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■'*-'-*J__3&- -':•'.'■:■--- • Performance Prize—p. 2 ■ Revisionists—p. 3 Thursday, November .16, 2000 • Deer adventures—p. 6 *ReAL—p. 8 -Football—page 10 The Newspaper of Bethel College • Wrap ups and previews—pp. 11-12 Volume 76 'Number 5 CLARION 8 ffi t <$ iff 1 IB Beyond the trip to Greece and Turkey, there are two other new interim trips this year: IM«>stv®irl><a! C©mmusiii<£ai'45©irt in lR4«r«u!turfflI Sewings: The class is taught by Sharron Pelham; they will also travel to Italy during their time abroad. Mi $$l_ti_Wi Teas Iran rag airsJ L^anrtrantrag Sim <Snma<laI<sij£iir<3i Taught by Jay Rasmussen, this course (along with the preceding class) meets the Cultural Diversity (E) requirement. Continuing trips include the Galapagos Islands, Dominican Republic, Phillipines, Vietnam and another to Europe. Israel Study Tour 2000 rerouted By Dylan Frederickson * Staff writer In an unprecedented decision last month, lhe Belhel administration was forced to announce lhe cancellation of the Israel Study Tour, a class planning to spend Interim in Israel. Carl Rasmussen, professor of biblical and theological studies and the trip's attending faculty member, cited "safely of the students" as the primary consideration in the trip's cancellation. The level of political unrest between Israel and Palestine has been at a fevered pitch for the past months", making random outbursts of violence commonplace and raising lhe potential of Israel becoming a war zone. The administration's decision to cancel was made cooperatively with Rasmussen. He staled thai the trip coordinators "were in continual contact with the administration" during the decisionmaking process. Issues of class registration forced the early decision. "The cancellation was precipitated by concern for registration," Rasmussen said. He and the administration wanted to give sludents who had planned on the Israel trip a fair opportunity to register for alternate Interim classes before the flurry of Intcrim/Spring Semester class registration that quickly closes most available classes. As further consideration for the early decision, Rasmussen also stated, "We couldn't delay the decision to collect the money down [for the trip's fee]." Spirits are still running high among most of the students who were planning on visiting Israel, however. In its place, a brand-new trip has been coordinated. Called "In the Footsteps of the Aposiles," lhe tour visits the countries of Turkey and Greece, for lhe wealth of New Testament biblical history they possess. "Two-thirds of the books in the New Testament are written either lo or from cities located in the regions we will be visiting," said Rasmussen. The tour includes stops at the sites of famous New Testament cities and the seven churches listed in the Book of Rev elation. Most of the sludents disappointed by the cancellation of ihe Israel Study Tour eagerly accepted the new opportunity to go to Turkey and Greece. "I really wanted to go lo Israel, but ihis is a once in a lifetime opportunity to walk in the footsteps of Paul," senior Eric Anderson said. The trip will last for 23 days and includes 39 sludents from a wide range of majors. "This may become a regular trip that we'll offer for Interim," said Rasmussen. Gadkin revisits childhood w :::,' ~T3->■->■:: I Freshman JeffZaugg peers through a miniture building in Ihe Children's Museum. Associate vice president announces resignation By Jonathan Fast News edilor Dee Traudi, associate vice president of alumni and parent relations, will be resigning effective Nov. 19. "I enjoyed my time at Bethel and will continue to remain active," Traudt said. Bui, "I needed to slow things down." Traudl's position requires him to "direct all activities related to alumni and parent relations, including parent portions of campus events such as Welcome Week, Homecoming, Par ents Weekend and the Senior Show." Also included are the national alumni programs, alumni awards and faculty awards. Those areas are designed lo meet lhe objectives of connecting alumni back to Belhel, Bethel to alumni in the form of national chapters and uniting alumni with other alumni. Since coming to Bethel in 1989, Traudi has been involved in a variety of positions. He began his tenure in the Development Office, as the director of capital and endowment develop ment, and worked on the Vision Grows campaign for both Bethel Seminary San Diego and the Community Life Center (CLC). "My main function was lo manage fundraisers for the CLC and I worked there until it was completed," Traudt said. With his fundraising position no longer relevant, he became the director of lhe Bethel Fund until moving to his current position four years ago. Though Traudt does not have formal plans afler he leaves, he will have things to do. Recently Traudi purchased a 1948 gas station thai has been converted into a restaurant, Andy's Garage, lhat opened lasl June. His work there exemplifies a passion for community that was evident at Belhel. "We designed and renovated lhe building as a community gathering place," said Traudt. "Customers run the full gamut from street people lo corporate people." Traudt will also continue wilh consulting work in development and marketing that he has been in for a few years. Before coming to Bethel, Traudt had been the executive director of several YMCA branches for 15 years. The skills necessary for YMCA leadership translated well into the development position and, as such, he was hired. Though leaving, Traudi has goals for Bethel's future. "I would like to see the completion of some of the long run projects such as the Student Center, and continual provision of adequate housing and classrooms."
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How to Choose the Right Physician - How to Tell Us if You Don't
- "How to Choose the Right Physician - How to Tell Us if You Don't" is available in Portable Document Format (PDF, 211KB, 11pg.)
Choosing the Right Doctor
Choosing the right doctor is a very important decision. Yet, many people take more time to compare the quality and price of their next car than they do to select a physician.
Today, many people have primary care physicians who serve most of their needs and can refer them to specialists when necessary. Primary care physicians generally include internists, family practitioners, pediatricians and, in some instances, obstetricians and gynecologists.
How do you select a primary care physician, and how do you know if the specialists he or she suggests are the right doctors for you? Here are some things to consider when selecting a physician:
- Ask friends and relatives for recommendations. If you are moving and changing physicians, ask your current physician if he or she can refer you to someone in your new community.
- Check with area hospitals. Many of them offer referral services.
- Check with your county medical society. They will give you the names of several physicians.
- Ask your insurance company, health maintenance organization or managed care plan if they have a panel of physicians from which you should select.
Once you have the names of several physicians, you can do some additional checking to help you make a final decision.
Is the physician licensed?
To find out if the physician is currently licensed and registered in New York State, contact the State Education Department, Division of Professional Licensing Services, Cultural Education Center, Albany NY 12230. Phone: 518-474-3817 and ask for public information. Web site: www.op.nysed.gov . The State Education Department can also tell you where a physician attended medical school.
How can I learn about my physician's education?
The New York Patient Health Information and Quality Improvement Act of 2000 made it possible for all citizens of New York to get information about physicians (doctors) through the State Physician Profile website www.nydoctorprofile.com
Certain information is required to be available on all physicians. Such information includes
- Information about the doctor's medical education
- Information about translation services at the doctor's office
- Information about legal actions taken against the doctor
To see all the information that is available for each doctor, search on any doctor's name.
Optional Information
Doctors can also give extra information (optional information) about their practices. Each doctor is invited to add:
- The practice name, address and phone number of all offices
- The names of other doctors in a practice group
- A list of the articles or research papers the doctor has published
- A list of professional and community service activities or awards
- A list of the health plans the doctor works with
- A personal statement about any information in the doctor's profile
Is the physician board-certified?
Many doctors become board certified in a specialty. This means that they complete specialty training and pass formal examinations. While no guarantee of excellence, board certification is one way the average consumer can be certain of a physician's training. Many primary care physicians also are board-certified in specialty areas. To find out if your physician is board-certified, access the American Board of Medical Specialties web site at www.abms.org or call 1-866-275-2267 Patients who would like to check the certification status of a DO can visit the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) Web site at www.osteopathic.org or call the Member Service Center at 1-800-621-1773, option 1 on the menu.
How does the office operate?
Check a physician's office hours and locations, payment requirements, emergency and after-hours coverage, and the availability of telephone consultations and house calls. Find out at what hospitals the physician has admitting privileges.
What about the physician's malpractice record?
Information on a physician's malpractice record can be obtained by checking the State Physician Profile website www.nydoctorprofile.com or checking with the County Clerk's office.
Has the physician been disciplined?
To learn if a physician has been disciplined, call OPMC at 1- 800- 663- 6114, or access the medical conduct Web site at www.nyhealth.gov/professionals/doctors/conduct/. Select "Search for a Disciplined Physician" on the left side of the page for information about disciplinary actions imposed on an individual physician. Effective November 3, 2008, both the charges filed against a physician and the Board's Determination and Order regarding all charges will be made public. Pending or dismissed complaints are not public information.
