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Many big names in the auto industry are cleaning
up their act by introducing hybrid and electric
vehicles which produce fewer carbon emissions. But building cleaner
vehicles isn't the only green effort the industry can contribute. Renault announced today that it would
partner with Gestamp Solar to build the largest solar energy project in the
automotive business.
Renault is a French automaker that has an alliance
with Nissan,
which makes it the third largest automaker in the world. It produces cars and
vans, and has made tractors, trucks and buses in the past.
This solar
panel project is part of the Renault 2016 - Drive The Change plan,
which aims to reduce carbon emissions by 10 percent by 2013 and an additional
10 percent between 2013 and 2016. To do this, Renault is partnering with Gestamp Solar, which
is a multinational corporation specializing in renewable energy, steel and
automotive assembly. The idea is to install solar panels at manufacturing
plants throughout France.
Together, Renault and Gestamp Solar will use solar
panels to cover a total area of 450,000 m², which is equivalent to 63 football
fields. The Renault factories receiving solar
panels are those in Douai, Flins, Maubeuge, Batilly,
Sandouville and Cléon. The areas covered by solar panels will be staff parking
lots at Maubeuge and Cléon, and roofs of delivery and shipping centers at Douai,
Maubeuge, Flins, Batilly and Sandouville.
The solar project will have an installed power
capacity of 60 megawatts, which could power a town with a population of 15,000
annually. By switching to these solar panels, CO2
emissions will be cut by 30,000 tonnes per year.
"Renault has implemented several actions to
reduce consumption at its plants (e.g. the zero carbon plant in
Tangiers)," said Renault's press release. "With the solar roof
project, Renault is showing its concern to conserve resources by diversifying
the energy mix used to generate electricity, and particularly by using
renewable energy sources."
Renault and Gestamp Solar will begin the
installation process in mid June and expect to complete the project by February

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Named after Gwen McRae's uplifting '81 anthem Funky Sensation, this now-legendary weekly club night is hosted by an ever-popular rotation of top DJ's and special guests. Expect a night of classic old school jazz funk, 80's boogie, vintage grooves and funky house. Dancing shoes essential!
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Identifying areas for future cooperation focus of Institute for Global Financial Integrity visit to INTERPOL
LYON, France – A delegation from the Institute for Global Financial Integrity (TIGFI), headed by Jaques Santer met with INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble at the world police body headquarters today to identify areas for potential cooperation.
The TIGFI representatives, which included Members of the Board Jed Grant, Michel Maquil, David Clark, Eric van de Kerkhove and Rosa Villalobos, also met with officers from INTERPOL's Economic and Financial Crimes unit to explore possible joint initiatives in relation to anti-money laundering and financial integrity.
TIGFI is a private, independent and impartial nonprofit organization, which serves as a Center of Excellence and Forum on all matters pertaining to ethical conduct and integrity in business standards and practices in the global financial sector, national financial centers and jurisdictions.
The meeting follows the recent launch of INTERPOL's Secure Email Capability for Asset Recovery, an innovative new tool to improve international cooperation in asset recovery investigations unveiled at the 4th Global Focal Point Conference on Asset Recovery organized by INTERPOL's Anti-Corruption unit and the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR) – a partnership between the World Bank and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).


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New Modification Program Will Be Required by FHFA
Starting this summer, mortgage servicers will be required to offer a new modification program to eligible borrowers who are at least 90 days delinquent on their Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac-owned or guaranteed mortgage, the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced this week.
The new Streamlined Modification Initiative eliminates the requirement that borrowers document their hardship or financial situation, the FHFA said in a release.
As of July 1, 2013, servicers must identify eligible borrowers who are 90 days to 24 months delinquent and send them an offer letter that states the terms of the modification, including the monthly payment required for a Streamlined Modification. The borrowers can accept the deal by simply sending the specified payment and agreeing to the terms.
Eligible borrowers must demonstrate a willingness and ability to pay by making three on-time trial payments, after which the mortgage will be permanently modified. Other eligibility requirements include a first-lien mortgage that is at least 12 months old with a loan-to-value ratio equal to or greater than 80%.
"The Streamlined Modification Initiative adds to the suite of home retention tools offered by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac," said FHFA Acting Director Edward J. DeMarco. "This new option gives delinquent borrowers another path to avoid foreclosure. We will still encourage such borrowers to provide documentation to support other modification options that would likely result in additional borrower savings."
The Streamlined Modification Initiative builds on the principles of the Servicing Alignment Initiative by encouraging servicers to resolve delinquencies earlier and in a more consistent and expeditious manner to keep more people in their homes and to minimize losses to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and taxpayers. The program expires August 1, 2015.
Since being placed into conservatorships, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have completed 2.7 million foreclosure prevention transactions, including 1.3 million loan modifications. In a report released Wednesday by the FHFA, foreclosure starts at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the 4th quarter 2012 fell to 135,000 loans, the lowest level since the 3rd quarter of 2008.


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SHAZAM Touts Uptake of New Mobile App
The SHAZAM network said Monday that more than 200 financial institutions, including 12 credit unions, have gone live with its mobile app since its launch less than 60 days ago.
The brandable mobile app allows debit cardholders to check balances and set alert parameters via smartphone and tablets. Person-to-person payment functionality is planned, said Des Moines, Iowa-based SHAZAM.
"Mobile strategies are critical to providing the value financial institution customers demand," said Dan Kramer, senior vice president of marketing and merchant services for SHAZAM. "Yet mobile products often take many months to become fully integrated and ready for consumer rollout."
The company said SHAZAM BOLT$ is an extension of SHAZAM's fraud-prevention services, alerting cardholders directly to potentially fraudulent activity on their accounts. The alerts are generated any time a suspicious purchase is detected, based on parameters including purchase amounts, card not present and other suspicious or high-risk transactions.
The SHAZAM network was founded in 1976 and said it now provides EFT network processing, including about 4,600 ATMs, to institutions in 33 states.


