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GNU gv - View PostScript and PDF documents using ghostscript.
This is the First edition of the GNU gv Manual, updated for gv version 3.6.9.
Copyright © 1995, 1996, 1997 Johannes Plass
Copyright © 2004 José E. Marchesi
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
GNU gv allows to view and navigate through PostScript and PDF documents on an X display by providing a user interface for the ghostscript interpreter.
Please note that gv is derived from Tim Theisen's ghostview.
Usage: gv [OPTION]... [FILE] PostScript and PDF viewer. [-]-monochrome display document using only black and white [-]-grayscale display document without colors [-]-color display document as usual [-]-safer start ghostscript in safe mode [-]-nosafer do not start ghostscript in safe mode [-]-quiet start ghostscript with the -dQUIET option [-]-noquiet do not start ghostscript with the -dQUIET option [-]-infoSilent do not show any messages in the info popup window [-]-infoErrors do not show warning messages in the info popup window [-]-infoAll do show all messages in the info popup window [-]-arguments=ARGS start ghostscript with additional options as specified by the string ARGS [-]-page=LABEL display the page with label LABEL first [-]-center the page should be centered automatically [-]-nocenter the page should not be centered automatically [-]-media=MEDIA selects the paper size to be used [-]-orientation=ORIENTATION sets the orientation of the page [-]-scale=N|f.f selects the scale N, or arbitrary scale f.f [-]-scalebase=N selects the scale base N [-]-swap interchange the meaning of the orientations landscape and seascape [-]-noswap do not interchange the meaning of the orientation landscape and seascape [-]-antialias use antialiasing [-]-noantialias do not use antialiasing [-]-dsc dsc comments are respected [-]-nodsc dsc comments are not respected [-]-eof ignore the postscript EOF comment while scanning documents [-]-noeof do not ignore the postscript EOF comment while scanning documents [-]-pixmap use backing pixmap [-]-nopixmap do not use backing pixmap [-]-watch watch the document file for changes [-]-nowatch do not watch the document file for changes [-]-help print a help message and exit [-]-usage print a usage message and exit [-]-resize fit the size of the window to the size of the page [-]-noresize do not fit the size of the window to the size of the page -geometry [<width>][x<height>][{+-}<xoffset>{+-}<yoffset>] [-]-ad=FILE read and use additional resources from FILE [-]-style=FILE read and use additional resources from FILE. These resources have lower priority than those provided on the context of --ad [-]-password=PASSWORD Sets the password for opening encrypted PDF files [-]-spartan shortcut for --style=gv_spartan.dat [-]-widgetless shortcut for --style=gv_widgetless.dat [-]-fullscreen start in fullscreen mode (needs support from WM) [-]-presentation Presentation mode (fullscreen, Fit to window, widgetless and no resizing of window) [-]-version show gv version and exit
--style option.
--antialias, --noantialias
--center, --nocenter
--dsc, --nodsc
--nodsc is used gv
will not attempt to examine the structure of the document but will
pass the file to the ghostscript interpreter as a whole. In this case no
page numbers are shown and freely moving around in the document is not
possible. This option may help when viewing files not conforming to
the document structuring conventions.
--eof, --noeof
--noeof is used the scanner will
ignore end of file (EOF) comments. This may help when
viewing documents which import other documents without enclosing them
within the proper "BeginDocument" and "EndDocument" comments. If
--eof is used, the scanner treats an EOF comment as
marking the end of the file.
--pixmap, --nopixmap
--pixmap is used gv tries to maintain off-screen regions of
the displayed page by allocating a sufficiently large pixmap. If
--nopixmap is used the X Server is responsible for
maintaining obscured portions of the displayed page (see also the
useBackingPixmap resource).
--help, --usage
-1000 Fit to page is selected, and likewise with the
value of
-1001 Fit widthto page is selected.
In case n is a float, n selects an arbitrary scale.
--scalebase n
--monochrome, --grayscale, --color
seascape and
--quiet, --noquiet
-dQUIET option.
--resize, --noresize
--fullscreen --noresize --scale=-1000 --widgetless.
--safer, --nosafer
-dSAFER option.
--ad option.
--swap, --noswap
--watch, --nowatch
--watch option causes gv to check the document
periodically. If changes are detected gv will
automatically display the newer version of the file.
The document is by default checked once every second.
This can be changed via the watchFileFrequency resource.
Note that sending gv the SIGHUP signal also causes
an update of the displayed document. This method
may be used by document creators to trigger gv
In general gv does not depend on any external resource files. However, when starting gv, preferences are read from
Administrators may want to modify this file in order
to set up gv according to the local needs of their system.
XUSERFILESEARCHPATH environment variable.
The files gv_user.ad and gv_system.ad (located in the library directory of gv, which is most probably either /usr/local/lib/gv/ or /usr/lib/gv/) may serve as a basis for constructing the user and system specific resource files.
Note that the user and system specific resource files are not the only sources of preferences taken into account when gv is started. However, in practice these are the most important.
The following describes some of the resources of gv. The precise syntax of some of the resource values may be inferred from the appended default system specific resource file.
True and
It defaults to
True and
It defaults to
True and
It defaults to
True and
It defaults to
0 (Never),
(When processing) and
2 (Always).
The default value is
1, which causes
a confirmation request when trying to leave gv
in the presence of pending PDF to Postscript conversions.
True scrolling via the
keyboard causes a temporary border to be drawn around the
previously visible area of the page.
Allowed values are
True and
It defaults to
Silent (Never),
(show only errror messages) and
All (Any message is being shown).
It defaults to
On (use
Xinerama if available),
Off (do not use Xinerama) and
(heuristically decide whether to use Xinerama or not).
It defaults to
True and
It defaults to
True and
It defaults to
True and
It defaults to
landscape and
should be interchanged.
Valid values are
True and
It defaults to
It defaults to the invocation directory.
It defaults to the home directory, ~/.
False the X Server
is advised that saving off-screen pixels of the displayed page
would be beneficial (maintaining backing store). In this case gv
does not actively maintain the contents of the page but relies
on the X Server. The server is, however, always free to stop
maintaining backing backing store.
If the value of this resource is
True the X Server
is advised that maintaining backing store is not useful.
In this case gv attempts to allocate a sufficiently large pixmap
to store the contents of the displayed page.
It defaults to
True and
It defaults to
Allowed values must be larger than 500.
It defaults to
%s wildcards
which will be replaced by the name of the file to be
It defaults to
z and
u keys.
