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The United Nations is marking World Refugee Day Sunday, June 20, with events worldwide. According to UN figures, there were more than 43 million refugees in 2010; the highest refugee level since the mid-1990s.
Leaders in Fatah and Hamas made use of the occasion to demand that Israel allow millions of Arab descended from those who fled during the War of Independence to "return" to the cities in which their grandparents and great-grandparents once lived.
Izzat Rishak of Hamas told the Arab paper Filistin, "The Palestinian refugees have the right to return to the houses from which they were expelled in 1948... As long as there is one Palestinian refugee who has not returned to his village, the resistance will continue."
Zakariya El-Ara of the Palestinian Authority expressed similar sentiments. The PA believes refugees should be resettled in the villages they lived in prior to 1948, he said. The refugee problem is at the heart of the Arab-Israeli conflict, he stated.
An estimated 10 million Arabs claim descent from a resident of pre-state Israel. The Jewish population of Israel is approximately 5.73 million.
When Israel declared independence in 1948, surrounding Arab countries launched an attack in an attempt to obliterate the fledgling Jewish state. An estimated 700,000 Arab residents of what is now Israel fled during the fighting, while many Jews fled from their homes in Gaza, Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem, areas which were overrun by Egypt and Jordan.
Over the next several years, an estimated one million Jewish refugees fled to Israel from Arab Muslim countries. While the Jewish refugees were resettled in Israel, Arabs who fled prestate Israel were not granted citizenship in the Arab countries to which they fled, but instead were forced to live in camps, and in some cases were not permitted to work or own property.
The United Nations has taken responsibility for Arabs who fled Israel and for their descendents. Unlike refugees from all other parts of the world, Arabs who fled Israel pass along their UN refugee status to children, grandchildren, and all subsequent generations born outside Israel. In addition, the UN considered Arabs to be "Palestinian refugees" if they resided in pre-state Israel for even two years prior to fleeing the country.
The UN has established a special agency, the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), to deal specifically with Arabs descended from those who fled Israel, while all other refugees worldwide are helped via the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Friday that the US will donate $60 million to UNRWA for the upcoming year. The US gave $267 million to UNRWA in 2009, and is expected to give a total of at least $225 million in 2010.


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One of the things which bugs me about Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (and its many siblings) is the appalling lack of freedom when encountering challenges: There are a dozen apparent ways to attempt to solve a problem. One of them is correct. Retry until you guess right.
Most missions require a certain degree of foreknowledge. Going into a situation, you never know if you will need a fast car, a heavy car, a motorcycle, or if you will be fighting on foot. Will you fight many weak foes (bring a pistol) or a single strong one (bring a shotgun) or will you need to be shooting while driving? (Bring a submachine gun.) You have to try a mission a few times to know what you're up against and use that knowledge to prepare, but then the game thwarts attempts to otherwise use that knowledge to your advantage. You have to use some foreknowledge, but not too much, and only when the game allows. Case in point:
The Setup:
Salvatore Leone, a Mafia Don, has been kidnapped. His kidnappers have him in the trunk of a car. They plan to take the car to the junkyard and put it into the crusher. Sal is a lying, murderous, drug-selling, wife-beating scumball, and my job is to rescue him.
Attempt 1:
The bad guys have the car in a garage. I dash in and gun them all down, planning to free Sal once they are dead. He should be fine as long as I kill them before they get in the car. Wrong. The car is already full of guys, and they were just sitting in the car, waiting around for no particular reason except that whoever designed the quest wanted a car chase. The bad guys could have left long before I got here if they wanted.
They pull away. I commandeer a nearby car but I'm too slow. They get away. I reach the junkyard just in time to see the car get lowered into the crusher.
Attempt 2:
Thinking ahead, I park a car in front of the garage. Traffic piles up and forms a roadblock. When they emerge from the garage they are forced to push their way through the mass of cars. While they are stopped, I make my move and run up and try to steal the car, planning to drive away.
Except the doors are locked. All cars in the gameworld – parked or moving – are unlocked in this game, except in situations like this where being clever would make a mission "too easy". They change the rules on you, because if they decide we're going to have a car chase then dangit, we are going to have ourselves a car chase!
The bad guys shove through traffic and pull away. I am stranded in the traffic clog of my own making and can't catch them.
Attempt 3:
Fine! I'll stop trying to be clever and do the car chase. I pick up a very fast car and just wait outside of the garage. The bad guys pull out. Their car is a very crappy model but seems unnaturally nimble and fast. Hmmmm. I strongly suspect there is a little cheating going on here. No matter what car I bring, I suspect theirs will be 10% faster.
Keeping up is hard. I get spun around in traffic and they pull away. I catch up just in time to see the magnetic grabber lowering towards the car. The game tips me off that I need to steal the car before it gets crushed. Oh so now I can steal it? Classic plot-driven doorlocks. I can see I won't reach it in time, but I'm not willing to give up just yet. I floor it and jump a pile of debris, and land perfectly on top of the Car containing Sal. I bail out. Score! The grabber will take my car off the top and then I can drive away with Sal.
But the grabber goes right through my car, grabs Sal, and lifts the bottom car through my now-ethereal vehicle.
Attempt 4:
I don't go to the garage where the guys are waiting. Instead of showing up and triggering the chase, I just head straight for the junkyard. Without me chasing them, the bad guys take their sweet time, so I have a generous wait. I'm right beside the crusher, so as soon as they jump out I can jump in. On previous attempts the crusher seemed to wait a bit before doing its thing, so once the bad guys get out I'll have plenty of time to get in.
They pull in. Like scripted idiots, they don't gun me down, drive away, or run me over while still in the car. They just get out. Rather than have them shoot up the car as I pull away, I decide to take them out first. But before I can even drop the first guy, the crane comes in and snatches the car away. Looks like the crane is triggered not just by time, but by how close I am. Whoever designed the mission wanted me to come in and drive away juuuust as the crane is coming down, so that I would rescue Sal at the very last second. My standing nearby just triggered it sooner, before the bad guys could even walk away from the car.
I have a perfect picture in my mind of how this mission is supposed to go: I get to the garage just as the car with Sal is pulling away. Then I have a high-speed chase across town, but the bad guys pull away from me. They park the car at the crusher and step away, thinking they won. Then I fly in, nab the car out from under the crusher at the last second and narrowly make my escape in a hail of bullets.
The author of this mission isn't designing a game, he's writing a movie scene, and I'm acting as a stuntman who isn't allowed to read the script. I have to feel around for the railroad plot and figure out my place in it. If this was in any other game, players wouldn't stand for this sort of thing. In a lot of ways GTA is a terrible game that takes place in an outstanding gameworld with high production values.
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- Good color and light balance
- Dead-easy to operated
- 2-hour storage
- Solid construction
- Smooth digital zoom
- Stereo microphone
- Digital zoom looks grainy
- No image stabilization
- Can shoot a little too bright indoors
- HDMI cable not included
Our Verdict
After updating the Flip Ultra pocket camcorder to shoot in 720p high-definition (HD) video, Cisco turned its sights on the Flip MinoHD. The smallest of the Flip camcorders, the original MinoHD (Flip MinoHD my new favorite pocket camcorder.) produced only adequate results—typically lending a yellow tone to video shot indoors, offering a fairly underpowered mono microphone, and providing no way to view HD video on a TV connected directly to the camera. The new MinoHD changes all that, making the
Design and specifications
The first thing owners of any previous Flip camcorder will notice when removing the new MinoHD from the box is how solidly built the camera is. Although approximately the same size as the original MinoHD, the new version is noticeably heavier thanks, in part, to its brushed aluminum exterior and the solid-metal USB connector that flips out with the touch of a switch. Flip the Flip over and you also spy a larger LCD. The previous MinoHD had a 1.5-inch LCD whereas the new model houses a 2-inch transflective TFT display (offering a resolution of 960 by 240 pixels). That display is bright enough to be seen outdoors under direct sunlight.
Just as you can with other Flip Mino camcorders, you can customize the look of the camera by applying a design of your own, using a generated design, or choosing one of the designs offered by Pure Digital (the arm of Cisco responsible for the Flip camcorders). Custom-designed cameras cost nothing extra but must be configured and purchased via Pure Digital's Web site.
The new MinoHD includes 8GB of memory for up to 120 minutes of shooting 30 frames per second (fps) H.264 video at an average bit rate of 9Mbps. It includes an f/2.4 fixed focused lens (0.8m to infinity) and a stereo microphone. Like previous Flip cameras, this one has a smooth 2X digital zoom that gets grainy when zoomed out. Like all Flip camcorders, the latest MinoHD includes the FlipShare software on the camera, allowing you to edit the camera's video on just about any computer you plug it into. And, like all pocket camcorders, this one lacks image stabilization.
The bottom of the new MinoHD sports the expected tripod mount but, additionally, a mini HDMI connector for attaching the camera directly to an HDTV or AV receiver that supports HDMI. Unfortunately, the HDMI cable necessary to do the job isn't included in the box. ( MonoPrice.com sells Mini-HDMI to HDMI cables for just over $5.)
The controls on the back of the camera work just as they did with the previous MinoHD. Again, you find the big red button you use to start recording and touch-sensitive buttons for Volume Up and Down, Next, Previous, Play, and Delete. The power button remains on the right side (as you look at the back of the camera) and the switch that releases the USB connector is on the left. Echoing the case's rounder design, the Record, Play, and Delete buttons are a little more dimpled than their predecessors.
Vision and sound
I'll repeat the mantra: All pocket camcorders are a study in compromise. But the latest MinoHD handles those compromises better than other pocket cameras I've used. Like other cameras, the results of its low-light shooting can be grainy. However, it compensates for the wild color shifts you get from some of these cameras. Under typical lamp light, for example, most pick up a yellow cast and a few over-compensate and bring too much blue to the picture. The new MinoHD gets much closer to the true color—white objects are white instead of yellow.
Indoors under good natural light I found the new MinoHD tried a little too hard. Like the Flip UltraHD, it brightened the picture a bit too much, washing out skin tones. Outside under shaded sunlight, this wasn't as much of an issue.
The Flip UltraHD shoots a little blue outdoors and the original MinoHD tended to get blown out by bright colors under direct sunlight. The new MinoHD isn't perfect, but it loses the UltraHD's blue cast and better handles bright colors.
The MinoHD's sound is improved over the original as well. Not only do you now get a stereo microphone instead of one that records mono only, but the microphone is more sensitive—as sensitive as the one found in the Flip UltraHD.
Macworld's buying advice
The science of pocket camcorders is evolving. What was a great pocket camcorder yesterday (again, with all its compromises) is only adequate when a newer, better model comes out. Such is the case with the latest Flip MinoHD. It's today's great pocket camcorder. How long it will remain so is anybody's guess.
[Christopher Breen is the author of The Flip Mino Pocket Guide (Peachpit Press, 2009).]


