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[note: some of you have inquired recently to ensure the list is running correctly, prompted by the low volume of recent posts. Not to worry; the drop-off in volume just reflects some competing work obligations that will have an impact between now and late July. From late July onward, things will be back to normal (if not sooner).]
1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal (S.Ct. May 18, 2009)
The Supreme Court yesterday held that a Bivens complaint (asserting civil causes of action against several government officials in connection with post-9/11 immigration enforcement measures) failed to satisfy the pleading standard set forth in Twombly. En route to that holding, the court noted that Bivens liability in this context cannot be vicarious, but must instead be premised on the individual defendant's personal unconstitutional conduct. The case will be remanded to the Second Circuit for a determination as to whether the plaintiffs should be given leave to replead.
The opinion appears here.
2. Upcoming Events
"Scars of Intelligence Reform" (Breakfast presentation by Donald Kerr, sponsored by the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security) Tuesday June 9th, at 8 a.m.
Dear Colleague:
On Tuesday, June 9, 2009, Donald Kerr, former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, will address the Standing Committee on Law and National Security. His topic is "Scars of Intelligence Reform."
The breakfast will be held at the University Club, 1135 16th Street, NW in Washington and will begin at 8:00 am.
Dr. Kerr, currently a Research Professor at George Mason University, has a notable career in the Intelligence Community. Prior to serving as second in command in the office of the DNI, he served as Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, Deputy Director for Science and Technology at the CIA, Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force for Intelligence Space Technology and Assistant Director of the FBI, responsible for the Laboratory Division and Director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1979 to 1985.
The charge for this breakfast is $25.00. Reservations must be made in advance. Checks made payable to "ABA" may be enclosed with the response form attached [SEE ATTACHMENT] and returned by June 5. If you are bringing guests, please note their names on the form. In the event you need to cancel your reservation, a refund will be made provided notice of cancellation is received in our office by June 5. There is no charge for members of the press.
We look forward to seeing you at our next breakfast program on Tuesday, June 9.
"Legal Aspects of the Fight Against Terrorism" (day one of a two day "Ivy to Olives Joint Academic Symposium" held at Ono Academic College in Israel (June 1, 2009)
Please see the attached flyer for the very interesting lineup of topics and speakers.
3. Forthcoming Scholarship
"United States Detention Operations in Afghanistan and the Law of Armed Conflict"
Matthew C. Waxman
Columbia Law School
Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 09-202
Israel Yearbook on Human Rights, Vol. 39, 2009
Looking back on US and coalition detention operations in Afghanistan to date, three key issues stand out: one substantive, one procedural and one policy. The substantive matter – what are the minimum baseline treatment standards required as a matter of international law? – has clarified significantly during the course of operations there, largely as a result of the US Supreme Court's holding in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. The procedural matter – what adjudicative processes does international law require for determining who may be detained? – eludes consensus and has become more controversial the longer the Afghan conflict continues. And the policy matter – in waging counterinsurgency warfare, how do foreign military forces transition military detention operations to effective civilian institutions? – has emerged as a critical strategic priority for which the law of armed conflict provides little instructive guidance.
After briefly outlining the basis of US and coalition detention operations, this article addresses each of these issues in turn. It concludes with some general observations about the convergence of law and strategy.
Journal of Conflict Security Law, Vol. 13, pp. 393-400, Winter 2008
Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 09-09
MARY ELLEN O'CONNELL, Notre Dame Law School
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Within hours of the 9/11 attacks in the United States, President George W. Bush declared ?a global war on terrorism?. Experts around the world assumed this declaration was a rallying cry, a rhetorical device to galvanize the nation to serious action. By November 2001, however, the evidence began to mount that the President was ordering actions that could only be lawful in a de jure armed conflict: targeting to kill without warning, indefinite detention without trial, and search and seizure on the high seas without consent. It was difficult to criticize these actions on the basis of international law, however, given that international law contained no widely accepted definition of armed conflict. By May 2005, the International Law Association determined that there was a pressing need for a report on the meaning of armed conflict supported by international law. The Use of Force Committee presented its Initial Report on the Meaning of Armed Conflict in International Law at the Rio de Janeiro biennial meeting of the ILA. The Report concludes that all armed conflicts have as minimum two necessary characteristics: 1.) the presence of organized groups 2.) engaged in intense armed fighting. The Report indicates that while the United States has been engaged in an armed conflict in Afghanistan and in Iraq since 9/11, it has not been engaged in a global armed conflict. The Initial Report will be expanded for presentation in final form in 2010 at The Hague biennial meeting.
"Share and Share Alike: Intelligence Agencies, Information Sharing, and National Security"
George Washington Law Review, Forthcoming
George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 09-24
NATHAN ALEXANDER SALES, George Mason University School of Law
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Why don't intelligence agencies share information with each other? This article attempts to answer that perennially vexing question by consulting public choice theory as well as insights from other legal disciplines. It begins by surveying arguments for and against expanded sharing, examples of sharing failures, and recent reforms intended to encourage sharing. Next, the article considers why intelligence agencies see information sharing as a threat to the various values they maximize, such as influence over senior executive branch policymakers and autonomy to pursue agency priorities. It then proposes a series of analytical frameworks that enrich our understanding of why agencies resist sharing: At times data exchange resembles an intellectual property problem, sometimes it looks like an antitrust problem, and sometimes it looks like an organizational theory problem. Finally, the article examines whether the solutions suggested by these other disciplines can be adapted to the problems of information sharing.
"Boumediene's Quiet Theory: Access to Courts and the Separation of Powers"
Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 84, 2009
American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2009-08
STEPHEN I. VLADECK, American University – Washington College of Law
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At the core of Justice Kennedy's majority opinion in Boumediene v. Bush are his repeated suggestions that habeas corpus is an integral aspect of the separation of powers, and that, as such, the writ remains relevant even when the individual rights of those who would seek its protections are unclear. And whereas some might view these passages as little more than rhetorical flourishes, it is difficult to understand the crux of Kennedy?s analysis – of why the review available to the Guantanamo detainees failed to provide an adequate alternative to habeas corpus – without understanding the significance of his separation-of-powers discussion. At least where habeas corpus is concerned, it seems clear from Boumediene that the purpose of judicial review, in Justice Kennedy's view, appears to be as much about preserving the role of the courts as it is about protecting the individual rights of the litigants.
In this article, I take on this quiet theory behind Kennedy's opinion and ask whether it might have applications beyond the unique context of habeas corpus, especially with regard to the more general constitutional right of access to the courts. As I argue, there is actually much to gain from re-conceptualizing access to courts as being as much about protecting the courts as it is about vindicating the individual rights of litigants, a theme largely reflected (although since forgotten) in the judicial decisions giving rise to modern access-to-courts jurisprudence. Thus, going forward, Boumediene might do more than just answer the circumstance-specific question about habeas corpus rights for non-citizens detained as enemy combatants; it might provide the starting point for a new theory of access to the federal courts in particular that could allow us to rethink a number of tenets of federal courts doctrine.
"The Problem of Jurisdictional Non-Precedent"
Tulsa Law Review, Vol. 44, 2009
American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2009-09
STEPHEN I. VLADECK, American University – Washington College of Law
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Most critiques of the Supreme Court's June 2008 decision in Boumediene v. Bush (including Justice Scalia's dissent in the same) have at their core the argument that Justice Kennedy's majority opinion is inconsistent with prior precedent, specifically the Supreme Court's 1950 decision in Johnson v. Eisentrager A closer read of Eisentrager, though, reveals a surprisingly unclear opinion by Justice Jackson, that seems to go out of its way to reach various issues on the merits even after suggesting that the federal courts lacked jurisdiction over habeas petitions filed by 22 Germans convicted of war crimes by a U.S. military tribunal in China. Put another way, it is hard to understand the scope of the rule that the Eisentrager majority thought it was enunciating, and therefore the extent to which it should have also applied in the Guantanamo cases.
