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Binary Tree's Network Administrators manage and maintain Windows based core services including Active Directory, Exchange and SharePoint servers. They are responsible for maintaining the network equipment including firewalls and switches. They should have experience in core networking services including DNS and DHCP. They should be able to maintain remote network services such as VPN, HTTPS, Microsoft firewalls, and remote data connectivity. Experience in virtualization technologies desired.
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The Zone food pyramid, make sure you get you water then food sources are 40% carbs, 30% protiens and 30% fat with grains being used SPARINGLY
Today's WOD is being done in honor of Josh Harris. Josh was a SEAL who recently lost his life while deployed protecting the freedom we enjoy here in America. Our hearts and prayers go out to Josh's family, friends and teammates. Rest in peace.
To all of the operators still over there standing the watch.....Thank you.

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We are pleased to welcome Guest at Room Of Riddles Barcelona and proud to share a couple of reviews that made us really Happy from international Clients that recently visited us:
"Great Clues"
April 2016
"We did the Art Collector room and the clues were great. There were only 2 of us so I was worried that we were going to be overwhelmed with the complexity of the clues and/or not have enough time to finish. However, I was pleasantly surprised at how the clues were challenging but still allowed ample time to escape. (We escaped with 3 minutes to spare.) My husband and I have done escape rooms in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Kansas City. This was our 11th and definitely one of the better ones. Our game master Pau was a cheerful and gracious host. Really made our last night in Barcelona!"
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April 2016
"My daughter (12), mother (80) and I enjoyed this so much. After much touring and learning and absorbing of Barcelona's wonderful and amazing sights I thought a diversion of sorts would be nice. It was such a great time. Solving the puzzles, enjoying the creative process and thought that went into the room/puzzles, appreciating the staff...I give this the highest recommendation."
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Expand Consulting - Sridhar Krishnamurti
Expand specialises in assisting businesses and individuals to experience breakthrough results.
Expand utilises highly specialised applications in a number of key areas including ...
- wealth creation
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- conflict resolution
- leadership development
Expand will assist you and your company to transform your results and achieve your full potential.
Network with me in Christchurch
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I know Sridhar through The Networkers' business network. Last evening I attended his 4 hour 'Financial Freedom - What it really is and how to attain it' workshop. I know people who attended his first staging of this program and they raved about it so when I heard that he was running another one, I jumped at the opportunity!
It was non-stop information for 4 hours with only a 5 minute break. The group of 10 allowed for both the sharing of experiences and also having questions answered. It was very much a 'how to' program with step by step instructions on how to implement the changes in your finances both personal and business.
Finally a word of caution. If you are seeking to earn a million dollars in a week with no work on your part then this program is definitely not for you! On the other hand, if you want new ways of optimising and growing your current income then I'd highly recommend that you make a time to have a coffee with Sridhar. Highly recommended!
I have been working with Expand Consulting for almost a year now and would highly recommend working alongside Sridhar to anyone who wants to see improvements in their life, whether it be business or personal.
I have gained a far greater understanding of myself and my business and look forward to applying many of the techniques I have learned.


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I've never done a film review here on the blog before, but to hell with it!
There's a first time for everything and upon thinking about what I REALLY wanted to write about this week, Blade Runner 2049 came very high up on my list.
Because tl;dr - I think you should go and watch it, whatever genre/s you're into.
This is why...
Remakes and sequels are big business in Hollywood at the moment, with the results ranging from the good (Logan), to the reasonable (Alien Covenant) and the awful (Godzilla, holy hell that film sucked).
One could argue that from the outside, it looks like Tinseltown has run out of original ideas. In fact, when I think about the trailers we watched before the move, not one was based upon new intellectual property.
In a world which is facing turbulent and unknown times, perhaps nostalgia is a valid and desperately sought escape. We all can retreat back into our childhoods and immerse ourselves in cultural artefacts associated with memories from a better time.
(This may explain my constant replaying of Usher's "Yeah", or maybe that's just my poor music taste.)
It comes as no surprise that one of the most iconic movies of the 1980s, Blade Runner, has been subjected to the sequel treatment, resulting in Blade Runner 2049.
As someone who loves Sci-Fi, futurism in fiction and the novels of Phillip K. Dick (Blade Runner is a loose adaptation of his novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?") Blade Runner and its sequel are undoubtedly right up my street.
(Very minor spoiler alerts from here)
To surmise: Blade Runner 2049 is set thirty years after the events of the original film, in a world still wrestling with the presence of replicants (bio-engineered androids to you and me). It will be no surprise to learn that Harrison Ford returns once again as Rick Deckard, the "Blade Runner" who hunted down replicants in the original film.
To be honest that's as much of a plot overview as I'm really going to give you. The only thing I will say is that the narrative arc is satisfactory (on the whole) and well paced; with moments of extreme tension and dread.
The thing I really want to talk about is the visual and oral landscapes depicted in the film. I bet that isn't a phrase you expected to read on a Lifestyle Blog!
But bear with me, because I really do believe that a film is more than the story - it is about full composition of the world in which you, the viewer, are invited to enter.
I seriously enjoyed the soundtrack from the start, especially as it heavily riffs off the original (think 80's synths), yet also has a distinct individuality, complimenting the visuals of the film perfectly. They have also managed to make that 80's synth vibe sound modern and fresh, a technical feat which is pretty damn impressive.
Visually the film is also a triumph.
Not once do you see the the orb of the sun.
For this is a world which has undergone an extreme ecological catastrophe, resulting in a carpet of fog, rain and pollution that seems to cover the entire West Coast of America. I found this quite oppressive, as the murkiness coupled with the depictions of the cramped urban sprawl of a future LA combined to depict a plausible apocalyptic vision of the future. All life, apart from that of humanity, has been scraped off the earth.
These imagined landscapes are portrayed beautifully throughout the film. It would be gripping even without the audio. There's one scene shot in an office with a moving light-source which is just out of this world - I've never seen anything like it.
The film also makes amazing use of the new face-mapping technologies in a way which far surpasses last year's Rogue One. It's worth watching for this alone in my opinion.
Ryan Gosling's performance is solid. To be honest I've never really rated him as an actor, but he has the charisma to carry off the ambiguous emotional landscape of his character in this film. Plus he has an amazing jacket, even better than in Drive, which I'm sure which inspire many high-street versions.
As a social critique the film lives up to its predecessor's promise, exploring ideas of humanity, environmental catastrophie and the nth stage of neoliberal capitalism. A world in which people can be owned at the genetic level. A world in which the rich are literally on another planet.
Basically what I'm trying to say here is go and see this film. You will not be disappointed by the narrative or visual impression.
It is an ambitious vision for a society which may come to suffer under its ambition.


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Texas-Sized Gratitude
This week, Texans like these will gather at Thanksgiving tables, where your willingness to be a champion for health care is a cause for great thanks.
These are truly just a handful of stories of the many millions of people for whom your advocacy for a well and healthy Texas makes such a difference. So thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, and we wish you a very happy Thanksgiving!
P.S. Do you have a health care story to share? Please contact us. We would love to hear about it!
Health Care Action Calls to Restart in the New Year In December, our monthly Health Care Action Call will take a brief hiatus for the holidays (and while both our community educator Cheasty Anderson and I are out on maternity leave). The calls will return early next year when the legislative session is underway. You will hear from other great members of our campaign team about it.
