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In 'Feeding Frenzy' Round, MuleSoft Raises $50M at $800M Valuation to Make Apps Communicate
MuleSoft Inc., whose software enables applications from different vendors to communicate and exchange data, raised $50 million at a valuation of nearly $800 million as investors elbowed each other for position in a highly competitive round.
Generally, funding rounds are led by one firm, which takes the largest part of the round and negotiates the terms.
But this round was co-led by three venture firms—two insiders, New Enterprise Associates and Lightspeed Venture Partners, and a newcomer, Meritech Capital Partners, which had to wait nearly a year to invest in MuleSoft because it was shut out of the last round, according to Meritech Managing Director Paul Madera.
"We have a pretty short list of companies we have to be in…and we kept after them and kept after them and finally had the chance to participate in this round," said Mr. Madera, who added that MuleSoft's current investors "would have been happy to do our piece as well."
"We're used to seeing enthusiasm from inside investors, and it's usually a good sign, but gosh—this was really exciting," Mr. Madera said.
Investors' enthusiasm for MuleSoft, which has now raised $131 million and is heading toward a possible IPO, is part of a general enthusiasm for enterprise software companies, which have been going public lately and trading at high valuations.
As more companies turn to cloud applications and mobile devices, which enable them to save money and work more quickly and efficiently, they're buying products from newer vendors because their older software wasn't designed to run in the cloud.
However, even though the new apps run in the cloud, they weren't necessarily designed to connect with each other or with older apps, something that Mr. Madera calls "one of the dirty secrets" of cloud software. Mobile devices, which also have to connect to these apps, complicate the picture, in part because there are so many of them.
MuleSoft solves the problem of how to make Salesforce.com apps, for instance, trade data with apps from Marketo Inc. or Box Inc. or Microsoft Corp. by providing a bus that connects all of them, replacing kludgy and expensive integrations and patches.
"We're like the electrical system in your house—a common backbone that everything plugs into," said Chief Executive Greg Schott.
The company was started in 2006 and was based on an open source software project. For years, it made a business of connecting apps that ran inside companies, but around 2010 and 2011 noticed the proliferation of mobile devices and the cloud.
"That's when we started feeling the wind at our backs," Mr. Schott said.
MuleSoft expects to be at the scale for an IPO around the end of 2014, he said. The company raised about 20% more than what it was looking to raise in this round, and Mr. Schott said he made all investors back off from the amount they wanted to invest.
Valuation in the last year has more than doubled, he said, and the company also expects to double employees this year to about 500 people. Subscription revenue in 2013 grew by 91%.
Investors had to work hard to get in to the round and few made it—the only new investors were Meritech and Cisco Systems Inc.—because the round was shown to very few people, according to NEA General Partner Scott Sandell.
NEA first proposed to lead the new round itself, Mr. Sandell said. Lightspeed, another current investor, jumped in, setting off what Lightspeed Partner Ravi Mhatre called a "feeding frenzy," and all current investors ended up participating, including Salesforce.com, SAP Ventures, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures and Bay Partners.
MuleSoft's revenue is not disclosed, but Mr. Mhatre said Mr. Schott was disciplined about how much money he raised. Mr. Mhatre said he expects MuleSoft to live up to its high valuation and become a big independent company.
"They have great fundamentals, a huge market, an established leadership position and we're in a massive technology upgrade cycle," Mr. Mhatre said.
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Age: 17
I'm 17 years old. I hit puberty at age 10, so I have had time for my dick to grow, but it hasn't. I'm 1 inch soft and 4 inches hard. Why? Is it normal? I mean all the other guys have dicks at least 4 inches soft and like 6-8 inches hard. Even one of my of my 13-year-old friends dick is honestly 6 inches soft! What is wrong with me? Why is mine so small? Is it abnormal for my age? I have heard that weight can have something to do with it? I'm about 240 pounds. Can you help? I can't do surgeries or enhancement pills or whatever. I mean, give some names of medicines and I can talk to my doctor or something.
Normally I wouldn't respond to yet another question about how one grows his dick bigger. I've already dedicated enough ink to this topic to last a lifetime. If you want the 411 on cock enlargement techniques of all types, all you have to do is use the search function in the header and search for topics like: cock size, cock shape and jelqing. Or look for these topics in the CATEGORY pull down menu in the sidebar. You'll find everything I have to say on the subject. Here's an example of what I am talking about — Much Ado About Very Little.
But for your benefit, Trey, I'll summarize. Our dick size is determined by genetics, like our skin color, hair color, stature and the like. Permanent male enhancement by any means, short of surgery, is a fiction. And surgery is an exceptionally risky procedure, often times only making matters worse.
The only reason I decided to publicly respond to your question, Trey, is because you mention your weight. You tell me you are 17 years old and you weigh about 240lbs. That's astounding, pup. Unless you are 7" tall and built like a brick shithouse, you must be considerably overweight, perhaps even obese. If I were you, darlin', I'd consider my weight problem to be a much bigger liability then the size of my baloney pony.
Seriously, one sure fire way to add to your dick size is to lose weight. Think about it, if your unit is struggling to peek out from under a big fold of fat hanging down from just above your cock, you could easily add a couple inches if you trimmed the fat. But dick size aside, you're simply carrying too much weight and at such a tender age. YIKES!
You know you are at risk for diabetes, circulatory problems and cardiac problems, right? Each and every one of these will impact in a very negative way on your sexual response cycle. So even if you could magically grow you dick bigger, your weight will defeat you; making it impossible for you to get it up and get it off.
I encourage you to seriously consider a lifestyle change, pup. Do it so you'll have a bigger dick, if that's what you really want. And in the process you'll also insure a healthier heart making that bigger dick of yours function like it oughta.
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Name: razor
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Location: Texas
My partner and I have been together for about 8 months now. I can't even say we had a great, awesome, sex life at first. There was something else. I thought I had found a good person and friend in him. He is very sexy, lean and hung. Honestly, I should really want him. I'm poz, and he's not. I, wonder if that could be the reason, why I don't desire him? Afraid that I might hurt him somehow. Or could this be just what I think it is, could I just not want sex?
Mmmm, I'd go with the first option, if I had to pick one. I'd be willing to guess that the disparity between you and your BF's HIV status is indeed getting in the way of your eroticism. And that's a big fat bummer, because it doesn't have to be like that.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the lack of desire for this hot and hunky HIV- guy isn't getting in the way of you guys having a good relationship, is it? The reason I ask is that many happy secure relationships are based on other things besides sex. You say he's a good person and a friend. Maybe that's all you need to make this relationship work and last. Most long-term relationships wind up being relatively sexless anyway. Instead of sexual fulfillment, the couple finds contentment in the intimacy and stability of the relationship. And that is often more gratifying than a vigorous roll in the hay.
As to your fears about possibly hurting your guy through sex…well life is full of risks, right? Your man is equally aware of the possibility of an accidental sero-conversion as you, right? But he stays with you. Why is that? Maybe he's willing to take the risk; because he has this other connection with you…ya know the friendship thing. Maybe he is confident about the safe sex he practices. Maybe sex is not all that important to him, considering he's in a relationship with a good man who is his friend. Maybe you just oughta ask him.
At the same time, there's loads of very pleasurable sexual activities you guys could involve yourselves in which carry very little to absolutely no risk of an HIV accident. Maybe you just need to get a little more creative in your sex play. Lots of mixed HIV couples have figured this out already.
Fear is an ugly thing, Razor. It can, as you suggest, shut down a person's entire erotic life. But I encourage you not to let this happen to you. Push past your fears. Work with a sex-positive therapist or an HIV support group, if you must. Just don't settle for the status quo. Even if your current relationship isn't dependent on a regular slap and tickle, you oughtn't live your life like you are some kind of Typhoid Mary. That is if you ask me.
