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Savas (Zembillas) of Pittsburgh
His Grace Savas (Zembillas) of Troas is an auxiliary bishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America of the Church of Constantinople, and the Metropolitan-Elect of the Metropolis of Pittsburgh. He currently serves as the Director of Church and Society of the Greek Archdiocese. On November 3, 2011 the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople elected His Grace as the Metropolitan of Pittsburgh to succeed Metropolitan Maximos, who retired on September 1, 2011.
Bishop Savas was born on June 11, 1957 in Gary, Indiana, the second of six children of Skevofylax and Stamatia Zembillas. His education included attendance at Colby College at Waterville, Maine from which he graduated in 1979 with a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy and English Literature. In 1981, he traveled to Europe to spend time at various monastic communities, including Mount Athos and Patmos and Kalymnos Islands.
Returning to the United States in 1982, he continued his education at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, graduating in 1985 with a Master's degree in Theology with highest honors. Following his graduation from Holy Cross, he served as an assistant to the priest of Holy Trinity/St. Nicholas Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. Then, from 1987 to 1994, he continued his education, pursuing doctoral studies at Pembroke College, Oxford University in Great Britain under the supervision of Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia.
He began his ecclesiastical career on November 21, 1992 when he was ordained deacon. On January 8, 1995, Dn. Savas was ordained a priest, followed by his elevation to archimandrite in 1996. In 1995, Fr. Savas was assigned as priest to the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In 1997, he was transferred to St. Demetrios Church in Merrick, New York, serving there until 2000.
In December 1999, after the enthronement of Archbishop Demetrios to head the archdiocese in America, Fr. Savas was appointed chancellor of the archdiocese, a position in which he served until 2009. Fr. Savas was elected an auxiliary bishop by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to a titular see as Bishop of Troas on December 11, 2001. On February 2, 2002, he was consecrated at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Manhattan, New York.
Bp. Savas assumed his responsibilities as Director of the Office of Church and Society on March 2, 2009.[1]
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Mets beat writer Anthony DiComo, posted what he believes the Mets roster will look like come Opening Day.
C : John Buck
1B: Ike Davis
2B: Daniel Murphy
SS: Ruben Tejada
3B: David Wright
OF: Lucas Duda
OF: Kirk Nieuwenhuis
OF: Mike Baxter
Bench: Collin Cowgill
Bench: Andrew Brown
Bench: Justin Turner
Bench: Brandon Hicks
Bench: Anthony Recker
SP: Johan Santana
SP: Jon Niese
SP: Matt Harvey
SP: Dillon Gee
SP: Jenrry Mejia
RP: Frank Francisco
RP: Bobby Parnell
RP: Josh Edgin
RP: Greg Burke
RP: Robert Carson
RP: Jeurys Familia
RP: Jeremy Hefner
I have it almost exactly the same way. I also feel confident that Hefner, Familia and Mejia all make the team as I asserted yesterday in another post. The real battle will be Feliciano versus Burke for one bullpen spot.
The starting lineup and bench is about the same as last year from a production standpoint, but still considerably worse than 2011. That outfield is really tough on the eyes.
I think Valdespin edges out Brown or will make the team for his ability to play second base and for the fact he may have the best speed on the team. The only way 'Spin doesn't make the team is if Hairston comes back.
By the way, for three weeks in a row there was a report that Hairston was about to announce who he was signing with that week. It hasn't happened yet. Are the Mets waiting him out or is he waiting the Mets out?
I agree that Recker will edge out Powell who I never took as a serious catching option anyway. Not that Recker is all that better, it's just a hunch.
I have no idea what the top of the order will look like this season, but I can assure you it will have a resounding effect on RBI opportunities for both Wright and Davis.
Will it be Tejada and Murphy?
Both of them are slow of foot, and if it's Baxter, his boneheaded plays on the bases last season made Angel Pagan look like a Mensa.
This team might be one of the slowest Mets teams I've ever seen and I wonder if they will crack the 50 stolen base mark in a park that was apparently built for pitching, defense and SPEED.
Whenever d'Arnaud does come up, I hope they don't do something crazy and bat him in the middle of the order out of desperation. I wouldn't put that past Terry Collins. Even David Wright was batting seventh and eighth after he was promoted from Triple-A and stood there for almost two months until he slowly inched his way up.
Anyway, those are some of my thoughts on DiComo's projected roster…


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Twins' Deduno Pitches Dominican Republic Past USA
A Minnesota Twins pitcher played a key role in the Dominican Republic's upset over the United States.
The United States scored in the first inning but never crossed the plate again in a 3-1 loss to the Dominican Republic in a World Baseball Classic semifinal game in Miami. The US must now play an elimination game Friday night against Puerto Rico with the winner going to San Francisco and the losers going back home.
Samuel Deduno (Twins) had a very strong start for the Dominican team, lasting four innings while scattering five hits. The righty struck out seven while walking two.
Deduno did not factor into the decision, however, because the game was not decided until the top of the ninth inning. The Dominican Republic scored a pair of runs off of previously untouchable closer Craig Kimbrel (Braves).
Nelson Cruz (Rangers) led off the inning with a double and was advanced to third on a groundout. Cruz scored the go ahead run on an Erick Aybar (Angels) single. After Aybar stole second on a swinging strikeout, Jose Reyes (Blue Jays) single him home for the 3-1 advantage.
Fernando Rodney (N/A) pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth to earn the save.


