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Troubleshooting the Initial Configuration
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To troubleshoot the initial configuration, see the following sections:
Initial Configuration Does Not Work
Problem: The initial configuration does not work.
Solution: To resolve this problem, follow these steps:
1. Make sure that you can access the device from Cisco Configuration Engine and you can access Cisco Configuration Engine from the device. Use the ping command to validate connectivity.
2. Make sure that the device agent is enabled. In router configuration mode, enter cns?. If the cns command list is displayed, the device agent is enabled. If the device agent is not enabled, this command fails.
3. Make sure that the Cisco Configuration Engine is set up properly. Cisco Configuration Engine is set up in either crypto or plaintext mode. Make sure that the device set up and the Cisco Configuration Engine set up are consistent.
4. Make sure that the system processes are running properly. Enter the following on the Cisco Configuration Engine server:
- To verify that all TibGates are up, enter the following command:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/EvtGateway status /etc/rc.d/init.d/EvtGateway status
Note: For information about TibGate event gateway ports, see the "Scalability Among Event Gateway Ports" chapter in the Cisco Configuration Engine Installation and Configuration Guide, 3.5.
- To verify that httpd is up, enter the following command:
httpd status
- To verify that the Java process is up, enter the following command:
ps –ef | grep –i java | grep ConfigEngine
5. Check the object status for the device in Cisco Configuration Engine. If the status is green, the Cisco Configuration Engine and the device are connected. If the status is red, verify that the Event ID and Config ID match with what is defined on the device. From the Cisco Configuration Engine user interface, do the following:
a. Choose Devices > Edit Device. The Edit Device page appears with a Groups list.
b. From the Groups list, choose the group that contains the device, then click the icon for the device.
c. From the left pane, choose Edit Information. The Enter Device Information page appears.
d. Click Next. The Select Group Membership page appears.
e. Click Next. The Device IDs page appears.
f. Verify that the Event ID matches with what is defined on the router.
6. Verify the agent set up on the device.
In non-configuration mode, enter the show run command to display the agent settings that are running. Then verify the following:
ip host <ce_host.domain_name> <ce_ipaddress> cns trusted-server <ce_host.domain> cns trusted-server all-agents <ce_host.domain_name> cns id string <ce_ipaddress> cns id string <ce_ipaddress> event cns event <ce_ipaddress> <event-gateway port> cns config init <ce_ipaddress> cns exec
7. If the authentication feature is enabled in Cisco Configuration Engine, make sure that the device password (cns password <password string>), matches with what is defined in the Cisco Configuration Engine user interface.
Note: You cannot see the password setting after you have configured it on the router, nor can you edit the password in Cisco Configuration Engine. Therefore, you must reset the password. To reset the password, use the resync device feature in Cisco Configuration Engine.
8. If you have tried all of the preceding steps but the initial configuration still does not work, use the debug cns config all command to enable debugging on the agent. Analyze the output to verify that the agent is set up correctly with proper connectivity.
9. If the initial configuration still does not work, reboot the device.
Log Files to Monitor Event Traffic and Cisco Configuration Engine Process Status
Use the following log files to monitor event traffic and Cisco Configuration Engine process status:
* /var/log/CNSCE/cfgsrv/cfgsrv.log, error.log—Check the cfgsrv log file when the config agent is enabled and initial configuration is issued on the device. * /var/log/CNSCE/evtgateway/TibGateLog-<port>—Check the TibGate log file when the event agent is enabled on the device. * /var/log/httpd/*.log, /var/log/CNSCE/tomcat/*.out, *.txt, *.log—Check the Apache and Tomcat log files to make sure that the web server is running properly. * /var/log/CNSCE/appliance-setup.log—Check the setup log file for Cisco Configure Engine setup, especially in crypto setup mode. * /var/log/CNSCE/websvc—Check the web service log file to see whether the application programming interface (API) is invoked.


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Fixing Class Action Lawsuits
from the objecting-to-settlements dept
Eric Goldman points us to an interesting profile of Ted Frank, a lawyer who is focusing on trying to stop such bad class action lawsuits and settlements by objecting to the settlements when they seem so far over the line. While, as the article notes, there have been a bunch of "professional settlment objectors" in the past, most have been doing it for money (getting some of the attorney's fees). Frank, however, hasn't taken attorney fees (though he says it's a possibility in the future), and is funded by a charity:
"The whole reason I started this is because there is a high probability of district courts rubber-stamping settlements," Frank says. "I think these are very bad settlements that the [9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals] will ... provide guidance for when judges should or shouldn't approve settlements."Again, the concept of a class action lawsuit isn't bad, but it's definitely been widely abused -- so it's nice to see someone pushing back from within to try to stop the worst abuses.


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We're excited to announce that we have joined Bikes Belong, a national coalition of bicycle retailers and suppliers dedicated to putting more people on bikes more often. Our CEO, David Pruitt, will serve on the Bikes Belong Board of Directors. Tim Blumenthal, president, Bikes Belong, welcomed us to the team: "We're thrilled to have Performance Bicycle in the coalition, and that David has agreed to serve on our Board."
Bikes Belong works to increase federal bike funding, awards grants to support innovative bike projects, promotes bicycling and its benefits, and backs crucial national efforts such as:
- Safe Routes to School
- Bicycle Friendly Communities
- National Bike Summit
David, our CEO, summed up why we joined the coalition: "Bikes Belong is a natural fit for Performance. Our passion for cycling and commitment to our local communities align perfectly with the coalition's mission. We look forward to working with Bikes Belong to encourage more people across the country to participate in cycling, and to help the coalition bring awareness to issues that affect cycling at the local, state and federal levels."
In addition to their other advocacy efforts, Bikes Belong also created People For Bikes, a multi-faceted campaign to get 1 million Americans to sign the pledge for safer and more convenient bicycling in America. We've already collected names at our stores, but make your voice heard by signing the pledge below. Together we really can make our world a better place to ride!


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For over 50 years, Fairytale Town has offered children and families a safe place to imagine, play and learn. With 25 playsets based on nursery rhymes and fairytales, a friendly flock of farm animals, two performing arts stages and several gardens, learning has never been more fun!


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On The Soapbox: Handmade Laundry and Dish Soaps
Natural and non-toxic soaps are good for the environment, your home and your body — but you know what'd make them even better? Handmade. Handmade detergents reduces packaging, wasted water and energy and are overall much less expensive than buying the mass produced cleaners. Check out our tips after jump for how to make your own, and a few great sources to buy instead of DIY.
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2 Mrs.Jones Soapbox: A wide variety of eco-friendly house cleaners packaged in lovely containers, all of which are reusable or biodegradable.
3 Scrub Naturally: Tons of homemade cleaners and supplies, including carpet deodorizers, laundry bags, dishwasher detergent, laundry soap and bleach alternatives — all natural and free of synthetic fragrances.
4 Easy Homemade Dish Soap: From DIY website, Instructables, this is a quick recipe using only two ingredients and your favorite essential oil.
5 How To Make Eco-Friendly Laundry Detergent: Make your own detergent with only three ingredients and three steps.
More information about handmade soaps:
- White Laundry, Green Home: Handmade Laundry Supplies
- 5 Homemade DIY Natural Fabric Softeners
- Greening Your Laundry: Eco-Friendly Detergent and Tips
- Spring Cleaning: Green Laundry Products
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A standard ophthalmic exam is a series of tests done to check your vision and the health of your eyes.
Alternative Names
Routine eye examination; Eye exam - standard; Annual eye exam
How the test is performed
First, you will be asked if you are having any eye or vision problems. You will be asked to describe these problems, how long you have had them, and any factors that have made them better or worse.
Your history of glasses or contact lenses will also be reviewed. The eye doctor will then ask about your overall health, including any medications you take and your familys medical history.
Next, the doctor will check your vision (
- You will be asked to read random letters that become smaller line by line as your eyes move down the chart.
- To see if you need glasses, the doctor will place several lenses in front of your eye, one at a time, and ask you when the letters on the Snellen chart become easier to see.This is called a
refraction test.
Other parts of the exam include tests to:
- See if you have proper three-dimensional (3D) vision (stereopsis).
- Check your side (peripheral) vision.
- Check the eye muscles by asking you to look in different directions at a penlight or other small object.
- Examine the pupils with a penlight to see that they respond (constrict) properly to light.
- Often, youll be given eyedrops to open up (dilate) your pupils. This allows the doctor to use a device called an ophthalmoscope toview the structures at the back of the eye. This area is called the fundus. It includes the
retinaand nearby blood vessels and optic nerve.
