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To everyone who will listen to me, Uncyclopedia is the worst! It is a total piece of junk. For example, it makes fun of India, China , America, and many other countries. World terrorists who create wreck and havoc are judged as world leaders! Celebreties such as Oprah Winfrey are treated as dictators! What kind of junky junky junky junky junky junk is this?
From, 184.108.40.206, SPAM ME!
- replace ED with uncyc, and shut up. do you know anything about wiki markup? quit polluting our site. --Roger The BUM MUN ⌥⌘⎋ [email protected] Complaints H4x0R M3! Euroipods! Norwegian Kanaaääaäaalääaaaäaaää Attack! 23:24, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
- This is the best humor I've seen in a long time. Feature! —Hinoa KUN (talk) 23:28, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
Its the kind of junky junky junky junky junk that you can get for FREE* in exchange for money and referring your friends to do the same. I do not think we are in a position to judge people as world leaders, however if you say we are judging them in that position. No one here would be qualified enough to speak about our current world dictators. I find it amusing that you call George Bush a world terrorist, however. I can assure you that I myself have never treated Oprah Winfrey as a dictator, but then I have never met her so I have never had the oppurtunity to prostrate myself in front of her. I assure you that I would do no such thing, however. Anyway I just felt I'd respond because im kinda curious. I think I might have had you in a soup before, but im not sure where. I never thought it was cannibalism. my deapest appologies. -- The Village Idiot♠(talk to me) 23:30, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
I see that you're reading a joke and don't understand satire, would you like help? --OsirisX 00:05, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Oh my, that was about as eloquent as a New Kids on the Block song. -- http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/8/88/Tinymooose.gif » Sir Savethemooses Grand Commanding Officer ... holla atcha boy» 01:55, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Ah go back to IWETHEY or Livejournal where they care about that sort of crap. Here it may be junky junk junk junk to you, but it is funny fun fun fun to us. Don't take things so seriously and try to be smart when reading a humor web site, because after all, If it is on the Internet it must be true! --2nd_Lt Orion Blastar (talk) 04:19, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah.....you guys suck. -- Sir Mhaille (talk to me)
- Feature - no seriously --Nerd42eMailTalkUnMetaWPediah2g2 14:08, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
- Feature. This rant would be awesome to see on the front page. Anyone know how we can get in touch with this guy? He doesn't seem to be returning to this page any time soon. --Nintendorulez | talk 18:47, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
- Feature! Where is rcmurphy when you need him? He'll feature anything. Theo 18:53, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
- Want me to leave a note on his talk page? --Nintendorulez | talk 20:59, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
- Feature This is the best type of humor. We should, however, laugh at him and call him funny names. --
126.96.36.199 18:56, 1 May 2006 (UTC) 10:25forgot to log in!, Roger The BUM MUN ⌥⌘⎋ [email protected] Complaints H4x0R M3! Euroipods! Norwegian Kanaaääaäaalääaaaäaaää Attack! 18:57, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
- C'mon, you guys... Leave my Dad alone! He hasn't been feeling well lately, and ever since we put him in that nursing home, he's just gotten a little cranky, that's all. Can you really blame him? Of course, we should never have gotten him that Cox Cable modem, but what's done is done. (If we took it away now, he'd probably get so morose he'd stop eating, and that'd be all she wrote.) Still, I wish he'd use that proxy account in Singapore that I bought him for Christmas... Now I'm going to have to get him a better firewall, to deal with the inevitable botnet DoS attacks from the Wikipedia people. Ugh! c • > • cunwapquc? 20:10, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
- Expand. A bit too short for the frontpage, but it has the right tone for a great article on uncy which could certainly do it in VFH.--Rataube 20:50, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
- VFH!!!!!! - Sir Sikon [formerly known as Guest] 03:29, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
And you are still on this forum because? uncyclopedia don't do the pages, we do, us normal human beings do. Sure some page's take it OTT, but that can be taken care of easily. If you want to complain do it somewhere else, we don't want none of your Tom Foolerey!--Green Hau 19:44, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
- I know where your house lives and my mom is going to sue you. -- Sir Mhaille (talk to me)
Awesome! There's nothing like sarcasm to provoke a knowlingly straight-laced response, which itself can be considered sarcastic, creating an infinite loop of knowing-ness and self awareness. Hurrah for infinite loops, those guys really know the loop! --22.214.171.124 20:18, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
Uncyclopedia makes fun of every country! It is humour! Bilky Asko Talk Here 19:38, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
Wait... Oprah isnt a dictator? Your a moron, this site is made for Satrical humor, Humor is a tool we use to be funny, you are too n00b to get it.--UltraScreech (The Uncyclopedian Crimson Ninja) 21:47, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
For the benefit of me, Rautube and anybody else even slightly bothered about expanding this into an article worthy of featuring, I have begun writing an article in this tone which can be fleshed out. If anybody else is interested in this, feel free to add/remove/mutilate content at your leisure. Oh, and there's a cameo appearance by Mr. 'Oscar Wilde is Gay', creator of a separate thread on VD...