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The days of having to shift between solid headphones for streaming music and a different headset to handle calls are over. With the help of local students and some college interns, we tested more than three dozen different pairs of headphones.
The ones that won just debuted on Amazon, although I found a lower price from a different retailer. They beat Beats By Dre and can hold their own against Bose. Click the play button to watch students react to these headphones.
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There have been six times in the past to deliver major legislation restructuring of the provision of hospital and medical services: 1913- 17, 1937-39, 1943-46, 1964-65, 1969-75 and 1993-94. Each previous attempt collapsed usually generating a series of legislation crafted to assuage the legislators who fought so hard ultimately to achieve so little (Danielson and Mazer 161). In 2009, after nearly 100 years, Democrats with Nancy Pelosi in the lead, took that ball and finally passed legislation that would guarantee access to health care. The rest is history, but it did not come without a fight. No doubt, every time the efforts failed, more policy was developed and negotiated for the inevitable, because it was inevitable that some form of Universal Coverage would pass Congress and be signed by a President from the Democratic Party.
To be perfectly honest, there was no public option in the policy that was eventually developed and finally passed through congress some parts have already been implemented and other parts are waiting for funding in this fiscal year. Although I had been somewhat involved in Comprehensive Health Care Policy research at our local committee level for this blog I thought some extra research would be in order. I ran across an interesting excerpt of a column originally published in the Washington Post by Don Coburn one of their staff writers. I found the excerpt in the British Medical Journal Summer, 1986, and lo and behold, I found a copy of this on-line at the National Institute of Health.
This is the first universal health insurance plan in the United States, and Governor Dukakis hails it as a model for the whole country. "Forty years after Harry Truman first proposed it we are finally on the road to basic health security for the citizens of this state," he said. "It's something which is long overdue for Massachusetts and long overdue for the country.'
However, the real issue before us is in understanding how we got to today, and taking some personal responsibility for the failures of the past, and some joy in the huge accomplishment of 2009. Because, in all honesty, we should have some pride in finally being able to move on from those who continue to say this will destroy us, to defending the bill, and keeping Republicans from further demonizing what is a huge accomplishments by Democrats in office. My particular thanks to Nancy Pelosi and her deft handling of her caucuses to get this bill passed. She ultimately will go down in history as one of the greatest speakers of all time. There is an excellent interactive time line of the history of Health Reform in America at the NY Times.
- 1912 – Teddy Roosevelt campaigns on a National Health Insurance policy, Great Britain passed such a policy in 1911, and many European nations had such policies, the earliest being Germany they passed a national health insurance policy in 1883. The debate in America went on until 1917.
- 1937 – 38 The New Deal omitted plans for a national health insurance program in 1934, although it was included in the original discussion and planning for implementing New Deal Programs. What happened in 1934? By 1938 it began to push a National Health Insurance Program. Again, it failed. There were many forces against this new plan, but in the forefront were doctors who opposed national health insurance.
- 1948 – Harry Truman includes a national health insurance program in the platform of his election campaign and it stays in the Democrat Party platform. Back then the AMA opposed a national insurance program, and claimed we were heading towards socialized medicine, the same tired argument employed by conservatives today. Essentially this is where the hard fight began.
Well the fight began there and continued on to today. Some states like Massachusetts, Hawaii, and Minnesota began to implement plans of their own. In 1985 Massachusetts passed a state wide referendum, but it didn't include what people today call "the public option" but it was a way to deliver insurance to those that had no access to insurance, therefore no access to health care other than emergency room care. At that time, there already were an estimated 35 million people in the nation without access to health care, most of those the poor and the working poor. There were no mandates that business offer health insurance to their employees and if businesses did, the cost was often too high for someone making minimum wage. Nevertheless, by this time, the Democratic Party recognized the importance of expanding the ideals of a system that would include everyone.
In 1993-94 many of us saw the fight take place and the propaganda that was used one more time to stop any move toward Universal Health, socialism… government takeover of health care, the rationing of health care, etc. One more time the propaganda scared enough people to stop Health Reform in its tracks. Remember what they called it back then, yeah Hillary Care. Sound familiar. It was beyond shocking for some of us in the trenches. Most of us, who participated in our local policy meetings on Health Reform, were to figure out a policy that would be palatable even to Republicans. What did we think would be palatable to Republicans, well expanding FEHBP to all of America. Hell the system was already in place, run by competent government employees, which heavily regulates insurance that covers federal employees. FEHBP, Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan, yes, it is an insurance based program heavily regulated by the Federal Government; there are requirements as to what must be covered for individuals and their families. And of course the Federal Employee group is the largest group purchaser of insurance. What happened during our many meetings afterwards was how to get health reform passed that would palatable to the majority of Americans.
The idea that democrats came up with was to expand FEHBP to include all Americans in that group, and then subsidize the poor so they could buy into the system of insurance, thereby getting the first step done, as other countries had in the early part of the 20th century. I personally did not expect people who self-identify as liberals would do as much to sabotage this move to an eventual universal system as conservatives. This time Democrats were prepared for the nonsense that goes on with Republicans who use over the top rhetoric to scare people to get them whipped up for or against any given issue. I have always considered my side smarter. I was shocked to find it is not. So that public option the left screams about was always considered a bargaining chip for Republicans, you know, okay no public option but FEHBP for everyone with subsidies for the poor.
This health policy has been in development for 12 years. Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic leadership had it ready to go when the time was right. All the stars aligned in 2008, GW Bush had done enough damage to the reputation of Republicans to give us on opportunity before Republicans could gain their footing to get a beginning, one that had been in the making since Harry Truman. Painstaking efforts had been made to get a policy in place that no one but the most ideological forces could accept. FEHBP, who knew moderate Republican legislators would reject a program they benefitted from? Who knew some on the left would go full-bore opposition to delivering a system to the now 45 + million people without access to health care? I was dumbfounded and remain dumbfounded that some people on the left continue to reject a beginning, without knowing the history, and not realizing this is something that can and will be built on over the years. Who knew? We are on the verge now, of Republicans attempting to dismantle, thereby stopping progress towards that single payer system so many folks claim to support. I would implore liberals, progressive to read extensively about our struggle to get to where we are now. Be armed to take on the opposition with knowledge. Because passing this bill was the greatest achievement since Medicare/Medicaid, a crowning glory.
Chapman, Carleton B and John M Talmadge. "Historical and Political Background of Federal Health Care Legislation." Law and Contemporary Problems 35.2 (Spring, 1970): 334-347.
Cohen, Wilbur. "Health Insurance and Government." The Journal of Insurance 29.1 (March, 1962): 7-17.
Colburn, Don. "Universal Health Insurance in the United States?" British Medical Journal 297.6640 (July 2, 1988): 9-10.
Crane, Frederick G. "Insurance Rate Regulation: The Reasons Why." The Journal of Risk and Insurance 39.4 (Dec, 1972): 511-534.
Danielson, David A. and Arthur Mazer. "The Massachusetts Referendum for a National Health Program." Journal of Public Health Policy 7.2 (Summer, 1986): 161-173.
Derickson, Alan. "Health Security for All? Social Unionism and Universal Health Insurance 1935-1958." The Journal of American History 80.4 (March, 1994): 1333-1356.
Journal, British Medical. "Review- The Insurance Act." British Medical Journal 1.2664 (January 20, 1912): 129-130.


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Japan will cut its electrical use by 15% this summer. After the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster, their electrical production capability has been decreased. Nuclear power plants made up for a quarter of their electrical production. After the disaster at Fukushima, public opinion in Japan has shifted against using nuclear power. Because of this, some plant managers in Japan are postponing turning their reactors back on after scheduled maintenance. Not only are they concerned about making sure their reactors are safe, they don't want to take the reactor down again once new government regulations come into effect.
Time for some 101 facts about Japan.
