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Slovenia (Slovenija) [1] is a country in Central Europe that lies in the eastern Alps at the northeastern end of the Adriatic Sea, with Austria to the north, Italy to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast and Croatia to the south. Despite its small size, Slovenia has a surprising variety of terrain, ranging from the beaches of the Mediterranean to the peaks of the Julian Alps, to the rolling hills of the south. Slovenia was already more economically advanced than other nations behind the iron curtain prior to European integration and the powerhouse of Tito's Yugoslavia. Contrary to the popular misconception, Slovenia was not a part of the Eastern bloc (not after the Yugoslavian notorious split with the Soviet Union in 1948). Added the fact that Slovenia is also home to some of the finest scenery in the "New Europe", the transition from socialism to the European common market economy has gone well and serves as a model for other nations on the same track to follow.
Slavic ancestors of Slovenians came from eastern parts of Europe and inhabited territory north of present Slovenian territory in the 6th century AD. They established a state called Caranthania (Karantanija in Slovene), which was an early example of parliamentary democracy in Europe. The ruler (knez in Slovene) was elected by popular vote. The Caranthanians were later defeated by Bavarians and Franks, who subjugated them. They were christianized, but they preserved many rituals of their pagan religion, and above all, they preserved their native language. The Slovene lands were part of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria under the Habsburg dynasty until 1918, when the Slovenes joined the Serbs and Croats in forming a new south-Slavic state ruled by Serbian Karađorđević dynasty called the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians ("Kraljevina Srbov, Hrvatov in Slovencev" in Slovene), renamed Yugoslavia in 1929. In WWII, Slovenia was invaded and occupied by Germans, Italians and Hungarians, leading to a parallel civil war between pro-communist liberation forces (Partizani) and axis-sponsored anti-communist reactionary factions ("Belogardisti" and Domobranci). The victory of the Allies and consequently the Partizans resulted in a violent mass exodus of those who had fought with with the occupying forces, including most of the native German and Italian minorities. After World War II, Slovenia became a republic in the reestablished Yugoslavia, which although Communist, distanced itself from the Soviet bloc and small territorial gains were made from Italy. Dissatisfied with the exercise of power in Belgrade, the Slovenes succeeded in establishing their independence in 1991 with minimal bloodshed. In 2004, Slovenia joined the European Union and NATO. Most recently, Slovenia adopted the euro in 2007, completing a quick and efficient accession to Europe and the EU.
Historical ties to Central Europe, a strong economy, and relatively stable democracy make Slovenia one of leading country among the new members of the EU and NATO.
For a small country, Slovenes are fiercely proud of their culture. Two names you will run into over and over again are national poet France Prešeren (1800-1849), who penned (among other things) the Slovenian national anthem, and the architect Jože Plečnik (1872-1957), credited with Ljubljana's iconic Tromostovje bridges and, seemingly, half the modern buildings in the country. It was the monks of the Catholic Church that kept Slovene alive over the centuries of relentless Germanization from the north. As a result Slovene survived in its unique form different than Serbo-Croatian to the south. Part of both the countryside and city architecture in Julian Alps shares a lot in common with neighboring Austria, including countless roadside shrines and pretty baroque steeples, giving the interior of the nation a truly alpine flavor. One could easily mistake parts of mountainous Slovenia for Tyrol, Salzburg or Bavaria. In modern times, industrial band Laibach (see box) has served to put Slovenia on the map. In the decades before them, Slavko Avsenik and his Oberkrainer (as known in German) did the same.
Mediterranean climate on the coast, mountain climate in Alps with mild summers and freezing winters and continental climate with hot summers and freezing winters in the plateaus and valleys to the east.
A short coastal strip on the Adriatic, an Alpine mountain region adjacent to Italy and Austria, mixed mountain and valleys with numerous rivers to the east and Pannonian Basin in northeast. Central Ljubljana valley with Ljubljana marshes in the southern part. In the southwest there is the Karst (Kras in Slovene, Carso in Italian) (where the name for karst topography actually comes from). The Karst region is a barren but beautiful limestone region directly north of the Italian city of Trieste.
Other destinations
Get in
Slovenia is a member of the Schengen Agreement.
There are no border controls between countries that have signed and implemented this treaty - the European Union (except Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Ireland, Romania and the United Kingdom), Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Likewise, a visa granted for any Schengen member is valid in all other countries that have signed and implemented the treaty. But be careful: not all EU members have signed the Schengen treaty, and not all Schengen members are part of the European Union. This means that there may be spot customs checks but no immigration checks (travelling within Schengen but to/from a non-EU country) or you may have to clear immigration but not customs (travelling within the EU but to/from a non-Schengen country).
Please see the article Travel in the Schengen Zone for more information about how the scheme works and what entry requirements are.
By bus
The Ljubljana Bus Station (Avtobusna Postaja Ljubljana) provides composite information about international and airport bus services. Phone: 090 93 42 30 (inland only), website in English: [3].
Connections between the Italian city of Trieste and nearby Koper and Piran are frequent on weekdays. There's also a daily bus between Trieste and Ljubljana. In addition, services between Gorizia (Italy) and its twin town of Nova Gorica (Slovenia) are at least hourly throughout the day although the journey is easily walkable. This offers an ideal connection between the Italian and Slovene railway networks or an alternative entry point from Trieste's Ronchi Airport or the city of Venice.
By plane
Ljubljana is Slovenia's primary international airport and the hub of national carrier Adria Airways [4], which flies to a number of European cities and offers connections to Southeast Europe. The cheapest ways into the city, though, are via easyJet's daily flight from London-Stansted.
There are a few other options worth exploring. Ryanair also runs flights from Dublin to Pula across the border in Croatia. Another convenient gateway, especially to western Slovenia, is via Italy's Trieste airport, which is but an hour's drive from Ljubljana via super highway. Klagenfurt, in Austria, is also an option. Although further away, the Italian airports in Venice and Treviso (called 'Venice Treviso) offer other entry points to Slovenia or good day trips to/from Slovenia. Note that railway connections between Slovenia and Italy are rather poor, though (see below).
By train
Slovenia is well connected to Austria, Croatia and Hungary by train. The most popular routes connect from Vienna or Villach in Austria (in good weather, this journey past the Julian Alps is spectacular), from Budapest in Hungary and from Zagreb in Croatia. All lines converge on the capital Ljubljana.
Italian Railways has slashed the only remaining daytime cross-border service, only the night train to Venice is still running. To get around this poor connection, one can take a train to Nova Gorica (Slovenia) and then walk or take a bus to its neighboring town of Gorizia (Italy) from where there are frequent trains to Trieste, Udine, Venice and further afield. For trips to Trieste, it may be more advisable to take a train to Sežana and then take a taxi on to Trieste (about 10km, €10) or a connecting bus (3 times a day, weekdays only, €1).
English website of the Slovenian Railways company [5]. There are numbers of international routes [6] and special offers exist for some destinations, so you should consider informing yourself about that in advance. There are destinations, which have tickets on contingency basis, meaning that they could run out fast, but are usually a lot cheaper, such as Ljubljana - Prague line (cooperation between SŽ and Czech railways), €58 for a return ticket (compared to a normal price of €200). For return trips originating in Slovenia, "City Star" tickets, which are open-dated, but usually require a weekend stay, are often the cheapest choice[7]. Also, be aware that you also receive a discount with the Euro<26 youth card [8] on most international lines (of course the discount does not stack up if you already have a special deal). The same card also applies for all domestic lines, with a 30% discount.
The quality and comfort of the trains on international routes varies significantly. The unwritten rule is that everything heading up north from Ljubljana has a pretty good standard. The trains usually have restaurants on board, with clean and modern toilets. The same can not be guaranteed for the lines heading south (such as Belgrade, Sofia, Skopje or Thessaloniki), so be sure to carry a supply of food and beverages on board (water (and coffee) is available in every sleeping compartment), when heading to or from Ljubljana from the Balkans, with the train. However, the express services which run to Zagreb (usually starting in Munich, Germany) are very high quality - but the price shows this.
