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Cas d'application
IPG Burbach cooling system for laser installation
The company
IPG Photonics is with manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Germany, Russia and Italy, the world's leading manufacturer of high-power fibre lasers and fibre amplifiers for materials processing, telecommunications, medicine and other applications. Since its founding in 1990, IPG has delivered more than 35,000 units to OEM customers, system integrators and end-users. IPG offers the key products of laser technology: this includes the laser source itself, and auxiliary components such as the beam, coupler and the fibres.
The Situation
The aim is Integrated cooling technology.
Laser cooling is the key in the secondary task - even with the efficiencies of modern laser systems (between 20 to 30%, depending on the laser version), the cooling requirement is very high.
The task of the mechanical engineer Manfred Barz and his five employees is to integrate the now separately installed cooling system into the cabin. "We have so far been purchasing the refrigeration unit from a supplier - but the strategy of our company's founder, Dr. Valentin Gapontsev, is to produce all relevant components ourselves ("Saying No to Outsourcing"). That is why we are producing as far as possible even the cooling." Generally, IPG provides in-house production depth, one of its trademarks, which ensures high product quality. Furthermore, the company is more flexible and more independence of other suppliers - quite like Grundfos.
The challenge for Manfred Barz and his team: The integrated cooling modules need to provide a very high cooling capacity and be as small as possible.
The Grundfos Solution
Submersible pumps for different cooling circuits
In general, there are submersible pumps from Grundfos series SPK and MTH who are integrated in the two different cooling circuits of IPG's laser systems: The MTH-pumps are working mostly in the laser cooling system for cooling the laser source (here the cooling medium is untreated water and a cast iron pump is suitable). The SPK-pumps is integrated in the cooling circuit for cooling the optical fibre coupler, beam and fibre plug, where de-ionized water is used as a coolant and a stainless steel pump is required.
The modular design of the submersible pumps is important. That makes it easier to offer customized units. This means that IPG can choose from the multitude of components, materials and variants to design a pump for their particular tasks.
Grundfos Direct Sensors™ for the integrated cooling modules
For two years, IPG Laser is also using Direct Sensors™ of Grundfos to measure pressure and temperature in their system. Background: The integrated laser cooling module is placed inside the cabin. The laser protection class of the cabin doesn't allow connecting external sensors. "The built-in sensor solution from Grundfos is the perfect solution for us to continue monitoring the pressure and the temperature of the coolant" said Manfred Barz.
What is new about the Grundfos Direct Sensors™ technology? It is a silicon-based 3-in-1 sensor, which measures flow, the pressure or differential pressure and temperature. The special feature: The new sensor technology is not only a very small but extremely robust and is suited for use in harsh industrial environments.
In addition to the applications in the pump technology, Grundfos Direct Sensors™ are specially designed for industrial and OEM sector. Due to the measuring combination of flow and temperature this sensor is ideally suited for the detection of heat or cooling quantity.
The Outcome
IPG is very happy with the services offered by Grundfos pumps and sensors. The goal is, as Manfred Barz mentioned, to supply all IPG Laser worldwide with cooling technology "Made in Burbach". It is also a benefit that Grundfos as a global manufacturer offers its own sales and service organization with affiliates in more than 50 countries. Service and spare parts supply is ensured by covering all major markets.


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An Arctic cold front moving through the Hudson Valley will bring gusty winds that will make overnight temperatures Friday into Saturday feel like it's near zero.
There may even be a snow shower in some spots.
The high temperature both Friday and Saturday will be in the upper 30s. The wind-chill factor will make it feel like it's in the teens Friday. Saturday will be partly cloudy and not nearly as windy.
Northwest winds will gust to around 40 mph Friday, ushering in a much colder airmass which will see temperatures drop into the 30s.
The gusty winds could result in the downing of some tree limbs or compromised trees, along with isolated power outages, according to the National Weather Service.
Wind chills will fall into the teens and 20s as a result on Friday, and dip to near zero overnight into Saturday.
Friday night's low in Central Park is expected to plummet about 25 degrees and could break the record low of 28 for the date, set back in 1933.
Winds will gust up to 45 mph immediately following the passage of the front Friday
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Classics From Nowhere A4 | US Letter PDF 1Mb Read Online
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About : Cartoon de Salvo are now publishing four more books recording some of what is now over 100 improvised stage stories (and two updated books). Hard Hearted Hannah and Other Stories is a brand new, entirely improvised adventure. To begin we elicit a 'simple title of, for example, a movie that's never been made' from an audience member. Then they choose a few songs from a playlist of our band's repertoire. We think for a few seconds and then we start, working in those songs and the show lasts between 50 mins and up to 2 hours. We never limited ourselves to any place, genre or time. We place implicit trust in each other's narrative instinct. The idea is, having been exposed to stories all of our lives, we all have a very developed sense of what should happen next.
This series of Diffusion eBooks explores some of the patterns that came randomly out of the air, as told by Brian Logan and illustrated by Alex Murdoch. The first two books were 'Classics from Nowhere' – where we tapped into story structures from myths and fairytales and 'World of the Strange and Bizarre' where our unconcious minds led us into some very odd situations indeed. Now we are adding four books looking at how Music we play influenced stories, how Mysteries created more complex storylines. Two more explore how Silent Characters and Tangled Relationships made for surprising turns in our yarns. The idea of course is these stories existed in their moment over the past two years; but when I discovered that Brian was writing them down the following day I thought I'd put them together with my illustrations that I was getting down in the van after each gig.
Hard Hearted Hannah and Other Stories is created by Cartoon de Salvo. Co-commissioned by Farnham Maltings and the Lyric, Hammersmith
Published March 2011
Cartoon de Salvo are of the few companies in the UK working with whole story, rather than sketch-based, improvisation formats. Hard Hearted Hannah and Other Stories went on to become the Telegraph's Top Ten Comedy Shows of 2008 and following the British Council Showcase in Edinburgh we were invited to take it to Washington DC's Kennedy Center. We're now working on a new long-form impro format called Made Up, in which we collaborate with a band; we're next performing that at Pulse Festival in June 2011.
Read more about the artistic process on their blogs at www.theatrevoice.com and visit www.cartoondesalvo.com
Cartoon de Salvo is Rebecca Hurst, Brian Logan and Alex Murdoch and this show also involves performer Neil Haigh and musical director Paul Kissaun. Ed Collier is the producer and can be contacted on email@example.com
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St. Paisios the Great icon
Orthodox icon of Saint Paisios the Great.
Commemorated June 19
Saint Paisius the Great lived in Egypt. His parents, Christians, distributed generous alms to all the needy. After the death of her husband his mother, on the suggestion of an angel, gave her young son Paisius to the clergy of the church.
The youth Paisius loved monastic life and spent his time in one of the Egyptian sketes. Renouncing his own will, he lived under the spiritual guidance of Saint Pambo (July 18), finishing all the tasks assigned him. The Elder said that a new monk in particular needs to preserve his sight, in order to guard his senses from temptation. Paisius, heeding the instruction, went for three years with his eyes cast downwards. The saintly ascetic read spiritual books, and he was known for his ascetic fasting and prayer. At first he did not eat any food for a week, then two weeks. Sometimes, after partaking of the Holy Mysteries of Christ, he survived without food for seventy days.
Saint Paisius went into the Nitrian desert in search of solitude. There he lived in a cave carved out by his own hands. The saint was granted a wondrous vision: the Lord Jesus Christ revealed to him that through his labors the Nitrian wilderness would become inhabited by ascetics. He asked the Lord where the monks would obtain the necessities of life in the desert. The Lord said that if they would fulfill all His commandments, He Himself would provide all their necessities, and would deliver them from demonic temptations and cunning.
In time, a number of monks and laymen gathered around Saint Paisius, and a monastery was established. The most important rule of Saint Paisius was that no one would do anything by his own will, but in all things would fulfill the will of his elders.
Since his tranquility was being disturbed by so many people, the saint withdrew to another cave farther away. Once, he was transported to a paradisical monastery and partook of the immaterial divine food. After his ascetic labors for salvation, the Lord granted His saint the gift of prescience and healing the souls of men.
