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Appointments & Referrals
If you are having a Mental Health Emergency, during normal business hours, contact the Counseling Center at 716-673-3424 and notify personnel that you require immediate services.
After-hours, students can contact the Chautauqua County Crisis Hotline (1-800-724-0461) for mental health emergencies that require a response by mental health professionals.
Students living on campus may notify their Resident Advisor (RA) or Resident Director (RD) of the crisis, who may then decide to engage emergency services.
In the event of an emergency that requires assistance from the police, students should call University Police at 716-673-3333.
See Crisis Services for more information.
For appointments, call or come in (M-F 8am-4:30pm 716-673-3424).
Students in need of urgent/crisis assistance should articulate the urgency of their concern when seeking services.
Other supportive options include:
- Let’s Talk, a drop-in service offering informal consultation with a licensed mental health counselor, is available Wednesdays 1-3pm Williams Center G103A or on Zoom (when classes are in session) For more information see the Let's Talk page.
- Chautauqua County Crisis Hotline: 1-800-724-0461 (24 hour crisis hotline) or text HOME to 741741 or online chat available here
- Warm Line (peer support - someone to talk to) by phone or text (Monday-Sunday 4pm -11pm): Call: 877-426-4373 or Text: 716-392-0252
Wednesdays 1-3pm Williams Center G103A (while classes are in session), no appointment necessary. Hours subject to change. The Let's Talk program has now gone virtual. Students can meet with the Let's Talk Counselor through Zoom. See the Let's Talk page for more information.
Let’s Talk is a program that provides easy access to informal, confidential consultations with a counselor from the Fredonia Counseling Center.
Faculty, staff, parents, and concerned others may consult with Counseling Center staff if they believe a student is in distress and they are uncertain how to help. If you have concerns about a student's emotional functioning or behavior, including alcohol use, depression or anxiety, aggression, unusual behavior, or overall psychological well-being, we encourage you to speak with a Counseling Center professional staff member. To consult with a professional counselor, call our office at 716-673-3424 and ask to speak with the counselor on-call. The on-call counselor will ask for specific information about the situation in order to help you determine how to proceed.
For more information about how to proceed in an emergency, please go to our Crisis Services page.
Guidelines for Helpful Interactions
- Talk to the student in private.
- Express your concern for the student in a direct, straightforward manner.
- Listen carefully.
- Avoid criticizing or sounding judgmental.
- Try not to make agreements with the student that isolate you in dealing with the problem (e.g., promising to keep what they have said a secret).
- Consider the Counseling Center as a resource and discuss a possible referral with the student. Our services are confidential and free of charge for all students.
- Remember that the student has the right to accept, think over, or refuse your recommendations
Steps for Making the Referral
Encourage the student to call the Counseling Center at 716-673-3424 to schedule an appointment. Students may also schedule appointments in person by going to LoGrasso Hall (provided that our secretary is available).
You can place the call to the Counseling Center while the student is with you or walk the student over to our office to set up an appointment.
In the case of a mental health emergency during business hours, call 673-3424 and let the secretary know that you need assistance with a crisis situation. For information on how to respond to emergencies which do not occur during business hours, go to our Crisis Services page.
If you are concerned about a student but are uncertain about the appropriateness of a referral, feel free to call the Counseling Center and speak with a member of our professional staff. (See above for more information about a consultation with Counseling Center staff.)
What to Do if a Student is Reluctant to Seek Help
While it is important to care about the emotional well being of students, we cannot make their decisions for them, and counseling is always a personal choice. Nevertheless, you can assist a student who is ambivalent about seeking professional help in a number of ways.
- Normalize the process of pursuing counseling. This may be especially helpful for students whose cultural backgrounds may include differing views of mental health treatment.
- Reassure the student that you do not view him or her "crazy."
- Let the student know that no problem is too big or too small for treatment.
- Inform the student that he or she can make an appointment to speak to a counselor once without making a commitment to ongoing therapy.
- Remind the student that their participation in counseling any information shared during counseling sessions is kept strictly confidential and will not be disclosed to parents, faculty, or other college departments without the student's written permission.
- Acknowledge, validate, and discuss the student's real fears and concerns about seeking help. Some students may feel that counseling is an admission of weakness or failure; we tell students that it takes considerable courage and integrity to face oneself, acknowledge one's limitations, and admit the desire or need for assistance.
- Suggest that the student visit our web site as a means to become familiar with the services we offer prior to seeking treatment.
Additional Ways to Help
- Become familiar with Counseling Center Services--including services, staff, resources, and programs--so that you can talk knowledgeably with students.
- Learn about the benefits of counseling and dispute the stigma associated with seeking mental health services.
- Seek out and use Counseling Center resources as appropriate.
- Help to spread the word about the Counseling Center's services: groups, workshops, and self-help materials. You can request an outreach program for your own class, organization, or department. More information about Outreach Services can be found on our Outreach Services page.
- Provide us with feedback by sharing anything you learn about student needs, concerns, or needed programs. Please feel free to call our office at 716-673-3424 or to send an e-mail to email@example.com.

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Amazon, known for bringing items to shoppers' homes, is adding a curbside pickup option at Whole Foods for Prime members.
Shoppers will be able to order eggs, milk and other groceries on the Prime Now app and park in reserved spaces for workers will place the items in their cars.
Curbside grocery pickup is a feature that Walmart, Kroger and other grocers have been expanding to make shopping more convenient and boost sales. At Walmart, for example, the service has been a major driver of its online sales growth.
The Whole Foods move announced Wednesday is the latest by Seattle-based Amazon.com Inc. since it took control of the grocery chain a year ago. Many of the...

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Guys turn up the wick on a stock F150 EcoBoost adding 69 HP with a cold air kit, exhaust and tuner.
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Sourav Ganguly conferred with honorary Doctor of Letters by Bengal varasity
Former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly will be conferred the honorary Doctor of Letters by the Bengal Engineering and Science University for his contribution to the country’s sports scenario, the university’s vice chancellor said.
BESU, located in Shibpur, in neighboUring Howrah district will honour Ganguly at its annual convocation on February 25.
“Ganguly has brought glory to Indian sports, particularly cricket, and we will recognise that,” Ajoy Ray, vice chancellor of BESU said, adding, cricket is an amalgamation of science, technology and art.
West Bengal Governor M.K.Narayanan will give away the degree to Ganguly. Ganguly captained the side to many glorious triumphs in the 1990s.
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The Achilles tendon is the largest tendon in the body. Achilles tendinitis, also known as intersectional Achilles tendinopathy, is one such injury that can be brought about by running. Three large muscles in the calf combine to form a tough band of fibrous tissue called the Achilles tendon. If you have Achilles tendonitis, something caused that tendon to become inflamed. However, in case of a complete rupture of the tendon, the patient is entailed to consult a doctor and opt for a surgery if needed. If not caught early, it can be a difficult injury to cure. It stretches from the bones of your heel to your calf muscles. The injury is usually related to overuse or intense strain on the tendon, although there are a number of other factors that may be involved, including the following: Problems with the Achilles tendon are more common in people who play sports. What's Achilles Tendinitis and Achilles Tendinosis The Achilles tendon is one of the longest tendons in your body, extending from your calf muscles to the bones of your heel. Achilles tendon injuries occur more often during sports that involve running, jumping, and sudden starts and stops — such as soccer, basketball and tennis. The Achilles tendon is the largest tendon in your body. Updated 11/13/2019 Dr. Baravarian discuss the difference between Achilles Tendonitis, tendonosis and a rupture. After each injury, the tendon does not heal completely, as should normally happen. Steroid injections. Achilles Tendinitis and Achilles Tendinosis: symptoms, causes and treatments. For anyone with Achilles tendonitis or tendonosis, heel lift orthotics can unload stress on the tendon and ease pain. Doctors sometimes inject steroids into an ankle joint to reduce pain and inflammation. Achilles tendon pain can result from tendonitis or a tear or rupture of the tendon. Achilles tendinitis occurs when the tendon in the back of the foot swells, becomes irritated, inflamed, and causes pain. Here we explain the symptoms, causes and important exercises for treating acute and chronic achilles pain. For Achilles tendonitis and tendonosis, shoe orthotics can be used to correct foot misalignments (if, for example, flat feet, are believed to be causing or contributing to Achilles tendon pain).
Achilles Tendinitis refers to an inflammation or irritation of the Achilles tendon, which is the strongest and thickest tendon in the human body. Achilles tendinopathy is a condition that causes pain, swelling and stiffness of the Achilles tendon. It can endure great force, but it is still susceptible to injury. It is a common sports-related injury. This is the action that allows you to push off the ground when you walk, run and jump. How to cure Achilles Tendonitis fast – Tips to recover from Tendon pain With the advancement in technologies, the people can easily treat the Achilles taking some home remedies. What Causes Achilles Tendonitis and How to Prevent and Treat It August 1, 2018 Rick Kaselj Fitness , General , Health , Injury Prevention , Injury Recovery Jim had regularly been running for months — three marathons with no trouble at all. What Causes Achilles Tendonitis? The injury is similar to Sever’s disease in children, usually occurring gradually, but can also be acute or sudden onset. This means that over time, damage to the Achilles tendon builds up and Achilles tendinopathy can develop.