It defaults to
It defaults to
It defaults to
gs -dNODISPLAY -dQUIET -sPDFname=%s -sDSCname=%s pdf2dsc.ps -c quit
It defaults to
gs -dNODISPLAY -dQUIET -dNOPAUSE -sPSFile=%s %s -c quit
It defaults to
It defaults to
-dNOPLATFONTS -sDEVICE=x11alpha
-dSAFER command line option.
It defaults to
-dQUIET command line option.
It defaults to
-arguments arguments
option will override this resource setting.
It defaults to the empty string.
menu in the file selection window.
The special value
Home corresponds to the users home directory,
the value
Tmp corresponds to the scratch directory as defined
by the scratchDir resource.
It defaults to
Home Tmp /usr/doc /usr/local/doc
<filter> := [<filespecs>] [no <filespecs>] <filespecs> := <filespec> [<filespecs>] <filespec> := filename possibly including wildcards '*' which match any character.
Example: The filter
GV*filter: *.ps *.pdf no .*
screens out all files with names starting with a dot and keeps of the remaining ones only those which end on .ps or .pdf.
It defaults to
no .*
None has a special meaning
causing all files to be displayed when the corresponding
menu entry is selected.
Allowed entries are
If this is
0, no title will be shown.
1 means to show a the document title or the file name if there is
no document title.
Only the file name is shown with
It defaults to
screen, optionally combined with
a positive or negative offset.
The default values listed above provide examples for this syntax.
screen will automatically be replaced by the size of the
maximumWidth defaults to
maximumHeight defaults to
minimumWidth defaults to
minimumHeight defaults to
It defaults to
It defaults to
automatic causes gv to attempt
to derive the correct orientation from document structuring
It defaults to
seascape and
It defaults to
! or
# will not appear in the
Media menu but will still be used for automatic paper size
automatic causes gv to attempt
to derive the correct paper-size from document structuring
It defaults to
It defaults to
The following mouse events are defined when the mouse pointer is either on the displayed page or on a zoomed area:
The following mouse events are defined when the mouse pointer is in the window of either a file or a directory list:
The following mouse events are defined when the mouse pointer is in the window showing a list of page numbers of the current file (table of contents):
The Panner widget is the rectangular region located close to the left edge of the main window. It indicates the size and the position of the visible area of the current page relative to the total page.
The following mouse events are defined when the mouse pointer is in this region:
The << and >> buttons are used to move to another page. The following mouse events are defined:
The following key events are defined in the main window. Those bindings scrolling the page are also defined in zoom popups.
GV.saveposFilename resource.
GV.saveposFilename resource.
The Scale menu which allows to view the document at different sizes is divided into two parts. The first part shows a list of available scale bases, the second part, separated by a line, lists the relative scales which are applied with respect to the selected scale base.
By default two scales bases are available, the Natural size and the Pixel based base. When choosing the Pixel based scale base a relative scale of 1.0 causes one postscript point to correspond to one pixel on the screen.
When viewing a document at a relative scale of 1.0 using the Natural size base the page should appear in its real size, as if printed on paper. For the Natural size base to work properly gv has to know the correct size of the root window. Automatic detection of this size unfortunately only provides approximate results, therefore it is best if it is provided by the user. To do so the resource
GV.screenSize: <width> x <height>
should be added to the
SCREEN_RESOURCES property of the screen
the document is viewed on, with width and height
describing the width and height of the root window in units of millimeters.
For instance by using the command
echo "GV.screenSize: 396 x 291" | xrdb -override -screen
a width of 346 mm and a height of 291 mm will be used for the Natural size scale base. Alternatively the resource
GV.screenSize_<machine>_<disp>_<scr>: <width> x <height>
may be added to a resource file read by gv. Here
machine ,disp and ANGLED describe
the display on which gv displays the document.
For instance, if the display is set to
the resource should be specified as
GV.screenSize_tic_0_1: 396 x 291
Note that this method doesn't work on VMS. As a last alternative the resource
GV.screenSize: <width> x <height>
may be added to one of the resource files. However, for obvious reasons this method should be used only on single user machines.
It is probably a de facto standard for user interfaces that windows are supposed to be scrolled by means of scrollbars attached to their sides. However, for various reasons the use of scrollbars has been minimized in gv.
Instead, in all windows with obscured data, scrolling may be performed by
pressing button1, moving the mouse, then releasing button1
directly in the window. This includes the displayed page, zoom popups, the table of contents and the file and directory lists displayed in the file selection popup.
During document creation it is usually desirable to always display the newest version of the document in work.
Instead of explicitly loading it via the file selection popup the most recent version can be displayed by pressing the Reload button in the main window. Choosing the Reload entry in the menu that pops up when clicking with the third mouse button anywhere on the displayed page certainly has the same effect.
More comfortable is the "Watch File" feature which may be switched on by selecting the corresponding entry in the State menu. If activated gv will check every now and then if a new version of the displayed file exists. If so it will be displayed automatically. By default the file is checked about once every second.
Finally it may also be left to the document creating program to trigger gv to update its display. To do so the program should send the SIGHUP signal to gv. For instance at the end of a shell script generating a postscript file from latex sources the line
kill -SIGHUP <gv_pid>
may be added (here gv_pid is the process id of gv). Executing the script and thereby creating a new version of the document will then also cause the result to be displayed instantaneously. Please note that this feature is available only on X11 R6 based systems.
They have been removed in order to make more room for the image. The displayed portion of the image may be moved by dragging the image or the paner (panel between the "Save Marked" and << >> buttons) with the mouse. Alternatively, the cursor arrow keys can be used.
Use the "spartan" style by starting gv with the command
gv --spartan
This removes the "Open", "Print", "Save", "Reload", and page marking buttons (they are still available from the "File" and "Page" menus) and replaces them with the document attribute controls, which are normally along the top.
Antialiasing can improve the display of bitmapped fonts (eg. from TeX) when displayed on a colour or greyscale screen. The same technique is used by xdvi. Note that antialiasing requires at least Ghostscript version 4.x.
Antialiasing can be turned on from the "State" menu, and can be made
default by saving the setting in
State | gv Options....
There are two methods that can be used to save the contents of the window when it's not currently displayed: backing store and backing pixmap. Some X-servers seem to support only backing store (eg. VAXstations) and some only backing pixmap (eg. some X-terminals, including EWS).
In order to force gv to use one method or the other, use the
State | Setup Options ... menu and toggle the "Backing Pixmap" button.
