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|Astronomy and Astrophysics 505 (2009) 417-439
|The second INTEGRAL AGN catalogue
|V. Beckmann1S. Soldi2C. RicciJ. Alfonso-GarzónT. J.-L. CourvoisierA. DomingoN. GehrelsP. LubińskiJ. M. Mas-HesseA. A. Zdziarski
|Aims: The INTEGRAL mission provides a large data set for studying the hard X-ray properties of AGN and allows testing of the unified scheme for AGN. Methods: We present analysis of INTEGRAL IBIS/ISGRI, JEM-X, and OMC data for 199 AGN supposedly detected by INTEGRAL above 20 keV. Results: The data analysed here allow significant spectral extraction on 148 objects and an optical variability study of 57 AGN. The slopes of the hard X-ray spectra of Seyfert 1 and Seyfert 2 galaxies are found to be consistent within the uncertainties, whereas higher cut-off energies and lower luminosities we measured for the more absorbed/type 2 AGN. The intermediate Seyfert 1.5 objects exhibit hard X-ray spectra consistent with those of Seyfert 1. When applying a Compton reflection model, the underlying continua appear the same in Seyfert 1 and 2 with Γ ≃ 2, and the reflection strength is about R ≃ 1, when assuming different inclination angles. A significant correlation is found between the hard X-ray and optical luminosity and the mass of the central black hole in the sense that the more luminous objects appear to be more massive. There is also a general trend toward the absorbed sources and type 2 AGN having lower Eddington ratios. The black hole mass appears to form a fundamental plane together with the optical and X-ray luminosity of the form LV ∝ LX0.6 MBH0.2, similar to what is found between LR, LX, and MBH. Conclusions: The transition from the type 1 to type 2 AGN appears to be smooth. The type 2 AGN are less luminous and have less accreting super massive black holes. The unified model for Seyfert galaxies seems to hold, showing in hard X-rays that the central engine is the same in Seyfert 1 and 2, but seen under different inclination angles and absorption. The fundamental plane links the accretion mechanism with the bulge of the host galaxy and with the mass of the central engine in the same way in all types of Seyfert galaxies. All tables of this paper are also available in electronic form at the CDS via anonymous ftp to cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (188.8.131.52) or via http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?J/A+A/505/417
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So it sounds like your vision for the show is very purposeful from the very beginning . . . that you're going for a more documentary style rather than sensational.
One hundred percent. I think clearly in the episode you saw there's some pretty big topics that are brought up between Tyrone and his interpretation of his experience that he went to a version of hell. And to make sure we're respecting all our viewers, we do have the disclaimer that these are interpretations of people's experiences and we're letting them speak for themselves. But there's an episode later on in the series where there's a woman who amazingly on Christmas Eve suffers a medical sort of failure and goes to the hospital and she flatlined. And she claims to encounter Jesus in the afterlife. And you know I think that's a very powerful moment. In the hands of a different producer, they might kind of really play up the visuals. But I think aesthetically we really tried to let people's imaginations run. Rather than feed them imagery and, like you say, be sensational, there's more like an abstract, impressionistic direction that we've gone for in the imagery. And I think in some ways that's out of respect that these are very powerful images and figures for people.
One thing I kept thinking while watching the season premiere was who's to say what really happened to these people. Were they just dreams or hallucinations or did they actually go to heaven or to hell?
And I think again, that's an area that we are very cautious about. The show is not about myth-busting or proving whether they're true or not. And I think for the most part these people walk away from these experiences as them being life-changing. So in some ways I think the truth is sort of left for the viewer to draw their own opinions. It's the difference between the great mysteries of spirituality and science and its limitations. And I think in most categories, people's firsthand accounts seem to matter to us—like from police work to many in journalism, we trust people when they tell us things. I think we've taken that license with this [show]. We're going to let these people's stories have their day in public, and I think truthfully it's a rare thing. I work on other shows for BIO and also A&E, and I think one of the things that excites me about this show is that . . . I think this is one of the few cases that we're genuinely telling stories that nobody else is really telling. I think this show is really special in that we're embracing a topic that's very challenging to cover, and I think that we've found a great way to tell those stories through these "returners," as the producers sometimes call them when we're e-mailing each other, or these survivors.
It was interesting to see how Tyrone and Noelle had life changes from all about self to being more focused on helping others or doing something purposeful and meaningful with their lives. That's inspiring.
In the episodes that I've seen [of this season], there are some tried and true stories of what I would venture to call "a rebirth" of their spirit, that here's a few cases of folks who were going down the wrong path in life. And I think in the case of someone like Tyrone, you're seeing that for them it turned into an experience of standing, and in his words, "at the gates of hell" which is a powerful image for someone to speak in everyday speech. I sometimes have to step away from watching—like these are incredible things that these people are saying. And yet, and you probably see this in survival shows in general, when people are put upon the brink of death it's a changing moment. But I think here you're dealing with not only these people who went beyond the brink but that they're experiencing a sort of rebirth of their purpose and spirit in amazing ways.
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LONDON -- The uncut version of "Nymphomaniac Volume I" will world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, where it will play out of competition. Director Lars von Trier is expected to attend the screening.
The shorter version of Von Trier's pic will be rolled out worldwide in movie theaters from Dec. 25.
"Berlinale audiences will be the first to see the long uncut version of 'Nymphomaniac Volume I.' Lars von Trier, a guest of the Berlinale for the first time in 1984, returns to the festival with this film. The aesthetic he has created in 'Nymphomaniac' is impressive and radical," said Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick.
The ensemble cast is led by Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgard, Shia LaBeouf. Other thesps in the pic are Christian Slater, Jamie Bell, Uma Thurman, Willem Dafoe, Jean-Marc Barr and Udo Kier. British actress Stacy Martin makes her big screen debut.
The choice of venue for the premiere -- in the former capital of the Nazi Third Reich and only a short walk from the city's Holocaust memorial -- could be considered controversial. Von Trier was banned from the Cannes Film Festival in 2011 after a press conference for his last film "Melancholia" in which he jokingly said he was a Nazi and that that he understood Hitler.
The remarks, which he quickly came to regret, were made in jest in response to a question about his German roots.
Von Trier said: "I thought I was a Jew for a long time and was very happy being a Jew ... Then it turned out that I was not a Jew ... I found out that I was really a Nazi, which also gave me some pleasure.
"What can I say? I understand Hitler. He did some wrong things, absolutely, but I can see him sitting there in his bunker at the end ... I sympathize with him, yes, a little bit."
He added: "But come on, I am not for the Second World War, and I am not against Jews. I am very much for Jews; well not too much because Israel is a pain in the ass. But still, how can I get out of this sentence ... OK I'm a Nazi."
