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By Bishop Gerald Kicanas
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DAY FIVE: Jan. 9, 2010
JERUSALEM — Steve Colecchi of the U.S. bishops' conference, Bill O'Keefe of Catholic Relief Services and I left Beirut early to fly to Amman, Jordan, and then from Amman to Tel Aviv. It is complicated because Lebanon does not have relationship with Israel so you cannot fly direct. When we entered Lebanon, each person's passport is checked for an Israeli stamp which could be at least somewhat problematic. For that reason we had to have two passports in order to travel to Lebanon and then to Israel.
With all the complications, our transit went very smoothly. After long security lines and careful screening, our two flights got us to Tel Aviv, where a CRS driver met us to bring us by car to Jerusalem, about one half hour from Tel Aviv. (continue below)
(Editor's Note: Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tucson, Ariz., vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, is on a trip to Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories to attend an international meeting of bishops in support of the church in the Holy Land. He has agreed to be a guest blogger for us during the trip.)
I am always amazed at how much development takes place in Jerusalem from year to year. The countryside on the road up to Jerusalem is marked by more and more major developments. When we arrived in the Holy City we went to the Knights Palace, the pilgrim residence for the Latin Patriarchate, where we will be staying for the week.
We quickly settled in and Bill and I went for a run around Jerusalem. There is always so much to see as one moves from the Arab center in East Jerusalem to the Hasidic Jewish section of Mea Shearim to the developments in West Jerusalem. Being Shabbat, there was little traffic. Many Jews travel to the Wailing Wall on Saturdays and it is a time for prayer and rest. It was good to see so many families walking together or gathering for prayer. This happens, of course, in Arab communities on Fridays for Muslims and on Sundays for Christians. We worship one God. We pray. If only we could be one in peace.
Jerusalem draws you in by its history, fascinates you with its many sounds, overwhelms you with its diversity. As I wander through the Old City one cannot help but think how much and how little has changed in the generations who have called Jerusalem home. As a city sacred to three faiths, it is a place of pilgrimage that regretfully has known little peace. Still today you see armed soldiers and feel the tensions that can erupt instantaneously.
We enjoyed an evening dinner at Notre Dame, a residence directed by the Legionnaires of Christ where many pilgrims stay. They began a restaurant for pilgrims that served delicious food. Some of the staff of the restaurant have been trained in hospitality service at Bethlehem University, a marvelous university run by the De La Salle Christian Brothers on the West Bank in Bethlehem. George, our waiter for the night, was working for his first night. While nervous, he cared for us well.
It was good to see Matt Davis, Director of CRS in this country, along with Elias, a Palestinian who works with CRS, and Ian, who is assistant director in his first year in this area. They updated us on the work of CRS, especially in Gaza since the war last year and helped us figure out plans for our stay this year.


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Did anyone care to watch any of the Super Regional in Dallas? Was that yesterday or today? This thread could get a lot of crickets, but if there's any prospects you know of that participated in that to keep an eye on... post in this thread. I can't really find much info on it online. Perhaps there will be brief mentions here and there worth hearing about. Wasn't there another big TE prospect that participated in the Regional Combine up in Seattle?
Anyone know anything more about this prospect? He's fast for his size and offers versatility:
http://www.sooeveningnews.com/apps/pbcs ... /130409679
Probably not going to get drafted, unless in late rounds.

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Sierra Leone
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- 1.6% Estimated Prevalence
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- 2,800 Estimated Deaths (2009)
- 15,000 Estimated Orphans
- 3,660 Reported Number of People Receiving ART
- 20,000 Estimated Number of People Needing ART
UNAIDS Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, November 2010
HIV/AIDS Assets and Strategic Focus
Strategic Focus
CDC has no in-country presence in Sierra Leone. All CDC support to the country is coordinated from headquarters in Atlanta. Currently, two cooperative agreements, awarded to the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) and the American Society of Clinical Pathology support activities in-country.
Strengthening Public Health Laboratory Systems
The CDC's International Laboratory Branch (ILB) is helping to establish a national reference laboratory (NRL) for infectious disease in-country – a first for Sierra Leone. With President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) funds, the CDC, in conjunction with the Global Fund, World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and the APHL collaborated in the development of a national laboratory policy and strategic plan.
In early 2011, the Sierra Leone MoHS Laboratory Services Unit and the National AIDS Secretariat (NAS) completed converting an HIV Reference Laboratory into a National Infectious Disease Public Health Laboratory that will offer serology, molecular diagnostics, and microbiology public health services. The MoHS is validating a five-year strategic plan aimed at developing an organizational structure for the national laboratory system.
Strengthening Monitoring and Evaluation
CDC conducted a pre-pilot evaluation to assess infrastructure, systems, and potentials for integration into the existing maternal and child health program and will develop guidelines to conduct an expanded pilot.
Notable Accomplishments
CDC developed strong partnerships with NAS, MoHS, WHO, UNICEF, the Department of Defense, and the United States Agency for International Development , which has led to the establishment of an MoHS-led laboratory and surveillance technical workgroup, the development of a national laboratory strategic plan, and an MoHS-approved national laboratory policy.
CDC provided support and technical expertise in the expansion of the antenatal surveillance survey from 13 to 20 sentinel sites.
The CDC's Field Epidemiology Laboratory Training Program based in Ghana, has trained 50 in-country district health officers in basic epidemiology and outbreak investigation. The surveillance workforce team has also been instrumental in the development of a comprehensive national disease surveillance strategic plan to guide all disease surveillance activities until 2016.
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Apparently you can find everything on Craigslist. A couple years ago Eric Heiden, JeepSpeed racer and head of G2 Gear, saw a Phoenix Craigslist ad for an old race Jeep. He inquired. The seller didn't really know what it was, but the description sounded familiar to Eric. Long story short: Multiple phone calls were made to verify that the Jeep was a multiple SCORE/HDRA champ.
This '76 CJ-7 won Class 3 in 1977 and 1978, driven by Ray Russell. In 1985, dirt-bike enthusiast and Conejo Off-Road owner Mike Schwellinger decided to get into desert racing. He bought the Jeep through a classified ad in Dusty Times. Schwellinger promptly became SCORE Rookie of the Year in 1986 and went on to win the 1987 and 1988 Class 3 championships.
Individual race wins included the Mint 400 and multiple Baja 500s and Parker 400s. (Tragically, co-driver Les Erickson suffered a fatal heart attack while piloting it in the 1989 Parker 400.)
Schwellinger's main sponsor was George Adler's 4Wheel Parts Wholesalers. George's sons, Greg and Kevin, got their first taste of racing as crewmembers and co-drivers of the Conejo Off-Road Jeep.
When Schwellinger moved to a Class 4 Ford in 1990, the Jeep was sold to Mike Lesle and driven by Curt LeDuc. Then it disappeared from the scene. After talking to Eric Heiden about the Craig's listing, Greg Adler jumped at the opportunity to get the Jeep back in the family.
Like a big-buck Barrett-Jackson barn find, the Jeep was mostly intact. The original brushguard was gone, but most of the '80s state-of-the-art technology remained. Jon Snyder, Mike Schwellinger's stepson and crew chief, helped Kevin Adler freshen up the Jeep. Jon Snyder says that the KISS philosophy ("keep it strong and simple") was enforced throughout.
Kevin Adler brought the Jeep out of retirement for the 2010 NORRA Mexican 1000 race. True to form, it won its class. He plans to run it at select BITD races in 2013 as a tribute to Mike Schwellinger, who himself had planned to come out of retirement to race one final Baja 1000 when he died unexpectedly in 2006.
Kevin Adler adds, "Mike Schwellinger had a large heart. I appreciate him and the Conejo Off-Road team letting myself and Greg into their racing family. We were in the parts business, but without Mike and Gayle Schwellinger and Jon Snyder, racing might never have come to life for us."
This CJ-7 brings the Adlers' racing efforts full-circle.
