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They have deep pockets and aren't afraid to dig into them.
Seemingly out of nowhere, a trio of wealthy political neophytes has roiled Republican Senate primary races taking place this month, dipping into their personal fortunes to highlight their business backgrounds, cast their opponents as career politicians and draw within striking distance of a victory few saw coming just a few weeks ago.
In Arizona, real estate mogul Wil Cardon is still viewed as having work to do if he's going to catch the prohibitive favorite in the race - six-term Rep. Jeff Flake.
But in Wisconsin, banking executive Eric Hovde is gaining quickly against a former governor and a former congressman. In Missouri, John Brunner, the former CEO and chairman of health and beauty care giant Vi-Jon Inc., has forced his way into a three-way battle featuring a congressman and a former state treasurer that will be decided Tuesday.
Brunner and Hovde have started to draw criticism from national Democrats, reinforcing their rise as serious contenders.
Throw in Connecticut, where one-time World Wrestling Federation CEO Linda McMahon is likely to win the party's nomination for a second time, and four Republican self-funders are capable of advancing to November's general election.
Each election cycle brings its share of candidates who struck it rich in the business world and hope to use their fortunes to help bankroll successful runs for political office. Most are destined to lose. That includes this year's biggest self-funder, David Dewhurst, who spent at least $16.5 million in his loss to Ted Cruz in Tuesday's Texas primary.
The list of U.S. Senate candidates who spent big in 2010 and lost includes McMahon, $50 million; Jeff Greene in Florida, $23.7 million; and Carly Fiorina in California, $5.5 million. The biggest exception was Republican Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, who spent $8.7 million in his defeat of Democratic incumbent Russ Feingold.
But this year's crop of self-funders has more going for them than lots of money. They're also able to highlight successful business records to voters hungry for a better economy and resentful of those currently in office because of the economy's slow growth and stubbornly high jobless rate.
A recent ad from Brunner exemplifies the self-funders' strategy as he criticized former state treasurer Sarah Steelman and six-term Rep. Todd Akin.
"While John Brunner was adding over a thousand manufacturing jobs, politicians Todd Akin and Sarah Steelman were manufacturing debt," said the ad.
Veteran GOP strategist Wes Gullett, of Phoenix, said anti-incumbency fever is still the most important factor in this year's primaries, and that's giving Cardon and the other self-funders an opening.
"Since 2008, we've been looking for change. Every election now is about: `Have you been there, and are you part of the problem? Or are you part of the solution?'" said Gullett, who was John McCain's deputy campaign manager in 2000. "Whether you've been there two years or 12 years, you're handicapped when you're running in that environment."
Cardon has lent his campaign more than $6 million so far and had nearly $2.4 million in the bank at the end of June. The slew of television ads he's financed has forced Flake and his allies to spend some of their money attacking Cardon rather than saving those resources for a tough fall campaign against Democrat Richard Carmona.
Sens. McCain and Jon Kyl have endorsed Flake. McCain also voiced concerns that the negative primary in Arizona was hurting the GOP's prospects in the fall. Cardon disputed the notion and called the warnings hypocritical given the ads the two senators have aired in their previous elections.
Cardon has attempted to take advantage of the disdain for Washington by running ads attacking Flake for reversing himself on term limits and for shifting to the right on illegal immigration.
In Missouri, Brunner's rise has come as his campaign has spent nearly $7 million through mid-July - with almost all of that money from the candidate himself. Meanwhile, Akin's and Steelman's spending totaled about $3.7 million.
A similar dynamic is at work in Wisconsin, where Hovde's campaign has spent $3.8 million - almost all of it from the candidate, while former Rep. Mark Neumann and former Gov. Tommy Thompson together have spent about $2.8 million. The money has helped the self-funders frame their races on the airwaves while their opponents were busy building their resources.
Brunner and Hovde have gained the support of tea party groups because of their focus on cutting government spending, but they should not be confused with the tea party firebrands such as Sharron Angle and Christine O'Donnell, who won GOP primaries two years ago but hurt their party's ability to win general elections in Nevada and Delaware, respectively. They hit many of the same talking points that rallied GOP voters two years ago, but with a Chamber of Commerce touch that is more likely to win over moderates and independents.
The sizable investments the self-funding candidates are making raise the question of whether they've tilted the playing field with their wealth and whether they're essentially trying to buy an election. Hovde bristles at the question.
"I'm taking my hard-earned money because I care about my country passionately and I'm worried it's going to go through a financial collapse. And I'm being criticized for making a big investment that's a giant negative return for me?" Hovde said.
All of the big self-funders in this year's Senate races are participating in competitive GOP primaries while the top Democratic candidates in those states are generally running uncontested and can save their resources for the fall.
That dynamic is generally improving the prospects for those Democratic candidates by exposing some major vulnerabilities, said Matt Canter, spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
"It's resulting in some very vicious primaries developing around the country," Canter said.
Brian Walsh, spokesman for the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, said hard-fought primaries aren't a problem.
Associated Press writer Scott Bauer in Madison, Wis., contributed to this report.


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AXIS Retirement Analytics Platform, a retirement information system offered by Castle Rock Innovations to help advisors stay compliant with 408(b)(2) regulations, held on Wednesday the first in a series of monthly webinars to educate covered service providers on how to avoid—and prepare for, should it come to that—an audit from the Department of Labor.
Tom Loch, senior vice president for Castle Rock Innovations, called 2012 a "significant year" for regulation. "Many firms were caught off guard" by changes in regulations, he said.
John Sohn, partner at the Wagner Law Group, described ERISA rules that give the Department of Labor authority to enforce advisors, including 502(s), which empowers the DOL to bring civil action against wrongdoers; 502(l), which requires a 20% civil penalty on settlements; 501, which imposes criminal sanctions on advisors who willfully violate ERISA rules and allow penalties of up to $100,000 per person or $500,000 per firm; and, finally, 504, which gives the DOL a "broad arsenal of weapons" to subpoena advisors' books and records.
The investigation process could take anywhere from six months to two years, Sohn said, and sometimes longer. The "leading way these investigations are launched," he said, is by a plan participant complaining to the DOL's Office of Participant Education. Other common reasons for an audit include a referral from another regulator like the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Internal Revenue Service; an enforcement initiative such as the Rapid ERISA Action Team (REACT), Consultant/Adviser Project (CAP) or Contributory Plans Criminal Project from the Employee Benefits Security Administration; or Form 5500 filings.
