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In steady-state subjects, in whom plasma adiponectin levels do not change over time, urinary adiponectin excretion rate (as assessed by the ratio urinary adiponectin:urinary creatinine) equates with adiponectin production rate in adipose tissue – hepatic adiponectin excretion rate. The urinary adiponectin excretion rate has been reported to be positively correlated with UAE and negatively with GFR (
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Singapore is the most future-oriented country in the world, new research from Thunderbird business school reveals, whereas Russia is the least. Yet people the world over aspire to plan for the future, a fact global managers can use to inspire workers in present-oriented cultures to look ahead.
It's hard to manage any organization so that its long-term interests aren't sacrificed to short-term expedience. But there is an added wrinkle for organizations whose operations are globally dispersed: Cultural orientation toward the future varies widely the world over.
My colleagues and I discovered this in the course of our work on the GLOBE project, a study now in its 15th year, that looks at how cultures vary in relation to a set of factors important to organizational management and leadership. By surveying over 17,000 middle managers in 61 societies, we have been able to discern clear differences in nine key areas. One of these is what we call "future orientation," or the extent to which a culture encourages and rewards such behavior as delaying gratification, planning, and investing in the future.
Our straightforward questions asked participants both to express their own values and to describe the environment in which they worked. For example, we presented them with the statement, "More people should live for the present than for the future" and asked for a level of agreement on a seven-point scale. In a separate question, we removed the word "should" and asked them to rank how well the statement described actual behavior in their culture. We found that societies vary greatly in how oriented they actually are to the long term, but in most cultures people's personal values and aspirations are similar and quite future oriented. What's more, most people feel their cultures aren't as forward thinking as they should be.
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investigated the renoprotective properties of adiponectin in podocyte apoptosis through targeted activation of caspase-8 (POD-ATTAC) mice generated by induction of caspase-8-mediated apoptosis in podocytes after injection of a construct-specific agent. POD-ATTAC mice exhibited kidney damage that recovered after the initial induction. Ad −/− POD-ATTAC mice had more severe albuminuria and ablated podocytes failed to recover. Adiponectin-overexpressing POD-ATTAC mice maintained normal GFR, had reduced renal interstitial fibrosis and exhibited a greater recovery from podocyte injury and albuminuria. These findings imply that adiponectin aids in restoring podocytes and renal function but the initial protection of podocytes from apoptosis may be minimal.
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examined streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats that received injections of an adenovirus to cause overexpression of adiponectin (Ad-Adipo) or control protein (Ad-lacZ). Ad-Adipo rats exhibited reduced proteinuria compared with Ad-lacZ rats. In addition, Ad-Adipo rats had decreased transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) levels in the renal cortex. Taking into account the involvement of TGF-β1 in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy, contributing to cellular hypertrophy and increased synthesis of collagen, adiponectin may inhibit the adverse TGF-β1-mediated changes in renal physiology, that result in development of proteinuria. Nakamaki et al . (2011) also demonstrated that Ad-Adipo rats had increased levels of nephrin-mRNA in renal cortex. Nephrin is a protein found in podocytes and is crucial for the proper function of the glomerular filtration barrier, whereas downregulation of nephrin contributes to the development of proteinuria in diabetic nephropathy. Thus, the upregulation of nephrin levels in renal cortex appears to constitute a pathway through which adiponectin can reduce albuminuria, at least in diabetic nephropathy. Furthermore, this study showed that Ad-Adipo rats had decreased proinflammatory endothelin-1, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) mRNA levels and increased vasodilatory endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) mRNA levels in renal cortex. Therefore, adiponectin appears to reduce endothelial dysfunction in diabetic nephropathy.
Ohashi et al . (2007) reported that adiponectin can attenuate the adverse effects of partial nephrectomy on renal structure and function, eventually reducing the albuminuria associated with this procedure. Partial nephrectomy results in hypertrophy of the remaining nephrons, podocyte injury, glomerular fibrosis and development of proteinuria through adaptive glomerular hyperfiltration, oxidative stress and inflammation. In the relevant study, subtotal nephrectomy was performed in Ad −/− mice and WT mice. Ad −/− mice exhibited more severe glomerular hypertrophy, glomerular infiltration of macrophages, glomerular and tubulointerstitial fibrosis and decreased nephrin-mRNA levels in the remnant kidney, and increased albuminuria compared with WT mice. Exogenous adiponectin replenishment of Ad −/− mice resulted in reduction in albuminuria and reversal of the adverse changes in renal structure of Ad −/− mice mentioned earlier. Therefore, adiponectin appears to attenuate albuminuria through activation of anti-inflammatory, antifibrotic and antioxidative pathways. Moreover, in this study immunohistochemical analysis revealed abundant immunostaining for adiponectin in the glomeruli and interstitium of the remnant kidney of WT mice after subtotal nephrectomy, but limited glomerular and tubulointerstitial immunostaining for adiponectin in nonoperated WT mice. This finding indicates that adiponectin possibly accumulates in the glomeruli and interstitium of the remnant kidney to counteract this renal injury, in response to an as yet unknown signal from the injured kidney. Further studies are needed to elucidate this issue.
2. The most common "comparison group" study designs (also known as "quasi-experimental" designs) also lead to erroneous conclusions in many cases.
a. A "comparison group" study compares outcomes for intervention participants with outcomes for a comparison group chosen through methods other than randomization.
The following example illustrates the basic concept of this design. Suppose you want to use a comparison-group study to test whether a new mathematics curriculum is effective. You would compare the math performance of students who participate in the new curriculum ("intervention group") with the performance of a "comparison group" of students, chosen through methods other than randomization, who do not participate in the curriculum. The comparison group might be students in neighboring classrooms or schools that don't use the curriculum, or students in the same grade and socioeconomic status selected from state or national survey data. The difference in math performance between the intervention and comparison groups following the intervention would represent the estimated effect of the curriculum.
Some comparison-group studies use statistical techniques to create a comparison group that is matched with the intervention group in socioeconomic and other characteristics, or to otherwise adjust for differences between the two groups that might lead to inaccurate estimates of the intervention's effect. The goal of such statistical techniques is to simulate a randomized controlled trial.
b. There is persuasive evidence that the most common comparison-group designs produce erroneous conclusions in a sizeable number of cases.
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and welfare and employment policy. - to examine whether and under what circumstances comparison-group designs can replicate the results of randomized controlled trials. These investigations first compare participants in a particular intervention with a control group, selected through randomization, in order to estimate the intervention's impact in a randomized controlled trial. Then the same intervention participants are compared with a comparison group selected through methods other than randomization, in order to estimate the intervention's impact in a comparison-group design. Any systematic difference between the two estimates represents the inaccuracy produced by the comparison-group design.
These investigations have shown that most comparison-group designs in education and other areas produce inaccurate estimates of an intervention's effect. This is because of unobservable differences between the members of the two groups that differentially affect their outcomes. For example, if intervention participants self-select themselves into the intervention group, they may be more motivated to succeed than their control-group counterparts. Their motivation - rather than the intervention - may then lead to their superior outcomes. In a sizeable number of cases, the inaccuracy produced by the comparison-group designs is large enough to result in erroneous overall conclusions about whether the intervention is effective, ineffective, or harmful.
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Broken window leads to Milford drug bustBy NANCY BEAN FOSTER
Union Leader Correspondent
November 13. 2012 8:21PM
MILFORD - A broken window on a truck parked at Granite Town Plaza caught the attention of police, and now the owner is facing drug charges after officers reported finding heroin in the truck.
Richard F. Cooley, 26, of 599 Mason Road in Milford, was being held on $25,000 cash bail, with a probable cause hearing next week.
According to police, an officer was driving around the parking lot in the Granite Town Plaza on the evening of Nov. 9 when he noticed a 2002 Chevy pickup with the passenger side window smashed out. The officer found broken glass on the outside of the truck and concluded that the damage was done in the parking lot.
The officer found the operator of the truck in the parking lot and began investigating. While looking inside the vehicle, he allegedly found a plastic bag containing what appeared to a small amount of marijuana. The officer then allegedly found another plastic bag containing smaller, individually wrapped bags filled with what is presumed to be heroin.
Cooley was arrested at that point and charged with possession of controlled drugs. But as detectives carried the search over to Cooley's residence on Mason Road, they allegedly discovered a cache of drugs, drug paraphernalia, scales, packaging materials, firearms, and cash.
Cooley was held on $25,000 cash bail and was transported to Valley Street Jail. He was arraigned on six charges at the 9th Circuit Court in Merrimack on Tuesday. The charges include one class A felony count of possession of a controlled narcotic drug with intent to sell, two class B felony counts of possession of a controlled narcotic drug, two misdemeanor A counts of possession of a controlled drug, and one class A misdemeanor count of transportation of a controlled drug.