This problem is not unique to Eisentrager, though. In the Court's June 2008 decision in Munaf v. Geren, it also brushed aside a post-World War II precedent — the 1948 decision in Hirota v. MacArthur, again because it was not clear exactly which facts the earlier jurisdiction-precluding decision relied upon. As I explore in this essay — part of the Tulsa Law Review's annual Supreme Court review — these decisions are emblematic of a judicial methodology that is no longer in vogue, thanks to the Supreme Court's 1998 decision in Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment. After Steel Co., federal courts can no longer reach issues over which they lack jurisdiction, and so are far more careful to resolve jurisdictional questions at the outset, before moving on (where possible) to the merits.
But what effect does Steel Co. have on prior precedent, where the Court's decision leaves unclear how much the merits actually mattered? As I explore in this essay, Steel Co. may itself compel that contemporary courts narrowly construe jurisdiction-precluding rules in cases like Eisentrager and Hirota, on the assumption that those courts would not have analyzed questions the answers to which could not have mattered. Reasonable people may disagree about whether Boumediene and Munaf were rightly decided, but the critical point for present purposes is that both were decided on jurisprudential clean slates.
"ASAT-Isfaction: Customary International Law and the Regulation of Anti-Satellite Weapons"
Michigan Journal of International Law, Vol. 30, 2009
Georgetown University Law Center, Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 09-09
DAVID A. KOPLOW, Georgetown University – Law Center
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This article asserts the thesis that customary international law (CIL), even in the absence of any new treaty, already provides a legal regime constraining the testing and use in combat of anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons. This argument, if validated, is important for both legal and public policy considerations: the world (especially, but not only, the United States) has grown increasingly dependent upon satellites for the performance of a wide array of commercial and military functions. At the same time, because of this growing reliance (and hence vulnerability), interest has surged in developing novel systems for attacking a potential enemy's satellites – ASAT technology has been tested by the United States, Russia, and China, and other countries may soon shoot up that same dangerous trajectory. Oddly, the United States has consistently opposed international efforts to negotiate an arms control solution to this problem. Any comprehensive treaty would certainly be difficult to reach (there are numerous complicated issues of definitions, scope, and verification to surmount) but the American stance (not only during the Bush Administration) has been that we should not even try, because "there is currently no arms race occurring in outer space."
This article turns that resistance on its head, by asking whether customary international law, even without any formal treaty on point, already imposes meaningful constraints upon ASAT activities. To develop the argument, it analyzes three strands of CIL: first, "general" customary international law, which has long been recognized as an authoritative, albeit complex, source of binding rules; second, the specialized legal regime incorporated into the law of armed conflict, which imposes its own strictures, fully applicable to conventional warfare, but not yet applied extra-terrestrially; and finally, another realm of specialized CIL, the emerging jurisprudence governing international environmental law. My conclusion is that there is already a meaningful ASAT-control regime, created by CIL even without codification in a new treaty. This is not, to be sure, a fully comprehensive legal web, and there would still be plenty of additional scope for a new treaty to enhance and extend the legal regime. But the conclusion is that treaty negotiators would not be drafting on a complete tabula rasa; an incipient legal order is already in place.
"Constitutional Canaries and the Elusive Quest to Legitimize Security Detentions in Canada"
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, Vol. 40, pp. 531-560, 2009
MAUREEN T. DUFFY, McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluraliem
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RENE PROVOST, McGill University – Faculty of Law
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Canada, like many other countries, has struggled with questions of how to prevent terrorist attacks without undermining human rights. One tool that gained prominence in recent years involves preventive detention under "security certificates." This measure, undertaken through immigration legislation, applies to non-citizens found inadmissible for one of a number of reasons, including a suspicion that they endanger national security. Such detentions have ignited considerable controversy within Canada. In February 2007, the Supreme Court of Canada found the existing scheme unconstitutional. While the Court did not find the scheme to be discriminatory, in spite of its application only to non-citizens, it did find that the potential use of secret evidence contravened procedural fairness. Canada subsequently passed legislation, creating a special advocate system. This article argues that continued problems exist with these detentions, including questions of discrimination and concerns about the fairness of the new special advocate system.
"International Cooperation in Homeland Security"
U of Utah Legal Studies Paper No. 057-08-09
AMOS N. GUIORA, University of Utah – S.J. Quinney College of Law
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Terrorism against the United States, post-9/11, reaches far beyond the U.S. borders. In order to effectively prevent and react to terrorism within the homeland, the U.S. must think of security internationally. International security efforts touch on key issues such as travel security, border control, immigration, intelligence, and financing terrorism. This article examines the U.S. effort at international cooperation in homeland security by examining security and threat assessment in order to analyze current developments and necessary progress moving forward. Further, this article explores comparative efforts at international cooperation in homeland security by examining Canada, Japan, and the E.U. in terms of security and threat assessment. Finally, this article offers recommendations and articulates criteria by which the U.S. can improve vital efforts at international cooperation in homeland security.
To ensure effective counterterrorism, the U.S. must follow a two step process. First, the U.S. must take measures to protect the homeland. Those measure include: promoting travel security by implementing sophisticated technology; promoting border security by securing the Northern border; implementing intelligence sharing between agencies; creating a coordinated plan to promote travel and border security; undergoing training and simulation, and finally; ensuring institutionalized continuity from one Administration to the next.
After taking action to protect the homeland, the U.S. must use these factors as a foundation on which to establish international cooperation. To establish effective international cooperation in homeland security, the U.S. must take measures including the following: forging international partnerships; sharing intelligence related to travel security; creating a coordinated international security plan; running international training and simulation exercises, and finally; implementing international institutionalized continuity.
"Anticipatory Self-Defence and International Law – A Re-Evaluation"
Journal of Conflict and Security Law, 2008
U of Utah Legal Studies Paper No. 057-08-10
AMOS N. GUIORA, University of Utah – S.J. Quinney College of Law
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Traditional state v. state war is largely a relic. How then does a nation-state protect itself – preemptively – against the unseen enemy? Existing international law – the Caroline Doctrine, UN Charter Article 51, Security Council Resolutions 1368 and 1373 – do not provide sufficiently clear guidelines regarding when a state may take preemptive or anticipatory action against a non-state actor. This article proposes rearticulating international law to allow a state to act earlier provided sufficient intelligence is available. After examining international law, this article proposes a process-based "strict-scrutiny" approach to self-defense. Under this approach, the executive will have to convince a court, based on relevant, reliable, viable, and corroborated intelligence, that preemptive action is appropriate. This process leads to a check on the power o the executive by placing a judicial check on preemptive action, consequently establishing objective legal criteria for operational counterterrorism.
Muge Kinacioglu, Department of International Relations, Bilkent, University, Turkey, wrote a response to my article titled, "A Response to Amos Guiora: Reassessing the Parameters of the Use of Force in the Age of Terrorism: Pre-emptive Action and International Law." Tarcisio Gazzini, Faculty of Law, VU University, Amsterdam, also wrote a response titled, "A Response to Amos Guiora's Article on Pre-Emptive Self-Defence Against Non-State Actors."
"An Exchange on Law and Israel's Gaza Campaign"
ABA National Security Law Report, Vol. 31, pp. 1-6, February 2009
U of Utah Legal Studies Paper No. 057-09-01
AMOS N. GUIORA, University of Utah – S.J. Quinney College of Law
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DAVID LUBAN, Georgetown University – Law Center
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This exchange on Operation Cast Lead – Israel's December 2008-January 2009 campaign in the Gaza Strip – includes essays by Guiora and Luban, followed by Guiora's response to Luban's essay and Luban's response to Guiora's. Luban argues that the Gaza campaign violated both the jus ad bellum and jus in bello proportionality principles. He also argues that the Hamas civil administration were not lawful targets under Israel's own interpretation of the law of armed conflict. Guiora argues that terrorism changes the landscape of armed conflict and requires a reconfiguration of international law. Under this reconfiguration, an entire terrorist organization may properly be targeted.


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Computer engineering seminars topics collection. Download full computer engineering seminars in doc, pdf or ppt format.
Crypto Watermarking Method for Medical Images and a new method that combines image encryption and watermarking technique for safe transmission purpose. encryption algorithm with secret key is applied to the image.
