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Korea; fact and fancy.
by Horace Newton Allen
Published 1904 by Methodist publishing house in Seoul, Korea .
Korea.
Folklore -- Korea.,
Korea -- History -- Chronology.,
Korea -- Foreign relations.
Statement Being a republication of two books entitled "Korean tales" and "A chronological index," by Dr. Horace N. Allen.
LC Classifications DS902 .A44
Pagination 3 p. l., 9-285 p.
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North Korea, one of the world's most centrally directed and least open economies, faces chronic economic problems. Industrial capital stock is nearly beyond repair as a result of years of underinvestment, shortages of spare parts, and poor maintenance.
Large-scale military spending and development of its ballistic missile and nuclear program. The South Korean National Information Agency estimates that 14% of the people between the ages of 9 and 12 have an Internet addiction.
InSouth Korea passed a law called the Shutdown, or Cinderella, Law that bans anyone younger than 16 from online game sites, which is largely ignored by the youth.
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"Across the Yalu: Rules of Engagement and the Communist Air Sanctuary during the Korean War.". This is a revised, updated version of my booklet, Brief History of Korea, published in by the Korean Educational Development Institute in Seoul.
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It. North Korea, or the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), was formed when the U.S. and the former Soviet Union divided Korea between them immediately after World War II. Right away, the competing ideologies of the two superpowers caused tensions to become unbearable, sparking the Korean War, which lasted from to During that time, more than a million Koreans died.
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Don was never a man of great means, and he supported himself and his family with his multiple roles as insurance agent, sail agent, freelance magazine writer, and author of cruising guides that set the genre for the Caribbean and many other regions. He also ran Iolaire as a charter boat, which couldn't have been easy, especially if the patchwork exterior was any indication of her condition belowdecks.
He also suffered his knocks, the most grievous when his first wife, Marilyn, was murdered on Grenada by a local. Don didn't give up on the West Indies, and over the course of decades working Iolaire in the islands, he employed possibly scores of Grena-dian youth, some of whom went on to careers in the West Indian yachting industry and beyond.
After I left the Caribbean in 1975, I ran into Don only infrequently until our circles joined again through Cruising World. I well remember Don hailing me across the pressroom at the 1999 London Boat Show and bending my ear about the articles he should be writing for the magazine. Don pursues editors like a terrier, whether it's to promote the latest revision of one of his guides, a new chart from publisher Imray-Iolaire, or an article about staying out of trouble in the Atlantic Ocean (see "Caribbean Exit Lines," March 2004). To his credit, this persistence has ensured that for 40 years (his Cruising Guide to the Lesser Antilles first appeared in 1966), countless readers and sailors have benefited from his long and hard-won experience.
"There's not a lot of room on lolaire's deck for cleats, so we don't really have many"
I'd learned from Don that he'd put Iolaire through a couple of major refits in recent years, but my impression of the boat was still based on the "old days." I'd inferred, too, from some of Don's articles that while Iolaire might now be in fine physical fettle, she hadn't been modernized. She hadn't. "There's not a lot of room on lolaire's deck for cleats, so we don't really have many," says Don, which is why one of his pet topics is the tow-boat hitch (see "The Tenacious Towboat Hitch," April 2003).
As I discovered, none of lolaire's winches are self-tailers (most of them predate the technology by half a century), making the towboat hitch and other improvisations essential to the boat's operation. I've since made the observation, perhaps unfairly, that walking on Iolaire's deck is like strolling through a marine consignment store. Lucky me, if I should find some of her gear in such a place. It's quite possible that some of the hardware aboard is, if not original equipment, at least as old as the boat. Most of it is antique.
But Iolaire is what she is: an old boat that's been run on little more than love and a shoestring for half a century by a crusty sailor who reveres traditional tenets of seamanship and has little need or regard for modern conveniences.
Not that Don doesn't recognize a good invention when he sees one: At the top of lolaire's mizzenmast is an early prototype of a wind generator made by Hugh Merriwether, who went on to develop the Ampair after Iolaire proved the concept's worth on her 1975-1976 double Atlantic crossing. Hanging from the stern rail (since 1978) is another generator driven by an impeller towed
Passing boats need to heed the soot and wadding when Don Street sits down to fire off a salute aboard the "one-gun yawl" lolaire.
astern. In the cabin, Don recently installed LED lights and evangelizes for them as though they'd come to him in a vision.
Long Step Back in Time
Most of my recent sailing has been short trips between shore-side plug-ins aboard modern cruising boats designed for short-handed crews. A week aboard lolaire represented a big step back in time—nearly 40 years, in fact, to the days I sailed with England's Ocean Youth Club in gaff-rigged boats of similar vintage.
Don has never seen fit to set up lolaire for shorthanded sailing. No doubt, with Trich, his wife of nearly 40 years, at the helm, he could handle the deck work himself, but it's a long, obstacle-strewn walk from the yankee-sheet winch under the mizzen boom to the staysail-sheet winch by the main compan-ionway. The main halyard is at the mast, and it's probably the last one on a wire-reel winch. I swear I felt a twinge in my left forearm when I saw it, because I broke that limb mishandling just such a winch somewhere between Bermuda and New York in 1973. Don always sails with crew, and six seems to be a good number. lolaire has four bunks in her saloon, Don and Trich sleep aft, and it seemed a new face appeared on board every day of the regatta.
A Sea Rogue's Gallery
My bunk mates in the saloon were Quentin Brooksbank, who works at Besso, the underwriting firm through which Don places the marine insurance he sells, and Ted Knapp, from Sweden, who's sailed with Don for decades and was his guide on Iolaire's recent cruise in Scandinavia. Ben Bradley was aboard as our Solent rock-and-tide pilot, a role he's served for
an entire generation of Admiral's Cuplevel yachtsmen from all over the world. Others stepped out of the Victorian backdrop of Cowes as if cued from the wings of a stage: Will, a local lad who was born with his feet in the water; John, a refugee from the Caribbean yacht-survey business; John (Barney) Bardswell, who sailed a Folkboat nonstop from England to Grenada in 1969; and Bendt, a Dutchman on a summer cruise who stepped from his Bavaria 36 to Iolaires deck for a day while his family explored the island.
The (very) British Classic Yacht Club likes to do things in proper style, so even though the regatta activities began on Saturday with parades, welcoming cocktail parties, and the like, the sailing didn't get under way until Monday. The day's activity was to be an informal race across the Solent to Hurst Castle and lunch at anchor. With no clear idea of when this race was supposed to start, we left the
Aboard lolaire, the emblem of a sea eagle (or what Don Street calls the "Chicken of High Hopes") adorns the mizzen staysail, one of a number of sails flown during the classic boat regatta.
dock about midmorning. Iolaire had been berthed on the extreme outside pontoon of the marina, not cheek by jowl with her flag-draped competitors, because she doesn't have an engine and hasn't had one for nearly 50 years. With Trich at the helm and Don calling maneuvers, we sailed off the dock neatly under the partially unfurled yankee and merged into the endless stream of craft, from rowboats to car ferries, that ply the narrow channel in the River Medina.