In court, Cooley's bail was ordered to remain at $25,000 cash and he was transported back to Valley Street Jail in Manchester. Cooley has been scheduled for a probable cause hearing Monday at 9 a.m. at Milford District Court
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Web manhunt child abuser gets 20 years
Interpol internet appeal pays dividends
A US child abuser who became the target of an internet manhunt last year has been jailed for nearly 20 years after abusing boys as young as six.
Wayne Nelson Corliss, 60, was sent to prison for 19 and a half years and ordered to pay $5,000 by a court in Newark, New Jersey on Monday, AFP reports.
Corliss was arrested in May last year after Interpol took the unusual step of launching an appeal to uncover the identity of a man depicted in images of child abuse. The move came after Norwegian police recovered images of the abuse but were unable to identify the perpetrator.
Cropped images from the vile photographs depicting Corliss alone were posted on Interpol's website. Corliss was arrested two days later, following a tip-off from the public.
Corliss subsequently pleaded guilty to traveling to Thailand annually between 2000 and 2002 in order to abuse youngsters and to paying for "unfettered access to his victims". He also admitted the production and possession of images depicting child sexual abuse. Corliss's admitted abuse of youngsters allegedly took place at the Thai home of a Canadian expatriate now awaiting US trial on related offences.
"Wayne Corliss is a determined sexual predator who traveled the world to engage in horrible conduct with helpless young victims," Paul Fishman, the US attorney for New Jersey. "The length of the sentence will ensure that Corliss will never have the opportunity to prey on anyone else."
Interpol Secretary General Ronald K Noble said the tough punishment handed out to Corliss ought to act as deterrent.
"What is also clear from our appeal is that members of the public are ready and willing to help police identify and arrest child sexual predators who would otherwise continue to use the internet to maintain their anonymity and to travel to prey on young victims," Noble said in an Interpol statement on the case.
"The days when child sex predators could travel internationally to violate innocent children without fear of being identified, prosecuted and convicted are over."
Two other Americans, Burgess Lee Burgess, aged 45 and Mitchell Kent Jackson, aged 32 were each recently jailed for six years and five months after they both admitted to visiting Thailand between 2000 and 2002 to have sex with young boys. Each admitted corresponding with Wayne Nelson Corliss prior to their trips.
The Corliss case marked only the second time Interpol launched a public appeal for a suspected paedophile using the internet. The first such appeal involved the reconstruction of digital images leading to the arrest of Canadian Christopher Paul Neil. Neil was tracked down and arrested in Thailand. He was subsequently tried and sent to jail for three years. ®


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Barcelona's Andres Iniesta has said that he couldn't care less if Jose Mourinho moves on from Real Madrid
The Blaugrana midfielder is fully focused on affairs at Camp Nou and is not distracted by the media speculation surrounding the former Chesea and Porto coach.
The Spaniard made the remark regarding the future of the Portuguese at the recording of a new commercial for ice cream maker Kalise, before switching his attention the the Champions League.
"It does not matter to me what Mourinho does," the midfielder told reporters.
Both sides are still in contention for the European crown and the Spain international is dreaming of playing in another final, possibly against Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu.
"What I want is to be in the final, once we are there we will fight to win. We will fight for it until the death. Fans of Real Madrid would think they could lose it."
The Blaugrana face Bayern Munich in the last four of the competition, while Real Madrid will have to overcome Borussia Dortmund if they are to make it to the final at Wembley.


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CHICAGO, Ill. (Jan. 27, 2013) – The Chicago Fire opened its preseason schedule with a 2-0 win over Florida Gulf Coast University at Ave Maria's North Park Sunday afternoon. Fire head coach Frank Klopas used the first preseason match to evaluate talent, playing 28 of the 32 players on the club's preseason roster. Goals from Dominic Oduro and Daniel Paladini proved the difference in the first preseason friendly of the club's preseason camp.
WATCH: Postgame Recap
The Fire started the match with eight players from the core group that lead the Fire to a 17-11-6 finish in 2012 as the Men in Red made returned to the MLS Cup Playoffs for the 12th time in 15 seasons. Trialist Alec Kann started in goal and new acquisitions Joel Lindpere and Jeff Larentowicz patrolled the midfield in their first match as Fire players.
RECAP: FGCU win a good building block
In the 18th minute, after a great sequence of passing by the Fire, Lindpere's shot hit the post and fell to Chris Rolfe, whose follow up shot was saved off the line by FGCU goalkeeper Mateus Schuler.
After a scoreless first 30 minutes, Klopas trotted out a completely different group for the second 30 minutes. Dominic Oduro opened scoring in the 39th minute when he pounced on a loose ball in the box after a Fire corner and calmly slotted the ball home from six yards out.
The Fire would double their lead just eight minutes later when Oduro fed the ball into the box for a charging Daniel Paladini whose clinical finish gave the Fire the 2-0 advantage.
ARCHIVE: Re-watch the Match
The Men in Red continue preparations ahead of its 16th season when they take on fellow MLS side Columbus Crew at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. on Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 10:30 a.m. CT. Fans can follow all the action on Twitter @ChiFireMatch.
Chicago Fire Season Tickets and #cf97withdrawals Winter Packs, which give fans the opportunity to witness the Men in Red in action on Opening Day while donning the four Fire hats and four pairs of Fire gloves included in the pack, are available by calling 1-888-MLS-FIRE, via Ticketmaster or by heading to the club's official website at www.Chicago-Fire.com.
Chicago Fire 2 – 0 Florida Gulf Coast University
Chicago Fire: Alec Kann*, Logan Pause ©, Jalil Anibaba, Austin Berry, Gonzalo Segares; Alex, Jeff Larentowicz, Joel Lindpere, Wells Thompson; Chris Rolfe, Sherjill MacDonald.
(30'): Ian Joyce*; Rich Balchan*, Steven Kinney, Rauwshan McKenzie*, Hunter Jumper; Trialist 1* (Sam Archer 58'), Michael Videira, Daniel Paladini, Yazid Atouba**; Dominic Oduro, Maicon Santos
(60'): Trialist 2*; Caleb Konstanski**, Eric Robertson*, Raushawn McKinzie*, John Gallagher**; Sam Archer*, Daniel Paladini, Michael Videira, Yazid Atouba**; Dominic Oduro, Colin Rolfe*
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Florida Gulf Coast University: Mateus Schuler; Luis Vega, Christian Robbs, Aaron Guillen, Fedrico Crespo; Christian Velez, Rodrigo Saravia, Santiago Echeverri, Steven Oliveri; Felipe DeSousa, Jourdan Gooden
Scoring Summary
CHI – Dominic Oduro (unassisted) 39'
CHI – Daniel Paladini (Dominic Oduro) 47'
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Only an open standard lance can slay EMC's cache demon
Put your heads together, lads
Blocks and Files Having EMC storage arrays direct hot data into a flash bank is great, but only if you're happy using EMC's cache gear. Wouldn't it be rather nice if there was an open and widely used server flash interface that could be used by all PCIe flash cards and PCIe flash-using vendors?
Suppose QLogic adds a flash cache to its converged network adapters (CNAs) and host bus adapters (HBAs), effectively offering PCIe flash card caching to data flying across your network. Unfortunately that wouldn't mean it could compete with EMC's Project Lightning, for QLogic has no arrangement with any storage array vendor.
Nor does it mean it can take on market leader Fusion-io. QLogic doesn't have Fusion's technology expertise or software resources. What does it have?
It has experience, channels and storage supplier credibility gained from selling hundreds of thousands of server adapters to connect to storage arrays using open interfaces. It, along with Emulex and Brocade, sells HBA and CNA products in an open market... a large open market, because of this. It would good for all three suppliers and their customers if they could carry on in this fashion with storage array-coordinated PCIe flash.
Look at this from a NetApp or HDS point of view. How can they, as standalone storage array vendors, compete with EMC's Project Lightning? They would need their own PCIe flash card plus a way to interface it efficiently with their storage array to pass and receive requests and data over the network. This equals expense and a limited market opportunity.
Ideally it would good for the industry and for customers both if storage array vendors and server adapter card suppliers got together and produced an open standard for a server flash interface. The overall server flash market would then become bigger as customers are more likely to buy products that don't lock them in.
Industry players would not have to reinvent the server flash-storage array interface for each supported storage array or PCIe flash card. Innovation would flourish on top of an open standard in this area, instead of being hobbled and restricted by multiple overlapping and essentially redundant proprietary interfaces.
Who's going to do it?
