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Defense CUs Gain High Praise From Army Comptroller
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Army's top financial official thanked credit unions for their service to the military but warned that cuts in the defense budget could reduce their customer base.
Assistant Secretary of the Army Mary Sally Mantilla told NAFCU's Defense Credit Union Summit that credit unions had helped soldiers make better financial decisions.
"Folks want to do the right thing but can't unless what they know what the right thing is. Thank you for showing soldiers how to do the right thing in investing, savings and spending," she said.
But despite the good work of credit unions, they could be hurt by having fewer potential members because of budget cuts, she warned.
Matiella, who is also the Army's comptroller, said that any personnel reductions will be part of an effort to reduce government spending that is needed for the long-term financial health of the country.
Some of the spending proposals could result in a $400 billion cut to the Pentagon's budget over 10 years.
Defense Credit Union Council President/CEO Roland Arteaga said his group is trying to ensure that military officials continue to recommend credit unions to military personnel and their families who are seeking financial education. In addition, he wants the military to keep its policy of limiting access to each military facility to only one bank and one credit union.
The new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to make protecting members of the military from predatory lenders and other others seeking to take advantage of military personnel and their families a priority, said Holly Petraeus, who runs the CFPB's Office of Service Member Affairs.
She said on her visits to military facilities, top concerns include high rates of indebtedness, difficulties selling houses and the long time it takes to get professional licenses renewed when military families move.
Petraeus, whose husband David is a four-star general who was a key architect and implementer of American military strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan, said her eight-person office would also review the content of the military's financial education programs and see if they can be made more effective.
NAFCU President/CEO Fred Becker told attendees that even though credit unions do an outstanding job of serving members of the military and civilians, they need to be vigilant in protecting their reputation. Becker said the changing media landscape, with more outlets run by people with axes to grind, necessitates more aggressive efforts by credit unions to tell their story.


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Seneca Valley figured to need a slightly revised game plan on Friday against Watkins Mill with senior running back James Jones-Williams on the sideline in street clothes due to a hamstring injury. Most of the team's preparations for the Wolverines quickly became irrelevant when junior quarterback Calvin Reighard took a helmet-to-helmet hit on a second-quarter scramble and left with a concussion.
Using senior wide receiver Travis Arthur at quarterback, the Screamin' Eagles made it work, holding on for a 20-14 win that eliminated Watkins Mill from playoff contention. After Reighard left, they didn't attempt another pass the rest of the night, but junior Kevin Joppy finished with 156 rushing yards and two touchdowns on a career-high 31 carries to deliver the victory.
"Without those guys, 90 percent of our offense was gone," Seneca Valley Coach Fred Kim said. "We had to do what we could. . . . They put 11 guys in the box because they knew what we were gonna do. We just strapped it on and ran it with Joppy."
At 5-foot-9, 165 pounds, Joppy doesn't have the ideal frame to pound the line of scrimmage and with Jones-Williams in the offense, Joppy generally plays a hybrid running back/wide receiver role.
On Friday against the Wolverines (7-3), Joppy showed he could handle the heavy workload. He provided the game's final two touchdowns, putting the Eagles (9-1) ahead for good on a four-yard scoring run with about six minutes left in the third quarter. Because of injuries in the secondary, Joppy also played most of the team's defensive snaps, too.
With the win, Seneca Valley clinched the No. 2 seed behind Damascus in the Maryland 3A West and a home game against North Hagerstown to kickoff the postseason. Kim said he expected Reighard to be cleared to practice on Monday and start the playoff game, while Jones-Williams should also be ready to play against North Hagerstown.
In a win or go home scenario, Watkins Mill spent the night scrambling offensively as well after senior quarterback Patrick Schlosser aggravated a shoulder injury on his team's first series.
Four different players — all running backs and wide receivers — took snaps as part of a quarterback by committee arrangement. Junior Quinton Schaired, the team's leading rusher this season, completed five of nine passes for 39 yards.
The Wolverines entered the game on a six-game winning streak and holding the fourth spot in the competitive region. They tumbled to seventh with the loss, missing out on their first playoff berth since 1999.
"We called that our playoff game," Watkins Mill Coach Kevin Watson said. "It had that feeling — you could tell. The kids played their butts off. The coaches coached their butts off with all the changes they had to make. It was a good game." . . .
Already assured of its first playoff berth since 2005, Poolesville (7-3) closed the regular season with a 28-7 win over Rockville. Senior running back Nikolay Henze carried the ball 31 times for 217 rushing yards and three touchdowns. It was the fourth time this season Henze has recorded at least 30 touches in a game. The Falcons will start the Maryland 2A West playoffs at Walkersville Friday.
Sherwood's Jordan Larsen, although a senior, had never been asked to bail his team out with a fourth quarter drive until Friday night against Churchill. Tied at 10 midway through the final period, not only was the region's No. 2 seed hanging in the balance, but so was the judgment on just how much Larsen had matured under center this fall.
Larsen engineered the best drive of his life, spanning 85 yards and capped off by Elijah Spottswood's two-yard touchdown run that gave the Warriors the win. Larsen completed four of five passes in the fourth quarter for 109 yards, on a night when he completed just six passes overall.
"It was the first time I've ever needed to pull out a game in the fourth quarter. I had been in this situation last year in the Paint Branch game, but we were behind though. And we couldn't do it. Our offense couldn't pull it together," said Larsen. "This time, we were able to do it."
The difference between his junior and senior seasons have been dramatic for Larsen, who has thrown for over 300 yards the last two weeks after slogging through somewhat of a midseason slump. His numbers have been solidly consistent since the season opener, though, when he completed just seven passes and had two interceptions against Quince Orchard. In an offense dominated by the run, Larsen has six 100-yard passing games this season, with eight touchdowns and an additional five rushing scores. His best performance came two weeks ago in a 35-28 win over Northwest, when he threw for 199 yards and two touchdowns.
Sherwood has won five straight heading into Friday's first-round playoff game against No. 3 Catonsville (7-3). The Warriors have outscored their last five opponents, 175-41, and much of it has been attributed to the running game behind Spottswood and Moses Vines, the latter of whom has rushed for 952 yards and 17 touchdowns this season.
