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The roots of a Silverbell tree are slowly expanding into the soil of an Arlington, Va. garden, where it was planted in memory of Kenya's Dr. Wangari Maathai — like so many other trees growing in Kenya, in Africa, and around the world because of her inspiration.
Dignitaries, colleagues, and friends of Prof. Maathai gathered in the garden behind the worldwide headquarters of The Nature Conservancy on the morning of Oct. 19 to honor the memory of the founder of Kenya's Green Belt Movement, a heroine of the women's and environmental movements and the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize, in 2004.
"I was deeply saddened to hear of Wangari Maathai's death last September," said Kristen Patterson, manager of U.S. Relations for the Conservancy's Africa Region and organizer of the event. "Prof. was a warm, joyful woman and a true inspiration for the conservation and women's movements in Kenya and the world. My first thought … was that I wanted to plant a tree in her honor on behalf of The Nature Conservancy."
Patterson said she had been deeply moved by a 2008 ceremony when she helped plant a fig tree with a Green Belt Movement community group in Tumutumu, near Mount Kenya. The Conservancy first worked with the Green Belt Movement (GBM) in 2008 to plant more than 720,000 trees in Kenya's Mau Forest over three years.
During the Arlington ceremony, participants picked up a shovel and helped to cover the tree's roots with soil.
Image Credit: Jordana Fyne (During her first visit to The Nature Conservancy's headquarters, Ms. Nairimas Ole-Sein, Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Kenya helps plant a tree in memory of Wangari Maathai.)


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"Brent crude oil rose by more than $1 a barrel on Wednesday after an explosion on a Tel Aviv bus intensified concerns that the clashes between Gaza and Israel could lead to a wider regional conflict that would disrupt oil flows.
Brent crude futures were up about 1.1 percent at around $111 a barrel, off an earlier session-high of $111.18. U.S. crude last rose 0.8 percent to around $87 per barrel. Prices held steady after data showed that crude oil inventories fell by a quicker than expected 1.47 million barrels.
An explosion hit a bus in the heart of Tel Aviv on Wednesday, wounding at least 10 people in what officials said was a terrorist attack.
This dented mounting hopes that a cease-fire may be brokered in coming days.
"It's the main reason why oil prices are up today against the trend of falling commodities prices," said Carsten Fritsch of Commerzbank in Frankfurt.
Oil price gains were capped as worries for the demand outlook returned to the fore after euro zone finance ministers ended a meeting in Brussels on Wednesday without agreement on the next tranche of loans to Greece.
Concerns on the U.S. economy also weighed on prices, as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned that failure to resolve a budget crisis could lead to recession in the world's biggest oil consumer.
Investors will watch U.S. inventory data from the Energy Information Administration at 1530 GMT for more clues on the outlook for supply.
Crude oil and gasoline inventories were forecast to have increased last week while distillate stockpiles were seen down on higher heating oil demand.
U.S. crude oil inventories tumbled last week due to a drop in imports, data from the American Petroleum Institute released on Tuesday showed.
Total U.S. crude stocks fell by more than 1.9 million barrels in the week to Nov. 16, after analysts polled by Reuters had forecast a build of 900,000 barrels."

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Worldcon, Worldcon, Worldcon, Squeecast, Worldcon.
So. I have survived Chicago and am safe back at my dear Mr. Lynch's place in western Wisconsin. And as you may have heard by now, the SF Squeecast both did a live recording (with Sarah Monette and Jay Lake as guests) and won a Hugo.
I had an amazing con, despite some adventures getting there (There was a small issue with a water pump, which was rather miraculously resolved by a bored mechanic in a mere four hours), and was pleased to see so many old friends and new, and participate in some awesome panels–and witness some even better ones. (The Disaster Response in SFF panel was a standout. I will probably be using the phrase, "How do you even GET a tourniquet on that?!" randomly in conversation for years. Thank you, Myke Cole.)
Other highlights included dinners at Goose Island Brewery and Chicago Cuts. And, you know, the nerve wracking tension of the Hugos, where beforehand we all stand around and pretend we don't know why we're at this cocktail party, too nervous to eat the bacon-wrapped scallops, and afterwards we stand around to drained to support conversations. (Kudos to San Antonio for the Hugo Losers party, where there were pies on a stick. No really, Pies. On Sticks. Peach pies and pecan pies, to be precise.)
This was my first time in Chicago, and I was amazed by the architectural beauty of the city. Scott and I had a fabulous view of the Hancock Tower (or as I kept referring to it, the not-Sears-tower–I finally got to see the *actual* Sears Willis Tower on Monday, when we went around to the back side of the hotel.) Also, the Hyatt Regency Chicago is a lovely hotel, overall, though I was perpetually late to everything because of getting constantly lost and underestimating elevator wait times.
It is also habitat to a seemingly endless parade of giant orb-weaving type spiders. Seriously, we counted 23 in one window. Dave Keck did a little back of the envelope math and estimated that there were at least 18kg/45lb of spiders on the exterior of the building.
I think he was underselling.
Monday afternoon, we absconded to the Field Museum. Sadly, I was a bit footsore and exhausted, but I managed to make it through the dinosaurs and the Genghis Khan exhibit and the megafauna, and have pages of scribbled notes for Steles of the Sky. Then we were off to the house of friends near Madison for a couple of days, including visits to the Henry Vilas zoo and the New Glarus brewery. (We need to go back on a Friday and take the hard hat tour.)
The Belgian Red, if you can find it, is AMAZING. It's a tart cherry lambic, and yum. So is the Chocolate Cherry Stout.
And that was Worldcon. I slept ten hours last night, and feel like I could do it again, but now it's back on the diet and exercise hamster wheel of health.
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Ask A Stylist: How can I wear sequins without looking like a disco ball?
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China Investment Corporation, a Chinese sovereign fund that boasts around $500 billion in assets, threw its weight behind Chengdu Tianqi's $847-million takeover of Talison Lithium, a major lithium miner listed in Canada and Australia.
The massive sovereign wealth fund is to buy a 35-percent stake in Chengdu Tianqi's Australian subsidiary, Windfield Holdings, for $300 million, providing nearly half the remaining funds Chengdu Tianqi, a lithium processor, needs to takeover Talison through Windfield.
