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The purpose of the International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the theory and applications in the areas of Agents and Artificial Intelligence. Two simultaneous related tracks will be held, covering both applications and current research work. One track focuses on Agents, Multi-Agent Systems and Software Platforms, Distributed Problem Solving and Distributed AI in general. The other track focuses mainly on Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Representation, Planning, Learning, Scheduling, Perception Reactive AI Systems, and Evolutionary Computing and other topics related to Intelligent Systems and Computational Intelligence.A substantial amount of research work is ongoing in these knowledge areas, in an attempt to discover appropriate theories and paradigms to use in real-world applications. Much of this important work is therefore theoretical in nature. However there is nothing as practical as a good theory, as Boltzman said many years ago, and some theories have indeed made their way into practice. Informatics applications are pervasive in many areas of Artificial Intelligence and Distributed AI, including Agents and Multi-Agent Systems; This conference intends to emphasize this connection, therefore, authors are invited to highlight the benefits of Information Technology (IT) in these areas. Ideas on how to solve problems using agents and artificial intelligence, both in R&D and industrial applications, are welcome. Papers describing advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques and general survey papers indicating future directions are also encouraged. Papers describing original work are invited in any of the areas listed below. Accepted papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, will be published in the Proceedings of ICAART with an ISBN. Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. Both full research reports and work-in-progress reports are welcome. There will be both oral and poster sessions.Special sessions, dedicated to case-studies and commercial presentations, as well as tutorials dedicated to technical/scientific topics are also envisaged: companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies or researchers interested in holding a tutorial are invited to contact the conference secretariat. Additional information can be found at http://www.icaart.org/.
Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:
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Conference Date: 16 - 18 January, 2018
ICAART Secretariat
Address: Av. D. Manuel I, 27A, 2º esq.
2910-595 Setúbal - Portugal
Tel.: +351 265 520 185
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e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web: http://www.icaart.org/
Jaap van den Herik, Leiden University, Netherlands
Ana Paula Rocha, LIACC-NIAD&R / FEUP, Portugal
Giovanni Acampora,
University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Thomas Ågotnes,
University of Bergen, Norway
Jose Aguilar,
Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela
Md. Shamim Akhter,
East West University, Bangladesh
Varol Akman,
Bilkent University, Turkey
Vicki Allan,
Utah State University, United States
Klaus-Dieter Althoff,
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence / University of Hildesheim, Germany
Frédéric Amblard,
IRIT - Université Toulouse 1 Capitole, France
Stanislaw Ambroszkiewicz,
Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Cesar Analide,
University of Minho, Portugal
Alla Anohina-Naumeca,
Riga Technical University, Latvia
Antonio Arauzo-Azofra,
Universidad de Córdoba, Spain
Marcelo Gabriel Armentano,
ISISTAN Research Institute (CONICET- UNICEN), Argentina
Jean-Michel Auberlet,
IFSTTAR (French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks), France
Snorre Aunet,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Nikolaos Avouris,
University of Patras, Greece
Kerstin Bach,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
Federico Barber,
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
Suzanne Barber,
The University of Texas, United States
John Barnden,
University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Teresa M. A. Basile,
Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy
Montserrat Batet,
Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Bernhard Bauer,
University of Augsburg, Germany
Punam Bedi,
University of Delhi, India
Nabil Belacel,
National Research Council of Canada, Canada
Carlos Bento,
University of Coimbra, Portugal
Ryan Benton,
University of South Alabama, United States
Federico Bergenti,
University of Parma, Italy
Carole Bernon,
University of Toulouse III, France
Daniel Berrar,
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
El Hassan Bezzazi,
Faculté Droit Lille, France
Jérémy Boes,
University of Toulouse - IRIT, France
Marco Botta,
Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy
Vicente Botti,
Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
Djamel Bouchaffra,
Centre de Développement des Technologies Avancées (CDTA), Algeria
Bruno Bouchard,
LIARA Laboratory, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada
Lars Braubach,
Universitat Hamburg, Germany
Joerg Bremer,
University of Oldenburg, Germany
Ramón F. Brena,
Tecnológico De Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, Mexico
Paolo Bresciani,
Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy
Daniela Briola,
Università Degli Studi Di Milano Bicocca, Italy
Renato Bruni,
University of Roma "La Sapienza", Italy
Mark Burgin,
University of California, United States
Lucian Busoniu,
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Aleksander Byrski,
AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Luis C. Lamb,
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Giacomo Cabri,
Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
Silvia Calegari,
Universita' Degli studi di Milano Bicocca, Italy
Erik Cambria,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Valérie Camps,
IRIT - Université Paul Sabatier, France
Javier Carbó Rubiera,
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Amilcar Cardoso,
University of Coimbra, Portugal
Juan Carlos Nieves,
Umeå universitet, Sweden
John Cartlidge,
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Matteo Casadei,
Università Di Bologna, Italy
Cristiano Castelfranchi,
Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies -National Research Council, Italy
Brahim Chaib-draa,
Université Laval, Canada
Wen-Chung Chang,
National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
François Charpillet,
Loria - Inria Lorraine, France
Amitava Chatterjee,
Jadavpur University, India
Mu-Song Chen,
Da-Yeh University, Taiwan
Rung-Ching Chen,
Chao-Yang University of Technology, Taiwan
Davide Ciucci,
Universita' degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Italy
Flavio S. Correa Da Silva,
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Gabriella Cortellessa,
ISTC-CNR, Italy
Paulo Cortez,
University of Minho, Portugal
Anna Helena Reali Costa,
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Matteo Cristani,
University of Verona, Italy
Célia da Costa Pereira,
Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, France
Fernando Da Fonseca De Souza,
Centro de Informática - Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
Mehdi Dastani,
Utrecht University, Netherlands
Arthur P. Dempster,
Harvard University, United States
Andreas Dengel,
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI GmbH), Germany
Enrico Denti,
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Italy
Ioan Despi,
UNE, Australia
Sebastien Destercke,
Université de Technologie de Compiègne/CNRS, France
Nicola Di Mauro,
Università di Bari, Italy
Bruno Di Stefano,
Nuptek Systems Ltd., Canada
Irene Diaz,
University of Oviedo, Spain
Dragan Doder,
University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Savo Domenico Fabio,
Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
Julie Dugdale,
Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble, France
Béatrice Duval,
LERIA, France
Wolfgang Dvorak,
Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Austria
Thomas Eiter,
Technische Universität Wien, Austria
El-Sayed El-Alfy,
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Fabrício Enembreck,
Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Brazil
Floriana Esposito,
Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro", Italy
Fabrizio Falchi,
ISTI-CNR, Italy
Christophe Feltus,
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg
Stefano Ferilli,
University of Bari, Italy
Edilson Ferneda,
Catholic University of Brasília, Brazil
Alexander Ferrein,
MASCOR Institute, FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Roberto Flores,
Christopher Newport University, United States
Raphael Fonteneau,
University of Liege, Belgium
Agostino Forestiero,
ICAR-CNR, Italy
Claude Frasson,
University of Montreal, Canada
Katsuhide Fujita,
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
Naoki Fukuta,
Shizuoka University, Japan
Maurizio Gabbrielli,
University of Bologna, Italy
Catherine Garbay,
CNRS, France
Leonardo Garrido,
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, Mexico
Benoit Gaudou,
University Toulouse 1 Capitole, France
Andrey Gavrilov,
Novosibirsk State Technical University, Russian Federation
Franck GECHTER,
University of Technology of Belfort-Montbiliard, France
Jean-Pierre Georgé,
University of Toulouse - IRIT, France
Maria Gini,
University of Minnesota, United States
Herman Gomes,
Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Brazil
Jorge Gomez Sanz,
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Jorge J. Gomez-Sanz,
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Charles Gouin-Vallerand,
TELUQ, Canada
Madhu Goyal,
University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Arthur C. Graesser,
University of Memphis, United States
Emmanuelle Grislin-Le Strugeon,
LAMIH, université de Valenciennes, France
Perry Groot,
Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands
Hisashi Hayashi,
Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology, Japan
Vincent Hilaire,
UTBM, France
Hanno Hildmann,
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Rolf Hoffmann,
Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
Wladyslaw Homenda,
Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Wei-Chiang Hong,
Oriental Institute of Technology, Taiwan
Mark Hoogendoorn,
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ales Horak,
Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Marc-Philippe Huget,
University of Savoie Mont-Blanc, France
Luke Hunsberger,
Vassar College, United States
Dieter Hutter,
German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Germany
Carlos Iglesias,
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Hiroyuki Iida,
JAIST, Japan
Jun-ichi Imai,
Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan
Thomas Ioerger,
Texas A&M University, United States
Luis Iribarne,
University of Almería, Spain
Vladimir J. Filipovic,
Belgrade University, Serbia
Jan Jakubuv,
Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
Vahid Jalali,
Indiana University, United States
Michael Jenkin,
York University, Canada
Luis Jiménez Linares,
University of de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Francisco José Domínguez Mayo,
University of Seville, Spain
Janusz Kacprzyk,
Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Yasushi Kambayashi,
Nippon Institute of Technology, Japan
Norihiro Kamide,
Teikyo University, Japan
Habib M. Kammoun,
REGIM-Lab., Tunisia
Geylani Kardas,
Ege University International Computer Institute, Turkey
Petros Kefalas,
CITY College, International Faculty of the University of Sheffield, Greece
Sung-Dong Kim,
Hansung University, Korea, Republic of
Minkoo Kim,
Ajou University, Korea, Republic of
Matthias Klusch,
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) GmbH, Germany
Mare Koit,
University of Tartu, Estonia
Martin Kollingbaum,
University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Ah-Lian Kor,
Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom
John Korah,
Illinois Institute of Technology, United States
Hristo Koshutanski,
Safe Society Labs, Spain
Igor Kotenko,
St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPIIRAS), Russian Federation
Jaroslaw Kozlak,
AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Pavel Kral,
University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic
Rudolf Kruse,
Universität Magdeburg, Germany
Lun-Wei Ku,
Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Yau-Hwang Kuo,
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Setsuya Kurahashi,
University of Tsukuba, Japan
Egon L. van den Broek,
Utrecht University, Netherlands
Ruggero Donida Labati,
Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Divesh Lala,
Kyoto University, Japan
Ramoni Lasisi,
Virginia Military Institute, United States
Nuno Lau,
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Egons Lavendelis,
Riga Technical University, Latvia
Marc Le Goc,
Lsis, Laboratory For Systems and Information Sciences, UMR CNRS 7296, France
Ladislav Lenc,
University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic
Letizia Leonardi,
Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
Churn-Jung Liau,
Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Francesca Alessandra Lisi,
Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro", Italy
Stephane Loiseau,
LERIA, University of Angers, France
Noel Lopes,
IPG, Portugal
António Lopes,
University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal
Henrique Lopes Cardoso,
LIACC / FEUP, Portugal
Daniela Lopéz De Luise,
CIIS Lab, Argentina
Adolfo Lozano-Tello,
Universidad de Extremadura, Spain
Bernd Ludwig,
University of Regensburg, Germany
Xudong Luo,
Sun Yat-sen University, China
Audrone Lupeikiene,
VU Institute Of Mathematics And Informatics, Lithuania
José Machado,
Centro ALGORITMI, University of Minho, Portugal
Isabel Machado Alexandre,
Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) and Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
Lorenzo Magnani,
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann,
NTU, Singapore and MIRALab, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Letizia Marchegiani,
Oxford University, United Kingdom
Jerusa Marchi,
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
Goreti Marreiros,
Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal
Francisco Martínez Álvarez,
Pablo de Olavide University of Seville, Spain
Philippe Mathieu,
University Lille 1, France
Eric Matson,
Purdue University, United States
Toshihiro Matsui,
Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
Fiona McNeill,
Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom
Paola Mello,
Università di Bologna, Italy
Eduardo Mena,
University of Zaragoza, Spain
Daniel Merkle,
University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Marjan Mernik,
University of Maribor, Slovenia
Elena Messina,
National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States
Tamás Mészáros,
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Bernd Meyer,
Monash University, Australia
Ambra Molesini,
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Italy
Raul Monroy,
Tec de Monterrey in Mexico, Mexico
Ariel Monteserin,
ISISTAN Research Institute (CONICET- UNICEN), Argentina
José Moreira,
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Pedro Moreira,
Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão - Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Maxime Morge,
Université de Lille, France
Bernard Moulin,
Université Laval, Canada
Haralambos Mouratidis,
University of Brighton, United Kingdom
Muhammad Marwan Muhammad Fuad,
Aarhus University, Denmark
Darryl N. Davis,
University of Hull, United Kingdom
Amruth N. Kumar,
Ramapo College of New Jersey, United States
Viorel Negru,
West University of Timisoara, Romania
Jens Nimis,
Hochschule Karlsruhe - Technik und Wirtschaft, Germany
Antoine Nongaillard,
Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille 1, France
Farid Nouioua,
LSIS UMR 7296 du CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, France
Houssem Eddine Nouri,
SOIE-COSMOS, École Nationale des Sciences de l'Informatique, Université de la Manouba, Tunisia
Paulo Novais,
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Luis Nunes,
Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) and Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT), Portugal
Andreas Oberweis,
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
Michel Occello,
Université Grenoble Alpes, France
Akihiko Ohsuga,
University of Electro-Communications, Japan
Haldur Õim,
University of Tartu, Estonia
Andrei Olaru,
University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania
Sancho Oliveira,
Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Portugal
Joanna Isabelle Olszewska,
University of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Stanislaw Osowski,
Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Nandan Parameswaran,
University of New South Wales, Australia
Hong-Seok Park,
