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[Update] Report: NSA Monitoring Some Online Game Services
Update #2: Blizzard has also responded to our inquiry, sharing a statement on this morning's NSA spying report. "We are unaware of any surveillance taking place," a Blizzard representative told us via email. "If it was, it would have been done without our knowledge or permission."
Update #1: Microsoft has responded to our request for comment on the NSA spying report released this morning. "We're not aware of any surveillance activity," a Microsoft representative told us via email. "If it has occurred as reported, it certainly wasn't done with our consent."
Original Story:
This morning, new documents have surfaced indicating the United States government has been monitoring popular game services. The mentioned networks and titles include Blizzard's World of Warcraft, Microsoft's Xbox Live service, and Second Life.
The report, which was a collaboration of the New York Times, The Guardian, and ProPublica details the measures taken to collect and monitor chat transcripts. In the 82-page source document, Xbox Live is called out for its ability to connect an Xbox 360 console to Microsoft's messaging service. Second Life is identified because it "offers the ability to anonymously text to a GSM phone (SMS) and soon they will offer anonymous voice calls so that phone numbers do not have to be known by either party and won't show up in collection."
The document also details how the NSA collected World of Warcraft data. "The NMDC engaged SNORT, an open source packet-sniffing software, which runs on all [Foreign Satellite Collection (FORNSAT)] survey packet data, to filter out WoW packets," the document states. "[Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)] provided several WoW protocol parsing scripts to process the traffic and produce Warcraft metadata from all NMDC FORNSAT survey. These logs are now being forwarded back to GCHQ for additional analysis, target development and network knowledge enrichment."
The document also draws parallels between traditional target development that tracks email, chat logs, and friend lists and online gaming's character IDs and guilds. One section of the material also details how terrorist groups might use different genres of games.
The document does call out games designed as training tools. This includes something called Special Force, which was created by Hezbollah. The game uses politically charged themes and images of real Israeli military personnel and reenactments of battles.
The free titles Ummah Defense and Ummah Defense II suppose a world conquered by Muslims fighting against the only remaining non-believer and his army of robots. The NSA document suggests that this isn't just harmless fantasy, but rather "the overarching message is that establishment of the caliphate is possible."
The United States Army's America's Army title is used as support for the concern that terrorist-supported titles can be used for recruitment. According to the document, 28 percent of America's Army players visited a US Army recruitment website. No indication of enlistment percentages is offered.
Furthermore, the US military's use of games as training tools in the areas of mission rehearsal and language training are used as evidence of the efficacy of the medium. The author makes the connection that "games could also be used as part of the attack plan itself."
This follows concern earlier in the year that Microsoft and other companies had been complicit in NSA monitoring. This prompted the company to seek clearance from the government to disclose certain details and most recently resulted in Microsoft enacting new privacy measures.
Microsoft also changed course on the Kinect for Xbox One. Originally, the device was required for operation. That was later amended in the wake of privacy concerns.
We've reached out to Microsoft and Activision for comment on this matter, as their products were specifically identified. We'll update should they offer a statement.
[Source: New York Times, The Guardian, ProPublica, NSA Documents]
Our Take
Some of the uses of different genres identified in the document seem like a stretch. The FPS genre entry calls out Halo, Doom, and Half-Life, and something called Night of Bush Capturing, but not Call of Duty or Battlefield.
The strategy group identifies Civilization and Age of Empires, but also Warcraft and Starcraft. I'm not sure success at terrorism is determined by APM.
Light humor aside, while the NSA might be looking for users based in other countries engaging in suspicious activity, it is doing so on networks populated by millions of Americans. That data is being gathered, and it's not clear if there are any privacy measures in place to protect the average WoW or Xbox Live gamer.
I agree that the game environments mentioned could be exploited for nefarious purposes, but without fully understanding how the data is collected, identified, and processed, there is reason for concern. Expect to hear a lot more about this in the coming days.

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Tiglath-Pileser III
Tiglath-Pileser III (from the Hebraic form[Note 1] of Akkadian: Tukultī-apil-Ešarra, "my trust is in the son of Esharra") was a prominent king of Assyria in the eighth century BCE (ruled 745–727 BCE)[1][2] who introduced advanced civil, military, and political systems into the Neo-Assyrian Empire.[3][4]
Tiglath-Pileser III seized the Assyrian throne during a civil war and killed the royal family. He made sweeping changes to the Assyrian government, considerably improving its efficiency and security. The Assyrian army, already the greatest fighting force in the world since the time of Ashur-uballit I (1366–1330 BCE), now became the world's first professional standing army.
Tiglath-Pileser III subjugated much of the Near East region; to the south, his fellow Mesopotamians in Babylonia and Chaldea, and further south still, the Arabs, Magan, Meluhha, and Dilmunites of the Arabian Peninsula. In the south west, Israel, Judah, Philistia, Samarra, Moab, Edom, the Suteans and Nabatea fell. To the north, Urartu, Armenia and Scythia in the Caucasus Mountains, Cimmeria by the Black Sea, and Nairi were subjugated, and in the north west much of eastern and south western Asia Minor, including the Hittites, Phrygia, Cilicia, Commagene, Tabal, Corduene and Caria. In the west, the Greeks of Cyprus and Aram (modern Syria), and the Mediterranean City States of Phoenicia/Caanan were subjugated. To the east he subjugated Persia, Media, Gutium, Mannea, Cissia and Elam, and later in his reign, Tiglath-Pileser III was crowned king in Babylonia.
Tiglath-Pileser III discouraged revolts against Assyrian rule with the use of forced deportations of thousands of people all over the empire. He is one of the greatest military commanders in world history, conquering most of the world known to the Assyrians before his death.
Formerly the governor of Kalhu (Biblical Calah/Nimrud)[3] and a general, the usurper Pulu assumed his Assyrian throne-name (Tiglath-Pileser) from two more-legitimate predecessors. He described himself as a son of Adad-nirari III in his inscriptions, but the accuracy of this claim remains uncertain. He seized the throne in the midst of civil war on 13 Ayaru, 745 BCE.[1][5] As a result of Pulu seizing the throne in a bloody coup d'état, the old royal family was slaughtered,[3] and the new monarch set Assyria on the path to expand the empire in order to ensure the survival of the kingdom.[3]
"A mutilated brick inscription states that he is the son of Adad-nirari (III); however, the Assyrian King List makes Tiglath-pileser (III) the son of Ahur-nirari (V), son of Adad-nirari (III). This is quite a discrepancy for the King list places Adad-nirari III four monarchs before Tiglath-pileser's reign and depicts Ashur-nirari (V) as both his father and immediate predecessor upon the throne. The list goes on to relate that Shalmaneser III (IV), and Ashur-dan III (III) were brothers, being the sons of Adad-nirari (III). Ashur-nirari (V) is also said to be a son of Adad-nirari (III), implying brotherhood with Shalmaneser III (IV), and Ashur-dan III (III). The Assyrian records contain very little information concerning Adad-nirari (III) and nothing about Shalmaneser III (IV) or Ashur-dan III (III). Significantly, an alabaster stele was discovered in 1894 at Tell Abta displaying the name Tiglath-pileser imprinted over that of Shalmaneser (IV), a successor of Adad-Nirari (III) and the third sovereign prior to Tiglath-pileser (III). This find coupled with the aforementioned absence of information relative to Shalmaneser III (IV) and Ashur-dan III (III) strongly implies that Tiglath-pileser was a usurpur to the throne and that he destroyed the records of his three immediate predeccessors—Ashur-nirari (V), Shalmaneser III (IV), and Ashur-dan III (III)."[6]
More so it was in Babylon that he was referred to as Pulu and his son as Ululayu.[7] Pulu and both his sons taking up Assyrian names is another suggestion that they were foreigners who had usurped the crown of Assyria at the revolt of Kalhu.
