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RDK Management names president/GM, lays support foundation
Following on the heels of its formation last month, RDK Management has named Comcast executive Steve Heeb as its president and general manager, along with picking S3 Group and itaas to provide support services to the organization and its licensees.
Comcast pioneered the Reference Design Kit (RDK), which was established to cut down on the development cycle of set-top boxes and other gear by using a pre-integrated software bundle on a common framework.
The RDK made its public debut at The Cable Show last year and now has more than 100 companies (including silicon vendors, hardware vendors, original equipment manufacturers, integrators, applications developers and service providers) signed up.
By turning over the all of the RDK assets and forming RDK Management, Time Warner Cable and, particularly, Comcast, have signaled that the RDK now belongs to its membership community. Heeb's appointment as president and general manager was the next step in the build out of the RDK community.
Heeb, who is already manning the RDK Management helm, brings 20 years of industry experience to the organization. He is currently vice president, licensing and strategic development at Comcast. He will continue to hold his Comcast position, and other duties, in addition to his responsibilities for the RDK Management.
"Steve brings broad industry knowledge and day one readiness that is critical to successfully realizing the vast potential of the RDK," said Mike Hayashi, executive vice president – architecture, development and engineering for Time Warner Cable. "Our goal is to ensure we maintain the developmental efficiencies that come from having a community committed to collaboration, standardization and speed to market."
When RDK Management was formed, Comcast said it would chip in its RDK components into the new entity, including the RDK code and specifications, related intellectual property rights and associated contracts, including all of the current RDK licenses, which were transitioned to RDK Management.
Time Warner Cable is providing technical guidance, contributing code and financial support to the organization.
Heeb certainly has the chops to run RDK Management. He manages Comcast technology licensing initiatives including the DTA technology, RDK software, VOD specifications, and the EBIF interactive TV software.
"Faster innovation is the core driver behind the RDK," said Mark Hess, senior vice president, business and industry affairs, Comcast. "Bringing Steve in as president and general manager is the logical next step for us after forming the LLC. He will help us create a very lean and efficient organization that can quickly build out the support components for the RDK. His ability to build relationships and consensus among a diverse group of OEMs, MVPDs, and other key vendors and supplier constituencies will serve the RDK community well."
Heeb joined Comcast in 1994, and since then he has developed a strong understanding of set-top box (STB) software while working on new video development initiatives such as advanced STBs, IPGs, VOD, HDTV and DVRs.
Prior to Comcast, he worked at Raytheon, performing engineering and international business roles associated with multiple technology joint ventures, which included extensive travel in Japan and China.
"The chance to lead the RDK, at a time when the industry sits on the cusp of taking tremendous strides forward, is truly an honor," said Heeb. "The unique nature of the RDK, to simplify the development process for key products and services, has the potential to push our industry forward in a faster, more efficient manner. I am excited for the opportunity to work with our more than 100 licensees as we continue to build momentum and realize the value inherent in the RDK."
RDK Management is leasing office space in Philadelphia from Comcast, and doesn't have a head count per se since various entities, such as the cable operators and licensees, are contributing to the effort.
Comcast has deployed RDK-based software in its X1 platform, which is the only deployment of RDK-based devices to date. At The Cable Show, Comcast announced its X2 software update, which will include the new RDK-based Xi3 box that is made by Pace and Humax.
Time Warner Cable is trialing IP hybrid boxes and a cloud-based guide in Syracuse, New York with the goal of expanding the trials to Los Angeles and New York City this fall, but the RDK won't come into play until the first half of next year
Other cable operators that have expressed an interest in the RDK include Charter Communications, Rogers Communications, J:Com and Liberty Global.
S3 Group, itaas tapped to provide RDK support
In order to organically grow the RDK community, S3 Group and itaas, both of whom were early licensees, were tapped to provide support.
"With S3 Group and itaas, we have engaged independent third parties with respected expertise to provide the necessary community support structure to the RDK community," Heeb said. "S3 Group and itaas come to the RDK with strong backgrounds in key areas, including code management, release management, support and training. Our licensees will be able to rely on the crucial skills and resources S3 Group and itaas offer as they implement the RDK into their products and services."
S3 Group will handle the code management in order to help implement the RDK vision of continuous improvement through community contribution. In conjunction with key RDK architects and contributors, S3 Group has designed a code management process to ensure that contributions to the common code base are carefully assessed, merged, and tested prior to being made available as part of RDK releases.
In addition, S3 Group will utilize industry standard integration processes and automated configuration management to maintain the official RDK code repository that the community members will rely upon.
Itaas will oversee technical support and training for licensees through the company's development, integration, testing expertise, and multiple labs. The company will help developers learn the RDK architecture and code organization, as well as how to undertake porting and integration projects. Itaas will also assist in the ramp up phase of the RDK, and troubleshoot issues that arise during the development cycle. It was selected to deliver defined onboarding and support functions for licensees in order to build a more efficient RDK developer community.
The RDK Central web site, which was launched in February of this year, is the information hub of RDK Management. General information about the RDK is shared through the web site and via the RDK Report, which is an online magazine. More detailed information is available to community members through an RDK Wiki Web directory and community meetings.
The Comcast RDK was developed internally using open-source components and by working with various vendors. The RDK is a community-based ecosystem that allows developers, vendors and cable operators to use a defined stack of software on one layer in order to provision set-top boxes and gateways.
The RDK allows all of the interested parties to develop once and then scale across multiple environments – in the CableCard/QAM/MEPG-2 environment of today, as well as in the IP environment of tomorrow.
The RDK includes CableLabs' "Reference Implementation" for OCAP and tru2way, as well as the Java Virtual Machine (JVM.) Open-source components of the RDK include GStreamer, QT and WebKit, which are execution environments that can be tailored to each MSO. There are also optional plug-ins, such as Adobe Flash and Smooth HD.
