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Refer to your requirement advertised in Kompas May 27 2011, I am interested to joint and to contribute with your respected company. I am twenty-six years of age, single and in good health condition. I was graduated from AA YKPN, Yogyakarta in 2003. My scholastic record is satisfactory and also skilled at Accounting duties. I am be able to use English both oral and written, computer literate, able to use MS Office package such as MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS OutLook and Internet, also familiar with English Correspondences and Administration duties. Now, I am working as Accounting Staff at PT. SURYA PERKASA. I am willing to learn and work very well with others and anxious to put my knowledge into practical. Enclosed is my resume and latest photograph for your review and considerations. I hope you will grant me an interview and the opportunity to give you more details about my self. Yours faithfully,
Dear Sir/Madam, I wish to apply for the position of Accounting Staff that was advertised on Mandiraja Post, September 27, 2018. I have over one year experience as an Accounting with PT. Cool Groups and have experience of a wide variety of pattern techniques. My computer skills are very good, and I have an excellent record as a reliable, productive employee. I am looking for new challenges and the posistion of Accounting Staff sounds the perfect opportunity. Your organisation has an enviable record innovation in investor financial cosultant, and an excellent reputation as an employer, making the position even more attractive. I enclose my CV for your inspection and look forward to hearing from you soon. I am available for interview at your convenience
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Contoh Surat Lamaran Kerja Bahasa Inggris Marketing/sales 12 Jerome Drive Putnam Lake Patterson, NY 12563 (716) 681-2222 May 27, 2011 Box 4610 Putnam Lake 15 Jump Street Patterson, N.Y. 12566 To Whom It May Concern: I enclosed my resume in response to your Last Ever sales advertisement in the Rochester Herald on Sunday, March 18. My sales/marketing background includes an eigthyear association with Clark's Sport Inc., where I was in charge of developing the New England territory. This involved recruiting, training, and working with sales force. It was also my responsibility to develop and implement sales/marketing plans and strategies in support of the field sales effort.
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Contoh Surat Lamaran Kerja Bahasa Inggris Finance & Accounting Jakarta, May 27, 2011
 Attention: Personel Manager of PT FAJAR KARYA INDAH Tbk. Gedung PT. FAJAR KARYA INDAH Tbk. 2nd floor Jl. Kemandoran Kav.27 Jakarta Barat Dear Sir/Madam,
I am presently employed as Sales Manager of Jackson and Jackson, Inc., a men's wear manufacturer. I am very eager to return to the sporting goods industry. In my present position, I call on, sell, and service mass merchandisers, retail chains, department stores, and military exchanges. I achieved success in these and other related activities, and enjoy the fine rapport and reputation developed through my ability to communicate and work with people on all levels. I am a result-oriented manager who enjoys traveling and working with people, motivating them, and developing their skill to maximum potential. It would be difficult to indicate every area of expertise in my resume; therefore, I would appreciate meeting you to discuss my qualifications for this position greater detail. I may be reached at the above phone number to set up an appointment for an interview. Sincerely,
I am looking forward to meeting you. When can we set up an appointment for an interview? I may be reached at 021-7756729. Sincerely,
Syaiful Tanjung
Contoh Surat Lamaran Kerja Bahasa Inggris Banking - International Relation 90 Valentine Lane Melville, NY 11745 Phone: (516) 894-3222 May 27, 2011 Ms. Jennifer Phillips Personnel Director Bank of New York 909 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10660 Dears Ms. Phillips:
David Walker Mr. Jason Young, an executive in your Manhattan office who is a friend of my father, suggested I write to you about the possibility of an opening in your international department. As you can see from my resume, I am a French major and Spanish minor and I am very interested in a position where I can use my knowledge of languages. I have worked as an office temporary for the past three summers and some of my assignments where in the banking field. I am proficient in several software packages including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and would be willing to use these skill in an administrative capacity, as long as there would be an opportunity to move into a more challenging role once I have proven my capabilities and value to the organization. I would like very much to meet you and I am available for an interview any time convenient to you. Sincerely yours,
Contoh Surat Lamaran Kerja Bahasa Inggris Sales Manager Jl. Komando III/56 Karet Setiabudi Jakarta Selatan 12920 May 27, 2011 Mr. Ardi Sanjaya Vice-President of Sales PT. Fastron Electronic Jl. M.H. Thamrin kav. 12 A Jakarta Selatan I am applying for a position as Sales Manager with your company, as I feel my background in developing a sales department will be of interest to you. As my resume indicates, I joined PT. Bakrie Electric., in the capacity of trainee and moved up the ladder to my current position of Sales Manager. In each year of my employment, I was successful in opening news account, penetrating existing ones, and reopening closed business. As a result, I was responsible for sales increase of 20% to 25%. As sales manager I was involved in recruiting, training, and supervising a staff of 120 salespeople and was responsible foe sales worldwide.
Mark Anderson
Contoh Surat Lamaran Kerja Bahasa Inggris Secretary/Administratif Personnel manager PT Karya Indah Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said kav 27 Jakarta Selatan Dear Sir,
 In response to your advertisement in today's issue of 'Jakarta Post' for a secretary to Marketing Manager, I wish to offer my self for the post. I am twenty two years old and used to work as a typist for two years. Having graduated from Academy of Secretary last year, I got a special job training for secretarial work for three months. Now I feel I have the necessary qualifications to fill the vacancy you offer. For your further information, I enclose herewith my curriculum vitae, a testimonial from my academy and a recent photograph of mine. I hope you will consider this application and grant me an opportunity of an interview. Yours faithfully,
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Holiday shopping in Tehran. (Morteza Nikoubazl / Courtesy Reuters)
It was Christmastime in Tehran, and forecasters were predicting another early snow. On a cold day last December at the bazaar in Tajrish, the wealthy historic neighborhood in northern Tehran, shoppers avoided the exposed alleyway stalls and instead headed for the warmth of the nearby mini-malls, which were as overheated as any in the United States. Inside one, kids gathered around the window of a Christmas shop to gaze at the ornaments and plastic Santas inside. A few other shops also had Christmas decorations -- perfectly legal in the Islamic Republic, even if the religious authorities frown on them. Christians are free to celebrate as they wish -- there are even Christmas trees for sale on the sidewalks in the Armenian neighborhoods of Tehran.