Another magnifying device called a
- See the clear surface of the eye (eyelids, cornea, conjunctiva, sclera, and iris)
- Check for
glaucomausing a method called tonometry
How to prepare for the test
Make an appointment with an eye doctor (some take walk-in patients). Avoid eye strain on the day of the test. You may need someone to drive you home if the doctor uses eye drops to dilate your pupils.
How the test will feel
The tests cause no pain or discomfort.
Why the test is performed
All children should have vision screening in a pediatricians or family practitioners office around the time when they learn the alphabet, and then every 1 to 2 years afterward. Screening should begin sooner if any eye problems are suspected.
Between ages 20 and 39:
- A complete eye exam should be done every 5 to 10 years
- Adults who wear contact lenses need yearly eye exams
- Certain eye symptoms or disorders may require more frequent exams
Adults over age 40 who have no risk factors or ongoing eye conditions should be screened:
- Every 2 to 4 years for adults ages 40 - 54
- Every 1 to 3 years for adults ages 55 - 64
- Every 1 to 2 years for adults age 65 and older
Depending on your risk factors for eye diseases and your current symptoms or illnesses, your eye doctor may recommend that you have exams more often.
Eye and medical problems that can be found by a routine eye test include:
- Diabetes
- Glaucoma
High blood pressure Macular degeneration
Normal Values
- 20/20 (normal) vision
- Ability to identify different colors
- Full visual field
- Proper eye muscle coordination
- Normal eye pressure
- Normal eye structures (cornea, iris, lens, etc.)
What abnormal results mean
Abnormal results may be due to:
- Age-related macular degeneration (ARMD)
Astigmatism Blocked tear duct
- Cataracts
- Color blindness
Corneal abrasion(or dystrophy) Corneal ulcers and infections
- Damaged nerves or blood vessels in the eye
- Diabetes-related damage in the eye (
diabetic retinopathy)
- Glaucoma
Hyperopia Lazy eye(amblyopia) Myopia Presbyopia Strabismus
- Trauma
This list may not include all possible causes of abnormal results.
What the risks are
If you received drops to dilate your eyes for the ophthalmoscopy, your vision will be blurred and sunlight can damage your eye. Wear dark glasses or shade your eyes to avoid discomfort until the dilation wears off, usually in several hours.
Special considerations
Many eye diseases, especially glaucoma and retinal detachment, are curable or can be treated if detected early.
American Academy of Ophthalmology Preferred Practice Patterns Committee. Preferred Practice Pattern Guidelines. Comprehensive Adult Medical Eye Evaluation. Available at http://one.aao.org/CE/PracticeGuidelines/PPP_Content.aspx?cid=64e9df91-dd10-4317-8142-6a87eee7f517. Accessed February 26, 2013.
Colenbrander A. Measuring vision and vision loss. In: Tasman W, Jaeger EA, eds. Duanes Ophthalmology. 2013 ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2012:vol 5, chap 51.
Olitsky SE, Hug D, Plummer LS, Stass-Isern M. Examination of the eye. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St. Geme JW III, et al., eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 611.
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Franklin W. Lusby, MD, Ophthalmologist, Lusby Vision Institute, La Jolla, California. Also reviewed by A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc., Editorial Team: David Zieve, MD, MHA, Bethanne Black, Stephanie Slon, and Nissi Wang.


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Holidays are a time when many of us gather with with family and friends, when hearts are open, tables are full, spirits light and oxytocin flows just from being with those we care about and sharing meals and good times. For some families, babies arrive on the holiday to make the day even more special and significant then other years. For health care providers, doctors, nurses, midwives, doulas, birth photographers, lactation consultants and those that work with birthing families, holidays are often times spent away from their own friends and families so they can help women become mothers and see the birth of a family.
I have a clear recollection of being pregnant with my second daughter through the holidays of 2000. Grumpy, crabby, "done" with being pregnant, and very mad that everyone else seemed to be so festive and happy. Hard to make plans for holiday gatherings and meals, unwilling to have people over and not wanting to go elsewhere, I complained my way through each day, surprised like any other fully pregnant 40 weeker, that I would wake up each morning in my bed, "still pregnant." I agreed to join friends for our traditional sushi rolling party that we did every New Year's Eve, and pregnant or not, I was going to be rolling and eating sushi. Alas, baby felt like joining the party, and I went into labor New Year's Eve. A slow labor ramp up seems to be the way my babies come, and I mildly contracted through the night, all New Year's Day and into that night. As was the case, I seem to go from early labor to transition rather quickly and soon was pushing a baby out into the world in the pre-dawn hours on January 2nd. 01/02/01. Missing 01/01/01 by just a few hours. Missing the tax break and a New Year's Eve baby by a day. Regardless, a memorable New Year nonetheless for myself and my family.
I sit now waiting for the call to join a client as her birth doula, as other women, clients of mine, tick the hours past the holiday celebrations, very pregnant and wondering if they too, will have a holiday baby.
As a doula for over 10 years, I have attended births on every holiday, my birthday, and my children's birthdays, as those babies come when they want to, regardless of the plans of those of us on the outside!
I thought I would check in with those women who have given birth on a holiday like July 4th, Valentine's Day, Christmas, New Year's, Halloween and others to find out what their experience was like. And also ask those who themselves were born on a holiday, how has it been forever having their birthday associated with a holiday well known by many here in the US.
"I birthed on a holiday!"
Most of the women I spoke to who gave birth on a holiday had gone into labor spontaneously. Several of them had a long labor, for several days, with the baby making their appearance on the holiday. I wondered if they felt that their birth team minded not being with their family on the holiday. Everyone reported that, regardless of home birth or hospital birth, the birth team seemed very present, happy to be there and upbeat about welcoming the new baby. A few hospital birth mothers remarked at how empty and quiet the hospitals were during their births. Discharge seemed to take a bit longer and it was sometimes harder to be seen by a lactation consultant or other specialist. Some babies born on Christmas were given a green and white striped hat instead of the "normal" newborn baby hat after birth.
Many women talk about celebrating their child's birthday on the original holiday date when the child is young, but as they get older, they have moved the celebration to a day that is not the holiday, so that friends and family are more available to join in the celebration. They shared that others seem "dismayed" that they gave birth on a holiday, expressed regrets for the child's birth date, as if it was a bad thing.
I recall being at a birth on July 4th, and the baby was born about 30 minutes before the fireworks over the city were to happen. The midwife and nurses turned off all the lights and we swung the mother's bed completely toward the wall of windows, and the new family, and staff and I all watched the big fireworks show in silence, baby snuggled at mother's breast. I whispered in the baby's ear later on, "Remember, these fireworks will always be to celebrate *your* special day!"
All the women I spoke to, who birthed on a holiday, made sure to comment and share that they felt it was important to have the baby pick its birth date, and be born when it is ready, even if that is a holiday. They all recognized what Lamaze speaks to when we share information in our Healthy Birth Practice, Let Labor Begin On Its Own.
The women all stated that they wanted to be sure that their child, born on a holiday, would always feel special and have celebrated, and not have their child's birthday get lost in the shuffle of holiday celebrations.
"I was born on a holiday!"
I spoke with women who themselves were born on a holiday and they shared what it was like to have to share their birthday with a holiday that everyone was celebrating. The folks who were born on Christmas or New Year's shared that they frequently felt like their birthday got "overlooked" or "short shrift" in the celebrations of the season. As a child, they often had to express their frustrations and share that they needed their families to make their birthdays special, "If I was born in August, would you wrap my birthday gifts in Christmas wrapping?" said one woman. Gifts often said "Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday." One woman, born on New Year's Day remarked; "At least I wasn't born on Christmas!"
Many women who are born on other holidays, like Halloween or 4th of July, share that it was great fun growing up with that birthday date, and continues to be fun into adulthood. One woman shared that being born on April Fool's Day was not fun, and she got pranked a lot with empty boxes wrapped as presents and other jokes. Not something she has enjoyed, and she shared; "I felt like my birthday was always a joke!"
"I worked with birthing women on a holiday!"
I also spoke with health care providers, who shared that they enjoyed working on holidays, that facilities were often quiet, and low key, and the birthing families that they work with seemed extra appreciative of their support on the holiday. They often wear a little something special to make things more festive, a Santa hat, or Halloween headband or an American flag on July 4th. Sometimes, hospitals put something special on the meal tray, a flower or decorated cookie. They are glad to be helping in any way they can.
