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CHCF unveiled a Web site rating thousands of the state's long term care providers -- information that will help consumers make better choices and focus providers on improving quality.
The California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) today unveiled a new Web site rating thousands of the state's long term care providers on a wide range of quality of care measures -- information that will help consumers make better choices and focus providers on improving quality.
A new report also released today by CHCF shows that more Californians are searching out home-based long term care services instead of nursing homes, and that despite some areas of improvement, the states' nursing homes face continued quality challenges.
The free online service, CalQualityCare.org, rates the care provided by nursing homes, hospice programs, and home health agencies, where data is available to evaluate performance. The site also provides information on many other kinds of long term care, such as assisted living, retirement communities, and day care. CalQualityCare features an easy-to-use "Long Term Care Assistant" tool that helps consumers choose among care options by posing ten simple questions.
"There are thousands of long term care choices in California, but the quality of care provided varies from superior to poor," said Mark D. Smith, M.D., M.B.A., CHCF president and CEO. "CalQualityCare gives consumers the information to help decide which providers will best meet their needs."
The new CHCF report, Long Term Care Facts and Figures, showed that use of long term care services has increased between 2003 and 2007, with more than one million Californians, including adults, children with disabilities, and the elderly, using some type of long term care service. But most of the growth occurred among people using home and community-based services, while the number of people in nursing homes has remained steady.
"This Web site will allow both consumers and nursing home managers to see how the state's long term care facilities rate based on important quality measures. It will shine a spotlight on each facility's quality of care and opportunities for improvement," said Bonnie Darwin, executive director of the California Culture Change Coalition, a statewide organization representing nursing home providers, resident advocates, state and federal regulators, and direct care workers.
Sponsored by CHCF in partnership with the University of California, San Francisco, CalQualityCare is an independent service with no commercial relationships that might bias ratings systems. The data are collected exclusively from federal and state agencies.
"We believe that if California consumers have this kind of information when making long term care decisions, then providers will be motivated to give better quality care to their patients," adds Maribeth Shannon, director of the CHCF Market and Policy Monitor Program. "That's our ultimate goal."
Other key findings from the Long Term Care Facts and Figures report include:
Long Term Care Facts and Figures is published as part of the CHCF California Health Care Almanac, an online clearinghouse for key data and analysis examining California's health care marketplace. Find all Almanac reports at www.chcf.org/almanac.
In addition to CalQualityCare.org, CHCF also sponsors CalHospitalCompare.org, which provides quality of care information about the state's hospitals.
The California HealthCare Foundation works as a catalyst to fulfill the promise of better health care for all Californians. We support ideas and innovations that improve quality, increase efficiency, and lower the costs of care.
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if the graphics system named by the symbol graphics-device-type is implemented by the Scheme system. Otherwise it returns#f
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Last name: Bennett
This interesting surname derives from the medieval given name "Benedict", from the Latin "Benedictus" meaning blessed. This personal name owed its popularity in the Middle Ages chiefly to St. Benedict (circa 480 - 550), who founded the Benedictine order of monks at Monte Cassino, and wrote a monastic rule that formed a model for all subsequent rules. There were many versions of the name throughout Europe, and in England in the 12th Century the Latin form of the name can be found alongside versions derived from the Old French forms "Beneit" and "Benoit", which were popular among the Normans. The surname dates back to the early 13th Century (see below). London Church Records list the christening of Dennys Bennett on June 15th 1567 at St. Mary at Hill, and the christening of Thomas Bennit on December 1st 1583 at St. John's, Hackney. One John Bennett was an early emigrant to the New World; he is recorded as sailing in the "Plaine Joan" from London in May 1635, bound for Virginia. A Coat of Arms granted to a Bennett family is silver, a chevron between three red lions' heads erased. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Benet, which was dated 1208, in the "Charter Rolls of Durham", during the reign of King John, known as "Lackland", 1199 - 1216. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.© Copyright: Name Origin Research www.surnamedb.com 1980 - 2015
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Enjoy this name printed onto our colourful scroll, printed in Olde English script. An ideal gift. View Details.Karen lorraine Bennett
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Thomas Bennett
Roger Bennett
Charlotte Bennett
kimberly bennett
aww im a bennett but all my bennett family is welsh and and live in wales uk not yet meet them as thats my fathers side paul bennett but he past and ive never got to meet them
I knew we came from England. This is interesting
i didnt know my first name had ome much history
wow that is so interesting
Clare Bennett
Maybe we are all related haha. I dont know too much about my past as there isn't a family tree thats been made yet on my fathers side. Im going to try soon, but for some reason we haven't had contact with most of that side of the family, I really don't know a great deal, only that I'm related to hairstylist Andrew Collinge somewhere along the line
Jasmine Bennett
I am A bENNETT...WHO MAY has some maternal ancestry from England.
Jasmine Bennett
I am doing my family history, and I have lots of Bennetts from Yorkshire, mainly Dewsbury and Ravensthorpe. My 3 x great grandad was John Bennett 1791 who marries Martha Armitage.
Dakota Bennett
I am looking up my family history if anybody could help. my family has had a tradition of each first born male as far as I can track back. Most of the family I know is from here in America. We have met some people from Australia, who could possibly be relatives. Another thing is that, I think my great aunt tracked it a little and we are somehow related to William Penn.
Anna Bennett
Go Bennett's!!!!!
Anne Bennett
I am from India. I really cant find the history
Lynette Bennett
My father's family came from, Little Rock, Arkansaw.
Marcus Bennett
German, Scottish and Cherokee Indian Bennett here! Beat that you fake Bennetts! Naw im joking! We are all mutts nowadays witb so many ethnicities breeding! But the name meaning "blessed" definitly makes me happy! Especially since I am christian! Love it
David Marcus Bennett
I too am of German,Scottish and Cherokee origin . Also, Irish , English and Choctaw.
My given name means"Beloved of God " and as you wrote, our surname means "Blessed". I too am a Christain and truly blessed.
Cathrine Sharp nee Bennett
I'm from Australia and have followed my Bennett line back to Yorkshire, England, mainly in the Hayle area. So am very interested to make contact with anyone from this line who can help with further research and to help meet anyone who is related.