The other half, according to press releases issued by Chengdu Tianqi and Talison on Monday, is to come from three sources: Credit Suisse AG, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Twenty Two Dragons. Chengdu Tianqi said each of these firms had respectively promised $200 million, $120 million and $50 million in loans to back the takeover.
As it already owns 19.9 percent of Talison, Chengdu Tianqi said the $670 million in funding commitments would completely cover its $7.50-a-share cash offer to Talison shareholders.
In showing its specific funding plans, Chengdu Tianqi satisfied a critical term in the ongoing takeover. Talison had set 5 PM (WST), February 25, as a deadline for Chengdu Tianqi to show it more details on how it proposed to fund the takeover.
Talison, which owns the Greenbushes lithium mine in Australia, said on Monday that it confirms "Tianqi has provided the necessary documentary evidence in connection with its funding arrangements."
Meantime the window of opportunity for Rockwood Holdings to jump back into the fray appears to be narrowing.
Last year Chengdu Tianqi outbid Rockwood for Talison, but then, as reported by Mineweb, it emerged earlier this month that Rockwood still had its eyes on the Talison. Rockwood Chairman and CEO Seifi Ghasemi said it had yet to rededicate funds it had set aside for the failed Talison bid in case Chengdu Tianqi's takeover failed.
If it did fail, then Ghasemi said Rockwood would consider going after Talison again.
Presumably Rockwood will now have its eyes fixed to the next critical deadline Talison has given Chengdu Tianqi: March 26. By the end of this business day Chengdu Tianqi is to have all funds on deposit for the takeover.


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Sri Lanka accused of destroying evidence of indiscriminate war crimes during civil war
The Sri Lankan army led massive amount of indiscriminate killing at the end of the civil war, and has since tried to destroy evidence of its crimes, a new report has found.
The report released by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) in Australia claimed that Sri Lanka committed the 'vast majority' of crimes in a final offensive against Tamil Tiger separatists in May 2009.
The probe comes ahead of a session at the UN Human Rights Council next month in which the United States is due to move a third resolution pressing Sri Lanka to investigate the conduct of its troops or face further international censure at the UNHRC meet, Dawn News reports.
According to Dawn News, the PIAC's International Crimes Evidence Project (ICEP) report entitled "Island of Impunity?" included material from independent international experts, UN staff members and new witness testimony.
The report claimed that the Sri Lankan government was exhuming and destroying evidence of mass civilian deaths.
The ICEP said it had obtained testimony from unidentified new witnesses that members of the Sri Lankan security forces had destroyed forensic evidence after the conflict.
Sri Lanka's military rejected the report as old allegations and denied there had been any digging up of graves to destroy evidence, the report added.
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Talk is cheap.
Real live activism is priceless.
Real live activism is priceless.
Getting 10,000 people to send Arnold a note to urge him to prioritize California state parks and save Trestles was valuable.
Having 3,500 people show up at the California Coastal Commission hearing was also valuable.
Currently the Trestles fight has reached the Secretary of Commerce. So far 25,000 people have sent in their comments.
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Congressional District 5
Area: All of Marion, Polk, Lincoln and Tillamook counties, and parts of Benton, Clackamas and Multnomah counties. Registration: 410,974 voters at the end of September; 37.8 percent D, 35.3 percent R
Kurt Schrader
Party: Democratic
Age: 61 on Friday
Home: Canby
Family: Divorced from Martha, Clackamas County commissioner-elect; five grown children
Education: Bachelors degree, 1973, Cornell University; bachelors degree, 1975, doctor of veterinary medicine, 1977, both from University of Illinois
Previous work: Veterinarian, 30 years; farmer, 25 years
Public service: 5th District seat since 2009; Oregon Senate, 2003-09; Oregon House, 1997-2003; Canby Planning Commission, 1981-96. Also candidate for Oregon House, 1994
Campaign money: $1.3 million raised, $424,054 spent, $894,390 on hand as of June 30. Third-quarter statement due by Monday.
Campaign contact: P.O. Box 3314, Oregon City 97045; (503) 723-6174; kurtschrader.com
Fred Thompson
Party: Republican
Age: 63
Home: Salem
Family: Wife, Stephanie; two sons
Education: Bachelors degree in business/general studies, 1993, Linfield College; masters degree in business administration, executive key program, 2001, Pepperdine University
Military service: Army, 1968-71, Vietnam War service with 101st Airborne Division
Work: Insurance agent
Previous work: Retired as chief executive of a company that converts wood waste into energy; most of business career at Georgia-Pacific Corp.
Public service/political: Two years on budget and facilities committees of Junction City School District, 1984-86; Republican candidate for 5th District, 2010
Campaign money: $20,637 raised, $17,024 spent, $3,613 on hand as of Sept. 30.
Campaign contact: 4742 Liberty Road S No. 371, Salem 97302; (503) 428-7479; fredthompson4congress.com
Christina Lugo
Party: Pacific Green
Age: 42
Home: Oregon City
Family: Domestic partnership
Education: Macalester College, St. Paul, Minn.; University of Minnesota; no degrees
Work: Artist
Previous work: Independent journalist and media producer
Previous political: As Chris Lugo, was nominee for 5th District, 2010; candidate for U.S. Senate in Tennessee, 2006 and 2008
Campaign contact: 1108 Seventh St., Oregon City 97045; (503) 756-5801; christina4oregon.org
Raymond Baldwin
Party: Constitution
Age: 63
Home: Canby
Family: Nine children
Education: North Marion High School; Portland State University, no degree
Work: General contractor
Previous work: Carpenter, 10 years; worker in plywood mill and sheet metal plant
Previous political: Candidate for Canby School Board, 2011; candidate for Oregon House, 1976 and 1980
Campaign contact: 210 S. Elm St., Canby 97013; email@example.com
See this story at StatesmanJournal.com/news to read the questionnaires by Democratic U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader and Republican Fred Thompson in the 5th District congressional race and to watch a video of their meeting with the editorial board.
The others
Christina Lugo of Oregon City is running again, and Raymond Baldwin of Canby for the first time, as minor-party candidates for the 5th District congressional seat.
Neither has reported raising or spending anything, according to the Federal Election Commission.
Lugo, who ran as Chris Lugo two years ago, won 3 percent as the Pacific Green Party nominee.
