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A gene variant that presents the most common inherited risk factor for Alzheimer's disease has been shown for the first time to affect older women but not men, according to a US study Tuesday.
The findings suggest a possible reason why Alzheimer's is more common in women than in men, and implies that men who test positive for a single copy of the ApoE4 gene should not be considered at higher risk for the disease.
Among healthy older women with the gene variant, ApoE4, researchers observed changes in brain activity and higher levels of a protein called tau in their cerebrospinal fluid, both telltale changes linked to Alzheimer's.
However, these signals were not found in healthy older men with the same gene variant, said the study by Stanford University scientists in the June 13 edition of the Journal of Neuroscience.
The research was based on functional MRI scans of 131 healthy people, with a median age of 70.
Researchers found that healthy older women with at least one ApoE4 allele showed a loss of synchronization in the brain's memory network. The phenomenon was not observed among men.
A second part of the study was based on a public database maintained by the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, in which healthy 55- to 90-year-old volunteers agree to have their cerebrospinal fluid analyzed for research.
Researchers examined the records of 91 people, divided them by gender and again by ApoE4 status, and found that ApoE4 women, not ApoE4 men, showed fluid that was "substantially enriched in tau."
"It was only possible to see these differences in tau levels when we separated the patients by gender," said Michael Greicius, senior author of the study and medical director of the Stanford Center for Memory Disorders.
The findings might offer a clue to why more women suffer from the degenerative disorder than men, he added, noting that for every three women with the disease, only about two men have it.
"This disparate impact of ApoE4 status on women versus men might account for a big part of the skewed gender ratio," he said.
The study included only people whose "ability to think and remember appeared normal for their age," the study noted, meaning that the brain changes that the study picked up were found before the onset of memory loss and disorientation.
Co-authors on the study came from the University of California-San Francisco and Los Angeles.
According to the National Institute on Aging, the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene is found on chromosome 19 and "contains the instructions for making a protein that helps carry cholesterol and other types of fat in the bloodstream."
The ApoE4 variant is present in about 25-30 percent of the population, and in about 40 percent of all people with late-onset Alzheimer's, it said.
There is no cure for Alzheimer's, which affects about five million people in the United States and nearly 30 million worldwide.
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TUESDAY, Sept. 8, 2009 (HealthDay News) -- A simple blood test may be able to help doctors determine which patients need antibiotics and which do not.
A new study published in the Sept. 9 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association found that use of the test resulted in less antibiotic use.
If the protocol winds up in widespread use, it could significantly cut down on side effects associated with antibiotic use, not to mention slowing the spread of "killer" bacteria which become stubbornly resistant to these medications.
"It certainly holds a lot of promise," said Dr. Donald M. Yealy, co-author of an editorial accompanying the study and chair of emergency medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. "We need a way to make a better determination of need."
Overzealous use of antibiotics is commonly acknowledged as the main factor driving microbial resistance worldwide.
"What's not disputed is that antibiotics have changed health," Yealy said. "But there's also no doubt that they're currently often overused."
"I think this is very exciting," said Dr. Ann Falsey, a professor of medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center who specializes in infectious disease. "There's been a great deal of antibiotic overuse, with a great number of adverse effects both to patients individually and to the global flora becoming more resistant. This is one tool that can help clinicians make better decisions."
According to background information in the article, in the northwestern hemisphere antibiotics are most often prescribed for lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs). LRTIs can mean anything from bronchitis, which is likely to go away on its own, to community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), which can be life-threatening.
Up to three-quarters of LRTI patients are treated with antibiotics, even though most of these infections are viral and don't respond to antibiotics. There is some indication that the use of antibiotics has declined in children over the past 12 years, research released last month suggested.
This Swiss team randomly assigned almost 1,400 patients with LRTIs who came to emergency rooms at six hospitals to receive antibiotics based on results of a PCT test, or based on standard guidelines.
PCT stands for procalcitonin, a chemical found in the blood. The test was provided by BRAHMS Inc., which makes the test.
Patients in the PCT group were on antibiotics for shorter periods of time: 5.7 days vs. 8.7 days in the control group. The same pattern held true in the subgroups of patients with CAP (7.2 days in the PCT group vs. 10.7 days in the control group); those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2.5 vs. 5.1 days); and those with acute bronchitis (1 day vs. almost 3 days). Fewer people in the PCT group had adverse events (19.8 percent vs. 28.1 percent).
But the test has a few hurdles to pass before it can be widely adopted, experts stated.
"It's a nice initial clinical trial, but we need to see if it will change behavior," Yealy said. "We also don't know if this will apply to other settings."
Most of the patients in this trial had pneumonia and many of them had severe pneumonia, a group which often does need antibiotics.
The bigger issue is use in less ill populations, said Yealy, who tells of a recent promotion by a local supermarket chain promising free generic antibiotics to people with prescriptions.
"There is pressure to increase antibiotic use," he said.
"I'm cautiously optimistic," said Dr. Lilian Abbo, an assistant professor of infectious diseases at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. "It's unclear if we can extrapolate the findings. The study was conducted in Switzerland, it was an elderly population, and a high number had pneumonia. More studies are needed to interpret this and to incorporate it into practice."
The test is available in the United States, but is not approved for this purpose, Yealy said.
"This was one specific manufacturer's test," Yealy noted. "It may not apply to others."
More information
The Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics has more on antibiotic overuse and bacterial resistance.

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College Portrait/VSAThe College Portrait, part of the Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA) is designed to improve public understanding of how public colleges and universities operate. It provides consistent, comparable and transparent information on the characteristics of institutions and students, cost of attendance, student engagement with the learning process and core educational outcomes. The information is intended for students, families, policy-makers, campus faculty and staff, the general public and other higher education stakeholders. The VSA project is a collaborative effort among the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges and the public higher education community.
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BOSTON, Mass.—Softball pieced together 32 hits and 26 runs in a pair of mercy-rule victory over UMass Dartmouth, as the Beacons extended their winning streak to five games and earned their first Little East Conference victories of the season Saturday afternoon at the UMB Softball Field.
With the victories, UMass Boston moved to 10-18 and 2-4 in Little East play, while the Corsairs fell to 9-19 and 1-5 in conference action.
Every Beacon recorded a hit in a 12-3, five-inning game one victory, while eight UMB players tallied at least on hit in their 14-6, six-inning game two win.
Kristina Bove (Medford, Mass.) highlighted the Beacons day finishing 7-for-7 with three runs and two RBI for UMB, to break out of a 3-for-18 skid. Senior Kelsey Souza (Braintree, Mass.) added a team-high four RBI and crushed her first collegiate home run, as UMB moved to 7-1 in their past eight matchups with the Corsairs.
Game One: UMass Boston 12, UMass Dartmouth 3, 5-Innings
After a scoreless first inning, UMass Boston erupted for 12 runs over the next three, including a seven-run bottom of the fourth, to demolish UMass Dartmouth 12-3.
Senior shortstop Taryn Asta (Marshfield, Mass.) and Bove led the Beacons with three hits apiece, while Souza, Bove, Lyndsey Capra (Lowell, Mass.) and Natalia Bouyea (East Longmeadow, Mass.) all finished with two RBI.
Emily Gray (New Bedford, Mass.) took advantage of some rare run support, as she cruised through seven innings of work to move to 5-9. The freshman right-hander scattered seven hits and three runs, two earned, while striking out one Corsair hitter.
|Kelsey Souza smashed her first career home run in game one against the Corsairs (photo by Tori Pizzuto '14)
On the other side, Amy Sasin went through three different pitchers, as Shannon Orton, Becky Williams and Amanda McHugh combined to give up 15 hits and 12 runs-eight of which were earned.
UMass Boston took a 2-0 lead after two innings of play, behind two UMass Dartmouth errors and an RBI line drive single from Bove, that tipped off the top of Samantha Gregoire's glove at second base.