Jill Ditum nee Bennett
There may be a Hayle in Yorkshire, but the one I know of is in Cornwall. And there are lots of Bennetts in the Cornish registers....
david bennett
Charmaine Bennett
hi, my father is Philip (Phil) Bennett, warrington and his father was James (Jim) Bennett london? i think. not really got any other info at the min.
Cdy ryan Bennett
My last name Is Bennett and my great grand parents were from ireland
dianne killeen
My Grandad was John(Jack) Bennett originally from Preston, then Liverpool, born around 1892, His mother was Sophia Bennett (born Brooks)and was born in Burmuda as her father was in the army, ring bells for anyone?
Thomas Bennett
jojn bennet
John bennett. family from liverpool my dad is/ was also john had brothers willam and richard.. will add grandparents later
Jon Cleverly
We have traced most of my mothers side up to the early 18th Century, We are stuck in Weston Hertfordshire for 4 or 5 generations, then the trail runs out in 1703 at Weston, before that god knows where we come from, we have a John Bennett born in Weston Hertfordshire in 1703 as our oldest relative that we have traced,
Any one else out there from the Weston Area, would love to hear from you
Jon Cleverly (Sydney Australia)
Francis Bennett born in Roscommon Ireland in 1844
Darren Bennett
Darren Bennett. From Exeter. My dad is Andrew Bennett. His dad is Percy Bennett. Andrew has a brother Brian Bennett and sister Jane Bennett who is now Jane Wright. I haven't spent time researching family but I know my late cousin Natalie Bennett (Brian's oldest daughter) had been researching it.
martin bennett
hi my names martin bennett and ive traced my bennetts back to morchard bishop devon from about 1650's to my dad who was born in exeter i was born in Northampton have lots of bennett's in my family tree if anyone thinks they may have a connection
Adam Bennett
Its a pleasure to meet everyone, I'm Adam, my family are from Warrington, Cheshire. My Grandad is called Bryan Bennett
Paul Bennett
Hi, any Bennett connections to Bideford or Appledore in North Devon, England.
Anna F
My mum was a Bennett. The Bennetts I'm related to we're from appledore in north Devon.
Gdad Sydney, ggdad Joshua/Joseph, gggdad also Joseph. Both josephs were mariners.
paul Bennett
Darren Bennett
My name is Darren Bennett, My brother is Ian Bennett. Our dad is Andrew John Bennett. His dad was Persie (Persivil?) Bennett. They resided in Crediton, Devon. My dads dad had four brothers who's names I do not know but they all died in WW2.
I know I have direct family currently in Ireland who are no longer Bennett's due to marriage (Sandy Ferrier) plus there are some Bennett's related to me in northern England, Stuart Bennett I believe.
Henry (harry) Bennett
hi Darren my maternal gt grandfather was Henry Bennett known as Harry from County Cork he married Elizabeth Fieldstead from Chester they had one child Mary Josephine Bennett who was my maternal grandmother I am not certain which year they moved to Liverpool but in Harry's latter years he lived at Hurst Gardens Old Swan area of liverpool i vaguely remember him from when i was about eight years old he may have passed away in 1958-60 i do not have any knowledge of any of his family from Cork do you have any knowledge of your Irish ancestory? Julie.
Doug Bennett
It would help, if when you post, you would at least give some idea as to what area of the country or world you are in. I am in Key West, FL but came from SC.
david bennett australia
Martyn Bennett
Hi Paul. I've just discovered this web site, as my kids were asking about the origins of their surname 'Bennett'. My father (George Bennett) was born and lived in Cymavon near Port Talbot until he went to University. Any connections?
Paul Bennett
Hi Hayley
Which area of Devon does your family originate from?:
On my family tree I have the my line moved to following areas:
Appledore, Bideford, Ilfracombe, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Cornwall, Penarth, Swansea, Cardiff and Canada.
Anything similar to your name.
Hayley Bennett
My name is Bennett and my family are from Devon if that helps anyone.
Paul Bennett
Sorry should read moved in the late 1500s.
Paul Bennett
Hi Gwyn
I have been researching my family history for a number of years and there has been a strong case of a link between Penryce where the family is thought to have originated from and Appledore in north Devon. The earliest mention is in reference to the Castle at Penryce in the 1500s where the family rented the castle and the lands. They were farmers and then two brothers moved to Appledore in the late 1400s with William and Thomas. William being my line. His son Melchard became a Mariner and so did the generations being Masters and ship owners. The last in my line was my grandfather who passed away in 1979.
Talk of the castle has been handed down through the generations and when I did my research I found that yes indeed that the Benet, Bennet / Bennett families were connected to the castle.
Could we be connected?
Paul Bennett
Adam Bennett
Hi. I am trying to find out if I am of Irish or English Bennett descent. I have tracked my Great Great Grandfather's father, but cannot find his birth or death time or anything past that. His name was William Bennett and he lived in Yancey County in North Carolina in the United States. His son, William Lewis Bennett, was born in 1855 and died in 1934. If anyone can help me track that further back, or help me find out how, I would appreciate it. Thanks... Adam
Alan Bennett
My family are based in Durham and my Granfather born in 1902 John James Bennett. My granfather was the eldest child and had a brother George, sisters Georgina and Caroline. I know George died many years ago but there was never any contact between the rest of the family.
Their parents died when my grandfather was only 14 years old and he was allowed to stay in a colliery house and work down the pits to bring up the family. There was a hint some time ago that Caroline used to run a Public House in the Crook area of Durham but no information on Georgina.
No mention of family in records as the family were Chapel people and belongted in early years to Temperance.
I am tracing my Bennett origins in the 1700's.
My 7 x Great Grandmother was Elizabeth Bennett of Little Ilford in Essex. She married Augustus Manning in 1780.
Hi.My grandfathers surname Bennett originally from Appledore,Devon any family knowledge please contact.Thanks Philip
Paul Bennett
Phillip we are connected as my family line is from Appledore and I have been researching the family for many years and writing a book on them. Please contact me. Regards Paul
Hi Paul. I've only touched the start of tracing my family tree. of which my Grandfather was a bennett from the bideford/appledore area. he was called sidney and his father was joshua. he married clauda/claudia. joshua i know is buried in st marys church in appledore. if u find any link can u please let me know?
Paul Bennett
Hi Cousin Anna
Yes we are definitely connected.