These monthly emails will keep coming from our campaign project manager Laura Guerra-Cardus, so make sure if you have a "safe senders" list, that she's on it: [email protected]
|Save the Date - March 5 is a Day for Health Care Champions to Come to the Capitol In 2013, will our state protect Medicaid for the many kids and vulnerable Texans who benefit from it now? Will 1.4 million low-income adults without affordable health care get Medicaid coverage at no added cost for Texas? You can help get lawmakers to "yes" on both those questions by joining us and hundreds of Texans from across the state at the Capitol on March 5. Hope to see you there!
|News and Announcements from our Texas Well and Healthy PartnersBehind the Texas Well and Healthy campaign are four organizational partners that each have exciting work of their own going on. Here are some highlights this month:


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International Justice Mission (IJM) is a global organization that protects the vulnerable from violence by partnering with government authorities to rescue victims, bring criminals to justice, restore survivors, and strengthen criminal justice systems so they protect the vulnerable from violence and abuse long-term. IJM is a global team of lawyers, social workers and other professionals. IJM has 17 field offices across the globe, including multiple offices in Southeast Asia.
IJM has worked in northern Thailand through IJM's Chiang Mai field office (FO) since 2000, partnering with government authorities on hill tribe Thai citizenship cases and cases of sexual violence against children. In 2017, IJM started a new field office in Bangkok and in 2018 IJM Foundation was established to provide support to Thai authorities to eliminate labor trafficking and forced labor from the Thai fishing and seafood industries. IJM Foundation lawyers, fieldworkers, social workers and other professionals will support Thai law enforcement, social services, prosecutors and the courts to identify and prosecute cases of forced labor and labor trafficking crimes and restore labor trafficking survivors to safety and strength.
IJM Foundation is seeking a professional Administrative Assistant, Law Enforcement Cooperation to organize, support and enhance Fieldwork team's performance to gather evidence and rescue victims of labor trafficking. The Administrative Assistant will work closely with the Director of Law Enforcement Cooperation to provide administrative support and assist the Director and the Fieldwork team in day-to-day operations. The position is based in Bangkok, Thailand and may require occasional travel within Thailand. This position reports to the Bangkok Director of Law Enforcement Cooperation (DLEC).
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U and T are positive numbers. U increased by 20% equals V and T increased by 10% equals W. VW is what % more than UT?
TJ Prep Problems
TJ test prep practice problems for our students and readers. The problems provide a very small sampling of what Optimal TJ Prep students work with.


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This page is to discuss a new set of coding guidelines that will be used for the rest of the development phase through Git and GitHub. It also covers related aspects of the development process such as nightly builds.
Before you start reading, ask for a link to the Git guide. It does a pretty good job of explaining how Git works.
Quick tutorial
For a quick tutorial on how to setup and use TortoiseGit, go to the How to use TortoiseGit wiki page on GitHub.
Why Git?
Git has several advantages compared to the previous source code management system Subversion. Some relevant features are outlined below.
Forks and patches
One of the differences of Git is that it is distributed. That is, everyone owns his/her own repository that is forked from our main repository multitheftauto/multitheftauto, and all the changes that one would normally commit to the SVN trunk (or branch) are kept in that forked repository.
The advantage of this approach is that any programmer in the world that is registered at GitHub is capable of forking the multitheftauto repository and work on their own changes. All forks based on multitheftauto will show up on the Networks page at GitHub, so it'll be easy to track. No need to mess around with patches: if we see someone doing good work, whether it be a known or unknown developer, it's just a matter of reviewing the commits (comments can be posted for every commit, in every file, on every line) and pull (fetch & merge) them into the multitheftauto repository. See the guide (p.39) for more details.
Offline commits
Another feature of Git is that you don't need an internet connection in order to commit. You can commit as much as you want to your local (off-line) repository, and just push all of these when you feel like it. Obviously, this benefits the speed at which you commit as there's no need to send any data to the remote repository. This can also be advantageous when you're doing a lot of work that you want to split up in commits for maintainability and push in one go.
Synchronization with SVN
Git is fully compatible with our current SVN repository. This means that any changes that are made in git repositories can be committed to the SVN repository, and any changes that are made in the SVN repository can be fetched into the git repository. As far as migration goes, this is pretty valuable as we will be able to work side-to-side with SVN and git while people are switching over.
Master, experimental, trunks and branches
The main repository multitheftauto/multitheftauto will be set up with write access for all current project contributors and owners. The repository is structed as follows:
- master
- merge
- untested
- experimental
- 1.0-Release (tag)
The master is the default (top) branch that will contain the stable version that will ultimately form the next release.. and nothing more than that. This is not the SVN trunk. On release, it will be forked into 1.x-Release and the entire cycle starts over again. In order to keep the master stable, we will only merge the changes in that are planned and outlined in the Roadmap. Nightly builds will be available for anyone who wishes to test and use the stable version. Nothing should get into this master branch without having been thoroughly tested. This branch should remain as stable as a release build.
The merge branch is the first stop for code that originates from a developer's fork and is intended for the release. All code should naturally be tested to the extent of the developer's own ability first. Experimental code that is more likely to break should go into the experimental branch instead.
The merge branch will be a collection/mess of untested changes that have been pulled in from forks by anyone with write access. The changes can be rapidly tested in the unstable build. This build is comparable to a nightly trunk build, which can be seriously broken at times.
The untested branch sits below merge and is intended to act as a barrier to master. By using this barrier, we can selectively choose sets of multiple (related) changes from merge that are considered to be complete. While merge may contain all sorts of unrelated pulled-in changes from various developers that are still only half working (due to programmer error), the untested branch will only pull these changes in when they're considered complete every few days. A build containing a specific set of changes is then generated and tested (ideally this would be automated at some point).
The experimental branch is for risky code or work-in-progress code that needs to be built by the build system so that it can be tested. Once it has been found to be stable, it can be merged up to merge from the original fork. Periodically this fork may be reset to being identical to merge, and will be kept in sync with merge. If necessary more experimental branches could be created if more than one experimental feature requires a build at once.
Your forks
You should generally fork either merge or experimental and work there, then merge up to the relevant branch when you're ready.
Commits that are merged from a fork into merge must be:
- reviewed by other developers
- tested for stability and correctness (if necessary, the commit can be pulled into experimental first for testing purposes)
Commits that have already been merged into experimental and were found to be stable must be:
- reviewed by other developers in the originating fork
- pulled from the originating fork into master
Nightly builds
As mentioned above, nightly builds will be available in four different flavours:
- rc (release candidate, compiled from multitheftauto/multitheftauto/master), rarely built
- untested (compiled from multitheftauto/multitheftauto/untested), built on-change
- unstable (compiled from multitheftauto/multitheftauto/merge), frequently built
- experimental (compiled from multitheftauto/multitheftauto/experimental), built on-demand
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Plantar Fasciitis is actually, in most cases, plantar fasciosis but it's a bit like pen/biro or hoover/vacuum. The term '-itis' means 'inflammation'. This is a term we use for this problem in the early stages of damage because it usually is quite literally an inflammation of part of the plantar fascia. So, what is commonly known as 'plantar fasciitis' is really 'plantar fasciosis' – a degradation or degeneration of the collagen fibres because of prolonged (most of your adult life) unsustainable stress being applied to the fascia. So, we call it plantar fasciitis but it usually hasn't been an '-itis' for years and that is why in many cases anti-inflammatory drugs do not help ease the pain of walking. This is also why most sufferers experience pain first thing in the morning. If inflammation was the source of discomfort then why would it hurt after a nights rest and the good old drugs pumping through your system.