DAROC is to provide a programming environment that will allow both undergraduate and graduate students the ability to gain some exposure and experience in programming distributed applications.
As a parallel file system, the primary goal of PVFS is to provide high-speed access to file data for parallel applications. In addition, PVFS provides a cluster-wide consistent name space, enables user-controlled striping of data across disks on I/O nodes
A term that refers to computer-powered devices or equipment that can be worn by a user, including clothing, watches, glasses, shoes and similar items. devices can range from providing very specific, limited features like heart rate monitoring.
A Firewall is simply a program or hardware device that filters the information coming through the internet connection into your private network or computer system.
Optical camouflage is a kind of active camouflage which completely envelopes the wearer. It displays an image of the scene on the side opposite the viewer on it, so that the viewer can "see through" the wearer, rendering the wearer invisible.
Game design experience starts with an idea, often a modification of an existing concept. The game idea may fall within one or several genres. Designers often experiment with genres. game development
Air traffic control systems which is to minimize the risk of aircraft collisions while maximizing the number of aircraft that can fly safely at the same time. Aircraft pilots and their on-board flight crews work closely with controllers
The study is to point out the importance of incorporating fault tolerance measure to especially life critical system and provide proper solutions to system faults upon their occurrence and make the system more dependable by increasing its reliability.
A Digital library (also referred to as electronic library or digital repository) is a focused collection of digital objects that can include text, visual material, audio material, video material, stored as electronic media formats.
A digital library as an organized and focused collection of digital objects, including text, images, video and audio, with the methods of access and retrieval and for the selection, creation, organization, maintenance and sharing of collection.
An automatic parking system uses various methods to detect objects around the vehicle. Sensors installed on the front and rear bumpers can act as both a transmitter and a receiver. These sensors send a signal that will be reflected back
Mobile computing in means computing done by intermittently connected users who access network resources. It requires a wireless medium such as cellular radio, radio nets and low-orbit satellites. It is a major part of wireless communication technology.
Holographic memory is a three-dimensional data storage system that can stored information at high density inside the crystal or photopolymer. Hence holographic storage system has the potential to became the next storage generation.
The mind-reading computer system presents information about your mental state as easily as a keyboard and mouse present text and commands. Imagine a future where we are surrounded with mobile phones, cars and online services
Brain Computer Interface (BCI) Brain chips is a method of communication based on voluntary neural activity generated by the brain and independent of its normal output pathways of peripheral nerves and muscles.
A multibiometric system combines information from multiple biometric traits, algorithms, sensors, and other components to make a recognition decision Multimodal Biometric Authentication Using Fingerprint and Iris Recognition in Identity Management
Electronic paper, also called e-paper, is a display technology designed to mimic the appearance of ordinary ink on paper. electronic paper reflects light like ordinary paper and is capable of holding text and images indefinitely
The process of superimposing digitally rendered images onto our real-world surroundings, giving a sense of an illusion or virtual reality. Recent developments have made this technology accessible using a Smartphone.
A feasibility study evaluates the project's potential for success; therefore, perceived objectivity is an important factor in the credibility of the study for potential investors and lending institutions.


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VAN HULLE, SWH et al. Practical application and statistical analysis of titrimetric monitoring of water and sludge samples. Water SA [online]. 2009, vol.35, n.3, pp.329-333. ISSN 1816-7950.
Titrimetry offers the possibility of simultaneous measurement at low cost of several (buffering) components. A first step in the study towards practical application of the titrimetric technique was the titrimetric analysis by up- or down-titration of standard solutions, standard mixtures, solids digester samples and water samples coming from autotrophic nitrogen-removal reactors. The resulting raw data were further processed with an Excel-based program. This program first converts the raw data into a buffer curve upon which a linear buffer capacity model is fitted to the experimental data by estimating the (buffer) concentrations and corresponding pKa values. As such the type of component and the concentration can be determined. As a second step the resulting calculated concentrations were analysed statistically to assess the accuracy and precision of the titrimetric technique. For this purpose, the data were paired, i.e. the difference between the concentration obtained with titrimetry and the concentration obtained with another technique such as colorimetry or gas chromatography was calculated. First the normality of the paired data was assessed. Then, a paired t-test (normal data) or a paired Wilcoxon test (normal data) was used to statistically compare the results obtained with the titrimetric technique to either the stock solution concentration or measurements with another method (colorimetry or gas chromatography). The statistical tests showed that, depending on the titrant concentration, concentrations from 50 mg/ℓ to 3 000 mg/ℓ could adequately be measured with the titrimetric technique.
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Does the word "sale" make your eyes sparkle in excitement? Well, your eyes will do more than sparkle when you attend the You're Gonna Love This Sale event on the Flawless Sim!
While wandering around the You're Gonna Love This Sale event, I found the lovely Yaris shape at the External Appearance booth for L$25 and the enchanting Elena skin from the Style by Kira booth for only L$150! I also found the exquisite Julianna set at FuLo's booth for only L$99!
Not far from FuLo's booth, I found the darling Euphoria gown at Celtic Wolf's booth. The Euphoria gown is an exclusive for the event, and I picked it up for only L$50! That is an unbelievable bargain for such a beautifully detailed creation!
At the You're Gonna Love This Sale event, you will find booths from designers and creators from all over the grid who have items displayed at huge discounts! Also, each booth has an item exclusive for the event marked for only L$50, and many have a free hunt item hidden around their booth!
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David Finch is a contributor to Getty Images, the world's premier photographic agency. He specialises in photographing his sport of judo and has covered all the Olympics since Moscow in 1980. He has also photographed every World and Europoean championships since 1973 and has contributed to and illustrated more than 100 judo books. Judophotos are used in specialist magazines in France, Germany, Japan, Great Britain and across Europe. They have also been used on coaches, vans, calendars, bill boards, tee shirts, stamps, television, at major dinners, the IJF Hall of Fame and at the Lausanne Olympic Museum. Recent works include books on the 2013, 2014 and 2015 World Championships and a book to celebrate 50 years of European medallists at the Olympics. Current books in production include three biographies of German Olympic champions and a book about a legendary Japanese Olympic champion.Read More


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Until Republicans "start acting like adults" to solve the budget crisis, Texas families will continue to suffer, Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa said in a Friday conference call with reporters.
Hinojosa pointed to a number of ways Texans would be affected by sequestration cuts, from education to the military. He said the budget cuts don't just impact the families of the furloughed, such as the 20,000 civilian workers at the San Antonio Lackland Air Force Base who will receive 22 furloughed days, but also their communities.
"This affects not just them but the people who depend upon the expenses these families make after they receive their paychecks, like restaurants and other businesses that do business with families being furloughed," he said.
Hinojosa also said consequences of the cuts could be felt years later if programs like the Head Start program in Cameron County, where he lives, cannot give as many children a strong educational foundation because of the program's $1 million in cuts. And all because Republicans won't come to the table.
"It's a foolish approach that has nothing to do with the reality of cutting the budget deficit but everything to do with ideologies," Hinojosa said.
But these brash attacks on Republicans fail to recognize the efforts being made in Congress, said Republican consultant Matt Mackowiak.
"Hinojosa has made series of indecent statements about Republicans in the past that don't provide any insight into public discourse," he said. Hinojosa, who became chairman in June 2012, has previously made comments questioning the heritage of Sen. Ted Cruz.
Mackowiak said the comments also don't take into account the tough negotiations each party faces considering the fundamental differences on what Democrats and Republicans believe will fix the economy.


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One of the aftereffects of the earthquake in Haiti is that local journalists have found new freedom. Many are now airing the kinds of political commentary and criticism that used to invite violence and censure– even death.
The shift comes across loud and clear on Haiti's airwaves, where most people get their news.
Jennifer Maloney brings us the story of Haitian radio host and reporter Makenson Remy, known to listeners as "Four-by-Four" because of his rugged brand of go-anywhere reporting.
After a brutal police beating in 2005, he left the news business behind and began airing music instead. But after last year's massive quake left his city in ruins, and his countrymen in despair, Makenson returned to the mic.