Joseph (Josh) Bennett
1885 - 1956
Claudia Jane (nee Moyse)
1889 - 1948
They were my g g Auntie & Uncle and your Grandfather would be my g Uncle, as Josh was my g Grandfather 19s (John) younger brother.
Not sure how far you 19ve got back, but did you know that your Grandfather had 2 brothers and a sister?
Interested that you mention Penarth as Joshes brother Richard and his family moved to Penarth in the 1920s. His son Thomas married Bridget and lived in Penarth. You may be able to help and complete their line which is lost during the 1950 19s.
Josh and Claudia are mentioned in 1935 in a newspaper article in reference to my g Grandfathers funeral in Ilfracombe.
I have a very large Family Tree and a lot of written history on the Bennett family going back many hundreds of years.
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Please contact me via - firstname.lastname@example.com
Best regards
Paul B
ps my grandfather's cousins lived in south wales. i was told they'd get the ferry from penarth to bideford when visiting. sorry i can't rememeber their names!!
Paul Bennett
Hi Anna
Please get in touch as not received any update from you.
Paul B
Carmen Marshall
I am in the Kentucky, USA, tracing my Bennett ancestors. I can go as far as Jabin Bennett who was born about 1730 in Hartford, Conneticut, USA and died about 1799 in Schaghticoke, Renssealer, New York USA. He was married to Cynthia ? about 1750. I have no info on his parents or from where they came. Does anyone know?
Tom Bennett
I live in Penarth. We moved here in the 80s.
Karen Bennett
My grandfather's Dad was from Canada and my grandpa became a US citizen after coming to America nothing regarding irish?
I'm a Bennett from Bristol UK
Joshua Boon Bennett is in my tree.
Tracy Hayes
I am researching the Bennet/Bennett family that moved from Ontario county New York in the early 1800s for Switzerland county Indiana. email@example.com


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You may be able to reverse engineer it, but there is one problem this guy is running into an error when trying to build the latest radeontool (1.6.2): https://build.opensuse.org/package/l...enSUSE_Factory
Any idea how to fix this?Code:radeontool.c:(.text+0x1238): undefined reference to `pci_system_init' radeontool.c:(.text+0x1274): undefined reference to `pci_slot_match_iterator_create' radeontool.c:(.text+0x1284): undefined reference to `pci_device_next' radeontool.c:(.text+0x1296): undefined reference to `pci_device_probe' radeontool.c:(.text+0x13ad): undefined reference to `pci_device_map_region' radeontool.c:(.text+0x13e5): undefined reference to `pci_device_map_region' radeontool.c:(.text+0x1407): undefined reference to `pci_iterator_destroy' /tmp/ccjP1HAm.o: In function `fatal': radeontool.c:(.text.unlikely+0x1d): undefined reference to `pci_system_cleanup' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.FBFokV (%build)
Anything new?
Well, since they missed the 3.2 merge window (@ rc2 now) or we'd have heard about it, I guess practically the next chance is the 3.3 merge window in January or so. Of course it would be good to get information that they'll actually make that release window, but it won't enter any mainstream kernel faster. Hopefully this first release of HDMI audio information (the R600/700 support was reverse engineered AFAIK) is the tough one and that it'll get easier after this.
September, October, November gone... any progress made? Or has it hit some "can't be done" roadblock?
The way IP release works is that we try to release, we hit "can't be done" roadblocks, then the proposed release sits until one of us has an idea for either a different set of information to release, a different approach to how we trace the IP back to original licenses/standards, or a different way to "make the release safe" in the case of things where DRM lurks nearby, then we try again and usually hit a different roadblock, rinse and repeat. Sometimes we get lucky and are able to release the info, other times we are not.
We obviously try to release the most broadly useful info first, but in practice what gets released is a function of both our perception of importance and our ability to make a compelling case for being able to release... so to a certain extent we "pushed the easy stuff out first" and are dealing with the harder stuff now.
HDMI audio is one of those things that seems "stupidly simple" at first glance but in practice is fairly complicated. I think this will be our fourth attempt.
EDIT -- wierd; the word "either" appears twice in the first sentence when viewing the thread, but when I go into "Edit" it only appears once in the edit box, but if I adjust the width of my window I can make the second occurance of "either" appear and disappear. The word doubles-up only when the last letter of "either" is the last letter of the first row of text in thread view.
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I'm happy to have a HD4770.
I don't want to buy a new card without support for open-source-hdmi-audio.
i think the market share for Linux in "desktop hardware" is only so low because Linux users always be punished if they buy new hardware.
for example i do have a very old notebook 600mhz/192mb ram and i want buy a new amd-fusion based notebook but I'm sure i will be punished if i buy it. because this old notebook work perfect with open-source drivers the new one will not.
hey its Christmas and there will be no computer hardware as a gift below the Christmas tree because i don't want punished my family or myself.
AMD just lose money because of this.


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round towards even, and for me, 0.15 => 0.2. In the cases where your test program deviates from the expected value, it's just the usual floating point inaccuracy bullshit. I guess sprintf %f operates on NV/numbers.
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Volume 9, Number 11—November 2003
Pulmonary Tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium bovis in Captive Siberian Tiger
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We report the first case of pulmonary tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis subsp. caprae in a captive Siberian tiger, an endangered feline. The pathogen was isolated from a tracheal aspirate obtained by bronchoscopy. This procedure provided a reliable in vivo diagnostic method in conjunction with conventional and molecular tests for the detection of mycobacteria.
Mycobacterium bovis, a member of the M. tuberculosis complex (MTBC), can cause tuberculosis in a wide range of domestic and wild animals and also in humans (1,2). Routine differentiation of M. bovis is based on a number of phenotypic characteristics and biochemical tests (2). M. bovis shows dysgonic growth on Löwenstein-Jensen (LJ) medium and has been described as negative for nitrate reduction and niacin accumulation (2). As a further criterion for the differentiation of M. bovis, intrinsic resistance to pyrazinamide (PZA) has been described (2). However, more recently, PZA-susceptible strains of M. bovis were found in Spain and Germany; these strains were also characterized by specific molecular techniques (3–5). As a consequence, M. bovis was split into two subspecies: M. bovis subsp. bovis, which showed resistance to PZA, and M. bovis subsp. caprae, which was sensitive to PZA (6,7). M. bovis subsp. caprae was initially isolated from sheep and goats in Spain (3,4,7); however, further studies confirm its infectivity in humans, cattle, and red deer (6,8). We report the unusual case of a M. bovis subsp. caprae infection in a captive Siberian tiger.
