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Hey all,
There are questions in the boards and everywhere about the future of SMF after the long-awaited 2.0 milestone. Some of you remember or have an idea about how long it took from start to finish, and the difficulties we had along the way. Enough of that, though, we have moved forward and we have taken the road towards a true Open Source project, as many have been waiting for. Lets take a look at the present and future.
The community, for years, has been asking about SMF having more features - those of a blog, a gallery, a CMS, and a dozen other things that don't quite fit with all forums. It's been the position of the SMF project that SMF is a forum first and foremost, and that it has to remain simple, with little to no bloat. Are these two desires polar opposites, or is there a solution to bring the two views in accord?
There is a solution. A simple one, and it's time to let you know where we're going.
Long-Term Goals
Last year, I presented the roadmap for future development (post-2.0) to the SMF project team. While the short-term goal was obviously to release 2.0 Gold, the medium- and long-term goals were also discussed. To enumerate a few of the essential goals:
* Built-in extensibility and plugin system. We all know there are pitfalls in using direct code modifications to change the behavior of SMF, especially on templates. We have already taken steps to diminish direct code modifications from 2.0 RC4 onwards, with hooks and a little API, but that was just a step in the greater plan.
* Better theming system. We want themes to be very simple to tweak and customize, nice and understandable. Tweaking SMF themes is not difficult, but making truly great themes is neither easy nor maintainable. It should be.
* Ability to integrate with a blog, CMS, gallery, etc. without having to write or use an external integration. While we're not going to package these things with all forums, they should be simple to install and integrate with if the need arises. You should have the ability to check a box during installation and have the installer download and install whatever you need for you. The community has asked for this for a long time, and we want to make it a reality.
* And much more, but more on those at a later date.
How will we go about accomplishing these goals?
The best way to go, for extensibility and reliability, as well as a years-old wish of the SMF project, is to design SMF in two parts: a core platform, and a forum module plugged into it.
The first part is what we have for a while called "smCore". smCore is designed as a core framework with essential components to serve a wider range of web applications, not only a forum. It comprises functions like user authentication, logging, administration, and a few others - provided in a simple interface for the forum to use (replacing SMF's own generic components with the centralized version). SMF 3.0 is intended as the first module for this core, using its functions. Over time, there may be others - a blog, a CMS, a wiki, a gallery, and so on. The work we do on smCore will benefit each of these things, as well as any top-level modules the community wants to make as well.
What does this all mean?
Simply, this means that SMF will have its inner workings completely rewritten. It doesn't mean there will be two packages for installation, the installer can be smart enough to download the module(s) of your choice to your server. To most users, it simply means that the code and the architecture are different under the hood, and nothing more. SMF itself definitely needs a rewrite of its codebase, to be more in line with PHP's best practices and programming patterns. The "core" part is designed to be extensible from the start, so you can easily add to it with modules and plugins in place of direct code modification.
What does this mean for the next versions of SMF?
Accomplishing these goals means a rebuild of the current codebase, to become the platform we've always wanted.
* The immediate next version of SMF, however, is entirely based on 2.0 and will be called SMF 2.1. It aims to bring some absolutely necessary enhancements to forums on 2.0, such as the introduction of even more hooks for modification authors to take advantage of, lots of bug fixes (of course!), a few enhancements that are useful for forums.
We are working on 2.1, with a few of us focusing on it, and will post more about its status in the coming days.
* Additionally, we have been working to make a more few steps along the way to SMF 3.0; SMF has been seeing a refactoring of its codebase, with the main purposes of implementing SMF action handling according to the MVC pattern, and a number of code improvements and reworkings. While this work is still on the current codebase, it has aimed to prepare in a measure the SMF codebase for the move to SMF 3.0.
* The next step is moving to a module-based system. SMF 3.0 will be a forum module based on smCore, and will take advantage of everything we know and learn from the development, along with even more ambitious plans. The rough outline of our plan is as follows:
SMF 3.0, using smCore, will be a "smart installer", but for practical purposes it will seem like just another installer. smCore's inner workings, however, will allow you to install multiple modules at any time, directly into the core instead of trying to, for example, add a blog onto a forum. This will be fully object oriented, align with modern design patterns and best practices, and allow extensibility right from the start. There will be a real plugin system for SMF and other modules, so that the need for direct code modifications will be greatly reduced (though we'll probably still provide a mechanism to do so, for when it's absolutely necessary).
smCore Project History and Inheritance
The name "smCore" has been tossed around as far back as last year's SMF development roadmaps, but it's really nothing new. It embodies a years-old desire of SMF developers, from 2005 and earlier, to create a product which is a true platform for development of SMF and first-level modules such as a blog, CMS, gallery, and other things which must currently must be hacked onto the forum and live as second-class citizens on your website. Moreover (development-wise) the initiative of a number of SMF friends, former SMF developers and interested contributors alike, from [Unknown] to a number of developers on other open source applications, to start a "core" project last year, went in a similar direction (though not identical) with what we're talking about here. Some of you may remember the unbelievable spark of ideas and brainstorming that went into envisioning a usable and reusable core for multiple web applications - including a forum - that those taking part aimed to create. Their initiative happened along with, and was perhaps in a was fed by, the same issues in the project that led to the restructure of Simple Machines throughout the last year. Purely from a development point of view, the immense brainstorming that happened there has been, IMHO, a wonderful experience and valuable source of ideas and analysis, choices and trade-offs, that smCore and SMF 3.0 will benefit from.
To put it simply, for SMF itself, we know that the way to go in the future is definitely along the lines of rewriting SMF on top of an easily extensible core platform. Other modules will be built on top of this core, not on top of the forum as they would currently be.
Where we are today
From my perspective, it's time to start bringing these plans to fruition. Some of the prerequisite steps have been completed, from the long-awaited Open Source release of SMF 2.0 and the finalization of the umbrella organization, to a number of other steps aiming to truly open this project to its community.
The smCore project will be developed separately from SMF itself, as a sibling project under the Simple Machines organization umbrella. It already has a team of initial Developers (Norv, Fustrate, and Joshua Dickerson) and Core Contributors (AngelinaBelle and Joey Smith), and the project has already joined Simple Machines.
smCore will have open development, comprised of the following:
* Public read access to the Git repository
* An open issues tracker
* Public feedback and development discussions
* An environment of encouraging and accepting contributions regardless of "official position"
On another note, with the changes to a non-profit umbrella organization, Simple Machines' goal is to host multiple projects and make them available to the community. In time, we aim to develop, under this umbrella organization, a "family" of projects such as smCore, SMF, a help desk system, and many more.
Where we are today, development-wise
For SMF 2.1, we have added enhancements and made fixes to the 2.0 codebase, such as:
* IPv6 Support - Specifically in posts, ip tracking and ban management.
* Mod/admin sessions.
* Jquery library support
* Improved code documentation,
* Security tokens,
* A level of code cleaning.And others, of course, which we will document in an upcoming blog post. We know that our users, whether admins or translators or customizers from the community need a number of improvements to their 2.0 forums, and we're working on bringing them to you. Watch these blogs and announcements, we will post more as we're getting closer to beta stage on this version!
Work on SMF 3.0 is basically starting when smCore is ready to accept modules, and then, it is being written as a module for smCore. It will be mostly rewritten and partly ported from SMF 2.1 code on a case by case basis, and only in very carefully chosen situations. Porting code is not the same as directly reusing - there is little possible reuse, because of the difference in programming paradigms and design principles between SMF as we know it (and which will remain procedural in 2.1) and SMF of the future.
In the upcoming few weeks, we will have more news about the changes we're making to bring development closer to the community, ease contributions in various areas, enhance official tools and mods and themes areas, ease availability of highly requested tools, and many others. SMF needs you - all of you - whether to give us your proposals, your feedback, your needs, your help, your disagreement - because at the end of the day, we're not building SMF just for us, but for you.
Finally, there's smCore. We have started the project, done a lot of brainstorming, and laid out a roadmap for what we want to achieve. Some code has been written, rewritten, and written yet again, as we figure out which paths we want to take. We've opted to go with a light MVCS (Model/View/Controller/Storage) pattern rather than a strict and heavy traditional MVC pattern (such as the one Zend Framework uses) so that modules are easy to get up and running with minimal setup and code required. Our main focus with smCore is to have a platform that helps module developers create powerful modules quickly. It's an ambitious project, designed from the ground up to be the best and most simple development platform available. We like the direction we're moving in, and we know you will too.