The SNIA could be an umbrella organisation under which such a standard could be developed. Suppliers with an interest in it would include, firstly, storage array vendors, such as the standalone firms (Fujitsu, HDS, NetApp, Nexsan, etc) and ones that are divisions of server vendors (Dell, HP, Huawei, IBM and perhaps Oracle). It would enable standalone storage suppliers to be closely integrated with servers in an IT environment that is prizing such integration more and more.
Secondly, the three main adapter vendors – Brocade, Emulex and QLogic – would also benefit by being able to sell into an open and larger market than one featuring their proprietary interfaces, even licensed proprietary interfaces.
Furthermore, if they wanted to cache storage array traffic on their own, they would have to track blocks coming from the array and keep repeated blocks in their cache. It is not a very efficient way of caching read data; far better to do it in conjunction with the storage array and, if possible, with applications.
Thirdly, all the current and future PCIe flash card vendors would benefit too, including Intel, LSI, Micron, OCZ, SanDisk, STEC and TMS, but less so Fusion-io. It is the market leader and will possibly perceive supporting an open server flash standard as weakening its competitive position. It would probably be right but customers would prefer it to play nice with such a standard.
Will such an open server flash-storage array interface standard happen? It would be immensely helpful to its inception if Emulex and QLogic on the one hand, and HDS and NetApp on the other publicly supported it, and committed resources to make it happen. Let IBM support it as well and the thing would be unstoppable – a done deal which EMC and Fusion-io would both be likely to support. ®


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Does anyone have information regarding Marshawn's DUI?
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Basis4day wrote:DUI is still in the courts in Alameda County. California has a huge backlog of cases due to spending cuts and furlough days. Nothing to report until it's reported.
Criminal cases are not available online in that jurisdiction.
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ESO is an intergovernmental organisation, and therefore the ESO ground is extra-territorial to its host-country, Germany. The sole sovereign authority over the ESO site thus lies with the ESO Director General.
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|The sign says it all: max 20 km/h on ESO ground, the German traffic code is applicable, with the exception deriving from the above: Due to its exterritorial status, only the Director General, and -by delegation - the Head of Administration are allowed to call/invite German police on ESO ground.
Parking is allowed on the designated spaces only. There are designated visitors spaces beyond the first barrier, left hand of the pedestrian bridge when entering.
ESO reserves the right to have parking offenders towed away at their own risk&cost. This applies in particular to vehicles parked in/against of fire-lanes, hydrants, and emergency exits.
ESO also reserves the right to have cars hampering ESOs operation to be towed away at the owner's risk&cost (overnight/long-term parking: check with reception and leave your key).
ESO declines all responsibility for any loss/damages/theft that may occur to parked vehicles. In case of dispute, only the ESO Director General or the Head of Administration is habilitated to call the police.
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — From a computer keyboard in London, an Iranian emigre plays the role of counselor, social media guru and all-around adviser for Internet users back home seeking ways around the cyber-blocks set up by authorities in Tehran. These have been busy days.
His Twitter account — which goes under the handle of Nariman Gharib — registers a steady stream of calls for help from Iran and responses about new proxy servers, dial-up modems and other possible workarounds. The goal is to defeat Iran's Internet clampdowns, which have intensified in the approach to presidential elections on June 14.
"Here is a new link for Siphon," he wrote, describing a site that directs users to a server outside Iran. Minutes later, replies stream back that it worked on Android systems but not PCs. He sent a tweaked Web address.
"Hope this works," he wrote.
State controls on the Internet in Iran are nothing new. Authorities have steadily tried to choke off social media and political opposition sites — among others — since they became tools for protesters alleging vote rigging after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election four years ago.
Now, with the election to pick Ahmadinejad's successor looming, the constraints are drawing even tighter. Iranian authorities appear to be stepping up their efforts to block the pathways to servers outside Iran that open access to outlawed sites such as Facebook, the BBC's Persian service and websites from what's left of Iran's opposition Green Movement.
The Internet squeeze signifies more than a display of widening state controls before an election that is almost certain to bring an establishment-friendly winner. It's also another showcase of Iran's expanding online prowess led by the powerful Revolutionary Guards.
A special Web-watching corps established two years ago has the mission of patrolling the domestic Internet and fighting suspected cyberwars with the West and its allies. Some say it even creates false activist profiles to try to ferret out dissidents.
Iran is believed by many security experts to be behind computer-virus attacks last year on Saudi Arabian state oil giant Saudi Aramco and Qatari natural gas producer RasGas. Last week, The New York Times reported that Iran is considered a chief suspect in a series of malware breaches into U.S. energy companies, citing American officials and corporate security experts. Iran has repeatedly denied similar claims.
But Iran also has been hit by viruses it claims were launched by the U.S. and Israel. A date-siphoning program known as Flame forced Iran's Oil Ministry to completely shut down its computer system last year. Three years ago, Iran's uranium-enrichment labs were penetrated by a virus called Stuxnet, which was tailored to disrupt Iran's nuclear centrifuges.
On Sunday, Iran inaugurated a 5,000-kilometer (3,000-mile) fiber-optic line running to Germany via Russia. Iran's North Korean-educated communications minister, Mohammad Hasan Nami , said it will boost the "security" of telecommunications as part of Iran's wider efforts to seek a self-contained Internet with its own Google-style search engines and vetted websites such as Twitter and Facebook accounts attributed to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
"Iranian authorities are getting better at controlled cyberspace," said Theodore Karasik, a security and political affairs analyst at the Dubai-based Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis. "But Iran's Internet generation is very clever at beating them at their own game."
The legions of well-educated and highly Web literate Iranians under 30 are the backbone of a kind of cyber-underground. Names and Web addresses of proxy server sites that allow users to sidestep controls are passed around like hot gossip. Lately, however, authorities appear to be gaining the upper hand.
Each morning, Hossein Razaei, a mechanical engineer who runs a small engineering company in Tehran, checks up on the best-working path to beat the censors. Sometimes that means scanning banned news sites such as Voice of America or connecting to foreign engineering firms to look at new ideas.
"Nowadays," he laments, "we cannot open many sites."
Iranian authorities have not commented directly on any possible new Web controls. Some lawmakers have suggested that Web restrictions are needed to prevent "enemies" — a reference to U.S. and allies — from influencing the election.
But Iran's leaders certainly have factored in the chaos in 2009, which marked Iran's worst domestic unrest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
It also was a precursor to the Arab Spring in the use of social media. Sites such as Facebook and Twitter — still relatively obscure in the region at the time — were essential to organizing protests and giving accounts of crackdowns after blanket media restrictions were imposed. A YouTube video of a dying protester, Neda Agha Soltan, became an iconic image of the demonstrations.
Ironically, the latest apparent Internet pressures in Iran are not reflected in fears of rising opposition linked to the election. The rejection of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from the ballot seemed to undercut a possible resurgence of reformist fervor after years of arrests and relentless intimidation.
Many liberals and others may now simply stay on the sidelines as most of the eight candidates represent firm loyalists to the Islamic system, including top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, former Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati and Tehran Mayor Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf. Two relatively moderate candidates, including a former vice president under reformist President Mohammad Khatami, have not yet generated much popular buzz.
Last week, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry noted "troubling signs" that the Iranian government is cutting off Internet access to stifle criticism of how the candidates were chosen.
"Ultimately, the Iranian people will be prevented not only from choosing someone who might reflect their point of view, but also taking part in a way that is essential to a kind of legitimate democracy," he said.
Khamenei said Monday that Kerry's criticisms weren't "worthy enough" to merit a response, according to the semiofficial Fars news agency. Then he vowed Washington would be "punched in the mouth" by a high turnout for the election.
At an Internet cafe in Tehran, a former activist during the 2009 unrest, Mohammad Feizi, spoke in dark tones about an election in which he feels no stake and Internet crackdowns that cut off his main window to the wider world. His old tricks of bypassing the Web controls, he said, are increasingly foiled.
"I am really frustrated," the 27-year-old said. "The government put lethal restrictions on the Internet, yet expects people — particularly the youth — to get involved in society. It is meaningless."
Murphy reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.


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Twitter's new video service — Vine, which lets you create six-second looping videos — launched recently and has exploded in popularity. Some gamers seized on it as a chance to express their love of the hobby. Here are just a few of the best posts we found on Vine so far.
Just a heads-up: This page may take a while to load, since it's full of HTML5 videos. Additionally some of the compatibility in embedding is still a bit wonky. If you are having trouble seeing the videos below, try opening the post in a different browser (Chrome seems to be the most finicky) or directly viewing each Vine link. We just couldn't pass up the opportunity to show you these videos.