When selected/highlighted (normally the default), gv will use backing
pixmap; otherwise it will use backing store. Select "Apply" to use a new
setting and "Save" to make it the new default.
When the
GHOSTVIEW environment variable is set, ghostscript
draws on an existing drawable rather than creating its own window.
Ghostscript can be directed to draw on either a window or a pixmap.
GHOSTVIEW environment variable contains the window id of
the target window. The window id is an integer. Ghostscript will use
the attributes of the window to obtain the width, height, colormap,
screen, and visual of the window. The remainder of the information is
gotten from the GHOSTVIEW property on that window.
The GHOSTVIEW environment variable contains a window id and a pixmap id. They are integers separated by white space. Ghostscript will use the attributes of the window to obtain the colormap, screen, and visual to use. The width and height will be obtained from the pixmap. The remainder of the information, is gotten from the GHOSTVIEW property on the window. In this case, the property is deleted when read.
window-id [pixmap-id]
"%d %d"
Explanation of parameters:
bpixmap orient llx lly urx ury xdpi ydpi [left bottom top right]
"%d %d %d %d %d %d %f %f %d %d %d %d"
Explanation of parameters:
llx, lly, urx, ury
xdpi, ydpi
left, bottom, top, right (optional)
If the final destination is a pixmap, the client will get a property notify event when ghostscript reads the GHOSTVIEW property causing it to be deleted.
Ghostscript sends events to the window where it read the GHOSTVIEW property. These events are of type ClientMessage. The message_type is set to either PAGE or DONE. The first long data value gives the window to be used to send replies to ghostscript. The second long data value gives the primary drawable. If rendering to a pixmap, it is the primary drawable. If rendering to a window, the backing pixmap is the primary drawable. If no backing pixmap is employed, then the window is the primary drawable. This field is necessary to distinguish multiple ghostscripts rendering to separate pixmaps where the GHOSTVIEW property was placed on the same window.
The PAGE message indicates that a "page" has completed. Ghostscript will wait until it receives a ClientMessage whose message_type is NEXT before continuing.
The DONE message indicates that ghostscript has finished processing.
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Preview section:
%%BeginPreview %%EndPreview
Defaults section:
%%BeginDefaults %%PageBoundingBox: <int> <int> <int> <int>|(atend) %%PageOrientation: Portrait|Landscape %%PageMedia: <text> %%EndDefaults
Prolog section:
%%BeginProlog %%EndProlog
Setup section:
%%BeginSetup %%PageBoundingBox: <int> <int> <int> <int>|(atend) %%PageOrientation: Portrait|Landscape %%PaperSize: <text> %%EndSetup
Page properties:
%%Page: <text> <uint> %%PageBoundingBox: <int> <int> <int> <int>|(atend) %%PageOrientation: Portrait|Landscape %%PageMedia: <text> %%PaperSize: <text>
%%Trailer %%EOF
Document section:
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Bonnie is a past participant of our Building Learning Communities Conference, and she told us that the event led to tremendous professional growth. To join the fun yourself, this July in Boston, visit http://www.novemberlearning.com/blc.

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Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (B.S.C.S.)
Goals for the Computer Science Program
The undergraduate Computer Science program is committed to provide students with a high-quality education and prepare them for long and successful careers in industry and government.
Our graduates, while eminently ready for immediate employment, will also be fully ready for focused training as required for specific positions in Computer Science and closely related areas. Graduates interested in highly technical careers, research, and/or academia will be fully prepared to further their education in graduate school.
Educational Objectives for the Computer Science Program
Graduates of the Computer Science program should:
- Have a successful, long-lived, computer science based career path
- Meet the needs of industry or academia
- Contribute to, and/or lead, computer science based teams
- Actively pursue continuing (lifelong) learning
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Degree Requirements (125 hours)
I. Core Curriculum Requirements1: 42 hours
- Communication (6 hours)
- Social and Behavioral Sciences (15 hours)
- Humanities and Fine Arts (6 hours)
- Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning (6 hours)
- Science (9 hours)
1 Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from accredited institutions of higher education. The courses listed in parentheses are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major Requirements at UT Dallas.
II. Major Requirements: 67 hours
Major Preparatory Courses (20 hours beyond Core Curriculum)
- ECS 1200 Introduction to Engineering and Computer Science
- CS 1337 Computer Science I
- CS 2305 Discrete Mathematics for Computing I
- CS 2336 Computer Science II
- MATH 2413 Differential Calculus or MATH 2417 Calculus I3
- MATH 2418 Linear Algebra
- MATH 2414 Integral Calculus or MATH 2419 Calculus II3
- PHYS 2125 Physics Laboratory I4
- PHYS 2126 Physics Laboratory II4
- PHYS 2325 Mechanics4
- PHYS 2326 Electromagnetism and Waves4
- 4 hours Science Elective4
Major Core Courses (38 hours beyond Core Curriculum)
- CS 3305 Discrete Mathematics for Computing II
- CS 3340 Computer Architecture
- CS 3341 Probability and Statistics in Computer Science and Software Engineering
- CS 3345 Data Structures and Introduction to Algorithmic Analysis
- CS 3354 Software Engineering
- CS 3376 C/C++ Programming in a UNIX Environment
- ECS 3361 Social Issues and Ethics in Computer Science and Engineering5
- ECS 3390 Professional and Technical Communication2
- CS 4141 Digital Systems Laboratory
- CS 4337 Organization of Programming Languages
- CS 4341 Digital Logic and Computer Design
- CS 4348 Operating Systems Concepts
- CS 4349 Advanced Algorithm Design and Analysis
- CS 4384 Automata Theory
- CS 4485 Computer Science Project
Major Guided Electives (9 hours)
CS guided electives are 4000 level CS courses approved by the student's CS advisor. The following courses may be used as guided electives without the explicit approval of an advisor:
- CS 4314 Intelligent Systems Analysis
- CS 4315 Intelligent Systems Design
- CS 4334 Numerical Analysis
- CS 4336 Advanced Java
- CS/SE 4347 Database Systems
- CS 4352 Human Computer Interactions I
- CS 4353 Human Computer Interactions II
- CS 4361 Computer Graphics
- CS 4365 Artificial Intelligence
- CS 4375 Introduction to Machine Learning
- CS 4376 Object-Oriented Programming Systems
- CS 4386 Compiler Design
- CS 4389 Data and Applications Security
- CS 4390 Computer Networks
- CS 4391 Introduction to Computer Vision
- CS 4392 Computer Animation
- CS 4393 Computer and Network Security
- CS 4394 Implementation of Modern Operating Systems
- CS 4395 Human Language Technologies
- CS 4396 Networking Laboratory
- CS 4397 Embedded Computer Systems
- CS 4398 Digital Forensics
- CS 4399 Senior Honors in Computer Science/Software Engineering
- EE 4325 Introduction to VLSI Design
- SE 4351 Requirements Engineering
- SE 4352 Software Architecture and Design
- SE 4367 Software Testing, Verification, Validation and Quality Assurance
- SE 4381 Software Project Planning and Management
- SE 4485 Software Engineering Project
2 Hours fulfill the communication elective of the Core Curriculum.
3 Six hours of Calculus are counted under Mathematics Core, and two hours of Calculus are counted as Major Preparatory Courses.
