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Persons detained by the US in relation to armed conflict and counter-terrorism – the role of the ICRC
This document explains the purpose of the ICRC's visits to places of detention run by the United States in Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay (Cuba) – and previously in Iraq – and the procedures that the organization follows.
Although terrorism is not new, States continue to be confronted with the question of how to respond adequately and effectively to the security challenges it poses while protecting the fundamental rights of persons who may be detained. Over the years, there has been an intensive and constructive dialogue between the ICRC and the US on the issue of detention related to armed conflict and counter-terrorism. There have been, and continue to be, certain differences of opinion, particularly regarding the legal framework applicable to some of the persons detained in those two situations.
The ICRC has been visiting people captured in the context of armed conflict and counter-terrorism who are being held at US detention facilities in Afghanistan and in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, since January 2002. From March 2003 to December 2011, it also visited detainees held in US detention facilities in Iraq. It likewise visited three persons held in Charleston, South Carolina.
The ICRC in Guantanamo
The ICRC has been visiting detainees at Guantanamo Bay since January 2002. As of December 2012, it had carried out 91 visits at the detention facility; as of the same date the facility was holding 166 individuals from 23 countries.
- For more information about the ICRC in the United States, please see our page about the ICRC in North America.
The ICRC in Afghanistan
The ICRC has been visiting detainees at the Detention Facility in Parwan (DFIP, formerly the Bagram Theater Internment Facility), located on a US military airbase north of Kabul, since January 2002, three months after the conflict in Afghanistan began in October 2001. As of the end of 2012, the ICRC had carried out a total of 171 visits to the detention facility. Since the beginning of 2008, the ICRC has also had access to detainees at several US-run field detention sites in Afghanistan, where persons are held temporarily before being released or transferred to the DFIP.
Since the beginning of its detention operations in Afghanistan, the US has been transferring internees to Afghan authorities for release or criminal prosecution. From 2011, against the background of the transition of security operations in Afghanistan, new procedures were put in place for transfers to the Afghan government and the rate of transfer of Afghan internees increased. This process was greatly accelerated with the signing of the 'Memorandum of Understanding on the transfer of U.S. Detention Facilities on Afghan Territory to the Government of Afghanistan' between the US and Afghanistan on 9 March 2012. In mid-February 2013, the transition process resulted in the physical transfer of 3697 detainees to the Afghan National Detention Facility in Parwan (ANDF-P), located in the same military airbase as the DFIP.
The ICRC maintains a constructive dialogue with the US and Afghan authorities on how to conduct the transfer process in a way that reflects humanitarian concerns, respects detainee rights and adequately prepares the Afghan judicial and penitentiary authorities for handling the additional detainee population. This includes recommendations on how to ensure that transferred detention facilities built by the U.S. can be managed and maintained in accordance with local capacities and customs. This includes, for example, management of facilities, running costs and maintenance, and recommendations to improve sustainability by better adapting design and equipment to local conditions and capabilities.
- For more information about the ICRC in Afghanistan, please see our page about the ICRC in Afghanistan.
Legal issues
The detention of persons captured or arrested within the context of the fight against terrorism (both armed conflict and counter-terrorism operations) must take place within a clear and appropriate legal framework. No person should be deprived of their freedom or interrogated outside such a framework.
The detention of persons in connection with an international armed conflict is governed by international humanitarian law. The relevant rules are contained, in particular, in the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions of 1949 which deal with prisoners of war and civilian internees, respectively, and in customary international humanitarian law. See our FAQ on the relevance of IHL in the context of terrorism.
The detention of persons in connection with a non-international armed conflict is governed by international humanitarian law – Article 3 common to the four Geneva Conventions,rules of customary international humanitarian law, Additional Protocol II where ratified – and applicable provisions of international human rights law and domestic law.
Persons arrested for offences unrelated to an armed conflict have rights enshrined in other bodies of law, i.e. international human rights law and domestic law.
The ICRC has adopted a case-by-case approach to determine whether situations arising from the fight against terrorism amount to armed conflict or not. It believes that the status of each individual detainee should be determined on the basis of the rules applicable to the situation in which the individual was captured.
Detention for security reasons or for the purpose of prosecution
Persons detained in connection with an armed conflict may be detained either because they are combatants (in international armed conflict), or for imperative reasons of security (in an international or non-international armed conflict), or on suspicion of having committed a crime related to the armed conflict.
Persons detained for imperative reasons of security must be held within a valid legal framework that provides appropriate procedural safeguards to ensure that their detention is lawful. For example, they are entitled to independent and impartial periodic review of whether their continued detention is justified for imperative security reasons. The ICRC maintains an ongoing dialogue with the US authorities on the procedural safeguards that must be upheld when detaining people for imperative reasons of security. Such minimal safeguards aim to ensure the transparency and fairness of procedures for reviewing internment and help alleviate the mental and emotional strain experienced by detainees and their families caused by uncertainty about their fate.
Persons detained on suspicion of having committed a crime within the context of an armed conflict can be prosecuted for such an act. In particular, those suspected of having committed war crimes must be held accountable for their actions. All persons brought to trial must be afforded essential judicial guarantees necessary to a fair trial, including the presumption of innocence, the right to be tried by an impartial and independent court, the right to qualified legal counsel and the exclusion of any evidence obtained through torture or any other form of ill-treatment.
Legal and policy developments
Since the US Supreme Court decision of 12 June 2008 in Boumediene v. Bush and Al Odah v. United States, detainees held at Guantanamo have been able to challenge the lawfulness of their detention before regular US civilian courts through habeas corpus petitions. This means that any Guantanamo detainee can bring proceedings to require the detaining authority or agency to justify the legality of their detention. Since that decision, US courts have heard more than 63 habeas cases involving Guantanamo detainees. In many of these cases, the courts have ordered the release of the detainee.
On 22 January 2009, US president Barack Obama issued three Executive Orders: one ordering the eventual closure of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, a second establishing a task force to review detention policy and the individual cases of every detainee held in Guantanamo, and a third banning torture and setting down the rules for lawful interrogation of detainees.
The Executive Order on interrogation reaffirmed that Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions is a minimum standard for the treatment of anyone detained by the United States in connection with armed conflict. The task force it created completed its work and issued recommendations to the US Attorney General in August 2009. It affirmed that the US Army Field Manual on interrogation provides adequate guidance for interrogators of all US agencies. The task force also made several recommendations to reduce the risk that persons transferred to the authority of another country might be exposed to torture or other forms of ill-treatment. The ICRC welcomes any measure that enhances respect for the responsibility of States to treat detainees humanely and to refrain from transferring them to authorities where they risk ill-treatment, in accordance with the legal principle of non-refoulement (for more information on the principle of non-refoulement, please see Release or transfer of detainees below).