You should look forward to more frequent updates, by the way. This board has gone unnoticed for far too long!
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JVC's GZ-HM1 follows on the HM550, but adds a few more features, such as external microphone inputs. JVC's latest series of consumer high definition video cameras continue to set standards in resolution and image quality.
- Design: High Definition Video Camera
- Sensor: One 1/2.3″ CMOS (0.435″ Diagonal), 10.6 Megapixels
- Native Resolution: 1920 x 1080
- Lens: f/2.8 – f/4.5; 6.7mm – 67mm Zoom, Made by Konica-Minolta
- Recording Format: AVCHD, 1080i60
- Memory: 64 GB SD Card Built-In
- Recording Time: 5 Hr 54 min (UXP – 24 Mbps), 8 Hr 21 min (XP), 11 Hr 49 min (SP), 29 Hr 34 min (EP)
- High Speed Recording for Slow Motion Playback
- Time Lapse Recording (1 to 80 Second Intervals)
- Face Recognition
- Image Stabilizer
- Still Image Resolution: 9.29 Megapixels
- Connections: HDMI, USB-2.0, Composite Video/Audio, Component Video, External Stereo Microphone, Battery Recharging Jack
- Dimensions: 2.9″ H x 2.7 W x 5.4″ D
- Weight: 1.1 Pounds with Battery
The Design
The HM1 uses the same 0.435″ CMOS sensor that is in the GZ-HM550 we reviewed in June, 2010. It is one of the largest sensors in consumer high definition video cameras, and has a mirror behind it to increase the light sensitivity. An earlier model, the GZ-HM400, is the same size as the HM1, but did not have the new sensor with the mirror behind it. The GZ-HM550 is much smaller than the HM1 and did not have an external microphone input. So, it appears that the HM400 and HM1 are the same, except for the sensor with the mirror.
The controls are mostly on the panel that is exposed when the LCD monitor is folded out. At the bottom left is an on/off button. The camera turns on by itself when you open the LCD screen, but in case you want to power it off without closing the screen, that button is there. At the bottom center is a USB 2.0 port for uploading the AVCHD video files to your computer. A slider for switching between video mode and snapshot mode is in the center, and above that is the slider for opening a slot that will hold another SD memory card. The camera has 64 GB of memory built in, but you never know when you might want extra storage. If you purchase an SD card, make sure it is rated for high speed video.
On the right is a Play/Record button that you use to choose whether the camera will be recording a scene or playing back a recorded scene. Underneath that are various functional buttons, such as turning the display (shows which features are active on the LCD screen) on or off.
The rear panel has the battery, and two covered control panels. The one that is open shows the headphone jack, component video output jack, HDMI output jack, and the battery charger connector jack (you charge the battery while it is still in the camera, which is handy). At the top is a panel that has an AV output (composite video plus stereo analog audio) and an external stereo microphone jack. The record button can be seen at the far right, and there is an additional record button on the LCD panel.
On the top of the camera, from left to right, are the stereo microphones, a panel that covers a connector for a shoe adapter should you want to mount a light on the camera. The zoom toggle (you can also use a slider on the LCD panel to zoom) and snapshot button are at the right. When in Manual mode, you can adjust the aperture (button A) and the shutter speed (button S). There is a Brightness/Focus slider on the front near the lens that is also accessible in Manual mode.
The remote control is very small (the photo is about twice the size of the remote), with all the necessary basic functions.
The menus are controlled on the LCD screen using a slider on the left side and buttons at the bottom. Here are some screenshots of the main display (top left) and main menu options. You scroll through them using a slider on the left side.
Note the A/M indicator at the bottom right on the first menu screen. The camera operates either entirely in Auto mode, where the camera sets everything, including focus, white balance, exposure, etc., or entirely Manual, where you have to set the aperture, shutter speed, focus, and white balance. If you want auto focus in the manual mode, you need to activate the Face recognition feature. But, you can't set the aperture and have the camera automatically adjust the shutter to compensate. You have to set both aperture and shutter manually. This is an odd omission of features. Usually, you have aperture priority, where you set the aperture and the camera sets the shutter, or shutter speed priority, where you set the shutter and the camera adjusts the aperture.
When you want to transfer your video files to your computer, you connect the included USB cable to the camera and your computer, and you will see the following screen on the LCD monitor. Scroll to the UPLOAD selection, press SET, and the UPLOAD screen will be shown. At that point, you can look on your computer for hard drives and the camera will show up as a drive. Go to AVCHD/BDMV/STREAM and you will find the video files as *.mts. You can copy or move them to a directory on your computer for editing. If you move them, then also go into the PLAYLIST and CLIPINF directories and delete what is there. When you detach the camera, you will see a screen on the LCD monitor that says the Video Management File is Damaged, Recovery is Required to Record/Playback, Recover? Press the SET button, and a second screen will say Recovery Completed. Press the SET button again, and you are ready to record more videos.
In Use
High definition video cameras have certainly improved over the past couple of years not only in image quality, but in ease of use. The GZ-HM1 is a delight to work with. The Auto mode sets everything for you, so you just open the LCD panel, wait a second or two for the circuits to boot up, and start shooting. I used the Auto mode for all of the test shots in the review, and most of them only required one take. Everything was in focus, good color, very sharp image, the sound recorded well. What else can I say? Now let's take a look at some screen shots.
This is a vanilla pie blossum (my wife is a gardener, and I never thought to ask what this flower is until I took the shot and showed it to her on the editing screen), and it shows how well the camera selects the main subject to focus on. It also shows that with larger sensors, such as the HM1 has, the depth of field is shallower, so that objects in the background will be out of focus. Of course this is exaggerated with close-up photography. The deep violet and green leaves were rendered in a very natural color.
This fuschia blossum is past its prime but still retains some of the beautiful reds from its fresher days (I shot this in late November). The white base of the flower is properly white balanced.
These yellow chrysanthemums were holding up a bit better in the November weather. Yellow used to be a big problem with digital cameras. Not so much anymore, but bright reds can still be difficult as shown in the second photo below. Just a little too much saturation.
Here is my standard grocery store vegetable rack shot. Everything is sharp, but there is some oversaturation of the colors.
The HM1 is capable of high-speed recording (for slow-motion playback). Depending on the speed you choose, the image is not full size, but rather, a smaller rectangle within the normal screen. This is because the current technology limits how many frames can be captured per second at various resolutions.
This camera uses a lot of power, so I would suggest purchasing an additional battery to have on hand in the field (be sure to charge it before you leave on your trip). They cost about $90.
On the Bench
The f-stop contour plot for the lens set to its widest angle position is shown below. It varied from about 0.01 to 0.08. The right side of the field tended to have the higher numbers, meaning that it was darker. However, the variation across the field was less than 1/10th of an f-stop, so it was not noticeable in any of the videos.
The same tendency for the right side to be darker was present at the longest telephoto setting, with it being about 0.3 f-stops darker than the left side.
The MTF-50 measurement (an estimation of resolution) was 1005 LW/PH, which is excellent, since full HD is 1080 pixels high.
Chromatic aberration was 0.368 pixels.
The gray scale test shows that the GZ-HM1 attenuates the pure white just a bit. This helps to keep hightlights from blowing out. Color noise was generally low, with blue having the most.
Colors tended to be oversaturated, but generally of the correct tint.
With the Kodak Q-60 color chart, there is a slight tendency for underexposure (the blacks at 19 and darker are not visibly separable), which could partly explain the oversaturation results shown above.
JVC hits another one out of the ballpark with the GZ-HM1. It has very good sharpness, proper color, and is a snap to use. The next phase of HD video cameras will probably be in the sensor size, making them the same dimensions as sensors in some D-SLR cameras. This will give greater sensitivity, better color, and the ability to have your subject in sharp focus with foreground and background contents out of focus, which concentrates the image on the subject.


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Canoeing with crocodiles. Walking in the company of buffalo and baboons. And drifting off to sleep in remote bush camps, while listening to grunting hippos and roaring lions. We discovered the "real" Africa we were seeking — in Zambia.