Von Trier later said in a statement: "If I have hurt someone this morning by the words I said, I sincerely apologize. I am not antisemitic or racially prejudiced in any way, nor am I a Nazi."
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First, worldwide there is a pending shortage of trained scientists to work in food science and related fields. Although enrollments are rising at my university and at other schools, IFT must continue to promote food science as a career and support efforts to aid more students financially. Much of IFT's efforts have been focusing on attracting undergraduate students to food science. I believe that there is untapped potential to recruit adults who hold undergraduate degrees in basic sciences and engineering to graduate programs in food science. A related issue is the reduction in U.S. federal funds for competitive research grants in food science and nutrition. Coupled with decreases in basic and applied research in the private sector, this loss of research support could leave the U.S. and other nations unprepared for changes in the food supply and consumer demand. IFT could be an effective link between companies and federal and academic researchers to leverage government funds with private dollars to increase knowledge and develop new technologies that benefit everyone. Communication is the third important strategic issue that I would like to address. IFT has a website with many opportunities for members to share information, but a relatively small number of members do so, at least in several of the communities to which I belong. Blast emails and tweets can lose their impact if they are used frequently. How can IFT members share their concerns or ideas with staff and elected leaders quickly? If elected, I would begin evaluation of alternative technologies to inform the membership of pending changes in programs or policies to elicit constructive feedback.
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I accepted the nomination to be a candidate for the position of President-elect because I feel I can contribute the time and energy to serve this organization that has meant so much to me personally and professionally. From serving as a student representative to the Nutrition Division in the 1980's to later chairing that Division, then serving on numerous IFT committees and Task Forces, I feel that I have a strong understanding of IFT's structure, balanced by an awareness of member needs and external forces on the field of food science. With nine years of continuous board service, first to IFT, then to AACC International as a board member and president, and also to the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, I gained broad experience with day-to-day as well as strategic planning for a scientific society. Leading a scientific organization approximately 1/10th the size of IFT allowed me to implement new policies and programs very quickly. Although my presidency of AACC International coincided with a major financial downturn, the society was able to maintain a stable financial balance and even made a profit from its annual meeting. Many changes were implemented during my term to change the annual meeting, and concepts such as scientific foci for meetings have now been adopted by IFT. My leadership experience at AACCI also afforded me the opportunity to strengthen my skills in intercultural communication and the view of an organization as global, not local. I have attended two officer training workshops held by the Council for Engineering and Scientific Society Executives that provided me with insight for successful strategic planning as well as interactions with society staff and members. IFT has invited me to participate in its Strategic Planning Meetings for 2011 and 2012 and the experience has only strengthened my desire to work to make IFT achieve its goals and be a strong resource for its members. My term as department chair at UMaine taught me the importance of open communication and conflict resolution which are skills that will also be important for an IFT leader. Technology should be a tool to help us achieve IFT goals, rather than dictating our progress. My experience as an on-line faculty and coordinator for my department's web-based graduate certificate program has provided me with insight on how technology can be used effectively not just to communicate, but to facilitate learning.
What defines a successful board and how would you contribute?
A successful board is one that stays current with trends in our field, listens to members, and keeps the mission of the organization alive in each decision that is made. Mutual respect for the opinions of other board members, volunteer leaders, and staff members can allow the board to effectively implement beneficial changes in IFT. My previous leadership experience enabled me to assist organizations in making changes such as getting the IFT journals listed in PubMed to increase citations for our journal articles by the medical community, completely revamping the AACC International annual meeting program, and increasing communication among members and leaders. IFT has tremendous depth in its current Board of Directors and I would be honored to be given the opportunity to work with them to strengthen IFT and the field of food science.
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The IFT Nutrition Division recognized my efforts to ensure safe and truthful labeling for foods and dietary supplements with a certificate for outstanding service in public policy in 1998. I received the Babcock- Hart Award from the Institute of Food Technologists and the International Life Sciences Institute North America in 2006 for my research on the effects of extrusion cooking and other processing techniques on nutrient retention, the development of an in vitro assay to evaluate the ability of foods or food ingredients to bind bile acids (and thus possibly reduce serum cholesterol in vivo), and for my efforts to clarify dietary supplement labeling. In 2007 I was named an IFT Fellow for my research, teaching and public service efforts. In 2008 I received two major awards from the University of Maine. The College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture granted me the Outstanding Researcher Award and I also received the University's highest research award, the Presidential Research & Creative Achievement Award.
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The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported Wednesday that Finley would likely be sidelined for at least eight weeks instead of the initial prognosis of three, which could leave the Packers with a decision. If they wait for Finley to recover and hold his roster spot, he wouldn't return until at least December. A move to the IR would open a roster spot immediately.
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Pegboard Organization: Our Creativity Center
For those of you have have taken my Playful Learning Spaces eCourse, you know that I am a huge fan of utilizing wall space in order to create areas where children can have access to inspiring materials. Pegboard offers a versatile and aesthetically pleasing way to take advantage of valuable space. What I love most about it is that it can easily be rearranged and restocked as your children's interests and skills evolve over time. Today I thought it would be fun to share the latest rendition of our creativity center.
Our Creativity Center…
- Colored Wire
- Paints & Mod Podge
- Metallic Paints
- Field Guides (a nice way to meld science & art)
- Jars on Shelves: Pebbles, Shells, Googly Eyes, Feathers, Bling, Nature Cut-Outs, Etc.
- Sharpies
- Gel Pens & Black Pad of Paper
- Pressed Leaves & Flowers in Acrylic Boxes on Shelves
- Scissors
- Whole Punches
- Glue & Glue Sticks
- Oil Pastels and Pastel Paper
- Color Wheel and Translucent Colored Paper
- Watercolor Paints, Crayons & Paper
- Scented Markers
- Handheld Mirrors (for self-portraits)
- Brushes
Pegboard Sources…
- Plastic Pegboard (comes in fun colors too!)
- Acrylic Shelves
- Card Holders (used for pads of paper & great for picture books too!)
- Brochure Holders (great for writing papers of all sizes)
- Round Cups
- Hooks
- Buckets
- Lots of Other Fun Stuff…
More Pegboard Inspiration…
If you are interested in discovering more practical tips for creating inviting spaces for the children in your life, check out our Playful Learning Spaces online class…
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Laura said on August 13, 2012 #
Organization like this makes me so happy! What an incredible space to inspire creativity.
Shalini said on August 13, 2012 #
I would like to know if your course is for kids of all ages or specifically for the younger ones. Mine are nearly 7 and 10 and I am keen to rearrange their room and their play space to reflect an meet their needs. I really want it to inspire them to flow into a variety of activity whether it be, drawing, writing, reading, art or craft.
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My name is Taiye and I'm here to share why I decided to go back to natural.
