text: Artificial pancreas gives girl a vacation from diabetes By Elizabeth Cohen, Senior Medical CorrespondentUpdated 9:03 PM ET, Sun March 4, 2012Just Watched'Bionic' pancreas gives patients a breakreplayMore Videos ...'Bionic' pancreas gives patients a break 01:30Story highlightsJuvenile Diabetes Research Foundation funding 13 artificial pancreas trialsIn the future, the device will be the size of a cell phone, attached to a beltAlgorithms determine how much insulin and Glucagon the patient needsAt 3:30 a.m., Stefany Shaheen awoke to a feeling of uneasiness. Something was not quite right with her daughter, Elle.Creeping into her bedroom, Shaheen removed a lancet from its wrapper and poked her diabetic daughter's finger.Putting the blood onto the testing strip, she saw the results: dangerously low blood sugar. Shaheen woke Elle up and gave her orange juice to keep her from slipping into unconsciousness.Shaheen was relieved her motherly intuition had told her something was wrong with Elle that night, but she wished she didn't have to rely on it. She yearned for an automatic way of knowing when Elle was dipping into a dangerously high or low blood sugar -- and not just at night, but at school, where the 12-year-old is largely responsible for monitoring her own blood sugar.Then last week, Shaheen got her wish.Elizabeth Cohen is a senior medical correspondent for CNN.Elle was selected to try out an experimental device called an artificial or "bionic" pancreas. During the three-day study, Elle didn't have to poke her finger every few hours to find out her blood sugar level because the "bionic" pancreas recorded it automatically and adjusted her insulin accordingly.Shaheen didn't have to set her alarm to wake up every three hours at night because the device was designed to catch a dangerously high or low blood sugar and treat it."For the first time since she was diagnosed, I didn't have to worry," says Shaheen, who lives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.Medical device companies are racing to be the first to market an artificial pancreas, which takes over the work of the diabetic's malfunctioning organ. The device could potentially be used for Type 1 diabetics or Type 2 diabetics who use insulin."It's transformative technology," says Aaron Kowalski, assistant vice president for treatment therapies research at JDRF, a research foundation for juvenile diabetes.JDRF is funding artificial pancreas trials at 13 sites worldwide, including Yale University, Stanford University, the University of Virginia and the University of Colorado. Device companies also are funding several other studies."It's looking incredibly promising," Kowalski says. "I hope very much we'll have a system on the market within four years, and I'll be very disappointed if we don't."Just WatchedArtificial pancreas a 'game changer'replayMore Videos ...Artificial pancreas a 'game changer' 02:53PLAY VIDEO'Pale and pasty ... and all by herself'It was Elle who urged her mother to enroll her in an artificial pancreas study. The Shaheens first heard about the artificial pancreas shortly after Elle was diagnosed with diabetes at age 8, but she had to be 12 years old to enroll. So the day she turned 12 this past September, she started bugging her parents."She was constantly reminding me, 'Mom, you need to call, you need to call,'" Shaheen remembers.Her mother was only too happy to comply. There had been several middle-of-the-night close calls, plus some desperate situations at school where the staff nurse was responsible for 450 children and "ill-equipped," Shaheen says, to handle the needs of a diabetic child. "I got a call from Elle one morning. She was in the school office and her voice was trembling, and she said 'Mom, I need you to come quick. I don't know what's wrong,'" Shaheen says. "I got there and her blood sugar was dropping like a rock. She was pale and pasty and sweating profusely and all by herself."A glimpse of the dreamIn January, Elle walked into Massachusetts General Hospital to start the trial.Elle Shaheen tests her blood sugar levels while her mother watches. Doctors fitted her for an artificial pancreas. In the future, the device will be the size of a cell phone, but for now Elle is hooked up to a laptop.For three days, the device did the work Elle's pancreas can no longer do."It went very smoothly -- her blood sugar control was really very, very good," said Dr. Steven Russell, an instructor at Harvard Medical School. "We were really very pleased by what we saw with Elle."Russell's research partner, Edward Diamano, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at Boston University, says the device learned Elle's blood sugar patterns and made changes accordingly. "It's making adjustments every five minutes," he says. For that one weekend, Elle didn't have to draw blood, and she could eat foods she hadn't eaten in large quantities for four years."She ate Spaghetti-O's and grilled cheese and french fries and hamburgers," Shaheen says. "She ate between 67 and 100 grams of carbs [every meal], and usually she can only eat between 40 and 50."Then, after the experiment, Elle had to leave the artificial pancreas behind, and it was back to counting carbs and poking herself every couple of hours. Her mother reset the nighttime alarm clock."We're extraordinarily impatient for access to the device," Shaheen says. "I think it will revolutionize the way she lives." "That was really hard," Elle says. "I just hope one day I can use it at home." Baby steps Last week, Russell and Damiano visited the Food and Drug Administration offices in Silver Spring, Maryland, to show regulators a prototype for the artificial pancreas.The device itself can be worn in a pocket or clipped to a belt. Two tiny pieces go under the skin, one to detect glucose levels in the blood and another to deliver insulin and glucagon, a drug used to raise very low blood sugar.Algorithms determine how much insulin and Glucagon the patient needs, and if necessary the patient can manually override the device.So far, the FDA has required doctors to keep patients inside the hospital while their using the device.The potential benefits are enormous, Dr. Charles Zimliki, who chairs the FDA's Artificial Pancreas Critical Path Initiative, testified before a Senate committee last year. But "if not properly designed, use of an artificial pancreas device in an outpatient setting can place patients at significant risk."Russell said he hopes that by the fall, the FDA will give him permission to allow adult diabetic patients to leave the building and walk the grounds of the Massachusetts General Hospital campus accompanied by a nurse, eating as they like and using the hospital's gym.Then by the summer of 2013, he hopes to give the artificial pancreas to children attending a summer camp."These are all baby steps towards what we ultimately want to do, which is give them the device and say, 'Go home and check back with us in a week,'" Russell says.Shaheen is closely watching the proceedings at the FDA, with the help of her mother, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, who co-chairs the Senate Diabetes Caucus."We're extraordinarily impatient for access to the device," she says. 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Leadership cartels in industries with differentiated products
Posada, Pedro (2001) Leadership cartels in industries with differentiated products. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. (Warwick economic research papers).
