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Senior Associates Assurance External Audit
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Who we're looking for
The PwC Gatwick Practice is currently looking to recruit experienced Audit Senior Associates to complement our already existing team as we enter a growth period.
PwC delivers across an extensive range of professional services to the local market. With a mix of recent University graduates through to a highly experienced, long serving senior team, and with a high international diversity of staff, the office creates a fantastic and collaborative working environment.
You'll have the opportunity to work across our large and exciting client base of businesses that include large multinational listed and internationally headquartered; entrepreneurial and family owned; early stage and fast growth across technology, life sciences and cleantech; and world leading public, educational and not for profit organisations. With a varied portfolio, you'll be able to gain experience and insight across these, as well as attend our local client events ranging from formal and technical seminars and dinners through to more relaxed, social networking.
Outside of our client work, the office has a great community and social programme. We pride ourselves on our community affairs activities which over the recent years have included various fundraising days and volunteering support for local charities. All our staff are actively encouraged to participate and are given the time to do so. We also provide numerous social events for staff including monthly drinks and nights out which helps to further bring the team together.
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As a Senior Associate within our Gatwick Practice you will be required to:
- Provide audit and business advice to a variety of clientsProvide an on-site co-ordination role for audit clients including planning, day to day control of the audit team, liaising with clients and completing audit assignmentsBuild and maintain strong relationships with new and established clientsWork and liaise with other members of the audit team and colleagues in other parts of the firm as necessary to provide high quality clients serviceReport directly to a partner, director, senior manager or managerHave supervisory responsibility for teams of up to 10 peopleCoach and train other staffSome assignments may require travel and staying away from home.
- ACA qualificationExperience in auditing large organisationsUS GAAP and/or UK GAAP / IFRS experienceDemonstrated team playerProven track record of establishing client relationshipsAbility to work on your own initiative
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Assurance is a dynamic place to be right now, and the variety of opportunities on offer is unprecedented. It's work that really does matter. It matters for businesses, governments and society at large. Our team provides confidence on the most complex decisions companies have to take and this provides a wealth of opportunities to everyone who joins us and works with us.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Nudge 18, Nothing-Ing
It occurs to me that tomorrow is NudgeDay. So here ...
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That page looks comfy warm. It sounds like a great day for exploring what's at your finger tips. Even the cat is color-coordinated.
- January 26, 2011 at 10:45 PM
Warm colors are in order today. I love the metaphor of your world within a snow globe.! xox Corrine
- January 27, 2011 at 12:01 PM
- Cassie Shella said...
Looks and sounds so warm and cozy! It is snowing here now, I'm hoping for a snow day tomorrow:) Thanks for the nudge and have a great weekend.
- January 27, 2011 at 8:15 PM
hi, diana! it's robin, teddy's foster mom! i check your blog now and then to see if he is mentioned or photographed. (i'm incredibly unartistic, although i do read the substance of your blog. perhaps you've heard of my cousin - shelley spector? she's an artist....) anyway, so glad to see teddy featured today - he's so big! i remember you saying that you look forward to having a furry someone help you with your work and keep you company during the day - and i see that the Little Lion is up to the job! such a lucky boy!!!! give him a big squeezy hug from me!
- January 28, 2011 at 9:01 AM
- freebird said...
My granddaughter would agree with you. She is homeschooled but through the California school system and she'd like to know why, when the regular classes get a holiday such as Martin Luther King Jr. Day off from school she doesn't. So her mom unofficially gave the kids the day off anyhow. Everyone needs a "snowday" sometime. Hope it revitalized you!
- January 28, 2011 at 10:48 AM
- Diana Trout {firstname.lastname@example.com} said...
Oh Robin! I hope you read this response. Teddy is growing into his paws for sure. He's just so much fun to have around. We have an excellent time together. I have to spell out the word "play" because as soon as I say it, the Little Lion is scampering toward his favorite play spot, checking over his shoulder to make sure I'm following. I just love him and the feeling appears to be mutual.
You are a great foster mom. He's a loving, healthy kitty. Please feel free to email me for pictures and I will definitely give him a big hug.
- January 28, 2011 at 9:49 PM
- Sparkleblue Faery said...
I like the warm colors of your journal page. It's also always more fun to have a warm kitty around when making art..
- January 30, 2011 at 1:45 AM


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Escherichia coli
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Escherichia Coli
E. coli (Escherichia coli) is one of several types of bacteria that normally inhabit the intestine of humans and animals (commensal organism). Some strains of E. coli are capable of causing disease under certain conditions when the immune system is compromised or disease may result from an environmental exposure.
E. coli bacteria may give rise to infections in wounds, the urinary tract, biliary tract, and abdominal cavity (peritonitis). This organism may cause septicemia, neonatal meningitis, infantile gastroenteritis, tourist diarrhea, and hemorrhagic diarrhea. An E. coli infection may also arise due to environmental exposure. Infections with this type of bacteria pose a serious threat to public health with outbreaks arising from food and water that has been contaminated with human or animal feces or sewage. This type of bacteria has been used as a biological indicator for safety of drinking water since the 1890s. Exposure may also occur during hospitalization, resulting in pneumonia in immunocompromised patients or those on a ventilator
Causes and symptoms
The symptoms of infection and resulting complications are dependent upon the strain of E. coli and the site of infection. These bacteria produce toxins that have a wide range of effects. Symptoms caused by some E. coli infections range from mild to severe, bloody diarrhea, acute abdominal pain, vomiting, and fever. Gastrointestinal complications that can cause E. coli infections include irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) ischemic colitis, appendicitis, perforation of the large bowel, and in some instances gangrene in the colon. Other known E. coli-causing infections may include chronic renal failure, pancreatitis, and diabetes mellitus. Some neurological symptoms such as drowsiness, seizure and coma may occur. In infants, E. coli infections are present in cases of infantile gastroenteritis and neonatal meningitis.
Strains of E. coli that produce diarrhea were initially distinguished by their O (somatic) antigens found on the bacterial surface. Although there is an overlap in characteristics between strains, they may be classified into four main groups; enterohemorrahagic (0157), enteropathogenic (055,0111), enterotoxigenic (06,078), and enteroinvasive (0124,0164).