Page Link: User:Hindleyite/Sandbox3
Cheers. --Hindleyite Talk 13:27, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
- Don't forget to copy in stuff from wikipedia's talk page on us. LOTS and LOTS of whining idiots there. --Nintendorulez | talk 20:37, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
- Heh heh, I'd never been to that page before, but somehow managed to get some of the topics mentioned into the article: indistinguishable logo, kitten huffing being 'sick', ED being better etc. Cheers for the link, I will work some of this in... --Hindleyite Talk 20:45, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
- No prob. --Nintendorulez | talk 21:13, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
- Heh heh, I'd never been to that page before, but somehow managed to get some of the topics mentioned into the article: indistinguishable logo, kitten huffing being 'sick', ED being better etc. Cheers for the link, I will work some of this in... --Hindleyite Talk 20:45, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
OK, having visited one or two links to get some more 'material', the page is now up at Uncyclopedia is the worst. Modify content as applicable. --Hindleyite Talk 19:14, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
- Awesome. --Nintendorulez | talk 15:44, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, I vandalized there once, and they went and took what I wrote and started ridiculing me ON THE MAIN PAGE! Kaori Takeshima
Why are people still commenting on this forum topic? They are not even leaving date stamps. You are making Jesus weep:
--Lt. Sir Orion Blastar (talk) 05:49, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
- No one is. We just added it to the list of top forum topics we're creating right now. --Crazyswordsman...With SAVINGS!!!! (T/C) 05:57, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
- Um, I haven't commented here yet...--HP FP talk 17:23, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
- Neither have I. -- 17:28, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
- Second. (Or third). http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/a/a9/Aww.PNG -Kjhf!- (feeling chatty?) 20:26, 3 January 2007 (UTC). Have now though.
- Neither have I. -- 17:28, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
- Um, I haven't commented here yet...--HP FP talk 17:23, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Electricmocha 23:24, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
Electricmocha 23:24, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
Okay, seriously, what the hell? At least he signed his comment, but really... --»The Acceptable Cainad (Fnord) 23:29, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
You know what would make this funnier?
If we used the rant in its pristine, original state. --Crazyswordsman...With SAVINGS!!!! (T/C) 16:03, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
Hey, which one is the HATE HATE HAT person? --AAA! (AAAA) 23:38, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
- To be honest, I really can't remember. I could have made it up... actually yeah I think I did. -- Hindleyite Converse • ?pedia 11:52, 10 February 2007 (UTC)


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A listener configuration file that identifies the following for a listener:
listener.ora file typically resides in
$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin on UNIX platforms. Oracle9i does not require identification of the database service because of service registration. However, static service configuration is required for Oracle Enterprise Manager.
The average time (usually expressed in hours) that a component works without failure. It is calculated by dividing the total number of failures into the total number of operating hours observed. The term can also mean the length of time a user can reasonably expect a device or system to work before an failure occurs.
The average period of time that a component will work until failure.
The average time that it takes to get a failed piece of hardware back online. Outside the context of Real Application Clusters, the acronym MTTR is also used for mean time to repair.
See mean time between failures (MTBF).
See mean time to failure (MTTF).
See mean time to recover (MTTR).
A node is a machine on which an instance resides.
A software component that enables connectivity. It includes a core communication layer called the Oracle Net foundation layer and network protocol support. Oracle Net allows services and their applications to reside on different computers and communicate as peer applications. The main function of Oracle Net is to establish network sessions and transfer data between a client machine and a server or between two servers. After a network session has been established, Oracle Net acts as a data courier for the client and the server.
A breakthrough architecture that allows clusters to access a shared database. Real Application Clusters includes the software component that provides the necessary Real Application Clusters scripts, initialization files, and datafiles to make the Oracle9i Enterprise Edition an Oracle9i Real Application Clusters database.
A failover protection feature. Oracle Real Application Clusters Guard is an integral component of Real Application Clusters. Oracle Real Application Clusters Guard provides the following functions:
Software that ensures the availability of the set of resources required to run an Oracle instance. The pack controls the startup, shutdown, and restarting of Oracle processes. There is one pack for each instance.
Includes routine operations, maintenance, and upgrades that cause the system to be unavailable to users. See also unplanned downtime.
The node where the pack with the primary role resides by default at startup. See also preferred secondary node.
The node where the pack with the secondary role resides by default at startup. See also preferred primary node.
In primary/secondary configurations, the instance through which all clients access the database. See also secondary instance.
In primary/secondary configurations, the instance that mounts the database first assumes the primary role. It performs the work requested by application sessions. If the primary instance fails or is shut down, then failover occurs, and another instance assumes the primary instance role. See also primary/secondary configuration and secondary instance role.
A configuration in which the primary instance is the instance where all clients access the database. The secondary instance provides backup services to the primary instance in case the primary instance fails. See also primary instance, primary instance role, secondary instance, and secondary instance role.
See Oracle Real Application Clusters.
A public IP address that is configured to be up or down by the Oracle Real Application Clusters Guard pack.
A two-node cluster is resilient if both nodes have instances that are active. If the primary node has an instance that is active but the instance on the secondary node is down, the cluster is in a nonresilient state.
A configuration in which each node serves as a primary node and also as a secondary node for another node, forming a closed ring.
The ability to add additional nodes to Real Application Clusters environments and achieve markedly improved performance.
In a primary/secondary configuration, the instance that provides backup services to the primary instance in case the primary instance fails.
