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As an English major, I'm really disappointed to see the English Department at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse promoting Brian Deer's talks next week at the University. According to the department's blog, Deer "carried out one of the classic public interest investigations of recent times. He probed the controversy over vaccines and autism. Based on this landmark inquiry, and 25 years of pursuing complex, contentious topics, he gives a reporter's inside perspective on how to break a difficult story."
"Fears that vaccines cause autism has become one of the biggest health controversies in America. But where did the story begin, and what keeps it going?"
The truth, fellow English majors and would-be journalists, is that the story began when vaccines began causing autism, and what keeps the story going is that vaccines keep causing autism. That's my view, but I'm not alone, and the fact that I and thousands of others hold that view shows that Deer's presentation should be treated as one side of a controversy, not as a how-to session. The promo -- doubtless supplied by Deer or his enablers -- acknowledges it's a real controversy, but then immediately reverts to the idea that some nonsense abroad in the population is perpetuating this ridiculous idea of a vaccine-autism link.
That is the kind of subtle subversion of logic and language to which English majors, especially, should be alert. The medical and scientific community may be in the tank, but this is a story in which close attention to rhetoric and reality can point to the truth as directly as any other evidence.
There's nothing wrong with having Deer speak at an American university, although I can't see much point in it. But the issue needs to be presented as a debate, a dialogue, and prosepective journalists need to study the controversy, not slaver over the author because he has won some awards and the orthodox medical and media establishments are drunk on his Kool-Aid. Andy Wakefield shouldn't have to scratch around for a venue to hold his own press conference. He should be invited in to confront Deer, or to appear in a similarly respectable capacity. Or, if not Wakefield, I've written and presented on the problems with Deer's reporting and would have been glad to do so again (they wouldn't have to pay me, which I can only assume is another difference between myself and Deer).
The title of Deer's other talk, "An Elaborate Fraud: The MMR Vaccine and Autism," is not really holding up well, either, given developments since the series by that title appeared in the British Medical Journal in January 2011. According to the promo: "Over a period of seven years, Brian Deer investigated the story for The Sunday Times of London and now comes to LaCrosse to reveal what Time Magazine dubbed one of the 'great science frauds' of all time. Launched from one British hospital in the 1990s, the scare took hold first in the UK, and then spread around the globe, leaving doctors baffled, children at risk, parents frightened, and lawyers with a lot more money. Deer shows how it was done, who did it, and why it will happen again."
The question to be asked is not how was it done, etc., but, What fraud?
Inconveniently, Wakefield's co-author on the 1988 "Lancet" paper, the renowned John Walker- Smith, was exonerated of the British medical establishment's trumped-up charges this year by a British civil court with a thorough-goingness that directly discredits many of those breathless assertions against Wakefield, including claims that there was no regressive autism, no bowel disease, no genuine case series, no plausible link to the MMR. For instance, here is what Smith said under oath :
Q. What did you believe that you were finding?
A. Just like many times in my career before, we were finding a new disorder. … We were beginning to see a new syndrome, fairly clear features of children [with regressive developmental disorders] presenting with diarrhoea, very often abdominal pain which often was not diagnosed by other doctors. ...There is a characteristic symptom pattern. ... Clearly in the context of autism we felt something new was coming, and that is the motivation, of course, for us clinicians to feel that it was appropriate for Andy Wakefield to take the lead, and write these features for publication.
Q. Having gone through the histology reports, the synthesis of those reports in the histology meetings, it is clear that there are abnormalities there ---?
A. Yes.
Walker-Smith also knocks down Deer's claim that the cases were cherry-picked by Wakefield to create a bogus case series. In a letter entered into evidence, he wrote: "I deny the allegation that there was systematic bias in the pattern of referral for the children in the 1998 Lancet paper. No children were invited to participate in this study. Upon review of the Centre for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Royal Free Hospital, work book entitled 'Biopsies Vi 4/9/95 to 21/7/97', we confirm that the children who were reported in The Lancet paper of 1998 were the first 12 children consecutively referred to the university department of paediatric gastroenterology with autism and related disorders, who had gastrointestinal symptoms requiring ileo-colonoscopy to exclude chronic bowel inflammation." …
And as for a possible relation to the MMR shot, another letter by Smith to a fellow doctor was entered into evidence: "In relation to this department, we are all in agreement with the description of a new syndrome of ileal lymphoid nodular hyperplasia and non-specific colitis in a cohort of self-selected (ie parent selected) patients. We have sent a paper to the Lancet and I enclose a copy for you. In some there is a clear historic link to MMR. ... Like you I am very concerned at any weakening of MMR uptake in the community. However, I have personally seen all these 'autistic' children and in some at least there seems to be a strong presumptive evidence of an MMR link."
The Lancet paper, then, according to Wakefield's clinical co-author, whose integrity has been formally upheld by a British court of law, offered "strong presumptive evidence of an MMR link," a link that, if anything, was underplayed in the "interpretation" section of the paper, which merely reported the belief of most of the parents that the MMR was the cause, and called for further investigation (since squelched with Deer's material help).