By car
Slovenia has an excellent highway network [9] connected to neighboring countries. Slovenia demands that all vehicles with a permissible weight of up to 3.5 tons buy a vignette (road tax) before using motorways or expressways. For passenger vehicles, the vignette costs €15.00 for a week, €30.00 for a month, or €95.00 for a year. For motorcyclists, this costs €7.50 per week, €25.00 for 6 months and €47.50 for a year.[10]. Using motorways without a vignette will result in a fine of €300+. Vignettes are actually sold at the border, and the border agents are supposed to give you a flyer advising you to buy one, but they don't always do that. There are also signs advising you to buy, but they are in Slovene only.
When entering through northern neighbor Austria, you also need a separate vignette to use the Austrian highway network.
From Austria
From Italy
By boat
Get around
Slovenia is a relatively small country and getting around is generally quick and painless. However, the explosive growth in car ownership has meant tougher times for public transport, and bus schedules in particular have been slashed, so some planning ahead is required. Services are sparse on Saturdays and very limited indeed on Sundays.
By train
Quite a bit of money and effort has been put into modernizing the system and the newest trains are as nice as anything you'll find in Western Europe, and although rural stations are often quite basic, most stations are extremely well kept with flowers decorating the platforms throughout summer months. In particular, the name of the station is typically only visible on a single sign on the station building itself, so figuring out where you are means craning your neck a lot. Newer trains do have an voice announcement system that tells you to which station you are approaching. Trains are punctual (except some international ones), so check the expected arrival time and some previous station names to be sure where to get off. For figuring out your next train from a station; electronic signboards are a rarity (outside Ljubljana), but printed schedules are always available: odhod (yellow) means departures, while prihod (white) is arrivals, although this is usually indicated in both English and Slovene.
By bus
Buses fill in the gaps, and are usually a better option for some towns not directly served from Ljubljana by train (eg. Bled, Piran). Some bigger stations have handy electronic search engines for schedules and fares.
Time table in English: [14]
By car
Slovenia's roads are for the most part well maintained and well signposted, and you won't have a problem if you drive or hire a car. Having a car certainly does add a level of mobility and self direction that you won't get by train or bus.
There are a number of car rental and taxi businesses in Ljubljana. The big international companies are all represented [15], but if you are on a budget, the local companies have some nice offers if you do not mind using a car which is a few years old.
Slovenian, the national language, is spoken as mother tongue by 91% of the population, but there are also small Italian (concentrated on the Primorska coast) and somewhat bigger Hungarian (in Prekmurje to the northeast) minorities. Historically, and prior to the end of WWII there was also a significant German speaking minority. Conversely, Slovenian is spoken in border regions of neighboring countries.
The level of spoken English is very high when compared to most European countries. Most people you come into contact with as a tourist, especially younger ones, will speak English. Many Slovenians have some functional knowledge of German, in particular in Eastern Slovenia, and of Italian in the coastal region where Italian is a co-official language. Serbo-Croatian is very closely related to Slovenian and widely spoken by those above 30 and at least understood by younger people. Communication in other Slavic languages, while possible, will require some more effort and hand waving.
The Slovenian school system heavily promotes the teaching of foreign languages from primary school onwards. Children study two foreign languages (most commonly English and German) by the time they get to grammar school. A typical grammar school often teaches an optional third foreign language, Spanish, Italian, or French. While the youngsters speak English quite fluently, older people are more skilled in Serbo-Croatian, German and Russian, and can read cyrillic.
However, learning a few words of the local language will earn you a great deal of respect and some friendly smiles.
Remember, when speaking in English, use simple language, as anywhere where English is not a native language. It will get you further and help to avoid any misunderstandings.
Slovenian cities leave no doubt about historic influence played by Austrian and Italian architecture: Ljubljana is not unlike Prague and Piran could be easily mistaken for a small Italian town. While cities are far from boring, the real Slovenian must-see is its diverse and unspoiled nature.
There are many great opportunities for activity holidays in Slovenia: The mountains and rivers of the Julian Alps provide the perfect location for hiking, mountain biking, rafting and kayaking. The southern part of Slovenia is an area of numerous caves. You can enjoy different spa resorts in the eastern part, take a dive in the Adriatic Sea, experience the Slovene cities, go skiing, or enjoy in the countryside tasting Slovene cuisine and local wine.
Slovenia has the euro (€) as its sole currency along with 24 other countries that use this common European money. These 24 countries are: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain (official euro members which are all European Union member states) as well as Andorra, Kosovo, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino and the Vatican which use it without having a say in eurozone affairs and without being European Union members. Together, these countries have a population of more than 330 million.
One euro is divided into 100 cents. While each official euro member (as well as Monaco, San Marino and Vatican) issues its own coins with a unique obverse, the reverse, as well as all bank notes, look the same throughout the eurozone. Every coin is legal tender in any of the eurozone countries.
Prices are high compared to most of Eastern Europe (except Croatia), but lower compared to Italy or Austria. Although prices do vary quite a bit, it really depends on the location. For example, a beer (0,5 litre) in a pub in "Stara Ljubljana" (literally "Old (Town) Ljubljana") would cost you around €3.00, while a beer outside Ljubljana would cost around €1.80. A budget minded traveller can hold his own, if they are smart. For example buying your groceries in a large store (supermarket), such are Mercator, Tuš, Spar, Lidl, Hofer, E.Leclerc etc., will be likely cheaper than buying on the market, or in a small store, etc.
A value-added tax (VAT) of 20% (with a reduced rate of 8.5% usually applied to food, including some soft drinks) is charged on most purchases—this is always included in the price displayed. Note that if you are not an EU citizen, you are entitled to VAT tax return for purchases over a certain value. Ask the cashier to write down your name on your bill (račun, pronounced rah-CHOON) and show this bill when you leave Slovenia through Jože Pučnik (formerly Brnik) airport, or any of the main border crossings with Croatia.
The flip side to the near-disappearance of Communist-style "service with a snarl" is that tips for service are now generally expected at sit-down restaurants, with 10% considered standard.
People from Slovenian northern neighbour Austria come to Slovenia just for the food, cause with Subalpine, Italian, Hungarian and Balkan mixture most people will find something to their liking - unless they're strict vegetarians. Many say that the pizza here is as good or even better as in neighboring Italy.
Generally speaking, Slovenian food is heavy, meaty and plain. A typical three-course meal starts with a soup (juha), often just beef (goveja) or chicken (piščančja) broth with egg noodles (rezanci), and then a meat dish served with potatoes (krompir) and a vinegary fresh salad (solata). Fresh bread (kruh) is often served on the side and is uniformly delicious.
Common mains include cutlets (zrezek), sausage (klobasa) and goulash (golaž), all usually prepared from pork (svinjina), lamb (jagnjetina) and game (divjačina), but there is a large choice of fish (ribe) and seafood even further away from the coast. Popular Italian imports include all sorts of pasta (testenine), pizza (pica), ravioli (žlikrofi) and risotto (rižota). A major event in the countryside still today is the slaughtering of a pig from which many various products are made: blood sausage (krvavica), roasts (pečenka), stuffed tripe (polnjeni vampi), smoked sausage (prekajena salama), salami (salama), ham (šunka) and bacon (slanina). Recipes for the preparation of poultry (perutnina), especially turkey (puran), goose (gos), duck (raca) and capon (kopun), have been preserved for many centuries. Chicken (piščanec) is also common. Squid is fairly common and reasonably priced.
Uniquely Slovenian dishes are available, but you won't find them on every menu, so here are some to look out for:
Some Slovenian desserts can also be found:
Places to eat
At the top of the food chain is the restavracija (restaurant), which could be a fancy restaurant with waiters and tablecloths or just a typical Chinese restaurant. More common in the countryside are the gostilna and gostišče, rustic inns serving hearty Slovene fare. Lunch sets (dnevno kosilo) cost around €7 for three courses (soup, salad and main) and are usually good value.