Just to make sure we're all on the same page, Japan is an island, or rather, a chain of islands. Japan is an energy power house. While it is only the 10th most populated country, it is 3rd in electrical generation. (America has double the population and is the largest electrical producer, China has the largest population and is second in electrical production.)
Japan does not have a lot of crude oil or natural gas. Most of what they use is imported. That's one of the reasons they turned to nuclear power for electrical production. It takes fewer imports to run nuclear facilities than the coal, oil, and natural gas equivalents. There have also been fewer uranium crises than oil crises during the last 50 years.
In order to reduce electricity usage, the Japanese government has called for office thermostats to be turned up to 82 degrees Fahrenheit throughout the entire summer. This is an easy way to save electricity, however it would be very uncomfortable in a 3 piece suit and tie. The government is promoting a new "Super Cool Biz" look. They are encouraging people to wear shorts and polo shirts. The government is getting some resistance. While I would love to have to wear only polos and shorts (guess what I'm wearing now) at work, a nice suit and tie does bring off a certain professional air.
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With all that has gone on, some countries are rethinking their strategy for nuclear power.
Germany has decided to shut down all of its nuclear reactors over the next decade. Nuclear power generation currently (ha, a pun) accounts for nearly a quarter of their entire electrical generation (coal counts for about half, and renewables counts for about 16%). They plan to convert all the nuclear power generation into renewable. There may not be as much hot air in Germany as there is in the States, but Germany is the second largest producer of wind produced electricity (with the United States being first). In fact it makes up nearly 7% of their total electricity generation.
If the German government wants to bump wind up to over 30% of their electrical production, not only will they need to install more wind turbines, but they'll also need to replace the older models with new and more efficient models. They will also need to bump up their solar energy. While Germany is one of the top installers of photovoltaic cells, solar only accounts for a few percent of their energy production. With more efficient cells, it should not be too hard to move that number up.
The Italians also voted to abandon nuclear power again.
They abandoned it after Chernobyl and do not have any actual nuclear plants. The vote was more a comment on their current Prime Minister who favors the use of nuclear power.
France is still a proponent for nuclear generated electricity to remain in the EU's energy mix. France is one of the largest producers of nuclear generated electricity. It accounts for over 80% of their electrical power generation.
As with most exciting things in the world, we'll have to watch and see what unfolds.


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KUUSAMO, Finland (Dec. 1) - Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) led another historic day for the U.S. Cross Country Ski Team, finishing second in a 5k freestyle race at the Ruka Triple mini-tour in Kuusamo. It was Randall's second straight distance podium and a career best for a non-sprint. She led four American women into the top 18 while Noah Hoffman (Aspen, CO) set a career best with a breakthrough 19th in the men's 10k. The Ruka Triple concludes with a skiathlon, or pursuit, on Sunday. Norway's Marit Bjoergen took the win while Alexander Legkov of Russia won the men's.
- Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) was second in the 5k freestyle at the Ruka Triple in Kuusamo.
- It was another banner day for the U.S. Cross Country Ski Team with Jessie Diggins (Afton, MN) 12th, Liz Stephen (E. Montpelier, VT) 13th and Holly Brooks (Anchorage) 18th.
- Noah Hoffman (Aspen, CO) had a breakthrough career best in 19th in the men's 10k freestyle.
- Randall now stands second in the Ruka Triple and in the overall FIS World Cup. Brooks is 10th in the World Cup standings.
- The Ruka Triple concludes Sunday with a skiathlon, or pursuit, where athletes ski both a classic and freestyle leg with the start seeded by current mini-tour position.
Kikkan Randall
Today was a fantastic day. To finish second was a bit of redemption from a disappointing sprint yesterday. Now I'm sitting second overall going into the race tomorrow.
I skied a strong, steady race picking up places as I went through the course. It was definitely Alaska like conditions out here. I wore some tape on my face but still froze my hands a bit.
Another big day for the team with four girls in the top 20 plus Noah got his first top 20. It was a nice reward for the coaches and techs here who have worked so hard.
Jessie Diggins
I was nervous about today's race since it was my first time racing the Ruka course. I tried to start hard from the gun but after crossing the line I wish I had started even harder - that was one heck of a fast 5k course! You have to charge each uphill and know that on the long and fast downhill your body will recover. I'm super, SUPER proud of our team today - all the coaches, wax techs and athletes - five in the top 20 is very inspiring and encouraging!
Liz Stephen
The course is mighty hard here in Kuusamo, but a 5k is so short that the strategy was to go out hard, ski the tops of the climbs hard and recover as much as possible on the fast downhills. We were taking risks out there today. Blowing up is not out of the question in a 5k, but going too easy is not a good option either because there is never an extra second to blow in such a short race.
Holly Brooks
I had nothing but good thoughts headed into the 5k today. This was my breakthrough race last year so it's slightly nostalgic! I knew that I needed to ski hard from the start.
I am psyched for tomorrow. It should be an action packed yo-yo out there. The course skis just like a set of intervals. A really hard climb followed by a restful downhill - then we'll do it again three more times!
Noah Hoffman, career best World Cup performance
I am happy to break into the top-20 on the World Cup. It was one of my goals for this season and a big step forward in my career. I am looking forward to building on this result tomorrow and in the coming weeks.
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Essay:Sin is addictive
Sin is addictive. That is, any sin one "tries" is likely to be repeated. Unless your conscience is strong enough to make you regret it afterwards, the rewards you perceive can overpower your dedication to goodness.
The saying, "Try it, you'll like it" is especially bad. If Satan is a snake, then "trying out" sinful behavior is like playing with baby snakes. The Bible calls Satan an "ancient serpent" and "a liar ... from the beginning".
The idea of speaking with "a forked tongue" illustrates the concept of tempting someone into sin by using words with double meanings. "You won't die," said the serpent to Eve. Yet God had told her that "In day you eat of the fruit, you will die." Although Eve lived long enough to mother at least three children, she "died" in some way when she ate the forbidden fruit of knowledge.
Young people can try to tempt their peers to try vices such as drinking or cigarette smoking in defiance of parents. "It won't hurt you," they say. But what they don't tell you is that alcohol and nicotine are addictive (see addiction). You can't stop merely because you decide to stop.
Fornication is also addictive. The pleasure it gives, despite being wrong, is highly rewarding. There is a world of difference between the person who has never had sex and one who has (see virginity). The idea of abstinence before marriage and fidelity thereafter is tied to the virtue of premarital virginity and the avoidance of the sin of fornication.
Once you start, it's very hard to stop. It's not like going to a bad neighborhood, where there is danger. Once you perceive the danger, you can easily make the wise choice of avoiding that place. With sin, the problem is overcoming the bad habit as well.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
the Video Unit 3
Pre-Viewing Activity
and Discussion (30 minutes)
Watch the Video
(30 minutes) and Discuss (30 minutes) [Top]
The video includes three segments:
Post-Viewing Activity
and Discussion (30 minutes) [Top]
Try the Critical
Thinking activity for Unit 3. This is a good activity to
use with your students, too.
1. Determining What Is "Necessary and Proper" in Practice
(15 minutes)
According to Chief Justice John Marshall, Congress is not constricted
to simply the enumerated powers. Instead, it may justify legislative
action if it is "necessary and proper" to the carrying
out of any enumerated power. List some examples of congressional
use of the "necessary and proper" justification. Discuss
whether or not the laws are in fact "necessary and proper"
to carrying out the enumerated power to which they are linked. Try
crafting your own law (e.g., some version of educational reform).
Develop an argument to support your position that the proposed law
is necessary and proper to carry out a power enumerated to the national
2. Imagining a Unitary Government (15 minutes)
Assume that the framers of the Constitution had decided to establish
a unitary form of government instead of a federal system. What would
have been the advantages or disadvantages of such a change? Would
we have had a Civil War? What would have happened to individual
freedoms? Would public services be better or worse?