E.coli o157 (vtec)
The O157:H7 strain is the member of the group most often associated with a particularly severe form of diarrhea. (The O indicates the somatic antigen, while the H denotes the flagellar antigen, both of which are found on the cell surface of the bacteria.) The bacterium was discovered in 1977, and first reports of infections followed in 1982. E. coli O157:H7, as it is frequently referred to by researchers, causes bloody diarrhea in many infected patients. It accounts for about 2% of all cases of diarrhea in the western world, and at least one-third of cases of hemorrhagic colitis, or about 20,000 cases per year
E. coli O157:H7 is also the most common cause of unique syndromes, known as the Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome (HUS) and thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), which causes kidney failure, hemolytic anemia, and thrombocytopenia. Usually, infection with this strain of bacteria will subside without further complications. However, about 5% of people who are infected will develop HUS/TTP. This infection also accounts for the majority of episodes of HUS, especially in children.
This strain of bacteria produces a potent toxin called verotoxin, named for toxin's ability to kill green monkey kidney or "vero" cells. Bacteria that produce verotoxin are referred to as Verotoxin-producing E. coli (VTEC). The numbers of bacteria that are necessary to reproduce infectious levels of bacteria are quite small, estimated at 10-100 viable bacteria. These toxins are lethal for intestinal cells and those that line vessels (endothelial cells), inhibiting protein synthesis causing cell death. It is believed that the damage to blood vessels results in the formation of clots, which eventually leads to the Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome. HUS/TTP is a serious, often fatal, syndrome that has other causes in addition to E. coli O157:H7; it is characterized by the breaking up of red blood cells (hemolysis) and kidney failure (uremia). The syndrome occurs most often in the very young and very old.
E. coli O157:H7 is commonly found in cattle and poultry, and outbreaks have of disease have been associated with cattle and bovine products. There are reports of contamination from unpasteurized apple juice, hamburger meat, radish sprouts, lettuce, and potatoes, as well as other food sources. Environmental contamination may occur in water drained from cattle pastures or water containing human sewage used for drinking or swimming. Human to human transmission, through contact with fecal matter, has also been identified in daycare centers.
After an incubation period of three to four days on average, watery diarrhea begins, which rapidly progresses to bloody diarrhea in many victims, in which case the bowel movement may be mostly blood. Nausea, vomiting, and low-grade fever are also frequently present. Gastrointestinal symptoms last for about one week, and recovery is often spontaneous. Symptomatic infection may occur in about 10% of infected individuals. About 5-10% of individuals, usually at the extremes of age or elevated leukocyte count, develop HUS/TTP, and ultimately, kidney failure. Patients taking antibiotics or medications for gastric acidity may also be at risk. Neurological symptoms can also occur as part of HUS/TTP and consist of seizures, paralysis, and coma. Rectal prolapse may also be a complication, and in some cases colitis, appendicitis, perforation of the large bowel, and gangrene in the bowel. Systemically, the most prevalent complications of E. coli 157 infections are HUS and TTP.
E. coli non-o157 (vtec)
These strains of E. coli produce verotoxin, but are strains other than O157. There have been as many as one hundred different types implicated in the development of disease. Strain OH111 was found to be involved in outbreaks in Australia, Japan, and Italy. The O128, O103, and O55 groups have also been implicated in diarrhea outbreaks. In Britain, cases of infantile gastroenteritis in maternity hospitals and neonatal units have been attributed to the E. coli) non-0157 group. Many of these organisms have been identified in cattle.
Enterotoxigenic e. coli
Two toxins may be produced by this group, the heat-labile enterotoxin (LT) that can produce enteritis in infants, and a heat stable enterotoxin (ST), the action of which has yet to be determined.
Enteroinvasive e. coli
Some strains of the enteroinvasive E. coli have been involved in the development of gastroenteritis in infants. These organisms do not produce and enterotoxin. The cells of the intestine are affected, with the development of symptoms that are typical of a shigellae infection.
Diagnosis of a specific type of infection is dependant upon the characteristics of the particular strain of the organism.
E. coli o157:h7 (hus)
This particular strain of E. coli is suspected when bloody diarrhea, bloody stools, lack of fever, elevated leukocyte count, and abdominal tenderness are present. Stool cultures are used to tentatively identify the bacteria. Unfortunately, cultures are often negative or inconclusive if done after 48 hours of symptoms. Further tests are usually needed, however, for confirmation of infection. This may include a full blood count, blood film, and tests to determine urea, electrolyte, and LDH (lactate dehydrogenase) levels. Damaged red blood cells, and elevated levels of creatinine, urea, and LDH with a drop in platelet count may indicate that HUS will develop. Immunomagnetic separation is now being used for diagnosis as well.
E. coli non-o157 (vtec)
Diagnosis is often difficult for these types of bacteria, but production of enterohemolysin (Ehly) is used as an indicator. Other diagnostic tests are used to detect verotoxins, including ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays), colony immunoblotting, and DNA-based tests.
E. coli 0157 stec
Methods for detection of this type of bacteria are under development, including culture growth media selective for this organism. Immunomagnetic separation and specific ELISA, latex agglutination tests, colony immunoblot assays, and other immunological-based detection methods are being explored.
Uncomplicated cases of the E. coli O157:H7 the infection clear up within ten days. It is not certain that antibiotics are helpful in treating E. coli O157:H7 and there is some evidence that they may be harmful. Dehydration resulting from diarrhea must be treated with either Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) or intravenous fluids. Anti-motility agents that decrease the intestines' ability to contract, should not be used in any patient with bloody diarrhea. Treatment of HUS, if it develops, involves correction of clotting factors, plasma exchange, and kidney dialysis. Blood transfusions may be required. Treatment methods for other E. coli infections are similar. Antibiotics are often used in the treatment of E. coli infections, but their role is controversial. Some antibiotics may enhance the development of HUS/TTP depending upon their action, as well as the use of anti diarrhea medications that should be avoided. Phosphoenolpyruvate analogues may be helpful. Gentamicin, ampicillin, ceftazidime, or beta-lactamase-stable cephalosporin may be administered for neonatal meningitis. Antibiotic therapy is further complicated by the presence of antibiotic resistant organisms.
Alternative treatment
Studies have been conducted to determine if diarrhea symptoms can be reduced by alternative therapies such as the consumption of herbal teas, psyllium, and acupuncture. Patients should consult their doctors before using any alternative treatments, as E. coli can be life threatening and should be closely monitored.
In most cases of O157:H7, symptoms last for about a week and recovery is often spontaneous. Ten percent of individuals with E. coli O157:H7 infection develop HUS; 5% of those will die of the disease. Some who recover from HUS will be left with some degree of kidney damage and possibly irritable bowel syndrome. Additionally, there is a possibility of chronic E. coli infection.