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I saw something on Facebook that suggested that women were inferior to men. That is clearly absurd, but there probably are some people who think that, so I started this blog post, and I tried to think of ways that men are superior to women; the only thing I could think of was the manner of urination.
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Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
The Earth was accidentally demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and archetypal English bloke Arthur Dent was left hitching around the Galaxy with just his bathrobe, a towel, and a copy of the Hitchhiker's Guide (the one that has "Don't Panic" in friendly block letters on its cover.)
Welcome to the first full-length cinematic version of this 1980s sci-fi icon. And, since author Douglas Adams himself wrote the script, there is no reason to panic! The film is mostly harmless - eh, make that mostly delightful. Special effects range from a spacecraft that looks like a cannister vacuum cleaner turned inside out, to aliens from the Hanson Workshop who look like giant beanie babies. But the tour of the "factory floor" of Megrathea, the planet that manufactures worlds, is worth the price of the DVD. Adams included many of the skids, anecdotes and one-liners which made the book so special, and had them discreetly animated as well.Continue Reading


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NFL Commissioner Pens Open Letter Amid Brain Damage Scandal
National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell yesterday sent a letter to 10 million of his closest friends, fans of the country's most popular sports league. Was this Goodell's attempt at finding new pen pals? Well, to explain what the letter was about and other NFL related matters, we're joined by sportswriter, Stefan Fatsis. Hey there.
STEFAN FATSIS: Hey Audie.
CORNISH: So what was on Roger Goodell's mind?
FATSIS: Oh, he just wanted to dash off a thousand words to the fans. But he wanted to let everyone know that the NFL has an unwavering commitment to keeping players safe and healthy, that it's added some new rules to stop players from hitting with their heads, that it's donated millions of dollars to research efforts on concussions. This was Goodell's 11th fan letter since 2011. But the timing of this one was pretty stark.
It came the day after the publication of two excerpts from a new book called "League of Denial," written by two ESPN investigative reporters, that details how the NFL ignored or discredited scientific evidence linking football to concussions and long-term brain damage in players.
CORNISH: Plus the NFL recently settled thousands of lawsuits by former players related to concussions. So, I mean, what does Goodell's letter say about how the league is handling the fallout from that?
FATSIS: You know, Goodell didn't even mention the $765 million settlement with the players. There is this book, there is this companion documentary that airs next week. The league needs a public relations strategy to combat all of this. It remains an invulnerable place. There have been 82 reported concussions so far this season. Public awareness has never been higher. Goodell's letter reflects the league's PR message to fans. You can still enjoy this game. It's a violent game, but you can still enjoy it. But know also that we're doing our best to protect the players.
CORNISH: All right. Let's talk a little bit more about the state of play. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost their first four games, parted ways with its starting quarterback and, I gather, it was ugly.
FATSIS: Yeah. The quarterback is Josh Freeman. He was a first-round pick in 2009. He threw 68 touchdown passes in his first three seasons. But Tampa last year hired a college coach named Greg Schiano, who apparently didn't like the quarterback quite so much. There were a series of bizarre incidents. There were allegations that Schiano rigged a player vote to strip Freeman of his captaincy of the team. Then Schiano benched him, fined him for missing a couple of meetings. And then someone leaked that Freeman was in the NFL's drug-treatment program. Freeman clarified that it was voluntarily because he took Ritalin once rather than the Adderall that he's prescribed for ADHD. The NFL players' union is investigating that last episode because drug testing is supposed to be confidential. Tampa Bay cut Freeman this week. We'll see how long Schiano lasts.
CORNISH: And meanwhile, a team that's usually in a tough spot is on the up and up, the Cleveland Browns.
FATSIS: Yeah. They beat Buffalo on "Thursday Night Football" last night, 37 to 24. The Browns were supposed to be so bad that they traded their best player a few weeks ago, running back Trent Richardson. Now they've won three out of five games. The bad news last night was their young quarterback Brian Hoyer, who had come on in week three and won two in a row, tore his ACL. The guy he replaced, Brandon Weeden, went back into lineup after the injury, orchestrated a come-from-behind win. So a little bit for both Browns fatalists and optimists.
CORNISH: Finally, Stefan, I know you've got a little NFL tidbit for us, right, a kicker, so to speak. What's going on?
FATSIS: A kicker - not about a kicker. It's about a safety, the San Francisco 49ers' Donte Whitner. He said this week that he is legally changing his last name to Hitner because that's what I do, meaning he hits hard. And he says legally, which is why he's appealing a $21,000 for a hit that he made last week in a game. The NFL says Hitner can change his name. But in order for his name to appear on the back of his jersey, he's got to buy out Nike's inventory of Whitner jerseys before he can wear the new one.
CORNISH: Stefan, thanks so much.
FATSIS: Sure, Audie.
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The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads - so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals stand between the killer robots of Krikkit and their goals of annihilation. They are Arthur Dent, a mild mannered space and time traveller, who tries to learn how to fly by throwing himself at the ground and missing; Ford Prefect, his best friend who decides to go insane to see if he likes it; Slartibartfast, the indomitable vice president of the campaign for Real Time, who travels in a ship powered by irrational behaviour; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed ex-head honcho of the universe; and Trillian, the sexy space cadet who is torn between a persistent Thunder God and a very depressed Beeblebrox.
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Functions, objects and primitive values can be exported from a module. A module can have many named exports and one default export, ES6 favours a default export per module with additional helper functions exposed as named exports. Exports can be marked 'in-line' or separately where the practise generally is to export at the end of the file. Exports can be aliased with 'as' and writing
export default baz is equivalent to
export { baz as default }.
function myFoo() {
return 'stuff'
const bar = 'more stuff'
const baz = 'default stuff'
export { baz as default, myFoo as foo, bar }
Functions, objects and primitive values can be imported from modules. Default exports need to be provided with a name, named exports can be aliased.
// lib.test.js
import theDefault, { foo, bar as myBar } from './lib'
it('imports the default', () => {
expect(theDefault).toEqual('default stuff')
it('imports myBar', () => {
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If you have a folder of related modules a useful pattern is to create an index.js in the folder and export functions from related modules from in it.
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export { default as lib2 } from './lib2'
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import { lib1, lib2 } from './sub'
it('imports lib1 from a subfolder', () => {
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There are many more ways to import / export modules. These are just my preferences and, as with most style choices, consistency is important.
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Changing schools can be a wrenching social and emotional experience for students, say researchers from Warwick Medical School in the U.K. And the legacy of that struggle may be psychosis-like symptoms of hallucinations and delusions.
Dr. Swaran Singh, a psychiatrist and head of the mental health division at Warwick, became curious about the connection between school moves and mental health issues after a study from Denmark found that children moving from rural to urban settings showed increased signs of psychoses. The authors also noted that the students had to deal with not just a change in their home environment, but in their social network of friends at school as well.
Singh was intrigued by whether school changes, and the social isolation that comes with it, might be an independent factor in contributing to the psychosis-like symptoms.
