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I was interested to note the throwaway comment in your piece on Black Magic chocolate: "Today [Nigel] Balchin is best remembered as... the man who invented the terms 'boffin' and 'backroom boys'" (1 June, p 50).
Actually I don't think he is at all well remembered for it, as a request for the etymology of "boffin" which I initiated in these pages just 20 years ago (Letters, 18 March 1982, p 742) failed to elicit any useful information. So can we now be told?
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'Convenience from the Faraway Nearby II' exhibit opens Sept. 10 at Davis Gallery
Idaho State University visiting art Assistant Professor Andrea Jensen will display her work in the "Convenience from the Faraway Nearby II" exhibit Sept. 10-21 in the John B. Davis Art Gallery.
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All this week police have been looking for stolen vehicles and drugs. They've also been working to take violent offenders off our streets.
One officer was assaulted, one person was tazed, and a group of people were shot at while leaving the venue.
Police are still looking for clues after a man is hospitalized after being shot. The shooting happened at the Apple Honey apartments Monday morning.
Police believe after some strong detective work, they have there man for the killing that happened in Kearns Saturday.
Police have arrested 31- year-old Douglas Evans for shooting Theodore Kelbach, 49, of Kearns.
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The existence of Ganga is in danger and the pollution of the river is a secondary issue, a renowned environment scientist has said and urged the NDA government to launch a "Save Ganga" programme.
B D Tripathi, an expert member of National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA), also requested the Narendra Modi government to make active the Prime Minister-chaired body saying it was virtually non-existent during the UPA rule. "My observation on the basis of my research for the past four decades is that the problem of pollution is secondary and the main problem now is the existence of Ganga. It is in danger," Tripathi told PTI.
"The mission should be called Save Ganga not Clean Ganga," he said.
According to him, Ganga is facing a problem of what he termed as 'triple three'. "They are reduced water flow, reduced water carrying capacity and reduced water quality that is pollution," he said.
Blaming the "indifferent attitude" of the previous government for the failure of the Ganga Action Plan, Tripathi said that considering the Modi government's seriousness on Mission Ganga, NGRBA should be made functional now.
"Being an expert member of NGRBA, I have raised this issue several times but the previous government had an indifferent attitude towards this cause that resulted in failure of various projects so far.
"There have been only three meetings of NGRBA in the past four years. Now since Narendra Modi himself has mission Clean Ganga on his priority list, so it is high time to make NGRBA functional," he said.
Tripathi, also a coordinator for Centre for Environmental Science and Technology at the Banaras Hindu University, has been associated with the cause since 1972. The Centre has given Ganga the status of national river and constituted NGRBA in February 2009. The objective of the authority is to ensure effective abatement of pollution and conservation of Ganga by adopting a river basin approach for comprehensive planning and management.
"Government has declared Ganga as a national river but till now there is no policy or planning made in this regard. Ganga flows through five states (Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal) and they exploit it in their way," Tripathi said.
"Centre gives 85 per cent of funds and rest 15 per cent is contributed by states but there has been no monitoring at any level. After five years, you come to know about the failure of the plan but who is accountable for that," he asked.
He maintained that the Centre should see the problem in its entirety. "Almost Rs 1500 crore were spent on GAP 1 and projects amounting to Rs 20,000 crore are still running. Government must fix accountability and there should be monitoring after every three months. Monitoring committee should consist of technical experts," he said.
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Everybody is talking about the latest Kony2012 viral campaign that took the internet by storm and especially the social media, Facebook & Twitter. More than 40 million have already watched the 30 minute Jason Russell movie about the brutal ugandan child kidnapper & molester, Joseph Kony. Or did they?
Probably not. I would assume those millions did not watch the full 30 minutes of the documentary but rather pressed the link, understood the point after 2 minutes and were sold on the issue. As this is an important issue, Joseph Kony has been terrorizing the region for 25 years and the stories about him are horrific, but hardly new. Raising awareness is important and so is solving this issue.
But I want to touch more upon the viral campaign. Targeting teenagers as agents of change. There are some things that need to be said. First, you cannot create a campaign like that without a structure working behind you. No one can say exactly what happened to spread it besides the campaigners, but in high probability when the organization "Invisible Children" decided to go viral it organized all of its people to publish the same link, hash-tag & narrative at the same exact time. If you have thousands of volunteers to mobilize as can be seen in the movie, you can start a viral fire.
But this can only be done do to prior grassroot work to get all these people involved. Words only matter when they are backed by actions.
The second thing to take into consideration is the fact that words work when there is a value base to build upon. The internet, the global village, the fact that a billion people can interact with each other at any time over the internet is changing reality and the way we think. Young people who are the core to these changes don't see boundaries in color, nation & religion. Young people have a keen sense of justice. Horror stories from Africa, that unfortunately we hear very little of, can strike a cord and cause dis-harmony for young people. That is why so many of them were engaged in the campaign for Darfur. Get them engaged on issues of justice and they are yours.
The third "tool" that was used wisely are celebrities. Celebrities have thousands of followers on Twitter and other social networks. When they post or promote something, you can be sure it will reach the masses. Just like celebs like George Clooney & Angelina Jolie were involved in the campaign for Darfur, which helped promote awareness. They are able to open a window of interest with their followers and also in the media. So when Oprah Winfrey writes: "…have watched the film. Had them on show last year.Made big donation. #KONY2012 " or Rihanna: "#KONY2012 Spread the word!!!" people will be watching.
No doubt this is a brilliant campaign, which also involves techniques of getting people involved with specific dates & missions, tools to tracking people's activity (bracelet with a unique number to punch on the site and share your actions) and more.
The forth thing to take into consideration is us. People at the age of 30 and up. We follow trends of younger people, under 20. They are the "leaders" of the internet in user trends. They started the Facebook revolution. We followed. The campaign targeted them. We followed. We are the ones that have the actual power to change, but trends start much earlier.
Lastly I would say even the news coverage is changing. 40 million people phenomenon is not something that cannot stay under the radar. Check out this Guardian piece, collecting reactions from all over the net and mobilizing its sources. What we know and used to is changing rapidly.
Another example of a good viral campaign from the last couple of days is a movie produced by the "Emergency Committee for Israel" trying to "expose" President Barack Obama as actually being an enemy of Israel.
This 30 minute movie already reached 200,000 views. Again, it is not necessarily that all those people watched the entire movie, but the idea reached them. The intention of this movie is to frighten supporters of Israel away from backing President Obama.