Off the radar for most tourists, Zambia offers some of the continent's most authentic and wild safaris. Guests will probably sleep in a tent (albeit a luxurious one) without air conditioning. But the wildlife parks teem with animals, and your up-close-and-personal viewing will rival what's shown on National Geographic television shows. Zambia also boasts majestic Victoria Falls, the world's largest waterfall and a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the Zambia/Zimbabwe border.
Visits often combine safaris at two main Zambia parks — South Luangwa National Park and Lower Zambezi National Park — with a stay in the tourist town of Livingstone to explore the falls.
Hailed as one of Africa's finest game parks, South Luangwa National Park is home to high concentrations of giraffes, zebras, lions, elephants, leopards, wildebeest, buffalo, hyenas, wild dogs and more than 400 species of birds. The 3,500-square-mile unfenced park is also known for its "walking safaris," pioneered by Norman Carr in the 1960s. Unlike safaris in other African countries, where visitors view wild animals on game drives, guests will mainly explore the bush on foot (with an armed scout) in South Luangwa. The excursion adds a raw edge to the experience. Without the protection of a converted Land Cruiser, we were more alert and more aware of our surroundings, and the animals react in a more natural way than when habituated to seeing game-viewing vehicles. Norman Carr Safaris is still a respected operator in the park — it opened its new deluxe Chinzombo Camp in June.
Over in Lower Zambezi National Park, the Zambezi River takes center stage with canoeing, catch-and-release fishing and wildlife viewing by small boat along with night drives and bush walks. The landscape is lusher than South Luangwa, and elephants and hippos are the main draw.
Like South Luangwa, the park is quite undeveloped, with only six camps inside. The camps are small and intimate — Old Mondoro has just four permanent tents. We didn't even have to venture out to see wildlife, as the animals came to us. We watched elephants munch on winterthorn trees right outside our outdoor shower.
Victoria Falls is ideal for resting up post-safari. The Kololo tribe living in the area in the 1800s described the mile-wide Falls as "The Smoke That Thunders," and huge clouds of spray can be seen from miles away. Walk along the edge of the gorge and across narrow, 300-foot-high Knife Edge Bridge to be rewarded with eye-popping views of the waterfall. Hotels such as The Royal Livingstone, set on the banks of the Zambezi, offer serene stays.
The area also has a reputation as an adventure-tourism hot spot. Walk with unleashed lions, fly in a microlight, ride elephants or go whitewater rafting, jet-boating or bungee jumping — it's all available.
Getting ThereThere are no direct flights from the U.S., but clients can fly non-stop to Johannesburg from New York, then connect to Lusaka, Zambia's capital, or Livingstone on a direct 2-hour flight, on South African Airways. Delta Air Lines also flies non-stop from Atlanta to Johannesburg.www.flysaa.com, www.delta.com
Getting AroundFrom Lusaka and Livingstone, Proflight flies to airstrips in South Luangwe and Lower Zambezi national parks.www.proflight-zambia.com
Where to StayFor next-day safari connections from Lusaka, Chaminuka Luxury Lodge is only 30 minutes from the airport.www.chaminuka.com
Norman Carr Safaris runs six safari camps in South Luangwa National Park.www.normancarrsafaris.com
Chiawa and Old Mondoro are top-ranked camps in Lower Zambezi National Park.www.chiawa.com
The five-star Royal Livingstone is a 10-minute walk from Victoria Falls.www.royal-livingstone-hotel.com/


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NL DIVISION SERIES: CARDINALS v PADRES
October 3, 2006
Bruce Bochy
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA: Game One
Q. Can you talk a little bit about some of the decisions you made as far as the makeup of your roster?
BRUCE BOCHY: Yeah, I mean, they weren't easy decisions, but you know, we decided to go with Ryan Klesko, who is healthy. He's been swinging the bat well. Khalil Greene, we feel like he's playable. He's not going to start, but we feel like he's a guy we can use late in the ball game for defense. Doesn't mean he's not going to start in this series, but at this point Blum is going to be out there.
As far as the pitching, we decided to go with Chan Ho Park, who can help out long or middle relief, and Rudy Seanez, two experienced guys. We have some guys who have done a great job for us all year but you gotta get down to 25. That was the thought behind what we decided to do.
Q. How well can Greene swing the bat right now?
BRUCE BOCHY: He's fine. Greene is fine. He just hasn't played a lot. He had three at-bats the last game there in Arizona, big for him. Seen some pitches. He's comfortable with the hand and actually took some good swings.
Just at this point, you know, Blum has been doing a good job. That's why he's out there.
Q. Is Boomer your guy for game two?
BRUCE BOCHY: David Wells is pitching game two.
Q. Again, what went into the decision of Boomer going tomorrow instead of game three?
BRUCE BOCHY: It's really his spot. He's on normal rest, and, you know, he's a guy that has a lot of experience, and so we had this pretty much locked in at Peavy would go game one and David game two.
Q. Did Chris's record on the road figure into this also?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, more so Chris, we just wanted to give him a little more rest. He's fine. He's good to go, but you know, the way it was set up here, we want to keep those two on their normal rotation.
Q. Bruce, when making the call on the relievers, you're going to put on the roster did you weigh heavily with experience?
BRUCE BOCHY: That played a huge part. You know, with Adkins and Sweeney and Cassidy, Williamson, you know, it wasn't an easy decision. But Chan Ho is the guy, he's done a lot for us this year, too. He's pitched in the bullpen and he's also a guy we think can give us multiple innings, with Rudy, we think he's been throwing the ball well and he has experience, too.
So they weren't easy decisions, but, you know, we feel comfortable with those two out there.
Q. This is the third time you've gone against Tony La Russa in your time and his time as managers. What do you think of his job with this team the last 10, 11 years?
BRUCE BOCHY: I can't be honest. He's sitting over there.
No, I said this yesterday. I couldn't have more respect for Tony La Russa. I said that he's going to go down as one of the best managers in all time. That's what I think about the man. He's brilliant. Certainly been tough on us.
I know it and, you know, you have your work cut out and it's a good ball club. Tremendous manager, and should be a great series. And it's always a challenge, but, you know, this is what you're playing for. Both clubs, starts in Spring Training, seven weeks, 162 games. Now you are getting a chance to play here in the post-season. We're excited about it and we know we're going to have to play our best ball to beat them.
MODERATOR: Okay. Thanks, Bruce.
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SAN FRANCISCO — The way the Carolina Panthers look at it, if the rest of the NFL isn't going to give them the respect they feel they deserve, they're just going to have to take it for themselves.
It's hard to blame anybody for doubting them.
The Panthers haven't had a winning season since 2008, the last year they made the playoffs.
And their four-game winning streak going into Sunday came against teams with a combined 6-17 record.
It won't be so easy to overlook the Panthers now, though. Not after a 10-9 comeback victory against the defending NFC champion San Francisco 49ers.
"I don't think anyone gives us any respect," Panthers free safety Mike Mitchell said. "We know we're a good football team but nobody gives us any respect, so every game, every week we come out here and try to take respect by force."
The Panthers (6-3) forced the issue as they won their fifth straight game — the longest active streak behind unbeaten Kansas City.
A tough defense that's the cornerstone of their turnaround gave some ground early before dropping the hammer when it counted most.
The Panthers allowed just 41 yards of total offense in the second half, and just four yards in the fourth quarter.
"We dominate," Panthers defensive end Greg Hardy said summing up the unit's attitude. "We take what we want. We do what we want. That's our style of defense."
The Panthers' defense cramped the style of 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, limiting him to 11-for-22 passing for 91 yards with one interception and just 16 rushing yards on four carries.
Drayton Florence's interception of a Kaepernick pass intended for Mario Manningham in the final minute with San Francisco out of timeouts sealed the victory for Carolina.
Frank Gore rushed for 82 yards on 16 carries to lead San Francisco (6-3), which had a five-game winning streak snapped.
San Francisco led 9-0 on three Phil Dawson field goals including a 53-yarder on the opening drive.
After a dreadful start, Cam Newton engineered an eight-play 80-yard drive that culminated with DeAngelo Williams' 27-yard scoring run.
