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- Talking to a Loved One Battling Substance Abuse: Staying Positive Is Key
- RSV Vaccine Given in Pregnancy to Help Shield Newborns Receives Full U.S. Approval
- Many Americans Frustrated in Search for Low-Cost COVID Boosters
- In 22 U.S. States, More Than a Third of Adults Are Now Obese
- Kraft Cheese Slices Recalled Due to Plastic Wrap Choking Hazard
- Kids' ER Visits for Mental Health Crises Rise When School Term Begins
- Medicaid Reinstated for Nearly 500,000 Children and Families: CMS
- Newer Diabetes Meds Might Not Work as Well in Black Patients
- Vaping Raises a Teen's Odds of Developing Asthma
- Scientists Spot Gene Mutation Linked to Esophageal Cancer
New DNA Discoveries Advance MS Research
TUESDAY, Oct. 1An international team of scientists has identified 48 new genetic variants associated with multiple sclerosis (MS), a new study says.
The findings bring to 110 the number of genetic variants linked to MS and offer new insight into the biology of the progressive neurological disease.
The genes pinpointed in the new study underline the central role played by the immune system in the development of MS and show significant overlap with genes known to be involved in other autoimmune diseases, according to the study, which was published online Sept. 29 in the journal Nature Genetics.
The International Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium included 193 investigators in 13 countries. They analyzed DNA from more than 29,000 people with MS and nearly 51,000 people without the disease, making it the largest MS study ever undertaken.
Although there are now 110 genetic variants known to be associated with MS, each variant individually confers only a small risk of developing the disease. Collectively, these genetic variants explain about 20 percent of the genetic component of MS, the researchers said.
The new findings are "a major step forward," according to study co-leader Jacob McCauley of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
"Describing the genetic underpinnings of any complex disease is a complicated but critical step. By further refining the genetic landscape of multiple sclerosis and identifying novel genetic associations, we are closer to being able to identify the cellular and molecular processes responsible for MS and therefore the specific biological targets for future drug treatment strategies," he said in a University of Miami news release.
MS affects more than 2.5 million people worldwide, according to the news release. It causes inflammation and damage to the central nervous system that leads to problems with mobility, balance, sensation and thinking, depending upon where the damage occurs.
The risk of developing MS is higher among people who have a family history of the disease. Research in twins and adopted people has suggested that this increased risk is primarily due to genetic factors.
More information
The American Academy of Family Physicians has more about multiple sclerosis.
Source: HealthDay
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Having grown up in the mainframe days, I have memories of nearly going deaf in data centers while the chain/band printers went to town getting out checks/statements/etc in the front room of the "glass house". What made them deafening also made them fast since they were of the category of "line printers" where an entire line of text was slammed onto the paper at a time. Well a company called Memjet has come up with the guts for a whole new generation of inkjet printers that in effect is the next generation of line printer.
Key to this new technology is a ink nozzle array that spans the width of the entire page, radical new nozzle design that allows for drop sizes previously unheard of (which they claim eliminates the need for light cyan and light magenta for photo quality color), reformulated ink and some sexy driver chips to keep it all running in sync. You've just got to see the video on their site to understand just what their tech is capable of providing.
Now let me be VERY clear...this is NOT a product yet. Those demos are of engineering prototypes used to demonstrate the Memjet technology in real world applications. These folks are hoping that various printer manufacturers will be willing to OEM this base technology and package it into a finished product. Think of this as a peek into a crystal ball that might predict the kinds of printers we'll get to see in the near future.
So with ink running through my veins after a tenure with Xerox (as a Printer Product Interfacing Specialist) I just had to poke and prod the engineers with some questions on the underlying tech:
Question: Some folks (Mediastreet) have touted in the past that ink can cost upwards of $21,000/gallon of ink and most inks are dyes rather than pigment causing image fade over time.
Sitting idle most inkjet technologies "dry out" and cause nozzle clogs which then cost a bunch of ink to clear out during the
"cleaning process", how does Memjet handle clogging or drying of ink in the nozzles?
Answer: Image fade caused by light and ozone can vary greatly. Some of the conventional wisdom on this topic is shifting because of new papers, new dyes and new pigment dispersions that are improving some of the old parameters. Permanence itself has both to do with the ink type but, perhaps more importantly, the paper type and the interaction between the two. Photo papers designed to interact positively with
the ink can still lead to long life, even with dyes. Having said that, pigments (because they do have non-soluble particles) have an
advantage in terms of light and ozone fade, but a disadvantage in terms of overall vibrancy.
What can we say about the Memjet dyes? Our Memjet dyes are specific to our system. While they are not fundamentally different than other
dye formulations, other dye formulations may cause catastrophic damage because of subtle but important differences. In the future our
ink formulations will continue to evolve to potentially include novel dye elements as well as pigments.
Question: Paper handling, at these kinds of speeds an A4/Letter page hopper can fill up mighty fast. Are there additional paper handling options?
Answer: The biggest advantage of the speed is the productivity that is realized from being able to pick up your print job immediately. While we do believe that Memjet's speed will increase the number of pages end-users typically print, we don't think this increase will be
dramatic for desktop device and, in most cases, users will simply print more 1-5 page documents vs. a 200-page document. Very quickly
over the first couple of years of product development, there will be increasing numbers of small workteam, workgroup and departmental
printers and MFPs, with a huge range of paper-handling options to meet the needs of many different types of input and output workloads.
Question: Interfaces: just how do I connect these printers? They look like network printers, but I need to know about driver support, are they
supported on Windows and Mac and Linux/Unix?
Answer: Memjet is simply supplying the components and our partners will develop a broad range of devices, under their own brands, that
provide a range of functionality: connecting directly via USB, wirelessly, via the network, via Bluetooth, software drivers that
support a range of OSs and include GDI drivers, universal drivers, PDL drivers, etc. Some will use standard printer MIB protocols to
integrate with management software for job accounting (Liberty, Equitrack, Pharos, etc) or overall device management (Web JetAdmin,
MarkVision, etc). Others will work directly to create more integrated solutions. While Memjet is driving the basic architecture, our brand
partners will implement the final solution and final service architecture and drive the answer to these questions.
Question: I live in Hawaii and repair has always been a bugaboo. What kinds of exceptions should I have?
Answer: My guess is that repair in Hawaii will vary based on our brand partners service infrastructure. One advantage to the Memjet system vs. a laser printer system, for example, is that the entire printhead is replaceable. This will limit some service issues that require a printhead replacement.

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Aldan Eagle shocks have an excellent, well-earned reputation, but sometimes people get in the way.
My '37 Plymouth coupe uses a ladder-bar and coil-over rear suspension installed by the owner of Hunter's Hot Rods in Pennsylvania.
The shocks are red steel Aldans from about 10 years ago when the car was constructed. The coil springs don't carry the typical Alden paint ID so it's impossible to easily tell what the spring rate is; the shocks themselves have no model ID on them other than the Aldan logo.
The original builder did a poor job selecting the shocks and springs. The springs were sized incorrectly (too light), as were the shocks themselves (too short as I later discovered) with the end result being the shocks would constantly bottom out, especially if I had any luggage in the trunk. Needless to say, the ride quality was awful and I decided to have the shocks re-built and get the appropriate rate springs (which I calculated to be 400#).
I went to the Aldan web site and sent them an email giving the specs of my installation and requesting a quote for re-building the shocks. Rather than an email address at aldeneagle.com, their email address used the NetZero domain. NetZero is a free-to-low-cost dial-up ISP. That should have been my first warning something would go awry.
After a few days, I received an email from Ferrel Alan of Alden Eagle which asked me to call him at the business number. Why give an email contact if you prefer to do business over the phone? Oh, well.
We discussed my needs and I found him to be very knowledgeable and helpful. He suggested a shock that was physically longer than what I had and he agreed with my calculation on the spring rate. He also suggested that I use flexible bearings in the upper mount vice the standard rubber bushings because of the front-to-back movement of the shock due to the ladder bars. He then asked me for the mounting stud size and I could not find my notes and was not near the car. I later emailed the measurements to him.
When we did get back together by phone, Ferrel seemed to have a difficult time recalling our conversation and did not have the stud size info, so I provided it again (5/8" top and bottom), asked that he add an ALD-20 shock spacer to the order and provided my credit card information. He shipped the shocks after I made a follow-up phone call to see why they had not yet shipped: "They went out today".
When they arrived, the bearings were not included, nor were the ALD-20 mounting spacers that I ordered. When I spoke with Ferrel, he apologized and sent the bearings without additional charge but suggested that I contact the manufacturer of the spacers, Paul Horton of Welder Series in Canada, since Aldan did not have any in stock. I did as he suggested and everything arrived in a few days.
When I went to install the bearings, I discovered that the bearings only accommodated a 1/2" stud, not the 5/8" stud I had. I called Ferrel who said that the 1/2" bearing was all that would fit in the shock without extra machining and suggested that I contact Horton's or SpeedWay Motors to obtain a 1/2" shock stud. I have to wonder why he didn't tell me all that to begin with since he had the stud sizes?
The shocks are now mounted and the ride is great, but I'm left in amazement at the customer service that Aldan's provided. The process should not have been so haphazard, drawn-out and frustrating, but maybe I should have expected nothing less from a business that uses NetZero to get their email.


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At a woman.
Nicholas Hoult, my #2 on the Five List, was in Rome this week promoting Warm Bodies. Here he is, at the premiere after-party, clearly enjoying himself in the company of Tatiana Luter, an Italian actress. You know, now that he's single and all.
Turns out, I guess I'm not sad, not even a little, that he and Jennifer Lawrence aren't together anymore. Because single Nicholas is much more entertaining. And single Nicholas flirts real good. Single Nicholas looks real good AT the object of his flirtation.
Imagine if that was you making eye contact? And leaning in? And having his ear, as he leans in towards you?
Don't get it?
See Warm Bodies. You'll get it.


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Salesforce.com has decided to withdraw its applications to trademark the term "social enterprise" following objections from social organizations who held that the term was understood to describe businesses with a social purpose, it said Tuesday.
The enterprise cloud computing company, which has used the term social enterprise to highlight the use of social media and related technologies by businesses to link with customers, partners, and employees, also said it will look to remove any references to social enterprise in its marketing materials in the future.
Salesforce.com's bid to trademark the term in some countries ran into criticism from prominent people and organizations, including Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, who in a joint letter in August to Marc Benioff, Salesforce.com's chairman and CEO, asked that the company should cease to use the term social enterprise for private profit, withdraw its applications to trademark the term, and stop using the term to describe its products and services.
"Social enterprise is widely understood to describe businesses that exist to tackle social and environmental issues, whose surpluses are principally reinvested to do so, rather than driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners," according to the letter which had as signatories a number of social workers and heads of organizations focused on social causes.
Social Enterprise UK, the national organization for social enterprises in that country, lead a campaign called "Not In Our Name", that aims to keep the name "for the REAL social enterprise movement."
The social organizations were concerned that a trademark on social enterprise by Salesforce.com could lead to confusion as the social sector, both non-profits and for profits, define the term social enterprise as organizations that use commercial strategies with the aim of improving human and environmental well-being, including reducing poverty or improving education, the company said.
In a blog post in August, the company said that when it comes to trademarks, businesses or organizations in different sectors can use the same trademark. "Salesforce.com does not own or intend to own the trademark rights for the term social enterprise within the nonprofit sector, and is not seeking to restrict descriptive uses of the phrase by others in philanthropy, social responsibility, community involvement or mission-driven organizations," it added.
Benioff said in a statement Tuesday that it was never the company's intention "to create confusion in the social sector which we have supported since our founding".
Salesforce.com has been adding to its portfolio of social media technologies for business, including by its August acquisition of social media marketing platform Buddy Media, which is used by nearly 1,000 customers including Ford and L'Oreal.


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Review: Super Street Fighter Volume 1: New Generation is a treat for fans of the franchise
Street Fighter will blow your mind once again with its recently released hardcover graphic novel series by UDON Entertainment. Super Street Fighter Volume 1: New Generation is printed in art-book size - 8.25 by 11.75 inches - and you've gotta see it to believe how clear the quality of the art has become for the largest-size novel yet from UDON. Can someone say "perfect"?
Also included is a sketch gallery, allowing fans to peek at rare and never-before-seen character artwork. Ah, the Akuma art... beauty.
Now, let's "Focus Attack" our way through. The graphic novel incorporates the stories and match-ups from Street Fighter IV - but insiders know these events were actually between SFII and SFIII.
The prologue starts out with a secret society and its lord, Gill, who's praised for his power to conquer death. From there, the real adventure begins. Col. Guile learns about a secret society, which leads him to Japan to find Ryu. Having no contact with an agent, he sent for more intel. Guile reminisces about his last visit to Japan when he searched for the infamous M. Bison and the past tournament along with the fighters he has faced. From here, is where the story gets wild.
Not once during my read was I lost on the characters' stories and how they are intertwined.
The impressive attention to detail will have you immersed into their world and wanting more. UDON and the artists make this read visually stunning. Their style is nothing like the typical Japanese animation one may recognize. This is smooth. Not "cartoon" smooth, but something you may see in cut scenes from actual video games but better than cell-shaded images.
This Bonus Stage is absolutely hilarious!
As I read, I've noticed that the writers added a few enjoyable - and some hysterical -mini stories to keep you intrigued, cleverly titled "Bonus Stages." One in particular is a match-up between the Japanese sumo E. Honda and the oiled Turkish wrestler Hakan. Seeing Hakan pull off his ultra move "The Oil Coaster" on big ol' Honda had me howlin'. The Bonus Stages are truly a worthy effort from UDON that cannot be overlooked.
The fights? Epic. The storyline? Amazing. The UDON crew has really nailed the spirit of Street Fighter. I have been a Street Fighter fan since Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, and I can proudly say this will make you smile from ear to ear. And just let me say this (and no spoilers here): Sakura and Dudley are BADASSES! And if you've ever wondered why Juri, the sexy tae kwon do vixen, has a yin and yang as her left eye, be excited to know that you will learn the brutal truth. You will also find cameos that will make you chuckle - Thrasher? From Final Fight?? Now that is awesome.
Needless to say, I can go on and on, but you need to pick this up. It is worth the read and will want you begging for a "Run Back." Be salty no more my friends; UDON has got your back!
Super Street Fighter Volume 1: New Generation, a four-issue comic book miniseries in one graphic novel, sells for $34.95 and is available now.


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You have an extra three days to file this year, but the April 18 tax deadline is fast approaching. Tax season can be stressful, or exciting depending on who owes who. Either way, the anxiety over income tax season helps attackers catch people off guard with spoofed IRS messages and other income tax related scams.
Fred Touchette, senior security analyst for AppRiver, put together some tips to help you make sure you avoid tax season malware and phishing attacks, and keep your income tax refund in your pocket where it belongs. Here are ten things you should keep in mind this tax season:
1. IRS Will Not Email You. Honestly, for most tax season threats you can stop right there. If you understand that the IRS will not contact you by email to let you know that you have a larger refund, or that you owe more money, then you can simply ignore 99 percent of the tax scams out there.
2. IRS Will Not Ask For Your Bank / Credit Card Info. If you forget the first tip, then this one should cover the remaining bases and protect your from tax season scams. Even if you actually owe more money, the IRS will never ask you to hand over your bank account PIN or credit card number.
3. Don't Click Links or Open Attachments in Unsolicited Emails. This is a security best practice for any occasion, and is a mantra of security experts everywhere. Most email-borne malware and phishing attacks can be avoided if you just remember not to click on any link, or open any file attachment on an unsolicited email.
4. Never Conduct Sensitive Transactions Over Public Networks. It is convenient to be able to jump online in a library or hotel lobby, or connect using the free public Wi-Fi at your neighborhood Starbucks or McDonald's, but don't conduct sensitive business on those networks. Networks that are shared publicly expose your data and traffic to interception and exploit.
5. Always Log Out of Sites. It is habit for many people to "end" a Web session by clicking the "X" to shut down the browser window. But, even after the browser is closed, your session with your bank or credit card company is probably still live for some period of time before it times out. To be sure nobody else can jump on and hijack your session, you should actually log out of accounts before you shut the browser.
6. Don't Share a PC With Your Kids. You might be smart enough not to fall for clever scams and phishing attacks, but are your kids? If you share a PC with your kids, they may just become the weakest link for protecting your data, and inadvertently expose your PC to increased risk. If you do share a PC, at least log in using different user accounts, and keep your sensitive data protected so that other user accounts can't access it.
7. Conduct Secure Transactions–Look for the Padlock. When you do log in to a bank, or credit card, or other sensitive site, it should be an encrypted HTTPS session to prevent the traffic from being intercepted. Look for your browser address bar to be green, or look for the little padlock icon to indicate that your browser session is secure.
8. Use Strong Passwords. Enough said.
9. Protect the PC. Use the tools available to you, such as antimalware, anti-spam, and other software to detect and filter out threats. These defenses won't catch everything, but they can help identify and block many tax season threats.
10. If It's Too Good To Be True, It's Not True. What are the odds that the IRS has reviewed your return and determined that you are owed more money? Pretty slim. Rather than getting excited about the prospect of more money coming your way, go with that gut reaction and assume it's a scam.


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A cinematic styled intro of epic proportions. Large and loud percussion, chanting choirs, and blaring brass. Sure to fit the needs of any epic moment. Be it TV, games, movies, or more.
This item was featured in Miseld's VideoHive item, as seen here. Showcasing how VideoHive users can make that extra impact with AudioJungle user items.


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TOMS RIVER, NJ—A weekend spillage of Tag Body Spray being described as the worst personal fragrance-related natural disaster in the history of the Eastern Seaboard continued to spread along New Jersey's Atlantic shore late Tuesday morning as disaster-management crews worked to contain the slick before it reached international waters.
Coast Guard officials said that the massive Tag slick—an estimated 20 million gallons, or the equivalent of 45 million Body Shots—has further contaminated the New Jersey coastline with a pungent combination of the Midnight and After Hours scents.
"We were not prepared for this," said Toms River, NJ firefighter Tony Carliano, choking back tears. "I've been dealing with noxious chemical fumes for 35 years, but I've never smelled anything on this scale before."
An Environmental Protection Agency spokesman said that Tag levels were already becoming dangerously high in recent years due to the thousands of migratory bros and dudes who flock to the area's beaches during the summer months. Worsening the crisis was the additional arrival of a yet-undetermined number of vacationing convention-goers, Maxim subscribers, and middle-aged divorcees trying to pass for twentysomething party girls. Thirteen-year-old boys attempting to imitate their older brothers have also not been ruled out as a source.
It is not yet known what caused the rupture in the hull of The Manly Torso, a fragrance supertanker which had been scheduled to make a delivery to the regional Tag receiving facility in Ocean City this week, which sank, apparently killing everyone on board, late Saturday.
Many beachgoers, as well as seabirds and marine mammals, have been covered in a thick glaze of Tag. Progress on containing the spill has been hampered by the fact that rescue workers, even those wearing HAZMAT suits and respirators, can only work hour-long stints due to the overpowering, ultra-concentrated odor. Chemical decontamination showers on the scene have repeatedly run out of water.
"It's the equivalent of a military-grade nerve agent, so mucous membranes are highly vulnerable," Federal Emergency Management Agency Director R. David Paulison said. "Without proper and immediate decontamination, it can cause severe rashes, sloughing of skin, and can even strip the lining of your throat if unprotected."
Also undermining the relief efforts, rescuers on the scene said, is the unwillingness of many beachgoers to cooperate with the cleanup.
"It's an uphill battle," volunteer Frank Hagen said. "We spend five hours scrubbing the toxins from the hair and skin of a victim, and then the next day, they douse themselves in it all over again and head back to the beach."
Some environmental experts said that the biological ramifications of the spill may not be fully known for decades. A disaster of this magnitude could have a profound and adverse effect on the breeding patterns of Mid-Atlantic populations for generations, according to Princeton University biologist Leslie Platz.
"There are billions of insects who release sex pheromones to attract mates and their ability to receive these messages could be overwhelmed by the Tag odor," Platz said. "And human females may become too repulsed to ever consider mating with another male."
Even if the spill is successfully contained and cleaned, Platz added, the lingering odor "could still make our grandchildren feel awkward and uncomfortable 50 years from now."
While Paulison expressed hope that progress will be made with the arrival of chemical skimming boats later this week, the spill is already being likened by many to the worst health-and-beauty-aids disaster in American history, the 2001 explosion of a Mitchum deodorant plant in Chicago's South Side, which covered the city in a toxic Mitchum Man cloud for three months.


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Technology has advanced, creating amazing items. The latest bathroom accessories, includes the electronic bath mirror defoggers. The defoggers are nice, since now you can step out of the shower or bath and feel relaxed knowing that you do not have to wait until the mirror is free of fog.
How it works:
The electronic defoggers give you the advantage of freeing up time, since you do not have to blow dry, wait, or wipe your mirror after bathing. Now, you can close the door while taking a bath. Now you can bath with your spouse while he or she showers at the same time, since when you step out the mirror will be free of fog.
The latest invention takes one beyond expediency. Now, you can put on your face after showing, shave, insert contact lenses, style your hair, etc, without waiting until the mirror is free of fog.
The latest inventions save you time. How the defogger works is simple. Once you install the unit, you merely flick a switch and the defogger will do the rest. The device connects to the light switch, which when you turn on the bathroom light the defogger will instantly activate.
Technology has designed a timesaving, cost-effective solution. The defoggers will match your budget, since you can activate the defoggers without worrying about your electric bill increasing. The device uses less electricity than any other device, such as light bulbs, or fixtures installed in your bathroom.
Defoggers offer you flexibility. Technology has designed the devices to fit behind your bathroom mirror, yet the device will cover the surrounding areas, thus defogging your mirrors.
How to install:
Defoggers are easy to install. The defogger has an attached heater, which is installed in an electronic box. The unit is then hard-wired to the bath defogger. Next, you mount the defogger on the wall, by sticking the unit and replace your mirror.
How much wattage does the defogger use.
As I said, the defoggers are cost-effective. Defoggers run from 110-watt. You have the option of choosing the 120-watt units also, as well as the 240-voltage.
How do I choose tools for installation?
You will have instructions available when you purchase your unit. The instruction manual will inform you what tools you need to install. In some instances, you may need to drill holes in your wall to affix your mirror. You may need a drill, drill bits, etc. It depends if you need to accommodate your fixtures and/or wall outlets. You want to avoid cutting or drilling holes in to the mirror itself.
How do I take care of my defogger?
Defoggers today are free of maintenance. Defoggers are designed to last up to 10 years or longer.
How are the defoggers tested?
Leading, international labs, such as CE and ETL, test defoggers. The units are certified by CSA.
How much do the defoggers cost?
It depends where you purchase the bath defoggers. Online you can find bath defoggers, which you can purchase at $89, or $179. It depends on what you want. We recommend you contrast and compare pricing to find the bargains. Keep in mind however; quality is important. If you find generics, you may find better deals, yet how long will the unit last? If you have to purchase a new unit every month, couple of years, etc, thus you are not receiving quality.
How do I consider shipping?
You have the choice of choosing express airmail, expedited, or standard mail. From my experience standard is affordable and arrives sooner than airmail or express.
Now that you've considered bath defoggers, you may want to consider the latest décor wall mirrors.


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The Chinese province at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak reported a record rise in deaths and thousands more infections using a broader definition on Thursday, while Japan became the third place outside mainland China to suffer a fatality.
The number of new deaths in China's central Hubei province from a coronavirus outbreak rose by 116 as of Thursday, the province's health commission said on its website on Friday.
A further 5,090 cases had been detected in Hubei, the epicentre of the outbreak.
The epidemic has given China's ruling Communist Party one of its sternest challenges in years, constrained the world's second largest economy and triggered a purge of provincial bureaucrats.
With China's streets, restaurants and flower markets bare, a miserable Valentine's Day was expected on Friday.
Japan confirmed its first coronavirus death – a woman in her 80s living in Kanagawa prefecture near Tokyo – adding to two previous fatalities in Hong Kong and the Philippines.
Japan is one of the worst affected of more than two dozen other countries and territories that have seen hundreds of infections from the flu-like sickness.
The Japanese woman fell ill in January but only later showed symptoms of pneumonia and was hospitalized, with coronavirus confirmed after her death and the contagion route under investigation, the health minister said.
However, the big jump in China's reported cases reflects a decision by authorities there to reclassify a backlog of suspected cases by using patients' chest images, and is not necessarily the "tip of an iceberg" of a wider epidemic, a top World Health Organization official said on Thursday.
Mike Ryan, head of WHO's health emergencies program, said that more than 14,000 new cases reported in Hubei province overnight came after a change to include results from quicker computerized tomography (CT) scans that reveal lung infections, rather than relying just on laboratory tests to confirm cases.
"We've seen this spike in the number of cases reported in China, but this does not represent a significant change in the trajectory of the outbreak," Ryan told a briefing in Geneva.
The biggest cluster of infections outside China is on a cruise liner now quarantined off a Japanese port and a further 44 cases were reported on board on Thursday, raising the total to 219. But authorities said some elderly people would finally to be allowed to disembark on Friday.
"Outside the cases on the Diamond Princess cruise ship we are not seeing a dramatic increase in transmission outside China," the WHO's Ryan said.
He added that the main UN health agency expected the rest of a special WHO team to arrive in China over the coming weekend to investigative the epicentre of the epidemic.
U.S. President Donald Trump praised China over its response and said Washington was working closely with Beijing. "I think they've handled it professionally, and I think they're extremely capable," Trump said in a podcast broadcast on iHeart Radio.
But Trump's top White House economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, was more critical. "We're a little disappointed in the lack of transparency coming from the Chinese, these numbers are jumping around … there was some surprise," he told reporters.
In central China's Hubei province, officials said 242 people died on Wednesday, the biggest daily rise since the flu-like virus emerged in the provincial capital Wuhan in December.
Total deaths in China are 1,380.
The rise, following a forecast earlier this week by China's senior medical adviser that the epidemic might end there by April, halted a global stocks rally.
But it appeared largely due to the change in methodology.
Hubei had previously only allowed infections to be confirmed by RNA tests, which can take days. RNA, or ribonucleic acid, carries genetic information allowing identification of viruses.
But it has also begun using CT scans of lungs, the Hubei health commission said, to pinpoint and isolate cases faster.
As a result, another 14,840 new cases were reported in the province on Thursday, up from 2,015 new cases nationwide a day earlier. But excluding cases confirmed using the new methods, the number of new cases rose by only 1,508. Another 5,090 new cases were confirmed on Friday.
About 60,000 people have been infected in total, the vast majority of them in China.
The outbreak, believed to have emerged from a Wuhan market where wildlife was traded illegally, has triggered a backlash against local political leaders.
Provincial Communist Party boss Jiang Chaoliang was fired as secretary of the Hubei Provincial Committee, and Ma Guoqiang removed as party chief in Wuhan, state media said. They were the two highest-profile officials to be axed since the outbreak.
Chinese scientists are testing two antiviral drugs and preliminary results are weeks away, although WHO chiefs have cautioned a vaccine could take 18 months.
While the Princess Diamond cruise liner remained in quarantine, another luxury liner, the MS Westerdam, was finally allowed to dock in Cambodia after being barred from Guam, Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand over fears that one of its 1,455 passengers and 802 crew might have the virus – even though none had tested positive.
The Westerdam's passengers clapped and cheered on their arrival at sunset.
With a report from The Associated Press
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We have high hopes Don Cheadle will make us forget Terence Howard completely, when he steps in as James Rhodes/War Machine in Iron Man 2. But it doesnt always work that way. Here are the worst recastings of science-fiction stars.
Welcome back to Monday Hate, the irregular column in which we hate things because it's Monday. (Actually, it's pretty self-explanatory, really. Just ask Bob Geldof.) This week: The actors who, maybe through no fault of their own, failed to live up to their predecessors:
Jeffrey Weissman as George McFly in Back To The Future II and III. According to IFC, Crispin Glover refused to come back to the BTTF films as George McFly, which caused a problem for the two sequels. So director Robert Zemeckis and producer Bob Gale decided to replace Glover with actor Jeffrey Weissman, and disguise the substiution by using clips of Glover interspersed with new footage of Weisman disguised with prosthetics, wigs... and even hanging him upside down at one point.
Chloë Annett as Kristine Kochanski on Red Dwarf. As the Onion AV Club puts it, "Kristine Kochanski, the love interest in the British cult science-fiction comedy Red Dwarf, underwent a curious arc, with a downgrade in personnel attending an upgrade in character." She started out being played by the terrific Clare Grogan, as a woman Lister had fancied and whose holographic image he lusted after. But eventually the writers decided to retcon her as having been Lister's actual girlfriend, and introduced her counterpart from an alternate universe as a character on the show — only to recast the part as the somewhat less interesting, if more model-looking, Annett.
Mary Alice as The Oracle in The Matrix Revolutions. This one is mostly annoying for how much attention they drew to the change, and the silly rationalization the Wachowskis cooked up to explain it. When the original Oracle, Gloria Foster, died of a complications from diabetes, the Wachowskis replaced her with Alice, who didn't quite have the same presence — but also, the film tried to make the change of actor a plot point, saying that the Oracle was re-shelled because of an incident within the Matrix and this proved that fate and free will are chaos and... where was I?
Halle Berry as Catwoman Catwoman is one of those characters who's been played by a ton of actors, including three Catwomen in the original 1960s Batman series and Michelle Pfeiffer in Batman Returns. But Halle Berry's incarnation, with the CG-animated ass and the horrendous scenes of trying to get her neighbors to turn their damn music down, was the worst reimagining of a character possible. At least Berry had the good grace to accept her Razzie Award for Worst Actress in person.
John Davey as Captain Marvel in Shazam! This is another one which the Onion AV Club mentioned. Check out the difference between the two versions of Shazam!'s opening credits here. In the first one, Captain Marvel looks at least somewhat like his comic-book self, albeit with huge mutton-chop sideburns and exploding 1970s hair. But in the second version, the show's producers have replaced the original Captain Marvel, Jackson Bostwick, in a hurry with a new guy, John Davey, because Bostwick was injured on the job and missed work to get treatment. The new Captain Marvel can only be described, charitably, as slouchy. Shaz... ow!
Tim Pocock as Scott Summers in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. It wasn't enough to kill Scott Summers off-screen in the third X-Men movie? Now they have to bring him back as a dumb teenage rebel, who's unable to deal with a bossy teacher and then gets caught way too easily by Sabretooth.
Everyone as Davros, in Doctor Who. This is really a case of an actor who defined a particular role so well, that nobody else could just pick up and carry on. Michael Wisher was Davros — you only have to watch the archival video interview with the chain-smoking Wisher on the "Genesis Of The Daleks" DVD to see how much of himself he put into the psychopathic scientist who created the evil Daleks. Unfortunately, nobody else who took on the role after Wisher was able to bring that same level of purring intellectual curiosity, mixed with batshit rage. It's hard to bring those extremes to the same character, and only Wisher — who'd also been a Dalek — could do it.
Everyone as Anakin Skywalker. This is almost too much of a cheap shot, but it has to be said. All of the actors who took over the role of Anakin Skywalker, the future Darth Vader, weren't up to the challenge of capturing Sebastian Shaw's performance in Return Of The Jedi. Shaw, a Shakespearean actor as well as a playwright and poet, brought a certain gravitas to the unmasked Anakin, not unlike James Earl Jones as Vader. But every actor who's tackled Anakin for the past decade or so, including Hayden Christensen and the animated version's Matt Lanter, has just lacked a certain... weightiness.
Robin Curtis as Saavik in Star Trek III and IV. We're still sad about this one, even 25 years later. Shelley Long should have stayed on Cheers, and Kirsty Alley should have been required to play Saavik in every Trek movie in the 1980s, without fail. Of all the let-downs about the third Trek movie, the replacement Saavik might have been the worst. She lacked all the wit and sparkle of the original, who was a great foil for Spock, showing how Spock had evolved from his more literal-minded youth and giving a taste of old-school Vulcan hidebound attitudes for Kirk to bounce off of. It would have been great to see Alley's Saavik dealing with suddenly teenage Spock, not to mention bearing Spock's baby in the fourth movie, as should have happened.
Everyone as John Connor. Edward Furlong wasn't exactly the best actor in Terminator 2, with his whole smirking "stand on one foot" routine. But his mixture of brattiness and raw pain, and his need for a father figure causing him to latch on to Arnie's tame death machine, was pretty memorable. And it's not hard to believe that John Connor, the leader of the resistance in the distant post-apocalyptic future, might have been a bit of a brat. It's a lot harder, though, to believe in any of the John Connors we've had since then, including Nicholas Stahl's neurotic twitchy version, Christian Bale's screaming tourettes version, and — sorry to say — Thomas Dekker's often way-too-pouty version. If only Furlong had been able to grow up with the character, that would have been really interesting to see.
Maybe in a couple days, we'll do the best recastings of beloved science-fiction characters. Who would you nominate for that list? And were there any dreadful recastings that we missed this time around?


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Genre: Opera Language: German Age restriction: 12+ Length: 2 hours 40 minutes
Music by Richard Wagner
Libretto by the composer
Musical Director: Valery Gergiev
Production concept: Valery Gergiev and George Tsypin
Stage Designer: George Tsypin
Costume Designer: Tatiana Noginova
Lighting Designer: Gleb Filshtinsky
Revival Stage Director and Musical Preparation: Marina Mishuk
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Conductor: Valery Gergiev
The preliminary evening of the tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen in four scenes
Scene I
The Rhine-maidens, Woglinde, Wellgunde and Flosshilde, are three fabulous childish beings watching over the gold of the Rhine for their father. Alberich, a miserable specimen of a dwarf, comes creeping along the rocky outcrop. He is seeking love, understanding and affection. He hopes to find these things with the Rhine Maidens, but they play a cruel game with him. Each of them artfully feigns love only to reject him mercilessly after a short time and mock his appearance. Alberich grows beside himself with rage. The sun rises. The gold of the Rhine shines brightly. From one moment to the next the Rhine Maidens forget Alberich and go about their duties as priestesses of a mystical cult. Alberich learns from them that whoever gains possession of the gold of the Rhine can forge a ring that endows him with unbridled power. That is only possible, however, after voluntarily renouncing love. The Rhine Maidens tell him all this, firmly convinced that someone as obsessed with love as Alberich could never steal the gold of the Rhine. The treatment of him by the Rhine Maidens has, however, destroyed the yearning for love in Alberich's soul. The humiliated creature, blinded by the idea of being able to gain power over the world, renounces love. He seizes the gold of the Rhine and disappears with it into the depths of his realm, Nibelheim. The Rhine Maidens are enveloped in darkness.
Scene II
An open area high in the mountains. Wotan is sleeping. His wife Fricka is plagued by dark forebodings. She shakes her husband awake. What seemed a dream has become reality. Wotan looks at the mighty fortress of the gods that the giants Fasolt and Fafner have built on his orders. Fricka, though, can only think of the price that the gods have contracted to pay for the work: Freia, the goddess of youth, whose golden apples prevent the gods from ageing and decaying. In desperation Freia begs Wotan, her sister Fricka and brothers Donner and Froh to protect her from the approaching giants. Wotan has no intention of surrendering Freia. He places his trust in Loge, the elusive god of fire who cannot be kept in one place. Loge has promised to find a way out of the situation, but he has not yet appeared. The giants come to demand the agreed payment. Fafner does not trust the gods. He wants to have Freia in the hands of the giants so that, as the gods inevitably age, their power will also decline. Fasolt, though, has fallen in love with Freia – the first great love story in the Ring cycle. Wotan puts the giants off with excuses. Fasolt is stunned to realise that Wotan is intent on breaking the law and their agreement out of pure self-interest. At last Loge appears and upholds the justice of the giants' demands. Wotan is beside himself. He whispers to Loge that he only entered into the contract because he had assured him of his help. That was true, Loge confirms, but only if a way out could really be discovered. In his search for a treasure that might be suitable to the giants as a substitute, however, he has found no-one willing to exchange love for property and a woman for mere goods. He did come across the Rhine Maidens, though, who informed him of Alberich's theft of the gold. He says that they ask for Wotan's help in recovering the gold of the Rhine, the symbol of unsullied nature. Weighed down with problems of his own, Wotan brusquely rejects any idea of involvement in the fate of the Rhine Maidens. With the giants, however, Loge's tale of the gold of the Rhine falls on fertile soil. They express themselves willing to accept the gold as a substitute for Freia, but insist on taking the goddess of youth with them as a guarantee until the new reward is paid. Almost as soon as the giants disappear with Freia, the gods begin to age and decline. Loge knows what needs to be done. With an awareness of having moral right on his side, Wotan should take the treasure from Alberich and give the ring back to the Rhine Maidens. And so Wotan and Loge set off for Nibelheim, beneath the Earth, where Alberich reigns.
Scene III
The underground chasms of Nibelheim. The Nibelungs were once a race that obtained beautiful things from the treasures of the earth blithely for their own pleasure. Now Alberich is forcing them to exploit the Earth's resources brutally in order to lay up ever greater stocks of riches. Mime, the Nibelungs' skilful smith, is forced by his brother Alberich to forge a magic helmet. Mime detects the power of his creation, but cannot determine what exactly its magic is. Alberich tears the work from him and reveals its properties. This is the Tarnhelm that makes its wearer invisible. Only with the Tarnhelm can Alberich be certain of the all-embracing power of his rule, since he can now lie down to sleep reassured without having to fear that he will be robbed. Wotan and Loge appear. Loge makes up to Mime as if he is an old acquaintance. He skilfully exploits the anger, pain and hatred of the brother so recently humiliated by Alberich for the gods' own ends. Wotan and Loge learn of Alberich's domination of the world and of the magic Tarnhelm. Mime cowers fearfully away from the approaching Alberich. Although he encounters the intruders with deep mistrust, Alberich allows himself to be flattered into glorifying his own power with vain self-satisfaction. How though, Loge craftily inquires, does he intend to prevent those who are exploited from stealing his power out of envy? Alberich boasts of the magical properties of the Tarnhelm. Loge says that that is only words and calls for a demonstration. Alberich puts on the Tarnhelm and turns into a dragon. Loge shows that he is impressed, but insists on a further trial: it would, he says, be cleverer to turn oneself into a tiny creature so as to be able to escape quickly in the event of danger. Alberich promptly responds and assumes the shape of a toad. Wotan immediately puts his foot on Alberich who is caught. Loge pulls the Tarnhelm off him. Together with Wotan he puts Alberich in chains so he cannot turn the ring and use his power against them. Wotan and Loge drag their prisoner to the exit from his realm. The smoke of Nibelheim turns into the icy air of the place in which the family of gods that they have left behind wait, yearning for salvation.
Scene IV
An open area high in the mountains. In order to recover his freedom, Alberich has to summon his slaves who pile all his accumulated wealth at Wotan's feet. Wotan wants the Tarnhelm too, and Loge adds it to the booty. When he demands the ring as well, though, Alberich refuses with all his might. He cries out. He himself paid for the ring with the loss of love, while Wotan is merely acting selfishly. Wotan drags the ring from Alberich's finger. The betrayed dwarf pronounces a terrifying curse on whoever possesses the ring. Wotan is not concerned. Loge announces the success of the robbery to the family of gods. The giants return with Freia to make the exchange. Freia is to be the measure: the deal will be complete as soon as she is totally covered in gold. At the last, the Tarnhelm has to be used to compensate for Freia. One of her eyes is still showing, however, and Fasolt is unable to let her go while he can still see what he is losing. So the giants demand Wotan's ring in order to close this last gap. Wotan's greed knows no bounds. He would rather sacrifice Freia than the ring. Even the urgent pleas of his family and Fricka's begging cannot make him see sense. Then Erda appears – the goddess and mother of all existence emerging from the primal soil and the subconscious. Wotan gives way in the face of her stern warning and prophetic vision of the inevitable demise of all those in power. The ring is handed over. Freia, the symbol of youth, is free and the decline of the gods is halted.
As Alberich's curse predicted, an argument immediately breaks out over the division of the treasure. As Cain slew Abel, so Fafner kills his brother Fasolt. Fafner hastily withdraws with his booty. He will pile it in a cave, turn himself into a dragon using the Tarnhelm and allow no-one to get at his wealth. After the dreadful murder, the gods quickly return to their own affairs and prepare for a glorious entry into the newly-built fortress. Donner disperses the wreaths of mist and the bad air tainted with violence, robbery and murder. Froh creates the rainbow bridge that shows the gods the way into their new realm. A terrible and crazy idea arises in the mind of Wotan who is torn this way and that by the memory of Alberich's curse and the fascination of his power. He gives the fortress the name Valhalla. There he will do something of which the others do not yet even dream: father a race of heroes with which he will prepare himself, regardless of the agreements and dependencies that bind him, for the last great devastating battle. The wrong Wotan inflicted upon Alberich means that the dwarf will never rest until he has recovered his ring and his power. The gods enter Valhalla. Loge comments that this is the beginning of the end. The Rhine Maidens complain despairingly of the loss of the gold. Fasolt's corpse is left behind. He has been the first being in a henceforth seemingly endless chain of love, hope and violence to have to pay for his affection for another with his life.


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Hours after a judge decided against sending Jeremy Hill to jail for a probation violation, LSU's leading running back last season apologized to his teammates and then joined them at practice.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Hours after a judge decided against sending Jeremy Hill to jail for a probation violation, LSU's leading running back last season apologized to his teammates and then joined them at practice.
"We waited for legal system to act," coach Les Miles said after Monday afternoon's practice. "They've spoken very strongly to Jeremy Hill. That being said, he's free to do things that everybody would do in this community: Attend college, play college football."
Miles stressed that Hill would face further punishment from coaches which will be handled internally, leaving open the possibility that Hill could be forced to sit out some games. However, Miles declined to specify how many games, if any, Hill may have to miss.
"He owes this school, this team, this community, his best behavior," Miles said. "We're not certain about further punishment, but there will be some."
Hill was suspended indefinitely after his arrest more than three months ago, and Miles said he was reinstated only after his teammates voted him back on the squad.
"He's our brother. We still talk to him, still encourage him, still love him," offensive tackle La'el Collins said. "I'm pretty sure he's humbled and he's worked everything out. He's seen the effect that it's taken on him and he's going to make better decisions."
Hill's arrest marked the third straight season that a key LSU player has been in trouble during the offseason. Two seasons ago, Jordan Jefferson was involved in a bar fight resulting in a four-game suspension that was lifted after he was charged was reduced to a misdemeanor. Last year, former Heisman Trophy candidate Tryann Mathieu was dismissed just a few days into August camp for failing repeated drug tests.
"The reality is, we're people and you can see it. We're flawed. Every one of us. Hopefully we learn by our mistakes and we improve," Miles said. "Jeremy Hill certainly has a chance to do that - strongly."
Shortly before Miles spoke, Hill offered a short public apology, but did not take any questions.
"I want to thank coach Miles and this university for giving me another chance," he said. "I made a poor choice in judgment. But since then I have learned from that mistake and moving forward I will continue to be a better person, continue to be a better teammate and continue to be a role model for the kids in the community."
Hill was caught on video punching a man outside a bar last spring. He pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery - a violation of his probation from an earlier misdemeanor stemming from his sexual relationship with a then-14-year-old girl at his high school.
During Monday's hearing, State District Judge Bonnie Jackson was scheduled to review more restrictive terms she attached to Hill's first probation - including a 9 p.m to 6 a.m. curfew and bar ban - in May, shortly after Hill's late-April arrest. Jackson also decided to take up prosecutors' motion, filed last month, to revoke Hill's probation. Her decision to do so came on the first day of LSU practice.
While Jackson kept Hill on probation, she added 40 hours of community service to his sentence while also agreeing to curfew flexibility when Hill needs to be out for football, including games and travel.
The judge also admonished Hill for the "arrogance" he displayed on the video and told Hill that is why many wanted to see him jailed.
"To see you laughing about having sucker-punched that young man struck people as being extremely arrogant. It struck people as seeing someone who felt they had a sense of entitlement: 'I'm Jeremy Hill and I can do whatever I want to do. Ha, ha, ha,'" Jackson said. "Bar fights happen all the time. I don't think if this had just been a bar fight people's emotions would have been worked up as much as they were."
However, Jackson also told the 20-year-old Hill that she understands young people make "immature decisions - but do you learn from those?"
Hill said he was "terribly sorry" and that he "let my emotions get the best of me." He stressed that he is now focused on church, his family, hanging around "better people" and aims to help "teach younger people to not be in situations like I have."
Hill's earlier probation stemmed from his January 2012 guilty plea to misdemeanor carnal knowledge of a juvenile. That plea deal allowed him to avoid felony charges and enroll at LSU. The bar scuffle ultimately led to the second probation term, along with a second six-month suspended sentence.
District attorney Hillar Moore said he respected Jackson's decision, but thought revoking probation was in order, given that after Hill's first arrest, prosecutors assured Hill's teenage victim and her mother that Hill would go to jail if he ran afoul of the law again.
Moore also sounded skeptical about whether Hill's apology in court was genuine, but hoped the running back would make the most of his second chance.
"He spoke about how things have changed," Moore began, but added "I'm not sure how much change you can make" in the few months since the arrest.
Hill rushed for 755 yards and 12 touchdowns in 2012, his freshman season. Hill got increased playing time after season-opening starter Alfred Blue went out with a season-ending knee injury in LSU's third game. Blue has returned this season, as has junior running back Kenny Hilliard.


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Is a Recession Really the Right Time to Start Working for Yourself? Maybe Not
There's a theory that a recession is a good time to branch out on your own and start your own business. After all, who needs the stress of fearing a layoff, battling for pay increases and other uncertainties that come with working for corporate America?
But new studies show that perhaps the Great Recession hasn't looked too favorably upon the self-employed, after all.
A researcher at The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland recently found that while the rate of self-employment grew during the recession, the rate of exit from self-employment increased even faster and the overall number of self-employed Americans decreased. In fact, self-employed individuals were hit harder by the recession in terms of unemployment than those who worked for others, and the U.S. has fewer businesses now than it did before the before the downturn.
Another study released in June by Citrix Online and conducted by the Telework Research Network found that over the past five years, the self-employed share of the total work-at-home (WAH) population (which includes those people working for others from home, teleworking, etc…) fell from 60% to 50%. Both the total self-employed population and people who run their own businesses by working at home fell in 2008 and 2009.
"Typically, all we hear in the press when they talk about the work-at-home population is this bulk number that includes the self-employed," said Kate Lister, president of Telework Research Network. Many people who work at home are employed by a company and are not technically self-employed. "The self-employed rate got dragged down during the recession."
Lister attributes the majority of the decline in the self-employed workforce due to the large overhead costs that often come with working for yourself, things like rents, utilities, office space, etc…
"The bottom line is, small businesses, particularly the very small businesses, operate closer to the edge," Lister explained. "Something negative happens, it's going to affect them more quickly. It rolls downhill. These solopreneuers who are working perhaps under contract with large companies and so forth, it's going to affect them more heavily."
But for self-employed workers in the virtual world, things may be looking up: New studies show the demand for online contractors is spiking tremendously. For small businesses in particular, online workers offer an opportunity for them to contract work out at lower costs and they're not limited to a pool of workers in a specific geographic region.
"Online workers are core to small business success," said Gary Swart, CEO of oDesk, a global employment platform that matches employers to an online workforce. A recent study by Swart's company found that its users spent more than $18 million to hire remote freelancers or teams in June and more than 93,000 new jobs were posted on the site.
"Many companies that initially used this approach to accomplish work during the economic downturn are incorporating online workers into their ongoing staffing and growth strategies," Swart said. "The continuing growth in demand for skilled online workers indicates a smart move by businesses; away from the full-time employment model to a flexible, on-demand workforce."
Elance, which also helps businesses hire and manage online professionals in the cloud, noted that while U.S. employers added only 46,000 jobs to the traditional job market in June, Elance added 142,723 jobs in the second quarter – an average of 47,500 jobs per month.
Elance contractors earned a record $34.28 million during that quarter, up from $30.73 million in the previous quarter, and they've been seeing paychecks increase over the past 12 months. Businesses hiring online and freelance professionals at the firm sparked a 23% increase in a single quarter, in both the population of contractors and employers working online.
Ved Sinha, vice president of interactive marketing for Elance said the company is seeing a lot more small businesses using its services and listed marketing, IT, web programming and operations research as areas with job opportunities.
"What we're seeing is both in times that are hard economically as well as in boom times, small businesses continue to look for online work."
WAH and self-employment experts offer several tips for how to become your own boss--and stay employed--during a recession:
--Jump into the world of online work if possible by creating an online profile on platforms such as Elance, oDesk, LinkedIn, Craigslist, and other places to get your name and work out there. To make your profile more attractive, be sure to include online recommendations on your profiles. "You can do these things to start building your presence and building your brand in the online world," Sed said.
--Make sure you have a good reputation to build your business on and gain a strong customer following. Alison Green, founder of AskaManager.org, who managed a mid-sized organization before starting her own management consulting business in June 2010, spent years working hard and building her reputation. By establishing herself as reliable and hardworking, she knew she could count on a loyal client following when she struck out on her own. "Becoming known as someone who kicks ass at work means that you'll have people excited to hire you when you need them to be, which will make your life a lot, lot easier in the future," she says.
--"If you have a day job, don't quit it" advised Lister. "Try to develop your home business while you still have your paycheck," and make sure it's going to succeed before you give your two week's notice. Coming out of a recession is a very good time to start a business, the weak players have gone away, there's just lots of opportunities. It's also a very good time to buy a business."
And if the self-employed can stick it out, they might just find more light at the end of the recession tunnel than they thought, and they may be well positioned to achieve that ever-elusive work-life balance.
"The consensus seems to be: something has really changed" in how people work, Lister said. "This whole contract of having a job for five or 10 years of life, is no longer. The people who are able to break out and start their own businesses. … all of the polling suggests absolutely … that the large majority of people who have turned to self-employment during a recession have no intention of going back. They enjoy the flexibility it gives them, they don't feel that a company is going to protect them anymore."


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Clinton: 'Sexism' in '08 Obama camp
Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday there was "sexism" in Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign that she and the president needed to get past.
"Beginning the process of working with then-Sen. Obama after I ended my campaign, we had an awkward but necessary meeting to clear the air on a couple of issues, and one of them was the sexism that — unfortunately — was present in that '08 campaign," Clinton told Robin Roberts on ABC's "Good Morning America."
In her new memoir, "Hard Choices," Clinton wrote that she rejected a request from the Obama campaign to attack Sarah Palin, who was then running for vice president.
( WATCH: Clinton's 'Hard Choices' book tour)
"That very first day, the Obama campaign said, 'Well, we want you to go out there and criticize her,' and I said 'For what? For being a woman? No, let's wait until we know where she stands, I don't know anything about her. Do you know anything about her?'" Clinton said she told the Obama campaign.
In response to Clinton's revelation, Palin tweeted: "Look who fired the 1st shot on the real 'war on women.' Hint: it wasn't the GOP. See this excerpt from Hillary's book," accompanied by a picture of "Hard Choices."
A senior Obama campaign official said that the request for Clinton to speak was tailored specifically to Palin's speech after McCain picked her as his running mate, in which she made a direct pitch for Clinton supporters.
( PHOTOS: Hillary Clinton starts book tour)
"Hillary left 18 million cracks in the highest, hardest glass ceiling in America. But it turns out the women of America aren't finished yet, and we can shatter that glass ceiling once and for all," Palin said at the time.
"We wanted Hillary to go out and say the Republican platform is completely inconsistent with the principles on which I ran," said the official, adding that it was not supposed to be a broad-based knock on Palin.
( Also on POLITICO: 10 key passages in Clinton's book)
At a White House press briefing Tuesday when asked about Clinton's comments, Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest admitted he had not seen the interview but commented that "it was a historic campaign and one that the president is proud to be involved in. The reason why it was so historic is because you had a woman like Sec. Clinton who was running such a powerful, strong, sophisticated campaign."