Faced with a stiff, 10-mile beat against a two-plus-knot tide, we bailed on the race and sailed back and forth across the Solent practicing reefing and other procedures. As the day progressed, I began to understand how key a cog Trich is in the whole Street/Iolaire machine. She helmed as though she were part of the boat, and though she never raised her voice above a stage aside, we all heard her when she called for sail trim, the need for which she sensed through the five-foot-long tiller.
Trich isn't just a great helmsman. She's been Don's sheet anchor since they met in 1966 on a beach in the Grenadines. They married in 1967, and Trich assumed the role of mother to Don's then 3-year-
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Here are the times Kentucky played in a No. 1-vs.-No. 2 game before Michigan State
No. 2 Kentucky basketball opens the season against No. 1 Michigan State Tuesday. UK has a long history in 1-vs.-2 games.
Here are the times Kentucky played in a No. 1-vs.-No. 2 game before Michigan State No. 2 Kentucky basketball opens the season against No. 1 Michigan State Tuesday. UK has a long history in 1-vs.-2 games. Check out this story on courier-journal.com: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/kentucky/2019/11/05/champions-classic-list-kentucky-basketballs-1-vs-2-games/4154447002/
Jon Hale, Louisville Courier Journal Published 9:29 a.m. ET Nov. 5, 2019 | Updated 9:37 a.m. ET Nov. 5, 2019
LEXINGTON — For just the second time in college basketball history the regular season opens Tuesday with a matchup between the preseason No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the Associated Press top 25.
While Kentucky has never opened the season in a game between the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the Associated Press poll, it has played eight previous one-vs.-two games at some point in the season.
John Calipari was actually involved in each of Kentucky's last two one-vs.-two games, as UK's coach in a 2013 Champions Classic matchup with Michigan State and as the coach at UMass in a 1996 Final Four meeting with Kentucky.
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Here's a look at Kentucky's previous record in those games:
Nov. 12, 2013 — No. 1 Kentucky vs. No. 2 Michigan State (L, 78-74)
March 30, 1996 — No. 2 Kentucky vs. No. 1 UMass (W, 81-74)
Dec. 26, 1981 — No. 2 Kentucky vs. No. 1 North Carolina (L, 82-69)
March 31, 1975 — No. 2 Kentucky vs. No. 1 UCLA (L, 92-85)
March 18, 1966 — No. 1 Kentucky vs. No. 2 Duke (W, 83-79)
Dec. 21, 1954 — No. 1 Kentucky vs. No. 2 Utah (W, 70-65)
Dec. 17, 1951 — No. 2 Kentucky vs. No. 1 St. John's (W, 81-40)
March 26, 1949 — No. 1 Kentucky vs. No. 2 Oklahoma State (W, 46-36)
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Experts say the delta variant spreads more easily because of mutations that make it better at latching onto cells in our bodies.
As the delta variant continues to spread in countries around the world, some COVID-19 safety restrictions have been reinstated in efforts to curb the rising cases. But the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stood by the agency's current guidelines Wednesday.
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Meanwhile, in the United States, the CDC has said those who are fully vaccinated, which is two weeks after your final shot, can resume activities that they did prior to the pandemic without wearing a mask or physically distancing unless it's required in your area by state or local law.
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Walensky said on NBC's "Today" show that "we've always said that local policymakers need to make policies for their local environment," but added CDC guidelines broadly indicate those who are vaccinated don't need to wear masks.
She also told ABC's "Good Morning America" the "context in which the WHO is making recommendations is very different than us here in the United States" since less than 15% of the world is vaccinated.
As for the recommendation by officials in Los Angeles County, Walensky said "we are still seeing an uptick in cases in areas of low vaccination and in that situation, we are suggesting that policies be made at the local level."
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Earlier this month, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country's top infectious disease expert, said he believed regionalized areas will see spikes of COVID-19 depending on vaccination rates, but that the country likely won't see another "wave" of infections and hospitalizations.
"I don't think even under these circumstances that you're going to see things like a thousand deaths a day," he said. "But there is a real danger that if there is a persistence of recalcitrance to getting vaccinated that you could see localized surges, which is the reason I want to emphasize what all four of us (on the White House task force) have said - all of that is totally and completely avoidable by getting vaccinated."
Americans at the highest risk for complications from COVID-19 are overwhelmingly vaccinated, according to CDC data, but only 53% aged 25-39 have received one dose. Among those 18-24, it's 47%.
The Biden administration is now focusing messaging for their trailing vaccination campaign on some 55 million unvaccinated adults, many of them under 30.
The administration has acknowledged that it will fall short of its goal of having 70% of adults vaccinated by July Fourth.
At this point, about 170 million American adults have received at least one vaccine dose, representing roughly two-thirds of those 18 and older.
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The potent delta variant that first ravaged India this spring and has now spread to at least 85 other countries.
The B.1.617.2 strain already accounts for more than 20% of new COVID-19 infections in the U.S., doubling in just two weeks, the CDC said last week.
Studies have shown that the available vaccines work against variants, including the delta variant.
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Responsive Web Design (RWD) and User Experience
"Summary: Responsive design teams create a single site to support many devices, but need to consider content, design and performance across devices to ensure usability."
Nielsen Norman Group, May 4, 2014
Mobile & Tablet, Web Usability
By Amy Schade
Defining Responsive Design
Responsive web design (RWD) is a web development approach that creates dynamic changes to the appearance of a website, depending on the screen size and orientation of the device being used to view it. RWD is one approach to the problem of designing for the multitude of devices available to customers, ranging from tiny phones to huge desktop monitors.
RWD uses so-called breakpoints to determine how the layout of a site will appear: one design is used above a breakpoint and another design is applied below that breakpoint. The breakpoints are commonly based on the width of the browser.
The same HTML is served to all devices, using CSS (which determines the layout of webpage) to change the appearance of the page. Rather than creating a separate site and corresponding codebase for wide-screen monitors, desktops, laptops, tablets and phones of all sizes, a single codebase can support users with differently sized viewports.
In responsive design, page elements reshuffle as the viewport grows or shrinks. A three-column desktop design may reshuffle to two columns for a tablet and a single column for a smartphone. Responsive design relies on proportion-based grids to rearrange content and design elements.
While responsive design emerged as a way to provide equal access to information regardless of device, it is also possible to hide certain items — such as background images, as in the Transport for London example above, secondary content or supplementary navigation — on smaller screens. Decisions about hiding content and functionality or altering appearance for different device types should be based on knowledge about your users and their needs.
