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Ateles paniscus
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Ateles paniscus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Name(s):
Ateles ater F. Cuvier, 1823
Cebus paniscus ssp. cayennensis Fischer, 1829
|Taxonomic Notes:
|The taxonomy of the spider monkeys is based on Kellogg and Goldman (1944) and Hill (1962). The forms hybridus, chamek and marginatus are listed as distinct species and A. fusciceps robustus Allen, 1914 is considered a junior synonym of A. f. rufiventris Sclater, 1871 following Heltne and Kunkel (1975) (see Rylands et al. 2000).
Froehlich et al. (1991), and Medeiros (1994; Medeiros et al. 1997) argued that A. paniscus is a distinct form with no subspecies. De Boer and Bruijn (1990) indicated that chamek should be considered a full species, and likewise Sampaio et al. (1993) argued that the forms paniscus and chamek should be considered distinct species on the basis of the genetic distance between them. Ateles chamek was found to be closer to belzebuththan to paniscus (see also Nieves et al. 2005).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Vulnerable A2cd ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Mittermeier, R.A., Rylands, A.B. & Boubli, J.-P.
|Mittermeier, R.A., Rylands, A.B. (Primate Red List Authority) & Hoffmann, M. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Listed as Vulnerable as there is reason to believe the species has declined by at least 30% over the past 45 years (three generations) due primarily to habitat loss in Brazil as well as hunting across its range, which is taking place even within protected areas.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|Ateles pansicus occurs north of the Rio Amazon, east of the Rios Negro and Branco. In Guyana, it is known from the far south and from the east of the River Essequibo (Sussmann and Phillips-Conroy 1995), and east from there through Suriname and French Guiana, excluding the lowland coastal plains, but throughout adequate habitat and into the states of Amapá, Pará (north of the Rio Amazonas), and Amazonas, Brazil. Its occurrence in Venezuela and west of the Essequibo, as proposed by Linares (1998), is doubtful.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Brazil (Amapá, Pará, Roraima); French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname
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|In the Voltzberg Study Area, spider monkeys were found to occur at a density of approximately 8.2 individuals/km² (Mittermeier and Van Roosmalen 1981). At Nourague, French Guiana, Guillotin et al. (1993) estimated a density of 14.0 individuals/km², with a biomass of 132.3 kg/km², the second highest in the primate community after the howling monkeys (144.6 kg/km²). Kessler (1998) estimated a slightly lower density in Nouragues: 7-10 individuals/km². Figures from other areas are usually in the same range. Muckenhirn et al. (1975) estimated lower densities of 2.4-6.2/km² for three areas in Guyana. Factors determining different Ateles population densities in various species and study sites are discussed by McFarland Symington (1988), who concluded that the main factors involve the abundance and productivity of certain key plant resources. Hunting is a major factor affecting primate population densities in French Guiana (Roussilhon 1988).
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|Occurs in primary high forest, and seldom found in edge or degraded forest. In Suriname, A. paniscus is almost entirely restricted to high forests in the interior, and, like Chiropotes and Cebus olivaceus, it enters the old coastal plain only in the western part of the country. Although Sanderson (1949) mentioned that Ateles is met with "over certain good areas along a belt 8-15 miles from the coast", this is evidently not the case today. In Guyana, it is also restricted in its habitat, occurring mainly in high forest (Muckenhirn et al. 1975; Sussman and Phillips-Conroy 1995). In Suriname, it rarely enters river edge forest, but Muckenhirn et al. (1975) made several observations of A. paniscus while surveying by canoe along the Berbice River. Van Roosmalen (1980, 1985) argued that this may due to differences in hunting pressure between the areas. To what degree A. paniscus extends to the coastal region of French Guiana is unknown. Kellogg and Goldman (1944) listed three localities for French Guiana: the Camopi River, and two on the coast, Cayenne and the Lunier River. Due to forest destruction and development, the high forest preference of the species, and its susceptibility to hunting, it is reasonable to suppose that if it occurred there in the past it is rare or absent today through large parts at least of the coastal forests. In Brazil, it occurs in lowland, submontane and montane (Serra da Pacaraima) forest.
Ateles paniscus is very much a canopy species. Nearly three-quarters of all first sightings of A. paniscus during a three-year field study carried out by Marc van Roosmalen (1980, 1985) in the Voltzberg-Raleighvallen Nature Reserve were of animals in the emergent trees (above 30 m) or upper part of the canopy (25-30 m). They also enter the middle and lower parts of the canopy, but were very rarely seen in the understorey. In accordance with their use of the highest levels of the forest, they are highly suspensory. When travelling they spend more time hanging from branches, moving by brachiation and arm swinging, and climbing than they do walking or running on all fours (Fleagle and Mittermeier 1980). Ateles paniscus, like all spider monkeys, is highly frugivorous and feeds largely on the mature, soft parts of a very wide variety of fruits, which comprise 83% of their diet and are found mainly (77% of its feeding time) in the emergent trees and upper part of the forest canopy (van Roosmalen 1980, 1985; Zhang and Wang 1995a). They also eat young leaves and flowers (both especially at times of fruit shortage during the beginning of the dry season), and besides such as young seeds, floral buds, pseudobulbs, aerial roots, bark, decaying wood, and honey, and very occasionally small insects such as termites and caterpillars. Guillotin et al. (1993) and Simmen and Sabatier (1996) obtained a similar picture for A. paniscus in French Guiana. The pulp of ripe fruits accounted for 85% of their diet. They also recorded the occasional consumption of fungi and mature seeds. Many even quite large fruits are swallowed whole. Swallowing the entire fruit is characteristic of nearly 40% of the fruit species they eat, and in a further 45% of the fruits they bite off the outer layer and swallow the aril or mesocarp along with the seed or seeds.
Due to their specialization on ripe fruits, and the fact that they tend to swallow whole fruits and intact seeds, Ateles are very important seed dispersers for many trees and lianes. Van Roosmalen (1980, 1985; van Roosmalen and Klein 1988) found that A. paniscus was dispersing the seeds of at least 138 species (93.5% of all fruits species used) through their ingestion and subsequent defecation (endozoochory). A further 10 species were being dispersed by the monkeys carrying them off some distance from the tree before dropping them (exozoochory). In only 23 species were the seeds being ruined or eaten (seed predation).
Spider monkeys live in groups of up to 20-30 individuals (for review see van Roosmalen and Klein 1988). However, they are very rarely all seen together, and nearly always to be found travelling, feeding and resting small in groupings of varying size and composition, the only persistent association being that of a mother and her offspring (McFarland Symington 1990). Group members will also travel on their own. Each female in the group has a "core area" of the group's home range which she uses most. In Guyana, Muckenhirn et al. (1975) reported an average sub-group size of 2.4 individuals. In Suriname, Van Roosmalen's (1980, 1985) study group consisted of 18 animals (three adult males, eight adult females, one subadult female, four juveniles and two infants), but the largest subgroup he observed was of nine individuals.
