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Diabetic meals online are in high demand, yet it can be hard to find a company you can trust. In the world of dieting, there are not many companies that have the knowledge base to provide support to dieters with diabetes. While there is no one diet that is appropriate for all diabetics, it is important you have a reliable source to turn to for diet support. This is where BistroMD comes in.
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Ion Channel
Ion channels are a class of membrane-bound proteins that are present on the surface of all cells as well as on intracellular organelles. Ion channels typically function by creating and maintaining an ion gradient across either cellular or organelle membranes. These channels, comprised of a variety of different protein subunits, contain a pore that can be as narrow as a single atom, allowing for precise control of ion passage.
Ion channels play a critical role in the proper functioning of the human nervous system. Voltage-gated ion channels are present on all neurons and it is the voltage gradient created and maintained by these channels that permits signal propagation; a change in the voltage across the membrane can cause the channel to open or close.
Ion channels, such as those that are present at neuronal synapses, can also be ligand-gated in which the binding of a specific ligand will result in a conformational change in the ion channel resulting in pore opening. In addition to voltage- and ligand-activated ion channels, ion channels can also be activated by heat, temperature, or mechanical stress.
Ion channels have a variety of biological functions, including roles in neuronal signal transmission, muscle contraction, T-cell activation, and insulin release from beta cells. Dysfunctional ion channel activity is the basis of many human diseases. For instance, cystic fibrosis is a result of a genetic mutation in the CFTR gene, which encodes a protein component of a chloride ion channel[1]. Specific natural or synthetic toxins can also affect the functional ability of ion channels; the puffer fish produces tetrodotoxin (TTX), which inhibits the function of sodium channels and can cause respiratory paralysis and death.
1. Rogan, et al. 2011. Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator intracellular processing, trafficking, and opportunities for mutation-specific treatment. Chest. 139(6):1480-90.
Ion channels are gated, ion-selective glycoproteins that traverse membranes. The stimulus for channel gating can be a membrane potential, drug, transmitter, cytoplasmic messenger, or a mechanical deformation. We have manufactured products for ~200 human ion channel proteins.

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Once a Week Trash Collection in Lawton – Good or Bad Idea? POLL
This past week the city of Lawton hammered out the upcoming budget for the fiscal year which begins on July 1st.
The formal vote will occur next week and will have some unique changes that will affect residents of Lawton. Some include an increase of $5 on utility bills, adding a new $15 fee to residents who would haul their own trash to the dump. This used to be a free service. The community recycling program will remain intact and 35 staff positions from the city will be deleted from the rolls.
The one that caught my eye was the proposal to only pick up city trash one day a week. Officials estimate that this would save the city $310,000 per year. Now granted, I do not reside in the city nor do I pay utilities to the city, so my opinion is one of that looking from the outside. I asked around our office and on an "unofficial" poll of Lawton residents, none of the six I asked were opposed to the once a week pick up. They were all in agreement that the bill should not go up if service is cut. There are many other items in the proposed budget for next year. This is just a small item that could turn into a big item.
What do you think? Should service be cut to once a week? Should your garbage bill be decreased since service is being cut to once a week? Answer in the poll below and leave a comment with your thoughts.


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A Cook County jury this afternoon found a south suburban Hazel Crest man guilty of first-degree murder in the 2011 killing of a hearing-impaired man in a robbery on the Evanston-Chicago border, officials said.
In a trial at the courthouse in Skokie, the jury found Brandon Lee Allen Hinton, 27, guilty of killing John Costulas, 61, of the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. Costulas was found Sept. 2, 2011, in the 500 block of Howard Street. He'd been struck in the head and robbed of $10, police said at the time. He died in a hospital a week later.
Hinton was accused of striking Costulas in the head and knocking him to the ground. After taking the $10 from Costulas' pocket, Hinton fled, leaving Costulas bleeding and unconscious, authorities have said. Police used video surveillance to link Hinton to Costulas' murder, authorities said.
Hinton is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 22, officials said. They said he faces between 20 and 60 years in prison and will have to serve 100 percent of the sentence.
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Independent MP Geoff Shaw has "humbly and sincerely" apologised to the Victorian parliament after his suspension for misusing his parliamentary entitlements.
"I humbly and sincerely apologise to the house and to the people of Victoria for my breach of the code of conduct for members," Mr Shaw told parliament in a short prepared speech.
Mr Shaw said he understood the issue had been a distraction.
"I accept and I've always stated throughout the various investigations including a thorough and rigorous investigation by the Department of Public Prosecution, which found no wrongful action, that the buck stops with me, and I have taken full responsibility," Mr Shaw said.
Mr Shaw said he had always sought a conclusion to the matter.
"I genuinely apologise if my actions to date did not demonstrate such a commitment," he said.
"We are all elected to represent the best interests of our community and that has always been my sincere intention in Frankston.
"I understand that this matter has been a distraction for which I am sincerely sorry."
Mr Shaw said he had complied with the order to repay $6838.44.
Mr Shaw read the two-minute apology from a prepared script, saying it was due to the matter's importance and to ensure he fully complied with the government motion to suspend him.
The Liberal-turned independent MP was suspended for 11 sitting days until Tuesday, for misusing his taxpayer-funded vehicle and fuel card for his hardware business.
To avoid being expelled from the parliament, he was ordered to repay more than $6800 and offer a genuine apology when he returned to parliament on Tuesday afternoon.
Premier Denis Napthine told reporters earlier on Tuesday the parliament will make a judgment on whether the apology is sincere.
Mr Shaw's return to parliament means he regains his balance-of-power status in the Legislative Assembly.
Before Mr Shaw gave his brief speech, Speaker Christine Fyffe told the house she had received a letter confirming that Shaw had repaid all monies owing.
Mr Shaw had also complied with a requirement to not travel overseas on his parliamentary entitlements during his suspension, the speaker said.
Question time is now under way in the parliament.


