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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
I op therefore I am: National Family History Month
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Old favourites and new attractions will help family history researchers find their past in August when Yarra Plenty Regional Library celebrates its annual Family History Month, part of National Family History Month, with a series of informative and interesting events. YPRL caters for ... YPRL is also launching access to the News Vault UK Newspaper package database available free to library members, both in the library and at home with their library card. It includes over ...
Is 1234 your PIN code? Try again
How safe are your debit and credit cards?
Identity theft and fraud affect millions of Americans every year. And depending on how much thought you put into your personalized PIN, you could be at a greater risk than you realized.
So, what constitutes a safe PIN number? A new study from DataGenetics lists the top 10 most-used PINs. And because they are the most commonly used PIN numbers, they are by default the least safe PINs.
According to Forbes, the United States and Mexico are home to the greatest number of credit and debit card thefts around the globe. Forty two percent of Americans say they have suffered from some form of card fraud, a study from Aite Group and ACI Worldwide shows.
The Department of Justice says that about 10 percent of all Americans suffer from credit card fraud each year and another 7 percent have their debit cards hacked or stolen. More than $5.5 billion in theft is attributed to credit card fraud each year.
The DataGenetics study claims that credit and debit card thieves are able to successfully guess more than 25 percent of stolen card PINs within 20 attempts.
And no surprise: the worst PINs are those that are overly simple or sequenced, i.e. ?1234.?
WTOP notes that the best PIN numbers are those ?with no special significance.? And in the case of the study, DataGenetics said the least used PIN is ?8068.?
The 10 most-used PINs:
- 1234
- 1111
- 0000
- 1212
- 7777
- 1004
- 2000
- 4444
- 2222
- 6969
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/-the-10-most-easily-stolen-atm-pins--184658424.html
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Gateway DX4870-UB2B
The Gateway DX4870-UB2B ($499.99 list) is a basic tower desktop PC that checks all the boxes on what you need from a new desktop, particularly if you already have a LCD display that you're carrying over. It's speedy for its segment, has capacious storage, will let your family keep many documents open simultaneously, and it's relatively inexpensive. Unlike the $300 bargain basement specials, the DX4870-UB2B comes with a modern Intel Core i3 processor, dual-band Wi-Fi, and lots of drive space. It's expandable, so it can grow with your family. It's not ground breaking, but it's a solid choice with a great bang for the buck, so it's our latest Editors' Choice for budget desktop PCs.
Design and Features
The DX4870-UB2B follows other Gateway desktops, looking almost identical to the last black tower Gateway DX4870-UB17 ($500). Like that model, the DX4870-UB2B comes in a tower chassis with black panels all around, including the plastic front panel and metal side panels. The system's tray-loading DVD burner is hidden, but two of the system's USB 2.0 ports, SD card reader, and audio jacks are exposed on the top front of the chassis. In the back, the system has four more USB 2.0 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports, HDMI, VGA, Ethernet, more audio jacks, and two connectors for the included WiFi antennas. It would have been nice if the front USB ports were USB 3.0 to accommodate USB hard drives instead of the slower USB 2.0.
The inside of the system is certainly expandable, with plenty of space to move around for future upgrades. The system has space for two additional drives: one optical 5.25-inch bay and one 3.5-inch hard drive bay. Theoretically, you could shoehorn another three to four 2.5-inch notebook class drives in the same space, provided you have the correct brackets to hold the drives. The motherboard has four free SATA ports to service these drives. The system also has two DIMM slots free, along with a slot for a PCIe 3.0 x16 graphics card and two additional PCIe 2.0 x1 expansion cards. One PCIe x1 slot is occupied by the included 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi card, which will serve most users well. This is an improvement over other budget systems like the Lenovo IdeaCentre Q190 ($400) and Zotac Zbox ID83 Plus ($473), both of which don't support 5Ghz WiFi, only the more common and crowded 2.4GHz channels.
The last consideration you have to make for expandability is the system's 300W power supply. While sufficient for additional drives and minor expansion cards, 300W will be insufficient for a high-powered discrete graphics card with Nvidia's or AMD's highest end GPUs. You can of course swap out the included power supply, but most budget system buyers never open their chassis, even if they are tempted by the system's expandability. Bring a screwdriver if you dare, because you'll need it for the case door and the drive bays. At least the internal card slots are tool-less.
Like other Gateway systems, the DX4870-UB2B comes with quite a few pre-loaded applications and utilities. These include 7digital, Zinio, Kindle, eBay, Chacha, Netflix, NewsXpresso, Amazon, Tunein, Hulu Plus, Xbox Games, Cut The Rope, Stumbleupon, Skype, Merriam-Webster, Britannica, Spotify, Microsoft Office (ad), Norton Internet Security), and Wild Tangetn games. That's a lot of pre-loaded apps, and most if not all are available for free from Microsoft Windows Store. While you may want to spend a few moments uninstalling all these programs, fret not, since the system has a capacious 1TB hard drive with plenty of free space left. The DX4870-UB2B comes with a standard one-year warranty.
Performance
The system comes with a third-generation Intel Core i3-3240 processor, 6GB of DDR3 memory, Intel HD Graphics 2500 (integrated in the Core i3 processor), and a 1TB 5,400rpm SATA hard drive. All of these components mean the system is plenty fast on our benchmark tests, certainly faster than the Lenovo Q190 and the Zbox ID83 Plus. That said, there are systems in this price range that are faster, notably the Polywell Nano i3-Q7 ($595) which trades physical and storage space for SSD speed, and the Acer Aspire AT3-600-UR11 ($600), which has a discrete graphics card and slightly more powerful processor adding to its performance totals. Check the performance chart link to see the final numbers, but suffice to say the DX4870-UB2B has the performance to keep your family happy for the next five years or so.
The Gateway DX4870-UB2B is a great choice for the budget-minded PC buyer who wants to replace that old desktop, but still needs the traditional large screen, keyboard, and mouse of a PC. It's not anything flashy, but it's a great buy, and likely will last you another five years before you need to replace it, something that can't be said if you decide to go with a cheaper tablet or laptop. This mix of components (and the changing of the seasons) lets the DX4870-UB2B inherit the budget desktop Editors' Choice from the previous Gateway DX4870-UB17.
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'Star Trek's' Shuttlecraft Galileo to Be Unveiled at Houston Museum Wednesday
After close to 50 years in disarray, an iconic piece of restored "Star Trek" memorabilia is about to boldly go on display in its new home.
