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Past Events
The Division hosts many workshops, symposia, and other meetings that provide information or bring together policy-makers, members of industry, scientists, and the general public to discuss timely issues. Here you will find archived information about these past events, including agendas and supplemental materials.
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All-of-Government Approaches to International Consequence Management for CBRNE Incidents
WorkshopJune 20, 2013Washington, DC
Disasters Roundtable Workshop 34: Integrating Disaster Recovery: What Should Long-Term Disaster Recovery Look Like?
Roundtable MeetingMarch 21, 2012Washington, DC
Disasters Roundtable Workshop 33: Coexisting with Risk from Natural Disasters
Roundtable MeetingOctober 26, 2011Washington, DC
Roundtable Workshop 32: Using Lessons from Haiti and Chile to Reduce Global Risk
WorkshopMarch 1, 2011Washington, DC
Roundtable Workshop 30: Disaster Resilient Design
WorkshopOctober 26, 2010Washington, DC


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Walking past laptop-toting digital nomads who huddle around the outlets lining the concourse, you arrive at your gate with 30 minutes to spare. You have a 6-hour flight in front of you, and a laptop and a smartphone that need a full charge to keep you working and listening to music throughout the flight. You stalk the gate area. The two available outlets on the payphone are taken. No outlets on the walls. The remaining minutes before departure click down. A baby is crying. (Please, please, please, you think, don't seat me next to the baby...). "Final call for boarding." Your laptop has an hour of life left, and so does your phone. When both are dead, your noise-canceling headphones will be useless. You board and approach your seat. You're in 16B. The baby, in 16C, is already crying...
Another day in the friendly skies. It's happened before, and it will happen again. But it doesn't have to be that way. Airports across the country are installing more outlets and improving their Wi-Fi signals--but some are moving much faster than others. And fortunately, these days you have some measure of control: On many trips you have a choice of airports, terminals, and airlines. If you only knew what tech amenities were waiting for you at the airport, you might think twice before choosing an airline that flies out of gates like the one described above.
PCWorld sent researchers all over the country to canvass the gates of the 40 busiest airports in the United States and to identify the tech winners and losers. In all our airport auditors visited 3300 gates from coast to coast; they counted more than 17,000 electrical outlets, 5000 USB ports, and 1350 charging stations; and they performed hundreds of tests of airport Wi-Fi and cellular broadband service. For further details see "In Search of the Tech-Savvy Airport."
The charts on the following pages illustrate how each airport performed in these areas, with rankings of the top airports for overall tech amenities, the best terminals, and the best airports for Wi-Fi and cellular service. We also rated the major domestic airlines on their efforts to accommodate mobile, connected travelers--at the gates, in the planes, and online.
The Big Picture
Stepping back for a macro-level view of the data yields some interesting general findings about airports and airlines. For instance, the numbers of electrical outlets available in the nation's busiest airports is woefully inadequate. The average number of outlets (typically two AC plugs under a plate on the wall) for the U.S. airports we visited is about 5.5 per gate. But given that the number of wireless contracts for smartphones, laptops, tablets, and modems (almost 323 million, according to the wireless trade organization CTIA) now exceeds the U.S. population, most of the people waiting at any airport gate are likely to be carrying at least one such device. Take into account that mobile devices have notoriously short battery lives, and the traveler's dilemma comes into sharp focus. No wonder you see people walking forlornly through the gate areas looking for an outlet--any outlet--to plug in to.
Wi-Fi service on airplanes is similarly scarce. Only about a third of the planes in the fleets of the ten U.S. carriers have Wi-Fi onboard, meaning that many passengers must work offline during flight and then sync with other users, apps, and machines after the flight lands. But time and tech march on. Offering Wi-Fi on a flight no longer strikes airlines as a novel and exotic perk, but rather as something in line with the expectations of a growing percentage of the flying public. That's why airlines such as United and JetBlue have recently announced plans to outfit their fleets with Wi-Fi. We also noted a trend toward satellite-based (as opposed to ground-based) Wi-Fi that will work internationally, not just on domestic flights.
Airport Wi-Fi is a shifting landscape, too. Large operators like Boingo offer paid Wi-Fi in most U.S. airports, but airports are also moving to offer free Wi-Fi throughout the facility. Even so, fast, free Wi-Fi--available at Cleveland's, Raleigh-Durham's, and Seattle's airports, among others--remains the exception and not the rule. Providing Wi-Fi service is expensive, and someone has to pay for it. Some airports rely on ad-based models, which require users to view an advertisement or take a poll before connecting for free. Others--mostly smaller airports--build the cost of Wi-Fi into their operating budgets just the way Starbucks does. But this approach is generally too costly for larger airports to pull off.
Other technology improvements, however, have become ubiquitous. Mobile check-in is one such advance. According to the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, of the 40 airports we visited, only one--Houston's Hobby (the older and smaller of the city's two international airports)--doesn't yet have the necessary phone scanners at security and at the gates to support it. Currently the airlines pick up the tab for these special scanners, but the TSA is said to be working out plans to buy the technology for all security checkpoints.
To come up with our rankings, we measured the tech amenities at the 40 busiest airports (as measured by number of boardings during 2010) in the United States, and then rated each one against its peers on the average number of electrical outlets, USB ports, charging stations, internet kiosks, and work desks that it offers per gate. We also performed a series of speed tests to measure each airport's Wi-Fi and major cellular services in numerous locations around the facility. We assigned a ranking to each airport based on overall speeds, with bonus points awarded to airports that don't charge for Wi-Fi. The airports that scored highest in our rankings offered a compelling mix of all of these services.
Top 20 Tech-Friendly Airports: #1 to #4
How do the airports that you visit most frequently stack up? Consult the best airports chart for a detailed look at the tech amenities offered at the 40 largest airports in the country. And for highlights of the tech top 20, read on, starting below.
#1 Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport (DFW)
DFW doesn't have the most outlets, it doesn't have the fastest Wi-Fi, and it's not number one in work desks. But no other airport achieves such consistently high scores across so many categories. Dallas ranked near the top of all airports on six of the eight tech amenities that we measured.
As evidenced by the older ethernet port installations at 16 gates throughout the airport, Dallas-Ft. Worth has been serving tech-savvy passengers for longer than most U.S. airports. These days, wired ethernet ports are giving way to Wi-Fi access points and cellular amplifiers, to meet the needs of passengers who want to be connected and mobile. DFW's paid Wi-Fi service (through T-Mobile) produced respectable speeds in our tests, averaging 2.73 mbps for downloads airport-wide. The airport's cellular signal wasn't bad either: Verizon and T-Mobile clocked average download speeds of 4 mpbs; AT&T averaged 3 mbps; and Sprint averaged 1 mbps.
DFW has benefited greatly from partners like Samsung, whose 64 charging stations, seven "mobile travel lounges," "power stations" (work stations with power outlets), and large flat-screen TVs are ubiquitous in the airport.
Augmented by the extra Samsung outlets, DFW boasts an average of 7.2 electrical outlets and 3.0 USB ports per gate. A fair number of internet kiosks and work desks (with outlets and USB ports) are scattered among the gates, too.
#2 New York JFK International (JFK)
Only a few years ago, it was nearly impossible to find an outlet at JFK. But more recently the airport has added numerous useful amenities, such as desks and counters with outlets, to some--but not all--of its terminals. JFK Terminals 2 and 3 (thanks in part to Delta) and Terminal 5 (thanks in part to JetBlue) offer the largest number of work surfaces and electrical outlets, as well as decent free Wi-Fi. Other JFK terminals look old and dull, with tech amenities to match. Your best option in those terminals is to buy Boingo wireless service or use your own cellular signal.
JFK's new Terminal 5, which opened in 2008 at a cost of $800 million, is spectacular. T5 is JetBlue's new primary U.S. hub, but it's more than an airport terminal. It's a glossy-looking cultural center filled with cool shops, upscale restaurants that look like clubs, and over-the-top architectural design; concerts are sometimes held there.
JFK Terminals 2 and 3 host some upscale restaurants, a few of which will take your order from an iPad kiosk in the gate area and bring your food out to you. Delta and its restaurant management partner OTG installed these iPads--more than 180 of them--which anyone can use to check email, surf the Web, and order food. Next to each one is an electrical outlet equipped with USB ports for charging your devices as you sit there. Sadly, the iPad kiosks have become so popular that finding an open one during peak traveling hours can be difficult.
Plans are in the works to expand the number of iPad kiosks and tables at Delta's JFK operations significantly in the next few years. OTG spokesperson Sean Aziz says the company plans to put the next wave of public iPads on tethers, so that users can hold the device in their hands and interact with the content more easily.
#3 Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)
Atlanta is the busiest and the largest (170 gates) airport in the United States. Consequently, supplying passengers with power, workspaces, and Wi-Fi at all its gates is a massive undertaking. But Atlanta's airport authority seems to have risen to the challenge in recent years.