Reporting a Problem with Your Physician
The vast majority of New York's licensed physicians, physician assistants and specialists assistants* are dedicated, caring and capable professionals working to protect and improve the health of their patients.
* Throughout this discussion, the term "physician" includes physician assistant, specialist assistant and unlicensed resident physician.
The Office of Professional Medical Conduct (OPMC) and the Board for Professional Medical Conduct (the board) are responsible for investigating and adjudicating complaints against physicians, physician assistants, and specialist assistants. Each year OPMC investigates thousands of complaints received from the public and from health care professionals and institutions. Each year, the board disciplines hundreds of physicians.
If you believe your physician, physician assistant, or specialist assistant has acted improperly, you MUST file a written report. You may send a letter or complete a complaint form. Your complaint should include the full name and address of the licensee, when the problems occurred and all other relevant information. To protect your confidentiality, OPMC does not accept complaints either by facsimile (fax) or electronic mail. Please send complaints to:New York State Department of Health
Office of Professional Medical Conduct
433 River Street, Suite 1000
Troy, New York 12180- 2299
If you want a complaint form, or have questions, call OPMC's toll- free number, 1- 800- 663- 6114. Your complaint will be kept confidential.
Complaints against other professionals, such as dentists, nurses, chiropractors, podiatrists, optometrists and psychologists, are the responsibility of the State Education Department and should be sent to:Office of Professional Discipline
NYS Education Department
475 Park Ave. South, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10016-6901
What to Report
If you feel that your doctor has practiced negligently or incompetently, or has engaged in illegal or unethical practices, he/she may have committed professional misconduct, and should be reported.
Physicians may be charged with misconduct for:
- Being impaired by alcohol, drugs, physical or mental disability.
- Abandoning or neglecting a patient in need of immediate care.
- Promoting the sale of services, goods, appliances, or drugs in a manner that exploits the patient.
- Refusing to provide medical care due to race, creed, color, or national origin.
- Guaranteeing a cure.
- Performing professional services not authorized by the patient.
- Willfully harassing, abusing or intimidating a patient.
- Ordering excessive tests or treatments.
- Failing to make patient records and X rays available to the patient or another physician on request.
- Permitting unlicensed persons to perform activities which require a license.
- Practicing the profession with a suspended or inactive license.
- Revealing personally identifiable facts, data or information without consent of the patient, except as authorized or required by law.
For a complete list of the definitions of misconduct see Education Law Section 6530 and 6531.
To access the above-referenced sections of Education Law:
- Visit the NYS Senate Web site at http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menuf.cgi
- Select the link for "Laws of New York."
- Select law EDN Education
- Scroll to Article 131-A Definitions of Professional Misconduct Applicable to Physicians, Physician's Assistants and Specialist's Assistants
What NOT to Report
Complaints regarding fees are not generally under the jurisdiction of the board unless they represent fraud. For example, it would be considered fraud if the physician charged for tests or services that were not provided. You may feel a physician charged too much for the services you received, but that does not form the basis of a misconduct action.
Complaints about a physician's communication skills, attitude, or "bedside manner" are also not generally under the jurisdiction of the board. Nor does the board have any authority over such office practice issues as long waiting times or rude staff. While the board does not condone rude or uncaring behavior, such actions do not, by themselves, constitute misconduct.
How the Process Works
- Written complaints are reviewed by OPMC investigative and medical staff.
- Complaints that raise possible misconduct issues are assigned to investigators. OPMC medical coordinators provide clinical guidance. Typically, complainants, doctors, and others involved are interviewed. Interviews may be conducted over the telephone or may be in person. Complainants' identities are kept confidential, although a physician may deduce the source of a complaint from the available information.
- If appropriate, complaints that raise issues outside OPMC's jurisdiction are referred to the appropriate agency. Complainants are notified of that action by letter. If a physician was contacted, he or she is also notified by letter.
- If an investigation uncovers sufficient evidence to suggest misconduct, the case is presented to an investigation committee consisting of two physicians and one lay person drawn from the board. The committee can recommend to the Director any of the following: a hearing, additional investigation, a dismissal of the matter, or non-disciplinary warnings or consultations.
- If the investigation committee determines that the physician poses an imminent danger to the public health, it may recommend to the state health commissioner that the physician's license be summarily suspended.
- If the investigation committee finds evidence suggesting misconduct or if the commissioner orders a summary suspension, charges are filed against the physician and a hearing is scheduled.
- If sufficient evidence suggesting misconduct is not found, the investigation is terminated and the case is closed. A record of the investigation remains in OPMC files for possible future reference. Complainants and physicians are notified by letter.
- Cases ordered to hearing go before another committee of the board— also consisting of two physicians and a lay member— which hears and reviews evidence from both sides. The physician and the state are usually represented by counsel who introduce evidence and call and question witnesses. Typically, the physician testifies at the hearing as well. An adverse inference may be drawn against a physician who does not testify. The committee rules on the case and determines if a penalty is warranted.
- The hearing committee decision may be appealed by either side to an Administrative Review Board composed of three physician and two lay members of the board.
The board has the authority to take actions against a physician's license. A physician's license can be revoked or suspended. The board can also limit a physician's license; issue a censure and reprimand; order education or retraining; levy a fine; or require community service.
Some Things You Should Know
- Effective November 3, 2008, both the charges filed against a physician and the Board's Determination and Order regarding all charges will be made public. Pursuant to state law, information on previously closed complaints, dismissed actions and on-going investigations is not available to the public. Investigative files are confidential and are not disclosed to complainants or physicians.
- Because medical conduct investigations are complex, it often takes months to resolve complaints; issues that go to hearing typically take longer.
- The board cannot direct a physician to reimburse a patient, change a diagnosis or alter an opinion.
- Action taken by the board is an administrative procedure and is different from a malpractice action. Malpractice cases are heard in civil court and seek financial awards for patients or families who claim wrong-doing by a physician. The board does not initiate malpractice actions.
How to Reach Us
- New York State Department of Health
Office of Professional Medical Conduct
Riverview Center
150 Broadway, Suite 355
Albany, New York 12204-2719
- Phone:
- 1-800-663-6114 (complaints/ inquiries)
- 1-518-402-0836 (main number)
- Web site address: www.nyhealth.gov/professionals/doctors/conduct/
- E-mail address: email@example.com
For complaints and information about other professionals:Office of Professional Discipline
NYS Education Department
475 Park Ave. South, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10016-6901 Phone: 800-442-8106
Web site address: www.op.nysed.gov/opd.htm
For license information:
- By email: email@example.com
- Call: (518) 474-3817 (TDD/TTY: 518-473-1426)
- Fax: (518) 474-1449 or
- Contact the specific State board for the profession.


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Los Angeles Times columnist Helene Elliott rates the pluses and minuses in the NHL from the previous week:
+ Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick is on the verge of winning the Jennings Trophy, which goes to "the goalkeeper(s) having played a minimum of 25 games for the team with the fewest goals scored against." The oddity is that Quick has played only 47 games. Ben Scrivens played 19 before the Kings traded him to Edmonton, and Martin Jones has played 18. It's a significant award and would be a first for the Kings.
+ The Boston Bruins clinched the No. 1 spot in the East last Saturday with a 5-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers, extending their surge to 16-1-2. Jarome Iginla has missed two of their last three games because of an undisclosed injury, but their depth has kept them rolling. They haven't lost three straight games this season.
+ Colorado's 4-0 victory over St. Louis on Saturday was its 50th win, a mark it had previously reached only in 2000-01 en route to winning its second Stanley Cup. Coach Patrick Roy's team has overcome the loss of Matt Duchene (knee injury) to go 6-0-1 and pass Chicago for second in the Central division.
- Alexander Ovechkin offered a weak excuse after being called out by Capitals Coach Adam Oates for quitting on a play against Dallas last week. "I think everyone quit on the play," Ovechkin said. Not good enough for your supposed leader. There's a reason his defensive rating is minus-35 even though he has scored 49 goals.
- Goaltender Jonathan Bernier can't catch a break. After being stuck behind Quick in Los Angeles, Bernier was traded to Toronto and subjected to an average of more than 32 shots per game. He acquitted himself well but last Thursday sustained a season-ending strained knee ligament.