Homework [Top]
Read the following Readings from Unit 4 to prepare for next week's
Classroom Applications
You may want to have your students do the post-viewing activities:
Determining What Is "Necessary and Proper" in Practice
and Imagining a Unitary Government. They are provided for you as
blackline masters in the Appendix of the print guide.
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February News Update
February 11, 2005USTTI's First Open Forum of 2005
The USTTI's first web forum of 2005 was held February 1, as Curriculum Coordinators Kelly O'Keefe and Francesca Tripodi fielded dozens of questions about the USTTI. Topics of discussion included USTTI's 2005 curriculum and training sponsors, the application process, and potential travel and subsistence funding sources. The inquiries, comments, and suggestions of all who participated were very helpful as the USTTI's 23rd training year commences. Potential applicants should review the transcript, as it answers many frequently asked questions about the USTTI.
Web Site Upgrades
The USTTI is in the process of upgrading its web site, and we would like to receive your input! E-mail any new ideas or suggestions to firstname.lastname@example.com, and the staff will take them into consideration.
USTTI to Support Conference on U.S. Technologies for Southeast Asia Communications
USTTI would like to make our Southeast Asian friends and alumni aware of an upcoming event in your region. We hope that you or your colleagues will be able to attend!
The United States Telecommunications Training Institute has joined as an official supporting organization for a U.S. conference on information and communications technologies for Southeast Asian nations. Presented by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), the April 27-29 event in Bangkok, Thailand, will bring government officials and private sector leaders from eight countries together with representatives of U.S. telecommunications and Internet technology companies.
The Southeast Asia Connections Conference will provide participants with details on new project and export opportunities in the areas of mobile systems, wireless local loop, data networking and Internet access, fiber networks, e-government and e-commerce. The projects presented at the event will range in value from $2 million to $200 million with an expected implementation timeframe in the next 18 months.
The conference agenda will also address key policy issues and highlight efforts to expand telecommunications infrastructure, improve delivery of government services, and support e-commerce. Speakers will include senior government officials and industry leaders from East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and the United States.
Also expected to participate are representatives of the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Commerce, and Southeast Asian companies interested in partnering with U.S. firms. Officials from international lending institutions, including the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the International Finance Corporation, will also be on hand to discuss loan and insurance programs available for communications exports and investment in the region.
For more information or to register, visit the conference website at http://www.trademeetings.com or contact Kevin Craemer at 1-202-347-2725.
Numbers Update
To date, USTTI has received 4,810 applications from 97 developing countries for our 2005 training courses. That is 600 more applications than had been received by this date in 2004 (a year which featured our strongest applicant pool in history!). We thank all of you who have already submitted applications, and we look forward to receiving applications from those who have yet to apply. Please remember: due to time-sensitive visa requirements, you should submit applications to the USTTI at least 16 weeks before your desired course's orientation is held at USTTI headquarters in Washington, DC. Applications received within 16 weeks of the orientation date will still be considered, but it will be more difficult to secure a US entry visa within such a limited timeframe.
Black History Month
February 1 marked the beginning of Black History Month, celebrated in the United States since 1926. This commemoration was formalized by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, whose goal was to foster accurate historical representation of African Americans, who were not given credit for their contributions in shaping the history of the United States. Black History Month actually began as Negro History Week, which took place during the second week of February to coincide with the birthdays of slavery abolitionist Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, the 16th American President.
President's Day
On Monday, February 21 the USTTI offices will be closed in observance of Presidents' Day. This date was first observed as a federal holiday in 1971 to honor all the men who have served the people of the United States as President. Each year, Presidents' Day is observed on the third Monday in February. Prior to 1971, the holiday was observed on February 22 to commemorate the birthday of our first President, George Washington, who served as Commander-in-Chief from 1789 – 1797.
Farewell Brian!
Brian McCloskey, who has been a Curriculum Coordinator at the USTTI for the past two and a half years, celebrated his last day in the office on Friday, February 11. Brian has been a great asset to the USTTI during his tenure, and we wish him the best of luck in his new position as Program Manager with the Software and Information Industry Association.


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Wedding celebration is invariably thought about to be the most essential occasion in one's life, be him rich or poor. Among all the wedding details for the big day, wedding invitations serve as a special part. Unlike wedding dress or food, invitation cards may be kept by the guests for a long time.
Wedding invitations are great designs for couples in that they may become memory even years later and all the great times may can come to mind, that could very well possibly be a excellent idea. Besides, as the first glimpse of the coming event, invitation cards are considered to be the key decides whether the guests will come or not.
As one of the most important part in the wedding, invitation wording also matters a lot in the wedding invites. For case in point, you can dispose the regular phrasing in favor of modern and clean wording. And actually the formality of wording of the invitations also up to the design of your wedding. If you are holding a formal traditional wedding, invitations are supposed to be formal and follow all the necessary rules but if anyone are throwing a casual wedding, then invitations can be anything that you may like and they could be creative and fun.
To be straightforward, to make unique nuptial invitations are always most couples are dreaming for. There are actually many unique invites ideas available for you on the market. One of the most fashionable ideas is to individualize the invitations with personal features to make the invites more personal-touched. Unique invitations allow you to utilize nicknames in the text to make the invitations more charming.
Another way that can stand wedding invitations cards out is to add photos in the invitations. That can be the sweet daily photos of you or be the romantic wedding photos. Whatever the photos are, they will anyway make your invitation great and eye-catching.
A part from the ceremony invitations that take great use of the photos, people can also make colors to make the invitations more adorable. For example, to achieve shiny and warm touch for the wedding, you could adopt colors like blue, white and yellow. Or combinations like pink and brown will also make surprising effect for the guests.
It is true that unique wedding ceremony invitations are beautiful and enjoyable, but they are usually much higher at price than the ordinary ones. For those who have tight budget for the wedding, you could actually purchase online to save some money for something that needs more money like wedding dresses.
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SAS® Bridge for Esri
Many organizations rely on spatial analysis to make business and agency decisions, and to conduct research. But accessing all the data relevant to these projects can be difficult, and limited analytical techniques often prevent thorough evaluations.
Even when a powerful analytical and reporting system like SAS is available, results can't easily be transferred from SAS to Esri, for spatial investigations. Organizations that utilize spatial data need a way to link SAS and Esri software without having to write, and rewrite, custom code.
The SAS Bridge for Esri alleviates the need for customized data transfers. It gives you the ability to exchange spatial data between ArcGIS10, the market leading geographic information system (GIS) software from Esri, and SAS. This new product links spatial, numeric and textual data through a single interface to improve efficiency, produce more intelligent results and communicate those results more effectively.
Increase efficiency
Increase your efficiency with the SAS Bridge for Esri by easily linking your tabular SAS data and analytical results with the spatial data of the ArcGIS environment. Queries from Esri can then inherently consider the attributes stored in your SAS environment. The SAS Bridge for Esri also gives you the ability to automate processes, so you will no longer need to rewrite customized programs every time your source data changes; just link together relevant tables and their resident servers and get more comprehensive information to answer your geospatial questions. Having access to richer data means greater understanding and, ultimately, better decisions.
Communicate results more effectively
The SAS Bridge for Esri lets you show industrial-strength analytical and business intelligence graphics on your maps for immediate recognition and understanding. And since the SAS Bridge for Esri uses the ArcGIS10 interface, users now have an industry-leading GIS interface backed by all the power and capabilities of SAS.
Extend capabilities
With the SAS Bridge for Esri you can extend your business intelligence and analytic capabilities to get results that inherently consider spatial entities. You'll be able to single out your discoveries, going beyond simple relationships to get to true, measurable results. You can use SAS to create accurate representations of current and future events – with statistically sound metrics, probabilities and forecasts – and then show the results spatially. These attributes can then be visualized as a thematic layer on a map and/or used as input for spatial analysis. You can also extend your use of ArcGIS by ensuring that spatial proximities, adjacencies and autocorrelations become information available to your analysis in SAS.
