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Thanks to all who submitted comments to our CFCA blog and won a calendar. That opportunity is now closed, but we very much appreciate all your support. Here are a few responses from the people who submitted comments for us this week.
First comment:
Esther Rogers writes: "I first sponsored a child through CFCA 10 years ago. Since then I have sponsored 4 more young people all in the same country. I chose this country because I started going there on dental mission trips before I had ever heard of CFCA. The children that were treated in the clinic were children of that area sponsored through CFCA.
"I was disappointed when the first child I sponsored moved out of the area and I was no longer able to sponsor her. But since that time and the opportunity to sponsor and meet new children I feel it is a special privilege each time I am connected with a new child. I thank God for the privilege of sponsoring each child and what they and their families have taught me about living life to the fullest no matter their economic circumstances.
"In each family I have seen the dedication to the lives of their children and the struggles that they strive to overcome to give their children a better life.
"CFCA has been a great blessing to me. I have made great friendships with the people who have traveled on the MAT trips. CFCA has given me volunteer opportunities in my own community. I strongly recommend CFCA sponsorship. I feel that I get back much more than I have ever invested.
"One of the youth that I sponsor is making great daily sacrifices of time and travel in hopes of gaining a college education in order to be able to help other children in her country."
Second comment:
Arianna Dabu writes: "I love to read stories from the Walk2gether program!! I aspire to do things for others just as Bob has.
"I have been a sponsor of my dearest Avrien for over a year now, and I really enjoy it! My face and spirits light up when I receive mail from CFCA, and my child. I love to know that I am doing something great for someone in need, and I loved receiving a Christmas card from him!
"I am looking forward to making a trip to the Philippines later this year, or early next year, if at all possible. I would love to see the beauty of my father's home country, and to see what I have been doing to help my boy :). Many blessings to all of us who participate in such a wonderful organization!"
Third comment:
Elizabeth Williams writes: "Sponsoring has been a gift to me in so many ways. The other day without realizing it I mention Ada as my granddaughter to a friend.
" 'I didn't know that you had a granddaughter named Ada; whose daughter is she?' she asked.
You don't have to ever meet a child to love them; letters, cards and pictures bring another member into the family. My son brings in the mail and tells me here is a letter from your little girl. God bless you CFCA members, we are FAMILY."
Fourth comment:
Don and Dolores Etzel write: "We have been sponsoring a young girl in Cuernavaca, Mexico, for several years. She is doing well in her schooling and is anxious to tell us about her accomplishments when she writes.
"We feel the sponsorship has been valuable in motivating her and recognizing her talents. She seems proud to have someone caring about her and wanting her to succeed.
"Her letters are very appreciative and make us feel loved too. She always asks about our grandchildren and our health. We especially love how she says she prays for us every day!
"Our hope is to take the tour to Cuernavaca, perhaps for her graduation."'
Note: We may not be giving away free desk calendars, but we are giving away a free Walk2gether bracelet to the winner of our caption contest! Feel free to enter by submitting a comment.


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First Impressions of Firefox 3
The Reviews are Mixed: Firefox 3 Friend or Foe?
On June 17th, Mozilla released Firefox 3 browser; a browser with purported enhancements for "faster, safer web browsing".
The Synopsis of Firefox 3 release:
Available today in approximately 50 languages, Firefox 3 is two to three times faster than its predecessor and offers more than 15,000 improvements, including the revolutionary smart location bar, malware protection, and extensive under the hood work to improve the speed and performance of the browser.
Here are just a few choice conversations from the community:
But then there are folks that think Firefox 3 has been nothing but awesome thus far. I've seen comments like, "FF3 is smoother" and "I've had no problems with it thus far." So, it appears to be a mixed bag at this point.
I'm waiting for a Firefox 3 update when they release some updates to play nicely with other web-standards like JS and AJAX, and when adding Add-ons doesn't crash the entire browser. I would downgrade back to Firefox 2 until a new version is released. There's been quite a backlash thus far, so I imagine that Mozilla been busy working on an update already. Downgrade as quickly as you can, and then upgrade when they release a new version.

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The Augustana Choir
The Augustana Choir has a rich history spanning nearly 100 years. The Choir was founded in 1921 and chartered by the faculty of Augustana College to "serve God, the Church, and our school" through choral music. In the words of the choir's founding conductor, Dr. Carl Youngdahl, the choir would "perform a cappella and could thereby appear in the smallest of churches as well as the largest and our concert would be a sermon in song." Today, The Augustana Choir continues to bring sacred choral music of the highest caliber to people around the region, nation, and world.
The Augustana Choir has taken its mission most seriously and its traditions have been upheld and nurtured under the tutelage of conductors Dr. Carl Youngdahl, Dr. Arnold Running, Dr. Olaf Malmin, Dr. James Johnson, for a one-year term following the retirement of Dr. Johnson, Dr. Weston Noble. Dr. Paul Nesheim joined the Choir as its fifth conductor on September 1, 2012.
Long recognized as one of the preeminent a cappella choral ensembles, the choir is noted for the honesty of its presentation and its recognition of the importance of maintaining Lutheran choral traditions. Their critically acclaimed reputation is international in scope. In addition to touring the United States, they also regularly embark on overseas performance tours. Over the past ten years, they have appeared in international concert venues on six tours, sharing their music with the people of France, England, Norway, Austria, Wales, Germany, Ireland, and Italy. In 2004, the Choir returned to Ireland for a two-week concert tour of "Peace and Reconciliation" and, in May and June of 2006, presented a tour entitled "I Can Tell the World" in the southeast African country of Tanzania. The international venues for the choir in 2008 were Sicily, the Amalfi coast, Capri, Assisi and Rome.
During January of 2013, the Choir embarked upon a twenty-one day tour of central Europe including Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic and Austria. Check out their blog with pictures and stories about their trip! Their most recent international tour was in January of 2017 when the group was featured in special celebrations of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation in Germany and further stops in Rome and Assisi, Italy. While touring and performing, the group was engaged in study as well, with a course led by campus pastor Rev. Dr. Paul HW Rohde entitled "Living Reformation: the context, calling and contributions of Martin Luther, JS Bach, Dietrich Bonhoeffer and St. Francis." Choir members received four (4) credit hours for this exciting performance and education tour. Plans are underway for a tour of Norway during the group's 100th anniversary year (2021).
Members of the choir and our other choirs are auditioned from the student body of Augustana University and represent all academic majors. These singers are devoted to bringing their "sermon in song" to audiences anywhere in the world, from Carnegie Hall to the churches of the American prairies to the cathedrals of Europe. To be the inheritors of such a wonderful legacy gives the choir a profound pride in being able to continue the strong choral traditions of the colleges of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.


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Konerko adjusting to role off the bench
DETROIT -- Paul Konerko had 9,201 career plate appearances prior to this 2014 season.
Many of them were very successful, as evidenced by his 2,302 hits and 434 home runs. None of them really prepared the White Sox captain for his pinch-hitting/part-time role he's taken on in this 16th and final season playing for the South Siders.
"I've played a million games. I've been playing for a long time," Konerko said. "But you know this role here, no matter how many games you played before or where you are at, it's always a little bit of an adjustment. It still is.
"There are some things that happen just in talking to guys who have done it before, you go out and feel good. Your eyes tell you what to do and you are doing everything right and everything doesn't end up going right.
"That's normal is what I'm saying," Konerko said. "You have to practice it a little bit."
Everything has become a little better for Konerko over his last two games, with four hits in five at-bats. He surpassed Frank Thomas as the franchise leader in career total bases with an eighth-inning double in Wednesday's 6-4 victory.