The airport ranked quite high among US airports in the number of passenger-facing outlets it offers at the gates. Only San Francisco, Sacramento, and New York JFK offer more per gate. Some of the credit for ATL's tech-friendliness goes to Delta, for which Atlanta is a major hub. Delta flies out of five of the six terminals at Hartsfield-Jackson and has installed multiple freestanding charging stations (three two-plug outlets and two USB ports) in all of them. The electrical outlets in the walls and poles of the airport facility itself, combined with those on the Delta stations, comes to a total of 1377 outlets, an average 8.1 per gate.
The airport has also invested in providing workspaces for working travelers. Clusters of 4, 8, 10, and 12 "recharge stations"--cubicle desks with power outlets--occupy 19 locations throughout the airport. They're perfect for business travelers who need to get some work in--and charge their devices--before taking off on their flight. We counted a total of 240 powered workspaces throughout the terminals at ATL.
Hartsfield-Jackson is also trying its hand at the mobile rewards business. It recently announced a program to allow passengers to scan QR codes on advertisements around the airport with smartphones to receive food, beverage, and retail discounts from restaurants and shops in the airport.
#4 Detroit Metro Airport (DTW)
Detroit Metro Airport's newest facility, the three-year-old North Terminal, was built from the ground up with the needs of device-carrying passengers in mind. "We planned from the beginning to wire each gate area so that we would provide numerous power outlets throughout the facility for customers to use," says DTW spokesman Scott Wintner. Apparently, the effort succeeded: We counted an average 6.7 outlets per gate at Detroit Metro.
"We also worked with Southwest Airlines in particular to accommodate their request for even more power outlets in its three gate areas, including USB outlets not yet found elsewhere in the North Terminal," Wintner says. Southwest has installed many of its between-chair charging stations, which house an electrical outlet and two USB ports, in the North Terminal, home to the Southwest gates. In fact, 110-volt outlets and USB charging ports can be found at almost every chair.
Delta has been another major tech sponsor at Detroit Metro, working with the airport to install Delta-branded charging stations equipped with three electrical outlets and two USB ports apiece. Each Delta gate at DTW has up to six of these charging stations.
Wi-Fi service at DTW (provided by Boingo) is respectable; we clocked average download speeds of 2.5 mbps in our tests. Boingo also provides data ports at hourly, daily, or monthly rates throughout the airport--offering a guaranteed connection if the wireless falters.
Top 20 Tech-Friendly Airports: #5 to #10
#5 Sacramento International Airport (SMF)
Sacramento International Airport's impressive new Terminal B is nirvana for mobile device users. Completed last year, it's packed with more than 140 triangle-shaped tables, each of which holds a standard two-plug outlet and two USB ports at the corners. We counted 647 outlets and 912 USB ports in Terminal B alone. SMF has offered free Wi-Fi at Terminals A and B since 2006.
Sacramento is the only airport we investigated that has wireless charging surfaces (36 of them) for charging devices that travelers place on them. "If that's not enough, there are fee-based Internet kiosks and rapid-charging stations and InMotion and Brookstone stores ready to sell batteries, chargers, noise-cancellation headphones, laptop adapters, and more to eager technophiles," says SMF spokesperson Laurie Slothower.
#6 Oakland International Airport (OAK)

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Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General
Seoul, Tuesday 21 June 2011
(As prepared for delivery)
Dear Deputy Minister Mr. KANG Ho-in, Dear Deputy Minister Mr. PARK Ha Jung,
Ambassador Hur,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Korea is one of the most dynamic OECD economies. It is also an example to other countries in many fields. Yesterday, we had the opportunity to participate in the "Global Green Growth Summit", an area where Korea is a leader in new policies.
But one of the challenges Korea faces is to achieve more inclusive growth. It is a great pleasure to be with you today to launch our Framework for Growth and Social Cohesion in Korea. This report was requested by President Lee -- a testimony of the importance he attaches to the issue of inclusiveness.
Korea is not alone in its concern about the rising gap between rich and poor and the challenge of achieving job-rich growth. As elsewhere, inequality partly reflects the interplay between technological progress and globalisation, which tends to reward highly-educated workers, while leaving behind the less skilled ones and with lower education. Yet, Korea also faces specific challenges.
Let me share with you some of the reflections and recommendations of this important report.
First, labour market dualism is an important factor driving inequality in Korea. Non-regular workers – who account for one-third of employment – face precarious jobs at relatively low wages. As a result, the incidence of low-paid work is the highest in the OECD area. In addition, non-regular workers receive less protection from social insurance programmes and less on-the-job training, hindering their human capital as well as Korea's growth potential.
Labour market reforms to tackle this duality are a priority. For example, the report calls for measures to ensure that non-regular workers are covered by the social insurance system. Re-examining the degree of employment protection for regular workers would also help the achievement of a more equitable and better functioning labour market.
Second, education has been a key driving force of Korea's economic miracle, Korea's performance on the OECD's PISA assessment remains outstanding. But the education system should do more to promote inclusive growth in a number of ways.
For example, OECD experience demonstrates that providing early childhood education and care to children from disadvantaged families promotes their skills and reduces social inequality. However, public spending on pre-primary education in Korea is the lowest in the OECD area.
Moreover, the important role of hagwon reinforces social disparities. More than three-quarters of students attend classes at hagwon for an average of about ten hours a week, imposing a heavy financial burden on parents.
Policymakers can help by pushing ahead a common framework for high-quality early childhood education and childcare services, including lowering the costs for households so that all children can participate. Further work is also required to minimise the dependence on hagwon, thus reducing the heavy financial burden on low income families.
Third, Korea has an exceptionally low birth rate of 1.2 children. Increasing it requires lowering the financial burden on parents of educating children, investing much more in family-friendly policies in the workplace and fostering greater sharing of the childcare burden between men and women.
Fourth, the gender wage gap – the largest in the OECD area at 38% -- discourages women from entering the labour force. One-third of women have temporary contracts and only 8% have management responsibilities. Achieving better gender equality will require a wide range of policies, including better access to high-quality childcare and more family-friendly policies in workplaces.
Last but not least, achieving more inclusive growth requires higher and better-targeted social spending. At 7.5% of GDP, Korea's social spending is very low - the OECD average is about 20%.
But such higher social spending needs to be achieved without weakening Korea's very sound fiscal position. The issue is magnified by Korea's population ageing, which will be among the most rapid of OECD countries. Today, Korea is the fourth-youngest OECD country, but by 2050, it will be the second oldest.
Tackling these challenges will require increased public spending. Thus, room has to be made to meet these demands.
One way to boost revenue to finance rising social spending is through consumption taxes, which typically impose fewer distortions than direct taxes. Korea has considerable scope to hike the value-added tax. Its rate of 10% compares with an OECD average of 18%.
Other relatively non-distortionary taxes include environmental taxes. Their increase would help in realising Korea's promise to be a leading light on policies to spread green growth. Taxes on property would also be more supportive of growth than on income taxes.
At the same time, supporting the financial sustainability of the National Pension Scheme requires action to increase the pension eligibility age.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Sustaining economic growth is certainly important to promote social cohesion. It helps to generate the jobs and the public revenues needed to fund social welfare. But growth alone cannot solve all problems.
Instead, well-targeted social policies are essential to promote social cohesion and reverse the upward trend in income inequality. This is the "go social" challenge facing Korea.
This report is the OECD's contribution to the policy debate on how to meet this fundamental challenge.
The OECD is proud to be able to work with Korea to promote better policies for better lives.
Thank you.
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Here is the list of symbols I have encountered over and over again in the month of June, and their apparent interpretations. Within the school of Jungian Psychology, it be appropriate to consider many of these synchronistic in my case, and even archetypal given their strong and prolific occurrences through what he (Carl Jung) would call the "collective unconscious" in the recent month. Have you noticed any of these signs popping up within your own life recently? Enjoy this delightful cup of divinity as it reaches
more and more towards me, you and all of those around us:
All of these symbols have been documented and seleccted prior to their analysis and discovered meanings.
Number 1:
–The Red Rose–
6 Occurrences
"Mystical Marriage"
"Permanent Transmutation"
"Higher Identity"
"In alchemy, the rose is primarily a symbol of the operation of Conjunction, the Mystical
Marriage of opposites. It represents the regeneration of separated essences and their resurrection on a new level. In the Practice of Psychotherapy, Carl Jung discussed the archetypal underpinnings of love between people in terms of the rose: "The wholeness which is a combination of 'I and you' is part of a transcendent unity whose nature can only be grasped in symbols like the rose or the coniunctio (Conjunction)."
As a symbol of the Mystical Marriage on a personal level, the red rose represents a special
kind of love in which one "melts away" into the beauty of another, and the old identity is surrendered for that of the beloved or a higher identity within oneself. In this sense, the rose is a symbol of complete surrender and permanent transmutation.
Because of its association with the workings of the heart, the rose in alchemy has come to symbolize secrets of the heart or things that cannot be spoken or an oath of silence in general. : passion, love; vitality, feeling of being alive; masculine or active energy; creative projects.