Provide sound intelligence for organizational decisions
The combination of SAS and Esri's best-of-breed software lets you extend your ability to consider numeric, textual and spatial data together – extending the breadth of information that can be used to answer the widest variety of questions.
With the cooperative alliance between SAS and Esri and joint development of the SAS Bridge for Esri, you are assured that the current and future architectures of both SAS and Esri have been considered as part of this product release as well as those to come.


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Cancer can develop anywhere in the body. The organ or region of the body where cancer begins is known as the primary site. Cancer — including cancer that metastasizes, or spreads, to form new tumors elsewhere in the body — is named after the primary site. For example, colon cancer that spreads to the liver is called metastatic colon cancer, rather than liver cancer, because it contains colon cancer cells.
According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 2 to 5 percent of all cancer patients have metastatic (secondary) tumors for which routine testing cannot locate the primary site. This is called cancer of unknown primary origin (CUP). Patients may be diagnosed with cancer of unknown primary origin if the primary tumor is too small to be identified with routine imaging tests, it regresses (disappears) before a secondary tumor arises, or the secondary tumor has several possible primary sites. Occasionally, a primary tumor is discovered during surgery to treat other conditions.
Cancer of unknown primary origin can appear anywhere in the body, but is most commonly found in the lymph nodes, liver, lungs, bones, or skin.
Types of Cancer of Unknown Primary Origin
There are four types of cancer of unknown primary origin. A pathologist can determine the cancer type by observing the tumor's cells under the microscope.
Approximately 60 percent of tumors designated as cancer of unknown primary origin are adenocarcinomas, which are made of epithelial cells from a gland (glands are tissues that produce substances within and outside of the body). Epithelial cells form the lining of most internal organs, making it difficult to identify the primary tumor site. Common primary sites for adenocarcinomas include the lungs, pancreas, breast, prostate, stomach, liver, and colon.
Approximately 20 to 30 percent of all CUP tumors contain poorly differentiated cancer cells, which do not resemble normal cells and are usually more aggressive than other cancer cells. More specialized testing may indicate whether these tumors began in lymph cells, skin cells, neuroendocrine cells, or other specialized cells. However, many poorly differentiated cancer cells appear so different from normal cells that doctors cannot determine their original cell type.
Squamous cell carcinomas, which account for less than 10 percent of CUP tumors, are made of the flat epithelial cells that are found on the surface of skin or in the lining of certain organs.
Some cancers of unknown primary origin contain neuroendocrine cells, a highly diverse group of cells that contain and/or produce certain hormones. Neuroendocrine carcinoma can begin anywhere in the body, which can make it difficult to identify the primary site. For more information about neuroendocrine tumors, visit Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors and Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Tumors.
Symptoms of a cancer of unknown primary origin are usually noticed in the area in which the tumor is found, such as the lungs, liver, bones, or lymph nodes. However, some patients have no symptoms, and only learn they have cancer following a medical or imaging test. Others experience symptoms that could result from a variety of other health conditions.
If symptoms occur, they may include:
- pain in a specific area of the body, such as the chest, abdomen, or bones
- loss of appetite
- weight loss
- a lump in any part of the body, including the lymph nodes
- persistent cough or hoarseness
- changes in bowel or bladder habits
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We've known the Mercury Marauder has been slated for production since shortly after it appeared at the LA Auto Show in 1999, and we recently revealed the real thing ('03 Mercury Marauder) . Rear-drive, room for four adults, and a heady blend of macho muscle and coddling comfort made a winning recipe. Sound familiar? It worked for the Impala SS, which was cruelly ripped from production before the world was ready to let it go five long years ago now. Marauder steps in to fill the yawning void and will do so with a 300hp punch late next spring.
But some enterprising souls beat the factory to the punch. One is Jay Groendyke, as seen on Power Tour 2000 with his Police Interceptor '99 Crown Vic that's stuffed full of Ford Triton V-10. Freaky? You bet. It's also Jay's daily driver, and a bit of sleeper with OE visuals—save for the black-powdercoated American Eagle Series 212 rims and BFGoodrich 255/50R17 tires.
The underhood shenanigans set it apart, however. Ten cylinders, no wall-stretchers needed. The 6.8L V-10, cribbed from a rear-ended Ford F-350 Super Duty pickup, is rated at 310 hp and 425 lb-ft of torque stock. Good enough to haul around 1-ton trucks, chassis-cabs, and seriously equipped Econolines, but none too rapidly. However, the Crown Vic is a relative lightweight.
Physically fitting the block in the car was the least of the swap problems. It looks like a factory operation in there. The stock 4.6L engine mounts bolted to the V-10 but had to be located 1-½ inches forward in the chassis. The upper intake and throttle body were turned around 180 degrees to drink in cool, high-pressure air from the base of the windshield; the throttle body mount was thinned a couple of inches to aid clearance, and the hood was modified to force this cool air in, like cowl induction except the hood remains flat. The tranny hump had to be raised 1-½ inches to clear the heavy-duty 4R100 four-speed automatic, and the tranny mount was custom-fit as well. Be Cool custom-built a radiator/twin-electric-fan package to fit that tight spot; custom hoses had to be created as well.
As with most modern engine swaps, it's the electronics that make things difficult: The car and truck wiring harnesses had to be merged in order to keep all of the electrical features working. One of the biggest hurdles was actually getting a speed signal to the computer and dash. The Crown Vic originally used an input from the rear of the transmission that went directly into the computer. Now a ring (located outboard on the right rear caliper and rotor) and sensor (attached to the caliper mount) send a signal up to an ABS module (purchased over-the-counter at a Ford dealer), which is then sent into the dash. At the time of photography, the V-10 Vic was computer-restricted to 85 mph; some electronic diddling has since rectified this heinous limitation. Exhaust consists of stock 6.8L manifolds, stock 4.6L cats, and Impala SS mufflers and resonators.
Since the car was finished (barely in time for Power Tour 2000), Jay has put more than 20,000 miles on it. The only thing that makes him sad is that "no one wants to race me; everyone thinks I'm a cop looking to bust them." He also swears it's at least as much fun as his 621ci supercharged SS.


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Explainer: 10 secrets of the deep ocean
The oceans cover more than 70 percent of the earth's surface, yet their depths remain largely unknown. It's a frontier that scientists are racing to explore using tools such as the deep-ocean submersible Alvin, shown here. Click the "Next" arrow above to learn about 10 deep-ocean secrets that have come to light.
Deep-ocean octopuses have Antarctic origins
Many deep ocean octopuses trace their origins back to relatives that swam in the waters around Antarctica. The migration began about 30 million years ago when the continent cooled and large ice sheets grew, forcing octopuses there into ever deeper waters. The climate shift also created a northbound flow of deep, cold water that carried the cephalopods to new habitats. As they adapted to new niches, new species evolved. Many lost their defensive ink sacs because the pitch-black ocean depths required no camouflage screen. The species known as Megaleledon setebos, shown here, is the closest living relative of the deep-sea octopuses' common ancestor.
'Brittlestar City' found on undersea mountain
The orange and red starfish relatives called brittlestars have managed to defy the odds and colonize the flanks of a giant, underwater peak on the Macquarie Ridge, an 870-mile-long underwater mountain range that stretches south from New Zealand to just short of the Antarctic Circle. The peak, known as a seamount, juts up into a swirling circumpolar current that flows by at 2.5 miles per hour, delivering ample food for the brittlestars to grab while sweeping away fish and other would-be predators. Another brittlestar species has settled on the seamount's flat summit, a habitat normally settled by corals and sponges.
