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Venice to Paris: You choose, Night or Day Time Train?
Day Time Trains from Venice to Paris by TGV High Speed Trains
TGV: There is one word to describe TGV. Fast! World speed record holder, it zips from city to city at up to 322 kph (201 mph). With Paris as its hub, France's high speed network interconnects throughout Europe. TGV's high speed travel makes it an attractive alternative to the plane. If we had to find another word to describe the TGV, it would have to be "often". Because, every day, 450 trains criss-cross the network, offering you a wide choice of journey times. Ensuring your comfort and convenience Looking for the best price, at the best time? That's second nature at TGV! First or Second class.
1st Class
Travel by First Class on TGV with wider, adjustable seats, power sockets for your electronic devices and all a 1st Class could offer in comfort.
A relaxing journey whether you are travelling alone, in a group or with your family. First Class TGV has wider, reclining seats for maximum comfort.
Head rest, fold-down table, foot rest, individual adjustable light and power socket: making your comfort a priority.
2nd Class
TGV Second Class options will provide a confortable and saving option for you as well. Although it has a little bit less space in general when compared to 1st clas, it´s still a viable option when you want a saving option. You will find confort in 2nd class specially when travelling in big groups. Second Class brings you seats with head rest, a fold-down table, foot rest and an individual reading light for your maximum
Some TGV are double-deckers: TGV Duplex.When placing an order you can list on the additional information box if you want a UPPER Decker or a LOWER one.
The TGV bar has a wide selection of meals and sweet snacks available to satisfy everybody's hunger. Eat at the bar or take them back to your seat. There is also a selection of DVDs, magazines, games and public transport tickets on sale.
Great meals and tasty snacks
Enjoy great meals on board the TGV: the Bar TGV and its shop can be found in coaches 4 and 14! Here you can create your own tasty and well-balanced menu with hot dishes, salads, sandwiches, desserts... or choose one of the Bar suggestions!
Fashion designer Christian Lacroix has revamped the interior decor of the new TGV trains. New colours, equipment and spacious areas: rediscover your TGV! 2009: A Christian Lacroix makeover for TGV trains.
In 2009, fashion designer Christian Lacroix was selected to redesign the TGV interiors. The trains have been given a makeover so can can travel in style and comfort like never before! These new trains run primarlily on the East France network.
Second Class: more space
The Second Class travellers now enjoy more legroom (92 cm compared to 85cm previously). Their seat is reclining and their head rest adjustable. Power sockets are also available.
Christian Lacroix has come up with an energising purple and red colour scheme for our new-look Second Class compartments.
"Le Bureau" in Second Class
The new TGV trains now feature a new "communications" area in Second Class: "Le Bureau". Use this area for all your communications needs. It also features a power socket. This compartment is located in coach 7.
First Class: relaxation
For Christian Lacroix, First Class is all about relaxation so he chose a harmonious grey colour scheme. Every seat is reclining, every traveller has their own individual power socket, a pillow and adjustable table.
Don't forget: you can now use your mobile phone throughout your journey – But please consider using the areas between two coaches so as not to disturb the other travellers.
Venice to Paris
|Fare Description
|2nd Class
|1st Class
|Promo Fare
|One Way
Saver fare
Includes seat reservation.
Seat reservation guaranteed.
No refundable
No Exchangeable.
Printed at home tickets.
Subject to availability.
|One Way
Flexi fare (full fare)
Includes seat reservation.
Seat reservation guaranteed.
80% refundable before departure date
Exchangeable before departure date
Printed at home tickets.
Subject to availability.
|One Way
Child fare
Child: between 4 and 11 years old (inclusive)
Railway Company: TGV
Includes seat reservation.
Seat reservation guaranteed.
80% refundable up to 2 days before departure date
No exchangeable
e-tickets available.
Subject to availability.
|Trip Duration:
Departures from Venice: 11:32
Night Train from Venice to Paris by Thello
Comfort classes on Thello: With Thello, you sleep as you travel and reach your destination rested and refreshed. You have the choice between three categories: Your own sleeper compartment, the couchette car for use by your group or an inexpensive single berth in a multi-berth compartment or the seated car with compartments with 6 beds
Double or Three-Bed compartments:
Up to three can travel conveniently through the night in one compartment. Many technical details ensure a pleasant, comfortable journey, even when the compartment is fully booked.
The couchette car
Couchette cars are ideal for groups, families or price-conscious individual travellers. Each compartment has room for up to 6 people. You can book individual berths or an entire compartment. When you book an individual berth, the compartment is shared with other travellers. There is no division by sex, but City Night Line offers women travelling on their own special women's compartments on all routes (limited availability).
|Accomodation / Fare Description
|Double Cabin
Double Cabin
Fares Details:
Saver fare
Flexi fare
Passholder fare
|T3 Cabin
T3 Cabin
Fares Details:
Saver fare
Flexi fare
Passholder fare
|T4 Cabin (couchette)
|4 (share)
T4 Cabin
Fares Details:
Saver fare
Flexi fare
Passholder fare
|T6 Cabin (couchette)
|6 (share)
T6 Cabin
Fares Details:
Saver fare
Flexi fare
Passholder fare
|Trip Duration:
Departures from Venice: 19:15
Arrive on Paris: 19:15
Rail Passes & Tickets OptionsRail tickets & passes options for travel multiple times through a single or multiple countries.
Single Country
To explore a country:
- France: France Railpass
- Austria: Eurail Austria
- Czech Rep.: Eurail Czech
- Switzerland: Swiss Rail Passes
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To Explore all Europe:
- Europe(up to 28 countries): Eurail Global Pass
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Venice Santa Lucia: This typical head station, the only real access gate to the city of canals, is located right in the heart of the city, in Fondamenta Santa Lucia, and is frequented by an average of 82 thousand persons per day, for a total of around 30 million presences per year; it hosts some 450 trains per day. The public transport system in its vicinity consists solely of "vaporetto" boat-transport lines along the Grand Canal, while the urban and extra-urban road transport lines are concentrated in Piazzale Roma.
Address: Grand Canal, Venice
View location on map: Google mapVenezia Mestre station receives approximately 85 thousand transit visits per day, 31 million per year, with some 500 trains per day; located in piazzale Pietro Favretti, it is a strategic hub for the articulated transport system that operates in the Venetian hinterland.
Address: Giuseppe Verdi, Genova
View location on map: Google map
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Italo Assistance.
Italo is committed to guaranteeing discrimination free transport for people with disabilities and reduced mobility, in compliance with the provisions of EC Regulation no. 1371/2007.
On board Italo, in carriage 8 in Smart, there are 2 seats for passengers with wheelchairs. The seats are located near the toilet for disabled passengers and near the Snack Area of carriage 7, where the vending machines are designed for easy access.
All the toilets on board Italo have markings for the blind: on the outside pressing an acoustic switch indicates whether the toilet is free or occupied and, inside the toilet cubicle, indications are also in Braille.
The seat numbering on trains is also in Braille and can be easily found since it is located on the seats adjoining the aisle.
Italo can supply you with information and assistance if you call Pronto Italo (Italo's Contact Center) at 060708.
Trenitalia/Freccia Assistance
The service is provided by RFI - Rete Ferroviaria Italiana – and is addressed to:
- individuals in a wheelchair because of illness or disability;
- individuals with limb problems or with difficulty in walking;
- elderly people;
- pregnant women;
- blind or visually impaired people;
- deaf or hearing impaired people;
- people with mental handicap
How to request the assistance service
You can request RFI's assistance as follows:
by going to the Sale Blu directly;
by calling the RFI National Telephone Number 199 30 30 60
by contacting Trenitalia's Call Center:199 892021 option 7 or 06/3000 for users not enabled to call 199
Paris is the major European railway hub. 8 train stations connect Paris with major European destinations.
Paris Gare du Nord:
Eurostar and Thalys trains departs from Paris Gare du Nord.
The Paris Nord Train Station was originally built in 1846. Shortly after, it was rebuilt three times larger due to increasing traffic. The new and improved station was fully functional by 1864. The name was decided with the notion that travelers would be able to travel to Belgium, Netherlands, Northern Germany and the Scandinavian countries. And of course that is just what happened, and with the ever-growing high-speed rail network, more and more destinations are reachable from the Gare du Nord.
Address: 18 Rue Dunkerque. Paris. 75010 112, rue de Maubeuge 75010 Paris
View location on map: Google map
Paris Gare Lyon:
The day time trains from Paris to Milan departs from Paris Gare Lyon.