Fast food, invariably cheap, greasy and (more often than not) terrible — it's best to steer clear of the local mutation of the hamburger — is served up in grills and snack bars known as okrepčevalnica, where trying to pronounce the name alone can cause indigestion. There is no real Slovenian fast food, but Slovenians have adopted greasy Balkan grills like pleskavica (a spiced-up hamburger patty) and čevapčiči (spicy meatballs) are ubiquitous, but one of the more tasty if not healthy options is the Bosnian speciality burek, a large, flaky pastry stuffed with either meat (mesni), cheese (sirni) or apple (jabolčni), often sold for as little as €2. In recent years many fast food places started making döner kebabs, and they are now among the most popular fast foods in Slovenia, and can be found virtually everywhere.
Dietary restrictions
Slovenia is not the easiest of places for a vegetarian, although even the smokiest inn can usually whip up a decent fresh salad (solata) and fried vegetables on request. Lacto-ovo vegetarians will have it easy in Slovenia, while strict vegans won't find more than a handful of vegan restaurants in the country (most of them in Ljubljana). It is wise to know that even the smallest store has its healthy food shelves with many non-animal alternatives. In the cities the Mediterranean chick-pea staple falafel and its cousin the vegiburger have made some inroads on fast-food menus. Many restaurants offer a "vegetarian plate", which includes potatoes, fresh or boiled vegetables and soya "steak".
In cities on the coast there is a paradise for meat-eaters. Local specialities are fish, squids, mussels and octopus.
In proper Slovene style, all bases are covered for drinks and you can get very good Slovenian beers, wines and spirits. Tap water is generally drinkable.
Coffee and tea
In Slovenia, coffee (kava) usually means a tiny cup of strong Turkish coffee, and cafes (kavarna) are a common sight with a basic cup costing €1.00-€1.50. One can also order coffee with milk (kava z mlekom) or whipped cream (kava s smetano). Coffee culture is wide-spread in Slovenia, and one can see Slovenes with friends sitting in the same café for hours. Tea (čaj) is nowhere near as popular, and if they do drink it (mostly in the winter), Slovenes prefer all sorts of fruit-flavored and herbal teas over a basic black cup. Tea is served with honey and lemon by request.
Beer (pivo) is the most popular tipple and the main brands are Laško and Union. Adam Ravbar beer is good quality and is usually hard to find anywhere except in their small brewery (located in Domžale, a town about 10 km north of Ljubljana). A bottle or jug will cost you €2.50 in a pub (pivnica). Ask for veliko (large) for 0.5L and malo (small) for 0.3L.
Despite what you might think if you've ever sampled an exported sickly sweet Riesling, Slovenian wine (vino) can be quite good — they keep the best stuff for themselves. Generally, the Goriška brda region produces the best reds and the drier whites (in a more Italian/French style), while the Štajerska region produces the best semi-dry to sweet whites, which cater more to the German/Austrian-type of palate. Other local specialities worth sampling are Teran, a very dry red from the Kras region, and Cviček, a red so dry and light it's almost a rosé. Wine is usually priced and ordered by the decilitre (deci, pronounced "de-tsee"), with a deci around one euro and a normal glass containing about two deci.
A Slovene brandy known as žganje or (colloquially) šnops, not unlike the Hungarian palinka, can be distilled from almost any fruit. Medeno žganje also known as medica has been sweetened with honey. Vodka is, as in most of Slavic nations, also very popular, especially among the youger generation.
Slovenia has a wide variety of accommodation, ranging from five star hotels to secluded cottages in the mountains.
There are hostels in all of the tourist destinations in Slovenia. The average price for a basic bed in a dorm is €10-€20 euro. Quite a few student dormitories (dijaški dom) are converted into hostels in the summer, but these tend to be poorly located and somewhat dingy.
Mountain Huts can be found in Triglav National Park, and they are very warm, welcoming and friendly. Information about these huts can be found at tourist information offices who will also help you plan your walks around the area and phone the hostels to book them for you. The only way to get to the huts is by foot, and expect a fair bit of walking up hills, as the lowest huts are around 700m up. There are clear signs/information around stating how long it will take to travel to/between all the huts indicated in hours.
Tourist farms
Tourist farms can be found around Slovene countryside and usually they offer wide selection of traditional food, local wine, different sport activities etc. They also offer opportunities to experience real traditional countryside life.
Camping is not permitted in the national parks of Slovenia, but there are various designated camping grounds. It's advisable to take a camping mat of some sort, as nice, comfortable grass is a luxury at camp sites and you're much more likely to find pitches consisting of small stones.
Slovenia has four universities, located in Ljubljana [16], Maribor [17], Koper [18], and Nova Gorica [19] as well as several independent colleges (i.e. BSA Kranj, IEDC Bled [20]).
University in Ljubljana is the oldest, largest and most well-respected teaching institution in the country. The University of Ljubljana also contains 3 art academies: Theater and Film, Music, Fine Arts. Various recognized international charts list the University of Ljubljana in the top 3% of universities worldwide.
It's possible for English-speaking graduates to get work in a Slovene school teaching English for around a year in a scheme similar to Japan's JET programme.
Stay safe
Slovenia is most likely one of the safest countries to visit, but be aware of your surroundings.
The nationwide emergency number is 112. To call police, dial 113. There are emergency telephones interspersed along the main motorways. You can find the closest SOS-phone by the arrows on the reflection posts.
People may get a bit aggressive in crowded bars and discotheques, and it is not uncommon to be grabbed or groped.
Petty theft is routine in vicinity of Roma settlements in southern parts, especially around Krka river. Don't worry about it, just don't leave your watch on the car seat while you go kayaking.
Stay healthy
There are no unusual health concerns in Slovenia. Hygiene standards are high and tap water is potable.
While in nature, always use tick repellents, due to the Boreliosis and Meningitis danger. Boreliosis is very widespread in the country.
There are two species of venomous adders in the Julian Alps. You are unlikely to be bitten, but if you are, you should seek medical help as antiserums are available (although actually seldom administered). In the forests in the south, you may encounter a bear, although attacks are very rare.
Slovenians are generally open and friendly, so don't hesitate to address people as those younger than 50 understand English and will be eager to help you. You will impress them if you try using some basic Slovenian words. Slovenian is rarely spoken by foreigners, so your effort will be appreciated and rewarded.
Slovenians will insist when offering something, as "no" doesn't always mean "no," they just think it's polite for you to refuse, and polite for them to insist. Don't worry unnecessarily, but still you should take some normal precautions to study your host first.
Slovenians are proud for having preserved their national identity (especially the language) in spite of the pressures from neighboring nations in past centuries. Due to their economic success as well as historical and contemporary cultural bonds to the Central Europe, they usually don't like their country to be described as part of "Eastern Europe". While Slovenian language is closely related to Serbian and Croatian, it is not the same language. Another common misconception is that Slovenia was part of the Soviet Bloc, while it was in fact, the northernmost country of Yugoslavia. You can, however, freely discuss these topics; just be aware that you can hear contrasting sides of the story, depending upon whom you're talking to and of his/her political affinity. There is still a strong division among leftists and rightists. Be careful if entering a discussion on open territorial issues with Croatia or on the Slovenian civil war during WWII and its aftermath. Consider these controversial topics a taboo.
There is an active lesbian and gay scene in Slovenia. As elsewhere in this part of Europe, homosexuals are generally safe, although there have been a few reported attacks in the past. Be cautious in the evening and during the night, especially in cities. Women/girls holding hands are considered normal and a sign of friendship.
Practical advices:
The international calling code for Slovenia is 386, and the prefix for international calls is 00; the area code prefix is 0. Some number blocks are reserved for special use: 080 are toll-free numbers and 090 are commercial services, which are usually expensive.
Mobile networks use the common European frequencies (900 and 1800 MHz for GSM and 2100 Mhz for 3G). Two major Slovenian mobile companies, Mobitel and Simobil, provide an excellent coverage in GSM, while 3G is mostly unavailable in mountainous regions. Roaming between European phone companies is becoming cheaper due to the EU regulation setting a maximum of 0.39€ per minute for calls made and 0.15€ for calls received, while calls to or from non-EU providers remain expensive. Slovenian pre-paid SIM cards are also available in supermarkets and gas stations.
Telekom Slovenije operates around 3500 phone booths. They unfortunately do not accept coins but require the use of cards costing 3-15€.
Slovenia is generally well covered by inexpensive broadband internet due to fierce competition between multiple companies. Internet cafes are thus common in cities and internet access is offered by most hotels and hostels.