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1976 Class 3 CJ-7
Engine: AMC 401 bored 0.030 over, 11:1 compression, shot-peened rods, ported/polished heads, Engle solid mechanical cam, Edelbrock Torker intake manifold, Holley 750 double-pumper, K&N air cleaner, custom headers, MSD 6AL ignition, Brassworks water pump, Magnaflow mufflers
Transmission: TH400, reverse manual valve body, B&M ratchet shifter
Transfer case: Modified single-range Quadra-Trac
Front Axle: Wagoneer Dana 44, 4.56 gears, F-150 hubs and rotors, 11⁄16-inch studs
Rear Axle: Dana 60, Summer Brothers shafts & spool, 4.56 gears, Wilwood brakes, 11⁄16-inch studs
Springs & Such: Custom Warren 31⁄2-inch springs, Fox remote-reservoir shocks
Tires & Wheels: 33x12.50-15 BFG Baja T/As, 15x7 American Racing Outlaw IIs
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ -- Some people might dismissed the crowd reaction last night during Monday Night Raw. Some others will explain it as the crazy Bizarro World reaction for the Raw after WrestleMania or simply as too many smart fans trying to take over the show.
Here's our attempt to explain what happened at the Izod Center.
The crowd up until the Sheamus versus Randy Orton encounter. The Miz and John Cena were hugely hated, and Wade Barrett and Dolph Ziggler were decidedly babyfaces. Even the six-man match with 3MB was able to go out there without any problems. Nothing compared to what happen when the crowd, as a whole, decided it had had enough and they wanted their voices to be heard.
At first, the crowd's message got lost in the sea of different chants but the first gut reaction from the crowd was just: �Not those two again!� Not because they felt Orton and Sheamus were not good wrestlers but more for what they started chanting at some point: �Same old sh--!�
Poor Sheamus and Orton saw their match become the highlight of the night for everything the crowd did and for the fact that they were unable to take control of it back from them.
Compare that to John Cena, who was later able to pull the crowd back in, during the main event and again after the camera stopped rolling.
The crowd was heavily influenced by a major influx of European tourists in town for the whole weekend of activities associated with WrestleMania. Europeans are very festive people who like to dance and sing while attending a sporting event such as a soccer or hockey game.
They sure lead the pack last night and really let them have it. Some of the chants included: Mike Chioda, Ole Ole Ole, RVD, Big Show, JBL, Jerry, Michael Cole, Justin Roberts, CM Punk, Y2J, Austin, X-Pac (who was in attendance in a press box), ECW, Randy Savage, HBK, Ice Cream man, thank you Big Show (when he finally ended the match), Yes (after Show punched Orton), Pretzel guy, cotton candy, we are awesome, throw the chair (as Big Show was 0 for 2 in chair throwing in the ring), and finally did the wave like at a soccer or hockey game.
It didn't take long for the crowd to grasp that it was going to be the major story, aside from Dolph Ziggler becoming the World champion to a thunderous reaction. The Ziggler love brought back memories of Steve Austin as the crowd�s darling even with his heel persona 15 years ago.
Fandango got more than a babyface reaction � he got a standing ovation. Even if the crowd popped big for Jericho's interference, consider this the stamp of approval on the new character. As Fandango was slowly retreating to the back, the fan section that was strongly behind Wade Barrett earlier on and was usually the section leading the crowd, started to hum his theme song while dancing. Everyone followed and it would be there on and off until the end of the show.
When Mark Henry battled John Cena in the main event, Cena did what he always does when this type of reaction happens and played along with it doing a few dance steps to the crowd�s delight. The crowd popped huge for what seemed like a heel turn for Ryback but sounded like a face turn as the crowd was more than happy that someone would finally take out the most hated man in the building: John Cena!
When the dust clear and Cena was picking himself up after the show, anyone who thought this thing was over and people were going to gently go back home were dead wrong. The humming and dancing continued and got stronger as Cena thanked the crowd by putting them over and relinquishing the WWE championship to them.
Everything that WrestleMania wasn�t for the hardcore fans, this edition of Monday Night Raw was. These fans, who take vacation time during WrestleMania to travel from all over the world, are there to have fun and be a part of something they have dreamt about for years. Last night they just might have cemented a tradition for the Raw after WrestleMania.
It happened last year too, with the Yes chant for Daniel Bryan and the destruction of John Cena by Brock Lesnar.
Fandango�s music could very well become the Yes chant of 2013. Also let�s not forget to keep an eye on how Zieggler will surf this new wave of popularity.
We often forget that during the height of ECW and the Attitude era, violence and foul language was not the main reason the product was popular. The main reason was that the crowd felt like they were part of the show and that their reaction to the product had an impact on what would be coming next.
Maybe after last night if crowds at PPV, Raw and Smackdown start to react that way because they want to have fun just like they saw last night, we could have a new era just like John Cena said to close the show: �This new belt, like The Rock said, was for the people, and I think he�s right, this is the People�s era.�
Pat Laprade and Bertrand Hebert will complete their WrestleMania tour with Smackdown tonight in Boston. But before so, they will stop by historian and friend Tom Burke�s house to have a look at his impressive wrestling collection.


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Mike Filigenzi wrote:Mark - Interesting that you brought the issue up regarding fresh vegetables. The dietary guidelines I was given indicate that these are fine as long as they're "well washed". I had pretty much decided I wasn't going to rely on that. Greens in salads will be off my list for a while, whether they're well washed or not. My greens will be in the form of chard, kale, etc., cooked and put in pasta or risotto or something like that. A bout of salmonella poisoning would be a very bad thing for me for the next few months.
Since I know that you're an analytical chemist, Mike, I am sure that you appreciate the difficulties associated with getting rid of any contaminant, let alone one as tenacious as a bacterium. I am afraid that "well washed" would involve soap and hot water and I for one wouldn't view that as a decent way to treat my food Yeah, those green, leafy veggies cooked and put into soup, pasta, etc. will work well. Stir fries will also be useful, I expect.
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James Lowes, the rugby league legend who until recently was working with the Leeds Rhinos, has made the intriguing move across to rugby union, where he will become the head coach of Leeds Carnegie.
The 43-year-old former GB international will leave his job as assistant coach to both the Super League champions and the England rugby league team to take up his new role.
He is not totally unaccustomed to rugby union, having had a short spell with Leeds-based side West Park at the end of his playing days.
And Lowes, who also played for Hunslet, Leeds and Bradford during his highly-successful rugby league career, insists that he can guide Carnegie back to the Premiership.
"I have always enjoyed rugby union both as a player and a coach," he said.
Lowes has already spent time working alongside former Carnegie head coach Diccon Edwards, but the club's director of rugby Chris Gibson acknowledged eyebrows would be raised at the appointment.
"This was a big decision for the club and for James himself," said Gibson. "We are aware of his undoubted strengths as a coach from seeing him first hand with the Carnegie squad over the last 18 months and, whilst some may believe this is a bold move, we are confident it is the right move for our club to take us forward, not just for next season but hopefully for many years to come.
"People may point to his lack of experience in top flight rugby union coaching however we are fortunate here at Leeds Carnegie to have Sir Ian McGeechan on our board and I am sure they will have a close bond given both men's passion for coaching and developing the players in their charge."
McGeechan, who is chairman of Leeds Carnegie, said: "I have often spoken since my return to the club about the unique environment and opportunity we have here at Leeds Rugby to take advantage of the cross code nature of our club and certainly the appointment of James can only strengthen that bond.
"James is an extremely talented, young coach who has the respect of our entire squad."
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On Our Radar: Where Are the Women?