We are in a state of crisis on our planet, she said. The policies we support at the national level are not going nearly far enough to address the environmental issues that are facing us in the 21st century.
Although Lugo supports more aggressive action by the nation to move toward renewable sources of energy, she said she is not a one-issue candidate. Among her other priorities are safeguarding the rights of women and making government the sole payer of health care, instead of a hybrid public-private system provided in the law Congress passed in 2010.
Baldwin is the nominee of the Constitution Party, which seeks to pare government and protect life, liberty and families.
We are not the slaves of the state, he said. The state is supposed to be subservient to us. Somewhere along the line we have lost our way.
Baldwin has no statement in the voters pamphlet. He ran for the Oregon House in 1976 and 1980.
Last year, he opposed giving students access to birth control and ran for an open seat on the Canby School Board. He lost, but the board rejected birth control, which would have been furnished through a nurse practitioner.
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Its a different campaign for Oregons 5th District congressional seat this year.
Two years ago, Democratic U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader of Canby spent almost $2 million to win his second term against Republican state Rep. Scott Bruun of West Linn, who spent $1.15 million. Schrader won, 51 percent to 46 percent, in a year favorable to Republicans, who won a majority in the U.S. House.
But so far this year, Schrader has spent just under $500,000 in his bid for a third term Nov. 6. Republican Fred Thompson of Salem has spent under $20,000 none of it from the National Republican Congressional Committee, which backed Bruuns bid.
Schrader said he still fears a late advertising blitz by Republican-leaning groups not bound by contribution or spending limits. But national rating services list the seat as safe for Schrader.
Schrader said hes pursued a middle course in representing Oregons most divided district. Its the same course he followed during 12 previous years in the Oregon Legislature, including six as Senate co-chairman of the joint budget committee.
Schrader has worked with the rest of Oregons congressional delegation, including Republican Rep. Greg Walden, to resolve the deadlock over logging in federal forests. He has worked with members of both parties to renew federal farm programs and to craft a deficit-reduction plan.
Its not a big shock to Oregonians, Schrader said. If you are going to be a good representative for the 5th District, youd better be in the middle. Ive been there and done that, and thats the kind of person you want in Congress.
Thompson, an insurance agent, is making his second bid for the seat. He lost to Bruun in the 2010 GOP primary. He has never held public office and Thompson describes his campaign as a mission, not a career.
What we need is a fresh approach, a fresh start that we get people in there (Congress) who do not have preconceived ideas or scores they need to settle, he said. Weve got some serious problems on both sides of the aisle.
Schrader lost Marion County by 108 votes of almost 100,000 cast in 2010, and Polk County by 733 votes of 28,000 cast. But he won the districts other five counties.
When state lawmakers redrew the district after the 2010 Census, they removed parts of heavily Democratic Portland and Corvallis and added more of politically marginal Clackamas County, where Schrader lives.
Registered Democrats edged Republicans, 37.8 percent to 35.3 percent, at the end of September. Though that edge has declined steadily since 2008, when Schrader was first elected, its still an edge Democrat Darlene Hooley of West Linn never had during her 12 years in the seat.
Also in the race are Christina Lugo, the Pacific Green Party nominee from Oregon City who ran as Chris Lugo two years ago, and Raymond Baldwin of Canby, the Constitution Party nominee.
Difference on deficits
The major-party candidates differ on how to pare federal budget deficits and the overall $16 trillion debt over the next decade.
Schrader supports the deficit-reduction plan proposed by the commission led by former Sen. Alan Simpson and former White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles. It calls for a mix of spending cuts, revamping of popular programs such as Medicare, and elimination of many tax breaks to raise tax collections.
When the plan came up for a vote March 28 in the House, it was rejected, 382-38.
Schrader said Congress will have to face reality after the Nov. 6 election, as across-the-board spending cuts approved in 2011 take effect and decade-old tax cuts end automatically unless there is action.
I think the pressure that is coming, the fact that more people are becoming aware of Simpson-Bowles and that there is no bipartisan alternative out there lead me to believe we have a really good shot in this lame-duck session of making this happen, Schrader said.
Thompson was less specific. But he said he would pin his hopes on increased economic activity such as oil and timber production on public lands, and greater efficiencies and less waste in operating government agencies.
We are the green-growing capital of the world, Thompson said. We need to look at how we can manage that in a correct way, but also to utilize that resource and create jobs like we used to have.
Medicare matters
The candidates also differ about how to restrain the growing costs of Medicare, the federal health insurance program for people 65 and older.
Thompson said he wants to rely more on charity care, such as that his brother received when they were young boys. We step up and help people when they need help, he said.
He also talked about establishing a voucher program for people who are uninsured because they do not have jobs or are unable to afford coverage. He did not give specifics, but said, I do not believe people should go bankrupt because they have cancer or something else.
Schrader said he opposes Medicare vouchers, which would require recipients to shop for their own private coverage or to opt for traditional coverage. He said such payments would not keep pace with inflation in medical costs.
Pretty soon, the cost of their care is borne by senior citizens, who can ill afford it right now, he said. I think the voucher system is totally inappropriate.
Schrader has not talked about reductions in benefits. He said Medicare changes should focus on rooting out fraud and promoting more efficient ways of delivering services.
It does not mean you cut off grandma, he said. It means you make some of these changes, which would be a huge boon, not only in terms of saving money but providing better health care.
Forests and farms
Schrader and Thompson are closer on how the Northwests federal forests should be managed.
Both support protection of the environment, but also call for production of timber for the benefit of local and state economies.
Schrader has been working with Oregon colleagues on a plan to protect about half of 2 million acres in western Oregon, but put the other half into a trust that produces income for counties from logging.
You are crucifying rural communities, which are dying on the vine, by not acting, Schrader said.
The plan still has not moved through Congress, but Schrader said he hopes to move it in a third term.
Some environmental groups have weighed in against it but Thompson would go even further than Schrader.
I want the federal government out of our timber land, said Thompson, who spent much of his business career at Georgia-Pacific. I know that is the ultimate goal. How we are going to get there will requires smaller steps.
Thompson, who grew up on a dairy farm, also said the federal government should retrench its overreach in many areas, including agriculture. We do not have control of our own land, he said.
Schrader, a farmer for 25 years and a member of the House Agriculture Committee, disagreed.