Only van Roosmalen's (1980, 1985) study has provided an estimate of the home range size for A. paniscus. His study group covered approximately 255 ha (220 ha with suitable habitat), most of it in high forest and a small portion in high mountain savanna forest. He believes that they maintain discrete, non-overlapping ranges with clearly-defined borders defended by the males, although only a single intergroup encounter was observed at one of these borders. Home range sizes may be bigger in other areas, depending on the distribution and year-round availability of food sources. Within their ranges, subgroups may travel distances from 500 to 5,000 m a day, depending on subgroup size and composition, weather, season, and the distribution of their current food sources (van Roosmalen 1980, 1985). During the dry season, they tend to travel less, especially when leaves have become a more significant component of their diet. Their day typically has two resting periods, one between 08h00 and 10h00 hours, and the other between 12h00 and 14h30. They spend more time resting during the dry season when fruit is scarce. Feeding activity is highest for the first two hours of the morning, and likewise the last two hours before entering their sleeping trees. Van Roosmalen (1980, 1985) recorded 43 different sleeping trees over the three years of his study, but just a few of them were frequently used. They are always tall, emergent trees, well free of the canopy, with a broad, open crown, either small-leaved, leafless or in leaf flush, horizontally branched, and located strategically near the next days feeding site, or better still are the next days feeding site.
Ateles are rarely seen in association with other primates and mostly they are occasional and ephemeral, resulting from the simultaneous occupation of fruiting trees.
Although Husson (1957) mentions seeing young animals throughout the year, Ateles have a clearly defined birth season in Suriname. Newborn infants are seen only in November, December and January, indicating that they are born at the end of the long dry season and during the short wet season. However, the few data available from other areas indicate the a lack of a breeding season. Six estimated birth dates given by Klein (1971) for A. belzebuth were spread throughout the year (December, January, April, September, October and November). Spider monkeys apparently reach sexual maturity at 4-5 years of age (Klein 1972; Eisenberg 1973, 1976). They give birth to single offspring after a long gestation period of 226-232 days, with a minimum theoretical interbirth interval in captivity of 17.5 months, but in the wild probably as long as 28-30 months (Eisenberg 1973, 1976). However, for A. paniscus, van Roosmalen (1980) estimated an interbirth interval of 46-50 months for females successfully rearing their young. They show lactational anoestrus for about three years. When in oestrus, females tend to manipulate, inspect and rub their clitoris. Sexual receptivity lasts 8-10 days, with an interestrus of 15-17 days (van Roosmalen 1980). Copulation is generally preceded by much place sniffing and urine licking on the part of the male, who consorts the female during her oestrus, although van Roosmalen (1980) observed that receptive females appeared to choose their mate. It is the receptive female which initiates sexual activity by rushing towards a male and sitting in his lap. If he does not respond she leaves and then returns to repeat the action some minutes later. Behaviour prior to copulation resembles play, involving head-shaking, heavy panting, and even growling and wrestling. Copulation takes place with both monkeys sitting, the male behind the female, grasping the female around her chest and with his legs over and between the females thighs (van Roosmalen 1980). The female copulates three or four times a day during oestrus.
When two individuals meet after a period of separation, they may show a ritualized form of greeting behaviour that includes embracing and pectoral (chest) sniffing (Ateles have olfactory skin glands in this region, but in the wild at least they have never been observed to rub them on branches as has been seen for A. belzebuth for example). Each put their arms around each other and their nose to the others chest which they may lick or sniff. In A. paniscus this may be accompanied by grunting vocalizations, and the embrace is usually initiated by the lower ranking animal of the two (van Roosmalen 1980). It is often followed by genital sniffing. Klein (1971) suggested that the hypertrophied clitoris is for depositing drops of urine as scent marks, and rubbing of the anogenital region also undoubtedly serves in olfactory communication. Communicative tactile signals include also grooming, and wrapping the tail and limbs around other individuals, which often follows embraces. Other behaviours shown in varying contexts, many of them aggressive or agonistic, include head-shaking, chest-scratching, pilo-erection, hopping and bounding, vigorous arm swaying, and branch shaking and dropping, and, when highly aroused, defecation. In agonistic displays the tail may be held up and curled at the tip. Detailed studies of their behaviours and their possible social meanings are described in Eisenberg (1976: see also van Roosmalen and Klein 1988).
Three males in the British Museum had a mean H&B length of 545 mm (range: 515-580) and a mean TL of 807 mm (range: 720-852); 10 females had a mean H&B length of 540 mm (range: 490-620) and a mean TL of 814 mm (range: 640-930) (Napier 1976). Four females cited in Kellogg and Goldman (1944) had the following measurements: H&B length: 460, 418, 570 and 660; TL 870, 920, 880 and 753. Male A. paniscus are more robust and larger than females. There has been some controversy concerning the possibility that the reverse is true (Ford and Davis 1992; Peres 1994), but a review by Smith (1996) specifically examining this problem points out this supposition was based on statistical error. Body mass for A. paniscus is estimated at 9.11 kg for males and 8.44 kg for females (Mittermeier 1977; Ayres 1986; Smith 1996).
|Major Threat(s):
|Spider monkeys are heavily hunted because of their large size, and along with their highly eclectic diet, their need for an enormous variety of fruiting trees, and the fact that they breed rather slowly (a female has one offspring about every three to four years), this renders them the first of the primates to suffer from hunting pressure and logging and other forms of degradation of the tall forests where they live. Although habitat loss is not as severe in the more northerly part of the range of A. paniscus, hunting remains a threat across the range and is taking place even within protected areas.
|Conservation Actions:
This species occurs in a number of protected areas in its range, some of them very large.
Tumucumaque National Park (3,882,376 ha)
Cabo Orange National Park (630,017 ha)
Lago Piratuba Biological Reserve (394,223 ha)
Rio Trombetas Biological Reserve (409,578 ha)
Uatumã Biological Reserve (942,786 ha)
Anavilhanas Ecological Station (343,897 ha)
Jari Ecolopical Station (207,370 ha)
Niquia Ecological Station (282,803 ha)
Nhamundá State Park (28,370 ha)
Monte Alegre State Park (5,800 ha)
Rio Negro Setor Sul State Park (257,422 ha)
Maicuru State Biological Reserve (1,509,300 ha)
Grão Pará State Ecological Station (4,250,000 ha)
French Guiana
Parc amazonien de Guyane (3,300,000 ha)
Nouragues Natural Reserve (100,000 ha) (Kessler 1998; Zhang and Wang 1995a)
Kaw Reserved Area (76,800 ha)
Kaietur National Park (11,655 ha)
Iwokrama Forest Reserve (364,000 ha)
Brinckheuvel Nature Reserve (6,000 ha) (possible; Mittermeier and van Roosmalen 1982)
Central Suriname Nature Reserve (1,600,000 ha) (Mittermeier and van Roosmalen 1982)
Sipaliwini Nature Reserve (100,000 ha) (Mittermeier and van Roosmalen1982)
Brownsberg Nature Park (8,400 ha) (present: Mittermeier and van Roosmalen 1982; rare: Norconk et al. 2003).
It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.
|Mittermeier, R.A., Rylands, A.B. & Boubli, J.-P. 2008. Ateles paniscus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T2283A9392691. . Downloaded on 25 September 2018.
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President Barack Obama didn't do much to make the American public feel secure earlier this week with his comments about Russia.
President Barack Obama didn't do much to make the American public feel secure earlier this week with his comments about Russia.
"Russia's actions are a problem," Obama said Tuesday at The Hague in the Netherlands. "They don't pose the No. 1 national security threat to the United States. I continue to be much more concerned when it comes to our security with the prospect of a nuclear weapon going off in Manhattan."
That must have made folks in the five boroughs sit up and take notice. There's nothing like a rogue nuke in the backyard to set one's nerves on edge.
As it turns out, the president was mentioning one of any number of terrorist scenarios that he considers more likely than a confrontation with Russia. Perhaps the president should choose his hypotheticals a little more wisely or couch them in terms that let people know they don't need to start heading for the bomb shelter immediately.
