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According to People, the poster for Diana is just feet away from the Flame of Liberty, which became an unofficial memorial for Diana following her tragic death at the age of 36.
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"I really don't have any words to describe how I feel about this cynical and shameless attempt to publicize a film that should never have been made," Rosa Monckton, one of Princess Diana's close confidantes, said. "To have made a film so speculative as this is disgusting enough, but to then advertise it on the spot at which she died is despicable. ... I would expect them to take it down right now."
A spokesman for the Paris City Hall told the magazine that the posters were "all over" Paris and were all displayed legally.
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NetBSD Documentation: Steps to connect via PPPoE (DSL)
Steps to connect via PPPoE (DSL)
- Introduction
- Check your kernel
- Do a manual test connection
- Setup a permanent connection
- Setup a line that is always connected
- Setup a line connecting only on demand
- Setup NAT with MSS-clamping
Various notes
Steps to connect via PPPoE (DSL)
This document will describe a simple setup to connect via PPPoE (often used by DSL providers) to the Internet.
This document relates to NetBSD 1.6 and beyond, earlier releases do
not include kernel PPPoE support. If you are using an older release of
NetBSD, we suggest you install the net/rp-pppoe package from pkgsrc. This
includes a command called
adsl-setup that will set everything up
for you.
PPPoE is an acronym for Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet. The typical setup is a DSL modem (which talks via the DSL line to your providers router, called Access Concentrator) and connects to your machine via a standard Ethernet. So you need an Ethernet interface, dedicated to talk to your DSL modem. Over this Ethernet interface a PPP connection is established.
At closer look this is weird. You got an Ethernet connection - why does your provider not run IP on top of it? Some do this (similar to cable modem connections), using DHCP to assign IP numbers to your system. Most providers do not do it, as PPPoE makes their lives a bit easier. It will make your live a bit harder, since PPPoE has an unusual small MTU, which prevents many systems behind misconfigured firewalls on the Internet to connect to you. A workaround is described below.
For the following examples we pick ne0 as the interface name for our Ethernet interface connecting to the DSL modem. Any other interface will do, of course.
Check your kernel
Before you can use PPPoE, you will need support for it in your kernel. To check it is there, run
ifconfig -C
and look for "pppoe" in the output. If it is not there, you need to add
pseudo-device pppoe
to your kernel config file.
Do a manual test connection
Before setting up your machine to automatically connect, you should do a manual test connection. If anything fails, this will be the easy way to debug your setup.
First we create the pppoe interface itself and assign dummy IP numbers to it, which will be replaced later during PPP negotiation. For now we keep the interface marked down, as it is not ready yet:
ifconfig pppoe0 create ifconfig pppoe0 inet 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.1 down
Next we attach the pppoe interface to the Ethernet interface used to connect the DSL modem. This interface needs to be marked UP, but it does not need an IP address assigned.
ifconfig ne0 up pppoectl -e ne0 pppoe0
Now you need your authentication data. Most providers offer some documentation how that data has to be formatted for Linux users, as the windows software often plays tricks and ask for provider specific things. Enter the authentication data via a command like this (note that you may need to protect special characters from the shell by using single quotes):
pppoectl pppoe0 myauthproto=pap 'myauthname=XXX' 'myauthsecret=YYY' hisauthproto=none
XXX is your username and
YYY is your password.
hisauthproto=none prevents PPP from forcing the peer to
authenticate, something many providers will refuse to do. If your provider
supports the CHAP protocol, you may set
We are now ready to test a first connection. Since something may be wrong, we will restrict retries for now:
pppoectl pppoe0 max-auth-failure=1
Now activate the interface:
ifconfig pppoe0 up
Nothing will happen (we have not enabled extended debugging messages). If everything works your PPPoE session will get connected, which you can verify with:
# pppoectl -d pppoe0 pppoe0: state = session Session ID: 0x254f PADI retries: 0 PADR retries: 0
This example output shows a working setup. The PPPoE session has been
established and is still in use (state = session). If the output shows
non session state, you either have your authentication data wrong (see
below) or the access concentrator did not answer or establish a session,
which will show up as PADI or PADR retries. This means either your DSL
setup is not working at all, or you need to specify a service name (via
-s option to pppoectl) or an access concentrator name (via
-a option to pppoectl). Your provider should have documented
this need. See pppoectl(8) for details.
Assuming your PPPoE session got up, we can now check the IP negotiation of PPP:
# ifconfig pppoe0 pppoe0: flags=8851<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1492 inet 220.127.116.11 -> 22.214.171.124 netmask 0xff000000
This is a working connection, as we got a local (22.214.171.124) and a remote (18.104.22.168) IP address assigned (of course you will see different IP numbers). If you do not get a similar display, your PPP authentication data are wrong. Double check them and possibly correct them, by repeating the pppoectl setting them and starting again from there.
Setup a permanent connection
Now that you verified it works, you will want to configure the machine to start the connection automatically.
To have your machine connect automatically on boot, the things you tried before in the manual setup need to be encoded in some scripts and configuration files.
Depending on the contract you have you will choose a connection that is always on, used if you have a flat rate charging model.
If you pay for connection time, you will prefer an on demand connection.
Regardless, your ISP should have provided you with the IP addresses of your
nameservers, which you should enter in
/etc/resolv.conf. See
resolv.conf(5) and the Networking
FAQ for details.
Setup a line that is always connected
The aim of this setup is to keep the line open as long as possible, and in the event of disconnections (for whatever reason) to reconnect as soon as possible. This is the default mode of operation. Filling in the authentication data you used in the manual test connection above, create this files:
/etc/ifconfig.pppoe0 put:
create # Mark the physical interface used by this PPPoE interface up ! /sbin/ifconfig ne0 up # Let $int use ne0 as its Ethernet interface ! /sbin/pppoectl -e ne0 $int # Configure authentication ! /sbin/pppoectl $int myauthproto=pap 'myauthname=XXX' 'myauthsecret=YYY' hisauthproto=none # Configure the PPPoE interface itself. These addresses are magic # meaning we don't care about either address and let the remote # ppp choose them. 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.1 up
Make sure this file is only readable by root.
/etc/ppp/ip-up put:
#! /bin/sh /sbin/route add default $5
and make this file executable by root.
/etc/ppp/ip-down put:
#! /bin/sh /sbin/route delete default $5
and make this file executable by root too.
Finally, add this line to
You are done. Due to the missing
link1 flag of the pppoe0
interface the connection will be established as soon as possible, and
reestablished immediately after failure. Every time the connection comes
up, the script
/etc/ppp/ip-up will be executed, and every time it
goes down
/etc/ppp/ip-down. You can use these scripts for further
cleanup (i.e., pruning stale NAT connections after the line dropped and you
will be assigned a new dynamic IP number on reconnect) or kicking servers
that need to know about that the connection is working again (i.e., a
forwarding and caching named).
Note that on system boot the ifwatchd daemon (which executes the ip-up
and ip-down scripts) is probably run quite late. The PPPoE connection will
be established as soon as the ifconfig.pppoe0 file is run, early on network
startup. The connection will come up immediately, but the
script will not yet be run. When ifwatchd(8) starts, it will execute the
ip-up script if the connection is already up. Many network daemons will
start in between, and due to the missing default route not be able to connect
to the outside Internet. Kicking these daemons in the ip-up script is a
good idea (and will take care of most problems those daemons cause when
using dynamic IP addresses as well). A typical example is to flush all
NAT connections and restart named and ntpd:
#! /bin/sh /sbin/route add default $5 /etc/rc.d/ntpd restart /etc/rc.d/named restart
Setup a line connecting only on demand
This connection setup will establish the PPPoE connection only when traffic tries to use it. It will disconnect automatically after a configurable idle period.
