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Hewlett-Packard this week plans to exit the public beta of its HP Cloud Object Storage and HP Cloud Content Delivery Network (CDN) storage clouds and will be offering them to customers and partners with a 99.95-percent uptime service-level agreement.
HP's new cloud storage offerings are coming out of public beta even though the HP Cloud Compute offering remains in beta, because the company feels they are ready for production, said Marc Padovani, director of product management, HP cloud services.
"The storage service was pretty robust even before the public beta," Padovani said.
[Related: Cloud Storage For All: How To Build Your Own Practice]
That robustness is reflected in HP's SLA of 99.95 percent uptime, Padovani said. "Our objective is 100 percent uptime," he said. "But, we set the SLA at 99.95 percent. Amazon S3's SLA is only 99.9 percent."
An SLA of 99.95 percent equates to a promise that a customer will lose at most under 22 minutes of access to data in an average 30-day month. To enforce the SLA, HP will provide a credit to a customer's monthly bill of 5 percent if availability drops to between 99.9 percent and 99.95 percent, a 10-percent credit if it drops to between 99.5 percent and 99.9 percent, a 20-percent credit if it drops to between 99.0 percent and 99.5 percent, and a 30-percent credit if it drops below 99.0 percent.
HP Cloud Object Storage replicates objects stored in the cloud three times across physically separated availability zones. It has native support for object sizes from 1 byte to 5 GBs, or even larger-sized objects if they are "chunked," or broken up into smaller sizes.
For security of the data, customers can set up public or private containers and control access as needed. Each object has its own unique security key, and access to data stored in the cloud requires the use of tokens or private keys.
HP Cloud CDN is powered by Akamai technology to globally cache and distribute content so that users from anywhere get local access to it. HP Cloud CDN provides HTTP compression to improve performance of delivery from content in the cloud and encrypts that content using SSL encryption technology.
The HP cloud is based on OpenStack technology. "We decided to go with OpenStack because of the momentum of that community," Padovani said.
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College of Nursing and Health Sciences Launches Innovative Training in Interprofessional Care
- 12-04-2013
- By Lee Ann Cox
Cathy Jones, age 76, who lives alone in her home in Hardwick, is having problems with pain, weight loss and depression following a total knee replacement. A former teacher, she loves gardening and church activities, but both have become difficult to manage. Four pages of notes detail her past and present medical history as well as social factors that impact her health.
Mrs. Jones, as it happens, is not a real person but an invented case for interprofessional study developed by a graduate student in nursing. The designed patient's complex range of issues, particularly common in the real-world elderly population, suggest that a team approach might efficiently and cost-effectively help resolve her issues.
And so, one by one, students from across healthcare disciplines begin popping up on Mary Val Palumbo's computer screen to participate in a webinar where they'll discuss how to achieve the stated goals for Cathy Jones: "to support safe but independent living at home by preventing falls, stopping weight loss, treating depression/cognitive impairment."
This webinar is one of 12, each with a unique case, run this fall by Palumbo, associate professor of nursing and director of the AHEC Nursing Workforce, Research, Planning and Development initiative. It's the first in an increasingly sophisticated training plan funded by a three-year, $620,477 grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration to help elders with multiple chronic conditions through interprofessional practice (IPP), including experts from pharmacy, nutrition, medicine, physical therapy, social work and nursing.
This approach to patient care is becoming a model in many states, including Vermont's Blueprint for Health, an initiative aimed at providing seamless, effective, preventative health services, with a move towards outcome-based remuneration rather than traditional fee-for-service. But training and implementation is tricky.
"We're really not doing such a great job working together – or teaching our students how to work together," says Palumbo, "and the reason why is it's nearly impossible to get everybody together, physically in the room." It's particularly problematic for practitioners in rural areas, but Palumbo, with help from a program implemented at Duke University, hopes to change that.
Vital signs
In the coming months Palumbo and her colleagues will be developing a far more sophisticated training tool, DIVE, a designed interprofessional practice in a virtual environment that will be implemented in fall of 2014. Rather than using their computer's webcams, students will select avatars and sit around a virtual conference table, and they'll have a chance to observe the elder avatar being examined by a colleague. Practitioners in different disciplines, Palumbo notes, have different styles of asking questions, which can be highly informative.
In the new case, students will be studying a Korean elder to further explore issues of diversity and cultural sensitivity in complex care. Hyun-soon Choi, an 84-year-old female, has a detailed eight-page case history which includes sections not just relating to her seven chronic conditions, from diabetes to osteoarthritis, but also to matters such as activity-exercise and sleep-rest patterns, her role-relationship pattern and coping-stress-tolerance pattern. Students are informed that older Koreans may attribute illnesses to a failure to fulfill spiritual obligations or having offended folk spirits. All of it will be fodder for fostering professionalism and communication skills both between providers and patients and among practitioners of different disciplines.
In the third year of the grant the plan is to have nurse practitioners working in rural clinical settings choose actual, highly complicated patients to discuss in the webinar format. Based on the work developing an IPP plan for Mrs. Jones, if participant's skills progress accordingly over time, the format is promising.