Obama's real concern seems to be wiping the egg off his face after his condescending comments — directed at his Republican opponent Mitt Romney during the 2012 presidential campaign — that the 1980s were history and the Cold War was over. In the meantime, Vladimir Putin ripped his shirt off and began partying like it was 1979. He couldn't care less about, as Secretary of State John Kerry put it, being on the wrong side of history.
Obama is right that today's Russia is not the Soviet Union of yesteryear, which spent vast sums in an arms race with the United States. The Russian military budget amounts to a modest sum when compared to America's.
But then again, it doesn't need as much. Its aims are far more narrowly defined, and its ambitions don't include being the world's policeman.
Obama called Russia a "regional power" and, in a sense, he is right. For now, Russia's ambitions seem focused on the area directly adjoining it.
The problem comes when you consider what is in Russia's little neck of the woods. Turkey and Iran are close at hand, and both countries have significance to U.S. foreign policy. Then there are the former Soviet Republics, some of whom look to the west for support.
And let's not forget Eastern Europe. You can bet a significant number of the citizens in the former Warsaw Pact countries haven't
forgotten what it was like to be under the Russian thumb. Neither have the Baltic States.
Russia might be a "regional power." It might be no match for the United States in a stand-up fight. It won't invade or attack the United States. But with a huge nuclear arsenal and a leader bent on expansion, Russia is more than the pesky nuisance characterized by Obama.
We hope the president is now taking Russia and Putin more seriously than it sounded when he jabbed at Romney.

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Computer security is something everyone who uses the internet should learn about and use to protect themselves while they use the internet.
Physical security
This type of security is overlooked as not being a risk but it is. Anyone that has access to the machine can interrupt the boot process to get to a command prompt and begin to try and uncover the root password of the machine.
Learn the in's and out's of your System
It is very important to know all of the details of your networks, printers, routers, hubs, and computer workstations that make up your current computer configuration around you . If you do not know these aspects, you will never know if it is protected There are several rules to understanding and securing your system. These are as follows: Know what services are running: only turn on those that are absolutely necessary and turn off all others.
Make a detailed list of all hardware and software
A detailed list all hardware and software will not only document your equipment, but it will also serve to document all systems and software that must be protected and maintained. The list will be very useful when the need for implementing upgrades, patches, and maintenance comes around. Not having a list, a machine could be missed during the update process. having this list will become invaluable should a disaster occur and it becomes necessary to rebuild the network structure, hardware, and software.
Prevent unauthorized people from getting access to the machine(s)
Lock them in a secure room for home users this may not be needed but it will keep people from messing with it when you are not home
Make backups of all-important data
Making regular backups and testing of the backups of all the data is very important and should not be the last entry on the list of things to do. because you never know when you will have a hardrive stop working and have no chance of getting the data off of it unless you send it to people who Specialize in data recovery this is very costly to have done
Secure your backup data
Backups should be placed in a fire proof safe in a locked room or in another safe location with very few people having access to it. Any old backups that are no longer needed should be destroyed.
Encryption should be used when sending or storing documents,files on your harddrive and through e-mail that you don't want unauthorized people to view, not everyone knows that email is sent in plain text and any knowledgeable person can sniff the traffic and capture the packets and read the e-mail that was sent or being received over the network by encrypting the file(s), document(s) etc before sending it will make the attempt to read the content pretty much impossible.
hard drives should be wiped clean of all data if you want to be sure that the data contained on the drives is gone you should destroy the platters in the hard drive if the drives are not going to be reused (Call on Whiz Kid if you need this service )
Cd's and Dvd's
Cd backups these should be shredded with a shredder to be sure that no one will be able to recover the data (before doing this make sure that you are shredding the old backups and the new ones work)
Backup power supply
Power outages and spikes using a ups (uninterruptible power supply) will protect your equipment from damage and allow enough time to shutdown the system to ensure there is very little or no data loss.
User security
Most computer users have post it notes stuck to their monitors with passwords on them or they dont even bother logging off of the system when they go on a coffee break or go home for the night by not logging out and writing down your password and leaving it out in the open for anyone who is close to your desk to see makes it a lot easier for who ever wants to gain access to your account a bit easier because they dont have to try and guess the password.
Creating passwords
All passwords should be tested with a password cracker to ensure that users are not using easy to guess passwords such as their kids names, favorite hobby, last name or their pets they should be changed at least every two weeks or sooner
Bios passwords
A bios password will prevent the computer from booting up if you decide to use a bios password check to see if your motherboard has the option to reset it by changing a jumper setting on the board if not you will have to use a program that will either clear it or show you what the password is. But keep in mind that this wont prevent someone from getting data off of the drive
Root passwords
Root passwords should be more complex and longer than regular account passwords. Because as the saying goes there is root and then there is everything else logging in as root should not be done when doing everyday tasks such as checking your e-mail, playing a game or surfing the web. You make one mistake while logged in as root and the whole system can go bye bye and make it easier for someone to gain root access if you open a file that has a Trojan horse or a virus in it. So only log in as root if you absolutely have to and when you are done with root privileges log out and sign in with your user account.
User accounts
These accounts should have some security settings that prevent programs from being installed the user account should be used for everyday tasks such as checking e-mail, surfing the web etc there is less chance of messing something up when you use a user account
Guest accounts
these accounts should have tighter security then the user accounts and should be deleted when the guest is done using the system and with the account
which ever antivirus program you use always make sure it is up todate and do full system scans every week and scan downloaded files before opening them and only download files from trusted sites
running a firewall is a smart thing to do if your computer is connected to the internet with broadband,Dsl,Isdn or a dialup connection dial up users really don't have to run a firewall but running one will make your computer a bit more secure when you are on line.
A firewall is a software program that sits between your computer and the internet it filters incoming packets any person who knows what he or she is doing can scan your computer(s) with software and try to make a connection firewalls will let you create a set of rules that you want special attention should be taken when configuring the firewall if it is poorly configured it is pointless to run one at all. the best thing to do is read all you can about the firewall that you selected and go through all the options.
Firewalls use one or more of three methods to control traffic flowing in and out of networks:
Packet filtering - Packets (small chunks of data) are compared to a set of filters. Packets that make it through the filters are sent to the system that requested them and all other packets are discarded.
Proxy service - Information from the Internet is retrieved by the firewall and then sent to the requesting system and vice versa.
Stateful inspection - this method won't examine the contents of each packet but it compares certain key parts of the packet to a database of trusted information. Information moving from inside the firewall to the outside is monitored for specific defining characteristics, all incoming content is compared to these characteristics. If the comparison has a close match, the content is allowed through. Otherwise it is dropped
routers are hardware devices that not only allow you to share a internet connection with more than one computer some also have firewalls built into them that can be configured to block internal users access to the Internet and Eliminates the need to buy an additional hub or switch and serves your network as a completely dedicated, full duplex backbone. when setting up the router be sure to change the default password and the login name this will prevent people from changing the settings on your router.
Software to get rid of spyware
software such as ad-aware should be used and updated if you surf the web to save time and space this is a link to a page that has a list of programs that detect spyware etc
Operating systems
Which ever Operating system you use should have the latest patches and security fixes installed to prevent your computer from being compromised when you connect to the internet. A computer that has no updates installed on it will be compromised faster than a computer with the patches so with knowing that I hope that you will keep your O.S patches up todate
Nearly everyone who uses the internet uses email to either send files and messages to friends, family etc a few things to keep in mind when checking your email is to never open attachments that you receive in your inbox. If you receive a attachment from someone check with them to make sure that they did send it to you before you open it and configure your antivirus to scan incoming e-mail and out going this will prevent the spread of viruses.
