Friday, February 24, 2012

Chinese leader expected to be at political session (AP)

[unable to retrieve full-text content]AP - A top Chinese government adviser says he expects the leader of the southwestern metropolis of Chongqing to attend next month's annual legislative session despite a scandal surrounding a key subordinate.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120224/ap_on_re_as/as_china_politics

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Business tips&tools: BlackBerry's Superior Business Security



Food For Thought, Nuts and Bolts, Small Business, Tips and Tools February 23rd. 2012, 9:52am

When looking for business phones, one needs to look for items that are easy-to-use, reliable, and save time. This is where BlackBerry phones come into play.

These models make it easier to stay organized and conduct business.
This is a chance to invest in a reliable brand.

The following are some of the many reasons to invest in BlackBerry phones when looking for better security.

BlackBerry phones are great for business because one can easily link the phone to email.

Forget about having delays or worrying about other people accessing your email.
These phones are safe and secure and ensure that people always have access to information.

Password protection is key to business phones.

BlackBerry has features that make it nearly impossible to access data unless the user is the owner of the phone.

For a business dealing with important deals and confidential information, this is incredibly important. BlackBerry business services are the perfect option for people who need secure ways to respond to emails, make calls, or work on important deals and documents.

Be always up to date!

In fact, people can multitask on these phones without worrying that the phone will crash and data will be lost. Similarly, unlike other phones, BlackBerry options can store an unlimited number of emails as long as there is memory. Other phones can only list up to a certain number, even with free memory. This ensures people are always up to date with important business information and needs.

Why not invest in a smartphone that does more?
BlackBerry has long been a brand that businesses use.
This is a chance to conduct business no matter where a person is.

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Source: http://internetbusinessbts.com/blackberrys-superior-business-security/

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Microsoft files EU antitrust complaint against Motorola Mobility, claims unfair licensing practices

Early last week, the European Commission gave Google its blessing regarding the purchase of Motorola Mobility. But the honeymoon has been anything but relaxing for the search giant and its latest power-play acquisition, after Apple filed an antitrust complaint, claiming a breach of the company's FRAND obligations. Now Microsoft is waiving the antitrust flag as well, claiming that the company is reportedly abusing its standard-essential patents, impeding fair access to patents that are fundamental to regular device function -- this time dealing with video streaming and wireless connectivity. Microsoft Deputy General Counsel Dave Heiner has posted an appeal to the company's TechNet blog, outlining the issue and explaining that "Motorola is attempting to block sales of Windows PCs, our Xbox game console and other products," further claiming that "Motorola is on a path to use standard essential patents to kill video on the Web, and Google as its new owner doesn't seem to be willing to change course." The key issue at hand is patent pricing -- Microsoft claims that Motorola is demanding an impossibly high royalty of $22.50 for a $1,000 laptop, and that only covers fees for H.264 licensing. It's no secret that Motorola's patent portfolio was a key component of Google's acquisition, and so far it doesn't appear that the company is making any suggestion that Motorola ease up on licensing fees. As always, we'll be keeping an eye on the process, but hit up the source link below for the full scoop from MS.

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Strategies for Maintaining Fitness Motivation for Women | Personal ...

There seems to be distinct stages of fitness motivation that women go through.

Regardless of how long you?ve been dedicated to your fitness routine, there may still be times when you get bored. Your motivation can be challenged by the familiarity of the routine; after all familiarity breeds contempt. The more knowledge you accumulate as you stick with your program, the better able you will be to handle the ups and downs of staying motivated. Here are some interesting ways to keep your motivation high.

Memories of the past can be used as a motivational tool, and many women find that this works well. They remind themselves of a point in time when they were truly unhappy with their physical appearance. They find that this gives them a reason to maintain their fitness program so they don?t revert back to this unwanted state. There are a few ways to implement this approach. An old photograph placed somewhere you?ll frequently see it can be used to remind you. Or you can just use mental imagery and remember this time. If you want to accomplish something, it helps if you set actual goals.