This is a problem of either extreme, so people with high arches or those that have very flat feet are at risk of developing pain in this region. This is because of the relative stress the plantar fascia is put under. In people with excessive pronation, the plantar fascia is put under too much stretch, as their range flattens and strains it. People with a stiff, supinated (high-arched) foot lack the flexibility to appropriately shock absorb, so this too puts extra strain on the plantar fascia. Clinically, we see more people presenting with plantar fascia pain who have excessive pronation than those with stiff, supinated feet. But while the foot type is the biggest risk factor for plantar fasciitis, the whole leg from the pelvis down can affect how the foot hits the ground. A thorough biomechanical assessment will determine where in the kinetic chain things have gone wrong to cause the overload.
The classic sign of plantar fasciitis is that the worst pain occurs with the first few steps in the morning, but not every patient will have this symptom. Patients often notice pain at the beginning of activity that lessens or resolves as they warm up. The pain may also occur with prolonged standing and is sometimes accompanied by stiffness. In more severe cases, the pain will also worsen toward the end of the day.
Your doctor can usually diagnose plantar fasciitis just by talking to you and examining your feet. Rarely, tests are needed if the diagnosis is uncertain or to rule out other possible causes of heel pain. These can include X-rays of the heel or an ultrasound scan of the fascia. An ultrasound scan usually shows thickening and swelling of the fascia in plantar fasciitis.
Non Surgical Treatment
No single treatment works best for everyone with plantar fasciitis. But there are many things you can try to help your foot get better. Give your feet a rest. Cut back on activities that make your foot hurt. Try not to walk or run on hard surfaces. To reduce pain and swelling, try putting ice on your heel. Or take an over-the-counter pain reliever like ibuprofen (such as Advil or Motrin) or naproxen (such as Aleve). Do toe stretches , calf stretches and towel stretches several times a day, especially when you first get up in the morning. (For towel stretches, you pull on both ends of a rolled towel that you place under the ball of your foot.) Get a new pair of shoes. Pick shoes with good arch support and a cushioned sole. Or try heel cups or shoe inserts ( orthotics ). Use them in both shoes, even if only one foot hurts. If these treatments do not help, your doctor may recommend splints that you wear at night, shots of medicine (such as a steroid ) in your heel, or other treatments. You probably will not need surgery. Doctors only suggest it for people who still have pain after trying other treatments for 6 to 12 months.
Surgical Treatment
Surgery is considered only after 12 months of aggressive nonsurgical treatment. Gastrocnemius recession. This is a surgical lengthening of the calf (gastrocnemius) muscles. Because tight calf muscles place increased stress on the plantar fascia, this procedure is useful for patients who still have difficulty flexing their feet, despite a year of calf stretches. In gastrocnemius recession, one of the two muscles that make up the calf is lengthened to increase the motion of the ankle. The procedure can be performed with a traditional, open incision or with a smaller incision and an endoscope, an instrument that contains a small camera. Your doctor will discuss the procedure that best meets your needs. Complication rates for gastrocnemius recession are low, but can include nerve damage. Plantar fascia release. If you have a normal range of ankle motion and continued heel pain, your doctor may recommend a partial release procedure. During surgery, the plantar fascia ligament is partially cut to relieve tension in the tissue. If you have a large bone spur, it will be removed, as well. Although the surgery can be performed endoscopically, it is more difficult than with an open incision. In addition, endoscopy has a higher risk of nerve damage.
The best way to prevent plantar fasciitis is to wear shoes that are well made and fit your feet. This is especially important when you exercise or walk a lot or stand for a long time on hard surfaces. Get new athletic shoes before your old shoes stop supporting and cushioning your feet. You should also avoid repeated jarring to the heel. Keep a healthy weight. Do your leg and foot stretching exercises regularly.


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Here's why big-money Wall Street players have bought thousands of Charlotte homes
One reason Charlotte's housing market is so tight: Wall Street-backed firms have bought more than 10,000 houses since the recession and turned them into rentals. I used property records and teamed up with our data reporter to explain why, and what impact it's having on buyers and renters.
Dwarfed by apartments, The Thirsty Beaver is vowing to stay put
In a city growing as fast as Charlotte, the few neighborhood businesses hanging on can help preserve a sense of identity — especially when one of them ends up cocooned in a new apartment building like the house from "Up." This story gained nationwide play and was featured in the British press as well.
Police shooting protests turn violent, 1 shot And killed
Protests erupted in Charlotte after police fatally shot a black man in September 2016, shaking the cities for days. I covered the protests and ensuing violence for two days and nights straight, through tear gas, fights and chaotic lines of riot police.
Charlotte police detail arsenal of 'pain compliance,' tear gas used during riots
After the initial protests and riots, I used court filings for an explanatory piece about weapons police used and how they justified their tactics.
PayPal withdraws plans for Charlotte expansion over HB2
Winner of the 2016 SABEW award for breaking news, this story showed how North Carolina's anti-LGBT protections law was starting to have real-world effects beyond the political rancor.
A visa, for a price: Charlotte developer raises funds with little-known immigration program
This story showed readers how the controversial EB-5 visa program is being used in Charlotte by Chinese developers and citizens seeking U.S. citizenship.
Mega-deal: Ballantyne Corporate Park sold to New York investors
Through deep sourcing and the use of public records, I broke news of the biggest real estate deal in Charlotte's history - the $1.2 billion sale of one of the city's best-known developments to an out-of-state company.
View from a crane: Charlotte's building boom is reshaping the skyline
Who could pass up the chance to climb a 264-foot tower crane (without a tether)? Not me.
Why you should care that Charlotte's rewriting its zoning code
An esoteric subject like zoning can be tough for readers to slog through. This story broke down why it matters to their neighborhoods.
Run-down South End housing at center of high-stakes lawsuit from billionaire's firm
One of the most run-down housing projects in Charlotte has an unusual owner: A local billionaire, who's now in a legal fight over the development's future.
He saw shadows. He was angry. He wanted help.
In 2010, a Charlotte man killed most of his family and then himself, leaving two young children alive who had witnessed the horror. We obtained confidential medical records to detail how the mental health system failed Kenny Chapman, and his victims.
Affordable apartments a challenge in building boom as older units replaced by luxury buildings
"It was like someone taking you in a plane without a parachute and throwing you out." That's how one resident described his experience when his previously affordable apartment complex was torn down to make way for new, upscale units.


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Finally, 1 year old! Your baby has turned into this funny, playful, energetic and truly demanding little personality who surely deserves a real party.
We, the parents, do it all for ourselves, although we always pretend we actually do it for them. Do we heck! We throw a party because the star in our lives will be everybody's big star for the day and we make it because we love to spoil them rotten and, frankly, any excuse will do. Who doesn't agree should consider this: your baby won't know much about what's going on and most certainly won't have any memories about it, anyway. But who cares? He's having that cake and he's having that outfit, too! Here are a few top tips on how to organise a bespoke first birthday party for your 1 year old.
Do it in the day time
No matter how glamorous night parties are and how hungry for glamour a new mum is, your 1 year old's party must be during the day time, preferably between his morning nap and afternoon nap. Check with other guests what their babies' routines are, so you can think the best timetable. Keep it short, if you don't want the familiar scene of tired eyes and moany voices at your party. Sorry, your baby's party, I mean. Keep in mind as well that you can't leave the matches anywhere, as there are children around. Read more about baby safety on our website.
Make sure your house is completely baby proofed before inviting anybody with small children. There is nothing worse for a party than a tiny finger jammed in the nursery wardrobe. Save yourself the embarrassment of having to beg forgiveness from the injured baby's mum, as well as everybody else for a good half an hour of screams. Same about the hazardous things your child can't reach yet, but other, taller children can.
