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The Vampire Diaries Music: Songs From Season 3, Episode 5, "The Reckoning"
Could you even hear the music over the sound of your heart pounding during The Vampire Diaries Season 3, Episode 5, "The Reckoning"? If not, you missed some great songs. Either way, we have the list so you can re-listen (or hear for the very first time) to Chris Mollere's stellar playlist.
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Song: "Will Do"
Artist: TV on the Radio
Music moment: Katherine asks Damon if he's taking a break from Elena
It might be impractical to seek out a new romance
We won't know the actual if we never take the chance
I'd like to collapse with you and ease you against this song
I think we're compatible, I see that you think I'm wrong
Any time will do, my love
Any time will do, no choice of words will break me from this groove
Any time will do, my love
Any time will do, what choice of words will take me back to you?
Your love makes a fool of you, you can't seem to understand
A heart doesn't play by rules and love has its own demands
But I'll be there to take care of you if ever you should decide
That you don't want to waste your life in the middle of a lovesick lullaby
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Song: "Please Ask For Help"
Artist: Telekinesis
Music moment: Klaus has an American accent
I'm not gonna let you down,
But I'm not gonna help you up...
It takes so long to turn me around,
When I think nothing could be wrong...
And then you can't hear me and I can't hear you,
And then you wander downtown 'bout a quarter to two,
Well with your head held low and not a thing to do you,
Gotta give me some time with those one's and two's
You're like a puzzle that can't be solved,
Missing pieces never fill the gaps...
You got the salt and I got the wound,
But, all you gotta do is ask...
And there's a glint in your eye, you curl your lip
Now when you go to shut the door
And I can't see shit
And when you start I can't stop,
Nothing for me to grip
And when i try to get away,
You always give me the slip
Please ask for
Song: "10,000 Lovers"
Artist: Ida Maria
Music moment: Katherine and Damon get out of the car
I know it because you said so
You're loving lovely Lola
You're kissing cutie Katie
And sexing sexy Sadie
I won't get in between
I'm not going to Jolene you now
And I know the deal
When you pull the curtains out
That's the sign we agreed
For me to get out of town
Song: "Torch Song"
Artist: Shady Bard
Music moment: Damon looks for Elena in the hospital; Tyler is excited to be a hybrid
What a time to pick a fight
The world is full of those tonight
I looked to you
You stole my life
but here it is the simple task
Save me...


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IT MIGHT one day be possible to slow the progress of prion diseasesby adding yet more prions. Researchers at the University of California, Davis, say their computer model supports the controversial theory that you could treat such diseases with a dose of normal prions from another species.
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Prion diseases are triggered by an abnormal form of the protein PrP, which is found on the surface of brain cells. If a little abnormal PrP gets into the brain, it makes more of itself by converting normal PrP into the abnormal form, which clumps together ...
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Would probably give this place a ten, but no shade at all, but it is Kansas. Well kept up, almost the only game in town, but a nice place overall. We stayed here during nothing going on, probably crazy when something is happening at the fairgrounds. Most sites are back-in, some can be pulled through if you have no one else in adjoining sites. Would stay here again. Lengthened our stay to two days instead of one to allow for sightseeing and visiting the salt mines. Also plenty of room to unhook closely as the area for "RV display" (State fair) is adjacent. - 7 on the road
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This is a super stop for overnight in Hutchinson. We were here to visit family so didn't spend much time at our camper. Stayed 5 nights. We were one of 10 campers in the park. Would not want to stay here if park was full as sites would feel crowded. Great interior roads. Sites were solid even with a heavy rain. Simple sign in process for arrival on weekends or late at night. No shade to speak of. Level sites, buffalo grass, clean and quiet. Call the office to find out if any events going on. We would stay here again. - ksgypsy
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We met about 140 of our closest friends to rally at the Fairgrounds. During the snow, then and finally 70 degree weather, we had great fun. The back-in gravel sites were flat. Every site was close to the building were we had many events. No trees, concrete roads, and not close to nature. But this was a great place to gather for our week together, with a nice kitchen,large warm room, and a superbly maintained historic auditorium. Close to the Hutchinson Cosmosphere - seriously this is a world class display of USA and Soviet Union rockets and the resulting race into space, including Gemini capsule. Really well done. Another place to tour is a working salt mine - this place is huge and the underground displays are interesting and informative history. - AluminumCloud
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Virtually every forestry company the Immigrant Justice Project has encountered provides workers with paystubs showing that workers have worked substantially fewer hours than the workers actually worked.
"We planted on land where we could hardly walk through the brush. We had to cut our way through and were not paid for any of this work time. We were only paid per tree planted. We did not earn enough money by production to earn close to the prevailing wage rate on an hourly basis. This was an even bigger problem when the terrain was bad. Some days we had to spend much of the day clearing brush to make the land able to be planted. We were not paid at all for [this time]. We also never received overtime pay, despite the fact that we worked much more than 40 hours per week."
Armenio Pablo-Calmo, H-2B forestry worker
"We were paid per bag of pines that we would plant. We weren't paid for other tasks that we did, like loading or unloading pines at the cooler or filling our bags with seedlings. At times we would have to wait at the tract during the day until the soil would thaw, and we weren't paid for this time. At times we would have to spend time during the day traveling between the tracts that we would plant and we weren't paid for that time either. We weren't paid for any hours of work that weren't planting."
Jesus Santiago-Salmoran, H-2B forestry worker
"It was obvious that the checks did not reflect the actual hours that we worked for the [forestry company]. For example, I remember one week in which the Defendants gave me a pay stub that listed a day of my work as follows: 500 trees planted in 0 hours.
"We worked up to 12 or 13 hours and we could only plant 1300 or 1500 seedlings [because of difficult conditions]. Our pay would come out to approximately $25 for a 12 hour workday. ... At the end of the season, I had only saved $500 to send home to my family."
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"The [company] did not pay me the correct wage. Normally I worked around 70 hours a week. ...I can't remember even one time that they paid me for [more than 40 hours]."
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In the spring of 2009, a Republican strategist settled on a brilliant and powerful attack line for President Barack Obama's ambitious plan to overhaul America's health insurance system. Frank Luntz, a consultant famous for his phraseology, urged GOP leaders to call it a "government takeover."
"Takeovers are like coups," Luntz wrote in a 28-page memo. "They both lead to dictators and a loss of freedom."
The line stuck. By the time the health care bill was headed toward passage in early 2010, Obama and congressional Democrats had sanded down their program, dropping the "public option" concept that was derided as too much government intrusion. The law passed in March, with new regulations, but no government-run plan....
By selecting "government takeover' as Lie of the Year, PolitiFact is not making a judgment on whether the health care law is good policy.
The phrase is simply not true.
Read the rest at PolitiFact.
Lie of the year? If there was a kid who failed kindergarten, and the school insisted that he be passed on to the next grade over the teachers protests that he never learned the basics, and therefore will be on the path to being illiterate as an adult, would that school say the teacher is telling the "lie of the year" because the child is not yet the grown-up idiot his teacher promises he'll be?
