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Mind boggling capabilities, to be sure. But that's just part of the overall equation. Vast databases provide entree into a world of personal information about an applicant or employee—his or her driving record, credit history, medical records and much more. Finding out who a person is and whether he or she might represent a future problem based on past information is as easy as a phone call or an online session. Not surprisingly, an entire industry has sprung up to conduct background checks on applicants and dig into existing employees' histories. And now, companies are developing badges with electronic sensors that let a boss know where a worker is at any given minute of the workday.
Orwellian? Perhaps. Scary? That depends on which side of the eavesdropping device you're sitting. These days, mention the word privacy in the same breath as the workplace and you're likely to stir a hornets' nest of emotions. Although the U.S. Constitution carries no specific guarantee of personal privacy, a 1992 Louis Harris poll found that 78% of all Americans express concern about their personal privacy—up from approximately one-third in 1970. A 1991 poll by Time/CNN found that 93% of all respondents believed companies selling personal data should be required to gain permission from the individual in advance. Yet, as Pincus puts it: "There's no simple method for determining what's right and what's wrong in the workplace. Neither Congress nor the courts have decided, and companies haven't come to a consensus." And, Evan Hendrix, publisher of the Washington D.C.-based newsletter Privacy Times adds: "There's a greater capability to snoop into people's lives now more than ever before."
Of course, employers argue that monitoring and surveillance are essential for a safe and secure workplace. Companies say this is to protect people and assets and limit legal liability. Some also believe that monitoring workers for speed or accuracy allows companies to boost productivity, improve customer service and weed out problem employees. There's plenty of evidence to support what these employers say. And there's a solid legal framework to bolster this position. Federal law backs the employer's right to monitor workers, and the laws of individual states follow that lead. Indeed, the courts consistently rule that employers can do—without authorization—what government officials and police officers are forbidden from doing without a court order: bug phones, install cameras, scan e-mail and browse through desks, lockers and file cabinets. The workplace, after all, is a privately owned enterprise.
Naturally, workers feel their rights to privacy are being trampled. Sitting under the watchful eye of Big Brother isn't good for morale or overall productivity, they insist. Fearing that every move is being scrutinized isn't conducive to building an environment of trust, and can sometimes lead to physical and mental ailments from the stress. "When you worry that you can't have a private conversation with your spouse or send an important e-mail message to a friend without someone knowing about it and possibly reprimanding you, it affects your attitude and feelings about the company," says a manager for a large East Coast-based food manufacturer.
As always, human resources is caught in the crossfire—because it's the department charged with developing policies and dealing with labor issues. "It's an issue you have to take seriously. There are ethical reasons, legal reasons and practical reasons for devising a plan," says Bobbi LaPlante, corporate manager of human resources at Atmel Corp., a San Jose, California-based semiconductor manufacturer.
Society constantly changes the definition of privacy.
In many respects, the battle over privacy is nothing new. For decades, civil libertarians and corporations have feuded over what's an acceptable policy and what data can be used to make a hiring or firing decision. In the early 1900s, Henry Ford was known to send investigative teams into the community to check on the morals and hygiene of assembly-line workers. Company towns, popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s, provided a highly effective way for a boss to monitor virtually every aspect of an employee's life: their sexual orientation, political and religious affiliations, and what activities they engaged in after hours.
Over the years, general standards and legal principles have emerged. Today, it's clear that employers face liability for employees' actions. In fact, the "negligent hiring" tort mandates that an employer can be sued for failing to check adequately the background of a worker. But sudden and rapid advancements in technology have ratcheted up the stakes—pushing the debate squarely into the boardrooms and courtrooms of America. Says David Szwak, a Shreveport, Louisiana-based attorney who specializes in privacy infringement cases: "Unfortunately, in the attempt to improve efficiency and reduce risk, people lose sight of the fact that privacy isn't an abstract principle. When it's abused, people's lives are affected. Inaccurate information, leaked medical records and other breaches can create lifelong problems."
And there are plenty of horror stories to support his claim. Consider the case of James Russell Wiggins, who took a job with District Cablevision in Washington, D.C. a couple of years back. Six weeks into the new job, which paid nearly twice his previous position at Philip Morris, his boss promptly fired him because a background check from Atlanta-based Equifax noted that a James Wiggins had been previously convicted of cocaine possession. Wiggins protested that the information was wrong, but to no avail. Only later was it discovered that his identity had been confused with a James Ray Wiggins. By the time the dust had settled, the unemployed Wiggins had slapped a $10 million lawsuit against Equifax and Cablevision. The case currently is tied up in the courts. And it's only one of hundreds of such cases.
The widespread availability of such personal information presents vexing challenges—particularly within the human resources field. Dozens of companies provide detailed information—information you think is private—in database form, including motor vehicle records, credit reports, criminal records, telephone usage patterns and insurance coverage. That alone can raise questions about privacy and confidentiality, says Szwak. Factor in the sobering reality that nearly half of all credit reports and background checks include errors, according to a recent Congressional study, and it's easy to see why the James Russell Wiggins of the world are seething mad.
As database companies such as TRW, Equifax and Trans Union clamor to offer ever greater capabilities and one-stop shopping, the stakes inevitably become higher. "There's nothing intrinsically wrong with a company conducting a background check," says Szwak. "If an applicant is informed that the company conducts a check, and the company gathers only applicable information, that takes care of the privacy issue." But, he adds, "Too often, private information is publicly available. There's little or no consideration for what is private and what isn't."
Part of the problem is that no clear guidelines exist as to what should remain private. Is it a good idea for a company to use a credit report as a basis for hiring an accountant or money handler? Most HR professionals would say yes. But some also would argue the report is useful for making value judgments about an applicant's character. That gets trickier. "Using information that doesn't directly relate to the position can open the door to legal challenges," explains Claudia Terrazas, an attorney at the Privacy Right Clearinghouse, part of the University of California, San Diego's Center for Public Interest Law. Ditto the concerns over how motor vehicle records are used.