The main differences to a permanent connection configuration are
link1flag on the pppoe0 interface
The idle timeout (set to 60 seconds in the example below) to make the line drop after some time without traffic
The routing configuration, as you need to root packets to the pppoe0 interface even when the connection is not established.
Put this in
create # Mark the physical interface used by this PPPoE interface up ! /sbin/ifconfig ne0 up # Let $int use ne0 as its Ethernet interface ! /sbin/pppoectl -e ne0 $int # Configure authentication ! /sbin/pppoectl $int idle-timeout=60 myauthproto=pap 'myauthname=XXX' 'myauthsecret=YYY' hisauthproto=none # Configure the PPPoE interface itself. These addresses are magic # meaning we don't care about either address and let the remote # ppp choose them. 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.1 link1 up ! /sbin/route add default -iface 0.0.0.1
It is not necessary to use ifwatchd in this configuration, as the default route
is a permanent one already set by above config file. If you need notifications
of changing IP addresses or the connection dropping or reestablishing, you
may configure ifwatchd and use
/etc/ppp/ip-up and
See the permanent connection case for an
example (but do not change the default route).
Setup NAT with MSS-clamping
Some systems behind misconfigured firewalls try to use Path-MTU-Discovery, while their firewall blocks all ICMP messages. This is an illegal, but not uncommon, setup. Typically you will have no chance to fix this (remote, outside of your control) setup. And sometimes you will have to use such remote systems (to download data from them, or to do your online banking).
Without special care systems as described above will not be able to send larger chunks of data to a system connected via PPPoE. But there is a workaround (some may call it cheating): pretend to not be able to handle large packets, by sending a small MSS (maximum segment size) option during initial TCP handshake.
For connections originating from your PPPoE connected machines, this is accomplished by setting the sysctl variable net.inet.tcp.mss_ifmtu to 1, i.e. by adding this
# Obey interface MTUs when calculating MSS net.inet.tcp.mss_ifmtu=1
/etc/sysctl.conf. For connections originating from systems
behind your PPPoE router, you need to set the mssclamp options in your
NAT rules, like in this example
map pppoe0 192.168.1.0/24 -> 0/32 portmap tcp/udp 44000:49999 mssclamp 1440 map pppoe0 192.168.1.0/24 -> 0/32 mssclamp 1440
See the NetBSD Networking FAQ for more information about configuring NAT.
If you do not use NAT, you need to setup a 1:1 NAT rule, just to get the clamping:
map pppoe0 x.x.x.x/24 -> 0/0 mssclamp 1440
The above examples assume a MTU of 1492 bytes. If the MTU on your PPPoE connection is smaller use the MTU - 52 bytes for clamping e.g. 1408 bytes for a MTU of 1460 bytes.
Note: The theoretically correct value for the above example would be 1452 bytes (it accounts for the smaller PPPoE MTU, the TCP header and the maximum of 0x40 bytes of TCP options) but it seems to not be sufficient in some cases. Experiments conducted by various people have shown that clamping to the MSS values suggested above works best.
Various notes
General information on T-Online account names
If you want to dial-in into the german ISP T-Online, the two most tricky things are getting the correct username, and using a proper chat-script. See the NetBSD Network FAQ for a general description of how to set up PPP.
Your login name at T-Online consists of three parts, glued together:
Anschlußkennung: 12 digit number (AAAAAAAAAAAA), e.g. 000120123456
T-Online Nr: 12 digit number (TTTTTTTTTTTT), e.g. 3200123456. Often starts with "32"; if yours is less than 12 digits, add a '#')
Mitbenutzer-Nummer, usually "0001" (MMMM), e.g. 0001
Your login is now all three parts put in a row, with no separator ("AAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTMMMM"), e.g. 0001201234563200123456#0001. Use this for the "
user"-line in your PPP options file.
In the chat-script, you need to pay attention to send a "
." after the modem reported a
Without this trailing dot, you may be disconnected immediately without an answer from the T-Online dialin server after your side has sent out the first LCP ConfReq frame.
If you want to use T-Online with T-DSL, be sure to append "
@t-online.de" for the login, e.g. "
Here are some (german language) links with more information (don't let yourself distract that most of them are not for NetBSD - being just another Unix-like operating system, these tips usually apply to NetBSD as well):
Setting up a PPPoE server
What do you do if you want to test PPPoE, but don't have a DSL line handy? You set up your own PPPoE server, of course. The pppoe(4) manpage contains pretty much all the information needed:
Make sure you have "options PPPOE_SERVER" in your kernel
On the server, set the link0 flag on the pppoe0 interface
For the local and remote IP address, set what you want to use locally and remote. For example, if you want your server to use 10.3.3.1 and your client to use 10.3.3.2, use "10.3.3.1 10.3.3.2 up" as last line of your /etc/ifconfig.pppoe0 file, instead of "0.0.0.0 0.0.0.1 up".
For authentication, be sure to replace the "my" from the client with "his" on the server - "myauthproto" on the client has to match "hisauthprot" on the server, and so on.
Here is a full server /etc/ifconfig.pppoe0 file:
create # Server: link0 # ! /sbin/ifconfig re1 up ! /sbin/pppoectl -e re1 $int ! /sbin/pppoectl $int hisauthproto=pap firstname.lastname@example.com' hisauthsecret='oink' myauthproto=none 10.3.3.1 10.3.3.3 up
Here is the matching client's /etc/ifconfig.pppoe0 file:
create ! /sbin/ifconfig re1 up ! /sbin/pppoectl -e re1 $int ! /sbin/pppoectl $int myauthproto=pap 'email@example.com' 'myauthsecret=oink' hisauthproto=none 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.1 up


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If you've been using the Internet for any length of time, there's a pretty good chance that one or two or 20 e-mail messages bearing one of these teasers has landed in your in-box. The senders of these messages promise "financial freedom" or "independence from paychecks" with homebased business opportunities ranging from envelope stuffing to designing Web sites. And all that stands between you and freedom from your dull office job and mean-spirited boss is one small payment . . .
Financial freedom sounds great. But are these so-called business opportunities too good to be true?
At first, Lesley Fountain didn't think so. After running a successful medical transcription service out of her Oceanside, California, home for 20 years, Fountain went looking for a homebased business opportunity that would allow her to spend more time with her young daughter. One day, she received an unsolicited e-mail message (a.k.a. spam) offering a seminar that would train her to build lucrative e-commerce Web sites. Fountain spent nearly $3,000 to register for the seminar, only to find that the five days of training left her ill-equipped to write the complex computer code required to build a working site.
The company was more than happy to give her the extra training she needed-for an additional $2,000 paid upfront. Refused a refund, Fountain turned to the Web, where she found a number of newsgroups and message boards filled with outraged comments about business opportunity scams, some of which sounded very similar to the seminar she had attended. It was then that she realized she wasn't the first (or the last) person to be taken by unscrupulous Internet scammers. "After I got on the Net and saw some of the complaints, I realized I wasn't as stupid as I thought and that other people had suffered the same fate," says Fountain, who has since started her own anti-scam information site (http://www.scams101.com).