In a primary/secondary configuration, the second instance to mount the database assumes the secondary role. The instance with the primary role performs the work that is requested by application sessions, but selected tasks such as reporting and planned operations can be performed by the instance with the secondary instance role. See also primary instance, primary instance role, and secondary instance.
A logical representation of a database. This is the way a database is presented to clients. A database can be presented as multiple services and a service can be implemented as multiple database instances. The service name is a string that includes:
The service name is entered during installation or database creation.
If you are not sure what the global database name is, you can obtain it from the combined values of the
SERVICE_NAMES parameter in the common database initialization file.
The service name is included in the
CONNECT_DATA part of the connect descriptor.
A feature whereby PMON, the process monitor, automatically registers information with a listener. Because this information is registered with the listener, the
listener.ora file does not need to be configured with this static information.
Service registration provides the listener with the following information:
A group of shared memory structures that contain data and control information for one Oracle database instance. The SGA and Oracle processes constitute an Oracle instance. Oracle automatically allocates memory for an SGA whenever you start an instance and the operating system reclaims the memory when you shut down the instance. Each instance has only one SGA.
See Transparent Application Failover (TAF).
Occurs when the secondary node executes failover of the primary instance role to itself. Occurs only when the primary instance is unavailable and the primary instance role has not resumed normal function on a new node. See also primary instance, primary instance role, primary/secondary configuration, secondary instance, and secondary instance role.
See Transport Network Substrate (TNS).
A file that contains net service names. This file is needed on clients, nodes, the console, and the Oracle Performance Manager machine.
An action is transparent if it takes place without any effect that is visible to users.
A runtime failover for high availability environments, such as Real Application Clusters and Oracle Real Application Clusters Guard. TAF refers to the failover and reestablishment of application-to-service connections. It allows client applications to automatically reconnect to the database if the connection fails, and optionally resume a
SELECT statement that was in progress. This reconnect happens automatically from within the Oracle Call Interface (OCI) library.
A foundation technology, built into the Oracle Net foundation layer that works with any standard network transport protocol.
System downtime that includes system faults, data and media errors, and site outages that cause the system to be unavailable to users. See also planned downtime.
The process of transferring information about parsed SQL statements and compiled PL/SQL units from the library cache on the primary instance to the library cache on the secondary instance. Warming the cache improves performance after failover because the library cache is already populated.
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Starting to Think about Your CV
Get some paper and a pen or pencil, or grab your laptop and start making some notes for yourself before launching into writing your perfect CV (Curriculum Vitae):
Think about the type of job you want to nab.
Write your key skills such as IT, languages or academic achievements.
List the dates and titles of your previous positions (use years; miss out the months).
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Google Adds Social Search to Labs
On the heels of Google and Microsoft's decisions to incorporate Twitter postings into Google.com and Bing, Google on Monday announced an experimental Labs feature that will peruse a user's social networks for search results.
Google Social Search is intended to "find more relevant public content from your broader social circle," Google said in a blog post.
Social Search will pull from Google services like Gmail and Reader, as well as social networks like Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn. To participate, create a Google Profile and add links to social networking sites you want Google to search. You can then activate Social Search via Google Experimental Labs.
The next time you conduct a search in Google.com, click the "show options" tab atop the search results, and then click "social" on the left-hand bar. Results will be pulled from Google products and any social networks you've added to your Google Profile.
I added my Twitter account to my profile, for example, and then searched "PCMag" on Google. Clicking "social" pulled up links to our latest PCMag Radio podcast, recent reviews, and Tweets from co-workers.
Similarly, searching for "iPhone" pulled up blog posts from people on Twitter in which they mentioned the iPhone. Many of these results, however, came from friends of friends on Twitter - some of whom I don't know. That might shed light on something I'd not of heard of before, but could also be annoying to wade through results from strangers.
Google stressed that private information will not be made public via Social Search. "You can find it without Social Search if you really want to. What we've done is surface that content together in one single place to make your results more relevant," Google said.
The service should be available to all Google users by the end of the day.
Last week, Microsoft and Google said they would incorporate Twitter posts in Bing and Google.com search results. Microsoft has launched a beta version of the program on Bing, but Google has not yet deployed it.
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Foot surgery generally is not advised for athletes (anyone
participating in sports or fitness activities) who can still comfortably
continue their sports. You may want to try nonsurgical treatments such as:
But if
pain begins to limit your activities, you may want to consider surgery.
Some children begin developing bunions before the age of 10.
Surgery may be appropriate for children and teens who have pain or limited
activity that persists despite nonsurgical treatment. It is as important for
youths as it is for adults that the surgeon has experience doing various types
of bunion surgery on a regular basis and can choose a procedure that will best
treat the child's specific type of bunion or toe deformity.
A pediatric specialist is trained to diagnose and treat the child's
rapidly changing body, which is very different from the developed adult body.
Some podiatrists and orthopedic surgeons specialize in children's foot
deformities and surgery.
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Halfway around the world in India, Sivaprakash Ramalingam had heard of Johns Hopkins researchers using a promising new technique for gene therapy that he hoped to integrate with stem cells to cure diseases.