Assyrian power in the Near East greatly increased as the result of Tiglath-Pileser's military reforms (see "Reforms" below) and of his campaigns of conquest. Upon ascending the throne, he claimed (in Annal 9, which dates to 745 BCE, his first regnal year) to have annexed Babylonia, from "Dur-(Kuri)galzu, Sippar of Shamash, ... the cities [of Ba]bylonia up to the Uqnu river [by the shore of the Lo]wer [Sea]"[8] (which referred to the Persian Gulf), and subsequently placed his eunuch over them as governor. Also in his first year of reign he defeated the powerful kingdom of Urartu (Armenia), whose hegemony under the rulership of Sarduri II had extended to Asia Minor, northern Mesopotamia, western Iran and Syria; there he found unrivalled horses for his war-chariots.[9] He also defeated the Medes before making war on and conquering the Neo-Hittites, Syria and Phoenicia. He took Arpad in 740 BCE after three years of siege, annexed it as a province (over which he placed one of his eunuchs as governors), and subjected Hamath to tribute. Assyrian inscriptions record in 740 BCE, the fifth year of his reign, a victory over Azariah (Uzziah), king of Judah, whose achievements appear in 2 Chronicles 26. He also subjugated Damascus, the Arabs under Queen Zabibe, Menahem of Israel and Sam'al's king Azriyau, who all paid him tribute.[10] In 737 and 736 BCE he turned his attention again to Iran, conquering the Medes and Persians and occupying a large part of Iran.[10] According to the royal inscriptions of Tiglath-Pileser many of the inhabitants were enslaved and deported to other parts of the Assyrian empire, as commonly done by his predecessors. At sieges, captives were slaughtered, and their bodies raised on stakes and displayed before the city (illustration, right).
In October 729 BCE, Tiglath-Pileser assumed total control of Babylon, capturing the Babylonian king Nabu-mukin-zeri (ABC 1 Col.1:21) and having himself crowned as "King Pulu of Babylon."
Biblical account
Biblical records describe how Tiglath-Pileser III exacted 1,000 talents of silver as tribute from King Menahem of the Kingdom of Israel (2 Kings 15:19) and later defeated his successor Pekah (2 Kings 15:29).
Pekah had allied with Rezin, king of the Arameans against Ahaz (known to the Assyrians as Yahu-khazi), of the Kingdom of Judah, who responded by appealing for the Assyrian monarch's help with the Temple gold and silver. Tiglath-Pileser answered swiftly. He first marched his army down the eastern Mediterranean coast, taking coastal cities all the way to Egypt. This cut off his enemies' access to the sea. Once this was achieved, he returned to the Northern Kingdom of Israel, destroyed their army, and deported the Reubenites, Gadites, and the people of Manasseh to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the Gozan river (1 Chron 5:26). He then installed an Israelite puppet king, Hoshea, (732–723 BCE) in the place of Pekah. He concluded this extensive campaign by marching north and west, ravaging Aramaea, seizing Damascus, executing Rezin, and deporting the survivors to Kir (2 Kings 16:9).
Beyond this, the Assyrian alliance was not beneficial to Ahaz (2 Chron 28:20).
Upon ascending the throne, Tiglath-Pileser instituted several reforms to different sectors of the Assyrian state, which arguably revived Assyria's hegemony over the Near East.
The first of such reforms entailed thwarting the powers of the high Assyrian officials, which during the reigns of his predecessors had become excessive. Officials such as Shamshi-ilu, who was turtanu (General) and a prominent official since the time of Adad-nirari III, often led their own campaigns and erected their own commemorative stelae, often without mentioning the king at all.[12] Since his earliest inscriptions (and thus from the beginning of his reign), he gave regular mention of appointing eunuchs as governors of (newly conquered) provinces; this removed the threat of provincial rule becoming a dynastic matter. He also sought to reduce the power of his officials by reducing the size of the provinces (in some cases the northern provinces were increased to include newly conquered territories), thus decreasing their resources, should they have desired to incite a revolt. Subsequently, there were more provinces, more governors (most of which were eunuchs), and less power per governor.
The second reform targeted the army. Instead of a largely native Assyrian army which normally campaigned only in the summer time, Tiglath-Pileser incorporated large numbers of conquered people into the army, thus adding a substantial foreign element. This force mainly comprised the light infantry, whereas the native Assyrians comprised the cavalry, heavy infantry, and charioteers. As a result of Tiglath-Pileser's military reforms, the Assyrian Empire was armed with a greatly expanded army which could campaign throughout the year. The addition of the cavalry and the chariot contingents to the army was mostly due to the steppe cultures lurking nearby to the north, which sometimes invaded their northern colonies, using mainly cavalry and primitive chariots.
Tiglath-Pileser III's conquests and reforms led to the establishment of the Neo-Assyrian Kingdom as a true empire. He built a royal palace in Kalhu (the biblical Calah/Nimrud, the so-called "central palace"), later dismantled by Esarhaddon. He had his royal annals engraved across the bas-reliefs depicting his military achievements on the sculptured slabs decorating his palace.
On his death he was succeeded by his son Ululayu, who took the name Shalmaneser V and further campaigned in the Levant, defeated Egypt, and captured Samaria.
See also
- ↑ Spelled as "Tiglath-Pileser" in the Book of Kings (2Kings 15:29) and as "Tilgath-Pilneser" in the Book of Chronicles (2Chronicles 28:20).
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lendering, Jona (2006). "Assyrian Eponym List (2/3)". Livius.org.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Tadmor, Inscriptions, p. 29.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Healy, Assyrians, p. 17
- ↑ "History of Mesopotamia". Encyclopædia Britannica.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Babylonia and Assyria". The 1911 Classic Encyclopedia.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Nolen Jones, Dr. Floyd. Chronology of the Old Testament. Master Books. p. 150.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Nemet-Nejat, Karen Rhea (1998). Daily Life in Ancient Mesopotamia. p. 38.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Tadmor, Inscriptions, p. 43.