Who has an interest to scare supporters of Israel in regards to president Obama in an election year? Behind the "Emergency Committee for Israel" you can find William Kristol, the publisher of the neo-conservative Weekly Standard and a very influential figure in the conservative movement and in efforts to swing Jewish support to the right of the political map, Gary Bauer another prominent conservative figure, Republican Congressman from Virginia, Rep. Scott Rigell and others.
The trick behind spreading this movie effectively is to send it out by "regular" people. The subject line of the email stated: "Obama and Israel – The astonishing truth", a headline no Israel lover can ignore. "The video on the end of the link below was JUST RELEASED… The truth contained in this short film…I urge you to IMMEDIATELY WATCH it, and SPEEDILY FORWARD the link to as many people ". You get the point.
Both of these films and campaigns teach us something about the power of the internet, but also should make us aware of how easy it is to manipulate the masses with this platform. Propaganda have never been easier.
It also raises an interesting philosophical question. If the "leaders" of the trends online are teens and 20's, can their developed sense of justice drive us to utilize the internet to fix some of the biggest injustices around the the world, Tikun Olam (Ve'hahavta lere'acha kamocha)? Before this thrilling but potentially dangerous tool is taken from us.
Why Alec Baldwin & George Clooney should join the presidential race as independents
By Tzvi Gottlieb
This headline might sound crazy at first, but read it again, on a second look – is it crazy?
I claim that if Alec Baldwin or George Clooney declare tomorrow that they are running for president of the United States Of America as an independent, away from the mess and disapproval of the two major parties, they have a fair to good chance of taking it all. Now let me build my (their) case.
Both are considered good and popular actors in the public eye, both had voiced their political opinions in the past and present, which means they have an interest in politics.
Consider the low approval rating of the current elected officials, Democrats and Republicans, from President Barack Obama to the last Congress member, an outsider, who is not as obligated to the rules of the political system and its parties, can really make a difference. True, he will have to deal with the two houses, but there is plenty a strong, independent, unaffiliated president can promote. Add to that the fact that both are successful actors that have money, so they are less likely to be influenced by corporate, lobby etc, and both are popular figures, who are capable of fund raising from the public.
Another thing to consider is as they are both celebrities, they are bound to get loads of free media for their campaign, media that is worth tens of millions. Also you should consider that both are actors with a proven ability to "play the role", perform in front of audiences, cameras, deliver a speech and be prefect on a photo-up. The dream candidate.
The dream candidate is one who holds as many electable traits as possible, not necessarily the best decision maker or leader. His most important decision is about the people he chooses as his staff, behind the scenes, they are the ones running the show.
There are 7 reasons why Clooney & Baldwin make the perfect candidates: 1.They look good and are know figures, 2.they have credibility, 3. they can "play the role" on the campaign trail, 4. they have the money that will save them from corporate influence,
5. they enjoy the interest of the public and can raise money, 6. Independent, not obligated to follow the rules of the political system, 7. Both have a basic buzz to get free media.
In current times, when celebrity figures have a better reputation than politicians is an opportunity for change. I believe in that so strongly I would run their campaign for free.
How will conservatives attack this idea? They might say they are only actors with no experience. Well, they won't, as their all-time favorite president, Ronald Regan, was also "just an actor" turned governor, and just mention the name Arnold schwarzenegger.
George Clooney and Alec Baldwin, I hope you and your friends are reading this, and might convince you to run. This is a unique opportunity to change the political arena that will benefit the majority of Americans, an opportunity that will not return.


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The mixture known as gasoline, when used in high compression internal combustion engines, has a tendency to ignite early (pre-ignition or detonation) causing a damaging "engine knocking" (also called "pinging" or "pinking") noise. Early research into this effect was led by A.H. Gibson and Harry Ricardo in England and Thomas Midgley and Thomas Boyd in the United States. The discovery that lead additives modified this behavior led to the widespread adoption of the practice in the 1920s and therefore more powerful higher compression engines. The most popular additive was tetra-ethyl lead. However, with the discovery of the environmental and health damage caused by the lead, and the incompatibility of lead with catalytic converters found on virtually all US automobiles since 1975, this practice began to wane in the 1980s. Most countries are phasing out leaded fuel; different additives have replaced the lead compounds. The most popular additives include aromatic hydrocarbons, ethers and alcohol (usually ethanol or methanol).
The typical antiknock agents in use are:
A side effect of the lead additives was protection of the valve seats from erosion. Many classic cars' engines have needed modification to use lead-free fuels since leaded fuels became unavailable. However, "Lead substitute" products are also produced and can sometimes be found at auto parts stores.
Gasoline, as delivered at the pump, also contains additives to reduce internal engine carbon buildups, improve combustion, and to allow easier starting in cold climates.
In some parts of South America, Asia and the Middle East, leaded gasoline is still in use. Leaded gasoline was phased out in sub-Saharan Africa with effect from 1 January, 2006. A growing number of countries have drawn up plans to ban leaded gasoline in the near future.
To avoid deposits of lead inside the engine, lead scavengers are added to the gasoline together with tetra-ethyl lead. The most common ones are:
US Federal sources state that MMT is suspected to be a powerful neurotoxin and respiratory toxin, and a large Canadian study concluded that MMT impairs the effectiveness of automobile emission controls and increases pollution from motor vehicles.


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Bonney Lake Bike Shop plans to open a store on Puyallup's South Hill as soon as late March, manager Paul Qualey said.
The shop, which has been located in Sumner since 2006, has been pondering the idea of moving to South Hill for several years. "There are a lot of folks up there and it seemed like something was missing," Qualey said.
South Hill and Puyallup have a combined population of about 90,000, more than all but 11 cities in the state and every South Sound city except Tacoma. The area has one bike shop, Inspired Ride, owned by Nyer Brittain.
The traditional start of the season for organized bicycle rides is the state's oldest ride, the Chilly Hilly.
The name says it all. The ride is probably going to be cold and it's definitely going to be hilly.
The 42nd Chilly Hilly is Sunday with day-of-ride registration taking place at Winslow's Bainbridge Island Cycle, 124 Bjune Drive, or in Seattle on Alaskan Way opposite the Coleman Ferry Terminal.
The route on Bainbridge Island is just 33 miles and starts with a ferry ride from Seattle for the majority of riders. The course is packed with 2,700 feet of climbing.
Day of ride registration is $40 including the ferry crossing or $30 to start in Winslow. For more information visit Cascade.org. Discounted registration is available until 9 a.m. Friday.
Tacoma's Handlebar Cycling Studio celebrates its grand opening Saturday from 4-6 p.m. with a mustache-themed party, said owner Becky LeProwse.
The Stache Bash is designed to introduce people to the new group cycling studio at 715 Commerce St. and demystify the fitness activity.
"People think, 'Those people are diehards,'" LeProwse said. "But we are just here to have a good time and exercise. We are way laid back."
The event will include mustache coloring for kids and the opportunity to check out the 22 bikes. LeProwse said visitors, who are encouraged to wear mustaches either real or fake, can sign up for classes. The first class is free and additional classes are $10 to $16 depending on age and quantity.
She says classes are designed to appeal to a wide range of fitness levels but she hopes to eventually add specialized classes for those hoping to improve speed and endurance.
For more information visit handlebarcyclingstudio.com.
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Sen. Barbara Boxer, speaking at a press conference in advance of her speech at the California Democratic Party convention, said that she does not support efforts from industrial state Democratic Senators to pre-empt state and local laws that regulate carbon emissions.
This week, ten Democratic Senators who are key to passing a clean energy bill in Congress wrote a letter saying that their vote on such a bill hinged on federal pre-emption over state climate laws. California would be particularly hampered by this, having passed the landmark Global Warming Solutions Act, AB 32, in 2006. The implementation of AB 32 is well underway and would put California in the vanguard of climate reduction, instituting a cap and trade system and setting up a renewable energy standard above the goals set at the federal level. The President relayed to business leaders yesterday that the climate bill would be up next after financial reform.
Boxer, responding to an earlier question, said she supported AB 32 and would fight against its repeal, which is being sought through a ballot initiative by two Texas oil companies. "The future of clean energy is at stake," Boxer said to reporters, adding that America is losing the race to China on solar and other greentech measures.
FDL News asked Boxer if she would participate in the nullification of AB 32 if that was the only way to pass a federal climate and energy bill. "I do not support pre-emption," Boxer said. She understood the need for clarity in trading systems, and that having one for California and one for the rest of the nation may be unwise. But pre-empting the entirety of AB 32 would reduce multiple standards for carbon reduction. "We'll have to see how the bill is written," Boxer said, hoping that it could be devised in such a way where California would be able to continue to pursue aggressive regulation of greenhouse gas emissions on their own schedule. Her initial bill was essentially written in that way.
This is but one of the areas where federal climate regulation could actually move parts of the nation backward in several key areas. Despite being chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Boxer has not been in the lead of the Senate process, deferring to the Kerry-Graham-Lieberman framework. But clearly she has some concern with letting the most significant environmental regulation passed in the United States in history fall by the wayside.


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Amanda Foreman's robust, elegant biography, Georgianna, Duchess of Devonshire, receives a cream rinse and a Princess Di job in The Duchess, a Minorpiece Theatre depiction of the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales. Georgianna is a cultivated lass with an independent mind when she marries the fabulously wealthy and politically influential William Cavendish, the fifth duke of Devonshire.
But she's also an intensely hopeful 17-year-old, so she's traumatized when she discovers that the duke is a cold cad who sees marriage as the process by which noble folk produce male heirs. He takes his pleasures with other women; he views his wife as someone to be serviced, even attacked. She finds a creative outlet in setting fashion trends and catalyzing political parlays. Then she meets the dashing, pure Whig politician, Charles Grey.


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A Clean Energy excerpt from gMOD - The Book
There are several companies working on prototype wind power plants to capture the ambient energy in high altitude wind. Integrated into inflatable balloons the wind plants are floated aloft to altitudes as high as 12,000 meters above ground level. A recent global assessment of wind power at high altitudes has shown that the highest wind power densities are near 10,000 meters over Japan and eastern China, the eastern coast of the United States, southern Australia, and north-eastern Africa.
One can imagine a fleet of gravitecture-enabled wind plants sent aloft to high-altitudes to harvest wind energy when the power density is at its peak. Power plants would rise and collecting sufficient energy to meet their operational needs as well a sufficient power for local urban needs, storing it within the plant's array of supercapacitors.
But perhaps a high-altitude wind plant is not required at all. Rather than sending a wind plant up to find the suitable winds, gMOD might bring the winds down to the ground. Depending upon the range of gMOD fields that can be produced, the creation of a diffuse wide-area hypergravity field on the ground should attract air masses aloft downward. This would produce a movement of air similar to the natural meteorological occurrence of a downdraft where a more dense cold air riding over a mass of warmer air sinks toward the ground.
In nature if a downdraft is of sufficient size it can cause what is termed a "microburst" - a sinking column of air which is associated with "straight line" winds. Microbursts often form below concentrated rain shafts known as virga shafts, though "dry bursts" without accompanying precipitation are also possible. Both can cause severe hazards around airports and produce winds with speeds as high as 168 mph (270 km/h). Once the downdraft reaches the ground the winds tend to spread horizontally as straight line winds.
At the base of the downdraft a vortex ring surrounding the column may form strengthening after initially impacting the ground. A gMOD enabled continuous microburst could be engineered to produce a continuous vortex on or near the ground. A ground-station vortex turbine capturing the microburst would have access to energy densities as great or greater than a high altitude wind plant, plus all the advantages of a ground-based plant's enduring connection to the power grid. It would also have the added benefit that the wind would be not be intermittent but could be stopped for maintenance by turning off the attractive gravity field.
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Upcoming sporting events in Batesville and the surrounding area for Thursday, October 31 – November 1, 2013.
Sox win 1st World Series at home since 1918
BOSTON (AP) — More than an hour after the final out, players lingered on the field and fans stood by their seats, cheering, singing and applauding. A celebration nearly a century in the making was unfolding at the old ballpark, a long-awaited moment generations of …
Tigers hold off Scots in tune-up for key conference soccer finale
In a tune-up for a crucial regular-season finale this weekend, the Lyon College men's soccer team outshot Ouachita Baptist University 17-16, but couldn't put the ball in the back of the net as the Scots were shutout for the sixth time this season in a …
Whitten appointed to Vision 2025 legislative commission
MELBOURNE — Kim Whitten has been appointed to the Vision 2025 Legislative Commission on the Future of Higher Education as a designee for state Rep. James McLean. Whitten is currently the director of operations at Ozarka College–Ash Flat. She has also served as public relations …
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Huff comes out on top
It was her first time out. The October morning was bitterly cold even with long pants and Under Armour attire. No one told her there would be a hill to climb or even where the finish line was, but 24 minutes and 17 seconds later …
Dealership open after night fire
Despite a fire that caused extensive damage to the service department of Scott Wood Chrysler Dodge Jeep, owner Scott Wood said they are still open for business. At around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Batesville Fire Department responded to a fire called in by a passerby …
Survivor touts early detection
Breast cancer does not discriminate When she felt a large lump under her arm in September 2009, Ann Ring of Batesville made an appointment with her gynecologist, Dr. Clint Melton. "I wasn't thinking I had breast cancer," she said. "I was under 40, had yearly …
Alleged domestic batterer finds new victim
A man arrested last month for battery against his girlfriend has been arrested again, for hitting a different woman this time. Marion Keith Payne, 42, of Firehouse Road, Batesville, was arrested after the Independence County Sheriff's Office received a call around 6 p.m. Saturday that …
Man arrested for using ex-roommate's debit card
Anthony Gower's money-back-guarantee scheme didn't last long. Now, the 32-year-old resident of 470 Gregg Drive, Batesville, has been caught and is facing charges of theft by receiving and fraudulent use of a credit card, both class D felonies, as well as 14 counts of theft …
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Christmas rush stalls as analysts warn of brand damage
By Matthew Chapman, marketingmagazine.co.uk, Friday, 09 December 2011 09:15AM
Footfall on the high street is struggling to get into high gear despite heavy pre-Christmas discounting that is also coming under fire from analysts for devaluing brand equity and damaging traditional January sales.
Footfall for the week ending Sunday 4 December was up 4.6% year on year, but that figure was skewed by people bringing their Christmas shopping forward to take advantage of the public sector strike.
When up to 2 million public sector workers went on strike on Wednesday 30 November, there was a 36% year-on-year increase in footfall on the high street, according to figures from Experian Footfall.
Consequently weekend footfall fell 5.5%, compared to the same period last year, and it has remained flat this week despite a slew of discounting by the major retailers.
The biggest drop this week was on Monday, which Experian Hitwise said could be due to the 'Cyber Monday' phenomenon as consumers rush to order their shopping online while leaving enough time for delivery before Christmas.
As the high street does what it can to tempt shoppers to spend, however, retail analysts are warning brands need to be careful with the extent of discounting they engage in to avoid devaluing brand equity and the traditional post-Christmas Day sales period.
Independent retail analyst Nick Bubb said: "There is a huge amount of discounting going on, which devalues the idea of paying full price. There was a time when no-one went on sale before Christmas.
"It devalues the notion of sales after Christmas when everyone is on holiday and does go shopping. It's not just this year, it has been increasing for some time with the pressure on consumers' incomes and job uncertainty – it's particularly prevalent this year."
Debenhams is currently running a 30% off discount on thousands of gifts and is due to launch a Boxing Day sale.
It is understood the Boxing Day sale could involve discounts of up to 70%. Rival House of Fraser is attempting to keep pace by discounting certain ranges and recently ran a two-day brand event on 1 and 2 December.
House of Fraser's sale will launch online on Christmas Eve and in-store on Boxing Day with discounts of up to 50%, which will in turn force John Lewis to match prices as part of its Never Knowingly Undersold pledge.
Verdict retail analyst Cliona Lynch believes the culture of discounting within the retail industry will prove unsustainable.
Lynch said: "I think longer term it is unsustainable but going into January it is traditionally a time of sales so it will be difficult for retailers to drop their discounting in January when people are usually hard pressed after splurging at Christmas."
Even retailers that have traditionally shied away from heavy discounting are being forced to keep pace, according to Bubb.
He said: "Marks & Spencer (M&S) is doing a lot of quiet discounting. Next is maybe the exception, it has these huge crowds when it does go on sale and it's a novelty".
M&S is currently running a 25% discount on its menswear products. Although a spokesman said the brand does not reveal future sales plans, it traditionally launches an online sale on Christmas Eve and in stores on Boxing Day.
It is believed Next will once again launch its sale on Boxing Day.
Bubb labelled Arcadia boss Sir Philip Green as "one of the main culprits who has made Christmas so promotional, every weekend BHS has 20% to 50% off".
Retailers will do well this December but be damaged by the constant promotions running at the moment, according to Shore Capital head of research Clive Black.
"October, November, January and February might be pretty challenging but December will be okay in total," said Black. "Promotions are a double edged sword; in difficult times if not managed correctly they can damage the brand equity of retail brands and consumer products."
"We expect promotions to be a necessary evil but they do have to be carefully managed. Asda has probably over-promoted and damaged its brand equity so it is coming back onto a price proposition a bit more."
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This message from Professors Gonzales and Oakes refers to Section 4.5 of the Regents' Policy and states that a simple majority affirmative vote is sufficient to approve a temporary reduction in faculty compensation.
Section 4.5 refers only to approval of the Faculty Senate; it does NOT set the voting standard for that approval. Section 11.4 sets the voting standard for such a temporary reduction: an ABSOLUTE MAJORITY of the members of the Faculty Senate or a TWO-THIRDS vote of the members present and voting (assuming that a quorum is present).
The voting standard should be reviewed with the officers of the Faculty Senate, and a commitment should be obtained now to use the voting standard required by Section 11.4.
If the officers do not make that commitment, then that procedural issue should be discussed and voted upon at the Faculty Senate meeting prior to any vote on the substantive issue of a temporary reduction in compensation.
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Project unveils more ways to enjoy the outdoors
SAN ANTONIO - Miles of the San Antonio River are now open as part of the latest expansion Mission Reach Restoration and Recreation Project.
On Monday, roughly a mile more of river opened to the public.
The new portion stretches from Mission Road to VFW Boulevard. Two miles of the project was already opened from Lone Star Boulevard to Mission Road.
"Pavilions, picnic tables, amenities … there are all kinds of things people can now come and enjoy on this next mile of the river," said Suzanne Scott, general manager of the San Antonio River Authority.
It's a project Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff has been pushing for and promoting.
"This is a major change for San Antonio," said Wolff. "Much different. People go down the Riverwalk, but this is an entirely different environment."
You can hike, bike, walk and run along the trails. On the stretch of the river that opened Monday, you will be able to canoe sometime this fall.
It looks like San Antonians are already taking advantage.
"They're riding their bikes, and picnicking and having family events on the banks of the river," said Scott. "It is really a great opportunity for people to get outside and enjoy."
And miles more of opportunity lies just around the bend.
The Mission Reach project will run roughly eight miles from Lone Star Boulevard to Mission Espada once it is complete in August 2013.
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Terence Kealey's arguments about the economic laws of research and the pros and cons of funding it privately or publicly would be easier to follow if he clearly distinguished science from technology (3 January, p 42).
Obviously scientists, finding out how the natural world works, use much technology in their work and sometimes invent new technological methods to do so. Similarly technologists, inventing new devices and innovating improvements on existing ones to make a profit by selling them, make much use of scientific understanding of the natural world.
But many studies have shown how separate are science and technology, and in particular have revealed the deep tensions and conflicts when researchers work as scientists within a technological context.
Kealey has a background in biochemistry but strangely his use of biotechnology as an example for his argument is actually one of the strongest counter-arguments.
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Two persons was killed and over 30, including six policemen, injured as Arya Samaj followers clashed with police in Krontha village of Rohtak today.
Arya Samajis' strength had swelled to thousands this morning from just one hundred till last evening, when stopped by police from going near the Satlok Ashram headed by Sant Rampal at Karontha village. The Arya Samajis went on rampage and torched two roadways buses besides smashing window panes of several other police vans.
Police resorted to lathicharge to maintain law and order and used fire tear gas shells to disperse the mob comprising mainly of youth. Following the violence, the police opened fire to disperse the mob, injuring 15 persons, of which one later succumbed to his injuries. The traffic on Jhajjar-Rohtak road was blocked by protesters at Karontha village.
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SpecificationsNotebook: MSI Wind U160-007US (Wind U160 Series)
Processor: Intel Atom N450
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150
Display: 10.0 inch, 10:6, 1024x600 pixels, glossy: yes
Weight: 1.1kg
Price: 300 euro
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Reviews for the MSI Wind U160-007US
Source: CNet
Basic Netbooks are a fairly simple formula to pull off. Combine an Intel Atom 450 processor, 1GB of RAM, Windows 7 Starter, and a 250GB hard drive, and you've got any of an army of products from Asus, Acer, HP, and others. The basic-as-it-gets MSI Wind U160-007US is a leader in battery life, but shouldn't cost $80 more than comparable systems.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/18/2010
Rating: Total score: 78% performance: 80% features: 70% mobility: 90%
Source: PC Mag
Netbook manufacturers are finding it hard to offer netbooks with the kind of top-of-the-line components and features you see in its laptop brethren, especially when they're constrained by price. The MSI Wind U160-007US ($380 street) distinguishes itself with a big battery that delivered almost 9 hours of battery life. But other than that, this netbook doesn't stand out from the rest.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/17/2010
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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150: Integrated (shared memory) graphics card in the intel Atom N4xx CPUs. Minimally faster than an old GMA 950 and therefore not suited for 3D games or HD videos (only MPEG2 acceleration).
These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Atom: The Intel Atom series is a 64-Bit (not every model supports 64bit) microprocessor for cheap and small notebooks (so called netbooks), MIDs, or UMPCs. The speciality of the new architecture is the "in order" execution (instead of the usual and faster "out of order" execution). Therefore, the transistor count of the Atom series is much lower and, thus, cheaper to produce. Furthermore, the power consumption is very low. The performance per Megahertz is therfore worse than the old Pentium 3M (1,2 GHz on par with a 1.6 GHz Atom).
Intel Atom CPU for Netbooks with integrated memory controller and GMA 3150 GPU. The performance of the system should be only minimally faster than the previous Atom N280 / GMA 950 combination.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
10.0": The netbook/subnotebook has a quite small display format. Nonetheless, it is a common format for netbooks. The advantage is, that the subnotebook/netbook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the small display has the advantage, that it needs few energy, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is a bit exhausting for the eyes. It is difficult to use high resolutions. » To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
1.1 kg: This subnotebook is one of the most lightweight of all notebooks and can be carried very easily. There exist hardly any models in this extreme class of weight. 7-9 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
MSI: Micro-Star International (MSI), is a Taiwan based computer hardware manufacturer since 1986 best known for desktop computer motherboards. MSI also designs and manufactures graphics cards, barebone PCs, notebook computers, networking products, servers, multimedia, consumer electronics, and storage devices. MSI, as most Taiwanese computer manufacturers, sells products on OEM/ODM basis. It also sells products worldwide based on its own brand name "MSI". The market share of laptops with the MSI brand is rather low.
69%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.
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In order to investigate the function of water molecule for tritium transport behavior on the water-metal boundary, a series of experiments of tritium permeation into humid atmosphere was performed through pure iron piping with different surfaces of oxide etc., which contained about 1 kPa of pure tritium gas at 423 K. Chemical forms of tritium permeated into water were monitored continuously under purging outer jacket by <1000ppm of water vapor in Ar. Observation of metal surfaces was also carried out by Secondary Electron Microscope (SEM) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis. The results were compared with those permeated into pressurized liquid water at 423 K.The actual tritium permeation rate into Ar with <1000 ppm of water vapor was not clearly changed that into liquid water. In the vapor atmosphere, a magnetite layer did not grow on the surface clearly, and tritium permeation rate and chemical species (∼100% of HTO) through pure iron piping with mechanically polished surface were not changed drastically comparing with data with a magnetite surface. On the other hand, hydrogen gas (HT) fraction of tritium permeated into the outer jacket increased drastically in case of a gold plating surface.
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Remove the stems and roots from the spinach. Rinse in many changes of cold water until any trace of sand is removed. Place in a large pot with a pinch of salt and no water other than that retained from washing. Cook over moderately high heat, covered, for 5 minutes. Drain.
Soak the raisins in the lukewarm water for a couple of minutes, then drain.
Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large skillet, add the onion and sauté until the onion is soft and translucent; add the raisins, pignoli, and small amounts of salt and pepper. Sauté, stirring, 1 minute. Add the spinach and nutmeg and sauté, stirring frequently, until the spinach looks dry and crisp.


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Chapter 319 is pretty old, but I just read it again in volume 35 of the tankoubans. The following 4 pages from this chapter reminded me of why I hate Sakura so much.
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If you couldn't be bothered to click on those thumbnails, Sakura is sitting in her room, having a cry over Sasuke while Naruto is training hard. This scene encompasses everything I hate about Sakura's character.
1) She does jack shit.
2) She cries. A lot. While doing jack shit.
Does she serve a purpose to the plot except for making it even more emo? No. For both Naruto and Sasuke, she's less important to them than each other (remember Naruto spent two and half years training while thinking of Sasuke. If that's not gay I don't know what is). She doesn't fight – in fact, she can't. She didn't beat Sasori, she acted as a puppet while the Sand Grandma did all the real work. Even in the beginning, in the Water Country , the Chuunin exam, and the 'we're a team but let's split up and have five one on one fights aren't I clever' arcs she never did a single noteworthy thing.
Her personality isn't even likeable. She says she'll work hard, and according to Tsunade she did. But what results do we see form her hard work? Oh yay you healed a sub character! AWESOME. Let's not mention her double-personality crap. It doesn't make her interesting, it just makes her a bitch. And what happened to her supposed talent for genjutsu? Oh wait, that's right. Nobody likes her, so why bother spending time actually developing her character and making her useful?