The decorations contrasted sharply with the thousands of black and green "Ya Hossein" flags fluttering outside virtually every street-side shop, celebrating Shia Islam's Imam. There were the vans and cruisers of the Gasht-e Ershad, the morality police, who guard Persian society from sartorial affronts to Islam. This year they extended their unwelcome presence well into the winter months (they normally appear in the spring, when coats come off for the season, and are gone by the early summer), lest a stray strand of hair poke from underneath a woman's scarf, or, worse yet, her coat not quite reach her knees.
So it was Christmas, but it was also Moharram, the Arabic name for the month in which Hossein, the grandson of the prophet Muhammad and patron saint of Shias, was martyred in Karbala. It is the most holy month for Shias, celebrating as it does their most venerated saint, whose martyrdom is their very raison d'être. As some Iranians went about their daily business, shopping for food and household items, the more pious attended mosques for mourning ceremonies -- rites that for hundreds of years nothing, not even international crises, revolutions, or the winds of war could prevent,
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This video makes me really, really want some sort of magical powers. Imagine being able to blast people with Ember. I certainly wouldn't have to deal with crowds in the subway stations anymore, that's for sure. I told Fahey and he said he waved his hand and now granted me with magical powers. I think he lied, though, because I still can't set anyone on fire. What the hell.


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Exit Left from International Airport towards Wardha Road Just opposite to Airport The Pride Hotel Nagpur is situated. Just ½ km.
Exit Left from Railway Station towards Ganesh tekdi
• Merge onto Ganesh Tekdi over bridge
• Merge onto sita burdi square Downtown
• Merge onto sita burdi over bridge Straight
• Keep straight at the saibaba temple wardha road and go onto somalwada square
• Keep straight on Wardha road road
• End at Airport square – The Pride Hotel Nagpur is on the left!
I stayed in this hotel for two nights and I must stay the standard which the property is maintaining is far better than any other hotel in nagpur. The rooms are so cleaned and well maintained and in the evening time they also have some arrangement for live music in their restaurant which is again added advantage. Check In out Check out was also Smooth!!!


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BlobShare: Corporate Filesharing with Security and Control
We've all done it. We have a file we need to transfer to someone - but it's big. Really big. "Big", in this case, is defined as "bigger than my corporate e-mail will let me send." So of course we scout around, and find a free file share location. We plop it in, and send a link to the other person. Problem solved!
No, problem created. You see, many of these file-sharing sites have some…interesting…language in their terms. Sure, for a picture of aunt Sally riding that llama on the vacation, who cares if someone else steals it and puts it on an advertisement for a shipping company from Elbonia? But most of these offerings were not designed for a corporation with private or secure information - sometimes your private or secure information.
So what's a company to do? You have to let people send files - they are just going to work around IT if you don't - but you need a way to keep it secure, and maintain a chain of custody in some cases. There is a solution.
There's a free Codeplex project called "BlobShare" that we have for you here. You pull it down, follow the instructions, and deploy it to Windows and SQL Azure. From there, you have a clean, safe, secure, controlled interface to let your folks share files.
There's a full post on the inner-workings and the design of this code - and it's just code. You can change it, use your own logo, restrict it further, loosen it up, whatever you like. That's the point of Platform as a Service - control and ease.


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By: by Larry Rulison, Business Writer, Times Union
ALBANY -- The University at Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering is getting next-generation technology from IBM Corp. that will allow it to build the most advanced university-based computer chip manufacturing line in the world.
The NanoCollege is licensing so-called 28-nanometer technology from IBM that is several generations ahead of how current chips are manufactured for today's cellphones and personal computers.
Such technology "nodes" refer to the size of the smallest feature -- like a transistor -- on a computer chip. A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter, and so with smaller features, companies like IBM can cram more transistors on a chip, making them more powerful.
The NanoCollege currently has a 65-nanometer manufacturing line at its Albany NanoTech complex that can make prototypes for today's electronics. That line was started less than a year ago.
But by adding 28-nanometer capabilities, the NanoCollege secures itself as major pre-manufacturing center for chips well into the future.
Alain Kaloyeros, the chief executive of the NanoCollege, said university-based research centers are lucky if they can get access to semiconductor technologies 10 years after commercialization. In this case, the school is getting the technology before it hits the market.
"This is three to five generations ahead," Kaloyeros said. "This opens up a lot of opportunities."
Kaloyeros said 28-nanometer chips could be five to 10 times faster than current chips on the market, and many companies will want to test it out in Albany before sending their designs off to volume manufacturers like IBM and GlobalFoundries, which is building a $4.6 billion computer chip factory in Malta that will use the 28-nanometer technology.
"IBM didn't have to do this," Kaloyeros said.
The school will not have to pay for the license, but it has committed $25 million for upgrades in order to be able to run its machines at the 28-nanometer node. That money comes from the fees it charges companies to use its equipment at the sprawling $7 billion Albany NanoTech complex on Fuller Road. Kaloyeros believes that companies that want to help supply the 28-nanometer process will also put more resources in the Capital Region.
IBM has a long-standing relationship both with the NanoCollege and New York state. Hundreds of IBM scientists work at Albany NanoTech developing the next-generation technologies and manufacturing techniques that the company uses to make computer chips -- some of which it shares with its commercial partners such as GlobalFoundries, Samsung and others. IBM has a major chip fab in East Fishkill, Dutchess County.
Richard Brilla, the college's vice president for strategy, alliances and consortia, said the college would be a first stop for many working on tomorrow's chips.
"It's the leading edge capability," Brilla said. "It provides a ready path to commercialization."
"Silicon Valley is in the Hudson Valley nowadays," said Bernie Meyerson, vice president of innovation and global university relations for IBM. "It's really a marvelous situation right now."


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I don't think anyone has a crystal ball, Mike. Regardless of any plan any team lays out, there are a ton of factors in play and they need things to break right in order to be successful. I like the Mets' plan - they are clearly building the future of this organization around the likes of young pitching. But those pitchers need to continue to develop and stay healthy in order for the plan to function. If the pitching continues on this track, it will be fun to watch unfold in 2013 and hopefully a part of better times beginning in 2014.