Now, some are rejecting the idea of credit checks entirely. "It's a gray area," says Sandra Penney, director of team member services for HR at Sovereign Bank, an $8.5 billion, 120-branch institution headquartered in the suburbs of Redding, Pennsylvania. "It can become a quagmire because you wind up with inaccuracies, spouses who are at fault for financial problems, and people who may have had one episode in their lives in which they had a financial problem. So, where do you draw the line on what's acceptable and what isn't?"
Added to the fact that no clear guidelines about what should be private exist, society's definition of privacy itself changes over time. In the 1980s, the idea of testing for illegal drugs met fierce resistance. Civil libertarians attacked the effort and cases streamed into the courts. A decade later, with legality no longer in question thanks to a 1989 Supreme Court ruling, drug testing is used by thousands of companies, and many employees expect—even welcome—testing as a way to keep the workplace free of crime and problems. Some companies even hire undercover investigators to ferret out drug dealers.
Likewise, as recently as 1992, an employer could use an online databank legally to determine whether or not a jobseeker had ever filed a workers' compensation claim. Not surprisingly, many companies simply had refused to offer a job to anyone who had ever filed a claim. The Americans with Disabilities Act changed that. It limited the use of electronic database searches until after a job offer is made. If an employer then discovers a history of claims, the company can shift that individual into another position that's deemed less risky or—if no safe job is available—rescind the offer.
The debate over legal boundaries continues to escalate. And, increasingly, the battle is spilling out of the workplace and into the home—as a growing number of companies examine aspects of an individual's life formerly considered private. Indeed, employer advocates argue that a company has the right to hire the best qualified individual for the job. They also insist that companies have a responsibility to find employees who can adhere to quality-control, safety and health-care cost-containment standards. In fact, a 1994 survey by the Society of Human Resource Management found that 77% of human resources professionals endorse a company's right to establish differentials in insurance premiums for employees who smoke.
Critics contend that such thinking raises serious questions about where the line between work and private activities should be drawn. Diet, exercise, hypertension and genetic abnormalities could easily become factors in hiring, they say. Hobbies, such as scuba diving or hang gliding, could disqualify job applicants. Already, some companies have opted to ban the consumption of alcohol after hours, even an occasional glass of wine with dinner. And government is getting into the act too. In 1993, the City of Athens, Georgia, proposed mandatory cholesterol testing for all job applicants—automatically eliminating those who tested in the highest 20%. After a chorus of protests, the idea was scrapped.
The emergence of electronic eyes and ears.
Technology and electronic equipment have also transformed the workplace itself. A 1993 study conducted by Macworld magazine found that at companies with 1,000 or more employees, 30% of the firms have searched employees' computer files, electronic mail and voicemail. Altogether, it estimated that at least 20 million Americans may be subject to electronic monitoring through their computers. Of course, that doesn't include the use of telephones and video cameras, which could boost the number to 50 million or more. In addition, data-entry clerks, word-processing clerks and customer-support specialists often work on terminals that allow monitoring for speed, accuracy and time spent working.
It's an issue that's attracting plenty of attention. And no topic seems to be as widely discussed as electronic mail, which has exploded in popularity in recent years. In fact, many workers simply aren't aware their e-mail can be monitored and examined by managers. "They believe it's private and that by deleting a message there's no longer any chance that anyone can see it," says DePaul University's Pincus. "They don't understand that deleted messages can be retrieved; they aren't aware that what they write can be used against them or cost them their jobs—particularly if they have made disparaging remarks against the company or a boss."
Of course any misuse of the e-mail system can be cause for discipline. Penney describes a situation that happened at Sovereign Bank. A year-and-a-half ago, two employees began zapping racy messages to each other over the bank's e-mail system. The notes contained long and often graphic descriptions of various sexual acts. All this came to the company's attention only after the woman sent one of the messages to the bank's top executives by mistake. Ultimately, both were fired for misusing company time and resources, and Sovereign Bank immediately drafted an e-mail policy spelling out that private use of the network wasn't allowed. It also added a brief warning, which pops up anytime an employee composes a new message, that e-mail must be job- or work-related. And the company scans the mail system randomly to ensure compliance. Yet, even with such rules, Sovereign Bank does allow workers to send "brief and expedient" messages of a personal nature. You certainly don't want to create a Gestapo-type organization," Penney says. "You have to use some common sense."
Voicemail is another hotbed of controversy. Many workers believe the messages they receive are private, and that they alone have access to their voicemail boxes. But that's simply not the case. In many instances, managers have access codes that allow them to listen to messages anywhere on the system. And, depending on how they monitor voicemail, it can lead to enormous problems. In fact, in what appears to be the first voicemail privacy case to hit U.S. courts, the manager of a McDonald's in Elmira, New York, Michael Huffcut, is currently suing the owner of the franchise, Fred Remillard, over invasion of privacy. The manager, who had been an employee of McDonald's for more than 20 years, began a romantic relationship with an assistant manager of another McDonald's in a neighboring town. The couple left racy messages on each other's voicemail—part of a system that linked a dozen franchises. At some point, Remillard and another employee retrieved the couple's messages and eventually played them to Huffcut's wife. The $2 million lawsuit is winding through the courts.
Then there's the Internet and the online world—which are supposed to help workers find information and stay up-to-date with news and trends. Unfortunately, unauthorized use of the Internet has forced many companies—such as Unocal Corp. and Rockwell International Corp.—to crack down on a new breed of cyberloafers who surf the World Wide Web, newsgroups and commercial services looking for sports scores, stock quotes and sexually explicit materials. In some cases, companies have found it necessary to track online usage and even monitor what appears on an employee's computer screen at any given moment.
Rules and regulations balance security and privacy.