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This article analyses cartels that act as a Stackelberg leader with respect to a competitive fringe in industries supplying differentiated products. The main objectives are to investigate how cartel stability changes with the degree of differentiation and the cartel size, to predict endogenous cartels and to carry out a welfare analysis. Both repeated and static games are considered as well as industries competing in quantities and prices. The results indicate that the degree of stability can be either an increasing, decreasing or non-monotonic function of the degree of product differentiation, depending on the cartel size, the industry size, the competition type and the reaction of cartel loyal members to defection. An endogenous cartel size is also predicted. Other significant results are: some cartels can be sustained under simple static game Nash equilibrium, some cartels may be socially desirable, not all cartels are beneficial for the fringe members and a free riding problem does not necessarily emerge.
Item Type: | Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper) |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory Q Science > QA Mathematics |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics |
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Cartels, Equilibrium (Economics), Product differentiation, Competition, Games of strategy (Mathematics) |
Series Name: | Warwick economic research papers |
Publisher: | University of Warwick, Department of Economics |
Place of Publication: | Coventry |
Date: | 5 June 2001 |
Number: | No.590 |
Number of Pages: | 31 |
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed |
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access |
Funder: | Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (Mexico) [Mexican Council for Science and Technology] (CONACYT) |
References: | D'Aspremont, C., Jacqueming, A., Gabszewicz, J. and Weymark, J., 1983, On the Stability of Collusive Prices Leadership, Canadian Journal of Economics 16, 17-25. D'Aspremont, C. and Gabszewicz, J., 1986, On the Stability of Collusion, in New Developments in the Analysis of Market Structure, edited by J. Stiglitz and G. Mathewson. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, 243-261. Daskin, A., 1989, Cartel Stability in the Price Leadership Model: Three-Firm Cartel and the Role of Implicit Collusion, Working Paper 89-17, Boston University School of Management. Deneckere, R., 1983, Duopoly Supergames with Product Di¤erentiation, Economics Letters 11, 37-42. 28 Dixit, A, 1979, A Model of Duopoly Suggesting a Theory of Entry Barriers, Bell Journal of Economics 10, 20-32. Donsimoni, M., Economides, N. and Polemarchakis, H., 1986, Stable Cartels, International Economics Review 27, 317-327. Eaton, C. and Eswaran, M., 1998, Endogenous Cartel Formation, Australian Economic Papers 37, 1-13. Friedman, J., 1971, A Non-cooperative Equilibrium for Supergames, Review of Economic Studies 38, 1-12. Konishi, H. and Lin, P., 1999, Stable Cartels with a Cournot Fringe in a Symmetric Oligopoly, Keio Economic Studies 36, 1-10. Lambertini L., 1995, Exogenous Product Di¤erentiation and the Stability of Collusion, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Economia, Working Paper 219. Lambertini, L. and Albaek, S., 1998, Collusion in Di¤erentiated Duopolies Revisited, Economics Letters 59, 305-308. Majerus, D., 1988, Price vs Quantity Competition in Oligopoly Supergames, Economics Letters 27, 293-297. Martin, S., 1990, Fringe Size and Cartel Stability, EUI Working Paper ECO No. 90-16, European University Institute, Florence. Posada, P., 2000, Cartel Stability and Product Di¤erentiation: How Much do the Size of the Cartel and the Size of the Industry Matter?, Working Paper 556, Department of Economics, University of Warwick. Ross, T., 1992, Cartel Stability and Product Di¤erentiation, International Journal of Industrial Organization 10, 1-13. Rothschild, R., 1992, On the Sustainability of Collusion in Di¤erentiated Duopolies, Economics Letters 40, 33-37. 29 Rothschild, R., 1997, Product Di¤erentiation and Cartel Stability: Chamberlin versus Hotelling, Annals of Regional Science 31, 259-271. Sha¤er, S., 1995, Stable Cartels with a Cournot Fringe, Southern Economic Journal 61, 744-754. Singh, N. and Vives, X., 1984, Price and Quantity Competition in a Di¤erentiated Duopoly, Rand Journal of Economics 15, 546-554. Spulber, D., 1989, Regulation and Markets, Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press. |
URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/1588 |
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Beautiful grounds! The outdoor pool/patio looked fabulous as well but we didn't get to enjoy it as thew weather was a little cool.
Rooms were a little worn, you can tell that they made an effort to update recently but if you looked closer you can tell that the remodels/cosmetic improvements were not done well and attention to detail was not there. There was not a whole lot of insulation between rooms as you could hear others in room next to you pretty clearly.
The pool and grounds were very nice.
The fire pit in the embers lounge kept going out. We went for a couples massage but they don't have a sauna or hot tub that's coed afterwards for relaxing together. The signs that give directions around the property are sometimes confusing.
Breakfast offered plenty of choices. Bed was very comfortable.
The room was very clean. They are small but cozy. The pool was great. Breakfast was awesome.
The woman at the front desk was very unprofessional. She seemed very put off by being interrupted to help guests. The noise factor was another issue. Kids running down the halls at 2 am unattended was enough for me to not stay on a weekend.
Nice staff. Clean. It is pretty much 'you get what you pay for. We needed a place to sleep and that worked.
It is a budget hotel, so everything is minimum.
I liked how October was a good time to go without a lot of people and lines, but I was disappointed at the end of the stay when we accidentally turned in our room keys (so we thought) and I handed the lady our rechargable game cards instead that look VERY similar. Our game cards already had points on them from us spending $ and we were just about to trade them in before we left and I quickly realized I mixed them up and went back and the lady at the desk said sorry you're out of luck we threw the cards in a bin and I don't know which one were yours. No apology or anything. So, my kids were pretty bummed they could not get a prize and I was disappointed that we played all those games, racked in a lot of points and then lost out. I will be emailing the resort. Also, the lady at the desk and the guy in the game room said this happens all the time so, you'd think they'd fix it by now. On the other hand, I loved the Restaurant Brisaggo at the Geneva Resort right down the road. Delicious. Pricey, but worth it. The rooms were spacious and we got to hear all the screams coming from the haunted hayrides-looked pretty creepy! FYI anyone visiting Lake Geneva, they stop selling alcohol at 9pm. We stopped at a Walmart to pick something up and didn't realize this coming from Chicago that we were out of luck for the night. Overall, it was a nice trip. I might go back depending on the reply I get from the resort after I email them.