A free wireless internet network is also being set up in some cities by volunteers (Ljubljana [21], Maribor, Nova Gorica). You can use it if you have a computer or a WiFi enabled phone.
Postal Services
The offices of Pošta Slovenije are ubiquitous. Look for french horn-like signs on dark yellow background. Delivery takes one day within Slovenia, a few days within Europe and (usually) less than two weeks worldwide. DHL is also available.


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Preparing for launch in Baikonur
In Baikonur, while ESA engineering teams and their colleagues from SSTL are taking care of the GIOVE satellite, putting it through various tests to ensure that it is launched in perfect condition, teams from elsewhere are also busy with tasks essential to the success of the launch.
In another Starsem facility, the Upper Composite Integration Facility (UCIF), the topmost section of the launcher is being prepared. This upper part of the Soyuz rocket is the element on which the satellite will be installed a few days before the launch.
One of the specialist teams, whose members have travelled from Madrid, is comprised of five personnel from EADS Casa brought in specially to work on the payload adapter. This is a conical structure which connects the satellite to the launcher. The satellite will be mounted on the payload adapter before the resulting assembly is mated with the Fregat re-ignitable upper stage of Soyuz rocket. As with their ESA colleagues, their responsibility is heavy!
Onto the payload adapter, which is of the same design as that already used for Mars Express and Venus Express, the team will mount a clamp band equipped with a pyrotechnic device which will allow the separation of the spacecraft from the launcher. This separation is the final step in the launching of GIOVE-A by the Soyuz rocket.
Inside the conical payload adapter, springs are already under tension. When the bolts holding the clamp band that fixes the satellite on the rocket are cut, these springs will immediately provide the impulse to separate GIOVE from Soyuz. There is no room for error here either. The critical points are numerous, the launch of a satellite being a succession of different tasks, both small and large, that must all be completed flawlessly. This is why every action and every change must be foreseen, noted and analysed, but without upsetting the planning of the launch preparations.
Days in Baikonur are long for the campaign teams, their rhythm set by meetings allowing the review of what has been done and what is still left to do. Discussions between ESA experts, meetings between ESA and SSTL, the satellite builder and regular interactions also, of course, with the Starsem launch teams who are working on the implementation of Soyuz. Carefully regulated team work, carried out with extreme patience, so that nothing is forgotten in this launch campaign whose reward will be the injection into orbit of GIOVE-A, the first European navigation satellite.


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FIFA by EA Sports is one of the most played sports game in the world. Earlier, it faced heavy competition from PES (Pro Evolution Soccer) in terms of game play, but since FIFA 11 was released, it has improved in leaps and bound. FIFA 12 is the best from EA Sports so far. The brilliant individual player control and intelligent CPU game play along with numerous new features in various modes has made it the best football game in the market.
FIFA 12 Arena
Let's start with the game play; the player control has been massively improved. Unlike earlier versions of FIFA, FIFA 12 has slowed down the game speed which gives the gamer a fraction more time to swiftly control their player by just jogging or jogging while pressing the Pace control button, it also makes skill moves easier to perform during matches.
FIFA 12 Side Selection
FIFA 12 On going Game Screen
You can make the game play more realistic by turning off numerous Auto assist options like pass power, and direction from settings. Some players have specialties. For example Wayne Rooney has engine, distance shooter and clinical finisher specialties; this makes his distance shooting more effective in scoring goals and also has high scoring percentage inside the box. This brings the skills of individual players in the games closer to what they are in real life. If a player has a clear view of goal then he will score 8 out of 10 times.
FIFA 12 Rooney Scoring
FIFA 12 Real Life Collision Impact
EA Sports has also introduced levels in FIFA 12 which helps to find suitable opponents during online play and ranking yourself with your friends. Penalties have also changed in FIFA 12, which now has a meter. You have to shoot when the pointer is on the green patch. When shot at either end of the bar, the player usually slips, which is fun to watch. The intelligence of the CPU can be described by the fact that if a player like Peter Crouch is in the penalty box, the winger of his team will cross the ball immediately (note: Peter Crouch is 6 feet 7 inches tall), but if a shorter striker is present it will try to cut in with the ball. Midfielders like Fabregas are quick in picking out passes because of his high vision compared to Michael Carrick or Ji Sung Park.
FIFA 12 Detailed Player Movement
FIFA 12 Scoring by head
EA Sports also added a new style of defending called Tactical defending. Generally, people who have played an earlier version of FIFA used the sprint plus standing tackle button to win the ball. But the Tactical defending takes it to a new level and is extremely challenging for players. In Tactical defending, you have to control the direction and speed of the defender plus jockey and contain the opponent, then tackle only at the right time to win the ball, just as in real life. Tackle early, the player will go past you and tackle late, you will foul them. Tactical defending is very difficult to get used to, and frankly speaking, I couldn't get used to it and switched back to old style of defending. However, many people will surely like this new style.
The most played mode in FIFA is the manager mode. I love this mode as it gives me a chance to do whatever I want to do with my team. In FIFA 12, the interface has been completely changed with most of the default screen occupied with News from around the football world. The news of your club and your players' performance are highlighted here.
FIFA 12 Manager Mode Default Screen
Rotating your squad is also a big challenge, as Form and Morale affect the attitude of the players. If you don't play a certain player for a long time he'll wish to leave the club. His form and morale will also dip as a consequence. Giving a chance to new players frequently will give their form and morale a boost, and you will be notified when that happens by a pop up message from that player after matches. The scouting network has changed a bit. Now you can simultaneously send three scouts to different locations. Sending and calling back a scout takes a few days, unlike earlier, where they could be called up immediately and sent to another location. As a manager, you can now get involved more deeply in the game because of the newly introduced option to comment on your team or opponent team before certain matches. You can use this opportunity to praise or motivate your team or any individual player which will increase the morale. At the same time, you can comment on the opponent team or players. Some people love to buy and sell players in manager mode, but the club budget can hinder the fun. In FIFA 12 you can choose your budget allocation between transfer budget and wage. You can decrease the wage bank to increase the transfer budget.
FIFA 12 Manager Mode Budget Allocation
Apart from Manager Mode, one other mode which I like is Virtual Pro. You can create your own professional player and then complete the various accomplishments to increase his ratings. This is very addicting because of the fun of the accomplishment. The online playing option has been improved, and now you can play with players of your level, who will be automatically searched for. Various options, like online tournaments, increase the fun. But you need to have a fast and unlimited internet connection to play online. My 512kbps internet connection is slow to react to my controller action, hence it is difficult to play. An internet connection of 1Mbps should be good enough for a smooth experience. There is also a FIFA 12 Store where you can buy various additional features from EA, like Live Season, in which the player form in game is updated every week based on their real life performance. There are many other additional features which you can buy.
FIFA 12 Post Match
Overall the game is the best that EA Sports have produced so far. Excellent and intelligent game play makes it the best football game currently in the market. The real life impact of collision between players brings the experience closer to real life. If you are a football lover then don't think even once before buying FIFA 12, and if you haven't played football, FIFA 12 will surely bring your interest to the game. I rate FIFA 12 a solid 9 out of 10. You can't afford to miss this one.


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News & Notes: Game 76
Buffalo Bisons (30-45, 6th(-14.0), North) vs. Norfolk Tides (29-44, 4th(-12.0), South)
Friday, June 24, 2011 (7:35 p.m.) – Coca-Cola Field
LHP Pat Misch (2-4, 5.33) vs. RHP Steve Johnson (0-2, 15.09)
Radio: WWKB AM 1520, bisons.com
TODAY'S GAME: Tonight, the Bisons begin a four-game series against the Norfolk Tides at Coca-Cola Field (7:35 p.m.). The Bisons are coming off a 3-5 roadtrip that began on June 16 and included a split of a four-game series against the Tides. Tonight's game also marks the start of a season-long 10-game homestand against the Tides, IronPigs, and Chiefs.
VS. THE TIDES: The Bisons split a four-game series against the Tides last week in Norfolk. Since 2009, the Herd has won 12 of the last 19 games in the match-up against the Tides. Buffalo took three games of a four-game set the last time Norfolk visited Coca-Cola Field (May 14-17, 2010).
