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Monday, January 9, 2012
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Death penalty for Egypt's Mubarak: How will that play with the tin-pot despot set?
Egypt's former president Mubarak could face the death penalty in his trial. In Africa, several authoritarian leaders have ruled for decades, and harsh sentences could encourage them to cling to power by any means.
Egypt?s long-ruling former President Hosni Mubarak may face the death penalty if found guilty in his ongoing trial in Cairo. Mr. Mubarak is accused of ordering the killing of protesters during the Tahrir Square demonstrations that ultimately led to the downfall of his government in February.
Skip to next paragraphSending Mubarak to the gallows may feel like a good signal to send to strong-man leaders ? that their misdeeds in office will be judged, and judged harshly, in courts of law.
But history shows that hard sentencing for bad leaders can sometimes backfire.
For every leader who steps down peacefully after a few terms in office on the African continent, there are many others who take the president-for-life package. Some, especially those who rose to power by leading armed independence movements, remember the brutal death of late Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, and plan to stay in power as a way to stay alive. Others look at the prosecution of former Liberian President Charles Taylor and the expected trial of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo on human rights charges at The Hague, and worry that they too could face a lifetime in prison.
According to leaked diplomatic cables posted by Wikileaks, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe ?genuinely fears ?hanging? if he leaves office,? and thus has little incentive to withdraw from politics. Mr. Mugabe has ruled Zimbabwe for 32 years.
In December 2010, the Monitor reported that investigators had discovered evidence that supporters of Kenya?s former Higher Education Minister William Ruto planned a fresh wave of organized mass violence to prevent their leader from being arrested for his alleged role in orchestrating post-election violence in 2008. The 2008 round of violence played out along ethnic lines, and killed some 1,300 people and displaced 300,000. Mr. Ruto, along with five other prominent Kenyans, have now been formally charged and await trial at the International Criminal Court at The Hague, Netherlands.
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Saturday, January 7, 2012
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Source: Shen soccer coach Mike Campisi stepping down (Player Reaction, Photo Gallery)
By Ben Meyers
One of the most successful boys? soccer coaches in the state is leaving Shenendehowa, according to a source in the school?s athletic?program.
Mike Campisi, who has won a record six state championships, will step down as the head coach of the program. The source said Campisi will remain involved with the program in some?capacity.
Campisi?s new position has not been determined and next coach has not been named. An announcement is expected in the coming?days.
?There is nothing official out there in regards to our boys? soccer program,? Shenendehowa athletic director?Chris Culnan said. ?Mike and I have had some conversations, but those have been about where he thinks the program is going and where I think the program is?going.
?He has done a great job for us. Right now nothing is?official.?
Campisi is the third Shenendehowa Hall of Famer to step down from a head coach position this school year: Football coach?Brent Steuerwald retired in the fall and this is the final season for girls? basketball coach?Ken Strube.
Campisi and assistant coach?Chris Cappezutti could not be reached for?comment.
Over the past 32 seasons, Campisi has complied 534 wins. He directed Shen to 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 and 2005 state championships. This past season, Campisi and the Plainsmen reached the state Class AA final four. His 1988 and 1991 state title teams were ranked No. 1 nationally, while the 1990 team was third and the 1992 team was No. 2 in the country. The 2005 team was ranked No. 12 in the United?States.
Shen has 17 Section II titles during Campisi?s tenure and missed only six sectional finals since?1988.
?He started as my coach when I was Under-14 Premier and he always set the bar for what he thought I could achieve,? Shenendehowa senior Adam Barlow, who scored the winning goal in the 2011 sectional final for Shen, said. ?He always pushed me to be my very best and has always supported me in my decisions. It has been an honor to play for him for so many years and I will take what he has taught me throughout my whole soccer career.?
Campisi coached six All-American players, including?Miles Jospeh, who went on to play for the U.S. national team and in?Major League Soccer. Joseph, who was an All-American on the 1990 and 1991 state title teams, is now a coach with?Real Salt Lake in the?MLS.
The Plainsmen hold the Section II record for most consecutive games won with 70 from 1990-92. They also had a 42-game streak from 1988-89 and 31-game streak from 1995-96.
Ben Meyers can be reached at bmeyers@timesunion.com or saratogacountysports@gmail.com.
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Friday, January 6, 2012
Colosseum plan causes rumblings in Rome
The Colosseum in Rome, pictured December 2010, when Diego Della Valle of luxury brand Tod's put in a bid to restore the site.
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- Plans to restore ancient Roman Colosseum meet with anger from Italian Restorers Association
- Restorers allege privately-funded plans will use non-specialist builders to clean and restore amphitheater
- Colosseum Director refutes claim, says restoration project is hiring architectural restorers, "not just workmen."
- Monument in need of funds and protection measures including cessation of car traffic around it
London (CNN) -- It sits in the ancient heart of Rome and is an emblem of the city's imperial history as well as an icon of Italy.
But plans to restore Rome's nearly 2,000-year-old Colosseum are causing rumblings among heritage workers and restorers, compounded by reports in December that small amounts of powdery rock had fallen off the monument.