Graph Paper Tetris
@vineapp Playing Tetris on paper vine.co/v/bJ2rA67rtOE vine.co/v/bJ2Xie7bQF0
— Pinot (@pinot) January 30, 2013
That 3DS is a monster!
It's alive! #3ds #nintendo #videogames #monster #gamer #games #animation #videogame vine.co/v/bJiZnBVnuJZ
— Bitmap'd Gamer Tees (@bitmapd) January 28, 2013
Turning on my PS3. Never been easier. #vine #animation #magic #ps3 #videogames vine.co/v/b5LE11DePbK
— Nicholas Taylor (@NicholastTaylor) January 26, 2013
Pikachu uses headbutt. It's super-effective!
Pikachu and Charmander have a headbut contest. #pokemon vine.co/v/bJ0UXVWnJLK
— Jim D (@sonuckles) January 30, 2013
Gaming magazines were great, weren't they?
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment Magazine, 1989. vine.co/v/bJrim77h9un
— Scott Stein (@jetscott) January 28, 2013
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The Older Americans Act of 1965 established a system whereby authorized program funds flow through State Units on Aging (in Massachusetts, the State Unit on Aging is the Executive Office of Elder Affairs) to Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) where they are used to support home and community based supportive and nutrition services. In Massachusetts, there are twenty-two Area Agencies on Aging representing a like number of Planning and Service Areas (PSA). Planning and Service Areas are collections of communities that any given Area Agency on Aging serves; PSAs in Massachusetts range in size and composition from a single city (for example, Boston) to ones that serve over thirty cities and towns.
Area Agencies on Aging solicit and contract with private vendors for services, administer the disbursement of funding, monitor programs for regulatory compliance and maintenance of quality, and generally coordinate operation of services and resources.
Area Agencies on Aging represent the original structure and system for delivering federally funded services to the elders of the nation and the Commonwealth. In Massachusetts, Area Agencies on Aging provide services in concert with another group of entities known as Aging Services Access Points, (or 'ASAPs', authorized within Section 19A of Massachusetts General Laws), which are often collocated with AAAs. ASAPs were formerly known as "Home Care Corporations", a name that spoke to their principal responsibility of operating the state-funded Home Care Program, a collection of supportive services designed to help elders remain independent and in their own homes, services that naturally complement those of the AAAs. In Massachusetts, there are 26 Aging Services Access Points, 19 of which are collocated with an Area Agency on Aging; seven ASAPs are 'stand-alone' entities, leaving three free-standing AAAs that fall outside the ASAP system.


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18-year-old from Mount Airy subject of Silver Alert
18-year-old from Mount Airy subject of Silver Alert
A Silver Alert was issued Thursday afternoon for an 18-year-old from Mount Airy.
Brandon Lee Sagraves was last seen at 143 Bourbon Trail. Surry County deputies believe he may be heading toward Kernersville.
Sagraves is believed to be suffering from dementia or some other cognitive impairment.
He stands 5'6" tall, weighs 110 pounds and has hazel eyes and brown hair. He was last seen wearing blue shorts and brown boots, deputies said.
Anyone with information on Sagraves' whereabouts is asked to call Det. J. Luffman at the Surry County Sheriff's Office at (336) 401-8900.


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It took a long time for same-sex marriage to win at the ballot box, but when it finally happened Tuesday, it happened in a big way. In the states where voters considered measures to recognize gay marriage rights — Maine, Maryland and Washington — all three won approval. In Minnesota, voters rejected a Proposition 8-like measure that would have embedded a ban on same-sex marriage in the state constitution.
Let's not fool ourselves: This nation has a long way to go before all gay and lesbian couples enjoy full marriage rights. The vast majority of states ban gay marriage. But that is going to change. Polls over the last several years have shown steady increases in acceptance of same-sex marriage.
The changing attitudes were visible in more than just the four states that voted on ballot measures. In Iowa, for instance, state Supreme Court Justice David Wiggins kept his seat even though social conservatives sought his ouster because he was among the justices to rule in 2009 that the state's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. Supporters of equal marriage rights were elected to legislatures in several states, and lawmakers in a few have said they will introduce marriage bills. And it is significant that on Tuesday, the nation for the first time elected a president who openly supports same-sex marriage (Obama said in 2008 that he opposed same-sex marriage but later changed his mind) and whose party adopted that stance in its platform, something that couldn't have happened a decade ago.


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The late 1820s and 1830s saw a Protestant religious revival called the Second Great Awakening which had a strong impact on American religion and reform. In New England evangelical enthusiasm led to the formation of missionary societies that sent clergy to foreign lands to bring bibles and religion to non-Christians. This is an account of missionaries from Northampton, Massachusetts, who set sail from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Madras, India. Some of the missionaries were bound for the Tamal Mission, while others would proceed to Calcutta. The Reverend Mr. Tappan wrote a poem about the journey. The Greenfield Gazette and Franklin Herald was the newspaper in Greenfield, Massachusetts, from June 26, 1827 to June 27, 1837. It changed its name to the Gazette & Mercury.
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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile's Supreme Court has approved the extradition of a former Argentine judge who fled his home country to avoid trial on charges of crimes against humanity.
The court said late Wednesday that Otilio Romano should face a court in Argentina where he is accused of committing nearly 100 human rights crimes while working as a prosecutor during the country's 1976-83 military dictatorship. The decision is unanimous and cannot be appealed.
Roman is accused of using confessions obtained through torture as evidence against dissidents and with protecting military and security force members accused of crimes. He denies those and other charges.
Romano fled to Chile in August 2011. Chile refused to grant him political asylum last year and he was put under house arrest pending the extradition process.


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Despite global technological and economic development, a large proportion of
the nearly 1.5 billion people living in severe poverty at the dawn of the new
millennium are located in Asia. Global per capita water supplies are declining
and are now 30% lower than they were 25 years ago. By 2050, as much as 42% of
the world's population may have to live in countries with insufficient
freshwater stocks to meet the combined needs of agriculture, industry, and domestic
use. The world's population will reach at least 8.9 billion by the middle
of the 21st century (United Nations, 1998). India and China alone now account
for 38% of the world's population. Most of the additional population would
be in developing countries. These countries are likely to suffer adverse agricultural
responses; significant changes in seasonal runoff; possibly severe vector-borne
diseases; increased risks of severe tropical weather disturbances, including
storms; vulnerability to sea-level rise; and other stresses. This section presents
key regional concerns of various subregions of Asia related to climate change.
Relatively hospitable mountain regions in Asia are under pressure from human
settlements and commercial cultivation, which have led to land degradation and
adverse effects on water supply. Ongoing changes in different mountain systems
within Asia include those associated with high crop production and those characterized
by extensive animal husbandry and pastureland. Human encroachment in mountain
regions has reduced vegetation cover, which has increased soil moisture evaporation,
erosion, and siltationwith adverse effects on water quality and other
resources. Changes in the snowfall pattern have been observed in mountain and
highland systems, particularly in the Himalayas (Verghese and Iyer, 1993). These
changes will have wider implicationsfrom marked impact on the monsoon
regime to seasonal runoff and vegetation cover, including agriculture. Changes
in the hydrological regime also will trigger episodes of extreme events.
One-tenth of the world's known species of higher altitude plants and animals
occur in the Himalayas. In addition, some countries in Asia are centers of origin
for many crop and fruit-tree species; as such, they are important sources of
genes for their wild relatives. Biodiversity is being lost in these regions
because of human activities, especially land degradation and the overuse of
resources. In 1995, approximately 10% of known species in the Himalayas were
listed as threatened, and the number of species on the verge of extinction has
increased since then. As a consequence of global warming, the present distribution
of species in high-elevation ecosystems is projected to shift to higher elevations,
although the rates of vegetation change are expected to be slow and colonization
success would be constrained by increased erosion and overland flows in the
highly dissected and steep terrains of the Himalayan mountain range. Weedy species
with a wide ecological tolerance will have an advantage over others (Kitayama
and Mueller-Dombois, 1995). High-elevation tree speciessuch as Abies,
Acer, and Betulaprevail in cold climates because of their adaptations
to chilling winters. In Japan, the area of suitable habitat at higher elevations
has shrunk over the past 30 years, and the variety of alpine plants that grow
there has been rapidly reduced (Masuzawa, 1997, 2000). Increases in temperature
would result in competition between such species and new arrivals. The sensitivity
of alpine flora to climatic factors and, in particular, water stress in the
summit region of Mt. Kinabaluthe highest mountain in southeast Asiaalready
have been demonstrated (Kitayama, 1996; Aiba and Kitayama, 1999). The accumulated
stresses of climate change are likely to disrupt the ecology of mountain and
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Visit Peru's incredible natural and historical highlights on this awesome adventure. Retrace the steps of the Incas to Machu Picchu, admire colonial cities, explore vibrant markets and meet the locals in this South American country with a difference. Return home with incredible memories of the panoramas and people of Peru. Amazing wildlife, both on land and underwater, is the drawcard of the remote Galapagos Islands. Tour the Galapagos' outstanding natural beauty and interesting history by foot, boat and bike on this active adventure. Trace Darwin's theory of evolution, spot colourful, bizarre and beautiful creatures and have an experience that is completely out of this world as you discover the incredible Galapagos Islands.