The truth, tragically: Something new was coming -- a new wave of very sick children who developed a characteristic gut disease and regressive developmental disorders, blamed in most cases by their observant parents on the MMR shot. The human toll since then, a toll Deer has helped to increase, has been unfathomable, and it goes up every day. No wonder parents dislike Deer and are dismayed at the credence that he still gets, while Wakefield is forced to try to find a venue to tell the truth. I am sure there are Wisconsin residents, University of Wisconsin LaCross students, teachers, alums, who feel this way.
If the English Department wants to help it students, it should send them not just to Deer, but to those first-person sources -- to "the real world" -- and then to Wakefield, and then to George Orwell to see the trick that, in my opinion, is being played on them.
For more details, here's a news release from The Canary Party:
Researcher Wakefield & families of MMR-injured to speak in LaCrosse
ST. PAUL, MINN. – Researcher and patient advocate Andrew Wakefield, MB, BS, FRCS, FRCPath, will speak publicly next week to correct ongoing false reports about the 1998 Lancet MMR vaccine case series he co-authored with 12 other researchers.
Wakefield, an academic gastroenterologist and author of more than 140 scientific articles, will hold a press conference with Midwest autism families at 1 p.m. Thursday, October 4 in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. The location will be provided next week.
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Jenny Allan says: "In the UK it is presently perfectly legal for young children to receive ear and body piercings and for boys to be circumcised for non clinical reasons. Dr Wakefield had permission from both the children and their parents,several of whom were medical colleagues, to take blood samples. The blood was taken by an appropriately qualified nurse at the party. This was neither illegal nor a reason for 'striking off' a doctor, although Dr Wakefield himself acknowledges he was unwise to speak publicly about this incident."
However, in the historical literature, we see:
"But the process of "cell culture adaptation" changes all of that. Natural mumps virus was first taken from a little girl named Jeryl Lynn Hilleman. Jeryl Lynn was the daughter of Dr. Maurice Hilleman, a scientist who, at the time, was working in the research laboratories of a company named Merck, Sharpe & Dohme. Dr. Hilleman then "grew" the virus in eggs. By growing the virus in hen's eggs it became less and less able to grow in human cells. This happened because the genes that tell mumps virus how to reproduce itself were changed. Now the mumps virus reproduced itself very poorly."
Why is one man applauded and the other prosecuted? Is it really so different?
Patricia- 'LBRBNB'- thanks that just gave me quite a good laugh which would normally be great but I'm having a bout of sciatica ; )
"A Wakefield win would have meant they could have reclaimed all their money!!"
As always seen do be doing something,(hence no blame on them) but doing nothing ... Insurance companies are just part of the day to day sting,positioning ,around the world..A Wakefield win would result in a landslide of claims against insurance polices whether it be , Government,Lawyers ,Indemnity or whatever...the day will come ..we just have to make it happen..
Patricia says:-
"AW must Appeal to the GMC."
As I understand it a 'behind the scenes' approach HAS been made to the GMC by Dr Wakefield and/or his UK lawyers. In view of the fact that 75% of the charges against Professor Walker-Smith were also made against Dr Wakefield, and JWS was completely exonerated by Judge Mitting in the UK High Court, particularly on the crucial issues of ethical permission and clinical need, the GMC have NO REASON AT ALL to continue to withhold Dr Wakefield's medical licence to practice. Issues specific to Dr Wakefield were the 'Kid's party' where some control blood samples were taken, and his failure to declare his expert fees for legal work undertaken on behalf of a group MMR litigation.
In the UK it is presently perfectly legal for young children to receive ear and body piercings and for boys to be circumcised for non clinical reasons. Dr Wakefield had permission from both the children and their parents,several of whom were medical colleagues, to take blood samples. The blood was taken by an appropriately qualified nurse at the party. This was neither illegal nor a reason for 'striking off' a doctor, although Dr Wakefield himself acknowledges he was unwise to speak publicly about this incident.
It is perfectly usual for doctors and scientists to prepare expert reports for litigation cases. Indeed the GMC's own expert witness, Professor Rutter, had also received fees and plane fares for appearing as an expert witness in US vaccine litigation cases. His evidence was used by vaccine manufacturers as part of their defences. Prof Rutter, condemned Dr Wakefield for not declaring his involvement in MMR litigation, but developed amnesia in relation to his own conflicts of interest.
According to Dr Wakefield, his reason for not declaring his MMR litigation involvement was to prevent the GMC case from prejudicing the childrens' cases. Seems reasonable to me. Dr Wakefield's insurance company, having spent a huge sum on his GMC defence, refused to fund his High Court appeal. The insurers will be regretting this decision. A Wakefield win would have meant they could have reclaimed all their money!!
That Lilady sure is singing her heart out aint she Jen, down in the Last Chance Saloon. She is so desperate she is even quoting me now! Shucks.
I also see we have a supporter in Lookinglass, I like the cut of his jib.
So much vitriol, so much undisguised hatred for Wakefield. I have to say it reminds me, sadly, of the Mccanns. What is it I ask myself that inspires such division of feeling? It's no longer a science issue, it has become so personalised in that cesspit LBRBNB. If it isn't resolved soon it will become a Tragedy of Greek proportions. AW must Appeal to the GMC, he must raise enough funds somehow to proceed.
Jenny they certainly are being challenged! Well done. But at 94 comments and still rising I am not sure that the mods can cope. I have a feeling they are overwhelmed. When will they call a halt I wonder. Perhaps not until the end of the week. Some of the LBRB stuff is patently desperate now and the Deer inspired inflammatory defaming is becoming so repetative it is reminiscent of robotic moronic automatons. That's what they are of course. Good to read some interesting comments from ASD whoever he or she is.
Yes the LB/RB brigade are out in force, but they are NOT on 'home' territory in this comment thread and should be challenged. I have already reported one of Lilady's lying vindictive comments as abusive and will be interested to see what the mods make of this.
Yes Jenny and I see the latest load of loathsome lies and Deer induced vomit making rhetoric is also up there now, spewing forth from that well known saloonbar contributor Lilady of LBRB! Should expect it I guess. She really detests Andy because he "talks posh", that just about sums her up.
Patricia you asked -"So which department did invite Deer? I thought it was the English Department?"
Your provided link informs us:-
"It started when University of Wisconsin-La Crosse biology faculty invited Deer to present as part of a yearly life sciences lecture series.
"We're just a bunch of geeky scientists," said Michael Winfrey, UW-L microbiology professor. "But this is getting all this publicity."
Methinks the 'geeky scientists' are beginning to panic. Brian Deer is a journalist with NO medical or scientific qualifications whatsoever. They really SHOULD have expected some controversy after inviting Deer to give a 'life sciences' lecture.
An interesting comment thread. Matt Carey aka Sullivan has weighed in!!
So which department did invite Deer? I thought it was the English Department?
Has anyone investigated the funding of this university ? Are there large funds coming from Pharma or some Pharma funded "foundation" in the med department for instance?
Dan's words are so true: "The truth... is that the story began when vaccines began causing autism, and what keeps the story going is that vaccines keep causing autism."
In the fall of the year when the veil of time seems thin.
St Paul celebrating October- fest will certainly begin.
It calls for booths, and Jack-o-lanterns with toothy grins.
The halls of LaCrosse, will hold something spooky within.
It's a tall order, but this city will beat out its twin.
For in crawls Brian Deer, LaCrosse should be full of chagrin
Oops correction, I was in a rush:
Let's say that of these 10,000 vaccines half of them contain 250 micrograms of aluminum.
That means the baby would receive 1,250,000 micrograms of aluminum, which is 1.25 grams.
Offit's original claim referred to 100,000 vaccines... so what he actually said was that a baby could receive 12.5 grams of aluminum
According to Brian Deer, Father 11 said that he was told that his son was the 13th child to be referred to the department of pediatric gastroenterology. Deer makes much of this in the BMJ paper. Though it doesn't seem like a big deal to me, I'm curious about what the story is. Is Father 11 wrong? Did two children preceding Child 11 not meet the criteria?
* Brian Deer has requested no unauthorized filming of these events. (From the blog/flyer)
I expect there will be some attempts to prevent the use of recording devices and mobile phones during these lectures, but in view of the fact that they are apparently free and open to anyone, this is going to be very difficult to enforce. Anyone attending, please take pens and paper and write as many copious notes as possible.
Deer commonly uses threats and other devices to prevent his toxic comments from being repeated, but these are public lectures and there's nothing to stop anyone from reporting his verbatim comments. Deer is a fool, who imagines the high level protection he has enjoyed in the past will last forever, and he can do and say whatever he wants, whenever he chooses. Deer's 'sponsors', whoever they are, will disappear like 'snow off a dyke' if he says anything to bring them into disrepute or even public notice.
Deer's lecture at the Johns Hopkins University a couple of years ago was never transcribed or even accorded a report by the university. An unofficial account in AoA by an attender reported some outrageous allegations from Deer using card tricks to demonstrate how Andrew Wakefield got 'jackpots of money'. In fact, large tranches of cash have been thrown at discrediting Dr Wakefield and it is reasonable to assume that Deer is getting well rewarded for his part in the demolition process. He has very little other apparent visible means of support.
Another poster reasonably asks if Deer's lectures are being paid for or sponsored and organised by a third party, or if there have been any large pharma donations to the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse.
Oops correction, I was in a rush:
Let's say that of these 10,000 vaccines half of them contain 250 micrograms of aluminum.
That means the baby would receive 1,250,000 micrograms of aluminum, which is 1.25 grams.
Thank you to all who will attend this event!!!
Those interested in attending the event, here is the complete schedule.
Andy Wakefield press conference 1:00pm at Myrick Park (Gun Club Shelter) across from the north side of the University. LaCrosse Street and Hillview.
Brian Deer presentation at Centennial Hall. This is on the south side of the university off Vine St.
Also, the town will be very chaotic. One of largest Octoberfest celebrations in the country will be taking place along with Homecoming for the university.
