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Our Constitution
STUDENT UNITED WAY at
Section 1. Mission Statement
Student United Way at Anderson University serves to impact our communities by mobilizing the caring power of students through meaningful volunteer experiences & service projects while voicing the needs of the community with willing partners to create lasting relationships.
The Student United Way work includes
Ģ Advocate: Educate members and the student body about critical community issues in education, income, and health
Ģ Volunteer: Serve, and recruit peers to serve, in meaningful ways that help create lasting change
Ģ Give: Fundraise and donate to help address critical issues facing the community
Section 2. Statement of Compliance
The bylaws of Student United Way shall not violate the bylaws, constitution and Code of Ethics of the United Way of Madison County or Anderson University.
Section 1. Active Members
Active members include any undergraduate or graduate student at Anderson University who attend and participate in regular meetings.
No hazing or discrimination will be used as condition of membership in this organization. No University student may be denied membership on the basis of race, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, disability, or the inability to pay dues.
Active members:
1. Hold various functional responsibilities of the organization.
2. May hold executive officer positions at the STUDENT UNITED WAY at ANDERSON UNIVERSITY.
3. Are eligible for the position of Student Representative to the United Way of the Madison County Executive Board.
4. Vote in STUDENT UNITED WAY at ANDERSON UNIVERSITY executive officer elections.
Section 2.
Participants and Other Supporters
Participants and other supporters are connected to the group in some capacity, such as by episodically participating in the groupÆs Give, Advocate, and/or Volunteer activities. They may be on the listserv or otherwise connected, but they do not attend meetings regularly or serve active roles on committees. Participants and other supporters are not able to vote for officers or other votes that active members may takes.
Section 3. New Membership and Recruitment
1. Any and all new members will be given full disclosure during recruitment, including but not limited to the disclosure of:
a. Schedule of New Member Events and Activities
b. A list of responsibilities
2. All members, including but not limited to new members and recruits, reserve the right to refrain from participating in any activities without consequence, based upon the personal religious beliefs, personal values, or moral reserve as defined by that member.
3. Any and all interaction/activity between members and new members will be limited to the guidelines stated by university policy, as well as local, state, and federal law.
Section 4. Expulsion of members
1. The Student United Way reserves the right to expel a member who is not following the policies of the organization, as determined by the Executive Officers and a vote of membership.
Advisers are a Anderson University faculty or staff member and a United Way of Madison County staff member who regularly attend meetings and advise the active members.
Advisers shall:
1. Provide experienced advice and oversee administrative decisions
2. Handle business of executive officer elections
3. Have other responsibilities as decided among advisers and student leadership
Section 1. Presidential Duties and Powers
The President shall:
1. Chair all regular meetings
2. Coordinates with local United Way and host campus, including ensuring Student United Way follows all applicable regulations.
3. Facilitates setting the Student United Way agenda for the year with advisors from Anderson University and United Way of Madison County
4. Primary representative of Student United Way to public
5. Responsible, through delegation or otherwise, necessary activity not otherwise specified in the Constitution
6. Support Treasurer in ensuring financial accountability
7. Serve on United Way of Madison County board of directors as a Student Representative
Section 2.
Vice Presidential Duties and Powers
The Vice President shall:
1. Support the efforts of the president and work with her/him on overall direction of group
2. Oversees and supports committee chair activities as necessary
3. Act as event coordinator for Student United Way events not otherwise assigned
4. Serve as President if he/she is unavailable
5. Support Treasurer in ensuring financial accountability
Section 3.
Treasurer Duties and Powers
The Treasurer shall:
1. Conduct or oversee all financial business, including but not limited to
a. Coordinate all fundraising with United Way of Madison County
b. Meet or exceed all financial requirements for student organizations on campus
c. Develop and submit organization budget to advisors from United Way of Madison County and Anderson University
d. Ensure funds are only used for the specific purpose they were raised for
e. Keep accurate financial records and report them publicly annually
f. Comply with all applicable local, state, and federal laws at all times
Section 4.
Secretarial Duties and Powers
The Secretary shall:
1. Keep minutes for regular meetings
2. Maintain records of membership, track attendance at meetings and events
3. Ensure completion and submissions of the annual Registration Form to United Way Worldwide to maintain status as official Student United Way
ARTICLE V: BOARD OF DIRECTORS (executive) ELECTIONS
Section 1.
Timing of Elections
Elections for Executive Officers shall occur annually at a regular meeting in March for coming year positions of at least President and Treasurer to ensure continuity; some positions can be held for early fall semester elections to allow opportunity for new members to lead
Section 2.
Election Procedure
Election Procedure shall be as follows:
1. Any active member is nominated by any active member including her/himself.
2. Nominee is seconded by any other active member to become a candidate
3. Nominees will give a speech; once all nominees speak there will be a discussion period amongst members regarding the nominees.
4. Voting shall be through secret written ballot and consist of two rounds
a. First round will narrow field down to the two candidates receiving the most votes by plurality
b. Second round shall determine Executive Board Member Elect by simple majority
c. In the event of 1-2 candidates, only one round of simple majority will be necessary
5. Advisers will oversee and facilitate the election process of Executive Officers
Section 1: Rules for Impeachment
Any Executive Board member, General Board member, or general member can be impeached on the following rules;
1. Conviction of any misdemeanor or felony offense
2. A serious violation of University policy
3. Any actions that do not promote the values of the United Way of Madison County
4. Any actions that do not promote the values of the Student United Way
Section 2: Impeachment Process
1. Any officer or chair can be impeached by a majority vote of the Executive Officers based on the above
Section 3: Removal Process
1. At the next general meeting, a 3/4ths vote is needed from all active members to remove the impeached person.
1. Amendments to this Constitution can be made by recommendation of a majority of the Executive Officers as deemed appropriate to fit the needs of the Student United Way by the President. Recommendations for amendment can be made at any regularly scheduled meetings that have quorum (quorum is defined as having 50% + 1 of active members present at any meeting).
2. After recommendation, Amendments are presented for vote by the members of the Student United Way. A 2/3 majority of the vote by the membership is required to ratify an amendment.


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Discover how to use iPhoto to create photo books.
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Symantec Messaging Gateway Default SSH Password (CVE-2012-3579)
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|Date Published:
|Symantec Advisory SYM12-013
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|Protection Provided by:
Security Gateway
Who is Vulnerable?
Symantec Messaging Gateway 9.5.x
|Vulnerability Description
A design weakness vulnerability has been reported in Symantec Messaging Gateway.
Vulnerability Details
The vulnerability is due to hardcoded default credentials usage. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging-in to the administration console, thus gaining partial access to the configuration of the affected system. Successful exploitation will result in privilege escalation.
Protection Overview
This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.
In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.
To configure the defense, select your product from the list below and follow the related protection steps.
Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70
How Can I Protect My Network?
- In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Symantec Messaging Gateway Default SSH Password protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
- Install policy on all modules.
How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: SSH Protection Violation
Attack Information: Symantec Messaging Gateway Default SSH Password