My mum started relaxing my hair at the age of 9/10yrs. This happened because as africans, in general, our hair texture tends to grow thicker and it becomes hard to maintain. So my mum struggled a little with maintaining my natural hair and she had no choice but to relax my hair. When I asked my mum why she 'really' relaxed my hair, her aff response was "oh I started relaxing your hair to ease the pain you were always complaining about after doing your hair and also to make it easier to do your hair " bless my mum lool I didn't know I was a tough one to handle back then *covers face* hehe.
As time went on, I continued relaxing my hair and it got to a point where my hair started growing weaker, and weaker and weaker. As if that wasn't enough, I remember the last time i relaxed my hair, as I was washing out the chemical from my hair, I was so shocked to see my hair literally fall out. I was so scared of losing all my hair that from that moment I vowed NOT to use strong chemicals on may hair again!. This little incident happened last year to be precise.
This year January 2013 I decided to go back to natural (FULLTIME) because I believe having chemical-free hair is the BEST way to wear your hair, so having said that, I've missed my natural hair so much, I'm still very much in love with my natural hair and I want to embrace my natural hair texture again and for good. I've set THE ball rolling already, by chopping off all the relaxed ends of my hair and now my usually Long and fine hair is now very short, looking good and growing healthy lol
I'm looking forward to taking proper care of it, feeding it well with the right nutrients, washing it well at the right period of time and maintaining a balanced growth. In the mean time here is a nice pic to keep the ball of this wonderful journey rolling. xoxo


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Thierry Koskas, Renault Program Director for Electric Vehicles and a member of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, tells The New Economy about the successful new models that are driving zero-emission motoring. Nissan has sold more than 27,000 LEAFs since launching the family hatchback in December 2010, and Renault has already taken more than 5,000 orders for its new EVs since they launched late last year.
Koskas also explains the changes making electric vehicles more appealing and accessible, and the behaviours they're set to change forever.
The luxury electric vehicle has landed – star of the New York International Auto Show is the Infiniti LE. Officially it's still a concept but Infiniti admits that a production version of the sleek zero-emission sedan will hit the streets within the next two years "in near-similar form".
Like the stunning Infiniti EMERG-E range-extender sports concept that wowed the Geneva Motor Show, the LE Concept combines a sweeping aerodynamic body – with a Cd figure of just 0.25 – with an elegant interior, inspired driving dynamics and advanced next-generation technology. The difference, of course, is that the LE is a 100 per cent pure electric vehicle.
The hardiest soul in Davos is Lu Ying. She's been outside the Hub Pavilion for the last five days, wrapped up against the freezing temperatures to dish out free warming cups of hot chocolate to passers-by.
The hob keeping the chocolate on the boil is powered by renewable energy supplied by Nissan LEAF – it's the first time the innovative LEAF-to-Home technology has been demonstrated in Europe.
Lu tells us that everyone who's sampled a cup loves the idea… find out more in her video
Europe's newest production electric vehicle, the Renault Fluence Z.E., is taking a starring role in Davos, Switzerland.
The Renault-Nissan Alliance has two examples of the stylish zero emission sedan running around the snow-covered streets, offering test drives to the legion of world leaders, top businessmen and opinion formers gathered in the town for the 2012 World Economic Forum.
The Renault Fluence Z.E., which has just gone on sale in Europe alongside the Renault Kangoo Z.E. - International Van of the Year 2012 -, is a well equipped and roomy four-door sedan with space for five adults and their luggage.
The sun might be shining but the snow is lying deep and crisp and even. And the mercury has fallen to -4 degrees C. What better way to warm up than with a mug of hot chocolate… especially when it's heated using renewable electricity?
The Cocoa Hut at the Hub Pavilion in Davos, Switzerland, is proving a magnet for passers by, all keen to sample the latest innovation from the Renault-Nissan Alliance.
LEAF-to-home technology reverses the Nisan LEAF's usual energy flow by using power stored in the car's batteries to drive domestic appliances.
Nissan LEAF, the award-winning pure electric vehicle, can do a great deal more than get you from A to B producing zero emissions as it goes. It can even power your house.
Nissan has developed technology that allows Nissan LEAF to provide electricity to a domestic dwelling, powering everything from lighting to laptops and heating to cooking. You could even do your ironing 'powered-by-LEAF'!
Called LEAF-to-Home, the system harnesses the power saved in a fully charged Nissan LEAF battery – about 24kWH – to run a typical home for up to two days in the event of an emergency such as a power blackout.
Jan. 20 — Shibetsu, Hokkaido — Auto journalists put the all-electric Nissan LEAF through its paces on three powdery test courses in Shibetsu, Hokkaido, this week, in the freezing temperatures of northern Japan.
Some 230 meters above sea level, media gathered to assess the LEAF's driving performance and handling in extreme weather conditions, icing any concerns that wintry weather could drastically reduce battery performance.
The innovative Nissan e-NV200 Concept makes its world debut at the 2012 North American Auto Show in Detroit and serves as more evidence of the Renault-Nissan Alliance's leadership position in the zero-emission auto market. Based on the popular Nissan NV200 multi-usage vehicle, which is available in Japan, Europe and China, the Nissan e-NV200 Concept previews a near-future production version of a full electric vehicle. It is designed to provide businesses or families with flexible, roomy interior space, while achieving a dramatic CO2 footprint reduction.


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Japanese Company Invents Water Fueled Car
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Japanese Company Invents Water Fueled Car
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Tired of pumping expensive gasoline into your car? Well one Japanese company reveals an eco-friendly car that runs on water, using the company's generating system, which converts water into electrical power - possibly the world's first.
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Alpiniolo May 25, 2011 10:28:25 AM CEST
Everybody that takes a bit of time knows how ridiculous this is!The system is at least 30 years old!And @Deuem I like your kind of thinking different, kind of genius but these engines even run on PEE!!WAKE UP People!Start building your own "Joe cells" or Steam Machines(300% Power Gain)Research it its old and easy just The so called PTB...They do everything to keep us ignorant!Our so called New technologies even can´t catch up with teslas 1900´s inventions! It´s a kind of forbidden laws of physics keeping the key to a big variety of great unbelievable inventions!All misspellings can be kept cause I´m german.
Eeeeeee May 23, 2011 8:17:26 AM CEST
There´s Some Videos On How To Convert OurCars To Water As Fuel. In YouTube.com
Poisonousrabbit May 22, 2011 10:43:52 PM CEST
yeah oil companies probably had that japenese man killed already
Djnick May 22, 2011 10:40:49 PM CEST
Unfortunately, this is an old story. The car has been taken out of production and the project shelved. (I wonder why?)
Coralbay00 May 22, 2011 9:46:26 PM CEST
bring it on...about damn time. and the comment below does not surprise me at all if it's true. the production of this will make japan world leaders in technology and popularity. i hear this idea has been 'shelved' for quite some time. oil companies bought the invention originally for obvious reasons.