Marvel at the mother of all Inca cities, magical Machu Picchu. Enjoy a guided tour of the ruins and free time to explore on your own
Enjoy plenty of time in gorgeous Cusco, the perfect place to launch into further outdoor adventures, or simply relax and take in mountain views
The floating reed islands of Uros on Lake Titicaca are astounding in concept, construction and history. Take a boat tour on the world's highest navigable lake and stay with a local family there.
Get acquainted with the beautiful churches and graceful boulevards of Quito, Ecuador's capital
The Galapagos Islands played a profound role in forming Charles Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection. Explore the islands on this in-depth adventure, coming face-to-face with some of the most extraordinary wildlife on earth
Get your blood pumping as you scale a volcano on Isabela Island, and kayak in beautiful Isabela Bay
Get up close and personal with giant tortoises on Santa Cruz Island. These nearly extinct creatures are one of the greatest drawcards to the Galapagos
This is a land based Galapagos trip, we use locally owned hotels on the islands. On this trip you will have more opportunities to interact with the locals as opposed to staying on a boat.
This trip visits places that are at high altitude, and as a result some people can suffer from altitude sickness, regardless of age or physical health. Please see the 'Health' section of the trip notes for more important information on this.
The facilities are basic at your homestay on Lake Titicaca. While creature comforts are few and far between while you're there, many travellers find the experience a rich and rewarding one.
The sun in the Galapagos islands is incredibly strong due to its close proximity to the equator, ensure you are well prepared with suncreen, sun hat, sunglasses and a rash guard if desired.
This trip does include snorkeling on multiple days throughout the itinerary. Confident swimming skills are required to take part in this tour.
This trip involves a lot of travel by speed boat between the various Galapagos Islands, the rides can be quite bumpy at times. The good news is that seasickness can often be managed with medication. Consult a health professional before your trip.
Wildlife is a big focus on this trip, with activities like bird watching and swimming.
This trip includes a 17 km hike (approximately 6-7 hours) on rocky terrain. We recommend bringing comfortable walking shoes that offer good support.
This itinerary is valid for departures from 01 January 2018 to 31 December 2018. View the itinerary for departures between 01 January 2019 - 31 December 2019
Full passport details are required at the time of booking in order to purchase Entrance fees to certain sites. Additionally on certain trips it's needed to book bus, train or flight tickets. Delays to provide this information may result in booking fees or changes to your itinerary.
A Single Supplement to have your own room is available on this trip however excludes night 7 (Lake Titicaca, Homestay) where you will be in shared accommodation.
The Lima to Quito flight on day 9 is not included in the tour price.
Note that the first meeting of the second part of this trip takes place in Quito at 2pm on day 9, so preferably please book an early flight out of Lima.
Please consider booking international flights with Lan so you can book this flight on an airpass. Contact us for more information.
**Airport transfers are included for these flights, however we must have flight information, no later than 15 days out from departure**
A Galapagos Transit Card fee of US$20 is payable on departure from Quito Airport (or whichever airport in Ecuador you are flying to the Galapagos from). The Galapagos park fee (US$100) and Isabela Port fee (US$10) are payable upon arrival to the islands (cash only). These amounts are in addition to your trip payment.
When booking, please ensure that your details are correct and they match your passport.
Your passport must match the booking details provided to us; otherwise it could cause issues with your transit card and internal flights resulting in purchasing a new card and flights at your own expense.
Please note that from June to August the water is rougher than usual. Consequently travel times will be longer than usual. If you suffer from seasickness you may want to reconsider travelling during this period.
Some of the hotels in the Galapagos do have internet connections however it's often very slow and and may not always be functional.
Our Best of Peru & Galapagos trips score an average of 4.8 out of 5 based on 5 reviews in the last year.
This was a fabulous trip. Awesome mixed aged travelers, wonderful itinerarys, and competent guides made this experience what it was. Highlights included playing volleyball on the shores of Lake Titicaca with the local women, Pisco Sours with the original recipe, churros (you've never had churros like Peruvian churros!) lunch with local villagers high in the sacred valley, and every single thing about the Galapagos. Just go!!
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Jayson Werth did not want to talk about his new look, a bushy beard and long hair that made you half expect to see him carrying around a Wilson volleyball with a bloody hand print.
He did, however, talk about his personal contract situation, which sees him entering 2010 in the final year of a two-year, $10 million deal. The Phillies already have more than $130 million guaranteed to 15 players next season, and they have said they do not expect their payroll to climb much higher than it's current state, which is right around $140 million.
"I think everybody knows the situation," Werth said. "It's no secret. But really, I'm focused on playing baseball and being part of another championship season."
Does he look at the contracts that Jason Bay and Matt Holliday landed -- both signed for more than $15 million annually -- and think he might be in line for a big pay-day?
"I think their situation is a little bit different from mine. I think I'm a season away from something like that, so really I'm just focused on having a good season and being part of something special here again. Really, these guys in here, I've been with them, this is my fourth year here, so it will be interesting to see how it goes, but these guys are great guys and just coming to work everyday with my teammates and my friends, that's what it's all about - coming in, working hard and playing the game of baseball. That's what I'm focused on."
Is he open to talking about an extension?
"We'll have to see. That's what I've got an agent for. They handle all that stuff. My focus is the Philadelphia Phillies and the guys in that clubhouse and the city of Philadelphia and winning another championship."
Would he rule out talking about an extension during the season?
"This is the first time I've been in a situation like that, dealing with a long term deal and extensions and all that. This is the first time I've had an opportunity at that. So we'll deal with that as it comes, but it's not something that I'll be focused on."
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The ADS7040 is a 8-bit, 1-MSPS, analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The device supports a wide analog input voltage range (1.65 V to 3.6 V) and includes a capacitor-based, successive-approximation register (SAR) ADC with an inherent sample-and-hold circuit. The SPI-compatible serial interface is controlled by the CS and SCLK signals. The input signal is sampled with the CS falling edge and SCLK is used for conversion and serial data output. The device supports a wide digital supply range (1.65 V to 3.6 V), enabling direct interface to a variety of host controllers. The ADS7040 complies with the JESD8-7A standard for a normal DVDD range (1.65 V to 1.95 V).
The ADS7040 is available in 8-pin, miniature, leaded, and X2QFN packages and is specified for operation from –40°C to 125°C. Miniature form-factor and extremely low-power consumption make this device suitable for space-constrained, battery-powered applications.


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SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Earthquakes announced today that the club has acquired allocation money from Toronto FC in exchange for defender Justin Morrow.
Morrow, 26, made 71 appearances during his four seasons with the Earthquakes. He originally joined San Jose as a second-round pick in the 2010 SuperDraft out of Notre Dame. Morrow had two goals and six assists with the Earthquakes. He started for MLS in the 2012 AT&T All-Star Game against Chelsea at PPL Park. Morrow also earned his first United States Men's National Team cap as a member of the Earthquakes, starting and playing 90 minutes in a scoreless draw against Canada on Jan. 29 at Houston's BBVA Compass Stadium.
Transactions: San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) – San Jose Earthquakes acquire allocation money from Toronto FC in exchange for D Justin Morrow.


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A shot every one to three months may someday give an alternative to the daily pills that some people take now to cut their risk of getting HIV from sex with an infected partner.
Scientists say a long-acting, experimental drug completely protected monkeys from infection in two studies reported at an AIDS conference in Boston on Tuesday.
If testing in people shows the same, the shots could become a new tool to curb the spread of HIV. There's already a daily pill that can be taken by those who don't have the virus but are at risk of getting it from an infected partner.
The studies were done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and researchers at Rockefeller University in New York.


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The price of oil slipped below $86 a barrel Monday as traders worried about the threat to the U.S. economy if President Barack Obama and lawmakers don't reach an agreement to avoid automatic tax hikes and spending cuts.
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for December delivery was down 38 cents to $85.69 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 98 cents to finish at $86.07 per barrel on the Nymex on Friday.
