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My nephew Ben has left this week to work for a year in southern Sudan for the Christian humanitarian relief and community development agency, Samaritan's Purse.
Ben is a recent college graduate with a master's degree in Civil Engineering. He has wanted to spend some time working in a third world country where he could use his skills to make a real difference.
With that in mind, he applied for a job providing construction expertise and supervision in Sudan with Samaritan's Purse. He interviewed and was hired, and now just a few weeks later, he's en route to Africa.
Last week, he attended some orientation sessions (in Washington, D.C., I think), and next week, he'll have more orientation in Kenya. From there, he goes into Sudan and joins a team to begin work. My sister said that Ben is traveling light with just two suitcases, one of which holds his new, really good backpack.
Supposedly, the semi-autonomous southern part of Sudan is not as strife-ridden as the Darfur Province in the western part of the nation where the government has been allowing genocide. Still, the south has endured decades of war and has millions of refugees. (For more information, see the CIA's brief history or Wikipedia's "History of Sudan.")
I think my family is proud that our good, fine Ben wants to do this, and we admire the humanitarian and missionary spirit in his heart, but we feel some concern for his safety and well-being. If you have a prayer list, will you please put Ben on it?
Here are my two children (Keely on left and Isaac in the middle) with Ben (on the right) in 1995 at the Little House on the Prairie historic site near Independence, KS. It's hard to believe that Keely is now 21, Isaac is nearly 18, and Ben will soon be 26.
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Since these early fiascos, however, much has been written and done to improve the viability of electronic law enforcement. The FBI now has a network of computer crime squads. The Justice Department has set up a set of guidelines outlining procedures for seizing and searching computers. Even the general US population as a whole is now more educated about computer crime, and many generally know what to do in order to protect themselves.
What is lost in this legal sea, however, is that the Internet, as well as Internet crime, extends far beyond the borders of the United States. According to InterGov International, 39 percent of Internet traffic is generated outside of the United States. In addition, a 1991 United Nations Commission on Crime and Criminal Justice study concluded that in survey of 3000 Virtual Address Extensions sites in dozens of countries, over 72 percent reported a security incident within the last 12 months. Clearly, law enforcement on the electronic frontier is not just an American problem.
Although the nature of the Internet is that its content and influence extend far beyond a nations borders, it is clear that as of yet, law enforcement can not and does not. Hence, a responsibility has been put on every national government to police its own section of the Internet that more or less happens to fall onto their soil. In the ensuing paragraphs, I will attempt to explain legal measures being taken by several nations in their efforts to curb Internet abuses and computer crime within their sovereign jurisdiction. Some countries have reacted quickly and legislated stringent standards. Others have been more lax in their response, or simply do not care to enforce this additional legislation. Whatever the case, however, it is clear that in order to effectively curb computer crime in the future, international cooperation of some kind will be required in order to provide boundaries to this otherwise infinite universe.
The names of Woods and Strickland, better known as Pad and Gandalf, had been known by many across Europe for some time as a duo of extremely adept and dangerous hackers. Easily penetrating computer systems in fifteen different countries, Woods and Strickland had been responsible for many hacks including exposing the gaudy expense accounts of European Community President Jacques Delor, entering and bringing down a good part of Sweden's telephone network, and pilfering the confidential financial records of S.G. Warburg, the leading banker in London.
What made this conviction especially important, however, was the case of Paul Bedworth which, just a few months before, had ended in acquittal. At 14 years old, Bedworth's mother had furnished him with a $400 computer for a birthday present, which he then proceeded to use over the next five years to break into supposedly secure systems ranging from the White House to the Tokyo Zoo. After his capture and subsequent trial on the charge of criminal conspiracy under the Computer Misuse Act, a conviction appeared like a certainty, as Bedworth did not deny his hacking exploits, and did not offer any evidence in his defense other than to say he had a "pathological obsession" with computers. Most devastatingly to prosecutors, however, a jury of eleven, eight men and three women, voted unanimously to acquitt Bedworth, despite the fact that there had been evidence presented from the collaboration of eight different British police forces, as well as several overseas governments including Singapore and India. Many had feared the Bedworth case had permanently taken the teeth out of the Computer Misuse Act, essentially freeing hackers everywhere to roam as they pleased and claim addiction to this "disease." However, their fears were somewhat quelled by the convictions of Wood and Strickland, who will surely serve as precedents and examples for the near future.
There are basically two acts relating top computer usage that have been passed by the British government. They are the Data Protection Act of 1984, and the Computer Misuse Act of 1990. The first act generally deals with the actual procurement and use of personal data, while the second act defines the laws, procedures, and penalties surrounding unauthorized entry into computers. The next two paragraphs will go into more detail as to what exactly these two pieces of legislation encompass.
The Data Protection Act of 1984 is divided into eight basic principles. The first deals with procurement of data, and generally outlines ways in which data may be processed fairly and lawfully. The next principle deals with the possession of data, and that it should only be held in a specified and lawful manner for a specific purpose. The third item states that data will not used or disclosed for anything other than its intended purpose. The fourth says that once that purpose is finished, is should be disposed of immediately and properly. The following two principles mandate the integrity of the data, stating that it should remain relevant and viable for its intended purpose, and should be kept accurate and up to date at all times. Finally, the last two points deal with the actual ownership of data, saying that it is up to the data user to maintain their own data and make sure adequate security measures are in place to prevent its unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. This act looked very peculiar at the time of its passage, and continues to today, because it seems to place the blame of hacking on the victim, and not on the aggressor. In otherwords, if a person hacks into ones computers, the computer owner is liable for not effectively defending their own computer from attacks.
As a result of the Data Protection Act's curious bestowment of security burden on the victim, in 1990, Parliament passed the Computer Misuse Act to supersede many of the provisions of the 1984 act. The act grew out of public outrage over the growing proliferation of destructive hackers, and resulted in a very tough piece of legislation. Its most significant components were the first three of eighteen sections, which effectively shifted the blame and responsibility of unauthorized access from the attacked to the attacker. Not only did it criminalize expected actions such as unauthorized access, modification, and destruction of material, but it also removed the burden of intent in order to find someone guilty under the act. In other words, someone who succeeded in accessing an unauthorized computer, even if he had no explicit intent of doing so, could be convicted under the act. The next six sections defined the jurisdiction of the act, and it was made broad enough to include prosecuting actions on British soil, at British soil, as well as the procedures for the proper prosecution of conviction of non-British citizens. The remaining sections dealt with the enforcement aspects of the legislation, outlining procedures for trial, search warrants, extradition, and what to do in case proceedings were held in either Scotland or Northern Ireland, who maintain their own separate court systems.
Following the convictions of Wood and Strickland, prosecutions of hackers grew in number as more and more of them were brought to Her Majesty's Royal Court. In 1997, Richard Pryce, 19 of Holburn, England, plead guilty to twelve counts of gaining unauthorized access to computers, including those of the United States Air Force. He was caught when he was sixteen years old by the Computer Crime Unit of the New Scotland Yard, who had received a tip from none other than the United States Air Force. Owing to the non-malicious nature of the intrusion, and the three year disruption to his musical career, the magistrate decided Pryce had suffered enough, gave him a stiff fine, and sent him on his way. In 1995 at Exeter Crown Court, Christopher Pile, also known as the "Black Baron," was sentenced to 18 months in prison for violating section 3 of the Computer Misuse Act. Specifically, he was charged with unauthorized access, unauthorized modifications, and inciting people to spread viruses. He was the first person convicted under section 3 of the act.