I think that family and friends, and even the public makes a lot of comments to pregnant women who may find themselves likely birthing on a holiday, adding an extra layer of stress for these women, to what can already be a time period raw with emotion at the end of pregnancy. I am glad that these women are treated well by care providers. None of the women who responded to my small, unscientific survey said that they felt pressure to induce to avoid a holiday birth date.
I think that as educators, we can stress that babies come when they come, and recognize the additional pressures that women may feel to birth or avoid birthing on a holiday date. We can provide tips on coping with holiday celebrations and plans when "very pregnant" and honor the emotions that some of the women may be experiencing. Reassuring women that their babies know when to be born and helping them to prepare for however things unfold is a gift we can give to our students and clients.
Have you birthed on a holiday? Were you born on a holiday? Do you support birthing women and frequently work on a holiday. Please share your experiences with all the readers in the comments and let us know what your experience was. Is anyone waiting on a baby now? Do you expect to get called to a birth? Are you working in a hospital? On call? Finally, a huge thank you to all the professionals who give up their holidays to support the new babies coming into the world.


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - istanbul Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in istanbul Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Turkey View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message drumaleeJoined: 21 Jan 2003Posts: 1 Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2003 5:43 pm Post subject: istanbul I`m wondering what an average salary is ( per month ) for an english teacher in Turkey, especially Istanbul. Also is accommodation/airfare usually included? I`m teaching in Korea at the moment where it easy to save money but the lifestyle leaves a lot to be desired. A fresh challenge is needed! Thanks for any replies. Back to top StephenJoined: 02 Feb 2003Posts: 101 Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2003 12:07 pm Post subject: Salaries in Turkey are no simple matter. It is important to look not only at what your paid, but how your paid. Inflation is rampant, so hard currency holds it value better than lira. If you are being paid in lira, it should be repegged to hard currency (usually this will be the US dollar) at regular intervals. Every 3 months is much better than every 6. When I was there, pre-financial crisis, salaries ranged US$600 to US$1500, perhaps US$900 to US$1000 was about average, but things MAY have changed a lot as the economy has changed a lot since then. Also look at what the housing arrangements are. Back to top martha oralJoined: 21 Feb 2003Posts: 10Location: Ankara, Turkey Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 7:02 am Post subject: Stephen is right about the salary range and the pegging to hard currancy. Reciently it has gone to Euros instead of USD in a lot of schools. Your benefits package depends on the instution...most "good" places pay your air fare and 90% pay loging. The place you work will depend on your qualifications. The better qualified you are the better the institution the better the pay and benes. , Cheers Martha Back to top martha oralJoined: 21 Feb 2003Posts: 10Location: Ankara, Turkey Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 5:47 am Post subject: One interesting aside to the pegging issue. My salary actually went DOWN in January when they adjusted it. Why? I am pegged to the USD! and it is going down against the Lira! Amazing isn't it. Thanks George! M Back to top boxcarwillyJoined: 23 Jan 2003Posts: 85 Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 2:36 pm Post subject: Istanbul Remember, we have some room to negociate our contracts. If money is more important than time, agreeing to work more hours in return for salary, accomodation and airfare concessions is common. For Istanbul, 1,000 USD salary/month and the school paying for accomodation and airfare can be creatively bargined. Back to top comeniusJoined: 27 Jan 2003Posts: 124Location: San Francisco, California, USA Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 3:50 pm Post subject: Good deal... Wow, I must have been doing pretty well then. I was working at ATA College (a private high school that taught most of its curiculum in English located in the Balmuncu district in Istanbul) and earned $2300 cash plus housing, insurance, RT airfare and Turkish lessons. Granted I had a M.A. in T.E.S.O.L., as did the other teachers there. Not sure if that factored in. I also did a lot of computer work for them as well, so it's possible that I was getting paid more than just a straight EFL teacher. I never really investigated private schools, or private lessons, so I have no clue what they would pay. I was lucky to be paid in dollars as the time I was there (1997-1998) the lira was dropping like a stone day after day. I remember only changing a weeks worth of money at a time so as not to lose too much buying power. I still remember the apartment I had, with a view of the Bosphorous. I had my kitchen table next to a big window, and remember eating breakfast and dinner watching the boats go back and forth against the backdrop of the minarets. It was incredible beautiful. 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Family. You can't live with them. You can't live without them. Or can you?
Deb tried that route. But she ended up saving her darling brother, and so they're left struggling to find out where that leaves them. Besides in the middle of dead bodies and killers. But in a kill-or-be-killed world, maybe it's not so bad to become a predator.
The episode opens with Dexter, Debra, and Vogel in a therapy session, trying to work through Debra's attempt at murder-suicide. Debra seeks forgiveness, but Dexter walks out on both of them. Now it's him that won't return her calls. Hypocrite much?
There is an odd scene between Dexter and Harrison that seems out of place. Harrison wants to watch cartoons and Dexter insists on getting ready for school. But really it centers on what this episode is all about: family is a lot of things, but at the end of the day, they're still family. Each one is different. Mine argues over where to go for dinner, but some clearly argue over murder. It doesn't lessen how much love a family has for its members.
At work, Miami Metro finally goes after Yates, after the account of the stabbing victim Dexter saved. The homicide unit also finally pursues Norma Rivera's case, the woman found murdered in her home last episode.
Rivera was reportedly having an affair with her boss, Hamilton, so the detectives look in that direction. But Captain Matthews asks Quinn to overlook Hamilton's indiscretions as he is a friend.
Later, witnesses who placed Hamilton's son at the scene of the crime recant their testimony. We know of Mathews' sordid past -- but could he have gone so far as to tamper with witnesses?
At her home, Vogel puts on some jolly music to open her mail to, only to have Yates break in and kidnap her. Cliche much? Who puts on music just to open mail? I may be overly suspicious of Vogel, but that's because she constantly does suspicious things!
Meanwhile, Miami Metro found three bodies in Yates' backyard. Deb interrupts to get Dexter to help recover Vogel. Dexter chooses that moment to push Debra for the answer to why she saved his life. Her response was simple: "I couldn't imagine my life without you in it."
Although tense, Dexter agrees to let Deb help him save Vogel. And this is the core of family. We mess up. We fight. But we're still family.
Speaking of family, Masuka spends some quality time with his newly found daughter. But he doubts that her motives are altruistic, so Masuka hires Deb to check out/stalk his daughter. Debra suggests that maybe it's enough just to have family (clearly nearly drowning has been quite good for her attitude -- not that I'd suggest it for anyone else).
Dexter, on the hunt for Yates, makes a pit stop at his house to find Cassie, Jamie, and Quinn waiting. Surprise double date? Otherwise known as entrapment. Dexter can't leave without pissing off Jamie, but he snags Cassie into helping him escape. Can you say potential? Cause this girl's got it.
As Deb and Dexter search, Vogel isn't idly waiting. She takes the apology route first, stating that she only suggested brain surgery to save him from his brain tumors. Next up, she focuses on his mother, deflecting his anger onto the memory of her. She reminds him that his obsession with shoes comes from when he would watch his mother's shoes walking by while he was hiding under the bed after being beaten by her.
But third time's the charm as Vogel flips out, adopting the persona of his mother, smacking him around until he leaves her alone. Who knew showing some backbone was the way to treat serial killers?
She calls Dexter from a cell phone and leaves the line open. Deb calls Elway to get him to trace the number. He comes through, and off they race. I only mention this because Elway is always ready to help Deb at the drop of a hat. His crush isn't so secret, but for a detective, it's sad that Deb hasn't picked up on it.
Deb and Dexter enter the house but find only blood trails. Upstairs, they find Vogel in the closet. And guess where Yates is hiding? Under the bed.
Dexter uses Deb's feet as bait (apparently her All-Star Chucks are as appealing as his earlier victim's shiny high heels. For a guy particular about his feet, that says a lot. Guess there's no need to kill my feet on my next date if Converses are just as appealing to the opposite sex. Who knew I'd get dating tips from a serial killer?).
Dexter spears Yates with a curtain rod through the bed. I'm not sure how possible this actually is, but I was impressed. I'm also slightly afraid of sleeping under my window now.
Deb takes it rather well, even laughingly joking, "the family that kills together" stays together. Dexter cleans up and sets about his usual disposal ritual, with Debra and Vogel right beside him. It's not the same as before, and it's not the family he expected, but maybe it just might be better.
After all, this little piggy is really the big bad wolf. And he'll huff and puff (and kill) to protect his family (and their feet).


