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Consumer spending to increase for holidays; gift cards to be popular
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — More than half of consumers say they plan to spend $500 or more on gifts this holiday season, slightly more than what they planned on spending in 2011, according to PriceGrabber's winter holiday shopping survey.
The survey of online shopping consumers, conducted from Aug. 31 to Sept. 12, revealed that 75% planned to shop with online retailers, 74% said they'd shop at discount stores and 49% planned to shop at traditional department stores.
Clothing and gift cards were the most popular holiday gift choice; 65% of consumers plan to purchase clothes, 49% to purchase gift cards, and 41% will purchase books, CDs, DVDs or video games. About 40% will purchase toys, 24% will buy food or candy, and 17% indicated cosmetics, spa packages or beauty-related gifts.
Consumers plan on post-Thanksgiving shopping; 33% said they believe the best deals would be available after Thanksgiving (up from 29% in 2011). Some 28% plan to shop on Black Friday, 23% will shop in December and 16% are targeting Cyber Monday.
CVS/pharmacy to hold second annual Family Halloween Party
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS/pharmacy is gearing up for Halloween with its second annual Family Halloween Party, a festive customer appreciation event hosted at all 7,400 stores nationwide.
On Oct. 21 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., families are invited to their local CVS/pharmacy to celebrate and get the entire family into the spirit of Halloween. Children are encouraged to come in costume, and those dressed up will receive one free Halloween gift with any purchase, along with a fun pack filled with $15 in Halloween coupons, including:
Free 5 x 7 photo taken and developed in-store;
$5 off any Halloween costume;
$5 off Hershey's snack size candies (19-oz. bags or larger);
$2 off any CVS-brand C or D batteries; and
$1 off Unreal candy.
"CVS/pharmacy has long been a one-stop shopping destination for Halloween, with everything from decorations, candy, costumes and party supplies available for our customers," stated Judy Sansone, SVP merchandising for CVS/pharmacy. "The second annual Family Halloween Party is our way of thanking our customers by offering them a fun way to prepare and save money for Halloween with an early celebration for the whole family."
At the celebration, shoppers can check out a variety of costumes and stock up on plenty of sweet treats for trick-or-treating. For Halloween parties and entertaining, CVS/pharmacy has everything from decorations and party supplies to personalized party invitations.
CVS/pharmacy to help Medicare Part D patients during annual enrollment period
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — With the start of Annual Enrollment Period on Monday for Medicare Part D prescription drug plans, CVS/pharmacy has announced that it is ready to help pharmacy patients who are enrolling in Medicare Part D for the first time or want to make a change to their current coverage plan.
The Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, 2012, annual enrollment period is the one time a year that most Medicare beneficiaries can review their current prescription coverage and enroll in a new plan for 2013 if they choose.
"Because Medicare Part D plans change every year and the prescriptions they take may also change, we strongly recommend that beneficiaries review the various plans available on an annual basis to determine which plan best fits their own prescription needs and financial situation for the coming year," stated Papatya Tankut, VP pharmacy professional services for CVS/pharmacy.
"CVS pharmacists are available throughout the annual enrollment period to help patients save money by providing them all of their current prescription information required to complete plan comparisons using the online Medicare Plan Finder. While pharmacists cannot recommend any specific Medicare Part D plan, they can help guide patients through the selection process to choose the best plan for their individual needs," Tankut added.
In addition to the support provided by CVS pharmacists, Medicare Part D informational kiosks are installed in 7,400 CVS/pharmacy locations. The kiosks offer information from a selection of plans available locally to Medicare beneficiaries, as well as the CVS/pharmacy Medicare Part D Starter Kit. This kit contains step-by-step instructions on how to complete a Medicare Part D plan comparison, an overview of new online tools at CVS.com that makes it easier for patients to manage their prescriptions, and information about no-cost flu shots available for Medicare Part B participants.
Medicare Part D Fairs also will be held at select CVS/pharmacy locations in Los Angeles, Long Beach, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Raleigh and Charlotte in October and November. The fairs will feature representatives from a number of Medicare Part D plans available in these markets to provide information about prescription coverage options for 2013.
"Covered medications, plan premiums, deductibles, prescription copayments and annual out-of- pocket expenses can change every year. When comparing Medicare Part D plans to determine which plan works best for you in terms of cost, it's important to consider all of these elements to calculate the total cost of the plan," Tankut stated. "Other important considerations are whether the medications you are taking have changed, or if you're traveling more frequently or have moved, because covered drugs and cost sharing may vary between plans and from region to region."
CVS/pharmacy also offers online support where patients can access the Medicare Plan Finder and get answers to common questions about selecting a Medicare Part D plan.
CVS/pharmacy noted that it does not endorse any specific Medicare Part D plan and accepts all major Medicare prescription drug plans.


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Who What Wear Goes To Prom
Whipping out our high school dance pictures is not something we like do very often, but every once and a while your WWW editors like to take a trip down memory lane. Hence, todays slightly embarrassing, but totally awesome, fashion feature! While we may not actually have the opportunity to do prom all over again, we do know what wed wear if we could. Scroll down to see our dream dresses from the spring and fall 2012 collections, and dont forget to share which dress you would wear to prom this year!

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After the weekend's "RUSH" of winning, I just wanted to take a few deep breaths, take note of comments from all sources about Carlton's win. Today is Tuesday, and the fallout is still continuing, but not for Carlton, but for Essendon. Last night we heard that Mark Neeld had "resigned" or as some have said, "pushed out". Whatever the case may be, Carlton, a team that has been for the past few years, in the process of ensuring that what they get now, will be the stars for the future. That there will be no more "knee-jerk" reactions from the Board or the Administrators in the bid to get to where we want to get to – back to the top and a force in the footy world.
Over the past few months, we have seen those that, due to Carlton's losses, want just that, knee-jerk reactions. There were calls for the Board to resign, to sack Bolt and SOS and so on. Neeld departure at Essendon is the very thing that Carlton doesn't and should need. Questions have been raised about the atmosphere in the coaches' box. Questions have been raised about the lack of tackles that Brendan Goddard has not laid in the past four matches; according to SEN, it was about four in the past four games. Questions have been raised about the legitimacy of Essendon getting Jake Stringer, and there were even suggestions last year that we make a play for him. I don't like him as a player or as a person. He is immature, selfish and the type of player that will not suit the atmosphere around Carlton.
Bolts, SOS and the rest of the team at Carlton have dramatically changed the atmosphere of the Carlton FC. They have become a club that is slowly becoming a club of choice. It is a place whereby the young players are so confident of where they stand at the club, that they are signing long-term contracts, Paddy Dow being one of them (who will be a bloody great star of the game in the future). Crippa has stated during his appearance - On The Couch, that contract negotiations will be forthcoming and that he is loving what is happening at the club and for its future; and this from a player who is contracted until the end of next year. He is touted as being a future Captain of the club, he is a great role-model in the world of footy that has many selfish and egotistical players, Stringer and Goddard among them.
The win, while one that has taken some time, is a step in the right direction for the club because it showed the future of the club and its direction with regard to the young players who are, in many cases, still very young. We are on the right track and the win against an old rival showed this. We must not and should not compare ourselves to other clubs because we have had so many stops and restarts that it is only now we are seeing the fruits of what consistency will do to a club.
We may lose more games than win this year, and we have to be realistic in this respect and if we win when we are not expected to, then the celebrations will be epic, but what we saw on Saturday was a glimpse of the future of the club. There will be more culling of peripheral players at the end of the year and the bringing in of rookies and other players who do not see themselves as anything more than a player willing to be part of a team. We don't want the Stringers of the footy world and we don't want those players who just don't put in the effort.
So, this is a warning to supporters: we may not win many more games this season, but the future of the club is in the hands of a group of talented, passionate players who play for the privilege of playing for the Carlton FC and in time, not long soon, we will be the talk of the footy world, just as we are this week, of how exciting we are. There should be no more talk of sackings, petitions asking for a change. We must not succumb to the disunity of what this will bring to the club.
I am enjoying celebrating the win this week and I really hope there will be more, but I won't be disheartened if we lose, because I can see what the future holds for Carlton.