4 Nine hours of Science are counted under Science Core. Three hours are counted under Major Preparatory Courses. Students should consult an advisor for specific classes that satisfy this requirement.
5 Hours contribute to the Social and Behavioral Sciences component of the Core Curriculum.
III. Elective Requirements: 16 hours
Advanced Electives (6 hours) All students are required to take at least six hours of advanced electives outside their major field of study. These must be either upper-division classes or lower-division classes that have prerequisites. Four of these hours may be satisfied with MATH 2418 counted under Major Preparatory Courses.
Free Electives (14 hours) Both lower- and upper-division courses may count as free electives but students must complete at least 51 hours of upper-division credit to qualify for graduation.
Degree programs in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science are governed by various accreditation boards that place restrictions on classes used to meet the curricular requirements of degrees they certify. For this reason, not all classes offered by the University can be used to meet elective requirements. Please check with your academic advisor before enrolling in classes you hope to use as free electives.
Fast Track Baccalaureate/Master's Degrees
In response to the need for post-baccalaureate education in the exciting field of computer science, a Fast Track program is available to exceptionally well-qualified students who choose their courses carefully. At the end of five years of successful study, it is possible to earn both the B.S. and the M.S. degrees in Computer Science (or M.S. in Computer Science with Major in Software Engineering). Being within 30 hours of graduation, a student admitted to the graduate program and accepted into the Fast Track program may, during the senior year, take 15 graduate hours that may be used to complete the baccalaureate degree and also to satisfy requirements for the master's degree.
Interested students should see the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education (ADU) for specific admission requirements to the Fast Track program.
Honors Programs
The Department of Computer Science offers upper-division Honors for outstanding students in both the B.S. in Computer Science and B.S. in Software Engineering degree programs. These programs offer special sections of designated classes and other activities designed to enhance the educational experience of exceptional students. Admission to the Honors programs requires a 3.50 or better GPA in at least 30 hours of coursework. Graduation with Honors requires a 3.50 or better GPA and completion of at least 6 honors classes, including a Senior Thesis or Senior Design Project class. For more details, contact the Office of Undergraduate Advising (ECS South 2.502; 972-883-2004).
Departmental Honors with Distinction may be awarded to students whose Senior Thesis or Senior Design Project is judged by a faculty committee to be of exemplary quality. Only students graduating with Departmental Honors are eligible. Thesis/projects must be submitted by the deadline that applies to M.S. Theses and Ph.D. Dissertations in the graduating semester to allow for proper evaluation. Students interested in Honors with Distinction are encouraged to start working on their thesis/project a year prior to graduation.
A minor in Computer Science requires 21 credit hours earned through the following courses:
- CS 1337 Computer Science I
- CS 2305 Discrete Mathematics for Computing I
- CS 2336 Computer Science II
- CS 3305 Discrete Mathematics for Computing II
- CS 3345 Data Structures and Introduction to Algorithmic Analysis
- CS 3354 Software Engineering
- CS 43XX Elective (any 4000-level organized CS class or CS 4390)
A minor in Information Assurance requires 30 credit hours earned through the following courses:
- CS 1337 Computer Science I
- CS 2305 Discrete Mathematics for Computing I
- CS 2336 Computer Science II
- CS 3305 Discrete Mathematics for Computing II
- CS 3345 Data Structures and Introduction to Algorithmic Analysis
- CS 4347 Database Systems
- CS 4348 Operating Systems Concepts
- CS 4389 Data and Applications Security
- CS 4393 Computer and Network Security
- CS 4398 Digital Forensics
A Certificate in Information Assurance can be obtained by completing the following (as well as any required prerequisites):
- CS 4389 Data and Applications Security
- CS 4393 Computer and Network Security
- CS 4398 Digital Forensics
The certificate is intended for those individuals who are working in the industry and who already have background similar to a BS-CS degree. CS and SE majors that complete the required classes, as well as students that complete the Minor in Information Assurance will be awarded certificates in Information Assurance.


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Figured I'd be helpful, and give you some points for DB to make for his case against goodness. Since it's contradictory to your viewpoint, and complimentary to mine, I could lend some angles you might have missed.
1. Heroes are extremely condescending. They look down on people. always saving them. F-em. Let them save themselves. They need to take responsibility for their own lives. Super Heroes function on the basic presupposition that people are incapable of self-preservation. And that's simply not true. Case in point, lone girl walking through rough neighborhood late at night gets mugged. Honestly? Screw her. She should know better than to be there. I have a very small chance of being bitten by a shark this week. You know why? I live 60 miles from the nearest ocean. If you don't go where sharks live, you don't get bit. Swimming in the ocean is basically hanging out in their fridge.
2. You can not save them all. LB simply can't be in all places at once. Eventually, he will have to choose. Save this one, or save that one. But not both. No one should have the right to make that choice. What are the criteria for the decision? How is the choice made? Do you save the single innocent, or the bus load of guilty? This comes down to one of your own core beliefs, in that whichever one he chooses not to save, he basically kills.
3. Who decides who is "good" or "evil?" It's not always obvious at first glance. For example: A man is being chased by three others. They are going to beat the snot out of him, but they have no weapons, so most likely won't kill him. Hero time, save the guy, right? Well, what if the three dudes are chasing a child molestor they just stopped from raping some little girl? Should LB beat up those three, so the guy can get home safely? Sure, as a moral absolute, no one should beat up anyonme, but I happen to live in this could, harsh place called reality, and here, s- happens. The only way LB could stop those three guys is with a beating, and they clearly don't deserve it.
4. Heroes are hypocritical. "Don't beat people up, or I'll kick your a-." It's insane. Literally, it fits a clinical definition of insanity, believing that one set of rules apply to oneself, and a different set for everyone else.