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The Unskilled Zhuangzi: Big and Useless and Not So Good at Catching Rats
Abstract: The mainstream tradition in recent Anglophone Zhuangzi interpretation treats spontaneous skillful responsiveness -- similar to the spontaneous responsiveness of a skilled artisan, athlete, or musician -- as a, or the, Zhuangzian ideal. However, this interpretation is poorly grounded in the Inner Chapters. On the contrary, in the Inner Chapters, this sort of skillfulness is at least as commonly criticized as celebrated. Even the famous passage about the ox-carving cook might be interpreted more as a celebration of the knife's passivity than as a celebration of the cook's skillfulness.
This is a short essay at only 3500 words (about 10 double-spaced pages excluding abstract and references) -- just in and out with the textual evidence. Skill-centered interpretations of Zhuangzi are so widely accepted (e.g., despite important differences, Graham, Hansen, and Ivanhoe), that people interested in Zhuangzi might find it interesting to see the contrarian case.
As always, comments welcome either by email or in the comments section of this post. (I'd be especially interested in references to other scholars with a similar anti-skill reading, whom I may have missed.)


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In eschatology, it is important to remember that almost all Christians agree on these three things: 1) there is coming a time of great tribulation such as the world has never seen, 2) after the Tribulation, Christ will return to establish His kingdom on earth, and, 3) there will be a Rapture—a translation from mortality to immortality—for believers (John 14:1–3; 1 Corinthians 15:51–52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17). The question is when does the Rapture occur in relation to the Tribulation and the Second Coming of Christ?
Through the years three main theories have emerged concerning the timing of the Rapture: pretribulationism (the belief that the Rapture will occur before the Tribulation begins), midtribulationism (the belief that the Rapture will occur at the midpoint of the Tribulation), and posttribulationism (the belief that the Rapture will occur at the end of the Tribulation). This article deals specifically with the pretribulational view.
Pretribulationism teaches that the Rapture occurs before the Tribulation starts. At that time, the church will meet Christ in the air, and then sometime after that the Antichrist is revealed and the Tribulation begins. In other words, the Rapture and Christ's Second Coming (to set up His kingdom) are separated by at least seven years. According to this view, the church does not experience any of the Tribulation.
Scripturally, the pretribulational view has much to commend it. For example, the church is not appointed to wrath (1 Thessalonians 1:9–10, 5:9), and believers will not be overtaken by the Day of the Lord (1 Thessalonians 5:1–9). The church of Philadelphia was promised to be kept from "the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world" (Revelation 3:10). Note that the promise is not preservation through the trial but deliverance from the hour, that is, from the time period of the trial.
Pretribulationism also finds support in what is not found in Scripture. The word "church" appears nineteen times in the first three chapters of Revelation, but, significantly, the word is not used again until chapter 22. In other words, in the entire lengthy description of the Tribulation in Revelation, the word church is noticeably absent. In fact, the Bible never uses the word "church" in a passage relating to the Tribulation.
Pretribulationism is the only theory which clearly maintains the distinction between Israel and the church and God's separate plans for each. The seventy "sevens" of Daniel 9:24 are decreed upon Daniel's people (the Jews) and Daniel's holy city (Jerusalem). This prophecy makes it plain that the seventieth week (the Tribulation) is a time of purging and restoration for Israel and Jerusalem, not for the church.
Also, pretribulationism has historical support. From John 21:22–23, it would seem that the early church viewed Christ's return as imminent, that He could return at any moment. Otherwise, the rumor would not have persisted that Jesus would return within John's lifetime. Imminence, which is incompatible with the other two Rapture theories, is a key tenet of pretribulationism.
And the pretribulational view seems to be the most in keeping with God's character and His desire to deliver the righteous from the judgment of the world. Biblical examples of God's salvation include Noah, who was delivered from the worldwide flood; Lot, who was delivered from Sodom; and Rahab, who was delivered from Jericho (2 Peter 2:6–9).
One perceived weakness of pretribulationism is its relatively recent development as a church doctrine, not having been formulated in detail until the early 1800s. Another weakness is that pretribulationism splits the return of Jesus Christ into two "phases"—the Rapture and the Second Coming—whereas the Bible does not clearly delineate any such phases.
Another difficulty facing the pretribulational view is the fact that there will obviously be saints in the Tribulation (Revelation 13:7, 20:9). Pretribulationists answer this by distinguishing the saints of the Old Testament and the saints of the Tribulation from the church of the New Testament. Believers alive at the Rapture will be removed before the Tribulation, but there will be those who will come to Christ during the Tribulation.
And a final weakness of the pretribulational view is shared by the other two theories: namely, the Bible does not give an explicit time line concerning future events. Scripture does not expressly teach one view over another, and that is why we have diversity of opinion concerning the end times and some variety on how the related prophecies should be harmonized.[1]
[1] Got Questions Ministries. (2010). Got Questions? Bible Questions Answered. Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software.


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Spending time with a fun friend.
Seeing if you are taller than Grandma.
Seeing the movie Cinderella with Grandma.
Celebrating a friend's birthday at the park.
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The world's poorest people are now concentrated most heavily in Sub-Saharan Africa after China's huge leap in pulling its citizens out of extreme poverty in recent decades, according to new estimates released Wednesday by the World Bank.
About 1.2 billion people in the world lived in extreme poverty in 2010, subsisting on less than $1.25 a day. That's down from 1.9 billion three decades ago despite a nearly 60% increase in the developing world's population.
The total number of people living in extreme poverty has dropped in every developing region over the past three decades. About 21% of the developing world lived on less than $1.25 a day in 2010. In 1981 it was 52%.
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OXON HILL, Md. — Elmo, Cookie Monster and Grover have a new home near Washington as the National Children's Museum is set to open in suburban Maryland — though initial plans have been scaled down considerably.
The museum, featuring characters from "Sesame Street," will open its doors Friday in the National Harbor development along the Potomac River — a short drive for visitors from Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia — after years of planning and struggles with fundraising. Its predecessor, the Capitol Children's Museum, closed in 2004 on Capitol Hill. At the time, Congress called for it to be a national museum with a wider reach but did not fund the project.
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Fundraising for the new museum fell dramatically short, and the budget was scaled back by nearly 90 percent from original plans. Project leaders refocused on opening the museum's first phase as soon as possible with what they could afford. They hope to open a larger outdoor play area in 2014, but officials have dropped plans for a bigger indoor facility.
"We have adjusted the scale of what we've done, but not the scope," museum President Willard Whitson said. "It is an adjustment, yes, to the economic realities, but we feel we are best serving our audience to be open as soon as we can."
The museum has kept all its major thematic areas spanning the arts, health, the environment and global citizenship, he said.
"I'd say we've actually come pretty darn close to realizing our aspirations," Whitson said.
Big Bird stands 8-feet, 2-inches tall — a statue matching the character's actual height — outside the main entrance, welcoming visitors. Three other costumed characters, including Elmo, will be featured at special times. The $6.5 million, 18,000-square-foot exhibit space includes a 130-seat theater, three exhibit galleries and activity rooms for learning.
Last year, officials were envisioning a $182 million facility with an indoor river and replica of the Oval Office. An architect was designing a four-story structure with a glass atrium, a wind turbine and rooftop garden. Corporate and private funding fell far short, though, due to the sluggish economy, Whitson said.
Prince George's County was the museum's biggest funder, giving $4.25 million. A $15 million commitment from Maryland was scaled back when the museum changed the scope of the project.
The project was reduced to about $20 million. Gone is the wind turbine, the Oval Office and the indoor river. Fundraising continues for the $14 million outdoor space that could include a water play area, a climbing mountain and vegetable gardens.
With about half the exhibit space of its old home, the facility opens as a midsize children's museum, Whitson said. It could grow to one of the largest such museums if it adds 60,000 square feet in outdoor activities. But "it's quality, not quantity" that matters, Whitson said.
"Sesame Street" is the star attraction in the 3-and-under gallery where Cookie Monster has a food truck for children to play.