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CFPB, NCUA Webinar Coming Tuesday
The NCUA said Friday it is still accepting registrations for a town hall webinar with CFPB Director Richard Cordray and NCUA Board Chair Debbie Matz set for Tuesday at 3 p.m. EST.
Topics will include the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's recently finalized Ability-to-Repay rule and the proposed alternative definition of qualified mortgages that could potentially affect the thousands of credit unions with $2 billion or less in assets that originate 500 or less mortgages annually.
Webinar attendees will be able to type in questions during the session and can submit them in advance to firstname.lastname@example.com with the subject line "NCUA-CFPB Town Hall."
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Coffee means big business here in the
United States. Starbucks grew from its humble roots in the Northwest
to a point now where you can find at least a few within a 5 mile
radius in any major U.S. city. Fast food chain McDonalds has even
gotten in on the act to cash in on the success of "premium"
In an attempt to provide a better "in
store experience" for its customers and to distance itself from
a growing
McDonalds threat, Starbucks today announced a new strategic
alliance to provide WiFi service to customers. Beginning in the
spring of 2008, 7,000+ Starbucks stores in the U.S. will switch
from T-Mobile WiFi access to AT&T.
"As we continue to build our
technology offerings in ways that both enhance and expand the
Starbucks Experience for our customers, we made a strategic decision
to expand our existing relationship with our longtime technology
partner AT&T to include consumer Wi-Fi," said Starbucks CTO
Chris Bruzzo.
Starbucks notes that its customers that
wish to continue using T-Mobile Hotspot access will be able to do so
seamlessly thanks to an agreement between AT&T and T-Mobile.
According to the company, Starbucks
cardholders will be allotted two hours of free WiFi access per day at
Starbucks stores. As reported
by DailyTech in late January, existing AT&T broadband
and AT&T U-verse customers will have access to free WiFi at any
"This is what our customers have been
waiting for — free Starbucks-quality Wi-Fi," Bruzzo continued.
"Through our new partnership with AT&T, we also welcome their
millions of current customers who can now come in and enjoy free
Wi-Fi as part of their daily Starbucks Experience."
Customers without a Starbucks card or
an AT&T broadband account will pay $3.99 for two hours of service
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MPAA: DVD Ripping Hurts Users, Cuts Their "Options" (to Repurchase Content)
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February 16, 2012 5:30 PM
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Big media petitions Library of Congress to refuse ripping allowance
Let them eat cake!
-- traditional French "spoiled princess" tale
The above quote was often misattributed in the French Revolution to Marie Antoinette, whom the French revolutionaries sought to villainize as cruel and aloof. Today, amidst a sweeping digital revolution, seemingly equally cavalier quotes are flying around, attributed to big media. But this time around, they're the real deal -- big media literally wants you to repay for content you already own.
Recording Industry Association of America
Motion Picture Association of America
's homage to "let them eat cake" began with the
Digital Millenium Copyright Act
(DMCA) [PDF], which modified
Title 17
of the U.S. Code.
The law was an uneasy compromise by the Clinton administration between big media who was clamoring about how rampant copyright abuses were ruining their bottom line, and by internet service providers, who feared
big media's well heeled lobbyists
would install financially ruinous legal responsibilities on them. In the end big media received stiff copyright protections on creative works, while ISPs gained a level of immunity from their users' actions (piracy).
But it also installed some Orwellian provisions, making it a crime to remove copyright protection software on content you legally own -- even if that software caused harm to your computer (which in some cases it, in fact, did).
Between 1998 and 2006, the prohibition on burning CDs stood. Of course a bootleg industry flourished, but makers of burning software had to watch their backs for fear of prosecution and/or imprisonment.
But in 2006 the
U.S. Library of Congress
added a key exemption, that allowed the practice, including circumventing copy protection schemes for personal use on CDs you legally owned. The public actually has Sony Corp. (
) to thank for that.
Sony BMG's dangerously defective rootkits
convinced the LoC that maybe it shouldn't be illegal to allow people to remove unwanted copy protection on content they legal own.
The MPAA has fought hard to make DVD burning illegal. [Image Source: MiNDFOOD]
However, making backup copies of DVDs and Blu-Ray movies protected by copyright protection software (virtually all of them are)
remains illegal
. To be clear, it's the act of breaking the digital rights management (DRM) that's illegal, not the physical act of writing optical media. But since virtually all movies carry DRM, essentially all creation of backup copies is illegal.
That premise is a key topic of debate as the LoC mulls a proposal by consumer advocacy group Public Knowledge, to allow DVD/Blu-Ray ripping for personal use of content you own.
The proposal is ardently opposed by the MPAA. They
[PDF] to the LoC:
Copyright owners include with many DVD and Blu- Ray disc purchases digital copies of motion pictures that may be reproduced to mobile devices and computers pursuant to licenses. Blu-Ray disc purchasers can also take advantage of "Managed Copy" services that are scheduled to launch in the U.S. later this year. Movie distributors and technology companies are also making available services such as UltraViolet, which enables consumers to access motion pictures on a variety of devices through streaming and downloading.
Many movies and television shows are also available online through services such as Comcast Xfinity, Hulu and Netflix, or websites operated by broadcasters or cable channels, which consumers can enjoy from any U.S. location with internet access.
With all of these marketplace solutions to the alleged problem PK points to, it is unlikely that the presence of CSS on DVDs is going to have a substantial adverse impact on the ability of consumers to space shift in the coming three years
In other words, they're essentially saying that you should repay for content and/or accept inferior versions of the content that already own (UltraViolet and their ilk often lack the "extras" of a full-fledged ripped DVD) -- if you're lucky. Of course, if they choose not to support your platform of choice with their locked down content, you're simply out of luck; too bad.
Public Knowledge lambasted the MPAA's claims, stating:
The MPAA had two specific suggestions. First, consumers could re-purchase access to a subscription service such as Netflix of Hulu. They did not dwell on the fact that 1) this would require you to pay again to access a movie you already own; 2) these services require a high speed internet connection in order to work; 3) There is a reasonable chance that the movie you own is not available on any of those services at any given time; and 4) MPAA member studios regularly pull videos that were once available on those services off of those same services.
