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Dictionary of Electrical Engineering
Commonly used terms in the Electrical industry.
(1) signal or data that is sent back to a commanding unit from a control process output for use as input in subsequent operations. In a closed-loop system, it is the part of the system that brings back information on the process condition under control.
(2) the provision of a path from the output to the input of a system, such that the output may be made a function of both the input and the previous outputs of the system.
(3) the technique of sampling the output of an amplifier and using that information to modify the amplifier input signal. A portion of the output is "fed back" to the input. Positive feedback occurs when the output is added to the input; negative feedback occurs when the output is subtracted from the input. Negative feedback, invented by communications engineer Harold Black in 1928, usually results in a gain - bandwidth tradeoff: decreasing and stabilizing the amplifier gain, while increasing the bandwidth. According to Norbert Wiener, feedback is a method of controlling a system by reinserting into it the results of its past performance.
flexible AC transmission system
a transmission scheme in which each power line is maintained at its optimal impedance, generally by means of thyristor-controlled series compensators.
National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) classification describing any "motor built in a frame smaller than that having a continuous rating of 1 horsepower, open type, at 1700 to 1800 rpm."
gas capacitor
a capacitor whose dielectric is composed of a high-pressure gas, often nitrogen or an electronegative gas such as sulfur hexaflouride.
high rupturing capacity (HRC)
a term used to denote fuses having a high interrupting rating. Most low-voltage HRC-type fuses have an interrupting rating of 200 kA RMS symmetrical.
homopolar machine
See homopolar generator
induction furnace
a method of smelting or heating metals with eddy currents induced by a high-frequency coil surrounding the crucible.
induction machine
classification of any of a variety of electrical machines in which an AC current in the stator coils is used to produce a rotating magnetic flux that, by Faraday action, induces an AC voltage in a set of coils (the induction coils) on the machine's rotor. The rotor coils are shorted to cause a second AC current to flow in the rotor coils, which produces, in turn, a second rotating flux. The interaction of the rotor-and stator-produced fluxes creates torque.
instantaneous contact
the contacts of a contactor or relay that open or close with no time delay.
interior permanent magnet machine
a permanent magnet machine in which the permanent magnets are buried in the rotor iron. With this construction the airgap is small, allowing the airgap flux to be reduced by current control. This allows an operating mode in which the top speed of the motor can be as much as five times the base speed, and is one of the main features of this motor.
interrupting capacity
See interrupting rating
jumping jack
a voltmeter.
leakage reactance
the amount of inductive reactance associated with leakage flux. The leakage flux is the flux which traverses in paths farther from the designated paths such as the magnetic core in transformers and the air gap in electric machines and constitutes the non-useful flux. The electric circuit symbol of leakage reactance is Xl . It is a function of the leakage inductance and the frequency of operation. Higher values of leakage reactance affect the regulation and efficiency of the system. Xl is expressed in ohms.
light loss factor (LLF)
the ratio of the illumination when it reaches its lowest level at the task just before corrective action is taken, to the initial level if none of the contributing loss factors were considered.
lighting effectiveness factor (LEF)
the ratio of equivalent sphere illumination to ordinary measured or calculated illumination.
line outage distribution factor
a ratio used in contingency analysis. Given two parallel lines in a power system called x and y, assume that line y is removed from service. The line outage distribution factor of line x for the outage of line y is the ratio of the change in power flow on line x to the flow on line y before the outage.
line-connected reactor
See shunt reactor
loss factor
the product of the dielectric constant and the power factor.
magnetic actuator
any device using a magnetic field to apply a force.
magnetohydrodynamic MHD machine
a form of electric machine in which a stream of electrically conductive gas or liquid is passed through pairs of orthogonally positioned magnetic poles and electrodes. In an MHD generator, the fluid is forced by the prime mover to produce a DC across the electrodes. In the MHD motor, a current across the electrodes through the fluid forces the stream to flow.
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Inmates é o décimo episódio da quarta temporada da série de televisão norte-americana The Walking Dead, do gênero terror e pós-apocalíptico. O episódio foi exibido originalmente na AMC, nos Estados Unidos, nos Estados Unidos, em 16 de fevereiro de 2014. No Brasil, foi exibido em 18 de fevereiro do mesmo ano, na Fox Brasil. Neste episódio - escrito por Matthew Negrete e Channing Powell e dirigido por Tricia Brock -  os outros sobreviventes do grupo que vivia na prisão tem que lidar com suas perdas recentes, e devem decidir se devem ou não tentar se reunir uns aos outros.

Este episódio marca o retorno de Carol Peletier, interpretada por Melissa McBride, que tem estado ausente por seis episódios seguidos, desde o quarto episódio da 4ª temporada. Scott Wilson e David Morrissey, que interpretavam Hershel Greene e O Governador, respectivamente, já não estão presentes nos títulos de abertura.

Enredo
Beth Greene (Emily Kinney) narra uma escrita em seu diário em que discute a vida antes de o grupo chegar à prisão. No presente, ela e Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) estão sentados ao redor de uma fogueira. Beth insiste que eles não devem ser os únicos sobreviventes do ataque à prisão. Após Daryl não responder, Beth grita com ele, dizendo que já que ele é um rastreador, eles devem rastrear e encontrar os outros. Ela então segue sozinha para dentro da floresta, com Daryl seguindo-a lentamente. Beth é atacada por um zumbi, mas Daryl a salva. Eles começam a procurar por pistas que podem os levar ao encontro dos outros, com Daryl encontrando pegadas de crianças e Beth sugerindo que são as de Luke e Molly. Em sua procura, Daryl e Beth se deparam com um local ensanguentado ao lado dos trilhos de trem, onde zumbis estão comendo duas pessoas irreconhecíveis. Beth, ao ver o sapato de Luke ao lado de um dos corpos, deduz que as vítimas eram Luke e Molly e começa a chorar.

As irmãs Lizzie Samuels (Brighton Sharbino) e Mika Samuels (Kyla Kenedy) estão andando na mata, juntamente com Tyreese (Chad Coleman), que vai andando um pouco mais à frente. Quando eles param para conversar, Tyreese vira-se de frente e é revelado que o bebê Judith Grimes não está morta, e sim sendo carregada em seus braços. Quando a noite cai, eles encontram uma clareira para descansar. Tyreese está alimentando Judith, enquanto Lizzie está sentada em um tronco nas proximidades, o abrigo de três filhotes de coelhos. Ela discretamente remove a faca e mata todos os três filhotes. O grupo é forçado a fugir após ouvirem zumbis se aproximando à distância.

Na manhã seguinte, o grupo encontra uma videira (a mesma que Daryl e Beth encontraram) e colhem uvas. Mika é surpreendida por um barulho no mato e foge sozinha, enquanto Tyreese está mudando a fralda de Judith. Tyreese e Lizzie correm atrás de Mika, e a encontram alguns minutos mais tarde, escondendo-se atrás de uma árvore. Eles se preocupam com o choro de Judith, que pode atrair zumbis, ao mesmo tempo em que são surpreendidos por gritos vindos da direção oposta. Tyreese posiciona as meninas de uma maneira que estas possam ver tudo o que se passa ao seu redor, na intenção de ir ajudar a pessoa que está gritando, deixando o bebê Judith nos braços de Lizzie. Lizzie, incomodada com o choro de Judith, que pode atrair zumbis, coloca as mãos sobre a boca do bebê e passa a sufocá-la.

Tyreese se depara com dois homens, Blick (Michael Harding) e Christofer (Cameron Deane Stewart), que são pai e filho, respectivamente. Os dois estão lutando contra um grupo de zumbis que os ataca. Tyreese ajuda-os a se livrar dos zumbis, matando estes, mas não consegue evitar que os dois homens sejam mordidos pelos zumbis. Em seguida, ele ouve o disparo da arma de fogo de Mika, ao longe. Vários zumbis estão cercando as meninas. Quando Tyreese pensa em voltar para resgatar as meninas e o bebê, elas saem da floresta, acompanhadas por Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride). Tyreese, ao ver que Carol resgatou Lizzie, Mika e Judith, vai ao seu encontro e a abraça, deixando Carol atônita por não saber o motivo de ele abraçar-lhe, já que foi ela quem matou Karen (Melissa Ponzio), a ex-namorada de Tyreese. Antes de morrer, o homem mais velho (que mais tarde ataca Daryl e Beth como um zumbi), diz a Tyreese e Carol sobre um santuário para cima dos trilhos. Em conversa, Tyreese conta a Carol que imaginou que ela estivesse morta, já que não a viu durante a batalha contra O Governador. Carol revela a Tyreese que não estava presente na batalha, mas lhe omite a informação de ter matado Karen e David, ao perceber que ele ainda não sabe do fato.