The RDK is all about "service velocity," which was demonstrated during demos at Imagine Park on the last day of The Cable Show in June. Demonstrations by vendors at Imagine Park showed that the RDK enabled them to develop products and applications in a matter of weeks instead of months.


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PoliticsExplainer: Pakistan's main political parties Learn about six of the most prominent parties contesting the country's 2013 general elections. Al Jazeera staff | 06 May 2013 16:00 GMT | Politics On May 11, Pakistanis will go to the polls to vote in general elections. Read about the history, vote bank and ideology of six of Pakistan's biggest parties: Awami National Party (ANP) Over 750 ANP activists and leaders have been killed by the Taliban, due to the party's secular ideology [EPA] Left-wing secular party drawing strength from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province will face tough challenge in 2013 polls. The Awami National Party (ANP) is a left-wing, secular, Pashtun nationalist party, drawing its strength mainly from the Pashtun-majority areas of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province. It is also active the urban areas of Sindh province and elsewhere. The party was officially formed in 1986 as a conglomeration of several left-leaning parties, but had existed in some form as far back as 1965, when Khan Abdul Wali Khan split from the existing National Awami Party. Khan was following in the political footsteps of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Bacha Khan, popular known as the "Frontier Gandhi"), one of the most prominent nonviolent pro-independence figures under the British Raj. Today, the party is led by Asfandyar Wali Khan, Abdul Wali Khan's son. At the national level, the ANP has traditionally stood with the PPP, the only other major secular party operating across the country. 2008 was no different, and the ANP was one of the PPP's most stalwart allies in the previous government, with its 13 seats in the National Assembly backing the coalition throughout its five-year term in office. In the 2013 polls, however, the ANP will have to contend with high anti-incumbent sentiment in its stronghold of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, as a result of a lack of economic development and a deteriorating security situation. The ANP itself has borne the brunt of political violence in the province, with more than 750 ANP workers, activists and leaders killed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan in the last several years, according to the party's information secretary, Zahid Khan. The political threat to the ANP takes the form of Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami-Fazl (JUI-F) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), two religious political parties that have historically offered an alternative to the ANP in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The ANP will also be watchful for the appeal of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), which has polled well with ethnic Pashtuns. Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) MQM chief Altaf Hussain is respected with almost saint-like reverence by the party faithful [Asad Hashim/Al Jazeera] Secular party dominates Karachi politics and is key coalition king-maker, but is dogged by accusations of violence. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) is a secular, liberal but fiscally conservative party that draws its power base from the sprawling metropolis of Karachi, Pakistan's largest city. The party held 25 seats in the outgoing parliament, and will once again be expecting a strong showing in the cities of Karachi and Hyderabad - where it has traditionally held sway - resulting in a significant chunk of National Assembly seats and a commanding voice in the Sindh provincial assembly. Initially founded in 1984 as the Muhajir Qaumi Movement, the party's original mission was to safeguard the rights of ethnic Muhajirs, or Muslim migrants from India who moved to Pakistan after the partition of the subcontinent in 1947. The MQM, led by its enigmatic chief Altaf Hussain, aimed to ensure that these migrants were not sidelined from government jobs and other quotas in a city which they had come to dominate population-wise. The party has had a tumultuous history, with its members being targeted by the state in police and military operations in the early 1990s, after they were charged with sedition and plotting the breakaway of Karachi and Hyderabad from Pakistan. MQM activists and leaders admitted in subsequent years that they had taken up arms to protect themselves against the state and rival factions, but have always denied that the MQM was involved in any conspiracy against the state. In 1997, the party changed its name to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (United National Movement) - a change that coincided with a period that saw it become a more accepted part of the mainstream of Pakistani politics. Today, the party serves as a vital key in any coalition government, with its control over Karachi, the country's economic engine, and its significant chunk of National Assembly seats. It remains, however, dogged by accusations that it uses violence and fear to extract votes, and extorts business owners in Karachi. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) PML-N's strength lies in Punjab, Pakistan's most populous province, and Sharif has been tipped to be the next PM [EPA] Led by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is the leading opposition party in the outgoing Pakistani parliament and is considered by many to be the frontrunner in the 2013 polls. A centre-right, fiscally and socially conservative party, the PML-N draws its strength from Punjab, Pakistan's most populous province. The party won 91 seats in the National Assembly in the last elections, and also led the provincial government in Punjab, with Shahbaz Sharif, Nawaz's brother, serving as chief minister. The Sharifs draw their wealth from running a number of industries - primarily steel mills - and much of their support comes from influential industrialists and agriculturalists in both rural and urban areas of Punjab. Like most other major political parties in Pakistan, it is heavily reliant on kinship and patronage networks for votes. Nawaz, the elder Sharif, first rose to prominence under General Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistan's military dictator from 1977-88, and in the following years, his party emerged as the primary opposition to Benazir Bhutto's PPP. The two parties spent the 1990s trading places in government, with neither completing a full term, until Nawaz's government was ousted in 1999 by then-army chief Pervez Musharraf, who appointed himself leader of the country. Nawaz spent the next seven years in self-imposed exile, under an agreement with Musharraf's government, returning in 2007 to lead his party's campaign in the 2008 general election (even though he did not himself run for office that year). He regained political prominence by supporting the Lawyers Movement against Musharraf, and his party easily swept into power in Punjab and, with a strong showing in the province, also re-established itself in the National Assembly. The party's manifesto for the 2013 election focuses on spurring economic growth from its current level of around three percent to six percent, primarily by increasing investment levels and launching large-scale public infrastructure projects. Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) The PML-Q was cobbled together mainly from other parties' defectors under military dictator Pervez Musharraf [EPA] Former 'King's party' under Pervez Musharraf has maintained its position in parliament and could be coalition king-maker. The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) was the third-largest party in the 2008-2013 parliament, with 54 seats in the National Assembly. The PML-Q began its time in the opposition, but by the end of the last government's term it had switched to the Treasury benches, helping the PPP to maintain its coalition and being rewarded with leadership positions for Chaudhry Pervez Elahi, a senior PML-Q leader, and Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, the PML-Q's president. Formed in 2002, the PML-Q is a centre-right party drawn primarily from defectors from the rival PML-N who chose to support General Pervez Musharraf in the aftermath of his coup against the democratically elected government. The party led the government under Musharraf, with members Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Zafarullah Khan Jamali and Shaukat Aziz all serving as prime ministers under Musharraf's presidency. The 2008 elections, occurring in the midst of mass anti-Musharraf sentiment, a spiralling inflation rate and failing economic policies, saw the PML-Q defeated in many constituencies in favour of PML-N and PPP candidates. It held on to key constituencies in its stronghold of Punjab, however, and remained a force in parliament, whether in opposition or government. In 2013, the PML-Q will once again be focusing on Punjab and Balochistan provinces, where it has had strong showings in the past. The party is not expected to be able to form a government on its own, but would be a key player in terms of building a coalition for whichever party emerges as the leader after the polls. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) The Bhutto family has led the Pakistan People's Party since its inception over 40 years ago [Getty Images] Incumbent party is expected to pay at the 2013 polls for poor governance and a deteriorating economy. The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is the incumbent party in the 2013 elections, having led a coalition government through a tumultuous period in Pakistan's political history. The party won 124 out of a possible 272 seats in the National Assembly after the 2008 polls, largely due to anti-incumbent sentiment amongst voters and a swell in support following the assassination of party leader and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. Founded in 1967 by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Benazir's father, the PPP positions itself as a secular, centre-left socialist party, with a strong emphasis on using public-sector expenditure as a way to address income and social disparities. The party has been voted into power four times since its inception (1977, 1988, 1993 and 2008), but this last term was the first time it completed its full five-year term in office - making it the first Pakistani civilian-led government to do so. Since its formation, the PPP has been a major political player, relying on a combination of pro-poor rhetoric and inspirational leadership (primarily in the form of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto - both of whom were killed while carrying out political activities and are considered martyrs by the PPP faithful). The party, to many voters, represents a force that stands against the country's powerful military and civilian establishment - even if that analysis does not stand up to substantive scrutiny when examining the PPP's stints in government. This election, however, the party faces rampant anti-incumbent sentiment of its own, as Pakistanis suffer from high levels of unemployment, inflation, a power crisis and a complex and deteriorating security situation that the PPP-led government appeared powerless to address. The party has also been perennially dogged by corruption allegations - most notably those aimed at its leader, President Asif Ali Zardari. There is also some dissatisfaction among the PPP cadre as to how Zardari, Bhutto's widower, has run the party since her death, sidelining many party stalwarts and installing people loyal to him in key positions. Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, his 24-year-old son, has been appointed the party chairman, continuing the legacy of Bhutto's leading the party. It remains to be seen what role, however, the young Bhutto-Zardari plays in the election campaign. The party is expected to hold sway in its traditional stronghold of Sindh province, but will face stiff competition in Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinces. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) PTI has gathered huge amounts of support at rallies, but it is unclear if that will translate to votes on election day [EPA] 'Anti-status quo' party led by cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan promises drastic reforms across the board. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI, or Movement for Justice) is the wild card in this year's parliamentary race. Led by Imran Khan, this party was formed in 1996, after Khan retired following a remarkably successful career as an international cricketer. The party's aim was primarily to wipe out corruption and tackle ineffective governance in a country where both have crippled attempts at government service delivery. The PTI was largely politically irrelevant for the first decade or so of its existence, but shot to prominence in 2012 when it held massive political rallies in Lahore, Karachi and elsewhere. The party's platform remains largely unchanged: Khan promises that he will wipe out "major corruption" within the party's first 90 days in office, and its manifesto states that it is built on an "anti-status quo" foundation. The party also says that it will declare a "national emergency" on energy-sector reform, expenditure reform, revenue collection and development of human capital indicators. Khan has promised to establish an "Islamic welfare state" in several campaign speeches. The party's policy on homegrown militancy advocates an approach based on dialogue with those elements wishing to lay down their arms and a disengagement from the country's current alliance with the United States, citing the partnership as one of the key causes of militancy against the Pakistani state. Electorally speaking, the PTI has bolstered its ranks with former members of the parties it has slammed in the past for exercising patronage politics, and will likely give the PML-N and PML-Q a tough fight in rural constituencies in Punjab. It also provides an alternative to the secular ANP and religiously conservative JUI-F in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. In Sindh it has positioned itself as an alternative to the MQM, long accused of exercising a violent brand of politics, in the province's urban areas.Source: Al Jazeera
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Feasibility Study of the Solo™ Insulin Pump
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The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and usability of the Solo™ insulin MicroPump in subjects with type 1 diabetes who are pump users.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Type 1 Diabetes Insulin Pump Users |
Device: Solo MicroPump |
Phase 1 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Non-Randomized Endpoint Classification: Safety Study Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Feasibility Study of the Solo™ Insulin Pump |
- Device-related adverse outcome [ Time Frame: During treatment period ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Mechanical dysfunction and diabetes-related adverse outcome [ Time Frame: During treatment period ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Estimated Enrollment: | 90 |
Study Start Date: | May 2009 |
Study Completion Date: | June 2011 |
Primary Completion Date: | June 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: Solo MicroPump |
Device: Solo MicroPump
30 days treatment days with an optional extension period of up to 6 month of treatment.
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Detailed Description:
This is a multi center, one arm, open label and prospective study to assess the safety and usability of the Solo™ MicroPump Insulin Delivery System .