After UMD score a run in the third inning on a wild pitch, UMass Boston struck for three more in the bottom half of the inning. Bouyea singled through the right side with the bases loaded to make it 3-1 and Capra added a two-run, two-out double to right center to push the lead to 5-1.
UMass Dartmouth responded with two runs of their own in the top of the fourth behind three singles and a walk. Gregoire picked up her third of the day and first RBI, with a single through the left side and the Corsairs tacked on another run when Souza couldn't handle a grounder off the bat of Olivia Kenyon.
But the back-and-forth action would end in the bottom half of the fourth inning, as UMB provided a knockout blow with eight hits and seven runs coming across to score.
Bove led off the inning with her fourth triple of the season and scampered home on Sue Killilea's (Abington, Mass.) RBI single with no outs. With the bases loaded and one out, Samantha Hemstock (Northford, Conn.) came in to score on a wild pitch out of the hand of Wiliams to push the lead to 7-1. The Beacons tacked on two more runs on a error by Katie McEachern and put the game out of reach when Souza belted her first career home run over the left-center field fence to make it 11-3. Bove capped off the scoring, with an RBI single through the right side to score Kelsey Svenson (Oxford, Conn.) to make it 12-3.
Game Two: UMass Boston 14, UMass Dartmouth 6 (6 Innings)
Game Two would follow a similar script to the first contest, as UMass Boston used a seven-run first inning to take control and pounded out 17 hits over five plus innings.
Killilea led the Beacons with three hits and three runs in four trips to the plate and ended the game with her walk-off triple in the bottom of the sixth inning. Bove finished 4-for-4 with two runs scored and made one of UMB's several highlight reel defensive plays, with a sliding catch in left field to rob Emily Pontes in the second inning.
Souza and Asta added two RBI apiece, while Erika Vecchiet (Pequannock, N.J.) finished tied with Svenson, Souza and Bouyea with two hits in the victory.
Sophomore Michelle Zullo (Everett, Mass.) earned the victory in the circle, allowing six runs, three earned, over six innings. Zullo struck out three and avoided giving up a free pass for just the fourth time in 14 starts this season.
The Corsairs jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning behind two doubles and two Beacons errors. Becky Williams pounded a two-out, two-run RBI double to left center to make it 2-0 and trotted home when Rachel Carey followed her with a double of her own.
UMass Dartmouth's three run lead would quickly disappear though, as UMB put up seven runs for the second consecutive inning, in the bottom of the first.
Twelve Beacons stepped to the plate in the inning, as UMass Boston turned seven hits and two UMD errors into a seven-spot on the scoreboard.
After loading the bases to start off the inning, UMB got on the board on a fielder's choice gone wrong, as Pontes' throw home, hit off the back off Killilea to allow the senior to score. With one down and the bases full of Beacons, Souza sent a soft popup just out the reach of Gregoire at second that scored three runs, when Kenyon's throw from right field found its way into the Corsairs dugout for a two-base error.
Souza walked home one pitch later, when Amanda McHugh was called for an illegal pitch with Souza on third base. Capra followed with her second double of the day to end McHugh's outing after a third of an inning.
UMass Boston pushed the lead to 6-3 with an RBI single from Svenson that scored Capra and Asta made it 7-3 with a sacrifice fly to score Svenson from third base.
Zullo took over from their, as she retired seven in a row at one point and three hits over the next three innings.
After a scoreless second inning, UMass Boston reached double digits in the third inning, behind a huge RBI double from Bouyea with two outs.
The Beacons pushed the lead to 11-3 in the fourth, when Asta cracked a two-out RBI single to right field to bring home Bove from second base.
Orton produced one of the few highlights of the day for UMD in the top of the fifth, when she rocketed a three-run home run to left center with two outs to give the Corsairs new life at 11-6.
The Beacons pushed the lead back to six in the bottom half of the inning, when Souza singled to center field to score Bouyea from second.
After a scoreless top of the sixth, UMB earned their third mercy-rule victory of the season, with two runs in the bottom of the inning. Bove led off with a single up the middle and came home to score on Killilea's 30th career triple. Killilea ripped the ball out to left field and as she was racing in to third, Pontes' throw went over the head of the third baseman and into the dugout, allowing Killilea to trot the final 60 feet home.
UMass Boston will look to continue their success Tuesday when they travel to Keene State College for a Little East Conference doubleheader beginning at 3:30 p.m.


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Big Tree Lodge Methven
Relax by a cosy fire in our colonial-era lodge after a hard day on the slopes!
Big Tree Lodge combines Colonial charm with the comforts of home. This large colonial villa and former vicarage still features most of the original timber panelling and furniture. It also offers free high-speed Wi-Fi, a free internet terminal, free laundry facilities, modern and spacious bathrooms with separate toilets and a comfy community living room including a log burner, books, jigsaws, boards games and DVDs. Our huge, fully-equipped kitchen is directly connected to the living area.
There are six lockable bedrooms: twin, double or four-bed share plus one three-bed share room for our female guests. And the best part? No bunk beds!
Our beds are made up with fresh linen and duvets, clean and heated. In wintertime there are optional electric blankets available, if you're too tired to relax by the cosy log burner after a hard day on the slopes.
We have free lockable dry-rooms and snowboard/ski tuning (wax $10, wax'n'edging $20). If you want to tune the gear yourself, that's for free too! Besides skiing, there are plenty of other activities available including hot air balloon rides, tandem sky diving, jet boating, golf, abseiling, horse riding, cycling, fishing and many mountain and bush walks.
Within easy 5mins walking distance of Big Tree Lodge are several bars and coffee shops. The Paradiso Art House Movie Theatre puts on extra shows when needed. The i-site visitor centre is in the main street and has 3 ski and snowboard shops close by. This boutique village is surprisingly well equipped with two supermarkets, galleries, an indoor skate park, book shop, laundromat and a gymnasium. Methven has many eateries, most of which are 5 minutes from our backpacker lodge. We think Dom's is terrific (the chicken/cranberry pizza is fantastic) and the pubs and restaurants are pretty good too!
We also offer free private off-street parking, mountain transport and door-to-door airport transfer and 15% discount vouchers for ski shop rentals at one of the ski shops in Methven. Plus, we're only five minutes' walk from town centre!
We're looking forward to welcoming you at the Big Tree Lodge!
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- Bicycle parking
- Board Games
- Book Exchange
- Breakfast Not Included
- Child Friendly
- Common Room
- Cooker
- Credit Cards Accepted
- DVDs
- Express check-in / out
- Free City Maps
- Free Internet Access
- Free Parking
- Free WiFi
- Fridge/Freezer
- Hair Dryers
- Hot Showers
- Internet Access
- Iron / Ironing Board
- Self-Catering Facilities
- Laundry Facilities
- Linen Included
- Security Lockers
- Luggage Storage
- Microwave
- No Curfew
- Non Smoking
- Outdoor Terrace
- Parking
- Pet Friendly
- Playstation
- Reading Light
- Reception (limited hours)
- Safe Deposit Box
- Taxes included
- Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
- Towels Included
- Utensils
- Washing Machine
- Wi-Fi
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
Must-Read Hostel InfoThis property has specific Terms & Conditions.
Acceptance of a reservation requires provision of a valid credit card number, cardholder name and card expiry date and will incur a non-refundable booking fee of one nights accommodation .
Cancellation: Once booked the following will apply; the initial fee is not refundable and a full tariff charge will be made for cancellations within 14 days of the booked date.
Little Tree Studio - Must pay for a minimum of 2 people. 1 or 2 extra people at reduced rate.
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Big Tree Lodge Methven is located at 25 South Belt, two streets from the town centre of Methven Mt Hutt Village.