P.S. There were two highlights that I saw after the game, that were amazing: Daisy Thomas's reaction when the siren went and Bolts.


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After a bit of searching I think the problem is as follows: Since AC_PROG_MKDIR_P is reported undefined, this propagtes to the corresponding Makefiles, eg in gnuradio-corse/docs/Makefile which contains the line MKDIR_P = so later on when it tries to execute $(MKDIR_P) html in order to create the html directory it executes instead html thus the error in make. S my question is now, why in the first place this happens, and secondly, what is the best way to fix it. Thanks Achilleas I am trying to install gnuradio from trunk to a "Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 5 (Tikanga)" Bootstrap gives the following error: --------- configure.ac:85: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_MKDIR_P If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow. See the Autoconf documentation. --------- Then configure executes with the following error messages ---- caen-vnc04% ./myconf > foo.log ./configure: line 5091: AC_PROG_MKDIR_P: command not found pgf77-Error-Unknown switch: -print-search-dirs configure: WARNING: If you wanted to set the --build type, don't use --host. If a cross compiler is detected then cross compile mode will be used. ----- Finally, make stops with the following message: ------ make[4]: Entering directory `/afs/umich.edu/user/a/n/anastas/gnuradio_trunk_test/gnuradio-core/doc' html make[4]: html: Command not found make[4]: *** [prep] Error 127 make[4]: Leaving directory `/afs/umich.edu/user/a/n/anastas/gnuradio_trunk_test/gnuradio-core/doc' make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/afs/umich.edu/user/a/n/anastas/gnuradio_trunk_test/gnuradio-core/doc' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/afs/umich.edu/user/a/n/anastas/gnuradio_trunk_test/gnuradio-core' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/afs/umich.edu/user/a/n/anastas/gnuradio_trunk_test' make: *** [all] Error 2 ----- I don't know why "html" is needed or what it is, but apparently cannot be found. Any ideas? Achilleas
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Two losses painful for ex-Western star Tom Dolezel
Tom Dolezel knew recovering from a ruptured Achilles tendon would be no picnic.
But the big Canadian national rugby prop and former Western football defensive star found out, watching his two favourite sports teams fall short on the same weekend last November, can be just as painful.
"That was an awful day for me," he said Monday afternoon at the London Convention Centre before the Rogers London Sports Celebrity Dinner and Auction. "One, Canada (rugby) was playing Romania, who was five seeds below us, and we lost on a kick with no time left. I was devastated right there. I can't play. I'm watching it online and I'm screaming at my computer."
That afternoon, the 2007 Yates Cup champion tackle tuned into the Mustangs national semifinal game in Calgary. His alma mater was thrashed 44-3 by the Dinos.
"After the rugby game, I'm thinking, 'OK, it's redemption time," he said. "I said, 'Let's make this day better' and I'm sitting there pulling out my hair. Western had the stellar offence and they kind of pulled a (Denver) Broncos (in Sunday's Super Bowl loss to Seattle). That's the best example I can give. I was sitting there thinking, 'what's happening right now?' ''
Dolezel was injured in a Canadian Rugby Championship league game at the start of September. He hopes to be back on the field in time to play in Canada's June 14 match against Scotland at BMO Field in Toronto.
"I would love to play but it's right in that area where it's grey," he said. "I was in an air cast, with crutches, for three months and this kind of injury, you can't push it too much. It's annoying."
Dolezel wants to make sure he's ready to play for his country at the 2015 World Cup of Rugby in England.
"I'm thinking a year-and-a-half down the road," he said. "I'm going to be training hard. It's a great opportunity. Rugby's one of those games where if you're not ready mentally, you're done.
"If you don't show up with your best, they'll smash you and there's not really much room to recover."


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Double canon dedicated to Henry VIII
Shelfmark: Royal Ms. 11 E xi, ff.2v-3
Inscribed: 'Hail, root, bringing forth stems of different colours from your shoot, among which one stands out, from whose top there gleams a scarlet rose, where peace and justice stand enclosed and harmonious.'
This grand manuscript was prepared for Henry in 1516 by a successful Flemish merchant named Petrus de Opitiis. His son Benedictus wrote one of the motets found later in the volume and became Henry's court organist in the same year. The six compositions are carefully chosen to reflect Henry's most pressing concern at the time: to ensure the continuation of the Tudor dynasty through the birth of a son.
The first two pieces are tributes to Henry as the Tudor rose, symbol of the union of the Houses of York and Lancaster, and the four remaining motets all refer to the theme of childbirth.
This piece is a canon (or round) for four voices: two voices sing the music as written and another two sing the same melody a perfect fourth higher, beginning when the first singers reach the points marked with a sign.


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Hospitals have recently become great at storytelling – amassing large tracts of data to decipher what happened with a patient's history and uncover the reason for their symptoms. The problem is the story stops there, in the past. Instead of forecasting our future, we are stuck compiling facts and figures to tell us how we got here, not how to get there.
Real-time business analytics, in its raw form, can be a great transparency tool to push outliers, or costly circumstances, to the top attention of the leadership team. Since much of healthcare is going to automated, protocol-driven workflows in the clinical setting, we have to imitate the approach on the operations side of the shop and eliminate the manual processes are managed through inefficient approaches, due to the absence of real-time analytics.
A good example is the use of real-time data mining for surgery cases in an operating room concerning charges and expenses. Currently, at the end of a case the staff has to enter the charges for a specific case and patient after consumption has occurred. Using analytics, we can build history and a behavior profile showing what it should look like each time the doctor performs a case. These analytics include things like chargeable hours spent in the OR, supply costs, and staffing usage.
Let's say for example we are talking about an outpatient vascular procedure. The charges for this procedure are typically $20,000 and the reimbursement is typically $6,000. The person who normally enters the charges for the OR is on vacation and someone else must fill in who normally doesn't perform this task. Instead of capturing all of the correct information, three implantable grafts, at $1,000 each never make it into the charges because the invoice stickers were thrown away at the end of the case, instead of being attached to the operating room summary. So instead of booking $20,000 in charges, the charges are only $8,000 and the reimbursement is only $2,000. That translates to $3,000 in paid expenses and $4,000 in missed reimbursement for each case. At 8 cases a week, it quickly adds up ($1.65 M in missed cash plus $1.2 M in non-recouped expenses).
Without analytics to identify these issues in real time, it may be 45 days before we realize we're also missing $4,000 in cash/case. You may be successful in appealing later IF you catch the error, but in the meantime you are without vital reimbursement for your hospital. With over 300,000-400,000 patients per year, the chance of catching these outliers is unlikely. Effective analytics point this out and prevent it on the front end by showing us the expected results in real-time.
This example is replicated all across the continuum within a healthcare facility by alerting folks to potentially financially disastrous circumstances. Healthcare is a system analogous with a giant pile of sand that we need to move from one side of the room to the other. For years we've been using tweezers to perform this task; analytics gives us a shovel. Don't be afraid to use it.
