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CAMBRIDGE, UK - Nov. 30, 2004 - ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)] today announced that the Shengyang Institute of Automation (SIA), part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has licensed the ® processor through the ARM® University and Research Program. ARM's technology will enable SIA to conduct advanced research in the field of automation, which is focused on developing solutions for automated controller and measurement equipment.
As a pioneer and leader in automation research, SIA began its advanced automation research in 1997 and has since produced a number of significant achievements. SIA is focused on continuing to strengthen China's scientific research capabilities and in developing new automation applications as part of the country's Ninth Five-Year Plan.
Today, with the licensing of the processor, SIA is able to access one of the world's largest IC communities consisting of IC designers, developers and industry supporters, which will enable SIA to significantly accelerate its research capabilities.
This licensing agreement also means that SIA will become the first academic institute in Mainland China to join the ARM University and Research Program. It joins three other local universities: Southeast University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Beijing University of Technology.
"ARM's architecture is widely recognized as the ideal solution to deliver high-performance, low-cost and power-efficient embedded systems," said Professor Yang Zhi Jia, vice director of SIA, Chinese Academy of Sciences. "Combining a smaller size and lower power consumption rate, the technical advantages provided by the processor are perfectly suited for our advanced automation research."
"The licensing of research intellectual property (IP) with SIA is a milestone for our University and Research Program in Mainland China," said Dr Jun Tan, president of ARM China. "We hope more Chinese academic institutes will be able to access and take advantage of ARM IP to conduct advanced scientific research. Wherever possible, ARM is committed to providing global-leading technology and solutions to further contribute to China's scientific research and applications."
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If you have something you'd like like to see included in Item Randomiser, don't hesitate to suggest it. I've got a pretty good track record when it comes to implementing suggestions.
I'm already planning on randomising potions, wands and ammunition, and if I can manage to make a description BAM that doesn't make me wince there'll be a component for randomising the material needed to forge the IMoD.
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A state lawmaker says he failed to reach a compromise with Alabama conservation officials over a proposed game rule affecting as many as 250,000 hunters.
That means legislators could intervene just before the opening of fall deer season next month.
State Sen. Paul Sanford of Huntsville says conservation leaders appear unwilling to make changes to a proposed rule that would require hunters to report details about deer or turkey kills to the state within 24 hours.
Sanford said Conservation Commissioner Gunter Guy wasn't open to changes during a meeting Thursday, so Sanford likely will ask fellow lawmakers to make the requirements less restrictive.
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WASHINGTON – In a game that featured 85 points and nearly 1,000 yards of total offense, CUA came up on the short end of a 51-34 score vs. Randolph-Macon on Friday evening inside Cardinal Stadium. The Cardinals pulled to within 37-34 late in the third quarter, but a 14-0 fourth by the Yellow Jackets allowed them to pull away.
Trailing 37-27 midway through the third, CUA saw Randolph-Macon miss a field goal and the Cardinals then proceeded to go 79 yards in only four plays to pull to within three. The scoring play came on a Greg Cordivari to Alonzo Cooke pass that covered 58-yards and made the score 37-34 with 2:37 to play in the quarter.
Randolph-Macon upped its lead to 10 early in the fourth when Christian Cook hauled in a six-yard pass from Zac Naccarato with 11:59 to play.
With 8:16 remaining the Yellow Jackets put this one away on a one-yard score by Vance Hendren, which set the final margin at 51-34.
Randolph-Macon scored the game's first points on a 32-yard field goal by Josh Storm, but later in the quarter CUA went on top 7-3 when Mike Pitsenberger rumbled 33-yards to pay dirt.
Just minutes into the second quarter the Yellow Jackets went back on top when Hendren caught a six-yard pass. On CUA's ensuing possession, the Cardinals botched a punt and after RMC recovered, Drake Sanders sprinted 29 yards for a TD on the very next play to up the lead to 17-7.
A Cordivari to Tanner Keefe touchdown pass with 8:05 to go before halftime pulled the Cardinals to within 17-14, but Christian Cook's 29-yard reception on Randolph-Macon's next possession again made it a ten-point game.
The back-and-forth scoring continued on CUA's next possession when Nick Cortese bulldozed his way into the end zone from 12 yards out and the Cardinals were back within three.
Cook hauled in another score, this one covering 66 yards and that sent the teams into halftime with CUA trailing 30-21.
Pitsenberger finished the night with 103 yards on 12 carries, good for an average of 8.6, while Cortese picked up 63 yards on only three carries.
Cordivari completed 27 of 45 passes for 287 yards and three scores, and Cooke had a monster game with 10 receptions for 165 yards and a score.
Defensively CUA was led by Anthony Albanese with 14 tackles, while Miniard Culpepper joined him in double figure tackles with 10.
The Cardinals finished with 405 yards of total offense, but RMC held the ball for nearly 20 minutes longer (38:19 - 21:41).
Sanders (76) and Scruggs (73) led the visitors on the ground and Naccarato completed 25 of 31 passes for 372 yards and four scores.
The Yellow Jackets finished with 554 yards of total offense and were 5 of 6 on their red zone chances.
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Avoiding Redundant Simulation Cycles with your UVM VIP based simulation with a Simple Save-Restore Strategy
Posted by paragg on March 6th, 2014
In many verification environments, you reuse the same configuration cycles across different testcases. These cycles might involve writing and reading from different configuration and status registers, loading program memories, and other similar tasks to set up a DUT for the targeted stimulus. In many of these environments, the time taken during this configuration cycles are very long. Also, there is a lot of redundancy as the verification engineers have to run the same set of verified configuration cycles for different testcases leading to a loss in productivity. This is especially true for complex verification environments with multiple interfaces which require different components to be configured.
The Verilog language provides an option of saving the state of the design and the testbench at a particular point in time. You can restore the simulation to the same state and continue from there. This can be done by adding appropriate built in system calls from the Verilog code. VCS provides the same options from the Unified Command line Interpreter (UCLI).
However, it is not enough for you to restore simulation from the saved state. For different simulations, you may want to apply different random stimulus to the DUT. In the context of UVM, you would want to run different sequences from a saved state as show below.
In the above example apart from the last step which varies to large extent, the rest of the steps once established need no iterations.
Here we explain how to achieve the above strategy with the simple existing UBUS example available in the standard UVM installation. Simple changes are made in the environment to show what needs to be done to bring in this additional capability. Within the existing set of tests, the two namely, "test_read_modify_write" and "test_r8_w8_r4_w4", differs only w.r.t the master sequence being executed – i.e. "read_modify_write_seq" and "r8_w8_r4_w4_seq" respectively.
Let's say that we have a scenario where we would want to save a simulation once the reset_phase is done and then start executing different sequences post the reset_phase the restored simulations. To demonstrate a similar scenario through the UBUS tests, we introduced a delay in the reset_phase of the base test (in a real test, this may correspond to the PLL lock, DDR Initialization, Basic DUT Configuration).
The following snippet shows how the existing tests are modified to bring in the capability of running different tests in different 'restored' simulations.
As evident in the code we made two major modifications.
- Shifted the setting of the phase default_sequence from the build phase to the start of the main phase.
- Get the name of the sequence as an argument from the command-line and process the string appropriately in the code to execute the sequence on the relevant sequencer.
As you can see, the changes are kept to a minimum. With this, the above generic framework is ready to be simulated. In VCS, one of the different ways, the save/restore flow can be enabled as follows.
Thus above strategy helps in optimal utilization of the compute resources with simple changes in your verification flow. Hope this was useful and you manage to easily make the changes in your verification environment to adopt this flow and avoid redundant simulation cycles.


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If you dont have something nice to say (about the EB-5 program), then dont say any. By Matt Gordon
The mainstream press, as all EB-5 community members know, has done a slanted and horrible job at providing balanced and unbiased coverage of the EB-5 program. Of course, many bad things have happened in the program and there are still many bad actors running amuck. In a multibillion dollar and growing industry, both are here to stay, although hopefully with a declining frequency in the future. What has been absent from mainstream press reporting has been the good stories. Excepting ILWs work, its hard to find anyone publishing neutral let alone positive information on the happenings about EB-5. That is, until last Friday.
On Friday, JP Morgan Chase and Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, a foundation started by Harvards Michael Porter, jointly issued a research report entitled, Financing Growth: A Practical Resource Guide for Small Businesses. The report itself is very pragmatic, dealing with the pros and cons of all potential investment sources for small businesses, including EB-5 capital. What it doesnt do is EB-5 bash. It lays out whats good and what isnt about it. While this isnt the popular press, it is a published research report that presented the EB-5 sector in a fair light. So maybe (hopefully) this can show the popular press that the world wants a little more balanced information about the program.
It was particularly gratifying to see my firms subsidiary, E3 Cargo, as the only example featured to illustrate how EB-5 capital can be used for small businesses. E3 Cargo is a great story within EB-5. E3 Cargo is hiring workers in Indianapolis, Indiana as we speak. It is located in Census Tract 3580, which has over 11.4% unemployment (which is in Marion Township, which has over 16%). The EB-5 program and the use of targeted employment areas is supposed to be about revitalizing economically distressed areas. With E3 Cargo, we create jobs right where the policy makers wanted them, not in a gerrymandered geography linking high and low unemployment areas, but right where the jobs are needed.