Achilles tendonitis is an overuse injury causing pain at the back of the ankle.
When the calf muscles contract they pull the Achilles tendon tight which in turn makes your foot point down. Insertional Achilles Tendonitis causes pain at the back of the heel at the point where the Achilles tendon inserts into the heel bone.

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The research, discussed this week in a CDC Gaming Reports article, was conducted by San Diego State University’s Sycuan Institute of Tribal Gaming. Professor Katherine Spilde and UNLV Hospitality College Professor Anthony Lucas carried out tests in multiple casinos in the US and Mexico and found that the average Joe isn’t aware of one slot’s house edge compared to a different machine.
The study involved placing two different slot machines – “Tokyo Rose” and “Dragon’s Fortune X” – near one another. The terminals, however, had varying house edges from roughly eight percent to nearly 15 percent.
Lucas said the vast majority of gamblers didn’t identify whether one – if either – had a higher house edge. House edge is the hold rate a slots device keeps.
Manaslot88 Casino operators and gaming manufacturers have long sought to keep house edges on their slot machines hidden from the public. While pay tables are displayed, the probability of the outcomes are not.
Lucas and Spilde concluded that gamblers typically don’t play long enough to notice the frequency of winning on a slot machine compared to the next.
The high-house edge games actually win quite a bit more than the low-house edge games,” Lucas told Nevada Public Radio recently. “There is no reason for players to play that game, and yet they still do.”
Both slots paid the same on winning combinations, but the higher edge machine simply paid out less often. “The problem is players don’t have enough money, or time, or interest to play the game long enough to ever tell,” he added.
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Under Regulation 14 of the Nevada Gaming Control Act, slot machines are required to pay out a minimum of 75 percent. Per revenue statistics from the state’s Gaming Control Board, most casinos don’t go anywhere near that minimum in order to keep their gaming floors busy.
Nevada casinos win percentage rates over last 12 months:
Penny: 9.94 percent
Nickel: 5.55 percent
Quarter: 7.28 percent
Dollar: 6.36 percent
Megabucks: 12.16 percent
$5: 5.85 percent
$25: 5.37 percent
$100: 5.69 percent
Lucas says casinos have long worried about increasing house edges too high that it would turn patrons away. The fear isn’t warranted, the researcher states. “At the end of the day, you have to ask yourself if operators are leaving money on the table,” he said.
Manaslot88 Casinos in Las Vegas and across the country have tried to market their slot machines as the friendliest to consumers. Nevada regulators don’t break down hold rates by casino, but other states do.
Connecticut’s two casinos – Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun – respectively reported hold percentages of 91.95 percent and 91.9 percent in their latest fiscal years.
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14 May Capital 19 Catch-Up – May 14
The 2019 Wall St recovery tour hit a speed bump this week, as trade negotiations between the US and China became mired in arguments between the two participants over who had agreed to what. The US accused China of reneging on previous agreements and despite China’s denials full 25% tariffs were back on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods by the end of the week, with threats of further tariffs on another $325 billion dollars worth still to come.
The US took a stand and decided to flex its muscle last week. The economy is strong, with green shoots appearing all over the place, while the stock market is soaring at all-time highs after a brilliant start to the year. If you’re ever going to put pressure on trading partners for better conditions it’s when you are in a position of strength, and the US feel like they have little to lose.
And initially, that is true. China has no real retaliation options on the trade front because the trade balance is so lopsided. The US spends over $500 billion on Chinese goods, while China only imports around $120 billion of US goods. Chinese tariffs have mainly impacted US farmers, and the US government have announced they will be providing financial assistance for those impacted.
With higher costs for Chinese goods, there’ll initially be higher prices for US consumers over the counter. A 25% price rise is unsustainable for most retailers of course, so US importers will need to quickly find products from other countries to take the place of the Chinese products. And that’s not good for China, or for us here in Australia for that matter.
The US is China’s largest export market by far. It imports almost twice the amount as China’s number two trading partner Hong Kong, and four times as much as the 3rd ranked Japan. China can’t afford to have this particular trading relationship ruined. So you would imagine they will have to buckle at some point. They’ll have to allow more US access to Chinese markets, as well as providing some sort of protections on US technology.
In the meantime, they’ll try and buy some time, play a little bit of chicken, and not try to give up too much to get the US back on side. We’re likely to see a little bit of volatility in the market while we wait for a resolution, but in the end, it will all get worked out. There’s too much at stake for China to be an outlier.
How did the markets respond?
The markets seemed to take the spat in its stride. Yes, it did move lower, but all in all, it was a non-event with many believing there would be a last-minute deal, and when that didn’t eventuate they assumed a resolution wouldn’t be too far away. No one wants to miss out on the bounceback, but it will be interesting to see how Wall St’s nerve holds if there is any sort of escalation.
The benchmark S&P500 had only its fifth losing week of the year, falling 2.2%. For the Nasdaq, it notched up only its 3rd down week of 2019, losing 3%. It was its worst performance for the year so far. The Dow was 2.1% lower, while over in China the Shanghai Composite lost 4.5% for the week, despite a 3.1% up day on Friday. Not too bad for all concerned considering the drama.
So while it was hard to take our focus off the trade war, we had one of the most waited for IPO’s in history late in the week. And what a let down it turned out to be.
UBER (UBER) has speculated about listing for many years now, and finally, it’s time came as the market opened on Friday. Already expectations had dampened as the IPO price came in at the lower end of the scale at $45, valuing the rideshare pioneer at just over $82 billion. But there was still optimism to be had. It is extremely rare for an IPO of this size to have a losing day first up. In fact, according to Deallogic, of all the 53 companies that have listed with a valuation of over $10 billion, only 8 have closed lower at the end of their first trading day.
However, it wasn’t to be for Uber who opened lower and never traded higher than it’s initial $45 price tag. It eventually lost 7.62% to finish down at $41.57. It had raised $8.1 billion as part of the IPO, with $617 million of that disappearing on day one for the late investors. I imagine the board will be kicking themselves they didn’t get to market before smaller rival Lyft (LYFT), which is itself down at $51.08 after starting at its IPO price of $72.
For the rest of us, we can now pick it up for a nice discount to those that got in on the IPO, although you’d need to be a gambler. There’s just too much risk in my opinion. The nature of the industry means it’s very easy for competitors to gain a foothold by offering discounts, which means you have to match discounts just to be competitive. This will mean an ongoing problem with margins and difficulty in ever turning a profit.
Not to say they can’t do it, but I would want to see losses starting to turn around before I threw my own money aboard. In the 12 months to March Uber lost $ 3.7billion. It was the largest loss ever in the preceding year, leading up to a company’s IPO. At that rate, it’s going to be a long long wait until the can gain back the $76 billion valuation they had at the end of their first trading day.
The biggest earnings announcement of the week was from Walt Disney (DIS), who impressed the market with a solid first quarter performance. Earnings came in at $1.61 per share, above the $1.57 analyst estimates, while revenue hit $14.92 billion, over and above the $14.53 billion expected.
More good news came as its blockbuster Avengers Endgame became the third highest grossing movie of all time, taking its box office tally to $723 million domestically. It is now within striking distance of the number two placed Avatar at $760 million, but a fair way off Star Wars: The Force Awakens in the number one spot, coming in at $936 million.
All bodes well for the company, which still has it’s Disney plus streaming service coming by the end of 2019. We’ve been saying all year the Disney is a good buy, and it’s still cheap. Even after the market beat this week, the price gain was stifled by all of the market turmoil. You can still pick up Disney for the same price as you could at the start of last week.
Walmart (WMT) will be the focus of this week’s earnings. The world’s largest retailer is the perfect indicator of US economic health. $1 in every $5 spent on groceries in the US is spent in one of their “hypermarket” stores. The retail behemoth has been working hard in recent years to increase their online presence against competitors such as Amazon (AMZN) and they are having more success than most.
Their size advantage when dealing with suppliers, as well as having the world’s largest client database, sets them up perfectly to be an online leader which can take on all-comers. They have been increasing revenue and e-commerce sales aggressively over the last few quarters and investors will be expecting more of the same. We want to see revenue jump to $125.24 billion, while profit is expected to slip after the purchase of e-commerce retailer Flipkart earlier in the quarter.
On the data front, we’ll see the Small Business Optimism Index come out on Tuesday. It will be interesting to see how much small business believe they will be impacted by the ongoing trade war. There’ll also be Retail sales on Wednesday, and the Philly Fed on Thursday. Take a look below for what to expect in more detail.