Mike Stephens
CFO & Chief of Strategy
Ensemble Health Partners
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Architecture Flow
Architecture Flow Description
alarm acknowledge
Confirmation that alarm was received, instructions and additional information for the alarm initiator, and requests for additional information.
alarm notification
Notification of activation of an audible or silent alarm by a traveler in a public area or by a transit vehicle operator using an on-board device.
alerts and advisories
Assessments (general incident and vulnerability awareness information), advisories (identification of threats or recommendations to increase preparedness levels), and alerts (information on imminent or in-progress emergencies). This flow also provides supporting descriptive detail on incidents, threats, and vulnerabilities to increase preparedness and support effective response to threats against the surface transportation system.
archive coordination
Catalog data, meta data, published data, and other information exchanged between archives to support data synchronization and satisfy user data requests.
archive requests
A request to a data source for information on available data (i.e. "catalog") or a request that defines the data to be archived. The request can be a general subscription intended to initiate a continuous or regular data stream or a specific request intended to initiate a one-time response from the recipient.
archive status
Notification that data provided to an archive contains erroneous, missing, or suspicious data or verification that the data provided appears valid. If an error has been detected, the offending data and the nature of the potential problem are identified.
archived data product requests
A user-specified request for archived data products (i.e. data, meta data, or data catalogs). The request also includes information that is used to identify and authenticate the user and support electronic payment requirements, if any.
archived data products
Raw or processed data, meta data, data catalogs and other data products provided to a user system upon request. The response may also include any associated transaction information.
audit data
Information to support a tax audit.
bad tag list
List of invalid transit user tags which may have previously failed a fare payment transaction.
broadcast traveler information
General traveler information that contains traffic and road conditions, link travel times, incidents, advisories, restrictions, transit service information, weather information, parking information, and other related traveler information.
care facility status
Information regarding facility type and capabilities, facility status, and its ability to admit new patients.
care facility status request
Request for information regarding care facility availability and status.
compliance review report
Report containing results of carrier compliance review, including concomitant out-of-service notifications, carrier warnings/notifications. The information may be provided as a response to a real-time query of proactively by the source. The query flow is not explicitly shown.
credential application
Application for commercial vehicle credentials. Authorization for payment is included.
credentials information
Response containing full vehicle fuel tax and registration credentials information. "Response" may be provided in reaction to a real-time query or a standing request for updated information. The query flow is not explicitly shown.
credentials status information
Credentials information such as registration, licensing, insurance, check flags, and electronic screening enrollment data. A unique identifier is included. Corresponds to the credentials portion of CVISN "snapshots." The status information may be provided as a response to a real-time query or as a result of a standing request for updated information (subscription). This may also include information about non-U.S. fleets for use by U.S. authorities, and information regarding U.S. fleets made available to Mexican and Canadian authorities. The query flow is not explicitly shown.
current asset restrictions
Restrictions levied on transportation asset usage based on infrastructure design, surveys, tests, or analyses. This includes standard facility design height, width, and weight restrictions, special restrictions such as spring weight restrictions, and temporary facility restrictions that are imposed during maintenance and construction.
cv driver record
Information typically maintained by a state driver licensing agency about a driver of a commercial vehicle including driver identification data, license data, permit data, and driving history details.
cv driver record request
A request for information about a commercial vehicle driver.
CVC override mode
This flow represents the tactile or auditory interface with ITS equipment containing the manual override of automated pass/pull-in decisions generated by the Commercial Vehicle Check station.
CVO inspector information
This flow represents the visual or auditory interface with ITS equipment containing credential, safety, and preclearance information and instructions to the commercial vehicle inspector.
CVO inspector input
This flow represents the tactile or auditory interface with ITS equipment containing requests from the commercial vehicle inspector to operate the commercial vehicle inspection station.
CVO weight and presence
Physical attribute of commercial vehicle that can be measured (for example, weight, number of axels, axel spacing, etc.).
demand response passenger and use data
Data collected on board a demand response vehicle relating to the picking up and discharging of passengers.
demand responsive transit plan
Plan regarding overall demand responsive transit schedules and deployment.
demand responsive transit request
Request for paratransit support.
electronic lock data
Notification to roadside (via transponder) of the presence and status of electronic cargo locks.
electronic lock data request
Request from roadside for data regarding presence and status of electronic cargo locks.
emergency acknowledge
Acknowledge request for emergency assistance and provide additional details regarding actions and verification requirements.
emergency archive data
Logged emergency information including information that characterizes identified incidents (routine highway incidents through disasters), corresponding incident response information, evacuation information, surveillance data, threat data, and resource information. Content may include a catalog of available information, the actual information to be archived, and associated meta data that describes the archived information.
emergency data request
A request for additional information or a control command issued by the emergency response agency in response to an emergency request for assistance from a traveler.
emergency dispatch requests
Emergency vehicle dispatch instructions including incident location and available information concerning the incident.
emergency dispatch response
Request for additional emergency dispatch information and provision of en route status.
emergency notification
An emergency request for assistance automatically initiated by a vehicle or originated by a traveler using an in-vehicle or personal device.
emergency plan coordination
Information that supports coordination of emergency management plans, continuity of operations plans, emergency response and recovery plans, evacuation plans, and other emergency plans between agencies. This includes general plans that are coordinated prior to an incident and shorter duration tactical plans that are prepared during an incident.
emergency traffic control information
Status of a special traffic control strategy or system activation implemented in response to an emergency traffic control request, a request for emergency access routes, a request for evacuation, a request to activate closure systems, a request to employ driver information systems to support public safety objectives, or other special requests. Identifies the selected traffic control strategy and system control status.
emergency traffic control request
Special request to preempt the current traffic control strategy in effect at one or more signalized intersections or highway segments, activate traffic control and closure systems such as gates and barriers, activate safeguard systems, or use driver information systems. For example, this flow can request all signals to red-flash, request a progression of traffic control preemptions along an emergency vehicle route, request a specific evacuation traffic control plan, request activation of a road closure barrier system, or place a public safety or emergency-related message on a dynamic message sign.
emergency transit schedule information
Information on transit schedule and service changes that adapt the service to better meet needs of responders and the general public in an emergency situation, including special service schedules supporting evacuation.
emergency transit service request
Request to modify transit service and fare schedules to address emergencies, including requests for transit services to evacuate people from and/or deploy response agency personnel to an emergency scene. The request may poll for resource availability or request pre-staging, staging, or immediate dispatch of transit resources.
emergency transit service response
Response indicating changes to transit service, fares, and/or restrictions that will be made and status of transit resources to be deployed to support emergency response and/or evacuation.
emergency vehicle tracking data
The current location and operating status of the emergency vehicle.
environmental conditions data
Current road conditions (e.g., surface temperature, subsurface temperature, moisture, icing, treatment status) and surface weather conditions (e.g., air temperature, wind speed, precipitation, visibility) as measured and reported by fixed and/or mobile environmental sensors and aggregated by the data collector. Attributes relating to the data collection (and aggregation) are also included.
environmental conditions data status
Status of the data quality of environmental conditions data provided by a data contributor. Includes not only status by sensor, but statistical data regarding the quality checking of data provided.
environmental probe data
Data from vehicle safety and convenience systems that can be used to estimate environmental conditions, including measured air temperature, exterior light status, wiper status, sun sensor status, rain sensor status, traction control status, anti-lock brake status, and other collected vehicle system status and sensor information. The collected data is reported along with the location, heading, and time that the data was collected. Both current data and snapshots of recent events (e.g., traction control or anti-lock brake system activations) may be reported.
environmental sensor data
Current road conditions (e.g., surface temperature, subsurface temperature, moisture, icing, treatment status) and surface weather conditions (e.g., air temperature, wind speed, precipitation, visibility) as measured and reported by fixed and/or mobile environmental sensors. Operational status of the sensors is also included.
environmental sensors control
Data used to configure and control environmental sensors.
equipment availability
An inventory of the maintenance and construction equipment available at the storage facility. This flow includes the type of equipment, enough descriptive information to indicate its suitability for use, and its current status. This flow may contain information for a specific type of equipment or include all equipment available at the facility.
equipment maintenance status
Current status of field equipment maintenance actions.
evacuation coordination
Coordination of information regarding a pending or in-process evacuation. Includes evacuation zones, evacuation times, evacuation routes, forecast network conditions, and reentry times.
evacuation information
Evacuation instructions and information including evacuation zones, evacuation times, and reentry times.
event plans
Plans for major events possibly impacting traffic.
fare collection data
Fare collection information including the summary of on-board fare system data and financial payment transaction data.
fare management information
Transit fare information and transaction data used to manage transit fare processing on the transit vehicle.
field device status
Reports from field equipment (sensors, signals, signs, controllers, etc.) which indicate current operational status.
field equipment status
Identification of field equipment requiring repair and known information about the associated faults.
highway control status
Current traffic control equipment status that indicates operational status and right-of-way availability to the non-highway transportation mode at a multimodal crossing.
hri advisories
Notification of Highway-Rail Intersection equipment failure, intersection blockage, or other condition requiring attention, and maintenance activities at or near highway rail intersections.
hri control data
Data required for HRI information transmitted at railroad grade crossings and within railroad operations.
hri operational status
Status of the highway-rail grade crossing equipment including both the current state or mode of operation and the current equipment condition.
