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Conservation and Environment in South Africa: Monthly Updates
Legodimo Nature Reserve - September 2007
The conservation project at Legodimo reserve in Botswana has been developing rapidly. We now have a clear view of the Limpopo River thanks to our volunteers who spent a hard day's work with their machetes. This means we can observe any wildlife from around the camp fire and gives curious animals the opportunity to investigate our camp. We have four regular visitors a genet, a porcupine, a bush buck and last but not least the camp's pet kudu named Moses.
The volunteers have also been working hard at clearing the roads so that we have clear visibility of any approaching wildlife, this also means that we can approach either of our water holes without upsetting the elephants.
We had our first visit to Marpungubwe National Park early last week where the group assisted in the wrapping of Ana trees to prevent elephant destruction. The volunteers also rebuilt the remains of a destroyed watering hole and lined the outer edges with large rocks to prevent this reoccurring, we shall see if this worked on next months visit.
Meanwhile back at camp the elephants had been around in force as there were trampled trees as far as you could see. We have come to the conclusion (which is backed up by what the Tswana people believe) that the elephants' movements seem to be influenced by the position of the moon and we have discovered that if there is a full moon they come in and around our camp.
There have also been other various developments such as the removal of huge amounts of alien plant species (queen of the night cactus from Mexico) as well the GPS mapping and naming of various roads and hills.
Future developments include the building of an elephant hide close to one of the watering holes; this will enable us to conduct further detailed research into the amount/size and whereabouts of the reserve's breeding herds. This data is essential in order to prevent the over culling of Botswana's elephant population. We have now also completed the building of an elephant dam close to camp.
The volunteers will be celebrating Botswana Independence Day this Sunday which will be celebrated with traditional dancing and a church ceremony.
Harry Kent - Conservation Project Desk Officer


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This is a question I get all the time, and I love hearing it:
I like Heineken (or Blue Moon, or Guinness, or insert your favorite big-name beer here) and I want to explore some new beers. What should I try?
A lot of people pique their curiosity through "gateway" beers, big-name brands that are easy to find, like Newcastle, Michelob Amber Bock, and the ones listed above. These have something going for them—they're readily available, and maybe few bucks cheaper than some of the smaller-batch brands. But if you're looking to discover even more flavorful options, and you're wondering where to look, here are a few tips for your next trip to the store.
If You Heineken Makes You Happy
Heineken's got more bite than your everyday large-scale American brew. So your best bet is a good pilsner, a golden lager on the hoppy end of the spectrum. With its strong Germanic tradition, Pennsylvania teems with great pilsners, most notably the aggressive Victory Prima Pils and Sly Fox Pikeland Pils. Out West, the offerings are sometimes a smidge sweeter: in Colorado, Avery Joe's Premium American Pilsner smacks of lemon drops, and California's Lagunitas Pils chimes in with an apple note. And of course, defining the style are German offerings like Radberger and Bitburger> and the Czech Pilsner Urquell and Staropramen.
Could You Go for a Guinness?
Despite the often-repeated myth that Guinness is "a meal in a can," it's actually a very light-bodied stout—but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try heartier offerings, like Founders Porter or Rogue Shakespeare Stout. Meanwhile, you'll find that signature froth (which comes from nitrogen, as opposed to regular carbonation) in well-done tributes like Sly Fox O'Reilly's Irish Stout and on the occasional draft line of North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout.
Want Something Newer Than Newcastle?
If you're into chestnut-hued brews like Newcastle or Michelob Amber Bock, let color guide you. Brown ales like Smuttynose Old Brown Dog and (in autumn) Sierra Nevada Tumbler bring chewy depth to the style. For a scarily drinkable—and equally amazing—amber lager, seek out Ohio's Great Lakes Eliot Ness. Meanwhile, Dogfish Head's India Brown Ale is a reliable go-to that's easier to find around the States.
More Than Once in a Blue Moon
If wheat beer like Blue Moon is your drink of choice, good news! Tasty choices abound, from spicy, Belgian-inspired witbiers (like Allagash White) to banana-scented hefeweizen (like Flying Dog In-Heat Wheat).
If you want to explore further, pick up a saison, the classic Belgian farmhouse beer. Saison Dupont is the one to start with, and is pretty easy to find at beer stores.
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Beer snobs like to poke fun at these big conglomerates, but light, golden brews are at the heart of some of the greatest beer cultures. If pilsners are hoppier than you like, try a golden lager or a Kolsch. Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold and several beers by Wisconsin's New Glarus Brewing> are exemplary, but the easiest to find are German imports like Gaffel and Hofbrau. They're very perishable, so freshness is key—look for draft if you can.
Wishing for Woodchuck?
If you drink Strongbow, Woodchuck, Magners, or other ciders, you're right on trend. The world of cider also has been exploding lately: American producers like Farnum Hill are making fresh-tasting farmhouse styles, while Champagne-like French ciders from Domaine Dupont are becoming easier to find.
And yes, there are beers out there for cider lovers too! For a dose of tartness, seek out mildly sour, barrel-aged beers, like the Jolly Pumpkin line (not actually pumpkin beers) or the funky-cool things coming from Anchorage Brewing Company.
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City Life 2008 Edition, to be released in February 2008 by Ascaron, is the latest version of the popular City Life series. The game puts players in the role of an urban planner and real estate developer, designing, building and maintaining every aspect of their creation. The latest version contains an additional 23 maps as well as the possibility to import satellite maps. There are also 60 new buildings including London landmarks such as St. Paul's Cathedral and the Royal Opera House.
A successful city is built on a thriving economy with happy and well-rounded citizens. To achieve this, all six sociocultural groups must be attracted to the city, from the wealthy 'Elite' to the impoverished 'Have-Nots'. Each has a part to play, from the work they provide to the products they consume. Be careful not to place opposing groups in similar residential areas – the progressive ideals of the 'Radical Chic' will strongly clash with the traditional values of the 'Blue Collars'.
All citizens need to be provided with essential local services to remain loyal and stay in the city. Build enough schools for everyone to get an education and make sure no one is without healthcare services. Provide industries where people can work and recreational areas for leisure time and hobbies. The 'Radical Chic' want access to modern art galleries, whilst the 'Elite' prefer to attend the Opera.
Watch cities grow and develop as citizens accumulate wealth. Affluent residential areas will contain magnificent villas and large Neo-Gothic structures. The 'Suits' enjoy a fairly high income and build modern angular homes, whilst the 'Fringe' are proud of their graffiti and mural-clad dwellings. A growing city will also play host to the television media, intent on reporting any divides and clashes on the streets.
The game has a high level of detail and animation with total freedom of construction. Moving away from the traditional right-angled grid, City Life 2008 Edition allows for much more complex installations. Watch each city in beautiful detail with highly realistic settings including reflection mapping and dynamic shadowing. Zoom in to ground level and walk the streets of the city to get a better look at the action.


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I want to say the Bulls quit in Game 1 of their playoff series against the Brooklyn Nets, but you have to show up first.
So, you can't call them quitters. Call them whatever it is that rolls over and dies before the start of the most important part of the season.
Full marks to the Nets. They played fast and smart.
Yes, I said smart. One of the dumbest Bulls opponents during the regular season wised up, and I'm as amazed as you are.
The Nets killed the Bulls with a relentless attack in the paint. They destroyed the heart of the Bulls' game. They exposed a Bulls weakness and kept at it until you wondered if there was a mercy rule.
I knew the Nets were more talented than the Bulls, but I wasn't sure they were smart enough to pound the banged-up Bulls. In fact, they did.
The Nets went wherever they wanted and did whatever they wanted. They stuck to a game plan that was decisive from the start.
The Bulls were the ones who refused to change things. They might've tried, or thought they tried, but they were not defending the game that was there. They weren't defending much at all, actually. They were inept and inert.