I also don't think there's any evidence to suggest the Mets are going to be operating with a "smaller payroll" in future seasons, either. They may, or they may not - only time will tell. But even if the Mets were to (hypothetically) invest $80 million in their payroll in 2014, their roster would likely be way more balanced than it is today. Why? Because they have such an imbalance of resource allocation on their roster now, and much of that (in the form of Johan Santana's and Jason Bay's deals) won't exist at this time next year. And, free agent classes are getting worse and worse nowadays, and so it wouldn't be wise to invest solely in that market anyway. As I always say, it's not about spending and bringing in overpriced free agents - that's part of what got the Mets into this mess originally. It's about developing from within and creating a foundation - which they are clearly trying to do - and maximizing that value in each roster spot they fill from outside the organization to supplement that foundation. Going forward, the Mets should be able to do that more efficiently.
Remember, the Mets payroll was still around $100 million in 2012 - that's a lot of money to spend on 74 wins and hardly what I'd call a small payroll. Don't misunderstand that as my advocating for the Mets to spend less: it's a call to spend wisely and restore the ability to fix problems with quality solutions as they arise.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by BAFA from LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this tool! This is the best tool ever for cubing avocado. Cut it in half, pit it, and then push in to very bottom of avocado, twist, gently twist again as lifting it out, and it easily comes out as if in a scoop. A tap or two top down into container and wallah! The best ever... And it's super easy to clean. This is my second Avocado Cuber from W-S as I'm going to gift it to one of my daughters who actually has avocados growing on her property. She's going to love it. I use it at least 2-3 times a week as avocados are great with drizzled with Mango Balsamic and some fresh basil.Date published: 2016-06-14Rated 5 out of 5 by CarolMonty from Great little tool Love this tool for cubing avocados. Easy to use and does a great job.Date published: 2016-01-08Rated 5 out of 5 by GizmoCyn from I LOVE THIS THING It is so easy, cut, remove pit, push into half of avo and twist - Tap on plate or bowl for easy removal of fruit. I don't know how I ever lived without it. My only dislike is that I no longer HAVE to clean up the inside of the skin with a spoon, which I then get to eat. It was far harder to post this review than use the tool.Date published: 2015-10-20Rated 5 out of 5 by WestieFan from Great Tool! The Avocado Cuber is a tool I didn't know I needed. Now that I have it, I don't know how I lived without it. I use it almost every day to add avocado to our lunch salads or to quickly prep for guacamole. The most important thing to know about this tool is when you are pressing into the avocado half be sure all of the skin is touching the wire so that you can feel the cage against your hand to assure you get all the avocado. If the avocado is slightly overripe, you may need to use a scooping motion to "clean" the skin off. No dicing needed. EnjoyDate published: 2015-08-03Rated 5 out of 5 by MimisToys from Fast and Easy! I found this little gem while browsing the gadget section. Just like the included directions (illustrations, too) say, hold the avocado half in your palm, press the cuber into the avocado, and twist (rotate). Then lift the tool out! The edges of the avocado cubes will be a little messy, as you're working with thicker wires vs. a knife, but this is so fast and easy!!Date published: 2015-03-20Rated 1 out of 5 by exqual from Made Mess of Cubes In contrast to other reviewers, I found this to make a mess of an avocado half and that it was awkward to use. Admittedly I haven't mastered the technique that other reviewers must have used. But to be fair, you might have trouble using this unless you find a way to do so easily. It cut into cubes when pressed down hard. But they clung to the wires and I could not easily scrape it all out of the half leaving only skin on. I had to pick cubes out instead.Date published: 2015-02-09Rated 5 out of 5 by kitajib from What a great invention! Makes cubing an avocado super easy and less messy.Date published: 2014-09-29Rated 5 out of 5 by smoshlak from Unfreakin' believable! I own a lot of ktchen gadgets from W-S, including the banana slicer, strawberry slicer, pineapple slicer, Multi-Chopper, etc. and all are GREAT tools, but this one really takes the cake. I have had a problem with avocados in this is the solution. I wish it came with directions, because it was a little intimidating at first, like how does it work? I strive for perfection, so it wasn't all that bad, on the learning curve. Once you get the hang of it (one or two avocados), you'll wonder where this tool has been hiding.Date published: 2013-09-07


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Whether you live in an apartment and have no yard space or are just enchanted with the idea of growing a bit of food in your own kitchen or on your porch, creating a kitchen garden can be fun and rewarding. There are, of course, a host of kitchen garden pots, planters and other tools available for purchase, but why not create your kitchen garden using upcycled materials? What better way is there to be kind to the environment while enjoying home-grown food straight from your own kitchen?
What to Grow
A number of plants are suitable for a kitchen garden, but it is important to take into account root depth, sunlight requirements and more. Below are a few suggestions of plants worthy of consideration for your kitchen garden.
- Strawberries: Nothing quite beats the romance of picking plump, red berries off your own personal plants. Because they are shallow-rooted plants, they adapt well to container growing.
- Lettuce: Incredibly easy to grow, lettuce is a top candidate for kitchen gardens, especially if you choose a cut-and-come-again lettuce blend. There are some fantastic seed blends with a wide range of leaf textures and colors and tastes that vary from bland to spicy.
- Herbs: The best chefs use fresh herbs. Join their ranks by planting your own food seasonings such as chives, basil, rosemary, parsley and thyme.
- Tomatoes: Be cautious when selecting tomato plants. If you have limited space, you will want to look for patio container varieties. These will stay a bit more contained than some of the bigger garden varieties. You can also grow tomato plants specifically for indoor growing, as they don't require bees to pollinate them. Although the pollen naturally drops from one flower to another, some growers suggest gently shaking your tomato plant to encourage pollination.
- Radishes: Their compact size and bursts of color make it a no brainer – it must be included in the kitchen garden!
- Dwarf Carrots: While your average carrot is too long for many containers, the more compact, ball-type carrots work well.
These are some of the easiest to grow and most popular plants for a kitchen garden. Of course, you can grow many other things, but keep in mind that plants such as watermelon and squash need a lot of space! Once you have decided what to grow, it is time to get down to the business of finding containers in which to plant.


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Lyons No2 Coffee Bags - Meet the light, bright and breezy coffee experience. A lovely clean taste with enough depth to give you that essential 'just out of bed' kick start.
Lyons Coffee bags combine the heritage of the Lyons brand (108 years young!) in a format which fits in with the hectic everyday lifestyle.
Genuinely cheerful - the Good Morning blend can be enjoyed even on bad afternoons.
Top tip: carry an individual sachet in your bag, in the case of a coffee emergency, break the seal.
Great real coffee in a bag, how simple is that? Just add some hot water to a bag of Lyons coffee & allow to brew for 3-4 minutes, …a little dunk, …a little squeeze, …a lot of satisfaction.
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Is Yorkshire Britain's most haunted county?
We have pulled together the very best ghost stories from across the county in a handy map of horror to find out.
You can use the location key on the left of the map to find out more about a location's brush with the supernatural...
So, this Halloween, sit back, light up a pumpkin and surround yourself with some of of spookiest goings-on imaginable!


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Type 2 Diabetes: Symptoms
Some people with diabetes experience obvious symptoms. However, others may have the disease for years and not know it because they don't feel sick.
Common type 2 diabetes symptoms:
- Frequent urination
- Excessive thirst
- Increased appetite
- Sudden weight loss
- Fatigue or lethargy
- Vision problems, such as blurry eyesight
- Numbness, tingling or pain in your feet
- Slow-healing cuts, bruises and sores
- Dry skin
- Flushed face
When blood sugar levels are too high over a long period of time, damage can occur throughout your body, causing you to experience other health problems. That's why it's so important to carefully manage your diabetes.
Common type 2 diabetes complications:
- Eye problems. Retinopathy (damage to the retina in the back of the eye) is the most common eye complication for people with type 2 diabetes. Symptoms include blurry or double vision. Other common eye problems related to diabetes include dry eye, glaucoma and macular degeneration.
- Foot complications. Nerve damage and poor blood circulation can cause tingling, pain, weakness, loss of feeling, ulcers, and dry or cracked skin. Sores and wounds on your legs and feet can heal slowly and are more likely to become infected.
- Hypertension (high blood pressure). This is a common condition that often accompanies high blood sugar and high cholesterol (a waxy fat), which can clog and narrow blood vessels. High blood pressure can damage blood vessels and cause problems with how different organs work. Eventually, this can lead to heart attack, stroke and other serious problems.
- Nephropathy (kidney disease). The filters in your kidneys can become damaged and your kidneys could decline in function.
- Neuropathy (nerve damage). Your nervous system can become damaged, affecting your entire body. Your feet and legs are most commonly affected, often developing tingling, burning or pain.
- Periodontal disease (gum disease). Your gums become red and swollen and can start to bleed.
- Peripheral artery disease (PAD). Blood flow to your lower legs and feet becomes restricted. Your legs and feet may feel numb, tingly and cold, and have slow-healing sores.
- Pregnancy problems. If your blood sugar is not regulated while you are pregnant, you could have a miscarriage or your baby may have a low birth weight or birth defects.
- Skin complications. Your skin may be dry and itchy, or you may develop bacterial and fungal infections.
- Stroke. Reduced blood flow, narrowed blood vessels and broken blood vessels that result from under-managed blood sugar can increase your risk of experiencing a stroke.


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X Testing Software
This page provides infomation on various tools to aid the testing ( and to a degree, debugging ) of X Servers and Clients.
Please add anything I've missed that you find useful.
General Testing/Debugging Tools ( Not X specific )
GNU interactive debugger.
gcov, gprof
Code coverage and profiling. Part of the GCC compiler collection.
Valgrind is a GPL'd system for debugging and profiling x86-Linux ( and now powerpc ? ) programs. Very useful for trapping memory leaks.
X Server Testing
EricAnholt 's program for testing server render acceleration correctness. In initial development, available from fd.o git "xapps/rendercheck/"
Xtest suite
Build and usage instructions can be found here: http://wiki.x.org/wiki/XorgTesting
Tests performance of most ( non render ext ) X operations.
Available packaged in most distributions.
I did some tests measuring blit speeds with kdrive on various ARM based handhelds. The results of which are available here;
X Client Testing
Client X servers ( or X clients that are servers )
Xephyr, Xnest
* Both of these provide servers that run on an existing X server. Useful for window manager development or 'emulation' of a different sized display. Both are available in git. Xnest is mature and stable but lacks support for 'modern' X extensions ( such as render and composite ), whilst Xephyr supports these extensions but is a newer and less widely distributed application.
* Xnest
* Xephyr Xnest is also available packaged in most distributions.
See also Software/Xephyr
Server side resource leaks
* Provides realtime 'top' like statistics of each clients resource usage in the server. Software/xrestop
EWMH/ICCCM compliance
Window manager tools.
* matchbox & metacity window manager source both contain various tools to generate 'dummy' windows with particular properties.
* http://matchbox.handhelds.org ( grab matchbox-tests ) http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/metacity/
* Command line tool to inspect window properties. Available packaged for most distributions.
* New nice window inspection tool with GTK GUI and EWMH hint 'aware'. Software/wininfo
Protocol usage / events
* xev displays the contents on events recieved by its window. Available packaged for most distributions.
* xmon is an 'interactive X protocol monitor'. It acts as a proxy between a server and clients and provides configurable infomation on the traffic passing through it. Available packaged for most distributions. ( apt-get install xmon on Debian )
Also see
* Keith Packards 'X Window System Network Performance' paper; http://freedesktop.org/~keithp/talks/usenix2003/html/net.html Kenton Lees 'Debugging X Input Events'; http://www.rahul.net/kenton/events.html
Automating Usage
* Xnee is a suite of programs that can record and replay X events. This allows user interaction to be recorded and played back. Xnee can be used as a monitor, to 'retype' a file and to distribute events. Xnee can record all data in the X11 protocol. http://www.sandklef.com/xnee/
* 'matchbox nest' is a graphical wrapper around xnest. Its intended for embedded developers that want to simulate a target device ( with display, buttons ) on a desktop machine. http://matchbox.handhelds.org/sources/matchbox-nest/
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Salonica: Slaves and Trade
As a result of joint naval operations "in which the Greek and Ottoman fleets worked together," writes Mark Mazower in his fascinating book about Thesslalonika – or Salonica – "pirates were cleared from the northern Aegean." This was the mid-1830s and once the pirate menace had subsided the tonnage of shipping entering the port increased five-fold over the next three decades. However, as Mazower writes, Greek and Ottoman ship owners then lost out following the introduction of steam power by its French and Austrian owners. Traffic also increasingly began to turn westwards. These were, as this extract shows, years of great change.
Adolphus Slade's fellow-travellers in 1830 to Izmir included five Albanians, a Greek tobacco trader, local Turkish women on the haj, a Maronite bound for Lebanon and an Egyptian slave dealer with nine "negresses" whom he had failed to sell in Salonica. Coffee and spices still came from Yemen, and the Azizeh steamer docked regularly from Alexandria. But the city's orientation was changing. The slave trade, which had linked the city with suppliers from Circassia and the Ukraine to Sudan, Benghazi and the Barbary coast, was targeted by British abolitionists: although it was not formally outlawed until 1880, even before then, slaves had to be smuggled in as domestic servants, or landed furtively outside the town before dawn on the wooden landing –stage in the Beshchinar gardens.
Meanwhile, as local raw materials were exported to western Europe from the hinterland, European manufactures poured in: Manchester cottons and Rouen silks, beer from Austria, watches and jewellery from Switzerland, wine and marble, worsteds and cutlery from Germany, French stationary and perfumes, drugs, billiard tables, cabinets and fancy upholstery. The British consul noted the growing demand for "British-made shoes and boots, felt and straw hats, men's flannels, cotton and linen shirts and vests, handkerchiefs, ties, stockings and socks. " Between 1870 and 1912 the city's imports nearly quadrupled in value.
Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews 1430-1950. Mark Mazower. 2005.
[pp. 225-226 / Harper Perennial]
January 2007
Tim Judah


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tarnis wrote:Looks like my new issue is battery life, don't have enough of it to pause when a cloud goes over head. 6cell battery netbook here I come.
tarnis wrote:The laptop...either need a laptop with better battery life or schlep a generator as well I knew I'd have this problem, Laptop was bought for its 3D performance not what I'm trying to do with it now. It's heavy to carry with everything else anyways.
claudevh wrote:Hi Frank,
(I suppose that your link was the next one ...http://www.autopano.net/forum/p40618-2009-03-11-19-56-59#p40618 The link of a post is upper left date ...)
claudevh wrote:- the Ursa Minor BT solution is more than expensive !:(
claudevh wrote:- it was not possible to pay via Paypal till now (thank's to you, allready corrected )
- the site is nearly 100 % in German or Hugarian or ... not in English and not in French ...
claudevh wrote:- we don't know how is it working for the Worldwide delivery
claudevh wrote:- we don't know the technology used (BT class 1 or 2) and this is mandatory for some of the users
claudevh wrote:With all respect to Teleskop Austria (I am one of their customer since years and I was the first to introduce them for the good price they make for the Merlin), I regret really that they don't yet understand what will be the "added value" for them and our members to propose kits ready to use like variants:
1. Merlin Head: 3 variants, One could be Merlin only, the second Merlin with the normal tripod, Merlin with the table tripod.
claudevh wrote:2. Ursa Minor: with 2 variants , one could be the "direct cable connection", the other the BT Module
claudevh wrote:3. The replacement Crown.
claudevh wrote:4. A adapted transport box including all that stuff + Camera, optics + Nokia or Netbook.
claudevh wrote:This "flexible kit" will have the additional advantage to cut the shipping costs !
claudevh wrote:And that all with interesting pricing in function of the content of the kit ...
I am sure that they will strongly increase their sales and this will be all benefits for all the members of the forum who will be happy to get good prices and all from one supplier ...
claudevh wrote:Frank, considering that you have good contacts with them, could you made a temptative approach to them?
bigwade wrote:Andrew, to be hounest.
If I was in their shoes and if selling things like this
is their core business, I wouldn't care that much about the 159 euro Merlin.
mediavets wrote:The market for the BT-TTL module must be reasonable, yet having developed it, they seem to have made no effort to make the product available via retailers in other countries.
I can think of at least three astroscope retailers in the UK who could market and sell it.
There must be quite a few in North America too.
bigwade wrote:Andrew, to be hounest.
If I was in their shoes and if selling things like this
is their core business, I wouldn't care that much about the 159 euro Merlin.
Even if I could sell 5-10.
What's the profit on a Merlin for that price, tell me.
What can you expect more for that amount.
But hey, I'm not Teleskop Austria and I have just invited the guys by mail to reply here.
teleskop-austria wrote:hello dear Autopano friends,
let me humbly apologize for being absent the last weeks, we're just in a lot of projects...}
1.for APP members there will be a 10% discount regarding the BT module, so you get it for €89.-
2.I regret English translation of our website is not yet planned, as the vast majority of our customers speaks German/Hungarian/Slovenian/Romanian. Please don't hesitate to write email in any language (preferably English, if you don't speak any of the mentioned languages) and ask any questions you need to know. Japanese is also an option... I understand English must be done sooner or later. I will talk to Lajos to do it for Merlin and BT Interface first.
3.shipping costs for Merlin: Austria 5.- / EU 13.- / Europe non-EU 16.- / US 22.-
Regarding the crown replacements, there doesn't seem to be much demand, since no one (except bigwade) answered my call how many will be needed. It's always possible to send us a email containing a precise drawing for a customized part like this, and we will produce for a reasonable price.
The BT interface is BT class 1.
Dear Claude as soon as I have some free time here I will check out the Papywizard/Merlin combination, I promise.
Last month, when I was in the jungle in Panama
mediavets wrote:3.shipping costs for Merlin: Austria 5.- / EU 13.- / Europe non-EU 16.- / US 22.-
Wow - are we talking Euros? - do you wrap it in gold foil and deliver in person by hand? Those costs are excessive IMO.
SpeedyPan wrote:No Problem, Paul.
It is made of 5 discs I cut from 4mm perspex. The four 5mm holes are for 5mm alloy sticks, which made it easy to glue the four discs together. The 2.5mm holes were drilled up to 3.3mm and got a M4 thread. The manfrotto rail is screwed on this threads.
I know... I could have used one 5mm disc and one 15mm disc, but 4mm perspex was all I had available
Best, Helmut
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A family-friendly Birmingham hotel near the airport with breakfast included
Holiday Inn Express® Birmingham - South A45 hotel offers 83 spacious rooms just off the A45, a major road through the scenic Midlands.
It's a short drive to Birmingham Airport, and just 10 minutes into Birmingham city centre. Business guests are a 15-minute drive from Birmingham's historic financial buildings along Colmore Row, and the NEC is even closer for major conferences and exhibitions. Back at the hotel, Curlers Room provides an elegant meeting space for up to 16 delegates, with friendly staff on hand to assist.
For shopping and dining the famous Bullring Centre is a short drive away, and from there it's an easy walk to a concert at Symphony Hall. Less than 30 minutes' drive into the surrounding countryside are Drayton Manor Theme Park and Warwick Castle, both popular spots for family outings. Don't miss a trip to Cadbury World, a fun visitor centre at the world-famous chocolate factory.