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School of Sustainable Engineered Systems
School of Sustainable Engineered Systems
The SSES is the union of five founding departments in the College of Engineering: Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Materials Science and Engineering, Mining and Geological Engineering, and Systems and Industrial Engineering.
Vision statement
The School of Sustainable Engineered Systems will be a leader in the improved design of linkages between our natural and engineered systems to sustainably provide material resources, water, energy, infrastructure, and manufactured products through innovative education, research, and outreach.
SSES presents a unique opportunity to create a center of excellence in interdisciplinary research and education in the College of Engineering, with the ability to take on the challenges of the 21st century. SSES offers the opportunity of becoming a locally, nationally and internationally recognized school; a school with a reputation rooted in excellence in research, scholarship and education.
SSES will become a leader in proposing creative sustainable solutions to current problems, which will influence the basic human and societal needs in energy and environment, water, manufacturing, health care, transportation and infrastructure, communication and information technology.
Contact the director, Pierre Deymier.
Gibbs Network
The College of Engineering wants to help you find employment and/or get into graduate school. Each fall semester, the Deans Office collects contact information from our junior and senior students to share with industrial partners and peer graduate schools for hiring and recruiting purposes. Employers and other universities often contact us with requests for information about our students so that they can recruit them. If you are currently a junior or senior in engineering or computer science and are interested in having such organizations recruit you, we are seeking your permission to exchange your contact information, demographic info and GPA with graduate schools and prospective employers. We highly recommend you participate, as this may lead to opportunities that you would not otherwise find. For example, you may not know that most engineering and computer science Ph.D. students are supported with tuition, fees, insurance and a stipend, fellowship, or research assistantship. In your field, universities will support you while you study and conduct research for your Ph.D
For more information, visit the Gibbs Network


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Triangle home sales up again in August
Triangle home sales were up 21 percent in August, continuing the trend of double-digit year-over-year sale increases seen each month so far this year.
Durham County home sales were up 19 percent in August compared with the same month last year, while Wake County sales were up 20 percent, Orange County sales were up almost 51 percent, and Johnston County sales were up 15 percent, according to Triangle Multiple Listing Service data.
Stacey Anfindsen, a residential real estate appraiser and market analyst for Birch Appraisal group in Cary, said that while the sales increase in the four Triangle counties in August was "still really good," he said it wasn't to the same level seen in July, when sales in the four counties were up more than 30 percent.
Anfindsen said that resale home prices in the Triangle were up 2 percent, while price for all homes, including re-sales, was up 3 percent.
Durham County's median sales price for all homes sold was down 1.1 percent to $178,000, and its average sales price was down 3.8 percent to $196,783.
Anfindsen said fluctuation of home prices can be an indicator of "who is buying houses in the market." He said he believes the county's price decrease was more related to more lower-price buyers in the month than a sign that prices started to decline again.
Anfindsen added that there are still parts of the market that are oversupplied, such as for homes priced above $400,000 in certain areas. In comparison, he said there are areas undersupplied with homes priced around $250,000.
"It's a tale of two cities," he said.
Anfindsen added that inventory is still down. However, he said the number of homes being listed on the market is back to 2008 levels following a decline between 2009 and 2011.
In Durham County in August, there was a five months' supply of inventory on the market, which was down 28 percent. The total inventory of homes for sale was down 14 percent to 1,512 homes.


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Although the Government Printing Office's appropriations bill for FY 2006 has not yet been introduced in Congress, Superintendent of Documents Judith C. Russell announced during the recent ALA Midwinter Conference in Boston that GPO has requested level funding in their FY 2006 appropriations for the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), plus cost of living increases. As a result of this action, Ms. Russell also announced that the following changes in the distribution of print materials to our Nation's federal depository libraries will take effect October 1, 2005.
First, GPO will produce and distribute only the 50 titles listed on the "Essential Titles for Public Use in Paper Format." This will have a profound negative impact on access to authentic government information in formats most usable to the American public. The Essential Titles List, last revised in 2000, does not include important materials including maps, geological information, administrative decisions and other legal materials, as well as Senate and House reports, documents, and hearings that inform the citizenry of the workings of Congress.
Second, GPO will initiate a Print on Demand (POD) Allowance Program of $500 for selective depository libraries and $1500 for the 53 regional depository libraries to purchase titles that are not on the Essential Titles List. Since depository libraries will only receive the few "Essential Titles" distributed in print, GPO is in effect asking Congress to support a new fee-based Print on Demand Program that has not yet been established or tested. Further, depository libraries will have to expend significant funds from their own budget to cover administrative costs associated with this new program and purchase print titles, formerly distributed through the FDLP at no cost, when print is the appropriate and needed format for their user communities. GPO admits that POD technology is not archival and that the materials depository libraries purchase through this new service will have a shelf life of only 20 to 30 years.
Third, there will be a small amount of money to distribute a handful of important titles that occur unexpectedly in any given year, such as the 2004 9-11 Commission Report.
As FDLP partners, the depository library community has historically provided GPO with feedback on how to successfully manage the FDLP to meet the needs of all user groups. Unfortunately, the library community was not consulted about this latest move. GPO has alluded to other possible options but only announced this one. And although Superintendent of Documents Judith Russell informed us in Boston that alternative options could be discussed at the Spring Depository Library Council meeting in Albuquerque this April, we believe that will be too late to affect the FY 2006 appropriations process that Congress is beginning to undertake right now.
GPO's plan, which has not been approved by Congress, represents a major disruption to the FDLP's role of ensuring no-fee, permanent access to government information for the American public. GPO has not yet established a reliable system ensuring delivery, version control, authenticity, permanent public access and preservation of government information products they disseminate and make available online. Until such a system is fully functional and GPO can ensure permanent, no-fee and ready public access to electronic government information, GPO should not gut its print distribution program.
These changes will deprive citizens of their ability to access important authentic government information in the most usable format that will best meet their information needs. Further, many citizens are economically or technologically disadvantaged and cannot make use of necessary technological infrastructure to access electronic government information. It is important to remember that the goal of the FDLP is to provide government information to the American people in a convenient and useable format�not to make it convenient for the administrative agency responsible for that dissemination.
Public Printer Bruce James notes in his recently released strategic plan that GPO must change with the times and that the GPO of the 21st Century must use "the technologies of today and tomorrow�not yesterday�to keep this vision alive." The library community has long embraced the move to digital technologies and libraries are on the front lines of developing systems that provide the public with easy, reliable and permanent access to authentic government information. During the past decade, the library community has consistently applauded GPO's move toward a more electronic FDLP. A number of libraries have established formal partnerships to assist GPO when their technological infrastructure proved unable to provide sufficient access to certain types of electronic government information. Librarians embrace technologies that enhance the ability of Americans to access government information more easily from their library, their home or their business.
But we have also cautioned Congress, most recently in the joint testimony on behalf of five national library associations for the April 28, 2004 hearing on GPO oversight before the House Committee on Administration, that "we should not eliminate completely print distribution because at this time the difficult challenges of the digital life cycle remain unresolved: the authentication, permanent public access to and preservation of electronic government information. It is important that the government recognize the need to validate the authenticity and integrity of an electronic document, whether it is available through GPO Access or located on agency, congressional or court web sites. It is not enough to disseminate and preserve digital documents; users must be assured that the electronic government information that they locate and use is authentic."
Superintendent of Documents Judy Russell has announced a plan that effective October 1, 2005 all government documents with the exception of the Essential Titles List will be disseminated in digital format only. While the library community has been very supportive of the GPO move to digital formats, the issues of version control, authenticity and permanent public access to digital government information have not been addressed. Your help is needed to ensure that libraries and the American public continue to have access to authenticated government information.
Please contact your congressional delegation immediately, by email or fax, to tell your representatives about GPO's plan to eliminate almost all print distribution to depository libraries and its impact on access to authenticated legal and government information.
If you work in a law depository library, please alert your director to this abrupt and significant change in the FDLP distribution program because it is essential that everyone in your institution understand the serious long-term implications of this action on your users and contact their representatives.
If you are a law library user, your help is especially needed in contacting Congress because the purpose of the depository library system is to provide you with ready, local, no-fee permanent access to authenticated legal information.
Whether you're a law librarian, law library director, law professor or student, or a concerned citizen, please contact your representatives and make sure they understand the unique value of a depository library and its collections. Tell them how these changes will impact your ability to access government information and be sure to include examples of publications that you need in print for legal research.
Since this latest threat to the depository library program comes from GPO officials, it's also very important that they hear your concerns firsthand. Please send a copy of your letters to Public Printer Bruce James (firstname.lastname@example.com / FAX: 202-512-1347) and Superintendent of Documents Judith C. Russell (email@example.com / FAX: 202-512-1434).
If your representatives are on any of these important committees, please urge them to take a leadership role in supporting their local depository library because these changes will deprive their constituents of their ability to access important authenticated government information.
Thank you!
Mary Alice Baish
Associate Washington Affairs Representative
American Association of Law Libraries