Like the rest of America, the farming community should have a social safety net, he said. I do not agree that farmers should be left to their own devices.
While there should be an end to direct payments to farmers for not growing some commodities, Schrader said, the federal government should offer crop insurance, provide for food safety and pest control, promote farm exports, and support specialty crops and research such as the work done at Oregon State University.
He supports the renewal of federal farm programs, which cleared the House Agriculture Committee with bipartisan support but still awaits a vote of the House. Because leaders did not take it up, programs lack spending authority.
I think we should remember the Dust Bowl in the 1930s, when farmers were destitute, said Schrader, who described the bill as a smarter role for government.
Agreement on Afghanistan
Both agreed that U.S. forces should pull out of Afghanistan.
I think we should not wait until the end of 2014, said Schrader, who wants a faster pullout than President Obama has set. American men are getting shot by their own Afghan allies. This has descended into a civil war.
In that part of the world, it is a bunch of tribes, who support whoever is paying them, Thompson said. We should have asked the Russians how it worked out for them.
The former Soviet Union sent troops into Afghanistan in 1979, only to pull out a decade later after an insurgency backed by the United States.
Both said the United States needs to be more prudent in future military commitments.
We can no longer afford to be the worlds policeman, Schrader said. We need to use our money to build up our own infrastructure, rather than give it to corrupt Afghan officials.
While in the Army, Thompson served in the Vietnam War with the 101st Airborne Division.
We have not gone to war correctly in the past 50 years, he said. We have been over there way too long.
Making their case
Thoimpson said he has nothing against Schrader, but Schrader is part of the problerm. Since 1998, he said, House incumbents from both parties have won re-election at a 95 percent rate.
The reason Im here (in this race) is that the economy were seeing not only here in Oregon but across America didnt just happen in the last four years, he said.
We keep electing the same people who have worked their way through the political process, and they take their problems to Washington, D.C., and continue to do more of the same. To get some real changes, we need to purge the system.
In his first two years, when Democrats were in the majority, Schrader sided with his party on key votes, including the $787 billion economic-recovery program in 2009 and the health-care and financial-markets overhauls in 2010.
But he voted for the health-care bill after it boosted Oregons low reimbursement rates under Medicare. He voted against the Houses initial overhaul of financial markets, but voted for a second version.
Schrader has differed with Democrats on other issues.
Congress has not done much in the past two years because of a political standoff between the Republican majority in the House, the Democratic majority in the Senate, and Obama.
Schrader said he has had successes in two terms for the district. Among them are a new armory in Dallas, an expanded Interstate 5 interchange in Woodburn, and a Pacific Coast home port for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fleet in Newport and recovering more than $1 million federal benefits for veterans, seniors and others.
I have delivered for Oregon on a regular basis in some difficult times, he said.
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The Great Staff Appreciation Event
A wonderful time was had by all at the Great Staff Appreciation Event, held on May 12, 2015. With an estimated 700 attending, staff enjoyed delicious refreshments, a photo booth, music by DJ Sal, and even some dancing! The giveaways included specially-designed car decals and lapel pins with UTSA Staff – Roadrunner Proud. The pins were so popular, we are in the process of producing more for staff who didn't get one at the event. Stay tuned!
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On May 18, 2015, staff from across campus gathered at University Bowl for Strikes for Scholarships – an annual fundraiser to support UTSA staff members pursuing their degrees. With every lane filled, an active silent auction, lots of door prizes and some friendly competition, the event's fun and fund-raising goals were both met!
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Susan Lockett, Supervisor of Accounts for the University Center, is the recipient of the March 2015 Staff Council Appreciation Award. Nominated by University Center director Herb Ganey, Susan was recognized for keeping her colleagues motivated and energized. "Recently, the UC Business Office has suffered a staff turnover that virtually left Susan alone to manage the office and keep things afloat," wrote Herb. "She utilized all available resources and has been successful at making sure the UC maintains a healthy financial state." Susan is a proud alumna, having earned both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees at UTSA.


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Network Identity, Liberty Alliance and Identity Enabled Portals
I have been having this interesting conversation with the developer of JOSSO, an open source Single Sign On framework. The good news from JOSSO is that they can integrate with Pluto, potentially providing a great open source identity template for portal infrastructures.
Now what's Identity and how does it relate to portals ? After having worked a good year and a half with the Sun Identity Server (now called the Access Manager) team and almost a year now with the Sun Portal , here's what I think:
Digital Identity
It all starts with the concept of a Digital Identity. Every networked application that we interact with today has some inbuilt way of recognizing us as well as storing information about us. Take yahoo messenger for instance. Yahoo messenger identifies me with my yahoo username and password and it stores information about my contacts, profile and privacy options. Now, the set of all such information that Yahoo knows about me can be called my digital identity with respect to Yahoo. Amazon,on the other hand, recognizes me with my email id and password and has information about all the cool stuff I've ordered. Everything Amazon knows about me is my digital identity with respect to Amazon.
Now, The problem with digital identity is that it is fragmented and application specific. My digital identity with respect to Yahoo is distinctly different from that with respect to Amazon.
Similarly, in the corporate network I might interact with a lab reservation tool and a servicedesk tool using two entirely different username/password combinations. And both these applications remember different things about me. Multiple digital identites again !
Enter Network Identity
The goal of a "Network Identity" is to consolidate all these multiple, fragmented digital identities into
one single identity for the whole network. A network identity would be designed to be application agnostic.
What this means is that I do not authenticate to one particular application in a network but rather to
the network itself. Once I authenticate to a network itself, I should be able to seamlessly access all applications on
that network without any further authentication. Alright, achieving this might not be as easy as it sounds but that's the idea of having a network identity.
An interesting consequence of having a Network Identity is that I can "Authenticate Once, Access Anything" or in other words Single Sign On (SSO) across applications in the network. The cool part of SSO is that I don't need to remember multiple usernames and passwords. But the real benefit of having a Network Identity goes much beyond not having to strain my memory cells.
A single point of Identification/Authentication for a user would also serve as a very effective single point for enforcing network-wide security policies. It means ease of management, lower maintenance cost and faster responsiveness to changes. When an employee quits for instance, the admin does not need to update all the hundred applications running on the network, just the one central point where employees authenticate to the network.