So why would otherwise intelligent people give thousands of dollars to unseen strangers promising wealth without work? Fountain attributes it to naiveté. "Everyone can use more money, and these scams are sold as being foolproof. Many people believe if you have a good product and do what you're supposed to do, you can't fail, and that's why they get taken in."
From comments logged on her Web site, Fountain learned that victims often lose far more than money. They also lose hope.
"When people who are looking for a genuine homebased business get scammed, they sometimes decide it's just not realistic to think they can do it-then they just give up on the whole dream," says Fountain. "A lot of people just roll over and die. I know people who went bankrupt or got divorced . . . people actually told me they didn't see any other option than suicide. It's an even bigger crime than stealing the money."
To add insult to injury, scam victims get little sympathy from family, friends or authorities. "A popular misconception," says Fountain, "is that people who get scammed don't want to work-that they just want to lay out and have money dropped on them and therefore deserve whatever they get."
Historical Perspective
Of course, business opportunity scams are nothing new. Prior to the dawn of the Internet Age, ads for envelope stuffing, home electronics assembly, multilevel vitamin sales and other dubious opportunities could be found in the classified sections of newspapers and grocery store "throw-away" magazines. The difference is that, by advertising with spam and banner ads on Web sites accessible from anywhere in the world, scammers are now able to get their message out to a far larger segment of the population than ever before.
Frauds involving homebased business opportunity schemes are among the most common consumer complaints made to the National Consumers League's Internet Fraud Watch, which offers victims advice and transmits complaints to law enforcement agencies. According to Susan Grant, director of the Internet Fraud Watch, many recent scams involve medical billing opportunities that promise people they can set up a lucrative home business providing billing services for doctors and insurance companies. This sort of opportunity is appealing because it seems plausible that companies would contract out this type of work, but Grant says it just isn't so.
And unlike older schemes such as envelope stuffing, which can set victims back $50 to $100, some fraudulent medical billing setups can cost the unwary thousands of dollars in outdated software and inadequate training materials.
How To Identify Scams
Distinguishing between a legitimate homebased business opportunity and a scam (for instance, an on-the-level medical billing service and one of the scamming variety) designed to separate you from your money is much easier than you'd think. While no two scams are exactly alike, a few common denominators should raise immediate skepticism.
-Unrealistic Promises. Just as there's no such thing as a free lunch, there's no such thing as a successful homebased business that requires little or no work. Turnkey scams that offer you "everything you need" to operate a business, including materials and training, often claim to have a built-in customer base. As anyone who has ever tried to run a legitimate business knows, finding and keeping customers requires serious effort, and can make or break the business.
-Time Pressure. Act now before it's too late! Offer expires within 24 hours! Limited time offer! Often, those behind a business opportunity scam will demand that you send money before you have time to think the deal through or research the company with your local chapter of the Better Business Bureau. A company offering a legitimate business opportunity won't ask you to make snap decisions involving large sums of money.
-Unusual Business Models. If it's not clear where or how the company offering the business opportunity makes a profit, it's likely you, in fact, are that source of profit. For example, if a company sells you a starter kit containing a product and sales training manuals, and then offers you no other support (advice or additional training), it's because they've already made their profit off of you. They don't really care if you succeed or fail because, either way, they got their money upfront.
You've Been Scammed! Now What?
Sadly, even if you report a business opportunity scam to an agency like the National Consumers League, there's very little chance of getting your money back, according to Grant. "We don't make any promises about getting money back from them," she explains. "We do stress the importance of reporting actual fraud whether or not they get the money back, because that's what law enforcement needs to take action against the scammer and make sure it doesn't happen to someone else. And most consumers are happy to give that information."
Of course, documenting your interaction with the scammer is the best way to increase your chances of recovering money from them and provide the FTC and law enforcement with evidence that may be vital to their investigation, says Fountain. "Every conversation, everything you do, document it with notes. Whenever I interact with a company, I write down what took place and put it into a registered letter and send it to them, saying, 'This is to confirm the conversation in which you said so and so.' "
Fountain also suggests organizing with other victims. "There's power in numbers. It's important to find others who have been scammed and organize if you really want to take action. The Internet is a good forum for that."
Perhaps the best advice on dealing with scams comes from Jeff, a homebased business owner who lost nearly $6,000 in a 15-month period to a multilevel marketing scheme promoted by one scheming company. "You should think the opportunity through more thoroughly then I did," says Jeff, who declined to give his last name for this article. "I wanted to believe their promises because they just sounded so good, even though my intuition was telling me something wasn't right."
The company that gave Jeff problems was eventually investigated by the FTC, and declared bankruptcy in late 1999. The lesson? Trust your instincts.
Scam Stoppers
The FTC takes complaints about suspicious or fraudulent business-opportunity schemes. Although the Commission can't resolve individual problems for consumers, it can act against a company if it sees a pattern of possible law violations. File a complaint with the FTC by contacting the Consumer Response Center at (877) 382-4357; or by writing Consumer Response Center, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20580. Or simply visit their Web site at http://www.ftc.gov.
The Web site of the National Consumers League's Internet Fraud Watch division (http://www.fraud.org) offers tips on how to spot possible scams, links to other scam-related sites and online incident report forms that allow the League to transmit your complaint to the appropriate law enforcement agency.
Lesley Fountain's Scam 101 Web site (http://www.scams101.com) discusses her experiences at the hands of Internet scammers, and gives updates on the latest scams to hit consumers. There's also a message board where you can complain or commiserate with other scam victims.
While it doesn't focus exclusively on Internet-based scams, the Web page of the Council of Better Business Bureaus (BBB), http://www.bbb.com, has links to local chapters of the BBB, allowing you to check the names of companies you're considering doing business with against online databases of consumer complaints. Still, just because a company isn't on file with the BBB doesn't guarantee it's legitimate.


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INREIT Properties and Goldmark Development penalized for Clean Water Act violations at Grand Forks, N.D. apartment complex
Release Date: 07/07/2009
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(Denver, Colo. – July 7, 2009) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has settled an administrative penalty action involving INREIT Properties, LLLP and Goldmark Development Corporation. EPA alleged that these companies violated the Clean Water Act (CWA) by failing to apply for and obtain a storm water construction permit and by discharging storm water without a permit during construction of the Autumn Ridge Apartments in Grand Forks, N.D. The companies have agreed to pay a penalty of $18,500.
"These alleged actions compromised water quality by ineffectively managing runoff from construction activities," said Diane Sipe, Director of EPA Region 8's Water Enforcement program. "EPA assessed this penalty to INREIT Properties, LLLP and Goldmark Development Corporation to send the message that ignoring storm water regulations will not be tolerated. Storm water runoff can carry high levels of pollutants such as sediment, oil and grease, suspended solids, nutrients, and heavy metals into our waterways. We will continue to pursue actions against those who violate federal laws that protect North Dakota's waters."
During a May 2008 inspection, EPA observed excessive sediment in storm drains, missing or inadequate storm water control practices, and large areas of disturbed soil without stabilization measures. Runoff from the Autumn Ridge Apartments site flows to the Red River.
To obtain coverage under North Dakota Department of Health's storm water general permit for construction sites, the owner, or the owner jointly with the operator, must submit a Notice of Intent prior to the start of construction. The owner must also develop and implement a storm water pollution prevention plan (SWPPP). The SWPPP must specify the practices will be used to reduce the amount of pollutants, including sediment, which flow off the construction site in a storm event.
