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It's not the actual cooking that makes so many people resort to fast food and takeout fare, says Carla Snyder, author of the new "One Pan, Two Plates" (Chronicle Books, $24.95). It's the prep, the organizing and, of course, all those dirty pots and pans. So the Ohio-based culinary instructor has come up with the perfect solution: 70 quick, from-scratch, complete dinners that use exactly one pot.
A single 12-inch skillet is all you need to turn out weeknight dinners for two, including Herbed Chicken Paillards with Zucchini Pancakes and Cherry Tomato Pan Sauce, for example, or Prosciutto-Wrapped Salmon with Corn and Poblano Succotash in less than an hour. Many of the recipes take 30 minutes or less. It's a practical, delicious approach. Here's just a taste:
Serves 2
1 zucchini, grated
2 tablespoons minced flat-leaf parsley
1 green onion, sliced
2 garlic cloves, minced
Salt, pepper
1/2 cup panko
1 large egg
2 tablespoons butter, room temperature
1 tablespoon minced fresh oregano
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, pounded 1/2-inch thick
2 cups cherry tomatoes
1. In a bowl, combine zucchini, parsley, green onions, half the garlic, 1/2 teaspoon salt, a few grinds pepper, panko and egg.
2. In a small bowl, combine remaining garlic, butter and oregano.
3. In a skillet over medium-high heat, warm olive oil until it shimmers. Add zucchini in 1/4-cup mounds; lightly flatten them. Cook until bottoms are brown, 3 minutes. Flip; cook 2 minutes more. Transfer to a platter and keep warm.
4. Add half the herb-butter to pan. Add chicken. Cook undisturbed for about 3 minutes, or until you see liquid forming on top. Flip and cook until done, 3 minutes more. Transfer to platter.
5. Add remaining herb-butter and tomatoes to the pan. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tomatoes burst, about 4 minutes. Smash them partially with a fork. Season with salt and pepper.
6. Divide pancakes between plates. Top with chicken and tomato sauce. Sprinkle with parsley.
(Recipe courtesy Carla Snyder, "One Pan, Two Plates," Chronicle Books, $24.95)


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Al Nagler eagerly pushed Ethos designer Paul Dellechiaie to extend the new 3.7mm focal length to reach 110°, the same field size as the LEM Simulator optics Al designed 45-years ago to train NASA astronauts for lunar landings.
The new 4.7mm Ethos-SX, like its 3.7mm progenitor, is designed and crafted to combine its exceedingly wide field of view with all the contrast, color-rendition, distortion correction and center-to-edge sharpness needed to achieve that natural view.
Compared to a lower power eyepiece with the equivalent TFOV (similar field stop) such as an 11mm Plössl (9.1mm field stop), the greater power - for higher resolution, and smaller exit pupil (for a darker background to enhance contrast) reveals a deep sky experience "even better than you imagined".
The 4.7mm is a 1¼" format and is parfocal with the wide range of 1¼" Tele Vue eyepieces. 2" adapter included.
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The featureless soundscape known as white noise is effectively as neutral as music can get for humans—too many frequencies are combined in one waveform and the human ear just isn't able to pick any specific detail out. The same thing happens with white light, which contains all the colours of the visual spectrum. Now it seems that it's possible to create "white smells"—that is, smells that don't smell of anything specific.
White noise isn't just a hum in the background—it specifically refers to a kind of frequency spectrum that's completely flat (and Wired.co.uk has previously explored the different "colors" of sound). Every frequency has the same energy, so the noise just kind of melts into an overall hum of nothingness. White smell works on the same principle. Neurobiologists from the Weizmann Institute of Science, led by Tali Weiss, managed to create something they call "Laurax." And there are several different versions of Laurax, each chemically different, but they each smell "white."
Weiss and her team first derived a range of 86 "monomolecular odorants" which covered the effective spectrum of smell. Each one was diluted to the same odor intensity (so no one smell would overpower any other), and then mixed together into a range of batches containing either "one, four, ten, 15, 20, 30, 40, or 43 components." An algorithm worked out how to make sure that the molecules that were mixed into each batch were consistently spread far apart from each other across the smell spectrum so as to ensure there wasn't smell overlap.
That left them with 191 individual batches for their 56 study participants to have a sniff at. Unsurprisingly, when a batch with only one component, or four components, was compared to a batch with a similar small number of components, the differences were easy to detect. But, importantly, as the number of components in the batch increased, it became harder and harder for the participants to tell the difference between the smells of each batch. And, when comparing batches with 30 or more components, the difference was impossible to discern for most participants.
Even more intriguingly, those batches didn't share common components, yet still smelled the same. It appeared that those batches had gained some quality of whiteness simply from having lots of ingredients. However, Weiss writes: "This trend implies that if more and more non-overlapping components are added to each of two mixtures, these two mixtures eventually should smell the same, despite having no components in common. Indeed, given a sufficient number of equal-intensity spanned components, this trend implies that eventually all mixtures should smell the same. We call this predicted ultimate point of perceptual convergence 'olfactory white.'"
They double-checked their results using the Laurax name—they created four new mixtures with 40 components each, each labelled "Laurax" (a meaningless word designed to "avoid any cognitive influences of the word 'white'"). They asked the participants to get used to the smell of their Laurax over three days, and on the fourth day they were given a new mixture and asked whether it was also a batch of Laurax. As expected, the more components there were in the new mixture, the more likely the participants were to label it Laurax, even if it had none of the same ingredients.
So what does Laurax, or "olfactory white," smell like? Weiss describes it as "intermediately pleasant and edible," which is perhaps almost as vague a description as can be imagined. The terms the participants used to describe Laurax were all similarly vague—the study (published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of the United States of America) includes the suggestions from the participants, like "mouse-like," "eggy," "fruity," "spicy," "medicinal," and even "sweet." It seems to smell like pretty much everything, and that's why it doesn't smell like anything at all—our nasal sense is overwhelmed across such a wide spectrum that it can't pick out one individual note of smell.
Smells like Laurax don't exist in nature, Weiss explains, even though lots of smells (like coffee, or dirty socks) are made up of lots of components. It's just that those components are usually either very similar, instead of spread out across the smell spectrum, or there's one smell that overpowers the rest.
Nevertheless, olfactory white has some potential practical use—it can, Weiss says, be used to cover up other smells. Strong smells—like rose—which were mixed in with Laurax, just smelled to a small group of participants like... Laurax. That could be good news for people who hate the smell of disinfectant, or for manufacturers of smell-covering products.


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Reducing the tax incentives to participate in 401(k) plans – one idea the president and some on Capitol Hill are considering to avert the fiscal cliff – has led some observers to speculate that variable annuities will become more important in 2013 as the best remaining tax-deferred savings vehicle.
But insurance expert Glenn Daily (left), a variable annuity skeptic, remains firm in his opposition. Asked, in an interview with AdvisorOne:, whether the fiscal cliff would increase demand for the much maligned product, the New York-based fee-only advisor refused to speculate, saying, "I don't know. We'll have to wait and see."
