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When Mexican president Felipe Calderón leaves office on December 1, his successor, Enrique Peña Nieto, will inherit a country with rampant corruption and high levels of drug-related violence. Of course, when Calderón entered the presidency six years ago, he himself inherited a country with rampant corruption and high levels of drug-related violence.
To appreciate his legacy, we must recall that Mexico was not enjoying peace in December 2006. Powerful drug cartels were already at war with each other, and the government was already fighting back. Security analyst Viridiana Ríos of Harvard has shown that the violence began to increase as early as 2004.
If anyone doubts that, consider these Mexican news items from late 2004 and early 2005:
- In December 2004, U.S. consul Michael Yoder told Reuters that at least 22 American citizens had either disappeared or been kidnapped in Nuevo Laredo over the previous four months.
- On January 21, 2005, after six prison workers were executed by drug traffickers in the city of Matamoros (which sits next door to Brownsville, Texas), President Fox vowed to wage the "mother of all battles" against those responsible for the killings.
- On January 26, the U.S. State Department warned American travelers that "increased violence among drug traffickers" had created a "deteriorating security situation" on the Mexican side of the border. That same day, U.S. ambassador Tony Garza sent a letter to Mexican officials explaining the public announcement: "The escalating fighting among drug-cartel elements has meant sharp increases in murders and kidnappings," he wrote, adding that "the inability of local law enforcement to come to grips with rising drug warfare, kidnappings, and random street violence will have a chilling effect on the cross-border exchange, tourism, and commerce so vital to the region's prosperity."
- A few days later, the New York Times reported on the growing violence: "While new criminals have emerged along the border and begun a new fight for control, kingpins fight back from their prison cells, ordering killings and running their operations with the help of corrupt guards and prison administrators."
Rio estimates that drug-related murders increased by almost 9 percent in 2005 and by almost 11 percent in 2006. By December 2006, when Calderón was sworn into office, a Reuters/AP dispatch from Mexico City said that the country was "struggling with rampant drug trafficking and crime."
The new president, a member of the conservative National Action Party (PAN), basically had four options: 1.) Confront the drug cartels with federal, state, and local police forces. 2.) Confront them with the military. 3.) Try to cut a deal with the cartels that would allow them to continue most of their criminal activities, provided they kept the violence to a minimum. 4.) Ignore them and hope for the best.
For obvious reasons, option 4.) was not a serious plan. Option 3.) was what the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) did during the 1980s, when it ruled Mexico as a "perfect dictatorship." But in December 2006, Mexico was a true democracy, the PRI was in opposition, and the drug cartels were much stronger than they had been 20 years earlier, so the old PRI strategy was no longer logistically feasible or morally acceptable. Option (1) sounded appealing only if you knew nothing about the extent of Mexican police corruption. Indeed, as former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) chief Robert Bonner has written, the local police were more corrupt than the state police, who were more corrupt than the federal police, who themselves were hopelessly compromised. In short, relying on the cops was a prescription for failure.
That left option 2.)deploying the Mexican military. The armed forces were hardly immune to corruption, but they were far cleaner and far more professional than any Mexican police force. So Calderón sent them into Chihuahua, Michoacán, and other states struggling to deal with an unprecedented security challenge.
Since then, approximately 60,000 people have died in drug-related violence, and the military has been accused of human-rights violations. Yet in a 2012 Pew Research Center poll, 80 percent of Mexicans still supported Calderón's decision to use the armed forces against the cartels.
Critics of the U.S.-led war on drugs have been especially harsh in their denunciations of his strategy. Yet the outgoing Mexican president could not control U.S. drug policy or U.S. drug consumption, nor could he control shifting alliances and rivalries among the cartels. "After he deployed thousands of troops," notes Economist correspondent Tom Wainwright, "the cartels seemed to reach a truce of sorts in 2007. But then violence erupted in the north-west as the Sinaloans fell out with their allies in Juárez, Tijuana, and Culiacán."
The latest government data suggest that the violence is finally start to drop: There were 15 percent fewer drug-related murders in the first half of 2012 compared with the first six months of 2011. Meanwhile, 25 of the 37 "most wanted" Mexican drug barons are now either dead or in jail. (Within a four-week span in September and October, Mexican marines captured Jorge Costilla of the Gulf Cartel and Iván Velázquez of the Zetas Cartel, and they killed Zeta leader Heriberto Lazcano.) Calderón has created a new federal police force to replace the corrupt and ineffective Federal Investigative Agency. He has also enacted a judicial reform that, when fully implemented, will vastly improve the Mexican legal system.
A stronger legal system will help the Mexican economy, which has increasingly bright long-term prospects. After suffering a bad recession in 2009, Mexico grew faster than Brazil last year and will probably grow more than twice as fast as Brazil this year. According to a Bloomberg News analysis, Brazil was home to 15 of the world's 500 most-valuable companies in 2010 but only 10 in 2012, while Mexico went from having five to having nine. "The one-company differential [between Brazil and Mexico] is the smallest since 1998," reports Bloomberg correspondent Ney Hayashi. Mexico is now the fourth-largest global exporter of automobiles; the Chinese-Mexican wage gap has almost disappeared; the country is attracting significant foreign investment; and the national legislature recently passed a labor-market reform that will further boost Mexican competitiveness.
The drug war remains a terrible menace to Mexican security and prosperity. But as Robert Bonner, the former DEA administrator, points out, Calderón "will bequeath to his successor major successes against the cartels, newly invigorated institutions, and a sound strategy."