Figure 1
An 8-year-old male Siberian tiger at the Budapest Zoological and Botanical Garden had episodes of coughing in October 2001. Because the coughing did not stop in 6 to 7 days, an expectorant (Bisolvon; Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmed Gmbh., Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany) was given for 10 days. His condition showed a temporary improvement; however, after a few weeks, the animal started coughing again, and his appetite decreased. Amoxicillin plus clavulanic acid (Amoksiklav; Lek Animal Health, Ljubljana, Slovenia) and ketoprophen (Ketofen, Merial, Lyons, France) therapy was given for 7 days. The tiger's condition did not show any notable improvement. In addition, in May 2002, the animal's respiratory rate became elevated, he became dyspneic and emaciated, and his daily activity substantially decreased. Further antibacterial treatment was administered (cefatroxil, Cefa-cure; Intervet, Boxmeer, the Netherlands) during that month without clinical effect. At that point, the animal was anesthetized, and tracheoscopy was performed with a flexible 56-cm bronchoscope (Olympus B3R; Tokyo, Japan (Figure 1). The examination found a large amount of purulent mucus in the trachea. Therefore, several tracheal washings were taken for microbiologic tests by using a commercially available tracheal suction set (Medinorm Medizintechnik GmbH, Quierschied, Germany (Figure 1). A chest radiograph showed a severe and extensive bronchointerstitial pattern with cavernous lesions in both lungs.
Nine days after the specimens were taken, cultures for mycobacteria showed growth in the broth-based MGIT 960 system (Becton-Dickinson Microbiology Systems, Sparks, MD). The acid-fast organism that was isolated was identified as MTBC by the AccuProbe TB assay (Gen-Probe Inc., San Diego, CA).
Since the tiger had stopped eating and his condition had dramatically deteriorated, the animal was euthanized and necropsy was performed. Hematoxylin and eosin–stained histologic sections of the lung segments showed an extensive multifocal infiltration of lymphocytes, histiocytes, and some scattered multinuclear giant cells within the framework of proliferated connective tissue and collagen fibers of the cavernous lesions. Ziehl-Neelsen staining showed an intracellular accumulation of acid-fast bacteria in several alveolar macrophages and epithelioid cells.
The keepers of the tiger also underwent pulmonary radiographs and tuberculin skin testing. Their skin test results were negative, and clinical or radiologic signs of tuberculosis were not detected.
Characterization of MTBC Isolate
Colony morphology of the isolated MTBC strain showed dysgonic growth on LJ medium and microaerophilic growth on Lebek medium. The strain was susceptible to PZA (100 μg/mL) and thiophen-2-carboxylic acid hydrazide (TCH; 1 μg/mL) and negative for niacin accumulation and nitrate reduction (9–11).
Figure 2
The genome of the isolate was analyzed for specific mutations in the pncA, oxyR, and gyrB genes by automated DNA sequencing, polymerase chain reaction–restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) technique, and spoligotyping as described previously (5,12–16). Susceptibility of the isolate to PZA was linked with a wild-type pncA sequence. In addition, the isolate contained the M. bovis–specific G-to-A mutation at position 285 in the oxyR gene and the G-to-A mutation at position 756 in the gyrB gene. However, spoligotyping showed a pattern with the absence of spacer sequences 39–43 and 3–16 (Figure 2), and T to G mutation at position 1,311 in the gyrB gene, characteristic of M. bovis subsp. caprae, could also be detected by DNA sequencing. On the basis of these phenotypic and genetic characteristics, the strain was identified as M. bovis subsp. caprae (3,6,7,17).
MTBC comprises these closely related organisms: M. tuberculosis; M. africanum; M. bovis; the vaccine strain, M. bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin; and three rarely seen members, M. microti, M. canettii, and the recently described seal bacillus, M. pinnipedii (17–20). Differentiation within MTBC is necessary for individual patient treatment (i.e., inclusion or exclusion of PZA) and for epidemiologic purposes, especially in areas of the world where tuberculosis has reached epidemic proportions or wherever the transmission of M. bovis between animals, animal products, and humans is a problem (10).
The host range of M. bovis is wide, including many animal species and humans. Carnivores such as large felines may acquire the infection through the alimentary tract by eating infected meat (4). Reports of tuberculosis in large captive or free-living felines are not common (21–26), however.
To our knowledge, this case is the first in which tuberculosis attributable to M. bovis subsp. caprae was diagnosed in a large feline. The rapid and accurate in vivo diagnosis of tuberculosis is indispensable in endangered captive animals such as the Siberian tiger, not only because of the declining population of this species but also to prevent the transmission of the disease to other animals. Although nasal or throat swabs are used most often, we found tracheal washing by bronchoscopy was easy to perform, rapid, and more adequate than swabs (provided a larger sample volume from the lower airways) for obtaining clinical specimen for mycobacterial or other microbiologic tests.
The rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis is essential for adequate antituberculosis treatment to be started as early as possible. The effectiveness of antituberculosis therapy in felines is controversial (27). However, when an endangered animal is involved, early diagnosis of the disease might help control it in time to save the animal, especially with the help of a rapid in vivo diagnostic method such as tracheal washing through bronchoscopy. Tracheal washing can also be the method of choice to bacteriologically monitor the efficacy of therapy. In this case, the poor appetite and condition of the animal did not allow survival long enough for delivery of antituberculosis treatment. The source of infection could not be conclusively identified retrospectively; infected goat meat (a usual diet of the animal) is a likely possibility because the tuberculosis-related control measures are not as strict with goats as with cattle in Hungary (annual tuberculin skin testing of goats is not mandatory, for example) (28).
This report indicates that routine differentiation within the MTBC is indispensable for understanding the epidemiology of tuberculosis and for determining the prevalence, transmission, and clinical importance of the different members of the complex.
Dr. Lantos is an assistant professor in the Department of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, where he is also head of the bronchology unit. His research interests include the application of novel diagnostic methods for detecting mycobacterial infections and identifying mycobacteria.