Ufobillatgmail May 22, 2011 9:21:26 PM CEST
That doesn't surprise me at all, God Bless this project!!!P.S. Thank you "Stanley Meyer"!!
Eeeeeee May 22, 2011 8:56:33 PM CEST
The NWO Used HAARP On Japan. For Going ForwardWith THe Production Of The Water Car. The NWO Backed Oil Companies.


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I Hope That Reverend Giglio Still Believes That Homosexuality is a Sin…
WASHINGTON — The pastor whom President Obama has chosen to deliver the benediction at his inauguration this month delivered a sermon in the 1990s in which he called on fellow Christians to fight the "aggressive agenda" of the gay rights movement and advocated "the healing power of Jesus" as "the only way out of a homosexual lifestyle."
Think Progress, a liberal blog affiliated with the Center for American Progress Action Fund, reported Wednesday afternoon on the sermon delivered by the Rev. Louie Giglio, an Atlanta minister and founder of the Passion Conferences, a group dedicated to uniting college students in worship and prayer.
The speech, "In Search of a Standard — Christian Response to Homosexuality," can be heard on Discipleship Library, a Christian training Web site.
In it, Mr. Giglio cites Scripture in saying that homosexuality "is sin in the eyes of God, and it is sin in the word of God." He warned against gay rights. "That movement is not a benevolent movement," he said. "It is a movement to seize by any means necessary the feeling and the mood of the day, to the point where the homosexual lifestyle becomes accepted as a norm in our society."
Inaugural officials did not respond to a request for comment, and a spokeswoman for Mr. Giglio was not available.
Wayne Besen, founder of Truth Wins Out, which fights antigay sentiment, said: "It is imperative that Giglio clarify his remarks and explain whether he has evolved on gay rights, like so many other faith and political leaders. It would be a shame to select a preacher with backward views on L.G.B.T. people at a moment when the nation is rapidly moving forward on our issues."
"Backward views." Get that? If you're not down with the extremist, morally bankrupt progressive homosexual agenda, you're "backward."
I dare say this country is going backward straight to hell. And not a single conservative is blogging this story at Memeorandum. You'd think that folks on the right had seen a ghost, and it's the phantom of their own social-conservative past.
My god this country is doomed.


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|By Archie Hendryx
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|November 13, 2012 10:00 AM EST
Of the many CIOs that I have had the pleasure to either work for or discuss with, one of the main concerns that constantly resonate is that of job longevity. When on average the job longevity for a CIO is between only 4-5 years and with trends showing that this is likely to shorten, it's no surprise that the role of a CIO requires instant success in minimal time and typically with minimal budget. Nearly every CEO's mandate to a CIO is for IT to be better, faster and cheaper.
With this challenge the three steps to success for any CIO are plain and obvious. They are:
- Eliminate risk
- Improve Cycle Times
- Reduce Cost
While these three steps may incorporate subsidiary aspects such as demonstrating how IT best serves the business, building technological confidence to the business and making IT more effective etc. they eventually all fall under one of the three steps mentioned above.
Step 1: Eliminate risk
First by eliminating risk from your IT environment you immediately address the business concerns of:
- The revenue impact of downtime
- The revenue impact of performance slowdowns
- The impact to the business' brand value
Step 2: Improve Cycle Times
With a common business perception that legacy IT is too slow to deliver, improved cycle times are an imperative. This requires a solution that can accelerate the following and of course risk free:
- Virtualization and consolidation
- Refresh projects
- New Application and Service Roll outs
- Private Cloud initiatives
Step 3: Reduce Cost
The last and most obvious one also presents the biggest challenge especially as customarily the last thing a new CIO can do is ask for a large investment to implement their new IT strategy. The business will quickly recognize a CIO's success if they can prove that during their tenure they reduced CapEx and OpEx as well as Total Cost of Ownership.
So it's at this point imperative to remember that a CIO should not be concerned with buying technology from different silos and vendors but instead acquiring solutions that solve business problems. Long gone are the days when it was acceptable for a CIO to proudly boast the magnitude of their data centres and the large technology growth they had accumulated in an attempt to ensure everything was fully redundant. Instead the key drivers are for simplification, standardization & consolidation. This is where the concept of VCE's Vblock is key to a CIO's success.
Infrastructure more often than not doesn't carry the same sassiness or prominence to the business as a key application such as SAP but infrastructure is in essence the heart and soul of a business - if the server or storage goes down, the application won't work which ultimately means you cannot ship and sell your product, hence why the three steps to CIO success are linked to a successful infrastructure.
How to Eliminate Risk:
An integrated stack should entail a robust disaster recovery and business continuity solution that can not only be tested and proven but also implemented and run with minimum complication.
This should also incorporate the de-risking of application migrations from physical to virtual platforms and more specifically key applications that the business depends on.
Moreover this means a de-risked maintenance and operational procedure for the IT environment that is pretested, prevalidated and predictable and consequently eliminates any unplanned downtime.
In the past eliminating risk in this way has resulted in countless testing and validation procedures where every minute spent testing is a minute spent not growing the business. A true converged infrastructure can immediately resolve this.
How to improve Cycle Time:
Delivering a predefined, pre-integrated stack or in essence a plug and play data centre that's delivered and built fit for purpose in typically only 30 days can quickly achieve this by reducing typical infrastructure delivery times by three months. Having proven infrastructure in minimal time allows the application owners to roll out new services at a fraction of the time and consequently cost.
How to Reduce Cost:
The key to this is to link any proposed investment to a tangible ROI that spans at least three years. Where most vendors have made the mistake of determining ROI based on virtualizing a total physical infrastructure this rarely works as most organisations have already virtualized to some extent. Instead an incremental value needs to be formulated that is linked to the virtualisation of key business critical applications.
Additionally with an integrated solution across the stack there's no need to manage multiple components of an infrastructure and consequently multiple failure points that preoccupy multiple silos. This encompasses a changing of the mindset of technology being a break/fix, reactive organisation where heroes are rewarded for extinguishing fires. Instead a proactive and preventive methodology that has an "always on" culture will be adopted.
By streamlining the workforce to do more with less in correlation with application teams, OpEx cost savings can quickly be achieved by redeploying money from the back end infrastructure to front office, revenue enhancing business value and productivity.
To conclude, technology's protocol is to enable the business. Ensuring success in the three aforementioned steps enables a CIO to quickly enable the business .....and it may also allow them to stay in their job that little bit longer.
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The overall strategic priorities guiding the Foundation's annual planning are still being developed, but based on what's been articulated so far, the following priorities have emerged:
- Ensure Wikimedia runs high quality web site and operation
- Strength and grow the contributor community that is the lifeblood of Wikimedia
- Accelerate impact through innovation
The Board of Trustees was briefed in a strategy planning memo from Sue Gardner in February, 2010.


