Byline: GLORIA DeSOLE ALBANY
I join with the masses of middle-class Americans saddened to hear that orphanages are a serious proposal for reducing welfare as we move toward the end of the 20th century. Too few citizens know that the average recipient of welfare is a single, white mother of young children and that she remains on welfare for about two years.
However, the majority remains in favor of reducing the number of …
2004 APR 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- XLHealth Executive Vice President Paul Serini announced that its disease management program will dramatically improve health care outcomes for the seriously ill Texans who are part of its Medicare Disease Management Demonstration project.
Serini, basing the company's outcome prediction on past experience, said that over a 3-year period, in aggregate, the approximately 10,000 patients enrolled in the XLHealth program will see a 50% reduction in amputations and other serious diabetes foot complications and a 50% decrease in repeat heart failure events.
Additionally, Serini said, "Though never measured before, the …
Mourners and fans memorialized singer Robert Goulet with tributes to his music and his humor.
A Friday funeral service in Las Vegas included Goulet's signature song, "If Ever I Would Leave You," as well as farewell poems Goulet wrote before his death Oct. 30 at age 73.
"There will be sadness and some tears, but shared memories will evoke laughter and that will make me happy," one poem said, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Saturday. "They should discern a chortle from my urn! …
Inspector Roger Tolley, Neighbourhood Inspector for Burnham-on-Sea and Cheddar, has been awarded the 2011 Ray Robinson Award duringa presentation at Taunton Police Station.
The Ray Robinson Trophy is awarded annually to the police officeror group of officers whom it is judged to have made the greatestcontribution to community relations in this area.
Ray Robinson retired from Avon and Somerset Constabulary in 1978due to ill health. From his retirement until he passed away, Rayworked tirelessly within the community especially with those whowere mentally handicapped.
During the presentation, after a welcome speech made by ChiefConstable Colin Port, …
(ADPnews) - Oct 20, 2009 - Deutsche Bank (ETR:DBK) may be interested in buying the 135 branches Italian Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (BIT:BMPS) is selling for antitrust reasons, German daily Handelsblatt said Tuesday quoting financial sources.
Banca MPS has to sell the remaining 135 branches, out of a total 150, in order to receive the antitrust regulator's green light to merge …
Mark McGuire checks in from the Television Critics Association press tour in Los Angeles:
Eddie Feldman, the executive producer for ``The Orlando Jones Show'' on FX, grew up in Saugerties. ... If Norm Macdonald can figure out a way to make his TV comedies half as funny as his press conferences, his ``A Minute with Stan Hooper'' on Fox would have a 10-year run. ...
Comic actor Fred Willard is one of the nicest men in Hollywood, even if Joe Garagiola is still mad about Willard's gentle parody of him in the spoof ``Best in Show.'' ...
Get me outta here -- I'm starting to sound like Larry King!BEST BETS
Toying around The New York City Ballet …
Byline: Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn
Dec. 13--A National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) move to grant new licences for WiMax wireless broadband services appears to favour Shin Satellite Plc, local Internet service providers claim.
They say that WiMax should be categorised as a "citizens band" in the industry, in line with global standards.
Citizens bands give interested Internet providers free access to operate next-generation broadband services to the public without having to apply for a new licence.
The $400-million iPSTAR satellite, which was launched earlier this year by Shin Satellite, offers a bandwidth capacity of 45 gigabits per …
HOLTE, Denmark (AP) — Results Sunday from the men's 165-mile (266-kilometer) world road race championship:
1. Mark Cavendish, Britain, 5 hours, 40 minutes, 27 seconds
2. Matthew Harley Goss, Australia, same time.
3. Andre Greipel, Germany, same time.
4. Fabian Cancellera, Switzerland, same time.
5. Juergen Roelandts, Belgium, same time.
6. Romain Feillu, France, same time.
7. Borut Bozic, Slovenia, same time.
8. Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norway, same time.