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State Department honors three with 'constructive dissent' awards
Friday - 6/25/2010, 3:35pm EDT
The general had given the orders. And the orders were to be obeyed. But for Diana B. Putman, a USAID health specialist on detail to the Pentagon's Africa Command, the orders made no sense and could potentially harm lives. So she questioned them all the way to the top -- even if others were unwilling to stick their necks out -- and got the directive changed. The Washington Post reports, at a ceremony at the State Department on Thursday, Putnam was awarded one of three "constructive dissent" awards, designed to encourage Foreign Service officers to speak out if they think U.S. policy is going in the wrong direction. There is even a discreet "dissent channel" through which staffers can cable their concerns directly to the head of policy planning, who then will alert senior officials.
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The Post examined the personal finances disclosed by all members of Congress and computerized by Center for Responsive Politics to show how they manage their assets and invest their money.
Senate median
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-$32,501 in 2010
Change in estimated wealth
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1977 32 (ft.) Islander 32
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Man, this is sickening. How could anyone even entertain the thought of killing someone over a game of cricket?
FFS humanity is rotten.
Man, this is sickening. How could anyone even entertain the thought of killing someone over a game of cricket?
FFS humanity is rotten.
He's thrown a kettle over a pub, what have you done?
- Gareth Keenan from "The Office"
*****Winner***** of the 2006 FIFA World Cup predictions thread...see you in four years' time?
Given the high profile nature of the case and given this might not have been your regular Jamaican murder (nothing goes to indicate the same - nothing was stolen from the room for instance), it is wrong to assume this will not be treated more importantly than the regular murders in Jamaica. News has also said high profile investigators have been called.
The murder might still not be solved satisfactorily because of lack of clues but that far from means it was because 5 people or whatever are popped regularly in Jamaica.
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btw how many chances are there that when a person wants to vomit then grabs his/her throat tightly and the chances were there that Bob may have fallen down in a way that he broke his neck bone upon impact and the signs of blood all over suggest that he might have experienced a ruptured nerve and blood might have been flowing outta mouth . And the marks of hands on his neck might have been his own and once when he broke his neck then he might have been grabbing his neck tightly to overcome the sheer pain and so on and so forth !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You know what whenever a person is chocking on blood due to some internal injury then the first nervous system reaction is that the person holds his neck tightly and I guess that the Autopsy team should have checked the lungs and the wind pipes for the lack of oxygen cuz when a person dies in such cases then he/she dies because of lack of oxygen and if Bob might have been strangled then by bare hands it is almost impossible to break the neck and as I have seen the bob's picture after death I did not see signs of a wire or any thing like that on the upper portion of his neck !!!
bob is a big guy .. how likely is it that one person could strangle him in a busy hotel without attracting attention?
i really suspect it was a "team" effort
I'm sure they know how to do their job well enough.Originally Posted by FRAZ
report has it that there has been an arrest in the woolmer murder.............
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Sky news in England reporting that Pakistan players' phone records have been confiscated by Jamaican police. They are also reporting that there was an alleged physical confrontation between Woolmer and some of the Pakistan players on the team bus after the Ireland game.
Certainly lots of rumours doing the rounds but very unusual for Sky news to broadcast them (even though they are not presenting them as confirmed) without some validity.
Most news organizations seem to be in agreement that Woolmer was going to publish a book after the world cup including details of his experiences with gambling within cricket and that the pages with these details on of gone missing. Without actually committing to anything it looks like a lot of the media is leaning towards the murder been related to match fixing.
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We stayed in the red cabin for a week. The view to the lake is beautiful. Coffee on the screened in porch in the quiet morning was a perfect way to start the day. The loons kept us company and the fenced yard was great for our dogs. It is secluded and comfortable. Eastport is close by and the Bold Coast not too far. Great spot to use as a base camp to explore both the coast and lakes of northern Maine.
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Following its remarkable recovery from the financial crisis, American International Group (NYSE: AIG ) is once again a giant within the diverse insurance industry. While the megainsurer has provided consistent financial results, analysts believe it could be leaving profits behind -- but they'd be wrong.
Seeing results
AIG reported earnings a few weeks ago, with a huge EPS-estimates beat, but investors largely dismissed the win when they realized that some of the underlying factors within the insurer's operations were not so rosy.
One of the biggest takeaways from AIG's earnings report was the deterioration of its combined ratio -- a measure of the losses and expenses carried by insurers. Analysts were quick to jump on the negative trend, but they may have been misguided.
Breaking down ratios
The combined ratio is one of the most important metrics when analyzing an insurer's performance. With various components, the ratio can provide details of both an insurer's losses and expenses.
At first glance, AIG enjoyed a 22 point decline in its overall combined ratio versus the prior year, much like most of its competitors. But the drop was due solely to dramatically lower incidences of catastrophic losses. Compared to 2012's Hurricane Sandy aftermath, 2013 was extremely calm and less expensive.
Ultimately, the surprise pessimism was a result of an increase of the company's underlying expense ratio, which strips out the impact of catastrophic losses, reserves, and claims, on a consecutive quarters basis. Though it doesn't seem like much, the two point increase AIG reported was enough to make investors think twice about rewarding the company for its hard work.
A little context
So should you be concerned about AIG's rising expense ratio?
One thing that investors should remember is that an insurer's combined ratio, including its expense levels, will not trend in a straight line from quarter to quarter. Looking at AIG's ratio trend versus some of the other top insurers -- Allstate (NYSE: ALL ) , Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK-B ) Geico, Progressive (NYSE: PGR ) , and Traveler's Companies (NYSE: TRV ) -- you can see that it's not wavering more than most.
However, despite the consistent expense levels over the past five quarters, AIG remains at the high end of the range for the percentage of premiums needed to cover expenses:
As one of the analysts on the insurer's conference call aptly noted, AIG's pre-crisis success was partially due to its ability to keep costs low compared to its competitors. Versus the 34% average expense ratio AIG has carried in the last few quarters, the company's pre-crisis levels barely hit the mid-twenties.
There are two very big factors which have lead to the elevated expense levels for AIG, and both have to do with transitions.