Hope you all have a great week.
- Tuesday: Ralph Lauren (RL), Stem Holdings (STEM), Sunworks (SUN)
- Wednesday: Beyond Meat (BYND), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Macy’s (M)
- Thursday: Children’s Place (PLCE), JC Penny (JCP), Nvidia (NVDA), Walmart (WMT)
- Friday: Deere & Co (DE)
- Tuesday: NFIB Small business index, Import price index
- Wednesday: Retail sales, Empire state index, Industrial Production, Capacity Utilization, Business inventories, NAHB Homebuilders index
- Thursday: Weekly jobless claims, Housing starts, building permits, Philly Fed manufacturing index
- Friday: Consumer sentiment index


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“BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?”: *** Moving musical revue featuring songs and stories of the Depression era. Triad Theatre, 158 W. 72nd St.; 212-352-3101. Closes June 14.
“CORALINE”: ** Stephin Merritt, David Greenspan, Jayne Houdyshell: How could this musical not be good? And yet it lacks any sense of stage magic. Lucille Lortel Theatre, 121 Christopher St.; 212-279-4200.
“EVERYDAY RAPTURE”: ***½ The enchanting Sherie Rene Scott tells us what makes a performer a performer in this funny, wise, sort-of autobiographical show. Second Stage, 307 W. 43rd St.; 212-246-4422. Closes June 14.
“GROUNDSWELL”: ** Solid acting can’t prevent Ian Bruce’s South Africa-set thriller from getting tangled up in awkward symbolism. Acorn/Theatre Row, 410 W. 42nd St.; 212-279-4200. Closes June 27.
“HAPPINESS” : **½ Strangers get stuck on the subway in this frustratingly bland musical. Lincoln Center’s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, 150 W. 65th St.; 212-239-6200. Closes Sunday.
“KRAPP, 39”: *** Michael Laurence’s darkly funny and affecting solo piece inspired by Beckett’s classic. Soho Playhouse, 15 Vandam St.; 212-691-1555. Closes June 28.
“MARATHON 2009 — SERIES A”: **½ Mixed-bag collection of one-acts, part of the theater’s 31st annual festival. Ensemble Studio Theatre, 549 W. 52nd St.; ensemblestudiotheatre.org. Closes June 19.
“THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES”: ** Silly musical revue with pop hits from the ’50s and ’60s. Westside Theatre, 407 W. 43rd St.; 212-239-6200.
“NEXT FALL”: *** Geoffrey Nauffts’ deeply moving and hilarious play concerns the relationship between a committed, gay Christian and his atheist lover. Peter Jay Sharp Theater, 416 W. 42nd St.; 212-279-4200. Closes June 21.
“OUR TOWN”: **** Brilliantly staged version of Thornton Wilder’s classic. Barrow Street Theatre, 27 Barrow St.; 212-868-4444.
“RUINED”: ***½ Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer-winning drama about the desperate life of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo. New York City Center Stage I, 131 W. 55th St.; 212-581-1212. Closes June 28.
“10 THINGS TO DO BEFORE I DIE:” *½ Sisterhood is woeful in this misdirected, misguided show about estranged siblings and the need to grow up. McGinn Cazale Theatre, 2162 Broadway; 212-246-4422.
“THE TOXIC AVENGER”: *** More fun than it should be, given its vulgar humor and cult-film roots. New World Stages, 340 W. 50th St.; 212-239-6200.

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In March this year, Kony 2012 became the fastest spreading online film ever -- but our research team at USC's Annenberg School has been interviewing and observing Invisible Children for three years, long before the flurry of attention around the video.
The #KONY2012 movement is welcomed for the attention it has brought to Uganda, but in reality the man and his actions are symptoms of much broader problems that must be addressed to prevent future Joseph Konys.
The apparent disconnect between Invisible Children's White House-enabled public relations push and on-the-ground sentiment of Ugandans whose needs IC purports to champion can be in part explained by a little-known fact -- Invisible Children is a ministry, tied closely to the evangelical right.
Invisible Children's faith, infused with prophetic imagination, not only causes the organization to live towards a different story, but has clearly invited others to join in living just such a better story.
We sometimes forget that we can support a person or a group and synchronously criticize certain actions, thoughts, or words. I support Invisible Children and simultaneously feel free to criticize certain tactics, campaigns, or actions.
Social media is becoming an increasingly valuable tool for social justice advocates through its capability to help shape the national discourse surrounding issues, as two recent examples from two very different spheres of the web prove.
To restore its waning credibility, Invisible Children should immediately cut ties with the dictator and the corrupted Fellowship. As long as Invisible Children is linked to human rights violators, its claims to be humanitarian will be suspect.
Will Joseph Kony ever be transformed from a household name into a convicted mass-murderer, or will the quest to stop the innocent killing in Uganda die out as a mere fad, a PR ploy gone terribly wrong?

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Greenergy Solar’s parent company, Greenergy Development Corp., celebrated its 11th anniversary last month, with an event titled G-Eleven at the N-Hotel, Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City.
Greenergy President and CEO, Engr. Cerael Donggay, delivered the keynote address on the opportunities of democratized and decentralized energy systems through solar technology.
Several owners of #GreenergySolarPH installations gave testimonies on the savings they enjoyed and the energy independence they e·xperienced with their rooftop systems.
According to one owner, Pastor Manuelitos Pareja of the National Baptist Church, his monthly electric bill has been reduced to half.
The event was designed for partner-customers who have made a significant contribution to Greenergy’s vision of a #CleanEnergyFuture for Mindanao and the Philippines. (pr)
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The Authors Guild et al v. Google Inc.
DECLARATION of Richard Sarnoff in Support re: #945 MOTION to Approve Amended Settlement Agreement / Notice of Motion for Final Approval of Amended Settlement Agreement.. Document filed by Association of American Publishers, Inc., The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Pearson Education, Inc., Simon & Schuster, Inc., John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. (Keller, Bruce)
The Author's Guild et al v. Google Inc.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------------------x The Authors Guild, Inc., Association of American : Publishers, Inc., et al., : : Plaintiffs, : : v. : : Google Inc., : : Defendant. : ------------------------------------------------------------------------x
Case No. 05 CV 8136 (DC) FILED ELECTRONICALLY
DECLARATION OF RICHARD SARNOFF IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR FINAL APPROVAL OF AMENDED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT Richard Sarnoff hereby declares as follows: 1. I am the Co-Chairman of Bertelsmann, Inc., the U.S. holding company of
a portfolio of businesses including Random House, Inc. My experience in the book publishing industry is extensive. I joined the industry in 1987 and have held a number of managerial and executive roles, including Chief Financial Officer, at Bantam Doubleday Dell and subsequently at Random House. I have led both companies' activities in digital and corporate development for much of that time. From 2007 to 2009, I served as Chairman of the Board of the Association of American Publishers, after having served as Vice Chair for the previous two years. I have been a member of that Board since 2001 and continue as a member today. This declaration is submitted in support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Final Settlement Approval.
The AAP is the national trade association of the U.S. book publishing
industry. AAP's more than 300 members include most of the major commercial publishers in the United States, as well as smaller and non-profit publishers, university presses and scholarly societies. The protection of intellectual property rights in all media, the defense of the freedom to read and the freedom to publish (at home and abroad), and the promotion of reading and literacy are among AAP's top priorities. 3. In 2004, Google announced that it planned to create an online database of
all of the world's books, beginning with agreements with major university research libraries in the United States. Under these agreements, libraries would provide books from their collections to Google so that Google could scan them in their entirety, return to those libraries digital copies of those books, store other digital copies on Google's servers and use the copies on Google's servers to display copyright text from those books in response to Internet searches (the "Google Library Project" or "GLP"). The majority of the books Google proposed to scan, and was scanning, were protected by copyright. 4. It immediately became clear to the entire AAP Board, of which I was a
member at the time, that millions of books whose copyrights were owned by AAP's members would be part of the GLP, all without authorization by the copyright owners. Google would be retaining those copies in digital format and displaying content from those copyrighted books without permission and additional digital copies of those books would be returned to the libraries which provided them. 5. The GLP alarmed AAP's Board and its members. As a publisher, I was
concerned that Google's making of digital copies of entire books would have significant
adverse consequences for potential new uses and markets for our books and their content. Although Google announced that it initially intended only to make "snippet" portions of copyrighted book content available to web users, none of us had any assurance (or belief) that Google's uses always would be confined to that use, or that the size of a "snippet" could be adequately controlled. We were concerned that Google would provide access to book content (perhaps under a liberal interpretation of "fair use" by providing extensive page access to educational institutions, or facilitating inter-library e-loans) and would generate usage fees or annual subscription fees as the hosting and/or service provider Many scenarios were discussed in which Google might exploit publishers' copyrighted material in a variety of ways with nominal or even no compensation to the rightsholders. 6. We also had significant concerns with respect to the digital copies that
Google was providing to libraries. Libraries might use significant portions, or all, of the contents of books on such copies for a range of purposes that publishers would not regard as permitted by the Copyright Act, including uses in classroom, "e-reserve" access to students and faculty via institutional servers and lending digital copies to other libraries. Libraries might have raised fair use defenses in an attempt to justify such activities. We might also have been faced with sovereign immunity defenses by state institutions. In addition, we were concerned about how the libraries could maintain the security of these digital copies. Security breaches might result in broad copying, uploading, downloading, and display of copyrighted works.