How do I know this isn't the lie of the year?
Well, I can start with Bawney up there...
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
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We went for brunch and found the entire experience to be lacking in service, food and surroundings. The main dining room is packed to the gills, so you can expect your chair to be right up against someone else's - no room to move and the acoustics are so bad the room becomes almost deafening with the ambient noise. I was with two friends and although their dishes looked very nice, everyone agreed it tasted closer to what you might expect from your local diner. My pancake (they only servied me one) was so cold, it made me wonder how long they keep the dishes waiting to be served. After sending "the pancake" back for a hot one, it took so long that everyone had already finished their brunch and I felt rushed to finish. There were no apologies from the staff and in fact the second pancake was pretty much tossed at me. Our waiter had initially approached our table in a huff and in a very demanding voice asked, "what are you having!" - it silenced the whole table because we were rather shocked at his abrupt and rude demeanor. Look, we're not kids and we're not tourists - there was no conceivable reson to tolerate this treatment, pedestrian food and astronomical prices from any restaurant in the city. It's too competitive out there to dish out this kind of experience. Bub-bye David Burke!
Posted by Carma on 04/04/2007
I met up with 2 friends for drinks at DB & D and had a wonderful time. We sat at the bar, where the bartender, Liam, was catering to our every whim. He is perhaps one of the best bartenders I've ever had the pleasure of interacting with. We had wine, great conversation and great food. Liam was passing around apps and we decided we had to have some--he told us the crab cakes were good--they were outstanding! We also got the lollipops, because how can you not? And had a lovely evening. The atmosphere was amazing. The staff was amazing. We were laughing all night and didn't want to leave. Although it's on the UES, it isn't at all pretentious and was welcoming and completely amazing. I've been before and will certainly go back.
Posted by Anonymous on 04/01/2007
We went with another couple last night. I went a few years back when the restaurant first opened, what happened? It was great then. I got a bad feeling when they brought out the very stale bread.I had the market salad last night to start which was fine. How can one really ruin, lettuce, walnuts, goat cheese, herbs and apples? Then I had the dover sole which one other person had, Neither of us really touched it. It was dry and fishy tasting. The best part was the cheesecake lollipops which still weren't what they were last time. Lousy food and lousy service. Save your money and go somewhere else.
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I recently went to DavidBurke and Donatellas. The first impression was beyong perfect! I was with four of my best friends. The service, food presentations, drinks, left us speechless. The food spectacular we talked about it the whole way home. Donatella looked classy and sexy as ever...the wait staff was more then expected, and the entire evening was like being on vacation. Great job David and Donatella! We will be back in a few weeks.
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The food is amazing- appeals to all pallettes. The lunch prix fix is probably one of the best fine dining deals in the city.
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Finally made it to this excellent restaurant. The atmosphere is sophistcated and the food was very good and interesting but not way out there. Can't wait to go back, hopefully on the expense account.
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This place is worth every penny. The presentation alone is worth the meal, they turn the food into art. Nice atmosphere, not stuffy like many of its midtown competitors. They offer two fixed lunch menus that are more than reasonably priced. I can't say enough great things about the place, if you haven't gone yet, you're missing out.


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It has been quite a while now since I wrote part 8 of this series. I must admit I tried to start this post several times now and after all I am glad that I did wait because, as I wrote in my previous post about the Windows Server Virtualization features that we postponed, otherwise I had to change my current post and that is not what should be done. Those things said let's move on what is Windows Server Virtualization?
Windows Server Virtualization (WSV) is our hypervisor based virtualization platform that runs on a 64bit Windows Longhorn server. As starting from Beta 3 you will be able to install WSV onto a server core. Another requirement to run WSV is that the hardware has Hardware Assisted Virtualization technology.
When we talk about Virtualization overall we mainly see 3 scenarios were Virtualization is implemented:
The Hypervisor is a thin layer of software which resides between the hardware and the Operating system. The Hypervisor is now using the Hardware assisted Virtualization technology were in the past we could only achieved that through the Add-On software.
The resources are divided into different partitions the first one is always the parent partition and it's where the Windows Longhorn Server (core) is residing. Each time you create a new Virtual Machine you create a child partition. By using this technology we make sure that the Virtual Machines (child partitions) that are Hypervisor aware are talking to the hardware directly and don't have any emulated hardware.
A non hypervisor aware operating system will still use the current technology of hardware.
What are the compelling features in our WSV platform:
Besides all those new features we will deliver a solution for unified management of Virtual Machines. With System Center Virtual Machine Manager you will get:
My next post will be about the new Terminal Services and all the improvement we've made.
Previous Posts in this series:
Part 8: Branch Office Deployments
Part 7: Windows Failover Cluster
Part 6: Network Access Protection
Part 5: Server Core
Part 4: Server Hardening
Part 3: Internet Information Services 7.0
Part 2: Windows PowerShell
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Delta Air Lines today revealed details of the fleet changes it made during the third quarter, and assured analysts that the carrier is prepared to make further alterations - including to Boeing 767 widebody capacity - should it become necessary in the event of a severe dip in demand.
The SkyTeam alliance member is also forecasting "a modest loss" in the fourth quarter "along the lines of what we saw" in the third quarter, when the company posted a net loss of $50 million, Delta president and CFO Ed Bastian said today during an earnings conference call.
In the three months ended 30 September Delta permanently grounded two Boeing 757-200 aircraft entered into sale/leaseback arrangements on four of the type and sold a single 757-200.
The Atlanta-based carrier also permanently grounded three Bombardier CRJ100/200 aircraft "pending return to lessor" and sold one CRJ100.
Additionally, it purchased four 757-200s that were previously leased and accepted delivery of four 737-700 aircraft.
At the end of the quarter, Delta's entire mainline and regional fleet, both owned and leased, totalled 576 aircraft with an average age of 12.9 years. This figure includes three Boeing 767-300s and two Boeing MD-88s that have been temporarily grounded.
For the fourth quarter, Delta anticipates that system-wide domestic capacity will be down 12% to 14% over the same period in 2007, while international capacity will be up 13% to 15%. Bastian notes that the carrier is starting to see a softening in international markets and that Delta is "looking hard at all of our capacity but particularly our international capacity".
Also during the fourth quarter Delta expects a delay in the scheduled delivery of at least two Boeing 737-700s and one 777-200LR due to the current Boeing machinists strike. It continues to expect its merger deal with Northwest Airlines to close in the fourth quarter.
Looking ahead to 2009, Delta anticipates a decline in demand due to the current economic crisis.
The carrier is still finalizing its capacity plans for next year but "will take action as necessary", says Delta CEO Richard Anderson. He notes that Delta has "a lot of airplanes that are paid for". As such, the ability to change capacity in response to demand "is effectively a cashless exercise for us and we are going to be doing that both domestically and internationally".
While there are no plans for any large-scale pull down of capacity in international markets, the carrier is prepared to take 767s out of the fleet should the need arise.
Anderson points out that the cost per available seat mile (CASM) ownership cost of Delta's 767 fleet "is by far probably the most efficient" given the company's prior reorganization in terms of its capital cost.