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How Pittsburgh and Georgia Met in the 1982 Sugar Bowl
The Georgia-Notre Dame game was a hit in every way. The pairing gave the Sugar Bowl one of its highest television ratings (23.3). But due to the nature of the Orange Bowl's prime-time telecast, and because the Sugar obviously lost a share of the afternoon audience to Dallas, Miami (24.1) was the ratings king. ABC, which had pressed the Sugar and Southeastern Conference to switch to prime time, was pleased with the result, yet unhappy with the thought of what might have been.
ABC had a sweetheart deal with the Sugar Bowl because the Bowl gave the network all the high cards when the last contract had been signed in 1976. The Sugar, because of its contract with the network, could now pay competing football teams $1 million apiece. Meanwhile, CBS was paying the Cotton Bowl enough to allow its teams to get approximately $1.8 million. NBC's Orange Bowl contract was helping the Miami teams to pick up an estimated $1.3 million.
In four of the previous five years, the Sugar Bowl had showcased a No. 1 team in what were in effect, national championship games. ABC, the college football network, had the best of all worlds – the finest attractions for the lowest pay. And there were three more years remaining on the agreement.
In March at the conference basketball tournament in Birmingham, the SEC's Bowl Committee informed the Sugar that its tie-up would end after the January 1, 1982, game if more money was not forthcoming for the competing teams. The Committee pointed out that under the existing contract, its champions had nothing to lose by being free to play in Dallas and Miami as well as New Orleans.
"We agreed to get back to the SEC people," said Mickey Holmes. "All we did here was to give our side and listen to their side. It's been a great relationship for both parties. As for raising the payoffs, the only way to do it is through TV money. You can't make any substantial increase in payoffs by increasing ticket prices."
The first thing the SEC-ABC-Sugar troika did was petition the NCAA Extra Events' Committee for the 7 p.m. kickoff that the network wanted. Mickey Holmes had to convince the Committee as well as suppress intense Orange Bowl lobbying. Miami, understandably, wanted to keep New Year's night to itself. For a prime-time kickoff, and a change in the SEC's most recent appearance rule in favor of letting the Sugar choose a representative in case of a championship tie, ABC was willing to come up with a $20 million, escalating, six-year contract. Both were approved.
The Fiesta Bowl, a relative newcomer based in Phoenix, announced a move to New Year's Day opposite the Cotton Bowl. Nineteen eighty-two would be the first New Year's since 1961 that more than the traditional four bowl games would be played on January 1.
Finding quality teams to fill the bowl vacancies wasn't difficult. A record seven teams (Michigan, Notre Dame, Southern Cal, Texas, Penn State, Pitt, and Clemson) were ranked at the top of the polls at one time or another during the 1981 season. From the start, Pittsburgh and Penn State caught the Sugar's fancy. It was the SEC spot that caused the most headaches. Georgia lost its No. 1 ranking in the third week of the season when it lost nine turnovers and a game to Clemson, 13-3. Vince Dooley used the defeat as a springboard; his team constantly improved and headed toward the end of the season as a probable 10-1 entry. Alabama, which lost to Georgia Tech and was tied by Southern Mississippi, kept even with Georgia in the SEC standings.
Georgia recovered sufficiently from the Clemson defeat to climb back to No. 3 in the national polls. And, of course, Georgia had Herschel Walker as a calling card. Alabama, in the season that Bear Bryant eclipsed Amos Alonzo Stagg as college football's winningest coach, was ranked No. 6 when the Tide thrashed No. 5 Penn State, 32-16. Alabama, seldom impressive during the 1981 season, was awesome. Penn State, a solid football team that probably played the most difficult schedule in the country, went down for its second loss.
Pittsburgh, ranked No. 1, was the obvious choice for the Sugar Bowl. But a local debate raged over the merits of the SEC co-champions. The argument for 'Bama, No. 4 after the Penn State game, was Bryant's record and the unpublicized fact that Bear was eager for a shot at Pitt and his protégé Jackie Sherrill. It was his most direct route for a chance at No. 1. There were those on the Sugar Bowl's Executive Committee acutely aware of what the organization owed Bryant.
The Sugar Bowl also had an obligation to itself, the SEC, and ABC to select what it felt was the best attraction. Georgia not only had the better record and the higher ranking, but the Bulldogs' only defeat was to Clemson, who would finish the season unbeaten. 'Bama's only loss was to Georgia Tech (1-9), a matter of striking significance. Also, the Sugar Bowl would have to choose between Bulldog running back Herschel Walker and Crimson Tide Coach Bear Bryant. The nod had to go to the combatant.
"We were in a 'can't win' situation with the SEC," said Holmes. "We had to choose between two excellent football teams. We made our choice. Now I feel we're in a 'can't miss' situation with No. 1 and No. 3"
Penn State made it a 'could miss' situation with a 48-14 comeback win over the Panthers, dropping Pitt to No. 8. Clemson, scheduled to play No. 4 Nebraska in the Orange Bowl, rose to the top spot in the polls. That, of course, put Miami in the position New Orleans had held before the kickoff: the game with the glitter.
No team may ever have lost as much talent as one time as did Jackie Sherrill when 21 members of his 11-1, 1980 Pitt Panthers decided to play professional football – 12 by way of the draft, nine as free agents. In what could only be expected to be a rebuilding year, Sherrill molded an extremely potent offense revolving around 6-foot-4 junior quarterback Dan Marino. With 2,615 yards and 34 touchdowns, Marino could already be throwing against pro defenses, observers believed.
The Pitt defense also glittered, leading the nation by allowing only 224.8 total yards a game. Seven turnovers and 13 penalties defused any chance Pitt may have had against Penn State, an extremely good team in its own right.
After the slow start, Vince Dooley was convinced his Bulldogs had evolved into a team better than the one that won the national championship the year before. Herschel Walker gained 1, 891 yards, yet his longest run was 32 yards. As a sophomore he was more consistent, although less spectacular. Buck Belue, who led Georgia to 27 victories in his 29 starting assignments, completed 60 percent of his 188 passing attempts, taking pressure off Walker.
Both teams were downright miserly on defense. Pitt gave up 62.4 rushing yards a game, Georgia 72.5 yards. Both appeared vulnerable in the secondary. Pitt surrendered 162.5 passing yards, Georgia 164.5. That was only because opponents couldn't run on either.
In 563 passing attempts over two seasons Marino had been sacked only 16 times, so Dooley suspected the course for his team was patience.
As much as Dooley respected Pittsburgh's capabilities, there was an intangible that kept gnawing at him. "Pitt being undefeated, and then jumping up with two relatively easy touchdowns (against Penn State) may have been the worst thing for Pitt, the best thing for Penn State. Pitt had not been in stress situations before and did not respond. Penn State (which had played a much more difficult schedule) had, and did. That loss was the worst possible thing for us. I would rather have had Pitt undefeated. Now they've been embarrassed and have an opportunity to make amends for that."
Sherrill studied the match-ups, went through the game plan at a chalk session two days before the Sugar, stopped and looked at the board again. With sudden insight he said, "They've got problems."
Recap excerpted from the book "Sugar Bowl Classic: A History" by Marty Mulé, who covered the game and the organization for decades for the New Orleans Times-Picayune.


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Comedian Tony Calabrese is spearheading the campaign to help raise funds for the 102-year-old Point Loma Assembly, a community improvement organization that has served as a hub for local civic and youth groups, election polling and even as a Red Cross distribution center during both world wars.
Calabrese and comedy partner Maria Herman said they came up with the idea for a Comedy Fundraising Nights series after hosting a weekly comedy school at the building for nearly two years.
"The Assembly Hall has a really nice stage for acting and comedy," said Calabrese. "The Point Loma Actors Studio has been using this building for years with a lot of success. Maria and I think giving back to our community is a good thing and we are having a lot of fun doing it."
The Aug. 10 Comedy Night will spotlight well-known actor and comedian Mark Christopher Lawrence and Katsy Chappell, who has entertained troops around the world and appeared on various TV comedy shows.
Calabrese and Herman host the comedy series, as well as organize them.
"We hope to raise $7,000 for the Point Loma Assembly this year," said Herman. "After two shows in the first part of this year, we are pretty much halfway to that goal.
"I think the August show will be a really good one, because this is the first time Katsy and Mark have worked together and they will be a hilarious combination," she said.