University of Ulsan, Korea, Republic of
Andrew Parkes,
University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Krzysztof Patan,
University of Zielona Gora, Poland
Manuel G. Penedo,
University of A Coruña, Spain
Loris Penserini,
MIUR - Italian Ministry of Research and Education, Italy
Gauthier Picard,
Hubert Curien CNRS Laboratory, France
Sébastien Picault,
Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, UMR 9189 - CRIStAL (SMAC team), France
Marcin Pietron,
University of Science and Technology in Cracow, Poland
Agostino Poggi,
University of Parma, Italy
Ramalingam Ponnusamy,
CVR College of Engineering-Hyderabad, India
Enrico Pontelli,
New Mexico State University, United States
Filipe Portela,
Centro ALGORITMI, University of Minho, Portugal
Roberto Posenato,
Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy
Mariachiara Puviani,
Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
David Pynadath,
University of Southern California, United States
Badran Raddaoui,
LIAS/ENSIP, University of Poitiers, France
Riccardo Rasconi,
National Research Council of Italy, Italy
Marek Reformat,
University of Alberta, Canada
Luis Paulo Reis,
University of Minho, Portugal
Lluís Ribas-Xirgo,
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Patrizia Ribino,
ICAR- CNR, Italy
Alessandro Ricci,
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Italy
Fátima Rodrigues,
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP/IPP), Portugal
Daniel Rodriguez,
University of Alcalá, Spain
Juha Röning,
University of Oulu, Finland
Silvia Rossi,
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Alvaro Rubio-Largo,
University of Extremadura, Spain
Ruben Ruiz,
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
Andreas S. Andreou,
Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
Luca Sabatucci,
ICAR-CNR, Italy
Fariba Sadri,
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Lorenza Saitta,
Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale "Amedeo Avogadro", Italy
Francesco Santini,
Università di Perugia, Italy
Jurek Sasiadek,
Carleton University, Canada
Stefan Schiffer,
Knowledge-Based Systems Group, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Christoph Schommer,
University Luxembourg, Campus Belval, Maison du Nombre, Luxembourg
Michael Schumacher,
University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Switzerland
Frank Schweitzer,
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Valeria Seidita,
University of Palermo, Italy
Emilio Serrano,
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Huma Shah,
Coventry University, United Kingdom
Manik Sharma,
DAV University Jalandhar, India
Denis Shikhalev,
The State Fire Academy of EMERCOM of Russia, Russian Federation
Mohammad Shojafar,
University Sapienza of Rome, Italy
Peer Olaf Siebers,
Nottingham University, United Kingdom
Gheorghe Cosmin Silaghi,
Babes-Bolyai University, Romania
Giovanni Sileno,
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Viviane Silva,
IBM Research, Brazil
Ricardo Silveira,
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
Guillermo Simari,
Universidad Nacional del Sur in Bahia Blanca, Argentina
David Sislak,
Czech Technical University in Prague - Agent Technology Center, Czech Republic
Dominik Slezak,
University of Warsaw, Poland
Alexander Smirnov,
SPIIRAS, Russian Federation
Pavel Smrz,
Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
Armando J. Sousa,
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Gerasimos Spanakis,
Maastricht University, Netherlands
Efstathios Stamatatos,
University of the Aegean, Greece
Bernd Steinbach,
Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, Germany
Kathleen Steinhofel,
King's College London, United Kingdom
Daniel Stormont,
The PineApple Project, United States
Thomas Stützle,
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Toshiharu Sugawara,
Waseda University, Japan
Vijayan Sugumaran,
Oakland University, United States
Zhaohao Sun,
PNG University of Technology (1); Federation University Australia (2), Papua New Guinea
Andrew Sung,
University of Southern Mississippi, United States
Thepchai Supnithi,
NECTEC, Thailand
Pavel Surynek,
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
Yasuhiro Suzuki,
Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University, Japan
Katia Sycara,
Carnegie Mellon University, United States
Ryszard Tadeusiewicz,
AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
HAMDANI Tarek M.,
REGIM: REsearch Group on Intelligent Machines, Tunisia
Nick Taylor,
Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom
Patrícia Tedesco,
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco/FADE, Brazil
Mark Terwilliger,
University of North Alabama, United States
Michele Tomaiuolo,
University of Parma, Italy
José Torres,
Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
Jan Tozicka,
CTU in Prague, Czech Republic
Miroslaw Truszczynski,
University of Kentucky, United States
Franco Turini,
KDD Lab, University of Pisa, Italy
Paulo Urbano,
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Marina V. Sokolova,
Instituto de Investigación en Informática de Albacete, Spain
Paul Valckenaers,
UCLL, Belgium
Leo van Moergestel,
HU Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Eloisa Vargiu,
EURECAT, Spain
Srdjan Vesic,
CNRS, France
Jørgen Villadsen,
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Serena Villata,
CNRS, France
Emilio Vivancos,
Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Marin Vlada,
University of Bucharest, Romania
Wojciech Waloszek,
Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
Yves Wautelet,
KU Leuven, Belgium
Rosina Weber,
Drexel University, United States
Gerhard Weiss,
University of Maasticht, Netherlands
Stephan Weiss,
Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria
Jianshu Weng,
HP Labs Singapore, Singapore
Mary-Anne Williams,
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Mark H. M. Winands,
Maastricht University, Netherlands
Cees Witteveen,
Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
John Woodward,
University of Stirling, United Kingdom
Bozena Wozna-Szczesniak,
Jan Dlugosz University, Poland
Fusun Yaman,
Raytheon BBN Technologies, United States
Kristina Yordanova,
University of Rostock, Germany
Neil Yorke-Smith,
TU Delft, Netherlands
Pascale Zaraté,
Université Toulouse 1 Capitole, France
Jing Zhao,
ECNU, China
Hong Zhu,
Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom
Haibin Zhu,
Nipissing University, Canada


text: Electronic Development Labs, Inc. also known as EDL, was started in New York City, N.Y. back in 1943. It all started with Nathan Polsky who at age 26 was trying to find extra work at the shipyard when he noticed that there was a need for temperature test equipment, therefore starting the EDL business. In 1990 EDL relocated its business to Danville, VA to produce temperature equipment that is commonly used in many diverse industrial and military applications. Industries using their temperature products range from food, plastic, or rubber, to automotive, shoe, and metal casting to name a few. EDL sells worldwide to distributors, manufacturers, and individuals. EDL provides quality products and service - the most reliable precision temperature measuring sensors, equipment, accessories, and calibrators; customized to customer specifications as needed. EDL offers an extensive line of calibrators, thermocouples, RTDs, thermistors, wire, high temperature bore thru compression fittings, bimetals, lab thermometers, recorders, infrared, high temperature insulations, over 10,000 temperature sensors, and a full range of precision handheld pyrometers. EDL also offers a complete calibration service for sensors, instruments and thermometers.

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Steve Chiotakis: Shipping rates have dropped big time in the few years since raw demand for Chinese materials was booming. Back in 2008, the Chinese shipping giant Cosco -- which by the way is not the wholesale chain -- agreed to rent freighters for as much as $80,000 a day per ship, and locked in the rate for years. But now, the company says
it's not going to pay the old rate because costs have dropped so low.
Sally Herships reports.
Sally Herships: Imagine if you could renegotiate a contract, years after you signed it. That's what China Ocean Shipping Company, or Cosco, wants to do. Freighter owners locked in high prices when Cosco was scrambling to fill orders from Chinese factories for coal and iron ore.
Ted Prince: People had to go out and move cargo so they went out and signed charter rates for whatever the market demanded.