Indeed, he bravely tackled a crisis that had emerged long before his presidency, and he took big steps toward transforming Mexico into a country where the rule of law reigns supreme. The job isn't nearly finished, but Calderón can take real pride in his achievements, despite the continuing violence.


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Three Watford players will go head-to-head at Blackpool's Bloomfield Road tonight as England Under-21s take on their Northern Irish counterparts in a friendly.
Midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah, on-loan from Chelsea, will come up against defensive duo Lee Hodson and Adam Thompson, both of whom have been called-up by Northern Ireland coach Steve Robinson.
Chalobah, 17, has been promoted to the Under-21 squad for thew first time by Stuart Pearce after featuring at every level for England's youth sides up to this point.
Pearce is using the game as an opportunity to look at some younger players after his side qualified for next summer's under-21s European Championships next summer in Israel.
Meanwhile, Czech striker Matej Vydra has been called up by the Czech Republic's senior side once more and will be hoping to win his fourth full cap for Michal Bilek's side. The Czech Republic face Slovakia in a friendly on Wednesday.
Watford midfielder Cristian Battocchio is hoping he will also be in international action once more after he was called up by Italy Under-20s for their friendly with Switzerland on Wednesday.
The 19-year-old Udinese loanee has failed to feature for the Hornets since his solitary substitute appearance in the 5-1 defeat at Derby County in September.


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VANCOUVER, WA -- Nautilus Inc. has strong indications of interest from potential buyers of its discontinued commercial gym equipment operation and hopes to sell one or more pieces of that business segment in the near future, Edward Bramson, chairman and CEO, said on Monday in an earnings call with investors.
Based on what's left on Nautilus' books as direct assets of the commercial business, proceeds of the sale were estimated at $10.5 million. Kenneth Fish, Nautilus CFO, also indicated that the company is not looking to transfer all areas related to the business to the new buyer, such as accounts receivable, which he said the company would continue to collect upon until it sells off areas of the commercial business.
The company reported a third quarter loss in revenues for its discontinued commercial business of $22.9 million, or $0.75 per diluted share, for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2009. That was compared to a $11.9 million loss in the third quarter of 2008, or $0.39 per diluted share.
Net loss from continuing and discontinued operations in the third quarter 2009 was $24.4 million, or $0.80 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $34.1 million, or $1.11 per diluted share, in third quarter 2008.
Nautilus reported a loss from continuing operations of $1.5 million, or $0.05 per diluted share, for third quarter 2009, versus a loss of $22.2 million, or $0.72 per diluted share, in third quarter 2008.
Net sales from continuing operations also were down at $41.4 million in the third quarter, compared to net sales from continuing operations of $62.7 million for the same quarter in 2008. However, Nautilus officials said they offset expected lower sales in the retail and direct businesses with greater operating efficiencies, resulting in profitable operating income for both businesses in the third quarter.
"While our top line results continue to reflect the challenging consumer spending environment, we are encouraged by the progress we are making towards restoring our continuing operations to profitability," Bramson said. "For the second consecutive quarter, we achieved positive operating income for both our retail and direct businesses, reflecting our success in aligning our cost structure with revenue trends."
As the company moves its focus toward direct and retail channels, Bramson said it hopes to see sales growth next year with the introduction of a Nautilus-branded Mobia low-impact cardio machine.
"As we announced in September, we made the decision to divest our commercial business assets in order to enable our team to invest all of our resources on our branded consumer businesses," Bramson said. "While Nautilus Commercial has many attractive assets, we believe we will benefit from greater operating efficiencies by focusing exclusively on our direct and retail channels. In the fourth quarter, we plan to launch a major new product, the Nautilus-branded Mobia low-impact cardio machine. We are hopeful that this and other new product programs will generate profitable sales growth in 2010."


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Cut-away Modern
This popular classic belongs to the family of full-spread collars. It is very popular since the shirt's front part is more visible. As the name already gives away, the collar ends are more spread out than on a regular business collar. Modern cut-away is a bit lower than the Cut-away Classic collar.
It was the Duke of Kent who first made the spread collar popular in the early 1900s, and more recently this collar type has gained momentum again. The Cut-away collar comes in several different varieties, with this classic one having the smallest spread.
To keep in mind when designing your shirt
This collar works well both with and without a tie. When choosing a tie, a Windsor knot fits perfectly to this wider collar. If you have a somewhat narrower or longer face, this is the collar for you. A collar from the "Full spread" family is great choice together with a contrasting fabric.
Do not wear this collar together with jackets with too narrow lapels and shoulders in order to avoid a too extreme look. Otherwise, this collar type is suitable for everything from a pinstriped office suit to an everyday jacket. Preferably choose a poplin, pinpoint or twill fabric to go with this collar.
- Collar height, back: 3,3 cm
- Collar ends, front:6,5 cm
- Collar stays:sewn-in
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If you are expecting, or are considering starting a family, Anna Jaques Hospital invites you to a Birth Center Open House and Tour. By attending, you are able to meet the obstetricians, gynecologists, certified nurse midwives, maternity nurses, pediatricians, neonatologists and family practice physicians who are available to take care of you during your pregnancy and after your baby is born.
This will help you find the physician or midwife with whom you feel most comfortable. Once you have chosen your provider, you can begin scheduling the prenatal visits necessary for a healthy pregnancy. All physicians and midwives who deliver at the Anna Jaques Hospital Birth Center are board certified.
Our Birth Center is designed to be comfortable for moms and their families, and meet our obstetricians/gynecologists, nurse midwives, nurses, family practice physicians, and pediatricians. This is your opportunity to ask questions about one of life's most important decisions.