Put down that latte — your new mid-afternoon pick-me-up is just a dial tone away. Fast Company reports on research that suggests you can get a mini mid-work energy burst by making personal phone calls. –Rachel Feintzeig
Divorce could be a blow to an executive's heart, but shareholders may want to pay attention to their CEO's marital status for more pecuniary purposes. New research out of the Stanford Graduate School of Business finds that divorce can affect a CEO's concentration and productivity, change their risk appetite, and potentially even his or her ownership stake depending on how assets are split. The paper has juicy details of famous CEOs and how long after a divorce they lasted in the top spot. —Melissa Korn
Where have all the women gone? Bloomberg shows just how few female executives there are in states like Arkansas and Alabama, even in relation to the number of women workers overall and not the entire population. D.C. and New Hampshire show a little better, but it's still not a pretty number –-Melissa Korn
How to avoid looking like you've stalked the employer you want to work for (while actually still kind of stalking the employer you want to work for.) Quartz offers up some pre-interview tips for the Google age. –Rachel Feintzeig
Switzerland does it best. Invest in workers, that is. The Human Capital Report, released Tuesday by the World Economic Forum, ranked countries in how they foster their labor forces in areas such as education and health. The U.S. was 16th, Yemen was last. WSJ's Real Time Economics blog wrote up the report and included a nifty interactive graphic that allows you to see where each country ranked. — Lauren Weber
And finally…
Eileen Pollack writing for the New York Times Magazine ponders the million-dollar question: Why are there still so few women in science? Somewhere along the line, the numbers don't add up. — Francesca Donner


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Sarah Claypool
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Major/Minor: Major: Chemistry
Mainstream American culture has gleaned many things from the first residents of this land—including a rich body of medicinal lore and healing wisdom. The quest for this knowledge has been a journey filled with discovery for Sarah Claypool '10, 2009 recipient of the prestigious Frederick Douglass Fellowship at Washington College.
The Frederick Douglass Fellowship supports independent student work in African-American studies, Native American studies, and related fields. The fellowship, which provides an annual grant of up to $1,500 to a Washington College sophomore or junior and a $500 honorarium to a faculty mentor paired with the student, is administered through the College's C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience.
Claypool's project, "Blending the Old with the New: Influence of Native American Healing on Western Medicinal Practices," yielded a cornucopia of revelations, both medical and sociological—from the value of cranberries as an arrow-wound cure to the respective roles of the shaman and the elder woman in society. Claypool unearthed an indigenous pharmacopia of hundreds of herbs, crops, tree barks and other gifts from nature, many of which—such as ginseng and echinacea—can be found on the shelves of health-food stores today.
In the holistic approach of traditional Native American cultures, Claypool found, spiritual purification was a vital component of physical wellness. The goal, then as now, was a better life through better health. As a Hopi blessing put it, "May you be happy, may you be free of any illness, may you reach old age, and may you pass peacefully on in your sleep."
"When I was chosen to be the Frederick Douglass Fellow, I knew that I was given this amazing opportunity to expand my horizons in the field of research," said Claypool. "What I did not expect however, was that the more knowledge I gained over the semester, the more I wanted to know, which in turn has driven me to make numerous connections and continue my research into my senior year."
Senior Capstone Experience
The Evolution of Ginseng: From Traditional Culture to Modern Society
Advisor: Dr. Anne Marteel-Parrish
My senior capstone experience researches the herbal dietary supplement of ginseng. I learned earlier this year that the FDA does not regulate the safety or efficiency of dietary supplements. It is the goal of this project to extract the active ingredient of ginseng, ginsenosides, and characterize the type of ginseng and the percent composition to determine how effective various sources of ginseng are. Extraction and characterization methods can include high performance liquid chromatography, H1 NMR spectroscopy, microwave extraction, one and two-dimensional thin layer chromatography, and infrared spectroscopy. The study will also incorporate cultural differences. I will analyze the original uses of ginseng by Native Americans and Asians versus the modern forms of the herb by comparing wild ginseng plants to commercial sources.
After Graduation
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Developing a consumer satisfaction scale modelled on the confirmation-disconfirmation paradigm
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Being in Hammersmith Locals and Chiswick Locals magazines has been enormously beneficial to my painting and decorating business. The Keep Things Local editorial team have been very professional, friendly and fun to work with. The magazines are interesting and informative with pieces about local business owners such as myself and entrepreneurs and people really do pick it up, read it and keep it when it falls onto their mat. I will continue to use Keep Things Local to maintain local publicity and I would highly recommend talking to the editorial team quickly as space fills up fast. If you need more exposure for your business – you'll certainly get it!
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Mixed Feelings
Short version: I played all the way through, and I'm glad I did, but I'm not sure I want to play it again.
Long version: Very much a 'see for yourself' game. The graphics are unique, the gameplay is interesting, the enemies are innovative. I love the difficulty system (die or don't die, and unlock the ability to add selective challenges [enemies get stronger/faster/vindictive etc] depending on how you feel. The story is - by design - very linear, and gameplay with mouse and keyboard becomes very demanding in places. (hear sound, dodge, fire - only often the sound for one particular enemy plays only AFTER it attacks you, and healing leaves you no time to dodge. Those levels were... not fun.) And I really resented that you unlock new weapons/skills by finding them in the game... which means you need to play the rest of the level with the new weapon instead of your super-upgraded favourite one.
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Review: AVENGERS vs. X-MEN #1: Don't Make Me Regret This
'Rama Rating: 7 out of 10
It has five writers and a scripter listed in the credits…. a special preview copy arrived in the mail with a letter by Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso (addressed to me, by name!) printed on the inside front cover. And it's Round 1 of a title bout between Marvel's current flagship group of characters – the Avengers – against their one-time flagship group of characters – the X-Men.
Clearly, this is what Marvel Comics – as of last month once again the undisputed industry leader – wants comic book readers new, old, and lapsed invested in beginning today and throughout the summer. This year's comic book event of the century.So does issue #1 succeed in meeting the hype and seeding interest to carry two limited series and the requisite dozens of tie-in issues throughout related titles (which these day, is most of Marvel's publishing line)?
Avengers vs. X-Men #1 (Round 1) is a perfectly competent comic book mind you. The art by John Romita Jr., Scott Hanna, and Laura Martin is exactly what you'd expect from this veteran trio. The script by gang-of-5 co-writer Brian Bendis is perfectly professional. But like many first issues in events of these kinds, issue #1 reads almost like a graphic rendering of all the interviews about the event so far – .i.e. it's all set-up. If there are any surprise moments in issue #1 – something we didn't know about "AvX" – it escaped this reviewer's attention.
I'm not sure any details from here on in technically qualify as spoilers, but if you've successfully avoided any and all advance press about the event, then considered yourself spoiler-warned.
The Phoenix Force is headed to Earth. Due to a crashing-landing of Nova in New York City (with the Chrysler Building serving as his crash pad), and some nifty cosmic C.S.I. Avengers work from Iron Man and Thor, the Earth's Mightiest Heroes figure out exactly what's on its way, and a little intel from Wolverine wises them up to where – or to whom – its most likely headed (is anyone but me thinking it can't be this obvious in the end?)
Cut to Captain America showing up on a beach on Utopia, home of Cyclops's X-faction. Cap rather ominously informs Cyclops he's there for Hope (to do what with her exactly isn't articulated). Cyclops, who sees Hope/the Phoenix Force as perhaps a harbinger of "rebirth" for the Mutant race decimated by the events of House of M, doesn't exactly take to kindly to Cap's ultimatum ("You understand I wasn't asking," the Sentinel of Liberty somewhat ironically declares), throws the first "punch," Cap calls in his back-up, and then it's… "to be continued in two weeks"..but really next week and the week after that, and the week after that...
Again, the issue is a perfectly competent piece of graphic fiction. It probably plays best with those who haven't followed all the advance publicity and thus don't know all the story beats already, which is maybe the point.For those who already know the set-up, Avengers vs. X-Men #1 touches base either directly (House of M and Secret Invasion) or indirectly (Civil War) with Marvel events of the past to give this added heft. Marvel successfully positions this storyline almost as a culmination of all those other previous events, and whether that was the plan all along, or just some nifty after-the-fact editorial slight of hand, it works. Avengers vs. X-Men #1 makes those other events feel like prologue.
So while the debut issue probably won't make any year-end lists of the best-crafted comic books of 2012, it does the job it was supposed to do…
…it got me looking forward to reading issue #2.