Infants that develop E. coli infections may be permanently affected. Gastroenteritis may leave the child with lactose intolerance. Neonates developing meningitis from E. coli strains have a high morbidity and mortality rate
Thorough cooking of all meat and poultry products and adhering to proper food preparation is the most effective way to avoid infection. More studies are needed to determine the appropriate safety margins for killing these bacteria. Food irradiation methods are also being developed to sanitize food. Vaccinations to E. coli 0157 are under development, as are medications aimed at limiting the effects of the verotoxin. The enforcement of regulations for meat production and water are critical. Steam pasteurization is used in the United States and is being explored in other countries.
Prevention of E. coli gastroenteritis in infants is best achieved by breast-feeding. The breast milk contains antibodies that combat the infection. For bottle-fed infants, care should be taken in the preparation of the milk and bottles. Good hygiene of the umbilical cord area is important. Keeping this area clean and dry may reduce infection.
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Key terms
Antigen — A substance, usually a protein, that causes the formation of an antibody and reacts specifically with that antibody.
Anti-motility medications — Medications such as loperamide (Imodium), dephenoxylate (Lomotil), or medications containing Codeine or narcotics which decrease the ability of the intestine to contract. This can worsen the condition of a patient with dysentery or colitis.
Colitis — Inflammation of the colon or large intestine, usually causing diarrhea that may be bloody.
Food irradiation methods — A process using radiant energy to kill microogranisms in food, to extend the amount of time in which food can be sold and eaten safely.
Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) — A liquid preparation developed by the World Health Organization that can decrease fluid loss in persons with diarrhea. Originally developed to be prepared with materials available in the home, commercial preparations have recently come into use.
Urea — Chemical formed during the body's metabolism of nitrogen and normally excreted by the kidney. Urea levels rise in the blood when kidney failure occurs.
Esch·e·rich·i·a co·'li
a species that occurs normally in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates, is widely distributed in nature, and is a frequent cause of infections of the urogenital tract and of neonatal meningitis and diarrhea in infants; enteropathogenic strains (serovars) of Escherichia coli cause diarrhea due to enterotoxin, the production of which seems to be associated with a transferable episome; the type species of the genus.
Synonym(s): colibacillus, colon bacillus
Escherichia coli (E. coli)
[eshirī′kē·ə kō′lī]
Etymology: Theodor Escherich, German physician, 1857-1911; Gk, kolon, colon
a species of coliform bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae, normally present in the intestines and common in water, milk, and soil. E. coli is the most frequent cause of urinary tract infection and is a serious gram-negative pathogen in wounds. E. coli septicemia may rapidly result in shock and death through the action of an endotoxin released from the bacteria. See also enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli.
Escherichia coliMicrobiology The type species of genus Escherichia, and part of the normal colonic flora; some E coli serotypes are associated with hemorrhagic colitis, dysenteric syndrome, and watery diarrhea. See Escherichia spp.
Esch·e·rich·i·a co·li(esh-ĕ-rik'ē-ă kō'lī)
A bacterial species that occurs normally in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates, is widely distributed in nature, and is a frequent cause of infections of the urogenital tract and of diarrhea in infants; enteropathogenic strains (serovars) of E. coli cause diarrhea due to enterotoxin, the production of which seems to be associated with a transferable episome.
Escherichia coli,A motile, GRAM NEGATIVE, rod bacillus found in countless millions in the large intestine, and also known as coliforms. The presence of E. coli is presumptive evidence of faecal contamination. A strain if this organism known as O 157 was first recognized as a human pathogen in 1982 and, in 1996, it caused 600 cases of food poisoning in the USA, 490 cases in Scotland and nearly 10,000 cases in Japan. In old and frail people the mortality may reach 50 per cent. E. coli have been much exploited by genetic engineers.
Escherichia coli (E. coli)a Gram-negative (see GRAM'S STAIN BACTERIUM, common in the human gut, which has been used extensively in biochemical and genetical studies. E. coli is used as an indicator of faecal pollution (see FAECES).
Escherich,Theodor, German physician, 1857-1911.
Escherichia coli - a species that occurs normally in the intestines of humans and is a frequent cause of infections of the urogenital tract and of diarrhea in infants. Synonym(s): colibacillus; colon bacillus
Escherich sign - in hypoparathyroidism (latent tetany) tapping the skin at the angle of the mouth causes protrusion of the lips.
a genus of widely distributed gram-negative bacteria in the family Enterobacteriaceae.
Escherichia coli
a species constituting the greater part of the normal intestinal flora of animals. The organism most used in recombinant DNA work. Pathogenic strains a cause of urinary tract infections, epidemic diarrheal diseases, especially in newborn animals and late respiratory disease in broiler chickens. Also a common opportunistic pathogen. See colibacillosis, coliform mastitis, coliform gastroenteritis, avian coliform septicemia, mastitis-metritis-agalactia, enteropathogenic, enterotoxigenic shiga-like toxins.
Escherichia coli 0157:H7
a verotoxin producing E. coli that has been responsible for outbreaks of hemorrhagic colitis, especially in children, but in all ages. Case fatality rates can be high, especially where there is the complication of the hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). The organism is carried by cattle who show no sign of clinical disease and many outbreaks have been epidemiologically linked to food products of bovine origin. The mass handling and marketing of minced beef allow a contaminated batch to affect a large population. The infective dose for man is estimated at a few organisms and infection can also be picked up by children visiting petting zoos or on farm visits.
Escherichia coli J5 vaccine
vaccine prepared from E. coli mutant; provides protection against coliform mastitis in cows.
attaching and effacing Escherichia coli (AEEC)
produce shiga toxin (verotoxin). Certain serotypes cause enteritis, colitis and diarrhea in a number of different animal species by expressing a virulence factor protein called intimin which allows intimate attachment of the organism to the microvillus brush border of enterocyte forming a characteristic attaching and effacing lesion. Diagnosis is by the detection of the shiga toxin and characterisitic lesions.
Escherichia coli Shigella
a cluster of clones of E. coli that are unable to ferment lactose and that cause bacillary dysentery in primates, including humans, as a result of the independent acquisition of a specific virulence plasmid. Includes the organisms previously known as Shigella dysenteriae, S. flexneri, S. sonnei and S. boydii (now E. coli Dysenteriae, E. coli Flexneri, E. coli Sonnei and E. coli Boydii).
Patient discussion about Escherichia coli
Q. Can Alcoholism makes you vulnerable to intestine infections? A friend of mine is a heavy drinker, he had something like 5 infections in the past year. Is it connected?