RWD has potential advantages over developing separate sites for different device types. The use of a single codebase can make development faster, compared to developing 3 or 4 distinct sites, and makes maintenance easier over time, as one set of code and content needs to be updated rather than 3 or 4. RWD is also relatively "future-proof" in that it can support new breakpoints needed at any time. If a 5-inch device or 15-inch device takes off in the market, the code can support the new devices. RWD doesn't tie design to a particular device.
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"I accept change as a positive force in life."
Happy Friday! Today not only marks the end of the month and the end of the first quarter of the year (seriously) but the end of my shopping ban!
I embarked on this three month ban with Lorena with the intentions of getting through the unworn items in my closet, taking stock of what I have and reaffirming that I really do not need anything new.
I wouldn't call the ban a failure, but I don't feel like it was a success either, in that I have not yet taught myself how to quell the need to shop. I wasn't buying clothes, shoes, or accessories, but when I found myself devoting an afternoon to picking out a new dish rack on Amazon, I realized I am still far from having my shopping under control.
I'd like to see how long I can continue the ban for, though Lorena suggested the possibility of allocating a small budget for thrift shopping. I like that idea, but I know it's also a slippery slope, and I think any new purchases need to conform to a one-in one-out rule, that way I have to want something badly enough to let go of something else.
It's two weeks to my birthday, which means it's time to share a few things I'm wishing for this year.
Back in October I ordered a bike. In December it showed up on my doorstep, Sean and I put it together and I haven't ridden it yet. But warmer days are coming, and I'm going to need a helmet. When I found out I could have a gold one, naturally I put it on my list.
I'm feeling very swept up in all the new spring and summer things hitting the shelves as of late, but I'm trying not to indulge and only make purchases after I've considered how much use I'll get, how much I love it, and how much value it will add to my closet. Even if I don't actually receive any of these pieces for my birthday, I've definitely been considering them and would like to gratify myself with at least one.
I give myself permission to feel good right now.
I told Shea I was going to borrow her look as soon as enough of the snow melted so I could wear my suede boots again (one of these days I'll actually get around to applying the suede protectant I bought months ago).
This dark moody floral, especially paired with black and red has more fall vibes than spring, but since it feels more winter than spring right now, I think it works. Hopefully winter will release us from its grasp soon!
When it comes to staying warm and cozy during the winter months, there is nothing I love more than a cashmere sweater, or perhaps merino wool, or basically any fiber where I know I'm going to find "Dry Clean" on the label.
Trips to the dry cleaners are costly and trying to find places using environmentally friendly cleaning methods is a challenge. My previous approach had always been hand-washing with gentle detergent and air drying, which while inexpensive, was tremendously time consuming. One of my super thick cardigans took three days to dry completely!
Dryel was a product I'd always been aware of, but never thought to try - would it really get my clothes clean? Would it really be okay to put something in the dryer I would never dare put in the dryer?
The Dryel starter kit includes environmentally responsible cleaning cloths which have no phosphate, perchloroethylene, or trichloroethylene, along with a spot cleaning spray, and a special bag to protect fabric by creating a temperature controlled environment. The starter kit can clean up to 20 garments when doing five at a time, but since I was cleaning bulky sweaters, I only did three as the clothes need some room to move around.
I started by checking my sweaters for any bad stains, food stains were given a good spritz with the booster spray and blotted with paper towels. Those came out pretty readily. Makeup was a bit tougher, while sweat stains on my white sweater were not going to budge.
Once I was finished spot cleaning, I put the sweaters into the bag with one of the cleaning cloths and popped them in my dryer for 30 minutes. Dryel instructs medium heat, but my dryer only has two settings, low and high, so I put them on low.
Call me a little crazy, but I decided to take measurements of a couple of my sweaters just so that I could be certain there was no shrinkage, and they all came out perfectly!
Using Dryel was so fast and easy - my sweaters smell clean and fresh, are wrinkle free, and ready to wear.
The starter kit which sells for $9.99 cleans up to 20 pieces, which means it only costs 50¢ per garment - a tiny fraction of dry cleaning costs - plus you can get a coupon for $1 off a starter kit.
I am full of infinite, creative energy.
While I've been on my shopping ban this winter I kept myself from doing something I've been guilty of every winter for the past eight years - buying a new coat.
Coats always felt like an indulgence I deserved. I have to suffer through winters that linger on far too long, so having a bountiful coat wardrobe seemed necessary. Plus there was the blog to think of - I'm too much of a whimp to constantly go without a coat, but I wouldn't want a month of posts cycling through the same couple of coats.
Sometimes they were thrifted, sometimes gifted, but they have always persisted.
I feel like I'm digging into the archives when I pull out my houndstooth coat, which I purchased from Kohl's eight years ago. Though the style is classic, and it feels just as appropriate today as it did when I bought it. I've linked a few similar styles below, though this Kate Spade coat is definitely my favorite!
I know that I am truly worthy of my dreams.
I've been reaching for this cardigan on repeat all winter - it's by far the warmest one in my collection and perfect for work, where the heat has two settings - on and too hot and off and too cold. Yet this is the first time it's made it onto the blog all season. Though I don't suppose you weren't missing much, I almost always pull out one shade of grey or another to pair with it.
The more I love life, the more life I have to love.
Chloe hasn't been in outfit photos in ages, since the fall I think, though neither of us were having it with this photo session. The wind was chilling, and regrettably there was no warm beverage in my cup at that time. Here is a little secret - you really can't draw on your Starbucks cup until it's empty. Two reasons for this, first achieving an optimal drawing angle will result in spilling coffee, and second, by the time you've decided what you should draw, you'll have finished your coffee.


I recently upgraded my wire racks for cooling things like cookies to some that have crosspieces. They are so much better!
A good chewy oatmeal cookie with chocolate chips.
Cream the butter. Mix in the sugars and beat well. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy.
Add the flour, salt and baking soda (sprinkling the salt and soda around so it's not all in one spot) and mix. Stir in the oatmeal, then mix in the nuts and chocolate chips.
Drop by spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets and press down with a wet drinking glass (or your fingers) to flatten. Bake 10-12 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
Options: Add 1 cup peanut butter with the sugars. Use chopped peanuts if adding nuts. Or substitute raisins for the chocolate chips.


Non-ethanol 91 Octane fuel has been added to three more Cliff's Local Market locations. The three locations include West Rome Cliff's, Ilion Cliff's, and East Herkimer Cliff's.
Taberg Cliff's and Alder Creek Cliff's already have non-ethanol 91 octane. Port Leyden Cliff's has non-ethanol 90 octane.


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Tornado Season Ahead – What to Do Now?
Many of us look forward to warmer springtime weather as the winter cold starts to fade. Gentle springtime showers, however, can also be displaced in many areas of Canada by more severe thunderstorms. For much of Canada, this can translate into dangerous weather like flash flooding and even tornadoes.