- It's all but a lock that only one of the seven NHL teams based in Canada will make the playoffs. The Montreal Canadiens are in, but Edmonton, Calgary and Winnipeg were eliminated long ago. Vancouver was eliminated in Monday's loss to the Ducks, and Toronto and Ottawa are just about done. The last Canadian team to win the Cup was Montreal, in 1993. It's not as much fun without Canadian teams and media.


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Formation and Education for the Life of the Church
For most of my teens and into my 20s, I looked forward to
the day when I would live on my own, in my own place. Growing up
with three siblings, I was accustomed to sharing bunk beds, a
bathroom and what limited closet space there was
When I moved out of my parents' house for my freshman year
of college, it was a matter of learning to share an even smaller
dorm room with two roommates - and no closet space to speak of. And
later, I moved into a house where I learned to make treaties in
order not to disrupt the established peace with housemates who had
peculiar ideas about when and how to wash the dishes in the kitchen
sink or scrub the toilet.
So after 24 years of sharing cramped spaces, making
compromises and living by someone else's rules, I was anxious and
eager to move out on my own. This, I thought, would be
My opportunity came last year when I took a job at a
church in a new city where I knew not a soul. My options were to
risk signing my name to a lease with a stranger looking for a
roommate in the classifieds or… finally live on my own like I had
dreamed of doing for some time.
I opted for the latter, and was glad to be choosing an
apartment for myself. I hunted around on the Internet and drove
around neighborhoods in search of the perfect place. And to my
astonishment, within a day, I had found a reasonably priced studio
apartment in a lively little neighborhood. It seemed too good to be
For the first three months, I enjoyed the solitude that
came with living alone. I enjoyed coming home to peace and quiet
after exhausting, stressful days. But after some time, I found
myself staying at work longer each night, not wanting to return to
an empty apartment where there was no one to talk to or to share
dinner with or to exchange stories about the day.
Some days after work, to avoid going home, I would wander
aimlessly into places where I could simply be in the company of
others - restaurants, art galleries, coffee shops, the library and
the gym. But with each passing day, it became clear to me that I
needed something that I was desperately lacking -
Dorothy Day, one of the greatest Catholic social justice
activists of the 20th century who helped found the Catholic Worker
movement, wrote in her book The Long Loneliness: "We have
all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only
solution is love and that love comes with community."
She and co-founder of the movement, Peter Maurin, opened
houses of hospitality during the Great Depression to welcome the
poor, sick, marginalized and lonely, and encouraged Catholics
everywhere to have "Christ rooms" to welcome the stranger. Knowing
this, I don't suppose it was coincidence last August that led me to
find myself on the doorsteps of a Catholic Worker not far from
where I live.
Outside this Catholic Worker, staked in the front yard, is
a weathered but welcoming sign that reads: "A Sacred Space in an
Urban Place." It is here that I've found a piece of the community
for which I've been longing. Each Sunday evening, and at various
other times throughout the week, I gather with a handful of others
to pray Liturgy of the Hours, share stories, and to be nourished by
the familiar presence of friends.
The aspects of living in community that I had resented at
one time - making compromises and unceasingly thinking of others
first - are now voids I long to fill and that I increasingly
recognize as essential for true growth.
Because we live in a world where our jobs are more mobile
and our lives more hectic than they've ever been before, authentic
manifestations of community - which require an element of stability
and commitment in order to flourish - are no longer incidental to
the places where we live, or even the parishes where we worship.
Instead, if we desire true community, we're challenged to find,
build or create it intentionally.
I'm sure the monks at Saint Meinrad, where I attend
classes regularly as a lay degree student, can attest to the
sacrifice and deliberate efforts required of communal living. And
any family that attempts to carve out sacred moments of time to
spend together on a regular occasion could speak to the
frustrations and effort that is required to be intentional about
coming together to share as a family, rather than simply interact
as a collection of individuals living under the same
Being community involves a patient tolerance of others'
idiosyncrasies, a willingness to share vulnerabilities, and an
acceptance of differences. It can be a difficult task creating
community, but I think it's necessary, and in the end, produces
something much sweeter.
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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
Great republic.
New York : Random House, ©1999
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|All Authors / Contributors:
Winston Churchill; Winston S Churchill
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|xxii, 454 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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The Round World --
Rivalry for the New World --
The Mayflower --
The Thirteen Colonies --
The First "World War" --
The Quarrel with Britain --
The war of Independence --
The United States --
The American Constitution --
Washington, Adams and Jefferson --
The War of 1812 --
Canada: The Birth of a Nation --
American Epic --
Slavery and Secession --
The Union in Danger --
The Campaign Against Richmond --
Lee and McClellan --
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg --
The Victory of the Union --
American "Reconstruction" --
America as a World-Power --
Old Battlefields of Virginia --
If Lee had Not Won the Battle of Gettysburg --
America in the Twentieth Century --
The Chicago Scandals --
Prohibition --
1929: Speculation Fever --
California --
Land of Corn and Lobsters --
Roosevelt from Afar --
Can America Keep Out of War? --
The Union of the English-Speaking Peoples --
Defence of Freedom and Peace --
"Give Us the Tools" --
"Westward, Look, the Land is Bright" --
The Atlantic Charter --
The White House Christmas Tree --
"A Long Hard War" --
"Heavier Work Lies Ahead" --
Anglo-American Unity --
The Death of President Roosevelt --
Tribute to General Eisenhower --
The Atomic Bomb --
The Sinews of Peace --
If I were an American --
The North Atlantic Treaty --
"We Must Not Lost Hope" --
Honorary United States Citizenship --
America's English Heritage --
The English Common Law --
Magna Carta --
The Mother of Parliaments.
|Sir Winston Churchill ; edited by Winston S. Churchill.
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not shure i can post this here since my topic about du was moved but it is looking like a bug
after moving my fresh install (with d-u) to 2.26.39-2 i noticed the system hangs (totally freeze only sysreq B for reboot works) when navigating the web (this seems to happens randomly as far as i can say for now)
tell me if i must give more info to fix this, thanks
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this will probably get moved also, but don't worry having your thread moved isn't anything bad, it's just a way of trying to make the forum a little more useful. Quick explanation, this thread is for bugs with the release itself, not with the system once you start dist-upgrading it (at which point you have a current system the same as people who installed with any release).
You will need to give some more information. First off what sort of hardware are you using? In particular what processor, graphics card and network card. An easy way to add this info would be to post the output of running "infobash -v 3" in a terminal.
The other question I would ask is what browser are you using (and what version)?
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RE: system freeze
06.07.2011, 13:36
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i try to answer with the system itself so may be i have probs
ok i understand this might be moved
the system : dell optiplex gx 260 with intel 82845
freeze occurs randomly with 2.26.39-2
also freezes with original kernel 2.26.37-0 slh 18 but not the same
(i keep ability when booting 2.26.37 to use console partly after a desktop freeze, after a while freeze again have to reboot)
i have this at dmesg end : (errors not significant ?)
monique@cohendys:~$ dmesg | tail -c 1000
[ 13.019789] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[ 13.019793] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 13.019801] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 13.019803] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 13.019883] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 13.271091] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 13.271097] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[ 13.271532] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[ 13.271540] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[ 13.271543] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
[ 19.011081] [drm] capturing error event; look for more information in /debug/dri/0/i915_error_state
[ 19.012013] render error detected, EIR: 0x00000010
[ 19.012013] [drm:i915_report_and_clear_eir] *ERROR* EIR stuck: 0x00000010, masking
[ 19.012013] render error detected, EIR: 0x00000010
[ 21.042012] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 27.777388] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
the browser i use is iceweasel fresh install with l10n-fr
and nothing more (no extra plugin)
even offline i get freezes (apparently not related to using the web as i got a freeze using the kde systemsettings app)
uname -a :
Linux cohendys 2.6.39-2.slh.3-aptosid-686 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 4 21:00:23 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
help appreciated
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RE: system freeze
07.07.2011, 21:02
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I don't think those dmesg errors are particularly interesting, but maybe check and see if you have kde desktop effects enabled and if so disable them.
Other then that I don't know. Do you have any other OS on the machine and does it work ok? If not can you try booting the aptosid live system and see if it also suffers from the same problems? Maybe you have some hardware problems? Running memtest might be a good idea unless you have some system you can use on the machine without it freezing.