The Guantanamo Review Task Force was also established to review the status of all individuals held at Guantanamo, to determine who can be released or transferred, who should be prosecuted and in what type of court, and how to proceed in cases where the United States decides that it will not release, transfer or prosecute the individuals concerned. This task force issued its report in January 2010, in which it provided details as to those who should be transferred, prosecuted or subject to continued detention. The United States Government has imposed a moratorium on transfers to Yemen for security reasons.
On 28 January 2013, the Obama administration closed the office of the special representative for the closure of Guantanamo Bay. This has added further uncertainty for those detainees who have been designated for transfer or release. Only 16 detainees have been transferred since the Guantanamo Bay Review Task Force released its report, despite the fact that it approved 126 for transfer.
The passage of the 2009 Military Commissions Act (MCA) and 2010 Manual for Military Commissions allowed military commissions to resume at Guantanamo after having been suspended pursuant to an Executive Order. Nonetheless, certain decisions in the federal appeals court have called into question the legality of certain offences set out in the MCA, including material support for terrorism as a war crime.
On 7 March 2011, President Obama issued Executive Order 13567, establishing a Periodic Review Board (PRB) intended to give all detainees the opportunity to contest the necessity of their detention based on whether they continue to represent "a continuing significant threat to the security of the United States." While the PRB Guidelines were finally completed in May of 2012, the PRBs had not commenced as of April 2013.
Persons held at the DFIP benefit from a bi-annual review of their cases as part of the Detainee Review Board (DRB) process. This process was strengthened in 2009 and today provides detainees with greater means to challenge the legality of their internment, notably through the possibility of calling witnesses and being assisted by US military officers who serve as personal representatives during the proceedings. After the 2013 handover of all Afghan detainees in the DFIP to Afghan authorities, the DRB process will only be available to those third-country nationals still in US custody in the DFIP.
The ICRC will continue to monitor all judicial and administrative detention reviews in Guantanamo and the DFIP.
Notifications of arrest and ICRC access to US detention facilities
While the ICRC has been visiting places under US authority since 2002, Executive Order 13491, issued by President Obama on 22 January 2009, directed all agencies of the US government to give the ICRC timely access to any individual detained by the United States in any armed conflict. While welcome, this Executive Order did not actually change the ICRC's access to detainees, as it merely formalized existing practice.
Since August 2009, the ICRC is notified of all persons detained by the US military in situations of armed conflict within 14 days of their capture, at which point the ICRC may ask to visit the detainee under the Executive Order. This helps the ICRC to monitor the fate of those detained by the Department of Defense, and to respond to queries by families seeking news of their relatives.
The ICRC has a transparent relationship with the Department of Defense and is satisfied with progress made as regards access to detention facilities. The ICRC has access to internment, screening, and transit facilities under the control of the Department of Defense.
Why the ICRC?
The ICRC is a neutral, independent and impartial humanitarian organization that has been visiting people detained in connection with armed conflicts since 1915, when its delegates first negotiated access to tens of thousands of prisoners of war held during the First World War. The ICRC's right to visit persons captured in international armed conflicts, whether prisoners of war or civilian internees, is enshrined in the Geneva Conventions of 1949, to which all States are party.
Article 3 common to the four Geneva Conventions also gives the ICRC the right to offer its services to the parties to a non-international armed conflict. These services include making visits to detainees. Under the Statutes of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the ICRC can also request access to persons detained in connection with situations of violence that fall below the threshold of armed conflict. These Statutes were approved in 1986 by the International Conference of the Red Cross, of which all States party to the Geneva Conventions, including the United States, are members.
In 2012, the ICRC was granted access to places of detention in 100 contexts, and visited roughly half a million prisoners, including detainees under the jurisdiction of international courts and tribunals.
Aim of the visits
The visits aim to ensure that the detainees' life, dignity and fundamental right to legal protection are respected, and also to prevent ill-treatment and enable the ICRC to track detainees' whereabouts and make recommendations to the authorities concerning any improvements in the conditions of detention that may be necessary. The ICRC makes these observations as part of its ongoing confidential dialogue with the detaining authorities.
The ICRC also strives to ensure that detained persons can re-establish and maintain contact with their families.
Family contacts
For most detainees and their families, Red Cross messages are an important means of maintaining regular contact and can help to alleviate feelings of isolation and uncertainty. Red Cross messages are intended for the exchange of personal and family news and are censored by the authorities. The exchanging of these messages is standard, worldwide practice wherever the ICRC visits places of detention. All detainees have the opportunity to write to their families using the Red Cross message system and to receive Red Cross messages from their next of kin.
Operating the Red Cross message service for detainees and their families is a major logistical undertaking, involving a number of ICRC delegations worldwide and National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in the detainees' home countries. Every message is delivered by hand to the detainees or their families. Given the constraints involved, message collection and distribution can be a time-consuming process.
Since 2002, the ICRC has collected around 36,000 Red Cross messages from detainees in Guantanamo addressed to their families and over 23,000 Red Cross messages written by relatives were delivered to detainees. In US detention in Afghanistan, more than 64,000 Red Cross messages have been collected and around 57,000 distributed.
In Guantanamo, a system enabling detainees to regularly speak to their families by telephone, facilitated by the ICRC through its delegations around the world, was implemented by the US authorities in April 2008. Around 500 telephone calls have been made since the system was set up. "Humanitarian phone calls," enabling detainees to talk to their relatives when an event such as a death in the family occurs, are also facilitated by the ICRC at Guantanamo. In September 2009, a video teleconference programme was made available for detainees and their families in 29 countries around the world. As of the end of December 2012, 961 video calls had taken place.
Persons interned at the Detention Facility in Parwan (DFIP) at Bagram Airbase were able to communicate with their relatives by means of a video call system between January 2008 and March 2013. The video link, set up by the US authorities with the cooperation of the ICRC, enabled detainees to see and talk to their loved ones for 20 minutes at a time. Detainees were allowed one video call every three to four months. By the end of 2012, over 14,000 video calls had been placed from this facility.
Most detainees under US authority have now been transferred to the Afghan Ministry of Defence, so in March 2013 a phone bank system was set up with the support of the ICRC. Under this system, families can come to any of the ICRC's offices in Afghanistan and talk to their detained relative in the Afghan National Detention Facility in Parwan (ANDF-P) for 20 minutes every two months. Third country nationals who have remained in US custody can make a one-hour video call every two months.
Since September 2008, families have been allowed to meet their detained relatives face-to-face at the DFIP and the ANDF-P. Families can register for such visits through the ICRC's offices in Afghanistan; more than 4,700 visits have taken place so far. As for the phone calls, the ICRC helps meet travel expenses, enabling poor families from remote areas in Afghanistan to participate in the programme.
The establishment of phone links and of the video teleconference programme at Guantanamo are positive developments. However, the ICRC believes that nothing can replace a face-to-face meeting between family members, and continues to strongly encourage the US authorities to allow such visits to take place.