Before that drive, Newton was 2-for-11 for 13 yards with one interception.
He completed all three attempts on that drive for 41 yards including a crucial 17-yarder to Brandon LaFell on a third-and-7 from the Carolina 23.
"I know with us scoring right before half it kind of shattered their momentum somewhat," Newton said.
Sunday's game marked defensive end Aldon Smith's return for the first time since undergoing treatment for substance abuse in the aftermath of a September arrest on suspicion of DUI.
Smith hadn't played since a 27-7 Week 3 loss to Indianapolis. He was on the field for 11 plays but recorded no tackles.
"I'm good," Smith said. "I'm happy to be back, happy to be out here and just be back on the team."


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PERTH, Australia (AP) Spain defeated Serbia 2-1 to win the Hopman Cup for the fourth time on Saturday.
Fernando Verdasco and Anabel Medina Garrigues won the deciding mixed doubles 6-4, 7-5 against Novak Djokovic and Ana Ivanovic.
Djokovic took the first match for Serbia by overcoming a strong challenge from Verdasco 6-3, 7-5. Medina Garrigues evened it by outlasting Ivanovic 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2.
Serbia had been seeking its first title in Perth.
Djokovic broke back in the fifth game of the second set when Verdasco made a backhand error. Although he failed to convert two more break points at 4-4, he got a vital break to lead 6-5 when Verdasco netted a forehand.
``It's difficult to play against any player if he hits the winners from both sides and is very aggressive,'' Djokovic said. ``He was serving at over 200 kph consistently well and it was really hard for me to come back to the match.''
Ivanovic looked nervous and struggled with her first serve and at point appeared to be suffering from an illness.
She was 2-0 up but Medina Garrigues immediately broke back and tied it 4-4 before serving out the set at love with an ace.
Ivanovic led 2-0 again in the second set but called for the trainer and was given medication. She took a 5-2 lead, failed to serve out the set at 5-3 and eventually won the tiebreaker.
In the final set, Medina Garrigues led 2-0 when Ivanovic double-faulted and went on to claim victory when Ivanovic netted a backhand on break point at 5-2.
That forced the deciding mixed doubles match.
``I was dreaming all of my career of winning against a great player in a big stadium. I'm 30 years old and finally I take it, so I'm really happy,'' Medina Garrigues said. ``The crowd is like a Grand Slam and they were supporting me because they wanted a live mixed doubles.''


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Those were the two pictures painted by lawyers Tuesday as the sentencing hearing for Maj. Darryl Watts concluded.
Watts was found guilty last month of unlawfully causing bodily harm and negligent performance of military duty in the training accident almost three years ago.
Cpl. Josh Baker, 24, died when a C19 Claymore anti-personnel mine loaded with 700 steel balls peppered a platoon on a practice range near Kandahar city in February 2010.
Four other soldiers hit by the blast were seriously injured.
"There is no punishment less than imprisonment that would be appropriate in this case. He must be held accountable," said military prosecutor Maj. Dylan Kerr.
"There's little evidence of remorse from Maj. Watts or that he has accepted responsibility for his actions."
Kerr, saying a message must be sent about Watts's part in the accident, called for 18 months in jail as well as either outright dismissal from the Canadian Forces or a demotion of two ranks to lieutenant.
He said there were a number of aggravating factors in the case. He also suggested that although Watts wasn't trained on the C19 Claymore, he was at least aware of the safety standards required.
"It wasn't for Maj. Watts to turn a blind eye to those safety parameters," said Kerr.
"He had plenty of time to correct the situation prior to the catastrophic consequences."
Defence lawyer Balfour Der said Watts deserves nothing more than a reprimand because his blameworthiness is on the low end of the scale.
Der also disputed criticisms that Watts did not show remorse and pointed out that he has kept in contact with the wounded soldiers.
"Remorse means more than saying, 'I did it. I'm sorry,'" said Der, who noted there were several soldiers above and below Watts in rank who were familiar with the Claymore and didn't see anything wrong.
"Now this all falls on one man who is the least qualified of the bunch," Der said.
"We're placing it all on his shoulders."
Der also noted that there was no mention of why the accident occurred and what might have happened with the anti-personnel mine.
"This thing malfunctioned. It did what it wasn't supposed to do. It's a freak accident. It shot its load backward."
Cmdr. Peter Lamont, the military judge in the case, did express concern during the sentencing.
"One of the things I find troubling is this is a case of shared responsibility," he said.
"The actions or inactions of the offender are seen in the context of the actions or inactions of others."
Watts's commanding officer, Maj. Christopher Lunney, pleaded guilty in September to negligent performance of duty, was demoted to captain and given a severe reprimand.
A court martial is to be held later this year for Warrant Officer Paul Ravensdale, an expert on the weapon, who was second in command that day.
Lamont said he was going to need time before coming to a sentence and postponed his decision until Feb. 20.
"I'm mindful of the continuing stresses of uncertainty, but I find I'm left in a position where I have to have time to decide."
The prosecution argued during the trial that Watts, who was the platoon commander, didn't enforce safety standards and abdicated his duty as leader when he handed over responsibility to Ravensdale.
The day of the accident, the range was divided into four training sections. The first two tests of the anti-personnel mine went off without a hitch. But when the second firing occurred, the ball bearings fired backward, hitting Baker and the others.
Videos show several soldiers, including Watts, standing around watching the test. They are not inside armoured vehicles or standing behind them for cover, as set out in Canadian Forces safety regulations.
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Thalidomide (tha-lid-o-mide) was first marketed in Europe in the late 1950's. It was used as a sleeping pill and to treat morning sickness during pregnancy. At that time no one knew thalidomide caused birth defects.
Thalidomide is not approved for general sale in the United States. However, the Food and Drug Administration allows it to be used in studies (such as this one). These are studies of certain severe or life threatening diseases where there may be no other treatment.
The purpose of this study is to attempt to treat your condition and to gather information about the safety and the potential benefit of thalidomide.
While you are taking thalidomide, you will be told by your doctor of any new information that might cause you to change your mind about taking thalidomide.
Tragically, when thalidomide was used by pregnant women, it resulted in the birth of thousands of deformed babies. In 1961 scientists discovered that the medication stunted the growth of fetal arms and legs. In fact, taking only one dose of thalidomide early in pregnancy can severely affect the growth of fetal limbs (arms, legs, hands, feet). It also puts the fetus at risk of other injuries, including eye and ear defects and severe internal defects of the head, genitals, kidneys, digestive tract (including lips and mouth), and nervous system.
Female Patients Who Take Thalidomide:
* You must not take thalidomide if you are pregnant.
* You must have a blood or urine pregnancy test before starting treatment. Results of this test must show that you are not pregnant. The tests should be done and interpreted by your doctor. These tests must be repeated every month while you are taking thalidomide and four weeks after your last dose of thalidomide. More frequent pregnancy tests may be needed if you have an irregular menstrual period, vaginal bleeding, or if you miss a period.
* You must abstain from sexual intercourse or use two highly effective birth control methods at the same time for at least one month before receiving thalidomide. You must continue these methods until one month after the last dose of thalidomide. Ask your doctor about birth control methods.
If you cannot avoid the chance of pregnancy, you must not take thalidomide.
Remember, no method of birth control is completely reliable except for having no sexual intercourse at all (abstinence).
If you do not practice abstinence or you have not had a hysterectomy, you must use birth control even if you believe you cannot become pregnant.
You must also refrain from any other activities that could result in pregnancy (for example, fertilization methods).
You must not take thalidomide if you are nursing a baby.
You must immediately stop taking thalidomide and inform your doctor if:
* You have a late or an irregular menstrual period.
* You stop practicing abstinence.
* You stop using birth control.
* You think that you are pregnant.
* You become pregnant.
If you become pregnant, you must immediately stop taking thalidomide. You should contact your doctor to discuss whether or not to continue your pregnancy.
You must abstain from sexual intercourse or use a condom during intercourse while, and for one month after, taking thalidomide. It is not known if thalidomide is present in male ejaculate (semen).
Thalidomide has been prescribed only for you.
Do not share it or give it to others. It can be extremely harmful if used by others.