You will receive a wealth of information on classes and programs available to expectant parents including:
- Early pregnancy, prepared childbirth, sibling, and the "Rookie Season" class designed for new dads
- Breast-feeding classes and consultation service
- Hypnobirthing
- Pre-natal and post-partum massage
- New mothers' support group
You will also tour our Birth Center's private birthing rooms. There is no charge for this event and no RSVP is necessary. Refreshments will be served. For more information, please call Anna Jaques Hospital Birth Center at 978-463-1060.


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Grilled, roasted, creamed or steamed, fresh corn packs sweet summery sunshine into every bite. Here, you'll find ideas for how to prepare it, plus tips for selecting and storing fresh corn.
FEATURED CORN RECIPESGrilled Corn with Chipotle Butter and Cilantro » Corn Bread with Smoked Mozzarella and Sun-Dried Tomatoes » Mini Corn Muffins with Roasted Garlic and Fresh Herbs » Corn Soufflé with Red Pepper Sauce »
FEATURED TOOLZyliss Corn Stripper
Safer than a knife, this inventive tool easily strips corn right off the cob.Buy now »
How to Select and Store Corn
Choose corn that's still in the husk and make sure those husks are bright green and tight. You'll also want to ensure that the silk is lightin color and moist. Dry, black silk means the corn is past its prime. If you can avoid it, don't peel back the husk to peek at the corn. Instead, press gently through the husk to check that the kernels are firm.
Fresh corn should be eaten the day it's purchased. If you need to store it, don't remove the husks. It'll keep in the
fridge, uncovered, up to two days.


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By assembling the upper of these #RO043 Rocky kid's boots out of a combination of leather and 900 denier nylon, the footwear has incredible durability, great breathability and will fit fantastically well. The brown hue is outstanding; not only does it give the footwear an exceptionally nice looking appearance but it helps these boots to be paired easily with casual, hunting and outdoor clothing. The addition of a toe guard is quite practical, because it helps save these round-toe boots from being worn down from scuffs and abrasions.
Wanting to ensure that children could wear these Rocky boots outdoors, regardless of the weather conditions or setting, and remain perfectly dry led to the outdoor footwear being assembled with Rocky waterproof construction. Then, outfitting them with 800 grams of Thinsulate™ Ultra insulation was only logical, because it will keep them warm on chilly days but won't alter the great fit of these children's boots in the least. They're excellent for outdoor/hunting wear, but also keep in mind, with this much insulation and waterproofing they'll make an excellent pair of snow boots!
A mesh lining is a terrific component to have within the interior of these kid's boots; it is lightweight, breathable, protects the inside of the footwear against wear and tear and since the material feels so terrifically soft, it will make these boots superbly comfortable to wear. Further down, a footbed has been inserted to soothe the wearer's feet and to drastically lessen the discomfort that naturally occurs from standing. Rocky incorporated a nylon shank into the base of these boots to provide support and additional stability. You and the wearer alike will be quite pleased with how hardwearing, lightweight and flexible the rubber outsole is.
In your search to find a pair of boots for kids that are incredibly durable, breathable, waterproof, insulated and extraordinarily comfortable to wear... Look no further than these #RO043 Rocky Insulated Waterproof Adolescent Kid's Boots!
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|2008-06-09, 00:41
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Rosario to Vampire Capu2 [2nd Season]
Genre: Comedy, Ecchi, Romance
Anime Production: ??
Scheduled Air Date: Fall 2008
Website: http://www.rosa-vam.com/
It's not much of a news that there is going to be a sequel to the Rosario to Vampire, but yeah... there is going to be a sequel. Gonzo should be the animation production in charge for the sequel as well even though there is yet to be an official confirmation. The main cast will remain the same. All other information are forthcoming which I'll share with you once they are known, so feel free to share. Any newcomers to this series should checkout the opening post for the first season of Rosario to Vampire by Jul10.
|2008-06-10, 23:46
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 3rd Planet
Looking forward to these new season and Gonzo in the mix of it.
|2008-06-11, 23:44
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Location: Moe Land
Age: 38
Well the manga is quite popular and the last few chapters in the manga are very ecchi. LOL So I still expect the ecchi level to be the same in season2, but I am expecting the level of the action and animation to be better also.
Also hope they follow it more like in the manga. Since all the girls are complete now in the anime(which they where introduced almost every episode) and unlike the manga it took alot of time before the girls are complete...no let me re-phrase that "BEFORE Tsukune's harem was complete."
|2008-06-12, 10:06
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i'm still amazed at kanokon for surpassing itself in that department every two episodes.
i would really doubt that a normal human director(like the one directing rosario) will be able to top that XD
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When one is faced with this lengthy summer bounty, they start with the classics. They grate. They bake. They stuff. They roast. When it is warm, they carefully peel raw noodles. When there's a breeze, they contemplate how this could extend their summer chili. They shred some more. From there, they google. With that, they stumble in love with Smitten Kitchen's kemony zucchini goat cheese pizza.
From the moment I saw the result pop up with its enchanting image of thinly layered summer squash, I felt that much better about this weird summer. Inspired by Smitten's design, my version changes the layout a bit, colorwise, adding a ring of black cherry cherry tomatoes, with plenty of fresh lemon juice whisked into the herbed tofu ricotta, on top of Hot Lips pizza dough ($2). It was all topped off with extra virgin olive oil and a bunch of freshly ground black pepper. As it should be.