Obama and congressional leaders face a Jan. 2 deadline to reach an agreement or at least come up with a framework to deal with expiring Bush-era tax cuts and automatic spending cuts to defense and domestic programs — known as the "fiscal cliff."
Economists say the cuts could total $800 billion, cost 3 million jobs and plunge the U.S. back into recession. Analysts say more stock market turmoil could arise as the deadline approaches. Obama is to begin talking to lawmakers in Washington this week on a deal.
Prices were also weighed down by forecasts of rising supplies. The International Energey Agency forecast that the United States would increase output steadily to become the world's largest oil producer by around 2020, ahead of Saudi Arabia. That will allow the country to become a net oil exporter by 2030, the IEA said in its World Energy Outlook 2012.
The report said the rebound in U.S. oil and gas production is being driven by new exploration technologies and discoveries of shale gas. This is "steadily changing the role of North America in global energy trade," the Paris-based IEA said in its report.
"The United States, which currently imports around 20 percent of its total energy needs, becomes all but self-sufficient in net terms — a dramatic reversal of the trend seen in most other energy-importing countries," the agency said.
The IEA added that global trends in the energy markets would be influenced by some countries' retreat from nuclear power, the fast spread of wind and solar technologies and a rise in unconventional gas production.
Meanwhile, Brent crude, used to price international varieties of oil, fell 19 cents to $109.21 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
Among other energy futures trading on Nymex:
— Heating oil fell 0.37 cent to $3.0018 a gallon.
— Wholesale gasoline lost 0.17 cent to $2.6562 a gallon.
— Natural gas added 0.9 cent to $3.512 per 1,000 cubic feet.
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209 Cheer and Dance will host a two-part event on Feb. 9.
209 Cheer and Dance will host a two-part event on Feb. 9.
Participants will attend a dance clinic from 8 a.m. to noon at 2403 Coronado Ave., Suite 1, Stockton. Then they will meet from 3 to 6 p.m. at AG Spanos Center at University of the Pacific to perform during a halftime show.
Space is limited to 100 participants, ages 5 to 14. Cost is $35. Registration deadline is Wednesday.
Proceeds benefit medical and travel expenses for Destiny Herrera of Manteca, who has been diagnosed with cancer.
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The Bike Shelter 2000 28mm Log Cabin – 1.5m x 2.0m – Under 2.5m High
The Bike Shelter 2000 28 mm log cabin, 1.5m x 2.0m is a great little shed for storing your bikes, garden equipment or garden furniture. It is perfect for fitting to the side of the house or a wall and is strong and secure.
The Bike Shelter 2000 comes with FREE DELIVERY and if you require our installation service please do not hesitate to contact us.
Log Cabin Roof Covering Options
There are 3 options for sealing the roof when ordering your cabin:
1. No roof covering, Customer to purchase their own
If you choose to purchase the cabin you can request to have it delivered without any roof covering. There are some cabins with flat (mono) roofs which we do not recommend either felt tiles or felt. We would suggest either laying an EPDM roofing system or 'torch on' felt roofing. If you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact us.
2. Bitumen Felt
If you choose the felt option we will supply the appropriate number of rolls with the cabin.
3. Felt Shingle Tiles
We can supply with your new cabin 4 different colours, red, green, brown and black rectangular tiles. We will sent the appropriate number of packs which will also leave you with some spares.
Red Felt Shingles
Green Felt Shingles
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Our Celotex Roof & Floor Insulation Kits
With Zero Condensation Risk
- Proven to have zero condensation risk – when installed correctly
- Now supplied with the superb Celotex foil back insulation board – as a standard
- Improved the thermal of your building, both in the roof and the floor
- Easy to fit – no special skills or extra tools required
- Economical – half the price of other insulation systems and less than half the install time too! Our special insulation kits employ a warm roof system, which means they are fitted on top of the cabin roof and not underneath. A much neater and effective system and also quick to install. You still see the lovely timber roof joists inside your cabin with no loss of headroom within the cabin either.
- Our kits allow the existing factory supplied fascia to be used, in most cases (some corner buildings may require new fascia boards due to the increased roof angles involved in fitting the roof kits)
- We arrange delivery of the insulation kits at the same time as your cabin
How to Install our Celotex Roof & Floor Insulation Kits to Your Log Cabin
1) You will receive all the parts that you will need to insulate the roof and the floor, of your building. Our special tried and tested insulation kits comprise of the following parts:
- 2.4 m Sawn and treated battens – to form the perimeter around your roof to retain the insulation board
- 1600 mm wide Reinforced Thermo Reflective and Vapour Control Layer (special silver quilted membrane)
- Thermo Reflective Aluminium Tape – used to seal all joints in the roof insulation and over the floor joists
- Insulation Board – a Celotex Foil 2 sides rigid insulation board – 25 mm thick measuring 2400 x 1200 mm
- 11 mm thick solid sheet boarding (OSB) measuring 2440 x 1220 mm or 2400 x 1200 mm
- 40 mm screws – only to be used to fit the perimeter batten down to the roof boards and to suspend the floor insulation
- 50 mm screws – to be used for screwing down through the OSB when on the Celotex and into roof boards & battens.
Here is an image of how your insulation kit might look when it arrives with you. You can see the components that we use in our Celotex insulation kits in this image. We supply,
the Celotex, foil both sides, insulation board, the special VCL (Vapour Control layer) screws in 40 mm and 50 mm length, the 25 x 38 treated battens and thermo reflective
aluminium tape.
2) Build your log cabin as you usually would but leave the internal floor fitting for now.
Fit your roof boards as usual but do not felt or fit shingle tiles yet.
This image shows the log cabin roof boarded with the t & g roof boards, supplied with a typical log cabin. These are usually 18 mm – 20 mm thick in good quality buildings.
3) The sawn treated perimeter batten needs fixing to your roof. The batten is provided in 2.4 m lengths for ease of handling.
Start at the front left hand corner of your roof. Fit the batten with the 38 mm wide face lying down flat on your roof and flush with the edge of your roof. Fix through into the roof boards with the 40 mm long screws. Do this all along the perimeter of your roof, including up the gable ends to the ridge point. The battens will now fully edge the roof.
You can see the perimeter edge batten fixed on this log cabin at the bottom of the roof and the gable ends to the ridge. They can be fitted on top of the membrane too to help hold it flat on the roof. This will stop it lifting in the wind, whilst you complete the insulation kit installation.
4) After fitting the perimeter batten, you then need to fit the special membrane over the whole roof. Fit the membrane with a minimum of 100 mm of overlap. Then tape all the joints and seams with the foil tape provided. This seals the roof fully.
5) Once the roof is covered with the special membrane, then the fitting of the 25 mm insulation board is the next step. This is a simple task of dropping in the full size sheets flush up against the internal edges of the perimeter batten and onto the roof. The perimeter has created a lip for you to then infill the whole area with the insulation board. Cutting of the sheets to size to fill in the area will be required. This is easily achieved with a Stanley knife by scoring across the board front and rear and snapping it over a straight edge, by using a saw, or just scoring it through and through until the board is cut fully.
Here you can see a roof fully fitted with the insulation board and the joints all taped up with the foil tape. Then next the OSB board needs fitting over the top of the insulation board.
6) Once the roof is fully fitted with the insulation board then you need to tape up all the joints and seams. As showing in the image above. This in effect gives you one giant sheet of insulation covering your whole roof area.
7) The next job is to fit the 11 mm thick solid sheet roof boarding (OSB) over the top of the insulation. Fit your first whole sheet flush with a bottom edge and the leading up to the ridge. Screw the board edge into the roof batten and roof board below using 50mm screws. When screwing in the 50 mm screws they should be screwed only just below the surface of the solid sheet board. The 50 mm screws are specifically supplied so you can screw the board and fix the system together and into your original log cabin roof but not through the roof to the underside. If you screw the 50 mm screws deep into the top board, it is likely that you will see the tip of the screw in your roof from the inside of the building and you don't want that, so it is important to only screw the screws in just far enough into the top solid sheet board.
Here you can see the roof almost completed and ready for the felt or felt shingle tiles to be fitted. You should lay full size OSB sheets where you can and then fill in the spaces left with smaller cut to size boards. You can see that smaller infill's need to be cut to fill the roof area. The solid sheet boards can be cut to size using a handsaw, jigsaw or circular/skill saw.
8) With the roof fully finished and boarded over it is time to fit your felt and/or felt shingle roof tiles, as recommended in your assembly plans for your cabin.
9) Now onto Insulating your floor.