(I'm giving you a hint on what to do Kishimoto. If you somehow happen to stumble across this blog, I want to tell you that I love you for writing and drawing Naruto, but I hate you for creating Sakura. Either dump her or make her interesting. Actually, just dump her, you'll probably fail at making her interesting anyway.)
Naruto disapproves. Actually, what is this guy trying to do?
I don't know how Kishimoto failed to make the lead female character of Naruto likeable, when the Naruto world is filled with interesting and complex characters. Even the Akatsuki and the Sand Grandma, who only showed up for a short time, are better characters than Sakura, not to mention the numerous Leaf ninjas.
As far as I can tell, she's only there to make Naruto and Sasuke not
blatantly gay. Of course, that doesn't stop the yaoi fangirls from making millions of NaruSasu slash doujins/pics/fics, which proves that she fails at her only purpose.
It's about time Kishimoto killed off more characters, and I nominate Sakura for starting the blood rite.


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Immokalee farmworkers travel from Boston to Tampa to demand fair treatment
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Farmworkers in Immokalee Florida have won concessions from retail outlets and from tomato growers in recent years. But they are still perusing fair wages and working conditions. This week theyâre on a road trip from Boston to Tampa.
The Coalition of Immokalee Workersâ tour ends in Tampa this week.
Marc Rodrigues is with the Student Farmworker Alliance.
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Steffy: BP refinery sale offers chance to move on
By Loren Steffy | October 9, 2012
Photo By Mayra BeltranKatherine Rodriguez, of United Support & Memorial For Workplace Fatalities, makes a comment and asks a question in a Q&A session during the Chemical Safety Board Public Hearing at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Monday, July 23, 2012, in Houston. ( Mayra Beltran / Houston Chronicle )
Larry Wayne Linsenbardt, 58, of Mount Belvieu, Texas, a contractor with J.E. Merit, shown in this family photo, is among the 15 persons killed in the BP refinery explosion, March 23, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the family via The Houston Chronicle) HOUCHRON CAPTION (03/27/2005)(04/03/2005) SECNEWS: LINSENBRADT
Photo By Steve Ueckert3/28/2005--People gather in front of the Navarre Funeral Home in Baytown, Monday, prior to the funeral for Larry Linsenbardt, a victim of last Wednesday's blast at the BP plant in Texas City. Photo by Steve Ueckert / Chronicle HOUCHRON CAPTION (03/29/2005) SECNEWS COLOR: CONSOLING EACH OTHER: Mourners gather in front of the Navarre Funeral Home chapel in Baytown Monday afternoon for the funeral of Larry Linsenbardt, 58, who died in the BP plant explosion.
Photo By J. Patric SchneiderMarathon Petroleum Corp. is getting the Texas City BP refinery, the nation's third-largest, on the cheap.
The signs at the gate may change, but for Becky Linsenbardt it will always be a bitter monument to lives needlessly lost.
The pipes and towers that push skyward like some metallic forest still carry a sense of foreboding for her, a reminder of where her husband, Larry, died, leaving her a widow after 36 years of marriage.
BP said Monday it reached a deal to sell its troubled Texas City refinery to Marathon Petroleum for $2.5 billion, a coda to the deadliest chapter in BP's corporate history.
For Becky Linsenbardt, it remains a "horrible place" linked to the death of her husband and 14 others after an explosion ripped through the refinery in March 2005.
A total of 22 people have died at the plant since 2004.
With the new owner comes the hope that the future may finally eclipse the past, that the accidents and fatalities that have continued at the refinery at a disturbingly consistent pace for most of BP's ownership will finally subside.
"It is obvious that the sale of the Texas City refinery was a move to disassociate themselves from the site," said Katherine Rodriguez, whose father died from an accident at the refinery in 2004. "Every conversation on refinery safety cites the BP Texas City refinery 2005 explosion, as will any future refinery safety discussions. They clearly want to be removed from those discussions."
The aftermath of the explosion revealed the extent of BP's corrosive corporate culture, one that put cost-cutting ahead of safety, that courted catastrophe in the blind pursuit of profit.
It brought promises of change from BP's top executives, yet five years later, BP was once again at the center of disaster, this time in the Gulf of Mexico, where the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and killed 11 more people.
In the eight years since the Texas City explosion, the refinery has continued to be a source of problems. Just two years ago, as the Gulf disaster raged, BP released pollutants from the refinery through a 300-foot flare, one of the safety devices installed after the 2005 explosion.
The releases were so large that they exceeded the flare's capacity to burn them off. BP notified state authorities, as required, but neither the company nor the state bothered to tell the citizens of Texas City who were actually breathing the stuff.
In an all-too-familiar pattern that has become BP's operating trademark, internal emails uncovered in the inevitable lawsuit that followed the incident show BP officials knew as far back as 2007 that the flare might not have been able to handle such a large release.
Soon after, BP decided to put the refinery up for sale, following other integrated energy companies in getting out of the business.
In an internal memo Tuesday, BP's refining chief, Iain Conn, said despite the company's investment in the refinery, it doesn't fit well with other parts of BP's operations. The refinery, he said, is more attractive to another owner who can better realize its full potential value.
"Texas City is certainly highly upgraded and has improved its performance in safety, operations and financially by some $2.5 billion per annum in the last three years," Conn said. "It is now a viable business again."
BP, of course, needs the money raised by selling the site of one disaster to help pay for another.
So far, the company has deals to sell assets totaling $35 billion to help cover settlements related to the Deepwater Horizon accident.
Marathon, though, is getting the Texas City plant on the cheap, paying just $598 million for the refinery and related pipelines. That's about half what BP invested in improvements to the plant after 2005. The remainder of the sales price covers inventories and a contract that could allow BP to make as much as $700 million more over the next six years, depending upon the refinery's profit and other performance measures.
Marathon's shares jumped on the news that it had snapped up the country's third-biggest refinery for a song, but part of the discount no doubt includes the cost of the plant's fatal legacy.
Rodriguez, who has become an advocate for workplace safety, said she's heartened that Marathon already operates another refinery in Texas City, giving it strong ties to a community that depends on refineries for jobs that pay well. She hopes the buyer will continue efforts to make the BP plant safer.
By itself, a change of ownership doesn't remove the stain of the plant's history. If BP didn't learn from its mistakes, Becky Linsenbardt hopes that the new owners have.
"In spite of my feelings of the place, I truly hope whoever purchases the company will make safety their number one goal for all people working there instead of just wanting to make more profit with no regard for human life," she said.