And getting two late at-bats in Tuesday's loss, including a ninth-inning single to break an 0-for-17 skid, helped set up Konerko for Wednesday's three-hit effort.
"Get out in the field, move around a little bit. That's by design, why Robin threw me in there, because he knew I would be playing [Wednesday]," said Konerko, who also gave Jose Abreu a few innings off at first Tuesday. "Three weeks of doing this, and I think I've gotten better at it in terms of every time my name gets called, I'm a little calmer and a little more collected. It seems normal to me.
"Just because I've had so many thousands of at-bats in my career doesn't necessarily mean anything for this role. It's its own animal. You have to kind of be good at it and practice a little bit. Hopefully I can as the year goes on be really good at it. I want to be not just OK, but really good at it."


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Mechanistic Brain, Free Mind
POSTED ON: April 17, 2012
David Hume once described the concept of free will as one of the most contentious questions of metaphysics. To many of the towering figures of Western science, it was determinism—free will's antagonist twin—that was the no-brainer. From Copernicus to Newton, Darwin to Einstein to modern neuroscience, the dominant narrative goes something like this: the human brain is a mechanistic, determined system that responds with biological prejudice to a material, exterior world.
Einstein said it was "the awareness of the lack of free will" that prevented him from taking himself and his fellow men too seriously or from losing his temper about the actions of others. Tirelessly allegorized as an incredibly dense, complex machine, the brain in the popular scientific imagination becomes difficult to reconcile with many concepts that form the fabric of our society and values. How to rationalize retributive penal law if all crime is the product of antecedent historical, contextual and biological factors? And are we ready to surrender to a biological determinism that would equate a person's taste in music and likelihood of committing murder or writing poetry to a predictable formula of genetic predisposition and life experience? Or, in other words, are we ready to understand ourselves as machines in a world increasingly populated by them?
It's this biologistic view of the brain that leading neuroscientist Michael S. Gazzaniga challenges in his recent book Who's In Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain. Speaking to a large audience in the Cooper Union's Great Hall, Gazzaniga borrowed a conceptual framework from computer science to argue for a mechanistic brain that enabled, rather than enslaved, a free mind.
Understanding human behavior required a multi-tiered view of the mind, Gazzaniga explained, not so different from that required to understand how modern computer networking works. In the popular OSI model of networking, a web browser renders content on the high-level "application" layer, taking for granted that the network packets which deliver that data piecemeal will function properly on the lower-level "transport layer." This transport layer in turn takes for granted that the even lower "physical layer" will ensure the signals and material links between communicating machines are reliable and delivering data in a timely and coherent fashion.
Similarly in Gazzaniga's view, a free mind takes for granted a lower-level mechanistic brain, but is not beholden to it.
His humanistic and sober talk created a lively question and answer session, drawing comments from both admiring graduate students and detractor peers.
The audio of his full talk on April 11, 2012, is presented below.


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Types of Fuel Cells
The fuel cell will compete with many other energy conversion devices, including the gas turbine in your city's power plant, the gasoline engine in your car and the battery in your laptop. Combustion engines like the turbine and the gasoline engine burn fuels and use the pressure created by the expansion of the gases to do mechanical work. Batteries convert chemical energy back into electrical energy when needed. Fuel cells should do both tasks more efficiently.
A fuel cell provides a DC (direct current) voltage that can be used to power motors, lights or any number of electrical appliances.
There are several different types of fuel cells, each using a different chemistry. Fuel cells are usually classified by their operating temperature and the type of electrolyte they use. Some types of fuel cells work well for use in stationary power generation plants. Others may be useful for small portable applications or for powering cars. The main types of fuel cells include:
Polymer exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC)
The Department of Energy (DOE) is focusing on the PEMFC as the most likely candidate for transportation applications. The PEMFC has a high power density and a relatively low operating temperature (ranging from 60 to 80 degrees Celsius, or 140 to 176 degrees Fahrenheit). The low operating temperature means that it doesn't take very long for the fuel cell to warm up and begin generating electricity. We?ll take a closer look at the PEMFC in the next section.
Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC)
These fuel cells are best suited for large-scale stationary power generators that could provide electricity for factories or towns. This type of fuel cell operates at very high temperatures (between 700 and 1,000 degrees Celsius). This high temperature makes reliability a problem, because parts of the fuel cell can break down after cycling on and off repeatedly. However, solid oxide fuel cells are very stable when in continuous use. In fact, the SOFC has demonstrated the longest operating life of any fuel cell under certain operating conditions. The high temperature also has an advantage: the steam produced by the fuel cell can be channeled into turbines to generate more electricity. This process is called co-generation of heat and power (CHP) and it improves the overall efficiency of the system.
Alkaline fuel cell (AFC)
This is one of the oldest designs for fuel cells; the United States space program has used them since the 1960s. The AFC is very susceptible to contamination, so it requires pure hydrogen and oxygen. It is also very expensive, so this type of fuel cell is unlikely to be commercialized.
Molten-carbonate fuel cell (MCFC)
Like the SOFC, these fuel cells are also best suited for large stationary power generators. They operate at 600 degrees Celsius, so they can generate steam that can be used to generate more power. They have a lower operating temperature than solid oxide fuel cells, which means they don't need such exotic materials. This makes the design a little less expensive.
Phosphoric-acid fuel cell (PAFC)
The phosphoric-acid fuel cell has potential for use in small stationary power-generation systems. It operates at a higher temperature than polymer exchange membrane fuel cells, so it has a longer warm-up time. This makes it unsuitable for use in cars.
Direct-methanol fuel cell (DMFC)
Methanol fuel cells are comparable to a PEMFC in regards to operating temperature, but are not as efficient. Also, the DMFC requires a relatively large amount of platinum to act as a catalyst, which makes these fuel cells expensive.
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The November 2009 Daring Bakers Challenge was chosen and hosted by Lisa Michele of Parsley, Sage, Desserts and Line Drives. She chose the Italian Pastry, Cannolo (Cannoli is plural), using the cookbooks Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and The Sopranos Family Cookbook by Allen Rucker; recipes by Michelle Scicolone, as ingredient/direction guides. She added her own modifications/changes, so the recipe is not 100% verbatim from either book.
I don't know why it's taken me so long but I am so thrilled I finally made the plunge and became a Daring Baker.
What was even more thrilling was the fact that I've never made Cannoli and I surely didn't have any plans to. But oh my goodness am I ever so glad I got around to giving this Italian pastry a try.
While the process was a bit complex the results far made up for it. I mean come on – anything deep fried is a winner in my book. But it was the lightly spicy and cocoa flavored shell that won my heart. I adored the wart-studded exterior as it crackled under the weight of my teeth. The deep rich flavor of its bath in oil was a perfect match for the cool and subtly sweet cream.
The soft whispering flavors of cinnamon, cocoa, ginger, pepper and orange zest make this a festive and seasonal dessert that is sure to impress and delight all your holiday party guests – even if your guests are old Italian grandmothers.
Cannoli Shells
adapted from Lisa Michele of Parsley, Sage, Desserts and Line Drives
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon (5 grams/0.06 ounces) unsweetened baking cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons vegetable or olive oil
1 teaspoon champagne vinegar
Approximately 1/2 cup white wine
1 large egg, separated (you will need the egg white but not the yolk)
Vegetable or any neutral oil for frying – about 2 quarts (8 cups)
Confectioners' sugar
The method below is from Lisa. I followed her directions to a "t" and I was very pleased with the results
1. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer or food processor, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, cinnamon, and salt. Stir in the oil, vinegar, and enough of the wine to make a soft dough. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and well blended, about 2 minutes. Shape the dough into a ball. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest in the fridge from 2 hours to overnight.