From Christchurch head south towards Timaru on State Highway 1. Look for the Big Fish on the right just over the Rakaia River Bridge and turn right before the Mobil petrol station. At the roundabout turn left towards Mayfield down 'Thompsons Track' (about 18kms) then follow the signs for Methven (about another 18kms). At the main intersection in Methven with the Blue Pub on your right, turn left down the main street (SH77) and South Belt is the second street on the right. This is the quickest route.
From Queenstown and the inland lakes: The short route for those in a hurry: from SH8 in Fairlie, turn left at the sign to Geraldine and follow SH 72 (the Inland Scenic Route) until Mayfield then turn right at the major intersection just out of Mayfield where you then turn almost immediately left (signpost says Rakaia). Keep on this road till you come to a T-intersection, and then turn left as the sign post says to Methven. When you come to the 50km sign South Belt is the next left go down to no.25 on the left.
For those not in a hurry take the scenic route along SH72, turn right down Pudding Hill Road towards Methven turn right down Hobbs Road and go round the back of the Golf Club, further down the road this becomes South Belt. After Wayne place we are on the right down the driveway to the right (nice and quiet!)
You can take a shuttle bus from Christchurch Airport to Methven - departing 3 times daily in winter. Prebook it with Methven Travel and then on arrival go to the Travel and Information Desk in the International Arrivals Hall where the driver will meet you.
Travel Times vary depending on road conditions. Allow 10-20 minutes drive to the base of Mt Hutt and at least an hour 15 to Christchurch Airport while road conditions are variable.
Located Near
We are in Methven Mt Hut Village close to the Mt Hutt Ski Field and are an easy hour or so drive to the outskirts of Christchurch City. Porters and the Canterbury 'Clubfields', which are smaller ski areas (Mt Olympus, Broken River and Craigieburn), are close by.


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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) Chris Patton scored a career-high 21 points for the second straight game and Chris Harriel added 17 points and four blocked shots to lead UC Riverside to a 68-58 victory against UC Irvine on Saturday night.
Josh Fox had 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Highlanders (5-13, 2-4 Big West).
Daman Starring scored 22 points for the Anteaters (10-10, 4-3), whose three-game winning streak ended.
Alex Young's 3-pointer got UC Irvine within 56-51 with 3:55 remaining, but UC Riverside responded from the free-throw line. The Highlanders made 9 of 12 shots from the stripe in a span of 2:27, with Fox's two shots making the score 65-52 with 1:10 remaining. During that stretch, the Anteaters missed three shots and turned the ball over four times.
UC Riverside has won six of the last seven meetings between the schools.


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Wireless computer networks are becoming a hot item not only for residences, but for commercial installations as well.
When installing a wireless system in a home, the main wireless panel will be installed next to or near the main telecommunications entrance to the home, and will connect directly to the broadband device — a cable modem or DSL hub. From there, the signal will be distributed electromagnetically, with each connected device being fitted with a receiver and connecting hardware.
Although hard-wired broadband installations will probably remain the most common type for some time, wireless is critically important for retrofitting existing homes for broadband service. Cabled systems have the advantages of both bandwidth and speed, and will be used in almost all new homes. But wireless is the answer for pre-existing homes. Very few people will want to fish new cables throughout a house, when they can just install a few pieces of equipment and get good service anyway. Fishing is slow, messy, destructive and requires the home owner to coordinate the broadband installer, plasterer, painter and perhaps a few other tradesmen. It is simply too difficult. Someone doing a major remodel might consider it, but very few others.
If you are familiar with the security business, you will remember that before wireless security systems, a lot of new homes got security systems, but not many existing homes. When good, inexpensive wireless security systems came along, everything changed: Lots of people bought wireless security systems for their existing homes. Today, wireless security systems keep many people employed. Broadband services should follow the same pattern.
The vast majority of homes in the United States are pre-existing, and the bulk of the long-term broadband installation market is there. Note, however, that work in existing homes will not be the initial rush. Right now, hard-wired (cabled) systems are making immense inroads, for the reasons we expressed earlier. For the moment, cabling is getting big quickly, and wireless is growing steadily, but less dramatically.
Broadband service becoming a new household utility will not happen overnight, especially for existing homes. It may become standard for new homes before long, but existing home owners will not be as eager to install broadband as new home buyers will be to have it built-in.
So, the likely acceptance pattern is cabled systems being bigger than wireless now, and wireless being bigger than cabled system five years from now — or at least something along those lines.
Wireless LANs frequently augment rather than replace wired LAN networks — providing the final few meters of connectivity between a backbone network and the mobile user. Some of the more common uses are:
Doctors and nurses using hand-held or notebook computers to deliver patient information instantly.
Small and/or mobile workgroups who need a quick network setup. (Teams of auditors, etc.)
To reduce the expense of moves, adds and changes to networks.
Temporary training sites.
Installing networked computers in older buildings where cabling is simply too difficult or expensive to install.
Retail stores or other locations that require frequent network reconfiguration.
Trade shows and similar situations where no local information technology people will be on-call.
As backup for mission-critical applications running on wired networks.
The primary benefits are:
Installation flexibility. Wireless technology allows the network to go where wire cannot go.
Reduced cost-of-ownership: While the initial investment required for wireless LAN hardware can be higher than the cost of wired LAN hardware, overall installation expenses and life-cycle costs can be significantly lower.
Scalability: (Another great computer term.) Wireless LAN systems can be configured in a variety of architectures to meet the needs of specific applications and installations. Configurations are easily and quickly changed.
Speed and simplicity of installation: Installing a wireless LAN system can be fast and easy and can eliminate the need to pull cable through walls and ceilings.
Wireless LANs should not be confused with wireless metropolitan-area networks (WMANs), packet radio often used for law-enforcement or utility applications or with wireless wide-area networks (WWANs), wide-area data transmission over cellular or packet radio. These systems are much more involved, more costly and have lower bandwidths.
Wireless LANs use electromagnetic waves (radio and infrared) to communicate information from one point to another without relying on any physical connection. The data being transmitted is superimposed on the radio carrier frequency, so that it can be accurately extracted at the receiving end. This is generally referred to as modulation of the carrier by the information being transmitted.
In a typical WLAN configuration, a transmitter/receiver (transceiver) device, called an access point, connects to the wired network from a fixed location using standard Ethernet cable. At a minimum, the access point receives, buffers and transmits data between the Wireless LAN and the wired network infrastructure. A single access point can support a small group of users and can function within a range of less than 100 to several hundred feet. The access point (or the antenna attached to the access point) is usually mounted high, but may be mounted essentially anywhere that is practical as long as the desired radio coverage is obtained. End users access the Wireless LAN through wireless LAN adapters, which are PC cards in notebook computers, ISA or PCI cards in desktop computers or fully integrated devices within hand-held computers. The adapters provide an interface between the network operating system (NOS) and the airwaves (via an antenna).
Refer to Fig. 1 (above) for a diagram of a simple wireless residential network.
The most simple Wireless LAN configuration is an independent (or peer-to-peer) WLAN that connects a set of PCs with wireless adapters. Any time two or more wireless adapters are within range of each other, they can set up an independent network. These on-demand networks typically require no administration or pre-configuration. Access points can extend the range of independent LANs by acting as a repeater, effectively doubling the distance between wireless PCs.
Wireless communication is limited by how far a system's signals can reach. Wireless LANs use small cells, called microcells to extend their system's range. This is similar (as the name would indicate) to cellular telephone technology. At any point in time, a mobile PC equipped with a Wireless LAN adapter is associated with a single access point and its microcell, or area of coverage. Individual microcells overlap to allow continuous communication within wired network. They handle low-power signals and "hand off" users as they roam through a given geographic area.
Manufacturers of wireless LANs have a range of technologies to choose from when designing a wireless LAN solution. Each technology comes with its own set of advantages and limitations.
A narrowband radio system transmits and receives user information on a specific radio frequency. Narrowband radio keeps the signal frequency very narrow. Undesirable crosstalk between communications channels is avoided by coordinating users on different channel frequencies. The receiver filters out all radio signals except the ones on its designated frequency.