While there are some cases in which Daily says variable annuities are advisable, the independent insurance consultant's main advice about VAs continues to be: Stay away!
AdvisorOne: In your books, articles and other public comments, you have long eschewed variable annuities. Do you have anything positive to say about them?
Daily: Variable annuities are problematic for me. The one use I do have for them is using them for a tax-free exchange for life insurance policies that have an excessive tax basis, where the tax basis is higher than the cash surrender value. If you do a 1035 exchange, you can preserve the tax basis and you can use the annuity as a tax shelter. Let the money grow, then cash it out, and you won't pay income tax on the gain up to the tax basis.
So that's a no-brainer for me. If you don't consider that as an advisor, you're committing malpractice. I don't see the benefit of not taking advantage of that.
AdvisorOne: Could you give an illustration of how that would work?
Daily: You have a life insurance policy where you put in $100,000 in premiums and the cash value is $60,000 and you decide–for whatever reason–you don't need the life insurance policy. Instead of walking away from it, you can do an exchange to an annuity. Let the $60,000 grow until it becomes $100,000 and you won't pay income tax on the $40,000 difference. The annuity can be deferred or immediate, fixed or variable–it doesn't matter.
AdvisorOne: Could you offer reasons a client would want to retire his life insurance policy?
Daily: If you can't pay the premiums any more, or your income drops, or the policy is not performing well or someone inheriting money and hence not needing it anymore.
AdvisorOne: Is there no other justification, beyond a 1035 exchange, for variable annuities?
Daily: There's tax deferral: You've maxed out on your 401(k). So you find a VA with low expenses and no surrender charge. A lot depends on tax rates now and in the future. That's a justifiable use of a deferred annuity.
AdvisorOne: That's what a lot of advisors want them for, and presumably will want them for, if 401(k) contributions are capped. You don't sound so hostile to VAs after all.
Daily: When you start getting into the guarantees, that's when it becomes more difficult. Do investors know how to take advantage of the guarantee? These are options they are holding. Do people understand when they should take withdrawals? Do they understand whether it makes sense to replace what they own in the future? It's not a simple decision. It's an option. How do you figure out what the option is worth?
AdvisorOne: How do you figure out what the option is worth? Who has that expertise?
Daily: You have to talk to a financial economist like Moshe Milevsky. That group [of experts] does not include me nor the vast majority of financial advisors.
It's an expensive proposition to get an economic value of the guarantee. You have to model the contract terms. You may have a roll up. There may be an incentive to not take withdrawals at the beginning. There may be different investment choices–they may be restricted or not restricted.
You're getting involved in a complicated product. I suspect most people don't know what they're getting.
AdvisorOne: What if a client asks you evaluate annuity benefits?
Daily: I send people academic papers filled with stochastic differential equations so people can understand what they're getting into. Basically, I'm saying people are not being serious about it.
Valuing the benefits is expensive. It's hard to find people who can do it. I don't know if Moshe Milevsky is offering this service for advisors.
I decline to accept assignments where people ask me to opine on which variable annuity offers the best guarantee. How can I answer that question knowing what I know? My AXA Equitable blog post discusses all this.
AdvisorOne: So how should advisors approach retirement income investing for clients?
Daily: I like immediate annuities. I like deferred income annuities. These are two insurance products that academics and economists seem to believe are undersold.
AdvisorOne: But do today's low interest rates lessen the attractiveness of these two options?
Daily: That's an argument for doing a ladder and buying some over time. Or just wait–if you can–till rates go up. You give up the income in the interim.
AdvisorOne: What variable annuities are you buying for your 1035 exchanges?
Daily: I'm using Vanguard, Fidelity and TIAA-CREF, low cost annuities with no surrender charge.
AdvisorOne: What do you suggest advisors do if, despite the cautions you are offering, clients are demanding variable annuities?
Daily: People ought to read the prospectus. You should read it and make sure you understand it. Give people a quiz: 'Read pages 20-26 and explain it to me. And if you can explain it to me, I'll sell it to you.'
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I assume that my project is decoupled enough to allow for unit testing. But how big exactly, in terms of clases and functions, does my project need to be to make unit testing worthwhile?
Is unit testing a hard necessity no matter the size of your project?
Related: "How to convince management to "invest" in unit tests?"
Your project is big enough already
In my experience, one class and one function have been sufficient to consider the need for unit testing.
class Simple { boolean reallySimple() { return true; // how do we make sure it doesn't change to false? } } class SimpleTest { void assertReallySimple() { // ensure reallySimple return value isn't changed unexpectedly UnitTestFramework.assertTrue(new Simple().reallySimple()); } }
Be practical
I've never bought into the "you must unit test everything" idea, though there are certainly folks out there who have (see gnat's answer!)
As far as I'm concerned, the main benefits of unit testing are:
- Helping ensure changes don't break things.
- Helping you design sensible interfaces to your classes (since it forces you to be a client to your own code).
- Helping document how your code is expected to be used.
Basically you need to weigh the time it will take you to write & maintain tests against these factors.
Number 1 is usually sufficient to make it worth writing tests. In my experience, >95 percent of code gets modified sooner or later.
Related: "How to write "good" unit tests?"
Look for common mistakes
According to Kent Beck in his answer to Stack Overflow question "How deep are your unit tests?", you should test the code that you tend to get wrong.
If I don't typically make a kind of mistake (like setting the wrong variables in a constructor), I don't test for it.
Calculate the costs
Unless you are going to write code without testing it, you are always going to incur the cost of testing.
The difference between having unit tests and not having them is the difference between the cost of writing the test and the cost of running it compared to the cost of testing by hand.
If the cost of writing a unit test is 2 minutes and the cost of running the unit test is practically 0, but the cost of manually testing the code is 1 minute, then you break even when you have run the test twice.
For many years I was under the misapprehension that I didn't have enough time to write unit tests for my code. When I did write tests, they were bloated, heavy things which only encouraged me to think that I should only ever write unit tests when I knew they were needed.
Recently I've been encouraged to use Test Driven Development and I found it to be a complete revelation. I'm now firmly convinced that I don't have the time not to write unit-tests.
In my experience, by developing with testing in mind you end up with cleaner interfaces, more focused classes and modules, and generally more SOLID, testable code.
Every time I work with legacy code which doesn't have unit tests and I have to manually test something, I keep thinking "this would be so much quicker if this code already had unit tests." Every time I have to try and add unit test functionality to code with high coupling, I keep thinking "this would be so much easier if it had been written in a de-coupled way."
TL;DR: Write a test when the cost of writing the test, plus the cost of running it as many times as you need to is likely to be less than the cost of manually testing it as many times as you need to.
Remember though that if you use TDD, the cost of writing tests is likely to come down as you get better at it, and unless the code is absolutely trivial, you will probably end up running your tests more often than you expect.
Length doesn't matter
Eivind Eidheim Elseth Answers (79 votes):
I believe that it's not the size of the project but the type of project which decides if it should use testing or not.