The passing game has become a viable threat as the weeks have passed, and the coaching staff has designed a passing system that makes Larsen more comfortable. Bonavia said that his mechanics and understanding of coverages has gotten much better since the season started. But Larsen said that more than anything, when Bonavia told him to "calm down" right before the crucial fourth quarter drive last week against Churchill, that was when he knew he had arrived as Sherwood's quarterback.
"They've shown they have confidence in me," said Larsen. "It calms me down. It just lets me go out and execute."


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By now you've all read about Yamaha's adventurous Roadliner that is the flagship of Yamaha's new Star brand of cruiser motorcycles. This Stratoliner is basically just a Roadliner with bags and a windshield, so you might wonder why Yamaha would hold a separate press introduction for the Strato.
The answer, of course, revolves around revenue.
According to Yamaha, the cruiser-touring category – consisting of cruisers with a windshield (but not a full fairing) and saddlebags (but no top case) – accounts for nearly 60% of high-end cruiser sales. In addition, sales in this category are up a massive 350% since January of 1998.
And the revenue doesn't stop when the bike is sold. Yamaha tells us that its Road Star Silverado customers spend close to $2500 in accessories for their bikes, and more than 50% of that at the time of purchase. What's more, Yamaha expects Stratoliner buyers to easily exceed that level of spending.
It all adds up to a solid business model, augmented by the free-flowing money in the accessories trade. Among Japanese OEMs, Yamaha is the acknowledged leader in the custom scene, whether it's mild bolt-ons from Star's extensive catalog or ground-up builds of wild choppers made possible by using air-cooled motors that don't require bulky radiators.
This ability to be readily customized is paying off with a loyal brand following. The Star lineup has grown more than 30% in the past year, and the "My Star" section of the Star Motorcycles website had 31,000 owners who registered after just four months. Yamaha also makes its presence felt at many biker-style events around the country, having not just one but two Star-branded tractor-trailers to support motorcycle events with displays and demo rides.
So here we are with a $15,000-plus cruiser-tourer. That's a lot of money, but the Stratoliner looks like it deserves it. The Roadliner is one of the coolest cruisers extant, and the Strato's windshield, bags and backrest only adds to its substantial appearance.
Like its Roadliner sibling, the Stratoliner is based around a 113 cubic-inch V-Twin with four valves (and dual plugs) per cylinder. Fuel makes its way via 43mm Mikuni throttle bodies and is squeezed at a relatively high 9.5:1 compression ratio (as compared to the 8.3:1 in the Warrior), requiring 91-octane fuel.
The Stratoliner looks the part of a $15,000 cruiser and Yamaha can expect to rake in more than just the sticker price whenever they sell one, thanks to an ample aftermarket catalog of components that captures the desire of the cruiser customer to personalize their ride.
The Road Star has been a successful line for Yamaha/Star, but it wasn't as reliant on technology like the Roadliner/Stratoliner brothers. One area that's clearly evident is the chassis. While the Road Star's frame was made up from no less than 64 steel pieces, the Roadliner/Stratoliner's frame consists of just 8 aluminum parts. The result is a 40% reduction in the frame's weight, now at 37 lbs instead of 62.
It's a similar story with the bike's swingarm. Yamaha's controlled-fill casting process reduces the aluminum swingarm's component count from 23 to five, with the new piece weighing a whopping 54.6% lighter than the steel 26-pounder on the Road Star. Yamaha claims the Roadliner is 50 lbs lighter than its competition (Vulcan 2000, VTX 1800).
Kenny covered most of the bike's technical details in his Roadliner First Ride article, so let's get directly to how the Stratoliner works as a cruiser-tourer.
First off, the Stratoliner makes for a fine piece of curbside jewelry. Yamaha's attention to detail with the 'Liners is superb, and no longer do metric cruisers deserve a second-class citizen tag. This is a machine that draws in eyes, and lingering glances are rewarded with lovely components from stem to stern. Shapely fenders imply motion, instruments look like a high-fashion wristwatch, and the paint quality is impeccable. The days of Japanese cruisers being seen as low-rent Harley knock-offs is over.
Picking up the Stratoliner from its sidestand takes less effort than you might imagine, and the view from the cockpit is every bit as good as it is from the curb. A fat 1.25-inch handlebar sweeps back to comfortably reach the rider who can't help but be impressed with the smooth and curvaceous brake and clutch master cylinders unique to the 'Liner brothers. Its switchgear wiring is neatly routed inside the handlebar, although the exposed brake lines and throttle cables spoil the clean look, and its slinky levers are nicer than most.
Once in motion, the Stratoliner delights with a healthy bottom-end pull and a delicious V-Twin exhaust note. It's uncannily smooth for a solid-mount Big Twin, especially at 3000 rpm and below, thanks to its dual counterbalancers, which means the motor can be mounted rigidly in the frame to yield a stiffer chassis. Enough muted vibes are fed back to the rider so that it's not forgotten this is a pulsing mechanical horse. The effort required from the hydraulic clutch isn't light, but its modulation would make a Shriner wet his fez.
With 101 horsepower claimed at the crankshaft, the 'Liners lay down about 86 ponies at the rear wheel, a number that exceeds all the players in our Performance Cruiser shootout except for the Harley Street Rod, though it's just barely above Honda's liquid-cooled VTX1800. We expect rear-wheel torque to edge just over the 100 lb-ft mark, once again nipping the VTX and handily stomping the rest of that group.
This isn't a Fender Stratocaster, it's a Stratoliner fender. Four-piston brake calipers and twin 298mm rotors provide plenty of stopping power.
Helping make for a flat torque curve is the addition of an exhaust powervalve for the first time on a cruiser. Yamaha's EXUP system increases backpressure at lower revs before opening up after 2500 rpm. Once past this point, the rumble from the exhaust increases to a point where I don't think I'd bother fitting an aftermarket system. Those who do will be happy that a slip-on canister can be mounted without disturbing the EXUP valve, which is "a big benefit," according to a Yamaha rep.
