text: Even among the most luxurious of pleasure boats, some yachts are finer than others. And the finest of them all win the coveted Neptune Trophy, given out at the World Superyacht Awards. The ceremony recognizes the ultimate achievements in superyacht design. To qualify in any of the various award categories, yachts must be over 30 meters in length and must have been delivered to their owners in the past 12 months. Despite worldwide economic uncertainty, 2011 was a good year for superyachts. A total of 64 were nominated, most of which cost in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Every one of them is privately owned, though they're often chartered for tens of thousands of dollars per week. Although the owners of these massive pleasure boats tend to prefer the cloak of anonymity, nothing else about the award ceremony was subtle. The festivities took place at the luxurious Ciragan Palace Kempinski hotel in Istanbul, and the winners received Baccarat trophies. So without further ado.... Tango Dutch yachtbuilder Feadship took home the Motor Yacht of the Year award for Tango. The 252.8-foot yacht was launched in April of last year and features accommodations for 12 guests, an owner's deck, beauty salon, massage parlor and an outdoor movie theater. Despite all that weight, four engines propel the Tango to a top speed of 22 knots. Image: FeadshipSerene The largest yacht to win an award, the Fincantieri-built Serene is 439.3 feet long, sleeps 24 guests and cost $330 million to build. On board is a helipad, movie theater, corporate boardroom and even a playroom for kids. The crew of 52 have their own separate quarters, so there's no need for the help to mingle with the sea-going royalty. It's rumored to belong to Yuri Shefler, the owner of the Russian liquor company that controls Stolichnaya vodka, and it's available for charter.Antares III At 100 feet, the Antares III is dwarfed by some of the other superyachts that won awards. But that doesn't mean it isn't a sophisticated design. Built at New Zealand's Yachting Developments shipyard in May of 2011, the sloop makes extensive use of composite structures and the hull is coated in Kevlar for impact resistance. String quartet sold separately.Aurelia Named after the Lancia Aurelia, the first production car to feature a V6 engine, the automotive-inspired Aurelia took home the award for a high-speed planing yacht. Though the Heesen Yachts-built ship is painted in the bright color scheme of Gulf Racing, her owner prefers to remain anonymous.Helix If all these yachts have got you reaching for your checkbook, you're in luck. The Helix, a 146.5-foot diesel-powered superyacht built by Feadship, is for sale. It's got five staterooms, each with its own full bathroom, and it could be yours for a mere $42 million.Kaiser According to Superyacht Times, Kaiser was designed to fulfill her owner's request that it be "German styled." We're not sure how elaborate marble floors or West African Ovangkol hardwood paneling evoke Germany, but it sure is fancy.Numptia Well before winning a Neptune Trophy, the 229-foot Numptia grabbed attention. Built for an "Italian-born American businessman," every single item on board was designed and crafted specifically for use on the yacht, down to the Tibetan silk carpets and solid marble steam bath.Satori Most yacht owners shy away from the spotlight, but not Eric Benson. The founder of Pacific Coast Steel has been featured in numerous publications, extolling the virtues of yachting life. He's taken his 163-foot yacht all over the Mediterranean and Caribbean – which is exactly what we'd do if we were wearing his Top-Siders. Photo: Jeff Brown/Superyacht MediaVertigo While 2011 wasn't a great year for Rupert Murdoch, he at least had one consolation: He got to take delivery of the 220-foot Vertigo, the world's seventh-largest sailing yacht. It's his second yacht styled by celebrity yacht decorator Christian Liaigre, and features a gym in addition to five luxury staterooms. Should you find yourself with $300,000 to spare – say, from a settlement regarding a certain phone-tapping scandal – it can be yours for a week.Photos: Courtesy World Superyacht Awards


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Supreme Court asks whether rules trump rights in psychiatric boarding debate
The state argued for its rules. People with mental illness argued for their rights.
Justices from the Washington State Supreme Court didn't show their hand, but their questions suggested state rules don't trump every argument.
The spectacle played Thursday morning before the high court, in a debate over the practice of psychiatric boarding – detaining mentally ill people against their will in hospital emergency departments without treatment.
The patients – 10 of them, identified only by their initials – contend that psychiatric boarding violates their constitutional rights to individual mental-health treatment. The state argued procedure: the patients were using the wrong method to seek relief.
"The court shouldn't try to draw lines around this rule," said deputy solicitor general Jay Geck, who represented the state Department of Social and Health Services.
"The recipe is simple: no treatment, no commitment," said attorney Jennifer Sweigert, who represented the patients.
The argument stems from a March 2013 ruling in Pierce County Superior Court, which found that the state could not use overcrowding at state-certified mental-health facilities as an excuse to park people in local hospitals.
The ruling, first reported in 2013 by The News Tribune in a series of stories, touched off a statewide debate over mental-health policy. Psychiatric boarding has exploded in recent years, a byproduct of deep cuts in state mental-health services that sharply reduced the number of available psychiatric beds.
The result: a shortage of beds at existing mental-health facilities, additional pressure on an overburdened system, and in 2013, a total of 3,421 patients parked in hospital emergency departments, according to state numbers.
Under state law, people who present an imminent risk of harm to themselves or others can be committed and held by the state against their will. They're supposed to be held at evaluation and treatment centers. Such facilities include the state's two mental hospitals and smaller facilities scattered throughout the state's 39 counties.
When beds aren't available, psychiatric boarding begins: patients are typically sent to hospital emergency departments. Sometimes they're placed in physical restraints. They wait for a psychiatric bed to open, but they don't receive mental-health treatment during their hospital stays, which can last for weeks and months in some cases.
The lack of treatment is the core of the argument facing the high court. Mental illness is not a crime; state and federal law guarantees patients the right to "individualized" mental-health treatment while they're detained.
In briefs presented to the court, state attorneys argued that patients argued the wrong way, and should have used different procedures. During oral argument Thursday, several justices questioned Geck's angle.
"Is it your position that you cannot challenge the statute?" asked Justice Sheryl Gordon McCloud.
Geck said patients could challenge the state statute – but not in a civil commitment hearing, and not without naming all the concerned parties.
Justice Steven Gonzalez cited statements in court briefs from hospitals, doctors and nurses, who said hospitals "have no psychiatrists on staff, we have no psychiatric nurses, we have no orderlies. We are basically warehousing people, including kids."
Geck said hospitals could provide such services, but "have chosen at times to simply tie their own hands behind their back."
Justice Susan Owens, noting the rare unanimity from the medical community, asked a similar question regarding psychiatric boarding.
"They all say this is not a good procedure," Owens said. "Are we just to ignore that? They are the experts."
Geck said state lawmakers were addressing the problem by increasing mental-health funding and adding psychiatric beds.
Ken Nichols, a Pierce County deputy prosecutor, also argued for the state's position. He said the patients and hospitals should have joined forces and filed suit against the state in a different forum.
Sweigert took her turn. Psychiatric boarding violated the civil rights of patients, she said. Citing testimony from earlier court proceedings, she noted that mental-health professionals explicitly said boarding was used in response to overcrowding, rather than medical need.
"Involuntary civil commitment while waiting in an emergency room is not authorized by statute," she said. "Nor is it designed to cure or improve anyone's mental health. This is not an exercise in professional judgment that someone needs to be in an ER."
Justice Debra Stephens asked about options. Did the state have any?
Sweigert said yes. Individual counties – the providers of local mental-health services – could contract with neighboring counties for additional psychiatric beds. The state also had the authority to open additional beds at Western State Hospital if necessary.
Regarding procedure, Sweigert said patients had constitutional rights that allowed the argument to take place. The state couldn't bypass those concerns.
"They're essentially asking that this court not even decide the question," she said.
"We are here because the State of Washington hauled my clients into court to have them civilly committed, and when they challenged the procedure and the commitment itself as unlawful, then the State of Washington turns around and says, 'Oh no, you can't challenge your commitment in this court that we've hauled you into in order to commit you.'"