So what does all of this mean for the upcoming spring season in 2018? Though technology has enabled us to better anticipate storm fronts, it's hard to accurately tell if and exactly when a tornado will strike. Parts of the southeastern United States experience tornadoes as early as January, whereas Canada often experiences tornado season as late as June and July. Luckily, knowing when a disaster is likely to strike can help us to better prepare for the season—and increase our safety.
What Causes Tornadoes? Tornadoes form when warm, humid winds get trapped below cool, dry arctic air, and winds at ground level move in a different direction than those above. This can cause the rising air to spin which is ultimately what creates funnel clouds, also called tornados.
Where are Tornadoes Likely to Occur? Most often, tornadoes occur in what's known as "Tornado Alley," which includes areas between the Rockies and the Appalachians, and from central Texas up through the Canadian prairies.
Does a tornado give off any early signs? If your area is anticipating heavy rain or any big thunderstorms, stay aware. Keep watch for heavy rainfall or hail followed by a sudden wind shift or complete calmness.
What you should do in the event of a tornado: Establish a designated area in your home to take shelter. Your place of work should also have a designated area, such as a windowless stairwell or an interior room. Underground areas such as basements and cellars are ideal spaces to take cover during tornadoes. If you're able, you can cover yourself with a mattress, blanket or padded item to add protection from falling debris. Of course, tornadoes don't always strike when you're indoors. If you're driving a vehicle and the tornado is visible but in the distance, take an alternate route opposite of the storm and drive until you reach a place with underground shelter. You may also exit your vehicle and take cover in a ditch or another place close to the ground, covering yourself with any coats or blankets, if possible.
No one wants to fall victim to a tornado. However, if you're prepared for the storms that could strike this spring, that's half the battle. Remember, it's important to seek shelter from powerful storms—not chase them. If for any reason your home is damaged by storms this spring, know that the experts at Paul Davis are prepared to step in and help you get your house feeling like home again.


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Israeli News
Report: Gaydamak Released, Returns to Israel
Arcadi Gaydamak, the wealthy businessman wanted over the "Angolagate" scandal, freed after two weeks in a Swiss prison.
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AFP reported Wednesday that Arcadi Gaydamak, the wealthy Franco-Israeli businessman wanted in France over alleged involvement in an Angolan arms sales scandal, has been freed after two weeks in a Swiss prison.
Gaydamak, who was detained in a Geneva prison, left Switzerland on board a private plane for Israel, according to a newspaper report which was confirmed by a source close to him.
The 61-year-old tycoon had been arrested for not paying 542,000 to Luis Fernandez, a former French footballing international and the ex-coach of Beitar Jerusalem, a club he once owned.
The Swiss newspaper La Tribune said that Gaydamak's lawyer had signed a financial deal with the plaintiff, Fernandez, for the amount involved.
Swiss prosecutors got involved because the money reportedly was meant to be paid via Geneva, but Fernandez allegedly never received it, according to AFP.
Gaydamak is also wanted in France for his role in the 1990s "Angolagate" affair, involving illegal arms sales to the African nation during its civil war.
Upon his arrest, Paris filed an extradition request, after having failed repeatedly to bring him to court.
"Angolagate" implicated members of the French political elite, including former interior minister Charles Pasqua and ex-president Francois Mitterrand's son, Jean-Christophe Mitterrand.
Pasqua was accused of receiving illegal payments in return for lobbying for a $790 million sale of arms to Angola in the 1990s. The payments came from two intermediaries, businessmen Gaydamak and Pierre Falcone, for sales including warships, helicopters, tanks and munitions.
In October 2009, a French court convicted Gaydamak, who had gone on the run, in absentia for his role in the case and sentenced him to six years in prison.
In April 2011 a Paris appeals court reduced Gaydamak's sentence to three years, for money laundering and tax fraud. Gaydamak's appeal was rejected earlier this year.
Gaydamak took Israel by storm when he purchased Beitar Jerusalem in 2005. He then went on to make a series of acquisitions which included a local radio station in the Sharon region and the Bikur Holim Hospital in Jerusalem.
He also launched a political movement named Social Justice and in 2008 ran for mayor of Jerusalem, receiving only 3.6 per cent of the votes.
Three years ago he also faced trial in Israel for money laundering of 650 million shekels.


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Brentford and Isleworth MP encourages people to join the Stem Cell Register
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Brentford and Isleworth MP Ruth Cadbury is calling for more young people to become potential donors on the Anthony Nolan stem cell donor register.
The charity has revealed that, in Brentford and Isleworth constituency, there are now more than 1079 selfless people willing to donate their stem cells, or bone marrow, to save the life of a stranger. In total, more than 650,000 people are currently on the Anthony Nolan register.
Now, Ruth is encouraging more 16 to 30-year-olds to sign up. She says it is particularly important that young men and people from ethnic minorities join the register as they are currently under-represented.
The blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan created the world's first stem cell donor register, and has been saving lives for over four decades by matching remarkable people willing to donate their bone marrow or stem cells to patients in desperate need of a transplant. It also carries out pioneering research to increase stem cell transplant success, and supports patients through their transplant journeys.
Two thirds of UK patients will not find a matching donor from within their families; instead they turn to Anthony Nolan to find them an unrelated donor.
Anthony Nolan wants to give people the very best chance of life by finding the best possible match for them. But the charity can currently only find a perfect match for 60 per cent of transplant recipients, so they still urgently need more people to come forward.
Ruth said: "I am delighted that 1079 people in Brentford and Isleworth are registered on the Anthony Nolan stem cell register. It is fantastic to see that there are so many heroic and selfless people in my constituency.
"I hope that more local people will also now be inspired to sign up and to become potential lifesavers for people in desperate need."
Ann O'Leary, Head of Register Development at Anthony Nolan, said: 'We are delighted that Ruth Cadbury MP has been inspired to encourage others to sign up as donors. Donating is an incredibly selfless thing to do and will give someone with blood cancer the best possible chance of survival. What many people don't realise is that it is also surprisingly simple.'
To join the Anthony Nolan register you must be 16-30 and in good health. It involves filling out a simple online form and spitting into a tube. About 90% of people who are asked to donate will do so through a process similar to giving blood. You can join the register online at www.anthonynolan.org.
For more information, please call the Anthony Nolan Press Team on 0207 424 1300 or email press@anthonynolan.org. For urgent out of hours media enquiries, call 0844 840 0103.


I've posted at least 4 of these guitars before. Here they are gathered together with a few more.
This looks nifty – it has a hollow neck and is supposed to be almost unbreakable. Only $1600!
I like the look of this – I could use it when I play with Phil Graham, save me swapping guitars back and forth. The seller (CH Guitars) is from up here in the north.
And here's another nice one.