Release or transfer of detainees
The ICRC speaks in private with detainees who are about to be transferred home or to a third country, to give them the opportunity to raise any fears they may have regarding their treatment following the transfer. The ICRC conveys any such concerns to the detaining authorities and, depending on the circumstances, may make recommendations as to how to proceed. This procedure aims to ensure compliance with the principle of non-refoulement, which prohibits a State from transferring persons to another State or authority if there is a risk that they may be subjected to any kind of ill-treatment or arbitrary deprivation of life, or that they may face persecution on account of their race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion. Irrespective of any ICRC involvement, it is the transferring authority that bears primary responsibility for ensuring that this rule is upheld and for implementing the necessary procedures.
Wherever possible, the ICRC endeavours to monitor detainees transferred from US detention facilities in Guantanamo and Afghanistan to third countries, in cases where they are subsequently detained. The ICRC aims to visit the detainees in their new places of detention to ensure that the treatment they receive and the conditions of their detention are in line with international legal requirements. If necessary, the ICRC provides assistance to enable released detainees to return to their families.
Dialogue with US authorities
The ICRC addresses detention-related issues with the US authorities primarily through direct and confidential dialogue. The organization regularly discusses its findings concerning US detention facilities in Afghanistan and Guantanamo (and previously in Iraq), with the military authorities responsible for the facilities, and with US government officials in Kabul and Washington. In an interview, ICRC deputy director of operations Dominik Stillhart explains why confidentiality is such an important tool for the ICRC when it comes to building trust, communicating concerns and influencing change.


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What is there to say about databases? They are one of the most important tools in enterprise, and yet at first glance they seem boring. However, authors and users both love them, as can plainly be seen by the number of articles (ten) that were submitted for this issue. We present five here, three in Strictly On-line and put off two for next month. We'll look at MySQL, NoSQL, PostgreSQL, Progress (next month), Oracle and the ODBC (open database connectivity) project, as well as using Java and the Web with databases. There are also reviews of DB2 and a book on mSQL and MySQL. If you don't learn something about databases this month, you must be an expert on them already.
Last month, we printed an article, "Multilink PPP: One Big Virtual WAN Pipe" purportedly by Paul Ammann. We have since learned the article was actually written by George E. Conant, formerly of Xyplex, and can be found on the Web at www.data.com/tutorials/multilink_ppp.html. We have not been able to reach Mr. Conant to offer our apologies personally, but do so here in this forum. We put a large amount of trust in the authors with whom we contract; Mr. Ammann has betrayed this trust both to us and to our readers. When I asked him about it by e-mail, he sent this reply:
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trouble with food and kids
Do any of y'all know anything about food aggression (well not really aggression but when she goes in the zone when food is around) She can be a bit over the top at times and I have completely stopped that when it comes to me. I can leave my food anywhere and she will not go near it but my children are a whole different story. I have tried a little here and there on my kids working with her but they are young (6,4, and 2). Last night she went to a whole new level. I usually put her outside at dinner time because it gets chaotic in here (I work with her on table manners at breakfast and lunch though) well all but 1 of my kids (the 6 year old) were done eating and I had them in the living room, well as I was tending to my 2 year old, my 4 year old went and let Rogue inside. Well Rogue went straight after my 6 year old who was eating a piece of chicken. He jumped up at him and stole the chicken out of his mouth. It scarred the crap out of my 6 year old and he was crying afterwards. I put Rogue back outside to let me cool down for a minute because I was highly upset at that point. I have decided to start working with the kids holding food in their hands and even dog treats and I will stand by and correct Rogue as needed. I think I need to make it that they NEVER give any type of food to her and that I am the only one she can receive anything from (and my husband as well). Do you think this would work? She would bite my kids in order to get food from them (not hard but enough to scare them). This whole situation surprised me as she is so good when it comes to me and having food. She knows she is not even allowed to look at my food when I am eating but the kids she just sort of bullies
I want to make sure I am taking the right approach when dealing with my kids and Rogue because she will do whatever is necessary to get food from the kids if I am not standing over the top of her (I am 99% of the time doing that though).
Edit: I forgot to mention, I have called her trainer in regards to this because she has noticed the problem with food as well but she has not gotten back to me yet.
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Election of FIAP Officers for 2013-2016
The Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics is electing one Vice-Chair and two Members-at-Large for the 2013-2016 term. The candidates are listed below.
Please carefully review the candidate information. When you are ready, vote electronically using the personal URL provided in the email sent to you by APS. FIAP members without a valid email address registered with APS will instead be mailed a paper ballot.
Candidates for Vice-Chair (vote for one)- Mohsen Yeganeh, ExxonMobil Corporate Strategic Laboratories
- David Seiler, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Bill Atkinson, Boeing
- Carl Meinhart, SpectraFluidics, Inc.
- Ichiro Takeuchi, University of Maryland
- Joseph E. Sabol, Consultant
Candidates for Vice-Chair
Mohsen Yeganeh, ExxonMobil Corporate Strategic Laboratories
Mohsen Yeganeh received his B.S. in Physics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania. He joined Exxon (now ExxonMobil) Research and Engineering Co. in 1992 where he leads the nonlinear optical spectroscopy laboratory and research in interfacial science. Mohsen Yeganeh is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a recipient of the ExxonMobil Production Research Innovator of the Year Award (2006), a recipient of a ROCE Award (2012), and the author of numerous publications and patents. He has served on the APS Task Force for Industrial and Applied Physics, FIAP (Secretary/Treasurer 2005-2011), the Fellowship committee, APS Industrial Applications of Physics Prize committee (Chair 2011- ), APS Careers and Professional Development Committee (2013- ), and various seminar organizing committees.
Advances in physics within the industrial community must be recognized and acknowledged. I am committed to ensure that applied and particularly industrial physicists are well served and recognized within the American Physical Society. I will work closely with APS to ensure the needs of industrial physicists and establish guidelines to recognize industrial accomplishments and innovations. In addition, as a member of the executive committee, I will actively encourage broader interactions between industries and universities, as well as facilitate interactions between physics students and industry for better career planning. My twenty-year career as an industrial physicist along with over a decade of experience as the Secretary/Treasurer of FIAP and broad involvement in industry-related APS activities will serve me well in fulfilling this position.
David Seiler, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
David Seileris Chief of the Semiconductor and Dimensional Metrology Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), working with industry to provide innovative research and standards for dimensional, nanometer-scale, surface, and acoustic pressure measurements; semiconductors; MEMS; power electronics; nanoelectronics; smart grid; and flexible/printed electronics. He has worked for almost two decades on the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors, recognized worldwide as a model for evaluating industry challenges and technology requirements and then formulating potential solutions. He has made substantial contributions to government-industry collaborations such as the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative and SEMATECH. He also works with industry by serving on the Governing Counsel of the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative and as the Chair of AIP's Corporate Associates. In 1995, Dr. Seiler initiated the International Conference on Frontiers of Characterization and Metrology for Nanoelectronics, which he continues to lead today. The conference summarizes major issues for next generation semiconductor manufacturing and its talks are widely disseminated (over 3.5 M page views since 2000).
