dropped catches, Weston were restricted to 177-9, with Olly Jones the pick of the bowlers with 3-28.
Weston were then restricted to 177-9.
Carman fifty fails to save Stroud
STROUD captain Toby Carman hit a half century but it wasn't enough to stop Lydney making it a hat-trick of wins in the Gloucestershire Division.
Earlier, Lydney posted 212 for eight.
Opener Jon Kear and captain Edward Jones made 79 and 50 runs respectively.
In reply, Stroud got off to a poor start with David Terrington (4) and Sam Warner (2) falling cheaply.
Carman made 50 before being trapped leg before by Edward Jones.
Ed Mobbs (45) was stumped and Matt Smith (19) and Ed Price (18) chipped in but Stroud fell short.
Painswick undone by duo
PAINSWICK were undone by Woodmancote duo Eliot Acton and Brenton Thompson in the Gloucester Division.
Acton made 76 and Thompson 86, as the visitors won by 127 runs at Broadham Fields.
Woodmancote finished on 278 for seven.
In reply, Andrew Edwards hit 49.
Wicketkeeper James Cook made 29 and Jonathon Griffiths (19) as they were bowled out for 151.
Frocester challenge
FROCESTER 2nd X1 maintained their challenge for the title with a convincing eight-wicket victory over their Weston counterparts.
Dan Whincup was the star of the show with a stylish 71 not out.
Following the overnight rain, Ali Downey won the toss and inserted the visitors on a wicket still showing a tinge of green.
Richard Woodmason captured an early wicket and then Nabi ripped through the middle order with a spell of 4-31.
Downey and Dan Cave also bowled useful spells, collecting a wicket each as the visitors struggled to 120-5.
But, then Jack Gillett polished off the tail with a spell of 3-24 as Weston were dismissed for 151.
Frocester made a racing start to their reply with Whincup leading the victory charge, with 40 runs coming from the first five overs and Weston realised that defeat was just a matter of time.
Whincup received good support from Fin Dixon with a fluent 37 in a partnership of 87 that took Frocester to the brink of victory.
Ashley Davis, with 25 not out, accompanied Whincup to the finishing line, as the opener finished on 71 not out which included eight boundaries.
Westbury toppled
FROCESTER 3rd X1 defeated league leaders Westbury on Severn by 48 runs.
Steve Tegg's side were invited to bat first, but Ben Hopkins made light of the conditions, leading the Frocester innings with an excellent innings of 69. He received good support from George Bailey (31), Alex Ireland (34), James Gilchriest (39) and Tony Clarkson (24*).
As a result, Frocester reached a total of 221-5 in a match reduced to 40 overs.
Hopkins then bowled a tight opening spell, but, it was Chris Partridge and Steve Tegg, with two wickets each, who put Frocester on the victory trail, as the visitors were reduced to 40-4.
The spin attack of Alex Ireland and Chad Trainor continued the good work with two wickets each and Matt Tuck polished off the tail, as the visitors were dismissed for 173 in only 35 overs.
FROCESTER 5th X1 defeated Eastington by seven wickets at Marling School, on Saturday.
Eastington made a useful total of 173-6 in 40 overs, with Mike Birch the pick of the bowlers, taking 3-35 in 10 overs.
Skipper Scott Glew also bowled well, taking 2-25 in 7 overs.
Mark Glew led the reply with an excellent innings of 54 and the opening partnership was worth 66 when Glew dismissed for 54.
Thomas batted well for 22, but it was Richard Spyvee (35) and Andy Babbage (25) who took Frocester to victory.


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Phoenix -- Bess Greenbaum, wife of Las Vegas gambling power and hotel owner Gus Greenbaum, lies trussed on the couch of their home. The body of her husband was found in a bedroom of the house. Both had their throats cut. The murder weapon, a butcher knife, lies at Mrs.Greenbaum's feet, with blade resting against the pillow. Phoenix police called the tragedy a double murder, but declined to say whether it was considered a possible gangland slaying. Greenbaum had a reputation for being a "square gambler". (1958)
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- Vanwall said...
Phoenix always was crookeder than catshit if you pulled back the rug a little. Righteous Goldwater and junkie Greenbaum, a pair to draw to, and Barry was a Vegas-haunter, so you add it up. Greenbaum's sis-in-law was croaked, too - a bad guy to know. I grew up in Scottsdale, AZ near some of the questionable ranch-style-mansions, and there was an undercurrent of sleaze in that state that festered to the top on occasion.
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Now, I'm not big fan of sportswear as day wear.
Sportswear, largely, belongs on the body of people doing sport, not of people shopping. I have no problem with dressing for comfort, but, much like the idea of wearing your pyjamas to Tesco, I, personally, think a balance needs to be struck.
Tennis, however, seems to be a rich seam of day to day fashion inspiration. Obviously Wimbledon is on at the moment, so now seems like the perfect time to trawl back for some vintage sporty style inspiration, and eat strawberries and cream of course.
In the 1930s tennis outfits for women were largely knee length skirts, providing a perfect fashion inspiration for those of us that like to keep our knees covered!
If you're brave enough (or your legs are good enough!) then moving into the 50s and 60s Women's Tennis hemlines started to rise, but those cute flippy skirts and nipped waists still look good for day wear when the weathers warm.