"The students (who are surveyed after the conference) are loving it," says Patricia Prelock, dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, "and the learning seems highly provocative."
Not only is everyone expected to contribute to the discussion of care, each is assigned a role – the nurse practitioner is necessarily the facilitator, but there is also a recorder to keep minutes, a timekeeper to make sure the group keeps to the agenda, a jargon buster to call for clarification if field-specific terms are used and a keeper of the rudder if the conversation strays, among others. All come to the table as equals.
The interdependency both of problems and solutions is clear in the Jones' case. In the conversation over weight loss, the nutrition major points out that helping the patient get to a community center for meals could also help with socialization, possibly easing depression and adding motivation to eat. There is a good discussion about medications that can lead to dizziness, an issue of concern to the physical therapist.
The social worker brings results of her investigation of local transportation options – and, getting creative about lifting the avid gardener's spirits, suggests, if she can't tend a perennial bed, maybe a pot of flowers could add a bright spot. In just 90 minutes, professionals from six fields have traded insights and expertise that can be put into action to enhance a life. They prove the power of ending the isolation.


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ErichTheRed writes "Here's an interesting editorial piece about the ThinkPad over at CNN. It mirrors what many ThinkPad devotees have been saying since Lenovo started tweaking the classic IBM design to make the ThinkPad more like a MacBook, Sony or other high-end consumer device. I'm a big fan of these bulletproof, decidedly unsexy business notebooks, and would be unhappy if Lenovo decided to sacrifice build quality for coolness. Quoting: 'Before doing anything drastic, Lenovo would be wise to review the spectacular rise and fall of Blackberry-maker Research in Motion. The mobile handset manufacturer tried to take on Apple by launching a number of products aimed at the retail consumer after the launch of the iPhone. It released the devastatingly bad Blackberry Storm as a response to the iPhone and later the Playbook to take on the iPad. The Storm failed because it was hastily put together in a mad dash and lacked the signature Blackberry QWERTY keyboard ... The Playbook failed because the Blackberry ecosystem had at the point of its launched more or less collapsed, making the Playbook just another iPad clone no one wanted. Meanwhile, the original Blackberry was left to wither away as the company focused on chasing Apple and wasn't updated in a meaningful way, making it look just old and tired.'"


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"We can get to ZERO!" – UN Women Executive Director
Remarks by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UNAIDS special event on HIV and gender equality as part of the post-2015 agenda, New York, 11 March 2014
Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2014
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Good Evening,
UNAIDS Executive Director Sidibe,
Ministers Lithur, Vallaud-Belkacem,
Your Royal Highness Princess Mary,
Your Excellencies,
Distinguished Guests and Friends,
I am very happy to be speaking with you today at such an important event.
UN Women is the newest member of UNAIDS. The role of women in the HIV/AIDS response remains critical.
We believe that the single most important strategy in dealing with this epidemic is empowering women and guaranteeing their rights. So that they can protect themselves from infection, overcome stigma, and gain access to treatment and care.
I am proud of UN Women's engagement with the Every Woman Every Child movement. And I am proud of our membership of the H4+ initiative.
Under this banner we are now advising partners around the world, and implementing programmes in 17 countries.
I have said this many times already this week: As we accelerate our achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, and agree on the post-2015 agenda,
we must build on the lessons learnt from the past 15 years.
MDG 3 signaled that gender equality is a global priority.
But the MDG targets have not addressed many barriers holding women and girls back from reaching their potential. To achieve greater progress, we must tackle structural inequality.
With one in three women worldwide experiencing gender-based violence, we must forcefully address violence against women.
We must address women's unequal access to productive assets and resources, such as land and finance.
And we must address unequal decision-making. Women should be able to make their own decisions and be equally represented in decision-making positions.
Gender equality is mandatory if we are to end extreme poverty, inequality, and combat HIV and AIDS.As we meet:
- 50 young women are newly infected every hour.
- Young women have HIV infection rates twice as high as young men.
- And 76 per cent of young people aged 15-24 living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa are female.
In all regions, stigma, discrimination and violence have a disproportionate impact on women and girls. The reason for this is no secret -- it is the gender inequality in every sphere of life, in every region of the world.
Women and girls are responsible for the vast majority of unpaid care work, including caring for those living with HIV. This can make it impossible for them to complete an education or seek employment.
Laws and customs can make life even harder for affected women.
One UN Women programme illustrates for me how a strong gender equality focus can have a real impact. It operates in Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, with the support of the Canadian Government.
We have worked with grass-roots organizations to educate over 20,000 community members, justice and legal service providers on women's property and inheritance rights. As a result, thousands of women and children have secured their rights and are able to lead more healthy and productive lives.
We are also working to empower young women because infection rates soar between the ages of 17 and 24.These young women are often infected by men who are an average of five years older, and are more powerful in the relationship.
But studies show that with confidence, knowledge and support, young women can protect themselves and their communities from infection.
I cannot overstate this:
Universal access to quality, comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights is essential throughout women's lives.
It is essential to development. It is essential to preventing and treating HIV and AIDS.