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Monitoring is the process of reviewing the statistics of a system to improve performance or solve problems. The monitoring service can track and display operational statistics, such as the number of requests per second, the average response time, and the throughput. By monitoring the state of various components and services deployed in Enterprise Server, you can identify performance bottlenecks, predict failures, perform root cause analysis, and ensure that everything is functioning as expected. Data gathered by monitoring can also be useful in performance tuning and capacity planning.
For this release of Enterprise Server, monitoring is exposed in a modular way so that many client modules can access and display the monitoring statistics. These clients include the Administration Console, the asadmin utility, AMX, and REST interfaces.
The following topics are addressed here:
A monitorable object is a component, subcomponent, or service that can be monitored. Enterprise Server uses a tree structure to track monitorable objects. Because the tree is dynamic, the tree changes as Enterprise Server components are added or removed.
In the tree, a monitorable object can have child objects (nodes) that represent exactly what can be monitored for that object. All child objects are addressed using the dot (.) character as a separator. These constructed names are referred to as dotted names. Detailed information on dotted names is available in the dotted-names(5ASC) help page.
The following command lists the monitorable child objects of the instance server:
asadmin> list --monitor "server.*"
server.applications server.connector-service server.http-service server.jms-service server.containers.jruby server.jvm server.network server.orb server.resources server.security server.thread-pool server.transaction-service server.web
Each object is represented by a dotted name. Dotted names can also address specific attributes in monitorable objects. For example, the jvm object has a memory attribute with a statistic called maxheapsize. The following dotted name addresses the attribute:
Although an object is monitorable, it is not necessarily being actively monitored. For instructions on activating monitoring, see Configuring Monitoring.
Each monitorable object has a hierarchical tree structure. In the tree, a replaceable such as *statistics represents the name of the attribute that you can show statistics for.
The following node tree hierarchies are addressed here:
The applications tree contains the following nodes:
server.applications |--- application1 | |--- ejb-module-1 | | |--- ejb1 * | | |--- bean-cache (for entity/sfsb) * | | |--- bean-pool (for slsb/mdb/entity) * | | |--- bean-methods | | |---method1 * | | |---method2 * | | |--- timers (for s1sb/entity/mdb) * | |--- web-module-1 | | |--- virtual-server-1 * | | |---servlet1 * | | |---servlet2 * |--- standalone-web-module-1 | | |----- virtual-server-2 * | | |---servlet3 * | | |---servlet4 * | | |----- virtual-server-3 * | | |---servlet3 *(same servlet on different vs) | | |---servlet5 * |--- standalone-ejb-module-1 | | |--- ejb2 * | | |--- bean-cache (for entity/sfsb) * | | |--- bean-pool (for slsb/mdb/entity) * | | |--- bean-methods | | |--- method1 * | | |--- method2 * | | |--- timers (for s1sb/entity/mdb) * |--- jersey-application-1 | |--- jersey | | |--- resources resource-0 hitcount *statistic |--- application2
An example dotted name might be server.applications.hello.server.request.maxtime.
An example dotted name under the EJB method node might be server.applications.ejbsfapp1.ejbsfapp1ejbmod1\.jar.SFApp1EJB1.
An example Jersey dotted name might be server.applications.helloworld-webapp.jersey.resources.resource-0.hitcount.resourcehitcount-count.
For available statistics, see EJB Statistics, Jersey Statistics, and Web Statistics.
The connector-service tree holds monitorable attributes for pools such as the connector connection pool. The connector-service tree contains the following nodes:
server.connector-service resource-adapter-1 connection-pools pool-1 work-management
An example dotted name might be server.connector-service.resource-adapter-1.connection-pools.pool-1. For available statistics, see JMS/Connector Service Statistics.
The http-service tree contains the following nodes:
server.http-service virtual-server request *statistic _asadmin request *statistic
An example dotted name under the virutal-server node might be server.http-service.virtual-server1.request.requestcount. For available statistics, see HTTP Service Statistics.
The jms-service tree holds monitorable attributes for connection factories (connection pools for resource adapters) and work management (for Message Queue resource adapters). The jms-service tree contains the following nodes:
server.jms-service connection-factories connection-factory-1 work-management
An example dotted name under the connection-factories node might be server.jms-service.connection-factories.connection-factory-1 which shows all the statistics for this connection factory. For available statistics, see JMS/Connector Service Statistics.
The jruby tree contains the following nodes:
server.containers.jruby.applications jruby-application *statistic http *statistic runtime-pool *statistic
For available statistics, see JRuby Statistics.
The jvm tree contains the following nodes:
server.jvm class-loading-system compilation-system garbage-collectors memory operating-system runtime
An example dotted name under the memory node might be server.jvm.memory.maxheapsize. For available statistics, see JVM Statistics.
The network statistics apply to the network listener, such as admin-listener, http-listener-1, ttp-listener-2. The network tree contains the following nodes:
server.network type-of-listener keep-alive *statistic file-cache *statistic thread-pool *statistic connection-queue *statistic
An example dotted name under the network node might be server.network.admin-listener.keep-alive.maxrequests-count. For available statistics, see Network Statistics.
The orb tree holds monitorable attributes for connection managers. The orb tree contains the following nodes:
server.orb transport connectioncache inbound *statistic outbound *statistic
An example dotted name might be server.orb.transport.connectioncache.inbound.connectionsidle-count. For available statistics, see ORB Statistics (Connection Manager).
The resources tree holds monitorable attributes for pools such as the JDBC connection pool and connector connection pool. The resources tree contains the following nodes:
server.resources connection-pool request *statistic
An example dotted name might be server.resources.jdbc-connection-pool1.numconnfree.count. For available statistics, see Resource Statistics (Connection Pool).
The security tree contains the following nodes:
server.security ejb *statistic web *statistic realm *statistic
An example dotted name might be server.security.realm.realmcount-starttime. For available statistics, see Security Statistics.
The thread-pool tree holds monitorable attributes for connection managers, and contains the following nodes:
server.thread-pool orb threadpool thread-pool-1 *statistic
An example dotted name might be server.thread-pool.orb.threadpool.thread-pool-1.averagetimeinqueue-current. For available statistics, see Thread Pool Statistics.
The transaction-service tree holds monitorable attributes for the transaction subsystem for the purpose of rolling back transactions. The transaction-service tree contains the following nodes:
server.transaction-service statistic
An example dotted name might be server.tranaction-service.activeids. For available statistics, see Transaction Service Statistics.
The web tree contains the following nodes:
server.web jsp *statistic servlet *statistic session *statistic request *statistic
An example dotted name for the servlet node might be server.web.servlet.activeservletsloadedcount. For available statistics, see Web Module Common Statistics.
An add-on component typically generates statistics that Enterprise Server can gather at runtime. Adding monitoring capabilities enables an add-on component to provide statistics to Enterprise Server in the same way as components that are supplied in the Enterprise Server distributions. As a result, you can use the same administrative interfaces to monitor statistics from any installed Enterprise Server component, regardless of the origin of the component.
The following asadmin subcommands are provided for monitoring the services and components of Enterprise Server:
The enable-monitoring, disable-monitoring, or the get and set subcommands are used to turn monitoring on or off. For instructions, see Configuring Monitoring.
The monitor --type subcommand is used to display basic data for a particular type of monitorable object. For instructions, see Viewing Common Monitoring Data.
The list --monitor subcommand is used to display the objects that can be monitored with the monitor subcommand. For guidelines and instructions, see Guidelines for Using the list and get Subcommands for Monitoring.
The get subcommand is used to display comprehensive data, such as the attributes and values for a dotted name. The get subcommand used with a wildcard parameter displays all available attributes for any monitorable object. For additional information, see Guidelines for Using the list and get Subcommands for Monitoring.