Despite its seeming successes, Scotland Yard, however, has not been as lucky. In 1996, a phone phreaker or a hacker broke into Scotland Yard's PABX (Private Automatic Branch Exchange) and racked up one million pounds worth of long distance phone calls before the scam could be stopped. Despite the fact that public network had been electronically "sealed" from hacking years before, authorities admitted that the PABX continued to be the weak link in the electronic information chain. Aside from being expensive and embarrassing, Scotland Yard still has no option but to blame themselves, for the nintruder or intruders have been rigorously pursued, but as of yet still have not been caught. Hackers like these are costing Britain alone almost $1.54 billion a year.
Besides being our geographical neighbor to the north, Canada's proximity and economic integration with the United States has created a computer network and Internet community very dependent to ours. Along with this technology, however, has also come computer crime both from United States, as well as from within. To Canada's credit, they have watched very closely the proliferation of computer crime in their neighbor south of the border, and have wasted no time in implementing legislative action to correct such measures. That, along with a well defined enforcement and command structure has given Canada an almost unmatched success rate in dealing with hackers. Some of their success stories include the apprehension of such notorious hackers as Darkman, Coaxial Karma, and SubHuman Punisher.
As stated before, the Canadian government has been very aggressive and unashamed in implementing computer crime legislation. There are basically two section in the Canadian criminal code, sections 342.1 and 430 that deal the most with computer crime. Section 342.1 is itself divided into two parts. The first part deals with most of the items that would traditionally be considered computer crime. It defines unlawful entry into systems, interception of transmissions, as well as mandating a harsh ten year prison sentence for violation of these laws. The second part defines data or computer programs, to give written documentation as to what kind of materials would qualify under the statute. Section 430 criminalizes the actual destruction, alteration, or interruption of data or data transmission. It does not set specific sentences, but one can assume they would be similar in nature to section 342.1. Other related codes that more generally refer to the misuse of telecommunications include section 184, the unlawful interception of telecommunications, section 326, theft of telecommunications, and section 327, possession of device to intercept telecommunications. I found that in cases of hacker prosecutions, telecommunications theft was often charged in conjunction with the other statutes.
The item, however, that truly distinguishes the Canadian government from all others who try to enforce computer crime laws is the clear definition of a jurisdictional boundary for computer crime. All sections pertaining to such events fall under the mandate of the Royal Canadian Mountain Police (RCMP), and specifically the Information Technology Security Branch (ITSB). This body, in consultation with the Treasury Board Secretariat (TSB) and Communications Security Establishment (CSE), are responsible for the information technology security of all of Canada. Their primary role is to educate the government on security matters, running seminars, printing document, and providing consultation, however, they are also tasked with working with local law enforcement officials to crack down on computer crime. The ITSB itself is broken up into three branches. The Security Evaluation and Inspection Team's (SEIT) primary function is to set up, secure, and be a consulting organization for any computers and networks set up by the government of Canada. The Computer Investigative Support Unit (CISU) is the legal branch of the RCMP. They provide legal counsel, acquire warrants, and direct the prosecution of computer criminals. Finally, the Counter Technical Intrusion Unit (CTIU) is responsible for performing periodic sweeps of governmental computer systems, assisting local police, and performing technical evaluations in cases of theft of communication. As one can see, with the defined layout and organizational structure written above, its no wonder that hackers consider Canada a difficult hack, although there are many that will always be up to the challenge.
In just one measure of a Canada's success in their war on electronic crime, it is estimated that of the $3 billion to $4 billion lost in North America due to telecommunications theft, only $100 million, or about 3%occurred in Canada. This despite the fact that Canada accounts for approximately 8% of the North American population, and a much greater proportion of its electronic traffic. In telecommunications conference held in Toronto, a group called the Stentor alliance attributed this success to the cooperative atmosphere, in fighting computer crime, that exists between government, law enforcement, and industry. Maybe it is conceivable that the United States should import another product from their northern neighbor, other than hockey.
To begin however, allow me to present the legal background in Italy, for laws involving computer crime. In the Operation Hardware1, Italian officials cited several parts of the Italian as well as European Economic Community (EEC) Code to justify their actions. Specifically, they cited EEC proposal 250/91, which establishes the integrity of copyrighted software, Italian Code section 518/92, which establishes penalties against selling pirated software and evading taxes on those items, and Italian Code section 633/41, which also protects copyrighted software. Although those were the laws invoked in the raids, they do not form the heart of Italian computer crime law, which is actually quite extensive. All legislation of that type is contained within Italian Code section 547, which was passed as part of a larger bill in December of 1993. There were basically twelve points in the bill. Four of the points deal with the possession, alteration, or destruction of data or computer systems. The last of those carried a maximum penalty of one million liars and recommendations for action by the plaintiff. Another four set penalties for unauthorized or pirated access into systems and subsequent interception of communications, which carry a maximum sentence of six years. The last four points were more diverse in nature. One makes it a crime to forge an electronic transmission. Another forbids the diffusion of computer viruses into the network. The third makes illegal the possession of devices to intercept or disrupt communications. The final point is probably the most intriguing, as it sets rather harsh penalties for disclosure of information to another without good cause.
Back to the Operation Hardware1 of 1994, despite the benevolent and seemingly legal nature of the operation, the Italian government had, apparently, once again lived up to its good name as a country who had problems when it came to government. Although the prosecutors were backed by the criminal code, it was difficult to justify their actions on only those grounds, because had copyright violations really been a problem, crackdowns would have occurred in the music and videotape industry as well. However, those raids never came. Thus, a multitude of theories swirled around as to why the raids occurred, and no is quite sure which one is correct. Of the those dozens of theories, three in particular were taken seriously into consideration by those who followed the Italian BBS scene.
The first one was that after the recent prosecutions of the Mafia, prosecutors were getting bored and decided to go after what they considered a "high profile story." As computers were leading edge, and as of yet not well understood, technology, it would be perfect way for the government to strike something the public did not exactly understand. One of many holes in this story, however, is that it would have required massive amounts of under the table communications which seemed unlikely.
Another theory was that the Italian government was acting, at the behest of the telecommunications industry, to clear out small BBS operators so they could move in with their massive communications networks and take over the Italian net. The flaw in this theory is that BBS users were generally private people with a small group of users, and that the communications giants would have been relatively unaffected had they chosen to begin a massive marketing campaign with or without the BBSes.
The final, and most intriguing theory, is one that goes back to the past Italian election. Following corruption scandals that basically decimated the ranks of the centrist Christian Democrat and Socialist parties, a power vacuum emerged that allowed the election of media mogule Silvio Berlusconi's right wing party. Although not fascist himself, Berlusconi gave prominent seats in his cabinet to the Alianza Nationale, the neo-fascist party, in order to form a government. It was then these fascists who orchestrated Operation Hardware1, as it was clear a disproportionate share of the BBSes hit were left leaning services, including Peacelink, a non-profit BBS which was brought down three weeks after the initial raids when they criticized the Berlusconi government. Because Berlusconi owned a good portion of Italian media, little was reported of these facts. Although carried out in the name of computer justice, the actions of the government were little more than a political suppression. This interpretation was further justified in 1995, when the Bits Against the Empire BBS, a node of the Italian Cybernet computer network was shut down because its efforts at free expression and counter-information were a threat to the democratic order. They were charged with subversive association with terrorist intent, although the outcome of the case is not certain.