ON THE BUMP: LHP PAT MISCH will make his seventh start for the Bisons this year tonight. The 29-year old southpaw is coming off the club's first complete game of the season as he worked seven innings in a rain-shortened contest in Norfolk on Sunday. Misch allowed two runs on four hits as the Bisons beat the Tides 16-2. On May 15, 2010, Misch threw a nine-inning complete game over the Tides in a 4-0 victory at Coca-Cola Field.
EVANS ALMIGHTY: INF/OF NICK EVANS has the longest active hit streak currently for the Herd. The slugger has hit in 13 straight games. Evans has averaged .490 (25-51) during a streak that began in May before a month-long promotion to the Mets. Ten of the 13 games during the Evans's stretch have been multi-hit performances. Evans also leads the Bisons with 20 multi-hit games.
HAPPY RETURNS: INF ZACH LUTZ is hitting .327 (16-49) in 13 games since being activated off the disabled list. The slugger had a double, two home runs and six RBI during the team's last roadtrip. Lutz is now hitting .318 (28-88) in 26 games with the Bisons this season.
BISONS BITS: OF JESUS FELICIANO and INF MICHAEL FISHER lost their hit streaks of 10 games (12-38, .316) and 16 games (20-66, .303), respectively…RHP RYOTA IGARASHI has pitched scoreless relief in six straight appearances (8.0IP)…INF LUIS HERNANDEZ hit .444 (4-9) with five RBI in two games against Norfolk last week.
METS UPDATE: The Mets (37-38) defeated Oakland yesterday by a 4-1 score. SS JOSE REYES went 2-4 with a run and two RBI. LHP CHRIS CAPUANO tossed six shutout innings with seven strikeouts to improve to 6-7 on the year. The Mets head to Texas tonight to face the Rangers for the first time this season (8:05 p.m.).


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Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of late Grammy-winning pop star Whitney Houston and R&B singer Bobby Brown, has died at age 22.
"Bobbi Kristina Brown passed away July, 26 2015, surrounded by her family. She is finally at peace in the arms of God. We want to again thank everyone for their tremendous amount of love and support during these last few months," a spokesperson for the Houston family told NBC News. Brown died Sunday at Peachtree Christian Hospice in Duluth, Georgia.
The aspiring actress and singer was the only child of Houston and the fourth child of Bobby Brown.
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Brown was found face down and unresponsive in a bathtub in a suburban Atlanta townhome on January 31. Brown's long term partner Nick Gordon, who she referred to as her husband, along with a friend found her. CPR was performed at the scene and Brown was placed on a respirator when admitted to North Fulton Hospital the same day.
It remains unclear why Brown was unconscious. An investigation into the incident remains open, according to Roswell's chief of police. The investigative file was handed over to the Fulton County District Attorney who will determine whether any charges will be filed, authorities said in late June.
Brown was moved from North Fulton to Emory University Hospital in Georgia, and then to a rehabilitation facility on March 20. Throughout, her father remained optimistic about his daughter's recovery, even going so far as to tell a Texas concert audience in April that "Bobbi is awake. She's watching me."
Only days later Cissy Houston, the grandmother of Bobbi Kristina, issued a statement saying her granddaughter remained in an unresponsive state and "while she is no longer in a medically induced coma she has a tracheotomy and according to the doctors she has global and irreversible brain damage." Brown was moved to hospice care on June 24.
As the news of her death spread across social media, many celebrities tweeted condolences.
"My heart is truly heavy. May u rest in peace with your mommy #BobbiKristina sending prayers 2 the Brown/Houston family," Missy Elliot tweeted. Oprah Winfrey tweeted, "Peace at Last!"
Brown's tragic passing comes little more than three years after her mother was found unresponsive in bathtub in a Beverly Hills, California hotel. She later died. Authorities concluded Houston, 48, drowned. Heart disease and cocaine use were listed as contributing factors in her death. Houston, who sold more than 50 million records in the United States and was awarded six Grammys, had struggled with addiction for many years.
A child star by default, Bobbi Kristina Brown grew up in the glare of the media spotlight due to her parents success and much publicized accounts of their combustible 14 year marriage. Houston and Brown divorced in 2007 with Houston retaining sole custody of their daughter.
Of her mother, Brown told "Access Hollywood" in 2011 that Houston "supports me, she loves me, she gives me good mommy hugs." Brown was in the hotel the day her mother was pronounced dead. The same evening the then 18-year-old was taken to Cedars Sinai Medical Center where she was treated for stress and anxiety.
Houston's mother Cissy spoke with People in 2013 about how her daughter's death continued to adversely affect her granddaughter. "Of course I worry about her," Cissy said. "It doesn't mean that she is going to follow her [mother's] same path. She could but anybody could. I don't want to jinx her. I'm trying to make sure she doesn't."
Though her fame never matched the stratospheric heights of her mother's, Brown was familiar to audiences through appearances on reality television, such as the the 2012 Lifetime series "The Houstons: On Our Own," which followed Houston's family after her death. While still attending elementary school Brown featured on the 2005 Bravo docu-drama series, "Being Bobby Brown," in which she was often seen accompanying one of her parents on tour.
Prolific on Twitter, Brown wrote about moving her career to the next level only two days prior to her hospitalization in January. "Let's start this career up&&moving OUT to TO YOU ALLLL quick shall we !?!???!" she tweeted. Her Twitter feed was peppered with motivational quotes, images and mentions of Gordon and her late mother. On Instagram she shared images of herself and Gordon.
In the wake of her mother's death Brown made headlines for yet another reason, her relationship and subsequent reported marriage to Gordon, 25. The couple attracted much scrutiny due to Gordon's past association with Brown's family.
Houston opened her home to 12-year-old Gordon when his birth mother could no longer care for him, according to reports. Never legally adopted, Gordon was raised alongside Houston's daughter. Brown and Gordon went public with their relationship two months after Houston's death in 2012. The couple continued to court controversy when in 2013 they were evicted from their Atlanta apartment after multiple noise complaints from a neighbor.
The union drew criticism from both fans and family, including Pat Houston, Brown's aunt. "It just didn't sit right with me," Pat said during a 2014 episode of "Oprah: Where Are They Now?" "I always looked at them as being the brother-and-sister type. I just did not see the relationship moving in that direction."
Brown publicly insisted her late mother would have approved of the relationship.
"I'm tired of hearing people say, 'Eww you're engaged to your brother or if Whitney was still alive would we be together or would she approve of this.' Let me clear up something. We aren't even real brother and sister, nor is he my adoptive brother," she posted on Facebook ahead of announcing she had married Gordon in January 2014.
But according to her father, the pair never officially tied the knot. Bobby Brown issued the following statement four days after her hospitalization in January: "To correct earlier reports, Bobbi Kristina is not and has never been married to Nick Gordon."
Reports of an ongoing feud between Gordon and Bobbi Kristina's father surfaced after she was hospitalized. Bobby Brown refused Gordon access to his daughter, asking her boyfriend to reveal details of exactly what happened on the day Bobbi Kristina was found unresponsive at home.
In March Gordon was featured on an episode of "Dr. Phil" alongside his birth mother. After appearing on the show–which host Phil McGraw described as an "intervention"–Gordon checked into a rehab facility.
Brown's court-appointed conservator filed a lawsuit June 24 against Gordon in Fulton County Superior Court, alleging that Gordon had physically abused Bobbi Kristina, and that Gordon had taken more than $11,000 from her bank account.
In March 2014 Bobbi Kristina came under scrutiny for her rapidly diminishing physique, which she proudly showed off on social media platforms. "I am my mothers child! Have you ever heard of a #fastmetabolism ?" she tweeted in response to questions and comments about her size.
Rumors and reports surfaced that like her parents, Brown was facing addiction issues. In July of last year a photo was reportedly posted to her Instagram account showing her allegedly smoking marijuana out of a bong. She denied the photo was hers.
Brown was back in the headlines again in late 2014 when she went public with her anger toward director Angela Bassett, who chose not to feature the budding actress in the Houston biopic "Whitney," which aired January 17 on Lifetime. Bassett told Entertainment Weekly there were "a number of reasons" why she did not consider Brown for the title role. "One being that she's not an actress," Bassett said. Brown later apologized for a Twitter rant aimed at the director. Though approached, Houston's family chose not to participate in any aspect of the Lifetime movie.
