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HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria are 3 major global public health threats and cause substantial morbidity, mortality, negative socioeconomic impact, and human suffering. Despite the significant increase in financial support and recent progress in addressing these 3 diseases, important obstacles and unmet priorities remain. Disease-specific interventions have had a considerable impact on improving health systems. However, despite considerable investment, weak health systems, inadequate human resources, and poor laboratory infrastructure continue to be major obstacles to expanding health services. Health system strengthening should be addressed in an integrated approach that includes HIV-, tuberculosis-, and malaria-specific interventions. Investment in strategic information and public health laboratory network capacity strengthening are key actions to expand services to successfully address those diseases in heavily impacted countries.
HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria are 3 major global public health threats that undermine development in many resource-poor and some transitional settings. Throughout the world, close to 5 million people die every year of these illnesses, with substantial humanitarian, economic, and social impact, which is still not fully measured. The objective of this article is to briefly review the epidemiology of these diseases, describe key interventions, and highlight priorities and challenges to overcoming these diseases at global level.
The Global Impact of HIV/AIDS
Apart from the human suffering caused by these 3 diseases, HIV/AIDS in particular has the potential to impact negatively on the socioeconomic development of individual societies because of the associated high adult mortality in some countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite the progress made in the response to HIV/AIDS during the last decade, the HIV pandemic remains one of the most serious challenges to global health and probably will continue to be one of the leading causes of death and disability in the world for the next decades. Since the initial description of HIV as the causative agent of AIDS, more than 60 million people have been infected with the virus, and more than 25 million people have died.1
International mobilization to combat HIV/AIDS has increased substantially since the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were defined in 2000 (http://www.un.org/milleniumgoals/). The 2001 UN General Assembly Special Session Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS marked the beginning of significant change in the scope of the HIV/AIDS response.2 This declaration was followed by a substantial increase in political commitment, social mobilization, and financial resources, witnessed in 2003 by the launch of World Health Organization's (WHO's) "3 by 5" initiative3 and the announcement of the United States' "President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief" (PEPFAR). These initiatives committed to dramatic scale-up of HIV/AIDS treatment, care, and prevention, including, crucially, access to antiretroviral treatment (ART) throughout the developing world. Although the 3 by 5 target of 3 million living in low- and middle-income countries receiving treatment by the end of 2005 was reached 2 years later than hoped, the collective experience demonstrated that it is feasible to address the HIV pandemic in resource-limited settings using public health principles and a comprehensive approach that encompasses HIV prevention, treatment, and care and that such an approach impacts on morbidity and mortality.4,5
One of the most important achievements of 3 by 5 was to catalyze sustained support for the AIDS response, in particular the subsequent commitment by leaders of the G8 to work toward universal access to necessary HIV/AIDS services.6 These universal access goals were subsequently endorsed at the United Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS in September 2006.7
WHO and UNAIDS recently released new estimates of the magnitude of the global HIV epidemic and the resources needed to confront it.8 At the end of 2007, approximately 33 million people were living with HIV globally, with a global adult prevalence of about 0.8%, stable since 2001, but declining somewhat in Africa. Two patterns characterize the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS at a global level: (1) generalized, high prevalence epidemics that are sustained in the general population and where substantial mother-to-child transmission occurs, almost exclusively in the sub-Saharan Africa region but affecting selected countries elsewhere, such as Haiti and Papua New Guinea; and (2) otherwise, concentrated, low-prevalence epidemics that mostly affect risk populations such as injecting drug users, commercial sex workers, and men who have sex with men.1
Sub-Saharan Africa remains the most heavily affected region of the world, accounting for approximately two thirds of all incident and prevalent HIV infections and three quarters of all AIDS deaths. Almost 90% of children with HIV are African. Approximately 60% of adult HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa are in women, the incidence being especially high in adolescents and younger women. The impact of the epidemic in Africa has been evident with reduced life expectancy by as much as 2 to 3 decades in the most heavily affected countries of southern Africa, disrupted family and demographic structures, and huge increases in orphanhood. An especially important aspect of the public health impact of HIV/AIDS has been the secondary epidemic of TB, most severe in southern Africa where rates of HIV infection are highest.
By December 2007, it was estimated that almost 3 million HIV-infected people were receiving ART in low- and middle-income countries, representing approximately 31% of the estimated 9.7 million people currently in need of treatment.9 There has been a substantial expansion in access to key health sector interventions such as HIV testing and counseling, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, and ART. Coverage of antiretroviral prophylaxis in HIV+ pregnant women for prevention of mother-to-child transmission in low- and middle-income countries, for example, increased from 9% in 2004 to 33% in 2007. By the end of 2007, 200,000 children were estimated to be receiving maintenance ART.
This progressive expansion of ART coverage and other interventions is leading to measurable impact on the HIV epidemic and its related direct costs. The mortality associated with HIV and related diseases has declined during the past 2 years, and much of this must be attributable to ART. Global HIV incidence likely peaked in the late 1990s and has gradually declined since then. Some of this decline is likely the result of interventions rather than the natural history of the epidemic itself. Nevertheless, despite the important progress in treatment and prevention, the number of persons affected by the disease is still rising, with about 2.5 million new infections and 2.1 million deaths in 2007.9 Stable or even declining HIV incidence applied to an expanding population means that although incidence and prevalence may have peaked, for example in Africa, the absolute number of people living with HIV may continue to increase.