At this hotel you can enjoy:
- Free WiFi
- An included Express Start Breakfast buffet
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All guest rooms come with spacious work areas and a choice of pillows, while family rooms include a sofa bed for the kids. After a busy day, you can enjoy local beers and tasty pub food at the friendly lobby bar and restaurant.
- Rollaway Bed/Cot Available
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- In-Room Heating and A/C Controls
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- Hair Dryer
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Our licensed bar in Birmingham is open daily and serves a wide range of beers, wines and spirits to meet all tas The bar facilities at this Birmingham hotel are open seven days a week and include Sky Sports in the lounge, a conference room and a business desk. The Restaurant is open Monday-Thursday and Saturday evening Take your pick from a wide variety of beverages to suit every taste.
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Mayor-elect Stothert names chief of staff
Mayor-elect Jean Stothert announced that Douglas County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Marty Bilek will serve as her chief of staff.
Bilek has served the Douglas County Sheriff's Office for 38 years, including as its chief deputy for the last 11 years. He is set to retire from the sheriff's office by June 10, and will receive an annual salary of $112,500 as chief of staff, which reflects a 10 percent reduction in the current chief of staff's salary.
According to Douglas County finance personnel, Bilek is making $117,239 through his soon-to-be date of retirement. He'll earn a 60-percent pension from his earnings, which will be $70,343. The max pension is 60 percent. He will also get compensated for unused vacation time up to 240 hours before he was named chief deputy. That total amount is unclear at this point.
As chief deputy, Bilek has extensive experience with budgeting, public safety, negotiating contracts and community and media relations.
He has helped prepare the sheriff's annual $13.9 million budget every year for the last 15 years. He has participated in three-way contract negotiations between the Fraternal Order of Police #2, the sheriff's office and the Douglas County Board every year for the last 15 years.
"I'm honored to be chosen to serve as Mayor-elect Stothert's chief of staff, and humbled by the confidence she has placed in me," said Bilek.
Bilek said he is looking forward to helping implement Stothert's plan for Omaha that will help cut crime, restore the public's trust in city government, and create a climate that allows our local businesses to reach their full potential.
"City government is expensive, county government is expensive, and we need to look for ways to reduce the burden to the taxpayer, and I think that's going to be a very important responsibility," Bilek said.
Stothert said she is glad Bilek applied for the job and took it.
"He just brings a wealth of experience that I think will help me hit the ground running on the first day in the mayor's office, and also help me achieve my vision," Stothert said.
Bilek said he is ready for the move.
"I just to keep our neighborhoods safe, that's what I've done all my life," he said.
Stothert plans to announce new members of her administration once she is in office. As for her salary, she pledged during her campaign that she would take a 10 percent pay cut from what Mayor Jim Suttle was making.


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We often get tips that begin "I was reading Cosmo/Glamour/Marie-Claire - at the dentist's" - but really, I actually did read about "hate crushes" in a ladymag at the hairdresser's - and realized I was in the midst of one.
According to this piece, "hate crushes" are all the rage amongst celebrities - I think Twitter was involved. Mine isn't just for one person - it's for a whole collective of enemies. Specifically, the neighbors who live in the house at the end of the block.
They look inoffensive enough: a rag-tag group of 20-something hippies whose numbers seem to ebb and flow with, one presumes, the vagaries of the pot harvest and the quality of the vibes. My ire was first aroused shortly after we moved in. A whole passel of them were lounging - insolently, in retrospect - on their porch, smoking. I greeted them. They collectively ignored me and, I was pretty sure, sneered.
"They were probably stoned," said my boyfriend consolingly, so I decided to give them another chance. Later that same week, I took a cab home from a late dinner. There they were - sneering at me as I alighted. I called out a cheery greeting and, once again, was stonewalled.
"I guess they think I'm a...a pampered bourgeoise, taking cabs," I said to my boyfriend. "I'm sure they'd never sully the environment with a cab - they're probably anti-cars. They despise me, do they? Well, two can play that game."
After that, I pointedly ignored them. At the same time, I became fixated on them. Where did they go, on their army of bikes? What job could possibly call for cut-off overalls? I came up with private names for them: "Snuffkin," "Old One," "Amazing Girl," and "the Guy with Plugs in His Ears." Collectively, they were, of course, The Magic Band. Sometimes at night when I took out the trash, I would wander, seemingly casually, towards their house and stare up at the lighted windows, where I could vaguely make out Indian bedspreads and African drums on the wall. Once, I could have sworn I heard someone playing a djembe.
"They're probably freegans," I said bitterly to my boyfriend, who was sick of talking about them. Sometimes, though, when we walked past their house, he'd indulge me. "You speak hippie," I'd urge. "What are they eating? What are they talking about? What are they listening to?" And he'd say "a casserole, probably involving yams" or "Noam Chomsky" or "Trinity, "Three Piece Suit,""just to placate me.
I had weird fantasies in which we triumphed over them - three-legged races, and cook-offs. I figured they had scorn for my "Zephyr Sophisticate" bicycle with its basket and bell, and the pots of herbs and flowers I'd placed on our steps. (They had what looked like a single stalk of corn and, visible from our back window, a scraggly marijuana plant.) One night they brought out instruments and jammed on the street. Others danced with abandon. One girl - I'm not sure she lived there - did a dance with torches. The neighbors seemed confused, and kept their distance. I wandered over and stood diffidently nearby, in a vintage dress and a pair of heels. Then I went home.
"I talked with those neighbors today," remarked my boyfriend one night. "They're really nice." He went on to detail them - a student, a non-profit worker, a busker, a couple who were transient. He hadn't seen the interior of their house, he said. They'd offered him a beer but he'd said no. He didn't seem to feel this was momentous, and I felt both curiously betrayed and let down. I had known, of course, that he spoke their language - a language of no judgments and playing by ear and smoking weed, a language I had no ear for. I knew equally well that my hard edges would only have beaten against their soft ones, if we ever did meet.
But when our block party came, I made a decision. I brought them a bundt cake. I had thought about this a lot, and this particular recipe, which I'd never made, and which involved instant pistachio pudding and chocolate syrup and was kind of disgusting in a mid-century way, had suggested itself to me as a peace offering. I dusted it with sugar and carried it over with ceremony. I knocked on the door, and finally one of them - the Old One - answered the door. "This cake is for you," I said formally. "Thanks," he said, taking it with the air of one not used to looking gift horses in mouths. "Did you guys just move in?" I stared at him blankly. He was one of the ones who'd snubbed me - once in a group and once while doing something with a saw to his bicycle chain, while wearing a leghorn hat. "No," I said slowly. "We've been here for a year."
