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F216 - High-Speed Octal UART Interface Board
3U CompactPCIThis product has been discontinued.
The F216 is an octal UART I/O board based on 3U CompactPCI. Two UART controllers provide four full-duplex serial channels each.
Main Features
Technical Data
- Eight RS232/RS422/RS485 UARTs
- Software-configurable
- Default at start-up: RS422, can be customized through non-volatile state saver
- Two 16Z125_UART controllers with four UARTs each
- Data rates:
- Up to 921,600 bit/s with RS422/RS485
- Up to 230,400 bit/s with RS232
- 60-byte transmit/receive buffer
- Handshake lines: full support with RS232
- Full-duplex operation with RS422, half-duplex operation with RS485
- Isolation between channels: 500V
- Accessible on front-panel 78-pin D-Sub connector
- One status LED to signal FPGA configuration (UARTs ready)
- Three user LEDs, FPGA-controlled by 16Z034_GPIO controller
- Compliance with CompactPCI Core Specification PICMG 2.0 R3.0
- Peripheral slot
- V(I/O): +3.3V (+5V tolerant)
- +5V (-3%/+5%), 430mA
- +3.3V (-3%/+5%), 170mA
- Dimensions: conforming to CompactPCI specification for 3U boards
- Front panel: 4HP with ejector
- Weight: 182g
- Temperature range (operation):
- Airflow: min. 1m/s
- Temperature range (storage): -40..+85°C
- Relative humidity (operation): max. 95% non-condensing
- Relative humidity (storage): max. 95% non-condensing
- Altitude: -300m to + 3,000m
- Shock: 15g/11ms
- Bump: 10g/16ms
- Vibration (sinusoidal): 2g/10..150Hz
- Driver software for Windows, Linux, VxWorks, QNX
- For more information on supported operating system versions and drivers see Software.
Ordering Information
Linux native driver (MEN) for 16Z025_UART, 16Z057_UART and 16Z125_UART
The MDIS5 system package includes most standard device drivers for Linux available from MEN.
Windows Installset (MEN) for F216
Windows Embedded Standard 7 BSP
MDIS5 System (and Device Driver) Package (MEN) for VxWorks. This software package includes most standard device drivers available from MEN.
MDIS4/2004 system (and device driver) package (MEN) for QNX, source code. This software package includes most standard device drivers available from MEN.
QNX 6.5 native driver (MEN) for 16Z025_UART and 16Z125_UART
QNX 6.4 native driver (MEN) for 16Z025_UART and 16Z125_UART
QNX 6.3 native driver (MEN) for 16Z025_UART and 16Z125_UART


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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- The cast and crew on a film blamed for inciting protests at U.S. State Department posts in Libya and Egypt say they were "grossly misled" by the producer.
The 80 actors and crew members of "Innocence of Muslims" said in a statement Wednesday they are "extremely upset and feel taken advantage of by the producer," CNN reported.
"We are 100 percent not behind this film and were grossly misled about its intent and purpose," the statement said. "We are shocked by the drastic re-writes of the script and lies that were told to all involved. We are deeply saddened by the tragedies that have occurred."
Cindy Lee Garcia of Bakersfield, Calif., told Gawker.com she was hired to act in the film, but she and the rest of the cast had been told the project was about life in Egypt 2,000 years ago.
"It wasn't based on anything to do with religion, it was just on how things were run in Egypt," she said. "There wasn't anything about Muhammad or Muslims or anything."
Garcia said she was cast in the project after answering a casting call on Craigslist in July 2011 and was given a script with the title, "Desert Warriors."
"Muhammad wasn't even called Muhammad," she said. "He was 'Master George.'"
She said the dialogue in the online trailer is overdubbed, with the word "Muhammad," as well as several offensive references to Islam, inserted in place of the original dialogue.
The producer of the film, who has been identified as Sam Bacile, has been unavailable for media inquiries and there are reports he is in hiding.

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According to the Washington Post, Washington DC charters may soon be the majority school system like New Orleans. Charter students are gaining... #winning
October count came in at 46,191--that's down 419 students, about six-tenths of a percent-- from last fall's 46,515. That was when the District received a 1.6 percent bump over 2009.
The city's public charter schools continued their robust growth. The Public Charter School Board reported unaudited enrollment at 32,009--an 8.2 percent boost over last October's 29,557.


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This information was filed in the traffic division of Marion County District Court. All fines include court costs.
Thomas A. Blevins, Derby, April 5, speeding (80 mph in a 65 mph zone), deferred adjudication, $173.
Ashley Marie Bowles, Lindsborg, April 10, speeding (81 in a 65), deferred adjudication, $179.
Meredith Rose Burkhart, Newton, April 5, speeding (86 in a 65), deferred adjudication, $230.
Robert E. Hanneman, Peabody, May 22, failure to wear a seatbelt, $10.
Kordell Leon Harding, Herington, Dec. 2, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, deferred adjudication, $893.
Robert Alex Martin, April 11, speeding (83 in a 65), deferred adjudication, $191.
Roman Miranda-Garay, Bennington, Feb. 10, speeding and failure to yield to emergency vehicle; deferred adjudication, $344.
John Bruce Nieman, Millsap, Texas, Dec. 31, driving under the influence, deferred adjudication, $893.
Thai Thanh Nguyen, Wichita, May 25, expired boat registration, $248.
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GeoTrellis is a geographic data processing engine for high performance applications.
GeoTrellis provides data types for working with rasters in the Scala language, as well as fast reading and writing of these data types to disk.
GeoTrellis provides a number of operations to manipulate raster data, including cropping/warping, Map Algebra operations, and rendering operations, as well as vector to raster operations such as Kernel Density and vectorization of raster data.
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Just as in the Middle East so it is in the US. The freedoms are being lost, the censorship and control of the American media is in full swing. We were able in the past to comment easily . Now most of the comments are tightly controlled. A new system was installed that allows comments only through DISQUS-most censored, and others like facebook. The feedback that the media and people get with this kind of comment manipulation differs little from totalitarian countries. It gives the public a warped picture of reality. Pro war, pro Israel propaganda is being fed to the American people just like in Hoover's time.Herbert Hoover in "Freedom Betrayed" quotes Saturday Evening Post which on 2/1/1941 stated : "America strategist who controlled the war propaganda knew better than to name their objectives in the beginning". Brainwashing then and braiwashing now while the wars continue.Forget Middle East-the U.S. is under Press Terrorism occupation.
quarantine the muzzies
John 4:14
but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life."
Lonely voice of reason as opposed to prevailing lunatic illusions of majority of political commentators.
Thanks a ton for this seemingly truthful article.
But, I am amazed to see this article under FAREED ZAKARIA-GPS, knowing fully well that Mr. Zakaria (my former countryman from India) is a radical Islamist in western clothing, batting for Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood in these columns.......
Mr.Fareed Zakaria is doing to the US what his polygamous Islamic scholar father Late Mr.Rafiq Zakaria did to India. I am sorry to be commenting on Late Mr.Zakaria's polygamism, but I had to b'coz had I as a Hindu or the author as a Christian would dare to take more than one wife in India, we would be treated as routine CRIMINALS and would spend have spent our lives not with our wives but in a jail cell!!!
Sorry about the grammer. Pressed post before I revised my thoughts.
Anyways, I was just trying to say that FAREED ZAKARIA-GPS has been portraying the Arab Spring as the greatest thing that ever happened NOT just to the ME, but to all of mankind!!!.
He has been the focal point for winning support for all the radicals out there, by sugarcoating everything they say, for the consumption of gullible Americans.
I have written extensively in these columns to expose Mr.Zakaria, who is surely no friend of two of the GREATEST NATIONS ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH – USA ( Mr.Zakaria's current home) or INDIA (his former homeland)!
Mr. Zakaria owes his allegiance to just one thing.........the MUSLIM UMMAH, and to that end he will support every Muslim cause anywhere in the world.......irrespective of merits!
And, please don't be fooled by his Taqiyya....his Jewish connection (his troubled marriage to a Jewish women), or his proclaimed non-religious outlook......none of that matter.
Like Mr. Zakaria, on the other side of the world in radical Pakistan is Mr. Imran Khan, a Muslim who has been a playboy, a drinker, Convent educated, and ofcourse married to a British Jewish baronnes.......who is now batting for the Taliban and Islamic radicals (even though they detest him for being impure!) and campaigning against US drones.
So when it comes to their religion nothing matters to these Islamic wolves in Sheep's clothing......they are in fact far more dangerous than their Koranic educated brethren fighting in the ravines of Af-Pak!!!!!
This something Americans and Indians need to understand really, really well......if they need to stay safe !!!!!!!!!!
In the face of Islam........nothing can really change. It is a religious dictatorship, and it will not change.
We have Albania and Turkey in Nato both muslim countries. The US installed the Shah in 1953 in Iran, a muslim ruler. The US pumped millions of dollars in weapons into Iraq under Reagan from 1980-1988 so Saddam Hussein could fight his war with Iran. Never forget Rumsfeld was personal friends with Saddam and visited him in the 80 as Under Secretary of Defense for Reagan. We are alliedwith Kuwait a muslim country and have military bases there. We have American troops in Egypt protecting the Egyptian-Isreli border. Morocco is one of the first countries to recognize the USA in 1782. Every US president since Roosevelt has meet with the Saudi kings. Bush II invited the Saudi King to Crawford ranch after Sept 11th. never forget 15 of the 19 Sept 11th hijackers were Saudis and in this country with Saudi passports. Muslims now outnumber Jews in the USA. We live in a multipolar world. Get use to it. China has bigger Pacific fleet than the USA. Palkistan has nuclear weapons as does India. The world is very small isn't it.
Create a Palestinian State like Bush promised by 2005. Interfaith dialogue, multiculturalism, and intermarriage between Jews and Palestinians. No to wars of choice. No to the Neocons. War is death, destruction, disease, and horror. Imagine a war and nobody decides to go. Want a war volunteer yourself and your children. Don't be a draft dodger like Romney and Cheney.