- ↑ Luckenbill, Ancient Records, vol II, p. 84.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Roux, Georges. Ancient Iraq
- ↑ Healy, p. 21
- ↑ Shafer, A.T. (1998). The Carving of an Empire: Neo-Assyrian Monuments on the Periphery, p.32–33
- Healy, Mark (1991). The Ancient Assyrians. London: Osprey. ISBN 1-85532-163-7. OCLC 26351868.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- Luckenbill, D. D. Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia, vol II, (Chicago, 1927).
- Saggs, H. The Might that was Assyria (London, 1984).
- Tadmor, Hayim, The Inscriptions of Tiglath-Pileser III, King of Assyria: Critical Edition, with Introductions, Translations, and Commentary (Jerusalem, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1994).
- Yehuda Kaplan, "Recruitment of Foreign Soldiers into the Neo-Assyrian Army during the Reign of Tiglath-pileser III," in Mordechai Cogan and Dan`el Kahn (eds), Treasures on Camels' Humps: Historical and Literary Studies from the Ancient Near East Presented to Israel Eph'al (Jerusalem, Magnes Press, 2008),
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|King of Assyria
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At their second meeting, the Parties decided to assist countries which are setting up or renewing joint bodies (e.g. river and lake commissions, border commissions) to comply with the provisions of the Convention related to the activities of joint bodies, and to strengthen cooperation between the UNECE conventions related to transboundary waters, industrial accidents, environmental impact assessment, public participation and long-range transboundary air pollution. Experience gained in concluding and implementing international legal instruments on the protection and use of waters will be analysed. Difficulties encountered when implementing the Convention, arising from differences in administrative practice, in management and protection responsibilities or in water use rights in riparian countries will be also examined. This site is intended to provide basic information bilateral and multilateral agreements and on joint bodies.
The Guide to implementing the Convention, adopted by the fifth session of the meeting of the Parties (10-12 November 2009), is intended to facilitate compliance with and implementation of the Convention. The Guide offers a comprehensive commentary to the Convention's provisions, providing explanations of the procedural, legal, administrative, technical and practical aspects of the Convention's requirements for appropriate implementation.These explanations are coupled with illustrative examples of good practices in the region.
The guide to implementing the Convention is available in English, French and Russian
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Assuming as true the phenomenological MOND law for low accelerations ($< 10^{-10} m s^{-2} = a_0$), and considering a small mass $m$ attached to a larger mass $M$ by a faint spring (let's think of it as one of those ping pong tabs with a ball attached to the center by a springy thread).
Now, the movement has two phases, when the ball is in the air and the ball acceleration points in the positive $X$ axis direction, the acceleration is always below $a_0$, so the MOND law says that the inertia (of $m$? or $M$ as well?) will be less than $m$, let's say it will be $\frac{m}{2}$. But when the ball hits the pad, it is bounced. The impulse during the impact lapse is presumably much higher than $a_0$, so the full inertia of the system applies to this phase.
Now, linear momentum is conserved thanks to the third law of Motion (action and reaction), but I seek clarification for exactly how MOND affects linear momentum conservation? Does it violate it? Is Linear momentum conserved independently of it? Can MOND be fixed to conserve it? How does it look the change?


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Record rainfall from Ida, small geyser erupts beneath Atlanta homePosted by ATLflood in Uncategorized
According to other local news sources, Hurricane Ida sent over 4 inches of rain to Atlanta yesterday. This record number quickly caused more flooding around town, even in the ATLflood HQ basement. Apparently the storms were so severe that a small geyser erupted from beneath our house, sending massive amounts of water spraying up from the floor. We didn't want to risk damaging our higher end photo equipment, but here's a quick cell phone photo capturing the event.
I was able to stop the flow of water earlier this morning but I'm somewhat concerned that I may have caught trench foot while wading through the swampy waters.


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|System: X360, PS3, Wii, PS2
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: Neversoft Entertainment
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Activision
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: June 29, 2008
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1-2
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Teen
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
The Train Keeps a Rollin'
by Jonathan Marx
Aerosmith has been rocking the world over for 35 years. They've seen musicians and trends come and go but have somehow remained a constant force. Their longevity and wild popularity is due to loads of talent and an ability to adapt their style of rock over the decades. As usual, Aerosmith is on the cutting edge of the latest musical trend: music gaming. Guitar Hero: Aerosmith includes 25 Aerosmith master tracks along with 16 songs from other groups (and Joe Perry) that are some of the band's favorites. All in all, there are just over 40 songs for living room axe-slingers to blaze through, as they follow the band's meteoric rise to Rock 'N Roll royalty.
When the title was first announced, I was a little skeptical. How was one band going to be able to pull off a Guitar Hero title by itself? Later, I learned that other bands were going to be included, and it started to make more sense. A band-centric, rather than band-specific title, could work as long as innovative features and a deep song list were included. For the most part, Guitar Hero Aerosmith delivers. There are great multiplayer options including two types of Face-Offs, Co-op play, and a nerve-racking Battle mode that take the fun of Guitar Hero from the living room and allow you to challenge the world in more ways than just leaderboards.
On the downside, the set list in GH: Aerosmith is decidedly lop-sided and not particularly deep; my initial fears were somewhat realized in that regard. Nevertheless, it was surprising just how fun the title actually is. Furthermore, if you are a serious Aerosmith fan, then you'll be smitten by the inclusion of deep cuts as well as a varied collection of Aerosmith's greatest hits. Their master tracks include classic hits such as Dream On, Sweet Emotion, Walk This Way (Twice), Back in the Saddle, and Rag Doll, while more obscure titles include Uncle Salty, Movin' Out, and Toys in the Attic.
Single-player gameplay has seen almost no innovations over previous editions. The one thing most players will readily notice is that difficulty in GH: Aerosmith has been toned down a bit compared to GH III. That's mostly due to the guitar style of Joe Perry (Aerosmith's lead guitarist). Players will rarely have to deal with tendon-straining chord progressions and will only have to contend with lightning-fast riffs. As a result, GH: Aerosmith makes players that ordinarily struggle to play Medium and Hard difficulty levels feel like champs! However, for the Guitar Hero elite (i.e. Stan Mars and Kyle Broflovski) there won't be the challenge you're used to.
In the Career mode players will be given the task of playing as both the opening acts as well as Aerosmith. Opening acts include Stone Temple Pilots, Run DMC, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Cheap Trick, The Kinks, The Clash, and Ted Nugent among others. In each new venue, you will play a couple of tunes from these groups and then will finish off the tour stop by playing a few more Aerosmith songs. Between each act, there are band interviews that give players a bit of insight into the triumphs and trials of Aerosmith as a musical group. Of course, a dreaded boss battle is also included. Mercifully, there is only one, and it's against Joe Perry. On the whole, I found Career mode to be very engaging for a quick run through. Sadly, the lack of song variety doesn't allow for much replayability.