On Wednesday (July 31), Space Center Houston ? the visitor's center for NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas ? will unveil the new permanent display for the Shuttlecraft Galileo, a life-size spaceship prop from the original 1960s "Star Trek" TV series.
The Galileo's restorer, "Star Trek" superfan Adam Schneider, thinks that the space center ? which is next to NASA's home base for Mission Control and the astronaut corps. ? is the ideal place for the shuttlecraft. [See Photos of the restored Shuttlecraft Galileo (Gallery)]
"If somebody told me when I was a little kid that I'd be donating a spaceship to NASA, I would have said that they were kidding," Schneider, whose restoration took about nine months, told SPACE.com. "How does it feel? It feels amazing. It almost feels like it's all downhill from here because this is such a high. It feels truly like a success."
The Galileo's road to Houston has been a long one. Before Schneider won it at auction in June 2012, the shuttlecraft was in shambles. Schneider and his wife Leslie employed the help of craftsman Hans Mikaitis and his team of ship restorers at Master Shipwrights in Atlantic Highlands, N.J. to help return the shuttlecraft to its former glory.
The finished 23 foot (7 meter) long Galileo was revealed for the first time in late June before a crowd of more than 350 "Star Trek" fans and friends of the restorers before being shipped via truck to Texas for tomorrow's opening.
"The life-size spaceship will be on permanent display inside the Zero-G Diner and will be one of the few exhibitions in the world where visitors can see iconic sci-fi history that influenced generations of innovators," officials from Space Center Houston wrote on the center's website.
Space Center Houston will host a public event in honor of the arrival of Galileo on Wednesday. A celebrity panel will discuss the influence of science fiction on space exploration and an astronaut will make a presentation.
According to the visitor's center, celebrity guests will include:
- Don Marshall, Lt. Boma from the original 1967 "Galileo Seven" episode of "Star Trek"
- Robert Picardo, the Doctor in "Star Trek: Voyager"
- Sylvester McCoy, the seventh Doctor on "Doctor Who" and Radagast from "The Hobbit"
- Jason Carter, Ranger Marcus Cole on "Babylon 5"
- Adrienne Wilkinson, Jedi Maris Brood in "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed"
- Marshall Teague, a supporting player in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and "Star Trek: Voyager"
- Tracy Scoggins, Captain Elizabeth Lockley from "Babylon 5"
- Gil Gerard, Captain William Buck Rogers in "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century"
"Like any good project, when it ends you're a little regretful because the experience was positive," Schneider said. "We had fabulous people to work with. We had a fabulous experience in the 'Star Trek' community, so I think we're a little sad and regretful that it's over at one level. On another level, this is a permanent addition to the fan base, so to speak, and we're really very proud that it actually is going where it's going."
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
My toddler is scared of babies! - BabyandBump
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Monday, July 29, 2013
N.C. Wesleyan hires director to start college band program
A new hire at N.C. Wesleyan College is in keeping with the four-year institution?s ongoing push to expand the diversity of extracurricular activities offered to students.
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Spanish train crash driver charged provisionally
Police carry arrested train driver Francisco Jose Garzon Amo, centre, partly seen in the back seat, to testify in court in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Sunday July 28, 2013. Spain's interior minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz says the driver whose speeding train crashed, killing 79 people, is now being held on suspicion of negligent homicide. The Spanish train derailed at high speed Wednesday killing 79 and injuring dozens more. (AP Photo/Lalo R. Villar)
Police carry arrested train driver Francisco Jose Garzon Amo, centre, partly seen in the back seat, to testify in court in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Sunday July 28, 2013. Spain's interior minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz says the driver whose speeding train crashed, killing 79 people, is now being held on suspicion of negligent homicide. The Spanish train derailed at high speed Wednesday killing 79 and injuring dozens more. (AP Photo/Lalo R. Villar)
Media run after a police car carrying arrested train driver Francisco Jose Garzon Amo, unseen, to testify in court in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Sunday, July 28, 2013. The driver of a Spanish train that derailed at high speed was being questioned by a judge on Sunday as officials tried to determine if he was responsible for the accident, which killed 79 people. Francisco Jose Garzon Amo, 52, has been held by police on suspicion of reckless homicide. (AP Photo/Lalo R. Villar)
Police stand guard as a wreckage of a crashed train is seen ready to be deposited in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Sunday July 28, 2013. Spain's interior minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz says the driver whose speeding train crashed, killing 78 people, is now being held on suspicion of negligent homicide. The Spanish train derailed at high speed Wednesday killing 78 and injuring dozens more. (AP Photo/Lalo R. Villar)
Bouquets and a Galician type flag with a black ribbon signaling mourning are seen by the train crash site in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Sunday July 28, 2013. Spain's interior minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz says the driver whose speeding train crashed, killing 78 people, is now being held on suspicion of negligent homicide. The Spanish train derailed at high speed Wednesday killing 78 and injuring dozens more. (AP Photo/Lalo R. Villar)
Media run after a police car carrying arrested train driver Francisco Jose Garzon Amo, unseen, to testify in court in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Sunday, July 28, 2013. The driver of a Spanish train that derailed at high speed was being questioned by a judge on Sunday as officials tried to determine if he was responsible for the accident, which killed 79 people. Francisco Jose Garzon Amo, 52, has been held by police on suspicion of reckless homicide. (AP Photo/Lalo R. Villar)
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (AP) ? The driver of a Spanish train that derailed at high speed killing 79 people was provisionally charged Sunday with multiple cases of negligent homicide.
A court statement said investigative magistrate Luis Alaez released Francisco Jose Garzon Amo without bail.
The statement said Garzon must appear in court once a week and is forbidden to leave Spain without permission.
Garzon was not sent to jail or required to post bail because none of the parties involved felt there was a risk of him fleeing or attempting to destroy evidence, the statement said.
It said the train driver's license had also been withdrawn.
Garzon was questioned for almost two hours at the court in Santiago de Compostela, the northwestern town near where the accident occurred.
Garzon was driving the train carrying 218 passenger in eight cars that hurtled far over the 80-kph (50-mph) speed limit into a high-risk curve on Wednesday evening, tumbling off the tracks and slamming into a concrete wall, with some of the cars catching fire.
The Spanish rail agency has said the brakes should have been applied four kilometers (2.5 miles) before the train hit the curve.