Transition 1: direct versus agent
The differentiation between companies in the chart above can be explained by one simple factor: how heavily are sales dependent on agents? Both AIG and Traveler's Companies are heavily centered on agents, leading to higher compensation expenses; Progressive and Geico are known for their direct selling approaches, which keeps expenses low.
If AIG started making an effort to increase its direct selling (like Traveler's has in the past year or so), there's plenty of room for massive savings. But that may not be the direction management wants to go.
Transition 2: Leadership
CEO Robert Benmosche stated that there continues to be a focus on improvement of all parts of the combined ratio, including expenses, but that investors and analysts should remember that the company has been making some large expenditures in order to create new efficiencies. Though those expenses, including restructuring and expansion costs, have created an increasing trend, they are not permanent and will lend to better operations management in the future.
Neither Benmosche nor Peter Hancock, the CEO of AIG Property Casualty, made any indication that expense management was a concern. In fact, Hancock went so far as to say that the combined ratio was the result of what the company can do for its customers -- not a factor in AIG's competitive advantage.
Hancock's sentiment should convince investors that AIG's focus is on quality before all else, so don't expect a big surge in new direct selling initiatives anytime soon.
Investor takeaway
For now, investors in AIG shouldn't be concerned at all about the company's combined ratio. As the conference call demonstrated, management is firmly aware of what is driving expenses higher and remain confident that the firm is on the right path.
Though there would certainly be big incentive to decrease compensation expense through a transition to direct selling, AIG's rebuilding has created a deep sense of focus on high-quality operations, instead of chasing savings opportunities.
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1.United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929)
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E. O. Wilson | |
October 16, 2007 |
Born | Birmingham, Alabama, United States |
June 10, 1929
Nationality | American |
Fields | Biologist |
Institutions | Harvard University |
Alma mater | University of Alabama Harvard University |
Doctoral students | Daniel Simberloff Donald J. Farish |
Known for | Coining the terms 'sociobiology', Epic of Evolution, Character displacement |
Notable awards |
Pulitzer Prize (1979) Nierenberg Prize (2001) |
Edward Osborne Wilson (born June 10, 1929) is an American biologist, researcher (sociobiology, biodiversity), theorist (consilience, biophilia), naturalist (conservationist) and author. His biological specialty is myrmecology, the study of ants.
Wilson is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. He is known for his scientific career, his role as "the father of sociobiology", his environmental advocacy, and his secular-humanist and deist ideas pertaining to religious and ethical matters.[1]
As of 2007, he is Pellegrino University Research Professor in Entomology for the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University and a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. He is a Humanist Laureate of the International Academy of Humanism.[2][3]
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Wilson was born in Birmingham, Alabama. According to his autobiography Naturalist, he grew up mostly around Washington, D.C. and in the countryside around Mobile, Alabama.[4] From an early age, he was interested in natural history. His parents, Edward and Inez Wilson, divorced when he was seven. In that same year, he blinded himself in one eye in a fishing accident. The young naturalist grew up in several cities and towns, moving around with his father and his stepmother. His reduced ability to observe mammals and birds led him to concentrate on insects. At nine, Wilson undertook his first expeditions at the Rock Creek Park in Washington, DC. He earned the Eagle Scout award and served as Nature Director of his Boy Scout summer camp. At the age of 18, intent on becoming an entomologist, he began by collecting flies, but the shortage of insect pins caused by World War II caused him to switch to ants, which could be stored in vials. With the encouragement of Marion R. Smith, a myrmecologist from the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, Wilson began a survey of all the ants of Alabama. This study led him to report the first colony of fire ants in the US, near the port of Mobile. (first-hand account, Smithsonian Institution talk, April 22, 2010).
Concerned that he might not be able to afford to go to a university, Wilson attempted to enlist in the United States Army. His plan was to earn U.S. government financial support for his education, but he failed his Army medical examination due to his impaired eyesight. Wilson was able to afford to enroll in the University of Alabama after all. There, he earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees. He later earned his Ph.D. degree from Harvard University.
In 1996 he officially retired from teaching at Harvard and continues to hold the positions of Professor Emeritus and Honorary Curator in Entomology [5]. He and his wife Irene now reside in Lexington, Massachusetts[6].
"The evolutionary epic," Wilson wrote in his book On Human Nature, "is probably the best myth we will ever have." Wilson's intended usage of the word "myth" does not denote falsehood - rather, a grand narrative that provides people with placement in time—a meaningful placement that celebrates extraordinary moments of shared heritage.[7] Wilson was not the first to use the term, but his fame prompted its usage as the morphed phrase epic of evolution.[1]
Wilson explained the need for the epic of evolution:[8]
Human beings must have an epic, a sublime account of how the world was created and how humanity became part of it ... Religious epics satisfy another primal need. They confirm we are part of something greater than ourselves (...) The way to achieve our epic that unites human spirituality, instead of cleave it, it is to compose it from the best empirical knowledge that science and history can provide.
The worth of the epic, he said is, "The true evolutionary epic retold as poetry, is as intrinsically ennobling as any religious epic."[9]
Cosmologist Brian Swimme concludes in a 1997 interview:[10]
I think that what E. O. Wilson is trying to suggest is that to be fully human, a person has to see that life has a heroic dimension (...) I think for the scientist, and for other people, it's a question of "is the universe valuable? Is it sacred? Is it holy? Or is the human agenda all that matters?" I just don't think we're that stupid to continue in a way that continues to destroy. I'm hopeful that the Epic of Evolution will be yet another strategy in our culture that will lead our consciousness out of a very tight, human-centered materialism.
Naturalistic and liberal religious writers have picked up on Wilson's term and have used it in a number of texts. These authors however have at times used other terms to refer to the idea: Universe Story (Brian Swimme, John F. Haught), Great Story (Connie Barlow, Michael Dowd), Everybody's Story (Loyal Rue[11]), New Story (Thomas Berry, Al Gore, Brian Swimme) and Cosmic Evolution (Eric Chaisson[12]).[13][14][15]
Michael McGoodwin paraphrasing and quoting Wilson (pp. 16 and 222) on sociobiology[16]
Sociobiology is defined as the scientific or systematic study of the biological basis of all forms of social behavior, in all kinds of organisms including man, and incorporating knowledge from ethology, ecology, and genetics, in order to derive general principles concerning the biological properties of entire societies. "If humankind evolved by Darwinian natural selection, genetic chance and environmental necessity, not God, made the species." "The brain [and the mind] exists because it promotes the survival and multiplication of the genes that direct its assembly." The two apparent dilemmas we face therefore are: (1) We lack any goal external to our biological nature (for even religions evolve to enhance the persistence and influence of their practitioners). Will the transcendental goals of societies dissolve, and will our post-ideological societies regress steadily toward self-indulgence? (2) Morality evolved as instinct. "Which of the censors and motivators should be obeyed and which ones might better be curtailed or sublimated?"