That's where the multiplayer side of the title significantly picks up the slack. Playing Face-Offs, Pro Face-Offs, Co-op, and Battle should keep players busy for a lot longer. Face-Off pits two players against each other while alternating between sections of a given song like dueling banjos. Pro Face-Off more accurately quantifies player skill by having both competitors play the exact same notes through the entire song. Additionally, both Face-Off modes allow for handicapping via difficulty selection. That means gamers of vastly different skills can still vie for bragging rights.


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Original URL: https://www.theregister.com/2006/09/12/hp_keyworth_out/
HP 'leaker' shows himself the door
Posted in Business, 12th September 2006 16:36 GMT
The director fingered by HP as its boardroom leaker has agreed to abandon his post.
George Keyworth resigned today as an HP director. The veteran HP board member has been reluctant to comment on the spying fiasco swirling around him and but abandoned this policy of silence at the very end.
"The invasion of my privacy and that of others was ill-conceived and inconsistent with HP's values," he said. "I acknowledge that I was a source for a CNET article that appeared in January 2006. I was frequently asked by HP corporate communications officials to speak with reporters – both on the record and on background –in an effort to provide the perspective of a long-standing board member with continuity over much of the company's history. My comments were always praised by senior company officials as helpful to the company – which has always been my intention."
HP's hired help stopped at almost nothing to flush Keyworth out as the man who handed information about company planning sessions to reporters. Private investigators funded by HP spied on at least nine reporters. It even went to so far as to spy on one reporter's - CNET's Stephen Shankland - father. Mr. Shankland and Keyworth have both worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory - a connection too juicy for the investigators to ignore.
Chairwoman Patricia Dunn, who authorized the leaker probe, today agreed to step down in January as head of HP's board. CEO Mark Hurd will take on the Chairman role, and Dick Hackborn will become HP's lead independent director.
Former board member Tom Perkins, whose public disclosures of the leak op that saw HP gain unauthorized access to directors' and reporters' personal phone records, continues to push his case against the company, as do state investigators. ®


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Rodeo brings spike in local businesses
The Old Fort Days Rodeo had their opening night Monday in Fort Smith.
The 2013 Old Fort Days Rodeo in Fort Smith was packed with thousands of people Monday night to see some big names compete for cash prizes.
Rodeo chairman Ron Scamardo said he saw more people come out to this year's opening night compared to last year.
"The stadium holds about 8,000 people and I say it's about 3 quarters of the way full," said Scamardo.
Scarmardo said he's expecting a boost in business this week. Restaurants and hotels he said are already full of both people from out of town and locals coming to see the rodeo.
Scamardo said the big names competing are helping sell tickets.
"We've got Bobby Mott, Tough Cooper, and we've got Trevor Brazil," said Scamardo.
Scamardo said they're offering 275,000 dollars in cash prizes for competitors. He said Fort Smith cherishes western culture which is why The Old Fort Days Rodeo is still going on today.
"If you've not ever been to a rodeo you need to come because our western heritage is about to die off," said Scamardo.
Rodeo admission is 12 dollars. The Old Fort Days Rodeo has been going on for 80 years now and is in town till June 1st.


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Net::LDAP::Control::Relax - LDAPv3 Relax control object
use Net::LDAP;
use Net::LDAP::Control::Relax;
$ldap = Net::LDAP->new( "ldap.mydomain.eg" );
$relax = Net::LDAP::Control::Relax->new();
$msg = $ldap->modify( 'dc=sub,dc=mydomain,dc=eg",
changes => [
replace => { modifyTimestamp => '19700101000000Z' } ],
control => [ $relax ] );
die "error: ",$msg->code(),": ",$msg->error() if ($msg->code());
Net::LDAP::Control::Relax provides an interface for the creation and manipulation of objects that represent the
Relax control as described by draft-zeilenga-ldap-relax-03.txt
The presence of the Relax control in an LDAP update request indicates the server temporarily relax X.500 model constraints during performance of the directory update.
The control is appropriate for all LDAP update requests, including add, delete, modify, and modifyDN (rename) [RFC4511].
Its criticality is always set to TRUE, and no value.
There is no corresponding response control.
Since the
Relax control does not have any values only the constructor arguments described in Net::LDAP::Control are supported
As there are no additional values in the control only the methods in Net::LDAP::Control are available for
Net::LDAP::Control::Relax objects.
Net::LDAP, Net::LDAP::Control,
Peter Marschall <email@example.com>.
Please report any bugs, or post any suggestions, to the perl-ldap mailing list <email@example.com>
Copyright (c) 2013 Peter Marschall. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.


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Lux philosophy: each vessel is the product of the customer's requirements and the Lux shipyard's experience
The Rhine is one of the world's busiest waterways. From its source in the Swiss Alps to its estuary into the North Sea in the Netherlands it covers a distance of around 1,200 km. For most of this distance it passes through Germany. The romantic nature of the Rhine Valley, with its numerous castles, has been a source of inspiration for poets and composers. Many companies use the river as a locational advantage, while creative entrepreneurs establish shipbuilding companies on its banks.
For 90 years, Rhine kilometre 578.5 has been home to the headquarters of the SCHOTTEL Group. 82.5 km further north, at Rhine kilometre 660.9, Johann Lux founded the Lux shipyard in 1945. Given their neighbouring location between the cities of Mainz and Cologne, there have been ties between them ever since. 90% of all vessels built at Lux are fitted with SCHOTTEL propulsion systems.
It all began with skiffs …
Johann Lux, a trained shipbuilder, lay down the keel for his first skiff in 1945. The business flourished. More than 5,000 skiffs were produced, by which time Lux had started launching larger vessels: Official numbering began in 1948 with No. 1 in the Yard Number Register – a victualling tugboat nearly 16 m long and over 3 m wide. In 2010 came Yard Number 192 – MS "Princesse Marie-Astrid" with an overall length of 60 m and an overall width of 11.40 m.
Meanwhile, No. 197 is under construction. Three to five vessels leave the shipyard each year. The shipyard has carefully adapted its capacities to meet demand by means of organic growth and acquisitions, and builds vessels of the highest quality.
Today, LUX-WERFT UND SCHIFFAHRT GmbH is known throughout Europe as a passenger vessel specialist. Lux vessels ply the Rhine and its tributaries, as well as the Danube, Weser and Elbe, inland lakes, and the waterways of Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, France and the Netherlands.
... and grew to become a passenger vessel specialist renowned throughout Europe
The third generation of the family is now active in the business. The range of products and services of the Lux shipyard covers all relevant fields, such as market analysis, location assessment, concept creation, design, construction, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, interior design, overland transportation and service.
Managing Director Elmar Miebach reveals the secret to the company's success: "Each vessel is the product of the customer's requirements and the Lux shipyard's experience." The company employs around 50 people. "Specialists in every field work together with the objective of building vessels that meet the requirements," affirms Miebach.