After getting a doctorate in biochemistry in his native country, he came to Baltimore four years ago to study under the technique's pioneer, Srinivasan Chandrasegaran, at Hopkins' Bloomberg School of Public Health. Ramalingam's research has led him down the path of seeking a cure for sickle cell anemia, a painful, life-shortening blood disorder that afflicts many in his home region in southern India. In the United States, the disease affects 70,000-100,000 people, mostly African-Americans, according to the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute.
"I couldn't have done this type of research in India," said Ramalingam. "I wanted to use this technique with stem cells to treat disease."
Ramalingam's research was given a lift last month by the state. He was one of 17 researchers who was funded by the Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission, a state entity that has doled out roughly $10 million to $12 million a year in taxpayer funds since its founding in 2006.
The program helps keep Maryland competitive in stem cell research when other states have instituted similar ones to lure scientists and biotechnology companies. More than 100 researchers applied for funding from the program, many from Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland.
"There's definitely a great demand for the awards," said Dan Gincel, the commission's director. "We're trying to figure out how to fund so many researchers."
Gincel said Ramalingam's work is interesting because his approach could have applications beyond sickle cell anemia. It could be used to treat other diseases and, for instance, modify plants and crops to make them resistant to pests.
Ramalingam received a $110,000 award two years ago from the commission to help fund his post-doctoral fellowship; the commission invested more money in his work this year because he was continuing to progress with it, Gincel said.
"The approach can be translated to many other diseases, which is what we want to see with stem cells," said Gincel.
Ramalingam is applying a relatively new technique called zinc finger nuclease, or ZFN, to try to cure sickle cell anemia. With ZFN, Ramalingam is able to target and replace specific, problem-causing sequences of the human genome with healthier genetic material.
Ramalingam chose to focus on attempting to cure sickle cell anemia because it is a hereditary single-gene disorder that's easier to focus on in the lab.
Healthy blood cells are disc-shaped and travel easily in blood vessels, carrying oxygen to organs and tissue. A blood cell affected by sickle cell anemia is sickle-shaped, and its travel through blood vessels is impeded because of the shape, leaving organs and tissue starved for oxygen.
Essentially, ZFN acts as "molecular scissors" on the human genome, Ramalingam said. He can then replace the disease-causing genetic material with healthier material derived from adult stem cells. But Ramalingam and scientists around the world using the technique still have a long way to go in studying how such a technique effects the genome.
"To modify the genome is very challenging," said Ramalingam. "This is a very basic approach. I want to check if this technique works with stem cells."
Ramalingam's adviser, Chandrasegaran, is the inventor of the ZFN technique. Hopkins holds the patent on the technique, which it has licensed to Sangamo BioSciences Inc. in California. Scientists around the world can still use the technique in their research, but if they seek to commercialize a treatment or product, they would have to license it from Sangamo, Chandrasegaran said.
If Ramalingam is successful in using the method to cure sickle cell disease, the university could apply for a new patent, Chandrasegaran said.
Chandrasegaran will guide Ramalingam's research, which will still be in the data-gathering phase in the lab for the next two years, he said. If it's still promising, the researchers will conduct testing in animals. The next step after that would be human clinical trials.
At that point, Chandrasegaran said, the technique would probably be licensed to a private company that would be able to fund the testing, which would likely cost millions of dollars.
"It's promising," Chandrasegaran said. "But it's a long way off before we can actually test it."
Sickle cell anemia
Inherited blood disorder in which the patient has sickle-shaped blood cells that impede travel through blood vessels, leaving organs and tissue starved for oxygen.
The disease affects 70,000-100,000 people in the United States, according to the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute.
More information: nhlbi.nih.gov, sicklecelldisease.org, cdc.gov
Halfway around the world in India, Sivaprakash Ramalingam had heard of Johns Hopkins researchers using a promising new technique for gene therapy that he hoped to integrate with stem cells to cure diseases.


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Kelly Clarkson Photobomb to Ellen DeGeneres at Grammys!
Kelly Clarkson is the queen of the photobomb at the 2013 Grammy Awards on Sunday (February 10) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
The 30-year-old singer made an awesome addition to a photo that was originally intended to be of talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and her wife Portia de Rossi. So funny!
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During the show, Kelly picked up the award for Best Pop Vocal Album for her album Stronger and she also performed a tribute to Patti Page and Carole King.
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Accused courthouse shooter back in court
Bartholomew Granger, a 41-year-old Houston man accused of opening fire in front of the Jefferson County Courthouse on March 14, 2012, was back in court Friday, March 8, 2013.
Lawyers on both sides of the case hashed out at least 40 legal motions brought by Granger through his attorney, James Makin, in front of presiding Judge Bob Wortham.
Wortham denied most of the motions, which included a request for separate juries for trial and sentencing. Granger's somewhat bizarre motions also included requests that Wortham find the Texas death penalty and penal trial law unconstitutional.
Wortham denied these requests.
Granger is accused of opening fire on three women, including his daughter and ex-wife, Claudia Jackson, when it was clear they both would testify in a case accusing Granger of sexually molesting his daughter.
In the hail of gunfire, bystander Minnie Sebolt was cut down a few feet from the courthouse doors, as Jackson — who was also struck by a bullet — attempted to run into the courthouse. Sebolt was later pronounced dead. Granger's murder charge was eventually upgraded to capital murder along with at least nine other felony charges, including three counts of attempted capital murder and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Police say Granger opened fire just before noon almost a year ago using a .40 caliber Beretta CX-4 Storm, a semi-automatic assault-like weapon. Three others were seriously injured by the gunfire, including Granger's daughter, Samantha Jackson — who was shot multiple times and run over with a truck — and Sebolt, who was killed.