Hopefully other institutions and journalists will start to report on other companies that are working hard to fulfil EB-5s policy mandate. There are many good stories out there.
To see a full copy of the JP Morgan report, see http://www.icic.org/ee_uploads/pdf/F...owth_FINAL.pdf
Updated 04-21-2015 at 02:33 PM by EB-5Blog
An appealing option for project developers raising capital is to solicit foreign investors who are pursuing an EB-5 Visa. Like the foreign investor who needs to properly research a potential investment as discussed in our previous article, project developers need to be careful and thorough when locating potential investors.
A Regional Center is not required for the investment to qualify as an EB-5 investment but is the most utilized and preferable route. In order to secure an EB-5 Visa, an investor needs to invest at least $500,000 depending on whether it is located in a rural or targeted employment area.[1] A targeted employment area . . . is a rural area or an area experiencing unemployment of at least 150 percent of the national average rate. A rural area is any area outside a metropolitan statistical area . . . or outside the boundary of any city or town having a population of 20,000 or more according to the decennial census.[2] Additionally, 10 full-time jobs must be created or preserved for qualifying U.S. workers within two years.[3]
The project developer needs to ensure that the project can meet the above legal requirements. This area of concern requires performing extensive risk analysis and due diligence. It is highly recommended that the developer contact a Regional Center that has been vetted by USCIS, which means the center has already been successful in developing projects using EB-5 financing. Developers need to be aware that even if a Regional Center is listed on USCISs website, this doesnt mean that the Center has been vetted. Due diligence is necessary when choosing a knowledgeable and reputable Regional Center.
Besides EB-5 requirements, there are many other issues that need to be addressed in order to be successful in securing EB-5 funding. Developers also need to be aware of the SEC Regulations regarding broker-dealers. Illegal transactions have occurred where unlicensed broker-dealers solicit investors for developers and receive finders fees. Working with an unlicensed broker-dealer can affect the ability for a developer to secure future financing. It can also result in rescission claims by investors and/or investigation by the SEC.
Although EB-5 financing can certainly be an attractive option for a developers capital stack, careful planning needs to be in place. The right team of professionals should be hired so that proper due diligence and risk assessment can be performed.
To find out about professional, well-researched, articulate, expository narrative Visa Business Plans, whether for EB-5 or any other business-related Visa, as well as a variety of ancillary services, all of which are designed to specifically address USCISs concerns, contact e-Council Inc.com at email@example.com.
e-Council Inc.coms website, newsletter and other forms of communication contain general information about legal matters. The information is not legal advice, and should not be treated as such. You must not rely on the information on this website as an alternative to legal advice from your attorney or other professional legal services provider. If you have any specific questions about any legal matter you should consult your attorney or other professional legal services provider.
[1] http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-...grant-investor
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Fortune Magazine recently reported that, According to the former chairman of the supervisory board of China Investment Corp., Chinas sovereign wealth fund, 70% of Chinas investment overseas is unsuccessful. The article attributed that failure rate to a lack of three things: local knowledge, management skills, and sophistication. It added that, Such an abysmal record can mean only one thing Chinese investors need professional help.
Regional Centers and Direct EB-5 Projects should consider this fact when promoting the EB-5 immigration opportunity. With all of the benefits that the EB-5 program offers, the one at the top of the list should be the availability of Regional Centers and Direct EB-5 Projects themselves. One of the purposes of the American Corporate Services, Inc. concept is to provide investors with a single point-of-contact that offers access to expertise in every area of the both the investment and the immigration process.
The happiest day in a Chinese investors life should be the day he shakes the hand of an American Corporate Services, Inc. President. With the failure rate of the super-rich investors as high as 70%, American Corporate Services, Inc. have the ability to provide a much greater success rate for investors who immigrate using EB-5.
To learn more about how to put the EB-5 investment visa program to work for you, contact Dr. Gregory Finkelson at American Corporate Services or call 415-682-2550. To order my book, How to Find Chinese Investors, Agents & Clients for Your EB-5 Projects & Services - A Practical Guide for Regional Centers, Attorneys, Developers and Businessmen, click here.
According to recent announcements by Charles Oppenheim, the Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division of the U.S. Department of State, a retrogression of the EB-5 immigrant visa category will likely take place during the U.S. governments 2014-2015 fiscal year. The State Departments fiscal year just began on October 1st and ends on September 30th.
The precise timing of when this retrogression will take place remains unclear. In his mid-October 2014 update to the AILA (American Immigration Lawyers Association), Charles Oppenheim, predicted that the EB-5 immigrant visa category would retrogress in May 2015. Later that same month, at the IIUSA (Association to Invest in the USA) Conference, he reported that the retrogression would probably occur in July 2015[1].
According to Oppenheim, whether it takes place in May or July, the EB-5 Visa regression will likely have a cut-off date of July 2013. Since visas are issued on a first come, first served basis, this means that during the month of July 2015 (or whenever the retrogression takes place), only those EB-5 investors and their derivative beneficiaries with a Priority Date in July 2013 or earlier may apply for an EB-5 immigrant visa. The Priority Date is defined as the date an I-526 Petition was filed.[2]
According to the National Law Review, Oppenheim attributed the establishment of a July 2013 cut-off date to the increasing volume of I-526 Petition approvals by the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (the USCIS) and his estimation of approximately three derivatives per I-526 Petition. Currently, the US government limits the total number EB-5 immigrant visas to 10,000 per fiscal year, which includes both investors and their derivative beneficiaries.[3]
Despite this announcement, EB-5 investors should continue to file I-526 Petitions as needed for business purposed. Retrogression will have no effect on the adjudication of I-526 Petitions by the USCIS. It is thus important for an investor to secure their spot in the EB-5 immigrant visa queue by filing their petitions as soon as possible.[4]
As previously reported on our blog, the demand for EB-5 visas for Chinese investor immigrants exceeded the number of visas available to them in the 2013-2014 fiscal year. This resulted in a Chinese EB-5 visa retrogression, which was announced on August 23, 2014 by the U.S. Department of State.[5] Fortunately, since visa quotas are reset at the beginning of each fiscal year, which began on October 1st, Chinese nationals are again eligible to receive visas. Notably, this was the first time in the program's history that a per-country quota had been met.[6]
The impact of an upcoming retrogression on the economy remains to be seen. For investors, retrogression means greater uncertainty and future delays in visa processing. Consequently, retrogression of the EB-5 immigrant visa category may cause a drop in demand for the EB-5 immigrant visa, leading to lower foreign investment in the United States. Comprehensive Immigration Reform, if and when it occurs, may have the advantage of making such retrogressions less likely, since proposed reforms have included an increase in the US governments visa quotas.
To find out about professional, credible and comprehensive Visa Business Plans, whether for EB-5 or any other business-related Visa, as well as a variety of ancillary services, all of which are designed to specifically address USCISs concerns, contact e-Council Inc.com at firstname.lastname@example.com.
e-Council Inc.coms website, newsletter and other forms of communication contain general information about legal matters. The information is not legal advice, and should not be treated as such. You must not rely on the information on this website as an alternative to legal advice from your attorney or other professional legal services provider. If you have any specific questions about any legal matter you should consult your attorney or other professional legal services provider.
[1] Notably, e-Council Inc.s Founder and President, Lauren Cohen, recently returned from speaking at the 4th Annual IIUSA EB-5 Market Exchange Conference in San Francisco, CA.
[2] An I-526 Immigrant is filed by an EB-5 investor to demonstrate that they are in the process of investing, or have already invested the required amount of capital in a suitable EB-5 project. Source: http://www.eb5investors.com/eb5-forms/i-526-petition
[3] http://www.natlawreview.com/article/...-cut-discussed
[4] http://www.eb5insights.com/2014/09/0...egory-current/
[5] http://travel.state.gov/content/dam/...Preference.pdf
[6] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-ja...b_5884602.html
The amount of Chinese foreign property investments in general currently stands at $33.7 billion USD. The amount invested in the past year is 200 times greater than in 2008, the beginning of the world-wide economic crunch. The U.S. portion of those investments is $9.72 billion and climbing.
Domestic restrictions and cooling market conditions in the Chinese real estate sector are pushing many investors to diversify to developed countries where signs of economic recovery and the prospect of asset appreciation promise more attractive returns.
Not all of that is EB-5, but it is clear that EB-5 investments significant portion. Applying some simple math, 7,688 I-526 applications in the past fiscal year represents a potential aggregate investment of $3.8 billion. We cannot emphasize enough the opportunity we have to assist Chinese businessmen and women with the process of investment and immigration.
To learn more about how to put the EB-5 investment visa program to work for you, contact Dr. Gregory Finkelson at American Corporate Services or call 415-682-2550. To order my book, How to Find Chinese Investors, Agents & Clients for Your EB-5 Projects & Services - A Practical Guide for Regional Centers, Attorneys, Developers and Businessmen, click here.


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The CYM Coffee company is expanding its business with a larger store, more products, and a garden shop among other ideas for the future.