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Watch Jodi Arias live on the witness stand Tuesday on HLN.
Prosecutor Juan Martinez kept up his aggressive courtroom style on Monday, the second day of his cross-examination, as he peppered Jodi Arias with questions about the events leading up to and after Travis Alexander's death.
At one point during the cross-examination, Arias said she did not want her parents to see her admit to killing Alexander. Martinez shot back, "Then why are you admitting to it now?"
Honing in on the details of Alexander's brutal death, Martinez said, "Can you imagine how much it must have hurt Mr. Alexander when you stuck that knife right into his chest?"
In Session live-blogged Arias' testimony Monday. Get caught up on Thursday's live blogof Arias' testimony (Read below for minute-by-minute updates from her testimony today (best read from the bottom up):
6:37 p.m. ET: The court has recessed for the evening. Arias' testimony will pick back up at 12:30 p.m. ET Tuesday.
6:35 p.m. ET: Arias testified earlier that she was grounded for three months, and that's why she moved out of the house. Arias just said the reason why her father grounded her was because she wasn't studying for a test. Martinez asked her why did she make it seem like in her earlier testimony that her father was being mean to her.
6:32 p.m. ET: Martinez is asking why Arias called her ex-boyfriend Bobby Juarez multiple times to warn him about the end of the world.
6:30 p.m. ET: Arias and Martinez are talking about how Arias met an old man in high school who told her the end of the world was going to end on September 3, 1997.
6:24 p.m. ET: Martinez asked Arias if she can make decisions for herself. Arias said, "Yes."
6:22 p.m. ET: Arias said she moved to Mesa, Arizona, about a month after she broke up with Alexander in July 2007.
6:19 p.m. ET: Martinez is playing another clip from the CBS "48 Hours" interview. In this clip, Arias said she moved to Mesa, Arizona, because Alexander persuaded her to move there. She also said it ended up being a good idea.
6:17 p.m. ET: Martinez is asking Arias about how she told the jury earlier in the trial that the reason why she thought no jury would find her guilty is because she planned to kill herself before trial. He pointed out that Arias' statement that smiled in her mugshot, because she was "innocent" seems to contradict her claim she wanted to commit suicide.
6:10 p.m. ET: Now Martinez is playing another clip from the CBS "48 Hours" interview, where Arias said she smiled in the mugshot, because that is what Alexander would have done in the situation. She also said she also smiled, because she was innocent.
6:07 p.m. ET: Martinez just showed Arias' mugshot to the jury and noted that she was smiling.
6:05 p.m. ET: Martinez played another clip from the CBS "48 Hours" interview where Arias said McCartney is one of her "best friends" and "allies."
6:02 p.m. ET:
6:01 p.m. ET: Martinez played part of a CBS 48 Hours interview where Arias said she thought McCartney would never betray her.
6:00 p.m. ET: Martinez asked Arias if she ever thought McCartney would betray her. She said she had that belief in the past.
5:58 p.m. ET: Arias said when she saw McCartney, she thought she had makeup on her neck covering up the bruises.
5:55 p.m. ET: Arias said she arrived at McCartney's house in the late afternoon. Martinez is questioning her timeline of this leg of her trip to McCartney's house in the Monterey, California area.
5:50 p.m. ET: Arias said she moved out of Mesa, Arizona a few days after the choking incident. On the way back home to Yreka, California, she stopped by McCartney's house. During this line of questioning, Arias seemed to be confused by Martinez's questions.
5:46 p.m. ET: Martinez is pointing out that McCartney would not be able to see her bruises over the phone.
5:45 p.m. ET: Arias said she talked to McCartney about the choking incident a few days afterwards.
5:44 p.m. ET: Martinez asked Arias if McCartney visited her in jail. Arias said he has visited her, and they have talked on the phone.
5:42 p.m. ET: Martinez is asking about how Alexander choked her until she passed out in April 2008. Arias said she told Matt McCartney about the incident a few days, when he called her out on her bruises. Martinez asked Arias if she knew what McCartney said when he was interviewed about this claim. The defense objected and now the attorneys are at a sidebar.
5:38 p.m. ET: From our producer in the courtroom:
The judge has asked the State to stop his questioning of Arias until they can fix the courthouse's FTP system, this is the court's internal audio/visual system which records courtroom proceedings. We should resume in a few minutes.
5:37 p.m. ET: The court is taking a brief break.
5:35 p.m. ET: Martinez has moved on to an incident in April 2008 where Alexander allegedly choked her until she passed out. He again points out there is no corroborating evidence that this event took place.
5:32 p.m. ET: Arias said Alexander finished banging his head on the door, he looked at her like a "mad man." She ran down the hallway, and he grabbed her by her wrist and hugged her.
5:29 p.m. ET: Martinez is asking Arias about an episode where Alexander allegedly banged his head against his closet door. Arias said Alexander hit his head against the door for about a minute.
5:26 p.m. ET: Arias is back on the stand, and her testimony should begin shortly.
5:07 p.m. ET: Judge Stephens has recessed court for the afternoon break. The live blog will pick back up when testimony resumes at 5:25 p.m. ET.
5:05 p.m. ET: Martinez is asking Arias about an episode where Alexander allegedly banged his head on a door.
5:01 p.m. ET: Martinez is repeatedly pointing out that there is no corroborating evidence of Alexander's alleged physical abuse of Arias.
4:58 p.m. ET: There was just a heated exchange between Martinez and Arias:
Arias asked, "Can you be more specific?"
"No, can you be more specific," replied Martinez.
4:56 p.m. ET:
4:55 p.m. ET: Martinez asked, "So your prior statements indicate that this injury to your finger didn't happen on January 21 of 2008 it happened on June 4th of 2008, right?"
"Yes," replied Arias.
4:54 p.m. ET: Martinez is now going over the injuries Arias allegedly endured at the hands of Alexander.
4:52 p.m. ET:
4:51 p.m. ET: Martinez asked, "Do you see how that's inconsistent?"
"It wasn't inconsistent with our pattern," replied Arias.
Martinez said, "You're telling him he's 'the best' after you say he hit you on the side of the neck?"
4:50 p.m. ET: Martinez asked Arias why she called Alexander "the best" after he allegedly hit her. She said Alexander had apologized by that time, and they had made up from the fight.
4:48 p.m. ET: In a text message conversation from the same day Alexander allegedly hit Arias, she calls Alexander "sweetie" and asks to borrow his BMW.
4:43 p.m. ET: The attorneys are at a sidebar with Judge Stephens.
4:41 p.m. ET: Martinez is now moving on to text message records between Arias and Alexander from the day she says he hit her in the car.
4:39 p.m. ET: At the end of the journal entry, Arias wrote she loved Alexander.
4:38 p.m. ET: Martinez asked, "Seems like you were into the sex as much as he was, right?"
"Yes," replied Arias.
4:37 p.m. ET: Arias said she had sex with Alexander the night he was supposedly abusive.
4:35 p.m. ET: Martinez said of the journal, "It doesn't talk anything about getting hit on the side of the head with the hand, does it?" Arias repeatedly says the journal only mentions part of what happened that day.
4:34 p.m. ET: Martinez asked, "Is phone sex OK or not?"
"It's not OK for our religion," replied Arias.
4:33 p.m. ET: Arias said the journal entry only mentions part of what happened that day.
4:32 p.m. ET: In the journal entry, Arias said she needs to move back home to Yreka, California. She also says Alexander is her best friend in the world and she can't imagine living without him. Martinez said this doesn't seem to support that he hit her in the car that day.
4:28 p.m. ET: Martinez points out that the following journal entry mentions what happened the day that Alexander supposedly hit Arias in the car, but it fails to mention anything about the violent episode Arias testified about earlier in the trial.
4:18 p.m. ET: The attorneys are at another sidebar with Judge Stephens.
4:14 p.m. ET:
4:13 p.m. ET: Arias and Martinez are discussing the incident in March 2008 when she claims Alexander hit her while they were driving down a freeway in Arizona. Martinez claimed this was a lie, and the incident never happened. He is now showing her one of her journal entries from March 2008.
4:11 p.m. ET: Martinez is walking Arias through times she said Alexander physically abused her.
4:10 p.m. ET: Now Martinez has moved on to talk about the incident where Arias caught Alexander cheating on her in August 2007. Arias said they weren't dating at the time but they were "courting."
4:08 p.m. ET: Martinez is asking if Alexander's family deserved to know then why did she send a letter to Alexander's grandparents in July 2008 that said two intruders killed Alexander?
4:06 p.m. ET:
4:05 p.m. ET: Martinez is playing a clip of Arias' CBS "48 Hours" interview. On the tape, Arias says Alexander's family deserves to know what happened to their loved one.
4:02 p.m. ET: Arias said she sent a letter to Alexander's grandparents on July 28, 2008, more than a month after his death.
4:01 p.m. ET: The jury is walking into the courtroom. Testimony should pick back up in a few moments.
3:52 p.m. ET:
3:47 p.m. ET: Arias is sitting quietly on the stand as the attorneys are at sidebar.
3:37 p.m. ET: The attorneys are still at a sidebar with Judge Stephens.
3:31 p.m. ET: Testimony should resume any moment. The attorneys are at a sidebar with Judge Stephens.
1:58 p.m. ET: Judge Stephens has recessed court for lunch. The live blog will pick back up when testimony continues at 3:30 p.m. ET.
1:53 p.m. ET: The attorneys are at a sidebar with judge Stephens.
1:51 p.m. ET: Martinez asked, "And to continue this litany of lies, it isn't restricted to Utah. You also lied to people in Arizona, didn't you?"
"Yes, everyone," said Arias.
1:45 p.m. ET: Arias said she kissed Burns a couple days after killing Alexander but did not rub her genitalia against his. Arias said Burns was full of crap when he said the two met and he was able to put his hand near her vaginal area.
1:38 p.m. ET: Martinez asked Arias if she is left or right handed, and what hand she used to stab Alexander.
1:37 p.m. ET: The day after Alexander died, Arias told a friend she hoped that her kids would play with Alexander's children in the future. Martinez asked Arias if she thought he was alive at that time. Arias said she thought he was dead, but it was just a wish she had at the time.
1:33 p.m. ET: Martinez asked Arias what is so hard about understanding whether someone is breathing or not.
1:31 p.m. ET: Arias said she tried to pretend she was happy when she visited Ryan Burns the day after killing Alexander. Martinez asked her if she was testing whether there would be a "spark" between them. Arias said that was not the only reason.
1:24 p.m. ET: Arias stopped her car in the desert, and cleaned herself up after killing Alexander. Martinez asked her if she did this because she knew she had killed Alexander. Arias said she "wasn't there," and is unsure of what she was thinking at that time. Martinez asked her why she was "there" enough to call an ex-boyfriend.
1:21 p.m. ET: Martinez is asking about how Arias got lost in the desert after killing Alexander. Arias said she doesn't know when she got lost, but it was around the time she powered up her phone with a mobile charger.
1:18 p.m. ET:
1:17 p.m. ET: Martinez is asking Arias about the lies she told Ryan Burns when she visited him the day after killing Alexander. Arias was romantically interested in Burns.
1:13 p.m. ET: Martinez asked, "So it's more important to you about your feelings of embarrassment than to tell the truth?
Arias said there were other factors for not telling the truth, but she thinks the better word to use was "ashamed."
1:11 p.m. ET: Martinez asked, "You didn't seem to have any problems on direct examination when you were talking to us about all of the sexual exploits with Mr. Alexander, did you?"
"I did have problems," replied Arias.
Martinez said, "You regaled us for days on end about your exploits, didn't you?"
1:09 p.m. ET: Martinez is asking Arias about the lie she told detective Flores that two intruders killed Alexander. Arias said she told Flores that she heard Alexander screaming, and she was able to escape the attack.
1:07 p.m. ET: Arias said she tried to kill herself with a razor when she was in jail. She said she accidently cut herself with the razor, and it hurt. Martinez asked her about the pain Alexander must have felt when she stabbed him in the chest.
Martinez said, "Can you imagine how much it must have hurt Mr. Alexander when you stuck that knife right into his chest?"
Defense attorney Kirk Nurmi objected that the question was argumentative, and the judge sustained his objection. The attorneys are at a sidebar with the judge.
1:03 p.m. ET: Martinez is asking Arias about how she changed her story after detective Flores confronted her about how forensic evidence placed her at the scene. Arias said she changed the story to conform with the forensic evidence.
12:59 p.m. ET: Arias said her memory is not perfect. Martinez wants to know why sometimes her memory seems photographic, but at other times it's spotty.
Martinez said, "Again, I ask you, do you have problems with your memory?"
Arias said she does not.
12:53 p.m. ET: Martinez is asking Arias about her statement that she was not "sophisticated" when it came to law enforcement. Arias agreed with Martinez that her lack of "sophistication" was not an excuse to lie.
12:49 p.m. ET: Arias said she lied to detective Flores about being in Arizona the day Alexander was killed.
12:46 p.m. ET: Martinez is asking Arias what her motivation was for lying to Flores. She said she did not want her parents to see her admit to killing Alexander. Martinez shot back, "Then why are you admitting to it now?"
12:41 p.m. ET: Martinez is playing a video of Mesa, Arizona, Det. Esteban Flores interrogating Arias. In the video Arias said she would do whatever she could to help Flores with his investigation of Alexander's death. Arias admits that statement wasn't true.
12:38 p.m. ET: The attorneys are at a sidebar with Judge Sherry Stephens.
12:37 p.m. ET: Prosecutor Martinez just asked Arias if she had a problem telling the truth. She said she did not have a problem telling the truth.
Read more: Arias prosecutor's feisty style: Could it backfire?
This week, Martinez is expected to question Arias' self-defense claim with evidence of premeditation, including the theft of her grandfather's gun, a gun with the same caliber as the one used to shoot Alexander. He will also likely bring up her decisions to rent a car and borrow gas cans for her trip to Mesa, Arizona, to visit Alexander in June 2008.
Read more: Arias trial: The tragic road trip
Last week, Arias finally presented her version of the events that led up to the brutal slaying of her ex-boyfriend. She described an altercation that occurred on June 4, 2008, in which Alexander body slammed her onto the bathroom floor after she dropped his new camera. She said she ran into the closet to get away from him, found a gun on the top shelf of his closet and used it to protect herself. She said the gun went off, but that didn't stop him. She said that she does not remember stabbing him multiple times. Alexander was stabbed in the heart, and his throat was slit from ear to ear.
Monday was the second day of Martinez's cross-examination of Arias, and he had quite a bit of ground to cover. Martinez has jumped around chronologically during his cross-examination of Arias, which is likely a technique to keep her off-guard. He has also maintained an aggressive courtroom demeanor. On Thursday, as he questioned Arias, Martinez raised his voice multiple times and cut her off when she did not answer his questions in the way he wanted.