The Paris Lyon Train Station was built for the World Exposition of 1900. The architecture used in the construction of the Gare de Lyon is a classic example of the architecture of that time period. Despite the classic architecture, the station has been modernized to accommodate the high-speed TGV trains that whisk travelers throughout France.
Address: 20 boulevard Diderot, 75012 Paris
View location on map: Google map
Hours of operation: 3:30 am to 1:30 am
Paris Est Train Station- Gare de l'Est
The Paris Est Train Station represents the Belle Epoque generation of railway buildings. The west wing is the original building built in 1847 and In 1854, due to increased rail traffic, the east wing was built. The Paris Gare de l'Est station now provides train transportation to major cities in Central Europe such as Zurich, Switzerland; Munich, Germany and Vienna, Austria.
- Address: Place du 11 novembre 1918 75010 Paris
- View location on map: Google map
- Hours of operation: Open from 5:30am to 1:00am
Paris Montparnasse Train Station first opened in 1840 and this Paris train station provides service for intercity TGV trains traveling west and south-west of Paris. The Gare Montparnasse also houses a metro station and is credited with having the fastest moving walkway in the world.
- Address: 17, boulevard Vaugirard (15th "arrt")
- View location on map: Google map
- Hours of operation: 4:30 am to 1:15 am
Paris Austerlitz Train Station was named after the famous Napoleon battle fought in the region that is now the Czech Republic. This Paris station was originally built in 1840 with the purpose of serving the Paris-Corbeil line. Today, the Paris Austerlitz station serves over 25 million rail passengers annually.
- Address: 55, quai d'Austerlitz (13th "arrt") 85 quai d'Austerlitz 75013 Paris
- View location on map: Google map
- Hours of operation: 5:30 am to midnight
Paris Bercy Train Station was originally designed for the departure and arrival of sleeper trains on overnight routes. Today, it still provides service for overnight trains, but also focuses on transporting vehicles to other stations. Paris Bercy station is located near the heart of Paris and is just a short walk from the Paris Lyon Train Station.
- Address: 48 bis boulevard de Bercy 75012 Paris
- View location on map: Google map
- Hours of operation: Open from 6:00am to 11 pm
Paris Charles de Gaulle Train Station is connected to the main airport in Paris; the Charles de Gaulle Airport. This airport has the second highest traveler traffic in Europe, the first being London's Heathrow airport. This Paris train station provides both international train service and local RER trains into central Paris.
- Address: BP 35042 Tremblay 95716 Roissy CDG
- View location on map: Google map
- Hours of operation: 4:50 am to 1:00 am
Paris Saint-Lazare is a station on the Paris Métro serving lines 3, 12, 13 and 14 located on the border of the 8th and 9th arrondissements. It is the second busiest station of the metro system after Gare du Nord with 39 million passengers annually and is the western terminus of line 14.
The station offers connections to the following other stations:
Gare Saint-Lazare (SNCF)
Haussmann – Saint-Lazare on RER line E
Saint-Augustin on line 9
The station is named after the mainline railway station, which is situated in the Rue Saint-Lazare. It is in the commercial centre of Paris, near the major department stores.
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SNCF Assistance
If you encounter service disruptions or major delays, SNCF Assistance canimprove your travel experience during peak periods. Our volunteer staff are attentive and service-oriented, with an added guarantee of assistance should you need it.
- In stations: staff members greet you and keep you informed during delays. If problems continue, they provide simple boxed meals.
- On board trains: the conductor arranges for onboard staff to assist you.
If your train arrives in Paris after metro and RER lines have shut down for the night, you'll be transported safely to your home under a special agreement between the city and Paris taxi companies.
Accès Plus, Accès TER and Accès Plus Transilien services provide special assistance to travellers with disabilities or limited mobility. Available in nearly 360 stations throughout the French rail network, in five regions and in 51 stations in the Paris region, these services cost absolutely nothing. To take advantage of them, contact your Accès Plus adviser.
And then? Relax!
- On your day of departure, go to the station 30 minutes before your train is scheduled to leave. An SaachenNCF staff member will accompany you to the train, carry your luggage (up to 15 kilos) and get you settled on board.
- When you reach your destination, an SNCF staff member will meet you and take you to your meeting point in the station. If you're changing trains, he'll help you board your new train.
- For travel between Lille, Lyon and Rennes, our Accès Synchro pilot program can assist you from your home to your destination
To Reserve:
Call +33 (0) 890 640 650 and press 1 (€0.11/minute incl. tax from a landline, plus any surcharge) or call 36 35 and say "Accès Plus" (€0.34 incl. tax the first minute and €0.11 for each additional minute from a landline, plus any surcharge). From outside France, call +33 892 35 35 35
Eurostar Assistance
Eurostar Assistance: call on 08432 186 186, or +44 1233 617 575 if you're currently outside the UK.
Available 7 days a week from 8am to 7pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 5pm Saturday, Sunday and UK Bank Holidays.
If you've already taken your journey and found something didn't go to plan, please email email@example.com. Include details of what happened and your six-letter booking reference, and our Customer Care team will get on the case.
When you travel in a wheelchair with Eurostar, we'll reserve one of our dedicated wheelchair passenger spaces for you, which are in our Standard Premier and Business Premier carriages. You'll also be able to take a companion with you at a discounted rate.
We'll set up a ramp for you and one of our team will help you board the train and get you settled comfortably. It's a good idea to arrive at the station at least 45 minutes before departure to give you plenty of time, and let a member of our team know you'd like a helping hand.
If you have restricted mobility and need a little help walking but you're not confined to a wheelchair, we'll be happy to arrange assistance for you to get to the platform, on the train and off again at your destination. You don't have to arrange this in advance. Just ask at Eurostar ticket desk when you arrive at the station – we'll take care of everything for you.
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|Guided Tour of the Louvre Museum
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|Paris Hop on Hop off Pass
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PRINT AT HOME - How use your etickets:
As soon as your booking have been processed, you will receive a booking confirmation, including your tickets to be print at home with a PNR number (reservation code) , by email.
Also, the etickets instructions are sent attached with the booking confirmation email
a) Seat Reservations: The train tickets include the seat reservations.
b) Saver Fare: No refundable. Exchangeable at train station prior the booked trip date.
c) Adult Full Fares and Children Fares: Children fare are valid for persons under 12 years old. Children under 4 years old travel free. 80% refundable up to 3 days before the travel date. When printed tickets should be returned to our office.
*Exchangeable at train station.
d) All tickets are subject to confirmation. The tickets have a variable horizon for booking, normally 60 to 90 days within trip date. A booking confirmation will be sent as soon as the booking have been processed.
e) All fares are per person in US Dollars, subject to to change before the booking processing
f) E-tickets: The way for retrieve or use instructions will be sent with the booking confirmation by email.
g) Physical Tickets (optional): The tickets are sent by FedEx, with the selected shipping option to the informed shipping address.
h) Handling fee: all bookings are subject to US$ 8 handling fee


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Transfer Applicant Requirements
Hundreds of students make the decision to transfer to Radford University each year. In many cases, transferring to Radford is not only an easy decision, but also an easy process.
The online Community College Transfer Guide offers information on transferable Virginia Community College and Richard Bland College courses. It includes information on transfer statistics, core curriculum, and links to requirements and course listings.
The document also allows you to search for your Virginia Community College or Richard Bland College courses to determine if they will transfer to Radford University, or to search the Radford University courses to determine which classes you need to take at the Virginia Community Colleges or Richard Bland College for transfer credit to Radford University.
Transfer Student Guidelines
Transfer Credit Policy
There is no limit to the number of hours a student may transfer. Important information to note:
- 45 credit hours must be taken at Radford University in order to be granted a degree.
- Half of the required major (and minor) courses must be taken at Radford University.
- All students must be enrolled at Radford during the last semester before graduation.
- 30 of the last 39 credit hours must be completed at Radford University.
- A minimum "C" cumulative grade point average (2.0 on a 4.0 scale) on all coursework attempted is required for consideration.
Evaluation of transcripts for acceptance of transfer credits is done by Radford University's Office of the Registrar upon admission. An official credit evaluation will show courses and credits that are accepted and fulfill Radford University requirements. Grades do not transfer to Radford University, only credit hours.
Credits are usually accepted from institutions accredited by the appropriate regional accrediting agency, provided that they carry a grade of "C" or better (a grade of "C-" will not transfer). Radford does not give transfer credit for professional education courses completed at two-year colleges.