One of his disciples, with the saint's blessing, went to sell his handicrafts in Egypt. On the way he encountered a Jew, who told the simple-minded monk that Christ the Savior is not the Messiah, and that another Messiah will come. Confused, the monk said, "Maybe what you say is true," but he did not attribute any particular significance to his words. When he returned, he saw that Saint Paisius would not acknowledge his arrival, and he asked the reason for his anger. The saint said, "My disciple was a Christian. You are not a Christian, for the grace of Baptism has departed from you." The monk repented with tears, and begged to have his sin forgiven. Only then did the holy Elder pray and ask the Lord to forgive the monk.
A certain monk on his own initiative left the desert and moved near a city. There he had encounters with a woman, who hated and blasphemed Christ the Savior. Under her influence, he not only left the monastery, but also scorned faith in Christ, and finally he reached a state of total disbelief.
Once, through the blessed Providence of God, Nitrian monks came by his home. Seeing them, the sinner remembered his own former life and he asked the monks to ask Saint Paisius to pray for him to the Lord. On hearing the request, the saint prayed fervently, and his prayer was heard. The Lord, appearing to His saint, promised to forgive the sinner. Soon the seduced monk's woman companion died, and he returned to the desert where, weeping and distressed for his sins, he began to labor at deeds of repentance.
Saint Paisius distinguished himself by his great humility, and performed ascetic deeds of fasting and prayer, but he concealed them from others as far as possible. When the monks asked which virtue is the highest of all, the saint replied, "Those which are done in secret, and about which no one knows."
Saint Paisius died in the fifth century at a great old age, and he was buried by the monks. After some time his relics were transferred by Saint Isidore of Pelusium (February 4) to his own monastery and placed beside the relics of his friend Saint Paul, with whom Saint Paisius was particularly close during his life.
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Debi Mazar Stars in "Extra Virgin"
What do you get when you pair a modern girl from the streets of Queens with a food purist from the hills of Tuscany? A modern day Lucy and Ricky with a passion for food, family and each other.
Actress Debi Mazar and her husband Gabriele Corcos invite you into their kitchen in the new series Extra Virgin, premiering Wednesday, January 19th.
Mazar is most recently known for her role as Adrian Grenier's character's publicist, Shauna, on Entourage (but if you haven't seen her role in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas, you're missing out!).
Gabriele Corcos is a musician by trade and cook by nature. He was born in Florence, Italy, where his grandmother and mother taught him everything he knows about Tuscan food and traditional farmer's cuisine. He has an insatiable fascination with food, a love for organic ingredients and a determination to feed his family in the healthiest, most natural way – the Tuscan way.
Prepare for total immersion into their passionate, spirited life as they show you how anyone in any kitchen can blend the simple traditions of Tuscany with modern life in America.
Extra Virgin premieres Wednesday, January 19th, at 10 p.m. EST on Cooking Channel.


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The epidemic of murderous attacks on the Philippine press corps finally forced the government to reverse its longtime denial of the problem and to step up efforts to combat the violence. Some limited progress in law enforcement, a landmark conviction in one murder case, and growing support for broadcast reforms could signal a change for the better for the Philippine press.
Four journalists were killed in retaliation for their work in 2005, down from a record high of eight in 2004—and bringing to 22 the number of Philippine journalists murdered since 2000, according to CPJ research. The death toll drew international attention when CPJ named the country the most murderous in the world for journalists in a May report.
The brazen March murder of a crusading female columnist sparked outrage among press freedom groups and the public. A gunman walked into the home of Marlene Garcia-Esperat on Easter weekend and shot her in the head in front of her two children. Garcia-Esperat had made many enemies while investigating corruption for her weekly column in the Midland Review on the southern island of Mindanao. Task Force Newsmen, a Philippines National Police unit launched by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in 2004 to track down journalists' killers, arrested four suspects two weeks later. The suspects accused two Mindanao agriculture officials of plotting the murder.
Tensions between the press and the government came to a head in May when two more journalists were murdered in less than a week. The killings came just as CPJ released "Marked for Death," a worldwide analysis of press attacks that found the Philippines to be the most murderous country. The designation startled many Filipinos, who had grown numb to the ongoing violence. Efforts by CPJ and other domestic and international press freedom organizations to raise awareness of the deadly trend had been rebuffed by government officials time and again. Presidential spokesman Ignacio Bunye discounted a 2004 CPJ assessment as "misplaced and misleading," and he initially dismissed the "most murderous" label as "unfair and exaggerated."
But two days after CPJ released "Marked for Death," the death toll grew higher still. Radio broadcaster Klein Cantoneros died on May 4 after being shot several times by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Dipolog City on Mindanao. Cantoneros, who leased airtime through a controversial practice known as "block-timing," was known for hard-hitting commentary in which he accused local officials of corruption and illegal gambling. He fired back at his assailants with a .45-caliber pistol but succumbed to his injuries later that day. In September, police arrested a suspect after a witness identified him as one of three gunmen.
On May 10, publisher Philip Agustin was shot in the head through an open window in his daughter's home, about 70 miles (113 kilometers) northeast of Manila. Agustin was about to release a special edition of his paper, the Starline Times Recorder, dedicated to corruption and illegal logging in the nearby town of Dingalan. He was also a critic of the mayor of Dingalan, Jaime Ylarde. The gunman, arrested four days later, accused the mayor of plotting the murder, according to news reports. Ylarde has repeatedly denied any involvement and has not been charged.
Outraged at the growing death toll, reporters in Manila started a group called ARMED—the Association of Responsible Media—to train journalists in firearms and security issues. Images of gun-toting journalists on firing ranges received widespread international coverage, but local Philippine groups like the National Union of Journalists questioned the wisdom of adding more firepower to an already deadly situation.
Facing a new wave of violence and international attention, the government finally modified its public response to the killings. Arroyo called the murders of journalists "acts of violence against the nation itself." She launched a five million peso (US$92,500) Press Freedom Fund to offer rewards for information on the killings, instituted witness-protection programs, and assured the country that "the whole criminal justice system has been alerted and put in motion."
A CPJ delegation visited the Philippines in June to investigate the reasons behind the killings, traveling to the capital, Manila, and provinces in Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. The delegation consisted of Abi Wright, CPJ's Asia program coordinator; Roby Alampay, executive director of the Southeast Asian Press Alliance; and A. Linn Neumann, executive editor of the Hong Kong-based daily The Standard. In a subsequent special report, "On the Radio, Under the Gun," CPJ's Wright found that a deeply entrenched culture of impunity, rampant corruption, gun violence, and a rising overall crime rate conspired to create deadly conditions for the press. Government officials have been linked to half of the journalist murder cases, and police officers are frequently named as suspected gunmen.
Journalists also told CPJ that professional reforms were needed to raise ethical standards. Block-timing, in which radio commentators lease airtime and solicit their own commercial sponsors, drew particular concern. Critics said block-timers are more likely to abuse their power and engage in questionable practices. One such practice is called "AC/DC journalism: Attack, collect. Defend, collect." These broadcasters attack and defend reputations based on who is paying them off.
CPJ found that 17 of the 22 journalists murdered in the Philippines over the last five years were radio broadcasters. At least seven were block-timers, according to the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, a local press freedom organization.
Another outspoken block-timer was gunned down in July on Mindanao. Rolando "Dodong" Morales was ambushed and shot at least 15 times by a gang of assailants on motorcycles while he was on his way home from work. Police cited his anti-drug commentaries as a possible motive in the attack. In August, police in General Santos City arrested and filed murder charges against two suspects in Morales' murder, including the alleged mastermind.
The government claimed that it had solved half of the journalist murders committed since 1986, but CPJ and others found the claim to be misleading. The government defines a case as "solved" at the mere identification of a suspect. While more criminal cases were filed against suspects since Task Force Newsmen was formed, convictions in these cases remained extremely rare.
The 2005 murder cases showed law enforcement acting more quickly than in the past, but the record is far from complete. The murder charges brought against the purported masterminds in the Garcia-Esperat murder were dropped in September because of conflicting evidence. Although the gunman in the Agustin murder alleged that the local mayor had hired him, no legal action was immediately taken against the politician. Suspects have been arrested in the Cantoneros and Morales cases, but they have yet to go to trial.
Journalists were encouraged by a guilty verdict in one closely watched murder trial. Former police officer Guillermo Wapile was convicted on November 29 of gunning down Edgar Damalerio, an award-winning editor and radio commentator, in Pagadian City in 2002. Damalerio's widow, Gemma, had successfully lobbied to move the trial to Cebu City—away from local violence and corruption—in hopes of getting a fair proceeding.