But Marvel, if this is indeed to event to end-all-events, you better really mean it this time. Avengers vs. X-Men can't just serve as prologue for 2013's even 'bigger and badder' comic book event of the century. You got me. I'm genuinely expecting sometime big and bold at the end of all this. The weight of the ramifications cannot be in dispute next year at this time.
No fooling around this time.
Consider yourselves on notice…Stay tuned for much more Avengers Vs. X-Men including fresh interviews with the editors and reviews from our regular Best Shots team of reviewers! More from Newsarama on Avengers vs. X-Men:
- Will AVENGERS VS. X-MEN Match the Impact of Previous Events?
- 10 AVENGERS VS. X-MEN Match-Ups We Want to See
- 10 Possible AVENGERS VS. X-MEN Endings
- UPDATED: AVENGERS VS X-MEN #1 Preview, Tie-in Covers
- AvX Post-Game Report, Week 1: AVENGERS VS. X-MEN #0
- Prepping for War: AVENGERS VS. X-MEN, The Story So Far


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Dennis van Limbeek needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 49 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
We are a new start-up company and our goal is to visualise flight path data collected through transponders. We are on the consumer and business side.
Being 'green' (nature aware) is one of our main strategies and we want to promote ourselves as a company which is trying to give a real insight within the aircraft industry flightpaths and the polution caused by this.
See #5 and #7 those designs got a good idea of what we are looking for!
Anyone whom is interested in flight path data, this could be plane spotters up to government agencies.
See #5 and #7 those designs got a good idea of what we are looking for!
We need a homepage/contentpage design.
For reference use these 2 pages:
Visualflights should be a mix of those 2 pages, there should be a header with the main menu (like the 1st example page), content of the menu items then apear as layers over a page similar to the 2nd example page (these layers can be closed by clicking on a x).
On the left side there should be a similar menu to the one showing on the 2nd example page. This menu should float and have a structure similar to the 2nd example page.
The website should be viewable in a fullscreen mode thus stretching of the sides should be taking into account with the design.
When there are any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
(To recap, we need a homepage design which is a mix of the 2example pages shown above).
The homepage is the conversionpage and is a mix of a frontpage and a contentpage merged into one page.
We have no existing website. Read above or email for further specific questions.
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MEDICA.de talked to professor Günter Neubauer, director of the Institute for Health Economics in Munich about nationalising the German health care system, about those being on the losing side and why doctors and insurances now will start to compete for patients.
MEDICA.de: Mr. Neubauer, how does the fund improve the German health care system?
Günter Neubauer: The fund does not improve the system, it will change the system in another way: It will be nationalised because the government decides on a uniform fee for all insured people. Due to the collapsing economy it will not be possible to fill up the fund with the needed 166.8 billion Euros. Then the state will have to grant a bridge loan which means that more debts will result from this.
MEDICA.de: Are there going to be people that will lose because of the fund?
Neubauer: Yes, many people will be losing. The young and health-conscious people for example that used less services were insured with lower fee so far. Even though these insurances would have raised their fees anyway since doctors and hospitals get more money from 1 January. However, not as much as with the fund now. Also employees are going to be on the losing side since they have to pay any additional fees themselves without a contribution made by the employer. And last but not least, small insurances are going to be losing since they cannot negotiate favourable utility supply contracts as large insurance companies can do.
MEDICA.de: Who will benefit from the fund?
Neubauer: The winners are going to be large insurances and large hospitals regarding utility supply contracts. Doctors and hospitals also benefit from the reform because they can better push through their interests against state than against insurance companies. And also the employer's share of the compulsory health insurance will rise when their employees had previously been insured with a company that required less than 15.5 percent.
MEDICA.de: The fund is supposed to force the insurance companies to economise since it creates more competition. What consequences does this have for the insured people?
Neubauer: Programs for preventing diseases or the supply of innovative may suffer from a lack of money when the companies are being forced to economise strictly. I think that the insurances perceive their clients now in a different way. Before, clients were interesting in terms of their fee, now insurance companies will practise short term care management like an interview via phone asking about food habits or weight for example. This will cause a conflict between insurance companies and doctors since they had been responsible for such measures until now.
MEDICA.de: Will the fee amounting 15.5 percent stay constant?
Neubauer: I think that the government will decide on an increased fee already in 2010. If they do not do so the insurance companies will raise additional fees on their own behalf.
MEDICA.de: Is there an alternative to the health fund?
Neubauer: The patient should carry more responsibility himself. If we use services then we should pay for them. This concerns medical costs as well as additional payments for drugs. It would also be important to consider more thoroughly which treatment is really necessary. A similar principle exists with dentists. If the patient needs a prosthesis the insurance pays a defined contribution that is sufficient for a simple solution. For an expensive one the patients needs to pay the additional costs himself – it is up to him. However, a solid primary care must be provided for every person being insured.
The interview was conducted by Simone Heimann


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On Tuesday I announced the upcoming launch of my book, Do More, Spend Less – The NEW Secrets of Living the Good Life for Less! with each of you.
I am offering my exclusive 2012 Holiday Shopping Guide to anyone that pre-orders my book before December 24, 2012. The emails and response has been incredible and Do More, Spend Less quickly moved into the Amazon Best Seller lists as the top selling "Personal Finance" and "Consumer Guide" in addition to being one of the only books for pre-launch to break the Amazon Top 100 list!
Thank you so much for buying my book and I hope you're having an amazing Black Friday!
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Facebook /quotes/zigman/9962609/delayed /quotes/nls/fb FB founder Mark Zuckerberg donated nearly $1 billion to charity in 2013, making him the biggest charitable donor in the U.S. Many of his fellow big givers, according to 24/7 Wall St., were tech-sector peers.
The largest beneficiary of the largesse of Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, was the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, which, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, leaped in 2013 into the ranks of the U.S.'s biggest foundations.
The Silicon Valley organization describes its mission like so:
We provide visionary community leadership by identifying emerging challenges in our region. We address those challenges through our grantmaking programs, our research and our ability to bring together diverse groups of problem-solvers. We build and energize a community of philanthropists who strengthen the common good.
Other corporate notables near the top of the Chronicle's list include Phil Knight, the Nike /quotes/zigman/235840/delayed /quotes/nls/nke NKE founder; Michael Bloomberg; Irwin Jacobs of the Qualcomm /quotes/zigman/77257/delayed /quotes/nls/qcom QCOM Jacobses; Google /quotes/zigman/93888/delayed /quotes/nls/goog GOOG co-founder Sergey Brin; and eBay /quotes/zigman/76117/delayed /quotes/nls/ebay EBAY founder Pierre Omidyar.
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Divyarka needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 53 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
We are a new energy conservation company and focusing innovative ideas to conserve energy and harness solar energy and also advocating the use of CFL and LED lights.
The audience is the masses.
A simple professional logo for a energy conservation company.
The logo should symbolize solar energy(show sun), should have a solar panel, LED bulb( with white light)/electric bulb/lantern/lamp.
And the logo should also depict Solar energy as green & clean energy
Please be creative in depicting energy saving by using solar energy.
Preferred colors are: Orange, Green and Light Blue. You can use all three colors in the logo at the same time.
The title text at the bottom of the logo will be:
"Divyark - For a better today"
Also open to other places the title can go on the logo.
Team Divyark
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While you are wandering around the internet participating in social networking groups, reading about ideas for marketing on the internet and discussing marketing opportunities with other groups of authors, you may hear a lot of terms that you aren't familiar with. Don't despair.
Most authors who are just becoming familiar with the internet gradually learn the terms and acronyms as they are necessary to their work.
You'll never be able to keep up with everything, but knowing a few basics will help you market your book better. You may even be able to help a few fellow author friends when they are saying, "What on earth is a blog and why do I want one?"
Plus, you may be aware of many icons (little tiny pictures) on the Internet, but not know what they are called. So how you can you figure out how to make one, if you don't even know what it's called? For example, if you are on a WordPress blog that is hosted by WordPress if you look in the URL address bar you will see a little "W" with a circle around it. This is the "favicon" of WordPress and you can make your own. (See favicon.com to make one for your own web site!)