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Sharon Gerstel is Professor of Byzantine Art History and Archaeology at the University of California, Los Angeles Trained in art history and religious studies, Gerstel's work focuses on the intersection of ritual and art, particularly monumental painting. Her first book, Beholding the Sacred Mysteries, was published as a CAA Monograph in 1999. She has also edited the volumes A Lost Art Rediscovered: The Architectural Ceramics of Byzantium (with J. Lauffenburger) (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001), Thresholds of the Sacred: Art Historical, Archaeological, Liturgical and Theological Views on Religious Screens, East and West (Dumbarton Oaks/Harvard University Press, 2007). Approaching the Holy Mountain: Art and Liturgy at St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai (with Robert S. Nelson) (Brepols, 2010), and Viewing the Morea: Land and People in the Late Medieval Peloponnese (Dumbarton Oaks/Harvard University Press, forthcoming 2012). She was awarded membership at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, in 2010-2011, and a J. Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in 2011-2012 to complete her book, Landscapes of the Village: The Devotional Life and Setting of the Late Byzantine Peasant, which is under contract with Cambridge University Press. In addition to her work in the field of art history, Gerstel has also been involved in numerous excavations in Greece, both as a field director and as a ceramics specialist. Her comprehensive study of the medieval village of Panakton appeared in Hesperia in 2003. Other archaeological publications have appeared in Hesperia and in several edited volumes. Her publications on ceramic tiles produced in Nicomedia (modern-day Izmit, Turkey) have appeared in the Journal of the Walters Art Museum and in volumes in honor of Thomas F. Mathews and Alice-Mary Talbot. Publications on Byzantine women, including empresses, village widows, and rural nuns, can be found in The Art Bulletin, the Deltion tes Christianikes Archaiologikes Hetaireieas, and the Wiener Jahrbuch für Kunstgeschichte. Gerstel currently serves on the editorial boards of the journals Hesperia and Viator and of the series Studies in the Visual Culture of the Middle Ages.
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Unknown, San Ildefonso, Polychrome jar with geometric design
Pueblo: San Ildefonso
Dimensions: 10 1/4 in H by 12 1/2 in Dia
Item Number: xxsih5420
Price: $ CALL
Description: Polychrome jar with geometric design
Condition: Very good with chips around rimℑs=5
Signature: Unsigned
Date Created: Circa 1905
San Ildefonso Pueblo
Black Mesa at San Ildefonso Pueblo
San Ildefonso Pueblo is located about twenty miles northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, mostly on the eastern bank of the Rio Grande. Although their ancestry has been traced as far back as abandoned pueblos in the Mesa Verde area in southwestern Colorado, the most recent ancestral home of the people of San Ildefonso is in the area of Bandelier National Monument, the prehistoric villages of Tyuonyi, Otowi, Navawi and Tsankawi specifically. The area of Tsankawi abuts the reservation on its northwest side.
The San Ildefonso name was given to the village in 1617 when a mission church was established. Before then the village was called Powhoge, "where the water cuts through" (in Tewa). Today's pueblo was established as long ago as the 1300's and when the Spanish arrived in 1540 they estimated the village population at about 2,000.
That village mission was destroyed during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and when Don Diego de Vargas returned to reclaim the San Ildefonso area in 1694, he found virtually the entire tribe on top of nearby Black Mesa. After an extended siege the two sides negotiated a treaty and the people returned to their village. However, the next 250 years were not good for them. Finally, the Spanish swine flu pandemic of 1918 reduced the tribe's population to about 90. The tribe's population has increased to more than 600 today but the only economic activity available for most on the pueblo involves the creation of art in one form or another. The only other jobs are off-pueblo. San Ildefonso's population is small compared to neighboring Santa Clara Pueblo, but the pueblo maintains its own religious traditions and ceremonial feast days.
San Ildefonso has produced fine ceramic art since early pre-Columbian times. The pueblo is most known for being the home of the most famous Pueblo Indian potter, Maria Martinez. Many other excellent potters have produced quality pottery from this pueblo, too, among them: Blue Corn, Tonita and Juan Roybal, Dora Tse Pe and Rose Gonzales. Of course the descendants of Maria Martinez are still important pillars of San Ildefonso's pottery tradition. Maria's influence reached far and wide, so far and wide that even Juan Quezada, founder of the Mata Ortiz pottery renaissance in Chihuahua, Mexico, came to San Ildefonso to learn from her.
San Ildefonso Pueblo at Wikipedia
Pueblo of San Ildefonso official website
Pueblos of the Rio Grande, by Daniel Gibson
Photo is in the public domain
Print this Pueblo History(.pdf)
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- The most obvious tip: Yes, the pots will break if you drop them!
- Do not expose pottery to water (Inside or outside). Do not wipe with a damp cloth.
- Dust pottery only with a soft, smooth cloth (no terry cloth or textured fabric). A very soft paintbrush (sable or camel) can be used.
- Always use two hands to carry your pot: one on top and one on the bottom, or one hand on each side. Be careful with handles, they can be fragile. Do not grip or lift pots by the rim. Take care when wearing jewelry, rings can scratch the finish.
- Place a piece of felt or cloth between the pot and the shelf to protect the signature.
- Avoid exposing pottery to extreme temperature changes.
For those who live in "earthquake country" (also good for mischievous pets):
- Weigh pots down with a small zip lock bag containing sand, glass marbles, rice, etc. Do not fill the pot more than one third full as you want them bottom heavy. Remember to remove the weight before moving.
- Secure your shelves; make sure they are well attached to the walls. Shelf brackets should be of sufficient length and strength to support the weight of your pottery.
- Prevent pots from sliding. Consider attaching a small wooden molding to the front of shelves. Line shelves with non-slip material (a thin sheet of rubber foam, Styrofoam sheeting, etc.)
- If you need assistance with special problems, major cleaning (your grandchild spills ice cream on your pot), restoration or repair (the cat breaks a pot), or replacement (irreparable damage), please feel free to call us.
We hope these ideas help you maintain the beauty and value of your pottery for years of enjoyment.
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When I opened MediaCoder yesterday to convert some MKV files, I saw that there was an update to Version 5300. I downloaded and installed it -- Window 7 x64. Upon running 5300 several times, I got Error 15 repeatedly and no successful conversions. The error is about a muxer, but I have no idea what that means.
Fortunately, I was able to download and install the earlier version, 5280, and that works just fine.
With 5300 and 5280, I am using all defaults and selecting New iPad / iTV / Apple TV.
I'm happy using 5280 but I'm curious to know why 5300 isn't working. Do others have this problem? I have read the getting started tips, but I don't see anything I am doing wrong.
A second problem is that the Configuration Wizard does not work. The button is on the opening splash screen, but it does nothing. Also, the Wizard is not on any of the menus. Any ideas? I'd like to use the Wizard.
Thank you.
Version 5300 results in Error 15
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just wondering if anyone knows if there will be much mods when it comes out, since i dont think GT was ever too big into it but probably will be eventually.
like being able to custom decals like forza. There could be practical mods that also alter appearance like carbon hoods that decrease weight, wheel sizes, installing spoilers with angle adjusting etc. They can also take something from kaido, where you get sponsor decals you can win from doing certain tasks, which helps you earn cash easily.
it may end up creating a lot of virtual ricers but who cares. it's cool having cars you can distinguish easily, and just because something has a decal and wing doesnt mean it's riced.
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I hope so.Because i want a masterpiece car of my own!