hri request
A request for highway-rail intersection status or a specific control request intended to modify HRI operation.
hri status
Status of the highway-rail intersection equipment including both the current state or mode of operation and the current equipment condition.
incident command information coordination
Information that supports local management of an incident. It includes resource deployment status, hazardous material information, traffic, road, and weather conditions, evacuation advice, and other information that enables emergency or maintenance personnel in the field to implement an effective, safe incident response.
incident information
Notification of existence of incident and expected severity, location, time and nature of incident. As additional information is gathered and the incident evolves, updated incident information is provided. Incidents include any event that impacts transportation system operation ranging from routine incidents (e.g., disabled vehicle at the side of the road) through large-scale natural or human-caused disasters that involve loss of life, injuries, extensive property damage, and multi-jurisdictional response. This also includes special events, closures, and other planned events that may impact the transportation system.
incident information for rail_ud
Incident information provided to Rail Operations regarding vehicle or roadway incidents that would impact Rail Operations.
incident report
Report of an identified incident including incident location, type, severity and other information necessary to initiate an appropriate incident response.
incident response coordination
Incident response procedures and current incident response status that are shared between allied response agencies to support a coordinated response to incidents. This flow provides current situation information, including a summary of incident status and its impact on the transportation system and other infrastructure, and current and planned response activities. This flow also coordinates a positive hand off of responsibility for all or part of an incident response between agencies.
incident response status
Status of the current incident response including a summary of incident status and its impact on the transportation system, traffic management strategies implemented at the site (e.g., closures, diversions, traffic signal control overrides), and current and planned response activities.
incident status
Information gathered at the incident site that more completely characterizes the incident and provides current incident response status.
infrastructure monitoring sensor control
Data used to configure and control infrastructure monitoring sensors.
infrastructure monitoring sensor data
Data read from infrastructure-based sensors that monitor the condition or integrity of transportation infrastructure including bridges, tunnels, interchanges, pavement, culverts, signs, transit rail or guideway, and other roadway infrastructure. Includes sensor data and the operational status of the sensors.
interactive traveler information
Traveler information provided in response to a traveler request. The provided information includes traffic and road conditions, advisories, incidents, payment information, transit services, parking information, weather information, and other travel-related data updates and confirmations.
ISP coordination
Coordination and exchange of transportation information between centers. This flow allows a broad range of transportation information collected by one ISP to be redistributed to many other ISPs and their clients.
local signal preemption request
Direct control signal or message to a signalized intersection that results in preemption of the current control plan and grants right-of-way to the requesting vehicle.
local signal priority request
Request from a vehicle to a signalized intersection for priority at that intersection.
maint and constr dispatch information
Information used to dispatch maintenance and construction vehicles, equipment, and crews and information used to keep work zone crews informed. This information includes routing information, traffic information, road restrictions, incident information, environmental information, decision support information, maintenance schedule data, dispatch instructions, personnel assignments, alert notifications, and corrective actions.
maint and constr dispatch status
Current maintenance and construction status including work data, operator status, crew status, and equipment status.
maint and constr equipment repair status
Current maintenance and repair status of the maintenance and construction vehicle fleet and other support equipment. This information includes a record of all maintenance and repair activities performed.
maint and constr fleet information
Information supporting maintenance of the maintenance and construction vehicle fleet and other support equipment. This information includes vehicle status and diagnostic information, vehicle utilization, and coordination of when vehicles will be available for preventative and corrective maintenance.
maint and constr resource coordination
Request for road maintenance and construction resources that can be used in the diversion of traffic (cones, portable signs), clearance of a road hazard, repair of ancillary damage, or any other incident response.
maint and constr resource request
Request for road maintenance and construction resources that can be used in the diversion of traffic (cones, portable signs), clearance of a road hazard, repair of ancillary damage, or any other incident response. The request may poll for resource availability or request pre-staging, staging, or immediate dispatch of resources.
maint and constr resource response
Current status of maintenance and construction resources including availability and deployment status. General resource inventory information covering vehicles, equipment, materials, and people and specific resource deployment status may be included.
maint and constr vehicle conditions
Vehicle diagnostics information that is collected, filtered, and selectively reported by a maintenance and construction vehicle. The information includes engine temperature, mileage, tire wear, brake wear, belt wear, and any warnings or alarms concerning the operational condition of the vehicle and ancillary equipment.
maint and constr vehicle location data
The current location and related status (e.g., direction and speed) of the maintenance/construction vehicle.
maint and constr vehicle operational data
Data that describes the maintenance and construction activity performed by the vehicle. Operational data includes materials usage (amount stored and current application rate), operational state of the maintenance equipment (e.g., blade up/down, spreader pattern), vehicle safety status, and other measures associated with the operation of a maintenance, construction, or other special purpose vehicle. Operational data may include basic operational status of the vehicle equipment or a more precise record of the work performed (e.g., application of crack sealant with precise locations and application characteristics).
maint and constr vehicle system control
Configure and control data that supports remote control of on-board maintenance and construction vehicle systems and field equipment that is remotely controlled by the vehicle. For example, the data can be used to adjust material application rates and spread patterns.
maint and constr work plans
Future construction and maintenance work schedules and activities including anticipated closures with anticipated impact to the roadway, alternate routes, anticipated delays, closure times, and durations.
maintenance materials storage status
The amount and availability of maintenance materials in storage facilities.
maintenance status_ud
Current maintenance status of vehicle.
multimodal crossing status
Indication of operational status and pending requests for right-of-way from equipment supporting the non-highway mode at multimodal crossings.
multimodal information
Schedule information for alternate mode transportation providers such as train, ferry, air and bus.
multimodal information request
Information request for alternate mode transportation providers such as train, ferry, air and bus.
multimodal service data
Multimodal transportation schedules and other service information.
parking demand management request
Request to change the demand for parking facility use through pricing or other mechanisms.
parking demand management response
Response to parking demand management change requests indicating level of compliance with request.
parking information
General parking information and status, including current parking availability.
parking lot data request
Request for parking lot occupancy, fares, and availability. The request can be a subscription that initiates as-needed information updates as well as a one-time request for information.
parking lot reservation confirmation
Confirmation for parking lot reservation.
parking reservations request
Reservation request for parking lot.
Command to commercial vehicle to pull into or bypass inspection station.
patient status
Information that supports assessment of the patient's condition. Information could include general categorization of patient status, patient vital signs, pertinent medical history, and emergency care information.
Payment of some kind (e.g., toll, parking, fare) by traveler which, in most cases, can be related to a credit account.
payment request
Request for payment from financial institution.
personal transit information
General and personalized transit information for a particular fixed route, flexible route, or paratransit system.
port traffic conditions_ud
qualified environmental conditions data
Current road conditions (e.g., surface temperature, subsurface temperature, moisture, icing, treatment status) and surface weather conditions (e.g., air temperature, wind speed, precipitation, visibility) that has had quality checks performed on it and has been formatted and consolidated by the Clarus system. Attributes relating to the data collection (and aggregation) are also included.
rail incident information_ud
Information from Rail Operations on rail related incidents and the response actions being taken by Rail.
rail incident response status
Status of the rail system�s response to current incidents.
railroad advisories
Real-time notification of railway-related incident or advisory.
railroad schedules
Train schedules, maintenance schedules, and other information from the railroad that supports forecast of HRI closures.
remote surveillance control
The control commands used to remotely operate another center's sensors or surveillance equipment so that roadside surveillance assets can be shared by more than one agency.
request for payment
Request to deduct cost of service from user's payment account.
request for right-of-way
Forwarded request from signal prioritization, signal preemption, pedestrian call, multi-modal crossing activation, or other source for right-of-way.
request for tag data_ud
Request for tag information including credit identity, stored value card cash, etc.
request for vehicle measures
Request for vehicle performance and maintenance data collected by onboard sensors.
request tag data
Request for tag information including credit identity, stored value card cash, etc.
resource coordination
Coordination of resource inventory information, specific resource status information, resource prioritization and reallocation between jurisdictions, and specific requests for resources and responses that service those requests.
resource deployment status
Status of resource deployment identifying the resources (vehicles, equipment, materials, and personnel) available and their current status. General resource inventory information and specific status of deployed resources may be included.