Of course, the most hazardous party ingredient for small children is the food. Before heading off to the supermarket to get your exciting menu done up, it's worth reading again the list of Yes's and No-No's when you started your baby's weaning. Remember everything about baby weaning on our website). Peanuts could be a fabulous party food, but not yet. Hard fruit, such as apples, pears, peaches, even cut in small pieces, can be dangerous. Same about the skinned fruits, such as grapes or peaches. The fruit skin can get stuck in the airways and impede the proper breathing. Besides, you can count on the fact that most mums will one by one start to produce their own baby food out of their handbags or changing bags, so don't stress too much over the food.
You will probably find yourself stuck when it comes to: what does my baby need for her first birthday? What present should I get my baby for her first birthday? You probably had a look around your house and decided that it looks like a day care centre as it is, so what should it be? The best thing you could do is to have a look around the gift ideas in the online toys shops and you will probably find not one present, but a lot of them. It's not easy.
And when everybody's gone, open that champagne you kept well hidden all day and give yourselves a tap on the shoulder. You've done it! Well done, you're now the proud parents of this beautiful, wonderful one year old person!


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NY futures continued to move higher this week, with December gaining 89 points to close at 69.08 cents.
The market kept its composure this week and has so far been able to defy the bearish supply/demand outlook. December has been stuck in a sideways range between 67-70 cents for about eight weeks now and settled today near its 50-day moving average, which is at 69.35 cents. Momentum indicators are flat and volatility readings are extremely low at around 17%, suggesting that the market isn't going anywhere in a hurry.
Last week we mentioned that it might be the high amount of existing physical sales that keeps the trade net short position in New York from growing at this point. Although cotton is moving into warehouses now, it will be a while until supplies catch up to existing commitments, which are still increasing at a healthy clip week after week.
US export sales for the week that ended on October 26 amounted to 275,700 running bales of Upland and Pima for both seasons combined, with 17 markets taking a piece of the action. Shipments were still limping behind at 90,200 running bales.
Total commitments for the current season are now at 9.0 million statistical bales, which is the second highest amount for this date after 2010. Exports of so far 1.9 million bales still have a lot of catching up to do!
The CFTC report showed only minor changes as of October 24. Specs reduced their net long by 0.04 million bales to 4.79 million bales, whereas the trade reduced its net short by 0.16 million bales to 12.58 million bales. Index traders cut their net long by 0.13 million bales to 6.89 million bales.
While the trade may eventually have to increase its net short in the futures market in order to hedge surplus stocks during the second half of the season, we are not so sure anymore that speculators will reduce their net long going forward.
Compared to the stock market commodities are extremely underrated at this point. There were only two prior occasions during which commodities were as cheap relative to stocks as they are today, the first one in the early 70s and the second one during the dot-com bubble in the late 90s. This fact hasn't been lost on speculators, who seem to be taking a liking to commodities lately.
Since central banks have all but paralyzed the bond market, a lot of money has been chasing global equities in recent years, which has led to extreme valuations. Many investors simply buy Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF), which are baskets made up of a variety of stocks, like the S&P 500. The more money that pours into these funds, the more shares of individual stocks are being bought. That's why the share price of Amazon trades at a lofty price/earnings ratio of 275, or Netflix at 202.
Could the same happen in commodities? The answer is yes! With commodities being one of the most underrated asset classes and with vast sums of money sloshing around the globe in search of a decent return, we feel that we will see more money being allocated to commodities over time, be it through index funds and/or hedge funds.
Index funds are a passive form of investment, where a basket of commodities is being bought. As long as more money is flowing into the fund, all the components of the basket are getting bought, regardless of their fundamentals. In other words, cotton may have a bearish outlook, but from an index fund perspective that won't matter.
In early 2008 the index fund net long in cotton amounted to 12.25 million bales. The financial crisis sucked a lot of money out of the market and a year later, by March 2009, the position amounted to just 5.95 million bales. Since then the index fund net long has been moving sideways between 4.3 and 8.2 million bales. However, we expect the current position of 6.9 million bales to increase substantially over the coming years.
So where do we go from here? There is currently nothing to suggest that the market is going to break out of its trading range anytime soon. Overhead trade selling should keep a lid on the market, while 14.0 million bales in unfixed on-call sales and the Indian MSP should provide support at the lower end of the range.
Whether the market will succumb to bearish forces once the crops are in remains to be seen. While the trade will probably have to extend its net short, a lot will depend on what specs and index funds do with their positions. If they are net buyers going forward it may balance out any additional trade selling. If specs turn sellers themselves, then the market could see a steeper drop. Only time will tell!
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Beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True God and Our Only True Savior,
O Holy Father, Heavenly Physician of our souls and bodies, Who hast sent Thine Only-begotten Son and Our Lord Jesus Christ to heal our diseases and deliver us from death. Do Thou visit and heal Thy servant (Name.), granting (him/her) release from pain and restoration to health and life, that (he/she) may give thanks unto thee and bless Thy Holy Name, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
On July 27th Our Holy Orthodox Christian Church commemorates, honors and entreats the holy intercessions of the following Saints, Forefathers, Fathers, Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, Preachers, Evangelists, Martyrs, Confessors, Ascetics and Teachers of Our Holy Orthodox Christian faith: The Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon.
Thou Who wast rightly named Merciful in All Things, when Thou hadst spread over all Thy tender love for man, showing Thy care and solicitude by freely granting the healing both of the body and the soul, then was Panteleimon made Thy right and worthy name, bestowed, O Martyr, in recompense for holy virtue and as the wage of thy godly piety; and thou hast shown thyself to be crowned and invincible soldier of Christ Our God. Do thou therefore entreat Him to enlighten and to save our souls.
Thou who wast given the grace of cures and healings, when thou hadst preferred above all else, true piety, in holding fast to the godliness thy mother taught thee, and rightly hating thy father's godlessness, then was that divine illumination given thee by the Abyss of Enlightenment, the Light-bestower, the Word of God, Who hath doth give the greatest gifts; the illustrious splendour of godly life, which, O wise Panteleimon, thou didst show forth in the sight of all.
The Reading is from the Prophecy of Isaiah (43:9-14)
Thus saith the Lord: All nations are gathered together, and princes shall be gathered out of them; who will declare these things among them? Or who will declare to you things from the beginning? Let them bring forth their witnesses, and be justified; and let them hear, and declare the truth. Be ye My witnesses, and I too am a witness, saith the Lord God, and My servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know, and believe Me, and understand that I am. Before me there was no other God, and after Me there shall be none. I am God, and beside me there is no Savior. I have declared, and have saved, I have reproached, and there was no strange god among you. Ye are my witnesses, and I am a witness, saith the Lord God. Even from the beginning I am; and there is none that can deliver out of my hands. I will work, and who shall turn it back? Thus saith the Lord God that redeemth you, the Holy One of Israel.
The Reading is from the Wisdom of Solomon (5:15-6:3)
The righteous live forever; and their reward is in the Lord, and the care of them is with the Most High. Therefore they shall receive the Kingdom of majesty and the crown of comeliness from the Lord's hand, for with His right hand shall He cover them, and with His arm shall He protect them. He shall take to Him His jealousy for complete armour, and make creation His weapon for the warding off of His enemies. HE shall put on righteousness as a breastplate, and true judgment instead of a helmet. He shall take holiness for an invincible shield…
Saint Panteleimon was born in the city of Nicomedia into the family of the illustrious pagan Eustorgios, and he was named Pantoleon. His mother Saint Eubula (+March 30) was a Christian. She wanted to raise her son in the Christian faith, but she died when the future martyr was just a young child. His father, a pagan, sent Pantoleon to a pagan school, after which the young man studied medicine at Nicomedia under the renowned physician Euphrosynos. St. Panteleimon came to the attention of the pagan Roman Emperor Maximian (284-305 AD), who wished to appoint him as royal physician when he finished his schooling. He soon became equally as talented as his teacher. He loved his chosen profession. He was the envy of all other physicians, and was admired by everyone. His reputation as a skilled physician eventually quickly spread throughout the empire.