5. Selflessness is dishonest. Humans (the super variety included) are incapable of pure selflessness. We only do something if we're gonna get something back. Even if the something is small and invisible, like the feeling of "having made a difference." Selfishness is the only form of honesty. The guy who walks up and takes your wallet is not trying to trick you, or misdirect, or fool you. He is honesly saying he values money more than your feelings or personal safety. Simple, honest transaction. The hero who gets your wallet back? He's saying 1: You are weak, and cannot do it on your own. I am therefore superior. 2. I have passed my judgement, and whatever need this man may have (his kids may be starving) is less important than my personal sense of right and wrong. 3. I know nothing about you, but have the belief that you need this money so badly, it's worth me risking both our lives to get it back for you. 4. You should thank me and be grateful, for I am wonderful to stop my day to get your wallet back. Even if he never says any of this. Even if he doesn't consciously think this. These are the implied beliefs behind his actions.
Some Pro-Darkness beliefs:
1. Life is hard, and that's a good thing. Survival of the fittest. Look, evolution is a test. If who you are is enough of the right answers on that test, you pass, and are allowed to pass on your worthy genes. If not, you fail, and die. A bit cold, but clean, honest, simple, and self-contained. The kid who swallows too many marbles doesn't get to grow up and have stupid kids of his own. But, the superhero business makes every answer to the test questions the right answer. Everyone survives, evolution stops.
2. Adversity makes people better. Overcoming difficulty shows you how to overcome more difficulty. In this modern world, where great dangers are somewhat unlikely, a man (Or what we are forced to call a man) faces the posibility of going his entire life without ever knowing if he is or is not a coward, or a wimp, or unable to defend himself. Sure, we save a few thousand lives every year, but we have sapped some of the meaning of Man out of it. This kind of goes back to number 1, but adds the point that you can grow as a human being. However, if someone does all the work for you, you will never grow.
3. Darkness makes you appreciate the light. If every day is a sunny day, then sunny days have no value. It is because of the rain, not in spite of it, that we have learned to value pleasant weather. In fact, with less contrast between what is light and dark, the slightest bit of grey becomes a bigger threat to us. If the biggest challenge of your day is whether or not you can find a pen, then if your car breaks down, that's a huge emergency. But, ask a Holocaust survivor how big of a deal a flat tire is. You may have a flat, but you're not being forced to do hard labor, fed eachother, and then gassed and killed horribly.
So, those are some points DB can make in his case against LB. Use what you will discard the rest.


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Robert Zemeckis' Flight has the feel of a 1970s drama, the budget of an indie film and the box-office trajectory of a sleeper hit. John Hazelton speaks to Zemeckis and stars Denzel Washington and Kelly Reilly.
There is no easy formula for turning a modestly budgeted, morally ambiguous film like Flight into a box office hit and awards contender.
But part of the trick may be in putting the right talents together at the right time.
There is certainly something intriguing about the coming together on Paramount's dramatic thriller of seasoned US star Denzel Washington, rising UK actress Kelly Reilly and versatile, hit-making director Robert Zemeckis.
It was Washington who first read John Gatins' script about a conflicted airline pilot and he reacted strongly enough to eventually defer part of his fee for playing the central part of Captain Whip Whitaker.
"I knew it was a good script that was not typical big studio fare," says the two-time Oscar-winning actor, "and they were real clear that they weren't spending $100m, or $50m [the film actually cost around $30m]. The last five or so years I've been going back to the stage and doing theatre and you do that for even less money. So if it's something you really want to do you just do it."
The possible involvement of Zemeckis, an experienced pilot himself, sweetened the deal, says Washington: "I was ecstatic when I heard he was interested and then I heard on top of that he was a pilot."
Zemeckis, another Oscar-winner, who since his 2000 Tom Hanks box office hit Cast Away had been making motion-capture films, was also sufficiently drawn to take a reduced up-front payment.
"The main thing was the complexity of Denzel's character," says Zemeckis of what attracted him to the project.
"I loved all the moral ambiguity that was in the screenplay and I was struck by the fact that there weren't any conventional storytelling devices used and yet the piece was continuously dramatic. I just kept turning pages wanting to find out what was going to happen to this guy. I thought this could be a very amazing piece. For me it was a real challenge to try to make sure I could pull the story off."
Reilly, best known up to now for a string of UK and European films including Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes and its sequel, came on board later to play Nicole, a recovering substance abuser who Whip befriends.
"I was touched by the journey of someone trying to survive," says Reilly of her role, secured in the face of stiff competition after she submitted two audition tapes and took a trip to Los Angeles to meet Zemeckis and Washington.
"It's written with so much nuance. It's almost like she was underwritten. She's described in the film as a ghost and that's who she is until she starts to get better."
Zemeckis admits "my first choice was not to look for an English actress" to play Nicole. "But [Reilly] just had the character down."
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Both actors put in time researching their roles, with Reilly learning about heroin addiction and Washington working with a flight instructor. Washington also became involved in rewriting the script, working with Gatins and Zemeckis as part of the process of finding his character, whose initial act of heroism in the story is complicated by his substance abuse issues.
"Short of Shakespeare you always work on a script," Washington says with a grin. "John and Bob and I sat in a room many, many times. Then you find out new things when you're reading with people auditioning or watching tapes."
The process continued through pre-production discussions with Zemeckis.
"Many days prior to shooting we would sit in the hotel conference room all day long and deconstruct this character and get under his skin," the director recalls. "We just talked about it, every scene, every moment.
"And then I'd do the same thing with the entire cast for days before shooting," Zemeckis continues. "I don't do line readings or anything, just a very, very elaborate table discussion. That's where we worked it all out. Then when we get on the set the actors have to go wherever they go to find those moments."
During production, Zemeckis put his experience with effects-aided action to use on the extended sequence in which Whip pulls his plane out of a terrifying dive and crash-lands it in a field.
"The trick to any film illusion or action sequence is to mix it up," the director says of his approach to the film's impressive airborne scenes. "So we had everything: a real set that we could turn upside down, cameras that we could rotate on a third axis and digital effects helping us along. We used all the tricks that we had to make it work."
But Zemeckis was also aware of the need to give his actors the space and confidence to do their best work on a tight 45-day shooting schedule.
"That was my biggest concern," he says. "It's obviously a dramatic piece so you want to have as much time for the cast as you can. But they were great. They were prepared, they made it work."