And also essential is women's participation in the AIDS response. The lived experiences of those directly affected must be central to policymaking.
That is why UN Women works with HIV-positive women's groups and unpaid caregivers to support advocacy, community mobilization and leadership.
To better combat HIV and AIDS, women's leadership should be extended and fully financed.
We also need better data that is disaggregated by sex and age. This will help us to focus resource allocation, medical research, and policy.
And to address women and HIV and AIDS, we need men and boys.
That is why UN Women launched the HeForShe campaign on International Women's Day. And we have already reached more than 19 million people on social media!
It is a platform for men and boys to take and stand and speak out for women's rights, and I encourage all men to participate! Be on the right side of history!
And let me end with this: I fully agree with UNAIDS that we can get to ZERO!
We can end new infections and it depends on you and me and all people.
If you are positive, be responsible and do everything you can to NOT infect another person. We know the right thing to do.
If you are negative, stay negative, which means do everything to stay negative.
And we can get to ZERO!
Thanks and I look forward to our discussion.
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"I want to support my sister @phumzileunwomen and @UN_Women in anything they do to #endVAW"- @michelsidibe @UNAIDS #AIDS #CSW58 #post2015
— UN Women (@UN_Women) March 11, 2014


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So, as we've been spreading the word about the contest over at the Chrysler blog (you can vote for us here), our good friend, Carlos Lovato, found some inspiration in the vintage Mickey Thompson finned aluminum Hemi valve covers we're running on our Model T's 331.
Carlos, founder of Sinners, Inc., makes some amazing custom finery in silver and we especially heart his motor-inspired work. From the custom buttons we commissioned for George Lopez' diamond-tucked '51 Chevy lo-lo done in Tijuana to the piston ring we wear everyday, Carlos has an eye for the little details that really translate into some neat stuff in the final piece.
Now, he's worked up this comp that you're seeing here first. Totally dig on the way the fins meet each other and we'd wear the hell outta this thing if it ever sees go-time. Check in on Carlos and Sinners, Inc. (here) and tell him what you think. We need him to tool up for a run of these!


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|Date / Time
|Wednesday March 18, 2015 @08:17AM
|Not Quite Dead: SCO Linux Suit Against IBM Stirs In Utah
|Wednesday August 08, 2012 @07:43AM
|SCO Group Files For Chapter 7
|Saturday November 05, 2011 @10:04AM
|SCO Zombie Creaks Into Motion Again
|Wednesday April 13, 2011 @11:02AM
|Just In: Yellowstone Is Big(ger)
|Monday April 11, 2011 @03:10AM
|Groklaw Declares Victory, No More Articles
|Wednesday March 02, 2011 @01:04PM
|SCO Found No Source Code In 2004
|Thursday September 16, 2010 @03:37PM
|SCO Puts Unix Assets On the Block
|Wednesday September 01, 2010 @01:36AM
|SCO Assets Going To October Auction
|Monday July 12, 2010 @03:31AM
|Claimed Proof That UNIX Code Was Copied Into Linux
|Sunday July 11, 2010 @12:41PM
|Proof that UNIX code was copied into Linux
|Friday June 11, 2010 @03:34AM
|Judge Rejects SCO's Motion For a New Trial
|Wednesday April 28, 2010 @08:13AM
|SCO Asks Judge To Give Them the Unix Copyright
|Wednesday March 31, 2010 @01:54AM
|Novell Wins vs. SCO
|Friday March 26, 2010 @08:27PM
|SCO v. Novell Goes To the Jury
|Friday March 26, 2010 @08:02PM
|SCO v. Novell Goes to the Jury
|Saturday March 13, 2010 @11:16AM
|SCO Asked O'Gara To Smear Groklaw
|Thursday March 04, 2010 @06:30AM
|SCO Zombie McBride's New Plan For World Litigation
|Monday October 19, 2009 @06:09PM
|SCO Terminates Darl McBride
|Wednesday August 05, 2009 @09:36PM
|Chapter 11 Trustee Appointed For SCO
|Tuesday June 23, 2009 @04:28PM
|Predicting SCO's Actions Post Bankruptcy
|Monday June 15, 2009 @07:17PM
|SCO Springs a Prospective Buyer
|Tuesday May 05, 2009 @09:38PM
|US Trustee Asks To Send SCO Into Chapter 7
|Monday January 12, 2009 @09:25AM
|Someone is Trying to Resurrect SCO
|Saturday November 22, 2008 @12:09AM
|Final Judgment — SCO Loses, Owes $3,506,526
|Monday August 18, 2008 @02:35PM
|Grokking SCO's Demise
|Wednesday July 16, 2008 @04:33AM
|SCO's Lawsuit Gets Even Crazier
|Friday May 02, 2008 @09:36PM
|SCO's McBride Testifies "Linux Is a copy of UNIX"
|Thursday May 01, 2008 @02:56PM
|Darl McBride Takes the Stand In Novell v. SCO
|Tuesday April 29, 2008 @07:41AM
|SCO v. Novell Goes to Trial Today In Utah
|Thursday March 27, 2008 @11:50AM
|SCO's "Least Supported Idea Yet"
|Thursday March 06, 2008 @06:27AM
|SCO Preps Appeals Against Novell and IBM
|Friday February 29, 2008 @03:39AM
|Creditor Objects To SCO's Plans
|Sunday February 17, 2008 @03:04PM
|Darl McBride Leaving SCO?