Here are some other terms you may want to become familiar with. If you click on it, you'll be taken to the web site.
For example, here are a few acronyms:
- AJ – Ask Jeeves
- AOL – America Online
- ASP – Application Service Provider
- AV – AltaVista
- B2B – Business to Business
- B2C – Business to Consumer
- CPA – Cost Per Action
- CPC – Cost Per Click
- CPS – Cost Per Sale
- CTR – Click-Through Rate
Find all kinds of definitions here: http://www.marketingterms.com
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Join The Establishment Salons in a Coffee-Fueled Fundraiser
The Establishment Salons (locations in Milwaukee, WI and Los Angeles, CA) are putting out a call for donations of gently-used salon and spa equipment (primarily handheld items) as part of their fundraiser for the Mayan Families Beauty School in Guatemala. In addition to sending these much-needed tools to the school, The Estabishment Salons are selling coffee from Milwaukee-based specialty coffee roaster Colectivo Coffee and 100% of the proceeds will go to the beauty school.
Co-owner of The Establishment Salons, Howie Goldklang, was introduced to the Mayan Families Beauty School through his mother-in-law, who would travel there on business.
"She's been in touch with the school for several years, regularly donating," says Goldklang, who owns the Establishment salons with his wife, Carly Flynn. "She recently suggested that we check them out with the hopes of the our salons donating something. Carly and I discussed it and our first thought was working with our long time coffee partner Colectivo Coffee in Milwaukee. They take special care when sourcing their beans and blends, visiting farms and helping communities. It seemed like a natural fit to center our fundraising sales efforts around their Guatemalan blend. Our purchasing those specific pounds of coffee helps their sources as well as provided the fundraising vehicle we need to collect money for the Mayan Family Beauty School."
Clients are particpating by making purchases of the coffee and have been notified via email blasts, Instagram and through the signage at the front desk. "The most effective way to get talking about it, " says Goldklang "is our leaving 1lb bags of coffee on each station as a conversation starter for both clients and staff."
For salons interested in donating, please contact [email protected]


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The Heart of the Swarm beta test has begun! This multiplayer-only test will initially be limited to a select group of pro-gamers, members of the press, Arcade contest winners, and shoutcasters. Beta test participants are not under NDA, so you're likely going to see live streams of matches, screenshots, and casts of impromptu Heart of the Swarm throwdowns starting . . . mmm, NOW!
We will soon be inviting other players to participate in the beta, so be sure you've opted in by clicking on the "Beta Profile Settings" under the Account Management section of your Battle.net account (or just click here). Signing up from a Battle.net account that's actively playing StarCraft II will help your chances of being selected. Note that opting in doesn't guarantee beta access.
We'll also be working with several fansites and community personalities to provide more opportunities to join the beta test, so keep an eye out here and throughout the StarCraft II community for details as they emerge.
For those who are in the beta already, we appreciate your assistance in helping us test the game. If you're interested in joining the beta, we wish you luck with the opt-in and (future) giveaways, and hope to see you in a match soon!
Please note: Customer service representatives are unable to provide players with beta access. Please refrain from contacting them directly regarding beta access. Thank you!
How are beta test participants selected from the opt-in pool?
Beta testers are chosen according to their system specifications and other factors, including recent StarCraft II activity (and an element of luck), when selecting individuals during each round of invitations. Our goal is to have a wide variety of players and system types.
Will there be any other ways to get into the beta besides the opt-in?
We'll be providing beta entry giveaways through various promotions on our sites, as well as through fansites and community VIPs. We'll have more information available on these promotions as they approach.
How many players do you plan to invite to the beta test?
The number of players we invite will be based on our testing needs. If during the course of testing we determine we need more players to participate, we'll invite more.
Which game content will be available in the beta?
To start off, we will be focusing on the multiplayer experience only. We've added an exciting array of new units and abilities to the terrans, protoss, and zerg, and we'd like to have as many eyes on them as possible.
Will [AWESOME SWARM FEATURES X, Y, AND Z] be available in the beta?
Additional Heart of the Swarm features will also become available in future phases of the beta test. More details will be announced at a later date.
How long will the beta test last?
We have not determined an exact end date for the end of the beta test. We will notify participants when the beta test is nearing completion.
Will Mac users be able to participate in the beta?
Yes, Mac users will be able to participate in the beta at the same time as Windows users.
Which languages are supported in the beta?
While the Heart of the Swarm beta will be accessible in all regions, the languages supported for the beta will only include the following: English, German, French, and Korean. Support for additional languages may be added later.
Do I need StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty to participate in the beta?
No, you do not need to have purchased StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty to participate in the beta. With that said, your level of Wings of Liberty activity may play a role in your chances of being selected as a beta tester.


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When we think of vinyl, the popular flooring material of the late '70s, we think of messy glue or the peel-and-stick variety. At least I did, until Laura Fowler, one of the talented designers I work with on Summer Home on HGTV proposed using vinyl tile in one of our cottage makeovers. We were dealing with a non-winterized cottage, so hardwood was out of the question. According to Craig Pinarello of Stradwicks Carpet One Flooring and Home, "When there is no heat throughout the year in a home, wood can shrink, gap, crack or split." Mr. Pinarello does point out, that some people get lucky and don't have a problem. But when you're paying between $4 and $6 per square foot for hardwood, you don't want to roll the flooring dice. If you're wondering about engineered hardwood, it also needs humidity to last.
Vinyl, on the other hand, has come a long way, baby. In fact, many luxury vinyl tiles (LVTs) are more expensive than hardwood for many reasons. The faux bois graphics of '70s vinyl, for example, weren't great. Think faux-wood '70s wall panelling. These days, the graphics have become so good that it's hard to see the differences between LVT and hardwood. Check out the Karndean Designflooring (karndeancanada.com) to see LVT that looks identical to wood.
When it comes to installation, "even though LVTs are more expensive, the labour for the installation cost much less" Mr. Pinarello says. But the biggest plus is that vinyl tile comes in a click format like laminate floors, meaning no glue is required. This is great news for DIYers who want to avoid rented nail guns and the headaches involved with installing hardwood.
In terms of practically, LVTs are ideal for winterized and year-round cottages. There were major issues related to humidity and vinyl flooring of the past. In cottages with moisture problems, the glue required to adhere the vinyl to the subfloor would stick permanently, making it impossible to remove down the road. Or, the glue would dry completely and the vinyl would lift from the floor. You'll know what I'm talking about if your home currently has old sheet vinyl that's bubbling in places or old vinyl tiles that simply won't stick. With today's LVTs, you don't have to worry at all about water damage. Conversely, if you drip water on your hardwood floor when you're walking in from the beach, you have to wipe it up right way. With LVTs you can mop up spills later.
I have to admit, I was nervous the first time we installed LVT into a summer home. I've never been a fan of laminates and luxury click-into-place vinyl tile sounded like a complete misnomer. But I was shocked at how closely the LVT looked to hardwood; plus, it felt great underfoot. Another advantage of LVT is that it comes in so many different patterns, sizes and styles. In one cottage where we didn't paint the cedar, installing a wood floor would have made the space feel like a wooden big sauna bath. The 24x24-inch LVT tile we chose looked like whitewashed wood, and was the perfect foil to the cedar walls.
Oh yes, LVTs are guaranteed to last for 25 years without any warping or a single splinter.
If you are in the market for floors for your summer or city home, you should be shopping for flooring that you'll be happy with for 25 years. When it comes to our summer homes especially though, we don't want to make frequent decorating changes. And let's face it, we don't make frequent decorating changes in the country. We're too busy sunbathing (with SPF) or drinking beer (responsibly) on the dock.


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Background checks are downright nerve wracking. Employers typically request them when you're pretty close to being hired, and even model employees can get sweaty palms wondering if they've overlooked something that will stand between them and the job they want.