Irc stands for internet relay chat there are quite a few Irc clients out there such as
mIRC www.mirc.com
Bitch-X www.bitchX.org
X-chat www.xchat.org
before using any chat client you should be aware that some users play pranks, and try to get you to type malicious commands run scripts or addons that will compromise your computer. to be safe while talking to other users on Irc follow these simple rules
[list=1][*]Never type in a command that you don't know what it does [*]Don't run a script or accept a dcc file transfer from someone you do not know[*]Don't use a nickname or handle that gives a indication that you are male or female I have heard and seen users being stalked and being harrased. so be careful when creating a user name to use on Irc servers[*]Check to see if there are any updates to your Irc chat client these updates may include bug fixes, new features and faster performance[*] Never enter any personal information such as your real name or your real e-mail address in the dialog boxes[/list=1]
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Overcharging batteries eyed in Boeing 787 fires
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's likely that fires on two Boeing 787 Dreamliners were caused by overcharging lithium ion batteries, aviation safety and battery experts said Friday, pointing to developments in the investigation of the Boeing incidents as well as a battery fire in a business jet more than a year ago.
An investigator in Japan, where a 787 made an emergency landing earlier this week, said the charred insides of the plane's lithium ion battery show the battery received voltage in excess of its design limits.
The similarity of the burned battery from the All Nippon Airways flight to the burned battery in a Japan Airlines 787 that caught fire Jan. 7 while the jet was parked at Boston's Logan International Airport suggests a common cause, Japan's transport ministry said.
Transcripts show Fed underestimated crisis in 2007
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials in 2007 badly underestimated the scope of the approaching financial crisis and how it would tip the U.S. economy into the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression, transcripts of the Fed's policy meetings show.
The meetings occurred as the country was on the brink of its worst financial crisis since the 1930s. As the year went on, Fed officials shifted their focus away from the risk of inflation as they slowly began to recognize the severity of the problem.
Beginning in September 2007, the Fed cut interest rates and took extraordinary steps to try to ease credit and shore up confidence in the banking system. Throughout the year, the housing crisis deepened, home prices weakened and subprime mortgages soured.
China's growth rebounds but still vulnerable
BEIJING (AP) — China's economy is finally rebounding from its deepest slump since the 2008 global crisis but the shaky recovery could be vulnerable to a new downturn in global trade.
Growth rose to 7.9 percent in the three months ending in December, up from the previous quarter's 7.4 percent, data showed Friday. For the year, the economy grew by 7.8 percent, which was China's weakest annual performance since the 1990s.
Retail spending and factory output rose, but analysts say China could suffer a setback if exports weaken or the government fails to maintain investment spending that is propping up the recovery.
Government: Food allergies may be disability under law
WASHINGTON (AP) — Allergic to gluten? What about peanuts? Federal disabilities law may be able to help.
The Justice Department said in a recent settlement with a Massachusetts college that severe food allergies can be considered a disability under the law. That gives those who suffer from such allergies a new avenue in seeking menus that fit their diet. But some say it goes too far.
The decision leaves schools, restaurants and other places that serve food more exposed to legal challenges, if they fail to honor requests by people with food allergies.
GE earnings rise on emerging market growth
NEW YORK (AP) — General Electric Co. has been re-energized.
Performance at all of the conglomerate's industrial segments is improving thanks to cost cutting, a shift in strategy and growth in emerging markets.
GE, based in Fairfield, Conn., reported an operating profit per share of 44 cents, a penny higher than analysts polled by FactSet expected. Perhaps more importantly for shareholders, GE's revenue rose by 4 percent to $39.3 billion and beat Wall Street expectations.
Morgan Stanley's profit surges, stock soars
NEW YORK (AP) — Profits roared back at investment bank Morgan Stanley in the fourth quarter, reversing a loss in the same period a year ago, when results were weighed down by a costly legal settlement.
Earnings increased sharply across the bank's business lines, and its stock jumped about 8 percent. Morgan Stanley's investment bank underwrote more stock and bond offerings and brought in more fees from advising companies on mergers and other deals. Financial advisers in the wealth management unit, who work with individual investors, generated more revenue per worker.
The bank is transforming itself to adapt to a post-financial crisis world. Like other investment banks, Morgan Stanley has traditionally focused on doing business with companies, governments and other big organizations. But the bank is adapting its strategy ahead of new regulations, which are eliminating some of the practices that the bank used to rely on for revenue, such as trading for its own profit.
Toyota settlement may signal future legal strategy
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Legal observers say recent settlements by Toyota Motor Corp. may signal the Japanese automaker would rather fight its battles behind closed doors instead of in a courtroom.
The company has been chipping away at settling lawsuits over sudden-acceleration issues. It has agreed to pay more than $1 billion to resolve economic loss and some wrongful-death claims.
But the question remains whether attorneys who sued Toyota could prove to a jury there was a design flaw responsible for the dangerous problem.
Venture investments declined in 2012
NEW YORK (AP) — A new study shows that funding for business startups declined in 2012, for the first time in three years, as venture capitalists spent less money on fewer deals.
Capital-intense sectors like clean technology and life sciences were among the hardest hit, according to a MoneyTree study released Friday. It was conducted by PriceWaterHouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, based on data from Thomson Reuters.
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Bridge work to complicate Wrightsville Beach boat parade traffic
Getting to the North Carolina Holiday Flotilla parade at Wrightsville Beach will be a bit more challenging this year.
The StarNews of Wilmington reported that construction on the Wrightsville Beach drawbridge will mean it will take longer to get on and off the island for the boat parade Saturday.
Organizer Linda Brown says it will just take a little longer to get to the beach for the parade and the fireworks that follow. Brown estimates about 50,000 people will be on the beach for the parade and show.
Wrightsville Beach will have extra police officers on duty to help with the traffic.
Both bridge lanes will be used to get vehicles off the island Saturday night.
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and this accident may have induced commentators to regard Surrey as the master of Wyatt, rather than to take the probably more truthful view, that each influenced the other, but that Wyatt was the pioneer. He was, at any rate, an older man than Surrey, who was born in 1516(?). Henry Howard was the eldest son of lord Thomas Howard, son of Thomas, earl of Surrey and duke of Norfolk, and himself became, by courtesy, earl of Surrey in 1524, on his fathers succeeding to the dukedom. From a poem to which reference will be made later it seems possible that he was educated with the duke of Richmond, Henry VIIs natural son, who, later, married his sister. At any rate, he was brought up in all the virtues and practices of chivalry, which find a large place in his poems. He visited the Field of the Cloth of Gold with the duke of Richmond, possibly accompanied him thence to Paris to study and lived with him, later, at Windsor. In 1536, the duke died, and the same year saw the execution of Surreys cousin, Anne Boleyn. In 1540, we find him a leader in the tournament held at the marriage of Anne of Cleves, and, after a mission to Guisnes, he was appointed, in 1541, steward of Cambridge university. Part of the next year he spent in the Fleet prison, on a charge of having sent a challenge; but, being soon released on payment of a heavy fine, he began his military career by joining his father in an expedition against the Scots. The next episode in his life is difficult of explanation: he was brought before the privy council on a charge of eating meat in Lent and of breaking windows in the city with a cross-bow. His own explanation was (cf.