The prevention and treatment of pediatric HIV remains challenging, despite recent encouraging trends. HIV-related disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in infants and children in countries with generalized HIV epidemics, particularly in southern Africa. More than 90% of infections in infants and children result from mother-to-child transmission. It should be noted that in the absence of any intervention, about 20% to 45% of infants born to HIV-infected mothers become infected. The risk of transmission can be reduced to well under 5% with use of proven interventions. Globally, according to the most recent estimates, there are 2.1 million children living with HIV, encompassing 420,000 new infections in children (almost 17% of all new infections globally) and 290,000 deaths in 2007. In many countries, the mode of prevention and treatment programs for infants and children remains that of pilot initiatives, often funded and implemented by outside partners and organizations. National HIV/AIDS programs must ensure they take into account the needs of children and their families and address the associated logistical and financial gaps.
In working toward universal access, WHO has prioritized 5 strategic directions for HIV/AIDS work in the health sector: increasing knowledge of HIV serostatus; maximizing the health sector's contribution to HIV prevention; accelerating the scale-up of HIV treatment and care, including for neglected populations such as injecting drug users and children; strengthening and expanding health systems to address HIV/AIDS and other conditions; and investing in strategic information to guide a more effective response. Consistent with the reinvigorated commitment to primary health care, WHO recommends a public health approach to the design and provision of services for HIV prevention, care, and treatment.5 This entails standardized and simplified approaches, including recommendations for first- and second-line therapy; decentralization of service provision; task shifting strategies to optimize the use of available human resources; simplified clinical decision making; involvement of community members and people living with HIV in managing and designing programs and delivering services; and use of strategies to minimize costs, including the use of generic fixed-dose combination medicines and alternative laboratory technologies to diagnose and monitor treatment.
New estimates of the financial resources required for a comprehensive response to HIV/AIDS were released in November 2007.10 Resources needed to scale up prevention, treatment, and support programs will grow from $10 billion in 2007 to $35 billion in 2010 and will reach $41 billion by 2015.
Experience to date has shown that weakness of health systems and infrastructures is a major obstacle to the delivery and sustainability of scaled up programs.11 A potentially harmful debate has opened up about whether disease-specific programs help or hinder systems strengthening, and this is an important topic for operational research and targeted evaluation. In the same way that pitting prevention against treatment scale-up was a harmful and false dichotomy, so we must ensure that this new argument does not detract from the wide gap in treatment and prevention access that still exists internationally. A commitment to achieve universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care, and support must be coupled with determination to address health system weaknesses, ensuring both approaches are mutually reinforcing.
The Global Impact of TB
TB is the second most common infectious cause of death worldwide, especially in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Globally, 9.2 million new cases and 1.7 million TB-associated deaths occurred in 2006. The majority of these cases occurred in Asia, but the highest population rate has been observed in Africa where the prevalence of HIV infection is at its highest. According to WHO, approximately 700,000 cases and 200,000 deaths related to TB occurred in the HIV+ population worldwide in 2006.12 The WHO African region, which represented only 12% of the world's total population in 2006, harbored around a third of all new TB and 85% of all HIV+ new TB cases and was also the region where about a quarter of all estimated people with TB were also positive for HIV infection. In 2006, more than 50% of all reported new cases of TB in sub-Saharan Africa that were tested for HIV were found to be HIV+. Globally, there was an estimate of 500,000 cases of multidrug-resistant TB in 2006. These cases were unevenly spread, with 27 countries (of which 15 are in Eastern Europe) accounting for 86% of the total.
Outside the dramatic situation of TB-HIV coinfection in Africa, elsewhere, with exception of the European region where rates are approximately stable, the number of new cases of TB per capita appears to have been falling globally since 2003, However, in 4 WHO regions, the total number of new TB cases continues to rise globally owing to population growth.
Considering this scenario, scaling up effective HIV/AIDS and TB strategies, including collaborative TB-HIV interventions,13 is one of the most important public health challenges faced by Africa today. Ensuring that these programs are effective and decrease HIV-TB-related morbidity and mortality will be the key factor in their success. The Stop TB Strategy is the WHO's recommended approach to reducing the burden of TB in line with global targets (http://www.who.int/tb/strategy). Considered as the basis of TB control, the strategy has 6 major components: directly observed treatment, short course (DOTS) implementation; addressing TB/HIV, multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB, and other challenges; contributing to health system strengthening; engaging all care providers; empowering TB patients and communities; and enabling and promoting research. To date, progress obtained with the Stop TB Strategy has been mixed. Some components of the strategy, such as the detection and treatment of new TB cases in DOTS programs, have provided encouraging results, with rates of case detection for new smear-positive cases reaching more than 60% in 2006 (compared with the target of at least 70%) and the treatment success rate improved to just below the target of 85%. However, progress in the implementation and planning of other parts of the strategy has been less, with a need for scaling up and improvement of TB-HIV collaborating activities; more ambitious planning at the country level for treatment of patients with MDR or extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB; and advocacy, communication, and social mobilization activities.
Regarding financial resources, available funding for global TB control in 2008 reached $3.3 billion, up from less than $1 billion in 2002. Nevertheless, the gap between the available and required resources is estimated to be $1.1 billion.12 This is mainly due to the higher funding requirements for more effective collaborative TB-HIV activities, in diagnosis and more aggressive management of MDR and XDR TB, and implementation of other activities of the overall Stop TB Strategy to meet the MDGs.
