Japan to honor late UW professor who helped Hiroshima victims

by LORI MATSUKAWA / KING 5 News

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Posted on September 28, 2012 at 8:09 PM

Updated yesterday at 8:33 PM

SEATTLE -- His name is listed with distinguished visitors such as President Carter, Mother Teresa and the Emperor of Japan. He has near-hero status in the Japanese city of Hiroshima. But Floyd Schmoe, an unassuming UW forestry professor, never thought of himself that way. He thought he was just building houses. In November, Hiroshima will honor him with a museum that he helped build himself more than 60 years ago.

Schmoe's grandson, Tom Schmoe, says his grandfather, a Quaker and conscientious objector during World War I, got to Japan in 1949 determined to build houses. Problem was, he had no idea how to build the Japanese way, with post and beam.? He hired a Japanese carpenter to teach him how? and forged ahead.? With his buddy the Reverend Emery Andrews of Seattle Japanese Baptist Church and others, Schmoe was able to construct 26 houses between 1949-52.

"For him, (what drove him) was a profound sense of guilt and shame at what the U.S. had done," said Tom Schmoe. "He felt that he had to make reparations."

The city of Hiroshima has invited Schmoe's relatives and Rev. Andrews' son Brooks, also a minister at Japanese Baptist, to help dedicate one of the last remaining houses which has become a museum. It was moved to make way for new development to the Eba neighborhood and will be the first satellite museum of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.

Tom Schmoe says his grandfather would probably be surprised by all the fuss. "He didn't go there for the ceremonies. He went there to build houses.? He mentions being bewildered by it all."

Rev. Brooks Andrews agrees. "It wasn't to build monuments to themselves.? It was all about peace and goodwill."

The Seattle delegation will tell their hosts in Hiroshima how Floyd Schmoe so loved the people of that city that at age 90, he used proceeds from a Peace Prize he won to help build a peace park in Seattle with a statue of Sadako, a young atomic bomb victim.? Schmoe died in 2001 at the age of 105.

To support the new Floyd Schmoe Museum, Japanese Baptist Church will host a concert by Mike Stern, performing music inspired by Hiroshima, Sunday September 30 at 3 p.m. 160 Broadway, Seattle.

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Why I Believe The iPhone Is The Best Smartphone For Any Business ...

Why I Believe The iPhone Is The Best Smartphone For Any Business Owner

By: Sandi Krakowski

It is my firm conviction that you must have either a Smartphone or a Pad Device to be efficient, on task & 'in the flow' with today's Smartphone Mobile Marketing culture. Here's why-?

This article is not written for the casual user of Facebook or someone who uses email only to pass on chain letters and correspond with their few close friends. It is written for business owners, beginners and veterans, who want to be not only relevant in today's fast-moving Mobile culture, but they wish to be RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE of where most internet users are today.

It has been predicted that Mobile connected tablets will generate as as much traffic in 2016 as the ENTIRE global mobile network did in 2012. Currently, more than 60% of people watching video online are using their smartphone and tablet to do so. And if that wasn't enough, 76% are shopping on the same units!

As a business owner, plain and simple, if you aren't using a smartphone you are doing your customers a serious disservice. How can I say such a radical statement? Consider the ramifications- if more than 49.6 million people are viewing just one of the largest Mobile retailers online, Amazon, every single month, how many people are you missing out on because you have NO IDEA what they are seeing, using or are driven by without using the same device yourself.

Working with hundreds of thousands of clients who trust us for their online business training, I'm always surprised when people tell me they want to build an online business however?. "I don't like smartphones. Haven't been convinced yet I need one." ?Maybe surprised isn't the word- SHOCKED is more like it!

Stark reality- it's not about you! It's about the more than 4 out of 5 smartphone owners who are shopping and need what you have!

Back to my article?.. WHY I believe the iPhone is the best smartphone for any business owner. (Note- there is no affiliate link, direct connection or paid advertising on this website in? connection with Apple or iPhones. I don't make any money saying this!)

I have personally used a Smartphone since the Treo was the best tool around. This baby could connect me to email, the internet, my tasks, my calendar and more right in the palm of my hand. CHANGED my life! Did any of you have a Treo? ?:)

The Smartphone surge grew with incredible force and before we knew it, there were so many models to choose from most consumers were buying after comparing price. When they first launched, the most cost effective, inexpensive data plan won! Today, EASE OF USE is the key and many don't even care what it cost them! (CLUE! Take notes!) ?

The iPhone however not only changed how we use our Smartphones, it completely changed how we do LIFE! ?With the advance of social media and the need for any business owner worth their salt to be connected to social media, the iPhone made it easier than ANY other Smartphone on the market to flawlessly jump between app to app, email to internet, docs to video and back again in just seconds.

If you are serious about running a business online, it's going to be important for you to be connected often.?I never advocate you waste your life away being online on your favorite phone all day long, but I DO teach and recommend that you make your life EASIER by being able to connect to the tools you need, effortlessly.