Friday in court, Granger sat mostly silent, occasionally looking around the courtroom and rocking back and forth, eyes closed and head down.
Granger's attorney said he does not plan on an insanity defense.
Granger's trial will continue in Galveston on April 2 when attorneys for both sides begin selecting a jury.
If convicted, Granger could face the death penalty.


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General Motors says it will add 2,500 jobs at a Detroit-area plant that now makes the Chevrolet Volt electric car.
The company plans to invest $69 million in the Detroit-Hamtramck factory and add two shifts of workers so the plant can make the new Chevrolet Malibu midsize car and the Impala large sedan.
Not all the jobs will be new hires. GM has about 1,300 laid-off workers waiting to be recalled in the U.S.
GM announced on May 10 that it would create or keep about 4,000 jobs by investing $2 billion in 17 factories in eight states.
So far the company has announced expansion plans in Bowling Green, Ky., Toledo, Ohio, and Flint and Bay City, Mich.


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Earth Defense Force 2025 out in 2013
D3Publisher's Earth Defense Force 2025 is set for release next year. The game will be out on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and will see players defend the earth from giant insect aliens. GameInformer has some screens which show that the aliens are literally huge bugs, likes ants and spiders, and not Starship Trooper alien […]
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Puzzle Quest: Galactrix dated for Xbox Live
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Namco buys out 95% of D3Publisher
Namco Bandai owns 95 percent of D3Publisher as of this morning. The company purchased 19,990 shares today, costing 62,000 yen ($628) and putting a value on the buyout at 1,239,380,000 yen ($12.55 million). It's not known at this time how the merge will affect D3 Publisher America or Europe. Namco made a bid for the company […]
D3 hints at more DLC in the future for Bikini Samurai Squad
D3 Publisher will unleash its Japanese hack-and-slash Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad on an unsuspecting American public tomorrow via the Xbox 360. The 360 version takes place before the Wii version, Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers, and while both stories feature Aya and Saki battling zombies, more is planned for the Xbox 360 outing further down the […]
Puzzle Quest: Galactrix heading to get PSN release
D3Publisher has confirmed to Eurogamer that Puzzle Quest: Galactrix will as be available on PSN as well as XBLA, PC and DS. Confusion apparently arose when the PC flash site displayed a PlayStation logo ,as D3Publisher had only mentioned the other formats previously. "Puzzle Quest Galactrix will be available on PSN and Xbox Live in […]


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- Remember to look for an identification badge, which must be worn by all Health System employees.
- As a patient at Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, you are responsible for providing accurate and complete information about present complaints, past illnesses, hospitalizations, medications, and other matters relating to your health.
As a patient, you have the following visitation rights:
- The hospital will inform each patient (or support person, where appropriate), of his or her visitation rights, including any clinical restriction or limitation on such rights, where he or she is informed of his or her visitation rights.
- The hospital will inform each patient (or support person, where appropriate), of the right, subject to his or her consent, to receive the visitors whom he or she designates, including, but not limited to, a spouse, domestic partner (including a same-sex domestic partner, another family member, or a friend), and his or her right to withdraw or deny such consent at any time.
- The hospital will ensure that all visitors enjoy full and equal visitation privileges consistent with patient preferences.
As a patient, it is your responsibility to:
- Ask questions.
- Follow the treatment plan recommended by your caregivers.
- Accept personal responsibility if you refuse treatment.
- Provide a copy of your Advance Directives, Living Will, Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare, and organ/tissue donation authorizations.
- Observe hospital rules.
- Adhere to the Health System's NO smoking policy.
- Recognize and respect the rights of other patients, families and staff.
- Report perceived risks and unexpected changes in your condition to your health care provider.
- Fulfill your financial obligations.
You are encouraged to ask questions about any of these rights and responsibilities that you do not understand. If you would like to express concerns regarding the quality of care you receive at Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, please contact Patient Relations at 864-255-1093. St. Francis also has an Interdisciplinary Ethics Committee.
Physician's Office513-952-5000
Patients are encouraged to address their concerns directly with the medical practice whenever possible; practice providers and leadership wish to be informed and address any dissatisfaction with the care delivered. You can locate the practice phone number on the facility search page. If concerns still exist, please call the Bon Secours Mercy Health headquarters at 513-952-5000 and share that you want to file a grievance for a medical practice.