Ted Prince is a transportation industry consultant. In 2008, there was a shortage of the type of ship that Cosco needed. Now with lower manufacturing demand, Cosco only wants to pay today's going shipping rate -- $16,000 a day per freighter.
Prince: If you were a ship owner, you'd be pretty concerned right now. If they're not honoring their contracts, why should I be a chump and honor mine?
Ship owners are threatening to seize vessels owned by Cosco as collateral. But is that legal? Martin Davis, director of Tulane's Maritime Law Center.
Martin Davis: Yes, is the short answer to that. Although it may seem a little outlandish to you that this can be done, it's sort of everyday practice in the shipping business.
But ship owners are hoping to work this out on land. Even on the high seas, no one wants to go to war with a customer.
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CULPEPER — Freezing rain and sleet coming down across Central Virginia will make for treacherous road conditions this morning. The Virginia Department of Transportation asks motorists to avoid travel and pay attention to the forecast, which is calling for up to 10 inches of snow across the area.
VDOT crews in the nine-county Culpeper District have been on duty since Sunday evening to monitor conditions and treat roads with salt and sand for improved traction. They will continue around the clock, working in 12-hour shifts until all roads are passable.
What you should expect
- VDOT crews will begin applying sand and salt to the roads as freezing rain, sleet or snow begins to fall. They will plow once snow accumulates to a depth of 1 ½ to two inches on the road surface.
- Crews will focus their snow-removal operations first on the interstate and primary highways. Once those roads are in good condition crews will move to the secondary roads and finally into neighborhoods to clear subdivision streets.
- VDOT's goal is to make all state-maintained roads passable within 48 hours after the storm ends. In many cases plows will make one pass along secondary roads and continue on to open other roads before returning to plow the full width of the road.
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- Postpone non-essential travel until after the storm passes and roads are in good condition.
- If you must travel check weather and road conditions before you leave, including along the route and at your destination. Allow plenty of time for the trip. Drive for conditions: slow down and leave plenty of space between you and other vehicles.
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- Shovel snow from your driveway to the right as you face the street. This will minimize the snow pushed into the driveway by plows clearing the road. Consider waiting to shovel the last several feet closest to the street until after plows have passed.
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CALGARY - What better time than Valentines Day to make nice with an old Flame?
It wasnt exactly a mushy, No, I missed you more scene at the Saddledome, but the Calgary Flames faithful showed Toronto Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf a little more love than anybody expected in Tuesdays clash with his former team.
I get booed in a lot of buildings, Phaneuf shrugged after the morning skate. So Im sure it will be much of the same.
It wasnt really.
The 26-year-old rearguard was treated to a chorus of boos as he hauled the puck through the neutral zone about 31/2 minutes after the opening faceoff but otherwise heard just a smattering of cat-calls for the rest of the evening.
It wasnt comparable to the treatment Chris Pronger once received in Edmonton or Zdeno Chara still receives in Montreal.
And it certainly wasnt even close to the way Phaneuf was treated in his first trip back to the Saddledome, where he spent 41/2 seasons in the Flaming C before being shipped to the Maple Leafs as the centrepiece of a Jan. 31, 2010, blockbuster deal between the two NHL teams.
Defenceman Keith Aulie and winger Freddie Sjostrom also lugged their gear to Ontario, while forwards Niklas Hagman, Jamal Mayers and Matt Stajan and rearguard Ian White arrived in Alberta.
Phaneufs valentine, actress Elisha Cuthbert, is now starring in a sitcom called Happy Endings. After Tuesdays morning skate, the hard-hitting blueliner told reporters the move to Hogtown has been a happy ending for him, too.
(Calgary) is going to be a special place anytime I do come back and play here, said Phaneuf, who suited up for 378 games with the Flames and was a Norris Trophy nominee in 2008.
I had a lot of good years here, I made a lot of friendships that I still keep and Ive got a lot of real good memories of playing in this building, so it definitely is a special place when you come back.
Im extremely happy where Im at. Its been a great move for me, personally, and Im extremely excited about the team that we have here and the direction that were going, Phaneuf said during his morning media scrum.
I cant say enough good things about being a Toronto Maple Leaf, living in Toronto, the city, the fans. Its a very special team to wear the jersey with the history of the team and organization. Theres a lot of rich history. Its been nothing but positives for me since I landed there.
Although many Flames fans didnt mind seeing Phaneuf take off, they probably wish there was a bit more talent on the incoming flight.
Stajan is the only part of that four-player package still skating at the Saddledome, and the US$3.5-million man has been a fixture on a checking unit this season. Even with a rash of injuries up the middle, the 28-year-old was the centre on the clubs fourth line against the Leafs.
As the team captain in the centre of the hockey universe, Phaneuf is now considered a villain in Montreal, Ottawa and elsewhere in the Eastern Conference.
At the Saddledome, though? Not so much. Not like it used to be.
Maybe the diehards didnt want to look like baffoons in front of their Valentines Day dates, or perhaps theyve accepted that this breakup has been best for everybody, even if the trade was lopsided.
(Calgary) is going to be a special place anytime I do come back and play here, said Phaneuf, who suited up for 378 games with the Flames. I had a lot of good years here, I made a lot of friendships that I still keep, and Ive got a lot of real good memories of playing in this building, so it definitely is a special place when you come back.
Sprinkling a bit of salt in the wound, the Maple Leafs recalled Aulie from the AHLs Toronto Marlies after Carl Gunnarsson was injured during Mondays practice.
Aulie, a veteran of 55 big-league games, will be a healthy scratch for Tuesdays clash but seemed excited about the opportunity to watch Phaneuf his defensive partner for parts of last season skate in the same building where he started his career.
I think hes got this day circled on the calendar, Aulie said. He had some great seasons here. I know he loved playing here, he loved the people here and I know he was pretty sad to go when he did. Coming back, Im sure, is pretty exciting for him.
Even if the boobirds are out in full force?
If theres a guy that can handle it, its probably Dion, Aulie said. He has pretty thick skin that way he can battle through a lot of adversity. I dont think that fazes him too much. I think he takes energy out of that.
As much as you dont want to say it, it kind of takes the heat of other players. Not that playing in front of fans like that is a big deal for most of us were used to that stuff but when your captain is taking the brunt of it and hes playing through it all, it just lets the other players play a little bit. Knowing Dion can play through it all, its maybe a good situation.
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Update at 11:23 a.m. January 21: Captain Jay Powell, a spokesperson for the Lewisville Police Department, says detectives have identified the woman found Monday as Joslyn Ann Martinez, a 22-year-old from Dallas. Her next of kin has been notified, which is why authorities are releasing her name.
But there still isn't a cause of death. Powell says that remains to be determined by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office.
Original post at 11:41 a.m. January 20: Lewisville police are investigating what they're calling a "suspicious death" -- the body of a woman found along South State Highway 121 Business Monday morning.
Captain Jay Powell, a Lewisville police spokesperson, says a passerby first spotted the body along the 3000 block of SH 121 early Monday. Officers responded at about 7:30 a.m., and found a dead woman.
At the moment there's not much more known than that: Detectives and coroners are attempting to identify the victim and determine a cause of death. In the meantime, Lewisville police are asking for information related to "this suspicious death," per a Monday morning statement. Anyone with information is asked to call the department's tips line at 972-219-8477 or the Denton County CrimeStoppers at 800-388-8477.