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Premier LRBC Desert Patina Issues
All are either reduced-follis, antoninianus, Æ 2 or Æ 3
Con/ all at VF-EF and will be easily attributed via RIC, Wildwinds, etc.
The emperors include Probus, Aurelian, Galerius, Maximianus, Diocletian, Licinius I and Licinius II (!), Constantine I & Family, Arcadius, Theodosius, Aelia Flacilla, Valentinian II, and more.
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When you think football games, you think Madden. When you think football games, you think FIFA. When you think basketball, you think NBA Live, NBA 2K, and the fact neither of them is really that huge. Why is that, EA?
"I'm not a programmer by any means, but I know enough to say there's this physics and fluidity thing that we're still working through with basketball," says EA Sports boss Peter Moore. "The guys who make basketball games will tell you that basketball creates a unique challenge that's different from what they face with, say, creating an American football game or hockey game."
"From a programming and engineering standpoint, following the bouncing basketball adds an element that you don't have in football or other sports. The fluidity of motion that's required in basketball makes it the most exposed sport in terms of the restraints of what you can do with the hardware that we have now. That's my opinion, anyway."
Bam. Score one for Peter Moore. I've tried a few basketball games this generation, mainly the 2K series, and find that even as the sweat looks wetter and the court looks shinier, basketball games still feel stunted and artificial in comparison to something like FIFA, which excels as an expression of a fluid sport.
Interesting he says it's hardware holding basketball games back, what with both the 360 and PS3 looking set to be sticking around for a few more years at least.
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Some brothers are sick, but then again, so are some sisters. Kiri Starr is one of these sick sisters that does more than watch her little sister get fucked, she joined in!
When Kiri showed up at my door with her little sister in tow, I was a little surprised. Normally it's the brother that drags their sister to me because the little tart did some unforgivable thing and he wants to see her punished – or at least he wants to see his little sister in a porno film and get a few cash for pimpin her little cunt. But it seams Thena had broken Kiri's Hookah and Kiri was pissed. Kiri knew about me because her loving brother had already pimped her out to me for wrecking his turntable.
So – I thought I would be fucking one sister – not making sister porn with two sexy teen sisters. But nothing surprises me any more when it comes to dysfunctional families. I started on Thena but it didn't take long for Kiri to join in making it a regular sister orgy. Although the sisters didn't fuck each other they both took turns on my throbbing hard cock.
Now I'd be the last person to complain about my job – I mean, how many 48-year old men get to make sister porno – fucking teenage sisters on a weekly basis? Hell, I bet you would love to slide your penis deep into these two sisters – shit I sure as hell did!
I even let the little cunts video themselves getting fucked so I could share the hardcore sister porno with all of my fans. You really should check out the full-length sister porno videos on www.bringmeyoursister.com


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Advice, About the course, Method, Wiki edits
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- Basic Course Information
- Philosophical Methods
- Assignment Rubric
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- The Short Short Guide to Wiki Edits
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- Larsen C ice shelf ready to go! [1]
- De Waal Monkey Research TED talk- https://www.ted.com/talks/frans_de_waal_do_animals_have_morals
- Monkey fairness: [2]
- Religious freedom case in Switzerland. [3]
- NYRB article reviewing a range of books in psychology, Tamsin Shaw, "The Psychologists Take Power" [4]
- NYRB reply to Tamsin Shaw from Jonathan Haidt and Steven Pinker [5]
- NYRB review of recent work on sociology of technology: [6]
- Mercier and Sperber article mentioned in Haidt, Chapter 4: [7]
- Genetically engineered morality? [[8]]
- The Trolley Problem. Variations on the Trolley Problem: [[9]]
- Self-driving cars with Trolley problems: [10]
- Sparknotes key dates / summaries on Enlightenment. [11]
- Review of a recent book by biologist David Sloan Wilson on group selection and altruism. [12]
- False Belief Test: [13]
- The Cold Logic of Drunk People [14]
- Visit the site Your Morals. org and take one or two of the surveys. Write a journal entry about it.
- Prompt for Eco essay, "When the Other Appears on the Scene" -- "The following letter is Eco's reply to a question the cardinal had asked him: "What is the basis of the certainty and necessity for moral action of those who, in order to establish the absolute nature of an ethic, do not intend to appeal to metaphysical principles or transcendental values, or even to universally valid categorical imperatives?""
- New Yorker article on "Biology of Violence," [15] suggesting that criminal subcultures are following "legitimate" evolutionary strategies.
- Ethics Core Course Proposal -- this is an internal document for certifying the course as a core Ethics course.
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Previous class notes
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- Fall 2018 Immigration Research - Italy, Europe, and US -- 1st wave
- Fall 2018 Immigration Research - Italy, Europe, and US -- 2nd wave
- A Good Death
- Ethical Treatment of Animals
- Basic Income Guarantee (B.I.G.) / Living Wage
- Religious Liberty and Freedom of Conscience
- Sustainability and Food Production
- Aid to the Absolutely Poor
- US Income and Wealth Inequality
- Wiki Research Page for Cases involving Freedom of Conscience -- Spring 2018
- Police Bias in U.S.
- Catch and Kill Journalism
- Climate Change
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(Updates with affected debt in third paragraph.)Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) — Hewlett-Packard Co. had its credit ratings cut by Moody's Investors Service, which cited concern about the computer maker's ability to contend with competition and "execution challenges."
Moody's cut the company's long-term credit ratings to Baa1, three levels above junk, from A3, the credit-rating company said in a statement. Its outlook is negative.
Hewlett-Packard is taking an $8.8 billion writedown related to alleged falsified accounting at Autonomy Corp., the software maker it acquired last year. That's compounding challenges, including management upheaval and dwindling demand for personal computers, that have cast doubt on a push by Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman to revive growth. About $25 billion in debt is affected by the cut, Moody's said.
"Although HP will maintain strong to leading positions in a number of product areas, the company's credit profile will remain weaker than previously expected over the intermediate term," Richard Lane, a Moody's senior vice president, wrote in the statement.
Sales at Hewlett-Packard will decline 5 per cent next year and operating margins will narrow, compared with the company's historical average, Moody's said.
"Nobody is worried about HP defaulting, but the downgrade shows a lack of confidence in HP's turnaround and its ability to be a powerhouse going forward," said Erik Gordon, a professor at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
Confidence Ebbing
The cost of protecting Hewlett-Packard bonds from default rose 2.9 basis points to 366.4 basis points as of 4 p.m. in New York, according to prices compiled by Bloomberg.
The contracts typically rise as investor confidence deteriorates and fall as it improves. Credit-default swaps pay the buyer face value if a borrower fails to meet its obligations, less the value of the defaulted debt. A basis point equals $1,000 annually on a contract protecting $10 million of debt.
The contracts have risen from 349.4 on Nov. 19, the day before the company announced the Autonomy-related writedown.
Hewlett-Packard's $1.5 billion of 2.6 per cent notes due September 2017 fell 0.3 cent to 94.9 cents on the dollar to yield 3.78 per cent as of 4:19 p.m. in New York, according to Trace, the bond-price reporting system of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
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- Makes 8 servings
- Crust:
- 6 tablespoons (or more) ice water
- 1 large egg yolk
- 2 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- Filling:
- 3 pounds firm but ripe Bartlett pears, peeled, quartered, cored, cut into 1/3-inch-thick wedges
- 1/3 cup pure maple syrup
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon minced crystallized ginger
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 2 tablespoons whole milk
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- For crust:
- Whisk 6 tablespoons ice water and egg yolk in small bowl to blend. Mix flour, sugar and salt in processor. Add butter. Using on/off turns, process until mixture resembles coarse meal. Drizzle egg mixture over. Using on/off turns, process until moist clumps form, adding more ice water by teaspoonfuls if dough is dry. Gather dough together and divide into 2 pieces, 1 slightly larger than the other. Flatten into disks; wrap each disk in plastic and chill 1 hour. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Keep refrigerated.)
- For filling:
- Position 1 rack in center and 1 rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 375°F. Toss first 8 ingredients in large bowl to coat.
- Roll out larger dough disk on lightly floured work surface to 12-inch round. Transfer dough to 9-inch-diameter glass pie dish. Transfer filling to crust. Roll out smaller dough disk on lightly floured surface to 13-inch round. Drape dough over filling. Trim overhang to 1/2 inch. Fold overhang under, pressing to seal and forming high-standing rim. Crimp edge decoratively. Brush crust with milk. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar. Cut several slits in top to allow steam to escape during baking.
- Place baking sheet on bottom rack to catch any juices that may bubble over. Bake pie on center rack until crust is golden brown and juices bubble thickly, tenting pie with foil if crust browns too quickly, about 1 hour. Transfer pie to rack and cool. Serve pie slightly warm or at room temperature.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories521
- Carbohydrates83 g(28%)
- Fat19 g(29%)
- Protein6 g(12%)
- Saturated Fat11 g(56%)
- Sodium157 mg(7%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat1 g
- Fiber7 g(26%)
- Monounsaturated Fat5 g
- Cholesterol69 mg(23%)