A resolute Cissy Houston discussed her granddaughter's ongoing medical condition during a March radio interview with New York's WBLS. She encouraged fans to continue to pray for Bobby Kristina, adding she would be thankful if God worked a miracle, but if it "happens the other way, I'm all right."


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Did you know that one in twelve people worldwide is living with either chronic hepatitis B or C? The United Nations today marks World Hepatitis Day for the first time to bring attention to the disease
The World Hepatitis Alliance, a non-governmental organization (NGO), has been marking 28 July as a day of awareness of the disease since 2008. Following the World Health Assembly in May 2010, it was agreed that World Hepatitis Day would be recognised annually on 28 July.
The first official WHO World Hepatitis Day is marked to increase the awareness and understanding of viral hepatitis and the diseases that it causes.
It provides an opportunity to focus on specific actions such as: strengthening prevention, screening and control of viral hepatitis and its related diseases; increasing hepatitis B vaccine coverage and integration into national immunization programmes; and coordinating a global response to hepatitis.
The theme of the campaign is – "Know it, confront it. Hepatitis affects everyone, everywhere".
Hepatitis is one of the most prevalent and serious infectious conditions in the world, but many people - including health policy makers - remain unaware of its staggering toll on global health.
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WHO - World Hepatitis Day 2011 webpage
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The World Hepatitis Alliance is a global voice for the 500 million people worldwide living with chronic viral hepatitis B or C
The Brussels based United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe - UNRIC provides information on UN activities to the countries of the region. It also provides liaison with institutions of the European Union in the field of information. Its outreach activities extend to all segments of society and joint campaigns, projects and events are organized with partners including the EU, governments, the media, NGOs, schools and local authorities.
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Tel.: +32 2 788 8484 / Fax: 32 2 788 8485


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Pentagon disclosed security approvals for Apple iOS and BlackBerry 10 mobile devices.
The Pentagon in recent weeks has rapidly green lighted consumer smartphones, including the new iPhone and BlackBerry 10 lines, for military operations -- even though some devices do not yet support required security credentials because, according to Defense Department officials, planning ahead is key to the success of wireless U.S. forces.
The Defense Information Systems Agency on Friday announced the approval of security guidelines for Apple iOS 6 devices, after a previously reported vote early last week. DISA also divulged the details of guidelines for BlackBerry 10 smartphones and BlackBerry PlayBook tablets, which obtained endorsements earlier in the month.
The new version of the BlackBerry, long the sole brand safe enough for federal use, currently is missing a key protection. The latest operating system, Blackberry 10, can't guard emails or sensitive applications using "common access cards." CAC cards are the standard identification tool for connecting to defense networks, encrypting and decrypting messages, and digitally signing documents. A memo attached to last week's disclosures states, "BlackBerry OS 10.0 does not support DoD Common Access Card (CAC) functions," including email and website logins.
An anticipated update, Blackberry 10.1, will be able to verify CAC IDs for employees attempting to email or visit secure sites, the document adds. A third iteration, BlackBerry 10.2, is expected to be capable of validating CAC credentials before letting employees access Intranet sites protected by digital certificates.
Personnel defensewide won't be able to use any of the new gadgets until DISA rolls out a mobile device management system, expected to be purchased this summer, for remotely control device settings. During trial runs only, select employees will connect to defense networks on government-owned iPhones, iPads, and BlackBerry 10 devices, as well as Samsung Knox systems.
The decision to allow BlackBerry 10 electronics onto defense networks without being able to check user CAC credentials was necessary to keep device distribution on schedule, agency officials told Nextgov.
"DISA determined that it was critical to provide Blackberry OS 10 security guidance" for the trials "as soon as practicable for their planning, procurement, testing, and integration purposes. This will enable organizations to more quickly deploy the imminently expected Blackberry OS 10.1, which Blackberry states will provide CAC support," Henry J. Sienkiewicz, the agency's vice chief information assurance executive, said in an email.
For now, DISA officials are leaving it up to each Defense organization to judge whether its data will be safe on smartphones that can't handle CAC authentication. Military components "deploying BlackBerry OS 10.0 devices must set up procedures" for performing a Pentagon-compliant "risk-based assessment of applications prior to application approval and installation," the memo states.
Most commercial mobile devices have trouble reading smartcards to confirm a user's identity. The gadgets are simply too small to store CAC card readers, according to the Pentagon. So, suppliers have been working with the military to substitute readers with short range communications, such as the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority fare card scanners that unlock turnstiles with a wave of a card, Defense officials said in February. Another credentialing alternative might be micro-SD data storage cards.
Currently, 600,000 new and older consumer mobile devices are either in testing or operational use defensewide, including about 470,000 BlackBerrys, 41,000 Apple iOS electronics and 8,700 Google Android-based systems, DISA officials said on Friday.


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Hypnotic, exuding more sensuality than innocence, Idylle L'Extrait is an intimate elixir composed of exceptional raw materials.
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Twitter continues to disappoint developers, now with the photo options on its mobile applications. Google now supports OAuth 2.0 in Gmail API. Plus: No Facebook F8 conference this year, Amazon switches from Google to Nokia and 19 new APIs.
Twitter Bids Farewell to Third Party Photos in its Apps
Buzzfeed reports that Twitter will no longer offer photo hosting options in its official apps:
Twitter will soon remove support for third-party image hosts, such as Twitpic and yfrog, from its official apps, according to a person who was briefed on the company's plans. The changes will be coming fairly soon — likely in the next updates to each client.
It's been just over a year since Twitter launched photos after long depending on others to fill the gap. For example, the Twitpic API became a popular means for including photos in a post, even being supported for some time by the official Twitter apps.
In addition to a number of photo providers, the Twitter app also allowed any service to be added as your photo provider. Presumably, this feature will also be gone, giving Twitter continued control of the photos the race through its network.
Gmail API Now Supports OAuth 2.0
The Gmail API now supports OAuth 2.0 for IMAP, SMTP and XMPP protocols. The change lends more support to the convention, whose standardization process has been slowed (see: In Defense of OAuth 2.0).
The announcement post notes that Google is deprecating the older methods of using those three protocols to access Gmail, so you'll want to check in on your apps--whether you wrote them or not--to make sure they update.
API News You Shouldn't Miss
- Amazon pitches a Maps API of its own to developers, putting the heat on Google
- Sorry, Developers: Don't Expect Facebook's F8 Conference This Year
- AdSense Adds Full Features from v3 to its v4 API
- Facebook Declares HACK the Social Web Winners
- FullContact Integrates with Klout Via API
- Facebook Shares Game Developer Sessions from GDC Europe
19 New APIs
Today we had 19 new APIs added to our API directory including a individual DNA and genotype service, class note management software, Craigslist posting interface, sustainability management tools, business card manager and file sharing service. Below is more details on each of these new APIs.
23andMe API: 23andMe is a personal genetics service. 23andMe offers individual genome and DNA testing and information.
The 23andMe API allows developers to access and integrate the data from 23andMe with other applications and to create new applications. Individuals consent to giving third-party access to the 23andMe data. Some example API methods include accessing user information, retrieving profiles, and getting information on genotypes.
Campus Notes API: Campus Notes is a dedicated class note, assignment, and file manager in an online application accessible anywhere. The Campus Notes API allows developers to integrate all Campus Notes functionality, including recording, sharing, accessing, and downloading data.
Craigslist Bulk Posting API: Craigslist is a website that lists classified ads divided by sections including jobs, housing, personals and more. The Bulk Posting API provides users with an interface that allows for the submission of multiple posts in a single request. Requests must include a description, a post category, the city the post will be submitted for and a reply email. The API uses HTTP calls and responses are formatted in XML.
Ecometrica Our Impacts API: Ecometrica provides carbon and sustainability tools with the goal of making environmental accounting accessible to all organizations through web based services. The Ecometrica Our Impacts API allows developers to integrate internal and web based systems with Ecometrica's emission factors database.