Privacy advocates seldom argue that all monitoring should be eliminated. The problem, they say, is that many employers approach the issue from the basic viewpoint that workers can't be trusted. "The fact is, there are valid reasons for monitoring the workplace. Quality control, crime and misuse of company resources are all legitimate concerns. But too many companies apply blanket policies without considering the consequences. When you have an environment in which there's a lack of trust on all sides, you wind up in a downward spiral that has negative consequences for everyone," says Pincus.
Attempts to create laws that deal with the emerging technology have largely failed. Retiring U.S. Senator Paul Simon of Illinois continually has pushed for tighter standards that would require companies to alert workers about electronic monitoring, forcing an explanation about how the data is used. His most recent attempt, the Privacy for Consumers and Workers Act, has never been able to gain the necessary support. Although some states also have attempted to deal with the issue, the verdict is still out on how successful these attempts have been. Last December, Illinois Governor Jim Edgar signed a measure that allows an employer to listen in for "educational, training or research purposes." Although the law states that employers must gain permission before eavesdropping, it's unclear whether a one-time warning would suffice or if notice must be given each time listening is planned. And that has unions and worker advocacy groups howling mad.
Law or no law, part of the solution for employers is to develop clear policies and guidelines so that workers know what to expect, says Terrazas. That means outlining how e-mail and voicemail should be used, as well as when and how telephones and computers are monitored. "An employer can legally monitor e-mail without notifying employees," she says. "But that doesn't make it right." It's also important to "honor an employee's reasonable expectation to privacy. Videotaping a dressing room or using surveillance devices in a break room can constitute a violation of an employee's rights and create potential legal problems. Providing an employee with a locker and then searching without reasonable cause is damaging," Farrazas adds.
Some companies have gotten the message loud and clear. "It's far better to be proactive and upfront about your policy," says Margaret Phillips, director of human resources, contracts and legal for DHL Systems, the Burlingame, California-based technology services company of DHL Worldwide Express. "It's important to remember that you're dealing with human beings and not ants." Last year, with input from employees, DHL Systems developed a concise but comprehensive policy to deal with privacy issues related to computers and e-mail. Says Phillips: "You can't have a totalitarian state, but you also can't allow total freedom. The key is striking a balance that's fair for everyone."
Personnel Journal, May 1996, Vol. 75, No. 5, pp. 74-88.


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Tip 254: Get Faster: Increase Sprint Performance with A Heavy Complex Warm-up
Charles Poliquin
Monday, January 9, 2012 9:09 AM
Get faster and increase sprint performance by performing a complex warm-up in the form of a heavy squat exercise. Research shows that just as complex training can increase power output when jumping, pre-activating the muscles to be used when sprinting will make you faster and more powerful.
A new study in the
Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
is the first one to test the pre-activation effect in a 100-meter sprint. Previous studies have shown that pre-activating the lower body muscles with a near maximal squat or Olympic lift will improve sprint time in short distances ranging between 10 and 40 meters. This new study shows that at longer distances, the benefits persist and can dramatically improve speed.
Participants in the study were trained college-aged women with previous athletic experience. There was a control group that only performed two 100-meter sprint tests, with 9 minutes rest in between. A treatment group performed two 100-meter sprint tests with the first one acting as a baseline time. Then they performed one set of four of a 4RM half back squat, rested nine minutes and ran the 100-meter sprint. Performing the pre-activation squats resulted in significantly faster 100-meter times with the treatment group averaging .20 of a second faster than their baseline times. The control group had no change in performance between the two tests.
Researchers suggest that the heavy squat exercise has a post-activation potentiation effect in which "acute muscle force is enhanced as a result of contractile history." Basically, this means neural drive to the legs is improved and the muscles are "activated" by the heavy resistance exercise. Additionally, there's evidence that post-activation potentiation increases energy production in the muscles and may contribute to performance.
This study is interesting for two reasons. First, the dramatic performance improvements with pre-activation warm-up have the potential to change the outcome of short sprint races. Consider if some of the 100-meter finalists in the Olympics performed a heavy squat prior to running. For example, in the 2008 women's 100 meters, .20 seconds separated first from third place, whereas in the 2004 women's 100 meters, .20 seconds separated the first six places. Although, this effect has not been tested on elite athletes, it has the potential to provide a significant benefit.
Second, the post-activation potentiation effect is well known for improving performance in complex exercises that pair a heavy strength lift with a plyometric power move such as a jump squat or vertical jump, but this is the first study to show the effect extends to long sprints. Although the improvement in performance with complex training is likely due in part to increased neural drive, the neuromuscular factor that is at play is activation of the muscle-tendon unit with the stretch-shortening cycle contributing. This effect works because the muscles are activated in the strength exercise, and then in a vertical jump, there is an elastic effect such that energy is stored during the eccentric phase and then released during the concentric phase, producing greater power output.
Take away from this study an understanding that you can improve sport performance by using a pre-activation warm-up that is specific to the movements you will use in your sport. Pre-activation with a heavy exercise is beneficial when you want to produce maximal power, as when jumping or pushing with the upper body, or absolute speed in short and longer sprints. For sprint events the evidence suggests that you should use an active rest of 8 to 12 minutes in between the warm-up and the event to allow recovery but not lose the muscular activation.
To read more about pre-activation, check out the tip,
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Linder, E., Prins, J., et al. Effects of Preload 4RM Maximum on 100-M Sprint Times in Collegiate Women. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 2011. 24(5), 1184-1190.
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U.S. Air Force RED HORSE and U.S. Arm combat heavy engineers lay mortar on structural blocks at the construction site of Louisiana Primary School at Orange Walk, Belize April, 19, 2013. Civil engineers from both the U.S. and Belize are constructing various structures throughout Belize as part of an exercise called New Horizons. Building these facilities will support further education for the children of the country and provide valuable training for the U.S. and Belizean service members. Available in high definition.
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Paul wrote:
> Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>>You didn't mention your db of choice. Nor your OS. Nor your RAM.