Be sure to take your medication as prescribed by your doctor. If there is anything you do not understand, ask your doctor to explain it to you.
Thalidomide often causes drowsiness. You should avoid drinking alcohol or taking other medications that also make you sleepy. Thalidomide can reduce your ability to drive or operate machinery. It can also reduce your alertness and ability to think clearly.
Thalidomide might cause damage to your nerves. It is not known whether this nerve damage is reversible after the drug is stopped. Symptoms of nerve damage include burning, numbness, or tingling of your arms, hands, legs, or feet. Call your doctor if you have any questions, or experience any of these or other troubling symptoms.
Your doctor may do special laboratory tests to check for nerve damage. If nerve damage is found, you and your doctor can decide whether the benefit that you might be receiving from thalidomide outweighs the risk of possible permanent damage to your nerves if you continue taking thalidomide.
Check with your doctor before taking any other prescription or over-the-counter medication.
If you develop a skin rash with or without a fever, fast heart beat, or low blood pressure, immediately stop taking thalidomide and contact your doctor.
Any side effect should be reported to your doctor. The following list contains additional side effects that may occur while you are taking thalidomide:
mood changes
dry mouth
increased appetite
puffiness of the face and limbs (edema)
dry skin
irregular menstrual period
low white blood cell count
thyroid problems
blood sugar that is too high or low
slow heart beat
You must return any unused thalidomide to your doctor.
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Erich von dem Bach-Zalewski (March 1, 1899 – March 8, 1972), born Erich Julius Eberhard von Zalewski, was a Nazi official and a member of the SS, in which he reached the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer. In exchange for his testimony against his former superiors at the Nuremberg Trials, von dem Bach never faced trial for any war crimes. In 1961, he received an additional sentence of ten years imprisonment. None of the sentences referred to his role in the East and his participation in the massacres, though he openly admitted to having murdered Jews. He died in a Munich prison on March 8, 1972. It has been said that Hitler particularly admired von dem Bach Zalewski's ruthlessness and ingenuity. Erich von dem bach Zalewski regularly associated with Hitler, having been fourth in line for leader of the Nazi party.
- I was the only SS leader in Russia who was not assassinated or upon whom an assassination was never attempted. I could walk anywhere without a bodyguard.
- To Leon Goldensohn (14 February 1946) from The Nuremberg Interviews (2004) by Leon Goldensohn and Robert Gellately
- From May until August, I went on a search for Himmler. Finally, I gave myself up voluntarily in August 1945. I went from one village to another looking for Himmler in order to kill him. I also wanted to find my family, whose whereabouts I did not know. I didn't know what the future held in store for me. At that time, I thought it was certain that since I was an SS general, I would be taken prisoner and executed at once.
- To Leon Goldensohn (14 February 1946) from The Nuremberg Interviews (2004) by Leon Goldensohn and Robert Gellately
- Germany could not win this war because it was in league with the devil. This war would not have ended without revolution.
- To Leon Goldensohn (14 February 1946) from The Nuremberg Interviews (2004) by Leon Goldensohn and Robert Gellately
- I am the only living witness but I must say the truth. Contrary to the opinion of the National Socialists that the Jews were a highly organized group, the appalling fact was that they had no organization whatsoever. The mass of the Jewish people were taken completely by surprise. Never before has a people gone so unsuspectingly to its disaster. After the first anti-Jewish actions of the Germans, they thought now the wave was over and so they walked back to their undoing.
- Quoted in Survivors, Victims, and Perpetrators : Essays on the Nazi Holocaust (1980) by Joel E. Dimsdale, p. 35
About Bach-Zelewski[edit]
- Von dem Bach is so clever he can do anything, get around anything.
- Adolf Hitler, as quoted in The Simon and Schuster Encyclopedia of World War II (1978) by Thomas D. Parrish and Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall, p. 45
- I hardly recognize him here. He was very egocentric, tried to get ahead without considering others.
- Otto Ohlendorf to Leon Goldensohn (1 March 1946)
- Bach-Zelewski is a liar and a criminal — a terrible man. I repeat, he is a liar, a criminal, and a killer. I have proof of what I am saying about myself, but I know that Bach-Zelewski is a frightful liar.
- Hjalmar Schacht to Leon Goldensohn (10 March 1946)
- But to go back to Bach-Zelewski — I think Bach-Zelewski has the kind of personality that can't differentiate between the truth and lies. He gets himself so much into the whole thing he can't differentiate. He convinces himself and believes he has gone so far that he has to die for the cause. Originally it was not the truth, but he so convinces himself — he's ready to die for it.
- Walter Schellenberg to Leon Goldensohn (12 March 1946)
- That Swine.
- Herman Goering upon seeing Von Dem Bach about to testify at the Nuremberg Trials.[citation needed]


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He should be guilty of conspiracy to commit murder. But that's it.
Well, that part of the saga will be tried in Baltimore in a few months. Even if he gets off on appeal for his current sentence, he won't beat the murder for hire. He's screwed. Totally screwed.
Bank of America, Western Union, and JP Morgan, are among the institutions allegedly involved in the drug trade. Meanwhile, HSBC has admitted its laundering role, and evaded criminal prosecution by paying a fine of almost $2 billion. The lack of imprisonment of any bankers involved is indicative of the hypocritical nature of the drug war; an individual selling a few grams of drugs can face decades in prison, while a group of people that tacitly allow -- and profit from -- the trade of tons, escape incarceration.
Reddit user "thonbrocket," describes how they had used a phrase from an obscure poem in Afrikaans as a passphrase, and was shocked to find that it was guessed.
Another great Antonopoulos talk: https://youtu.be/_0mykANOMGQIn bitcoin land, Roger Ver may be Jesus, but Andreas Antonopoulos is the Apostle Paul.
Bitcoin: Sydney home of suspected founder Craig Steven Wright raided by Australian Federal Police over Australian Tax Office warrant.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-09/bitcoin-suspected-founder-craig-wright-home-raided-by-afp/7014254Well I always thought that the mysterious founder of Bitcoin was a Japanese American, Dorian Nakamoto....now it seems Bitcoins roots may be linked to Australia....perhaps a collaboration between the Silicon Valley and Kangaroo Valley??
Well I always thought that the mysterious founder of Bitcoin was a Japanese American, Dorian Nakamoto..
...Why has Bitcoin failed? It has failed because the community has failed. What was meant to be a new, decentralised form of money that lacked "systemically important institutions" and "too big to fail" has become something even worse: a system completely controlled by just a handful of people. Worse still, the network is on the brink of technical collapse. The mechanisms that should have prevented this outcome have broken down, and as a result there's no longer much reason to think Bitcoin can actually be better than the existing financial system.Think about it. If you had never heard about Bitcoin before, would you care about a payments network that: Couldn't move your existing money Had wildly unpredictable fees that were high and rising fast Allowed buyers to take back payments they'd made after walking out of shops, by simply pressing a button (if you aren't aware of this "feature" that's because Bitcoin was only just changed to allow it) Is suffering large backlogs and flaky payments … which is controlled by China … and in which the companies and people building it were in open civil war?I'm going to hazard a guess that the answer is no. ...
Longtime Bitcoin developer Mike Hearn drops out of the project entirely, stating that Bitcoin has failed. Long, detailed blog post:The resolution of the Bitcoin experiment
The prevailing theory is that this was a tantrum thrown over the block size debate, a ragequit. But who knows? Some even accuse him of being in cahoots with big finance to kill Bitcoin before they roll out their own blockchain technology. He got one thing right, though, it is an experiment.
With the way the markets are heading I don't see Bitcoin dying. Some people might see Bitcoin and virtual currencies as life boats from the mass devaluing of currencies around the world. Time will tell but I for one don't think these virtual currencies have even remotely hit their high water mark.
I agree, however, the real gamble to me is... will Bitcoin be "THE" virtual currency? Or, will something else take it's place?
Can't the government just block the websites and bring down Bitcoin that way?