Need more information email me. email@example.com
It looks as if Bernadette Taylor has been domiciled in the US for more than 20 years but why hasn't she published anything for 13?
I am a few hours from lacrosse and would love to make a drive next week if we can get some others to attend and ask home some HONEST questions!!!!
Proud Mom to Ethan, Alex, Megan, and Sega our Miracle Service Dog
Anyone else notice how Bernadette Taylor seems to be the one pimping this presentation...
and it looks like, from her bio here, she's either from the U.K. or at least completed her undergrad in the U.K.: http://www.uwlax.edu/microbiology/taylor.htm
I don't know. I smell a rat.
Of course, Offit's load of old codswallop is enshrined in the British Department of Health ideology:
The incidence of vaccine injuries from the DPT shots were high before they got the law passed.
Barbara Lou Fisher and a tons of parents first and second Congressional hearing -- and "60 Minutes" with James Cherry's big long face mug covering my television screen.
So, it is even more evil than what you think.
Already a load of kids being hurt and so they passed the law and full throttle ahead.
Yes, much worse
Paul Offit did originally claim that a baby's immune system could cope with 100,000 vaccines administered simultaneously.
This nonsense appeared in the October 2005 edition of Parents Pack Newsletter, from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
You can see it for yourself in either of the following two links:
RE: Dr Paul Offit's assertion that baby's can tolerate 10,000 vaccines, from the AAP paper by Dr. Offit which John Stone linked to:
Dr. Offit performs a mathematical calculation based on the number of antigens in vaccines and the number of B cells in blood, and concludes that, "each infant would have the theoretical capacity to respond to about 10 000 vaccines at any one time (obtained by dividing 10[to the 7th power] B cells per mL by 10[to the 3rd power] epitopes per vaccine).
"Of course, most vaccines contain far fewer than 100 antigens (for example, the hepatitis B, diphtheria, and tetanus vaccines each contain 1 antigen), so the estimated number of vaccines to which a child could respond is conservative. But using this estimate, we would predict that if 11 vaccines were given to infants at one time, then about 0.1% of the immune system would be 'used up.'"
This is certainly not science, but merely a mathematical calculation. It ignores everything that has ever been reported regarding possible mechanisms for vaccine reactions, and has never been tested, e.g. by giving an animal 10,000 vaccines. The absurdity and impossibility of this scenario can be demonstrated by a few simple calculations:
volume of typical vaccine = 0.5 to 1.0 milliliters, so assume average volume of 0.75 milliliters
total volume of 10,000 vaccines = 7,500 milliliters, which converts to about 2 gallons!
Can an infant be safely injected with 2 gallons of anything?
Is it even possible to inject an infant with 2 gallons of anything?
For some perspective:
An average adult has about 1.3 gallons of blood.
An average 6 month old baby has about 1/6th of a gallon of blood.
Some vaccines contain between 170 and 850 micrograms of aluminum.
Let's say that of these 10,000 vaccines half of them contain 250 micrograms of aluminum.
That means the baby would receive 2,500,000 micrograms of aluminum, which is 2.5 grams.
Dr. Robert Sears tried to find research on safe levels of aluminum, and wrote about it here:
In summary, Dr. Offit's assertion about 10,000 vaccines is worse than preposterous, and certainly not scientific. To quote a vaccine court judge and Lewis Carroll, you would have to "believe six impossible things before breakfast" to think that he is making any sense here. He should start by injecting himself with 11 vaccines and see how he feels. If he makes it through that OK, he could do another 89 for a total of 100, and see if he survives long enough to start working on the remaining 9,900 vaccines. That would be an interesting experiment.
Thanks Dan if I write about Deer it isn`t usually fit to be printed anywhere..so I shall leave it at well done Dan...
Yes, they might encounter all sorts of things but they are not injected into their bodies (by way of experiment).
cmo thankyou for that link. This article copied and pasted to them.
Oh, and I hope we will all get to view this talk....
So is there a way to contact that department and flood them with questions to pose?
John Stone
Thanks for the links to Offit's article. As I suspected this is NOT a piece of scientific research at all but a load of unproven baloney based on the estimated numbers of microbes which a newborn baby might encounter. How long is a piece of string?
Autism began to appear in large numbers after the US passed a law preventing parents from ever suing vaccine makers in regular courts, thus kids went from a few to more than 70. The biggest jump began when 3 -12 hour old babies started getting Hepatitis B shots rather than testing the mother to see if she had it, back in 1991-others acquired autism as a result of the DPT shot in the 80's. Wakefield had nothing to do with that. Brian Deer did not work as a journalist, rather he is a "DEJOURNALIST." He has added to the DEstruction of true journalism. That is why the public does not know how the US pays out billions to tragedies caused by vaccines or people do not learn that most diseases were nearly gone before vaccines. The public does not know that aluminum, antifreeze, aborted fetal cells, dog parts, dangerous peanuts are in those plastic and latex syringes-none are healthy. Wakefield did the honest ethical reports and he was scapegoated. The University is fast Losing credibility. 1 in 5 children now have Neurological Impairments, 1 in Developmental Disabilities only since the 70 vaccines. WHO is funding the Deer Experiments? Science and Journalism without Conscience.