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NEW YORK (AP) — An inmate convicted in one of New York's most notorious police killings — and more recently accused of getting a prison guard pregnant — was declared mentally fit on Thursday for a death penalty proceeding.
In a written ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis rejected arguments by Ronell Wilson's lawyers that he should be automatically spared a death sentence on grounds he is mentally disabled.
"The court holds that Wilson is not mentally retarded and was not mentally retarded at the time of the crime," the judge said. "This does not mean he will receive — or deserves to receive — the death penalty, but only that any such penalty would not violate the Federal Death Penalty Act or the Eighth Amendment."
The judge cited testing over the years that nearly always found that Wilson had an IQ over 70 — considered a benchmark for mental disability.
The decision in federal court in Brooklyn made no mention of the charges brought Tuesday against the prison guard, accusing her of having an illegal affair with an inmate. The woman is eight months pregnant with a child that's believed to be Wilson's.
Wilson, 30, was a young gang member on Staten Island when he was convicted in the point-blank shootings of undercover officers James Nemorin and Rodney Andrews in a 2006 illegal gun sting gone awry. The officers were both shot in the back of the head.
At trial, a jury found Wilson guilty in the killings and sentenced him to death. But the sentence was thrown out in 2010 by an appeals court based on prosecutorial error.


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Paul Sullivan (h/t David Caplan):
Axelrod said he had a long talk with Obama before the game because some Major League Baseball executives weren't happy about the decision.
"There was a big controversy," he said. "I think Major League Baseball wanted him to wear the All-Star jacket, and he was intent on wearing his White Sox jacket. He prevailed in that.
Go Sox!
BTW, here's Ozzie's reaction to Obama's pitch: "He threw better than (Clayton) Richard's last outing," Guillen quipped.
UPDATE: Jerry Reinsdorf confirms it:
It sounded like Major League baseball officials were trying to get him to wear the All-Star jacket.
Yeah, there were people in St. Louis that weren't real happy he was going to wear our jacket. Some baseball people wanted an All-Star type jacket or even a Cardinal jacket. He said, 'I'm a White Sox fan. I'm going to wear my White Sox jacket.'