Another important factor is the know-how of the major suppliers. Streamlined propulsion concepts are developed in close cooperation with SCHOTTEL. Miebach: "If a customer orders a vessel and does not explicitly state a preference for something else, we always recommend SCHOTTEL systems. The vessels in our own fleet are fitted with SCHOTTEL propellers. That is the most convincing argument."
A second main pillar of business with its own fleet
Since 1967, the family has had a second string to its bow, operating vessels on lakes and reservoirs, and has operated a ferry service across the Rhine since 2006. The company's own passenger vessel fleet ably demonstrates the experience of the Lux shipyard.
Schütt shipping company – longstanding customer of Lux
The shipping company Schütt has been a customer of Lux for many years. All vessels of the family-owned and Rostock-based company have SCHOTTEL propulsion systems. The old "Hansestadt Rostock" was replaced in 2010. The newbuilding was the first vessel to have two new-generation STP 0320s fitted in the stern. Installed in the bow is a Transverse Thruster of type STT 010. The 250-passenger vessel with a length of 34 m, a width of 8.20 m and a draught of 1.20 m, has been fitted with the most compact STP units. The two Twin Propellers, each with a power rating of 182 kW, form an overall system consisting of a propeller and shaft with integrated fins, resulting in a considerable increase in efficiency as compared with systems incorporating just one propeller.


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I went to Akihabara to get a new battery for my Mickey Mouse watch and some blank DVDs to backup all the crap that I have accumulated in Japan filling my hard drive to the brink. Not that a laptop drive has a lot of space to start with anyway.
As my "fixed" watch is in the shop getting re-fixed, I've got a week to wait to get it back hopefully working much better than before.
Before I left the apartment, I looked up a shop on Google Earth and made it part of my mission to see if I could find it. It's a little outside of Akihabara, so I was relying on my net reference and a little help from my phone GPS.
It's a bit hit and miss. Sometimes it picks up the satellites, and sometimes I can't get it to fire up at all. Today, I was in luck. It got me within a block of the target so I found the place easily. Maybe I'm not going to be as lost as I thought.
Akihabara is an interesting place to wander around.
I searched in as many shops as possible to find the cheapest watch battery and discovered that Yodobashi Camera was the least costly at 390 yen. I was hoping to find the 397 battery in a 100 yen shop, but it looks like it isn't the most common battery around these parts.
I went into the closest Maccas with yet another expired coupon and.. success, another free coffee! Sugoi!
While I was there I used my swiss army knife to carefully remove the tiny screws of my watch. It's probably not the best place to change a battery, with a potentially watch destroying coffee close by.
Nearby I also picked up a pack of Tim Tams for 298 yen. It wouldn't be a bargain back home, but here that's a pretty good price.
It gets dark here early about 5pm, so I made my way back home to make nice din dins for the gf and myself. The salami and cheese are yet to finish, so on tonight's menu is a tasty combo with these tasty morsels. I got the oishii seal of approval.
She got her keitai back too. Looks like the japanese are honest enough to return a misplaced phone. That would NEVER happen back home.
Oh, eight months in Japan by the way. Bring it on!
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Winner Takes All in Historic America's Cup Final
Team USA is poised to make one of the biggest comebacks in sports history in the final sailing race for the America's Cup against the collapsing Team New Zealand. Sports reporter Stu Woo and "Sailing World" editor David Reed join Lunch Break. Photo: Getty Images
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... I ... cus a point to make one of the biggest comebacks in sports history today in the final sailing race for the America's Cup against the collapsing team New Zealand ... it's Wednesday September twenty Fifth welcome to lunch break ... I'm Wendy downs our sports are sports reporter stairwell he is out in San Francisco for the big event ... the Giants right now along with David reviews editor sailing World magazine ... status and you're out there a lot on the stainless that we in the summer comparing this ... to the Comeback equivalent on dry land of the Red Sox and they came back in two thousand and four four game winning four games to beat the Yankees with American League Championship to set the stage for us here we get a quick recap ... of the past few days ... the series were best seventeen o ... seven ... new Zealand dominated the Brisbane competition ... and were up eight to one ... last Wednesday ... and then in the past the horrible happens to me it was a straight man is never a ... winner is the final day ... set ... David jump in here and in this is our offices is up Oracle Team USA bankrolled by billionaire ... Larry Ellison ... tell tell us a little bit about how the course is so different now in the America's Cup as well of the boats ... in what people were uses seen in decades past ... one data point is that ... they ... did in the past and see much of the racing ... was typically Ariz well offshore here especially new paradigm ... I see the book on in our harbor that's coming in today so ... this was Larry this was to interchange and up to make ... up the sport more ... appealing a more ... or exciting to watch for for both sailors and non sailors ... and so the party was to bring it inside the day they can to make the most exciting to watch ... and that they don't want ... when you when it bought out there a lot of the TV executives told them that ... we know it stinks or less to do something different and ... that's what seen it ... in you think of some of the problems that team USA was having earlier on actually stand back to about a year ago ... I'll what was happening David ... that's right so at that these are these the EC said he chooses to call me suck it up a ... tremor or sword veterans of ... were new to both the sailors into teams and you know this this is an open split from other teams and so ... in the early days of ... their first boat you know they were pushing it in in strong winds like to know the ... that's even ... there's a lot of the dishes ended up upside down ... and shattered in pieces and ... it's a toe back to the BEA's rebuild the ... bill the wing ... and the start over so that those days that they lost not sailing ... and ... really put him ... far behind on the training development ... Astana people talking about the New Zealand and some of the members of that team perhaps ... show Kenyan critical races of late and in people saying what ... I'm actually choking sailing was a little the primer here ... yet as and when the witnesses and ladies in blue is just that stupid everybody there and how how was the race like that ... there is not just about Zealand's Auckland lending rates ... he's raise the ... existing goes back to shore and it is worth it be that those that need to declare that the tenure of movies in the near term ... unless it is that yes the hero as these seniors on the water ... or ... that they can make a ... lot to say ... it's not just out there ... who have actually not that though ... and David I you know Larry Ellison Avici wanting to see his boat when so much so that he skipped a big Oracle law conference I skipped the keynote address to the Oracle conference ... t think he made them the right decision to go out there and watch the the the sailing race instead ... I dug out ... into ... the I it's it's a ... this is is a dent in this is his debut in ... unlike the TV package that is called a lot of people in in the craft that go for days and ... other competitions until the time putting it in front of eyeballs is that this is probably the most dramatic thing of the stock actually on the side of the boat said ... it really made it understandable ... enough for anybody to watch ... and understand was and is not so I think ... the the ... investment is made ... in the Bayview the TV ... the concept of ESC it out to be and ... still speaking and this is the given viewing pleasure main ally lot of my friends and I mean we've been really talking about how ... incredible it's been so watch this race just because of that the boats are so ... different there's honestly been made and the andthe capsizing people been injured ... 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Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe is fighting for the right to get U.S. Postal Service employees out of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) as critics whether the service has the expertise to build a better plan.