Let's review the components you must have, at a bare minimum, to run a profitable business-

1. A Blog
2. A Facebook Business Page
3. Twitter Profile
4. Email List To Market To

This is a bare-bones list. ?Then we want to add components of connection such as-

1. Video
2. Audio
3. Pictures
4. Articles
5. Advertising
6. Social Media Tools- Hootsuite. Social Oomph, TweetDeck
7. AND MORE? but I'll stop here

All of these tools and components can be run and used on a daily basis with an iPhone. They are VERY easy to use and the learning curve is super small!

There are other models on the market and please don't argue with me and send me hate mail because you love another model and want to put me in my place. ?When running a business online, it's important that ALL of the devices you use can sync and operate flawlessly together without you having to do all the syncing all day long! The iPhone does that! (And the iPhone 5 is the best around! HA!)

If you add an iPad and a MacBook to the arsenal ? you are on top of the world! There really isn't any other office equipment you would need! Want to print something? Great, buy a printer, but if you want to stay green, you can do that too with all the amazing non-printing, file transferring, digital fax sending and signing tools that exist!

We live in a time period when it has NEVER been easier to build a business AND succeed in that business online. The most amazing thing about this generation of online business owners is this- you can bring your business with you everywhere you go, in less than 6 inches of space!

The iPhone 5 I believe should be on some of your Christmas lists this year! ?Tell Santa you REALLY want to succeed and you don't want another handbag or another tool belt or another set of drill bits- the iPhone could be the single best tool you ever use to make your new Mobile Marketed online business easy to run, it will make it FUN to learn with as well!

We teach classes that can ALL be replayed and reused on a Smartphone. All of our videos, streaming calls, workbooks, books and more can be taken with you everywhere you go.

In the 80's PC's were the mass adoption?. people were switching to PC's at a rate that was unbelievable to the tech world! ?Soon enough EVERYONE had a PC in their house! Today, many have more than 5 in their home! More than 1 per family member!

Smartphone adoption is happening faster than PC's did in the 80's. ?

It's TIME for you to get connected and serve right where all of your best clients are. And it is my personal belief (which means don't send me hatemail, post nasty comments or begin to argue with me, it's an opinion, a suggestion, one I bring forth running a big multi-million dollar company with 15 years of expertise behind me but you don't necessarily have to agree?.. ) my personal belief is that the iPhone is your best choice!

WIth love,

Sandi Krakowski

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Libyan president Magarief ready to die for democracy

Libya's new president, Mohammed Magarief, tells NBC's Ann Curry that the recent trouble in Libya is the unfortunate price of creating a democracy after decades of dictator-rule. Magarief lived in exile for 20 years in Atlanta before returning to Libya and becoming president.

By Becky Bratu, NBC News

He was wanted by Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, he survived seven assassination attempts and he lived in exile in Atlanta for two decades, but now that he is the new president of Libya, Mohamed Magarief says he is ready to sacrifice his life for his homeland.

"I'm determined. I'm determined to even sacrifice my life for that ... to see Libya as free, democratic," Magarief, an economist and former Libyan ambassador to India, told NBC's Ann Curry in an exclusive interview.

Libyan president to NBC: Anti-Islam film had 'nothing to do with' US Consulate attack

"I have always been ready to sacrifice my life for-- for my dream of Libya," he said.

Magarief's dream of a democratic Libya began to take shape in 1980 with the founding of the National Front for the Salvation of Libya, a group that pushed for democratic reforms in Libya and opposed Gadhafi's rule.

Magarief, who participated in the group alongside former Libyan diplomats, ambassadors and army generals, said that was his first jump into the fire.

"I started in 1980, when I decide to defect from the regime and call for, openly, for its downfall and toppling and participated with my colleagues for so many years in a very comprehensive program of action to achieve this, to topple Gadhafi and to build a new democratic Libya," he said.

Because of his open opposition of the regime, Magarief was forced into exile, first to Morocco, where Gadhafi went after his family and friends, even killing and disappearing some of those linked to him. When Morocco decided to extradite him to Libya, Magarief sought refuge in Egypt.

In an interview with NBC's Ann Curry, Libya's president Mohammed Magarief said there's 'no doubt' the attack that killed four Americans in Libya was preplanned, and not a result of the controversial anti-Islam movie that sparked violent protests.

He lived in Egypt for seven years, but had to seek refuge yet again when former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak wanted to send him back to Libya, where he was still wanted. In 1991, Magarief and his family moved to Atlanta, where he lived until Gadhafi was toppled in October, 2011.

"I didn't leave home to stay for good in Atlanta. I left my home to return, to hope to return to it after it's liberated from Gadhafi. Having? being liberated now, it's my duty to, it's my dream and my hopes to return to my home, Libya, and to die there, to be buried in Libya," he said.