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By Camila Moreira
(Reuters) - Virtual networking company Embrane has won hosting company Peer1 as a customer for its Heleos product, beating out larger vendors such as Cisco Systems Inc and Juniper Networks Inc.
Embrane is one of a number of startups in an emerging and rapidly growing technology segment that has become known as software-defined networking (SDN).
SDN products allow businesses to reduce the amount of networking gear in data centers by replacing much of their functionality with software that is centralized in one or more servers.
"Juniper and Cisco did not have a viable SDN solution that was truly heterogeneous, truly cross vendor," said Greg Rusu, general manager of Peer1's cloud hosting service, Zunicore.
Rusu said the company looked at offerings last summer and liked that Embrane's product was compatible with any underlying hardware.
Juniper said the industry and company strategy had evolved significantly since it discussed SDN with Peer1 almost nine months ago.
A Cisco spokesman declined to comment, but noted the company had introduced a number of new products earlier this month as part of its SDN architecture.
The SDN market is still considered nascent, but is expected to grow to $3.7 billion by 2016 from an estimated $360 million this year, according to research firm IDC.
The technology has been in the spotlight ever since VMware Inc bought SDN startup Nicira in August for $1.26 billion.
Heleos was unveiled in 2011 and has been used in trials by a number of companies. Peer1, which counts Internet telephony company Vonage and blogging platform Wordpress among its clients, is one of the first large customers to buy the product.
IT services company SunGard will be using Heleos as well, Embrane said.
Heleos allows users to create virtual appliances such as firewalls in a matter of seconds instead of days or weeks.
"Network services can be up and running in less than two minutes and capacity can be scaled up or down in less than a minute," Embrane Chief Executive Dante Malagrino said. "We provide the kind of agility at the network level that people expect from computing."
Embrane was founded in 2009 by Malagrino and Marco Di Benedetto, who were part of the founding team of Cisco spin-off Andiamo Systems, a maker of network data storage equipment.
Embrane is backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, NEA and North Bridge Venture Partners.
(Reporting By Nicola Leske. Editing by Andre Grenon)


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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — A regional official says a notorious militia leader accused of enlisting child soldiers for cross-border raids from Liberia into western Ivory Coast was killed during fighting Saturday.
Claude Koffi Yao Kan, sub-prefect for the western town of Blolequin, said Sunday that Oulaï Tako, known as "Tarzan of the West," was among three assailants killed by soldiers responding to the attack. Ivory Coast's United Nations mission says two civilians and a traditional hunter were also killed in the attack on a village 15 miles (25 kilometers) outside Blolequin.
A report last year from Human Rights Watch implicated Tako in a series of raids on villages in western Ivory Coast dating back to July 2011, with witnesses saying he had been involved in the recruitment and training of child soldiers.


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After shutting down the site Chris e-mailed me explaining his reasoning, apologizing as he knew I had been around since pretty much the beginning and thanking me for my efforts and contributions over the years.ODB wrote: Donny did Chris say anything to you or did you just find a smoldering CC like everyone else?
His words were mature and classy in the note.
I logged on one morning and CC was not there.
I had no pre-existing knowledge of what was going to occur nor would I have expected the same.
It was not my site, I just hung out there.


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In most cases, your car insurance rates won't rise after just one speeding ticket. It generally takes three tickets within three years for you to be classified as a "high-risk driver," and therefore pay higher rates. These are general guidelines; it depends on state laws, how much you were speeding, your previous driving record, and your insurance company.
How much your rates will rise is an even trickier question to answer. This can be greatly affected by your insurance company. Different companies treat traffic tickets differently. Some are okay with offering a low rate to a driver with a spotty driving record, while others will consider you an insurance risk and raise your rates drastically and immediately. If you've recently seen your rates rise, it may be time to start shopping around for car insurance to get a better rate.
Because there are too many factors to say exactly how much your rates will increase after any given ticket, here is a real-life example:
- According to a CarInsurance.com study, the average car insurance policy in California costs $1,747 a year.
- If you have a clean driving record, then most California companies offer a discount. That discount is typically a 25 percent savings ($437). So, using these averages, a driver with a clean driving record is paying $1,310 a year for car insurance.
- One speeding ticket could remove that discount and increase your rate by 10 percent. That is a $611 increase a year, or $1,833 over three years; companies usually surcharge for three to five years.
The good news about having a ticket on your record is that with your current auto insurance company it won't affect your rates until they next time they check your driving record, which likely will be at your next renewal. If you want to know in advance how much your surcharge is likely to be, ask your auto insurer for a copy of their surcharge schedule.
Tickets that raise your rates
- Speeding more than 15 mph over the speed limit
- Driving while intoxicated or impaired by drugs or alcohol
- Operating a vehicle while attempting to avoid apprehension by law enforcement officers
- Leaving the scene of an accident without reporting it (hit-and-run)
- Operating a vehicle in a race or speed test
- Driving without a license or knowingly allowing an unlicensed individual to drive your car
Tickets that don't raise your rates
- Your first speeding violation
- Driving in an HOV lane
- Driving on an expired license
- Driving on a restricted license (for example, if you are a young driver who is only supposed to drive during the day)
- Seatbelt violation
- Expired registration
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Rings Of Glory
The challenge was to design for the Olympics -what happened?
I take the designers on a field trip to the Armory Track and Field Training Center in Washington Heights in the upper reaches of Manhattan. It contains the largest indoor track in the world and is the center for Olympic training for track and field events. There, we meet U.S. Olympian Apolo Ohno who presents the designers with their challenge: Create a womenswear look for the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics. An additional highlight of our field trip is our visit to the National Track and Field Museum, which contains a rich resource of materials to help inform their designs. (But did some of the designers interpret the museum's historical images a little too literally?) The designers have 30 minutes to sketch in the museum. Then, we're off to MOOD with a budget of $150. And the designers have until the end of the day to complete their design.
Appropriately, and still thrilling, Apolo is our guest judge!
Korto WINS! She created an extremely sophisticated look: a white cotton/linen blend pant, a stretch satin camisole, and a white leather vest with red shoulder insets and a black mandarin collar. There was an unexpected aspect to the all-white look, and the construction and fit were perfection. Furthermore, you could easily see how this look could successfully morph into menswear, which is not an unimportant element in this challenge. Congratulations, Korto!
Jennifer is OUT. Oh, I reflect upon our museum visit and Jennifer's demise all makes sense to me: She saw the historical images (some of them being adorable dresses that looked like they were going to a garden party) and she saw the "Nike" refrain (the flying foot of the Greek goddess who personifies victory) and became entranced. Jennifer designed a gold and white striped high-waisted skirt (with an odd "purse" on the back, I'll add) and paired it with a navy shrunken jacket with the museum's Nike symbol appliqued in sequins on each lapel. Yes, it was a touch of Schiaparelli, but the whole look was too girly and too child-like. Jennifer, we'll miss your intellect and your good humor, really!
Blayne began with a white jacket with Sgt. Pepper detailing. (He didn't know the iconic Beatles reference! I am an olde farte!) I feared that there were too many "Members Only" allusions in the jacket's design, so I was relieved that he modified it into a one-shouldered top. This was paired with a white skinny pant. I found his look to be fairly lackluster and even anemic, as though he was merely flirting with his intentions. But, his design was more athletic looking than most others. Holla, Blayne!
Daniel finds it difficult to step away from his comfort zone. Yes, he possesses a sophisticated, high-end point of view, but does than exclude everything other than cocktail dresses. His blue dress with red satin piping (although whether the dress was blue or purple is debatable), was lovely, but hardly innovative and head-scratchingly odd for the Olympics. If her were designing uniforms for Olympic Air, then I'd be a believer.
Jerell, oh Jerell! Did he listen to the content of the challenge? I'm still reeling over the look that he created: a high-waisted skirt in vertical stripes with a horizontally striped waistband; a pink top with ruffled cap sleeves; and red, white and blue polka-dot bib kerchief, black leggings(!), and this all topped off with a wide-brimmed hat. In another context, this look could be fun and sexy, but for the Olympics? Preposterous!
Joe embraced an all white palette. He designed a skort (a combination of skirt and short) with a wide cuff and a jacket with red, white and blue stripe details. The stripes were rather painterly (i.e. random) in their placement, but the red trim on the collar, cuffs and hem helped give the jacket some definition. And he spelled out "U.S.A." on the skort. The look was nothing if not patriotic, but it was also nothing if not dull ... Keith created a white, sleeveless tunic-like top that descended into a blue-and-white print mini bubble skirt. The tunic had a high, exaggerated collar that was further accentuated with a billowing red and blue scarf. I thought his model looked like an ice skater. Isn't this the Summer Olympics?
Kelli designed a look that is more sweet than sophisticated. She used a small-scale red and white print for the top with a white embossed bib insert and sleeve detail. This was paired with a navy skirt with odd extension that look like oversized pockets, especially for their being piped in white. The look was '40s reto with absolutely no semblance of modernity. Was it the influence of the museum, again?
Kenley entered into this challenge with immunity, so she could have napped through it and still been safe. She created a cocktail dress with a white satin cap-sleeved top with a modified bateau neckline (irreparably stained by model's makeup during the fitting) and a high-waisted large-scale purple and white plaid skirt on the bias with a non-bias waistband. In the paraphrased words of Lucy Ricardo, "Kenley, if that's the look you want, then you sure have a good one!"
Leanne, what happened? She designed another all-white look, this one with a cuffed short and a sleeveless top with a dramatic stand-up collar in layers of red, white and blue. The collar looked haphazard and lacked polish. And with all that was happening with this look, did she really need the button placket of the top to be off-center? This look was reto-modern, like an episode of "The Jetsons." Leanne, I'm just glad that you're still here.
Stella, oh Stella. How is it that you continue to persist? Black stretch satin Capri pants and vest? Dark red, silver, and blue leather chevrons and waistband? An exposed midriff? Biker Olympics? Enough said.
Suede has even me speaking in the third person! His design was another head-scratcher: a navy ballerina skirt with red and white ribbon detail at the hem, paired with a white halter-top. The look brought to mind a majorette or a cheerleader, but an Olympian? Tim is very confused, very confuse, indeed.
Terri designed the most classic American look of the group. It was successful, it was stunning, it was appropriate, and it was ambitious. She created a menswear tailored jacket with a wide lapel over a horizontal striped strapless top, accessorized with an ascot-like scarf. Below, she had a beautifully fitting white pant with a tuxedo stripe on the right leg, only. I swooned. So as happy as I am for Korto, why didn't Terry win?