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Shenyang J-15 (Flying Shark)
Carrierborne Multirole Fighter
Focus Model: Shenyang J-15 (Flying Shark)
Country of Origin: China
Manufacturer: Shenyang Aircraft Corporation - China
Initial Year of Service: 2016
Production: 6
Crew: 1
Length: 71.85ft (21.9m)
Width: 48.23ft (14.70m)
Height: 19.36ft (5.90m)
Weight (Empty): 39,022lbs (17,700kg)
Weight (MTOW): 62,832lbs (28,500kg)
Powerplant: 2 x WS-10A Taihang afterburning turbofan engines developing 30,000lbs of thrust.
Maximum Speed: 1,305mph (2,100kmh; 1,134kts)
Maximum Range: 1,709miles (2,750km)
Service Ceiling: 0ft (0m; 0.0miles)
Rate-of-Climb: 0 feet per minute (0m/min)
Hardpoints: 10 (including wingtips)
Armament Suite:
1 x 30mm internal cannon
2 x Short-range air-to-air missiles (wingtips)
Up to eight underwing/underfuselage hardpoints for the carrying of air-to-air, air-to-surface, anti-ship or anti-radiation missiles.
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1. The Shock of the Social
Thursday March 22nd 2007 Said Business School, University of Oxford
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[Programme][Venue and Accomodation] [Previous Shock of the Old]
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We were pleased to host our sixth annual one-day conference on educational technologies (see previous Shock of the Old conferences).
News 27/03: Post-conference powerpoint presentations and audio recordings added to the conference programme page.. Also try searching for post conference discussion on Google, Delicious and Technorati using the tag Shock2007.
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Shock 6 will explore the issues arising from the rise of social networking tools, Web 2.0 software and related collaborative technologies and how best to make use of these innovative tools in teaching, learning and research.
There has been much talk recently, both in the IT world and in the media at large, about the new Web-based social collaboration tools collectively labelled 'Web 2.0'. They include blogs and podcasts as well as wikis, Flickr and social bookmarking. The term 'Web 2.0' was coined in 2004 by the publisher O'Reilly Media and is now widely used to denote this loose amalgamation of emergent tools and technologies.
Web 2.0 technologies are characterised by a dynamic social element, with a focus on collaboration and sharing of material that distinguishes them from the traditional Web technologies that merely transmit information from website to client and vice versa. The discussion of the usefulness of Web 2.0 tools has now moved into the realm of e-learning, with teachers and researchers investigating how informal social technologies can be integrated into formal education, as well as how - or even whether - they might also be applicable to research and administration.
The conference will discuss:
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Refreshments and lunch are included in the price:90.00 (academic); 200.00 (commercial); 40.00 (members of Oxford University and/or students). There will be a wine reception in the evening at the Said from 5pm to 7pm.
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Q:Well your English is freakin' great for it being a second language. I didn't really notice yours, just the confessions which you seem to paste with minimal corrections. I don't mean to be rude or anything, just poking fun at the confessions. We all need to accept the internet is global and its highly likely most submissions are from those who speak English as a second. And I will elaborate and say its not SO much grammar, mainly syntax and conjugation. Love your blog and keep it up! <3
Why, thank you!
I do correct them, but if I want to get anywhere with making the confessions, I don't want to spend/waste time correcting every little mistake. Especially if I don't see it right away, and most of the time - I don't. The only things I really hate is when people don't use any uppercase. That drives me insane, haha.
And yes, that is true. When I look at the statistics, I mostly get visitors from the USA, Canada, UK & Canada, but a lot of them are from Europe and South-America and Asia as well, so go figure.
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"The only thing this surge will accomplish is a surge of more death and destruction." That was the prediction of blogger and anti-war activist Arianna Huffington last December — one month before the Senate unanimously confirmed Gen. David Petraeus as commander in Iraq.
"I believe … that this war is lost, and this surge is not accomplishing anything." That was the judgment of Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid in April — two months before the reinforcements that Petraeus needed to fully implement his new "surge" strategy had arrived in Iraq.
In mid-June, just as troop strength was reaching the level needed to carry out the revised mission, Reid added: "As many had foreseen, the escalation has failed to produce the intended results."
But now those intended results are being seen — as even some critics of the war, to their credit, are acknowledging. "More American troops have brought more peace to more parts of Iraq. I think that's a fact," Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., told reporters.
"My sense is that the tactical momentum is there with the troops," Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., said to PBS's Charlie Rose.
The debate over the war in Iraq is shifting, though more slowly than is the war in Iraq, thanks to a well-funded and determined anti-war movement and too many in the media for whom good news is no news.
A few days ago, CNN's Kyra Phillips interviewed Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno, Petraeus' top deputy. She might have asked whether his troops now have both the will and a way to defeat al Qaeda suicide-bombers and Iranian-backed death squads. Instead, her inquiring mind wanted to know: "Do you think that this job that you've taken on could be career suicide?"
Because of scant media interest, most Americans don't even realize that the so-called surge is a new and different strategy, implemented by Petraeus because the approach of his predecessors — not least former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfield — failed.
Rumsfeld wanted a "light footprint" in Iraq, not an intrusive military occupation. He thought more troops would mean more targets for our enemies. He pushed hard for Iraqis to provide their own security as quickly as possible.
Under the Rumsfeld strategy, most American forces spent most of their time in Forward Operating Bases (FOBs). Cut off from the local population, they received little intelligence. And since they were providing security for themselves but not for Iraqis, Iraqis turned to sectarian militias that grew larger, stronger and more violent.
Meanwhile, al Qaeda in Iraq deployed suicide-bombers to mass-murder civilians as a way to stoke sectarian violence. Al Qaeda calculated — not unreasonably — that Americans would withdraw rather than remain in the crossfire of a civil war.
Petraeus, the Army's top counterinsurgency expert, decided it was time for a different approach. He moved troops out of the Forward Operating Bases and put them into Iraqi cities and villages where they have been providing security for Iraqis, who have shown their appreciation by providing intelligence that spy satellites can't retrieve.
He is targeting al Qaeda, as well as the Shia militias trained, funded and equipped by Tehran — their cells, strongholds and bomb factories. And with added troop strength, he has been able to hold the neighborhoods he has cleared.
It also is true that most traditional Iraqi leaders have been repelled by al Qaeda's brutality and extremism. Americans, by contrast, have shown the local sheiks respect while training and partnering with Iraqis — making it clear they would like nothing better than to see Iraqis take charge of their own security as soon as they are ready.
On top of all that, U.S. soldiers have been doubling as diplomats: helping to reconcile Sunni and Shia tribal groups, and even bringing insurgents — those not affiliated with al Qaeda or Tehran — into line with the Iraqi government.