However, a local resident who rushed to the scene of the accident said in an interview broadcast Sunday that minutes after the crash Garzon had told him he had been going fast and couldn't brake.
The resident, Evaristo Iglesias, said he and another person accompanied the blood-soaked Garzon to flat ground where other injured people were being laid out, waiting for emergency services to arrive.
"He told us that he wanted to die," Iglesias told Antena 3 television. "He said he had needed to brake but couldn't," Iglesias said. He added that Garzon said "he had been going fast."
In its report about the accident, Antena 3 television showed a photograph of Iglesias in a pink shirt and cap helping to carry the driver after the train accident. The station also aired television footage of Iglesias working beside the wrecked train to help other survivors.
In the interview, Iglesias recalled Garzon's words, "'I don't want to see this, I want to die,' that's what he said repeatedly," said Iglesias. "'I had to brake down to 80 and couldn't,'" Iglesias quoted the driver as saying.
Iglesias was among the survivors and witnesses who began to give evidence to police on Sunday.
Investigators must determine if Garzon failed to apply the brakes or whether it was a technical failure.
Spain's state-run train company has described him as an experienced driver who knew the route well.
On Sunday, the death toll from the train derailment rose to 79 when an injured passenger died at University Hospital in Santiago de Compostela, officials said. She was identified as American Myrta Fariza of Houston, her family said in a statement.
Fariza's friends and family had created a Facebook page while she was hospitalized titled "Hope for Myrta," where they collected donations and exchanged messages.
Officials said 70 people injured in the train accident remained hospitalized, 22 of them in critical condition.
Meanwhile, authorities said forensic experts have identified the last three bodies among the 79 dead.
Victims have been reported from Algeria, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, France, Italy, Mexico and the United States, but officials have not publicly identified each victim or his or her nationality.
Mourning continued throughout Spain, with Sunday church services being held in remembrance of the dead. A large funeral mass is planned for Monday afternoon in Santiago de Compostela, and the prime minister and members of the royal family are expected to attend.
The crash has cast a pall over the town, a Catholic pilgrimage site. Santiago officials had been preparing for the religious feast of St. James of Compostela, Spain's patron saint, the day after the crash but canceled it and turned a local sporting arena into a morgue.
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Heckle and AP writer Ciaran Giles contributed from Madrid, and AP writer Ramit Plushnick-Masti contributed from Houston.
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UCF coach George O'Leary: The Ralph Friedgen stories
It was Christmas break in 1987 and coaches had some rare time off, but O?Leary, a first-year defensive coordinator at Georgia Tech, wanted to take a trip to New Jersey to watch a potential recruit play basketball. He convinced a reluctant Ralph Friedgen, his good friend and Yellow Jackets? offensive coordinator, to come along on the trip.
As the flight to New Jersey neared its destination that winter day, however, the pilot emerged from the cockpit and lifted up some floor boards. The crew could not tell if the landing gear was deploying.
The plane circled for some time to burn off fuel, and it flew by a Westchester airport so the tower could see if the landing gear was down. The two coaches sat next to each other in first class as flight attendants readied the aircraft for an emergency landing.
In the aisle seat, O?Leary turned to Friedgen. ?Good luck,? he said, before tucking his head between his legs.
Friedgen cursed at O?Leary. ?I shouldn?t even be on this trip,? he shouted, peppering in four-letter words.
Friedgen laughed when he recalled the nearly-disastrous trip. O?Leary had become one of his closest friends on the staff at Georgia Tech, one that could pull him on a Christmas-time flight that might never land safely.
O?Leary functioned in a different way as a coach, sometimes. Friedgen remembered a time when O?Leary approached him before a spring scrimmage and requested that the offense run a long pass play on the third play. O?Leary, the defensive coordinator, was having a disagreement with the defensive backs coach about a certain coverage.
?I got to prove a point to this guy,? O?Leary said.
The defense ran that coverage on the third play, and the long pass play was converted for a touchdown. O?Leary stared down the defensive backs coach, Friedgen recalled with a chuckle.
In 1989, after Georgia Tech opened the season 0-3, assistant coaches went out to recruit while Friedgen and O?Leary headed back to the office to figure out how to fix the situation. O?Leary broke down the offense for Friedgen.
?There are only two guys that can make a play,? O?Leary told Friedgen.
The next game, Friedgen looked specifically to get the ball to those two players. The Yellow Jackets beat Maryland that week, and would win seven of their final eight games and 18 of their next 20 en route to a national championship in 1990.
Those two players, Jerry Mays and Shawn Jones, would combine for 1,954 yards from scrimmage and 15 touchdowns in 1989, with Jones passing for another 12 scores.
?It was really a lot of fun,? Friedgen said. ?The most fun I?ve ever had in coaching was coaching at Georgia Tech in those years.?
Oh, and that player from the nearly-disastrous recruiting trip? He signed to play for Georgia Tech, Friedgen noted, and lettered for two years.
E-mail Paul Tenorio at ptenorio@orlandosentinel.com. Follow him on Twitter @OSKnights.
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NBA: Report, Knicks & Grizzlies Going After Delonte West?
It is being reported this morning that both the New York Knicks and Memphis Grizzlies are seriously trying to sign Delonte West. He did not play at all this past season after being suspended by the Mavericks right before the season got started. No offers have been made as of yet, but sources say talks have gotten very serious the past couple days. Hit the jump for more.
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The New York Knicks and the Memphis Grizzlies are on the lookout for a backup point guard and according to a source close to the situation, both teams have inquired about the services of Delonte West.
The source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, says talks between the two teams have ramped up recently, however they are termed as being ?preliminary at this point? with no offers presented as of yet.
As a Knicks fan personally, I am not sure how I feel about possibly landing West. At times he could contribute on the court, however at other times he was completely useless. Maybe we would be better off without him.
Source: http://www.inflexwetrust.com/2013/07/28/nba-report-knicks-grizzlies-going-after-delonte-west/
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Why This Apple Lover Sold His iPad (AAPL)
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images These people are not me. They're some Apple customers at an Apple store. ?
But whenever I want to spend my hard-earned cash on a new gizmo, it almost always comes from Apple. I have an iPhone 5, Apple TV, and a MacBook Air. I still think Apple makes the best stuff (they won't forever though, trust me), and that's why it gets my money.