The study will include a 30 days treatment period with the Solo MicroPump with no special care required for maintaining glycemic control and with an optional extension period of up to six month.
The study will consist of up to 5 visits and one follow up phone call one week after termination of the study. In case of participating the extension period, additional visits will consist once a month.
Visit 1 includes eligibility, baseline evaluation and training in handling of the Solo™ System. If no additional practice is required patients will be enrolled. Visit 2 will commence and Solo pump will be filled with insulin. If additional practice is required subject will be sent home for an additional training period of a few days practice using saline and then return for visit 2.
Treatment visits will take place at 3, 14 and 30 days after the enrolment. Additional visits will take place at 60, 90 and 180 days depending on the extension period.
Subjects will be asked to record blood glucose measurements, daily activities and carbohydrate consumptions between visits.
Seven days after termination of study treatment a telephone contact with the study subject will take place for the purpose of adverse event reporting and the completion of DTSQ questionnaire.
Measurements that will be used for assessing the safety of the device are glucose levels and any occurrence of AE's.
Subjects will complete DTSQ and Performance questionnaires before and at the end of the treatment period for usability evaluation.
Blood and urine tests will be taken at visit 1 and 5, vital signs and physical examination will be evaluated at all study visits.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 16 Years to 60 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Age range of:
- 18 to 60 years in Israel
- 16 to 60 years in Austria
- Type I diabetes and pump treatment duration of more than 6 months.
- Subjects who are using Humalog®, NovoRapid®, and Apidra® 100U/ml insulin
- Measures glucose at least four times per day.
- No more than one severe hypoglycemic or ketoacidosis episode within one year
- Willing to sign an informed consent.
- Cooperative, willing to attend all study visits.
Exclusion Criteria:
- A1c >= 10.0%
- Two or more documented events of severe hypoglycemia within the previous 12 months
- Diabetes related hospitalization over the past 12 months
- Current significant diabetes-related complications
- Pregnant, lactating or planning to become pregnant during the course of the study
- Substance or alcohol abuse
- Uncontrolled hypertension
- Known dermal hypersensitivity to medical adhesive
- Recurrent episodes of skin infections or dermatological allergies
- Serious or unstable medical or psychological conditions
- Current participation in other clinical studies.
- Working for a competitor company
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01055951
Austria | |
Medical University Graz | |
Gratz, Austria, A - 8036 | |
Israel | |
Rambam Healthcare Campus | |
Haifa, Israel, 31096 | |
Sourasky Medical Center | |
Tel-Aviv, Israel |
No publications provided
Responsible Party: | Keren Afek, Medingo |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01055951 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | VTR-045, VTR-075 |
Study First Received: | January 24, 2010 |
Last Updated: | June 1, 2011 |
Health Authority: | Austria: Agency for Health and Food Safety Austria: Ethikkommission Israel: Ethics Commission Israel: Ministry of Health |
Keywords provided by Medingo Ltd:
Insulin pumps Diabetes |
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Travel back in time to Colonial Boston with THIEFTAKER, THIEVES' QUARRY, and now A PLUNDER OF SOULS, D.B. Jackson's critically acclaimed historical urban fantasies!
A Plunder of Souls, the third volume in the Thieftaker Chronicles (Tor Books) has been named one of 2014's best books by SciFi Chick.com. It is available in hardcover, ebook, and audio formats. Publisher's Weekly has called this newest installment an "engaging third entry in Jackson's Thieftaker series [that] ably mashes up the historical with the fantastic." And it calls Jackson "an increasingly reliable tour guide toAmerica's colonial past." (You can find more reviews here.) Like the first two books, A Plunder of Souls sports wonderful art work from Chris McGrath -- you can see the image in larger format here.
Writing as David B. Coe, D.B. also has a new contemporary urban fantasy out from Baen Books. Spell Blind is the first volume in The Case Files of Justis Fearsson. You can read more about the works of David B. Coe at his website.
Thieves' Quarry, book II of D.B. Jackson's Thieftaker Chronicles (Tor Books), is out in paperback! It is also available in hardcover, audiobook, and all e-book formats. It was named one of 2013's best fantasy/science fiction books by SciFi Chick.com and Fantastical Imaginations.
And, for those of you who just can't get enough of Ethan, Sephira and the others, a Thieftaker short story, "The Price of Doing Business," was published at Tor.com in February 2014, and two more Thieftaker shorts have been released in anthologies from Dark Oak Press. "The Spelled Blade can be found in Realms of Imagination, edited by Kimberly Richardson, and "The Cully" can be found in the upcoming Big Bad II, edited by John G. Hartness and Emily Lavin Leverett.
Meet D.B. Jackson!
You can meet the author either in person, or virtually! He has recently updated his appearance schedule for 2014 to include his Plunder of Souls summer of 2014 signing tour! And he has posted his Blog Tour schedule to this site as well. Dates will no doubt be added to both schedules, so check back on this site for additional appearances.
Thieftaker, book I of the Thieftaker Chronicles, the novel that started it all, is available in hardcover, mass market paperback, e-format, and audio format. In addition to many fine reviews, Thieftaker was named "Best First Book in a Series" for 2012 (one of two books so honored) by The Word Nerds, and was listed as one of the best SF/Fantasy books of the year by SciFiChick.com and by Fantastical Imaginations! So, if you haven't read it yet, there are no more excuses!
D.B. Jackson, the pen name of an established, award-winning author, brings a fresh voice to genre fiction. Specializing in historical fantasy, D.B. is the author of the Thieftaker Chronicles, published by Tor Books. The first book in this new series, Thieftaker, was released in 2012 to much critical acclaim. It went into a second printing in about six weeks, and has been made into an audio book by Audible.com. It is an urban fantasy set in pre-Revolutionary Boston. Volume two in the series, Thieves' Quarry, which has also been reviewed exceptionally well, is available now in hardcover, paperback, ebook and audio formats. A Plunder of Souls has just been released in hardcover, ebook, and audio formats, and, like its prequels, has been very well received. And at least one more Thieftaker book is currently in the works. Dead Man's Reach will be released in the summer of 2015.