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We haven't seen Resident Evil 5 yet, but there's a strong chance these new photos from Vogue Italia are the most interesting thing we're seeing Milla Jovovich in this week. In the photoshoot by Peter Lindbergh, it's some kind of dystopian future, and Jovovich is a protester sporting Jenny Holtzer propaganda signs. It's like a surrealistic version of Occupy Mega-City One.
Some of our favorite images from the photoshoot are below. Check out some more at the link. [via The Improper]


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Noodles, flatbreads the hallmark of Gene Wu's Chinese menu
Post date: Jun 29, 2010 6:15:30 AM
By Kara Baskin Globe Correspondent June 12, 2012
CHELMSFORD — Gene Wu didn't plan on a noodle-pulling career. The effusive proprietor of Gene's Chinese Flatbread Cafe came here 15 years ago from Xi'an, the capital of northwest China's Shaanxi province, to study chemistry and find steady work. He did the corporate grind for a while, but pushing 40, he craved more.
Now Wu toils happily at a small storefront, stretching noodles behind a counter. "Not many people want to do this," he says. Hand-stretching noodles is an arduous process that rewards only those who appreciate sunrises. Still, Wu saw an opportunity: While Western Chinese restaurants like Xi'an Famous Foods are making waves in New York, Massachusetts lacks authentic Xi'an cuisine, hallmarked by noodle soups and flatbread. "In northwest China, we didn't have much rice," he explains. He opened on Thanksgiving Day 2011. When most Americans were scarfing turkey, Wu was rolling dough.
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Gene Wu hand-pulls noodles every morning in the kitchen of his Chelmsford restaurant, where the few dishes on the menu are derived from his grandfather's recipes.
Finding Gene's isn't a trip to China, but it does take pluck and a GPS. The storefront is beside a package store on a bumpy stretch of country road, across the street from a cluster of trailers. The kitchen, visible from the dining room, where there are 20 seats, is smaller than a suburban walk-in closet. Wu bounds about the space, which is festooned with family photos and glossies of each menu item.
Wu's restaurant is truly a family affair. Dishes are derived from his grandfather's recipes. True to minimalist Xi'an tradition, says Wu, there are only a handful of menu offerings. One is supple Chinese flatbread filled with marinated five-spice pork or beef, so juicy that condiments are unnecessary, though Wu graciously offers sriracha to the uninitiated. At $4 each, it's tempting to load up on several for the road. The other stunner is biang biang mian: strappy hand-pulled noodles in chili oil, crowned with shards of garlic and sprigs of cilantro. "Biang biang comes from the bang bang noise as we pull the noodles and slap them against the counter," Wu explains. "Banging makes the noodles more solid."
On weekends, Wu arrives at 6 a.m. to prepare his signature chilled noodles with steamed gluten and bean sprouts. He washes wheat flour and leaves it overnight. The next morning, he steams the dough made with it on a flat tray until it softens ("like a sponge," he says). Then it's time to cut and tug, stretching each noodle like taffy. These are made fresh throughout the weekend, but they are too time-consuming to craft during the week.
Other noodles are made in batches every morning and during lulls, "just like at a bakery," he says. House noodle soup is a daily staple. "It's called sister-in-law soup," Wu says. The dish is traditionally fashioned by a matriarch with whatever she has on hand. The noodles — skinnier and glossier than the hand-pulled variety — swim in an elephantine bowl of savory chicken broth fortified with lima beans, green beans, and carrots. It's a soft blanket of a dish, designed for groggy mornings.
The seeds for this enterprise were planted in a young Wu. In China, he started out as a dishwasher at his grandfather's restaurant. "I was almost as tall as the sink," he says. He absorbed the intricacies of noodle-making, but his grandfather urged him to pursue a career that didn't involve long hours and instability. "I came to America to go to school, find a job, get married, " he says. "Now I'm a bad husband." Doubtful: His wife is often working alongside him on weekends.
When he opened, locals were mystified at first. Where was the lo mein? Wu gamely added a few Americanized Chinese dishes to his menu (rangoon, wings). Now loyalists travel for his broad noodles in tingly spice. "People even come from Connecticut and Rhode Island," Wu says.
On that first Thanksgiving, he remembers, a traveler stumbled across his threshold and eyed the biang biang mian. The customer said, "'Well, OK, let me try that. I'm Italian, we know noodles!' He was confused and nervous," Wu says. And ultimately delighted: Now he returns twice a week.
Gene's Chinese Flatbread Cafe 257 Littleton Road, Chelmsford, 978-256-6789