"We can get the cost out quickly. We demonstrated that earlier in the year when we took about 15 airplanes out. We go very diligently and really attack all of the fixed costs that go with each one of those airplanes. I think we've demonstrated that we'd do that and we'd do it again," says Anderson.
He adds: "Given that the capital ownership of the 767-300 is as low as it is, we don't have to bring those airplanes back and won't bring those airplanes back to the domestic system just to add capacity for the sake of adding capacity."
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text: Ana M.Gómez-Bravo (Raftery)Professor of Spanish and Department ChairPh.D. University of California, firstname.lastname@example.com(206) 543-2022PDL C-104-COffice Hours: By appointmentFields of Interest Critical Theory Culture Food Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Medieval Textual Studies Background and ExperienceSummaryProfessor Gómez-Bravo received her Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. Her main research areas are medieval and early modern Spanish literature, rhetoric and poetics, and theories of ethnic and gender difference. Professor Gómez-Bravo's forthcoming book with the University of Toronto Press is entitled Textual Agency: Writing Culture and Social Networks in Fifteenth-Century Spain. The book shows the intersecting relevance of different types of material support in the formation of the book of poetry and the creation of a strong authorial self through the process of compilation. Authorial and textual agencies are competing forces in the midst of the institution of the Inquisition, the advent of the absolutist state, the growth of cities and the constitution of the Spanish nation. A study of the contributions of converso poets displays the ways in which all these different forces provided a conflictive albeit fertile ground for literary activity. Currently, Professor Gómez-Bravo is working on a book-length project on the relation between food and ethnic identity, and in particular the attention paid by the Inquisition to food practices of Jews and Muslims leading to the exercise of racial profiling. She is also studying the ways in which these inquisitorial methods were applied in later centuries to other groups such as Native Americans and ethnic minorities. Professor Gómez-Bravo has received grants and fellowships from the following sources: National Endowment for the Humanities, American Philosophical Society, Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain and US Universities, Purdue University, and UC Berkeley. Her work has appeared in Rhetorica, Hispanic Review, Romance Philology, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, Hispania and La Corónica, among others. Recent Publications: Textual Agency: Writing Culture and Social Networks in Fifteenth-Century Spain. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2013. "Situation and Textual Mediation: Toward a Material Poetics of the Fifteen-Century Lyric." La Corónica 41(2013): 35-60. Winner of the J. K. Walsh Award for best article in 2013 issue of La Corónica. "Vida en fragmentos: el libro de Juan Álvarez Gato y la memoria autobiográfica." Romance Quarterly 58 (2011): 231-248. "Ser social y poética material en la obra de Antón de Montoro, mediano converso." Hispanic Review 78 (2010): 145-167. Courses Taught Autumn 2015 SPAN 403: The Evolution Of The Spanish Language A Winter 2015 SPAN 322: Introduction To Hispanic Cultural Studies A Autumn 2014 SPAN 396: Special Topics In Spanish Cultural Studies A Spring 2014 SPAN 462: Topics In Spanish Cultural Studies A Winter 2014 SPAN 322: Introduction To Hispanic Cultural Studies A Autumn 2013 SPAN 352: Fiction A SPAN 592: Literary Problems: Renaissance A Spring 2013 SPAN 591: Literary Problems: Middle Ages A Winter 2013 SPAN 322: Introduction To Hispanic Cultural Studies A SPAN 322: Introduction To Hispanic Cultural Studies AA SPAN 352: Fiction A Autumn 2012 SPAN 462: Topics In Spanish Cultural Studies A Additional CoursesGraduate Courses Jewish, Muslim and Christian Iberia Hispanic Food and Culture Studies Undergraduate Courses Food and Literature in Cultural Context Sephardic Culture AffiliationsHome Department: Spanish & Portuguese StudiesAffiliated Departments: Arts & SciencesHumanitiesComparative Literature, Cinema & MediaTextual StudiesSocial SciencesJackson School of International StudiesJewish StudiesCollege of the Environment Share: Print PDF


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Lafia — Gangs of thugs, today, violently disrupted protests by Nasarawa State students of tertiary institutions who poured into streets to register their anger against the state government's failure to pay their scholarship.
The students, who were led by officials of Nasarawa State Students' Association (NASSA), and zonal leaders of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), had earlier in the morning gathered at the Nasarawa State Polytechnic, in Lafia, where they commenced the protest that was designed to take them through major roads including Jos Road, and Shendam Road, to terminate at the gates of Government House.
The students planned to stage a bigger protest at the gates of Government House, and to hand a letter of protest to Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, registering their grievances over the failure of the state government to pay scholarships for 2010/2011, to 2011/2013 academic sessions.
Daily Trust learnt that students union leaders who briefed them at the polytechnic, said they were disappointed that the state government, had in 2010, made students of tertiary institutions in the state to part with the sum of N2,500 each as fee for the form to earn them government scholarship, only for the government to look the other way.
The students chanted anti-establishment slogans and poured into the road in front of the polytechnic where they began to march, peacefully, said one of the students who participated in the march.
But no sooner had they poured into the road with fresh leaves in their hands, to commence the protest, than violent youths believed to be sponsored thugs, descended on them in the presence of armed security operatives who were stationed there to guard the protest from spilling into the hands of miscreants.
"The students rushed back into the premises of the polytechnic, for fear of being hurt by the thugs. They tried severally to come out but the thugs refused to allow them while the uniformed policemen and soldiers looked," one student said.
At about past 11am, according to the students, a message reached them from Abubakar Bubuche, the state Director of State Security Service (SSS), who invited the protesters to his office, in what they said saved the situation from escalating into a violent confrontation between thugs and students.
The SSS director, Bubuche confirmed in a phone chat with Daily Trust that he invited the students to his office, "as a measure to prevent any violent confrontation and to protect them." He said at about past 4pm when he spoke to this reporter, that he had listened to the students, whose grievances, he confirmed as "scholarship issues", and added that the security agency will relay the protesters' grievances, accordingly, to the government.
Comrade Taimeko Sunday, National President of NASSA, who led the protest, told Daily Trust on phone at about 4:30pm that he and his team were still at the SSS headquarters in Lafia, and had just finished writing down their grievances, including the unpaid scholarship and government's failure to provide hostels at the tertiary institutions and to renovate the few existing ones.
"We also want an indigene as Vice Chancellor of the state university because the non-indigene we have there has cornered admission meant for our people. We also want the governor to fulfill all his campaign promises including the appointment of an aide on students' matters, and to give us audience. He doesn't need us again, after he won his election," Comrade Sunday added.
Meanwhile, the thugs had followed up, and stayed put at the vicinity of the SSS headquarters in Lafia, but were dispelled by armed operatives there.
The state Education Commissioner, Comrade Hussaini Abubakar told Daily Trust in a text message, that he was busy with the governor, to react to the student's grievances.