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The Parable of the Prodigal Son is the well-known Bible story of a wayward sons return home and his fathers unconditional love and forgiveness. In the story, the father tries to convey to his older son that even though his younger brother has sinned and disappointed the family, he is family and should be forgiven. James Baldwins Sonnys Blues, though unintentional, parallels the fable in his portrayal of a troubled youths flight from and return home and his older brothers effort to understand him. Though both stories are similar in theme, Sonnys Blues illustrates the moral message of forgiveness more effectively because of the time frame in which the story was written and the complexity of the characters.
Due to the time frame in which these stories were written, the effect of the environment on the characters of the Prodigal Son and Sonny is vastly different. In the parable, the reader is to assume that the family is well off because the younger son asks his father for his inheritance early. In modern society, most parents cant provide their children with an early inheritance or provide them with an inheritance at all. The story also doesnt explain why the younger son wants to leave home. In Sonnys Blues, the younger son is trying desperately to escape a life of drugs that seems to be an inevitable outcome in his Harlem neighborhood. The only inheritance he is waiting for is any excuse to leave. A similarity in both stories is that both younger sons fail and return home. In the parable, the Prodigal Son spends his inheritance on sinful living and ends up working in a swine field. In Sonnys Blues, Sonny becomes addicted to heroin and is sentenced to prison, the fate he wanted to avoid.
The relationship between the siblings in the two stories is similar as well. In both stories, the older brothers are more responsible and obey their parents while the younger brothers are allowed to explore the world. They are dissimilar, however, in the way they relate to their younger brothers. In the parable, the older brother is upset when he finds out that his father has killed the fatted calf upon his brothers return. Instead of rejoicing in the safe return of his brother, he is more concerned that he has always been obedient but his father killed the fatted calf for his sinful brother. In Sonnys Blues, at the request of his mother, the older brothers primary concern is the welfare and future of Sonny. While he disagrees with the ambitions of Sonny, the older brother struggles to understand those ambitions.
Jesus told The Parable of the Prodigal Son to illustrate repentance
and forgiveness. The story lacks the impact to motivate society as
that of a modern-day short story because of the simplistic quality and
the era in which it was told. The characters are not fully developed,
and the story leaves the reader wondering if the older brother ever forgives
his younger brother. In Sonnys Blues, James Baldwin delves into
the background of the characters so that the reader grasps what motivates
them. The moral message of Sonnys Blues is more evident because
the reader can follow the path of forgiveness along with Sonnys brother.


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MORGES, Switzerland 2/1/11 (PennWell) -- Swiss contractor Berthol has been awarded a contract to supply equipment for redevelopment of the 725-kW Rivaz 2 hydroelectric plant on Forestay Creek.
Bids for the hydropower project, which is located in Switzerland's Lavaux District, were solicited in May 2011 by utility Romande Energie.
The company says it plans to spend US$5.6 million redeveloping Rivaz to utilize the full 183 meters of Forestay Falls, compared to 63 meters used currently.
As per the contract, Berthol is expected to design, fabricate, assemble, test and commission the hydromechanical and electromechanical equipment, as well as train operating personnel.
The contract does not stipulate a completion date.


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The Industrial and Human Systems research focus area contributes to societal needs by modeling large-scale industrial systems, developing methodologies for improving industrial systems, and investigating the fundamental nature of human interactions with complex systems. This knowledge is then applied to systems design and implementation. Within this context, the focus is on development and validation of system models with theoretical contributions and practical applications. Principles, methods, and tools from systems engineering, neurosciences, cognitive sciences, biomechanics, psychology, systems physiology, computation, statistics, and mathematics are used and developed toward this effort. Research results may be applied to human-machine interfaces, decision support systems, virtual environments, ergonomics, transportation, manufacturing, military, and medical systems. Current research projects include:
- design and implementation of human-centered decision support systems and user interfaces
- design, implementation, and application of interactive modeling and simulation architectures
- design, implement, and evaluate human-computer integrated systems for realistic situations
Focus Area Chair: Dr. Caroline Cao, Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering


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Even the experts agree: it's not easy to snag a good airfare these days. Sure, there are lots of airfares out there, and you can find them on the Web, but how can you ever really know whether you're getting the best fare available? To answer that question, THAT MONEY SHOW asked the expert Bill McGee, Editor of CONSUMER REPORTS TRAVEL LETTER, to explain this confusing situation and share some tips on how the system works.
According to McGee, "The average consumer never knows what a good fare is. There is just no yardstick. When you are buying a car, you can more or less know what a good price is. When you are buying an airline ticket, you are on your own." It wasn't always this way. Before 1978, the airline industry was heavily regulated, and the government set standardized fares, and determined each airline's routes, schedules, and even what type of aircraft they could use.
McGee continues, "Airline pricing started to get very complex after 1978 when the airline industry was deregulated. Prior to that the government set fares. In the era of deregulation, over the last 20 years or so, there's been a lot of flux. One of the things that has never settled is a rational pricing system for the airline industry. We are still waiting for it."
Even without a standardized pricing structure, passengers are, for the most part, paying less for airfare now than they were before deregulation. According to the Air Transport Association, it cost less to fly in 1999 than it did in 1978 (adjusting for inflation). Though prices may be lower in this deregulated era, the tradeoff has been confusion when it comes to airfares. "One of the policies that airlines have for their own employees is to never discuss airfares while onboard a plane. And the reason for that is that on an average 747 carrying 400 passengers, it is theoretically possible that there are 400 different fares. It's the most confusing and complex pricing system in existence in any industry," said McGee.
In order to see for ourselves whether airfares are really as complicated as all that, we headed out to Newark Airport to talk to coach passengers travelling on a midweek afternoon flight to sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Continental Airlines. We polled a number of passengers and were forced to conclude that their fares were indeed different, sometimes surprisingly so.
"If you are travelling and you have some flexibility, you can benefit from the pricing structure. It really all depends on just how flexible you are. If you are able to leave early in the morning, or travel late at night, you certainly are going to get lower fares. If you stay over a Saturday night, you'll get lower fares. If you booked in advance, you'll receive lower fares. It's really up to you," concluded McGee.
According to McGee, "Certain passengers subsidize others. For the most part there are more leisure travelers than business travellers. But the yields, the profits that the airlines derive, come from the business travelers, those who walk up and buy fares at the last minute."
So, what's our advice for getting the lowest fare?