The Stratoliner's broad seat is shared with the Roadliner, which is fine because it proves to be comfy and supportive during long stints. In fact, there are very few differences between the Road and Strato Liners. Mechanically, the only change is an increase in the rear shock's preload to better accommodate passengers and luggage.
Functionally, the Stratoliner's perks include a windshield, leather-covered hard-shell saddlebags and a backrest. The Strato comes equipped with a 21-inch shield as standard, a decent compromise that fits the average male well. The eyes in my 5′-8″ body were able to barely peek over the top of the stock windscreen, allowing me to crouch down for shelter or sit tall for a clearer view forward. Star offers 17- and 24-inchers as options. We're impressed with the shield's clever quick-detach design, as it can be removed in mere seconds for those rides that don't require protection from the elements. It's also lockable so that it gets detached only by its owner.
While we're impressed with the Strato's windshield, its luggage is, pardon the expression, a mixed bag. A black leather covering obscures the hard-shell plastic interiors for the appropriate cruiser look and they are lockable, but their design isn't perfect.
First of all, the leather cladding can look a bit lumpy as it attempts to match the contours of the bags. Second, the bags will need to be augmented by some other luggage if you plan on taking yourself and a partner on a weekend trip. We'd complain more vociferously if this wasn't the norm in the cruiser realm. Finally, although the saddlebags are conveniently detachable, the remaining bracketry makes the bike looks odd without them. Yamaha admits this detach feature is more for ease of cleaning than for stripped-down profiling.
Yamaha says 37% of cruiser-touring riders take along a passenger, a figure quite a bit higher than the 25% of regular cruiser riders. With this in mind, the Stratoliner comes with a backrest, one they claim is higher than some of its competition for better support. It's also quickly detachable for solo rides.
To back up its outward appearance, the Stratoliner's 113 cubic-inch V-Twin gives it more than enough oomph to run with its metric competitors, the Vulcan 2000 and VTX 1800, especially since the stylish Strato is claimed to weigh in at 50 lbs less than its burly rivals.
Dynamically, the Stratoliner is far more adept than you might expect from a big-inch cruiser. The aluminum chassis is not only light but also strong. It cranks into corners with no delay, unlike some other more flexible cruisers that feel as if the rear wheel lags out of line with the front during sharp steering inputs. It handles sweepers nicely, but in aircraft terms, it's more a B-29 than P-51. Although some bikes with a fork-mount fairing are susceptible to crosswinds, we're happy to report that 40-mph desert gusts did little to upset the Stratoliner's chassis.
A nice thrum oozes from the engine at relaxed cruising speeds. An indicated 70 mph equals about 2800 rpm, which is information provided by a cruiser rarity: a tachometer. Although its small size is difficult to read at a glance, the rev counter is a welcome addition. Dial up around 3300 rpm and you'll be seeing 85 mph on the very attractive speedo face, at which point the 'Liner's engine remains relatively silky.
Touring riders will appreciate the bike's roomy floorboards. Shifts are relatively smooth for a big-inch cruiser and are aided by a stylish, chrome heel shifter so you don't scuff the toes of your fancy engineer's boots. Yamaha, er, Star designed the shifter so that the heel part is removable for those who prefer the total toe tango.
Also on the plus side of the ledger are strong brakes, convenient self-canceling turnsignals, and dual horns with different frequencies for extra volume and a punchier tone. We also like its swoopy and streamlined handlebar clamp, flush-mount clear-lens taillight and its groovy turnsignals lens shape, kinda like that wacky bra Madonna once famously wore.
The Stratoliner is such a stellar and well-engineered package that it was difficult to find things to complain about. Still, we always dig for nits. Its suspension, while a nice compromise that provides a comfortable ride, lacks adjustments except for rear preload. I'd wished for a bit more rebound damping at the rear under my trivial load.
While we're griping, we should note how the chrome-rimmed instruments reflect into the windshield after dark. Finally, we'd like to whinge about the sound of the 'Liners' wheezy starter motor. Although it performed mechanically trouble-free, it's difficult to feel like a bad-ass biker when the first thing by-standers hear invokes memories of your Aunt Thelma's 20-year-old cat coughing up a hairball.
It's not often you find a tachometer on a cruiser, but the Stratoliner serves up a small one inside an attractive and stylish instrument cluster.
In a perfect world, the Stratoliner's saddlebags would hold more stuff and would detach without exposing nasty brackets. But, to be fair, they aren't really any worse than the offerings on other similar bikes.
Perhaps the biggest obstacle to membership in Club Stratoliner is the entry fee. The base Stratoliner lists for $15,180, a hefty $1600 premium over the comparable Roadliner. The price climbs $300 for the Stratoliner Midnight that looks vaguely like a Vincent Rapide with its blacked-out headlight shell, fork, engine covers, triple clamp and controls. The Stratoliner S might stand for Slathered, as in with chrome, including its fork, hand controls, rear fender stay, engine covers and polished wheels. It retails for a not-insignificant $16,580.
For reference, the Victory Kingpin's Deluxe (touring) package adds $1500 to the bike's $15,999 base price, making the Stratoliner look like more of a bargain. The Kingpin looks and feels lighter, but the Strato feels faster and burlier. Plus, the Kingpin Deluxe's saddlebags are even smaller than the Stratoliner's.
In case you haven't been paying attention (or you cheated yourself by skipping to the end), we're mightily impressed with the latest offering from Star Motorcycles. It's got buckets of style, irreproachable attention to detail, and the versatility to tackle a variety of roads with sure-footed aplomb. It also has the cojones to run with the junkyard dogs of the performance-cruiser class.
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CREWE could be on the verge of a UK-leading skills boost after the borough council was shortlisted as part of a Manchester-led bid for a HS2 college hub.
The bid is one of four nationwide shortlisted by the Department for Innovation Business and Skills to provide provision for a national college for high-speed rail, skills and enterprise.
The new college hub and a number of 'spoke' sites will provide training to the next generation of engineers working on the HS2 project and beyond by 2017.
If Manchester's bid is successful, the Crewe campus of Manchester Metropolitan University, South Cheshire College and Reaseheath College are likely beneficiaries as 'spokes' of the scheme.