2 Cut the dough into two pieces. Keep the remaining dough covered while you work. Lightly flour a large cutting or pastry board and roll the dough until super thin, about 1/16 to 1/8" thick (An area of about 13 inches by 18 inches should give you that). Cut out 3 to 5-inch circles (3-inch – small/medium; 4-inch – medium/large; 5-inch;- large. Your choice). Roll the cut out circle into an oval, rolling it larger and thinner if it's shrunk a little.
3 Oil the outside of the cannoli tubes (You only have to do this once, as the oil from the deep fry will keep them well, uhh, oiled..lol). Roll a dough oval from the long side (If square, position like a diamond, and place tube/form on the corner closest to you, then roll) around each tube/form and dab a little egg white on the dough where the edges overlap. (Avoid getting egg white on the tube, or the pastry will stick to it.) Press well to seal. Set aside to let the egg white seal dry a little.
4. In a deep heavy saucepan, pour enough oil to reach a depth of 3 inches, or if using an electric deep-fryer, follow the manufacturer's directions. Heat the oil to 375°F (190 °C) on a deep fry thermometer, or until a small piece of the dough or bread cube placed in the oil sizzles and browns in 1 minute. Have ready a tray or sheet pan lined with paper towels or paper bags.
5. Carefully lower a few of the cannoli tubes into the hot oil. Do not crowd the pan. Fry the shells until golden, about 2 minutes, turning them so that they brown evenly.
6. Lift a cannoli tube with a wire skimmer or large slotted spoon, out of the oil. Using tongs, grasp the cannoli tube at one end. Very carefully remove the cannoli tube with the open sides straight up and down so that the oil flows back into the pan. Place the tube on paper towels or bags to drain. Repeat with the remaining tubes. While they are still hot, grasp the tubes with a potholder and pull the cannoli shells off the tubes with a pair of tongs, or with your hand protected by an oven mitt or towel. Let the shells cool completely on the paper towels. Place shells on cooling rack until ready to fill.
7. Repeat making and frying the shells with the remaining dough. If you are reusing the cannoli tubes, let them cool before wrapping them in the dough.
This is my very simple filling. Traditionally Cannoli are filled with a mixture of ricotta or mascarpone but I had neither on hand. This is a lightly sweet cream that paired beautifully with the crispy, spicy shell.
1 1/2 cups whipped cream or creme fraiche
1/4 cup cream cheese, softened
1/2 vanilla bean, seeds scraped
1 tsp orange zest
1/2 cup powdered sugar
Combine all the ingredients in a bowl of a stand mixer fitter with a whisk attachment. Beat until medium-soft peaks are formed.
Filling the Cannoli
1. When ready to serve..fill a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2-inch plain or star tip, or a ziplock bag, with the cream. If using a ziplock bag, cut about 1/2 inch off one corner. Insert the tip in the cannoli shell and squeeze gently until the shell is half filled. Turn the shell and fill the other side. You can also use a teaspoon to do this, although it's messier and will take longer.
2. Press or dip cannoli in chopped pistachios, grated chocolate/mini chocolate chips, candied fruit or zest into the cream at each end. Dust with confectioner's sugar and/or drizzles of melted chocolate if desired.


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The 45-52 vote defeated the effort, which was led by conservatives. They say that when the law is fully in effect, it will jeopardize the nation's fragile economic recovery. But Obama's allies say national health care could help strengthen the economy in part by encouraging health maintenance and prevention. The law has been upheld by the Supreme Court.
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Maybe those looks of shock on NBA players faces and outburts after the ref's whistle aren't purely driven by ego after all.
If disgraced referee Tim Donaghy is to be believed, the players may be justified in their outrage -- and all fans should be depressed.
In explosive excerpts published from a now canceled tell-all book, Donaghy makes damning accusations against his fellow game officials and the NBA as a whole. The alleged antics ranged from personal bets the refs made amongst themselves for entertainment to incredible game manipulation that he says was ordered by the NBA and implemented by the league's most recognizable referees.
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The excerpts were posted on Deadspin.com and include very long and detailed accounts of how Donaghy participated and witnessed referees target players they had personal problems with, make favorable calls for coaches they befriended, bet money on who can hold out the longest before calling a foul, accept gifts for making decisions that benefited one team over another and most shocking: call games in order to manipulate the result to the NBA's liking.
That's right. The NBA likes play-off series that go down to the wire in a big media market and the NBA likes having star players on the floor and not on the bench. It also dislikes defensive players who shut down big players and instructs refs to call fouls and infractions that punish good defense at the expense of offense, according to Donaghy.
While it's easy to dismiss Donaghy's claims as lies or exaggeration -- he did after all cheat by betting on games he officiated -- the accounts are detailed and name names and have apparently caught the attention of the NBA which is investigating the claims, according to the Associated Press.
Shortly after Donaghy was indicted on conspiracy charges, the NBA announced an investigation had found that Donaghy was the only ref involved in criminal activity. On Thursday, current referees said they were disappointed but not surprised by Donaghy's claims.
Since he was caught, Donaghy repeatedly refused to speak publicly, saying he had a lot of dirt and when the time comes he will air it out. Even though his book, tentatively titled "Blowing the Whistle," will not be published, the accusations -- true or not -- have done enough damage and it behooves any fan to think: was I played?


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Washington, DC—The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation are pleased to announce that they will support a partnership between the Urban Libraries Council and the Association of Science-Technology Centers to manage the Learning Labs Project. Together they will commit $4 million to support knowledge sharing activities for museums and libraries nationwide, a framework for measuring outcomes, and grants to create up to 30 new Learning Labs.
The Learning Labs project was first announced in September 2010, in answer to President Obama's "Educate to Innovate" campaign, which called on public and private sector partners to work together to improve America's students' participation and performance in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The MacArthur Foundation and IMLS pledged to work together to create up to 30 new Learning Labs in libraries and museums for teens using the inspiration of the YOUmedia model at the Harold Washington Library Center of the Chicago Public Library, as well as the innovative experimentation spaces found in museums and science centers across the country. This exciting Learning Labs project builds on current research on how teens learn through new media and on the national work being conducted on 21st century skills and the needs of the new workforce in America.
"The Urban Libraries Council and the Association of Science-Technology Centers bring deep knowledge of the library and museum fields and have the capacity to make this project a success, said IMLS Director Susan Hildreth. "Libraries and museums provide powerful, out-of-school learning experiences and this project will use recent research to seed innovative learning strategies and create an expanded, and national, community of practice."
"Digital technologies are bringing fundamental changes to how young people learn, play, socialize and participate civically," said Julia Stasch, Vice President of U.S. Programs at MacArthur. "And, although traditional literacies – such as reading, writing, science and math – are more necessary than ever, in the new environment, young people are mastering these competencies in new ways, and in surprising places. These YOUmedia-like labs will be designed to engage young people in learning through the use of digital media, building on their interests and connecting them to resources and peers to do so."
The cooperating partners will be responsible for supporting a network of Learning Labs that will use best practice principles, based on research and evidence in the field of youth digital learning, to engage youth in 21st century skills and effective STEM education. The Labs will be spaces for experimentation where young people explore traditional and digital media and use hands-on, interest-based learning to strengthen their creativity and critical thinking skills. Specifically, the partners will administer a grant competition to support up to 30 Learning Labs in libraries and museums; provide technical assistance to applicants and awardees; facilitate communication among the network of lab sites; convene grantees; create and maintain an online toolkit of resources; and develop an evaluation framework identifying program outcomes and disseminate the results.
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In late May 2011, an RFP for "Learning Lab Applications" for eligible library and museum applicants will be issued, with a deadline of late July 2011 for grants of up to $100,000 for each Learning Lab. Awards will be announced by IMLS in October/November 2011. This will be the first of two grant rounds, with the second deadline to occur in April/May 2012. (Note: dates subject to change.)