My wife & I visited TRL&W so we could determine if this destination would be good for our tribe (children/spouses, grandchildren & us) to visit after Christmas in-lieu of buying presents for everyone. We all figured spending time together at a kid fun/friendly place would be really cool. Guess what? The place is great & we'll be planning our trip there.
I loved the location and price.
Hallways and elevator were dated.
The suite was awesome - loved the whirlpool tub in bathroom and the fireplace was a nice touch. Perfect get away for us. Walking distance to downtown Lake Geneva was a bonus.
Bed is very soft - husband has back issues and it was not the most comfortable night sleep, but we only stayed one night - an extended stay would have been tough.
Close to town
The so called heated pool was not heated. The whirlpool tub was boarded over, no coffee maker in room, no maid service on the second night of our stay
The location of the hotel was very convenient to the Lake Geneva Triathlon, about 10 min away. Check in and out was very easy. It's not a 5 star hotel so don't get your hopes up about it. I checked into this hotel knowing it would be a little divey.
The hotel room could have been a little cleaner. There was cakes of dust on the lamp shades. The fridge in the room also did not work so it should just be removed since a smell was coming from it.
The rooms were spacious, had a fireplace a big tub and kitchen. Perfect for a romantic getaway or small families. Close to town, restaurant onsite. Nice pool & hot tub area.
Sauna was busted.
Close to restaurants and bar.
Almost everything within hotel. The 3 star ranking is very questionable, more like a glorified motel. This place is extremely outdated. Resort fee was charged which I sincerely regret. No breakfast either, not even continental.
This was an outdated, dirty, overpriced hotel. New TV's needed 5 yrs ago, few channels available. When I turned down the bed the first night to go to sleep, there were hairs, straight and curly's in my sheets and on the pillow cases. I slept on couch!
I would say the it had a nice breakfast.
Some of the staff had a i don't care attitude.
Good location, good price, decent room and walk-in shower rather than a tub shower.
I found the location in Elkhorn convenient to the Kettle Moraine area and Lake Geneva.
Thought the rooms were outdated. Bathrooms small. Tub ran slow.
The room set-up was horrible and completely different from the last time we stayed there. The resort services were not helpful either, refused to accommodate us and made us feel dumb for asking to change rooms.
The big room and excellent furnitures
nothing, it was great
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Have you ever played the Wikipedia game? If not, it's simple: go to Wikipedia. Decided what article you want to find. Then push "Random Article." Then, use as few clicks as possible to get to the target article. Usually, in real life this is a "race" against friends who are watching over your shoulder. The Wiki Hunt app, however, takes this game and turns it into a solo contest to get from Point A to Point B in six clicks or less.
Wiki Hunt includes three options for play: random, where both articles are random; Six Clicks To Jesus; and a mode where you can choose your own articles. Six Clicks To Jesus is pretty easy—he's everywhere!—but the path to get to your goal article is always, always hilarious. I managed to get to the Jesus of Nazareth article from a Chinese film called The Detective; an airport led me to Meniscorceras…a type of flower. If there's one thing this game does, it reveals the awe-inspiring web of hyperlinks that forms Wikipedia. If you can't figure out how to navigate from one article to another, the app will show you the solution. Just looking at the solutions is half of the fun.
Of course, you don't need the app in order to play: Wikipedia does have a mobile version, after all. But Wiki Hunt provides you with random articles, solutions, and condenses the experience to focus you on the game. The solutions alone are worth the app's low asking price. If you're interested in skimming random Wikipedia articles (trust me, there's a treasure trove of random information) or just in trying a novel new "puzzle," Wiki Hunt is a simple, entertaining app that harnesses the full might of Wikipedia.
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In writing this column for the past two years, I have written about the effects of having subluxations at the different levels of your spinal column. Your nerves control and coordinate every function of your body. If you have a subluxation or nerve interference at any vertebra, it will affect how well your whole body is functioning. This week I will share information with you about the nerves located at the bottom two Lumbar (L) vertebrae, L4 and L5, and the sacrum which is commonly called the tailbone.
According to the Neuro- Anatomy Chart, the nerves at L4 are the primary nerve supply from the brain to the colon or large intestines. The function of the colon is to remove toxins from your body, so an inability to do so can cause more health problems related to bowel toxicity because the body isn't releasing toxins normally. Diarrhea, constipation, coated tongue, headaches and ulcerative colitis could indicate that you could have a subluxation at L4.
Irritation at L5 is often the cause of chronic low back pain and can affect the reproductive organs and cause infertility and menstrual problems in females and prostatitis or inflammation of the prostate gland in men. Neurological disturbance at L5 can also be associated with nervous leg syndrome, urinary difficulties, mood swings and feelings of incomplete bowel evacuation. Because the nerves at this level affect the hormones, a subluxation at this can affect many other bodily functions and systems.
The Sacrum, or what is usually called the tailbone, is a triangular shaped bone at the bottom of the spine. When we are children, the sacrum actually has five segments that eventually fuse together into a single, large bone. The nerves located here provide the primary nerve supply from the brain to the male and female reproductive system, the bladder and urethra. A subluxation at the sacrum is often found when a patient has complaints of health problems from sexual dysfunction to hip problems, and lower back pain. Many patients have an unlevel pelvis, which can affect the rest of your body up to your head. This would be like building your house on a twisted foundation. This affects the function of the entire nervous system since there is likely abnormal circulation of the cerebro-spinal fluid which can affect your brain function.
Your nerves are like electrical wiring from your brain to all parts of the body. The spinal vertebrae are the protection around those nerves. When the body experiences physical, chemical, emotional and/or environmental stress beyond its ability to cope, it can cause a subluxation or nerve irritation. This then leads to improper function of the tissue or organ that these nerves supply and can cause sickness and disease. Everyone should be sure to have their nervous system checked by a chiropractor on a regular basis.
Dr. Charles Weigel
Total Life Chiropractic
123 Lake Ave. West
Napoleon, ND
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These are by far my favorite cigar. Says full but I like them and I am not typically a full cigar guy.
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"Full bodied puros"
Great smoke. Easy draw. Well aged and full of flavor. Stands up to my Cubans. A real value.
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So.I have bought 3 "samplers" from Famous. This cigar started to fall apart around the 20 minute mark and I had to remove the outer wrapper 10 minutes later. I regret that I haven't reviewed the cigars that I have loved, It's just that I hated this one enough to throw out this disgust.
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I have enjoyed this cigar for several years, and never disappointed. Lot's of flavor and will made.