Tickets are $20 each and are available through Calabrese at American West Bank, located at 1350 Rosecrans St.; by calling Patti Adams at
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The use of robotic surgery systems in medical procedures dates back to the 1980s. Since then, this market has experienced tremendous growth in terms of product innovation and development as well as uptake by end-users. The major advantages of these systems include improved surgical outcomes, accurate procedure execution and rapid post-surgical recovery of the patient. In addition to these factors, the growing global aging population and increase in the per-capita healthcare expenditure are set to drive future growth of this market.
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Surgical Robots
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MAKO RIO surgical system
iBlock surgical system
Navio PFS surgical system
Stanmore Sculptor surgical system
Neurosurgery robotic systems
NeuroMate surgical system
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Renaissance surgical system
General laparoscopy robotic systems
Da Vinci robotic surgery system
FreeHand endoscope holder system
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Noncatheter percutaneous robotic systems
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Assistive and rehabilitation systems
Handy 1 assistive robot
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Mobility System – muscle re-education device
Lokomat rehabilitation system
Non-medical robotics in hospitals
Telemedicine robots
Cart transportation robots
Robotic hospital pharmacy
Global medical robotic systems market, by geography
Rest of the World (RoW)
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Device Improves Neuroplasticity for Quicker Recovery. An apparatus for the rehabilitation of stroke victims is conquering hospitals. It is being tested in particular by the CHUV hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland and soon by the Stanford Stroke Center in the United States.
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What are Nanorobots
Elements of Nanorobots
The Constituents and Design of Nanorobots
Approaches for the Construction of Nanorobots
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Practical Example of Nanorobots Approach for Cancer Detection and Treatment
Nanorobots in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetes
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Respirocyte - An Artificial Oxygen Carrier Nanorobot
Artificial Phagocytes – Microbivores Nanorobots
Chromallocyte: A Hypothetical Mobile Cell-Repair Nanorobot
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RoboBusiness 2013 keynote
October 25, 2013
Aethon and El Camino Hospital co-present the keynote talk at RoboBusiness 2013 and discuss an Intralogistics(tm) implementation using 20 TUG robots in the hospital to deliver medications, laboratory specimens, meals, materials, trash and linens.
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Published on Oct 24, 2013
ASK NAO (Autism Solution for Kids) was created by Aldebaran Robotics to customize NAO, our humanoid robot, in order to support teachers with in-class tasks and help children with autism reach new levels of greatness.
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RI Seminar: Pierre E. Dupont : Creating Robots for Ultra-minimally Invasive Surgery
Streamed live on Sep 20, 2013
Pierre E. Dupont
Boston Children Hospital, Harvard Medical School
September 20, 2013
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Pierre E. Dupont is Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Bioengineering and holder of the Edward P. Marram Chair at Boston Children's Hospital. His academic appointments include Visiting Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. His research group develops robotic instrumentation and imaging technology for minimally invasive surgery. He received the BS, MS and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA. After graduation, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. He subsequently moved to Boston University, Boston, MA, USA where, until 2009, he was a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. His group has received a number of paper awards including the King-Sun Fu Best Paper Award of the IEEE Transactions on Robotics in 2010 and the IEEE ICRA Best Medical Robotics Paper Award in 2012. He is an IEEE Fellow who has served in many capacities with the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
First of its Kind in North Texas: Scarless Robotic Hysterectomy at Medical City Dallas Hospital
May 22, 2013
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The Melting-Pot Theory
Why American Muslims don't blow things up.
This is the third part in a series of eight exploring why the United States suffered no follow-up terror attacks after 9/11. To read the series introduction, click here.
In "The Terrorists-Are-Dumb Theory" I noted the terrible price al-Qaida paid in Afghanistan for 9/11. To repeat: Nearly 80 percent of its Afghanistan-based membership was killed in the U.S. invasion, according to journalist Lawrence Wright. Two-thirds of al-Qaida's leadership was captured or killed. The terror group's membership may now be down to as few as 200 or 300. Let's assume, as many believe, that this alone has made it very difficult for al-Qaida to stage a follow-up attack on the United States. Couldn't the job still be done by angry jihadis already living in the United States? Where are al-Qaida's sleeper cells?
Sleeping, apparently. Since 9/11, relatively few people have been prosecuted for conspiring with al-Qaida. In 2002, Brooklyn-born Jose Padilla was arrested in Chicago for allegedly plotting to set off a radioactive "dirty bomb," but five years later he would be tried (and convicted) on an entirely different charge concerning plans to commit terrorism abroad. In 2006, seven men from Liberty City in Miami were arrested for plotting to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago with a Federal Bureau of Investigation informant posing as an al-Qaida terrorist. The FBI's own deputy director termed the conspiracy "more aspirational than operational," and the prosecution ended in a mistrial. In December 2008, the departing Bush administration put the total number of terrorists "and their supporters" arrested and convicted inside the United States since 9/11 at "more than two dozen," which would seem a weak effort but for the fact that no terror attacks occurred here during that time. In the absence of other evidence, we must conclude that inside the United States, homegrown, al-Qaida-inspired terrorist conspiracy-mongering seldom advances very far.
That record stands in stark contrast to that of the United Kingdom, which since 9/11 has incubated several very serious terrorism plots inspired or directed by al-Qaida. One of these reached fruition—the London Underground bombings of July 7, 2005, which killed 52 people and injured nearly 800 more. A follow-up attack two weeks later was thwarted only because the bombs failed to go off. Richard Reid, the foiled shoe bomber, boarded a Miami-bound plane in Paris but was a British citizen. The 2006 plot that begat airport bans on carrying liquids and gels also originated inside the United Kingdom and reportedly was in its final stages when halted by British authorities. In 2007, a suicide car bomber attacked the Glasgow airport but, fortunately, succeeded in killing only himself; around the same time British authorities found two unexploded car bombs in London's West End. Even when it isn't linked directly to terrorism, Muslim radicalism seems more prevalent—and certainly more visible—inside the United Kingdom, and in Western Europe generally, than it is inside the United States.
Why the difference? Economics may be one reason. American Muslims are better-educated and wealthier than the average American. In Europe, they are poorer and less well-educated than the rest of the population—in Germany, only about 10 percent of the Turkish population attends college. The United States has assimilated Muslims into its society more successfully than Western Europe—and over a longer period. Arabs began migrating to the United States in great numbers during the second half of the 19th century. Western Europe's Arab migration didn't start until after World War II, when many arrived as guest workers. In Germany and France, a great many Muslims live in housing projects segregated from the rest of the population. In the United States, Muslims are dispersed more widely. An exception would be Detroit, which has a large Muslim community but not an impoverished one.
Traditionally, the United States has been seen as less class-bound than Europe and more welcoming to immigrants. "There's something about our national myths," observes Jonathan Laurence, a political scientist at Boston College, "that give the impression of a possibility of political participation that European countries are still catching up to." Christopher Caldwell, author of a forthcoming book about Muslim immigration in Western Europe, notes also that the United States is unburdened by Europe's imperial legacy in the Middle East and South Asia. "Some of these relationships," he observes, "come pre-contextualized due to colonialism." Even so, Caldwell says Americans shouldn't get carried away with self-congratulation regarding their superior ability to bring Muslims into the mainstream. No Muslim ever won a seat in the House of Representatives until 2006, and none has ever won a Senate seat. (James Abourezk, who in the 1970s became the first Arab-American senator, is the son of Lebanese Christians.) At the same time, the seven medical doctors arrested in connection with 2007's bungled bombings in Glasgow and London clearly suffered no lack of educational opportunity or achievement.
The relative dearth of Islamist radicalism in the United States is at least as much a function of American demographics as it is of American exceptionalism. Muslims simply loom smaller in the U.S. population than they do in the populations of many Western European countries. Muslims account for roughly 3 percent of the population in the United Kingdom, 4 percent in Germany, and 9 percent in France. In the United States, they're closer to 1 percent and are spread over a much larger geographic area. As both immigrants and descendants of immigrants, Muslims are far outnumbered in the United States by Latinos. It's quite different in Western Europe. Muslims represent the largest single immigrant group in France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands (where they constitute a majority of all immigrants), and the United Kingdom (where they constitute a plurality of all immigrants).
Somewhere between one-quarter to one-half of U.S. Muslims are African-American. Historically, American-born black Muslims have felt little kinship with Arab and foreign-born Muslims, and while al-Qaida has sought to recruit black Muslims, "there's no sign" they've met with any success, according to Laurence. (Arabs make up less than half of 1 percent of the U.S. population, and a majority of them are Christian, mostly from Lebanon, Syria, and Egypt.) Among foreign-born Muslims in the United States, nearly one-quarter are Shiite—many of them refugees from the 1979 Iranian revolution—and therefore harbor little sympathy for al-Qaida's Sunni following. Europe's Muslim population, by contrast, is overwhelmingly Sunni, hailing typically in France from Algeria and Morocco; in Germany from Turkey; and in the United Kingdom from Pakistan and the subcontinent.