The current $33 million (25 million euro) restoration plans to restore the Flavian amphitheater, which once hosted spectacular shows and gruesome gladiatorial battles, are being sponsored by Diego della Valle, of luxury Italian brand Tod's, in exchange for advertising rights.
Restoration of the monument, which attracts up to two million visitors a year, is due to go ahead in March and will involve cleaning of the travertine exterior, the restoration of underground chambers, new gating, the moving of visitor service stations to an area outside of the building itself and increased video security.
But members of the Restorers Association of Italy are unhappy about the plans, which they believe has sidelined them in favor of non-specialist restorers and which "run the risk of causing irreparable damage to the monument," according to the group's President, Carla Tomasi.
"Having some of the best restorers in the world in Italy and yet turning to general enterprises is a choice that we do not share, and embarrasses both our work and the image of our nation in the world, in addition to causing risks to the monument," Tomasi said.
It's wonderful to have private companies and individuals wanting to support heritage at a time when public budgets are being cut
Sneska Quaedvlieg-Mihailovic
A ruling given late December 2011 by Italy's Council of State in favor of the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities is however allowing the restoration plans to go ahead.
"Italian law states that restorers can restore things like statues, ceramics, mosaics and decorative surfaces but not architecture," said Rossella Rea, Director of the Colosseum, adding that the workers employed to do the restorations are in fact "specialized in architectural restoration, they're not just ordinary workmen."
Rea was also quick to stress that the reports of the Colosseum crumbling were false and that only 8cm of tuff -- a porous rock formed by consolidation of volcanic ash -- had come off, something "that happens all the time to monuments."
But she also added that the Colosseum has suffered in recent years from underfunding caused by government cuts and that the revenue from ticket sales only covers the yearly upkeep of the city's ancient sites, which include the nearby Forum and Palatine.
Sponsorship, though difficult to obtain owing to sponsors having to pay VAT on donations, is much-needed.
Sneska Quaedvlieg-Mihailovic is Secretary General of Europa Nostra, an organization dedicated to protecting cultural heritage in Europe.
She said, "We at Europa Nostra and anyone dealing with heritage would say that it's wonderful to have private companies and individuals wanting to support heritage at a time when public budgets are being cut."
But she also warned against governments across Europe loosening restrictions on restoration work in the current economic climate, and of privately funded restoration plans not complying with strict guidelines.
And while the current Colosseum project aims to improve visitor services in addition to cleaning and restoring the amphitheater, Quaedvlieg-Mihailovic believes that its underlying problems also need to be addressed -- the main one being the car traffic that surrounds the site and causes the exterior to be tarnished with pollution.
"You can do wonderful restoration works but you haven't yet tackled the things that will continue to cause damage and this is an issue at the level of the urban management of the city," she said.
"It's a problem that's been discussed with the City of Rome for many years," said Rea, adding that she hopes that with the building of a new subway stop near the Colosseum, the roads around the site will be closed to cars -- though heritage workers have long complained that vibrations from the nearby subway trains are also damaging the building.
It's an ongoing struggle, Rea said, but one she hopes will eventually be successful.
After all, it's only been 60 years since people parked their cars inside the amphitheater.
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Google Snaps Up (More) IBM Patents
Google has snapped up more patents from IBM, including those that focus on social networks, mobile tech, and identifying similarties between users.
As reported by the BBC, Google purchased 187 patents and 36 apps for an undisclosed sum. One patents covers a system for "using semantic networks to develop a social network," the BBC said, while another would help identify "common interests between users of a communication network."
SEObythesea.com also has a longer list of the patents.
In September, Google purchased more than 1,000 patents from IBM in an effort to build up its patent portfolio and defend Android against numerous patent lawsuits.
While patents might seem like a rather boring topic, Google views having a strong patent portfolio as key to protecting its growing Android operating system. At this very moment, there are a variety of ongoing patent suits against Android-based systems, including those filed by Microsoft, which owns Android-related technology.
Patents were a big part of Google's August decision to purchase Motorola Mobility; the company brought with its at least 17,000 patents. At the time, Google accused rivals like Apple and Microsoft of collectively purchasing patents in order to thwart the growth of Android.
In July, a consortium of tech rivals?purchased 6,000 wireless technology patents held by Nortel. Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, Research in Motion, and Sony joined forces to purchase the patents, which cover wireless, wireless 4G, data networking, optical, voice, Internet, service provider, semiconductors, and other patent portfolios. That came after Google said it would make a "stalking horse" bid worth $900 million for the Nortel patents in order to bulk up its patent portfolio. But rivals like Microsoft, AT&T, and Verizon argued that the patents would give the search giant an unfair advantage, and Google eventually lost out.
Microsoft and Apple also teamed up to purchase patents from Novell, along with Oracle and EMC. The Justice Department, however, required them to alter the deal because "as originally proposed, the deal would jeopardize the ability of open source software, such as Linux, to continue to innovate and compete in the development and distribution of server, desktop, and mobile operating systems, middleware, and virtualization products."
For more, see Google Acquires Motorola Mobility: What You Need to Know.
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