Students who have earned an associate's degree from a Virginia community college based on a baccalaureate-oriented sequence of courses will be considered to have satisfied Radford's Core Curriculum requirements. This includes the associate of arts, associate in sciences and the associate in arts and sciences degrees. Departmental general education requirements must also be met. Community college students completing the "Transfer Module" will receive credit toward partial completion of Radford University's general education requirements.
If you are enrolled at another college at the time of acceptance, your final evaluation cannot be made until the complete official transcript is received.
If you have completed fewer than 24 semester hours of college level coursework, your high school transcripts and standardized test results will be considered along with your college course work. In high school you should have completed a broad selection of coursework . Most successful applicants have taken:
- 4 units of English
- 4 units of college preparatory math
- 4 units in laboratory sciences
- 4 units in social studies
- 3-4 units in foreign language
If you have any questions concerning the transfer of credits, contact the Admissions Office at (540) 831-5371, or via e-mail at email@example.com.
Application Guidelines - New Applicants
You can apply online for free!
Submit official transcripts from all colleges attended, whether or not credit was earned or is desired. This includes transcripts from dual-enrollment courses taken in high school as well as official score reports for Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) courses.
If you have completed fewer than 24 semester hours of college-level coursework or if you have not completed a college level math course, have your high school transcript sent to the Radford University Office of Admissions.
* Transfer applicants must have a minimum C (2.0) cumulative GPA on all work attempted to be considered for admission. Students must also have completed a college level math course or the high school equivalent (Algebra I, II, and Geometry).
Application Process - Previous Applicants
Students who have submitted an application to Radford University within the last year are not required to submit a new application. Please email firstname.lastname@example.com requesting to reactivate your application. In your email please include Name, Student ID number, the last term you applied, as well as the term you would like to now be considered for admission.
Submit any additional transcripts of work completed since submission of the original application.
If you submitted an application to Radford University more than one year ago, please submit a new application. Once your application is submitted please request to have any additional transcripts of work attempted since you last applied.
Application Process - Students Returning to Radford University
Complete and submit the request for readmission. To learn more about the readmission process and criteria, visit the Registrar's Office.
Class Standing
A student's class standing is determined at the beginning of each semester and will not be changed during that semester.
Freshman - 0-25 semester hours
Sophomore - 26-55 semester hours
Junior - 56-85 semester hours
Senior - 86 and above
A minimum of 120 semester hours must be completed to earn a degree.
The Selection Process
The priority deadline for transfer students applying for the fall semester is June 1. The priority deadline for transfer students applying for the spring semester is November 1.
Applications are received on a rolling basis. Decisions are sent within 4-6 weeks after the application becomes complete.
If you wish to compete for scholarships, have your complete application package in the Office of Admissions by March 1 for the fall semester.
While admission to Radford is selective, decisions are based on a number of factors. The committee is interested in what makes you "you" - the unique combination of skills, interests and motivation that will enable you to be successful at Radford and in the world beyond. Please feel free to include personal comments and recommendations with your application. Transfer applicants will be considered on the basis of previous college performance and courses taken. Additionally, students must be in good academic standing from all previous institutions attended.
Pre-nursing students are strongly advised to complete units in biology and chemistry. Radford University uses the College Board Advanced Placement Tests and the College Level Examination Program to award graduation credits.

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I've been asking myself a question for quite some time :
- say that a bullet gets out of a gun at 900 km/h (I'm european, hence the metric system).
- say a train could go in a straight line at 900 km/h
- say you're at the back of that train, and you'd shoot a bullet backwards. The bullet exits your gun at 900km/h and flies away from the train at the same speed. However, what would happen for an earth observer?
You'll agree that if you shoot in an open field, the bullet will stay at the same altitude for several seconds before falling to the ground (with a field large enough). So from that train, same thing applies. So for the earth observer, the bullet will not have an horizontal speed, and will stay at the same altitude for several seconds before falling to the ground. So basically it'll float up in the air without falling. That'd be strange for the earth observer, right?
But the horizontal speed will decrease of course. So for the earth observer, the bullet will, for a few seconds, stay still at the same position, and then after several seconds will start to fall down a little bit, and will start to move towards the train, because its horizontal speed towards the train will decrease. Strange again!
OK last one: what would happen if the earth observer tried to catch the bullet with his bare hands? Nothing right? Just maybe a very hot bullet because of the explosion but it'd be basically as easy to catch as a stone floating up in the air? And don't tell me that the bullet will slow down due to air friction, because remember the bullet is not moving. Or very slowly.


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MOSCOW - Russia expects Barack Obama to show more flexibility in a dispute over U.S. missile defense plans in Europe following his re-election as president, a top official said Thursday.
The controversy over the planned missile shield has strained the relations between the U.S. and Russia. Moscow has rejected Washington's assurances that the shield is intended to fend off potential missile threats from Iran and voiced concerns that the system could threaten Russia's nuclear deterrent.
In March, Obama, unaware that he was speaking on an open microphone, told Dmitry Medvedev, then Russia's president, that he would have more flexibility on the issue after the November election.
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin appeared to be trying to remind Obama of his promise when he said Thursday that Moscow hopes that the U.S. president will listen to Russia's concerns about the U.S.-led NATO missile defense for Europe.
"We hope that President Obama after his re-election will be more flexible on the issue of taking into the account the opinions of Russia and others regarding a future configuration of NATO's missile defense," Rogozin told an international conference in Moscow.
Russia has urged the U.S. to provide guarantees that any future shield is not aimed against it and threatened to target elements of the U.S. shield with missiles itself if no agreement is reached.
U.S. promises to inform Moscow about details of the shield aren't enough, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Thursday, adding that Moscow will continue pushing for firm guarantees from Washington.
Moscow is still keen to work with NATO countries if circumstances allow, however.
The Kremlin greeted Obama's re-election enthusiastically - in stark contrast to Obama's conspicuous slowness to offer Vladimir Putin lukewarm congratulations on winning a third presidential term in March, after a campaign filled with anti-U.S. rhetoric. Putin wrote Obama a telegram expressing hope that the two countries' relations would improve further and inviting Obama to visit Russia next year.
Referring to comments that Republican challenger Mitt Romney had made during the campaign, Medvedev said he was "happy that the man who considers Russia (its) No. 1 geopolitical foe won't be the president of this very large and important country."
Former Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said he hoped that being on a second term will allow Obama to focus more on relations with Russia than Romney would have with his first term.
"When people come in, the first year basically falls through, they work for the second one, and the third one's when the re-election campaign starts - that barely leaves them time to work with others," he said.


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We often get reports about the server being down. Sometimes it is really down but most often the ARK client hides the server from view because of an update in ARK or one of the mods.
In any case, if you can't reach or see the server, please report it in this thread. That way we can keep the reports in a single central location which will help our admins to respond to the issues faster.


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Catholic University 8
Farmingdale State 1
The Rams suffered their first loss of the season in their season opener, as the Catholic University Cardinals rolled to an 8-1 victory. Stephanie Hare (Atlanta, GA) started the scoring for Catholic, assisted by Laura Kaye (Annandale, VA) at 6:52 in the first. The Cardinals� Angela Rodano (Edgewater, MD) and Kaye also scored in the first, making it 3-0 at the half. Rodano finished with three goals for Catholic and Kaye scored two goals and an assist. Jenny Aspinwall (Chantilly, VA) and Meghan McGuire (East Amherst, NY) added a goal each for the Cardinals.
Farmingdale goalkeeper Pam Baione (Farmingdale, NY) finished with a noteworthy effort in goal, making 21 saves (12 in the first and 9 in the second) with a .724 save percentage. The Rams� goal came in the second by Freshman Amanda Boylan (West Babylon, NY) off a corner kick by Natalie Budinich (Commack, NY).
Farmingdale will face Ramapo College next Saturday, September 11th at Noon.


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I want to use the send_to_all_address_book script that is found in the Extras area. It allows for the sending of individual emails to all the addresses in a particular address book.
I have created an address book and entered the addresses I want to send to.
But then I'm stuck. The instructions are to "apply the script" but I don't know how to do that. The procedure seems to be different than applying scripts to all outgoing mail (as I do with a number of scripts).
So. . .
1: Can anybody point me in the right direction?
2: The script is marked as created for ver 3. Does that mean it will not work in version 4?
3. If this script does not work, can anybody suggest another solution?
Any help would be appreciated.