FullContact CardShark API: CardShark by FullContact is an application that allows users to take pictures of business cards and send them to be transcribed into their FullContact account.
The CardShark API allows developers to access and integrate the functionality of CardShark with other applications. Some example API methods include uploading cards, accessing requests, and managing cards and card information.
Kanban Tool API: Kanban Tool is a project management system. Kanban Tool offers project management tools and real-time collaboration functions. Kanban Tool has visualization features, reporting tools, online document creation and storage, and time tracking functions.
The Kanban Tool API allows developers to access and integrate the functionality of Kanban with other applications. Some example API methods include managing users, accessing boards, retrieving to-do lists, and managing content.
LabJack CloudDot API: LabJack builds hardware and software to make measurement and automation simple and affordable. LabJack devices read the output of sensors measuring any type of external data and bring this data onto a PC where it can be stored and processed as desired. The LabJack CloudDot API allows developers to automate LabJack device controls.
Language Studio Asia Online API: The service provides both synchronous and asynchronous translation of submitted text samples, either via machine algorithms or human translators. It includes functions to integrate with other translation services for comparison and selection of the best result. In addition to direct document translation, the service facilitates machine-to-machine exchanges for multilingual interactions across systems.
API methods support submission of a translation order with the text passage included or referenced via URL, TMX file, or plain text file. A request also gives the input language, desired output language, and requested schedule. Methods can return machine translation directly or initiate a human translation workflow. Methods also support status summaries and checks to determine the point in a process that a specific request has reached.
LaunchBit API: LaunchBit is an email advertising service. Users can create email ad campaigns to send to target audiences.
The LaunchBit API allows developers to access and integrate the functionality of LaunchBit with other applications. Some example API methods include accessing ad information, retrieving adzones, and retrieving codes and status.
Livio Connect API: Livio Connect is a platform to connect Livio Radio to other applications and devices. Livio Radio is a music platform designed to work in cars, various devices, and online.
The Livio Connect API allows developers to access and integrate the functionality of Livio with other applications, devices, and to create new applications. Public documentation is not available; interested developers should sign up here: https://developer.livioradio.com/.
Mancx API: Mancx is an online community for business related questions and answers. Users can signup using their LinkedIn, Facebook or Viadeo account, build their profile, ask and share questions across their networks, earn money by answering questions, and build their own network of trusted sources.
Mancx offers a P2P platform allowing users to trade answers, documents, files, code snippets and more. The platform covers all aspects from posting requests, previews, negotiations, delivery, payment, guarantees, sales tax, invoicing and income taxation. With the API, developers can build applications used to trade digital content. Full documentation is not publicly available.
OctopusTravel API: OctopusTravel is a hotel booking site offering an inventory of over 140,000 hotels worldwide. Users with websites that cater to visitors interested in travel can become affiliate partners with OctopusTrvael. The affiliate program gives partners the chance to earn commissions for online bookings. OctopusTravel offers a full XML API for affiliates that give them the option to be a merchant or offer access to the payment gateway. Full documentation for the API is not publicly available.
Peninsula Truck Rate Quote API: The service provides transportation and shipping rate quotes for less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments across the northwestern United States. Quotes require input for origination point and destination as well as cargo class and weight code, requested delivery timing, etc. The service also accommodates special conditions such as insurance and bonding requirements, premiums for specific delivery conditions, and cross-border paperwork, among others.
API methods support submitting a request for quote for LTL shipping services, with full information about pickup and delivery points as well as accessorial codes for variables like inside delivery, liftgate requirements, hazardous material shipments, international shipments, and similar variations. Methods also allow for C.O.D. shipping and specific appointment times.
Plifk API: Plifk is a service that allows users to upload and share their files on the Internet. Upon signup, users get a Plifk URL where their files will appear. An API is available that lets developers integrate some of the service's functionality into third party applications. Available methods include retrieving user information, listing user tags, retrieving file information, and listing files belonging to a user. The API uses RESTful calls and responses are formatted in XML and JSON.
RevelDigital API: RevelDigital offers web based software providing all the tools necessary to run a successful signage network, including content creation, user management, and reporting. The RevelDigital API allows developers to access player status, reports, schedules, and other account information through a RESTful interface.
RoadSavvy API: The service provides detailed information about road conditions affecting truck transportation along possible routes between a stated origin point and destination. It returns speed limits, weight restrictions, and construction activities along various stretches of road, along with locations of truck stops, weigh stations, repair shops, and similar features. It can be used either separately or together with the provider's RouteSavvy service.
API methods support generation of potential shipping routes for truck transportation specifying road conditions, mile markers, speed limits, weight limits, and other special restrictions. Methods return information about points along the route specified by latitude and longitude with hazardous material requirements, truck-related hazards like high-wind conditions, and blockages due to construction activities.
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Examining the Analog-to-Digital Conversion
With economic conditions in the U.S. gradually improving, print executives who forestalled capital investments through the depths of the recession are increasingly analyzing their long-term technology decisions. In August, Fujifilm North America hosted leaders from 32 printing companies at its training and demonstration center in Kansas City, Kansas, for a two-day Tech Summit that examined the analog-to-digital adoption rates in wide-format and the strategies companies are using to adapt to changing customer demands. It was the sixth such training event staged by Fujifilm in 2013 (four in Kansas City and two in the UK).
Approximately three-fourths of the attendees hailed from businesses that predominantly use screen printing, the process that has long been targeted by technology developers as ripe for replacement by inkjet. Speaker Mark Hanley of IT Strategies observed that to this point, wide-format digital has grown not by replacing analog processes but by complementing them.
"The wide-format market, to me, is one of parallel development, and I don't to this day see serious attrition against the whole of the analog wide-format analog print providing industry." IT Strategies is forecasting 3 to 4 percent compounded annual growth rate of digital printing in wide-format graphics. "If digital is 40 percent of the market today and the volume of what can be printed, by any means, does not significantly change, then a CAGR of 3 to 4 percent is still big."
Terry Mitchell, vice president of marketing for Fujifilm Graphic Systems Division, discussed market drivers such as accelerated delivery times, declining run lengths, version changes, and need for cost efficiencies that he feels will accelerate the digital conversion. "Anything analog today will eventually be digital in the future. There is still a tremendous volume of jobs produced annually by analog techniques, but the pressure points are such that all of this work will eventually be digital."
A highlight of the Summit was a panel discussion of printers in various stages of converting their production from analog to inkjet. Mark Taylor, COO of GFX International, said that the ability to better control process variables has prompted him to start a more aggressive transition in his business even though he doesn't believe screen printing will be phased out entirely.
"My goal over the next 12 months is to drive about 12 million square feet of production from screen over to digital."
Panelist Richard Labuik, owner at Holland & Crosby Ltd., discussed his firm's complete replacement of screen printing with inkjet between 2007 and 2009. He said the transition enabled Holland & Crosby to reduce its print production staff from 17 people to three, even as revenue increased by 40 percent.
John Mills, the recently appointed CEO of Inca Digital Printers, provided an overview of inkjet technology and discussed recent technological trends in wide-format digital printing, including the drive to get finer drop sizes at increasing speeds as offset printers increasingly add wide-format digital to their businesses. Asked to speculate when a true single-pass wide-format printing technology might be commercially available, he said it might take three to five years, with ink and substrate issues a more limiting factor than printhead technology.
In addition, attendees were given demonstrations of various Fujifilm and Inca machines, including the Acuity Advance Select-8 (shown with a roll-media option configured as CMYK with two cyan and magenta, white, and gloss); the Acuity HSX2 (shown with roll-media option); the Acuity LED 1600; the UviStar Pro 8; the Inca Onset S40i (shown in ¾-automatic configuration); and the Inca Onset S20.


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It appears that most of us have not been apprised of all of the side effects that we could experience from Arimidex (anatrozole). The goal of course is to prevent cancer recurrence, but I cannot give up on wanting to know at what cost? There are several Web sites that offer a forum for women on Arimidex. All of these women are experiencing side effects similar to what we have been discussing here. Just google Arimidex; the sites are there. One site, topix.net lists forums for women with pain but also Arimidex and depression (the forum is not easy to get to you have to go to topix.net/forum/drug/arimidex).