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Anyone at least decently acquainted with me is also acquainted with my general distaste for Christian magazines. It isn't just that I find most of them shallow, or that they fail to address the most controversial and meaningful topics powerfully, but rather that the overwhelming majority of the articles they publish, insofar as those articles are of an opinionated nature, are so far from actually being Christian, that as I read them, I begin to question my devotion to my own religion out of disgust for the things associated with it.
Whatever the essays attempt to address, be it marriage or parenting, gun control or abortion, "white privilege" or the Iraq war, I almost always find a series of explanations and statistics, and a few arguments good or bad — almost never novel, yet never profoundly timeless — rehashing the old conservative and liberal talking points found on Hannity or The Young Turks; and then, as though to give itself legitimacy in a Christian magazine, a verse — if it is even quoted in the full — which is either taken out of context or so incredibly ambiguous, it requires an entire treatise in itself to identify its proper meaning.
I have long stopped short of calling these treatises heretical, simply because the word carries so much history. The Protestant, and particularly the Westerner, recalls a series of images whenever the word is used; red suits, burnt churches, papal bulls, dungeons and martyrs beyond number; and perhaps becoming too accustomed to liberty of speech, and mistaking custom and law for morality, we have been hesitant to use the word simply because the worse of us are too cowardly to say so, and the better of us value a genuine liberty of thought, wishing for men to reason out their doctrines and own them, rather than forcing them to accept things in public which they would never approve in private.
Whatever our reasons for ignoring the term, it is a real term, and used by the Apostles in such a way as to demand our attention. But I believe that in our distaste for the word, we have perhaps become unacquainted with its actual meaning; training generations to attempt distinguishing between lesser and central doctrines, a practice which is so complex and utterly impracticable in the long run, it is far better to in a spirit of piety consider all divine revelations important (as the Apostle says, All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work). Instead of saying that what God said here is not so crucial, we should say that if God has spoken, He has intended communication; and if He has communicated something, that we have not just a chance, but a duty to know and teach and defend it.
There are really several reasons for not knowing something, when easy access to information is had. The first, that it is not understood, is entirely possible: the Bible records that even Israelites were blinded, lest they should repent; and Paul records that God has blinded the men of this age, lest they should accept Christ. To these blind men, we owe nothing less than pity. But there are other men who do not know because they have not cared; and there are other men besides these who care not to care, and so, conveniently lacking a truly Biblical solution to a problem, they invent a meaning without considering the context, definition, or historical usage of Biblical terms, and call the solution Christian.
It is not difficult to understand how this can happen, and be popularly accepted. Taking a verse of the Bible, they seize upon some commandment to love, or do justice, or any other general term, and, (purposely or accidentally) mistaking the present customary usage of the term for God's true meaning, and never honestly questioning whether such generic terms (which all men use regardless of their evils and injustices) mean different things to different people, they then craft a series of opinions and solutions founded upon nothing else than their particular culture, thereby pretending their justice to be God's justice — a heresy no less offensive and dangerous than believing like the Mormons that Jesus is the brother of Satan. For when a man believes injustice to be justice, and licentiousness to be love, he lives in sin and promotes it, dragging all kinds of men and especially gullible women into causes which make life worse for everyone, and make Christianity more obnoxious and unbelievable to the unregenerate than it already inherently is.
It is worth noting that the Apostle Paul, in naming a list of sins, mentions heresy among them (Galatians 5:19-21) — amongst orgies and witchcraft and evils of every sort; something which I do not believe the common man understands. For heresy I believe is most oftentimes taken to be a result of misunderstanding, something resulting from the flawed medium known as language, or failure to process a concept to its full conclusion (both of which all honest men admit possible, and about which kind men are more lenient). But heresy, if it is a sin, is not simply a misunderstanding, but a condition arising from our sin nature. And if this is so, then what is heresy? It results from ambition, when men, going beyond what Scripture has actually said, devise for themselves doctrines and instead of admitting their ignorance of Scripture to everyone, and that their position could very well be mistaken, they instead proclaim their invented doctrine Godly. In a very real sense, it is a result of pride, happening when men would rather invent than consult, but want the reverence due an oracle instead of a mortal man.
Here is my issue with Christian magazines: having access to the Bible, and calling themselves and their organizations Christened, they attempt to portray certain solutions and ideas as Christian, when in reality, they are no more Christian than any secular publication — save the one or two verses tacked alongside the socialist, humanist, libertarian, or traditional conservative garbage. The overwhelming majority of these articles are not Christian: they lack spiritual insight, wisdom, justice, Biblical backing and brutal honesty: they slander God's name by attributing things to Him which He did not say, and they slander His children by calling them unChristian when they refuse to follow wicked, entirely stupid schemes.
The solution is simple: those of us who are interested in knowing God's will — as the Apostle says, to prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God — must labor and seek against all cultural opinion, no matter how difficult and offensive the solutions may be, until we arrive at the mind of Christ; knowing how He defines love, how He defines justice, what He considers wise, and what duties He commands. And until the day we can say thus saith the Lord, like the old prophets and Puritans and Reformers, let us be content with saying thus saith myself, refusing to confound the sacred words of the Almighty with our own personal and counterfeit religious inventions.