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In his military prowess, his scholarship, his position at court, his poetry and his mastery in chivalric exercises, Surrey is almost as perfect a knight as Sidney himself. And what strikes the reader most forcibly in the love poems which form the bulk of his work is their adherence to the code of the chivalric courts of love. There is not to be found in Surrey the independence, the manliness or the sincerity of Wyatt. In his love poems, he is an accomplished gentleman playing a graceful game, with what good effect on English poetry will be seen shortly. Surrey was formally married at 16; but the subject of many of his poems was not his wife, but his lady in the chivalric sense, the mistress whose man he had become by a vow of fealty. Setting aside the legends that have grown up about this fair Geraldine, from their root in Nashes fiction,
The Unfortunate Traveller
(1594), to the sober biography of Anthony à Wood and others, the pertinent facts that may be regarded as true are no more than these: that Elizabeth Fitz-Gerald was a daughter of the ninth earl of Kildare, and, on her fathers death in the Tower, was brought up in the houehold of princess Mary, becoming one of her ladies of the chamber. That she was a mere child when Surrey first began to address poems to her confirms the impression received by the candid reader: these poems, in fact, are the result, not of a sincere passion, but of the rules of the game of chivalry as played in its decrepitude and Surreys youth. Like Wyatt, he takes his ideas from Petrarch, of whose sonnets he translates four completely, while Ariosto provides another; and his whole body of poetry contains innumerable ideas and images drawn from Petrarch, but assimilated and used in fresh settings.
The frailtie and hurtfulnesse of beautie; Vow to love faithfully howsoever he be rewarded; Complaint that his ladie after she knew of his love kept her face alway hidden from him; Description of Spring, wherin eche thing renewes, save onelie the lover; Complaint of a lover, that defied love, and was by love after the more tormented; Complaint of a diyng lover refused upon his ladies injust mistaking of his writyng
such are the stock subjects, as they may almost be called, of the Petrarchists which Surrey reproduces. But he reproduces them in every case with an ease and finish that prove him to have mastered his material, and his graceful fancies are admirably expressed. Earlier in the chapter we quoted Wyatts translation of a sonnet by Petrarch. Let us compare with it Surreys version of the same:
Love that liveth, and reigneth in my thought,
That built his seat within my captive brest,
Clad in the armes, wherin with me he fought,
Oft in my face he doth his banner rest.
She, that me taught to love, and suffer payne,
My doutfull hope, and eke my hote desyre,
With shamefast cloke to shadowe and refraine,
Her smilyng grace converteth straight to yre.
And cowarde Love then to the hart apace
Taketh his flight, whereas he lurkes, and plaines
His purpose lost, and dare not shewe his face.
For my lordes gilt thus faultlesse byde I paynes.
Yet from my lorde shall not my foote remove,
Swete is his death, that takes his end by love.
The advance in workmanship is obvious at a glance. There is no need to count Surreys syllables on the fingers, and the caesuras are arranged with variety and skill. The first line contains one of the very few examples in Surreys poems of an accented weak syllable (
), and there, as in nearly all the other cases, in the first two feet of the line. It will be noticed, however, that, whereas Wyatt was content with two rimes for his octave, in Petrarchian fashion, Surrey frankly makes up his sonnet of three quatrains and a couplet, which was the form the sonnet mainly took in the hands of his Elizabethan followers. Once or twice, Surrey runs the same pair of rimes right through his first twelve lines; but gains, on the whole, little advantage thus. Whichever plan he follows, the result is the same: that, improving on Wyatts efforts, he makes of the sonnetwhat had never existed before in English poetrya single symphonic effect. It is worth nothing, too, that, though his references to Chaucer are even more frequent than Wyatts, Surrey polishes and refines, never leaving unaltered the archaisms which Wyatt sometimes incorporated with his own language.
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Jan. 5, 2012
BOSTON — For the first time in 60 years, there's no Kennedy in office. But that could be about to change: Joseph P. Kennedy III, the grandson of former U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy and son of former U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II, is forming an exploratory committee to consider a bid for Congress in 2012, when Rep. Barney Frank retires.
Phil Johnston, a close friend of the Kennedy family and former chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Committee, sees in young Joe Kennedy the promise of another legendary public official: "I think he'll make the same kind of mark that his father and his uncles made and I think it will be a mark and heritage everyone will be very proud of here in Massachusetts," Johnston said.
In a written statement, Kennedy said he will leave his job at the Middlesex District Attorney's office in two weeks and will then begin speaking to voters in the newly drawn 4th Congressional District, which stretches from Newton to Fall River, before making a final decision. Kennedy, who is unmarried, doesn't live in the district. He said he's been staying with his dad in Brighton and his mom in Cambridge since taking a new job in September.
At only 31 years old, he would be the first Kennedy of his generation to run for public office. The Congressional hopeful is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Law School. He worked in the Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic before working as a prosecutor in the Cape and Islands and then in Middlesex County.
So far, the only other candidates in the race for the open 4th District seat to succeed Barney Frank are Democrat Herb Robinson, an engineer from Newton, and Republican Elizabeth Childs, a school committee member from Brookline.
If Kennedy runs, he'll face intense scrutiny. Democratic analyst Warren Tolman predicted that he would rise to the challenge:
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It's been a historic month of July on the men's tour! Wimbledon was epic, and set the stage of Roger Federer to climb back to the top of the men's game. We've seen a couple players reach personal milestones this month, and others climbing the rankings again trying to resurrect their careers. And to top it off, the Olympics are underway at the hallowed grounds of the All-England Club. Let's take a look at the top storylines from July 2012.
On the ATP side…
-This month, King Fed has reclaimed his throne as the top ranked player in the world after winning his 7th Wimbledon singles title and record 17th major singles title. He then proceeded to break Pete Sampras' record of 286 total weeks as the top ranked player in the world. Just another historic month for the Swiss all-time great. As the #1 player in the world and the defending champion of Wimbledon, he has to be the favorite going into the Olympics.
-We've seen yet another incredible resurgence from the 34 year old Tommy Haas. Once again, he's recovered from injury and come back as strong as ever! In June of 2011, his ranking had plummeted into the 800s. A little more than a year later, he's back up to #35 in the world. He's had 2 top 5 wins this year, including a win over Federer in the finals of Halle for his first title since 2009. This month, he had two top 20 wins and reached the final in Hamburg before losing to red hot Juan Monaco. Can the veteran German continue his climb or will he get bit by the injury bug once again??
-Two guys reached personal milestones in their careers this month. Juan Monaco has had a career year, and after winning the ATP 500 title in Hamburg he's climbed into the top 10 for the first time. Hot on his heels is German Philipp Kohlschreiber, who has climbed into the top 20 for the first time after reaching the final in Kitzbuhel last week and reaching the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. He's currently at a career high ranking of #16. And, do you know who had the most aces in the men's draw at Wimbledon? That's right…5'10" Philipp Kohlschreiber, with 98 aces in five matches.
-Watch out for Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci! He's only lost two matches this month, and both to top 10 players (Tipsarevic and Tsonga). However, he avenged his loss to Tipsarevic the very next week in the final of Gstaad to take the title, and his first round match against Tsonga at the Olympics might have been the best match of the first round. Tsonga served unbelievable and proved why he's one of the best grass court players in the world, but Bellucci gave him a run for his money, losing 6-7 6-4 6-4. The lanky lefty clay-courter got a rough draw this week, but in the last month he's gone from #80 in the world to #42. Look for the big hitting Brazilian to continue his hot play into the summer.