"Cool," he said. "We'll hang out some time."
When I looked up "hate crush" I came across an article that claims that
Women, more than men, tend to form hate crushes. Why? Physiologically, women have a deeper limbic system in the brain which makes them feel things more intensely. Also, women are more relationship-oriented as they are the gender who tends and befriends.
It is true, these relationships have much of the unpleasant intensity of a crush, the element of obsession, the need to bring it up at all times - and, most important, next to nothing to do with the object thereof. A "hate crush" is about you, about projections and insecurities. If a crush is about seeing the best version of yourself as you envision it, a "hate crush" is about the worst. I know many a friend - male and female - who's fallen prey to the classic scenario, such feelings about an ex's new partner, something social networking, Twitter and Google help exactly not at all. It becomes a reciprocal relationship - comparing themselves to pictures and interests and resumes and musical tastes. One cliched quote can provide an unwholesome sense of validation, even as it feeds the mania. And as in many a crush, they don't always know you exist.
How To Get Over A Hate Crush [Examiner]


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Deep within the heart of the Great Woses, lies an inland sea that few care to visit. Nevermind the ogre-infested swamps that surround it, the place is just disgusting. While known by many names – the Belching Sea, the Eternal Loogie, Gluumraag's Blessing and sometimes, the Slimy Deep – most simply call it the Sea of Snot.
Waves of thick, clear fluid lap slowly against the shores, coating the surrounding landscape with a foul-smelling slime. Amphibians of all kinds lay their jelly-like eggs in the warm goo, dotting the sluggish waves with patches of green, black and yellow. The sea extends as far as the eye can see, its waters in perpetual motion from both the tides and the numerous gassy bubbles that constantly break the surface.
Myths and Legends:
Though the ogres of the Great Woses are not known for their conversation (being generally more inclined to kidnap you to make Buck-Ogre Rum), they do have a tale or two to tell of the Sea. According to the earliest ogrish legends, the Sea was formed when their patron diety, Gluumraag the Vile, hocked a loogie of contempt over an ancient kingdom that had dared to insult him. The kingdom was drowned in his righteous snot, and the ogres issued forth from the Eternal Loogie shortly thereafter.
To this day, the Sea of Snot holds special significance to the ogres. To them, one is not a "proper swamp-ogre" if one wasn't born within its slime. Every ogre mother must therefore make a pilgrimage to the sea shortly before her time. After being released into the waters, the child's forehead is smeared with frog eggs and its umbilical cord is tied off with a bit of the "bubble-weed" that grows from the sea bed. In this way, the ogres strive to maintain their special connection with Gluumraag.
The Sea's surface hums with activity near the surface. Giant water-skimmers glide across the sluggish waves, searching for drowning insects or amphibian eggs on which to feast. Frogs, salamanders and newts go down to its waters to breed and lay their eggs. Armored toads, the size of small dogs, snap at the water skippers and then fall back into the water with a loud plop. If one is lucky, one may even see the yearly migration of the "mumbo snail" as they leaving the sea in a mass exodus.
A sea with such thick, syrupy water does not support small animal life very well, whose bodies are too weak to move quickly through the goop. Most small creatures, then, are either part-time residents like the amphibians or are highly poisonous. Also, instead of fish – whose delicate gills would be ripped apart by the thick water – one finds many creatures who can either breathe through their skin or must surface to get air.
The exception to the rule are the several species of "hooker fish" that live around the ubiquitous bubble-weed. Bubble-weed grows in long tendrils from the seabed, forming a sort of underwater forest that the fish love to hide in. The weed closely resembles kelp, but has adapted to the unusual sea by growing numerous gas sacks along its stalk, giving it a sort of warty appearance. This makes the bubble-weed a prime resource for the oxygen-breathers in this area; those who are too far down to surface can break off a bubble sack and breath in the contents (if it doesn't mind getting covered in weed-spores). When threatened, hooker fish will clamp onto a sack using their spine-like "hook" and cut it loose, using the sack as a sort of crude jet propulsion to escape the large predators.
Of which there are many.
Most of the creatures in the Sea of Snot are big. Really big. The viscous liquid requires a certain amount of strength to swim through effectively – humans can swim at about normal speed through it, but smaller creatures are at a disadvantage. The curiously shaped dolphins are about the smallest thing that a traveler will encounter (aside from the hooker fish). A diver can expect to encounter many large species of squid or octopus, along with gigantic snakes and poisonous sea-slugs. The greater swamp ray, with a "wingspan" of 10 meters, glides through the weed forests with deadly grace. More exotic predators, such as the Organi are rare, but chilling sights.
The greatest predator of all, however, is the giant sea-serpent whom the ogres call Grunlum. He dwells in the deepest reaches of the Sea of Snot, surfacing occasionally to prey upon the lesser creatures, including the ogre mothers. His name is a curse in their society. The ogres don't know from whence he came, but their legends imply that Grunlum guards a vast treasure at the bottom of the sea, perhaps something left over from the ancient kingdom that used to stand there.
Plot Hooks:
Mumbo snails are an extremely rare delicassy. Any nobleman who wishes to be known for his discerning palate will serve steamed mumbo at an important banquet. While generally hard to find, the snails do perform a mass exodus from the sea during their breeding period, returning to its waters about a week later. With the snails being worth more than their weight in gold, there are several merchant companies who are willing to brave the surrounding swamps to bring home the prize.
The rumored treasure of the Sea has become a common local legend. There have been expeditions to recover it – both mercenary and scientific – but all have failed. This time, however, the crown itself is getting involved and is providing guides through the swamp and a stake in the treasure to any team it feels is competent enough to come back alive. It is generally accepted that the giant sea-serpent of the ogres is an obvious fabrication; the brutes just want to keep others away . . .
In the past few decades, a tribe of resourceful frog-people have begun moving into the area. They threaten the ogre nurseries and consume resources that the ogres would rather keep to themselves. The ogres want them gone, and are willing to share their knowledge (legends, a sitting with their famous Oracle, ancient tablets from the lost kingdom, etc) with those who drive them off.
Note: This is a gift-sub for Scrasamax, who provided advice when my home-brew campaign was going down in flames. It's a bit late coming, but thanks, Scras!