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Balak, Balac [Bā'lăk,Bā'lăc]—waster, emptying or destroys. The King of Moab, and son of Zipper who hired Balaam to curse Israel when, toward the end of their wilderness journeyings they were in Balak's territory (Num. 22; 23; 24; Judg. 11:25; Micah 6:5). Like Balaam, Balak also lives to the end of the Bible. Balac is the Greek form of Balak (Rev. 2:14). Revealing the superstition of the human mind, Balak had recourse to supernatural help and sought out Balaam, the soothsayer of Pethor—a man of divination with power to bless and curse, the Simon Magus of his day. How deceived Balak was when he thought he could sow the air with curses which would work where his sword could not reach!
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Fallen Silver – Blood In Blue Eyes (Release Year – 2007)
"Pub Rock" must be an entirely Australian term because the only time I have heard it used is in describing Australian bands. AC/DC, Rose Tattoo, the Angels (aka Angel City), Jet, and Airbourne are just a few of the known "Pub Rock" bands. So being a fan of all five bands I was looking forward to listening to what newcomers Fallen Silver had to offer and needless to say this 5 piece band from Sydney did not disappoint in the least bit.
It all kicks off with "East L.A." which has a great bass line from Mick Garside and while you can definitely hear an AC/DC influence both this song and the second song "Loaded Gun" automatically made me think of Johnny Crash. I can't compare singer Matt Chambers to Vicki James Wright but the songs lyrics and groove made me want to hear "Neighbourhood Threat". I can't forget guitarist Doug Nekic, he delivers two smokin' solos for these songs.
Not to stand on AC/DC's influence alone. The title track "Blood In Blue Eyes" starts out acoustically with Chambers trying to channel a little Robert Plant before the song kicks in to a Bad Company feel. Really how can you go wrong when one song makes a person think of both Led Zeppelin and Bad Company.
Mick Garside shines in the spotlight again on "Fire Walk With Me" with more great bass lines, while the song has a more alternative feel it took me a while to get into it but after a few listens I found myself loving it.
Snake Eyes and Sunset are the other two tracks that really stood out to me more great blues based rock and the album closes the same way it opened with guns blazing on the track "Pissin' on the Poor Man".
Without a doubt Mick Garside and Doug Nekic are the stars of this album with great playing from start to finish. Drummer John Duffy and rhythm guitarist Tony Vulic are also solid throughout the album. In all honesty it took me a while to get used to Matt Chambers voice but once I did. I saw how well it fit with the songs.
If you want flashy pretty boys prancing around Fallen Silver is not for you. But if you want sweaty, beer and cigarettes blue collar rock-n-roll they definitely deliver that and more.
Rating: Out of 10
Track Listing:
1. East L.A.
2. Loaded Gun
3. Blood In Blue Eyes
4. Fire Walk With Me
5. Leave This Town
6. Snake Eyes
7. Porcelene
8. Insecure
9. Sunsets
10. Vamphyres
11. Pissing On The Poor Man
Fallen Silver is:
Doug Nekic – lead guitar
John Duffy – drums
Tony Vulic – rhythm guitar
Mick Garside – bass guitar
Matt Chambers – vocals
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Wishgenie is a social platform which allows its users to club together to buy gifts for their friends.
I've been asking CEO David Berney about the business model and the company's plans…
In one sentence, what is wishgenie?
Wishgenie is the social gifting platform – allowing users to group together to buy each other the perfect gift via web, smartphone or Facebook; or through our buttons on retailers' websites.
What problems does wishgenie solve?
For consumers, wishgenie finally rules out unwanted gifts by allowing users to browse the wishes of their friends and share their own.
This means people can give and receive gifts that are really desired. Wishgenie also allows families and friends to come together and give a gift they may not otherwise be able to afford; group gifting enables users to contribute as little or as much as they want towards someone's big dream.
Users at wishgenie can easily and instantly share their wishes with friends and family no matter how far afield, and can compile wish lists of products from a wide range of stores all in one place.
For retailers, wishgenie provides the first real opportunity to fully harness and measure the benefits of social commerce. Wishgenie provides incremental brand reach using the social graph – products are easily shared across Facebook (with Google+ and Twitter coming soon), so brands can take full advantage of peer-to-peer recommendations.
Wishgenie offers brands a way to really understand the value of social media – gifts shared, purchases bought as a result of sharing and so on, through our detailed reporting. Our products are also available to brands for use on their own websites – we give them the tools (via simple APIs) to to implement buttons on their retail sites.
These buttons allow users to 'Group gift', create a 'Wish List' or 'Virtually Gift Wrap' any item. Retailers also benefit from a dedicated page on wishgenie.com which lists all their products and offers the opportunity to segment their audience and target with promotional offers.
Through providing this type of community access and increased brand visibility, we're looking forward to witnessing its growth as our unique service gathers viral momentum and drives sales.
When and why did you launch it?
Growing up in a large family in Ireland, I was always aware of the importance of community spirit – I admired how everyone would come together for the good of the community – and it is this part of my background that inspired and motivated me to create wishgenie.
In an increasingly fragmented online-focused society, the idea of social groups coming together – both on and offline – is more important than ever. Wishgenie is the first platform of its kind in the UK, and we are confident that consumers and retailers alike will benefit from the social sharing and peer-to-peer endorsement approach it offers.
How are you funding the company?
At the moment the business is mainly owner-funded. We'll be looking for a further injection of funding in the new year from VCs and similar.
Who is your target audience?
Like any social media platform, our consumer audience is very broad. Because it removes so many of the hassles of giving and receiving the perfect presents, it's an essential tool for anyone who gives or receives a gifts.
We're also the perfect solution for retailers who are already operating within the gifting market. Our tools give customers even more options for buying gifts, especially higher ticket price items.
What are your immediate goals?
Right now, we're focused on growing our consumer base, and making sure that we continue to develop the product to ensure we're delivering on what our users want, so that they keep recommending us to their friends.
Forging relationships and getting agreements with retailers is also really important right now. We've already got agreements from some of the major retailers in the UK and are working hard on development to get our buttons live on their sites.
In one instance we're actually building a white-labelled version of our mobile app for a major international brand. Retailers have been incredibly receptive to what we offer and, fortunately, we're able to be extremely flexible and adaptive to new requirements.
What were the biggest challenges involved in building wishgenie?
One of our challenges has been building up the relationships with retailers. As a completely unknown business within a very new sector, getting traction has been quite time-consuming.
As a start-up, you have the ability and the appetite to move very quickly, but we often have to work to the longer timeframes that are natural within an established retail environment.
That being said, we've made great progress over time and have built solid relationships with some of the biggest names in online retail, but more importantly those relationships have now developed into commercial agreements that benefit us both.
How will the company make money?
We operate as an affiliate so for any gift that's purchased as a result of a wish list or a group gift set up through wishgenie, we get a commission.
Who is in the team and what does it look like?
We've got a really strong team with great experience across different industries. I head up the team as CEO, and I've spent several years delivering mobile networking propositions into several countries.
The rest of the wishgenie management team includes experts with significant experience across publishing, mobile, finance, banking and retail. In addition we have a strong team of 17 developers supports the technical platform, with dedicated experts in mobile, security and billing.
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Without giving away too much, in three years' time, we want to have expanded internationally, and further developed our product offer. There are some hugely exciting opportunities for us within the micro- and mobile-billing space.
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HIV/AIDS deaths dropped from a peak of more than 40,000 in 1995 to around 10,000 in 2013, and TB deaths declined at a rate of 3.7% since 2000. New TB cases are declining faster than the global average, but new HIV/AIDS cases are increasing.
Today, 2.1 billion people – nearly 30% of the world's population – are either obese or overweight, according to a new, first-of-its kind analysis of trend data from 188 countries. The rise in global obesity rates over the last three decades has been substantial and widespread, presenting a major public health epidemic in both the developed and the developing world.
An estimated 160 million Americans are either obese or overweight. Nearly three-quarters of American men and more than 60% of women are obese or overweight. These are also major challenges for America's children – nearly 30% of boys and girls under age 20 are either obese or overweight, up from 19% in 1980.
Since the start of an international effort to address maternal and child mortality, millions of lives have been saved globally, a new study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington shows.
Global health funding hit an all-time high of $31.3 billion in 2013, five times greater than in 1990. Yet with 3.9% growth from 2012 to 2013, the year-over-year increase falls short of the rapid rates seen over the previous decade, according to new research by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington being published online in a web first edition on April 8 by Health Affairs.