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Sandy Hook fund releasing $4 million
NEWTOWN -- Under mounting pressure from the governor's office and families of those slain in the Sandy Hook massacre, the largest fund set up after the attack is releasing $4 million to those most directly affected by the shooting.
Members of the Newtown-Sandy Hook Community Foundation announced Tuesday that $4 million would be released to 40 families -- including the families of the 26 killed at the school, the 12 students who escaped the classrooms where the shooting occurred and the two injured, as well as to first responders and teachers.
How much of that money the families will receive and how much will be donated to a state-based fund for first responders and teachers, however, has yet to be decided.
The announcement came about a week after a letter from the governor's office criticized a distribution process that "is far too slow," suggesting the use a single administrator "like Ken Feinberg" to distribute the money rather than the committee process being used by the foundation.
Feinberg, a well-known attorney, served as administrator to many notable funds including the 9-11 Victims Fund and donations distributed in the wake of the Aurora movie theater shooting.
The community foundation is in charge of distributing the more than $11 million collected by the United Way of Western Connecticut in the aftermath of the Dec. 14 shooting.
"The governor continues to believe that distributions should be made to the families as quickly as possible, and that a third-party administrator would be best positioned to develop an objective and consistent formula for determining how distributions are made," wrote Luke Bronin, the governor's general counsel, in an April 2 letter to the United Way obtained by The News-Times.
Originally, the foundation's board was to meet with key stakeholders on the makeup of a distribution committee that would then garner public input before deciding how the money would be spent.
On Friday, the board decided to distribute $4 million and to set up an "interim advancement committee" to dole out the money.
Board member Dr. Charles Herrick said Tuesday, "We felt there was an urgent need we had to address" in deciding to release some of the money.
"We certainly take seriously the feedback from the governor's office, and we wanted to be sensitive to their needs as well as the needs of the families most impacted by this tragedy," Herrick said. "We listened to everyone and decided that at this point we really needed to act responsibly and quickly."
Herrick said the board will announce the members of the advancement committee next week, with the hopes that the committee could begin making decisions in the same week about how to distribute the $4 million.
Herrick said there will likely be some type of input to the advancement committee from family members who suffered losses in the shooting, but not in a formal setting.
"We want to get the money out as quickly as possible," he said, adding that board members have already met with family members. "We are working against two competing forces, the urgency of responding while being thoughtful and ensuring the process is open and fair and that needs are truly being met."
United Way Director Kim Morgan said a third-party administrator is not warranted at this time.
She said officials want to ensure that the community's voice is represented in the decisions and that -- while some of the money was always going to go to the families -- long-term needs also are addressed.
Morgan said officials decided to speed up the process to lift some of the stress from families.
"These dollars are meant to help heal the families and the community and not add more stress to the situation," she said, adding that both family members and the governor, "believed that decisions need to be made a little more quickly."
Morgan added that there will likely be additional distributions next month and that those who receive money from the first distribution will not be precluded from receiving additional money.
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If Find My iPhone is turned on, you can use it to find your device.
If Find My iPhone isn't on, change your passwords and report the device as missing.
If Find My iPhone is enabled on your missing device
You can use Find My iPhone to find your device, take additional actions to help you recover it, and keep your information safe.
- Sign in to icloud.com/find on a Mac or PC, or use the Find My iPhone app on another iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
- Find your device. Open Find My iPhone, and select a device to view its location on a map. If the device is nearby, you can have it play a sound to help you or someone nearby find it.
- Turn on Lost Mode. Using Lost Mode, you can remotely lock your device with a passcode, display a custom message with your phone number on your missing device's Lock screen, and keep track of your device's location. If you added credit, debit, or prepaid cards to Apple Pay, the ability to make payments using Apple Pay on the device is suspended when you put your device in Lost Mode.
- Report your lost or stolen device to local law enforcement. Law enforcement might request the serial number of your device. Find your device serial number.
- Erase your device. To prevent anyone else from accessing the data on your missing device, you can erase it remotely. When you erase your device, all of your information (including credit, debit, or prepaid cards for Apple Pay) is deleted from the device, and you won't be able to find it using Find My iPhone. After you erase a device, you can't track it. If you remove the device from your account after you erase it, Activation Lock will be turned off. This allows another person to turn on and use your device.
- Report your lost or stolen device to your wireless carrier, so they can disable your account to prevent calls, texts, and data use. Your device might be covered under your wireless carrier plan.
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KDE 4 Documentation
KDE 4 is the next major milestone and release for the KDE project. With this new release, due out towards the end of 2007, comes a great amount of additions, changes, and fixes in order to provide users with the tools needed in order to maintain their KDE system.
Background and Requirements
With the amount of work required in order to get KDE 4 documentation where it needs to be, there are tasks available for all sorts of skill sets. Whether you are the seasoned technical writer familiar with DocBook and XML or you are someone who just started using KDE and/or Linux, there is a task waiting for you. There are requirements in order to contribute to the base documentation. These requirements are the ability to read and write clearly in English. That's it!
Task List
The available tasks start from typical spelling and grammar checking, all the way up to creating and maintaining documentation for new applications. This document will try to provide available tasks oriented towards the various levels of experience and this document will continue to expand in order to cover every possible task to reach our goal.
The Beginner level will encompass the very basic tasks required in order to assist the KDE Documentation Project. These tasks will normally include spelling and grammar checking/fixing, readability, and if possible technical correctness. Spelling and Grammar checking/fixing is rather straight forward. Readability will require you to read through a document and report back if there are portions that are unclear or confusing. Technical correctness requires a little knowledge with KDE 4 and/or the application documentation you are reviewing. If you are unfamiliar with the technology being covered in the documentation, then it may be easier for you to adopt a task or document in which are more familiar with.
To see a list of Beginner level tasks, please review <INSERT PAGE NAME & LINK>
The Intermediate level will encompass tasks that are a bit more involved than the Beginner level tasks. Of course you will still utilize the requirements and jobs listed above in the Beginner level tasks. The Intermediate level tasks will require you to be a little more familiar with SVN (anonymous unless you have an account) as well as DocBook and XML. A great tool for the Intermediate level to utilize, as well as the Beginner level, is the English Breakfast Network or EBN[1] for short.
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The Advanced level will encompass tasks such as creating a document from scratch utilizing the DocBook/XML DTD and have full understanding of the KDE Style Guide as well as the community itself. Contributors that fall under the advanced level will also help those contributing at both the Beginner and Intermediate levels. A contributor in this level should be able to answer a majority of the questions asked by the previous 2 levels or should be able to locate an answer easily within the community.
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10 Oddly Specific Apology Cakes
Far be it from me to ever condemn an apology made with cake.
