Tar Heels defy the odds to set up rematch of 2006 CWS finals -…
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- Tar Heels defy the odds to set up rematch of 2006 CWS finals -…
- IT Executive Survey: Software to Blame for Most IT Downtime.
- New Mexico Invests $10 M in Advent Solar
- ASIO head warns terrorism set to continue
- Sarkozy promises ‘firm’ French WTO policy based on ‘recipr…
Tar Heels defy the odds to set up rematch of 2006 CWS finals -…
ESPN - Jun 20, 2007
Fox, who spent 15 years at North Carolina Wesleyan, a Division III school, before getting the job in Chapel Hill, welcomed back six position starters who played in all six games at last year’s Series. The Heels also had starting pitcher Robert Woodard (who won twice in Omaha in 2006) and Carignan (who had two saves). But what most comforted Fox, the starting second baseman on Carolina’s 1978 CWS team, was being able to work with a club on which eight of the position starters and three of the top four starters and relievers were home-grown products. “I’ve coached 24 years and this has, by far, been the easiest team,” Fox said. “It’s been a dream, almost. They’re very committed and really a good group of kids. They don’t even want me to talk to them… On Thursday, the Atlantic Coast Conference champions combined some rookie talent with their veteran leadership to leave the top-ranked Owls one game shy of reaching the finals for a second straight season. And just like last year, when Oregon State shut them out twice, Rice bowed out after starting the CWS 2-0. Rice had answered a second-inning home run, which Carolina Freshman of the Year Dustin Ackley sent off the roof of the concourse behind center field, by scoring twice in the top of the third on Diego Seastrunk’s two-run, two-out single. But after Reid Fronk drew a four-pitch leadoff walk, freshman All-American Tim Fedroff hit the next delivery from right-handed sophomore Matt Langwell over the wall in left for his fifth homer of the season. Langwell had been tagged for just three home runs in 81 innings prior to his first CWS start, and after he left, things didn’t go any better for left-handed junior Bobby Bramhall. Horton, who was drafted in the second round by Oakland, Williams and Ackley maintained bragging rights as the Heels’ long-ball leaders, as all hit their ninth of the season.
IT Executive Survey: Software to Blame for Most IT Downtime.
Free with registration - Business Wire - AccessMyLibrary.com - Jun 20, 2007
–> COPYRIGHT 2007 Business Wire Homegrown applications comprise big slice of most infrastructures, yet managing application configurations remains a major challenge to many organizations MCLEAN, Va. — When asked to identify the primary cause of IT downtime, IT managers are three times more likely to blame software application problems versus hardware failures, and four times more likely to do so if their organizations rely heavily on home-grown applications. These results arise from a survey of more than 200 U. IT managers and senior leaders conducted in June by business service management leader Managed Objects. 61 percent of respondents reported that applications caused more of the downtime within their infrastructures, compared to.
New Mexico Invests $10 M in Advent Solar
RenewableEnergyAccess.com - Jun 20, 2007
com] Governor Bill Richardson announced that the state is investing $10 million in New Mexico-based Advent Solar, a company that develops advanced technology solar cells and modules. New Mexico’s commitment is part of a new investment round that will secure more than $70 million in series D funding to allow Advent Solar to expand and meet customer demand. “New Mexico is blazing a trail in clean energy policy, getting in on the ground floor of a growing industry, and investing in home-grown companies like Advent. ”
– Governor Bill Richardson, New Mexico Advent Solar is expected to hire up to 1,000 employees in the next few years as it ramps up and expands production at its photovoltaic research, production and manufacturing plant, which opened at Mesa Del Sol in Bernalillo County earlier this year. The state’s $10 million commitment to Advent comes via the New Mexico State Investment Council (SIC), which manages the state’s $15. "Venture investments like this play a vital role in the state’s portfolio, and when we can find top flight companies like Advent in our own backyard, it’s a double win for all New Mexicans," said State Investment Officer Gary Bland.
ASIO head warns terrorism set to continue
abc.net.au - Jun 20, 2007
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Counter-terrorism activities in the Asia-Pacific have recently claimed some notable scalps in the hierarchy of the regional terror group Jemaah Islamiah (JI), but Mr O’Sullivan says that does not mean there will be no more attacks in the region. “It’s obvious you only need a small group of people, of determined terrorists, to carry out mass casualty attacks,” he said. ‘Home-grown’ terrorists
The fear of so-called home-grown terrorists became more real after the London bombings in July 2005. People asked how people who appeared to be so well-integrated into ordinary British life could become so alienated that they would perpetrate such horrendous attacks. Reporting at the time suggested they had acted without outside help, but Mr O’Sullivan says further investigation has revealed there were links between the individuals and terrorist organisations. “Before we start using labels like home-grown, we need to be careful that we’ve really investigated linkages,” he said. “There you get into a very complex subject because it’s very clear that the Internet serves as a major resource and a major transmittal point for terrorist ideology and behaviour… People asked how people who appeared to be so well-integrated into ordinary British life could become so alienated that they would perpetrate such horrendous attacks. Reporting at the time suggested they had acted without outside help, but Mr O’Sullivan says further investigation has revealed there were links between the individuals and terrorist organisations. “Before we start using labels like home-grown, we need to be careful that we’ve really investigated linkages,” he said. “There you get into a very complex subject because it’s very clear that the Internet serves as a major resource and a major transmittal point for terrorist ideology and behaviour. ”
Scrutiny of journalists
Terrorism is the focus now, but back in the 1960s and 1970s, it was communism - and ASIO was particularly worried about the potentially disruptive role of journalists at the ABC. Concerned some journalists might be communist sympathisers, ASIO recruited moles and tapped phones. Mr O’Sullivan says there is no program specifically focussed on journalists operating today.
Sarkozy promises ‘firm’ French WTO policy based on ‘recipr…
Forbes - Jun 20, 2007
‘In the same vein, I will tell our Canadian friends that they cannot sell their trains in France and forbid us to sell ours in Canada. ‘ Last year, Canada’s Bombardier won a 2. 7 bln eur order from French rail operator SNCF to supply regional express trains, prompting bitter complaints from French unions at home-grown rival Alstom over alleged Canadian protectionism. Sarkozy said today: ‘France’s trade policy will be based on reciprocity, on the absence of naivety and on a type of firmness that has nothing to do with the ideology of competition. ‘ The four key players in the World Trade Organization — the United States, the European Union, Brazil and India — arrived yesterday in Potsdam outside the German capital Berlin for critical talks to break the deadlock over a global trade deal.