Whatever the reason, American Muslims appear far less inclined to support the global jihad than their European counterparts. In the United Kingdom, 81 percent of Muslims consider themselves Muslims first, British second. In the United States, only 47 percent consider themselves Muslim first. After 9/11, 58 percent of American Muslims said they approved of President Bush's response to the attacks. In a 2007 Pew survey, 51 percent said they were very concerned about the rise of Islamist extremism, a proportion the report termed "much greater than the concern expressed by Muslims in most of Western Europe, the Middle East, and elsewhere."
All right, then. American Muslims are disinclined to commit acts of terror inside the United States. Why don't American non-Muslims pick up the slack?
Actually, they do. In April 1995 Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols bombed a federal building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people and injuring 500 more. In April 1996, Ted Kaczynski, the "Unabomber," was arrested for killing three people and wounding 22 others. In July 1996, a former Army explosives expert named Eric Rudolph set off a bomb at the Olympics in Atlanta, killing one person and injuring 11; later, he set off bombs at two abortion clinics and a nightclub frequented by gay men and women, killing a security guard * and injuring 12 others. In September and October 2001, somebody sent anthrax spores to media outlets and government offices, killing five people. The FBI believes it was an Army scientist named Bruce Ivins who killed himself as the investigation closed in on him. These are just the incidents everybody's heard of. The point is that domestic terrorism inside the United States is fairly routine. The FBI counted 24 terror incidents inside the United States between 2002 and 2005; all but one were committed by American citizens. (The exception was an airport attack that killed two people carried out by an Egyptian limousine driver who'd been living in the United States legally for 10 years.) Except for McVeigh and Nichols, however, these homegrown haters did not commit violence on a large scale. Fourteen years later, Oklahoma City looks more like a one-time event than a trend.
What places this theory one more bead along the worry chain is the unfortunate reality that it doesn't necessarily take very many people, Muslim or non-Muslim, to pull off a terrible attack. Only three people were prosecuted for the Oklahoma City bombing. Even 9/11 required only 19 suicide hijackers. The Melting-Pot Theory can't quiet entirely our anxiety about a hypothetical, statistically insignificant group of people who mean us harm.
[Update, March 4: Gallup and the Coexist Foundation have just released what appears to be the most extensive survey of American Muslims ever conducted. To read a summary click here. (The full report is available if you scroll to the bottom.)]
Next: " The Burden-of-Success Theory," in which we'll consider whether al-Qaida is struggling to top 9/11 with a chemical, biological, or nuclear attack.
Correction, March 2, 2009: An earlier version of this column neglected to mention the death of the security guard, Robert Sanderson. (Return to the corrected sentence.)


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The Vatican gendarmerie has been an intriguing protagonist in the cloak-and-dagger "Vatileaks" case, set to wrap up yesterday with a verdict in the trial of a Holy See computer technician.
The head of the 150-member police corps in the world's smallest state, Domenico Giani, a former Italian secret agent and a divisive figure who has pushed for more powers for the force, was due to testify yesterday, joined by his deputy, Gianluca Gauzzi Broccoletti, as well as William Kloter, deputy commander of the Swiss Guards, the papacy's traditional defense force, which has had sometimes tense ties with the gendarmes.
Claudio Sciarpelletti is being tried for aiding and abetting in a series of leaks of confidential documents orchestrated by Pope Benedict XVI's former butler, Paolo Gabriele, who was convicted in a separate trial last month.
Sciarpelletti's trial revolves around a suspicious envelope with an official Vatican stamp that was found in his desk after police launched an inquiry into a scandal that has been hugely embarrassing for the Holy See's law enforcement agency.
The envelope contained documents with a series of allegations of shady dealings by the Vatican gendarmerie, which were included in a book by investigative journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi, who published Gabriele's leaks.
Among the claims made in the book was that two gendarmes held stakes in private security companies in Italy in a possible conflict of interests.
The book also contains a mysterious story about a Vatican gendarmerie car found shot up near a restaurant where some gendarmes were eating in 2010.
The leaks scandal — dubbed "Vatileaks" in the Italian press — has shed light on tensions between the gendarmerie, which was established in its current form only in 1970, and the Swiss Guards, which date back to the 16th century.
Gendarmes have taken over powers from the Swiss Guards in recent years and in 2002 became the official law enforcement agency in the Vatican. It has also equipped itself with modern uniforms and increasingly sophisticated technology.
Gabriele was fascinated by conspiracy theories on Italian historical events and intelligence matters, according to his interrogations.
The gendarmes who searched his apartment said they found documents on the murder of Vatican-linked banker Roberto Calvi in 1982 and the disappearance of the teenage daughter of a Vatican employee in 1983.
They also said Gabriele had information on spying techniques, such as how to film people and record conversations surreptitiously.
One of the gendarmes, Giuseppe Pesce, testified at Gabriele's trial that the butler had shown a "morbid" interest in the gendarmerie.
A report in I.Media, a news agency specializing in Vatican affairs, said the butler's questions may have been more than just idle curiosity.
"Paolo Gabriele started out collecting information on the Vatican gendarmerie," a well-informed source is quoted as saying in the report.
Gabriele told the source that the gendarmerie had amassed "too much power."
I.Media said Gabriele was particularly shocked by the treatment of gendarmerie chaplain Giulio Viviani, who was sent away from the Vatican in 2010 after defending some of the gendarmes against their commander, Giani.
The report said Gabriele may also have wrongly interpreted casual conversations with his superior, the pope's secretary Georg Gaenswein, about the gendarmerie as a go-ahead to carry out an investigation into the corps.


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Yes, I know this is supposed to be a blog about Oracle stuff. It's just that, well, Larry's been busy this week upsetting large chunks of the Open Source Community – MySQL; OpenSolaris; even James Gosling has had T-shirts printed up urging Oracle to "Let Java Go". Suffice to say that, given all of this furore, I've concluded that I could do with improving my Open Source Karma a bit.
Fortunately, I've been busy this week, loading all of my newly inherited music collection onto by Ubuntu Server to enable playback from any other machine on the network. What follows is an account of my adventures.
It was a simple plan – rip all of the CDs to an existing Samba Share on the server and then find software that can read the format and allow playback on both Windows and Linux.
To start with, I had to choose a format to store my music.
Rythmbox and Vorbis
Rythmbox – Ubuntu's default Music Player, itself defaults to a format called Vorbis ( files with a .ogg extension).
That seems an odd name for a sound format. Surely there's no connection with Exquisitor Vorbis from the Discworld Novel Small Gods ?
Extensive research ( well, Wikipedia) confirms that this is, in fact, the case. Chris Montgomery ( the guy who started the project), must be a Pratchett fan.
Incidentally, the .ogg extension is not, apparently, a reference to Nanny Ogg which means you will be spared any references to The Hedgehog Song in this post ( apart from that one).
It would appear that Vorbis is a pretty good format when compared the other options available. It's also pure open source and the Linux default to boot, so it's a bit of a no-brainer in karmic terms to use it.
Incidentally, Rythmbox will happily play wma files if you're so inclined ( and probably mp3s as well).
It's pretty simple to configure Rythmbox to use a Samba share as it's Media Library. Simply open it up and then go to the Edit menu and select Preferences.
Then click on the Music tab, click the Browse button next to the Library Location field, and select the relevant share from the available list.
You can use Rythmbox to rip CD's to the Library. However, it does get a bit temperamental at times. It'll decide that it doesn't like a certain CD or track and start complaining about Invalid Mime Types.
At this point, I decided to look for something that would be a bit less judgmental about my musical taste.
Sound Juicer
More open source goodness – this app is primarily a CD ripper and it certainly has none of Rythmbox's foibles on that score.
Installation was by means of Synaptic ( System Menu / Administration/ Synaptic Package Manager – enter sound-juicer in the Quick search field).
Once installation is complete, you have a new entry in the Applications / Sound and Video menu called…Audio CD Extractor. Er, not Sound Juicer then. Well, actually, it is. I've no idea why it's not called that in the menu, but heyho.
Insert a CD and then open with "Audio CD Extractor", and Sound Juicer pops up
Now go to the Edit Menu, select Preferences and set the Music Folder to the Samba share.