>>What the hell makes you think any of that has relevance to a theory >>newsgroup?
Are you some kind of idiot who thinks the theory is impractical? Can you imagine what kind of horrific mess the original poster is going to make by using some recipe in almost complete ignorance?
How the hell is knowing the dbms product name, the OS, or the system capacity going to correct anything so fundamentally wrong?
I didn't get the impression that his question was
> all that theory based or that he was interested in discussing the
> finer points of the relational model as opposed to <take_your_pick>.
He is obviously an ignorant who doesn't know any better. Only a person who hates him would give him what he asked for.
> As such, practical *_solutions_* are dictated by the nature of the OS,
> RAM and RDBMS that he has - or would you disagree?
No, I disagree. Practical solutions are dictated by the theory. The OS, RAM and RDBMS are of secondary importance because they are very easily changed to achieve whatever performance characteristics one needs. However, no amount of fiddling with OSes, capacities or brands will overcome a shitty design.
> If he has 256 MB of RAM, I wouldn't be relying on Oracle in a
> production environment, whereas Firebird will happily run on 64MB of
> RAM, as will PostgreSQL.
When the hell did he ask you for a recommendation for a dbms brand? All of the above is totally irrelevant to his question. He asked for a logical design he could copy assuming wrongly that it will suit his specific requirements.
> If he's using Windows (likely given that the other "db" was Access),
> then that precludes certain solutions also.
Again, totally fucking irrelevant to his question and to this newsgroup.
> If you didn't give out to him for asking a non-theoretical question,
> then you shouldn't give out to me for answering in a non-theoretical
> way.
There was nothing I could say to the individual that would help him. If I gave him what he asked for, that would harm him greatly. If I gave him what he needed, he would have been offended and ignored what I said in any case. Sometimes, it makes more sense to shut the fuck up. Received on Fri Jul 21 2006 - 19:42:04 CDT
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Posing for the family portrait
How is the institution of the family faring in today's "sophisticated" culture? Family Portrait, a 224-page report from the Family Research Council, uses both statistics and polling data to paint, as FRC president Kenneth Connor describes it, "a disturbing portrait of family disintegration."
For instance, between 1960 and 2000, the birthrate for married women decreased by 43 percent. By 2000, one of every three babies was born outside marriage, and one out of four children lived with single parent. Cohabitation has gained in popularity: In 1970, just over half a million couples cohabited; by 2000, 4.7 million unmarried couples were living together. The FRC plans to release the report on Sept. 16 at the National Press Club, with a panel discussion on the political and cultural impact of its findings.
More accountability
The tidal wave of coverage of corporate accounting scandals and demands for more corporate accountability may have unexpected dividends. The Capital Research Center, which studies the crossroads of philanthropy and politics, will go online this month with a new edition of its report Patterns of Corporate Philanthropy. The report's author, Christopher Morris, says he expects a "huge increase" in corporations posting their tax returns and corporate giving data on the Internet.
Using old-fashioned paper tax returns and online data, CRC's number-crunchers found that the longtime trend-corporate funding of big-government advocacy groups-is at an all-time high. In 1998, the most recent year for corporate giving data, over $45 million of the $57.5 million that corporations gave to nonprofit advocacy groups went to groups promoting big-government policies. ExxonMobil and Cigna were the "best" corporate givers to pro-market charities, with a grade of B. Five corporations earned an F-the government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, J.P. Morgan & Company, May Department Stores, and Merrill Lynch.
Hear no evil
Is the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy making its way to the Boy Scouts? Scout officials in Milwaukee are trying such a policy, and Jessica McBride of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that their goal is to adhere to the national Boy Scouts ban on gays, while also following the United Way's anti-discrimination rules.
Local officials will remove a scoutmaster only if they learn that he is a homosexual. "It's not like we're trying to discover it or make it an issue," Michael Childers, local Scout executive, told the paper. Ms. McBride reports that the group collects $650,000 from the United Way, which is its largest donor. Gregg Shields, a national Boy Scouts spokesman, told her that only a few councils had made such deals and that the Scouts were not concerned.
A word from the sponsors
The Opie and Anthony backlash continues. WNEW in New York fired the two "shock jocks" after they coaxed a couple to have sex in St. Patrick's cathedral. The firing came after the Federal Communications Commission acknowledged it was considering revocation of WNEW's license. But advertisers may be the ones who ensure a long wait in the unemployment line for the former broadcasters. The Boston Beer Company, makers of Samuel Adams, apologized for promoting its products on the show. And The New York Post quotes a broadcast executive who says "many advertisers ... won't go near them."
Waste of paper
SUV drivers who see parking tickets on their windshields should not immediately be alarmed: The "ticket" may only be anti-SUV propaganda from leftist environmentalists. The New York Times' Aaron Donovan reports that members of the group Earth on Empty have taken up the practice of placing fake parking tickets on SUV windshields to chide owners of the politically incorrect vehicles. "Think about it," says a typical fake ticket. "Why do you need such a HUGE car? This is not a militarized zone." The ticket also tries to shame the driver for "polluting more than your fair share." The group especially targets large SUVs like the Ford Excursion and Expedition, the Toyota Land Cruiser, and the Dodge Durango.
The group prints its Web address on the fake tickets and receives some responses from angry SUV owners, Mr. Donovan reports. "We are a family of six with three dogs," wrote one "violator." "What else should we drive? Three cars?" Another pointed out the relative safety of large vehicles compared to the tiny cars that environmentalists want Americans to drive. "You have no idea why I drive the vehicle I have," he wrote. "Maybe, just maybe, it's because my wife and myself have lost a son in an accident and want my family to be safe. Try losing a child."


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The current population of Benton County is 236,154 with the median age of 35. Benton County's median household income is $54,167, and the average household net worth is $417,056.
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Age distribution represents the distribution of the population in Benton County by age group. In Benton County, the male-to-female ratio is 116,856:119,298, which is 2% higher than the ratio of Arkansas, which is 1,464,561:1,519,089. Age demographic data is sourced from census, 2015.