Council Leader, clr Michael Jones, said he had a 'great deal of faith' in the bid.
"This is brilliant news," he added. "Crewe is seen as a vital component of the Manchester bid.
"On advice from Government, we joined forces with Manchester's, making ours a hub and spoke model, which is what the government told us they would prefer.
"We did not believe it would be in the interest of Crewe to proceed alone and that the right decision was made to join Manchester.
"We are quietly confident that our model and joint bid will be successful and as such we are naturally delighted to see the Manchester bid, which incorporates the Crewe, has been shortlisted.
"What we've got here is a railway heritage that is equal to Manchester's - so it was always going to be a compelling business case when you merge both.
Representatives from Birmingham, Derby, Doncaster and Manchester will now give a presentation to an advisory group on Friday, June 27, in order for a final decision to be made in July.
The National College for High Speed Rail forms part of the government's work with HS2 Ltd to ensure the new north-south railway delivers a tangible skills legacy that will serve the UK for the next century.
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Before going to the playground Saturday to investigate non-intertial frames, SteelyKid and I went over to campus to do some experiments in relativity. Galileian relativity, that is:
What you see here is SteelyKid sitting on a rolling lab cart with a camera bolted to it. She throws a ball up in the air a couple of times with the cart at rest, then I start pushing it across the room, and she tosses the ball a few more times. You can see from the video that, other than the motion of the background, the two cases look very similar.
This is a demonstration of the principle of relativity, which goes back a whole lot farther than Einstein in 1905. This version is usually credited to Galileo in the early 1600's (though I'm sure Thony C. will leave a comment pointing out that many others did it before Galileo), and just says that the laws of mechanics are the same whether you're at rest, or moving at constant speed. Galileo was invoking it in support of heliocentrism, to rebut the argument that if the Earth was really a spinning ball, we would notice it. He points out, using the example of a moving ship, that there's really nothing you can do that lets you distinguish between the case where you're at rest, and the case where you're moving at constant speed– all the physics you can see will look exactly the same.
Einstein's big achievement was to extend this to all of physics, including the new physics of electromagnetism that had been invented in the nearly 300 years since Galileo. That brings in the requirement that the speed of light be constant for all observers, with all sorts of fun consequences for space and time.
So, the video above is a cuter version of Galileo's thought experiment, but how good is it really? I mean, it looks pretty much the same, but it's hard to be quantitative about this.
Happily, in the 400-odd years separating us from Galileo, we've invented computers, and Tracker video analysis. So I cranked the above clip into Tracker, and measured the position of the ball as a function of time for two of the higher tosses, one while the cart was sitting still, one while it was moving:
If I wanted to be super-precise about this, I would calibrate the distance scales, and all that, but I don't really care that much. For the purposes of this blog post, it's enough to show that the two trajectories are governed by the same laws of physics. So I can just work with the height in pixels and the time in frame number, and move the data around so that the maximum height of each toss occurs at the same time:
You can see that in both cases, there's a little acceleration at the start, then a nice round parabolic curve in the middle, which is interrupted on the way down. On the stationary cart, SteelyKid catches the ball, and the downward acceleration of gravity gives way to a downward acceleration as she moves the ball. On the moving cart, the break is a little more abrupt, because the falling ball actually bonks her on the nose.
The moving toss doesn't go quite as high– SteelyKid isn't all that consistent a ball launcher– but you can see that the curvatures of the parabolas are very similar. If I fit a parabola to the central section of each, I get acceleration values of 6.28±0.04 pixels/frame/frame for the stationary table, and 6.8 ± 0.2 for the moving table. While those uncertainties make this look like a statistically significant difference, I wouldn't put much stock in that. There's a fair bit of motion blur in the images, because the frame rate's not all that high, and there's a lot of jitter in the moving case (I braced the camera as best I could, but it wobbles). I'd say this shows there isn't a really dramatic difference in the way physics works in these cases.
Ah, but what about along the direction of motion? After all, if things were going to get weird, that's probably where we'd expect to see it. Well, here's a graph of that:
If you can see a clear difference between the two of those, particularly in the time from -5 to +5 when the ball is clearly in free flight, you're doing better than I am.
So, Galileo was right, Einstein was right, and physics does not depend on how you're moving. Also, SteelyKid is the cutest lab assistant in modern science. Best of all, she works cheap– I bought her participation with a couple of bucks of frozen yogurt at TCBY…


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Static hedging of multivariate derivatives by simulation
We propose an approximate static hedging procedure for multivariate derivatives. The hedging portfolio is composed of statically held simple univariate options, optimally weighted minimizing the variance of the difference between the target claim and the approximate replicating portfolio. The method uses simulated paths to estimate the weights of the hedging portfolio and is related to Monte Carlo control variates techniques. We report numerical results showing the performance of this static hedging procedure on bivariate options on the maximum of two assets and on 2- and 7-dimensional portfolio options. It is shown that, in the presence of transaction costs, Value at Risk and Expected Shortfall of the dynamically hedged positions can be higher than the ones obtained by a static hedge.
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Cleveland vs Seattle Game Final 10-8 - Joe Smith Earns Win
Cleveland used a 2-HR day from Yan Gomes on Monday at Progressive Field as the Indians defeated Seattle 10-8 in baseball action.
Bettors who backed the Indians were rewarded as -103 underdogs at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go OVER the closing total of 8.5.
Cleveland got 3 innings from Scott Kazmir, who gave up 5 earned runs on 7 hits, while striking out 2. Joe Smith earned the victory, while the Indians got 4 RBIs from Yan Gomes in the win.
Seattle's starting pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma worked 6 innings, giving up 7 hits and 5 earned runs while striking out 0 in the loss. They got 3 hits from Kendry Morales in a losing cause.
The battle of the bats favored Seattle as they had 12 hits, while Cleveland only had 11.
Next game, Cleveland takes its act home to face Detroit looking for another win. For Seattle, they head on the road to face Los Angeles.