Many wireless LAN systems use spread-spectrum technology, a wide-band radio frequency technique developed by the military for use in secure communications systems. Spread-spectrum is designed to trade off bandwidth efficiency for reliability and security. More bandwidth is consumed than in the case of narrowband transmission, but the tradeoff produces a signal that is stronger and easier to detect. If a receiver is not tuned to the right frequency, a spread-spectrum signal is picked up only as background noise. There are two types of spread spectrum radio: frequency hopping and direct sequence.
The distance over which radio signals can be used to communicate is a function of product design (including transmitted power and receiver design) and the propagation path, especially in indoor environments. Interactions with typical building objects, such as walls, metal and even people, can affect how the magnetic energy propagates, and thus the range and coverage that a system achieves. Radio waves can penetrate many indoor walls and surfaces.
The range (or radius of coverage) for typical Wireless LAN systems varies from less than 100 feet to more than 500 feet. Coverage can be extended by using microcells.
As with wired LAN systems, actual amount of signal transfer (also called throughput) in wireless LANs is dependent on the product and the set-up. Factors that affect throughput include number of users, type of system used and bottlenecks on the wired portions of the system. Typical data rates range from 1 to 10 Mbps. Users of traditional Ethernet LANs generally experience little difference in performance when using a wireless LAN. Wireless LANs provide throughput sufficient for the most common office applications, including e-mail, and multi-user databases.
Another of the root technologies for wireless networks is military communications. That's why security has long been designed into most systems and why wireless networks are more secure than most wired networks. Complex encryption techniques make it impossible for all but the most sophisticated to gain unauthorized access to network traffic. In general, individual nodes must be security-enabled before they are allowed to participate in network traffic.
Building a wireless LAN includes infrastructure costs, for the wireless access points, and user costs, for the wireless LAN adapters. Infrastructure costs depend primarily on the number of access points deployed; access points range in price from $1,000 to $2,000. The number of access points required depends on the required coverage region and the number and type of users to be serviced. The coverage area is proportional to the square of the product's range. Wireless LAN adapters are required for standard computer platforms, and cost from $300 to $1,000.
The unlicensed nature of radio-based wireless LANs means that other products that transmit energy in the same frequency spectrum can potentially cause interference with a WLAN system. Microwave ovens are a potential concern, but most Wireless LAN manufacturers design their products to account for microwave interference. Another concern is the co-location of multiple systems. While co-located systems from different vendors may interfere with each other, others coexist without interference. This issue is best addressed directly with the appropriate vendors.
Access Point — A device that transports data between a wireless network and a wired network (infrastructure).
IEEE 802.X — A set of specifications for Local Area Networks (LAN) from The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). Most wired networks conform to 802.3, the specification for CSMA/CD based Ethernet networks or 802.5 the specification for token ring networks. An 802.11 committee is working on a standard for 1 and 2 Mbps wireless LANs.
Independent network — A network that provides (usually temporarily) peer-to-peer connectivity without relying on a complete network infrastructure.
Infrastructure network — A wireless network centered about an access point. In this environment, the access point not only provides communication with the wired network but also mediates wireless network traffic in the immediate neighborhood.
Microcell — A bounded physical space in which a number of wireless devices can communicate. Because it is possible to have overlapping cells as well as isolated cells, the boundaries of the cell are established by rule or convention.
Multipath — The signal variation caused when radio signals take multiple paths from transmitter to receiver.
Radio Frequency (RF) Terms: GHz, MHz, Hz — The international unit for measuring frequency is Hertz (Hz). One Megahertz (MHz) is one million Hertz. One Gigahertz (GHz) is one billion Hertz. The standard U.S. electrical power frequency is 60 Hz, the AM broadcast radio frequency band is 0.55MHz to 1.6 MHz, the FM broadcast radio frequency band is 88 MHz to 108 MHz; microwave ovens typically operate at 2.45 GHz.
Roaming — Movement of a wireless node between two microcells. Roaming usually occurs in infrastructure networks built around multiple access points.
Wireless node — A user computer with a wireless network interface card (adapter).


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I'm looking for a way to lock down users from right clicking my computer and selecting properties. I have it to the point where they can right click on it and get to properties but when the window comes up they only have View rights. I don't want the window up at all. As view rights still gives them alot of information about my system, as well as they can create/remove temp folders/files
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I'm looking for a way to lock down users to only log into a specific machine. Problem is when I do it through AD my handheld users that sync via port 135 cannot sync anymore... Any ideas would be appreciated


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Inspire your customers to take the action and you know they need to take
Breakthrough your current sales ceiling and enjoy the income that measures the very real value you bring to the world.
You CAN have all that and more with our
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Home Study Course
Proven Soft Topic, Soft Sell Copywriting Strategies
and Techniques that can . . .
Match Your Message to the Heart of Your Market
Increase Your Income And Allow You to Sleep Well Every Night
Judith Sherven & Jim Sniechowski
Learned More In Just the First Couple of Sessions
Never knew how off-target I was in my sales copy until I took this course with Jim and Judith. I learned more about copywriting for my market in just the first couple of sessions than all those years studying with some of the Internet Gurus.
MaryJo Wagner, PhD, Marble, Colorado
From: Judith & Jim
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dear Soft Sell Colleague,
When is the last time you received a piece of sales copy . . . say, an "urgent" letter in the mail . . . or a "don't miss this" notice through email . . . or a pre-recorded phone pitch . . .
Only to find out it was completely irrelevant to what you do or care about?What did you do? You probably didn't give it a second chance. Tossed it straight into the round file — or CLICKED delete before even looking — or slammed the phone down with an annoyed CLUNK.
Why? Because there was no match between you and the message. No connection. It was coming at you without being about you.
But imagine the effort, the cash outlay, and the hope spent by the person who sent you the letter — all dashed in a blink when you chucked it, deleted it, or hung up.
That's the last thing you want to happen to your message.
But why wouldn't you throw it away?We're all so bombarded, pommeled with messages every minute of every day, each one clamoring for us to buy something.
So people have become very skeptical — or they shut down entirely.
You can't blame anyone. We've all thrown out those irrelevant, meaningless messages.
BUT — that's not how you want your readers to respond to your message, to your effort, cash outlay, and hope, all contained in the letter you hoped would connect with those who are looking for what you have to offer.Because you do have something valuable to offer. A sincere solution to a pressing problem. The answer to a nagging desire.
So . . . how do you prevent from being ignored? How do you stand out?
How Do You Get Through All the Noise and
Get Your Readers to Listen to YOU?
It's All In How You Tell Your Story . . .
That's right. . . your story.
The story of what you offer . . . the story of its value . . . the story of how your solution can help your readers get what they actually need . . .
That's how you set yourself apart.
You focus your message so it gets through the clamoring and racket of . . .
"I'm the best." . . . "No, Im the best!" . . . "Look at me!" . . . "No, you have to buy me!"
So let's slow down a minute and look at the first question you have to answer.
How do you tell your story?
Through your copy . . . clear, straight forward, and to the point.
You rouse your reader's imagination to see the power and the promise of what you offer . . .
And move them to take action . . . the action you want them to take . . . the solution they know they need to take . . . and take the action your copy guides them to take.
Infuse Your Copy with Power
I've headed up direct mail for J. Walter Thompson (New York City) and The New York Times Corporation, and run my own direct marketing agency. I've won just about every honor and award there is in the industry. It's almost impossible to teach the nuances of copywriting genius. I say "almost" because Jim and Judith do it! They are wonders at showing you how to infuse your copy with magical selling power.
Art Klein, Direct Marketer, Catskill, NY
So Why The Soft Topic Copywriting
Home Study Course?
Because — you market your products and services online (maybe offline as well) there's a crucial difference between what marketers refer to as "soft" and "hard" topics.