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DOVER — The City Council has the next two weeks off before meeting again to begin the budget season process.
According to Mayor Dean Trefethen, the council's own version of spring break was not necessarily planned, but came at a good time in the year.
"We did not have a workshop scheduled for next week and there was not much going on this week to have to put together an agenda," he said.
Councilor Dorothea Hooper, who is looking forward to the time off as her schedule up in Concord as a state representative is picking up at this time, said when the councilors meet again, planning will begin for budget season.
"And it's going to be another tough budget, even more so than last time," Hooper said.
Trefethen believes the season will go well, but does expect the tax cap to be an issue this year.
He said the School Board voted Monday night to exceed the tax cap and that he believes this year's budget will come in at the tax cap level.
"I'm not anticipating any real unexpected points of disagreement. I think pretty much everybody knows where everybody stands at this point in time," Trefethen said.
According to Councilor Bill Garrison, last year's 5-4 vote passed the budget, without overriding the tax cap.
"I did not support the budget last year," he said. "I did not vote for it because we did not override. The budget was a tax cap budget and I am generally not in support of tax caps. I think there needs to be more governing by the people, who have been elected to do this job."
Garrison said tax caps are not the right approach to budgeting.
"If the council continues to support this tax cap mentality, I will absolutely not support it," Garrison said, adding his issue with the tax cap is the effects it has on the community.
He said it is too early to tell if a tax cap override is in order this year or not, but said there are very specific areas in the Capital Improvements Program that need attention, such as city streets and infrastructure repairs.
"It's important we maintain (what is in the CIP)," Garrison said. "Anything you get rid of like that is very hard to get back."
Deputy Mayor Robert Carrier is also not an advocate of the tax cap.
"You have got to keep moving the city forward," he said. "You can't just have your hands tied with the tax cap."
In order to override the tax cap, the council must have a two-thirds majority vote, meaning six out of the nine councilors would have to vote in favor of overriding.
While the School Board voted to override its tax cap on Monday, Trefethen said the council will have final decision on that.
The school and county budgets are included in the final city budget, which will be voted on in June.
Garrison, Hooper and Carrier said it is too early to tell how this season will go.
"It is premature to take a stand at all until we see from every department head where we are headed," Carrier said.
Carrier said City Manager Michael Joyal has been meeting with department heads to determine where cuts will need to be made before presenting the budget to the councilors.
"I'm still in the process of assembling numbers and balancing priorities," Joyal said.
New this year is a survey that residents will be able to fill out to help in the decision making. Joyal said input from the community will have a say in the final budget.
The city has a 1.97 percent tax cap increase to work with this year.
Joyal will come to the council on April 10 and show the budget presentation.
Joyal said that evening will consist of discussions on the impacts, improvements and adjustments anticipated for the coming year.
Trefethen said after the presentation, the council will hold a series of workshops to hear from department heads. Councilors will have the opportunity to ask questions while the departments explain their budgets.
Two public hearings will also be held, one for the city side of the budget and one for the school side.
"Above and beyond, we take a look at everything," Carrier said. "We go back into the CIP and see where some cuts may need to be made."
Carrier added that budget season has always been full of "tweaking," and that this year the city is financially, fiscally, in good shape.
"People can't afford higher taxes, we know that, but on the subside, everyone wants what they want," he said when describing the difficulties of budget season.
City Councilor Catherine Cheney agreed budget season will be tough, but there are obligations the city is unable to get out of, such as having to pay for city personnel, the biggest budget item every year. Other items, she said, the city typically saves for.
"What I'm hoping is that we can come in at the tax cap budget and that we can keep some of the services that are crucial to the city," she said, such as the pool and teen center. "Last year, the city manager did a great job so I hope it holds the same again this year."
Following is the City Council schedule through the end of budget season:
● Wednesday, March 27: Regular meeting.
● Wednesday, April 3: Workshop.
● Wednesday, April 10: Fiscal year 2014 budget presentation.
● Wednesday, April 17: Workshop on school budget and general government.
● Wednesday, April 24: Regular meeting.
● Wednesday, May 1: Workshop on the budget.
● Wednesday, May 8: Regular meeting with school budget public hearing.
● Wednesday, May 15: Workshop on the budget.
● Wednesday, May 22: Regular Meeting with city budget public hearing.
● Wednesday, May 29: Workshop on the budget.
● Wednesday, June 5: Workshop on the budget and general discussion. Following the workshop, the council plans to adopt the budget during a special meeting.
● Wednesday, June 12: Regular meeting and the fall back date if the budget has not yet been adopted.
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MINNEAPOLIS One of the nation's largest supermarket changes is changing the size and composition of its board of directors.
Supervalu said it's scaling back its board from 15 to 12 directors but will bring in two new board members (at its annual meeting) to enhance its oversight of the company: Matthew Rubel, president, chairman and CEO of Collective Brands Inc. (owner of Payless ShoeSource), and Donald Chappel, SVP and CFO of The Williams Cos., an energy transmission company. Additionally, the chain is expected to name Wayne Sales, retired vice chairman of Canadian Tire Corp. as its nonexecutive chairman.
After many years of distinguished service, five board members are leaving the company. Following his 2009 retirement announcement, Jeff Noddle, current chairman of the board and former Supervalu CEO, will be retiring effective at the company's annual meeting in June 2010. Lawrence A. Del Santo, who has been a director since 1997 and lead director since 2006; and Garnett L. Keith, Jr., are also retiring from the board effective at the annual meeting. In addition, A. Gary Ames and Marissa T. Peterson, whose terms would expire in 2011, voluntarily resigned from the board effective April 14.
Sales stated, "The board is grateful for the leadership that Jeff and Larry have provided, and the important contributions of all of our directors. These include, most recently, their execution of a successful transition to new leadership under Craig Herkert, the guidance they have provided to help Supervalu navigate through the recent economic environment while maintaining its focus on long-term value creation, and their dedication to the highest standards of board governance."


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A prostate cancer survivor turned underwear superhero organised a charity event on the seafront which raised approaching £2,000.
Damon Pinder, also known as Pantman, had set himself a target this year of taking part in six Y-Front runs in support of Cancer Research UK, but when one was cancelled he decided to branch out on his own and ask friends and family to join him for 5k along Bexhill promenade.
Wife Teresa said: "Damon regularly runs the 5k on Bexhill Prom with his pals who are male and female and we had all been saying for quite some time that it would be great if there was a local run we could do for charity that everyone could join in. As a few people had already sponsored Pantman on his Justgiving Page to do the six 5k runs we came up with the idea of Power the Prom (with Pantman) and thought it would be great if anyone any age could join in and thought it would be good to do it as a £5 voluntary donation to Cancer Research UK via Damon's Justgiving Page. Jo, one of the organisers from the Y Front Run was also invited to come along with registration forms for the Y Front Run in September and we know that some more of the men who were with us on Sunday have now also signed up for that.
Damon himself is a Prostate Cancer Survivor, and he considers himself extremely lucky, and thanks our local GP and his consultants for dealing with everything so quickly.