Donahoe talked about health benefits today during a Postal Service hearing organized by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's federal workforce subcommittee.
The Postal Service now gets health coverage for active employees through the FEHBP, and a federal law requires it to pay in advance to fund future retiree health benefits. The organization is facing big, growing deficits, in part because of the effects of the retiree health benefits prefunding requirement and in part because of customers' increasing reliance on electronic communications, Donahoe said, according to a written version of his remarks posted on the committee website.
The Postal Service is spending about $13 billion per year — 20% of its revenue — on health care, with $5.6 billion per year going toward prefunding retiree health benefits, $4.4 billion for premiums for active employees, and $3.2 billion for premiums for current retirees, Donahoe said.
Today, because of the way the FEHBP and the retiree health benefits rules work, "cost fluctuations in this large component of our total operating costs, second only to wages, are largely out of our hands," Donahoe said.
Donahoe says letting the Postal Service set up its own health plan could help it save about $7 billion in the first year and about $22 billion by 2016.
The Postal Service would achieve those savings by offering just a few levels of coverage, rather than the long list of choices that the FEHBP offers; eliminating the retiree health benefits prefunding requirement; and adding better wellness and condition management programs, Donahoe said.
Now, for example, the Postal Service has little ability to get retirees to shift into the Medicare program rather than relying mainly on Postal Service-provided benefits, Donahoe said. He reported that getting retirees to make as much use of Medicare as possible would save about $565 million in the first year.
Walter Francis, an independent consultant and the author of a book on the FEHBP, said during his testimony that the Postal Service has demonstrated no ability or real desire to run a health plan, and that he believes the organization is simply looking for a solution that would give it access to billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies.
The Postal Service "would do so by claiming that its new plan would enable it to eliminate or vastly reduce the contributions to FEHBP reserves for retirees that it is forced to make under present law," Francis said. "The motives for this are perfectly clear and transparent. Indeed, in some sense the logic of the USPS proposal is impeccable. If a debt is onerous, make whatever changes are needed to write it off."
The Postal Service "has proposed a massive reduction in health insurance benefits to current employees in the name of modernization and value purchasing," Francis said.
Francis said the Postal Service is suggesting that it might offer a "Value Option" with a $4,000 deductible — without making arrangements to offer health savings account or health reimbursement arrangement contributions.
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Vientiane restaurants are mostly found down by the river. A host of open-air joints overlooking the Mekong River serve traditional Lao, Thai and Southeast Asian dishes. These restaurants are mounted on stilts or perched on the riverbank, each offering a different experience of the Lao capital.
There's also a distinct European charm when dining out in Vientiane. You'll find fine-dining venues occupying colonial buildings, as well as cafés offering strong coffee and freshly baked pastries. Most of these restaurants in Vientiane are ideal for watching the locals and tourists go about their business – an experience sometimes lost in the more hectic cities of Southeast Asia.
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Take a walk around town and you'll find everything from swanky establishments presenting dishes resembling fine works of art, to local vendors serving up bowls of noodles by the riverfront – and pretty much everything in between. Check out this guide of where and what to eat in Vientiane for some of the city's great restaurants.Read more


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There is little doubt that a new version of the Keystone, with a different route or by train, will be approved even if President Obama wins a second term. The Keystone project was ill-conceived from beginning to end. The route was foolish and oil sands production should be upgraded in Canada or shipped by looping existing pipelines from north to south.
The timing made it impossible for any sitting president to approve, especially when to do so would alienate a large chunk of the base of his support. Any mega-project should be broken down into bite-sized pieces, avoid election cycles, and operate under all radars.
For instance, the equally gigantic Alberta Clipper pipeline -- now under construction -- was approved without a murmu in 2009 by President Obama to carry oil sands production through Wisconsin to Chicago refineries.
This is the lesson of the oil sands controversies. Canadian corporations and governments must stop being naïve. Politics and geopolitics trump everything including good will, free trade agreements, contracts, handshakes, and trust.
Which brings me to China.
Canada cannot be naïve when it comes to Beijing either.
There is no way that Canada should embark on a special relationship with China and fortunately, the Canadian delegation did not bite when Beijing indicated that China would welcome a "free trade deal" between the two countries.
A special bilateral arrangement with China would be exponentially more dangerous than relying on the U.S. Congress or American politicians to do what makes economic and energy sense.
China will eat Canada, or any other country, for lunch.
The Prime Minister's trip to China should be followed up with equally prominent visits to the other major Asia-Pacific nations where Canada is on the short end of lop-sided trade relationships. The most asymmetrical relationships involve Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand as well as China.
Canada has a great deal of work to do in Asia: In the first nine months of 2011 Canadians exported $33.8 billion exports to 16 Asia-Pacific nations and imported $64.8 billion imports. A reversal of these figures must be a trade priority.
Here's the playbook for the PM in that region:
1. The Prime Minister should undertake similar high-level trade missions even in countries with long-established relationships but which import dramatically less from Canada than they could, like Japan or South Korea.
2. Canada must seek trade deals and arrangements that will facilitate the purchase of Canadian-made manufactured or value-added products instead of signing deals to buy more commodities that are already available to any buyer globally. This means deals for lumber, paper, furniture or building modules, not logs and pulp; building materials not raw materials and for cars, trucks, planes, trains, financial services, and machinery.
3. Canada must make it clear to Japan, South Korea, China and the rest that reciprocity is a priority: No investment or market access in their countries and none will be granted in Canada.
4. Canada should firmly state that it seeks bilateral relationships where whatever value-added products Canadians import are offset by similar exports. For instance, Japan and South Korea tax and restrict car imports from North America through devious means that are unfair trade and contrary to the World Trade Organization rules. They should be put on notice, in concert with Americans, this must stop.
5. Finally, just as the China visit got America's attention, visits to all the Asia-Pacific countries will get Chinese attention. These countries must be played off against one another just as America must be played off against Asia.
Fortunately, the Prime Minister, who has blasted China for its human rights violations, gets it.
So do others. Canadians must be reminded about the scandal involving China's Sinopec Shanghai Engineering. The company now wants the Supreme court of Canada to exclude it from appearing in a Canadian court to defend 53 charges of workplace violations against it, outstanding for three years, linked to the death of its own Chinese guests workers at an Alberta oil sands plant.
This illustrates that these countries, and their corporations, can be ruthless when it comes to their own interests. And Canada must be too. This is not about friendship, but about business. This country must realize that it can and should leverage its resources to get value-added and manufacturing export business.
Pandas are one thing. Pandering is another.
This article first appeared in the Financial Post.


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The field of study called population genetics has played a critical role in the development of modern biology, helping unite Mendelian genetics and Darwinian evolution into one coherent framework. In most genetics classes, though, it typically gets plowed through in a simplified form in a single lecture. I suspect this is because it involves a lot of math, and most biologists like being in the field precisely because it's generally possible to avoid all but the simplest math.