Luol Deng was a disaster. Carlos Boozer had good stats and no clue. Nate Robinson might've been the worst idea against Deron Williams ever. Or maybe it was Kirk Hinrich. Marco Belinelli, what do you do for a living? Quick, someone tell Nazr Mohammed he's a center in the NBA, not a celebrity on "Dancing With The Stars.''
I could make a case for the Bulls' roster being too thin, but the Bulls have dealt with injuries and a lack of depth all season and found ways to win. On Saturday they couldn't find the paint in front of their basket and couldn't win a possession when it mattered.
The Bulls, not the Nets, turned stupid and stayed that way. I waited for a Bulls comeback because they always find a way to come back against the Nets.
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The good news for the Bulls is, the Nets are still capable of playing long stretches of dumb basketball. The bad new is, the Bulls have to help the Nets play that kind of bad basketball.
But the Bulls couldn't help themselves in Game 1. Wouldn't help themselves. They refused to defend and rebound. They looked laughably out of place. They were a joke. Bobcats-like.
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Australia's best-selling author, Bryce Courtenay will be on hand at 'Raising Rhinos,' Taronga Western Plains Zoo's Fundraising Ball on Saturday 7 May 2011.
The event will be held in the redeveloped Savannah Function Centre and will raise money to support the Zoo's world-renowned Rhino conservation program, including the purchase of a digital x-ray machine.
Bryce Courtenay will speak about his African experiences including his most recent trek across Kenya and the Zoo's Senior Veterinarian, Benn Bryant, will speak about the Zoo's contribution to Black Rhino conservation and the ground-breaking research that is being undertaken in Dubbo.
There will be a number of silent auction items on the night as well as a live auction to be included as a character in Bryce Courtenay's next novel.
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Look at the very interesting facts that are listed in the 2014 research paper "The Prevalence and Cost of Urban Flooding – A Case Study of Cook County, IL", which was prepared by The Center for Technology (CNT), an innovations laboratory for urban sustainability. This study attempted to collectively analyze flood damage claims and sewer and backup claims from several providers of insurance and other financial assistance groups. It looked at claims paid out between 2007-2011.
Some of the key points of this analysis were:
- Urban flooding in Cook County is chronic and systemic, resulting in damage that is widespread, repetitive and costly.
- Over 181,000 claims were made across 97 percent of Cook County.
- There are multiple social and economic impacts on residential property owners, including stress, ill health, loss of use of property, loss of valuables and hours of work time to clean up.
- Flood insurance is not carrying the burden of damage payouts.
- Experts estimate that wet basements decrease property values by 10-25%.
- Wet basements are among the top reasons that potential buyers don't purchase a home.
- Experts estimate that almost 40% of small businesses never reopen following a flooding disaster.
- 76% of survey respondents who had flooded had invested in measures to prevent future flooding but only 6% of those people feel that they have addressed their problem.
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Spring 2007
It's hard for me to believe that ten years have passed since the last comprehensive reaccredidation. I served as co-chair of the self-study and have great appreciation and empathy for the work of this year's steering committee, and especially the work of the co-chairs, Karen Kirkendall, Karen Moranski, and Beverly Bunch. These dedicated faculty and staff have succeeded in drafting an outstanding self-study report, but one that still requires review and input from all segments of the campus. I encourage you to participate in the self-study process by reviewing the documents and attending the forums that are planned. I am confident that the reaccredidation site visit next October will prove to be a very affirming experience for the campus, both in terms of recognition for our recent accomplishments and validation of our vision for the future.
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Evolution of a Trader: Swing and Day Trading
By Thomas N. Bulkowski
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
$75; 301 pages
This book is part three of the Evolution of a Trader series, which parallels the author's journey from a buy and holder to position trader, swing trader and day trader. The first two parts cover trading basics; then fundamental analysis and position trading. Although the author covers swing and day trading, he indicated that his personal preference is for the former, since it better fits his personality.
Bulkowski has 30 years of experience and has penned 10 books including the leading edge Encyclopedia of Candlestick Charts and Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns. He is well known for his extensive research on determining the frequency and usefulness of candlestick as well as chart patterns, and incorporates some of those findings in each of his latest three books. His trading, investing and savings approach allowed him to retire from his day job of hardware design engineer at age 36.
The author is forthright in presenting horror stories of 10 traders who had catastrophic results. These stories are provided to drive home the point that proper preparation, rules, buy and sell criteria and other key factors need to be in place for any trader to have a chance at a profitable outcome.
The book is packed with trading guidelines and ideas, setups and viable tactics for successful trading. Many patterns are covered, including the inverted dead cat bounce, busted chart patterns and event patterns (e.g., earnings releases). The author pinpoints what chart patterns work and don't work based on extensive research over decades.
His favorite tools are support and resistance, and trend lines which work on all timeframes. His research indicates that price typically will reverse at support and resistance, and if it doesn't that tells you there is a change in direction. He urges traders to draw lines on charts with different time frames to see if they are signaling the same trend before making a final trading decision.
Bulkowski cautions traders never to go short in an up-trending sloping channel and vice versa, otherwise the results could be costly. He also stresses the importance of position sizing and managing the risk vs. reward outcome. His favorite swing trading chart patterns include: Flat base, congestion breakout, busted descending and symmetrical triangles and the ugly double bottom (uneven low points). The appendix provides 36 visual chart patterns.
The key points of each chapter are summarized at the end of the chapter, as well as aggregated as the last chapter to provide traders with a handy reference guide that can be referred to for re-inforcement. Bulkowski offers a detailed and widely followed website: www.ThePatternSite.com that provides traders with very useful resources including current market conditions.
In summary, this is a highly useful, information-packed and enjoyable book on trading. His coverage of swing trading is double that of day trading based on page count. In both cases, he provides detailed pattern research that will help traders use the most appropriate and profitable patterns. Traders requiring more basic knowledge than presented here or who prefer position trading will find his two other books in the series to be of value as well.
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• Selected third-party servers; for details, visit: http://www.cisco.com/go/swonly
Bundled Software
• Cisco CallManager Version 4.1-Call-processing and call-control application.
• Cisco CallManager Version 4.1 configuration database-Contains system and device configuration information, including dial plan.
• Cisco CallManager administration software.
• Auto attendant-Bundled with Cisco CallManager via the Extended Services CD.
• Cisco CallManager CDR Analysis and Reporting Tool (CAR)-Provides reports for calls based on call detail records (CDRs). Reports that are provided include calls on a user basis, calls through gateways, simplified call quality, and a CDR search mechanism. In addition, CAR provides limited database administration; for example, deleting records based on database size.
• Cisco CallManager Bulk Administration Tool (BAT)-Allows the administrator to perform bulk add, delete, and update operations for devices and users.
• Cisco CallManager Attendant Console-Allows a receptionist to answer and transfer/dispatch calls within an organization. The attendant can install the attendant console, which is a client-server application, on a PC that runs Windows 98, ME, NT 4.0 (Service Pack 4 or greater), 2000, or XP. The attendant console connects to the Cisco Telephony Call Dispatcher (TCD) server for login services, line state, and directory services. Multiple attendant consoles can connect to a single Cisco TCD server. In Cisco CallManager Version 4.1, Attendant Console now supports accessibility enhancements for sight-impaired individuals.
• Cisco CallManager Real-Time Monitoring Tool (RTMT)-A client tool that monitors real-time behavior of the components in a Cisco CallManager cluster. RTMT uses HTTP and TCP to monitor device status, system performance, device discovery, and computer telephony integration (CTI) applications. It connects directly to devices by using HTTP for troubleshooting system problems.
• Cisco CallManager Trace Collection Tool-Collects traces for a Cisco CallManager cluster into a single zip file. The collection includes all traces for Cisco CallManager and logs such as Event-Viewer (application, system, and security), Dr. Watson log, Cisco Update, Prog logs, RIS DC logs, and SQL and IIS logs.
• Cisco Conference Bridge-Provides software conference bridge resources that can be used by Cisco CallManager.