And then came the Liberty Alliance
The concept of a Network Identity becomes even more interesting when the network in question is the Internet itself. Is it possible to have an Internet-wide identity that can be shared by cooperating organizations? Can it be achieved without compromising privacy and security concerns?
The Liberty Alliance tries to answer these questions. It is a set of protocols that can enable Identity Federation. Federation (has got nothing to do with Star Trek whatsoever :) refers to the means by which Identity can be shared between cooperating organizations. Identity Federation opens up a lot of interesting possibilities.
But what does this have to do with portals?
The portal is the center of the network
Portals, in the meantime, have evolved as gateways into today's networks. I hit my.yahoo.com to check my mails, news, weather and stocks. I hit our internal portal for updates, announcements, search etc. Portals don't just
aggregate content and services, they provide customization, personalization,collaboration & search.
If there is one central point that needs to authenticate me to the network, then the portal is the most logical choice.
Portals need to hook to an Identity layer, not just provide to SSO into applications and services they
aggregate but also to help federate me with other portals and organizations.
And this is being increasingly realized by both open source players and commercial vendors.
As a developer with Sun I know for a fact that the Sun portal is built in such a way that it can completely leverage all the Access Manager functionality. JOSSO supports Pluto and perhaps going forward we can expect more. And interestingly, IBM joined the Liberty Alliance a couple of months back.
So if there is one thing you would want me to predict about the future of portals, I would say most of them will be Identity enabled. Let's wait and watch!!
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Investing in children's futures with a 'cash' course on savings accounts
EUGENE, Ore. -- Even though it might be hard for children to save their allowance, two local agencies are working together to teach a group of kids the importance of spending money wisely.
The group of 36 children involved in St. Vincent de Paul's affordable housing program got and in-depth tour of an Oregon Community Credit Union branch.
After a walk-through of the bank's security vault, the children heard from experts on the importance of saving.
"(It's) the whole concept of having an idea of what you're up against when you have a plan," said Debra Smothers, the Resident Coordinator for St. Vincent de Paul's, "So it was a great opportunity for them to … be thinking for those things you want in life."
St. Vincent de Paul's Golf Committee gave each child $5 so they could open up their own savings account.


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Explore research within the Sumner M. Redstone Burn Center at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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- For ambulatory referrals or general inquiries, call 617-726-3712
The Center for Surgery, Innovation & Bioengineering is a clinically-driven enterprise that engages in the basic sciences and engineering to improve health care delivery and further the use of personalized medicine, minimally invasive therapies and new technologies for today's and tomorrow's diagnostics and treatments. The center arises from Massachusetts General Hospital's clinical research and is the vehicle to support the expansion of the overlapping expertise of three longstanding and successful research and innovation centers:
- The Center for Engineering in Medicine comprises the diversity of interests and skills involved in its activities. The focus is neither on a single disease nor on a single group of technologies. Instead, vitality springs from creating novel applications using the tools of disparate disciplines ranging from molecular biology and biochemistry to engineering design and analysis. These technologies are being applied to "thrust areas" in artificial organ development, biopreservation, metabolic engineering, stem cell bioengineering, genomics and proteomics, microfabrication and nanotechnology, drug delivery and tissue repair.
- The Mass General Burn Research Center has devoted over three decades of research to improving the care of severely burned patients. Working together for many years, a unique combination of scientists and physicians are pushing the frontiers of knowledge about how the human body responds to burn injury. Through experiments using cutting-edge technologies, the program has yielded major clinical advances including new understanding of the critical role of nutrition in burn care, methods for immediate wound excision and closure in severely injured patients, and the development of artificial skin.
- The BioMEMS Resource Center focuses to develop research efforts on bridging technological advances in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), biomaterials and biochemical analysis, with biological research and clinical diagnostic and treatment needs. Biomedical applications of microfabricated devices are no longer limited to non-living systems as genes on a chip or labs on a chip. Today, a new generation of microdevices that incorporates living cells is emerging, fueled by recent advances in the understanding of cellular behavior in microenvironments. These emerging devices are expected to become key technologies in the 21st century of medicine, with a broad range of applications varying from diagnostic, tissue-engineered products, cell-based drug screening tools and basic molecular biology tools.


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West Barnstable is the place to be on Sunday, Oct. 23, when the railroad station hosts the sendoff of the Cranberry Express train. The trip is a joint project of the West Barnstable Civic Association and the Cape chapter of the National Railroad Historical Society (NRHS).
The train, operated by the Cape Cod Central Railroad, boards at 3 p.m. and is scheduled to leave at 3:15. It will travel though the season's colorful bogs and over the railroad bridge that crosses the Cape Cod Canal. A narrator will point out scenes of interest.
The station, near the junction of routes 6A and 149, will open at 10 a.m. for visitors to view its historical exhibits. At about 2 p.m., cranberry-themed refreshments will be served and Hilary Sandler of the University of Massachusetts extension service will speak about "The History and Future of Cranberries on Cape Cod." Sandler is also providing a DVD about cranberries that will loop all day.
Admission to the station and the talk is free, said NRHS chapter president Linda Pegnato. "We'd love to see people. We've fixed up the station so nice," she said, and added that the host organizations will also sell raffle tickets for a quilt.
Until Oct. 18, tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for children ages 5 to 12. After that, they are $20 for adults and $10 for 5- to 12-year olds. Children 4 and under are always free.
Tickets are on sale at the Whelden Memorial Library, the Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod, and through Paypal at www.westbarnstable.org
Pegnato says the North Pole Express special train will return Dec. 2, 3, and 4 to coincide with the Sandwich Chamber of Commerce Holly Days. "We're having seven trains this year because it's so popular," she said of the Santa-and-hot-chocolate event.
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RI Simulator does not show up anything
I am new to tru2way, I downloaded and installed Cablelabs RI simulator and ran run.bat, after it ran I am not seeing anything on the screen. I tried running tune test based on the instruction given at https://community.cablelabs.com/wiki/display/OCORI/Tune+Test+Instructions, but even that test did not show any pictures or text on the screen. On the console I did see that "Tune request returned success! Freq=603000000, Mode=16, ProgNum=25991. Tune started!". Not sure why this is not working, any help would be appreciated.
Did you run VLC before running the Simulator for the first time?
VLC needs you to confirm a dialog before working.