The CYM Coffee company, a coffee shop nestled in a corner off of Newberry Road, is expanding its business with a larger store, more products, and a garden shop among other ideas for the future.
The business, in the Green Market Plaza at 5402 NW 8th Avenue, is a multifaceted operation created by Ken Block, the lead singer of the band Sister Hazel. The name of the business comes from Block's song "Change Your Mind."
"The mission was simply to have a good time doing things that matter," Block said. "We all wanted to spend time together and make the community, and ourselves, a little better in the process."
The coffee shop, which opened in June, previously contained a small grocery store. The store, called the Cymplify store, will open in a neighboring building in early January. Featured products will include local foods, Florida Gator apparel and hand-dipped ice cream.
A neighboring nursery, formerly called Gardener's Edge, will be partnering with the Cymplify store under the new name Cymple Gardens. The nursery will focus on sustainable practices from gardening basics to hydroponic systems.
The team supporting the business, a group of friends who grew up in Gainesville, plan to host a variety of events, festivals and workshops in the space.
"We all grew up here. What we are is a group of good friends who decided to get together and bring our own special talents to create something," Block's wife Tracy Montgomery-Block said.
The shop will host an event Friday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. called Light Up Cymplify with food, beer, wine, live music and a chance to stroll through the business' new space. Music will be provided by Camryn Wessner as well as Block.


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Shopcade is a trends-based social shopping site which allows users to share, discover and shop trends and products, earning rewards along the way.
It has just added a new feature which lets users shop from Twitter trending topics.
I've been asking Communications Director Roxanne Varza about Shopcade...
In one sentence, what is Shopcade?
Shopcade is an innovative, trend-based social shopping site where you can discover, shop and share great products and get rewarded for it. Both Business Insider and Search Engine Watch recently called us "Pinterest for Commerce".
What problems does Shopcade solve?
Today, when many users go to buy things online, they are bombarded by offers and product reviews from people they may not know or care about. It's likely they are looking for a great deal on a product but they also want to know what certain people think of the item they're about to buy - like their friends, celebrities or experts.
With Shopcade, we've made a fun and social way for people to share the products they love with one another.
Users can create a personal page with their favourite products from our 70m product data base (we have over 30,000 brands, including Adidas, Nike, Chanel, Dior, Apple, Urban Outfitters and more) and compete with friends to become the hottest trendsetter.
Through their actions within the application, they can earn rewards and unlock exclusive prizes from some of the world's best-loved brands.
When and why did you launch it?
Our CEO, Nathalie Gaveau, has a strong e-commerce background. She previously co-founded the French eBay competitor, PriceMinister, which was acquired by Rakuten in 2010.
She definitely witnessed the e-commerce space go through dramatic transformation over the last decade and naturally noticed the growing importance of social.
Shopping has always been a social activity but shopping online is more solitary and less fun than going to the mall with friends. Therefore, the Shopcade idea came from wanting to create a fun, social shopping environment online and the application went live in December 2011.
Who is your target audience?
When we launched the application in December, we didn't really have a specific target audience in mind. Our user base is currently split between the US (where we recently opened an office) and the UK, where we currently offer rewards and prizes (otherwise, anyone can access the application).
We have over 30% male users on the platform and they tend to be on average younger than our female users. Men are usually in their early to mid 20s while women tend to be slightly older.
One thing that we are seeing from all of our users is a truly unique way of engaging with the platform and different products. For example, some users create Shopcade pages dedicated entirely to one product category, like all pink products, Hello Kitty products, or even Moose-themed products (see image).
What are your immediate goals?
We've just started rolling out some new gamification and trend features. For example, we recently launched a Klout-like "Trendsetter Score" so that users can understand how influential they are on the platform.
We've also integrated missions, so users can now unlock rewards and prizes by completing certain tasks. Finally, we have a brand new feature that just went live - which lets users shop products relating to real-time trends on Twitter.
We'll continue to integrate additional social channels and build on these features to make the Shopcade experience even more fun and relevant for each user.
What were the biggest challenges involved in building Shopcade?
We've been truly fortunate because our users and community have been overwhelmingly positive, to the point that they want us to expand quickly into more countries.
One of the biggest challenges will probably be making sure we expand into new markets at the right time. It's easy to get excited with all the enthusiasm but we need to make sure we execute gracefully and time things right.
How will the company make money?
Currently, we make money through an affiliate and performance-based model. But soon, merchants will have the option to pay a monthly fee for customised and branded pages with more functionality and analysis.
Who is in the team and what does it look like?
Our team is currently about 20 people split between our London HQ and New York office. We have a very international team with employees from Italy, Romania, the US, the UK, France, Lithuania, Portugal, Korea and more.
We're also very lucky to be working with some truly fantastic investors, including Carrefour's Daniel Bernhard, Eidos Game's Ian Livingstone and the BBC's Lord John Birt. The CEO, Nathalie Gaveau, is also a well-known serial entrepreneur in France.
Where would you like to be in one, three and five year's time?
It's difficult to say exactly where we'd like to be in the future because we are always open to possibilities!
But in the immediate future, we want to continue to grow as we have been (our user base increased dramatically in the last few months) and to be able to provide a fun and social way for people to discover the best products online.


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Australia deserves better leaders' debates - and here's how we can do it
22 August 2013
By accident more than design, it seems that Australia - like the United States and the United Kingdom - will have three prime ministerial debates prior to the election.
At the end of last night's debate at the Broncos Leagues Club in Brisbane, prime minister Kevin Rudd seemed almost taken aback by moderator David Speers' assertion that there would be another debate in a week's time. How ironic if we are getting a third debate because Rudd, the man who proposed an electoral debates commission prior to the 2007 poll and then failed to deliver one, was "bounced" into accepting a third debate by Sky News.
We may never know, but with last night's hour clearly more engaging than the dull "press conference" of the first National Press Club effort, perhaps the Rooty Hill event in Sydney's west will be a further improvement.
We can but hope. Because with the content and format of these debates agreed in the tense days prior to the poll, candidates and parties understandably only agree to rules, venues and formats they believe will be to their advantage.
It is an immature and unlikely way to achieve an outcome that would allow the electorate to truly engage with and understand the different policies on offer. The process affects the outcome. Get the first wrong and the second doesn't really stand a chance.
As with the first debate, last night's "people's forum" bore all the hallmarks of a hastily arranged affair resulting from a swift negotiation between the political parties, leaders' offices and their broadcaster of choice. Although having people rather than members of the Canberra press gallery added a more authentic touch, the questions weren't penetrating enough to result in terribly much more than the rehearsed lines and statements that the two men were going to make irrespective of the question. There was also no ability for the questioner to reveal their assessment of the answers: a question from the floor, two - sometimes more - over-length answers and then swiftly on to the next question.
How different it could be. If a bipartisan commission was established with representation drawn from those with a deep professional understanding of democracy, broadcasting and new media, Australia could demonstrate its capacity for democratic innovation again. For much as these debates are part theatre, part boxing match, they matter.
Done well, debates have the capacity to reveal both the nature of alternative policies and be the stimulus to greater understanding and debate through other media. They can enhance and strengthen democratic engagement and with it the quality of our national leadership.
Contrast media discussion of the first debate here as if it were a sporting match, with the pages of analysis in the print media on the substance of what was said and committed to following each of the prime ministerial debates in the UK in 2010. Or the way in which the New York Times fact-checked each of the statements made in each of the US presidential debates with a group of experts on domestic and international policy.
Or even with the US Presidential Debates Commission having agreed the number, format, timing and venue for each of the Romney-Obama debates a year prior, how the dynamics in the first debate created a different context for the second and third. Agree even the most basic rules for the debate before the campaign, and it helps provide that campaign with structure: a beginning, a middle, and an end with different policy areas the subject of each debate.
And there are ways to enhance democracy through the crafting of the questions as well as the analysis of the answers. There is surely a third way somewhere between the hi-vis jacket of the building worker at the Broncos Leagues Club and the besuited members of the Canberra press gallery going through the paces.
What are the five key economic questions that should be asked of our prospective prime ministers? How refreshing and engaging it could be if an electoral debates commission were to convene a group of eminent economists and then, in the months prior to the election, seek public input through online voting on those draft questions. The same could done with the environment, national security and other areas of policy.
Whether in front of the crowd in the Roman forum - or in front of the television cameras in the studio - matters of theatre and performance have always been an element in the pursuit of power. They will remain so. But our politics and the policies that flow from it are more than cabaret. They have a deep effect on all our futures.
It's fantasy perhaps. But what a legacy it would be for the next debate to end with more than an announcement of another, but an agreement that decisions about how to establish them into the future be taken out of the political and media backrooms and into a creative, positive and rigorous process detached from self serving pre-election politics.
Nick Rowley is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR) at the University of Sydney. For the past 18 months he has been leading a project titled Australian Federal Leaders' Debates: A New Approach.
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It's time to reject our culture's slide into narcissism.
People are waking up. They're saying, Not another day! This is where I mark the line.