This same weekend, I found myself shelling fresh peas. It was instantly therapeutic and I started thinking fresh pasta! risotto! creamy soups! puree! getting fishy!?! Blame on all the Gordon Ramsey I've been watching (I don't have cable, so I make do with whatever cooking shows I can), but I took inspiration for this dish from all his bleeping scallops. My sister was quickly horrified when I told her I was making pea puree for dinner, but turned it around and approved once I assured her that was "fancy". Er, thanks, sis! You enjoy that fettucine alfredo, I'll break out the peas, coconut milk and fresh basil, thank you very much.
Grilled tofu & peas: because when in doubt, play with textures and marinate in beer.


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Beekeeping Basics: Installing a Package
The moment has finally arrived! Your bee yard is set up and your hive bodies are ready. A gleaming white bee suit is awaiting its first use. You have picked up a package of bees from your local bee shop or beekeeper's club, nervously glancing at the backseat on the ride home, making sure none have escaped. There it is, sitting on your lawn, or in your garden, or on your roof. 10,000 worker bees and a queen. Now what?
• First things first, have everything you need at hand. This includes a spray bottle with sugar water, a hive tool, a pair of pliers, a hive body with frames, an entrance reducer, a bee brush and a feeder.
• Give the bees a nice spray with the sugar water, right through the screen. This will calm them down and keep them happy. We use this in lieu of smoke for an install because smoke is generally unnecessary since the bees are not aggressive, having no home to defend.
• Pry up the piece of wood on the top of the package and give the whole box a firm bang on a hard surface so the bees fall to the bottom of the box. No worries, they will be fine. Remove the can of sugar syrup and the queen cage and quickly cover the hole back up with the wood so as to keep as many bees inside as possible. Set the syrup aside for now.
• Inspect your queen cage. Is she alive and well, and does she have some attendant bees in there? These bees are important because they actually feed the queen. Take a good look at the queen, because spotting her later when she is amidst thousands of bees is no easy thing. If you are lucky she has been marked with a colored dot on her abdomen. If the queen is dead, call your supplier immediately and they should express mail you a new one.
• Remove the metal plate that covers one end of the queen cage. This will reveal a candy plug. With a long skinny nail, carefully bore a hole in the plug. It will take a few days or longer for the bees to eat through the candy plug and release the queen. This gives her time to release pheromones that will ensure that the rest of the hive will accept her. The hole is to facilitate this release.
• Hang the queen cage on the center frame, with the screen side facing out. There are many ways to do this, and some cages some with a convenient hanging strip. I have used a large rubber band in the past with great success. The screen side has to face out, away from the foundation it is attached to, so the rest of the bees can feed her. Place the frame back in the hive body.
• Remove a few of the outer frames from the hive body and give the package a good spray of sugar water. Bang the box again to drop the bees to the bottom, remove the plywood covering the hole and shake the bees into the hive body. Alternatively, you can use pliers to pull away the screen on one side, which gets the bees out a lot quicker. Either way you will soon be surrounded by a lot of bees. Stay calm. The bees will quickly inhabit their perfect new home that you have so thoughtfully supplied for them.
• Give the bees a bit of time to settle in and then carefully replace the frames you removed. Then add either the inner cover if you are using an entrance feeder, or add the hive-top feeder without an inner cover. Use the bee brush in all of these steps to gently clear bees from being crushed.
• Fill the feeder with sugar syrup and put on the outer cover. Then put in the entrance reducer, leaving an opening the width of your index finger. This will help the bees defend their new turf and keep them a bit warmer if you are installing in early spring. You can use store-bought entrance reducers, make them yourself out of wood, or use strips of foam insulation--whatever works. This opening can be gradually widened over the next month, until the bees have built up their numbers, at which point it can be removed entirely.
And that's it! Congratulations, your new bees are ready to go and you are in for an interesting summer. As always, there are many ways to install a package. This is the method I have used that has worked for me. But as long as you are gentle, leave the queen accessible and make sure they have something to eat, you will be good to go. The bees know what they are doing.
• Beekeeping Basics: Brushing Up on Bee ID
• Beekeeping Basics: Before You Get Started
• Beekeeping Basics: Equipment List
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There's a real need for authorities to receive timely, accurate information when an alarm occurs. Police officers respond more effectively when they're armed with the exact sensor location that causes an alarm. Knowing the location of the alarm based on information provided by the central station enables responding authorities to go directly to the correct section of the building.
In the past, first responders had no idea where they where headed in a large building before they arrived. Not even the central station's operators could determine which sensor was tripped, because all the building's alarm devices were tied to a single initiating device circuit (IDC).
In the 1970s and '80s, security system technology advanced to the point where alarm panels were equipped with two or three IDCs. For example, the first models to be released had an exit/entry, a perimeter and an interior zone.
Although this may appear restrictive by today's standards, at the time, it allowed security dealers to minimally, logically zone their burglar alarm systems. A good example is the placement of an exit/delay door on a zone; one or more interior motions on a zone; and all the perimeter, instant doors and windows on a third. At least responding police officers had a general idea where to go.
The next logical move was for manufacturers to expand the capacity of their panels. The result was alarm panels to which many banks of IDCs could be added. The information gives first responders, end-users and alarm technicians a decisive advantage from the standpoint of response, convenience, ease of service and a general cost savings.
Make the addressable connection
The introduction of conventional, multiple--IDC alarm panels has proven to be a tremendous advantage for all concerned. But there still are times when a slew of IDCs is not enough. This is especially true when working in larger facilities, such as high-rise and multiple-floor tenant buildings.
One alternative to IDCs and zoning is addressable technology. This means an alarm panel can quickly determine the exact location of the burglar's whereabouts. The same technology will offer up additional information about each sensor through a process called polling.