I used to have an iPad (the third-generation model with the super-sharp Retina display), but I sold it last week.?I got a cool $400 for it, just $100 less than what I paid for it on launch day in March 2012. (Say whatever you want about Apple, but its products hold their value very well.)
Something changed this year though. For months, my iPad remained on my nightstand, untouched. The battery was dead, not from overuse, but from weeks of neglect while it was in sleep mode, which barely sips power. I didn't feel a need to recharge it.
It was a strange twist in my computing habits. When I first got my iPad, I found myself using it more than my MacBook. I would come home from work and use my iPad to catch up on news and Twitter. At night, I'd use it to stream Netflix in bed. I really only used my MacBook if I needed to do some work from home. It was essentially just a word processor to me.
So, what happened??
I started using my iPad less and less this year mostly because I started working a lot more when away from the office. For writers, an iPad isn't an ideal device to get things done, even with one of those cool keyboard accessories. I still need a full-fledged PC to do my job well, as I suspect people in many other professions do.
So I found myself spending much more time on my MacBook, and I realized I could still do a lot of things on it that I could do on my iPad, and then some. I could still catch up on the news, keep up with Twitter, and plow through my exhaustive Gmail inbox. Since the MacBook Air is so thin and light, it was just as easy for me to use on the couch or in bed like I used to with my iPad. It was like rediscovering an old beloved toy.
Before long, I only had two devices in my daily rotation: My iPhone (for checking email and Tweets when away from the computer and playing games or listening to podcasts on the subway), and my MacBook (for work and just about everything else). I realized my iPad was better off in someone else's hands and that someone else's $400 was better off in my checking account.
Yes, iPads and other tablets appear to be cannibalizing the traditional PC market. PC makers like HP, Dell, and to an extent, Apple, have all blamed the popularity of smartphones and tablets for the decline in PC sales. However, in most cases, if you need to get work done, an iPad or other tablet really doesn't cut it. They're great devices for browsing the web, light emailing, and playing games, but still don't offer the full suite of productivity a regular PC does.
That's a problem Microsoft is trying to solve with Windows 8 and devices like the Surface Pro, a tablet that can double as a regular laptop thanks to a handy snap-on keyboard accessory. Unfortunately, most Windows 8 devices don't do a great job at being both things. There are still far too many compromises in weight, thickness, battery life, and apps that manufacturers have to deal with when making these hybrid PCs. As a result, most Windows 8 hybrids are pretty mediocre right now.
Until someone figures out the perfect hybrid device, I don't see a need to carry around three different computing form factors. And iPhone and MacBook Air is the perfect combination for me.?
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/why-i-sold-my-ipad-2013-7
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Sunday, July 28, 2013
Wale to Award More College Scholarships
Last week, Wale made a Hampton University student?s dream come true when he awarded her a $25,000 college scholarship. Done in collaboration with a D.C. radio station, psychology major Lauren Pryor was on the brink of not returning due to financial straits before winning.
Those who thought the Maybach Music rapper?s donation was a one-time deal can let out a sigh of relief.? The ?gifted? rapper recently announced that he would continue funding education through the end of the year.
?Gonna do two more scholarships during school year ??U CAN expect more scholarships from me? Trust n believe . I think I?m doin art schools exclusively next semester..,? he tweeted earlier this week.
We love seeing the charitable side of hip hop artists.
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One Direction, Spotify, Facebook and Moshi Monsters - News from around the web
We?ve dug out some of the weeks hottest stories from around the web and brought them together in one place, both from tech sites and the wider world. ?
Some people will tell you music streaming services like Spotify are bad for the music industry ? but the latest stats from Sweden seem to show otherwise. Total sales of music shot up by 12 per cent in the first half of the year ? spurred on by such digital services.
As well as flat pack furniture and <insert your own joke about Abba here>, Sweden is in fact a bit of a trial blazer when it comes to next generation music sales. Alone digital sales increased by 33 per cent. And by this point account for 75 per cent of total sales.
You can read the full article over at Music Week.
There was a bit of an uproar when Facebook started making noises that advertising is going to be a built into everyone?s favourite procrastination tool. But the 'Suggested' and 'Sponsored' posts which now pop up in your news feed seem to have been by and large accepted.
BUT according to sources, Facebook is currently trialling a mechanism that will push ads directly into your drop down 'Notifications' tab.
Anytime Facebook makes a tweak, a certain portion of the surly masses get collectively miffed, coupled with the prospect of more tailored advertising such a platform can provide ? which is like a lot of things too often labelled as Orwellian ? could revolution be in the air? Probably not, but a certain freshly relaunched My Space will no doubt be keeping it?s metaphorical ear to the ground for disgruntled stirrings. ?
Check out the full story on Mobile Entertainment.
Attention boy band and licensing fans ? Toy News has an interview with the woman tasked with handling mega-boy-band One Direction?s merchandising, ahead of the movie One Direction: This is Us due to hit cinemas in August.
The X-Factor graduates? licensing arm continues to spread the globe like a multi-tentacled money-making beast, with the lads lending their names and faces to a bafflingly wide array of products ? including Top Trumps, figurines, bikes, perfume, makeup, toothpaste, underwear and shoes.
Read about the trials and tribulations of managing a hyper-lucrative license over at Toy News.?
And speaking of merchandising juggernauts, the insanely popular Moshi Monsters brand is set to throw up another video game ? Mind Candy has teamed up with Activision to produce a new Nintendo DS title called Katsuma Unleashed. Get the details on Licensing.biz.
In other music news, Blue Microphones ? popular with chart toppers Bruce Springstean, Sting and Coldplay ? has been acquired by Private equity firm The Riverside Company.
The firm introduced the first professional USB microphone for home warblers and have-a-go podcasters ? and the new owners plan to get expand its base globally.?
Check out Audio Pro International for the low down.
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Saturday, July 27, 2013
Pentagon to deploy huge blimps over Washington, DC for 360-degree surveillance
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A pair of high-tech Army blimps is coming to the greater Washington, DC area, and soon they will be able to provide the military with surveillance powers that spans hundreds of millions of acres from North Carolina to Niagara Falls, Canada.
The airships are part of Raytheon?s Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System, or JLENS, and when all is said and done they?ll offer the United States military what the defense contractor calls ?an affordable elevated, persistent over-the-horizon sensor system? that relies on ?a powerful integrated radar system to detect, track and target a variety of threats.?