|Thursday February 14, 2008 @04:32PM
|SCO Goes Private With $100 Million Backing
|Tuesday February 05, 2008 @09:03AM
|10K Filing Suggests Grim Outlook for SCO
|Thursday January 17, 2008 @09:43AM
|Trial Set To Determine What SCO Owes Novell
|Thursday December 27, 2007 @11:59AM
|SCO Receives Nasdaq's Delisting Notice
|Wednesday December 05, 2007 @02:55PM
|Did SCO Get Linux-mob Justice?
|Tuesday November 27, 2007 @09:39PM
|Stay Lifted, Novell Vs. SCO Can Go Forward
|Tuesday November 27, 2007 @03:13PM
|A Discussion of SCO's Fate With Groklaw's Pamela Jones
|Tuesday October 16, 2007 @07:17PM
|SCO Layoffs Begin
|Sunday October 07, 2007 @09:23PM
|Novell to SCO - Pay Up
|Saturday September 22, 2007 @07:46PM
|Half of SCO's Accountants Quit
|Saturday September 22, 2007 @03:50PM
|SCO Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
|Saturday September 22, 2007 @05:15AM
|Daniel Lyons of Forbes Admits Being Snowed by SCO
|Thursday September 20, 2007 @01:38AM
|Nasdaq to Delist SCO Sep 27
|Wednesday September 19, 2007 @06:53AM
|SCO Blames Linux For Bankruptcy Filing
|Saturday September 08, 2007 @03:31PM
|Judge Kimball Strikes SCO's Jury Trial Demand
|Tuesday September 04, 2007 @12:07PM
|SCO Wants Summary Ruling, Wants To Appeal Unix Ownership Decision
|Tuesday August 14, 2007 @01:11AM
|Investors Bailing On SCO Stock, SCOX Plummets
|Saturday August 11, 2007 @12:24PM
|SCO Loses
|Friday May 25, 2007 @12:09AM
|Hearing Date Set for SCO vs. Novell
|Tuesday May 01, 2007 @02:46PM
|SCO Wanted To Gag Torvalds, Moglen
|Saturday April 28, 2007 @04:11AM
|SCO Given NASDAQ Delisting Notice
|Sunday April 22, 2007 @09:30AM
|Novell Bombards SCO with Summary Judgment Motions
|Friday April 13, 2007 @09:16AM
|SCO Stock In Danger of Delisting, Again
|Monday April 09, 2007 @02:39AM
|SCO Relies On IBM-donated Servers With Groklaw
|Sunday April 08, 2007 @06:44PM
|SCO Vs. IBM Leaks Exposed
|Thursday April 05, 2007 @08:31AM
|SCO Legally Assaults PJ of Groklaw
|Wednesday March 21, 2007 @10:21PM
|IBM Asks Court To Declare Linux Non-Infringing
|Friday March 16, 2007 @08:55AM
|The Score is IBM - 700,000 / SCO - 326
|Thursday March 15, 2007 @11:27AM
|SCO Chair's Anti-Porn Act Advances In Utah
|Sunday March 11, 2007 @02:35PM
|SCO Says IBM Hurt Profits
|Thursday February 15, 2007 @07:43PM
|Groklaw No Front for IBM
|Tuesday January 30, 2007 @11:25AM
|SCO Admits They Might Just Not Win - Maybe
|Thursday January 18, 2007 @10:05PM
|Judge Rules That IBM Did Not Destroy Evidence
|Monday August 07, 2006 @12:40AM
|SCO Stock Continues Downward Spiral
|Monday June 19, 2006 @02:21AM
|New Caldera Promised
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Landscape Rotation
When you make a landscape, you may want to orient some part of the image towards North or some other bearing.
For spherical type landscapes (the formal name for this sort of panorama is a equirectangular panorama), you can use the following procedure for calculating the rotation needed. The rotation can be specified using the angle_rotatez setting in the landscape.ini file (note that this is only possible for version 0.9.1 and later. For older versions of Stellarium you must edit the image).
Consider the following panorama which is to be used as a landscape image:
In this image, there is a tree. Let's say you want this tree to appear at bearing 0 degrees in Stellarium (due North).
First, you need to calculate the distance from the left side of the landscape image to the tree as a fraction of the total image width, and then use these numbers in the following formula:
270 + b - ( 360 * x / X )
- b is the bearing you want to have the chosen object, in degrees. Use 0 for North, 90 for East etc.
- x is the distance in pixels from the left side of the image to the object you want to align.
- X is the horizontal image size.
For example, here's the landscape image again, with some measurements:
Putting the figures in the equation:
270 + b - ( 360 * x / X ) = 270 + 0 - ( 360 * 364 / 512 ) = 14.06
If the result is outside the range 0 ... 360, you should add or subtract 360 to bring it into this range.