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Working with a database of nearly 14,000 children born between 1991 and 1992 and followed until they were 13 years old, Singh and his colleagues investigated which factors seemed to have the strongest effect on mental health. The children's mothers answered questions about how many times the students had moved schools by age nine, and the children responded to queries about their experiences either bullying others or being victims of bullying. The survey even included a look at the children's in utero environments, and their circumstances from birth to age 2, by asking the mothers about where they lived (in urban or village areas, for example), and about financial difficulties or other family social issues.
Based on their analysis, says Singh, switching schools three or more times in early childhood seemed to be linked to an up to two-fold greater risk of developing psychosis-like symptoms such as hallucinations and interrupting thoughts. "Even when we controlled for all things that school moves lead to, there was something left behind that that was independently affecting children's mental health," he says.
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Factors such as a difficult home environment – whether caused by financial or social tension, or both – living in an urban environment, and bullying contributed to the mental health issues, but switching schools contributed independently to the psychosis-like symptoms.
Singh suspects that repeatedly being an outsider by having to re-integrate into new schools may lead to feelings of exclusion and low self-esteem. That may change a developing child's sense of self and prime him to always feel like an outlier and never an integrated part of a social network; such repeated experiences of exclusion are known to contribute to paranoia and psychotic symptoms.
Bullying created a secondary way in which repeated school moves could lead to mental health issues — bullying is known to be associated with psychotic symptoms, and mobile students are more vulnerable to bullying,
The negative emotional experiences students go through in trying to adjust to new schools can have physiological consequences as well. "Repeated experiences of being defeated in social situations leads to changes in the brain and in the dopaminergic system," says Singh. That makes the brain more sensitive to stress, and stress, with its surges of cortisol, can lead to unhealthy neural responses that can contribute to mental health problems. "Something about chronic marginalization, and chronic exclusion, is neurophysiologically damaging," he says.
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Singh and his team plan to continue to follow the students for several more years, to determine how frequently the psychosis-like symptoms manifest into true psychotic disorders like schizophrenia. So far, the findings don't suggest that kids who move schools three or more times are priming themselves for future mental health problems – what the data suggest instead is that children who are more mobile early in development may need more attention and help to settle into their new environments and make strong social connections. "If we start thinking of mobile students as a potentially vulnerable group, then we can shift how we view school moves," he says. Psychiatrists and psychologists, for example, often ask young children about their family and friends, but rarely inquire about how often they have moved schools. In his continuing investigation, Singh also hopes to dissect the reasons why students moved, to see if that can be another factor explaining the intriguing connection – if children move frequently because they are bullying others or being bullied, for example, that may suggest that the association to psychosis-like symptoms may have more to do with the students' pre-existing behavioral state than the experience of uprooting themselves so frequently.
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Machine builders and OEMs are increasingly turning to robust HMI (Human Machine Interface) platforms for their machines, in order to offer more value to customers. The need for intuitive HMIs on machines has created a huge market incentive to ship machines with an HMI platform that is easy to use, capable of communicating and integrating with other hardware and software systems, easily customized, and secure. These powerful HMI platforms for OEMs and machine builders also make it possible to standardize HMI applications across product lines, or even across an entire plant.
SCADA-PRO has been helping OEMs and machine builders meet the needs of their customers, with SCADA-PRO Web Studio, SCADA-PRO EmbdView, and SCADA-PRO CEView.
The most important feature of an HMI is the ability to help machine operators interact directly with the machines they use. This interaction requires robust, intuitive interfaces that give operators the information they need in a way that can be understood quickly.Read more
This interface should also provide the operator with ways to carry out commands, such as starting or stopping a process, acknowledging alarms, or manually adjusting settings on the machine through the HMI. As industry embraces new technology, this interaction will increasingly be accessible through touch or voice activated interfaces, or even on mobile interfaces that are shared to a portable device via a thin client. Operators may require the capability to monitor or manage their machines without even being physically at the machine. SCADA-PRO Web Studio is a powerful HMI platform capable of allowing machine builders to offer machines with intuitive operator interfaces, with the capability to share information to mobile devices, or even maintenance staff off-site.
Many machine builders and OEMs have developed template applications with SCADA-PRO Web Studio that allow them to quickly develop HMIs for their machines, and individualize them for customer requirements. SCADA-PRO Web Studio makes it easy to develop an application, and then change color schemes and logos globally within the application. This makes it easy for machine builders to offer powerful HMI solutions that can be easily configured for each customer. The ability to make HMIs consistent across a product line will also familiarize operators with the HMI and reduce the learning curve in using them effectively. In addition, SCADA-PRO Web Studio offers many opportunities to customize displays for customers, by creating applications that include digital I/O displays, motion capture and voice interfaces for hands-free operation, and menu navigation systems.
Because technology is not static, customers demand machines that will not leave them stuck with outdated or obsolete software, even when the machine itself is still functioning. To avoid tying machine builders to one operating system or HMI software version, SCADA-PRO developed SCADA-PRO Web Studio with 100% backward compatibility in mind, as well as an open architecture that will allow OEMs to develop applications for their machines with the certainty that their interfaces will not become obsolete if they choose to update to a newer version of SCADA-PRO Web Studio, or develop the application for a newer version of Windows.Read more
Machine builders may also want the capability to change or update machine components over time. For this reason, SCADA-PRO Web Studio offers over 240 native drivers to every major manufacturer of PLC and controller, allowing machine builders to upgrade machines for their customers should they choose to use a new PLC, or components using multiple protocols within the same machine.
OEM customers demand machines that are able to communicate with the software and systems they already have in place. They expect machines to integrate with an ERP, MES, or communicate back and forth from PLCs or an SQL database. SCADA-PRO Web Studio also integrated easily with PLCs for servo motors, stepper motors, Pick and Place PLCs, and more.
To ensure that machine HMIs offer this easy integration to OEM customers, SCADA-PRO has developed HMI software based on open architecture that adheres to multiple standards for communication with other systems. In addition to patented SQL database connectivity, SCADA-PRO Web Studio also offers over 240 native drivers for PLCs, as well as compatibility with OPC protocols. SCADA-PRO EmbdView and SCADA-PRO CEView can be deployed on small panel PCs, or applications with a larger footprint can be deployed on machines or mobile HMIs via a secure thin client.
Machine builders are increasingly offering support beyond the sales of their machines. There is a growing trend in machine support and maintenance, thanks to the possibilities opened up by cloud computing and connectivity capabilities in HMI software. SCADA-PRO Web Studio makes it incredibly easy to develop connected, smart HMIs that can give OEMs and machine builders remote access and monitoring capabilities for machines, allowing them to offer preventative maintenance, quick troubleshooting tips, or the ability to access machines and screens remotely.