D.B. is also the author of "The Tavern Fire," a short story that appears in After Hours: Tales from the Ur-Bar, edited by Joshua Palmatier and Patricia Bray. After Hours is published by DAW and includes fifteen tales of fantasy, history, and intrigue. And now you can read "The Tavern Fire" here, on this site! While you're at it, you can also read another Thieftaker short story, "The Witch of Dedham," which is only available on this site, or you can listen to a reading of the story by D.B. Jackon himself.
D.B. has written two other Thieftaker stories, as well. "A Spell of Vengeance" was the feature story for the week of June 13, 2012 on Tor.com, and "A Memory of Freedom" was the feature story in the March 2012 issue of Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show.
In the months to come, this web page will be updated regularly, not only with blog entries and information about Thieftaker and its sequels, but also with sample chapters from upcoming books in the series, and original short fiction that will only be available here. So please explore the site, check back often, and, of course, enjoy your visit.
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Yesterday I installed GFI's MailEssentials and MailSecurity only to reboot and notice that Outlook could not communicate with Exchange. I can easily get to all my emails through OWA, but some users really don't like it too much and we'd much rather use Outlook. I keep getting the 0x8004011D connection errors and nothing I have found works. Taking cached mode off Outlook won't even let me bring up Outlook, as well as creating a new profile. I eventually uninstalled both products figuring one of them was giving me a problem. At this point nothing works and there is nothing out there is really helping me. GFI support says they can't help and I'll have to pay MS an I doubt they'll be able to fix it. Is a reinstall in order? I hope not
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Are you 100% sure it was one of their products? I've had some good experience with them in the past. Any other direction worth lookig at?
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Have a look here and see if that helps. http://forums.petri.com/showthread.php?t=2945
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Daniel: Those were the only two things I installed 2 days ago, I didn't figured I'd have this much trouble. I've only heard good things about GFI products. I could guess it's some authentication error since I can do absolutely everything besides use Outlook to connect.
Biggles77: I saw your post about this yesterday or Wed evening and I tried doing that but I was without any luck. It sounds just like what I was having. My client machine get some Event ID's. I also keep getting Event ID's 3019 (MrxSmb) The redirector failed to determine the connection type. and 40961 (LsaSrv) The Security System could not establish a secured connection with the server cifs/exchange. No authentication protocol was available. I'm trying to see why the authentication methods have become crazy. I tried joining the exchange domain with another laptop and I get DNS Name does not exist, so I'm tracking this down slowly, but it's still weird GFI products could do this. I think the cause is more along the lines of the 40961, but I've found nothing to assist me with this. I really don't want to reinstall the server, but I've got my bosses breathing down my neck because they want Outlook to work and a few people in the office are a bit upset they can't click on a stupid email link to send an email and copy and pasting is wasting too much time... riiiiighht. |
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So since I tracked this down to the DNS on the Exchange server, this is very odd.
If I open my DNS snap in and open up my FLZ, I have _msdcs.DOMAIN.local and DOMAIN.local. Which is odd... my _msdcs folder has somehow moved OUTSIDE of my DOMAIN.local area. If I goto _msdcs under DOMAIN.local it's only got one entry, NS. Now I gotta figure out how to move my records from _msdcs.DOMAIN.local to the _msdcs folder under DOMAIN.local. |
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I had the same on my home/test domain. I had just completed the TrainSignal CBT on DNS and I wanted to try things on a "live" domain, so I just deleted the zone and created a new one. When Daniel stops cringing he will most likely tell you that is NOT the ideal thing to do in a production environment.
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In Win2003 AD and DNS it is quite normal to have the MSDCS namespace as an external zone, and not as a subdomain of your primary zone. This is usualy done in large enterprises where there are more than one AD domains.
I suggest you check that the MSDCS zone is enabled for dymanic updates, then restart the NETLOGON service on all DCs. If this feels wrong and you only have one domain and would like to have the MSDCS subdomain under your domain zone, just delete it, delete the delegation under your normal zone, and then re-create it (make sure you have the right name) under the domain name zone. Restart NETLOGON on all DCs. Again, I don't think you need to do that, and I'm not sure if that will solve your issues, but it's worth trying.
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Thanks for everything, but nothing has seemed to work. I guess I happened to get the craziest problems, especially ones without a clear solution. I guess I should get to backing up everything so I can reinstall :/ Not my idea of a fun weekend.
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The following url may help: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;327291 I cannot see how the GFI products could have caused this problem. It seems to be just a coincidence. Regards, Nicholas Sciberras GFI Software Ltd - http://www.gfi.com |
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I have come across this problem more than once of recent and haven't seen a single answer that worked well. Thus, I will post what has worked for me:
I determined the problem to be with DNS issues, particularly where you have an Exchange server at a different address than the web server. For instance: Say that your website (http://myboguswebsite.com) is hosted on a server at 184.108.40.206 but your local system hosts an Exchange server (http://mail.myboguswebsite.com) at 22.214.171.124, small changes to the DNS entries can cause this to occur. For instance, installing a global trap of *.myboguswebsite.com pointing everything to 18.104.22.168 may change this. Here's a workaround on Windows machines: You need to make a change to your HOSTS file. To do this: 1) Open Windows Explorer (NOT Internet Explorer - d'oh!) and navigate to: c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc 2) Locate the HOSTS file (note, there is no extension!) and open it in NotePad. 3) Below the line that reads: 127.0.0.1 localhost Enter a line for your exchange server with the LOCAL, INTERNAL IP address - NOT the outside address. For example, if your internal network's IP scheme is 192.168.0.x and your Exchange server is located at .252, and is known on the network as "MailMan", your entry will look like this: 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.0.252 MailMan (NOTE: DO NOT use the external address of: 126.96.36.199!) 4) Save this file and restart Outlook. It should now work correctly. Hope that helps everyone - especially me when I go looking for an answer to this error again and can't remember what I did before! |
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Walking down the hall at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Tennessee, Kiesha McGaughy called out to her old boss, whom she hadn't seen since moving to Columbia from Nashville in 2000.