The audit procedure appears simple on paper, but Sohn stressed that it is "difficult to convey how time-consuming" it actually is. First, an advisor would receive an initial letter from the DOL. Then advisors would be required to produce documents required by the DOL and sit in on-site interviews with an investigator. Finally, the advisor would receive a letter stating that no further action was needed; "voluntary" compliance; or a litigation letter. Sohn suggested that a voluntary compliance letter was voluntary in name only. "If you don't comply, it will go to a litigation letter," he said.
Sohn listed 12 BEST PRACTICES to help advisors AVOID a DOL audit:
- Maintain a stand-alone ERISA policy, even if it's just a "one-pager." This "shows a culture of compliance," Sohn said.
- Track all client accounts that are subject to ERISA restrictions. This record one of the first documents the DOL will ask for, he said.
- Formalize your procedure for 408(b)(2) notices and updates.
- Maintain model client documents that are compliant with current law.
- Ensure all client agreements are signed.
- Develop a model response to Form 5500 information requests.
- Ensure compensation is level.
- Confirm that all referrals are fully disclosed and that they don't violate prohibited transaction rules. Referrals are permissible under ERISA, but referral compensation should be fully disclosed, Sohn said.
- Confirm that your affiliates or third-party subcontractors are fully disclosed and don't violate prohibited transaction rules.
- Provide ongoing education and training for your employees. Sohn noted that education isn't explicitly required by the DOL, but it "looks good if personnel are subject to ongoing training.
- Internal audits. Any internal audits should cover ERISA items, Sohn said. It's also a good idea to conduct mock DOL audits.
- Benchmarking. Sohn acknowledged that benchmarking isn't practical for every advisor, but said that some advisors offer it as a value-added service. Even if you or your service provider aren't the cheapest option, it "doesn't matter," Sohn said. "There's no requirement to go with the cheapest" options, but you have to show the reasons behind your choice.
If an advisor finds him or herself in the unlucky position of being audited by the DOL, "it's not the end of the world," Sohn said. He outlined SIX STEPS for advisors to PREPARE for an AUDIT.
- Choose one person to act as a liaison. This person shouldn't be at the CEO level, he said, but shouldn't be a low-level administrative employee, either.
- Ask the DOL for permission to use ERISA counsel. Sohn stressed that since the initial stages of an audit are considered "voluntary," the DOL views using ERISA counsel as a privilege rather than a right. "Ask nicely," he said, and they're sure to let you use counsel.
- Negotiate the scope of the document request. The DOL may request as many as 26 different types of documents.
- Give all documents a legal review. The documents you hand over are likely to be subpoenaed, Sohn said, so make sure they are in order. It's also helpful to provide a narrative for the investigator.
- If you discover any discrepancies, provide an explanation and propose your own remedy. If you leave it to the DOL to suggest a remedy, it's likely to be overly burdensome.
- Prepare your staff for on-site interviews.
Sohn noted that the DOL's national enforcement efforts are governed by its available resources. "Each year, the DOL hires record numbers of investigators," he said. He expects third-party administrators will be a large focus for the DOL because "their services are discreet." He also expects the DOL to expand its focus to include broker-dealers and recordkeeping platforms.


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BANGKOK, Dec. 13 (Kyodo) — Thai agriculture conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group said Thursday it has agreed to set up a joint venture with China's largest automaker, SAIC Motor Corp., with the aim of opening an auto factory in Thailand in the next two years.
The joint venture, under the name of CP Motor Holding Co., will facilitate Thailand's ambitious efforts to become the "Detroit of Asia," said Noppadon Chiaravanont, a deputy chairman of CP Group's Automotive Industrial Products Business Group (China).
SAIC Motor will hold 51 percent of shares in the new joint venture and the CP Group will hold the rest.
Noppadon said the firm eyes production of MG-brand passenger cars for the Thai and worldwide markets.
"Thailand will be our production base for worldwide export. We are confident in the potential of Thailand as Detroit of Asia," he added.
Noppadon said the initial phase of investment will require at least 10 billion baht (about $333 million). He said the joint venture is expected to begin releasing MG-brand products in 2014.
Last week in Shanghai, SAIC Motor said the joint venture with CP Group will initially strive for a production and sales capacity of 50,000 units per year.
In the second step, annual capacity will be raised to 200,000 units "by leveraging internal taxation policies" inside the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, of which Thailand is a member, to boost sales to the ASEAN market, in particular.
"The parties will leverage the-MG brand resources and the R&D capabilities of SAIC Motor and the local industrial resources of Thailand to seize the developmental opportunities on the ASEAN market," it said in a statement.
The SAIC Motor, formerly known as Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp., is China's biggest carmaker with annual production and sale of 4 million units.
The MG series of cars was originally manufactured in Britain by MG Car Co. SAIC took over that business in 2007 and set up a factory in China to produce left-steering wheel cars for the domestic market.


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As the Ledyard High School girls basketball team watched Wednesday's pre-game ceremonies unfold, Ledyard coach Adam Baber made sure the squad realized who was being honored and why.
As the Ledyard High School girls basketball team watched Wednesday's pre-game ceremonies unfold, Ledyard coach Adam Baber made sure the squad realized who was being honored and why.
Not only did Baber want to give respect to the duo being honored — it's now the Judy Dowe Standish gym, along with the Bob Arsenault Court — but he was hoping for a win, too.
They accomplished it all after a 58-25 win over St. Bernard.
"I think (Ledyard principal Amanda) Fagan put it best when she called them 'the pioneers for girls athletics and basketball in particular' " in the dedication ceremony, Baber said, "and I think (the team) hung on to that as the game went on."
The team was not familiar with Arsenault, who is considered the father of the sport at Ledyard, and his right-hand person, Howe Standish, who began the program in 1975. Baber, however, said he and his staff made a point of informing them.
The Colonels (13-2) had plenty of time to think of other things after the first quarter. The Saints put up a fight early when Casey Sullivan (13 points) hit a pair of 3-pointers and Brittney Walenta (nine points) challenged Ledyard's interior defense.
"Brittney drives against anybody. She would drive against UConn girls," St. Bernard coach Mike Nystrom said with a laugh.
Up front, the Colonels could almost be confused with a college team. When 6-foot-3 Hannah Hutchins is in, the Colonels then move 6-foot Kylie Fustini to the three-spot so 6-1 Michelle Klinikowski can play the power forward. It's a luxury to which few high school girls basketball teams can lay claim, and what makes matters worse is the Colonels have discovered they can shoot from the outside with impunity.
Olivia DelGrosso, Ari Fustini and Bianca Matira are free to launch as they're generally sure one of the bigs will get the board — Ledyard outrebounded St. Bernard, 31-15 — if the shot happens to go astray.
"It helps, because if we shoot it (and make it), it opens up the inside," DelGrosso said. "We all are working together."