For applicants with a slightly tarnished history, the stress is even greater. But you may be able to relax: depending on what, when and where it happened, the information keeping you up at night may never even cross your boss's desk.
We're going to let you in on all the secrets: what background checks cover, why a potential employer wants to know this stuff in the first place and what you can do about it.
Who usually requires background checks, and why?
There are two main reasons employers want background checks: personal safety and financial security.
Personal safety factors in whenever a job gives you access to, or control over, other people. Correctional officers, security guards, airline careers and some construction jobs are just a few of the many positions where employers need to know who you are before they bring you on board. Aspiring daycare providers, teacher's assistants and bus drivers take note: if you want to work with children you can bank on a background check.
While most people mean well, it only takes one dishonest employee to spell financial disaster for an employer– which leads us to the second major reason for background checks: financial security. Jobs that have access to large sums of money, small valuables or that put people in positions where they might be offered bribes are often subject to background checks. This includes jobs like bank tellers, jewelry retail and electronics sales positions. Planning to work in a hospital? Plan to pass a background check. Most people wouldn't dream of taking medical supplies from the people who need them, but employers need to be sure they don't hire someone who would.
What does a typical background check include?
Simple background checks confirm your Social Security Number, while high-level security clearance can include an investigator who visits your friends and acquaintances to grill them about the only subject they have in common: you.
In most cases, background checks include:
- Employment history– who you worked for and when.
- Financial history– bankruptcies, credit score, tax liens etc.
- Criminal history– if you've been in court for it, it's probably here.
So what won't be included?
- Education, medical and military service records - without your consent, employers cannot access this information (though you may be asked to allow them to research it).
- That one night you spent in jail 23 years ago -- state laws vary, but some have limits on how long an offense is included in your background summary (provided you served your sentence).
What can you do to improve your chances of employment?
Do your homework; you can order a background check on yourself for between $20 and $50. Seeing the results gives you a chance to prepare for questions from your employer, as well as ensuring the information is correct. Background checks aren't 100 percent accurate, and you certainly don't want your job prospect to take the fall for someone's clerical error.
Don't like what you see? Don't worry. Even if you think your background check disqualifies you for certain positions, that knowledge can help you focus on the jobs you're more likely to land (saving you time and energy). Once you've got a new job, use that opportunity to begin building an employment history that will help you get hired next time.


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The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, established in 1988, is based in Austin, Texas. The 27,000-member professional organization is dedicated to educating in fighting fraud.
|Association for Project Management
The Association is the largest independent professional body of its kind in Europe, with over 15,000 individual and 400 corporate members. Its mission statement is: "To develop and promote the professional disciplines of project and programme management for the public benefit". The site hosts an interesting Glossary of project management terms, and offers a Project Management Body of Knowledge.
Jim Kaplan's information site. Offers links, tools, audit programmes, security resources, etc. developed for the benefit of the auditing profession.
|Business Software Alliance
A trade organisation representing software developers worldwide, set up to fight software copyright infringement ( or "help businesses avoid software licensing problems"). BSA offers guidance and audit tools for controlling software licensing and detecting unlicensed products - for example, see their Guide to Software Management (.pdf, 920KB) and software audit tool, GASP.
The Co-operative Association for Internet Data Analysis, provides tools and analyses promoting the engineering and maintenance of a robust, scalable global Internet infrastructure.
The CERT® Coordination Center is a centre of Internet security expertise, located at the Software Engineering Institute, a federally funded research and development centre operated by Carnegie Mellon University. Our information ranges from protecting your system against potential problems to reacting to current problems to predicting future problems. Our work involves handling computer security incidents and vulnerabilities, publishing security alerts, researching long-term changes in networked systems, and developing information and training to help you improve security at your site. See Security Improvement Modules.
|Code WarriorU.com
A free on-line learning resource covering such subjects as programming with C, C++, and Java.
|Common Criteria for IT Security Evaluation
The Common Criteria (v2.1) represents the outcome of a series of efforts to develop criteria for evaluation of IT security that are broadly useful within the international community. The Common Criteria provides a basis for evaluating the security properties of IT products and systems. By establishing such a common criteria base, the results of an IT security evaluation will be meaningful to a wider audience.
|CISCO Systems
Pretty much all you need to know about data communications. The Internetworking Technology Handbook and Glossary(Internetworking Terms and Acronyms) are worth taking a look at.
|Consumer Sentinel
An international law enforcement fraud-fighting program, Consumer Sentinel members include more than 475 law enforcement agencies in Australia, Canada and the United States. It helps them build cases and detect trends in consumer fraud and identity theft. Consumer Sentinel gives law enforcers access to over 700,000 complaints including consumer complaints from numerous Better Business Bureaus, the National Fraud Information Center, and Canada's PhoneBusters.
|Electronic Frontier Foundation
Among various activities, EFF aims to oppose misguided legislation, initiate and defend court cases preserving individuals' rights, launch global public campaigns, introduce leading edge proposals and papers, host frequent educational events, regularly engage the press and publishe a comprehensive archive of digital civil liberties information. Among other publications the site hosts materialon recent legal cases.
A standards organisation involved in the development of industry-driven standards for the Electronic Product Code (EPC) Network to support the use of radio frequency identification (RFID). The site offers information and research papers about RFID technology and its uses.
FraudNet is the area of AuditNet devoted to sharing fraud policies, procedures, code of ethics, and resources.
|Free Software Foundation
FSF is the principal organisational sponsor of the GNU Project. The GNU Project was launched in 1984 to develop a complete Unix-like operating system which is free software: the GNU system. Variants of the GNU operating system, which use the Linux kernel, are now widely used; though these systems are often referred to as ``Linux'', they are more accurately called GNU/Linux systems.
Legal white papers on such subjects as computer crime, e-mail policy and privacy.
|GNU Project
|Grid Computing
The ability to perform billions and billions of calculations using the power of many processors acting in concert. See.....
- IBM's grid computing web site explains "multiple heterogeneous systems, seamlessly integrated as a powerful single system". See also the University of Berkeley's SETI at home and the University of Pennsylvania's breast cancer research projects.
- Sun's grid computing page - includes case studies.
- Oracle's grid computing page.
|How Stuff Works
Of course you know. But just in case you have a presentation to prepare and something's slipped your memory, then the 'computers' or 'electronics' pages might provide that vital prompt. If this doesn't help, try Webopedia, Whatis.com or TechWeb.
Many reports (.pdf format) are available to download from IBM's Redbooks page.
Claims to be "the most comprehensive computer and network security resource on the Internet for Information System Security Professionals". The site certainly hosts a bucketful of information and security-related links.
The AEB Web Security Guidelines - "In order to survive and grow in today's world, most organisations need a web presence, whether it is solely to inform, to communicate with partners or, as is increasingly the case, to trade on a global basis. All too often though, in their haste to build a web site get online, many companies overlook or fail to understand the need to protect their most vital asset - information."
|Intellectual Property
UK Government-backed site providing answers to questions on the jungle of Copyright, Designs, Patents and Trade Marks.
|Internet Architectural Board
The Internet Architecture Board is a committee of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Its responsibilities include architectural oversight of IETF activities, Internet Standards Process oversight and appeal, and is responsible for the management ofpublication of the RFC Series and the management of the IETF protocol parameter registry, operated by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).
|Internet Engineering Task Force
The Internet Engineering Task Force is a large open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet. It is open to any interested individual.