When it comes to health, fitness, and working out, these are highly personal. Our challenges to maintain motivation and keep moving forward will also be personal. This means that we need to find our own way of dealing with this issue. It only makes sense that a personal solution is needed for a personal problem. So you need to find your own sources of inspiration and motivation that mean the most to you, personally. It can be health-related or concerning your physical appearance, or both ? doesn?t matter.

As soon as you catch yourself practicing a harmful habit, do everything you can to reverse it. The key is to be honest with yourself, and what?s going on with you, and then do whatever is necessary to stop this from becoming a real problem. If you just ignore it, then it?s likely that you?ll have a hard time staying motivated in the long run. Once your excitement and desire to get healthy and looking great begins to fade, then it is like starting all over again. Simply decide that you won?t allow this to happen.

As you continue with your work outs, you will eventually be confronted with fitness motivation issues that are peculiar to women. You can help yourself by doing some research and learning what you can about this issue. There is a lot you can do to retain overall control on the situation and effectively deal with it.

You can even take a proactive approach and have measures in place that can serve to prevent motivation issues from occurring in the first place.

Source: http://www.verypersonaltrainers.co.uk/fitness/strategies-for-maintaining-fitness-motivation-for-women/

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Detox Before You Retox | 34th Street Magazine

Day 1, Friday
Breakfast: A banana
Lunch: Kiwis and strawberries from the Fruit Salad cart at 37th and Spruce
Dinner: Quinoa with onions and mushrooms sauteed in olive oil and garlic, steamed peas, a dash of cold?pressed EVOO and basil pesto. Plus, a clementine for dessert.
Snack: Black olives
Drinks: Water (lots) and Whole Foods fresh?squeezed orange juice
What I did: Slept in, career fair, office hours, grocery store, worked on a paper
How I felt: After the first day, I?m more tired than usual, though,it?s likely from my week, not my lack of protein. I feel a little nauseated after eating a few things I normally avoid and constantly make fun of my health?nut housemates for loving (read: quinoa). Otherwise, I feel well and my biggest hurdle is figuring out what I?m allowed to eat ? not keeping myself from eating all of that leftover Valentine?s Day candy sent from home.

Day 2, Saturday
Breakfast: Honeydew melon
Lunch: A smoothie (strawberry, blackberry, raspberry, blueberry, peach and fresh?squeezed orange juice)
Dinner: Snap peas, sliced cucumber, broccoli and mushrooms with red pepper hummus
Snack: Black olives
Drinks: Water (lots) & fresh?squeezed orange juice
What I did: Worked on a paper, visited the Morris Arboretum, saw a movie
How I felt: I felt a lot better today than I did yesterday in terms of nausea and energy levels. However, I definitely felt hungrier and the raw veggies weren?t quite cutting it. I?m not going to lie, I wouldn?t mind a steak right now.

Day 3, Sunday
Breakfast: Strawberries and kiwi
Lunch : Black olive hummus with wheat?free gluten?free crackers
Dinner: Steamed peas and strawberries for dessert
Snack: Grapes
Drinks: Water (lots) & fresh?squeezed orange juice
What I did: Shopping for groceries, meeting, work
How I felt: I felt pretty tired throughout the day and a bit headache?y at the end. Nothing a few strawberries before bed couldn?t solve!

Day 4, Monday
Breakfast: A Clementine
Lunch: Cucumber slices and mushrooms with basil pesto
Dinner: Homemade lentil soup (lentils, split peas, cold?pressed EVOO, garlic, onions and spices)
Snack: Grapes
Drinks: Water (lots) & fresh?squeezed orange juice
What I did: Class, gym, work
How I felt: All day, I felt very energetic and healthy. I woke up before my alarm and had a great workout after class. Unfortunately, the night ends with me feeling extremely nauseated. Truth is, I?m not the best cook.