Number 2:
–Glass Breaking–
3 Occurrences (in one week,
once additionally last month)
"Unbreakable Union"
"Change or Imminent Breakthrough"
"At the Jewish wedding feast to consummate the relationship they drink from a wine glass and then they smash the glass. The glass is broken to protect this marriage with the implied prayer: "As this glass shatters, so may your marriage never break." The promises made by the bride and groom, like the broken glass, are irrevocable. It reminds us that love, like glass, is fragile and must be protected." "Likewise… it can mean breakthrough has just occurred or is imminent."
Number 3:
–Shooting Stars–
6 Occurrences
"Grand & Imminent Change"
"Gifts of the God's"
"Occasionally, one of these streaking lights would fall from heaven and tumble to earth as a ball of fire. Since fire is the Symbol for light, illumination and enlightenment, the Ancients perceived that these balls of fire which plummeted to earth contained the Breath, Essence and Enlightenment of Divinity. In effect, these Ancient cultures considered Shooting Stars to be "gifts of the gods", a good sign, good luck or that a big event was coming."
Number 4:
–Ringing In The Ears–
12 Occurrences
"Spiritual Awakening"
"Message from the Spirit World"
"Close Presence of Guides and Angels"
"Frequency Shift"
"Hearing high-pitched frequencies is one sign of a spiritual awakening. As you lift your own personal vibrations you become more attuned to higher planetary and celestial vibrations. Often this results in a physical manifestation like lightheadedness, tingling skin or more commonly ringing in the ears.
Ringing in the ears can also be a signal from spirit guides or other non-physical beings. Since it's difficult for them to dial in to our dense physical vibration, they try to connect with us through other means. Sometimes they play with electronics or natural objects like leaves and feathers. Other times they try to reach us directly through our own bodies—and the ears are a convenient way for them to do so. So if your hearing those high sounds, it could be a message from the spirit world."
"Hearing frequencies can also be a sort of announcement from God/ your guides/ The Universe, regarding the ascension shift and your shift in vibration. As you may or may not be aware, our planet, and actually the entire universe is experiencing an ascension process… Without going too in depth here, ascension is the process of increasing and raising frequency. This is happening on a planetary, personal, and collective level. Click here to learn more about ascension!
Hearing vibrations or high-pitched frequencies offers a sort of signal that this change is happening. The frequency may be a sign that you're awakening to the higher dimensions, and tuning into more of your innate power as a divine spiritual being in physical form. The high-pitched frequency or vibration you are hearing may also offer validation and serve as a sort of indication that the ascension process, including activating and upgrading your DNA is taking place."
"A ringing in the ears is believed to be spiritually caused by the presence of guides and angels being too close to the physical body. Physics and other spiritualists believe these beings are perceived as tones or qualities of silence inside of the ears."
Number 5:
–Figs & their Tree–
Countless Occurrences
"Spiritual Awakening"
"Feminine Sexuality"
"The fig tree is an ancient tree and was the sacred tree of Buddha. Under it, he found enlightenment. Its spirit and essence awakens the intuitive insight that enables the individual to put our life and activities into a new perspective. It releases past life blockages, bringing them out and into the open so those new thresholds may be crossed (reflected in the first crop coming from the previous season's growth). It is a tree whose energies help the individual to link the conscious mind with the subconscious and to do so with the correct perspective… A spiritual awakening"
"The Song of Solomon mentions figs. "The fig tree putteth forth her green figs …. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away" (Song 2:13). As with the pomegranate, figs from very early times were linked with sexual fertility. The word "fig" signified vagina in several Mediterranean languages, and one need only split open a purple fig to see why. Maidens of Athens wore garlands of figs and carried fig cakes in the procession of Athena. There is evidence from the ruins of Pompeii that figs were a major offering at the temple of Isis. The fig persists as a potent symbol…"
Number 6:
–The Palm Tree–
7 Occurrences
"Integration of Opposites"
"Victory Over Duality"
"Seen and Unseen"
"In alchemical traditions, the palm tree is a symbol of androgyny as it possesses the perfect integration of both male and female attributes. This is an alchemical achievement – to be wholly, pristinely balanced – equally united with polarity.
This androgynous concept plays out in the esoteric archetype of the High Priestess found in the Tarot. Indeed, the palm tree is depicted in this card and here demonstrates the intent of the Priestess to amalgamate the realms of seen and unseen – mixing them into a whole vision with a goal to dispense for the betterment of humanity.
These aspects bring to mind themes of victory related to palm tree symbolism. Not only victory over the conflict between dualities, but victory over death as well.
Indeed, Christians adapted the palms as a symbol of resurrection (victory over death through the union with Christ). Palm fronds were lain on the path walked by Christ as he entered Jerusalem."
Number 7:
–The Snake & Ouroboros–
7 Occurrences
"Divine Union"
"Awakened Consciousness"
"Sexuality", "Masculine Sexuality"
"Triumph Over Duality"
"Serpent themes are visible in architecture, in myth, and initiation rites from certain cultures. Healing power and mysticism are ascribed to snakes due to their ability to shed skin. The snake represents youthful vitality, an archetypal power of transmutation and immortality. Images of snakes appear in alchemical symbols representing vitality, healing and transformation, and the death/rebirth cycle of renewal. This similar symbolism is also seen in-depth psychology.
Hindu iconography includes the cobra as a symbol of awakened consciousness surrounding the head of many deities. The yogic concept of Kundalini Shakti, sexuality, power, elevation of consciousness, the serpent energy rising up the spinal centers emerging from the crown chakra in divine union with pure Shiva consciousness.
The alchemical image of the Ouroboros, the snake eating its own tail, is a symbol of wisdom & transformation. It is a symbol of the conjunction, the union and wholeness of the divine marriage of the female and male principles. The Ouroboros is associated with Alchemy. It represents the cyclical nature of things, eternal return, and other things perceived as cycles that begin anew as soon as they end.
In some representations the serpent is shown as half-light and half-dark, echoing symbols such as the Yin Yang, which illustrates the dual nature of all things, but more importantly, that these opposites are not in conflict."
Number 8:
-Dragons (Medicine/Guide/Totem)–
7 Occurrences
"The Infinite Self"
"The dragons medicine includes change and transformation, wisdom, infinity, supernatural, longevity and movement through space.
Celtic tradition may give specific qualities for dragons of the elements of earth, fire, water, and air, however, in general terms, Dragon's power is that of shedding its skin and coming out as a new, transformed being. The dragon gives in providing us with fierce protection and possesses inherent magic, adding extra power to any magic you may perform. Dragon represents the supernatural and infinite self.
The Fire Dragon is a symbol of transmutation, energy and mastery. If this is your power animal you will be lent enthusiasm, courage and vitality. Your inner fire will be fueled. You will be helped to overcome obstacles. You will be given the qualities of leadership and mastery. The fire dragon can also be a strong protector."
Number 9:
–The Numbers 9 & 911–
Countless Occurrences
"Complete Cycle of Growth"
"Spiritual Transformation"
"Accomplishment of the Divine Will"
"Moving to the Highest Path"
"Service to Humanity"
"The number 9 has long been associated with endings that are set to bring about new and spiritually transformed beginnings. It also represents leadership, service to humanity and the Spiritual Laws that govern the Universe. It is also the number of those who accomplish the divine will. Since 9 can be represented as 3 x 3, it denotes perfection, virile power.
[Historically,] the biblical number 9 has vast symbology and was taken as sacred in Greece and Egypt as well. It is the last number of finalization and is therefore considered as the most complex and the number marking the full lighting up of numerical series. Biblical number 9 stands for a complete cycle of growth. The nine generations from Adam to Noah (ninth from Adam) and Noah to Abraham (ninth from Noah) represents the stages of development and growth. Abram was ninety and nine years when he received covenant from God and his new name Abraham. Therefore symbolically his name reduces to number 9 indicating the period of time in which the spiritual cycle is completed."
On its own, the number 1 indicates new beginnings, progress and self-reliance. When it is seen as 11 however, it becomes much more powerful [i.e. "The Master Number" or "The Power Number"]. The number 11 represents awakening, illumination and enlightenment. Often people report seeing 11:11 when they are experiencing a life changing experience or a spiritual awakening of some kind. It can also be seen as a direct message from your Spirit Guide and Angels that they are close and are offering you guidance.
Bringing all of this together, seeing 911 is really about pursuing your purpose and soul mission and perhaps bringing some things in your life to a close in order for you to move forward on your highest path. 911 also serves as a reminder that you are a leader or "Lightworker" and that by setting a positive example for others you can help to change and raise the consciousness of the planet. Repeatedly seeing 911 can also be a sign that your Angels have opened up a new door or chapter for you and are encouraging you to tie up loose ends and start fresh."
The degree of congruency between these listing symbols
is a bit unbelievable, to say the least. I hope to see what the following month
proceeds to show us and their apparent values to each of us consciously, as there really is no separation…
One Mind,
One Group,
One Earth,
One Being.
❤ – The Shaded Elephant.