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New technology suggests that modern humans were in Europe (southern Italy) 45,000 years ago. That is, using new technology, fossils previously thought to be Neanderthal are now being called Homo sapiens. Moreover, the same reclassification has been made for 44,000 year old fossils found in the UK. Prior to these findings the earliest evidence of Homo sapiens in Europe pointed to Romania about 40,000 years ago.
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Thomas Higham of the University of Oxford, who co-authored the other Nature paper, said the new studies tell "us a great deal about how rapidly our species dispersed across Europe during the last Ice Age." He said the discoveries also mean "that early humans must have co-existed with Neanderthals in this part of the world, something which a number of researchers have doubted."
Before the findings of Benazzi and his team, the first known modern humans in Europe came from Romania and dated to 40,000 years ago. Early Upper Paleolithic modern human cultures are documented in the Near East to about 45,000 years ago, which previously left a gap of 5,000 years between these Homo sapiens and the ones from Romania. "With our findings, the gap is filled," said Benazzi, whose research was published this week in the journal Nature.
The findings have been published this week in the journal, Nature.
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Thanks for sharing. BTW, for anybody interested in the Neanderthals: If you ever get to Düsseldorf/Germany, the original Neanderthal is at the outskirts.
There is a really great museum there. I live only about 20miles away and I really like that museum.
So, I've read what there is to read.
It's poorly written. For example, it says 'Europe's earliest known modern humans existed around 45,000 years ago in a southern Italian prehistoric cave, according to new research.' I mean, we know our ancestors were in South Eastern Europe first because they followed a westward overland route into Europe.
I need to read the source article which I found is only available to journalists.
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There is first hand clarification in the article by the scientists who wrote both Nature articles as to the significance of the findings. Regarding this, in addition to the first hand clarification presented in the abstract the point is made that the findings fill a 5,000 year gap in the migration to Europe.
"With our findings, the gap is filled," said Benazzi, whose research was published this week in the journal Nature.
This is another article about this topic:
Jawbone Found in England Is from the Earliest Known Modern Human in...
Interesting. Some anthropologists believe the Neanderthals were out-competed by modern humans, Neanderthals eventually disappearing some 25,000 years ago. So it seems we co-existed with Neanderthals in Europe for many thousands of years. Anyone know of evidence of conflict between the races? What impact might such conflict have had on the demise of the Neanderthals?
Reasonable assumption. Many examples throughout history of peoples/civilizations conquered or annihilated by more advanced peoples. As glaciers receded at the end of the last ice age, huge swathes of open land were exposed, conditions suited to modern humans/Cro Magnons. Neanderthals were not fleet of foot; their powerful stocky frames were suited to ambush hunting with thrust weapons at close range. It's likely Neanderthals had not developed advanced tool technologies and weapons such as the bone-tipped long range spear which allowed modern humans to bring down prey from a distance. A remarkable thing about the Neanderthals is their apparent lack of cultural and technological advancement over many thousands of years. Confronted by modern humans and changing climate, it was adapt or die. Neanderthals could not adapt; they were driven out and eventually confined themselves to areas of southern Europe
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Pleasant Lake in New London to be drawn down for repairs
NEW LONDON — Pleasant Lake will be drawn down, beginning Monday, Sept. 16, to permit repairs to the Pleasant Lake dam.
The water level will be lowered between 3 and 4 feet to allow the necessary repair of cracks in the concrete face wall of the dam.
The cracks in the dam face wall were identified in a Letter of Deficiency by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Dam Bureau.
The plan is to begin work on the dam around Sept. 30, with completion of the repairs by the end of October, before the arrival of freezing temperatures.
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The Flautist.
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Satire on Physicians.
The Marriage Contract.
The Monkey Sculptor.
The Bird Nester.
The Seducer.
La Gamme d'Amour.
Les Coquettes.
Ceres (Summer).
The Serenader.
Récréation Italienne.
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Jupiter and Antiope.
Portrait of M. Pater.
Voulez-vous triompher des belles?.
The Savoyard with a Marmot.
Love in the Italian Theater.
Love in the Italian Theater. Detail.
Love in the French Theater.
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An Embarrassing Proposal.
The Recreations of War.
The Hardships of War.
Arlequin, Pierrot and Scapin.
Embarkation for Cythera, or The Pilgrimage to Cythera.
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Sous un Habit de Mezetin.
The Adventuress.
L'Indifférent (The Casual Lover).
Le Faux Pas (The Mistaken Advance).
Les Champs-Elysées.
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Assembly in a Park.
A Love Festival.
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Peaceful Love.
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A Capricious Woman.
Rest on the Flight into Egypt.
The Dance. Detail.
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French Comedians.
The Judgment of Paris.
Sylvia (Portrait of Jeanne-Rose-Guyonne Benozzi).
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Pierrot, also known as Gilles.
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CAMBRIDGE, UK – Apr. 19, 2007 – ARM [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMHY)] has announced the appointment of Anil Gupta as managing director, India Operations. In this capacity, Anil will be responsible for the overall growth and operations of the India design center and will take over responsibility from Guru Ganesan, who now moves to a larger role within ARM's US operations. Anil will also host ARM's commercial operations in India, which will continue to be managed by Atul Arora, president, Commercial Operations.
Anil has more than 20 years experience in the semiconductor industry in the US, Japan and India. He was most recently the director for Design Automation and Libraries at Infineon India, where he established a team of more than 100 engineers developing ASIC/SoC libraries and design flows and drove the establishment of cross-site work sharing processes with defined centers of competency. He was also instrumental in establishing an internship program and university tie-ups and led the founding of Infineon India's community involvement and support program, Learn for Life.
Prior to working with Infineon India, Anil worked with Perfectus Technology USA, as founder and GM, developing verification tools and verification IP; with Synopsys USA as director of Operations for Silicon Library Division, and with Digital Equipment Corp in various capacities. At Perfectus he grew the business from the ground up to $5M revenue within two and a half years, leading the team to build "C" based SoC verification IP for Fiber Channel, SerialATA, PCIexpress and other protocols. As director of Operations at Synopsys, he managed development, delivery and support of silicon libraries for all customers and actively supported the growth of the business from revenues of US$6M a year to US$30M a year.
"Guru Ganesan has done a fantastic job in creating and growing the ARM design center in India and he will now use his expertise in ARM's operations in the US. As Anil takes over, we expect his experience of leading key divisions in different segments in the semiconductor industry will be important for the future growth of ARM's operations in India, which are playing a significant role in ARM's operations globally," said Tudor Brown, chief operating officer, ARM. "With a growing number of our Partners implementing their designs out of India, we need to be close to them. The need to grow the technical talent pool familiar with ARM processors, libraries and other IP is also critical, and Anil's efforts in establishing industry and university partnerships will be of tremendous value to ARM. Furthermore, ARM takes pride in a culture that encourages its employees to be active in the communities in which they live and work."
Anil holds a Masters degree in Technology from Virginia, US and a Bachelors degree in Technology from JNTU, Hyderabad.
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Covington to post names of evicted tenants online
Covington to post names of evicted tenants online
Covington landlords are getting a new tool to help them screen prospective tenants.
According to The Kentucky Enquirer, the city is posting an alphabetized list of people who have been evicted from housing in Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties within the last three years.
The site will be up within a couple of weeks.
Officials of the Brighton Center, which helps underprivileged Northern Kentucky residents, say they hope landlords will use the list wisely and consider why some people find themselves facing eviction.
In March alone, the center received 91 requests for assistance with rent.