"There are several reasons why addressable is better than conventional. For one thing, you get more information. … [A]n addressable point, such as a motion detector, can tell you not only if it's in alarm, but whether the cover has been removed or if there is some other kind of trouble within the device," said Tom Mechler, product marketing manager, Bosch Security Systems of Fairport, N.Y.
"You can address hundreds of sensors, so addressable systems can drastically reduce installation costs," Mechler said.
By contrast, when it is necessary to identify the exact sensor that has gone into alarm, conventional panels require that the installer homerun a pair of wires to each sensor. With addressable technology, the installer merely daisy-chains them together.
Addressable burglar alarm systems typically can be installed using less metallic wire than their conventional cousins.
Addressable installation is straight-forward, entailing the use of a two- or four-conductor cable. This cable typically is installed device-to-device in a serial manner. Where four conductors are involved, two are used to carry operating power, while the other two carry sensor data.
In the case of the MaxSys alarm panel (Digital Security Controls, Concord, Ontario), only two conductors are required to power and monitor an addressable device. In this case, the same pair of wires that provides operating power also provides data communication. Installers can connect up to 128 devices on a single SLC with the MaxSys alarm panel, or a number of devices can be placed over the span of two SLCs.
Often, the same panel that offers addressable capability also will provide conventional IDCs. This is done by placing eight or 16 IDCs on the motherboard along with one or two SLCs. IDC capacity also can be enhanced by using IDC expander boards.
Most addressable alarm panels on the market today also support fire detection. The code requires that a separate SLC be used for life safety when the same panel serves burglar and fire alarm functions.
Usually, an add-on digital alarm communicator transmitter (DACT) module is required with two telephone lines for central station monitoring. This module supervises both phone lines to ensure the panel communicates with the remotely located digital alarm communicator receiver. The dual-phone line portion of the DACT is designed to switch from primary to secondary phone line when one or the other becomes inoperative. Some of this may become moot with the inclusion of Internet protocol, such as in the case of Fire Lite Alarms' IPDACT.
As a general rule, addressable alarms cost more than conventional systems, but there are definite advantages. One is the additional information, and another is a general cost savings in service charges after the warranty period expires.
COLOMBO is a 32-year veteran in the security and life safety markets. He currently is director with FireNetOnline.com and a nationally recognized trade journalist located in East Canton, Ohio.


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It may seem like a long way off, but the Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance will be here sooner than you think. Between July 19 and 22, 2012, more than sixty performers will take to four stages. They'll dance, they'll sing, and they'll make great music at the Trumansburg Fairgrounds, which is less than a mile from our Finger Lakes Bed and Breakfast.
The Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival is not limited to one particular genre. Each year, there is a great variety of music on stage: Gospel, Swing, Bluegrass, Zydeco, Rock, Irish, Cajun, Latin, World Beat, Rock, African, Native American…. It doesn't really matter what it is, so long as it's good.
The 2012 line-up has not yet been released. Folks who have attended the festival in the past take it on faith that this year will be as superb as ever. If you've never been, looking at previous performers gives a good indication of what this year will bring. The list is too long to reproduce here, but it's available at Grassroots Festival.
The GrassRoots Festival of Music is a good time, but it also raises money for good causes. It began more than 20 years ago as a humble concert that raised funds for a local AIDS support organization. It was a success. It grew. Today, funds raised by the event are donated to a number of organizations across the community and the world. Recipients include (but are not limited to) The State Theater of Ithaca, the Drop-In Children's Center, Hospicare, and Doctor's Without Borders.
The Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance in Trumansburg has been called one of the top ten music festivals in the country by USA Today. Come see why for yourself.
Our Trumansburg NY Bed and Breakfast is close enough to the festival for guests to walk there. Fuel a day of dancing with a gourmet breakfast here at the inn. Then, after dancing all day, pamper your sore feet with a soak in a large, whirlpool tub. Add a little luxury to the festival.
Additional information about the festival is available at GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance.
Photos from past GrassRoots Festivals by Jeff Folkins.
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The Role of Parent Gesture In Children's Spatial Language Development
Erica Cartmill, post-doc, Department of Psychology, University of Chicago
Shannon M. Pruden Dick, post-doc, Department of Psychology, University of Chicago
Susan C. Levine (C0-PI), Department of Psychology, University of Chicago
Susan Goldin-Meadow (Co-PI), Department of Psychology, University of Chicago
For the archival version of this research, and the preferred citation, see:
- Cartmill, E. A., Pruden, S., Levine, S., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2010) The role of parent gesture in the development of children's spatial language. K. Franich, K. M. Iserman, L.L. Keil (Eds.), Proceedings of the 34th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD), November 6-8, 2009, Boston, MA (pp. 70-77). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.
Recent research shows that the spatial language parents use when talking to their children predicts their child's spatial language development (Pruden & Levine, in preparation). But parent spatial talk does not fully account for child spatial language. This study investigates whether the gestures parents produce along with spatial language have added value in predicting children's acquisition of spatial language, over and above spatial language alone.