Internet-Drafts are the working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force.
|Internet Crime Complaints Center
IC3 is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C). IC3 publishes some interesting Internet fraud statistics.
|Internet Storm Center
The Internet Storm Center gathers more than 3,000,000 intrusion detection log entries every day. Its quest is to find new storms faster, isolate the sites that are used for attacks, and provide authoritative data on the types of attacks that are being mounted against computers in various industries and regions around the globe. This work is supported by the SANS Institute from tuition paid by students attending SANS security education programs.
|IT Governance Institute Board Briefing on IT Governance (.pdf, 390KB) Information Security Governance- Guidance for Boards of Directors and Executive Management (.pdf, 388KB)
The IT Governance Institute strives to assist enterprise leadership in ensuring long-term, sustainable enterprise success and increased stakeholder value by expanding awareness of the need for and benefits of effective IT governance. The Institute develops and advances awareness of the vital link between IT and enterprise governance, and offers best practice guidance on the management of IT-related risks.
|KPMG Internal Control: A Practical Guide (.pdf, 381Kb) Information Risk: Spring 2002 (.pdf, 352Kb)
KPMG is a global network of professional service firms providing financial advisory, assurance, tax and legal services. KPMG was formed in 1987 with the merger of Peat Marwick International (PMI) and Klynveld Main Goerdeler (KMG) and their individual member firms. "Hot Downloads" (.pdf) include:
FAQs on telecomms fraud protection
|Microsoft TechNet
Best Practices For Enterprise Security is a collection of white papers focusing on the different aspects of security in enterprise networks. The white papers are grouped into three general categories that reflect the different levels of knowledge needed to create and implement a successful security concept. The structure also allows readers to approach the subject of security based on their individual areas of expertise and interest. Library & Web Workshops also worth visiting.
mi2g focuses on Digital Risk Management. The site hosts some interesting reports and intelligence briefings on information security and risk management issues.
mi2g focuses on Digital Risk Management. The site hosts some interesting reports and intelligence briefings on information security and risk management issues.
|OASIS PKI Member Section
Established as a PKI Forum in 1999 to foster support for standards-based, interoperable public-key infrastructure (PKI) as a foundation for secure transactions in e-business applications. The white papers page contains much useful information on PKI, smart cards and trust.
|Open Archives Initiative
OAI develops and promotes interoperability standards that aim to facilitate the efficient dissemination of content. Essentialdocuments, tutorials and primers.
|Open Web Application Security Project
OWASP - an Open Source community project staffed by volunteers from across the world. The project is developing software tools and knowledge based documentation that helps secure web applications and services. Much of the work is driven by discussions on the Web Application Security list at SecurityFocus.com. All software and documentation is released under the GNU public licenses.
|Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
OASIS produces worldwide standards for security, Web services, XML conformance, business transactions, electronic publishing, topic maps and interoperability within and between marketplaces.
Good legal site offering advice on many IT-related legal issues, and a good weekly legal newsletter. The site is operated by international law firm, Masons - see their monthly Computer Law Reports.
C Technology Guide - for anyone interesting in learning what goes on under the hood.
PC Technology Guide - for anyone interesting in learning what goes on under the hood.
PhoneBusters is the central agency in Canada that collects information on telemarketing, advanced fee fraud letters (Nigerian letters) and identity theft complaints. The information is disseminated to the appropriate law enforcement agencies. The data collected at PhoneBusters is a valuable tool in evaluating the effects of various types of fraud on the public. It also helps to prevent future similar crimes from taking place.
|Privacy International
Privacy International (PI) is a human rights group formed in 1990 as a watchdog on surveillance by governments and corporations. PI is based in London, England, and has an office in Washington, D.C. PI has conducted campaigns throughout the world on issues ranging from wiretapping and national security, to ID cards, video surveillance, data matching, police information systems, medical privacy, and freedom of information and expression. (Stupid Security Competition - results.)
Everything - well, nearly everything you could wish to know about protocols. Protocols.com offers a comprehensive listing of data communications protocols, their functions in respect to the OSI model, the structure of the protocol and various errors and parameters.
Recording Industry Association of America - some interesting reflections on copyright enforcement.
|Risks Digest
Forum On Risks To The Public In Computers And Related Systems - a regular and widely read newsletter on computer-related risks.
Founded in 1972, with its headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, SAP claims to be the world's largest inter-enterprise software company, and the world's third-largest independent software supplier overall, employing over 28,900 people in more than 50 countries. Brochures/white papers on SAP products.
|SANS Institute
The SANS (System Administration, Networking and Security) Institute was established in 1989 as a cooperative research and education organization. The SANS Institute enables more than 156,000 security professionals, auditors, system administrators, and network administrators to share the lessons they are learning and find solutions to the challenges they face.
|SANS Institute Information Security Reading Room
The SANS Institute's Information Security Reading Room features over 1300 articles on Information Security in 63 different categories.
Sophos virus analyses describe some of the more common or interesting viruses. The site also hosts other background material onviruses and a running 'top 10' virus league.
|Sun (source for developers)
A huge range of technical documents and advice, including Responding to a Customer's Security Incidents Part1 and Part 2.
The site provides a synopsis of the latest virus-related threats discovered by Symantec Security Response, including information on: Category Rating (risk), Name of Threat (threat), the day on which the threat was identified (discovered), and the day on which a virus definition was added to protect against the threat (protection).
An online community and information resource for all IT professionals offering in-depth technical articles written by IT professionals. In addition to articles on everything from Windows to e-mail to fire walls, the site offers IT industry analysis, downloads, management tips, discussion forums, and e-newsletters. Requires registration.
Online technical encyclopaedia.
|U.S Robotics
What is wireless networking? Some useful white papers on WLAN and WLAN security. See also the Glossary (see under 'Useful terms').
|VNU Research Library
This comprehensive resource features the latest white papers, research reports, market intelligence and case studies from the industry's most respected analysts and companies. The reports are updated in real-time to provide a one stop shop for IT professionals who need to stay one step ahead.
Online dictionary and search engine for computer and Internet technology - see also Whatis.com.
Another problem solver - see also How Stuff Works.
|World Legal Information Institute
WorldLII is a free, independent and non-profit global legal research facility developed collaboratively with many Legal Information Institutes and other organisations. The Privacy & FOI Law Project aims to make searchable from one location all of the databases specialising in Privacy and Freedom Of Information law available on any of the Legal Information Institutes that are part of WorldLII.
|World Wide Web Consortium
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential. W3C is a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding (see W3C's "A to Z" index on their home page).
Inside W3Schools you will find a large number of free Web building tutorials, from basic HTML and XHTML to advanced tutorials on XML, XSL and WAP.


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Hybrid wolf-dogs menacing North Stonington-Ledyard area
State environmental conservation police have been alerted to the possible presence of one or more hybrid wolf-dogs in the Long Pond area in North Stonington and Ledyard that have recently attacked at least two horses, bitten a bicyclist and threatened a resident who shot and killed one of the animals.
Wolf-dog hybrids are considered dangerous, and ownership is illegal in Connecticut, said Rick Jacobson, director of DEEP's wildlife division, on Monday.
The man who shot the animal said that three large, white canines without collars surrounded him while he was outside his horse barn one morning last month and did not back away when he yelled at them. They circled him as if preparing to attack, he said. He called his neighbor, who brought a shotgun. Another of his neighbors, who is trained in animal science, took samples of the dead animal's tongue, cheek and fur and sent it to the Veterinary Genetics Laboratory at the University of California, Davis. Last week they received a report from the lab stating that the animal was a "dog-wolf hybrid."
A copy of the report, along with photos of the dead animal and another of the three canines on his property, was provided to The Day. The man asked that his name not be used, saying he and his neighbors fear retribution by the person who they believe owns up to six of the animals. He said he learned during a meeting with his neighbors this weekend that two horses and a bicyclist had been bitten by the animals in recent weeks.
"But regardless of whether these are wolf-dog hybrids," the man said, "this behavior is unacceptable. It's against the law, and I want something done."
He added that three of the white dogs returned this past Saturday. He spotted them at the bottom of his driveway, but they did not come closer. He estimated they weigh about 80 pounds each and said they have large paws and "bulky, strong" bodies.
"They came trotting by again, making their rounds," he said.
The area where the animals have been seen is near the state boat launch and the Eastern Pequot Reservation on Long Pond and not far from popular hiking areas in Ledyard and at Lantern Hill in North Stonington.
The man was contacted Monday by state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Environmental Conservation officers, who have begun an investigation. They have the authority under state law to confiscate any wolf-dog hybrids.