"Lots of local people and businesses have helped with donations in all kinds of ways as well as raffle prizes so that we could keep this as a very low cost event so that all proceeds go to Cancer Research UK. Everyone has been amazing."
A total of 138 people signed up to take part in the event on Sunday, and everyone enjoyed themselves with many buying hand-painted by Pantman tops and t-shirts, the proceeds of which is also going to CRUK.
Teresa added: "Chris Haines of Commando Fitness stepped in to help as things became bigger and so on Sunday we all Powered the Prom (with Pantman and Commando Fitness UK) and our fantastic community here in Bexhill.
On the day we took over £1,100 and many people had already donated to Damon's Justgiving Page for this event to take part or buy T-shirts so there is currently an additional £600+ on that page which has all come in for Power the Prom."
Pantman and his team thank Lee and Sue Holdaway from Coast and TL Sports Events, Jay Wootten from Hastings Direct for medals and raffle prizes, Chris Haines Commando Fitness UK for support and raffle prizes, Bexhill Sea Angling Club, Darren Dangerfield and Jon Collins of Blade Consulting Ltd, Shirt Logos Ltd, the Co-op Western Road, James Andrews of Sedlescombe Gold Club, the Co-op Devonshire Road, La Maison, Trimmings, and Starbrite Cleaning products, as well as friends, family and supporters.
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"We know what can happen when you don't come ready to play these teams. We're just making sure when we play (good games) against these teams that we come out on top."
"It felt like a playoff game out there. I thought we played well in the first two periods, then made one or two mistakes. The shoe could've been on the other foot and the guys have nothing to be ashamed of. We learned a lot from this one."
"Saturday is just one of those games you have to forget about. You can't let that effect your performance in your next game. That's something we've been doing better of late."
"He gives us good depth along the blue line. We didn't think a player of his caliber was going to be available. We knew him from our games (against Quad City)."
"It was a gutsy effort. We've got a pretty good stretch going here and this whole month has been our playoff run."
"Joel Martin should be the goalie of the year. They're very physical, they skate real well and they're well coached. I've like this team from the beginning of the year."
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Jagged Alliance: Flashback - Update #19, Stretch Goals, Competition and A Tribute
Update #19 for Jagged Alliance: Flashback is now avaiable on the games kickstarter page.
Stretch Goals
Although we made an update on Stretch Goals a few days ago and have reached $200,000 + opening up the Stretch Goals Box, we would like to add it to this update for all eyes to see. We know there's still some ways to go before we reach the initial goal ,but we're A.I.M.ing for a race to the finish.
New $425,000 Stretch Goal:
The new stretch goal will be a small tourist island off the coast and have approximately 10 sectors. The player will be able to travel there by boat and there will be two fishing ports located on the island. Additionally, there will be a small resort located on the island, making it popular to tourist. Players can gain an economic advantage by visiting the island as well as being able to discover so called "easter eggs" along with special unlockables.
Bear's Pit JA:F Events and Contests
As promised we wanted to give the Bear's pit competition a mention, so here's their hamster happy meal.
Anyone can be the next San Cristobal bartender/gas station owner just by helping with spreading the word about JA:F Kickstarter: Rewards $125, $200 and $650
Follow this link for more info
Also our generous friend gdalf just spruced up his $220 reward for best merc/enemy one-liner by announcing STRETCH GOALS! Yes, he's going to add even more goodies to the pack, just join the fun and give us your line!
Follow this link for more info
Tribute Sector
As a thanks to our friends at Obsidian, we've decided to make a special sector in their honor. The 5000 backer sector will be an Obsidian mine, where a secret cult of scientist resides and are trying to develop a new formula to become immortal, called "Eternity". We thank the community for coming up with these awesome suggestions :D As Jesper is still hard at work finishing the diorama the visualization of the sector will have to wait, but we'll get it up as soon as possible and also come up with the 5500 sector.
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Setting: Modern
Genre: Strategy-RPG
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Liquidity when it matters: QE and Tobin's q
When financial markets freeze in fear, borrowing costs for solvent governments may fall towards zero in a flight to quality – but credit-worthy private borrowers can be starved of external funding. In Kiyotaki and Moore (2008), where liquidity crisis is captured by the effective rationing of private credit, tightening credit constraints have direct effects on investment. If prices are sticky, the effects on aggregate demand can be pronounced – as reported by FRBNY for the US economy using a calibrated DSGE-style framework modified to include such frictions. In such an environment, two factors stand out. First the recycling of credit flows by central banks can dramatically ease credit-rationing faced by private investors: this is the rationale for Quantitative Easing. Second, revenue-neutral fiscal transfers aimed at would-be investors can have similar effects. We show these features in a stripped- down macro model of inter-temporal optimisation subject to credit constraints.
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Arnold Monk, 72, of Layton, and Gerald West, 57, of Ogden, were killed in the accident about 18 miles south of Jackson.
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Thursday 27 April 2006
Cunningham is suspected of asking for prostitutes; were others involved?
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether two contractors implicated in the bribery of former Rep. Randall "Duke" Cunningham supplied him with prostitutes and free use of a limousine and hotel suites, pursuing evidence that could broaden their long-running inquiry.
Besides scrutinizing the prostitution scheme for evidence that might implicate contractor Brent Wilkes, investigators are focusing on whether any other members of Congress, or their staffs, may also have used the same free services, though it isn't clear whether investigators have turned up anything to implicate others.
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In recent weeks, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents have fanned out across Washington, interviewing women from escort services, potential witnesses and others who may have been involved in the arrangement. In an interview, the assistant general manager of the Watergate Hotel confirmed that federal investigators had requested, and been given, records relating to the investigation and rooms in the hotel. But he declined to disclose what the records show. A spokeswoman for Starwood Inc., Westin's parent company, said she wasn't immediately able to get information on whether the Westin Grand had been contacted by investigators.
Mr. Cunningham, a Republican from San Diego, was sentenced March 3 to more than eight years in federal prison after he admitted taking $2.4 million in bribes. The bribes were taken in exchange for helping executives obtain large contracts with the Defense Department and other federal agencies. Mr. Cunningham, who resigned from Congress in November, pleaded guilty to two criminal counts, one of tax evasion and one of conspiracy.
In documents filed in federal court in San Diego, prosecutors listed four "co-conspirators" in the bribing of Mr. Cunningham. The two who allegedly played the biggest role, listed as co-conspirators No. 1 and No. 2, have been confirmed by Justice Department officials and defense lawyers to be Mr. Wilkes and Mitchell Wade, the founder and former head of MZM Inc., a software and computer-services firm that Mr. Cunningham helped to gain federal contracts.
The charges against Mr. Cunningham had alleged that "Co-conspirator #1" - Mr. Wilkes - had given the congressman more than $600,000 in bribes, including paying off a mortgage on Mr. Cunningham's house.
Mr. Wilkes hasn't been charged with any crime, and people with knowledge of the investigation say he recently decided he would fight any charges that might be filed rather than plead guilty and cooperate with the investigation. Michael Lipman, Mr. Wilkes's lawyer, denied his client had been involved in procuring prostitutes. "There was no such conduct. It did not happen," Mr. Lipman said. The lawyer added that "Mr. Wilkes and ADCS strongly believe that all of their actions have been proper and appropriate. They are confident that the government will come to the same conclusion."