However, as observed with the HIV/AIDS pandemic, laboratory capacity is a major barrier to dealing with this disease, particularly with HIV-associated and drug-resistant TB, requiring a massive effort with associated human resources, capital investments, and biosafety needs. An integrated public health laboratory approach will be necessary to address the dual threat of HIV and TB. As part of the laboratory strengthening of HIV and TB programs, there is an urgent need for improved TB diagnostics, including external quality assurance and strengthened smear-microscopy services. In addition, given the difficulties with diagnosing TB in people living with HIV, HIV and TB programs will need to work together to scale up access to culture and drug sensitivity testing to quickly and accurately diagnose people living with HIV and MDR or XDR TB.
The Global Impact of Malaria
Malaria is endemic in 109 countries and continues to cause between 189 and 327 million clinical episodes of illness each year, with at least 881,000 associated deaths. Around 60% of these cases and more than 91% of deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa, where malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children younger than 5 years and pregnant women. Constituting 10% of the overall disease burden, malaria places a substantial strain on health services and costs Africa about $12 billion in lost production each year. Furthermore, malaria consumes around one fourth of household incomes in most African endemic countries, reducing access to preventive interventions and lifesaving services.14
As observed with TB, the major burden of malaria occurs in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, where a significant overlap with HIV infection also occurs. HIV infection is also associated with an increased frequency of clinical malaria and parasitemia.15 This association tends to become more pronounced with advancing immunosuppression and could have important public health implications for sub-Saharan Africa.16 However, the prevalence of malaria and HIV and the extent of geographic overlap vary widely within each region, even in countries with a high prevalence of both infections. Transmission of malaria and HIV can also result from inadequate blood transfusion practices and, for HIV, the use of unsafe injections.17
Global progress has also been made in malaria control with the adoption of effective interventions that are programmatically simpler than those recommended for HIV and TB: improved access to diagnostics and artemisinin-containing combination therapy for promptly diagnosed acute illness; vector control through use of insecticide-treated bed nets or indoor residual spraying; and use of intermittent preventive therapy in pregnancy. An international partnership coordinated by WHO, UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund), United Nations Development Programme, and World Bank—Roll Back Malaria—is targeted to halve the prevalence and deaths associated with this disease by 2010 in comparison with the levels at the beginning of the century (http://www.rbm.who.int/). Integrated interventions for malaria control have demonstrated dramatic impact at a community level in some studies, following an integrated introduction of artemisinin-containing combination therapy and insecticide-treated bed nets.
Annual funding for malaria control has increased at least 10-fold during the last 15 years, now approximating $600 million annually.18 Millions of these long-lasting insecticidal nets and fixed-dose combination antimalarial treatments have been procured annually worldwide. However, the Global Fund for Tuberculosis, AIDS and Malaria estimates that resources will have to increase to more than $3.5 billion annually by 2010 to meet the Abuja Declaration and MDGs for malaria control targets.19
Obstacles, Uncertainties, and Priorities to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria in the Future
Despite the progresses in the management of these 3 diseases, important obstacles, uncertainties, and unmet priorities remain. For HIV, many programs fail to use and integrate available prevention and treatment interventions at large scale—with condom use and cotrimoxazole prophylaxis, for example—or ignore local epidemiology and sociocultural factors when allocating resources. An extraordinary and special effort is required in the face of the HIV pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa, where just 8 countries with an adult HIV prevalence of more than 15% are responsible for more than 35% of the current estimated burden of global AIDS deaths.9 Only about 10% to 20% of people living with HIV in Africa know they are infected. In addition, it is increasingly being recognized that TB-related morbidity and mortality threaten progress in scaling up HIV care and treatment services. In April 2008, WHO convened a meeting of experts who concluded that the "Three I's for HIV/TB"—isoniazid preventive therapy, intensified case finding for TB, and infection control for TB—should be an essential aspect of providing HIV services. The priority interventions for the health sector, including scaled up testing and counseling, preventing mother-to-child transmission, progressive expansion of treatment access, and the Three I's for TB/HIV, offer the opportunity to normalize HIV and reduce stigma, rather than forever citing stigma as an insurmountable barrier to the right to life and health.11
Priorities for TB include the further expansion of DOTS and addressing MDR and XDR disease as a matter of urgency. This highlights the huge problem of infrastructure, for without laboratory capacity, drug resistance cannot be tackled because it cannot be diagnosed. TB, like HIV/AIDS, reminds us of the need for public health humility. Despite the meeting of program targets, the incidence of TB in some settings stubbornly refuses to decline. Conversely, in some settings, TB is in decline but other determinants seem more important than drug treatment programs. Similarly for HIV/AIDS, the natural history of the epidemic itself can obscure or override prevention effects, especially if weak, but such observations should make us redouble our efforts, not be discouraged.
Malaria is perhaps the "lowest hanging fruit" of these 3 diseases in which increased and sustained investments could lead to very rapid impact. It may also be the disease for which new technologies may be most applicable. There are early indications from several countries in Africa that this renewed effort at malaria control is beginning to have an effect, but additional tools, including a highly effective vaccine, are needed.
However, common themes extending to HIV, TB, and malaria are the need to adopt interventions according to local epidemiology and to invest in strategic information, particularly weak for malaria.20 Another common element to these 3 public health problems is the urgent need to strengthen laboratory capacity to expand access to diagnosis and adequate management of HIV, TB, and malaria. Although the increased funding availability provides an opportunity for laboratory strengthening, unless efforts are made to simplify, standardize, and coordinate this process to support a public health approach in a comprehensive manner, there is a real risk that this investment in laboratory strengthening will not lead to efficient, effective, and sustainable services that strengthen national health services. WHO, as the UN agency responsible for global public health, is committed to supporting the strengthening of laboratories, in support of national health responses.