As young Panteleimon left his home each morning to go about his appointed rounds, he was observed by a pious old man by the name of Ermolaos, who lived just across the street. The Hieromartyrs Hermolaos, Hermippos and Hermokrates, survivors of the massacre of 20.000 Christians in 303 AD (December 28), were living secretly in Nicomedia at that time. Saint Hermolaos saw Pantoleon when he also came to the house where they were hiding. Once, the priest invited the youth to the house and spoke about the Christian Faith. After this Pantoleon visited Saint Hermolaos every day.
One day the Saint found a dead child on the street. He had been bitten by a great snake, which was still beside the child's body. Pantoleon began to pray to the Lord Jesus Christ to revive the dead child and to destroy the venomous reptile. He firmly resolved that if his prayers were fulfilled, he would become a follower of Christ and receive Baptism. The child rose up alive, and the snake died before Pantoleon's eyes. After this miracle, Pantoleon was baptized by Saint Hermolaos with the name Panteleimon (meaning "all-merciful"). Speaking with Eustorgios, Saint Panteleimon prepared him to accept Christianity. When the father saw how his son healed a blind man by invoking Jesus Christ, he then believed in Christ and was baptized by Saint Hermolaos together with the man whose sight was restored.
His father did convert to Christianity as well. However, after the death of his father, Saint Panteleimon dedicated his life to the suffering, the sick, the unfortunate and the needy. He treated all those who turned to him without charge, healing them in the name of Jesus Christ. He visited those held captive in prison. These were usually Christians, and he healed them of their wounds. In a short time, reports of the charitable physician spread throughout the city. Forsaking the other doctors, the inhabitants began to turn only to Saint Panteleimon.
The envious doctors told the emperor that Saint Panteleimon was healing Christian prisoners. Maximian urged the Saint to refute the charge by offering sacrifice to idols. Saint Panteleimon confessed himself a Christian, and suggested that a sick person, for whom the doctors held out no hope, should be brought before the emperor. Then the doctors could invoke their gods, and Saint Panteleimon would pray to his God to heal the man. A man paralyzed for many years was brought in, and pagan priests who knew the art of medicine invoked their gods without success. Then, before the very eyes of the Emperor, the Saint healed the paralytic by calling on the Name of Jesus Christ. The ferocious Maximian executed the healed man, and gave Saint Panteleimon over to fierce torture.
The Lord appeared to the Saint and strengthened him before his sufferings. They suspended the Great Martyr Panteleimon from a tree and scraped him with iron hooks, burned him with fire and then stretched him on the rack, threw him into a cauldron of boiling tar, and cast him into the sea with a stone around his neck. Throughout these tortures the holy Martyr remained unhurt, and denounced the Emperor. At this time the priests Hermolaos, Hermippos and Hermokrates were brought before the court of the pagans. All three confessed their faith in the Savior Christ and were beheaded (+July 26th).
By order of the Emperor Maximian they brought the Great Holy Martyr Panteleimon to the circus to be devoured by wild beasts. The animals, however, came up to him and licked his feet. The spectators began to shout, "Great is the God of the Christians!" The enraged Maximian ordered the soldiers to stab with the sword anyone who glorified Christ, and to cut off the head of the Great Holy Martyr Panteleimon. They led the Saint to the place of execution and tied him to an olive tree. While the Holy Martyr prayed, one of the soldiers struck him with a sword, but the sword became soft like wax and inflicted no wound. The Saint completed his prayer, and a Voice was heard from Heaven, calling the passion-bearer by his new name and summoning him to the Heavenly Kingdom.
Hearing the Heavenly Voice, the soldiers fell down on their knees before the holy Martyr and begged forgiveness. They refused to continue with the execution, but Saint Panteleimon told them to fulfill the Emperor's command, because otherwise they would have no share with him in the future life. The soldiers tearfully took their leave of the Saint with a kiss.
When the Saint was beheaded, the olive tree to which the Saint was tied became covered with fruit (olives). Many who were present at the execution believed in Christ. The Saint's body was thrown into a fire, but remained unharmed, and was buried by Christians. Saint Panteleimon's servants Lawrence, Bassos and Probus witnessed his execution and heard the Voice from Heaven saying "Well done Panteleimon". As the head of Saint Panteleimon fell, tradition tells us that milk flowed from the Saintly body of Panteleimon instead of blood. He suffered holy Martyrdom on July 27, 304 A.D. at the young age of 29. They recorded the life, the suffering and death of the Saint.
Portions of the holy relics of the Great Holy Martyr and Healer Panteleimon were distributed throughout the Christian world. His venerable head (Kara) is now located at the Russian Monastery of Saint Panteleimon on Mt. Athos.
Saint Panteleimon is venerated in the Orthodox Church as a mighty Saint, and the protector of soldiers. This aspect of his veneration is derived from the first name Pantoleon, which means "a lion in everything". His second name, Panteleimon, given him at Baptism, which means "all merciful", is manifested in the veneration of the Martyr as a healer. The connection between these two aspects of the Saint is readily apparent in that soldiers receiving wounds more frequently than others, are more in need of a physician-healer. Christians waging spiritual warfare also have recourse to this Saint, asking him to heal their spiritual wounds. The holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon is invoked in the Mystery of Anointing the Sick i.e., Sacrament of Holy Oil or Holy Unction, at the Blessing of Water, and in the Prayer for the sick.
The Holy Gospel Lesson for the Feast Day of Saint Panteleimon is from Saint John Chapter 15 starting at verse 17 through Chapter 16, verse 2.
"These things I command you, that you love one another. If the world hates you, you know that it hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love his own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said unto you, the servant is not greater than His Lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you…"
The Epistle Lesson for the Feast day is from Saint Paul's letter to Saint Timothy Chapter 2:1-10.
"You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things that you have heard of me among many witnesses, the same you should commit to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. You therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ…"
Just as Jesus Christ healed the sick, and eventually suffered death at the hands of sinners, so did Saint Panteleimon suffer, and was rewarded for his suffering by a heavenly confirmation of his service to Jesus Christ.
Saint Paul said in the epistle for the feast day: "Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory." As the soldiers watched Saint Panteleimon and the heavy stone float in the river, many of them turned to Jesus Christ.
Third Tone
O Holy prizewinner and healer Panteleimon, intercede with the merciful God that He grant into our souls forgiveness of offences.
With sincere agape in His Holy Diakonia,
The sinner and unworthy servant of God
+Father George


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Funeral for Louise Jane Todd Terry, 92, of Courtland will be Thursday, February 7, 2019, at Courtland Methodist Church, at 2:00 PM with Rev. Tom Fowler officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery. Visitation will be two hours before the service at the church. Mrs. Terry, who died Tuesday, February 5, 2019, at Decatur Morgan Hospital, was born November 27, 1926, to Edmond R. Todd and Gussie Mable Terry Todd. She was a member of Courtland Methodist Church .
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Robert Wade Terry and brother James E. Todd
Survivors include:
2 daughters - Cathy (Danny) Dutton and Lisa K. Long
5 grandchildren
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In Lieu of flowers donations can be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or Courtland United Methodist church.
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"To a Fellow Crossing Guard on Fairhaven" Appears in Poydras Review—March 2013
My friend Bones Rodriguez did the exact opposite of what a 21-year-old man did in a kindergarten classroom on December 14th. Bones, along with his improv. acting troupe, brought creativity and joy to hundreds of elementary school kids by doing the exact opposite—walking like dinosaurs on an auditorium stage.