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RE: Brian Deer
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John and Dan,
Have you seen that the Thompson Center's Mazurek has published a study, said to be first of its kind, finding that autistic children often have bowel problems which lead to anxiety? I looked up autistic enterocolitis on wikipedia to make sure, but it clearly stated that most professionals thought that the association between bowel disease and autism was just something that Wakefield invented. Is it just saying that the problems can cause anxiety that is new, or is it that Big Pharma has decided it can't deny it any more, and has decided to gradually let the cat out of the bag, letting one of their own claim credit for this particular point? The rest to follow. I wrote a letter to the editor, but of course they wouldn't touch that one!
And did you see the article last month about gluten sensitivity on the rise? It said that comparisons of blood samples stored since the 1950's showed that blood markers for sensitivity were extremely rare then, much more common now. I wrote a letter to the editor that was published saying that this shows that many people getting vaxed are being sensitized to gluten by ingredients in the vaccines, and, while they may not go so far as to develop autism, they do go so far as to develop intolerance to gluten as part of their vaccine reaction, hence the explosion of gluten insensitive and celiac disease people.
Guy Ritchie fans will enjoy the Jasper Badun accent. Wonder if they'll ask him if he keeps pigs... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id_AxZ3zHAc
Dr. Wakefield was professionally destroyed by vaccine mafia, because he dared to conduct the PROPER study, investigating origin of comorbid diseases in autistic children. Vaccine mafia refuses to conduct similar studies, because they know such studies provide convincing evidence, that vaccines cause autism and many other crippling diseases in children.
Dr. Andrew Wakefield of the UK Speaks to the
Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
The first 5 minutes covers quite a bit...
The Chinese director of pediatrics has an Autistic son, following a MMR vaccine....
The Wakefield medical complaint did NOT COME FROM the parents of children Dr. Wakefield treated.... but from a UK journalist.
Vaccine safety and wisdom in the United States & UK is based on
a UK / Murdoch "award winning" news reporter Brian Deer/ he has won one award so far....
Brian Deer has spent over 7 years trying to discredit a 5 page 1998 Andrew Wakefield paper on 12 children. 200 children with similar symptoms followed...
The Today show, January 2011 Dr. Nancy Snyderman, Matt Lauer & Brian Deer on the MMR vaccine
Dr. Nancy has no clue at to the cause of anything....
It is of course La Crosse's annual Bavarian style beer fest so perhaps that's what attracted Deer to going there at that time. Will he be wearing his lederhosen?
Hi Jenny
Here is a source for Offit's 10,000 vaccines:
Note that Offit and the UK's very own head of immunisation, David Salisbury, have repeatedly refused to be drawn on the fact that is both an implausible and busted hypothesis:
For them vaccines are just magic.
Hey Jake, will you be attending? Please??
From my post (below)
"the immune system is theoretically capable of responding to about 1010 antigens."
I should point out here that this number does not represent one thousand and ten but is actually ten TO THE POWER OF ten,( ten thousand million). I'm afraid this comment box does not transfer diminutive superscripts!!
Paul Offit's original comments stated publicly that a baby's immune system could cope with 100,000 different vaccines administered simultaneously. This was later commuted to 10,000 vaccines using 'Chinese whispers' media connotations. I have never heard the number ten thousand million used in this context, other than in this OU course material. I have also never tracked down the Offit et al research alluded to which was supposed to prove this assertion.
Perhaps more than anything else this little piece of pseudo scientific nonsense demonstrates beautifully how unwise it is for Arts Faculties in universities to attempt to debate complicated technical and scientific controversies.
Who is funding the talk? is there a donation by pharma or a pharma backed group to the university?
".This article should be made available to Wisconsin English Dept.Dan. I was quite shocked when I realised that this talk by Deer was not part of a far more open and thorough and educative discussion. Doesn't say a lot for the standards at this University.,,,"
I wasn't shocked at all. Disgusted yes, but not shocked.
MMR causes autism, and the medical community is fully aware of that. Dr Wakefield and his team were inching a little too close to that truth, and as such they HAD to be shut down.
You cant shut down a guy like Andrew Wakefield by ridiculing his science, because there is no ridiculing or discrediting his work. His scientific findings are REAL, and they stand as a truth that's as incriminating today as it was in 1998.
The only defence the medical community has, is to destroy the messenger. And that's why a mealy mouth propagandist like Brian Deer was brought in. And perhaps the only thing more fictional that garbage he writes, are the "journalistic" awards that were invented to make him look real.
Brian Deer is a hired propagandist, who will never engage in a honest debate with the people he's lied about. And any institution that gives this guy an unchallenged platform, is as bad as he is.
From Dan Olmstead's article (above):-
"There's nothing wrong with having Deer speak at an American university, although I can't see much point in it. But the issue needs to be presented as a debate, a dialogue, and prosepective journalists need to study the controversy, not slaver over the author because he has won some awards."
Absolutely!! and this gives us all 'food for thought' about what present day universities are actually trying to achieve? There was a time when students were encouraged to weigh up the evidence and make up their own minds. Radical thinking was encouraged. Now it seems students are being indoctrinated into what is called 'mainstream opinions and scientific thinking', and encouraged to use language and semantics to promote the establishment line. This is nothing less than fostoring the skills of 'spin doctoring' in order for graduands to obtain well paid jobs promoting often dubious corporate and political interests.
The following is from a now archived UK Open University course unit, which examines the Wakefield MMR issues in some detail. I apologise for the 'wordy' length of this excerpt. As a science graduate of the OU I was impressed by the excellence of their course material, although this is obviously from one of the 'arts' courses. I was fascinated to see they 'swallowed' Paul Offit's totally unscientific/unproven assertion about 'safely' giving a baby 100,000 vaccines at once!! I recommend reading the entire unit which I estimate to be around 10 years old:-
"The hypothesis that the immune system is overloaded by combined childhood vaccines has never had scientific currency, but in light of the MMR controversy, a team of researchers led by Paul Offit re-examined the issue (Offit et al., 2002). Modern vaccines contain fewer antigens than in the past. Collectively, the immunisation programme recommended for infants in Britain exposes them to less than 100 antigens whereas the immune system is theoretically capable of responding to about 1010 antigens. Other studies tested the hypothesis that if the MMR vaccine did damage the immune system, an increased level of hospitalisation for infectious diseases would occur following the vaccine. Again, no association was found (Miller et al., 2003). It is, however, worth reflecting at this point on the difficulty in collecting and interpreting trends where there are a multiplicity of interdependent variables – a situation which confounds many epidemiological studies.
The main stance of the Department of Health has been that single vaccines expose children to the possibility of infection while waiting to complete the immunisation schedule. Fitzpatrick (2004) associates the momentum of the single-vaccines campaign with the Labour government's policies which have continuously emphasised parental choice, especially with regard to schools and hospitals. By not making available single vaccines as an alternative to MMR, the government's stance has been seen as an active denial of choice, counter to the policy of patient empowerment.
In stark contrast to the unwavering stance of the government, Wakefield is often portrayed as the 'listening doctor' in the press – an image he has taken care to cultivate. In response to criticism of the Lancet paper, he said: 'the approach of the clinical scientists should reflect the first and most important lesson learnt as a medical student – to listen to the patient or the patient's parent, and they will tell you the answer' (Wakefield, 1998).
In the battle for hearts and minds that characterises the MMR controversy, the sympathetic Wakefield clearly trumps the perceived heavy-handed authoritarian approach of the health establishment.
5.2 Blair's babe
The ESRC report demonstrated the high awareness amongst the public of the Leo Blair issue, in spite of it not being the most prominent aspect of the media coverage. In December 2001, during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, Tony Blair was asked whether his infant son had been immunised with MMR. Mr Blair declined to answer on the basis that it was a private family matter. The perception in the media was that if Leo had been immunised, Mr Blair would have been happy to say so. His wife, Cherie Blair, had been the subject of media reports highlighting her interest in New Age alternative medicine which contributed to the suspicion that Mr Blair was promoting MMR in public but opting out in private. The impact of this issue on immunisation levels is hard to measure in isolation but uptake certainly fell in the wake of the publicity (Fitzpatrick, 2004)."
This article should be made available to Wisconsin English Dept.Dan. I was quite shocked when I realised that this talk by Deer was not part of a far more open and thorough and educative discussion. Doesn't say a lot for the standards at this University.
I suppose that's why Wakefield is also there on this specific date? Interestingly I see no mention of the venue itself yet.
Pity some enterprising students don't insist on hearng both sides of the great divide. especially in view of the ongoing court case. Now that is what I would call being "informative".
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It is a big year for marriage, with three bills to amend the Marriage Act currently before Parliament and two inquiries underway.
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Here are some points you might like to include:
- Marriage is a unique relationship between one man and one woman.
- Marriage is the foundation of family, which in turn is the foundation of society.
- If marriage can be redefined to include two people of the same gender, why not three or more people?
- Marriage is deeply held by a large proportion of the population for cultural and religious reasons and this should be respected.
- Redefining marriage has potential serious consequences for religious freedom and freedom of conscience.
- Same-sex marriage sets up a new family model that trashes the truth that gender is vital to a child in family formation.
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Stone Soup Community Kitchen dinners are held about once a month –when local farmers have produce (mostly in the spring, summer and fall). Those who gather at these Stone Soup suppers will work together to fix a meal that everybody shares. We try to use foods grown in the greater local area. Much of the food is gleaned from nearby farmers markets where the farmers donate their food so as to encourage cooking demonstrations of their foods everywhere. The dinners are FREE, but everybody who comes with the expectation to help fix the gleaned food and clean up after the meal. Donations are gratefully accepted. Even people who don't know how to cook can help – we'll all learn together. The Stone Soup dinners are held at different places around the city. That makes it easier for people from several parts of town to experience this event. We usually ask people to arrive and start to fix the food at 4pm–food is ready to eat around 6pm. Please check dates and exact times of the Stone Soup events at the bottom of this page when it becomes available.