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Today Owl City's Adam Young premiered two new videos. The ever catchy "When Can I See You Again" intertwines footage from the Wreck-It Ralphfilm while "Shooting Star" strips things down and features Adam sitting alone in the middle of a deserted intersection on his keyboard.
"When Can I See You Again," from Disney's upcoming animated feature Wreck-It Ralph out on November 2nd, is as much as an advertisement for the movie as it is Owl City's music. Young starts out playing a makeshift arcade game that he then becomes part of, performing his perfectly pretty pop wallpaper with a back line of neo-cupcake inspired go-go girls dancing up an electric dream. Meanwhile, scenes from the movie cut in and out.
Owl City also released the much anticipated visual setting for "Shooting Star." As the sun sets on downtown Los Angeles, Adam Young sits in the middle of a deserted intersection pounding the song's melodic hook into the keys of his Fender Rhodes keyboard.
As he approaches the chorus, multiple shots of bored early twenty-somethings depict loitering and smartphone addiction that's interrupted as light begins to emanate from their upper torsos. Instead of immediately seeking medical help, they're inspired to run rampant through the streets of Echo Park, backflipping across rooftops where appropriate.
"When the sun goes down and the lights burn out then it's time for you to shine/ Brighter than the shooting star so shine no matter where you are/ Fill the darkest night with a brilliant light 'cause it's time for you to shine/ Brighter than a shooting star so shine no matter where you are tonight," he sings.
All in all, this is a strong video for a song with a positive message. As it concludes with an aeriel view of downtown LA filled with tiny glowing lights, we're reminded of Owl City's breakout hit "Fireflies." Whether an artistic homage or a happy coincidence, in Adam Young's room this final scene really ties things together.
–Tim Mudd, Energy 103.7/San Diego
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Thinly Sliced Cells Slash Solar Power Costsby Martin LaMonica
CNet, March 11, 2012
Startup Twin Creek Technologies is attacking the cost of solar by getting more bang from a wafer of silicon.
After four years of work, the San Jose, Calif.-based company today is coming out of stealth and introducing its product, a machine designed to slash the cost of solar cell manufacturing. The company claims its Hyperion system cuts the cost of making a solar cell in half and brings total production cost from about 85 cents a watt today to around 50 cents.
Hyperion is now being evaluated by leading solar manufacturers and the company expects to have a number of them operating by next year, according to CEO Siva Sivaram. The machine also allows solar makers to make flexible silicon cells.
In an effort to lower material costs, solar manufacturers over the years have been able to use thinner wafers. Square wafers are sawed off from ingots of very pure silicon. During production, wafers are treated and turned into solar cells. Then cells are assembled into a solar panel.
But getting beyond 200-micron thickness has problems because wafers get brittle, which limits the costs which can be saved on materials, Sivaram said. The Hyperion system uses a technique called proton induced exfoliation to create slices as thin as 20 microns from existing wafers. "It's like a ream of paper and you're taking sheets off of it," Sivaram said.
The machine blasts hydrogen ions, or protons, at silicon wafers. The protons embed themselves as a layer of bubbles. Then, the machine heats up the wafer to expand the bubbles to break off a sheet from the wafer.
This effect of hydrogen ions implanting themselves has been observed for decades, but using it for solar cell production required totally different engineering with high energy and high doses, Sivaram said. The thinner cells are as efficient as thicker ones and are flexible so they could be used for solar awnings or other building-integrated photovoltaics.
The company itself is stacked with an experienced group of executives and engineers, including co-founder and chief scientist Chris Petti. It has raised $93 million from Crosslink Capital, Benchmark Capital, Artis, DAG Ventures, and a Taiwanese funding, according to a representative.
Twin Creek Technologies has also received $30 million in loans from the state of Mississippi, where it has a demonstration plant. There solar manufacturers can come and test their specific production processes with Hyperion, Sivaram said.
If the company does sign on manufacturers to use its equipment, it could result in a significant cost reduction for solar power consumers. Sivaram estimates that getting to 50 cents a watt production costs would bring the industry to about $1 per watt installed, a price that could make solar cheaper than grid power in many places.
The effect on market prices, even if the product is purchased by many manufacturers, would take time, however. Hyperion can produce cells at a rate of six megawatts per year, which is a small fraction of the solar industry's production.
Still, Hyperion and the work of other potentially disruptive silicon cell manufacturing technologies, such as one developed by startup 1366 Technologies, point to possible breakthroughs which could benefit consumers and the industry. Right now, cutthroat price competition has led to several bankruptcies and few solar manufacturers actually making money, say analysts.
Even though Twin Creek has seen interest from solar manufacturers, Sivaram said his biggest concern is that solar manufacturers will be reluctant to adopt Twin
Creek's new equipment, which costs millions of dollars. "There's no other way for the solar industry to proceed without getting more value from the materials they use," said Sivaram.
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Hetepu (Peace) Family,
Today, as I went to the grocery store and was bombarded by all of the candy eggs, chocolate bunnies, marshmallow chicks and duckies blocking the aisle. I was reminded that Easter is approaching and so much of what was sacred has been made profane because of materialism. I of course, have no problem with making something sacred an enjoyable celebration for children, but the commercializing of the concept of rebirth is a bit disturbing given the state of affairs we find ourselves in. So I wrote this post in response. In all sincerity, salvation is salvation, meaning that there is no one group that has a monopoly on salvation. I use the title "Saved Kamitically (Kemetically)" to distinguish between the popular notion of salvation and the more profound meaning according to the Ancient Egyptians, where the concept originated. Please note: The made-up word Kamitically/Kemetically is being used purposely to describe the metaphysical process that occurs in rebirth.
What is Salvation?
Well, the term salvation is derived from the Latin word salvare, which means, "to be saved". Thus indicating that one's life is in danger or peril. When we speak of salvation in regards to spirituality, we are referring to one's soul being in danger. This means that there is an aspect of your life that is going in a particular direction, which is leading to your soul's demise.
Sidebar: Of course, there are some that will say that the purpose of being "saved" is to be "saved from sin," which separates us from God. This is true, but I have yet to meet anyone define truly what sin is, or at least specify what is and is not a sin without attaching to it some dogma. For instance, like it is a sin in some organizations to smoke cigarettes. In others, it is okay to smoke cigarettes but a sin to drink alcoholic beverages. Other groups claim it is a sin to do both and to consume pork. Then again, you can find some groups that claim that they are all wrong. This discrepancy is due to not having a true understanding of what Truth is, which we will address later.
But for most of us, we have been taught that "to be saved," means to be delivered, rescued or taken out of some grave situation that we are in at the present moment.And, for most people because of the popular notion of what salvation has degenerated to. We have been taught that in order to be saved one is to give their life to Christ and all will be well.
I remembered when I was younger, I wanted to be saved from the rising crack epidemic and crack related crimes that were claiming the lives of so many young Black and Latino people in my native city of Detroit. Today some of our youth are fleeing from similar issues such as the gun related violence in Chicago and other urban cities across the United States. Some may be praying, "to be saved" from random acts of violence that seems to be spontaneously occurring in public spaces. At the same time, others might be praying, "to be saved" from some domestic issues or abroad to be saved from some type of conflict.
Whatever the case, we are told that the way to be saved is to give your life to Christ. The giving of one's life to Christ ritual has worked for some but not for the greater majority, as we see in the rapid decline of our society's ethics and morality. Also, because of a lack of spiritual science, for those individuals that were successful in giving their life to Christ, for him "to save" them from whatever danger they were fleeing from. Their life may have suddenly improved for the moment, but after the zeal has died down, they find themselves in a familiar powerless situation.
The reason this spiritual remedy is a temporary fix is because nothing occurs suddenly. According to Ancient African cosmology, everything happens for a reason because we live in a Cause and Effect universe. You might not understand what you did to get in the predicament or situation that you are in. In fact, the actual cause of you being in the present situation you are in could have taken place in a past lifetime, no one knows but God. The point of the matter is that you are in the Effect stage right now, meaning you only see one part of the universe – the physical realm.
Right now, according to Ancient African cosmology, you are going through the storm. You are in a living Hell or in the Devil's workshop, which the ancient Kamitic/Kemetic people allegorized as an arid, red and desolate desert they called TASETT – the Red Land of Set (the Kamitic/Kemetic devil), who is said to be the author of confusion, illusion, chaos, conflict, war, etc. It should be noted that it was the desert where Jesus was tempted by the Set-an or Satan.