Today's cakes do make me question being quite so specific about it.
Hey, I just realized this should have been the #1 apology cake for my Go-Go song!
And maybe these were the accompanying cupcakes?
(It says, "Sorry you fell in my pee.")
Now I know why most funeral receptions only serve pie.
Anyone else getting a passive-aggressive vibe here?
Very funny, Dad.
Oh, sure, THIS you can spell. Forget "congratulations," forget "birthday," "GONORRHEA" is the word you get right?! I just...I can't...I don't even...
And what are you smiling about?
This is actually adorable. Assuming it's a joke, of course.
If not, then it's adorable *and* hilarious.
This was a dispute between two chefs, kids. Chefs who are overly fond of their cookware. Honest.
Gentlemen, you know how sometimes you know you need to apologize, but you don't know what to apologize FOR?
This works.
And finally, my favorite apology cake EVER:
Although I can't help imagining the cake exchange going something like this:
"I am a woman."
"Then I'm sorry for second-guessing myself."
...Just because it makes me giggle.
Thanks to LW, Jacqueline P., Michelle B., Michelle M., Andrew C., Andrew F., Heather, Ian S., Anony M., Sara W. for taking the lower high road.


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The Latinaires - Camel Walk LP
(Fania Records, 1968)
"Killer Latin soul! This record is one of the hardest to find from the late 60's boogaloo era, and it's a massive stormer filled with tasty grooves! The band is small and tight, with a 2-sax frontline, for an extra-soulful sound. Vocals are in English and Spanish, and the album wails away like a siren out of control. Things kick off with the organ-heavy instrumental, 'Camel Walk' – then they leap into one of the catchiest vocal numbers ever from Fania, the tasty 'Afro-Shingaling' – which starts with Ray Ramirez shouting 'I just come from Africa – and I learned to do the Shing-a-ling!' Other nice ones include 'Chevere', 'Guajira', and 'Creation' – but the whole thing's great!" - Spychedelic Sally blog


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Russia boosts protection for tigers
Posted on 30 October 2012
Trade, transportation and possession of endangered species will all be considered crimes under new legislation proposed by the Kremlin, following discussions with WWF.Trade, transportation and possession of endangered species will all be considered crimes under new legislation proposed by the Kremlin, following discussions with WWF.
Tiger hunting is considered by many to be the biggest single factor in the decline of tigers this century - resulting in the world losing 97 per cent of its wild tigers, including four entire sub-species which have been driven to extinction. It is estimated that there may be as few as 3,200 of the endangered animals now remaining in the wild.
Unfortunately, until now, law in the Russian Federation, home to many of the world's remaining tigers, only considered the actual killing of an animal to be a crime. Poachers who have been apprehended carrying the animals, or their parts, have attempted to avoid punishment by claiming they had found the animals already deceased.
"This new development is a significant step towards protection of tigers and other endangered species threatened by trade and poaching," said Igor Chestin, CEO of WWF Russia, who was heavily involved in negotiations on the issue with the government. Russia has agreed for its Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to prepare the draft law in close cooperation with WWF.
Indicative of the problem, a man who was recently found in possession of the remains of six tigers, and another with eight tiger skins, might only be be eligible for an insignificant fine under the current law.
WWF and its partner wildlife monitoring organization TRAFFIC, are currently conducting a global campaign aimed at achieving greater protection for tigers and other major threatened species, such as rhinos and elephants.
Demand for ivory, rhino horn and tiger parts from consumer markets in Asia is driving wild populations of these species dangerously close to extinction. WWF is calling on governments to combat illegal wildlife trade and reduce demand for endangered species products.
"Elevating trade, transportation and possession of endangered species to a serious crime is a long-awaited measure that we believe will dramatically reduce poaching," said Mr Chestin, who also added that WWF is also happy to see steps being made towards increased protection for tiger habitats.
The Primorsky region, where 90 per cent of the Russian tigers live, wasidentified and promoted as one location where no commercial timber harvest should take place in its regional protected areas and nut harvesting zones. The regional administration was also ordered to prevent any commercial logging in the upper and middle stream sections of the Bikin River.
By the 1940s, hunting had driven the Amur tiger to the brink of extinction - with no more than 40 individuals remaining in the wild.
The subspecies was saved when Russia became the first country in the world to grant the tiger full protection.
By the 1980s, the Amur tiger population had increased to around 500. Continued conservation and antipoaching efforts by many partners - including WWF - have helped keep the population stable at around 400 individuals. In 2010, the Russian Government adopted the Strategy for Tiger Conservation, making commitments to double the number of wild tigers by 2022 and to stiffen punishment for those caught smuggling tiger products.


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Yuba Brinda Sarbajanin Durgotsav
A special photo-feature of the pandal and idol, part of WBRi's 2011 Calcutta Durga Puja Online Parikrama for NRI Bengalees worldwide who miss the five-day carnival in the city of joy.
Click on images to enlarge (the images are hosted by an external pictures hosting service due to the incredible number of pandals and idols images from Calcutta that WBRi brings you in 2011).
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- Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:31 pm #13042
Anyone out there cross over from the old forum to the new forum??? Anyone in Arizona / San Diego / El Centro / Phoenix / Tucson area looking to start up a club for Arizona or the southwest ??? If so post up and lets get it started.


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Santa Monica author Anne Willan was inducted into the James Beard Foundation's Cookbook Hall of Fame on Friday night, highlighting the organization's annual awards ceremony.
Willan, who moved to Southern California from her longtime home in France in 2007, is the author of more than two dozen cookbooks, including two that have become culinary bibles: "La Varenne Pratique" and "French Regional Cooking." Willan's books have been published in 24 countries and translated into 18 languages.
Her most recent book was a labor of love: "The Cookbook Library: Four Centuries of the Cooks, Writers, and Recipes that Made the Modern Cookbook," based in large part on the collection she has amassed over the years with her husband, Mark Cherniavsky.
PHOTOS: Jonathan Gold's 14 best Mexican restaurants in Southern California
The outstanding cookbook of the year was Maricel Presilla's "Gran Cocina Latina: The Food of Latin America."
Here is a complete list of award winners.