Maggie Greene (Lauren Cohan), Bob Stookey (Lawrence Gilliard Jr.) e Sasha (Sonequa Martin-Green) estão na floresta próximo à uma pedreira. Maggie afia a faca em uma pedra, enquanto Sasha enfaixa o braço de Bob. Sasha diz a Maggie que eles devem acampar no local, por terem água por perto. Maggie concorda que eles devem ficar lá, mas diz que ela vai procurar por Glenn. Sasha afirma que eles não podem dividir-se agora, enquanto Maggie exclama que ela vai encontrar Glenn. Bob e Sasha decidem acompanhar Maggie. Enquanto caminham, eles se deparam com o ônibus da prisão, que está preenchido com zumbis. Maggie diz a eles que ela vai verificar para ver se Glenn está dentro do ônibus. Bob e Sasha concordam relutantemente. Sasha abre a porta de emergência, com a intenção de permitir que um zumbi saia por vez. Eventualmente, a força feita pelos zumbis é maior que a de Sasha e ela cede, fazendo com que todos os zumbis saiam de uma vez do ônibus. Com o ataque dos zumbis, Bob e Sasha se defendem, enquanto Maggie olha, atordoada. No entanto, Maggie fica furiosa e começa a matar os zumbis, esmagando a cabeça de um zumbi feminino dentro do ônibus antes de esfaqueá-la. Em seguida, ela procura por Glenn, mas percebe que ela não estava dentro do ônibus junto aos outros.

Depois de recobrar a consciência, Glenn se vê em uma passarela da prisão que foi destruída pelo tanque, gritando por Maggie. Ele recolhe algumas roupas e suprimentos, incluindo a garrafa de conhaque de Bob, veste seu equipamento anti-motim, e, em seguida, deixa a prisão, cercado por zumbis. Depois de escapar da multidão de zumbis, ele vê Tara Chambler (Alanna Masterson), que se trancou nas cercas da prisão. Glenn toma-lhe a arma, verificando a munição. Ele tenta convencer Tara a ir embora, embora ela se negue a fazê-lo. Tara explica que ela fez parte do  ataque à prisão. No entanto, Glenn insiste que ele precisa de sua ajuda. Glenn pega a garrafa de conhaque de Bob e usa-a, para fazer um coquetel molotov, jogando-o em um carro, como forma de atrair os zumbis para o local. Enquanto os zumbis são distraídos pelo fogo, Glenn e Tara escapam da prisão e chegam à estrada, perto do ônibus da prisão.

Tara revela que Hershel (Scott Wilson) foi morto pelo Governador e diz-lhe que "Brian tinha dito a ela que o grupo prisão eram pessoas más". Ela acreditou nele, mas vê agora que não era verdade, e ela não consegue entender por que Glenn gostaria de sua ajuda. Glenn explica que ele precisa encontrar Maggie. Depois de um ataque de um pequeno grupo de zumbis, Glenn desmorona, ofegante, deixando Tara para enfrentar um zumbi por conta própria. Ela olha para cima para ver um caminhão militar que encostou na estrada. Tara grita com o caminhão e três pessoas saem deste: Abraham Ford (Michael Cudlitz), Dr. Eugene Poter (Josh McDermitt) e Rosita Espinosa (Christian Serratos). Abraham diz a Tara: "Você tem uma boca maldita, sabe disso? O que mais você tem?".

Recepção

O episódio recebeu em geral críticas mistas dos críticos. Roth Cornet, da IGN, deu o episódio uma nota 8.3, dizendo: "Em geral, o ritmo se sentiu melhor esta semana, e houve alguns momentos decididamente suculentos e cheios de tensão. Alguns fatores impediram o episódio de subir ao nível de, digamos, um "Interment" (outro episódio da mesma série). Houve alguns momentos em que a série poderia ter feito uma jogada ousada, mas optou por não o fazer, que esvaziou o ritmo um pouco. O episódio mudou a trama para a frente, com "check-ins" em cada um dos sobreviventes da prisão, a introdução e/ou re-introdução de alguns personagens-chave, e um caminho para um novo, um tanto misterioso. Finalmente, "Inmates" funcionou principalmente como um set-up para o restante da temporada".

Patrick Kevin Day, do Los Angeles Times, comentou positivamente sobre a simplicidade do episódio, dizendo: "Este episódio não foi cheio de reviravoltas interessantes (bem, talvez um casal) e não fez um mergulho profundo nas mentes dos personagens principais. Ao contrário, foi mais um episódio de limpeza, fazendo a tomada necessária do grande elenco, no rescaldo do caos da destruição do presídio". Marciela Gonzalez, da Entertainment Weekly, também comentou positivamente sobre personagens da série, dizendo que "Eu só posso falar por mim, mas eu me importo, eu provavelmente me importo muito com os ensaios e atribulações desses personagens, que ainda são cativantes para assistir... Portanto, enquanto tudo é agradável, e Rick, Carl e Michonne etão relativamente bem, eu ainda realmente quero saber como os outros sobreviventes estão lidando".

Episódios de The Walking Dead
Episódios de 2014

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JD Sports began with its first store in Bury, Greater Manchester.
JD Sports opened its first store on Oxford Street, London.
57.5% of JD Sports Fashion Plc was bought by the Pentland Group.
JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange.
JD Sports Fashion Plc acquired Chausport, a French sports retailer; the Group's first international presence & entry into Europe.
The JD Group acquired Sprinter, a leading Spanish sports retailer, specialising in footwear, apparel & equipment; the Group's first entry into Spain.
JD Sports opened its first JD in Lille, France; our first store in Europe.
The JD Group expanded into the Outdoor market with Blacks and Millets joining the Group.
The JD Group acquired Hot-T, a South Korean retailer of sports branded footwear.
The JD Group acquired Go Outdoors, the UK's 'destination' for everything outdoors.
The JD Group launched its first JD Sports store in Malaysia; the Group's first entry into Asia Pacific. JD now has stores in Australia, Singapore & Thailand.
The JD Group also opened its first gym as part of JD Gyms; an affordable yet stylish gym concept.
The JD Group acquired Finish Line in the United States, a sports fashion retailer with a store presence across 44 states. JD Sports opened its first 5 JD stores in the USA: Chicago, Houston, Columbus, Washington and Indianapolis.
The JD Group was promoted to the FTSE100 list of largest businesses in the UK.
The JD Group now has over 2,400 stores in 19 countries, including over 700 JD Sports stores, as we continue to expand.

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The world is just emerging from a catastrophic recession, and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in South East Asia have been affected just like other regions. Yet, small and medium enterprises are the cornerstone of many countries in the region. A closer look at the region's economies reveals that there is a few common challenges that should be dealt with if they are to increase their productivity and experience ongoing growth.
Most SMEs in South East Asia find it difficult to recruit and maintain workers, and this mainly has to do with remuneration concerns. Different reasons have been advanced for this, including financial constraints and the general state of the local and global economy. While some managers have been calling on their respective governments to help them become more productive, there are a few things they can do to deal with the situation. For one, they can use the resources they have to recruit and maintain workers, and in the process increase productivity. For example, sending staff for further training tends to increase their loyalty. Managers should also consider upgrading current equipment to leverage new technology. Businesses that upgrade their capabilities tend to become competitive and enjoy increased opportunities in the market.
Many businesses in South East Asia rely on foreign staff to maintain and even expand their operations. This problem is particularly relevant in Singapore where there is some concern over the long term viability of the practice. Although the Singaporean government has implemented measure to address the issues it still a concern for SME's wishing to remain competitive. One way of dealing with this challenge is by utilizing the available course subsidies for SMEs employees to upgrade their skills.
Cash flow is one of the major problems stifling growth of SMEs in South East Asia. When banks are not willing to offer favourable credits to businesses and big companies squeeze suppliers, then potential sources for finance for small and medium enterprises are limited. Over-reliance on bank drafts and equity funding is not enough, and alternative sources must be sought. The good news is that using alternative sources for financing can actually increase a business operations and productivity in the long run. For example, invoice financing leads to increased cash flow as a business gains more customers, and it is also relatively cost effective. This means that firms that find alternative sources of funding can lower their credit charges.
It is a fact that SMEs in many South East Asian countries including Malaysia and Singapore have performed well as cogs in the global supply chains. The problem is that, in recent times, export opportunities have declined. This is mostly the case with Western markets, which have been hard hit by the global financial downturn. Asian exporters should use this opportunity to broaden their markets, especially within the Asian continent. Indeed, focusing on domestic markets can also be a viable option. To get domestic and regional markets, reshaping corporate strategies to deal with stiff competition within the internal markets may be necessary. In the long run, the experience of re-branding and product differentiation will prove beneficial to the industry as a whole as SMEs become more productive with access to more diverse markets.