The MPAA's second suggestion was even less helpful. In their comments, they pointed to Warner Brothers' DVD2Blu program. This program allows people to use their existing DVDs as a coupon towards the purchase of a handful of Warner Blu-Ray disks. They did not dwell on the fact that 1) this program is limited to Warner Brothers films; 2) the program is limited to 25 exchanges per household; 3) while some Blu-Ray disks include digital copies that can be moved to other devices, it is unclear how many of the disks in the DVD2Blu program include that option; 4) only 100 movies are included in the entire program; and 5) each exchange costs at least $4.95 plus shipping (which, for the record, is about as much as it would cost to buy the digital file from Amazon.).
Association of Research Libraries
has also back the request for exemption, stating that it would help them replace damaged works. [
Ed. - You KNOW how evil libraries are
But wait, in MPAA-speak banning customers from fully using their content they legally own "increased customers' options". They write:
In fact, granting PK's proposed exemption would be directly counter to the purpose of this rulemaking. It would undermine emerging business models that increase access to creative works in precisely the manner Congress intended the DMCA to promote.
It is clear that access controls have increased consumers' options with respect to motion pictures in digital formats.
The Register should not interfere with that progress. Instead, she should endorse it.
Well, they may be half truthful here as it does increase customers options -- their options to pay twice for the same content. Although, perhaps that useage is a bit disingeneous too, as option typically implies a voluntary choice, not having digital rights management shoved down your throat.
If the RIAA had their way, CD rippers could be sued and fined, and the authors of burning software shipped off to prison. Jennifer Pariser, the head of litigation for Sony BMG -- the same company that installed those malicious rootkits on users computers --
stated in the 2007 RIAA lawsuit
against working mom Jammie Thomas, "When an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song." Making "a copy" of a purchased song is just "a nice way of saying 'steals just one copy'."
Stop citizen! Drop the backup copy, you are under arrest. [Image Source: Sodahead]
In the RIAA and MPAA's world everything would have rock-solid DRM, and if you tried to break it you would be sent to prison. In this world, you would only rent the rights to see the content for the short time. Then you would have to repurchase it again, and again. And if you
sang in public
, or invited your friends over to watch/listen? Well, that would mean more fees of course.
Meanwhile the RIAA and MPAA merrily exploit a series of laws in the U.S. and abroad that allow them to
steal hundreds of millions of dollars
in independent artists' work, by
calling the work "unclaimed"
and then (legally) pirating it for profit.
Last time the LoC register didn't buy the RIAA's argument to prohibit user rights. The LoC also sided against big media in
allowing YouTube montages and other "fair use" works
, consisting of short clips of copyrighted materials. It should be interesting how things play out this time around, in the very similar debate regarding DVDs/Blu-Rays.
The LoC is also contemplating
a proposal
by the
Electronic Frontier Foundation
(EFF) to allow jailbreaking of consoles, smartphones, and other devices. Surprise, surprise Sony is among the prominent members of a big media coalition opposing this idea. The company has
legally harassed
PS3 jailbreakers, in some cases
even looking to send them to prison
. Their harassment attempts, however, have been met by
defiance from the tech community
States one prominent PS3 jailbreaker to Sony, "If you want me to stop then you should just kill me because I cannot live without programming, HV and Linux kernel hacking You know who am I and where I live, so come and get me !!!"
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of the most common things for internet users to access are social
networking sites. Facebook is the largest social networking site
online right now followed by MySpace. Both social networks have had
their share of serious trouble caused by users of the networks. In
January 2009, a man in England was sentenced to 18
years in prison for killing his wife after she changed her
Facebook status to single after a bitter divorce.MySpace has
had problems with sexual offenders frequenting the site as well
and kicked
90,000 sex offenders off its site in February of 2009. One
of the most disturbing cases involving sexual abuse that stemmed from
a social networking site happened on Facebook and involved
18-year-old Anthony Stancl. Stancl was charged in February of
2009 with five counts of child enticement, two counts of third-degree
sexual assault, possession of child pornography, repeated sexual
assault of the same child, and making a bomb threat.The
charges stem from a devious scheme that Stancl -- a high school
student at New Berlin Eisenhower High School in New Berlin, WI --
operated where he posed on Facebook as a female named Kayla (or in
some case, Emily). Stancl lured male classmates from his school into
sending him nude photos. Stancl then used the photos to blackmail
some of the male students into performing sexual acts with him by
threatening to release the photos to other students at the school and
post them online.When police raided Stancl's home, they
recovered 300 nude images of juvenile males from his computer.
According to police, the youngest victim of sex acts with Stancl was
15 and the youngest male in one of the photos was 13. The incidents
started in 2007 and the last was in November of 2008. Stancl was
caught when he was linked to a bomb threat during the
investigation of the incident.Stancl was sentenced
this week and faced as much as 30 years in prison and 20
years of extended supervision. Judge J. Mac Davis sentenced Stancl to
15 years in prison and another 13 years of extended supervision.
Stancl will also have to register as a sex offender. Stancl
agreed to the prison time as part of a plea agreement that stipulated
he plead no contest to the charges and he was convicted on December
22, 2009 on two felony counts of repeated sexual assault of the same
child, possession of child pornography, and third-degree sexual
assault. Judge Davis imposed the sentence after citing a 2004 case
when Stancl was a juvenile where he was found delinquent in the
sexual assault of a 3-year old he was babysitting. Davis said, "I
am afraid of what he can and might do."Stancl apologized
to the students and families that he victimized in court as well as
his own family, including a brother and sister still attending the
same high school. Stancl said, "I put you through a terrible
situation."Stancl's defense attorney was seeking five
years in prison and ten years of supervision. The defense claimed
that the attacks stemmed from Stancl's struggles with homosexuality
and being "outed" as gay by an older boy at school. Stancl
was taken to prison immediately after the sentence was imposed.