Crime rate index represents the average crime rate for a local area in comparison to nearby areas and the national average. A crime index of 100 represents the national average. Arkansas, has 17% more property crime than the national average, and has 13% more personal crime than the national average
Marital status represents the percent of residents in Benton County that are single, married, widowed and divorced. In Benton County, 80% of people are married and 20% of people are single. The percent of people married is 7% higher than the ratio of Arkansas, which is 73%. Marital data is sourced from census, 2015.
Household income distribution represents the distribution of Benton County income brackets at the household level. Overall, the median household income for Benton County is $54,167, which is 33% higher than that of Arkansas ($40,663). Income data for Benton County is sourced from census, 2015.
Education data represents the highest level of education attained by residents in Benton County. In Benton County, 22% of residents 18 and over graduated from high school and 31% completed a Bachelor's degree or higher, which is 9% higher than that of Arkansas. Education statistics is sourced from census, 2015.


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Nortel's decision to divest its carrier Ethernet and optical businesses was based on the company's shift to a more software driven business model, the outgoing head of those businesses says.
Nortel's decision to divest its carrier Ethernet and optical businesses was based on the company's shift to a more software-driven business model, the outgoing head of those businesses says.
Nortel is shopping its Metro Ethernet Networks unit in order to raise cash for other key product areas, which now include carrier VoIP, enterprise and "application services," says Philippe Morin, departing president of the MEN business. Morin will go to whoever acquires the division.
"Nortel is really stating that it's now going to focus on more of an application services focus -- what we basically call ICT," or Information, Communication and Technology, Morin says. "When you look at MEN... it's addressing a unique market – different from all of the other businesses at Nortel – and it's a market that requires consolidation."
MEN is a $2 billion business that accounts for roughly 14% of Nortel's revenue – the smallest piece of the company pie after carrier, enterprise and services. But it includes a lot more that just Nortel's Metro Ethernet Routing Switch (MERS) 8600, the pillar of the company's ambitious Provider Backbone Transport (PBT) campaign for building more efficient metro Ethernet networks.
MEN also includes optical infrastructure products such as the OME 6500 and 40G/100G metro- and long-haul transport systems as well as the Passport 7000 and 15000 series multiservice switches. Optical and multiservice switches are multibillion dollar markets unto themselves – optical transport is three times the size of carrier Ethernet.
So MEN's $2 billion in revenue and 400,000 installed network elements is parsed among three sizable markets, not just carrier Ethernet.
The market is crowded, as Morin suggests, but also booming. In addition to Nortel, there are 20 other vendors making carrier Ethernet switches, all vying for a market growing at a compounded annual rate of 42.5%, to $4.6 billion in 2007, according to Dell'Oro Group.
The market exceeded $1.4 billion in the second quarter of 2008, almost three times its size three years ago, Dell'Oro says. It's expected to approach $6 billion for the full year.
But "there are way too many players here," Morin says. "Everybody's staring at each other saying, 'Who's going to pull out?' We've been on that sort of path for the last three years."
Morin wouldn't say if there have been any offers for the unit to date, but he says there is at least one interested party. He also says the deal is not contingent on which company might be the acquirer; the focus is on getting the most from MEN.
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Other reasons behind the decision to divest MEN were a need for Nortel to focus on fewer markets and to allow the MEN business to thrive under new, less burdened ownership, Morin says.
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I saw that--Thor. I thought he would be listed as "Self" but...Originally Posted by Tom Stormcrowe
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haha Wolverine - former atheist. I am definately that. Doesn't mention what he became so I will assume an Agnostic...haha
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Mathew Knowles, father to two of the most fabulous people on Earth, Beyonce and Solange, was married last Sunday, but news is now arising that neither daughter showed up for daddy's big day.
Matthew tied the knot to Gena Avery in Houston, Texas after a year and a half engagement, which means the two superstar singers gained a mother-in-law, but why didn't they show up for the ceremony?
Their father told TMZ that his kids couldn't make it to the ceremony, saying, "Unfortunately, Beyonce and Solange had previous engagements which made it impossible for them to attend."
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" I could see if Amendola didn't look to be as good or maybe even more valuable as a fit here"
Well Amendola already missing time for injury has to have you concerned. To pretend like he is a lock is blind homerism. If he can stay healthy - big IF - should be good.
That said the new receivers look great.
Which leaves our mini-me secondary as the only concern coaching can't fix (though blitzing and schemes can disguise it at least until the playoffs when a big strong receiver comes into our backfield and takes our lunch money at will again.).
But we'll cross that bridge later.
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The United Way of Kershaw County (UWKC) held a luncheon recently to thank volunteers and donors who contributed to its 2014 campaign at the Robert Mills Courthouse in downtown Camden. The luncheon recognized various individuals and organizations throughout the county who gave of their time, efforts and funds to the UWKC.
The New York-based chamber music ensemble Decoda ended its week-long Camden and Kershaw County residency with a visit to Lee Correctional Institution (LCI) in neighboring Lee County. Claire Bryant, originally of Camden and cellist for Decoda, said she knew she wanted to perform within the prison because "Decoda has done work with a correctional facility in New York and our thought was to do that same thing here in South Carolina, in this community," she said.
Staff at the Chronicle-Independent and Camden Media Co. have stopped using a set of old email addresses. Since at least 1999, many staff members have used email addresses ending in "@ci-camden.com." Those addresses were discontinued earlier this month.
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Whether it be the back nine or the back 40, you know you're getting closer to the end of some stories as you reach them. That's the case with this last third of our review of the year that was: 2013. Some stories are "good;" some less so.
And so we come to the middle of the year gone by -- the months of May, June, July and August 2013. What was the big news? Flooding, the transformation of a former school, Bethune's police department, KershawHealth's financial struggles and the saddest, but not entirely unpredicted end to a story of a missing teenager from Columbia.