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Investment Research 29 July 2011 Flash Comment Moodys take action on Danish covered bonds Moody's announced yesterday a series of rating actions on Danish covered bonds. In this Todays key points document we briefly describe the action taken by Moody's and attempt to assess the market impact focusing on the downgrade of Nykredit Capital Centre D. Moodys has downgraded Nykredit Capital Centre D from The major headlines are as follows. Aaa to Aa1 but confirmed all Moody's has downgraded Nykredit Capital Centre D from Aaa to Aa1 but confirmed other Nykredit Capital Centre all other Nykredit Capital Centre including Totalkredit Capital Centre C. including Totalkredit Captal Moody's has placed all BRFkredit covered bonds on review for downgrade. Centre C. Moody's has confirmed DLRkredit at Aa1 (both General Capital Centre and Capital Moodys has placed all BRFkredit Centre B) but lowered the TPI (Timely Payment Indicator) from 'High' to 'Probable- covered bonds on review for High'. downgrade. Moody's has withdrawn the ratings of Realkredit Danmark's covered bonds at the Moodys has confirmed DLRkredit request of the issuer (although Moody's claim to have withdrawn the ratings "for its at Aa1 but lowered the TPI own business reasons"). (Timely Payment Indicator) from High to Probable-High. The announcement did not contain any information regarding Nordea Kredit. The rating actions follow Moody's previous downgrades of the respective issuer ratings and Moodys has withdrawn the Moody's assessment of the issuer's response to Moody's request for further credit ratings of RDs covered bonds. enhancements. The downgrade of Nykredits Below we provide a table with covered bond ratings and overcollateralisation (OC) Capital Centre D from Aaa to Aa1 requirement for all capital centre rated by Moody's. will have a negative market impact on bonds issued out of Table 1. Covered bond ratings and OC requirement Capital Centre D. Capital centre Covered bond rating Minimum OC requirement In particular, bonds with a high Nykredit CC D Aa1 2.5% spread risk and bonds with a high Nykredit CC E Aaa 11.5% share of pension funds investors Nykredit CC G Aa1 14.0% and/or foreign investors will be Nykredit General CC Aa1 0.5% affected. Totalkredit CC C Aaa 3.0% DLR CC B Aa1 15.0% DLR General CC Aa1 8.0% BRF CC B Aa3 8.5% BRF CC E Aa2 14.5% BRF General CC Aa3 5.0% RD CC S Withdrawn 18.0% RD General CC Withdrawn 5.5% Senior Analyst Christian Riemann-Andersen Source: Moody's +45 4512 8565 email@example.com Senior Analyst Christina Emilia Falch +45 4512 7152 email@example.com Important disclosures and certifications are contained from page 6 of this report. www.danskeresearch.com Flash Comment Actions regarding Nykredit The biggest surprise in yesterday's announcement was probably the downgrade of Nykredit's Capital Centre D. Nykredit stated that the cost of defending the Aaa rating (i.e. providing OC) was simply too high and would pose a potential financial risk in the future for Nykredit. The surprise is anchored in the fact that prior to yesterday's announcement Nykredit provided an OC of 5.7%, which was close to the 7.0% requirement Moody's sent out 1 July. However, we have been informed by Nykredit that the actual requirement was substantial higher than 7%. The significant increase in OC requirement is not related to any worsening of credit quality (actually the collateral score has been unchanged over the recent quarters) but attributable alone to Moody's tougher stance on mortgage loans with refinancing (both interest reset loans funded by non-call bonds and xIBOR-related products that are refinanced). These loans currently constitute roughly 38% of the total capital centre. Following the downgrade to Aa1 Nykredit has to provide an OC of only 2.5%. However, the level currently provided (5.7% as of 31 March 2011) is close to the 5.3% required to maintain the AAA at S&P (data of December 2010) so investors should not expect a large fall in the provided OC and there will be no significant transfer of OC from Capital Centre D to, for example, Capital Centre E. Regarding Capital Centre E, Nykredit yesterday announced how it will gradually phase in Moody's OC requirement of 11.5%. Nykredit currently provides OC (as of 31 March 2011) of 7.1% and intends to increase this to 8% in October 2011, to 10% in January 2011 and expects to reach the 11.5% target in April 2012. In absolute numbers, Nykredit will have to add OC of DKK8bn. Hereafter, Nykredit expects the OC requirement to decline gradually again towards 6% as interest-reset loans are refinanced into a new capital centre. Concerning the new capital centre, Nykredit could not provide any details on the expected ratings but clearly did not rule out that the new centre could receive a spilt rating, i.e. AAA from S&P and only Aa1 from Moody's, given their tough stance on interest reset loans. Moody's requires three times as much OC for loans with an embedded refinancing than for loans without refinancing. Hence, a capital centre for refinancing loans only would probably face an OC requirement in the region of 15-18%. Actions regarding BRFkredit Moody's has placed BRFkredit's covered bonds from Capital Centre B and E as well as the General Capital Centre on review for downgrade "to reflect ongoing discussions with BRF on their plans for the programmes". Moody's says it will consider BRF's proposal to restructure the programmes "and these proposals may include a transfer of ARM loans into a new Capital Centre H, as well as the addition of further collateral to existing programmes". In the case of the General Capital Centre, "BRF is also exploring with the Danish FSA whether it is possible to add collateral in a form Moody's considers 'committed'". Actions regarding DLRkredit For DLRkredit Moody's affirmed the Aa1 rating of both Capital Centre B and the General Capital Centre. However, Moody's notes that the committed OC (i.e. OC for which the issuer is restricted in moving at its own discretion) provided by DLRkredit in both capital centres translates into ratings of only Aa2. However, given the level of the total OC provided (i.e. both committed and voluntary) and that reliance on voluntary OC is limited to one notch, Moody's has decided to stick with the Aa1 rating. 2| 29 July 2011 www.danskeresearch.com Flash Comment However, Moody's has decided to lower the TPI from 'High' to 'Probable-High'. This stems from the fact that for issuers rated below single A, Moody's considers the level of OC in committed form relative to the level of expected cover pool losses. Given the current ratio for both capital centres, Moody's has lowered the TPI. As a consequence, given the issuer rating of Baa1, there is no TPI-leeway for either capital centre. Hence, a one-notch downgrade of the issuer rating would feed directly through to a one-notch downgrade of the covered bonds to Aa2. DLRkredit's issuer rating is currently on negative outlook (this also goes for Nykredit and BRFkredit). Actions regarding Realkredit Danmark Moody's has withdrawn the Aaa ratings for both Capital Centre S and the General Capital Centre. Moody's notes that while RD has announced that it could honour the 18% OC requirement in Capital Centre S this was not done and that the level provided prior to the withdrawal of 10.1% was consistent only with a Aa2 rating. Expected markets impact on Nykredits Capital Centre D We expect the downgrade of Nykredit's Capital Centre D from Aaa to Aa1 to have a negative market impact on the bonds issued out of Capital Centre D and , in particular, to affect bonds with a high spread risk and bonds with a high share of pension fund investors and/or foreign investors. We expect to see a negative price effect on RO