The actors praise Zemeckis for his focused but unfussy on-set demeanour.
"He's just very passionate, very trusting of his own instincts," says Reilly of the director of her first fully US film. "He knew what he wanted and as an actor I always want to work with people like that. If I sense weakness in a director I get worried. Because you really want to follow someone off a cliff."
Washington attributes the film's success in part to the deft touch of its director. "I was excited when Bob got on," says the star, "because I know he makes films that people want to go see. In the wrong hands it could have been too dark and too heavy."
The combination of Washington's screen presence, Reilly's freshness and Zemeckis' touch appear to have paid off for Flight in critical kudos and box-office dollars (the film had garnered $86.2m in North America by Dec 9 and still has most of its international openings to come).
And it could pay off for the individual participants as they move on to future projects. Washington has already completed Baltasar Kormakur's action drama 2 Guns and is considering "one or two" possible directing projects (he previously directed Antwone Fisher in 2002 and The Great Debaters in 2007).
Reilly, now based in New York, has already completed four more films, including French production Chinese Puzzle and John Michael McDonagh's Irish drama Calvary.
Zemeckis says that he hasn't thought about his next project yet (the motion-capture remake of Yellow Submarine that he has been linked with is no longer on the cards). But he is hopeful Flight's success might create more demand for the kind of well-written screenplays that are, he says, "few and far between".
Flight, says its director, "is the kind of movie that no one's supposed to go see. But it's the kind of movie that I love, the kind of movie I grew up on in the seventies. I'm glad people are going to see it because now there's hope we could do a complex adult drama that isn't a pre-sold title."


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Anne Arundel Recreation and Parks promises new effort
Anne Arundel County has the longest Bay shoreline in Maryland at 534 miles, embracing five major rivers and countless creeks and streams. It is home to 40,000 registered boaters. Yet unless you own waterfront property or live in a water-privileged community, you have virtually no access to the Chesapeake or its tributaries.
Last week the Anne Arundel County Department of Recreation and Parks presented a draft of a new Land Preservation, Parks and Recreation Plan. A number of citizens spoke up for various projects such as indoor tennis facilities and bicycle trails. But the most compelling from my perspective were four or five speakers who noted the shameful lack of public water access.
After the 30-minute presentation at Quiet Waters Park, Parks director Rick Anthony assured me he is committed to the goal of increasing public water access in the very near future.
Over the last two years, he said, he has been working with Mike Lofton, head of the citizen initiative Public Water Access Committee, in identifying specific projects.
Effort is under way to include a two-lane ramp at Fort Smallwood Park in Pasadena, but it is not yet operational.
Beyond money, one of the principal problems in providing public access to the Bay has been the unwillingness of those living near proposed projects to share access, even though the county owns the property being developed.
Lofton explained that initial neighborhood opposition frequently contrasts with these same residents' final attitude toward the fully developed projects. Neighbors often embrace the completed efforts.
Quiet Waters Park and the B&A Trail are two of the more successful and widely loved Recreation and Parks projects, he said. They are not only praised by the nearby residents but have also increased surrounding property values — though initial fears were much to the contrary.
Anne Arundel County already owns more than 100 parcels of waterfront property, some of them extensive. A few more — such as the 50-acre Spriggs Farm Park on the Magothy River — are under consideration for acquisition. Many of these areas are prime candidates for opening public access to the Chesapeake and its tributaries.
The Public Water Access Committee that has spearheaded this issue is composed of a dozen volunteers who are always looking for additional assistance. While they don't need donations nor are they big on meetings, Lofton said, they do welcome participation by people interested in assisting with a specific project: www.aacounty.org/RecParks/launch/water_access.cfm.
If you'd like to help champion an area access or want to identify a public holding in your area, Lofton will be happy to fill you in on how to go about it. Countless landlocked Anne Arundel Countians will be forever grateful.


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More than just a map, National Geographic Trails Illustrated topographic maps are designed to take you into the wilderness and back. Printed on tear-resistant, waterproof material, this map can go anywhere you do.
Each map is based on exact reproductions of USGS topographic map information, customized, and enhanced to meet the unique features of each area. The maps include valuable wilderness tips and Leave No Trace guidelines, along with trails, trailheads, points of interest, campgrounds, and much more. With a color palette and stunning shaded relief, backcountry navigation has never been easier.
National Geographic's recreational map of Catskill Park is a two-sided, waterproof map designed to meet the needs of outdoor enthusiasts with unmatched durability and detail. This map was created in partnership with the Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) which provided trail information from its Forest Preserve Series of trail guides. Loaded with valuable information about recreating in the park, the map also includes a UTM and Latitude/Longitude grid, as well as selected waypoints and a scale bar for easy and accurate navigation.
Year-round activities abound in the park and the location of scenic viewpoints, boat launches and canoe carry downs, swimming areas, fishing access points, ski areas, and other points of interest are clearly marked as are park and forest boundaries. Campers will appreciate the attention paid to noting the variety of facilities available including primitive campsites, shelters, picnic areas, restrooms, parking, RV dump stations, and universal access areas for the handicapped. Whether driving the NY Scenic Byway, camping and hiking at Little Pond, or boating and fishing on the Ashokan Reservoir, these maps perform as highly functional travel tools that are as useful as they are remarkably crafted.
The front of the Catskill Park map details the western half of the park from its tip near the Bear Spring Mountain Wildlife Management Area and Pepacton Reservoir to the western edge of Sundown Wild Forest and the Beaver Kill Range in the Big Indian Wilderness. The eastern half of the park appears on the back of the map and also includes Schoharie Reservoir and Ashland Pinnacle State Forest to the north stretching south to Rondout Reservoir and Vernooy Kill State Forest.