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RE: system freeze
07.07.2011, 21:41
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hi ok well
desktop effects were disabled from start
this machine works fine with other versions of debian including t(a)ils, from "old" aptosid live cds, mint, elive, bodhi, also with slax and similar, and puppy-s
not even had trouble with latest live cd in live mode
no prob with usbkey + unetbootin + distros either in live mode, probs comes after hd install. what i did :
i just finished installing the last kubuntu on a spare partition, with same (more or less) funcionnalities including firefox (instead of iceweasel hum)
i've been using it for 2 hours and did not experience any freeze.just slowliness and flikkering, things i often noticed with kubuntu
it's a pity because i do not enjoy using kubuntu for may reasons but i must admit in spite it's reacting VERY slowly (compared to aptosid, wondering why...) this is looking way more stable for what's concerning the graphic system... hav'nt compared yet X versions... will add this here later...
i would like to recover the use of aptosid but for now this is making system unusable... but it sound like this cause is getting lost...
good night, thanks,
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RE: system freeze
07.07.2011, 22:53
Joined: 2010-09-11
Posts: 469
Then what about starting in fluxbox from Session menu of KDM?
If the same problem occurs on fluxbox, it's probably X's problem. (graphic driver, etc.)
If it does not freeze, then the problem is at the level of KDE.
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Could a $22,000 humanoid robot named Baxter give American manufacturing a much-needed kick in the pants? That's the goal of Rethink Robotics, a Boston-based robotics firm poised to give cheap offshore labor a run for its money—literally. Founded by Rodney Brooks, a former artificial-intelligence expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rethink wants to use Baxter to perform simple jobs that manufacturers have never been able to automate cost-effectively before.
While replacing human laborers with artificial ones isn't the most obvious job-creation strategy, Brooks insists that smarter, more adaptable, and low-cost robotic solutions can help manufacturers improve efficiency, increase productivity, and reduce their need for offshoring.
Baxter itself is built in Massachusetts from 75 percent American parts.
Baxter itself is built in Massachusetts from 75 percent American parts.
By promoting workers from performing repetitive tasks to training and supervising robots, Brooks foresees not only fewer repetitive motion injuries but also a more productive, well-trained workforce. Keeping simple processes in-house also allows manufacturers to maximize quality, protect their intellectual property, and streamline supply chains for greater responsiveness, he adds.
Baxter itself is built in Massachusetts from 75 percent American parts. In addition to two arms, a vision system, and a suite of integrated sensors, Baxter has a basic knowledge of how to perform a wide range of basic manufacturing operations such as loading and unloading, counting, reorienting, and light assembly. It can also be programmed with additional capabilities. (Rethink is currently developing software that would allow Baxter to communicate with other machines, say a conveyor belt.)
Brooks compares the evolution of industrial robots to that of personal computers. "Today, personal computers have put the power of the mainframe into the hands of the office worker, providing a productivity tool that few people today could imagine living without," he says. "In our view, the evolution of industrial robots will have a similar impact on the workforce, inspiring a new manufacturing revolution in America by putting the power of safe, cost effective automation in the hands of today's factory workers. The possibilities are endless—and extremely exciting."
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The persistent data store for an enhanced cluster is maintained on a highly-available JDBC database.
The highly-availabile database may be Sun's MySQL Cluster Edition or High Availability Session Store (HADB), or it may be an open-source or third-party product such as Oracle Corporation's Real Application Clusters (RAC). As described in JDBC-Based Persistence Properties, the imq.persist.jdbc.dbVendor broker property specifies the name of the database vendor, and all of the remaining JDBC-related properties are qualified with this vendor name.
The JDBC-related properties are discussed under JDBC-Based Persistence Properties and summarized in Table 16–6. See the example configurations for MySQL and HADB in Example 8–1 and Example 8–2, respectively.
In setting JDBC-related properties for an enhanced cluster, note the following vendor-specific issues:
MySQL Cluster Edition
When using MySQL Cluster Edition as a highly-available database, you must specify the NDB Storage Engine rather than the InnoDB Storage Engine set by Message Queue by default. To specify the NDB Storage Engine, set the following broker property for all brokers in the cluster:
When using HADB in a Sun Java Application Server environment, if the integration between Message Queue and Application Server is local (that is, there is a one-to-one relationship between Application Server instances and Message Queue brokers), the Application Server will automatically propagate HADB-related properties to each broker in the cluster. However, if the integration is remote (a single Application Server instance using an externally configured broker cluster), then it is your responsibility to configure the needed HADB properties explicitly.


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Pat Garrett, both celebrated and despised as the man who killed Billy the Kid, abandons a life of luxury in Louisiana and heads west.
Born into a wealthy southern farming family in 1850, Patrick Floyd Garrett grew up in a world of privilege on a large Louisiana plantation. When his parents died after the Civil War, a bitter estate feud erupted among the children, and Garrett received almost nothing. Like many other rootless post-war Southerners, Garrett decided to try his luck in the promised land of the West, and in 1869, he left Louisiana for Texas, where he worked for several years as a cowboy and buffalo hunter.
After 10 years of drifting around Texas, in 1879 Garrett finally settled in Lincoln County, New Mexico, where he won election as sheriff the following year. A new sheriff could hardly have faced a more difficult time to try keeping the peace. Lincoln County was in the final days of a war between two powerful groups of ranchers and businessmen, both of which had hired former cowboys to become illegal soldiers and assassins. Although the war itself was winding down, some of these hired gunmen continued their crime sprees, including a young killer named Billy the Kid, who became Garrett's public enemy number one.
Following a failed attempt to ambush the Kid near Fort Sumner in December 1880, Garrett tracked him to a stone cabin near Stinking Springs, New Mexico, where he finally arrested the young gunslinger. A Lincoln County jury quickly found the Kid guilty of murder and sentenced him to hang, but while Garrett was out of town on April 28, 1881, Billy the Kid managed to kill two of his guards and escape.
Garrett renewed the manhunt, and learned that the Kid was still foolishly hanging around Fort Sumner in order to be near his girlfriend. On the night of July 14, Garrett unexpectedly encountered the Kid in a darkened room and shot him dead without warning. When news of Billy the Kid's death came out, some attacked Garrett for having violated the informal "code of the West," arguing the sheriff should have given the Kid a fair chance to defend himself. Garrett responded that he had merely done what was necessary to bring a vicious killer to justice, later writing, "I, at no time, contemplated taking any chances [with Billy the Kid] which I could avoid with caution or cunning."
With Billy the Kid dead and the war all but over, Garrett turned to quieter pursuits. His 1882 ghost-written book, The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid, was not very authentic but it won Garrett enduring fame and cemented Billy the Kid's place in the pantheon of legendary western gunslingers. After several more stints as a sheriff and an unsuccessful attempt at horse ranching, Garret was shot to death by a disgruntled business associate in 1908.


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15 injured, 1 dead in Cincinnati night club shooting
The Sunday morning shooting
The Sunday morning shooting
The Sunday morning shooting
The owner of a Cincinnati nightclub calls the shooting that took place there, "senseless."
Sixteen people were shot — one fatally — inside of a Cincinnati nightclub Sunday morning.
O'Bryan Spikes, 27, died in the shooting. At least 15 others were shot, and one of those people is in "extremely critical condition," Cincinnati police Chief Eliot Isaac said.
Club owner Jay Rodgers released a statement Sunday night, saying he's "deeply saddened" by the shooting. He says the club will continue to work closely with law enforcement to "make sure the monsters that did this are caught and brought to justice."
Rodgers says the club will remain closed until the investigation is complete.
No suspects were in custody by Sunday night in the shooting at the Cameo club, which has a history of gun violence, and police said there was no indication of any terrorism link.
Police are still working to identify the shooters.
The shooting was reported just after 1 a.m. at Cameo Night Club on Kellogg Avenue in Cincinnati's East End. Police believe that multiple people fired shots. No arrests have been made.
"The conflict is believed to have begun between specific groups or individuals earlier in the day, escalating and ultimately leading to this tragedy occurring at the nightclub," Cincinnati City Manager Harry Black said.
Some of the victims were taken to area hospitals via ambulance, and others arrived via their own conveyance, police said.
Among the injured, five were treated at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and released, a hospital spokeswoman said. She said two people were in critical condition and three were listed in stable condition. Other injured people were taken to or drove themselves to other hospitals.
"We are in the middle of a very horrific situation that occurred at the nightclub with multiple victims," Assistant Police Chief Paul Neudigate said. "It's going to be a long night for our homicide units to investigate."
Police said some 200 people were inside of the nightclub at the time of the shooting, calling it a "chaotic crime scene."