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|Ibn Kathir's Introduction
All praise is due to Allah, Who started His Book by saying,
'All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all that exists. The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Owner of the Day of Recompense' (AI-Fatihah 1:2-4)
and Who began His creation with the Hamd (His praise and appreciation), by saying,
'All praise and thanks be to Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, and originated the darkness and the light; yet those who disbelieve hold others equal to their Lords' (Al An`am 6:1),
'(and you will see the angels surrounding the Throne (of Allah), glorifying their Lord with praise. And judgement will be made between them (creatures) with the truth. And it will be said "All Praise and thanks be to Allah, the Lord of all that exists.' (Az Zumar 39:75)
'He is Allah, there is no illah except for Him, His is the praise in the beginning and in the end, His is the judgment and to Him you (all) return.' (Al Qasas 28:70),
All thanks are due to Allah in the beginning and in the end the end, for what He has created and what He shall create. Allah is the One praised for all things, just as the praying person says, "O Allah, Yours is the praise, praise that fills the heavens, the earth and whatever You will after that." [1]
All the thanks are due to Allah Who sent His Messengers, whom He described as,
'Say, "What thing is greatest in testimony?" Say, "Allāh is witness between me and you. And this Qur'ān was revealed to me that I may warn you thereby and whomever it reaches. Do you [truly] testify that with Allāh there are other deities?" Say, "I will not testify [with you]." Say, "Indeed, He is but one God, and indeed, I am free of what you associate [with Him].' (An-Nisa 4:165)
And ended them with the unlettered, Arabian, Makkan Prophet who guides to the clear straight path. Allah sent the Prophet Muhammad Peace be upon him to all of His creation - the Jinns and mankind - from the time that his prophet hood began until the commencement of the Last Hour. Allah said,
'Say (O Muhammad ) :"O mankind! Verily, I am the Messenger sent to you all by Allah, the One to Whom the dominion of the heavens and the earth belongs. There is no god (worthy of worship) but He. It is He Who gives life and causes death. So believe in Allah and His Messenger, the unlettered Prophet, who believes in Allah and His Words, and follow him so that you may be guided.' (Al-A`raf 7:158) and,
'That by it, I may warn you and whoever it reaches}' (Al An`am 6:19).
Therefore, whether one is an Arab or non-Arab, black or red, human or Jinn's, whoever this Quran is conveyed to, it is a warning for them all. This is why Allah said,
'So is one who [stands] upon a clear evidence from his Lord [like the aforementioned]? And a witness from Him follows it, and before it was the Scripture of Moses to lead and as mercy. Those [believers in the former revelations] believe in the Qur'an. But whoever disbelieves in it from the [various] factions – the Fire is his promised destination. So be not in doubt about it. Indeed, it is the truth from your Lord, but most of the people do not believe.' (Hud 11: 17)
Therefore, whoever disbelieves in the Qur'an among those whom we mentioned, then, according to Allah, the Fire will be then their destination. Allah said,
Then leave Me alone with those who deny this narration (the Ow-'an).
'We shall gradually punish them from where they perceive not'. (Nun 68:44).
The Messenger of Allah Peace be upon him said, I was sent not to the white and red. Mujahid commented, "Meaning, unkind and the Jinns." [1]
Hence, Muhammad Peace be upon him is the Messenger to all creation, mankind and Jinn, conveying what Allah revealed to him in the Glorious Book that,
'Falsehood cannot come to it from before it or behind it, (it is) sent down by the Wise, Worthy of all praise.' (Fussilat 41:42)
Therefore, the scholars are required to elaborate upon the meanings of Allah's Speech and to convey these meanings, providing they seek them from their proper resources. The scholars are required to learn and convey these meanings, just as Allah said,
'And [mention, O Muhammad], when Allah took a covenant from those who were given the Scripture, [saying], "You must make it clear to the people and not conceal it." But they threw it away behind their backs and exchanged it for a small price. And wretched is that which they purchased.'
(Al Imran 3:187) and, Ahmad 5:145.
'Verily, those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah's covenant and their oaths, they shall have no portion in the Hereafter (
Allah criticized the People of the Scriptures - Jews and Christians - who came before us, for ignoring Allah's Book that was revealed to them, and for acquiring and indulging in the affairs of this life, all the while being distracted from what they were commanded, that is, adhering to Allah's Book.
We Muslims are thus required to refrain from doing what Allah criticized the People of the Scriptures for, and to heed what He commanded us; learning and comprehending the Book of Allah, revealed to us, and to convey all that is in it. Allah said,
'Has not the time come for the hearts of those who believe (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism) to be affected by Allah's Reminder (this Qur'an), and that which has been revealed of the truth, lest they become as those who received the Scripture before, and the term was prolonged for them and so their hearts were hardened? And many of them were Fasiqun (the rebellious, the disobedient to Allah) Know that Allah gives life to the earth after its death! Indeed We have made clear the Ayat to you, if you but understand}' (Al Hadid 57:16-17).
Hence, Allah's mentioning this Ayah (57:17) after the Ayah that preceded it, alerts us to the fact that just as He brings life to the earth after it has died, He also softens the hearts with faith and guidance after they become hard because of committing sins and errors. We ask Allah to grant us this good end, He is Most Kind, Most Generous.
[1] Al-Bukhari, Muslim and others have recorded Hadiths mentioning this supplication.
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Inverness [4] is a city at the heart of the Scottish Highlands and the principal centre for administration and commerce. It is the most northerly city in the British Isles.
Advertised as "the Gateway to the Highlands" by the local authority, and long regarded as the capital of the Highlands, Inverness is the centre for commerce and industry in the Scottish Highlands, with continuing new investment in traditional industries and new hi-tech industries. It is also said to be one of the fastest growing cities in Europe.