We were also concerned with respect to the precedent that the GLP, if left
unchallenged, might set. If Google were perceived as being able to scan books and display book content based on its assertions of fair use, then others might be emboldened to engage in digital scanning projects harmful to the interests of rightsholders. In short, GLP represented an unprecedented loss of control over publishers' copyrighted books. 8. The AAP retained Debevoise & Plimpton LLP ("Debevoise") in order to
evaluate the legality of the GLP and the courses of action available to us. The AAP determined to initiate litigation against Google to stop Google's project of scanning books, displaying book content and distributing digital copies to libraries. On October 19, 2005, five of AAP's members, with the support and assistance of the AAP, individually filed a lawsuit in this Court, alleging copyright infringement and seeking injunctive relief against Google. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., et al. v. Google Inc., No. 05 CV 8881 (the "McGraw-Hill action"). 9. In the fall of 2006, the authors, the publishers and Google began
discussions regarding whether they could settle the McGraw-Hill action and the companion class action case brought by the Authors Guild, The Authors Guild, Inc. v. Google, Inc., Case No. 05 CV 8136 (DC) (S.D.N.Y.) (the "Authors Guild action"). We were aware that the Authors Guild action, brought on behalf of a class of copyright owners, also included publishers. We also understood that settlement discussions with Google would need to take place in the context of settling the Authors Guild action. 10. The five publisher plaintiffs in the McGraw-Hill action and the AAP, with
Debevoise, led the settlement negotiations for the publishers. Once we and the authors
agreed to establish two sub-classes, the five publisher plaintiffs, advised by Debevoise, represented the Publisher Sub-Class. As Chairman of the AAP's Board, I was deeply involved in the settlement negotiations, from their commencement through their conclusion (resulting in the original Settlement Agreement). These included negotiations with Google and negotiations with the authors' representatives over the Author-Publisher Procedures. Although I was no longer Chairman of AAP's Board after March 2009, I remained involved in discussions regarding the amendments to the original Settlement Agreement, which ultimately resulted in the Amended Settlement Agreement, along with Will Ethridge, who was then and still is the Chairman of AAP's Board. 11. The AAP provided advice throughout the negotiations as to common
practices within the book publishing industry and as to the interests of publisher rightsholders across the spectrum of trade, educational, and academic publishers; small medium and large publishers; and U.S. and non-U.S. publishers all of which are represented in the AAP Board and all of which were consulted during the negotiations. 12. With respect to the Author-Publisher Procedures, the basic principle on
which we agreed was that both the author and the publisher would have a right to manage books in which they owned a copyright interest. One of the most significant issues that we discussed with the authors was the appropriate allocation, as between the author and the publisher, of an out-of-print book, of the Rightsholders' share of revenues earned by Google for Display Uses of those books. In this regard, we were informed by historic practices in the book publishing industry. Generally speaking, although practices varied from publisher to publisher, author-publisher contracts in the late 1980s began to include
an express grant of electronic or digital rights (or all rights) to the publisher. As a matter of negotiation, we agreed with the authors that the Author-Publisher Procedures should reflect these practices. It is for this reason that the Author-Publisher Procedures provide that authors would receive a larger percentage of the revenues earned under the settlement for books published prior to 1987 (65%) than for books published in 1987 and thereafter (50%). 13. We also discussed the compensation for Rightsholders of Inserts. In
general, publishers of books include third-party textual material pursuant to the payment of a one-time permission fee to the copyright owner of the Insert. Alternatively, where the amount used is minimal, a publisher may determine to use the Insert on the basis of fair use. For this reason, the ASA provides that Rightsholders of Inserts would be entitled to an Inclusion Fee, but would not be entitled to continuing revenues earned by Book Rightsholders pursuant to the Revenue Models. 14. Another issue that we discussed with the authors in the context of the
Author-Publisher Procedures was the application of the revenue sharing procedures for in-print commercially available books. Under the Author-Publisher Procedures, the payments made through the Book Rights Registry ("the Registry") for commercially available books would flow through the publisher's royalty statements and payments would be made to the author per the publishing contract. If the author disputes the allocation of such proceeds between the author and the publisher, the author has the right to arbitrate that royalty split, with such arbitration to be based on the publishing contract for that title. As set out in the A/P procedures, the outcome of any such arbitration would
apply to amounts of the Registry's payments paid through the publishers to the authors. We agreed to exclude Educational Books (i.e., K-12, higher education, continuing education, vocational, professional, self-study, and similar educational markets) for use in educational programs) from this right of arbitration because such books typically are subject to more complex contractual arrangements among multiple authors and multiple editions relating to such books. It is reasonable to require such disputes to be resolved under the terms of the individual publishing contracts for those books. 15. One of the principal benefits of the ASA is that it establishes the Registry.
The AAP was involved in negotiations over the form and structure of the Registry. 16. The Registry will have numerous functions. Among these are
administering claims filed by Rightsholders; establishing and maintaining a database of contact information for authors and publishers; locating Rightsholders; collecting revenues received from Google and paying them out to Rightsholders; assisting in the resolution of disputes between Rightsholders; monitoring Google's display and pricing of Books for Rightsholders located outside of the United States; and, through carefully crafted governance mechanisms, otherwise protecting and representing the interests of Rightsholders. Given the importance of these functions and the need and desire to take account of the interests of all members of the Publisher Sub-Class, it is important that the Registry's Board be representative of the range of interests of members of the Publisher Sub-Class. 17. The ASA provides that the Registry's Board will include no fewer than six
representatives from outside the United States, including two from each of the United
Kingdom, Australia and Canada. In addition, we anticipate that the Registry will develop governance mechanisms by which it can solicit the views of Rightsholders from outside the United States. 18. The Registry will play a role in determining whether a Book is
Commercially Available. As its Board deems appropriate, the Registry may acquire access to the databases and other resources necessary to classifying Books. 19. As a publisher, I am strongly interested in seeing a competitive market for
all of the books that Google is authorized to exploit under the terms of the ASA to maximize the outlets for distribution. For this reason, it would be beneficial for the Registry to be able to license the digital use of books to entities other than Google. In this respect, the Registry will want authorizations from Rightsholders so that their books could be included in such arrangements. 20. The AAP Board had and has many publishers with significant non-U.S.
publishing operations. In fact, some major U.S. publishers are owned by companies located outside the United States. My employer, Bertelsmann AG, is a German company that owns Random House, Inc. Pearson Education, Inc. and Penguin Group (USA) Inc. are owned by Pearson plc, a U.K. company. 21. At every step in the Settlement negotiations, the interests of Rightsholders
outside the United States were considered. With the guidance of the Plaintiff publishers and others involved in the negotiation, who have significant non-US publishing relationships, we concluded that those Rightsholders would want to take advantage of the
same rights and benefits under the Settlement as U.S. publishers, particularly because only their U.S. rights were involved, leaving them unaffected in any other country. 22. We therefore were surprised by the level and nature of the objections by
various non-US publishers and rights groups. For the ASA we negotiated a reduced scope in order to respect those views. As a result, the scope of the ASA now includes only registered U.S. works and books published in the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, where it enjoys broad support from publisher Rightsholder groups. 23. I am aware that the Publishers Association, in the United Kingdom, the
Canadian Publishers' Council and the Association of Canadian Publishers, in Canada, and the Australian Publishers Association, in Australia, which are the national publisher associations in each of those countries, are broadly supportive of the ASA. 24. The original Settlement and the ASA were discussed with the AAP Board.