resource request
A request for resources to implement special traffic control measures, assist in clean up, verify an incident, etc. The request may poll for resource availability or request pre-staging, staging, or immediate deployment of resources. Resources may be explicitly requested or a service may be requested and the specific resource deployment may be determined by the responding agency.
road network conditions
Current and forecasted traffic information, road and weather conditions, and other road network status. Either raw data, processed data, or some combination of both may be provided by this architecture flow. Information on diversions and alternate routes, closures, and special traffic restrictions (lane/shoulder use, weight restrictions, width restrictions, HOV requirements) in effect is included along with a definition of the links, nodes, and routes that make up the road network.
road network probe data request_ud
A request for road network probe data, generally containing route usage, travel times, environmental conditions, and other aggregated data collected from probe vehicles.
road network traffic probe data
Aggregated route usage, travel times, and other aggregated data collected from probe vehicles that can be used to estimate current traffic conditions.
road weather information
Road conditions and weather information that are made available by road maintenance operations to other transportation system operators.
roadway information system data
Information used to initialize, configure, and control roadside systems that provide driver information (e.g., dynamic message signs, highway advisory radio, beacon systems). This flow can provide message content and delivery attributes, local message store maintenance requests, control mode commands, status queries, and all other commands and associated parameters that support remote management of these systems.
roadway information system status
Current operating status of dynamic message signs, highway advisory radios, beacon systems, or other configurable field equipment that provides dynamic information to the driver.
roadway maintenance status
Summary of maintenance fleet operations affecting the road network. This includes the status of winter maintenance (snow plow schedule and current status).
roadway treatment system control
Control data for remotely located, automated devices, that affect the roadway surface (e.g. de-icing applications).
roadway treatment system status
Current operational status of automated roadway treatment devices (e.g., anti-icing systems).
route restrictions
Information about routes, road segments, and areas that do not allow the transport of security sensitive hazmat cargoes or include other restrictions (such as height or weight limits).
safeguard system control_ud
Data that controls safeguard systems (remotely controlled equipment used to mitigate the impact of incidents on transportation infrastructure, such as blast shields, exhaust systems, etc.).
safety inspection record
Record containing results of commercial vehicle safety inspection.
safety inspection request
Request for safety inspection record.
safety status information
Safety information such as safety ratings, security ratings or flags, inspection summaries, and violation summaries. A unique identifier is included. Corresponds to the safety and security portion of CVISN "snapshots." The status information may be provided as a response to a real-time query or as a result of a standing request for updated information (subscription). This may also include information about non-U.S. fleets for use by U.S. authorities, and information regarding U.S. fleets made available to Mexican and Canadian authorities. The query flow is not explicitly shown.
secure area sensor control
Information used to configure and control threat sensors (e.g., thermal, acoustic, radiological, chemical), object, motion and intrusion detection sensors. The provided information controls sensor data collection, aggregation, filtering, and other local processing.
secure area sensor data
Data provided by threat sensors (e.g., thermal, acoustic, radiological, chemical), and intrusion, motion, and object detection sensors in secure areas indicating the sensor's operational status, raw and processed sensor data, and alarm indicators when a threat has been detected.
secure area surveillance control
Information used to configure and control audio and video surveillance systems used for transportation infrastructure security in secure areas. The provided information controls surveillance data collection, aggregation, filtering, and other local processing.
secure area surveillance data
Data collected from surveillance systems used to monitor secure areas. Includes video, audio, processed surveillance data, equipment operational status, and alarm indicators when a threat has been detected.
selected routes
Routes selected based on route request criteria.
signal control data
Information used to configure and control traffic signal systems.
signal control status
Status of surface street signal controls including operating condition and current operational state.
storage facility request
Request for information about the equipment and/or materials available at a maintenance storage facility.
suggested route
Suggested route for a dispatched emergency or maintenance vehicle that may reflect current network conditions and the additional routing options available to en route emergency or maintenance vehicles that are not available to the general public.
tag data
Unique tag ID and related vehicle information.
tax filing
Commercial vehicle tax filing data. Authorization for payment is included.
threat information coordination
Sensor, surveillance, and threat data including raw and processed data that is collected by sensor and surveillance equipment located in secure areas.
track status
Current status of the wayside equipment and notification of an arriving train.
traffic archive data
Information describing the use and vehicle composition on transportation facilities and the traffic control strategies employed. Content may include a catalog of available information, the actual information to be archived, and associated meta data that describes the archived information.
traffic flow
Raw and/or processed traffic detector data which allows derivation of traffic flow variables (e.g., speed, volume, and density measures) and associated information (e.g., congestion, potential incidents). This flow includes the traffic data and the operational status of the traffic detectors.
traffic images
High fidelity, real-time traffic images suitable for surveillance monitoring by the operator or for use in machine vision applications. This flow includes the images and the operational status of the surveillance system.
traffic information coordination
Traffic information exchanged between TMC�s. Normally would include incidents, congestion data, traffic data, signal timing plans, and real-time signal control information.
traffic operator data
Presentation of traffic operations data to the operator including traffic conditions, current operating status of field equipment, maintenance activity status, incident status, video images, security alerts, emergency response plan updates and other information. This data keeps the operator appraised of current road network status, provides feedback to the operator as traffic control actions are implemented, provides transportation security inputs, and supports review of historical data and preparation for future traffic operations activities.
traffic operator inputs
User input from traffic operations personnel including requests for information, configuration changes, commands to adjust current traffic control strategies (e.g., adjust signal timing plans, change DMS messages), and other traffic operations data entry.
traffic probe data
Vehicle data that is used to determine traffic conditions. In a basic implementation, the data could be limited to time stamped unique identifiers that can be used to measure a vehicle�s progress through the network. In more advanced implementations, the vehicle may report current position, speed, and heading and snapshots of recent events including route information, starts and stops, speed changes, and other information that can be used to estimate traffic conditions.
traffic sensor control
Information used to configure and control traffic sensor systems.
transaction status
Response to transaction request. Normally dealing with a request for payment.
transit and fare schedules
Transit service information including routes, schedules, and fare information.
transit archive data
Data used to describe and monitor transit demand, fares, operations, and system performance. Content may include a catalog of available information, the actual information to be archived, and associated meta data that describes the archived information.
transit fare and passenger status
Information provided from the traveler location that supports fare payments, passenger data, and associated record-keeping.
transit fare coordination
Fare and pricing information shared between local/regional transit organizations.
transit fare information
Information provided by transit management that supports fare payment transactions and passenger data collection.
transit incident information
Information on transit incidents that impact transit services for public dissemination.
transit information request
Request for transit operations information including schedule and fare information. The request can be a subscription that initiates as-needed information updates as well as a one-time request for information.
transit information user request
Request for special transit routing, real-time schedule information, and availability information.
transit multimodal information
Transit schedule information for coordination at modal interchange points.
transit operations status
Presentation of information to transit operations personnel including accumulated schedule and fare information, ridership and on-time performance information, emergency response plans, transit personnel information, maintenance records, and other information intended to support overall planning and management of a transit property.
transit request confirmation
Confirmation of a request for transit information or service.
transit schedule adherence information
Dynamic transit schedule adherence and transit vehicle location information.
transit schedule information
Current and projected transit schedule information used to initialize the transit vehicle with a vehicle assignment, monitor schedule performance, and develop corrective actions on-board.
transit service coordination
Schedule coordination information shared between local/regional transit organizations.
transit traveler information
Transit information prepared to support transit users and other travelers. It contains transit schedules, real-time arrival information, fare schedules, alerts and advisories, and general transit service information.
transit vehicle conditions
Operating conditions of transit vehicle (e.g., engine running, oil pressure, fuel level and usage).
transit vehicle loading data
Data collected on board the transit vehicle relating to passenger boarding and alighting.
transit vehicle location data
Current transit vehicle location and related operational conditions data provided by a transit vehicle.
transit vehicle operator information
Transit service instructions, wide area alerts, traffic information, road conditions, and other information for both transit and paratransit operators.
transit vehicle schedule performance
Estimated times of arrival and anticipated schedule deviations reported by a transit vehicle.