Finally, the lessons from the 3 by 5 HIV initiative, Stop TB Strategy, and Roll Back Malaria partnerships are that weak health systems, inadequate human resources, and poor laboratory infrastructure are the major obstacles to scale-up of services. Integrated care and prevention and health systems and human resources strengthening require universal access to drugs, diagnostics, and simplified laboratory tools. The international community cannot lose the enormous ground that it has gained in the last years.


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Boot and Work Faster: Kernel 2.6.30 has arrived
Thanks to the already implemented fastboot patches, the new Kernel 2.6.30 has the ability to recognize hard disks simultaneously and therefore significantly quicker. Ext 4 operates more securely, and Ext 3 increases performance.
Kernel 2.6.30 has arrived, and along with Tux as the old new mascot, is accompanied by an assortment of modifications to the new data system Ext 4. This was preceded by a lengthy discussion relating to the lagging write cycle of the data system which lead to a loss of data in some applications. While Ted Ts'o saw this as a problem on the part of the application developers, Linus Torvald tended towards the opinion that this issue lay with the kernel and was therefore not the developers' responsibility. In this respect, the new kernel reduced performance in favor of data security. At the same time kernel developers have focused more on Ext 3 to avoid issues with the read and write processes.
The boot time of the kernel has been accelerated and improved: Alain Knaff has added support to the kernel for compression algorithms LZMA and BZIP2 so that the kernel images and initramFS can be more quickly depacketized, up to 33%. Likewise, Arjan van de Ven accelerated the drives over the SCSI and Libata subsystems so that the kernel now works on a parallel basis instead of sequentially. The fastboot option now functions by default. The new kernel also allows for a more superior interaction between suspend and interrupts.
At the graphic level, the new kernel supports the GPUs from the R6xx/R7xx series from ATI. The ATI Mobility Radeon RV350 now operates over a working suspend/resume function. Intel's IGD chip supports the kernel just as well as VGA Hotplugging for the 945er chip set family. For the wireless realm, the new kernel already supports the recommended standard IEEE 802.11w which is to ensure the exchange of data between WLANs. As this data passes non-protected over the ethernet, potential areas susceptible to Hacker attacks are created. In addition, there are a few additional supported WLAN cards, such as one from Atheros (AR9170), from Atmel (AT76c50x), as well as PRISM54 chips which can be found in Nokia's N800 and N810 devices. Other WLAN units, among which Ralink, now function better with the energy savers and the construction of mesh networks.
The new data system NILFS2 comes from NTT and functions on a log-structured basis. It writes updates from data and meta-data in a continuous stream or log onto the entire hard drive which administers as a continuous list of blocks. NILFS2 works with modifictions and extensions sequentially so that potential crashes avoid damage to the data system. At the same time it allows snapshots of past system writing processes to trigger so the Admin can gain access. In addition, POHMELFS has come into play, offering up a network based data system. It reads highly performing data from various sources and commands the ability to simultaneously write onto many nodes within the network. Presently, the data system is still in the staging realm. Likewise, additional network block device storage can be found there in the form of DST (distributed network storage) which allows local and remote nodes to be brought into use and possesses both a linear mode and mirror mode.
Many distributions offer the packets with the vanilla kernel which can be installed next to the standard kernels. Depending on whether a distribution is based on the original kernel or not, the possibility that certain functions or devices will cease to function correctly after the update so it is not advisable to chuck out the old kernels just yet.
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Type: Bug
Status: Resolved
Priority: Critical
Resolution: Invalid
Affects Version/s: 1.6.2
Fix Version/s: 1.6.3
Component/s: None
This is about the rendering of a JXTreeTable.
Whenever the same instance of an object is inserted more than once to the tree component of a JXTreeTable, an empty node is being painted for every subsequent insertion.
We are not expecting those empty nodes.
Could you please advise us how to remove those empty nodes?
To reproduce the problem:
1- Run the attached example (TestTreeTable.java)
2- Click on the button "Add node D to A"
3- Expand node "A" to be able to see the added node "D"
4- Click on the button "Add node D to A" again
5- You must be able to see the blank node under node "D"
6- Repeat step 4 to see the problem again
looks like a problem in your model implementation - same happens in a plain JTree as well, replace the relevant part
tree = new JTree(model);
getContentPane().add(new JScrollPane(tree), BorderLayout.CENTER);
BTW: better let the TreeModelSupport do the notification, that's why it's there
To track it down, first make it work in a plain tree, if it's working there and not in JXTreeTable, you hit a treeTable issue - and we'll dig here
As you already said, using the old model implementation, the problem is also occurring in a "JTree".
Does that mean that their is a bug in the JTree or a bug in the model implementation?
I tried using the "TreeModelSupport" and it is working fine as I implemented it. You can check files [TestTreeTableExample_UPDATED.java and InsertTreeTableModel.java]
Could you please advise :
1. Is their any other way or implementation to avoid such problem?
2. Best way to insert/update/delete at runtime a node into the treetable?
Thank you
my guess is the model implementation (JTree is too long around as that a major bug as that would have gone undetected.
As it's not a SwingX related problem, I'm closing this. Please feel free to reopen if all works correctly in a JTree but not in a JXTreeTable.