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The world of Benghazi believers
Hillary Clinton passed on the Sunday shows after the Benghazi attacks to preserve her White House aspirations.
The White House is covering up for political reasons why President Barack Obama wasn't in the Situation Room as the attacks were unfolding.
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And there are reasons CNN can track down the masterminds behind the 2012 ambush but the U.S. government can't.
These are just a sampling of the doggedly held views of a die-hard cadre of Republican lawmakers about the controversial events that led to the death 20 months ago of four Americans in Benghazi — a word that is now synonymous for conservatives with cover-up and conspiracy.
Call them the Benghazi believers.
( PHOTOS: 10 slams on Obama and Benghazi)
These Republicans — and there are dozens — are deeply convinced that the truth has yet to be fully aired about the attacks on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Libya that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.
A solid majority believe Obama and his aides have repeatedly misled Congress about the attacks, spinning a political message to promote the president's 2012 reelection. A handful of them take as fact that then-Secretary of State Clinton obstructed the delivery of adequate security to diplomats on the front lines in Libya.
They hope that the new select committee created last week in the GOP-led House — led by loquacious former prosecutor Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) — will finally unearth the truth.
Another South Carolina GOP lawmaker, Mick Mulvaney — a Gowdy ally — contends that Congress has yet to scratch the surface of what happened in Benghazi. He says many of the unanswered questions about the attacks stem from conservatives' deep distrust of the Obama administration.
( Also on POLITICO: Gowdy defends Benghazi select committee)
"[The distrust] has to do with everything — whether or not the White House has fully disclosed what they know. That is the big issue," Mulvaney said. "You can't even start to have a discussion about what happened before, during or after until you have all the facts about who was involved and what they were doing."
At least some of those facts have already come before Congress. Eight congressional committees — most exuberantly the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee — have investigated Benghazi, poring over 25,000 pages of documents and receiving, alongside individual members, 50 briefings. A Senate Intelligence Committee panel probed the incident, concluding more could have been done to strengthen security on the ground before the attacks. And the State Department's Accountability Review Board was critical of the department for ignoring requests for security upgrades at the Benghazi compound.
The Obama administration didn't bolster its credibility among critics by withholding until recently an email authored by Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes outlining "goals" for then- Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice in her appearances on the Sunday shows after the attacks.
( PHOTOS: 10 quotes on Hillary Clinton and Benghazi)
Mulvaney said the select committee could uncover a number of unanswered things, including evidence of political motivation at the White House aimed at muddying the post-attack narrative.
"Do I think generally the White House has a motivation to cover up mistakes in an election year? Yes, I do," he said.
He added, "What's the worst-case scenario? The worst case is that someone in the White House knew that it was a concerted effort on the behalf of terrorists and they looked around … and said, 'This is going to look very, very bad for us. We cannot tell them the truth. What can we tell them?' And someone looked around and said we have riots down in Cairo based on these videos."
For Gowdy — who says his new committee will function more like a "trial" — the administration's mistakes began before the attacks. He said he plans to delve deep into Clinton's tenure at State — underlining Democratic fears that his probe is another way to trap Clinton in the Benghazi morass just as the former first lady is considering a 2016 presidential bid.
Democrats are quick to note the risks in giving Republicans a bigger podium to discuss their Benghazi theories.
The GOP faced heavy criticism for running with unproven stories that were quickly debunked in the months after the attacks. Those included the idea that there was a "stand-down" order in which that the State Department intentionally stopped the military from rushing to Benghazi during the attacks or that Clinton personally denied requests for additional security — theories the Republican-controlled House Armed Services Committee rejected.


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Interactions between entities identified by certificates (sometimes called end entities) and CAs are an essential part of certificate management. These interactions include operations such as registration for certification, certificate retrieval, certificate renewal, certificate revocation, and key backup and recovery. In general, a CA must be able to authenticate the identities of end entities before responding to the requests. In addition, some requests need to be approved by authorized administrators or managers before being serviced.
As previously discussed, the means used by different CAs to verify an identity before issuing a certificate can vary widely, depending on the organization and the purpose for which the certificate is used. To provide maximum operational flexibility, interactions with end entities can be separated from the other functions of a CA and handled by a separate service called a Registration Authority RA.
An RA acts as a front end to a CA by receiving end entity requests, authenticating them, and forwarding them to the CA. After receiving a response from the CA, the RA notifies the end entity of the results. RAs can be helpful in scaling a PKI across different departments, geographical areas, or other operational units with varying policies and authentication requirements.


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Star Trek has gone mobile with CBS Interactive's launch of the Star Trek PADD app for the iPad. Fans of Star Trek will now be able to download a replica of the LCARS interface to their iPads for an official Star Trek database of extensive information covering aliens, ships, places, people, and technologies, as well as an episode guide to the series.
Developed by ArcTouch, the Star Trek PADD (Personal Access Display Device) app is based on the fictional computer operating system depicted in the television series, complete with a recognizable computer voice and sound effects from the show. The app is now available on the iTunes App Store for $4.99.