bonds as a result of the impact from Solvency II when the RO bonds in capital centre are downgraded from Aaa to Aa1 as the capital charge for pension funds will double. In the final technical specifications for Solvency II the capital charge due to the spread risk will thus be calculated according to the formula below. MV duration i i i F up (rating i ) Fup(rating) is set according to rating and duration (see table below). Table 2. The new spread risk weights New F(rating) up Duration floor Duration cap AAA (UCITS) 0.6% 1 53 AAA 0.9% 1 36 AA 1.1% 1 29 A 1.4% 1 23 BBB 2.5% 1 13 BB 4.5% 1 10 B or lower 7.5% 1 8 Unrated 3.0% 1 12 Source: CEIPOS The downgrade by Moody's of Nykredit's Capital Centre D will result in an increase of the F(rating) factor from 0.6% to 1.1%, which means the capital charge under Solvency II will almost double. Nykredit's Capital Centre D also has an AAA rating from S&P but according to Solvency II the second highest rating must be used in the calculation of the capital charge. However, there is a possibility that Nykredit could get an AAA rating from Fitch before the implementation of Solvency II. In this case, the lower rating from Moody's would not have an effect on the capital charge for pension funds. 3| 29 July 2011 www.danskeresearch.com Flash Comment The increase in capital charge will, in particular, have an effect on bonds with a high spread risk such as long-dated floaters and capped floaters and callable low-coupon mortgage bonds. In the enclosed Appendix we calculate the difference in the return requirement under Solvency II for a selection of Danish covered bonds under the assumption that the bonds are downgraded from Aaa to Aa1. As shown in the table the return requirement would increase by 20-40bp for the long-dated floaters and capped floaters and callable low-coupon mortgage bonds. If we look at the bond types and the maturity profile of the bonds in Capital Centre D, there is a relatively large amount of long-dated floaters, capped floaters with maturity 2018 and 2038 in Capital Centre D (see the chart below). Chart 1. Maturity profile of the bonds in Capital Centre D Capped floaters Floaters Callables Non-callables 100 80 60 40 20 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2025 2026 2028 2031 2033 2034 2035 2036 2038 2041 Source: Danske Markets The implications of a lower rating in Solvency II is also crucial for new RO bonds issued after 1 January 2008. Until now the pension fund sector has bought the new RO bonds, which are cheaper than the corresponding SDO bonds, because they are not CRD compliant and there is a higher risk weight for banks. If we take a closer look at the bond type composition in Capital Centre D, the new RO bonds amount to around 15% of the total outstanding amount of mortgage bonds (see the table below). Table 3. Bond type composition in capital centre D Volume (DKKbn) DKK EUR Total Grandfathered RO 233.5 31.4 264.9 - Callables 107.0 1.1 108.1 - Capped floaters 84.8 0.4 85.2 - Floaters 25.8 29.2 55.0 - Non-callables 15.9 0.7 16.5 New RO (20% risk weight) 36.9 9.4 46.3 - Floaters 27.6 0.3 27.9 - Non-callables 9.1 9.1 18.2 - Callables 0.2 0.0 0.2 Total 270.4 40.7 311.1 Source: Danske Markets Some foreign investors in Danish covered bonds could also be affected by the downgrade of Nykredit's Capital Centre D due to investment regulations that allow investments only in Aaa rated bonds. In this case, some foreign investors could be forced to sell their holdings of Danish covered bonds. 4| 29 July 2011 www.danskeresearch.com Flash Comment Looking at the investor distribution of the 10 biggest bond series in Capital Centre D, there is a high investor share of life insurance and pension funds investors and/or foreign investors in the 4'35, 5'38, 5'38io, CF 5'38, FRN Jan-13, FRN Jan-18 and FRN Jan-38 (see the table below). As mentioned earlier, these investor segments will be affected by a lower rating for Capital Centre D and hence there is a risk that we could see some selling of these bonds. Table 4. Investor distribution on a selection of bonds in Capital Centre D as of June 2011 975729 976016 976148 976326 976466 976563 976571 976601 976644 978027 4'35 5'38io CF 5'38 5'38 CF 5'17io FRN 2018 FRN 2018 CF 5'18io FRN 2038 FRN 2013 Grand New RO Grand Grand Grand Grand Grand Grand Grand Grand Non-financial 0.0% institutions 26.9% 14.0% 2.3% 12.4% 14.5% 12.5% 7.5% 12.6% 1.5% Financial institutions 17.6% 35.3% 59.7% 36.8% 57.7% 24.2% 86.2% 75.7% 25.8% 37.0% Life insurance Pension funds 12.8% 19.3% 29.3% 18.5% 6.3% 57.7% 4.0% 3.4% 26.4% 25.0% DsP and SP 0.9% 3.5% 1.2% 2.2% 9.6% 3.8% 0.0% 4.3% 0.5% 0.1% Households 15.2% 10.5% 1.3% 7.9% 6.9% 1.7% 0.1% 2.8% 2.6% 0.1% Other domestic 1.2% 1.9% 0.9% 1.5% 0.7% 0.3% 0.1% 0.8% 1.1% 0.5% Foreigners 25.4% 15.5% 5.4% 20.7% 4.3% 0.0% 9.7% 5.4% 31.0% 35.8% Source: Danske Markets Appendix Table 5. Capital charge and return requirement for Aaa and Aa1 rated bonds under Solvency II Bond Bond Price Spread Capital charge Return requirement Type risk Aaa Aa1 Difference Aaa Aa1 Difference Callable 438 96.20 6.8 4.1% 7.5% 3.4% 28.5 52.2 23.7 Callable 438io 95.75 7.3 4.4% 8.1% 3.7% 30.8 56.4 25.6 Callable 441 94.55 7.3 4.4% 8.0% 3.6% 30.6 56.1 25.5 Callable 441io 93.55 8.3 5.0% 9.1% 4.1% 34.8 63.7 29.0 Callable 541 100.60 5.6 3.4% 6.2% 2.8% 23.6 43.2 19.6 Callable 541io 99.80 6.0 3.6% 6.6% 3.0% 25.3 46.4 21.1 Callable 641 105.20 4.1 2.4% 4.5% 2.0% 17.1 31.3 14.2 Callable 641io 104.75 4.3 2.6% 4.8% 2.2% 18.2 33.3 15.1 Callable 741 108.45 3.7 2.2% 4.1% 1.9% 15.7 28.8 13.1 Callable 531 102.80 4.7 2.8% 5.2% 2.3% 19.7 36.1 16.4 Callable 431 97.80 5.8 3.5% 6.3% 2.9% 24.2 44.4 20.2 Non-call. RD 212 (Jan) 100.23 0.4 0.3% 0.5% 0.2% 1.8 3.3 1.5 Non-call. RD 214 (Jan) 99.74 2.4 1.4% 2.6% 1.2% 10.0 18.3 8.3 Non-call. RD 216 (Jan) 96.99 4.4 2.6% 4.8% 2.2% 18.3 33.6 15.3 Capped floater CF 518io 98.10 5.7 3.4% 6.3% 2.9% 24.0 44.0 20.0 Capped floater CF 638 96.68 10.9 6.5% 11.9% 5.4% 45.6 83.6 38.0 Capped floaters CF 538 95.64 10.8 6.5% 11.9% 5.4% 45.3 83.1 37.8 Floater FRN Jan-12 100.45 0.4 0.3% 0.5% 0.2% 1.8 3.2 1.5 Floater FRN Jul-18 99.00 6.3 3.8% 6.9% 3.1% 26.4 48.5 22.0 Floater FRN Oct-38 93.25 17.2 10.3% 18.9% 8.6% 72.1 132.2 60.1 Source: Danske Markets 5| 29 July 2011 www.danskeresearch.com Flash Comment Disclosure This research report has been prepared by Danske Research, a division of Danske Bank A/S ("Danske Bank"). The authors of the research report are Christian Riemann- Andersen, Senior Analyst, and Christina Emilia Falch, Senior Analyst. 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I recently upgraded my version of BIND but after a long time of trying to
figure out how to turn my server into a DNS server, I have been
unsuccessful. I assume the first step is to get named to run. when I try
to run it by typing '/path/named' it doesn't even show up in my processes.
Does anyone know why it isn't showing up? I haven't touched any of the
default files. oh yeah, I'm using RH 7.2.
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On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 08:34:19PM -0800, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Ryan wrote:
> > You can listen to the live stream with xmms/winamp/any-decent-mp3-player by
> > connecting to http://kdvs.org:8000
> And after all that, Bill _was_ on the radio. :)
FYI, I'm (for the second time, because XMMS is lame and starts writing
over the stream-saved-to-disk if it's config'd to loop playlists)
dumping the MP3 stream to disk to place on LUGOD's website for people
to download.
I've also created a text transcript. Since we left after he said goodbye,
we had no idea Doug Barbieri called in, so I'm eventually going to add any
useful bit of talk about LUGOD/Linux to the transcript, but for now,
here's 99% of it.