Besides this operation and the laws on the books, little other movements have been seen in enforcing Italian computer crime legislation. One case in point is in 1994, police officials learned of the existence of a Virus Creation Laboratory (VCL) in Italian servers. Cracked by the Data Processing Crime Section of the Italian police, an investigation was launched into finding the origin of this virus "factory." Yet, despite the fact that the program was traced back to a Bulgarian data bank, no charges were filed and no arrests were made. With its already colored history, it will be interesting to see what Italian computer crime will look like in the future.
The Telecommunications Act of 1991 basically added sections 74 and 76 to the Australian Criminal Code. Section 74 outlines the definitions of carrier and data, so that they may be used in subsequent sections of the code. It also went on to specify what was considered a carrier and data belonging to the Commonwealth of Australia, encompassing everything from data that originates in Commonwealth computers, as well as data that leaves Commonwealth computers. Section 76B-1 makes a crime any unauthorized access to a Commonwealth computer system. Section 76B-2 is similar to the previous section, except that it elaborates on what is considered unauthorized access, as well as establishing intent as a qualifying factor for prosecution. Section 76B-3 makes it a crime to continue to examine the data. Section 76C deals with destruction, alteration, and impeding the data, while Section 76D focuses more on the method of entry. Finally, Section 76E provides punishment for those who specifically access a Commonwealth computer, and proceed to alter or destroy data.
1993 basically marked the watershed year for the Australian Federal Police Computer Crime Unit, the agency established to enforce the Telecommunications Act. In that year, the computer ring was busted, and six notorious hackers were put on trial in Australian Federal Court. Of those six, the main four were eventually convicted and three were sentenced to jail terms. Data King, the most notorious of the four, was given the lightest sentence, even though he had done the most damage when he hacked into such systems as the Australian National University and the Australian Defense Forces. He, however, was a minor and escaped with a fine and probation under Section 19A of the criminal code. The others were not as lucky. Phoenix, who had unwittingly fallen into a trap when he collaborated with a Federal agent, received the harshest sentence, most notably a year in jail and 500 hours of community service. The other two, Electron and Nom, were sentenced to six months in jail apiece, with 300 and 200 community service hours respectively.
Still, despite all the attention and grief caused by this four, one has to wonder whether the punishments they were levied were indeed enough. After all, the crimes that this group committed could indeed be considered exceptionally heinous and dangerous. Some the damage done included installing a Wankworm in the computer system at the Goddard Space Center which disrupted NASA operations, breaking into Canada's Northern TeleCom and seriously disturbing company functions, listening in on classified United States military communications on its System X network, which could have meant disaster for a group of US soldiers somewhere. Despite the magnitude of their crimes, however, the judgments stood. In last twisted instance of justice, however, Electron eventually became crazy following the trials, and was committed to a mental hospital.
The National Fraud Squad has official jurisdiction over Israel's computer crime. Although backed by the force of law, unfortunately for us, they have only one or two officers that are specifically assigned to computer investigations, who are in charge of everything from calling card fraud, to electronic bank embezzelers. Consequently busts like the one described above are the exception, most of which occur when Bezek gets involved. Simply put, the government and public believe that computer hackers actually represent the smarter end of the Israeli population. In general, the law enforcement has not as of yet encountered any major problems with hackers that turn into professional criminals and warrant extra attention. To the contrary. Most Israeli hackers end up getting hired by the Israeli software industry to make a rather lucrative living. Although hacker busts do occur, they are very infrequent and usually result in charges being dropped.
The only other computer crime of note that occurred in Israel was the capture of Deri Schreibman, who was arrested and charged with disseminating illegitimate credit cards to people in the United States and Canada. Although it was widely rumored that he had also broken into computer systems such as the Washington Post and the Pentagon, lacking any legal backing, nothing ever came of his arrest. Although hacking is sure to become a wider problem as network access grows in Israel, as of yet the major computer crime epidemic has not found their way to this corner of the globe.
Like many of its earlier actions, China does not seem to possess any written law or code specifically outlining its computer crime statutes. Instead, trials are held by the force of military law, and harsh punishments are handed out, often in an execution style manner. These cases, however, have been extremely rare and far between, for in a report in WIRED magazine by Neal Stephenson, he journeys deep into China to find out that the general Chinese population have no real concept of the computers or the Internet. Their idea of network are the network of spies during the Cultural Revolution that were executed for espionage and treason. The reason for this is not necessarily that China is unable to accept the Internet's infrastructure, but more a play by the government to limit what it considers treasonous propaganda from entering the country. With the memories of Tiannamenn Square fresh in their minds, they are understandably skeptical of this new technology which the United States Supreme Court so eloquently called "the most democratic of all mediums." They wish to limit outside contact with pro-democracy and human rights groups, and thus, in conjunction with Singapore, are busy building a structure that will be able to filter out undesired content.
Nevertheless, the information age and computer crime is finding its way in the largest country in the world. The first incident of a computer crime as we know it, occurred in April of 1993, when Shi Biao, an accountant at the Agricultural Bank of China's Jilin branch, and his accomplice Yu Xilin, attempted to wire stolen money from Jilin to a bank in Shenzhen. The two were accused, and hence convicted, of invading the computers of the bank, and embezzeling almost $192,000. Biao and Xilin were then executed for their crimes, setting a strong precedent for future prosecutions. It would not be an unrealistic assertion to believe that individuals in the future who are caught on similar charges will be subject to the same form of punishment.
The main incident involving computer crime in Hong Kong comes on the heels of a raid conducted by the Police Commercial Crime Bureau (CCB) and the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA). On March 6, 1995, agents of the CCB and OFTA shut down the servers of seven Internet providers, cutting off thousands of customers, and severely disrupting business transactions throughout Hong Kong. At the time of the raid, OFTA had maintained that raids were part of a police investigation into commercial crimes involving computer hacking, violating portions of the Hong Kong Computer Crimes Ordinance of 1993. They claimed that because the servers were not licensed, they could have facilitated the operations of criminal hacker groups, which would violate the 1993 ordinance. However, all employees detained were only questioned on charges of providing telecommunications without a license, and other computer crime charges never arose again. In this case, the raid was a complete mixup between the CCB and OFTA. The OFTA had been conducting an investigation into the unlicensed servers, and had already negotiated with the Internet providers over these terms. The CCB, however, had claimed knowledge of computer crimes, and thus, initiated the raid with full knowledge and help of the OFTA. The tip on these crimes, however, had apparently come from an international telecommunications provider, meaning that either Hong Kong TeleCom or SuperNet had blown the whistle, possibly to take out its competition. The most puzzling part of this whole affair is that what this huge raid actually was a contention over was simple $700 licensing fee, an amount that clearly did not warrant such a drastic response from the Hong Kong CCB. Whatever the case, either an innocent miscommunications, or an effort subvert free speech, this raid proved just how little many people understand the information superhighway in Hong Kong.
The next couple years in the absorption of Hong Kong into China will be very interesting, not only politically, but also in terms of the Internet. In the Russian coupe of 1991, it was widely reported that the reason the efforts of the hardline extremists failed was because while they have taken control of the radio and television stations, they had failed to account for other forms of communication, including the Internet. As a result, reports of the coupe was disseminated throughout Russia, and the coupe collapsed. It will be interesting to see not only if China eventually legislates laws against computer crime, as the mainland itself will undoubtedly become more integrated, but also if it will impose the same punishments on the populace of Hong Kong. There will undoubtedly come a point where China must establish rules to regulate its burgeoning electronics and computer industry. One can only hope that such legislation does not result in the oppressive persecution of the population.