On Wednesday, it was Kylie Fustini's turn. She scored eight of her team-high 14 points in the first quarter to lead Ledyard to an 18-10 advantage at the end of the period. DelGrosso scored seven of her 11 points in the third quarter and Klinikowski (nine rebounds) knocked down five of her 12 in the fourth.
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(Pocket-lint) - LG announced two new Ultrabook models at CES in Las Vegas and Pocket-lint was on hand to have a quick play with the new models.
The LG Z430 is a 14-inch Ultrabook that is just 19.9mm thick and weighs just 1.5kg. Clad in metal, it certainly looks the part.
Looks are one thing but what about performance? Well, although we weren't able to give the Z430 a proper going over on the show floor, our quick play with the new laptop suggests it is going to be easy and enjoyable to use.
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The World Bank has projected India's economy will grow over 6 per cent in 2014-15 and 7.1 per cent by 2016-17 as global demand recovers and domestic investment increases.
In China, growth is estimated to stay flat in 2014 at 7.7 per cent, slowing to 7.5 per cent for the next two years, reflecting deleveraging and less reliance on policy-induced investment.
Global gross domestic product growth may firm up to 3.2 per cent this year from 2.4 per cent in 2013, stabilising at 3.4 per cent and 3.5 per cent in 2015 and 2016, respectively, the World Bank said in its Global Economic Prospects report released on Wednesday.
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According to the report, the global economy is projected to strengthen this year, with growth picking up in developing countries and high-income economies appearing to be finally turning the corner five years after the global financial crisis.
"Growth appears to be strengthening in both high-income and developing countries, but downside risks continue to threaten the global economic recovery," said World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim.
"The performance of advanced economies is gaining momentum and this should support stronger growth in developing countries in the months ahead.
"Still, to accelerate poverty reduction, developing nations will need to adopt structural reforms that promote job creation, strengthen financial systems and shore up social safety nets," he said.
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According to the report, in South Asia, weaker growth in India, following several years of rising inflation and current account deficits, has opened up a large negative output gap, which is projected to gradually close as the economy slowly recovers.
Better Indian performance will be heavily reflected in the region's growth, which is expected to strengthen to 5.7 per cent in 2014 and about 6.7 per cent in 2016, it said.
Growth in South Asia is estimated to have been a very weak 4.6 per cent in 2013, mainly reflecting weakness in India.
Growth appeared to be recovering toward the end of 2013, and regional GDP on a calendar-year basis is projected to slowly accelerate to about 6.7 per cent in 2016, mainly reflecting stronger growth in India and a cyclical recovery in investment and external demand, it said.
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"India's growth is projected to rise to just over 6 per cent in FY2014-15 and to increase to 6.6 per cent in FY2015-16 and 7.1 per cent in FY2016-17," the World Bank said.
"Growth in India will be led by recovery in global demand and an increase in domestic investment, subject to downside risks."
Pakistan's growth is expected to moderate slightly to 3.4 per cent in FY2013-14, reflecting necessary fiscal tightening, and then rise to 4.5 per cent in the medium term, it said.
Kaushik Basu, Chief Economist and senior vice president at the World Bank, said the global economic indicators show improvement.
But one does not have to be especially astute to see there are dangers that lurk beneath the surface, he said, adding that the euro area is out of recession but per capita incomes are still declining in several countries.
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"We expect developing country growth to rise above 5 per cent in 2014, with some countries doing considerably better, with Angola at 8 per cent, China 7.7 per cent and India at 6.2 per cent.
"But it is important to avoid policy stasis so that the green shoots don't turn into brown stubble," Basu said.
According to the report, growth in remittances to South Asia is estimated to have moderated to 6.8 per cent in 2013 from 9.7 per cent in the previous year.
"Flows to India dipped in the first quarter, but with the depreciation of the rupee, they rebounded to reach an estimated $71 billion in 2013," it said.
India, with large current account and fiscal deficits and weaker growth, was hit particularly hard by a withdrawal of portfolio capital (resulting in steep currency depreciation) in the middle of the year, stemming from apprehensions of tapering of US quantitative easing, the Bank said.
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"The rupee subsequently appreciated, in part because of policy interventions to support foreign exchange markets, and capital flows and equity markets rebounded as QE tapering was delayed to January," it said.
The Bank said weak gross domestic product growth has already taken a toll on corporate and bank balance sheets in India, as gross non-performing and restructured loans rose to 10.2 per cent of loans in September 2013, with India's central bank warning of stress on asset quality in the iron and steel and infrastructure sectors.
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Re: 2009-2010 Missing Wages per Hour for Driving U-HAUL Trucks assigned by Charles "Chuck" Pickerill, Jr. and Charles Pickerill (Father) at U-HAUL in Villa Park, 194-A West Roosevelt Road, Villa Park, IL 60181, Telephone: 630-530-1205
Attention: Wages and Hour Division (WHD)
U.S. Department of Labor, Wages and Hour Division:
Greetings during 2011. My name is Gardenia C. Hung, a woman resident homeowner in DuPage County, Illinois. During the years 2009-2010, I worked for U-Haul in Villa Park and Addison, driving U-Haul Trucks and SUV vehicles assigned by Charles "Chuck" Pickerill, John Novak, Justin Novak, and the late Charles Pickerill (deceased November 2009). I have not been paid all the regular Wages for day, afternoon, and night driving to Chicago, Schaumburg, Forest Park, Roselle, Arlington Heights, DeKalb, Elmhurst, Downers Grove,Glen Ellyn in Illinois and Davenport, Iowa City, while Chuck Pickerill had me pay for the U-Haul Truck gasoline with receipts for out-of-pocket expenses charged to my CHASE Visa credit card. I did not get paid all the regular wages for driving U-Haul Trucks day, afternoon, and night on behalf of Chuck Pickerill in Villa Park, Illinois.
To date, I am missing regular Wage Salary for work performed at U-Haul in Villa Park. I am writing a complaint to the Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, for missing wages at U-Haul Villa Park not paid by Chuck Pickerill. Please advise how to be compensated for the missing Wages after driving U-Haul Trucks for Chuck Pickerill and others.


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Crisis Prevention and Crisis Management : The Role of Regulatory Governance »
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Volume/Issue: 2002/163
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Udaibir Das , and Marc Quintyn
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 2002
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451857948.001
Keywords: Regulatory governance, financial sector supervision, agency independence, accountability, integrity, financial sector crisis management, banking, payment systems, banking supervision, banking supervisors
Good regulatory governance in the financial system is a critical component of financial stability. Research on the topic has not been very systematic and deep. This paper first defines four key components of regula...