"It's me!" said McGaughy, 33, an administrative assistant in the MU computer sciences department.
Donna Seiger didn't recognize her former employee. It had been four years — and 100 pounds. After undergoing gastric bypass surgery in November, McGaughy, who once weighed nearly 300 pounds, not only felt like a new person, she looked like one, too.
An estimated 64 million Americans are obese. Increasingly, they're turning to weight-loss surgery, a procedure that is becoming more popular as new technology emerges.
According to the American Obesity Association, obesity increases the risk of death among diabetics and those with heart disease by 50 percent. So for some, weight-reduction surgery isn't simply a cosmetic procedure; it's a matter of life and death.
Cindy Latimer, a 40-year-old sales administrator from Columbia, was never overweight as a child. She started gaining weight in college and watched her weight steadily increase when she secured a job behind a desk and switched from an active to a sedentary lifestyle.
Latimer tried to do something about the weight, adhering to her motto of personal responsibility.
"It's up to you to do something," she said. "There's no 'woe is me' until you're making steps to fix it."
Her steps were significant. For years, she went to dietitians who prescribed medications and vitamin B shots four times a week and regimented diets such as Atkins and Weight Watchers.
But the weight always came back. "Everybody who's overweight knows what it takes because they've done it so many times," Latimer said.
Latimer views birthdays like most people view New Year's Day. She sees them as a time to make resolutions for the coming year.
When she turned 38, she decided to buy a house. Exactly one year later, she signed the papers. That same day, another idea popped in her head: She wanted to have weight-loss surgery before turning 40.
At 347 pounds, Latimer knew the time for action had come. She knew if she had the surgery, it would not only lower her weight but also lower her likelihood of contracting diabetes.
She was only too familiar with the killer disease, which runs in her family. Her mother was diagnosed with diabetes at age 35 and died at 56 after being on dialysis and having a finger and both legs amputated. A
"It's a devastating disease when you see someone you love die from it," Latimer said.
AALatimer had weight-loss surgery in late June. She's already felt a boost in energy and has lost 50 pounds.
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In response to a surge in interest, University Hospital recently hired two renowned weight-loss surgeons and opened the MU Weight Loss Center.
Roger de la Torre, one of the new hires, helped pioneer a new way of performing traditional gastric bypass surgery. With his technique, a laparoscope is used, allowing smaller incisions.
For de la Torre, weight-loss surgery was new territory. He had previously used the device on hernia patients.
"In the first six to eight weeks, there's a pound to a pound-and-a-half lost per day, and in the first eight months to a year, expect 100 pounds lost," said de la Torre, who operated on McGaughy and Latimer. "It depends on where you started."
McGaughy started at 291 pounds. As a young adult, she watched her weight creep up, going from a size nine or 10 to size 20 in one summer.
When McGaughy got to size 26, she simply refused to buy clothes anymore. She said another determining factor in her decision to get surgery was her cholesterol level: 429.
"When I was 19 or 20, they told me I could die at any time, McGaughy said. "And after I had my daughter at 21, they told me I needed to do something about the weight and cholesterol because I could have a heart attack just walking down the street."
Finally, at 32, McGaughy had surgery. That was in November. In the ensuing 11 months, she's lost 100 pounds and now wears a size 14.
She was ecstatic to have lost the weight, but even more heartening was the news from her family doctor.
"After being on medication for my cholesterol for 17 years, I just got the news … that it's at 205. For me, it's normal," she said.
After the surgery, McGaughy reduced her daily pill intake from 13 to two. She no longer has problems with acid reflux, arthritis, asthma and diabetes.
Patients rid their bodies of illnesses and diseases after surgery, sometimes before any actual weight loss, said de la Torre and his medical partner, Stephen Scott.
"People undergo this operation who are Type 2 diabetic and are taking oral hypoglycemic or insulin. The day after surgery, even though they haven't lost any weight, patients may need half their insulin or less oral hypoglycemic," de la Torre said. "There's something about the operation, how food no longer traverses certain parts of the stomach and certain parts of the small intestine which may inhibit or promote certain polypeptides that help in the treatment of diabetes."
How it works
Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y, considered the gold standard of weight-loss surgery, involves six incisions along the abdomen. The traditional procedure, known as open Roux-En-Y, involves a single long incision. The smaller incisions of the laparoscopic technique reduce healing time and scarring.
During the procedure, the stomach is divided in two. The smaller section is the size of an egg, holding 4 ounces. This is the new stomach.
The small intestine is also divided and connected to the new stomach. When the new pouch gets full, food moves through the small intestine, but the body doesn't start to absorb calories until it hits a place lower on the intestine that now has a Y-shape.
"The procedure works on a twofold mechanism," de la Torre said. "You feel full after eating fewer calories, and you absorb fewer calories because of the bypass part."
Not only does the procedure allow shorter recovery times for patients, it's also a better tool for the doctors.
"We can do the surgery better laparoscopically," Scott said. "We can see better, be more precise. And now that we have the experience, I would much prefer to do the procedure laparoscopically rather than open."
Patients are placed on a strict liquid diet after surgery to ensure there are no complications. McGaughy said she was barely consuming 500 calories a day.