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SYMPLiK EXZELLENZ is a program to manipulate table data in Oracle database by using a Microsoft Excel file (xls or xlsx format). Unlike Oracle WebADI, More4Apps, or other Excel-driven solutions, this program does not use Office VBA (macros) to process the data. It is a pure Java solution incorporated with Apache POI and the Oracle JDBC driver to download, upload, insert, update, and delete data from Oracle database tables. It is Linux-friendly for Open Office users as long as the spreadsheet is in Excel formats.
ShiftSchedule is a simple procedure, combining random and greedy strategies with heuristics to maximize the minimal interval between consecutive shifts with multiple constraints on the workload distribution. In particular, the distribution of duties among the staff must be uniform when a number of roles and a variety of shift types are considered. The number of persons available for every shift type and role must be large compared to the number required in each case. The method also implements a strategy to deal with the suboptimal results of the simple approach when some infrequent and aperiodic day types, such as long weekends, are considered.
KeyValue is a cross-platform library for making C++ objects accessible through LibreOffice Calc, Excel, and other front-ends. This can enhance the experience of spreadsheet users by providing an object model and a handy key-value based interface. Actually, KeyValue does more than just help creating spreadsheet functions. The object model allows end-users to build C++ objects through the front-ends. These objects are stored in a repository for later use at the user's request. Additionally, KeyValue provides a set of services to effectively use these objects. The library is named after one of its main features: the key-value based interface. Parameters are passed to functions (or, more precisely, processors) through key-value pairs, in contrast to the standard positional interfaces of LibreOffice Calc, Excel, C/C++, etc.
ExportSpreadsheets is a class that can be used to create an Excel spreadsheet from data in a MySQL table. It performs a query to a given MySQL table and creates an Excel spreadsheet file using the PEAR Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer package. The class can export multiple worksheets to a single Excel file. Several parameters may be used to configure details like which table fields map to which spreadsheet columns, field sorting, etc.
Aspose.Cells for SharePoint is a flexible solution for converting Excel documents into multiple document formats within Microsoft SharePoint applications. It lets you easily convert documents right from the SharePoint document library into popular formats like XLS, XLSX, CSV, HTML, ODS, PDF, XML, and TXT without using MS Excel for document generation. It is designed to be used with Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS) and MS Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) standard and enterprise editions.
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The esophagus is a muscular tube that carries food and liquids from the mouth to the stomach. If the esophagus is too narrow, swallowing problems can occur.
During an esophageal dilation, the doctor places a tube-shaped device into the esophagus to widen the narrow part. This procedure makes it easier to swallow and get proper nutrition.
Reasons for Procedure
Esophageal dilation is done to treat a narrowing in the esophagus, called a stricture. This happens when there is a build-up of scar tissue, which may be due to:
- Gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD)
- Injury to the esophagus
- Eosinophilic esophagitis
- Birth defects or after repair of defects of the esophagus
- Scleroderma
Esophageal dilation widens the esophagus. Some may need the procedure repeated within a year.
Possible Complications
Problems from the procedure are rare, but all procedures have some risk. Your doctor will review potential problems, like:
- Bleeding (including coughing up blood or having bloody vomit)
- Chest pain
- Shortness of breath
- Infection
- Soreness and pain in the throat
- Nausea and vomiting
- Severe swelling in the middle part of the chest
- Inhalation of stomach contents
- Tear or hole in the esophageal lining (can lead to bleeding and the need for more surgery)
Some factors that may increase the risk of complications include:
- Smaller stricture
- Obesity
- Smoking
- Diabetes
- Heart or lung problems
Talk to your doctor about these risks before the procedure.
What to Expect
Prior to Procedure
In the days leading up to the procedure:
- Arrange for a ride to and from the hospital. Also, ask someone to help you at home.
- If instructed by your doctor, avoid eating or drinking for 6 hours before the procedure.
Talk to your doctor about:
- Any allergies
- Whether you need antibiotics before the procedure
- Any medications, herbs, and dietary supplements that you take—You may be asked to stop taking some medications up to one week before the procedure.
In some cases, general anesthesia will be used. This will block any pain and keep you asleep during the procedure. A local anesthetic may also be used to numb the esophagus, and a sedative will be given to relax you.
Description of Procedure
An esophageal dilation will usually be done along with an endoscopy. During an endoscopy, the doctor will place a slim, flexible tube into the mouth and then into the esophagus. The tube has a tiny light and a camera attached. This will allow the doctor to view your esophagus on a monitor.
An imaging technique called fluoroscopy may also be used, especially when the dilator is being placed. With fluoroscopy, x-rays images of your esophagus will be sent to a monitor for viewing.
After observing the stricture, the doctor will decide which type of dilator to use to stretch the stricture. These tube-shaped devices are available in different sizes and styles. Depending on how severe your stricture is, the doctor may choose a plastic dilator or a balloon dilator .
For the plastic type, the doctor will use a scope to place a guide wire into the esophagus. This will allow the doctor to place the dilator in the correct spot. The scope will be taken out, and a tapered dilator will be placed through your mouth and throat to the site of the stricture. Depending on your condition, the doctor may need to do this process several times using wider dilators.
If a balloon device is used, it will also be inserted using a scope. Once the dilator is in the correct position, the doctor will inflate the balloon to a certain size to widen the stricture.
Immediately After Procedure
About 15 minutes, but timing will depend on the size of the stricture
In most cases, you will not have any pain or discomfort during the procedure. In the days that follow, you will have a sore throat.
Post-procedure Care
You will be monitored in the recovery room. The hospital staff will check to make sure your gag reflex is working normally. The gag reflex is your body's natural reaction when something too large enters the back of the throat. It is your body's way to protect you from choking.
Do the following to help ensure a smooth recovery:
Take special precautions during the first 24 hours:
- Rest when you get home.
- Slowly return to your normal diet. Begin with clear fluids and then eat soft foods that are not too hot.
- Do not drink alcohol.
- Do not drive or operate any machinery.
- If you have been diagnosed with GERD, take acid-suppressing medications as prescribed.
Call Your Doctor
It is important to monitor your recovery. Alert your doctor to any problems. If any of the following occur, call your doctor:
- Signs of infection, including fever and chills
- Coughing up blood or vomiting blood after you or your doctor expect it to stop
- Pain in the esophagus
- Difficulty swallowing or breathing
- Nausea or vomiting
- Chest pain
If you think you have an emergency, call for emergency medical services right away..
Revision Information
- Reviewer: Daus Mahnke, MD
- Review Date: 06/2016 -
- Update Date: 06/18/2014 -