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February 27, 2013
Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) yesterday posted on his website the following letter, calling for the release of the infamous redacted 28 pages of Congressional Joint Inquiry on 9/11. Dated Feb. 14, the letter is addressed to the Republican and Democratic leaders of the House Permanent Committee on Intelligence:
Dear Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Ruppersberger:Also, at the beginning of the 113th Congress, Jones reintroduced his resolution, now H. Con. Res. 3, expressing the sense of Congress that the use of offensive military force by a President without prior and clear authorization of an Act of Congress, constitutes an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor under Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution.
I want to thank you for conducting the very important hearings last week on the killing of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and the three other State Department officials during the Benghazi attack on September 11, 2012.
In light of those hearings, I urge you, as chairman and ranking member, to recommend a declassification of the 28 pages of the Congressional Joint Inquiry report describing what role the Saudi Arabian government had in the terrorist attack on 9/11. As you know, former Senator Bob Graham has conducted extensive research into this issue and has been nationally recognized and interviewed for his belief that these 28 pages should be declassified.
The families of the victims of 9/11 have a right to this information, as do the American people. Since your committee has jurisdiction over this matter, I ask you and the ranking member to please review the attached correspondence from Mr. Mike Low, who lost a daughter on American Airlines flight 11 on that tragic day. As Mr. Low states, "Our hope is that over time, history will have the total truth of all the events of 9/11."
Mr. Chairman, the American people have a right to know the truth. It is critical for the citizens of this country to have trust in their government. I hope that you will take this into consideration and I look forward to hearing back from you.
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EUGENE ROBINSON: House hearing on U.S. Muslims all about theatrics, not substance
"THERE is nothing radical or un-American in holding these hearings," U.S. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., said Thursday as he launched his McCarthyite inquiry into American Muslims.
He could not have been more wrong. If King is looking for threats to U.S. freedoms and values, a mirror would be the place to start.
Imagine a young Muslim man who changes, in troubling ways. His best friends become concerned, then alarmed, as the young man abandons Western dress, displays a newfound religiosity and begins to echo jihadist rhetoric about the decadence of America. The friends suspect that the young man has become radicalized and might even attempt some terrorist attack.
One friend is Muslim, the other Christian. Does the Muslim friend have a greater responsibility than the Christian to contact the authorities? By the logic of King's witch hunt, he does.
The Homeland Security Committee hearings King has convened are billed as an inquiry into "The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and That Community's Response." In other words, King suspects that the Muslim community somehow has complicity. Individuals of one faith are implicated; individuals of another faith are not.
As U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., one of two Muslims in Congress, said in his moving testimony, King's premise assigns "collective blame" to American Muslims. "Demanding a community response ... asserts that the entire community bears responsibility," Ellison said.
In his pugnacious opening statement, King noted that his plan to hold the hearings had been criticized by "special interest groups and the media," which he said had gone into "paroxysms of rage and hysteria" about it. "To back down would be a craven surrender to political correctness," he said. In case someone missed the point, King later said it was our duty to "put aside political correctness and define who our enemy truly is."
King asserted that "this committee cannot live in denial." He then went straight into denial by paying no heed to the witness best situated to answer the committee's question.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca testified in opposition to King's premise. He cited figures demonstrating that radical, extremist acts of crime are committed not only by Muslims, and that seven of the last 10 known terroristic plots involving al-Qaida have been foiled, in part by information provided by Muslim Americans. Baca said his officers have good, productive relationships with Muslim leaders and citizens.
Law enforcement officials from other jurisdictions where there are large Muslim communities could have given similar testimony -- had they been invited.
King is trying to peddle the hooey that moderate Muslims do not speak out against extremism.
It took U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, to note the irony that among the committee's witnesses were two devout Muslims -- one Syrian-American, the other Somali-American -- who were there to speak out, quite loudly, against extremism.
King, in effect, was demanding to know why he didn't see what was taking place clearly before his eyes. Perhaps, he was distracted by the need to maintain constant vigilance for any hint of political correctness.
That's really what King's grandstanding is all about.
The purpose of the hearings isn't to gather information. If it were, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security would have been asked to testify. In addition to inviting Minneapolis-based Abdirizak Bihi, the Somali-American whose nephew was recruited by the terrorist organization al-Shabab, King could have brought in police from the Twin Cities to testify about cooperation by the Somali immigrant community.
King's intent is theatrical. He's not trying to elicit facts, he's inviting catcalls and cheers.
Islamophobia is a powerful force in American politics. There are those who will applaud King for associating the phrase "American Muslim community" with the phrase "who our enemy truly is."
But, decency is a powerful force, too. The hearing's indelible moment came when Ellison broke down in tears. He was telling the story of Mohammed Salman Hamdani, a young Muslim who rushed into the World Trade Center to try to rescue victims just before the towers collapsed. His remains were found in the rubble.
Hamdani was not just a Muslim, Ellison said, fighting to choke out words that no one could dismiss as politically correct. He was "an American who gave everything for his fellow Americans."
Eugene Robinson is a syndicated columnist. Write to him at the Washington Post Writers Group, 1150 15th St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20071. E-mail: email@example.com.


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Catholic Encyclopedia – Saint Sebastian
Roman martyr; little more than the fact of his martyrdom can be proved about Saint Sebastian. In the "Depositio martyrum" of the chronologer of 354 it is mentioned that Sebastian was buried on the Via Appia. Saint Ambrose states that Sebastian came from Milan and even in the time of Saint Ambrose was venerated there. The Acts, probably written at the beginning of the fifth century and formerly ascribed erroneously to Ambrose, relate that he was an officer in the imperial bodyguard and had secretly done many acts of love and charity for his brethren in the Faith. When he was finally discovered to be a Christian, in 286, he was handed over to the Mauretanian archers, who pierced him with arrows; he was healed, however, by the widowed Saint Irene. He was finally killed by the blows of a club. These stories are unhistorical and not worthy of belief. The earliest mosaic picture of Saint Sebastian, which probably belongs to the year 682, shows a grown, bearded man in court dress but contains no trace of an arrow. It was the art of the Renaissance that first portrayed him as a youth pierced by arrows. In 367 a basilica which was one of the seven chief churches of Rome was built over his grave. The present church was completed in 1611 by Scipio Cardinal Borghese. His relics in part were taken in the year 826 to Saint Medard at Soissons. Sebastian is considered a protector against the plague. Celebrated answers to prayer for his protection against the plague are related of Rome in 680, Milan in 1575, and Lisbon in 1599. His feast day is 20 January.
- Klemens Löffler. "Saint Sebastian". . CatholicSaints.Info. 14 November 2010. Web. 24 November 2020. <http://catholicsaints.info/catholic-encyclopedia-saint-sebastian/>


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With the exodus of Strikeforce light-heavyweight champion Dan Henderson nearing reality, there's a belt that could be vacant very soon.