This week, Odierno launched Operation Phantom Strike, a new offensive that aims to pursue the al Qaeda terrorists and Iranian-backed militias displaced from their safe havens by this summer's earlier actions: Operation Phantom Thunder and Operation Fard al-Qanoon (the Baghdad Security Plan).
Operation Phantom Strike, if successful, will mean more "death and destruction" — mostly for America's sworn enemies. No doubt, the anti-war crowd will both oppose that and pronounce it a failure even before it's fully under way. But other Americans — if they learn what is really happening in Iraq — will support the troops. Most will favor giving them the time and resources they need to complete their mission.
(Clifford D. May is the president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a policy institute focusing on terrorism.)
10 Responses to "The Patraeus effect"
As a retired combat arms soldier with both combat and counter insurgency experience I have very strong opinions on this fool's errand that is currently decimating our warriors while at the same time recruiting, and training Islamic radicals in combat operations. The 'Surge' is only a tiny shift in the paradigm as the bottom line is that the local populace still sees the American forces as intruders and occupiers. As such, you could put a million troops on the ground in a massive surge and all the insurgents would do is to go to ground and rebuild and reorganize. That is exactly what they did when we rolled into Baghdad.
The Surge ignores the fact that for every insurgent killed we create 5 more to take his place. It ignores the fact that the president is sacrificing American lives just so he can pass off this mess to the next administration. It ignores the fact that the radicals are massacring both Iraqis and Americans in an effort to influence public opinion as the September 'deadline' (which will be anything but) approaches. It ignores the fact that as long as we are there they will fight. This fact puts to lie the absurd McLain bleating that if we leave 'they will follow us home'. The twin towers came down because we occupy Saudi Arabia…not because we have a Super Bowl.
This is precisely why we need folks like Jim Webb to hold public office. So those who know and understand combat will ensure that more American lives aren't wasted by the living room commandos like the author of this article.
vietnam vet
I'm really sick of all these lies. More of our troops are killed and wounded than being reported.All you need to do is vist Walter Reed Army Hospital and see the shame of this war. Wake up America and don't believe everything you read, it's all lies, lies, lies, and more lies.
vietnam vet
How do I know this? I was a combat medic in Vietnam.
BIG BLOCK OF SALT, Mr. May.
I'll take anything Mr. May says with a big block of salt after this.
I agree almost completely with SnowCrash7. One difference is that I estimate that ten new insurgents/terrorists are created for every Iraqi civilian we kill. This is a tribal revenge culture, after all, so the whole extended family is duty-bound to seek blood revenge for the killing of a relative. That's why we have child suicide bombers appearing now.
All this stay-the-course, don't-lose-face, we're-turning-the-corner B.S. is what got an extra 50,000 killed in Vietnam after McNamara knew it was a lost cause. The really sad thing is that we actually have national interests in Iraq and the rest of the Middle East, unlike the marginal interests in Vietnam.
The fact is that, even with the surge, we are still about 200,000 troops short of the 350,000 to 380,000 (I can't remember the number) the army said was needed to maintain the peace after military victory. That was their estimate, before we went in, based on ten years of planning, and expressly in light of the possibility, if not probability, of sectarian strife after we took out Saddam. Shinseki told Congress we would need hundreds of thousands of troops, and was shunted off to the side by the Bush administration. Of course, it is probably too late now to force "peace" even with that number of troops.
It makes me wonder how those supposed geniuses in charge could be so wrong about so many things for so long. Or maybe they haven't been wrong. Maybe the current situation is exactly what they wanted. It comes very close to convincing me that Greg Palast is right, and the whole exercise was to ensure that Iraqi oil never made it to the market in large quantities, and certainly not for euros rather than dollars. Nothing better to prevent that than a fractured Iraq with different sects blowing up the oil infrastructure.
Now, a huge upswing in euro-traded oil certainly could have devastating effects on the American economy (at least on big oil, with repercussions throughout the economy). At least THAT would have been a strategic issue worthy of debate, but the American people were never been told that is why we were going in and why we need to remain there. My guess is that the public wasn't told because big oil, errrr, I mean the Bush Administration, knew that the American people wouldn't send their sons and daughters to fight and die for big oil, and certainly not on a permanent(oops, I mean "enduring") basis. Hence, the big oil administration scared the public with the obviously bogus WMD claims and the ludicrous claim that Saddam was in league with al Qaeda, lured the public with the "war will pay for itself and be over in six months" claim, and topped off the snow job with the laughable "spreading democracy" and "overthrowing a tyrant" frosting. The snow job would not have worked if there had been a build up to the 300,000-plus troops Shinseki and the Army called for, hence the "light footprint" of troops (supplemented by lots of private mercenaries). The gamble was that the American people could be kept in line behind the war (and even expand the commitment to the size needed for success) because, hey, we are a militant, warlike culture and wouldn't want to lose ANOTHER war, plus anyone who criticized the war (or its conduct)could be marginalized by calling them naive, liberal, cowardly, traitorous, and anti-Christian. AND, SO FAR THEY HAVE PRETTY MUCH BEEN RIGHT! While there is some opposition to the war, it is nothing like the Sixties opposition to Vietnam.
The tragedy is that the loyalty, lives, limbs and minds of our troops are being sacrificed on this alter of greed and cynicism. Not to mention our national treasure and international prestige–so much for the era of American invincibility. Sooner or later even the most diehard among the troops will realize they've been sold a bill of goods, just as David Hackworth and John Paul Vann did in Vietnam. Will the troops, and the public, answer the call next time, when there might be a true threat to our national security? Or, will they sit the next one out, having been burned so badly on this one, only thirty years after Vietnam ended. Fool us once, fool us twice, but fool us a third time?
And now, the Democrats are just as much to blame as the Republicans, because the Democrats don't have the courage to cut off funding for this war, instead choosing to play politics in the hope that it helps them in the 2008 elections. All the while, the troops go on dieing.
The Democratic Party has betrayed us.
If the Jack-Ass party had campaigned on passing non-binding resolutions to end the war, do you think they would have re-taken the house as they did!
Hairy Reed & Nancette Pelosi are
the real Double Wimp Twins of the Democrats as well as craploads of other Jack-Ass-Crats. Congressman Carl Levin has money invested in the defense industry.
Diane Feinstein's husband is a war profiteer.
Nancette refuses to put impeachment of the Chimp and Big Dick Cheney on the table.
Hairy & Nancette might as well stick both their heads up their appropriate orifices for all the good they're not doing.
I'll send a donatin to Cindy Sheehans run against
Nancy Pelosi for congress, anything to try to motivate Nancette to do something to get our troops home.