They're hungry to get involved and they're getting involved. Their desire to change the world is shifting from wishful Monday-morning thinking into tangible action. They're beginning to see activism not as something done at nonprofit meetings and protests, but as a way of life, a personal, spiritual choice. Ultimately, it is the choice to reject our culture's slide into narcissism. It is a view that rejects the modern consumer philosophy that true happiness comes from personal material accumulation and self-interest. It is the realization that the joy of connecting with nature blows the joy of acquiring stuff out of the water.
We are social animals; we crave connection and community; we crave a wide, encompassing identity that connects us with all of humanity – not just our friends and family, not just our city, our country, our species – but every living being on Earth: plant, animal, human.
It is a new philosophy – and perhaps a very ancient one. It leads to the most profound and meaningful kind of happiness one could possibly experience. It adopts the happiness of others as its own … and also shares in their suffering.
You can't buy that kind of happiness at a store. You can't get it from beating the last level of a video game. It doesn't come out of the end of a pipe or at the bottom of a bottle. It doesn't come from watching sports. It doesn't come from how you dress or what kind of car you drive. It doesn't come from getting a college degree or a fatter paycheck. It comes directly from the final and profound realization that there are no isolated islands of "self" and "other." We are inter-woven into everything. We are all of it.


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Boeing investors don't seem all that worried. On Tuesday, Boeing shares closed at $75.89, up about 1% from the previous day's close. At mid-morning Wednesday, shares were trading at $75.83, down $0.06.
Amazingly, Boeing's share price is virtually unchanged from its opening price of $76.21 on January 15, the day before the Federal Aviation Administration grounded the 787 airplane.
Another amazing fact is that during the Boeing earnings call on January 30, the company said it would deliver 60 of the planes this year; boost 787-8 production to 10 per month by the end of the year; begin production of a newer, bigger model, the 787-9; and review the outlook for the 787-10.
At times in its history, Boeing has been well-served by its ambition and confidence. But there is a case to be made that the 787 program is not, at this moment, a place where investors should retain their confidence.
"We believe the disruptive effect on Boeing's commercial aircraft business over the next 12-18 months is going to be far greater than the market is currently assuming," wrote BB&T Capital Markets analyst Carter Leake, in a report issued Monday.
Leake, a longtime Boeing booster, downgraded shares to hold from buy on January 7 and to underweight from hold on January 17. "We have complete confidence in Boeing's ability to ultimately rectify any problems, but neither we, nor anyone on the street, has any idea as to complexity, cost and impact of any such fix," Leake wrote at that time.
In his report on Monday, Leake reiterated his view that the share price faces long-term obstacles. "We remind investors that just having the 787 fly again moves us from 'disaster mode' to 'caution mode' as any smoke incident after an un-grounding will almost certainly elicit capitulation selling," he wrote.
As for Boeing's earnings day optimism, Leake wrote: "Other than the large overhang of the 787 grounding, this quarter's strong operating performance (both cash and EPS) would likely have marked a turning point for Boeing as it seemed to us the 787 was finally on a clear path to cash break even.
"But we are reminded of the old saying, "Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?" when discussing any non-787 related positive trends," Leake wrote. "Nothing else matters until Boeing can prove that the 787 will be delivering again in short order.
"Investors should understand that Boeing's decision to forge ahead with its original production rate plans is borne out of necessity, for if Boeing is ultimately forced to slow 787 production, the aggressive learning curve assumptions used to achieve the lofty free cash flow projections in current estimates would certainly not be achieved," he said.
Of course, in discussing the 787 program meltdown, it is necessary to recall two other aircraft -- the 737 and 777-- and to remember that Boeing is really two companies: Good Boeing builds two of the most successful airplanes in the world while bad Boeing experiments with the 787.
Ultimately, for investors, the question remains what it has been for years: Can good Boeing's continued success overcome bad Boeing's excessive experimentation?
On January 29, Boeing said it had begun assembly of the first 737 to be built at the rate of 38 airplanes per month, part of its previously announced effort to boost production from 31.5 aircraft per month two years ago to 42 aircraft per month in 2014.
On Febuary 2, the Nikkei newspaper reported that ANA is in talks with Boeing to speed up delivery of three 777 aircraft that had been scheduled for delivery later this year.
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Assistant Professor Jennifer Ort joined the faculty of Western Connecticut State University in the Fall of 2012. She received her Nursing undergraduate degree from Dominican College, and her Master of Science in Nursing Education from Mercy College. Jennifer received her lactation certification from UCLA and is also certified by the National Credentialing Council as a Maternal-Newborn Nurse. Currently she attends The Sage Colleges in Albany New York working on her doctoral dissertation towards a Doctorate in Nursing Science.
Prior to becoming a full-time educator Jennifer worked as a registered nurse and lactation consultant on the maternal-newborn unit at White Plains Hospital Center. In addition, Jennifer developed her lactation practice by implementing a lactation program at United Hospital in Portchester New York to include antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum counseling/education.
During this time, Jennifer also taught in the graduate and undergraduate nursing programs as an Adjunct Professor at Adelphi University, Dominican College, Mercy College and Pace University. Before coming to West Conn, Jennifer was the Chair for the School of Nursing at Monroe College, where the major accomplishment was to elevate the nursing programs by undertaking curriculum revision and program re-design for re-certification by the State of New York. With this accomplished the program flourished with increased enrollment and NCLEX pass rates improved.
In addition to teaching, Jennifer is actively involved in the Future of Nursing initiative as an Action Coalition Task Team Member in New York State. She is the president of Zeta-Omega at-Large Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International, and enjoys volunteering on the Nurse Advisory Council for the New York chapter of the March of Dimes, as well as membership in several other professional organizations.


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State title berths could be on the horizon for several area schools.
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Class 6A-Region 1
Who: Orange Park Oakleaf (18-10) at No. 4 Columbia (24-4)
How they got here: Columbia def. Middleburg 2-1 in last week's regional quarterfinals; Oakleaf def. Jacksonville Atlantic Coast 5-2.
What's next: Columbia would host Niceville or Lynn Haven Mosley in Friday's regional final; Oakleaf would also host either school.
Extra bases: The host Tigers, who have won back-to-back one-run games, are looking for their first regional final berth since 2011. Columbia, which is led by junior UF commit Kayli Kvistad (.600 batting average with 6 homers, 9 doubles and 35 RBIs), beat five ranked teams in winning the Doc 4 Life Varsity Showdown in Ocala earlier this month. The visiting Knights have won five of their last six games, upsetting 4A No. 2 Bradford and 6A No. 9 Atlantic Coast in last week's quarterfinals.
Class 6A-Region 2
Who: Gainesville (18-8) at Lecanto (17-12)
How they got here: Gainesville def. Inverness Citrus 9-1 in last week's regional quarterfinals; Lecanto def. Groveland South Lake 4-2.
What's next: Gainesville would host Melbourne Palm Bay or Melbourne Eau Gallie in Friday's regional final; Lecanto would play at Palm Bay or host Eau Gallie
Extra bases: The visiting Hurricanes are looking to make their deepest run in the state playoffs with a win. Last week's win over Citrus was Gainesville's first playoff victory since 2006, on the heels of its first district title since 2008. The host Panthers are in their third straight playoff and are also looking to advance to the regional finals for the first time.
Class 5A-Region 1
Who: No. 9 Panama City Rutherford (18-7) at Suwannee (15-9)
How they got here: Suwannee def. Pensacola West Florida 5-0 in last week's regional quarterfinals; Rutherford def. Crawfordville Wakulla 1-0 in nine innings.
What's next: Suwannee would play at Ponte Vedra or Glen St. Mary Baker County in Friday's regional final; Rutherford would host Ponte Vedra or play at Baker County.
Extra bases: The host Bulldogs are looking to reach their first regional final as are the visiting Rams, who won their first regional contest in last week's win over Wakulla. Suwannee is led by senior Jessie TenBroeck (.563, 8 doubles, 46 stolen bases) and freshman Jordan Roberts (.449, 7 home runs).
Class 4A-Region 2
Who: Keystone Heights (12-11) at No. 2 Bradford (26-2)
How they got here: Bradford def. Bushnell South Sumter 3-2 in last week's regional quarterfinals; Keystone Heights def. Mount Dora 2-1.
What's next: Bradford would play at Cocoa Beach or host Titusville Astronaut in Friday's regional final; Keystone Heights would play at either Cocoa Beach or Astronaut.
Extra bases: This is a rematch of last year's regional semifinal, won by the visiting Indians, who went on to reach the state tournament. Bradford, which has won eight straight games, rallied with two runs in the top of the seventh with one out, with sophomore Jordan Davis delivering a bases-loaded, two-run double to beat South Sumter, 3-2, last week. Sophomre Taylor Cruce has an area-leading 12 home runs and 41 RBIs. Keystone Heights, which has lost all three meetings against the Tornadoes including the district final (4-3), is led by senior Kelsey Waters (.475).
Class 3A-Region 1
Who: No. 4 P.K. Yonge (26-2) at Oviedo Master's Academy (11-9)
How they got here: P.K. Yonge def. Daytona Beach Father Lopez 15-0 in last week's regional quarterfinals; Master's Academy def. Oak Hall 10-0.