Mr. Wilkes, of Pohway, Calif., founded a series of companies that obtained federal contracts, including ADCS Inc., which won contracts to convert paper military records to computer images.
Mr. Wade in February pleaded guilty to giving bribes of more than $1 million to Mr. Cunningham, including cash, antiques and payment for yachts. Mr. Wade, who hasn't been sentenced yet, is cooperating with prosecutors. According to people with knowledge of the investigation, Mr. Wade told investigators that Mr. Cunningham periodically phoned him to request a prostitute, and that Mr. Wade then helped to arrange for one. A limousine driver then picked up the prostitute as well as Mr. Cunningham, and drove them to one of the hotel suites, originally at the Watergate Hotel, and subsequently at the Westin Grand.
Mr. Wade told investigators that all the arrangements for these services had been made by Mr. Wilkes and two employees of Mr. Wilkes's company, according to people with knowledge of his debriefing. He said Mr. Wilkes had rented the hotel suites and found the limousine driver, who had "relationships" with several escort services. Mr. Wade told prosecutors that sometimes Mr. Cunningham would contact him to request these services, and he would pass on the request to Mr. Wilkes or his employees, who then made the actual arrangement. Mr. Wade said that other times Mr. Cunningham called Mr. Wilkes directly to make the requests.
If investigators find that any other members of Congress or their staffs received services at so-called hospitality suites, that could help make a case that they had illegally taken action to benefit Mr. Wilkes in return for favors from him. Mr. Wilkes, his family members and his employees were heavy campaign contributors to several members of Congress. But prosecutors so far apparently haven't found any evidence that other members of Congress had been bribed.
Mr. Wade told investigators that he had knowledge only of the service being provided to Mr. Cunningham, not anyone else, and has said he doesn't know whether Mr. Wilkes may have provided prostitutes or other free entertainment to anyone besides Mr. Cunningham.
K. Lee Blalack II, Mr. Cunningham's lawyer, said, "I have no comment on that" when asked about his client's alleged use of prostitutes. Mr. Cunningham, 64 years old, currently is undergoing a routine medical evaluation at the Butner Federal Correctional Complex in North Carolina.
People close to the case said prosecutors had hoped that Mr. Wilkes, like Mr. Wade, would plead guilty and turn over information relevant to the investigation. Now that he has indicated he won't do so, prosecutors are hunting for evidence to bolster any potential case against him.
Meanwhile, prosecutors are looking at whether they can make corruption cases against other lawmakers based on Mr. Wilkes's campaign contributions to them. But lawyers expert in campaign-finance and criminal law say such cases are far more difficult to prove than those involving outright bribery. The government must show a direct "quid pro quo" that a lawmaker has taken action on a particular bill solely because of a campaign contribution.
Proof of the prostitution scheme, on the other hand, could provide potentially damaging evidence that Mr. Wilkes had taken illegal steps in exchange for legislative favors, people involved in the investigation said.
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By Dean Calbreath
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Friday 28 April 2006
Federal prosecutors are reviewing records of two Washington, D.C., hotels where Poway defense contractor Brent Wilkes rented suites as part of their investigation into whether prostitutes were involved as he tried to curry favor with lawmakers and CIA officials.
Wilkes, whom federal prosecutors have identified as a co-conspirator in the bribery case of former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, rented hospitality suites in the capital on behalf of his flagship company, ADCS Inc.
As The San Diego Union-Tribune reported in December, the suites - first at the Watergate Hotel and then at the Westin Grand Hotel - had several bedrooms where lawmakers and other guests could relax.
Federal investigators are trying to determine whether Cunningham and other legislators brought prostitutes to the hotels or prostitutes were provided for them there, according to a report in yesterday's Wall Street Journal and confirmed by the Union-Tribune.
A source close to the bribery case, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation, told the Union-Tribune that Mitchell Wade, who pleaded guilty in February to bribing Cunningham, told federal prosecutors that he periodically helped arrange for a prostitute for the then-congressman.
A limousine would pick up Cunningham and a prostitute and take them to the ADCS hospitality suite, Wade reportedly told investigators. Federal agents are investigating whether other legislators had similar arrangements with Wilkes or Wade, a business associate of Wilkes who ran his own defense contracting company, MZM Inc.
Wilkes' attorney, Michael Lipman, denies that his client hired prostitutes.
Two of Wilkes' former business associates say they were present on several occasions when Shirlington Limousine & Transportation Service of northern Virginia brought prostitutes to the suite. They say they did not see lawmakers in the suites on those occasions, though both had heard rumors of congressmen bringing women to the rooms.
Shirlington's attorney, Bobby S. Stafford, confirmed in a letter that from the company's founding in 1990 through the early 2000s, Shirlington President Christopher Baker "provided limousine services for Mr. Wilkes for whatever entertainment he had in the Watergate."
Stafford's letter stated that Baker was "never in attendance in any party where any women were being used for prostitution purposes."
Last year, Shirlington won a $21 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security.
According to the Journal, FBI agents have interviewed women employed at escort services in Washington, as well as other potential witnesses.
In his guilty plea in November, Cunningham said Wilkes, referred to as "co-conspirator No. 1," gave him more than $630,000 in cash and gifts in order to gain government contracts. Wade, known as "co-conspirator No. 2," also named Wilkes in his guilty plea. Wilkes has not been indicted in the case, and his companies continue to receive money from government contracts.
Several of Wilkes' former employees and business associates say he used the hospitality suites over the past 15 years to curry favor with lawmakers as well as officials with the CIA, where both Wilkes and Wade sought contracts.
Wilkes hosted parties for lawmakers and periodic poker games that included CIA officials as well as members of the House Appropriations and Intelligence committees. Cunningham, who sat on both committees, was a frequent guest, according to some of the participants in the poker games.
People who were present at the games said one of the regular players was Kyle Dustin "Dusty" Foggo, who has been Wilkes' best friend since the two attended junior high school in Chula Vista in the late 1960s. In October, Foggo was named the CIA's executive director - the agency's third-highest position.
Another player was a CIA agent known as "Nine Fingers," so named because he lost one of his digits while on assignment.
"I remember big spreads of food and alcohol, but mostly cigars," said former Rep. Charlie Wilson of Texas, who attended a couple of the poker parties during the 1990s.
Wilson said nearly all the poker players at the two games he attended were CIA officials, including Foggo and Nine Fingers. He said there were no women or other lawmakers present, but added that he had to leave the games early "because the cigar smoke was too thick, and I don't deal well with that."
Foggo, who occasionally hosted the poker parties at his house in northern Virginia, is under investigation by the CIA's inspector general to determine whether he helped Wilkes gain CIA contracts.
CIA spokesman Paul Gimigliano said such an investigation is routine when questions are raised about an official's actions at the agency.
"Because the inspector general's review is ongoing, it would be inappropriate to discuss specific matters that may fall within that review," Gimigliano said. "The fact that the inspector general is looking into something should in no way be seen as lending credibility to any assertion."