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C# .NET - I want to Count Large Amt. of Size Pdf Page In C#.NET(Help me.)
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I want to count pdf page of any size of folder by Itextsharp dll. but there is an error occurred
while page counting is going on. My folder is containing approx. 50 pdf file and every pdf file has 50 pages .when we start our counting there is an error occurred:
The CLR has been unable to transition from COM context 0x52b0048 to COM context 0x52b01b8 for 60 seconds. The thread that owns the destination context/apartment is most likely either doing a non pumping wait or processing a very long running operation without pumping Windows messages. This situation generally has a negative performance impact and may even lead to the application becoming non responsive or memory usage accumulating continually over time. To avoid this problem, all single threaded apartment (STA) threads should use pumping wait primitives (such as CoWaitForMultipleHandles) and routinely pump messages during long running operations.
please resolve this problem .
How we count all pdf pages in another way.
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Vindu's View: YouTube Copyright Fight Shows Fair And Legal Different
Publication Date:September 05, 2007
Source:San Jose Mercury News
Author:Vindu Goel
Executive Director of the Fair Use Project Anthony Falzone is quoted in a San Jose Mercury News story about the fine line between legality and fairness in a copyright case involving YouTube and Viacom:
"The problem Knight has is what he did with Viacom's work wasn't transformative. It's what I would called [sic] unadorned copying," said Anthony Falzone, executive director of Stanford Law School's Fair Use Project.
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The present invention relates to a loader device, for dispensing implantation seeds from a seed magazine and, optionally, a spacer magazine.
1. A loader device for dispensing seeds from a seed magazine and spacers into a seed implant needle, wherein the seed magazine includes a plurality of serially-aligned seeds within a locating arm and means for intermittently advancing the seeds to a position aligned with a seed outlet defined by the locating arm, said loader device comprising:
an elongate loader body defining a seed input aperture, a spacer input aperture, and a dispense aperture, a substantially longitudinally-oriented seed passageway extending between said seed input aperture and said dispense aperture, and a substantially longitudinally-oriented spacer passageway extending between said spacer input aperture and said dispense aperture, said loader body further defining means for retentatively accommodating the seed magazine so as to position the seed outlet of the magazine in registry with said seed passageway; and
a plunger assembly operably associated with said loader body, said plunger assembly including an elongate plunger rod positionable in spaced registry with the seed outlet of the seed magazine, said plunger rod urgeable against a seed aligned with the seed outlet of the seed magazine so as to eject the seed into said seed passageway.
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14. Method for dispensing seeds and spacers, the seeds being dispensed from a seed magazine, wherein the seed magazine includes a plurality of serially-aligned seeds within a locating arm and means for intermittently advancing the seeds to a position aligned with a seed outlet defined by the locating arm, said method comprising the steps of:
(i) providing a loader with a body, seed magazine receiving and locating means, seed dispensing means for ejecting seeds from a seed magazine, a seed-transporting path communicating with a dispensing outlet, and a spacer-transporting path communicating with the dispensing outlet;
(ii) mounting a seed magazine containing one or more seeds in said seed transporting path and dispensing a seed through said dispensing outlet;
(iii) placing a spacer in said spacer transporting path;
(iv) dispensing said spacer through said outlet.
15. The method of
(i) providing said loader with a spacer magazine receiving and locating means;
(ii) mounting a spacer magazine containing spacers in said spacer magazine receiving and locating means;
(iii) ejecting a spacer into said spacer transporting path; and
(iv) dispensing said spacer through said dispensing outlet).
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The present invention relates to devices for loading radioactive seeds and optionally spacers into needles, catheters or other means, prior to administration to a patient.
The treatment of prostrate cancers by brachytherapy, i.e. the permanent implantation of radioactive sources (known as "seeds") into a patient's body, involves the administration of typically 80-100 seeds per patient in a defined 3-D array. These seeds can be implanted by two different methods. In the first method, known from U.S. Pat. No. 5,242,373, a seed plug is assembled by hand from alternating loose seeds and biodegradable spacers (e.g. made of catgut) picked from a dish. The spacers can have any desired length and are positioned between the seeds in order to give the required separation between the seeds. The assembled plug is then implanted into the patient via a needle. A problem with this method is the person making the plug is exposed to radiation from the loose seeds in the dish and is also exposed to radiation when loading the seeds into the implantation needle. A further disadvantage is that considerable numbers of seeds and spacers have to be handled individually and each configured in the correct orientation to give the desired end-to-end "plug". The seed/spacers are also small e.g. typically 4-6 mm long, and this leads to time-consuming manual handling, with an associated radiation dose hazard. However this method has the advantage that as several seeds can be implanted in the patient at once through using pre-made plugs, the time spent in the operating theatre is reduced and the spatial separation of the seeds can be checked before implanting. A further problem with this method is that it requires the use of spacers. Spacers which are supplied loose suffer from the problems that they often have uneven, i.e. inconsistent lengths, they can have frayed ends, they swell if exposed to high humidity, they can pick up static charges if dry, they are not easy to see and their properties vary between suppliers.
In the second method, known from U.S. Pat. No. 5,860,909, individual seeds are implanted one at a time through a needle that is retracted in small steps out of the patient's tissue, with a seed being deposited in the tissue after each retraction step. No spacers are required in this method as the spacing between the seeds is determined by the amount by which the needle is retracted after each seed is deposited. A commonly used device for performing the second method is called a "Mick Applicator™". In order to facilitate the handling of the individual seeds for use in a "Mick Applicator™", a plurality of seeds can be supplied pre-packaged in a plastic or stainless steel magazine called a "Mick Cartridge™". This method exposes the operator to less radiation, as the magazines provide substantial radiation shielding except directly in front of the opening in the front of the magazine. However this method has the disadvantage that the time spent in the operating theatre is longer than for the first method as each seed is individually implanted and the needle must be retracted a precise distance before the next seed is implanted. Additionally, it is difficult to confirm the spatial separation between the seeds. It is an object of the present invention to overcome some of the problems associated with the prior art methods and devices for implanting seeds.
According to the present invention, at least some of the problems with the prior art devices and methods for loading seed implant needles are solved by means of a loader device of the instant invention and the methods for using such devices to load seed implant needles. The device and its use makes it possible for an operator to quickly, easily and accurately prepare loaded seed needles for implantation while being exposed to a minimum dose of radiation.
The device preferably incorporates a spacer magazine which has the advantages that spacers are protected by the magazine, and the fact that a spacer fits into the spacer magazine is a guarantee that it fulfils at least some of the dimensional requirements placed on a spacer, i.e. it has a length less than the maximum permitted length and a diameter less than the maximum permitted diameter. The spacers are preferably biodegradable spacers.
Body 3 is made of a radiation shielding material of a suitable thickness to shield an operator from radiation emitted by radioactive seeds contained within it. Body 3 is provided with a lateral opening 19 on a first short face 7′. This opening 19 leads to a recess 23 adapted to receive a standard seed magazine (not shown). Recess 23 comprises a first cylindrical portion 25 with a diameter D4 adapted to receive the body of a seed magazine, and a rectangular portion 27 adapted to receive and retain the rectangular locating arms of a seed magazine. Rectangular portion 27 intersects through hole 11 approximately one third of the distance from the lower end face 9″. The lengths and orientations of cylindrical portion 25 and rectangular portion 27 are adapted so that when a seed magazine is inserted fully into recess 23 then the seed-dispensing hole in the seed magazine (described below) is aligned with through hole 11.
The front wide face 5′ is provided with a spacer-transporting path in the form of a spacer inlet opening 29 leading to a spacer receiving recess 31 that is connected by a internal chute 33 to the outlet 8 of through hole 11. Opening 29 is sufficiently large that a spacer (not shown) can be easily loaded into the recess 31. The bottom portion 35 of spacer receiving recess 31 is preferably funnel-shaped in order to facilitate the entry of spacers into chute 33. The diameter of chute 33 is greater than the diameter of a spacer so that spacers can be transported through chute 33 to outlet 8.
Through hole 11 can receive seed dispensing means such as a stepped cylindrical plunger 37, shown in a raised position in
Intermediate portion 41 is connected to a concentric lower portion 43 with a diameter D7 that is less than D3 and less than the diameter of the seed-dispensing hole in the seed magazine. Lower portion 43 has a length which is approximately the same as or greater than the distance from the bottom of through hole intermediate portion 15 to the bottom surface of rectangular portion 27. The lengths of the plunger portions 39, 41, 43 and through hole portions 13, 15, 17 can be varied as desired, the only requirement is that they should make it possible to retract the plunger 37 to a seed loading upper position where lower plunger portion 43 is above the seed-dispensing hole of a seed magazine positioned in recess 23, as shown in
The lower end of through hole is provided with adapter means such as a threaded boss 51 or a Luer needle fitting or the like, that implantation needles or a capsule or other container can be attached to. It is also conceivable to provide universal adapters.
Preferably, a magazine 53A used for spacers is filled with spacers 65A, preferably made of a synthetic, bioabsorbable material. Prior art spacers have been made of catgut—a material of animal origin that is undesirable from a regulatory and customer acceptability standpoint. An example of such a synthetic, bioabsorbable material is Vicryl™ that is made of approximately 90% polyglycollic acid and 10% polyactic acid. The spacer material is also preferably resistant to the temperatures used for heat sterilisation by autoclaving or dry heat sterilisation. Spacers 65A can be supplied sterile in a sterile magazine 53A in a sterile-integrity packaging material such as Tyvek™. The sterilisation can be performed in any suitable way, e.g. by heating or exposure to ethylene oxide gas (in which case a gas permeable packaging material is necessary if the sterilisation occurs after a magazine has been packaged), depending on the composition of the spacers used. The use of prepacked, sterile spacers has the advantage that the operator does not need to load his own magazines 53A with spacers 65A nor does he need to spend time sterilising the spacers before use. This ensures that sterile spacers are used.
Similarly, seeds 65 can also be supplied sterile and preloaded in a magazine for seeds 53. This magazine 53 can be supplied sterile in a sterile-integrity packaging material such as Tyvek™. The seeds and magazine can be sterilised in any suitable way, for example, in the ways mentioned above with respect to spacers 65A in a spacer magazine. Preferably a variety of pack sizes can be provided, e.g. packs containing a magazine 53 loaded with 5 seeds 65, or 10 seeds or 15 seeds, etc.
The use of a loader in accordance with the present invention for loading an implantation needle will now be illustrated. An operator holds the loader 1 in an upright position or places it in a stand in an upright position. A seed magazine 53 containing seeds 65 is inserted through opening 21 until the seed-dispensing hole 63 in the magazine is aligned with through hole 11. Although not shown, loader 1 preferably has locking means such as a locking detent for releasably retaining a magazine 53 in this position. An implantation needle is then attached to adapter means 51. In order to prevent the seeds and spacers from falling out of the bottom end of the needle, the bottom end of the needle can be provided with removable closing means such as a plug or an end cap. The plunger 37 is then depressed by the operator to its lower, seed-dispensing position. As the plunger 37 is depressed, lower plunger portion 43 passes through seed-dispensing hole 63 in the magazine 53 and pushes a seed 65 out of the magazine 53 and into the lower through hole portion 17. As the diameter of lower through hole portion 17 is greater than the diameter of the seed, the seed falls freely through the through hole 11 and out of its lower end, through adapter 51 and into the needle. The plunger 37 is then lifted to its upper, loading position. As the lower plunger portion 43 passes back up through the seed-dispensing 63 hole of the magazine 53, a new seed 65 is loaded into the seed-dispensing hole by the resilient means 67 of the magazine 53. The operator then places a spacer 65A of the desired dimensions into spacer receiving recess 31 and releases the spacer 65A. The spacer 65A falls down the internal chute 33, which has a diameter greater than the diameter of the spacer and enters the needle via adapter 51. This procedure is repeated until the desired number of seeds and spacers have been loaded into the needle. The needle can then be removed from adapter 51 and used or stored for later use. The procedure can be repeated for all the needles required for the treatment.
The use of a loader in accordance with the present invention for forming a seed plug will now be illustrated. An operator holds the loader 1 in an upright position or places it in a stand in an upright position. A seed magazine containing seeds 53 is inserted through opening 21 until the seed-dispensing hole in the magazine is aligned with through hole 11. A seed plug container is then attached to adapter means 51. This container is preferably transparent in order to allow the operator to check that the loading is proceeding without problem and to allow checking of the number of seeds and their spacing. In order to shield an operator from radiation, the transparent container and any other transparent parts of a device in accordance with the present invention, as described later, are preferably made of a radiation attenuating transparent material such as leaded acrylic. In order to facilitate checking the number of seeds and their spacing, the container is preferably provided with graduated marks. In order to prevent the seeds falling out of the bottom end of the container, the bottom end of the container is provided with a removable plug or sealed in some other way. The plunger 37 is then depressed by the operator to its lower, seed-dispensing position and, just as in the previous example, a seed is fed into the container. The operator then places a spacer 65A of the desired length into spacer receiving recess 31 and releases the spacer 65A. The space falls down the internal chute 33, which has a diameter greater than the diameter of the spacer 65A and enters the container via adapter 51. This procedure is repeated until the desired number of seeds 65 and spacers 65A have been loaded into the container that can then be removed from adapter 51 and used or stored for later use.
In the event that the operator wishes to remove a seed 65 from the seed magazine 53 in order to, for example, measure its radioactivity, then a seed magazine 65 can be attached as normal, any suitable container placed under the loader 1 and a seed 65 ejected into the container by depressing plunger 37.
First plunger 137 is movably fitted into a first stepped through hole 111 which leads to an outlet 108 able to be fitted with an adapter 151 while second plunger 197 is movably fitted into a second stepped hole 171 which also leads to outlet 108. Loader 101 can be operated in a similar way to loader 1 except that with loader 101 spacers can be loaded by depressing plunger 167 instead of by loading individual spacers by hand through a spacer inlet opening.
Loader 201 can be operated in a similar way to loader 101.
In a further embodiment of the invention, shown schematically in
The loaders 1, 101, 201 in accordance with the present invention are preferably made from materials that provide screening against radioactivity, such as leaded plastic, stainless steel, lead glass, lead, tungsten, etc.
The above embodiments may be modified by providing separate dispensing outlets for seeds and spacers. These outlets can be connected by transparent tubes to a single needle or container, thus permitting both dispensing paths in the loader to be vertical and thereby reducing the risk of jamming occurring in the loader. The use of transparent tubes also makes it possible for the operator to check if any seeds or spacers have become jammed in the tubes.
The above embodiments may also be modified by providing a device with a spacer magazine receiving port which is dimensioned so that, in the absence of a spacer magazine, an operator can by hand (preferably aided by forceps or the like) insert spacers into the port and drop them into the spacer transporting path. Alternatively the device could be provided with both a spacer magazine receiving port and a separate port for the manual introduction of spacers or other material into the spacer transporting path, so that an operator has the option of using a magazine or loading spacers or other material by hand.
Additionally, a device in accordance with the present invention is readily adaptable for automation by providing plunger activation means which can be controlled by a computer or remotely by an operator. Suitable actuating means could be, for example, hydraulic or pneumatic actuators, or electrically powered actuators such as electric motors, linear actuators and the like. Additionally, magazine-changing means such as a robot arm could also be provided.
It is apparent that many modifications and variations of the invention as hereinabove set forth may be made without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. The specific embodiments described are given by way of example only, and the invention is limited only by the terms of the appended claims.
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I purchased the fabled "Amber Diamond" powder as a splurge after a following a rather austere budget for a while – and what a luxury it felt like! The packaging of Dior products is second to none – when that gorgeous blue compact slid out of the dustbag, I knew whatever might be inside would just be gravy.
Amber Diamond quickly became my go-to highlighter for 90% of my days. The glow it imparts is lovely and natural, and I enjoy that in a pinch, the colors can be used individually as eyeshadows. I do not experience fading from this product until at least hour 8 of wear, which I consider exceptional from a supplemental powder. And I know – tagging this a "great value" when the price tag is as hefty as it is? I would be remiss not to, however – I've been working on mine for a year and a half with no sign of hitting pan in the imminent future.
This Spring Dior introduces Diorskin Shimmer Star, a light-filled pressed powder enriched with Jeweled Microdust™. These five micro-shimmering tones set off sparks of brilliance, highlighting your complexion. The ultra-fine, super-blendable formula virtually fuses with your skin for a sheer, radiant luminosity.