Club patron Mauricio Thompson described a chaotic scene in which as many as 20 shots were fired as people scrambled to get away. He said there was a fight and people were yelling for security to intervene before the gunfire began.
"Many of them fled, unfortunately. Many of the witnesses fled, but everyone that we can identify is being interviewed," he said.
Photos: Mass shooting at Cincinnati's Cameo Night Club
One witness told WLWT News 5 that he heard the club's DJ call for security about 10 minutes before the shooting.
Isaac said the club has its own security operation that uses detection wands and pat-downs, but that police believe several firearms got inside. Four officers were working security in the club's parking lot and some tried unsuccessfully to revive the man who died.
Cameo's Facebook profile says it caters to college students on Friday nights, when anyone over 18 is allowed in, while Saturdays are "grown and sexy night" for ages 21 and older.
Surveillance cameras were inside the club at the time of the shooting, police said, and investigators are viewing the tapes.
Neudigate added that Sunday morning's shooting was one of the largest shooting cases that he has worked in his 27-plus years with the department.
Cameo nightclub has had several issues in the past, authorities said. The club allows admission to anyone over the age of 18 on certain days, and is open until 4 a.m. on Saturdays.
"We are aware of it. It has had some challenges in the past," Neudigate said.
Police said there were two shootings at the nightclub in 2015: one on New Year's Day, when someone was shot in the foot, and another in September, when a shooting victim was found in the parking lot.
Isaac said Cameo is a large establishment, and it employs off-duty police officers to patrol the parking lot.
Cincinnati restaurateur Jeff Ruby is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the shooting death, he tweeted Sunday.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is helping Cincinnati police with the investigation.
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In his senior season, Kevin Guppybookends his Cal State Northridge career by receiving Co-Goalkeeper of the Year honors after previously winning the award in 2005, sharing the honors this season with Cal Poly netminder Eric Branagan-Franco.
Guppy was also one of two Matadors named to the All-Big West First Team.
After taking the net for all 19 games for CSUN, Guppy finished with a 1.12 GAA, 83 saves, a .783 save percentage, six shutouts, and a 8-7-4 record.
A constant in goal for the Matadors all throughout his career, Guppy ranked fifth in the Big West this season in goals against average (1.12), third in save percentage (.783), tied for second in saves (83), second in saves per game (4.37), and third in shutouts (6). As one of the most successful goalkeepers ever to wear the Matador jersey, the senior from Chino Hills also ranks amongst the best ever to play in the Big West as he ranks second in goalie wins (38), matches in goal (79), and goalie minutes (7,469), fourth in shutouts (25) and seventh in goals against average (1.00) on the Big West career lists.
This is the fourth consecutive season that Guppy has earned All-Big West Honors after being named to the First Team in 2005, Honorable Mention list in 2006, and Second Team in 2007.
Guppy started all 19 matches that he appeared in 2007 ... missed the first start of his career for Senior Day, when departing senior Peter Bomar started between the pipes ... posted 7.5 shutouts on the year, giving him the Northridge career record at 21 ... also moved into first place all-time in career wins, with 29 ... moved into second all-time with 207 career saves and 60 career matches in goal ... went 324 minutes without surrendering a goal, a streak that started on Sept. 7 and ended on Sept. 20.
Guppy started every match between the pipes for the second straight year ... played all but 10 minutes ... had a 0.90 goals against average, three solo shutouts and four total shutouts ... also made 62 saves ... earned All-Big West honorable mention accolades and All-Big West Academic honors ... made a season-high nine saves at nationally-ranked UCLA on Aug. 26, going on to earn Big West Player of the Week honors ... was second in the Big West in goals against average and third in saves.
Guppy earned third-team College Soccer News All-Freshman, first-team All-Big West Conference and Goalkeeper of the Year honors in his first season at Northridge ... started all 22 matches in net, posting a 0.89 goals against average, eight solo shutouts and three shared blankings ... the total of 9 1/2 shutouts marked a Northridge single-season record ... was first among Big West keepers in shutouts and second in goals against and saves with 69 ... posted solo shutouts against Dartmouth (Sept. 5), Stanford (Sept. 9), Cal State Fullerton (Oct. 11), UCLA (Oct. 14), UC Riverside (Oct. 22), Cal Poly (Oct. 26), UC Davis (Oct. 29) and UC Santa Barbara (Nov. 2) ... went 457 minutes without allowing a goal during the Matadors' five-match shutout streak, which was a school record ... had a seven-save match at Cal Poly on Oct. 26 and made six saves in three other games ... was named Big West Player of the Week on Sept. 12 after shutting out Stanford and tying nationally-ranked Cal in Berkeley.
Guppy was a two-sport athlete at Chino Hills High School in Chino Hills, Calif. ... played four years of soccer under head coach Kyle Shuler ... earned All-Sierra League accolades his last two years and was named team MVP in his freshman and sophomore campaigns ... posted a 1.1 goals against average and a pair of shutouts as a senior ... played four different positions in football, including kicker ... named all-league as a quarterback and earned Most Valuable Player honors all four years ... made the CIF playoffs twice with the football team ... graduated in 2005 with a 3.67 grade point average.
Born on January 29, 1987 in Fullerton, Calif. ... parents are Sandy and David Guppy ... has on older sister, Alison ... favorites include the Anaheim Angels and the movie "Fight Club" ... chose CSUN because of the soccer team's success now and in the future ... lists his greatest moment in sports as leading Chino Hills High School football to its first ever CIF playoff victory ... once played against soccer phenom Freddy Adu ... goes through the same routine before every match ... would like to switch places one day with Ty Pennington ... majoring in criminal justice.


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The second set of Ring of Honor compilations, distributed nationally by KOCH Vision entertainment, has been released. Much like the previous two releases in April, new releases Best in The World and Greatest Rivalries continue to present some of the best matches in ROH history.
Best In The World focuses on the international impact of Ring of Honor. The promotion has developed strong relationships with Pro Wrestling NOAH and Dragon Gate in Japan, and their talents are featured heavily on the DVD. For those who have only heard of Dragon Gate through the internet, it�s a great opportunity to see what all of the hype is about. While the legendary Wrestlemania weekend Dragon Gate Six-man tags are not included, the matches focus on ROH talent facing Dragon Gate in two fast-paced tag team bouts. A.J. Styles and Matt Sydal (now Evan Bourne in ECW) face Dragon Kid and Genki Horiguchi while ROH World Tag Team Champions Jay and Mark Briscoe are challenged by Naruki Doi and Shingo in a match held in Liverpool, England.
One of the best-known matches in ROH history is the October 1, 2005 match between Pro Wrestling NOAH icon Kenta Kobashi and Samoa Joe. The bout is the first one on the DVD, and really sets the stage for the rest of the disc. The atmosphere for the match -- a rabid New York City crowd cheering for every strike and blow -- is insane and the match holds up as a great one nearly three years later. While Kobashi only wrestled in the promotion once, NOAH stars KENTA and Takeshi Morishima have become regulars, with Morishima holding the ROH title in 2007. Both men have matches featured on the disc -- Morishima defending against Nigel McGuinness, and KENTA versus Austin Aries.
While the Japanese content is high on Best In The World there is other international flavor as well. In 2006, Canadian Lance Storm came out of retirement to challenge ROH Champion �American Dragon� Bryan Danielson in a classic while two homegrown wrestlers are also featured in a match between Switzerland�s Claudio Castagnoli and the lucha libre star out of Montreal, El Generico. The DVD is rounded out with the odd choices of Samoa Joe vs. Kikutaro, a comedy bout that was likely included to get Mick Foley on the release, and C.M. Punk vs. Terry Funk. While Funk can certainly be considered one of the best ever, the match doesn�t fit into the international theme that the DVD seems to be heading in before veering into this match.
Jushin �Thunder� Liger�s two matches from November 2004 are omitted; while disappointing this makes sense since ROH�s focus is on its relationships with NOAH and Dragon Gate. The matches on this disc are great, but it would have been nice for them to really go back in ROH history and perhaps include some lost classics from the likes of Amazing Red and the SAT, Eddie Guerrero, the UK�s Doug Williams and Jonny Storm, or a match featuring The Embassy out of Ghana, West Africa. I may be nitpicking here as really there is nothing wrong with the matches they did choose, and they want to highlight a current product with the national releases, but hopefully future releases will go a bit further into ROH history.