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DIRECTV has launched a dedicated 24/7 "Hurricane Katrina Information" channel that is providing vital information concerning hurricane Katrina relief and recovery efforts to evacuees in shelters across the Gulf Coast as well as to DIRECTV viewers nationwide.
Since it went live, The Hurricane Katrina
Information channel has been providing viewers with the ability to send text
messages to family and friends separated by the hurricane and its aftermath –
messages are scrolled across the bottom of the television screen on DIRECTV
channel 100. To place a message on this channel for family and friends, viewers
can send an e-mail message to [email protected] or send a text
message via their cellular phone directly to text code "48433."
Information available on the Hurricane
Katrina Information channel includes:
* Transportation infrastructure – road closures
throughout the Gulf region
* Counties/parishes in the Gulf region that are able
to assist evacuees
* Special needs shelters – the location and phone
numbers of special needs shelters in Louisiana
* Shelter openings throughout the Gulf Coast
* Insurance company contact information
* Relief agency contact information, including phone numbers for the Red Cross, Salvation Army and Feed the Children
Updated information will be posted on the channel as necessary. DIRECTV is collaborating with the Red Cross and FEMA to provide DIRECTV service to shelters throughout the Gulf region to inform evacuees and officials of the latest developments concerning the ongoing relief and recovery efforts. DIRECTV is also working with local, state and federal officials to make this vital communications tool available for them to communicate with those impacted by the hurricane, especially those in shelters.
Text messaging capabilities are provided by Los Angeles-based GoldPocket Wireless's integrated mobile platform.
|WBT News Desk 09/02/05 03:54:27 PM EDT
Since it went live, The Hurricane Katrina Information channel has been providing viewers with the ability to send text messages to family and friends separated by the hurricane and its aftermat. Messages are scrolled across the bottom of the television screen on DIRECTV channel 100.
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Fisker Automotive is progressing nicely with its Karma hybrid sedan. DailyTech first brought you information on this sleek vehicle in October 2007 and have kept up-to-date with all of the latest information leaks from the company.
Today, Fisker Automotive is ready to provide a few more interesting tidbits on the Karma. First off, the company released a single image today of the production sedan from a rear 3/4 view. The vehicle is just as sexy as it appeared in concept form. According to Motor Authority, only slight changes were made to make the production Karma compliant with federal regulations.
We also now know more details on the powertrain for the Karma hybrid sedan. The Karma will use a turbocharged General Motors Ecotec four-cylinder engine which develops 260 HP. This will be paired with a "Q-Drive" hybrid system which features two electric motors and a lithium-ion battery pack. The Karma will also have enough battery storage onboard to power the vehicle 50 miles on battery power alone. Total power of the Ecotec engine combined with the two electric motors will be an impressive 408 HP.
Pricing for the Fisker Karma is set at $87,900 for the base model. According to Fisker, the first deliveries of the sedan will take place in November of next year.
The sleek styling and the powertrain of the Fisker Karma makes the Chevrolet Volt look rather plain in comparison. However, the Karma's price tag is more than twice the expected price of GM's shining beacon of light.