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This information is produced and provided by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The information in this topic may have changed since it was written. For the most current information, contact the National Cancer Institute via the Internet web site at http://cancer.gov or call 1-800-4-CANCER.
Religious and spiritual values are important to patients coping with cancer.
Studies have shown that religious and spiritual values are important to Americans. Most American adults say that they believe in God and that their religious beliefs affect how they live their lives. However, people have different ideas about life after death, belief in miracles, and other religious beliefs. Such beliefs may be based on gender, education, and ethnic background.
Many patients with cancer rely on spiritual or religious beliefs and practices to help them cope with their disease. This is called spiritual coping. Many caregivers also rely on spiritual coping. Each person may have different spiritual needs, depending on cultural and religious traditions. For some seriously ill patients, spiritual well-being may affect how much anxiety they feel about death. For others, it may affect what they decide about end-of-life treatments. Some patients and their family caregivers may want doctors to talk about spiritual concerns, but may feel unsure about how to bring up the subject.
Some studies show that doctors' support of spiritual well-being in very ill patients helps improve their quality of life. Health care providers who treat patients coping with cancer are looking at new ways to help them with religious and spiritual concerns. Doctors may ask patients which spiritual issues are important to them during treatment as well as near the end of life. When patients with advanced cancer receive spiritual support from the medical team, they may be more likely to choose hospice care and less aggressive treatment at the end of life. (See the PDQ summary on Last Days of Life for information on end-of-life issues.)
Spirituality and religion may have different meanings.
The terms spirituality and religion are often used in place of each other, but for many people they have different meanings. Religion may be defined as a specific set of beliefs and practices, usually within an organized group. Spirituality may be defined as an individual's sense of peace, purpose, and connection to others, and beliefs about the meaning of life. Spirituality may be found and expressed through an organized religion or in other ways. Patients may think of themselves as spiritual or religious or both.
Serious illness, such as cancer, may cause spiritual distress.
Serious illnesses like cancer may cause patients or family caregivers to have doubts about their beliefs or religious values and cause much spiritual distress. Some studies show that patients with cancer may feel that they are being punished by God or may have a loss of faith after being diagnosed. Other patients may have mild feelings of spiritual distress when coping with cancer.
This summary is about spirituality and religion in adults with cancer.
Spiritual and religious well-being may help improve quality of life.
It is not known for sure how spirituality and religion are related to health. Some studies show that spiritual or religious beliefs and practices create a positive mental attitude that may help a patient feel better and improve the well-being of family caregivers. Spiritual and religious well-being may help improve health and quality of life in the following ways:
Spiritual and religious well-being may also help a patient live longer.
Spiritual distress may also affect health.
Spiritual distress may make it harder for patients to cope with cancer and cancer treatment. Health care providers may encourage patients to meet with experienced spiritual or religious leaders to help deal with their spiritual issues. This may improve their health, quality of life, and ability to cope.
A spiritual assessment may help the doctor understand how religious or spiritual beliefs will affect the way a patient copes with cancer.
A spiritual assessment is a method or tool used by doctors to understand the role that religious and spiritual beliefs have in the patient's life. This may help the doctor understand how these beliefs affect the way the patient responds to the cancer diagnosis and decisions about cancer treatment. Some doctors or caregivers may wait for the patient to bring up spiritual concerns. Others may use an interview or a questionnaire.
A spiritual assessment explores religious beliefs and spiritual practices.
A spiritual assessment may include questions about the following:
The health care team may not ask about every issue the patient feels is important. Patients should bring up other spiritual or religious issues that they think may affect their cancer care.
To help patients with spiritual needs during cancer care, medical staff will listen to the wishes of the patient.
Spirituality and religion are very personal issues. Patients should expect doctors and caregivers to respect their religious and spiritual beliefs and concerns. Patients with cancer who rely on spirituality to cope with the disease should be able to count on the health care team to give them support. This may include giving patients information about people or groups that can help with spiritual or religious needs. Most hospitals have chaplains, but not all outpatient settings do. Patients who do not want to discuss spirituality during cancer care should also be able to count on the health care team to respect their wishes.
Doctors and caregivers will try to respond to their patients' concerns, but may not take part in patients' religious practices or discuss specific religious beliefs.
The health care team will help with a patient's spiritual needs when setting goals and planning treatment.
The health care team may help with a patient's spiritual needs in the following ways:
Check NCI's list of cancer clinical trials for U.S. supportive and palliative care trials about spiritual concerns and spiritual therapy that are now accepting participants. The list of trials can be further narrowed by location, drug, intervention, and other criteria.
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The geographic area drained by a river and its tributaries is called a "basin." The rivers and streams shown on this map all flow into the Colorado River. The canals and aqueduct in California receive water from the Colorado. This map shows only Reclamation's dams in the basin.
1. Trace the course of the Colorado River. Where does it start? Where does it end? There are two places where the river forms the boundary between two states. Which states are they?
2. Trace the boundaries of the Colorado River Basin. Which states are within the Basin? Which are in the Upper Basin and which are in the Lower Basin?
3. Most of the water in the Colorado comes from melting snow in the Upper Colorado Basin. Most of the water is used in the Lower Colorado Basin. If you had to decide how much of the river's water each state could have, what factors might you consider? If the states did not agree with what you recommended, who do you think should have the right to make a final decision?
4. The river crosses the border into Mexico. How would you decide how much water Mexico could claim? Who could make that decision?
5. How many dams can you find on the Colorado River? Hoover Dam was the first of those on the map. Why do you think there are so many now?
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Published April 17, 2012 01:02 PM
Blowing Away a Galaxy
Galaxies change over the eons. Galaxies grow new stars from interstellar gas. The way a galaxy grows new stars is a measure of its age. Supernova explosions and the jets of a monstrous black hole are scattering outward a galaxy's (NGC 3810) star making gas. The findings, which relied on ultraviolet observations from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer and a host of other instruments, fill an important gap in the current understanding of galactic evolution. It has long been known that gas rich spiral galaxies like our Milky Way smash together to create elliptical galaxies such as the one observed in the study. These big, round galaxies have very little star formation. The reddish glow of aging stars comes to dominate the complexion of elliptical galaxies, so astronomers refer to them as "red and dead."
The process that drives the dramatic transformation from spiral galactic youth to elderly elliptical is the rapid loss of cool gas, the fuel from which new stars form. Supernova explosions can start the decline in star formation, and then shock waves from the supermassive black hole finish the job. Now astronomers think they have identified a recently merged galaxy where this gas loss has just gotten underway.
"We have caught a galaxy in the act of destroying its gaseous fuel for new stars and marching toward being a red-and-dead type of galaxy," said Ananda Hota, lead author of a new paper in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. "We have found a crucial missing piece to connect and solve the puzzle of this phase of galaxy evolution," Hota added.
The most massive galaxies in the sky are giant elliptical galaxies. Their stars are on orbits that are randomly oriented within the galaxy (i.e. they are not rotating like disk galaxies). They are composed of old stars and have little to no dust. All elliptical galaxies probed so far have supermassive black holes in their center, and the mass of these black holes is correlated with the mass of the elliptical galaxy. Elliptical galaxies do not have disks around them, although some bulges of disk galaxies look similar to elliptical galaxies. One is more likely to find elliptical galaxies in more crowded regions of the universe (such as galaxy clusters).
Astronomers now see elliptical galaxies as some of the most evolved systems in the universe. It is widely accepted that the main driving force for the evolution of elliptical galaxies is mergers of smaller galaxies. These mergers can be extremely violent; galaxies often collide at speeds of 500 kilometers per second.
The supermassive black holes that reside in the centers of galaxies can flare up when engorged by gas during galactic mergers. As a giant black hole feeds, colossal jets of matter shoot out from it, giving rise to what is known as an active galactic nucleus. According to theory, shock waves from these jets heat up and disperse the reservoirs of cold gas in elliptical galaxies, thus preventing new stars from taking shape.
The galaxy Hota and his team looked at, called NGC 3801, shows signs of such a process. NGC 3801 is unique in that evidence of a past merger is clearly seen, and the shock waves from the central black hole's jets have started to spread out very recently. The researchers used the Galaxy Evolution Explorer to determine the age of the galaxy's stars and decipher its evolutionary history. The ultraviolet observations show that NGC 3801's star formation has petered out over the last 100 to 500 million years, demonstrating that the galaxy has indeed begun to leave behind its youthful years. The lack of many big, new, blue stars makes NGC 3801 look yellowish and reddish in visible light, and thus middle-aged.
What's causing the galaxy to age and make fewer stars? The short-lived blue stars that formed right after it merged with another galaxy have already blown up as supernovae. Data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope revealed that those stellar explosions have triggered a fast outflow of heated gas from NGC 3801's central regions. That outflow has begun to banish the reserves of cold gas, and thus cut into NGC 3801's overall star making.
Some star formation is still happening in NGC 3801, as shown in ultraviolet wavelengths observed by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer, and in infrared wavelengths detected by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. But that last flicker of youth will soon be extinguished by colossal shock waves from the black hole's jets, seen in X-ray light by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The waves will reach the outer portions of NGC 3801 in about 10 million years, scattering any remaining cool hydrogen gas and rendering the galaxy truly red and dead.
"The quenching of star formation by feedback from the active galactic nucleus probably occurs in just a billion years. That's not very long compared to the 10-billion-year age of a typical big galaxy," said Hota. "The explosive shock wave event caused by the central black hole is so powerful that it can dramatically change the future course of the evolution of an entire galaxy."
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Election Day voting went fast and easy for some South Floridians while other voters waited hours in line and complained of malfunctioning machines and broken scanners.
At Chapel Trail Elementary School in Pembroke Pines, voting got off to a rough start after a scanner for one of three precincts voting there died moments after the doors opened at 7 a.m. Tuesday. Residents who had already voted handed their filled-out ballots to staffers, who placed the ballots in a bag.
VIDEO: Aerial Footage of People Voting in Brickell
"They said, 'Just trust us, that [our unscanned ballots] will be done at the end of the night,'" Debbie White-Maynes said of election staff.
White-Maynes continued: "It doesn't sit well with me, because it really strains the confidence I have in the voting process. It should be a smoother process, and we should be made to feel confident that our vote is going to count."
Polls Open in South Florida for Election Day 2012
Mary Cooney, a spokeswoman for Broward County's Supervisor of Elections Office, said a scanner did go out at the polling site but said it was replaced. She said that when scanners malfunction, the office's procedure is to place them in a sealed bag, then in a second sealed bag. At the end of the night, those ballots are the first ones counted, she said.
Polls were scheduled to close at 7 p.m. Tuesday. But hundreds of South Floridians who were in line by 7 p.m. were allowed to stay after hours until their ballots were cast.
Cooney on Tuesday afternoon said that overall, voting in Broward County had gone smoothly, with the exception of issues that surface every election. "We had replaced a number of scanners, because they were jamming but that happens in every election and it's not problematic at all," she said.
Some voters at Chapel Trail Elementary complained of a frustrating experience, saying they thought poll workers were unprepared. They said staff didn't explain the holdup and said many voters left the line, not wanting to wait longer.
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At Rick Case Hyundai in Broward, people were frustrated when ballots ran out, but new ones were brought in. Cooney said when supplies start to run low at polling sites, election workers make arrangements for their ballot inventory to be replenished. Cooney said the office fielded "a lot of supply calls" Tuesday.
At Pine Island Park in Davie, six precincts were voting at one building. At one point, one of two voting machines for a precinct broke, clogging lines. A new machine was brought in. It helped get voting back to speed.
In Miami-Dade County, a broken scanner caused a delay at the Greynolds Park Elementary precinct in North Miami Beach. The delay caused a delay of nearly an hour as a new scanner was brought in. Voters were given the choice of dropping their ballot in a box and having it counted later. Most chose to wait it out and have it counted on the spot.
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At Miami-Dade Elections Department in Doral, voters said computers crashed shortly after the doors opened to accept absentee ballots. The computers were operating again within about 20 minutes.
In Hialeah, at a polling place on East Eighth Avenue and 43rd Street, voters reported scanner issues and wait times between two to three hours. Some said they though having two precincts voting at the location was confusing.
"Today was a little long, I spent like three hours in this whole thing and as soon as I got into the line over there, they put me in the wrong line. They're not organized," Paul Onate said. "I stood in the line for 45 minutes longer, then once I got to the unit they reset it five times. So it's just been a challenging day but at least I got my vote through and that's what's important."
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Casey Anthony Found Disguised as Black Man in Philly
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Casey Anthony is reportedly changing her name and considering plastic surgery to disguise her appearance. Well, a bunch of idiot internet users have tracked her down: She's now living as a black man in a Philadelphia suburb!
Actually, the guy happens to have the misfortune of being named "Casey Anthony." In the days since the verdict, he's received hundreds of friend requests and outraged posts on Facebook—even phone calls—from idiots who think he's the Casey Anthony.
Although… this is exactly the kind of devious plot Casey Anthony would dream up, isn't it? I mean, that woman is capable of anything—even murdering a guy and fashioning his skin into an elaborate disguise! It's probably her. And the worst part? She'll get off the hook for the skin-disguise, too. The monster. [NBC Philadelphia via HyperVocal]