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Going forward with another anatomy lesson today, and this time the tutorial will be showing you "how to draw a rib cage", step by step. Drawing parts of the human body is not only helpful, but it also enables you to understand "how to draw a body" in general. This is due to the fact that when you understand the bodies makeup and structure from the inside, drawing the shape of a body on the outside will be easier to do. The ribcage of a person not only provides protection to the lungs, and heart, it is also part of the human diaphragm. Our diaphragm is what you call the upper body or torso. Inside of the torso houses our heart, lungs, ribs, spine, stomach, intestines, both large and small, our gal bladder, liver, kidneys, and much, much more. I have a tutorial located in the anatomy section that shows you, and talks about some of our major organs, and even teaches you how to draw anatomy as well. The human rib cage is also known in technical terms as the "thoracic cage". One of the main things that the rib cage does, is expand whenever you inhale or take a breath. When the ribs expand, or lift up with the aid from our intercostal muscles, our lungs are able to fill up with air or oxygen, which allows us to breath, and pass oxygen to our muscles, brain, and blood. Now that you have some idea on what the ribs do, and how they operate, there is still another question that rises in us all, "what are the ribs connected to, and how many ribs do we have?". To answer this question, I had to do a little research to make sure that my assumption was right, and come to find out, my theory was correct. All of everybody's ribs are connected to our thoracic vertebrae, and there is a total of twelve ribs. The first set of ribs are called "true ribs", and there is a total of seven. These seven ribs are connected in the front of our sternum by cartilages. These cartilages is what makes it possible for our lungs to expand, and deflate. The other three ribs which would be numbers eight, nine, and ten are called "false ribs". The false ribs are also connected to the seven ribs above them. Finally, ribs eleven and twelve are called floating ribs, and the reason for their name is due to the fact that they are not connected to the sternum at all. The spaces or gaps between the ribs are called intercostal spaces, and they are made up of muscles, nerves, and arteries. Well, I guess that just about sums it up except, how about that age old question where people have always believed that a man has one less rib then a woman? I read a few articles, and it was unanimous, women do in in fact have an extra rib than men. I guess that biblical paragraph was right when it read that God took a rib from Adam, and made Eve. Anyway, that does it for this description, and what a description it is. I will leave you now as you try out this tutorial, and teach yourself "how to draw a rib cage", step by step. I will be back soon, so keep those eyes open. Peace out people, and have a happy drawing day!
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Colorado tailbacks have yet to fumble in 255 total touches
BOULDER — Colorado may be only 3-5 but it leads the country in one positive category. Not one of its running backs has fumbled this season.
Between Christian Powell's 104 carries (108 total touches), Michael Adkins II's 65 (73 total), Tony Jones' 51 (60) and Donta Abron's 14, the Buffalo running backs have 234 rushes and 255 total touches. Not once have they dropped the ball.
Jones has only one funmble in 261 career touches and Powell has two in 274.
Colorado has fumbled only eight times overall and lost five.


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I agree with Malcolm Conn, in the Australian newspaper, that the brief for Australias selectors should immediately be towards forming a team to contest the next Ashes campaign in 2006/07. Regarding the personnel, here's my blueprint/structure that Australia should implement looking towards that series, and casting ahead for the next four years. It's a little lengthy , but worth the read if you like Aussie cricket.
The Openers:
Personally, I would make a broad judgment about Matthew Hayden, and terminate his career. Granted, he jagged a century in his last innings, but the selectors should look at the trend with his batting. The trend, over the last 18 months, over the last 30 innings, has been that his batting and his mental state, have been in serious decline. All quality players, if you give them enough chances, will eventually score a century - its the trend that counts. Moreover, a selectors brief includes reading the tea-leaves, not just looking a batsmans most recent innings.
The problem with retaining Hayden for the next Test series is that he will likely fill his boots against a woeful West Indies attack, and then do likewise against a military medium South African attack. Given this, he would then find himself in the team for the next Ashes series. The problem with that is that I dont think he, any longer, has the ability or the application to make consistent runs against high quality bowling units.
I'd be bold and draft Phil Jacques as Hayden's replacement. Mike Hussey, whatever people say about his ODI form, has never been a great First Class (FC) player. For example, over the last five Pura Cup seasons he has averaged: 30; 35; 34; 41 and 55. I just think, if you are 31 years of age, shouldn't you have shown a little more than that? There's no way those statistics, for a 31 year old, warrant a Baggygreen.
By contrast, Phil Jacques, aged just 26, has had two summers of Pura Cup cricket in Australia for a combined average of 50. Last summer, in only his second season, he scored over 1100 runs at an average of 66. He is already rated highly by the selectors, after being picked on Australia A's tour of Pakistan. In his only match in that more elite company, he carried his bat and scored 92. Australia should be bold and pick him over Hussey, who is on the wrong side of 30 and who has struggled in the Pura Cup over the last five years.
The other incumbent - Justin Langer - is still hungry, and has shown zero signs of decline. Personally, I see him as one of the cornerstones for Australia over the next four years. He has already stated that the 2009 Ashes tour is not out of the question, and his experience, while the winds of change blow through the rest of the team, would be invaluable - particularly for Phil Jacques.
The Middle Order:
Id be re-structuring the batting and picking Shane Watson. Firstly, if they stopped concentrating on his bowling, the selectors would realise that he has a better FC batting average than the reserve Ashes batsman, Brad Hodge. Secondly, he is six and a half years younger than Hodge. Finally, he brings more to the team than Hodge, as he averages 30 with the ball in FC cricket. The selectors are making a grave mistake viewing Watson through the prism of a bowler who bats. Rather, he is a batsman - averaging almost 50 in FC cricket - whose bowling is a bonus. Watson adds another dimension to the side, by allowing it to play two spinners, and should come in for either Katich or Martyn.
On that question - Katich or Martyn? - I would drop Katich. I think hes a top-order batsman, who looks so out of place at five or six. Hes had a good run at Test cricket (21 matches) and is averaging less than 40. Martyn, after his Ashes tour, can consider himself somewhat lucky, but I dont think he has really shown any real signs of decline. For instance, in recent series, he has averaged 55; 50; 55; 41; 103; 78. Yes he had a horror Ashes, but there is no trend that justifies the ending of his career. I think he can play for another two years, by which time a young tyro (Phillipson or even Shaun Marsh) can take his place.
The other two incumbents - Ponting and Clarke - will be retained, and together form the nucleus of the middle order over at least the next four years.
Adam Gilchrist had a horror Ashes, but there is no real decline in his play. For instance, in the series since the beginning of the last Australian summer, he averaged 88; 76 and 171. He had a very poor Ashes tour, but has had similar horror series in the past (India 2004 for instance) and bounced back. Id back him to do likewise here. I do think, though, that his workload could be better managed over the next two years. Long term, probably after the next West Indies tour in 2007, Gilchrists retirement will clear the way for Brad Haddin/Chris Hartley.
Here, Australia has to think clearly and decide who their best bowlers (be it spinners or quicks) are. In my view, our strength over the next four years, will lie with our spinners, rather than our quicks. I can see McGill playing another four years - he has said so himself that hell play long. Therefore, over the next four years, the balance of the attack should be two spinners; two quicks; and an all-rounder who can bowl first change (Watson).