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In today's times when much of media is sold out to corporates, the only voices that show the truth of malpractices of various mining giants are a few activists and documentary filmmakers. Vedanta's strategy to organize a film competition on their 'community initiatives' is such a fool proof masking of their real face. By organizing such a film competition and sponsoring 114 students from top media and film schools in the country including FTII, Whistling Woods, Symbiosis, School of Convergence, MGR FTI, IIMC, Assam University, Xavier's, Christ University, AAFT, ZIMA, Tezpur University, IP College and Ravenshaw to produce films on itself…Vedanta knows how to make opinions about itself and how to control the 'could be' voices of future.
With jury panel consisting of Shyam Benegal and Gul Panag , who have withdrwan now , the jury only has piyush pandey .
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Objective- This campiagn is to UNMASK the TRUE FACE of corporates, which they tend to hide beautifully through their r CSR AD FILMS fool people, while on one hand they indulge in human rights violations on other hand they glorify their peice meal appraoch of CSR criminal corporations using these feel good advts, need to eb EXPOSED, and that what precisely the " faking happiness' campaign intends to do
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Pentecostal Impact Growing in Latin America
Pentecostalism is thriving in Latin America with "spirit-filled" Christians constituting at least a third of the overall population in parts of the southern continent, a Pew Forum survey has found. The organization conducted further research to examine the Pentecostal history and politics of the country.
Over the past century, Pentecostals and Charismatics grew dramatically from 12.6 million in 1970 to 156.9 million in 2005. The World Christian Database reported Pentecostals as representing 13 percent of Latin America's population and Charismatic members, 15 percent.
Latin America is an overwhelmingly Catholic continent and houses other "evangélicos," or Protestants, such as Presbyterians, Lutherans and Anglicans. The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, however, noted that "Pentecostals represent the most rapidly growing sector of Latin American Protestantism."
In Brazil, which has the region's largest Protestant population, Pentecostals grew from less than 50 percent of Protestants in 1980 to 68 percent in 2000, Pew reported. In Central America, the growth of Pentecostals from 1965 to the 1980s was 37 percent to more than half. And today, Pentecostals make up some 73 percent of all Latin American Protestants, according to the World Christian Database.
Pentecostalism is not as prevalent in Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia and Peru, with Pentecostals representing well below 10 percent of the population. But some of them are currently witnessing significant Pentecostal growth, according to Pew.
"The impact of Pentecostalism on Latin America's religious landscape has been profound," Pew reported.
Pentecostal churches increased to make up 61 percent of all existing churches, according to a 1992 survey in the Greater Rio area of Brazil, and the proportion continues to increase. Protestant places of worship outnumbered Catholic ones by two-to-one in one Catholic diocese in Greater Rio.
The impact of Pentecostalism has been widening in public life.
A previous study by the Pew Forum "Spirit and Power" found a growing Pentecostal and Charismatic movement in nine out of the 10 nations it surveyed. And followers are more willing to bring their traditional values into public debates.
The new report found the expanding Pentecostal community has exercised an increasingly important role in public life. Examples include Guatemala having seen two Pentecostal presidents; Brazil's formation of an evangelical congressional caucus that consists largely of Pentecostals; and Nicaragua's Pentecostals founding a political party that has fielded presidential candidates and won seats in congress.
The Pew Forum pointed to several factors for the spate of Pentecostal politics.
The growth of Pentecostals led them to seek a greater share of public influence and political representation. Widespread and enduring democratization allowed for a greater opportunity to organize politically and influence their governments. Special benefits granted to the Catholic Church led Pentecostals to enter politics partly to abolish these benefits or to insist that they be made available to the growing Protestant communities as well. And left-of-center groups attempting to liberalize government policies on abortion, divorce and homosexuality have spurred Pentecostal political mobilization.
"Pentecostalism's growing presence in Latin American society and politics is attracting the attention of some of the region's most prominent politicians," the report stated, including Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. "At the same time, Pentecostalisms growing societal presence and political clout have attracted criticism and fueled political conflict."
Criticism and attacks have come from the Catholic Church including the late John Paul II who described the growth of Pentecostal churches as an "invasion of the sects" that is robbing Latin America of its Catholic culture and destroying its social cohesion. Latin America has an estimated 490 million Roman Catholics, more than any other region in the world.
Some argue that Pentecostal politics follows a monolithic pattern, but the Pew Forum revealed the different growth patterns and theological emphases seen among Latin America's Pentecostals.
"The result has been a great diversity of Pentecostal political styles and forms of activism."
Pew's report on Latin America is the first in an examination of Pentecostal history and politics in the countries surveyed for "Spirit and Power." Reports on Africa and Asia will follow.


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A Content Marketing Debate
The coupling of the words "content" and "marketing" creates a debate centering on the differences between publishing and selling.
By its very nature, marketing is a function of sales.
As such marketing communications activities, regardless of form — search, email, publicity (on behalf of a company), content creation, social, events, etc. — all represent activities to engage people in a sales process OR support brand reputation, which in turn, increases the likelihood of further sales, recruitment or investment later in time.
I can see why content purists, particularly those with a journalism background, flip their fricking lids at the very phrasing of "content marketing." After all, they publish quality content.
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Because of a media embargo, most Disney-related websites are unable to report on Cars Land until on or after its official opening on June 15. We at DisneyLies.com, rebels that we are, are under no such embargo. So we begin our exclusive coverage of Cars Land with one of the attractions that the embargoed sites dare not discuss until Friday: the Cars Land restroom.
Cars Land is exceptionally well themed, and its new, extensive restroom complex is a perfect example of that. The signs directing "traffic" to the "rest area"…
…are meticulously detailed and weathered. They really make you want to go to the bathroom!
The restroom complex itself…
…is tastefully set back from the road and themed like the restrooms of a 1950s diner. As the sign advertises, each restroom is equipped with an ATM and telephones. The man in this photo is apparently taking advantage of an open-air urinal, which, although innovative, makes us a little uncomfortable so we were unwilling to approach to learn more about it.
Inside the restrooms, the Cars Land theme stretches in every direction. For example, check out the floor tile:
See the long, white rows of rectangles with the four dark-blue squares adjacent? They're little stylized limousines! And the light blue squares form wrenches, like might be found in an auto-repair shop. How clever!
Believe you us, if you're in Cars Land and have need of a restroom, this is definitely the place to go. No pun intended!