There are several reasons to expect that this may be the case. First, with respect to language acquisition in general, children are sensitive to the gestures of others in both conversational and pedagogical situations (Goldin-Meadow, 2003). At home, parents' gestures predict children's gestures and, in turn, their vocabulary size (Rowe & Goldin-Meadow, 2009). In instructional situations, children learn more from spoken instruction if it is accompanied by gesture than if it is not (Church, Ayman-Nolley, & Mahootian, 2004; Valenzeno, Alibali, & Klatzky, 2003). Moreover, children can learn from gesture even when it conveys information that is not conveyed in speech (Singer & Goldin-Meadow, 2005). Second, gesture may be particularly good at conveying spatial information as it itself is highly spatial and thus has the potential to highlight and enhance the spatial information encoded in speech. That is, gesture may be particularly well suited to helping the child acquire spatial language because, unlike language, it easily captures the continuous nature of spatial information. For example, when talking about a "tall building," it is possible to provide cues to the meaning of the word "tall" by producing an over-the-head gesture, or by pointing to the top of the building. Finally, parents routinely produce gestures along with their spatial talk, providing children with the opportunity to learn from gesture (Levine, Ratliff, Huttenlocher, & Cannon, under review).
Using data from 52 parent-child dyads, we examined parent spatial talk, and the gestures that accompanied this talk, produced during naturalistic interactions at home recorded at 8 time points from 14-42 months of age. We focused our analysis on deictic and iconic gestures as they had the greatest potential to represent space or indicate spatial features of the environment. We also examined the child's use of spatial language during these interactions. For both parents and children, we focused on three categories of spatial talk: dimensional adjectives (e.g., big, little, tall, short), shape terms (e.g., circle, square), and spatial features (e.g., straight, curved, bent, flat). We addressed two specific questions: (1) Do parents differ in the amount of gesture used during spatial language? (2) If so, do differences in how often parents use spatial language with gesture, compared to how often they use it without gesture, provide added value in predicting children's spatial language production?
Parents varied widely in how often they produced gestures along with their spatial utterances. On average, parents gestured with 16% of their spatial utterances, but some parents never gestured and one gestured 44% of the time. Using a multiple linear regression, we found that the number of spatial utterances parents produce accompanied by gesture significantly predicted children's spatial word types, controlling for parent spatial utterances without gesture and parent non-spatial utterances (Β = .65, p < .01).
Using a multiple linear regression analysis, we found that parent spatial utterances with gesture, parent spatial utterances without gesture, and parent non-spatial utterances as predictors of children's spatial types. Model 1 showed that the total number of parent spatial utterances that were accompanied by gesture significantly predicted children's spatial types from 14 to 42 months and accounted for over 34% of the variance in children's spatial types (Β = .60, p < .001). Models 2 and 3 show that parent spatial utterances with gesture remained a significant predictor of child spatial types even after we controlled for parent spatial utterances without gesture and parent non-spatial utterances.
Gesture may be even more helpful in the context of spatial words than in other contexts. Unlike spoken language, gesture is well suited to capturing the continuous information of the spatial world. For example, gesture has the potential to play a targeted role in the acquisition of spatial language by illustrating the spatial notions reflected in speech—producing a curved gesture while saying that the puzzle piece is curved could help the child figure out what the word curved means.
Our findings demonstrate that parent gesture produced in the context of spatial talk is related to children's spatial language. However, this relationship is correlational: the findings do not show that parent gesture produced along with spatial talk plays a causal role in fostering child spatial language. Our current research attempts to explore the causal role between these variables by manipulating the type of input children receive in a spatial context—puzzle play— to better identify the respective contributions of spatial language and gesture in children's acquisition of spatial language.


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NEWTON, Iowa (AP) Sam Hornish Jr. beat Ryan Blaney off a restart with 21 laps to go and hung on to win the NASCAR Nationwide Series race Sunday at Iowa Speedway.
Pole-sitter Ryan Blaney was second, followed by Regan Smith, Chase Elliott and Elliott Sadler in the first stand-alone event of the season.
Hornish, in the No. 54 car usually driven by Kyle Busch, led 167 of 250 laps to win in second Nationwide start of the season for Joe Gibbs Racing.
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Watching: Take One Step for a Healthy Heart with Larry King
Chapter 6 - Medication, Exercise and Disparities [5:36]
The drugs work, but lifestyle change is the key. Race and economics do play a role. What Bill Clinton learned.
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The drugs work, but lifestyle change is the key. Race and economics do play a role. What Bill Clinton learned.
LARRY KING: Medications, Dr. Johnson. That's big. I take seven different medications a day. Why do people not take them? They're the wonders of the modern century.
DR. PAULA JOHNSON: They are. I mean, medications are extremely important, especially when you have various diseases, especially heart disease. You know, medications though come with side effects, and people sometimes instead of talking with their physicians about alternatives will stop medications. Once again, it's about that relationship and talking about those issues. And also on the medical side, it's very important to explain to patients exactly why you're prescribing different medication so that they understand that it is critical that if something happens that we talk about an alternative.
LARRY KING: Why do they give me so much? I take Altace, Plavix, Tenormin, Glucophage--
DR. MARIANNE LEGATO: Well, you're taking all the right stuff.
LARRY KING: Lipitor. But I've never had a side effect.
DR. MARIANNE LEGATO: You've never had a side effect? That's amazing. You are an amazing survivor, I have to say. Most--
DR. MICHAEL ROIZEN: You probably take them the way they're prescribed--
LARRY KING: Exactly.
DR. MICHAEL ROIZEN: --because it's a partnership of you and the physician, and you got reality. It turns out that almost 60% of the people we write scripts for don't take them the way they're prescribed. There's not that partnership or collaboration between the patient and the physician. And it's really important. As he said, talk about side effects with your doctor. If there's a sexual one, talk to him or her and find out what you can do to avoid it.
DR. MARIANNE LEGATO: I also want to say that-- [simultaneous conversation]
LARRY KING: Hold on.
DR. PAULA JOHNSON: Money. I mean this is a very big issue in our country. Drugs are expensive. And even when you have coverage, you have to pay a co-pay. And co-pays, when you add up all those medications together, co-pays can be an extremely significant burden. So I think that there's an economic issue, there are side effects. It's complex.