"They start with liquids for a week, move up to protein shakes for two weeks, then they can eat soft foods in one month, and about a month after that, they can begin to eat normal foods," Scott said.
Scott and de la Torre are working with a third doctor, Thomas Fogarty of Palo Alto, Calif., to make obesity surgery less invasive. Their goal is to perform gastric bypass surgery endoscopically. This procedure would eliminate the need for general anesthesia, with only a tube passed through the mouth.
Changing their lives
One of the lessons patients who have undergone bypass surgery have learned is that the effort it takes to lose weight is truly a lifestyle change. They can no longer eat without careful consideration of each bite. Everything they eat must be weighed — literally and figuratively.
"When you eat something that makes you feel like crap, you learn not to do that ever again," McGaughy said.
For McGaughy, a more typical meal these days is half of a chicken sandwich or a few bites of pasta.
With a reduced appetite, going out to eat means always asking for a doggie bag, even if she orders the kids' meal, she said.
"At the beginning the hardest part is the mind hunger because you smell food and you think, 'I can take a bite of it' — no you can't," McGaughy said.
One of the things patients are told to do is drink protein shakes or eat protein bars whenever possible to ensure they receive proper nutrients. Another fear is that a patient will just not eat enough because he or she is not hungry.
"As long as I have some water, I'm fine," McGaughy said. "I've gone all day without eating and just never thought about it because I wasn't hungry."
And then there's the flip side – eating small meals or snacks too often, possibly causing the stomach to stretch back out.
At her six-month checkup, McGaughy was told to stop eating six small meals a day and cut back to three. That way, she wouldn't be as likely to overeat.
Before surgery, McGaughy was told she might live to be 35. Now she's looking far ahead — into her 80s.
Latimer also now thinks about food in an entirely different way.
"I eat to stay healthy," she said. "I no longer enjoy food like I used to."
A common fear among patients is the possibility of death during the operation or because of complications. Two percent of gastric bypass patients don't survive the procedure.
McGaughy had a different concern.
"I wasn't so much afraid of dying as I was going bald," she said.
Protein deficiency often causes patients to lose some hair during recovery.
Latimer, who recently started to lose some of her hair, prepared a will before the surgery. But even the thought of death didn't stop her.
"I'm risking my life either way," she said. "But if I do get the surgery, at least I have the chance to get healthy."
Latimer doesn't have a target weight in mind but says she wouldn't mind getting down to a size 10 again. For her, it's about regaining her life, she said.
"Activities I like have slipped away from me," she said. "I've been limited in my life."
By her next birthday, she hopes to go to Europe, something she avoided before the surgery because she knew it would require lots of walking.
McGaughy also counts the ability to do as she pleases one of the greatest rewards of the surgery.
"As wonderful as I feel, if I don't ever make it back to 145-150 pounds, I'm OK," she said. "I can breathe, walk, ride a ride at Six Flags. Before, I wouldn't even try, and now I can ride with my daughter."
For McGaughy, there's no gratification quite like a mirror. After the surgery, she found an outfit at her mother's house from her senior year in high school. It was one McGaughy never thought she would fit into again.
Fifteen years later, she cried as she looked in the mirror and saw herself zipped and buttoned in the same outfit.
But despite their success, MU's new weight-loss surgeons emphasized that obesity is not a disease that can be treated solely through a medical procedure or even weight loss.
"Surgery is part of the treatment, but it is not the whole treatment," Scott said. "We tell our patients we're not curing their disease and that any operation we do is a tool you're going to use to help control your disease. Nurses, dietitians, physicians, therapists, psychologists are all other tools we give to patients."


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This 1000 piece puzzle with a colorful arrangement of World flags by artist Ernest Brown is a great educational tool for both young and old. For each flag, not only is its country name noted, but the background color pinpoints each country's general location on 2 map insets. Made in the USA. Finished size: 24" x 30".


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Subject: Astronomy , Space Stations
Description: Background and updates about the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), a European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft for delivering supplies to the International Space Station. Provides news about the Jules Verne ATV, "the first of five ATVs planned to be launched from 2008 throughout the following ten years," and description of cargo (such as fuel, water, food, and spare parts), images, video clips, fact sheets, and a blog. From the ESA.
Publisher: European Space Agency (ESA)
Language: English
Source: http://www.esa.int/esaMI/ATV/


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Christianity and the Problem of Human Violence
From All-Creatures
Christian Living
True Christian living requires us to live according to Kingdom standards which bring Heaven to earth
Christianity and the Problem of Human Violence
By Stephen R. Kaufman, M.D.
Part 10: The First Murder Victim
According to Girardian theory, sacred texts are stories composed by those responsible for collective murder. The killers believe their actions were fully justified, and their accounts of the killing do not take the victimĺs perspective. Indeed, the killers donĺt even recognize that the murdered individual was a victimŚthey see the murdered individual as an embodiment of evil who deserved to die. The Hebrew scriptures are distinctive among sacred texts in that they repeatedly take the point-of-view of the victim.
The first murder illustrates this well. The story begins noting that God ôhas regardö for Abelĺs animal sacrifice, unlike Cainĺs sacrifice of plants. Before I continue with the story of the first murder, I want to address whether or not this passage indicates that God wanted animal sacrifice. The story does not explain why God found Abelĺs sacrifice acceptable. Perhaps, Abelĺs sacrificing the valued firstlings from his flock showed respect for God. In other words, God appreciated Abelĺs humility rather than the sacrifice itself. Another possibility is that this story illustrates the ancient Hebrewsĺ conviction that God prefers animal sacrifice to the human sacrifice that was so prevalent among other ancient people. Animal sacrifices, then, would be preferable to human sacrifices, but not necessarily desirable.
Meanwhile, Cainĺs countenance fell, because he experienced mimetic rivalry with Abel for Godĺs ôregard.ö Interestingly, God says to Cain, ôIf you do well, will you not be accepted?ö In other words, God is telling Cain that Cain will be judged on his own merit, not on how he compares to Abel. Godĺs attempt to quell mimetic rivalry failsŚCain kills Abel. Cain denies knowledge of Abelĺs disappearance, and God says, ôThe voice of your brotherĺs blood is crying to me from the ground.ö God hears the victimĺs cry, the first of many times in the Bible that we are told to empathize with the victim rather than the murderer.
Cain fears reciprocal (mimetic) violence against himself: ôwhoever finds me will slay me.ö God prevents escalation of violence by putting an identifying mark on Cain and declaring, ôIf anyone slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.ö People were unable, at this point, to resist mimetic violence, so only fear of far greater violence could prevent escalating violence and death.
Interestingly, Cain builds the first city, indicating that the scapegoating mechanism (in this case the death of Abel) forms the foundation for human culture.
Next week, weĺll explore the Flood and its aftermath.
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Resurrection | |
Castiel (Supernatural) is killed by Lucifer, but is resurrected by God | |
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Bring the dead back to life |
The power to bring the deceased, including oneself, back to life. Opposite power of Death Inducement. Not to be confused with Reanimation, which brings back the dead and controls them against their will.
[show]Also Called
- Cheating Death
- Reversed Death
- Revival
- Rising from Death/Grave
The user can bring themselves and others back to life.
- Ash Resurrection
- Electrical Resurrection
- Multiple Lives
- Resurrection Field Projection
- Resurrection Replication
- Combined with Reactive Adaptation one may gain Adaptive Resurrection.
- Conversion Resurrection
- Event Negation
- Healing
- Immortality
- Infinite Resurrection
- Life-Force Manipulation
- Regenerative Healing Factor
- Respawning
- Resurrection Empowerment
- May be limited to certain number of self-resurrections.
- May have limited time defined by how long the target has been dead.
- Some variations may have side-effects, on either the user or the resurrected:
- User may suffer damage, exhaustion, or even death.
- Resurrected may not have completely healed from the wounds that killed them, or they may be missing memories, or a soul in some cases.
- Resurrected may deteriorate physically and/or mentally.
- For universal laws to be followed, resurrecting someone may require the death of another.
- Unavertable Death
Known Users
- Demons of Tartarus (Fairy Tail)
- God (Supernatural)
- Death (Supernatural)
- Archangels/Angels (Supernatural)
- Demons (Supernatural)
- Jorge (Los Protegidos)
- Spawn (Image Comics)
- Jesus Christ (Christianity)
- Chloe Sanders (Darkest Powers series)
- Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Palpatine (Star Wars)
- Shenron (Dragon Ball franchise)
- Porunga (Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT)
- Old Kai (Dragon Ball Z)
- Turles (Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might); via Fruit from the Tree of Might
- Doomsday (DC Comics)
- Sentry (Marvel Comics)
- Chloe Sullivan (Smallville/DC Comics)
- Chloe King (The Nine Lives of Chloe King)
- Imhotep (The Mummy)
- Ganon (The Legend of Zelda)
- Iblis (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Robert (DWP)
- Sesshomaru (InuYasha) via Tenseiga
- Sesshomaru's Mother (InuYasha) via Meido Stone
- Draph (Heroes)
- Avatars (Charmed)
- The Tribunal (Charmed)
- Kierkan (Charmed)
- Resurrection Man (DC Comics)
- Count Dracula (Dracula/Castlevania/Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Marvel)
- Him (Powerpuff Girls / Powerpuff Girls Z)
- Brook (One Piece)
- Time Lords (Doctor Who)
- Gill (Street Fighter III)
- Curtis Donovan (MisFits)
- Users of the Resurrection Gauntlet (Torchwood)
- Diagon (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
- Any user of the Pet Sematary (Pet Sematary)
- Layla Miller (Marvel)
- Alduin (Skyrim)
- The Chosen Undead (Dark Souls)
- Solomon Grundy (DC comics)
- Any user of Rinne Tensei Justu (Naruto Shippuden)
- Alex Mercer (Prototype); via pieces of his biomass
- Cylons (Battlestar Galactica)
- Ned (Pushing daisies)
- Jean Grey as Phoenix (Marvel)
- Cyclops as a Phoenix Avatar (Marvel)
- Shamans (WoW)
- Aling Elsa (The Healing - Film)
- Kylie Galen (Shadow Falls)
- Haplo's dog (Death Gate Cycle); only its master
- Blackmist (Armed With Wings)
- Man in the Moon (Rise of the Guardians)
- Powerful witches (Witches of East End); via Spell Casting
- Wendy Beauchamp (Witches of East End); Self-Resurrection/Nine Lives
- King Nikolaus (Witches of East End)
- Takutanuva (Bionicle)
- Phil Coulson (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Genevieve (The Originals)
- Misty Day (American Horror Story: Coven)
- Madison Montgomery (American Horror Story: Coven)
- Dark Schneider (Bastard!!)
- God (Bastard!!)
- Supreme Being (Time Bandits)
- Hades (Saint Seiya)
- Asclepius (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Sage (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Xiang Xuehai (Fairy from Wonderland); via Nine Lives
Known Objects
- Tenseiga (InuYasha)
- Book of the Dead (The Mummy)
- Water from the Well of Wonders (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland)


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Golay, Michael, 1951-
From Library of Congress Name Authority File
Golay, Michael, 1951-
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
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Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- found: His The Civil War, 1992: CIP t.p. (Michael Golay)
- found: Phone call to pub. 07-01-91 (Michael Golay; b. 7-23-51; 1st bk.)
Change Notes
- 1991-07-01: new
- 2002-04-25: revised
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