Ironically, it was the publicization of the case of Sprocket at JubJub that spurred the growth of the hacker community in Denmark. To the governments credit, however, it also marked the beginning of law enforcement, as a man named Joergen Bo Madsen, a computer security expert working for both the University of Copenhagen and the Danish government began monitoring hacker activities off of the Institute of Computer Science at Copenhagen University (DIKU). In the winter of 1991, Madsen came out of hiding and with assistance of the Danish secret service, busted eleven hackers, including one Saron who had racked up a large bill on a stolen credit card. This time, people were prosecuted.
By December of 1993, the Inner Circle of Danish hackers, most of them students at the University of Copenhagen, were history. The university, fed up with students trying to break into theirs and other computer systems worldwide, called in Madsen and imposed a crackdown on all known hackers. Busted by the Danish police were scores of individuals including Zephyr, Dixie, WedLock, Netrunner, Darkman, and Le Cerveau. Some were placed in isolation before prosecutions, while others were outright released. What became of these individuals is unclear, other than the fact that one person, Joergen Bo Madsen, secured Denmark's computer systems from internal threats.
In Switzerland, legislation was passed in 1993 banning hacking, although no prosecutions have resulted as of yet from the statute. There have been only two hacking incidents of note, and both were resolved in a nonlegal manner. At the Swiss X.25 Network Telepac, an employee had let out the usernames and passwords used by internal employees to members of the hacker community. The information spread like wildfire, and for two years all Swiss and some German hackers used this information to make calls around the world until the system was finally disconnected. The other incident involved an individual who hacked into BAG (the Swiss equivalent of NIH) and had gained access to material on patients of the institute. At this point, however, no laws had been passed, so no prosecution was pursued.
The French have been curiously quiet on the international computer scene, as few headlines have been made of the prosecution of computer criminals. The reason for this is not the lack of laws or effective hackers, however, but the fact that the French have actually pioneering computer law enforcement in Europe. In 1988, the French legislature passed laws making hacking illegal, and formed a Computer Fraud Agency (DST) to deal with the matter. They have been fairly effective in curbing computer crime as well as telecommunications fraud. Their list of trophies include NICK, Hardcore Hackers, Piratel and TeKila Underground. Part of computer law enforcement is made easier by the fact that listed on Carte France Telecom's (France's phone company) phone bill is a listing of a caller and a callee's phone number, making the theft of calling cards to hack almost useless. Thus, all they have to do to catch a hacker is find the location of the phone call, making their job a lot easier.
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The Web Police, http://www.web-police.org/
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United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Program, http://www.ifs.univie.ac.at/~pr2gq1/uno


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Rochelle is hosting a 1940s themed sewalong, so you can play too!
Rochelle has asked us to be thrifty and resourceful in the spirits of the 1940s so I risked life and limb climbing on a rickety chair to look in my high stash cupboard and see if I had any fabric just hanging about.
I almost couldn't believe it when I found some suitable black fabric. I am slightly worried that I don't remember how it got there......
Have you made trousers? Any tips? Are you sewing anything 1940s just now?
Despite the dodgy brown and shiny flesh coloured styling sewists just love this pattern. I am going to use the trousers (pants) as my first ever trouser (pant) pattern and have a go. (No way am I getting into the whole Brits vs US trousers v pants debate again....)
Am I a mad fool to try sewing trousers?


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2012-02-22 / Obituaries
Frank Petracca, Copiague barbershop owner, served in the US Army
by Carolyn James Time and history passed in the fire engine chair in Frank Petracca's barbershop. Generations of Copiague and Amityville children got their hair cuts there, and over the years many brought back their children and grandchildren who came to look upon Frank and his barbershop as part of their own history.
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Watsonville resident Natalia Grossman, 11, won the female youth-C division in the American Bouldering Series Regional Championship for Northern California at City Beach Rock Club in Fremont on Sunday.
Grossman dominated her division, climbing to the win and 100 points in the USA Climbing-sanctioned event. Jenny Jiang of Reno, Nevada, was second for the Sierra Climbing Team [90 points] and Kathryn Garcia of Portola Valley was third for the Planet Granite team [80 points].
Grossman climbs for Zero Gravity under Scott Jenerik. This marks her third-straight win in ABS action.
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H-P, AIG Lead Stocks Higher
The Dow industrials posted their third triple-digit point gain of the year, as Hewlett-Packard and American International Group rallied on earnings and a reading on German business confidence topped expectations. Alexandra Scaggs reports on The News Hub. Photo: AP.
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OTTAWA (AP) Before Sergei Gonchar scored the game-winner for the Senators, Ottawa's fourth line of Jim O'Brien, Mika Zibanejad and Erik Condra provided the spark for a comeback against the Capitals.
Gonchar scored on the power play with 2:30 remaining in regulation in Ottawa's 3-2 victory over Washington on Tuesday.
Zibanejad and Condra assisted on O'Brien's goal with 1:23 left in the second period to cut a 2-0 deficit in half and breathe life into the Senators heading to the third.
``I thought they were the best line and the best guys play,'' Senators coach Paul MacLean said. ``They were the best group by far so we had to make sure we got them on the ice.''
Zibanejad, who was recalled from the American Hockey League on Monday, was named the game's first star. When asked if he had earned the right to play Wednesday night against the Montreal Canadiens, MacLean quipped: ``We usually play the first star.''
Zibanejad, who has battled injuries this season with the Binghamton Senators, showed his skill and speed in his first NHL action since the beginning of the 2011-12 campaign.
``I was hoping I would play good,'' he said. ``I was nervous in the first period, but then I got that out of the way and started playing like I should and felt pretty good.''
Milan Michalek also scored for the Senators (4-1-1), who got 31 saves from Craig Anderson.
Troy Brouwer and Matt Hendricks scored for the Capitals (1-4-1). Michal Neuvirth stopped 24 shots in taking the loss for Washington, which blew a 2-0 lead.
``It's a tough one because when you play a really good hockey game you obviously want the win,'' Capitals coach Adam Oates said. ``When you have a 2-0 lead it should be enough in this league.''
Gonchar's winner came after Erik Karlsson wove through the Capitals' defense on a man advantage before finding his partner, who fired a one-timer that deflected of Hendricks in front and past Neuvirth with Ottawa's Chris Neil screening on the play.
Then with time winding down and Washington pressing for the tie, Anderson made a great save on Alex Ovechkin before robbing Mike Ribeiro from in tight.
``My job is just to make sure it doesn't get to three,'' Anderson said.
The Senators tied the game at 2:20 of the third. Kyle Turris won a faceoff in the offensive zone and pushed the puck ahead to Michalek, who scooped it passed a surprised Neuvirth.
``It happened very quick,'' Neuvirth said. ``They won the faceoff and he just hit it. I'm not even really sure. I need to see the video.''
Playing without Jason Spezza because of an undisclosed upper body injury, the Senators struggled and the Capitals owned the first period.
A turnover by Guillaume Latendresse midway through the period at the Senators' blue-line allowed Wojtek Wolski to jump on the puck and feed Brouwer, who caught Anderson moving the wrong way.
Washington then made it 2-0 as Hendricks tipped Jay Beagle's shot home.
The Senators continued to struggle in the second and seemed incapable of breaking through the Capitals' forecheck as Washington pinned the home side in its own end for nearly two minutes, leading to a chorus of boos from the 19,267 on hand at Scotiabank Place.