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It has been a while since I smoked the cigar. I don't remember much, but what I do remember is I will not buy this cigar again.
Dave in Maryland April 7, 2010
"Best in the line."
Easily the best of the Antano line. The belicoso perfectly marries strength and flavor without being overwhelming in any one area, none of the other sizes do this as well. Construction is excellent, and again this one performs better than the other vitolas in the line, offering a razor sharp burn and perfect draw every time.
If you are looking to try this blend, look no further than the belicoso, it does the best job of showcasing what the Antano line has to offer.
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Definitely an 8 o'clock cigar and not for the faint of heart cigar smokers. This is a true classic in the best Cuban tradition. I love'm!
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Good looks,good burn, but, a tough draw and mediocre taste. Consistent through 10 of the smokes. The rest I gave away. So, I guess it rates a 10 in consistency.
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The Miami Dolphins season ended a week ago, but with the spotlight of the National Championship game coming to South Florida tonight, the Dolphins owner couldn't help himself. Stephen Ross spoke with Dolphins media representatives this afternoon for about 22-23 minutes. Mr. Ross is a very accomplished businessman and is obviously very smart. That's why, when he makes statements like he did today, we can't help but scratch our heads.
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The Dolphins are heading into a very important offseason in a few weeks. The Dolphins, by most estimations, will have about $46 mil in cap room to accompany their 5 high draft picks in the first 3 rounds of the draft. This is a franchise defining offseason for a Dolphins franchise that has not won a playoff game since Bill Clinton was in the White House.
Mr. Ross, for all he's done in the business world, might need to have some of his right hand men, start writing his talking points, like a politician. Below are some of the quotes from Mr. Ross, courtesy of the Sun Sentinel:
– Steve Ross said "when I bought the team I told everyone with whatever resources I have I want to build a winning team."
– "I'm willing to spend whatever it takes to build it. Sometimes people look at spending as a way of winning," Ross said.
– "It isn't money that solves problems. It's brains," Steve Ross said.
PN thought: This is what I like to hear, an owner that is committed to winning by any means necessary. At this point, I'm starting to think that Mr. Ross gets it! He continued:
– "As the coaches state you want to build through the draft, but you want to look at free agency and find someone who fits in," Ross.
– "Free agency certainly isn't the answer. We've all seen that," Ross said. "You know your players better than anyone else….
– "Often times there is a reason why a guy is out there," Steve Ross said about the free agents.
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The Tao of Linux Security: the Five Phases of a Secure Deployment
SSH is the standard remote access protocol in use on Linux systems today. In its default configuration, it has some settings that you definitely need to lock down. Add the following lines to /etc/ssh/sshd.config:
PermitRootLogin no X11DisplayForwarding no
The first line prevents root from logging in to the server via SSH, which never should be done. The second line disables X forwarding, which would allow users to launch an X session from your server. In the example case, X isn't installed, so this should not be a problem. You could lock down SSH further by chrooting it or using TCP Wrappers; however, due to space constraints, I have omitted those configuration steps.
Rather than go into a long discussion on the proper configuration of a a firewall, I have created the following script with comments to secure the Debian system. It restricts traffic (statefully) only to new SSH, HTTP and SSL connections. Change the IP address in this example to your server's address. For more details on the options available in iptables, consult the man page. When building your own firewalls, keep in mind the goal of shrinking the attack surface by opening only necessary ports in iptables:
#!/bin/sh PATH=/usr/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin #FLUSH PREVIOUS TABLE ENTRIES iptables --flush #CHANGE DEFAULT POLICIES FROM #ACCEPT TO DROP iptables -P INPUT DROP iptables -P FORWARD DROP iptables -P OUTPUT DROP #ALLOW LOCAL LOOPBACK TRAFFIC iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -o lo -j ACCEPT #ALLOW ESTABLISHED CONNECTIONS iptables -A INPUT -m state --state \ ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -m state --state \ ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT #ALLOW DEFINED TRAFFIC # #SSH - 22 iptables -A INPUT -d 192.168.1.2 -p tcp \ --dport 22 --sport 1024:65535 -m state \ --state NEW -j ACCEPT #HTTP - APACHE -80 iptables -A INPUT -d 192.168.1.2 -p tcp \ --dport 80 --sport 1024:65535 -m state \ --state NEW -j ACCEPT #SSL - 443 iptables -A INPUT -d 192.168.1.2 -p tcp \ --dport 443 --sport 1024:65535 -m state \ --state NEW -j ACCEPT
Save this script locally, and copy or move it to the /etc/network/if-up.d directory so that it runs when the network comes up after boot. If you want to apply this configuration on a Red Hat-based system, you simply could run the above script and use the iptables-save command to keep the rule set across reboots.
Although you could take these steps and many more, there is a tool that makes this process much easier, Bastille (Figures 7 and 8). Bastille uses question/answer responses to script your preferred security settings and apply them to the actual system. There also are a multitude of manual security checklists available for most distributions and applications that can be found on the Internet. Some of the best checklists are the benchmarks put out by the Center for Internet Security. These benchmarks contain detailed settings and descriptions of "best practices" relating to specific operating systems and popular applications. They are excellent companions to Bastille.
The last phase of the tao is an ongoing process. Regular monitoring of your system will verify that your security goals are being met over time. The most useful tool for this is built right in to the system, syslog. From the /var/log/messages file, you can view a variety of security-related information for both the system and some applications. Many applications use their own log files. Be sure to look through those as well. If you have multiple systems, you should use a central syslog server to collect the logs. This easily can be configured in the syslog.conf file.
A newer alternative to syslog is called Splunk (Figure 9). Splunk has both free (limited to 500MB daily) and enterprise versions. The nice thing about Splunk is its super-easy install, and you can search through logs using Google-like commands through a streamlined Web-based interface.
As useful as logs are, they do not provide a complete picture of how well your security is working. Only regular auditing can accomplish this. Doing so tells you if your security is still in place and functioning. I am not suggesting penetration testing for every system, but active testing of your settings is good insurance. Create checklists or scripts to test those settings that are important to maintaining your security goals. In lieu of a checklist, you could run Bastille using the --assess switch to get a security report of your current configuration. You also can use the CIS benchmarks (which rely on Bastille) as baseline checklists for an audit. If you can afford it, have an outside consultant come in and verify your security with his or her own tests to give you peace of mind, especially if you work in a heavily regulated industry.