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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation's digital media and learning initiative aims to determine how digital media are changing the way young people learn, play, socialize, and participate in civic life. The goal is to build a base of evidence about how young people learn today, in an effort to re-imagine learning in the 21st century. More information is available at www.macfound.org/education.
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Urban Libraries Council (ULC) is a membership organization made up of North America's premier public library systems and the corporations supporting them. While ULC's members primarily represent urban and suburban settings, the work done by ULC is widely used by all libraries including those in rural settings. ULC strategically addresses issues important to all communities including education, workforce and economic development, public safety, environmental sustainability, health, and wellness. ULC's members are thought leaders dedicated to the continuous evolution and strengthening of libraries to meet changing community needs. As ULC celebrates its forty-year anniversary, its work focuses on helping library leaders develop and utilize skills and strategies that match the challenges of the 21st century. Learn more at www.urbanlibraries.org.
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Pure has come up with a rather clever multi-room music solution with the Jongo S340B speaker. The speaker is designed to be portable and affordable, so you can put music in each room of your house while controlling it using the Pure app.
It is the first in what will be an entirely new system from Pure called Jongo, all of which works in tandem with the Pure Connect app or Wi-Fi or Bluetooth enabled Pure music players such as the One Flow.
The speaker features four tweeters which point out in every direction and a subwoofer on top. You can opt for music to playback in either 360-degree stereo or mono as well as using only two of the tweeters, should you put the speaker in the corner of a bookshelf, for example. Unfortunately the event at which we were shown the new Pure speaker was fairly noisy, so we couldn't make much of a judgement on sound quality.
It definitely seemed loud enough, which is impressive given its size. We also liked how little it weighed, making it an easy piece of kit to transfer around the house, rather than buying a speaker for each room.
Inside the portable Jongo is a rechargeable battery, which promises ten hours of music playback when it is away from a wall charger. There is also both a Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip, so you can either connect it to your home network or directly to an iPad.
On the back of the S340B is an auxiliary in, so you can connect it directly to a Hi-Fi system. Then there is a Wi-Fi on or off key, a button for controlling which speakers are used and a USB input. On the top are volume controls and at the bottom, with a green ring around it, is a power on/off button.
The speaker itself feels sturdy enough and boasts that usual Pure build quality that punches slightly above its price range. At £150 the S340B is also cheap enough that you could pick up one or two to create a decent stereo arrangement, or music in your living room and bedroom.
The colour choices are designed to suit all types of decor. You can go for all white, black, yellow, orange or lime green. We think the black looks best, although some will undoubtedly enjoy the more colourful choices.
Running alongside the Jongo is a yet-to-be-released update to the Pure Connect app which will allow you to control the volume levels of each speaker individually. This means you could theoretically wander through the house, iPad in hand, changing volume of each while you go. Reminds us a lot of Sonos, the current king of the wireless multiroom set-up.
Read: Sonos Sub review
The app also adds some new compatibility to other currently available Pure kit. Things like the Contour 200i Air and Sensia 200D Connect will also become controllable as part of the network of Jongo speakers. A nice touch.


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Browsing Department of Economics (ECON) by Author "la Cour, Lisbeth"
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Baghdasaryan, Delia; la Cour, Lisbeth (København, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This study empirically investigates if competition's impact on firm performance depends on the ownership structure. Our results show that an increase in import competition has a positive effect on firms with concentrated ownership and a negative effect on firms with dispersed ownership, regardless of the level of domestic competition. Given that the optimal level of ownership concentration with respect to firm productivity is high (low) if tariffs are low (high) in the case when import competition is high these results are consistent with theoretical findings that competition has positive effects in companies that are a priori efficient but not in unproductive firms. If tariffs are high, however, they support inferences based on the x-inefficiency literature. Contrary to what has been suggested by some theoretical results, the riskiness of a firm's environment does not seem to influence our results. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7660
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The Role of Competition and of the Initial Firm Efficiency. Evidence from the Czech Republicla Cour, Lisbeth; Ionascu, Delia (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: It has been argued that the effect of competition on a company's incentive to innovate and to reduce managerial slack depends on the initial level of efficiency. For example, while firms close to the technology frontier invest more in innovation if competition increases, backward firms reduce innovation. On a panel data of Czech companies, for the years 1993-2005, we empirically assess the impact of increased competition on firm productivity and the importance of the initial firm efficiency level. We depart from the empirical literature on emerging markets by taking into account both domestic and foreign competition. In line with the theory, our results show that there is an inverted U-relationship between domestic competition and firm productivity. Our results also confirm that trade liberalization has a positive impact on productivity. However, the effect is less significant if domestic competition is not taken into account. In addition, we find that both domestic and foreign competition have an effect on productivity in companies close to the technology frontier but not in backward companies. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7653
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An explorative study of the contracts of the Tender Electronic Daily (TED)la Cour, Lisbeth; Milhøj, Anders (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Public procurement is estimated to constitute more than 16% of GDP in the EU, see e.g. Ramsey (2006). This is one of the reasons why a lot of interest has been attached to this topic. Most of the papers in this field have been of a theoretical nature but during the last ten years also a few empirical studies have become available, see e.g. Marion, J. (2007) and Bajari et al (2008). At the EU level liberalizations have been going on since the late 80'ies (see e.g. the EU commission (1985). Here certain regulations imply that public projects of a certain size need to be subject to a public tender. Again according to Ramsey (2006) around 16% of all public procurement in the EU is subject to these rules and regulations and information on the contracts corresponding to these 16% can be found in Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) database. In general, the hypothesis is that public procurement will increase competition and ultimately lead to cheaper contracts for the authorities, see e.g. Cecchini (1988) for the economic arguments. But in practice: do the rules and regulations ensure more competition? Do they lead to more internationalization in the sense that more foreign firms become contract winners? Do the government and municipalities in the EU countries actually gain economically from the procurement? Does the choice of type of procedure matter? A lot of interesting questions immediately pops up and some of them – but only some of them - may be analyzed based on the content of this data base. Still, due to the large coverage and the international nature of the data base we believe that a thoroughly study of the possibilities of TED is of major interest and the present study is just a first step in this direction. One of the students who extracted the TED data has also used them for analysis in his master thesis, see Bundsgaard (2010). He has, however, limited his interest to analyze the choice of procedure: auction vs. negotiation and therefore our study has a broader scope when it comes to available variables. To our knowledge we are the first group of researchers who begins to analyze the content of this database using explorative statistical techniques based on a broad range of variables. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8686
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Recent developments and dependencies on prices/taxesla Cour, Lisbeth; Milhøj, Anders (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In the following we will analyse the sale of alcohol in Denmark. Various figures related to this question are published by Statistics Denmark at different frequencies. Our main concern will be with quarterly data for the sale of beer, wine and spirits from the period 1990 – 2004. Our two hypotheses are: First we want to convince the reader that the total sale of alcohol in Denmark since 1980 has been fairly stable. By total sale we mean the total sale of 100% alcohol so the three categories – beer, wine and spirits are measured in litres of 100% alcohol equivalents. In order to convince the reader that the total sale of alcohol has been fairly constant we will present graphs and various indicators and tests of the degree of temporal dependence in this series. The overall impression from this analysis is that our first hypothesis seems to be supported – at least not contradicted – by the data. Next, we want to model the sale of beer and wine as shares of the total sale of alcohol. Even though the total sale can be considered fairly stable there have been divergent paths of evolvement for the sub-groups: the sale of beer has decreased over the period and the sale of wine has increased. The sale of spirits has been fairly stable. Modelling the system of the beer-share and the wine-share we want to split the total development into a part that can be ascribed to changes in the relative prices and a part that can be explained by changes in taste and drinking habits specified as a trend. By specifying a system conditionally on the prices of beer, wine and spirits and a trend we manage to estimate price sensitivity and taste sensitivity. A small forecasting exercise shows that the final model is fairly good at predicting changes in the shares due to price changes. Finally, the effects on the market shares of hypothetical changes in the taxation of alcohol are discussed. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7532
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An investigation on the performance of admission characteristicsla Cour, Lisbeth; Raimondos-Møller, Pascalis (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
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Brewers optimistic for 2014, but must get healthy
Crew looking forward to return of injured players, standout rookies, key everyday guys
MILWAUKEE -- Center fielder Carlos Gomez emerged as one of the Brewers' chief cheerleaders during a dark season, so it was fitting when he stepped forward to make a case for a brighter outlook for 2014.