Before starting construction activity, contact the North Dakota Department of Health Division of Water Quality in Bismarck, N.D. at (701) 328 -5239 to determine if a storm water permit is required. Information on permitting requirements may also be found online at: http://www.ndhealth.gov/WQ/Storm/Construction/ConstructionHome.htm
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The Assembly passed the Dream Act last month and included it in its budget resolutions last week. Gov. Gov. Andrew Cuomo had indicated support.
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My research interests lie principally, but not exclusively, in the field of reproductive and perinatal epidemiology. I have spent the last two decades focused on integrating epidemiological, biological and molecular approaches into rigorously designed clinical epidemiology research projects that have led to greater understandings of the etiology and pathophysiology of placental abruption, gestational diabetes, and preeclampsia. My research programs were developed through (1) identifying gaps in the literature; (2) constructing methodologically rigorous, versatile and robust epidemiological data capture systems and networks (epidemiology platforms) in North America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and South America; and (3) proactively and strategically integrating biochemical and molecular biomarkers onto that epidemiology platform. I have fully exploited the arsenal of epidemiology study designs (case-control, self-matched case-crossover, and prospective cohort studies) to answer important questions concerning the etiology and pathophysiology of a relatively broad spectrum of adverse reproductive and perinatal outcomes.
My overarching goal has been, and continues to be, to use biological and molecular biomarkers as objective measures of exposure (e.g., dietary intake, nutritional status) and/or as validated pre-clinical proximal determinants (e.g., oxidative stress, systemic inflammation, endothelial dysfunction) of discrete outcomes of clinical, public and global health importance. To date, much of my work has been focused on advancing knowledge of the etiology of selected highly relevant, but fairly understudied perinatal outcomes. I have also sought to expand the literature by searching for and then confirming novel/non-traditional risk factors of those outcomes. My research programs have been largely funded by a number of research awards from the National Institutes of Health. To date, I have authored or co-authored 240 original research reports.
I am Principal Investigator of three large National Institutes of Health-funded projects: (1) A Prospective Cohort Study of Migraine, Platelet Activation, and Preeclampsia, an observational study designed to identify pregnant women at high risk of preeclampsia and to assess mechanistic hypotheses to explain the co-occurrence of migraines and preeclampsia in some women; (2) A Cohort Study of Preterm Delivery in Relation to Partner Abuse, Mood and Anxiety Disorders, an observational study of 6,000 Peruvian women to determine whether the risk of preterm delivery is influenced by maternal mental health status and/or exposure to violence before and during pregnancy; and (3) Triggers of Placental Abruption: A Case Crossover Study of an Ischemic Placental Disease, another observational study designed to identify acute and chronic risk factors for placental abruption; and to search for genetic variants in both maternal and fetal genomes (900 maternal-infant pairs) that contribute to an increased risk of placental abruption.
I completed my undergraduate studies at Princeton University, receiving a BA in biology in 1984. I received an MS in civil engineering in 1986 from Tufts University, and two degrees from Harvard University, a SM in demography and population sciences, in 1988, and a ScD in epidemiology in 1991.


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Exactly one year ago to the day, I wrote about Airborne tablets and questioned their value for preventing or reducing the symptoms of the common cold. It turns out that I wasn't the only one concerned about the deceptive advertising being used to tout this basically bogus, but highly successful, brand. This week came the news that the makers of Airborne have agreed to pay $22.3 million to settle a class action lawsuit that was brought against them for falsely advertising that their product could prevent and/or cure the common cold. And investigations into the company's marketing practices by the Federal Trade Commission and 24 State Attorneys General are ongoing.
As well they should. "There's no credible evidence that what's in Airborne can prevent colds or protect you from a germy environment," said Center for Science in the Public Interest's senior nutritionist David Schardt, who reviewed Airborne's claims. "Airborne is basically an overpriced, run-of-the-mill vitamin pill that's been cleverly, but deceptively, marketed." The CSPI acted as co-counsel against Airborne in the lawsuit.
Airborne toned down their advertising in March 2006 after the initial plaintiff notified them of his intention to sue. Although Airborne agreed to the multi-million dollar settlement, it denied any wrongdoing or illegal conduct.
It also turns out that in February 2006, ABC News discovered that Airborne's so-called clinical trial, which it had been using to support its arguments, was conducted by neither doctors nor scientists, but rather, by a "two-man operation started up just to do the Airborne study." What else would you expect from a company that proudly promotes that its product was developed by an elementary school teacher without any particular expertise in medicine, either traditional or alternative?
Why then were Airborne tablets so successful? Because everyone experiences the nasty effects of the common cold and everyone would love not to! Along comes Airborne with their fizzy effervescent tablets and extremely clever marketing telling people exactly what they want to hear and you throw in an appearance by their creator on Oprah and you've got the makings of a national bestseller. It wasn't the first time this has happened and it won't be the last.
Of course people think they get better faster. Of course people think they were in a "germy" environment like an airplane and didn't get sick. No one doubts these reports. It's just that the reality is they've got nothing to do with Airborne! First off, people recover from colds with or without Airborne. Second, the odds are that the people who thought they didn't get sick wouldn't have gotten sick in the first place – just because you got sick in the past is no indication of you're getting sick in the future. But most important of all is the placebo effect. It's a well-known fact of medical practice that if you take something that an authority figure says will benefit you, and you believe that to be true, and especially if you pay for it, it is highly likely to "work" for you, whatever it's supposed to treat or do, and regardless of whether there's anything in it with any real pharmacologic activity.
Now everyone is entitled to his or her opinion, and I'm sure there are many Airborne users and believers out there. That's fine. If it works for you, great. Tell us your story by adding a comment below. Share your experiences with others. My basic contention is this: Airborne is selling some mixture of vitamins and herbs that cost them pennies on the dollar to manufacture and for which they have no scientific evidence of either effectiveness or safety. I call that a scam. What do you think?
Important: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and not Everyday Health.


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Public hearing on proposed supplemental budget scheduled for Tuesday
$37 Million in cuts proposed
A public hearing is scheduled for 1:00 Tuesday afternoon on Gov. Paul LePage's proposed supplemental budget. The governor shared his plan with the legislature last week.
The governor is proposing $37 million in cuts to the two-year statewide budget.
One of the most controversial proposals is to slash all $1.9 million in funding from Maine Public Broadcasting Network. Last week, MPBN President, Mark Vogelzang said there would be "significant negative consequences" if the proposal goes through.
Under the proposal, $2.4 million would also be cut from higher education institutions.
The proposed budget calls for significant changes to the general assistance program, which includes reductions in reimbursement rates to municipalities.
Governor LePage is also proposing tax exemptions for retirement income, some wood harvesting and medical equipment.
Many Democrats are critical of the proposal. They said it puts some of Maine most vulnerable citizens in jeopardy, while shifting costs onto cities, towns and taxpayers.


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I am in a 9 cat league 3's it's capped at 38 games, I have a total possible 42. This is diffcult without knowing more details I understand but does anyone trust Vince Carter or Danny Green enough tonight to play them? I'm torn I know they are both really inconsistent. I'm up on 3's 16-14, it's the championship week. Any Help would be great! Looks like I have a great shot at Rebs-FG% Assists--Stls, 3's and blocks and pts will be up in the air He's going to take TO's and FT%. Any Help before the games start today would be reallllllllllllly appreciated!