Two witnesses to the Damalerio murder were slain while the case was pending. In February, unidentified gunmen killed witness Edgar Amoro as he left the high school where he taught. The other, Jury Lavitano, was murdered in 2002. The sole remaining witness, Edgar Ongue, testified despite threats to his life.
Judge Ramon Codilla sentenced Wapile to life imprisonment. A courtroom filled with the journalist's family, friends, and supporters erupted in applause as the judge's verdict was read aloud. Damalerio's widow told CPJ she was "very happy" with the verdict, and she thanked press groups for their efforts to secure justice for her husband.
Press freedom advocates were hopeful that the verdict would sustain the momentum in the campaign for safer and more just conditions. Yet considerable challenges remain. Three more journalists were gunned down in less than two weeks in late 2005. CPJ is investigating to determine whether the slayings were connected to the victims' work.


text: When someone says "pharmacy automation and technology," the image that most likely springs to mind is a pharmacy robot dispensing pills in a bottle or pharmacists managing operations or looking at patients' medical records and electronic prescriptions with the latest pharmacy software. But technology increasingly is migrating out from behind the counter as pharmacy retailers wield it not just to make the jobs of pharmacists and pharmacy techs easier, but to enhance the experience of the customer as well. And it's migrating at just the right time. According to the wireless industry-lobbying group CTIA, 303 million Americans reported owning a mobile device, while more than a quarter (26.6%) have replaced their landlines with mobile phones. Meanwhile, 63.2 million Americans own a smartphone, including 50% of consumers ages 25 to 34 years, and 35% of smartphone owners have access to the Internet from their mobile devices, according to digital business analytics firm ComScore. According to Insight Express, 82% of consumers have used their mobile phones in a store, and 55% have used them in a doctor's office or hospital. In other words, within the U.S. population lies a huge market for apps to do everything from allowing pharmacy customers to manage their prescriptions and arrange medication refills online to allowing diabetes patients to use a mobile device to keep track of their blood-glucose data. Mobile health apps have grown in popularity so rapidly — there are more than 6,000 of them in Apple's App Store, according to MobileHealthNews.com — that the Food and Drug Administration has considered guidelines affecting them. While retailers have found numerous ways to connect with their customers through mobile apps outside the store, they have a number of tools at their disposal to connect with them in the store as well. One reason the death of Steve Jobs affected so many people was because under his leadership, Apple developed numerous technologies that didn't just sell well, but also changed how people lived. Accordingly, the iPad has led to entire new ways for retailers to interact with customers. "It's infiltrating every aspect of retail, and as a result of that, tablets and store-level associates are just huge," Greg Buzek, principal of retail technology consultancy IHL Group, told Drug Store News. "The applications that are available for the iPad for the medical world are just astounding." Other applications for before-the-counter technology are emerging as well. In September, Rite Aid teamed up with OptumHealth to become the first to provide "virtual clinics" in a retail pharmacy setting as part of a program in some of its stores in the Detroit area. Meanwhile, PharmaSmart has unveiled BPT-Rx, a new medication therapy management software that integrates into the pharmacy software system and links blood-pressure results from PharmaSmart monitors directly to an enrolled patient's electronic profile.Retail PadsWhen it launched its new Wellness store format earlier this year, Rite Aid introduced a number of innovative features, but one of the most prominent was "Wellness Ambassadors." These ambassadors roam the store with iPads that provide access to a huge database of information about OTC medications, vitamins and supplements in order to assist customers in making decisions based on their symptoms and needs. Thus, they act as a bridge between the front end and the pharmacy, as president and CEO John Standley put it in an earnings call this summer.Walgreens is arming its pharmacists with iPads and having them sit in an "information booth," a desk area at the front of the store designed to provide customers with greater access to the pharmacist. The pilot program to put iPads in the hands of "health guides" was launched last month at 20 stores in Chicago. The idea is to expand the role of the pharmacists beyond adjudicating prescriptions and have them interact more with patients.Max-Wellness has introduced a new One2One area, 1-of-2 Max-Answers information stations, which features a transportable "health tablet" that customers can use to access information on 275 common maladies. Max-Wellness president and CEO Michael Feuer told Drug Store News during a store tour in July that a customer could say something like "I played tennis last night, and my knee hurts," and the tablet would help him or her identify solutions.Retail AppsAt the TEDMED conference in San Diego in October, Walgreens unveiled a host of new technologies designed to enhance the customer experience. Among these was "Refill By Scan," a mobile app that allows patients to scan the bar code of a prescription and order refills in seconds, as well as other apps for Apple, Android and BlackBerry devices, such as refill reminder text alerts.Jacksonville, Fla.-based supermarket chain Winn-Dixie has launched the Winn-Dixie pharmacy app for Apple, Android and BlackBerry smartphones and a mobile website, m.WinnDixieRx.com, operating on a secure network created by San Francisco-based Mscripts. The app allows customers to track prescription refill status and manage doctor and key health information. It also can locate the nearest Winn-Dixie pharmacy, in addition to offering services like interactive SMS messaging, mobile calendar integration and push notifications.CVS Caremark has launched a new app for Android phones that provides users with Android OS version 2.1 or greater to access the Drug Information Database and learn about various prescription drugs, while allowing CVS Caremark plan members to log in and manage their prescriptions online. Other functions include refilling prescriptions, checking prescription order statuses, online new prescription requests and a pharmacy locator. The company has offered a version of the app for the iPhone since July 2010.Health AppsHealthPrize Technologies has launched a mobile app for the iPhone and Android that it calls the first to provide an integrated platform of creative rewards, games, education and competitions designed to combat medication nonadherence, a problem that costs the U.S. economy $290 billion every year. Rather than providing emails and texts, HealthPrize encourages adherence based on insights from behavioral economics, gaming dynam


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We are just getting back and what a great week in Barcelona at TechEd EMEA with Docker! After just two weeks from our announcement outlining a deep partnership, Docker became the highlight of many parts of the Microsoft event. I am excited about what we were already able to show in Spain and even more excited about the next steps in the partnership, such as Docker Hub integration into Microsoft Azure, growing the Docker Open Orchestration APIs, and Docker containers on Windows Server including the development of the open-source Docker Engine for Windows Server. With these announcements, Microsoft continues to offer customers the most choice of any cloud provider with a wide variety of Linux and Windows solutions. The support for Docker, the demos/sessions at TechEd, and the future roadmap with Docker reinforce our open, community-driven focus.
Here were a few of the places Docker showed up at the conference. First, during the keynote on the first day, Mark Russinovich, CTO of Azure, did an awesome demo showing a new build of the Docker client running on Windows and deploying and managing Docker containers running on Linux in Azure Virtual Machines. With the power of Docker, he was able to spin up a website using MySQL in seconds. This Docker client on Windows Server was one of the first steps in the partnership and the coding was finished the Friday before the event. You can check that demo out here, at time 1:19:40.
Later in the week, I had the pleasure of doing a longer breakout session with Nick Stinemates from the Docker, Inc. management team. It was probably one of the most interactive session I have ever experienced. Nick did an extended demo, explaining Docker to the audience, all from a Linux client shell. I am convinced it is the longest demo ever from a Linux machine at TechEd. I then did a demo using the Docker Client on Windows Server, starting up a Minecraft Docker Container on an Ubuntu host in Azure. Just as a warning, I screwed up the demo a bit, such that even Nick was laughing at me in the audience.
You can check out that full session here. For Nick's demos, make sure to zoom in on the site to see all the commands.
Finally, near the end of the week, we were able to host the Barcelona edition of the Docker Global Hack Day #2. This was a great opportunity to bring together attendees at the conference and local Docker enthusiasts to both learn, experiment, and build with Docker. Back in the States, as part of the Hack Day, Ahmet from our engineering team had a great Azure submission to run the Docker registry on Azure Blob Storage. How cool is that?
Overall, it has been a really great couple weeks working with Docker Inc. and this really is just the beginning of a great partnership across the Docker Hub, Docker for Windows Server and Docker Open Orchestration APIs. We stay committed to offering an open platform and embracing both Linux and Windows communities on the platform. Got ideas or other areas we should innovate, please shout! Stay tuned as we build, ship, and run, together.
Corey Sanders


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SHOES Exhibition: Shoes and flowers make us happy; they are one PATH to happiness!
The name of this exhibition is: The Path!