9. Oscar Freire …
SAN DIEGO, Calif.--RF Connectors, a division of RF Industries, has released another new 7-16 DIN series coaxial connector designed for use with LMR-600 low-loss cable from Times Microwave and WBC-600 low-loss cable from CommScope. The RFD-1604-2L2 is a 7-16 DIN male crimp connector featuring silver-plated body and contact for optimum intermodulation distortion reduction, and Teflon insulation …
For Michael Curcio, hitting the treadmill and lifting weights just won't cut it. The founder and CEO of North Palm Beach, Fla.-based Pyrogrill prefers something more challenging and exciting to stay in shape. Curcio is a student of mixed martial arts.
He took up the sport after graduating in December 1999 with a bachelor's degree in marketing and finance from the University of Miami, where he played on the basketball team. "I was just really burnt out on basketball but wanted some way to stay in shape and be competitive," says Curcio, 29. That's when a friend who practiced mixed martial arts suggested he try the sport, which blends techniques used in various martial …
HUNT VALLEY, Md. -Procter & Gamble Co.'s (P&G's) CoverGirl brand is poised to welcome the new year with a number of innovative products.
Advanced Radiance Age Defying liquid makeup is billed as "instantly taking five years off the look of facial skin." Combining Olay's age-defying skin care technology with CoverGirl's expertise in face makeup, Advanced Radiance Age Defying liquid makeup increases brightness or skin radiance while reducing contrast resulting from wrinkles, fine lines and age spots--key factors in how old skin appears.
"Many women over 35 now seek antiaging and moisturizing as the primary benefits of their foundation," says Anne Martin, vice …
Every now and then I am asked if I have any advice for bass players. Here, I have come up with 10 basic principles to keep in mind while on your journey down the "low road." Next issue, "Why Bass Players Shouln't Get a Mic..."
1. Play BASS
This sounds simple. On the surface, bass seems pretty simple. Four strings, one note at a time, how hard can it be? The answer is, not hard at all. Generally, the bass is not a solo instrument. Ask yourself, "do I need to be in the spotlight all the time, feeling the love and devotion of all those who surround me?" If the answer is yes, the bass guitar is not for you.
2. Show Up On Time And In Tune
No one likes to be kept …
Byline: SHANNON McCAFFREY Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- Respect and admiration for firefighters have surged since the Sept. 11 terror attacks, but that has not translated into more people joining the depleted ranks of volunteer departments.
``We haven't seen the increase that we need. It's disappointing,'' said Heather Schafer, executive director of the National Volunteer Fire Council.
The vast majority of fire departments still are volunteer -- 19,224 out of a total of 26,354 departments.
The reasons for the decline vary, but the main cause seems to be that people are devoting more time to their jobs. ``We're competing against long hours …
Wayne tech firm divides operations between N.J. and Indian offices
EXECUTIVES at Wayne-based MindTree Ltd. say they?re confi dent in the future of technology jobs in the United states -though it maintains a second headquarters in Bangalore, India, where the majority of its jobs are concentrated.
?It?s rare in the industry, but it?s such an advantage, because we operate with the mindset of being a global organization, not an Indian organization or a U.s.-based organization,? said Scott Staples, president and co-founder.
Staples said the company?s dual-headquarters model is responsible for nearly half of mindtree?s growth. since its opening in 1999, the company has increased revenue to $330 million; staples said he expects to hit $400 million by the end of the fi scal year, in march. mindtree?s Bangalore headquarters has been benefi cial to the company?s growth because it helps keep the costs down without interfering with quality. ?engineering and software development are sort of in the Dna of most of the young people in India,? staples said. ?It?s a fi eld that they want to get into. so the access to young, top talent gives us a unique advantage against non-Indian companies.? the company?s growth also comes from staying on the cutting edge: at the beginning of may, mindtree unveiled its new Data and analytics solutions group, which handles analysis of the ever-growing amount of data coming from smartphones and Internet applications. the group is mindtree?s fastest growing division, already with 800 of the company?s 10,000 employees in it.
mindtree now plans to hire 100 people in the United states - roughly half of them in new Jersey - and will pilot a program to expose college students to what the company does in the United states: front-end consulting. the back-end operations of the company, in which more than 9,000 people are employed, are in India, working on software development. such a setup is common in a world of outsourcing, but staples said he expects to see a rise in U.s. tech employment. Over the last 18 months, he?s seen more companies not only investing in technology, but also giving business to local fi rms.