Notes: LW Kaspars Daugavins and D Andre Benoit were healthy scratches for the Senators. Apart from Spezza, D Jared Cowen (hip, out for season), D Mike Lundin (finger, two weeks) also missed out. ... C Brooks Laich (strained groin, out indefinitely), D Jack Hillen (upper body, out indefinitely) sat for Washington with injuries, while C Marcus Johansson, D Tom Poti and D Roman Hamrlik were healthy scratches.


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Mohammad Dezfulian
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Windsor
401 Sunset Avenue
Windsor, ON
T: (519) 253-3000 x4755
E: hajdez(at)uwindsor(dot)ca
- 2006-Present, PhD Candidate, U of Windsor Molecular Biology
- 2002-2006, BSc, Chamran University of Ahvaz Cell and Molecular Biology
- University of Windsor Graduate Student Society Award 2011-12
- Golden Key International Honours Society 2011
- University of Windsor International Student Society Award 2010-11
- Department of Biological Sciences Graduate Excellence Award 2009-10
- University of Windsor Graduate Excellence Scholarship 2008-11
- University of Windsor International Graduate Scholarship 2006-11
Research interests
- Protein Ubiquitination
- Identification of ubiquitinated Proteins
- Dissection of chain specific ubiquitination
- Genome Assembly and annotation
- Systems Biology of Genetic Redundancy
- Evolution of Gene families and Gene Splicing
Peer Reviewed Publications
- Dezfulian, M.H. Soulliere, D.M. Dhaliwal, R.K. Sareen, M. Crosby W.L. 2012 The SKP1-like gene Family of Arabidopsis Exhibits a High Degree of Differential Gene Expression and Gene Product Interaction During Development.
- Sardari, S.and Dezfulian, M. (2007) Cheminformatics in anti-infective agents discovery. Mini Review in Medicinal Chemistry.
- Sardari, S.and Dezfulian, M. (2005) Evaluation of SAR for Amphotericin B Derivatives by Artificial Neural Network. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
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- Sardari, S. and Dezfulian, M. (2006) The Eastern Mediterranean Health Genomics and Biotechnology Network Critical for the Region, Genetic Engineering News


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As lawmakers and Gov. Tom Corbett accelerate the move to alternative forms of public education, they continue to ignore funding disparities that adversely affect school districts and taxpayers.
As lawmakers and Gov. Tom Corbett accelerate the move to alternative forms of public education, they continue to ignore funding disparities that adversely affect school districts and taxpayers.
Charter schools, including those conducted over the Internet, attract more students every year. Because the Legislature has not corrected the disparities first detailed by Auditor General Jack Wagner, costs to taxpayers also will grow.
The Legislature first established charter schools in 1997. They are independent public schools, often with private sponsoring organizations, authorized by local school boards or the state Department of Education.
When children enroll in a charter school, the district where they live pays the tuition, which is the district's cost per student.
Therein lies part of the problem. Rather than setting charter school tuition at the charter's actual cost per student, tuitions vary widely even for the same school.
In a special 2010 report, for example, Wagner cited a charter school in Allegheny County that enrolled students from 10 school districts, which paid 10 different tuition rates. The lowest rate was $7,201; the highest was $11,333.
Internet charter schools enroll students statewide. Wagner cited one with students from 425 of the state's 500 school districts. The lowest tuition paid was $6,753; the highest was $15,124.
That means that taxpayers in some school districts subsidize some students from other districts to attend charter schools.
Meanwhile, the state government has no idea of the per-student cost for any charter school. And even though costs for Internet schools are lower than for physical schools, that is not reflected in the tuition charges.
Further still, the state requires school districts to reconcile their actual costs with the amounts of state aid they have received, and strictly limits their ability to accumulate reserves. It places no such requirements on charter schools, enabling some of them to accumulate reserves far beyond those allowed for school districts.
When a district loses a student to a charter school, the state partially reimburses the district for a portion of the per-pupil cost. The state paid more than $300 million in such reimbursements last year without even knowing the actual cost per student at each charter school.
Pennsylvanians spend about $1 billion a year to send about 75,000 students to more than 135 charter schools. As the trend grows, lawmakers should mandate that charters charge their actual costs as tuition. In cases where that is more than the host district's cost per student, lawmakers should ensure that the state makes up the difference.
Since charters technically are public schools and are publicly funded, the state should uniformly apply its financial standards to ensure accountability and preclude unwarranted windfalls.
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What do you teach?
I teach calculus and electives including courses in probability, interest theory and life contingency modeling that are of particular interest to students preparing for actuarial exams.
Why do you like teaching at Bentley?
First and foremost, the culture at Bentley is conducive to students getting to know their professors. I'm happiest when I have a steady stream of students visiting my office with math or advising questions. Second, I work with an extraordinary set of colleagues who share my goal of improving what we deliver in the classroom. Third, we are offered a great deal of freedom to create and offer new courses and, if demand warrants, new programs such as the Actuarial Science degree.
What is your teaching style?
I strive to help students develop tools that will be useful in many courses as well as in their careers, such as learning how to learn and how to present a convincing argument (either in math or verbally). I also encourage them to work to their fullest potential, hopefully challenging them along the way.
What advice would you offer a new Bentley student?
Challenge yourself, both academically and personally, and take advantage of opportunities that might not be available once you graduate. For example, go abroad for a semester, take a course that sounds interesting but challenging or might not fit directly into your degree program, complete an internship, or take a leadership position in a club or other organization.


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Some randomness from the past weeks.
Sailed to Angel Island to stay the night. Hike around the island with a bottle of wine.
This is our ride.
We've moved the boat to Treasure Island to be closer to the wind this winter as it dies this time of year.
Where's Wolfe?
Love the bloody marys at The Ramp.
Ran into Mars
Ferris luggage.
Mars son Atlas
His studio.
These paintings aren't done, but he didn't mind that we show them off.
Decided to not drive to a family party in Martinez. Thought we'd go for the mega sailing mission, but since there was little wind, we motored most of the 6 hour trip.
How's my yuppie coming along? The look goes well with the boat.
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Loreley's Grasp, The (US - DVD R1)
Gabe won't date any more scaly green women with giant claws that eat hearts...
A creepy town by the Rhine River is plagued by some kind of monster that comes in the night and tears nubile young ladies to pieces. The town's girl's boarding school hires an experienced and handsome hunter to stand guard and stop the creature. During his investigation, the hunter discovers an ancient Germanic myth that tells the story of a siren-like being—the Loreley—that takes the form of a beautiful woman during the day, and requires human hearts for food by night.
Like so many horror fans, my first introduction to director Amando De Ossorio was Tombs of the Blind Dead, a moody, pre- Dawn of the Dead zombie film like none other. Despite a slightly bawdy lesbian lovemaking sequence and a low budget, Blind Dead was a classy piece of old fashion filmmaking, and had I ended my personal journey with the director there, I may've been fooled into thinking he was a classy kind of guy. Several years and several low class thrillers later and I finally see Ossorio for what he really is—a trash merchant with a good eye for spooky.