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Home » Governance » Malawi elections: A three-horse race too close to call
Malawi elections: A three-horse race too close to call
Jimmy Kainja
On 21 May, Malawi goes to the polls to vote for the president, members of parliament and local councillors. The fifth elections since the country's return to multiparty democracy, these could be the most tightly-contested yet.
Malawi uses first-past-the-post system, meaning whichever candidate gets the most votes in the single round of voting wins. In the last elections in 2014, this allowed Peter Mutharika to become president with just 36%. In 2017, a special law commission recommended that the country switch to system that requires the victor to win a 50%+1 majority, but parliament rejected the proposal. This means that the same system is in place for 2019's crowded race and it is likely that the victor will win with less than even 30%.
There are seven candidates running for president, of which three are in with a chance. President Mutharika of the ruling Democratic Progress Party (DPP) has advantages as the incumbent, though he has done enough during his first term to expect an increased mandate. Lazarus Chakwera, leader of the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP), will be looking to do one better than in 2014 and capitalise on frustrations with the current government. And thirdly, Vice-President Saulos Chilima, who defected from the ruling party to establish UTM in July 2018, could spring a surprise.
Close race to State House
Malawi faces a myriad of socioeconomic problems. More than half the population live in poverty, just 11% of people have access to electricity, and the economy relies heavily on agriculture which is vulnerable to external shocks. Malawi's young population also suffers from high unemployment, and job creation has so far been the outstanding issue in the election campaign.
When it comes to 21 May, however, it is likely that voting patterns will be clustered according to Malawi's three regions, as has been the case in the previous elections.
The ruling DPP's stronghold is the Southern Region, especially around Mutharika's home area of the Lhomwe belt. The party has also traditionally done well in the Central Region's district of Ntcheu, where the president's running mate Everton Chimulirenji is from.
This strategy could, however, be complicated by the candidacy of Vice-President Chilima and running-mate Michael Usi, which mirrors the Mutharika- Chimulirenji ticket. Chilima is from Ntcheu and comedian Usi from Mulanje in the Lhomwe belt.
Vice-President Chilima fell out with Mutharika and left the DPP in 2018. He took some senior party members with him and formed the UTM. This new party has grown tremendously. In less than a year, it has established itself as a real contender in the upcoming elections, though it remains to be seen if voters will be prepared to vote in a pair with little political experience. 46-year-old Chilima had not held political office before 2014 and Usi is a political newcomer.
Hoping to take advantage of these complications is the MCP. This long-standing party ruled Malawi from 1964 to 1994, mostly under a one-party system in which President Hastings Banda often resorted to brutality and human rights abuses. More recently, however, leader Chakwera has led a resurgence in the party and managed to shake off some of the MCP's historical reputation.
In 2014, Chakwara lost the elections by just 448,519 votes and established the MCP as the country's official opposition in parliament. He finished ahead of then president Joyce Banda, who is now in an electoral alliance with the MCP. This and other partnerships could help the main opposition extend its support from beyond its stronghold of the Central Region. In 2014, Banda did well in the Northern Region and is from the eastern part of the Southern Region, while Chakwera's running mate Sidik Mia is a former MP in the Chikwawa district in the far south.
After the vote
The tight contest means that there is a good chance the elections results will be disputed. In fact, both Mutharika and Chilima appear to be preparing for such an outcome and have accused each other of plotting to rig the vote. This not only arguably marks a new low point in the relations between the president and his deputy, but could reflect how much is riding on the election for the DPP and UTM.
Unlike the MCP, which has survived as an opposition party for decades, the DPP and UTM could struggle if they do not win. At 78 years old, Mutharika would be unlikely to contest again and the DPP may find it difficult to stay intact without him. Meanwhile, there is a good chance Chilima will abandon politics if he does not become president. He is not running to be an MP and could easily return to the private sector, where he previously had a successful career, if he does not get his way.
The close race also suggests that parliament is likely to be heavily divided. This could mean that smaller parties such as the former ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) could prove significant. Since 2014, Mutharika has had to enrol the support of that opposition party's 14 MPs to pass legislation. In return, party leader Atupele Muluzi has been made a member of the cabinet, while the corruption case against former president Bakili Muluzi, Atupele's father, has stalled.
Following the 21 May 2019 vote, the UDF and other smaller parties may again be looking to be the king-makers in what is set to be a divided contest. Whether they will be negotiating with the DPP, UTM or MCP remains too close to call less than a week before the vote.
This article was first published by African Arguments


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(Hmm, probably get a hammering,but here goes).
Seeing that you mispelt capitalism also reminds me that entrepreneurs like to leave out the li.  The big problem of course is that a lot of the poorer countries DO practise capitalism as an economic system, they're just not very good at it.
this is because capitalism isn't about a free market (so in an earlier post when you mention capitalism and free market in the same sentence, it somewhat made me titter).
If they practised some kind of import controls they would do better, if they regulated their markets they would do better, if their officials weren't so easily bought by big companies they would do better, if they had access to the sofisticated tools of mass production they would do better, but they don't.  After centuries of robbing poorer countries of their raw materials to make goods here, capitalists are now getting the idea that they can make more profits by moving their factories there ( wherever there happens to be).
with the further movement of jobs abroad the rising price of energy and transportation, it may be that capitalism may soon not be in our interests for very much longer.
The other opinion voiced of self regulation, no leaders, also has, I'm afraid to say, the problems that poorer countries face, that is that, there is no protection from bully boys with big armies. I must say I would prefer anarchy, in it's ideal form, to capitalism, as a true free market would flourish under such a system, but there would always be elements out to destroy it.
Is this not equivalent to the open source ethos? where we offer help and software with no thought of, ( or maybe just a little occasionally) personal gain. with monolithic corporations trying to close down such philanthropic enterprise it seems obvious that the better system is not capitalism i.e the accumulation of capital, but one which protects communities and acknowledges human beings true worth.
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Q: Elasticsearch API python returns no values or to few (Kibana does give the correct results) Here I have a python code snippet:
res = es.search(index="ise-*", body=ise_query, size=10000) #First search for IP in infoblox-* index
print("Got %d hit(s):" % res['hits']['total']['value'] + " in index ise-* index.")
ise_hits = res['hits']['total']['value']
if res['hits']['total']['value'] > 0:
    for hit in res['hits']['hits']:

The ise_query I run: (x.x.x.x is an IP address):
{
  "query": {
    "bool": {
      "must": [
        {
          "query_string": {
            "default_field": "syslog_message",
            "query": "x.x.x.x"
          }
        },
        {
         "range": {
            "@timestamp": {
                "gte":"2022-10-06T09:00:00",
                "lte":"2022-10-06T10:44:00"
                          }
                  }
        }
      ]
    }
  },
"size": 50
}

When I search in Kibana for the IP address in a timeframe I get results, when I use the python script I do not get results or to few results. What could be wrong? It's an elastic cluster btw.
Kind Regards Marc

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On September 11, 2006, FADDL confirmed VS in five cattle on a cow-calf premises in Converse county, Wyoming. This was the first case of VS in cattle in Converse county in 2006. Five clinically affected cattle were positive for antibodies to VS New Jersey (VS-NJ) virus on the competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (cELISA), virus neutralization, and complement fixation tests.
On August 17, 2006, the National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) in Ames, Iowa confirmed VS in a 10-year-old horse on a premises in Natrona county, Wyoming. This was the first confirmed case of VS in the United States in 2006. The clinically ill horse was positive for antibodies to VS-NJ virus on the cELISA and was also positive on virus isolation for VS-NJ virus. The VS compatible clinical signs and presence of VS-NJ virus meet the definition to classify this horse as the index case for the nation in 2006. There are an additional 29 clinically normal horses and 25 clinically normal cattle also on the premises.
Samples from the virus isolate obtained from the index case were provided by the NVSL to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Agricultural Research Services (ARS) scientists on Plum Island. The DHS and ARS scientists were able to sequence and conduct a phylogenetic analysis of the virus showing a close relationship to that of VS virus isolates from the 2005 outbreak in the western United States. Specifically this year's isolate is closely related to viruses isolated from animals in MT and WY in 2005. Therefore, they conclude that this was likely an overwintering of the 2005 VS virus in that region.
Prior to the positive case identified in August 2006, the last case of vesicular stomatitis in the United States was confirmed in Colorado in December 2005.