My Team:
G- Conley-Dragic-Kobe-Ellis-Teague-Green- Carter
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G-Westbrook-Pierce-Lillard-Harden-George-Brian Roberts-Mayo
F/C JR Smith-Splitter-G Henderson-Tobias Harris-M Webster-Moe Harkless
Green and Carter? Please help!
Who to start, who to bench. Grab that WW guy?
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Ahhhh sorry I missed ya man! I usually tend to fill up starts earlier than later just for safety and probably woulda said play green but not carter although I am way late! Shoot some comments on my last article and I'll see it much more quickly
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Characteristics of NiCd/NiMH Cells
NiCd or NiMH batteries are able store large amounts of energy in a very short time and give it back also within a short time which is a benefit. But they have disadvantages too. Especially NiCd batteries: if they are not fully discharged from time to time they tend to "remember" that they have been only partially discharged and the amount of energy they are able to store decreases more and more. At last the battery becomes unusable. This effect is known as "memory effect" and is due to a slow growing of crystals which comes along with a decrease of active surface in the cells. In the worst case coarse crystal structures can even lead to a short circuit: the cell is useless.
Another disadvantage is the high self-discharge rate. After a few weeks stored at room temperature without any load the cells are completely discharged and have to be recharged prior to further use. Newer NiMH-cell-types from differtent manufacturers have a dramatically reduced self-discharge rate. They are called "ready to use" and can be stored for at least one year without a total loss of charge. These cell-types are well suited for use in remote controls or even watches eg. However, the high self-discharge rate can also be quite useful (see Leveling NiCd/NiMH cells).
Summary: NiCd and NiMH batteries can be charged and discharged quickly. Due to their extreme low internal resistance they are able to deliver large currents. Therefor they are the appropriate choice for use in handheld tools for professionals (eg in the handicraft business) with high energy consumption. NiMH batteries have a higher (gravimetric and volumetric) energy density and a lifetime of roughly 300 charge-discharge cycles whereas high quality NiCd cells can be recharged up to 1000 times. However they contain the toxic heavy metal cadmium.
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Hi all
I bet this has been ask a hundred times and yes I have done a search for it but found nothing
Here is my problem
I have followed step by step and attempted to create my server. When I press the 'create server' button I get the error "failed to Set dynalias" I press 'ok'. Then it says "failed to find external IP address"
Things I have done
1..took my linksy rounter out
2..Uninstalled any fire walls
3 Connected my Virgen modem straight to my computer.
I see that I must have ports open ( I think 5500 ) BUT if I have no router or fire walls how can these be blocked.
Hope some one can help me as I'm going nuts
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Paracelsus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (1493-1541)
Paracelsus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (1493-1541). As a roving physician ("a doctor should be a wayfarer"), a man of the people, twined about with legend even during his lifetime, characterized by a strong vital personality and an awareness of himself and of his calling, Paracelsus practiced his profession all over Central Europe, not without violent collisions with medical learning, patients, and authorities.
As a writer on medicine, botany, and natural philosophy Paracelsus was amazingly prolific in spite of his roving. His numerous Biblical-theological works, of which 123 are known, have not yet been adequately examined. The Complete Works of Paracelsus, edited by Karl Sudhoff and Wilhelm Matthiessen, has published (1922-23) the medical, scientific, and philosophical writings as the first division in 14 volumes in Munich. Of the second division, the theological and religious-philosophical works, only the first volume has been published (Munich, 1923). Of the Bible commentaries, the one on Matthew and the one on the Psalms (1530) should be mentioned here, and of the dogmatic writings, the one on communion addressed to Pope Clement VII (1530). In this book Paracelsus denies the claim of the Catholics, Lutherans, Zwinglians, and Anabaptists that they are the possessors of the Holy Spirit, as Sebastian Franck had done in his song about the four dissentious churches. The two men met at least twice—in 1529 at Nürnberg, in 1531 at Strasbourg. That Paracelsus cured Sebastian Franck of a mental breakdown is mere legend. Franck himself described the doctor as a second Lucianus (i.e., a mocker) and as much more of a mystic than the rationalistic doctor. Nor do the casual meetings with Caspar von Schwenckfeld denote a spiritual relatedness. The peaceable, pious Silesian nobleman and the quarrelsome man of the people had little in common. The Schwenckfeld biography by Mrs. Schultz demonstrates the spiritual independence of Schwenckfeld in his relations with Paracelsus. Only ignorance can equate these two opposite spirits with each other or with the Anabaptists.
The fact that Paracelsus had nothing in common with the Anabaptists—except the criticism of the sacrament of communion—in spite of occasional contacts, is seen in the fanatical, unrealistic hope of the doctor for the ultimate restoration of the church by the pope: "In the pope there will be a blessed spirit and thus a blessed spirit in the sheep." No Anabaptist and no convinced Spiritualist thought in such terms in the 16th century. Paracelsus remained a Catholic in life and death.
His retirement to religious literary work probably was due to the Peasants' War. After 1532 he frequently signed himself with a title of doctor of the Holy Scriptures to which he had no right. Much will remain a mystery until more of his theological works appear. The most reliable biography is Georg Sticker's.
The fourth centennial of the death of Paracelsus in 1941 produced a considerable body of literature, which must, however, be used with a critical mind. In addition there are some older works of a biographical and interpretative content.
Englert, Ludwig. Paracelsus, Mensch und Arzt. Bücher deutscher Kultur, Berlin, 1941.
Hartmann, R. J. Theophrast von Hohenheim. Stuttgart, 1904.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 334.
Jager, Fr. Theophrastus Paracelsus 1491-1541. Salzburg, 1941.
Matthiessen, Wilhelm. "Theophrast von Hohenheim." in Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte XIV and XV (1917-18).
Peuckert, W.-E. Paracelsus, Die Geheimnisse, ein Lesebuch aus seinen Schriften. Leipzig, 1941.
Peuckert, W.-E. Theophrastus Paracelsus. Stuttgart, 1941.
Reklam, E. H. Die Gestalt des Paracelsus in der Dichtung, Studien zu Kolbenheyers Trilogie. Leipzig, 1938.
Sticker, G. Paracelsus, ein Lebensbild. Halle, 1941.
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Canon launches Vixia HF M32 dual flash memory camcorder
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Canon unveils today a new Vixia camcorder, the HF M32. It provides both 64GB built-in memory as well as an SD/SDXC compatible memory card slot for additional video storage. It's also compatible with Eye-Fi SD cards for wireless video file transfer.
The Vixia HF M32 will also feature Canon's DIGIC DV III processor, an HD CMOS sensor, a touch panel LCD, and Powered IS for an added level of image stabilization at telephoto. Recorded HD video can also be downconverted to SD while keeping the original file intact.
Pricing and availability
The HF M32 will be available in September for $999.99.


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Certain devices can also be used as a dog repellent to deter dogs from approaching or biting while you are walking or outside or used with basic dog training. Protect yourself from unwanted encounters with a dog deterrent and the noise of out of control barking dogs. Quickly learn how to stop a barking dog with these easy to use devices. Portable bark control products are also perfect to stop your dog from barking at other dogs.
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A do-your-own Township of Langley budget went online Monday, giving residents a taste of the budget process while allowing Township planners a glimpse of what the "top of mind" financial issues are in the community.
The online budget simulator is viewable until Feb 26 at tol.ca/budget.
People who log on will be greeted by a message that states "Balancing a $350 million budget for 105,000 people demands difficult choice."