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FYI Get a hold of some Super San Diego yeast from White Labs, it is great, similar to WLP 001 but attenuates in one week. Cheers,
I was talking to the owner of my local homebrew shop about this. It honestly sounds exactly like pacman. He said he would pay me for a jar of pacman after the discussion haha
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Funny you say that, my first impression of this yeast after having my fist pint was that it really tasted like a beer from Rogue. Maybe you are right, it did lack some of the fruity notes that WLP 001 attributes
I actually just did a very hoppy pale with the batch split between Pacman and SD Super. There's definitely a difference. My first impression was that 090 brought out the fruity hops a little better. In a week or two I should be able to offer a little better input on their differences.
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BETHLEHEM, PA—The top positions for business graduates from the Class of 2013 were various analyst and manager roles, according to a new report by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).
NACE's January 2014 Salary Survey—the final report on starting salaries for the college Class of 2013—found that professional, scientific, and technical services employers hired a large number of business majors for positions such as accountants and auditors, management analysts, and marketing sales analysts.
Manufacturers also accounted for a large portion of the jobs secured by Class of 2013 business grads, hiring them for positions such as general and operations managers, industrial production managers, and logisticians.
Among the other employers that hired large numbers of 2013 business graduates were those in federal, state, and local government (financial managers, miscellaneous managers, and human resources workers); finance and insurance (financial managers; financial analysts; and claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators); and management of companies and enterprises (management analysts and human resources managers).
As a group, business graduates received starting salaries that averaged $55,144.
An executive summary of the January 2014 Salary Survey report is available at www.naceweb.org/salary-resources/salary-survey.aspx.
NACE's first report on starting salaries for the college Class of 2014 will be published in April.
About Salary Survey: Salary Survey reports starting salaries for new college graduates in more than 90 disciplines at the bachelor's-degree level. Data contained in the report are reported by employers, represent accepted starting salaries (not salary offers), and are produced through a compilation of data derived from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Census Bureau, and a master set of data developed by Job Search Intelligence. Data for the January 2014 Salary Survey report were retrieved in November 2013. Salary Survey is published in January, April, and September.
About NACE: Since 1956, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) has been the leading source of information about the employment of college graduates. For more information, visit www.naceweb.org. NACE maintains a virtual press room for the media at http://www.naceweb.org/press-releases.aspx.


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The problems exacerbated by this natural disaster are deep rooted and while good intentions and fundraisers go a long way to rebuilding basic structures, the world needs to look at long term solutions to issues such as sanitation so that infrastructure is also attended to.
Unfortunately, this is more difficult than it sounds as the World Health Organisation (WHO) maintains strict rules about entry onto a roster which includes both specialized training by WHO and an ability to travel at very short notice. While there are many water supply engineers on the roster, according to the World Plumbing Council (WPC) there doesn't seem to be any plumbing engineers on the list which means that the plumbing industry has no direct mechanism to provide support.
Until the plumbing industry is allowed to make comment, it seems those sanitation solutions may be a long way off.
Water sanitation is a problem that affects many of the world's poorer nations. 2.6 billion people lack adequate sanitation, leading to five million deaths per year. The biggest problems are in the rural areas where slum dwellers are deprived of basic city services such as sewage treatment and water delivered through pipes.
Even if water is available through ground, spring or river, there is no infrastructure to farm it. As resource management is a political issue, and with politics in Haiti somewhat undermined, this causes further problems.
Bryan Schaaf spent more than two years, from 2000, working in the Haitian Appalachia with the Peace Corps. Schaaf gained experience with water projects taking note of what worked and what failed. "Haiti is strewn with water pumps that no longer work," he said.
In an interview Schaaf conducted with takepart.com he says the "sanitation situation in Haiti is pretty deplorable. If you live in a city you have better access to sanitation without a doubt than if you live in a rural area. Imagine a community that has access to water, but doesn't have access to sanitation, that's pretty much a recipe for not having access to clean water."
Schaaf put this down to the absence of government leadership. He said that while urban areas have programs, rural areas are neglected and there is no sound vision for what water systems should look like.
Mention was also made that if you want to talk about water, you have to talk about sanitation and hygiene. "If you are not doing that you are not getting you're maximum impact from your water project," Schaaf says. "It's important to think about sustainability from the onset."
This is exactly what aid organisations and governments must do in light of the current Haitian situation. In developing countries such as Haiti, up to 90% of diarrheal illness, a leading cause of death can be attributed to unsafe water and poor sanitation.
The statistics in Haiti present some calamitous results. Twenty-nine percent of Haiti's total population (2.3 million) does not have access to potable water and this was before the earthquake. Even when a public water system is available, many have to travel long distances to collect the water and still it has to be purified. In addition, potable water is not free, for the 80% of Haitians who live in abject poverty the cost of clean drinking water is a significant challenge.
In the past, organisations such as International Child Care have dug wells to provide potable water for entire communities. They have also constructed latrines for individual families. The local community is responsible to provide materials such as sand, gravel and blocks, while the ICC provides the blueprints and supplies such as cement, tin for the roof and PVC pipe. The ICC then pays local labourers to construct latrines under the supervision of an ICC employee.
According to water.org sustainable access to such basic necessities will be the area of greatest need as Haiti recovers.


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A nine-year-old boy who was injured in an accident involving a garage door at an Oakville home Monday remains in critical condition at Sick Kid's Hospital.
Police say after punching in the passcode on the external keypad, it appears the boy's hoodie got caught up in an eternal mechanism on the garage door as it was opening. An alert passerby noticed the child in distress and rushed to help him. The boy was transported to Oakville Hospital and later transfered to Sick Kid's.
Police investigation has revealed that there was nothing suspicious in nature surrounding the accident.


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Report Finds 1.7 Million Cloud Related Jobs, Unfilled
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A new report from business intelligence firm IDC, published in Forbes (http://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2012/12/21/almost-1-7-million-cloud-related-jobs-went-unfilled-in-2012-estimate/) says that the IT industry had 1.7 million openings in cloud-related technologies this year that went unfilled. Job research website EmploymentCrossing.com has also found 13,000 openings in the field.
The reason for all the cloud-computing jobs going unfilled according to the IDC report was that companies could not find qualified workers. The lack of training and certification among jobseekers were given as the main reasons by IT hiring managers. Firms currently are struggling to fulfill the cloud-related positions.