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"Maybe love isn't something that comes full circle. It just ebbs and flows, in and out just like the people in our lives" – Colleen Hoover, It Ends With Us
Sometimes we think, it's easy to manage to–
Balance the flow of our lives, each passage,
Of words and wonders we travel down fast.
Of memories, dreams curling blissfully through.
Of laughter, love, reason to again bloom,
Beyond the memories trapping us, lasting;
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This ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) kit is intended for the quantitative measurement of human chromogranin A levels in EDTA-plasma and serum samples. This assay exclusively measures human chromogranin A without the high dose "hook" effect up to 1,000,000 ng/ml. This test may be used as an aid for detecting pheochromocytoma and neuroendocrine tumors in patients.
This chromogranin A ELISA kit is for in-vitro diagnostic use.
Chromogranin A is a 49 kDa acidic protein that consists of 439 amino acids encoded on chromosome 14. Chromogranin A has been identified in a number of normal and neoplastic endocrine tissues. It is demonstrated that an elevated level of circulating chromogranin A is a marker for tumors of neuroendocrine origin. However, the most significant clinical use of chromogranin A is related to the diagnostic procedure in patients with pheochromocytoma. The following is a short summary of the potential usages of chromogranin A.
1. A very sensitive (83%) and highly specific (96%) marker in the evaluation of actual or suspected pheochromocytoma. Drugs commonly employed in the diagnosis or treatment of pheochromocytoma have little effect on plasma chromogranin A levels, which is a great advantage over the measurement of catecholamines.
2. To ascertain the source of a tumor. A high chromogranin A level indicates that the tumor arises from neuroendocrine tissues.
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Located on the 17th floor of Palais de Chine (君品酒店), Le Palais (頤宮) compliments the high-end hotel it's located in with glamorous decor and a lavish menu that admits several Chinese culinary traditions, of which its Cantonese fare stands out under the eye of executive chef Chan Wai-keung (陳偉強) from Hong Kong.
Compared to the creative, urban chic adopted by W Taipei's Yen (紫艷), or the elegant charm that fills Shang Palace (香宮) of Shangri-La's Far Eastern Plaza Hotel (香格里拉遠東國際飯店), Le Palais flourishes a tastefully fashioned East-meets-West design painted in royal purple and lustrous brass, punctuated by emerald and black. The dining space is divided into sections, with the middle area featuring two rows of semi-enclosed boxes that is said to draw inspiration from the traditional architecture of boathouses in southern China.
Business was brisk on the Sunday afternoon we visited, and a quick glance around the room showed that many patrons came for the restaurant's well-advertised dim sum offerings as well as other Cantonese specialties. But don't be surprised if the menu looks familiar. Chan used to lead the team at The Dragon (辰園) at Sheraton Taipei Hotel (喜來登飯店) before moving to Le Palais.
Among the most common and familiar dishes ordered, roasted baby duck (先知鴨, NT$960), is one of the restaurant's signature dishes that uses young fowls to ensure tenderness. A chef dressed in white arrives with the order and deftly cuts, slices and prepares the whole bird for diners' enjoyment. Its bones and remaining meat can be made into soup or congee.
Our group of six quickly devoured the small duck, which offered neither disappointment nor surprise. Ten minutes later, its remaining parts returned to our table in the form of Chinese rice porridge. Sprinkled with ample spring onions, shredded cabbage and deep fried dough sticks (youtiao, 油條), the bowl won praise with its ducky deliciousness. Reservations are required to get a taste of this popular duck combo.
Address: 17F, 3, Chengde Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市承德路一段3號17樓)
Telephone: (02) 2181-9999 X 3260
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Average meal: NT$1,200 to NT$2,000
Details: Menu in Chinese, Japanese and English, credit cards accepted
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Another dish that requires booking is the crispy sugar-coated barbecued Matsuyama pork (脆皮叉燒, NT$580). Luscious, tender and surprisingly devoid of fat, the pork owed part of its appeal to the thin, crispy layer of icing on the outside. It was definitely the high point of my dining experience at Le Palais.
As for the selection of dim sum, there is none of the salty, greasy snacks found at the city's abundant Cantonese establishments. On the contrary, Chan's menu emphasizes light, healthy flavors and fine ingredients. For example, the steamed scallop with pumpkin (南瓜玉帶子, NT$180) is a well-balanced composition highlighting the scallop's briny freshness and the sweet scent of pumpkin sauce.
The steamed shrimp and pork with sea whelk dumplings (貴妃蚌燒賣, NT$220) were another delight, the plump mollusk creating an oceanic outburst in the mouth. The steamed cuttlefish wrapped in rice rolls (黑白分明腸, NT$180) is fun to look at with the white and black-colored rice rolls stuffed with cuttlefish paste, finely shredded celery and Chinese water chestnut.
A dessert available during the winter season from October to March, the sweet osmanthus with glutinous rice soup (桂花酒釀湯圓, NT$160) is a tribute to traditional home-cooking. But unlike the domestic version our mothers cook at home, the soup didn't have the smell of fermentation and was cheerfully light and sweet.