transportation system status
Current status and condition of transportation infrastructure (e.g., tunnels, bridges, interchanges, TMC offices, maintenance facilities). In case of disaster or major incident, this flow provides an assessment of damage sustained by the surface transportation system including location and extent of the damage, estimate of remaining capacity and necessary restrictions, and time frame for repair and recovery.
traveler information for media
General traveler information regarding incidents, unusual traffic conditions, transit issues, or other advisory information that has been desensitized and provided to the media.
traveler profile
Information about a traveler including equipment capabilities, personal preferences, and traveler alert subscriptions.
traveler request
A request for traveler information including traffic, transit, toll, parking, road weather conditions, event, and passenger rail information. The request identifies the type of information, the area of interest, parameters that are used to prioritize or filter the returned information, and sorting preferences.
trip confirmation
Acknowledgement by the driver/traveler of acceptance of a trip plan with associated personal and payment information required to confirm reservations.
trip plan
A travel itinerary identifying a route and associated traveler information and instructions identifying recommended modes and transfer information, ride sharing options, and transit and parking reservation information.
trip request
Request for trip planning services that identifies the trip origin, destination(s), timing, preferences, and constraints. The request may also include a request for transit and parking reservations and ridesharing options associated with the trip.
video surveillance control
Information used to configure and control video surveillance systems.
weather information
Accumulated forecasted and current weather data (e.g., temperature, pressure, wind speed, wind direction, humidity, precipitation, visibility, light conditions, etc.).
work plan coordination
Coordination of work plan schedules and activities between maintenance and construction organizations or systems. This information includes the work plan schedules and comments and suggested changes that are exchanged as work plans are coordinated and finalized.
work plan feedback
Comments and suggested changes to proposed construction and maintenance work schedules and activities. This information influences work plan schedules so that they minimize impact to other system operations and the overall transportation system.
work zone information
Summary of maintenance and construction work zone activities affecting the road network including the nature of the maintenance or construction activity, location, impact to the roadway, expected time(s) and duration of impact, anticipated delays, alternate routes, and suggested speed limits. This information may be augmented with images that provide a visual indication of current work zone status and traffic impacts.
work zone status
Current work zone status including current location (and future locations for moving work zones), impact to the roadway, required lane shifts, expected time(s) and duration of impact, anticipated delays, alternate routes, and suggested speed limits.
work zone warning notification
Notification of a work zone emergency or safety issue. This flow identifies that a work zone emergency or safety issue has occurred so that warnings may be generated by more than one system in the work zone.
work zone warning status
Status of a work zone safety monitoring and warning devices. This flow documents system activations and includes additional supporting information (e.g., an image) that allows verification of the alarm.
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text: Carpentersville — Police accused a 14-year-old boy of breaking into a car early Thursday in a garage in the 800 block of Salem Lane, authorities said. A 25-year-old woman called police about 2 a.m. and said she saw a boy enter her car. Officers arrived and found a youth lying on the car floor, police said. They also found in the car a flashlight and wire cutters, which police said belonged to the thief. The youth was charged with burglary, criminal trespass to a vehicle, possession of burglary tools and curfew violation, police said. His was case referred to juvenile authorities.


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A bill called SB 277 has been wending its way through the California state legal system over the past few months, concerning one of the most curiously polarizing issues of our time, and a young, energetic professor has been helping to shape it.
Doing so puts her in an uncomfortable spotlight, but she is tenacious and bold enough to withstand the pressure.
The bill would disallow the "personal belief exemption" from vaccines, so that only parents whose children receive a medical exemption will be able to opt out of the vaccine schedule required for attendance at public schools. It doesn't seem like such a far-fetched idea, but Professor Reiss has been roundly castigated by anti-vaccine activists and those who claim to be pro-vaccine but anti-government-intervention.
"The anti-vaccine people like to assume that anyone who speaks up for vaccines is a pharma shill," she said, referring to the idea that pharmaceutical corporations pay people to defend vaccinations in the press because they are such a financial juggernaut (although a simple scan of pharmaceutical companies' earnings reports reveals that the profits from vaccines are a slim portion of their overall gains). "If you Google my name and vaccines, you'll see articles claiming I'm a shill … so there's a bit of pushback."
"But," she adds, "there have also been a lot of amazing, caring, knowledgeable people who have been devoting their time speaking up for children's health," she added. "This is something important. There's nothing more worthy than fighting for children's health."
Though she is not an author of the bill, she has advised its authors on legal points, and now spends much of her free time advocating for vaccines via blogs, conferences and social media, correcting misconceptions about the legal issues around this and other legislation, such as SB 792, which would require teachers and daycare workers to be fully immunized. SB 277 has passed the California senate with bipartisan support, and SB 792 will be voted on next week. The next step for both bills is the California State Assembly. Because of widespread support, it is likely that they will both be signed into law in early 2016.
Professor Reiss has a four year old and is pregnant with her second child, which is how she first came to this issue. She spoke of the very real risks imposed on the general public by those who choose not to vaccinate. "This isn't about families making independent choices, this is about a misguided minority forcing a risk upon other children, their newborn siblings, the other members of their families."
For those who complain the elimination of personal belief exemptions takes away personal freedom, she points out that "we don't allow people to drink and drive even though, theoretically, it's your body and you can do what you want. You cannot force a risk on others." In addition, she says, "To be clear, the bill is not forcing anyone to vaccinate. It's just that parents who choose not to vaccinate will have limits on where they can send their children to school."
Even with all her passion and determination, she feels for the parents who have been led to believe that vaccines caused their children to be autistic or disabled. "For people who experience this belief, of course the betrayal feels awful," she says. "You think you're doing something to protect your child, and you honestly believe this has led to an injury, of course they are going to have this anger and guilt. They really are hurting, but they are also still causing a dangerous situation," she said.
And that's not something she can stand for.


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Policy E-19
This is an archived version of the policy. See current university policy here
(Approved: Trustees 2/25/72)
A. A progression of ranks shall be established for librarians as follows: (1) Affiliate Librarian; (2) Assistant Librarian; (3) Associate Librarian; and (4) Librarian.
B. Advancement within the library ranks shall be by promotion. Recommendations for promotion in rank shall be processed as follows:
- 1. Recommendation prepared by supervisor of person under consideration and forwarded to the head of the appropriate library division for action;
- 2. Recommendations of the head of each library division are forwarded to the appropriate chancellor/provost for review and recommended action;
- 3. Chancellor's/Provost's recommendations are forwarded to the Office of the President for review by an all-university librarians promotions committee appointed by the President in consultation with the Director of Libraries; and
- 4. Recommendations of the all-university librarians promotions committee are transmitted to the Office of the President, for review by the Director of Libraries and for presentation to the Trustees of Indiana University.
C. A leave program shall be established for librarians which will be administered as part of the faculty sabbatical leave program. The same policies and criteria applied to faculty applications for leave shall be applied to requests from librarians.
D. The rules governing retirement for reason of disability which are applicable to members of the teaching faculty shall be applied to librarians.


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JUPITER, Fla., Feb. 3, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GelTech Solutions, Inc. (OTCBB:GLTC), creators of FireIce, a revolutionary water enhancing fire suppressant that has the potential to change current firefighting techniques globally, is pleased to announce the signing of Fire Etc., The Supply Cache, and All Hands Fire as certified FireIce distributors for the U.S. marketplace covering the Southwest, Rockies and Northeast regions.
Fire Etc. has over 50 years experience in the Southern California fire equipment industry and is one of the San Diego area's leading resources in new and used fire protection gear and equipment.
The Supply Cache has over 20 years experience and is one of the leading providers of all risk, USAR and wildland fire safety equipment in the Colorado marketplace.
All Hands Fire brings over 10 years experience from the New Jersey marketplace providing quality products and works closely with fire departments to find them effective products even with 'tight budgets'.
Joseph Ingarra, President, GelTech Solutions, stated, "As the interest in FireIce has continued to grow, we have continued to expand our distribution footprint across the entire United States. Our distributors view FireIce as a cutting edge, environmentally friendly solution for effective firefighting and are confident to offer FireIce to their clients and customers. We are extremely excited to have these highly respected partners as part of the GelTech team."