1) https://medicinewomanart.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/day-16-art-as-meditation/
2) http://wordofspiritandtruth.blogspot.com/2012/09/broken-glass.html
3) http://www.aseekersthoughts.com/2009/11/shooting-star-symbol-and-myth.html
4) http://www.psychicsuniverse.com/articles/mind-body/body/are-you-hearing-high-pitched-frequencies-lately
5) http://www.keithhunt.com/Sex11.html http://spiritlodge.yuku.com/topic/1035/Fig-Tree#.V3iHJpMrLdQ
6) http://www.whats-your-sign.com/palm-tree-symbolism.html
7) https://stottilien.com/2012/06/03/the-symbol-of-serpent-and-dragon-an-jungian-view/
8) http://www.shamanicjourney.com/dragon-power-animal-symbol-of-transformation-infinity-wisdom
9) http://foreverconscious.com/the-meaning-of-911
Edit: It should be noted that upon finishing this article, I celebrated with a tall glass of water. Well, in doing so I couldn't help but notice the time as I clicked off the kitchen lights… Yep, you guessed it. The clock read "11:11". Synchronicity strikes again. ❤


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Unplugging from the distractions of the modern world and plugging into ones' inner self, Rick Gutierrez, founder of Integrative Tracking, shares with his clients a practice of mind-body awareness. His focus is listening to the body's promptings and balancing its energy flow to ease issues including weight gain, pain, emotional impact, stress, and anxiety.
More than thirty years ago Gutierrez, a promising pre-med student at UCLA, came to the realization that what we know as modern medicine seemed unable to acknowledge human "energy" and its flow. "We don't have a single word for the concept of life force, nor a good way of working with it. We don't really examine it too much. If there is such a thing as life force and we're not discussing it, that seems to be a problem because in the process we end up desensitized to our own inner experience and our own self-perceptive ability."
To demonstrate life force energy, he conducts a simple exercise."Rub your hands together, and then separate them a few inches, feeling it pulsing back and forth. You can feel a sensation similar to pushing two positive ends of a magnet together. The reason it's perceivable in your hands is because it stimulated the sense receptors in your palms. You can feel your own life force!"
He began exploring ways to perceive and work with the major energy pattern that circulates through our bodies, which he calls the "Grand Flow." Gutierrez says the Grand Flow "comes out of the top of your head like a fountain and rains down over the body. The planet itself has this as well, the Aurora Borealis in the North is the planet's energy flowing out its head."
His revolutionary Integrative Tracking method begins with exploring the "Grand Flow" and applying the theory that physical, emotional, and mental discomfort is the expression of an imbalance. A surplus of energy in one part results in a deficiency in energy somewhere else. Using a thorough question and answer process, Gutierrez helps clients to identify energy surpluses or deficiencies, then guides them through rebalancing their flow of energy. "If you have too much energy up high in your body, for example, the nerves that serve those muscles are going to be over-stimulated, signaling them to contract, which leads to teeth grinding, tension in neck and shoulders, etc."
"If there's too much energy here, there's not enough somewhere else. Integrative Tracking puts any symptom you're looking at into a greater context to understand that this symptom is part of something greater, part of a totality. When a person begins to tune in, the body starts to respond. The flow and the engagement of that flow are significant in how we experience ourselves."
Accurately experiencing ourselves and being entirely present in the moment is key to a more harmonious flow. Gutierrez notes that many people ignore suffering, what he refers to as being outwardly focused but inwardly unaware, "'If I pay attention to what's already here, it might hurt or be uncomfortable, so I won't.' But then there is no longer a conversation. Your body has to try to do as well as it can in your absence. Many people realize they're sweeping something under the rug, and think 'I'll pick up the tab for this later.' However, over a period of a few sessions, a person can get a sense of how there is a conversation possible all the time, if we're able to turn on those speakers and listen in a way that doesn't distort the conversation."
"If you're not having a conversation with your own internet, you end up ignorant of your inner circuitry," he wisely advises.
Learn more about Rick Gutierrez' Integrative Tracking at www.integrativetracking.com


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WonderWorks & A Magical Dinner Show
Price from $ 75.70
WonderWorks is an amusement park for the mind with over 100 interactive exhibits! Explore all exhibits plus the 4D Theatre, Laser Tag, the Glow in the Dark Ropes Course and much, much more! On top of that you'll get a magical dinner show to end your day on a high note!Highlights:
- Visit WonderWorks in Orlando
- Enjoy the over 100 interactive exhibits
- Make a 3D Impression of your entire body on the WonderWall
- Experience the Inversion Tunnel and defy gravity
- Battle your friends in a game of laser tag
- Test your agility on the glow in the darks ropes course
- Enjoy the Outta Control Comedy Magic Dinner Show
WonderWorks - an Amusement Park for Your Mind
Experience the trembling of a 5.3 earthquake, be blown away by 71 miles per hour hurricane force winds, maneuver the controls of a NASA spacecraft to land the shuttle, explore space in the Mission to Mars, feel the sensation of 3,500 nails elevate you on the Bed of Nails, fly a fighter jet, make a 3-D impression of your entire body on the WonderWall, design and ride your own roller coaster.
Go on a 3D journey and immense yourself into the movie with full motion seats and special effects.
Climb three stories of ropes as you encounter over 20 different obstacles along the course that will challenge your endurance.
Experience the Inversion Tunnel and defy gravity! As you approach WonderWorks, it is obvious that the building landed upside-down. Professor Wonder and his staff of brilliant scientists invented the Inversion tunnel, so you can invert your orientation and defy gravity and play with all the exhibits and experiments.
The Disaster Zone is one of history's worst earthquakes, that actually collapsed a freeway. Feel what an earthquake that measures 5.3 on the Richter scale actually feels like. Then enter the Hurricane Hole and be blown away by 71mph winds.
Play laser-tag and take part in the fun as you compete against your opponents inside a huge black-lit maze.
End your day with the Outta Control Comedy Magic Dinner Show. The show has been rated #1 in Central Florida! The one-of-a-kind dinner show provides a fun entertainment experience with non-stop audience participation. You don't just watch the show, you become part of it.
Along with the 90-minute show, you'll receive table-side service with unlimited fresh hand-tossed cheese and pepperoni pizza, salad, popcorn and unlimited beer, wine, soda and dessert.
How do I get my tickets?
Shortly after your booking is complete your e-ticket will be sent directly to your email, just print it out and bring it on your tour.
What time is the dinner show?
Shows are presented nightly at 6 PM and 8 PM.
How long is my ticket valid?
Your ticket to WonderWorks is valid for one day.
Are there children's tickets?
Yes, children's tickets are available for children between age 4-12 years. Children under age 4 are free when accompanied by a paying adult.


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In a match marred by 12 cards and 35 fouls, the Houston Dynamo pulled out an entertaining 1-0 win over Mexican club Puebla Wednesday night, winning SuperLiga Group A in the process and earning a home game for the semifinals in the first week of August. Houston will host Monarcas Morelia, while the New England Revolution will host Puebla.
The Dynamo are back in action on the road on Saturday, facing the Eastern Conference-leading Columbus Crew at Crew Stadium at 6:30 p.m. CT.
On Wednesday night, a physical game came to life in the 64th minute, when Corey Ashe served in a free kick from the left, and Cam Weaver headed the ball downward. Forward Dominic Oduro reacted first and knocked the ball into an empty net to give the Dynamo the lead. It was Oduro's team-high fourth goal of the year in all competitions.
The match turned ugly down the stretch, as two players from each team were ejected in three separate incidents, two of which took time to sort out. In the end, 12 cards were issues – eight yellow and four red – seven to Houston and five to Puebla. The match fell short of the record for total red cards in a Dynamo match: five, set in last year's CONCACAF Champions League on the road against Arabe Unido.
Houston goalkeeper Tally Hall made his third consecutive start and earned the shutout. He made a key deflection at the end of the first half, with an open man arriving at the back post, and made a huge save on Edgar Lugo in stoppage time to preserve the 1-0 lead. The win was Hall's fourth of the year, surpassing his total of three from 2009.
For the Dynamo, three players will now be suspended for the semifinal match against Monarcas Morelia on a date to be announced August 3-5: Danny Cruz (yellow card accumulation, red card), Dominic Oduro (red card), and Joseph Ngwenya (yellow card accumulation), each for the semifinal only. Puebla will also miss three players for its semifinal against the New England Revolution: Melvin Brown (red card), Alvaro Gonzalez (red card), and Yasser Corona (yellow card accumulation).
Dynamo midfielder Anthony Obodai made his first competitive appearance for the club and played 90 minutes in midfield. Midfielder Corey Ashe made his 120th appearance for the Dynamo in all competitions. Defender Ryan Cochrane made his 75th career start for the Dynamo in all competitions.
Game: Saturday, July 24, 6:30 p.m., Dynamo at Columbus Crew, Crew Stadium,
Columbus OH
Next MLS Home Game: Saturday, July 31, 7:30 p.m., Dynamo vs. New York Red Bulls, Robertson Stadium


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Library - Headquarters-Ocala - Pajama Story Time
- Date: 10/09/2019 6:30 PM
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Ages 5 and younger.
A variety of stories, songs, and activities for children and caregivers.