Raytheon has just wrapped up a six-week testing period in the state of Utah and is now sending its JLENS fleet to the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. Once there, the Army intends to get some hands-on experience that will eventually culminate in launching the pair of airships over Washington, DC.
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Once above the nation?s capital, JLENS will allow the Army to see for 320 miles in any direction from 10,000 feet above the earth. The system can be set up to operate on its own for an entire month without requiring refueling, and offers the Pentagon surveillance capabilities that dwarf other options at a penny of the cost.
Its manufactures say JLENS ?enables commanders to defend against threats including hostile cruise missiles, low-flying manned and unmanned aircraft, tactical ballistic missiles, large caliber rockets and moving surface vehicles such as boats, SCUD-launchers, automobiles and tanks.?
?Affordable defense from real world threats,? Raytheon touts the system on its website.
To provide that security, though, the Army will send its integrated pair of airships ? around 75 yards in length each ? high into the sky carrying ?powerful radars that can look deep into enemy territory.? First, however, the residents of the metropolitan Washington, DC area ? and those in around a dozen states stretching the mid-Atlantic into New England ? will be asked to ignore a pair of sophisticated spying machines.
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?JLENS uses advanced sensor and networking technologies to provide 360-degree, wide-area surveillance and precision target tracking,? the Defense Department found in an unclassified audit of the system conducted in late 2011. But while that tracking is designed to go after enemy drones and spot other suspicious activity, it is also touted as being able to provide a good enough image of moving land targets ? or essentially anything. In a press release from February, Raytheon said the JLENS surveillance radar can ?simultaneously track hundreds of threats.?
Of course, the surveillance ship is only half of the JLENS program. That aircraft, one of the two tethered blimp-like vessles, is equipped with the appropriate lenses to wage sophisticated surveillance missions. Also included in the package is a separate ship equal in size that contains fire control radar that picks up data about incoming threats and then communicates with separate missile systems that can then wage attacks, or counter-attacks.
?We?re proving blimps can see more than just the 50-yard line,? JLENS program director Doug Burgess told Popular Science this week. ?We really feel like we?re at the point now ? development is complete ? and the system is ready to be deployed wherever it?s needed.?
Screenshot from YouTube user raytheoncompany
According to PopSci, the JLENS already successfully completed two exercises in 2012 in which it guided a missile to shoot down other missiles ? one over sea, another over land.
But while the likelihood of having one of the airships shoot down an armed drone heading for the White House seems unlikely, it?s a precaution that the Army intends on being prepared for ? even at the widespread cost of losing privacy.
?When the government is conducting real-time aerial surveillance within the United States,? Marc Rotenberg of the Electronic Privacy Information Center told The Huffington Post, ?there are privacy issues that need to be addressed.?
Raytheon estimates the using the JLENS instead of traditional, fixed-wing surveillance aircraft, could bring the cost of operation down by as much as 700 percent.
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Women Are More Vulnerable to Infections
Public-health officials and medical studies should take sex into account when addressing people's response to flu and other infections
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Sabra Klein came to the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction this week armed with a message that might seem obvious to scientists who obsess over sex: men and women are different. But it is a fact often overlooked by health researchers, says Klein, an immunologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland.
Her research on influenza viruses in mice, presented at the meeting in Montreal, Canada, helps explain why women are more susceptible to death and disease from infectious pathogens ? and the reason is intimately linked with reproduction. ?She?s one of the people that really gets the bigger picture as far as why do we see these patterns,? says Marlene Zuk, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, in St. Paul.
Women generally suffer more severe flu symptoms than men, for example, despite the fact that they tend to have fewer viruses during an infection. To Klein, this suggests that women quickly mount a substantial immune-system attack to clear infections ? and suffer the consequences of the inflammatory responses that flood their systems. ?This is where females run into trouble,? Klein says.
Hormone replacement
She and her collaborators have found this disparity in mice infected with flu viruses. But when the researchers castrated the males and removed the ovaries from the females, the difference disappeared as the males became more sensitive to infection.
But testes are not simply protective. Klein found that giving the neutered females the female sex hormones oestrogen and progesterone actually protected them from disease.
For females, infections appear to throw these cycling sex hormones out of whack. They elongate the oestrus cycle in non-neutered female mice ? stretching the part of the cycle associated with the lowest amounts of oestrogen from 4-5 days to 8-9 days.
Researchers have long known that immunological cells have receptors for sex hormones, and that autoimmune disease strikes women more frequently than men. Nevertheless, Klein says that her work should have implications for current public-health practices.
Women, who are often less likely than men to get vaccinated against flu, should be encouraged to do so, she says. And researchers may want to examine whether hormone-replacement therapies and contraceptive drugs have unintended ? possibly positive ? effects on some types of infectious disease.
But most importantly, Klein says, medical studies should take sex differences into account. Many epidemiological studies do not break down results by sex, a practice that she has found can obscure crucial trends. And clinical trials have traditionally worked around the female oestrus cycle, because it can interfere with results.
To Zuk, Klein has provided a voice of reason here. ?Why is it viewed as interference when you have interaction with the endocrine system or some other aspect of the reproductive system?? she asks.
?The age-old answer we get is that funding is tight and if we?re going to compare sexes, we?ll have to double the groups,? says Klein. But on the basis of her work, she says, ?I don?t know that that?s actually true?.
This article is reproduced with permission from the magazine Nature. The article was first published on July 26, 2013.
Source: http://rss.sciam.com/~r/sciam/biology/~3/W2JSslC6vJ0/article.cfm
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Exploration Geoscientist, England,London
Posted by Spencer Ogden
on Thursday, July 25, 2013
Location
England,London United Kingdom
Category
Geosciences
Employment Type
Permanent
Full Description
Exploration Geoscientist, London
~ 5 Years experience required in Industry
North Sea Experience
A leading E&P and Energy Company is seeking a mid-level geologist to join the exploration team in London. Looking into North Sea and Atlantic Margins
To develop and evaluate prospects through interpretation of geological and geophysical data. Working scale can be either regional or local depending on the need. Key responsibilities cover the following areas:
*Interpretation of Geophysical and geological data
*Prospect generation and evaluation.
*Planning/preparation of geological/geophysical work programmes.
*Identification and application of the best geoscience evaluation
Main Accountabilities and Responsibilities:
*To evaluate previous geological and geophysical interpretations and reports and literature relevant to project area, recommend and plan further work to achieve project objective.