Deep Antarctic waters, cradle of marine life
This pale crustacean from the genus Cylindrarcturus is one of more than 700 species new to science found scurrying, scampering and swimming in the frigid waters between 2,000 and 21,000 feet below the surface of the Weddell Sea off Antarctica. The discoveries were part of a research project to determine how species at different depths are related to each other there, and to other creatures around the world. "The Antarctic deep sea is potentially the cradle of life of the global marine species," team leader Angelika Brandt, an expert from the Zoological Institute and Zoological Museum at the University of Hamburg, said in a statement announcing the discoveries.
Northernmost black smokers discovered
Scientists working deep inside the Arctic Circle have discovered a cluster of five hydrothermal vents, also known as black smokers, which spew out liquid as hot as 570 degrees Fahrenheit. The vents are 120 miles further north than the closest known vents, which tend to occur where the seafloor spreads apart at a quicker pace. This image shows the arm of a remotely operated vehicle reaching out to sample fluids billowing from the top three feet of the tallest vent, which reaches four stories off the seafloor. The chimney is covered with white bacteria that feast on the freshly delivered minerals.
Black smoker fossils hint at life's beginnings
The discovery of primitive bacteria on 1.43 billion-year-old black-smoker fossils – a crosscut is shown here – unearthed from a Chinese mine adds weight to the idea that life may have originated in deep-sea hydrothermal vents, according to geologist Timothy Kusky at Saint Louis University. The ancient microbe dined on metal sulfide that lined the fringes of the chimneys. The oldest-known life forms on Earth are 3.5 billion-year-old clumps of bacteria found in Western Australia. That find suggested that shallow seas, not the deep oceans, were the birthplace of life. Neither discovery, however, serves as the definitive answer about life's origins.
Microbes feast on ocean-bottom crust
Once thought barren and sparsely populated, the deep-ocean floor is home to rich and diverse communities of bacteria. In fact, scientists have found that the seafloor contains three to four times more bacteria than the waters above, raising the question of how the organisms survive. Lab analyses suggest that chemical reactions with the rocks themselves provide the fuel for life. The discovery is another tantalizing hint that life could have originated in the ocean depths. In a statement about the find, the University of Southern California's Katrina Edwards said: "I hope that people turn their heads and notice: There's life down there."
Where do deep-sea fish go to spawn?
Life in the dark, cold and vast depths of the sea was long thought to be lonely for the few fish that dared eke out an existence there, mostly from organic detritus that sinks from shallower waters. That picture began to change in 2006, when researchers probing the Mid-Atlantic Ridge discovered that fishes may occasionally gather at features such as seamounts to spawn. The evidence for these gatherings comes from the sheer volume of fish collected at seamounts – much higher than would have been expected if the fish were purely nomadic wanderers. What's more, images made from acoustical "scatterings" are suggestive of a massive fish aggregation. The 35-pound anglerfish shown here is one of the rare species hauled up from the deep during the project.
Colossal squid has, well, colossal eyes
What did you expect? Would a colossal squid have anything but eyes big enough to generate a few over-the-top superlatives? Probably not - but still, when researchers thawed out this squid in New Zealand, the wow factor was undeniable. The creature's eye measured about 11 inches across; its lens was the size of an orange. Scientists suspect the big eye allows the huge squid to capture a lot of light in the dark depths in which it hunts. The squid weighed about 1,000 pounds when caught in the Antarctic's Ross Sea and measured 26 feet long. Scientists believe the species, which can descend to 6,500 feet, may grow as long as 46 feet.
Deep-sea corals record history
Some coral reefs are found thousands of feet below the ocean surface, where they have grown amid frigid waters for millennia. Like tree rings, they serve as a faithful archive of global environmental change, according to Robert Dunbar, a professor of geological and environmental sciences at Stanford University. His team travels the world to collect samples of these corals, such as this one from a colony near Easter Island. In 2007, the team published a 300-year archive of soil erosion in Kenya, as recorded by coral samples collected from the bottom of the Indian Ocean. They are now analyzing 4,000-year-old corals discovered off Hawaii to create an archive of climate change.
Trawling destruction visible from space
Some scientists are working urgently to expose more secrets of the deep ocean before unexplored treasures are plundered. Their biggest concern is the fishing practice known as bottom trawling. This image shows the billowing plumes of sediment left in the wake of trawlers dragging giant nets across the ocean floor in the Gulf of Mexico. The practice has been shown to strip coral reefs bare and ravage underwater ecosystems such as seamounts, where thousands of species are known to gather. Though the practice is increasingly restricted, tens of thousands of trawlers continue to ply the deep oceans.


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Customers can subscribe to a car for 12 to 48 months for a monthly fee
Lendingkart's COO Mukul Sachan resigns, plans to start up again
With less than 2.5% stake in the firm after its latest funding round, he could move to a mentoring role and remain associated with Lendingkart as a founding shareholder
Not just a talent war. It's a famine
Part of the issue is the organisational mindset, with many companies wary of investing in training people, afraid that they might leave soon after
Zomato takes Infinity off the dining table
Programme by food delivery & search firm was the final trigger for eateries' 'logout' campaign
For #LoggedOut eateries, discount's on the house
Hostilities with aggregators have led restaurants to take control of their loyalty programmes and discounts, tweaking schemes or starting new ones to bring in customers.
Non-VC investors rush in to script a new funding story
A diverse set of investors, ranging from PE cos to family offices, enter the game
Chandrayaan-2 orbiter to explore permanently shadowed regions of moon: Ex-Isro chief
Kumar, who has advised Sivan during the Chandrayaan-2 programme, did not want to comment on the current status of the Lander saying the "organisation will comment."
Tech MNCs see increased revenue share from government
It has been growing in double digits, said Noshin Kagalwala, managing director, SAS India, which has been in the country for the last two decades.
Tamil Nadu asks SC to retain case on social media in Madras HC
Facebook had argued in its transfer petition that conflicting observations had risen across High Courts and urged the Supreme Court to hear all of them.
Centre may cap surge pricing at 3x of base fare
Norms will also address safety measures and type of vehicles that can be used by operators
Wipro, IISc collaborate on driverless cars, 3D printing machine: Premji
Premji praised the IISc for its role in the company's diversification into the IT business back in 1979. He said the Wipro IT business was "born in IISc".
Apple TV+ gets an aggressive price in India. But is that enough?
Renowned for its premium pricing strategy, Apple unveiled an aggressive monthly cost of Rs 99 for its upcoming streaming service Apple TV+
Data shouldn't be hoarded within nations: Facebook's Nick Clegg
India should create a new template for the internet that "respects the rights of individuals to choose what happens to their data, said Facebook's Nick Clegg.


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By Jenny Kim, KF8 Sierra Leone
When I told people I was headed to Sierra Leone to work with a local NGO the universal response was "have you thought this through" and "be careful". More than 4 years after UN Peacekeeping forces pulled out of Sierra Leone following a brutal and devastating 11 year civil war, people continue to associate Sierra Leone with violence or with the Hollywood blockbuster film Blood Diamonds. I can't say I was that much more enlightened when I chose to live and work in Freetown, the capital city. After grabbing several books, a couple of documentaries, and hours on the internet, my cursory research painted a picture full of machete-wielding and AK47-toting child soldiers alternately terrorizing villages and mining for diamonds. Not good and dated info. Contacts urged me to find accommodations in a gated and well-guarded compound. Advice I took. And others told me to NEVER go out after dark. Advice I ignored. People tried to warn me about getting to town from Lungi Airport which purportedly was a gamble with my life given the three transport options– a "treacherous" ferry whose schedule can sometimes be a mystery, a hovercraft that has "exploded and ran out of fuel mid-trip in the past", or a helicopter that has crashed several times. Stellar options. And only half true it turns out. With these thoughts swirling around in my head, I arrived in Sierra Leone last week. Since then I've been trying to wrap my head around this fascinating country, making a go of untangling some of the myths, tall tales, half truths, and sobering realities as best I can during my 2 month stay.