Well, as much as I love evaluating code and digging - this is a SwingX issue tracker, not a free debug resource for custom code You might want to go to any of the public forums (first a core Swing forum to make your model work in a JTree) to try and get further help.
Hmm ... on a quick glance: it's a tree structure - this implies that each node has exactly one parent (except the root, which has no parent). So you can't add the same node twice ... What you can do is to add the same user-object to different nodes
Thanks for your interest


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Initial Small Community Air Service Development Projects Have Achieved Mixed Results
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Over the last decade significant changes have occurred in the airline industry. Many legacy carriers are facing challenging financial conditions and low cost carriers are attracting passengers away from some small community airports. These changes, and others, have challenged small communities to attract adequate commercial air service. To help small communities improve air service, Congress established the Small Community Air Service Development Program in 2000. This study reports on (1) how the Department of Transportation (DOT) has implemented the program; and (2) what goals and strategies have been used and what results have been obtained by the grants provided under the program.
The Small Community Air Service Development Program grants are awarded at the discretion of the Secretary of Transportation. GAO found that DOT considered the statutory eligibility criteria and priority factors as well as other factors in evaluating proposals and in making awards. The number of grant applications has declined since 2002. DOT officials see this as a consequence of the large number of ongoing grants and the impact of 2003 legislative changes. In surveying airport directors we found that grantee airports generally responded positively to DOT's process for awarding grants, about two-thirds were satisfied with the clarity of the selection criteria, while about one-third of directors at airports not receiving grants were satisfied with the clarity. DOT oversight is based on reviews of grantee reports and reimbursement requests, and DOT has terminated some projects and reallocated the unexpended funds to others. Individual grant projects had goals including adding flights, airlines and destinations, lowering fares, obtaining better planning data, increasing enplanements, and curbing the loss of passengers to other airports. Grantees used a number of strategies to achieve their goals, including subsidies and revenue guarantees to the airlines, marketing to the public and to the airlines, hiring personnel and consultants, and establishing travel banks. Results for the 23 projects completed by September 30, 2005 were mixed: about half of the airports reported air service improvements that were self-sustaining after the grant was over. Some projects were not successful due to factors beyond the project, such as an airline decision to reduce flights at a hub. However, it is too soon to assess the overall effectiveness of the program, because most funded projects are not complete--127 of the 157 awarded grants are ongoing. DOT designates one airport each year as an Air Service Development Zone. The communities selected in 2002, 2003, and 2004 expressed similar concerns about the usefulness of this designation. None of the communities could cite any effect the Air Service Development Zone had for them. Instead, communities expressed confusion as to what DOT's designation was supposed to provide.
Recommendations for Executive Action
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: In response to this recommendation, the DOT Inspector General conducted a review of the Small Community Air Service Development Program. Specifically, the DOT Inspector General reviewed 40 grants issued between 2002 and 2006 (excluding feasibility studies) that had been closed for 12 months or more as of March 31, 2007 to determine whether the projects could sustain themselves without continued Federal support. As a result of its review, the DOT Inspector General's final report, issued in May 2008, made further recommendations to improve the grant award process.
Recommendation: To ensure the effectiveness of the Small Community Air Service Development Program, the Secretary of Transportation should conduct an evaluation of the Small Community Air Service Development Program in advance of the program's reauthorization in 2008. Such an evaluation should occur after additional grant projects are complete and include a determination of the extent to which the program is meeting its intended purpose of improving air service to small communities.
Agency Affected: Department of Transportation
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: In response to our recommendation, DOT included enhanced guidance for communities considering requesting designation as an Air Service Development Zone in its January 2006 order requesting proposals for the fiscal year 2006 program. Specifically, the order clarified the information that the applicant is expected to provide to support his request including a detailed plan that outlines what goals the community expects to achieve and the types of activities on which it would like to work with DOT in achieving those goals. In addition, the order specifies that DOT would work with the grant recipient to help direct the community's efforts to appropriate government agencies that could provide further support and guidance for achieving the community's goals. The order also states that DOT will serve as a liaison in helping the selected community connect directly with others that have the expertise and ability to support the community's development activities.
Recommendation: To ensure the effectiveness of the Small Community Air Service Development Program, the Secretary of Transportation should clarify what support and services it will provide to communities that are designated as Air Service Development Zones.
Agency Affected: Department of Transportation
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Re: Help! My phone wont charge
Plugged in??!! Lol
You probably need a new USB cable.they're known to go bad.
Is it still under warranty ? If so, you can have 1 sent to you.
if you have to just get a temporary car charger version.
Both wall & CPU ( or other) charging methods aren't working??
Has nothing to do with a ROM btw
- 11-12-2012, 07:37 PM Thread Author #3
Re: Help! My phone wont charge
I tried different USB cables and even on a different battery and it still doesn't charge it, but I have a charger that charges a battery without it having to be in the phone, but still I wonder if its the rom
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Erik Daniel Shein was born Erik Daniel Stoops, November 18th 1966 He is an American writer, and Visionary, film producer, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, and philanthropist, Pet enthusiast and animal health advocate . He is the author and co authored of over 30 nonfiction and fiction books whose writings include six scientific articles in the field of herpetology. His children's book, "The Forgotten Ornament" is a Christmas classic, and was endorsed by Hollywood legends Mickey and Jan Rooney.