The same can't be said for Greatest Rivalries, which goes back to July 2003 for a dog collar match between C.M. Punk and Raven. It�s a fun match and makes sense to be included -- the feud with Raven helped establish Punk in ROH, Raven is a name the casual fan will recognize and of course Punk has the WWE recognition, which now that he is champion will only help raise ROH�s profile.
The rest of the disc again features bouts from the post-RF video era of 2004 onward, but there is no disputing that the disc does contain some of the promotion's greatest rivalries. My gripe in reviewing the previous releases not including A.J. Styles is remedied with a fun match against Jimmy Rave, with Styles having Mick Foley in his corner. Samoa Joe versus Homicide was the first heavyweight title feud in rebuilding the company in 2004, and deserves to be here. One of the early matches in the awesome ROH versus CZW feud of 2006 is included, and if you enjoy the 8-man brawl I suggest you go out of your way to order the full series that covers the feud. It wouldn�t be an ROH release without Jay and Mark Briscoe, and their match against tag team champions Aries and Roderick Strong is a fantastic example of great tag team wrestling.
The DVD features three matches from the past year, highlighting talent currently on the roster. Austin Aries and Bryan Danielson have wrestled each other several times since 2004, and every single time I am entertained. The two faced off in late 2007 in a best-of-three series and the final match is included on this disc and is a must watch for any wrestling fan. They are two of ROH�s best, and demonstrate that in a well-worked, back and forth classic. Roderick Strong versus Erick Stevens from December�s Final Battle highlights two bulls going at it full force. Finally, in one of ROH�s biggest feuds in its history, the culmination of the year long feud between B.J. Whitmer and Jimmy Jacobs, is included. Their Steel Cage match in Detroit on March 31, 2007 is one of the most violent matches I have ever witnessed, having shot it live from ringside. Seeing the match again on DVD, every cringe-inducing blow and spot is recaptured on film and the match stands up as I remember it, a bloody, violent, brilliant culmination to a heated feud.
It�s time for you to stop living in the dark ages and experience the alternative. With Ring of Honor now having four releases found in retail outlets, you have no excuse. Go and get a copy today.


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Mainers Describe Boston Marathon Experience Marred By Explosions
More than 200 Mainers ran in Monday's Boston Marathon, which was marred by two explosions a little more than four hours into the race.
Roger Marquis, 49, of Old Town had left the area just 5 minutes before two devices detonated near the finish line.
In an interview with Downtown host Rich Kimball, Marquis said was driving on the Tobin Bridge when he received a text message form one of the other members of his group who were still near the finish line.
"They were all shaken," said Marquis, whose family was waiting for him near the spot where the explosives were later detonated.
"Something like this happens and it shakes you up a little bit," he said.
Joe Capehart, 33, of Bangor had also left the area before the explosions. He said the area near the finish line was packed when he finished, with crowds seven or eight people deep.
"It's a packed house down there at that time of the race," said Capehart, noting that security was tight in the area.
"With a 26-mile course, it's very challenging to keep that corridor secure," he said, "but it looks like they're doing the best they can."
Like Marquis, Capehart and his wife spent the hour or so after the blasts trying to contact family and friends who were also at the event.
Both men were able to confirm that those who traveled with them were safe.
"Thank God," Capehart said.


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Newly declassified documents reveal that Israel nearly made use of its nuclear weapons during the fateful opening days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Israel's Yediot Ahronot reported on Thursday.
On the second day of the war, as Syrian and Egyptian forces were overcoming the sparse and surprised Israeli defenders, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan suggested the use of nuclear weapons in a secretive meeting with Prime Minister Golda Meir.
Dayan did not necessarily intend to attack the Arabs with nuclear warheads, but rather wanted to put on a "display of power." It is speculated that the intention was to influence either one or all of the following:
After brief consideration, Meir rejected the proposal, and Israel went on the win the war by conventional means.
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October 16, 2001
Los Angeles — UCLA Anderson's Executive MBA program earned the highest rating among public universities in BusinessWeek's first EMBA rankings in a decade. UCLA Anderson is the only business program at a public university to place in the top 10, according to the magazine's Oct. 15 report.
UCLA Anderson placed 10th in the BusinessWeek EMBA rankings, while its Executive Education Program was ranked 19th in the publication's biennial survey of executive education programs.
BusinessWeek surveyed 3,041 students from the 2001 graduating classes at 82 schools to assess the students' satisfaction. The survey of graduates and a poll of program directors each accounted for 50 percent of a school's score. In looking at subject areas, EMBA graduates rated UCLA Anderson in the top five in entrepreneurship and e-business. Students also scored UCLA Anderson No. 8 in the category of leading-edge instructors. They also praised UCLA Anderson's teaching and support for EMBA students.
In addition, Forbes Magazine published its annual rankings of MBA programs Oct. 15. The Forbes "Best Bang for the Buck" report gauges the return on investment students can expect from attending the different business schools.
Forbes ranked UCLA Anderson the 12th best out of the top 25 national business schools in the United States, using out-of-state tuition as the cost basis. As in the BusinessWeek survey, UCLA Anderson placed highest among all of the public universities.
According to Forbes, the downturn of technology sector businesses in California clearly took a toll on B-school graduates and caused all California business schools to fall in the Forbes rankings. UCLA Anderson dropped from 5th place in 2000 to 12th this year. The Haas School of Business at Berkeley, fell from 4th place to 15th place this year. Stanford's ranking dipped from 3rd to 10th.
Forbes based its ranking on a survey of 20,000 graduates from the 25 schools who received MBAs in 1996. The survey asked alumni for salary information from the year before they entered business school, the year they graduated, and 2000. Forbes compared that data with an estimate of what the median student from each school would have earned for those five years without a degree.
For the top 25 schools, the median five-year MBA gain was $85,000 for the class of 1996. The five-year MBA gain for UCLA Anderson was slightly higher — $86,000 — than the median.
In addition to these publications, Computerworld Magazine has named UCLA Anderson among the top 25 B-schools in its Techno-MBA Profile, which will be published in the magazine's Oct. 22 issue.
"As with all of the business school rankings and surveys, we value the feedback offered through the Forbes and BusinessWeek surveys," Dean Bruce G. Willison said. "In fact, we work with the writers and editors of these publications in an effort to get behind the data to better understand and evaluate the responses so that we can continue improving the effectiveness of all our MBA programs."


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Topic: Christmas 2008
Well it's drawing near to December and I'm going to start this off. This will be a general Christmas thread. Wishlists, and other stuff. And songs or anything.
To kick it off I will post this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V33tgez-Hug
If you know of August Burns Red, yes they are a metalcore band (a good one I think), but if you don't like metalcore/ screamo, I can assure you there is no screaming. I love Carol of the Bells in the first place. This is just Carol of the Bells but metalfied. I now have a new take on Christmas songs. Double basses are a must.
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Rogers Fires Match-High 17 Kills as Bulldogs Earn NCAA Tournament Berth
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Yale women's volleyball team defeated Harvard, 3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-13), and clinched the Ivy League championship on Friday night at the Malklin Athletic Center. With the win, the Bulldogs earned the conference's automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament.
The victory marks the Bulldogs third Ivy League title in the last four years. Yale improved to 18-5 overall and 12-1 in Ivy League play.
"Our defense was really good," Yale head coach Erin Appleman said. "I couldn't be more proud of this team."
Yale's Mollie Rogers smashed a match-high 17 kills and hit .515 to help the Bulldogs win their seventh straight match. The Bulldogs close out their regular season tomorrow at Dartmouth.
Harvard kept the first set close until Yale struck for a 7-0 run to take control of the set, and eventually the match.
Erica Reetz started the run and was followed by a Rogers kill. On the following point, Katie Cordell kept a rally alive with a diving dig that led to another blast from Rogers.
Cordell and Rogers connected again with the same result on the next point. Yale's defense held a 62-53 edge in digs, led by Maddie Rudnick's 20.
Haley Wessels and Kendall Polan joined together for block assists, then Wessels pounded a kill at the middle of the net on the next point.
Harvard never recovered.
Wessels (6 kills, 4 total blocks) capped an 8-3 spurt to open the second set. With the Bulldogs up 15-9, Rogers displayed her versatility.
Rogers chased down a ball, kept the ball in play and later completed the point with a solo block to give Yale a seven-point edge. On the next point, Rogers delivered an ace.
Frappier, the reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Week, supplied a kill on the next point to give the Bulldogs their biggest lead of the set – 19-10. McHaney Carter closed out the set with back-to-back kills.