If we were to draw from Jesus' experience while he spent his 40 days and nights in the desert. We would note that he did not pray to be delivered or saved from the living Hell he was in, nor did he ask to be saved when the devil visited him.
Have you ever wondered why?
Well, think about it. If you were saved from placing your hand over a fire when you were a child, would you have learned how to respect this force yet, master the ability of using fire for constructive or destructive purposes? Answer, probably not. The point that people miss is that the whole meaning behind the temptation is that the devil was offering Jesus a shortcut to Power.
What Am I Saying?
To put it plainly, the situations that we are in is the metaphoric fire meant to transform us, just like it did Jesus. Fire tempers metal and then it makes it resilient. This means we are not supposed to be praying for salvation, which is the reason so many of us are not having our prayers answered. We are supposed to be praying for the power and strength so that we can overcome the devil within us and outside of our being. That is why we are in these present situations.
So How Do We Get Saved Kamitically/Kemetically?
Understanding that we cannot and will not be totally "saved" from a situation, means that it is part of our destiny that we are in this situation in the first place. We were placed in this situation so that we can observe what the problem is from the inside and out. We must complete the cycle or the revolution. Many of us get lost because we get stuck or we stop in the RED – TASETT. We have to continue on and make it to the BLACK, because Rebirth takes place on the other side. So, how do we get to the other side? Well, this is where those three classic steps come in – Repent, be Baptized and Receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost, but I am speaking Kamitically/Kemetically:
- Repent – means that you see the error in your ways due to your ignorance and you ask for forgiveness. This is usually hardest step because many of us do not believe that we are part of the problem. Sometimes part of the problem can simply be you not willing to accept the fact that your perspective of life is limited to your personal experience; and that you must learn to rely upon your intuition. This requires you having faith in the unknown. As stated earlier, everything happens for a reason regardless if we recognize it or not.
- Baptized – means that you make a commitment to God (and your ancestors) not to engage in the destructive act ever again. It is a form of initiation. Spiritually inclined people know that you can be baptized by water (the literal way) or baptized by fire (strictly metaphorical, referring to initiation by life, where you have to spiritually evolve in order to survive). In the olden days, this was the original purpose for people ritually bathing themselves. Nowadays they sell colored and perfumed waters in grocery stores with the title "Curios", but when you understand the concept. You can make your own ritual bath like our ancestors did prior to the commercialization of our spiritual practices.
- Receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost – means to receive Rau, Spirit of God, and allow it to empower you. In the beginning it may seem like a struggle, but eventually roads will open, opportunities will present themselves, etc. assisting you in your objective. This is when our netcharu (neters, angels, etc.) like Npu (Anpu, Anubis, etc.) come to our aide as he did with Oset (Aset, Auset, Isis in Greek).
Now, just like Jesus, you will be tempted by Set to return to your old ways. Whatever the devil held over you, he will bring it back up because he is the only one that causes you to worry about your past, present and future. But true victory comes when you can stare your devil in the face and not be moved or swayed to follow him back up that familiar path. You will know when you have been truly "Reborn (a complete change in consciousness – hence Amun Ra see the Maa Aankh – Ancient African cosmogram above)" when you don't fear the devil.
You see, rebirth according to Ancient African cosmology, takes place in the hidden, unknown, spiritual realm called KAMTA – the Black Lands where Osar – our Higher Self and the Spark of God reside, deep within the recess of our mind. It is Osar (Asar, Ausar, Osiris in Greek or in Christian lore Jesus) that makes us see how we are connected to each other in our community (hence comm-UNITY).
This is what it truly means to give your life to Christ. It is what the ancient Kamitians (Kemetians) referred to as Maa Kheru, which literally means "True of Word." We call it nowadays, "Show 'N Prove", but it refers to speaking truth and living truth because you now see the Absolute Truth or Maa (holistic). You have a clear vision because now you have both your Eyes (the Solar and Lunar Eyes of Ra).
Another way of saying Maa Kheru is "To Be Made Whole Again", meaning you have received the double Pschent crown – the white crowns of your KAMTA and the red crown of your TASETT.
It is interesting that after saying this I am reminded of a documentary that broadcasted about some ex-gangbangers who turned their life around and now sponsor antigang events and programs, to prevent young people from falling into trap laid by Set.
The difference I hope you can see in being "Saved Kamitically/Kemetically" is that your salvation is not based upon one ritualistic act, but every time you find your self (soul) in a bind. When life gets chaotic and seems like your demise is near. You have journeyed into the Set's (the devil's) realm, which means you are there to purify your soul of your ego (specifically anxiety, fear, selfishness, ignorance, etc.) – the devil within. This is our greatest enemy and the one we fight with all the time. It is here we Repent, Be Baptized and Receive the Holy Spirit.
After we have gone through TASETT (Hell) and died. We will be reborn and can return to help those who are in need of being "saved" themselves.
Hetepu (Peace)
Derric "Rau Khu" Moore
For a full discourse, see: The Maa Aankh Volume I & II


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In yet another amazing tale proving some animals are more compassionate than human beings, we humbly submit Jolie, the heroic mama cat.
Jolie calls England her home, and when she was pregnant, some cruel dolt tossed her out of a moving car. She survived, and a kind soul fed her and eventually confined her in a rural area before calling the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
By then, Jolie had already given birth and was quite thin, but no one knew where the kittens were. The RSPCA tended to her scraped face and treated her for fleas and worms before taking Jolie back to the area so she could return to her babies.
As RSPCA inspector Jon Knight released her, she began calling out to him. And when he followed, she eventually led him through a garden, a field, and into a yard — all the way to her four kittens.
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Although the kittens — two boys and two girls — were badly dehydrated when found, they're now healthy, and mother and children are being cared for by the Block Fen Animal Centre in Wimblington, England.
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GE Security in Pittsfield is cutting its workforce, likely by more than one-third.
About 430 people work at the plant.
Just before the end of the first shift Wednesday, company officials called workers together to tell them the news: due to a drop in sales, they have to cut jobs.
They asked first for a voluntary reduction, offering severance packages with benefits.
Company spokesperson Michelle May tells TV-5 the number of jobs that will be cut depends on how many people take the voluntary package.
But, she says it's likely more than 100 people will permanently lose their jobs.
Some workers at the plant were already on month-long furloughs.
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VSI Viscount Selected for Obama Hookerbucks Program.
VSI Viscount is pleased to announce the company has been selected by the US Government as the official co-sponsor of the launch of the Obama Hookerbucks program. Attendees to the upcoming ISC WEST Security Conference will receive complementary Hookerbucks at the VSI booth.
As part of the US Government's $3 Trillion budget, the $30 Billion Obama Hookerbucks program is expected to be the key to stimulating the Las Vegas economy. Stephen Pineau, CEO of Viscount, commented, "The public is being screwed by the whole mess anyways so at least this way attendees will have something to show for it."
Gaming revenues decreased 17% for the fourth quarter. The Company's total table games volume (including baccarat) decreased 17% in the quarter, with the overall table games hold percentage near the midpoint of the Company's normal 18% to 22% range in the 2008 period, lower than the 2007 period when the hold percentage was near the top end of the range. Slots revenues decreased 12% company-wide. Rooms revenue decreased 21% as market conditions impacted rates and occupancy leading to a 21% decrease in Las Vegas Strip REVPAR(1). Average room rates decreased 15% at the Company's Las Vegas Strip resorts and occupancy decreased from 93% to 85%.
Clovis, CA (March 17, 2009) – Pelco is pleased to announce that Mr. Clifford S. Holtz has joined the executive management team of Pelco as its new Senior Vice President, Americas Sales, reporting to Mr. Dean A. Meyer, Pelco President and CEO. Holtz comes to Pelco from Nortel Networks Corporation in Denver, Colorado, where he was President of Enterprise Sales, North American.
"The addition of Cliff our management team brings invaluable sales management experience to Pelco. Cliff has a long and successful record of working with leading technology products and independent sales channels that are similar to ours. We look forward to working closely with Cliff to do an even better job of taking Pelco products and services to market,†says Meyer.
Prior to joining Pelco, Holtz was President of Enterprise Sales, North America, at Nortel and was responsible for all sales and marketing activity to this customer base. Leading technology-oriented enterprise business units for over 23 years, Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President, Business Markets Group at Qwest Communications, where he led a $5 billion unit and managed an organization of over 5,000 employees.