Although much human diversity in behavior is culturally influenced, some has been shown to be genetic - rapid acquisition of language, human unpredictability, hypertrophy (extreme growth of pre-existing social structures), altruism and religions. "Religious practices that consistently enhance survival and procreation of the practitioners will propagate the physiological controls that favor the acquisition of the practices during single lifetimes." Unthinking submission to the communal will promotes the fitness of the members of the tribe. Even submission to secular religions and cults involve willing subordination of the individual to the group. Religious practices confer biological advantages.[16]
Wilson used sociobiology and evolutionary principles to explain the behavior of the social insects and then to understand the social behavior of other animals, including humans, thus established sociobiology as a new scientific field. He argued that all animal behavior, including that of humans, is the product of heredity, environmental stimuli, and past experiences, and that free will is an illusion. He has referred to the biological basis of behaviour as the "genetic leash."[17] The sociobiological view is that all animal social behavior is governed by epigenetic rules worked out by the laws of evolution. This theory and research proved to be seminal, controversial, and influential.[18]
The controversy of sociobiological research is in how it applies to humans. The theory established a scientific argument for rejecting the common doctrine of tabula rasa, which holds that human beings are born without any innate mental content and that culture functions to increase human knowledge and aid in survival and success. In the final chapter of the book Sociobiology and in the full text of his Pulitzer Prize-winning On Human Nature, Wilson argues that the human mind is shaped as much by genetic inheritance as it is by culture (if not more). There are limits on just how much influence social and environmental factors can have in altering human behavior.
Wilson, along with Bert Hölldobler, has done a systematic study of ants and ant behavior,[19] culminating in their encyclopedic work, The Ants (1990). Because much self-sacrificing behavior on the part of individual ants can be explained on the basis of their genetic interests in the survival of the sisters, with whom they share 75% of their genes (though the actual case is some species' queens mate with multiple males and therefore some workers in a colony would only be 25% related), Wilson was led to argue for a sociobiological explanation for all social behavior on the model of the behavior of the social insects. In his more recent work, he has sought to defend his views against the criticism of younger scientists such as Deborah Gordon, whose results challenge the idea that ant behavior is as rigidly-predictable as Wilson's explanations make it.
Edward O. Wilson, referring to ants, once said that "Karl Marx was right, socialism works, it is just that he had the wrong species",[20] meaning that while ants and other eusocial species appear to live in communist-like societies, they only do so because they are forced to do so from their basic biology, as they lack reproductive independence: worker ants, being sterile, need their ant-queen to survive as a colony and a species and individual ants cannot reproduce without a queen, thus being forced to live in centralised societies. Humans, however, do possess reproductive independence so they can give birth to offspring without the need of a "queen", and in fact humans enjoy their maximum level of Darwinian fitness only when they look after themselves and their offspring, while finding innovative ways to use the societies they live in for their own benefit.[21]
In his 1998 book Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge, Wilson discusses methods that have been used to unite the sciences, and might be able to unite the sciences with the humanities. Wilson prefers and uses the term "consilience" to describe the synthesis of knowledge from different specialized fields of human endeavor. He defines human nature as a collection of epigenetic rules, the genetic patterns of mental development. He argues that culture and rituals are products, not parts, of human nature. He says art is not part of human nature, but our appreciation of art is. He argues that concepts such as art appreciation, fear of snakes, or the incest taboo (Westermarck effect) can be studied using scientific methods. Previously, these phenomena were only part of psychological, sociological, or anthropological studies. Wilson proposes that they can be part of interdisciplinary research.
Wilson has argued that the "unit of selection is a gene, the basic element of heredity. The target of selection is normally the individual who carries an ensemble of genes of certain kinds." With regard to the use kin selection in explaining the behavior of eusocial insects, Wilson said to Discover magazine, the "new view that I'm proposing is that it was group selection all along, an idea first roughly formulated by Darwin."[22]
As paraphrased by Michael McGoodwin[16]
The predisposition to religious belief is an ineradicable part of human behavior. Mankind has produced 100,000 religions. It is an illusion to think that scientific humanism and learning will dispel religious belief. Men would rather believe than know... A kind of Darwinistic survival of the fittest has occurred with religions... The ecological principle called Gause's law holds that competition is maximal between species with identical needs... Even submission to secular religions such as Communism and guru cults involve willing subordination of the individual to the group. Religious practices confer biological advantage. The mechanisms of religion include (1) objectification (the reduction of reality to images and definitions that are easily understood and cannot be refuted), (2) commitment through faith (a kind of tribalism enacted through self-surrender), (3) and myth (the narratives that explain the tribe's favored position on the earth, often incorporating supernatural forces struggling for control, apocalypse, and millennium). The three great religion categories of today are Marxism, traditional religion, and scientific materialism... Though theology is not likely to survive as an independent intellectual discipline, religion will endure for a long time to come and will not be replaced by scientific materialism.
Wilson coined the phrase scientific humanism as "the only worldview compatible with science's growing knowledge of the real world and the laws of nature".[23] Wilson argues that it is best suited to improve the human condition.
On the question of God, Wilson has described his position as provisional deism.[24] He has explained his faith as a trajectory away from traditional beliefs: "I drifted away from the church, not definitively agnostic or atheistic, just Baptist & Christian no more."[17] Wilson argues that the belief in God and rituals of religion are products of evolution.[25] He argues that they should not be rejected or dismissed, but further investigated by science to better understand their significance to human nature. In his book The Creation, Wilson suggests that scientists ought to "offer the hand of friendship" to religious leaders and build an alliance with them, stating that "Science and religion are two of the most potent forces on Earth and they should come together to save the creation."[26]
Wilson makes a similar suggestion, and appeal to the religious community, on the lecture circuit. An article on his September 17, 2009 lecture at Midland College, Texas, reports, "he said the appeal received a 'massive reply' and a covenant has been written. 'I think that partnership will work to a substantial degree as time goes on,' Wilson said."[27]
Wilson appears in the upcoming documentary Behold The Earth, which inquires into America's "divorce from nature", and the relationship between the forces of science and religion.