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Leave all the conveniences of the modern world behind, cross the strait between concrete structures and extraordinary woods, venture into a world of natural splendor, and gaze upon some of the most mystifying sceneries on the face of the earth : those are what the secluded Sempu Island has to offer.
Situated on the south coast of Malang Regency in East Java and administratively located in the Tambak Rejo Village, Sumbermanjing Wetan Sub-District, this small island lies just off the coast of Sendang Biru Beach, approximately 80 Km from Malang city or about 180 Km from the capital of East Java , Surabaya. The 877 hectares forested island is a Nature Reserve under the management of the Natural Resources Conservation Office of East Java (BBKSDA) and the Ministry of Forestry of Indonesia, and was actually designated a Nature Reserve since 1928 in the Dutch Colonial period.
Among the island's most fascinating features is the Segara Anakan lagoon located about 2.5Km further south into the island. Hidden deep beyond the thick tropical forest, the approximately 4 hectares lagoon is truly a secluded paradise where a white sandy beach meets calm blue waters separated from the raging tides of the open ocean by a picturesque rocky wall surrounding the area. The incoming tides penetrate only through several caves above and below the surface, thus the water inside the lagoon remains calm, and makes a perfect place for swimming. Its secluded location also radiates a sense of intimacy, where the beach becomes a private getaway, not unlike the setting for the 2000 Leonardo Di Caprio's Movie "The Beach".
Adventure awaits those who wish to explore Sempu Island and reach the Segara Anakan Lagoon. Cross the straits from Sendang Biru Beach on the mainland to the Teluk Semut (Ant Bay) at Sempu Island. From here, the journey continues over a trekking path for about two hours through quite thick forest with several ascending and descending tracks, before one reaches the secluded lagoon. While the trip may not be an easy walk, the grand price that awaits at the finish line is more than just worth it. Boats and guide services are available at the Sendang Biru Beach area.
Sempu Island also has other fascinating spots which offer equal splendors including the Waru-waru beach, Telaga Lele (Catfish Lake, a fresh water lake named after the many catfish found within), Tiger Cave, Pasir Panjang Beach (Long sand Beach), Pasir Kembar Beach (Twin sands beach), Fresh Water Beach (named after a fresh water spring on the rocks near the beach), and Telaga Sat (Dry Lake).
As a Nature Reserve, Sempu Island has various types of ecosystems ranging from coastal forest, mangroves, and lowland tropical forest which dominates the whole island. Among the vegetation found on Sempu Island are bendo (Artocarpus elasticus), triwulan (Terminalia), wadang (Pterocarpus javanicus), ketapang (Terminalia catappa), waru laut (Hibiscus tiliaceus), pandan (Pandanus tectorius), Mangroves (Rhizophora mucronata and Rhizophora apiculata), and many more. Interestingly, the name Sempu is said to have been taken from a particular type of tree that is found in the island, however, the tree can hardly be found these days.
The Nature Reserve is also home to several wildlife inhabitants such as: the Javanese Monkey (Tracypithecus auratus), Black Monkeys (Presbitis cristata pyrrha) , Grey Macaques (Macaca fascicularis), wild boar (Sus sp), deer (Muntiacus muntjak), kancil/small deer (Tragulus javanicus), Prawn (Alcedo athis), belodok fish (Periopthalmus sp), crab (Ocypoda stimsoni), and many more. There are also several types of reptiles including giant lizards and snakes and also several types of birds that find shelter on the island.
Or contact:
Setyadi , Head of the Sempu Island Conservation Office
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These clinics are held each month at in our community in order to serve persons who have difficulty in getting to the Health Department. They are intended for adults and children who do not have private doctors.
The first two clinics below offer services which include health screenings, immunizations, and laboratory testing. All services are free of charge, walk-in only (no appointments), and are provided by registered nurses from the Health Department, along with volunteer physicians. The Rescue Mission Medical Clinic only provides health screenings to persons 18 and over (every Thursday) and dental extractions (on the second Thursday) and must be uninsured to be seen at this clinic.
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Bethany Baptist Church
600 Old Hollow Road
2nd Saturday of each month
8:00 am - 11:00
Winston-Salem Rescue Mission Medical Clinic
710 North Trade Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Every Monday and Thursday, 6:30 am - 8:30 am
First come, first served.
Adults: Age 18 years and up
Rescue Mission Dental Clinic
710 North Trade Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
2nd Thursday - Dental Clinic
The number of patients is limited
Please come early.


text: Before stirring up drama on Bravo's "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" and becoming embroiled in a divorce drama, Brandi Glanville spent 17 years traveling the world as a high fashion runway and print model. After moving to Paris at 16 and signing with Elite, the blonde appeared in magazines like "Cosmopolitan" and "Glamour" and worked runways for couture design houses Armani, Chanel and Gucci. She married Eddie Cibrian ("CSI: Miami") in May 2001 and the couple have two sons Mason and Jake. Eight years in, rumors swirled about Cibrian's two affairs — one with waitress Scheana Marie and one with actress/singer LeAnn Rimes. Glanville initially stood by her man and attended couple counseling, but Cibrian and Rimes went public the week after she'd left her husband. She didn't let betrayal keep her down long. She joined the cast of "RHOBH" in the second season and her tantrums and drunken antics with Lisa Vanderpump and Adrienne Maloof have been legendary. She recently became a published author with "Drinking and Tweeting: And Other Brandi Blunders" (2013)n , which was no. 8 on the New York Times Bestseller List. A movie based on the memoir is being developed.


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Tanita are one of the world's leading health care product manufacturers, manufacturing health care products for both professional and home use.
Renowned for quality, accuracy and consistency, Tanita make an extensive range of home health care and monitoring products. Combining reliability with precision, style and ease of use, it is clear why they have become, and remained, one of the world's most trusted manufacturers.
Tanita Body Fat Monitors
Tanita invented the world's first stand-on Body Fat Monitor in 1991, and although their Bio Impedance Analysis (BIA) Body Fat Monitors are their signature product, they have developed many other complimentary products to the same high standards of quality.
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These products include bathroom scales, body composition monitors, water monitors and kitchen scales. As well as some great health care/fitness gadgets, including a pedometer that will calorie count as you walk, another that will set your pace and a skipping rope that will calorie count as you skip.
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The technology used on the home use monitors is based on the same advanced technology applied in Tanita's professional body composition analysers widely used by doctors, medical centres and by professional athletic teams, fitness clubs and personal trainers around the world.
Tanita uses strain gauge technology, an advanced weight measuring system that provides highly accurate readings. That means you get a more stable scale platform, and guarantees long-term, consistent accuracy.


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Join The Lawyer Referral Service
Click for Lawyer Referral Application.
Over 30 years ago, the Dallas Bar Association established the Lawyer Referral Service to assist those in the community seeking legal representation. This year, LRS interviewers will answer over 40,000 phone calls from those in the community looking for legal help. About 16,000 of those callers will be referred to attorneys serving on the LRS panel.
WHO CAN JOIN THE LRS? LRS Panel membership is open to all attorneys in good standing with the State Bar of Texas and who maintain professional liability insurance. Dallas Bar Association members can join the panel for an annual fee of $100. Membership is available to non-DBA members at a higher rate. In an effort to make panel membership available to more attorneys, the LRS Committee invited the Texas Lawyer Insurance Exchange to develop a professional liability insurance package specifically for LRS panel members. To request more information on TLIE's insurance, visit their website at http://tlie.org, email them at firstname.lastname@example.com, or phone them at 1-800-252-9332.
HOW DOES THE LRS WORK? Potential clients call the LRS and are interviewed over the phone by an LRS interviewer. The interviewer determines whether the client has an actual legal problem and then makes an attorney referral to the client on a rotating basis. The attorney agrees to provide a half-hour consultation with the client and collect a $20 administrative fee on behalf of the LRS. If you choose to take the case, then you make your own arrangements with the client.
HOW MANY REFERRALS WILL I GET THROUGH THE LRS? Do you speak Spanish? Do you practice family law? In which area of the city do you office? The number of referrals a panel member receives varies widely depending on any number of factors. We hope you will get a lot!
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The Justice Department says it is reviewing the Drug Enforcement Administration's "Special Operations Division"—the subject of an explosive report published by Reuters on Monday. The SOD works to funnel information collected by American intelligence agencies to ordinary narcotics cops—then instructs them to "phony up investigations," as one former judge quoted in the story put it, in order to conceal the true source of the information. In some instances, this apparently involves not only lying to defense attorneys, but to prosecutors and judges as well.
DEA is taking a predictable "nothing to see here" stance in its public responses to the story, but on its face this seems like a fairly brazen violation of the right to due process. As several legal experts quoted in the Reuters article point out, the accused in our criminal justice system cannot effectively defend themselves unless they know how evidence against them was obtained, and this program is clearly designed to deprive them of that knowledge. Moreover, at least some of the information channeled to police derives from FISA electronic surveillance, and 50 USC §1806 explicitly requires the government to notify persons whenever it intends to use information "derived from" such intercepts against them in any legal proceeding. Flouting that requirement is doubly troubling because, in light of the Supreme Court's recent ruling in Amnesty v. Clapper, the only way for any court to review the constitutionality of intelligence programs is for a defendant to raise a challenge after being informed that they've been subject to surveillance.
One way they're able to get away with this is by exploiting the fact that our justice system relies so heavily on plea bargains. Prosecutors stack up charges against defendants in hopes of effectively coercing them into waiving their constitutional right to a jury trial and accepting a plea deal, which even for the innocent may make more sense than risking a conviction that could lead to an enormously longer jail sentence. Conveniently, avoiding a trial also greatly reduces the risk that one of these "phonied up" investigations will be exposed.