*To interpret geological & geophysical data in order to identify and define play concepts, geological models, facies distribution as well as define and evaluate prospects and leads
*To evaluate risk and reserve potential
*To collaborate with other members of the team, both internal and external such as specialists of the Corporate Technical Services or Contractors, and to participate in the project discussions and synthesis of the overall results.
*To recommend reprocessing or acquisition of new geological and geophysical data or special studies to contribute to achieve project objectives.
*To contribute to the design and plan geological and geophysical work programmes within budget constraints for operated areas, ensuring the final product matches the original specification.
*To ensure Partners' geological & geophysical work programmes in non-operated acreage are technically sound and are completed to the required standards and within budget constraints.
*To present technical work
*To prepare reports, presentations and data packages for partners, authorities and government agencies.
*To propose exchange of well and seismic data with other oil companies and, after approval, carry them out.
*To identify potential new areas for company investments through analysis and interpretation of regional data.
*To keep abreast of developments in geological & geophysical acquisition, processing and interpretation techniques, in geoscience and regional geological knowledge, monitoring technical literature and participating in seminars.
*To contribute to Licence Round Applications.
Qualifications & Experience:
*Degree in Geophysics or Geology
*Previous relevant experience as a geoscientist with an E&P company
*Competent evaluator of geological and geophysical data
*Proficient/highly skilled in use of G&G technical Workstation/PC applications
*Ability to use PC applications
*High-level knowledge of Structural geology, salt tectonics, sequence stratigraphy, sedimentology, with expertise or specialist status in some are
For more information about this role please contact our London office
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Salary
?50000 - ?65000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Relocation
Experience
No experience needed
Education
Degree / Postgraduate / 3 year
Expertise
geoscience
Source: http://feeds.oilvoice.com/~r/JobMarketplace/~3/JLOK6GINcyA/3cb220f9.aspx
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Friday, July 26, 2013
Computer can infer rules of the forest
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Researchers have devised a computer algorithm that takes intermittent samples -- for example, the number of prey and predating species in a forest once a year, or the concentration of different species in a chemical bath once an hour -- and infer the likely reactions that led to that result. They're working backward from traditional stochastic modeling, which they say could help unravel the hidden laws in fields as diverse as molecular biology to population ecology to basic chemistry.
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Adrian Minde ? Collection of 500+ Movie Resources
[unable to retrieve full-text content]If you're a filmmaker, movie buff, student or just someone who enjoys a good film now and then, you probably found this post because you want more. Whether it ... Where Slashfilm provides more of the entertainment side of the movie news, Deadline provides the business aspects of it like box office gross, ratings, tracking and agency signings. Its editor ... They even have a section for cinematography that helps to illuminate one of the most artistic crafts of the industry ...
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
Facebook shares jump 28 percent, Wall Street sees more ad growth
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed and Sruthi Ramakrishnan
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc shares opened 28 percent higher on Thursday after the company reported a huge jump in mobile advertising revenue, and analysts pointed to further growth from new advertising on Instagram and 15-second videos.
While still short of their IPO price of $38, the shares hit $34 -- a price not seen since their second day of trading in May last year.
At least 16 brokerages raised their price targets by as much as $9 per share -- in sharp contrast to a string of earlier downgrades amid fears it would struggle to make money from mobile advertising.
Revenue from smartphones and tablets made up almost half of total advertising revenue in the second quarter.
"FB's massive audience should be irresistible to brand advertisers as the company preps to launch 15-second video ads, which could be Facebook's next billion-dollar business," analysts at Jefferies & Co wrote in a note.
Instagram, Facebook's photo site with 130 million users, also looks ripe for the introduction of advertising and could be one of Facebook's biggest revenue drivers, the brokerage said.
Analysts at Morgan Stanley expect video ads to boost ad revenue by over 10 percent. Facebook is widely expected to launch the service in the fourth quarter.
At least 11 brokerages, including Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, RBC Capital Markets and Cantor Fitzgerald's have a target price at or above Facebook's IPO price of $38, a level the stock has never reached since its first day of trading in May last year.
INVESTORS HIT "LIKE"
The company has scrambled to address one of the main concerns weighing on the stock since its IPO, by developing mobile ads better suited to small smartphone screens that users increasingly use to access the service.
A year ago it had almost no mobile advertising. In the second quarter this made up 41 percent of total advertising, jumping from 30 percent in the first quarter.
Total revenue jumped by half from a year earlier.
"Facebook has discovered the formula to begin significantly extracting value from its 1.16 billion global users," said JMP Securities analyst Ronald Josey.
He raised his rating on the stock to "market outperform" from "market perform" and said the company was increasingly becoming a "must buy" for advertisers.
Evercore Partners and BTIG Research also raised their ratings on the stock.
GOOGLE LAGS
The quarter's results shows Facebook's massive market share gains from every internet company, including Google, Stifel Nicolaus analyst Jordan Rohan said.
As growing numbers of consumers take to their smartphones to access the Web, internet companies have struggled with the challenge of displaying ads on the smaller screens.
Last week, Google Inc reported second-quarter results short of Wall Street's estimates as weakening prices for its ads weighed on the bottom line.
While Susquehanna had expected Facebook's superior mobile ads display platform to attract advertising dollars away from the competition, the brokerage said it was surprised by the strength of growth.
"The Facebook versus Google debate will return to the investment community, after a year-long hiatus," Stifel Nicolaus analyst Jordan Rohan said.
(Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty and Rodney Joyce)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-shares-soar-users-mobile-ads-climb-005612612.html
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Authorities see no sheen near burning Gulf rig
NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? An out-of-control natural gas well burned Wednesday off Louisiana hours after it ignited following a blowout, though authorities said there was no sign of a slick on the surface of the water.
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement says it saw no sheens near the well during flyovers Wednesday morning. The lack of sheen indicates the gas is burning off without releasing oil or other hydrocarbons ? which are sometimes found in gas wells ? into the water.
The fire broke out late Tuesday following a blowout in the morning, authorities said. Forty-four workers were evacuated from the drilling rig, and no injuries were reported.
Officials stressed that the blowout wouldn't be nearly as damaging as the 2010 BP oil spill. That disaster included an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling that killed 11 workers and the release of millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
Natural gas generally poses much less of an environmental risk to the Gulf than crude oil, said several scientists contacted about Tuesday's blowout.