Size: 11" x 14"
Watercolor, Acrylic, Watercolor Paper, Cold Pressed and Acid Free.
I will provide a certificate of authenticity tor each painting sold.
Only 1 available
Please note that when this item is sold out, I can create a similar or custom-made, but not identical painting. It will differ slightly from the photo. Also, please allow additional time for the product to be created.
Shipped from: Shediac, New Brunswick, Canada
Artist: Guéganne Doucet


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Snowpiercer, great November catalog BDs from Kino, Los Angeles Plays Itself, Fox Searchlight: 20th & more!
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Anchor Bay and Starz have finally officially announced the Blu-ray and DVD release of Bong Joon Ho's science fiction/actioner Snowpiercer on 10/21 (SRP $29.99 and $24.98). The film stars Chris Evans, Song Kang Ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Ewen Bremner, John Hurt, and Ed Harris. We've seen it here at The Bits; it's pretty terrific. Both versions will include the director's proper 126-minute cut, a critics commentary, and a bonus disc that adds 5 featurettes (The Birth of Snowpiercer, The Characters, Chris Evans & Tilda Swinton on Snowpiercer, The Train Brought to Life: Behind the Scenes of a Special Screening, and Transperceneige: From the Blank Page to the Black Screen), an animated prologue, and concept art galleries. [Read on here…]
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- Masterpiece: Downton Abbey Season Five
- A Most Wanted Man
- Boyhood
- Begin Again
- The Way He Looks
- Man of the West
- Via Maria
- Gator
- White Lightning
- More Dead Than Alive
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- Coming Home
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Nearly 25 years after Bernie Lomax was killed, a new coroner's report sheds light on how his body endured so much trauma, and why the two responsible violated the Geneva Convention. What follows is the coroner's report for Lomax, employee of a large New York insurance firm, whose body was in the possession of witnesses Larry Wilson and Richard Parker over a short weekend at Lomax's beach home. Body Examination:Lomax, BernieDate of death: June 5, 1989Manner of death: heroin overdose The victim was discovered in his beach home with several gunshot wounds in his chest. The witnesses stated that they had been with the body for a period of at least 24 hours since the victim passed away from an apparent heroin overdose.
However, it is the opinion of this investigator that the witnesses' testimony is faulty, based on the condition of the body. Their "weekend at Bernie's" should have been "weekend with a bloated, stiff, green corpse." According to basic forensic science, the human body after death is not a pretty thing. After the induced heroin overdose, the victim would have quickly exhibited pallor mortis, or a loss of color in the skin due to the end of blood flow, within minutes of death. To pass off the victim at parties and in public, the witnesses must have taken time to apply and reapply extensive makeup to the body of the victim. During the next one to two hours, the victim's body would begin to cool during algor mortis. In the first hour, the body would likely drop a few degrees in external body temperature. With each following hour, the body would have lost another one to two degrees. To pass off a body in this state as living, the witnesses must have periodically heated the body (most likely in the summer sun) every few hours during their weekend. Though externally warm to the touch, the victim's body would continue to cool internally until it reached the ambient outside temperature. After three hours, rigor mortis would set in. Famously known as the stiffening of a corpse, rigor mortis is brought on more by what the body can no longer do rather than something the body is doing. When a person contracts their muscles, chemicals build bridges between muscle fibers, pulling the tissue along and then detaching to repeat the process. When a person dies, they can no longer use the chemicals that usually break these little bridges allowing for continued muscle contraction. The muscle fibers become fixed in place as the metabolism of a dead body tailspins towards demise, resulting in the stiffening we are all familiar with. Witnesses report that the body of the victim was not stiff, indeed, it was flexible enough to be carried around as if walking, dragged behind a boat, and finally flipped off a gurney to be buried in the sand by a small child. To achieve this ease of motion during the time the witnesses Wilson and Parker were in possession of the body, they could have used the same technique that butchers use to make sure recently refrigerated meat does not undergo rigor mortis. It is the opinion of this investigator that the witnesses applied alternating electric current to the body, in effect tenderizing the victim. Six to twelve hours into their weekend with the victim, the witnesses would have seen the body undergo livor mortis. The blood of the victim, no longer able to fight gravity, would begin to pool in the extremities of the body. To hide the visual changes that accompany this state—ghostly pale areas accented by blood red ones—the witnesses kept the victim's body covered at all times with a full outfit, including sunglasses. Lastly, and most disturbingly, the body of the victim would have begun to decompose immediately upon death. The stomach area would bloat, intestines would begin pushing their way out, and cells themselves would rupture. In fact, because receiving numerous gunshots in this state, as the victim did, would have likely "spilled the guts" of the victim, it is the opinion of this investigator that the witnesses drastically altered the body. No witnesses outside Parker and Wilson noted that the body was disemboweled after taking so many gunshots, so one conclusion could be that Parker and Wilson removed the internal organs of the body—in the style of Egyptian mummification—to prevent rapid decomposition. And because the effluvium of a decomposing body would be repellent to all but insects, Parker and Wilson must have applied serious amounts of insect repellant and air freshener to the corpse. However, if these materials were used, they were not recovered at the scene. Needless to say, regardless of what the witnesses actually did to the victim's body to preserve it, Bernie Lomax's body could not endure another such outing. Conclusion: Finally, though there is no widely adopted state or federal laws pertaining to the "proper treatment" of dead bodies, the egregious actions of the witnesses Wilson and Parker evoke a response from international law. To pass off a dead body as living, to subject it to such abuse, to parade it about in public, is to violate the Geneva Convention. Rule 113 of the convention states that "each party to the conflict shall facilitate the steps taken … to protect [the killed] against … ill-treatment." Though these rules only apply during armed conflicts between countries that have accepted the doctrine, it is the opinion of this investigator that the extreme mistreatment of the victim's body (killed by a forced drug overdose) qualifies as an infringement. This investigator concludes, perhaps overzealously, that charges should be retroactively filled against the witnesses on behalf of the Lomax estate, as the ensuing defamation of the Lomax name has made it impossible for his family to have a quiet weekend anywhere. Image:Screenshot from Weekend At Bernie's.


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As ever, thanks to Madame Samm, the Blog Hop supremo and Vickie, our very patient cheerleader, we would have been lost without you!
Here are the other creative Blog Hoppers sharing their projects today.
November 28
When Madame Samm announced that the subject of this Blog Hop was Roosters, well I was hooked! It was only when I started planning my project for this Blog Hop that I realised just quite how many Roosters I have around the house :)
There are cross-stitched Roosters,
stuffed and painted Roosters
more painted Roosters and a quilted Rooster!
The quilted Rooster cushion was my first ever attempt at hand-quilting and was completed as part of an evening class in Patchwork and Quilting that I went to about 7 years ago. I am delighted to see that my tentative hand quilting has stood the test of time (so far, anyway!).
After tossing ideas back and forth, always the hardest bit of the Blog Hop as far as I am concerned. I eventually decided to make another Rooster cushion. This time, however, I wanted to try something a bit different.
And here he is, my latest Rooster cushion!
The main cushion fabric is called Postcard and was another fabric from the lovely people at Terry's Fabrics
I downloaded the Rooster image from the Graphics Fairy website. If you haven't come across the website it is definitely worth a look, there are over 4,000 free vintage images available for download, as well as lots of hints and tips on how to use the images in crafting. It is a real treasure trove.
The original image was a bit too colourful for the background fabric, and for the effect I wanted to achieve, so I toned down the colours before reversing the image and printing it out on Transfer Artist Paper. The printed image transferred perfectly to the Postcard fabric, and produced exactly the effect that I had hoped for, which definitely makes a pleasant change :)
For the back I found a card of black embossed buttons bought at the haberdashery stall in a French market this summer. Some black and cream checkerboard fabric piping was the finishing touch.
I have enough of the background fabric left to make another cushion, so I might just be on the lookout for a hen image to give my Rooster some female company :)
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quotacheck(8) | System Manager's Manual | quotacheck(8) |
quotacheck - scan a filesystem for disk usage, create, check and repair quota files
quotacheck [ -gubcfinvdMmR ] [ -F quota-format ] -a | filesystem
quotacheck examines each filesystem, builds a table of current disk usage, and compares this table against that recorded in the disk quota file for the filesystem (this step is omitted if option -c is specified). If any inconsistencies are detected, both the quota file and the current system copy of the incorrect quotas are updated (the latter only occurs if an active filesystem is checked which is not advised). By default, only user quotas are checked. quotacheck expects each filesystem to be checked to have quota files named [a]quota.user and [a]quota.group located at the root of the associated filesystem. If a file is not present, quotacheck will create it.