The Board fully supports and endorses the original Settlement and the ASA. 25. The GLP has attracted media attention around the world, both at its
inception in 2004 and during the ensuing years. See, e.g., John Markoff & Edward Wyatt, Google Is Adding Major Libraries To Its Database, N.Y. Times (Dec. 14, 2004); David A. Vise, Google To Digitize Some Library Collections; Harvard, Stanford, New York Public Library Among Project Participants, Wash. Post. (Dec. 14, 2004); Carolyn Said, Revolutionary chapter; Google's Ambitious Book-Scanning Plan Seen As Key Shift In Paper-Based Culture, S.F. Chron. (Dec. 20, 2004); Michael Liedtke, Novel Proposal, The Mercury (Australia) (Jan. 8, 2005); Steve Johnson, How Google Will Scan The World, 1 book at a time, Chi. Trib. (Feb. 25, 2005); Stephen Castle, Google Book Project
Angers France, The Independent (London) (May 6, 2005); Edward Wyatt, Google Library Database Is Delayed, N.Y. Times (Aug. 13, 2005); Motoko Rich, Google Snags Another Library, N.Y. Times (Aug. 9, 2006); Google To Offer Versions Of Out-OfCopyright Books: Principia, Inferno Among Titles, The Gazette (Montreal) (Aug. 31, 2006); A New Chapter At Google, The Irish Times (Nov. 10, 2006); Mark Johnson, Will Googling Books Be Page In History Or Footnote?, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (May 11, 2007); Lisa M. Krieger, UC Library Books Are Being Turned Into Bits, San Jose Mercury News (Feb. 10, 2008); Miguel Helft, Google Book-Scanning Pact To Give Libraries Input On Price, N.Y. Times (May 21, 2009). 26. Similarly, the initial filings of the McGraw-Hill and Authors Guild
actions, and all the pleadings in this litigation, have also been subject to global media scrutiny. See, e.g., Edward Wyatt, Major Publishers Sue Google, N.Y. Times (Oct. 20, 2005); David A. Vise, Publishers Sue Google To Stop Scanning; Book Copyrights Violated, They Say, Wash. Post. (Oct. 20, 2005); Bob Thompson, Search Me?; Google Wants To Digitize Every Book. Publishers Say Read The Fine Print First, Wash. Post (Aug. 13, 2006); Stephen Foley, Google Seeks To Defuse Row Over Copyright, The Independent (London) (Oct. 11, 2006); Jessica Guynn, Google Settles Copyright Dispute; The Deal With Authors And Book Publishers Would Make Millions Of Titles Available Online, L.A. Times (Oct. 29, 2008); Bobbie Johnson et al., Breakthrough US Deal By Google To Sell Book Content Online: Authors And Publishers Agree After Legal Action: Transformation Likened To iTunes Revolution, The Guardian (London) (Oct. 29, 2008); Alex Pham, Authors Defend Deal With Google; A Book-Scanning Suit Settlement Will
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In Alpine living environments, buildings and their surroundings are exposed to more extreme stresses than is the case elsewhere due to the prevailing climatic factors and natural hazards. The climatic and topographical conditions faced during the building phase are also more demanding and the distances involved are often large. Specific building materials such as wood can also be found locally as well as soil conditions that offer potential not yet fully exploited by the field of construction engineering, meaning further research is still required.
Here, we look at which buildings have become established in Alpine regions historically, which building solutions and systems are sustainable and prove successful when faced with the specific conditions of the Alps and which influences caused by natural hazards can be averted or controlled.
In addition, we deal with design issues relating to the long-term preservation of Alpine townscapes in order to make tourism in Alpine regions attractive over the long term. We analyse architectural trends and link these to Alpine townscapes – adopting a critical view with respect to their historical emergence and meaningful future development.
Due to the location of University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons in the middle of the Alps and the specific issues with which a mountain canton such as Graubünden is confronted, the practice-oriented projects and objectives of the Institute for Construction in Alpine Regions focus on the regions from which it takes its name.
The specific research focus areas include, in particular, engineering and architectural issues such as the creation of infrastructure constructions and protective structures in mountain regions and the renovation of old building stock. A further important aspect is the search for sophisticated building solutions and settlement designs that take account of engineering requirements in mountain regions, the regional architecture and the special features of the Alpine landscape.
The IBAR specialises in application-oriented research and services and addresses the research focus area of Construction in Alpine Regions. This work covers the following research fields:
Alpine Infrastructure Constructions
Settlement Planning and Townscape Development
The bachelor’s degree programmes in Architecture and Civil Engineering serve to provide basic training for a career as an architect or civil engineer. Examples of the topics covered during teaching include the environment and climate, decentralised settlement and regional planning as well as the preservation of infrastructure and touristic townscapes.
Construction practice course
In the area of further education, we cooperate with other universities of applied sciences for the MAS in Sustainable Construction (EN Bau) within the framework of which we offer the CAS in Continued Construction on Existing Buildings. The CAS in Road Building Projects has become established since 2016. Further courses are offered as required.
CAS Continued Construction on Existing Buildings
Specialised course Construction Management
The team of the Institute for Construction in Alpine Regions (IBAR) comprises architects, civil engineers, geologists and environmental engineers. Our researchers develop and provide building solutions and construction materials with a clear focus on Alpine regions. As buildings in the Alps are exposed to more extreme stresses than is the case elsewhere (due to the climate and natural hazards), our team develops new construction methods and building solutions that take account of the demanding requirements of Alpine regions. Our researchers are especially in demand at both a regional and international level in the field of Settlement Planning and Townscape Development. They analyse space concepts and the historic development of villages and towns in the Alps with the objective of illustrating visions and overall concepts for their future development. In the area of Alpine infrastructure constructions, our researchers develop specific building solutions – for example aimed at stopping or preventing landslides or at optimising water catchments for hydropower stations.
Within the framework of its services, the institute draws up expert reports and feasibility studies for projects and project ideas in the areas of architecture and civil engineering. Such projects are often implemented as semester assignments as part of the respective study programmes. This means that the practical relevance of the projects is ensured and the principal receives several project versions.
Within the canton of Graubünden, the IBAR offers architectural tours for private individuals, Swiss and foreign universities as well as public institutions. In Chur, the architectural tours are held in cooperation with Chur Tourism.
Forms of cooperation
In our Model Workshop, we produce models in the areas of architecture, design and civil engineering. The work conducted in our professionally managed and modernly equipped Model Workshop forms an integral part of the university education provided as part of the bachelor degree programmes in Architecture and Civil Engineering.
In the Building Lab, material experiments are conducted as part of demonstrations for students. The laboratory is also available to the researchers from the Institute for Construction in Alpine Regions (IBAR), which also includes services for the regional economy and public-sector clients.
- Verband Gute Bauten Graubünden – the Graubünden association for high-quality buildings
- Graubünden branch of the Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA)
- German Association of Geotechnology (DGGT)
- Swiss Association of Geosynthetics (SVG)
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Uruguayan President Jose Mujica apologized to Haitian President Michel Martelly over the alleged rape of an 18-year-old Haitian man by Uruguayan U.N. peacekeeping troops in the poor Caribbean state, Uruguay's government said on Tuesday.
Public outrage in earthquake-ravaged Haiti has surged over a video shot by a cellphone camera and circulating on the Internet that shows laughing Uruguayan marines pinning the young Haitian face down on a mattress and apparently assaulting him sexually.
"We apologize for the abuse that some soldiers of my country perpetrated," Mujica wrote in a letter to Martelly.
"Although the damage is irreparable, have the certainty that we will investigate thoroughly and apply the harshest sanctions against those responsible," Mujica said.
He also apologized on behalf of the country's armed forces, which he said, where humiliated by "the criminal and embarrassing behavior by a few" soldiers.
Defense Minister Eleuterio Fernandez Huidobro, who also signed the letter, said earlier that Uruguay would compensate the victim.
The alleged victim, Johnny Jean, and his mother, Rose Marie Jean, told Haitian radio stations he had been raped by Uruguayan marines and provided testimony to a judge in the southern town of Port-Salut, where the incident allegedly took place on July 28.
Martelly has said the perpetrators of what he called "a collective rape carried out against a young Haitian" would not go unpunished.
Haitian authorities, the U.N. Mission in Haiti and Uruguay's Defense Ministry launched an investigation into the video. The four troops suspected of being involved have been detained and Uruguay's Navy has replaced the head of its naval contingent with the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti.
In a preliminary report, the U.N. ruled out that Jean was raped but said blue-helmet peacekeepers broke rules when they allowed a civilian to enter a military camp.
U.N. peacekeepers in Haiti have faced public anger before, especially over allegations that Nepalese U.N. troops brought a deadly cholera epidemic to the country after their camp latrines contaminated a local river. This triggered riots last year against the 12,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping contingent.
The current U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti, known as MINUSTAH, was established by the U.N. Security Council in 2004 and has been helping Haiti's short-staffed and ill-equipped police to maintain security in the volatile Caribbean state, especially during elections plagued by fraud and violence.
Defense and foreign ministers from nations that make up MINUSTAH are scheduled to meet in Montevideo on Thursday to discuss a gradual troop pullback from Haiti.
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A newly leaked image may offer our first glimpse of Apple’s rumoured plastic iPhone 6C smartphone.
The prospect of an iPhone 6C has long been little more than a pipe dream, until rumours emerged last week suggesting the spin-off device might actually be real.
According to the leaks, Apple is working on a 4-inch phone with a Gorilla Glass-coated LTPS display, and will come packing a range of colourful, plastic chassis.