What's next: P.K. Yonge would host Jacksonville Bishop Snyder or play at North Florida Christian in Friday's regional final; Master's Academy would do the same.
Extra bases: This is a rematch of last year's regional semifinal, won by the visiting Blue Wave 15-0 at their place. Today's match will be in Oviedo, the same place where Master's Academy eliminated Oak Hall. P.K. Yonge is led by junior pitcher Kalen McGill (23-3, 0.83 ERA; .419 at plate, 6 homers, 8 doubles, 31 RBIs). The Blue Wave, who have won 15 straight, are possibly heading to a showdown with No. 3 Bishop Snyder in Gainesville on Friday.
Class 1A-Region 2
Who: Hilliard (16-9) at No. 2 Lafayette (19-5)
How they got here: Lafayette def. Live Oak Melody Christian 15-0 in the District 5 final; Hilliard lost to Bell 1-0 in the District 6 final.
What's next: Lafayette would play at Bell or host Melody Christian in Friday's regional final; Hilliard would play at either school.
Extra bases: The host Hornets are the defending state champions and just recently dropped to No. 2 in this year's state rankings by Miracle Sports. Lafayette has a pair of losses to 6A No. 4 Columbia, 4A No. 2 Bradford and 5A Suwannee, all playing today in the regional semifinals. Senior Lindsay O'Steen, a College of Central Florida signee, is hitting .486 with an area-best 45 RBIs, 8 homers. Sophomore Sydney Shows ranks second in area with a .622 batting average. The visiting Red Flashes are making their first playoff appearance since 2009.
Who: Melody Christian (17-7) at No. 9 Bell (14-8)
How they got here: Bell def. Hilliard 1-0 in the District 6 final; Melody Christian lost 15-0 to Lafayette in the District 5 final.
What's next: Bell would host Lafayette or Hilliard in Friday's regional final; Melody Christian would host Hilliard or play at Lafayette.
Extra bases: The host Bulldogs are making their second straight regional semifinal appearance after winning their second straight District 6 title. Bell is led at the plate by two underclassmen in sophomore Katelyn Bong (.494, 11 doubles) and freshman Mika Ward (.508). Visiting Melody Christian is making its first playoff appearance.
Class 1A-Region 4
Who: Dixie County (12-14) at No. 6 Pierson Taylor (20-7)
How they got here: Dixie County lost 11-1 to Baldwin in the District 7 final; Taylor def. The Villages 5-3 in the District 8 final.
What's next: Dixie County would host The Villages or play at Baldwin in Friday's regional final; Taylor would host either school.
Extra bases: The visiting Bears, who stunned defending state semifinalists Union County in the district semifinals, are making their first playoff appearance since 2007. Sophomore Jolene Sanders has a team-leading 27 RBIs and three homers for Dixie County. The host Wildcats are making their fourth straight playoff appearance but hasn't won a postseason game since 1994.


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A new version of software for the Mantra Lite console has been released.
A new Australian price list has been issued - effective July 1, 2016.Please check with your dealer for the latest pricing as some have gone up and some have come down.
LSC Lighting Systems will again be exhibiting at Frankfurt on booth C66 in Hall 3.0 to offer the market some new and exciting products.
PLASA has rolled around again and as it has been for 26 years, LSC will exhibit once again, this year on booth D22
LSC Lighting Systems is proud to announce the release of their latest lighting controller, the Mantra Lite.
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Losers by day -- ghost hunters by night. From the garage of his unapproving mother's home, soldier of all that is good, Ken Livingston, leads a team of supernatural investigators in a search for truth, justice and poltergeists. In each episode, our heroes confront paraabnormalities that no other team would dare -- busting ghosts caught on sex tapes, braving motel rooms that kill(and have no cable or turndown service), and seducing succubi. They are not normal...they are ParaAbnormal.


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There are still many rough edges in the new OS but overall I am really excited about the visual direction that Mac OS X Yosemite is taking. It demonstrates a more mature and subtle approach in adapting iOS 7 design language. No ultra thin fonts, no crazy parallax, no ridiculous icons, just subtle use of translucent materials accompanied by a bright and cheerful palette. Using the new OS feels fresher, exciting, and more modern. I am looking forward to exploring other design changes in the the new OS that I may have missed.
Something else I've noticed: is it just me, or does Apple use a different theme on-stage during a keynote than what actually ships in the beta right now? The transparency and colours pop way more during the keynote than while using the beta. Odd.


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Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Mental Health Committee Chair Aileen Gunther announced Friday that the Assembly's budget proposal would restore $120 million in critical funding to the state Office of People with Developmental Disabilities for services provided by nonprofit organizations that serve individuals with developmental disabilities.
"As a society we must ensure that we protect the most vulnerable among us," Silver said. "These proposed cuts to programs that help individuals with disabilities would result in severe hardship and diminished services that would make it even more difficult for families and caregivers to obtain quality care for their loved ones. Through the restorations we are proposing today, we will ensure that New Yorkers with disabilities continue to receive the essential services they need."
The programs and services provided through non-profits under the auspices of OPWDD help improve the quality of life for individuals with developmental disabilities. These programs help to develop home, personal, behavioral, recreational and social skills to ensure greater independence in their day-to-day lives. In order to ensure these services are not compromised, the Assembly proposes to restore $120 million to mitigate the governor's proposed 6 percent rate reduction to nonprofit providers.
"The nonprofit agencies providing services to the developmentally disabled and their families are an integral part of our communities and the state's economy," Gunther said. "These cuts would have a catastrophic effect, including the elimination of vital programs and thousands of layoffs of direct-care workers. We have a responsibility to protect the most vulnerable among us, and I am proud that we are living up to that responsibility."


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday that he and his top advisors were "brainstorming" with chief executives from top healthcare insurance companies about how to enroll Americans in health insurance before looming deadlines under his Obamacare healthcare law.
"What we're going to be doing is brainstorming on how do we make sure that everybody understands what their options are," Obama told reporters in a brief photo opportunity in the Roosevelt Room as the meeting with the insurers began.
"We're going to be soliciting ideas from them," he said."
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the last in a six-part series exploring the many facets of the Montgomery County domestic violence agency Laurel House and the services it provides to the community.
"Close your eyes for a moment," says Gary Gregory, his voice trembling as he paces back and forth in front of several hundred people inside the Green Valley Country Club.
It's the evening of April 20, and all are gathered for the Annual Gala benefit event thrown by Laurel House — the Montgomery County agency that supports victims of domestic violence.
Gregory's only a couple of minutes into a talk about his sister, Ellen Gregory Robb, when he makes the request of the audience, but already, few eyes are dry — most are moved to tears by Gregory's difficulty holding back his own, as well as the anticipation of what virtually everyone in the room knows is to come.
"Imagine the enthusiasm that you would have as you would drive up to that house, imagine you're going to get a loved one, they're going to begin a new life, " he continues, struggling to maintain his composure. "And then you drive up and what do you see? You see police tape. You pull over. You jump out. 'What's going on?' 'Who are you?' 'I'm Gary Gregory, the brother of the woman who lives there.' He checks on the radio. 'Your sister is dead.' And then they put a body in the ambulance and away she went."
Gregory exhales deeply. The scene he's creating in the mind's eye is Robb's murder in her Upper Merion home in December of 2006 — beaten to death so savagely with a metal bar that responding officers initially believed she had been shot in the face with a shotgun.
Her husband, Rafael Robb — then a University of Pennsylvania economics professor — was arrested the next month and charged with her murder. Authorities said he tried to cover up the killing by making it look as if there had been a burglary. He was convicted of the crime in 2007 after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter, and received a five- to 10-year prison sentence.
"My sister, while wrapping Christmas presents, had been bludgeoned beyond recognition by a man she used to love," Gregory says, explaining that Robb had suffered emotional and physical abuse for most of her 16-year marriage and had told her husband, as well as family and friends, that she was planning to leave and seek a divorce.
"That's the nightmare of domestic violence," Gregory says.
But that nightmare, never far from Robb's family's mind throughout the past six-and-a-half years, resurfaced in a different form at the beginning of this year when Gregory received a letter that Rafael Robb had been granted parole and was slated to be released in late January.
Desperate, Gregory called Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman for advice on trying to get the decision reversed. "'Gary, it's a long shot; I don't know if you can do it. I've never seen it overturned, but if it's gonna make you feel better, if it makes you feel like you've done all you can do, go for it,'" Gregory says Ferman told him, giving him her blessing to go to the media to raise awareness of the situation.
The media jumped on the Robb family's message: "Letting a killer go for what was deemed the most horrific and heinous and brutal killing in the history of Montgomery County in the past half-century, he shouldn't be set free after five years," as Gregory puts it.
That's when state Rep. Mike Vereb (R-150th District) jumped in.
'"I contacted Risa and said, 'My God, what is this?' and she said, 'It's a travesty and we've done everything we possibly can,'" Vereb says.
That same day, Vereb ran into Gov. Tom Corbett at an event in Philadelphia and explained the situation. "I said, 'There's no way this parole board should have done this and we have to stop the release of Rafael Robb.'"