He has expertise in properties of semiconductors with focus on quantum transport, two-photon absorption spectroscopy, and magneto-optical effects. He has chaired and been editor of 11 international semiconductor conferences. Before joining NIST in 1988, Dr. Seiler served as a Solid State Physics Program Director in the NSF Materials Research Division, spent a sabbatical at the MIT Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory, and was Regents Professor of Physics at the University of North Texas. Dr. Seiler received a Ph. D. and M.S. in Physics from Purdue University and a B.S. in Physics from Case Western Reserve University. He is Fellow of the APS and the IEEE. He also received a Purdue Distinguished Alumnus Award for Semiconductor Physics Leadership.
FIAP serves as a vitally needed link within APS to the industrial and applied physics community, involving members from industry, academia, and government. As members of FIAP, each of us can make important contributions to ensure that FIAP is successful and can have a strong professional impact on not only the APS but our own communities where we practice applied physics. My goal will be to encourage your interest and participation in FIAP activities by exploring new ways to meet the needs of the industrial and applied physics community, as well as enabling better communications and collaborations among industry, academia, and government.
Among the activities I want to pursue in conjunction with the present officers are: Improve the relevancy of the March APS meeting to industrial physicists; push APS to explore creating webinars and educational units tailored to industrial and applied physicists, who often get new assignments in fields where they must come up to speed quickly, and continue FIAP's new initiatives to educate graduate students and post-docs about the remarkable future of industrial physics.
My extensive experience working with industry, academia, and government enables me to provide the critical foundation for advancing and representing the interests of FIAP members. I have worked directly with industry and through industrial and academic consortia such as SEMATECH, Semiconductor Research Corporation, and the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative. I have had a wide variety of current and prior interactions with both AIP and APS units: Chair and Vice Chair of GIMS, executive committee of FIAP, organizing and chairing meeting sessions, and chairing and serving on award and fellowship committees of both FIAP and GIMS, chairing AIP's Corporate Associates.
I understand how APS works and believe I can be an effective voice for industry within it. I welcome the opportunity to serve FIAP by advancing its objectives and representing its membership well.
Candidates for Member-at-Large
William J Atkinson has a MS in experimental nuclear physics and a PhD in computational nuclear physics with medical applications from University of Alabama in Birmingham with the honor of most outstanding graduate student with both degrees. During his employment as senior scientist at Boeing, Dr. Atkinson made advances in industrial applications of physics in developing methods to mitigate disruptions of space radiation effects on electrical systems, electro-optical sensors in aerospace systems, and pattern recognition algorithms for infrared sensors. He has over 40 publications in national and international peer-reviewed journals in applied physics related to radiation effects on biological and electronic systems as well as mathematical and theoretical physics. He was awarded the title of Associate Fellow in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) AIAA for "his original contributions on the impact of space radiation on electronics in aerospace systems" and elected as a Fellow in the American Physical Society (APS) upon nomination by the Forum for Industrial and Applied Physics (FIAP).
I have been an applied physicist for most of my professional career and believe my election as a member-at-large would enable me to encourage youth in a career in the industrial sector of physics and educate society of the importance of physics in technical innovations improving their quality of life. Physicists have developed the most innovative technologies in the past and their talents are desperately needed in the many challenges ahead.
Carl Meinhart, SpectraFluidics, Inc.
Dr. Carl Meinhart is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California – Santa Barbara, and CTO of SpectraFluidics, Inc. He received his PhD in Theoretical & Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois in 1994. His dissertation research was focused on the experimental investigation of turbulence in wall-bounded flows using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV).
Through his career, he has made scientific and technical contributions to both academia and industry. From 1995 - 1996, Dr. Meinhart took a position at Ford Motor Company's Scientific Research Center. His work at Ford involved developing 3-dimensional particle tracking techniques for analysis of fluid motion inside engine cylinders. This information was then used to understand the influence of intake port geometry and valving for combustion modeling.
In 1996, Dr. Meinhart joined the faculty in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering at UCSB. He was promoted to full professor in 2007. He is well known for his work in co-developing micron-resolution Particle Image Velocimetry. This technique is widely used in the research community for measuring detailed fluid motion in microfluidic devices. The Micro-PIV technique has been patented, and successfully licensed and commercialized by TSI, Inc., St. Paul, MN.
In collaboration with Prof. Martin Moskovits' group in Chemistry at UCSB, Dr. Meinhart and one of his PhD students co-invented a Free-surface microfluidics / SERS technique for detection of certain gas-phase molecules with ultra high sensitivity and specificity. The technique is applicable to the detection of vapors emanating from explosives and narcotics, among others. This research has led to several publications, an issued patent, and eight pending patent applications.
In 2008, Dr. Meinhart co-founded SpectraFluidics, Inc. to commercialize the Free-Surface Microfluidics/SERS technology. The company has attracted government and venture capital funding. In 2012, Dr. Meinhart founded Numerical Design, Inc., which specializes in numerical simulation of multiphysical phenomena that occur in MEMS/microfluidic devices.
Since receiving my PhD in 1994, my career has been focused between academia and industry. I have been on the faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UC – Santa Barbara for the past 15 years, held fulltime positions at Ford Motor Co, founded Numerical Design, Inc, co-founded SpectraFluidics, Inc., and PiMEMS, Inc. In these challenging economic times, it is imperative that academia and industry evolve to work more closely together. It is only through high-level interactions that both types of institutions can best thrive during the next 10 – 20 years.
From an industrial perspective, a flat world makes it difficult for US manufacturing to compete in the global marketplace. The best way, and perhaps the only way, for US industry to compete is through innovation. It is by this innovation that US industry can retake its leadership role.
FIAP must continue to work to improve vehicles that facilitate the transition of technology, ideas, and students from universities to industry. As a Member at Large for FIAP, I plan to continue my efforts to bridge ties between these institutions.