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Get extreme accuracy under any conditions. The Model 70 Extreme Weather Stainless utilizes a Bell and Carlson lay-up composite stock that provides a solid feel and features trim and lightweight ergonomics. It has a textured charcoal gray matte finish for rugged good looks and improved grip in adverse conditions.
The sculpted cheekpiece helps insure proper eye-to-scope alignment from any shooting position. The thick, black Pachmayr Decelerator pad helps take the felt recoil bite out of high performance magnum cartridges.
Like all Model 70s today, it features the Pre''-64 type claw extractor with Controlled Round Feeding so the cartridge may be easily withdrawn from the chamber at any point after it leaves the magazine. It also means that the cartridge base is grabbed by the claw as it leaves the magazine so it enters the chamber straight, in line. And don't forget that the cartridge feed lips are machined as part of the receiver for improved reliability in feeding. The classic Three-Position Safety offers both on safe and fire positions, plus a middle position that locks the firing pin yet still allows the bolt to be operated, providing a greater margin of safety when checking the chamber condition or unloading.
The Extreme Weather SS rifle's free-floating, fluted stainless steel barrel is made in the same factory as those found on U.S. military rifles and machine guns, and features a recessed Target Crown to protect the rifling. With quality optics, premium ammunition and good shooting conditions, 1 MOA accuracy can be expected -- if you, your ammo and your optics are up to it. The fluted barrel allows us to give you a stiffer barrel profile that does not carry excessive weight. So the Extreme Weather SS feels very light but offers accuracy of a heavier rifle. Two stainless steel sling swivel studs are installed as expected. In fact, all major components are stainless to keep you gun looking and working well year after year in tough conditions. You will need to buy scope bases and rings to match your setup separately, so don't forget. (The scope and mounts in the photo above are not included.)
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The Extreme Weather does not have a traditional injected type stock. As per specifications developed by Bell and Carlson and Winchester Repeating Arms, the stocks are "constructed using a ''hand lay-up'' process, using a variety of composite materials. These composites -- including fiberglass, aramid fibers, graphite, epoxy gel coats and laminating resins; and polyurethane reinforcement with milled fiberglass -- provide a warm and solid feel rather than the hollow feel one gets from injection molded stocks." The Extreme Weather stock is reliable over a temperature range of -50 degrees to +140 degrees Fahrenheit for extreme stability under any heat and cold conditions you might encounter around the world: Alaska to Arizona and beyond.
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Today's Model 70 has the all new M.O.A. Trigger System, improved fit and finish and enhanced accuracy to go along with its classic Pre-'64 controlled round feeding, Three-Position Safety and solid, sure handling. The M.O.A. Trigger helps the model 70 deliver the extreme accuracy benchmark 1" group at 100 yards. It's what you deserve in your rifle.
Convenient to operate with the thumb of the firing hand, the Model 70 safety design lifts the firing pin away from the sear. When the safety selector is in the middle position, the action can still be operated, allowing unfired cartridges to be cycled with the safety on. It is smooth to engage and easily identifies the safety status of the rifle.
Zero Take UpTake up is the distance the triggerpiece travels prior to the sear moving toward release and the shooter feeling resistance. The M.O.A. Trigger System has no take up because the take up spring keeps the triggerpiece in constant contact with the actuator. Unlike competitors' designs, the unique geometry of the M.O.A. pre-loads the entire trigger system to bias-out normal manufacturing tolerances.
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With their four superstars together on the floor, the Los Angeles Lakers are looking to build more chemistry while trying to turn things around on the road.
Hoping to avoid their first five-game road skid in six years, the Lakers try for a fifth consecutive victory over the hard-luck Toronto Raptors on Sunday.
Despite losing seven of nine, Los Angeles (17-22) was close to a victory Thursday before falling 99-90 at home to Miami. With Pau Gasol back after missing five games with a concussion, the Lakers went on a 14-3 run to take a three-point fourth-quarter lead before LeBron James helped the Heat pull away.
"I thought we played well enough to beat them," Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni said. "That's a championship team.
"It's a good measuring stick. We have to get better. We've got to get smoother."
Even with Gasol, Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard and Steve Nash together for only the 10th game this season, Los Angeles shot 43.1 percent, committed 20 turnovers and went scoreless in the final 2 1/2 minutes.
"We couldn't get a rhythm and I thought we could have made a lot more money out of a lot of situations over the course of the night that we will down the road," Nash said. "I think we showed our lack of common experiences."
Gasol, who didn't start, had 12 points, four rebounds, four assists and five fouls in 24 minutes. After scoring 53 over the previous two games, Dwight Howard had 13 points and 16 rebounds but went 5 of 13 from the free-throw line.
Kobe Bryant, who scored 22, found reason for optimism after Los Angeles held its third straight opponent to fewer than 100 points after giving up 111.8 in the previous six.
"It's not much of a setback," he said.
The Lakers begin a three-game trip trying to avoid losing five straight away from home for the first time since March 4-15, 2007. They may have a good chance to avoid matching that slide as they've won two in a row at Toronto and are 12-4 there overall.
Bryant scored 27 and hit a fadeaway jumper with 4.2 seconds left to give the Lakers a fourth consecutive victory in the series, 94-92 at Air Canada Centre on Feb. 12.
Howard averaged 30.0 points in his last three games there with Orlando.
Hoping to avoid their third losing streak of at least five contests, the Raptors (14-56) have dropped each of the last three by seven or fewer points -- the past two in overtime. After falling 107-105 to Chicago on Wednesday, the Raptors blew a 19-point lead en route to a 108-101 defeat at Philadelphia on Friday.
"When you want to become an elite team and that team wants to win and make the playoffs, you don't have an ease mode," said guard Kyle Lowry, who had 11 points and 11 assists against the 76ers. "You have to go hard and try to win every game and keep it going."
Toronto has struggled to sustain anything positive with Andrea Bargnani out indefinitely and Jonas Valanciunas and Linas Kleiza day to day.
Point guard Jose Calderon has totaled 50 points and 18 assists while going 21 of 32 (65.6 percent) from the field in the last two home contests versus Los Angeles.
With Lou Williams now out for the season and the ongoing drama surrounding Josh Smith, Atlanta could be a team set to fall.
Suddenly getting in to the playoffs with 38+ wins doesn't seem unlikely. Unfortunately what seems unlikely is the Raptors going 24-18 to finish the year just to reach 38 wins. Of all the games that have been thrown away by Toronto, the Philly one is probably going to hurt the most since they are the team likely to snag the 8th spot should Atlanta crumble..... or Detroit and there was a loss there too that should not have been.
It is easy to get caught up in the referees, the close losses to start the year, bad luck, injuries but the sad truth is all those factors together spell out the problem with the team: they aren't good. Excuses are for losers and the Raptors have determined their own destiny by allowing others to dictate it for them.
Blow it up.
Go Raps.