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Everything Change Climate Fiction Contest 2020 ($1,000 + $100 consolation prizes)
By Martin Offiah
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Deadline: Wednesday the 15th of April, 2020
Prizes: First prize is US$1000. Nine (9) finalists will receive prizes of US$100.
Arizona State University's Imagination and Climate Futures Initiative is seeking climate fiction stories, across all genres and styles. Acceptable length for entries is 5,000 words or less. The winning story and finalists will be published in a digital anthology, "Everything Change: An Anthology of Climate Fiction, Volume III," which will be available for free in a variety of formats.
Our lead judge is Claire Vaye Watkins, author of the acclaimed climate fiction novel "Gold Fame Citrus." Claire will join an interdisciplinary group of judges with expertise in climate science, sustainability, and literature. Our judging process will be blind: judges will not have access to any identifying information about the authors, including their names, places of origin, or ages.
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All genres are welcome. The author of the winning story will receive a $1000 prize, and nine finalists will receive $100 prizes. The winning story and finalists will be published in an anthology by the Imagination and Climate Futures Initiative at Arizona State University.
The beating drum of the climate crisis is a constant reminder that our planet is a closed, limited system, and that we're currently living far beyond its boundaries. We are looking for short stories that help us imagine how humans can live within Earth's planetary boundaries—at the individual level, yes, but more importantly at the level of organizations, communities, and societies, and at the level of a global human civilization.
What would our world look like if we actually respected and lived within planetary boundaries? How would we organize our homes, communities, cities, and nations? How would we live with and relate to each other at the global level? How might politics, culture, relationships, and identities — all of the messiness of human lives—change in a world where we're grappling seriously with the climate crisis, and perhaps even trying to restore some of the damage we've already done to the planet and its ecosystems? What kinds of obstacles, conflicts, and transformations will arise during these humongous shifts? How can we ensure that a sustainable or even climate-positive future is also a just and equitable one?
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Participants must be 18 years or older. U.S. and international submissions are welcome. ASU students and employees are welcome to participate.
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See also: Sustainable Food Systems Global Challenge 2020 by MIT Solve
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It's been ten years since Google first launched Chrome. At the time, Google's browser was a revelation. Firefox had gotten slow, Internet Explorer was Internet Explorer and none of the smaller challengers, maybe with the exception of Opera, every got any significant traction. But here was Google, with a fast browser that was built for the modern web.
Now, ten years later, Google is the incumbent and Chrome is getting challenged both from a technical perspective, thanks to a resurgent Firefox, and by a wave of anti-Google sentiment. But Google isn't letting that get in the way of celebrating Chrome's anniversary. To mark the day, the company today officially launched its new look for Chrome and previewed what it has in stock for the future of its browser. And it's not just a new look. Chrome's Omnibox and other parts of the browser are getting updates, too.
Yahoo is just starting the analyst call of its Q2 earnings, which were pretty lackluster. But CEO Marissa Mayer, who is awfully good at this kind of thing, has ginned up the excitement nonetheless, deciding to now broadcast the event live over the Internet via video, rather than over a more typical audio link.
Thus, as soon as the legal disclaimer was over, it was Mayer and CFO Ken Goldman sitting at a news desk, in a sort of "Good Afternoon, Yahoo!" situation.
Because it is not exactly pertinent to comment on how anyone looks, I decided to not do so — except to say that Goldman was sporting a very nice oxford shirt.
Mayer's first words were delivered a bit stiffly, but she was doing okay pretty quickly on reading the prepared script and trying to make it seem fresh. In Silicon Valley, she is a well-known over-preparer and, clearly, she has done that here.
She showed off some slides about how the company is growing its page views, pointing to mobile growth as the key driver. That is in contrast to recent stats from comScore, which does not reflect the claimed mobile growth, but does tell a story of declining Web usage at some key Yahoo properties over the last year.
Mayer then began to reel off the various accomplishments she has notched since she got to the troubled Internet giant last July.
Sounds like the company on muscle enhancers, which was her point, I think.
"As I hit my first-year anniversary, it is clear we are into our second sprint," said Mayer, mixing the metaphors.
2:14 pm: Now it was over to Goldman, who apparently did not like to look at the red light on the camera, even if his life depended on it.
He reeled off a lot of numbers, noting that the balance sheet at Yahoo is strong, with $4.8 billion in cash and securities. A lot of what Goldman was going over had already been in the press release, but it was nice to see him actually read it off.
That is, until he got to the revenue slide for the company. It was not impressive in any way, showing a decided lack of growth all over the place.
Goldman said that Yahoo was trying to make a "meaningful" attempt to fix that. "We have a lot of confidence in our business, but that has yet to translate into revenue growth," he also added, pointing out the very obvious.
He still looked a little pained, but seemed to rally with the search slide, even as he was trying to figure out a way to not insult the company's partnership with Microsoft in the area.
Number of paid clicks was up nicely, 21 percent, although price per click was down eight percent.
Still, it was a whole lot better than display. "Our display business was challenged," said Goldman, with another obviously obvious observation.
2:23 pm: For example: Price per ad was down, number of ads sold was down ("just two percent," said Goldman, as if this could possibly be a good thing).
It looks like international revenue is part of the problem, down across the world. The Americas market was up.
Goldman continued on without any affect whatsoever, except for his pronounced New England accent, which is kind of what I want in a CFO.
I will be honest: Goldman's number-rattling soon started to wear on me, so I briefly considered switching over to watch "House of Cards" on Netflix. Kevin Spacey could make "non-GAAP operating income" seem exciting — of this, I am sure.
2:29 pm: It was soon back to Mayer, who was now going for a more serious tone and look. She showed off her "chain reaction of growth" slide again that is apparently a virtuous circle of fantastic (if it works, that is).
Then, she moved into the specifics.
She said she wanted Yahoo search to be better, but graded her mobile progress to be an "A." Can you grade yourself? Yes, you can, if you are CEO with an exclusive earnings show on Yahoo Finance.
"Yahoo's future is mobile," she then said.
Then, quick as a wink, it was onto display, which has become the ugly ducking at Yahoo, downgraded from its former status as a swan.
"We have to do a much better job here," said Mayer. Again: Obvi!
Onto video — Mayer really had a knack of keeping things moving — which she said was also important.
2:34 pm: Finally, it was onto Q&A.
Suddenly, we have lost video! I am bereft as this is the heh-heh part of the show, where Wall Street analysts show just how tethered they are to the company execs' good will and not investors' best interests.
Mayer suddenly became much more interactive and comfortable onscreen, answering the first question about video looking a lot like a professional pundit.
The next question was on the guidance, which Yahoo had lowered earlier. The questioner wanted to know more, as well as how the company was going to monetize the next pile of money coming soon from Yahoo's Alibaba Group asset with minimal tax impact.
Mayer noted that Tumblr, whose non-revenue will be non-included in the next quarter, will not matter to growth as yet. Non-revenue-producing companies bought for $1 billion usually do not.
Goldman then noted that he has the best tax minds looking into how to get that mountain of money from China to Yahoo without Uncle Sam getting too much of a taste.
The next questioner wanted some explanation about the depressing display fall off. Mayer said she was working on it. She clearly knew she cannot change the results and did not try to, although shaking her head in understanding did make it feel better.
At this point, I decide that this video thing was genius, although I suspect there are very few CEOs who will be able to pull this off. It's kind of like "Network," but for geeks.
2:43 pm: Onto a question about Microsoft, as well as if there have been any benefits from Yahoo's sales reorg under Henrique De Castro, who has got to be feeling the pressure due to the display disaster.
The next question was about M&A and its revenue potential. As most know, Yahoo has been on a tear in that department, buying 16 companies over the last year.
Mayer called them mostly "tuck-in acquisitions," done for hiring talent more than anything else. Tumblr is, she noted, strategic, which is different.
She promised more of the small purchases, which means it was time to cue the cheering on Sand Hill Road among the VC set, who can now continue to bail out of some of their kookier investments.
This reverie prevented me from paying mind to a question about some technical ad issue.
Finally, a good question came about breaking down the stats Mayer briefly showed off on page views. Let's be clear, Mayer has been deft since she got to Yahoo about presenting the data that she wants rather than what others want and also what might be helpful to grokking what is happening inside Yahoo. Thus, no deets for anyone, except to say it's all going up!
Then another decent query about whether Yahoo should be more deeply embedded with mobile leaders. Unlike Google and Apple, Yahoo does not have a smartphone platform or operating system, but Mayer said she had no partnerships to announce today.
Next, a content question about what maximizes the value of Yahoo. Mayer noted she was on the side of content partnerships, rather than Yahoo making its own original programming, a debate that has gone on at the company since the dawn of time.
A video sales question. I was flagging here. Where is Kevin Spacey when you need him!?! Also, that Yahoo mug seems to have grown larger as the earnings cavalcade of details has continued. Could it have hurt to have a giant purple Yahoo exclamation point dance across the stage at this point?
Next, a question about Tumblr and the immersive search experience. Mayer, who is a search expert from her time as an exec at Google, went all wonk here, reeling off numbers. But changes to improve Yahoo's declining business here is not baked yet, she concluded.