Gary Phillips is the latest addition to the Chronicle-Independent newsroom. Phillips began working Monday as the C-I's county reporter. In that role, he will cover Kershaw County Council meetings, economic development issues and the town of Bethune. Phillips is also acting as the C-I's crime reporter, crafting the paper's weekly crime report, reporting on major crimes and law enforcement activities and covering significant court proceedings. That part of his duties will also have Phillips covering activities of the city of Camden and various county fire departments. He will also report on the Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce ...
Whether it was Bethune, Camden, Elgin or Kershaw County, councils of the city, town and county variety grabbed headlines throughout 2013, including during the early months of the year.
Three parades held in two days drew thousands to line Kershaw County's streets. Saturday saw the Kershaw County Christmas Parade, while Sunday brought both the Boykin Christmas Parade and -- due to a 24-hour rain delay -- the Lights of Lugoff Parade.
Caitlin Corbett, assistant to the city manager of Camden, and Lauren Branham-Reeder, marketing and administrative assistant for Kershaw County's economic development office, were among more than 50 local leaders and development professionals from across South Carolina who recently completed the 2013 S.C. Economic Development Institute. Institute graduates received certificates of completion during the final day of the institute's program held at Rock Hill City Hall.
The IRS warns consumers not to fall for bogus charity scams. They often occur in the wake of major disasters like the recent tornadoes in the Midwest or the typhoon in the Philippines. Thieves play on the goodwill of people who want to help disaster victims. They pose as a real charity in order to steal money or get private information to commit identity theft.
Singer/songwriter and Nashville resident Duane Cliatt will perform in a free concert back in his hometown of Camden at the Palmetto Tea and Coffee Shop on Broad Street at 7 p.m. Friday.
For Dr. Larry Parrott of Camden, this year's Marion duPont Scott Colonial Cup not only marked the 44th anniversary of the steeplechase event, but his 40th year of attendance. This year, he and his wife, Joy, along with their granddaughters, Bethany and Mabry Parrott, came out to tailgate, visit with friends and enjoy the races.
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I have a free Sky package at home and would like to know if you need to get Sky+ to have its features, or is it possible to buy another box that has the same features (record, pause etc) that doestnt require any subscription.
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Yeah then a Freesat+ box is the one for you. If you want information on it go to here.
It records, pauses live television etc. You can connect it straight up to the satalite dish that Sky provided you and scan for channels.
As ive already said though you don't get Sky channels like Sky1 etc but you get a decent amount. Plus you can watch in HD.
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I have used it in scorching hot deserts, freezing New Hampshire mountains, and a bunch of less exciting places in between. It has been great in all of those places, the fly does a great job of keeping weather at bay, and when it's clear the mesh roof makes for some awesome star gazing.
Tall people be warned! I am about 6'1" and can just barely sleep in it... I also have a long torso, and definitely can't sit-up in it. this isn't normally a problem, unless you are trying to change or pack up your stuff while it's raining.
The tent certainly is not free standing either, which hasn't ever been an issue for me, but is something to be aware of.
I regularly fit two 6 foot guys in it, and while it is very cozy, there is more then enough space for sharing with a friend.
India by bike
Bought this tent second-hand from a friend who'd used it in the Indian Himalaya. Three months through India, I preferred sleeping in this to local hotels. I even pitched it in my room in India and slept in it for a whole winter while working for an NGO that had less than stellar windows that wouldn't shut properly, making for 45 degree (F) nights. Great piece of gear.


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Photo by Scott Adams, in Salem Sound, Massachusetts
"This photo was taken on June 15, 2013, from my brother's 33-foot, 1975 Chris-Craft Flybridge Cruiser, Summer Slopes," reader Scott Adams wrote. "He keeps it moored in Salem Sound. I was in town on vacation and spent three nights onboard his boat, enjoying the scenery and barbecuing."
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20 January 2014
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German hearts sank when the draw was revealed for the 2014 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group back in September.
Carsten Arriens' men were given a first round match-up against modern day tennis powerhouse Spain, with the only consolation being that the Germans would be playing at home so they could avoid taking on Carlos Moya's team on their beloved clay.
Fast forward four months and Florian Mayer truly believes his German side can cause an upset, especially if Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer will not be playing in the first round clash in Frankfurt.
"If Nadal and Ferrer both will play then it's really, really tough even on a hard or a grass court," said Mayer at the 2014 Australian Open. "But if both are not playing then we have a really good chance to make a surprise."
The 5,000-seater Fraport Arena sold out soon after tickets went on sale and Mayer is hoping the atmosphere, as well as the home advantage, will lead his side to a memorable upset.
He added: "They have so many top players, with [Marcel] Granollers, [Marc] Lopez, [David] Marrero, [Fernando] Verdasco they have two of the top doubles teams in the world so it's going to be really hard.
"We have [Tommy] Haas, [Philipp] Kohlschreiber, me, [Daniel] Brands – three or four really good singles players – and then we have to see what's going on in doubles. Why not? If everybody plays 100 per cent we have a chance I think."
Not only were the Germans handed one of the hardest possible first round match-ups, but should they do the unthinkable and take down Spain in the opening round, they will face the winner of France v Australia away from home. That's what's known as the luck of the draw.
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Materne-Confilux SA in Soft Drinks (Belgium)
Materne-Confilux SA in Soft Drinks (Belgium)
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Materne-Confilux enjoys strong brand recognition in Belgium thanks to its high-end positioning within 100% juice. The use of PET bottles for its packaging, alongside its product positioning as naturally healthy enables the company to promote its environmental credentials. Materne-Confilux is expected to see its position within 100% juice strengthen as a result of the increasing consumer demand for natural products. Due to the maturity of the category and the growing presence of players within...