This setting is persistent so you only need to do it the first time you open Sound Juicer.
Now just click Extract, and Sound Juicer goes to work.
Rythmbox and Library updates
Despite having the option to "Watch my library for new files" set in Rythmbox preferences, it doesn't seem to pick up when anything has been added to the library other than by Rythmbox itself.
To get around this, I had to open Rythmbox after ripping each album and go to the Music Menu, select Import Folder and navigate to the new album on the share.
To make this a little bit easier, I set the file listing in the Import File to Library Dialog to be by date ( latest first).
Music Brainz
Both Sound Juicer and Rythmbox use Music Brainz for downloading track information. Music Brainz is a freely available database of Album and Track information. For the most part, this means that both applications can instantly recognise the CD that you've just loaded and all of the tracks.
Sometimes however, there are CDs that are not in the Music Brainz database and both applications give you the opportunity to add it.
Another chance for big karmic plus points.
A couple of points to note about the screenshots that follow.
First, I've just learned something new about the Take Screenshot Application – when you tell it to grab the entire desktop, it does so….including itself. I really should've checked.
Secondly…you will no doubt be thinking "Barbie Girls 2. Interesting selection Mike, is there something you're trying to tell us here ?" I found it in the street. It was a present from my mother…. look, do you want to know about this Music Brainz thing or what ?
I've got all of my music onto the share ( and avoided any more awkward questions about my "musical" proclivities), now I need something that'll run on Windows and Linux and recognise the Vorbis format.
Enter VLC – plays video as well as music, available for both OS's, and is Open Source.
In Ubuntu, you can use Synaptic again ( type vlc in the Quick Search). For Windows, you can download it here
Now, I haven't worked out exactly how you point VLC at a library ( it does have a huge range of configuration options), but I do know that, in Windows at least, you can just open a directory and it'll happily play you're vorbis files.
At this point, I could happily end the story. Rythmbox is a more than capable Music Player and I have a Windows application that'll play the same files from the same source. However, if you wanted to standardize on VLC for all of your machines – whatever the OS, then things get a bit more tricky for VLC on Linux.
Whilst both Rythmbox and Sound Juicer will happily talk to the share, VLC refuses to see anything that's not mounted locally. It's a bit odd, because if you open the share in Nautilus and then right-click and open a directory with VLC, it works fine.
After a couple of hours wandering around the VLC interface vainly trying get it to see the share, I decided that the best way to achieve this would be just to mount it to the local filesystem.
At this point I can hear Blackadder saying "Am I mistaken Baldrick, or are the words 'I have a cunning plan' marching with ill deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation ?"
For "I have a cunning plan" read "Open a Terminal Session".
Mounting a Samba Share locally
To mount a samba share locally, you require two packages – smbclient ( which I already had) and smbfs.
As we're at the command-line anyway :
apt-get install smbclient smbfs
Note – after this, I had to reboot to get it all working. I'm not sure if this was something to do with these particular packages or whether there was some other issue, but I thought I should mention it, just in case.
Now you need to find out what shares are available
mikes@mikes-laptop:~$ smbclient -L mikeserver -U% Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.4.0] Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- share Disk Samba Share ...
NOTE: you need to replace mikeserver with your server name or it's IP address.
Next step is to create a mount point and mount the share.
First the mount point ( or "directory" to you and me) :
mkdir /home/mikes/server_share
Now mounting the share :
mikes@mikes-laptop:~$ sudo mount -t cifs //mikeserver/share /home/mikes/server_share -o iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 [sudo] password for mikes: Password: mikes@mikes-laptop:~$
As if by magic, an icon now appears on the desktop for server_share.
There's a pretty good guide to all of this here
which also goes into detail about mounting automatically on startup. I've not gone down this route as I don't always have the server running when I boot the laptop.
To round off, if you want to unmount the drive :
sudo smbumount /home/mikes/server_share
Anyway, once it's mounted on the local filesystem, VLC treats it the same as any other directory.
After all that, I'm off to relax and listen to a bit of Abba…er…I mean Motorhead.


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Barrel distortion
This is stub article and needs to be expanded by somebody with pictures etc.. please go ahead.
Barrel distortion is the opposite of pincushion distortion.
Tools to correct barrel distortion
- The original PTStitcher can be scripted to batch process images with known a, b & c parameters. It can also be operated with one of the GUI tools such as PTGui, PTAssembler, hugin or PTMac.
- nona or nona_gui (both part of the hugin distribution) can be used identically to PTStitcher.
- The Correct filter in the Panorama Tools Plugins for the gimp or photoshop uses the same a, b & c parameters as PTStitcher. Note that it doesn't know about d & e parameters and uses 'd' as an overall scaling factor instead.
- PTLens is a Photoshop plugin and a stand-alone Windows tool that uses the same a, b & c parameters and comes with a database of popular lenses.
- Gimp wideangle plugin uses a different formula altogether to correct distortion.
- Gimp phfluuh plugin is another tool that corrects lens distortion using yet another formula.
- CamChecker is a tool for automatically determining lens distortion and generates a different set of parameters from everything else.
- zhang_undistort is a tool ditributed with hugin that uses CamChecker parameters to actually correct distortion.


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Robinson Cano earns U.S. citizenship
Robinson Cano's infectious smile seemed a bit wider Tuesday, and for good reason: The New York Yankees second baseman is now a U.S. citizen.
Cano tweeted pictures of his swearing-in ceremony, a big day for the Dominican Republic native. Cano's father, Jose, briefly pitched for the Houston Astros, and Cano spent three years attending middle school in Newark before returning to the Dominican for his high school years.
"Very proud day for me, I just became a US citizen," Cano tweeted. "God bless America!"
Cano is named after a true American hero: Robinson's father named him after Jackie Robinson because he admired how Jackie broke baseball's color line.
Now, the Yankee is a citizen of the USA, exactly a year before bigger riches will come his way. The Yankees picked up his $15 million option for 2013, after which he will hit the free agent market.


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FRESNO, Calif. – A dominating performance from UC Santa Barbara starting pitcher Matt Vedo and an exceptional offensive attack helped the Gauchos cruise to their fourth straight victory, 7-1 over Fresno State.
Vedo, making his second start of the season, went seven superb innings with a career-high 10 strikeouts and allowed just two hits. After allowing a leadoff single to open the bottom of the first inning, Vedo retired 12 in a row, including seven strikeouts. The Bulldogs didn't get another hit off the senior right-hander until there was one out in the seventh inning.
The way the Gauchos hit, they didn't need Vedo to be as good as he was. Vedo continued the Gauchos' starting pitching dominance as Santa Barbara pitchers have allowed just six total runs over the past four games. UCSB improves to 5-3.
UCSB had 14 hits as Brett Vertigan, Lance Roenicke, Brandon Trinkwon and Greg Mahle all had multi-hit games. Mahle went 4-for-5 with three RBI while Vertigan and Roenicke each had three hits. Roenicke and Trinkwon each homered.
The Gauchos wasted no time getting on the board in the opening inning. With the bases loaded and one out, the freshman Mahle singled to left field to bring in a run and Ryan Palermo followed with a single of his own.
In the third inning Mahle doubled in a run and Luke Swenson singled him home to make it 4-0. In the sixth inning, Roenicke blasted a two-run home run, his first of the season, and after a pair of walks Mahle drove in his third run of the game to give UCSB a 6-0 lead.
Trinkwon's homer in the eighth inning, his second of the season, capped UCSB's impressive offensive output.
Right-hander Jared Wilson relieved Vedo in the eighth inning and over the next two frames recorded four strikeouts and allowed an unearned run.
The Gauchos open a three-game series vs. Loyola Marymount on Friday at 2 p.m. All three games will be broadcast live online by clicking here. Tickets are available by calling 893-UCSB or by clicking here.


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Chente's Restaurant Brings Incomparable Tastes to Laramie
Describing food is nearly impossible without some sort of comparison.
"Oh, you'll love this new pizza place, their crust tastes a lot like…" or, "You should check out this new bar and grill, the selection is just like…"
How then shall I describe a place like Chente's, with incomparable tastes and selections to any other restaurant in Laramie?
With no comparisons, the words I use to describe my experience at Chente's will be many, yet still might remain insufficient. To put it simply, where the words lack at Chente's, the tastes fill in the blank.
Unique was the first word that came to mind on my to Chente's. Without sampling the cuisine, how else would one describe a restaurant that bills itself as New Mexican Food AND New England Fish & Chips? The concept is one that I greeted with a healthy amount of skepticism (I don't think I'm alone on this); but the intrigue was enough to get me through the door (I don't think I'm alone on this one either).