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CHICAGO—Staffing firm Creative Circle L.L.C. has signed a 7,128-sq.-ft. lease to occupy the 14th floor at 330 North Wabash. The initial term of the lease spans more than five years and begins on March 1, 2013.
The owner of 330 North Wabash Avenue is a joint venture between subsidiaries of Prime Group Realty Trust, a real estate investment trust headquartered in Chicago, and Five Mile Capital Partners L.L.C., a Connecticut-based commercial real estate and alternative investment firm. PGRT is the property and redevelopment manager and leasing agent for the property.
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Hanover plans dinner to honor police chiefBy MEGHAN PIERCE
Union Leader Correspondent
November 10. 2013 8:57PM
HANOVER — The community is invited to a dinner next month to celebrate retiring Police Chief Nicolas Giaccone's 40 years on the force.
Giaccone went on medical leave mid-February after suffering a stroke. He did not return to work and instead retired from the position he held for the past 18 years last month, said Town Manager Julia Griffin.
"He went out on medical leave in February and we gave him six months to recover from his stroke, but ultimately he made the decision to retire," she said.
A nationwide search for his replacement has just begun, Griffin said. The town hopes to bring on a new police chief by February or March.
Until then, Police Capt. Frank Moran will continue the duties of acting chief he took on when Giaccone went on medical leave, she said.
"It's always a daunting task replacing department head-level positions," Griffin said, "But clearly when you have someone that has Nick's breadth of knowledge and experience," the task is even harder.
Giaccone has an extensive knowledge of the department and case histories that he continues to share with Hanover police even in his retirement, Griffin said.
"Fortunately he's still very accessible," she said.
"Dartmouth College is hosting a community celebration to bring a lot of people together to thank Nick for his many, many years of service for keeping the community well cared for," Griffin said.
The dinner is planned for Saturday, Dec. 14, at 6 p.m. at the Class of '53 Commons on the Dartmouth College Campus.
Dinner is $25, or $30 to include the option of Lou's Restaurant following dinner.
More information about the dinner can be found on the town website, Griffin said, at hanovernh.org.


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Mercy, 2012. Mercy.
Mercy, 2012. Mercy.
We had so much hope for a rebound year after struggling through a tough 2011. And what did we get?
Bankruptcy for the city of Stockton.
Another record for Stockton murders, and other surging crime throughout the county.
Economic challenges.
The news wasn't all bad. We hung tough, for the most part, and weathered the bad news.
The community's nonprofits got creative with mergers, new programs and different ways of outreach.
Some long-suffering families got a bit of closure when the remains were finally unearthed for victims of serial killers Wesley Shermantine and Loren Herzog. And the election apathy we've long decried on these pages? That hardly was the case in November.
At the beginning of 2012, The Record stated six civic resolutions for Stockton and San Joaquin County. Let's take a look at how things turned out:
Crime: Tackling the murder problem
� The problem as we saw it: There were a record 58 Stockton homicides in 2011 and the wanton nature of some slayings had the community in fear.
� What we urged: Don't be satisfied with gradual improvement; aggressively tackle the murder problem. Settle contract disputes between the city and the police department. The community should help become the police force's eyes and ears.
� What actually happened: Disaster. The record homicide rate set the year before was bypassed easily. It stood at 70 as of Saturday. Stockton police combined with area agencies and tried to get creative in dealing with the problem. We'd hoped for more than gradual improvement in quelling Stockton homicides. Things went in the opposite direction.
Education: Hire a super super
� The problem as we saw it: Stockton Unified School District had back-to-back poor hires for its superintendent position. The district was saddled with infighting, embarrassing public relations and lack of leadership from the tenures of Jack McLaughlin and Tony Amato.
� What we urged: That SUSD hire a "dynamic" leader who could engage all stakeholders - students, parents, teachers and staff, administrators - in a unified approach to improving our schools.
� What actually happened: SUSD went with a familiar face. Steve Lowder previously had been superintendent for Lincoln Unified in Stockton. He left that district to lead the Hemet schools. Now he's back here leading SUSD. The jury's still out on his "dynamism," but there has been encouraging progress.
Economy: Be part of the solution
� The problem as we saw it: Too many dollars were being spent elsewhere - the Bay Area, Sacramento, online shopping. Too many people were simply walking away from their homes, and the foreclosure crisis continued.
� What we urged: Don't take the easy way out. Shop locally. Support local business. Hire local employees. Homeowners should fight to keep their homes.
� What actually happened: The year was improved, for the most part, for local businesses. We can't really judge whether that was because people were looking to shop here, but it was progress, nonetheless. The foreclosure crisis continues, but there are glimmers of improvement.
Budgets: Detente for city, public-safety unions
� The problem as we saw it: Stockton and its public safety unions - police and fire - were constantly at odds over contracts, pay, staffing and more.
� What we urged: A meeting of the minds so that the two departments - who take up the majority of the city general fund budget - could move forward in handling public-safety challenges of importance to Stocktonians.
� What actually happened: Bankruptcy. And, at times, it was more of a war than detente. Eventually, and after many harsh words and painful decisions, fire and police (more begrudgingly) did come to contract agreements. But the "B" word overshadowed all.
Election: Cast ballots, have a say
� The problem as we saw it: San Joaquin County residents often don't show up at the polls - 30 percent turnouts were not uncommon for some elections.
� What we urged: Be a part of the solution. Vote. Don't sit on the sidelines and then complain when you don't like the way things turn out.
� What actually happened: San Joaquin County voters made their voices heard. With a contentious presidential election and many volatile local races, an estimated ????? percent of registered voters took part in the General Election. There were some surprises, such as Anthony Silva over incumbent Ann Johnston for Stockton mayor.
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� The problem as we saw it: Stockton was seemingly always ending up denigrated in some national list - most notably Forbes magazine's Most Miserable Cities.
� What we urged: While many positives came from the 2011 strategy to "fight back" at these lists, we urged the community to ignore them this time around. Instead, we pushed for a concentration on improving those areas, not explaining them.
� What actually happened: The "list" story was pretty much a nonstory in 2012. Nobody paid much attention to them. We had other problems and causes for negative publicity. Bankruptcy can be a monster trump card in the arena of national perception.