When discussing the reinvigoration of his original fields of study since the 1960s, Wilson has said that if he could start his life over he would work in microbial ecology.[28] He studied the mass extinctions of the 20th century and their relationship to modern society, arguing strongly for an ecological approach:
Now when you cut a forest, an ancient forest in particular, you are not just removing a lot of big trees and a few birds fluttering around in the canopy. You are drastically imperiling a vast array of species within a few square miles of you. The number of these species may go to tens of thousands. ... Many of them are still unknown to science, and science has not yet discovered the key role undoubtedly played in the maintenance of that ecosystem, as in the case of fungi, microorganisms, and many of the insects.[29]
His understanding of the scale of the extinction crisis has led him to advocate a number of strategies for forest protection, including the Forests Now Declaration, which calls for new markets-based mechanisms to protect tropical forests.
Wilson experienced significant criticism for his sociobiological views from several different communities. The scientific response included several of Wilson's colleagues at Harvard,[30] such as Richard Lewontin and Stephen Jay Gould, who were strongly opposed to his ideas regarding sociobiology. Marshall Sahlins's work The Use and Abuse of Biology was a direct criticism of Wilson's theories.[31]
Politically, Wilson's sociobiological ideas have offended some people who favored the idea that human behavior was culturally based. Sociobiology re-ignited the nature-versus-nurture debate, and Wilson's scientific perspective on human nature led to public debate. He was accused of racism, misogyny, and eugenics.[32] In one incident, a member of the International Committee Against Racism poured a pitcher of water on Wilson's head and chanted "Wilson, you're all wet" at an AAAS conference in November 1978.[33] Wilson later spoke of the incident as a source of pride: "I believe...I was the only scientist in modern times to be physically attacked for an idea."[34]
"I believe Gould was a charlatan," Wilson told The Atlantic. "I believe that he was ... seeking reputation and credibility as a scientist and writer, and he did it consistently by distorting what other scientists were saying and devising arguments based upon that distortion."[35]
Religious objections included those of Paul E. Rothrock, who said: "... sociobiology has the potential of becoming a religion of scientific materialism." [36]
Wilson's scientific and conservation honors include:
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Our God will come to save us!
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Rouse your power, and come to save us!
We prepare this week by stepping up the longing. We move through this week by naming deeper and more specific desires.
Each morning this week, if even for that brief moment at the side of our beds, we want to light a second inner candle. We want to let it represent "a bit more hope." Perhaps we can pause, breathe deeply and say,
"Lord, I place my trust in you."
Each day this week, as we encounter times that are rushed, even crazy, we can take that deep breath, and make that profound prayer. Each time we face some darkness, some experience of "parched land" or desert, some place where we feel "defeated" or "trapped," we hear the words, "Our God will come to save us!"
The grace we desire for this week is to be able to hear the promise and to invite our God to come into those real places of our lives that dearly need God's coming. We want to be able to say:
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Each night this week we can look back over the day and give thanks for the moments of deep breath, that opened a space for more trust and confidence in God's fidelity to us. No matter how difficult the challenges we are facing - from the growing realization of our personal sinfulness, to any experience of emptiness or powerlessness, even in the face of death itself - we can give thanks for the two candles that faithfully push back the darkness. And, we can give thanks for the graces given us to believe that "Our God will come to save us" because we were given the courageous faith to desire and ask boldly.
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Remember Hewlett-Packard's advertising blitz for digital photography last fall? The striking ads made going digital almost impossible to resist. But HP's unimaginative cameras didn't match the billing. Ironically, HP probably persuaded many folks to buy digital cameras — just not HP's.
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The second trailer for The Missing Person.
John Rosow is a private detective hired to tail a man, Harold Fullmer, on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles. Rosow gradually uncovers Harolds identity as a missing person; one of the thousands presumed dead after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Persuaded by a large reward, Rosow is charged with bringing Harold back to his wife in New York City against his will. Ultimately Rosow must confront whether the decision to return Harold to a life that no longer exists is the right one.
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- hildamildaDecember 30, 2011 at 10:21 AM
Never knew that there's a Samsung Galaxy S plus. Only knew S1 and S2 (: But samsung smartphone are quite advanced now, happy using it! Congrats btw.
ReplyDelete - Shirley TayDecember 30, 2011 at 11:10 AM
So sorry about your old phone. But it's awesome that u've got a new smartphone, dear! I'm sure this will work out well for u :) Merry X'mas & Happy 2012 with lots of love from Singapore!
ReplyDelete - jessylovesuDecember 30, 2011 at 12:48 PM
yes sony phone sux... I had one touch screen before, last only for a year...sold it out for less than Rm300...and i got it for like thousands. damn!
ReplyDelete - khoo sui yingDecember 30, 2011 at 1:41 PM
Good choice! Samsung is a good alternative to an iPhone :) You will love the huge screen!!
ReplyDelete - Krishnan NavaDecember 30, 2011 at 4:30 PM
Looks like you bought a phone to suit your needs and yes, its attractive looking. For the time being, I am quite contented with my BB.
ReplyDelete - SmallkucingDecember 30, 2011 at 8:45 PM
Happy New Year to you and your family. Keep blogging!
http://mamakucingbooks.blogspot.com Nice... but is S plus newer than S2? cannot be right haha.
[Recap/review] JACKY CHEUNG LIVE CONCERT IN MALAYSIA 2011i am recently liking sony ericson because i get to snap great pictures with it. i guess all companies have good and poor phone models. and i will keep in mind not to get the model u blogged.
however, recently, i was thinking of getting a new phone that has more functions... but on the second thought i don't think i wanna do office work like checking emails on my new handphone!
http://renaye.nutang.com- Khengsiong ChewJanuary 3, 2012 at 9:41 AM
Lots of my co-workers use SGS2. The huge screen is fun to use.
But hack, I am still using Sony Ericsson!