This poem is dedicated to the commuters and clowns, the caregivers, teachers, and crossing guards who do the exact opposite. Shepherding our children to safety each day. Through rain, sleet, snow, a tropical storm, the summer heat, these crossing guards continue to stand on the sidewalks and wait. For a child to cross yet another road.
Our guards get up each morning, early, to stand on a corner opposite. Let's name the street Hope or Fairhaven or Creativity Curb. You ask what's the big deal? On the larger scale, isn't their impact negligible? In early October, these guards were the whistle-blown bygones of an earlier age to me, merely conducting their Dinosaur aerobics on a taxpayer's stage. By December 15th, they were getting kids over to the other side.
Publication Notes: "To a Fellow Crossing Guard on Fairhaven" is the first of a two-part set. The short story "Crossing Guards on Fairhaven" is forthcoming in the April 2013 issue of the The Sim Review. Special thanks to author Sarah Rae, Editor of Poydras Review for her support. Thanks to writers Sakinah Hofler, Ian Caskey, Doris Vila Licht, and Sylvia Schwartz for assisting me with an early draft. Finally, a standing O to talented actor/author Bones Rodriguez for his courageous, heart-felt words, at the end of the Fall.


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Do you know the "real" title of these familiar Christmas carols?
[Click the R to see the answer.]
- Vehicular homicide was committed on Dad's mom by a precipitous darling
- Wanted in December: top forward incisors
- The apartment of two psychiatrists
- The lad is a diminutive percussionist
- Sir Lancelot with laryngitis
- Decorate the entryways
- Cup-shaped instruments fashioned of a whitish metallic element
- Oh small Israel urban center
- Far off in a hay bin
- We are Kong, Lear, and Nat Cole
- Duodecimal enumeration of the passage of the yuletide season
- Leave and broadcast from an elevation
- Our fervent hope is that you thoroughly enjoy your yuletide season
- Listen, the winged heavenly messengers are proclaiming tunefully
- As the guardians of the woolly animals protected their charges in the dark
- I beheld a trio of nautical vessels the 25th of December
- Jubilation to the entire terrestrial globe
- Do you perceive the same vibrations which stimulate my auditory
sense organ?
- A joyful song of reverence relative to hollow metallic vessels which vibrate and bring forth a ringing sound when struck
- Parent was observed osculating a red-coated unshaven teamster
- May the Deity bestow an absence of fatigue to mild male humans
- Rose-colored uncouth dolf is aware of the nature of precipitation, darling
- Move hitherward the entire assembly of those who are loyal in their belief.


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Haven't had a need to do this myself, so was more talking about the general issues NX can offer the user.
If you followed the instructions of the NX documentation, it could be a bug and should be reported to GTAC.
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Ok, after these days working with this probe that I made, I finally figured out what the issue is here. Forgive my ignorance if that is too obvious for the experts, but I do want to share the solution here, in case someone else comes across this problem.
1) Create a tool and place all the auxillary geometries into one layer other than the work layer. Note that it doesn't matter which layer number that you put the geometries to. You can place the geometries to layer 2 or layer 100, what have you.
2) Export the tool to library.
3) Retrieve your tool in manufacturing environement. Now you may see your auxillary geometries showing up in tool preview, even though you hide them in modelling.
4) Resolve the problem by doing the followings
(a) Highlight the tool
(b) Click on layer setting
(c) Make the layers that contain auxillary geometries invisible.


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VELscope® Oral Cancer Screen
Our practice has purchased and implemented the use of a state-of-the-art device called the VELscope® Oral Cancer Screening System. As part of our conventional oral cancer examination, it can literally help us discover potentially dangerous tissue that we might otherwise miss. Of course, the odds are that we won't find anything that concerns us. But if we do, the VELscope® device will increase our odds of finding it early rather that late.
An oral cancer examination with a VELscope® screening takes very little time, and involves no pain or inconvenience. So let's plan to make this part of your next hygiene appointment.


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Feb. 5, 2002
TESTIMONY of
Bruno W.S. Sobral, Ph.D.
Director, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
Professor, Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science at Virginia Tech
on Fighting Bioterrorism: Using America's Scientists and Entrepreneurs to Find Solutions
Before the Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee.
Senator Wyden and Distinguished Members of the Subcommittee :
Good morning and thank you for this opportunity to appear before you and discuss the work of the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI). The resources of the Institute and, university research in general, provide powerful tools and assets to combat bioterrorist threats.
The Role of Academe and Research
The federal government has a long, rich tradition of funding research in our nation's colleges and universities. For the past 50 years, federal funding has provided continuous support to develop the fundamental science and technology that pushed disciplines, such as genomics and bioinformatics, to new frontiers. Federal support began, in large part, as a result of the significant role that scientists played in winning World War II. Our accrued knowledge from decades of research support already serves new objectives brought about by events that began on September 11.
Since 9/11, the need for increased scientific and engineering knowledge has become abundantly clear. Every discussion—whether about airline safety, failure of communication links, contamination of food and water supplies, bioengineered weapons, and countless other concerns—depends on our nation's scientific and engineering knowledge and expertise. In times such as these, we are acutely cognizant of living in a society defined by, and dependent on, science and technology.
Once again, the experience, research, and measured debate conducted by academe can bring both historical context and analytical order to elucidate public discussion and public policy, and marshal technologies and tools needed to mitigate the threat of bioterrorism. As OSTP Director John Marburger III said in his keynote remarks before AAAS last December, "Harnessing the nation's collective S&T expertise is critical for long-term success in the war on terrorism." VBI's interdisciplinary approach—marrying bioinformatics, biology, information technologies, and mathematical modeling—is positioned to play a pivotal role.
Threats of Infectious Disease and Biological Weapons
It is generally agreed that 21st century biotechnology and bioinformatics herald a new era for science and engineering, promising healthier and longer lives and further advances against infectious diseases. But like a double-edged sword, technologies with the potential to control disease might also be used to develop an arsenal of bioterrorist weapons.
We are also aware that new antibiotic-resistant pathogen strains sometimes evolve faster than we develop new therapies. For instance, the resurgence of tuberculosis in the United States in the early 1990s was associated with the emergence of a multi-drug resistant tuberculosis strain. Many other diseases currently overwhelm our preventative and therapeutic measures—HIV, Ebola, West Nile virus, and malaria—just to name a few. Infectious disease concerns are global in scope. In today's world of rapid travel and large migrant populations—diseases of humans, livestock, and crops, regardless of introduction mode (intentional or accidental)—pose a growing threat to our health, agriculture, and economy.
Impacts on Human Health
Even before the anthrax attacks that followed September 11, many public health and national security officials voiced their concern over the potential threat of biological weapons. In the March 25, 1999 Senate Public Health and Safety Subcommittee meeting, the American Society for Microbiology warned that: "National security measures against biological warfare must include building up the nation's public health infrastructure to respond to bioterrorism." The Dark Winter scenario reinforced this position by illustrating the catastrophic potential of smallpox if used as a weapon. It underscored the need to inform the comprehensive medical and healthcare community about the symptoms, behavior, and virulence of known pathogens if millions are to have any chance of survival. Early identification and intervention are pivotal to both control and abatement.
For each of the biological weapons considered by experts to be the most serious threats to America — anthrax, botulism, plague, smallpox, and tularemia — modern medicine has some effective means of responding, whether by vaccination, antibiotic, or antitoxin. To inhibit the spread of a biological attack or a "normal" disease outbreak in humans, livestock, or crops, we must have rapid diagnostic tools, a public health system to track disease as it evolves, and epidemiological data to determine the origin. Fundamental research and expertise provided by universities will be essential to complete these tasks. It will provide the foundation to deliver the tools with which we will prevent, detect, protect, and treat victims of biological terrorist attacks.