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Election Pains or Gains?
How will the food industry fare depending on whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney wins on November 6th?
If the State of the Union address in January 2013 were dedicated solely to the state of the food and beverageindustry, the incoming president would surely touch on the obesity crisis, food deserts and the continuing battles over school lunches and the size of soft drinks. He would discuss the drought-ravaged crops of 2012 and what they mean for farm policy, ethanol quotas and food prices. He would discuss regulations – needed or not needed – in regard to food safety, labeling of genetically modified foods (GMOs) and health claims. Maybe even overarching business issues such as worker safety, health care, the tax code, trade policy and the economic pressures that food companies face.
While Mitt Romney's "State of the Food Union" speech and calls to action would surely differ from Barack Obama's, the question is how much it will matter who's in charge as the rubber of political reality hits the road in the next four years.
Some food industry leaders say the performance of the Obama administration over the past term reveals stark differences in how he would continue to lead versus a Romney administration. But they acknowledge continued gridlock in Washington and struggles related to the economy that could water down efforts of either commander in chief. And they point to developments at the state and local levels that could be just as challenging – and perhaps even more influential – than pronouncements from the White House.
Food is increasingly political
When asked about differences between Romney and Obama, industry leaders note there clearly has been a trend toward more restriction on what food and beverage companies can do and say under Obama, and there might be less regulation and less pressure under Romney.
"Certainly on the regulatory front it will make a difference if Obama or Romney is in office," says Connie Tipton, president and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association. "This administration – as well-intentioned as it is on diet and obesity – is prone to take a prescriptive approach, which ends up limiting choice.
"There are a lot of things in the pipeline that could be affected, such as front-of-pack labeling and revision of the nutrition facts panel," she continues. "We don't know for sure where Romney would be on some of these issues, but it's a pretty sure bet that his administration would be less prescriptive."
"I've always been an advocate of less government," says Paul Kruse, president and CEO of Blue Bell Creameries, a Brenham, Texas, maker of ice cream. "I think the two nominees are very far apart in that respect."
Sue Pittman, who heads the Food & Nutrition Affairs Practice at FoodMinds LLC, agrees that regulators have weighed heavily on food and beveragecompanies in the past four years, but notes that she's seen an evolution in the Obama approach.
"The administration appears more aware of the issues the food industry faces. We see that even in Mrs. Obama's tone when she speaks," Pittman says, referring to the leadership role Michelle Obama has attained in discussing relevant food issues.
While what the First Lady says in the White House garden may seem a far stretch from what takes place down the road at the FDA or USDA, Pittman says that the language used in the "whole, fresh, local" efforts has a definite effect on policy discussions. And the end result is an assault on processed foods.
Pittman believes this broader food movement – particularly in terms of the engagement of local communities – has enough momentum that even under a Republican president the pressure toward more regulation would not subside entirely. She points to the proliferation of local food policy councils, attempts to tax soft drinks and GMO labeling ballot initiatives.
"I think with a Republican White House we would see more activity at the state level," she says. "There's so much momentum now in the states where the goal is to advocate for healthier food environments at the local level. That's not going to stop."
The New York Times Magazine food columnist Mark Bittman recently lamented that this local food movement was, in fact, not nearly strong enough and needed to be energized significantly to push for national policy changes.
"When Obama has been pressured on issues like gay rights, immigration and the Keystone XL pipeline, he's responded positively," Bittman wrote in an August column. "But he hasn't been pushed on food, and as a result has not followed up on campaign promises like his vow to label foods containing genetically modified ingredients, nor has he used his bully pulpit to try to protect SNAP (food stamps) from the ravages of Congress. Since there isn't a real food movement — yet! — progressives haven't made Obama do much."
Waning personal responsibility
It does appear, however, that consumers consider food issues to be politically relevant, and are looking to food companies and the government to do more to protect their health and prevent obesity.
A survey conducted by FoodMinds, "Food Temperance in America," tracks opinions on food policy topics among registered voters and opinion leader shoppers (a group of politically aware and socially active consumers). A key finding from the most recent survey conducted this spring demonstrates the political divide: 75 percent of Democrats think more time should be spent on food policy topics within presidential debates and in overall discussions about government policies, while only 39 percent of Republicans think so.
What's more, an increasing number of these opinion leader shoppers think Americans need support from their public institutions and the marketplace in their personal battle against obesity. Most (56 percent) said they believe that the individual holds primary responsibility for making healthy choices to prevent obesity. But the flip-side is that 44 percent believe that this primary responsibility lies somewhere else – not with the individual. Most startling, this is a 9-point increase over two years ago – when only 33 percent of respondents felt this way.
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Orpheus Titan §§ Les Gentlemen Ténébreux §§ Wednesday 27/07/2011, 14:35
This summer we made a special event for you ! Not only will you be able to measure your ELO talents to those of the best toppers, but at each game phase YOU will chose which characters put on the ban list or take away from it. This will be the occasion for everyone to see how the presence or absence of some characters would affect the metagame. So don't hesitate for a second and join us on the ELO X-Periment !!
JonelethStar Imperator UpperClass Friday 29/07/2011, 08:54
One tip for future events like this, leave applications open for a week, then randomly kick players until you have only 500 left, less chance of people feeling slighted about not being able to apply, while still being able to have only 500 players. (yes it might be more work, but less complaining customers, and yes UR players are your customers)
secondly I dont think this will applied to ELO anytime soon, mostly cause it will show most of these cards are banned for a reason.
And finally, how can you possibly claim 500 people are a decent enough group to evaluate such an experiment, especially 500 very active people from mostly 1 side of the ocean? the way this event accepted participants, the group of players isn't a collection of all types of people playing ELO and UR, but mostly one big chunck of the same. Hence it is useless as an experiment, and will only serve to give 3 already rich players a very expensive Cr, if this was your goal to begin with congrats, if you wanted to test something, rethink and start over
I can do science me
Thoazol Moderator Wise Men Distracted Friday 29/07/2011, 18:15
I don't think they planned on rich getting richer, but as of now there isn't much of a better carrot to attract players. I mean, who here wouldn't want a Big 5 in their collection.
Skrachmo Wax Titan Western Atlantic Subterfuge Tuesday 02/08/2011, 00:03
The more charachters you ban the more you'll have to ban. Uranus for example is only unfair because every other high damage charachter "HAS BEEN BANNED"
Begin the no ban for fairness campaign. Caelus will once again rule.
UNban for truth and competition.
IllusionDz Veteran Thursday 04/08/2011, 10:45
Orpheus Titan §§ Les Gentlemen Ténébreux §§ Sunday 14/08/2011, 12:01
Phase 2 is open for new inscriptions today and tomorrow.
ELO X-Periment Room 1, ELO X-Periment Room 2, ELO X-Periment Room 3, ELO X-Periment Room 4, ELO X-Periment Room 5
Orpheus Titan §§ Les Gentlemen Ténébreux §§ Sunday 14/08/2011, 12:02
Inscriptions for phase 2 are open today and tomorrow.
ELO X-Periment Room 1, ELO X-Periment Room 2, ELO X-Periment Room 3, ELO X-Periment Room 4, ELO X-Periment Room 5


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I'm pleased to announce that our paper ZWERM: a Modular Component Network Approach for an Urban Participation Game has been selected to receive a SIGCHI Best of CHI Honorable Mention Award. The paper will be presented during the CHI2014 conference in Toronto, Canada, from April 26 - May 1 2014.
Here is the abstract:
As information technology is increasingly embedded in our cities, opportunities arise to design novel applications that benefit urban communities. We describe the design and evaluation of ZWERM (Dutch for the term 'swarm'), a public game that was specifically designed for augmenting community participation in urban neighborhoods. A network of ten components has been designed, some of which had different interfaces and design approaches: from totem-like Trees for gathering around with RFID cards to playful Sparrows that react on whistle sounds. After implementing the urban game in two city neighborhoods, we investigated the impact of each of these components on their communities. Our insights are useful for the public interaction design of future urban, interactive networks that aim to positively influence community participation and social cohesion.
Laureyssens, T., Coenen, T., Claeys, L., Mechant, P., Criel, J., and Vande Moere, A. ZWERM: a Modular Component Network Approach for an Urban Participation Game. CHI '14: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, ACM Press (2014).


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In this course students examine key topics and perspectives in the social sciences, relevant to social science careers. Theory and contemporary research on social class and inequality, social capital, gender, the state and social policy, bureaucracy and work, and the welfare state are covered.
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On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of a range of social theories and research relevant to the Social Sciences.
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3. Communicate understanding of social theories and debates in written and oral forms.
4. Apply the insights of social theory to professional practice in the Social Sciences, particularly in the areas of social research, social policy and program management.
Theories of social class (Marx and Weber); the "end of class" debate; the experience of social inequality.
- Bureaucracy (Weber's model); deskilling and work; the McDonaldization thesis.
- The 'capitalist state'; the welfare state, globalisation and economic rationalism.
- Governmentality and normalisation.
- Social capital; the theory of declining social capital; the engineering of social capital.
- Gender; the materialist-feminist model; gender in work and domestic life today; gender inequality and social services.
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On Tuesday, Assemblyman John D. Ceretto announced that senior Cuomo administration officials reached out to him to personally respond to his request for a bridge loan for the City of Niagara Falls. Ceretto had previously written New York State Director of Operations Howard Glaser to officially request the loan in the midst of the Seneca Nation/casino dispute.
"I am encouraged by today's conversation," Ceretto said. "The governor's office is actively engaged in seeking creative ways to help the City of Niagara Falls financially in the wake of the casino dispute. They are responding to my request for a loan."
Ceretto helped organize a meeting with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration officials and members of the Niagara Falls City Council in late April. Ceretto asked for financial assistance for the city in that meeting. Ceretto's subsequent letter to Glaser in early July specifically asked for the bridge loan. Ceretto said the governor's office is becoming more involved due to the worsening of the City of Niagara Falls financial outlook.
"The governor's legal team is actively looking into solutions for Niagara Falls in the face of the city's fiscal problems. This isn't a promise to consider or a promise to get involved; they are actively engaged," Ceretto said. "The governor's special assistant counsel indicated to me that there will be a local meeting with state and city officials once a financial plan is conceived. I am elated that the governor's office is taking such a proactive role, and I will continue to work with the governor to find a solution."
In addition to the official request for a bridge loan, Ceretto has been a leading proponent in seeking a resolution between the state of New York and the Seneca Nation of Indians. Ceretto has proposed A.8575, a bill that would increase the local share of casino revenue paid to host municipalities, and A.9284, a bill that would allow direct payment to host municipalities from the Seneca Nation of Indians. Both bills have been introduced in the New York State Assembly.