On Monday night of this week I was a guest on the Terry Ferdinand show on Bishop FM. They've just finished a successful live broadcast trial and are now internet-based until next year when they hope to have new studios and new programmes. Terry plays folk music and for a few weeks my friend and Durham County Councillor Phil Graham has been a guest, playing live in the studio. I played 3 tunes – "Know You Rider" a traditional blues via Hot Tuna, "Willin'" by Little Feat and "Me & Bobby McGee" by Kris Kristoffersen via The Grateful Dead. Phil played a tune and then we played a couple together too. Hopefully there'll be some photos and a recording available of the show real soon.
This looks very nice indeed! Tommy Emmanuel plays Maton guitars – wonder what he'd sound like on this baby!
A very interesting site which looks at repairs, set-ups, etc. – sometimes on some interesting guitars (the picture shows a Maton guitar from the 70s). I don't do any repairs myself (too heavy handed and impatient!), but I've learned quite a bit from this page.


ConhIT is now DMEA - Fraunhofer IGD investigates what it is all about from 9 to 11 April 2019 in Berlin. Under the motto "Connecting Digital Health", the focus of the trade fair and the accompanying congresses "Digital Medical Expertise & Applications" (DMEA) remains on digital health care. The renaming has a symbolic character: While the conhIT advocated digitization in the medical sector, the DMEA is no longer about whether, but about how. How the change is happening and which technologies are promising for the future remains exciting.
Health@Hand is a visual control center to be used at nursing homes or hospitals. Health and administrative data are visualized on a virtual image of the real ward.
Progressive digitization also changes the working conditions in the healthcare sector. Complex amounts of data must be managed efficiently in order to identify critical situations at an early stage and assess their urgency. Here, Health@Hand serves as a supportive tool for the decision-makers on site, be it the senior physician, head nurse, nursing staff or controller. Information is summarized and visually processed so that multi-layered contexts can be comprehended faster.
In the process, the control center analyzes the data at hand in several stages. Key figures for the entire ward can either be displayed completely or viewed in detail - for instance for individual rooms or for a selected period of time. It is the goal to simplify the monitoring process at a ward, instantly detect malfunctions and thus make it possible to intervene at an early stage. The Health@Hand technology is mobile and web-enabled. The staff is able to access and interactively exchange the control center data from anywhere via mobile end devices such as tablets.
Data@Hand is an automated data analysis framework for various applications. Data@Hand can be used to quickly analyze data, detect anomalies early and draw conclusions about the significance of data. When used in predictive maintenance, issues can be analyzed to determine the cause, predicted and avoided in the future. Data@Hand connects AI tools to existing visual data processing platforms, such as Plant@Hand3D or Health@Hand. Users benefit from continuing to work with a familiar system while Data@Hand operates in the background. Data@Hand is an information and data tool that helps improve work processes, assisting with data analysis while leaving the decision-making to the experts.
Artificial intelligence can do a lot at the beginning of the diagnosis. For example: When the patient visits the doctor. First of all, it is important to determine and diagnose the cause of symptoms – which is about recognizing and marking the shape, position and structure of body parts, organs, tissue or cells in medical image data. If the image data is three-dimensional such as MRI or CT, this is a complex undertaking that is virtually impossible to master manually. The scientists at Fraunhofer IGD have, therefore, developed corresponding machine learning processes: These can segment anatomical structures into image data simultaneously, completely and automatically, and graphically present the results to aid in the diagnosis.
One basic concept of personalizing medicine is the analysis of patient data by forming cohorts. Cohorts generally describe patient groups with relevant commonalities. Fraunhofer IGD is developing tools for interactive data analysis in close consultation with clinical users. They compile a patient group and, with the help of custom visual analysis tools, see immediately whether a cohort is promising and how that cohort can be refined.
Furniture with sensors that detect movement without even making contact can help monitor health. The smart chair can detect sitting positions and movements, and then send guidance to a PC, smartphone or smartwatch. Those who spend the majority of their workday seated are shown an ergonomic sitting position or reminded now and then to stand up for a little bit. To achieve this, a commercial office chair was outfitted with capacitive sensors in the seat, backrest and armrests. Their decisive advantage over pressure sensors: They can detect a person's sitting position and movements even without making direct contact.
Experience the user interface of Health@Hand in this Video.
Did you know? Data@Hand also evaluates the accumulated data from production equipment by coupling the technology with our Plant@Hand3D software.
How is AI in the healthcare industry going? In the Fraunhofer project MED²ICIN, 7 institutes combine their expertise to create a digital patient model. The goal: a data-driven decision-making aid that strives for the best individual therapy while at the same time intelligently utilizing the costs of care.


The European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) which will be published in summer 2015.
People who want to apply for funding are asked by the Marine Managament Organisation to look out for details on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) which will be published in summer 2015. The scheme will be set to open in autumn 2015.
The fund, which is the successor to the European Fisheries Fund, is currently in development. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) are in the process of progressing the Operational Programme which sets out the strategy for funding in agreement with the European Commission.
The MMO are leading on the development of the procedures, applicant forms and guidance notes to help applicants apply to the EMFF scheme.
The EMFF scheme has a broader range of measures than previous schemes and has a greater focus than before on measures which can support the management and protection of the marine environment. In particular, support will focus on the implementation of the reformed Common Fisheries Policy including the Landing Obligation (the "discard ban"). Funding will also be made available for aquaculture, fishing ports, fish processors, and Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs).


Live streaming has become simpler and easier than ever before. As the technology matures, anyone can begin streaming easily. That's especially true if you use a powerful, easy-to-use streaming platform. However, as with any technical procedure, problems can arise. This blog is about troubleshooting an HLS live stream.
In brief, HLS is a streaming media protocol. It's the most popular streaming method in use, and is the default here at DaCast. HLS is reliable and compatible with modern technology such as adaptive bitrate streaming and H.265. It also plays correctly on any modern web browser or device.
Here's how to identify and fix problems that may arise with your HLS live stream.
Is your channel turned on?
Some of these are complex, while others are quick to check and correct. Let's dive into the details of these steps so you can get started with troubleshooting your HLS live stream.
The first step in troubleshooting an HLS live stream is to check your encoder. Encoder settings can cause a number of different problems. Therefore, this troubleshooting step can be divided into a number of sub-steps. If your encoder displays a message like "Streaming to primary," your problem must be elsewhere. Move to step two if this is the case.
Any encoder must be set to "point to" your streaming servers. That's the location that the encoder delivers your live stream feed to; from there, it's distributed to viewers. If this information is incorrect, the stream will fail—every time.
These will have to match the values provided by your Online Video Platform in the "encoder setup" portion of creating a new live channel.
When DaCast is not officially integrated with your encoder, you'll need to enter a login and password into your encoder settings as well. This information is also provided in the "Encoder Setup" portion of the DaCast backend.
Both the login and password are typically strings of 6 digits, and are different from your DaCast account login information.