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Susan Lindquist and Giacomo Rizzolatti to speak at The EMBO Meeting 2011
- 10 to 13 September, Austria Center Vienna
- More than 120 leading researchers deliver a diverse programme covering the full range of the molecular life sciences
- Three plenary lecture sessions: hosts & microbes, genome evolution and brain & behaviour
- Two Meet the Press events: Susan Lindquist and Giacomo Rizzolatti
HEIDELBERG, Germany, 17 May 2011 – More than 120 leading researchers from across the molecular life sciences will speak at The EMBO Meeting 2011 – the third annual life sciences conference to be organized by the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and held in Vienna from 10-13 September 2011.
The annual meeting is one of Europe's most widely recognized life sciences events. It offers the opportunity to interact with scientists, career advisors, policy makers and scientific editors who will present latest thinking and news from their areas of expertise.
Confirmed special lecturers and keynote speakers include:
- Helga Nowotny, President of the European Research Council: opening address
- Susan Lindquist, 2010 winner of the US National Medal of Science: Protein Folding Empowering Evolutionary Change
- Giacomo Rizzolatti, whose team discovered the mirror neurons: Understanding Actions, Intentions, and Emotions of Others
- Richard Axel, winner of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology: Internal Representations of the Olfactory World
All journalists are welcome to participate in the range of activities including lectures, concurrent sessions, poster session viewing and social receptions. Two press events are also planned:
- Meet the Press with Susan Lindquist: "Lamarck was right after all". Sunday, 11 September, 1-2pm
- Meet the Press with Giacomo Rizzolatti: "New ideas about the perception of other people's actions". Monday, 12 September, 10-11am
Leading researchers will present in the plenary lecture sessions on host & microbes, genome evolution and brain & behaviour:
Bonnie Bassler, Princeton University, speaking about Cell-to-Cell Communication in Bacteria. Until recently, no one thought bacteria communicated with one another and coordinated their behaviour. Bassler has discovered "quorum sensing": In some cases, when certain bacteria sense that they are in a large enough group (a quorum), they mobilize to attack a host, triggering disease. This discovery has important implications for medical science. In 2011, Bassler received the National Academy of Sciences award for extraordinary scientific achievements.
Brett Finlay, University of British Columbia, speaking about The role of microbiota in enteric & allergic diseases. Finlay is one of the world's foremost experts on the molecular understanding of the ways bacteria infect their hosts. He is best known for his work with Salmonella and Escherichia coli. His innovative research on how bacteria cause disease in people is resulting in new tools for fighting infection.
David Anderson, California Institute of Technology, speaking about Genetic dissection of emotion circuits in flies & mice. Anderson is working to localize, identify, characterize, and turn on neurons in the hypothalamus associated with attack and bring the study of aggression into the modern molecular era. He recently discovered that the same part of the brain triggers sexual and violent behaviour.
Explore the full programme online at http://2011.the-embo-meeting.org. Online press registration and more information for journalists is available at: http://2011.the-embo-meeting.org/mediacentre.html. The EMBO Meeting newsroom will be located on the ground floor of the Austria Center Vienna. The Abstract Book will be available online to registered participants and journalists two weeks before the conference starts. Interview opportunities can be arranged prior to the meeting or onsite, beginning on Saturday evening after the opening address.
Media participation
- Complimentary meeting registration is available to members of the media who provide appropriate press credentials and identification via the conference registration system.
- All scientific sessions at The EMBO Meeting 2011 are open to registered members of the media. Registered journalists must wear/display their conference press badge at all times while onsite. Exchanging, loaning or borrowing of the conference press badge is not allowed.
- Filming onsite during the conference must be pre-arranged with the EMBO Public Relations & Communications office.
- Complimentary media registration is not available to: advertising, marketing, public relations or sales representatives from any publication; publishers; editors; in-house newsletters or promotional publications staff; public relations representatives of exhibitors or educational institutions; writers of commercial reports and financial analysts; medical education companies; or others who are not reporting on the content of The EMBO Meeting 2011.
Media contact information:
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Denver International Airport plans to have something that no other airport has by year's end or soon after.
Called digital LED video curtains, the high-tech advertising screens won't fail to attract attention, particularly among those waiting in the security screening areas.
The paper-thin curtains, measuring 26 feet on the diagonal, will be mounted on the elevator towers in DIA's main Jeppesen Terminal. In addition to ads, the curtains will be able to display crawlers, events such as exhibits and shows, and messages such as "Welcome home troops."
"This will be like the Times Square of Denver International Airport," said Denver City Councilmembers Chris Herndon.
DIA will reap the benefits of the 10-year, nine-month contract for the signage with Clear Channel. The Denver City Council will consider the contract in a few weeks.
The projected annual gross revenue over the contract's term is $95 million. DIA estimates that revenue from the deal in 2016, when the ad program is fully implemented, will be $8 million compared to $4.5 million paid in rent by Clear Channel in 2010 for vinyl banners and static ads that the company has throughout the airport.
The contract also includes putting touch-screen technology – sort of giant iPads – in baggage claim areas so passengers can more easily book hotels and restaurants and learn about local attractions.
State-of-the-art digital advertising also will be displayed on the concourses with LCD panels featuring static signage elsewhere in the terminal.


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Birth Defects Registry
The Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) maintains a birth defects registry for Missouri resident live births based on linkage of defects reported on birth certificates, death certificates, hospital patient abstracts, enrollment data for state programs to assist affected families, such as the Hope program (formerly Children with Special Health Care Needs); and screening data such as the newborn hearing screening data set. Cases include defects diagnosed and reported through the first year of life.
The registry includes data for all births in the state, but is not complete for some counties in which a substantial proportion of residents use out-of-state hospitals. While birth and death certificates are available for Missouri residents using out-of-state hospitals, DHSS has limited access to patient abstract data from these hospitals.
Births since 1980 are included in the data set. Because of changes in access to data sets, and changes in data items included in each component data source, there are inconsistencies over time. For most investigations, DHSS prefers to limit studies to births since 1993.
The data for a calendar year of births are generally available 20 months after the close of the year. The delay is necessary because cases are ascertained through the first year of life.
Birth defect registry data are used to monitor the health status of Missourians, particularly in areas potentially affected by environmental contamination. The data are also used to assist public health and educational officials in the development and conduct of programs to assist affected families, and to assist families in gaining access to state services.