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How do you get bed bugs and how do you get rid of them?
The increase in bed bug infestations in the U.S. is a result of increased travel, lack of knowledge about preventing infestations, increased resistance of bed bugs to pesticides, and ineffective pest control practices, explains the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It's easy to mistake bed bugs for carpet beetles or similar-looking bugs, so infestations are often not noticed when they first occur. Prevention tips include keeping areas free of clutter, regularly washing sheets and mattress covers in hot water (and don't forget to wash the laundry bag, too), and vacuuming regularly and safely disposing of the sealed vacuum bag. Not everyone has reactions to bed bug bites, which also may be mistaken for the bites of other pests such as mosquitoes, so timely bed bug extermination depends on identification of bed bug activity. If you notice physical signs of an infestation, contact a bed bug extermination professional as soon as possible to learn about chemical and non-chemical (such as heat) treatment options. An integrated pest management plan may incorporate one or more methods.
How long does a bed bug treatment last?
Bed bug extermination can last forever as long as the treatment killed all the bed bugs (and their eggs) and if new bed bugs are not transported into the location. Factors that can affect the outcome are how severe the infestation is and whether all bed bug sources were properly identified and treated. When working with a pest control professional, the EPA recommends you check and call references; ask if they offer both chemical and non-chemical treatment options, if they recommend both encasements and interceptors, and if they offer two or more service visits and follow-up. Bed bugs are tiny (adults are roughly the size of an apple seed) and can hide anywhere a credit card can slide into. They squeeze into cracks in walls, behind electrical outlet sockets, in bedding, and in other dark places. Learn how to prepare your home for a bed bug treatment for the best outcomes. Michigan State University shares some examples of possible reasons that a bed bug extermination is not 100 percent effective:
- Not all sources (aka hiding places) of the bed bugs were identified during initial inspection.
- Not all sources of bed bugs were treated.
- The insecticides used were not effective or, in the case of heat treatment, there was insufficient contact time.
- Infested items such as bedding or other materials were reintroduced into a cleaned area.
How do you check for bed bugs?
If you are concerned you have a bed bug infestation, look for physical signs of their presence. Bed bugs love to hide in small, dark spaces and typically come out to feed (generally on human blood) after dark — although they will come out in daylight if hungry enough. The Environmental Protection Agency states that indications of an infestation can include seeing shed exoskeletons of bed bugs, rusty spots on your bedding (which are either bug droppings or bloodstains), live bed bugs, bed bug egg casings, a sweet and musty odor (if the infestation is severe), and evidence of bites on your skin.
To spot bed bugs, look in and along mattress seams and bedding, in curtain and furniture folds, inside cracks or crevices in the walls, behind picture frames and mirrors, under loose wallpaper seams, on recently used luggage or backpacks, inside electronics, and inside clothing or cluttered areas such as closets. If you see signs of bed bugs, be careful not to disturb them too much as you don't want them scattering to other parts of your house.
How much does it cost to kill bed bugs?
The cost of bed bug extermination depends primarily on how widespread the pest infestation is and how many rooms need to be treated. Other factors that can affect bed bug extermination costs are the amount of clutter in the location, additional furniture that needs to be treated, and construction of the home. Pest management professionals often have rates for room treatments, which can vary based on these factors. As an example, a pest management company treating a 10-by-15-foot room with light infestation might charge clients about $250, while the same size room with a heavy infestation and large amounts of clutter might cost the clients $300-$400. Clutter and heavier bed bug populations mean more product and longer labor time for the workers. Rates will vary from company to company, and from region to region, but the national average bed bug extermination cost is $320-$400. Bed bug heat treatments are an alternative way to exterminate these pests. Heat treatments are typically charged per square foot and tend to cost more than chemical or non-chemical spray solutions. Although effective, they are not usually recommended for occupied spaces, as the extreme temperatures can damage televisions, window dressings and other home furnishings.
Can you see a bed bug?
Bed bugs are visible to the naked eye, but depending on where they are in their life cycle they can be hard to see. Adult bed bugs are the easiest to spot. According to the EPA, they are roughly the size of an apple seed and the height of a credit card. Adults are flat and oval-shaped, have six legs, and are rusty red in color. Bed bug larvae, also referred to as nymphs, are white-yellow or translucent in color and are much harder to spot due to their small size. The nymphs go through five stages of life, shedding an exoskeleton at each stage. Throughout these stages the nymphs grow in size from approximately 1.5 millimeters to approximately 4.5 millimeters. Bed bug eggs can be the most challenging to see as they are roughly 1 millimeter — about the size of a pinhead — and are white or clear. Bed bugs tend to be more active at night, as this is when they feed.