Mr Shein is the creator of the Monsterjunkie universe, and his Debut novels the Monsterjunkies an American family odyssey being a normal family is a state of mind and the sequel Monsterjunkies Sanctuary were Kirkus reviews young adult books of the month November and December 2014 in Kirkus magazine, Monsterjunkies an American family Odyssey was named Top 50 teen books for 2014 by Kirkus
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One of his passions is classic Animation, including his CGI and 2D original story, "The Legend of the Secret Pass" which was made into an independent theatrical animated motion picture with several A list celebrities. He was instrumental in raising productions funds and working with his team to make the project come to fruition. With Legend of Secret Pass Mr. Shein used his zoology studies, and his love for Fortean Zoology and American Indian mythology to weave a story that may become a classic fable. Mr. Shein also created the TV show Reptile Chronicles where he hosted each adventure as the character Professor E with his animated side kick, Doupy the Gila monster. The show received three media industry awards.
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The idea or inspiration for this project largely comes from Erik Daniel Shein, well known author and herpetologist. Erik in collaboration with another local writer/professor, L.M Reker ,with movie production firms in Los Angeles and funding from a developer from Arizona, created an animated feature length movie called 'Legend of Secret Pass'. Whose theme was based on the concept of a wildlife sanctuary. In addition they have developed a series of books called 'My Storyland Friends' all about animals themes relevant to the mission of S.W.E.E.T. The physical development of S.W.E.E.T is a realization of that idea.
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I'm amazed at how little parent consultation was done about the 4/5 Corte Madera plan. It seems to have been driven by a small group of parents, with very little wider community involvement. The idea of having 9 year olds (or even their parents) try to pick an area of academic concentration is absurd. High schools don't do it and even Universities discourage undergraduates to do it until their Junior year. Shouldn't we be encouraging our 9 & 10 year olds to have the broadest general Liberal Arts education instead of pigeon holing them at such a young age?
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The concept of DIY has been abused to send people down the wrong roads of professionalism. In olden times, DIY for rappers was essentially rapping, making CDs and selling them out of the trunk. The 2012 version of the DIY rapper is tasked to be his own CEO or music mogul. That's just unrealistic as a MC who tries to handle every aspect of his business is doomed to fail. He needs a team of people with varied skill sets to help get his career off the ground. Here are eight people ever rapper needs on the squad to help him reach the next level.
1. A "No Man"
Michael Jordan is one of the most successful men in the world. But he sucks as a general manager for the simple fact that he has an armada of "yes" men around him. If even Jordan struggles because of too many brown-nosers then you can best believe your studio session is hampered by people saying your song is jamming when it's full of struggle. You need someone who knows your personality well enough to impart criticism in a productive way and doesn't destroy your (probably huge) ego.
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Marketing is a delicate job. People go to college and learn how to market. Reading Decoded or watching Rush Card commercials won't teach you the fine art overnight. You need someone who knows how to navigate social media, construct pitch-perfect emails and get your music to the most people without making you a nuisance. Scour colleges and find some marketing students that are looking for credits or something. They can at least do a bit of work and you may forge a solid relationship.
3. A Graphic Designer
You know how we make fun of Everest College? Well, the dumbest kid at Everest in a design class knows more about design than you do. Get someone that's looking for a break in the graphic design or art sector and enlist some help with your album covers, flyers and logo. First appearances are integral and your art is the first impression many will have of you.
4. Sexy Ladies
I once attended a show where the performer was absolutely brutal but he had some really sexy women handing out CDs. So I took one and even played it in the car on the slight chance one of their vaginas would jump out of my CD player and into my lap. That never happened but at least I remembered the performer as the guy with the sexy help. Gather three or four really attractive women to just tweet about you, post on Facebook about you and come to your shows. It makes a world of difference for thirsty guys out there wanting eye candy to make up for what is generally a rap show sausage fest.
5. A Stylist
You don't need make-up or scarves to get your image right but getting the right person to touch up your look is crucial. This could just be a friend that lets you know your throwback jersey really isn't the thing anymore. It's good to have a person who can give the yay or nay on your outfit before hitting the stage.
6. A Real-Life Engineer
Your friend says he masters songs. Your friend is a liar. This is probably the most costly endeavor but it's worth it to spend a bit of money for your major songs you want to promote. The keen ear can detect a poorly mastered song and you want to get someone who knows what he or she is doing. This can also be done on a few campuses out there. Get some people that are trying to master their engineering crafts to work on your song and they'll do wonders for you.
Your live show may be great just the way it is – you hand a CD of instrumentals to the club DJ and he plays it while you rap over it. That's all well and good but having your own DJ amplifies your show at least tenfold. The DJ can help read the crowd, change up your show on the fly with you and add little quirks that make your set much more polished. Go to any show and it's a guarantee the best sets will come from the rappers with their own DJs. Easily.
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With the guidebook you'll have access to an unlimited supply of new software to stock your store for continuous lifetime profits.
Walkthrough training videos that take you through every step of setting up and running your software store. Quickstart training to get you up & running in minutes, and also detailed training for all of the advanced customization options.
That makes the Software Store Creator package worth over $2,343. And it's all ready for you to download and plug in instantly! Just upload it to your website and collect 100% of the profits!
Are you starting to see the massive potential with having a ready-made business you can call your own?
You get all the professionally made pieces that make up your complete software store when you secure your package today.
You get everything you need to be ready to start selling software in one afternoon after you order and download your new software business in a box.
Once it's set up on your website, you keep 100% of the sales for every sale you make and 100% of the customers.