Bush is willing to bankrupt this country and sacrifice
lives of our troops and the population of Iraq for the greed of McHalliburton & other useless corporations.
Greg Palast is right about the intention in Iraq is to restrict oil production in order to rape America with high gas prices.
Bush is a traitorus psychopath whose Daddy never taught him how to deal with pain other then to shut it out and pretend it dosent exist.
In the book, 'Bush on the Couch',the Georgetown Psychiatrist, Justin Frank MD really goes into the
delusional dysfunctional pathology of the Chimp.
We are going to hell in a handbasket, and not enjoying the ride, the chimp is f*cking poison for this country.
Great analysis and factual rundown by all of you. I have nothing to add. You guys said it all. WELL DONE!
Is this Clifford May related to the cold-war Air Farce general of the same name, who wanted to provoke a nuclear war? I thought so…..
You fail to mention the state of the political system in Iraq which, if it cant get it's act together, makes any military progress the surge may produce moot.
"No doubt, the anti-war crowd will both oppose that and pronounce it a failure even before it's fully under way"
Didn't the surge start in Mid February? How could it not be fully underway yet?
Are anti-war folks just supposed to sit back and have faith in leaders that have bungled this oil grab from day 1? Or should we continue to apply pressure that, since the Democratic gains in congress last fall, fomented a change in strategy that has yielded the only promising results we have seen since the occupation began?
We on the left are not sheep, we ask tough questions that the mouth breathing bushbots are afraid to ask and we will not kick back and relax with a buttwiper and a cigarette until we bring the boys back home.
You failed to mention that al Qaeda virtually annihilated two villages in northern Iraq.
As with Viet Nam, the "local enemy" will strike how and when they wish. They will win (have won) this fight by attrition. It is just a matter of when will our leaders admit defeat, and get our troops and resources out of Iraq.
The entry into Iraq was based up on lies. al Qaeda was not in Iraq, thanks the the animosity between ben Laden and Saddam. We removed Saddam, and al Qaeda moved in.
Yeah, and that latest attack that killed some 500 Iraqis and wounded a like number certainly proves the point that the surge is working. We don't need people like Mr. May, who see success everywhere they look in Iraq, telling the American people how grand and successful the so called "surge" is succeeding. We can judge that for ourselves by what information numerous sources provide on a daily basis. By the way, how about telling us readers how many trips YOU made to Iraq that involved talking with the troops on the ground and the Iraqi people? Those that were NOT orchestrated by the military is all we are interested in, because we know about what happens when the military "conducts" an itinerary?
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Clinical Cancer Experience with PET-MR
A terrific review of the clinical experience in cancer patents of the use of PET-MR was recently published by Drs. Karin Herrmann, Norbert Avril and Pablo Ros, among others. This detailed account summarizes many aspects of the clinical utility of PET-MR in more accurate detection of cancer and cancer metastasis, use in decision-making, comparisons of detection accuracy across cancers, and considerations of reduction in overall radiation imaging exposure, which may especially be an issue in patients with longer life expectancy and pediatric and young adult patients. Its use in minimal residual disease represents another area of ongoing interest.
I ask you to familiarize yourselves with this exciting imaging technology and to consider using this approach as an imaging component of your clinical trials. There are many remaining questions that need to be addressed.
For those at Seidman, the machine is now available for clinical use. Cleveland Clinic will be installing a similar PETMR soon.
Sequester Impact on Biomedical Research - Response from Sen. Brown
For the past couple weeks I have reminded you of the importance of contacting our political leaders to let them know the detrimental effect the sequester has had on research discoveries. One enthusiastic member of the Cancer Center community took the opportunity to write to Sen. Sherrod Brown and wanted to share the response they received back, with the hope that our governmental representatives will continue to push for support of the NIH:
Dear XXX:
NIH is the cornerstone of medical advancement and innovation in the United States, financing lifesaving research to improve the health and wellbeing of all Americans. I am highly supportive of the NIH's mission and am heartened by its successes. As such, I share your concern that NIH funding is taking a grave hit given budget cuts over the last few years and the effects of sequestration.
Not only are these cuts stifling innovation and research, but they are hurting job creation and may even have a lasting effect on the future workforce pipeline of medical researchers. The average age for a principal investigator (PI) receiving his or her first grant continues to increase, as does the average age for all PIs. In essence, we are losing scientists focusing on basic science and research on innovations that are not yet profitable enough to be championed by private industry. Maintaining robust funding levels for NIH is vitally important to reverse these trends.
I strongly support ample funding for NIH which is why I signed Senators Casey and Burr's FY14 appropriations letter. Funding NIH research will help advance groundbreaking discoveries that lead to better understanding of disease processes, treatments, and health outcomes for Americans. As this year's appropriations process moves forward, please be assured that I will continue to advocate for ample funding for NIH.
Thank you again for getting in touch with me.
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Graft-versus-Host Disease (GvHD) National Symposium
Registration is open for the Graft-versus-Host Disease (GvHD) National Symposium, Friday, November 1 at the Embassy Suites Cleveland. This conference is intended to raise awareness about the signs and symptoms of GvHD, review cutting edge approaches to prevention and treatment, and highlight and promote research to further our understanding of its cause. The symposium will have two tracks: a scientifically rigorous one for physicians and practitioners, and a survivor track that will focus on challenges faced by BMT recipients and their families. CME credit is available.
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Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Microscope Usage Survey
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Melanoma Research Alliance
The Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) announces its seventh annual Request for Proposals (RFP), soliciting translational research grant applications from scientists and clinicians around the world. The RFP calls for ideas that could lead to high impact near-term clinical application in melanoma detection, prevention, diagnosis, staging, or treatment.
Fourth Annual DeGregorio Foundation Award for Cancers of the Upper GI Tract
The DeGregorio Family Foundation for Gastric and Esophageal Cancer is pleased to announce the 4th annual funding opportunity for gastroesophageal malignancies. The Foundation seeks to promote and facilitate collaborative research on the pathogenesis, early diagnosis, and treatment of upper gastrointestinal malignancies. We support high quality, innovative, and transformative translational and bent research to improve the understanding of the biology of these diseases, identification of potential novel therapeutic targets, or in the development and evaluation of novel biomarkers for early diagnosis and treatment.
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Mississippi to hold historic black-white runoff
August 17, 2011 —
For the first time in Mississippi's history, a black gubernatorial candidate has advanced to the runoff of a major party. In the August 2 Democratic Primary, three-term mayor of Hattiesburg Johnny DuPree, an African-American, came in first with 43 percent of the vote, followed by 39 percent for Delta attorney Bill Luckett, his chief rival, who is white. DuPree and Luckett will face each other in a runoff on August 23. The winner will face Phil Bryant, who won the Republican nomination in the August 2 primary.