The figure of 14.06 should be put into the landscape.ini file like this:
[landscape] name = Test author = Matthew description = Test landscape to demonstrate alignment type = spherical maptex = image.png angle_rotatez = 14.06
Note that the landscape image I am using in the example will work, but it's not a very good landscape image, so you might want to try this with a better panorama.
The moon landscape which comes with Stellarium is a good one to practice on. As an exercise, apply a rotation to the moon landscape, having the astronaut due South (the astronaut who is in the distance, not the shadow in the foreground).
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Over on OpenSalon, Mary Elizabeth Williams did a post on author's social media e-sponses to negative reviews . At first, I was amused by the spirited rejoinders. Williams cites Ayelet Waldman's response to Jill Lepore's review of Bad Mother in the New Yorker, was allegedly a succinct "The book is a feminist polemic, you ignorant twat." My favorite was Alain de Botton's response to Caleb Crain's review in the New York Times on the latter's blog::
"Caleb, you make it sound on your blog that your review is somehow a sane and fair assessment. In my eyes, and all those who have read it with anything like impartiality, it is a review driven by an almost manic desire to bad-mouth and perversely depreciate anything of value. The accusations you level at me are simply extraordinary. I genuinely hope that you will find yourself on the receiving end of such a daft review some time very soon – so that you can grow up and start to take some responsibility for your work as a reviewer. You have now killed my book in the United States, nothing short of that. So that's two years of work down the drain in one miserable 900 word review. You present yourself as 'nice' in this blog (so much talk about your boyfriend, the dog etc). It's only fair for your readers (nice people like Joe Linker and trusting souls like PAB) to get a whiff that the truth may be more complex. I will hate you till the day I die and wish you nothing but ill will in every career move you make. I will be watching with interest and schadenfreude." [Emphasis added]
I chose to show the full comment, not just the last sentences in bold that many are quoting, since I wanted to provide context and show that it wasn't just a two-line virulent jab. Some might call this churlish, but I saw it as a writer showing he has the chops as a writer to defend his book against criticism.
I do understand why Williams offers her advice of being careful about ranting at critics. Such angry behaviour can make can one seem shrill and immature, although I do enjoy the sheer drama of it all. Publishing, as it stands today, is hypercompetitive and there are influential gatekeepers like critics. I wonder if these interactions in social media are showing how the "authority" of the critic is being decentered. Social media allow for dialogues and will expectations shift, in that critics will have to justify their reviews to authors and audiences alike. Interestingly, Caleb Crain chose not to respond to Alain de Botton's comment, only offering an unsatisfying::
"Folks: Thanks for all your comments. A broad range of opinions have been expressed, and I'm going to close comments on this post now. all best wishes, Caleb"
That said, I wonder what the future of publishing and criticism are, given Web 2.0 and beyond. The critic serves a winnowing function, granting {or taking away} legitimacy and status. Will this function be replaced by an increasingly intelligent Web 3.0 with "crowdsourced" reviews? What are the implications for acadème and peer-review journals? Will the "wisdom of the crowd" topple the institutional fiefdoms controlling knowledge?
I know critiquing work can be tough. While not that in-depth, the act of reviewing Soderburgh's The Girlfriend Experience was illuminating for me, particularly after seeing how many reviewers were taking the easy road. I've done peer-review for over 15 years now and have been through the double-blind review process, as well. I've always tried to be constructive with my reviews, even with what I see is a flawed manuscript, offering citations and {hopefully} theoretical or methodological insights. I've read that Will Ferrell is very constructive as a colleague, often taking the time to help others work through something not working with their comedy, and I'm trying to pattern myself after this. My take is that if you can't be constructive and if you tear something down without backing it up, you better be prepared to fight it out and social media is the perfect venue for this.
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Jun 27, 2008
TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's military has completed its first inter-service command course in 20 years.
Jul 14, 2008
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The U.S. intelligence community, agreeing with an earlier Israeli assessment, has determined that Iran did not fire a new Shihab-3 ballistic missile.
Jul 21, 2008
TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel has resumed its strategic dialogue with the United States regarding the Iranian threat.
Jul 24, 2008
JERUSALEM [MENL] -- Israel has determined that regional militias could cooperate with Al Qaida against the Jewish state.


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15-K Training Program
You also can use this program to train for a 10-Mile Run
The 15-K is a useful and exciting racing distance. It's a "between" distance. The 15-K offers a challenge for those who have run their first 5-K and 10-K races and want to go a bit further without quite committing to a marathon, or even a half marathon. Experienced runners enjoy the 15-K, because it offers a different distance, one to relieve boredom. I always have liked running 15-K races and have had some of my best times and performances at this 9.3-mile distance, as well as in slightly longer 10-mile races.
Click on the links below for access to 15-K training programs for Novice, Intermediate and Advanced runners. If you are new to running or haven't run a race as long as 15-K, you probably will want to choose my Novice Program. It features three days of running plus two days of cross training. Long runs peak at 8 miles, just short of your race distance. On two days, I suggest you do some strength training combined with stretching. One day is dedicated to rest.