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Webtorials: 75% of enterprises have partially or fully deployed UC
Three-quarters of enterprises have either partially or fully deployed unified communications (UC) products, according to a survey of 200 IT professionals conducted by Webtorials on behalf of SIP communications provider Sonus Networks (Nasdaq: SONS).
Of those enterprises, 21 percent have fully deployed UC, while 57 percent have partially deployed it, according to the survey contained in the report, "Enterprises Place 2013 Unified Communications Bets."
The survey found that more enterprises are adopting cloud-based and hybrid UC deployment, with a number of premise-based UC deployments expected to decline from 65 percent of current deployments to 31 percent of future deployments.
"Most companies have trialed UC and now it's going to head to more mainstream procurements. How that will be deployed is a top issue, with cloud deployments becoming increasingly important in the near term," Wes Durow, vice president of global marketing and go-to-market operations at Sonus, told FierceEnterpriseCommunications.
Session border controllers (SBCs) are keys to UC system interoperability, service quality and security, Durow said.
Most of the respondents said they purchased SBCs as an on-premise UC product, while 13 percent said they deployed SBCs as part of a service from a SIP trunking provider, and 17 percent said SBCs were part of a hybrid on-premise and services deployment.
According to the survey, enterprise voice was identified at the most important factor in selecting UC vendors, followed by unified messaging, desktop videoconferencing, web conferencing and mobile clients for smartphones and tablets.
Based on the survey, Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) is the leading UC vendor for voice, videoconferencing and web conferencing, while Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) leads in instant messaging, presence and enterprise social functions such as internal corporate user profiles, directories and skills search.
"Microsoft pulled up pretty quickly into a challenger position. They continue to strengthen as you see the legacy PBX vendors start to slide backwards," Durow observed.
Durow explained that whether enterprises deploy premised-based or cloud-based UC systems, the demand for SBCs will remain since they "knit together disparate network environments… whether premised-based, cloud or hybrid."
The Webtorials survey highlights UC trends identified by other research, particularly the move toward cloud-based and mobile UC. The cloud-based UC market pits large firms like Cisco, Microsoft and Avaya against smaller firms such as ShoreTel (Nasdaq: SHOR) and 8x8 (Nasdaq: EGHT). The cloud-based UC market was expected to be worth $1.9 billion in 2012, up 15.8 percent over the previous year, according to data released in September by research firm Frost & Sullivan.
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This is a fantastic production at an amazing price. The staging is incredibly innovative--the actors perform on the floor right in front of the audience instead of on a conventional stage. The effect is that the theater feels like a courtroom, rather than a performing arts venue. There is just enough audience interaction to be interesting but not distracting. Since there are so many dates offered for this play on Goldstar, I may just have to go back and see it again. Thanks, Goldstar for a great night out!
In a small Tennessee town, a young high school teacher is brought to trial for teaching from Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species. The first trial to be broadcast over the radio, the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial was the media event of its day, comparable to the frenzy surrounding the O.J. Simpson trial.
With the introduction of Intelligent Design into Kansas biology classrooms, INHERIT THE WIND, the 1955 theatrical dramatization of the trial, is more relevant today than ever.
For the prosecution, three-time Presidential candidate Matthew Harrison Brady agrees to represent the World's Christian Fundamentals Association and drive Darwin out of the classrooms.
For the defense, Henry Drummond is hired by the Baltimore Herald, fresh from his controversial defense of child killers Leopold and Loeb in Chicago.
These two titans of the judicial system square off to decide the fate of the teacher, Bertram Cates, with historical ramifications that still affect the American educational system today.
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As the result of a packaging error, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is recalling one million packets of birth control that may not contain enough contraceptive to prevent pregnancy.
Apparently some of the birth control packets may contain too many sugar pills (placebos) while others might not have enough.
The mix-up affects 28 lots of pills: 14 lots of Lo/Ovral-28 tablets and 14 lots of generic Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol tablets. Patients can see a full list of lot numbers of the affected packets on the FDA website here.
The pills were manufactured by Pfizer and marketed by Akrimax Pharmaceuticals and shipped to warehouses, clinics and retail pharmacies nationwide. The affected packets have expiration dates ranging between July 31, 2013, and March 31, 2014.
While the company said in a written statement that the error does not pose any immediate health risks, it could raise the risk of accidental pregnancy.
"Consumers exposed to affected packaging should begin using a non-hormonal form of contraception immediately," Pfizer spokesperson Grace Ann Arnold, said in a written statement.
Uh, yeah. Because last I heard, jumping up and down after sex will not actually keep you from getting pregnant.
This is the second time in the past six months that birth control pills have been recalled for posing the risk of not preventing pregnancy. In September, Qualitest Pharmaceuticals pulled several lots for a packaging error that could cause could women to take the birth control pills out of order.
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Eda Haredit rejects Antiquities Authority's claim that Andromeda Hill tombs belong to pagans, pigs
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The funeral procession began at the Eda Haredit center in Jerusalem and moved towards the nearby Shabbat Square. It was attended by leaders of the extreme faction. During the event, one of the spokespersons said a special plea against the desecration of graves.
After funeral – burial in special cemetery (Photo: Gil Yohanan)
An Atra Kadisha volunteer explained to Ynet why he and his friends reject the Antiquities Authority's conclusions. He said he had spoken with one of the researchers, who told him that the bones of only two pigs were found in the area, alongside many human bones.


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During the 84th Anniversary of His Majesty the King exhibition, Dr Sumet said that His Majesty's sufficiency philosophy places an emphasis on living with content and spending just on what is necessary. The philosophy also teaches people to be knowledgeable, righteous, and to have no greed.
If all people adopt His Majesty's sufficiency theory, Mr Sumet believes that the nation will have peace and not suffer from corruption problems. He also cited as an example the Tom Yum Kung Crisis that brought Thailand to its knees over 10 years ago that it was caused by people spending and living beyond their means and materialism.
The 84th Anniversary of His Majesty the King exhibition is being held at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center from March 8-12 to honor His Majesty the King for his dedications to the development of Thailand.