The report concludes by stating that existing staff should be retrained for these new jobs and students encouraged to pursue related IT training and certifications. The overall outlook is also bright for the industry. The report predicts that almost 7 million new cloud-related jobs will be available worldwide by 2015.
Job research website EmploymentCrossing.com has also found that among the 13,000 cloud-related job openings that it has tracked down, there are various skill sets and certifications required to get these jobs. Some of the actual job openings on the site are: Director of infrastructure and cloud operations architecture, cloud senior network engineer, cloud administrator, cloud storage engineer among others. The site also has managed to track down around 234,000 IT job openings overall.


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Waddell's signs are a group of physical signs, first described in a 1980 article in Spine, and named for the article's principal author, Gordon Waddell (1943 – ), a Scottish Orthopedic Surgeon. [1][2] Waddell's signs may indicate non-organic or psychological component to chronic low back pain. Historically they have also been used to detect malingering in patients with back pain. While testing takes less than one minute,[2] it has been described as time-consuming and alternatives have been proposed.[3]
Waddell, et al. (1980) described five categories of signs:
Any individual sign marks its category as positive. When three or more categories were positive, the finding was considered clinically significant.[2] However, assessing the patient on the basis of overreaction has raised concerns regarding observer bias and idiosyncrasies related to the patient's culture. Consequently, a practitioner may assess the patient on the remaining four categories, with two or more positive categories being considered clinically significant.[4]
One or two Waddell's signs can often be found even when there is not a strong non-organic component to pain. Three or more are positively correlated with high scores for depression, hysteria and hypochondriasis on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.
Although Waddell's signs can detect a non-organic component to pain, they do not exclude an organic cause. Clinically significant Waddell scores are considered indicative only of symptom magnification or pain behavior, and have been misused in medical and medico-legal contexts. Waddell's signs are not considered a de facto indicator of deception for the purpose of financial gain.[5]
In a 2003 review, Fishbain, et al. stated that Waddell's signs do not reliably distinguish organic from psychological pain but instead tend to underestimate the amount of pain that is actually experienced.[6] In a 2004 review, Fishbain, et al. concluded, "there was little evidence for the claims of an association between Waddell signs and secondary gain and malingering. The preponderance of the evidence points to the opposite: no association".[7]
In 2010, a neuroanatomical basis of Waddell's signs has been proposed which argues that since the brain is organic, and even society is composed of a group of organic beings, the term "nonorganic" should be replaced by a term put forward by Chris Spanswick in 1997, "behavioral responses to physical examination." With the possible exception of cogwheel rigidity, these are best understood as neuroanatomical maladaptations to long-continued pain and, as Waddell and colleagues have stressed, do not indicate faking or malingering but rather that there are psychosocial issues that mitigate against successfully treating low back pain by lumbar discectomy, and which in themselves require other treatment.[8]


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About the SBTC Program
"There is no doubt in my mind that Craftsbury was the difference between winning and losing. This place is definitely magical to us." - Peter Graves; 2009-10 SBTC participant; bow, US Senior men's 2x 2009/2011; winner Champ 2x HOCR 2008-2011; and 2012 Olympian US Senior Men's 4X.
The Craftsbury Small Boat Training Center is a summer program designed to be a bridge from collegiate rowing to the US National Team, with a focus on smaller boats.
The program offers coaching, equipment, room/board and travel support. Rowers may compete in races such as U23 World Trials, Senior Nationals, Senior Team World Trials, World Championships (U23 and Senior) and Canadian Henley.
Participants offset the costs of the program with fourteen hours per week of work at the Center. Work projects support the Craftsbury Outdoor Center and its mission. Tasks vary from chopping wood to coaching to designing energy systems.
Athletes will be accepted through an application process.
Our programming is still evolving, so if after reading the FAQs something remains unclear, don't hesitate to contact us.
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- Who will be the coach?
Dan Roock, most recently of Dartmouth, is the SBTC head coach, assisted by Troy Howell.
- What types of rowing experiences must I have?
Athletes must have been part of a competitive school or club program and have the capacity to train multiple times a day consistently. A familiarity with and understanding of small boat rowing (1x, 2x, 2-) is important, but not a limiting factor.
- What are the goals of the program?
To develop proficiencies in small boat rowing; improve rowing fitness, strength and power; and where appropriate, provide racing preparation and experience. One competitive manifestation of these goals is to prepare scullers or crews for U-23 World Trials.
- What does the day to day schedule look like?
During summer programming, there will be 11-13 water workouts per week with supplemental land work for flexibility, strength and power development. There will be systematic evaluations and appraisals of the athlete's progress. There will be periodic videotaping and review. When appropriate, racing opportunities will be provided. You can see a schedule from a past summer here.
- How late into the summer can SBTC participants train at Craftsbury?
The SBTC program generally ends after the Canadian Henley Regatta in August. Select participants may continue training at Craftsbury until they return to their school or club.
- What is the end of summer take away for athletes?
A review of the athletes' pre camp goals will take place plus a final evaluation of the athlete's fitness and rowing proficiencies in the three small boats. There will be a race review for those athletes who do compete. Leaving Craftsbury, the athlete will have a clear understanding of where they are and what needs to be accomplished to move to the next level.
- What is the cost of the program, and how much of it can be offset by work for the Center?
There is no monetary cost to the athlete for participation in the program. All rowers are expected to work 14 hours per week at the Center. Time cards will be provided to account for your hours. All room and board privileges are contingent on the upkeep and cleaning of your housing facility and completing all job assignments in a timely fashion.
- What will the work opportunities be like?
Work may include any of the following:
- Various projects related to helping Craftsbury become more sustainable. These could include analysis of current heating/power systems, improved management of property, and production of local food on property.
- Projects that support the Craftsbury sculling program in general: helping coach local juniors and masters, maintaining the fleet, and babysitting for children of rowing coaches and campers.
- Meeting needs of the Outdoor Center such as caretaking of facilities, gardening, trail work, chopping wood, etc.
- Other Projects TBD. Participants will be encouraged to generate ideas for projects.
- What kind of boats does the program have? Can I bring my own boat?
SBTC has a small fleet of pair/doubles, a quad, several singles and access to additional singles and other small boats when they are not in use for the Sculling Camp. You are also encouraged to bring the shell you have been training in prior to coming to Craftsbury.
- Do I have to be in college? Is there a minimum age requirement?
The program is geared primarily toward U23 and Senior men and women, whether currently in college or not.
- When are applications due?
We have an open and continuous rolling admissions policy, but we encourage all applicants for the summer program to have applications in by May 1 with acceptances starting by April 1. Download your application.
- How many athletes can the program serve?
We plan on serving around 4-6 athletes during 2014.
- How much regatta support will be provided? What expenses will I need to cover?
SBTC will provide coaching, boat transport, entry fees, competition uniforms, and room and board.
- Other than rowing gear, what should I bring to the SBTC?
The athlete must bring to SBTC:
- Heart Rate Monitor and belt.
- Stroke or Speed Coach with harness, plastic holder and pick up magnet - impeller is optional
- Small tool bag containing an adjustable wrench, 7/16 wrench, 10 mm wrench, regular and Phillips head screwdriver and a metric tape measure.
- Running shoes, hat for rowing, workout gear
- Log book for recording workouts and personal performance data.
- A set of slings if you bring your own shell.
- Mountain bike if you do not have a vehicle.
Applicants are encouraged to note the questions regarding gear sizes and the like on their application as well.
- What is the water like? What is Craftsbury like? Is there any social life?
Rowing will take place on Big Hosmer Pond, which is a narrow, sheltered lake around 3000 meters long. Mornings are generally flat water; afternoons can offer more breezy conditions. The Craftsbury Outdoor Center is a very busy place in the summer, with Sculling camps running all summer long, with the exception of a few weekends. SBTC rowers will train, work, and socialize with the year-round resident Green Racing Project (GRP) rowers. There is also a parallel GRP program of competitive Nordic skiers training at the Center.
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November 22, 2005
Edmund N. Bacon, the last of a generation of heavy-duty planners died on October 14. Like Robert Moses in New York and Edward Logue in Boston, Bacon left an indelible imprint on Philadelphia in the postwar decades. As the executive director of Philadelphias City Planning Commission from 1949 to 1970, he revitalized a decaying center city with a group of strategies akin to those of Sixtus V of Rome in their scope of design vision.
In the 1950s Bacon began transforming a seedy historic area between Independence Hall and the Delaware River, removing the meat market plus blocks of deteriorating rowhouses to create Society Hill. Here historic 18th- and 19th- century townhouses were renovated, infill construction added, and a pedestrian path and park system inserted; all signaled by I.M. Peis high-rise apartment towers. West of City Hall, Bacon replaced the Broad Street Station of the Pennsylvania Railroad and its Chinese Wall, an eight-block-long viaduct, with Penn Center, a Rockefeller Center-style complex of office buildings linked to mass transit, plazas, sunken courts, and pedestrian concourses.
As Alex Garvin, former vice president for planning design and development at the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation pointed out in 2003, By 1970, owners had rehabilitated more than 600 of Society Hills historic structures, property values had more than doubled, and the population had increased by a third. Businesses filled the office buildings of center city and there began a renaissance that, although sometimes rocky, was revolutionary for its time.
Bacon had the energy and sheer will to work with government and private developers to make things happen. He took a number of disparate planning ideas, including spot condemnation and spot preservation, and put all of them together as one, says G. Craig Schelter, who worked with Bacon at the city planning commission, before heading it himself in the 1980s.
Bacons bold planning changes, not surprisingly, upset many. For example, his stanching the outbound flow of the middle and upper classes from city, and drawing the young and the affluent from the suburbs to center city and Society Hill did not help the poor. In fact about 1,000 families were were displaced in Society Hills gentrification. And in the grand urban high-rise projects there was no room for Philadelphias most creative architects, Louis Kahnwho came up with concept sketches for Penn Center in the 1950s as a member of the Citizens Advisory Committeeor for Venturi Scott Brownwho helped trounce Bacons very Moses-ish idea for a crosstown expressway along South Street. Bacons favored architects such as Vincent Kling and Emery Roth, who designed nondescript office towers that could be inserted into the grand Penn Center plan. Even tearing down the 1893 terminal and Chinese Wall meant destroying the work of Frank Furness, now Philadelphias most revered 19th century architect.
Some of Bacons other visionsto revitalize Market Street East, a shopping and office street connecting City Hall to Independence Mall that had gotten more depressed over the yearstook longer to fix. A plan to turn Chestnut Street into a pedestrian mall only speeded the conversion of a once-tony shopping street into a downmarket franchise strip. And Penns Landing, the 38-acre landfill project for mixed uses along the waterfront, has not been developed to its potential, owing in part to I-95s placement along the water, which makes it hard for pedestrians to get there. (Bacon wanted it to be covered over, but only part of it was, owing to high costs).
After getting a degree in architecture at Cornell University in 1932, Bacon worked in Shanghai and studied planning with Eliel Saarinen at Cranbrook, before returning to Philadelphia in 1939 as the managing director of the Philadelphia Housing Authority. Always his own man, Bacon, raised as a Quaker, entered the Navy during World War II, instead of registering as a conscientious objector. In 1947, he joined up with friend architect Oscar Stonorov (then in partnership with Louis Kahn) to design the Better Philadelphia Exhibition, at Gimbels Department Store, where Bacon presented his urban planning ideas based on grand vistas, perceptual sequences, pedestrian movement systems, and interlocking transportation modes. During his these years he moved his family into the city he was changing: six children, including Karin Bacon, now an events planner and producer, and Kevin Bacon, the actor, lived in a townhouse on Locust Street.
After retiring from the City Planning Commission in 1970, Bacon became vice president of the Montreal development firm, Mondev, and taught and lectured at various universities. In these years Bacon, always a pugilist, remained committed to Philadelphias planning issues. He broke off relations with Willard Rouse when Rouse built Liberty Place, violating the gentlemens agreement that no building should rise above the 491-foot height established by the top of William Penns statue on atop City Hall.
At the memorial service for Bacon in Philadelphia on October 23, Mayor Street announced he was going to propose a resolution to the city solicitor to change the Home Rule Charter so that the executive director of city planning would always have a seat on the mayors cabinet, instead of having only an advisory role.
In the thirty-five years since Bacons retirement, the legacy of his years is still evident (including the founding of The Ed Bacon Foundation in 2004) even if planning philosophies and the means to carry them out have undergone major shifts. Planning now involvesmore input from neighborhood groups who have felt too much attention was devoted to the grand visions of autocratic planners at the expense of communities and affordable housing. And although the participation of private developers in city planning projects was so critical to the rebirth of Bacons Philadelphia and elsewhere, now, with local, state and federal monies drying up, that dalliance has often led to the developers overbearing influence on the design of cities. Nevertheless, as Schelter says, Bacon was the perfect person to be in Philadelphia at that time.