Day 5, Tuesday
Breakfast: An apple
Lunch: Kiwis and strawberries from Fruit Salad
Dinner: Steamed broccoli and cauliflower with frozen fruit for dessert
Snack: Banana
Drinks: Water (lots) & fresh?squeezed orange juice
What I did: Class, lunch with friends, more class, work, meeting
How I felt: I woke up before my alarm feeling awake and great (second day in a row, and this never happens to me). I even survived two three?hour classes without coffee ? quite the feat. But honestly, at the end of day five, I do feel healthier.

My conclusion: Restricted to just the basics, I whined through the temptations of dinners with friends and leftover Valentine?s candy. While losing eight pounds in five days didn?t exactly suck, I still think Kate Moss?s whole ?Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels? thing is crap. I want chocolate.

Click here for the full list of rules and restrictions.

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Source: http://34st.com/2012/02/detox-before-you-retox/

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Prosecutor, Goldman overreached: programmer's lawyer (Reuters)

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Reuters - Kevin Marino may be the lawyer of the moment, after persuading a U.S. appellate court panel last week to overturn the criminal conviction of a former Goldman Sachs Group computer programmer.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120222/ts_nm/us_aleynikov_goldman

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Analytics conference highlights growth of analytics in business, government

Analytics conference highlights growth of analytics in business, government [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 22-Feb-2012
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Contact: Barry List
barry.list@informs.org
443-757-3560
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

eBay Analytics VP, Google chief economist, world series of analytics/operations research

Analytics, the increasingly important specialty that has been cited by Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Gartner, and Accenture for aiding better decisions at organizations, will be the focus of a conference hosted by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), the premier organization for advanced analytics professionals.

The INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics & Operations Research takes place at the Hyatt Regency Resort & Spa in Huntington Beach, California from April 15-17.

Speakers from Google, eBay, Target, P&G, LinkedIn, Marriott, Amazon, Cisco, Nestl, Intel and additional organizations will address the conference.

The meeting will include the organization's 40th anniversary Franz Edelman Award Competition, a world series of analytics with teams from Intel, HP, the CDC, Carlson Hotels, Danaos, and TNT Express competing for the award. More about this year's Edelman competition is at http://www.informs.org/About-INFORMS/News-Room/Press-Releases/Edelman-Finalists-2012.

The conference program includes keynotes by thought leaders at two of the world's largest tech firms.

  • eBay: Vice President of Analytics Bob Page. Page leads eBay's data and analytics infrastructure, and is responsible for the strategy and policies that power data-driven decisions.
  • Google: Chief Economist Hal Varian. Varian will illustrate how you can use Google Trends data to measure the state of the economy in various sectors, and discuss implications for research and policy.

Details about the keynotes and additional speakers are at http://meetings2.informs.org/Analytics2012/speakers.html.

The conference tracks include The Analytics Process, Decision Analysis, Energy & Environment, Marketing Analytics, Public Sector Analytics, and Supply Chain Management.

Topics include:

  • Data Science at LinkedIn
  • Driving competitive advantage with operations research and analytics
  • Applying Social Media Understanding to a Structured Marketing Data Environment
  • High impact analytics teams
  • Influencers, Skeptics and Data Geeks: Using Analytics to Drive Organizational Change
  • using affinity analysis to uncover the secrets of shopping behavior and responding
  • Building an Identity-Based Fraud Detection Filter
  • The Numbers Behind Burgers and Fries: A Case Study
  • Development and Implementation of a Global Sourcing Optimization Model at Ford Motor Company
  • Enabling Intel's Supply Chain through Effective Analytics

The conference will feature an Executive Forum with more than 50 senior executives discussing analytics at their organizations.

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Additional information is at http://meetings2.informs.org/Analytics2012/.

Many of the speakers are available for interview. For press passes and interviews, contact Barry List barry.list@informs.org, 1-800-4INFORMs.