Earlier in his career, Holtz was at Gateway Corporation, where he led the $5 billion Consumer Division as Senior Vice President, where he managed all aspects of retail sales channels, advertising and product development. While at AT&T Corporation, he was President, Metro Markets, a $4.5 billion business unit.
Our goal is to show off at ISC West and give people a taste of how their security applications will be facilitated in the future. (Actually, the future is now, as the data infrastructure that makes our solution so robust has already been built and is currently in use.) In addition to showing what we are doing, John Deere (the heavy equipment manufacturer) will be sharing space in our booth to show their latest proof-of-concept product, the R-Gator. It is a semi-autonomous vehicle designed for patrolling areas that might be dangerous or inefficient for people to patrol. This includes huge installations like wind farms and power plants, or even border patrol areas. It carries on-board cameras that can be connected to our data center via wireless broadband cellular or other connections to the Internet. This is a really cool application.
According to travel website Orbitz, Las Vegas is slashing room rates to stay afloat amid the economic morass. The average day rate for three-star hotels in Vegas is $48, down 54 percent from 2008's $104. The average rate for four-star hotels is $87, down 43 percent from last year's $152. Week nights are even cheaper, says the Las Vegas Sun–you can hit the rack at the Stratosphere for just $25.99 Monday night. That's even better than the dingy no-tell motels that line the Black Horse Pike outside Atlantic City.
"With nearly 11 million Americans taking trips on public transportation to save time and money every day, there is no greater moment for Congress and the federal government to reaffirm its commitment to safeguarding our nation's public transportation infrastructure and protecting the Americans who ride these systems,†SIA Director of Government Relations Don Erickson said. "This can be accomplished by fully funding the Transit Security Grant Program at $900 million in FY2010 and ensuring that these critical resources are sent directly to transit authorities without a match requirement."
Transportation Security Administration Assistant Administrator John Sammon told the panel that the program "makes transit systems more secure by expanding the deployment of surveillance, monitoring and detection technologies to improve intrusion and anomaly detection, strengthen access control measures and otherwise add layers to harden facility security."
NORTH CANTON, Ohio, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Diebold, Incorporated (NYSE: DBD) today announced leadership changes as part of an organizational realignment within its security division.
Bradley J. Stephenson, vice president, physical security solutions, has been promoted to vice president of Diebold's security division with a focus on increasing the value of Diebold's security solutions to customers and accelerating market growth in the Americas. He is now responsible for the company's enterprise security and fire services operations, government solutions group, monitoring services, security research and development, product management and security marketing and business development functions. Dennis M. Moriarty, senior vice president, global security division, is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities.
"This change is designed to drive efficiencies through defined business processes, targeted geographic focus and organizational optimization," said Thomas W. Swidarski, Diebold president and chief executive officer. "We have an enormous amount of confidence in Brad Stephenson's ability to deliver results in his new responsibilities," Swidarski continued. "His wealth of experience in running various businesses within Diebold across a number of different industries will prove to be valuable in this broadened leadership role."
Swidarski added, "During the time Dennis Moriarty led our security division, he expanded our security offerings and raised the visibility of the company in the industry and with influential decision makers in emerging markets. We thank Dennis for his contributions to our company and wish him well in his future endeavors."
Stephenson has been with Diebold for more than 35 years, serving in a variety of senior management and technical positions including general manager of card systems, fire services and Nexus Software. Stephenson led the company's electronic security division from 1996 to 1999, developing security products to meet the needs of financial services and retail clients. Prior to moving to the security division's corporate headquarters in 1995, Stephenson had more than 20 years of experience in various customer-facing roles.
Moriarty was appointed vice president of Diebold's global security division in 2005. He joined Diebold in 1996 as Eastern Division vice president, where he led the sales, service and systems organizations. He also served as vice president of Customer Business Solutions within Diebold North America. Prior to joining Diebold, Moriarty served in senior leadership positions at Pitney Bowes Corporation in Stamford, Conn. A native of Stamford, N.Y., Moriarty holds a bachelor's degree in English from Iona College in New Rochelle, N.Y.
Glendale, CA (March 16, 2009) – Arecont Vision, the industry leader in megapixel IP camera technology, has appointed Scott Schafer as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In the new position, Mr. Schafer will manage the company's global strategy to market IP-based high-resolution megapixel video surveillance solutions throughout its domestic and international markets.
Mr. Schafer brings extensive executive management sales and marketing experience to Arecont Vision. For the last four years, Mr. Schafer held the posts of Senior Vice President of Americas and Global Marketing and North American Sales at Pelco. His experience also includes Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Service at The Reynolds and Reynolds Company, and managing global networking and high availability services for NCR Corp., where Mr. Schafer held numerous global general management, sales leadership and marketing management positions during his 19 year tenure with the company.
"We are excited to have Scott join our dynamic team and look forward to his contributions to Arecont Vision's mission of establishing our state-of-the-art megapixel surveillance cameras as the industry's primary means of image capture,†said Dr. Michael Kaplinsky, Chief Executive Officer, Arecont Vision. "Scott is well known in the professional security industry, a proven leader and a prominent advocate for IP technology. As the leading supplier of megapixel video cameras, we are delighted to have someone of Scott's stature on-board to help us further our goal of transitioning the video surveillance industry to megapixel technology.â€
While at Pelco, the company grew substantially. By focusing on vertical markets, Scott brought the company closer to end-users and major projects. He also expanded the company's large systems business to concentrate on enterprise-class digital network systems. He increased Pelco's business capabilities related to architects, engineers and consultants, which increased major design wins with specifiers around the world.
"Early in my career, I learned how important it is to recognize business opportunities as they develop, and to quickly execute a strategy that takes advantage of those opportunities,†said Schafer. "Arecont Vision's unique position in the megapixel camera market presents numerous opportunities in the professional security market. As successful as Arecont Vision has been in developing the megapixel technology market, the previous success represents only a fraction of our potential for growth. I am excited to join Arecont Vision and look forward to the challenges that lie ahead as we continue to expand market share with innovative imaging solutions.â€
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(Phoenix, Ariz. — July 11, 2012) -- Attorney General Tom Horne is warning Arizona small business owners to be wary of an official-looking Invoice for what is described as a warranty covering "Telecom Maintenance". This invoice appears to be an attempt to scam small business owners into believing they need to pay for services that they never purchased.
The invoice, which requests a $425 maintenance fee, is a solicitation. The invoice attempts to appear official and contains a "reference number" and "Maintenance Terms and Agreement". The Attorney General advises careful review of such invoices before paying.
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text: Dear Hal Hawkins, The endothelium of lymphatic vessels can be stained by enzyme activity histochemistry. The enzyme is a 5-nucleotidase (belongs to the phosphatase family). Ordinarily this type of method is carried out with frozen sections of tissue that has been minimally fixed in formaldehyde or glutaraldehyde, or with unfixed cryostat sections that have been briefly fixed in cold acetone. The enzyme in lymphatics may be fairly robust because its activity can survive embedding in glycol methacrylate. The references below may help. If you choose one of these methods it will be important to consult the original publication because there's more than one sort of 5-nucleotidase. Each ref is followed by brief notes that I took when reading the papers. [An R in the acquisition number means I've got a Reprint of the whole paper; an A usually means I have a copy of the paper's Abstract. No letter with the acquisition number usually means I've seen the whole paper and took notes in the library.] 8194R. Kato,S; Yasunaga,A; Uchida,U (1991): Enzyme-histochemical method for identification of lymphatic capillaries. Lymphology 24, 125-129. Glycol methacrylate-embedded sections stained for 5'-nucleotidase & alkaline phosphatase. 5-N-ase in lymph capills; AlkP-ase in blood capills. 9239R. Nishida,S; Ohkuma,M (1993): Enzyme-histochemical staining of dermal lymphatic capillaries by guanylate cyclase. Lymphology 26, 195-199. Enzyme histochemical staining distinguishes lymph from blood capillaries. Says 5-nucleotidase & adenylate cyclase do so too. (Used unfixed cryostat sections.) 9665R. Okada,E (1994): An improved enzyme-histochemical method for identification of lymphatic capillaries on paraffin sections. Lymphology 27, Suppl, 732-735. Staining of blood & lymph capillaries. Enzyme histochemistry for 5-nucleotidase in presence of levamisole for lymph capills; alkaline phosphatase for blood capills. 11114A. Miura,M; Kato,S; von Ludinghausen,M (1998): Lymphatic drainage of the cerebrospinal fluid from monkey spinal meninges with special reference to the distribution of the epidural lymphatics. Arch. Histol. Cytol. 61(3, Aug), 277-286. 5'-nucleotidase staining for lymphatics; alk phosphatase for blood capillaries (Kato et al '91,'93). Also traced carbon particles from cisterna magna. Lymphatics and carbon found on surfaces of cervical & thoracic (most at brachial plexus levels) roots; not lumbosacral. Epidural lymphatics most developed on dorsal surface of lower cervical dura. I hope this helps. -- ------------------------------- John A. Kiernan Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology The University of Western Ontario London, Canada N6A 5C1 kiernan[AT]uwo.ca http://publish.uwo.ca/~jkiernan/ http://instruct.uwo.ca/anatomy/530/index.htm _______________________________ "Hawkins, Hal K." wrote: > > > For a model of necrotizing enterocolitis in the mouse we need to > distinguish small veins from lymphatics in the gut. Could someone > remind me of any immunostains or lectin that will allow us to tell the > two apart? > > Many thanks, > > Hal Hawkins, UTMB Galveston > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet


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This morning I dragged my two youngest children with me to a doctor's appointment. I'd prefer to leave them at home, but the older kids can't get their schoolwork done if they're babysitting their younger siblings, so today my younger offspring took a few of their schoolbooks and sat in the doctor's waiting room while I had my appointment.