"The governor said, 'Look, the (parole board) chairman (Michael Potteiger) was appointed by me and I will ask the chairman to contact the people involved in the case and reach out to you," Vereb recalls.
Vereb and Robb's family members, including Gregory, met with Potteiger and brought with them a letter from retired Judge Paul Tressler, who presided over Rafael Robb's trial, strenuously objecting to the parole decision.
Still, the family was permitted to discuss only parole process with Potteiger — state law currently dictates that crime victims (or their representatives) cannot directly testify before the parole board tasked with making parole decisions. They can only do so via written, electronic or video testimony or by direct testimony to a separate parole hearing examiner.
And yet, within two days of that meeting, Rafael Robb's parole was revoked. He won't be eligible for parole again until September of 2014. "None of this happens unless we have a governor willing to say, 'This doesn't seem right,'" says Vereb, "and the lesson here is that we've got to change the system."
"We're going to fight again next year and every time we have to, to keep him in prison," says Gregory. "Hopefully they can do something in Harrisburg to make that fight a little easier."
"There are some good laws in Pennsylvania, and nationally, relating to domestic abuse," says Beth Sturman, executive director of Laurel House.
She points to the reauthorization earlier this year of the federal Violence Against Women Act (originally enacted in 1994), which commits hundreds of millions of dollars annually to law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute domestic violence crimes and to various state and local agencies to provide comprehensive support for victims.
"But there are still some things that need to be done on the state level," says Sturman.
Laurel House and its Harrisburg-based "parent agency," the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence — a network of battered women's support organizations that first coalesced in the mid-1970s around grassroots work to help pass the state's landmark Protection from Abuse Act of 1976 — ardently support a number of state legislative efforts aimed at supporting victims of domestic violence and holding their abusers more accountable for their crimes.
"Our work in ending violence against women and their children remains a grassroots effort where local communities really formulate what the public policy should be and advocate for its passage with our elected officials," says Peg Dierkers, PCADV's executive director.
Vereb's recently introduced House Bill 492 — inspired by the Robb case — is one such policy change advocates are getting behind enthusiastically.
Co-sponsored by dozens of state legislators from both sides of the aisle — and many from Montgomery County, including staunch Laurel House supporters Rep. Todd Stephens (R-151st District), Matthew Bradford (D-70th District) and Marcy Toepel (R-147th District) — Vereb's bill would modify the language of the Pennsylvania Crime Victims Act of 1998 to allow victims, or the victim's representative (in cases where the victim is deceased) to appear in person and provide testimony before the parole board prior to parole release decisions.
Introduced in March, HB 492 unanimously passed in the House and currently sits in the Senate Appropriations Committee — Vereb expects it will go to Corbett's desk next month to be signed into law.
"The day this governor signs this bill, it will change the playing field for our victims," says Vereb, who says that victims of domestic violence would be able to testify before the parole board "without defense attorneys and criminals present and none of their testimony is public information."
"During sentencing, both the victims and the defendants have an opportunity to present testimony in court, so how come only the perpetrator has rights once they're in jail?" says Vereb. "This lets the victims talk to the parole board and then the parole board talks to the criminal. It cannot be any fairer than that."
Dierkers agrees. "(The bill) gives victims of domestic violence more rights, so we absolutely stand behind it," she says.
There have been a handful of other domestic violence-related bills introduced during the current legislative session.
One of them — House Bill 27, introduced by Rep. Ron Marsico (R-105th District) — would change the Pennsylvania criminal code to enhance the grading the crime of harassment by one degree when committed by someone in violation of a Protection from Abuse order (otherwise known as a "restraining order").
That means that in some cases what would normally be a summary offense, which carries a maximum penalty of 90 days in prison, could get bumped up to a misdemeanor that could mean up to a year behind bars.
Marsico's bill currently sits in the House Judiciary Committee, with no vote scheduled.
There are also bills dealing with funding: Toepel's House Bill 545, which currently sits in the House Gaming Oversight Committee, would distribute 12.5 percent of the estimated $1.2 million annually that is Montgomery County's share of gaming revenue generated by the new Valley Forge Casino Resort to Laurel House.
That would amount to approximately $150,000 a year in the agency's coffers—significantly enhancing its overall budget, which is $1.7 million for the fiscal year 2012-2013. That budget, says Sturman, "isn't a lot of money" given the myriad services and programs Laurel House provides.
Meanwhile, Bradford's House Bill 1260 would increase from $10 to $15 the fine currently imposed against those who have been convicted of domestic violence crimes and/or rape — money that goes to victim services agencies like Laurel House.
"With tight budgets over the last five years or so, one of the things we look to do is increase some of the court fines and target that money for organizations that need it," says Bradford. "This is a way, frankly, to come up with revenue in a fairly innocuous way, and hopefully it will get broad support," he says of the bill, which has been in the House Judiciary Committee since the end of April.
And then there's the somewhat more contentious Senate Bill 486 — known alternately as "Robin's Law," named in honor of Robin Shaffer, a Quakertown woman murdered by her estranged husband in 2004 — introduced by Sen. Lisa Boscola (D-18th District). It would create a Megan's Law-style statewide registry, maintained by the Pennsylvania State Police, of those convicted of domestic violence-related crimes; offenders would be kept on the registry for 10 years, and failure to register or to provide a change of address would be a third-degree felony.
Though a similar law already exists in other states, Boscola has been trying to get "Robin's Law" legislation passed in Pennsylvania for several years but has so far been stymied. Pushback has come over privacy issues, as well as concerns that inclusion on such a registry could provoke retribution against a victim by their abuser, or lull people into a false sense of security if someone's name is not on it, since many abusers are never actually convicted of their crimes.
"To be honest, our membership comes down on both sides of that issue," says Dierkers.
Stephens says that he finds the idea of a registry intriguing. "I've heard from women who end up dating someone and they're abused and they find out later that the last person this guy dated was abused, so why should they have to learn the hard way?" he says. "There's been a lot of discussions about things along those lines, and I'll take a look at and consider anything that will protect victims of domestic violence."
A former Montgomery County prosecutor who put away child abusers and rapists and dealt with his share of domestic abuse situations, Stephens is a zealous supporter of Laurel House and has sponsored or co-sponsored a number of domestic violence-related bills, including Vereb's parole bill and Bradford's funding bill.
He was also the one who suggested Laurel House as one of the prime beneficiaries of Toepel's casino revenue bill, and during his time in Harrisburg he's fought against efforts to cut funding for state domestic violence programs, sometimes running afoul of leadership in his own party.
"My first budget in 2011, I had only been in office for six months and when the leaders put out the budget proposal they sent it out with an admonishment, 'We would like for this not to be amended,'" Stephens recalls. "And when I opened it up and saw there was a proposal to reduce funding for domestic violence, what did I do? I filed an amendment."
"It didn't go over so well," he laughs, "But I will say this — I worked with our leaders and in the end, none of that funding was cut."
"I can't say enough good things about Rep. Stephens," says Sturman, "He's really been a friend to Laurel House."
Stephens says he's looking into several issues surrounding domestic violence, with an eye toward possible future legislation or at least education. One, he says, is the relationship between domestic violence and gun violence — according to the PCADV, between 2000 and 2012, 59 percent of the state's 1,320 domestic violence fatalities were the result of firearms.
"When you add a firearm to a domestic violence situation it's throwing a match on a powder keg," he says. "Our PFA law permits the seizure of firearms, although you've gotta make sure people are afforded due process. But it all comes down to educating the judges (who are ruling on PFA orders) about the seriousness of a gun in the hands of someone who commits domestic violence."
"You may have a situation where somebody is abusive with their hands and a judge may say, 'Well I don't see any reason to take this person's gun because they've never threatened to use the gun,'" Stephens continues. "Well, as a lot of folks in the domestic violence field know, domestic violence is very often an escalating thing, so just because you didn't use a gun before doesn't mean you're not going to use one if it's available to you."
Stephens says he also recently met with the Pennsylvania State Police about ensuring that PFA orders barring individuals from purchasing or possessing firearms are properly submitted to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. "They currently are, but there's sometimes problems with the identifying information for the defendant, and if you don't have that, then it's really worthless," he says.
Additionally, he intends to investigate ways PFA orders can be strengthened — perhaps by increasing the penalties for violating a PFA, as domestic violence advocates from Laurel House and others have suggested.
Currently, the law provides only for an indirect criminal contempt complaint for someone who violates a PFA — that person can be fined up to $1,000 and/or sentenced to up to six months in jail. In some states, violating a PFA can result in a felony charge.
"There are different degrees of PFA violations and we might want to give the judges some latitude," says Stephens. "All violations are serious, but those that are particularly egregious could be treated more severely, and that's something I'll definitely look into."
"I've been through PFAs that have been violated before, and I can count with very few fingers how many people who violated a PFA actually went to jail," says Vereb, a former cop who Sturman also hails as a fervent supporter of Laurel House and domestic violence issues. Vereb has worked closely with Stephens on several domestic violence-related bills, and says he's for overhauling the PFA system.
"We need to put teeth in these orders to really protect people in the cases that become dangerous," he says. "I happen to feel that when a permanent PFA is granted by the court, there is no reason why a person with a PFA against them should possess firearms."