Ichiro Takeuchi, University of Maryland
Ichiro Takeuchi is a Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and an Affiliate Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Maryland. His research interests include industrial applications of combinatorial materials science, novel multilayer thin-film devices, and scanning probe microscopes. Takeuchi received his BS in Physics from California Institute of Technology (1987) and PhD in Physics from the University of Maryland (1996). Prior to joining the Maryland faculty, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (1996-1999), where he was on the Associated Western Universities Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. From 1987-1991, Takeuchi held a technical staff position in the Microelectronics and Fundamental Research Laboratories at NEC Corporation in Japan. Takeuchi has previously held visiting professor positions at the University of Tokyo, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ruhr University Bochum, and Tokyo University of Science. Takeuchi served as a Fellow of the Japan Science and Technology Agency by special appointment during 2007-2008. He has been a guest researcher at NIST since 2004. Since 2010, he has also served as Chief Technical Officer of Maryland Energy and Sensor Technologies, LLC. Takeuchi was elected a Fellow of APS through FIAP in 2010. He currently serves on the editorial advisory board of the journal ACS Combinatorial Science. Takeuchi is a recipient of the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program Award (2000), the Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award (2000), NSF CAREER Award (2001), and the University of Maryland Invention of the Year Award (2011). He has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles and holds 6 U.S. patents.
As reflected in the results of the recent FIAP survey, the immediate challenge of FIAP is to effectively transform it, so that it is more about directly addressing the needs of the large membership rooted in the industrial and national labs. In particular, we should have a stronger focus on employment, recruiting, and career development of physicists working in the industry. Given that a large fraction of physicists join the industrial workforce in the long run, there should be a series of sessions addressing questions and needs of graduate students and postdocs transitioning from academia to industry.
Is there a role an academic person such as myself can play in this process? I strongly believe so. After all, industrial physicists come from universities. There is currently not enough emphasis in the academic environment for training graduate students and postdocs to prepare them for industrial jobs. We can all gain by engaging in this cause. After all, mentoring and directing our students and younger colleagues to well-matched positions in the industry is one of the most important and rewarding tasks for us.
FIAP should also sponsor more invited sessions showcasing the most exciting and up-to-date developments from the commercial end of the high-tech industry. Through such venues, we need to continually re-evaluate and advance the stage for the next generation of industrial physicists who will have to navigate rapidly evolving technological terrains in the real world. Such sessions should be well attended by students and industrial members alike.
As an advocate of high-throughput methodologies in materials science, I have always worked extensively to bring together scientists and engineers engaged in a diverse range of technological topics in industry and academia alike. I believe my background from having worked in a national lab, industry, and academia can help serve the forum with a unique perspective. As a Member-at-Large, I hope to become a strong advocate and a bridge between academia and industrial/national laboratories.
Joseph E. Sabol received a B.S. in chemistry from Carroll College (Waukesha WI), a Ph.D. in chemistry from Oklahoma State University, and was a postdoc in chemical engineering at University of Minnesota. For more than fifteen years, Sabol was in the academic sector, teaching a variety of primarily undergraduate courses in chemistry, directing undergraduate research, engaging in Summer NSF opportunities, and authoring 14 publications. In 1999, Sabol set aside his university career and formed a consulting company www.chem-consult.com that directed its technical and business services toward smaller companies in the chemical, materials, and allied sectors; projects include semiconductor and metal processing, polymers and adhesives, biochemical and pharmaceutical business development, automobile parts, and medical devices.
Since 2008, Sabol has been Program Chair of the American Chemical Society, Division of Small Chemical Businesses, with full responsibility for the Division's programming at ACS national and regional meetings, as well as an active member of the Division's Executive Committee. Sabol joined APS in 1990 and currently is a member of FIAP. Sabol is also a member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Materials Research Society, Sigma Xi, and Marquette [MI] Local Emergency Planning Committee, serving as Secretary since 2010.
The days of career services providing only resume review and interview skills are past. We are doing a disservice by providing a narrow career path pipeline that only includes employment choices in academic, industrial, and government sectors. Self-employment or starting one's own company is an option that must not be ignored. While being an entrepreneur is not for everybody, we can help maximize the success of startups by providing suitable training, role models, and other resources for APS members (students and mid-career) wishing to start a new company. Technically savvy innovators, those who know how to solve the problem of the day and foresee the business decisions that make the probability of surviving tomorrow's market, are crucial for future economic growth, product development, and job creation. A solid physics training (quantitative and hands-on laboratory) is only part of the skill-set for success in the contemporary market. From my experience with the ACS and its entrepreneurial programs, I will work to strengthen the APS member services that can help industrial physicists, including multi-disciplinary collaborations, practical business and marketing resources, and a road map of opportunities. The recent FIAP survey showed that a majority of members favor programming on industrial jobs and how to start a company. The FIAP needs to remain on the vanguard of providing resources that help APS members leverage their academic training to remain competitive in technology transfer, industrial problem solving, and revenue generation.


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A human resources firm has warned that up to a third of bloggers and social network users risk the sack for posting damaging material about their employer.
Croner commissioned YouGov for a survey of 2,000 people which found 39% of bloggers admitted to publishing sensitive or damaging posts about their workplace.
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by Robert Andrews 25 May 2007 11:17am 1 comment
Google has opened up more of its search analysis data to the public in a new product offering called Hot Trends.
A cross between the search giant's parallel Zeitgeist and Trends offerings, which give journalists and other consumers access to search query popularity metrics, Hot Trends displays the hottest web searches on a more frequent basis.
by Robert Andrews 22 May 2007 10:02am 0 comments
Internet advertising could overtake that on TV by 2011, according to one industry spokesperson.
Guy Phillipson, chief executive of the internet Advertising Bureau (IAB), made the prediction after the Advertising Association (AA) today released figures (pdf) showing online ad spend in the UK last year grew by almost a half.
by Robert Andrews 21 May 2007 15:30pm 0 comments
An academic study in to the psychology of online advertising has found new evidence that internet banner ads work exceedingly well.
The paper, produced jointly by several US universities, found that, although many web users do not necessarily click or focus on a banner advert, many subconsciously register the product advertised - and make positive conclusions.
by Robert Andrews 21 May 2007 11:56am 1 comment
New stats from Hitwise show that over 55s, or 'silver surfers', are close to becoming the largest demographic age group online.
The largest is currently the 35-44 age group, which accounted for 23.5% of internet visits in the four weeks up to 12th May. Silver surfers had 22% of visits.
by Graham Charlton 17 May 2007 11:39am 1 comment
God provided a great model for communication when he gave us two ears and one mouth. But marketing - the function that leads customer dialogue - tends to focus on outbound communication.
In today's web connected world, is that still an appropriate model?
by David Jackson 15 May 2007 07:30am 0 comments
Official complaints about internet ads rose by a third in 2006, according to new figures from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
The agency reported 2,066 complaints - up from 1,577 and even more than direct mail attracted - according to the ASA's annual report.
by Robert Andrews 11 May 2007 16:35pm 7 comments
Senior executives have become aware of the potential business benefits of 'Web 2.0', but many IT departments often lack the resources and expertise to create more interactive web applications.
These are the findings of an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) survey of over 400 senior execs on corporate adoption of Web 2.0.
by Graham Charlton 30 April 2007 07:59am 0 comments
Eighty percent of businesses will have a presence in a virtual world, says a new Gartner report that otherwise heaps suspicion on the value of Second Life e-commerce.