If you are working on a proof of concept, or on some other project where the goal is to learn from the coding, then testing is not required. If the project is meant to be used, maybe even sent into production, then it should be tested.
A quote from Robert C. Martin's "Clean Code:" "If it's trivial to write, it's trivial to test," so there's no excuse to skip on the testing for short and trivial programs.
Find the original post here. See more Q&A like this at Programmers, a site for conceptual programming questions at Stack Exchange. And of course, feel free to ask your own.


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The goal of our team is to guide our clients and their families to a better life than than one they have when they come to our program for the first time. Both our Lodi, NJ outpatient drug rehab and our inpatient drug rehab operate around this goal.
Substance use disorder presents with a set of problems, including depression, anxiety, hopelessness, lack of self-worth, and a grim prospect for the future. Clients are dealing with family problems, legal problems, health problems, and numerous other problems in addition to the alcohol or drug addiction they are seeking help for.
Individuals and families are constantly searching for a solution to what seems an unsolvable problem, and often report that before entering our drug rehab (or alcohol rehab) program they questioned whether or not a feasible, affordable, and effective path to recovery existed. A path does exists to create a better life. We also have treatment options in Long Branch and Livingston.
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Clinical interventions available include individual, couple and family psychotherapy, group therapies, medication management, and psycho-educational services.
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Inpatient drug rehabilitation in Lodi is always more expensive than Intensive Outpatient treatment. The reason is because the client is living in the facility and it costs more to house a person full time rather than have them living at their home or halfway house.
Inpatient treatment for drug addiction isn't always the best answer to the problem. It's quite possible you can get clean and sober through an IOP program that is very thorough and closely monitored.
The price varies but drug rehab programs in Lodi can cost as little as free or as much as 25,000 per month or more. It's best to call the treatment hotline at +1-877-226-0319 to get the exact price for treatment.
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Recovery from drugs and alcohol is something individuals have to work at for their entire lives. Our local Drug Treatment Center wants to provide the support, education, and recourse to arm our clients with the best chance for long term recovery.
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We have multiple facilities available that are both coed and gender segregated. Which one you attend will depend on your treatment plan.
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- Jewelry that you wear every day and consider to be a necessity, like your wedding ring or a watch. Otherwise, leave valuable items at home.
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Pictures of your loved ones to keep in your room or wallet.
- Your rehab will likely provide reading materials for you. If you want to bring your own, they're usually required to be recovery, self-help or spiritually oriented. TIP: bring paperback books as they're easier to carry around than hardcovers.
- Other items may be required. ask your treatment coordinator.
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The first step in staging an intervention is contacting an intervention specialist. The intervention professional will keep communication between the parties moving. Intervention specialists help addicted people break their cycle of denial. An intervention specialist is essential to staging a successful intervention.
Confronting an addict alone can actually make matters worse. He or she may become stubborn and not accept any help. Interventions should never be attempted by family and friends alone.
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Compare the potential future value of tax-deferred investments to that of taxable investments.
- Higher Education: College Saving and Funding Strategies
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There are five broad asset classes that you should take into consideration when constructing your investment portfolio.
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A bond is simply evidence of a debt from a government entity or a corporation and represents a long-term IOU.
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With closed-end funds, investors pool their money together to purchase a professionally managed portfolio of stocks and/or bonds.
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- Block: 1 (27.55 acres)Grape: Unknown964.94 ft. | Josephine, Los GatosView block details
- Block: 2 (10.62 acres)Grape: Unknown505.42 ft. | Boomer, YorkvilleView block details
- Block: 3 (0.82 acres)Grape: Unknown853.33 ft. | YorkvilleView block details
- Block: 4 (2.78 acres)Grape: Unknown884.07 ft. | YorkvilleView block details
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NotesFarm Certifications: See the certifications page to learn more about the farm certifications Everyvine tracks. Soil Horizon: Bedrock value set to "-" is not available. Available water capacity units are cm/cm. Solar Radiation: Area Solar radiation has been calculated in watt hours per square meter (WH/m2) Topography: Topography values are averaged over the block area. Aspect is expressed in positive degrees from 0 to 359.9, measured clockwise from north. Growing Season: For use in various statistical averages, Everyvine defines the vineyard growing season as the period April 1st to October 31st.
The vineyard data presented here is most often sourced from the public data sources listed below. However, Everyvine also accepts data from vineyard owners who often have even better data they have collected themseleves.
If you have more accurate data on a vineyard go to: Data Submission page.Topography: Topographic and solor radiation calculations are based on 1/3 arc-second (approx. 10m) elevation models. Data provided by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), EROS Data Center, National Elevation Dataset, http://ned.usgs.gov/, 1999 Climate Indices: Calculations based on methodologies described by Gregory Jones and John Gladstones. See the following:
- Jones, G.V, Duff, A.A., Hall, A., and J. Myers (2009). Spatial analysis of climate in winegrape growing regions in the western United States." American Journal of Enology and Viticulture, in Press Spring 2010.
- Gladstones, J. (1992) Viticulture and environment (Winetitles: Adelaide).
- SSURGO: Soil Survey Staff, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) Database. Available online at http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov.
- STATSGO2: Soil Survey Staff, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. U.S. General Soil Map (STATSGO2). Available online at http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov.
- Web Soil Survey: Soil Survey Staff, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Web Soil Survey. Available online at http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/.


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POPLAR GROVE — A mobile-home developer won't be getting two special permits to construct 284 units, a community recreation area and an office on 72 acres near Britnie Drive and Poplar Grove Road.
The Village Board unanimously denied the permits Monday for Hawthorn Meadows North and Hawthorn Meadows South.
A packed board room erupted in applause after the two votes.
Critic Laura Piotrowski fist-bumped a nearby audience member as the votes started to come in.
"That was the result we wanted," she said afterward.
Flora Meadows representatives declined to comment.
Board President John Neitzel said the developer failed to submit proper reports about wetlands and drainage, and planned to build the community recreation area in the wetlands.
"We have to make our judgments based upon the law," Neitzel said, adding that the developer can make the required changes or come back with another application. "They're allowed due process.
"They can certainly take us to court and contest our findings, our vote and what we based it upon, or they can resubmit in a year."
He said the proposal polarized the community, drawing many to board meetings when there usually is a mere handful. There also were petitions from those not wanting the park near the Britnie-Poplar Grove intersection.
Belvidere-Boone County Planning Department staff members have said all types of housing — including mobile-home parks — are needed in a community.
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Raymond James (RJF) said early Friday that it had recently set up mobile versions of websites for 2,000-plus financial advisor and introduced a mobile application for more than 2 million client accounts — and more technology improvements will be rolled out in the next year or so.
"Raymond James is known as an advisor-centric firm, so in addition to the mobile application for clients, our launch of mobile optimized advisor websites is unique in the marketplace and consistent with our culture of focusing on advisors and how they can enhance their relationships with clients." said Vin Campagnoli (left), head of technology and strategy development for the firm's Private Client Group, in a press release.