McGill and Warne (or even if Warne retires, McGill and Cullen/White) is a potent partnership on the flat tracks around the world for the next four years - theres not too many green tops (even in England) nowadays. Picking two spinners (except on the all too rare green top) is much preferable to finding a 3rd paceman, as Australias fast bowling cupboard is threadbare at present.
That means that Australia only have to find two quicks - this is the hard part. One of those spots comes down to either Tait or Lee. Given their styles, I really do not think you can have both of them in the same team - well leak too many runs. Personally, I think Tait showed something in the Ashes. He averaged the same as Lee with the ball, and reversed and moved it far more than Lee, despite being way less experienced.
Lee, for all his heart and indefatigability, still averaged above 40. Sometimes I want to put my head through the television set and tell him to bowl at the top of off-stump. That was his most dangerous length he knocked over Vaughan and Flintoff a couple of times, and beat the bat on numerous occasions. The bouncers should be surprise balls, not stock deliveries. I thought he would have learnt that lesson after spending 18 months out of the team. Anyway, it falls to Tait and Lee to joust for one of the two fast bowling spots - the strike bowler - for the next few years.
The other fast bowling spot will obviously be filled by the metronomic Glenn McGrath. However, injury and retirement are sure to interrupt at some stage. Whilst ever McGrath is playing (probably two years at most) my fallback in case of injury would be bowlers who have control - Jason Gillespie/Stuart Clark.
Given the lack of depth, Australia can simply not afford to mark Gillespies file. I just refuse to believe - at 30 - that he has lost his nip. I just hope that he can get some good specialist coaching (which he probably wasnt getting from Buchanan in England) when he returns home. I still think he has 10-15 quality Tests left in him.
When McGrath retires, probably in 12-24 months, I hope that a left-armer, at this stage Mitchell Johnson (described by Dennis Lillee as a once in a life time bowler) can replace him on a permanent basis. You will never replace, adequately, someone like McGrath, however at least a left-armer will add variety to the attack and provide else for the opposing batsmen to contend with, more so than a slightly above average right armer. Because, when you look at Australias quick bowling stocks at present, thats all there is: slightly above average bowlers.
As in football, every great coach has his era and is suited to a particular time. The times have suited Buchanan over the last six years. He has had a team of experienced, resourceful, and largely self sufficient players. This has allowed him to concentrate on the mental aspects of cricket and keeping the players mentally fresh. He has really been a mind and science coach and this has, arguably, been to the detriment of our fielding skills and the technical aspects of cricket.
However, I think his time has passed. The Australian team, over the years ahead, is likely to be less naturally gifted, less self-sufficient than its predecessor. The coach will have to have a very hands on roll, in polishing the players techniques. To this end, the man is Steve Rixon.
Finally, Australia should borrow from England and employ a bowling coach Bruce Reid is the obvious choice. Pay the incumbent handsomely, make it financially worth their while the benefits are immense.


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Sen. Charles Schumer says scammers are stealing thousands of senior citizens' Social Security payments, often with just one phone call.
The New York Democrat urged the federal Social Security Administration on Sunday to take safety measures to curb the fraud.
As of August, the senator says, there have been more than 19,000 reports of attempted identify theft. That's about 50 each day.
The payments are directly deposited into private bank accounts.
Scammers divert payments by obtaining account information, then making a phone call to reroute the money to their own accounts.
"It shouldn't take just one phone call and a scrap of information for a thief to reroute Social Security payments to a fake bank account," Schumer said. "Social Security is a lifeline to seniors, and a thief shouldn't be able to sever that line with a snap of their finger."
To foil scammers, Schumer wants beneficiaries to be notified immediately about any attempted changes to bank account information via email, text, letters and automated phone calls. The Social Security inspector general also recommends an automatic notification system.
The federal agency did not immediately return a call for comment. -- AP
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MARLTON, N.J., Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Four New Jersey hospitals, express urgent care centers and affiliated physicians are coping with flu patients with their "surge" plan, officials say.
Virtua, a comprehensive healthcare system involving four hospitals in Southern New Jersey, designed the plan to manage patients outside the hospital to keep the hospital emergency rooms from being overwhelmed, NJbiz.com reported.
Dr. James Dwyer, chief clinical officer of Virtua, told NJbiz.com: "We've developed the capability of managing patients outside of the hospital. All of these access points have become very, very challenged from the volumes with the flu activity, but the good news is, because of the size of the system and because of the multiple access points we've developed, we've been able to figure out ways to spread this surge across a larger base than managing it just through the emergency department."
By treating flu patients in doctor's offices and clinics, the hospital emergency room can treat other medical emergencies and severe influenza.
Dr. John Matsinger, chief medical officer of Virtua, said each of the locations set up separate flu-response areas with common elements such as segregated waiting rooms -- ordinarily used to "fast-track" minor injuries or sicknesses -- to move patients out of waiting areas and the emergency rooms to make space for new patients.
Matsinger and Dwyer said they've never seen patient volumes as high as they have this winter, but they were prepared because of their system's surge plan developed after Sept. 11, 2001.
The software MedMined analyzed infections to predict future patterns allowing the hospitals to adjust procedures proactively and protect patients and employees from illnesses such as the flu, the doctors said.


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The RCN 6000 absolute angle encoder
The alternative to modular angle encoders
For high-accuracy rotary axes with a large central bore, RCN 6000 angle encoders are now available as a solution. These encoders combine a sizable hollow shaft (180 mm diameter) with the typical characteristics of an angle encoder equipped with integrated bearing and stator coupling:
- High signal quality
- High resolution
- IP64 protection
- Easy mounting
This new series is thus an attractive alternative to modular angle encoders, particularly on applicable axes in machine tools.
Scanning is performed with the reflected light method on a METALLUR graduation applied directly to the bearing ring. Special solutions were developed for the bearing and stator coupling, allowing compact dimensions and large mounting tolerances.
The RCN 6000 angle encoders also exhibit the following characteristics:
- A low profile of only 44 mm
- A high system accuracy of ±2 arc seconds
- A low position error per signal period of less than ±0.3 arc seconds
- Purely serial EnDat, Fanuc, und Mitsubishi interfaces
- Functional safety in conjunction with the EnDat interface


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Google will be taking on e-commerce superstar Amazon with a new delivery service that will ship merchandise from local stores on the Web to their shoppers within 24-hours.
The new delivery service, which is still in its testing phase, was outlined by unnamed sources in both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. According to the WSJ: