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2.5. Setting Up a Win32 Server
There is no point trying to run Apache unless TCP/IP is set up and running on your machine. In our experience, if it isn't, Apache will crash Windows 95. A quick test is to ping some IP -- and if you can't think of a real one, ping yourself:
>ping 127.0.0.1
If TCP/IP is working, you should see some collaborative message like:
Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=32 ....
If you don't see something along these lines, defer further operations until TCP/IP is working.
It is important to remember that internally, Windows Apache is essentially the same as the Unix version and that it uses Unix-style forward slashes ("/") rather than MS-DOS- and Windows-style backslashes ("\") in its file and directory names as specified in various files.
There are several ways of running Apache under Win32. Under NT, you can run it as a service, operating in the background. First you have to install it as a service by running the "Install Apache as a Service" option from the Start menu. Alternatively, click on the MS-DOS prompt to get a DOS session window. Go to the /Program Files/Apache directory (or wherever else you installed Apache) with:
>cd "\Program Files\apache"
Apache can be installed as an NT service with:
>apache -i
and uninstalled with:
>apache -u
Once this is done, you can open the Services window in the Control Panel, select Apache, and click on Start. Apache then runs in the background until you click on Stop. Alternatively, you can open a console window and type:
>net start apache >net stop apache
To run Apache from a console window, select the Apache server option from the Start menu.
Alternatively -- and under Win95, this is all you can do -- click on the MS-DOS prompt to get a DOS session window. Go to the /Program Files/Apache directory with:
>cd "\Program Files\apache"
The Apache executable, apache.exe, is sitting here, and we can start it running, to see what happens, with:
>apache -s
You might want to automate your Apache startup by putting the necessary line into a file called go.bat. You then only need to type:
Since this is the same as for the Unix version, we will simply say "type go" throughout the book when Apache is to be started, and thus save lengthy explanations.
When we ran Apache, we received the following lines:
Apache/<version number> Syntax error on line 44 of /apache/conf/httpd.conf ServerRoot must be a valid directory
To deal with the first complaint, we looked at the file \Program Files\apache\conf \httpd.conf. This turned out to be a formidable document that, in effect, compresses all the information we try to convey in the rest of this book into a few pages. We could edit it down to something more lucid, but a sounder and more educational approach is to start from nothing and see what Apache asks for. The trouble with simply editing the configuration files as they are distributed is that the process obscures a lot of default settings. If and when someone new has to wrestle with it he or she may make fearful blunders because it isn't clear what has been changed from the defaults. Rename this file if you want to look at it:
>ren httpd.conf *.cnk
Otherwise, delete it, and delete srm.conf and access.conf :
>del srm.conf >del access.conf
When you run Apache now, you see:
Apache/<version number> fopen: No such file or directory httpd: could not open document config file apache/conf/httpd.conf
And we can hardly blame it. Open edit :[23]
>edit httpd.conf
and insert the line:
# new config file
The "#" makes this a comment without effect, but it gives the editor something to save. Run Apache again. We now see something sensible:
... httpd: cannot determine local host name use ServerName to set it manually
What Apache means is that you should put a line in the httpd.conf file:
ServerName your_host_name
Now when you run Apache you see:
>apache -s Apache/<version number> _
The "_" here is meant to represent a blinking cursor, showing that Apache is happily running. Unlike other programs in an MS-DOS window, Apache keeps on going even after the screen saver has kicked in.
You will notice that throughout this book, the Config files always have the following lines:
... User webuser Group webgroup ...
These are necessary for Unix security and, happily, are ignored by the Win32 version of Apache, so we have avoided tedious explanations by leaving them in throughout. Win32 users can include them or not as they please.
You can now get out of the MS-DOS window and go back to the desktop, fire up your favorite browser, and access http://yourmachinename/. You should see a cheerful screen entitled "It Worked!," which is actually \apache\htdocs\index.html.
When you have had enough, hit CTRL-C in the Apache window.
Alternatively, under Win95 and from Apache Version 1.3.3 on, you can open another DOS session window and type:
apache -k shutdown
This does a graceful shutdown, in which Apache allows any transactions currently in process to continue to completion before it exits. In addition, using:
apache -k restart
performs a graceful restart, in which Apache rereads the configuration files while allowing transactions in progress to complete.
2.5.1. Security Under Win32
Although NT has an extensive and complex security infrastructure, it is poorly documented and understood. Consequently, there is currently little code in the Windows version of Apache to interface with it. Besides, NT seems to suffer from a variety of more mundane problems: the README file that comes with Apache v1.3.1 says, in part:
Versions of Apache on Win32 prior to version 1.3.1 are vulnerable to a number of security holes common to several Win32 servers. The problems that impact Apache include:
There have been at least four other similar instances of the same basic problem: on Win32, there is more than one name for a file. Some of these names are poorly documented or undocumented, and even Microsoft's own IIS has been vulnerable to many of these problems. This behavior of the Win32 file system and API makes it very difficult to ensure future security; problems of this type have been known about for years, however each specific instance has been discovered individually. It is unknown if there are other, yet unpublicized, filename variants. As result, we recommend that you use extreme caution when dealing with access restrictions on all Win32 servers.
In plain English, this means, once again, that Win32 is not an adequate platform for running a web server that has any need for security.
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While neither marketing nor social media are sciences, one needs to use scientific principles to be most effective when it comes to both branding and prospecting online. It doesn't take an Einstein to succeed in social media marketing, but to does take a scientist. Are you rigorously collecting metrics and data to see if what you're doing is resulting in sales conversions or extending your brand or are you relying on things you've learned from The Secret? Is your social media marketing campaign relying too much on magical realism, the power of positive thinking, and general superstition?
Or, are you so confident in your social media marketing plan that you really don't care what your experiment says? That no matter how little pick-up you get in the media or no matter how few followers your garner or how little engagement and sharing results, it isn't your fault but must be because the market's not ready for you or because you knew that social media marketing wasn't effective anyway.
Well, that's just bad science, is what that is.
If you want to be an effective scientist, it is essential that you allow the results of your experiments — your observations — to speak for themselves. While having a hypothesis going into the lab is always part one, allowing the empirical data to realign or even contradict your initial predictions is essential. That said, it's really very hard on the ego to see something fail. It's even harder to take the data as it comes and turn it into something useful in the end. This is how innovation happens, of course; and this is how scientific breakthroughs happen, too: not incrementally, but in finding order in the chaos of unpredicted results.
There is a lot of bad science in social media marketing. Even a long decade after the Cluetrain Manifesto brought us the 95 theses that taught us that markets are conversations and that Brands don't own their brands anymore — a hypothesis that has proven itself prophetic — there are still many brands that have adopted blogs and social networks simply as new broadcast channels and have simply used social media as a handy way of listening in on the rude thing that people are saying about them.
Science is about testing. Testing and retesting and being willing and able to cut lose any and all processes that prove ineffective and moving those resources into things that either work outright or show general promise. It is also about not being attached to outcome. Finally, it is also about sticking to your guns and powering through on your commitment to seeing your experiments and your tests through. There are too many ghost towns littering social media that are the direct result of abandoned experiments, abandoned dreams — actually, more often, they succumbed to a crisis of faith.
The advertising industry has already adopted science and testing, but not because they wanted to. These were no men who had faith in science, thinking that advertising was an art. While early online marketing started to make advertising nervous but it wasn't until Google AdWords started turning the art of advertising into a science. The same thing is happening to direct marketing. From A/B testing to sophisticated engagement metrics, the science of advertising and marketing is becoming more de facto than fringe.
PR is the last bastion of The Secret, the last bastion of superstition and magical thinking. The last business communication vocation that struggles against the harsh accountability of hard science, the cruel nakedness of quantitative metrics over the soft fuzzies of qualitative metrics.
Just because you've adopted social media doesn't mean you're modern. It is strangely possible to map your 19th century PR strategies onto a 21st century media platform without missing a beat. Take responsibility for your campaigns and do not let your hunches and experience dictate your successes and failures — let the data inform you and when it informs you that you're just spinning your wheels, it is essential to do whatever it takes to adjust your campaign to maximize performance, amplify influence, and optimize for conversions.
Everything else is just doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, a sure sign of insanity — or so said eminent scientist Albert Einstein.
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text: California State Library: 4 Million Books On the Move Marianne Russ Wednesday, July 31, 2013 | Sacramento, CA The books of the California State Library fill more than 40 miles of shelving, and all of those volumes are now being moved from a warehouse in West Sacramento to the newly renovated Stanley Mosk Library and Courts Building on Capitol Mall in Sacramento. We have to move four million books plus all the furniture- a lot of the original furniture that was in this building." Gerry Maginnity is acting State Librarian. He says the four-year, $55 million dollar renovation has been worth the wait. "They've done a superb job. They've paid real, real close attention to detail. It's been restored; they brought back some of the features that were taken out in the 60's when they put air conditioning in. And we're really happy to be here. It's going to be a real treasure for downtown Sacramento and for the whole state." The renovation to the 1928 building includes better security and accessibility as well as a special sprinkler system to protect books and artwork. Maginnity says new and more natural lighting was also included. "I haven't been in this building in four years and you go into certain areas and you do suddenly notice details that you didn't see before." The building is expected to re-open to the public sometime this fall. It also houses the 3rd district court of appeal and is a part-time residence for the California Supreme Court. Capital Public Radio's Insight Host Beth Ruyak took a special tour of the newly renovated building. Listen to that here. Follow us for more stories like this CapRadio provides a trusted source of news because of you. As a nonprofit organization, donations from people like you sustain the journalism that allows us to discover stories that are important to our audience. If you believe in what we do and support our mission, please donate today. Donate Today


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There are many different causes of dementia and, although its progression can be fast or slow, it is always degenerative. Symptoms of dementia include confusion, loss of memory, and problems with speech and understanding. It can be upsetting for both the affected person and their relatives and carers. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine shows that a regime of behavioral and mental exercises was able to halt the progression of dementia.
The Study
Researchers led by Prof. Graessel, from Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen, included in their study patients with dementia from five nursing homes in Bavaria. After random selection, half the patients were included on the year-long MAKS 'intervention' consisting of two hours of group therapy, six days a week. In addition all patients maintained their normal treatment and regular activities provided by the nursing home.
The MAKS system consists of motor stimulation(M), including games such as bowling, croquet, and balancing exercises; cognitive stimulation (K), in the form of individual and group puzzles; and practicing 'daily living' activities (A), including preparing snacks, gardening and crafts. The therapy session began with a ten minute introduction, which the researchers termed a 'spiritual element' (S), where the participants discussed topics like 'happiness', or sang a song or hymn.
After 12 months of therapy the MAKS group maintained their level on the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale (ADAS) and, even more importantly maintained their ability to carry out activities of daily living, while the control group all showed a decrease in cognitive and functional ability.
Prof. Graessel explained, "While we observed a better result for patients with mild to moderate dementia, the result of MAKS therapy on ADAS (cognitive function) was at least as good as treatment with cholinesterase inhibitors. Additionally we found that the effect on the patients' ability to perform daily living tasks (as measured by the Erlanger Test of Daily Living (E-ADL)) was twice as high as achieved by medication. This means that MAKS therapy is able to extend the quality of, and participation in, life for people with dementia within a nursing home environment. We are currently in the process of extending these preliminary results to see if this prevention of dementia decline can be maintained over a longer time period."
Full bibliographic information Non-pharmacological, multicomponent group therapy in patients with degenerative dementia: a 12-month randomised, controlled trial, Elmar Graessel, Renate Stemmer, Birgit Eichenseer, Sabine Pickel, Carolin Donath, Johannes Kornhuber and Katharina Luttenberger, BMC Medicine (in press).


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PANTONE Fashion Color Report Spring 2017
Pantone Color Institute
From colors that are bright and vivid to those that convey a sense of earthiness, our top 10 colors for spring 2017 are reminiscent of
the hues that surround us in nature. In conjunction with New York Fashion Week, the PANTONE Fashion Color Report provides a
comprehensive overview of fashion designers' use of color in their spring 2017 collections. Featuring the top 10 shades seen on the
runway, the PANTONE Fashion Color Report is your essential color guide to the season.
"One of the things that we saw this year, was a renewed sense of imagination in which color was appearing in context that was differ
ent than the traditional," said Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director of the Pantone Color Institute. "Reminiscent of the hues that sur
round us in nature, our Spring 2017 Fashion Color Report evokes a spectrum of emotion and feeling. From the warmth of sunny days
with PANTONE 13-0755 Primrose Yellow to the invigorating feeling of breathing fresh mountain air with PANTONE 18-0107 Kale and
the desire to escape to pristine waters with PANTONE 14-4620 Island Paradise, designers applied color in playful, yet thoughtful and
precise combinations to fully capture the promises, hope and transformation that we yearn for each Spring."
Comfortable and dependable, Niagara leads the PANTONE Fashion Color Report as the most prevalent color for spring 2017.
Niagara is a classic denim-like blue that speaks to our desire for ease and relaxation.
By contrast, Primrose Yellow sparkles with heat and vitality. Inviting us into its instant warmth, this joyful yellow shade takes us to
a destination marked by enthusiasm, good cheer and sunny days.
Conveying even more energy is Lapis Blue. Strong and confident, this intense blue shade is imbued with an inner radiance.
A red-based orange, Flame, is gregarious and fun loving. Flamboyant and vivacious, this wonderfully theatrical shade adds fiery heat
to the spring 2017 palette.
Island Paradise is a refreshing aqua that calls to mind a change of scenery. A cool blue green shade that speaks to our dream of the
great escape, Island Paradise is emblematic of tropical settings and our desire to unwind.
Continuing the tranquil mood, Pale Dogwood is a quiet and peaceful pink shade that engenders an aura of innocence and purity.
The unobtrusive Pale Dogwood is a subtle pink whose soft touch infuses a healthy glow.
Bringing forth a refreshing take, Greenery is a tangy yellow-green that speaks to our need to explore, experiment and reinvent.
Illustrative of flourishing foliage, the fertile attributes of Greenery signals one to take a deep breath, oxygenate and reinvigorate.
Tropical and festive, Pink Yarrow is a whimsical, unignorable hue that tempts and tantalizes. Bold, attention getting and tempestuous,
the lively Pink Yarrow is a captivating and stimulating color that lifts spirits and gets the adrenaline going.
Evocative of the great outdoors and a healthy lifestyle, Kale is another foliage-based green that conjures up our desire to connect
to nature, similar to the more vivacious Greenery. And, just as we see in nature, this lush and fertile natural green shade provides
the perfect complementary background to the more vibrant tones in the palette.
Rounding out the spring 2017 colors is Hazelnut, a key neutral for spring. This shade brings to mind a natural earthiness.
Unpretentious and with an inherent warmth, Hazelnut is a transitional color that effortlessly connects the seasons.


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Sometimes our lives become so hectic that we don't think before we make our next move, especially when it comes to the Internet. However, in one swift movement, our online image can be tarnished just by a few posts. What's worse, it takes longer to win back the trust of your followers or even gain the confidence of a recruiter or hiring manger than it does to tear it down.
So, take some time to clean up your online image, even if you believe it's spotless. Here's how to get started:
Revamp every profile. Over the years, we tend to disregard certain profiles and give more attention to others. However, it's important to keep a clean track record with all platforms, not just your favorites. Update your LinkedIn profile with your current work status, make your Twitter bio reflect your interests and industry, and list your experiences on Facebook.
Moreover, it's important to get rid of the junk that has accumulated on your profiles. For example, if there are some questionable photos from your college days, get rid of them. Even though they may not be permanently deleted from the Web, at least they will be out of plain view.
Lastly, if you don't use a particular profile anymore or you have a new blog, get rid of the old versions. It doesn't exactly bode well for you if a hiring manager or recruiter finds dated material that's not even updated. In this case, the "delete" button is your best friend.
Make some profiles private. Your privacy settings are important, especially when it comes to popular platforms like Facebook. Don't be one of "those" people and leave it up to chance. Those who really want to find you will find a way, and they will judge you based on the content they see, even if it's not by you or years old. However, if you don't like the idea of ironclad privacy settings, at least hide things like your personal information, friends, images or videos. This will limit cases on mistaken identity and won't put the spotlight on your private life.
Conversely, sites like Twitter and LinkedIn should remain open and updated often. Why? These types of social networking sites can bridge the gap between your personal and professional life if done correctly. They can be a huge asset to you, especially during the job hunt.
Stay away from bad influencers. It's terrible to make assumptions about someone based on who they know. Unfortunately, that's how it goes sometimes. However, knowing this information should help you make decisions, particularly regarding whom you follow and interact with. Just like good influencers can help you on your path to thought leadership and enhancing your personal brand, bad influencers can do just the opposite for your image. Be careful when networking with questionable characters, especially if your platforms are public. No matter how innocent you may seem, you can always be guilty by association.


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Report: Ex-general probed on leaks
The Pentagon's former No. 2 uniformed leader is under investigation for allegedly giving the press details about the Stuxnet cyberweapon, NBC News reported Thursday evening.
Retired Marine Gen. James Cartwright, a former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is said to have been told he is the target of the leak probe, NBC reported, citing "legal sources."
Cartwright is said to have told The New York Times about the development and deployment of the advanced cyberweapon, which set back Iran's nuclear program. The Times's reporting confirmed the widespread suspicions that Stuxnet had been developed by the U.S. and Israel.
A spokesman for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, which Cartwright joined upon his retirement, declined to comment. Attorney Greg Craig, the former White House counsel NBC said was representing Cartwright, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Defense Department referred questions to the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office, and a spokeswoman for the office said she had no comment.
Thursday's report, if accurate, would represent the latest example of the Obama administration's aggressive effort to prosecute leaks — in fact, the Stuxnet revelations in The Times brought some of the original criticism from Republicans that the White House was endangering national security by making too much information public.
It would also be another round in the arena for Cartwright, who has drawn respect in the defense community for his willingness to part ways with orthodoxy — but also evidently made enemies in Washington.
Cartwright — dubbed "Obama's favorite general" by Bob Woodward — has advocated for drastic cuts in the U.S. nuclear arsenal and, according to The Times's reporting, was an early advocate of using cyber warfare to try to set back Iran's nuclear program. In 2011, however, several Pentagon reporters were told that the Department of Defense inspector general had investigated — but ultimately cleared — Cartwright for an alleged extramarital affair with a female subordinate.
The leak appeared at a time when Cartwright was believed to potentially be in the running to succeed Adm. Mike Mullen as chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and may have played a role in the White House's decision not to nominate him.


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At Hack A Day, we're pretty big Minecraft fans so you can imagine our interest when we saw [Ben Purdy]'s real-life Minecraft block. The build uses a projector system to display a block onto a cardboard box and reacts to being 'mined' just like in the game.
Block animation is handled by a piezo sensor, an Arduino and a Processing sketch. From earlier posts on [Ben's] blog, we're going to guess that he used
the keystone video projection library his own solution to map the Minecraft block onto the cardboard box. Animation is handled just as in Minecraft – overlaying the breaking animation onto the block and adding some particle effects.
We've seen a few Minecraft hacks before, like using it as a 3D design tool, and connecting your redstone CPU to the outside world. [Ben]'s build follows in the tradition of its forebears and is something we really want to try out. Check out the demos after the break.


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40 years after its discovery, there are no licensed treatments or vaccines for Ebola
Ethically, a vaccine for Ebola can only be trialled for effectiveness during an outbreak
Vaccines are better trialled in high-risk groups, including healthcare workers, say experts
Ebola virus disease is sweeping across West Africa in the largest outbreak of the virus to date. Mortality rates are currently at 60% in a disease where up to 90% of infected people can die. But despite this lethality there remain no licensed treatments or vaccines available, nearly 40 years after the disease was first discovered.
In March, Ebola was reported for the first time in Guinea, West Africa, in districts that border neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone. This proximity meant that unlike previous outbreaks in other parts of Africa, the usually remote Ebola virus had the opportunity to cross borders. With residents migrating back and forth, it did just that. Four months later the outbreak has reached unprecedented scales, with 1,093 people infected and 660 deaths attributed to the virus.
"This is clearly an outbreak across international borders and it has not been handled properly," explains David Heymann, professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), who was on-site at the first human Ebola outbreak in 1976.
He says the 24 known outbreaks of Ebola to date have shown that it should be easily controlled. "It's not rocket science to control these outbreaks but instead basic epidemiology: infection control, hygiene practices, contact-tracing and safe burial practices," says Heymann of the virus, which is transmitted through contact with bodily fluids. "Ebola is its own worst enemy, it's too lethal and cannot sustain its own spread."
But whilst it should be easily contained, this time something has gone wrong. The Guinean and Liberian capital cities were reached exposing many more to the virus and making those infected and their contacts harder to trace and isolate. The outbreak has been described as "out of control" by Doctors without Borders – so why is there no other approach?
Opinion: Why Ebola epidemic is spinning out of control
The usual response in disease outbreaks is to use drugs to treat those infected and stop them transmitting to others, in combination with vaccines that protect those exposed and slow down, or halt, the spread of a virus through a population by enabling herd immunity. But there are no licensed drugs or vaccines for use against Ebola as its periodic, remote and usually small-scale nature means there has not been a big enough market, nor the ability to conduct large-scale trials in humans exposed to the disease.
The biology of the virus also makes it challenging to develop vaccines that create a strong enough immune response; the occurrence of multiple forms of the virus means an immune response is needed against all of them, and Ebola's ability to replicate rapidly means it could equally rapidly evolve resistance to the vaccine.
Despite these challenges, there are vaccines being developed by a range of organizations, including the vaccine research center at the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) – and some argue that an outbreak is the perfect time to trial them.
"It would be unethical not to acknowledge that potential new treatments could both save lives and reduce transmission in this and future outbreaks," says Dr Jeremy Farrar, director of global charitable foundation the Wellcome Trust. Farrar has recently called for new approaches to be used in controlling the outbreak as no other opportunity will enable the further development of new treatments or vaccines.
"Any new intervention must have preclinical safety and efficacy data and Phase I safety data in healthy volunteers," he says describing the slow progression of phases involved in pharmaceutical development, "But ultimately there can be no Phase II (vaccine efficacy) data in Ebola other than that acquired during an epidemic."
Read: What is Ebola and why does it kill?
Peter Piot, director of the LSHTM, who co-discovered Ebola during its first outbreak, agrees with Farrar. "In general I believe that this continuing outbreak is a rare opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of experimental drugs," he says, but stresses, "as long as all ethical standards are respected, and as long as it does not create more problems for controlling the outbreak, since medical experiments may decrease even more trust in health authorities and add to hostility to healthcare workers."
Piot is referring to resistance from affected communities towards healthcare workers and health officials who enter their villages dressed in astronaut-like quarantine clothing and ask them to change their cultural practices such as burials, where the traditional cleaning of bodies puts those mourning at risk of transmission. Long-standing mistrust exists towards governments and ministries of health, leading to healthcare staff having rocks thrown at them, being threatened by machetes and facing general aggression, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson.
Tensions between those controlling the outbreak and those affected by it mean trialling vaccines in outbreak communities is not supported by WHO officials on the ground. "Using an experimental vaccine on human beings in the middle of an outbreak in this case would not be ethical, feasible, or wise," according to the WHO. But there remain other avenues.
"The vaccines are likely safe and effective but aren't used by public health teams and they won't use them without adequate trials," explains Dr Peter Walsh, from the University of Cambridge, who is developing vaccines for use in non-human primates such as chimpanzees and gorillas who are also victims of the virus. Walsh's vaccines have shown a good immune response when trialled in chimpanzees and he suggests trialling human vaccines incrementally in healthcare workers rather than the mass population.
"Healthcare workers are at the greatest risk and are hubs of infection who are likely to spread it to others," he says. "The risk of dying from the vaccine is tiny compared to dying from Ebola and unlike communities, healthcare workers would understand the risks better and should be able to give informed consent."
Read: Ebola doctor contracts the virus
This approach is supported by the NIAID, whose Ebola vaccine programs have progressed the furthest. "We are supporting a number of vaccines and they are all in a roughly similar position and getting ready for Phase I trials for safety," says Dr Mike Kurilla, director of their Office of Biodefense Research Resources and Translational Research.
"If these make it through testing what we're likely to see in future outbreaks is healthcare workers and outbreak investigators taking the vaccine under informed consent," Kurilla explains. "Working with those at the highest risk will enable you to see if the vaccine has an impact."
It is too late in this outbreak for vaccines to have enough of a preventative impact, but Ebola will emerge again in the future. If safety can be proven, the stockpiling of vaccines could improve the outcome of future outbreaks.
"Vaccines enable a preparative framework to be established rather than a reactive one," explains Heymann. "But firstly it must be shown to be safe in humans."
The ability to control future epidemics may depend on it.
Opinion: Why Ebola epidemic is spinning out of control
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Premier Christy Clark has blocked Health Minister Mike de Jong's idea of charging smokers higher MSP premiums to reflect the extra burden they put on B.C. health care system.
"I don't support it," the premier said Friday, two days after de Jong told Black Press he was "seriously looking" at the idea.
Clark said it's a slippery slope to start charging higher MSP premiums based on people's personal behaviour.
"People pay more taxes because they pay taxes on cigarettes," Clark said.
She added that if the government needs to raise more revenue from smokers, it should raise taxes on tobacco.
B.C. is already getting more revenue from tobacco since July 2010 when the harmonized sales tax took effect, increasing the price by seven per cent because the provincial sales tax did not apply to tobacco here.
Reverting back to the GST/PST system would mean tobacco taxes go back down unless B.C. opts to raise its separate tax on tobacco.
De Jong raised the notion of an MSP surcharge on smokers in a panel discussion at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention.
He gave no details, calling it a concept under exploration.
"I think smokers would be upset to be singled out," de Jong said. "But we want them to be upset because they are engaged in a behaviour that is costing the rest of society billions of dollars.
De Jong raised the issue as he outlined government plans to carve money out of existing health spending to fund new initiatives to prevent chronic illness and reduce long-term costs.
B.C. already spends nearly $100 million a year on health promotion and disease prevention.
Victoria's latest move is to fully fund nicotine patches and other smoking cessation aids.
Smokers will no longer have the excuse of not being able to afford to pay for help to quit smoking, de Jong said, adding the $15 million required will come from other parts of the health budget.
More than 300 people signed up in the first hours as the new program launched Friday.
Smokers make up just 14 per cent of the B.C. population – the lowest rate in Canada – but de Jong said cutting that to 12 or 10 per cent would still save billions of dollars.
He said there's no new money to fund disease prevention initiatives, so cash much come from other health spending, adding that may mean difficult decisions ahead.
B.C.'s health budget has climbed from $4.8 billion in 1990, when it made up 32 per cent of all government spending, to $16 billion now or 45 per cent.
"We keep plundering other budgets to feed an insatiable appetite in health care," de Jong said. "We are going to have to live within our means in health care and actually shift the emphasis."


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By Andrew Josey and Garry Doherty, The Open Group
We know that TOGAF® isn't perfect. In fact, it probably never will be, but sometimes, especially after a major release, it's a good idea to stop and look backwards after its been in implementation for a while… just to make sure we've gotten it right and to review the standard for reasons of further clarification and to improve consistency.
That's why we're releasing TOGAF® 9.1. It contains a set of corrections to address comments raised since the introduction of TOGAF® 9 in 2009. We have been able to address over 400 of the comments received against TOGAF® 9, resulting in over 450 changes to the standard.
The maintenance updates in TOGAF® 9.1 are based on feedback received on the framework as organizations have put it to good use over the past three years. As such the changes are upwards compatible adding clarification, consistency and additional detail where needed. Some of the most significant updates include:
- The SOA chapter (Part III, Chapter 22, Using TOGAF to Define & Govern SOAs) has been updated to include the latest Open Group SOA Work Group output providing guidance on adapting the ADM phases for SOA
- ADM Phases E and F (Part II, Chapters 13 and 14) have been reworked to match the level of detail in other phases, and the uses of terminology for Transition Architecture, Roadmap, and Implementation Strategy clarified and made consistent
- Corrections have been applied to aspects of the Content Metamodel (Part IV, Chapter 34, The Content Metamodel) including the metamodel diagrams
- The concepts of levels, iterations and partitions have been clarified and made consistent. This includes a reorganization of material in Part III, Chapter 19, Applying Iteration to the ADM and Chapter 20, Applying the ADM across the Architecture Landscape, and also Part V, Chapter 40, Architecture Partitioning
- The terms "artifact" versus "viewpoint" have been clarified and made consistent. This includes a restructuring of Part IV, Chapter 35, Architectural Artifacts
- Changes have been made to improve general usability including:
- The artifacts for each phase are now listed in the phase descriptions
- Duplicate text in several places has been replaced with an appropriate reference
- The "Objectives" sections of the phases have been reworked
- Some artifacts have been renamed to better reflect their usage
If you're already TOGAF® 9 certified, don't worry about the status of your certification. The TOGAF® 9 Certification for People Program has been designed to accommodate maintenance updates to the TOGAF® 9 standard such as TOGAF® 9.1. So impacts on the program are minimal:
- The two levels of certification remain as TOGAF® 9 Foundation and TOGAF® 9 Certified.
- Individuals who are currently certified in the TOGAF® 9 People Certification program remain certified.
TOGAF 9.1 is available for online reading at http://www.opengroup.org/togaf/ and available in The Open Group Bookstore at http://www.opengroup.org/bookstore/catalog/g116.htm .
A detailed description of the changes between TOGAF 9 and TOGAF 9.1 is available at http://www.opengroup.org/bookstore/catalog/u112.htm .
So now you know why pencils have erasers… because perfection is a constantly moving target!


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Avatech Tricks: Creating Dormer Roofs in Revit Building11 Jan, 2006 By: Craig R. Thomas Cadalyst
Revit Building helps you create dormer roofs, including the dormer geometry required by the opening in the main roof.
Adding a dormer is easy if you don't care about overlapping geometry or what the interior might look like (figure 1). But we usually do care about such things. The following steps will help you create the dormer components and also create the opening in the main roof that corresponds to the dormer geometry.
Figure 1. Interior with overlapping geometry (left) and roofs trimmed and opening created (right).
Creating the Dormer Geometry
1. In any elevation view add a new level that represents the top of the dormer walls and the level where you will draw the dormer roof. Also, we will assume that you have a level named Roof that corresponds to the main roof (figure 2).
Figure 2. Elevation view with the Dormer level added.
2. Make the Roof level the current view.
3. Draw three walls out in front of the main roof to form the dormer walls. Set the top of the wall to the Dormer level (figure 3).
Figure 3. Dormer walls.
4. Now open the Dormer level view.
5. Add a roof by footprint to the dormer walls.
a. Use a 1' offset and make sure the Defines Slope box is checked for the sides of the roof (figure 4).
Figure 4. Roof lines that define the slope.
b. Use a 1' offset and uncheck the Defines Slope box for the front of the roof (figure 5).
Figure 5. Front roof line.
c. For the rear line, use the Lines tool and draw a line 2 or 3 feet from the front roof line, but not all the way back to the end of the dormer walls (figure 6).
Figure 6. Back roof line.
d. Trim the side lines back to the rear line.
e. In the Roof Properties (figure 7), set the Rise/12 property to a shallower slope (try 4").
Figure 7. Rise/12" property.
f. Select Finish Roof.
At this point, your model should look something like figure 8. Next we will move the roof into place over the main roof and attach the top of the dormer walls to the two roof objects.
Figure 8. Dormer geometry before being attached.
1. In the Roof Level view, move the dormer over the main roof (figure 9). Snap the face of the front dormer wall to the face of the wall below.
Figure 9. Moving the dormer geometry into place.
2. Use the Join Roofs tool to trim the dormer roof to the main roof. Notice that you are able to select the back edge of the dormer roof because it is not buried within the main roof (figure 10).
Figure 10. Joining the dormer roof to the main roof.
3. Select each of the dormer walls. Click the Attach button on the Options bar. Make sure the Top button is selected and pick the dormer roof.
4. At this point, the parts of the dormer walls that are not directly beneath the dormer roof are down at the dormer level. That may or may not work for you, depending on your design intent. If this portion of the wall needs to attach to the main roof, follow the remainder of this step. If not, you may skip this step.
a. Open the dormer level view. Hide the main roof. This should expose the dormer walls below.
b. Draw a reference plane that passes through the intersection of the dormer roof and the dormer side walls (figure 11). Split the dormer walls along that reference plane line.
Figure 11. Reference plane that intersects dormer roof and side walls.
c. After the spilt, you should be able to select both newly created side walls (figure 12). Change to the Roof Level view and attach these walls to the main roof.
Figure 12. Side walls after split.
Cutting the Hole in the Main Roof
We're almost ready to cut the opening in the main roof. But first, we need to check that the dormer walls are connected properly at the front of the dormer.
1. Select the front wall and look at each end. If it isn't the same, as in figure 13, the opening may not be symmetrical.
Figure 13. Check to make sure the ends of the front wall are the same.
2. Use the Edit Wall Joins command on one end to get it to match the other. It should look like figure 14 when you're done.
Figure 14. Symmetrical front wall.
3. Now we're ready to cut the dormer opening in the main roof. Open the 3D view. On the Modeling tab in the Design bar, select the Opening command. Select the Pick a Roof to be Cut by a Dormer Opening option (figure 15).
Figure 15. Select a placement option.
4. Select the main roof (figure 16).
Figure 16. Main roof selected.
5. You'll notice that your only option at this point is to pick either a wall or a roof.
a. Pick the dormer roof (figure 17). Two lines appear that represent the intersection of the main roof and the dormer roof.
Figure 17. Two lines represent the intersection of the main roof and the dormer roof.
b. Now pick a side wall (figure 18). A line representing the intersection of the side wall and the main roof is drawn.
Figure 18. The line represents the intersection of the side wall and the main roof.
c. Pick the remaining walls (figure 19). Again, a line is created representing each intersection between the wall and the main roof. Unlike most sketches in Revit, you do not need to trim these edges to each other.
Figure 19. A line represents the intersection between the wall and the main roof.
d. Select Finish Boundary.
You're done! I've inserted a small window in my dormer wall (figure 20). Now that the opening is created, you can copy it and all the dormer geometry (walls, windows and roof) to other locations on the roof.
Figure 20. Completed dormer roof.
Of course you can do many variations on this theme. The front dormer wall does not have to line up with the wall below. Try creating the dormer roof as an arc (roof by extrusion) in elevation. Let your imagination run wild!
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The crew of an experimental, high-tech submersible is called into action to investigate a mysterious nuclear submarine crash. A series of strange encounters leads the crew to suspect the accident was caused by an extraterrestrial craft, and that they may be participating in an encounter with an alien species. However, in order to make contact, they must not only brave the abyss, an exceedingly deep underwater canyon, but also deal with the violent actions of one of their own crew members, an increasingly paranoid Navy SEAL officer. Approved by director James Cameron, The Abyss: Special Edition is an extended director's cut of the 1989 underwater science fiction epic, reinstating nearly a half hour of footage removed from the original release under studio pressure. Much of the restored footage places the film's events in a grander political context, as the crew's mission becomes a factor in the dangerous escalation of nuclear tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The largest change involves the film's ending, which provides further information on the aliens' mission on Earth, bringing the film to closer to Cameron's intention: a modern remake of Robert Wise's The Day the Earth Stood Still.~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide


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STUTTGART, Germany – Top-seeded Maria Sharapova outlasted Ana Ivanovic 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Porsche Grand Prix.
Sharapova, the defending champion, needed more than 3 hours to overcome Lucie Safarova a day earlier. This one was an hour shorter but nearly as intense.
"It was hard to get my body going, I need some time to warm up a little," Sharapova said. "Another tough one."
Sharapova will play third-seeded Angelique Kerber, who defeated Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan 6-3, 7-6 (2) to reach her third semifinal of the season.
Against Ivanovic, another former No. 1 and the 2008 French Open champion, Sharapova squandered a 4-1 lead in the third set before breaking serve again and serving out the match on her second match point.
Last year, Sharapova used the indoor clay-court tournament to warm up for the French Open, where she won the title.
Kerber is aiming for her first title of the year after finishing runner-up in Monterrey. She's made the semifinals in Stuttgart for the first time.
Shvedova trailed 4-1 before breaking back. But she dropped her serve again with two errors from the baseline. The two traded breaks in the first three games of the second set before Kerber opened a 3-1 lead, but Shvedova pulled even at 3-3.
Kerber ran up a 5-1 lead in the tiebreaker.
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1. "I am damn unsatisfied to be killed in this way."
2. "Fatty, you with your thick face have hurt my instep."
3. "Gun wounds again?"
4. "Same old rules: no eyes, no groin."
5. "A normal person wouldn't steal pituitaries."
6. "I'll burn you into a barbecue chicken!"
7. "Who gave you the nerve to get killed here?"
8. "Quiet or I'll blow your throat up."
9. "You always use violence. I should've ordered glutinous rice chicken!"
10. "I'll fire aimlessly if you don't come out!"
11. "You daring lousy guy!"
12. "I got knife scars more than the number of your leg's hair!"
13. "Beware! Your bones are going to be disconnected."
14. "How can you use my intestines as a gift?"
15. "The bullets inside are very hot. Why do I feel so cold?"
16. "Beat him out of recognizable shape."
* I received that e-mail in October, 1997, and ran this list in the issue of Envoy Magazine that was just going to print shortly afterward. Anyway, I ran across it again just now and, even a dozen years later, it still evoked a chortle.


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4 October 2013
The mass-circulation Maariv daily reported this week Israel faces losing $55 million in U.S. funding for Arrow-3 -- under development by state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries and the Boeing Co. of the United States -- because of cutbacks in defense spending by the United States and Israel.
The daily said the shortfall would not be covered by an increase in funds by Netanyahu's government, which recently slashed the Defense Ministry's 2014 budget despite fierce opposition by the military.
Israel receives $3.15 billion a year in U.S. military aid, the largest package provided to any U.S. ally.
Uzi Rubin, former director of the ministry's Missile Defense Organization and a staunch advocate of Arrow-3, warned the funding cutback would "categorically" impact on the country's defense capabilities.
The cut is expected to delay development of Arrow-3 and reduce the number of missiles available for defense against Iran's Shehab-3 ballistic missiles and the more advanced Sejjil-2 now under development.
Some sources said the Defense Ministry is expected to cancel orders for the development and procurement of systems by Israeli defense contractors.
Arrow-3 had been expected to become operational in 2014, with four batteries deployed by 2016 and another four to come at an unspecified date. It's not known to what extent the program will now be set back.
The withdrawal of the $55 million is reported to have triggered a "heated debate" within Israel's defense establishment, particularly as Israeli commanders feel the Jewish state could be made more vulnerable if U.S. President Barack Obama secures a possible rapprochement with Iran through its new president, Hassan Rouhani.
Netanyahu has warned that Rouhani's moderate approach since his recent election masks the Tehran regime's hostile intent toward Israel.
The Israeli leader has repeatedly threatened to take military action against Iran's nuclear program which he views as an existential threat to the Jewish state.
He was reported to have been pressured by Washington and his own military commanders into not unleashing airstrikes in 2012. The last thing he would want right now is slowing down development of the Arrow-3.
Netanyahu -- who told National Public Radio in an interview Thursday if a meeting with Rouhani is "offered, I'd consider it, but it's not an issue" -- has generally appeared to be making every effort to torpedo any reconciliation, and he can be expected to press Obama not to impede the Arrow-3 program at this time, particularly as his administration announced in June it was fast-tracking the project.
Arrow-3 is designed to intercept ballistic missiles beyond Earth's atmosphere, including some that could in the future carry nuclear warheads. That makes it the top layer of a four-tier missile defense shield known as Homa, "The Wall," that the Israelis are building primarily to counter Iranian ballistic weapons.
The system is designed to protect Israel's population centers, industry and strategic facilities against long-range missiles and lower-altitude weapons held by Syria and Hezbollah of Lebanon, and short-range rockets possessed by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip as well as Hezbollah.
The Arrow series of missiles -- Arrow 1 has been operational since 2000 and at least two batteries of lower-altitude Arrow-2 are currently deployed -- would be Israel's main line of defense if there is conflict with Iran.
The two-stage Arrow-3 interceptor has twice the range of arrow-2, which will provide defense against ballistic missiles at a lower altitude, essentially picking off any that get past Arrow-3.
Israel's Missile Defense Organization and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency successfully conducted Arrow-3's first flight test Feb. 25 over the Mediterranean Sea, presumably from the Palmachim air base south of Tel Aviv.
The United States has played a key role in helping develop the entire Arrow project since it began in the mid-1980s. The program is reported to have cost in excess of $1 billion, most of it U.S. funding.
Washington has been reducing funds for Israeli missile defense programs for a
couple of years, though not significantly, Israeli media have reported. The
Obama administration requested $121.7 million in 2011, $106.1 million in the
2012 budget proposal and $99.8 million for fiscal 2013.


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Scotty McCreery Goes to Prom
The pressure was on for Scotty McCreery over the weekend. However, he wasn't performing in front of a crowd of thousands of screaming fans, and he wasn't appearing live on national television. So what exactly was he doing, you ask? The 18-year-old country superstar was attending his high school prom, of course!
McCreery and a few of his pals from Garner High got all dolled up for the big night, and the singer was gracious enough to share a photo through his Twitter page. "Prom 2012!" he tweeted, acknowledging his pals who stood beside him (left to right: Heather McClung and Jacob Bowes, Gabi Dugal and McCreery, Krista King and Mason Sawyer).
If McCreery's date Gabi Dugal looks a bit familiar to his fans, she should. Dugal was McCreery's leading lady in his 'The Trouble With Girls' video, which was released last fall.
The group's individual Twitter pages have been relatively quiet since the big night, so no word on how the event went. McCreery did send a follow up tweet after posting the picture however, making a pun of his song saying, "They prolly had some trouble w/ boys tonight tho! hahah.. #twoleftfeet."
Regardless if the boys had any solid dance moves in them or not, we think it's a safe bet that they all had a blast! It's great to see that despite his fame, McCreery is still living the life of a normal teenager. This is the second year in a row that he has attended Garner High School's prom.


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Page 63 - For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
Page 110 - For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world ; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people zealous of good works.
Page 154 - Likewise .the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities. For we know not what we should pray for as we ought; but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
Page 44 - Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice : and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Page 134 - For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit : by which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; which sometime were disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing ; wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved by water.
Page 9 - Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat ; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread ? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live ; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the...
Page 175 - Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them." And Elisha prayed, and said : " Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see." And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man ; and he saw : and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Page 65 - For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.


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Study: Half of Wisconsin's residents will be obese by 2030
(CNN) -- America is getting fatter, according to a new report, and bulging waistlines will rack up big health care expenditures within the next two decades.
The report, from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, draws on previously published government data to make predictions about what consequences an upward obesity trend would have for individual states.
It also projects that the health of the country -- and the dollars spent on the health care system -- would benefit from even a 5% reduction in the average body mass index. The report is called "F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2012."
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found, in data published in August, that Mississippi is the country's leader in adult obesity, at 34.9%. That number could rise to 66.7% by 2030, the new report found.
The new analysis also projected that obesity rates in 13 states could rise above 60% among adults by 2030. By that year, every state in the nation may have adult obesity rates above 44%, including 39 states with rates higher than 50%, the report said.
This is consistent with a 2012 study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, which concluded that by 2030, 42% of adults will be obese. That study forecast $550 billion in health care spending from now to 2030 as a result of rising obesity rates.
Just how fat?
But some experts are skeptical about how accurately obesity trends can be predicted. Methods of calculating how fat Americans will be in the future vary greatly, and there's no accepted standard of determining it, said David B. Allison, director of the Nutrition Obesity Research Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, who was not involved in the new study.
"I don't mean for a moment that we should not be taking steps to reduce obesity," Allison said. "If it increases in prevalence, it would be a more serious problem. And even if it decreases in prevalence, without us intentionally doing anything in the immediate term, I'd be shocked if it's going to vanish."
Interventions intended to reduce obesity should take place regardless of what the projections say the numbers will be in the future, he said.
The CDC data indicate that the South is the most obese region of the U.S., but that may not be entirely true either, said George Howard, professor of biostatistics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. No one was weighed or measured in the collecting of the information; people were merely asked about their heights and weights via telephone -- so they could have lied.
Howard speculates that there may be bias in the data because "there's not a social stigma attached to being fat in the South," he said. "If you ask people how fat they are, they tell you."
Correlations between obesity and the South may be tied to other factors, Allison said. Certain ethnic groups, people from rural areas, and people of low socioeconomic status are more likely to be obese than others.
It is not known whether there is a particular reporting bias in the South, or whether lifestyle factors influence obesity there, or if the trend has both components, Allison said.
More obesity leads to more disease, and money
For making projections, the new study uses a peer-reviewed model that was used in an analysis of obesity trends in a 2011 article in The Lancet. The Lancet study used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, whereas this one used CDC data.
But note that the methodology for the CDC data was different from years past. For the 2011 survey, the CDC included cell phones for the first time. That means trouble for comparisons between this year's results and surveys before it.
Authors of the new report noted that in 1995, Mississippi's obesity rate, which led the nation at that time as well, was only 19.4%, and that 20 years ago, no state was above 15%. But these numbers were not determined the same way as the 2011 data.
If this report's projections are correct, the disease burden as a consequence is significant. Between 2010 and 2020, new cases of Type 2 diabetes could increase tenfold; so could stroke, coronary heart disease, hypertension and arthritis. The number of cases could double again by 2030, the report said.
"(If) we stay on the current track, we're going to see unacceptably high rates of obesity, and more importantly, unacceptably high rates of diabetes, heart disease, stroke, obesity-related cancers, arthritis, that will really place a huge burden on our health care system," said Jeff Levi, executive director of Trust for American Health.
Other data have also suggested diabetes increases. A 2010 analysis from UnitedHealth Group's Center for Health Reform and Modernization found that more than half of Americans will have diabetes or pre-diabetes by 2020. The researchers said these diseases will account for nearly $500 billion in total health care spending.
Current estimates suggest that the yearly medical cost of adult obesity today is between $147 billion and $210 billion, the study said. The report found that by 2030, an extra $48 billion to $66 billion per year may be spent treating preventable diseases associated with obesity.
But there is hope, if adults across America would reduce their body mass index, the report said. If the average body mass index were lowered by 5% by 2030, states could save billions of dollars while helping many people. That's the equivalent of a 200-pound, 6-foot-tall person losing 10 pounds.
"We really are looking at two futures for America's health," Michelle Larkin, assistant vice president and deputy director for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Health Group, said at a news conference Tuesday.
In this scenario, the report found, more than 100 cases of obesity-related cancer for every 100,000 people would be prevented in all states. Nearly 800,000 Californians would avoid diabetes, and about 660,000 Californians would avoid a stroke or coronary heart disease.
And savings in health care costs could be between 6.5% and 7.9% in most states, the report said.
The report recommends several policy interventions, such as increasing physical activity in schools, supporting healthy nutrition, putting in place new standards for school meals, and promoting preventive health care services.
Larkin highlighted Philadelphia as a city that has shown a commitment to reducing obesity, and where efforts are paying off.
A CDC report found that obesity among the city's public school students has declined in recent years, although only from 21.5% to 20.5%. Philadelphia has implemented several initiatives over the last decade aimed at schoolchildren, including removing all sodas and drinks sweetened with sugar from vending machines, offering free breakfast to all students, and getting rid of fryers.
The Food Trust, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit group, has been bringing supermarkets to communities that need them and ensuring that food stamps can be used at farmers' markets.
"The city is the first to succeed in reducing disparities in obesity rates," Larkin said. "The city achieved the greatest achievements in (body mass index) among African-American males and Hispanic females, two groups that historically have experienced higher rates of obesity and related health problems."
California, Mississippi and New York City are also starting to show declines in childhood obesity rates, she said.


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GoDaddy Might Out-Cheese Taco Bell with 'White Light'
Media Post says GoDaddy might do two spots instead of one. One will be a spot where some people talk about "beaver" and that "too-hot" Exposure spot.
The other one, which was approved by Fox amidst the beaver nonsense, is called White Light. Some geeky dude who spends Super Bowl Sunday registering domain names is rewarded by the appearance of a white light, out of which leaks a Hooters girl disguised as a GoDaddy cheerleader, and really really cheesy music that will make you wish GoDaddy folded in the '90s dotcom boom.
Ready to come into the light? Embrace it here (teaser only). There's a "too-hot!" director's cut available too.
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Topic: Commercials, Online, Super Bowl 2008, Video
Topic: Commercials, Online, Super Bowl 2008, Video


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For the French Open, Nike has dressed both Rafael Nadal and Roger Feder in the same Nike palette.
I prefer this color on Roger. The red version of the shirt wasn't doing him good. And the blue/white version of Rafa's shirt is better than the blue/black, which they've given back to Carlos the Cursed and poor James Blake (WHAT is going on with that blouse?!).
Which color do you prefer on Roger — red or blue? Tell us.
From left to right: Nadal, Federer, Blake, Moya
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LAS VEGAS -- Oddsmakers had trouble picking the favorite in what figures to be one of the most evenly matched -- and heavily bet -- Super Bowls ever.
Bettors knew who they wanted, though, putting early money on Denver and making the Broncos a slight favorite to beat the Seattle Seahawks in most of this city's legal betting parlors.
Denver was favored by 1 point at several books in the early betting, while others had the Broncos as high as a 3-point pick. The move to the Broncos came after some books had initially made the Seahawks as much as a 2-point pick in the game.
"We're just trying to figure out what the market will be and get a feel of where money will go," said Jay Kornegay, who runs the LVH sports book and initially had the Seahawks favored. "At this point it doesn't take a lot to move the line."
At the South Point sports book, Jimmy Vaccaro was on the phone talking about where he thought the line was going to go when a bettor came to the window and put $25,000 on the Broncos. That moved the game from pick 'em to the Broncos being favored by 1 point, as the odds were adjusted to take in the bet.
"Take your best shot," Vaccaro said. "It's an intriguing matchup with no clear cut favorite."
Time was just running out in Seattle's win over the San Francisco 49ers when the first odds for the Super Bowl were posted at most books. Bettors quickly reacted by putting most of the early money on the Broncos in an initial burst of enthusiasm for a game so even that some think it will break the record of $98.9 million bet in Nevada's legal sports books last year.
"It's incredible already, they're lined up betting this game like it started a half hour from now," Vaccaro said. "If we don't do $100 million on this game I'd be really puzzled."
Kornegay said he made the Seahawks a 2-point favorite in his opening line because the Seahawks have a slightly higher power rating than the Broncos and a defense that might be the key in a game played outdoors in what could be cold temperatures.
"With the game being in New York and the early forecast for below normal temperatures that favors a defensive team," he said. "It also favors a running team and that's certainly an advantage to the Seahawks."
Bettors, though, liked Peyton Manning and his chances of winning another Super Bowl, and they didn't wait long to bet the Broncos. Sports books adjust the line to try to balance money on each team, and the LVH went from posting Seattle as a 2-point favorite to Denver being favored by 1 point in less than an hour.
Most big bettors -- the so-called "sharps" who can move a line all by themselves -- wait until much closer to the game before placing their bets.
"It's all small stuff now," Vaccaro said. "The smart guys are not going to grab either side right now until they see how this shakes out."