Impacts on Agricultural Productivity
We have already experienced direct threats to human life through bioterrorism using infectious disease, but what about indirect threats? Though we must certainly take precautions against human diseases, we must also consider indirect threats on our food and water supplies. We now know, for instance, that Al Qaeda plotted out landmarks and public water supplies of most major American cities. We also know that many countries considered to be epicenters of terrorist activity have experimented extensively with agro-terrorism. For example, Iraq was developing wheat cover smut as a weapon in the late 80s, most likely to use against Iran.
A single agricultural terrorist could launch a pathogen that, spread by wind, water, or soil, could cause an irremediable chain reaction. The food supply and industries involved directly in food production and distribution are especially vulnerable. The agriculture sector accounts for roughly one sixth of the total US Gross Domestic Product. A terrorist wishing to cause severe and reverberating financial consequencescould simply introduce a foreign disease into American livestock or crops that would set off a chain reaction touching virtually every segment of this nation's economy.
Larry Madden of Ohio State University perhaps captured it best when he said, "It would be a continuing, recurring problem, like a permanent bomb going off." The recent UK foot-and-mouth disease debacle is a case in point. Nearly four million (3,915,000) animals were slaughtered. The UK cattle industry was still reeling from the approximately $6 billion of lost agricultural revenue from the mad cow disease outbreak starting in 1996. This estimate does not include the billions in revenue lost by the tourism industry. Many farmers, their livelihoods destroyed by the disease, committed suicide. As in other parts of the world, we are ill-prepared to cope with an epidemic, whether a biological weapon, an accidentally introduced exotic pathogen, or a naturally mutated pathogen. In this country, we have little experience dealing with epidemics of any proportion.
If an indirect agricultural bioterrorist strike does occur, we must also be cautious when deploying emergency personnel. An attack might be used as a feint to divert resources from critical command posts, leaving them vulnerable. For instance, a major livestock disease outbreak in Texas would shift our primary command and control emphasis there, as well as large numbers of military personnel. This would leave cities like New York, Washington D.C., and Fort Knox open to assault. We must be prepared to ensure that no potential targets are at risk.
Role of Virginia Bioinformatics Institute and Partners
To handle such a scenario, a common place where molecular data about pathogens, their host's responses, and computational analysis tools come together and are made available to all stakeholders is paramount. At VBI, our recent efforts to create a comprehensive pathogen information system parallel national necessity. We recognized—prior to 9/11—the need for a common language to assess biological threats; avoid information, research, and analysis duplication; and facilitate interagency cooperation and coordination.
At the numerous and diversified agencies playing a role in national biological security, the underlying scientific research to support detection, identification, forensic attribution, risk assessment, and mitigation is very similar. However, this fundamental science is conducted in a slightly different context or syntax in over 40 federal and state agencies, at multiple colleges and universities, in several non-profit organizations, and throughout industry. Thus, an interface and infrastructure to connect and organize the molecular biological databases in these various sectors is critical. This "science portal," or comprehensive pathogen information system, will be able to draw on already available resources to completely characterize known pathogens and their near relatives. This comprehensive and easily accessible system will serve as a fundamental knowledge and decision-making tool.
VBI will provide genetic sequencing of pathogens as needed, but our primary mission is to create a single bioinformatics interface to access the already available information required for a comprehensive surveillance program. We integrate, and provide when necessary, molecular information regarding pathogens, their hosts, and their interactions within the environment. Our goal is to create a common language that can be understood by all accessors. To reiterate, we are not a comprehensive storehouse of information, but we are like a tour guide and translator who can also exchange currency.
With access to such a system, researchers, public health workers, and security officials could quickly assess threats and options for mitigation. Platforms for detection and identification of pathogens are ultimately dependent upon distinctions between pathogenic and non-pathogenic organisms and the distinctions of one pathogen from another. Therefore, bioinformatic interpretations of disease-host-environment interactions are crucial in finding solutions.
Although we have comprehensive bioinformatics capabilities in-house, the completion of the information pipeline—from basic research, to data interpretation, to useable information, to knowledge, to applications and technologies—requires a strengthened partnership between government, academe, and industry. We realize that connectivity is a critical first-link in our endeavor. Therefore, we are drawing upon diverse research expertise that is only available through partnerships. VBI will actively promote inclusion; there can be no prima donna in a system that will act as a common asset serving such a crucial national need.
As a case in point, our biological resources are IT integrated and we rely on partnerships with both IBM and SUN Microsystems. We have already established partnerships with industry that will ensure the necessary technology for translating and routing information and making it accessible. In addition, since we are not a medical research facility, we have recently established a partnership with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to study many major infectious diseases, including AIDS, malaria, measles, and tuberculosis. In the malaria study, for example, Johns Hopkins researchers—working in collaboration with local health officials where malaria outbreaks occur—will provide the needed field data to integrate in our pathogen database.
Along with our partnerships to fight human infectious diseases, VBI is in a unique position to help defend against agro-terrorism. As part of Virginia Tech, a land-grant university, we are among the top five agricultural research universities in the country. We have already identified a list of high-priority livestock and crop pathogens, which would form another contingent of our pathogen science portal.
Using bioinformatics as a tool, we can integrate genomic and other databases with information on pathogens that will allow for rapid detection, attribution, and mitigation. VBI's primary role will be to integrate the molecular (genomic, metabolomic, proteomic) and toxicological signatures for pathogens and host responses. Overlaid field data records will be geospatially accurate to identify the origin of each strain, primarily through additional partnerships with users of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). At present, some molecular data exists but it is often incomplete, insufficient, or in formats that need to be translated. As these data are brought together, they will be translated, completed where necessary in-house, and integrated. This will enable work on threat assessment, pathogen detection, attribution, medications, vaccines, and disease prevention. We will create a common source of fundamental scientific information that has been fragmented to date. Integration on this new level will promote proaction rather than reaction.
Science as Prediction and Protection
VBI can serve as the "integrating hub" of knowledge among government, law enforcement, healthcare professionals, and local communities nationwide. We can become an information nexus for identification of pathogens, their origin, and their signatures. In addition, our outreach mission could be expanded to serve as an educational arm for first responders, i.e., law enforcement, doctors, community officials, to biological crises. Intensive two-day sessions could be developed to familiarize first responders with identifying data. Knowing symptoms and the most effective antidotes in times of outbreak—including isolation, vaccination, and treatment—can help prevent panic and save lives. Preparation is paramount in these cases, as is reaction time. In the post-September 11 era, university researchers should not only teach and expand the frontiers of knowledge, but also serve the public by providing an understanding of the science and engineering that affects their lives. Director of the National Science Foundation, Dr. Rita Colwell, recently called this, "science as patriotism." It is time to further extend this capacity.
Today, science is our common path to generate new knowledge or to solve an existing problem. With bioterrorist threats especially, the preferred solution is always prevention. However, it is impossible to prevent what we do not fully understand.
In all research scenarios we are trained to ask questions and hypothesize. This "scientific method" is also an important tool for what many specialists call the prediction/prevention approach. Although scientific knowledge is the most powerful force for knowledge-based prediction, the research community needs to become increasingly proactive in that direction. With the advent of serious bioterrorist threats, prediction/prevention is critical.