DuPree, 57, has vowed to avoid negative campaigning and in the runoff campaign has thus far stressed his own record in business and government. He benefited from the racial makeup of the Democratic Primary turnout and may do so again in the runoff. He also has the support of influential US Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS). DuPree carried Hinds County (Jackson), the state's largest Democratic bailiwick, by more than two-to-one, and a hotly contested runoff for sheriff there will encourage a high turnout in the gubernatorial runoff, which should help DuPree.
DuPree is also benefiting from the support of the two other Democrats who ran and lost in the first primary. High school history teacher William Bond Compton, 59, received 10 percent of the vote and former Yalobusha County tax assessor Guy Dale Shaw, 74, received 7 percent; both have endorsed DuPree.
On the downside, DuPree spent $430,000 in the first primary, only about half that of Luckett, and is likely to be outspent in the runoff as well.
Luckett, 62, is a successful Clarksdale lawyer and businessman. He is concentrating his fire on Bryant, the Republican nominee, calling him a "career politician." Luckett is known in his hometown for opening two businesses in renovated buildings in downtown Clarksdale, the Ground Zero Blues Club and a restaurant. Black actor Morgan Freeman is a partner with him in these ventures. Freeman has also narrated some TV spots for Luckett.
Luckett should also get a boost from the endorsement of the Mississippi Alliance of State Employees. "Bill Luckett is standing up for state and local government employees, state retirees and teachers, and we are standing up with him," said Brenda Scott, the group's president, in a statement released Monday. She added that Republican Bryant "has said that if he is elected to office there will be a smooth transition – more of the same – and that is what scares the Hell out of our public employees and retirees."
An issue bubbling mostly in the background concerns whether or not Luckett fulfills the Mississippi requirement that a candidate for governor must be a resident of the state for five years. "Mule-Headed Mississippi," a local blog, published two signed voter registration forms from neighboring Tennessee in which a William Luckett avowed that he was a resident of Tennessee, one dated 2007. According to one source, the matter has been discussed in the state's Democratic Executive Committee. Should Luckett win the runoff, the issue may end up in court.
All things considered, "I would think DuPree has the upper hand," says a long-time observer of the state's politics, noting the importance of Congressman Thompson's support, as well as DuPree's appeal to black voters statewide.
Meanwhile, both runoff candidates have been working their opponent's strongholds. DuPree is working black-majority counties in the Delta which went for Luckett, who hails from that area. Luckett is campaigning in Hinds County, which went heavily for DuPree in the primary, in hopes of diminishing DuPree's strength there. In the first primary, the Southern half of the state went heavily for DuPree, the Northern half strongly for Luckett.
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Dancing with the Stars pro Anna Trebunskaya hears the chatter about her partner, Olympic gold medalist Evan Lysacek, but she's not listening. "It kind of freaked me out at first because people were already talking about it, like, 'Well, he's going to win; he's definitely going to go far,'" she tells TVGuide.com. "But then I forgot about it because we can only try our best and the rest is out of our control. I'm just concentrating on our dances." Their rehearsals are going well, she says — except for the instances when she fears she will fly out the window. See why the 29-year-old thinks she'll take flight, why she likes working with athletes and who she's going to recruit to help out Lysacek.TVGuide.com: You've been on five seasons, and Evan is your third athlete after Jerry Rice and Chuck Liddell.Anna Trebunskaya: I know! I've had a lot of athletes! I like working with anybody, but athletes are great because they definitely have the work ethic. You don't have to teach them how to work. You just have to teach them the different coordination to their bodies, but their bodies are already somewhat coordinated, although it might be for something else, like hitting people in the face! [Laughs] Evan Lysacek: Dancing a chance to "prove critics wrong"TVGuide.com: Evan says he's not very graceful. True?Trebunskaya: I think he's very critical of himself. Chuck — I compare them because their bodies are different — was a really burly man, like a tank on wheels. Evan's not like that. He's definitely lighter on his feet, so I think he's just very critical of himself. The Viennese waltz is a good dance for him because it has a lot of rotations, which he's used to. There are some spins that are sort of down his alley, so I'm trying to make the choreography more comfortable for him. He's also not used to having a partner, so he wants to do his own thing — not intentionally, but subconsciously. That's his struggle right now. I'm trying to manually hang onto him and not let him run away!TVGuide.com: Does he try to run away from you a lot?Trebunskaya: Not a lot because I don't let him. He's just used to being by himself. He's also done [skating] with a lot of power and a lot of strength on his own, but if you add too much power to a couple, then we're both flying out the window. I tell him to be careful because I don't want to go flying! I think he's slowly starting to realize that and is kind of backing off. He's learning fast.TVGuide.com: Evan's had a stress fracture in his foot for a while. How are you working around it?Trebunskaya: Yes, I'm conscious of it and he hasn't really been wearing the Latin heels. Those were Tom DeLay's nemesis last season. That's how he got his stress fractures — because of those darn Latin heels. So I'm not doing that for him now.Poll: Evan Lysaeck favored to win Dancing; skater feels "so much pressure"TVGuide.com: Did you root for Evan or your countryman, Evgeni Plushenko, in the Olympics?Trebunskaya: [Laughs] I think our producers have a good sense of humor to pair us up. Obviously I'm a big fan of Russian Olympians, but honestly, I'm a fan of just good performances. So, I was just as happy for Evan winning as I was for the Chinese pairs skaters that won because they should've won and that was their night. Russia's my motherland, but I've been living in America for a while now and I have roots here as well. I have seen the gold medal. I like it! It was very heavy and kind of big. I asked if it was real gold and Evan said, "No, you cannot sell it."TVGuide.com: Do you like that the show went back to having a smaller cast?Trebunskaya: Definitely. I think the smaller cast makes it easier for the audience to connect to a certain celebrity. For me and Chuck, I think we could've done better if there weren't so many people. It is what it is. It's just easier for people to notice somebody because when there are so many people, nobody knew who to vote for. Or they gave a vote to four different people. So in the end... you didn't really save anybody. The audience has to choose a couple and really stick with them because you never know. They might be at the top of their game one week and everything's nice and dandy. You might think they're safe the next week, but they're never safe.Dancing's Aiden Turner: I don't want to turn into George HamiltonTVGuide.com: Your husband, Jonathan Roberts, is not on this season. Is it easier or harder not competing against him?Trebunskaya: We never have a problem competing against each other! It's actually a little bit harder because I'm not going to be seeing him as much. I'm going to be traveling with Evan, and that's going to be interesting. But people are away from their spouses, sometimes not knowing for how long, so I'm not complaining.TVGuide.com: He can give Evan tips.Trebunskaya: Oh, for sure he will! [Laughs] He's going to have to watch the show every week and he's going to have to give me his thoughts. He doesn't have to go overboard with it, but just a few ideas. I'm definitely going to pick his brain.
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