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Under U.S. Trademark law, 15 U.S.C. §1062(a), a trademark or service mark must be published for opposition before it can be registered on the Principal Register. This Publication and [short] time period (30 days) give someone who may be harmed by a registration of a federal trademark a way to oppose (or object to) the registration.
Under U.S. Trademark law, 15 U.S.C. §1062(a), a trademark or service mark must be published for opposition before it can be registered on the Principal Register. This Publication and [short] time period (30 days) give someone who may be harmed by a registration of a federal trademark a way to oppose (or object to) the registration.
Any person who believes that he/she/it would be damaged by the registration of the mark and can prove both Standing and Grounds may oppose a registration during this time period.
Note: Only potential Principal Registrations have opposition periods. Marks allowed for the Supplemental Register must be cancelled rather than opposed if any person who believes that he/she/it would be damaged by trademark having registered and can prove both Standing and Grounds. There is no set time period to cancel a Supplemental Registration but it is a good idea to cancel before the mark has a chance to acquire distinctiveness or acquire any other rights in the mark or cancellation may be more difficult.
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(a) Upon the filing of an application for registration and payment of the prescribed fee, the Director shall refer the application to the examiner in charge of the registration of marks, who shall cause an examination to be made and, if on such examination it shall appear that the applicant is entitled to registration, or would be entitled to registration upon the acceptance of the statement of use required by section 1051(d) of this title, the Director shall cause the mark to be published in the Official Gazette of the Patent and Trademark Office: Provided, That in the case of an applicant claiming concurrent use, or in the case of an application to be placed in an interference as provided for in section 1066 of this title, the mark, if otherwise registrable, may be published subject to the determination of the rights of the parties to such proceedings.
15 U.S.C. § 1063 Opposition
(a) Any person who believes that he would be damaged by the registration of a mark upon the principal register, including the registration of any mark which would be likely to cause dilution by blurring or dilution by tarnishment under section 1125(c) of this title, may, upon payment of the prescribed fee, file an opposition in the Patent and Trademark Office, stating the grounds therefor, within thirty days after the publication under subsection (a) of section 1062 of this title of the mark sought to be registered. Upon written request prior to the expiration of the thirty-
The current fee for a Notice of opposition, per class is $400.00 and the Notice must contain certain information in order to be accepted by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). A Suggested Format for an opposition is provided by the USPTO at www.uspto.gov/web/offices/dcom/ttab/oppositionformat.pdf. A Petition to Cancel has the same $400 filing fee per class.
30 Days Seems like a Short Time Period!
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The Opposition period is not just a formality to make sure the examiner did not miss a likelihood of confusion issue during examination. The USPTO only looks at the Right to Register a mark with respect to other federally registered or pending federal registrations during the examination of a mark before opposition. The Right to Use is much broader and incorporates common law rights as well as federal registration rights. The Right to Use a mark is not examined by the USPTO and can only be enforced by prior users of a mark who believe that a registration will damage their prior rights and protect those rights through opposition, cancellation or suing through the courts. An opposer may be an owner of a registered trademark, an unregistered trademark, or a trade name.
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For the more information about water resources in the National Park Service, please visit https://www.nature.nps.gov/water/.
National Parklands of the Colorado River: Working Towards More Coordinated Management
The National Park Service administers nine parks, recreation areas and monuments along the Colorado River and its key tributaries (Green, Yampa, and Gunnison Rivers). These parks and monuments comprise over 5 million acres of land and over 1,000 miles of mainstream river corridor, posses a magnificent array of natural and cultural resources, and offer an enormous variety of recreational opportunities. The Colorado River is well known as one of the most developed and regulated major rivers in the world. Although less well known, it is also the most protected major river corridor in the world. The nine park units in four states have annual visitation of nearly 16 million people. The direct economic benefits to regional economies from recreation within Lake Mead National Recreation Area and Grand Canyon National Park are estimated at nearly $1 billion.
Parks include: Rocky Mountain NP, Dinosaur NM, Curecanti NRA, Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP, Canyonlands NP, Arches NP, Glen Canyon NRA, Grand Canyon National Park, Lake Mead National Recreation Area
The sometimes conflicting missions of water delivery, hydropower generation, flood control, endangered species protection, recreation, and park resource protection result in enormous challenges to managers of park natural, cultural and recreational resources along the river corridor. In particular, the health of park river and reservoir-dependent resources are greatly influenced by the operation of seven major hydropower dams and water storage in two enormous reservoirs.
To better enable the National Park Service (NPS) to address the complex resource preservation issues stemming from dam operations, the National Park Service Colorado River Basin Parks Program was established. This program strives to understand river operations issues and more effectively advise fellow agencies to adjust those operations, where discretion permits, to better protect park resources. Recent drought across the Colorado River watershed has heightened awareness of all stakeholders to potential economic, social, and political tradeoffs in river management.
The Colorado River Basin Parks Program includes the Steering Committee comprised of park superintendents, two NPS Regional Directors (Pacific West Region; Intermountain Region) and the Chief of the NPS Water Resources. A Technical Committee comprised of chief Colorado River park resource managers and selected subject matter specialists was also established, and a Colorado River Coordinator has been created to help coordinate communication both among parks and with other agencies and external stakeholders. Priorities of the NPS Colorado River Basin Parks Program include:
- Improve the use of scientific information about Colorado River resources and operations
- Increase NPS visibility and influence on key river system operation decisions
- Improve internal efficiencies in setting priorities
- Prepare coordinated strategy to identify and address high-priority issues
- Establish effective relationships with other agencies and stakeholders
- Maintain NPS leadership awareness and understanding of key river issues
The Steering Committee meets twice yearly, with conference calls between meetings. Under committee direction, the program participates in several Colorado River operations managed by BOR that affect park resources downstream, and a forum was established whereby the Regional Directors of the Bureau of Reclamation, US Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, and US Geological Survey meet regularly to discuss Colorado River management issues. A basin-wide economic value study of the parks' river resources is under way to equate their value to traditional managed uses on the river (agriculture, flood control and hydropower). The Colorado River Basin Parks Program has focused NPS efforts to influence river management for the good of the parks' resources in these ways:
- Formal recognition in key river operations documents of the NPS authorities that should influence Colorado River operations
- Correct interpretation of the Colorado River Storage Project Act to include fish, wildlife and recreation among the act's primary purposes
- Inclusion of the parks' operational needs (bypass flows, water rights, monthly release volumes, daily fluctuations) in river operation programs
- Meaningful participation by NPS in operational decision-making for the river
Current issues being addressed include: significant proposals for water withdrawals upstream from Dinosaur NM on both the Green and Yampa Rivers; implementation of the recently decreed park water right for Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP; maintaining seasonal water levels in Lakes Powell and Mead to accommodate recreation uses; the effectiveness of the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program as part of the implementation of the Grand Canyon Protection Act; and the establishment of more integrated river-system wide natural resource research and monitoring programs.
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Musically inclined kids are likely to start young on pots, pans and toy instruments, but what to do when they graduate to the real thing? Small space dwellers might have to shut down junior's wish for a double bass, but there are plenty of real instruments that don't take up a ton of room or cost a fortune. Secondhand is always our first choice, but when buying new here are ten of our favorites that aren't too big or too spendy.
1. Rogue A Style Mandolin - Buy.com, $49.99
2. Latin Percussion Traditional Bongo - Amazon, $45.83
3. Hohner Performer 37 Melodica - Sam Ash, $69.99
4. Meinl Nino African Djembe - Musician's Friend, $59.99
5. Hohner 9522 Soprano Maple Wood Recorder - Groth Music, $30.99
6. Pearl M-80 Snare Drum - Musician's Friend, $59.99
7. Lee Oskar Major Diatonic Harmonica - Musician's Friend, $37.99
8. Meinl Headed Wood Tambourine with Aluminum Jingles - Guitar Center, $32.99
9. Sabian Bronze Triangle - Lone Star Percussion, $34
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BiologyThe diet of the grey kestrel consists of insects, such as grasshoppers, flying termites and ants, as well as small reptiles, rodents, birds, bats and even earthworms. It may also eat oil palm fruits, one of only three raptor species known to do so. Hunting is usually undertaken from a high, open perch, with the kestrel taking prey from the ground or from low foliage, though it may also chase birds and insects in flight (2) (4) (5). Nesting usually occurs between January and April in West Africa, and between August and October in Kenya, Tanzania and Angola (2), the breeding pair often taking over Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) nests, even evicting the residents, or using tree cavities or old stick nests (2) (4) (5). Two to five eggs are laid, hatching after an incubation period of between 26 and 31 days. Fledging occurs after approximately 30 days (2) (4).