The Loreley's Grasp is a much more successful film than the last Ossorio flick I reviewed for BCI Eclipse, Night of the Sorcerers. Sorcerers was entertaining in an Ed Woodian way, its general ineptitude being its greatest asset. This time I find myself watching a real movie, with real characters, half decent acting (the leads are genuinely affecting), and a few impressively moody shots. The plots of the two films, along with all the other Ossorio flicks I've seen, are comparable in their basic weaknesses (almost none of it makes sense if you stop to think about it too long), but Loreley's Grasp has enough momentum to keep most viewers entertained. The dialogue, especially that concerning the science of the Loreley phenomenon, is particularly goofy, but in an entertaining way.
Exploitation fans should get their fill of sex and violence, though there is a slight innocence to the trashier moments. The naked girls are all shot like pin-ups rather than porn stars, and the gore, though more intense than I was expecting, is pretty tame. Some of the bargain basement special effects are effective in their way, specifically the time-lapse mutation of a severed hand. The title creature looks better than most low budget monsters, though the gore effects are sub-Fulci. Ossorio has his gothic and '70s swinger appeal down, and handles the monster attack scenes with a shot of style, but he has no concept of how to shoot action, which hobbles a few sequences. It's not fully successful, but you could do a whole lot worse.
Like I said in my Horror Rises from the Tomb review, it's great to see these films, no matter how bad or good they may be, in clean and clear widescreen. This transfer isn't BCI Eclipses finest hour, but there's very little to realistically complain about. Under-lit outdoor scenes are pretty dirty, but the overall grain and dirt levels are quite clean. Brighter scenes are very colourful, and the colours rarely bleed or exhibit too much noise. Sharpness has been cranked a bit to high causing some edge enhancement and bumping up the contrast levels a little too high in some shots.
Again, the English dub track contains a slightly better mix than the original Castilian track, which is a little too harsh. The Dolby Digital Mono sound is clean, reasonably warm, and almost entirely without distortion. The balance of sound effects, dialogue, and music is sometimes a bit maddening, but general fidelity is more satisfying than I've come to expect from older, low budget productions, though there are a few instances of dropout and some unintended echo. Anton Garcia's soundtrack is very impressive, and effectively haunting. The composer's use of different styles and instruments is something often missing from Spanish productions in the era (the Italians almost always beat the Spaniards in the realms of movie music), and both the English and Castilian tracks serve it well.
There's not much here besides the feature film, just a trailer, the alternate Spanish language credits, an entertaining still gallery, and more of those thrilling and informative Mirek Lipinski liner notes.
The Loreley's Grasp isn't an earth-shatterer, but it's good fun for fans of grade-A trash. Fans of director Amando De Ossorio's Blind Dead film series will eat it up, and even Euro-horror laymen will get a few chuckles out of the boobs and gore. The film's greatest asset is a genuine sense of the romantic, and a few performances that go far above and beyond the usual for shoestring exploitation. It's all the fun of Night of the Sorcerers with fewer calories.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 13th November 2007
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, single layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital Mono English, Dolby Digital Mono Castilian
Subtitles: English
Extras: Alternate Credits, Trailer, Stills, Liner Notes
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Amando De Ossorio
Cast: Tony Kendall, Helga Liné, Sylvia Tortosa
Genre: Horror
Length: 85 minutes
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Until two years ago, Elizabeth Jennings was diagnosed by her family as having �LizzieLou Syndrome.�
That�s the only way they could describe the difficulty Lizzie was having with speaking and eating. She had low muscle tone and trouble with her stomach and digestion.
It was a mystery.
Despite hundreds of MRI�s, CT scans, endoscopies and colonoscopies, doctors couldn�t give Lizzie a clear medical diagnosis, and instead clinically diagnosed her with Rett Syndrome, autism and even suggested she had cerebral palsy.
Finally, at age 13, Lizzie, of Burlington, was diagnosed with Pitt Hopkins Syndrome � a rare genetic disorder first discovered in 1978 but not genetically explained until 2007. It�s found in only about 250 children worldwide, according to Judy Jennings, Lizzie�s mom.
Now, Lizzie�s 9-year-old cousin, Millie, wants to raise awareness and money to benefit the international Pitt Hopkins Research Foundation to find a cure for it.
Lizzie, now 15, and Millie are typical cousins who play board games, tell jokes, play on swings and swim together. But those are all activities that Judy was told Lizzie wouldn�t be able to do.
When she was born, �There were no apparent disabilities or problems,� said Judy. �She was fussy a lot as an infant and spitting up, but I was assured every baby does that.�
But between 6 and 9 months old, Lizzie wasn�t sitting up or crawling. Judy said, �It was like she wanted to, but she couldn�t make her muscles do what she wanted to tell them.�
As she got older, Lizzie had a hard time eating solid foods. She started seeing speech, oral, physical and occupational therapists. Lizzie bounced back and forth between Duke University Medical Center and UNC Hospitals as the family�s insurance changed. She was tested for Angelman and Fragile X syndromes � genetic conditions causing developmental disabilities.
�When she was 18 months old, we went to the Developmental Evaluation Center in Greensboro, and they did a multi-team evaluation,� where Lizzie was clinically diagnosed with Rett Syndrome, said Judy. �It�s a neurological disorder and it�s under the autism spectrum.�
The clinical diagnosis meant doctors based the diagnosis on her symptoms, but didn�t have the genetic testing proof, Judy said.
When Lizzie was 3, Judy took her to be evaluated at the University of North Carolina TEACCH Autism Program, where she was clinically diagnosed with autism. As a special education teacher for 20 years with experience with severely autistic children, Judy said she didn�t see the symptoms of autism in her daughter.
Judy said unlike most children with autism, Lizzie is socially engaged, handles transitions pretty well, and doesn�t display echolalia � a speech pattern of immediately and involuntarily repeating heard words, common in autistic children.
Judy attended a lecture series at the UNC Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, where she learned about adaptive communications and assistive technology and brought home an adaptive keyboard. Today, Lizzie still uses a communicator with pre-set buttons with corresponding words, phrases, questions and even jokes to talk with her friends and family.
About six years ago, Judy took Lizzie to the Blue Bird Circle Rett Center at the Texas Children�s Hospital for a medical diagnosis of Rett syndrome. Doctors there said Lizzie absolutely did not have Rett syndrome. That�s when the family came up with �LizzieLou syndrome.�
Two years ago, Dr. Vandana Shashi, specializing in pediatric medical genetics at Duke, invited the Jennings family to participate in a study that broke down Lizzie�s and her parents� genetic codes.
�On the 18th chromosome she had a mutation at the TCF4. And that mutation is a mutation that (had) never been seen in the medical journals,� said Judy. Lizzie was finally given a medical diagnosis of Pitt Hopkins Syndrome (PTHS).
�They had a picture of her chromosome � in the New England Journal of Medicine,� Judy said.
Kelly Schoch, genetic counselor at Duke University Medical Center, said developmental delay and intellectual disability is seen in almost all children with PTHS. Wide-set mouths, deep-set eyes and wide nostrils are common, as are severe constipation or reflux issues.
�About half of them will have seizures,� and between 55 to 60 percent of kids with PTHS will have hyperventilation episodes or will hold their breath, Schoch said. �It�s a big clue to finding the underlying diagnosis.� Lizzie didn�t display that particular symptom, which Schoch said shows the wide spectrum of PTHS.
Judy didn�t know of any other children with PTHS, and given its rarity, turned to the Internet. She found the International Pitt Hopkins Syndrome Support Group on Google Groups, established in part by the Pauca family in Winston-Salem. Theresa and Paul Pauca�s son, Victor, was diagnosed with PTHS in 2008 when he was a little more than 2 years old. Theresa, vice president of the organization, said the National Organization for Rare Disorders put them in touch with other Pitt Hopkins families and, �We found a family in the Netherlands that is British.�
Sue Routledge�s son, Christopher, has the disorder, and Sue and Theresa decided to start the international support group online. In 2010, the Pauca�s started the Pitt Hopkins Syndrome Fund through The Winston-Salem Foundation.