Most hard topic internet marketers focus on the money-making process . . .
— They promote packages that teach ways to promote
— They market products that lay out techniques for how to market
— They sell programs for how to sell
And they are very good . . . for the most part.
But their focus is strictly on the process of making money . . . return on investment (ROI).
Will that work for you, when your specialty has to do with communication skills, health and nutrition, emotional intimacy, or any of the other human wants and needs?
The answer is No.
Because your customer is looking for more than just a return on money spent.
Your customer wants what we call ROE . . .
Return On Experience!
Your customer wants to change their life . . . to create a new way of being.
That's what's most important.
Hard topic copy is brilliant for what it does, but it goes against the tone and feel of who you are and what you have to offer.
Think about it. You can't offer self-improvement, health care, love and intimacy, spiritual coaching or even financial planning like you'd sell a set of tires.
That's why there's a heart-felt and bottom-line-need for The Soft Topic Copywriting Home
Study Course.
So you can provide good nutrition, enlightened parenting, self-development, or any of the ROE solutions that people Need, Want, and are Willing to Pay For in a voice that matches who you are and what you do.. . . to the community of customers who've looked everywhere, are not satisfied, and are eager to do business with you.
Getting Clear About Your Message
Before this we were wandering around in this jungle of copywriting advice feeling hopeless about ever finding the information we needed. We struggled to model and use the information but never very successfully. After taking this course we're not only well on our way to having a sales letter that speaks to the heart of our market, but as a surprise bonus we got clearer about our message and discovered a whole new market we wanted to serve.
Beth Banning and Neill Gibson, San Diego, CA
What Do You Have to Lose
If You Don't Take Advantage of This Opportunity?
The truth is . . . a lot!
Sales, for one . . . When people aren't buying what you have to offer . . . your copy doesn't touch their hearts; Two . . . You're stuck with the frustration of having a product that gets results . . . but your readers aren't getting your message; Three . . . You lose the chance to really help people . . .which is not something you want to drizzle away because of copy that's not doing its job; Four . . . You miss out on the real pleasure of sending out copy that pulls . . .instead of wasting time struggling to figure out what works;
You certainly can't be faulted. You've done the best you know how.
But, bottom line . . . your copy isn't working . . . at least not yet.
What Do You Have To Gain?
We'll say it again . . .
Techniques that show you how to Match Your Message to the Heart of Your Market . . .
Drawing customers
- To Trust You
- Buy From You (Again and Again), and
- Spread The Word
Because, as you help them change their lives, you give them what they REALLY want . . .
ROE . . . Return On Experience.
When you take our Soft Topic Copywriting Home Study Course you'll discover:
How To:
- Transform the non-tangible benefits of your products and services into clear, concrete, credible images that reach right into your customer's mind and heart
- Identify the core of your offer, understand it inside and out, and position yourself in your market to be clearly identifiable to those who are looking for you
- Unearth the specific emotional needs of your readers without guessing even if you've never done any formal market research
- Trust your copy to create your customer's trust
- Avoid over-promising without under-valuing your message as you portray in words the true worth of who you are and what you offer
- Stop from falling into the most deadly trap of all soft sell traps — copy that's trite or overly sentimental
And . . .
- If you're new to copywriting, we'll give you a rock solid foundation to know what works and what doesn't so you can count on your own judgment to deliver the copy you want
- If you're an experienced copywriter you'll learn a point of view, specific techniques, and style and voice that will open you to writing for the soft sell/soft topic markets
- Many marketers stay out of the soft sell markets convinced — "There's no money in those pockets" — so your advantage is rich and deep when you know how to reach soft sell customers — and they're waiting to be reached
What More Do You Have To Gain?
- Breakthrough the dilemma of conflicting intentions — your desire to expand your business . . . struggling against your resistance to promoting and selling your products and services
- Confidently get your message through the noise of the market with integrity, transparency and commitment in each and every piece of copy you write or have someone write for you
- Turn the skeptic who thinks you're just trying to sell your wares into a believer who becomes a wellspring of referrals helping you build your list and build your business
- Don't be fooled by the typical internet sales letter that is destined to steer you away from finding and keeping the kind of customers you want to attract
- Grasp the power of enticing subject lines to ensure your email is opened
- Create soft but powerful hooks that reach right into the imagination of your readers engaging them in the story of your offer
- Know when your copy is ready so you don't keep tweaking and tweaking until copywriting becomes a burden and a bore or you lose your confidence and stop writing altogether
And You're Guaranteed to Learn . . .
- The components of a strong soft topic headline because a headline does more than just get attention
- The essential section-by-section elements of a successful sales letter to focus your thinking and direct your readers' imagination toward exactly what you want them to read
- The elements of your call-to-action which is what your copy is written to accomplish, leading your reader to take the action that will solve the problem they are looking to solve
- The biggest mistake that soft topic copywriters make
- The 5 key areas in which soft copywriting differs from hard topic copywriting
- Why it's important to have your own story about the product
- The ONE thing you must do when beginning to write copy for your market
- How to overcome writer's block
What Happens If You Don't Study
Soft Topic Copywriting?
That's not difficult to answer.
You'll end up with pretty much the same hard sell stuff as what's out there.
No doubt some experienced hard topic copywriter can produce copy that sells. But the danger is not in the selling, it's whether or not you're creating and maintaining a long term relationship with your customers — while maintaining your own sense of integrity.Because the connection — the deep loyalty you need to keep your customers returning — is not made through bargain prices (there's always somebody with a better price), or faster shipping (which is rarely necessary), or outrageous bonuses (in some cases totaling thousands of dollars for a product selling for less than one-hundred dollars).
You create deep loyalty through the mind-to-mind, heart-to-heart connection . . . so your customers know . . . really know . . .
You understand them
You've been where they are
You really care about their well-being
You'll be there for them . . . long term.
That's why the emotional quality of your copy has to match the tone and feel of what you do . . . so you can be sure your copy is not just a one-hit sales message, but a strategy that builds your business long-term.
Why Should You Trust Us?
Rather than tell you our story . . . we'll let a few of our Soft Topic Copywriting students speak for us:
They've Got It Nailed
Hard sell copywriting cannot work well when you want to connect with people on a heart-to-heart level and build genuine trust and a long term relationship. Judith and Jim have this approach nailed — using a combination of empathic writing and powerful marketing techniques. Anyone who offers a product or service in the soft sell field absolutely must get this course!
Jessica LaRock, MBA, Pleasant Valley, NY
Understanding the secrets of Soft Topic Copywriting gives you the confidence to promote and market your product or program with ease.
With Great Integrity and Without Hype
Judith and Jim are masters at taking ineffective copy and transforming it into credible, compelling communication. They have suggested so many subtle changes I never would have thought of. And they do it all with great integrity and without hype. They are a treasure.
Dan Grandstaff, MSW, MDiv, Chapel Hill, NC
Knowing good copy from bad and the techniques that make it so will help you discover your own voice and sell what you have to offer.
I Just Thought It Was Part of Me
The copywriting concepts I learned were so ingrained in me (in such a short time) that I found myself critiquing a friend's website based on what Judith and Jim taught me. That friend had taken their course and remarked "I see you've learned a lot from them." I was astonished by this. I just thought it was part of me. And it was . . . but thanks to them.
Terrie Wurzbacher, D.O., San Antonio, TX
Copy structure and copy techniques are the heart and soul of good writing. Applying them turns a collection of words into a persuasive and profitable connection.
You two are fantastic at opening up a piece of sales copy, explaining the details of why each line of copy does or doesn't work to draw the reader in. We really got to appreciate the flow of well written copy and better understand how to utilize the techniques for our own use. We were spellbound by your insights.
Lori & Jeff Wark, Baltimore, MD
Just like a good movie, when copy touches the emotions of your reader they will flow with the story and enter into it on their own . . . open and unresistant.