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Jackie Faye joined Newschannel 3 in May of 2013.
She previously worked as a military defense contractor under the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Her focus was media training for top military officials during exercises around the world.
Reporting is in Jackie's blood. She landed her first gig at CNN when she was only 12; although it was behind a fake desk in the gift shop, the experience got the ball rolling.
Before moving to Virginia, she reported in Raleigh, N.C., at NBC 17. While there, she was honored for her coverage of drug shortages in 2012. After her report aired, a federal class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of cancer patients who could not access lifesaving chemotherapy drugs.
In 2011, she was named a journalism fellow by The Funds of American Studies in Washington, D.C.
She also reported and produced in Columbia, S.C., at WIS News 10 (NBC). There, she uncovered a daycare that hired a sex offender and revealed problems a university had with its records.
Her first reporting job was in Oklahoma City, O.K. The Oklahoma City Police took Jackie on several undercover operations including a prostitution sting. She was also in the courtroom for the cannibalistic murder trial of Kevin Underwood. Underwood was sentenced to death. The most meaningful story she covered out west was the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing.
While studying Broadcast Journalism at the University of South Carolina, she studied abroad in Salamanca, Spain, interned with G.Gordon Liddy and Alan Nathan at Radio America in Washington, D.C., and was one of two interns for Fox News Channel's Special Report w/ Brit Hume in Washington, D.C. She also attended Georgetown University's Institute of Political Journalism.
She got her first subpoena in college when she interviewed a man who was charged with murder two days later. She did not know while questioning the man about a gang shooting that she was talking to the gunman. After a three-month investigation she had connected five shootings, two of which were murders.
While not reporting, you will probably find Jackie at the gym or running around town. She is a certified aerobics instructor and volunteers with Ainsley's Angels — an organization that helps people with disabilities participate in sporting events. She also volunteers for Big Brothers Big Sisters.
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- Preheat oven to 400ºF.
- Season pork with salt and pepper. Coat a large nonstick skillet (preferably ovenproof) with cooking spray and place over medium-high heat. Add pork to skillet and sear until all sides are brown, about 5 minutes.
- Use a mortar and pestle or large knife and fork to mash garlic into a paste-like consistency. Pull rosemary leaves off sprig and crumble. Press rosemary and garlic paste into pork.
- Transfer pork to a roasting pan (or leave in skillet, if it is ovenproof) and roast in oven until a meat thermometer inserted into the center reads 155ºF, about 25-35 minutes.
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Iberostar Grand Hotel Paraiso, Mexico
On the Riviera Maya, a coastal region south of Canc ún in the easternmost part of Mexico, there are 70 miles of white beaches and turquoise water. Summer days are torrid with high humidity and clear skies of brilliant scorching sunshine. Winter days are delightfully heated with sun-filled days and tropical breezes. A glass of freshly squeezed fruit punch with rum or Tequila over ice along with repeated dips in the pool or Caribbean offer a quenching, welcome relief year-round.
Modern architectural complexes -- hotels, marinas, sports facilities and restaurants -- have replaced small adobe haciendas and roadside shack-like watering holes. The region has experienced a boom in construction over the past decade, including some upscale luxury developments.
The Iberostar Grand Paraiso Hotel, the hottest new, seaside, adults-only, all-inclusive high-end destination resort, is at the top of its class on Riviera Maya. The beach, pools, shading palapas and cabanas, their towel-covered lounge chairs and nearby attending staff melt away tensions to maximize relaxation and comfort. What's very cool are the air-conditioned, high-ceilinged, glass-walled, indoor spaces -- hotel rooms, bars, lounges, hallways, restaurants and theaters.
The palace structures are reminiscent of Dubai, with spacious interiors and adjacent pools (one saltwater, one freshwater) that add to the resort's grandeur. The interior and exterior architecture and design at the Iberostar Grand are spectacular and display many features that beg to be photographed.
Restaurant dining is located within the expansive confines of the hotel. The roomy breakfast restaurant and an all-day beachside dining area offer buffet and individually prepared á la carte selections sure to satisfy even the most finicky of tastes. Dinner options are available in a variety of well-accented restaurants, each with a unique and specific theme in decor, presenting pleasantly designed architectural accoutrements -- Toni's (surf and turf), Haiku (Japanese), L'Atelier (gourmet), Venecia (Italian), Bella Vista (buffet and á la carte), La Brisa (buffet and á la carte). The quantity, variety and quality of food accessible around the clock was somewhat overwhelming.
The server for dinner at L'Atelier was dressed in a smartly pressed navy waiter's jacket and pant attire with white gloves. He delivered my first choice of fresh cheese layers and a slightly smoked squash cream with morels and duck foie. The combination was delicious and aesthetically pleasing. It was an introduction of more of the same to come.
I was most intrigued by the description of the second appetizer ordered, a pheasant magret blended with white beans and olive oil ice cream served with a dried fresh fruit vinaigrette. The smooth-textured mix and subtle, somewhat courser fruity, pungent vinaigrette created a refreshing intermingling of flavors.
The entrée of lasagna and squash red snapper medallions, shrimp and scallops with garlic aroma, pignoles and almonds proved most enjoyable. I wasn't really sure what to expect, being most familiar with lasagna as wide noodles baked in tomato sauce with meat and cheese. This whimsical version of layered ingredients was both light and filling, tasty and balanced; a nicely seasoned delicacy combining vegetables and sea fare.
The choice of Bohemia Negro Modelo instead of wine was a good one. The body and smoothness of this Mexican dark beer went exceedingly well with each dish.
I passed on dessert and headed to the cigar lovers sanctuary -- a tastefully decorated cigar bar furnished with comfortable lounge chairs, couches, small tables and a bar.
The humidor selections included a range of Cohibas (from the diminutive Exquisito to the Siglo IV), several Montecristos and a few Partagas, including the Serie D. Prices aren't terribly expensive, given the resort setting, and the informed patron can find a few bargains. While the Montecristo No. 2 is a bit steep at 200 pesos ($18.34), the Partagas Serie D No. 4 is a reasonable 150 pesos ($13.75).
I chose an H. Upmann Corona. The smooth-drawing, quality Cuban tobacco imparted a strong taste and great balance. A cool glass of dark rum punch added a refreshing touch.
Before turning in for the night I visited with a gentleman named Crescencio Abraján. Resident cigarmaker Crescencio hand-rolls 50 to 70 cigars each day using the same trimming tool and petrified palm tree stone he's had since learning techniques from Cubans in Vera Cruz, Mexico, more than 30 years ago. The tobacco he uses is grown in the San Andrés Valley near Veracruz. Cresencio's cigars are private labels made exclusively for Iberostar.
There are a number of bars throughout the hotel complex. No additional charge is incurred for drinks, meals, room service or in-room servi-bar. These are covered as part of the daily all-inclusive fee. At the Grand this can range, according to the season, offer or packager, from $280 to $600 per night per person. Cigars, laundry, golf and a few other amenities are extra.
Responsive concierges and butlers, available 24 hours, are located on each floor of the hotel. Along with the 24-hour room service they add to the attentive, personalized guest service that accommodates every need. And don't worry about drinking the water at this resort. All water and ice are purified.
The resort offers many day activities, including a spa, fitness center, sailing, water sports, shopping, indoor and outdoor pools, and golf. Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club, a P. B. Dye design, incorporates intriguing natural features such as cenotes (sinkholes where twisted trees grow). Shot-changing contours in the fairways and undulating terrain add to the challenge. Night entertainment is also part of the package: first-rate shows of music, dance and magic are offered for hotel guests only. Much to do, plenty to eat and drink, and no need to leave the sizable property.
Visit www.iberostargrandparaiso.com