Get in
By plane
Inverness has an airport served by FlyBE (a codeshare partner of British Airways), Easyjet, Eastern Airways, Aer Aran, Highland Airways. It is sited between Nairn and Inverness and accessible from the Inverness-Aberdeen road. Limited charter services fly out from this airport. A taxi from the airport into the city costs around £15. Bus route 10 goes to town for much cheaper.[5]
By car
The main approaches to Inverness are the following:
None of the roads to Inverness are entirely dual-carriageway.
By train
Wikitravel has a guide to Rail travel in the United Kingdom.
Inverness railway station is located in the City Centre. There are direct services to Edinburgh, Glasgow and London from the south and Aberdeen from the east. There are two scenic lines: to Thurso and Wick, and to Kyle of Lochalsh.
If you're travelling from London, the Caledonian Sleeper [6] is an excellent way to travel. It leaves from London Euston the previous night and arrives between 0800 - 0830. East Coast [7] also operate a daily service to and from London King's Cross (known as The Highland Chieftain) which leaves at around 0900 (southbound) or 1200 (northbound). Journey time is around 8 hours.
Be warned. There is sometimes an error with the booking system through the internet if you intend to sit rather than book a sleeping berth; if your ticket says 'no seat reserved', you need to either phone up First Scot Rail or visit your nearest train station to reserve one (for free). If you don't have a reserved seat you may not be allowed on the train, despite having bought a ticket with the times and dates of the train printed on them, or at best be forced to pay £40 for a sleeping berth if there is one available.
By bus
By boat
The Caledonian Canal links the Beauly Firth through Loch Ness to Fort William at the foot of Ben Nevis, Britain's highest mountain.
Get around
By bus
There are around fifty bus routes traveling in and around Inverness, mainly operated by Stagecoach Inverness[13]. It helps to know where your destination is, as some ces do not have detailed information on the outside of the bus.
By train
The 'Invernet' rail network provides commuter train services to Inverness from Tain, Dingwall and Beauly in the North, Nairn, Forres and Elgin in the East and Aviemore and Kingussie in the South.
By taxis
This is probably the most efficient form of transport after hours, as most bus services cease or become less frequent at about 7pm. You will not pay a great deal for a taxi by UK standards as Inverness is rather small, and routes are very direct. Some black cabs exist, though the majority of taxis are minicabs. These are all fairly trustworthy.
By limousine
Limos are available for hire from certain operators at a rate of about £70/hour.
By bike
There are a few cycle lanes [14] on Inverness roads. However there are many combined cycle-footpaths where bicycles are welcome.
Eastgate Centre (Shopping Mall) [20]
Inverness has a wide selection of restaurants to suit all tastes and budgets. There are a number of high quality restaurants serving a mixture of traditional Scottish food and modern cuisine using locally sourced produce. Worthy of a mention are:
Inverness HAD a 12 o'clock curfew from 2003 to 2012. This has been lifted as of Tuesday 6th November 2012. Most Pubs are closed by 1am but there are several late night venues open until 3am
There's plenty of live music and good lively atmospheres around so have fun exploring. Hootananny's is the chief of those, offering (predominantly) celtic entertainment.
As in all Scotland, all enclosed public places - which includes all eating places and bars - are non-smoking. A few have outside seating areas.
On a warm summer's evening, the Dores Inn on the northern shore of Loch Ness (east side)is a particularly pleasant place to linger over a beer. They do good, traditional pub food, too.
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A historic shift in the way Americans pay for their health care is about to begin, but many who stand to gain still don't know what it is, or how it can help them.
In short, the monumental endeavor aims to make it easier for millions of uninsured people to get coverage, and expand options for those who already have it.
Known formally as the Affordable Care Act, the measure became law in March 2010, and the major provisions are only now going into effect. Still, after all this time, the project remains politically divisive, with lawmakers in many states resisting its implementation on grounds that the federal government shouldn't be meddling in the way Americans get health coverage.
The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the law's implementation last year, when it sided with the government against opponents who argued it was unconstitutional. But the court said the law went too far in trying to force states to expand Medicaid to more poor Americans. Now states — which traditionally manage their own insurance markets — have taken sides, with about half embracing the expansion, and the rest declining.
The measure's signature feature, the creation of online "exchanges" where consumers can shop for a new array of insurance policies, is also subject to various degrees of cooperation from state authorities. Those who fully embrace the law are building their own exchanges and spreading the word, while those who oppose are taking a deliberately passive role, leaving most of the work to the federal government. Some have taken more strident measures, including Missouri, which banned local officials from assisting the rollout.
In the 27 states that are not building their own exchanges, the federal government will be running them. That's a massive undertaking, involving unfamiliar work typically performed by state regulators. But the federal government also has the benefit of being able to duplicate well-designed exchanges in multiple markets. Whether the federal exchanges work better than the local ones remains to be seen.
Overhauling the healthcare industry would be complex enough without the state variations. So, with an Oct. 1 goal to get the exchanges running — and a Jan. 1, 2014 deadline for people to obtain insurance — the Obama administration, along with allied local officials, are scrambling to make sure the system works, and that people take part in it.
Few expect a smooth ride.
"We're implementing something of enormous magnitude," said Leslie Beitsch, a health policy analyst at Florida State University who has served as deputy secretary for the Florida Department of Health and as Oklahoma's health commissioner. "Healthcare is an enormous contributor to our economic fabric. And to implement (the reforms) in such a short period of time, the thought that it should go flawlessly is a bit unrealistic."