For many years, defense specialists have used a technique called scenario-building to anticipate and plan for even the most unlikely circumstances. The most successful results are achieved by bringing together thinkers and doers from diverse perspectives–everything from philosophers to practitioners. Anticipating "what if" situations leads to mechanisms for an event to "not occur" or, at a minimum, to have a carefully crafted response plan if it occurs.
Once a pathogen is released into the environment—whether the postal service, a ventilation system, our water supply, or any number of other scenarios—it is extremely hard to combat and isolate. With advances in sensors, many researchers and entrepreneurs could collaborate in scenario-building sessions and in developing sensor-based alarm or warning systems. No one need remind the Senators whose offices are in the Hart Senate Office Building of this need.
The VBI integrating hub can play an important part in both the identification/remediation of bioterrorism as well as the anticipation/prevention of a bioterror fall-out. We can pinpoint a pathogen and describe its known qualities so that remediation can be swift and pathogen-specific. We can be partners in scenario building to anticipate or forewarn about biological incidents and help in suggesting and developing mechanisms for prevention and protection.
Paradox of Publicly Available Information
I realize that as we discuss science and technology fixes, solutions, or preventions today, we are also talking about an issue of societal ideals and the public's will.
Let me add at this time what I believe is an important overarching understanding on these issues. Alexander Hamilton expressed the opinion that "to be more safe, [people] at length become willing to be less free." This is not an idle concern for the most democratic nation in existence today.
We must recognize that if information is publicly available, it is by definition available to would- be terrorists. If requests for proposals are publicly solicited, then the description of the project and the solution sought will give both well- and ill-intentioned applicants vital information. For terrorists, open information is like a window on someone else's thinking.
For example, after the 1993 World Trade Center attacks took place, some hearings and investigations were open to the public. The informative descriptions of the Towers' structure provided key information for the September 11 terrorists.
History provides other lessons. In the 1950s, physicists were pivotal. They possessed the primary knowledge to create new weapons of mass destruction. However, these experts needed sophisticated facilities to carry out their work. In contrast, biological weapons can be manufactured in relatively simple facilities by a single individual. To detect and destroy bioterrorist facilities, new tactics will be needed.
We understand that public access to useful knowledge may arm a potential enemy. Limiting the availability of useful knowledge accessibility to scientific information may be the only blockade we possess. At the same time, science thrives on open discourse. Measures that inhibit dialogue will impede progress. We cannot limit scientific interaction without limiting scientific progress. This presents a conundrum.
It would be naïve, however, to not anticipate problems with access and build in safeguards. Once again, collaboration among government, industry, and academe will be essential as we make access decisions regarding science and technology that will ensure both scientific progress and national security. We all agree the whole world has benefited from science, engineering, and technology conducted in our public institutions.
We have been gathered today to contemplate collaborations among the various sectors of our society and, in particular, the vital role university research can play.. This pattern of integration will also be translated into a peacetime counterpart which will not merely familiarize our armed services with the progress made in science and industry, but also draw into our planning for national security all the civilian resources that can contribute to the defense of our country.
At VBI, we are developing a flexible, collaborative infrastructure applicable in times of peace. Broad connectivity will allow access to a comprehensive knowledge source that will be key to tackling a host of complex problems: human, animal, and plant disease; environmental degradation; and economic recession.
In summary, the federal government has provided continuous support to our nation's universities. Academe has much to offer this partnership in terms of knowledge, research, and resources. University experts should be engaged in shaping public policy on the critical issues pertaining to biological weapons. Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, one such example, will provide a unique and centralized source fordata compilation to help understand, mitigate, and control infectious disease pathogens, whether intentionally or accidentally introduced. This "scientific portal" will integrate underlying scientific research, genomic and other molecular data, and epidemiological information to support agencies addressing biological threats to humans, livestock, and crops. To accomplish this task, VBI has forged, and will continue to promote, crucial partnerships among universities, industry, and government agencies. Partnership among the three will be vital as we balance the access of scientific information to protect our country but not hinder the scientific engine. Access to information by the scientific community will be critical as we develop strategies to prevent biological attacks—the ideal solution.
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Don't think we're doodling in those notebooks we keep out during runway shows—they're filled to the binding with trend notes and observations. And don't think we're flipping through all the fall fashion show images online for sheer pleasure—we're cataloging them, grouping them, and filing them. As for our sleeping schedules? Not important—as long as we've compiled the ultimate list of fall '11 trends that are actually relevant to you. From the color you're going to be stocking up on to new takes on old favorites that'll have you looking at your wardrobe in a whole new way, here are the 2011 fall trends you'll be seeing everywhere very soon.
Brightly Colored Pants
Whether they were cropped, flared, tapered, or high-waisted, the hottest shapes of the season also came in super-saturated hues, perfectly for punching up the clean silhouettes for fall.
Leather Skirts
Designers found a new way to wear the leather skirt, and paired it with casual-chic tops like heather-gray button-ups and sweatshirt-like sweaters.
Rachel Comey, Tommy Hilfiger, Vena Cava, Marc Jacobs, images via Style.com and NYMag.
The Chic Poncho
We've been seeing more and more ponchos on the street, and it seemed that designers were paying attention this season, sending out tons of options for all cape and poncho lovers ranging from preppy All-American types to those seeking more of a glammed-out steez.
High Slits
Dresses may have veered more on the conservative side, but a healthy dose of sexiness was still preserved with hip-grazing slits.
Tuxedo Dressing
The white shirt, black bottom, and black neckpiece never looked so femme-fatale as on the fall '11 runways.
Graphic Tartan
Plaids and tartans went big and bold this fall, with designers finding more inspiration from in-your-face rustic weaves than the understated checks of seasons past.
Yves Klein Blue
Designers took a page out of post-WWII artist Yves Klein and painted their collections in the deep, rich blue that the French artist found so inspirational. From flirty skirts to filmy jumpsuits, the color is the one to start stocking your closets with.
Mid-Calf Skirts
Hemlines were still long this season, but we're finding more and more to love from the mid-calf lengths than ever before. In cool metallics, graphic mixed prints, and with menswear tailoring, these full-coverage skirts got a whole lot more sexy.
Duster Coats
Channel your inner Shaft with coats that reach all the way to the floor. These duster coats look impossibly glam, especially when paired with the textured, filmy separates shown on the runway.
Graphic Stripes
From Tron-like athletic stripes to horizontal Hamburglar patterns, the stripes in the fall collections with bold and graphic.


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They call him the king of pony-tails. Literally. When he met with Marc Jacobs to discuss the look for the show, Guido Palau was confronted by picture after picture of pony-tails, all his own work from almost 20 years ago. "Marc said he wanted 90s Guido, and to my surprise he'd got all my old pics out," he says, grinning, "the knotted ones, the sticky ones, more and more. I hadn't realised I'd been doing it so long, ever since the end of grunge when I first started doing shows for designers like Helmut Lang and everyone wanted hair that didn't look too "done"." This version is prepped with Redken's Satin Wear 02, then blow-dried, fastened into a pony tail and clipped back using a Goody barrette. The ends are left sticking out, but smoothed with a touch of Redken's Gloss 01.
Meanwhile, over in make-up, Dick Page was inspired by the sporty nature of the clothes, and went for a fresh and easy look, what he calls "Pretty 101". "If you had to choose, you'd look like this," he says, perfecting the eyebrows with Shiseido's Shimmering Eye Colour, a creme eyeshadow that he brushes very gently through the brows because it gives a softer finish than using an eyebrow pencil. WIth gloss on the eyelids and a touch of gold brushed under the eyes and into the temples, the main colour is in the lips, for which he uses Shiseido's Perfect Rouge Lipstick in 732, a very soft red. "It's one of those make-ups that's as much about what you don't do as about what you do."