• Cisco Customer Directory Configuration Plugin-Guides the system administrator through the configuration process for integrating Cisco CallManager with Microsoft Active Directory and Netscape Directory Server.
• Cisco IP Phone Address Book Synchronizer-Allows users to synchronize Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express address books with Cisco Personal Address Book. The synchronizer provides two-way synchronization between the Microsoft and Cisco products. After the user installs and configures Cisco Personal Address Book, users can access this feature from the Cisco IP Phone Configuration Website.
• Cisco IP Telephony Locale Installer-Provides user and network locales for Cisco CallManager, adding support for languages other than English. Locales allow users to view translated text, receive country-specific phone tones, and receive TAPS prompts in a chosen language when working with supported interfaces. Install the Cisco IP Telephony Locale Installer on every server in the cluster. Click the icon to download one or more locale installers from the Web (you must have an Internet connection and a Cisco.com user account and password to download the executable).
• Cisco JTAPI-This plug-in is installed on all computers that host applications that interact with Cisco CallManager via JTAPI. JTAPI provides the standard programming interface for telephony applications written in the Java programming language. JTAPI reference documentation and sample code are included. Cisco CallManager Version 4.1 adds support for new features as well as the ability to disable device validation, which would allow applications to monitor or control a large amount of devices without requiring the devices to be specified in those applications' controlled device lists. JTAPI Device State Server is new in Cisco CallManager Version 4.1, as is notification of status (busy, idle, etc.) of a CTI device without having to monitor individual lines.
• Cisco Telephony Service Provider-Contains the Cisco TAPI service provider (TSP) and the Cisco Wave Drivers. Install the application on the Cisco CallManager server or on any other computer that is running a Microsoft Windows operating system that interacts with the Cisco CallManager server via TCP/IP (TAPI runs on the Microsoft Windows operating system). The Cisco TAPI Developer's Guide describes the TAPI interfaces that are currently supported. Install the Cisco TSP and the Cisco Wave Drivers to allow TAPI applications to make and receive calls on the Cisco IP Telephony Solution.
• Cisco TAPS-Loads a preconfigured phone setting on a phone.
• Cisco Dialed Number Analyzer-Serviceability tool that analyzes the dialing plan for specific numbers.
• Cisco IP Manager Assistant (IPMA)-Provides "boss"/administration features along with administration Web pages for improved call handling.
• Alternate automatic routing (AAR)
• Attenuation and gain adjustment per device (phone and gateway)
• Automated bandwidth selection
• Auto route selection (ARS)
• AXL Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) API with performance and real-time information
• Basic Rate Interface (BRI) endpoint support; registers BRI endpoints as SCCP devices*
• CAC-intercluster and intracluster
• Call coverage*
– Forwarding based on internal/external calls*
– Forwarding out of a coverage path*
– Timer for maximum time in coverage path*
– Time of day*
• Call display restrictions*
• Coder-decoder (codec) support for automated bandwidth selection
– G.711 mu-law, a-law
– Wideband audio-Proprietary 16-bit resolution, 16-kHz sampled audio
• Digit analysis and call treatment (digit string insertion, deletion, stripping, dial access codes, digit string translation)
• Distributed call processing
– Deployment of devices and applications across an IP network
– "Clusters" of Cisco CallManager servers for scalability, redundancy, and load balancing
– Maximum of 7500 IP phones per Cisco CallManager server (configuration-dependent)
– Maximum of 100,000 busy-hour call completions (BHCCs) per Cisco CallManager server (configuration-dependent)
– Eight Cisco CallManager servers per cluster
– Maximum of 250,000 BHCCs per Cisco CallManager cluster (configuration-dependent)
– Maximum of 30,000 IP phones per cluster (configuration-dependent)
– Intercluster scalability to more than 100 sites or clusters through H.323 gatekeeper
– Intracluster feature transparency
– Intracluster management transparency
• Fax over IP-G.711 pass-through and Cisco Fax Relay
• Forced authorization codes/client matter codes (account codes) *
• H.323 interface to selected devices
• H.323 FastStart (inbound and *outbound)
• Hotline and private line automated ringdown (PLAR)
• Hunt groups-broadcast, circular, longest idle, and linear
• Interface to H.323 gatekeeper for scalability, CAC, and redundancy
• Language support for client user interfaces (languages specified separately)
• Multilevel precedence and pre-emption (MLPP)-*Enhancements made in Cisco CallManager Version 4.1
• Multilocation-Dial-plan partition
• Multiple ISDN protocol support
• Multiple remote Cisco CallManager platform administration and debug utilities
– Prepackaged alerts, monitor views, and historical reports with RTMT
– Real-time and historical application performance monitoring through operating system tools and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
– Monitored data collection service
– Remote terminal service for off-net system monitoring and alerting
– Real-time event monitoring and presentation to common syslog
– Trace setting and collection utility
– Browse to onboard device statistics
– Clusterwide trace setting tool
– Trace collection tool
• Multisite (cross-WAN) capability with intersite CAC
• Dial-plan partitioning
• Off-premises extension (OPX)
• Outbound call blocking
• Out-of-band dual tone multifrequency (DTMF) signaling over IP
• PSTN failover on route nonavailability-AAR
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– ID services
– General functional procedures
– Call back-ISO/IEC 13870: 2nd Ed, 2001-07 (CCBS, CCNR) *
– Call diversion (SS-CFB [busy], SS-CFNR [no answer], SS-CFU [unconditional]); service ISO/IEC 13872 and ISO/IEC 13873, first edition 1995
- Call diversion by forward switching
- Call diversion by reroute*
– Call transfer by join
– H.323 Annex M.1 (Q.SIG over H.323) -ITU recommendation for Annex M.1*
– Identification restriction (Calling Name Identification Restriction [CNIR], Connected Line Identification Restriction [COLR]), Connected Name Identification Restriction [CONR])
– Loop prevention, diversion counter and reason, loop detection, diverted to number, diverting number, original called name and number, original diversion reason, redirecting name
– Message waiting indicator (MWI)
– Path replacement ISO/IEC 13863: 2nd Ed. 1998 and ISO/IEC 13974: 2nd Ed. 1999. *
• Redundancy and automated failover on call-processing failure
– Call preservation on call-processing failure
• Station to station
• Station through trunk (Media Gateway Control Protocol [MGCP] gateways)
– JTAPI and TAPI applications enabled with automated failover and automatic update
– Triple Cisco CallManager redundancy per device (phones, gateway, applications) with automated failover and recovery
– Trunk groups
– MGCP BRI support (ETSI BRI basic-net3 user-side only) *
• Security
– Configurable operation modes-Nonsecure or secure
– Device authentication-Embedded X.509v3 certificate in new model phones; certificate authority proxy function (CAPF) used to install locally significant certificate in phones
– Data integrity-TLS cipher "NULL-SHA" supported. Messages are appended with SHA1 hash of the message to ensure that the message is not altered on the wire and can be trusted.
– Secure HTTP (HTTPS) support for the following applications: Cisco CallManager Admin, Cisco CallManager Serviceability, Cisco CallManager User, RTMT, Cisco CallManager TraceAnalysis, Cisco CallManager Service, Trace Collection Tool, and CAR. *
– Privacy-Cisco CallManager supports encryption of signaling and media. Phone types include Cisco IP Phone 7940, 7960, and 7970; Survivable Remote Site Telephony (SRST), and MGCP gateways*
– Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for directory-Supported applications include BAT, CAR, Cisco CallManager Admin User Pages, Cisco CallManager Admin IPMA Pages, Cisco CallManager User Pages / IP Phone Options Pages, Cisco Conference Connection, CTI Manager, Extension Mobility, IP Manager Assistant, and Multilevel Administration (MLA). *
– USB eToken containing a Cisco rooted X.509v3 certificate is used to generate a Certificate Trust List (CTL) file for the phones as well as configuring the security mode of the cluster.
– Phone security-Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) files (configuration and firmware loads) are signed with the self-signed certificate of the TFTP server. The Cisco CallManager system administrator will be able to disable HTTP and Telnet on the IP phones.
• Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunk
• Shared resource and application management and configuration
– Transcoder resource
– Conference bridge resource
– Topological association of shared resource devices (conference bridge, music on hold [MoH] sources, transcoders)
– Media termination point (MTP)-Support for SIP trunk and RFC 2833
– Annunciator
• Silence suppression, voice activity detection
• Simplified North American Numbering Plan (NANP) and non-NANP support
• T.38 fax support (H.323 only) *
• Third-party applications support
– Broadcast paging-through foreign exchange station (FXS)
– SMDI for MWI
– Hook-flash feature support on selected FXS gateways
– TSP 2.1 interface
– JTAPI 2.0 service provider interface
– Billing and call statistics
– Configuration database API (Cisco AXL)
• Time of day, day of week, day of year routing/restrictions*
• Toll restriction-Dial-plan partition
• Toll fraud prevention
– Prevent trunk to trunk transfer*
– Drop conference call when originator hangs up*
– Forced authorization codes*
• Unified device and system configuration
• Unified dial plan
• Video (SCCP and H.323)
Summary of User Features
• Abbreviated dial
• Answer and answer release
• Autoanswer and intercom
• Barge
• Call-back busy, no reply to station
• Call connection
• Call coverage*
• Call forward-All (off-net and on-net)
• Call forward-Busy
• Call forward-No answer
• Call hold and retrieve
• Call join
• Call park and pickup
• Call pickup group-Universal
• Call status per line (state, duration, number)
• Call waiting and retrieve (with configurable audible alerting)
• Calling line identification (CLID)
• Calling line identification restriction (CLIR) call by call
• Calling party name identification (CNID)
• Conference barge
• Conference list and drop any party (ad-hoc conference)
• Direct inward dial (DID)
• Direct outward dial (DOD)
• Directory dial from phone-Corporate, personal
• Directories-Missed, placed, received calls list stored on selected IP phones
• Distinctive ring (on-net vs. off-net)
• Distinctive ring per line appearance
• Distinctive ring per phone
• Drop last conference party (ad-hoc conferences)
• Extension mobility support
• Hands-free, full-duplex speakerphone
• HTML help access from phone
• Immediate divert to voicemail
• Last number redial (off-net and on-net)
• Malicious call ID and trace
• Manager-assistant service (IPMA application)
– Proxy line support
Manager features-Immediate divert or transfer, do not disturb, divert all calls, call intercept, call filtering on CLID, intercom, speed dials.
Assistant features-Intercom, immediate divert or transfer, divert all calls, manager call handling through assistant console application.
– Shared line support
Manager features-Immediate divert or transfer, do not disturb, intercom, speed dials, barge, direct transfer, join.
Assistant features-Handle calls for managers; view manager status and calls; create speed dials for frequently used numbers; search for people in the corporate/Cisco CallManager directory; handle calls on their own lines; immediate divert or transfer, intercom, barge, privacy, multiple calls per line, direct transfer, join; send DTMF digits from console, MWI status of manager phone.
– System capabilities-Multiple managers per assistant (up to 33 lines), redundant service.
• Multiparty conference-Ad-hoc with add-on, meet-me features
• Multiple calls per line appearance
• Multiple line appearances per phone
• MoH
• Mute capability from speakerphone and handset
• On-hook dialing
• Operator attendant-Cisco Attendant Console
– Call queuing
– Broadcast hunting
– Shared line support
• Privacy
• Real-time QoS statistics through HTTP browser to phone
• Recent dial list-Calls to phone, calls from phone, autodial, and edit dial
• Service URL-Single button access to IP phone service
• Single directory number, multiple phones-Bridged line appearances
• Speed dial-Multiple speed dials per phone
• Station volume controls (audio, ringer)
• Transfer
– Blind
– Consultative
– Direct transfer of two parties on a line.
• User-configured speed dial and call forward through Web access
• Video (SCCP and H.323)
• Web services access from phone
• Web dialer-Click to dial
• Wideband audio codec support-Proprietary 16-bit resolution, 16-kHz sampling rate codec
Summary of Administrative Features
• Application discovery and registration to SNMP manager
• AXL SOAP API with performance and real-time information
• CDRs
• CAR tool
• Call forward reason code delivery
• Centralized, replicated configuration database; distributed Web-based management viewers
• Configurable and default ringer WAV files per phone
• Configurable call forward display
• Database automated change notification
• Date and time display format configurable per phone
• Debug information to common syslog file
• Device addition through wizards
• Device-downloadable feature upgrades-Phones, hardware transcoder resource, hardware conference bridge resource, VoIP gateway resource
• Device groups and pools for large system management
• Device mapping tool-IP address to Media Access Control (MAC) address
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) block IP assignment-Phones and gateways
• Dialed Number Analyzer (DNA)
• Dialed number translation table (inbound and outbound translation)
• Dialed number identification service (DNIS)
• Enhanced 911 service
• H.323-compliant interface to H.323 clients, gateways, and gatekeepers
• JTAPI 2.0 computer telephony interface
• Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Version 3 directory interface to selected vendor's LDAP directories
– Active Directory
– Netscape Directory Server
• MLA access
• MGCP signaling and control to selected Cisco VoIP gateways
• Native supplementary services support to Cisco H.323 gateways
• Paperless phone DNIS-Display-driven button labels on phones
• Performance-monitoring SNMP statistics from applications to SNMP manager or to operating system performance monitor
• QoS statistics recorded per call
• Redirected DNIS (RDNIS), inbound, outbound (to H.323 devices)
• Select specified line appearance to ring
• Select specified phone to ring
• Single CDR per cluster
• Single point system and device configuration
• Sortable component inventory list by device, user, or line
• System event reporting-To common syslog or operating system event viewer
• Time-zone configurable per phone
• Cisco Unity™ software user integration*
• Extensible Markup Language (XML) API into IP phones (Cisco IP Phone 794x/796x)
• Zero-cost automated phone moves
• Zero-cost phone adds
User Feature Enhancements
• Attendant Console has been "accessibility enabled" to simplify use for visually handicapped attendants.
– Works in conjunction with JAWS screen reader software.
– Shortcut keys provided for easy navigability; mouseless operation of Attendant Console is possible.
– Audible alerts provided to alert the user when certain events occur.
– Attempt to transfer, consult transfer, or conference a call results in the call being put on hold while the dial pad is displayed.
• Video has added the following new capabilities:
– Support for the SCCP H.264 video codec. The H.264 video codec delivers significantly higher quality at a given bandwidth than H.263. H.264 will be supported for intracluster SCCP calls only. Devices that will support SCCP H.264 include:
- Tandberg SCCP phones (550 and T1000)
- IPVC 3.6plus (3511 and 3540)
– Midcall video for Cisco VT Advantage-If both parties are SCCP video endpoints, the call will immediately become a video call. If one party is an H.323 endpoint, the call will become a video call. But if the H.323 endpoint rejects the incoming channel or does not open a channel, the video call will be either one-way video or no video.
– Video display mode for IPVC 3.6plus. IPVC 3.6plus will include a SCCP version of the message control unit (MCU) that supports both voice-activated and continuous presence videoconferencing modes. Video display mode is a softkey (called VidMode) that allows users on a SCCP videophone to toggle incoming videos between voice-activated and continuous presence mode.
– Participant information for IPVC 3.6plus. Cisco CallManager will provide participant information to the SCCP version of the IPVC MCU, including the user name and number. The IPVC MCU will display this information in the participant list on its Web management interface. The IPVC MCU can overlay this information in the video if it has an Enhanced Media Processor (EMP) module.
– Dynamic H.323 addressing (E.164 addressing)-H.323 clients can be configured in Cisco CallManager via an E.164 address. This simplifies H.323 client administration for deployments where H.323 clients are configured for DHCP. E.164 addressing can be paired with an Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3(8)T gatekeeper to simplify H.323 client dialing.