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WASHINGTON, June 12 (UPI) -- Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., has collected $20,000 by capitalizing on his career as a baseball Hall of Fame pitcher, records indicate.
The senator accepts the money through the Jim Bunning Foundation, which charges for his appearances related to his former baseball career, The Hill reported Friday. Bunning has reportedly paid himself a total of $155,000 in salary from the foundation since 2001.
The Hill said the Jim Bunning Foundation was created in 1996, when Bunning was a member of the House of Representatives.
In 2008, Bunning attended two autograph-signing events, for which the foundation was paid $12,595. Along with a licensing program run by the Hall of Fame, his foundation brought in a total of $16,091.
The newspaper said the foundation has consistently donated less than the $20,000 the senator collects. Last year, the foundation donated $16,350. In 2007, it handed out $18,200 to non-profit organizations.
"It's probably legal, but I think it's really questionable," said Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. "He created a charity to allow himself to do what he otherwise couldn't do, which is taking money for signing baseballs."


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The number of people being taken on in permanent jobs rose at the fastest rate in nearly two years, a new study has shown.
Research by finance firm KPMG has shown the North witnessed an increase in the number of permanent jobs for the second successive month in October, outpacing the rest of the country.
It also saw the number of temporary placements increase for the third successive month.
Richard Evans, senior partner at KPMG's office in Preston, said the figures showed the region was "stepping in the right direction."
He said: "That is something which was barely thought possible just a few months ago and, while it may not be leaps and bounds yet, these are the largest strides for some time and come against a backdrop of improving economic conditions in the UK.
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A cat was killed when a firework which was strapped to its back exploded.
Northamptonshire Police have launched an investigation after the incident was reported by a woman who witnessed the blast with her daughter in Shelley Road, Wellingborough, just after 6pm on Saturday.
A force spokeswoman said the firework exploded, resulting in the cat's immediate death.
The cat's owner, who lives in the street, has been notified of the incident, she added.
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The 2013 Track Cycling World Championships get underway today, with Hampshire's Dani King aiming to complete an incredible hat-trick.
The Hamble rider, who was a gold medallist at the London Olympics, has been part of the women's team pursuit squad that has won the last two world titles.
She will compete alongside Laura Trott and Elinor Barker this week, in Belarus, as Great Britain look to continue their dominance.
This will be the last time that the event will be held over 3km with three women riding in each team.
Next year, it will be extended to a distance of 4km, with an extra person added to each team.
King, 22, is keen to sign off in style before the rule change takes effect.
"We're going to go out there and ride the fastest we can," she said. "We need to go out with a bang to say goodbye to the three-kilometre and three-woman event.
"I am confident. Obviously we've got Elinor on the team now, who is very young but has a really good future ahead of her - so it's a different challenge.
"It went well (at the 2012 world cup) in Glasgow as a three and we've had more time together now. I'd love to think we could win."
The women's team pursuit takes place tomorrow, while King has also been selected for the scratch and points races, which take place on Friday and Saturday respectively.
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"There have been eight of us going for the four places in the team pursuit so it's been a big fight. No one can get comfortable, everyone is pushing on, and there are only four spaces.
"It's a bit odd because you are one team, but everyone is trying to get into that team so as long as you focus on being the best, getting everything right for yourself and do a team job, overall it makes the team go faster.
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Minister on death of girl, 4: T&T needs prayers
The tragic end of four-year-old Kimora Millette, who died in a fire on Tuesday, shows the need for collective prayers, says Minister in the Ministry of the People and Social Development Vernella Alleyne-Toppin. After a visit to the infant's family home at Betsy Street, La Romaine, yesterday, Alleyne-Toppin said Kimora's death was one that she would never forget. Dispelling rumours on social media that there was something spiritual claiming the lives of children, Alleyne-Toppin said sometimes unexplainable incidents occur.
"It is very unfortunate, very sad and you never know, therefore we say it is by the grace of God. I never know what will happen because I was brought up to say 'God is in charge.' "We cannot understand why some things happen, we just have to find a way to find peace in the promise of our Saviour. "I have gone to so many of these for the past two months and it is to me, something that tears my heart but I cannot attribute it to any other factor.
"I can say, however, that we must pray and however much you can pray and however vigilant you can be, sometimes things come and we do not understand," Alleyne Toppin said. She said despite the spate of child deaths, she believed T&T was a prayerful nation for if it was not no one could tell what would have happened. She said her visit came as an order by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar as the Government sympathised with family members during their grief.
After learning of Kimora's death Monday night, she said she was determined to provide support for the family. Two counsellors accompanied her to the home where she met the girl's parents—Ronan Millette and Marsha Carabana—and other relatives to provide bereavement counselling.
Alleyne-Toppin said her ministry was providing meals for Kimora's wake and financial support for the funeral. Even the room that was destroyed by fire would be restored by the National Social Development Programme (NSDP), she said. "We also are going to use our NSDP to refurbish the burnt-out room and to make it look as bright as possible and to bring back a good feeling.
"Whatever we can do from the Ministry of the People, with respect to replacing books and uniforms and all of those things... furniture, furnishing and appliances... whatever was lost in the fire, we will do." As preparations were being made for her funeral at 2 pm on Saturday, Kimora's home was filled with relatives and friends expressing condolences to the family. Carabana, who became ill after learning of the child's death, said it was too much grief to speak of the death.
Kimora death came shortly after 8 am as she and her twin sister, Kiara, were in a bedroom watching television. They were awaiting their school bus to take them to their Head Start Pre-school at Pond Street. Police said as their grandmother, Brenda Millette, tended to a customer at their parlour, Kiara ran out the room and alerted them of the fire.
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'Thought that I would start a post to hear what people are thinking/dreaming about as essential features for the camera of tomorrow......IQ, DR aside.
I will start with a few....please add as you see fit.
Note that some/most of these may already be available on some models and are only my observations from a limited number of digital and film camers;
Assignable buttons
All buttons to be assignable on a "recipe" basis. For example a certain assignment for one scene selection and a different one for another.
Button Assignment Map (on screen)
A graphical representation of the button assignment for any mode (you tend to forget your modes).