Nevertheless, population genetics has some critical insights to offer in the area of modern genomics, as evidenced by a paper that appeared in this week's edition of Science. Some population geneticists have looked into the results of the search for mutations in genome data. Their conclusion: the human population explosion has led to the appearance of many new, rare mutations in the human population, and it's throwing all the math off, which has some serious implications for medical research.
At the simplest level, population genetics can help us predict how often a mutation should be present in a specific population. Feed its equations things like the population size, how harmful or beneficial the mutation is, the typical mutation rate, and so forth, and it will spit out a nice prediction of what the final frequency of the mutation should be. It nicely demonstrates why even harmful mutations stick around at low levels in a population, even as evolution is doing its best to get rid of them.
The reason the math gets complicated is that the equations describe a population at equilibrium, and most populations aren't. Once you start adjusting for things like genetic drift, population bottlenecks, and migration, the equations all become a lot messier.
Most human populations exhibit just about all of these complications, but the authors focused on one aspect in particular: its rather unusual growth pattern. Over the past 400 generations of humans, it's estimated that the total population has expanded by something on the order of 1,000 fold. Not only that, but the growth has been uneven. The spread of urban centers starting about 3,000 years ago interrupted a period of relatively stable growth, and things like better nutrition, public sanitation, and vaccines have set off a period of even more rapid growth in the last 1,000 years.
Significant population growth is enough to throw a simple population genetics model off. If you have the sort of lopsided growth humans have seen and you adjust for it using a linear pattern of growth, the results will go off pretty badly. To show just how badly, the authors calculated some expected frequencies based on three different models for a European population: no growth, steady growth with bottlenecks, and the same bottlenecks, but with recent exponential growth. For a large population sample, the simple models can be off by as much as 500 percent.
The model they've developed has some pretty significant implications both for current genomic research and for medicine. As far as research goes, the conclusion is pretty simple: even though we have more human genetic samples than ever before, most studies still haven't been able to survey a large enough population to see the influence of the rapidly expanding human population. That's beginning to change, so it's important that the researchers who are doing this work use the appropriate math, or they're going to have a hard time interpreting what they see.
For medicine, the population growth means that there will be a huge abundance of mutations that have arisen in the past few generations, since population genetics won't have time to lose any via genetic drift, or get rid of them through selective pressure. Many of these mutations will be unique, limited to an original founder and their descendants.
For neutral mutations, which don't confer any harm or benefit, a modified population genetics model should work well. But that will fail for harmful mutations, since it assumes these will have been selected against. In reality, most of them will be so new that this won't have had any chance to happen. "Deleterious mutations would likely exhibit an even larger percentage of novel rare variants," the authors note. And that has consequences for our search for factors involved in complex genetic disorders like autism: "The medical implications of an excess of rare genetic variation and increased individual mutational load are of particular interest in light of the limited success of genome-wide association studies at explaining the genetic basis of complex human diseases."
In other words, our search for the causes of complex genetic diseases is going to be complicated by the fact that most of the mutations that cause them will be unique within the population.
With time, we'll have much more genetic data, and these issues will sort themselves out. But for now, it seems that we may be stuck trying to paint a picture of a dynamic human population based on a partial, static snapshot. Viewed that way, it's not much of a surprise that the completion of the human genome hasn't led to an overnight revolution in our understanding of disease.
Science, 2012. DOI: 10.1126/science.1217283 (About DOIs).


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Ken Done has had a hugely successful career as an art director and designer, and is famous internationally for his colourful images of Sydney. At the age of 40, after painting for many years, he gave up his advertising career to focus on painting. He has had over 50 solo exhibitions and has been represented in the Archibald, Sulman, Wynne, Blake and Dobell prizes.
'Ken Done is one of Australia's most iconic figures and someone I have admired since I was a child,' says Amanda Marburg.
'My practice involves making plasticine models and then painting from those. In the background is a plasticine version of an unfinished painting of his that was on his easel when I visited his studio. I wanted the portrait to be colourful, playful, gentle, sensitive and sparkling with life, as Ken is.'
Born in 1976, Marburg is a Melbourne-based painter. Since graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1999, she has had a number of solo exhibitions at galleries including Kalimanrawlins in Melbourne, Rex Irwin Gallery in Sydney and Newcastle Art Gallery. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions and was a finalist in the 2011 Archibald Prize. In 2008 she undertook a Rome studio residency funded by the Australia Council.


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Mike Myers' stint as "Austin Powers" isn't over yet. The long-ago "Saturday Night Live" alum has signed on to star as the eponymous British spy in the series' upcoming fourth movie, HitFix reports.
The rest of the talent at the movie's helm hasn't been confirmed yet, and no details were available on who might direct the new "Powers" flick — or on what might happen in it.
With the series' undeniable star in place, might once-upon-a-time co-stars like Beyoncé, from 2002's "Goldmember," resurface in the new movie?
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That movie, the most recent of the hit comedies about the lascivious mod super-spy, was released back in 2002.
But its franchise, which melded action to parodies of '60s spy movies, was wildly lucrative for New Line Cinema, Reuters reports: 1999's "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" cost $33 million to make and raked in $312 worldwide at the box office.
Over the last decade, Myers has voiced "Shrek" and starred as "The Love Guru." His long-running comic characters like Austin Powers and the rock-obsessed Wayne of "Wayne's World" remain his most iconic roles, though.


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The folks over at Android Central have managed to get their hands on some leaked pictures of the upcoming Motorola Droid X2 and the HTC Droid Incredible 2.
The Incredible S from HTC will get a minor speed bump and will be powered by a 1 GHz Snapdragon processor and pack 768MB of RAM. The handset will also feature the same curvy back, as its predecessor.
The back of the phone sports an 8MP camera with dual-LED flash. Rumors also suggest that the Incredible 2 will feature wireless charging. Sadly, the handset will launch with Android 2.2.1 on-board. HTC and Verizon are yet to announce a release date for the Incredible 2.
The Droid X2 from Motorola looks similar to its predecessor the Droid X. The handset sports the same 4.3-inch display with a higher qHD resolution. The X2 will be powered by Nvidia's Tegra 2 chipset and pack 1GB of RAM. The back of the handset will sport an 8MP camera with dual-LED flash. Sadly, there is no video call camera in the front.
While Motorola has retained the mini-HDMI port, the camera shutter key has been dropped from the Droid X2. The phone will launch with Android 2.2.2 with the latest version of MotoBlur running on top of it.
At the moment, it is unknown whether the X2 or the Incredible 2 will support Verizon's 4G LTE network. Both the phones will be released under Verizon's Droid brand.
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The Dynamo begin their most important week of the season on Sunday with Eastern Conference co-leader D.C. United visiting Houston to start a three-game homestand for the Dynamo. The critical stretch includes three games in seven days against Eastern Conference foes, with matches against Sporting Kansas City (tied with United for first place in the East) on Wednesday, and the Montreal Impact (four points behind Houston) on July 21.