There are a few subtle design changes we’ve gleaned from the image, although it should be noted that we have no way of verifying that the snap is real.
There are also now two speaker grills on the bottom of the handset, compared to the single grill on the iPhone 5C.
Related: iPhone 6S release date
But what are the chances of Apple launching an iPhone 6C? Quite high actually, considering the handset did manage respectable sales figures.
It could also be a ploy to engage with consumers that like 4-inch smartphones, a demographic that the large iPhone 6 and 6 Plus can’t cater for.
The iPhone 5C also famously shipped in a range of hues, so the iPhone 6C could be Apple’s effort to make sure there’s still plenty of colour in its iPhone range.
The handset was also cheaper than its sibling Apple handsets, and a more budget-friendly iPhone could sit well with consumers considering the high cost of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
Of course, if this device is actually real, Apple won’t release any official material on the rumoured device until its launch event, which could be months away.


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Professional development is key to retaining staff and superior patient care. Here’s how Nursing Professional Development Week can promote learning.
The Nerdy Nurse is all about technology. From blogging to the latest innovations in equipment or electronic medical records, the Technology category focuses on innovations that improve the lives of nurses and the patients they serve.
Finding gift ideas for nurses is pretty simple. For the most part, we like everything. However, if you want to be sure it’s something useful for a nurse, this post has some great useful gift ideas for nurses.
If there is a nurse in your life that you’d like to honor by gifting with a small token of your appreciation, there are several great and inexpensive items that any nurse would flip over. Whether it’s your mother, wife, sister, co-worker, and caregiver, there are some gifts that almost any nurse would love. These suggestions would work well for any practicing nurse, nursing student, or nursing instructor. And we can’t forget those male nurses in your life. I’ve even thrown in a few ideas for gifts that any manly enough for any profession.
As a nurse, you depend on your tools to make your job easier. Discover the best vein finder lights and learn how they work – all right here. How Do Vein Finder Lights Work? The science behind vein finder lights is pretty fascinating. The most popular vein finders are made by Accuvein. And this is what their website says about how they work: Vein visualization (also known as vein illumination) uses Near-infrared (NIR) imaging for detecting veins. This proven technology enables accurate visualization of the veins under the …
Of all the issues for a hospital or medical office to have, technology and communication issues shouldn’t be one of them. But they do happen, and far too often. We’ve partnered with Ascom to dig into these issues because these are among the many safety issues in nursing that decrease the quality of care nurses can provide. Read on to learn about the 5 current healthcare issues and how an integrated delivery system can reduce their impact and in many cases solve.
In today’s tech-filled world every profession has multiple gadgets available to make that job easier. The following nurse gadgets are fantastic for nurses who enjoy technology and are looking for something to help them perform their job easier and more efficiently. 7 Must-Have Nurse Gadgets Let’s look at the best nurse gadgets that every nurse should have. Some of them are incredibly necessary and some of them are just super helpful to have on hand. Ampule Opener Buy It Now Opening a glass ampule can be …
Healthcare is a profession that has long been on the rise due to the demand for expert health professionals. Qualified nurses, in particular, are treasured by institutes and patients alike. However, despite the need for an expert opinion, healthcare has long since moved from being a manually operated profession alone. Just like every other profession, healthcare is also making way for the one thing that has eased a million tasks worldwide – technology!


Chromebooks aren’t typically known for their hardware capabilities. You don’t usually need that extra horsepower on a Chromebook unless you’re the kind of person that keeps 20 tabs open at the same time. But recent discoveries in the Chromium OS source code suggest that a new model with 16GB of RAM and an Intel Skylake processor is on the way.
While initially thought to be currently under fabrication by Google, it’s actually Hewlett Packard who’s behind the new Chromebook.
The new device, codenamed “Chell,” is thought likely to feature an Intel Core M CPU, though a Pentium is also a possibility. All will come from 6th generation Skylake chip stock, however, and will be paired up with 16GB of RAM. There’s no word on a dedicated GPU, so we’re presuming on board HD Graphics or Iris processing will power the expected 3,200 x 1,800 resolution display.
Along with those internals, the new HP Chromebook is also predicted to have two USB ports — one USB-C and one USB-A. The snippets of code suggest too, that it will feature a SD card reader and Bluetooth compatibility.
Earlier code discovered in February, shows that it will also have a touchscreen and there are references in the comments that suggests the new laptop will have VR config settings.
This was initially thought to potentially mean that the new Chromebook would have some form of Virtual Reality support, but that is no longer the case. Not only would a Chromebook be very unlikely to have the requisite hardware for high-end virtual reality, but “VR” in that context is much more likely to stand for “voltage regulator,” instead.
Although there are some laptops designed with virtual reality in mind, they tend to be expensive, heavy and lack much battery power, because of the requirement for a hefty GPU to even come in at the low end of VR-compatibility.
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AIG chief under siege
Martin Sullivan's credibility takes another hit even as he boasts the insurer is building a 'fortress balance sheet.'
NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Martin Sullivan, the chief executive of American International Group, picked the right time to build what he calls a "fortress balance sheet," because bad bets in the mortgage markets have him and his board under siege.
AIG (AIG, Fortune 500) shares tumbled 9% Friday after the insurance giant posted a $7.8 billion first-quarter loss that was driven by another round of mark-to-market writedowns of mortgage-related positions. AIG said the latest quarter included a $5.9 billion pretax writedown of the value of the credit default swap portfolio held by its AIG Financial Products unit, and a $3.6 billion impairment of its mortgage-backed securities holdings.
"While we anticipated a difficult trading environment, the severity of the unrealized valuation losses and decline in value of our investments were beyond our expectations," Sullivan said.
This isn't the first time AIG's expectations have proven less than reliable. In December, in a gaffe that brings fallen Citi (C, Fortune 500) chief Chuck Prince to mind, Sullivan told investors that AIG's exposure to mortgage-related losses was manageable. "We can't predict the future," Sullivan said, "but we have a high degree of certainty in our businesses."
As Friday's selloff shows, AIG's top management has a serious credibility problem. The first-quarter loss follows a poor showing in the fourth quarter, when AIG lost $5.3 billion, or $2.08 a share. Housing-related markdowns have now reached almost $20 billion. But the company argues that those markdowns vastly overstate the extent of the losses it will have to recognize when the investments mature. AIG estimates actual losses will range from $1.2 billion to $2.4 billion.
Unfortunately for AIG, the market is taking a different view. While Citi analysts agreed on Friday that $20 billion is probably too large, they wrote to investors: "We also believe that a risk book of $470 billion bears more worst case risk than just $1 billion to $2 billion." Meanwhile, ratings agency Fitch estimated losses of between $1.6 billion and $5 billion.
AIG execs say they have confidence in their loss estimates because they stopped playing the riskiest part of the CDO game in early 2006 - before the worst of Wall Street's underwriting excesses took place. AIG's decision to exit the business of insuring CDOs - debt securities chopped up and packaged in a way that supposedly reduced their risk - offers some insight into the root of the current credit crisis.
In late 2005, AIG decided to stop selling insurance policies on CDOs that were being structured and underwritten by investment banks like Merrill Lynch (MER, Fortune 500) and Citi. Merrill and others, in turn, sought out guarantees from bond insurers, such as ACA Capital Holdings, in the hopes of holding onto a lucrative revenue stream.
The problem was that insurers like ACA had much less capital than AIG, so when the credit deterioration in the securities underlying these CDOs began in earnest in late 2006, their balance sheets were devastated. Both Merrill and Canada's CIBC were forced to take charges to write down the value of their exposure to ACA, which is now in bankruptcy.
Eventually, the mania for CDO underwriting became so intense that, when even the lower-tier guarantors pulled out of the business, Merrill and Citi took these CDOs onto their balance sheets. Swiss banking giant UBS (UBS) responded by providing unlimited capital to its CDO-issuing clients. That's how Merrill, Citi and UBS ended up with nearly $100 billion in writedowns on mortgage-related securities.
But even if AIG has avoided the worst of the CDO fallout, it's still bleeding. The first-quarter losses are forcing AIG to raise $12.5 billion in new capital - a move that Sullivan said will allow AIG to maintain its "fortress balance sheet," a phrase he used repeatedly during Friday's conference call. Strangely, execs also made a point of saying they decided to raise new capital without any prompting from the rating agencies.
S&P and Fitch cut their ratings on AIG anyway, citing the latest quarter's bigger-than-expected losses. And while Sullivan called the downgrades "manageable," he conceded that the downgrades will raise funding costs. AIG will also have to post $1.6 billion in additional collateral on its swap contracts.
With costs rising and the company's insurance business posting weak results, AIG's decision to boost its quarterly dividend by 10% raised some eyebrows. While analysts wanted Sullivan to defend the dividend boost, which will cost the company $200 million annually, he would only say that it demonstrated AIG's financial strength.