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The world is talking about the third industrial revolution – 3D printing, drones and self-driving cars. The much loved television show of the 80's and early 90's, Beyond 2000, now seems conservative in its views and the improbable has already been achieved. We take a look at the sometimes intimidating world of technology.
Elon Musk is aiming to take us to Mars by 2025, and while most believed this would never happen in our lifetime, it is a fast approaching feat. However, at the centre of all this innovation and rapid advancement is the increased ability to capture data and analyse it, driving decisive strategy and uncovering problems that require solving. According to Google Chairman, Eric Schmidt, from the dawn of civilisation to 2003, humankind generated five exabytes of data. We now produce five exabytes every two days. But what does this mean for real estate, and how do we identify relevant data worth analysing?
A number of exciting technologies have been developed to generate and analyse data, giving insights specific to corporate real estate. Each system is complex and changing as new ideas are added, because this is the new world of flux that we live in. Three of these are examined in more detail.
Property inspection data all in one place
The first of these technologies is a tablet based application initially aimed at assisting quantity surveyors, engineers and project managers in the accurate data capture of building conditions and work required. But as the ideas flow, the capabilities for this tool are being extended into lease advisory, allowing an analyst to input client feedback at the viewing, which automatically feeds back into the CRM system.
So how does this translate into useful data? With a comprehensive database of property stock, and sectoral, client specific attitudes towards a building, algorithms will enable us to deliver relevant options to any requirement in a matter of minutes. Long lists of buildings, with often irrelevant or obstructive features, will be narrowed to the closest matches, saving time for capital structuring and negotiations. Add to this the simplicity of the Archilogic software which converts CAD drawings into virtual reality renderings, and the already narrowed long list is now viewable from the comfort of an armchair through an inexpensive set of Google Cardboard virtual reality goggles. This data is about time efficiency and, in turn, cost reduction.
Smarter buildings
The Internet of Things is already starting to reach a level of fatigue in talks on technology and pioneering the landscape of the future, and yet it is a significant driver in data collection and strategy delivery. The sensor system, bRIGHT, connects the work environment to the Internet, enabling a remarkable set of data to be analysed, and in conjunction with employee and leadership engagement, create tangible savings in space utilisation and improve staff retention and attraction.
The system works by placing sensors beneath each workstation in the workplace, with strategic placement of temperature, lux, noise and humidity sensors. All of this feeds into a wireless receiver allowing real time analysis. The data is relevant on two levels. The first is the irrefutable evidence of space utilisation and the basis on which executives and managers can motivate for an increase or reduction in space. Employees may complain of a short supply of boardrooms, while the data indicates that boardroom bookings are not being honoured, and perhaps the problem lies therein and not with the number of rooms. Further to this, over a six month period it becomes evident that a set of desks in a certain part of the office are radically underutilised in comparison to the average office sharing ratios. A simple glance at the environmental sensor data points to low light levels and the installation of a higher wattage bulb encourages employees back into the area. Essentially, bRIGHT enables an office to operate at maximum efficiency.
Another benefit is the increase in employee satisfaction and productivity. bRIGHT is connected to a mobile app, enabling the employee to easily find an available workstation. An alert will pop up on their phone suggesting a boardroom for an approaching meeting, and suggesting a hospitality requirement to inform the office support staff of a food and beverage request. The office becomes accessible to the employee and common frustrations are eliminated from the workplace. This, in turn, increases staff retention, employee satisfaction and ultimately, productivity.
Tracking real estate portfolios on all levels
Data allows us to see large problems, and seemingly disconnected notions, centralised and analysed in simple, bite sized visuals. JLL's Real Estate Data (RED) suite is the ideal tool for corporate real estate managers with large portfolios extending across numerous locations. The system allows for a snapshot view of the portfolio's status, outstanding facilities management requests and capital expenditure. When drilled down, the system has endless capabilities. Business and real estate requirements can be compared via a scoring matrix showing the correlation between good real estate decisions and business outcomes. Exact locations can be pinpointed based on travel time, fuel costs and customer catchment. The system is completely fluid and tailored to the client's requirements. At the crux of this remarkable portfolio analysis tool is data. The first step of each process in client engagement is the identification of the relevant data for the objectives of the project. Where does the client foresee savings, or what is the current most pressing issue for the business and real estate portfolio. Only once the important data is collected can these outcomes be produced, and the data is readily available.
With the turn of the century came the ability to store more data than previously imagined and that rate of data generation is increasing exponentially. The key to successfully translating data into valuable insight and strategy is to identify your drivers and partner with advisers entrenched in this space. Combining relevant data with insightful analytics will change your bottom line.


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Last May I spent two wonderful weeks in St. Petersburg, Russia, walking the streets and exploring the myriad museums, small and large, but especially the small. Near the hotel where I was staying, someone had affixed a large sculpture of a nose to the wall of an old building, to mark the spot where the main character of Gogol's story "The Nose" supposedly lived. That gives one a sense of how literary fame and legend intersect with the streetscape of this poet-saturated cultural capital.
The city is particularly rich in small museums devoted to literary and artistic figures. We have similar sites in the United States, but not as densely woven into the living city, nor maintained quite so ardently as shrines. Our house museums tend to be educational, while in Russia the education they offer is a side effect along with the main purpose: worship. Let's put it another way: Imagine what you could do, as a curator, if everyone entering your museum already knew a fair amount about the subject at hand.
I went to as many of these little museums–Rimsky-Korsakov, Chaliapin, Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Nabokov–as I could in the time I spent there, and it was enormously satisfying and great fun. I wrote about the experience in this week's The Washington Post.


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City of Lincoln
Mayor's Office
2004 Media Releases
Mayor Coleen J. Seng announced today that Lincoln has received 12 Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs), which are used in cases of sudden cardiac arrest to shock the heart back to a normal rhythm. The local AED Community Consortium raised $60,000 to purchase the AEDs and place them throughout the community. The Lincoln Police Department has received five AEDs to be placed in police vehicles as part of a pilot project.
"Cardiac arrest can strike anyone, at any age, at any time," said Mayor Seng. "We know that immediate treatment is the most important factor in saving lives and preventing permanent damage. I want to thank the donors who provided the funds for these life-saving AEDs. Our community is safer because of this project."
In 2002, Lincoln's emergency medical system attempted to resuscitate 134 victims of sudden cardiac arrest, and only 15 individuals survived. "The response time is critical and must be done within three to four minutes to avoid brain damage, since ventricular fibrillation is associated with no blood pressure or delivery of oxygen to vital organs especially the brain," said Dr. Andrew Merliss, Lincoln cardiologist and Medical Director of the AED Consortium.
The Ethel S. Abbott Charitable Foundation donated $12,670 for the purchase of seven AEDs. Two will be placed at the Ethel S. Abbott Sports Complex on North 70th Street. The other five will be placed at the American Red Cross - Lancaster County Chapter; the Lancaster Events Center; the Northeast Senior Center; North Star High School; and a location to be determined later.
In addition to purchasing new AEDs, the Consortium is working with Lincoln Fire and Rescue to identify the location of existing AEDs. Nebraska law requires those who have AEDs to register them. Those needing to register their AEDs can call Jill Baker, AED Project Coordinator, at 441-4693 to request a registration card. They can also register on line through the City web site at lincoln.ne.gov (click on Lincoln Fire and Rescue).
"Knowing where we currently have AEDs and mapping their locations can provide life-saving information to emergency responders and others who may be able to assist a victim of sudden cardiac arrest," said Steve Beal, Assistant Health Director of the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department and Chair of the Consortium.
Others providing funding for the AED project are the Community Health Endowment of Lincoln, the BryanLGH Foundation, the BryanLGH Heart Hospital, Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center, the Nebraska Heart Institute Heart Hospital and an anonymous donor of $5,000.
Project oversight is being provided by the AED Community Consortium, which includes the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department; the American Heart Association-Heartland Division; the American Red Cross - Lancaster County Chapter; the BryanLGH Foundation, Heart Institute and Medical Center; the Health Partners Initiative; EMS Inc.; the Lancaster County Medical Society; the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office; the City Emergency Communications/911 Division; the Lincoln City Council; Lincoln Fire and Rescue; the Lincoln Police Department; Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital; the Nebraska Heart Institute Heart Hospital; the Nebraska Safety Council; St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center; and William Brantley, a cardiac arrest survivor.