American cooking: "Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking" by Nathalie Dupree and Cynthia Graubart
Baking and dessert: "Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza" by Ken Forkis
Beverage: "Wine Grapes: A Complete Guide to 1,368 Vine Varieties, Including Their Origins and Flavours" by Jancis Robinson, Julia Harding, and José Vouillamoz
Cooking from a professional point of view: "Toqué! Creators of a New Quebec Gastronomy" by Normand Laprise
Focus on health: "Cooking Light The New Way to Cook Light: Fresh Food & Bold Flavors for Today's Home Cook" by Scott Mowbray and Ann Taylor Pittman
General cooking: "Canal House Cooks Every Day" by Melissa Hamilton and Christopher Hirsheimer
International: "Jerusalem: A Cookbook" by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi
Photography: "What Katie Ate: Recipes and Other Bits & Pieces" Photographer: Katie Quinn Davies
Reference and scholarship: "The Art of Fermentation: An In-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts and Processes from Around the World" by Sandor Ellix Katz
Single subject: "Ripe: A Cook in the Orchard" by Nigel Slater
Vegetable focused and vegetarian: "Roots: The Definitive Compendium With More than 225 Recipes" by Diane Morgan
Writing and literature: "Yes, Chef: A Memoir" by Marcus Samuelsson


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The Double Ten National Day celebrations ought to be the most important day on the nation's calendar. In the past, they have been. From the flag-raising ceremony at dawn at the Presidential Office Building and the parade in front of the building, to the evening celebrations and fireworks displays, it has been a joyous occasion. This year, the fifth year of President Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) administration, things will be different.
Traditionally, the president and the public have attended the flag-raising ceremony. This year, the Presidential Office said that while the flag will be raised as usual, there will be no accompanying ceremony. It did not give a reason for the cancelation, although everybody knows the Presidential Office is afraid that protestors would use the occasion to throw shoes, which would have been embarrassing for Ma.
Parades are happy affairs, but Ma will not be smiling. As the parade's main organizer, Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (王金平) will be present. This will be the first time the two men have appeared together since Ma tried to oust Wang from the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) last month. The media and the nation will not be concentrating on the celebrations, but on how Ma and Wang interact. It will be a painful parade for Ma to sit through.
During this month, flags and lanterns have been hung on arches erected along Ketagalan Boulevard. This will be the backdrop to a coalition of demonstrators: the 1985 Reform Alliance, the Citizen Alliance against Ma Ying-jeou and groups formed to protest specific government policies such as the construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant, the forced demolitions of people's homes in Dapu Borough (大埔), Miaoli County, and the cross-strait service trade pact.
The effect will be like pouring a bucket of mud over a beauty queen.
Parallel celebrations held overseas by expatriate Taiwanese have always been a major part of the National Day festivities. However, this year the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of San Francisco has decided not to celebrate the Republic of China (ROC) national day as it has previously done and instead highlighted China's National Day on Oct. 1. It also decided in May to discontinue flying the ROC flag.
Although the Ministry of Foreign Affairs insists other overseas Taiwanese or Chinese organizations in San Francisco will be celebrating today as usual, the story still casts a shadow over the events.
The change of mood this year is due to Ma. His public approval ratings have hit the low level of 9.2 percent. If the public was happy with the way he was governing, there would not be so many protests.
Had he not handled the allegations of Wang's improper lobbying so badly — causing political turmoil, dividing the KMT, standoffs with the opposition and inhibiting the government's ability to operate — these protests might not have arisen.
He showed his hypocrisy by accusing other people of improper lobbying and was then found to have been involved himself after the leaking of confidential information and wiretapping of the legislature.
After the muted National Day celebrations are over, Taiwan's sorry state has to be assessed. It could be said that Ma is to blame, but who elected him to another term with full knowledge of his mediocre abilities? For that, the blame lies with voters.


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Professor Prisca Cushman is looking for WIMPs, or Weakly Interacting Massive Particles, as co-spokesperson on the Cryogenic Dark matter Search (CDMS), which is located in the Soudan Mine in Northern Minnesota.
CDMS recently achieved the highest sensitivity of any detector looking for this highly sought-after Dark Matter candidate. There is a lot of indirect evidence for the existence of dark matter, and for it making up 80% of all the mass in the Universe, but no one has actually seen one interact with a detector, nor measured the mass of one WIMP.
Because WIMPs may only interact via the gravitational and weak forces they are extremely difficult to detect. The CDMS detector is made up five towers containing 6 germanium and silicon crystals, each about the size of a hockey puck. They are kept extremely cold to avoid thermal vibration, in order to detect the minuscule vibrations in the crystal matrix generated by a nucleus being "kicked" by a WIMP. In order to distinguish a WIMP kick from background particle interactions, the detector must be operated deep underground to shield from cosmic rays and encased in lead and polyurethane to shield from natural radioactivity in the surrounding rock. Even those muons which do make it down half a mile to the detector are tagged by a plastic scintillation detector, which then tells the experiment to ignore the event. Some radiation still makes it to the detectors, but by looking at how many electrons are shaken off the atom during the interaction, they can be distinguished from the expected WIMP signature.
CDMS finished a year-long run in August and the collaboration recently completed analyzing the data from that run. CDMS did not detect any WIMP signals, but set a new limit on WIMPs in our galaxy. Cushman says we should not be surprised that CDMS still has not detected a WIMP. The limit set by this run only eliminates models that predict high densities of dark matter particles in our neighborhood. Most models say that we will have to wait another couple years before one or two WIMPs interact with the CDMS detector (out of the billions that pass through each second without interacting). "Meanwhile, seeing zero events means that our background is under control and ensures our success in identifying the WIMPs when they do appear."
Detection of WIMPs is only the first step. Next comes measuring their properties, like mass, and understanding the distribution of WIMPs in our galaxy, i.e., WIMP Astronomy. If the WIMP mass is not too high, then these particles could also be created in proton collisions when the Large Hadron Collider turns on later this year in Switzerland. That would link the dark matter particles observed by CDMS to new symmetries in nature, going a long way toward understanding how to unify the fundamental forces of nature using theories of supersymmetry.


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A few RV industry companies in northern Indiana will try their hand at "boating" later this month in an effort to help the needy in their community through United Way of Elkhart County.
Supplier LaSalle Bristol will host the 3rd Annual Cardboard Boat Race Aug. 23-24 at its corporate headquarters in Elkhart, Ind. Other industry companies currently registered for the event are Thor Industries Inc. and Cummins Onan.
Entrants must race their boats through a pre-set course around LaSalle Bristol's corporate pond. All of the boats are handmade by the participants, fashioned out of corrugated cardboard and duct tape.
Water rescue teams in rafts will patrol the pond and provide hazards in the form of wakes for the boats during their laps. While trophies are given to the first three finishers, creativity outside of performance is awarded with special trophies such as the Way To Live United Award, new this year in honor of the charity's 90th birthday, and The Wonder That Went Down Under Award for the most spectacular sinking of the day.