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Michael Littman , chair of the Department of Computer sciences at Rutgers University, said he�euro(TM)s noticed a renewed surge of interest in the fi eld over the last couple of years. He had seen enrollment in the programs diminish when the dot-com bubble burst, but �eurooelots of people are getting interested again in these issues,�euro? he said. �eurooeComputers are so pervasive now �euro? everyone has exposure, everyone has an interest in what they do and how they impact people�euro(TM)s lives.�euro?
Littman no longer thinks outsourcing will be a problem for U.s. students, though that wasn�euro(TM)t the case fi ve years ago.
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staples, while admitting to mindtree�euro(TM)s large Indian footprint, agreed with Littman, saying it�euro(TM)s still critical for the company to have american employees available on site to work with clients.
that�euro(TM)s only part of the reason he expects a comeback in tech jobs.
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Scott Staples, president and co-founder of MindTree Ltd., says having company headquarters based in two different countries helps his firm divide its operations: front-end consulting is done in the United States; software development in India.
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"This next decade, it�euro(TM)s probably going to be again a fun time to be in tech �euro? and primarily because of what�euro(TM)s happening in mobile applications and digital applications and things like that."
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BOSTON, Feb. 17 -- The U.
S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Boston Field Office issued the following press release:
A North Chelmsford man was convicted today in federal court on charges of child pornography.
DOUGLAS L. WRIGHT, 41, pleaded guilty before U.
S. District Judge Joseph L. Tauro to transportation of child pornography and possession of child pornography.
Had the case proceeded to trial, the government's evidence would have proven that WRIGHT, a former middle school teacher with the Tyngsboro Public Schools, used an online peer-to-peer file-sharing program to offer and transmit images of child pornography on the Internet. WRIGHT admitted to being interested in child pornography for several years, to downloading child pornography images in the past few years, and to possessing hundreds of child pornography images. The images included those of prepubescent children engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
Judge Tauro scheduled sentencing for May 11, 2011. WRIGHT, who will remain in custody, faces up to 20 years in prison to be followed by up to a lifetime of supervised release and a $250,000 fine.
United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz, Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer, Richard DesLauriers, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Boston Field Office, and Chief James F. Murphy of the Chelmsford Police Department made the announcement today. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.
S. Attorney Michael Yoon of Ortiz's Major Crimes Unit and the DOJ's Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section Trial Attorney Bonnie Kane of the Criminal Division.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by U.
S. Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov. For any query with respect to this article or any other content requirement, please contact Editor at htsyndication@hindustantimes.com
Florida State University, a component of the Florida state university system, issued the following news release:
The Florida A&M University-Florida State University College of Engineering and FSU's Center for Advanced Power Systems (CAPS) have been chosen by the National Science Foundation as partners in a new national research center that will work to revolutionize the nation's power grid and speed the arrival of renewable electric-energy technologies into every home and business.
"Energy is an urgent issue for our nation as well as globally," said Ching-Jen "Marty" Chen, dean of the College of Engineering. "The college has worked to contribute to the solution of the energy crisis. This research center comes at the right time for the college to strengthen its research efforts to enhance sustainable energy and work on energy storage."
The NSF's Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) Systems, to be headquartered at North Carolina State University, will partner with universities, industry and national laboratories from 28 states and nine countries. The center will be supported by an initial five-year, $18.5-million grant from the NSF, with an additional $10 million in institutional support and industry membership fees. More than 65 utility companies, electrical equipment manufacturers, alternative energy start-ups and other established and emerging firms have committed to joining this global partnership.