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Seagate has
announced a new storage solution that is the first hard drive in the world to
hit the 1TB per platter mark.
The new 3.5" Seagate Barracuda desktop HDD breaks the 1TB areal density barrier
and will help to meet the demand for more storage capacity with the glut of
digital media that is consumed by your average person today. The new HDD will
have 3TB of storage with three platters inside.
notes that it is on target to ship the drive, but offers no details on what
that target ship date is.
"Organizations of all sizes and consumers worldwide are amassing digital
content at light speed, generating immense demand for storage of digital
content of every imaginable kind," said Rocky Pimentel, Seagate Executive Vice
President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing. "We remain keenly focused on
delivering the storage capacity, speed and manageability our customers need to
thrive in an increasingly digital world."
Seagate also took the time to talk about its GoFlex Desk products that are
reaching 3TB storage capacity using an areal density on internal drives of
625GB per square inch. That is the industry's highest capacity per square inch
of space. The GoFlex external HDDs will work with Windows and Mac computers and
come with an NTFS driver for Mac computers.
is unannounced on both the GoFlex and the 3TB Barracuda.


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We have the right to ignorant speech though, no?
EDIT: That being said, I wrote a 600+ words on this on my blog so I'm not going to be as long winded here, rofl. The thing is though, for all the people (like heinz) that say this shouldn't be a big deal, it's true. But the fact remains, the culture that still exists, especially in male pro sports, means it is a big deal. It's true that it shouldn't be a big deal, but we're not at that point yet. Hopefully it won't be a big deal one day but we're going to have to go through a phase where it IS a big deal before we get to the part where it's not a big deal. It's a big deal that athletes don't think they're free to be themselves. It's a big deal that not a single male athlete has come out while still playing. It's not a big deal that Collins is gay - but it is a big deal that he (and any other gay players) doesn't think he can speak about it casually.


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Kuchiyose no jutsu Aokakesu: Raw | Summoning : Raw
Type: Summon
Rank: S-Rank
Range: Short
Chakra: 40
Damage: N/A
Description: The user focuses their chakra and performs the dragon hand seal or swipe their blood on their blue jay tattoo Summoning Raw, the Blazing blue jay. Raw is Light..'s personal Blue jay. Raw is about one quarter the size of Gamabunta, and can travel up to 75 miles per hour at top speed. This Blue Jay trained in a very hot area so he is able to be immune to B-rank and lower Fire. Its not only the area that he trained in made him immune, it is because of his special Red and Black feathers which are different from other Blue Jays because they have Blue and Black feathers. The blue Jays special ability allows him to Flap his wings releasing a visible heat wave that is equaled to an S-rank fire technique. Raw can also use A-rank and lower Fire techniques without handseals. The Only problem is he is only able to use this technique two times per match. Raw also has the ability to speak fluently with the user.
-Heat wave counts as 2 of the users moves and can only be used 2x
-Can only be summoned by Light...
-Can only be summoned once a match
-Stays on the field for 3 turns
-Is able to fly at-least one Ninja
-Summoner must hold the Blue Jay contract and Master Fire
±± Approved ±± A red blue jay? =_=
Added contract
Proof of contract, old username was Minato491


text: I think T Ross now is like Marshoon Brooks a season ago. He also had huge potential but so far he hasn't really developed as expected. Yes - he doesn't have the handles of Brooks but he has got more hops.I would love to see him develop - BUT he may never develop. There are many players with potential but the rare ones are those who work really hard,are put in the right system,don't get seiously injured etc.


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I was thinking, maybe we should have a designated Raps video thread where we could post highlights, promos, or any videos regarding the Raps.
For one thing, it'll make it easier for us to access any new or old video content, especially for highlight reel makers and such.
I'll start it off with a video I found while browsing Youtube.


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How Many Credit Union Staff are Credit Union Members?
How many of your credit union's staff, from front line customer service providers to back office analysts and information technology specialists, have a relationship with your credit union or another financial institution?
FactorTrust, a firm which aggregates data on financially underserved consumers, has found that fully 12% of workers in financial service firms, such as banks, credit unions and insurance firms, don't have relationships with a financial institution and remain, in fact, among the financially underserved.
FactorTrust said it has not yet broken out data by type of financial firm.
Greg Rable, CEO of the Roswell, Ga., firm maintains that the numbers and types of financially underserved consumers have shifted over the years and that financial firms have largely not shifted their marketing and product development to match those changes.