Then the user is led through a series of choices, what the web site defines as "top of mind issues," that demonstrate the impact of cuts or spending hikes on the bottom line.
The concept is similar to web budget simulators deployed by the City of Vancouver, B.C. provincial government and other local, provincial and state governments in Canada and the U.S.
In a press release issued last Tuesday, Councillor Michelle Sparrow said the simulator will give the Township more input than it would glean from the usual process of public meetings.
"Having 30 people at an open house is not an effective measure of public opinion," said Sparrow.
While certain budget items, such as wages, cannot be changed, Sparrow said information collected through the "Citizen Budget" will give the Township an indication of what people do and don't want.
"It may give people an idea of the difficult choices involved in doing the job we do," she added.
"Sometimes the budget is hard to fathom and it looks scary, but when you realize it is only costing you so many dollars for all these valuable services, it makes sense,"
An open house on the budget is set for this Monday (Feb. 25).


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Marlins to Host Internship Job Fair
Wednesday, 10/23/2013 – 10/23/2013 10:00 am – 06:00 pm
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The Miami Marlins will be hosting the annual Marlins Valuable Professionals (M.V.P.) Internship Job Fair on Wednesday, October 23rd from 10am to 6pm at Marlins Park (501 Marlins Way, Miami FL). The focus of the Job Fair will be to fill Internship Positions within the following areas: Accounting, Audio/Video Technical, Ballpark Operations, Baseball Operations, Broadcasting, Community Outreach, Corporate Partnerships, Digital and Social Media, Facilities & Engineering, Information Technology, Marketing and Promotions, Marlins Foundation, Media Relations and Communications, Retail Operations, Sales and Customer Service, Ticket Operations, Turf Management and Video Production. All Internships will begin in January 2014 and conclude in December 2014, requiring full-time hours as well as game nights and weekend responsibilities. All Internships are paid positions. Admission to the Job Fair is complimentary. The M.V.P. Internship Program aims to offer young leaders an opportunity to enhance their academic and professional development at Marlins Park. This program is a signature offering of the Miami Marlins and endeavors to positively contribute to the workforce development and marketability of young professionals in our community.
For more information, please visit www.marlins.com/jobs. Upon arrival, candidates are advised to park in the Home Plate Garage and enter through the Home Plate entranceThank you for using Soul Of Miami!


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DOVER -- Attorney Sarah E. Lavoie, of the Dover law firm of Burns, Bryant, Cox, Rockefeller & Durkin, has been named to the 2012 New England Super Lawyers Rising Stars list.
Rising Stars annually recognizes the top up-and-coming attorneys in the state. Each year no more than 2.5 % of the lawyers in the state are named to the list.
Burns, Bryant, Cox, Rockefeller & Durkin is located at 255 Washington Street in Dover, New Hampshire. Attorney Lavoie practices in the areas of personal injury, family law, and other forms of litigation and can be reached by phone at 603-742-2332, by email at firstname.lastname@example.com or via the firm's website at www.burnsbryant.com.


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By Atika Shubert, CNN
(CNN) Like so many Indonesian women, Eli Anita wanted to earn more money than she could at home.
In 2007, she moved to Dubai through a labor recruitment company where, she says, her manager immediately began harassing her for sex, at one point becoming violent.
"He got very angry and he also beat me and kidnapped me in the bathroom for many hours. He locked the door," she says in broken English.
"And he said 'Eli, just obey to me and I will give you everything.' I said, 'I'm sorry. But I came for working. I will not allow anybody to touch my body or anyone working on my body, like this.' Then he asked me, 'What do you want?' I said I want another job."
Eli says her employer offered her a new job in Italy, but she didn't recognize the place.
She told CNN he said, "I will send you to new country, high technology, good country. Kurdistan is a part of Italy."
For a village girl from Indonesia, Eli says she had no idea about Kurdistan, in northern Iraq, and at that time in the midst of war.
She says she was flown to Erbil airport under the constant watch of labor company chaperones with about a dozen other women from Ethiopia, Indonesia and the Philippines. She says the labor company took her passport.
"All of them don't know where is Kurdistan. I'm asking, 'Where is Kurdistan?' Immigration man said: 'Why do you want to go there?' He keep saying in Arabic, 'It's very dangerous.' But I have no choice because my agency always by my side and watching me. They are afraid I am running away."
As they passed army checkpoints with U.S. soldiers, Eli says she slowly began to figure out where they were. She finally convinced one of her minders to let her call her Dubai employer.
"So, I call the agency and say, 'You sent me to Iraq when you telling me it's part of Italia?' He say, 'Eli just keep quiet. I already received $4,500.' So, I knew at that time, they sell me."
She tried to run away several times. But after days on the street, she was found by labor agency workers, dragged back and, she says, beaten as a punishment. She describes the incident vividly.
'Because the agency also kidnap me inside the bathroom and hold a gun to my head. 'If you doesn't stop all your actions and calling your government, I will kill you.'"
But the feisty Eli says she refused to back down in the face of their threat.
"If you want to kill me, shoot me right now," she remembers telling them. "But if you kill me, you send my body back home. If not I will wake up again! They said 'you are crazy,' majnoon in Arabic. I said, yes, I'm majnoon because of you!"
Eli finally escaped by secretly contacting the International Labour Organization. They brokered her release from the labor agency and transported her home to Indonesia.
CNN confronted the man that Eli says sold her, trafficking her from Dubai to Iraq. He refused to talk to us or give us his side of the story.
Eli now works with Migrant Care in Jakarta, Indonesia where she shares her experience with other would-be migrants workers as a cautionary tale.
If you lack information and ground reality coupled with being illiterate, you are going to be exploited and inevitable that you would become just a puppet and scapegoat at the hands of criminals just pretending like employers
We continue to come up with excuses of illiterate migrant workers... but we have yet to hold the governments accountable for such actions... not just UAE but also Indonesia and others.... at the very end... the so called PIMPS or slave masters also pay fees to government officials which approve such actions.
You talking about G.W.Bush?
Anyhow, i have worked for personal agencies in the UK and Germany, and particularly at an agency in the UK it wasn't uncommon to be called at 9am with request to be somewhere where never been before in 2 hours. True tho, that i can legally live as resident in both countries, had my own living, and could have denied respectivly quit and looked for another job. And au pair isn't uncommon particularly in the UK neither, with such being often also an opportunity for study of language, and other things – with the education system in the UK seeming to be rather welcoming to whoever.
Besides all that, the entire economy isn't just pop and galleries. Not only CEOs but also many of them who consider themselves informed and literate appreciate not having to do everything needed in that civilization themselves, and if they think that anyone would be doing it for them for the love of it, then they seem to be actually misinformed in the first place.
No, Obama.
Drones still killing people (actually up from the Bush days), Gitmo still open, still wars in Iraq and Afganistan, and add to that US involvement in Libia and soon Syria. Yeah, Obama sure is a lot different from Bush.
i i strongly disagree with you by blaming on the victim. I am Indonesian and lived there for 24 yrs i know what such an agency willing to do to get the innocent victim to be their workers. The woman that tell this story is very lucky to get help and back home while a lot of other victim killed or punished by death penalty because they are against the person they work for, mostly the destination is middle east, malaysia and china. The Indonesian goverment is so weak that they cant even protect their own citizen, what a shame!
she moved to Dubai through a labor recruitment company
WHY is the name of the company not in the article? Why aren't they shut down and jailed?