About GelTech Solutions:
GelTech Solutions creates innovative, Earth-friendly, cost-effective products that help industry, agriculture, and the general public accomplish environmental and safety goals, such as water conservation and the protection of lives, homes, and property from fires.
FireIce® is a patent pending fire suppressant used for direct attack of fires as well as a medium term retardant for structure protection. FireIce can be used in all types of apparatus; fire extinguishers, pumper trucks, aerial units for wildfires and home defense units for personal home protection.
For more information on our new distributors, please visit:
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O2 Delignification ACE (Advanced Control Expert)
The solution for optimizing the O2 delignification area
ANDRITZ O2 Delignification ACE is a control optimization system powered by BrainWave that stabilizes kappa, temperature, and pH, even when production rates are changed.
ACE starts by closing loops and stabilizing operations with the patented BrainWave controller. BrainWave develops response models of the kappa, reactor temperature, and pH based on the control actions and system responses observed during normal manipulation of O2 charge, steam flow, caustic, and alkali charge. BrainWave then precisely controls all reactor variables, while considering the time delay and measured disturbances.
After BrainWave has stabilized the process, ACE is then implemented as a supervisory layer to manage the optimal selection and weighting of manipulated variables (alkali charge and temperature) while performing diagnostics of measurement signals used in control. ACE links to a fiber processing history tracking module, which contains a database of profiles of measured, manipulated, and controlled variables inside the reactors. ACE will then communicate with upstream and downstream ACE processes to coordinate production rate management.


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Here we go again:
I'm asking Congress to eliminate the billions in taxpayer dollars we currently give to oil companies. I don't know if you've noticed, but they're doing just fine on their own.
We know what this means: higher taxes! Many of you probably remember our ad campaign that we launched last year to fight the very taxes President Obama just promised.
In a blog post last September, NTU Executive Vice President explains what is at stake if proposed energy taxes are implemented into law:
"Congress is considering an extremely destructive 'double tax, through repealing a widely available credit that offsets taxes paid to other countries. However, this new "double tax" would apply only to energy providers here in the U.S. – meaning state-owned companies in countries like Venezuela and China will effectively receive a competitive edge over American firms. Ironically, even BP – the target of Congress's ire over the Gulf spill – will gain a tax advantage. Also under consideration in the U.S. Senate is a repeal of Section 199 of the U.S. tax code, a manufacturers' deduction, for only the oil and gas industry. The deduction allows companies to reinvest revenue into creating jobs and domestic economic growth."
And here are two of the letters we distributed in strong opposition to the tax hikes:
Clearly this issue isn't going away.


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Report: More Than 50% of All Smartphones Sold in Asia Will be Running Android by 2012
42% – that's Android's market share in the United States. High, but not as high as the more than 50% of smartphones in Asia expected to be running Android by the end of the year. A new report from ABI predicts that a whopping 52% of all smartphones in Asia will be running Android by 2012.
That number is even more impressive (and somewhat unbelievable) when you realize that only 11% of smartphones in Asia were running Android in 2010. By 2011, that number had risen to 24% and is now expected to double once again.
We know that Android is already quite big in China because its open-source nature allows many manufacturers to use its OS to create cheap cell phones. Still, much of Asia is still considered an emerging market due to the fact that only 27% of mobile phones sold there qualify as smartphones, as compared to 40% in the U.S.
Why Android Will Rule the World
Are Japanese Smartphones Finally Going Global?
World's First Quad Core Android Phone Coming to China October 1st
Source: GMA News


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What is driving the ongoing violence and prejudice against the country's minorities?
Discussion on Aljazeera Tv's The Stream on February 10, 2014.
In this episode of The Stream, we speak to:
Qasim Rashid @MuslimIQ
Author, "The Wrong Kind of Muslim"
Ali Dayan Hasan @AliDayan
Pakistan Director, Human Rights Watch
Saleem Javed @msaleemjaved
Human rights activist
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Dr. Yu examines Asian American Christian Athletes
Dr. Kale Yu, Assistant Professor of History, publishes "Athletes and Christianity," in Asian Americans: An Encyclopedia of Social, Cultural, Economic, and Political Histiory, a three-volume encyclopedic work that was published November 2013.
Dr. Yu's article provides a history of Asian American Christian athletes and their impact not only in their ethnic communities and American society, but also in transnational affairs. In an increasingly globalized society, Asian American Christian athletes have transcended the world of sports and engaged in matters of religious and ethnic exposure, evangelism, and bridge-builidng on a global stage.
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If you failed to complete your high school education, you might have difficulty finding a job or advancing your career. With few options, many adults seek a GED certificate because alternative high schools for adults are frequently not available or have requirements that are too restrictive for people trying to work and attend school. If you don't have a high school diploma, completing the GED requirements offers some advantages.
Many employers require job applicants to have a high school diploma or the GED equivalent. They expect applicants to have basic skills of reading, writing, math, science and other coursework required to graduate from high school. Some employers give preference to applicants with a high school diploma over those with a GED certificate, but they refuse to hire applicants who don't have either. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, people who earn the GED certification earn less than high school graduates, regardless of gender, ethnicity or age. Many employers want to see that you were willing to complete your education in any form, according to MAU Workforce Solution's marketing and communications specialist, Brett Yardley.
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Most colleges and universities require students to have a high school diploma or a GED certificate. While people who earned their high school diploma are more likely to enter and finish college than those holding a GED certificate, those who do neither seldom enter a post-secondary institution. On-the-job training, trade school education and other adult educational opportunities may also require applicants to earn the GED certificate or high school diploma. If you complete college with an associate or higher degree, employers are not likely to care whether you earned a high school diploma or passed the GED test, according to Yardley.
A GED certificate could boost your self-esteem. It indicates that you had the perseverance to finish your secondary education. It might communicate the same message to your employer and open the doors you thought were closed to you. Your GED certificate reveals that you can set a goal and achieve it, and that can give you the courage to pursue other educational or career goals and achieve them.
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Some teens opt for a GED certificate to jump-start their careers, electing not to finish high school so they can enter and finish college earlier than their peers, according to Maya Frost, author of "The New Global Student: Skip the SAT, Save Thousands on Tuition, and Get a Truly International Education." Getting your GED certificate at 16 to enter college and finishing several years ahead of your peers tells employers that you are truly motivated to succeed and that you are willing to find alternative ways to get things done.
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Published: 2003/08/29
by Jeff Waful
John Scofield's Electronic Groove Jazz
John Scofield is one of a few musicians currently touring that has multigenerational appeal. While his thirty-year career has included collaborations with legends such as Miles Davis and Charles Mingus, Sco remains focused on the task at hand. He is also one of a handful of guitarists that has an instantly recognizable tone which is unmistakably his own. Although he's now in his early fifties, his unique brand of "electronic groove jazz," as he calls it, has caught on with a younger generation of jamband fans in recent years. His latest album, Up All Night, combines his traditional jazz background with the feisty funk rhythms of Adam Deitch, the solid foundation of Andy Hess and the futuristic guitar loops of Avi Bortnick.
Jambands.com reached John via cell phone, as he was wandering the hallways of his hotel. The discussion – like his mid-afternoon walk – took various twists and turns, delving into the details of his current album, his plans for the fall and the psychology of jamming. "We're thinking spontaneous thoughts and expressing them," he said at one point, using the interview itself as an example of the way improvisation works.
JW: Let's start off with the transition from 2002's Uberjam to Up All Night. How has the band's sound evolved from one album to the next?
JS: We played a year's worth of concerts and really thought about the music. Evolve is the right word, rather than going for anything too specific. I think one of the nice things is that we got looser, so we were able to do more jamming than playing, on very loosely structured things. So, Up All Night has more stuff that's like that. Adding the horns also made it different than Uberjam. That's something that I've wanted to do to sort of extend the sound.
JW: You used the word "loose." Certainly when it comes to composition, looseness might be a bad thing, but improvisationally, it's really what you're striving for.