A section called "My Town" features a crane loading products, a pizza parlor, a fire engine and a town hall where it's always Election Day. Children choose between two candidates running for mayor. Exhibit designer Bob Evans said planners used real issues to create child-friendly political platforms: Can you keep a lion in the house? Should students have to wear school uniforms?
A huge map and touch screens showing "Sesame Street" variations around the world introduce a gallery on world cultures. A central marketplace features a single country — currently Tanzania — and an audio section features common phrases in eight languages.
The theater offers interactive shows called "Who's Who at the Zoo?" for younger children and "Election Fever" with mock political debates for school-age groups.
"We are dedicated to the assumption that play, particularly child-directed, open-ended play, is a necessary component for the development of any healthy individual," Whitson said. "It's not a luxury."
The museum could see a boost in visitors if MGM Resorts International wins approval to build an $800 million luxury Las Vegas-style casino at National Harbor. Voters approved a referendum last month to expand gambling.
Museum admission is $10 per person, with discounts for groups. The museum also will host birthday parties beginning in January. It expects to attract as many as 250,000 visitors a year initially and up to half a million when its outdoor space opens.
Some early visitors are already giving the museum good reviews. Barbara Burr of Clinton, Md., brought her four children for a preview and said they all loved it.
"I like everything in there," said 5-year-old Stephen Burr. His older sister, 10-year-old Sarah, was more specific: "I liked the kitchen because there's four different stoves."
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The Boston Pops is one of America's oldest and most famous orchestras. Formed in 1885 as an offshoot of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Pops were meant as a venue for lighter and more popular fare as an alternative to what had been considered at the time, a stricter classical music. Each year for the 4th of July celebration, their performance from the Charles River Esplanade Hatch Shell is broadcast live, nationwide.
The Boston Pops were featured in Elmo's Musical Adventure: Peter and the Wolf under the baton of maestro Keith Lockhart. For their appearance, the orchestra can only be seen on stage during the performance sequences which frame the Muppet story that Baby Bear imagines in his head. The soloists featured backstage and in the Peter and the Wolf story were actors hired for the roles of the musicians and are not members of the Boston Pops or BSO.
The Sesame Street cast have appeared with them twice on the Evening at Pops program: in 1971 and 2001. Repeat broadcasts of the 1971 episode feature an introduction by 13-year Pops conductor John Williams, who still serves as Conducter Laureate to this day.
An album of children's favorites was released in the 1970s featuring five selections of Sesame Street songs. Selections from this album, including the Sesame songs, were issued on the CD Wish Upon a Star.
Kermit references the orchestra by name in a joke used in episode 112 of The Muppet Show. A conductor (resembling Arthur Fiedler) with a balloon for a head, conducts a small ensemble and finishes by popping his own head. Hence, "Boston Pops."


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Dacotah Speedway races five divisions weekly: IMCA Modifieds, WISSOTA Street Stocks, Hobby Stocks, IMCA Sport Compacts, INEX Legends. Special events may include Late Models or Sprint Cars. Dacotah Speedway boasts the highest car counts of all ND tracks, the highest average IMCA Modified car count in all of IMCA, the highest WISSOTA Street Stock car count in all of WISSOTA. Yearly Special events are the ND Governor's Cup Stock Car race, Dakota Classic Modified Tour, Mandan Team Demolition Derby, and a Monster Truck show that includes tuff trucks and trailer races! Never a dull moment at Dacotah Speedway!
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We've seen our fair share of Santa photos here at the Poop. But the one above just might be the best we've come across. Currently making the rounds on Facebook (218,107 likes and counting), it comes with a pretty sweet back story from Sarah Pasley, a mother of a newborn who may have just found the real Santa Claus in the middle of a mall in Boise, Idaho.
"My mother and I had braved the mall (on a Saturday in December of all days) in hopes of capturing a picture of my 8 month old son, Kiptyn "meeting" Santa. We stood in line for over 30 minutes waiting for our turn. Of course, 5 mins before our turn to meet Santa, Kiptyn fell asleep!!
"Part of me thought we should just get out of line & avoid wasting anyone else's time that busy Saturday, but as we went to leave Santa gestured us over. I handed Kiptyn to my Mom & grabbed my camera. I was escorted outside of the fenced area in order to snap my own shots. What happened next will be one of my all time favorite memories of Christmas…
"Santa grabbed his book & slowly laid back into his oversized chair. He then silently motioned for my Mom to lay Kiptyn on his stomach. Kiptyn stirred for a moment and I thought he'd wake for sure. Santa hushed him & Kiptyn's little arms fell into such a peaceful position. After we finished taking pictures we heard a round of applause from the crowd that had gathered around below & above in the rotunda.
"I just wish this jolly ol' man could know how truly special he is. I can honestly say that I believe in Santa and the magic of the holiday season again. I'd just like for everyone to see how special the Santa at the Boise Towne Square mall really is. Happy Holidays to all!"
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Title: Shortcutting algorithms for fun, profit and science
Parallelism is the main source of speedup in computing, scientific and otherwise.
For over thirty years the fastest supercomputers have been parallel machines, and for
the last ten we have been seeing the same thing in commodity machines. So why are we
still mostly parallelizing sequential algorithms? Do we think the best algorithms are
always sequential? Actually we do - and have fairly solid arguments for that belief.
In this talk, we point to the holes in the standard arguments using a counterexample:
"shortcutting". We started from an analysis of what is different between sequential and
concurrent execution and designed a method to take advantage of the differences..
We have experimental results, more theory on where our methods could work
(and where they probably won't), and future directions.
Dr. Ernesto Gomez is Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at
California State University San Bernardino.
He started out as a physicist, with an AB from Cornell and an MS from University
of Puerto Rico. He did his MS research at Arecibo Observatory, participating
in the ionospheric heating experiment..
He taught Physics and Astronomy for several years at Catholic University in Ponce,
P.R. but then left academia to work as a self employed consultant in computer applications.
Dr. Gomez founded his own software company:Trilobyte Inc., for development of science and
engineering support tools. As part of this effort, he devised and implemented the THIRD
computer language, inspired by FORTH and Lisp, which he used in multiple applications for
real time instrumentation control in industrial QC labs and also in one topics course
taught at University of Puerto Rico.
Following a move to Houston Texas, Dr.. Gomez decided to return to academia, which led him
to pursue a PhD degree, this time in Computer Science. He began his studies at University
of Houston, but was able to transfer to The University of Chicago, following L.Ridgway Scott
his dissertation advisor. At Chicago, he was part of the FLASH project, funded by DOE and
working with Argonne National Laboratory; in an effort to develop code to model type 1a
supernovae. He devised the initial concept of shortcutting and the first test codes as
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Sega: Vote for the Next Genesis Classic on XBLA
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Genesis console, Sega is allowing fans to decide which Sega Genesis game will be ported to Xbox Live next.
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- Earthworm Jim
- Golden Axe II
- Shining Force
- Revenge of Shinobi
- Streets of Rage
- Toejam & Earl
- Wonderboy
Earthworm Jim is unsurprisingly the clear leader, with 47% of the vote so far. Get in there and fight for your rights, Toejam & Earl fans.
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There are two different ways to upgrade and maintain your Moodle installation:
- Performing a manual upgrade following these instructions.
- Migrating your installation to a new server instance with an updated version of the application and/or underlying components before performing the manual upgrade of Moodle.
This guide describes the second option. We strongly recommend that option because it is the only way to make sure that you have also updated the PHP version. All Bitnami stacks include their own bundled PHP version. As a consequence, even if you install PHP using system packages, the stack will continue using the bundled PHP. The best way to make sure that you are upgrading the whole stack, including new versions of PHP is migrating your current Moodle installation from one instance to a new one.
Follow the instructions below to successfully upgrade all Moodle components. After this, you will be able to upgrade Moodle. That way you will have the whole stack upgraded.
We recommend that you do this from time to time to make sure that you not only have the latest version of Moodle, but also have the latest (and most secure) versions of Apache, MySQL and other software that Moodle runs on. We regularly refresh the images available in the Bitnami library to make sure that you always have access to the most up-to-date software.