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The crews of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station successfully installed the U.S. Destiny Laboratory onto the station today in a dazzling display of robotics finesse and spacewalking skill.
Astronaut Marsha Ivins began the work, using Atlantis' robotic arm to remove a station docking port, called Pressurized Mating Adapter 2 (PMA 2), to make room for Destiny. The adapter was removed from the station's Unity module and latched in a temporary position on the station's truss. Then, at 9:50 a.m., astronauts Tom Jones and Bob Curbeam began a spacewalk that continued throughout the day, in tandem with Ivin's robotic arm work. Jones provided Ivins visual cues as she moved the adapter to its temporary position, and Curbeam removed protective launch covers and disconnected power and cooling cables between the Destiny lab and Atlantis.
Ivins then latched the robotic arm onto the Destiny lab at about 11:23 a.m. Central and began lifting it from Atlantis' payload bay. High above the bay, Ivins deftly flipped the 16-ton lab 180 degrees, moving it into position to attach to the station berthing port. At 12:57 p.m., the lab was latched into position on the station, and soon a set of automatic bolts tightened to hold it permanently in place for years of space research. The lab adds 3,800 cubic feet of volume to the station, increasing the onboard living space by 41 percent. The station's mass is now 112 tons. After the PMA 2 docking port is attached to the lab's end on Monday, the station will measure 171 feet long, 90 feet high and 240 feet wide. It will have a volume of more than 13,000 cubic feet, already a larger volume than any space station in history, including the U.S. Skylab launched in the 1970s and the Russian Mir space station. With the Destiny module secured to the station, Jones and Curbeam began connecting electrical, data and cooling lines. While Curbeam was attaching a cooling line, a small amount of frozen ammonia crystals leaked. However, the leak was quickly stopped. The ammonia dissipated and vaporized, and it posed no problems as the crew continued their work. Because of the leak, however, flight controllers followed a decontamination procedure, ensuring no ammonia would enter Atlantis' cabin. Curbeam remained in the sun a half-hour to vaporize any ammonia crystals on his spacesuit while Jones brushed off the suit and equipment. Then, the spacewalkers performed a partial pressurization and venting of the shuttle airlock to flush out any ammonia before a final repressurization. Then, as the airlock began exchanging air with the shuttle cabin, Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Mark Polansky and Ivins wore oxygen masks in the cabin for about 20 minutes as a protective measure, allowing any residual ammonia to be cleansed from the cabin by shuttle life support systems. In the end, the crew reported no contamination or smell of ammonia when the inside airlock hatch was opened and they were rejoined by Jones and Curbeam.
The decontamination procedures lengthened the spacewalk to a final duration of seven hours, 34 minutes, more than an hour longer than originally planned, and put the crew behind schedule for the remainder of the day's work. That work included reopening the hatches between Atlantis and the station, which occurred at 7:50 p.m. Central. About a half-hour later, Commander Ken Cockrell and International Space Station Commander Bill Shepherd began remotely powering up key Destiny laboratory systems and cooling equipment, sending commands via a laptop computer. The initial activation of Destiny was successful, and flight controllers will continue commanding to set up station systems during the night.
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Bush vetoes expansion of health insurance for children.
Umm ... George, I think that's not what He meant.
Seriously, this is so emblematic of the Bush administration it's almost a self-parody. The guy can't find his veto pen for five years of binge and purge spending, then objects to a $7 Billion a year expansion of health care for the poorest children. The guy pushes through a $40 Billion government-funded prescription program but claims that a modest expansion of children's coverage is "socialized medicine." Best of all, he throws another log onto the electoral self-immolation of the Republican Party by forcing them to vote (and again and again) against a popular and humane program supported by 63-86% of the Americal populace.
Angry moonbat Orrin Hatch said:
"It's unfortunate that the president has chosen to be on what, to me, is clearly the wrong side of this issue... If we're truly compassionate, it seems to me we'd want to endorse this program."
Well, the other 65% of the country figured out years ago that Bush's "Compassionate Conservatism" was a campaign lie. Don't worry about the kids, though, Orrin, as Dubya himself said, "They can always go to the ER."
03 October 2007
Suffer the Little Children
Bush vetoes expansion of health insurance for children.
Posted by shadowfax at 4:52 PM
29 comments:
Your girlfriend Hillary Clinton wanted New York children to be covered by SCHIP up to 400% of the poverty line---$83,000/year for a family of 4.ReplyDelete
Remind me, knowledgeable arbiter of childhood suffering, why I should have higher taxes to pay for this program? Should people like me, single mothers who make a solid middle class income, be taxed higher YET to provide insurance to people in that income level? Really? Why not just say "F it" and tax me to pay for all "uninsured" kids whose parents make up to 2 million dollars? May as well not let ANYONE suffer.
SCHIP was designed for low income children who had no access to insurance through private means, not the middle class. Good thing Bush vetoed it. That's his job---to make those tough decisions.
Which would be a valid point, if it were true, which it ain't. Not the bill as passed, anyway - I think an earlier version had that provision.ReplyDelete
Truth is, Bush just cares more about the profitability of insurance companies than anything else.
It is not enough for Bush to kill children in Iraq and Afghanistan, he apparently won't be happy until he is killing children in the homeland as well.ReplyDelete
In New York, especially New York City, $83,000 a year for a family of four can be on the verge of poverty. Two parents can easily be making $40,000 each working their two or three crappy jobs each and neither of them might have insurance for themselves let alone their children. They certainly wouldn't be able to afford private insurance for themselves due to the high cost of housing etc here--especially if you don't want to live in the projects or a neighborhood that has decent public schools.ReplyDelete
Sorry, guys, Bush is right on this. The SCHIP bill was an egregious fraud, not least because it jampacked with pork.ReplyDelete
And trotting out doddering geezers like Orin Hatch to smear lipstick on it will not make this pig any prettier.
K & Guitargirl,ReplyDelete
Just FYI the bill as passed goes up to $63,000, or 300% the poverty level, not $83,000 as previously claimed.
Oh mercy me, pork? Fetch the smelling salts! I agree that pork is bad. For conservatives to discover this at this late junsture, after six years of the most profligate porkery (?) ever is hypocritical beyond belief. you know, pot...kettle, something like that. Please don't pretend that you have a shred of principle left.
Face the simple fact that George Bush will only support any improvement in health care when it is blended with some huge taxpayer givaway to his overlords in industry. (ref: Medicare Part D)
For conservatives to discover this at this late junsture, after six years of the most profligate porkery ...ReplyDelete
So, because Republicans were big porkmeisters, all conservatives bear the mark of Cain and it's OK for the Democrats to pass off the same sort of fraud under guise of "helping the kids."
Odd reasoning for someone so concerned about "principles."
Well, it seems like most conservatives bear the Scarlet Letter "A" rather than the mark of Cain...ReplyDelete
Oh, Nurse K, you should know that Hillary isn't my girlfriend.ReplyDelete
But that Obama, man, not that I swing that way, but if I did...
You like male Oprahs in empty suits? Odd fetish, but if it works for you...ReplyDelete
BTW, 300% of poverty level---yawny yawny, same thing. $63K for a family of 4 ain't like big dough or anything, but that's still over 5K/month. You can rent a top-end apartment here, drive a couple of decent cars and still have 3 grand leftover for anything but insurance because the government will give it to you for "free."
You still haven't explained how the little children in this income level are "suffering" other than their parents can't be bothered to insure them.
Well, it seems like most conservatives bear the Scarlet Letter "A" rather than the mark of Cain ...ReplyDelete
I hate to be the one to break this to you, but when you resort to this kind of thing, it means you've lost the argument.
- Anonymous10/05/2007 8:38 AM
$63,000/12 = $5,250 each monthReplyDelete
$5250-$1400 for rent&utilities = $3850
$3850 - $1300 daycare for 2 kids = $2550
$2550 - $800 2cars/insurance/gas = $1750
$1750 - food/clothes/recreation = ???
these numbers are guesstimates, but you can imagine how quickly $5K turns into not enough to afford private health care for a 4 person family.
Catron, so what you was argument? You presented none so far ,except a link stating that this bill has "earmarks" without pointing any out.ReplyDelete
Typical neocon hypocrisy.
p.s. I do not like democrats either. But just the level of self righteousness, hypocrisy and outright refusal to see facts conservatives demonstrates makes me want to puke.
One little pre-existing condition with the kid (like chronic otitis media, asthma or eczema) and the family is screwed. Saw a 14 yo kid last night - his parents can not afford to insure him because the premiums were too high because he has asthma. Gross income is just above Medi-caid limits.ReplyDelete
My patients in the free clinic I work at frequently are you or me, not low lifes, they just can't get insurance. It just ain't that easy for someone to just "buy insurance" for ones family.
- We all deserve a chance.10/05/2007 2:12 PM
Considering pre-existing conditions, the cost of health care, and employers being responsible to provide the majority of insurance, children need all the support they can get. They are our future and need to be taken care of to the utmost level. What happens when more then one person in a household of 200% the poverty level is ill? Or Parents cannot afford the deductibles or co pays for their children after the mortgage, taxes, food, and utilities? Not to mention schooling and basic needs. Really what we need is a health care system where so many people including children don't fall through the cracks. If you think about it, preventative care in a doctors office is cheaper then the ED. Should the ED be patient be uninsured, you will pay more for it then you would just covering the bill of insurance anyway.ReplyDelete
Our system needs a remodel. There should be standard prices on CT's and MRI's, labs, care, etc. This two tiered system is failing us all. Health care should be a right, not a privilege.
Maybe we should show our children that by covering their basic health care needs.
- Oregonian10/05/2007 2:47 PM
Nurse K:ReplyDelete
So, what would your son do if you became ill? Or lost your job and had to work at a SNF?
What would you do if he were in a MVC (by an uninsured motorist), broke his arm, hit his head and needed a costly MRI for a brain bleed only to find out he needed more tests? Not to mention an ambulance ride. How about if you were in the car with him?
Maybe you have insurance that covers it now, but surely you have a deductible. A going rate these days for a hospital employee is 85% coverage. A $50,000 dollar bill leaves you with a $7,500 bill.
Well this is not going to happen to me you say! These things are rare! Well Nurse K, it may not happen to you but it happens to people. They need something to catch them when it does.