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I know it is recommended to install the felt in the drawers with hide glue. This got me interested in using hide glue for the construction of a chest itself.
I have both 192 and 251 gram strength hide glues to experiment with as well as Old Brown Glue which is a liquid hide glue with a longer open time. The reversible nature of hide glue appeals to me. If I happen to glue and clamp a drawer slightly off kilter, it can easily be fixed by applying heat and getting it back apart for a second try.
Compared to aliphatic resin, it takes 24 hours to dry and requires a longer clamp time. Also, you have to be quick while applying the glue and clamp pressure before the glue starts to set. This seems like it wouldn't be too much of a problem as long a you have lots of clamps and are quick with your hands.
Does anyone have any further input, objections or experience with using hide glue?


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Syfy's Tasmanian Devils, starring Wonder Years alum (and math teacher) Danica McKellar, premiered Sunday night, and the reviews are in. Is this the worst movie of 2013 so far, or does the gory feature fall into "so bad it's good" territory?
In the movie, which co-stars Olympian and Dancing with the Stars alum Apolo Ohno, McKellar plays a Tasmanian devil expert who is called into action after an ancient aboriginal curse is revived by base-jumpers, including Ohno.
Did you watch Tasmanian Devils? What did you think?


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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are transcription factors that play a critical role in regulating lipid and glucose metabolism, cell growth and cell differentiation. PPAR alpha is expressed in highly metabolically active tissues (alpha = active), including the PT and TALH in the kidney, where fatty acids are a major source of fuel. Activation of PPAR alpha causes genes involved in the control of fatty acid beta-oxidation to be expressed.
Friday, October 30, 2009
PPAR's: "Peptide Protectors Against Renal Failure?"
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are transcription factors that play a critical role in regulating lipid and glucose metabolism, cell growth and cell differentiation. PPAR alpha is expressed in highly metabolically active tissues (alpha = active), including the PT and TALH in the kidney, where fatty acids are a major source of fuel. Activation of PPAR alpha causes genes involved in the control of fatty acid beta-oxidation to be expressed.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Renal Fellow Network Comes to ASN...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
"Dilutional Acidosis"
Monday, October 26, 2009
Renal Cilia Length Increases with ATN
Friday, October 23, 2009
Complications of Renal Biopsy
I've had to revise the renal biopsy complication rates that I'm quoting my patients after reading this review.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
There are bicarbonate doubters amongst you...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Renal Failure in the Neuro ICU
Here are a few important guidelines for prescribing RRT in the Neuro ICU gleaned from this review. First off, a recap of the physiology...
Intracranial pressure increases are buffered by CSF, such that increased ICP leads to increased CSF entry to the spinal cord, increased reabsorption and reduced production. This buffering works best for slowly rising ICP; once this buffering capacity is overcome, the ICP increases steeply, exceeding cerebral perfusion pressure and preventing blood flow.
Secondly, even stable outpatients develop subclinical cerebral edema during hemodialysis. This can be enough to precipitate a catastrophe in a patient with raised ICP. Intermittent HD can worsen intracranial hypertension via systemic hypotension (ICP rises when MAP falls), faster removal of urea from plasma than brain and intracellular acidosis (CO2 crosses BBB faster than HCO3).
Finally, the integrity of the BBB is a key piece of information for the nephrologist in the NICU. In vasogenic cerebral edema (such as is seen in traumatic brain injury (TBI), acute intracerebral hemorrhage, small vessel vascular disease, hypertensive encephalopathy and infection) the BBB is broken down, and substances commonly used in the dialysis prescription such as mannitol and albumin can cross into the brain and worsen cerebral edema. This may explain the inferior outcomes seen in TBI patients treated with albumin in the SAFE study. Use hypertonic saline instead.
Based on the above, here are my top tips for a surprise-free existence during your NICU rotation:
1. Choose CVVH if possible
2. Hemodialysis only if stable CV, and no ICP or midline shift:
- Low blood flow rate and cooled dialysate to minimise hypotension
- Small dialyzer to slow the rate of change of plasma osmolality
- High dialysate [Na] (150-160 meq/l)
- Low [bicarbonate] ~ 30 meq/l
- Maintain a pre-dialysis urea of 30 mg/dL
- Heparin-free
- This is essentially a SLED or hybrid therapy
3. Peritoneal dialysis
- Avoid icodextrin for the same reasons as albumin and mannitol
- Low fill volumes to prevent raised intra-abdominal pressure
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
How to best design RCTs for new transplant immunosuppressives
Monday, October 19, 2009
Differential diagnosis of hypouricemia
II. Decreased renal uric acid reabsorption.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Gordon Syndrome
Also called pseudohypoaldosteronism type II, Gordon Syndrome is relevant less so for the number of patients afflicted but more due to the interesting insights into normal acid-base and electrolyte physiology.
Briefly, patients with Gordon Syndrome, a genetically-inherited condition, exhibit salt-sensitive hypertension, hyperkalemia, and a non-anion gap metabolic acidosis in association with a normal GFR. These metabolic derangements tend to be highly responsive to thiazide diuretics, correctly implying the disease is due to a constitutive activation of thiazide-sensitive Na channels in the distal convoluted tubule. In fact, Gordon Syndrome can be thought of as a mirror image of Gitelman's Syndrome, in which there is inactivation of the thiazide-sensitive Na channels causing the exact opposite metabolic abnormalities (hypokalemia and metabolic alkalosis).
It turns out that Gordon Syndrome is caused by mutations in two different, related genes which encode for a type of kinase: either gain-of-function mutations in WNK1, or loss-of-function mutations in WNK4 ("WNK kinase" stands for "with no lysine kinase"). WNK4 is responsible for tonic inhibition of the thiazide-sensitive Na; its loss-of-function therefore results in unregulated Na reabsorption in the distal tubule. This leads to decreased Na delivery to the collecting duct, resulting in reduced tubular lumen electronegativity, the driving force for aldosterone-mediated potassium and H+ secretion. WNK1 is a negative regulator of WNK4 and this explains why gain-of-function in WNK1 can cause the same phenotype as loss-of-function in WNK4. Part of the clinical phenotype seen in these patients may also have to do with WNK effects on the potassium channel ROMK, illustrating the complex molecular biology of this pathway.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Drugs Associated with Hyperkalemia
1. Drugs which cause translocation of K from the intracellular to the extracellular fluid: these include succinylcholine, isoflurane, minoxidil, and beta-blockers.
2. Potassium-Sparing Diuretics: drugs such as spironolactone (mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists) and amiloridine/triamterene (blockers of the ENaC) are common causers of hyperkalemia.
3. Inhibitors of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone axis: ACE-inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers.
4. Hyperosmolarity: hyperosmolarity induces water efflux out of cells, and by solvent drag increases intravascular potassium concentrations. Drugs such as mannitol can therefore cause translocational hyperkalemia.
5. NSAIDs: NSAIDs can lower renin secretion, which is normally mediated in part by locally-produced prostaglandins.
6. Bactrim: the hyperkalemia induced by Bactrim is via an ENaC inhibitory effect exerted by the trimethoprim moiety. Pentamidine induced hyperkalemia via a similar mechanism.
7. calcineurin inhibitors (e.g., cyclosporine, tacrolimus): it is postulated that these medications inhibit renal tubular responsiveness to aldosterone.
8. heparin & ketoconazole: these drugs may be associated by hyperkalemia by inhibiting aldosterone synthesis.
9. digitalis: digitalis inhibits the Na-K ATPase (which pumps 3 Na out of the cell and 2 K in); as such, it can result in hyperkalemia and a variety of cardiac arrhythmias.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Is renal replacement in nursing home residents futile?
Thursday, October 15, 2009
An Ever-So Slight Victory for PD?
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Revised diagnostic criteria of HRS
- Cirrhosis with ascites.
- Serum creatinine > 1.5 mg/dl (133 mmol/l).
- No improvement of serum creatinine (decrease to a level of 1.5 mg/dl) after at least 2 days with diuretic withdrawal and volume expansion with albumin. The recommended dose of albumin is 1 g/kg of body weight per day up to a maximum of 100 g/day.
- Absence of shock.
- No current or recent treatment with nephrotoxic drugs.
- Absence of parenchymal kidney disease as indicated by proteinuria .500 mg/day, microhaematuria (.50 red blood cells per high power field) and/or abnormal renal ultrasonography.
- Creatinine clearance has been dropped; the diagnosis is now purely based on serum creatinine
- Controversially, renal failure during bacterial infection, but in the absence of septic shock, is now considered HRS. This implies treatment of HRS should be started before complete recovery from sepsis.
- Plasma volume expansion should be performed with albumin rather than the original 1.5L of saline.
- Minor diagnostic criteria have been removed, most notably the need for a salt-avid urine (low urine sodium).