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Open threadFriday, April 11th, 2008
I've had a miserable week (only partly because of the headaches and coughing fits that have been keeping me up all night), and feel a need to be of use to some other human being without leaving my apartment. So this thread is for you to ask about whatever's on your mind — complexity classes, philosophy, grad school advice, anteaters … anything asked in earnest will be responded to, in considerably less than the two years it took me for Lev R.
Update (4/13): Having spent a good part of the weekend answering 57 questions about everything from quantum computing to painting elephants, I think it's time to call it quits. Thanks to everyone who submitted; it really cheered me up! We'll do this again sometime.


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Samsung UN32EH5000 Review
32" 1080p LED Back Lit HDTV Smart TV
by Jack Burden, Reviewer
The UN32EH5000 LED TV is a direct replacement of the F5000 series from last year. This is a basic unit that covers most of the big areas of import. Price/Value is the main focus of this model and at $249 for a 32" 1080p LED TV that is quite an offer. We were surprised Samsung elected to include 1080p resolution with this model as most discount basic 32" LED models that compete are only 720p. However, the basic 60hz processing speed does apply even though Samsung applies their CMR (clear motion rate) technology to enhance processing speed (using LED edge it manipulation) to CMR 120. These are the big upgrades to the TV – 1080p and CMR 120.
- Powerful edge-lit LED lighting makes bright and colorful images that are best from front and center
- 1080p resolution
- Price Competitive with discount brands
- Off center viewing is plagued by color and contrast degradation
- 60Hz refresh rate doesn't handle judder sports programing and gaming as well as a 120Hz TV
- Sound quality is flat and hollow sounding, but volume isn't an issue
Color performance and the lack of an anti-glare screen are apparent in this shot of the EH5000
Picture Quality Rating: 76/100
Does the CMR 120 spec adequately reflect how well the picture on the EH5000 displays fast moving images? It's hard to say but my view, I cant say I see a lot of difference between a normal 60hz with some slight motion lag here and there depending on the scene and source. Especially the source material. The EH5000 is not quite capable of upgrading/upscaling some older DVDs but looks good with newer BluRays. The picture is a bit soft and colors sometimes muted but I will say that I was impressed with the black levels for a TV of this price point. It's an adequate picture depending more on the signal source for quality than upgrading from a poor source.
Color performance on the UN32EH5000 is strong on the verge of being over-saturated. However, the picture is much dimmer than large LED backlit displays due to toned down LED edge lights. Even with the Backlight adjustment turned all the way up we noted that the picture is somewhat dim. Of course, you do not end up with nearly as great a picture quality or realism as you would get in a top end LED, but for an inexpensive 32 inch TV it's pretty strong. Many viewers like this look as evidenced by network broadcasts craking up the saturation. This can be dialed back in calibration if you prefer more realistic colors so fans of either look can be satisfied by the EH5000.
1080p Resolution and 60Hz Refresh Rate
1080p resolution is an important feature for many buying a new TV. A 32 inch screen may not really need a full HD screen, but it is nice to have. The main reason is that most broadcasts and video games are still 720p, but we are beginning to see that move into 1080p. The best justification for having a 1080p screen of this size is using it as a monitor and for broadcast HD programming and BluRay programming. It does not help you with cable. A computer or laptop connected through the HDMI input would take advantage of the resolution, giving you more work space on the screen.
The 60Hz refresh rate seems a little low, but it surely keeps the cost down on this one. Motion blur and judder are not going to be highly noticeable on a screen this size as well. Those who are looking will see it, but only the most sensitive to the issue will be bothered by it.
Clear Motion Rate 120
Aside from appearance the major step up on this TV over the EH4000 is the Clear Motion rate of 120. This is a gage of how well the TV displays fast action or fast moving images on screen. Essentially, this TV is better for sports programming than the EH4000 which is 60 CMR. We noted pretty good fast action performance on this TV from the processors. However, it did not manage to get rid of judder or jerkiness during slow camera side to side panning.
This shot of a PGA Tour event shows striking colors on the 32EH5000
Side Angle Viewing
Side viewing angles on the EH5000 perform just as you would expect them to on a low end model. We see contrast and color begin to face at about the 30 degree mark. This is typical for LCD/LED TVs and this one is not plagued by terrible viewing angles. .
Features Rating: 72/100
Connect Share Movie
Though the UN32EH5000 does not have Smart TV features it does have the connect share feature which allows connectivity via USB input for computer, videos, or camera. This gives you a wide range of viewing options for content through your computer.
The remote control is large, basic, is not backlit, but contains sufficient controls - especially for this size of TV. There is a nifty "tools" key that allows from quick selection of frequently used controls. The onscreen overlay menu is very complete with some surprising inclusions such as Advanced Picture settings.
Appearance and Design
The UN32EH5000 may have a pretty plain appearance, but it does have that nice thin front bezel that looks must-have modern. The drawback to this model is the 3.7" depth – surprising in this day but not that big a deal if it's going on the basic square black plastic table top stand. .
Value Rating: 87/100
The UN32EH5000 is definitely priced to please at $249. It competes very well with the best priced Sony, LG and Vizio models with only a 720p resolution. Overall, the picture is not great unless you are pumping in a beautiful broadcast HD picture signal. It will be a nice unit for a guest bedroom.
Overall Rating: 78/100
Quick Specs
- 1080p resolution
- Audio: Two 10W speakers
- Inputs: 2 HDMI and 1 USB and 1 Component
- Dimensions: 29.1" x 17.5" x 3.7" (without stand)
Quick Specs
- Picture Mode: Movie
- Contrast: 97
- Brightness 47
- Color 55
- Sharpness 20
- Backlight 60
|Jack Burden has been reviewing and writing reviews in the consumer electronics category for 7 years with CEAG. He considers grayscale gradation, film patterned retarders, and focus field drives to be fun topics. Read more about Jack