These two technology updates, which were rolled out in mid-December, make it "easier for advisors to support their clients while building their brands," Campagnoli explained.
Advisors like Christian Maeder, who is affiliated with Raymond James Financial Services, the firm's independent channel, say they are "delighted" with the mobile optimized website.
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Raymond James, which includes 6,300 advisors in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, says it conducted extensive research with advisors and clients to determine the most important features and capabilities for its new mobile app.
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"We are excited about our client-facing mobile application, which is the latest addition to a platform of mobile capabilities supporting Raymond James advisors and their clients," said Tim Killgoar, director of Marketing Strategy, Client Experience for the firm, in a press release. "We are pleased that it has already received a positive response from both advisors and investors alike."
According to James Wycoff, an independent Raymond James advisor with Wycoff-Lucas Retirement Income Investment Group in Cincinnati, Ohio, "Our client-care manager and marketing director, Kristina Gilley, worked closely with the Raymond James web-design team to build a site tailored to our proprietary process and brand … It works well on all our office devices, iPhone, BlackBerry Storm and iPads; and even in the relatively short time it's been available, we are hearing good things from our clients," he said in a statement.
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Orion/Getting the source
This page covers how to get the Orion source code, as well as how to set up for self-hosting (changing Orion code from Orion) using an Eclipse development environment.
- 1 What you need
- 2 Browsing the source
- 3 Getting the source onto your computer
- 4 Overview of self-hosting
- 5 Local computer with Eclipse IDE
- 6 Node.js on local computer
- 7 Concatenation and Minification
- 8 References
What you need
- Basic knowledge of the Git version control system. (New to Git? Here's an introduction).
- (Optional) An Eclipse IDE. "Eclipse Classic" is recommended.
- (Optional) An Orion build.
Browsing the source
Just want to take a peek at our code? You can browse it on the web here:
We also have GitHub mirrors if you prefer:
Getting the source onto your computer
The Orion source code lives in two Git repositories:
To checkout our repositories, you'll generally perform the following commands in your command shell:
git clone http://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/orion/org.eclipse.orion.client.git git clone http://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/orion/org.eclipse.orion.server.git
If you're running an older version of Git, the http protocol may not work. In that case, try the git protocol instead:
git clone git://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/orion/org.eclipse.orion.client.git git clone git://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/orion/org.eclipse.orion.server.git
Notes for Eclipse committers
This section applies only to Eclipse Committers. If you're not a committer, you can skip these instructions.
- Ensure that your Git configuration uses the same email address that you've set in your Eclipse Foundation profile. If the addresses don't match, you won't be able to push changes (see Git#Committers_new_to_Git).
- Committers need to use different URLs to access the Orion Git repositories. The URL includes your committer ID:
ssh://email@example.com/gitroot/orion/org.eclipse.orion.client.git ssh://email@example.com/gitroot/orion/org.eclipse.orion.server.git
Overview of self-hosting
To edit Orion's own source code using Orion, there's two fundamentally different ways we can do it. Here are our options:
- Pure cloud.
- Using a cloud deployment of Orion (like OrionHub, a public Orion server that anyone can use), you checkout the Orion source code using Orion's built-in Git features, then edit and test it. There's no software install; all you need is a web browser. Since you don't control the server, this method only allows you to hack on the Orion client code. See Selfhosting for instructions.
- Local computer using Eclipse IDE.
- This method requires the Eclipse IDE and a build of Orion. On your local computer, you checkout the Orion source code, and launch the Orion server from your Eclipse IDE. You can develop both client-side and server-side code using this method. Git functionality can be provided by any Git client (Orion's built-in Git features, or EGit, or msysgit on Windows, or the native command-line Git client, etc). This method is more complex, but also more flexible.
- Local computer using Node.js
- This method use Node.js to run a local Orion server, with Orion development tools running in the browser.
Local computer with Eclipse IDE
Self-hosting locally involves running an Orion server on localhost, pointing your Orion editor at your local Git repo directories, and working within Orion to make changes. Changes are committed using any Git client; for instructions on Orion's Git features, see Working with git.
Here are the steps needed to get up and running.
Install the Eclipse SDK
- You can use any recent stable build of the Eclipse SDK to run the server, such as Eclipse 4.2.1.
- Optionally install the Eclipse Git tools via Help > Install New Software. Select the Juno repository and search for 'Eclipse EGit' to find the package.
Load the source into Eclipse
- Download a stable orion build (latest integration build is the current recommendation) and unpack it somewhere on your hard disk. This download will be used as a so-called "target platform" when you run the server from Eclipse.
- Occasionally, new dependencies are introduced in the server and you will need to take a nightly build to keep up-to-date. Check the orion-dev mailing list if you aren't sure which build to take.
- Create a new workspace using your Eclipse SDK.
- Use the File->Import->General->Existing Projects into Workspace wizard. In the wizard, set the root directory for the import to whatever directory you used when you cloned the Git repositories. You'll know you have the right path when you see a bunch of org.eclipse.orion.* projects in the project list.
- Ensure that Copy projects into workspace is not checked. Feel free to import just a subset of the projects (for example, just client plugins) - the remaining ones will come from the 'target platform'.
- The projects should appear in your workspace. Don't worry about compile errors just yet until after you've set up the target platform.
- Now you need to set up a target that points to the Orion build you downloaded. (Window->Preferences->Plug-in Development->Target Platform).
- Add a target
- Initialize the target definition with "Nothing", Next...
- In the Locations tab, click Add... , Select Installation, click "Next", click "Browse...", and point to the eclipse directory of your stable Orion build
- Once you finish the wizard, you'll have a new target definition available in the list of targets.
- Make this the active target definition for your self-hosting workspace.
- Your workspace will be rebuilt and most of the compile errors should disappear.
- There might be a few errors related to unsatisfied dependencies from
.testsplugins, but you can ignore them for now. You can also ignore any errors from
org.eclipse.orion.server.ui, as it is not required to launch the server. Right-click these projects and close them if you get sick of seeing the errors.
- There might be a few errors related to unsatisfied dependencies from
Set up the launch to run from source
The plugin source you've loaded into Eclipse will now be used to run Orion, taking priority over the plugins in the working stable build.
- Open the Run->Run Configurations dialog, expand OSGi Framework, and select the OSGi Framework launch called web-ide.
- The launch configuration we will use is associated with a Orion server configuration file called web-ide.conf. This file controls which directories the Orion server can access on your machine, among other things. Since we want to use Orion to edit its own source code, we have to ensure the Orion server can access the files in your local git repo.
- Add a line like this to web-ide.conf:
orion.file.allowedPaths=C:\\Users\\orionfan\\code\\orionThe path points to the folder where you checked out the Orion source code. (Windows paths must be separated with double backslashes!)
- Add a line like this to web-ide.conf:
- On the Bundles tab, ensure that "Launch with: features selected below" is selected. Ensure there are five Orion features checked (see image below)
- If you only want to work on the client (not the server), you can now close the server projects (5 client projects should remain).