If the quota file is corrupted, quotacheck tries to save as much data as possible. Rescuing data may need user intervention. With no additional options quotacheck will simply exit in such a situation. When in interactive mode (option -i) , the user is asked for advice. Advice can also be provided from command line (see option -n) , which is useful when quotacheck is run automatically (ie. from script) and failure is unacceptable.
quotacheck should be run each time the system boots and mounts non-valid filesystems. This is most likely to happen after a system crash.
It is strongly recommended to run quotacheck with quotas turned off for the filesystem. Otherwise, possible damage or loss to data in the quota files can result. It is also unwise to run quotacheck on a live filesystem as actual usage may change during the scan. To prevent this, quotacheck tries to remount the filesystem read-only before starting the scan. After the scan is done it remounts the filesystem read-write. You can disable this with option -m. You can also make quotacheck ignore the failure to remount the filesystem read-only with option -M.
- -b, --backup
- Forces quotacheck to make backups of the quota file before writing the new data.
- -v, --verbose
- quotacheck reports its operation as it progresses. Normally it operates silently. If the option is specified twice, also the current directory is printed (note that printing can slow down the scan measurably).
- -d, --debug
- Enable debugging mode. It will result in a lot of information which can be used in debugging the program. The output is very verbose and the scan will be slow.
- -u, --user
- Only user quotas listed in /etc/mtab or on the filesystems specified are to be checked. This is the default action.
- -g, --group
- Only group quotas listed in /etc/mtab or on the filesystems specified are to be checked.
- -c, --create-files
- Don't read existing quota files. Just perform a new scan and save it to disk. quotacheck also skips scanning of old quota files when they are not found.
- -f, --force
- Forces checking and writing of new quota files on filesystems with quotas enabled. This is not recommended as the created quota files may be out of sync.
- -M, --try-remount
- This flag forces checking of filesystem in read-write mode if a remount fails. Do this only when you are sure no process will write to a filesystem while scanning.
- -m, --no-remount
- Don't try to remount filesystem read-only. See comment with option -M.
- -i, --interactive
- Interactive mode. By default quotacheck exits when it finds an error. In interactive mode user is asked for input instead. See option -n.
- -n, --use-first-dquot
- If the quota files become corrupted, it is possible for duplicate entries for a single user or group ID to exist. Normally in this case, quotacheck exits or asks user for input. When this option is set, the first entry found is always used (this option works in interactive mode too).
- -F, --format=format-name
- Check and fix quota files of specified format (ie. don't perform format auto-detection). This is recommended as detection might not work well on corrupted quota files. Possible format names are: vfsold Original quota format with 16-bit UIDs / GIDs, vfsv0 Quota format with 32-bit UIDs / GIDs, 64-bit space usage, 32-bit inode usage and limits, vfsv1 Quota format with 64-bit quota limits and usage, rpc (quota over NFS), xfs (quota on XFS filesystem)
- -a, --all
- Check all mounted non-NFS filesystems in /etc/mtab
- -R, --exclude-root
- When used together with the -a option, all filesystems except for the root filesystem are checked for quotas.
quotacheck should only be run by super-user. Non-privileged users are presumably not allowed to read all the directories on the given filesystem.
quota(1), quotactl(2), fstab(5), quotaon(8), repquota(8), convertquota(8), setquota(8), edquota(8), fsck(8), efsck(8), e2fsck(8), xfsck(8)
- aquota.user or aquota.group
- located at filesystem root with quotas (version 2 quota, non-XFS filesystems)
- quota.user or quota.group
- located at filesystem root with quotas (version 1 quota, non-XFS filesystems)
- /etc/mtab
- names and locations of mounted filesystems
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The Navy Yard Relief Fund will support the victims' families and those injured in the attack. Learn more here.
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A dozen people died in a shooting rampage Monday at the Washington Navy Yard. The shooter also was killed.
It was the deadliest attack at a domestic military installation since November 2009, when an Army psychiatrist killed 13 people and wounded 30 others at Fort Hood, Texas. The stories of the 12 who were gunned down and a police officer who survived are told here.
Michael Arnold, 59, Lorton, Va.
Michael Arnold, 59, of Lorton, Va., was a Navy veteran and avid pilot who was building a light airplane at his home, said his uncle, Steve Hunter.
"It would have been the first plane he ever owned," Hunter said in a telephone interview from Rochester, Mich., Arnold's hometown. "It's partially assembled in his basement."
Hunter said his nephew retired from the Navy as a commander or lieutenant commander and had previously been stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
Patricia Arnold looks at photos of her son Michael Arnold. (AP)
He worked at the Navy Yard on a team that designed vessels such as the USS Makin Island, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship used by the Marine Corps.
Arnold and his wife, Jolanda, had been married for more than 30 years, Hunter said. They had two grown sons, Eric and Christopher.
Hunter said Arnold returned to Michigan for Labor Day to visit his 80-year-old mother, Patricia.
"He was a loving son of his mother and his wife, and great father to his kids," said Hunter. "It's tragic. How can you get up in the morning and go to work and have that happen? How do bad things like that happen to good people?"
Martin Bodrog, 54, Annandale, Va.
(AP Photo/Courtesy Bodrog family)
Martin Bodrog, 54, lived on a quiet, tree-shaded cul-de-sac in Annandale, Va., where family and friends gathered Tuesday.
Jeff Prowse, a close friend of Bodrog and family spokesman, said Bodrog was a hardworking Navy veteran and graduate of the Naval Academy who cared deeply about his family, his friends and his country.
"A heart of gold, and one of the most humble, self-effacing guys," said Prowse, a burly ex-Marine who paused several times to fight back tears as he talked.
"This is just an absolute tragedy for so many reasons," Prowse said.
Prowse worked with Bodrog at the Pentagon on amphibious vessel programs. He said Bodrog was transferred from the Pentagon to the Navy Yard in January.
Bodrog had been married for 25 years to Melanie, whom he met while she was serving on active duty as a Navy nurse. The couple had three daughters, ages 23, 17 and 16.
Prowse and Bodrog shared a love of the Boston Bruins hockey team and he last spoke to his good friend about a week ago.
"We were actually getting ready to figure out our Bruins schedule for the year," said Prowse, who retired from the military and now lives in southwest Virginia.
Bodrog was active in his church, where he started a Bible study and helped lead preschool and youth programs, Prowse said. In the winter, Bodrog could be seen in shorts and his Boston Bruins jersey, shoveling the driveways of elderly neighbors.
"The one thing that always stuck out to me about Marty … was how absolutely driven he was to make sure that the equipment we were giving our Marines and sailors was absolutely the best he could be," Prowse said. "It was not a job for Marty, it was an absolute calling."
Martin Bodrog
WTOP's Dick Uliano reports
Arthur Daniels, 51, Washington, D.C.
(Courtesy AP)
Priscilla Daniels, 46, told The Washington Post she had kissed her husband that morning and teased that he should stay in bed because it was raining.
"I don't know why they shot him," she said. "He was a good father and hard worker."
Priscilla Daniels, wife of Arthur Daniels, is comforted by Lynnell Humphrey. (AP/The WashingtonPost)
Every year, it was Arthur Daniels who cooked Thanksgiving dinner for the family. On weekends, he spent time washing and polishing his white Crown Victoria.
Priscilla Daniels said she and her husband loved going out on the town with their shoes shined and hair done, holding hands. They were high school sweethearts, and all four of their sons were named after Arthur Daniels.
His death comes four years after the death of their 14-year-old son Arthur A. Daniels, who was shot and killed on a Washington street.
"My husband was the man I loved through all the tragedy," Priscilla Daniels said. "I can't believe this is happening again."
Arthur Daniels was the family's breadwinner. Washington Mayor Vincent Gray called Priscilla Daniels on Tuesday to offer condolences and asked if there was any life insurance, but the answer was no. The mayor said he would send a staff member to the house to discuss the family's finances.
Sylvia Frasier, 53, Waldorf, Md.
(AP/Courtesy of the Frasier family)
Sylvia Frasier, 53, of Waldorf, Md., had worked at Naval Sea Systems Command as an information assurance manager since 2000, according to a LinkedIn profile in her name.