And while Strikeforce 205-pounder Roger Gracie isn't ready to begin a campaign for a title fight, he would like to make a trip to the UFC inescapable.
"I think there will be one point, hopefully, where I will have fought the top guys in my weight division and there will be nowhere else for me to fight," Gracie told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). "I will have to step up."
Gracie (4-0 MMA, 2-0 SF) fights former Strikeforce light-heavyweight champ Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal (7-1 MMA, 2-1 SF) at "Strikeforce Grand Prix: Barnett vs. Kharitonov," which takes place Sept. 10 at U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati. Gracie vs. Lawal is part of the night's Showtime-televised main card.
Like many of the bookings that populate the promotion's calendar, there's uncertainty about the future of Strikeforce talent. Henderson appears headed to the UFC, and heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem is in negotiations to make his octagon debut possibly before the end of the year.
Gracie is among a handful of standout fighters who stand to benefit from Henderson's exit. Light heavyweights Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante, Gegard Mousasi, Keith Jardine and Ovince St. Preux could be within spitting distance of a title shot. If Strikeforce and UFC crossovers become a reality (or the two promotions merge), the champion is in a position to capitalize.
So Gracie's road to the title may have gotten shorter, and a win over a former champ definitely wouldn't diminish his prospects. But he's undecided on whether something good will come of the recent shakeups.
"We'll see," he said. "The UFC, every single organization they bought they end up merging. We [don't] know how long they'll keep Strikeforce. They might keep it for a couple of years. They might kill it tomorrow. You never know."
For now, he's focused on his fight with Lawal. After undergoing knee surgery this past summer, Lawal hopes to return to form after a TKO loss to Cavalcante that stripped him of the belt.
Lawal brings top-shelf wrestling skills to the Sept. 10 fight, though Gracie believes he'll try to strike his way to victory. Gracie, of course, is a highly decorated jiu-jitsu player.
"I think if he can be slippery and keep the fight standing, he'll have a chance not to get submitted," Gracie said. "But I think if we fight on the ground, his chances are not very good."
Gracie is training at Renzo Gracie's academy in New York City as the date nears, and while he's surrounded by grapplers, his training hasn't changed much compared to other fights.
"I think that I train less … in jiu-jitsu because he's not a great jiu-jitsu player, and I'm sure I won't have to worry about him trying to submit me," he said.
As to what happens after the fight, Gracie said his long-term goals haven't changed.
"I think it's just (a matter of) getting ready to be the best fighter I can be," he said. "Fight against the best guys and hopefully win them all, and one day I can look back when I retire and say I fought them all and beat them all. Now I can retire happy."
And if that means retiring with a UFC belt around his waist, so be it.
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Today one of my enjoyable chores significantly streamlined my Tweetdeck client as I shed many list and search columns that were dedicated to listening to the Twitter chatter about the 2010 Massachusetts elections.
Filtering is one of the most important ways of efficiently finding the information you want to see on Twitter and using Tweetdeck columns to keep tabs on lists and searches is one of the easiest ways to keep an eye on the Twittersphere. Paying attention to what all sides are saying is a great way to find messaging, events, & commentary to share and/or respond to, so I thought I'd quickly share what I listened to and why in case it can be helpful for you during future elections, or as you plan for other types of campaigns.
For me, there are a few important considerations on how to think about what you should listen to:
- To state the obvious: hashtags that supporters and opponents are using to talk about the election (BONUS TIP: when setting up searches, leave out the "#" as long as it won't flood the search stream too much by searching just for the word. Occasionally, people forget the pound-sign, use a "@" instead, or in some instances you'll want to hear when people are using a word outside of the hashtag.)
- Candidate names (the ones you support and the ones you don't) so you can hear the good and bad said about the candidates and help amplify whichever you might want to share by retweeting them (BONUS TIP: Retweet the old fashion way so you can add the hashtag and get the tweet more visibility.)
- Media outlets give you a quick glimpse at the headlines of the day (BONUS TIP: You can use Tweetdeck's Filter Button to quickly see if there are any stories about the candidates that have been tweeted recently)
- Supporters to see what they're saying and respond/retweet accordingly
- Campaign tweeps can give you a view of what the candidates are doing on a daily basis and a window into what they're doing outside the popular hashtags (if anything)
- Relevant issues and keywords like the big dig, race to the top, tolls, yobgolins, loscocco, bakerbots, cape wind and other topics that might come up in the course of the campaign so you can respond/retweet accordingly
- Michael Durant's Twitter list of #MAGov candidates
- Young Democrats of Massachusetts' media list
- YDM's Board member list
- My mongrel list of Massachusetts politics and Young Dems tweeps (which is admittedly in need of a little curating)
- If I were trying to pay closer attention to what the campaigns were doing and saying off-hashtag, I'd probably create or use an existing list of campaign staff (here's @VoteDeval's and @BakerforGov's – @timforgovernor never made one)
Searches (note: some of these columns lasted longer in Tweetdeck than others, but for posterity & nostalgia's sake, here's as many as I can recall)
- magov
- mapoli OR masspoli
- malegis
- bospoli
- ma2010
- votedeval
- massgovernor
- devalpatrick OR "Deval Patrick" OR "Gov. Patrick" OR "Governor Patrick"
- timforgovernor OR "Tim Cahill"
- bakerforgov OR "Charlie Baker"
- bigdigbaker
- mahadenough
- hadenough
- bakerbot OR bakerbots
- timsteam
- ivotedeval
- got50
If you keep an ear out for Twitter chatter about campaigns or nonprofits, how do you decide what to search for?
Have other good tips for effective listening?
What was your favorite hashtag from the campaign trail?


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HMS Protector Rescues Cruise Ship From Ice
A cruise liner which became trapped in massive ice floes has been rescued by a Royal Navy ship.
The Norwegian ship MV Fram was surrounded by densely-packed ice as it carried passengers through the Antarctic Sound.
The liner was following the ice-breaker HMS Protector through breaks in the ice but became faced with a number of fast-moving floes.
The Portsmouth-based survey vessel turned back to assist the liner and broke up the ice, which was up to 13 feet thick, allowing it to continue its journey following the two-hour operation.
Captain Peter Sparkes, commanding officer of HMS Protector, said: ''This is what we do in the ice patrol ship. We are the Royal Navy's equivalent of a Swiss army knife - red, versatile and always there when you need us.''
Sub Lieutenant Rowland Stacey of the Royal Canadian Navy, on exchange and serving with HMS Protector, said: ''This was an extremely impressive feat - operations in ice can be very challenging, but HMS Protector made it look easy. I am delighted to be a part of this team.''