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Apple's New Whiz Kids
Tech Industry on the Hunt for Software Prodigies Producing Apps for Smartphones and Tablets
The rivalry between Apple Inc. and Google Inc. to dominate the smartphone business is fueling the technology industry's newest talent search: software prodigies as young as 13 who are creating apps for their mobile devices.
Grant Goodman sensed an opportunity when Apple removed the preloaded YouTube app from its iPhones last year. He quickly built an advertising-free app called Prodigus to play online videos "fast with no compromises."...


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If you're female...and looking for a monologue -- you're in luck because I reference a great site to use on the female monologues page.
Other than that, all I can say is break a leg in finding pieces, and if you stumble upon any websites that would be a great resource to use on my page for fellow theatre junkies -- send them my way or just send me a friendly/hate/positive/helpful e-mail and I'll try my best to respond. :-)-:
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San Bernardino County Sheriff''s Department
Every single Law Enforcement grant should have a commitment and focus to catch the "Willfully Ignorant" visitor. We see every day folks doing what ever they want and they feel immune because it is their feeling "there is no one around to catch me" That has to change. Yes, we have Green Sticker Violations, sound violations, and other normal day to day violations that by now should be all in compliance. It is the "Willfully Ignorant " that does not abide by the rules of the areas they ride in, i.e. "Stay on Designated Trails " "Respect Private Property" "Know the rules of area you are riding in " be it Forest Service, BLM, City and County. All of us can put pressure on the "Willfully Ignorant" but it is Law Enforcement that needs to focus their talent to those that want to ruin it for everyone. We can not let them rule our destiny or how we are being portrait in the eyes of the public and government elected officials.
The other area of grave concern is our children, we need to make sure that all children 16 and under on Quads have the proper certification. We need to make sure that they are properly dressed to ride, no tank tops, tennis shoes and short pants. Parents need to be told of their responsibility in the strongest possible manner, ticket.
Thank you all for working this very difficult issue. [Ed Waldheim "OHV activist for access to public lands for all" - 3/28/10]


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Orra White Hitchcock (1796-1863) was a gifted artist. Her husband, Edward Hitchcock was a prominent early geologist who specialized in the geologic history and formations of the Connecticut River Valley. Orra drew many of the 232 plates and 1135 woodcut illustrations in her husband's various publications. Her drawings reveal how generations of European settlement and land use had altered the landscape. A prominent lithography company, Pendleton's Lithography, printed many of Orra's drawings, including this one of Mount Sugarloaf in Deerfield, Massachusetts. Although intended as scientific illustrations, some of Orra Hitchcock's prints are more picturesque than topographically accurate. This view of Sugarloaf , for example, exaggerates the mountain's distinctive profile.
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If you are going to suffer a heart attack, central Ohio is the place to have one.
If you are going to suffer a heart attack, central Ohio is the place to have one.
"We have three competing health-care institutions, and no matter where you're taken with an acute (heart attack), you should get top-notch care," said Dr. Paul Zeeb, a board member of the American Heart Association's Columbus chapter. "If you compare Columbus to other parts of the country, the care in Franklin County is quite good."
And that care starts before you enter an emergency department or catheterization lab. EMS workers begin treatment on the way to hospitals and relay electrocardiogram information to medical teams waiting there.
It's a process carefully honed to save lives. Just ask Sandy Smeenk.
During an early-morning teachers meeting last month at Heritage Middle School in Hilliard, Smeenk felt increasingly warm and weak.
The symptoms seemed to pass; but later, when Smeenk walked down two flights of stairs to another meeting, both of her arms felt weak.
The language-arts teacher turned to a colleague and said, "I wonder if I'm having a heart attack."
A 911 call brought Norwich Township Fire Department paramedics, who hooked her up to an electrocardiogram machine and took her to Ohio State University Medical Center.
On the way, her EKG data were transmitted to Ohio State's emergency department, catheterization lab and to on-duty cardiologists' phones.
"When EMS calls us and tells us they have a (heart attack), they bypass our ER and take the patient directly to our (catheterization) lab," said Sharon Hammond, nurse coordinator of Ohio State's STEMI program, which addresses the most-serious heart attacks.
"We notify everyone, and they move faster," said Capt. Shawn Koser with the Columbus Division of Fire. "It increases the sense of urgency in the hospitals."
Heart attacks and cardiac arrest are time-sensitive medical conditions. Going directly to a catheterization lab can mean less damage to the body.
The national standard of clearing a blocked artery once the patient enters a hospital is 90 minutes. Most central Ohio hospitals with catheterization labs beat that. For example, Grant Medical Center averages 48minutes; Ohio State and Riverside Methodist Hospital both average 52 minutes.
One reason is better communication with EMS.
In recent years, all adult Franklin County hospitals began accepting electronic EKG transmissions from paramedics. All Franklin County hospitals, except Dublin Methodist Hospital and University Hospital East, can accept the transmissions 24 hours a day, according to the Central Ohio Trauma System EMS resource guide.
"They're the first link in the chain for cardiac care," Dr. Kanny Grewal, chief of the cardiovascular council at Riverside, said of emergency medical workers.
A couple of years ago, the local adult hospital systems gave EKG transmitters to central Ohio EMS agencies.
EMS agencies get reports from hospitals on every heart-attack patient they transport. The information includes a time chart so paramedics know how quickly things occurred and the outcome.
"Any time we try to improve a process, you have to look at it from beginning to end," said Dr. Timothy Timko, an interventional cardiologist at Mount Carmel St. Ann's.
"It's good to give them feedback on how the patient did when they got there. We also have squads observe the procedure (catheterization) and see what we do."
A few years ago, Columbus paramedics started using a procedure to cool cardiac-arrest patients - a procedure that can increase survival rates and reduce the risk of brain damage. The division told local hospitals they would take such patients to hospitals that could continue the hypothermia protocol started by paramedics in the field. All of the adult hospitals agreed.
Caring for the heart is a lucrative business. Some of the highest insurance payments come from cardiac procedures. Almost every local hospital has a center dedicated to heart services.
The most recent is St. Ann's, which is adding a $100million heart center expected to open in 2014. It will fill a gap in heart services for northeastern Columbus and Delaware County, Timko said.
As for Smeenk, doctors at OSU Medical Center knew that she needed catheterization before she was taken out of the ambulance.
"I think any time you can bypass an emergency room and get into treatment is good, but especially with a heart attack," she said.
Smeenk, a married mother of three grown children, had 99 percent blockage in a major artery. The artery was cleared 26 minutes after she got to the hospital.
She spent two days in the hospital. She is currently in cardiac rehabilitation.
"I ended up with very little heart damage and a strong heart as a result of quick action," she said.