Frasier studied at Strayer University, earning a bachelor of science in computer information systems in 2000 and a master's in information systems in 2002. Her duties at NAVSEA included providing policy and guidance on network security, and assuring that all computer systems operated by the headquarters met Department of Navy and Department of Defense requirements.
She also led efforts "to establish and implement procedures to investigate security violations or incidents," according to the profile.
Her brother, James Frasier, declined comment Monday night.
Kathleen Gaarde, 63, Woodbridge, Va.
(AP Photo/Courtesy Douglass Gaarde)
Kathleen Gaarde, 63, of Woodbridge, Va., was a financial analyst who supported the organization responsible for the shipyards, her husband, Douglass, wrote in an email to the AP Tuesday.
Douglass Gaarde declined to speak, but wrote that he was unable to sleep.
"Today my life partner of 42 years (38 of them married) was taken from me, my grown son and daughter, and friends," he wrote. "We were just starting to plan our retirement activities and now none of that matters. It hasn't fully sunk in yet but I know I already dearly miss her."
Madelyn Gaarde, of Grand Junction, Colo., who's married to Douglass Gaarde's brother, said her sister- and brother-in-law met while he was studying electrical engineering at the University of South Florida in Tampa.
Douglass Gaarde, an Illinois native, also worked for the Navy until his retirement last year, his sister-in-law said.
"She was a very gracious person and very welcoming," she said of Kathleen Gaarde.
Kathy Gaarde
WTOP's Dick Uliano reports
John Roger Johnson, 73, Derwood, Md.
(AP Photo/Courtesy Johnson family)
Logistics analyst John Roger Johnson, 73, was perhaps most notorious for his bear hugs, his daughter said.
"Rib-crunchers," Megan Johnson said with a laugh as she remembered her father Tuesday. "You didn't have to pay for a chiropractor."
The Derwood, Md., man — the oldest of the victims in Monday's shootings — graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Wash. He studied mathematics, but he went into the field of reliability engineering, said Megan Johnson, third-youngest of his four daughters.
Most recently, Johnson worked with TWD & Associates, Inc., where co-workers knew him as "J.J."
"These were dedicated employees who cared about their work and their colleagues," TWD president Larry Besterman said Tuesday. "The senseless violence that claimed their lives cannot erase the memory of their friendship and contributions."
Johnson was an avid saltwater fisherman but, his daughter said, "could not cook to save his life." He had a place across the road from the ocean at Nags Head on the Outer Banks of North Carolina for more than 20 years.
Megan Johnson said her father was a "die-hard" Washington Redskins football fan. And while the former youth ice hockey player used to feel the same way about the Baltimore Orioles, she said, "I can tell you, he was switching to the Nats," referring to the Washington Nationals baseball franchise.
Colleagues have said Johnson would always greet them with a hearty, "Good morning, Buddy. How you doing?" His daughter said that made her smile.
"I think the key thing there was his jolly, happy-go-lucky self," she said. "An honestly great guy."
Johnson would have celebrated his 74th birthday on Oct. 7. He also leaves his wife of more than eight years, Judy, and four stepchildren.
Frank Kohler, 50, Tall Timbers, Md.
(AP Photo/Courtesy Rotary Club of Lexington Park)
Frank Kohler, 50, was a past president of the Rotary Club in Lexington Park, Md. As such, he proudly held the title of "King Oyster" at the annual festival celebrating the region's signature bivalve the third weekend of each October.
"He walks around with a crown and robe and gives out candy," said Bob Allen, Kohler's former boss at Lockheed Martin in southern Maryland. "In fact, he was in charge of the beer stand. I used to have that job and when I left, I handed it off to him."
The married father of two college-age daughters had driven up to the Washington Navy Yard for a meeting Monday when the shootings occurred, friends told Allen. Allen said Kohler had taken over for him as site manager for the defense contractor.
Kohler was working for Information Concepts in Management, LLC, a subcontractor of TWD & Associates, Inc. He had been on the NAVSEA project just under two years, according to a TWD statement released Tuesday.
He was a 1985 graduate of Pennsylvania's Slippery Rock University in computer science. Allen said Kohler was a Pittsburgh Steelers fan and an avid, though not overly skilled, golfer.
"He could probably shoot in the low 90s," Allen said in a telephone interview Tuesday from Bradenton, Fla. When Allen retired, Kohler picked his gift — a gold pocket watch with the inscription, "From your friends in Lockheed Martin to help you putt into the future."
Kohler lived on the water with his wife, Michelle, an employee at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River. Allen said his friend loved to boat and fish, and went on frequent hunting trips to Canada.
"A great family man, a Christian, and a great friend," he said. "It just doesn't seem possible. I mean, you hear about these things all the time … But when you know somebody, it just makes it all the worse … It's a huge loss for southern Maryland."
Mary Knight, 51, Reston, Va.
(AP Photo/Courtesy of the Knight family)
Information technology specialist Mary Knight, 51, of Reston, Va., had recently received a big promotion and witnessed the marriage of her older daughter, her mother said.
"I don't know how this happened," Liliana DeLorenzo, 76, said from her home in Fayetteville, N.C., Tuesday. "She was a good daughter and a good mother and a hard worker. It's a loss. It's a great loss."
Knight was born in Germany, where 1st Sgt. Frank DeLorenzo, a Green Beret instructor who did a tour in Vietnam, was stationed at the time. When she was about 10, the family was transferred to Fort Bragg, N.C.
Liliana DeLorenzo, a native of Trieste, Italy, said her daughter attended local schools and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
"She was a No. 1 student," the proud mother said. "She always liked to go to school."
Knight, the oldest of three children, had recently been promoted at work to GS 15 — the top civil service pay grade, her mother said. Last month, her older daughter, Nicole, 25, married a soldier.
DeLorenzo said Knight's younger daughter, Daniel, 20, was living with her in Reston while attending college. She said Knight never expressed any concerns about working at the Navy Yard.
Having watched her own husband and other soldiers go off to war, she never dreamed she had to worry about her civilian daughter.
"They survived, these soldiers, Afghanistan, Iraq and all that, and then they get over here and get killed," she said with a sigh. "I don't know what to say. I've been in shock. We've been in shock over such a thing. …
"You really don't think about the parents and relatives, what they go through. Now I know."
Vishnu Pandit, 61, North Potomac, Md.
(Courtesy Pandit Family)
"He was very dedicated to improving the performance of naval ships and systems," longtime friend M. Nuns Jain said Tuesday outside the North Potomac, Md., home where Pandit's family privately mourned. "The only saving grace in this horrible incident is that he died doing what he loved the most in the service of his nation."
Jain said Pandit, a Mumbai native, earned a bachelor's degree in marine engineering in India in 1973 before coming to America and earning a degree in naval architecture from the University of Michigan.
He said Pandit sailed with the U.S. Merchant Marine before joining the Naval Sea Systems Command, headquartered at the Washington Navy Yard.
Married to his wife Anjali since 1978, Pandit had two sons and a granddaughter, Jain said.
"He was a real family man and he loved dogs," including the family's golden retriever, Bailey, Jain said.
Neighbor Satish Misra said Pandit was on the homeowners' association board in their leafy subdivision, and active in the local Hare Krishna Hindu temple.
"He was a gentle man. I really loved him and his family," Misra said.
Pandit's family issued a statement thanking people for their condolences, thoughts and prayers.
"Our family is dealing with the loss of a kind and gentle man, and kindly requests that our privacy be respected," the statement read.
Vishnu Pandit
WTOP's Dick Uliano reports
Kenneth Proctor, 46, Charles County, Md.
Kenneth Proctor, 46, worked as a civilian utilities foreman at the Navy Yard, his ex-wife, Evelyn Proctor, said. He spent 22 years working for the federal government, Evelyn Proctor said.
The Waldorf, Md., woman spoke to Kenneth early Monday morning before he left for work at the Navy Yard. It was his regular call. The high school sweethearts talked every day, even after they divorced this year after 19 years of marriage, and they shared custody of their two teenage sons.
She was in shock about her ex-husband's death.
"He just went in there in the morning for breakfast," Proctor said Monday night of the building where the shooting took place. "He didn't even work in the building. It was a routine thing for him to go there in the morning for breakfast, and unfortunately it happened."
Proctor said she tried to call her ex-husband throughout the day and drove to the Navy Yard on Monday afternoon, fearing the worst. After waiting for about three hours alongside other relatives concerned about their loved ones, she was informed around 8 p.m. that he was among the dead. Officials did not detail the circumstances of his shooting, she said.