What and How . . .
The Soft Topic Copywriting Home Study Course consists of SEVEN 2 Hour Modules — 14 Hours of immediately usable copywriting techniques supported by an in-depth grasp of the soft sell mindset — the basis for Matching Your Message to the Heart of Your Market.
The 7-module curriculum is:
Module 1: – Mind Management: Yours and Your Reader's
- Five questions you must answer before you write a word
- What does your reader REALLY want?
- Features and benefits and the difference between them
- The hook and how to identify it
- FAQ's
Module 2 – The Headline: Like a Stop Sign
- What's your story?
- The purpose of your headline
- Core building blocks of your headline
- Tearing headlines down and putting them back together – only better
- FAQ's
Module 3 - Body Copy: Structure
- The overall structure of your sales letter
- Examples of different approaches to copy structure
- Four questions readers need answered
- Beats: from sub-head to sub-head
- FAQ's
Module 4 - Body Copy: Persuasion
- Five elements of effective persuasion
- Writing in compelling chunks
- Bullet points
- What to do to inspire action
- FAQ's
Module 5 - Email: To Sound Spontaneous
- Your point of focus
- Writing from the heart
- Inspiring your reader to take action
- The power of autoresponders
- FAQ's
Module 6 - Subject Line: A Knock at the Door
- The facets and angles of your message
- How long should a subject line be?
- How a subject line does what it does
- Conceptual vs emotional subject lines – and how they are different
- FAQ's
Module 7 - Unseen Influence: 7 Psychological Triggers
- Searching for patterns
- Simple rules of thumb
- The central route vs the peripheral route
- Shortcuts and stereotypes
- FAQ's
When you our purchase Soft Topic Copywriting Secrets Home Study Course you will immediately receive, in your email in-box, the links to download the audio and transcript of each module.
And You'll Get A
Whole Bunch of Bonuses
You will get immediate access to the MP3 downloads of TWO OF OUR MOST POPULAR TELESEMINARS:
- Overcoming Negative Head Talk: to help you take charge of those critical voices in your head.
- Breaking Through Resistance: to remove the blocks that hold you back.
The Bonus MP3 downloads of these teleseminars are designed to help you FREE yourself from the INTERNAL holdbacks that may be limiting your sales progress.
Alex Mandossian gave us the privilege of conducting TELESEMINAR SECRETS COACHING CLASSES with some of his new students. You get our MP3 downloads of those eight sessions to add to your internet marketing library.
You'll get our NEW RULES FOR SOFT SELL AUTHORS AND INFORMATION MARKETERS.
And you'll also receive:
A Glossary of Internet Marketing Terms
The Art of Effective Testimonials
Creating Powerful Bullet Points
Autoresponder Secrets Parts 1 & 2
Our Exclusive Soft Sell Resource List
Alex Mandossian's 7-Step Action Plan
Ellen Violette's "About Writing"
To recap, when you register you'll get access to:
Actual Value: $144
Actual Value: $497
NEW RULES FOR SOFT TOPIC AUTHORS AND MARKETERS — Actual Value:
Your Freedom
A GLOSSARY OF INTERNET MARKETING TERMS – Actual Value: $97
THE ART OF EFFECTIVE TESTIMONIALS – Actual Value: $87
CREATING POWERFUL BULLET POINTS – Actual Value: $67
AUTORESPONDER SECRETS PARTS 1 & 2 – Actual Value: $197
SOFT SELL RESOURCE LIST – Actual Value: Incalculable
ALEX MANDOSSIAN'S 7-STEP ACTION PLAN – Actual Value: $127
ELLEN VIOLETTE'S "ABOUT WRITING" – Actual Value: $87
What About a Guarantee?
When you purchase The Soft Topic Copywriting Home Study Course, you'll get our
Exclusive Two-Tier Guarantee
Here's what our First Tier Guarantee promises:
- A true understanding of the basics
- A strategy to analyze what you read to determine why and how it works
- A rock solid foundation to know what works and what doesn't so you can count on your own judgment to deliver the copy you want
- The confidence to trust your copy to create your customer's trust
- Support to help you break through any resistance to selling
- 21 tips to make your autoresponders work
- Plus many valuable bonuses.
All you have to do is say Yes!
Now for Your Second Tier Guarantee
You must be completely delighted with your Soft Topic Copywriting Home Study Course or we will issue a full refund AND you get to keep the bonuses.
Is It a"Cost" or an Investment?
If you're serious about turning your copy into magnetic messages that speak . . . from the heart to the heart . . . and convert your readers into customers . . .
Then the last thing you should do is think in terms of cost. "Cost" refers to something you purchase once, consume, and it's done with. There's no ongoing return.
Ice cream costs.
A bad movie costs.
Gasoline costs.
Becoming aware of and developing your soft topic copywriting skills, that's an investment, and a tax-deductible investment at that . . .
An investment that empowers your future, an investment earmarked to produce a recurring return, an investment that's actually not spent, because it returns over and over again in the form of financial growth — and a future of your messages not getting round-filed or deleted, but opened and read because they connect.When you purchase the Soft Topic Copywriting Home Study Course you'll get techniques you can convert into skills, and, with practice, watch your initial investment multiply as you prove the wisdom of your commitment.
And the investment . . . Only
7 Modules – 14 Hours of Immediately Usable Copywriting Techniques
MP3 Downloads of Our Two Mind-Clearing Teleseminars
Teleseminar Secrets Coaching MP3s
New Rules for Soft Sell Marketers
All the Many Bonuses to Focus and Amplify the Course Content
All for Just $697
Instant Increase
What could be better than not one, but TWO psychologists to analyze the hidden emotional secrets to web copywriting? I learned so much from Judith and Jim that I completely rewrote the copy to our landing page myself, and we instantly increased our click-through-rate!
Dr. J. Andrew Colyer, Rhinebeck, NY
And Now You've Come to the Time for Decision
You've read this far, and we've told you what you can gain from the Soft Topic Copywriting Home Study Course.
It's now time to make this investment in your future . . . your chance for an unceasing return.
Both ROI and ROE!
Your opportunity to open and evolve your understanding of the skills of soft topic copywriting and apply them to Match Your Message to the Heart of Your Market.
But if you sincerely feel that this course is not right for you, we respect your decision and encourage you to stand behind it. Perhaps there'll be another time when your copywriting needs will make this course right for you.
If you're not sure and you're wavering just read what Lauren Sullivan said about what she was looking for and what she received.
Deliver My Message with Authenticity
I have steadfastly refused to engage in hard sell tactics, yet have understood that it is vital to get the word out about my services in an effective, authentic way. Up until now, I haven't known how to do this. Your class is a godsend! I've attended many workshops and teleclasses in search of the strategies and techniques that would allow me to deliver my message with authenticity and be effective in selling my services. Your class is by far the best.
Lauren E. Sullivan, CPC, Santa Barbara, CA
Now, if you are convinced that the Soft Topic Copywriting Home Study Course is right for you, just choose either the . . .
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That way you can feel free to take advantage of this bottom-line-changing opportunity and we will make it as easy and as attractive as we can.
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Should you use the two-payment plan, your credit card will be charged $375 when you register and a second payment of $375 the following month.
The choice is yours.
For another option to order, please call 1-877-810-7653
We look forward to your turning your words into persuasive value that fulfills those who need what you offer and returns to you a fee commensurate with your experience, knowledge, care and wisdom.
Because It's All in the Connection,
PS – Remember — You definitely can:
- Grab the attention of your readers and still remain credible
- Get your message across without being pushy
- Make a sincere promise that does not violate your integrity
- Create a sense of urgency without hype and phoney gimmicks
- Inspire your customers to take the action you want them to take and you know they need to take
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- The confidence to trust your copy to create your customer's trust
- Plus many surprise bonuses.