You can find it at common\resources\Win32\VLC\vlc.exe
I finally figured out the mistake. I had installed 1.4 version of RI and 1.5 version of SDK.when things did not work, I uninstalled everything and installed both RI and SDK in 1.4 version and now it seems to be working fine. Thanks for your help.
I have one more question though, I would like to have the OCAP app interact with outside world using HTTP requests. Is it possible, if so can some one give me an example. Also if I would like to tune to a different channel or telescope to VOD, is that possible and if so again how can I do that.
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About 5 million people present in Emergency Departments with chest pain every year. Only a fraction are actually suffering serious cardiac events. Now there's a fast, reliable way to help you rule out the cause of chest pain. It's called the LightSpeed® VCT CT imaging system from GE Healthcare and it's now available at Johnson City Medical Center.
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Zara Online Business Analytics Case Study
Zara has long used promotional website to draw attention to its product lineup. Zara's main company website, Zara.com, attracted over 33 million visitors in eight months of 2010, before the launch of the online sales on September 2nd, according the INDITEX 2010 Annual Report.
Though there is no more recent information on web traffic available, it is safe to extrapolate those data and estimate that annual traffic was in access of 50 million visitors. The launch of online sales in selected markets most likely brought even more traffic from the customers who long anticipated the opening of the online stores.
Zara's Facebook page has over 10 million fans, there are over 10 thousand followers of the company on Twitter, and its IPhone app was downloaded on thousands of mobile devices.
In fall 2010 Zara opened its first online stores in 6 European markets, and increased the number of countries to 16 over the course of the year. In September 2011 Zara entered the US market with online sales, and Japan online store will be open by the end of October 2011.
Zara's entry to the online retail has opened access to an enormous source of data that can be collected and analyzed to further promote the company's business strategy and goals. As far as we are concerned, we believe that data gathered from online transactions should not be closely contained for the narrow, however important, purpose of increasing online sales through the web site optimization and other tweaks to the website alone. We are confident that the collected data in combination with other sources of data generated throughout the company and, more importantly, other retail brands under INDITEX group, can open incredible opportunities for the company's growth.
Therefore there are three major areas of data analysis application from the data collected through the online sources:
- Increasing online sales. This goal will be achieved through the following means:
- Website optimization, including Search Engine Optimization; improving usability and functionality; multivariate testing.
- Online promotional events.
- Maintaining and increasing the customers interaction and feedback through the main company website and social networks outlets, such as Facebook and Twitter.
- Overall company-wide marketing optimization:
- Identifying the optimal marketing message and delivery through online testing and transferring it to the offline campaigns.
- Segmentation and targeting of various customer groups, based on the identified group characteristics.
- Strategic business optimization:
- Identifying the products and fashion trends which have the biggest appeal to the online customers and correlating it with the traditional stores data to better optimize the design of new fashion items.
- Integration of transactional and behavioral data from the online store and traditional stores.
- Integration of online sales data with data collected through other company's functional departments, such as Customer Service, Call Center, Financial, Marketing, Design Team, Production, Supply Chain, etc.
- Integration of data collected from Zara's online and offline sales with the data collected by other retail brands of INDITEX group.
- Construction and evaluation of company's integrated Key Performance Indicators (KPI).
Construction and evaluation of Key Performance Indicators is one of the most important outcomes of the data analysis efforts, regardless whether the data are collected online or offline.
The KPIs can be developed separately for each of the areas listed above, such as website KPIs, marketing KPIs, and integrated strategic KPIs. Each of these groups has specific metrics that are unique to their goals and objectives. However, it seems only natural to assume that integrated strategic KPIs may have the greatest value for the company both for short term objectives and strategic planning.
Through integrative approach to these key performance metrics the company will be able to effectively steer its business course in the ever-changing environment, which includes macro- and microeconomical shifts, business situation, fashion trends, localized changes, consumer preferences, consumer attitudes towards the company, etc.
Online Retail Websites KPIs
The most commonly used metrics for e-commerce sites that we suggest to implement on Zara's retail sites are:
- Purchase conversion – the number of purchases over the total number of visits. This metric is specifically helpful if it is tied-in with the changes made to the site itself and the changes to the product inventory.
However, it is important to separate these two kinds of changes on the timeline, so we could get a more accurate picture of what particular change caused fluctuations in purchases conversion.
Therefore it is advisable to implement and optimize the online retail site through multivariate testing first with the limited and constant inventory. Given the large amount of traffic on Zara's website, this testing should not take long before credible data could be collected and analyzed.
Once the website is optimized, we will be able to have a better insight on customer purchasing trends based on the analysis of sales of particular product inventory.
- Average Order Size – the dollar/euro/other currency amount spent on each order. For most retailers, including Zara, it is an important metric, given that the profit margins are often related to the dollar value of the purchase. Therefore the bigger monetary value of the order, the lower is the overhead.
- Items per Order – shows the effectiveness of cross-selling on the site. It can also be connected to the effectiveness of specific promotional campaign. This helps to optimize recommendations to various groups of customers and fine tune the marketing message.
- Purchase dropouts rate – the number of customers who abandoned the purchase to the total number of customers who started the purchasing process. This metric is extremely helpful in identifying what steps in the sales process deter the customers from completing the transactions. The cause of this dropout could be in the website design or in disclosing additional information to the customer. For example, customers may abandon the purchase once the shipping cost is added to the total cost. This information may give further insights on customers' price sensitivity or timeliness of the order, and prompt Zara to optimize its shipping and handling operations.
- Effect on offline sales – this metric is usually difficult to measure, but is extremely important to capture. Not all online visits may end up with purchase, but some of those visitors could be gathering additional information before visiting the store to make a purchase. This metric could be partially measured by offering some additional service or gift at the store with the code provided online.
- Returned items rate – the percentage of returned items purchased online. It is critical to receive and analyze customer's feedback on the reasons of the return. For example this metric may indicate deficiencies in product presentation online, whether it is the picture of the item or its verbal description. Could be helpful in improving the copy quality and clarity.
These are the most commonly used KPIs for measuring online retail site effectiveness, but there could be others. That is why it is important to continuously monitor the website performance and identify additional metrics specific to Zara's situation.