Observation #1
Sierra Leone needs better PR (more on this in the next blog). The country suffers from an undeserved and badly tattered public image—essentially a snapshot taken in perhaps the worst period of it's history. Although the war is still very much woven into the fabric of this country and almost without exception every individual I have encountered has either witnessed atrocities or has suffered directly at the hands of warring factions, most Sierra Leoneans want to focus on rebuilding the country. Here in Freetown, perpetrators of murders, rapes, and mutilations live peaceably side by side with their victims. As my taxi driver put it to me, "What else can we do. We need to heal and move on." The Truth and Reconciliation Trials continue to try the "big fish" a co-worker tells me. But "who can tell who was forced to kill and who can tell who was forced to take cocaine and drugs in order to cut off people's wrists or legs? I don't understand it. But we forgive and we have to live as brothers. It's the past."
Some context…
Ranked at the very bottom of the UN Human Development Index, Sierra Leone is one of the poorest countries in the world with a whole host of challenges in front of it. 1 in 6 mothers die here in childbirth making Sierra Leone the most dangerous place in the world to become a mother. Once born, 1 in 4 children will not survive past the age of 5. If you consider that Sierra Leone is a donor-driven nation which receives over a third of it's annual budget from other countries and abroad, one can begin to grasp the magnitude of the work ahead when the national agenda includes combating severe infrastructure deficiencies, a non-existent healthcare system, illiteracy, and corruption.
- 1 in 6 mothers die as a result of childbirth (more than anywhere else recorded in the world)
- 1 in 4 children will never turn five
- 70% of the population live below the poverty line
- 57% of the population do not make a dollar a day
- Less than 10% of population has access to energy
- 1/3 of the Sierra Leonian government budget every year is donated
- Life expectancy at birth is 42 years (2007)
- Ranked 177 out of 177 countries in UN's Human Development Index
- Ranked 168 out of 175 countries by World Bank for ease of doing business
- Average GDP per person is $209 (adjusting for purchasing power parity approximately $800)
Sources: UN, Unicef, World Bank, Sierra Leone by Bradt
The video below is of my first loan visit in Dove Court market located in Freetown.


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The cantilevered TrailManor — a mix between a folding camping trailer and a conventional hard-sided travel trailer — is now being built in Jacksboro, Tenn., with new owners Robert J. and Cleo Eickhoff.
"My husband has been associated with TrailManor for 18 years as a factory rep," said Cleo Eickhoff, marketing director for TrailManor Mfg. Co. LLC, with headquarters in Hartington, Neb.
The couple moved into an ownership position after William J. Hulsey, founder of now defunct TrailManor Inc., had health issues. "That coupled with the fact that the economy had taken a downturn, TrailManor just suffered terribly," Eickhoff said. "We moved from Nebraska to Tennessee to try to help Bill, but it just didn't work."
TrailManor Inc., then located in Lake City, Tenn., stopped production in September and the Eickhoffs bought the company's assets two months later and began manufacturing TrailManor travel trailers in a different factory in Jacksboro.
While continuing to build the TrailManor, the company has introduced three TrailManor Sport floorplans in 16- to 24-foot lengths that retail starting at $16,797 – which is about $9,500 less than the traditional TrailManor
TrailManor has 30 dealers nationwide and currently employs 24 people in a 22,000-square-foot factory in Jacksboro. The company plans to start building the traditional TrailManor Elkmont travel trailer, which had been discontinued, in a factory the couple owns in Hartington, perhaps as early as summer.
"We were fortunate that the base core of employees moved to Jacksboro with us," Eickhoff said.
After opening the factory in Hartington to build the Elkmont, TrailManor and TrailManor Sport will continue to be built in Tennessee, Eickhoff said.


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Award-winning dining at Maui's Wailea resorts
Something really is cooking at Maui's luxurious Wailea Resort. Now rediscovering its Hawaiian roots (as I wrote in the cover story of the Chronicle's Feb. 9 Travel section), the resort's equally luxurious restaurants are winning acclaim for locally grown, Hawaii-flavored cuisine.
Nearly all the top honors at the recently announced 2014 'Aipono Awards, mostly chosen by readers of Maui No Ka 'Oi magazine, went to restaurants and chefs working in Wailea. The winners included:
— Tylun Pang, executive chef of the plantation-inspired Ko at the Fairmont Kea Lani, took home the lifetime achievement award, while his restaurant—popular with locals and visitors alike—won the gold award for Best Hawaii Regional Restaurant and silver for Best Healthy Choices. Nick's Fishmarket, also at the Fairmont Kea Lani, won a gold for Best Service and silver for Best Steak.
— Ka'ana Kitchen, the innovative, interactive dinner and breakfast restaurant of the new Andaz Maui at Wailea, won Best New Restaurant, while its chef de cuisine, Maui native Isaac Bancaco, also took home Chef of the Year — a category in which only Valley Isle chefs may vote.
—Eric Faivre, executive chef at Grand Wailea Resort & Spa received the Maui County Farm Bureau's Friend of Agriculture Award. (Among other restaurants, the Grand Wailea is home to Alan Wong's Amasia, which won a gold for Best New Restaurant last year and a silver for Most Innovative Menu this year.)
— The Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea won silver in Restaurant of the Year for its sleek version of Wolfgang Puck's Spago. (Perennial favorite Lahaina Grill took gold; it's a Lahaina exception that proves the Wailea rule.) Also in the Four Seasons, Ferraro's Bar e Ristorante tied for gold for Best Italian with Pulehu, an Italian Grill, at the Westin Ka'anapali Ocean Resort Villas. The Four Seasons' recently re-energized Duo Steak and Seafood won gold for Best Steak, while the hotel's beautifully renovated and expertly staffed (if stodgily named) Lobby Lounge took silver in Best Lobby Lounge (behind the gold for Alaloa Lounge at the Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua).
— In the Hotel Wailea, Capische? received gold honors for Most Innovative Menu and Most Romantic.
— Peter Merriman's Monkeypod Kitchen, in Wailea Gateway Center, earned silver in Best Cocktails and Best Pau Hana (second in both cases to Fleetwood's on Front Street in Lahaina, owned by rocker Mick Fleetwood.)
— The 'Aipono Awards also honored Wailea Beach Marriott Resort for "excellence in sustainability." Its newest restaurant, Sheldon Simeon's Migrant, is expected to make a splash in next year's awards.
Many of the non-Wailea winners of other categories will be very familiar to longtime visitors, e.g. Mama's Fish House, Mala Ocean Tavern and Merriman's Kapalua, which won gold and tied for silver, respectively, in Best Oceanfront Dining, and Napili's gold-winning Sea House Restaurant, ("Most Maui-est") and The Gazebo (Best Breakfast).
Those looking for cheaper eats—and that generally does mean leaving Wailea—should consider Café O Lei, which won gold for Best Dining Deal and has outlets in Kihei, Wailuku, Waiehu and Kahului. Aloha Mixed Plate in Lahaina nabbed gold for Most Family Friendly and Best Plate Lunch, and silver for Best Shorts & Slippers Dining (Hula Grill in Ka'anapali took gold). I'd also recommend Da Kitchen in Kahului, which took silver in Best Plate Lunch, and Flatbread Company in Pa'ia, awarded gold for Best Pizza, as more affordable options to Wailea's sumptuous fare. (And I'm looking forward to trying the silver winner of Best New Restaurant, Nuka, a moderately priced, Japanese restaurant in rural Haiku.)
But if you can save up for at least one fine meal during your stay, you really should give the new Wailea a whirl. Please add your favorite Maui restaurants—in any price range—in the comments below


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BlackLlama (4.5)Come ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord....Subrick (4.5)Excellence built upon excellence....PsychicChris (4)Ghost B.C.'s second album is as controversial as ever, though not for the reasons that one...wiraqocharasca (3.5)It's not "Opus Eponymous, Pt. 2" in either style or quality, but it's a solid album in its...