HMS Protector is continuing with its patrol of the British Antarctic Territory, supporting an embarked international inspection team's surveys of environmentally sensitive sites around the Peninsula.
The ship, which serves as the UK's presence in Antarctica, will complete three further five-week patrols of the continent before heading north at the beginning of April.


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The Anthony Petullo Collection of Self-Taught and Outsider Art is one of the premier collections of its kind in the country. Comprised of nearly five hundred pieces, two-thirds of which are European, the collection consists of works ranging from the early twentieth-century to the present, and includes many of the most renowned American artists in the field such as Bill Traylor, Henry Darger, and Minnie Evans. The distinguishing characteristic of the collection, however, is the strong emphasis on the work of European outsider artists including Adolf Wolfli, Alfred Wallis, Scottie Wilson, and artists from the Gugging psychiatric hospital near Vienna. Nearly every one is represented by multiple pieces, illustrating the depth of the Petullo Collection.
The Petullo Collection reflects the driving passion of both the creators and the collector. Self-taught artists are involved with the world and its influences, but often have little or no professional training in technique or art historical traditions. Unlike outsiders, however, they are grounded in reality and interactions with others. The label "outsider," as used in the genre, refers to artists who are apart from mainstream society, often isolated by physical or psychological circumstances. Their creations are spontaneous and unstudied.
By Mary Louise Schumacher of the Journal Sentinel
Sept. 29, 2010
As an art collector, Anthony Petullo compares himself to the artists he loves. For more than 20 years, he has honed a deeply personal vision and hunted down art objects with a relentless fervor.
His collection is one of the most significant - if idiosyncratic - troves of self-taught and outsider art in private hands. Now Petullo is giving the bulk of his collection to the Milwaukee Art Museum, more than 300 drawings, paintings and sculptures. Many were created by artists who lived in secluded places, suffered traumas or were psychiatric patients.
Over the past twenty years Anthony Petullo has assembled an outstanding collection of works by artists who are often described as "self-taught," "naive," or "outsiders." In Art Without Category, he calls those labels into question, exploring the lives and work of ten extraordinarily gifted artists from Great Britain and Ireland who operated outside the artistic mainstream, determinedly and sometimes obsessively pursuing their singular visions. All received some degree of recognition during their lifetimes, yet they are, as Petullo writes, "orphans without an art family," creating works that do not fit into the conventional narrative of twentieth-century art. This abundantly illustrated volume, which includes an introductory essay as well as a biography of each artist, demonstrates that they are nevertheless an essential part of the story.
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Robert Basic has a recent post showing you how to use the "cookie jar" functionality included with Apache's "ab" benchmarking tool to get behind your PHP-based login with a simple curl and grep combo.
Tonight I decided to relax a bit and what better way of relaxing is there for a geek then to do some bash scripting?! So for fun and no profit I decided to try and benchmark pages with ab, Apache HTTP server benchmarking tool, which are behind a login. Turns out, it's pretty easy after reading some man pages.
He includes an example of the format of the "cookie jar" and the shell script he used to grab the PHP session ID from it and inject it into the "ab" call. The script is on github.


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ACUSON Sequoia Ultrasound System
Taking Ultrasound to New Heights
The original ACUSON Sequoia™ is arguably the most popular ultrasound system we have ever created. In image quality, color sensitivity and advanced imaging modes, ACUSON Sequoia was - and still is an industry benchmark. The new ACUSON Sequoia is a remarkable evolution of a product that was so right in so many ways.
Taking imaging to higher grounds
The first immediate benefit of the new ACUSON Sequoia is a remarkably fast, fully focused B-mode image without degradation of near-field or far-field resolution. We developed unique and patented technologies that allow ACUSON Sequoia to virtually eliminate color flash artifacts and penetrate deeper than conventional ultrasound systems.
The second immediate benefit is color flow and color sensitivity without flashing or motion artifacts.
The third benefit comes in the form of deep tissue penetration without impacting diagnostic quality. Our team extensively researched a solution that would allow clinicians to image patients varying in size with confidence and clarity. From this research, a new transducer has emerged—DAX. Together with the ACUSON Sequoia we can for the first time deliver unprecedented images at depth without compromising diagnostic quality. DAX (Deep Abdominal Transducer) can penetrate as deep as 40cm.
Personalize when it matters
Ultrasound imaging is expected to deliver definitive and timely answers to important clinical questions. These answers must be provided in the most accurate and reproducible way. The new ACUSON Sequoia addresses these challenges with a comprehensive suite of advanced applications to deliver personalized ultrasound. With the power of the new ACUSON Sequoia, our elastography solution just got better.
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound allows for detailed real time visualization of vessel morphology. With the new ACUSON Sequoia, the view time of contrast agents is significantly longer, allowing clinicians more time to scan for additional incidental lesions during their examinations and with up to twice the sensitivity.
System designed by users, for users
The variability inherent in the ultrasound scanning process can pose a challenge for the interpreting physicians. In an effort to eliminate variability, we hosted 170 workshops with 365 ultrasound users worldwide to create an ultrasound system designed by the user for the user.
BioAcoustic™ Imaging Technology
With ACUSON Sequoia, each individual component is assembled to enable the system to accurately track the ultrasound signal throughout the signal path. From our power supplies to our receivers and graphics processing unit; to the compact-pinless transducer connectors to the transducer lens, we aimed to preserve the signal acoustic fidelity. This is all driven by the goal of accurately representing human biology. Siemens Healthineers calls this BioAcoustic imaging technology.
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A sagittal midline image of Liver/IVC utilizing single-crystal technology with InFocus Coherent Imaging technology for uniform focus and exquisite high resolution.
A sagittal image of a uterus using the 9EC4 transducer, showing exquisite detail and contrast resolution throughout the field of view.
Advanced imaging of the CCA demonstrates the power of the platform to reduce color flash artifacts and automatically adjusts the PW Doppler upon freeze.
A shear wave image of a star phantom. ACUSON Sequoia has six times the energy capacity of conventional systems. Note the exquisite uniform image resolution and border delineation.
Point shear wave elastography allows for quick, accurate and reproducible measurements of liver stiffness.
Virtual Touch strain elastography provides a simple and qualitative measure of lesion stiffness relative to the surrounding tissue.
The ACUSON Sequoia can detect contrast agent at diagnostic levels for up to 2X longer than before*.
Contrast imaging using a peak hold is designed to enhance the fill pattern of low-flow lesions.
The ACUSON Sequoia powers an acquisition rate equivalent to 40 mins of 4K streaming video per second. This enables fast integration of even the most data intensive applications.
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The Last Story
Nintendo: petitions don't affect what we do, says Reggie
Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime has commented on Operation Rainfall, a petition effort that successfully saw Xenoblade Chronicles, The Last Story and Pandora's Tower localised in the west. Yet, he feels that these campaigns do little in terms of driving sales.
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The Last Story is XSEED's most successful game to date, claims publisher
The Last Story has been XSEED's most successful game to date, according to the publisher.
Core gamers follow games, not platforms, says XSEED
The Last Store publisher XSEED says real gamers don't care about platform wars; they go where the games are.
The Last Story release pushed to August 17 in US, 1-3 weeks for Amazon
The Last Story was scheduled to release in the US yesterday, but some stores are telling customers they may have to wait a few days. According to GameStop, the Wii RPG from Mistwalker wont' release until Friday, August 17. The reason provided was due to "production issues, or trouble getting off the press." Amazon, on […]
The Last Story launch trailer is unsurprisingly weird
XSEED's much-anticipated Wii RPG is now available to buy in North America.
The Last Story lands in the US on August 14
XSeed has announced The Last Story will finally land in the US on August 14. The news was provided to IGN, and you can pre-order the game through Amazon, EB Games and GameStop an receive a soundtrack CD featuring seven tracks composed by Nobuo Uematsu for your trouble. All editions are the "limited edition" and […]
The Last Story US release not motivated by fan campaigns
The long delayed publication of Mistwalker's The Last Story did not come about as a result of fan pressure campaigns, XSEED has revealed.
Sakaguchi: Wii's lack of HD caused problems for The Last Story
Mistwalker boss Hironobu Sakaguchi has said The Last Story was limited by the Wii's modest SD capabilities, despite being designed from the ground up for the ageing console.
The Last Story's US release to be a limited print run
North American fans after a copy of The Last Story may want to go ahead and pre-order soon – as publisher XSeed have indicated the game will have a limited print run when it launches on the continent.
Sakaguchi: JRPGs promote story over player freedom
Final Fantasy creator and Mistwalker boss Hironobu Sakaguchi sees value in both Japanese and western RPGs, and thinks deciding between them is a matter of taste.
Mistwalker working on "several projects"
It's taken so long for The Last Story to be localised that's it's easy to forget it's been over a year since the last Mistwalker game released. The developer is being cagey about what it's been up to in the meantime.
"Whenever I create a game it's still like my own child is being born," says Sakaguchi
Mistwalker's Hironobu Sakaguchi, who is also the father of Final Fantasy in case that hasn't been drummed into your head by now, has compared creating games with a child being born – in that any game created by he and his team is like an "extremely beautiful" child to them.
Sakaguchi introduces director's cut trailer for The Last Story
A director's cut video of The Last Story has been released featuring RPG legend Hironobu Sakaguchi as he and Nintendo celebrate the launch of the Wii-exclusive. Check it out below. The game is out today in the UK and will release on Wii in the US sometime this summer.
Sakaguchi has "a lot of trust" in Final Fantasy producer Yoshinori Kitase
The Last Story's Hironobu Sakaguchi has said he can get a bit tired of people asking him about Final Fantasy, which he created, and that he completely trusts what producer Yoshinori Kitase is doing with the series.
GAME drops Last Story, holds crunch publisher talks
GAME has confirmed to VG247 its pulled The Last Story completely from its line-up, as a report this afternoon has said the retailer held crunch talks with publishers this week over its future.
Nintendo Direct: The Last Story hitting US, Sega, Capcom and Namco unite
Today's Nintendo Direct presentations have gifted news on a Sega, Capcom and Namco, confirmation of a US Last Story release and much more.
GAME cancels The Last Story Limited Edition pre-orders, switches customers over to standard
Those who pre-ordered The Last Story Limited Edition from GAME have been receiving mails stating their pre-orders have been switched over to the standard edition.
The Last Story trailer offers a toast
Why yes, this is why you held onto your Wii: Check out the latest European trailer for gorgeous JRPG The Last Story.
Sakaguchi: HD graphics in games are "over the top"
HD graphics? We don't need no stinking HD graphics, says Mistwalker boss and legendary Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi.
The Last Story trailer shows off English localisation
The Last Story – Mistwalker's much-requested, long-anticipated, fearfully-delayed and finally-localised Wii RPG – is due at the end of the month. Gaze upon this new English language trailer and be inspired to haul the WiiMotes out of the utility closet.
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Sakaguchi introduces director's cut trailer for The Last Story
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Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
This week over at that Paper Cupcake's Challenge blog, Gloria Westerman brings us our challenge. She wants us to make a shaped or die cut card or use a shape or die cut and use either some embossing or texture on it. I rarely think to make shaped cards, but I always love the challenge to do it. I really should make them more often. I decided to make mine in a heart shape. I think I must have Valentines on the brain so maybe that is why I went with a heart. My heart is cut at 4 inches from my cricut machine, I so love that thing. The image is called "Wild Flower Bouquet" and was a freebie today by Paper Cupcakes over at their challenge blog that you can find here. I colored two images and put some of the flowers on pop up dots to give it some depth. I glued the bottom heart on white card stock and then cut around it with my scalloped scissors. I inked the top heart to give it some darker color around the edges. My sentiment is computer generated. The scallops that go across and behind the sentiment is a Martha Stewart punch that I cut in half and then used on both sides. I am not sure which punch it is, because it was my mom's and one day she punched a lot of them out for me to use from different punches she had; so thanks mom! I then ran some thin pink ribbon across the lines. I totally forgot to emboss or add texture so I just sent the whole top heart through my cuttlebug machine with the swiss dots folder to add some embossing. I attached the top heart to the bottom heart with a tiny white brad on the left. this allows the card to swing open revealing the inside. I then attached my bouquet and then drew the tiny bee right oh my card flying out of the flowers. I really loved how this turned out and will most likely make this card again or at least try to think "shape" every once in a while!
Well, here's to a better week this week! This past week was way to hectic with a trip to the ER with my mother-in-law in the middle of the night. A trip to med-check with my daughter from a fall down the steps. A weekend away at a basketball and cheer tournament where my daughter was vomiting all weekend long (which I believe was from you meds they put her on) and was unable to join the cheer squad all weekend long and returning home at 8:00 PM from it all. Got on the Internet around 10:00 PM to add the finishing touches to my postings on my blogs and found I couldn't access the Internet to do any of it. So I had to call the service/tech people and 2 hours later I now have access. So much for going to bed around 10:00!! So, maybe I will get there before 1:00!!
Now have a "sweet" day! And don't forget to spoil yourself with a little chocolate... (((ya know I will be looking for some chocolate a little later tomorrow when I get up!))