The Bulldogs dominated the third set.
Cordell capped a quick 5-0 run with an ace that tipped the top of the net before falling straight down.
Wessels' solo block gave Yale a 17-8 lead. Four points later, Polan (39 assists) teamed with Wessels for a pair of block assists to extend Yale's lead to 20-9.
Yale's seniors would help end the match and clinch a title. Senior team captain Taylor Cramm notched a kill to give the Bulldogs a 23-11 lead.
Bridget Hearst, another senior, contributed a kill for the Bulldogs' next point. Yale's senior class, which includes Cordell, went 8-0 against Harvard in their four-year career.
Rogers used a tip for her final kill to finish off the match.
The Bulldogs close out their regular season tomorrow at Dartmouth at 5 p.m.
Report filed by Ernie Bertothy, Yale Sports Publicity


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What new HIV medications do we have to look forward to over the next few years? How will these newer drugs improve upon the older ones? To shed some light on these questions, Roy Gulick, M.D., provided an overview at ID Week 2012 of drugs in development.
Since the first HIV medication, zidovudine (AZT, Retrovir), was approved in 1987, 26 other antiretrovirals have been made available in the U.S. for treating HIV -- a history that Gulick recapped in song during this conference. Our best regimens today are potent, convenient and relatively non-toxic.
However, according to Gulick, there is potential to make medications even better than those we have today. Newer drugs should build upon some of these aspects, he said:
The list of drugs in the pipeline continues to be full of antiretroviral agents, whether they are in early development or undergoing clinical trials. Gulick highlighted six of the most promising drugs.
GS-7340 is an investigational nucleoside agent that is a prodrug of the approved formulation of tenofovir (TFV, Viread). A prodrug is a medication that, when metabolized in the blood, breaks down into the active form of the compound. The NRTI sold under the brand name Viread is actually tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF), a prodrug that breaks down into tenofovir.
GS-7340's antiretroviral activity was first presented in a study by Martin Markowitz, M.D., and others at CROI 2011. In a small, 14-day study, Markowitz and his team found that GS-7340 performed slightly better than the "old" TDF, with greater decreases in HIV RNA at lower dosages (GS-7340 at 50 or 150 mg vs. TDF at 300 mg).
These findings were further supported by study results from Peter Ruane, M.D., and others at CROI 2012. Ruane and his team compared GS-7340 (at dosages of 8, 25 and 40 mg) with TDF (at 300 mg) in 38 treatment-naive patients over 10 days of monotherapy. GS-7340 again performed better than TDF, showing 0.76, 0.94 and 1.08 log reductions in HIV RNA, respectively, while TDF only showed a 0.48 log reduction in HIV RNA. The findings were statistically significant for the 25-mg (P = .017) and 40-mg (P = .01) dosages.
Ruane and his group also found that the plasma concentrations of tenofovir, when the prodrugs were metabolized, were 10 to 100 times higher for TDF than for any of the three dosages of GS-7340. This finding suggests that, because GS-7340 delivers less compound to target tissues, it could reduce toxicity levels in the organs, Gulick said.
On the other hand, when comparing intracellular concentrations of tenofovir in peripheral mononuclear cells like lymphocytes (which is where we want the drugs to be), GS-7340 achieved up to 20 times higher levels than TDF, Gulick noted.
In both of these studies, GS-7340 was generally well tolerated and no serious adverse events were reported.
A third study of GS-7340 was presented at ICAAC 2012. It found that GS-7340 had high potency against 26 HIV-1 isolates representing 7 subtypes. The drug also showed high potency against three HIV-2 isolates. In addition, GS-7340 maintained its viral potency longer than TDF, showing its better stability.
Further GS-7340 studies are in progress. Particularly because of its low dosage and high potency, it can be readily co-formulated with other agents. Gulick pointed out two studies exploring such coforumulations. The first study will compound GS-7340 with emtricitabine (FTC, Emtriva) plus elvitegravir (EVG) plus cobicistat, and compare that to elvitegravir/cobicistat/emtricitabine/tenofovir (Stribild). The second study will compound GS-7340 with emtricitabine, darunavir (Prezista) and cobistat (which would be the first one-pill, once-a-day protease inhibitor-based regimen), and compare that to tenofovir/emtricitabine (Truvada) plus darunavir plus cobicistat.
Of the six highlighted compounds, Gulick stated that dolutegravir is the furthest along in development. Dolutegravir is an investigational integrase inhibitor, but it has distinguished itself from the two approved integrase inhibitors, raltegravir (Isentress) and elvitegravir. Dolutegravir has a long half-life of 15 hours, indicating it can be taken once a day. Gulick emphasized that it does not require pharmacokinetic boosting. He noted that resistance does occur, but that dolutegravir showed activity against raltegravir- and elvitegraivr-resistant viral strains.
Its antiviral potency was shown in a phase-2a study by Sherene Min, M.D., and others. In 28 treatment-naive patients receiving either 2, 10 or 50 mg of dolutegravir, there was an average of a 1.51 to 2.46 log reduction in viral load after only 10 days of once-daily dosing. Seven of the 10 patients receiving 50 mg dosages achieved a viral load less than 50 copies/mL. Min and her team reported low pharmacokinetic variability and good short-term tolerability (the most common side effects were diarrhea, fatigue, and headache; adverse events were mild to moderate in severity).
According to Gulick, phase-3 results are complete and will be submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration by the end of the year.
One of the phase-3 studies, known as SPRING 2, found dolutegravir to be non-inferior to raltegravir. The study followed 827 treatment-naive patients with a viral load above 1,000 copies/mL over 48 weeks. They were given either 50 mg of dolutegravir or 400 mg of raltegravir. Both groups were successful at achieving viral loads below 50 copies/mL (88% for dolutegravir and 85% for raltegravir). Both drugs were also very well tolerated, with only 2% in each group having to discontinue treatment because of adverse events.
Furthermore, a dolutegravir-based regimen consisting of abacavir/lamivudine (Epzicom, Kivexa) plus dolutegravir was actually found to be superior to tenofovir/emtricitabine plus efavirenz (Sustiva, Stocrin), according to the results of a companion phase-3 study by Sharon Walmsley, M.D., and others. In 822 treatment-naive patients studied over 48 weeks, 88% of the dolutegravir group achieved a viral load below 50 copies/mL, compared to 81% of the efavirenz group. Gulick pointed out that the difference was because of tolerability: 10% of the efavirenz group discontinued treatment because of adverse events, compared to just 2% of the dolutegravir group. He commented that this would mark the first real challenger to efavirenz's long-held dominance in treatment-naive studies with a 48-week primary endpoint.
In terms of renal safety, the study found dolutegravir did interfere with tubular secretion of creatinine. However, Gulick noted, the increase in creatinine was only about .1 to .15 mg/dL, and occurred only within the first two weeks after starting dolutegravir, then stabilized over the rest of the 48-week study. As the Walmsley study noted, dolutegravir does not affect actual glomerular filtration rate.
In terms of resistance, dolutegravir appears to have a higher barrier to resistance than the other integrase inhibitors. In the Walmsley study, among both the dolutegravir and efavirenz groups, only 4% experienced virologic failure (18 and 17 individuals, respectively). Of the nine in each group that had genotypic test results available, "You see no nucleoside and no integrase mutations in the dolutegravir group. And as you would expect in the efavirenz [regimen], there were some nucleoside and non-nucleoside mutations detected," Gulick stated.
Because dolutegravir showed activity against elvitegraivr- and raltegravir-resistant viral strains, as shown in a study by Masanori Kobayashi and others, Joseph Eron, M.D., and others studied the use of dolutegravir for patients who had developed resistance to raltegravir. Their pilot study, known as VIKING, followed 51 patients with three or more class resistances, including demonstration of raltegravir mutations. The patients were given 50 mg of dolutegravir, either once or twice a day, for 10 days. A virologic response was defined as either a viral load below 400 copies/mL or a 0.7 log reduction. As Gulick explained, "The best responses were in the twice-a-day group. Whether you looked at all patients, those with the specific Q148 or other mutations, you can see response rates, over a short 10 days of therapy, exceeding 90%."
The VIKING study went on to follow the patients over 24 weeks. After the initial two weeks, the patients added an optimized background regimen. These follow-up results were presented by Vincent Soriano, M.D., Ph.D., at the 2011 European AIDS Conference. Soriano and his team found that by the end of the 24-week period, 41% of the once-a-day group and 75% of the twice-a-day group were able to re-suppress their viral load below 50 copies/mL.