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Final conferenceWritten by hope-content
On Tuesday 9 May 2017, the HoPE EC Project Consortium held its final conference,
"The Next Generation of Route Planners"
We focused on an exchange of information, ideas, and experiences in the area of multimodal route planning and integrated fare management. It took place in Brussels, Belgium, and was attended by city representatives, transport operators, project leaders, and university and company representatives.
Many thanks to all who were present!
Below you can find all their presentations (click here to view the programme):
- The HoPE Project
- HoPE: The Next Generation of Route Planners (Sven Maerivoet)
- HoPE: Results from the Athens pilots (Katerina Antaraki)
- HoPE: Results from the Basque Country pilots (Silvia Murga)
- HoPE: Results from the Coventry pilot (Sunil Budhdeo)
- MaaS in the West Midlands area (Chris Lane)
- Route Planning Functionalities
- Tour and Event Planning (Damianos Gavalas)
- EU Project MOVESMART (Christos Zaroliagis)
- EU Project SocialCar/RideMyRoute (Tjalle Groen)
- Smarter cycling and route planning (Niccolo Panozzo)
- EU Project BONVOYAGE: A distributed approach to route planning (Dag Kjenstad)
- EU Project Life GYM (GreenYourMove): Co-modal journey planning (Georgios Saharidis)
- A City's Perspective
- Entur providing sales & ticketing solutions for the Norway rail sector (Fjelstad Håkon)
- Modelling and simulation of road transport networks in Coventry City (Yuri Vershinin)
- Mobility in Sofia supported by apps (Gergana Ugrinska)
- Latest development in Molina de Segura (Ricardo Guirado)


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The Frenzy is the first universal kite, from newcomer to expert, no matter what your preference whether it be snow, sand or water the Frenzy delivers the grunt and speed you need. Offering either 2 or 4 line flying, allowing total versatility in all conditions, on all surfaces. If hang time is your thing , then get ready >> you gonna be flying!
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2013 Public Speaking Contest
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The topic for this year's contest is solar energy. According to the International Energy Agency more than 56 percent of the world's energy is currently being produced by the burning of fossil fuels. Burning fossil fuels emits pollution into the atmosphere which presents serious environmental problems. As a result, it is necessary for the United States and other countries to find cleaner burning renewable resources.
Students have been appointed to the State of Florida Energy Office to research and develop solar energy in the state of Florida. Please formulate a plan, providing action steps and factual evidence to promote solar energy generation and enhance solar market conditions.
Submit a completed registration form (below) along with a speech summary and/or one-minute video summarizing the speech, to firstname.lastname@example.com by Friday April 5, 2013.
The top 20 entries will be selected and notified by Friday April 12.
The competition will take place on *Friday May 17 at 9:30 am in the 11th floor conference room at the Florida Atlantic University Fort Lauderdale Campus at 11 E. Las Olas Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Fl 33301
*Please note the change from the original date of May 10. We changed the date to help accomodate for AP testing.
Official Rules• Speeches must be 4 to 6 minutes long. Speeches over or under limit will be penalized.• Speeches must be relevant to the theme.• In order to insure impartiality in judging, personal information such as name and school shallnot be stated during the speech. Infraction will be taken during scoring for violation of this rule.• No visual aids are allowed. Note cards should only be used as a back up.
Judging CriteriaThe Broward County Pollution Prevention, Remediation and Air Quality Division has created astandard scoring sheet to be used for the competition. Speeches will be judged on content andspeaking skills as described on the score sheet below. Additional Documents
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Make 3-D scenes! Simply fill in the pictures, then press up the diecut sections to give your artwork amazing dimension. Butterflies seem to come to life with their wings lifted up from the page; flower petals reach upward toward the sun! Add curls and creases to make your artwork even more unique. Each set includes 8 exciting scenes to color in and pop up.
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And the Award Goes to … Liberty For All
The Mackinac Center was honored to be one of six finalists for the 2013 Templeton Freedom Award, an annual prize given out by the Atlas Network that recognizes exceptional achievement in the global free-market think tank community. The Center was nominated for our role in Michigan becoming the nation's 24th right-to-work state.
The Atlas Network was created by Sir Antony Fisher and serves a network of some 400 free-market think tanks in 80 countries. Fisher, often called "the Johnny Appleseed of the free-market movement," also founded the Institute of Economic Affairs in London, the Fraser Institute in Canada and the Manhattan Institute in New York City.
Fisher was moved to his work after, as a young RAF pilot in World War II he read F.A. Hayek's "The Road to Serfdom." He later was talked out of going into politics by Hayek. Instead the Nobel laureate told Fisher that society's course would be changed by ideas.
The Templeton Award is given each November by the Atlas Foundation at its Liberty Forum and Freedom Dinner.
As Executive Vice President Michael J. Reitz detailed in the last edition of IMPACT, the other finalists were:
- The Centre for Civil Society in India was founded by Parth Shah in 1997 after he left a job at the University of Michigan to return to his native India. CCS leads the charge for education reform in India by promoting choice and innovation. Shah also attended the Mackinac Center's Leadership Conference.
- The Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo, A.C., in Mexico was recognized for advancing policies to improve Mexico's prosperity and productivity. Its Mexico Productivity Index is credited with influencing the national discussion about Mexico's economic policies.
- The Istituto Bruno Leoni, named after the Italian classical liberal thinker, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary. Its Liberalization Index annually ranks Italy and other European countries by comparing 16 sectors and evaluating the cost of excessive regulation, taxation and legal uncertainty.
- The Texas Public Policy Foundation for its Right on Crime project, which promotes alternatives to incarceration for non-violent offenders and exposes the problem of over-criminalization in the U.S.
- If Great Britain has a Tea Party movement, the TaxPayers' Alliance in London is a ringleader. Launched in 2004, the TaxPayers' Alliance is "arguably the most influential pressure group in the country" according to one British newspaper. The organization's 2020 Tax Commission and Single Income Tax report are credited with reductions in levies and driving conversation about fiscal reform.
The panel of international judges ultimately gave the award to the TaxPayers' Alliance, although during the ceremony as each finalist was introduced the Center received by far the loudest reception.
As President Joseph G. Lehman left the stage with the other finalists that night, he was greeted by Labor Policy Director F. Vincent Vernuccio with a high-five and a hearty "Joe, this only proves Mackinac hasn't peaked yet!"


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Ashley's Improved NYC Kitchen
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- What makes your small kitchen so cool:
- Every inch of space is maximized and the kitchen area has its own space from the rest of the apartment. Plus having a larger frig is a joy.
- Describe a challenge you've overcome or a smart resource you've found for your kitchen.:
- There was no counter space, drawers, and a tiny bar sink. I now have counter (work space) that doubles as an eating area and desk with drawers and the bar stools fit nicely under the eating area. I love my full size sink and the microwave/convection is now my oven.
- What's your favorite meal to cook here?:
- Homemade donuts for breakfast.