Mayer, who never lacks for aggressively cute gimmicks, finally closed by doing the Summly version of the Q2 report, as she had in a previous quarter. But, if truth be told, her hour-long show was much more entertaining.
"We hope you have enjoyed our video presentation," said Mayer, delivering the line like a pro. Unfortunately, Goldman was not paying attention to the last cue, but quickly piped up, after a sharp sideways glance from his boss, like a digital update of Ed McMahon.
As many readers know, I am not one to hold back a Yahoo internal memo. So, I am glad I can finally publish this one, an effort by the events team at the Silicon Valley Internet giant to organize a surprise for its CEO Marissa Mayer on the first-year anniversary of her tenure there.
Mayer was presented with the thanks at Yahoo's all-hands meeting this past Friday, just after she gave the company's 11,000 employees Up fitness bands as a gift.
In all seriousness, I will have more reporting later today on the actual results of Yahoo's core business under Mayer over the last year — not very robust in terms of consumer engagement or revenue growth, although definitely an improvement in terms of morale and momentum. That's ahead of tomorrow's second-quarter earnings, which some Wall Street analysts think will not be very impressive either.
Marissa's 1st year anniversary at Yahoo! is on July 17th, 2013 and we plan to SURPRISE her with a presentation during the FYI on July 12th. This is your opportunity to send her a personal "Thank You" message, for everything she's done for Yahoo! over the past year.
Click on this link yo/thxmarissa and send your personalized free form message to Marissa! All of the messages will be shared with her both online and in a book presentation. This is open to everyone — including contractors.
Keep in mind that this is a surprise for Marissa. Please do not post anything on DevRandom or any other communications! Don't forget to sign your name and your site location. The moderator tool will close on June 14th. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at thxmm@yahoo-inc.com.
It's clear that CEO Marissa Mayer has been trying to get the employees of Yahoo to start moving faster to innovate. And now, she is also doing it quite literally, apparently giving its more than 11,000 employees an Up fitness band.
According to sources, the company will be handing out the trendy wrist devices, which track movement, sleep patterns and other data and which also allows you to share information with a group of friends about your activity (or lack thereof, in my case!).
It's not clear if Mayer herself is paying for the gift — it is her first-year anniversary at the company — or Yahoo is. The bands cost $129.99 retail and come in a range of colors. And while I am told there is not a purple version of the Up device being offered here — get on it, Hosain and Yves! — presumably Mayer got a big group discount for all the Ups she bought.
The gesture makes sense, since Mayer recently joined the board of the San Francisco startup, Jawbone, which makes Up. Jawbone also created and sells the iconic Jawbone wireless mobile headset and the Jambox wireless speakers.
A Yahoo PR person did not return an email request for a comment, natch!
Zynga just filed its 8-K regulatory filing that outlines the compensation it took to attract Microsoft Xbox head Don Mattrick to the troubled social online gaming company as its new CEO, replacing founder Mark Pincus.
In total, without figuring in increases in the stock that have already occurred, the longtime gaming exec is getting about $50 million in cash and stock compensation over several years. This all depends on a number of factors. For example, if the shares pop — the stock is already up significantly since his hiring — the package is obviously much more valuable.
While it is a largely stock-based compensation package, Mattrick will also be getting plenty of cash, with a cash and stock kitty totaling $19.3 million in his first year. That includes a $5 million signing bonus in cash, a $1 million annual salary and a pro-rated but guaranteed cash bonus of $2 million. In the period, he will also receive $11.3 million in Zynga stock in a make-whole grant related to the vesting shares he gave up in leaving Microsoft.
Mattrick is also getting an "inducement" grant of 1,785,714 restricted stock units, valued at $5 million, as well as an option to purchase 7,357,143 shares now worth $10 million, which will also vest over several years.
Beginning in 2014, Mattrick will be eligible for a 200 percent to 400 percent yearly cash bonus of his annual base salary, or $2 million to $4 million.
While these cash numbers are large, most of the value of the overall package is based in equity — large stock grants — that will become very valuable if Mattrick can get Zynga back on track. It's somewhat comparable to how Yahoo has rewarded CEO and former Google exec Marissa Mayer, who has definitely gotten that stock humming since she arrived a year ago.
According to the filing, for example, Mattrick's make-whole grant is $25 million in total — 8,928,571 Class A RSUs of Zynga — that will vest over his first three years at the company and are valued at a price of $2.80, based on Zynga's stock price on June 26.
That means 45.32 percent will vest on the one-year anniversary of the start of his employment — this coming Monday — and 45.32 percent on the day prior to the 2015 annual shareholder meeting. The remaining 9.36 percent, or $2.3 million, will vest on the third anniversary of his start of employment.
Along with the make-whole and inducement grants, Mattrick is also eligible for other grants — similar to those given to other execs at Zynga — which are performance-based and are valued at $7 million.
As is standard, Mattrick will get a payment of $60,000 related to legal fee costs associated with his employment agreement with Zynga, as well as severance of twice his annual salary, two times his target bonus, a pro-rated bonus for the fiscal year of the termination and an accelerated vesting of all his grants.
In related news, with Mattrick's ascension to the board, Zynga said that longtime board member and former Zynga exec Owen Van Natta will be resigning, which will keep the number of directors at nine.
When Dan Hesse took over the reins of Sprint on Dec. 17, 2007, he had quite the mess on his hands. That fourth quarter, Sprint was getting ready to announce not just an exodus of 683,000 subscribers but also an astounding financial loss of $29.5 billion, one of the largest ever recorded by a major U.S. company.
Sprint's acquisition of Nextel two years earlier was a heavy albatross around its neck. Its customer service had gone down the tubes, employee morale was low, and the company culture fractured; worst of all, Sprint's once loyal subscribers were fleeing in droves. Hesse knew he was taking over a struggling company, but in an interview with GigaOM he admitted that even he didn't realize the magnitude of Sprint's troubles until he arrived. "When I took over the assignment the problems were more severe than I anticipated," he said.
Fast forward five years, and it's plain to see Sprint has turned several corners. Its net subscribers totals are increasing rather than shrinking, helped along by the iPhone. Its improved financials have sent Sprint's stock skyrocketing, its share price more than doubling in value in the last year. Its customer service is now consistently scoring the highest marks in surveys conducted by J.D. Power and other agencies.
Sprint hasn't fully recovered from the dark days of the last decade. Seven years after the merger it's still dealing with the fallout of Nextel, it still has more work to do to repair its brand, and during the several years Sprint was healing its wounds, its biggest competitors AT&T and Verizon Wireless took advantage of Sprint's problems to become bigger and more formidable.
But it's fair to say there's a lot more upside than downside to Sprint these days. Japan's Softbank certainly thinks so. It's investing $20.1 billion to take control of the country's third largest carrier.
A few days before his fifth anniversary at Sprint, Hesse sat down with GigaOM to discuss his tenure as CEO and the five years of trials and tribulations Sprint has endured on its path to recovery.
We asked Hesse what the most significant moment of his tenure was, and we were surprised by the answer: AT&T-Mo.
Echoing thoughts he gave in an interview with GigaOM last year, Hesse said that the AT&T's failed attempt to consolidate two of the Big 4 made him realize that there was no longer such a thing as the Big 4. The industry had bifurcated into the Big 2 and everybody else.
Sprint can't take credit for killing AT&T-Mo, though its vociferous opposition to the deal likely influenced the Federal Communications Commission and Department of Justice's decisions to quash it. More significantly, the deal helped shape Sprint's identity. Hesse said it made Sprint realize that many of its interests were now more closely aligned with smaller competitive carriers rather than the Big 2.
Sprint began defining much of its strategy by focusing on services and policies the market was demanding but AT&T and Verizon weren't delivering. Ma Bell and Big Red killed unlimited plans. Sprint embraced them. They concentrated on contract plans. Sprint dived whole-hog into prepaid. While Verizon and AT&T are still keeping mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), Sprint has become a hero to the virtual operator. Sprint had started down that path before AT&T-Mo ever happened, but Hesse said the attempted merger reinforced the notion Sprint was on the right track.
While AT&T-Mo's approval would have stifled competition, it's failure had the opposite effect. The government has made its position clear: it wants to see strong third-and fourth-place operators to keep the Big 2 in check, and that has spurred new interest in the likes of Sprint and T-Mobile.
The biggest problems Hesse has been forced to fix were not of his own making. When he took over in late 2007, his predecessors had made two significant decisions that still haunt the company to this day: the acquisition of Nextel and the embrace of WiMAX as Sprint's future 4G technology.
In fact, Hesse may be just a few months away from shedding that Nextel albatross for good. June 30 is the date he's set for shutting down Nextel's iDEN network, at which point Sprint will start refarming its airwaves for LTE. It will be a painful six months. There are still 3.1 million Nextel and Boost Mobile subscribers on iDEN, many of them clinging to the Direct Connect push-to-talk service that originally made Nextel so popular. So far, Sprint has been able to convert a fair amount of iDEN customers into CDMA customers, though, and has managed to attract 1 million subscribers to its new CDMA version of Direct Connect.
As for WiMAX, Hesse isn't quite ready to call it a failure, even though the rest of the wireless industry has dismissed it. Hesse isn't blind. He knows LTE is the future — and Sprint is in the early stages of a nationwide LTE rollout — but Hesse also maintained that Sprint got more out of WiMAX than the industry gives it credit.
"One of the big decisions I had to make early on whether to mothball and shut down the WiMAX business and take a big write off," Hesse said. At the time Sprint simply didn't have any money to invest more in a new network strategy, Hesse said. Its choices were making its fateful deal to merge WiMAX operations with Clearwire — or do nothing at all. The Clearwire deal did give Sprint the country's first 4G network, though lack of funds prevented Clearwire from completing more two-thirds of its network, and Verizon Wireless quickly caught up with LTE.