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the tool only has a 1000x capacity improvement if it holds 1000x as many knives as well
Victorinox is making a Swiss Army penknife with a 1TB USB stick inside it, claiming it's the world's highest USB stick capacity. It's being shown at CES 2012 in Las Vegas. You can either buy the stick on its own – the airline-friendly version swings out from a standard-looking Swiss Army penknife container, coloured red or …
the tool only has a 1000x capacity improvement if it holds 1000x as many knives as well
the original tool contain knives tho?
Now your local council, nhs trust or mp can lose all its data in one go instead of just a small portion of it.
I think they hold A LOT more data than that...
I dunno about that. The data's mostly just text, so even in a council area with as many as 500k citizens (rare, maybe nonexistent), each cit gets 2MB. You can get a lot of text in that, and probably leave room for a passport photo.
Of course, it's probably naiive to think the actual records are as space-efficient as that. Scans of paper documents, bloated MSO docs, gawd knows. Just saying they *could* squeeze your "life" into a lot less...
best not to travel with it they will want to know what is on it anyway might take a while to image..
which is why they do a version without the sharp bits...
Are you kidding, the TSA won't let you on a plane with a cartoon picture of a gun on your shirt, they would go crazy and you would be getting tazered. I'm betting they would say something like "it could scare passengers because it looks like a knife" and take it from you, and then you would see it on e-bay later that night.
"On a separate note, just how small can a PC be these days?"
"The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. "
The Pi prototype was USB stick Sized:
(The Pi is driven by cost not size.)
I've got a 32gb USB stick, this holds way more than I need to carry from place to place, not sure why anyone would want to place 1tb of data onto a device that could fall through a hole in your pocket...
I've come across two forms of data use massive amounts of space, Video and Serious CAD.
Its easy to capture a huge amount of data when filming in HD this is the perfect mobile backup for someone who films and travels alot.
Or a ideal for a frequent fliers mobile film collection for playback on pad type device.
Alternatively Now its easy to post those CAD schematics and CNC Files...
On the quesiton of how small can a PC be, try this one for size!
but it's not available yet.
Yes it is - although only 7 left last time I looked.
Cheaper versions will be out in next 4 weeks hopefully.
It was a uber fail first time round, nothings changed. A useful blade has been replaced by a useless one...
...1TB of audio from hacked voicemail? ;-)
That would be an awful lot of voicemails or taped conversations.
Imagine all of those reality stars, (Kim K, Paris, Nicole R. etc ...) All of the reality star wantabes, and you would still have room for your daily work.
1TB is pretty massive.
How long would it take for a TSA agent to take a dump of the data and return the fob back to you?
...when you forget you've got it the next time you head through an airport and they make you drop it in that see through bin with all the nail files...
OK, while expensive at the moment, large USB sticks are a great way to provide backup media for home or small office. Cheaper than a tape drive, more robust than a spinning disk, and greater practical capacity than the cloud.
My SAK travels without problem in checked luggage.
Those pax whose "carry-on" baggage needs wheels will have a problem.
1TB Flash disk; I have never seen one at all, let alone this small, let alone attached to an LCD, let alone attached in a knife. I think they did the picture up to get free press, this is the 3rd tech site to show it. I mean is the screen running on, solar, some watch batteries?
I call fake.
Well, I hear that USB ports are putting out some of that new fangled electricity now. Could be the tiny battery an LCD display requires could charge from there.
I'd have though MacGyver would have more faith in gadgets!
Ever heard of e-ink?
My Swiss Army Knife has a little LED lamp on it (so I can see who I'm stabbing with the 2" blade I suppose), this has a tiny battery, just like you find in those new fangled quartz watches.
Combine the e-ink that only uses power during a refresh, and a lithium cell and your display would work for ever.
The only way I can think of successfully getting that through security with that is if you travel with an infant as they'll be too busy making you chuck out the baby food and milk and waking the poor kid up to take an interest in the USB stick.
Yes, I am talking about the version without the pointy bits. Never misunderestimate the IQ of a jobsworth airport worker.
I'm more likely to overestimate their intelligence than underestimate it...
My first thought was the same as many others', that this will last until your first trip through airport security. My second thought is why not just tape a micro-SD to a regular mini-swiss army knife and save about $1,900?
I just duct-tapped a knife, nailfile, scissors and corkscrew together to make my own swiss army knife!
Why not just make it into a tie clasp and wear it past TSA goon squad... Oh, wait, you havea to remove all metal from your person... All right, just make sure they see you take it off your necktie before you place it in the tray. Half of the TSA bots probably wouldn't know what a memory stick is anyhow.
forget it, it's wine o'clock somewhere and El Reg won't give me a wine glass.
How would you use this? If you plugged it in a regular usb port it would be too heavy. Either it will fall out or break the port. Stupid idea. You need to carry an extension lead around. I'll stick to regular sticks.
That's a knife http://www.thegreenhead.com/2007/10/giant-swiss-army-knife.php
As for people asking why put a USB drive in a swiss army knife, it's not like it's anything new. Witness: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Victorinox-Secure-8GB-fingerprint-security/dp/B003FVEPTI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1326130737&sr=8-2
Problem is when you're going for your enemy's jugular and realise that you unfolded the wrong item.
A testament to the human spirit, but how the fuck am I supposed to actually hold it?
I love the idea of trying to wield this thing while using the, for example:
Fine fork for watch spring bars
Nail file
Golf divot repair tool
The only reason I'd take that thing camping with me is to shelter under it if the tent blew away!
Lastly: All that lot yet they seem to have left out the thing for getting the stones out of horses' hooves?
bringing a USB stick to a knife fight.
I've had the electronics on USB sticks fail. At which time the soldered on memory chip/s become inaccessible. At those capacities the drives would be used by many as a backup device. A far better solution would be a USB thumb drive adapter with replaceable SD cards of that higher capacity..
That'll hold at least 3 powerpoint documents!
...how many terrabytes are there in a porn year? I think it should be a goal of a budding electronics firm to produce a storage device that can store a whole porn year and also fit snugly between a pair of Bulgarian funbags.
Available in April. Most likely the first day in April.
That's really the direction to go -- a small card that you can easily carry anywhere, that you can plug into whatever "terminal" shape you want: cell phone, tablet, laptop, desktop, TV/DVR/Set-Top-Box, etc. The Motorola Atrix is sort of the first practical example of that.
My first thought is the amount of torque this thing puts on a poor USB socket if not use with an extension cable or some sort of support. Looks like it's easy to snap that thing off from just the weight alone.
So, I open this up, just like a penknife, and plug it into a USP port on my computer?
How is the port supposed to take the weight?
It's detachable.
... to put this on Bradley Manning's Christmas gift list.
I'll wait for the Leatherman version. Cool idea, but until it's mass produced and the price comes down to 1/100th of what MSRP is, it probably won't move real fast.
Probably the first thing thats going to fail on the venerable Swiss Army Knife - not their best move, imho.
(I have a genuine Victorinox, had it for years & used it for many things, still going strong)
Does it still have the thing for getting bits out of horses hooves?
Re the rambling bit in the middle of the article about "could you fit a PC into a matchbox... could it have a soft keyboard?... etc".
You've just described the last decade of mobile phone evolution. Small computers do exist. In matchbox sizes. With or without soft keyboards.
It's called an S2. Actually, for documents it would improved by a hard keyboard, but for random web menting the soft one will do.


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As you can see, it's a monster. This is good; I will actually use this quilt, since I don't think I'll ever love it enough to cherish. I do like the way the bright colors play against the fairly drab blue and green framing pieces.
I'm less happy with the yellow accent fabric--it seems too light and lemony to pick up the yellow pieces in the applique as I hoped it would. Nothing else seemed available during my search though.
Now to wrestle with the huge backing piece--washing it, splitting it, and adding the strip to piece out the width. Then off to the long arm quilter.
It's a wet, cold Memorial Day here. I hope everyone else has a better one.