The event has gained such popularity since its inception that it is now conducted over two days instead of one, as in previous years. In 2010, the event had six entrants and about 200 attendees, raising just under $2,000 for United Way. Last year, it grew to the maximum 16 entrants and nearly 700 people with about $3,200 raised.
This year introduces the Buffet & Boats pre-event on Aug. 23 from 6-8 p.m. The exclusive ticketed dinner is limited to 150 people and will offer live music, a V.I.P. buffet catered by Lucchese's Italian Restaurant and an opportunity for attendees to choose their favorite boat for the People's Choice Award. The race's celebrity judges also critique the boats for the Judges' Choice Award and meet with the teams' captains.
"The pre-event is a little something extra so our donors can see the boats beforehand and hear some great music," said Jessica Koscher, vice president of resource development and marketing for United Way of Elkhart County. "It's a fun way to gather in a more relaxed atmosphere before everyone gets amped up for the race the next day."
The boat race on Aug. 24 is open to the public with the first heat starting at 3 p.m. and an awards ceremony taking place after the final heat. Lucchese's will be on site with a lunch counter offering dishes such as sandwiches and pasta.
"I recommend people coming nice and early on race day. That gives everybody time to meet the captains and look at all the fun designs of the boats before they get put in the water," said Koscher. "And that's a really good idea because some of those boats don't stay afloat for very long."
LaSalle Bristol has always been the host of the cardboard boat race. Rick Karcher, CEO, said the company is a long-time supporter of the United Way, and he personally has been involved with the group for 26 years and is a current board member.
"I'm a big believer in United Way. Almost all their donated dollars go directly to the people who need it," Karcher explained, expressing a hope that even more area companies in the RV industry will support the charity. "With the amount of unemployment in our area these days, we need to give back to the community. United Way is really focused on helping people with things like education, health issues and income issues. Supporting them in these difficult economic times is a great way to give a hand to the people around us that really need it."
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Undergraduate Degrees, Majors and Concentrations
THEA1050 - Music Appreciation
Summer 2019
The students in this course will broaden their enjoyment of music and enhance their understanding of music by listening to a selection of major musical works from the standard repertory, applying basic principles of analysis and relating specific musical periods to the surrounding cultural milieu. Elementary music theory and it's relation to the piano keyboard will improve students' ability to read music and students will deepen their understanding of music by exploring the concept of musicality in performance. Students will learn to aurally recognize and comprehend the various elements of music that define style, genre, and period, and develop the vocabulary to discuss them.
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ACCEPT AMBASSADORS FORUM is Launched on Official ACCEPT Website
ACCEPT fans hail from all over the world. We've become acquainted at shows and through various fan groups, forums, and the Metal Hearts Club app. Now, the opportunity for the band and the fans to learn more in depth about each other is here…
The ACCEPT AMBASSADORS FORUM!
Come and tell us about your respective countries. Share your cultures, customs, and other things that matter to you. This is a place for all of us to truly connect beyond the surface—to build bridges of knowledge, understanding, and friendship.
Please join us! Just click the FANS link in the navigation above. http://www.acceptworldwide.com/accept-ambassadors/


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Note: guidelines may vary if AGU is cosponsoring a meeting with other societies. Specific guidelines for each meeting are posted on their respective Web sites.
High-Level Guidelines
- 1. Session proposals and abstract submission descriptions must include a concise definition of the scientific topic.
- 2. Session proposals must include a description of why the topic is relevant and timely.
- 3. Session proposals must be based on scientific value; thus, celebratory or memorial sessions will not be considered for AGU meetings.
- 4. Session proposals and abstracts must focus on scientific results and/or their applications.
- 5. Session proposals and abstracts that are deemed to be primarily advertisements of commercial products and services will not be considered for AGU meetings.
- 6. All conveners and authors listed on session proposals or abstracts must consent to being named as part of the proposal or abstract at submission time.
Obligations of the Program Committee
- 1. The program committee will give unbiased consideration to all session proposals and abstracts submitted to AGU meetings, judging each on merit without regard to race, gender, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the convener(s) and/or author(s).
- 2. The program committee has complete responsibility and authority to accept or reject a session proposal or abstract on the basis of scientific merit or suggest modifications for consideration. An individual committee member should confer with other program committee members, including the chair, for an evaluation to use in making a decision to reject a session or abstract. The program committee is obligated to provide a reason to support modifications or suggestions.
- 3. The program committee and meetings staff should not disclose any information about a session proposal or abstract under consideration to anyone other than a session convener or an abstract submitter.
- 4. The program committee should respect the intellectual independence of session conveners and abstract submitters.
- 5. The program committee should avoid situations of conflicts of interest. Such conflicts include, but are not limited to, handling submissions from present and former students, from colleagues with whom the committee member has recently collaborated, and from those at the same institution.
Obligations of Session Conveners
- 1. Conveners are to present a concise and accurate account of the research involved as well as an objective discussion of its significance.
- 2. Session proposals should contain sufficient detail and references to public sources of information.
- 3. Conveners must assist in promoting their session once it is approved by the program committee.
- 4. Conveners are responsible for adhering to specific guidelines and policies related to the meeting.
- 5. Conveners are responsible for extending invitations to invited speakers for their session, including ensuring that invited abstracts are submitted by the abstract deadline.
- 6. Conveners should be available to answer questions pertaining to the scientific scope of their session from abstract submitters.
- 7. Conveners are responsible for reviewing abstracts submitted to their session.
- 8. Conveners do not have the authority to reject an abstract. If an abstract is not appropriate for the session, the convener's options are to return the abstract to the appropriate program committee member, transfer it to another session, or recommend its rejection to the program committee.
- 9. Conveners are discouraged from being a presenter in the session that she/he is responsible for organizing.
- 10. Conveners propose the order of the session, but the program committee is the final authority on session outline, speakers, day, time, duration, and type of session.
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Media Fails To Put Record Heat Report In Climate Context
This week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that July was the hottest month on record for the contiguous U.S. and that so far this year is the warmest on record. Scientists say that this record heat is partially driven by manmade climate change, yet Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, CNN.com, CBS Evening News, and USA TODAY did not mention climate change at all in their reports on NOAA's announcement.
These heat extremes are occurring in the context of rising global temperatures, which the vast majority of scientists agree are driven by greenhouse gas emissions. As the National Research Council explained, extensive climate research indicates that heat waves will become "more intense, more frequent, and longer-lasting" in the United States and around the globe as a result of human-induced climate change.