Safer and cleaner road transport is critical for achieving health and development goals around the world, according to a new report that—for the first time—assesses the global health loss from the combined impact of road injuries and pollution that can be attributed to motorized transport.
Nationally, smoking rates have decreased since 1996, but the declines have been driven by a relatively small share of counties across the US, according to new research from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington.
Risk factors including smoking, poor diet, and lack of physical activity are taking their toll, according to a new study by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, working with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
New research from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) shows that verbal autopsy (VA) is a powerful and valid method for data gathering in low-resource settings and points to a newly developed tool as the analytic method of choice.
Countries in the Arab world – from Saudi Arabia to Mauritania to Yemen – have made some significant health gains over the past two decades, including increases in life expectancy and swift reductions in child mortality. These are some of the findings published January 20 in "The State of Health in the Arab World, 1990–2010: An Analysis of the Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors."
Globally, smoking prevalence — the percentage of the population that smokes every day — has decreased, but the number of cigarette smokers worldwide has increased due to population growth, according to new research from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington.
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington has launched the Roux Prize, a new US$100,000 award to recognize individuals or groups that have used Global Burden of Disease (GBD) data to take action that makes people healthier.
El Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) de la Universidad de Washington ha lanzado el Premio Roux, que ofrece 100.000 USD como reconocimiento a aquellos individuos o grupos que hayan utilizado datos del estudio sobre la Carga Mundial de Morbilidad (CMM) para implementar cambios para mejorar la salud de la población.
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) will release a new policy report, The Global Burden of Disease: Generating Evidence, Guiding Policy – European Union and Free Trade Association Regional Edition, at the 6th European Public Health Conference in Brussels.
Dr. Julio Frenk, Chair of the Board of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), was awarded the 2013 Abraham Horwitz Award for Excellence in Leadership in Inter-American Public Health (Premio Abraham Horwitz a la Excelencia en Liderazgo en la Salud Pública Interamericana).
During the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq from 2003 to 2011, for every three people killed by violence, two died as a result of the collapse of the infrastructure that supports health care, clean water, nutrition, and transportation, according to new estimates in a study from the University of Washington Department of Global Health published in the open access journal PLOS Medicine. All told, the researchers estimate that nearly a half million people died from causes that could be attributed to the war.
In the Middle East and North Africa, heart disease, stroke, and diabetes are causing a massive amount of premature death and disability. People in Latin America and the Caribbean are living longer on the whole, yet they face increasing threats from chronic diseases. Mortality has declined in many South Asian countries, yet the number of deaths by non-communicable diseases and self-harm has skyrocketed since 1990.
HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of disease burden in 21 countries concentrated in four regions: Eastern and Southern Africa, Central Africa, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia. In another seven countries, it's the second-leading cause of disease burden. Despite widespread declines in HIV/AIDS mortality, between 2006 and 2010 HIV/AIDS deaths increased in 98 countries.
Data on potentially modifiable causes of health loss, or risk factors, such as improved nutrition and increased physical activity can help policymakers and donors prioritize prevention strategies to achieve better population health.
The rise in physical activity levels will have a positive health impact on Americans by reducing death and chronic disability from cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. But the trend has had little impact so far on stopping the rising tide of obesity.
In nearly every major cause of premature death – from ischemic heart disease to diabetes to interpersonal violence – the United States trails its economic peers, according to new research from a global collaborative of scientists led by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington.
China made substantial gains in health over the past two decades, including increases in life expectancy, reductions in child mortality, and declines in infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and lower respiratory infections. But with that success accompanies the growth of non-communicable diseases and risk factors such as tobacco use and high blood pressure, which could overwhelm the health system.
Australians live longer, healthier lives than people in almost every other country, but a range of ailments threatens advances made in recent years, a symposium on groundbreaking data at the University of Melbourne reveals.
IHME Director Christopher Murray delivered a talk on the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2010 (GBD 2010) at TEDMED, an annual gathering of leaders and innovators in science and medicine. Using IHME's online data visualization tools, Dr. Murray presented eye-catching data on a range of health issues in the US and other countries.
One in five Americans is completely unaware that he or she is at risk for the second leading cause of premature death: high blood pressure. In the first ever analysis of awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension for every county, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington revealed significant differences across the US.


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A new survey in Germany shows that 13 percent of its citizens would welcome a "Führer" – a German word for leader that is explicitly associated with Adolf Hitler – to run the country "with a firm hand."
The findings signal that Europe's largest nation, freed from cold-war strictures, is not immune from the extreme and often right-wing politics on the rise around the Continent.
The study, released Oct. 13 by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, affiliated with the center-left Social Democratic Party, revealed among other things that more than a third of Germans feel the country is "overrun by foreigners," some 60 percent would "restrict the practice of Islam," and 17 percent think Jews have "too much influence."
The study's overall snapshot of German society shows new forms of extremism and hate are no longer the province of far-right cohorts who shave their heads or wear leather jackets adorned with silver skulls – but register in the tweedy political center, on the right and the left. Indeed, the study found, extremism in Germany isn't a fringe phenomenon but is found in the political center, "in all social groups and in all age groups, regardless of employment status, educational level or gender."
Far-right parties gain power across Europe
The year 2010 is marking a clear shift toward extremist politics across Europe, analysts say. An uncertain economy, a gap between elites and ordinary Europeans, and fraying of a traditional sense of national identity has just in the past month brought more hard-line politics and speech, often aimed at Islam or immigrants – into a political mainstream where it had been absent or considered taboo.
On Oct. 10, the city of Vienna, a cosmopolitan and socialist stronghold since World War II, voted the far-right Freedom Party into a ruling coalition. The party, which ran on an "anti-minaret" platform in a city with only one mosque, was formerly associated with nationalist Jorg Haider, but has been reinvented by an animated former dental hygienist, Heinz-Christian Strache.
On Sept. 19, Sweden, long a Scandinavian redoubt of social tolerance and openness, put the far-right Sweden Democrats into parliament for the first time.
Further, this week the Netherlands saw the rise to influence, if not power, of the anti-Islam party of Geert Wilders, a social liberal who argues for gay rights – but whose main platform is to ban the Quran and the practice of Islam in the Low Countries. Mr. Wilders' party will formally participate in the Dutch ruling coalition without specifically joining it.
This new governing architecture – extreme parties that indirectly join a ruling coalition – is now found in Denmark, where the government must rely on the far-right People's Party to operate. As author Ian Buruma notes, this form of government gives extreme parties "power without responsibility."
Growing divide over immigrants' place
To be sure, German politics, which outlaws extremist parties, has no corollary to events taking place in the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, or Switzerland.
Yet xenophobic rhetoric has crept in. Germany is currently enswathed in debate over comments by Horst Seehofer, president of the Bavarian Christian-Social Union, who stated days ago, "It is clear that immigrants from other cultures such as Turkey and Arabic countries have more difficulties. From that I draw the conclusion that we don't need additional immigration from other cultures." The CSU is a sister party of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats.
Mr. Seehofer's comments are seen as responding to German president Christian Wulff on Oct. 3, German Unity Day, in which he called for a second German unification that would more fully integrate those of immigrant background; he said that "Islam also is part of Germany."
President Wulff's statement followed a month of furor over a new book by leftist German central banker Thilo Sarrazin, "Germany Abolishes Itself," positing that immigrants from Turkey and Arab states are lowering German intelligence quotients due to high birth rates and less education, and "have no productive function except in the fruit and vegetable trade."
Mr. Sarrazin's analysis and statistics have been roundly denunciated, and he has resigned his federal banker's post – but his book quickly sold 1.5 million copies.
Why extreme-right views are coming to the surface
The Friedrich Ebert Foundation study that came out this week is based on 2,411 respondents and was conducted in April, prior to the recent emotional immigration debate sparked by Sarrazin, Seehofer, and Wulff.
The rise of racism and intolerance argued in the study contrasts with similar foundation studies, prior to the economic crisis in Europe, showing a decrease in racism or xenophobia. However, today nearly a third of Germans polled would consider a policy repatriating immigrants if the job market suffers further.
The authors of the study urge fellow Germans not to "underestimate" right-wing sentiment.