The Proctors married in 1994 and divorced this year. Their older son, Kenneth Proctor Jr., 17, enlisted in the Army after graduating from high school this spring and is in basic training in Oklahoma. Their younger son, Kendull Proctor, is 15.
"We were still very close. It wasn't a bitter divorce," Evelyn Proctor said. "We still talked every day, and we lived 10 minutes away from each other."
Kenneth Proctor was born and raised in Charles County, Md., where he lived until his death.
"He loved the Redskins. Loved his kids — a very loving, caring, gentle person. His kids meant a lot to him," Evelyn Proctor said.
Kenneth Proctor
WTOP's Dick Uliano reports
Gerald L. Read, 58, Alexandria, Va.
Gerald L. Read's son-in-law, Michael Giffin, said his family was not ready to speak yet about the 58-year-old's death.
"We're still trying to gather our thoughts," said Giffin, who is married to Read's daughter, Jessica. Read was from Alexandria, Va.
Richard Michael Ridgell, 52, Brooklyn Park, Md.
(AP Photo/Carroll County Times, Dave Munch)
Richard Michael Ridgell, 52, was a passionate protector, both in his security work and in the way he treated his daughters during game-day trips to M&T Field to root for his beloved Baltimore Ravens.
"He was all about protecting us," said daughter Megan outside her mother's Westminster home. She remembered her father guardedly eyeing other spectators as they climbed to their upper-tier seats, making sure she was safe in the roaring crowd.
Ridgell, a former Maryland State Police trooper, was working for a private security contractor at the Washington Navy Yard. Family members said they didn't know details about Ridgell's death.
(Courtesy AP)
His children and estranged wife, Tracey, say they want him remembered as a loving, funny and patriotic man who found satisfaction as a security contractor in Iraq and Afghanistan; as a drummer in the all-volunteer Baltimore Colts Marching Band before the Ravens era; and as a successful softball coach to all three daughters, Heather, 33, Megan, 19, and Maddi, 17.
"He was so much more than a shooting victim. He was an amazing person," Megan said.
Ridgell, a native of Brooklyn Park, near Baltimore, was a state trooper from 1983 to 2000, when he resigned at the rank of corporal, spokesman Sgt. Marc Black said.
He did contract security work overseas, according to family members and information Ridgell provided to the rental agent at a Westminster apartment complex where he lived after separating from his wife about two years ago.
The rental agent, Casey Perryman, said Ridgell's love for his children and his country was apparent.
"I think it's just a tragedy that he lost his life doing something he enjoyed so much," she said. "He was all about serving and protecting the people of the United States."
Metropolitan Police Department Officer Scott Williams
Metropolitan Police Department Officer Scott Williams was shot multiple times in the legs but survived.
After visiting Williams, Police Chief Cathy Lanier said he has some "pretty serious injuries" and is "pretty uncomfortable" but "in good spirits."
Williams is an officer in the K9 division. He underwent surgery Monday, and before he did, he wanted to call his mother, according to Janis Orlowski, the chief medical officer of MedStar Washington Hospital Center where the officer was recovering Tuesday.
Orlowski initially said Williams had bone and blood vessel damage and there was "concern" about whether he would be able to walk again. But she said Williams, who she estimated to be in his late 40s, was in fair and stable condition.
Lanier also said she was sure Williams would walk again.
"I'm real confident that he not only will walk again but probably will outrun most of us once again," she said.
Associated Press writers Amanda Kell, Ben Nuckols, Allen G. Breed, Emery P. Dalesio, Stacy A. Anderson, David Dishneau, Randall Chase and Jessica Gresko contributed to this report.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Concentration and Youth
Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami , 1998-10-15
Today Gurudeva gives meaning to attention, concentration, meditation, contemplation, samadi. Gurudeva then discusses why parents should not force children into activities for which they do not have aptitudes. Gurudeva gives the meaning of Darshan.
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'Today at Kauai Aadheenam', daily diary. October 15, in our electronic Ashram in cyberspace.
We had a 'Publisher's Desk' meeting today. This means, all the writers and editors of 'Hinduism Today' gather together in our Cedar Room, around a big table and review the major articles for 1999. This happens about every 5 or 6 days and during the time we are together, we telephone one of our journalists in London or New Delhi, one or another part of the world.
Well, two cows left yesterday. So, we have more room in our pasture for some young ones. We keep our cows, our old cows, until they make their transition. They have given us milk for many, many years. If we give a cow to someone else, we make sure that it is not to be eaten. It is a great sin in Hindu religion, in Sanatana Dharma, to eat a cow. The penance for that will come up in the next life. Many people who eat cows, who are Hindus, don't believe that the penance will come in the next life. Cows are like people. They are mammals. We should not eat dolphins or whales or any that are like us, that give birth to young. Think about it. Now, we have thought about it. So, we will go on.
We had a lot of visitors yesterday. We didn't even have time to take their pictures to show them to you. About 10-15 people came from various parts of the world. They enjoyed Kauai Aadheenam and were taken around by our wonderful, mathavasi guides who explained to them, our beautiful philosophy that there is 'One God, One World'. They tell the visitors, "God is within everyone. There is something God cannot do. He cannot take Himself out of you. That is one thing, for sure. The all-powerful God cannot take Himself out of you." That is really heartening for visitors to hear. The energy in the body comes from God, the Light that lights up our thoughts comes from God. That gives a lot of security.
I get many letters and now, on email and letters too, about "Help me with my examination." From Malaysia, from Singapore, from all over the world, "Help me with my examination. My memory is so poor. I cannot concentrate." Well, many children these days, are forced into educational procedures, to awaken abilities that they have no aptitude for. If you do not have concentration, well ... Let us talk about it.
Concentration is preceded by attention. Attention, concentration, meditation, contemplation, samadhi or the oneness with the All; the All is God. Attention, concentration, meditation, contemplation, becoming one with the All and then, samadhi, becoming the All.
So, what is attention? What holds our attention? What we are interested in, holds our attention.Therefore, concentration comes naturally. Unfortunately, families want a doctor in their family. They want an engineer in their family. And, now it is a computer engineer. I knew a young man who was becoming an engineer. I said, "What are you learning?" It turns out that he was becoming an automobile mechanic, to work in a garage.
We have to look at education as buying a product. Once the product is purchased, then we learn to use that product. Think about it. You buy a product for a young person who is born to be a great artist, born to be a great dancer or musician. The product is something that he is not interested in. Then, he is forced to learn through humiliation, through beatings. Many families do this, even in Hinduism that believes in ahimsa, not harming or hurting mentally, physically and emotionally. Those who do, knowing ahimsa, the bad karma comes back on them so quickly. That karma comes back so fast.
Back to the subject. The subject is attention, concentration, meditation. According to the astrology of a young person, his mental aptitudes may not be for cutting up frogs and later, cutting up humans. It maybe for something very, very different. We have to understand the nature. We have to understand the aptitude. We have to understand what holds the attention of the individual. Maybe he is not born to be wealthy, off the hurts and sores of others. Maybe he was born to be poor, but a great artist that can inspire and uplift others. Maybe he is born to be a sannyasin, a spiritual leader, a minister, a missionary of the Divine.
It is the parent's duty, for they are the first guru, to go to the second guru, someone such as me. This often happens with parents. Almost once or twice a week, we hear from parents who ask us, "What should our children be, when they grow up?" We analyze their character, their astrology, their aptitude and give good advice. Through the last 50 years, much of this advice has worked out beautifully. Fine, productive people.
There are still others, who think they know it all. They ignore the ability of the soul of their offspring, expressing itself in the physical world. They force them into marriages, force them into education, force them to make money and force them to be unhappy.
Concentration is an outgrowth of attention. If you cannot concentrate and if you are having problems with concentration, you do not have to take pills and all the wonderful things that improve your memory. You just have to find something that you are interested in, that holds your attention. Concentration, therefore, is the by-product that develops what holds your attention and then, you can meditate. Finally, you get closer to your inner self.
Well, I don't know how I got on to this subject. But, it has really impressed me, with a number of letters, and email communication that we get on, "I cannot concentrate." Basically saying, "I don't like what my family is forcing me into." Let us have compassion on the youth and develop the qualities within them that they were born on planet Earth to develop. Well, that is a deep subject.