More experienced runners may want to select my Intermediate Program. It is one step up in degree of difficulty from the Novice program, featuring five days of running--and one of those days features speedwork: tempo runs and training on the track. Long runs peak at 10 miles, further than you'll run in the actual 15-K race.I also suggest that Intermediate runners strength train two days a week as well as cross train. One day is also dedicated to rest.
Only the most seasoned runners should select my Advanced Program. It's tough and features six or seven days of running. (Advanced runners are given the option of running or resting on Fridays.) It also contains two days of speedwork on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Long runs peak at 13 miles. No cross-training, since Advanced runners usually prefer to run, not bike, swim or walk. Only a small percentage of runners can prosper following a training program this tough, so think twice before selecting it.
For the full 10-week schedules, click on one of the links to the Novice, Intermediate, or Advanced programs. On these screens, you will also find instructions on how to do the different workouts, but for more detailed instructions plus extra training advice and tips, consider signing up for one of my Virtual programs, available through TrainingPeaks. Click here to access the menu listing all of my Virtual training programs. For ten weeks leading up to the 15-K or 10-mile race of your choice, I will send you daily emails telling you how to train.
So lace up your running shoes. It's time to start training for your next 15-K or 10-mile race.
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The lights are on
Last game i played was undercover and underground2.
The last racing game I played on PS2 was Burnout: Revenge.
grand trsmo 2
The last racing game I played on the PS2 was Gran Turismo 4.
Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2. The best Need For Speed EVER!
@ DarnellB.
Wow! Same here! I also agree that it's one of the best NFS games out there!
DT racer... thats actually a really fun game
Last game I played was GranTurismo 4 A-spec
last game i played was NFS Carbon
gran turismo 4 or if you even consider this a fully racing game Atv offroad fury 2
the last one i played was carbon
The last one I played was Gran Turismo 4 and that was years ago.
2006 midnight club 3 dub edition
Gran Turismo 4 just this past year. Was doing endurance races lol.
Gran Turismo 4 someone stole it


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Some groups will call for rate changes for Alabama Power Co. when the state's utility regulatory board wraps up hearings Wednesday on the state's largest electric utility.
AARP and Alabama Arise have filed position papers saying the current rate structure is too favorable to the company. Alabama Power says the rate structure is fair and reasonable, and it allows the company to provide a reliable product despite residential demand that is higher than the national average.
Wednesday's hearing is the last in a series the Alabama Public Service Commission has been holding on whether to change its rate stabilization plan for Alabama Power. Commission members could make a decision in September. Any rate change would take effect in December.


text: The mission of the Department of Marine Affairs is to provide leadership in the management of marine and coastal environments through distinction in teaching, research, and outreach programs. As a department, we offer Bachelor, Master's, and Doctoral degrees that focus on governance issues for both coastal and oceanic systems. Curriculum options utilize the wide variety of scientific and environmental expertise found across the University and within our department's college- the College of the Environment and Life Sciences (CELS). Within CELS, emphasis is placed on multidisciplinary education, which enables our students to grasp the implications, needs, and potential applications of ecosystem-based governance systems.


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Gallery: Nicki Minaj And Prince Looked Amazing At The Versace For H&M Launch Party
As Ashley discussed earlier today, last night's Versace x H&M runway show was a showcase for fashions good and bad. As a show of good faith and/or sycophancy, a lot of celebrities tried to wear the collection of the hour, but not everyone could pull it off. Luckily, both Nicki Minaj and Prince were on hand to show everyone how Versace is worn, even as they were entertaining them in song. Multitasking!
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An Exponential Gift
Morehead Alumnus and Retired Heart Surgeon Honors University Foundations that Shaped Him
Joe Craver '63, '67 (MD) just retired from a 31-year career as a full-time cardiac surgeon and professor of surgery at Emory University School of Medicine. Reflecting on his life, Craver felt that there were some pivotal moments for which he was very grateful. The first big one, he said, after being born to and reared by his parents, was attending Carolina as a Morehead Scholar.
"This award presented significant opportunities as well as challenges to me —to justify their selection," he said. "I endeavored to meet those, and I'm now even more grateful for their support and for UNC."
Leadership became synonymous with Craver on the Carolina campus. He co-captained the football team and received numerous awards as an undergraduate as well as a student at the UNC School of Medicine.
Craver felt that he would like to make a tangible gift to UNC to express his gratitude. He and his wife, Amelia, decided that they were not as dependent on his 401(k) retirement funds as expected. Also, because these funds are taxed at the maximum rate if used personally or passed as inheritance, they seemed ideal for a charitable gift. Craver sought a creative way to use these funds while he was still alive. He learned he could buy a commercial annuity within his IRA rollover account and name the UNC Medical Foundation and the Morehead Scholarship Foundation as charitable beneficiaries. Upon his death, they would receive the full corpus (currently valued at $1.25 million, plus their growth) as endowment funds. The UNC Medical Foundation will use $250,000 of these funds to establish the Joseph M. Craver Teaching Professorship. He also will make annual gifts from the annuity income he receives to provide each foundation with current resources during his lifetime.