Maybe if you experienced something like this close to home you would understand.
How about the kids without insurance that cannot afford preventative care? Proven fact that a lack of preventative care leads to early deaths.
Maybe you ought to think about someone other then yourself for a change.
What happens to your neighbor happens to you. You just need to open your eyes and see the connection.
Not to mention that we are the only industrialized nation that does not take care of our people's health care needs. Take a look at the stats! We spend 16% of our GDP on health care yet we rank 37th! Our satisfaction rate as a country is only 10% as compared to Canada with 9.4% GDP spent and a 56% satisfaction rate. Or how about France? 8.9% GDP with a 41% satisfaction rate. They may not be perfect, but everyone has health insurance and they are happier with less money spent then we are.
Our country is falling behind economically also. Here is one factor to consider.
The new car you just bought from GM had an extra $1255 dollars tacked on so GM can afford to insure their employees. That's $1255 more dollars American car companies charge then any other industrialized nation for that same car. See a pattern here?
At some point a company can no longer compete with the cost of insurance due to raising medical costs and they drop insurance plans or lay of mass amounts of employees.
At some point, this will have an effect on you and your children.
Let's take a step forward and provide some health insurance!!!
For all of you who wish to check the facts:
Budrys, Grace. Our Unsystematic Health Care System, 2nd edition.
Seccombe, Karen and Hoffman, Kim. Access to Health Care in the Aftermath Of Welfare Reform; Just Don't Get Sick.
- Oregonian10/05/2007 3:05 PM
Oh, By the way. The poverty level is different for each state. Consider this when you calculate your 200-400% above poverty level.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10/05/2007 3:38 PM
And what happens, if like me, you are doing well and playing by the rules and BAM! I now have 4 disabled children and a disabled husband. I'd love to work but gee, HR has a fit when they learn that I have 5 kids. Then, start the CPR when they learn I am the sole support. Eventaully everyone knows that I have 5 kids, 4 disabled and a disabled husband. I have had two employers actively work to get rid of me in spite of glowing performance reviews. And now, one kid needs a kidney. Guess who gets to donate. Manure happens.ReplyDelete
PS. I, myself, have no insurance. We do not get food stamps or TANFF payments. Just Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security Disability. Do not cry any tears for me but you need to know that most people on welfare are white, have less than 3 children, are on for less than 2 years.
If you want to hear my tales of woe regarding poverty, email me and I'll tell.
For instance, the story of the winter where I slept on the kitchen floor next to the oven (which we used to heat the house) because we couldn't afford to fix the furnace or the story entitled "Where do you shit and piss when your sewer line is frozen from your house to the street and you can't afford to fix it?" [Short answer: Not in your toilet] Or maybe you'd like to hear the tale called, "Living uninsured with Type 1 diabetes, a kid, an alcoholic husband and no money."
Please. Don't gimme this "this happens to other people" crap.
Not every family has to have (or is entitled to) two cars, and they don't have to pay 1300/month for daycare. There are usually other solutions. Oh, and preventive medicine doesn't prevent asthma or diabetes. Sorry.ReplyDelete
But that's OK. I'm sure that the responsible people who only have a kid or two and live within their means will be happy to pay more in taxes to support the irresponsible folks who crank out more kids than they can afford. And if they aren't happy, then screw 'em. That's the liberal version of the American Way (TM), right?
And when the concept of two-tiered healthcare is finally eliminated, when everyone is entitled to the same (shitty) level of care, and physicians are universally paid at Medicaid rates (good luck finding one), don't cry when it isn't the panacea you envisioned.
God damn I hate Socialists.
Better dead than Red, eh Scalpel?ReplyDelete
(Catron -- that's humor; you should look into it sometime.)
Nurse K,ReplyDelete
You speak with the voice of experience. How do you feel about the resources you had at that time? Clearly you got by somehow, but I am willing to bet it wasn't easy. Do you think that we as a society can do better? Do you think that we as a Christian nation should try to do better?
This is really the attitude that informs my political beliefs. I feel that we have a moral obligation to help the most vulerable and needy members of our society. It's not hard, and not expensive, especially in comparison to the other things we spend a lot on. Seriously, the amount of the federal budget that goes towards social programs like welfare, medicaid, schip and the like are miniscule in comparison to the total budget. The value of healthcare funding to someone who is otherwise unable to obtain it is far in excess of the monetary cost of the program.
- Oregonian10/06/2007 12:09 AM
Last time I checked Diabetes had risk factors that were controllable (sans type I). Hmmm. A sedentary lifestyle, poor nutrition, increased prolonged stress. To me that sounds like a preventable disease that for the most part could be avoided with simple education. I can tell you I have NEVER been educated by an ER doc. I usually am informed of these risk factors at physicals. The only reason I have ever gone to a physical is for prevention.ReplyDelete
Asthma is common in children who live in poor living conditions.. rat feces....peeling paint, dust sound familiar? That is preventable. Most children with these chronic conditions live in poor conditions. Highly preventable.
Gee, most of the doctors I have heard from in other countries say they would not step foot in our country to practice medicine in our whack job of a system.
Not to mention, I am not a socialist. I vary on the ISSUES at hand. There is no classification system for that. Why must everything be so static?
I agree with anonymous. Most people on welfare or needing health insurance are the working class. We shouldn't allow it to happen the way she is experiencing. My thoughts are with you for the Kidney Transplant, donor and recipient.
As for Nurse K. My point is not to pick on you and drudge up memories to compare stories with. My point is that people in this country are suffering and instead of fighting about it or complaining about taxes, we sit down and figure out a solution where everyone compromises. Seeing as how you have had some similar experiences and problems in the past I would think that you would be more open to seeing improvements in our Health care system that would benefit those currently in that situation now.
We live in one of the wealthiest countries in the world yet we can't take care of our own people!
You don't like to be labeled a Socialist, but yet you think that poverty can be prevented by taking money from the "wealthy" and redistributing it to the "poor."ReplyDelete
Guess what? That's been tried before, and it doesn't work. Socialism leads to the decline of everything it touches.
Life isn't fair, and it sucks to be poor. But you can't make everyone's lives better by spreading the wealth, Karl.
- Oregonian10/06/2007 9:40 AM
Just because people's health care may be more available by offering it to them would not take away the fact they are poor.ReplyDelete
You are thinking in the box here. Step out of it.
I am not saying that we must tax the rich to make up for the poor not having health care. I am saying our system needs a remodel.
We spend more money then anywhere else in the world on health care. Maybe if we revamped our system and reorganized how our money is spent to include more people under the umbrella of health care we'd have a better system.
Recent figures have brought to light that the cost of doing this sort of revamping wouldn't necessarily be out of reach.
Maybe, just maybe if we changed some of the aspects of how medicine is practiced and stopped ordering so many unnecessary tests, put a halt on the significant cost creeping "just because I deserve it, I'm better", changed the laws and punishment system on malpractice we would have doctors who are not afraid to think without a CT, or an MRI, or some other test. These are highly overused. They raise the costs. At what point is this not part of the problem? Not every Abd pain pt needs one of those tests. Or vicodin and percocet for parting gifts. We are overusing Pharmaceuticals like they are going out of style!
The makers of Viagra spent $303 Billion Dollars on advertising. First quarter earnings were $363 Billion. Sorry, you can't have your insulin you don't have insurance. But hey! You have ED? Forget trying to reduce your stress and improve your nutrition, or heaven forbid, quite smoking (and for the 25% of you who have ED while using drugs, we'll hide that under the rug)!! Just take some Viagra because you can afford it.
I could go on forever on how many aspects are not working efficiently. However, the main point here is the health care system is failing all of us. We need to do something about it.
In the meantime, Medicine in this country is a privilege. How moral and humane is that behavior?
Why not let some poor/at risk kids have better access to it?
- Oregonian10/06/2007 10:08 AM
Hey Scalpel,
so·cial·ism /ˈsoʊʃəˌlɪzəm/
1. a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
cap·i·tal·ism (kāp'ĭ-tl-ĭz'əm) Pronunciation Key
n. An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately or corporately owned and development is proportionate to the accumulation and reinvestment of profits gained in a free market.
Neither of these textbook definitions work. We need a new system. So do yourself a favor and stop throwing words around.
We live in a mixed economy. Look it up. We are disproportionate in our balance of capitalism and socialism. The only reason we have unions in this country is because of Capitalism!
Excess capitalism leads to revolt because so many people become poor and angry and violent at the wealthy. Remember the French revolution? I can hear the words coming out of your mouth.. "Let them eat Cake!"
Liberty Quality and Eternity didn't work for the French.
In other words, we are heading towards the same fate as what other countries have suffered. France is why we have a mixed economy. It is why we have so many laws to spread the wealth! Yet we are moving away from this ideal.
Take a look at France today! Much different and their people are treated much better, not to mention they all have health care. 56% are even SATISFIED with it!
By golly, I think we need a revolution!
Ha! I've been called a Socialist (twice). I hereby invoke Godwin's Law, Socialism corollary, and declare myself the victor!ReplyDelete
Seriously, I'm no socialist. I'm rich by any rational standard, very much enjoy being rich, and work hard to become more so. I like capitalism. However, I also think that Jesus wouldn't have spent so damn much time talking about the poor if He hadn't thought it was pretty important, and maybe wanted us to do something about it. That's the most critical point I've taken from the Gospels, to me as important as redemtion or forgiveness or resurrection. Maybe more important.
The best way I see to address poverty is to use the institution of government and to follow the maxim of "from each according to abiliy and to each according to their need."
LOL, Shadowfax. I'm more a fan of the "teach a man to fish" club, myself.ReplyDelete
- jz-md10/16/2007 4:05 PM
As you know, Jesus also spent intimate time with the rich: Mary & Martha, Nichodemus, and Joseph of Aramathea for starters. As a Christian, I am also compelled toward social justice. I believe generating jobs, and lowering taxes is the effective way to do this. Expanding Medicaid (as in Schip) and eliminating the pool of insureds is not.


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