It works well for them to take a few assignments along provided we don't have to do it very often. Today's appointment was easy, because I saw my podiatrist. My boys usually hate having to go with me to my appointments, but they like going to my podiatrist. Not because he has two huge dogs that wander around the office (everyone loves the dogs). Not because this doctor is such a nice person (he is). Not because they like the receptionist's candy dish (she generously tells them to take all they want, so they think she's a wonderful person and I get to be mean and say, "pick one"). No. The reason they like going to my podiatrist appointments is because he's the cocoa doctor.
There's a fancy coffee machine in his waiting room, and the boys get to drink a cup of hot chocolate while we're there.
Orthotics need to be replaced every year or so (depending on who you ask), so I was afraid that I was going to be out another $400. Fortunately, the doctor said that mine appear to be in pretty good shape, and they still fit my feet well, so I don't need new ones. Whew! I did spend $35 on new covers for the orthotics, but that's a drop in the bucket compared to what I thought today was going to cost.
Thank you for all the well wishes and inquiry into my health (or lack thereof).
I thought I was recovering, so tried to resume my life.
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Wednesday morning I will chauffeur my daughter to her piano lesson, then come home and be a hermit until I quit coughing. Again.


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You'd think banks had all the political friends they need. After all, court cases have been going their way since 1811 when Master of the Rolls Sir William Grant ruled in Carr v. Carr that the term "debts" mentioned in a will included a cash balance in a bank deposit account. Grant ruled that since the money had been paid generally into the bank and was not earmarked in a sealed bag, it had become a loan rather than a bailment, thus codifying fractionalized banking.
However in this post-Dodd-Frank world, bankers are frustrated by a lack of political power and fed up with politicians who don't vote their interests, reports American Banker.
"Congress isn't afraid of bankers," says Roger Beverage, the president and CEO of the Oklahoma Bankers Association. "They don't think we'll do anything to kick them out of office. We are trying to change that perception."
So the Friends of Traditional Banking SuperPac is born to throw some big money at certain key races this fall.
A "surgical" strike at the industry's enemies blares the headline.
It's hard to know just how surgical it will be. To read American Banker's reporting sounds like this SuperPac is going to be run like a…well…bank.
Friends of Traditional Banking will ask contributors to pledge from $150 to $500 to two congressional races each election cycle. An advisory council will research races and select the candidates to be targeted. A board of directors will sign off on the selections, and then information will be sent to those who pledged funding explaining how to donate to a particular candidate.
It sounds like it would be easier to get approval for a construction loan to build a spec office building in Las Vegas than talking these guys into parting with campaign money.
Sheldon Adelson doesn't have to convince any committees to keep Newt Gingrich in the race. Foster Friess doesn't require this kind of bureaucracy to funnel money to Rick Santorum.
But while the bankers are talking big, they're just hoping to cobble together a million dollars to start with.
"It would be nice to sit on the sidelines or sit on our hands and say, 'Oh we don't get involved in that stuff,' but that just means you get run over,"Don Childears, the president and CEO of the Colorado Bankers Association told American Banker. "We need to get more deeply involved as an industry in supporting friends and trying to replace enemies."
"Clearly there are Members of Congress who have absolutely no reservations about kicking traditional banks in the teeth, and we are tired of it," says Utah Bankers Association president Howard Headlee. "We've got to be able to defend the folks who have the courage to stand up for us as well.
Wanted: politicians who will protect the interests of bankers.
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SAS drives product roundup
Serial-attached SCSI (or SAS) drives offer significant storage capacity at a much lower cost, while maintaining reasonable performance. Find out who the vendors are in this market.
In the market for a SAS drive? IT departments are tasked with the critical mission of storing and managing vast amounts of business information. But data storage isn't just a matter of buying more hard drives. Instead, businesses must strike a balance between raw space, performance, reliability and cost. Fibre Channel (FC) drives dominate the pinnacle of enterprise storage in terms of performance, but FC storage is very expensive on a per-megabyte basis (often making it impractical to store all corporate data in an FC infrastructure). Serial-attached SCSI (or SAS) technology is emerging as one viable alternative, allowing corporations to shift their aging data assets to drives that offer significant storage capacity at a much lower cost, while maintaining reasonable performance.
A closer look at SAS
SCSI (or Small Computer System Interface) drives have brought high-performance storage to servers and storage sub-systems for over two decades. But traditional SCSI drives are attached to their host computer using a bulky ribbon cable (with multiple data and control signals traveling simultaneously across different wires). By comparison, SAS drives attach to their host computer using a much smaller cable based upon a single (serial) data wire. SAS is also an industry-standard interface, defined by ANSI/INCITS 376-2003.
Serial performance improvements
SAS interfaces can support faster data transfers than parallel SCSI cables. Where popular parallel-type Ultra320 SCSI drives can achieve burst data transfers across the interface reaching 320 megabytes per second (MBps) (using a 16-bit data path), initial SAS drives can reach 3 gigabits per second (Gbps) (over 375 MBps) across the interface, with performance expected to scale to 10 Gbps into the future. Greg Schulz, senior analyst with Evaluator Group, explains that SAS technology "is the next evolution -- not generation -- of SCSI disk drives." He says that speed improvements are due to fewer wires and superior cable designs. Fewer wires produce far less electrical noise and can be shielded effectively, thus allowing for higher data rates. SAS cables are also connected using simpler (but more powerful) interface components.
Support for SATA and SAS drives
There are two other key attributes to consider. SAS drives use the existing SCSI command set, offering backward compatibility with existing SCSI software (e.g., device drivers and applications), allowing for SAS hardware implementations and upgrades without major software infrastructure changes. In addition, SAS controllers also interoperate with serial ATA (SATA) drives, supporting both SAS and SATA drives on the same controller. Schulz notes that this cross-compatibility may be an ideal solution for companies seeking to mix midrange SAS and low-end SATA drives in the same storage system -- allowing data to be moved from SAS devices to lower-performance, less-expensive SATA drives as the data ages. According to Brian Garrett, analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group, "It used to be ATA, SCSI and FC, but now it's SATA, SAS and FC."
SAS vendor offerings
It's important to emphasize that SAS is an "interface" -- the circuitry and interconnection used to move data to or from the drive. SAS has virtually no impact on the mechanical design or operation of the drive itself (e.g., the platters, heads or other drive components). According to Schulz, Seagate Technologies is an early adopter and leader in SAS technology, and their Cheetah line of 15K RPM enterprise hard drives are available in 2 Gbps FC, SAS and traditional Ultra320 (parallel) SCSI interfaces. The availability of multiple interface versions allows IT professionals to select the drive to meet particular storage needs: for example, FC for high-end near-line storage, and SAS or Ultra320 for midrange storage and SATA for high-volume archival storage duties.
Both Schulz and Garrett also point to Hitachi Global Storage Technology , Maxtor and Fujitsu as the other major SAS drive supporters. Schulz notes that Western Digital is focusing on SATA and other desktop interface products (but SAS products may appear at some point in the future).