But AIG stock has lost 44% of its value over the past year, and nearly a quarter of the firm's net worth as measured by shareholders' equity has vanished since Sept. 30. Sullivan's going to have to do better than a 2-cent dividend boost if he wants to avoid going the way of Chuck Prince.

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The Book Adventure Beginsby: Reeya Malik
Four cousins are stuck with each other during the pandemic. Amidst all the chaos, they stumble upon a mysterious red- leathered old book and are determined to find out how it landed up in Ruhi’s playroom. Shocking secrets are revealed as they dig deeper…
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Matthew Aylmer entered the Royal Navy in 1678 and advanced to the rank of captain in 1679. After serving in the Mediterranean, he joined the revolutionaries who overthrew the Stuart monarch, James II. He took part in the battles of Beachy Head and Barfleur, and went to the Mediterranean as commander in chief in 1698, where he confirmed earlier treaties with Tripoli, Tunis, and Algiers.
Retiring from active service in 1699, Aylmer served as a navy commissioner untl 1702. He was reappointed to command the fleet in 1709 but, after failure in an engagement with the French, he was relieved in 1711. When George I succeeded to the throne in 1714, Aylmer was returned to command and received a peerage and the rank of Rear Admiral of the United Kingdom before his death in 1720.
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The destroyer escort, DE-72, was laid down on 12 April 1943 at Hingham, Mass., by the Bethlehem Steel Corp., and named Harmon on 18 May 1943. The ship was allocated to the United Kingdom under lend lease on 10 June 1943; and the name Harmon was reassigned to another destroyer escort DE-678 on 23 June. Launched on 10 July 1943, the ship was accepted by the Royal
Navy on 30 September and commissioned as HMS Aylmer (K.463) the same day.
During World War II, Aylmer garnered "battle honors" off Normandy during the invasion of Europe in the summer of 1944 and in the North Atlantic in 1944 and the first months of 1945. She figured in the destruction of two U-boats during the course of hostilities in the Atlantic: U-765 on 6 May 1944, in company with sister ships Bickerton (K.466) and Bligh (K.467) and planes from the escort carrier Vindex No. 825 Squadron; and U-117S2 on 12 June 1944, in conjunction with the efforts of sister ships Colder (K.349) and Bentinck (K.314) and the .Ewrts-class destroyer escort Manners (K.568).
The ship was decommissioned by the Royal Navy at the New York Naval Shipyard on 5 November 1945 and simultaneously accepted by the United States Navy. Stricken from the Navy list on 19 December 1945, she was sold to Mr. John J. Witto of Staten Island, N.Y., on 9 June 1947, and scrapped by February 1948.

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US CBP officers seize fakes worth $109m
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US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers based inLouisville, Kentucky have seized counterfeit goods worth over $109m
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Day One of the UCI track cycling World Cup’s fourth round in Cambridge, New Zealand got off to a grand start for Team Canada as the women team pursuit squad took bronze on Friday. The men’s outfit qualified fourth fastest but couldn’t advance beyond the first round.
It was the first time the women’s squad contested a World Cup this season. Jasmin Duehring, Allison Beveridge, Georgia Simmerling and Annie Foreman-Mackey qualified for the first round with the third fastest time and then met the second fastest qualifier, Australia, in the first round.
The 🇨🇦 women’s Team Pursuit squad qualifies third with a time of 4:17.548, while the men’s team qualifies fourth with a time of 3:54.990!
— Cycling Canada (@CyclingCanada) December 5, 2019
The first round contest saw the Aussies and Canadians exchange the lead before Australia surged to the win. But Canada’s time of 4:16.769 meant that it would meet New Zealand trade team Subway for the bronze medal. After a recess, the Canuck foursome beat the Subway quartet. However, the home crowd would get its thrill: the national Kiwi team beat the Aussies for the gold.
First time racing together and they’ve already podiumed, earning 🥉 in the Team Pursuit.
Big things coming for this squad! pic.twitter.com/IU4rAXKNgX
— Cycling Canada (@CyclingCanada) December 6, 2019
The well-drilled Canadian men–Derek Gee, Jay Lamoureux, Vincent de Haitre and Michael Foley–roared around the boards in qualifying to the tune of 3:54.990, the fourth fastest time. Like the Canadian women, the men faced Australia in the first round. Unfortunately, Team Canada couldn’t overtake the Aussies and was squeezed out of the bronze medal match by Italy. Canada settled for fifth while the Swiss claimed the gold.
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What’s the correct spelling?
Located in modern-day Belarus, about 68 miles north-east of Minsk, the village was known by various names – Dokshitsy [Russian and Belarussian], Dokshits [Yiddish], Dokszyce [Polish], Dokšycy, Dokshitse, Dokshitsya, Dokschyzy, Dokshitz, Dokshitzy and Dugscitz.
The Karbatznicks probably used characters from the Russian alphabet rather than any of the above. Any spelling in English of a Russian Cyrillic name is a transliteration so can be written in numerous ways.
How do we know all this?
Wonderful work is being undertaken, particularly in America, to preserve the memory of the town and its inhabitants. Websites such as jewishgen.org, jewishdokshitsy.org, people such as Aaron Ginsburg in Massachusetts, and projects such as the Yizkor book, all help to paint a picture of life in the town.
I thought it was in Russia
After Poland was partitioned in the 18th century, Dokshitzy became part of Russia, the country from which the Karbatznicks fled. During WWI, Germany occupied the town. At the end of WWI, it was caught up in the post-war turmoil in Eastern Europe, eventually becoming part of the Republic of Poland in 1920 after the Russo-Polish war that year.
Between the World Wars it was part of Poland, then part of the Soviet Union after the Hitler-Stalin Pact in 1939. Following the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany on 22 June 1941, it was part of the territories occupied and decimated by Nazi Germany. After the Germans retreated in 1944, it again became part of the Soviet Union. Since the demise of the USSR, it is now in Belarus.
Dokshitz was a small provincial town, without any regular transportation or proper roads, and until the 1930s even without electricity. (Most homes used oil lamps). A flour mill, saw mill and brewery were the only industrial enterprises. Most Jews made their living from trade and the Tuesday market when local farmers would bring produce for sale and in return would buy food and clothing at the stores of the Jews.
A large number of Jews were craftsmen: tailors, shoemakers, carpenters, milliners; some Jews were farmers. They carried a heavy burden of taxes. It was not surprising that many youngsters left school at barmitzvah age (sometimes even earlier) to help support the family or unable to afford tuition fees.
Nevertheless, Dokshitz had a rich cultural life. The cheders [small religious schools], schools, cultural institutions – municipal as well as Jewish – gave it a good reputation. In the pre-WWI days of Russian rule, Dokshitz had a municipal high school and later three elementary schools: Polish, Hebrew/Zionist, and Yiddish, plus ten cheders and a large public library (most books in Yiddish with a few in Polish, Hebrew, Russian and German).The Hebrew and Yiddish schools were established partly in reaction to the anti-semitic nature of the municipal schools during Polish rule.
The majority of Dokshitz’s inhabitants were Jewish, their lives guided by Jewish tradition. They were religious, but not fanatical, and were divided into two rival camps: the Lubavitch chassidim and the Mitnagdim (‘opponents’).
Dokshitsy existed in the 1400s, but the Jewish community can only be traced back to the 18th century – possibly a bit earlier – the oldest known tombstone is from 1765. The town was a sub-district of Borisov in the Minsk region, bordering the Vilna district, not far from the source of the Berezina river; the population was 5,759 in 1892 and the town had two cerkovs (Gregorian churches), a Catholic monastery and at least one synagogue.
The monastery was built in 1608 by bishop Stanislav Kishka. During the Swedish war in 1708 the town suffered burning and pillaging and was rebuilt around 1745. After the second division of Poland, Dokshitz was included in the Russian Empire and in 1795 became a district town in the Minsk region. In 1802, however, the town was annexed to the Borisov district. While part of Poland, Dokshitz was in the Dizna district of the Vilna province.
The four most important streets, intersecting the marketplace from four different directions, were Polotzker, Borissover, Dolhinover, and Gluboker. These streets led to the towns of Polotz, Borisov, Dolhinov, and Glubokie.
Many little streets branched out from these streets and most of them made their way to the synagogue courtyard – there was also another quadrangular place between the beis hamidrash and the shtibles [little synagogues]: Starosheler, Libavitzer, Liyader and Slaboder.
Opposite the shuls were workshops of the Dokshitz Jewish tailors, cobblers, bootmakers, and tinsmiths, in small muddy streets also inhabited by wagon drivers and butchers.