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- Log in to the server console.
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Copy the Moodle (/opt/bitnami/apps/moodle/htdocs/) and Moodle data (/opt/bitnami/apps/moodle/moodledata*) folder from the old installation into the new instance.
After completing the previous step, the database password in the /opt/bitnami/apps/moodle/htdocs//config.php file will have reverted to the password for the old instance. Update and replace it with the database password for the new Moodle instance.
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I agree with DLPB, the bass are clearly too low in canyon.agg.Normally it is a really important part of the tune, but we can't even hear them during some parts of the song.Do you think you could correct this?Except from this this is quite magnificent work!Thanks a lot!
I think what everyone is trying to get at but nobody has hit on the head is the violent volume fluctuations. Not so much clipping since the bumps are not distorted, just out of place. There is a sudden jump in volume for apparently no reason. Its like really obvious in bat and I haven't listened to them all yet but they all seem to be doing it so far, some not as badly though. Whole sections of the song seem to be "sinking" in volume until they randomly POP up loud again. Doesn't make sense and ruins the dynamic, however all else sounds really amazing and I am sure it is a rather easy fix. I am by no means a "professional" but I have played music for 13 years and have mixed my fair share of tracks and am confident in my analysis. Other than that, bravo man this is the best mix by far, I perfer this above ALL the others but I am a symphonic NUT so I am pretty bias.
This sounds really great. I think I'll use them from now on. Unfortunately the second disc seems to be broken. I get a CRC error trying to decompress parade.ogg.As for the movies, fortunately the PSX version has separate SFX and music for both the openning and the ending so they could be combined with your work for a more faithful result.
Oh, it seems it was 7Zip misshandling multipart rars. It worked when I extracted the whole disc.Thanks Captain Epic.
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Skyline Releases Men's Soccer Report #1
- Gubbins named to Honor Roll -
The Skyline Conference released the first Men's Soccer report for the 2009 season this afternoon, including Player of the Week, Rookie of the Week, Honor Roll and Conference statistics.
Senior goalkeeper Patrick Gubbins (East Patchogue, N.Y./Bellport) was named to the Player of the Week Honor Roll. Gubbins stopped 15 shots under heavy fire against Oneonta State. He also picked up a win in the season opener vs. Lehman.
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|If you're new to bicycling or have recently started riding more, you may be experiencing some soreness from your saddle. This is common. It's just your body getting accustomed to the seat, and usually it's nothing to worry about. However, there are some simple steps you can take to prevent soreness and ensure that any you do have goes away as quickly as possible. Here are our top tips to keep you as happy riding as the guy in the picture above:
|1. ADJUST SEAT: Seat position is an important factor in comfort and it's easily adjusted. Set your seat high enough so that when the balls of your feet are over the pedal axles and your feet are at the bottom of the pedal stroke, your knees are slightly bent. If, at the bottom of the stroke, your knees are locked or nearly straight, the seat is too high, which could cause soreness. When a seat is high like this, you can't support as much body weight on your feet, which concentrates the pressure on the seat, causing pain.
|2. LEVEL IT: Another important adjustment is the seat angle. For optimum comfort, the seat top should be level or angled for comfort no more than three degrees up or down.
|3. MOVE AROUND: Many cyclists get in the bad habit of sitting in one spot on the seat. That's fine, if it doesn't cause problems. We recommend moving around on the seat occasionally to change the pressure points while pedaling and standing at regular intervals to take all pressure off the crotch. These steps ensure pain-free rides.
|4. START EASY: It's important not to overdo it when you get into cycling, too. It takes time for the body to adapt to sitting on the seat and if you can build up gradually, you may experience little soreness, if any. Also, it's best to ride regularly (about three days a week) so that your body stays accustomed to sitting on the seat and you don't have to break it in again.
|5. GET SHORTS: Cycling clothing increases comfort, too. Street clothes have seams in the crotch that chafe and press on nerves causing problems. We recommend bicycle shorts, which have no seams in the crotch and are generously padded. They're made of moisture-wicking fabrics to keep you dry and comfortable, too. These features practically eliminate friction and chafing while the seam-free construction ensures that you're not sitting on a bump that cuts off circulation and causes numbness.
6. NO UNDERWEAR: It may seem strange, but cycling shorts are made to be worn without conventional underwear (it's fine to wear underwear made for cycling). The reason you don't wear underwear is because it has seams in the crotch area that can cause pain, chafing and numbness. And, cycling shorts are designed to give you plenty of padding and support without underwear.
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text: St. Joseph Hospital Physician Awarded Home Care Physician of the Year Jun 22, 2012 Contributor: Brian Boyd, M.D., medical director of the St. Joseph Health Hospital Palliative Care Team, was recently awarded the Home Care Physician of the Year Award by the California Association for Health Services at Home (CAHSAH). The award recognizes physicians who excel in providing and utilizing home care and optimize the role of home care within the health care system. "Dr. Boyd was recognized for his significant involvement in a wide range of activities including palliative care councils, the Quarterly Council and the Ethics Committee," said President of CAHSAH Joe Hafkenschiel. "He was also recognized for his outstanding communication skills and his ability to engage the patient and their family." As the medical director of the Palliative Care Team at St. Joseph Health – St. Joseph Hospital, Dr. Boyd assists patients and their families to discuss and clarify goals at the most crucial times in a person's life. He then works with a multidisciplinary team to support the patient choice and the best quality of life. Liz Wessel, director of education and mission services for St. Joseph Health Home Health Network said that Dr. Boyd is an integral part of the palliative care program. "Dr. Boyd is an advocate for some of the most vulnerable home care patients in the community," she said, "his impact is far-reaching and expansive across care settings." The Home Care Physician of the Year Award was presented at the CAHSAH 2012 Annual Conference and Home Care Expo by Nominating Committee Chair, Craig Falk with Craig Cares in Roseville. About St. Joseph Health St. Joseph Health is a 14-hospital, non-profit, Catholic health care delivery system sponsored by the St. Joseph Health Ministry. We provide a full range of care facilities including: acute care hospitals, home health agencies, hospice care, outpatient services, skilled nursing facilities, community clinics and physician organizations throughout California, Texas and New Mexico. Our 24,000 dedicated employees strive daily to provide perfect care while building the healthiest communities and ensuring every encounter is sacred. St. Joseph Health is committed to maintaining a continuum of care that matches the diverse needs of the communities we serve. For more information about St. Joseph Health, log onto www.stjoe.org.


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Washington,D.C., 14 January 2013 (PAHO/WHO) — The 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, ongoing outbreaks of H5N1 influenza, and the growing burden of seasonal influenza epidemics have highlighted the need for countries around the world to have equitable access to flu vaccines. To advance toward this goal, the World Health Organization (WHO) developed a Global Action Plan for Influenza Vaccines that seeks to promote research and development, increase vaccine use, and improve production capacity for influenza vaccines.
This week, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), WHO's Regional Office for the Americas, is hosting a workshop on business modeling for sustainable influenza vaccine manufacturing. The Jan. 14-16 workshop brings together representatives of national immunization programs, regulatory authorities and vaccine makers from more than 28 WHO member countries.
The workshop is co-sponsored by WHO and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) to promote the creation of regionally-based, independent and sustainable vaccine production capacity in developing countries through capacity building and technology transfer. The workshop is the sixth of a series that began in 2010 as part of the Global Action Plan.
"During the influenza pandemic, it became clear that we face important challenges in supplying influenza vaccine in our countries and that we need to improve regional capacities for influenza vaccine manufacturing in order to satisfy regional needs in the event of another public health emergency," said PAHO Deputy Director Jon K. Andrus at the opening of the three-day meeting.
"The region of the America has a strong record in controlling and eradicating diseases though vaccination. We have learned by experience that these programs require appropriate policies from the ministries of health, functional national regulatory authorities that can guarantee the quality and safety of vaccines, strong manufacturing capacities to produce high-quality products, and, most of all, the trust of civil society," said Dr. Andrus.