Run the server
- Run the launch configuration (click the Run button from the launch configuration dialog, or use the Run command on the Eclipse toolbar.)
- Point your browser at http://localhost:8080.
- You'll be prompted to login (create an account).
- Once logged in, you'll see an empty Navigator view. Click the New button and choose Link to Server.
- Type a name (for example, "Orion Client") and in the Server Path field, enter the path to the Orion code on your local machine.
- The path must be of one of the
orion.file.allowedPathsentries we created in the previous section (or a subfolder thereof).
- For example, if you wanted to make changes to the client, you might link to the following file path:
- The path must be of one of the
- You should see the folders show up in your Orion explorer:
- From here, you can start editing files. As you make changes to the client code, you can simply reload the corresponding page in your browser to see the changes. We recommend you keep a browser tab open with a stable editor and stable navigator, and open a new tab for reloading and trying changes. In this way, you'll always have a couple of safe browser tabs to use to revert changes if you break something!
Node.js on local computer
Installing from source
- Make sure you have Node.js and npm installed. See nodejs.org for details.
- Get the Orion source. You only need to get the client source.
- Open a command shell and change directory to org.eclipse.orion.client/modules/orionode.
- Run the
npm installcommand to automatically download Orionode's dependencies.
- If you're not interested in developing the server, you can instead run
npm install --production, which omits the dev-time dependencies for a smaller download.
- If you're not interested in developing the server, you can instead run
Running the tests
From the
org.eclipse.orion.client/modules/orionode directory, just run the command:
npm test
This will invoke Mocha and produce console output showing which tests passed and failed.
If you want to pass custom arguments to Mocha, you'll need to invoke it explicitly like this:
./node_modules/mocha/bin/mocha [debug] [options] [files]
To make this easier, you can install Mocha as a global npm package (
npm install mocha -g), and then invoke it as simply
mocha from a command shell.
Writing more tests
When you're prototyping a new feature, writing unit tests for it is always a good idea. Here's how to write a test:
- Create a new file
my_tests.jsin the
- Write your tests in the file. Here are two resources to help you get started:
- Mocha reference: the general structure of a test.
- Superagent reference: how to write concise assertions for testing HTTP.
- Run the tests.
- You don't have to register your new tests with the framework; it will discover anything in the
test/directory automatically.
- You don't have to register your new tests with the framework; it will discover anything in the
Helper data or classes should go in
Concatenation and Minification
By default the pages served up by Orionode are not concatenated or minified, so they will load rather slowly. You can mitigate this by running the client-side build. To do this, just run
build.js, found in the
org.eclipse.orion.client/modules/orionode/build directory:
node ./build/build.js
Clear your browser cache. The next time you load Orionode, it should be much faster.
Contributing to Orion
See the Releng Builds page for details on how to contribute changes to the build.


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Volunteers with the American Red Cross responded to a residential fire reported in Honolulu. Red Cross disaster volunteers will meet with affected residents and ensure their immediate emergency needs for food, shelter and clothing are met. Caseworkers will continue to follow up with anyone affected in the coming weeks to provide referrals, guidance or additional assistance as needed to help with the recovery process.
The Red Cross encourages all families to make a disaster plan to include an evacuation plan with two different routes of escape, a communications plan to help families reconnect after disaster and a disaster supplies kit that is readily available to aid in a quick evacuation. Information on developing a family plan is available to the public at www.redcross.org, or a brochure can be requested by calling 734-2101.
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Yesterday, NASA announced the latest orbital data on the asteroid Apophis, which indicated that there is less than a one-in-a-million chance of it hitting Earth in 2036. As far as the space agency is concerned, that's enough to declare our planet safe from a punishing impact.
Apophis has been catching headlines since it was first discovered in 2004. At 325m in diameter and an estimated mass of 27 billion kilograms, the asteroid could cause quite a mess if it were to strike Earth. And initial calculations suggested it had over a two percent chance of doing exactly that in 2029. Further refinements in its orbit quickly eliminated that chance, but it set up an alternate possibility: the gravitational interactions during its 2029 flyby could set the object up to slam into Earth in 2036.
The new orbital information, gathered by three different observatories, effectively rule that out. The 2029 flyby will still be dramatic, as Apophis will slide past Earth at a distance of about 30,000km. That will be the closest passage of a body this size that we've ever directly observed.
NASA's announcement noted that there will be an even closer passage of a smaller asteroid next month. 2012 DA14, which is "only" 40m in diameter, will come within a bit over 27,000km when it travels past the Earth. For context, the Moon is 384,000 kilometers away.


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We recently reviewed the documentary The Revisionaries, which chronicles the actions of the Texas state school board as it attempted to rewrite the science and history standards that had been prepared by experts in education and the relevant subjects. For biology, the board's revisions meant that textbook publishers were instructed to help teachers and students "analyze all sides of scientific information" about evolution. Given that ideas only reach the status of theory if they have overwhelming evidence supporting them, it isn't at all clear what "all sides" would involve.
The movie ended on a somewhat positive note; although the standards had been modified, Don McLeroy, the most vocal opponent of evolution education, lost his bid for reelection to the board. However, it now looks like his successor intends to carry on his legacy.
This week, the Texas Freedom Network (also featured in the film) posted a video to YouTube, filmed when the current head of the board, Barbara Cargill, was testifying before the state Senate. In the clip, Cargill says she has been examining the biology material that has been set up to help teachers meet the state standards (called CSCOPE) and zoomed straight to the material on evolution. And she did not like what she saw.
Cargill's complaint is that the material overwhelmingly supports the theory of evolution, which was clearly not what she intended when she voted for the "all sides" language in the standards. Of course, evolution would have never reached the status of theory if it weren't overwhelmingly supported, so it's not clear what Cargill was expecting.
The testimony suggests that the confused language of the recently approved science standards was intentionally chosen to allow the board to exert pressure on publishers to undercut accurate science education. Which is precisely what many people warned at the time (the title of the Texas Freedom Network's announcement for the video starts with "Told You So").
Cargill will be back before the Senate next week, as the body is scheduled to vote on her appointment to lead the board, so we may be seeing more on this topic shortly.


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1. Make time to talk
Although we all know that good communi-cation is essential to any relationship, most of us are guilty of periods of mis-communication – or sometimes no com-munication at all. Make 2013 the year that you talk (and listen!) to your tenant.
Good communication between a self-managed landlord and tenant is vital. Depending on the time in the tenancy, or indeed the time of year, there are a number of things landlords need to tell their tenants – and having a relationship based on good com-munication allows you to deliver these key messages with ease.
For example, you might need to tell your tenant to keep the heating on low while there's frost on the ground to prevent your pipes freezing. It's good to keep the channels of communication open so you can find out about the property itself too. If a tenant is simply left to get on with it, it's impossible for you to know what's going on in your property.
2. Pay a visit
Regular inspections are important for both the landlord and tenant.
An opportunity for landlords to assess the treatment of their property and review any necessary updates and repairs, inspections also give the tenant a chance to raise any problems or concerns.