System Capability Enhancements
• BRI support-Support for secure communications using legacy BRI and analog secure endpoints (STE/STU) and support for IP-STE.
– V.150.1 Modem-Relay-over-IP support-Cisco CallManager will respond to the Session Description Protocol (SDP) sent by the gateway with default parameters. V.150.1 is required by the secure mode of IP-STEs and BRI-STEs.
– BRI station pre-emption.
• Call coverage-Cisco CallManager Version 4.1 provides the ability to set up coverage paths to route calls to individuals or groups, helping to ensure that calls are answered. Call coverage features include:
– Forwarding out of a coverage path.
– Ability to set up different coverage paths based on time of day, day of week, or day of year.
– Ability to provide separate forwarding treatment for internal versus external Call Forward No-Answer (CFNA) calls.
– Ability to provide separate forwarding treatment for internal versus external Call Forward Busy (CFB) calls.
– Support of a maximum timer for hunt lists.
– Ability to allow a line to appear in multiple line groups, which was a limitation in previous versions of Cisco CallManager.
– Ability to allow a gateway to appear in multiple route groups, which was a limitation in previous versions of Cisco CallManager.
– Ability to divert to a final forwarding location when a hunt list terminates, either through exhaustion or expiration of its maximum hunt timer. This location may be a dialed number (voicemail pilot, another hunt pilot, a route pilot, or any allowed dialed number) or a checkbox to select personal treatment based on settings for the original called party's line.
– Splitting the existing route-list/hunt-list GUI into two separate forms-one for hunt list and one for route list.
• Call display restrictions-Ability for the system administrator to block calling/called/connected name/number between certain phones. This is frequently used in areas where, for security reasons, this calling information cannot be displayed on phones. A hotel is an example where calls from room to room would not display calling information.
• Forced authorization codes/client matter codes
– Forced authorization codes-Allows a system administrator to require that an authorization code be entered prior to extending a call to a specific route pattern. This is often used as a mechanism to prevent fraudulent toll calls by individuals that might have access to the phones. The system administrator can assign authorization levels to allow some codes to have full calling capability and others to not be able to call certain numbers.
– Client matter codes or account codes-Ability for a system administrator to require that a client matter code be entered prior to extending a call to a specific route pattern. This code is often used by companies to track calls made to specific accounts and use this data for billing purposes.
– Client matter code and forced authorization code (CMC/FAC) information is recorded in the Cisco CallManager CDR database.
• H.323 FastStart-Support for inbound and outbound H.323 FastStart. This feature reduces the number of signals exchanged before voice is extended on a call. By using H.323 FastStart voice will be extended or cut-through using 10 less message exchanges. This can eliminate voice clipping connections that are separated by large distances with more than 50ms WAN delay. MTPs are required for outbound H.323 FastStart.
• MGCP BRI ETSI BRI basic-net3 (user-side only)-Allows a smaller, more cost-effective ISDN connection between Cisco CallManager and the PSTN for small offices where the cost of a Primary Rate Interface (PRI) is prohibitive.
• MLPP enhancements
– BRI station pre-emption.
– Support for MLPP-enabled, user-to-user information element (UUIE)-based PRI-4ESS interface.
– Executive override precedence level; gives an additional precedence level that was previously unsupported.
– Location-based MLPP through locations over intracluster and intercluster limited bandwidth WAN links.
– Support for intercluster MLPP.
– The signal information element, as described in 4.5.24 of ANSI T1.607.
• Q.SIG enhancements
– Alerting name-Support of alerting name presentation and restriction for Q.SIG facilities. "alerting name" is the capability to send and receive a CalledName application protocol data unit (APDU) encapsulated in a facility information element within the ISDN Q.931 message. This is an optional capability specified in ISO 13868 as part of the SS-CONP feature; it provides "alerting on ring" only. "Alerting on busy" (an optional service that provides the name of the called user who cannot be reached) is not supported by this feature.
– Call back/call completion-Support for ISO/IEC 13870: 2nd Ed, 2001-07 for Call Completion Supplementary Service:
- Call Completion to Busy Subscriber (CCBS)
- Call Completion on No Reply (CCNR)
– Call diversion by reroute in addition to call diversion by forward switching-Call Diversion Supplementary Service ISO/IEC 13872 and ISO/IEC 13873, first edition 1995.
– H.323 Annex M.1 (Q.SIG over H.323)-Delivers the Q.SIG feature set across intercluster trunks by the tunneling of Q.SIG messages by the Cisco CallManager over H.323, based on recommendations in the ITU recommendation for Annex M.1: "Tunneling of QSIG in H.323 07/2003". This development is limited to Q.SIG tunneling over Cisco CallManager H.323 intercluster trunks (both gatekeeper- and nongatekeeper-controlled). Interoperability between Cisco CallManager servers is the focus of this first release of Annex M.1.
– Path replacement-Replace the existing time-division multiplexing (TDM) circuit(s) in use between two parties on an active call with new ones, to use TDM resources more efficiently. The Q.SIG path replacement feature will be implemented based on ISO/IEC 13863 - 2nd Ed. 1998 and ISO/IEC 13974 - 2nd Ed. 1999.
• Security features
– Encryption to additional Cisco IP Phone 7940 and IP Phone 7960 devices, in addition to the already supported Cisco IP Phone 7970.
– Encryption for MGCP gateways.
– Encryption for SRST.
– HTTPS for secure administration of Cisco CallManager. Supported by the following applications:
- Cisco CallManager Admin
- Cisco CallManager Service
- Cisco CallManager User
- Cisco CallManager Trace Analysis
- Cisco CallManager Service Trace Collection Tool
- CDR Analysis and Reporting Tool
– Locally significant certificates on Cisco IP Phone 7970G systems.
– SSL for secure transport of user information between Cisco CallManager applications and directories. Supported by the following applications:
- Cisco CallManager Admin User Pages
- Cisco CallManager Admin IPMA Pages
- Cisco CallManager User Pages and IP Phone Options Pages
- Cisco Conference Connection
- CTI Manager
- Extension Mobility
• T.38 fax support (H.323 only)-Support for T.38 fax when using H.323 gateways. When a fax call is placed, the call is initially established as a voice call. The gateways advertise capabilities during connection establishment. If both gateways support T.38, they will attempt to switch to T.38 upon fax tone detection by either gateway.
• Time of day, day of week, day of year routing/restrictions
– Ability to assign time schedules to partitions to determine when a phone, gateway, translation pattern, or route pattern can be reached. The time schedule can be based on time of day, day of week, or day of year. Using partitions, this feature can be used to assign time schedules for outbound calls (TOD restrictions) or inbound calls (TOD routing).
• Toll fraud improvements
– Ability to drop an ad-hoc conference when the conference originator hangs up
– Ability to drop an ad-hoc conference when all internal callers hang up
– Ability to block transfers from external trunks or gateways to external trunks or gateways
• Video enhancements
– SCCP support for H.264 video
– Midcall video for Cisco VT Advantage
– Video display mode for IPVC 3.6plus
– Participant information for IPVC 3.6plus
– Dynamic H.323 addressing (E.164 addressing)
Administrative Enhancements
• BAT has been enhanced to provide support for the following:
– CAPF configuration
– Option for removing duplicate IP services
– Option for deleting unassigned dialed number
– Call coverage
– Video
– Call display restrictions
– MLPP DOD enhancements
– Security
– Q.SIG alerting name
– Trunk-to-trunk transfer and drop conference feature
– CTI super provider
• Serviceability enhancements
– HTTPS support for secure troubleshooting.
– New services added to the service activation and control center pages
- Cisco dial number analyzer is not shown
- Cisco CAPF has been added.
– Dialed number analyzer enhancements
• Security
– CAPF improvements
- Runs as a Windows NT service
- Can be managed from Cisco CallManager Administration interface
- CAPF device database integrated in to Cisco CallManager database
- Support for automatic certificate install/upgrade
- Support for certificates as phone credentials for CAPF operation (MIC/LSC) [EXPAND ACRONYMS HERE ON FIRST INSTANCE]
- Support for external certificate authority; includes KEON CA, Microsoft CA
- BAT support for CAPF
- CTL client direct support for CAPF
- The phone find list has new search options.