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Fort Donelson National Cemetery
In July 1862, Congress passed legislation giving the President of the United States the authority to purchase land for the establishment of cemeteries "for soldiers who shall die in the service of their country".
The legislation effectively began the national cemetery system. In 1863, the Union Army abandoned the Confederate works and constructed a new fortification on the ground that became the cemetery site. A freedmen's community developed around the new Union fort. Four years later, this same site was selected for the establishment of the Fort Donelson National Cemetery and 670 Union soldiers were reinterred here. These soldiers (which included 512 unknowns) had been buried on the battlefield, in local cemeteries, in hospital cemeteries, and in nearby towns. These totals include five known and nine unknown soldiers from the United States Colored Troops. The high percentage of unknown soldiers can be attributed to the haste in cleaning up the battlefield and the fact that civil war soldiers did not carry government-issued identification.
In 1867, Fort Donelson Cemetery was established as the final resting for Union soldiers and sailors initially buried in the Fort Donelson area.
Today the national cemetery contains both Civil War veterans and veterans who have served the United States since that time.
Many spouses and dependent children are also buried here.
Part of Fort Donelson National Cemetery as it appeared around 1908.
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What you'll need on summer vacation with a child
Going on a vacation is always great fun. But if you have a child tagging along, you need to be a little more careful about planning, staying, medicine and extras that are really important for your tiny one to make your holidays fun filled and memorable.
When you are planning for your vacation, it will rather be a good idea to choose to go to family-friendly resorts, cruises, and parks. The reason for this is that these places will have something for everyone and will be quite well equipped to provide you with almost all things that your baby might need. It will also be a nice to book your resort or hotel and tell them in advance of your baby needs right from a crib to baby food.
While traveling, keep your child safe and comfortable. Take comfy clothes and footwear, so your baby is happy. Consider going for cotton clothing and Nike Sunray footwear since these keep the air circulation so the delicate skin is happy. Also don't forget to carry your sunscreen and sunhats.
Another important point to consider is to assume for situations that handle, "what if" situations. Such a planning will help you know how to react to emergency situations. Carry your child's medicine kit. If your baby has a special affinity to some of his/her toy, carry it along! Pack it up and let your child enjoy vacation tear-free. Also prefer longer flights and car travel, so the child can have appropriate rest time.
As you have reached your destination, you might need to even visit places with crowd and noise. Take special care of your child during such times. This becomes all the more important if your child is a runner. Consider getting a child wrist harness so your child is safe at all times. These are not only comfortable to wear but easy to use as well. Things such as these allow the child a sense of freedom, while the parent can be rest assured that the child is well close by.
Lastly, remember that all kids love to play. Whether you choose to go to a beach, or explore the woods, let kids have fun in their own way. After-all vacations are all about that! Make the most of them and let these vacations leave a stamp of the fondest days that you had with your kids around!


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CardioPerfect Workstation software Version 1.6.2. is redesigned to maximize efficiency, expand electronic health record (EHR) compatibility and increase patient compliance. Capabilities include pediatric interpretation for its ECG module, compatibility with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and enhanced METs calculation abilities along with improved report formats for its exercise stress module.
The software, which enables healthcare professionals to store and review diagnostic test data from a variety of different instruments, was redesigned to better meet the demands of physicians amidst the economic recession. The software successfully passed all the tests required to meet the new compliance standards for lung function testing.
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Images of Time Machines
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I have always loved the idea of time travel and while a blow to the head can create a time travel story just as good as the far cooler images. It is also far easier to believe that someone could travel in time through some type of a machine even if we know that it is unlikely. Here are images of some time machines.
This last image is my favorite beacuse it is the Large Hadron Collider. This likely is not a time machine,but there is some theories that this may allow time machines. Here is an article that looks at the possibility that it could send matter backwards in time. There is also a story of a strange man appearing claiming to be a time traveler. You may want to consider that these articles mostly appeared around april 1st.
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Is it possible for Christians to sin?
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Romans 7:15-19 NIV
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.
Is this just the war between the flesh and the spirit?
If it wasn't for the book of Romans I feel like many people, including myslef, would be left hopeless and constantly questioning their salvation.
I pose another question as well, if sanctification is never fully complete until we receive our glorified bodies, then will we always struggle with sin?
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Posted 30 July 2014 - 03:20 AM
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar,
and his word is not in us. 1 John 1:8-10
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth.
Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, Revelation 1:5
As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. Psalms 103:12
Our Sanctification
But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 2 Thessalonians 2:13
Is Organic
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
Abide in me, and I in you.
As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself,
except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. John 15:3-4
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Galatians 15:22-23
And Beloved, Still We Trust
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling,
and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. Jude 1:24-25
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Christians will sin till the day they die - for anything that is not of faith is sin (Rom 14:23) it is only in the resurrection that we are raised to incorruption.
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After becoming born again of the Word of God by the Spirit of God, the exact Spirit that was in Jesus Christ now has become our new life. As you have already posted, "It is no longer I that liveth, but Christ liveth in me..." That new "I" which is Christ can never sin, or die, or ever fail, as it is revealed to us in this scripture....
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On a brisk, rainy Charleston, SC morning, I drug myself (and my Chacos) our of bed and trudged over to the Charleston Color Me Rad 5k. Now, I'm no runner, but I am a great volunteer. Stationed at the purple cornstarch, I was ready to attack unsuspecting runners on this strenuous 5k. But as it turns out, I ended up attacking myself more than the runners. Standing face first over a box of purple cornstarch was exactly what it sounds like: messy. My lips, hair, eyelashes, and feet were dyed purple. Lucky for me purple is an excellent color for me because after 3 showers and a baking soda rub, my skin was dyed purple for the next 48 hours. I proudly showed off my new do around the streets of Charleston and I of course sported my purple cornstarch Chaco tan that prompted a lot of questions on the chic streets of Charleston. I mean, has no one ever seen a purple college student before?!