The tech research firm advises businesses to "limit substantial financial investments until the environments stabilise and mature".
by Robert Andrews 26 April 2007 10:56am 4 comments
Charlene Li of Forrester Research has recently published a study into levels of participation in social media, with a view to helping develop more effective social media strategies.
For the report into Social Technographics, she has produced the 'Participation Ladder':
by Graham Charlton 24 April 2007 13:47pm 1 comment


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Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Project for the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture & the USGS
Iraq Ministry of Water Resources 100 Hydrological Stations Monitoring Network, Receive Site & Database Software
Nation-wide Hydrological Monitoring Network of 100 remote gauging stations, METEOSAT communications & Central Receive Site for the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources (with USGS)
Glacial Environment Monitoring Stations
Water Quality & Quantity Monitoring USDA – JORDAN, WEST BANK & ISRAEL.
Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture Agri-Met Monitoring Network, Iraq
Integrated Water Quality Monitoring System Changjiang Water Resource Commission Project, China
ADASA-UTE Dominion, INAMEH Venezuela Hydro-Met Monitoring System
Purgatoire River Basin Hydrological Monitoring & Web Site
Water Quality-Water Level-Weather Monitoring Network Afghanistan
TNAU Agricultural Weather Network, India (Work has Begun on 224 AWS in Phase 1) Go to TNAU Photos.
NM Flume System Installation (photos) NM Bubbler Station Installation (photos)
The New Mexico State Engineer's Office & Sutron's New Mexico Staff have worked together since 2005 to renew the State's Hydrological Monitoring capabilities.
Bhutan's Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) Iridium®-Based Early Warning System
Sutron chose Iridium® Satellite Communications as the telemetry back-bone for Bhutan's GLOF Early Warning Project .
Hydro-Met Emergency Flood Recovery Project in Poland
Supplied equipment for 1000 Stations for Poland's Emergency Flood Recovery Project
Fischer Porter Precipitation Gauge Rebuild Kit for the National Weather Service
Sutron's rebuild kit converts existing gauges into digital measuring systems that can be installed in the field using simple tools in under 1 hour.
NOS -Approved Tide Stations
Since 1982 Sutron has provided the US National Ocean Service with NOS-Approved Tide Stations for its critical coastal monitoring activities...
Dam Safety Monitoring & GOES Satellite Telemetry
Alternative telemetry networks combining line-of-site radio, hard-wire, and GOES Satellite Telemetry
ADCP Capabilities Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
You've Got the Perfect Profiler. Time to Get the Perfect System. Trust Sutron.
TRCA Flood Forecasting & Warning System with Video
Scaleable Flood Warning System including Web-Based Data & Video for nine watersheds TRCA Web Site & Web Cam
Colorado SDR Flow Monitoring Project
Provide accurate, efficient systems for CO DWR to collect stage/discharge data from public & private water users
Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network - download pdf TCOON web site
Since 1991 this Gulf of Mexico network of Sutron Tide Stations has collected & delivered tidal data....
Automatic Dam Data Acquisition & Alarm Reporting System Puerto Rico Flood Warning System
System to obtain, monitor and analyze, in real-time, critical safety parameters such as inflows, outflows, gate openings and lake elevations for 29 principal reservoirs
Advanced Tri-Mode Communications for New Orleans Canal Water Level Monitoring Project for the USACE
Special communications redundancy designed to avoid problems encountered during & as a result of Hurricane Katrina New Orleans USACE Web Page for Real-Time Canal Data including tide cycles, water build-up, canal pump data, gate control, etc.
Central Water Commission, India
Turn-Key Flood Forecasting System consisting of 168 Remote Sites in 6 River Basins, across 14 States
India Meteorological Department Automatic Weather Station System
100 Remote Sites plus Digital Direct Readout Ground Station & Met Data Handling Software
PacifiCorp Hydroloelectric Project
Hydroelectric Licensing Compliance, Gaging Stations, Sophisticated Radio Paths, Custom Software
Sidney High School Advanced Flood Warning
Real-time flood warning system for the upper Susquehanna River Basin
Kenya Synoptic AWS Network
WMO-compliant Automatic Weather Stations, one base station, SYNOP/METAR reports
Kenya Tsunami Warning System
Project along Kenya's coastline
Data for Hydropower Producers
Getting data when you need it, where you need it, and the way you need it.
Lower Colorado River Authority Remote Water Meter Reading
"...adapt the electric utility industry's methods for collecting and managing meter data from remote meters to the Lower Colorado River Authority's (LCRA) water businesses."
WMO-SIDS (Small Island Developing States) Meteorological Monitoring & Extreme Weather Early Warning System
32 Automatic Weather Stations » 21 Synoptic Weather Stations » 11 Airport Weather Stations
International Boundary & Water Commission, HydroMet Data Collection with Satellite
Hydromet Data Collection along US/Mexico Border, 70 DCPs, 2 Digital Readout Ground Stations, Satellite Communications
Bureau of Reclamation, Using XConnect & Sutron RTUs to retrieve River & Reservoir Data for the lower Colorado River Basin
Letter of recommendation from the Bureau of Reclamation describing on-going river & reservoir data collection since 1987. "XConnect retrieves river & reservoir data from sites...& writes the data directly to the Hydrologic Database..."