• Toll fraud improvements-Ability to mark gateways and trunks as internal or external.
• Cisco Unity user integration-Allows easy integration between Cisco CallManager directory number or user admin pages and Cisco Unity voice mailbox configuration. This helps shorten the time it takes for a system administrator to complete the task of adding a phone and voice mailbox for a user.
Software Upgrades
Table 1. Cisco CallManager Part Numbers
Cisco CallManager 4.0 to 4.1 upgrade
Cisco CallManager 3.3 to 4.1 upgrade, MCS-7815s, 100-server user license
Cisco CallManager 3.3 to 4.1 upgrade, MCS-7815s, 300-server user license
Cisco CallManager 3.3 to 4.1 upgrade, MCS-7825s, 100-server user license. Please note that Cisco CallManager 3.3 for a MCS-7825 with 100-server user license only shipped with MMIPC bundles MID-MKT-IPC-B and MID-MKT-IPC-C.
Cisco CallManager 3.3 to 4.1 upgrade, MCS-7825s, 1000-server user license
Cisco CallManager 3.3 to 4.1 upgrade, MCS-7835s, 2500-server user license
Cisco CallManager 3.3 to 4.1 upgrade, MCS-7845s, 5000-server user license
Cisco CallManager 3.3 to 4.1 upgrade, HP DL320s, 1000-server user license
Cisco CallManager 3.3 - 4.1 upgrade, HP DL380s/1-CPU, 2500-server user license
Cisco CallManager 3.3 - 4.1 upgrade, HP DL380s/2-CPU, 5000-server user license
Cisco CallManager 3.3 to 4.1 upgrade, IBM xSeries 306, 1000-server user license
Cisco CallManager 3.3 to 4.1 upgrade, IBM xSeries 345/1-CPU, 2500-server user license
Cisco CallManager 3.3 to 4.1 upgrade, IBM xSeries 345/2-CPU, 5000-server user license
New Installations
Table 2. New Cisco CallManager Order Numbers
Server Model
Number of Phones
HP DL380-G3 with a single CPU
HP DL380-G3 with dual CPUs
IBM x306
IBM x345 with a single CPU
IBM x345 with dual CPUs
Cisco MCS 7825H-3000 or Cisco MCS 7825I-3000
Cisco MCS 7835H-3000 or Cisco MCS 7835I-3000
Cisco MCS 7845H-3000
Cisco MCS 7845H-3000
2500 additional; 7500 total
• IBM x306*
• IBM x330 1.2GHz only*
• IBM x342*
• IBM x345/1CPU*
• IBM x345/2CPU*


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Friday, February 17, 2012
Alma Mater
Spending the morning at my high school alma mater today discussing pd and teaching styles. It's an interesting position to be in. Wondering what you all would say given the opportunity to talk with your alma mater about what effect they had on you (for better or worse) and where and how you would want to see them go into the new.
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I'd first be interested in figuring out how my teachers actually remember me. I think I was a rather disengaged student, but I'm not sure that's how they would see me. Then, I'd want to talk about the system of rewards and punishments that was (and still is) in place and how I think it negatively and positively impacted me. I'd then want to talk to them about modeling more risk-taking in their instructional practice and the need to focus on more critical thinking. I left school very able to pass tests, but I was not prepared to think critically and creatively. I hadn't been given the tools--or perhaps I just hadn't been paying attention, but I was able to get away with that.ReplyDelete
I actually work at my alma-mater. It has been a good experience so far. It is hard sometimes changing impressions of myself as a student to myself as a teacher. But, if you want a supportive working environment, it doesn't get much more supportive than the faculty that helped get you there!ReplyDelete
Really interesting question. I would have about equal parts good and bad to share about my alma mater. But, weirdly the good would outweigh the bad because the good things - friendships, values, discipline and habits - are more valuable to me over the longer term of my life. The things that seemed so important at the time - the academics - were not what I thought. I am still not over the fact that that I got 6 weeks of Fs on all of my writing assignments in college because the writing instruction was so limited and narrow in my high school. They had this idea that perfect grammar mattered more than interesting ideas and voice. It has been a struggle learning voice and strong argument on the page. I would hope my alma mater would go into the new willing to reinvent tradition and not hold on to things whose enduring value and meaning and effectiveness is done. Go into the new happily and bravely.ReplyDelete


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Safety of AMD070 When Administered Alone or Boosted With Low-Dose Ritonavir in HIV Uninfected Men
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00063804
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : July 8, 2003
Last Update Posted : May 21, 2012
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|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections
|Drug: Ritonavir Drug: AMD070
|Phase 1
Current therapy for HIV infection primarily uses drugs that inhibit HIV replication via inhibition of viral protease and reverse transcriptase. Many patients either do not tolerate these medications well or develop virologic failure due to incomplete viral suppression and development of antiviral resistance. New drugs target HIV entry into the cell. AMD070 binds to the chemokine receptor CXCR4, inhibiting membrane fusion and viral entry. Animal studies have shown AMD070 to be generally safe and well tolerated. The dose-escalation and drug-drug interaction study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of single, multiple, and RTV-boosted doses of AMD070 in healthy, HIV uninfected male volunteers.
Participants in this study will be assigned to a single- or multiple-dose AMD070 group (Group 1), a single-dose AMD070 group (Group 2), or an RTV-boosted, multiple-dose AMD070 group (Group 3). Some participants in Group 1 will be given AMD070 once on an empty stomach with no food or drink except for water for 2 hours before and 1 hour after receiving the drug. Up to 4 different doses will be tested in subgroups of Group 1 participants. Some participants in Group 1 will be given AMD070 7 times, 12 hours apart, after eating a standardized breakfast 30 minutes before receiving the drug; 3 different doses will be tested in this group. Participants in Group 2 will be given a single dose of AMD070 after eating a standardized meal. Participants in Group 3 will be given a morning dose of AMD070 on Days 1, 3, and 17 after eating a standardized breakfast 30 minutes before receiving the drug, and a morning and evening dose of RTV on Days 3 through 18. Group 3 participants may also be asked to enroll in an additional study group that will receive a single dose of AMD070 on Days 1 and 3 while fasting.