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Although the house is described by the architect as an assemblage, there is continuity and connection between all of its parts. The spirit of the original house has clearly been not only respected, but celebrated in the new addition and renovation.
This spectacular office has views through the trees to two kettle ponds. It has such a wonderful treehouse feel to it.
This Fireorb woodstove can be rotated to face the living room or the dining room.
The owners love to entertain and have guests stay at the house. This large sectional provides a comfortable seat for many.
The ceilings are fir laminated decking.
The Cape Cod landscape is about scrubby pines, grasses and shrubs. Perfectly manicured American lawns are not appropriate in this environment.
The pergola contains an outdoor dining area and extends out from the sunshade.
The sunshade helps keep the house cooler during hot summer months.
The roof deck takes advantage of the views of the kettle ponds and the woods.
Here is a BEFORE shot of the house as it was when Mark Hammer took on the renovation project. You can practically overlay it with the image above to compare the BEFORE with the AFTER.
In this BEFORE shot, you can see the Butterfly addition on the left and the surplus WWII barracks to the right. Also, you can see how the windows on the 1953 addition inspired the windows on the latest addition.
Here is a plan of the finished home. A "wonderful architectural assemblage" is the perfect way to describe it.
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Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)Files seized from reporter's companion were from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden
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August 20th, 2013 Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) David Miranda, the live-in companion of journalist Glenn Greenwald, who composed a series of articles in the wake of interviews with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, was detained at Heathrow Airport for more than nine hours over the weekend. Miranda was ostensibly held under a terrorist withholding act. It's since been learned that the files Miranda was carrying at the time were encrypted messages from Snowden - and they have since been seized by authorities. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Held over the legal limit before a suspect must be charged or released, Miranda was detained for more than nine hours as he changed planes on a journey from Berlin to his home in his native Brazil.The White House says British officials informed their American counterparts of the decision to detain Miranda -- but did not request his arrest. Greenwald interviewed Snowden and wrote a series of articles on the activities of the .S. National Security Agency (NSA) earlier this year. Greenwald told The New York Times that Miranda had been in Berlin to act as a courier to exchange documents related to his research with a filmmaker. He was given different files containing information from Snowden to pass back to Greenwald. Stored on an encrypted portable computer drive, the files were seized by British security at Heathrow. Later released and arrived at Rio de Janeiro airport, Miranda described how he was questioned by six different "agents" about his "entire life" "They took my computer, video game, mobile phone, my memory card. Everything," he said. He was questioned under schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 which applies only at airports, ports and border areas, allowing officers to stop, search, question and detain individuals. Describing it as an "unusual case," David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, has asked for an official briefing. Around two million people pass through U.K. ports every year. About 70,000 people are examined under the same anti-terror law. "Only 40 of those are actually kept for longer than six hours," Anderson said. "So you can see what an unusual case this was, if it's correct that Miranda was held right up to the nine-hour limit." The National Union of Journalists and the Society of Editors warned that anti-terror laws must not be used to "intimidate" reporters. The Labor Party has since called for an urgent investigation to ensure powers were not being misused. Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) |


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2013's Most Fascinating Food Events
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IKEA's Swedish meatballs are equally if not more famous than the well-priced, build-it-yourself furniture that the IKEA brand is known for. Unfortunately customers will now think twice before purchasing the post-shopping snack since the company was one of a string of European stores to find traces of horse meat in its beef and/or pork.


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Because the immunosuppressant medications you take to prevent rejection interfere with your natural immunity, you become more susceptible to infections after your transplant. To combat this, we also prescribe antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal medications to prevent you from contracting the more harmful infections.
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Donkeys, horses, and a hog will go up for public sale this weekend after their owners either released them to the Caddo Sheriff's Office or failed to claim their loose livestock.
The Sheriff's Office will accept sealed bids on the animals from 9 a.m. until noon this Saturday, June 2, at the 4910 North Market Street substation. The animals include six donkeys, two stud horses, and a mare. All of the animals will be on site for viewing.
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The Staff Development Opportunities which are on offer include:
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Mailbox represents a perspective shift to email, in that it treats the inbox not as a list of messages hanging around one's neck like so many albatrosses, but as a list of tasks that need to be completed. So, reading an email and being done means that it can be removed the list like a completed task, meaning it is archived from the inbox. Messages can be 'delayed', making them temporarily hidden from the inbox, reappearing at a later time defined by the user to be completed later. But, the important thing is that they are removed from the inbox, making inbox zero a potential daily occurrence.
The interface is effectively simple, making it easy to quickly archive an email or delay it for later. It's very much Clear-esque, even if it doesn't quite have the relentless minimalism of Clear. If an email gets archived or delayed accidentally, there's easy access from the various tabs to access it again.
The option to delay emails for "Later" option is an amazing feature for procrastinators that want to just delay all their important tasks until later while still getting the satisfaction of inbox zero. Mailbox can be an act of delusion, but it's kind of brilliant that way. The delays to later times can all be customized in the app, which makes it very adaptable to one's workflow.
The app only supports Gmail at launch, though Google Apps accounts may also work. Using one's Gmail account from other sources requires adjusting to the usage of the archive function, as 'unread' means far less with Mailbox. It requires a workflow change that's actually become preferable to me. However, the fact that delaying emails for later is only available from Mailbox, even if adding mails to the "Later" folder, makes me dislike using Gmail from other sources because it's just incomplete.
Mailbox is still using a waiting system to only let in a limited number of users – I signed up early and got in within a couple of days, so I've gotten to make it a regular part of my email experience, though people are still waiting to even get in! The servers have suffered a few occasional hiccups along the way, but it hasn't lost any work I've done in the app. I still just use it to check my one main email account, with others still through the Gmail app. I'd still like to check that inbox through Gmail's app, particularly as finding older emails is difficult with Mailbox, but the all-or-nothing notification settings prevent that.
Mailbox's new way of doing things represents a dramatic improvement in my workflow, and the delusionary satisfaction I get in saying that everything has been dealt with in a concrete way is a welcome feeling. Despite a couple minor issues that it raises, I feel more productive with Mailbox.
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