Return to Default or Retain Setting Option
Ability to assign which parameters will return to default and which will retain setting. Again by scene mode and by parameter. For example if you are taking a week in the snow you may want the settings that you have tuned to be retained on power off, but if you are in and out of doors you may want to return to default.
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Kidd will catch another DWI while driving into the paint.
Asians will be missing from MSG, stock of MSG will go down.
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Melo will orchestrate The Fourth Reich.
Amare will claim his old self will be back, not realizing the irony there.
Shump will do more lying down on the couch recovering than J.R. Smith on the court.
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London - Two policemen fired powerful new electric stun guns that have yet to be officially approved at fugitive gunman Raoul Moat at around the time he killed himself after a six-hour standoff, investigators said on Tuesday.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission, investigating the 37-year-old's death, said it was unclear whether police delivered the shocks before or after Moat shot himself.
Two officers from the West Yorkshire force shot Moat with an XRep Taser, a wireless round fired from a shotgun that delivers a shock designed to incapacitate.
"This is understood to have been in an effort to prevent Mr Moat taking his own life," the IPCC said in a statement.
"The precise sequence of events regarding the discharge of the Tasers has not been established."
The former bodybuilder and nightclub bouncer, who bore a grudge against police, went on the run for six days after shooting his former girlfriend, her boyfriend and a policeman.
Armed officers surrounded him on a riverbank in the town of Rothbury in Northumberland where he had been living rough.
Opening the inquest into Moat's death, Newcastle coroner David Mitford said he had died from a gunshot to the head.
The Home Office said it was still testing the XRep Taser and had not yet approved the device for use by police.
"However, legally, police forces have discretion to use any equipment they see fit as long as the use of force is lawful, reasonable and proportionate," it said in a statement.
'Involuntary reaction'
Police in England and Wales have used a form of Taser since 2003, although those devices are smaller handheld guns which fire an electric wire at suspects from a closer distance.
Moat's brother, Angus Moat, said the police were wrong to use Tasers on a man lying in the rain holding a gun.
"He's going to go into muscle spasm. He's going to have an involuntary reaction and pull the trigger, and he's going to die and he might not necessarily have ever wanted to," he was quoted as saying in the Daily Mail.
Northumbria Police's Temporary Chief Constable Sue Sim said officers strived throughout the standoff to persuade Moat to give himself up peacefully.
In a statement, she said police did fire Tasers, although she gave no details of the timing.
Moat's gun went off at 1:12 on Saturday morning, at around the same time as the Tasers were fired, the IPCC said.
"Investigators will obtain evidence from the officers and negotiators who confronted Mr Moat," the watchdog said.
"The review of tactics will consider the deployment and use of the XRep Taser."


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A BRACKNELL fireworks company is celebrating after it was crowned the best in Britain.
Star Fireworks, in Bulbrook, took first place in the British Firework Championships 'Champion of Champions' competition.
The event brought the champions from the past six years together to battle it out for the ultimate prize.
Andy Hubble, director of Star Fireworks - which is in charge of the display at Bracknell's annual Christmas lights switch-on - said: "We are so chuffed at winning the biggest fireworks competition in the UK.
"This is the ultimate win for any professional fireworks display company and truly marks a real high-point for our Bracknell business.
"Competition was really tough this year, with some outstanding shows coming from some of the other big, established UK firework companies. For our Bracknell-based firing crew to produce the winning show is a very sweet victory." He added he was "incredibly proud" of his team and he hoped to achieve worldwide success.
Star Fireworks qualified for the event as 2010 British champions, and in this competition, teams had to fire a computer-controlled display lasting precisely ten minutes.
Three teams took part last Tuesday night and three teams on the Wednesday night, with Star Fireworks the first team to fire on the second evening.
The displays were fired from the Mountbatten Breakwater, a 200m stretch of land jutting out into the Plymouth Sound, opposite the famous Plymouth Hoe park. The show featured more than 2100 fireworks - around 200 being fired per minute.
Up to 250,000 people watched the competition from Plymouth Hoe and the surrounding coastal villages.
A panel of expert and lay judges graded the displays, giving points for the range of products, rhythm of firing, originality of design and overall effect.
An adjudication committee also awarded points for the technical aspects including crew competence, adherence to the rules, consistency with the firing order supplied, good site layout, compliance with submission deadlines and sportsmanship.
Sean Durcan, also a director of Star Fireworks, said conditions were not ideal.
He said: "We had five hours of constant rain at the start of the set-up followed by strong ocean winds.
"Despite the weather we set up every single firework as planned and when it came to firing, everything came together to produce the winning display.
"I would like to pay tribute to our firing crew who put in hundreds of hours of preparation to create the show, including manufacturing dozens of items of specialist hardware to produce the patterns of effects in the sky." As well as winning the title, the company collected a trophy and prize money of �4,250.


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Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A Family Feud contestant gave an awkward answer during the game show when asked to name something about zombies.
Christie, a white contestant, hit the button first and said, "they're black." Host Steve Harvey and the woman's opponent started laughing as soon as the words came out of her mouth.
As the contestant tried to explain herself by claiming she didn't know much about zombies, Harvey interrupted her and joked, "You shut up, lady."
Moments later the board revealed that black is not in fact a feature of zombies, according to the usual survey of 100 Americans.


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A California congresswoman wants the FAA to consider other ways to improve runway safety at Los Angeles International Airport before separating two runways that could intrude into neighborhoods.
Democratic Rep. Jane Harman, whose district include those neighborhoods, said in a letter Thursday that she wants FAA to explain the effect of runway status lights and other technology on runway safety.
Her demand came in response to a recent letter in which FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt insisted that two north field runways were unsafe because they were too close to one another. Babbitt also criticized an academic study that concluded there was no need to separate the runways.
For years, FAA has been wrangling with locals who worry that runway changes would cost millions of dollars and prompt airport expansion into neighborhoods.


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The title of this article is conjectural; an official name for the article's subject has not been found, so it has been given a fitting title by the editors. If an official name appears, it is requested that the article should be moved to the correct name.