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With only three weeks to recover between Wimbledon and the Olympic Games, the grass at the All-England Club is playing more like a classic grass court than the slower courts seen at Wimbledon in the past few years. The courts are playing lightning fast, balls are staying low and taking strange bounces, and footing is a struggle. Look for the veterans to handle the adversity the best over the next couple weeks, and look for some of the top players to get driven crazy with the tough conditions and get upset. My predictions? I expect to see a Roger Federer / Andy Murray rematch in the final.
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NEWPORT Gwent Dragons captain Andrew Coombs believes the RaboDirect Pro12 table DOES lie and insists their lowly placing doesn't reflect the strides made by the region this season.
The Dragons welcome Treviso to Rodney Parade for the last game of the campaign on Saturday evening (kick-off 6.30pm) and victory could lift them a place to ninth.
But if the Italians, who thumped them 45-27 last month, emerge victorious then they will condemn Lyn Jones' side to a second successive 11th place finish.
Worse still, if that is combined with Zebre, who are motivated by the carrot of a place in the Rugby Champions Cup, pull off an almighty surprise by beating title hopefuls Glasgow on their own patch then the Dragons will be bottom of the pile.
Things were much brighter on Boxing Day when the Dragons sat in the top half but 2014 has yielded just one league win.
"We are disappointed with how things have gone because we were in a really good place at the start of the year," said lock Coombs.
"I don't think we deserve to be where we are in the table but it has been a difficult few months we just haven't picked up the wins we have needed to.
"We have played some fantastic rugby at times this season and are a bit unlucky to be where we are, but that's credit to how competitive this league is.
"Unfortunately we have slipped down the table but we can't blame anyone but ourselves; we just haven't been good enough in the second half of the season."
Coombs does believe the tenacious displays before the turn of the year provide reason for optimism, as do the seven signings (full-back Lee Byrne, wing Aled Brew, locks Ian Gough and Ligtoring Landman, props Boris Stankovich and Dave Young and hooker Rhys Buckley) made by director of rugby Lyn Jones.
"There are lots of positives to take from the first half of the season and we will be boosted by some quality players coming in," said Coombs.
"It's all about building for next season. But we've got one game left and are targeting a big win to give a good send-off to the boys that are leaving."
It has been another disappointing season for the Dragons but it has been slight improvement on 2012/13.
Their tally of 31 points is better than last year's 28 while they will have won a game more if they can turn over Treviso for a seventh success. They have scored more tries (32 to 31) and shipped fewer (44 to 72).


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Regardless of your politics, the killing of Osama Bin Laden is a real triumph for the United States, and it was only a matter of time before movies were made around this dramatic event. Yet the timing of "Seal Team Six – The Raid on Osama Bin Laden" premiering tonight on National Geographic Channel has stirred up some controversy as its airing just two days before a very close election for the presidency.
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Meet Your New Bond Girls in 'Skyfall' Video Blogs
The official James Bond 007 website and MSN UK (by way of Coming Soon) have posted video blogs featuring Skyfall's newest Bond girls — Berenice Marlohe (Severine) and Naomie Harris (Eve). We haven't seen the famed Secret Service agent in action since Daniel Craig's appearance in 2008's Quantum of Solace. And as most fans of the action franchise know, a new movie almost didn't happen due to MGM's financial woes. Sam Mendes is directing the twenty-third Bond film, starring Craig once more as the charismatic British spy — alongside a villainous Javier Bardem, Dame Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Albert Finney, Ben Whishaw, Helen McCrory and Ola Rapace.
French actress Marlohe — who has mainly appeared in television and commercial work — will be starring as a "glamorous and enigmatic" Bond girl. She certainly has the physical traits 007 adores, and the actress reveals that her character has a dark side we become privy to the first time we meet her in the film. "I think there is a big range of colors when playing a Bond girl, whether they are very nice or good characters or villainous or psychopaths," Marlohe tells us.
While Marlohe plays up the mysterious Euro-seductress, Harris' Eve fits Bond's requirements for a tough, sexy Bond girl. Harris shares that her character thinks she's Bond's equal — and although she's far from it, according to the star, she certainly knows how to handle a gun. We get to watch Harris during shooting practice in her video blog, preparing for her role as a "field agent."
In Skyfall, "Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost." Check out the clips below, and let us know if Harris and Marlohe make the best Bond girls for our Secret Agent man.
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Now that Microsoft's controversial CEO Steve Ballmer is moving on, there has been much speculation as to who will replace him and what the tech giant's strategy will be as competitors like Google, Apple, Oracle and VMware press on for bigger market shares. Microsoft has been a name in computing since the public first learned what a home personal computer was and the tech giant persists as a mainstay in the world of operating systems, gaming, business and server software.
Ballmer has had his fair share of fans and detractors, but now that he's leaving, everyone seems to have an opinion on what Microsoft must do to stay relevant and profitable. Government Technology spoke with a few CIOs to get their take on what approach Ballmer's replacement should take.
In a nutshell, Reichental's advice for Microsoft is simple. "Good luck. You'll need all the luck you can get," he said. Though Microsoft continues to hold a strong position in the marketplace, their competitors are new, they're flexible and they're moving fast, he said.
"People moved faster to tablets and smartphones and to cloud-based software service apps than anyone anticipated, and it caught Microsoft by surprise," he said. Microsoft is now playing catch-up with Windows 8, trying to get people to use their software and devices in a world obsessed by tablets. But this is not an isolated incident for Microsoft, Reichental said – the company has made it a habit to be last on everything.
"The new person needs to create a Microsoft that is moving faster and not just being a fast-follower, which has been their posture for some time," he said. "I think they need to get ahead of it. It's not good enough when your competitor releases a tablet and you come up with a tablet four months later."
The physical Microsoft store is another great example of this, according to Reichental. The Microsoft store doesn't look original. It looks like an Apple store that has had all the Apple logos replaced with Windows logos. "What the new person needs to think about is, 'What does a Microsoft store look like that people go into and wish that the Apple store looked like that?' How can they completely reverse it?" Reichental asked.
Reichental pointed to the Sony store as a great example of a place where people can be impressed by unreleased technology and get a sense of what the company is all about, whereas Microsoft's store looks like a "poor duplication" of an Apple store. "Microsoft has to re-establish itself as a leader and not as a follower," he said.
Microsoft can't afford to lose its edge now that Steve Ballmer is leaving, Carr said. "He and Bill Gates have been the face of Microsoft since the early days," he said. "It's certainly a changing of the guard probably not too dissimilar from Apple once Steve Jobs passed away."
No company can stay on top forever, he said, but Microsoft has such a big customer base that it would be a shame to squander it due to inaction. Google, Carr said, is the company today that best embodies what 21st-century computing represents. Google is fast, nimble, innovative and Web-based.
For Microsoft to succeed, it needs to find a way to bridge its way from its current customer base, which is largely offline, to an online and virtualized customer base, without losing its market share in the transition. Microsoft 365 is the company's attempt to begin that transition, and it will likely continue in that direction, he said, but how it goes about it will make the difference between success and failure.
Windows, which in many ways is the company's flagship product, will continue to play a big role in the direction the company takes, he said. "I think Windows 8 will really make or break Microsoft from the standpoint of keeping them in the forefront of the technology or relegating them to desktop, back-office sort of systems, and there's still lots of money in the server side of things, but I think Microsoft would like to continue to be in that consumer market and Windows 8 is probably their best opportunity for that," he said.
Bertolini focused his advice on the public sector and what Microsoft should do to better serve government. There are two main things the new Microsoft CEO should do if he or she wants to cater to government, Bertolini said. The first thing is to continue the push toward cloud computing with Office 365, as it has been doing.