More concerning is the list of side effects that are coming up on this and other health and drug websites in relation to Arimidex. Have any of you been told that Arimidex can increase blood cholesterol? Well, it is listed on the Arimidex site by the makers of Arimidex as a bottom note indicating that some women on Arimidex have reported elevated levels of blood cholesterol serum. On other Web sites, this side effect is made more clear. Just go to HealthSquare.com and read about Arimidex. This site is an objective consumer site that lists the drugs and side effects. It includes cholesterol elevation under side effects, but also lists the potential to raise the level of cholesterol under "Special Warning."
I embrace the drugs as you do, with hope and thankfulness for help in the ongoing battle against recurrence. However, my father experienced remission from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, only to die of a blood disorder from the chemotherapy ten years after treatment. For me, this is an overshadowing concern with all treatment. I want to know what I am balancing my life against.
My dad had no other options at that time for treatment. We do, in addition to chemotherapy; there is surgery, radiation and tamoxifen. The hope associated with aromatase inhibitors like Arimidex, Femara (letrozole) and Aromasin (exemestane) is warranted, however, we need to demand truth and disclosure.
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Intel plans to unveil its first processor with 64-bit extensions technology next week, sources familiar with Intel's plans have indicated.
Back in February, Intel announced that Nocona, code name for the next-generation of the Xeon processor, would be the company's first chip to incorporate EM64T technology. EM64T is Intel's name for its 64-bit extensions to the x86 instruction set, a concept pioneered by rival chip maker AMD.
Intel will release Nocona on Monday along with the Tumwater chipset for workstations, sources said. The Lindenhurst chipset for servers will follow in the third quarter, the sources said.
An Intel spokesman declined to comment on the unannounced products.
The Nocona processor will allow workstations and servers to run both 32-bit and 64-bit applications on the same system, provided that server uses a 64-bit operating system. AMD was the first to introduce such a processor with the launch of the Opteron chip in April of 2003.
As AMD worked toward the release of Opteron, Intel shied away from making concrete predictions about its plans for x86 servers with 64-bit extensions, and said 64-bit desktops wouldn't appear until the end of the decade.
The appeal of x86 64-bit machines will broaden later this year when a 64-bit version of Microsoft's Windows operating system is released. Several 64-bit versions of Linux are currently available that will work with either Nocona or Opteron.
Nocona and the new chipsets incorporate other design enhancements besides 64-bit extensions technology. The processor is essentially the same as the 90-nanometer Prescott Pentium 4 processor unveiled earlier this year, with 1MB of Level 2 cache and an 800MHz front-side bus. Intel puts the server versions of its chips through stringent testing and validation efforts to ensure they can handle the more demanding tasks performed by servers.
The newest Xeon processor will also support the PCI Express interconnect technology along with the Tumwater and Lindenhurst chipsets. PCI Express is a fundamental change in a chipset's bus architecture from a parallel design to a serial design. This allows signals to move at faster rates throughout the chipset.
Intel will also support DDR2 (double data rate) memory with the new processors and chipsets. DDR2 memory can operate more reliably at high speeds than its predecessor, DDR memory.
Until the Nocona processors arrive, there is no way to know how they will stack up against the Opteron chip. Nocona will probably outperform Opteron on some applications and trail it on others, IBM executives said in February.
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His Eminence, the Most Reverend Paul (Lyngris) is the Elder Archbishop of Memphis, within the Church of Alexandria. His see is Heliopolis, Cairo, in Egypt.
Born in 1920 in Kafr-el-Zayat, Egypt, the future Archbishop attended the Theological Faculty of the University of Athens. In 1940, he was ordained to the diaconate, and this was followed in 1952 by his ordination to the priesthood.
After serving for a period as a parish priest, he was assigned as a Vicar-General in Harare, Zimbabwe, from 1954. He was elected as Archbishop of Johannesburg and Pretoria in 1968, and was consecrated to the episcopate.
In 1996, during the interregnum period between the repose of Pope and Patriarch Parthenios III and his successor's election, Abp. Paul was elected as Deputy of the throne.
On May 18, 2008, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa awarded Abp. Paul the Highest Medal of the Archangel at the Church of Ss Constantine and Helan in Johannesburg. The medal is the highest award of the ancient Patriarchate.
In addition to his native Greek, His Eminence speaks Arabic, English, and French.
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Bates announces new tenure-track faculty teaching in autumn 2012
Six new tenure-track members of the faculty began teaching at Bates College in autumn 2012, representing the fields of dance, economics, German, neuroscience and psychology, religious studies, and classical and medieval studies.
All beginning their Bates careers as assistant professors, they are:
Ali Humayun Akhtar, religious studies and and classical and medieval studies;
Rachel Boggia, dance;
Jason Castro, psychology and neuroscience;
Raluca Cernahoschi and Jakub Kazecki, who were hired in a joint appointment to the German faculty;
and Paul Shea, economics.
(Bates has also engaged biologist Larissa Williams, who starts at Bates during winter 2013, and historian Lydia Barnett, who begins teaching at Bates in autumn 2013.)
Ali Humayun Akhtar
Appointed assistant professor of religious studies and of classical and medieval studies at Bates, Akhtar studies the complex interactions among political, religious and intellectual establishments in Europe and the Islamic world in medieval and early modern times.
Akhtar is a native of New Jersey. Prior to Bates, he taught at Bard College and at New York University, where he received his doctorate in both history and Middle Eastern studies. He completed his bachelor's degree at Cornell in 2004.
Rachel Boggia
Appointed assistant professor of dance at Bates in 2012 after two years at the college as a visiting faculty member, Boggia employs sophisticated technology in her art and teaching.
Boggia served as acting director of the Bates dance program in 2010-11 after teaching at Wesleyan University and at Connecticut and Dickinson colleges. She earned her MFA in dance from The Ohio State University in 2003 and a bachelor of science degree in neurobiology at Cornell in 2000.
Jason Castro
Analyzing neural electrical patterns and chemical imaging that reveals cellular activity, Castro, assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience, investigates the relationships between the properties of neurons and sensory capabilities, such as the ability to distinguish between odors.
Castro came to Bates from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where he had been a postdoctoral fellow since 2008, the year he received his doctorate in neuroscience at Pittsburgh. In addition to a 2002 liberal arts diploma from the European College of Liberal Arts, Berlin, Germany, Castro earned bachelor's degrees in biology and English literature at the University of Rochester.
Raluca Cernahoschi
Read a profile of Cernahoschi.
Cernahoschi, who has been a visiting professor at Bates the past two years, is a native of Romania. But her Romanian education never introduced her to one of her primary academic interests: the literature produced by that nation's German minority.
Instead, it wasn't until her graduate studies at the University of British Columbia that she discovered this literature. "I happened to be taught by one of the only North American experts on this literature," Cernahoschi explains — Peter Stenberg, now professor emeritus of German at UBC.
She taught previously at Central Connecticut State University, McMaster University and UBC. She earned a bachelor's degree in German studies and English at Mount Holyoke College.
Jakub Kazecki
Kazecki has done considerable research on the connection between war and humor, as evidenced by his book Laughter in the Trenches: Humour and Front Experience in German First World War Narratives, released in July 2012 (Cambridge Scholars Publishing).
A native of Poland, Kazecki taught at Central Connecticut State University for four years prior to Bates, and previously taught at McMaster University in Ontario and the University of British Columbia, where he received a doctorate in Germanic studies.
He earned master's degrees at Adam-Mickiewicz-University in Poznan, Poland, and at Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.
Paul Shea
People's expectations influence the economy, which makes the accurate prediction of expectations important to economists. That's an aspect of the field that interests Shea, a macroeconomist and econometrician who develops mathematical models for such predictions.
Working with algorithms that simulate various factors affecting economic behavior, he aims to model expectations such that the agents — the theoretical people in his models — "are just about as smart as the people who actually make decisions in the economy."
Shea earned a bachelor's degree in economics at Cornell, and a doctorate at the University of Oregon, where he also worked as an instructor and teaching assistant from 2002 to 2007. From 2007 until he came to Bates, he was a member of the economics faculty at the University of Kentucky.


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