"The way we started, this was a good way to finish," Gomez said in September, with the Brewers in the midst of a second-half stretch of much better baseball. "The rest is in the past."
"The rest" was mostly confined to May, when the Brewers went 6-22 to match the worst winning percentage for a single month in franchise history. It removed any hope of competing in 2013.
Now the focus moves to '14, when the Brewers will hope for better health and better success, especially for the pitching staff in the early season. Gomez has some hope.
"I see us playing with a lot more intensity, and we have a lot of guys come up and show they are the real deal, like Scooter [Gennett], Khris Davis, some of the pitchers," Gomez said. "We have a good future. To be honest, we never had the whole team together. I wish that next year, we have better luck to put it together.
"We have a good team. We're young. We have starting pitching. ... The bullpen has been good. Put it together next year, and everybody will step up. We're going to have good competition, because the other teams, too, are going to have similar teams for next year."
Gomez doesn't believe the Brewers need wholesale changes to improve.
"I hope not," he said. "The guys here, they belong here."
First base is wide open for the Brewers next season, and second base a big question mark with the emergence of Gennett after another slump-and-injury-riddled year for Rickie Weeks. But third baseman Aramis Ramirez hopes to be healthy after a season spent nursing a bum left knee. Left fielder Ryan Braun will return from his suspension, and the 2014 Brewers could otherwise look a lot like they did in 2013.
Hopefully, manager Ron Roenicke said, with better luck and some fresh, young arms.
"I don't think there needs to be big moves. I don't know if we can make big moves," Roenicke said. "I think the big moves are going to be how these young guys -- especially on the mound -- end up for us. If they can progress the way we think that they can, that's a big move."
Said general manager Doug Melvin: "I don't think we're inclined to blow things up. I don't really know what that means -- like the Cubs? Every club has their own idea of how to do it. I've been on a club that won 54 games one year and won 88 the next year. It's hard to win, and our division is stronger. I hear about other divisions, but this division may be as strong as any."
Here's the Brewers' outlook for next season:
Arbitration-eligible: Right-handers Burke Badenhop and Marco Estrada, and infielders Juan Francisco (Super Two) and Mat Gamel.
Free agents: Infielder Yuniesky Betancourt, reliever Michael Gonzalez, first baseman Corey Hart.
Rotation: Kyle Lohse, Yovani Gallardo and Wily Peralta will return, Lohse hoping essentially to repeat his solid debut season in Milwaukee (this time with a Spring Training), and Gallardo and Peralta each with something to prove. Gallardo dealt with a drunk driving arrest and diminished velocity early in the year, but pitched to a sub-3.00 ERA in August and September. Peralta struggled to contain his emotions early, but improved with help from personal catcher Martin Maldonado. With a 96-98-mph fastball, he will be expected to take a big step forward in 2014.
The final two openings appear up for grabs. Estrada made a strong case after a two-month stint on the disabled list, but he was also effective in 2011 as a swingman out of the bullpen. Johnny Hellweg, who will turn 25 before Halloween, has terrific raw stuff but appeared overmatched at times during his Brewers starts. Is he big league-ready? Tyler Thornburg was steady late in the season, but Brewers officials seem reluctant to commit to him as a starting pitcher. The fact that top prospect Jimmy Nelson didn't jump right into the rotation in September could mean the Brewers intend to give him a bit more Minor League seasoning.
Some of those young pitchers will have to click in the coming seasons for the Brewers to be consistently competitive.
"These guys have big arms, and three of them are sinkerballers with Hellweg, Peralta and Nelson, and that plays in this ballpark," Roenicke said. "The other guys who are fly-ball pitchers, they better do something really well."
Bullpen: Melvin fixed the bullpen for 2013. Now, can he do it again for 2014? The unit underwent significant changes over the course of the year, with Francisco Rodriguez and John Axford traded away and Brandon Kintzler and closer Jim Henderson thrust into much higher-profile roles during what was technically their rookie season. Badenhop will likely return after an uneven debut season with the Brewers, and righty Michael Blazek, acquired from the Cardinals for Axford, shows some promise. Melvin will probably have to look for another left-hander to supplement Tom Gorzelanny. Look for much more competition in Spring Training than the Brewers have had in recent years.
First base: The Brewers' most pressing position heading into 2014 is first base. The '13 season was a disaster after first basemen Hart, Gamel and Taylor Green all suffered season-ending injuries before the season's first pitch. The Brewers had hoped that the power-hitting Francisco could claim the job, but he settled into a rough slump in the middle of August, with a strikeout for every two at-bats. He'll work on a new batting stance in winter ball, designed to cut down those K's. The Brewers' decision not to promote 2012 Minor League Player of the Year Hunter Morris spoke volumes about where he fits in the plan for 2014.
The wild card is Hart, a free agent coming off a season lost to double knee surgery who wants badly to return to the Brewers. The question is whether the sides have the same idea of what a "discount" constitutes.
"I would take a discount to stay here, because I think I owe it to them to stay here and be a cheaper player," Hart said. "Nobody wants to play for free, but I've basically sat there and watched all season. I think I owe it to them and the fans to come back. That's kind of what we're hoping for, but at the same time, you don't know what's going to happen."
Second base: This will have to be handled carefully. On one hand, the Brewers have Weeks, a former All-Star who has gotten off to miserable starts in each of the last two seasons and is currently recovering from surgery for a left hamstring injury. He will earn $11 million in 2014, the final year of his contract. On the other hand is Gennett, who will still be 23 next Opening Day and has outplayed Weeks in every facet of the game this year.
Weeks' hefty salary makes a trade untenable (for now) and an outright release unlikely. Gennett has yet to prove he can hit Major League left-handers, so a platoon is possible to start next season.
Third base: Ramirez will earn $16 million -- $6 million of which is deferred -- in the final year of his contract. He has all the incentive in the world, both in terms of his own future and in terms of pride. It bothered Ramirez to play at a diminished level in '13, the result of knee trouble that began in Spring Training and bothered him all year, including 53 games of DL time. Ramirez's 162-game averages from 2003-12 were 28 home runs and 98 RBIs, and the Brewers would like to squeeze one more year of production out of him.
Shortstop: Jean Segura proved in the first half of 2013 that he could play, leading the NL in hitting for a stretch and winning a spot on the NL All-Star team, while playing terrific defense. Now the question becomes, can he do it over a full season? The job is his.
Outfield: The starting three should be the same -- Braun in left field, Gomez in center and Norichika Aoki in right. But the storylines are all different. Braun is returning from his suspension, and his every swing will be subject to intense scrutiny. Gomez will play with the burden of expectations after his terrific 2013 season. And Aoki, solid in each of his first two years in the U.S., could find himself the subject of trade rumors because of his looming free agency and the stable of young outfielders who made the most of their playing time.