- Acute liver injury is not included as a cause.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
The Electrolyte Composition of the Dead Sea
Monday, October 12, 2009
Acid-Base Issues Related to Eating Disorders
Self-induced vomiting is a common feature of the eating disorders anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Because these individuals are losing HCl from stomach secretions, it is not uncommon for them to develop a metabolic alkalosis. Sometimes physical exam clues can be important in making this diagnosis: vomiting induced by sticking a finger in the back of one's throat can result in scarring on the dorsum of the hand, the formation of oral ulcers, dental erosions due to chronic gastric acid exposure, and puffy cheeks as a result of salivary gland hypertrophy. Furthermore the urine chloride is often profoundly depleted; this is classically a "chloride-responsive metabolic alkalosis."
Surreptitious diuretic use is also surprisingly common, and metabolic alkalosis is felt to derive from multiple contributing mechanisms: secondary hyperaldosteronism often develops due to volume depletion, renal chloride loss, or a contraction alkalosis; chloride-unresponsiveness may also develop due to a profound K depletion which may result from either chronic thiazide or loop diuretic exposure. Tests which assess the concentration of common diuretics in the urine by chromatography are available and may be necessary to cement the diagnosis.
Surreptitious laxative abuse can result in either a non-anion gap metabolic acidosis (similar to patients with chronic diarrhea) OR a hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis which results from hypokalemia, increased renal bicarbonate reabsorption, and volume contraction due to profound loss of sodium and water in the stool. These patients will often present with a fictitious diarrhea, and is found with greatest frequency in females who are related to the health care field.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Dietary modifications for prevention of nephrolithiasis
Friday, October 9, 2009
What are T-regs?
Thursday, October 8, 2009
A Wide Range of Potassium Behaviors
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Calculating Total Body Water
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Personalized Medicine for Kidney Disease?
Monday, October 5, 2009
Telomeres, Renal Cell Carcinoma, and the 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine
For instance, in a 1999 KI study by Dahse et al, increased telomerase activity was detected in 55 out of 60 different primary renal cell carcinoma lines.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Is cystatin C the next creatinine?
In a recent article in JASN by Astor et al, the investigators provide evidence that cystatin C does a better job of predicting mortality than creatinine. Cystatin C is a cysteine protease inhibitor which is freely filtered at the glomerulus, but not secreted like creatinine is. Furthermore, cystatin C production is independent of muscle mass, making it less susceptible to the limitations of creatinine. One of the main strengths of the study is the it uses data from NHANES, which is generated from a large and ethnically diverse U.S. population with a long follow-up time; it also contains a large number of individuals with only mildly reduced GFRs in the CKD3 range. The apparent superiority of cystatin C to predict mortality and provide more accurate assessments of GFR compared to creatinine suggest it could eventually play a major role in routine lab assessment in many of our patients.


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Sabina Berretta, MD
Every cell in the human brain is surrounded by a lattice of molecules called the extracellular matrix. This matrix regulates how brain cells migrate, mature, and connect. Our group recently found pronounced abnormalities of this matrix in the brains of people with schizophrenia. Those abnormalities might play a fundamental role in the causes or expression of this condition. Our ongoing work aims to further characterize these and other matrix anomalies in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and shed light on related brain mechanisms. Understanding these processes is critical for developing new treatments for psychotic conditions. The Translational Neuroscience Laboratory was founded in 2000.
Link to Full Article: Sabina Berretta, MD
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Well, guys, RL has dictated that I spend almost zero time in SL the last few days, but I sneaked over here really quickly to show you these pretty things!
The Costume Ball, presented my The Ego Co., is open and in full swing and you can find SO MANY really cool things there. You must go. There are sexy costumes, creepy eyes, fabulous poses and skins and hair… Every one of the designers really outdid themselves.
This sexy costume is by Cracked Mirror and was made especially for The Costume Ball. You can wear it with or without the tail, and it comes with horns and a pitchfork! It's the perfect costume to wear when you want to cause some Halloween mischief.
The skin I'm wearing is by Pink Fuel, and it's part of the Femme Fatale Skins pack available at The Costume Ball. You may even catch me sporting this skin after Halloween!
This pose is by Purple Poses and is from a pack that is available at… you guessed it… The Costume Ball!
This hair is a new release from Magika, and it is NOT from The Costume Ball. I threw you off there, didn't I? It is simply an adorable new release. You can't tell in the photo, but it actually has a cute bandanna tied around the hair like a headband. The hair and bandanna are both color change!
Ok, now I'm gonna run back to doing my RL stuff and you're gonna run over to The Costume Ball! If you want to see more item previews, be sure to check out The Ego Co. blog!
Dress/Tail/Horns/Pitchfork: Cracked Mirror- Sexy Devil Costume The Costume Ball
Shoes: G Field- Strap Shoes "Alex"
Hair: Magika- Visit NEW
Skin: Pink Fuel- Femme Fatale Skins- Alyx The Costume Ball
Eyes: Mayfly- Liquid Light Eyes
Lashes: Beetlebones- Mesh Lashes
Nails: Izzie's- Classic Nails
Shape: Mine
Pose: Purple Poses- The Costume Ball


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Panasonic, Semiconductor Energy Laboratory And Philips Take Center Stage At FPD
The FPD International 2013 kicked off on the 23rd in Japan and many companies including Panasonic, Semiconductor Energy Laboratory, Philips and Japan Display showcase their latest flat panels including 4K OLEDs for tablets and smartphones as well as flexible displays.
Panasonic is showcasing 55-inch a 4K IPS LCDs (3,840 × 2,160 pixels), which delivers a contast ratio of 1,500:1, a brightness 700cd/m2 and covers the 72% of the NTSC color gamut. Typically, it will find its to business and medical applications.
A 31-inch 4K (4,096 × 2,160 pixels) LED backlight display prototype supports 97% DCI color along with a brightness of 850cd/m2. This one is intended for use in video monitoring and broadcasting.
For tablets, Panasonic showcases a 10.1-inch IPS display with a 2,560 x 1,440 pixel resolution and a contrast ratio of 1,400:1. It covers the 100% sRGB color gamut and a has brightness of 400cd/m2. In addition to this, a 8.9-inch (2,560 × 1,600) model for tablets was on display.
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory, known for the development of IGZO LCDs with Sharp, is focusing on OLEDs. A 13.5-inch (3,840 × 2,160 pixels) curved display uses an RGB color filter alng with white OLED and can display 24bit colors covering more than 90% of the NTSC color gamut.
Curved OLED displays that can roll over smartphone devices also appeared at the show. These are rolling (4mm radius) to cover either the top or the side of portable devices such as smartphones, and the protoypes inlcude a 3.4-inch, (326ppi) and a 5.3-inch (302ppi) model. Mounted to a smartphone, these rollable touchscreens can offer new ways of interaction between the device and its user. For instance, touch buttons can be placed on the side of a smartphone or a screen placed on the top side of the device could notify its user for an incoming call.
SEL is also experimenting with a wristwatch-type device powered by a curved rechargeable battery.
Philips, Dolby and Sharp are showcasing their naked-eye 3D technology with an 85-inch 8K (7,680 × 4,320 pixels) display, a brightness of 300cd/m2, 10bit colors and a 60Hz frame rate.
Philips mounted on the huge screen its own "fractional lenticular lens" on the display. There are several viewpoints that are optimal for viewing 3D video displayed on a naked-eye 3D display using a conventional lenticular lens. When the eyes of the viewer are not positioned at any of those points, it is impossible to accurately view 3D video correctly. The fractional lenticular lens enables viewers to naturally view 3D video because Philips made improvements to the position and shape of the lens.However, commercialization of the 3D display has not been decided yet.
Last but not least, Japan Display is showcasing a 5.4-inch,543ppi TFT LCD naked-eye 3D Display, a high-density (473ppi) 6.2-inch WQHD TFT LCD module for smartphones, a 12.1-inhch 4K (3,840 × 2,160 pixels - 365ppi) display for tablets.


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The Fifth Surveillance: Corporate Spying On Non-Profits
from the more-revolving-doors dept
In the age of innocence that was brought to an end by Edward Snowden's revelations, we broadly knew of three kinds of surveillance: the classic kind, by countries against other countries; the industrial kind, by companies against companies; and -- the most recent addition -- the Google/Facebook kind, carried out by companies against their customers. Snowden made us aware that countries also carried out large-scale surveillance against huge numbers of their own citizens, the vast majority of whom had done nothing to warrant that invasion of their privacy. But there's a fifth kind of surveillance that has largely escaped notice, even though it represents a serious danger for democracy and freedom: spying carried out by companies against non-profit organizations whose work threatens their profits in some way.
A new report called "Spooky Business" (pdf), from the Essential Information organization (founded by Ralph Nader in 1982), throws some much-needed light on this murky world:
The corporate capacity for espionage has skyrocketed in recent years. Most major companies now have a chief corporate security officer tasked with assessing and mitigating "threats" of all sorts -- including from nonprofit organizations. And there is now a surfeit of private investigations firms willing and able to conduct sophisticated spying operations against nonprofits.
As the study reveals, this kind of activity is now commonplace:
Many of the world's largest corporations and their trade associations -- including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Walmart, Monsanto, Bank of America, Dow Chemical, Kraft, Coca-Cola, Chevron, Burger King, McDonald's, Shell, BP, BAE, Sasol, Brown & Williamson and E.ON -- have been linked to espionage or planned espionage against nonprofit organizations, activists and whistleblowers.