If you're streaming at multiple bit rates simultaneously, you'll need to ensure that each stream is named appropriately. This involves replacing a portion of the stream name with a different text. In Wirecast, for example, the stream name "dclive_1_150@XXXXXX" would need to be changed to "dclive_1_1@XXXXXX".
If none of these methods work, you should test another encoder. We recommend testing with the free OBS Studio using a simple single-bitrate stream.
That was a lot. This, however, is a quick one. One thing that can cause a live stream to fail is lack of bandwidth. Any DaCast plan comes with a limited amount of bandwidth. To check if you've hit your limit, visit your DaCast account. In the section "Upgrade my plan," you will see the bandwidth you have remaining.
3. Is your channel turned on?
If your bitrates are too high for your internet upload speed, your stream will certainly fail. If you are streaming in high quality, or if your internet speeds are slower, this is more likely. In these circumstances, your stream may lag, buffer, or fail completely.
We recommend at capping your total stream bitrate—the cumulative total of all the different bitrates you're streaming at—at about half your total upload speed.
You can test your upload speed at https://testmy.net/upload. If your upload isn't double the total bitrate of your stream, we recommend decreasing the bitrates of your stream. Even if it appears you have plenty of bandwidth, it's worth testing a lower bitrate to see if this fixes any stream problems.
Sometimes, a firewall can cause problems with streaming. This can occur both with the firewall on your own computer, or firewalls that are integrated into the network itself. To be able to stream, DaCast needs ports 80, 443, or 1935 to be open.
Any search engine should help you find directions for your own operating system or router.
Another problem that can arise comes with embedded video players. Embedding a video involves copying the code from the DaCast backend, then inserting that code into your website. This code can be copied inappropriately, or may have been wrong in the first place.
To determine if the code is correct, first visit the website on which your HLS live stream is embedded. Right click anywhere on the page, then click "view page source". Search for the code in your browser using Ctrl+F on a PC or Cmd+F on a Mac. Search the text "dacast". This will lead you to the embed code.
Compare this code to that found in the publish settings section of the video content you are using, in your DaCast back office. If they don't match, delete the old code and try inserting the embed code once again. This may fix your problem.
What if none of the above solutions solve your problem? In this case, we have three last tests to recommend.
If your stream fails despite the above troubleshooting, try replacing the stream URL with the backup URL in your embed codes. This may get your stream to function.
If the backup stream doesn't function, we recommend creating a new "live channel" and start from scratch. This can resolve many problems. If this works, please contact DaCast support so that we can investigate your original channel to try to determine the cause of the problem.
Technical support is available 24/7 to DaCast users. The Starter Plan includes chat support. Pro and Premium plan users can access phone support. We recommend you provide us with a screenshot of your encoder settings and error messages. This will ensure we're able to help you as rapidly as possible.
Troubleshooting an HLS live stream is easy, if you follow a certain set of steps. Otherwise, it's easy to wander around until you find yourself confused. Did I already change this setting? Did I already test this? Follow our procedure, and this won't happen.
If you are not already working with a video streaming solution, you can start today and take advantage of our free 30-day trial (no credit card required).
For exclusive offers and regular live streaming tips, you're welcome to join our LinkedIn group. Have further questions, thoughts, or feedback about this article? We'd love to hear from you in the comments below. Thanks for reading, and good luck with your events.


Redefining Access for the 21st Century Student is an initiative funded by TG to reinvigorate the conversation on college access in this country and develop a road map for aligning research, policy, and practice to ensure greater attainment for all.
As part of the initiative, IHEP has produced its first film, Degrees of Hope: Redefining Access for 21st Century Students, a viewing guide, and companion report titled Access to Attainment: An Access Agenda for 21st Century College Students. The documentary highlights the significant challenges faced by five students accessing higher education: a first-generation college student, a community college transfer student, a veteran, an online learner, and a returning adult. The report further explores these challenges and presents policy- and practice-based solutions at the institutional, state, and national levels.
The film, viewing guide, and report are intended to spur discussion on various strategies for removing obstacles to college enrollment for 21st century students.


Sometime we face subject strong enough that we don't need to do anything more than take a picture. Without a subject, a picture is not worth much. A picture needs to tell something to your audience. Without a story, there will be no interest in your pictures.
When I came to this fisherman shed, I had a strong subject. All the elements, old and new were there. This shed wall is a story in itself with all these lobster trap buoys, small and big and brightly colored. Each lobster fisherman has his own color markings and registration numbers so they know which ones belongs to them. Each fisherman must display their license number on their boat so law enforcement officials can do their job. It helps that these buoys are brightly colored when there is rain, fog or sea smoke.
The American Lobster is the more prevalent lobster in the world. It is found on the Atlantic coast of North America from Labrador to Cape Hatteras. This fisherman shed was found on Bunker Pound Road near Gouldsboro, Maine.
This unfortunately led the price down to a 40 years low.
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Spammers Were Offering $2K For The Gawker Database. Now They Have It For Free.
In the modern media equivalent of a Greek myth, the Gawker empire was hit hard over the weekend when it was revealed that a hacker group had infiltrated its commenter database via a vulnerability in its source code, exposing the user names and encrypted passwords for over 1.3 million commenters. To further drive the moral of this story home, the group, which goes by the name Gnosis, pulled a dictionary attack and unencrypted about 188K of the easiest ones like "password" or "qwerty" releasing the whole database and source code package in a torrent on Pirate Bay.
Apparently the Gawker data breach was no secret on the Internet (reports had been circulating for about a month) and people offered Gnosis money for the Gawker database before the release. According to a Gnosis representative who gave details to TechCrunch, the group received several offers all in the vicinity of 2K, mostly from spammers and re-salers, "certainly not for good."
Already Internet nogoodniks are taking advantage of the exploit. A hack-related Twitter attack on Sunday forced users to tweet about the Acai berry diet. TechCrunch Senior Editor Erick Shoenfeld fell prey to what looks like the second iteration of the Acai attack this morning. The New York Post reports that one woman had her entire life "turned upside down" when her social media accounts were taken over and used to post anti-Semitic messages. Behemoths LinkedIn, Yahoo and World Of Warcraft have all taken measures to protect against further attacks.
Because many people use the same password across multiple sites, this spammer's delight is going to get worse before it gets better. Especially if the attacks spread from social media to financial services. It's time to get an entirely new password if you've ever commented on Gawker, for everything, even if your password (like both of mine) is still encrypted in the full_db.txt file. You can check if your information has been exposed here.
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When asked why they didn't accept any of the offers, our Gnosis source replied, "We didn't sell because we thought that would be too far. It's one thing finding out that your database was leaked, and its another to find out that it was sold. We are not heartless, we know the implications for selling it, even though a minority of the group wanted to sell it."
While the Gnosis representative admitted that there are lot of interesting things that can be done with a hacked database, the more serious issue here is the public availability of the PHP source code which leaves open the possibility of further exploits, "Just say if Gawker recovers fully, and all is well, six months down the line some Eastern European hackers jump in and do the whole thing again, because they had access to the source and found a way to exploit it."