A lot of history's judgment will probably be based on the eventual fate of Clearwire. A day after our interview with Hesse, Sprint made a bid to buy out Clearwire completely.
If Hesse wants Sprint to be perceived as one thing, it's as "the good guy" in the U.S. wireless industry. While AT&T and Verizon Wireless increasingly make moves that go against the desires of their customers and trends in technology, Hesse said, Sprint will try to become the most pro-consumer and open carrier out there.
There are the big ticket items, such as pricing structures like its unlimited data Simply Everything plans. But there are small moves as well, such as opting to use Google Wallet as a mobile payments solution, rather than inject itself forcibly into the NFC commerce chain. It's also tried to claim the mantle as the country's greenest operator.
Still, Sprint is having a hard time explaining its new role to consumers. Hesse said that its current customers know the new Sprint and like what they see, as indicated by its stellar rise in the consumer survey rankings. But for customers who have never owned a Sprint phone or left angrily during its rebuilding period, the name Sprint still has plenty of negative connotations.
And the hits — and not happy ones — keep on coming with the imminent approach of Hurricane Sandy to New York City.
Along with cancellation of tomorrow's Google Android product event and postponement of our latest All Things Digital conference, D: Dive Into Mobile, which was set to take place tomorrow and on Tuesday, Facebook is also now putting the kibosh on two events it was planning in Manhattan this week.
The first is a Tuesday engineering open house that was planned for the social networking site's New York HQ in mid-town. And, more importantly, its larger Gifts event at FAO Schwartz is now off too.
A Facebook spokeswoman confirmed the cancellations.
Facebook was set to unveil retail partnerships at the media gathering to "come see what's new with Facebook Gifts," after announcing the ability to buy physical gifts for other users last month.
It is the company's major initiative into the world of social gift giving and e-commerce.
Long-running tech news and analysis site Slashdot launched 15 years ago today, and it is still chugging along, capturing the best bits of news around the web and letting people vent on various topics.
Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda created Slashdot in 1997. He selected "Slashdot" for the site's name because it was an "intentionally obnoxious URL." Malda resigned from Slashdot in August 2011. In March 2012, Malda joined the Washington Post as chief strategist and editor at large of WaPo Labs.
Since Malda's resignation, the site has continued to run well, but it faces stiff competition from Reddit and social networks that provide the aggregation and commenting services that Slashdot once dominated.
In mid-September, Dice Holdings purchased Slashdot, SourceForge, and Freecode from Geeknet for $20 million in cash. Lord said he does not expect the site to change much under new ownership.
Slashdot attracts 3.7 million uniques per month. Lord said that through its history, the site has hosted discussions on more than 123,000 stories, and in true geek fashion, he noted that the site hit 123,456 stories just last week. The site's Hall of Fame page shows the most popular posts and gives a historical perspective on the major events the site has seen.
It all started on a Palm Pilot?
Money on a mobile device is essentially how PayPal began. And a recent re-organization by eBay president David Marcus has refocused the company on mobile, putting former mobile chief Hill Ferguson in charge of all PayPal product groups.
Even though our D: All Things Digital conference always sells out well in advance every year without our announcing even one single speaker (like this one, too), it's the action on stage that truly matters.
And in 2012 — which also happens to be the 10th anniversary of the confab of tech and media titans — it's already shaping up to be another fantastic event in terms of programming, with a lineup of onstage appearances that is sure to make some news.
There are many more very big names to come, but Walt Mossberg and I are pleased to introduce the first group of interviewees, which will give you a glimpse into the firepower we expect at D10 in late May. It is again being held in Rancho Palos Verdes, just south of Los Angeles.
The initial speakers we have confirmed so far include: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg; serial entrepreneur Sean Parker, who will appear with Spotify co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek; Zynga founder and CEO Mark Pincus; Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz; LinkedIn Chairman and VC Reid Hoffman, who will appear with LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner; and Skype CEO Tony Bates.
It's hard to imagine someone we have wanted to have onstage more than Michael Bloomberg, a man of many talents and interests. He's known worldwide as the 108th Mayor of the City of New York. First elected in November 2001 (and again in 2005 and 2009), he is also one of the most compelling politicians in the U.S. today.
But Bloomberg is also a pioneer in terms of the business of digital news and information technology, having built a huge and groundbreaking media company and information service. Bloomberg (the company) has 310,000 subscribers to its financial news and information service, and more than 15,000 employees worldwide.
There will be a lot to talk about with him, from the upcoming presidential election to the state of our government to the future of innovation, news and technology.
Also sure to be voluble is Sean Parker, the legendary Silicon Valley entrepreneur who has been on the cutting edge of innumerable important digital trends of the recent decade. In 1999, Parker co-founded Napster, the controversial and industry-changing music service, at the age of 19.
He followed up with early contact information service Plaxo, and then shifted over to his critical involvement as founding president of Facebook in its early days as a start-up, an experience which was dramatized in the movie "The Social Network." Parker continued to found and also invest in companies, from Causes to Spotify to his most recent, Airtime, a social video company that he is doing with his Napster co-founder Shawn Fanning.
Parker will be appearing onstage with Daniel Ek, another serial entrepreneur and technologist, who started his first company in 1997 at the age of 14. The Swedish native later co-founded online music phenom Spotify in 2006, with Martin Lorentzon.
The former CTO of Stardoll and founder of Advertigo leads a company that is changing the way music is delivered and consumed by fans, against a backdrop of intense change in the industry, succeeding even as a plethora of other services have stumbled.
Also a groundbreaker is Zynga CEO and founder Mark Pincus, yet another serial entrepreneur, whose latest effort in the online gaming arena has finally resulted in his biggest success. It recently went public, and now has a nearly $10 billion market cap.
Before founding Zynga in 2007, Pincus had already started three other companies: Push start-up Freeloader in 1995; automated tech-support company Support.com after that; and early social networking site Tribe.net in 2003.
Pincus is also an avid angel investor, with early stakes in Napster, Brightmail, Twitter and Facebook.
Reid Hoffman was another early investor in Facebook, along with many of Web 2.0's most successful ventures. Well-known in Silicon Valley as an entrepreneur and VC, and recently dubbed the "start-up whisperer" by the New York Times (although I am not sure exactly what that means), he's also chairman of LinkedIn, the business-networking service that also recently went public (at a $10 billion valuation, too).
He'll appear with LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, who started out life in Hollywood, but soon made his way to Silicon Valley as a top exec at Yahoo. After running its media division, Weiner spent a short time at venture firms before going operational again at LinkedIn.
What it takes to build and maintain momentum as tech companies move into more mature stages, as well as how the social networking space evolves, are among the many topics on tap for the pair.
The evolution of a start-up phenom — in this case, Internet telephony service Skype — will be among the topics covered by Tony Bates, who is now a president at Microsoft, which bought it last year.
That's a tall order for Bates, who came to Skype from a top job at Cisco. Bates has deep roots (or maybe, routing?) in the guts of the Internet, having done backbone-engineering strategy for Internet MCI. The U.K. native also holds nine patents.
Lastly, given all the activity we expect will happen between government regulatory agencies and tech companies over the next few years, we felt it was key to bring in FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz. He has been at the FTC as a commissioner since 2004, but was given the top job by President Barack Obama in 2009.
Leibowitz knows from regulation, having served as the Democratic chief counsel and staff director for the U.S. Senate Antitrust Subcommittee from 1997 to 2000, where he focused on competition policy and telecommunications matters, as well as a similar stint at the Senate Subcommittee on Terrorism and Technology before that.
There will be a lot more speakers to come, of course. But, so far, we think D10 is off and running fast.
National Geographic launched a new interactive Facebook application that aims to capture the world's memories of 9/11 as the 10th anniversary of that day approaches.
Users of the Remembering 9/11 Facebook app can post brief accounts of their experiences from that day, and attach location tags to their stories that will appear on an interactive online map.
The app also has sorting features that makes sharing easier; you can filter stories by location and also share posts with friends. Another nifty feature is the globalization of this app, developed with Neo-Pangea. While originally launched in English, the app will be available on Monday, August 8, in an additional eight languages, including German, Hungarian, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, Italian, and French.
The introduction of the Remembering 9/11 Facebook app coincides with the National Geographic Channel's Remembering 9/11 Week, which begins Sunday, August 28, in the U.S., with global premieres to follow throughout fall 2011.
Readers, what do you think of this Facebook app marking the 10th anniversary of 9/11?
While it's hard to believe that a decade has passed since the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York, the 10th anniversary is fast approaching.
One of the myriad of tributes will be "Rebirth," a documentary film that employs time-lapse photography and also just time passing in the lives of those who lost loved ones in the tragedy.
The film will get both a theatrical and a television release around September 11, and it looks like it deserves it.
This is perhaps the oddest video in honor of the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, in which James Bond–played by actor Daniel Craig–puts on a dress.
It's worthwhile to note all the dire statistics for women today, although I am not sure this is the best way to illustrate the issue.