If you're self-man-aging your property, you really should visit the property every six months as a minimum.
The time for this visit should be pre-arranged with your tenant and confirmed in writing where possible.
A visit to the property is the only way to get an accurate picture of what's going on in your property. Just because someone's paying rent on time every month and isn't hassling you it doesn't mean everything is all right.
3. Rapid repairs
Are you guilty of delaying repairs and not responding to maintenance issues quickly enough? When maintenance issues are report-ed, act swiftly in order to avoid long-term damage to your property and, ultimately, the bigger price tag that this is likely to carry. It's your property and you are respons-ible for it and for maintaining the value of it. Even minor leaks can turn into something quite serious if ignored.
As well as helping to maintain the fabric of your property, a speedy response to maintenance problems is beneficial for your tenant as well. Not only will it increase their confidence in you as a landlord but it will also possibly encourage them to stay longer.
4. Financial review
Do the figures add up? Review your outgoings (and your incomings) to ensure that your finances are working for you as efficiently as possible.
It's a good idea to sit down with your paperwork at least once a year to identify if anything can be streamlined. Would you benefit from a better mortgage rate, for example?
There are buy-to-let products coming on to the market all the time, and there are some great deals currently available. Another major area to scrutinise is the bills and invoices from contractors that do any work on the property. Whether they are plumbers, electricians or handymen, are they charging fair prices for the jobs they are doing?
Likewise, assess your insurance costs. Are your provider's prices competitive with others? If not, could you negotiate a better deal?
While evaluating any area of your finances, always remember that although it's usually good to cut costs it's never good to cut corners!
In addition to assessing what's going out of your bank account, think about incoming revenue as well. Is the rent you are being paid the correct amount for the property? Is it time for an increase?
An annual increase of four or five per cent, depending on the local market, isn't uncommon, but be careful not to jeopardise a relationship with a good tenant by unjustified rental increases.
If you're unsure of the current rental value of your property, ask a specialist letting agent for a valuation. And if you're not going to put the rent up, let your tenant know that too.
5. Refine your timeline
Have you got a long-term plan? When are you planning to sell your rental property and what is your exit strategy? Refine your timeline now in order for you to exit in the most effective way and maximise your profit on resale.
It's extremely useful to have a well thought out, long-term plan – and if you haven't already got one now's the time to make one.
In order to do this you should have a firm idea why you've got the property and what its function is – is it for retirement planning, is it for income or is it to pass on to your children? Always know what you want your investment to achieve.
As part of this plan you should also know when you're intending to exit and how you're going to do that. For instance, there's no point buying a property for capital growth with a plan that says you want the money out next year.


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Yesterday, the NRA released Practice Range, a free iOS app that lets you choose from multiple guns, then practice aiming and shooting them at targets using the iPhone's built-in tilt sensor. Judging by the outraged response from all corners of the media, the release wasn't a brilliant PR move for one of the country's largest lobbying groups.
And yet the NRA has already had some success at shifting the conversation away from "guns" and back to violent video games. The new app also fits that strategy and, in doing so, might actually do more good than harm for the NRA.
TechCrunch accused the NRA of "profiteering" because the app lets players unlock weapons like AK-47s and MK-11 sniper rifles through $0.99 in-app purchases. Gizmodo and Kotaku were among those pointing out that iTunes labels the game appropriate for children ages four and up, meaning it's appropriate for kids the same age as those killed in last month's Sandy Hook massacre (Gizmodo called the rating "straight up stupid.") "Is now the best time for a National Rifle Association (NRA) 3D shooting game? We'd suggest not," wrote TheAppSide, implying that this game would be acceptable in, I don't know, a week? Six months?
The New York Post probably had the media's strongest reaction to the game's release, blaring in a headline that the title "spits on the graves of Newtown massacre victims." The Post article called out the game for its use of assault weapons like those used in the massacre and for allowing players to shoot at "coffin-shaped" targets (The targets, shown above, look more like highly stylized person-shapes, complete with red highlights for the head and heart. Not that this really makes things better...).
At first glance, Practice Range might look like a galling bit of hypocrisy on the part of the NRA. Since the organization's first press conference a week after the Sandy Hook shootings, the group has tried to shift the focus away from guns and toward societal causes for violence, including violent video games like Bulletstorm, Grand Theft Auto, Mortal Kombat, and Splatterhouse. So why did it just a release a game in which you shoot things with guns? IGN called the game's launch "puzzling" in light of the group's rhetoric against gaming, and Mashable said the game "comes with a degree of irony" for the NRA.
But looked at another way, Practice Range is actually a counterpoint to much of the video game industry. Yes, the game includes guns, but you can only shoot them at inanimate, blood-free targets. What's more, the game is peppered with frequent safety messages like "always keep the gun pointed in a safe direction" and "always keep the gun unloaded until ready to use." The main menu includes Web links to more gun safety resources. The game teaches players to shoot virtual guns, but it also teaches them how to use those virtual guns responsibly.
So Practice Range fits right into the NRA's arguments about video games' insidious effects on our society. "There's nothing wrong with guns in video games per se," the organization seems to be saying; "the problem is the way those guns are used by most of the big-money game industry in service of ultra-violent revenge fantasies. If only the game industry could use its immense influence and power to promote responsible, safe use of guns, as we have with our humble app, the world might be a different place!"
Games and their effects
As an argument, this sounds good, but it doesn't hold up. Games can and do affect people deeply every day, but they can't totally transform someone into a different being. Practice Range won't make a psychotic killer into a responsible gun owner any more than Black Ops 2 can turn a normal, law-abiding citizen into a murderous shooter. Games can have effects, but only if the player is already predisposed to be receptive to those effects. This is probably why violent crime has actually decreased markedly (PDF) since violent games rose to popularity in the early '90s, and why there seems to be no correlation between game sales and real gun violence internationally.
Despite the widespread media outrage over the release of Practice Range, even talking about the game may play right into the NRA's PR plan. That's because you can't talk about a game like this without bringing up the NRA's arguments that violent games and entertainment, rather than guns themselves, are the most important problems leading to real-world violence. That implicitly shifts the terms of the debate and puts the game industry on the defensive.
As Ian Bogost wrote in a recent Atlantic editorial, "The actual use, function, or content of games never has a place in political discussions about games. Instead, games are cogs in someone's favorite discourse machine... Once more, public opinion has been infected with the idea that video games have some predominant and necessary relationship to gun violence, rather than being a diverse and robust mass medium that is used for many different purposes, from leisure to exercise to business to education."
Whether you see Practice Range as outrageous or benign, some segments of the population already draw a permanent and immediate connection between "violent massacre" and "violent video games" in their heads. By giving more attention to that connection, Practice Range might actually be less damaging to the NRA's public image than it seems.