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Here's Barnes and Noble's rebuttal to the Kindle Fire HD: The 7-inch Nook HD and the 9-inch Nook HD+. This is B&N's frontline offensive against Amazon, as well as the rush of smaller tablets muscling in on the turf it tried to stake out. Does it have a chance? After spending a little time with it, well, maybe.
The 7-inch Nook HD has 1440x900 display that more than matches up with the competition; its 243ppi outguns the 216ppi on the Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HD by a good margin. The 9-inch HD+'s 1920x1280 screen is at 256ppi—right up there with the retina iPad's 264. The viewing angles on both are great; color doesn't warp or degrade much within normal viewing positions, and the colors look vibrant and crisp. On white backgrounds, the Nook is a little whiter than the Fire HD, which B&N chalked up to a little more blue in the mix. It's not clear if that will make for a more comfortable read in the long-run, but it certainly looks sharp.
And it's light! Oh man, this thing is so light. You forget just how much lighter it is; the 7-inch Nook is 20 percent lighter than the already featherweight 7-inch Kindle Fire HD, while the 9-inch weighs in at a mere 515g. The Kindle's flatter, wider design makes it feel lighter than it is—which closes the gap some—but the difference in weight is still obvious.
Guts? Guts! The 7-inch Nook HD uses a 1.3GHz OMAP 4470, while the 9-inch has a 1.5GHz version of the same chip. They clock a bit faster than the Fire and the Nexus—and have a bit faster memory—to deal with the extra pixels.
B&N claims the battery on both Nooks can withstand up to 9 hours of HD playback and 10.5 hours of reading, though you're probably not going to get anywhere close to either of those numbers at max brightness.
Barnes and Noble didn't let us listen to the 7-inch's speakers, but the 9-inch Nook was neither loud nor crisp, a noticeable drawback compared to the Kindle Fire HD. Despite stereo software that's supposed to give the impression of fullness of sound, it's still obviously coming from one side of the device.
Here's the problem: The Nook HD doesn't look like premium tablet. It could be the tough-but-cheapy plastic exterior, or maybe the dorky hole at the bottom left of the 9-inch—as though it's crappy enough to just toss on a keychain or carabiner. The Nook HD has an aesthetically utilitarian design. It prizes screen quality and ergonomics. But it looks junky. And people just don't buy things that look and feel junky anymore, no matter how good their components are.
The Nook nudges ahead of the Kindle a bit in software, but just by a nose. And it still leaves you sort of wishing for a clean Android Jelly Bean install like the Nexus 7. Barnes and Noble wouldn't answer whether the software we saw was at release candidate stage, but its software gurus have got a lot of work to do before it ships. We were still able to get a good sense of the overall design.
On the surface, it's a lot like Kindle OS. It, too, is built on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and has a carousel of recently used apps and items at the top of the home screen. Below that are some pinned favorites, and below that are your Library, Apps, Web, Email and Shop buttons. It's a better idea than Amazon's junk drawer design, which tosses a few Favorites off in the corner. That said, the Library can't bring a Books or Music or Video button to the top level, so you're always a few clicks away from an individual title. So the Nook is more organized, which is good, but is also in some ways less convenient. Which is, you know, bad.
You can toggle between six user profiles, including handy parental controls that determine what kids' accounts can access and buy. It's not quite as gamified as the Kindle FreeTime, but it seems just as useful.
One of the more interesting things Nook's trying with its software is what it's calling Channels. They're a lot like Netflix's nuanced suggestion channels—think "Critically Acclaimed Documentaries" or "Witty Buddy Comedies"—but across all the kinds of content that Barnes and Noble sells. So Notorious American History would be populated with books, audio books, apps, movies, and comics about defining moments in American history. It's effective, and seems more helpful than Amazon's "You read a Batman comic? Here are a LOT MORE BATMAN COMICS" approach.
B&N's horses can mostly keep up with the competition's books and comics and magazine offerings, but Kindle clobbers its new video outlet. There's no Amazon Prime bolstering people's free and owned content. And while Nook's got all the partners you'd want from a video store—HBO, Sony, STARZ, Viacom, Warner Bros., and Disney are all on board, so it's hard to go looking for something and not find it—it's just tough to imagine that many people willing to jump to a new ecosystem this late in the game.
When (And How Much)?
The 7-inch comes in 8GB and 16GB versions for $200 and $230, respectively, and the 9-inch is 16GB and 32GB at $270 and $300. B&N will sell an HDMI adapter separately for $40 (Fire HD has built-in HDMI-out). All models will ship in late October.
But should you buy them? This was just a quick hands-on; we'll reserve full judgment for a full review. It's clear, though, that Barnes and Noble has a seat at the table for this round of tablets. It's got ideas. But how much that matters depends on whether people are willing to consider a very good alternative that's, well, kind of dumpy-looking.


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The elephant snail is a well-known nuisance dreaded by every gardener, originally hailing from the Jungles of Raza. Its appetite is legendary, and one snail alone can destroy a good-sized garden in only a single night. Worse, these creatures usually come in large groups and can easily destroy the harvest of a village in short time, causing famine among the people. Elephant snails usually appear in irregular intervals at the Jungles of Raza, separated by several years. In those years, they eat a swath through the jungle, until they lay their eggs and die off. Careless magi who didn't watch their elephant snails have caused swarms of them in other regions of the world, which caused the Keep to put a ban on breeding them. The Keep has a team of experts ready to move out when hearing about a swarm in an inhabited region and contain the infestation. How these ravenous creatures came into existence is unknown, although some accounts say of a magi long ago who held great respect for both elephants and snails, and attempted to meld the two into one, with a disastrous outcome.
This is a heavy egg looking almost like the shell of a snail.
A small snail has hatched from your egg. It has an unusual appetite and is constantly eating, usually anything leafy and green. The first night after it emerged, you made the mistake of letting it run around your quarters unchecked, with the result that one of the plants you had was eaten whole. You now keep the snail in a glass bowl with a lot of food, and it increases in size daily. Before long, this odd hatchling will challenge the gryphon younglings in size.
Your snail has almost reached a foot in length. While it is still eating whatever it can, it hasn't grown in the last few days and you suspect it has reached its final size. By now it seems to recognize you, because it always flaps its ears in greeting when you come near it, although you suspect it does this more in expectation of a meal than in genuine interest for you. Its trunk is surprisingly nimble and more than once it has broken out of the bowl you are keeping it in. When this large creature escapes, it proceeds to demolish most of your quarters, using its tusk to break into your cupboards. More than once you have considered getting rid of the thing, since it doesn't seem to serve a useful purpose, but every time you do, it wraps its trunk around your wrist affectionately and makes you reconsider. Strange though it is, you have become attached to this creature, and even the burden of feeding it seems not so difficult.
Obtained from: Shop, Remy's Inn: 1250 gold
Breeding: No
Renaming cost: 2000 gold
Element: Neutral
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If you want to become the new lead maintainer of a package that is marked as unmaintained on the PEAR website, the following section will explain to you the necessary steps for this to happen.
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What's Cuba Gooding Jr. up to these days? Well, there's Red Tails — and, according to three women in New Mexico, a whole lot of groping. The women say he harassed all of them at Maloney's Tavern in Albuquerque — and they have pictures.
Sara (all the women I talked to asked that their last names not be used) told me:
At about midnight on March 1st, Cuba Gooding Jr. waltzed into the bar we were at and proceeded to sexually harass a number of the [women there] and assault (punch) a [man] for attempting to take a picture of Cuba receiving a lap dance. [...] The sexual harassment occurred when women would be taking pictures with him; he would grab butt cheeks during the picture taking and when women reacted negatively to that, he would proceed to either touch women's breasts or tell them that he "loved them." He told me that he loved me because his wife's name is also Sara. Classy.
She added, "I have pictures of him reaching to grope my breast..."
"... as well as pictures of my friend jumping on his back in anger after he twisted her nipples."
Her friend Meagan told me that Gooding grabbed her ass, and confirmed that he tried to grab Sara's chest. She also said that after leaving the area, they ran into him again on the dance floor, where he grabbed Meagan's breast and pinched her nipple. She said he was repeatedly bothering and harassing women even after they told him to stop.
A third woman, Molly, says,
Cuba Gooding Jr. came into Maloney's Pub in Albuquerque on March 1st, and the bar was fairly crowded at the time. No one seemed to notice or realize who he was when he first entered, and he inappropriately touched [Sara] and she immediately dismissed him. Someone then recognized him and swarms of people started crowding around him to take pictures. Sara and I took a picture with him, and he attempted to grab her breasts in the process. Later on the night, he came up to me, grabbed my face, and kissed my cheek. He asked where I was staying and told me I would be staying with him tonight, making lewd comments about his plans to sleep with me that night. He mentioned that he his happily married with three kids, but "not tonight." He also said I was "probably like 12" years old (I am actually 23 years old). I also witnessed him inappropriately touching a friend of mine, [Meagan], which caused her to be extremely upset. Another woman in the bar gave him a lap dance and when a man tried to take a picture, Gooding grabbed the phone, threatening to "break it in half," and followed him to the bathroom, where he apparently punched him.
The three weren't the only ones to put Gooding in Albuqueurque on the night of March 1. New Mexico entertainment site One Headlight Ink has a photo of the actor at the city's Library Bar & Grill, dated that day. Gooding's also apparently been making the rounds in other places — New York-based Maggie Montgomery recently tweeted, "Just got hit on by Cuba Gooding Jr...my goodness" (she hasn't responded to requests for elaboration). And he's no stranger to carousing at bars in Western cities — here he is giving a somewhat slurred speech at a bar in Spokane, WA in 2010. He opens with a rousing "show me the money," a catchphrase that by that point was fourteen years old.
Gooding's rep said she hadn't yet been able to reach him for comment, because he's filming. The manager of Maloney's Tavern (which is noted on Yelp for its "stench") did not return my calls, so I wasn't able to get his take on his celebrity patron's alleged behavior. Sara, for her part, said she'd like to "warn the general public about [Gooding's] disgusting creepiness." Consider yourself warned.