Apprehension was the word on my mind when I did venture through the door, not knowing what to expect in this curious culinary collision called Chente's. That however was swiftly put to rest when I was greeted by Mike Geier, one of three partners in the management of the establishment, which opened its doors at 305 17th Street in Laramie on March 7.
Inside the restaurant, the walls are lined with dream catchers and though there is a very evident newness to the place, but there is an inviting charm to it as well. The restaurant is two-sectioned, and when you walk in, you will find the restaurant feeling much like a café, with scattered tables and a counter to order in or take-out. To the left is a larger area with padded seats lining the walls; this section is very open, well lit, and yet also very ambient. In its entirety, Chente's feels clean, not yet broken in, but also cozy and welcoming.
Mike guided me to a booth in the corner of the smaller, café-feeling section and proceeded to tell me all about Chente's.
The story begins with a man Mike calls Mr. Gill, a developer responsible for the construction of some 50 restaurants in the mountain west area, including Laramie's Passage to India (now, Flavor of India). Being contractors, Mike and his working partner Ernesto Romero had done a number of jobs for Mr. Gill, and he contracted them to build his newest venture, a fish & chips restaurant in Laramie.
As Mike describes it, the idea seemed less of an epiphany and more of a "Hey, why don't we…" when Ernesto suggested that they manage the restaurant they were building, and add tastes from his native New Mexico home to the menu.
In my mind, there must have been more that went into the idea than that, but Mike recalls it simply: "I thought it was a good idea, Mr. Gill thought it was a good idea, so we went ahead with it."
The 'we' he speaks of is now a team; managed as I mentioned with the partnership of Mike, Ernesto, and Christie Guthrie. Additionally, there are three full-time employees (not counting Mike, because he doesn't count himself) and there are three part-time employees at Chente's.
Along with the innovative combination of New England and New Mexican foods, the name, Chente's, is another prominent feature of this new restaurant that came from Ernesto. The name Chente's was inspired by Ernesto's younger brother Vicente, nicknamed, you guessed it, Chente. Much as the word nacho comes as a common Spanish nickname from Ignacio, Chente is the Spanish nickname for Vicente, and despite my presumption, it is pronounced shen-tay, NOT chen-tay.
Having yet to taste the food, Mike and I continued talking, finally on the topic of the menu. Item by item, Mike took me through the options, evidently proud of the value and variety. Like a kid at show and tell, he had a hard time hiding the grin.
As he talked, he would be interrupted every so often by patrons walking through the door. Let me clarify that statement, they would not interrupt him so much as he eagerly greeted every one of them with the same enthusiasm with which he had welcomed me.
About half of the people walking through the doors had dined there before, and Mike recognized them and would make sure they all shook my hand and told me what it was about Chente's that already had them coming back for more. The words of recommendation came earnestly and simply: "It's the best in town," "It's a great value," "It's fantastic," "…this is a special place."
The sincerity in these statements was astonishing. Also astonishing was the fact that an establishment that had been open about a month and a half would already have regulars.
Having heard all the recommendations, I now eagerly awaited a taste of this food. Requesting whatever came with the highest recommendation, I was told I would be eating some fish & chips along with the #2 New Mexican Combination Plate. Mike brought this order to the kitchen and it wasn't long before one of the three full-time employees, a chef named Paul Martinez brought out two plates with far more food than any one person should ever justifiably consume in a single sitting. Thankfully, a set of silverware was delivered to Mike as well, and the meal was underway.
We began with the fish & chips, a sort of basket with two pieces of cod on top of French fries made in house. They already go through about 50 pounds of potatoes each day at Chente's, and the light, simple and delectable nature of the fries makes it easy to see why. Light, simple and delectable are also fitting words to describe the fish, which boasts a modest crunch and a very soft inside. The breading was not excessive; fish is the featured aspect, not the fact that it is fried. The soft nature of the well-prepared New England staple was well served alongside a very sweet tartar sauce, and in what felt like two bites, I had finished my piece of fish. I was about to point out how easily my piece of cod went down when Mike smiled and said, "See the thing about the fish is that it's really light- I bet you felt like you haven't eaten anything yet." My thoughts exactly.
A few more French fries gently drizzled with vinegar and we were onto the combination plate.
Previously in my visit, I had been told that the difference between New Mexican cuisine and the Mexican food that I'm more familiar with is the type of chile used and the prevalence of that chile. In a bold demonstration of that chile prevalence, Mike advised me to begin the combination plate by sampling the enchilada.
In the menu, it is called a cheese enchilada, and while it was very cheesy, the overwhelming flavor was from a chile unique to my relatively untraveled palate. It felt warm and rich, Mike called it "robust" and I could not disagree. There was a tingle in my mouth upon initial consumption, a curious sensation that felt like the heat would increase as the chile set in my mouth, however, rather than increase in hotness, it was a feeling of comfort, a flavor-filled warmth from a chile I'd never before experienced.
Chiles continued to abound as I progressed in the meal to the chile relleno, lightly breaded and fried, and despite preconceptions about a crunchiness to this chile, it was a smooth texture; thick, moist, soft and complex as the breading, chile and pepper jack cheese lining the inside made for a nearly addictive texture that I devoured with nearly as little effort as the fish.
Another fascinating texture greeted me as I went on to the pork tamale. Many times I've found tamales moist to the point of borderline sogginess, yet the tamale at Chente's was heartier than most. As with everything at Chente's, this tamale was very light, easily consumed, but dense and full of substance.
About two bites into the tamale, Mike had Paul bring out some extra green chiles from the kitchen. Much like those from the enchilada, they were a great addition to the beans and rice sitting almost untouched on my plate. Paul also brought out a hot red sauce for some added kick to the tamale. I was encouraged also to sample the red sauce on the taco, which also came on the combination plate.
Having liberally sampled everything on the plate, I came to the impressive realization that everything on the plate enhanced everything else on the plate. The hot red sauce somehow worked well with a forkful of green chile enchilada and refried beans. More red sauce and green chiles along with some Spanish rice, chile relleno and pork tamale made for a large bite, that still worked tremendously.
Upon a moment of reflection, I realized at this point that what was most astonishing to me, was that I had consumed a vast array of New Mexican cuisine and New England fish & chips, and somehow, all of these vastly differing flavors were sitting well in my stomach. When brought to mind, the flavors and smells of New Mexico and New England are thought of as being very bold and perhaps overpowering, and while the tastes I had experienced at Chente's were bold, they were by no means overpowering.
Having eaten enough in one sitting to last me an entire day, I had to laugh when Mike asked if I wanted to try the fried ice cream. I was completely full, but I had to try more, and Mike told me that I reminded him of an instance a few days earlier, when a man had proclaimed (with his mouth full), "I'm not hungry, but I can't stop eating!"
I felt incredibly relaxed and was ready for a nap as another plate appeared with the fried ice cream sitting on top of a stuffed sopapilla carefully adorned with raspberry and chocolate syrups. Again the deep fried parts to the plate had just enough breading to get a crunch, but not too much; particularly the sopapilla which maintained an almost angel cake level of warm fluffiness on the inside. Not holding back his spoon from the heaping dessert plate, Mike recalled one person's description of the desserts as being "Sinfully Good," and he thought it was a good summary for the sweet conclusion to the meal.
My entire time eating at Chente's, I was hurrying to get to the next bite, anxiously awaiting each taste, wondering what flavor might be next. But upon conclusion of my meal, I was in no hurry to do anything.
There was a calm and contentment that overcame me as I sat and continued to talk with Mike and two other chefs who showed up to work the rest of the afternoon and into the evening, Alex Custard and Justin Miller.
I had at this point been inside Chente's for about an hour and a half, yet these people were my friends. These foods, many of them completely new eating experiences for me, felt familiar as if I had been eating them my entire life.
I cannot fully explain how perfect my afternoon at Chente's felt, nor why I seemed to reach this state of euphoria (though the large quantity of recently consumed food must have had something to do with it), but in the easy mood my dining had left me in, I was left only to agree with the words I had been hearing all afternoon from the other patrons. Chente's is fantastic, it is different than anything else in Laramie, and it truly is a special place. I recommend you go to Chente's; I recommend you try everything; and I'm sure you'll find the words lacking as well.
Make sure to take a look at our other stories on new Laramie businesses as well to get the low-down on the latest in restaurants, shopping, and more!