AND . . .You must be completely delighted with your Soft Topic Copywriting Home Study Course or we will issue a full refund AND you get to keep the bonuses.
All you have to do is say Yes!
That Was the Missing LinkOne of the greatest gifts of the class was that you helped me to reframe how I will market, i.e. from a 'Soft Sell' perspective and that was the missing link. Thank you so much!
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In September, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's School of Engineering signed a 2+2 Program agreement with Lewis and Clark Community College. The agreement allows a student to spend the first two academic years at Lewis and Clark followed by two years at SIUE to obtain a bachelor's degree in civil, computer, electrical, industrial, manufacturing, or mechanical engineering. The agreement also facilitates the exchange of student information between the two institutions to allow accurate and efficient advisement of students.
"The cooperation between the two institutions for the success of the students is exemplary," says Cem Karacal, associate dean of the SIUE School of Engineering.
The objective of the program is to offer a highly structured curriculum at both institutions to better serve the needs of the student. One benefit of the dual admission is the students' academic progress is monitored by both institutions which will improve their success rates.
"The curriculum is coordinated between the two institutions to make sure that students receive proper advising from the beginning through graduation in a timely manner," said Hasan Sevim, dean of the School of Engineering.
"A great number of our pre-engineering students are already transferring to SIUE's School of Engineering," said Dale Chapman, president of Lewis and Clark. "This agreement helps make a seamless transition for Lewis and Clark students, and they will ultimately reach their goals faster."
This is the third agreement Southern Illinois University has signed with area community colleges. The first two agreements were with Kaskaskia College in fall 2009 followed by St. Charles Community College in fall 2011.


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It's been a big week. The highlight for me was waking up on Sunday to discover that Aussie Shara Gillow was leading the Giro Donne (women's Giro d'Italia) with Sharon Laws in 2nd. Both of these chicks are awesome riders, physiological freaks and hard workers, and it's great to see their hard work paying off. Very well deserved. Today they are in 4th and 5th GC with Marianne Vos back to her winning ways (ok, if an Aussie could lose to anyone, it'd be Vos. I'm ok with that.) There is a lot of the Giro to go though so anything can happen... and to see Shara and Sharon in such good form is a great sign for their GC prospects.
Second big event was the Tour de France kicking off on Saturday. What a cracking start. I think everyone (myself included) thought it'd be a big yawn with Contador dominating everything, but the 2 crashes in stage 1 put paid to that. Contador is now almost 2 minutes down after stage 2's TTT and he will have to pull something incredible out of the bag to claw that back. Anything's possible now in the Tour and that's what makes it so exciting. Unfortunately I picked Contador on my TdF tipping team and it looks like I'm doomed!
Third big event (well, for me, anyway) was flying to Adelaide to get a bike fit done with Brian Hayes at AIS track. It was awesome to go home, even if only for 20 hours! and Brian has made some changes to my bike setup which I am HOPING will eliminate my hip pain. Things went well on a bunch ride on Saturday with TE which was encouraging. It is early days yet and I should know over the next couple of weeks how my body is responding to the new position.
Phew! Lots of words. Sorry guys. More pictures and fun things on http://www.ridehappy.com.au/ - including Lisa's Mum's long-awaited commentary on the Tour de France!
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- January 21 down the years
Money wins out over talentWhat happened on January 21 in Formula One history?
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Japanese driver Yuji Ide , born on this day in Saitama, can lay claim to being one of the worst drivers of the modern era. His four-race career with Super Aguri owed everything to money he brought with him and nothing to ability, and so bad was he that the FIA pulled the plug by revoking his superlicense. He was drafted in as a second Japanese driver to Takuma Sato, but with a fairly uninspiring record in the junior formulas, expectations weren't high. He was regularly well off the pace in qualifying and then became something of a mobile chicane during the races. Being unable to communicate with his team in English didn't help his cause and by the end of the San Marino Grand Prix the FIA had seen enough. Franck Montagny was brought in to replace him and Ide returned to Japan to race in Formula Nippon and Super GTs.
There was a row before the season had even started when the Williams team - the holders of the drivers' and constructors' titles - were omitted from the list of entrants for the opening race in South Africa. While the oversight was easily remediable by all the other teams agreeing to let them enter, Frank Williams revealed two unnamed rivals had refused to do so without being given "concessions". A Williams' insider said: Frank feels he has been publicly humiliated, and his sponsors are up in arms. But he has no need to do anything but just sit it out. Everybody knows that the cars will be on the grid come South Africa." And so it turned out.
Jacques Laffite dominated the season-opening Argentina Grand Prix, taking pole position, fastest lap and the win in his Ligier Ford even though he was briefly headed by Patrick Deppailler. John Watson took third place despite being involved in an eight-car pile-up on the first corner which caused the race to be restarted. Laffite also won the next grand prix, but reliability issues dogged the rest of his campaign and he finished fourth in the drivers' championship.
John Campbell-Jones , a British racing driver, was born in Leatherhead, Surrey. He competed in the 1962 Belgium Grand Prix in a borrowed Lotus 18, because the gear box failed on the Emeryson he originally intended to compete in. The Lotus eventually suffered gear box failure of its own, but he was classified 11th.


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NASA just confirmed what sci-fi enthusiasts have known all along: There are other civilizations out there.
This bombshell was dropped Tuesday by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden at the Humans 2 Mars Summit in Foggy Bottom. "Here in the Western world we think very shortsighted," he explained. "We think about the time in which we're going to be on this Earth, or in which our kids or grandkids are going to be on this Earth. Many other civilizations think muuuuuch longer than that, and we need to start thinking that way."
Many other civilizations! Klingons, Romulans and Vulcans?
Bolden, a former astronaut, did not say. But he spoke about being in a race to colonize other worlds before the sun burns out like other stars have. "One of these days that's going to be the story of our star, the sun," he said. "And so if this species is to survive indefinitely, we need to become a multi-planet species. So one reason we need to go to Mars is so we can learn a little about living on another planet, so when Mikaley, my granddaughter, is ready to move out of the solar system we'll know a lot more about living away from this planet than we know today."
Bolden may not really believe that humans will be traveling beyond the solar system in the next couple of decades when 14-year-old Mikaley will be of space- traveling age. And, happily, Mikaley needn't book her ticket just yet, because scientists expect the sun to be around another 5 billion years, give or take.
But listening to Bolden and other NASA officials at the Mars summit (platinum sponsor: Boeing; gold sponsor: Lockheed Martin), I wondered if their ambitions were proceeding at warp speed relative to realities here on Earth.
President Obama revived the languishing field of human space flight, proposing to put humans on an asteroid in 2025 and on Mars in the 2030s. The administration extended the life of the International Space Station to serve as "our stepping stone to the rest of the cosmos," as Bolden put it. That sounds really cool. But it may be a colossal waste of money.
Budget realities require a modest approach to human space exploration and not an Apollo-style moonshot. Yet NASA officials admit humans won't reach Mars at current funding levels, and it's difficult to see where extra money will come from in an age of shrinking budgets. Rather than attempting to send people to Mars on the cheap, there's a compelling argument that we could accomplish more with a less expensive strategy of unmanned exploration.
The Congressional Budget Office said last fall that eliminating NASA's human space exploration program (but leaving robotic exploration intact) would save $73 billion over a decade. The CBO noted that "increased capabilities in electronics and information technology have generally reduced the need for humans to fly space missions. The scientific instruments used to gather knowledge in space rely much less (or not at all) on nearby humans to operate them."
I asked Bolden about the CBO report. He said that robots can't "reason and make logical decisions about alternative courses" the way humans can, and he pointed out that "if the ultimate goal is to make humans multi-planet species, then you've got to do it at some point."
That's true. But our current trajectory won't get us there anyway; estimates of the cost of a human trip to Mars run into the hundreds of billions. "We're going to have to figure out ingenious ways to do it based on the present budget plus modest increases," Bolden said at the summit.