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May 17, 2004
Whitworth Student Newspaper Wins Regional Journalism Awards
Whitworth's student newspaper, The Whitworthian, proved once again how mighty the pen can be when the newspaper and its staff won numerous awards in two journalism competitions that were held in May. The Whitworthian won third place for general excellence in the Inland Northwest Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Competition. The newspaper also won second place for general excellence in the Greater Northwest Student Journalism Awards.
"These awards are given by people who truly understand what is involved in producing student media, so every member of the Whitworthian staff should be honored to have their newspaper recognized in this way," says Jim McPherson, Whitworth assistant professor of communication studies and The Whitworthian advisor. "It's even more gratifying to me to know the staff members don't work on the newspaper for the awards; they do it because they sincerely want to make The Whitworthian a better newspaper and to make Whitworth College a better place."
In addition to the excellence awards the newspaper received, Greater Northwest Student Journalism Awards went to seniors Robert Huggins, second place, photo essay; Angie Pappas, second and third places, feature design; and Ben Couch, third place, personal humor columns.
In the SPJ's Inland Northwest Chapter College Competition, Whitworth junior Megan Blank won first place in arts reporting and third place in features writing; senior Julia Nicholls took second place in features writing; sophomore Chris Collins took first and second place in general news writing; Huggins took first place in photo-page photography; and Collins and senior Bryan Tidwell took first place in sports writing.
McPherson says The Whitworthian's success can also be attributed to the college's supportive environment.
"The Whitworthian staff tackles tough subjects and handles them well," McPherson says. "That's a credit to the students, of course, but also to the school administration and the campus community. Not all colleges and universities-Christian schools or otherwise-are so dedicated to protecting the open exchange of ideas. Student journalists at Whitworth have a serious, value-centered environment in which to learn, and The Whitworthian and its staff contribute significantly to that environment."
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The Premium Gem offered in this lot displays light orange and yellow-gold coloration with subtle greenish-gold accents. As we pointed out in the introductory section of the '31-D, it is one of the better produced issues in the Saint-Gaudens series, exhibiting sharp definition on the design elements. The current specimen is no exception, as the Capitol building, stars, olive branch, leaves near the rock, and the eagle's feathers are all well delineated. Both sides radiate dazzling luster, and the surfaces on each are well preserved. A small field abrasion midway between the TY in LIBERTY and the eagle's arm serves to pedigree this coin. Population: 2 in 66, 0 finer (9/05).
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The use of SIMD is becoming increasingly important with modern CPUs. The SIMD instruction sets are being improved: new instructions are added as well as performance improvements relative to the scalar instructions. The next generations of CPUs will double the vector width. Neglecting SIMD in high-performance code thus becomes more expensive, compared to the theoretical performance of CPUs.
The use of SIMD instructions is not easy. C/C++ compilers support some extensions to ease development for SSE and AVX. Commonly intrinsics are the available extension of choice. Intrinsics basically map every SIMD instruction to a C function. The use of these intrinsics leads to code which is hard to read and maintain in addition to making portability to other vector units complicated.
Vc: Vector Classes¶Vc is a free software library to ease explicit vectorization of C++ code. It has an intuitive API and provides portability between different compilers and compiler versions as well as portability between different vector instruction sets. Thus an application written with Vc can be compiled for
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- Scalar (fallback which works everywhere)
- XeonPhi (MIC) support is coming up
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The git repository of Vc is available at git://code.compeng.uni-frankfurt.de/vc and also mirrored at http://gitorious.org/vc/vc. Tarballs of releases can be found on the Files page. A tarball of the current master branch is available from gitorious
Communication¶There exist two mailinglists:
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With the increasing number of individuals, women in particular, infected with HPV (Human Papillomavirus) in America, it is important to know what you can do to take action. As one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, there are about 6.2 million people living in America who acquire HPV each year. Currently, there are approximately 20 million people infected with this STD. HPV is a broad range of viruses that infect the skin, with over 100 different variations of the disease. The greatest concern with HPV is that left untreated, it may lead to cervical cancer and other types of cancers in both men and women.
Symptoms of HPV are often undetectable, which makes this disease more difficult to track. However, the good news about this particular condition is that over time, a healthy immune system can clear the virus on its own or at least suppress it. In certain cases, for which the medical system has been working diligently to stress prevention, it can lead to genital warts and abnormal cells causing cancer. Many women have received an abnormal Pap test requiring them to return for further testing, colposcopies, and may use Gardasil injections periodically to prevent the illness from worsening.
Fortunately, the majority of high-risk HPV cases do not lead to cancer. The immune system will resolve any further development if well maintained, as the cancer takes 5 to 10 years, sometimes longer, to actually develop once abnormal cells are discovered. Regular Pap smears are an essential part of eliminating and controlling HPV, which is now a free preventive service for insured women. Whether you have public coverage through Medicaid or individual health insurance, this type of care will not cost anything extra, as it is now acknowledged as a pertinent exam.
How HPV Affects Insurability: Past and Present
Health Reform and HPV
Prior to the health care law, many individuals were denied coverage due to their HPV or abnormal Pap, which has since changed. Insurers were free to underwrite as they liked until 2014, when all individuals with any history of a condition on any scale became eligible for coverage. This is one of the most relevant and helpful moves the the Affordable Care Act has made for Americans. Whether people decide to purchase coverage through an established carrier such as UnitedHealthOne or Kaiser Permanente on the private market, or find the same companies on a state Exchange, there will be no exclusions, elimination riders or declines permitted by law.
Individuals who have a low income may be eligible for coverage through Medicaid, which accepts adults without children, the primary group HPV would cover. Though Medicaid expansion is optional, the states who decided to implement the changes give adults access to care if their income is up to 138 percent of the Federal Poverty Level. Also, more adults with children are able to receive coverage through Medicaid, as the income requirements increased in certain states under health reform.
Those who have an income above Medicaid limits yet cannot afford to buy private coverage may be eligible for a subsidy through the state health Exchange. Subsidies will help individuals pay for coverage through the health insurance exchange, the government's answer to private health plans. Exchanges will be set up in each state, with the same format for health plans as a basic plan you would receive from any health insurer, with the same exact coverage from place to place and insurer to insurer. Each Exchange is required to have a set of "essential benefits," which covers at least ten of a number of common health care categories.
Though one of the most common conditions in the United States, it is also one that was likely to result in a decline from many private insurers before health reform. One of our individual carriers with more lenient underwriting guidelines in Florida (featured below) made sure they asked an applicant for more information before declining them coverage. Other health factors, medical history, and preventative measures taken all affect whether or not this particular insurer will decide to rate up an applicant with an abnormal Pap or decline them entirely. This insurer would ask for additional information according to their 2012 guidelines, though not necessarily decline an individual for coverage.
HPV that results in genital warts is likely to be an automatic decline for coverage, as it is an expensive and chronic condition to treat. According to the underwriting guidelines for one insurer, any male or female over age 19 will be turned away if they have current breakouts or current abnormal Pap smears. Luckily, the majority of cases are those occurring in women with an abnormal Pap who do not have genital warts, and are at risk for cervical cancer, which was not heavily discriminated upon by this insurer, at least.