In a comment explaining the breach Gawker founder Nick Denton, who reportedly has a meeting with the FBI today, hinted at hiring an independent security firm to improve security. Not enough says the Gnosis rep, who holds that all the sites' API keys and cookies are in still in the source code and that while difficult, those with nefarious intent can still impersonate Gawker users, "I would bite the bullet and release all the source code if I were them officially, and go 'open source.'"
Denton, who is in the unenviable position of being the busiest person in the world at the moment, did not reply to my questions about the measures being taken to further protect users and the ethical implications of such a large breach. He only responded with this link to show that Gawker site traffic hadn't fallen since the release, when asked about that in an addendum to my first email.


Faces can provide vital clues about a person's mood, but the most reliable way to "read" someone may simply be to listen to them, according to a new paper in the journal American Psychologist.
In a series of five experiments, Yale psychologist Michael Kraus tested participants' ability to evaluate someone's emotional state using different types of sensory information. In one experiment, participants in separate rooms used tablets to chat briefly, with the video on or off, then rated the degree to which they and their partner showed particular emotions during the interaction. Kraus's results showed that voice-only interactions led to more accurate perceptions than visual-only or multisensory versions.
One reason an isolated voice may be the truest signal of a person's inner experience, Kraus says, is that "perceiving the face and voice divides our attention between two channels. If those channels conflict, it creates noise in our perceptions and diminishes accuracy." Faces alone can be misleading: While we sometimes hide our emotions by feigning a smile or a straight face, the cues contained in our voices may be harder to mask.


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To define with the scientific community the medium-term orientation of the French space science programs, CNES plans to organize in March 2014 in La Rochelle a prospective seminar which will cover all areas of scientific research space.
Namely :
Universe Sciences:
Fundamental physics, gravitation, astroparticle
Astronomy and astrophysics, including cosmology, stellar physics and extrasolar planets
Sun, heliosphere, solar - terrestrial relations, terrestrial and planetary magnetospheres
Astro / exobiology and planetary protection.
Life and condensed-matter sciences in microgravity:
Condensed-matter science in microgravity.
Land, Environment, climate:
Atmospheric Chemistry and middle atmosphere
Physical oceanography, ocean biosphere, cryosphere
Study of continental surfaces, including hydrology and biosphere
Internal geophysics, geodynamics, geodesy and study of the solid Earth.
To engage this forward thinking and to prepare the seminar in March 2014, CNES is issuing this call for ideas, intended to identify future missions or space experiments needs and priorities of the national scientific community.
This call for ideas is fully opened or displayed without prioritizing scientific topics or technical hardware or software solutions. Cross-thematic aspects, such synergies Earth Sciences - Sciences of the Universe in terms of instrumental techniques could usefully be highlighted. Similarly, these proposals will bring out issues at the interface between several themes (e.g. health - environment, adaptation to global change...).
The content of expected answers is therefore open to any original proposal and all relevant types of investigation in connection with the space tool.
It may concern:
Research topics, or cross-cutting issues
Observations and/or measurements from space
Embedded experiments
Techniques of observation and measurement
Tools for data processing
Complete space missions.
The study of original instrumental concepts or the adaptation of known ground instrumental concepts not yet used in space can be proposed.
This call for ideas deals with new missions and also spatial experiments that could be developed to maturity 2018-2024. It covers also missions or space experiments that have previously been unsuccessful proposals to CNES or ESA, and which scientific and/or technical maturity asserted since their last submission. Their implementation can be seen in the context of ESA or multilaterally with partners outside of Europe (USA, Russia, China, Japan, India, etc.).
This multilateral component includes as well participation in future missions proposed by foreign countries as national missions. We recall that commercial European platforms can be used for various scientific missions, e.g. the PROTEUS platform developed by CNES and TAS-F. Recently, the CNES has begun to develop a new platform in partnership with industrial contractors (TAS-F, Astrium-SAS), called MYRIADE Evolution (second generation of Myriade developed by CNES), for micro satellites whose total mass is between 200 kg and 300 kg, with a payload of 50 kg and 100 kg for an orbit of any altitude and inclination, compatible to a VEGA launch and Soyuz launch as shared or secondary passenger. The space mission propositions using such platforms are welcome.
Research proposals involving experiments carried on balloons are also concerned with this call for ideas and will be discussed during the prospective seminar preparation: a special workshop in the fall of 2014 will develop the medium term program of CNES balloons as recommended by the prospective seminar.
Experiments in microgravity using parabolic flights, ESA sounding rockets, automatic recoverable capsules or manned space stations such as the International Space Station (ISS) and experiments with simulated microgravity (e.g. decubitus) or variable gravity (e.g. centrifuge) can also be proposed.
This call for ideas is separate from the annual call for proposals.
Proposals received in response to this call for ideas will be examined according to the following schedule:
January 11, 2013: Deadline for receipt of responses
January - end March 2013: Scientific review of proposals by the CNES thematic working groups and preliminary examination by CNES technical experts as scientific need; presentation of the progress to the CNES Scientific Program Committee (CPS).
Following this examination, applicants will be informed of the opinions of the working groups and recommendations of the CPS and will, where appropriate, be invited to explore certain aspects of their proposals or to make mergers between several proposals.
July 12, 2013: Deadline for receipt of revised proposals taking into account these recommendations
July - end of October 2013: second review of proposals by CNES and the thematic working groups; presentation of progress to the CNES Scientific Program Committee (SPC)
November 2013 - late February 2014: meeting of the thematic working groups for the preparation of guidelines to be proposed and discussed at the seminar of March 2014
March 2014: Prospective seminar of with participation by invitation only (format and exact date to be determined); representatives of our key national and international partners (research organizations, ministries) will be invited to the meeting presenting the recommendations of the prospective seminar.
The conclusions of the prospective seminar will be presented at the end of March 2014 to the CNES Scientific Program Committee. It may recommend a mission analysis (phase 0 study) and / or Research and Technology (R & T ) for some of the proposals discussed during the seminar on future projects. Subsequently, the CPS may recommend their passage in a definition phase (phase A) and implementation phases (phases B, C, D).
It has to be presented:
The scientific objectives, placed in an international context
The involved French scientific community
The technique of observation and measurement and the onboard instrumentation, and their level of maturity or needs of R & T or mission analysis
The context and timing of implementation
Opportunities of European or international cooperation.
The scientific relevance of proposals will be a criterion for evaluation. The degree of technical maturity, as well as the size of the missions or proposed experiments, in budgetary terms, is not at this stage a criteria of the selection.
As previously said, the proposals must be received for January 11, 2013 at the latest.
We would be grateful to disseminate this call for ideas to all your colleagues that have not received it.
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CIB Confirms Spot-Fixing in Nepal T-20 League
January 24: An investigation carried out by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police has concluded that the recently held Nepal-T20 League was rigged.