The insulation board provided is 25mm thick. The insulation board needs to be fitted below yourfloor boards but must be off the ground to prevent moisture rising up from the floor into your cabin. Using the40mm and/or 50mm screws, fix these 30mm below the top of your floor joist andand about 600mm apart. The screws then act as supports onto which you push down the insulation board. Theboard is then suspended in between your floor joists and on top of the screws.You will need to cut the insulation board to the width of the void in your floor joists.The insulation board can be easily cut to the size required with a stanley knife or similar blade.
Once you have filled in between all the floor joists with the insulation board, then you should tape all the joints and seams using the foil tape provided.
Here are some images of one a log cabin floor having being insulated.
Once the insulation has begun between the floor joists, you should begin laying your cabin floor boards. If you lay part of the insulation in the floor and then board over it with your cabin floor boards you won't need to worry about standing on the insulation board and accidentally pushing down past the screws and damaging it. Do the insulating and the laying of the floor boards
simultaneously, for the best results.
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Moonlit Surge
Transport the Soul
Sudden Magnitude
Clouds spill over mountain peaks as the moon sets in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range.
As the moon sets behind the Sierra Nevada range, it reveals the intricate detail of Mono Lake's Tufa structures and a large row of lenticular clouds.
Domina Oriens
Lunar eclipse over Mount Shasta.
Giving Away to Night
The moon sets and the Milky Way reflects off an alpine lake in Northern California.
Alter Ego
Moonlit Darklings
Already he had explored beyond the lush settings of moonlit slopes unveiling Mt. Rainier. The accompanying sounds of pointed spires wounded the ambient sky.
Earth's Palette
Finding Forever
The endless sea of colors, patterns, and textures made this one of the most spectacular overlooks I've ever witnessed.
Desert Anthem
Under No Illusions
Evening Rush
Silent Conversations
As long as it talks I am going to listen.
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The Atlanta Braves signed free-agent P Fabian Williamson (Rangers) to a minor league deal Tuesday, June 26.
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The Texas Rangers released OF Ruben Sierra Jr. from the team's minor league camp Wednesday, March 28. The team also cut P Cody Evans, P Jorge Marban, P John Meloan, 1B Clark Murphy, OF Efrain Nunez, OF Kendall Radcliffe, INF Jonathan Roof, OF Orlando Sandoval and P Fabian Williamson.
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India is waging a lone battle against terror
The David Headley case gets curiouser and curiouser. As each new twist is revealed, I sometimes feel as though we are watching one of those American TV shows where every episode brings with it some increasingly far-fetched plot complication, writes Vir Sanghvi.columns Updated: Nov 01, 2010 13:01 IST
The David Headley case gets curiouser and curiouser. As each new twist is revealed, I sometimes feel as though we are watching one of those American TV shows where every episode brings with it some increasingly far-fetched plot complication. This is not quite 24, but it certainly is 26/11.
When the story first broke (I almost feel like intoning, "Previously on 26/11" as they do in the TV shows) we were told that the Americans had arrested a US citizen of Pakistani origin with links to terrorist groups. Subsequently, it was revealed that this man, identified as David Headley, had visited India and may have been part of the advance team for the 26/11 attackers. Naturally, our investigative agencies wanted to interrogate him. But for several months, the Americans refused us any access to Headley.
Then, the US media got in on the act. Their digging revealed that Headley had been arrested in America on drug charges but had been released from jail following the 9/11 attacks and had been allowed to travel freely between the US and Pakistan on a fresh US passport. American journalists concluded — on the basis of court documents — that Headley had been sent back to Pakistan as an undercover agent or at the very least, an informant, by US authorities. In return for agreeing to serve as an agent, his jail sentence had been remitted.
This gave rise to many suspicions. Off the record, American officials were willing to concede that Headley might have been an agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) but insisted that he had no links with the CIA or any other agency that was battling terrorism.
These denials did not convince Indian intelligence or sections of the US media. It was widely believed that in the scramble to find informants in the post 9/11 phase all agencies shared their assets. It was likely that the DEA had handed Headley over to anti-terrorist agencies or the CIA.
Once you accepted this, then much of the Headley story made sense. Why was he allowed to travel freely between America, Pakistan and India? Surely, immigration officials at US airports — always ready to closely question anyone of Pakistani origin — would have wondered why a convicted drug smuggler was travelling so frequently to the drug haven of Pakistan.
Indian intelligence suspected that Headley was an American agent who had infiltrated terrorist networks at the behest of the CIA or one of its sister organisations. They pointed out that the Americans had passed on general information about the possibility of a terrorist attack on Bombay. Some of this information probably came from Headley. It seemed likely that the US was caught in the traditional intelligence dilemma. Did it pass on everything it knew about the plot to India and thereby blow its agent's cover? Or did it keep quiet to protect Headley?
In the end, it appears to have taken a middle path. It passed on enough information to say that it had provided a warning but avoided handing over anything specific enough to finger Headley as the source.
What happened next is the subject of some dispute. The semi-official Indian intelligence view is that Headley probably went rogue, began sympathising with the terrorists he had infiltrated and was then busted by the Americans. A minority view within the intelligence community is that he remained an American agent all through and that the US only pulled him in when it seemed likely that he would be exposed. And then, of course, there is the US view that he was a possible drug informant who joined terrorists of his own volition and was then trapped by American investigators.
For several months, while such speculation raged, unchecked, the US refused to allow India any access to Headley. Indian intelligence believed that there were many reasons for this delay. The Americans were tutoring Headley in what to reveal and what to hide. They were rolling up other intelligence assets that could be compromised by an interrogation of Headley and so on.
In recent weeks, two new episodes have offered interesting twists in the saga. The report of Headley's Indian interrogators (who were finally granted access by the Americans) was leaked to Britain's The Guardian. That report suggests that 26/11 was an ISI operation almost from start to finish.
If Headley is telling the truth, then this raises important questions. How serious is Pakistan about peace with India if its own intelligence agency plans terrorist attacks in our country?
If the Americans are aware — because of Headley — of the extent of ISI's involvement in terrorism, then how can they continue cooperating with this agency as part of their so-called war against terror? How can Hillary Clinton call Pakistan a strong ally in the fight against terrorism as she did on Friday? And if they do know of Pakistan's role in officially-sponsored terrorism in India, how can they urge us to push for peace? Do we ask them to kiss and make up with Osama bin Laden?
Another equally gripping episode has featured two of Headley's ex-wives. Both of them, it now turns out, approached American authorities and warned them about Headley's links with terrorist organisations. Given America's paranoia on the subject, given that there were witnesses and given that immigration computers would have revealed Headley's frequent travels to Pakistan, you would have expected the US to pick Headley up for questioning — at the very least.
Instead, US authorities did nothing. One of the ex-wives says they told her to get lost.
Such indifference to serious allegations of terrorism can only mean one thing: they already knew.
They knew that Headley was an American agent who was consorting with terrorists at the behest of Washington or Langley. It was his job to infiltrate terrorist organisations.
Given all this evidence, I don't think anyone can seriously dispute any longer that Headley was an American agent though we can argue about whether he went rogue or whether he continued to work for the US.
This, by itself, is no big deal. Of course the Americans have placed agents within terrorist organisations. But here's what's important: the US probably knew much more about 26/11 than it was willing to let on. Even today, it knows how deeply the ISI is involved in sponsoring terrorism. But as long as the terrorism is directed towards India and not the West, it does not mind so much. The CIA continues to work closely with ISI and two days ago Washington gave Pakistan another $2 billion to buy weapons.
So, finally, let's never forget the biggest lesson from this saga. When it comes to the battle against terrorism, India has no allies. We are on our own.
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UPDATED: Prosecution continues to build groundwork in Mazzaglia murder caseBy JOHN QUINN
Union Leader Correspondent
May 29. 2014 1:36PM
DOVER — Prosecutors and defense attorneys continued to lay their groundwork Thursday morning in the murder trial of Seth Mazzaglia, charged in the 2012 death of Elizabeth "Lizzy" Marriott.
Mazzaglia, 31, faces multiple counts of first-degree murder – based on alternate legal approaches - a second-degree murder charge, and charges of conspiracy and criminal solicitation in Marriott's death.
His former girlfriend, Kathryn "Kat" McDonough, who is currently serving 1½ to three years in prison for hindering prosecution, is expected to testify against Mazzaglia as part of a negotiated plea deal.
In Wednesday's opening statements, defense attorney Joachim Barth told jurors it was McDonough, not Mazzaglia, who killed Marriott during sexual acts of bondage and domination the night of Oct. 9, 2012.
On Thursday morning, prosecutors called several witnesses, including Nathan McNeal, of Portsmouth, who worked with Marriott at Target in Portsmouth, and Marriott's girlfriend, Brittany Atwood, now of Hudson, Mass.