The goals of the workshop are to increase the capacity of WHO member states to evaluate their investments in vaccine manufacturing to ensure sustainability and alignment with other national and regional priorities; to empower developing country manufacturers to develop sustainable business models to be able to meet their investment needs and countries' and regions' public health needs; and to promote the establishment of partnerships (public-private, public-public as well as private-private) among stakeholders in vaccine manufacturing.
"Increasing the use of influenza vaccine in all countries is critical to protect the world from this disease," said Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny, WHO Assistant Director General for Health Systems and Innovation. This also requires improvements in infrastructure and production capacity, she said.
Immunization against influenza is an essential public health intervention to control both seasonal and pandemic influenza outbreaks. Improving capacity for seasonal vaccine production also serves to strengthen capacity for pandemic vaccine production, improving national and global pandemic preparedness.
Pandemic response requires "guaranteeing universal and equitable access to influenza vaccines, which can only be achieved through concerted action at the glo0bal level, with the support of rational business models that lead to sustainable production," said Dr. Kieny.
Since its launch in 2006, the Global Action Plan for Influenza Vaccines has served as a catalyst for increased production of influenza vaccines, from 350 million doses in 2006 to over 900 million in 2009. As part of its efforts to guarantee more equitable access to pandemic vaccines, WHO has provided subsidies and/or licensing agreements to establish manufacturing capacity for influenza vaccines in Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Serbia, South Africa, Thailand and Viet Nam.
Specific topics covered in the workshop include the economic characteristics of vaccines and vaccination, business models and principles of sustainability, the complexity of the vaccine production system, attracting investments and generating revenue, the impact of technology and vaccine production methods on business opportunities and strategies. Other subjects include innovative models that strive to meet investment demands while addressing national and regional public health needs; the role of national regulatory authorities in vaccine commercialization, licensing and innovation; the role and impact of networks; and the role of national and regional planning for influenza pandemic preparedness.
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'Nice customisable floating dock'
'Super slim'
'massive 4.2in LED display'
'great looking display'
'The HTC Desire S is a perfectly good phone that, combined with HTC Sense, brings a smartphone that will serve you well, giving you a super-connected out-of-the box experience. '
'excellent smartphone'
'Bright responsive screen with good contrast / color levels. '
'Excellent cloud integration.'
'Ultimate entertainment phone.'
'good overall performance'
'poor viewing angles'
'very nice dedicated camera button'
'Thought-out UI.'
'Landscape screen can feel cramped.'
'Viewing angles are adequate, and the quality of the screen itself is fine.'
'Dedicated Facebook button.'
'A budget phone that doesn't look cheap .'
'When held in hand, the phone feels like a shorter Desire but equally as sturdy.'
'It's a deceptively small phone if you've only seen photos, not least because of its strong resemblance to the HTC Desire and Google Nexus One. '
'The HTC Wildfire is without doubt a decent little phone. '
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how to make 3.68 look good
short it sub 3.60
why bother
how to make 3.68 look good
short it sub 3.60
why bother
Got my gap fill BUY
Anyone else?
Not gonna buy at the 3.50 gap because that will put us well under the 200 day... too risky
I'm done til the CC
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Bought some on Friday but should have waited. They'll probably make us fill the gaps before CC.
Every day I feel like I`m having another tooth pulled.
Liberty sure knows how to make us seem unattractive..
Anyone know what Malone's previous offer to ZIGGO was? I'd like to know how much he raised the bid after initially being rejected.
Every article I've read so far just refers to the bid as "inadequate".
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Liberty Global buys Ziggo to expand European cable empire; By Anthony Deutsch and Philip Blenkinsop; UTRECHT, Netherlands/BRUSSELS Mon Jan 27, 2014 11:37am EST
"(Reuters) - U.S. cable group Liberty Global has won its 10-month pursuit of Ziggo with a deal that values the Dutch operator and its debt at 10 billion euros ($13.7 billion) and expands billionaire John Malone's vast European cable empire.
Ziggo rejected an initial offer from Liberty last October as too low, seven months after the U.S. group controlled by Malone first bought shares in its Dutch target.
On Monday, Ziggo accepted a cash-and-shares offer at 34.5 euros per share, a 22 percent premium to Ziggo's share price just before Liberty's initial bid."
So, with SIRI closing at $3.57 on January 3 - Liberty's initial offer date - a 22% increase would get us to $4.3554. This would be somewhat in line with analyst's lower-end estimates.
He doesn`t want us because we are unattractive. He wants the 2nd piece of this Co. for a little more than he paid for the 1st part.
Thanks MLSiri
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Actor Omar Metwally was not going to let an opportunity like working with acting legend Sir Anthony Hopkins pass without getting an acting tip or two.
So Metwally took time during the South American filming of "City of Your Final Destination" to pick Hopkins brain about the craft.
The results: "He talked about how he would read his script and go through the lines over and over and over," Metwally tells PopcornBiz. "He said like 250 times."
After that "he becomes so familiar with his dialogue that it becomes second nature."
Of course it can lead to some domestic issues if the line happens to be the Hopkins classic, "I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti."
Metwally says, "I tried to engage him in conversation about how he works. It's not every day you get to work with someone like that."
For the record he insists Hopkins is a "very laid back, natural guy."
"And he didn't try to eat my liver or anything," Metwally adds.


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A rich cave system that is exciting to discover with the help of a guide or on your own if you are used to caves.
The mountains around lake Överuman form one of Sweden's richest cave regions. The caves were not discovered and studied until the late 1960s. At Kåtaviken, 45 km from Hemavan, there is a particularly attractive cave district. A 4-km trail connects a number of the most interesting ones. The cave trail shows the cave types and karst formations (dissolution formations in limestone) which are typical of the Överuman area. The hiking trail is easy to walk and requires no special equipment.
Things to think about when visiting caves:
• For your own safety and to get the most out of your cave visit,
we recommend a guided tour.
If you nevertheless make your visit independently, remember the following:
• Visiting caves requires strong lamps, at least three to every group.
Robust clothing and safety helmets are also recommended.
• Never go into a cave alone!
• All visits to caves are at your own risk!
2. Limestone and karst
The bedrock of the mountain slope at Kåtaviken consists largely of limestone. This limestone, here changed during the folding of the mountain chain 400 million years ago, is a type of rock which is broken down by water with high carbon dioxide content and by humic acid. Cracks and seams are enlarged, and watercourses running in over limestone bedrock often produce underground flows along these. The cracks gradually enlarge to form caves. An area of limestone bedrock with underground watercourses, caves and other dissolution formations is called a karst area.
3. Pot-holes
Potholes are more or less funnel-shaped holes or hollows in the ground, and are common in karst areas. If the pothole results from a part of the cave system having fallen in, it is called a sinkhole and may form the entrance to the cave. Dissolution pot-holes are formed as a result of subsidence of the soil surface. Water drains down and enlarges cracks in the bedrock. Material is transported down from the surface via these cracks, whereupon the ground sinks inwards. In mountain regions, snow and ice are important factors in the formation of dissolution pot-holes.
4. Outlet cave at Västra Jordbäcken brook
The brook which emerges here from its underground channel via the small arched-shaped cave is called Västra Jordbäcken. In Norway the name describes precisely a stream which flows underground. This outlet cave and its inlet at Forshallarna were discovered in 1966 by a couple of cave researchers from Malmö. This discovery served as a trigger for the discovery and investigation of other karst areas in the Tärnafjällen mountains.
5. Forshallarna
Forshallarna (literally the "halls of streams") is the name given to the Västra Jordbäcken brook's inlet cave, and it is here that the brook's water finds its way underground. This happens when the brook has passed over hard rock types and comes into contact with the limestone bedrock. The water has then enlarged cracks and seams in the rock and formed an underground cave system of unknown size. The water follows the limestone's westward extension to re-emerge at the outlet into the Västra Jordbäcken brook. Below the great inlet cave one still sees clearly the brook's old and now abandoned groove. Risk of rockfall! Don't touch walls or roof!