The victims of this spying, and the methods employed, are varied:
Many different types of nonprofits have been targeted with espionage, including environmental, anti-war, public interest, consumer, food safety, pesticide reform, nursing home reform, gun control, social justice, animal rights and arms control groups.
Most of the report is devoted to describing some of the high-profile surveillance operations that have come to light so far. These are truly fascinating -- all-the-more so for being real-life spy stories, not works of fiction. Here's a sample, involving someone whose name and work have appeared many times on Techdirt:
Corporations have been linked to a wide variety of espionage tactics. The most prevalent tactic appears to be infiltration by posing a volunteer or journalist, to obtain information from a nonprofit. But corporations have been linked to many other human, physical and electronic espionage tactics against nonprofits. Many of these tactics are either highly unethical or illegal.
James Love is the Director of Knowledge Ecology International, an organization that works to improve access to essential drugs, to reduce pharmaceutical drug prices worldwide, and to protect consumers in copyright. Love is an award-winning advocate; in 2006, KEI won a MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions, and in 2013, Love won a Pioneer Award from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
One key fact to emerge from this litany of dubious activity, is how closely it is related to the other kinds of surveillance, and the groups that carry them out:
Shortly after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, Love says he received a visit in his offices from a man who said he was recently let go from his job at Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). "He said his job involved monitoring what I was doing, every day." Love said. "He told me that PhRMA had hired a private investigator to investigate us, from the West Coast." Separately, from 2007 to 2008, Love says that PhRMA and some companies in the copyright sector funded efforts to investigate the sources of funding for NGOs working on intellectual property issues, and to press those foundations to end their support of consumer advocacy.
Around 2008 or 2009, General Electric, Microsoft, Pfizer and other firms funded an effort by the National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) to provide intelligence on NGOs working on intellectual property issues. Love says, "They approached someone we knew, with a proposal to provide information on Knowledge Ecology International and other NGOs working on intellectual property issues, as part of a program to counter NGO advocacy efforts on behalf of consumers." Eventually, Love says, the NFTC contracted with the Romulus Global Issues Management, an "international policy consultancy" that advises "several members of the Fortune 100." The managing partner of Romulus is John Stubbs, whose wife is Victoria A. Espinel, a former Romulus employee. Espinel was U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IP czar) for the Obama administration, and is currently the CEO and President of the Business Software Alliance (BSA).
One of the troubling aspects of recent corporate espionage against nonprofits is the use of current and former police, current government contractors, and former CIA, NSA, FBI, military, Secret Service and other law enforcement officers.
This intermingling of the various kinds of spying gives rise to a phenomenon that Techdirt readers know well:
Even active-duty CIA operatives are allowed to sell their expertise to the highest bidder, "a policy that gives financial firms and hedge funds access to the nation's top-level intelligence talent," writes Eamon Javers. Little is known about the CIA's moonlighting policy, or which corporations have hired current CIA operatives. According to Javers, "There is much about the policy that is unclear, including how many officers have availed themselves of it, how long it has been in place and what types of outside employment have been allowed." Regarding the CIA process for approving moonlighting, U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo said "My sense is that it is a rubber stamp deal....No one's really looking at it or keeping a close eye on it."
In effect, the revolving door for intelligence, military and law enforcement officials is yet another aspect of the corporate capture of the federal agencies, and another government subsidy for corporations. Taxpayer funds are expended to train the officials who work for the CIA, NSA, Secret Service, military and other intelligence and law enforcement agencies. When these employees leave for employment in the private sector, corporations reap the
benefits of this taxpayer-funded education, training and experience. It's a great deal for the companies that hire these former agents, but not for taxpayers.
That fact is just one reason why we should be concerned about the rapid rise of this fifth form of surveillance. It's leading to a further blurring between government and commercial interests that places non-profit organizations and the people who work in them in an even more vulnerable position.
"Spooky Business" should be required reading for anyone working in this field. As well as detailing the highly-dubious -- and probably illegal -- activities of corporations here, it also suggests basic ways to reduce the impact of that surveillance. At a time when it's clear that multiple kinds of spying are on the increase, we all need as much help as we can get.
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In-Law Units Are Coming to Your Neighborhood
The state of California, in response to the housing crisis, recently adopted AB 1866, a measure that aims to eliminate local discretionary review, the public discussion process and most existing development standards relating to the creation of in-law units in R-1 single-family neighborhoods.
If implemented as intended by its backers, your neighbor will be able to create an in-law unit with no discretionary review or public hearing if the proposed unit does not exceed 30 percent of the main living area if attached to the main dwelling, and the total floor area of the proposed unit does not exceed 1200 square feet. Tandem parking and parking in otherwise deemed "setback areas" will be allowed. The only way to generally preclude such proposals for in-law units would be for the governing jurisdiction to make official findings that acknowledge that the relevant zoning ordinances "may limit housing opportunities of the region" and that "specific adverse impacts on the public health, safety, and welfare…justify…the ordinance." To reject a specific in-law unit proposal, findings must be made that the proposed unit is not feasible based on site, topographical and fire and life safety issues for that site. No provision is made for "detriment" to neighbors.
There are advantages to this policy, including increased income and on-site companionship for elderly and/or financially-strapped homeowners; increased opportunity for extended families to live together; possible reduction in residences housing numerous unrelated adults and their automobiles; possible reduction in the need and authorization for large and costly housing developments with substantial city-wide impacts; dispersion of new housing units throughout the city, thereby minimizing and sharing negative impacts; and, in general, a serious increase in housing availability and affordability.
The negative aspects include: increased density in already-impacted neighborhoods, particularly with respect to automobiles; more bad feeling among neighbors; further detriment to neighborhood amenities such as light, air, appearance, etc.; and abandonment of Berkeley's traditional democratic process with respect to development matters.
There are related issues that need to be considered as well. Parking is a limited resource and is usually the main "density" concern of Berkeley residents. If we can better manage our parking in a fair way, we can perhaps decrease objections to in-law units. In overparked residential permit parking (RPP) areas, in-law units could work only if RPPs are generally limited to a set maximum per address (say four), only to one registered vehicle per occupant (up to the four maximum) and only issued when there is an actual driver with an actual registered vehicle. In the less-impacted non-RPP residential areas, some reasonable limits would need to be imposed on the number of vehicles parked on the streets by all residential owners.
Also, no sane homeowner would admit the rent control board and more than minimal city regulations into their life and personal space. For in-law units to be viable, there would need to be an exemption from the purview of the city's rent control machinery and only minimal other regulatory health and safety measures.
In addition, under current circumstances, there are hundreds if not thousands of single-family residences that house several unrelated adults, most of whom have automobiles that take up street space. There is apparently no regulation of these "households" (no business license tax for owner/landlords, no rent board registration and fee payment, and no health and safety inspections) and, most significantly, no enforcement of existing zoning code requirements for one off-street parking space per two boarders.
Competing needs and desires for land use are at the heart of Berkeley's politics and disputes. Current regulations provide both a healthy democratic process and a serious impediment to change. If in-law units are to be increased, a way must be found to mitigate their negative effects and educate neighbors as to the more draconian alternatives being put forth by the affordable housing lobby.
Many Berkeleyans do not want big housing developments with big impacts, certainly not in their own neighborhoods. However, I believe that most Berkeleyans would like to be able to support more affordable housing.
Are in-law units the way to mesh these competing goals?
Perhaps a deal could be made whereby, over time, we could add a large part of the requisite new housing through in-law units scattered throughout the city at the same time that we decrease the number of housing units added in large-scale projects. The new in-law units would need to be embodied in an envelope that seriously addresses and mitigates legitimate concerns relating to neighborhood detriment, parking and rent control.


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Read here. This may be an indication that the Vikes are concerned they won't be able to keep Sidney Rice. But either way, I think this is a good move. Aromashodu spent last year in the doghouse of Mike Martz (this article says Lovie Smith, but if I recall, I believe it was Martz – either way, he was in a doghouse).I know he hasn't done much in his career, but he flashed some serious potential in 2009. In those last 4 games, he started to look like one of those huge WRs that guys just can't defend well (like Rice in fact). It's worth a gamble for the Vikes and my guess is that the gamble will pay off quicker than most imagine (in part because defenses are already scrambling to stop AP and Harvin).
Now, if they add McNabb (which looks likely at the moment), they could suddenly become a decent team again. I don't like McNabb, I think he's decent but overrated and his way just annoys me. Unfortunately, that is how I feel about most Vikings – which is why I'm concerned he might just be a good fit there.
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BAGHDAD, June 7 (UPI) -- In the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, Iran is stepping up plans to dominate its western neighbor and longtime adversary, and a key project is to ensure the holy city of Najaf in Iraq doesn't reclaim its status as the spiritual center of Shiite Islam.
Call it the battle of the ayatollahs.