"We are very pleased to be part of this prestigious NSF-sponsored engineering research center," said Steinar Dale, the director of CAPS and the FSU campus director for the ERC. "Our researchers will use the unique power-systems research, simulation and test facilities established at CAPS to contribute to core aspects of the research program at N.C. State. And researchers from the other university partners will come to FSU to utilize the real-time digital power-system simulator at CAPS and the power test facility to meet the objectives of the ERC."
The new center will work to develop technologies to transform the nation's century-old, centralized power grid into an alternative-energy-friendly "smart grid" that can easily store and distribute energy produced from solar panels, wind farms, fuel cells and other energy sources. This "Internet for energy" would enable millions of users to generate their energy from renewable sources and sell excess energy to the power companies. Researchers envision consumers using this "plug-and-play" system anytime, from anywhere.
"The center's multidisciplinary and system-level approach is key for a successful integration of the various new component technologies into the next-generation power system," said Mischa Steurer, senior scientist and principal investigator of power systems at CAPS. "The center's cutting-edge research on individual subsystems such as renewable electrical power sources, 'intelligent' energy storage elements, smart grid controllers and advance system protection is necessary to enable all of the desired features of the next-generation power system and will allow the nation to migrate toward real independence from fossil fuels. Moreover, the integrated system approach is what makes this center so unique and what will eventually enable the long desired 'plug-and-play' functionality that guarantees a more flexible and resilient power grid of the future."
Transforming the nation's power grid is vitally important as alternative-energy technologies prepare to flood the marketplace. Center researchers foresee widespread adoption of plug-in hybrid cars over the next several years, for example, but today's power grid would not be able to handle energy demand during peak charging times, such as when people return home from work in the evening. The smart grid developed at the center will also allow consumers to sell energy back to the power companies when demand is low, preparing the utilities for times when demand is greatest.
This new energy paradigm will speed the development of vehicles, appliances and other devices that can both store energy and send it to the grid. By merging advanced battery technology with windmills and solar collectors, the researchers will combine renewable energy production with electric energy storage in a network. The center's energy storage research will focus on storage technology with longer life.
In addition to FSU, FAMU and N.C. State, researchers from Arizona State University, Missouri University of Science and Technology, RWTH Aachen University in Germany and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology will collaborate on the project. Industry partners supporting the research will work directly with the center's faculty, students and unique facilities, speeding innovations developed at the center to the commercial marketplace.
Catherine jonescjones@c-dm.co.uk
AFTER two hours of playing table tennis, Cynthia Snowden likes tosit down at her computer and create YouTube videos for the internet.
Cynthia is very agile, very active and very keen on technology.She is also 81 years old.
"I'm certainly not 'playing' with a computer," she said.
"I have owned a computer since the 1980s, and I'm more or lessself taught. I'd be lost without it."
The former maths teacher, who was born and bred in Appledore, nowlives in Northam where she has both a laptop and a desktop computer.
She said: "I've always been into technology from the word go.
"I did my first YouTube video about three years ago. Everyone wastalking about YouTube at that time."
Cynthia is also a keen photographer and has stored 40,000 of herpictures on her computer. They range from old family photos to avisit to a BBC Antiques Roadshow and the arrival of a shippingvessel at Bideford Quay.
She uses these photos to create slideshow videos, which she thensets to music.
"It's like an artist or an actor, it's the achievement of puttingthings together. It's a challenge and once I get involved I forgeteverything else."
She uses eBay and also likes to find good deals on the internet,amazing her friends with her ability to find Pounds 9 a night hotelrooms.
"If there's a bargain I go for it," she said.
Cynthia has seen huge changes in technology over the years.
Her first computer a Vic20, could only store 20kb of information,the equivalent of two letters.
But she doesn't feel the need to keep up with every new gadget.She hasn't joined Facebook or Twitter, and she hardly ever uses hermobile phone.