About INFORMS

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) is an international scientific society with 10,000 members, including Nobel Prize laureates, dedicated to applying scientific methods to help improve decision-making, management, and operations. Members of INFORMS work in business, government, and academia. They are represented in fields as diverse as airlines, health care, law enforcement, the military, financial engineering, and telecommunications. INFORMS serves the scientific and professional needs of operations research analysts, experts in analytics, consultants, scientists, students, educators, and managers, as well as their institutions, by publishing a variety of journals that describe the latest research in operations research. INFORMS Online (IOL) is at www.informs.org. Further information about operations research can be found at www.scienceofbetter.org.


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Analytics conference highlights growth of analytics in business, government [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 22-Feb-2012
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Contact: Barry List
barry.list@informs.org
443-757-3560
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

eBay Analytics VP, Google chief economist, world series of analytics/operations research

Analytics, the increasingly important specialty that has been cited by Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Gartner, and Accenture for aiding better decisions at organizations, will be the focus of a conference hosted by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), the premier organization for advanced analytics professionals.

The INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics & Operations Research takes place at the Hyatt Regency Resort & Spa in Huntington Beach, California from April 15-17.

Speakers from Google, eBay, Target, P&G, LinkedIn, Marriott, Amazon, Cisco, Nestl, Intel and additional organizations will address the conference.

The meeting will include the organization's 40th anniversary Franz Edelman Award Competition, a world series of analytics with teams from Intel, HP, the CDC, Carlson Hotels, Danaos, and TNT Express competing for the award. More about this year's Edelman competition is at http://www.informs.org/About-INFORMS/News-Room/Press-Releases/Edelman-Finalists-2012.

The conference program includes keynotes by thought leaders at two of the world's largest tech firms.

  • eBay: Vice President of Analytics Bob Page. Page leads eBay's data and analytics infrastructure, and is responsible for the strategy and policies that power data-driven decisions.
  • Google: Chief Economist Hal Varian. Varian will illustrate how you can use Google Trends data to measure the state of the economy in various sectors, and discuss implications for research and policy.

Details about the keynotes and additional speakers are at http://meetings2.informs.org/Analytics2012/speakers.html.

The conference tracks include The Analytics Process, Decision Analysis, Energy & Environment, Marketing Analytics, Public Sector Analytics, and Supply Chain Management.

Topics include:

  • Data Science at LinkedIn
  • Driving competitive advantage with operations research and analytics
  • Applying Social Media Understanding to a Structured Marketing Data Environment
  • High impact analytics teams
  • Influencers, Skeptics and Data Geeks: Using Analytics to Drive Organizational Change
  • using affinity analysis to uncover the secrets of shopping behavior and responding
  • Building an Identity-Based Fraud Detection Filter
  • The Numbers Behind Burgers and Fries: A Case Study
  • Development and Implementation of a Global Sourcing Optimization Model at Ford Motor Company
  • Enabling Intel's Supply Chain through Effective Analytics

The conference will feature an Executive Forum with more than 50 senior executives discussing analytics at their organizations.

###

Additional information is at http://meetings2.informs.org/Analytics2012/.

Many of the speakers are available for interview. For press passes and interviews, contact Barry List barry.list@informs.org, 1-800-4INFORMs.

About INFORMS

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) is an international scientific society with 10,000 members, including Nobel Prize laureates, dedicated to applying scientific methods to help improve decision-making, management, and operations. Members of INFORMS work in business, government, and academia. They are represented in fields as diverse as airlines, health care, law enforcement, the military, financial engineering, and telecommunications. INFORMS serves the scientific and professional needs of operations research analysts, experts in analytics, consultants, scientists, students, educators, and managers, as well as their institutions, by publishing a variety of journals that describe the latest research in operations research. INFORMS Online (IOL) is at www.informs.org. Further information about operations research can be found at www.scienceofbetter.org.


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Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-02/ifor-ach022212.php

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