Further studies of dolutegravir in the setting of other integrase inhibitor resistance are ongoing.
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ROME (Reuters) - In Rome one can still indulge in la dolce vita without breaking the bank, even in times of austerity.
Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help you skip the crowds, dip into daring ice-cream (anyone for pecorino cheese flavor?) and of course, spend evenings in the piazzas watching the world go by, just as the Romans do.
5 p.m. - Rome's 2,000 year old Pantheon is the perfect place to start. Originally built as a temple to the gods in ancient Roman times, it is one of the city's oldest and best-preserved landmarks and still used as a church.
6 p.m. - Look no further than the cafes in the square, where you can admire the Pantheon's glorious facade over an aperitivo.
For a pick-me-up after a long journey, tucked up a side-street, Tazza d'Oro is one of many establishments claiming to serve the best coffee in Rome and you can buy beans there too.
7:30 p.m. - Dinner. You should make it your mission to avoid the ever-expanding number of tourist traps in the city's historic sites and the area around the Pantheon is no exception.
Make your way through bustling Piazza Navona, stopping to admire Bernini's dramatic Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi, to La Montecarlo on Vicolo Savelli 13, where simple but delicious Roman food is still served at a reasonable price.
For those counting the pennies, Il Forno Roscioli on Via dei Giubbonari 21 is deservedly one of the most celebrated "pizza al taglio" spots in town.
Alternatively, pick up one of Aristocampo's famous panini con porchetta at Campo de' Fiori and sit on the empty flower market stalls and watch the evening unfold.
Some of the capital's best nightlife is here — just be prepared for an early start in the morning!
9 a.m. - A true Roman might insist on a lie-in, but with much to see head out early for Cafe de Paris on fancy Via Veneto, where Federico Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" was filmed.
With tragedy worthy of the director, two years ago it was shut down after falling into Mafia hands and police revealed it had become a front to launder money. It now sells wine and other produce grown on lands confiscated from the mob.
10 a.m. - With a taste for Rome's darker heart, curiosity draws you to the crypt beneath the Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini, described as 'one of the most horrifying images in all of Christendom'.
No one seems to agree on how many thousands lie here, but its chambers, walls and ceilings are plastered with their bones in ghoulish patterns.
11 p.m. - Phew. Find solace among Bernini's marble sculptures, paintings by Caravaggio, Raphael, Rubens and many more at the Galleria Borghese set in a glorious park overlooking the city.
Housing more than its fair share of masterpieces, gallery visits are arranged in slots and should be booked well in advance at www.ticketeria.it or www.galleriaborghese.it
1 p.m. - Stroll across Villa Borghese to 'il Pincio' terrace for a view of Rome, then follow the steps down to Piazza del Popolo where the Santa Maria del Popolo church holds more works by Caravaggio, Raphael and others.
2 p.m. - With a pressing schedule and by now, probably a huge appetite, pop into the Matricianella at Via del Leone 4. Choose from 600 wines on their list and traditional Roman dishes that vary by season.
3:30 p.m. - Head for Piazza Venezia, meandering down the side-streets. Don't miss the displays in Italy's world famous designer stores on Via dei Condotti.
5 p.m. - Climb the steps to Michelangelo's piazza del Campidoglio for a spectacular view of the Roman Forum. Depending on your energy level, you can visit the Capitoline museums (open until 8 p.m. www.museicapitolini.org).
8 p.m. - Daring to copy Anita Ekberg's romantic, midnight swim in the Trevi Fountain in La Dolce Vita would lead to police arrest and a hefty fine nowadays, but an evening visit is recommended after the daytime throng of people has cleared.
9 p.m. - Cobbled alleyways, washing lines and fine food are just a few of the reasons Romans and visitors alike head for Trastevere in the evening.
In the tranquility of Piazza Sant'Egidio, Trattoria de' gli Amici, which serves some of the best "burrata" (creamy mozzarella) in Rome, has the distinguishing feature of being run by a cooperative that provides disabled people the opportunity to work.
For a louder and more Roman experience, head to Pizzeria ai Marmi on Viale Trastevere 53, popular in the capital for its fried antipasti and thin-crust pizzas prepared on marble slabs in full view of the diners.
9 a.m. - Again, an unconventional start. First, its another early start at the weekend and second, you will be heading to church.
But St Peter's Basilica is no ordinary church— it is one of the most important sites in the world for Roman Catholics. The remains of St Peter, one of Jesus Christ's 12 apostles, are said to lie beneath the basilica and its massive dome was one of Michelangelo's last projects.
If you have time, a visit to the Vatican museums to see the frescoed papal apartments, the Sistine Chapel and many other legandary works is well worthwhile.
2 p.m - Head to Osteria dell'Angelo on Via G. Bettolo 24 for a last Roman meal, famous for its pasta and fixed price menu.
Skip dessert and cross the road to Fatamorgana where some of the capital's wackiest ice-creams are found, from rose to pecorino cheese to olives and martini.
4 p.m. - No Roman experience would be complete without a stop at the bancarelle (market stalls) that pop up across the capital. The stalls on Via Giulio Cesare and Via Cola di Rienzo sell everything from designer-inspired clothes to house and kitchenware.
7 p.m - There's still time for one last aperitivo, which at Primo (on Via dei Baullari just off Piazza Navona) comes with unlimited trips to a free buffet of bruschette, mozzarella and other antipasti to keep you going until late. Watch the world go by.
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The Grateful Dead look back on their earlier years on their next archival release, Dave's Picks Vol. 6. The release will capture the band's February 2, 1970 performance at St. Louis, MO's Fox Theater as well as their December 20, 1969 show at San Francisco, CA's Fillmore Auditorium.
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We're really bad at keeping secrets around here so just imagine how hard it's been for us to contain our excitement about the 2 now complete shows, once missing reels for more than 40 years, that have been selected to make up Dave's Picks Volume 6. The first major return of material to the vault since 2005's Houseboat Tapes, Dave's Picks Volume 6 will feature 2 complete shows with never-before-heard material from 2/2/70 Fox Theater, St. Louis, MO and 12/20/69 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA. Long a mystery, the riddle of the 2/2/70 set list has now been solved and the music restored to its proper – and spectacular – sequence. 2/2/70 is also notable as the first show without Tom Constanten. Tom, however, makes his return to give his first-hand perspective on 12/20/69 in this volume's liner notes. Pigpen fiends, ask and you shall receive. Both shows feature loads of Pigpen including a major 35+ minute "Lovelight" from 12/20/69. Recorded by Bear with an excellent mix and sound quality, this very special release feels like a return to the classics.
If you've been curious about the subscribers-only bonus disc, this one is the stuff of lore as well. Like Dave's Picks Volume 6, the last-ever Grateful Dead show at the Fillmore Auditorium – 12/21/69, was once missing reels, but we've acquired the elusive first reel to go with the end of the show that we've always had. This jam-packed CD, featuring 75 minutes of music (almost 40 minutes of never-before-heard), includes one of only three versions of "Smokestack Lightning" from 1969. You most certainly won't want to miss out on this highly collectible Dead!
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The League and the National Voter Registration Act - "Motor Voter Act" of 1993
Increased accessibility to the electoral process is essential to ensuring a representative electoral process and every citizen's right to vote. The fight for the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) was long and arduous, but the League stayed the course.
In 1990, the League's grassroots campaign finally secured House passage of the NVRA, known as "motor-voter." However, despite strong League lobbying, the Senate refused to bring the bill to the floor that fall. The effort to pass national motor-voter legislation intensified in the 102nd Congress, and in February 1991, the National Voter Registration Act of 1991 was introduced in the Senate. Leading a national coalition, the League spearheaded a high visibility, multifaceted, grassroots drive that secured House and Senate passage of NVRA in 1992. But, despite League pressure, the President vetoed the bill, and the Senate fell five votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to override that veto.
In 1993, the years of concerted effort by the League and other voting rights organizations finally paid off. Both houses of Congress passed voter registration reform legislation. President Clinton signed the National Voter Registration Act in May 1993 and gave one of the pens used to sign the historic legislation to the LWVUS. He saluted the League and other pivotal supporters as "fighters for freedom" in the continuing effort to expand American democracy. The "motor-voter" bill enabled thousands of citizens to apply to register at motor vehicle agencies automatically, as well as by mail and at public and private agencies that service the public.


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