Loren Steffy, email@example.com, is the Chronicle's business columnist. His commentary appears Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Follow him online at blog.chron.com/lorensteffy, www.facebook.com/LorenSteffypage and twitter.com/lsteffy.


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Pretoria — The Department of Health and Social Development in Limpopo says it is winning the fight against malaria in the province.
Officials say over the past three months, malaria has shown a sharp decrease in Limpopo compared to previous years.
Since 1 October 2012, 253 malaria cases were detected in Limpopo. This is down from the 504 cases reported in 2011 and 1 744 cases reported over the same period in 2010.
Limpopo is epidemic prone to malaria and seasonal increases in malaria do occur. North eastern parts of Vhembe and the eastern part of Mopani are specifically prone to malaria.
Malaria is a seasonal disease, with most cases reported during the summer rainy season. More cases are also reported during December due to the movement of people between malaria areas outside the province and areas under control within the province.
The department said all primary healthcare clinics were fully equipped to deal with malaria patients at community level, with hospitals prepared to deal with more severe malaria cases.
The department's malaria spray teams are also actively busy conducting spraying in all the affected areas, with more than 300 000 houses sprayed over the past three months.
Teams were also busy visiting the affected communities to raise the levels of awareness to malaria in these communities.


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This technology could also be used to change the way ratings are assigned to movies. When Carlsen's colleagues at MindSign showed R-rated and General Audience-rated trailers (equivalent to the UK's 15 and U ratings, respectively) to a group of adults while scanning their brains, they noted levels of activity in areas involved in disgust were the same - and sometimes higher - when watching the General Audience trailers. The team hopes to discuss the results with the Motion Picture Association of America, which rates movies in the US.
While commercial firms are keeping details of the technology confidential, the arena is growing fast: "The US Advertising Research Foundation is pulling together regulatory standards and a quality consult," says Wright. "The field is becoming more serious."
Hunting the "buy button"
Brain scans aren't only aiding movie-makers, they can help advertisers too. The elusive mental "buy button" - the brain activity seen in a person poised to purchase - is the ultimate goal of neuromarketing.
"Nobody has seen it, but everybody wants it," says Phil Carlsen at MindSign, a California-based neuromarketing firm. "They want to identify a specific area that goes 'Ding! I want to buy this!'."
Carlsen reckons he's hot on the trail. His team has used an fMRI scanner to track brain activity in people while they shop at online stores Amazon and iTunes. The group watched the participants' brain activity in real time as they bought items ranging from songs to sofas.
"What we've noticed is that it's not about a specific area, but a specific pattern of activity," Carlsen says.
Their findings are currently under wraps, as they may have commercial importance - the idea being that advertisements could be tailored to trigger this activity and persuade consumers to part with their cash.
However, Ron Wright, president of neuromarketing company Sands Research, based in El Paso, Texas, thinks the search for the buy button is probably futile: "There are too many variables," he says. There's this apprehension that neuromarketing is going to be able to control buying habits, but it's not the case, he says.
Neuromarketing consultant Roger Dooley agrees. "I do not believe there is a buy button, or that we will ever find some sort of magic spot that will allow us to accurately predict whether someone will purchase a product or not. That's simply fiction."
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Roaming is divided into "SIM-based roaming" and "Username/password-based roaming", whereby the technical term "roaming" also encompasses roaming between networks of different network standards, such as e.g. WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) or GSM. Device equipment and functionality, such as SIM card capability, antenna and network interfaces, and power management, determine the access possibilities.
Using the example of WLAN/GSM roaming, the following scenarios can be differentiated (cf. GSM Association Permanent Reference Document AA.39):
Although these user/network scenarios focus on roaming from GSM Network Operator's network(s), clearly roaming can be bi-directional, i.e. from Public WLAN Operators to GSM Networks. Traditional roaming in networks of the same standard, e.g. from a WLAN to a WLAN or a GSM network to a GSM network, has already been described above and is likewise defined by the foreignness of the network based on the type of subscriber entry in the home subscriber register.
In terms of user service scenarios, the user can have access to the same set of services, irrespective of access type. However, differentiation also exists. Service scenarios may include access to a range of different services, including:
In the case of session continuity, seamless access to these services across different access types is provided.
The differentiation between home network and visited network is technically given by the type of subscriber entry in a specific network. If a subscriber has no entry in the home subscriber register of the network (e.g. Home Location Register (HLR) in GSM networks or local customer database in WLANs), the required subscriber data must first be requested by the visited network e.g. from the subscriber's home network in order that the subscriber can be authenticated and any authorization for using the network services can be checked. The "visiting" subscriber acquires an entry in a user database of the visited network (e.g. Visited Location Register (VLR)) and the authorized network services are enabled. For the roaming procedure in practice, the possibility of assigning the subscriber data is always indispensable in order that authentication, authorization and billing of the subscriber can be performed in the corresponding network. Thus, the term roaming is not linked to a specific network standard, but rather to the type of subscriber entry in the home subscriber register of the mobile radio network. If a subscriber can use his personal service profile, which he uses in the home network, in the visited network as well, this is also referred to as Global Service Roaming Capability.
The legal roaming business aspects negotiated between the roaming partners for billing of the services obtained are usually stipulated in so called roaming agreements. The GSM Association broadly outlines the content of such roaming agreements in standardized form for its members. For the legal aspects of authentication, authorization and billing of the visiting subscriber, the roaming agreements typically can comprise minimal safety standards, as e.g. location update procedures or financial security or warranty procedures.
The details of the roaming process differ among types of cellular networks, but in general, the process resembles the following:
If a call is made to a roaming mobile, the public telephone network routes the call to the phone's registered service provider, who then must route it to the visited network. That network must then provide an internal temporary phone number to the mobile. Once this number is defined, the home network forwards the incoming call to the temporary phone number, which terminates at the host network and is forwarded to the mobile.
In order that a subscriber is able to "latch" on to a visited network, a roaming agreement needs to be in place between the visited network and the home network. This agreement is established after a series of testing processes called IREG (International Roaming Expert Group) and TADIG (Transferred Account Data Interchange Group). While the IREG testing is to test the proper functioning of the established communication links, the TADIG testing is to check the billability of the calls.
The usage by a subscriber in a visited network is captured in a file called the TAP (Transferred Account Procedure) for GSM / CIBER (Cellular Intercarrier Billing Exchange Roamer) for CDMA, AMPS etc... file and is transferred to the home network. A TAP/CIBER file contains details of the calls made by the subscriber viz. location, calling party, called party, time of call and duration, etc. The TAP/CIBER files are rated as per the tariffs charged by the visited operator. The home operator then bills these calls to its subscribers and may charge a mark-up/tax applicable locally. As recently many carriers launched own retail rate plans and bundles for Roaming, TAP records are generally used for wholesale Inter-Operators settlements only.