All participants will be observed as hospital inpatients. Group 1 and 2 participants will stay in the hospital for 24 hours; Group 3 participants will stay in the hospital for 4 days. All participants will have blood and urine collection throughout their hospital stay. Group 3 participants selected to join in the additional study group will have blood and urine samples collected throughout the 5-day study. These participants will be discharged from the hospital on Day 5 and have a follow-up visit around Day 35. All study participants will also undergo an ophthalmologic evaluation and questionnaire sometime after receiving AMD070.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|44 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Phase 1, Dose-Rising Study of AMD11070 in HIV-Seronegative Men to Assess the Safety and Pharmacokinetics After Single or Multiple Doses
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|October 2006
Experimental: 1
escalating single doses of AMD070 ranging from 1/4 to 1 times the maximum tolerated dose (MTD)
Drug: AMD070
Experimental: 2
single dose of 200 mg AMD070 after eating a standardized meal
Drug: AMD070
Experimental: 3
single dose of 200 mg AMD070 on Days 1, 3, and 17 and single dose of 100 mg ritonavir on Days 3 through 18
Drug: Ritonavir
Drug: AMD070
- AMD070 pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters under three conditions, and the within-volunteer differences between them
- Steady-state RTV PK parameters
- Grade 3 and 4 adverse effects, as defined by the protocol
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 55 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria for all participants:
- HIV uninfected males in good general health
- Normal electrocardiogram (EKG) and lab values
- Body weight within 33% of ideal weight for height within 28 days of study entry
- Willing to refrain from exercise for 24 hours prior to study entry
- Willing to use acceptable forms of contraception
Inclusion Criteria for Group 3's Additional Study:
- Willing to refrain from consumption of alcohol and grapefruit juice for the duration of the study
Exclusion Criteria for all participants:
- Prescription medications, herbal supplements, or aspirin within 7 days of study entry
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, over-the-counter medications, and other supplements (including multivitamins) within 1 day of study entry
- Active infection or acute illness within 14 days of study entry
- Drug or alcohol abuse or dependence
- Known sensitivity to AMD070
- History of gastrointestinal bleeding or ulcer
- Any medical or psychological condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with study participation
Exclusion Criteria for Group 3:
- Immunizations within 30 days of study entry
- Radiation therapy, cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agents, or immunomodulating agents within 30 days of study entry
- Chronic diarrhea for more than 4 weeks prior to study entry
- Heart conduction abnormalities, heart arrhythmias, cardiomyopathy, any repolarization delay, or other risk factors for heart failure and hypokalemia
Exclusion Criteria for Group 3's Additional Study:
- Grade 3 or 4 adverse event while participating in Group 3
- Consumption of alcohol within 48 hours of study entry
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00063804
|United States, Maryland
|Johns Hopkins Adult AIDS CRS
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205
|United States, Washington
|University of Washington AIDS CRS
|Seattle, Washington, United States, 98104
|Study Chair:
|Craig Hendrix, MD
|Johns Hopkins University
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|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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|First Posted:
|July 8, 2003 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|May 21, 2012
|Last Verified:
|May 2012
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Every year on January 26, Aussies around the world celebrate Australia Day! This national holiday marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the first fleet of British ships to Sydney Cove.
In addition to our annual event in Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes this Sunday, we'll be celebrating Australia Day with special posts on WATERblog all week long!
Day Three: DIY Didgeridoo
The didgeridoo is a wind instrument first created by the aborigines of Northern Australia over 1,500 years ago. Didgeridoos are still an important part of cultural celebrations in modern-day Australia and have gained popularity in many other parts of the world!
This Sunday, a didgeridoo player will be on-site during our Australia Day celebration to delight guests with some authentic tunes. Folks will also be able to make their own didgeridoo out of recycled materials!
For those of you who won't be able to join us on Sunday, here's how YOU can make your own didgeridoo!
- Paper towel rolls
- Pencils
- Markers and/or crayons
- Using a pencil, trace a design or pattern on your paper towel roll.
- Use your markers and/or crayons to fill in your design.
- Have fun practicing different sounds on your new didgeridoo!
Stay tuned for more Australia Week posts and join the conversation online using #AussieWeek!


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Ralph Kramden no more
Thanks so much to The Hook for the lovely article you guys did on little ole me and my theatrical endeavors ["Rush Ours: The eclectic 'saint' of Barboursville"}. I'm completely humbled and grateful and have received tons of compliments on the piece. It has caused a little confusion, however.
Due to the omission of the word "former" in describing me as a UTS bus driver, I've been asked several times what time the blue bus hits The Corner, what it's like to cram my big pregnant belly behind the wheel, and various other questions.
To clarify, I was a UTS bus driver not less than six years ago. Also, as lovely a job as it was, the thought of me still doodling about in my $8/hour college job eight months pregnant lacking the motivation to move on horrifies me just a tad.
At any rate, I'm so sorry that I've forgotten what time the blue bus goes 'round The Corner. Ask me about A Midsummer Night's Dream, and I've got some answers for you.
Thanks again to The Hook.
Mendy St. Ours


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If you're renting, take photos of your old place as you move out and photos of your new place as you move in. Remove any dents on the carpet that furniture left behind with ice cubes. Simply place the ice cubes on the dents, let them melt, and use a spoon to lift the fibers.
To make picture frames more stable and protect your walls from scuffing, cut off pencil erasers and glue them to the back of the frame before hanging it up. Wrap a rubber band around a hammer to prevent scuffing the wall when removing nails. Use white Ivory soap, toothpaste, and other items to fill nail holes in your walls.
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As you disassemble furniture, keep all screws and hardware in a plastic bag. Label the bag and tape it to the furniture itself, or designate a separate box with hardware for all your furniture. Write the contents of each box on the box, or on an inventory list. If you're feeling tech savvy, create an Excel document that tracks the contents of each box. Simply search for the item that you need in the document, and you'll know which box to open!
If you use plastic wrap, you can leave your items in whichever container or storage bin they're in. For example, simply wrap your utensils organizer with plastic wrap instead of letting your forks and knives run loose in a box! Label the sides of boxes so you can read the labels even when the boxes are stacked.
Avoid nasty smells and leaks by defrosting your fridge completely the night before your move. If you're moving your refrigerator, wrap your refrigerator and freezer in plastic wrap to keep the doors from opening during transit. Snap a picture of the back of your TV and other electronic devices. That way, you know exactly which wires go where when you're setting up in the new place! And then lets hit the road.


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Yes, it has come to this: the Eggheads take on the Dude and The Big Lebowski.
Speaking of Bridges, check out this L.A. Times piece about the music for his new movie, Crazy Heart.
And dig this: the Film Society at Lincoln Center is hosting an evening with Jeff Bridges on Saturday, January 9th. An interview with the actor will be followed by a screening of The Last Picture Show.


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Well I began with PKI a year ago with RFID system at school. Now I'm asked to implement this in my job. I understand most part of the idea. The doubt is about the certificate validation.
I know it has a valid date "Not before" and "Not after". Is this enough to say that the certificate is valid? This is because the certificates are changed every year and I want to be sure that the data signed was signed with a valid key. How can I implement this on Java?
The other question is about revocation, I don't understand what's it for, can anyone explain me?


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Christy Nicholas, also known as Green Dragon, is an author, artist and accountant. After she failed to become an airline pilot, she quit her ceaseless pursuit of careers that begin with 'A', and decided to concentrate on her writing. Since she has Project Completion Disorder, she is one of the few authors with NO unfinished novels.
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MORE people live alone now than at any other time in history. In prosperous American cities — Atlanta, Denver, Seattle, San Francisco and Minneapolis — 40 percent or more of all households contain a single occupant. In Manhattan and in Washington, nearly one in two households are occupied by a single person.
By international standards, these numbers are surprising — surprisingly low. In Paris, the city of lovers, more than half of all households contain single people, and in socialist Stockholm, the rate tops 60 percent.
The decision to live alone is common in diverse cultures whenever it is economically feasible. Although Americans pride themselves on their self-reliance and culture of individualism, Germany, France and Britain have a greater proportion of one-person households than the United States, as does Japan. Three of the nations with the fastest-growing populations of single people — China, India and Brazil — are also among those with the fastest growing economies.
The mere thought of living alone once sparked anxiety, dread and visions of loneliness. But those images are dated. Now the most privileged people on earth use their resources to separate from one another, to buy privacy and personal space.
Living alone comports with modern values. It promotes freedom, personal control and self-realization — all prized aspects of contemporary life.
It is less feared, too, for the crucial reason that living alone no longer suggests an isolated or less-social life. After interviewing more than 300 singletons (my term for people who live alone) during nearly a decade of research, I've concluded that living alone seems to encourage more, not less, social interaction.
Paradoxically, our species, so long defined by groups and by the nuclear family, has been able to embark on this experiment in solo living because global societies have become so interdependent. Dynamic markets, flourishing cities and open communications systems make modern autonomy more appealing; they give us the capacity to live alone but to engage with others when and how we want to and on our own terms.
In fact, living alone can make it easier to be social, because single people have more free time, absent family obligations, to engage in social activities.