Because important Emirati people own those recruiting companies,,,maybe Sheiks!
Dubai prides itself in a very " clean" human rights record. So why didn't CNN contact the relevant government agency to complain about this pimp. Ah but you cannot touch certain section of the society there.And there are thousands of such " labor " agencies practicing human trafficking in the U.A.E.
Well, one thing surely is that based not only on the article here Dubaians seems completly incompetent at anything from business to relations, and that they arguably want to hide that reality. A bit different thing that the actual victim is now outside Dubai boundaries, and probably from other cases it show that either something lacks in legislature, executive, and/or judicial, or simply while from the sounds of it a case of exploitation, there regarding the "transfer" possibly not being a criminal delict at hand, from the mentioned besides the issue of forced stay which didn't happen in Dubai tho.
Anyhow, as Kurdistan is apparently part of the EU now, hopefully Turkey will join soon for what i assume not only a common border.
This happens every day in Qatar and even much worse. Ironically, Qatar has a seat on the UN human rights committee. The Qataris (and other Arabs residing in Qatar) are notorious for destroying passports, raping their maids, shipping employees off to deserted areas of the country, transferring employees to another sponsor and not paying wages for years. It is heartbreaking to hear the stories first hand.
sound as "mafiocracy"
This is known and common in the UAE where those local Emirates think they own people. They pretend to be Muslims when in fact they are away from being Muslims, particularly when they take advantage of people. Despite the fact that this is a rich country, over 90% percent of the Emirates are uneducated, stupid, corrupt and weird. The majority of them are even supported by their Sheiks, if they are not the stupid Sheikhs themselves.
Shame on them and God will punish them one day. They should be ashamed of themselves.
The being named "Brain Smith"
Please stop fabrication, it is dam clear to me that you are not Brain son of Smith, Where you get 90% ?!!!! please do not sitrbute false information about UAE
Who are you the so call "Ocompo Marcelo"? What kind of name is this? Also, how much do you know about the UAE? I bet you that you have no idea how corrupt the Emirates are. And if you do not know this, you must be ignorant or blind. I worked there for a number of years, and I know how they deal with low wage workers. They treat them like dirt. Go see and read, you thing!!
CNN really seems to have multiple personalities. In one hand they do puff pieces on how dubai is wonderful, in the other they scratch the surface of human traficking. When will CNN do an in depth look at the shady side of Dubai?
This story of Eli is very common in third-worldcountries.The action taken by the ILO is quite good. But i think, ilo should undertake a very global action, which targets to humanize and standardize rules and regulations of Labor in those various countries where labor is more about slavery, and exploitation.For instance countries like Cameroon where the guaranteed minimum wage is less than cfaf 30,000, how people can afford with such of insulting and insufficient GMW?
It is just unlivable.
Slavery and exploitation? Such as in Afghanistan where government officials and westerners "work" for horrendous sums, and the "common man" happened e.g. to be tortured to death for the heck of it? Doesn't really sounds as a better example really...
Most of the gulf countries are still stuck in 16th century – slavery, albeit in modern form, is allowed where your employer can keep your passport and not give it to you. These people have not grown up – no wonder why all of terrorism starts from this region – not only in terrorism acts but also in terrorism ideology.
To ocompo marcelo,i hope you been UAE before,they do like what brian smith say..they rich but their wife was fat and ugly,so they raped the workers and threaten their life..the goverment corrupt,take bribes from the rich people..
i heard Dubai is actually part of hell...
So, European Union and Iran, Iraq, and Syria are direct neighbours now? How awesome is that?
This is horrible, I want to do something about this! How can I support this ILO?
In news today: G.W.Bush went into Iraq homesick and looking for the canyon.
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Luckily for Italy, G.W.Bush didn't know in which country that canyon was.
Meanwhile, in other news, South Africa plans a strike against an Isreali military research facility, and Washington looks into ways of how to more effectivly bomb girls into brain deadness so they can take their organs.
Yeah folks... need to make a living too and that ideally without contributing to harm, so... taking bets: Israel v. Syria – you can bet on various possible outcomes, from peace to mutual nuclear anhilation.
Italy, Iraq, the spelling is just a little different. What's the big deal?
This happen in almost all Arabic countries! From Lebanon to Saudi Arabia, Mauritania etc.
We are in the 21st Century, they have to evolve!
Any chance for the US or Dubai governments to arrange for the labor company to be beaten with boards ?
No big surprise here. Human trafficking is a global problem, not limited to the Middle East or Asia. Actually, human trafficking is predominantly common in places such as Eastern Europe.
It's just unbearable, we have seen news in Brazil, through novels by Media, about human traffick among Countries. We have learned to avoid any company, if is there a chance to work outside. All docs must be checked, everything must be cleared by Official Bureau. And my advice is; be awise about services and kind of the job outside. Take a trustful feedback, from where you mind to come live and work. "Be careful". Your friend!
Most of the law enforcement agencies know the traffickers and the wrong doers. So why are they lenient when the consequences are ought to be bad and worse at times. It's pathetic. The human traffickers should be hanged right there in front of the public.
Three women who went missing for 10 years in separate cases have been found together in the city of Cleveland, police say. A 52-year-old man and his 2 brothers are arrested
Dubai companies do not consider Asian women as humans...they treat them as tools for joy and money, nothing else. The fact that these bidwen oil rich nomads can break every human value just because they have money is disgusting.
They're just wi'men, why does anyone care?
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What are you as CNN wait g to really speak up of the reality of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, My friend just arrived to AD airport and saw a policeman beating a Pakistani guy right in the entrance of airport just because he was parked in the wrong side.
I'm happy I'm not there anymore, is a the land of the lies, sadly nobody does anything.
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ROCK HILL, South Carolina – April 23, 2014 – 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) announced today that its Medical Modeling™ Virtual Surgical Planning (VSP®) technology – the combination of its production grade 3D printing and personalized surgery tools – has enabled surgeons to conduct complex surgical procedures on newborn and infant patients with more confidence in safety and success.
VSP allows surgeons to capture a digital model of the patient directly from an MRI or CT scan and work with 3DS' Medical Modeling experts to create a detailed surgical plan and then 3D print physical models and custom surgical guides from 3DS' biocompatible stereolithography (SLA) materials. By accessing 3DS' entire personalized digital thread from perceptual devices like its TouchX™ haptic, VSP software tools and the guidance of its expert team of biomedical engineers, surgeons can virtually plan and physically practice critical steps of an operation before a patient ever sets foot in the operating room.
In a representative case, experts from 3DS' personalized surgery team used VSP technology to assist Oren Tepper, M.D. attending surgeon, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, in planning and conducting groundbreaking surgery on a young girl, Jayla Vargas. Jayla was born with an undersized jaw that inhibited her breathing. Traditionally, in such cases, surgeons have been unable to perform the series of surgeries required to reshape a child's jaw due to the pain and risks associated while the patient is very young. However, utilizing VSP technology Dr. Tepper successfully corrected Jayla's jaw much earlier than is typical, at one month old as opposed to 6 years old, and spared her additional years of living with a tracheostomy, a surgically created opening in the windpipe to allow proper breathing.