"Gas being discharged now would not necessarily affect the water system of the Gulf proper," said Donald Boesch, president of the University of Maryland's Center for Environmental Science and a member of the federal panel that investigated the BP oil spill. That's because it's likely most of the gas is venting directly into the atmosphere given the fire and shallow depth of the well, he said.
Also, by nature natural gas ? mostly methane ? is far more soluble than oil, meaning it more easily dissolves, dilutes and disperses than crude oil, Boesch said. And that means concentrations that are far less lethal to the marine environment, he said.
The federal authorities said in a news release that well owner Walter Oil & Gas was preparing to move equipment to the area in case it needs to drill a relief well. The owner of the blown rig, Hercules Offshore Inc., said the relief well was among options being considered.
Two firefighting vessels had to be moved away to a safe distance from the fire, according to the federal news release. A third was being brought to the area.
The gas blowout was reported Tuesday morning.
The Coast Guard kept nautical traffic out of an area within 500 meters of the site throughout the day. The Federal Aviation Administration restricted aircraft up to 2,000 feet above the area.
On Tuesday before the fire broke out, a light sheen had been spotted by federal inspectors.
Earlier this month, a gas well off the Louisiana coast flowed for several days before being sealed.
Chris Roberts, a member of the Jefferson Parish Council in south Louisiana, said the travel restrictions might pose an inconvenience for participants in an upcoming deep sea fishing tournament.
"It could change some plans as to where some people plan to fish," he said.
Tuesday's blowout occurred near an unmanned offshore gas platform that was not currently producing natural gas. The workers were aboard a portable drilling rig known as a jackup rig, owned by Hercules Offshore Inc., which was a contractor for exploration and production company Walter Oil & Gas Corp.
Walter Oil & Gas reported to the BSEE that the rig was completing a "sidetrack well" ? a means of re-entering the original well bore, Angelico said.
The purpose of the sidetrack well in this instance was not immediately clear. A spokesman for the corporation did not have the information Tuesday night. Industry websites say sidetrack wells are sometimes drilled to remedy a problem with the existing well bore.
"It's a way to overcome an engineering problem with the original well," Ken Medlock, an energy expert at Rice University's Baker Institute said. "They're not drilled all the time, but it's not new."
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Associated Press writers Ramit Plushnick-Masti in Houston and Seth Borenstein in Washington contributed to this story.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/authorities-see-no-sheen-near-burning-gulf-rig-155950100.html
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Autopsy set after high school football player dies
ATLANTA (AP) - Authorities plan an autopsy to try and learn what caused the death of a high school football player in northeast Georgia.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (http://bit.ly/15Dw6TA) that 17-year-old Jordan Bracken-Howley died suddenly Monday morning.
Jordan Bracken-Howley would have been a senior at Apalachee High School, where he played as an offensive and defensive lineman.
Coach Shane Davis told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he complained of a headache on Sunday and just wasn't feeling good. Davis said that when his father tried to wake him early Monday, the teen was unresponsive and could not be revived. The coach said he last saw the teen at football practice Friday, and he showed no ill effects then.
An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday.
Information from: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, http://www.ajc.com
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Source: http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/22907582/autopsy-set-after-high-school-football-player-dies
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Boris Johnson: London's 'Tech City' Is Ready To 'Coagulomerate'
Boris Johnson has been a consistent presence at Tech City events in recent months - and has even been known to pitch a few app ideas of his own.
In a new interview given to support Tech City and the upcoming Campus Party festival taking place at London's O2 Arena in September, he says that tech has never been more important to the capital, employing 40,000 people and "growing all the time".
He also manages to coin a few new words, pointing out that "Campuseros will be ?coagloromerating? at Campus Party" and encouraging everyone to join in with the spirit of "inflorescence". He also can't pronounce Glastonbury.
Inspiring stuff, certainly. Take a look, and head over to Campus Party for tickets and details.
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Guardians of the Galaxy Starts Production
July 23, 2013 | 6:09 p.m.
On the heels of the ?Guardians of the Galaxy? surprise presentation at Comic-Con International this weekend, Marvel Studios announced Tuesday that principal photography on the film has officially begun.
In fact, production began about 10 days before the Comic-Con presentation on Saturday, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige noted during the presentation in the San Diego Convention Center?s 6,500-seat Hall H. Director James Gunn (?Super?) even showed off some early footage from the movie, which seems to be aiming for a very different tone than Marvel?s ensemble blockbuster ?The Avengers.?
The film, based on the Marvel comic series of the same name, follows roguish antihero Peter Quill, a.k.a. Star-Lord, (Chris Pratt) and his squad of aliens (including the furry, fan-favorite character Rocket Raccoon), tasked with teaming up to battle cosmic threats. It?s an oddball idea, and the Comic-Con footage suggested the film adaptation will embrace its humorous elements with snark and irreverence.
FULL COVERAGE: San Diego Comic-Con 2013
?[Star-Lord] had a hard time as a kid, and now he goes around space, making out with hot alien girls and just being a rogue and a bit of a jerk, and through teaming up with these guys, finds a higher purpose for himself,? Pratt told the audience at Comic-Con.
The ?Guardians of the Galaxy? cast boasts plenty of stars familiar to fans of genre entertainment, as well as some seemingly unlikely newcomers. Marvel on Tuesday confirmed the casting of Glenn Close (?Fatal Attraction,? ?Mars Attacks?) as Nova-Prime, the highest ranking officer in Marvel Comics? intergalactic police force Nova Corps. Though several comic characters have held the Nova-Prime title, all have been men.
Joining Pratt and Close are Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Lee Pace as Ronan the Accuser, Michael Rooker as Yondu, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Djimon Hounsou as Korath, Benicio del Toro as the Collector and John C. Reilly as Rhomann Dey.
?Guardians of the Galaxy,? currently filming at the U.K.?s Shepperton Studios, is slated for an Aug. 1, 2014, release in the U.S.
Click through a gallery above for a look at the film and its presentation at Comic-Con.
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Sony PlayStation 4 Consumer Model Passes Through The FCC
Just a week after the Sony PlayStation 4 developer kit passed through the FCC, this time round it's the PlayStation 4 consumer edition. The PS4 once again reveals a "max clock frequency" of 2.75 GHz, which we believe to be the max clock speed of the AMD Jaguar CPU inside the PlayStation 4. The APU inside the PlayStation 4 packs 8 of AMD's low-power Jaguar architecture based processors, in case you don't recall. Up until last week, we were convinced of its core clock to be a mere 1.6 GHz, but the FCC certifications lead us to speculate that the CPUs might have a Turbo clock speed, equal to a "max" 2.75 GHz "clock frequency".