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Chaldean Patriarch: Save Iraq's cultural heritage threatened by war
Abu Dhabi – The response to the destruction wrought by ISIS, Taliban and war, is to create a "safe haven" for the preservation of cultural heritage at risk of disappearing "in collaboration with the government" or, alternatively, establish an office "representation" of the United Nations. Train "Iraqi personnel" to "deal, document, protect and restore" manuscripts, artifacts and buildings from ancient history.
This is the appeal launched by the Chaldean Patriarch Raphael Louis Sako Tues. from the stage of the "International Conference for the Protection of cultural heritage in conflict areas". In his speech, sent to AsiaNews, the Primate of the Iraqi Church he has also called for "modern and sophisticated tools" for such an "important and delicate" task as the preservation of a heritage at risk.
The conference was held on December 2 and 3 last in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and brought together heads of state and government, experts, scholars, religious leaders and Christian-Muslim activists in the fields of history, archeology and culture. Patriarch Sako since the days when he was archbishop of Kirkuk, has long denounced the dangers encountered by the cultural heritage of Iraq, a "universal right" to be protected. Recently he recalled how archeology is worth "more than oil."
At the conference in Abu Dhabi, the participants launched an appeal, aimed at creating a fund of 100 million dollars for the safeguarding of cultural heritage of the areas at risk. Sponsored by UNESCO, the initiative brought together representatives from over 40 nations, many of whom come from countries that are the theater of war. The goal is both the care of the heritage and the fight against trafficking of artifacts and exhibits, as well as contribute to the restoration of damaged property. The Abu Bhadi Declaration, the experts confirm, is a first step in view of heritage conservation. "The creation of this Fund – says Director General of UNESCO Irina Bokova – opens new horizons […] a renewed commitment to culture, education, human dignity, in which the protection of the heritage becomes an integral part of a global strategy against hatred and extremism".
Here, below, the intervention of the Patriarch Sako and forwarded to AsiaNews:
Iraq, the ancient Mesopotamia, was the cradle of civilizations: Starting from Sumerian, Acadian, Babylonian, Chaldean, Assyrian, Persian, Jewish, Christian, and Arab Muslim. All together forming a national and international treasure.
There are many archeological sites and many old churches and monasteries everywhere in Iraq, because Christians were the majority there before the arrival of Arab Muslims in the 7th century.
The escalation of religious and ethnic conflict across the region demonstrates the urgent need for action on the part of the international community to protect and preserve this Cultural Heritage.
Looting of hundreds of priceless artifacts from the Iraqi National Museum followed the US invasion of Baghdad in 2003, and the Mosul Museum in mid-2014 by Islamic State extremists is a big loss. Isis jihadists started a real rampage to erase everything that pre-dated the Islamic era and does not fit with their ideology.
Due to the destruction of Nabi Younis, Nabi Jarjees mosques, as well as the most significant ancient sites, like Nimrud and Hatra (Hadhar), in addition to burning hundreds of manuscripts at many other churches and monasteries, the international community should engage the Iraqi government and other governments in the region to ensure the preservation and protection of this multi-millennial patrimony and its restoration with a well-trained team.
However, as an encouraging sign. Father Najib Mussa, a Dominican Father, who founded the "Centre numérique des Manuscrits Orientaux" in Mosul in 1990 has started documenting manuscripts of churches and monasteries, filming 7500 manuscripts and restoring some damaged ones. CDs and catalogues are available in the Dominican center in Erbil.
We also hope that these ancient sites, old churches, monasteries, and mosques would be slowly rebuilt in the right way.
Nowadays, the situation is still unsecure and even when Isis is defeated, its ideology will continue generating new kind of conflicts. Therefore I would like to propose the following practical and urgent projects.
1. To create a safe haven for the preservation and the storage of the endangered cultural heritage, with the agreement (convention), of the Iraqi government or at least to establish a monitoring office of UN to oversee it.
2. To bring experts for training Iraqi teams on how to deal with this cultural heritage that has been here for thousands of years. How to document. protect and restore manuscripts, historical sites, old objects, churches, monasteries, synagogues, mosques in a right way.
3. To equip these Iraqi teams with modern and sophisticated tools to carry out such a skillful task.
* Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans and president of the Episcopal Conference Iraq
Source: Asia News
Fadi Hanna 2016-12-08T13:54:33+00:00 December 8th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: Chaldean Patriarch, Iraq, Iraqi, UNESCO|
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Channel 2 WSB-TV Appoints Misti Turnbull News Director of Channel 2 Action News
ATLANTA – Oct. 13, 2015 – Channel 2 WSB-TV has named Misti Turnbull as its News Director for WSB-TV. Turnbull replaces Mike Dreaden, who was recently named Vice President of News and Marketing for Television for Cox Media Group.
"Misti has played an integral role on our news editorial team overseeing our day-to-day news coverage, and we are extremely fortunate that we can tap internal talent like Misti for this key leadership position," said Tim McVay, Vice President and General Manager for WSB-TV at Tuesday's station staff meeting. "She is a proven part of our success and works at the extremely high level demanded of this station. We have tremendous confidence in Misti's leadership, editorial judgment and knowledge of what it takes to be WSB-TV's News Director."
Turnbull has worked for WSB-TV for 16 years serving as Managing Editor over the past three and a half years. In that role, she oversees the daily execution of news operations and is responsible for driving content creation for 45 hours of live local news coverage every week. She has also served as a writer, producer, morning executive producer, dayside executive producer and senior executive producer before her promotion almost four years ago.
"I'm excited and honored for this opportunity to lead the great team of journalists at this station," said Turnbull. "I'm deeply committed to everything for which Channel 2 Action News stands and to continuing what makes it the best news station in the nation.
"It's an exciting time as we grow our capabilities to deliver local news and weather to our audience wherever they are. I'm thrilled to lead that charge going forward."
While working at WSB-TV, Turnbull has received 31 Emmy nominations and eight Emmy awards. She was awarded the Emmy for Outstanding Producer as the 11 p.m. Nightbeat producer and a coveted Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Newscast as the 5 p.m. producer. During her time as Managing Editor, WSB-TV has received additional Murrow awards and the Emmy for Overall News Excellence. The news department has also received many awards from the Georgia Association of Broadcasters including Best Newscast and Best Website.
During her career, Turnbull has covered hurricanes in Virginia, then blizzards in Colorado. Misti was also working in Colorado Springs the night JonBenet Ramsey was murdered in Boulder and worked with investigative reporters for months on their coverage of the mystery. A few short weeks after moving to Atlanta, the Columbine massacre took place and Misti was sent back to Colorado to field produce for WSB-TV. Her first day working inside WSB's newsroom was the day Atlanta firefighter Matt Moseley rescued worker Ivers Sims from a burning crane high above the city. Since then, she has been in the middle of all the big stories from the ice storm during the Super Bowl in 2000, to political races, the Buckhead day trader shootings, the Fulton County Courthouse shooting and Snowmageddon of 2013.
Prior to joining WSB-TV, Turnbull produced the morning news at Denver's ABC affiliate, KMGH-TV. She also was a Producer and Executive Producer at KRDO in Colorado Springs. Turnbull launched her career in Norfolk, Virginia where she was a writer and producer at WAVY-TV and later, WTKR-TV. During that time, Turnbull performed almost every job in the newsroom, from ripping scripts, to running the assignment desk, to tuning in live microwave shots. She even anchored and produced newscasts for VBTV.
Turnbull earned her Bachelor's degree in Media Performance from Florida State University. Turnbull and her husband, Robert, have been married 19 years and reside in Lilburn with their two teenaged children.
About Channel 2 WSB-TV The ABC Affiliate is part of Cox Media Group and ranks as Atlanta's number one local television station. The station also operates its website, wsbtv.com, its mobile site, m.wsbtv.com, multiple mobile apps for news, weather, traffic and morning news. It also airs MeTV on its digital channel 2.2 and Laff on 2.3. It's also on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Cox Media Group is an integrated broadcasting, publishing, direct marketing and digital media company that includes the national advertising rep firms of CoxReps. Additionally, CMG owns Cox Target Media, which operates Valpak, one of North America's leading direct marketing companies, and Savings.com, a leading destination for online coupon codes and grocery deals. The company's operations currently include 14 broadcast television stations and one local cable channel, 59 radio stations, seven daily newspapers and more than a dozen non-daily publications, and more than 100 digital services. CMG currently operates in more than 20 media markets and reaches approximately 52 million Americans weekly, including more than 31 million TV viewers, more than 3.5 million print and online newspaper readers, and more than 14 million radio listeners. For more information about Cox Media Group, please check us out online at www.coxmediagroup.com.