Ghost Vases are floating vases found in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. When the player gets close to a Ghost Vase, it will turn pink and fly into the air, rotating. However, it will eventually stop and rotate faster. After this, it will fly toward the player. The player can avoid the Ghost Vase simply by jumping over it or running away from it. If the Ghost Vase misses its target, it will continue to fly until it hits a platform or a wall, where it will break and release a Coin.
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And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. – Luke 11:4a
Only the truly regenerate children of God can develop a pattern of genuinely practicing forgiveness towards those who have sinned against us or offended us in any way. The idea here is that you forgive cheerfully and continually.
Have you found as a child of God that you don't just forgive? When you forgive someone, you make a commitment that as an act of your will you are going to call your emotions into subjection. Every time your emotions rise up and say, "They shouldn't have done that," or "They hurt me," your will takes over and says, "No, I am committing to be forgiving." You fight to be a forgiver because the new heart enables you to do that. It doesn't mean that you never blow it. No, it means that you are in the fight to overcome your flesh, your fallen emotions, and commit by an act of the will to be a forgiving person.
We must remind ourselves that as Christians we swim in an ocean of grace and mercy. How can we not show that same grace and mercy to others? Our debt to God is so great and so multi-faceted. If only one sin were held against us we would perish in eternal wrath. But God takes the whole legion of our sins and forgives them all. No Spirit-filled heart can bow at the foot of the cross and cry for forgiveness but refuse to forgive those who are indebted against us.
Think about that! Picture yourself kneeling at the foot of the cross where Jesus hangs for your sins, having received the crushing blow of God's just wrath on Himself in your place, His precious blood dripping on the ground around you. And you look up to Him and say, "O Christ, forgive me, but I will not forgive my brother who has sinned against me." It is absolutely impossible. It cannot happen. At the very least, the true child of God would say, "O God, I hate this unforgiveness in my heart. God, help me overcome it." You may be starting there, but you'll be there if you're a child of God.


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Established in 2003 with a gift from Dr. Frederick E. Nelson '73 in honor of Dr. Fillmore C. F. Earney, Geography Department Professor Emeritus, Northern Michigan University. This endowment is established to support geographical education and scholarship at Northern Michigan University through the Geography Department. The endowment is concerned particularly with assisting student involvement in research and preparation for graduate study. The fund will provide a yearly amount, to be utilized in support of any of the following purposes ("type of support"): a) Scholarship support for one or more students; b) Geography and earth science field trips for instructional purposes; c) Support for undergraduates to attend academic conferences? a scholarship to defray the expenses of a recent graduate during his or her first year of graduate school? d) Support for an undergraduate to act in the capacity of Teaching Assistant in laboratory or recitation sections of the Department?s courses; e) Support for an undergraduate to act in the capacity of Research Assistant on a project in which a Department or Geography faculty member is engaged; f) Support for off-campus field, library, or archival work by one or more students; g) Support for the required independent research project (?Senior Capstone Experience?) of a geography major in the NMU Honors Program.
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Spain's Agriculture Ministry announced on July 3 that it had halted all transport of a low-grade olive oil derivative on fears it could be dangerous for human consumption. The ministry said it took precautionary action after traces of hydrocarbons were found in oil produced from crushed olive residues, known as marc olive oil, which is sometimes mixed with other oils and used in cooking. Regional governments issued a statement warning consumers of a potentially "serious, but not immediate, danger" because of the presence of the hydrocarbons. The statement said the hydrocarbons were "apparently" produced by the manufacturing process. Consumers were warned to get rid of any marc olive oil they might have at home and consumers' associations called for checks on hotels and restaurants to ensure the oil was not being used. Supermarkets were withdrawing marc oil products from sale. The authorities also warned consumers not to confuse marc olive oil with olive oil and virgin oil. Spain, the world's largest olive oil producer, made 107,000 tons of marc olive oil in 1997, according to the last available figures from the ministry. Olive oil production itself was 1.1 million tonnes in the same year. In the early 1980s in Spain, more than 400 people died and hundreds of others suffered symptoms including partial paralysis after eating poisonous rapeseed oil meant for industrial use. The oil was sold to the public as cut-price olive oil. Source: Reuters


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Bobby George is widely recognised as one of the most colourful and charismatic darts player of all time. He is the biggest personality in darts and after co-presenting the famous World Darts Championships for BBC TV since 1999, followed by the Winmau World Masters (also on BBC) he is now known as 'the face of televised darts'.
Famed for his extravagant stage entrances to the sound of Queen's 'We Are The Champions' dressed in a sequined cape and carrying a lighted candelabra, Bobby George has become a living darts legend.
Twice winner of the famous News Of The World Darts Championship (1979 and 1986), the Butlin's Grand Masters Champion of 1979, The 1978 North American Open, Bobby has competed in 15 World Championships and twice been a finalist. He has more trophies, awards, honours and accolades than practically any player in the sport.
He has appeared in top-rating TV shows like 'They Think It's All Over', 'You Bet!', 'Bullseye' and 'Rise' and has also made films and videos – notably the gangster film 'One Man and his Dog' in which he plays the villainous Tony 'The Butcher' Barton and 'The Story Of Darts', a double-video made for WHSmith on which he is the presenter from his own home – the magnificent George Hall. He has also featured in TV commercials – notably delivering the catchphrase 'You Know The Big Dollop's Right' in several TV campaigns for Hellmanns Mayonnaise and more recently on ITV1's Celebrity Fit Club.
Bobby George has been featured in 'Gillette World Of Sport' (seen by an audience of 100 million worldwide) and it's hardly surprising that he is universally acknowledged as 'The King Of Darts'.
He's an entertainer, raconteur and world-class darts player with a worldwide reputation and identity. Uniquely, nowadays he only plays in major tournaments, including the two biggest events in World Darts – the Lakeside World Professional and the Winmau World Masters – both of which are screened by BBC TV Sport. He's also competed in the International Darts League and World Darts Trophy in The Netherlands – where he is a huge favourite with the darts fans.
One of the most successful England Internationals of all time, he has been a star columnist for Darts World Magazine since 1994. He writes his own humorous, frank and often outspoken column in every issue.