The Iranian effort has been given greater urgency by the threat against Tehran's key Arab ally, the Syrian regime of President Bashar Assad.
Syria is Iran's gateway to the Levant and the Mediterranean, a passage vital to Tehran's strategic aim of expanding Shiite dominance into the largely Sunni Arab world.
The prospect that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shiite, could be unseated in a burgeoning rift with Sunnis, rival Shiites and Kurds has galvanized Tehran in recent days to take steps to ensure that no such thing occurs and that Maliki stays in power -- under Tehran's thumb.
But there's an even more important and probably far-reaching Iranian effort under way by the Tehran leadership and Iran's powerful Shiite clergy: ensuring that the holy city of Qom south of Tehran is the religious center for the world's 200 million Shiite Muslims, rather than Najaf.
For centuries, Najaf was the holiest city of Shiite Islam, the site of the tomb of Ali, the Prophet Mohammed's cousin and son-in-law who is revered by Shiites as Mohammed's rightful successor following his death in 632 rather than the one chosen by the rival Sunnis.
Najaf lost its pre-eminence during Saddam Hussein's suppression of the Shiite faith and the emergence of fundamentalist Iran in 1979 as the beacon of radical Islam.
But with the fall of Saddam and his Sunni-led regime, Najaf has undergone a renaissance as the Vatican of the Shiite faith. It's playing a critical role in Iraq's rebirth.
This theological rivalry is particularly potent right now because the cleric who has held the position of al-marjaa al-akbar, "the greatest object of emulation," of the world's Shiites, Ayatollah Ali Sistani, has his seat in Najaf. He's 81 and could step down soon.
The reclusive Sistani is Iranian by birth but he's the acknowledged leader of Iraq's Shiites and deeply opposes the concept of velayat-e faqih, or clerical rule, that Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini established in 1979.
Iran is promoting a conservative cleric close to the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as Sistani's successor, a move that would give the Tehran leadership an immensely powerful platform to influence Iraqi Shiites, the majority sect, and, as many Iraqis fear, transplant Iran's Islamic revolution in Iraq 24 years after the two countries' crippling 1980-88 war.
After the 2003 U.S. invasion, Sistani, a member of the "quietist" school of Shiite Islam, played a key role in shaping post-Saddam Iraq and won the ear of the Americans.
The man Tehran wants to replace him, Grand Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, 63, is a prominent member of Iran's ruling clerical hierarchy. He played a major role in crushing Iran's reformist movement in the 1990s.
He's a former chief of Iran's judiciary, with a brutal record against opponents of the regime, and has intimate connections with Khamenei's hard-line conservative cadre.
Tehran is financing the Iraq-born Shahroudi and for months his emissaries have been building a support network across Iraq. He opened an office in Najaf in October.
"He's there to prepare himself for after Sistani," observed Iranian-born analyst Mehdi Khalaji of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Maliki recently visited Tehran and met with Shahroudi, who's spiritual mentor of the premier's Ad-Dawa party.
Historian Reidar Visser, who specializes in Middle Eastern affairs, noted in his political blog this "did nothing to kill the rumors about some kind of Iranian design on the holiest center of Iraqi Shiism."
The frail Sistani, one of only five living grand ayatollahs, has long been secluded in Najaf and hasn't left his home since 2004.
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The Iranians are exploiting this for all its worth.
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The Cincinnati Bengals entered the 2005 NFL season having not finished with a winning record since 1990. However, following two 8-8 tallies under Head Coach Marvin Lewis, the Bengals were clearly on the rise and entered the October 30 contest against the Green Bay Packers at 5-2. Second-year QB Carson Palmer was coming into his own and had fine wide receivers to throw to in Chad Johnson (later known as Chad Ochocinco) and T.J. Houshmandzadeh. The running back tandem of power-running Rudi Johnson and speedy Chris Perry was productive. A major concern was that the defense tended to give up too many yards against the run.
The Packers, coached by Mike Sherman, were still overly dependent on 13th-year QB Brett Favre and, at 1-5, were in a state of decline after making the playoffs in each of the previous four seasons. WR Donald Driver was a dependable target for Favre's passes, but injuries had depleted the running game and the defense was mediocre.
There was a crowd of 65,940 in attendance at Paul Brown Stadium. The Bengals had first possession and drove 60 yards in 11 plays. Carson Palmer finished it off with a four-yard touchdown pass to Chris Perry for the early lead. The teams traded punts to conclude the opening period, but the Packers put together a 66-yard scoring drive in 11 plays to start the second quarter. Favre completed all five of his passes, including one to TE Bubba Franks for 21 yards to the
seven in a third-and-six situation. RB Tony Fisher scored a TD from a yard out
and, with Ryan Longwell's successful conversion the contest was tied at 7-7.
The clubs again traded punts to start the third quarter but a promising
Green Bay drive into Cincinnati territory that
included a 28-yard gain on a pass to Donald Driver ended with Favre being
intercepted for a second time. CB Deltha O'Neal grabbed the throw at his own
two yard line, which stopped a potential Green
Bay score but also pinned the Bengals back deep in
their own territory. After getting out to their 40, they had to punt.
Once again O'Neal picked off a Favre pass, this time returning it to the
Green Bay
42 for more favorable field position. The Bengals gained nothing in three
plays, however, and again kicked it away. This time it was CB Tory James
intercepting Favre on the first play of Green
Bay's ensuing possession. Cincinnati still couldn't move the ball as
the game headed into the fourth quarter, but again the Bengals kicked and got
the ball back on an interception. It was the second pickoff for Thurman, and
finally Cincinnati
capitalized on the very next play when Palmer passed to FB Jeremi Johnson for a
27-yard touchdown.
The Packers followed up with a series that didn't end with an interception, but they had to punt after losing ground.
Cincinnati's next series ended with Palmer
being intercepted by CB Ahmad Carroll to give Green Bay another shot with 8:28
remaining. The Packers made the most of the opportunity, going 88 yards in 13
plays and converting three third downs along the way. A one-yard Favre
completion to Franks for a touchdown followed by Longwell's successful extra
point made it a seven-point game with just over three minutes on the clock.
The Bengals played conservatively on their next series as the Packers used up their timeouts. Kyle Larson's 47-yard punt was downed at the
Green Bay
10 and there were now only 56 seconds remaining on the clock. A 48-yard pass
interference penalty moved the ball into Cincinnati
territory and Favre threw to WR Antonio Chatman for 19 yards to the 28 yard
line. With the defense reeling a bizarre circumstance ensued as a fan ran onto
the field, causing the next play to be blown dead by the officials. Grabbing
the ball out of Favre's hand, the inebriated man eluded security and caused
play to be halted for several minutes until he was removed.
Once the action resumed, Favre was sacked for a two-yard loss by the re-grouped defense and then threw a pass from beyond the line of scrimmage that resulted in a game-ending penalty. The Bengals had held on for the 21-14 win.
The Packers outgained
(353 yards to 317) and had the edge in first downs (23 to 21). However, they
suffered the five turnovers on interceptions as opposed to one by the Bengals.
Carson Palmer completed 22 of 34 passes for 237 yards with three touchdowns against one interception. Rudi Johnson ran for 72 yards on 22 carries and Chris Perry (pictured at left) added three attempts for 18 yards in addition to a team-high 6 pass receptions that gained 25 yards and included a TD. T.J. Houshmandzadeh gained 77 yards on 5 catches and Chad Johnson, who also caught 5 passes, added 62 yards.
For the Packers, Brett Favre was successful on 26 of 39 throws for 279 yards and a TD, although he was picked off five times. Antonio Chatman caught 8 passes for 97 yards while Bubba Franks contributed 62 yards and a touchdown on 7 receptions and Donald Driver had 5 catches for 76 yards. Tony Fisher led the running attack with 51 yards and a TD on 17 carries.
Regarding the circumstance with the fan that entered the field and halted play, Cincinnati LB Brian Simmons said "That did slow it down and give us a chance to huddle, and we kind of came together as a defense. But you don't want to see that because somebody could get hurt."
It was the single event that rendered the game notorious, and while it disrupted a
Green Bay
possession that could potentially have tied the score, the five interceptions
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DOJ to Review Mehserle Case, May Prosecute under Federal Law
The U.S. Department of Justice will conduct an independent review of the Johannes Mehserle case in order to determine whether or not the shooting merits federal prosecution, according the department.
"The Justice Department has been closely monitoring the state's investigation and prosecution," the department said in a statement.
"The Civil Rights Division, the U.S. Attorney's Office, and the FBI have an open investigation into the fatal shooting and, at the conclusion of the state's prosecution, will conduct an independent review of the facts and circumstances to determine whether the evidence warrants federal prosecution."
Congresswoman Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, said she has been in touch with the justice department.
"I remain in close contact with the Department of Justice and will continue to work with them, the family and the community in the days ahead," she said in a statement.
The statement also addressed local reactions to the Mehserle verdict.
"Understandably there is grave concern in the community," Lee said. "However, during this time our city must come together peacefully so that we can begin to heal."
Lee said she stands with Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums, the City Council and community leaders in supporting people who want to express themselves.