There are over 1,800,000+ searches every month by people who are looking to buy software and are in need of someone to sell it to them!
This is where you will be able to tap in and instantly cash in with this software business.
You can have this instant best seller to burst into the Internet marketing scene or add an extra income stream to your current business.
It's all there ready and waiting for you on a silver platter.
For one, the product is great. It works and you'll be up & running fast and easy.
Second, the store looks smoking hot! You can be sure that you will get high conversions and make sales.
In other words…
You will have a unique business that you can rely on to make you money for years to come without the need for any more work or maintenance on your part! It's truly a set and forget internet money machine!
Everything you need to start making sales is all in this complete package. Just add traffic and the website will close the sales for you.
This is the perfect opportunity for you if you….
As powerful as it is, the software is very easy to setup. You just upload the files to your domain, enter a few settings, and run the installer. You get full tutorials, but if you're still intimidated by software we'll even install it for you–you don't need any technical knowledge to use this. (extra charge applies for install service)
And it's even easier to manage and customize…the Software Store Creator software uses a simple menu-driven interface so you can customize your site without any programming or technical knowledge. Here are a few screenshots…
If you can click checkboxes and drag and drop you can manage and modify your store menu …
…your store categories and products…
…your store layout, modules, and look & feel…
…and so much more
You've seen how powerful the software is in building your list and generating cash. You've seen how simple it is to setup and use. Now here's why it's the last marketing product you'll ever need…
Software Store Creator creates a software store for you that YOU own. So you have your own Internet real estate, you gain instant credibility, you establish your brand, and you have online currency. These things are the absolute foundation for generating real wealth.
Your own product helps you make more money as an affilate, too. When you promote other people's products you can offer software products as a bonus for ordering through your affiliate link, which leads to higher sales and more money in your pocket, which in turn is the fastest and most powerful way to get noticed by big time marketers and make them want to joint venture with you.
Maybe you've seen the recent explosion of products teaching you to focus your Internet business on affiliate marketing–Amazon, CPA networks, Clickbank, JVZoo, and other methods. But there's a hidden danger in that that they aren't sharing with you…
When you market as an affiliate, you are building the product OWNER's list and not your own because the leads you send signup on their list. You also have no control over the product, and the competition in affiliate marketing is increasing by the DAY with everyone trying to make an easy buck.
So the danger is, you may look up in 6 months and find that you can't make much as an affiliate anymore–the increasing competition means more affiliates to divide the same commissions so you get less. And worse, the bonus packages being offered by affiliates are escalating out of control so if you don't have your own product soon you won't be able to compete. (It's no secret why the top affiliates are all also product OWNERS–they offer their products as bonuses to make more sales as an affiliate!)
So you can make money as an affiliate and it's a nice extra income stream, but you NEED your own product to build enduring income so don't focus ONLY on affiliate marketing or you may be doomed and never even see it coming…
With Software Store Creator YOU own the store so you can build an increasing, stable, and dependable income that you can count on to be there for you…
With software this powerful, I had planned on keeping it all to myself and just keep using it to build my income while I spend my time doing what I want.
But I talk to so many marketers and people who want to break free from their dead-end jobs, stop worrying about money, and find a way to finally feel secure about their finances and their future. And unfortunately, for most they want to succeed so badly but just don't know what to do or can't seem to get anything to work…
So I've decided to make my software available…BUT I may only do so on a VERY limited basis or for a VERY limited time…
The value of the software is almost beyond measure–it builds your list, puts cash in your pocket, AND gives you instant online credibility. And it does it on nearly total autopilot.
If you tried to develop the software yourself you would pay at least $3,000 and that's if you outsourced it to the cheapest bidder (good luck hoping it actually works when you get it back!)
If we charged $297 it would be a bargain and it would sell out…
But I know at $297 it would be out of reach of most people who need it.
So you're not going to pay $297 or even $197. In fact, you're not even going to pay $97. When I showed this system to my friends in the industry, $197 is the price they said I should charge.
BUT, for right now, during this pilot launch phase only, if you agree to give me an audio or video testimonial when you get your breakthrough…I'll drop it down to just $27.
$27 for all that value…all that list building and income potential…and most importantly the chance to break free from your job and live the way YOU want to…getting up when you want, doing what you want, knowing all of your bills are paid, and being able to buy whatever you want without worrying about how much it costs…
So $27 gets you the full Software Store Creator package, but only now during this pilot launch phase, and only while they last. If we open it up again it will likely be at the full price of $97.
I KNOW Software Store Creator is going to play a huge part in a lot of marketers' upcoming breakthrough stories–the only question is will you be one of them…
Order NOW and I'll throw in this EXTRA BONUS – a $299 Value. Grab a front-row seat to the online training event of the year–"How To Setup a $100,000 Internet Business in 8 Weeks" where I walk you through it step-by-step…
You get FREE Access to this breakthrough training event as a bonus–access details are in the Members Area.
We put everything into Software Store Creator to make sure you love it. Try it risk-free for 30 full days. If you don't believe it's worth 10 TIMES your investment for any reason, just submit a ticket at our helpdesk and we'll deactivate your software and refund 100% of your money.
1. Do I need to install WordPress first to use the software?
No. Software Store Creator does not run on WordPress–it's a standalone PHP script.
2. Does it work on PC and Mac?
Yes. The software runs on a website–the requirements are Linux-based hosting account with Cpanel access and MySQL databases (this is standard for 95% of hosting accounts.