Compared with their married counterparts, single people are more likely to spend time with friends and neighbors, go to restaurants and attend art classes and lectures. There is much research suggesting that single people get out more — and not only the younger ones. Erin Cornwell, a sociologist at Cornell, analyzed results from the General Social Survey (which draws on a nationally representative sample of the United States population) from 2000 to 2008 and found that single people 35 and older were more likely than those who lived with a spouse or a romantic partner to spend a social evening with neighbors or friends. In 2008, her husband, Benjamin Cornwell (also a sociologist at Cornell), was lead author of "The Social Connectedness of Older Adults," a paper in the American Sociological Review that showed that single seniors had the same number of friends and core discussion partners as their married peers and were more likely to socialize with friends and neighbors.
SURVEYS, some by market research companies that study behavior for clients developing products and services, also indicate that married people with children are more likely than single people to hunker down at home. Those in large suburban homes often splinter into private rooms to be alone. The image of a modern family in a room together, each plugged into a separate reality, be it a smartphone, computer, video game or TV show has become a cultural cliché.
New communications technologies make living alone a social experience, so being home alone does not feel involuntary or like solitary confinement. The person alone at home can digitally navigate through a world of people, information and ideas. Internet use does not seem to cut people off from real friendships and connections.
The Pew Internet Personal Networks and Community Survey — a nationally representative survey of 2,512 American adults conducted in 2008 that was the first to examine how the Internet and cellphones affect our core social networks — shows that Web use can lead to more social life, rather than to less. "Social Isolation and New Technology," written by the Rutgers University communications scholar Keith Hampton, reveals that heavy users are more likely than others to have large and diverse social networks; more likely to visit parks, cafes and restaurants; and more likely to meet diverse people with different perspectives and beliefs.
Today five million people in the United States between ages 18 and 34 live alone, 10 times more than in 1950. But the largest number of single people are middle-aged; 15 million people between ages 35 and 64 live alone. Those who decide to live alone following a breakup or a divorce could choose to move in with roommates or family. But many of those I interviewed said they chose to live alone because they had found there was nothing worse than living with the wrong person.
In my interviews, older single people expressed a clear preference for living alone, which allowed them to retain their feelings of independence and integrity, and a clear aversion to moving in with friends or family or into a nursing home.
According to research by the Rutgers sociologist Deborah Carr, at 18 months after the death of a spouse, only one in four elderly men and one in six elderly women say they are interested in remarrying; one in three men and one in seven women are interested in dating someday; and only one in four men and one in 11 women are interested in dating immediately.
Most older widows, widowers and divorced people remake their lives as single people. A century ago, nearly 70 percent of elderly American widows lived with a child; today — thanks to Social Security, private pensions and wealth generated in the market — just 20 percent do. According to the U.C.L.A. economist Kathleen McGarry: "When they have more income and they have a choice of how to live, they choose to live alone. They buy their independence."
Some unhealthy old people do become dangerously isolated, as I learned when I researched my book about the hundreds of people who died alone in the 1995 Chicago heat wave, and they deserve more attention and support than we give them today. But the rise of aging alone is also a social achievement. The sustained health, wealth and vitality that so many people over age 65 enjoy allow them to maintain domestic independence far longer than previous generations did. What's new today is that the great majority of older widows, widowers and divorced people prefer living alone to their other options, and they're willing to spend more on housing and domestic help for the privilege. Some pundits predicted that rates of living alone would plummet because of the challenged economy: young people would move into their parents' basements; middle-aged adults would put off divorce or separation for financial reasons; the elderly would move in with their children rather than hold on to places of their own.
Thus far, however, there's little evidence that this has happened. True, more young adults have moved in with their parents because they cannot find good jobs; but the proportion of those between 20 and 29 who live alone went down only slightly, from 11.97 percent in 2007 to 10.94 percent in 2011. In the general population, living alone has become more common — in absolute and proportional terms. The latest census report estimates that more than 32 million Americans live alone today, up from 27.2 million in 2000 and 31 million in 2010.
All signs suggest that living alone will become even more common in the future, at every stage of adulthood and in every place where people can afford a place of their own.


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Whew, it's been a long time. But I'm hoping that by now this blog is connected to myspace and shows up there. That way at least there's a chance of someone seeing it.
So much has been going on--but I know the one thing on my reader's minds, and that's the TV pilot. (For anyone who doesn't know, the CW picked up the pilot, so that's one more thing to thank my angel-mother for). I couldn't bring myself to go to the showing in L.A., but my staunch agent, Elizabeth, went to the showing in New York. She said she really loved it, and that she especially liked the bits with Stefan and Damon. I'm glad of that, because that's the chemistry that needs to work to make it a real love triangle. She also said that she felt the chemistry between Stefan and Elena, which is, of course, just as important. Now I only have to fret about the chemistry between Damon and Elena . . . (I will worry about anything not explicitly gone over--it's my nature). Elizabeth also said that besides Elena's hair being changed the girl herself is rather vulnerable and accessible--two words I would never use to describe the Elena of Vampire Diaries 1. But I look at it this way: in The Awakening Elena is a bitch halfway through the book. She's meant to be, and the book is largely about how she changes as a result of meeting Stefan. But how do you get that--and all the other action--into a two hour pilot? And not end up having the audience hate Elena for being stuck up? So perhaps we will see a Cassie-like Elena (ha ha--or Sarah, from Strange Fate-like . . . Sarah and Cassie share many characteristics.)
So, since I would trust Elizabeth with my life, and she's not one to mince words, I officially am putting my stamp of approval on the pilot. Fortunately nobody any longer is sending me sad stories about how this or that is wrong with it, and I hope we've got beyond that. My main interest in the show--if it flies--is that there will be more publicity for my books. I may even break the habit of a decade and watch it--at least I'll record it. What higher praise can I offer? You know when I'll be really happy? When I can tell fans something they don't already know about the show. May that day come eventually! So mote it be.
Next issue: people keep asking me about when Strange Fate will come out, and I'm so sorry to have the same answer for them: I don't know. It will be in 2010--I hope around winter. And the same answer for when Shadow Souls will come out. I just don't know. As soon as I do know, I will proclaim the answer from the housetops (e.g. put it in my blog or bulletin).
I hope I will have some time to do the fanart/fanfic contest, and to update my website and to do endless other things...maybe answer some more email (I did that today!) but please, please everyone remember that I am in the middle of writing Shadow Souls, which is not going to be as scary as Nightfall, I promise. This is one deadline I must make, and it's not so far away. So please understand if I don't answer your email in a timely fashion. I'm tap dancing on quicksand here.
Ooooh...I do know one thing you don't and that is that the cover for Strange Fate is absolutely gorgeous. I wish I could share it right now with everyone, but trust me, when you see it you'll see what I mean.
And, hey, Dark Visions is coming out any month now! I'll make sure to blog when it hits the bookstores.
I know, this is a pretty boring blog--all about work. When I get some time to play, I'll write about ii. Word of honor!
Nest issue: people are still


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For those who have requested my availability today. I will be available for readings until 11:00PM, eastern time today. Wednesday I will be not be available for Tarot Card Readings as this is my day off.
If you would like to schedule a Tarot Card Reading with me, please go to my website to arrange an appointment with me.
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Much love and light to you and have a blessed day! Queen Of Hearts


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Beauty and the Beast Ep. 112a - 'Trust No One' Photo Credit: Sven Frenzel/The CW © 2012 The CW Network. All Rights Reserved.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST — (9:00–10:00 p.m. ET)
"Trust No One" (Content Rating TBD) (HDTV)
VINCENT MAKES AN ATTEMPT AT ROMANCE AND CAT IS CAUGHT DESTROYING EVIDENCE — Cat (Kristin Kreuk) and Vincent (Jay Ryan) are unsure if they can trust Alex (guest star Bridget Regan) with the truth about his past.
Evan (Max Brown) realizes that Claire (Kelly Overton), the woman he is dating, is hiding things from him. Heather (Nicole Gale Anderson) meets and falls for Joe's (Brian White) younger brother Darius (guest star Christian Keyes), and Vincent tries to win over Cat with romantic gestures for Valentine's Day.
Austin Basis also stars. Bobby Roth directed the episode written by Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders (#112).


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