Apart from that, the operating temperature of the PS4 lies between 5-35C, weighs 2.8KG (slightly heavier than the PS3 Slim) and is being manufactured in both Japan and China.
Source: http://www.nextpowerup.com/news/1958/sony-playstation-4-consumer-model-passes-through-the-fcc.html
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Thomas H. Graham Promoted to Pepco Holdings Vice President, People Strategy & Human Resources
WASHINGTON--()--Pepco Holdings, Inc. (PHI), announced the promotion today of Thomas H. Graham to the position of vice president, people strategy & human resources, reporting directly to Joseph M. Rigby, chairman, president and CEO of PHI. In his new role, Graham will be a member of PHI?s executive leadership team. He previously served as president, Pepco region. Graham will officially take over as vice president, people strategy & human resources, effective Aug. 1. Until his successor is named, he will continue as president and primary spokesperson for the Pepco region.
?Tom has a keen ability to think strategically, make sound business decisions and align to and model PHI?s cultural beliefs. His leadership and experience will serve the PHI community well.?
Graham will be responsible for developing and implementing enterprise-wide policies and programs encompassing all aspects of human resource management including employment, employee and labor relations, employee benefits, succession planning, compensation, performance accountability, employee training, placement, organizational development, diversity programs, compliance with applicable federal laws, and management and employee assistance. PHI has more than 4,500 employees working across New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and the District of Columbia and about 4,400 retirees throughout the United States.
?I am grateful to Tom for his outstanding service as president of the Pepco Region for the past eight years and look forward to him bringing his exceptional leadership skills and deep knowledge of the business to his new senior executive position as PHI vice president, people strategy & human resources,? said Rigby. ?Tom has a keen ability to think strategically, make sound business decisions and align to and model PHI?s cultural beliefs. His leadership and experience will serve the PHI community well.?
Graham has nearly three decades of experience working for Pepco and PHI in a wide array of leadership capacities. He began his career at Pepco in energy use management and served in progressively responsible positions in customer care, design and construction, and government affairs and public policy. He also was responsible for the design, implementation and management of Pepco?s Customer Advisory Board, Trade Ally Program and Community Partnership Program, which received two industry excellence awards from the Edison Electric Institute and Southeastern Electric Exchange.
Graham earned a bachelor?s degree as an honors student in business management at the University of Tampa. He also completed the Executive Education Program in financial management at the University of Michigan and the Senior Executive Leadership Certificate Program at Georgetown University.
Graham is a member and leader in numerous community organizations including serving on the board of the Center for Energy Workforce Development (chair), Maryland Chamber of Commerce (chair) and PHI Community Foundation (president). He is also affiliated with Leadership Maryland, Leadership Montgomery, Leadership Prince George?s and American Association of Blacks in Energy.
Graham has received numerous awards including being a recipient of the Washington Business Journal Minority Business Leaders Award and being recognized by The Daily Record in 2013 as one of the 50 most Influential Marylanders.
Pepco Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: POM) is one of the largest energy delivery companies in the Mid-Atlantic region, serving about 2 million customers in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland and New Jersey. PHI subsidiaries Pepco, Delmarva Power and Atlantic City Electric provide regulated electricity service; Delmarva Power also provides natural gas service. PHI also provides energy efficiency and renewable energy services through Pepco Energy Services.
Source: http://feeds.businesswire.com/click.phdo?i=00137a5887aea487b5cde5bc672dd99e
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Loss of African woodland may impact on climate, study shows
[unable to retrieve full-text content]A more strategic approach to managing trees across Africa could have a positive impact on the changing climate, researchers say.
Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/~3/ambw_O2lDqM/130722072041.htm
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Monday, July 22, 2013
Twitter Co-Founder Hates Facebook's Ads, Suggest Subscription Service
Biz Stone, the co-founder Twitter, has a few suggestions for Mark Zuckerberg, his social media rival. In a blog post on Medium, Stone proposed a premium service for users that would be free of ads.
"The ads on Facebook don?t seem particularly useful or engaging. However, ads on the service are universally tolerated because that?s what makes Facebook free and free is nice," Stone wrote. "Anywhoo, now that I?m using it and thinking about it, I?ve got an idea for Facebook. They could offer Facebook Premium. For $10 a month, people who really love Facebook (and can afford it), could see no ads. Maybe some special features too. If 10% percent of Facebook signed up, that?s $1B a month in revenue. Not too shabby."
It's a nice thought, but one I doubt Zuck will seriously consider. While there is a devoted Facebook following, I don't see many users paying a monthly service fee?ads or no ads. Facebook's exponential growth has a lot to do with anyone being able to sign up for free.
As Mike Isaac at All Things D writes, "A funny thought, especially considering the concerns around monetizing Twitter with ads in its early days. The implication, I figure, is that if you want to include ads, they have to be relevant, well-targeted and unobtrusive."
[via All Things D]
Source: http://www.complex.com/tech/2013/07/biz-stone-hates-facebooks-ads
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'Catching Fire': Inside The Scene That Scared Josh Hutcherson The Most
'I had never died before in a movie!' the star told MTV News at Comic-Con about filming a pivotal scene.
By Ryan J. Downey, with reporting by Josh Horowitz
Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1710959/catching-fire-josh-hutcherson-death-scene.jhtml
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Narrato takes the work out of journaling, lets you import social streams for safe-keeping
Narrato is a new journaling app for iPhone from the creator of Rivr that takes some of the redundancy out of saving our favorite moments. Outside of being able to create unique private journal entries, Narrato also allows you to import moments from your social streams.
While Narrato mainly functions as a personal journal where you can type out thoughts, moods, and more, it also gives you access to what Narrato refers to as your LIfe Stream. By default this stream will just be your native camera roll but adding your social networks adds more depth. Narrato currently supports Twitter, Instagram, and Foursquare integration.
By tying your social services, you aren't sharing anything from your journal but you'll have the option to grab snippets from each social network and save them to your Narrato journal. This means any moments you save will be easily accessible via Narrato without having to weed through all your tweets or Instagram photos.
Narrato also features cloud sync and backup as well as Camera+ integration.
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