"I have a phone which I use for emergencies, but I do not text,surprising as it may seem. I just don't need to.
"And I don't buy anything unless I know I need it. There is adifference between need and want."
But she admits that if she was a bit younger, she would probablybe keeping up with the latest equipment.
"I was born before my time, and yes, I think this would have beenthe age for me to live in."
And the table tennis? It certianly helps to keep her fit. SinceOctober she started playing with a U3A club, but she was a keenplayer in her younger days.
Despite her senior age Cynthia insists she "isn't any slower"than her fellow players.
"I'm as fast as anyone and can get down on my knees to fetch theball when it goes under a radiator."
Winchester now has an interactive Internet-based GeographicInformation System program that makes the town's mapping availablein an electronic format.
Users may store, manage, visualize, and present geographicallyreferenced data, offering a simplified version of the system thatallows the public to access, view, and create maps from the town'sGIS data.
Available data include building footprints, roads, waterfeatures, topography, and parcel boundaries.
More information on mapping is available on the town's website,www.winchester.us.
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A TOP-level trade mission from Northern Ireland is currently inDubai seeking new business opportunities.The Invest NI-led group isspending 10 days in the Gulf states trading hub, which offers accessto a huge market for overseas companies in a wide range ofsectors.One of the delegate companies, MWM Sports Management Group ofHolywood, Co Down, is aiming to set up a perma nent presence in theUnited Arab Emirates.To aid its international business expansion, itis establishing a base in the Northern Ireland Technology andDevelopment Centre (NITDC) in Dubai during the trade visit.MWM isamong a group of 14 companies taking part in the mission, which isled by Bill McGinnis, an Invest NI board member and the chairman ofthe McAvoy Group of Dungannon. The mission is also taking in Qatarand Oman.MWM, which provides a range of specialist services includingcorporate hospitality, event management, business performancecoaching, sponsorship and incentive reward schemes, is locatingJudith Murray, a senior executive, at NITDC, which is housed inDubai's Internet City."Our decision to move into Dubai is the resultof extensive research to identify further opportunities overseas forour professional services," said Max Williamson, MWM's managingdirector."NITDC offers us an ideal service that gives us full officefacilities and an address in Dubai, as well as access to expertadvice on business procedures, requirements and contacts," headded.Alan Hingston, Invest NI's trade director, said the NITDCs wereestablished as a key element in Invest NI's strategic focus onencouraging more Northern Ireland companies to enter internationalmarkets."The initiative is producing tangible benefits for companiesand Northern Ireland. Companies located in the Dubai centre, forinstance, generated new business worth almost 30m over the past 18months," he said.Seven companies are visiting the region for thefirst time on the Invest NI trade mission, which runs until earlynext week.
By Sandra O'Malley
AUCKLAND, Aug 15 AAP - Prime Minister John Howard today admitted he had been awarefor several days of the capture of terrorist mastermind Hambali, which he described asa major breakthrough in the fight against terrorism.
Speaking to reporters before heading to the traditional day of retreat at the PacificIslands Forum, Mr Howard said the arrest of Hambali was very good news.
US officials yesterday announced the capture of Hambali, whose real name is Riduanbin Isomuddin, who is wanted over the Bali bombings last year.
The Kuta blasts on October 12 killed 202 people, including 88 Australians.
Hambali is believed to be a key leader of the radical group Jemaah Islamiah (JI), theSouth-East Asian terror group linked to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terrorist network.
"There should be universal relief and pleasure that a man as evil as Hambali has beencaught," Mr Howard said.
"This man is a very big fish.
"He is the main link between al-Qaeda and JI.
"He was almost certainly the ultimate mastermind of the Bali attack."
Coming on the heels of the recent death sentence for Bali bomber Amrozi, Mr Howardsaid it should add to victims' families' sense that justice was being done.
"To those relatives and friends of the 88 Australians who died in that outrage almosta year ago, this is, I hope, some further measure of justice," he said.