"This way, the benefits start now for both of us," Craver said.
Craver also purchased life insurance policies for each to protect the values of the ultimate principal distributions to both foundations.
The son of teachers, Craver enjoyed teaching every single day of his professional career, and thinks of teaching as a way to "extend one's life's work exponentially." He is now taking that legacy of teaching in another direction by showing others how to discover creative ways to use their resources.
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I don't know how they can stop fans from doing the "Wooo", it'd be like banning the wave
Short answer: they can't
As a fan. Just tell the idiot doing it that our players HATE the sound. It's all you can do.
I've said all winter they talk about this team winning the division and my comment is, they won't win it because, at the end of the day, they still are the Chicago Cubs, and they will figure out a way to screw this whole thing up. - Marty Brennaman
I thought it started with people barking during last years "Bark in the Park" and it somehow turned to a WWWWOOOO.
"Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it." Cal Hubbard
Dont stop the wooooo. Apparently most the fans who actually care to stay till the end of the games are the ones Wooo-ing.
Arise and walk, come through. A world beyond that door is calling out for you. Arise and walk, come through. It's calling out for you.
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As of today, a free demo is readily available for the indie hit Botanicula. It features the first ten minutes of the game, and pretty much gives you the general gist of the story. You can also buy the game for $10 directly off the website.
Before today, I didn't have the time to play Botanicula (even though I already own it from a former Humble Bundle, funnily enough!), but after trying the demo out, it's safe to say that I'm going to carve out some time in the near future for it.
It's a pretty charming little adventure game, and I love the "team based" mechanics -- it kind of reminds me of the Aaahh!!! Real Monsters game or Lost Vikings, which is a good thing!
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Steve Burton, who has played war veteran Dylan McAvoy since January noticed a difference in how soaps are treated at CBS compared to ABC.
"YOUNG AND RESTLESS means as much to CBS as CSI does and that's saying something," he said. "That all starts from the top down."
Carolyn Hinsey, veteran chronicler of daytime dramas and author of "Afternoon Delight: Why Soaps Still Matter," agreed
"ABC was not loyal to its (canceled) soaps, and did not try to monetize them or promote them," she said. "CBS has been very loyal to Y&R and B&B, especially lately. No new show is going to draw the millions of devoted eyeballs daily that Y&R has enjoyed for 40 years."
- We Love Soaps YR40 Hub


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An eventful, exciting and ridiculous long run this afternoon. I was keen to beat my new 2014 personal best of 65 minutes and if possible do my six and three quarter miles in under an hour and so set off at quite a pace. And joyously it felt easy - possibly easier than going slowly. To push me onwards I had decided to use the stopwatch on my iphone to check my pace, which only had the slight drawback of having to get it out of my pocket and type in the passcode as I ran. But I did the first mile in 9 minutes, which I was pleased with and seemed to be getting faster as the run continued. I was on about 31 minutes at what I guestimated was the halfway point which was slightly disappointing, but managed to pick up the pace and then came up with a genius idea to spur me on. I decided that I was running as Me2 and I was trying to defeat the time set by Me1 last week.
It might be crazy, but this really worked. Me2 was determined to defeat his nemesis, whilst Me1 sat on the sidelines, blithely saying it didn't matter if this run was faster because he'd be the first to do a sub 60 minutes. Which of course just pushed Me2 on faster. I know a member of the Olympic archery squad has used Me1 vs Me2 sports psychology to up his game, but it really worked for running to. The two Mes were actively and passively competitive. As Me2 I really wanted to shove this down Me1's throat. I tried to work out what time I would need to hit Hammersmith bridge to be on course for the sub-hour run and thought I was probably a little bit behind. And at the one mile to home mark I had a little over 8 minutes to do something that I thought would have been impossible even last week. But then I hadn't counted on Me2's ruthless determination. We picked up the pace even more and within a couple of hundred metres of my house we still had nearly two minutes remaining. This was awesome. We (Me and Me2, with Me1 as an aggrieved passenger) bombed up our road and I thought we might even do it under 59 minutes. I had the iphone in my hand ready to press stop, but as I sprinted (or as close as I get to sprinting) I realised I had accidentally overrun and passed my house. I furiously tried to press the stop button as I turned and in the confusion and competition I somehow tripped and went flying on to the pavement at some speed. My phone crashed across the paving slabs and this was my first concern, initially because I wanted to stop the stop watch, but then with a sinking heart worrying that the heavy impact might have smashed it. And indeed the screen was badly shattered. It was very mixed emotions. I had passed my house at about 59 minutes and 10 seconds so was delighted with that victory, but my beloved phone had been broken. Pride and the fall came simultaneously. I wasn't even considering if I was unscathed.
It had, in many ways, been a ridiculous accident. A man pretending to be a version of himself was sprinting in order to beat another version of himself and in his determination to record to correct time had not only forgotten where he lived, but had come smashing down to earth in a spectacular and comedic manner. I had jumped up quickly in case anyone had seen me, but couldn't get into the house as my keys had gone missing. They had fallen out of my pocket and flown some way up the street. That's how quickly I had been going.