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TWTD understands that former Blues coach Bryan Klug is being lined-up for a return to Portman Road. Stalwart Klug was controversially axed by former boss Roy Keane in January 2010 and is currently the assistant director and head of player development at Tottenham's Academy.
Klug was Town's assistant boss under Jim Magilton until John Gorman's appointment, when he moved into a head of football development role, and was taking charge of the reserves at the time of his Portman Road exit.
The 51-year-old was a youth player with the Blues between 1977 and 1983 but failed to make a senior appearance, moving on to Wimbledon (loan), Chesterfield and Peterborough United and then into non-league football.
Klug returned to Portman Road in 1987, joining the coaching staff and in 1998 became the director of the newly formed Academy in an era during which Kieron Dyer, Richard Wright, James Scowcroft, Titus Bramble and others emerged.
In 2005 Klug, who has also had spells as caretaker-manager of the Blues, led the Academy to the club's third FA Youth Cup before becoming Magilton's assistant a year later, shortly after Newcastle United had approached him to run their Academy.
The EPPP developments which come into effect next season will see a shake-up at Academy and reserve levels across the board and the Blues will be required to appoint additional full-time coaches whether they opt for a Category One or Category Two youth set-up.
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Newmont Announces Second Quarter 2012 Earnings Call17:00 EDT Thursday, June 21, 2012DENVER, June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) announced it will report Second Quarter 2012 results before the market opens on Friday, July 27, 2012. A conference call will be held that day at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (8:00 a.m. Mountain Time); it will also be carried on the Company's website.Conference Call DetailsDial-In Number 888.566.1822Intl Dial-In Number 312.470.7116Leader John SeabergPasscode Newmont Replay Number 800-294-3093Intl Replay Number 203-369-3228Replay Passcode 2012Webcast DetailsURL http://services.choruscall.com/links/newmont120727.htmlThe Second Quarter 2012 results and related financial and statistical information will be available prior to market open on Friday, July 27, 2012 on the "Investor Relations" section of the Company's web site, www.newmont.com. Additionally, the conference call will be archived for a limited time on the Company's website. SOURCE Newmont Mining CorporationFor further information: Media, Omar Jabara, +1-303-837-5114, firstname.lastname@example.com or Diane Reberger, +1-303-967-9455, email@example.com, or Investors, John Seaberg, +1-303-837-5743, firstname.lastname@example.com or Karli Anderson, +1-303-837-6049, email@example.com


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High court upholds key part of Obama health law
The 5-4 decision means the huge overhaul, still taking effect, will proceed and pick up momentum over the next several years, affecting the way that countless Americans receive and pay for their personal medical care.
The ruling hands Obama a campaign-season victory in rejecting arguments that Congress went too far in approving the plan. However, Republicans quickly indicated they will try to use the decision to rally their supporters against what they call "Obamacare."
Stocks of hospital companies rose sharply, and insurance companies fell immediately after the decision was announced that Americans must carry health insurance or pay a penalty.
Breaking with the court's other conservative justices, Chief Justice John Roberts announced the judgment that allows the law to go forward with its aim of covering more than 30 million uninsured Americans.
The justices rejected two of the administration's three arguments in support of the insurance requirement. But the court said the mandate can be construed as a tax. "Because the Constitution permits such a tax, it is not our role to forbid it, or to pass upon its wisdom or fairness," Roberts said.
The court found problems with the law's expansion of Medicaid, but even there said the expansion could proceed as long as the federal government does not threaten to withhold states' entire Medicaid allotment if they don't take part in the law's extension.
The court's four liberal justices, Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, joined Roberts in the outcome.
Justices Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissented.
Kennedy summarized the dissent in court. "In our view, the act before us is invalid in its entirety," he said.
The dissenters said in a joint statement that the law "exceeds federal power both in mandating the purchase of health insurance and in denying non-consenting states all Medicaid funding."
In all, the justices spelled out their views in six opinions totaling 187 pages. Roberts, Kennedy and Ginsburg spent 57 minutes summarizing their views in the packed courtroom.
The legislation passed Congress in early 2010 after a monumental struggle in which all Republicans voted against it. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., said Thursday the House will vote the week of July 9 on whether to repeal the law, though such efforts have virtually no chance in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has joined in calls for complete repeal.
After the ruling, Republican campaign strategists said Romney will use it to continue campaigning against "Obamacare" and attacking the president's signature health care program as a tax increase.
"Obama might have his law, but the GOP has a cause," said veteran campaign adviser Terry Holt. "This promises to galvanize Republican support around a repeal of what could well be called the largest tax increase in American history."
Democrats said Romney, who backed an individual health insurance mandate when he was Massachusetts governor, will have a hard time exploiting the ruling.
"Mitt Romney is the intellectual godfather of Obamacare," said Democratic consultant Jim Manley. "The bigger issue is the rising cost of health care, and this bill is designed to deal with it."Read the Supreme Court's ruling (pdf)
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I spent my high school years in Atascadero, Calif., (that's uh-task-a-DARE-oh) a secluded slice of heaven 15 miles inland and halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
In the early '70s, the town was shaded by hundreds of towering oak trees and had 10,000 residents hidden in the folds and crevices of its rolling coastal hills. We were so far from the nearest known sin that our high school needed a dormitory to house students living farther than 50 miles.
Across the street from the dormitory and downhill from the high school, my father pastored the First Southern Baptist Church, which I attended three times a week. While people in big-city churches wore bell-bottomed trousers or maxi dresses, our men wore jeans and boots and the women wore, uh, jeans and boots.
One Sunday night, in the midst of a lethargic hymn, I heard the vestibule door rattle. I turned to see three latecomers taking seats on our back pew.
Two of them were shoeless and unwashed bearded men who walked on the cuffs of their tattered jeans and had stringy long hair. The third was a woman who wasn't dressed much better in her fringed skirt and brown vest.
I wondered if these were drug-addicted hippies I'd only read about. Had they finally come to repent for their numerous sins? Were they planning a sit-in?
I immediately started praying something like this:
"God, thank you for bringing these lost ones among us. Please help them ask Jesus into their hearts."
As quickly as I'd said "Amen," the three of them walked the side aisle and took seats in the front row.
I sat in the glowing belief that my prayer had been stunningly effective. What would I pray next? Perhaps I'd pray that my science teacher would repent from teaching evolution. Or maybe my English teacher would seek atonement for living with his girlfriend.
As my father walked to the pulpit, I said a quick prayer that sounded more like I was ordering a lightning strike.
"Now, God! Now! Let them hear your word and repent."
But the only voice I heard was my father saying, "We have a guest speaker from San Luis Obispo. He's the president of the Baptist Student Union at California Polytechnic University."
"Wow," I thought. "That's the kind of God-fearing speaker these vagabonds need."
As I peered over the pews searching for our mystery guest, the "unwashed hippie" stood and thanked my dad for hosting him.
I was breathless with incredulity, but mostly overwhelmed with shame as the man shared his heart for reaching people through God's love.
My prayers had ricocheted off my target and struck my hypocritical heart. I was the one in need of repentance. It was I who was unwashed.
My thoughts went back to a sermon I'd heard my father preach from the Book of Acts. In the story, Peter has a vision in which he is offered nonkosher food. Of course, he refuses, but God's voice in the vision is clear.
"Do not call anything impure that God has made clean."
At the end of the day, Peter's vision wasn't about food, it was about God's universal acceptance of all people. As Peter would later explain, "God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean."
I can't tell you what the "hippie" from Cal Poly preached about that night, but these many years later I have clearly recounted the sermon God intended me to hear.
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Grateful Dead Drummer Wanted By Police For Assaulting Fan
Mickey Hart is being hunted by police for allegedly assaulting a fan at a concert. A warrant has been issued after the musician was accused of assaulting a spectator at a Mickey Hart Band show on September 8 at Terrapin Hill Farm in Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
It is still unclear what actually happened, despite the victim filing a police report shortly after the incident and initiating the charges. It is standard practice in Kentucky to issue a warrant as soon as an alleged victim decides he or she wants to press charges.
Hart has yet to make any mention of the incident on his website or on Twitter. According to his website however, he is currently in Ozark, Arkansas for a show at the Yonder Mountain String Band's Harvest Music Festival.
Hart, whose real name is Michael Hartman, played with the iconic hippie favorites from September 1967 to February 1971.
He also had a second spell with the outfit, which lasted from October 1974 to August 1995, when they officially dissolved following the death of band leader Jerry Garcia.
However Hart has continued to work with his former band mates, first under the moniker The Other Ones, before they changed it to The Dead in 2003.
He has also had a successful solo career, with his 1991 album Planet Drum spending 26 weeks at number one on the Billboard World Music Chart for 26 weeks, and also winning him the first ever Grammy Award for Best World Music Album.