Bureau of Reclamation Acoustic Velocity Meters & Data Analysis
Verification of Continuous Stage, Velocity & Discharge Data for AVM Streamflow Gaging Stations
India, Flood Modeling, Storm Surge Modeling Coastal Zone Management
Watershed & Delta Management, Coastal Zone Management, Flood Modeling, Storm Surge/Wind/Rainfall Modeling"
India, Snow & Avalanche Study
Avalanche Forecasting
Indian Meteorological Department, Automatic Weather Stations
Automatic Weather Stations in 15 Remote Strategic Locations in India
Bureau of Reclamation Water Resource Project
Salvage unconfined groundwater & available surface flows; deliver water through a 42-mile conveyance channel; stabilize San Luis Lake. 280 RTUs, Receive Sites, System Software
METEOSAT Satellite Telemetry- Based Data Collection System for the HydroNiger River Basin Authority
Modernize existing network with 25 new Data Collection Platforms (DCPs) & change telemetry system from ARGOS to METEOSTAT, installing new Direct Readout Ground Station
Metro Wastewater Reclamation
Line of site RF to monitor the wastewater (sewage and stormwater runoff)
Goshen Irrigation Project, SCADA
SCADA-RF System monitoring water level points 85 miles, 46 Stations with Radio Telemetry
Tarrant Regional Water District Flood Monitoring
Provide hardware, software, installation assistance, & training for an LOS based Flood Monitoring, LOS Radio Telemetry, 23 remote stations, 5 repeater sites, 2 master stations
SENAMHI, AWS & Hydro Stations w/GOES, DRGS & Tide Stations
65 remote stations including 38 Automatic Weather Stations (GOES satellite communications), 17 Automatic Hydro-Meteorological Stations (GOES enabled), and 10 Ocean Meteorological Stations; Digital Direct Readout Ground Station
Yakima SCADA System
LOS based Flood Monitoring, System; LOS Radio Telemetry, 23 remote stations, 5 repeater sites, 2 master stations
USACE HDR Digital Direct Readout Ground Station Project
XConnect MUX and Decoder front end software Equipment: System consists of an existing 5-meter antenna installed by Sutron in 2000, 1 High Data Rate Digital Direct Readout Ground Station chassis and new feed/LNA assembly with hardware
McClellan Air Force Digital Wind Measuring System
Develop system to be used by military base weather stations worldwide to continuously measure, display and record wind parameters
NOS Tide Stations
Real-Time Groundwater Monitoring for Missouri
70 DCPs including 8210 dataloggers, GOES transmitters, shaft encoders
South Florida Digital Direct Readout Ground Station
Hydro-Meteorological Network in Poalnd
Design & supply of 1000 stations
Zuni Black Rock Dam ALERT Early Warning System
3 base stations, 14 data collection platforms, custom software
Taiwan Flood Forecasting System
Measure rainfall & meteorological data, transmit process and store the data received, generate alarm messages and graphical displays, distribute information with rainfall map displays
Greenfields Irrigation Control System
Canal Automation, 36 rainfall stations, 14 automatic weather stations, 5 single-type repeater stations, 2 parallel-type repeater stations, 1 receiving station, and integration of existing system
NWS Nicaragua/El Salvador
Data Collection Platforms, Automatic Weather Stations, LOS Radio and SatelliteTelemetry
NWS Honduras/Guatemala
15 Data Collection Platforms, LOS Radio and GOES Satellite Telemetry
CWC of India, Flood Forecasting
55 Met and Hydro-Met stations covering the two river basins; 4 DDRGS receive sites
National Park Service SCADA System
Spread Spectrum Radio Telemetry, base station, 2 well houses, lift station
Leon County Flood Warning Network
Leon County, Florida, and the City of Tallahassee jointly funded a monitoring network operated by the NORTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
Flow Monitoring Assistance South Florida Water Management District
Permitting requirements for Cargill's phosphate mine expansion called for them to install long-term environmental monitoring stations to collect background data, data during operations, and post mining data.
US Fish & Wildlife Turnkey Flood Warning System
Develop and install a turnkey flood warning system Equipment: LOS Radio Telemetry, Multiple rainfall and water level monitoring stations, one master base station
Chile Airport Weather Station
29 Automatic Weather Stations and 1 DDRGS Master Station, Satellite Telemetry
South Florida Water Management District Flow Monitoring Assistance
Discharge Measurements Ultrasonic Velocity Meter Flow Measuring Acoustic Point Velocity Meter Flow Measuring Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Dye Dilution Flow Measurement
South Florida Water Management District Gage Installation
Flow Monitoring & Water Budget Studies
South Florida Water Management District Science & Engineering Support Services MORE SFWMD INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE PROJECTS
Civil Engineering baseline hydrologic data development
Suwanee Water Management District
Surface water flow determination, field network maintenance and data management for 46 surface water stations.
Project Photos from Sutron Project in Poland
950 Hydro-Met Stations Emergency Flood Recovery Project will restore basic infrastructure damaged by severe flooding in recent years
Vietnam Airport Authority Automatic Weather Stations
Fully WMO-compliant Automatic Airport Weather Observation System consisting of XPert Dataloggers, sensors, communications, computers, software, testing
Hubbard Glacier Monitoring & Warning System
Xpert Datalogger uses a Reigl Laser Rangefinder to measure the distance to a glacier for monitoring & warning when the glacier "calves"


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Elizabeth Olsen, the younger sister of twins Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, and "Breaking Bad" alum Bryan Cranston star in a new reboot of "Godzilla," whose official teaser trailer was released on Tuesday, Dec. 10.
The first "Godzilla" film adaptation of the Japanese sci-fi franchise debuted in 1954. Matthew Broderick starred in the first U.S. version, which hit theaters in 1998. "Godzilla" focuses on a massive, radioactive, reptilian monster who seeks to destroy mankind. The newest movie is set to be released on May 16, 2014 -- just 12 days before the 60th anniversary of the first -- and will have a 3D version.
"Mary Poppins" stars Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke reunited on Monday night at the premiere of "Saving Mr. Banks," which depicts how Walt Disney brought the former film to life.
The two were photographed embracing on the red carpet at the event, which took place at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. Andrews, who is 78 and played the title character in "Mary Poppins," and Van Dyke, who turns 88 on Dec. 13 and played her love interest, chimney sweep (and one-man band) Bert, also posed for photos with "Saving Mr. Banks" stars Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson and Colin Farrell.
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Miley Cyrus has proved, once again, that her reign in 2013 is unstoppable, with MTV declaring her their Artist of the Year.
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Adam Shankman, who has directed hit films like "The Wedding Planner" and the 2007 musical film "Hairspray," has checked into rehab.
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Martin Freeman may not have gotten to act alongside "Sherlock" co-star Benedict Cumberbatch in "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," but he did keep the actor in his thoughts.
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Benedict Cumberbatch lends his baritone voice to the dragon Smaug in the upcoming film "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug."
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Christians are facing more and more difficulties in Western society. Every day, especially in Europe, churches and cemeteries are desecrated; blasphemy pretends to be an art for the general public; activists like Femen attack symbols of religion, and the media rarely miss an opportunity to belittle Christians and the Catholic Church. It is this latent hostility towards Christianity which explains the indifference, or even the complaisance, of our society towards the desecration of its religious heritage and the persecution of Christians throughout the world. . . . Continue Reading »
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"Even the brightest light can be destroyed by darkness if they lose the will to fight back."
"Darkness has reigned in my heart so long now I am but a flicker but a flicker is all that is needed to start a raging forest fire!"
Looking for either one of these
But it has to have the move Water Spout
Edit: Got it!
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Originally published on Mon March 4, 2013 12:02 pm
Kenya votes for a new president today for the first time in five years. It's an important election, in part because the country is still haunted by the ethnic violence that bloodied the last presidential election in 2007. More than 1,200 people were killed and the violence only ended after the international community stepped in. NPR's Gregory Warner is out visiting polling stations and talking to people in Nairobi. He joins us to talk about the election. Good morning, Greg.
GREGORY WARNER, BYLINE: Good morning, Renee.
Originally published on Sun March 10, 2013 7:43 am
The streets of Gaza are busy, but they are also crumbling.
Since Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip in 2007, Israel has maintained tight limits on shipments of anything that could be used for military purposes. That includes basic building materials that could be used for bunkers and rocket launching sites.