6. The White tunnel
A fossilised - i.e. not water-bearing - erosion tunnel. The cave has a smaller chamber (A) in the western part and a 16-metre long and narrowing passage to the east. This is remarkable because it is neither an inlet nor an outlet. In principle it is an enlarged crack which became revealed because the western part collapsed. In other words the inlet hole (B) can be said to be a sinkhole. The cave derives its name from the artistically fashioned walls in light pastel shades.
7. The Östra Jordbäcken brook cave
The Östra Jordbäcken brook cave totals more than 400 metres long and is the biggest cave in the area by both length and volume. It forms part of the Jordbäckarna brooks' drainage system and leads off part of the water from the eastern Jordbäcken brook underground, to emerge again at the Västra Jordbäcken outlet cave. Narrow passages formed by cracks afford access to the cave, leading eventually into a steeply sloping cave tunnel about 100 metres long, 10 metres wide and up to 5 metres high. When the brook water is high, it rushes over the huge mass of boulders on the floor of the tunnel.
Furthest down into the interior the cave descends sharply to a small lake - a water trap or siphon preventing further penetration of the passages between this cave and the outlet cave of the Västra Jordbäcken brook. Getting down and up through the big cave tunnel is demanding, since it necessitates climbing over wet and slippery boulders. Risk of rockfall! Do not touch walls or roof in the cave!
8. Stupgrottan (the Precipice cave)
The cave was formed in what was once a waterfall in the period when the most recent inland ice was melting. The steeply descending 7-metre long cave passageway expands further down into a spacious cave chamber. The cave's bottom gradient follows the slope of the limestone layer into the mountain. There are several extended limestone cracks at the side of the Döda Fallet (= the Dead Waterfall). These often take very strange and beautiful forms. They are formed by water coursing over the limestone slabs. Another name for these forms is karren.
9. Döda Fallet (The Dead Waterfall)
This is a waterfall, now dried up, which still carries water occasionally during the thawing season. Waterfalls like this were formed by vast quantities of meltwater produced by the melting of the most recent inland ice. They were reactivated during subsequent cold periods when the glaciers of Mjölkfjället mountain were much more widespread than today. The continuation of the former brook can be followed down into the birch forest as a dry channel. There are several small limestone caves at the western end of the Döda Fallet waterfall.
10. Korkskruvsgrottan (The Corkscrew cave)
At 225 metres the Corkscrew cave is the second longest cave in the area. Climbing down it is a very risky undertaking because of loose-lying boulders. The risk of collapse is high, so exercise extreme caution! A little way down, the cave opens out into large chambers with roof heights of 4–5 m. A low passageway beyond the first chambers leads into a chamber 12 m high. The inner parts are usually water-bearing. However, it is not the present small brook that has formed the cave but earlier powerful flows of water associated with the most recent melting of the inland ice. It is difficult to find your way round the cave down here! The beautiful U-shaped valley outside the cave is a so-called glacier mill also owing its origin to the melting away of the most recent inland ice. The Kåtaviken cave trail now ends and you return to the Kåtaviken homestead by the same route as you came.
The path straight ahead goes to the Mjölkbäcken brook cave system, 3 km, and down to the Mjölkbäcken brook homestead on the E12 road, 8 km.


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India is not impressed with Apple's iPhone. Perhaps it's that most of the nation is dealing with a 2G network, and a 3G network that lags behind those in North America and Europe, and that means the iPhone just takes a lot of time to load.
Basically, the iPhone is a big paperweight, which is why it only accounts for 2.6 percent of the smartphones sold in the country, with 15 percent from Research in Motion, 21 percent for Samsung and 46 percent from Nokia, Bloomberg reported.
The numbers shouldn't be that surprising. In most of the developing world, smartphones aren't that popular mainly because of the lack of 3G infrastructure and price. Feature phones are much more popular (and make up 79 percent of the mobile phone market) and brand names like Nokia and BlackBerry dominate the landscape.
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I believe in non-violence.
That means that I don't stand for any organisation or belief that encourages or perpetuates violence.
I think of feminism as a non-violent movement to end sexist oppression. I think of being a part of the environmental movement as a non-violent movement to protect the animals, plants and air that we love, live on and breathe. I'm a vegetarian because I don't believe in violence against animals. I also believe that these two movements align really well with one another and that if we don't take care of our planet, the resulting droughts, floods and famine will mean more violence against women.
I don't think you can be a good person if you advocate violence in any form. Not against the baddies. Not against those who are violent. Not against murderers, rapists or giant corporations that don't listen to the voices of those who should. I think now more than ever we must eschew violence, however tempting it may become to get back at those who have wronged us, or who we believe have wronged a group or association that we belong to.
Because the bottom line is that violence breeds violence. Violence creates hate and hurt and pain. Violence never achieves positive ends. And if you're a member of a non-violent community and espousing violence elsewhere, then you're not really non-violent. This doesn't mean you justify violence against yourself but it means that you must recognise that you are part of a system that encourages violence. You are part of the cycle.
You can't be a peaceful person with hate in your heart. So let it go. You can't create a system of non-violence if you are violent. So start with yourself and break the cycle.


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Mark B. Barron is a visionary and futurist. His eccentric style and nonpareil ideas are what keeps Mark coming up with ways of connecting the present with the future and inventing products that will make people's lives easier and society safer.
Mark's latest project is called CONSUMERON. It connects customers with a network of hyperconnected "grabbers," who are essentially delivery personnel at your service. Using an internet-connected device, customers can select nearby grabbers to deliver their goods and complete tasks, with deliveries targeted within 50 minutes using streaming video over 4G networks and GPS. Customers will be able to see what the grabber sees in real time, communicate with them directly, and see their location.
Once you register as a user, you can request what you want and from where you want it. That request is routed to either the nearest available agent or a customer-selected one, after viewing their availability and locations on a map. Once the grabber is at the requested location, their head-mounted, real-time video streaming device can allow for remote inspection of goods by the customer. And once approved by the user, the agent acquires and delivers the goods to the customer, with GPS tracking and estimated time of arrival available along the way. The system is optimized to calculate the most efficient use of agents based on the remote location and delivery site; users can also establish a working relationship with their favorite agents and select them based on areas of expertise, experience and availability.
Companies such as Amazon.com, eBay, Google and Walmart have all recently started using or are developing same-day delivery systems. Startups like TaskRabbit, Exec, and Postmates all can connect consumers with de-facto personal assistants, who complete tasks and run errands on the same day, but have yet to incorporate streaming video as Consumeron does.
Recent technological breakthroughs in wireless communication, mobile telepresence, and head-mounted computing make such a system feasible, and could provide the means through which a consumer can remotely see what their grabber sees. With barcode-scanning and visual search technology, a grabber's head-mounted camera can also be used to instantaneously provide product information. For example, a barcode scanned at a store with the camera could display nutritional facts and more for the user, making buying your items as easy as being there yourself.
For more information on Consumeron please visit us @ www.consumeron.com or contact[email protected].


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A US firm has developed a OLED display that's flexible enough to be worn like a watch, yet large enough to display good quality images on.
UDC's OLED is very flexible
The Universal Display Corporation (UDC) worked with the US Department of Defence to develop what's been dubbed a "wrist-worn flexible OLED communications device" prototype.
Based on a 4in flexible OLED display, the device was initially developed for military use. It's not yet known what communications features the device has, if any, but UDC claimed the screen provides a crisp and beautiful picture with a wide viewing angle.
Although UDC hasn't said much about how the device was constructed, it has stated that the screen's fabricated onto a metal foil – which presumably helps with flexibility and strength.
UDC hopes to develop the device for the consumer market, but for the time being the prototype is on display at CES in Las Vegas. ®


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Iris Bergmann is an Icelandic born photographer who recently relocated to Spain with her husband and children. She has the passion and desire for capturing adorable, raw and free spirited moments of children. She works mostly with natural light so most of her shots are taken outside. When combining children in beautiful nature she manages to capture and create something majestic and moody yet colorful and 100% pure. You can find her on Instagram here: @irisbergmann_photography