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The system's ability to develop greater coherence in ICT policy advice and programme support within the framework of its development agenda depends in many ways on its ability to create, manage and share information and knowledge across the system more efficiently and effectively. Knowledge, information and data are the system's principal assets and a main source of its comparative advantage.
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CEB and its High-Level Committees have continued to address ICT from two interrelated vantage points: first, the coherence of the policy advice that the system provides to countries in setting comprehensive, forward-looking strategies to harness information and communication technology for economic and social progress, and second, the imperative for the system to capitalize on the unprecedented opportunity that ICT offers the organizations of the United Nations system for the creation, sharing and management of knowledge.
The United Nations system took further steps to enhance operational coherence in the area of information and communications technology by building on past projects and charting new territory. Building on the successful pilot of a United Nations system global contact directory, this system became operational during the reporting period, with organizations joining to make their contact information available using the jointly managed secure and sustainable platform.
The Information and Communications Technology Network commenced a project, funded by the High-level Committee on Management Plan of Action and led by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, to establish common standards and benchmarks for information and communications technology services and investments. That project will allow organizations to calculate their total cost of information and communications technology services, and in a manner that will provide for benchmarking of those services.
Agencies of the United Nations system continue to work towards the harmonization of ICT services, at both the country and headquarters levels. Analysis performed as part of the report of the Secretary-General on the quadrennial comprehensive policy review (A/67/93-E/2012/79) indicates that shared ICT infrastructure introduced into several programme countries has begun to show results in terms of efficiencies.


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Should Young Tech Founders Be CEO?
The ouster of Groupon founder Andrew Mason brings to light a debate surging in Silicon Valley. Should the young bright minds that dream up new companies also run them? Scott Austin joins digits. Photo: AP Images.
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Videos | May 12, 2014
Runaway Glaciers in West Antarctica
Glaciologist Eric Rignot discusses the processes leading to the decline of six rapidly melting glaciers in West Antarctica. A new study by researchers at NASA and the University of California, Irvine, finds the rapidly melting section of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet appears to be in an irreversible state of decline, with nothing to stop the glaciers in this area from melting into the sea.
We are heading towards a particular sector of West Antarctica draining into the Amundsen Sea. This sector is drained by six glaciers. The biggest ones are Pine Island glacier and Thwaites glacier.
The speed of the glaciers measured by satellite is shown in color code; red is fast, blue is slower and green is the slowest.
The glaciers flow into the sea and form floating extensions called, "ice shelves."
Now, in red, are the areas where the flow speed is increasing almost every year. The darker the red, the more the glacier has been speeding up. You see that all the glaciers are speeding up.
Now, we focus our attention on the Smith glacier, which is a smaller glacier, but which has experienced some of the most dramatic changes.
The grounding line of Smith glacier in 1996 is at the transition boundary between the blue color, the ice shelf, and the white color, ice resting on the continent.
Now, we transition to 2011. The grounding line is 35 kilometers farther back, a retreat of nearly two kilometers per year.
If we could peal off the ice from the continent and see the bed, this is what it would look like. The arrows indicate the flow direction of ice. The color indicates the speed; blue is slow, red is fast.
We see that the glaciers flow on top of major subglacial valleys, colored in brown; t he darker the brown and color, the deeper the valleys.
As the glaciers retreat, they will follow these deep valleys. There is no mountain or big hill along the way that could act as a barrier to hold these glaciers back.
The glaciers speed up, the grounding lines retreat, the deep valleys that are sloping inland, all reinforce each other to make the retreat of ice in this part of Antarctica unstoppable. And we think that this is what is happening right now.


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Margaret Sparicio, participating in a science camp at Natick Soldier Systems Center, was one of dozens of people who toured the exhibits as part of the Research, Development and Engineering Center's "Science for the Soldier Day."
Margaret Sparicio's eyes lit up with excitement as she surveyed the room filled with displays of the latest research by scientists at Natick Solider Systems Center.
"It's so, so cool," the 14-year-old Natick girl, eager to explore the exhibits, said. "Everything looks so interesting."
Sparicio, who was participating in a science camp at the military base, was one of dozens of people who toured the exhibits as part of Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center's "Science for the Soldier Day."
The event resembled a school science fair, except these exhibits detailed new research into harvesting electricity and storing energy in a soldier's uniform, ensuring food is safe for soldiers to eat and studying the impact of parachutist's gear and parachute fabric, among other projects with civilian and military applications.
"The idea was to have a fun, interesting way for people to come see what our scientists have been working on," said Chief Scientist Lynne Samuelson, a Marlborough resident.
Most attendees were from within the base, although students from two summer science programs and representatives from outside organizations that work with the center also came.
"It's a lot of fun and something different for us to reach a wider audience," said Holliston resident Phil Gibson, a material scientist.
Gibson presented research on about how air flows through fabric in an effort to develop better parachutes. Nearby, mechanical engineer Andy Margules used a life-size model of a solider free falling through the air to show how he uses infrared cameras to develop computerized images of a soldier falling. Those are then used to determine the best way for them to carry equipment when they dive.
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Enclosure mounting components are used to attach different types of enclosure to a wall or other surface. Enclosures are pieces of equipment used to house and protect items, often electronic devices.
What is enclosure mounting used for?
Enclosures often need to be mounted to the wall in order to save space or to provide the enclosed equipment with greater protection. Enclosure accessories, such as brackets, mounting rails and mounting plates, allow enclosures to be stored up off the floor. You will usually need to use a screwdriver or drill in order to install or mount an enclosure, in addition to the mounting accessories.
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The Bardini Museum and Garden in Florence
With a beautiful and confortable walk from Convitto della Calza, you can easily reach the Bardini Museum, which was originally constituted by a church and a convent of 1200; it was bought in 1880 by Stefano Bardini, one of the most prominent figures in the Florence of that time, a painter, a restorer and antiquarian who through the years put together an incredible collection of artworks.
After years of restoring the Bardini Museum is back to its original decorations and splendour. The original blue color of some of its rooms was imitated by many museums all around Europe.
Everyone can now admire in their original place statues, paintings, decorated leather, old carpets, valuable objects, among them the Carità of Tino di Camaino, the Porcellino of Tacca and the Diavolino of Giambologna. The stunning Room of the Madonne leaves the visitor breathless with its Madonna delle Mele attributed to Donatello.
Museo Bardini
Via dei Renai, 37 (Ponte alle Grazie)
Open Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Opening hours: 11-17.00
Near the Bardini Museum, there's the Bardini Garden, a historic garden of Florence Oltrarno district, located on a hill overlooking the city, a walk in this garden is a must for everyone.