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The term style of life was used by psychiatrist Alfred Adler as one of several constructs describing the dynamics of the personality. It reflects the individual's unique, unconsicous, and repetitive way of responding to (or avoiding) the main tasks of living: friendship, love, and work. This style, rooted in a childhood prototype, remains consistent throughout life, unless it is changed through depth psychotherapy. The style of life is reflected in the unity of an individual's way of thinking, feeling, and acting. Often, bending an individual away from the needs of others or common sense, movements are made to relieve inferiority feelings or to compensate for those feelings with an unconsicous fictional final goal. Classical Adlerian psychotherapy attempts to dissolve the archaic style of life and stimulate a more creative approach to living.
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Another day, another round of Grammy performers.
After announcing Tuesday that Kanye West would take the stage at the Grammy Awards -- once on his own and again alongside Paul McCartney and Rihanna -- the Recording Academy on Wednesday revealed the latest batch of artists it's booked to perform on Sunday's telecast.
Beck will team with Chris Martin of Coldplay to sing a song from the former's "Morning Phase," nominated for album of the year. Mary J. Blige is to duet with Sam Smith, who helped write songs for her album "The London Sessions."
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Marcus Smart leads AP preseason All-America team
A lot of people were shocked when Marcus Smart announced he would return to Oklahoma State for his sophomore season. Nobody should be surprised the Cowboys point guard was a unanimous selection to The Associated Press' preseason All-America team.
Smart was on every ballot from the 65-member national media panel Monday, a no-brainer since he was expected to be among the first players chosen if he had declared for the NBA draft. The last unanimous preseason All-America was Ohio State's Jared Sullinger in 2011-12.
After averaging 15.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 3.0 steals last season in winning the Big 12 player of year award, it was how the Cowboys fared in the NCAA tournament that had a lot to do with his coming back.
"I felt like we had a lot more to accomplish," Smart said of the loss to Oregon in Oklahoma State's opening game of the NCAA tournament. "We were a lot better team than that. That's just not the way we wanted to go out. It helped me a little bit to get motivated to come back this year."
Smart was joined on the preseason All-America team by seniors Doug McDermott of Creighton and Russ Smith of Louisville, sophomore Mitch McGary of Michigan and freshman Andrew Wiggins of Kansas.
The 6-foot-4 Smart, who also won the Wayman Tisdale Award as the country's top freshman, said he's also coming back to improve on his 1.3-to-1 assist-turnover ratio and his 40 percent shooting from the field, including just 29 percent from 3-point range.
Still, he said the decision to pass up millions of dollars and return to Stillwater was "the most difficult thing in my life."
McDermott, the Missouri Valley Conference player of the year last season after averaging 23.2 points and 7.7 rebounds, was on all but two ballots. He enters the season with a chance at joining an exclusive group. A two-time first-team All-America, McDermott could become just the 11th player to be a three-time postseason selection and the first since Patrick Ewing of Georgetown and Tisdale at Oklahoma from 1983-85.
The 6-8 forward is one four returning starters for the Bluejays and coach Greg McDermott, Doug's father. Creighton moves to the Big East this season.
"I'm looking at this season as an opportunity to embrace a new challenge," he said. "We know it's much more physical and there are a lot more athletes than we're used to. We've prepared ourselves pretty well. We know it's going to be a grind and we're looking forward to that."
The 6-foot Smith, who received 52 votes, averaged 18.7 points and 2.9 assists in helping the Cardinals win the national championship. He won't have the graduated Peyton Siva with him in the backcourt but coach Rick Pitino will still be calling the shots.
"I realized how much I loved playing with my teammates and how much fun it is to win," Smith said of returning for his senior year, "and this is part of the purpose of being a national champion. Obviously, I wasn't a clear cut first-round pick, so coming back was mainly because of coach, my teammates, the Louisville campus, the community, graduating."
Wiggins, just the second freshman to earn preseason honors since the team was first selected for the 1986-87 season, averaged 23.4 points and 11.2 rebounds as a senior at Huntington (W.Va.) Prep School. He was on 42 ballots and joins Harrison Barnes of North Carolina in 2010-11 as the only freshmen to earn preseason honors.
Wiggins is a member of an outstanding freshman class at Kansas and there aren't many people who expect him to be a sophomore in Lawrence. The national magazine covers, the constant attention and comparisons to the like of LeBron James haven't been a problem for the 6-8 Wiggins, whose father Mitchell played at Florida State and in the NBA.
"It kind of grew on me over the years to where I'm used to it," Wiggins said of the attention. "I just think of it as a blessing. A lot of people don't get an opportunity to be showcased like that."
McGary, who averaged 7.5 points and 6.3 rebounds, caught the country's attention during the Wolverines' run to the NCAA title game when he averaged 14.3 points and 10.7 rebounds. The 6-10 McGary, who received 34 votes, has been slowed by a lower back condition heading into this season.
"Right now I'm day to day — doing stuff on the court, light shooting, limited in what I can do, what they're allowing me to do," McGary said last week. "There's no target date or anything."
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Fri, Jan 10 2014
LeTourneau University hosts distinguished East Texas author and speaker, Teresa Richenberger, at 10:50 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, in the S.E. Belcher Jr. Chapel and Performance Center, 2100 S. Mobberly Ave., in Longview. The event is free and open to the public.
Richenberger authored "Sold to the Highest Bidder," a story of her life as an exotic dancer and the salvation she found in Jesus Christ. Her second book, "Striking It Rich," gives advice on how to always be mindful of God's presence.
Influenced by her painful past, Richenberger lives a life for Christ and helps others to overcome their past to ascertain their self-worth. She inspires people to step into the proper vocation that God has placed in their lives by imparting boldness, faith, and courage through her testimony, which she regularly shares at women's conferences and church meetings.