Jobs and charity
Dokshitz Jews were also matchmakers, brokers, sextons, cantors, ba’al tfiles [leaders of prayer services], psalm sayers [for the dead: it was the tradition that psalms were read aloud for the dead from the time of death until the time of burial], shroud embroiderers, those who practiced cupping [for blood-letting as a remedy for ailments], ritual attendants at the bathhouse and mikveh, cooks for weddings and suppers, waiters, guardians, porters, and plenty of charity collectors. Jews also worked in the lumber trade.
Almost half of the Jews in the shtetl benefited from support from overseas, probably from relatives who had emigrated to America, South Africa, England or even Australia. It is probable that Yehuda Karbatznick sent money home for his wife and children; we assume that’s why it took him four years to accumulate enough money to get them over to London to join him.
Despite monies coming from overseas, most people were burdened with worries about income; the general economic position of people was not very high. Therefore, the Jews created many institutions and organisations to encourage and support the poor – there were no government-funded welfare institutions.
One of the oldest and most important institutions was the fire department, known by its popular name the Pozsharne, which was kept busy putting out fires. In a shtetl like Dokshitz the alarm sounded often. Most houses were made of wood and crammed together in narrow small little streets. The gates and entrances to the town were also made of wood.
People burned gaslights or lanterns, which started fires more than once. Winter apples were kept in cellars packed in straw – a fire hazard. Kitchens were common causes of fire outbreaks, which ravaged many homes. A spark from a chimney was enough to cause an entire street to go up in flames.
People used to tell of the big fires in the shtetl and even the history of Dokshitz is organised according to the first, second and third fires. The Pozsharne was supported by the community and government, but most firemen were B’nei-Yisroel [the sons of Israel] – many younger Jews had time available and most of the fires broke out in Jewish homes.
A picture of Jewish Dokshitz wouldn’t be complete without a description of places of rest and recreation. Several miles east of the shtetl was the Swistopole forest that stretched to the Soviet border. Every Sabbath, it was transformed into a mass meeting. Young and old came here to relax and enjoy their free time. The young danced, played and sang, as the older people laid in the shade of the trees, reading or chatting.
In the shtetl itself, there were several fruit orchards, the property of the local priest, who leased them to Jews. On Shabbas, after cholent – a dish of meat, potatoes and beans kept warm from the day before so as to avoid cooking on the Sabbath – people would go there and relax after week’s work. Lying on the grass, people discussed politics, shtetl news, carried on romances, decided on wedding dates and occupied themselves with gossip.
War breaks out
In September 1939, some 9,000 people lived in Dokshitz, of whom at least 4,000 were Jews. Just after Rosh Hashanah that month, a large number of Russian tanks tore into the shtetl with tremendous noise and uproar. Not one shot was fired. The Red Army’s march into town lasted a whole week.
The Jews took the occupation by the Soviets indifferently. They felt that it was better than Germans arriving. News of what was happening to Jews elsewhere reached the shtiebl. With the occupation of the Red Army, Dokshitz became part of Soviet White Russia. Zionist groups and parties had shut themselves down; philanthropic institutions ceased their activities; and the library closed. The beis midrashes, in contrast, remained active.
At the outbreak of war there were 679 houses in Dokshitzy; by the end of the war only 206 remained. Those few years changed everything.
On a sunny early morning, 22 June 1941, the sky clear blue, German silver Messerschmidts suddenly appeared and began bombarding the shtetl, sowing death and destruction. They destroyed Jewish streets and paths, with Jewish houses and all their belongings.
There was panic and confusion. The bombardment was unexpected. People ran, but didn’t know where to go. Some ran with bags, some with children in their arms, some dragged the sick with them. People ran from place to place, between burning houses, falling walls and ruins. Calls for help, screams, cries, moans and sighs of the wounded carried above the shtetl. Many were killed and others were left without a roof over their heads.
At the beginning of July, the German occupation began. Nazi soldiers marched into Dokshitz on 3 July. They immediately demolished the beis midrash, burned Torah scrolls and holy books, and smashed tombstones in the cemetery.
The first Jewish death during the German occupation was Raphael Markman; the Nazis shot him. People feared being shot for nothing and were afraid to go into the streets. Most people just went hungry. There was no food available.
The Germans introduced compulsory work for Jews, during which many people were beaten to death. In early autumn, on a Sabbath morning, the German murderers gathered fifty Jews from the shtetl and took them to a dug-out pit, where a young boy was shot before their eyes to instil fear in everyone.
One Jewish resident later recalled a Sunday when the Germans took thirty men to work by the church on Borisov Street. The Jews were forced to scrape manure with their bare hands and were beaten with rubber sticks until they bled.
While the men were at work, the Germans plundered and robbed their homes. They destroyed or stole anything they could get their hands on.
The Germans gave the non-Jewish peasants the right to point out any Jew who had dealt with them dishonestly in trade or on issues of money. When a peasant pointed out such a Jew, he was immediately shot.
On Rosh Hashanah evening, 1941, the Germans took a group of Jews to the Jewish cemetery where they were forced to dig graves with their hands. After this forced labour, the Germans shot them. One Jewish man survived; he later recalled a Jewish girl, Leah Blokh shouting at the Germans before being shot: “Do not think, you murdering gangsters, that in spilling my innocent blood and that of my brothers, you will win the war. No! Our spilled blood will take revenge upon you!”
Creation of a Judenrat
Daily Jewish life became more difficult. A Jew’s life was at the mercy of the Germans, who could do whatever they wanted with a Jew. There was no-one to whom one could complain.
The Nazis insisted on the formation of a Judenrat (German for ‘Jewish council’), an enforcement body established by the occupiers to manage Jewish communities, especially to carry out their anti-Jewish policies. A law was established that Jews must wear yellow patches. The punishment for not wearing this mark of shame was death.
On Rosh Hashanah one year, while the young men went to their forced labour, older Jews gathered in private homes to pray. The German police heard about this, came immediately, beat the worshippers, and demolished the homes.
In the ghetto
In November 1941, the order was given to create a ghetto. The ghetto encompassed the area from the bridge to Gluboke Street, to the side of the synagogue courtyard; Polotzk Street, from the side of the synagogue courtyard, to Gordon’s beer house and the Berezine River; and the marketplace.
On 30 November 1941, it was decreed that everyone must pack their things and gather in the marketplace. Only half an hour was given to do this. Exactly on time, all the Jews gathered in the marketplace; all their possessions were immediately taken.
Nobody was allowed to leave. Life in the ghetto became more difficult; everyone felt the shortage of foodstuff, which grew more expensive. Daily food rations were 200 grams of bread per person, with nothing other than the bread.
One Tuesday evening before Purim 1942, the Germans surrounded the ghetto. They grabbed 65 Jews and took them away. At 5 o’clock in the morning a barrage of loud shots were heard from Piask pit in Borisov Street.
Counting the Jewish residents
One Sunday, a day before Lag Ba’Omer in May 1942, it was announced that there would be a count and it was forbidden to leave the ghetto. According to the count, there were 2,516 Jews in the ghetto at that time. At eight o’clock the following morning the ghetto was surrounded; the Germans entered the ghetto and took about 650 Jews. They were immediately transported to the Folks Hoyz [public house] on Borisov Street; approximately 200 Jews were told them to go home; 450 were shot.
Alternative accounts of events that month are worse, saying that on that day, around half of the 2,516 Jewish residents – probably including Nachman Glickenhouse and his wife and children – were marched to a pit across the street from the cemetery and shot. The remaining half were killed on 23 May 1942, a few weeks later.
After the war
By the end of the war, the Dokshitz Jewish community comprised a mere 130 survivors of Nazi atrocities, all of whom left soon after. Thirteen subsequently returned to live there; none of those 13 stayed long.
Sources:Yizkor book: http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/dokshitsy/dokshitz.html; jewishdokshitsy.org
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It will be almost a full year since Nathan was shot, Niki was blown to smithereens and Sylar got his powers back when “Heroes” returns in September, and I am having a small problem: I don’t remember anything else that happened during season two. I remember bits here and there (Peter randomly half-naked all the time, Elle rocking my world, Claire’s annoying boyfriend, Alejando and Maya always screaming one another’s names) but for the most part the mythology has evaporated from my memory.
But no matter how much time passes I will never forget the awesome scene where D.L. stuck his hand through the back on Linderman’s head and killed him. That scene was just so boss. Imagine killing someone by squishing their brain. Genius. That’s why the news that Linderman will be back for season three is pissing me off so much.
I loved the character and remember at the time being very annoyed that “Heroes” had dispatched with him so soon. There was so much potential for evil-ocity with Linderman, and Malcolm McDowell is pretty fantastic as well. But during a recent signing at the Big Apple Comic Con, Malcolm told a fan that he was currently back on set filming scenes again.
I am keeping my fingers crossed that it’s for a flashback or something similar, but with Niki and Nathan seemingly dead at the end of season two, yet miraculously alive in season three, it’s clear that this show has no plan to maintain the stakes of life and death.
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