Among that class of youngsters is slugging left fielder Davis, who was so good after Braun took his suspension that the Brewers have been brainstorming ways to get him in the lineup. One possibility is moving Braun to right field and splitting left between Aoki and Davis. That gets complicated, because Aoki hits left-handed pitchers better than right-handers, but it could be done.
Braun faces bigger challenges than a possible position switch. He figures to elicit strong sentiments everywhere the Brewers travel in 2014, and at the same time, still has work to do to win back his own clubhouse.
"I think his actions when he comes back are going to be the most important thing," Melvin said. "When a player comes back from a situation like this, he's going to be one of the guys. It's up to every individual on how he's going to be [accepted]. Every individual has his own feelings, and I think once you put on the Brewers uniform, there's an acceptance that you're all working in the same clubhouse, on the same team. Guys are all professional enough to understand they're on a team. They'll all move forward and try to win ballgames."


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A former stock broker was arrested early Monday on charges of defrauding the producers of the Broadway musical adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock's psychological thriller "Rebecca."
Mark Hotton, 46, led the producers to believe he had $4.5 million in financing commitments and the possibility of a $1.1 million loan, said Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.
He was arrested at his West Islip home and was awaiting a court appearance later Monday in Central Islip.
The planned Broadway production of the 1938 novel collapsed earlier this month amid questions about its financial backing, and a growing suspicion that one of its primary investors — a secretive businessman named Paul Abrams who had supposedly pledged $4.5 million, then suddenly died of malaria — never existed.
"Mark Hotton perpetrated stranger-than-fiction frauds both on and off Broadway," Bharara said. "Hotton concocted a cast of characters to invest in a major musical — investors who turned out to be deep-pocketed phantoms. To carry out the alleged fraud, Hotton faked lives, faked companies and even staged a fake death, pretending that one imaginary investor had suddenly died from malaria."
Lead producer Ben Sprecher "is extremely gratified that Mr. Hotton has been taken into custody," said his attorney, Ronald Russo, adding that Sprecher has "cooperated completely with the investigation."
"Mr. Hotton's fraudulent conduct did enormous damage to Broadway and to 'Rebecca,'" Russo said. "Mr. Sprecher is totally committed to bringing 'Rebecca' to New York."
Hotton was charged with two counts of wire fraud, each punishable by up to 20 years in prison. His attorney, Heath Berger, did not immediately return a call for comment.
Hotton also was accused of using a similar scheme to trick a Connecticut-based real estate company into paying $750,000 to him and entities he controlled, Bharara said.
According to the criminal complaint unsealed Monday, Hotton misled the producers into believing he had secured the money from four overseas investors, who in fact did not exist. The producers agreed to pay Hotton $15,000 in fees and commissions between March and June 2012, prosecutors said. He was also paid an additional $18,000 "advance" against his 8 percent commission, they said.
The investigation, which began in September, found that when it became obvious that investors' commitments would fall through, Hotton allegedly tried to broker a $1.1 million loan for the producers.
The musical was influenced by the classic Hitchcock film, based on the Daphne du Maurier novel about a wealthy Englishman, his new wife and a manipulative housekeeper — all haunted by the hero's dead first wife, Rebecca.
The prosecutors say Hotton "enlisted his same cast of invisible men to carry out a real estate scam." They did not name the Connecticut real estate company.
"In his alleged scheme to defraud investors, Mark Hotton wrote, directed and starred in the work of fiction he took to Broadway." FBI Acting Assistant Director-in-Charge Galligan said. "He even allegedly played the supporting characters — phantom investors who existed only in fictitious emails and Hotton's bogus assertions about them."
NYer Accused of Defrauding Broadway Show Producers
The U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan said Monday that Mark Hotton falsely informed the producers he had $4.5 million in financing commitments and the possibility of a $1.1 million loan
A former stock broker was arrested early Monday on charges of defrauding the producers of the Broadway musical adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock's psychological thriller "Rebecca."


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I went looking for recent usages of the word crass. The blog Freakonomics asked the question "is it time to rename digital piracy?" to which one comment replied that theft was a crass term to call copyright infringement.
On another part of the internet a discussion about the New York Jets had one commenter respond in part that "Giants fans aren't a bunch of crass, beer-guzzling pigs like Jets fans."
That in itself seems to me to be a slightly crass statement.
The Oxford Dictionary of English gives definition of crass as "showing no intelligence or sensitivity."
You might not be surprised if a greasy salesman said something crass. In fact, saying something crass would be one of the things that made you think they were a greasy salesman.
This is appropriate because both of these words, grease and crass, come from the same Latin root.
Crassus meant "solid," "dense," and "fat" in a literal way. English drew this word into the language in a metaphorical way about 500 years ago and applied it just as I've been discussing here.
Earlier the same Latin root had oozed its way into French and became graisse before crossing the English Channel with the Norman Conquest and becoming our word grease, still retaining the literal "fatty" meaning from one of the Latin senses.
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He lied to Congress, but he's going to tell the truth on Tumblr.
On his official Tumblr blog, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper (shown) announced August 29 that he will soon declassify a cache of documents disclosing how many people are being watched under the various federal surveillance schemes.
DNI Clapper writes:
In June, President Obama directed the Intelligence Community (IC) to declassify and make public as much information as possible about certain sensitive U.S. Government surveillance programs while being mindful of the need to protect sensitive classified intelligence and national security.
Consistent with this directive and in the interest of increased transparency, the DNI has determined, with the concurrence of the IC, that going forward the IC will publicly release, on an annual basis, aggregate information concerning compulsory legal process under certain national security authorities.
Specifically, for each of the following categories of national security authorities, the IC will release the total number of orders issued during the prior twelve-month period, and the number of targets affected by these orders:
FISA orders based on probable cause ( Titles I and III of FISA, and sections 703 and 704).
Section 702 of FISA
FISA Business Records (Title V of FISA).
FISA Pen Register/Trap and Trace ( Title IV of FISA)
National Security Letters issued pursuant to 12 U.S.C. § 3414(a)(5), 15 U.S.C. §§ 1681u(a) and (b), 15 U.S.C. § 1681v, and 18 U.S.C. § 2709.
The watcher-in-chief hedges, of course, adding, "Our ability to discuss these activities is limited by our need to protect intelligence sources and methods."
He goes on to trot out the Establishment's favorite trope: All the violations of the Constitution "are an important part of our effort to keep the nation and its citizens safe."
Freedom for safety seems to be the only available currency exchange in the economy of the surveillance state.
In light of the protections afforded by the Fourth Amendment, this is the trade demanded only by tyrants.
Americans are endowed by their Creator with the right to be free from unwarranted searches and seizures. When the government takes away these rights, then there is no liberty, regardless of pretexts and purposes put forth by the federal government.
Besides, is there any demonstrable evidence that any of this unconstitutional surveillance has helped avert even a single terrorist attack? Has a single would-be bomber been snared in the NSA's surveillance dragnet?
Furthermore, these unconstitutional searches undermine legitimate efforts to protect national security. Logically, when everyone is suspect, then no one is a suspect.
And Americans must remember that it isn't just evidence of criminal activity that is being collected, collated, and stored by the federal surveillance apparatus. When every form of communication is monitored, then the universe of things that could be exposed to view expands exponentially.
While it's true that most Americans have "done nothing wrong" criminally speaking, it is equally true that most of us have done many embarrassing things that we would prefer not to have put in a file for future use by political enemies — inside or outside the government. What are these possible peccadilloes? Think: bad credit, poor scholastic performance, web surfing habits, sensitive medical diagnoses, etc.
It is most important to remember that there is no evidence that such massive surveillance and deprivations of rights has made us any safer. What, then, is the true purpose of the surveillance?