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There are plenty of reasons to like or hate Network Address Translation. Network administrators like it because it provides a way to eke out small pools of IP addresses and allows them to hide portions of their networks from the public Internet. Engineers hate it because it breaks the end-to-end nature of the Internet by separating users from their address.
The FBI hates it because it stops them from gathering data from Internet service providers about their customers.
"If we are going to capture the bad guys, it goes back to attribution," the ability to associate an individual's online activity with a specific address, said supervisory special agent Robert Flaim.
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But when carriers put hundreds of customers behind a single public IP address using Carrier Grade NAT, the link is broken and it becomes difficult or impossible to identify the activities of an individual.
Carriers are required to provide police with records of user activity under court order, but if the records do not exist, the police are out of luck. "We're already seeing this," Flaim said June 6 at a conference on government IPv6 sponsored by the Digital Government Institute. "We are serving them subpoenas and they have nothing to provide us."
The FBI formed the Law Enforcement CGN Working Group in June 2011 to address this problem, said Flaim, who chairs the group. There are some workarounds that could help, but the ultimate answer is adoption of IPv6, which will provide enough Internet addresses to allow every user and every device to have its own address, he said.
IPv6 is the next generation of Internet Protocols, the rules that specify how networked devices communicate and interoperate on the Internet. The IPv6 address space is exponentially larger than that in the current version, IPv4, which is running out of new addresses as the growth of the Internet accelerates. Adoption of IPv6 has begun, but is moving slowly because, for the time being at least, using the new addresses requires operating and maintaining a separate network on top of existing IPv4 infrastructure.
The CGN working group wants to see the adoption of IPv6 proceed more quickly, before carriers spend millions of dollars on a Carrier Grade NAT infrastructure that would likely remain in place for decades once the investment is made.
Network Address Translation allows multiple users on a network to share a single IP address behind a device that translates the public IP address to a private network address. It has long been used by enterprises to extend their pool of addresses. But as the pool of unallocated IPv4 addresses dries up, Carrier Grade or Large Scale NAT is being seen as a tool for carriers and network providers to put off the transition to IPv6.
Nearly everyone agrees that the transition is inevitable because the addition of new customers will increasingly come with IPv6 addresses. In an effort to jump-start the transition, the Internet Society sponsored IPv6 Launch Day June 6 to encourage networks, service providers and content providers to make the transition.
The law enforcement working group has held five meetings in its first year, and has scheduled another for July. "We're gaining a lot of momentum," Flaim said, with state and local law enforcement agencies from the United States as well as foreign agencies working, along with carriers and equipment providers, to explore ways around the CGN roadblock until IPv6 replaces the need for translation.
"They are going to have to start logging a lot more," Flaim said. The working group is developing applications to identify and log user information for lawful intercept purposes. But this is no simple solution. Logging intercept data can generate petabytes of data that have to be stored and managed, requiring significant investments by carriers, and not all servers and applications support logging by default. And unlike Europe, the United States has no data retention laws specifying how data is to be gathered and handled. On top of these difficulties, the collection and retention of such information also raises serious privacy issues.
"It's a very touchy issue," Flaim said.
Even wholesale adoption of IPv6 will not completely solve the problem because users still would be able to use anonymous proxy servers to hide or obscure activities.
"A criminal can always find a way around anything," Flaim said. "What we are trying to do is eliminate most of the problems, but there are always ways around it."
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The following are regularly updated world statistics that may shed some light on where IPv6 is today:
(Please use the following three quoted strings as keyword for browser search, after replaced each underscore "_" with a forward slash "/".
We have come upon an approach that can expand each IPv4 address by 256M (Million) fold. A proposal nicknamed EzIP (phonetic for Easy IPv4) has been submitted to IETF:
Among a few interesting benefits, EzIP enables the establishment of sub-Internets each capable of serving a region up to the size of the largest city (Tokyo Metro) or 75% countries, utilizing existing technology and equipment of the current Internet, yet not required to follow its conventions.
Thoughts and comments will be much appreciated.
Abe (2018-09-27 22:32)
The IPv4 shortage issue may have been resolved. We came upon a scheme that will expand each public IPv4 address by 256M (Million) fold without affecting the current Internet. We have submitted a proposal called EzIP (phonetic for Easy IPv4) to IETF:
Essentially, EzIP can establish a sub-Internet capable of serving an area with up to 256M IoTs from just one IPv4 address. This is bigger than the largest city (Tokyo metro) and 75% of the countries. The current Internet becomes the backbone / infrastructure / skeleton for interconnecting these sub-Internets, but only for traffic among them, very similar as the electric grid supporting islands of renewable energy generated by individual homes and businesses. Consequently, there will be a lot of spare IPv4 addresses, now.
Thoughts and comments will be much appreciated.
Abe (2018-08-27 22:45)
I think it is well past time for the US Congress (both houses) to go to technology school and start writing legislation for law enforcement to protect citizens' privacy and against "unlawful search and seizure". Government agencies should be required to get court orders for having ISPs log data. It would reduce the logging costs for the ISPs and protect privacy for law abiding citizens that are not the object of ongoing investigations.
IPv6 allows for privacy addresses to be generated. Your address will change regularly, and authorities can't prove how many people there are on a network, or which activities were related. At least Mac OS X enables this by default.
This article is badly researched.
The "attribution" aspect is pretty much the same with IPv6 (with privacy addressing) as we had in IPv4 (locally NATed, not Carrier-NATed).
For home users: Either way, the FBI kicks in the door and takes all of the machines within that residence ... Carrier NATing would would require a bit more information (ports) from the FBI that the ISP would need to be logging, BUT with the same end result.
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Differenze tra le versioni di "Kansas"
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Kansas [1] è uno stato americano posto nelle regione delle Grandi pianure, pressapoco al centro geografico della Nazione. Grazie al Mago di Oz molte persone dentro e fuori del Kansas considerano questo stato come un luogo da cui scappare. Ciò nonostante il Kansas ha molti luoghi degni di una visita soprattutto se si è appassionati della storia di conquista dell'Ovest.
Other cities in Kansas include:
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Da sapere
Although native Americans have lived in Kansas for thousands of years and the first Europeans visited in the 1600s, most Kansas communities date from the early to mid 1880s. The real development of Kansas didn't take place until the 1850s when proslavery settlers from Missouri and antislavery settlers from New England flooded into the area. This period of "Bleeding Kansas" included a great deal of violence and some people consider this area to have been the cradle of the Civil War. In communities like Lawrence, Kansas many organizations and businesses still proudly display the "free state" name.
Lingue parlate
Residents of Kansas believe that they speak unaccented English, but there is a faint southern influence.
Come arrivare
If you are driving to Kansas from the east or west, it would be best to take Interstate 70. I-35 travels from the south center of the state and passes northeast meeting I-70 in Kansas City.
Wichita and Topeka have municipal airports, but most people flying into the state would come through Kansas City (Missouri). The only regular train serivce is Amtrak's Southwest Chief.
Come spostarsi
The only way to travel in Kansas is to drive. It's part of the experience of being in the state to spend time on the road. Take the time to plan a route off of the main highways and see the country.
Kansas' best known regional food is Kansas City BBQ, associated with metropolitan Kansas City area including Wyandotte County and Johnson County, as well as portions of Missouri. It is a slow "pit" style barbeque. Well known restaurants include Rosedale and Wyandotte BBQ in Kansas City, and Hayward's Pit BBQ and Kansas City Masterpiece in Overland Park. Kansas City Masterpiece in Overland Park, Kansas was the original restaurant the started the chain.
In Yoder (just outside Hutchinson), the Carriage Crossing restaurant offers Amish fare (Fried chicken, meat loaf, etc.) (except on Sundays, when they are closed).
In Newton, Charlie's Restaurant (part of the Newell's Truck Plaza) offers excellent breakfast burritos 24 hours a day.
In Abilene, The Brookville Hotel offers family style fried chicken dinners. [2]
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Kansas is in "Tornado Alley." Tornadoes and Severe thunderstorms with high winds and hail are not uncommon during the spring and summer months. Make sure you keep a radio on in the car. Should you hear the tornado sirens sounding, locate a suitable tornado shelter at once - DO NOT stay outdoors to get a picture! Also, DO NOT try to outrun the tornado in your car! You may wind up driving directly into the tornado's path.
Should the skies be cloudy, and the light take on a greenish-yellow cast, this is an indication of an imminent hail storm - again, seek shelter at once.
But keep in mind, these storms are spread over a wide area and most residents have never seen a tornado. Refer to the Tornado safety article for analysis of the issues here.