DR. STEVEN NISSEN: But even when there's not an economic issue. We have a famous story of our ex-president Bill Clinton. Found out he had high cholesterol, was put on a statin, a drug to lower cholesterol. Took it for six or nine months and decided after he lost a little weight he didn't need it. Stopped it, and then he had a heart attack and bypass surgery. So people need to understand that if you have high blood pressure and high cholesterol, those are lifetime disorders. You don't want to be going off your medications.
LARRY KING: Is it an all-out fight? In other words, are medications equal to exercise, equal to diet?
DR. MARIANNE LEGATO: No. I think that it is said now that 80% of coronary disease can be prevented by changes in lifestyle, without any medication. However, once you've gotten, once you've had a heart attack, there are medications which clearly improve your situation and your survivability.
DR. STEVEN NISSEN: You know, Larry, a lot of people don't realize it, but in the year 1900 heart disease wasn't even in the top ten causes of death. This is a disease of modern civilization. This is what tells us that lifestyle is the driver.
LARRY KING: We brought it to other countries too now.
DR. STEVEN NISSEN: Oh yeah, we've exported it now, along with our fast food restaurants and so on. But the reality is that our ancestors didn't have this disease. They more often died of infectious diseases rather than a heart disease.
LARRY KING: Dr. Johnson, we know minorities are at a higher risk for heart disease. First, why? And what can we offer them?
DR. PAULA JOHNSON: Well, there are a number of minority groups that not only have more risk factors but they develop those risk factors earlier. So if you look at African-Americans, for example, more hypertension, more diabetes, more obesity, less exercise. And these tend to happen earlier and they're more severe. If you put that all together, you absolutely get heart disease earlier and you have more of a risk of death.
The other thing that we have to recognize in our country is that even when you present to your physician or to an emergency room with particular symptoms, we have pretty good data that says you may not be treated equally. So that's why really not only raising awareness amongst physicians and hospitals but also amongst patients to be their advocates is very important.
LARRY KING: What advice, Dr. Roizen, do people of lower socioeconomic status who are not granted access to medical care? What can we do for them?
DR. MICHAEL ROIZEN: We need to reform the healthcare system in America. We've got this horrible healthcare system. We're great if you're really sick and insured, and we're actually pretty good if you're on Medicaid, the lowest, if you will, insurance form we have. But there are a lot of people who fall in those cracks, as you said, the working poor. And those are the ones we need to help most. There are plans for getting drugs for them. A lot of the pharmaceutical firms now provide them.
But there are a whole bunch of things you can do yourself. One walk 30 minutes a day. No matter what. And call someone, so you have someone who is your support group. Two is, if you will, dump your fridge. Get rid of everything with sugar in it, saturated fat in it, trans fat, enriched flour, and just eat, if you will-- don't buy those things. And people have said, well if I dump my fridge, should I give it to a homeless shelter? No! Why do you want to kill those people? [laughter] What you want to do is really eat just healthy. If you don't get it in your home, you're going to do a lot better.
So a little bit of exercise and nutrition will go a long way.
LARRY KING: Dr. Foley, what's the best advice you give someone after a heart attack?
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This year's T3 Gadget Awards had an overwhelming winner, manufacturer Asus. The readers of T3 magazine cast over half a million votes for their favourite pieces of technology, services and people and it was certainly Asus' night. The Taiwanese company scooped five awards in total including Tech Brand of the Year and Tablet of the Year for their Google Nexus 7.
A sell-out sensation, the Google Nexus 7 incorporates Android's Jelly Bean software in a pocket-sized package. Powerful, yet lightweight, this slender tablet has a 1.2 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capabilities and a vast amount of standby time - 300 hours.
The ceremony didn't just honour gadgets, Carphone Warehouse founder; Charles Dunstone presented the prestigious Outstanding Contribution to Technology award to Alan Sugar. Although a business magnate who's been in the technology industry for over 40 years, Sugar rose to notoriety on BBC's "The Apprentice". The entrepreneur said he's always been a tech geek, apparent in the catalogue of products he's been behind, from the first satellite dishes to his latest venture in TV set top boxes, YouView.
Speaking at the event, the editor of T3 magazine, Luke Peters said that there's never been a more exciting time for the technology industry. He stated that not only is there a fantastic range of products out there, but the standard of them is very high. With such a huge range of tech available, multiple different ways to access the internet and so many things to do and see online, it's easy to feel overcome. A report released states that 1 in 3 of us feels completely overwhelmed by technology . Those surveyed said they frequently felt that they weren't managing their time online as well as they would have liked. An article on Help and Support at Carphone Warehouse has a simple breakdown of how many megabytes are consumed by typical things on your phone, like browsing websites and reading maps. This way you can ensure your mobile bills and your time is managed well.
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In 2006 Best Buy established a partnership with Carphone Warehouse to bring its business model and mobile phone expertise to the US market under the banner 'Best Buy Mobile'. Two years later, Best Buy acquired 50% of The Carphone Warehouse's European and US retail interests for £1.1billion, creating Best Buy Europe. The joint venture now encompasses the following retail and technical support brands: Carphone Warehouse, The Phone House and Geek Squad.