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As Wednesday's nor'easter nears southwest Connecticut, there is a high wind warning going into effect at 1 p.m. Wednesday for southern Faifield County. The warning lasts until 4 a.m. Thursday.
North winds 25 to 35 mph, with gusts up to 60 mph, are expected along the Connecticut coast and "elsewhere across the tri-state area," according to the weather service.The winds this afternoon are "capable of producing downed trees and power lines — as well as minor property damage."
Rain and snow, mainly after noon, are forecast for the area. In New Canaan, winds are expected to be 21 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 55 mph. Little or no snow accumulation is expected during the day.
Rain and sleet are expected Wednesday night. By 3 a.m. Thursday, it is expected to turn to rain and snow. Accumulation of snow up to a half inch is expected. But winds could gust up to 60 mph Thursday night with steady north winds of 20 to 26 mph.
More rain and snow is forecast for Thursday morning until 2 p.m. before turning to rain. Little or no snow accumulation is expected. Winds on Thursday could gust up 37 mph and be steady from 16 to 21 mph.
By Thursday night, winds are expected to die down to 17 mph with gusts up to 28 mph as the clouds clear. Friday is expected to be sunny.
There is a coastal flood warning in effect for Connecticut from 2 p.m. Wednesday through 7 a.m. Thursday.
"Moderate coastal flooding will occur mainly this afternoon into early evening," the weather service said Wednesday. "Minor localized moderate coastal flooding is expected very late tonight and into early Thursday morning. Widespread flooding of vulnerable shore roads and/or basements will hamper recovery efforts."


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Major: Theatre/Business
House: Faunce
Accomplishment: Roles in four Graceland University theatre productions
Justin Pontier remembers being on the Graceland campus as a nine-year-old who had already caught the acting bug. "I was here for one of my brother's sporting events, and I happened to wander my way into the theatre," Justin said. "Long story short, I remember being taken aback by how cool and big the theatre was and thinking, 'Someday I'm going to perform on a stage like this.' Flash forward ten years and I am performing on that exact same stage."
The stunning $16 million renovation of the Shaw Center is what initially attracted Justin to Graceland, but it's not the only thing that's kept him in a small town in rural Iowa. "I had a lot more opportunities to get involved with theatre at Graceland than I would have at larger schools on the East and West coast," said Justin. "At bigger schools, you have to work backstage first before being able to audition. The fact that I was able to perform right away at Graceland was a huge draw."
Justin has had a wealth of opportunities to perform at Graceland as part of the student improv group and as a cast member of four productions: Our Town, Fuddy Meers, The Exit Interview, and Little Shop of Horrors. As a cast member of Our Town and The Exit Interview, Justin worked with two major talents in the industry: Arliss Howard, an internationally known actor, director and screenwriter; and Bill Missouri Downs, the acclaimed Exit Interview playwright. When asked which play has been his favorite thus far, Justin said that "each production has offered me something different to play with, but Little Shop of Horrors might be my favorite so far. I've been having a blast with it; it's very high-energy all the way through." In the campy musical performed during Homecoming 2013, Justin stars in the role of Mr. Mushnik, a down-on-his-luck owner of a flower shop on seedy Skid Row. "Mr. Mushnik is a very charismatic character. I get to speak with an accent, wear a fat suit and dance the tango. It's been a very fun role to play."
During the short time Justin has been at Graceland, the theatre department has grown dramatically but remains tight-knit. "The people in our theatre department are very supportive," said Justin. "We're all there to help each other in our careers, which is such a huge thing. It's great that people graduate from the program but still keep in contact and offer to help." What's more, Justin said, is that Graceland's theatre program gives students "the opportunity to create what you want to do. The professors here are open to your ideas and will help you execute them."
Justin grew up just forty minutes north of Lamoni, but never dreamed that he'd attend college so close to home—or encounter such a diverse student body in rural southern Iowa. "The diversity here is something I've grown to love, and I think it's important to being a well-rounded individual," said Justin. "Graceland has really opened those doors to connections with international students and people from all over the United States."
After graduating from college, Justin has plans to move to New York City, where he will continue his acting education in conservatory programs and informal classes.


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A pensioner is calling for drivers to take more care on rural roads after she was knocked off bike the day before her 70th birthday.
Mary Hooper, of Wirksworth, was left tending to cuts and bruises on her birthday following the incident last Monday.
The retired social worker was cycling along the B5035 towards Carsington Reservoir. A long trailer lorry was overtaking her on a blind corner when a car came in the opposite direction and the HGV pulled in slightly.
"He was getting closer and closer and just clipped my handlebar, so my bike fell over and I flew off," she said.
"If he'd come that bit closer a bit sooner I would have been right up against the lorry and I might have gone under the wheels.
"There was nowhere else for me to go because the side of the road was a bank."
Mary managed to scramble to her feet and attempted to catch the licence plate number but it had driven off before she was able to do so.
"I was left with a very tender arm, a huge bruise on my thigh and scratches on my knee," she said.
Mary is now calling for lorry drivers and managers of haulage firms to be more careful on the road.
"I might have been lying there badly injured or dead," she said.
"If you are a lorry driver or a manager of them, consider the cyclist on these winding narrow country roads. Don't overtake on blind corners. Think Bike!"
Mary is a keen cyclist and celebrated her 70th birthday by going for a swim, before enjoying an evening with friends.


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By Faith Hung
TAIPEI (Reuters) - AU Optronics' plans to raise as much as $350 million in an overseas share issue sparked a surge in its shares, signaling that strong demand for high-definition displays in tablets and TVs is breathing new life into the loss-making panel maker's fortunes.
Shares in the Taiwanese company, which supplies screens for Apple Inc's iPad mini, surged their 7 percent daily limit for a second day in a row on Tuesday after it announced plans to sell 640 million to 800 million shares as American depositary receipts (ADRs).
"It's urgent and necessary for AU to raise the funds to upgrade its technology," said Oscar Chung, a fund manager at Capital Securities Investment Trust in Taipei, pointing to rising demand for high-definition panels.
"This year will be the first in a few years that sees the industry's gap between demand and supply narrowing," said Chung, who manages $372 million and has been accumulating AU shares this month.
The company did not put a figure on how much it aimed to raise or how the money would be used, saying only that proceeds from the sale will be used for raw material purchases. At AU's latest share price, the issue could raise up to $350 million.
The company earlier this month posted a net loss for a second year in a row in 2012 as panel oversupply weighed on the industry.
The loss forced it to forgo a dividend payment, which it announced along with the rights issue late on Monday. It also said it would cut its capital expenditure budget by T$8.6 billion ($290 million).
"The cut in capex is in line with their peers in Taiwan. In the past 10 years capex was for new capacity, but the industry is in an oversupply situation now," said one technology analyst at a European bank.
"They don't need to build capacity, the money should be spent on new technology," the analyst said.
"The operating cash flow is improving and they should be able to pay down debt. They are in a better financial position compared with previous years so they should be able to negotiate new loans and be in a better position to raise money in the market as their customers are top-tier names, including Apple."
The company has T$77 billion cash in hand, which is more than enough to cover short-term debt of T$54 billion out of total borrowings of T$220 billion.
AU's stock has bounced more than 15 percent from a three-month low hit late last week, as its prospects brighten. It nevertheless is virtually flat with its level at the start of last year, compared with a nearly 15 percent rise in Taiwan's benchmark index.
Its convertible zero coupon convertible bonds due in 2015, while trading below par at $94/94.75, have recovered from their June low of $76 as confidence improves in its debt-servicing ability. The convertible bonds now trade like straight debt as they are far out of the money.
($1 = 29.6165 Taiwan dollars)
(Additional reporting by Umesh Desai in Hong Kong; Writing by Edmund Klamann; Editing by Richard Pullin)


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