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Observational Study of Male Circumcision Using PrePex Device
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01711411
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|Device: PrePex device for male circumcision
The World Health Organization, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and other global reproductive health organizations have recognized the protective effect of male circumcision in HIV acquisition. Male Circumcision (MC) is one of the few biomedical methods to demonstrate consistent effectiveness as an HIV prevention intervention in randomized controlled trials: three randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in Kenya, Uganda, and South Africa reported a protective effect up to 60% of circumcision against HIV infection. Subsequent studies have confirmed the value and persistence of MC's protection against HIV infection, and have demonstrated that MC also reduces the acquisition and transmission of human papillomavirus.
A wide variety of instruments, devices, and techniques are used around the world for male circumcision. In 2008, WHO, UNAIDS and JHPIEGO released a draft document entitled Manual for Male Circumcision under Local Anesthesia, which includes step-by-step instructions for performing adult male circumcision using three different surgical procedures: the forceps-guided, dorsal slit, and sleeve resection methods. Procedure times for these techniques are approximately 20-30 minutes excluding anesthesia, involve control of bleeding and considerable suturing, and can be associated with a variety of complications.
Yet the demand for MC even in non-circumcising communities is substantial when offered at no cost in a safe setting. Following Kenyan support of one of the key research studies demonstrating the preventive effectiveness of MC, the Kenyan Ministry of Health (MOH) began a national voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) program in 2008, based on a National Guidance document. MC activities in Kenya have been centered in Nyanza Province, where the prevalence of circumcision is about 50% compared to about 90% in the rest of the country. Based on WHO statistics, Kenya is the African country that has made the most progress in implementing large-scale MC activities: to date, there have been over 400,000 VMMC procedures in Kenya.
In the current African setting, only surgical circumcision is available for most adults. Recently, devices have been developed that have the potential to simplify and shorten both training time and surgical duration by eliminating the need for suturing and hemostasis as well as allow for task-shifting to lower level cadres of providers. Small-scale safety studies, RCTs, and field demonstration cohort studies are required before the safety, effectiveness, acceptability and feasibility of any device is assured.
This is a prospective observational study of the PrePex male circumcision device, which will be conducted with the aims of ascertaining important adverse events or unexpected side effects that may not have been observed in other studies. This study will be conducted within a routine service delivery system to identify potential issues that must be addressed as MC services are scaled up in a variety of Kenyan settings. PrePex circumcision procedures will be offered in VMMC services, part of the minimum package of HIV prevention services recommended by the Kenyan MOH, including HIV testing and counseling, exclusion of men with symptomatic sexually transmitted infection (STI) and provision of syndromic treatment as indicated, provision and promotion of condoms, and counseling on risk-reduction and safer sex.
This study is a prospective observational study of adult male circumcision procedures with PrePex in sites in Nyanza Province, Kenya. We will enroll a total of 425 men aged 18 to 49 who seek voluntary medical male circumcision. The first 50 men will undergo intensive follow-up with multiple follow-up visits, per secondary objective 2 above. The remaining 375 men will be scheduled for two follow-up visits at 7 and 42 days after PrePex placement, per standard practice in Kenyan MC service delivery.
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|427 participants
|Official Title:
|Prospective Observational Study of Male Circumcision Using the PrePex Device in Routine Clinical Settings in Kenya
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|November 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|September 2013
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|September 2013
- Device: PrePex device for male circumcision
PrePex is a sterile device for adult male circumcision, consisting of an inner ring, elastic ring, placement ring, and verification thread. Proper sizing is facilitated by a sizing accessory. The elastic ring is loaded on to the placement ring, which is then placed at the base of the penis. The inner ring is placed inside the foreskin. The elastic ring is then deployed around the foreskin, clamping the foreskin against the inner ring. PrePex is manufactured by Circ MedTech Limited, is certified CE - Class IIa in the European Union, and has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
- The incidence of moderate and severe adverse events (AEs) associated with PrePex procedures, including both procedural and post-procedure events, and all device-related incidents such as dislodgment. [ Time Frame: 42 days ]Number of participants with adverse events as a measure of safety, pain as measured by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), and life table analysis of time to complete wound healing
- Acceptability of PrePex procedures among Kenyan clients [ Time Frame: 42 days ]Quality of life and satisfaction questionnaires
- Acceptability of PrePex procedures among Kenyan male circumcision providers [ Time Frame: 42 days ]MC provider questionnaires assessing ease and duration of procedures, problems encountered during procedures and post-procedure care, and opinions of PrePex compared to the forceps-guided method or other circumcision methods with which the providers are familiar
- Proportion of men ineligible for circumcision with PrePex [ Time Frame: 42 days ]Proportion of men presenting for MC who are excluded due to tight foreskin, frank phimosis or other criteria
- Proportion of men who do not return for removal at 7 days, and the level of effort needed for their active follow-up as well as their outcomes [ Time Frame: 42 days ]Proportion of men who do not return at 7 days and require active follow-up, as well as outcomes among men who do not return for scheduled removal and efforts required for active follow-up
- Costs of PrePex training and service delivery [ Time Frame: 42 days ]Costs of training and service delivery including human resources (number and cadre of operators required), and materials and supplies
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
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|Sampling Method:
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Inclusion Criteria:
• Must be aged 18 to 49 years
- Must be uncircumcised (on examination)
- Must be in good general health
- Must agree to voluntary counseling and testing for HIV, or have documentation of testing no more than one week before the MC visit
- Must be HIV-uninfected
- Must be free of genital ulcerations or other visible signs of STI (on examination)
- Must be able to understand study procedures and the requirements of study participation
- Must agree to return to the healthcare facility for the full schedule of follow-up visits after his circumcision or be willing to receive a home visit
- Must freely consent to participate in the study and sign a written informed consent form
- Must have a cell phone or access to a cell phone.
Exclusion Criteria:
• Penis does not fit any of the five PrePex sizes
- Takes a medication that would be a contraindication for elective surgery, such as an anticoagulant or steroid
- Has known bleeding/clotting disorder (e.g. hemophilia)
- Has an active genital infection, anatomic abnormality (e.g. phimosis or hypospadias) or other disease or condition (e.g. extreme obesity, poorly controlled diabetes, sickle cell anemia, AIDS-like signs or symptoms) which in the investigator's opinion contraindicates MC or participation in the study
- Is participating in another longitudinal biomedical research study.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01711411
|Nyanza Reproductive Health Society
|Kisumu, Nyanza, Kenya
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|Paul Feldblum, PhD
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|October 22, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|November 27, 2013
|Last Verified:
|November 2013
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We come with beautiful secrets
We come with purposes written on hearts, written on our souls
We come to every new morning
With possibilities only we can hold
Redemption comes in strange places, small spaces
Calling out the best of who we are
I want to add to the beauty
to tell a better story… (~sara groves)
(the following written by Kelle's sister)
At 4:24 pm, January 22, 2010, six pound Nella Cordelia Hampton entered the world and our hearts.
Nella has Down's Syndrome.