MilkSteak (3.5)From the darkness, rise a succubus....DoctorClaptrap (4)A wholesome bundle of satanic fun!...TheMoonchild (4.5)Everything you love about classic metal, with a new twist....
Album Rating: 4.0Well this was fun!
Album stream: http://pitchfork.com/advance/67-infestissumam/
Album Rating: 3.0this is ok. I should listen to it again i guess.
Album Rating: 4.0Yeah it's not AOTY material I don't think, but Year Zero kicks ass and the rest of the album is fairly entertaining.
Album Rating: 3.7Good review. Pos'd.
The album's quite good, if not spectacular.
Digging: Hawk Eyes - Advice
Album Rating: 4.0"The album's quite good, if not spectacular."
My thoughts exactly. I was floored when I heard Year Zero and a slightly disappointed by the rest of the album. But it's still pretty entertaining.
And it Satan's just the right amount for me.
Album Rating: 4.0Satan is nothing if not theatrical. The youtube comment pages have some hilarious discussions on whether the band is Black Metal or not.
Album Rating: 4.0Fire and brimstone isn't theatrical?
Album Rating: 3.0band is silly
Album Rating: 4.0Chill man. I didn't mean to offend your spiritual sensibilities. It was a flippant comment that has nothing to do with "true" Satanism. The fact remains that the common perception of the Judeo-Christian version of Satan is that he's a pretty flamboyant character.
Excellent review, pos and thanks for the album stream.
Review should be featured at some point.
Digging: Apparatus - Yonder Yawns the Universe
these guys put on a good live show. they're fun and catchy 70s worship. nothing great but they have a niche.
Album Rating: 4.0"sorry didnt realize i had to be in a fluster to argue in favor of a belief system that i personally do not follow?"
Nah man, it's just hard to tell how serious someone is in a comments section.
"This should be featured at some point."
Album Rating: 3.0Really digging Monstrance Clock but this has some pretty poor tracks too
Digging: Tool - Fear Inoculum
This band is black metal!!!!!!!!!!!1111 They sing about Satan!11!!!1!!!!
Pos'd, can't wait to check this out.
Album Rating: 2.0aoty
Digging: Leviathan - Verräter
Album Rating: 4.0i've really really liked all 3 songs they pre-released. Will most certainly buy this cd. m/
What I love about them is that they have fucking sweet melodies, but it's still heavy and rockin'
a little thing I like to call 'doom pop'
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Dr. Kandaswamy to Perform Rare Whole Pancreas Transplant
Several CWIMS events in the near future will fortify the group's mission to connect and collaborate with a variety of audiences.
Michael Kyba, PhD, Darko Bosnakovski, DVM, PhD, and their team discovered a way to deactivate DUX4 and take away the toxic effects in cells, as well as in a mouse model for FSHD.
New research has shown that survival outcomes for pediatric cancer patients after an organ transplant were very promising and appeared similar to general outcomes. This study demonstrated it is a viable option for physicians and insurance companies to consider when making a decision.


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Low voltage LED work light
Larson Electronics' Magnalight.com releases explosion-proof low voltage scaffold mount LED work light.
Magnalight.com announced the release of the Epljh-70led-1224I-100 low voltage scaffold mount LED work light to its inventory of explosion-proof lighting equipment. This explosion proof LED light is designed to provide low voltage operation and versatile mounting capabilities for workers in hazardous locations who commonly use ladders and scaffolds during operations. This LED light is equipped with an adjustable scaffold mounting bracket and low voltage transformer, making it ideal for operators engaged in operations involving hazardous flammable materials.
The Magnalight Epljh-70led-1224I-100 low voltage explosion proof LED light fixture provides the power and durability of LEDs combined with the versatility of an adjustable J-hook ladder mount bracket. The 70 watt explosion proof LED lamp of this scaffold mounted light produces over 6,000 lumens of clean white light in a wide flood pattern and is well suited for illuminating larger work areas.
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"The EPLJH-70LED-1224I-100 is suitable for operators working with scaffolding or ladders needing portable illumination that is easily mounted within their work area," said Rob Bresnahan with Larson Electronics' Magnalight.com. "The unique rail-mount design bracket and the UL listed, low voltage explosion proof LED light are a perfect package for working inside tanks and other wet area locations."
Larson Electronics' Magnalight.com carries an extensive line of portable work lights, hazardous location lights, LED lights, portable explosion proof lights, and portable LED work lights.
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Less than a month shy of its preseason opener, the Avalanche is feeling stronger than it was a year ago. The toughness and depth gaps between the Avs and the Los Angeles Kings, defending Stanley Cup champions, along with the Western Conference giant Anaheim Ducks, seem to have diminished.
Executive vice president of hockey operations Joe Sakic, defensive assistant coach Adam Foote and newly signed right winger Jarome Iginla recently spoke about the improvements while trying to maintain their excitement about defending their Central Division title and making another step in the playoffs.
"Last year we were dealing with trying to win back the trust within the community and belief in the team, and this year is a different challenge," Sakic said. "We did so well last year, but (now) it's to improve and get to the next step, and obviously the next step is not to just make the playoffs — it's to improve in the playoffs."
The Avs, who amassed 112 points and finished second in the Western Conference in coach Patrick Roy's rookie season, say their offseason moves made them tougher and deeper — two areas that exposed them in a first-round playoff series loss to the Minnesota Wild.
"We felt, depth-wise, we didn't have enough," Sakic said. "We had our injuries — they're not excuses — but that was a reality for us and we didn't have the depth to overcome it. We feel like we improved our third- and fourth-line depth. And we feel we got tougher — we feel we needed to get tougher."
The Avs' payroll increased nearly $14 million from last season, with a combined $8.9 million earmarked for Iginla and new defenseman Brad Stuart. The two 30-somethings add toughness and playoff experience to a young corps that seemingly played ahead of their curve last season.
Defenseman Zach Redmond and forward Jesse Winchester were signed to modest deals as unrestricted free agents, basically replacing defenseman Andre Benoit and forward Brad Malone. The other major move was trading P.A. Parenteau to Montreal for Daniel Briere, who is better suited for a third-line role.
The Avs are coming of age in multiple ways, and continually learning how to win in today's game.
Foote, a former defenseman, said Los Angeles proved again that power forwards and rugged defense wins championships.
"They're grizzled old vets that like to play in the hard areas, and they never get pushed out of the game," Foote said of the Kings, who have won the Stanley Cup twice in the past three years. "Joe knows what it takes to win, and Patrick. They've both been there. They're going to do the right thing. … They know they've got to build this thing to win in the playoffs. We have to win in the regular season, obviously, to get there, but we've got to build this to win in the playoffs."
Iginla will undoubtedly bolster the young leadership of captain Gabe Landeskog and fellow young stars Matt Duchene, Ryan O'Reilly, center Nathan MacKinnon and defensemen Erik Johnson and Tyson Barrie. Foote says Iginla automatically makes his teammates tougher.
"I want to be good in the corners, strong in front of the net," Iginla said.
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Changes from last season
F Jarome Iginla — Signed as unrestricted free agent (UFA) from Boston.
F Daniel Briere — Acquired via trade from Montreal.
F Jesse Winchester — Signed as UFA from Florida.
D Brad Stuart — Acquired via trade from San Jose.
D Zach Redmond — Signed as UFA from Winnipeg.
F Paul Stastny — Signed with St. Louis a UFA.
F P.A. Parenteau — Traded to Montreal for Briere.
F Brad Malone — Signed with Carolina as UFA.
D Cory Sarich — Unsigned as UFA.
D Andre Benoit — Signed by Buffalo as UFA.
G Jean-Sebastien Giguere — Retired.