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Application Deadline: September 23, 2019
Every year, Africa Initiative for Governance (AIG) will fund five scholarships for outstanding individuals from West Africa to pursue the Master of Public Policy degree at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.
AIG Scholars will be expected, upon graduation, to return to their home country and apply their learning experience as change agents in their country's public sector.
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- Be a citizen of Nigeria or Ghana
- Be between the ages of 25 and 35 years (must not be 36 years old by December 31, 2019)
- Have a first-class or second-class upper undergraduate degree with honours (or equivalent international qualifications), as a minimum, in any discipline. For applicants with a degree from the USA, the minimum GPA sought is 3.7 out of 4.0
- Be preferably top 10% of graduating class (First, Second or Master's Degree) – evidence to be provided
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Defence & Security Industry News - BAE Systems
|Thursday, April 25, 2013 11:13 AM
|BAE Systems contract to upgrade 11 M88A1 armoured recovery vehicle to M88A2 standard.
BAE Systems received a $28.7 million contract to upgrade 11 M88A1 Medium Recovery vehicles to the M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift Evacuation System (HERCULES) configuration.
M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift Evacuation System (HERCULES)
"The M88A2 is able to hoist and tow twice the weight than that of an M88A1, including an M1 Abrams tank, and is an essential component in helping our Armed Forces to fulfill successful recovery missions," said Mark Signorelli, vice president and general manager or Armored Combat Systems at BAE Systems. "This contract demonstrates the continued need to invest in the HERCULES and shows the Army's commitment to the irreplaceable role it serves."
The M88A2 HERCULES offers operational and logistics commonality with the existing M88A1 fleet, which provides simplified training and parts availability benefits to the end-user. Key upgrades for the HERCULES include: improved power-assisted braking, steering, winching, hoisting, and increased horsepower. HERCULES has the lowest acquisition, operational and maintenance cost of any 70-ton capable recovery system, answering the need for cost-effective, self-supporting heavy recovery performance. The M88A2 provides unparalleled capability for recovering today's 70-ton combat vehicles including the M1A1, M1A2, Leopard MBT, bridging systems, and other medium weight vehicles.
The upgrade work will be performed by the existing workforce at BAE Systems operations in York, Pennsylvania and Aiken, South Carolina. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command with deliveries to conclude in March 2014. The award brings the total value of U.S. Government contracts that BAE Systems has been awarded on the HERCULES program to $2.1 billion. To date, 575 HERCULES vehicles have been fielded against an overall U.S. Army requirement of 632 vehicles, and a total of 84 vehicles have been fielded to the U.S. Marine Corps.
The M88 plays a critical role the company's campaign to maintain the Bradley Industrial Base by protecting the affordability of the Army's combat vehicles. BAE Systems' York facility is responsible for four of the five U.S. Army Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) vehicles, including the Bradley and the M88. In addition to proposing that Congress provide base level investment in critical combat vehicle improvements, BAE Systems is working with the Army to secure increased funding for the M88 program to help carry the workload at the facility.
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New Farming Wrinkle May Help Peanut GrowersBy Sharon Durham
January 14, 2010
Using a combination of conservation tillage and deficit irrigation management in peanut production can promote conservation of water during the early growing season without hurting yields, an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist reports.
That's good news for peanut farmers in the Southern High Plains, where water is often in short supply, particularly in areas where residential development has increased demands for water. Irrigation also adds to the cost of production for growers.
Deficit irrigation, or forced drought, early in the growing season appears to result in quicker maturation while maintaining yields, according to ARS agronomist Wilson Faircloth at the National Peanut Research Laboratory (NPRL) in Dawson, Ga., and plant physiologist Diane Rowland, formerly with NPRL and now with Texas A&M University. They conducted a five-year field trial in West Texas to determine the effects of deficit irrigation. More recently, they've also studied how conservation tillage can help boost peanut production.
Results indicate that induced early-season drought may serve to acclimate the crop to drought stress that commonly occurs during late-season growth, according to Faircloth. It is also during this latter part of the growing season that growers typically experience water deficits due to reduced pumping capacity, thus increasing the risk of yield reductions.
Faircloth and Rowland also investigated the use of conservation tillage with a cover crop to mitigate drought. They applied varying amounts of water to peanut and cotton planted in either conservation or conventional tillage. They found that, under drought conditions, conservation tillage increased peanut yields when compared to conventional tillage. The yield increase was attributed to increased water-holding capacity of the soil under conservation tillage, and changes in peanut rooting patterns.
Additionally, the combination of conservation tillage and deficit irrigation could greatly reduce water requirements for peanut and cotton.
Read more about this and related research to improve peanut production in the January 2010 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.
ARS is the principal intramural scientific research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The research supports the USDA priorities of promoting international food security and responding to climate change.


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GILGIT, Pakistan (AFP) - The massacre of 10 foreign climbers on Pakistan's "Killer Mountain" a year ago came after a failed attempt to capture a Chinese-American to use him as a high-value bargaining chip, officials and militant sources have told AFP.
The June 22 attack at the base camp for the 8,126-metre Nanga Parbat, Pakistan's second-highest mountain - nicknamed for its treacherous terrain - was the deadliest assault on foreigners in the troubled nuclear-armed country for a decade.
Through interviews with multiple officials, militants and negotiators assigned to bring the culprits out of hiding, AFP has been able to piece together a picture of the events surrounding the slaughter and its aftermath.
One year on, with tourism in the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region still suffering, most of the 10 suspects implicated in the attack are still at large, while sources close to the investigation have cast doubt on the guilt of some of those arrested.
The victims were identified as three Ukrainians, two Chinese - including Chinese-American Chen Honglu - two Slovakians, one Lithuanian and one Nepalese as well as a Pakistani guide.
But dual national Chen was the prime target, according to militant sources.
Mystery commanders
The story begins in early June 2013, when a local jihadist contacted other fighters to tell them two mysterious commanders had arrived from out of town and wanted to meet.
Pakistan's northern Gilgit-Baltistan region, high in the Himalayas, has been relatively immune to the Islamist insurgency plaguing the country in recent years. But the remote area has served for decades as a nursery for fighters to wage war in neighbouring Indian-administered Kashmir, as well as sectarian violence.
The men met at a house in the town of Chilas, where the two strangers, wearing all-enveloping burqas, were introduced as important Taleban cadres from Afghanistan. The local fighters were briefed on the planned Nanga Parbat operation.
"They were told that the mission was about kidnapping a foreigner in order to later bargain for the release of an important Taleban commander," an investigator assigned to the case said.
Militant sources told AFP the Chinese-American was the specific target, with the plan being to trade him for Taleban in Afghanistan.
The men then met a local sectarian group in a forest, recruiting two more fighters - against the sectarian group leader's wishes - to bring their number to 10. They left for the Nanga Parbat base camp in the early evening, wearing the uniforms of the Gilgit Scouts, a paramilitary police unit.
"The two burqa-clad commanders had taken off their burqas and were in military uniforms like the rest of us but their faces were covered with a cloth," a militant source told AFP, explaining that they were supposed to grab the target.
But as the attack unfolded in the freezing night, Chen burst out of his tent and tackled one of the militants using martial arts techniques. The militant, named Mujeeb, panicked and shot him, destroying the main purpose of the mission and infuriating the shadowy masked commanders. The remaining climbers were then tied up and shot one by one.
"It all happened because of Mujeeb," said a local source who spoke on condition of anonymity. "The actual plan had been to kidnap a Chinese-American but his reaction led to the killing of himself and 10 others," he said.
This account was corroborated by two officials from the team investigating the attack. After the slaughter, the attackers walked for five hours to a remote village where they buried their uniforms and had breakfast before walking on to another village and dispersing.
High-value target
Beyond Chen's US nationality, it is unclear why he became such a valued target of the group. The 50-year-old studied electrical engineering at Tsinghua University in China, and worked for some time in California before returning to Shanghai, according to the Alpinist magazine.
In a video clip recorded by negotiators who met with him, Mujeeb owned up to the killing of Chen but told them he would not surrender because he acted in "self-defence". "What did you expect me to do, wait for him to kill me? I panicked and opened fire," Mujeeb said on the video.
More than four months went by before authorities made their first arrests in the case. A total of 18 people were detained, of whom five are still in custody - but several militant sources say only one of them was involved in the attack, while the rest were forced to confess.
Mujeeb remains in hiding in the forests of the district, where from time to time he makes audio recordings of jihadist poetry that find their way to the markets of Gilgit town.
Bashir Qureshi, a member of the negotiating team, said there were many grey areas in the case. "Nothing is clear, they have mixed up four different cases to give an impression that all the perpetrators have been arrested but the real perpetrators are still at large," he said.