3. What do I need to use it?
You need a domain name and a hosting account (which you need to put any website online). Don't have it? Don't worry…we'll show you how to get it in about 5 minutes
4. What autoresponders is the opt-in form compatible with?
The opt-in form works with all major autoresponders and will work with any self-hosted autoresponders too.
5. Are there any upsells?
Yes, but you do not need them to use the software to setup your first store in minutes. The upsells are for more preloaded products, more color themes, multi-store licenses, and a done-for-you option where we setup your store for you.
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TaqMan-nuclease assays are widely used for the qualitative detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and the determination of biallelic states in pooled or heterozygous DNA samples. These assays are highly specific, reproducible, and suitable for high-throughput approaches. A crucial limitation of this method, and others, is the detection of minor allele frequencies with detection limits of generally 3% to 9% for minor allele contributions. Here we describe the combination of customized TaqMan-nuclease assay and allele-specific restriction to increase the sensitivity of this method, allowing the qualitative detection of allele contributions as low as 0.05%.
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are estimated to occur at a frequency of one SNP per 1–2 kb (1). Due to this high abundance throughout the genome, SNPs find a wide range of applications as molecular markers in, for example, forensics (2), medical diagnostics (3), and molecular epidemiology (4). A wide range of techniques have emerged to score SNPs qualitatively or quantitatively (5) including TaqMan-nuclease assay (6), molecular beacon assay (7), fluorescent-labeled locked nucleic acids (LNA) (8), pyrosequencing (9), multiplex quencher extension (10), and polymorphism ratio sequencing (11). Although these methods allow the detection of alleles in pooled or heterozygous samples if present at frequencies of 3%-9%, the sensitivity of these methods is limited and often insufficient for many applications. In disease-association studies in which allele contributions in whole-tissues of <2% can be crucial (12,13) or in biological studies where the contribution of minor alleles in heteroplasmic mitochondrial DNA samples can be as low as 0.01% (14), such allele frequencies cannot be detected without a tradeoff in the experimental design and sample throughput (9,10,11).
TaqMan-nuclease assays are well established and commonly used for SNP detection and genotyping studies (15,16). Using this methodology, the detection of SNPs goes hand-in-hand with the amplification of a single short DNA sequence containing the SNP site. Fluorescent probes differentiating between the two alleles bind at the SNP site located between the two primer sites and are degraded during amplification by the exonuclease activity of Taq DNA polymerase, releasing a fluorescent reporter dye. The amplification of a single DNA sequence to subsequently differentiate among allelic states is convenient and allows high throughput, but the downside of this design is the use of the same primer set for the amplification of both alleles. The use of just one primer pair leads automatically to a competing amplification between these alleles. If one allele is present at a lower frequency than the other, the amplification is likely to be dominated by the allele at the higher frequency. Thus, the amplification of the second allele with lower copy number is suppressed and often not detectable.
To minimize this effect, we combined allele-specific restriction with the TaqMan-nuclease assay (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA), in order to suppress the amplification of the dominant allele and to allow the qualitative detection of small allele contributions. To evaluate the power of this combined approach, we compared the detection limit for alleles occurring at low frequencies of the conventional TaqMan-nuclease assay to the detection limit of the combined TaqMan/restriction approach.
The investigated SNP was a G/A polymorphism (in which A = wild-type and G = mutant) in the salmon ND1 gene at nucleotide position 3957 of the mitochondrial genome (GenBank accession no. NC_002980). This SNP has been detected in previous work within individuals of a hatchery population of chinook salmon (data not published).
To evaluate the sensitivity of both approaches, we extracted DNA from fin clips of 20 salmon using the DNeasy Blood & Tissue kit (Qiagen GmbH, Hilden, Germany). We amplified and sequenced a 314-bp fragment of the mitochondrial genome of these samples using the primers ND1aF and ND1R1 to identify individuals harboring either the mutant (G) or the wild-type version (A) of the SNP (for primer sequences see (Table 1)). DNA purity was checked using a ND-1000 NanoDrop (NanoDrop Technologies, Wilmington, DE, USA), and 2-fold serial dilutions were prepared for mutant DNA samples (starting concentration: 4.5 ng/µL, 13 dilution steps), aliquoted, and stored at −20°C. As a measure of accuracy, we derived a standard curve from realtime PCR amplifications applying the TaqMan-nuclease assay on this dilution series. The amplification was performed with an efficiency of 98.5% (data not shown), confirming the accurate dilution of template DNA, which was then used for DNA pool construction. Mutant/wild-type DNA pools were prepared by adding the 2-fold dilution series of mutant DNA to a constant remaining DNA solution of 9 ng wild-type DNA, resulting in ratios of 1:2 to 1:8192.Table 1. Primer and Probe Sequences
The restriction enzyme capable of cutting the SNP in an allele-specific manner (AvaII, motif: GGWCC, with W = A or T) was identified using NEBcutter V2.0 (New England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA, USA). Digests were performed for 2 h at 37°C using 1 U enzyme/1 µg DNA, followed by 20 min heat inactivation at 65°C. Digests were applied on both wild-type and mutant DNA samples and were performed prior to the preparation of dilution series and pool construction.


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On top of that, I'm still working in the office of a local company who's owners have been a huge support in my college endeavor.
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Die Hard
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Then into the 60's and early 70's, so much great music was born as a result of Vietnam.
And of course the 80's. A person can't love Miami Vice without loving the music that goes along with it.
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