"This seems to raise issues of concern, and of course timeliness is important," said Dennis Schain, spokesman for DEEP. "The EnCon officers will take any appropriate actions."
State Veterinarian Mary Jane Lis said one of the dangers with wolf-dog hybrids is that they cannot be vaccinated against rabies, because no rabies vaccine has been tested for effectiveness in these animals.
There has been at least one other case of a wolf-dog hybrid in Connecticut, Jacobson said. The animal was taken from the owner and brought to a wolf-dog rescue facility. The state also uses the University of California, Davis lab to confirm the genetics of suspected wolf-dogs, he said.
Becky Ewall-Evans, head of parentage and diagnostic testing at the lab, said the wolf hybridization test is believed to be "highly accurate within three generations." The DNA sample from the specimen is compared against DNA from populations of the purebreds most frequently bred with wolves, including German shepherds, Malamutes and Samoyeds, as well as purebred wolves and known wolf-dog hybrids. The lab performs about five of these tests each month, she said, often for rescue organizations that want to know the genetics of an animal so it can be placed in a suitable home.
Many dog and wolf experts warn against owning or breeding wolf-dog hybrids. While dogs and wolves share much of the same genetic makeup, the small differences between the two that have emerged since the two species diverged some 14,000 years ago are very significant, experts say. They are known to have none of the natural fear or shyness around humans that wild wolves have, yet retain wolves' powerful prey drive and do not respond to training. They also have strong territorial instincts that range for miles beyond their owners' homes and are adept at climbing over or digging out of enclosures unless fences are 8 feet tall, have inleaning overhangs and concrete trenches around the perimeter.
"To mix a wild animal with a domestic animal doesn't help either," said Kent Weber, founder and director of Mission Wolf, a rescue organization in Colorado. "These end up being very confused animals, and most of them end up dead."
He estimated there are about 250,000 wolf-dog hybrids in the United States. Though they are illegal in most states, an Internet search for "wolf dog" shows several sites advertising wolf-dog puppies and breeders.
In Kentucky last year, a woman who owned dozens of wolf-dogs was apparently eaten by her animals. Authorities found a human skull and jawbone on her property after neighbors reported that she hadn't been seen for several days.
When the dogs and wolves are bred, the offspring are often larger than either parent, apparently the result of the phenomenon of heterosis, or hybrid vigor. Despite - or perhaps because of - the dangerous animals that can result, people have been cross-breeding dogs and wolves for hundreds of years. In the 1760s in south-central France, the "Beast of Gevaudan" killed more than 100 people and injured several dozen others until finally being killed by bounty hunters. Historians believe the beast was actually one or more mastiff-wolf hybrids.
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Greater Norwich community rallying to support Haitian woman and her family
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New London City Council discusses lease for city office consolidation
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During the course of the Industrial Revolution, people moved to where the jobs were. In most cases, this meant that people moved from their farms to a city. However, where people lived often depended upon what job they could get, and the income to afford housing came with what job they got. Since the city offered a wide variety of jobs, a wide variety of people came to fill those jobs. Thus, within the cities, social divisions sprang up, some of which were due to economic reasons and others were due to cultural reasons.
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The cities continued to grow, and in order to make sense out of this social change, Ernest W. Burgess, Ph.D. (the 24th President of the American Sociological Society) came up with a model. In 1925, Dr. Burgess presented his . The concentric zone model was one of the first theories to explain urban social structures.
The concentric zone model divides cities into sets of concentric circles. Dr. Burgess used Chicago as an example, explaining that that the bulls-eye, or the inner circle, is where the downtown area is. For clarity's sake, the concentric circles will be named 'zones,' with Zone 1 being the innermost circle.
Dr. Burgess's model assumes that there is a correlation between where you live and how much money you earn. For example, the further from Zone 1, the more money you make, and thus you can afford a better quality of housing. Although the concentric zone model cannot be applied universally to all cities, it does take into account gemeinschaft and gesellschaft. Gemeinschaft can be seen in individuals who live outside of Zone 6. These people live in a rural environment and do not want to give up their sense of community by moving to a city, even though they don't make as much money as Zone 6 people. While gesellschaft can be seen in individuals who live in any of the zones, these individuals left their sense of community and have become an individual working and living in a city for the chance to have a better quality of life.
In this lesson, we discussed the contributions of two social scientists: Ferdinand Tönnies and Ernest W. Burgess. Tönnies observed the shift in populations from a rural environment to an urban environment, and he sought to classify the social change. He determined that there were two ideas that could take into account this social change: gemeinschaft and gesellschaft. Gemeinschaft can be attributed to individuals living in a tight-knit rural community, and gesellschaft can be attributed to the individual living in a city who is trying to improve the quality of life for themselves.
The cities changed with all of these people migrating into them in an effort to find work, and some of the original residents were displaced by gentrification. Ernest W. Burgess determined to make sense out of all of the changes happening in the cities by developing his concentric zone model. This model shows that a city will be divided up based upon how much money you make and where you live.
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Four years ago, IBM's Watson utterly trounced a pair of very clever humans in a special tournament of Jeopardy! And by utterly trounced, we mean that Watson ended up with $77,147, while the nearest human only managed $24,000. Suck it, meatbags.
Since then, Watson has kept itself busy, most recently managing clinical trials at the Mayo Clinic . IBM has been desperately trying to get companies to integrate Watson into their apps, and last year, itheld a contest for Watson app developers . One of the winners leveraged Watsonto make smarter toys for fun, interactive learning, andyou can now get a piece of this Watson-driven tech on Kickstarter.
As a toy, this little dinosaur doesn't do much, physically. All it's got to go on is its interactive intelligence, which could be very, very powerful. It could also be very, very frustrating, as anyone who's spent much time talking with Siri can likely attest to. Is Watson's cloud-based brain ready for real-time interaction with kids who have attention spans that are probably shorter than the average latency of your Internet connection? The Kickstarter video makes the
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Assuming the dino works as advertised, there's a huge amount of potential here. Through the dino, Watson's algorithms can get to know each child that it interacts with, tailoring those interactions to the child's age and interests. Behind the scenes, CogniToys developers can figure out what kinds of interactions work best, and continually optimize the toy's conversation, while adding new features over time. This can be applied on a per-child basisor much more generally. For example, if a child asks lots of science questions, the CogniToy could talk about science more often. Or conversely, the CogniToy could try and introduce kids to science if it notices that they don't ask about it at all. Or, perhaps the toy could pay attention to local and national news headlines, and find ways to keep kids informed about current events, answering questions in ways they can understand.
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Tank Batteries:
The smallest spark by a tank battery—especially a cigarette or lighter—can cause an explosion from fumes or flammable liquids.
Anyone opening a hatch of the tank battery might be overcome with fumes and pass out.
The stairs and rails on tank batteries, which can be as high as two stories, can be covered with oil and be slippery, causing someone to fall down the stairways or over the side.
Pumping Unit:
The counterweights on pumping units weigh up to 20,000 pounds, and will crush a human body without stopping. Anyone falling off the beam or trying to ride the weights can be seriously injured or accidentally killed.
Anyone trying to grab the cable or the front of the pumping unit can have their hands cut off as the cable travels up and down.
The numerous moving parts of a pumping unit can catch, then injure, or even kill, a person.
Electrical boxes, wires and components operate at high voltage around pumping units. Anyone touching them could receive serious electrical shock.
Other Equipment:
Even if a pumping unit is stopped, it is not safe. Many units are on timers which can start without warning, causing harm if a person is on the unit.
Some heater treaters (long, tall tanks) operate at extreme temperatures which could cause burns.
Many fences around oilfield sites are topped with barbed or razor wire, which could cause serious injury.
Pipelines could leak or explode if tampered with by untrained personnel.
Chemicals are sometimes used at oilfield sites and could cause burns if touched.
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Oilfield equipment can be extremely dangerous, and people should not "hang around" tank batteries and pumping units. Some of the dangers are:
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