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Sunday's match is the third meeting this year between the Dynamo and D.C. United, with each club earning a home win. United won a high-scoring affair on April 28 at RFK Stadium, capturing a 3-2 win, with United forward Maicon Santos and Dynamo striker Will Bruin matching wits with two goals apiece.
The second meeting proved more defensive, with both clubs battling the midday heat in the inaugural match at BBVA Compass Stadium on May 12. With the Dynamo dominating possession in the second half, Brad Davis provided a sensational 30-yard strike for the only goal in a 1-0 win.
Both clubs enter Sunday's match on good form. Houston is unbeaten in three straight, with consecutive clean sheets, while United has won four of its last five. United has not played since it defeated the Montreal Impact, 3-0, on June 30, and should be well-rested.
The Dynamo are 4-0-3 at BBVA Compass Stadium and have not lost a home MLS game since June 18, 2011, a span on 16 games. United is 3-4-1 on the road this year but has never won in Houston. The Dynamo are 6-0-1 in home games against D.C., including a lopsided goal differential, with the Dynamo outscoring United 13-4 at home.
Sunday also features two of the top scorers in the league, with Houston's Will Bruin and United's Chris Pontius tied for fourth in MLS with nine goals.
Bruin has scored five career goals in just four games against D.C. United. He recorded a hat trick against United on April 29, 2011 at Robertson Stadium and scored twice in the April 28 meeting at RFK Stadium this year.
Here are some key matchups for Sunday's game:
Brad Davis vs. Perry Kitchen: With the Dynamo's shift to a 4-3-3, Davis has moved inside to form a midfield trio with Adam Moffat and Luiz Camargo the last two games. Kitchen has been the key defensive shell for United's back line, allowing United's five attacking players to get forward with his cover. Davis will look to combine with Boniek Garcia, Bruin and Mac Kandji, while Kitchen will try and slow the Houston attack. Kitchen was injured in the 28th minute of the Dynamo-United match on May 12, and it was an important loss for United.
Dwayne De Rosario vs. Adam Moffat: In United's 3-2 win on April 28, De Rosario had a vintage game, with a goal, assist and several long runs from midfield. Moffat had the upper hand on May 12, however, keeping De Rosario quiet as United generated just four shots all afternoon. De Rosario leads the league with ten assists, and Moffat will be in charge on limiting the veteran.
Boniek Garcia vs. Daniel Woolard: Honduras international Boniek Garcia has been everything the Dynamo expected when they acquired him on June 7. The crafty attacker has ran at defenses and been dynamic on the right flank in his three games with Houston. Woolard has been a steady hand at the back for United, starting 16 consecutive games at left back or center back. He'll likely play left back with a healthy United squad arriving in Houston, and will draw the tough assignment of Garcia, who nearly scored on Saturday at Kansas City and repeatedly beat Sporting KC defender Seth Sinovic.
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Michigan university, lawmakers at impasse over hESCs
May 2012
As we eagerly await the arrival of summer here at ddn headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio, we have put our feature series on drug repurposing to bed, and are about to embark on a multi-part series on trends in stem cell research. Our landmark series last summer proved very popular, and the topic is just as hot this year as it was in 2011. News about discoveries in this arena, as well as continued legal and regulatory scrutiny over the use of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), still dominates many headlines.
Case in point: In March, Michigan's House Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education said it may withhold $7 million of performance funding from the 2012/2013 state budget for the University of Michigan (U-M) and Michigan State University if U-M does not disclose the number of hESCs the school is using in its research. The university was required to report this information to the Department of Public Health by Dec. 1 under new language inserted into last year's state budget.
Specifically, the university was required to submit data showing the number of human embryos and hESC lines received in the current fiscal year; the number of embryos used for research and the number of embryos held in storage; the number of stem-cell lines created; and the number of research projects currently underway.
But U-M chose to submit the requested information in a different form. Vice President for Government Relations Cynthia H. Wilbanks sent officials a cover letter summarizing the school's stem cell research efforts and attached a folder containing a large number of press releases, news stories and journal articles that "detailed the depth and breadth and scope of the stem cell research that is going on at the university," says Rick Fitzgerald, a spokesman from the university's office of public affairs.
"Our position is that it is just not possible to boil this very important work into a series of data points," Fitzgerald tells ddn. "We reiterated that we feel strongly that the information we provided offered the kind of rich context for the research we're doing, which we believe is really important to understanding this work."
Lawmakers were miffed at the university's submission. Last month, at an annual meeting of the subcommittee and the leaders of Michigan's 15 state universities, Rep. Kevin Cotter, R-Mt. Pleasant, accused U-M of "thumbing its nose at the legislature."
Cotter, who did not respond to my interview request, said the data required of U-M could have been provided on one sheet of paper.
U-M President Mary Sue Coleman responded that she thought the university responded appropriately to the reporting requirements, and she and the legislators "would have to disagree" on the issue.
Michigan's public universities are already facing a severe budget crisis. Currently, the state budget allots $1.4 billion to higher education, a 3 percent increase over the 2011-2012 budget.
U-M, one of the nation's top-ranked public schools, has long been a leader in stem cell research using hESCs, adult stem cells and induced pluripotent (iPS) cells. Notably, U-M researchers were the first to identify stem cells in solid tumors, finding them in breast cancer in 2003. The school bolstered its hESC program in 2008 after Michigan voters approved Proposal 2, a state constitutional amendment that eased restrictions on the types of hESC research allowed in Michigan.
Legislators have until the end of the month to make their final budget decisions.
"Researchers are very concerned about the political climate in Michigan," says Fitzgerald. "There is a lot of work to be done with regard to higher education appropriations for the coming year, and a lot of differences to be resolved in our state budget. This is a complicated issue for our state, and one we hope will be resolved by the time the legislature adopts a budget."
But Jim Eliason, executive director of the Great Lakes Stem Cell Innovation Center and an outspoken critic of this current situation, isn't quite as diplomatic.
"They have put something into the higher education budget requiring some kind of nonsensical attempt at transparencyyet they are about as transparent as " he trails off.
The impasse between lawmakers and universities "does harm to the entire biotech community in Michigan," Eliason adds. "We have no trouble finding quality staff. A lot of people want to work here because of the quality of our universities. But all of this is a strong indicator that our politicians and state are anti-science. If you were a biotech company, would you really want to move to a state that is anti-science? This is like pouring cold water on recruiting efforts or start-up companies."
As we went to press, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder came out in favor of the university, arguing that the reporting requirements included in last year's state budget are "unenforceable and unconstitutional if sought to be enforced." The governor's legal counsel wrote a letter to lawmakers stating as much.
"It's encouraging that the governor is being consistent," Fitzgerald says. "We continue to work with the legislators in the appropriations process. We have a lot of time to address this and other issues."
Here's hoping that this situation can be resolved in a manner that is in the best interests of the universities and Michigan taxpayers.
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