�Two years later, we started the paperwork to become our own nonprofit,� Theresa said. �We have about 300 families in our support group around the world. It�s very rare, but it�s underdiagnosed.�
Last year, the Lapidus family in Los Angeles helped turn the support group into a research fund, after their son was diagnosed with PTHS.
�They started major fundraising,� Theresa said. �In one year they raised $300,000,� which jump-started the current Pitt Hopkins Research Foundation�s research funding.
The foundation supports studies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham using mice models to research the efficacy of drugs and studies at Harvard University looking at stem cells grown from fibroblast skin cells of kids with PTHS, and how they react to medications at the cellular level. The foundation also supports studies at the Chromosome 18 Clinical Research Center at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
�Altogether, we�ve raised $487,000,� Theresa said.
Millie wants to help the foundation raise even more money, on behalf of her cousin.
�I mean, I love her,� Millie said. �I�d been wanting to do a lemonade stand for a while. I didn�t want to keep the money. I wanted to donate it a worthy cause. And so I thought about Elizabeth.�
Millie and her neighborhood friends raised $25 selling lemonade and cupcakes, and Millie�s mom thought of a way family and friends who couldn�t make it to the lemonade stand could contribute � an online fundraising website called GoFundMe.
�We�ve already raised, like, $1,420, and our goal is $2,000,� said Millie. �And then we�re going to make it higher every time we get to our goal.�
Millie, Amy and Judy Jennings said even if people can�t donate a lot of money to the cause, they�ll be able to learn about the rare syndrome by going to the �Millie Loves Lizzy� site on GoFundMe, and help spread awareness, in time for the first annual Pitt Hopkins Syndrome Awareness Day on Sept. 18.
To donate through Millie, visit www.GoFundMe.com/3g0sgk. To learn more about the Pitt Hopkins Research Foundation, check out www.PittHopkins.org


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text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - CHINA PACKAGE TOUR. . WORTH IT? Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in CHINA PACKAGE TOUR. . WORTH IT? Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> FAQ View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message altoidJoined: 07 Mar 2003Location: sk Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2003 5:42 am Post subject: CHINA PACKAGE TOUR. . WORTH IT? Chosuk is coming up and I want to check out the Great Wall. I have seen package tour adds in the back of the Korean Herald and want to know if anyone has gone on one of them? Any info you could pass along would be great. . . such as a good company to use, what your expeience was like, hidden costs etc.. Many Thanks, Al Back to top HomerGuest Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2003 5:53 am Post subject: A buddy of mine in Busan took a package tour to China for chusok 2 years ago and he was quite pleased. the tour was nice and well organised and not too limiting. nice accomodations too. They went to Beijing, the great wall, forbidden city and a few other sites. Back to top GirlFromMarsJoined: 15 May 2003Location: Corea do Sul Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2003 5:59 am Post subject: out of curiousity, how much do these tours cost, from seoul? Back to top waterbabyJoined: 01 Feb 2003Location: Baking Gord a Cheescake pie Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2003 6:19 am Post subject: I took a trip to Beijing for Chusok in 2002... the price started at about 550,000 won but kept increasing as time went by... ended up being somehting like 790,000 for sat am ~tues am... which would have given us 3 full days instead of five, as initially promised. Also, we were tied to the places they wanted to take us for dinner (commission?)... lots of Korean food on the agenda... though we managed to talk thme out of that for a few meals. We also got dragged to a lot of factories... pearl factories, jade factories etc... just be prepared fo this. Had some wicked nights out though... very freaky nightclubs. Very unusual. As far as accommodation goes... well at first we were taken to a Holiday Inn and I was rather pleased about that... nice foyer and all... but they had no record of our booking... Our travel guide eventually checked us into a hotel waaaaay out of town (apparently the occupancy rates in Beijing are like 99%) and it was disappointing compared to the Holiday Inn. Just remember, it's not actually cheap to travel in China... at least not cheap like SE Asia. I lived & taught there for a while and blew my whole pay on just trying to live comfortably... If you go on a tour from Korea, just make sure it's an english tour and you won't be getting Kimchi for breakfast, lunch and dinner as that's a part of the fun of a holiday! Back to top DravenJoined: 03 Feb 2003 Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2003 5:49 pm Post subject: I did one of those package tours advertised in the Herald a couple of years ago. My experience was great. While I generally don't like to go on package tours, I found that being on a tour made it easier to get to all the sites I wanted to see in a short period of time, without the hassle of having to arrange my own transport everywhere. Cost was 550,000 won for 4 nights, all inclusive, and the accomodation was excellent; I got a suite in the Beijing Tourist Hotel. On the day the tour wasn't going anywhere I wanted, I just went off and did my own thing. I was on a Korean tour, which wasn't a problem because there was a doctor from Seoul on the trip who took pity on me and did a fair bit of translating. Back to top CthulhuJoined: 02 Feb 2003 Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2003 6:40 pm Post subject: I did one of those short "sightseeing around Beijing" tours out of Busan. I didn't do the foreigners tour (went with the wife) but the Korean one was pretty good. Only problem was with the hotel, where the first night in Beijing they put us up in a lousy Chinese hotel with staff that was indifferent at best (never have high expectations of staff in a communist country), but after a lot of arguing the tour guide was able to change us to the 5-Star Sheraton--nice! Tour itself was pretty good. We did a number of Korean restaurants but tried some Chinese stuff as well. The Koreans didn't like it...guess it wasn't the Korean-Chinese food they expected like back home. Actually, Koreans are notorious for not wanting to try the local cuisine. I had the same problem in three pakage tours to Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand. Although the included hotel deal is always good, I've had enough of package tours. Back to top altoidJoined: 07 Mar 2003Location: sk Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 6:13 am Post subject: Ive been doing the research and so far it looks like costs are around 600K-650,000. Includes about 10 or so major touristy places. . .Red Square, Great Wall, bunch of palaces and gardens, circus, chinese opera etc... english speaking tour guide, all meals paid for, 4 star hotel, all transportation. They do the Visa for you but you have to pay those costs and the airport tax. All in all not to bad if you wanna be a major tourist in China for 4 days. I just want that picture standing on that wall, ya know. -al Back to top ZyzyferJoined: 29 Jan 2003Location: who, what, where, when, why, how? Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 6:20 am Post subject: Don't try to do China on your own without a fair bit of ummmm....guidance. China is friendly to foreigners, but not foreigner-friendly. 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7/31/2012 – WASHINGTON (AFNS) — The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments have released a free Apple and Android smartphone mobile application for use with post-traumatic stress disorder treatment.
The app is called PE Coach; PE stands for "prolonged exposure."
Psychologists at the Defense Department's National Center for Telehealth and Technology, known as T2, and the VA National Center for PTSD developed the mobile app to help patients with their therapy. Both departments use prolonged exposure therapy as an effective treatment for PTSD.
"PE Coach is a helpful tool that assists our service members and veterans who are between visits and in treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder," said Dr. Jonathan Woodson, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs. "We have shared this app with our military health care providers as well, and hope that many individuals who are receiving PE therapy will find it useful."