The second thing Microsoft needs to do, he said, is to work on its licensing model so governments can share technologies more easily. "They've done some of this in higher ed, but they really need to do it for government so we have an easier path that allows us to share technologies with each other," he said. "I think it's very important for Microsoft to not just worry about those big private-sector companies out there or their individual users they may have, but the government space out there that needs some attention."
Google is likely their biggest competitor in the cloud space -- Bertolini runs a Microsoft shop in Oakland County, he said, they're not likely to switch vendors soon. "It's not going to be easy for me to just forklift out everything that I have and go to someone else, but over time if they don't see to our needs, I can see other companies sliding into that space and taking over," he said.
Oakland County isn't exclusively Microsoft, but departments use Microsoft for the Office suite, Windows for desktops and servers, and SharePoint for website content management.
Microsoft has found ways to reinvent itself over the years while maintaining the stability needed with such a large company, Bertolini said. "Other companies are trying to press into that space and Microsoft needs to continue to be innovative and find new ways to solve our business problems and they'll do quite well," he said.
"I'm sure they're going to hire a great new CEO," Behen said, adding that innovation is key moving forward, as is maintaining an eye on safety and security.
Devices like the Surface tablet show that Microsoft is staying innovative, he said. They're more cautious than many smaller, less-widespread companies, but they know what they're doing and where technology is going, he said.
"I think they've done a great job of staying innovative," he said. "That's my advice: stay innovative in the future, continue to keep your eye on the ball and they will continue to be one of the best companies in the world."
Colin wrote for Government Technology from 2010 through most of 2016.


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Someone at my friends work just got a pup. he told her the breed name but she all she can remember is it had ghost in the name, and it wasn't a grey ghost. she said it was a shaggy dog. poodle or terrier type dog. anyone have idea what breed this m...
your dog should be inside. puppies like newborn babies need special care.
you can always do a play on the parents names.
you may want to try merricks or blue canned. my dogs love it, and it's good for them. after you find out what they were giving her just slowly switch over to the new food. good luck
It was really good. They show pics but nothing bad, just focused on all these amazing dogs that are harmed due to stupid people.
This was a really good episode. Although I cried and cried at the end.
here is Duke's dogster page. he looks like the dog from the Bush's baked beans commerical. http://www.dogster.com/dogs/123163
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NEW DELHI (AP) — Indians expressed outrage at the Pakistan government Thursday over the death of a convicted Indian spy who had been attacked with a brick by two fellow inmates in a Pakistan prison, a development New Delhi said has damaged relations between the longtime rival countries.
Sarabjit Singh was attacked Friday and had been comatose and on a ventilator for days before he died early Thursday at Jinnah Hospital in the eastern city of Lahore, according to a Pakistani foreign office statement in Islamabad.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said his government would arrange to bring Sarabjit Singh's remains home and for last rites to be conducted in consultation with his family. In a statement, he called it "particularly regrettable" that Pakistan did not heed pleas to take a humanitarian view of the prisoner's case and allow him to return after he had served 20 years in prison.
Singh was arrested in 1990 after bombings in Lahore and Faisalabad, Pakistan, that killed 14 people. He was convicted of spying and carrying out the bomb blasts, and the death sentence he received was upheld in Pakistani superior courts.
His family maintained Singh was innocent and had entered Pakistan inadvertently from his hometown of Bhikiwind in northern Punjab state bordering Pakistan.
Pakistan's foreign office said the government was completing all formalities to hand over Singh's remains to the Indian high commission in Islamabad as early as possible.
Owais Shiekh, Singh's lawyer in Pakistan, said Singh was fatally wounded after a big struggle. "And as he has been brutally murdered that is very sad, I can share my condolences with the family and the whole Indian nation on this sad moment," he said.
The nuclear-armed rivals have fought three major wars since they achieved independence from Britain in 1947. Relations have seen several ups and downs in recent years.
The 2008 terror attack in Mumbai brought the neighbors to the brink of war, but tensions eased after intense diplomatic pressure from the international community and a promise by then-Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to clamp down on the militants.
Relations warmed somewhat in recent years, especially with regard to trade. But ties deteriorated again after border clashes early this year in which three Pakistani soldiers and two Indian soldiers were killed. The deaths ratcheted up tensions in the disputed region of Kashmir, where the two countries have long battled for dominance.
India's External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said Thursday that relations between India and Pakistan "have been hurt by this terrible tragedy."
"For the present, I can only say that it is a terrible psychological and emotional setback to all of us and I believe to what we have been trying to do in terms of creating greater cohesion between people of India and people of Pakistan," Khurshid told reporters.
Rajnath Singh, president of the main opposition Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party, demanded that India scale down the level of diplomatic ties with Pakistan.
"The Indian high commissioner in Pakistan should be called back for the time being until Pakistan gives credible assurances that it will not allow its territory to be used to promote terrorism against India and that all Indian prisoners are safe in Pakistani jails," he told reporters.
Singh's sister Dalbir Kaur, who visited him in the Lahore hospital early this week, on Thursday called for snapping of ties with Pakistan. "It's a murder by Pakistan," she said.
Earlier this week, Kaur said she had asked the Indian government to take up with Pakistan the question of tightening Singh's security after New Delhi hanged Mohammed Afzal Guru, a Kashmiri man, in February. Singh had feared being attacked by some prison inmates, she said.
Guru was convicted in a 2001 attack on India's Parliament that left 14 people dead. Several rights groups across India and political groups in Indian Kashmir have said that Guru did not get a fair trial. Pakistan's lower house of parliament passed a resolution condemning the hanging.
Bharatiya Janata leader Ravi Shankar Prasad slammed the Indian government and said he was "very pained by the gross indifference" by the Indian government in not putting enough pressure on Islamabad earlier to seek Singh's release.
Manish Tewari, India's information and broadcasting minister, said his government had been pressing Pakistan to release Singh since 2005.
External Affairs Ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin said India demands a thorough investigation to identify who was responsible for the attack.
"This was simply the killing of an Indian citizen while in the custody of Pakistani authorities," the statement said. The attack "highlights the need for a concerted action by Pakistan to safeguard Indian prisoners in Pakistan."
AP Writers Sebastian Abbot and Zarar Khan in Islamabad, Pakistan, contributed to this report.


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TrustZone extension delivers hardware Security for next generation, open system, ARM Powered® solutions
CAMBRIDGE, UK – May 27, 2003 – ARM [(LSE:ARM);(Nasdaq:ARMHY)], the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions, today announced TrustZone™ technology, a new security extension to the ARM® architecture. TrustZone technology provides a secure foundation for systems running open Operating Systems (OS), such as Linux, Palm OS®, Symbian OS and Windows CE. In addition, TrustZone technology complements secure application environments such as Sun Microsystems' Java™ technology by making security implementation on devices more efficient.
ARM is delivering its TrustZone technology in response to industry demands for greater levels of security in a range of digital electronic devices such as set-top boxes, next-generation smart phones and payment and network equipment. To date, manufacturers have had difficulty delivering on the promises of security and reliability in these devices where the download and execution of potentially harmful rogue data and applications can infect the device.
ARM TrustZone technology will ensure that data downloaded or run on the device remains secure, protecting consumer privacy and opening up a range of services, such as mobile banking and multimedia entertainment to wider consumer use. In turn, network operators and service providers will benefit from a consumer uptake of these innovative services.
"Phone software must remain inviolate from any actions of downloaded software, and only hardware-enforced security can provide this level of trust," said Martin Reynolds, Gartner fellow, Gartner. "Security-enhanced processors are an essential component for the future of mobile phone technology, opening the way for a vast ecosystem of third-party applications."