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Succession Planning: Transformation not Transition
In my experience with credit unions that are dealing with a succession situation with their CEO, I frequently hear boards express they are looking for someone just like the retiring president. In the cases where the parting of ways was acrimonious, the boards are looking for the exact opposite of who they've had to deal with. Neither is the best approach
The best criteria for finding your next CEO is finding the best fit between what the credit union must do strategically and the person who can transform the credit union in the near future. This transformation is to become even more competitive in this drastically changing environment. In today's economy and rapidly changing landscape, a transition is no longer enough. Credit unions are going through transformations.
Reshape the future while honoring the past
Most successful credit union leaders are in their positions for a long time and leave a legacy to be honored and respected. One of the best ways for a board to honor the past is to remain on the board through the transformation to the incoming president. They can support the person they selected and help structure the transformation they envisioned when selecting this person.
Not for CEOs on Succession Planning
If many board members are interested in "retiring" once the retiring president steps down, it would be wise to complete the board transformation before the search process begins. The most important relationship in the success of the credit unions is between the board and the president. The board who selects the new president needs to have a future-focus, not a past-focus.
Honoring the president's legacy doesn't mean keeping everything the same. The best way to honor a legacy is to build on it and transform the credit union based on that legacy foundation.
Common succession planning mistakes
The average CEO tenure in the financial industry is five years, yet only 2.5% of financial institutions have a succession planning committee. It is the responsibility of the succession committee to not only select candidates, but after the selection to enable the smooth transition for the new CEO as well as shepherding the organization through the transformation.
While 69% of survey respondents think that a CEO successor needs to be "ready now" to step into the shoes of the departing CEO, only 54% are grooming an executive for this position. The grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence. If properly developed, your best succession candidate could already be on your team.
Boards consider succession planning an event. "When we need our next leader, we'll crank up a process to prepare one" is the typical refrain. That is to assume all transitions are planned years out. There are a number of reasons for a sudden need for a new leader of the credit union. When an opening occurs suddenly and the board isn't prepared, a sense of panic sets in and the planning process becomes focused on getting someone quickly, rather than finding the best candidate.
It becomes the CEO's job. Boards often make the mistake of delegating the task of succession planning completely to the CEO. As good a leader as the CEO might be, that does not mean he or she is best positioned to choose a successor.
Succession planning best practices
Board/CEO discussions about succession planning should begin three to five years prior to the time a CEO transition is expected. By starting so far in advance, internal candidate evaluations can be discussed with time for focused development of that person to seamlessly step into the position and exercise her new ideas and focus for the credit union.
Criteria for the new CEO should be developed that are consistent with the organization's future strategic needs. The credit union board needs to have a firm grasp of the direction and goals of the credit union before finding the right person to take it there. Remove the politics, the hidden agendas and the power plays. The best person for the job is the person who fully understands your playbook and is ready to reach your destination.
The outgoing CEO should either leave the board immediately or stay on as chairman for a transitional period of six to 18 months. The argument for why a CEO should leave immediately is to allow the credit union to become the full domain of the new leader. Many boards keep the retiring CEO around for six months just in case. Most of the time this becomes a hovering shadow leader who actually inhibits transformation.
The only time to keep the CEO as a chairman is if the transformation is happening in the middle of a large project such as a merger, extensive expansion, or entering into a brand new market.
Transformation is not easy and is critical to the health of the credit union. Make sure you are focused on what's in front of you and not what is behind you when making a succession selection.
Russell J. White is a consultant and speaker from Lake Wylie, S.C.


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CO-OP to Begin Offering TMG Prepaid Cards
The strategic partnership between The Members Group and CO-OP Financial Services moved another step forward on Thursday when CO-OP announced it would start offering TMG's reloadable prepaid card to its member credit unions.
CO-OP Financial Services already offers a line of single load prepaid cards under its own brand, as does TMG.
"The goal of our partnership with TMG is to offer the best products for each client's unique needs," said Stan Hollen, president/CEO of CO-OP Financial Services in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
"The TMG program is a very attractive way for our clients to provide their members and non-members with a versatile reloadable prepaid card," Hollen said.
"A full-service, team-approach to client support is at the heart of this initiative," said Shazia Manus, CEO of TMG in Des Moines, Iowa. "CO-OP can now introduce credit unions to a robust, well-established reloadable prepaid program that is handled by our TMG retail payments product team."
The organizations said credit unions that adopt the TMG product will sign contracts directly with TMG, who will be responsible for sales, implementation, support and invoicing.


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The surreal "Water Cube", a.k.a. the National Aquatics Center, is
covered with sheets of translucent plastic bubbles, which invoke images of a
building constructed entirely from water. The bubbles also transmit light and
absorb heat, cutting energy usage. The Center is the world's largest
polymer-clad building, and will be one of the primary venues during the
upcoming Olympics.
The "Bird Nest" is the friendly name for Beijing National Stadium,
a 91,000-seat venue with an eye-popping space age design that contains 36
kilometers of unwrapped steel supports. Built for $430M, the stadium will also
be one of the Olympics' primary venues. It is claimed that as many as 10
people died during the construction of the Stadium.
The hypermodern National Center for the Performing Arts, a gigantic $400
million titanium-and-glass flying saucer, floats like a pearl on its
surrounding pool of water. To complete the image, an underwater tunnel provides
entry. The Center's lush interior is said to house the most technologically
advanced acoustics and mechanical wizardry of any concert hall in the world.
The water enclosing the building also acts as thermal mass, to mediate the
temperature inside.
There's the China Central TV (CCTV) Headquarters, a massive Escher-like
structure that strains the boundaries of what it means to be called a
skyscraper. The building's shape is so complex, that computational tools to
validate its design didn't exist a decade ago. CCTV Tower's 4.1 million square
feet of floor space makes it the second largest office building in the world,
after the Pentagon. The design, which includes a massive unsupported
segment, will never be repeated, according to some architectural experts.
Greenpix, a multistory video display wall, is being called a "zero
energy video art installation". Built on the wall of a large seafood
restaurant, the solar-powered installation will display specially-commissioned
videos by renowned artists.
Finally, Beijing has also completed an addition onto its airport: Terminal
Three. The two-mile long structure is not only the world's largest airport terminal;
it's one of the world's largest enclosed spaces. Built at a cost of $3.5
billion, it has over 100 gates, and covers some 9 million square feet spread
over five above-ground and two underground floors. The roof of the terminal is
punctuated by raised triangular skylights, meant to evoke the scales of a Chinese
Beijing is also constructing the world's largest Ferris wheel, in Chaoyang