JS: Yeah, because I think the really interesting stuff happens when you don't plan it out. So it's got to be loose in order for cool things to happen, where we're listening to each other and we sort of capture a feeling as a group and it moves in a certain area. I mean, the first song on the album, "Philiopiety," is a good example of that. It really just kind of happened in the studio, differently from any other time we've played it. We had a really loose structure for that song and the way we played it on the record was way different from the way we did it in rehearsal.
JW: And much of the album was recorded the same way?
JS: Yeah. It was all recorded in real time. We overdubbed the horns though. So, we recorded the band with all the samples and everything all at once. Then I wrote the horn parts to fit what we had already done.
JW: So was any of the stuff on the album sort of loosely written ahead of time or was most of it improvisation?
JS: Yeah, a lot of it was loosely written, about half of it. Then the other stuff was just jams, like "Philiopiety" and "I'm Listening," they were completely free. I think all the other ones were actually worked out, in sections: A, B, C and D.
JW: What is the song writing process like? Do you write out all the parts or is it more of an outline where the individual players fill in their own harmonic ideas?
JS: Actually we wrote a lot of the songs together at soundcheck. They came from jams. We would just jam and maybe we'd find a new bass line and the drummer would come up with his thing. We would tape them on a little tape recorder at the soundcheck, and that's the nice thing about having a band that works together all the time. After we collected all these different recordings, our soundman, Pat Murray put together a CD of all the different jams. It was like a month's worth of recordings. So we took those and took the best parts and then recreated them in the studio.
JW: You have a pretty extensive touring history. How has technology changed your approach to performing? I know Avi [Bortnick] uses a lot of sampling and your tone has come a long way with both digital and analog sampling.
JS: I have two different kinds of guitar samplers. Even though anyone can buy them, it winds up coming out your own way. A sound will ring a certain bell for a musician and he'll use it in a certain way. One of the fun things about playing electronic groove jazz is that all these new digital or analog devices work really well in these idioms, you know? I've just been having a lot of fun expanding my own tones on my instruments. Now, we also have a kind of unique way of using samples for the band in what Avi's doing. He's triggering different loops, but mostly percussion loops, that we play along with. Adam Deitch, our drummer, uses headphones and we play along with these loops and we've gotten pretty good at doing that. Avi has a great pedal system, so he can play guitar and start and stop his samples. If we screw up and aren't playing along exactly with it, he'll start it again on the downbeat. This is technology that is really fairly recent. I think it really expands the orchestration possibilities of any band and it's been so much fun using it. It's sort of given me a new lease on electric jazz to be able to use samples like this.
JW: Some people may be familiar with the story of how you discovered Deitch. He was playing with Lettuce at Wetlands at the time?
JS: Yeah. Well, I knew the guys in Soulive and Eric [Krasno] told me about Adam before I played with him, but then Lettuce invited me to play with them at Wetlands. I had gone through a bunch of drummers and I actually had another guy who was gonna play drums with my band, but then I heard Adam and I said, "This is it. This guy's got what I'm looking for." So I hired him.
JW: There's certainly a difference in age, what's the relationship like?
JS: He's just a good drummer and a really great musician. It doesn't matter what age you are. If you got it, you got it. I love his touch. I love his feel. He's a real funk drummer. He loves the old school funk stuff, which is really related to jazz. He's got a very jazz-like approach and he's just got that funky groove.
JW: Rounding out the rhythm section is bassist Andy Hess, who will be departing this fall.
JS: Yeah, Andy is similar to Adam in that he really loves the old school funk stuff. He really lives for that type of stuff. I think he really keeps that tradition going. He's not a note-y player, but that's really a desire on his part because he loves the architecture of music and the position of the bass to hold down the bass and play beautiful, simple parts rather that note-y, virtuoso shit, you know? I really appreciate that in him. He's a great musician.
JW: So Mark Kelley will be joining the band and he's also pretty young, from the Berklee School of Music, like Adam. What can you tell me about his playing?
JS: He's just a buddy of Adam's that I've been hearing about. He's gonna do the tour with us in September and we'll see what happens with that. I actually don't have a lot of work for this band after that because I'm going to do a bunch of trio stuff with Steve Swallow and Bill Stewart starting in October. We'll be playing through December and making a live record at the Blue Note in New York. These are two musicians that I've played with a whole lot over the years. Steve is one of the great electric bass players of all time and I feel the same way about Bill Stewart as a drummer. That project is going to be more straight-ahead jazz, for lack of a better term. So this band, the Uberjam Band or whatever you want to call it, is going to be on hold. We're gonna do the stuff with Mark in September and then I'm gonna form the Uberjam Band again at the beginning of next year and see what happens.
JW: So what's usually billed as The John Scofield Band, you refer to as the Uberjam Band?
JS: Yeah, I've been calling it that.
JW: So will the other project be called The John Scofield Trio?
JS: Well I've been calling it The John Scofield Real Jazz Trio, but I don't know if I'm gonna stick with that [laughs]. It just roughly describes it so everybody knows what's going on.
JW: I wanted to get back to what you were saying about Andy's bass playing and how he's not too note-y. One criticism of music school is that sometimes you learn too much theory and it sort of takes away the organic creative process.
JS: I don't necessarily agree with that. I don't think learning too much takes away from the organic process. I think that that can imply a little bit of fear of studying music and really working at it. I think in the case of musicians that don't necessarily play a whole lot, they choose to play music a certain way because they prefer it. It's not like "I'm gonna stay ignorant so I can play this way." But at the same time, I know what you mean. I think people that choose to play a zillion notes, that's the kind of music they like. If you're a bass player and you understand the architecture of music, you may choose to play simply and that allows the music to breathe in a certain way.
JW: Ideally, you would want to have as much theory as you can, but sometimes ironically what moves you the most is something as simple as a two-note bass line. Even though you have the knowledge of a zillion notes, the two notes may work better.
JS: Yeah, there ya go. And harmonic knowledge doesn't mean playing a lot of notes. It just means that you know changes and chords and rhythm.
JW: On a metaphysical level, have you learned what causes great improvisation or is it just something that happens?
JS: Hey man, if anyone could put their finger on it, then everybody would be doing it [laughs]. I mean for me, half the time it doesn't happen. The nice thing is that the other half the time it does. If I just hang around I'll have a good night, ya know?
JW: So do you have any kind of pep talk with your band before you go on stage? Is there any discussion of your musical approach on a given night or do you just go out and play?
JS: Oh, we talk about it forever, but I don't know if it does any good.
JW: What are the discussions like?
JS: Well we talk about music just like you and I are right now. I think anybody that plays a lot realizes that all you can do is be ready for it to happen and then sometimes it doesn't happen the way you want it to. Then you have to go with the flow and there are all kinds of things that go on that are not exactly the way you were hoping it would be, but if you go with the flow, something new can happen and that makes it better. I try to not over-prepare in any certain way because it always comes out differently. What I do is I practice the guitar and work on my playing and my improvising. If you're playing the instrument, then when you're up there and the music starts you just do as good a job as you can. Then it's over so quick, you can't really control it. Otherwise you'd be playing the same thing all the time.
JW: It's like having a vast vocabulary for spontaneous conversation.
JS: Well that's exactly what it is. You and I are talking right now and we're improvising. We're thinking spontaneous thoughts and expressing them.
JW: Speaking of improvisation, talk a little bit about the jamband scene. You come from a jazz background and now the younger generation in this genre has embraced your music. You're playing the Jammys and all the jamband festivals. It's given you a whole new demographic.
JS: Yeah that's been fun, playing for new people. I love it. I'm still trying to figure out exactly what a jamband is.
JW: You and me both.
JS: [laughs] It's very loosely defined, which I like. It reminds me of when I first started to hear music in the late 60s, when I was buying albums and going out to shows. The Fillmore East in New York would have Miles Davis and The Grateful Dead and Jeff Beck and B.B. King in one night, ya know? It was very much like what the jamband scene is. It's a very eclectic mix. It seems like everybody's in there to play. There's a certain image thing and all that, like any music scene. There's this image of whatever kind of free spirit the jamband community thinks is admirable, ya know? But the thing that I like about the jamband scene is there's a lot of value on improvisation and good playing. It's about playing your instrument.