There are those moments when you just can't find the words….when you know that no amount of time, no thesaurus, no edited photos…nothing could possibly do justice to what you feel in your soul. But my sister wants me to get this out….to just rip the band aid off and post something. And through tears, she asked me to hurry…because she needs the comments….she needs the love. So, I will keep typing…and do my best to do justice to the story…a better story that has just begun….whose beginning I am struggling to convey….because so many moments of the last twenty four hours…the conversations…the shared tears….the peace….have felt like magic…as though the stars were aligned and all was and is exactly as it should be. Perfect. When really, God could not feel any closer.
Redemption comes in strange places…small spaces…calling out the best of who we are…an invitation to be beautiful….to add to the beauty…and tell a better story…
(more words and pics from my sister coming soon….in the meantime, let the comments and love begin….)


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This week in new hires, Frank McCarthy was elected chairman and five new members were added to the board of directors at IPA; the DiCiaccio and LaMothe-Gonzalez Groups joined Snowden Capital Advisors; and Ken Barnes went to Options as senior vice president of corporate development.
Also, Barry Goldberg became chief technology officer at HNW; Michael Del Secolo was promoted at New York Life; and Beth Hetzel joined PFM Asset Management.
IPA Elects Frank McCarthy Board Chairman; Five New Members Join Board
The Investment Program Association (IPA) announced Monday that it has named Frank McCarthy of Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., as chairman of the board for 2013. The IPA has also added five new members to its board. McCarthy is the IPA's first chairman elected from a broker-dealer, and succeeds former Chairman Martel Day of Independence Realty Securities, LLC, who will become chairman emeritus on Jan. 1.
In addition to electing McCarthy, the IPA chose the following executives as board members for 2013: Anthony Chereso, principal, president and CEO, FactRight, LLC; Sherri Cooke, president and CEO, AI Insight; Kevin Keefe, executive vice president, Advisor Group; Nicholas Schorsch, founder and CEO, American Realty Capital; and Kevin Shields, chairman and CEO, Griffin Capital Corporation.
DiCiaccio and LaMothe-Gonzalez Groups join Snowden
Snowden Capital Advisors LLC announced Tuesday that two founding advisor teams, the DiCiaccio and LaMothe-Gonzalez Groups, have joined the firm. The DiCiaccio team includes John DiCiaccio, managing director, and Leah Thomson Snell, vice president, while the LaMothe-Gonzalez team includes Jon LaMothe and Luis Gonzalez, both managing directors, all of whom have become Snowden partners.
The DiCiaccio and LaMothe-Gonzalez teams join from Merrill Lynch, bring over 100 years of wealth advisory experience to Snowden, and have opened a west coast branch office in Pasadena, Calif. The DiCiaccio Group has been ranked in Barron's Top 100 Financial Advisors.
Options Names Ken Barnes as New SVP of Corporate Development
Options recently announced that Ken Barnes has been appointed as the firm's SVP of corporate development. In his new role, he will be responsible for leading corporate and product strategy for the Options PIPE Private Financial Cloud, as well as overseeing the firm's business expansion across the broker-dealer and investment banking communities.
Prior to joining, Barnes served as SVP in the technologies division of NYSE Euronext. He previously managed SFTI, launched the Mahwah colo facility in 2010, and has also held positions in business line management, business development and product marketing at firms including Wombat Financial Software, Reuters, and Salomon Brothers.
HNW Inc. Appoints Barry Goldberg Chief Technology Officer
HNW Inc. announced Tuesday the appointment of Barry Goldberg as chief technology officer. In this role, he will oversee the development of the firm's software products and platforms, in addition to ensuring the scalability, compliance and quality of its IT infrastructure. He will work closely with product and client teams, and will report directly to HNW CEO Stacey Haefele.
Goldberg joins having most recently served as chief technology officer of kgbdeals, an e-commerce company serving 100 million consumers globally. Prior to that, he held positions at Unigo, aNew Yorkstartup that provided user-generated college review content, and The Princeton Review, where he led development teams for all three subsidiaries of the company as VP of application development.
New York Life Promotes Michael Del Secolo to SVP and Chief Technology Officer
New York Life announced Tuesday that Michael Del Secolo has been promoted to SVP and chief technology officer, reporting to Sue Ericksen, SVP and chief information officer. In this role, Del Secolo is responsible for guiding the development of the company's technical strategy, research and innovation.
Del Secolo joined in 2010 as vice president of architecture. In 2011 he added responsibility for engineering, leading the management of IT architecture and engineering for the company. Prior to joining, he worked at Automatic Data Processing (ADP), where he held positions of increasing responsibility including vice president of IT engineering, vice president of Internet and network services, and vice president and chief information security officer. Before that, he held progressively more responsible roles at Sea-Land Service, Inc., Salomon Brothers, Inc., and RAV Communications.
PFM Adds Beth Hetzel as Managing Director and Head of Client Services Group
PFM Asset Management LLC (PFMAM), part of The PFM Group of companies, announced Tuesday the appointment of Beth Hetzel as managing director and head of its newly formed client services group. The new unit she will create will expand the firm's current customer service operations group. She will work out of the firm'sHarrisburg,Pa.office.
Hetzel has held significant management positions at Bank of America Capital Management, Federated Investors, National City Corp. (later PNC) and, most recently, at FirstMerit Bank as president and managing officer of FirstMerit Financial Services.
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Taking the Red Pill: Science, Philosophy and Religion in The Matrix
Glenn Yeffeth
BenBella Books, 2003 - Performing Arts - 277 pages
** COMPLETELY UNAUTHORIZED ** This thought-provoking examination of The Matrix explores the technological challenges, religious symbolism, and philosophical dilemmas the film presents. Essays by renowned scientists, technologists, philosophers, scholars, social commentators, and science fiction authors provide engaging and provocative perspectives. Explored in a highly accessible fashion are issues such as the future of artificial intelligence and virtual reality. The symbolism hidden throughout The Matrix and a few glitches in the film are revealed. Discussions include "Finding God in The Matrix," "The Reality Paradox in The Matrix," and "Was Cypher Right?: Why We Stay in Our Matrix." The fascinating issues posed by the film are handled in an intelligent but nonacademic fashion.
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mmmm..a tattoo would be nice: my polynesian grandmothers head/face (characterised as the 'face' of the Oracle) with the mantra (text) 'Nature & Truth' (inserted to the left of her head) and the message thus: 'Don't think You Can; Know You Can' (inserted; like a bubble burst/discovery from the creator's lips) as a sign of the 'Penetrating' assignment of how 'coming to the truth is a transformation of soul that is much a discovery of self-that one has a soul, and that soul has a certain nature-as discovery of what is real. Only through transformation can we attribute meaningfulness to our lives. That meaningfullness, howwever, is assigned through our being free to make choices in the face of 'Nature & Truth'. (Boetke, P. J. pp. 171-172. 2003).
My personal choice is the red pill; to evoke my experiential state of being the individual firstly; do you think you can? I know I can; I've been shown the door and walked throught it; yes my experiential tells me that these essays are what has informed my experiential; don't blame me I'm just the messenger; I can only show you the door; your the one who has to walk through it..any time your ready..if you've got a free moment
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