"VSP represents the latest development in the 3D printing-enabled personalized surgery revolution," said Andy Christensen, Vice President, Personalized Surgery and Medical Devices, 3DS. "The ability to work seamlessly from a proprietary digital thread to a virtual and, ultimately, an actual world gives surgeons never-before-possible precision and control. Specifically relating to distraction osteogenesis surgery (surgery to lengthen part of the anatomy, in this case the lower jaw) this technology provides the possibility to reduce costs across the healthcare system by providing care at an earlier stage for patients who would traditionally require a longer-term tracheostomy." Christensen continues, "Studies in this area on traditionally-guided (non-VSP) surgeries show that distraction osteogenesis compared with tracheostomy can result in significant economic savings." (Reference 1)
"VSP has not only helped make surgical procedures more precise, but offers the potential to change the scope of what is surgically possible," said Dr. Tepper. "In the case of lower jaw lengthening procedures for children, the surgeon can plan the operation on the computer first, and identify any problems before getting to the operating room."
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Reference 1. Kohan E, Hazany S, Roosaeian J, Allam K, Head C, Wald S, Vyas R, Bradley J: Economic advantages to a distraction decision tree model for management of neonatal upper airway management. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2010 Nov;126(5):1652-64.
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Overall the intake seems to be good quality. Installation was very easy. The mounting bracket attached to the intake near the filter does not support the intake very well. The heat shield's purpose, while rubber gaskets are provided to go between the shield and the hood, is negated by the large hole left by the 'U' shaped cutout, which allows the intake to pass through the heat shield. I'd like to see a diverter to direct the incoming air towards the filter.


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Restoration Hardware shines in public debutNovember 2, 2012: 12:35 PM ET
Shares of home furnishing retailer Restoration Hardware (RH) surged in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange Friday morning.
The retailer raised $122 million in its IPO, which priced at $24 a share -- the high end of its estimated range. It will use the bulk of the proceeds to pay down debt and pay management fees to its private equity owners -- Catterton, Tower Three and Glenhill -- who took the company private in 2008.
Restoration Hardware's stock opened 34% above its IPO price and shares were still going strong midday, at about $31.78. The retailer's stock closed its first day up nearly 30%.
Related: Twitter's IPO, not Facebook's, will define social
While still a relatively small player in the home furnishing world, Restoration Hardware's growth rate has been torrid over the past several years. The company operates 73 stores. And between 2009 and 2011, Restoration Hardware increased its net revenue by 53% and turned profitable, generating income of $49.3 million in 2011.
Ahead of its IPO, the company's co-CEO and chairman Gary Friedman was forced to resign after an investigation by a special committee disclosed that he was engaged in a relationship with an employee. In a research note, IPO Boutique cited Friedman's resignation as both an operational risk and a potential ongoing legal liability.
Two energy companies also debuted Friday -- Delek Logistics (DKL) and Southcross Energy (SXE). Shares of both companies jumped more than 10% Friday morning.
After a slow 2011, IPO activity is picking up this year, with 121 companies going public so far this year. That's 22% more than this time last year, according to Renaissance Capital.


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I know this story is going to open a Pandora's Box, but in the name of mountain bike journalism I'm going to do it anyway because people need to hear the truth, not a bunch of marketing hype – which bike turned faster lap times at this year's 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo, a 26er or a 29er? I brought both this year to the high desert outside Tucson, Arizona to find out which bike could better handle the 16-mile lap with roughly 1,000 feet of climbing per lap. The bikes of choice were the 26-inch Ibis Tranny and a 29-inch hardtail from Bailey Bikes, a custom builder based in San Diego.
I was racing for the defending champion four-man singlespeed team, Single Minded, and set both bikes up with the exact same gear ratio of 55 gear inches (38:18 on the 26" and 34:18 on the 29"). Both bikes also had the exact same tires (Maxxis Crossmark), the same carbon Niner fork (the length of the carbon fork on the Tranny was the exact same length as a 100mm Fox 26" fork) and both weighed in at a scant 17.5 pounds. So for all intents and purposes, the only difference was wheel size.
By looking at the Old Pueblo course profile, it seems the 29er would have a distinct advantage. The opening section called "The Bitches" is an undulating fire road that favors momentum and the big wheels of a 29er, as do numerous section of slightly downhill singletrack that really can get the big wagon wheels rolling and a final, somewhat rocky descent that is much smoother to ride on a rigid 29er.
However, the 26er I was riding is no ordinary 26er, it's the Ibis Tranny; far and away the most impressive hard tail mountain bike I've ever ridden in my life. It should be known that I've been racing on the Ibis for three years, so there is definitely a predisposition to the Tranny, but I had already ridden the Bailey enough times to get comfortable and confident on it, as the Bailey rides exceptionally well. In fact, it's perhaps the most comfortable 29er I've ever ridden.
The plan was to swap laps with each bike and let the lap times tell the story. Each lap ended up being just over an hour, so if the difference in lap times was under a minute, I would consider it negligible, but if the difference in lap times was a minute or more, it was telling me something.
Celebrating its 14th running with nearly 2,000 total participants and an equal number of spectators and supporters, the 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo has become the premier 24 Hour race in the United States and the perfect venue with which to conduct my 26er vs. 29er test. I elected to start the race by running the quarter-mile LeMans start, trying not to get trampled by nearly 600 crazed, lycra-clad lunatics in the process. Because of my history with the Ibis Tranny, I elected to ride it first.


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Taralyn Gravois contacted me a few months ago asking if I wanted to exhibit my preliminary sketches for the builds I make in Second Life. I was intrigued and began searching my sketchbooks for all my little brainstorming doodles. I have boatloads of sketches ranging from 20 second drawings to finished paintings or encaustic sculpture.
|Early Daughter of Gears
You can see a few versions of the Daughter of Gears here, and I think there are four of five more at the exhibit.
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Below is Zinger the Rocket Dog. This advert was for Condos in Heaven but was also meant to be an introduction to a character for a later story which I have not made yet. It is the story of Mr Lightbulb which you will only know if you came to Immersiva a year ago or so. My very first machinima (which is terrible) was of Mr Lightbulb. If you really want to see my first machinima it is here its brutal though, I didn't even take off the screen border for it. Or my huds and things.
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For Condos in Heaven I created a large back story for the build in conceptual adverts that described the state of the society in that alternate world. Essentially the build is about the human race accidentally finding Heaven after sending out a satellite probe. It touched on ideas about our values and questioned what that line was which we wouldn't cross in our search for resources. In my story we make war on Heaven and win. During the war we use propaganda to convince the population that really its not wrong what we are doing. We cut off angel wings for the wealthy to wear as accessories. The height of fashion is to wear a Halo. And of course the greatest achievement in life is to have a Condo in Heaven. Also in the story Satan is caught harbouring God. It's an unlikely alliance but necessary.
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BambiTwice Nitely was kind enough to give Taralyn land to create her first gallery. An interesting part to the show was that Tornado gallery actually has a Tornado which comes during the show to tear everything to bits. It was fun and unique to have a Tornado suddenly arrive during the opening to suck up all the avatars.


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The state is kicking off the first of five regional sessions to train Ohio educators to respond to school shooting situations.
The attorney general and the Ohio Department of Education are partnering on the free training for teachers and administrators. Police officers also were invited.
More than 200 people registered for the first sessions, scheduled Thursday in Columbus where Attorney General Mike DeWine will be on hand.
The state said planning for the training began after the school shooting in Chardon that left three students dead last February. It said the December massacre at a Connecticut elementary school created a surge in interest and accelerated scheduling of the sessions.
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