"I think that any person who violates a PFA ought to be sent directly to incarceration pending charges— we have to figure out how to remove people from the streets," Vereb continues.
"I'm also a firm believer that once a permanent PFA has been granted, it should be published somewhere. Yes, we have to look at the rights of everyone involved. But we have to craft something that fixes the system, because I can tell you that the disbelief at the failure of our PFA system seems to be recurring and we need to see what we can do," he says.
For the most part, say several legislators, domestic violence initiatives get strong support in Harrisburg from both parties.
Further evidence of that bipartisan spirit can be seen in the effort on both sides to change a recently modified Norristown Nuisance Ordinance (Ordinance No. 12-15) that imposes fines on landlords if police respond to three disorderly behavior calls in connection with one of their tenants in four months.
Last month, the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a Norristown woman who said she was a victim of repeated domestic violence at the hands of her abusive ex-boyfriend, but after calling the police several times to get protection from him was threatened with eviction under the ordinance. According to the lawsuit, the woman then decided not to report future assaults — including one in which her abuser attacked her with a brick and another in which he stabbed her in the neck with a broken glass ashtray, resulting in her being airlifted to the hospital — out of fear of being kicked out of her home.
Stephens and Vereb, along with Ferman and representatives from Laurel House, held a joint press conference in Norristown at the end of April denouncing the ordinance as it currently stands. Both legislators have pledged to work together on a bill that would prohibit municipalities from enforcing such ordinances that would doubly victimize domestic violence victims or dissuade them from reporting such assaults.
"When we do things, we need to look at it from the victim's perspective, and this ordinance deters people from dialing 911 when they need to," says Vereb, who along with Stephens, intends to bring forth a bill that would insert specific language into the ordinance that says the law doesn't apply to victims of domestic violence.
Bradford, who sits on the House Judiciary Committee with Stephens, says he would support such a bill. "I think an explicit exception would be fine. These ordinances are in quite a few municipalities and they come out of concerns communities have about bad things going on at certain properties, but you don't want victims to get caught in the crossfire," he says.
In the bigger picture, says Bradford, "I've supported some of his (Stephens') legislation in the past and as a former assistant district attorney these are issues he's aware of, as well as Mike (Vereb), being a former police officer. I'm a Democrat and they unfortunately are not, but we've worked together on things that have had unanimity of support, and domestic violence issues are great examples of times we can all work together."
"I stand with every member of the Montgomery County delegation, Republican and Democrat, who I truly think feel the same about this issue," says Vereb. "I can tell you that Republican and Democrat, we all really want to help out the Laurel Houses of the world."
Yet, as Dierkers points out, history shows that legislation sometimes gets held up on partisan lines when well-intentioned bills touch on hot-button issues — such as guns. The Protection from Abuse Act, for example, allows those who have had their firearms taken away from them as part of a PFA order to give them to a third party for safekeeping, rather than relinquish them to law enforcement — a compromise Dierkers says was negotiated with pro-gun legislators backed by the National Rifle Association.
"That third party could be their brother or their friend, so sometimes an abuser can gain access to them even when they're not supposed to have them," says Dierkers. "And what we see then is victims being killed. So sometimes the solutions are complex and in order to get most of the solution passed we make compromises because pieces of the solution have their proponents and opponents."
Still, just as Dierkers, Sturman and all of Laurel House's advocates say they do everything that they do with so many of the victims and survivors of domestic violence they've encountered, supported and fought for in mind, state legislators say they're similarly motivated to create and strengthen domestic violence laws in Pennsylvania.
"Mike and I don't have to read about it in the newspapers or see it on TV — we can think back to specific victims and specific abusers and think about the effect it had on their lives and all the families," says Stephens. "You think about the real lives that you touched, and it makes it real easy to stand up and fight for these issues when you keep those people in your mind."
"It's not hard, we all believe in it," says Vereb. "I saw the most gruesome of domestic violence results first-hand in my tenure as police officer. And I feel that victims, when they reach a place like Laurel House, they're right there on the edge of life and death."
"We're not going to be able to stop it all," he says. "But right when we think we're tired or politically spent is the exact moment that we gotta stand up and say, 'Have we done enough for our victims?'"


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King Crab in Water by Don Bocarte
Don Bocarte, located in the Spanish village of Santona, is famous for their artisanal canned seafood. It is here that they draw on their greatest natural resource, the Bay of Biscay. The bay is a wild and open sea exposed to heavy swell. Its waters are influenced by the Gulf Stream, varying the salinity and temperature at different times of year. With this variation, the characteristics of the fish and even the species caught varies.


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Lawyer for Oregon school shooter seeks new sentence
PORTLAND — It's been nearly 15 years since an Oregon teen fatally shot his parents and embarked on a deadly high school shooting spree.
Now Kip Kinkel's lawyer is asking a state judge to toss out his nearly 112-year sentence, based on a ruling last summer by the U.S. Supreme Court that dealt with mandatory life in prison without parole for juveniles.
Kinkel was just 15 when he killed two fellow students at Thurston High School in Springfield and wounded 25 others in May 1998. He earlier shot and killed his parents at home.
The Oregonian reports that Kinkel agreed to accept a plea deal to serve 25 years for the fatal shootings. However, a judge sentenced him in November 1999 to 111 years and eight months without the possibility of parole, factoring in time for attempted murder counts.
In a petition filed March 27, Kinkel's lawyer seeks a new sentencing hearing. Oregon's attorney general must respond by next month. State Justice Department spokeswoman Ellen Klem declined comment.
The high court ruled 5-4 in Miller v. Alabama that the mandatory true life sentences for two 14-year-old boys — tried as adults and convicted of murder — violated the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
The court left open the possibility that minors under age 18 still could be sentenced to life without parole, but only if the sentencing judge makes a finding that the penalty is appropriate, weighing the defendant's character and details of the crime.
More than 2,000 juveniles are serving mandatory life sentences without parole in the United States, according to the Juvenile Law Center, a public interest law firm for children based in Philadelphia.
In Oregon, seven inmates sentenced as juveniles are serving life in prison without parole. Three others are like Kinkel, juveniles who were tried as adults and sentenced to 80 years or more, according to state corrections records.
In Kinkel's petition, attorney Andy Simrin argues that the nearly 112-year prison term is longer than the life expectancy of any human. He urges a Marion County judge to throw out Kinkel's sentence and order a new sentencing hearing.
"He pleaded guilty and didn't try to evade responsibility for what he had done and asked for a lawful sentence," Simrin wrote in the petition.
Kinkel had filed a challenge to his sentence in federal court in 2011, saying he was mentally ill at the time of the shootings and the trial court should not have accepted his guilty plea without first ordering a mental health exam. That's now on hold, pending the outcome of the state petition, The Oregonian reported.
Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com


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- 1 Background
- 2 Hardware/Software Requirements
- 3 Directory setup
- 4 Firefly/mt-daapd Tweaks
- 5 Playlists
- 6 hpodder
- 7 Customizing the Roku
- 8 References
Hardware/Software Requirements
- Any Roku soundbridge device (M500, M1000, M1001, M2000)
- Any Linkstation w/ OpenLink or FreeLink installed on it
Directory setup
Firefly/mt-daapd Tweaks
Making Firefly's web interface configuration page "configurable"
If you notice that your Configuration page on the web interface (available by web browser at <linkstation-ip>:3689/config.html) won't allow you to make changes, then you may need to adjust permissions on the configuration file. The very first entry on the Configuration page lists the location of this file, usually at /etc/mt-daapd.conf . To make the web configuration work, cd to the directory where this configuration file is and modify the permissions of the file:
cd /etc chown nobody mt-daapd.conf chmod 600 mt-daapd.conf
Reload the web Configuration page and it should work now. This is a method suggested by an expert at Firefly Forums. If you have concerns about security, you may want to read this thread for details on keeping it secure.
Automatically refresh the database
Static Playlists
Smart Playlists
URL/Internet/Stream Playlists
Hpodder is a podcatcher that is available as a Debian package, so it is a natural choice for those running Freelink. At the time this article was written, it is available in testing and instable, so remember to adjust your /etc/apt/sources.list as needed.


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Doctor insights on:
Enalapril Withdrawal Symptoms
What is it like to suffer from withdrawal symptoms?
Withdrawal: Sense of discomfort with other physical symptoms depending on the substance u r withdrawing from. ...Read more
Withdrawal Symptoms (Definition)
Withdrawal symptoms are physical or psychological sx's which can occur when a person ceases to use a substance that they are addicted to. Possible examples might include: nausea, vomiting, anxiety, insomnia, ...Read more
What are some withdrawal symptoms from depressants?
Discontinuation: Withdrawal symptoms vary depending on the type of antidepressant. The ssris like Prozac and snris (effexor (venlafaxine) and cymbalta) all cause the same type: irritability, lightheadedness, strange sensations when turning one's head, malaise (like a flu without the fever) and even electric shock sensations down the neck, back and extremities. Tca's cause other effects -- diarrhea, runny nose, insomnia.... ...Read more
What are the withdrawal symptoms after quitting weed?