It isn't security. As one German writer recently observed, "A monitored human being is not a free human being."
Lest constitutionalists and libertarians see Clapper's declaration as some sort of victory for freedom, it is important to remember that the list of those being watched will be limited and will not include even a fraction of the number of Americans being monitored in direct, open, and hostile violation of the Bill of Rights.
Evidence of the extreme editing that will precede Clapper's disclosure in found in the history of the effort last year by Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Mark Udall (D-Colo.) to force the feds to reveal how many citizens they are treating as suspects.
In July of 2011 and again in May 2012, Udall and Wyden co-authored a letter to DNI Clapper, asking him a series of four questions regarding the activities of the NSA and other intelligence agencies regarding domestic surveillance.
In one of the questions, the senators asked Clapper if "any apparently law-abiding Americans had their communications collected by the government pursuant to the FISA Amendments Act" and if so, how many Americans were affected by this surveillance.
Regarding the Wyden-Udall inquiry, in a letter dated June 15, 2012, I. Charles McCullough III informed the senators that calculating the number of Americans who've had their electronic communications "collected or reviewed" by the NSA was "beyond the capacity of his office and dedicating sufficient additional resources would likely impede the NSA's mission.
In other words, the NSA is too busy illegally recording our private e-mails, texts, Facebook posts, and phone calls to figure out how many of us are already caught in their net. And, furthermore, there is nothing Congress can do about it.
Naturally, Senators Udall and Wyden didn't take kindly to Inspector General McCullough's brush-off. In a response to the response, the senators told McCullough that they just wanted a "ballpark estimate" of the number of American citizens who have been monitored under the authority of the FISA. In an additional statement released by Senator Wyden he expressed concern that the figure is likely very high:
I am concerned, of course, that if no one has even estimated how many Americans have had their communications collected under the FISA Amendments Act, then it is possible that this number could be quite large. Since all of the communications collected by the government under section 702 are collected without individual warrants, I believe that there should be clear rules prohibiting the government from searching through these communications in an effort to find the phone calls or emails of a particular American, unless the government has obtained a warrant or emergency authorization permitting surveillance of that American.
When and if any reports are released, DNI Clapper says they, "like other unclassified information related to foreign intelligence surveillance activities, will be available on our Community website established at the direction of the President."
Congress, it seems, doesn't merit a response, but when the president speaks, Clapper listens.
The documents, as with the promise of them, will be posted on the DNI's official Tumblr.
Photo of DNI James Clapper: AP Images


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LA Galaxy 4, Chivas USA 0
Sunday, August 12, 2012
The Home Depot Center – Carson, Calif.
Scoring Summary:
LA – Robbie Keane 10 (Landon Donovan 8) 27'
LA – Juninho 2 (Landon Donovan 9) 64'
LA – Juninho 3 (Landon Donovan 10) 74'
LA – Omar Gonzalez 1 (Landon Donovan 11) 83'
Misconduct Summary:
CHV – John Valencia (Yellow Card) 33'
LA Galaxy: Josh Saunders; Sean Franklin, Omar Gonzalez, A.J. DeLaGarza, Todd Dunivant; Hector Jimenez (Michael Stephens 75'), Juninho, Marcelo Sarvas, Mike Magee (Bryan Gaul 79'); Landon Donovan (c) (Jose Villarreal 89'), Robbie Keane.
Subs Not Used: Brian Perk, Tommy Meyer, Bryan Jordan, Kenney Walker.
Chivas USA: Dan Kennedy; James Riley Danny Califf (c), John Valencia, Ante Jazic; Ben Zemanski (Osvaldo Minda 71'), Shalrie Joseph, Miller Bolanos, Juan Agudelo (Alejandro Moreno 76'), Nick LaBrocca; Juan Pablo Angel (Casey Townsend 75').
Subs Not Used: Tim Melia, Rauwshan McKenzie, Laurent Courtois, Jose Correa.
Referee: Jair Marrufo
Referee's Assistants: Eric Boria and Corey Rockwell
4th Official: Jesus Cisneros
- With the win, the Galaxy are now 11-11-3 on the season for 36 points. They remain in fifth place in the Western Conference but are now one point behind both Seattle and Vancouver, who are tied for third with 37 points each.
- The win is LA's second of the season in three games against Chivas USA. As a result of their 2-1-0 record against their in-stadium rivals, the Galaxy have once again won the SuperClasico.
- This is the fifth straight season in which the Galaxy have won the SuperClasico title and the seventh time that they have done so in the eight years that the two teams have faced one another.
- Since the start of the 2008 season, the Galaxy are now 9-1-3 against Chivas USA, taking 30 of a possible 39 points.
- In those 13 games, the Galaxy have seven clean sheets.
- LA now lead the all-time series with Chivas USA 16-4-5.
- The 4-0 victory was the largest-ever margin of defeat in the series and just the second time that a team had scored four goals or more. The Galaxy set a series record with five goals scored in a 5-2 win over their rivals on April 26, 2008 when Landon Donovan had three goals and an assist.
- Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena made three changes to the side that lost 4-0 at Seattle last weekend for the biggest loss of Arena's tenure with the Galaxy. Todd Dunivant, Hector Jimenez and Mike Magee each returned to the starting lineup, replacing David Beckham, Bryan Gaul and David Junior Lopes. Gaul started the game on the bench while neither Beckham nor Lopes were in the 18-man squad with Beckham in London as part of the Closing Ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics and Lopes missing the game after picking up a knock in training late in the week.
- In addition to Beckham and Lopes, the Galaxy were once again without Edson Buddle, Leonardo and Kyle Nakazawa who all missed the game with injuries.
- After going close to scoring in the 12th minute, Robbie Keane gave the Galaxy a 1-0 lead in the 27th minute with his 10th goal of the season. WATCH
- Keane, who now has two goals in two games against Chivas USA, is the ninth different player to score 10 or more goals in a season for the Galaxy.
- This is the 17th time that a Galaxy player has scored 10 or more goals in a single season.
- Keane has given LA a 1-0 lead in each of the last two SuperClasicos with the Galaxy going on to win each match.
- Juninho doubled the LA lead just after the hour mark, beating Dan Kennedy from long range for his second goal of the season. WATCH
- That goal was Juninho's first-ever tally in seven career games against Chivas USA.
- He scored his second of the game and LA's third 10 minutes later, putting his team in front 3-0 in the 74th minute. WATCH
- That goal was Juninho's first in a regular season game from inside the penalty area since October 2010 when he scored against Dallas from the edge of the box.
- This was the first multi-goal game of Juninho's MLS career.
- He is the fourth different player to score two or more goals in a game this season for the Galaxy, joining David Beckham, Landon Donovan and Robbie Keane.
- Those four have now combined for seven multi-goal games, two more than LA had last season and equal to the number they had in 2010. The last time the Galaxy had more than seven multi-goal games in a season was in 2008 when they had 10.
- Omar Gonzalez rounded out the scoring with an 83rd minute header from a corner for his first goal of the season. WATCH
- Gonzalez, who was playing just his fifth game of the season after returning from knee surgery, is the 12th different player to score for LA this season.
- The goal was the sixth of his MLS career, all of which have been scored with his head.
- Prior to tonight's goal, Gonzalez last scored in a regular season game on August 6, 2011 in a 3-1 home win over FC Dallas.
- Landon Donovan assisted on all four Galaxy goals, setting a new club record for assists in a game. The previous record had been three, which had been done 16 times by a Galaxy player. Michael Stephens was the last LA player to tally three assists in a game, doing so in a 4-1 win over Houston on June 5, 2010.
- Donovan had three assists in a game once, doing so in a 4-0 win at Seattle on May 8, 2010 when he scored once while setting up the other three goals.