Don't choose by specs alone
Any hard drive selection includes a serious consideration of technical criteria including the following: rotational speed (RPM), storage capacity (in GB), reliability (expressed in mean time between failure or MTBF), read/write time, sustained data transfer speeds, drive size (form factor), power demands and other features like onboard management for better data integrity and reliability. SAS users also must consider features like command tag queuing (CTQ), and grapple with security issues such as zoning (limiting the storage that a given server can access). But Schulz underscores the desperate need to avoid performance envy, "Don't be enticed by drive features or specifications. Pick the drive features to accommodate your storage needs rather than the other way around. You don't pick a car because of its tires." Analysts agree that any move to SAS products should not be made simply because of the desire for new technology, but rather to address serious business concerns such as storage performance needs, data availability or cost.
Implementations starting to trickle out
At the system level, Schulz says that current options are slim, "No major storage or server vendor are shipping SAS disk drives yet in a major storage system. However, HP is shipping SAS disk drives in their MSA50 entry-level storage subsystem. Both HP and IBM are shipping SAS disk drives as part of blade server products as well." Still, analysts expect SAS implementations to expand greatly in the next 6-12 months, and it's important to choose drives from the viewpoint of your overall storage vendor. Although SAS drives from different drive manufacturers should be fully interoperable, experts suggest avoiding any type of mix-and-match scenario. That is, if you select a SAS drive for a particular array, then the SAS drives used in that particular array should all be the same make/model from the same manufacturer. Although this is an extremely conservative viewpoint, it eliminates the possibility of incompatibilities between different SAS drives -- removing one important troubleshooting point if trouble strikes.
However, smart IT professionals also like to establish alternative sources and "standby plans" – just in case a manufacturer has trouble sourcing replacement drives. The solution is often to work with the storage subsystem's manufacturer (such as EMC or HP) to learn what drive makes and models are qualified for use in a specific storage product. Then, if one drive becomes unavailable for any reason, suitable alternative drives can be installed quickly.
SAS technology and trends
There's a tendency to examine the successes and failures of any product or technology, but Schulz and Garrett say that SAS is simply too new -- noting that SAS products have only really been available since early 2005, and the market has yet to fully emerge. And while SAS adoption has been a little slower than expected, it certainly comes as no surprise to Schulz, "Many forecasts suggested that SAS would be more dominant by now, but high-end enterprise storage arrays are managed in a conservative or cautious manner -- often slowing acceptance."
Storage directions for blades
Blade servers are frequent recipients of SAS drives, though the experts diverge on the future role of SAS drives in the blades themselves. Garrett sees SAS technology as a way to eliminate local blade storage, "One of the problems you have in a blade server is that there's not much room for storage." Many blades may include one or two drives, "But the goal is to get the storage off of the blade." He suggests that SAS drives can easily find a role in external rack storage for blade platforms, allowing the elimination of drives from individual blade units, which make them easier to swap or maintain.
Schulz takes the opposite view, expecting SAS drives to expand their role as high-performance storage options in blade and 1U servers, and follow the overall industry trend toward increased storage capacity with smaller form factors, "SAS drives are shipping in 3.5" form factors now, but 2.5" form factor drives are starting to appear for enterprise use." By shrinking a hard drive, it's possible to fit more drives in a given area (increasing the overall storage capacity of an array or other storage platform). Smaller drives typically demand less power, conserving energy and reducing heat.
Dispelling SAS myths
Schulz also seeks to dispel a few myths about SAS technology. The first misconception is that 2.5" form factor drives are SAS-only. He says, "Size does not dictate the interface." Small form factor drives can easily support SAS, FC or SATA interfaces. The choices of form factor and interface are entirely independent -- determined solely by the product offerings of each drive manufacturer.
Some prospective SAS adopters also think that they need to make a choice between SAS or SATA drives. "It's not an 'all or nothing' proposition", says Schulz. There's absolutely nothing wrong with a mix of SAS and SATA drives -- especially where the SAS controller accommodates both drive types. The key is to decide what mix of drive types will best meet the storage needs of your enterprise.
Ultimately, Garrett says that the future for SAS is bright, "In general I see SAS maturity following the same path as all storage interfaces -- make it work, then make it go faster, then make it cheaper -- all while adding high availability and security features as needed on an application-by-application basis." But Schulz reminds us that the emergence of SAS drives does not displace the importance of FC technology for high-performance, mission-critical storage applications into the future, "There are lots of applications for Fibre Channel", says Schulz, "Fibre Channel drives are not going away in the near- or mid-term."


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A gunman has killed four children and two adults during a domestic dispute in Texas before being taken into custody, officials said.
ABC News said on Wednesday the children, ranging in age from 4 to 13, were that of the gunman himself in the Houston-area rampage - the latest chapter in the epidemic of gun violence plaguing the United States.
After the shooting at a home where the children were staying, the shooter led police on a chase ending in a three-hour stand-off in a suburban cul-de-sac, where he eventually surrendered, ABC said.
The TV station quoted the Harris County Sheriff's Office, which gave the same death toll and said the suspect was in custody but provided no details on the victims' relation to the gunman.
ABC News said the slain children were boys aged 13 and 4 and two girls aged 9 and 7.
The shooting happened in Spring, outside Houston, Harris County Constable Ron Hickman said.
One of the children died after arriving at hospital. The two slain adults were men, Hickman said.
Before being taken to hospital, a wounded woman was able to tell authorities where the suspect, a relative, was headed, triggering a police chase that lasted at least 20 minutes.
ABC said that person was actually the gunman's 15-year-old daughter, who managed to call police and tell them he intended to kill her grandparents at another home.
During the stand-off the shooter sat in his vehicle surrounded by about 50 police with their guns drawn. There were at least a dozen patrol cars waiting to pounce.
The Harris County Sheriff's Office later said on Twitter that the suspect was in custody. No one was immediately available at the press office early Thursday.
It was "obviously a domestic situation that went south," Hickman told a news conference Wednesday evening in Texas. "Probably a divorce or at least a separation."
A hostage team had been negotiating with the suspect for him to surrender. The suspect had not taken anyone hostage.
He pointed a gun at his head during one point in the stand-off, ABC said, quoting police.
Some residents took to Twitter to thank the authorities for ending the stand-off without violence.
"@SheriffGarcia Great job by your team this evening in our Spring community, thank you," Susan Wheeler wrote on Sheriff Adrian Garcia's Twitter page.
The shooting was the latest in a spate of similar incidents in a country plagued by gun violence.
President Barack Obama has warned that America needs to do some "soul-searching" on gun control, which remains relatively lax despite regular gun rampages.
On May 23, a student with mental problems killed six people and then himself in California, while on June 5 a gunman killed one person and injured two others on a campus in Seattle.
In June, a couple with possible anti-government militia links shot dead two police and a civilian in Las Vegas, and a teenage gunman shot a 14-year-old student dead at an Oregon high school.


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A Scottish charity has launched a new online resource to support people who have had or been affected by an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland say Life After Cardiac Arrest aims to support people who have survived an out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), their families and anyone who has suffered a close family bereavement as a result.
The website, which features advice and information as well as personal stories and videos, has been welcomed by survivors and health professionals.
Dr Gareth Clegg, clinical senior lecturer and honorary consultant in emergency medicine, University of Edinburgh said: "Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland is leading the way in terms of aftercare of OHCA by producing materials for survivors and trained responders.
"This resource offers rehabilitation advice and information for patients and their families to not only help them understand what has happened to them now, but what is to be expected in the future."
Around 65 people in Scotland experience an OHCA every week.
There are more than 3000 cardiac arrests outside of hospital in Scotland every year, but only one in 20
of those affected will survive.
Those who live in one of Scotland's most deprived areas are twice as likely to have a cardiac arrest out of hospital and 43 per cent less likely to survive than your counterparts in other areas of the country.
Caitrian Guthrie, Cardiac e-Resources Project Manager at CHSS said: "An OHCA can have a huge effect not only on the lives of those who survive but also on their family and friends. This resource is critical in helping people know they are not alone in their journey following an out of hospital cardiac arrest. It looks at the main issues identified as being important to people and sign-posts them to sources of information, advice and support."
Public Health Minister Aileen Campbell said: "This is an important resource which will provide vital information, support and advice to survivors of Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest and their families.
"There is no doubt that the success of the strategy is due to the hard work of services right across Scotland and I am delighted that the funding provided by the Scottish Government is being put to such good use."
The resource is being officially launched in Edinburgh today.
For information, visit www.lifeaftercardiacarrest.org or follow on social media using #LACA