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91 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, G2 5TF 0141 221 6636
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Welcome to The Drum and Monkey in St. Vincent Street Glasgow
The Drum & Monkey is located in Glasgow City Centre on St. Vincent Street, just a short walk from Buchanan Street, Sauchiehall Street, Bath Street, Hope Street, George Square, Glasgow Central Train Station and Queen Street Station.
You'll find a plethora of central Glasgow's attractions near you — including George Square, The City Chambers, The Lighthouse, The Gallery of Modern Art, Duke of Wellington statue, Nelson Mandela Place, Princes Square Shopping Centre and Royal Exchange Square.
If you're looking for a pub that offers the very best pub food in the heart of Glasgow, then look no further than our speciality pie house — The Drum & Monkey, which serves a range of delicious pies under pastry or mash. You can be sure to enjoy your food, complemented with a perfectly poured cask ale, a glass of fine wine, or even a taste of our extensive whisky and gin collections.
A unique city centre pub with a rich history
Nicholson's Pubs are known for their individual style, exciting stories, and charming personalities — and The Drum & Monkey is certainly no exception, with a selection of glorious G&Ts, cask conditioned ales, and brewery fresh Innis and Gunn Tank Lager direct from Inveralmond Brewery in Perthshire.
The Drum and Monkey was a former a bank building, and retains an air of grandeur. Erected in 1924 by the eminent architect Andrew Balfour, our pub's style has been compared to classical American architecture of the time. Our location on St. Vincent Street, marks the British sea victory over the French off the coast of Spain in 1797.
Our famous name is said to derive from the travelling showmen who would tour the country with performing monkeys which would often play on a drum.
Serving up seasonal specialities and mouth-watering favourites
Our breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus offer everything you'd expect to find on any respectable, British pub menu, and so much more besides. Boasting an array of delicious sharers, through to classic main dishes, and succulent burgers, there's a selection to suit every appetite.
The Drum and Monkey is one of many rare gems in the Nicholson's collection of iconic and great British pubs — held in the highest of regards for their distinctive buildings, intriguing history and vibrant atmosphere.
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Pop in for a pint of well-kept cask ale, an excellent range of drinks, book a table for couples, groups, birthdays or other special occasions— and ensure that everyone has a hearty bite to eat.
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Assistant or Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
Location: Los Angeles, California
Internal Number: REQ20127233
The University of Southern California (USC), founded in 1880, is the largest private employer in the City of Los Angeles. As an employee of USC, you will be a part of a world-class research university and a member of the "Trojan Family," which is comprised of the faculty, students and staff that make the university what it is.
The Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California is seeking a full-time assistant or associate professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology, specifically in the division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine. The successful applicant will have: excellence in clinical and surgical skills, skills in leading and teaching ambulatory patient care, skills in leading and directing ambulatory care with familiarity of metrics and practice guidelines, evidence of teaching, research or other specialty-related accomplishments, experience with teaching and mentoring residents, fellows and junior faculty. Â Candidates must be board certified/board eligible in Ob/Gyn with a subspecialty in Maternal-Fetal Medicine as well as have eligibility for licensure in the state of California. The Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of Southern California is one of the leading academic and clinical perinatology groups in the country. Our physicians work in conjunction with community referring Ob/Gyns all over LA County, in which the candidate will be expected to provide a wide spectrum of specialized services to maximize maternal and fetal well-being. This includes consultations, genetic counseling, diagnostic and therapeutic services for outpatient clinics and hospitalized patients with acute and chronic conditions. The position offers a competitive salary with excellent university benefits and an academic appointment at the Keck School of Medicine of USC appropriate to the level of training and experience. The University of Southern California is an equal opportunity employer.
Qualified candidates should apply here and upload a letter of interest, CV, and three recommendation letters. For further inquiries, please contact: Carissa Padua (MarielleCarissa.Padua@med.usc.edu).
The annual base salary range for this position is $315,000 - $355,000. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.
The University of Southern California strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity in employment. Women and men, and members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply.
About University of Southern California (USC)
USC is the leading private research university in Los Angeles—a global center for arts, technology and international business. With more than 47,500 students, we are located primarily in Los Angeles but also in various US and global satellite locations. As the largest private employer in Los Angeles, responsible for $8 billion annually in economic activity in the region, we offer the opportunity to work in a dynamic and diverse environment, in careers that span a broad spectrum of talents and skills across a variety of academic and professional schools and administrative units. As a USC employee and member of the Trojan Family—the faculty, staff, students, and alumni who make USC a great place to work—you will enjoy excellent benefits, including a variety of well-being programs designed to help individuals achieve work-life balance.
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NYC activists having big impact on debate over Rikers replacement plan
The group could play a key role as City Council members and the mayor's office hammer out the details of de Blasio's plan
By Shant Shahrigian
NEW YORK CITY — A vocal activist group is having an outsize impact on the debate over Mayor de Blasio's plan to replace Rikers Island with new lockups in the boroughs.
"Our core argument is that it is fully possible to close Rikers without building new jails," said Nabil Hassein, an organizer for No New Jails. "If you lock up fewer people, you can close Rikers without building new jails.
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"The billions of dollars that they're planning to spend should be spent on the real needs of the community," Hassein added.
"Our group is never going to support the construction of new jails. No one is going to change our minds about that."
No New Jails activists have vexed city officials with their zeal. "They're really well organized. They've shown up at meetings about jails and just drowned everybody out," a city official who's worked on the mayor's plan said of the grassroots movement.
The group could play a key role as City Council members and the mayor's office hammer out the details of de Blasio's plan.
But the group's push to abolish all jails is causing fissures among the groups seeking to reform the city's correction system.
"There is tension in the movement between people who are talking about reform and people who are talking about abolition," said Baz Dreisinger, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. "That's dangerous for the movement."
De Blasio's plan is moving ahead. The City Planning Commission is expected to vote Tuesday in favor of his proposal, which would close Rikers and build new jails in Downtown Manhattan, Downtown Brooklyn, central Queens and the South Bronx by 2026. Inmates from Staten Island would be housed elsewhere in the city.
The City Council has 50 days to evaluate the plan, which will cost an estimated $8.7 billion. It plans a hearing on the proposal Thursday.
Activists from No New Jails plan to attend this week's hearings, where they'll continue their push to kill the mayor's plan.
The group gained steam in recent months as members railed against the plan at local meetings, posters in hand. At one community board meeting in Brooklyn, activists reportedly chanted "shame" at a board official.
Reformers who back the mayor's plan say the No New Jails activists are delusional.
"We did the work and the study and the research," said Darren Mack of JustLeadershipUSA, which has supported the mayor's plan. "People who said 'no new jails' — they don't have a detailed, thought-out platform for that."
Not long ago, lawmakers may have laughed at the idea of shuttering Rikers. But Black Lives Matter and the widely reported 2015 suicide of former Rikers inmate Kalief Browder have helped spur officials to take action.
The city's declining crime rate is causing a decline in the number or arrests — and thus, the number of people sent to jail. The number of people locked up in the city for a day or longer declined by 20% in the fiscal year that ended June 30, city data shows.
Tiffany Cabán, a public defender who nearly won the Democratic primary for Queens District Attorney in June, is a backer of the No New Jails movement. She said the evils of what she called the "prison industrial complex" turned her against building any new jails.
"At some point we have to take this really strong stand and say we are no longer going to invest in carceral systems," Cabán said.
Tyler Nims, a member of a of a commission headed by former New York Court of Appeals Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman that recommended closing Rikers, says the No New Jails movement is well-intended — but that its ideas won't work.
"I would like to live in a world where no jails are necessary and we wouldn't have to build new jails," Nims said. "I don't think that's where we are at today."
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Host venue for The Ryder Cup in 2010, the five-star Celtic Manor Resort is set in more than 2,000 acres of panoramic parkland at the gateway to Wales. With two hotels – a 330-room luxury Resort Hotel and an historic 19th century Manor House with 70 rooms the Celtic Manor Resort provides a complete experience for business, leisure and golf travellers.
Celtic Manor's previous Christmas brochure for 2012 was printed on a Mirri Holographic Rainbow material that was masked out in certain areas using white ink to create an eye-catching and awe inspiring image of a Christmas tree and lights. Because of the success of last year's Christmas brochure, Senior Graphic Designer at The Celtic Manor Resort, Paul Bailey, again looked at using Mirri with the addition of a 3 dimensional emboss to create yet another spectacular cover for the Christmas 2013 brochure.
Using a white ink, Paul subtly masked out some areas to create contrast within the reflection where needed and fully opaqued parts of the moon. Several digital print proofs were made to perfect the masking and the ability to receive digital proofs using white inks and on the correct substrate was instrumental in getting the job finished flawlessly.
10,000 brochures were printed in total and once printed, they were delivered to Celloglas, the UK's leading decorative print finisher and the manufacturers of Mirri, for the 3-dimensional embossing process. After completion the image of the moon became textured to look like the craters, which catches the light as you move the brochure. Once finished the Mirri cover was delivered to Cardiff Print to pair the cover with the printed body and was finished with perfect binding.