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Posted By Charley Cameron On April 15, 2013 @ 8:00 am In Environment,News,Renewable Energy,Solar Power | No Comments
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March marked a historic month for renewable energy [3], as for first time ever 100% of new utility electricity generation added to the US grid came from solar power [4]. According to a report [5] from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), seven solar projects in California, Nevada, New Jersey, Hawaii, Arizona, and North Carolina added 44MW to the grid. It may not be a particularly jaw-dropping figure, but as projects from other energy sources added no new generation, solar's record month does point to a promising outlook for the industry.
One could point to a slow month in new electricity generation overall, but additional figures [7] show that in the first quarter of 2013, 537 megawatts of the 1,880MW of utility power brought online came from solar, running second only to new wind power (958MW). Overall, 82 percent of new grid electricity for the first quarter of 2013 has come from renewable sources [8]—the other 18 percent from natural gas.
With solar accounting for 30 percent of all new utility electricity for 2013 so far, the news bodes well for green jobs as well as renewable energy growth. As Quartz points out [9], several large scale solar projects are set to go online later this year, and yet more are still being announced. The SEIA [5] points out that the solar economy now employs 119,000 people, a 13.2 percent growth over 2011 and these continued projects will invariably create more jobs.
Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association explained [5] "Since 2008, the amount of solar powering U.S. homes, businesses and military bases has grown by more than 600 percent—from 1,100 megawatts to more than 7,700 megawatts today. As FERC's report suggests, and many analysts predict, solar will grow to be our nation's largest new source of energy over the next four years… These new numbers from FERC support our forecast that solar will continue a pattern of growth in 2013, adding 5.2 GW of solar electric capacity."
The projects that helped create this landmark month include 26MW from NRG Energy's 26MW Borrego Solar Project near San Diego, California and 1.3MW installed at the Greensboro Natural Science Center in North Carolina.
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Petition to Consider Exemptions to Graduate Degree Program Admission Requirement(s)
Students who fail to meet the minimum GPA or test score requirements for admission to a graduate degree program may petition to consider exemption to the requirement(s). To appeal an admission requirement, the student must complete a Petition to Waive Graduate Admission Requirement form, available on the website (www.msubillings.edu/grad). The student will complete the petition and return it to the Office of Graduate Studies. The petition will then be sent to the chair of the department, and the dean of the College for review. When completed, the petition will be returned to the Office of Graduate Studies and the student will be notified if the requirement has been waived.
Falsification of information
Each student is responsible for knowing and for complying with all regulations regarding admission procedures. Failure to be informed or to comply will not excuse a student from responsibility or from any penalty or difficulty that may be encountered.
Misrepresentation or falsification of a student's enrollment status will be sufficient grounds to cancel a student's current registration and to suspend the student for two semesters. It is the student's responsibility to know his/her enrollment status at his/her former institution(s).
Denial of Admission
Under Board of Regents' policy (301.10), Montana State University Billings "may deny or condition admission, re-admission, or continuing enrollment of any individual who, in the judgment of the unit, presents an unreasonable risk to the safety and welfare of the campus and persons thereon."
Grade Appeal Procedure
Montana State University Billings has a set of procedures for contesting a grade which must be followed for appropriate resolution. The student must understand that they cannot appeal a grade after sixty (60) days from the official release date of those grades. All documentation must be in writing and submitted to the instructor and Student Resolution Officer (SRO). Please refer to the Student Handbook for a complete explanation of this process.
Step I You must meet with or attempt to make appropriate contact (email, phone, office hours, etc.) with your instructor to discuss your reasons for the grade appeal within sixty (60) days from the official start date of the next term. Documentation supporting your claim should be made available at this meeting. The University would like to have both you and the instructor discuss the details, in a reasonable, open manner, and formulate an agreeable resolution.
Step II If the initial meeting (or attempt to meet) with your instructor did not provide an agreeable resolution, you must then contact the ASMSU Billings Student Resolution Officer and schedule a time for you and the SRO to meet and discuss the reasons for the appeal. The SRO can then help schedule a meeting between you and the instructor of the course you are contesting or, if Step I was not successful, can help move the appeal to Step III. You must submit any documentation supporting your claim and a copy of the course syllabus to the SRO. This information should be presented at the meeting with the instructor. The instructor will submit a formal decision to the student, in writing, within fifteen (15) University business days. A copy of the letter must be sent to the SRO.
Step III If no resolution is achieved at Step I or II, the dispute may be brought to the Department Chair of the relevant department (if the dispute is with the Department Chair, then refer to Step IV). All documentation and a letter of appeal must be submitted to the Department Chair within ten (10) University business days after receipt of the formal decision by the instructor. The SRO can assist with this process. A meeting will then be scheduled between you and the Department Chair. The Chair will submit a formal decision to the student, in writing, within fifteen (15) University business days. A copy of the letter must be sent to the SRO.