Roaming fees are traditionally charged on a per-minute basis and they are typically determined by the service provider's pricing plan. Several carriers in the United States and also nowadays in India have eliminated these fees in their nationwide pricing plans. All of the major carriers now offer pricing plans that allow consumers to purchase nationwide roaming-free minutes. However, carriers define "nationwide" in different ways. For example, some carriers define "nationwide" as anywhere in the U.S., whereas others define it as anywhere within the carrier's network.
An operator intending to provide roaming services to visitors publishes the tariffs that would be charged in his network at least sixty days prior to its implementation under normal situations. The visited operator tariffs may include tax, discounts etc. and would be based on duration in case of voice calls. For data calls, the charging may be based on the data volume sent and received. Some operators also charge a separate fee for call setup i.e. for the establishment of a call. This charge is called a Flagfall charge.
This type of roaming refers to the ability of moving from one region to another region inside national coverage of the mobile operator. Initially, operators may have provide commercial offers restricted to a region (sometimes to a town). Due to the success of GSM and the decrease in cost, regional roaming is rarely offered to clients except in nations with wide geographic areas like the USA, Russia, India, etc., in which there are a number of regional operators.
This type of roaming refers to the ability to move from one mobile operator to another in the same country. For example, a subscriber of T-Mobile USA who is allowed to roam on AT&T Mobility's service would have national roaming rights. For commercial and license reasons, this type of roaming is not allowed unless under very specific circumstances and under regulatory scrutiny. This has often taken place when a new company is assigned a mobile telephony license, to create a more competitive market by allowing the new entrant to offer coverage comparable to that of established operators (by requiring the existing operators to allow roaming while the new entrant has time to build up its own network). In a country like India, where the number of regional operators is high and the country is divided into circles, this type of roaming is common.
This type of roaming refers to the ability to move to a foreign service provider's network. It is, consequently, of particular interest to international tourists and business travellers.
Broadly speaking, international roaming is easiest using the GSM standard, as it is used by over 80% of the world's mobile operators. However, even then, there may be problems, since countries have allocated different frequency bands for GSM communications (there are two groups of countries: most GSM countries use 900/1800 MHz, but the United States and some other countries in the Americas have allocated 850/1900 MHz): for a phone to work in a country with a different frequency allocation, it must support one or both of that country's frequencies, and thus be tri or quad band.
This type of roaming refers to the ability to move seamlessly between mobile networks of different technologies.
Since mobile communication technologies have evolved independently across continents, there is significant challenge in achieving seamless roaming across these technologies. Typically, these technologies were implemented in accordance with technological standards laid down by different industry bodies and hence the name.
A number of the standards making industry bodies have come together to define and achieve interoperability between the technologies as a means to achieve inter-standards roaming. This is currently an ongoing effort.
The concept of Mobile signature Roaming is: an access point should be able to get a Mobile Signature from any end-user, even if the AP and the end-user have not contracted a commercial relationship with the same MSSP. Otherwise, an AP would have to build commercial terms with as many MSSPs as possible, and this might be a cost burden. This means that a Mobile Signature transaction issued by an Application Provider should be able to reach the appropriate MSSP, and this should be transparent for the AP(reference).
Network elements belonging to the same Operator but located in different areas (a typical situation where assignment of local licenses is a common practice)pair depends on the switch and its location.Hence, software changes and a greater processing capability are required, but furthermore this situation could introduce the fairly new concept of roaming on a per MSC basis instead of per Operator basis.But this is actually a burden ,so it is avoided
Roaming calls within a local tariff area, when at least one of the phones belong outside that area. Usually implemented with trombone routing also known as tromboning
The routing of trombone roaming.


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The South African government has condemned the terrorist attack on a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya in which at least 68 people, including a South African, were killed and around 200 people injured.
President Zuma, on behalf of the government and people of South Africa, on Sunday expressed his shock and dismay at Saturday's attack.
Zuma expressed his sympathy and deepest condolences to the family of the South African, as well as to the government and people of Kenya and especially the families of the many deceased, and wished the wounded survivors a speedy recovery.
"South Africa continues to support Kenya's and the international community's efforts aimed at peacekeeping, stability, democracy and nation-building in Somalia," Zuma said in a statement.
"Terrorism in any form and from whichever quarter cannot be condoned, and South Africa stands firmly with the international community in condemning all terrorism, and this act in particular. We wish the Kenyan government every success in rapidly resolving this issue with as little further loss of life as possible."
The South African High Commission in Nairobi is closely monitoring the situation in close liaison with the Kenyan authorities. Consular assistance is being provided to the next of kin of the deceased South African.
Meanwhile, Kenya's Cabinet Secretary in charge of Internal Security, Joseph Ole Lenku, told journalists in Nairobi on Sunday that the security operation to free hostages who were still trapped inside the Westgate mall would continue.
"Regrettably, the human loss in the attack also went up overnight," Lenku told journalists on Sunday. "We have established the location of the criminals. It's a delicate balance and we want to evacuate the hostages safely."
He said the police had managed to evacuate more than 1 000 people from the mall overnight, but that a number of others still remained. "The operation is in a very delicate stage. Our paramount responsibility is to ensure that our people still held in the mall come out alive."
Fierce gunfire was heard from the mall on Sunday as the hostage standoff in Nairobi entered its second day amid heavy security around the building.
Militants from Somalia have claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was retaliation for Kenya's military intervention in Somalia. An Al-Shabaab spokesman said in an audio message, "Either leave our country or live with constant attacks."
According to the latest reports, the slain foreign victims include Canadians, French nationals, Chinese, South African and Ghanaian people.
The Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) entered Somalia two years ago to pursue the militants, who often crossed the border to stage attacks.
Lenku said the authorities believed there were 10 to 15 attackers still in the building.
"We are grateful for all offers of support from individuals and friendly countries we have received. But by and large, this remains a national security operation," Lenku said.
Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga condemned the terrorist attack as an act of cowardice and assured the country that its security forces were up to task.
"We will not be intimidated. The act was intended to cow the people of Kenya, but the Kenyan spirit is strong," Odinga told journalists in Nairobi on Sunday.
He appealed to the international community not to issue travel advisories against Kenya, but work with the government to ensure return to normalcy.
"This is not the time for grandstanding. This is not the time for partisan politics. It is a time to unite the country. This is a tragic moment in Kenya. It has been 15 years since the last terrorist attack that claimed 250 lives," Odinga said.


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