Or maybe more than modest. William Gerstenmaier, NASA's associate administrator for human exploration, told the same audience of the need to "break the paradigm" of current funding. "We cannot do it at the same budget level we're at today. It's just not going to work."
Bolden said he would "get down on my hands and knees and beg and plead" with Congress to support human space exploration. But begging does not a Mars mission make — particularly when NASA can arguably do more with unmanned exploration. The crafts are lighter and easier to land, there are no worries about life support, and there is no need for a return trip.
And robots don't get cancer or radiation poisoning. Gerstenmaier said that NASA asked the Institute of Medicine "to take a look at our current standards for radiation exposure limits on astronauts" to see if it might be "ethically acceptable" to raise the limits.
You don't need to be a rocket scientist to recognize that if you're weighing shortcuts like that, something may be wrong with your mission plan.
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SHAO, C; WANG, L; XIAO, L and WU, J. Qualitative phase space reconstruction analysis of supply-chain inventory time series. S. Afr. j. sci. [online]. 2010, vol.106, n.11-12, pp.1-7. ISSN 1996-7489. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajs.v106i11/12.422.
The economy systems are usually too complex to be analysed, but some advanced methods have been developed in order to do so, such as system dynamics modelling, multi-agent modelling, complex adaptive system modelling and qualitative modelling. In this paper, we considered a supply-chain (SC) system including several kinds of products. Using historic suppliers' demand data, we firstly applied the phase space analysis method and then used qualitative analysis to improve the complex system's performance. Quantitative methods can forecast the quantitative SC demands, but they cannot indicate the qualitative aspects of SC, so when we apply quantitative methods to a SC system we get only numerous data of demand. By contrast, qualitative methods can show the qualitative change and trend of the SC demand. We therefore used qualitative methods to improve the quantitative forecasting results. Comparing the quantitative only method and the combined method used in this paper, we found that the combined method is far more accurate. Not only is the inventory cost lower, but the forecasting accuracy is also better.
Keywords : data mining; phase space; qualitative forecasting; quantitative forecasting; supply chain management.


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Retrace the highlights of space exploration in 2012 — including a landing on Mars, a farewell to the first moonwalker, and a beautiful "Black Marble."
Every year marks beginnings and endings, but when it comes to space exploration, 2012 ranks as a big year for both starts and stops. SpaceX opened what could be a new era for commercial spaceflight. NASA's Curiosity rover began what could turn out to be a decade-long mission on Mars. First moonwalker Neil Armstrong, arguably the world's best-known (and most private) astronaut, passed away. So did Sally Ride, America's first woman astronaut. And after 30 years of service, the space shuttle fleet finally settled into museum retirement.
We've put together a slideshow that hits the off-world highlights of the past year. We've also put together an unscientific poll that lets you choose the top story for 2012 and the top trend for 2013. Without further ado, here's our 16th annual "Year in Space" roundup:
Top stories of 2012
It's always tough to limit the list to five, so I'm including an "other" category in this bunch. Please tell me in your comments why you think I'm underplaying or missing your favorite outer-space story.
• Curiosity goes to work on Mars: After a long cruise and seven minutes of terror, NASA's nuclear-powered Curiosity rover was dropped onto the Red Planet's surface in August to determine whether Mars ever had the chemical requirements for life. Curiosity soon figured out that it landed in the midst of an ancient riverbed, and started sniffing out evidence of complex chemicals. This whole rover thing is working so well that NASA wants to do it again in 2020.
• Godspeed, Neil Armstrong: Just as Curiosity was settling in for the long haul, Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong died of complications from heart surgery in August, at the age of 82. A nation mourned, and Apollo 13's Jim Lovell said Armstrong's passing "closed the book on the Camelot of manned spaceflight." The farewell to Armstrong came just a month after Sally Ride died at the age of 61, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. After her death, revelations about her complicated personal life stirred up controversy.
• SpaceX delivers the goods: The company founded by dot-com billionaire Elon Musk a decade ago finally sent a Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station during a demonstration flight in May, marking the space station's first commercial delivery. SpaceX did it again in October, turning what once seemed like science fiction into the new routine. SpaceX is also among three ventures getting a total of $1.1 billion to develop new spaceships capable of carrying astronauts to and from the space station.
• Farewell tour for shuttles: After months of decommissioning, all three of the retired space shuttles completed their final journeys to their new museum homes. Discovery went to the National Air and Space Museum's annex, near Washington. Endeavour made a cross-country flight and cross-town trek to the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Atlantis was towed to Kennedy Space Center's visitor complex. And the prototype shuttle Enterprise was shifted from the Smithsonian to New York's Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. In October, the Enterprise got a buffeting from Superstorm Sandy.
• Asia's space efforts rise: China reached new milestones in June by putting its first woman in space, on a mission that marked the Chinese space program's first crewed docking. The test marked a significant step toward setting up an orbital space station, which China wants to do by 2020. In December, North Korea put a satellite in orbit, stirring new concerns about the isolated country's intentions. (The satellite went into a tumble, and all the signs suggest that whatever orbital mission it had ... has failed.)
• Other stories: June's transit of Venus marked the last event of its kind until 2117. NASA's Messenger probe detected water ice on Mercury. NASA's twin Grail probes arrived in lunar orbit, did their job and crash-landed on the moon, all in the course of a year. In November, a total solar eclipse wowed skywatchers, including yours truly.
Top trends of 2013
For some reason, my crystal ball is showing a fuzzy picture when it comes to the next year's trends. Maybe that's because we're in the midst of a hiatus for U.S. human spaceflight, or maybe I'm just missing the big picture. It's up to you to tell me in the comment section what I'm forgetting.
• Commercial astronauts take off: Virgin Galactic is closing in on the first powered flight of its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, and commercial test pilots could soon break the space barrier for the first time in more than eight years. Under the most favorable circumstances, it's even conceivable that paying passengers could be going on Virgin Galactic's suborbital space tours by the end of 2013. But we've heard all this before ...
• Space gets a business case: In November, Uwingu announced that it would launch a planet-naming project to raise money for researchers (and investors). Meanwhile, two dozen teams are jockeying for position to send rovers to the moon and win a piece of the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize. Crowdsourcing is powering space elevator ideas and DIY satellite projects. Planetary Resources has a plan to make enough money building space telescopes to fund an asteroid-mining venture. Will spacey ideas like these actually pay off in 2013? Stay tuned.
• Earth's twin detected at last: Astronomers are already detecting planets in cosmic environments that just might support life as we know it. But they're aiming for an even more ambitious goal: to find Earthlike worlds, in Earthlike orbits, around sunlike stars. As NASA's Kepler mission builds up its database, will the data point to such planets? Or is it still too soon?
• Will NASA change direction? NASA is working on a next-generation heavy-lift rocket and a heavy-duty spaceship, with the aim of launching test flights as early as 2014, crewed flights in 2021, and a human mission to a near-Earth asteroid in the mid-2020s. But some experts are questioning whether NASA is on the right path. Tight budgets for planetary science add to the uncertainty, particularly with a fiscal cliff looming. Will there be more shifts (or downsizings) in America's space vision?
• Comets in the spotlight: Two comets have the potential to wow Northern Hemisphere observers in 2013: Comet PANSTARRS in March, and Comet ISON in November. It's too early to tell whether these alien visitors will live up to high expectations, but if the cosmos plays its cards right, the brightest highlights of the coming year may well turn out to be these "stars of wonder."
• Other trends: The sun is due to reach the height of its 11-year solar activity cycle in 2013, although so far this solar max is looking relatively wimpy. NASA's MAVEN mission to Mars is set for launch in November. Meanwhile, China is planning to launch another set of astronauts into orbit, as well as a robotic moon rover.
Cast your votes using the unscientific Live Poll ballots above, and feel free to register a write-in vote by leaving a comment below.
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