"I congratulate the Americans and I am sure that psychologically this capture willinflict a very heavy blow on the worldwide terrorist network."
Mr Howard confirmed he had been aware of the capture for several days although theUS only released the information yesterday.
"I've known about it for several days but I've wanted naturally to leave it to theAmericans to announce."
He was also cagey about revealing any further details of the arrest.
"There is some further detail of which I'm aware, obviously, but there's nothing tobe gained by going into that," Mr Howard said.
"When you're dealing with security matters you're not obliged to blurt everything outthat you know immediately you hear it.
"That doesn't help anybody, in fact it only helps the terrorists."
Hambali is believed to have been captured in Thailand during the week.
US officials have said he was being interrogated in US custody at a secret location.
AAP so/cat
KEYWORD: TERROR HAMBALI HOWARD LEAD
BRISBANE, April 4 AAP - A 15-year-old girl died when she was hit by a truck in Brisbane'snorthern suburbs today.
An ambulance spokesman said the accident happened at 4.30pm (AEST) as the girl wascrossing Gympie Road at Strathpine.
She died at the scene, the spokesman said.
AAP rad/apm
KEYWORD: TOLL QLD
An eight-year-old girl has reportedly been removed from her family home after her parentsinvited paedophile DENNIS RAYMOND FERGUSON to live with them after his jail release.
Brisbane's Courier-Mail newspaper's reported that Families Department officials removedthe girl this week amid fears FERGUSON could reoffend and is also warning families associatedwith him about his history of abuse.
FERGUSON, aged 54, served 15 years in jail in Queensland for sexually abusing threechildren in a Brisbane hotel room in 1987 after taking …
Australian Democrats Senator JOHN CHERRY says interim leader BRIAN GREIG is a nicebloke, but probably not the best person to maximise party prospects at the next election.
Senator CHERRY says he accepts the national executive's decision to appoint SENATORGreg to temporarily fill the leadership vacancy, but he doesn't agree with it.
He says deputy leader ADEN RIDGEWAY is the best person to replace former leader NATASHASTOTT DESPOJA, who resigned after the so-called gang-of-four senators -- including SenatorsCHERRY and RIDGEWAY -- voted to adopt a party reform plan.
Senator CHERRY has denied on the Ten Network that a party split is on the cards, sayingit's far too early to talk about such things.
He says he loves the party and the common sense of most members, but there's an intolerantminority which has made life very difficult for him and fellow senators.
AAP RTV mb/jmt
KEYWORD: DEMOCRATS CHERRY (CANBERRA)
The acting head of the Defence Force says navy and army personnel never used cattleprods to control asylum seekers.
Air Marshal ANGUS HOUSTON says capsicum spray has only been used once, and that wasto control asylum seekers intent on disabling a boat engine.
He also rejected suggestions naval staff denied medical treatment to asylum seekers.
The ABC's Four Corners program this week aired allegations that naval personnel usedprods, capsicum spray and excessive force to control asylum seekers.
It also said authorities denied hospital treatment to a woman bleeding after childbirthand refused to help immigrants suffering diarrhoea or dehydration.
But Air Marshal HOUSTON says he and senior defence officials checked through recordsto determine the validity of the program's claims.
He told the Senate inquiry into the children overboard affair that it's quite clearthere was no use of any electrical cattle prod-type implements.
He says asylum seekers may have mistaken metal detectors for something like a cattle prod.
He added that no asylum seeker would be denied medical treatment if it it's warranted.
AAP RTV sw/jas/
KEYWORD: BOAT HOUSTON (CANBERRA)
Agriculture Minister WARREN TRUSS says Korea has agreed to consider resuming live cattleimports from Australia.
Mr TRUSS is on the second leg of a trip to Japan, Korea and the Philippines to shoreup the beef trade with the three nations.
Mr TRUSS -- after meeting with Korean counterpart KIM DONG-TAE -- said he hoped livecattle exports would be resumed on a trial …