Company Marketing KPIs
Zara's approach to marketing has a unique trait – shunning the advertising. The company has been following on its conviction for a long time. The company has been funneling the available funds in aggressively expending its distribution channels by opening new stores. However advertising is only one of the tools in the marketer's toolbox.
The information gathered from online and in-store sales can be used for designing and executing Zara's own marketing initiatives, such as direct mailing. Therefore these could be some of the KPIs to measure marketing effectiveness of the company:
- Response rate by segment – after the customers segmentation is done, Zara can measure which segment responses better to particular marketing campaign. Segmentation can be done by demographic, behavioral, attitudinal, geographic and other criteria.
- Response rate by the marketing media – will measure if customers respond better to regular mail, email, website promotion or in-store promotional offers.
- Response rate by marketing message – this can be done in any of the marketing channels: online, in-store, mailing campaign. However online testing is offering the most efficient way of testing the marketing message due to its near real time availability of the analysis of the data. After the message is tested online, it can be transferred to other marketing channels with greater level of assurance about its effectiveness.
- Cost per marketing campaign/cost per sale – measures effectiveness of a particular campaign in monetary terms.
- Revenue per marketing campaign/revenue per sale – measures the overall revenue generated by a particular campaign or by an average sale in the campaign.
The last two KPIs need to be evaluated together in order to evaluate the overall marketing campaign effectiveness. Additional KPIs could be developed to measure overall marketing strategy of the company. Some of the KPIs identified for online retail website could also be applicable to the marketing area, only on a broader scale.
Company Strategic KPIs
These KPIs are more difficult to identify and measure, however some suggestions could be made to initiate the process for further development of strategic KPIs.
- Ratio of winning designs – given the amount of new designs churned out by the company annually – 11 thousand vs. two – four thousand by other major fashion brands, it is very important to cull out the losers and focus on the winning designs. This also can be helpful in identifying the broader fashion trends in order to align the design team's efforts with the customers' demands.
- Ratio of cross-brand conversions – Zara is a leading brand in the INDITEX retail group. By analyzing customers' purchases, behavior and attitudes collected through multiple channels it is extremely important to be able to monetize the existing customers to the fullest extent possible. For example, referral of Zara Home customers to Zara and vice versa could prove to be an efficient and effective way of monetizing existing customers due to the brands recognition.
Overall we can conclude that existing analytical culture in Zara and introduction of new data sources through online retail stores have a great potential for further expansion of the company's analytical competencies. Integration of online and offline collected data is the key to improving the accuracy of company's analytical output and the quality of decision making based on that output. By consistently analyzing the data the company will be able to identify the positive and the negative aspects of its overall business model and strategy. This may allow the company not only to maintain its leading market position in the fashion industry, but also to increase its market share and drive the revenues and profits based on the timely and relevant decision making backed up by the sound business intelligence.
Actionable Web Analytics: Using Data to Make Smart Business Decisions, Jason Burby & Shane Atchison, Sybex 2007
Group INDITEX Annual Report 2010


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While the music gaming craze certainly isn't what it once was, Zivix and Reverb are hoping to infuse a bit of innovation with the upcoming release of the music creation sandbox game, JAM Live Music Arcade, which we now know is set to launch on both Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation Network the week of May 16th.
Allowing gamers to remix a selection of favorite hits on-the-fly, the game is looking to offer a bit something unique to fans of the genre. Here's a full description:
JAM Live Music Arcade is a completely new approach to the music genre with a real-time live music sandbox "JAM Mode" that allows the player to immediately build and customize their very own tunes, as well as a bonus "Arcade Challenge Mode" that plays similar to traditional music games. Starting with any one of the 30+ licensed songs featured in the game (including hits from Modest Mouse, Fallout Boy, Fatboy Slim, Owl City, Rise Against, Atmosphere and more), players jam with and remix all aspects of the song – guitar, bass, drums, synth and vocals – to experiment with the song and re-create it to their own personality. All of this is done with any one of the numerous compatible guitar gaming peripherals – the entire band is in your hands! Accessible and easy to get started, yet deep and almost endless to master, everyone can touch real music across a broad range of sonic tastes. JAM Live Music Arcade offers an immersive level of musical interaction that's inspiring, powerful and contagious.
If you're interested, you can check out the game's debut trailer right here or visit the official website for more info as you await it's mid-May release.


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Holiday anglers are often disappointed by poor fishing success, because they fish when it's convenient for them, rather than when it's best for catching fish. To avoid frustration, fish at first light or just before dark. To escape the heat of summer, trout retreat to deep, cool water, where they are more comfortable. They make brief forays into shallower water only when the sun is down and the water is cool. For that reason, it's often more effective to fish from a boat.
Sergeant Carl Gramlich suggests that anglers select high mountain lakes, where the water is colder and fish are more active. Gramlich says artificial flies will be especially good this time of year. He encourages anglers to pattern their artificial fly after the bug hatches which occur.
Stream fishing is sometimes easier than lake fishing this time of year. Stream water temperatures are colder and banks are shady. Riverine trout are less stressed than those in lakes, and are more inclined to attack a lure or take bait. Because of the abundance of insects, a good angler strategy is matching the hatch. If you present something a fish is familiar with, the chances are better that your offering will be taken.
ABAJO MOUNTAINS - Dedicated hunter Steve Duke performed a creel survey this past weekend. Conservation Officer Joe Nicholson checked fishermen as well. Steve saw a fair number of rainbow trout being caught at the inlet to Lloyds Lake. One angler suspended a salmon egg from three feet of leader under a bobber. Another angler had luck with a small silver/copper Mepp's spinner. A third angler used a prince nymph and bubble.
Fishing success at Monticello Reservoir has ranged from poor to good. Baitcasters should give worms a try. Fly fishermen should try scud or mosquito patterns.
Beware of moss at Foy Reservoir, and adjust your bait accordingly. Fishing success was good for 10- to 12-inch trout with marshmallows, spinners and worms. One angler had luck with a caddis pattern and a bubble.
At Recapture Reservoir, anglers have been picking up bass and pike with spinnerbaits or crawdad-imitating lures. Officer Nicholson recommends working submerged vegetation along the shorelines.
BENCHES RESERVOIR - Best success occurs at dawn and dusk. Rainbow trout are 10- to 12-inches long. Anglers have been using PowerBait, worms, or a fly and bubble. Fly fishermen have done well with a brown leech pattern.