Long road
The Affordable Care Act is the culmination of many decades of attempts to reform the country's health care system and control its soaring costs, which are higher, per-person, than any industrialized country, although the quality of care isn't necessarily better.
About 48 million people in America do not have health insurance; the new law would close that gap by about 30 million by 2016. Most of those 30 million fall into three groups: those whose employers don't offer insurance, those who currently buy insurance on their own, and those who are too poor to afford it and are left out of current Medicaid requirements.
Providing coverage to those people is expected to cost about $1 trillion over the next decade; that tab is supposed to be paid through taxes and cuts to other programs.
Those excluded from the new law include people living in the United States illegally, members of Indian tribes, and prisoners.
In addition to giving people access to better health care, there are other anticipated long-term economic benefits, including the creation of more health-care industry jobs and the reduction of so-called "job lock," in which people decline to search for better employment in fear of losing their existing coverage.
But there are still many unknowns, including what exactly the new plans' premiums will be. The market is expected to be highly competitive, but with big price differences among states, towns and age groups.
Many people, including those who don't have insurance and will now have to buy it, are worried about the financial impact. Some analysts are warning of a shortage of doctors and more people seeking care.
Seeking simplicity
Looking at this undertaking from a broad perspective — the political fights, the regulatory changes, the dizzying array of categories and choices — can make the new system seem impossibly complicated. But it doesn't have to be.
Ideally, the best state exchanges will lead customers through simple interfaces that lay out customers' options according to a few basic pieces of information: their age, where they live, and the size of their families (the law prohibits insurers from denying or charging more for coverage of people who are ill). Each coverage option will include the same basic set of benefits. They'll mainly differ according to cost, and will be categorized in that way (for example: bronze, silver, gold, and platinum).
Those with higher premiums will ask lower deductibles and co-pays at the time of treatment, while those with lower premiums will require higher deductibles and co-pays. The upper-tier plans may seem the best option for families with children or with chronic health problems, while the lower tier options may be attractive to young, healthy people who don't expect to see the doctor every often.
Low-income Americans who can't afford care on the private market will generally have two potential choices, depending on their circumstances. Those whose earnings fall under 138 percent of the poverty level will be directed to the newly expanded Medicaid programs (if their states choose to take part). Those who come in above that line will be directed to the online exchanges, where the lowest-income enrollees, up to four times the poverty rate, will be eligible for tax credits and subsidies provided they don't have access to affordable employee coverage.
Most people must have health insurance by Jan. 1, 2014. Those who don't face penalties. The fines start at $95 per person or 1 percent of their income, whichever is greater. The penalties rise in 2016.
The law requires that companies with 50 or more workers offer insurance to their full-time employees by 2015. Smaller businesses don't have to participate, but the smallest may receive tax credits if they do. They will have access to a special insurance pool.
A Final Push
Creating the exchanges, and making them simple to use, requires an incredible amount of work. Some states are farther along in the process than others. And some still haven't decided whether to take part in the Medicaid expansion. That has left a considerable amount of anxiety, particularly within the Obama administration, which hopes to enroll 7 million people in the program's first year. Big mishaps, or low enrollment, could become fodder for a political backlash, and make it more difficult to tweak the law to make improvements.
"Some states have been aggressive in doing this, and are well on their way to having good exchanges," said Ira Wilson, who runs the Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice at Brown University. "Other states not only are not cooperating but are not publicizing, so the exchanges are going to be this federal thing that the state tolerates but doesn't comply with. Think about how weird that is."
Much of the anxiety has been focused on Texas, Florida and California, which together are home to about a third of the country's uninsured. Success depends on high participation rates there. But lawmakers in two of the states, Texas and Florida, have resisted the new system. Federal officials, government contractors and a non-profit advocacy group are spending considerable resources to make sure people know what will be available to them.
California, on the other hand, has embraced the Affordable Care Act, pouring money into the creation of its exchange.
Medicaid Division
Among many healthcare analysts, the most frustrating aspect has been the refusal of many states to offer expanded Medicaid, the initial costs of which would be paid for by the federal government.
Many lawmakers oppose the new law not only on political or philosophical grounds, but also for economic reasons; they fear that when the 100-percent federal subsidy declines to 90 percent, their states won't be able to cover their portion.
But that resistance could essentially deny coverage to millions of people.
"If you are a low-income person who is not Medicaid eligible and your state doesn't expand Medicaid, you could be completely left in the dust," said Christine Eibner, a senior economist at the RAND Corporation.
Until now, Medicaid has traditionally been reserved for poor children, pregnant women, certain parents and the elderly. The expansion will greatly widen eligibility, allowing an expected 10 million more people to enroll.
Although the exchanges will become available Oct. 1, consumers don't need to run to their computers that morning to sign up. In fact, a large-scale charge on the state systems may make them more vulnerable to problems. Officials warn that minor glitches should be expected. The real deadline is to have made a choice by Jan. 1, when coverage kicks in.
"I think (enrollment) is going to be gradual," said Kenneth Thorpe, chair of the Department of Health Care Policy and Management at Emory University. "There's not a big rush."
"It will happen," Wilson added. "It will be a mess in certain states for a while. The first year will be bumpy. But I think it will be very important — important for patients and important for health care providers. For people who buy health care, this is profound."