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An out-of-court settlement in the billion-dollar patent infringement court case between Apple and Samsung always seemed unlikely, despite the presiding judge, Lucy Koh, telling the two tech giants last week to talk at least once to try to reach some kind of agreement.
On Monday, it was confirmed in the San Jose courtroom that the two sides had indeed been in contact in the last few days. However, no progress was made.
"The CEOs did speak….There was no resolution," Samsung attorney Kevin Johnson told Judge Koh.
This means that, as expected, the nine-person jury will get to deliver a verdict on the case. With closing arguments set for Tuesday, the jury should begin their deliberations on Wednesday.
In the patent trial, Apple accuses Samsung of copying elements of its iPhone and iPad devices in the design of a number of its own smartphones and tablets, including Samsung's Galaxy range of mobile devices. The Cupertino company is pressing for a sales ban on these products, and is also fighting for monetary damages.
Samsung, meanwhile, accuses Apple of infringing a number of its patents, including some linked to the way smartphones deal with email attachments, photos and the playing of music files.
On Wednesday last week, Judge Koh, in a last ditch attempt to resolve the case without it going to the jury, told both sides, "It's time for peace," urging them to meet outside the courtroom to try to find a resolution to the dispute.
But the chances of success were always slim. Apple boss Tim Cook and his Samsung counterpart, Choi Gee-sung, had already met once before, prior to the start of the trial. That meeting, in April, also came to nothing.
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Divination with playing cards, Lenormand, tarot, and various other oracles (mainly cards). Psychic, spirituality, magic and related topics also welcome.
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The Gilded Thorn Band of Fortnight, Drackenvelt, Warwick.
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Free forum : Before X-men, there were freaks. Very special freaks, and ouutcasts. Thry come to this clan, to be accepted
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A forum for Owners and Enthusiasts of Gypsy Horses/Cobs/Vanners/Tinkers and related breeds (including Drums and crosses) to discuss our horses and build a community around these wonderful animals.
Free forum : Chapter of Gypsy Motorcycle Club. Free forum : Calallen Gypsy MC
To discuss Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Councils plan to create a 'residentialt' site for Gypsies and Travellers in the village of Groby, Leicestershire.
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Forum : Discuss all things miniature and dolls houses. Home made furniture, garden, character doll, miniatures.
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Cricut electric personal diecutting machines and Cricut cartridges and accessories form the basis of discussion but all things crafty or not can be discussed in this warm friendly helpful
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Free forum : A place where everything is not as it seems and darkness and light become one.
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Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal won a Pulitzer Prize in 1945 for the the photo of the Iwo Jima flag-raising. The men in the photo are (left to right): Ira H. Hayes, Franklin R. Sousley, John H. Bradley, and Harlon H. Block. Two other men, Michael Strank and Rene A. Gagnon, are in the background. Bradley was an Appleton resident.
World Book Encyclopedia (2000), vol. I, p. 525; Post-Crescent, 5-29-1988, C-15.
The web site IwoJima.com presents pictures and biographies of the Flag Raisers.
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Speaker killed
Keynote speaker killed at Elvis Conference
Sunday, January 6, 2013
By Kelly Shackleton
Oxford Eagle
Tragedy struck the Yoknapatawpha County Convention Center (YCCC) this morning when the body of Jared Plunk, 41, of Oxford, was discovered by a hotel employee. Sheriff's Department Public Information Officer Elizabeth Jones said YCCC Accommodation Manager, Yvonne Boyd, called 911 after making the horrific discovery just after 6:00 a.m.
The apparent victim of foul play, Plunk was found outside of the YCCC's fitness center, but investigators declined to release any additional details pending further investigation.
"It's still very early in our investigation," Jones stated, "but it appears that Mr. Plunk was brutally attacked outside of the fitness center. The fitness center does not open until 8:00 a.m., so it is unclear at this time why Mr. Plunk was outside of the center, but we are pursuing several leads."
Plunk, a freelance journalist, was scheduled as keynote speaker at a convention for Elvis Presley fans being held at the conference center this weekend in conjunction with Presley's birthday this Tuesday. The convention was to be the first of what organizers hoped would be an annual event.
"We've invested everything we have into getting this conference together," said Lindsey Snyder, wife of the conference organizer, Max Snyder, "and it's certain to be a magnificent event."
Mrs. Snyder went on to say that she hoped that the tragic death of Jared Plunk wouldn't discourage the attendance of potential conference-goers. "Jared was looking forward to speaking to so many Elvis fans, and I know he'd want us to continue our celebration of the King's memory."
Plunk was named keynote speaker when organizers learned that he recently uncovered some letters that he claimed were written by Elvis Presley. Sources say that, in addition to speaking at the conference, Plunk was also planning to write a book about Presley's life and the letters. The Oxford conference is just one in a series of events in the region honoring the birthday of "The King of Rock 'n' Roll."
"I drove 50 miles this past June to attend the Elvis Presley Festival in Tupelo," said Oxford resident Joe Hunter, "so I was thrilled when I learned that there was going to be a gathering of fellow fans right here in my own backyard."
Mr. Hunter said that he didn't know Jared Plunk, but like many of the people attending the conference, had been looking forward to hearing Plunk's speech. Hunter is just one of many avid fans, most dressed in costumes fit for "The King," that have arrived at the YCCC for the event.
Not everyone attending the conference center is a fan, however. One man, who declined to give his name, commented, "the obsession that these people have with Elvis is disgusting. How many more lives must be lost before this obscene hero-worship ends?"
Elvis enthusiast Sonya Davis described Plunk as a brilliant writer and shrewd businessman. "Mr. Plunk's death is a terrible shock. It's frightening that something so monstrous could happen so close to home."
Jared Plunk is survived by his wife, Allison Plunk, who was not available for comment.


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"I have tried raising money by asking for it, and by not asking for it. I always got more money by asking for it." – Millard Fuller, Founder, Habitat for Humanity.
Library fundraising takes place every day and at all levels of complexity, from the smallest library's book or bake sale to the large urban library's multimillion dollar capital campaign. You can design a fundraising effort that is perfectly suited to your library, your community and the resources of each. This Frontline Fundraising Toolkit will help you position yourself to do just that.
The guide covers the basics of annual funds, memorials and tributes, online giving and planned giving. It will also teach you how to deepen relationships with your donors and move your donors from being one-time givers to long-term library supporters. Remember that successful fundraising isn't about money. It's about relationships, and wise fundraisers understand the importance of nurturing those relationships. Read more...
Message from 2010-2011 ALA President Roberta Stevens on frontline fundraising.
Table of Contents:
1. Welcome to Frontline Fundraising: Getting Started in Eight Easy Steps
2. Laying your Foundation: Developing a Fundraising Plan
3. The Annual Fund: The Cornerstone of All Fundraising
4. Memorials and Tributes: Easy Ways to Support the Library
5. Online Donations: The Newest Way to Give
6. Planned Giving: Encouraging People to Leave a Legacy
7. An Attitude of Gratitude: Acknowledgment and Stewardship
8. Building Relationships with Donors: Identification, Cultivation, Solicitation and Stewardship
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Dear Jim: I don't have a huge budget to work with, but I would like to make my house more energy efficient. Instead of spending some of it on a professional energy audit, how can I do an energy audit myself? – Steve M.

Dear Steve: Even if your house is already reasonably energy efficient, there likely are quite a few inexpensive improvements which can yield a good return. Other than major equipment and material improvements, you should be able to do many of them yourself for only the material costs.

It is important to get an idea of how generally efficient your house is.

One way to do this is to total all the energy used by your house over an entire year or more years if possible. This total amount of energy will be adjusted for your climate and size of your house. Obviously a large house in northern Michigan will use more energy than a small one in San Diego.

The total energy consumed by your house should measured in Btu (British thermal units). One Btu is roughly the amount of heat given off by burning a wooden kitchen match. The majority of the total can be determined from your utility bills, but don't forget wood used in the fireplace or other energy sources such as propane and oil.

Find your utility bills for a one-year period, preferably a calendar year from simplicity. Use these conversion factors to get the Btu

equivalents: 1 kilowatt-hour of electricity – 3,414 Btu, 1 cubic foot of natural gas – 1,025 Btu, 1 gallon of propane – 91,000 Btu, 1 gallon of oil – 138,700 Btu, and 1 cord of wood – 19 million Btu.

Contact your local weather station office to find the number of heating and cooling degree days for the year. Don't just use an average for your area because it can vary significantly from year to year. This number represents the severity of the weather. Divide the total number of Btu by this number.

Divide this result by the total square footage of your house. A number less than 10 indicates a very efficient house and it may be difficult to find many cost-effective improvements. A range from 10 to 20 is more common. A number above 20 means the house is inefficient and it should be easy to find inexpensive efficiency improvements with a good payback.

The three primary inefficiencies are from air leakage, inadequate insulation and inefficient old heating and cooling units. On a windy day, move a lighted stick of incense around the edges of the windows and doors. Observe the trail of the smoke to locate leaky spots. This also works for finding leaks at joints in the duct system.

Putting your hand on the wall to feel the temperature can identify areas of inadequate insulation. Low-cost, hand-held devices are also available to find hot and cold spots on the wall. Tape a thermometer on the wall by the furnace thermostat to check the accuracy of the thermostat. You may be keeping your house warmer or colder than you realize which significantly increases your overall energy usage.

Dear Jim: Last summer, I noticed water on the floor around my furnace when the central air conditioner was running. I assume it is from the evaporator coils. What can I do to eliminate the water leakage? – Randy K.

Dear Randy: When the air conditioner is running, the evaporator coils get very cold. They sweat similar to a cold soft drink can on a hot summer day. This water is supposed to drip into a pan and drain out through a hose.

Hopefully it is just a clogged hose which is causing the drip pan to overflow. Clean out the drain tube. The other reason is a rusted out drip pan. This will require a professional service call to have it replaced.

Send inquiries to James Dulley, Newspaper Name, 6906 Royalgreen Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45244 or visit www.dulley.com.

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