I will be seeing you tomorrow, in our familiar place. All the races and all the many faces that are tuning in from Ireland, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Spain. We have a list, too long to read to you. From India, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Madagascar, tuning in to our cyberspace Ashram, for just a little bit of peace, of knowledge.
Some people are wondering what 'darshan' means. Darshan simply means to see and to feel, at the same time. It is a Sanskrit word. When I use the word darshan, it means to see and feel. I have your darshan. That means, I see you and I feel you. You have my darshan. You see me and you feel as I feel.
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Where Federal policies have been designed to reflect behavioral science insights, they have substantially improved outcomes for the individuals, families, communities, and businesses those policies serve. For example, automatic enrollment and automatic escalation in retirement savings plans have made it easier to save for the future, and have helped Americans accumulate billions of dollars in additional retirement savings. Similarly, streamlining the application process for Federal financial aid has made college more financially accessible for millions of students.
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Her performances on all four apparatus, Hoop, Ball, Clubs and Ribbon, were so strong that she easily left behind her 19 year old competitors. 2010 World Bronze medalist Melitina Staniouta of from Belarus finished second with a 64.531 total, outscoring Azerbaijan's first year senior Marina Durunda, who took the Bronze (63.132).
Staniuta, the leader of the Belarusian national team after the retirement of 2012 London Olympic Bronze medalist Liubov Cherkashina also showed great results on all apparatus on Sunday to take the title in the Ball (17.316 points), Clubs (17.316) and Ribbon (17.450) finals.
Rizatdinova added three Silver medals to her record (Ball 17.116, Clubs 17.216, Ribbon 17.316) while Durunda settled for Bronze in the Ball (16.700), Clubs (15.833) and Ribbon (16.766) finals.
The host country's Viktoria Bogdanova (18) finished tenth in the All-around (56.398) and eighth in the final on Hoop (15.050).
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Diabetic retinopathy is a condition that occurs in people who have diabetes. It causes progressive damage to the retina, the light-sensitive lining at the back of the eye. Diabetic retinopathy is a serious sight-threatening complication of diabetes.
Diabetes interferes with the body's ability to use and store sugar (glucose). The disease is characterized by too much sugar in the blood, which can cause damage throughout the body, including the eyes.
Over time, diabetes damages the blood vessels in the retina. Diabetic retinopathy occurs when these tiny blood vessels leak blood and other fluids. This causes the retinal tissue to swell, resulting in cloudy or blurred vision. The condition usually affects both eyes. The longer a person has diabetes, the more likely they will develop diabetic retinopathy. If left untreated, diabetic retinopathy can cause blindness.
Symptoms of diabetic retinopathy
In the early stages of diabetic retinopathy, no symptoms and changes in the quality of vision may be present, but in the later stages, damage to the fundus can lead to significant vision loss.
Symptoms of diabetic retinopathy include:
- Seeing spots or floaters
- Blurred vision
- Having a dark or empty spot in the center of your vision
- Difficulty seeing well at night
When people with diabetes experience long periods of high blood sugar, fluid can accumulate in the lens inside the eye that controls focusing. This changes the curvature of the lens, leading to blurred vision. However, once blood sugar levels are controlled, blurred distance vision will improve. Patients with diabetes who can better control their blood sugar levels will slow the onset and progression of diabetic retinopathy.
Often the early stages of diabetic retinopathy have no visual symptoms. That is why the American Optometric Association recommends that everyone with diabetes have a comprehensive dilated eye examination once a year. Early detection and treatment can limit the potential for significant vision loss from diabetic retinopathy.
Treatment of diabetic retinopathy varies depending on the extent of the disease. People with diabetic retinopathy may need laser surgery to seal leaking blood vessels or to discourage other blood vessels from leaking. Your optometrist might need to inject medications into the eye to decrease inflammation or stop the formation of new blood vessels. People with advanced cases of diabetic retinopathy might need a surgical procedure to remove and replace the gel-like fluid in the back of the eye, called the vitreous. Surgery may also be needed to repair a retinal detachment. This is a separation of the light-receiving lining in the back of the eye.
If you are diabetic, you can help prevent or slow the development of diabetic retinopathy by:
- Taking your prescribed medication
- Sticking to your diet
- Exercising regularly
- Controlling high blood pressure
- Avoiding alcohol and smoking
What causes diabetic retinopathy?
Non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) is the early state of the disease in which symptoms will be mild or non-existent. In NPDR, the blood vessels in the retina are weakened causing tiny bulges called microanuerysms to protrude from their walls.
Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) is the more advanced form of the disease. At this stage, new fragile blood vessels can begin to grow in the retina and into the vitreous, the gel-like fluid that fills the back of the eye. The new blood vessel may leak blood into the vitreous, clouding vision.
Diabetic retinopathy results from the damage diabetes causes to the small blood vessels located in the retina. These damaged blood vessels can cause vision loss:
- Fluid can leak into the macula, the area of the retina responsible for clear central vision. Although small, the macula is the part of the retina that allows us to see colors and fine detail. The fluid causes the macula to swell, resulting in blurred vision.
- In an attempt to improve blood circulation in the retina, new blood vessels may form on its surface. These fragile, abnormal blood vessels can leak blood into the back of the eye and block vision.
Diabetic retinopathy is classified into two types:
- Non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) is the early stage of the disease in which symptoms will be mild or nonexistent. In NPDR, the blood vessels in the retina are weakened. Tiny bulges in the blood vessels, called microaneurysms, may leak fluid into the retina. This leakage may lead to swelling of the macula.
- Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) is the more advanced form of the disease. At this stage, circulation problems deprive the retina of oxygen. As a result new, fragile blood vessels can begin to grow in the retina and into the vitreous, the gel-like fluid that fills the back of the eye. The new blood vessels may leak blood into the vitreous, clouding vision.
Other complications of PDR include detachment of the retina due to scar tissue formation and the development of glaucoma. Glaucoma is an eye disease in which there is progressive damage to the optic nerve. In PDR, new blood vessels grow into the area of the eye that drains fluid from the eye. This greatly raises the eye pressure, which damages the optic nerve. If left untreated, PDR can cause severe vision loss and even blindness.
Risk factors for diabetic retinopathy include:
- Diabetes. People with type 1 or type 2 diabetes are at risk for developing diabetic retinopathy. The longer a person has diabetes, the more likely he or she is to develop diabetic retinopathy, particularly if the diabetes is poorly controlled.
- Race. Hispanics and African Americans are at greater risk for developing diabetic retinopathy.
- Medical conditions. People with other medical conditions, such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol, are at greater risk.
- Pregnancy. Pregnant women face a higher risk for developing diabetes and diabetic retinopathy. If a woman develops gestational diabetes, she has a higher risk of developing diabetes as she ages.
How is diabetic retinopathy diagnosed?
Diabetic retinopathy can be diagnosed through a comprehensive eye examination. Testing, with emphasis on evaluating the retina and macula, may include:
- Patient history to determine vision difficulties, presence of diabetes, and other general health concerns that may be affecting vision
- Visual acuity measurements to determine how much central vision has been affected
- Refraction to determine if a new eyeglass prescription is needed
- Evaluation of the ocular structures, including the evaluation of the retina through a dilated pupil
- Measurement of the pressure within the eye
Supplemental testing may include:
- Retinal photography or tomography to document current status of the retina
- Fluorescein angiography to evaluate abnormal blood vessel growth
How is diabetic retinopathy treated?
Laser treatment (photocoagulation) is used to stop the leakage of blood and fluid into the retina. A laser beam of light can be used to create small burns in areas of the retina with abnormal blood vessels to try to seal the leaks.
Treatment for diabetic retinopathy depends on the stage of the disease. The goal of any treatment is to slow or stop the progression of the disease.
In the early stages of non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy, regular monitoring may be the only treatment. Following your doctor's advice for diet and exercise and controlling blood sugar levels can help control the progression of the disease.
If the disease advances, the blood vessels can leak blood and fluid into the retina, leading to macular edema. Laser treatment (photocoagulation) can stop this leakage. A laser beam of light creates small burns in areas of the retina with abnormal blood vessels to try to seal the leaks.
Widespread blood vessel growth in the retina, which occurs in proliferative diabetic retinopathy, can be treated by creating a pattern of scattered laser burns across the retina. This causes abnormal blood vessels to shrink and disappear. With this procedure, some side vision may be lost in order to safeguard central vision.