- Donovan joins Carlos Valderrama, Chris Henderson and Dwayne DeRosario as the only four players in MLS history with four assists in a single game.
- Donovan now has an MLS-best 11 assists on the season, one more than Brad Davis and Dwayne DeRosario. He is just five assists away from tying his career-high of 16, which he set in 2010.
- He is now fourth in MLS history with 105 career assists, passing Jaime Moreno for sole possession of fourth place.
- For his career, Donovan now has nine goals and 12 assists in 21 career regular season games against Chivas USA. No other player has more goal or assists in the history of the SuperClasico.
- The Galaxy are now second in MLS with 43 goals, four fewer than the league leaders Seattle.
- The back four of Sean Franklin, Omar Gonzalez, A.J. DeLaGarza and Todd Dunivant started for LA for the first time this season. Those four, who played every minute of LA's four postseason games last season, have now started together across the back line 18 times since the start of last season. In those 18 games, LA are 11-2-5 and have nine clean sheets.
- Josh Saunders made two saves for his fifth shutout of the season.
- In his career against Chivas USA, Saunders is 4-0-0 with a 0.25 goals against average, having allowed just one goal in 360 minutes.
- Hector Jimenez made his 10th start of the season, playing 75 minutes on the right side of midfield.
- This was LA's first game since their 4-0 loss at Seattle last weekend. That was just the fifth time in the club's history that they lost a game by four goals or more. In the game immediately after that contest, the Galaxy are now 3-2-0, keeping a clean sheet in each of the three wins and outscoring their opponents 11-3 in those five games.
- No Galaxy players were booked in the game. This was the sixth time this season that they did not have anyone booked and just the second time that it has ever happened in a SuperClasico.
- The attendance for today's game was 17,601. This was the first road game in all competitions this season that did not see the Galaxy play in front of a capacity crowd,
- The Galaxy will travel to Columbus on Monday ahead of their game against the Crew on Wednesday. That game, which will be shown live on the NBC Sports Network, kicks off at 4 p.m. (PT) from Crew Stadium.
- Following the game against the Crew, the Galaxy will return to Southern California for five straight home games, including games against Isidro Metapan and the Puerto Rico Islanders in the CONCACAF Champions League. SCHEDULE
- For more about tonight's game, please check out all the news on www.lagalaxy.com.
LA Galaxy Head Coach Bruce Arena
On the play of his back four:
"Good to have them back. It only took until us 26 games, that's life. They played well."
On Landon Donovan's performance:
"Landon really was focused on playing well tonight and when he wants, he is as good as any player in this league. And I felt he and Robbie, once again, were in great form."
On the team's performance:
"Tonight, I thought we moved well, passed the ball well, did some good running off the ball just had a just real good effort."
On the partnership of Juninho and Marcelo Sarvas in midfield:
"They've played very well over the last 4-6 weeks I'd say. They've been real good. I thought tonight against a good midfield they played real well. They like playing with each other."
On Landon Donovan passing Jaime Moreno for fourth all-time in MLS assists:
"Jaime was one of the great players in the history of this league and a great person. I'd say the same of Landon."
LA Galaxy Forward Landon Donovan
On the team's performance:
"Our team was great tonight. And when we defend that way it makes my job really easy; I don't have to do a whole lot of defending, I can focus on the things I'm good at. When I had the ball, guys made good runs, intelligent runs, they wanted the ball, they wanted to score so it made it really easy."
On bouncing back from a 4-0 loss with a 4-0 win:
"We were disappointed with last week. You know, that game ended 4-0 but we were a little better than that on the day, but we still had a lot to improve on so we were anxious to get back on the field. At the end of the day it only counts for three points. It feels better, but it only counts for three points and now a big one in Columbus."
On the midfield play of Brazilians Marcelo Sarvas and Juninho in central midfield:
"They were fantastic. Those two played really, really well in there. It's good now it gives Bruce some headaches and decision-making when you've got a guy who's one of the best players in the league who's not here and those two play that well then it's a good problem to have and now we get David back and hopefully we can do even more with it."
On having the defense healthy and playing together again:
"I think we're all really excited to get those four back on the field. I think David Lopes has done a good job playing in some tough games when we needed him and Brian Gaul too in a lot of these games. But those four are really comfortable together; they're confident, they move well, they communicate well and they make our job really easy so it's nice to have them back together."
On passing Jaime Moreno for fourth all-time on the MLS assist list:
"In my opinion, he's the best player who's played in this league, so I'm honored to be mentioned with him. I just want to keep doing my job, if I can get more that's great."
On his partnership at forward with Robbie Keane:
"The more we play the better we are. I think we really just understand the game the same way and we read the game the same way. So not every play is perfect, but the idea usually is there. I think technically he is so good that he can pull off the plays and he makes it really easy for me because he moves in a way where it's very predictable, so when he moves I know where he wants the ball and I try to get it to him."
On getting the three points and putting 10 points between themselves and sixth place Chivas:
"Given what happened at the beginning of the year I think we're happy with that, but knowing what this team is capable of, we're not happy with that. We've got bigger things to do and we're going to keep pushing."
On the performance of Chivas USA goalkeeper Dan Kennedy and the 4-0 scoreline:
"When I saw Dan after the game I said 'you played great' and he really did. There wasn't much he could do about any of the goals. I think they just had an off night. We were very good when we attacked and they had an off night, it's kind of similar to last week in Seattle but the other way around."
LA Galaxy Defender Todd Dunivant
On the result:
"It was a good response from a 4-0 defeat in Seattle. We wanted to come out strong and play well defensively first, we wanted to make sure that was right and we were really happy with how that went."
On the play of the Galaxy's starting back four:
"Yeah, it felt like we've been doing that for a lot of years now— and we have. It was great. Everyone was pumped up going into the game. We wanted to make a statement and we came out and we got a shutout, which was huge."
On Landon Donovan's four assists:
"Not bad, too. He's so dangerous, him and Robbie (Keane). When their movement is on, they are an absolute nightmare for defenses. They are coming off the defense, they are going in behind them, they are so unpredictable that they are so difficult to defend."
On the play of Marcelo Sarvas:
"I thought his engine was great tonight. He was up and down, he was tackling, he was always putting Joseph under pressure, he's putting all their guys under pressure, and it made our jobs a lot easier."
LA Galaxy Defender Omar Gonzalez
On the play of the Galaxy defense:
"It felt great to have the old backline and you could just tell we were playing with confidence. Everyone was just on and it finally felt like last year where everyone was playing, from the goalkeeper up to the forwards, everyone was on. It was a great game for us."
On the win:
"Last week's game, it wasn't what we wanted but you just have to move on from that and I think we did a great job. We had a great week of training and we just showed well tonight. We were pressuring the whole game, we didn't want to give them any space. We wanted to play like we did last year, which was to attack and put a lot of high pressure and go from there."
On his performance:
"Tonight I felt the best since my injury, so I'm really happy about my performance tonight and I just have to move on from here and keep on getting better."
On playing with A.J. DeLaGarza in central defense:
"It was just back to normal. We didn't have to talk too much, it was nice. We were just in the right position the whole game. All I had to do say his name once and he knew were to be and he would do the same to me. It was just really nice."
LA Galaxy Midfielder Juninho
On the win:
"We're coming off of a 4-0 defeat and playing in a Clasico, we knew we had to win. Today I had the joy of scoring twice and the team played well, as well as we had in years past."
On looking comfortable playing next to Marcelo Sarvas:
"Yes, Brazilians, you know, we communicate easier. We hadn't been paired there in a while, but today we were paired up because David (Beckham) was not here. I think we played off of each other well."
On the result:
"We played well. We were on form and that's why the game looked easy. The goals that we scored were very important."


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