Below is an example of the pre-health reform guidelines for one insurer we represent for abnormal Pap tests, as HPV diagnosis itself is not mentioned. First, we will show the unfortunate results of non-coverage for individuals with warts, and secondly, the good news for those who do not. The good news is that this is simply a reference, and these rules no longer apply.
Health Insurance Options for HPV
Individual Health Plans
Regardless of the form your HPV may take, you have multiple outlets for obtaining coverage to treat your condition. Depending on your state regulations and the underwriting guidelines of the carrier with which you apply (may we suggest Aetna for their flexibility, if available), you may be able to purchase an individual health plan.You will not be declined for individual coverage or have your premiums go up based on your health status or medical history. Additionally, immunizations, OB/GYN office visits, diagnostic testing, and preventive care will all be covered through a private plan. As one of the most common diseases of the moment, it is also one of the larger focal points among health care researchers, which means your health plan will help you get the care you need for HPV.
Employer Plans
If you have the option of receiving a health plan through your employer, review the policy and find out if it's worth your time. It may not have enough benefits, or ask you to pay a higher premium than you want to, due to a lesser contribution from your employer. Employer-sponsored plans will not refuse anyone based on their condition, though coverage may be limited depending on the type of plan the employer has chosen. Preventive care and treatment should not be restricted, however, which means the group plan should pick up the tab for the most common treatments for HPV, such as Gardasil and Pap tests.
Public Health Plans
Those who have a low income and have been diagnosed with HPV may qualify for a free health insurance program such as Medicaid, or CHIP if they are under 18. In the rare case that a person infected with HPV is age 65 or older, they will be eligible for Medicare, and will already be unable to receive benefits through a private health plan. Medicaid eligibility differs based on the state in which you live. A few states have expanded their programs to include adults without children, who are not disabled, yet the majority of state programs still only cover low-income children, families, pregnant women, and disabled persons. Income is the main factor in determining eligibility for Medicaid, therefore it is necessary to check your state's regulations.
Medicaid and CHIP both cover the same services, including preventive care, major medical, and the testing and prescriptions needed to treat HPV. STD screening, Pap tests, immunizations, well-woman care, and prescriptions are all covered by these programs, and most also include educational and counseling services to help inform members about their illness and how to properly treat them.
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Introduction to the Logitech wireless touchpad and other wireless touchpads
A lot of people prefer to use a wireless touchpad instead of a mouse to operate the cursor on their computers, I guess many people prefer the touchpad as they've become used to it after using their laptop. The Windows users were confined to using the Apple Trackpad for a while, which doesn't work quite so good. But recently Logitech has introduced the wireless touchpad. Here's a nice video review.
Logitech Wireless Touchpad
Logitech Wireless Touchpad with Multi-Touch Navigation (910-002345) (amazon link)
- Great sleek and modern looks
- Large area to work with
- No keyboard
Would You Like To Find Out More About The Wireless Keyboard With Touchpad?
Input devices like the keyboard have come a long way, in the 90's it was more about function, now it's more about style, usability, connectivity and axillary keys that help with your day to day computing needs.
Before you buy a new keyboard or mouse read on.
There are many factors to consider when buying a keyboard, what would you use it mostly for? word preocessing, gaming? portable use? or maybe even as keyboards for use with HTPC or other media devices, certain keyboards even have light up keys, and super touch sensitive keys that limit finger movement and RSI.
|3 of the highest rated wireless touchpads on Amazon
For industrial uses, computer users will require other functionality such as waterproof keys, hygienic keys and the link.
A breakthough in wireless technology means that users can now operate keyboards from a distance, this is great for people who want the freedom to move around while using the computer, and this is paticularly useful for home computers and entertainment devices, where owns can use the keyboard from anywhere in the living room.
Initially the technology was limited in that, it would only work from a couple of feet, however the norm now is to be able to use wireless keyboard from up to 10 metres away. And more importantly perfectly, without an lag or disconnection issues.
Depending on your preference it's possible to get wireless touch pads with a variety of different layouts, for instance, you can have a track pad similar to laptop computer, or have a small trackball beside the keyboard, or simply have a just keyboard on it's own. The norm is to have a trackpad, as it enables users to have a way to control the mouse courser without actually using a mouse [this would defeat the portability benefit from the wireless touch-pad somewhat.
Wireless keyboards can also be purchased with built in touchpads or trackballs. A touchpad is the device that replaces the mouse on a laptop, in fact most wireless keyboards with a built in touchpad or tracker pad look much like the layout of a laptop. The benefit of having a touchpad built into the keyboard is that it doesn't have to be used on a desk and takes up less space if used on a desk.
What's amazing is that the cost of these devices are very close to what regulars keyboards cost, so it's competitively priced in order to be a real alternative to regular keyboards. However due to the nature of the way a wireless touch-pad works, it's worth spending money on a premium model in order to make sure that you have a model that lasts a long time on it's rechargeable battery.
A wireless keyboard with touchpad makes a great alternative to a wired keyboard and wired mouse. It saves space, cuts down on dangling wires and allows you the freedom to use the keyboard at a much greater distance from your computer.
Best remote for XMBC
If you use the XMBC player, the excellent and unmatched open source media player, you could be in the market to buy a cool remote for yuor device, there are tonnes of useful remotes available for your XBMC player. There are a wide variety of different remotes to choose from, some people prefer to use a full featured Qwerty keyboard based remote, others prefer to settle with a more TV friendly remote control. There are advantages and disadvantages to both.
Blackberry Style Mini Wireless Keyboard)
2.4GHz Wireless Mini Keyboard with Touchpad (amazon link)
- Responsive keys and adequate touch pad area
- Ugly design
- Cheap and effective
Qwerty keyboard based remote (like the Rii Mini Wireless Keyboard)
2.4G 2.4GHz Wireless Rii Mini PC Keyboard Touchpad V2 Black (amazon link)
- Full advantage of a full size keyboard but without the bulk
- Can be used to completely set up the XBMC from scratch and use mouse cursor on screen.
- Can be flipped to use as a normal remote with normal play, skip, pause buttons as well as d-pad for navigation
- Compact and fits well in your hands
- Can be a bit too "crowded" if you just want a remote to perform quick tasks
Entertainment remote
Logitech Harmony 700 Advanced Universal Remote – Universal remote control – infrared (amazon link)
- Great all round remote with colour display
- Can be programmed from XBMC, cable and TV
- Harmony 700 is quite expensive, priced from $80-$100
Both of these remotes are high end and will serve you well. They're high quality, buttons respond well, and both can work straight out of the box.
Whether you decide on a keyboard based remote (touchpad) or a entertainment remote will come down on the way you use yuor XBMC player, you should monitor your usage and find out exactly how often you actually use the Qwerty keys, if it's a frequent occurrence for you, then you may prefer to use a keyboard. But typically, after setting up the box, it's rare that people have to use a keyboard.