ARM TrustZone technology is implemented within the microprocessor core itself, enabling the protection of on- and off-chip memory. Since the security elements of the system are designed into the core hardware, security issues surrounding proprietary, non-portable solutions outside the core are removed. In this way, security is maintained as an intrinsic feature at the heart of every device, with minimal impact to the core area or performance, while enabling developers to build any additional security, for example cryptography, onto the secure hardware foundation.
"Concern over security in both wired and mobile applications is becoming a top priority for operators, service providers and consumers who require extremely high attention to be paid to data protection and integrity. Consumers now expect their data access devices to be secure, to enable them to use the growing number of public applications now available," said Richard York, Secure Technology Program manager, ARM. "Increasingly, designers are finding it problematic to address security only at the software level. ARM is addressing this issue with the TrustZone extensions, by integrating security into the very heart of our cores."
ARM TrustZone technology tags and partitions secure code and data within the system, and maintains a clear, hardware separation between secure and non-secure information. This separation enables secure code and data to run alongside an OS securely and efficiently, without being compromised or accessible to attack.
TrustZone technology will be available for licensing in ARM CPU cores in 2004. The TrustZone specification is available now. For more information contact ARM, or go to the ARM website at http://www.arm.com .
EDITORS' NOTE: Industry leaders are already endorsing ARM TrustZone technology:
"It is becoming increasingly more difficult to create a secure payment system, especially as payment terminals become progressively more complex and feature rich. As the leader in secure payment transactions, Ingenico evaluated the TrustZone architecture and we found it to provide significant value in creating a secure structured implementation."
John Sheets, vice president, security officer, Ingenico
"TrustZone technology introduces new security capabilities to the market that are highly complimentary to Insignia's Secure System Provisioning product. ARM's new technology will enable us to provide an even more secure environment for Over-The-Repair capabilities in TrustZone technology-enabled devices."
Peter Bernard, chief product officer, Insignia
"As the leading provider of Linux-based systems software platforms, we are excited by this new initiative from ARM. Thanks to the ubiquity of the ARM architecture, wireless device OEMs look to ARM for the latest technology. We are working closely with ARM to provide secure Linux-based solutions for the next wave of wireless devices."
Bill Weinberg, director, Strategic Marketing, MontaVista Software
"Managing system security and accelerating market delivery are becoming ever more important to the success of wireless devices like next-generation Palm Powered products. Palm OS licensees will be pleased with the steps ARM is making toward achieving both goals by introducing the TrustZone architecture."
Charlie Tritschler, VP of Product Marketing, PalmSource
"ARM is a strategic partner of SafeNet and we are working co-operatively to address wireless security needs in the industry. ARM's announcement today of TrustZone technology is a critical component of the security solution for wireless devices and a natural evolution of ARM devices that include peripheral security solutions today. We are looking forward to the continued evolution of the TrustZone initiative and providing our EmbeddedIP technology as part of the solution."
David Potts, senior vice president and GM, Embedded Security Division, SafeNet.
"Symbian and ARM have worked in close partnership for many years to develop Symbian OS exclusively on the ARM architecture and to establish Symbian OS as the industry standard operating system for advanced mobile phones. Symbian firmly believes that ARM's TrustZone technology will be adopted widely and will become a standard underlying platform for the provision of security services, helping to accelerate manufacturers' time-to-market for handsets with enhanced security solutions."
Jonathan Harris, strategic product manager, Hardware Integration, Symbian Ltd
About ARM
ARM is the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions. The company licenses its high-performance, low-cost, power-efficient RISC processors, peripherals, and system-on-chip designs to leading international electronics companies. ARM also provides comprehensive support required in developing a complete system. ARM's microprocessor cores are rapidly becoming a volume RISC standard in such markets as portable communications, handheld computing, multimedia, digital consumer and embedded solutions. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.
ARM and ARM Powered are registered trademarks of ARM Limited. TrustZone is a trademark of ARM Limited. All other brands or product names are the property of their respective holders. "ARM" is used to represent ARM Holdings plc (LSE: ARM and Nasdaq: ARMHY); its operating company ARM Limited; and the regional subsidiaries ARM INC.; ARM KK; ARM Korea Ltd.; ARM Taiwan; ARM France SAS; and ARM Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.


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Butternut Squash Soup with Maker's Mark Crème Fraiche
Butternut Squash Soup with Maker's Mark Crème Fraiche
By Chef Craig Deihl
This silky soup is perfect served hot for the fall and holiday seasons, and it can be lightened up and served chilled during the warmer months. If you don't have time to make your own crème fraiche, you can usually find it in your grocer's dairy section.
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- 1/2 cup Maker's Mark® Bourbon
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons buttermilk
- 3 teaspoons salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon shallots, minced
- 3 cups butternut squash, peeled, seeded and cubed 1"
- 1/2 cup dry sherry wine
- 2 cups water
- 1 bouquet garni (bay leaf, sage and thyme), wrapped and tied in cheesecloth
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg (grated on microplane)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
- 8 tablespoons cold butter, cut into small pieces
- 1/2 cup whole pecan halves
- 1 tablespoon sage, chiffonade
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 4 tablespoons maple syrup
- Freshly grated nutmeg, for garnish
- For Maker's Mark® Crème Fraiche, place the heavy cream in a small saucepan and heat to 100°F.
- Remove from heat and add the buttermilk.
- Transfer to a small jar or lidded container and store for 24 hours in a 75°F temperature area.
- When the crème fraiche has thickened, add 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 cup bourbon and stir until incorporated.
- Place into a small container and refrigerate until ready to use.
- For Butternut Squash Soup, place a large pot over medium heat.
- Add butter, garlic and shallots.
- Sweat until translucent; keep the mixture moving.
- Add the butternut squash, sherry and 1/4 cup Maker's Mark® Bourbon.
- Cook until all of the liquid has almost evaporated, 7 to 8 minutes.
- Add water and the bouquet garni.
- Bring to a simmer for 20 minutes.
- The squash should be soft.
- Add the 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg and 2 teaspoons salt and pepper.
- Using an immersion blender, puree until smooth, or process in batches in a blender.
- Add the cold butter and incorporate using a whisk.
- Strain soup through a fine mesh sieve and keep hot.
- Place sauté pan over medium heat.
- Add the 3 tablespoons of butter and pecans to pan.
- Toast for 2 minutes.
- Lower temperature to low and add the chopped sage.
- Toss with the nuts until the sage becomes dark green and crisp — about a minute.
- Drain on paper towels and sprinkle lightly with salt.
- Place equal amounts of butternut squash soup into four serving bowls.
- Place two tablespoons of Maker's Mark® crème fraiche in the middle of each soup.
- Sprinkle with toasted pecans and sage.
- Using a microplane, grate a fine amount of nutmeg over bowls.
- Finish with a tablespoon of maple syrup on each and serve immediately.
Tags: Recipes, Soups And Chilis, Heavy Cream, Buttermilk, Salt, Butter, Garlic, Shallots, Butternut Squash, Dry Sherry Wine, Water, Nutmeg, White Pepper, Pecans, Sage, Maple Syrup, Hungry


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Skull of Hadrocodium wui. (Image courtesy of Mark Klinger and Zhe-Xi Luo, Carnegie Museum of Natural History) THE question of how mammals evolved their exceptionally large brains has intrigued researchers for years, and although many ideas have been put forward, none has provided a clear answer. Now a team of palaeontologists suggests that the mammalian…