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zs - Zilog 8530 SCC serial communications driver
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/termios.h>
open("/dev/term/n", mode);
open("/dev/ttyn", mode);
open("/dev/cua/n", mode);
The Zilog 8530 provides two serial input/output channels capable of supporting a variety of communication protocols. A typical system uses two or more of these devices to implement essential functions, including RS-423 ports (which also support most RS-232 equipment), and the console keyboard and mouse devices.
The zs module is a loadable STREAMS driver that provides basic support for the Zilog 8530 hardware and basic asynchronous communication support. The driver supports the termio(7I) device control functions specified by flags in the c_cflag word of the termios structure and by the IGNBRK, IGNPAR, PARMRK, or INPCK flags in the c_iflag word. All other termio(7I) functions must be performed by STREAMS modules pushed atop the driver. When a device is opened, the ldterm(7M) and ttcompat(7M) STREAMS modules are automatically pushed on top of the stream, providing the standard termio(7I) interface.
The character-special devices /dev/term/a and /dev/term/b are used to access the two serial ports on the CPU board.
Valid name space entries are /dev/cua/[a-z], /dev/term/[a-z] and /dev/tty[a-z]. The number of entries used in a name space are machine dependent.
To allow a single tty line to be connected to a modem and used for both incoming and outgoing calls, a special feature is available that is controlled by the minor device number. By accessing character-special devices with names of the form /dev/cua/[n], it is possible to open a port without the Carrier Detect signal being asserted, either through hardware or an equivalent software mechanism. These devices are commonly known as dial-out lines.
Once a /dev/cua/[n] line is opened, the corresponding tty line cannot be opened until the /dev/cua/n line is closed. A blocking open will wait until the /dev/cua/[n] line is closed (which will drop Data Terminal Ready, and Carrier Detect) and carrier is detected again. A non-blocking open will return an error. If the tty line has been opened successfully (usually only when carrier is recognized on the modem) , the corresponding /dev/cua/[n] line cannot be opened. This allows a modem to be attached to /dev/term/[n] (renamed from /dev/tty[n]) and used for dial-in (by enabling the line for login in /etc/inittab) and also used for dial-out (by tip(1) or uucp(1C)) as /dev/cua/[n] when no one is logged in on the line.
The zs module supports the standard set of termio ioctl( ) calls.
If the CRTSCTS flag in the c_cflag field is set, output will be generated only if CTS is high; if CTS is low, output will be frozen. If the CRTSCTS flag is clear, the state of CTS has no effect.
If the CRTSXOFF flag in the c_cflag field is set, input will be received only if RTS is high; if RTS is low, input will be frozen. If the CRTSXOFF flag is clear, the state of RTS has no effect.
The termios CRTSCTS (respectively CRTSXOFF) flag and termiox CTSXON (respectively RTSXOFF) can be used interchangeably.
Breaks can be generated by the TCSBRK, TIOCSBRK, and TIOCCBRK ioctl( ) calls.
The state of the DCD, CTS, RTS, and DTR interface signals may be queried through the use of the TIOCM_CAR, TIOCM_CTS, TIOCM_RTS, and TIOCM_DTR arguments to the TIOCMGET ioctl command, respectively. Due to hardware limitations, only the RTS and DTR signals may be set through their respective arguments to the TIOCMSET, TIOCMBIS, and TIOCMBIC ioctl commands.
The input and output line speeds may be set to any of the speeds supported by termio. The input and output line speeds cannot be set independently; for example, when you set the the output speed, the input speed is automatically set to the same speed.
When the driver is used to service the serial console port, it supports a BREAK condition that allows the system to enter the debugger or the monitor. The BREAK condition is generated by hardware and it is usually enabled by default. A BREAK condition originating from erroneous electrical signals cannot be distinguished from one deliberately sent by remote DCE. The Alternate Break sequence can be used to remedy this.
Due to a risk of incorrect sequence interpretation, SLIP and certain other binary protocols should not be run over the serial console port when Alternate Break sequence is in effect. Although PPP is a binary protocol, it is able to avoid these sequences using the ACCM feature in RFC 1662. For Solaris PPP 4.0, you do this by adding the following line to the /etc/ppp/options file (or other configuration files used for the connection; see pppd(1M) for details):
asyncmap 0x00002000
By default, the Alternate Break sequence is three characters: carriage return, tilde and control-B (CR ~ CTRL-B), but may be changed by the driver. For more information on breaking (entering the debugger or monitor), see kbd(1) and kb(7M).
An open will fail under the following conditions:
The unit being opened does not exist.
The dial-out device is being opened and the dial-in device is already open, or the dial-in device is being opened with a no-delay open and the dial-out device is already open.
The port is in use by another serial protocol.
The unit has been marked as exclusive-use by another process with a TIOCEXCL ioctl( ) call.
The open was interrupted by the delivery of a signal.
dial-out tty lines
dial-in tty lines
binary compatibility package device names
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
eeprom(1M), kmdb(1), tip(1), cu(1C), uucp(1C), ports(1M), pppd(1M), ioctl(2), open(2), attributes(5), zsh(7D), termio(7I), kb(7M), ldterm(7M), ttcompat(7M)
The Zilog 8530 character input silo overflowed before it could be serviced.
The driver's character input ring buffer overflowed before it could be serviced.


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We have a few exciting updates to share. We've added a new Camera feature that enables Trainers to take photographs of their wild Pokémon encounters. Now you can take a photo of Squirtle next to that scenic lake or Ivysaur hanging out by the park. The photos will be saved to your phone's camera roll to share with whomever you'd like. We can't wait to see the varied environments in which trainers will find wild Pokémon.
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February 13, 2012
Cheap Glass
17 comments:
I got the 7/8wt, 7'6" for bassin' in the fall & was tempted to get another one that sale was announced.
Have fun with it!Replies
Beautiful rod. I especially like the the nice and clean handle.ReplyDelete
Have fun with your new rod,
Yeah, it's my first (fly) rod without a screw down reel seat. It's kinda dainty.Delete
it's a beauty. Like MO said, sleek handleReplyDeleteReplies
Hey wait a minute....Thats not a Tenkara rod! Nice glass, be sure to post on how that baby handles!ReplyDeleteReplies
Yeah, I'm one of those weird tenkara dudes that just can't go totally reel-less.Delete
Looks like all we had to do was lower the price a bit and we captured Troutrageous! Glass is not Dead!ReplyDeleteReplies
I know quite a few guys that purchased that rod and they love them.ReplyDeleteReplies
I have heard the same. It's my first foray into fiberglass...that rod has a lot of action to it.Delete
I've been drooling over these rods since they debuted, and they finally dropped the price... and I couldn't bring myself to buying one now. I don't know why. I just ordered an 8'6" 3 weight Stowaway instead - which cost almost double the sale price on these CGR's.ReplyDelete
I guess part of it was the fact that I've got a little Wright & McGill 7' 2 weight, and an Eagle Claw glass 6'6" 4 weight to cover the short & light end of the spectrum, and on the other end, I wasn't thrilled with their 6 weight model (since i've already got the LSi 9' 6 weight) - and if I need more than a six, I have my Echo 8 weight to step up to for throwing the really heavy stuff. And I guess part of it is that I still want to build myself an 8' 5 weight Steffen this year.Replies
Sounds like you're taken care of in terms of rods, but just know...it's out there...waiting...Delete


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Hewlett-Packard will pay the U.S. government $55 million to settle allegations that it defrauded the U.S. General Service Administration and other agencies by paying kickbacks to systems integrators in exchange for recommendations that agencies purchase HP products, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday.
The settlement also resolves government claims that a 2002 contract HP had with the GSA was defectively priced because the company provided incomplete information to GSA contracting officers during negotiations, the DOJ said.
The HP settlement is part of a huge investigation the DOJ launched after whistleblowers Norman Rille and Neal Roberts filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas in 2004. The lawsuit centered on alleged improper payments and illegal rebates made by HP, Sun Microsystems and Accenture, but the lawsuit named dozens of IT companies allegedly involved in giving or receiving kickbacks.
The HP settlement is the second-largest of five settlements resulting from the lawsuit. In May, EMC agreed to pay the U.S. government $87.5 million to settle similar charges.
HP had announced a potential settlement in early August. The company denies any illegal activity. "We believe it is in the best interest of our stakeholders to resolve the matter and move beyond this issue," an HP spokeswoman said.
Among the Accenture partners named in the 2004 lawsuit were Cisco Systems, Microsoft, IBM, Dell and Oracle. In April 2007, the DOJ joined the lawsuit brought by Rille, a former manager for Accenture, and Roberts, a former partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC). Under the U.S. False Claims Act, private citizens can file lawsuits for fraud on behalf of the U.S. government and share in the recovery of funds.
"Contractors must deal fairly with the government when doing business with federal agencies," Tony West, the assistant attorney general for the DOJ's Civil Division, said in a statement. "As this case demonstrates, we will take action against those who seek to taint the government procurement process with illegal kickbacks."
In 2002, HP entered into a contract with GSA to sell computer equipment and software to federal agencies. Under applicable regulations and contract provisions, HP was required to tell GSA how it conducted business in the commercial marketplace so that GSA could use that information to negotiate a fair price for government customers, the DOJ said.
HP informed GSA contracting officials in 2007 that it may not have complied with all of the provisions of the contract. The disclosure led to an audit by the GSA Office of Inspector General, which concluded that the contract had been defectively priced.
"Americans deserve the best deal possible when their hard-earned tax dollars are used," GSA Inspector General Brian Miller said in a statement. "We will aggressively pursue companies that overcharge the government."
The DOJ has settled similar kickback allegations with IBM for $2.9 million, Computer Sciences for $1.4 million and PWC for $2.3 million. The same allegations were a part of the $87.5 million settlement with EMC. The EMC settlement also settled defective pricing claims found through an audit by the GSA.