BOULGER RESERVOIR - Fishing success has ranged between fair and good with baits, lures and flies.
CLEVELAND RESERVOIR - Fishing continues to be slow.
DUCK FORK RESERVOIR - Fishing is still good for tiger trout up to 15 inches. Best fishing occurs in the early morning or just before dark. The best lure continues to be Jake's Spin-a-Lure. Good fly patterns include the renegade, mosquito, and green wooly bugger. Special regulations apply. Artificial flies and lures only. Closed to the possession of cutthroat trout. Please release cutthroat trout immediately and with care. The tiger trout limit is two fish.
ELECTRIC LAKE - Fishing success continues to be sporadic. Cutthroats range generally between 12 and 16 inches.
FAIRVIEW LAKES - Fishing was fair from shore with traditional baits.
FERRON RESERVOIR - Fair fishing continues with a variety of baits and lures. Brookies are the most frequently caught trout. They range between 12 and 13 inches.
GRASSY LAKE - Fishing was fair to good with baits, spinners and flies. Trout average 10 to 12 inches.
HUNTINGTON CREEK - Fishing success has ranged from poor to good. Fly fishermen might consider a #14 beadhead ugly or #12 beadhead Montana in green and brown. Some have had luck with ant imitations. Nightcrawlers have been the best bait. Special regulations apply for the right and left hand forks. Please refer to the fishing proclamation.
HUNTINGTON NORTH STATE PARK - Heavy boat and ski traffic make angling nearly impossible, except during early morning hours. Special regulations apply. Please refer to the proclamation.
HUNTINGTON RESERVOIR - Fishing was fair. Early morning is the best time to fish. Popular baits have included nightcrawlers or dead minnows. Good lure choices are the Jake's Spin-a-Lure or tan Rooster Tail. Good flies include a #12 beadhead black leech with rib or a #8 beadhead Sheep Creek Special. Special regulations apply.
The reservoir is closed to the possession of cutthroat trout or trout with cutthroat markings.
JOES VALLEY RESERVOIR - Trolling or jigging dead chubs or chub meat in deep water, 30-plus feet, seems to be the best strategy for larger splake. Special regulations apply. The limit is two trout, only one over 22 inches. All trout from 15 to 22 inches must be immediately released.
LASAL MOUNTAINS - Dedicated hunter Bill Love performed a creel survey last weekend on the LaSal Mountains. He found good fishing at Oowah, where fish were hitting lures with almost every cast. Best lures were the Kastmaster and Jake's Spin-a-Lure. Fishing was best in the early morning.
Fishing was slow at Warner Lake, although some anglers had luck using worms. Fishing was good at Dark Canyon, especially in the early morning and late evening with small spinners.
Hidden Lake provided good fishing for anglers using traditional baits. An orange and black Roostertail spinner was also very effective. Dons Lake was slow. Fishing continues to be fair at Kens Lake.
A week ago, a rainbow trout up to 20 inches long was caught on Mepp's black fury spinners. A 20-pound catfish was also caught in July. For brookies, cast silver spoons into the pond by the Miners Basin trailhead. Anglers interested in catfish should try using squid or chicken livers on the Colorado River, where1-3 lb. cats are being creeled.
LOWER FISH CREEK - Access from U.S. Highway 6 is open, and there's a good volume of water flowing in the creek. Try a #14 beadhead ugly, #10 Montana nymph or #10 to 12 San Juan worm.
MILLER'S FLAT RESERVOIR - Fishing was fair for 10- to 14-inch rainbow trout. Good baits include worms and PowerBait.
MILLSITE RESERVOIR - The best fishing occurs in the very early morning, when boat and ski traffic is minimal
PETES HOLE - Fishing continues to be good with baits, flies or spinners.
POTTERS PONDS - Fishing success has slowed down for planted rainbow trout from 8 to 10 inches.
SCOFIELD RESERVOIR - Fishing success continues to be slow, primarily due to summer heat. Trout stay in deeper, cooler water. They eat less and are not as active. The best fishing occurs in the early morning or very late evening. Shoreline fishermen are having the poorest luck and that trend is expected to continue. Fly fishermen have had luck with a size 10 to 12 beadhead leech in brown, purple, or black.
SOUP BOWL - Fishing continues to be fair to good with baits and spinners.
WILLOW LAKE - Fishing has ranged from fair to good with a variety of baits, lures and fly patterns.


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The Redmond, Wash., software giant would not disclose financial terms of the deals, which it said it won after competing head-to-head for the business with various Linux companies.
Microsoft said it will install its signature Windows server and desktop software on thousands of computers for the city governments in Frankfurt, the Latvian capital of Riga, and Turku in Finland.
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Chris Toensing on Egypt's Democratic Coup
Chris Toensing of the Middle East Report talks with Bill Resnick about the recent overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood government elected a year ago in Egypt. Arguing that Morsi's government continued a number of Mubarak's neoliberal economic policies that are repressive to labor, and that it failed to provide needed order and services, Toensing suggests understanding Morsi's ouster as a kind of democratically-popular coup, and a continuation of the popular calls that began three years ago for bread, freedom, and social justice. But for the US government to recognize the events as a coup would entail a change of US policy toward Egypt.
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Arsenal star Aaron Ramsey believes World Cup winning trio can inspire the Gunners to glory
AARON RAMSEY reckons Germany's World Cup heroes can propel Arsenal to the Premier League title.
The Welsh midfield star believes World Cup winning trio Mesut Ozil, Lukas Podolski and Per Mertesacker will inspire the FA Cup holders to great things next season.
Speaking in New York ahead of tonight's friendly against Thierry Henry's New York Red Bulls, Ramsey said: "What happened is fantastic for both them and the club.
"It means now we are all hungry to win things and we have the hunger to go on and get the same winning feeling.
"There is always pressure on us to win, but we will be trying to win a few things this season"Aaron Ramsey
"We want the same feeling after winning the FA Cup as well. There is always pressure on us to win, but we will be trying to win a few things this season."
Ramsey's optimism has also been helped by the arrivals of Chile star Alexis Sanchez and France defender Mathieu Debuchy.
He added: "They are fantastic signings. Sanchez had a great World Cup with Chile as well so we are looking forward to playing with him and I'm sure he will settle in fine."