But not everyone in the media failed to mention these facts. The Associated Press' Seth Borenstein spoke to climate scientists, who noted that July's record heat alone would not be evidence of climate change, but that the broader pattern of record breaking heat shows global warming at work:
"This would not have happened in the absence of human-caused climate change," said Pennsylvania State University climate scientist Michael Mann.
Crouch and Kevin Trenberth, climate analysis chief of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, said what's happening is a double whammy of weather and climate change. They point to long-term higher night temperatures from global warming and the short-term effect of localized heat and drought that spike daytime temperatures.
Drought is a major player because in the summer "if it is wet, it tends to be cool, while if it is dry, it tends to be hot," Trenberth said.
So the record in July isn't such a big deal, Trenberth said. "But the fact that the first seven months of the year are the hottest on record is much more impressive from a climate standpoint, and highlights the fact that there is more than just natural variability playing a role: Global warming from human activities has reared its head in a way that can only be a major warning for the future."
The New York Times reported that "[a] vast majority of scientists agree that" heat waves "will become ever more common as the planet warms." And The Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang noted that while the U.S. represents a small percent of the globe, global temperatures this year have similarly been "running warm." The Los Angeles Times and NBC Nightly News also mentioned the rising temperature trend, although NBC did not note that these changes are driven by human activity.


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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) � An Augusta man has been sentenced to two years in prison for robbing a Walmart pharmacy last year.
Jason Truman pleaded guilty Tuesday in Kennebec County Superior Court to the Nov. 26 robbery. A judge imposed a sentence negotiated between the district attorney's office and Truman's attorney.
The complete sentence was 10 years in prison, with all but two years suspended, and two years of probation. The 33-year-old Truman also was ordered to pay up to $1,000 restitution.
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MILPITAS, Calif., July 25, 2011 - SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), a global leader in flash memory storage solutions, today introduced the SanDisk Ultra® solid state drive (SSD) for the retail market. The new SSD can extend the life of desktop and notebook PCs, and offers greater performance, durability and power efficiency than a hard disk drive.
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"Replacing a computer's hard disk drive with the SanDisk Ultra SSD is more cost effective than buying a new PC," said Kent Perry, director, product marketing, SanDisk. "Our new SSD delivers greater speed and reliability than a hard disk drive at an affordable price."
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SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) is a global leader in flash memory storage solutions, from research and development, product design and manufacturing to branding and distribution for OEM and retail channels. Since 1988, SanDisk's innovations in flash memory and storage system technologies have provided customers with new and transformational digital experiences. SanDisk's diverse product portfolio includes flash memory cards and embedded solutions used in smart phones, tablets, digital cameras, camcorders, digital media players and other consumer electronic devices, as well as USB flash drives and solid-state drives (SSD) for the computing market. SanDisk's products are used by consumers and enterprise customers around the world.
SanDisk is a Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 and Fortune 500 company, with more than half its sales outside the United States. For more information, visit www.sandisk.com.
1 Based on SanDisk internal testing; performance may vary depending upon host device, OS and application. 1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million bytes.
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3 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes. Some capacity not available for data storage.
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Kevin Devine is an American songwriter and musician from Brooklyn, New York, who is known for alternately introspective and political lyrics and melodic acoustic guitar tunes. He cites his influences as Bob Dylan, Elliott Smith, Guns N' Roses, Brother Paramo and Nirvana, among others. He grew up in Brooklyn and Staten Island, and has spent significant time in Manhattan and Queens as well. Devine graduated Fordham University at Lincoln Center in 2001, majoring in journalism. He also played in an indie/punk/emo band called Miracle of 86 after the (Miracle) New York Mets. Even before that, he played with a popular band in the local Staten Island scene called Delusion. At Fordham he was able to hone his acoustic solo skills by playing at various open-mic and college events which made him very popular among the student body.
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I have noticed that some of the less main pages have administrator protection, like Hannah Abbott and Seamus Finnigan, but the main one's (even Harry Potter!) What do you think about this?--L.V.K.T.V.J.'(Send an owl!) 03:12, February 2, 2010 (UTC)
- Well, Harry Potter is semi-protected, but I think you are right. Most of the really important pages should be at least at that level. I know that some pages for lesser characters are fully protected. We should definitely set some protection, b/c the major articles are ripe for vandalism. I see it all the time. --Hcoknhoj 03:16, February 2, 2010 (UTC)
Well, I noticed Harry Potter isn't actually semi-protected. Unregistered contributors can get on it. It's not adminstrator protected.--L.V.K.T.V.J.'(Send an owl!) 03:20, February 2, 2010 (UTC)
- Well, let's bring in Seth Cooper and get his opinion, he's an admin. You are right, now that I think about it. It is semi-protected in name only. --Hcoknhoj 03:22, February 2, 2010 (UTC)
- Grunny took the semi-protected tag off Harry Potter since, it is not actually semi-protected. --Hcoknhoj 04:33, February 2, 2010 (UTC)
- Protecting the pages permanently would stop some vandalism, however, it would also stop potentially good edits from unregistered and newly registered users, which could also deter them from editing. See Help:Common mistakes#Protecting pages unnecessarily. While in the past on other wikis I have permanently protected high-traffic articles, I think it should be reserved for when there's a history of an excessive amount of vandalism. Looking at Harry Potter, however, there is quite a few reverts in the last 50 edits all occurring in a relatively short space of time, which I would consider excessive, though that's open to interpretation. If there is a consistently high amount of vandalism occurring on a page, then permanent semi-protection should be considered. The Harry Potter article was semi-protected for a few months due to a bad run of vandalism, but the protection expired. Grunny (Talk) 04:46, February 2, 2010 (UTC)
- Grunny took the semi-protected tag off Harry Potter since, it is not actually semi-protected. --Hcoknhoj 04:33, February 2, 2010 (UTC)
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The study of the homotopy groups of spheres $\pi_i(S^n)$ is a major subject in algebraic topology. One knows for example that nearly all of them are finite groups. Some are explicitly known. There is a 'stable range' of indices which one understands better than the unstable part.
I think that there is an analogy (have to be careful with that word) to the distribution of primes: It seems that there exists a general pattern but no one has found it yet. It is a construction producing an infinite list of numbers (or groups) but no numbers were put into it. Such a thing always fascinates me.
The largely unknown prime pattern leads to applications in cryptography for example. Are there similar applications of the knowledge (or not-knowledge) of the homotopy groups of spheres? Are there applications to real natural sciences or does one study the homotopy groups of spheres only for their inherent beauty?


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