His autobiography, 'Bobby Dazzler', has recently been released in paperback. Bobby has become a cult figure with a whole new generation of darts fans through his TV persona, burgeoning film career and his huge popularity as an entertainer in his now famous darts exhibitions.
Married to Marie, Bobby George has two sons Robert and Richard, and they all live in the magnificent George Hall, the 18-bedroom mansion, which he built himself.


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Wahida Shaffi is chair of the Community Counselling Service in Bradford. She has a BA in Health and Community Studies and an MA in International Politics and Security Studies/Conflict Resolution from the University of Bradford. She is a qualified social worker and a participant in the leadership programme of the Intercultural Leadership School, Bradford.
In 2000 she spent time in Sri Lanka, researching Oxfam projects including the Kalmunai Peace Foundation. She is a speaker for the Stop the War Coalition Bradford, recently noting,"It is true to say that there are serious challenges facing the world, but it is important to recognise that what is required in these dark days is a need to hold on to the belief that ultimate success does not rest on violence and fear but collective and individual compassion,critical reflection and alternative peaceful solutions"
Wahida is the Editor of 'Our Stories Our Lives' the book gives a valuable insight into the lives of Muslim women in Bradford. She also co-ordinating a ten-year project to explore the views of Muslim women in the city.


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Complaints against the police rose 8% last year, the Independent Police Complaints Commission said today. The police watchdog said there were 31,259 complaints against forces in England and Wales in 2008-09, a year-on-year rise of 2,296, meaning there are more than 600 complaints made each week.
One in every four complaints was for neglect of duty – officers being slow or ineffective when responding to calls, the IPCC said, and one in five was for rudeness. Around one complaint in 10 is upheld, the IPCC said. The figures exclude complaints against the police over the G20 protests. The data is likely to worry both the Home Office and senior officers, after efforts to make officers more accountable.
Newly released data from the 2006-07 British Crime Survey revealed more than one in four of those asked said their contact with the police had left them "really annoyed". But of those, only one in 10 made a complaint, suggesting even wider levels of public dissatisfaction.
The IPCC chairman, Nick Hardwick, said the public expected officers to do their jobs "politely and efficiently".
He said: "At a time when politicians and the police are debating public confidence in the police and how to make them more accountable, the complaint figures give a strong indication of what the public want sorted out.
"Complaints about rude and late officers consistently top complaint categories and work to address this can have a positive impact … These statistics show that when it is not done in this manner they are likely to complain."


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November 2, 1992 – establishment of JSC "Gascom"
Gazprom's northern enterprises (Yamburggazdobicha, Tumenburgaz, Urengoygazprom, Nadimgazprom, Tumentransgaz), together with Rocket Space Corporation Energia, Gazprombank and Consortium Kosmicheskaya Regatta established the Joint Stock Company Gascom. Nikolay Sevastiyanov becomes the first Director General of the company.
Based on the leased capacity of Gorizont satellites Gascom develops its first satellite communication network in the gas fields in the North of Russia.
Gascom builds a satellite backbone data network for the subsidiaries of Gazprom and the telecom system with integrated services of the companies Mezhregiongaz and Gazprombank.
The company's first teleports are constructed in Korolev (Moscow region) and in Moscow (Gazprom Headquarters).
A Moscow-centered multichannel digital satellite TV system is developed and commissioned.
September 6, 1999 – launch of Yamal-100 satellite
The first satellite of Gascom – Yamal-100 - is placed in geostationary orbit into the orbital position 90°E.
The company:
- develops satellite communication networks for Tumentransgaz and Burgaz and a multiservice communication network in Yamal-Nenetsky autonomy region,
- deploys satellite TV systems for 16 regions of Russia,
- provides satellite communication services to the Russian federal and commercial users,
- builds a third teleport in Dolgoe Ledovo (Moscow region),
- implements the project of two new Yamal-200 satellites production; develops and builds the ground control facilities (MCC), a backup satellite control center and a network operation center.
November 24, 2003 – launch of Yamal-200 satellites
Satellites Yamal-201 and Yamal-202 are placed into orbit. Yamal-201 started operations at 90°E, Yamal-202 – in the orbital position 49°E. For the first time ever in the Russian space practice the project Yamal-200 was implemented on the principles of project financing and self-repayment.
Yamal System provides satellite communication services for all kinds of Gazprom activities, to government institutions, administrations of the Russian regions.
The company enters the international telecom market and gains trust and credibility among international customers.
Development of satellite telecommunication systems for Gazprom Group companies is in progress.
A Regional Satellite Teleport is built at the premises of Tomsk State University.
Another few regional TV systems are developed. The number of TV channels, broadcasted via Yamal satellites is growing.
A new space project Yamal-300 started.
After Nikolay Sevastiyanov headed RSC Energia, Dmitry Sevastiyanov became Director General of Gascom (2005). Construction of the company's new Telecommunication center began in Schelkovo (Moscow region).
December 1, 2008 - renaming as JSC Gazprom Space Systems
By the decision of Gazprom the company Gascom was renamed as Gazprom Space Systems.
Project Yamal-300 "restarted".
Development of two new high-power satellites Yamal-401 and Yamal-402 began.
The company began provision of services on ASTRA 1F satellite, temporarily relocated to the orbital position 55ºE under agreement with the global satellite operator SES.
The main phase of construction of a new Telecommunication center in the city of Shchelkovo (Moscow region) is completed. All main production capacities and the administrative personnel are transferred to this center.
November 3, 2012 — launch of Yamal-300К satellite
The satellite was successfully put into orbit and placed in the orbital position 90ºE.
December 8, 2012 — launch of Yamal-402 satellite
The satellite is located in the orbital slot 55°E. All clients from ASTRA 1F are transferred to the new satellite.
December 15, 2014 — launch of Yamal-401 satellite
Yamal-401 occupies the orbital slot 90°E. In January, 2015, after completion of in-orbit tests, the Yamal-401 capacity and services were brought to market.
All teleport facilities from Dolgoye-Ledovo are transferred to the Telecommunication Center in Shchelkovo.