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A man burned down his parents' house and killed three pets while trying to exterminate ants in his basement with matches, Maine's state fire marshal said.
Devon Doucette, 21, was trying to incinerate the ants with wooden matches when one of them ignited combustible materials, according to investigators. The fire quickly spread to the rest of the house.
Authorities say Doucette was treated for smoke inhalation and burns after he carried some burning items out of the house. They say the house is owned by his parents, who were not home at the time.
Authorities say the fire killed two cats and one dog. They say charges are not likely.
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FORT WORTH, Texas — A judge on Friday ordered a Texas hospital to remove life support for a pregnant, brain-dead woman whose family had argued that she would not want to be kept in that condition.
Judge R. H. Wallace Jr. issued the ruling in the case of Marlise Munoz. John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth has been keeping Munoz on life support against her family's wishes. The judge gave the hospital until 5 p.m. CST Monday to remove life support. The hospital did not immediately say Friday whether it would appeal.
Munoz was 14 weeks pregnant when her husband, Erick Munoz, found her unconscious Nov. 26, possibly due to a blood clot. Both the hospital and the family agree that she meets the criteria to be considered brain-dead — which means she is dead both medically and under Texas law — and that the fetus could not be born alive at this point.
But the hospital had not pronounced her dead and continues to treat her over the objections of both Erick Munoz and her parents, who sat together in court Friday.
"Mrs. Munoz is dead," Wallace said in issuing his ruling, adding that meant the hospital was misapplying a state law that prohibits the removal of life-sustaining treatment from a pregnant patient.
Larry Thompson, a state's attorney representing the public hospital, had told the judge the hospital had a legal responsibility to protect the unborn fetus.
"There is a life involved, and the life is the unborn child," Thompson said.
But Jessica Hall Janicek and Heather King, Erick Munoz's attorneys, accused the hospital of conducting a "science experiment" and warned of the dangerous precedent her case could set, raising the specter of special ICUs for brain-dead women carrying babies.
"There is an infant, and a dead person serving as a dysfunctional incubator," King said.
Erick Munoz said he and his wife are paramedics who were clear that they didn't want life support in this type of situation. Her parents agreed. He declined to comment as he left the courtroom, and King and Janicek did not say what they would do next, pending a potential appeal by the hospital.
The hospital said in a statement Friday that it "appreciates the potential impact of the consequences of the order on all parties involved" and was deciding whether to appeal.
The case has raised questions about end-of-life care and whether a pregnant woman who is considered legally and medically dead should be kept on life support for the sake of a fetus. It also has gripped attention on both sides of the abortion debate, with anti-abortion groups arguing Munoz's fetus deserves a chance to be born. Several anti-abortion advocates attended Friday's hearing.
Hospital officials have said they were bound by the Texas Advance Directives Act, which prohibits withdrawal of treatment from a pregnant patient. Several experts interviewed by The Associated Press, including two who helped draft the legislation, have said the hospital is misapplying the law because Marlise Munoz would be considered legally and medically dead.
"Marlise Munoz is dead, and she gave clear instructions to her husband and family — Marlise was not to remain on any type of artificial 'life sustaining treatment', ventilators or the like," the lawsuit said. "There is no reason JPS should be allowed to continue treatment on Marlise Munoz's dead body, and this Court should order JPS to immediately discontinue such."
Earlier this week, Erick Munoz's attorneys said that the fetus, now believed to be at about 22 weeks' gestation, is "distinctly abnormal." They attorneys said they based that statement on medical records they received from the hospital.
The hospital argued in a court filing Thursday that there was little evidence of what state lawmakers and courts thought of this issue, but recent laws passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature to restrict abortion made it clear that they wanted to preserve a fetus' rights.
The Advance Directives Act "must convey legislative intent to protect the unborn child," the hospital said in its filing. "Otherwise the Legislature would have simply allowed a pregnant patient to decide to let her life, and the life of her unborn child, end."
Not much is known about fetal survival when mothers suffer brain death during pregnancy. German doctors who searched for such cases found 30 of them in nearly 30 years, according to an article published in the journal BMC Medicine in 2010.
Those mothers were further along in pregnancy — 22 weeks on average — when brain death occurred than in the Texas case. Birth results were available for 19 cases. In 12, a viable child was born. Follow-up results were available for six, all of whom developed normally.
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The 2013 Wine Industry Report is out with the first ever Live Video Conference linked above. Joining me on the panel were industry luminaries Paul Mabray, Founder & Chief Strategy Officer of VinTank, Tony Correia, Founder Correia-Xavier Inc., and Mary Jo Dale, Chief Consumer Direct Officer of KLH Consulting.
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Antlers Gallery (Bristol, UK) is set to open photographs by UK photographer Charles Emerson whose flower underwater phoptography is pretty cool. When we first viewed them online, we thought they were paintings.
Emerson's photography captures a particular moment in his studio, everything you see within the exhibition happened and is real. He constructs a set using a tank, water, glass plates, mirrors and coloured and UV lights. Flowers are submerged in the tank as the core of each piece, Emerson then introduces inks, dyes and paints to imbue the scene with a sense of movement and life. It is this decisive moment which Emerson captures within his photography.


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In the South, entertaining is a blend of politeness and protocol. Both formal and casual gatherings reflect our upbringing, our sense of pride in our homes, and the value we place on family and friendships. We asked noted Georgia hosts to reflect on Southern hospitality, current practices, and traditions that are starting to disappear.
"You want everyone to feel like they're special. Company is not a burden; company is a pleasure. Vince is an extremely wonderful host in that he is always outside greeting people. [When they leave] he walks everybody out of the house to the car. I try very hard to spend time with everybody, one on one . . . When we first moved to Athens, I remember at four o'clock one afternoon this lady rang my doorbell, and she was all dressed up in her hat and gloves. She walked in and she had her calling card. She said, 'Where is your calling card bench?' I said, 'What?' I didn't even know what a calling card was. That introduced me to [entertaining in Georgia] real quickly." —Barbara Dooley, author, media personality, real estate agent, and wife of Vince Dooley, former football coach and athletic director at UGA
"Southerners grow up with that mentality of extending a kind handshake, a smile across a picket fence. My children [ages sixteen, thirteen, and ten] are being raised that if someone comes in a room, to stand up and extend a hand. My kids have been known to greet people at the door and ask them if they can get them a drink. I want people to feel comfortable, and I want them to leave feeling like they had a great night." —Danielle Rollins, author, cofounder and chair of several Atlanta charities
"My mom is from Little Rock, Arkansas. She's really big on making sure that everyone who comes over is entertained. I just learned growing up how important it was to treat people right. That directly correlates to what I do. It's important to give people more than a party; you give them an experience. The most important thing that I can give them is a memory . . . You cater to the ladies. I make sure that at every party, I give out [drinks] to different groups of girls. If the ladies are having fun, they're on Twitter, they're on Facebook, they're posting pictures on Instagram." —Cecil Cross II, owner of C. Cross Events, an event planning and marketing firm that has collaborated with celebrities such as Usher, Erykah Badu, Ludacris, Kevin Hart, and Outkast
"We're losing a lot of those gracious gestures that we grew up with, like sterling flatware. A lot of younger Atlantans no longer have sterling flatware. Oftentimes that's a decision not based on the cost, but just because they don't want to bother with having to polish it. When you're entertaining, you want to make that extra effort. A hallmark of Southern hospitality is incorporating family heirlooms, because in the South, we revere our ancestors. It's bringing your history into how you entertain." —Jennifer Boles, style blogger at thepeakofchic.com and House Beautiful contributing editor
"Sitting down at a table and having a great conversation, that's what I like the most. It's 'What book are you reading? Have you seen any good movies lately?' You try to stay away from politics and religion . . . People who live in the South are also very gracious about sending handwritten thank-you notes." —Peg Balzer, patron (with husband Bill) of Theatrical Outfit and other Downtown nonprofit organizations
This article originally appeared in the November 2012 issue.