A transitional leader
Libya's national assembly picked Magarief as its president in August. He is the leader of the National Front party, an offshoot of the old opposition movement he helped start. Magarief, who is from Benghazi, won 113 votes against independent Ali Zidan, who got 85 votes.

The path Magarief envisions for Libya includes free and open elections and a new constitution. He said he has no desire to stay in power beyond the transitional period, and hopes his successor will be a democratically elected leader. Magarief disagrees with the idea that fundamentalists will be allowed to fill the power vacuum in Libya following the toppling of Gadhafi, adding that Libyans will stand against extremist views.

"These fundamentalists, these extremists, these trends that are, first of all, it has nothing to do with true Islam, real Islam," he said. "The interpretation that these people introduced is not accepted by majority of Muslims."

Magarief discounted claims that the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi earlier this month was in response to an anti-Islam movie produced in California and available on YouTube. He noted that the assault happened on Sept. 11 and that the video had been available for months before that.

"Reaction should have been, if it was genuine, .... six months earlier. So it was postponed until the 11th of September," he said. "They chose this date, 11th of September to carry a certain message."

"We consider the United States as a friend, not only a friend, a strong friend, who stood with us in our moment of need," he added.

Magarief admitted it would not be easy for Libya to shake off the legacy that decades of Gadhafi's dictatorship has left behind, but he strongly believes that every country deserves to enjoy democracy.

"This should not continue. If it continues, we'll all pay a heavy price. The solution is freedom, is democracy," he said. "Giving people the chance to -- and I'm sure we'll mature. We'll mature quickly, very quickly. And we'll prove that we are responsible human beings, who deserve freedom and democracy."

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Maggot guts help police identify body

Police in Mexico recently discovered a body burned beyond recognition in a remote patch of woods just off a country road. The hands and feet were missing. There was no physical evidence nearby except a school graduation ring. The body was in such bad shape that investigators couldn't even determine the gender. The only soft tissue available for genetic analysis was a burned fragment of liver, but attempts to get a DNA profile from this bit of evidence proved futile.

However, forensic investigators were able to find useful genetic material in an unusual place ? inside the guts of the maggots infesting the corpse's neck and face.

"This is the first reported case of analysis of human DNA isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of maggots used to identify a victim in a criminal case," a group of researchers from Monterrey, Mexico, wrote in a report this month in the Journal of Forensic Sciences.

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   4. Maggot guts help police identify body

Ten days before the body was found, a man claimed his daughter had been abducted. He recognized the ring, but couldn't tell if the badly burned corpse was his daughter. The investigators took a DNA sample from the man and then looked at the gut contents of three blowfly maggots from the dead body. They found traces of human DNA in the bugs' stomachs. With this evidence, they found that the victim was female, and they were able to run a paternity test, which came back with a 99.68-percent match to the man, confirming that this was his abducted daughter.

Maggots are commonly used to construct timelines for crimes, as larval development can indicate how long a victim has been dead. Attracted by gases escaping from a decomposing corpse, blowflies often show up within minutes of death, infesting parts of the body and laying their eggs there. It's the larvae that result from these eggs that serve as a timestamp; depending on the temperature they develop from egg to winged adult in a matter of 10 or so days.

But the researchers say this grim case shows how else the insects might be used as clues.

"If maggots are encountered in association with human remains, investigators could utilize this approach if the extraction of DNA from other sources is not possible," wrote the researchers, led by Marta Ortega-Mart?nez, of Universidad Aut?noma de Nuevo Le?n.

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Risk Measurement Models | Enterprise Risk Management | FRM Exam

by Maria on September 27, 2012 in Course Preparation, Financial Management, FRM? Part 1

Risk is one of the major concerns for every firm. The increasing amount of risks in today?s market has increased the demand for risk measurement models and risk management tools by the day. Let?s have a look at some of the popular risk measurement models used in Enterprise Risk Management in this post.

There are two major models of risk measurement that are applied widely across firms within the space of Enterprise Risk Management; namely stated below.

• Structural Models
• Probabilistic Models

Structural Models: Structural Models are also referred as Deterministic Models as within these, clear cause and effect is defined. The outcomes are expected and probability of non-expected outcomes is not considered. For example, the rise in the interest rate will determine the revenue growth.

Probabilistic Models: Probabilistic Models also referred as Stochastic Models use observations to parametrize the data. These parameters are used in analytic models such as measurement of variance, correlations, etc. At times, one can also directly use the observations in a simulation such as the Monte Carlo simulation. These simulation techniques require several iterations and high computational power.

Besides these basic models, there are also various tools that are used in the risk management at a firm level. These tools are namely:

• Capital management
• Performance measurement
• Investment strategy
• Crisis management
• Contingency planning
• Business expansion strategy
• Distribution channel strategy
• Strategic planning

These are the major models and tools used in Enterprise Risk Management. To know more about risk measures and risk management, you can explore our training courses on Financial Risk Manager exam preparation. Simplilearn offers both online and classroom training courses on FRM Part 1 Exam prep.

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