On the stand, McNeal said he and Marriott remained friends after he left Target to work at Barnes & Noble. He said they would talk – via text during online games – about silly stuff like "plans of world domination and octopuses."
"She was a nerd like I was," McNeal said, adding they both enjoyed playing games, like World of Warcraft and Dungeons & Dragons.
McNeal said they were "just friends" and that he knew Marriott was involved in a relationship with Atwood. He added Marriott talked about their adventures.
"It seemed very serious to me," McNeal said, adding he knew Atwood "was a little jealous" of his friendship with Marriott.
Later in the morning, Atwood, now 26, testified that she met Marriott while they were both working at a Stop & Shop and became "romantically involved" in the spring of 2012. She added they would talk – by a variety of means – "every day and multiple times a day all the time."
"She would tell me everything," Atwood said, adding Marriott was a friendly, open and trusting person.
"She was beautiful – inside and out," Atwood said.
During cross examination, Mazzaglia's attorney Melissa Davis asked Atwood whether she was worried about Marriott finding someone while in New Hampshire, if she was jealous of McNeal or even McDonough.
While she said no at first, Atwood admitted her concerns after seeing evidence of text and phone conversations she had in the past.
Both McNeal and Atwood recalled having conversations with Marriott - via phone and text messages – on Oct. 9, 2012 before losing contact with her around 9 p.m.
Atwood - who last saw Marriott Oct. 7, 2012 – said the conversation – which was "happy" and "silly" - continued until Marriott visited Mazzaglia and McDonough at their apartment. She added she never heard from Marriott again.
She described this as "very unusual" because Marriott "would text me back right away" in the past. She added she attempted to contact Marriott via text, using Facebook, calling her phone – which went to voicemail – and even reached out to Marriott's parents.
Earlier, McNeal testified he didn't find that unusual until the following day, when Marriott still wouldn't respond to any of his messages.
After police began searching for Marriott, McNeal testified that he texted Kat McDonough – a childhood friend of his sister as well as Mazzaglia's girlfriend – asking her whether she had seen or heard from Marriott and whether Marriott had visited McDonough and Mazzaglia on Oct. 9, 2012.
McNeal testified that McDonough responded that Marriott hadn't come over that night, but she heard how Marriott was missing and was telling the police "everything."
He confirmed how McDonough didn't respond to his next text, which said, "Please tell me you are ignorant of all this," according to phone records introduced into evidence.
The trial resumed after the jury returns from lunch hour around 1:25 p.m.


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"American Horror Story" returned Wednesday night with its third iteration--"Coven"--on FX, and viewers quickly learned that hump day will take on a whole new meaning with this posse of witches.
The season leads viewers into New Orleans, where something wicked this way comes. Cordelia Foxx (Sarah Paulson) runs a private boarding school for witches--currently inhabited by four different girls with very different powers: a movie star (played by Emma Roberts) who uses her telekinesis on people who annoy her (or hurt her, as we learned with the busload of date-raping frat boys); a clairvoyant (Jamie Brewer); a human voodoo doll (Gabourey Sidibe); and then there's Zoe, whose lady parts give men aneurysms when put to use--hospital visiting hours be damned.
"I think her powers is what makes this not a CW show," said co-creator Brad Falchuck. "There's nothing wrong with CW shows, but there are different kinds of witch shows. Our witch show does that. In order for us to do what we do, on something like FX, I think we need to have something a little bit different. I think what we did with her is definitely different."
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Of course, Zoe isn't the only one whose, uh, straddling causes hurt. "AHS" queen Jessica Lange, who returns this season as Fiona, the supreme witch of her generation (encompassing every witchly power except the ability not to age). When a doctor's youth-defying experimental serum doesn't work wonders on her, Fiona mounts him and, upon seducing him with kisses, drains life out of him and turns him into a corpse.
While last season was more grim--crazed nuns, mental patients, Nazis, aliens, zombies and Anne Frank (?!)--this season takes a lighter tone with the horror.
"It's a little more fun," Falchuck. "It has a little more humor in it. It's closer to one than to two. This was a lot more fun. It just happened on its own--the feel. When the characters start being and forming and the story starts developing, there's an alchemy to it."
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One seeped in female power. Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Lily Rabe, Frances Conroy and Jamie Brewer round our the cast of major characters. But the pairing that looks like it will provide most of the bewitching fun is the pairing of Lange and Bates, who plays Madame LaLaurie, a high society Creole socialite/serial killer in 1830s New Orleans who uses blood from her victims as a face mask. The two finally share the screen in the final seconds of the episode, bringing the past and present together.
"Good things come to those who wait," Falchuck said. "It eventually happens in the first episode. And then it happens a lot. In subsequent episodes, we'll see them a lot. And it will be wicked."
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How the Republicans can fulfill their pledge
By Paul Ryan
America's electorate has forcefully repudiated the party in power – again. In 2006 it fired a Republican party that had strayed from its principles. Then in 2008, in the midst of a financial crisis, the Democrats misinterpreted a mandate for change and President Barack Obama sought to remake America in his own image. Voters have now rejected this overreach. The question is, what comes next?
Today America's government stands divided. But we can all recognise that our current policy mix – borrow and spend, tax and spend, print and spend – has put our nation on the path to a "lost decade" as profound as that suffered by Japan during the 1990s. Mr Obama's own economic projections predict, absent a major course correction, unbearably high unemployment and anaemic economic growth for many years. The $13,600bn debt is set to eclipse the entire economy.
Republicans reject the notion that this diminished status is America's "new normal". But to turn the corner, we now need a firm focus on restoring the basic foundations of growth: low taxes; sound and honest money; fair, predictable and reasonable regulations; and, of course, spending cuts and reforms. In our campaign we promised that the spending spree would end. As the new chairman of the House Budget Committee, I intend to see that it does.
Governments around the world are currently hitting a fiscal dead end. The forced austerity being imposed in Europe shows America exactly why failure to act can be so fateful. Our window for reform is closing, but it is not too late to avert growth-killing tax increases, cuts for current beneficiaries of government programmes and reduced standards of living.
Indeed, Tuesday's results make clear that America is eager for an adult conversation on the threat of debt. Here I have offered specific ideas to get the debate going. Rather than consign future generations to broken entitlement programmes, I believe we can begin to make modest changes, such as slowing the growth of benefits for the wealthiest earners, or indexing eligibility age to longevity. These ideas represent a viable alternative to the unsustainable status quo and they can be delivered while making no changes for those aged 55 and older who currently receive Social Security and Medicare.
The ongoing bipartisan fiscal commission set up by Mr Obama, on which I serve, provides an opportunity to start making a dent in the spending problem. It is due to report shortly, and I remain hopeful that others will join me in finding ways to move the debate on the debt forward, from the commission and into Congress itself.
That said, we must not wait until the new Congress is sworn in to prevent the across-the-board tax rises set to hit all Americans on January 1. Mr Obama must now move quickly to join the growing bipartisan consensus calling for at least a two-year freeze on all current tax rates. He should also join us to address our shared concern with the unsustainable deficit and enact the spending cuts proposed in House Republicans' "Pledge to America". Our newly divided government has legislative limitations, but this move would send the right signal that both parties can work together.
In all this we must also avoid the hubris and overreach that defined Mr Obama's first two years. Congress must no longer seek to micromanage ever more sectors of our economy and our daily lives. Republicans in Congress should gain inspiration from the fiscal honesty seen in the young governorships of the likes of Chris Christie in New Jersey and Bob McDonnell in Virginia, both of whom have provided specific reforms to fill fiscal holes. Others such as Governor Mitch Daniels of Indiana have been balancing budgets for years.
Importantly, we Republicans must not lose sight of our past failures: excessive spending, pork-barrel profligacy and a failure to stand united on principle. Our passionate opposition to higher taxes must now be matched with an equal commitment to cutting spending. We must stand ready to work across the aisle – collaborating to achieve policy goals, while never compromising on principle.
In short, we must decide what kind of nation we aspire to become in the 21st century. We face a choice: between an opportunity society with a safety net for those who need it most, or a cradle-to-grave social welfare state where government becomes the determining factor of our lives.
But Mr Obama has a choice too: to double-down on his economic and fiscal agenda; or realign his policies to the centre, to reflect the message delivered by American voters on Tuesday. If he chooses to stick with the same policies, he can only expect the same failed results.
Our fiscal and economic problems have been decades in the making – a bad situation made much worse over the past two years. It will require years to dig ourselves out. Mr Obama's veto pen and the Democrat-held Senate still present major hurdles. Yet, the difficulty of the climb only underscores the urgency of getting started now.