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JAN 15, 2013 - Miami Herald
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ZitatGD: What you're talking about – satisfying the casual crowd, removing frustration, etc. - and the fact that it's cel-shaded, makes Prince of Persia seem perfect for the Wii, right? Why keep it just PS3/360?
BM: The reality is that from a technical standpoint, the Wii cannot do what we wanted the game to do. The AI of Elika was highly advanced and required a lot of processing power; the world size and dynamic loading, the draw distance, the number of polygons in the characters... If we had done a Wii version, it would have been toned down, probably linear, it wouldn't have been an open-world game, and so it would have been a very different experience. We didn't want to water it down that way. That said, I do agree very much that some of the people that probably would have most appreciated the design choices we made are Wii gamers. It would be really nice to be able to tap into that and give them that experience.
GD: So I guess you file that away for your next project...
BM: Yeah, a lesson to be learned moving forward. But keep in mind what the industry looked like when we started development on Prince of Persia. When we started, the Wii was [pegged] to be "everybody's second console," so if you look back at the documents and powerpoints of the business plan for the project, there were business cases for not doing the Wii version and for why the design philosophy of the Wii nation is suitable for the 360 and PS3, because in our minds everyone was going to have both. If they had a Wii in the same household, they were going to have a PS3 or 360 as well. And that obviously didn't happen with every Wii.


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Was Brittany Murphy Murdered? New Lab Tests May Reopen Her Case
We were equal parts shocked and saddened when actress Brittany Murphy suddenly passed away in December 2009 at 32 years old. Originally, her death was attributed to complications due to pneumonia and anemia, but now, new evidence may call to open her case again.
After Brittany's father, Angelo Bertolotti, sued the coroner's office and the Los Angeles Police Department, new toxicology tests were run. And the results? Ten different heavy metals were detected to be in Brittany's system — the kind of metals you'd find in rat poisoning and insecticides.
This could mean new investigations into the cause of Brittany's death as well as the death of her husband, Simon Monjack, who died just five months after Brittany.
According to the toxicology report, "If we were to eliminate the possibility of a simultaneous accidental heavy metals exposure to the sample donor then the only logical explanation would be an exposure to these metals (toxins) administered by a third party perpetrator with likely criminal intent."
Her father has been determined to find the real cause of Brittany's death knowing that pneumonia could be just a symptom of heavy metal poisoning, and he wants to set the record straight.
"My daughter was neither anorexic nor a drug junkie, as they repeatedly implied. Brittany and Simon were ridiculed by The Hollywood Reporter, when they complained of being under surveillance and in fear for their lives," Angelo said. "I will not rest until the truth about these tragic events is told. There will be justice for Brittany."
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Deruta 16th Century (ceramist)
Large dish with running plant border; in the center, horsemen fighting, c. 1500/1520
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
overall (diameter): 40.5 cm (15 15/16 in.)
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Maurice Kann, Paris; (Duveen Brothers), 1908, as part of the Kann collection; purchased February 1910 by Peter A. B. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from the Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, 1942.[1]
[1] It is possible that this is the dish sold at the Soltykoff sale in Paris, 8 April-1 May 1861, no. 668, described as a Pesaro plate 40 cm. in diameter, painted with "deux cavaliers combattant vêtus à l'antique. Le bord est orné de feuillages;" this was bought by Carrand, but is not in the Carrand collection at the Bargello.
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Thanks to a company policy that allows travel in business class if the price is not more than 5% over economy and thanks also to the outrageous prices of Lufthansa on BRU-FRA, I travelled on a business ticket at no less than €732.71 (flexible economy would have been some €702). I was booked on LH4593, etd 7:05.
I arrived at the airport parking at 6:20. The queues at the check-in desks at Brussels airport were very long everywhere, especially for Virgin Express whose passengers were filling half of the main departure hall. I quickly decided for an automatic check-in machine. From the 30 seats in business class, only 2 aisle seats were still free. I selected 5D. Than started the long walk to gate A61. The queue at the baggage scanner was immense. It took 15 minutes to get through. When I arrived there, boarding was almost completed. I sat in my seat at 6:55. The plane, a Boeing 737-300 registered D-ABEA, had arrived in Brussels the night before. The load factor was 100% (so why decrease the price?). Seating in business was 2-2, normal 3-3 seat configuration with the middle seat always empty; the Recaro seats could be changed to a wider 3-2 configuration, but this had not been done.
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Shawn Michaels accomplishments
When Shawn Michaels won the WWE Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania, Vince McMahon was quick to declare that a childhood dream had been achieved. Apparently, that was a lie. During a recent interview, Michaels revealed that he never dreamed of that when he was younger. The reason was because he did not imagine ever getting to that point. He felt that winning a title in one of the regional promotions was something more realistic.
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Correspondent of high-August 2, Britain, the National Development and Reform Commission announced in May 2011, the National Development and Reform Commission approved the China-owned China Petrochemical Corporation Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Development Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to, Sinopec International Exploration ) acquisition of Marathon Oil Company held 10% interest in Angola Block 32 project, also approved along with Chinese Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Development Co., Ltd. held by the acquisition of Total 5% interest in Angola Block 31 project. P>
as early as July 2009, China's Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Development Limited, and CNOOC to set up 50:50 joint venture, the joint venture will invest $ 1.3 billion all-cash acquisition Marathon's Angola Block 32 Limited, which holds Angola Block 32 production sharing contracts and joint operating agreements under the 20% interest. Transaction effective date January 1, 2009. Project delivery will take effect when the settlement date to the cash flow between conducting a related price adjustments. P>
information, the transaction is completed, Marathon Oil's interest in the block will drop to 10%. Total SA owns 30% interest in the block, and served as operator. Other project partners include the Angolan state oil company Sonangol (20% interest), ExxonMobil (15% interest) and Galp Company (5% interest). P>
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