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If you think that talking on the cell phone and driving is dangerous, wait till you hear what else this woman did: she breastfed her baby while driving her other children to school!
Police say it is against the law to drive with a child in your lap. Children under 4 or 40 pounds must be properly restrained in a child safety seat.
In this case, officers said Compton had the child in the lap with the baby's head up against the steering wheel. They say there is not only the risk of a crash, but deployment of the airbag.
Compton said she will take the advice of the officers into consideration, but she may breast feed her baby while driving in the future if she feels that is is necessary.
If you think about it, she's got some skillz breast feeding, talking on the phone, and driving all at the same time!
WHIO Dayton TV has the story (and video clip): Link
The whole "it could be worse" attitude really misses the point. The child isn't being beaten and raped, no, but that doesn't take away the complete diregard for common sense his mother has shown. That's like saying that a serial killer isn't so bad because he donates to charity.
Yes, probably not the greatest thing, but every parent makes mistakes and poor decisions and if that was reason enough to be taken away, we'd all be adopted or orphans.
Allowing children to climb trees should be illegal too, definitely, and heaven forbid we allow any kind of risk. There was a time when car seats didn't exist and most people survived, even driving and breast-feeding. There is a great deal of difference between risk and actual harm. The child wasn't beaten, raped, or murdered - subjected to a greater sense of risk than commonly accepted - yes.


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"We won't make the world a better place, but at least we won't make it worse," says Franciszek Kalina (Ireneusz Czop) to his younger brother, Józef (Maciej Stuhr), near the climax of Wladyslaw Pasikowski's Aftermath. That stark cynicism permeates Pasikowski's unsettling historical drama. The story is simple — two siblings in a Polish village gradually learn of their kin and neighbors' barbaric Jew-baiting during the Holocaust — but what gives Aftermath its peculiar strain of portent is Pasikowski's consistent suggestion of the futility of bold, desperate attempts to undo a wrong.
Not only are there not heroes in Aftermath, there's not even a cut-and-dry protagonist. The director has lifted the material from both Jan T. Gross's 2000 book Neighbors, about the vicious 1941 pogroms in the Jewish-populated Jedwabne, and the 1996 documentary Shtetl, in which a Polish historian stumbles upon Jewish gravestones used to pave town roads. Pasikowski has said the near-decade-long effort to make Aftermath, impeded by Polish nationalists, stemmed from his own shame at these events. But the film is far from a polemic. Its anger is cagey and cryptic, and, at first, its voice of reason seems to belong to an unapologetic anti-Semite.
Franciszek returns from Chicago to his native Poland in 2001, having left 21 years ago in disgust with Poland's implementation of martial law. America wasn't much better for him, though, and he's bitter about his lowly asbestos work for the greedy "Yids" that "run" Chicago. He's determined to find out why Józef's wife and children have left for America — and why hooligans are beating Józef up and chucking rocks through his window. But Józef, stinging from Franciszek's abandonment — he refused to come back for both parents' funerals, and the family farm has suffered in his absence — isn't providing any answers.
What has stoked everyone's ire is Józef's reclamation of Jewish tombstones used as building material after World War II — in roads, farm structures, the local church well. He's bent on respecting the dead, and, unlike the fuming townsfolk — and his own brother — he sees the Jews as human.
In a more mundane film, Józef would be presented as the tragic noble figure, the one soul in a sea of evil who can see right from wrong. But Pasikowski doesn't shy from making Józef look somewhat ridiculous and misguided. Józef never explains his actions in terms more persuasive than "I kind of figured it wasn't right." He bears little remorse for the harm his martyrdom causes to those close to him, and his obsession seems rooted more in narcissism than a sudden affinity for the Jews. As Franciszek, thoroughly unmoved by Józef's actions, flatly puts it: "It doesn't matter; they are dead," and for the film's chilling first half that alarming notion seems to be Pasikowski's.
Aftermath becomes a more conventional thriller (complete with a booming, overwrought score) as the brothers uncover more secrets. Their own home once belonged to murdered Jews, and the Jews in their community were exterminated not by Nazis but fellow Poles. The brothers' assailants in town aren't portrayed with the same bracing complexity; they are one cartoonishly sputtering mob, screaming epithets, even calling the boys "Jews" themselves. There are a few cipher characters, a good priest and a bad priest. And, more problematically, Aftermath is unlikely to shock anyone outside right-wing circles in Poland — who refuse to do any finger-pointing at themselves — with the revelations that stretches of Poland still harbor a breed of violent anti-Semitism.
Aftermath is not merely a grandiose apology for Holocaust-era complicity. It taps a richer vein with its examination of why such an apology is ultimately so empty, even if it takes profound bravery to apologize. At the least, guilt over past collective wrongdoing does reveals a conscience, and here Pasikowski is essentially excoriating Poland for its lack of guilt. When Józef, at the film's end, can't come to terms with his family's involvement in genocide, he stands for a nation in its most vehement state of denial.


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Jonathan Franzen's The Kraus Project
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Now largely forgotten, Karl Kraus was one of the most incisive and provocative cultural commentators of early twentieth-century Vienna. He's also a literary hero of Jonathan Franzen, one of the most successful American novelists active today. In his ambitious latest book, Franzen sets out to recover the forgotten Kraus for contemporary readers. But his interest isn't simply historical: he also hopes to show that Kraus has a cure for the problems of our postmodern condition. Does he succeed? Marion Gabl reviews the effort.


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Sam Register Enters Into First-Look Deal with Cartoon Network
November 17, 2006
Cartoon Network has signed veteran animation executive and creator Sam Register to a first-look deal to develop programming for the network. The deal was announced by Jim Samples, executive vice president and general manager for Cartoon Network, and encompasses both kids and adult programming.
"Sam brings a talent and vision to the world of animation and programming that fits our sensibilities perfectly," said Samples. "He has a successful and proven track record with Cartoon Network as a development executive with prominent projects from Ben 10 and Teen Titans to My Gym Partner is a Monkey, and we are thrilled to be continuing our relationship with him in this capacity.
Previously, Register served as senior vice president, development for Cartoon Network and was responsible for overseeing development and production of original, action-oriented animated programming for the 24-hour cable service. Projects included the series Ben 10, My Gym Partner is a Monkey, PPGZ, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, as well as Star Wars: Clone Wars animated shorts, produced in partnership with Lucasfilm Ltd., and the Warner Bros. half-hour series, Teen Titans, Justice League Unlimited, The Batman and Duck Dodgers.
Register also once served as senior vice president of content development, where he worked to develop new programming and feature films around third-party assets based on action, adventure and existing entertainment properties. Prior to that, he was the first employee and eventual vice president of Cartoon Network Online, acting as the creative director and the driving force behind the look, feel and success of CartoonNetwork.com. With over eight years experience in visual and interactive design for children, he was an important partner in getting Cartoon Network initiatives to be visualized both internally and externally.
Register came to Cartoon Network Online from San Francisco-based Colossal Pictures, where he served as creative director leading projects for clients such as Disney, the Disney Channel, Hasbro, and Microsoft.
Prior to his work at Colossal, Register worked on the creative development of kid's television programming for Indigo Entertainment, a subsidiary of Grey Advertising in New York.
In addition, Register worked in advertising where he wrote, art directed and produced toy commercials for Hasbro and Kenner, including spots for GI Joe, Jurassic Park, Transformers, and Tonka Trucks.
Register attended Parsons School of Design in New York.
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