Can be many: Research suggests that a cannabis withdrawal syndrome exists. Symptoms include; restlessness, anorexia, irritability and insomnia that begin less than 24 hours after discontinuation of marijuana, peak in intensity on days 2 to 4, and last for seven to 10 days. In my experience patients can also suffer from serious depression and anxiety symptoms as well, and sometimes vivid dreams. Can last longer ...Read more
Withdrawal symptoms from depressants can include what?
Withdrawal sxs occur: When sudden discontinuation of antidepressants occur. Symptoms may be physical and/or psychological and may include, dizziness, nausea, tremor, anxiety, crying, irritability, lack of focus, confusion and muscle aches to name a few. Some antidepressants cause more sxs than others and sxs can be avoided by a gradual taper. ...Read more
What are the withdrawal symptoms for alcohol?
See below: Shakes, anxiety, increased pulse and pressure beginning 12 hrs, maxing 24-48 hrs and resolving by 72 hrs. In more sever cases there is agitation, confusion which in the most severe case is termed dts (delerium tremens) and can be fatal. Seizures and hallucinations may also seen but are separate from dts. In more sever cases- it takes 7-10 days for symptoms to resolve. ...Read more
What are the withdrawal symptoms of insulin?
Withdrawal?: Only patients with diabetes take insulin. If they stop taking it, then blood sugars go up very high and may cause a life-threatening metabolic emergency called, diabetic ketoacidosis (dka). Though patients with type 2 diabetes don't normally get dka, high blood sugars will cause other problems. ...Read more
Are there withdrawal symptoms when stopping refalen?
Possible, not likely: Relafen (nabumetone) is a non steroidal anti -inflammatory. Stronger than Aspirin and less than cortisone products. It has many side effects. Withdrawal symptoms, meaning a consistent set of issues that arise when the drug is stopped abruptly. Thishas not been reported. However, I have had people describe a return of their original complaints when the drug is halted. This is relapse and not withdrawal. ...Read more
What were your toughest withdrawal symptoms from tobacco?
First 3 Days: After 3-5 days since one's last use of nicotine, there is no more in the body. Drinking more fluids can help it flush out faster. I encourage some my patients to try switching from cigarettes to nicorette (nicotine gum) gum- 4 mg and the uncoated mint. One chews it different from real gum so read the insert. Once a smoker gets used to the gum and over the cigarettes, the gum is tapered and discontinued. ...Read more
What are the withdrawal symptoms from cyclobenzaprine.?
Anxiety: Withdrawal from cyclobenzaprine caqn cause anxiety and insomnia akso it can cause abnormal dreams. Because it has a tricyclic structure it can cause deprssion. To avoid this is prudent to slowly decrease to avoid uncomfortable symptoms. ...Read more
I am just curious what are the withdrawal symptoms from alcohol?
Withdrawal sxs:
There are far too many alcohol withdrawal symptoms for me to come close to listing them in 400 words or less. See: http://www. Alcoholwithdrawalsymptoms. Org/. Please be aware that death is a possible outcome from withdrawal.
Please look into alcoholics anonymous if you are asking this question out of personal concern. ...Read more
What are opioid withdrawal symptoms?
Opiate withdrawal: Opiate withdrawal syndrome includes: agitation, anxiety, muscle aches, teariness, runny nose, sweating, yawning, nausea, abdominal cramping, diarrhea, goosebumps, vomiting, etc. Http://tinyurl. Com/3tkcjeg. ...Read more
Lunesta (eszopiclone) withdrawal symptoms?
Rare: In clinical trials, patients that stopped Lunesta (eszopiclone) typically did not have noticeable withdrawal symptoms, but anything is possible. Sometimes if you have gotten used to taking a sleep medication at night and you try to stop it, your body can have a little more difficulty in falling asleep without the help of the medication. You can try cutting the dose more slowly. ...Read more
What are withdrawal symptoms of no caffeine?
Discomfort: Headaches, sleepiness and irritability.Get a more detailed answer ›
Are there spironolactone withdrawal symptoms?
Should not be any: There should not be withdrawal symptoms from stopping of spironolactone, but you should check with your before stopping it. It is used for multiple purposes--heart failure/edema, hyeraldosteronism, hypokalemia (low potassium) hypertension, and even to treat hirsuittism (excessive hair and acne. It has many side effects, but has no signifincant withdrawal symptoms. Good luck. ...Read more
How long do nicotine withdrawal symptoms last?
Days to weeks: Several days to several weeks depending on how much and how long the use has been and how sudden the cessation of use. ...Read more
How long do trazadone withdrawal symptoms last?
Trazodone: It is very unusual to have withdrawal symptoms with trazodone. It is an mild antidepressant which is used at bedtime because its sedative effect, improving sleep as well as replenishing neurotransmitters involved in depression. If anything, you will find that causes headaches and vivid dreams in the first week of using it. It is not addictive. ...Read more
What are the withdrawal symptoms of indomethacin?
None: You do not get withdrawal symptoms with indomethacin. ...Read more
What are the withdrawal symptoms from hydrocodone?
Nausea, pain, chills: Nausea, chills, vomiting, muscle aches and pains, agitation, tiredness, mood changes, diarrhea, runny nose, yawning, dilated pupils, abdominal cramps. ...Read more
What are Cymbalta (duloxetine) withdrawal symptoms?
Varies: They can be completely avoided by coming off Cymbalta (duloxetine) in steps under supervision. If you suddenly stop take a high dose, you can develop "discontinuation" symptoms, which can include odd sensations, headaches, flu-like feelings, and gi discomfort. Then you might also have the return of the anxiety, depression, or pain that Cymbalta (duloxetine) was helping with. ...Read more
Are there withdrawal symptoms from diphenhydramine?
Benedryl side effect: No. Withdrawl symptoms are related to a body's reaction after cessation of exposure to an addictive substance. Benedryl=dyphenhydramine is not an addictive substance, so withdrawl would not be medically anticipated. You may have rebound swelling of the sinus tissues that had been treated by the antihistamine. ...Read more
How do I lessen the withdrawal symptoms of doxepin?
Slow taper: I would suggest using 1/2 dose for 2 weeks and then 1/4 tab for one week, every other day for 1 week and then off. ...Read more
What are Lexapro (escitalopram) withdrawal symptoms?
Lexapro (escitalopram): Sudden discontinuation can result in electric shock sensations (brain zaps), dizziness, irritability & akathesia (restlessness). ...Read more
What are withdrawal symptoms of enablex (darifenacin)?
Not aware of any: Stopping anticholinergics can result in rebound symptoms, similar to the symptoms for which you were taking the medication, such as increased bladder spasm or intestinal cramping. While a formal withdrawal syndrome for these drugs has not really been described, one survey found about 10% of people on Enablex (darifenacin) reported withdrawal when it was stopped, but did not give details of what they were. ...Read more
Can I have estrogen withdrawal symptoms from the patch?
Estrogen therapy: Yes you can.Get a more detailed answer ›
What are the withdrawal symptoms of hytrin (terazosin)?
Hytrin (terazosin) withdrawal?: I am not aware of a specific withdrawal syndrome with hytrin, (terazosin) however, if it's used to treat high blood pressure, you would expect an increase in BP if Hytrin (terazosin) is stopped without other treatment. Most drugs should not be stopped abruptly and only under the advice and supervision of your doctor. ...Read more
How long do the withdrawal symptoms of paroxetine last?
Depends: Some people, for reasons that are not clear, are more sensitive to changes in serotonergic medications such as paroxetine (paxil) and suffer from discontinuation symptoms. In my experience, the way to manage this is to very slowly taper off the medication. Depending on the dose and duration of treatment, that can take many months (and often a lot of tab splitting and quartering). ...Read more
How long do Xanax (alprazolam) withdrawal symptoms last?
Depends: Withdrawal symptoms indicate that physical dependence has developed. If tapered and stopped responsibly, there are no withdrawal symptoms -- usually another drug is substituted to withdraw from. If it is precipitous, withdrawal symptoms can last from about 7 to 14 days. But symptoms that alprazolam was treating can re-emerge. If addicted, cravings and a prolonged withdrawal syndrome may develop ...Read more
What can I do to alleviate nicotine withdrawal symptoms?
Many things: A formal support program helps reduce anxiety and alleviates withdrawal just by taking your mind off it, and focusing on other things. Exercise and other healthful activities can do the same. If moderate to severe, nicotine replacement (patches, gum, lozenges etc.) help, as do the prescription medications bupropion (Zyban) and varenicline (Chantix). Acupuncture&hypnosis help some people. ...Read more
What are the withdrawal symptoms of topamax (topiramate)?
Weight gain, headache:
Topomax is helpful to get rid of daily headache, seizures, work as a mood stabilizer, reduce craving to food, opiates, alcohol
depending on the reason for using it --after several month, withdrawal can cause weight gain, seizures, headache. ...Read more
How can I help withdrawal symptoms with a herniated disk?
Not sure: I don't understand what you mean by "withdrawl symptoms" due to a disc? Do you mean narcotic withdrawl symptoms? ...Read more
Vasotec (Definition)
Vasotec is an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor which is a kind of blood ...Read more