Prolonged exposure therapy helps a patient process a trauma memory to reduce the distress and avoidance caused by the trauma. The patient revisits the memory with a therapist, and as he or she emotionally processes the memory, anxiety decreases. The therapy also helps the patient confront situations that trigger memories of the trauma.
Brian Sullivan, a veteran who has been using PE Coach in its testing phase during his VA therapy, said in an interview with the Pentagon Channel and American Forces Press Service that he finds the application helpful.
"It allows you to keep track of your therapy sessions as they're going on," he said. "It allows you to record the whole session. It allows you to take notes after the session, and … it allows you to do homework … before your next session."
Sullivan said the app also offers breathing exercises to help in managing anxiety.
"You have to have a positive attitude going into the therapy using the application. … (The app) will allow you to go back over the session yourself, and listen to it again, and … help jog your memory … in case you forgot something that happened," he said.
"We worked with a broad and diverse group of psychologists in the DOD and VA who are treating PTSD patients with prolonged exposure therapy," said Dr. Greg Reger, clinical psychologist in T2's innovative technology applications division. "We wanted to help our patients in the therapy and make it easier for providers to deliver this treatment. PE Coach does both."
Patients install PE Coach on their smartphones and can record therapy sessions for playback between the sessions. The app also provides an explanation of exposure therapy, assignments, explanations of PTSD and its symptoms, and a convenient way to write notes about typically avoided locations, situations and events for later discussions with the therapist.
Reger said writing in a notebook in public places makes many people feel uncomfortable, but tapping out a note on a smartphone makes it easier to capture in-the-moment feelings.
PE Coach is designed to help users stick to prolonged exposure treatment, which could improve the treatment's effectiveness, Reger said. It was not designed to be used as a self-help tool, he added, and should not replace professional counseling.
The Defense Department and VA released a similar mobile application last year. Called PTSD Coach, it's a reference tool for education, tracking symptoms, self-assessments and connections to support individuals with PTSD.
The National Center for Telehealth and Technology at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., serves as the primary Defense Department office for cutting-edge approaches in applying technology to psychological health.
(From a National Center for Telehealth and Technology News Release. Karen Parrish of American Forces Press Service contributed to this report.)


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Monday, June 22, 2009
SEC Football: Ten Questions for 2009
1. The rosters say 'yes', history says 'no'; will the Gators repeat as national champs in 2009?
2. Is Ole Miss for real or will Nutt crack under the expectations?
3. UGA plays 3 BCS non conference games (Okl St, Ariz St, Ga Tech), how many do they win with a new QB and RB?
4. Will Alabama build on a surprising 2008 season and make 2009 even better with an SEC title?
5. Will LSU's defense rebound enough under new DC John Chavis to win the West?
6. Will Steve Spurrier be able to settle on a QB for an entire season?
7. Will Arkansas go bowling with Michigan transfer Ryan Mallet at QB?
8. Which is more likely, Lane Kiffin SEC Coach of the Year or getting beat by 50 at Florida?
9. How many wins will Miss State's get in year one under new head coach Dan Mullen?
10. Will Gene Chizik look like he did at Iowa State or like he did as the DC at Auburn in 2004?
What are your thoughts?
3 comments:
1. Even though I want to say yes, I have to say no. You cannot pick against the field in college football.ReplyDelete
2. They're for real, Jevan Snead is a great quarterback.
3. I think they go 1-2 (W Arizona St), that's one hell of an out of conference schedule.
4. No
5. They will be better but I think Ole Miss wins the West.
6. Not a chance in hell.
7. Yes.
8. Coach of the year, if he goes at least 7-5 he'll be considered.
9. 5
10. Iowa State.
1. They have a better chance than anyone else, but I hate to say yes or no with complete confidence.ReplyDelete
2. For real.
3. Probably one, but maybe two. No way they win against Okie State and Georgia Tech.
4. No. Too many losses on the roster, and even if they get by Ole Miss they'll lose again to Florida.
5. Don't think so.
6. I actually think he does, but only because the roster doesn't give him enough depth to shuffle as much as he would like to.
7. Yes.
8. Losing to Florida by 50. That's not a prediction of his future success, just based on how mediocre that team is and how good Florida is. Plus, Nutt will be in line if Ole Miss wins, Spurrier will get it if S.C. wins eight (which I doubt), Johnson will get it if Vandy goes to another bowl and Meyer could get it if the Gators win another title. Too many other contenders in the league for a middling bowl berth to give it to Kiffin.
9. Five
10. This coming year, the answer is neither, because I think they win five games. Long range? Iowa State.
Agree with both of you on Florida. If they do it, I don't think it is with an undefeated season. The SEC winner gets a 1 game mulligan in the BCS.ReplyDelete
UGA gets at least 1 win. I give them a better shot at Okie State than at Georgia Tech right now.


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Sanibel School third grader Jillian Cajigas smooths out the soil around the slash pine three she just planted.
The class decided on the slash pine tree for their project.
"Each student was given a slash pine tree at the beginning of the school year, provided by SCCF's Native Plant Nursery," said Finkle. "The measured, graphed and determined average height of the trees."
During the year, they researched the project with creative writing exercises on their own tree as well as native trees they observed and studied along Pick's Preserve natiure trail.
Students later transplanted them into pots and 18 trees, one for each student, went into the ground last week. Now they can observe the trees as they grow over the rest of their time at Sanibel School and point out which one had their name on it.
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New London-Groton water taxi to run on trial basis next month
New London — The city's Port Authority on Thursday conditionally approved use of City Pier as a stop for a water taxi expected to run during two weekends in September as part of a pilot program that is expected to be funded by the state.
The Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments contracted with Cross Sound Ferry to operate a boat, picking up and dropping off as many as 44 passengers at a time between City Pier, Fort Trumbull in New London and Fort Griswold in Groton, according to program coordinator Penny Parsekian.
The overall concept of linking historic, recreational and cultural sites dates back to the 1960s and goes hand-in-hand with the idea of a Thames River Heritage Park, said state Rep. Elissa Wright, D-Groton, who has worked to secure funding for the taxi.
The future National Coast Guard Museum in New London and a study by the Yale Urban Design Workshop helped to revive the idea, Wright said.
"We're hoping to generate interest to support long-term funding to operate the water taxi for the next summer season," said Wright.
The state lawmaker said she is working to get approval so that the taxi could someday stop at the U.S. Navy's Submarine Force Library & Museum, home to the Nautilus, the nation's first nuclear-powered submarine.
The free taxi is expected to run from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sept. 6-7 and Sept. 13-14.
Members of the Port Authority voted in favor of the idea, while voicing some concerns over liability issues and permitting for the boat. Wright said Cross Sound Ferry would be handling insurance and permitting and any other issues, such as Coast Guard approval, would be completed before the taxi is in service. Authority members also wanted assurances that signs and stairs used to load and offload passengers would be removed from City Pier by the crew of the shuttle at the end of each day.
Tambria Moore was the lone member present at Thursday's meeting to vote against the measure. Moore said it was not clear if the vessel being used would meet U.S. Coast Guard specifications for use as a taxi.
The Thames River Heritage Park Water Shuttle Demonstration Project is expected to use Mystic Seaport's vessel Liberty as the taxi during its pilot runs.
"It's a big step for an exciting project," Parsekian said after Thursday's meeting.
Editor's note: This version corrects an earlier version. The Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments has contracted with Cross Sound Ferry to run the water taxi, and state funding has not yet been secured. The passenger pick-up system for the water taxi has not yet been determined.
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