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Par décision preféctorale, la course Iron Girl est annulée. Les athlètes ont reçu un email avec le détail concernant les conditions d'annulation.
Welcome on the Byphasse Iron Girl Nice website!
The 2019 edition will take place on Sunday 30 June
Waiver to sign and bring on site
The Byphasse Iron Girl Nice is a 5km running race reserved to girls from 16 years old. It takes place during the IRONMAN event.
2 euros are donated to the INDIGO association for each entry. So, the participants will be part of both a sporting and charitable event!
Start: 9.15am
* 1 lap of 5 km on the Promenade des Anglais
* 1 water aid station at the middle of the circuit
* There's only one obligation: to finish under 1 hour!
Pick up your race package
>> on the Iron Girl stand in the IRONMAN Expo Village (Promenade des Anglais):
- Thursday before the race from 10:00am to 7pm
- Friday before the race from 9:00am to 7:00pm
- Saturday before the race from 9:00am to 7:00pm
- Sunday before the race from 8:00am to 8:45am
Race Day Schedule
08.00 am / 08.45 am Registration at the EXPO Village
08.30 am / 10.30 am Cloakrooms :deposit and pick up your belongings on race day in the cloakrooms (free)
08.55 am Go to the Start Area
09.15 am Start of the Byphasse Iron Girl Nice
09.32 am Arrival of the 1st Iron Girl
09.40 am Awards ceremony of the 3 first Iron Girl Individual category (Finish line)
10.15 am Arrival of the last Iron Girl (cut-off time)
11.20 am Awards ceremony of Team Family and Team friends categories (On the beach)
Event limited to 1300 participants
Entry fees
* 10 Euros for an Individual
This entry fees includes:
* Your participation to the Byphasse Iron Girl France Nice
* 2€ donated to the INDIGO association for an individual registration, 4€ for a team registration
* An Iron Girl T-shirt
* An official Iron Girl medal
License and medical certificate
No license: If you don't have a license from an Athleticism Federation, you have to bring a medical certificate from less than one year at race day of triathlon in competition.
Click here to download a template of medical certificate
License :For the international licensed athletes of an athleticism Federation, please bring the copy of your valid license.
Find the Iron Girl albums on our Facebook page:
FinisherPix will be at IRONGIRL France to capture your race memories. Within 24 – 48 hours after the race your personal race photos will be available here: http://www.finisherpix.com
Founded in July 1993, INDIGO's main goal is to improve the quality of life and the quality of care for children and adolescent treated for leukemia, cancer, HIV infection at the hospital l'Archet and the Foundation Lenval in the city of Nice.
The association is managed by volunteers and support children by organizing various recreational activities in the hospital (painting, sculpture and writing sessions), but also nature walks and sporting activities (climbing, hiking, skiing, tennis, football, golf etc). The funds raised are also used to purchase medical equipment.
For each registration, 2€ are donated to INDIGO.


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Kate Gosselin's new TLC travel show has been given the final greenlight -- this from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor.
A rep for the department told TMZ that the correct paperwork for the show has been submitted and approved. "The proper steps have been taken and the kids are permitted for 'Kate Plus 8,' " the spokesperson said.
The TLC show will feature the world's most famous single-mother and her kids traveling around the country. Now that Gosselin has been booted from "Dancing With the Stars" she's ready to get the show on the road and remind people about the type of television that made her famous in the first place.
The tiny co-stars are not scheduled to appear in Gosselin's advice show "Twist of Kate."
Gosselin told PopcornBiz that she was waiting until the last minute to tell the kids about the channel program because they were just going to ask about it repeatedly if she told them too early.
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Now would be a good time Kate.


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Wollemi pine on display
Discovered as recently as 1994, the Wollemi Pine has been referred to as the 'botanical find of the 20th Century' and 'the equivalent of finding a small living dinosaur on Earth'. A small live Wollemi Pine is now on display My Photo Studio, part of the Wildlif
The display
There are four terrariums featuring live displays in My Photo Studio One display includes native cockroaches from the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. These native cockroaches differ greatly from the introduced species that most Sydney residents are accustomed to, most native cockroaches actually like to bask in the sunlight and in captivity will sit for hours under a spotlight. Branches and live plants are provided for the cockroaches to climb and bask on, plants have been chosen to reflect the variety found in the Blue Mountains. The Wollemi Pine was chosen because it is endemic (found nowhere else) to the Blue Mountains and is remarkably distinctive.
In order to care for the pines, two specimens will be used and will take turns between being on exhibit and in resting under natural light. The small trees were provided by the Mount Annan Botanic Gardens.
The story so far....
For those who haven't heard of the botanic find of the 20th Century or who have forgotten what all the hype was about heres the main story:
The Wollemi Pine, Wollemia nobilis, was named in honour of David Noble; the National Parks and Wildlife Service Officer who discovered a small stand of trees in a deep gorge in the vast wilderness of Wollemi National Park in 1994. Despite its very fern-like foliage, it was soon classified as a species of conifer, belonging to the family Araucariaceae. There are two living genera within the family, Agathis and Araucaria, however the seed-cone of this new plant did not fit into either, therefore a new genus was created Wollemia and soon after its species name noblis was added to form its scientific name.
The Wollemi Pine has a certain prehistoric look, and was beleived to have lived in Australia for a long time. Proof of the plants antiquity came from fossils held in the Australian Museum. One species of fossil plant; Agathis jurassica, (Described by Mary White in 1981) dates to a Jurassic fossil site in Talbragar, New South Wales and has foliage almost identical to those of living Wollemia. Pollen scientists were also able to match the living plants pollen with a variety of fossil pollen prevalent through the sediments of the Jurassic, Cretaceous and through to the last ice age when the species is beleived to have restricted in range due to the drying out of the Australian continent.
The Wollemi Pine may be the single greatest botanical discovery of the 20th Century, however was also one of the most endangered species of plants in the world with only a handful of adult specimens known to exist in the wild. Numerous government agencies have worked together to protect the species and one way has been to cultivate the trees and make them available to the worlds gardeners. This protects the wild pines in three ways; firstly the funds raised through selling the plants goes towards studying and protecting the wild stock. Secondly, the cultivated plants act as an insurance population in case the wild trees suffer another decrease in population. Lastly, having plants legally available prevents black market collectors from having to find and plunder the wild stock. The initial efforts to cultivate the Wollemi Pine were made at the Mount Annan Botanic Gardens and are now available for sale in many garden nurseries.
Further Reading
Woodward, J. 2002. The Wollemi Pine. Text Publishing. Melbourne.
Official website of the Wollemi Pine www.wollemipine.com
Publications about the Wollemi Pine, www.environment.gov.au Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.


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Wireless, Battery-Less Command Stations
STEUTE is pleased to announce the availability of their family of wireless, industrial-grade command stations. These single and multi-actuator units are availability with pushbutton, selector and key-operated switches. Each of these features an energy-generator, eliminating the need for a battery and its related maintenance or replacement.
Available for 915 MHz operation, these CSA, FCC and IC-certified controls have a nominal transmission range of 40 m inside and 450 m outside. With a life expectancy in excess of 1 million operations, and an IP65 rating, these units are ideal for machinery, material handling, chemical processing, painting, packaging, food processing and other industrial applications.
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text: Four glorious residences – two 4-bedroom, one 3-bedroom and a 1-bedroom villa – make up the Dea Villas estate, an exclusive enclave five minutes from Berawa Beach and only 15 minutes from the buzz of Seminyak. Each is secure in its own garden with pool and outdoor pergola or balé, and enjoys shared gym, spa, and children's playground. Each has its own character and style, from ultra-contemporary to whimsical heritage chic – enriched with hi-tech facilities including iPod docks and home theatre systems. Best of all, they can be rented separately or together, meaning Dea Villas can accommodate guests in many combinations, from a honeymooner couple to two families in adjoining villas right up to 40+ residential guests for a wedding celebration.