One of Wilkes' companies, Archer Logistics, won a contract to provide bottled water, first-aid kits and other supplies to CIA agents in Afghanistan and Iraq. The company had no previous experience with such work, having been founded a few months before the contract was granted.
Critics familiar with the contract, valued at $2 million to $3 million, say the CIA overpaid for the work. The contract was approved by the CIA office in Frankfurt, Germany, where Foggo oversaw acquisitions. Foggo did not personally sign the contract, however, said unnamed CIA officials who spoke with Newsweek.
"Mr. Foggo maintains that the contracts for which he was responsible were properly awarded and administered," Gimigliano said.


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Among the largest member states the UK is probably one of the hardest hit by the economic crisis. Following the recent general election an emergency budget was introduced where it was announced that public spending would be dramatically reduced. The cuts would be applied across nearly all Government Departments and the Ministry of Justice has been asked to reduce its costs by 23% over four years which amounts to £500 million each year for the next four years.
The Ministry of Justice has just produced a plan to achieve these savings which fall into five areas:
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Create a system introducing greater involvement of the private and voluntary sectors in the rehabilitation of offenders, including use of payment by results, to cut reoffending;
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Ensure that the justice system reduces reoffending by introducing more effective sentencing policies and considering the use of restorative justice for adult and youth crimes;
3. Reforming courts, tribunals, legal aid and work with others in the delivery of criminal justice:
Reform the legal aid system to make it work more efficiently, while ensuring that support is provided for those who need it most and for those cases that require it. Develop court reforms to improve the resolution of disputes, maximise efficiency and improve services and work with other stakeholders to make delivery of criminal justice more effective and efficient;
4. Assuring better law:
Assure that law-making is transparent and accountable, safeguarding civil liberties and enabling citizens to receive the proper protection of the law;
5. Reforming how we deliver our services:
Reform the way the Ministry of Justice works. Reassess ways of working to develop more efficient shared services, match the provision of services more closely to demand, reduce duplication and streamline functions wherever possible.
In reality what will be the impact of the changes? In terms of prisons it is accepted that the prison population is too high and continues to increase at an alarming rate. To combat this, a review will be undertaken of the sentencing policy to make great use of non-custodial sentences e.g. community based penalties together with the introduction of schemes to reduce the re-offending rate. It is also proposed that over 150 courts should close of which many are only part- time courts.
The provision of Legal Aid and a review of costs generally will be undertaken to ensure that those that need assistance will get at and that justice remains affordable. The number of staff working for the Ministry of Justice will be reduced and is expected that 15,000 staff will go, hopefully by natural wastage and voluntary redundancy. The number is made up of 10,000 from the National Offender Management Service and Prison Service. Court staff will be reduced by 3,000 and a further 2,000 from Headquarters and associated bodies.
Although this all sounds like bad news it should be seen as an opportunity to think the unthinkable and drive through radical reforms that would otherwise be opposed and rejected. The overall aim is to make the savings required but still ensure that access to justice is preserved for those who need it and that the community is protected from the effects of crime. Once the changes have all taken effect the Ministry of Justice will be a leaner and effective place better equipped to meet the challenges of the future.
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Of the many reasons why we hope to see a rebirth of winning Mets baseball in the not too distant future, none may be bigger than the fact that it will force people to stop coming up with ridiculous reasons why the Mets are a losing team.
Marty Noble of MLB.com is one of those people. On Tuesday, he mused about the fact that the Mets once had both Jason Isringhausen and Ty Wigginton on their team and how the loss of those players' moxie helped ease the team into the abyss of the last few years.
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He wanted to see more of Moises Alou in 2007 and 2008, but apparently doesn't remember the fact that Alou's resolve wasn't enough to overcome the fact that he was physically unable to participate in games. But they didn't lose because Alou wasn't around, they lost because the team couldn't get outs to save their lives in September and October.
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Noble doesn't need anyone to point out the fallacy of his own argument, however. He decides to invoke the holy 1986 team and point to the unyielding grit of Keith Hernandez, Wally Backman and Lenny Dykstra as the reason why they won.
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The 1986 Mets won because they were loaded with talented players who all had excellent seasons at the same time. In 1987, with largely the same roster, they didn't win because they didn't all have good seasons.
The Mets of recent years have lacked many things. They've lacked pitchers who could throw strikes consistently, a front office and training staff sufficiently concerned with the health of players, a general manager who didn't throw good money after bad players and players who get on base often enough to score a lot of runs.
If there are players out there who can solve those shortcomings while also bursting from the seams with whatever it is Noble describes as grit, then go get them. Until then, fight the real enemy.
Josh Alper is a writer living in New York City. You can follow him on Twitter and he is also a contributor to Pro Football Talk.


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• Martinez Evans Little League is accepting early registration for spring 2012 online at mellbaseball.org/2012-spring-registration until Feb. 15. A free instructional clinic will be offered March 17 and 24 for all little league players.
• The Augusta American Legion Baseball Reunion Banquet will be held at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 16 at the American Legion Richmond Post 63 on Milledge Road. The guest speaker will be Darrel Chaney, a utility infielder for the 1975 World Champion Cincinnati Reds and member of the Atlanta Braves from 1976 to 1979.
• Columbia County spring baseball registration runs through Feb. 17 at Patriots Park.
• The Augusta Area Baseball Umpires Association is recruiting umpires. The next meeting is at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Greenbrier Middle School library, and the next three Mondays thereafter. For more information, call Bob Culbreath at (803) 507-1646, Frank Harast at (706) 210-1412 or Chuck Stevens at (706) 830-1214.
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• A 10-week fencing introduction course for ages 9-12 meets for one hour on Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. All competitive gear is provided. The course's emphasis is on fun and exercise, as well as learning how to fence. For registration or additional information, call (706) 722-8878.
• Registration is open for a 10-week fencing introduction class at the Augusta Fencers Club. The class is designed for adults, but mature students as young as 14 can apply. The class meets on Thursdays from 6-7 p.m. at the club's facilities. Cost for the course is $150, and all competitive equipment is provided. Call (706) 722-8878 to register or for additional information.
• Join Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church in Reid on the Run on Saturday. Registration and check-in for the 1-mile run and 5K run begins at 8 a.m., at the church. The one-mile run begins at 9 a.m., and the 5K run begins at 9:30 a.m. Entry fee is $30. Entry fee for the1-mile run is $10. For more information, call Joy Weigle at (706) 733-2275.
• The Augusta Sports Council and the Family Y will present the Medals for Miles youth fun run Feb. 25 at 4 p.m. The 1.1-mile run is one of the featured events of the Augusta Half Marathon Festival. It is geared toward children in grades K-5. The Medals for Miles tracking form can be downloaded at augustahalf.org or picked up at any Family Y location. Students must bring the form to the fun run. Pre-registration is required and can be completed at augustahalf.org. For more information, contact the Augusta Sports Council at (706) 722-8326, ext. 231.
• Columbia County spring softball registration runs through Feb. 17 at Patriots Park. For more information, call (706) 863-7523 or visit www.columbiacountyga.gov.


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