Ask businessman Ali Abdel Aal what's the toughest thing for him to find, and he'll tell you "cement and gravel."
Originally published on Wed March 6, 2013 4:14 pm
If you're a parent, you've probably heard remarks like this during dinner: "I don't like milk! My toast is burnt! I hate vegetables! I took a bite already! What's for dessert?" It can be daunting trying to ensure a healthy diet for our children. So it's no wonder parents often resort to dinner time rules.
Originally published on Mon March 4, 2013 7:30 pm
About 69 percent of American adults are overweight or obese, and more than four in five people say they are worried about obesity as a public health problem.
But a recent poll conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health revealed a curious schism in our national attitudes toward obesity: Only one in five kids had a parent who feared the boy or girl would grow up to be overweight as an adult.
Tax day is looming and taxpayers are scrambling to gather receipts, W-2 forms and other documents. For many, gone are the days of paper ledger books and calculators, now that there's software to figure out how much they owe.
Originally published on Mon March 25, 2013 1:33 pm
Environmentalists have a hope.
If they can block the Keystone XL pipeline, they can keep Canada from developing more of its dirty tar sands oil. It takes a lot of energy to get it out of the ground and turn it into gasoline, so it has a bigger greenhouse gas footprint than conventional oil.
Scientists believe a little girl born with HIV has been cured of the infection.
She's the first child and only the second person in the world known to have been cured since the virus touched off a global pandemic nearly 32 years ago.
Doctors aren't releasing the child's name, but we know she was born in Mississippi and is now 2 1/2 years old — and healthy. Scientists presented details of the case Sunday at a scientific conference in Atlanta.
Originally published on Sun March 3, 2013 3:35 pm
Bright lights are part of a city's ecosystem. Think of Times Square or the Las Vegas Strip or right outside your bedroom window.
Electric lighting is ubiquitous in most urban and suburban neighborhoods. It's something most people take for granted, but appreciate, since it feels like well-lit streets keep us safer. But what if all this wattage is actually causing harm?
"We're getting brighter and brighter and brighter," warns Paul Bogard, author of the upcoming book, End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light.
Originally published on Sun March 3, 2013 4:05 pm
The hallways at Westlake High School in Maryland are just like thousands of other school hallways around the country: kids milling around, laughing and chatting on their way to class.
On a recent morning, about 30 kids took their seats in a classroom that initially seems like any other. The major difference here is that instead of a chalkboard and a lectern at the head of the class, there are two enormous flat-panel screens and thin, white microphones hanging in four rows across the ceiling.
Dozens of people are dead in the Pakistani port city of Karachi following a blast Sunday near a Shiite mosque.
Update at 3:16 p.m. ET Toll Rises
Authorities now say at least 37 people were killed and another 141 wounded in the blast.
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Original Title: Data lost, need advise on recovery options
Hello. We had a single disk failure on a ReadyNAS NV+. Drive 1 failed with excessive SMART errors. Unit booted OK on three disks, but when system was powered-up with a new/blank disk in slot-1, the system tried to boot and failed. Afterwards, the system would not boot on three disks. Sent email to Netgear tech support, but after waiting several days we got impatient and cloned the original bad disk-1 using Knoppix. Plugged the clone into slot-1 and the ReadyNAS did boot but immediately entered resync. After resync, raidar display showed the volume as yellow ball/dead. Spent several more days talking to Netgear tech support on the phone. They were able to telnet into the malfunctioning unit, and restore the volume to a healthy/redundant state. However, almost all recent data...we are estimating 80 to 120 GBytes...was missing. Currently waiting for a callback from the Netgear data recovery department.
My Question: Can this type of data loss (due to a resync malfunction...maybe multiple resync malfunctions) be recovered?
Other questions: Does anyone have any experience or advice on who to hire to perform the recovery? I'm trying to talk to the Netgear data recovery department because I don't know where else to go. Any advice? Recommendations? War stories?
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I think that FFX-3 could be a possibility, It might seem like they would be ringing the towel dry but i think it could be pulled off. From what it sounds like in the press releases for Advent Children it may be a precursor to a playable sequl to FF7 The franchise is worth too much to Square Enix. Every one knows that they could release a FF game that everyone said was crap and most of us would buy it, just because the title is Final Fantasy. Granted I never bothered with Tatics or tatics advance. I think with future FF titles you'll probally see more minute details like Individually rendered grass and a more continuious world map the transition to cg scenes will be more fluid. The PS3 has way too much power for it all to be allocated to graphics.
When will the FF series ever stop?
The Final Fantasy series will only end if, square-enix decides theyve made enough, square-enix goes out of business, or the final fantasy series becomes unprofitable
Or until M$ buy Square-Enix. Then we would have Final Tragedy.
If Square are smart then there first title for PS3 wont be a Sequel but a New FF game so FFXIII maybe
knowing people they probily will not make a 13 and just skip it and make 14 you know 13 is bad luck....lol.... but yea a new game would be nessasary to keep up with how they normaly do it they made a sequal and in my opinion it bombed so i hope they don't repeat there mistakes.
They should make a XIII but maybe make the plot very dark and alot more sinister then normal
Ahh come on, you know what Square-Enix are like. Corny American voices, annoying love story.....
i swear that was the reasons why ppl liked Final Fantasy, at least from FF7 and up ayways.Originally Posted by Matt
Edit: Of course FF10 and up are the first to have voices...
I would like to think that people like FF games because they're good, rather than the cheesy love story.
I think they should keep the name Final fantasy through whenever they stop if they do. PErhaps adding small titles like advent children to their FF titles. BUt I would love to see remakes of the older FF games on PS3 with high definition capability and DD or DTS sound quality. Now that would be nice. :P But thats my opinoin.
They should get rid of that American accent - how about a good ol Geordie accent me ol' china?
Becuase they make more money selling thoes games in America and Japan.
*Flash backs of Siren* Noooooooooooo
Its about time Europe had some dominance in the games industry - i mean look at us? We get everything last, American accents, wat next?
Haha, Forbidden Siren wasn't that bad.Originally Posted by slayerx
.....Oh, wait, it was.
Lol, I havnet played that game why was it bad?
Well the characters are all japanese and as soon as they open there mouth to speak and you hear this cockney accent its like *reach for the power button*
Apart from the cockney accents it's a fairly decent game. Why they put in those accents I'll never know.....
Yeah, I read that 13 is in development, so...it's gonna happen. Anyone who believes that they'd nix the final fantasy series, as profitable, and integral it is to gaming itself...is an idiot. Plain and simple. But I definitely look forward to 12. Woohoo! They're really changing up the formula, pushing things. Change is good in games, you gotta remember, cuz it's stagnancy that hurts us the most, and we start playing the same rehashed garbage over and over...gotta challenge new ideas, guys!
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