I mean, let's not let broken phones and humiliation destract us from the amazing achievement here. I had run the distance 21 minutes faster than it had taken me in January. Then I had been running terrible 11 and a half minute miles (as I did at the recent half marathon) and now I was running eight and a half minute miles. I was amazed I could do one mile at that pace, let alone nearly seven. I am doing the Royal Park Half Marathon again in the autumn (I will run as whichever me has achieved the best time on the runs).
But as I entered the house I felt a sting of pain in my right hand and my left forearm and then my knees started to ache. In my childish competition against myself had I managed to crock myself. Would this amazing triumph be my last one? Had Me2 deliberately sabotaged my body so that Me1 couldn't have his go at bettering the time?
I am nearly 47 and a fall, at speed on to a pavement could have had grave consequences. Even a twisted ankle would have fucked up my exercise regime, but it could have been a lot worse than that. I mean, what a fucking idiot.
As the adrenaline of the run and the victory faded I realised I was in a bit of pain, but luckily I don't think there was any long term damage.
I was still more upset about the phone, though as when I had the previous one stolen off of me by a bicycling thief I was half thinking that this would be a good excuse to buy a newer model (and whatever the case I could probably write a Metro article about it and recoup some of the expense). But Helen Zaltzman from Answer Me This (who knows everything) recommended lovefone in central London. And as I was heading into town anyway to get a train to a gig, I thought I'd get it repaired straight away. It was an expensive mistake and I should probably dig out one of my old running watches in future. But they did it quickly and efficiently and it was nice to have my phone back to full health and not leaving tiny shards of glass in my fingers.
I was a bit shaken up for the rest of the day, mainly imagining how much worse things could have been. But ultimately my phone still works and I have cracked the 60 minute barrier that most sportsmen said would be impossible. It's great to have reached this level of fitness. Be a shame to ruin it by "having a fall". I guess the fact that I got up again proves that I am not yet old. There is a limited amount of life in the old dog yet.
Edinburgh tickets are now on sale. There's only 500 per day for both shows, so obviously don't hang around. Those will be snapped up. Definitely.
Get your Lord of the Dance Settee tickets here.
Get your I Killed Rasputin tickets here.
If you haven't seen episode 2 of Meaning of Life yet, then here's a short sketch to whet your appetite.
The video version of the RHLSTP with Nick Helm is now available to buy at gofasterstripe.com - that completes series 5 (though there's a bonus audio from Machynnleth coming out soon). Here's a free taster.


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Rafael Benitez has admitted Chelsea were desperate for a goal but insisted scoring in their Barclays Premier League game at West Ham would mean nothing if they did not win.
Interim manager Benitez has yet to witness either event in his two matches in charge, successive bore draws with Manchester City and Fulham. Chelsea also failed to find the net in Roberto Di Matteo's final game at the helm, ensuring a run of three matches without scoring for the first time since Roman Abramovich bought the club.
Benitez is also the first boss of the Abramovich era not to win either of his opening two games. But the manager said: "More to win than score. The team needs to score and to win. We are close in terms of what we are trying to achieve in attack. The team has improved the shape in defence, but we need to be a bit quicker in attack."
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Well, duh.
Apple releases a new iPhone and a new version of iOS every year. These things don't pop up overnight, you know. Apple designer Jony Ive doesn't walk across the water and accept the new i-device from Lady of the Lake. The iPhone takes time to design, engineer and test. In fact, there's an industry term for it: It's called "research and development."
New smartphones often take between 12 and 18 months to move from blueprint to retail. Apple is likely already working on the iPhone 7 and iPhone 8. In fact, it probably has two to four new iPhones in various stages of development. This is a phenomenon called a "roadmap." You know, a plan that spans several years so the company knows where it is headed. It's a handy thing to have around.
[ Not every smartphone is a beauty like Apple's iPhone. Check out the 5 Ugliest Smartphones Of 2012. ]
So what do the server logs tell us right now?
Apple uses a slightly different code to reference its i-devices. For example, we call the latest iPhone the iPhone 5, but Apple refers to it as the iPhone5,1 or iPhone 5,2 depending on the variant. The iPhone 4S was the iPhone4,1, and the iPhone 4 was the iPhone 3,1. These device names (think of them as chassis designators) are what shows up in code when the associated device is used to surf the Web. The same goes for iPads. Server logs unintentionally revealed this internal naming scheme years ago.
The "iPhone6,1" is the new device popping up. This means that there are early builds of the next-generation iPhone being used by Apple's engineers for testing. One of their tests is to surf the Web, hence the server logs. The designation tells us that Apple has a new piece of hardware on deck, but that's all. It doesn't provide any details about the design, features or anything else.
We could have guessed as much without the server logs, based on Apple's past behavior of yearly hardware and software upgrades.
Though there's a rough correlation between the designator and the final name of the i-device products, it is not set in stone. If Apple sticks with its actual product naming scheme, the iPhone6,1 might actually be the iPhone 5S (remember, there was an iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS; followed by the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S).
At the end of the day, we have to assume that Apple (and every other company, for that matter) is always working on new products.