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text: A number of upperclassmen were celebrated during Senior Night prior to the Punxsutawney versus Brookville football game last Friday at Jack LaMarca Memorial Stadium. Punxsy won, 37-6. Pictured is half of the PAHS football team's seniors, followed by their parents (front, from left): Kody Young, with Buddy and Amy Young; Tige Woodson, with George and Bridget Woodson; Ian Weaver, with Bill and Patty Weaver, and Becky and Steve McCullough; Rodney Tyree Jr., with Christine Tyree and Walter Foster; Duell Thompson, with Chris Morton, and Terry and Dori Thompson; Glenn Perry, with Lowell and Wendy Perry; brothers Steven (66) and James (50) Neal, both with Mitch and Janie Neal; and Joe Neal, with Lisa Neal and sister Jetts Neal. The Spirit will continue to run more photos from Senior Night during the rest of the week. (Photo by Dan Walk/The Punxsutawney Spirit)


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Las Vegas: Crashing your car while drunk and landing in the emergency room would seem like a direct route to a DUI conviction. It isn`t, data from a large California hospital shows -- far from it.
Among people admitted to the ER with blood alcohol levels above the legal limit, "the conviction rate is 59 percent," said Dr. James F. Holmes of UC Davis School of Medicine in Sacramento. "So there are 40 percent that are getting away with it."
Holmes and his colleagues looked at 241 drivers who`d been admitted to their ER in 2007 with a blood alcohol level above 80 milligrams per deciliter, the state`s legal limit.
The sickest patients and those with alcohol levels below 200 were less likely to end up with a guilty sentence.
A check of Department of Motor Vehicles records revealed that investigating police officers often had a surprising impression of the drivers` sobriety: 11 percent of the drunk drivers were characterized as having "not been drinking."
Nevertheless, the ER blood samples showed an average alcohol level of 172 milligrams per deciliter.
"Those guys were over the legal limit, although the officers said they hadn`t been drinking, and they didn`t get a DUI," said Holmes, who presented his findings at a conference for emergency physicians in Las Vegas this week.
"We`re still missing patients that should be convicted," he told Reuters Health, adding that a few decades ago almost no one got convicted. It`s unclear why the officers judged as they did in many cases, although it wasn`t necessarily out of negligence.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) prevents doctors from giving out patient information, including blood alcohol levels, to the police. Holmes said it often takes police a while to arrive at the hospital, where they sometimes have to wait around until the patient has been treated.
Meanwhile, the patient is breaking down alcohol at a steady pace. While it`s possible to estimate the original levels given the elapsed time, often that isn`t done. That might explain why the legally recorded blood alcohol levels averaged some 50 milligrams lower than the hospital`s test results.
And the police don`t always draw blood, Sergeant Norm Leong of Sacramento Police Department told Reuters Health by e-mail. In California, officers can require a blood test even when a suspected drunk driver refuses.
However, they only do so if there are signs of intoxication, such as "blood-shot eyes, odor of alcohol, witness indications of erratic driving before collisions, open container in car, etc."
Holmes said some of his colleagues were hoping to change the system to make it easier to convict drunk drivers. "There is a push among some of the injury prevention researchers at our institution to basically get a state law that would require the (emergency department) physician to report to the police that they have an intoxicated driver," he said.
Some critics worry, however, that such a law might scare injured drivers away from seeking medical attention after an accident. For now, Holmes said, "there is room for the police officers to improve as well. That 11 percent, whether you think that is a lot or a little, can be fixed."
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Nov. 21, 2010) - The ETSU women's basketball team opens a four-game road swing Monday night as the Lady Bucs travel to seventh-ranked Ohio State. Tip is set for 7 p.m. inside Value City Arena.
After beginning the year with key wins over Chattanooga and Richmond, the Lady Bucs suffered a 19-point setback (75-56) Friday night against Appalachian State. The loss snapped a 12-game home winning streak and nine-game regular season winning streak.
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President Barack Obama on Wednesday again pressed Congress to reach an agreement to extend the middle class tax cut before Christmas, encouraging Americans to tell lawmakers they want to see a deal.
"I believe that both parties can agree on a framework" to avert the fiscal cliff by balancing long-term deficit reduction with a tax cut extension, Obama said in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, backed by a crowd of middle class Americans. "In fact, my hope is to get this done before Christmas."
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John Brennan's confirmation hearing for CIA chief was temporarily halted on Thursday after protesters persistently interrupted the proceedings.
Brennan was answering questions before the Senate Intelligence Committee as part of his confirmation hearing.
Code Pink Protesters holding 'Stop CIA Murder' began yelling during the opening of Brennan's hearing. "Your drone policies are resulting in the deaths of children," one protester shouted.
Several were removed before Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein ordered that the hearing take a recess, it was continued a few minutes later.
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The hearing comes days after a leaked Justice Department document showed the legal rationale for the killing of an American citizen who had joined Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
Brennan, who acted as the President's top White House counterterrorism adviser in his previous role, faced sharp questions on topics such as drone attacks to his role in the Bush administration's detention and interrogation program.
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In a statement delivered before he answered questions, Brennan promised he would be candid and blunt and give lawmakers, in his words, "straight answers from me, maybe not always ones you will like."
Brennan said, "The need for accurate intelligence and prescient analysis from CIA has never been greater than it is in 2013 — or that it will be in the coming years."
As CIA director, Brennan will report to James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, CNN reports.
The Irish American whose parents are from Roscommon said the post would be "the greatest honor of my professional life."
Brennan faced harsh criticism this week over his input into Bush-era interrogation tactics and drone attacks.
On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney defended the President's nominee.
"The president believes that John Brennan is uniquely qualified as a 25-year veteran of intelligence work, a 25-year veteran of the CIA, to lead that agency," Carney said. "Mr. Brennan brings, I think, not only a vast amount of experience, but a significant perspective on the battles that we wage in this effort and the right way to conduct them."