The police have already arrested two people, including former national cricketer Mehboob Alam for their alleged involvement in spot fixing during the league held from December 24 to January 11 at TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur.
Police investigation has revealed that a total of 10 people, including six foeigners were involved in the fixing scam.
Organising a press conference on Tuesday, the CIB said that the police made the arrests based on evidences collected from Whatsapp messages and phone call details of the suspects.
The second person arrested in connection to the scam is 20-year old cricketer Mohammad Aadil Ansari, who was instructed to throw a no ball and a wide ball by Mehboob Alam, the police said. Alam allegedly approached the player offering him financial incentives. As per the rules of the International Cricket Council (ICC), a player should report to the Anti-Corruption Unit of ICC if anyone offers them incentives for fixing the game. However, Mohammad Aadil Ansari's failure to report to the unit led to his arrest, said the police source adding that three other players had reported offers to fix the game to the Anti-Corruption Unit of ICC.
Former captain of Nepal's national team Gyanendra Malla had earlier claimed during a press conference that one of the players of his team during the league was approached for fixing.
The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) had entrusted an Indian company named Seven Three Sports for the overall management of the T-20 league, which courted controversy right from the beginning.
The organizers had revealed that a betting company was the main sponsor of the league, raising quite a few eyebrows. The Nepal T-20 league was also interrupted briefly after the players protested over salary issue.
CAN had banned other domestic T-20 leagues of Nepal to organize this league arguing that the country can have only one official T-20 league as per the international rules.
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ProFunds Group chairman and CEO Michael Sapir is in New York Tuesday morning, ringing the opening bell at the NYSE to celebrate the launch of a new ETF. Credit Suisse managing director Pankaj Patel, who helped design the index upon which the new ETF is based, joins Sapir in the bell ringing
A ProShares banner hangs outside the New York Stock Exchange building on Tuesday.
130/30 funds have already swept into the mutual fund world, and now the hedge-fund-like strategy has jumped into the niche world of ETFs. Along those lines, Bethesda, Maryland-based ProShares just launched ProShares Credit Suisse 130/30, which it claims as the first 130/30 ETF in the US. The new ETF is first in a new line, Alpha ProShares.
"We believe that this new ETF will be attractive for investors' 130/30 allocations because it combines a rigorous quantitative investment process developed by two renowned experts with the index transparency, low cost and liquidity of an ETF," stated Sapir.
The new fund tracks the Credit Suisse 130/30 Large-Cap Index, which Patel and AlphaSimplex Group's Andrew Lo launched in 2007.
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Bethesda, MD, July 14, 2009�ProShares, creator and market leader in short and leveraged exchange traded funds, announced the introduction of another innovative exchange traded fund, the nation�s first 130/30 ETF. ProShares Credit Suisse 130/30 (Ticker: CSM) will be listed on NYSE Arca today.
The new ETF is the first of a new category of ProShares ETFs: Alpha ProShares. Alpha ProShares are designed to provide advanced investment strategies to investors�in the form of ETFs.
ProShares Credit Suisse 130/30 seeks to track the Credit Suisse 130/30 Large-Cap Index (before fees and expenses). The index was introduced in 2007 by Credit Suisse in collaboration with AlphaSimplex Group.
The index was designed by Dr. Andrew Lo, in collaboration with Mr. Pankaj Patel, CFA. Dr. Lo is Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer of AlphaSimplex Group and Harris & Harris Group Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Mr. Patel is Director of Quantitative Research at Credit Suisse.
Dr. Lo and Mr. Patel described the underlying principles of this quantitative-based index in their award-winning 2008 paper, "130/30: The New Long-Only," in The Journal of Portfolio Management.1
"We believe that this new ETF will be attractive for investors' 130/30 allocations because it combines a rigorous quantitative investment process developed by two renowned experts with the index transparency, low cost and liquidity of an ETF," said Mr. Michael L. Sapir, ProShares Chairman and CEO.
"Working with Pankaj Patel and the team at Credit Suisse, we've developed a 130/30 index which is transparent, investable and passive�the key attributes needed to drive an index-based 130/30 investment strategy," said Professor Lo. Mr. Patel of Credit Suisse added, "The quantitative model behind our 130/30 Large-Cap index is based on extensive, robust research on the real-world factors contributing to stock performance."
About ProShares
ProShares is part of ProFunds Group, the largest manager of short and leveraged funds.2 The group includes 89 ProShares ETFs and 115 ProFunds mutual funds. ProShares, which introduced the first short and leveraged ETFs in 2006, continues to be a leader in launching innovative new products�for two years in a row, ProShares has led the industry in attracting assets to newly launched ETFs3 and now is the fourth largest manager of ETFs in the nation.4 Since 1997, ProFunds mutual funds have provided investors with access to sophisticated investment strategies, with offerings that include funds that seek to magnify or return the inverse of index performance on a daily basis. The group also manages the Canada-based Horizons BetaPro ETFs.
Most ProShares ETFs and many ProFunds employ leveraged investment techniques that magnify gains and losses and result in greater volatility in value. Each Short or Ultra ProShares ETF and leveraged or inverse ProFund seeks a return that is a multiple or inverse multiple (e.g., -200%) of the return of an index or other benchmark (target) for a single day. Due to the compounding of daily returns, ProShares� and leveraged and inverse ProFunds� returns over periods other than one day will likely differ in amount and possibly direction from the target return for the same period. Investors should monitor holdings consistent with their strategies, as frequently as daily. For more on correlation, leverage and other risks, please read the ProShares or ProFunds prospectus.
About Credit Suisse
As one of the world's leading banks, Credit Suisse provides its clients with investment banking, private banking and asset management services worldwide. Credit Suisse offers advisory services, comprehensive solutions and innovative products to companies, institutional clients and high-net-worth private clients globally, as well as retail clients in Switzerland. Credit Suisse is active in over 50 countries and employs approximately 45,000 people. Credit Suisse�s parent company, Credit Suisse Group, is a leading global financial services company headquartered in Zurich. Credit Suisse Group�s registered shares (CSGN) are listed in Switzerland and, in the form of American Depositary Shares (CS), in New York. Further information about Credit Suisse can be found at www.credit-suisse.com.
About AlphaSimplex Group
AlphaSimplex Group offers both alpha-generation and beta-capture strategies, including quantitative global macro, global tactical asset allocation, beta replication and beta hedging strategies. Through its risk analytics division it also offers absolute return risk analytics and custom indexes. AlphaSimplex was founded in 1999 by Dr. Andrew W. Lo, a professor of finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management and a pioneer in the field of beta replication for absolute return strategies. Dr. Lo has published numerous articles in finance and economics journals, and is author of The Econometrics of Financial Markets, A Non-Random Walk Down Wall Street and Hedge Funds: An Analytic Perspective.
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