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The suspensory ligament bridges between the symphysis pubis and the tunica albuginea of the corpus cavernosum and goes around the dorsal vein of the penis. The suspensory ligament maintains the base of the penis in front of the pubis and acts as a major point of support for the erect penis during intercourse. Penile suspensory ligament abnormalities can occur after sexual trauma from downward pressure of the erect penis. The penis can become unstable and/or deformed and erectile dysfunction may occur. On physical exam a gap may be palpated between the pubis and the penis especially with erection.
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James L. Lindon, PharmD, PhD, JD
Posted: 09/23/2011
This isn't my question, it's a pretty realistic article by a pharmacist and now attorney.
When can a pharmacist legally refill a controlled substance prescription early?
Response from James L. Lindon, PharmD, PhD, JD
Director, Pharmacy Law and Intellectual Property, Lindon & Lindon, LLC One of the more uncomfortable situations a pharmacist and patient can face is when a patient requests a refill of a prescription for a controlled substance sooner than when records indicate that the patient should be out of medication. The patient may state that the medication was lost or stolen, that the patient will be out of town on vacation when the prescription is due for a refill, or that the prescriber told the patient to take more medication without providing a new prescription to the pharmacy. Whatever the reason for the request, controlled substances always present the possibility of abuse.
Anytime when a pharmacist dispenses medication, particularly controlled substances, the pharmacist must be vigilant to ensure that it is for a "legitimate medical purpose." Although pharmacists need to be vigilant, there can be a thin line between professional diligence and paranoia. A pharmacist's ability to be a pharmacist is judged on whether the law believes that medication dispensed by the pharmacist is for a legitimate medical purpose.
Prescription drug abuse has come under greater focus from law enforcement. The 2008 National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported that an estimated 4.7 million Americans over 12 years of age had used prescription pain relievers in the past month. Of the approximately 68,000 survey respondents who admitted to nonmedical use of prescription pain relievers in the previous 12 months, 5.4% reported obtaining the drugs from a friend or relative without asking.[1]
According to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Pharmacist's Manual, pharmacists are responsible for protecting themselves against drug diversion.[2] The DEA Code of Federal Regulations Section 1306.04 states that "the responsibility for the proper prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances is upon the prescribing practitioner, but a corresponding responsibility rests with the pharmacist who fills the prescription.[3]" This regulation also indicates that a person knowingly filling a prescription for illegitimate use "shall be subject to the penalties provided for violations of the provisions of law relating to controlled substances.[3]"
Further, pharmacists are held accountable by state licensing boards that can conduct pharmacy inspections and audit prescription records. Penalties for infractions may include fine, probation, and loss of pharmacy license. To guard against these penalties, pharmacists must be aware of the tactics used to divert prescription drugs.
Patient Internet blogs include postings by patients who state that they feel like criminals when they discuss use of controlled substances with their pharmacists. Patients describe feeling violated when asked, "Why do you want to fill this prescription earlier than you should be filling it?" They don't understand the reason for a pharmacist being "rude" or "prying."
State boards of pharmacy are on record disapproving of providing early refills in some cases. In November 2008, a North Carolina pharmacy technician was noted as having improperly provided early refills of the controlled drug alprazolam without authorization by the prescriber.[4] In January 2006, a pharmacist cited a "stressful environment and dealing with customers who were requesting early refills on their prescriptions" as mitigating factors for lapsing into substance abuse as noted in meeting minutes of the Tennessee Board of Pharmacy.[5] In October 2006, a pharmacist was accused of providing early refills in North Carolina, according to a Consent Order settling the matter. Among the findings was that the pharmacist filled a prescription for hydrocodone 4 days early and another prescription for hydrocodone 6 days early. The pharmacist was also accused of dispensing excessive amounts of controlled substances. The pharmacist was publicly reprimanded.[6] A pharmacy in North Carolina was accused of dispensing the muscle relaxant carisoprodol "sooner than permitted" on several occasions in 2008 and was publicly reprimanded.[7]
The point is that Boards of Pharmacy are watching.
Whether any given instance might be considered "too soon" would probably have to take into account all the circumstances. For example, an elderly patient with a long history of severe pain from several surgeries who relied on a relative for transportation to the pharmacy would probably be permitted to have an early refill 3 days early. However, a young patient with a minor ankle sprain with a history of having several early refills might not convince that same pharmacist to give a refill 3 days early. Is that fair? Pharmacists have been forced to make judgment calls and be prepared to answer in court -- and they are going to make judgment calls. They will be inconsistent.


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