Oliver Decker, one of the study's authors, says the findings indicate a new popular willingness to express hardcore opinions.
"In the past the base for extreme-right views in Germany, though present, was more latent in nature. Now these views are being expressed more frequently," Mr. Decker says. "The economic crisis seems to have allowed aggression come to the surface. Among those looking for a valve, foreigners in general and Muslims in particular fill that role."


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Europe clinched a deal on Thursday to give the European Central Bank new powers to supervise euro zone banks from 2014, embarking on the first step in a new phase of closer integration to help underpin the euro.
After more than 14 hours of talks and following months of tortuous negotiations, finance ministers from the European Union's 27 countries agreed to hand the ECB the authority to directly police at least 150 of the euro zone's biggest banks and intervene in smaller banks at the first sign of trouble.
"This is a big first step for banking union," EU Commissioner Michel Barnier told a news conference. "The ECB will play the pivotal role, there's no ambiguity about that."
The euro rose to a session high in Tokyo of 1.3080 against the U.S. dollar on news of the deal.
After three years of piecemeal crisis-fighting measures, agreeing on a banking union lays a cornerstone of wider economic union and marks the first concerted attempt to integrate the bloc's response to problem banks.
The new system of supervision should be up and running by March 1, 2014, following talks with the European Parliament, although ministers agreed that could be delayed if the ECB needed longer to prepare itself.
The plan sets in motion one of the biggest overhauls of any European banking system since the financial crisis began in mid-2007 with the near collapse of German lender IKB.
The onus is now on EU leaders, who meet in Brussels on Thursday and Friday, to give it their full political backing.
In an about-turn, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble dropped earlier objections that had led him to clash openly with his French counterpart, Pierre Moscovici, last week over the ECB's role in banking supervision.
With time running out to meet a year-end deadline, both sides managed to settle their differences and Germany won concessions to temper the authority of the ECB's Governing Council over the new supervisor.
Agreement on bank surveillance is a crucial first step towards a broader banking union, or common euro zone approach to dealing with failing banks that in recent years dragged down countries such as Ireland and Spain.
The next pillar of a banking union would be the creation of a central system to close troubled banks.
The decision also sends a strong signal to investors that the euro zone's 17 members, from powerful Germany to stricken Greece, can pull together to tackle the bloc's problems.
Other difficult issues remain.
At a summit in June, EU leaders pledged that once a common bank supervisor was in place, the bloc's rescue mechanism would have the power to directly recapitalize struggling banks.
Countries like France, Italy and Spain are keen for those powers to be in place as soon as possible. But Germany, worried it could be forced to foot the bill for struggling banks across the bloc, is not in a rush.
"We have reached the main points to establish a European banking supervisor that should take on its work in 2014," Schaeuble told reporters. "We stand by what we agreed, to bring Europe forward step by step."
In the longer term, there is also disagreement over how the burden of winding down failed banks should be shared.
The deal foresees banks with assets of €30 billion [$39.2 billion], or larger than one-fifth of their country's economic output, being supervised by the ECB rather than national supervisors.
France's Moscovici said that would put more than 150 banks under the ECB's watch.
Critically, it also gives the ECB authority to widen its authority to smaller banks if problems arise.
That will satisfy Germany, which wanted to maintain primary oversight of its savings and cooperative banks, nearly all of which will not fall under direct surveillance from Frankfurt unless they run into problems.
Talks ran into the early hours of Thursday because ministers needed to resolve a potential conflict of interest between the ECB's roles as supervisor and as guardian of monetary policy.
Such a conflict could arise if, for example, the ECB were to keep interest rates low to prop up banks.
They agreed to introduce a mediation panel to resolve disputes with national supervisors, a move Germany was satisfied would act as a counterbalance to the authority of the European Central Bank's Governing Council.
A steering committee will guide the work of the supervisory body, which in turn is answerable to the ECB's Governing Council. That leaves the final say with the ECB.
Reaching a deal also required granting concessions to Britain, a member of the European Union that does not use the euro, which worried that the ECB would undermine its autonomy in policing the City of London, Europe's top financial center.
London had asked for changes to the system of voting when regulators from across the European Union meet to flesh out EU law, such as defining the capital reserves that banks can use as buffers.
Those regulators meet under the umbrella of the European Banking Authority, but London had been concerned that countries in the euro zone would force through rules in their favor.
EU ministers agreed that a double vote would now take place – one for those in the banking union and another for non-euro countries outside – before decisions on EU regulation are taken.
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What really happens during a pelvic exam?
When all is said and done, a pelvic exam really isn't a big deal. But if you've never had one before, it can be pretty intimidating, awkward and uncomfortable. Take a deep breath babe—here's what to expect.
First off, you probably won't need a pelvic exam unless you're having big problems with your period, are sexually active or over the age of 18, though some girls, their parents or their docs opt for starting exams younger than that.
If you go to see a gynecologist, a nurse will first have you stand on a scale to measure your weight. She'll probably want your height and blood pressure as well, and she might ask you a long list of questions, including what medications you're taking, what your medical history is, if you're sexually active and when your last period was.
Once she heads out, you'll be asked to change into a gown (no undies) and wait for the doc. Your mom can stay with you, if you prefer, or she can wait outside. When the gynecologist comes in, she'll probably take a look at your chart and ask you some questions based on your medical info, and a few background Qs, too, to set you at ease. A breast exam will likely follow.
The pelvic exam itself isn't a biggie. The doc will ask you to lie back on the exam table with your bum near the edge, bend your knees and rest your feet on "stirrups," or little platforms that extend from the table. Take deep breaths and do your best to relax—it'll go faster and be more comfortable if you do.
There are a few different things your doctor will do. The first is an external exam, during which she'll take a look at your vulva and the opening of your vagina. Then she'll insert a speculum, a handheld tool made of either metal or plastic that holds open your vagina so she can take a look at your cervix. Most girls say this is merely uncomfortable, but if it hurts, tell your doctor.
When you're older or sexually active, this is when she'll likely do a pap smear. You'll probably only feel a slight pinch, and it'll be over.
Next, she'll insert a finger or two into your vagina to make
sure everything feels normal. While she does this, she'll press down lightly on
your abdomen. Her hands are gloved and lubricated, and a good doc will be quick but thorough, and really gentle.
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Facebook passes 1.19 billion monthly active users, 874 million mobile users, and 728 million daily users
While sharing its financial results for its third quarter, Facebook today announced a number of new milestones. The social network has now passed 1.19 billion monthly active users. Of those, daily active users passed 728 million on average during September 2013, and the number of monthly active mobile users hit 874 million.
Here's the breakdown from the release:
- Daily active users (DAUs) were 728 million on average for September 2013, an increase of 25% year-over-year.
- Monthly active users (MAUs) were 1.19 billion as of September 30, 2013, an increase of 18% year-over-year.
- Mobile MAUs were 874 million as of September 30, 2013, an increase of 45% year-over-year. Mobile DAUs were 507 million on average for September 2013.
Out of all these numbers, the most important one is of course mobile: Facebook needs to keep growing the number of its users signing in on phones and tablets to stay relevant and to keep investors happy. In fact, it's worth noting that 73.44 percent of Facebook's total user base now accesses the service from a mobile device.
To put things into perspective, that number has been slowly growing from the 40 percent mark in 2011 through and past the 50 percent as well as 60 percent marks in 2012. Now that it's in the 70 percent range, we're adjusting our expectations that it will get to 80 percent in 2014, which is quite impressive for a service that began on the desktop Web.
In Q3 2012, Facebook announced it had passed 1 billion monthly active users and 600 million monthly active mobile users. Last quarter, Facebook passed 1.15 billion monthly active users, 819 million mobile users, and 699 million daily users.
While the year-over-year growth numbers are above, it's also interesting to see Facebook's growth from quarter to quarter. Between Q2 2013 and Q3 2013, the company was up 3.48 percent in total monthly users, 6.72 percent in mobile users, and 4.15 percent in daily users.
As we do every quarter, let's now take a look at this growth in graph form. Here is Facebook's growth for total active users:
Here is Facebook's growth for monthly mobile active users:
Last but not least, here are daily active users:
See also – Almost half of Facebook's advertising revenue now stems from mobile
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