Step IV If no resolution is achieved at Step III, the dispute may be brought to the Dean of the relevant College. All documentation and a letter of appeal must be submitted to the Dean within ten (10) University business days after receipt of the formal decision by the Chair. The SRO can assist with this process. A meeting will then be scheduled between you and the Dean with the SRO present. The Dean, as the representative of the relevant College, has the authority to review all documentation, discuss the matter with the instructor and Department Chair, and formulate a resolution. The Dean will submit a formal decision to the student, in writing, within fifteen (15) University business days. A copy of the letter must be sent to the SRO.
Step V If no resolution is achieved at Step IV and you wish to appeal further, the dispute may be brought before the Campus Hearing Committee. All documentation and a letter of appeal must be submitted to the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs within ten (10) University business days after receipt of the formal decision by the Dean. The SRO can assist with this process. The Campus Hearing Committee will consist of a maximum of three (3) faculty members and three (3) students. One (1) staff member will be selected to chair the hearing process and will have no vote in the recommendation process. The Campus Hearing Committee will follow prescribed hearing procedures and make a recommendation directly to the Chancellor who makes the final decision. The Chancellor will then have fifteen (15) University business days to send a formal and final decision to you.
Student Resolution Officer
The Associated Students of MSU Billings employ a Student Resolution Officer to assist students with various academic and nonacademic questions and concerns. The purpose of the Student Resolution Officer is to help students resolve problems or refer them to the appropriate University officer for assistance. Procedures of the grievance process are available from the Student Resolution Officer in the ASMSU Billings office in the Student Union Building.
Registration Procedures
Directions and exact dates for pre-registration are issued each year in the Schedule of Courses. A Schedule of Courses may be obtained at the Office of Admissions and Records ( 406-657-2303), or by contacting the Office of Graduate Studies (406-657-2238). All students are held responsible for knowledge of listed dates.
Late Registration
Students are expected to complete registration within the dates stated. For any delay beyond that period, unless University officials cause such a delay, a late registration fee of $40.00 will be charged as stated in
the General Bulletin. Students permitted to register late must pay the full fees. Students who fail to pay fees or to have their fee payment arranged before the final fee payment day will have their classes deleted for that semester.
Repeated Courses
When a course in which a student has previously attempted credit is repeated, the credit and the first grade received are canceled. The credit and second grade are recorded, even if the second grade is lower. In order to inform the Office of Admissions and Records of a repeated course, the student must file with the Admission and Records Office a Repeat Form that identifies the proper course numbers. Students MUST have the permission of their advisor before repeating any class and courses may be repeated only once.
Adding Courses
Students may add courses during the first seven instructional days of each semester. Students may add courses after the 7th instructional day and up to the 15th instructional day only with the approval of the instructor and the department chairperson.
Final Examinations
Final examinations are scheduled during the last week of each semester. A final examination schedule is published in the Schedule of Courses and a copy of the schedule is available at the Office of Admissions and Records.
Withdrawal Procedures
Please refer to the "Student Fees" section regarding the University refund schedule and policy procedures for students withdrawing from either courses or Montana State University Billings.
Dropping a course
Withdrawal from a course (drop) is permitted through the 7th week, 35th class day of the semester. Withdrawal from a course is permitted through the 13th week and up until 10 class days from the official end of the semester with the approval of the student's academic advisor and course instructor. There is no penalty for failing work through the drop period. After the 13th week students may not drop courses, and the instructor will assign a letter grade other than a "W."
Withdrawal from the University
Students who withdraw from the University during a semester are required to fill out a withdrawal form and complete an exit interview in the Advising and Support Center. Students who officially withdraw from school for the current semester will receive a grade of "W" (Withdrew Passing) in all classes. Students who do not officially withdraw from classes will receive letter grades (other than a "W" grade) to be determined by the instructor of each class.
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Over the past two years, I've tried a lot of different inks in several different pens. Some inks & pens are temperamental: they take extra care to start writing and extra care to...Read complete review
Over the past two years, I've tried a lot of different inks in several different pens. Some inks & pens are temperamental: they take extra care to start writing and extra care to keep writing. I practice good fountain pen cleanliness so old, dried ink in the feed or nib is not the problem. I have several boxes of these ink cartridges. Levenger ink is consistent. It flows well, does not clog nibs, writes from the first stroke, dries quickly, and even improved the performance of my most challenging pen (not one of my True Writers). If you are new to fountain pen use or don't want to spend time fiddling to get the ink to flow, Levenger ink is a good fit and the color selection is rich--every one looks great on white or ivory colored paper. I keep 9 pens inked at all times and write through 3-5 refills per week--always flushing the nibs with each refill to keep pens operating smoothly.
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First, I am a Levenger products fan. I buy lots and lots of Levenger items and am rarely disappointed. But this is the second time I ordered colored ink and did not get...Read complete review
First, I am a Levenger products fan. I buy lots and lots of Levenger items and am rarely disappointed. But this is the second time I ordered colored ink and did not get the color advertised. The blaze orange turns out to be drab olive. A less inspiring color, I simply cannot imagine. It flows well, the quality of the ink is good, and the value is good. If it were just not marketed to be something it is not, it would be fine.
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Wonderful ink, true, smooth colors
By Kat
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Levenger ink writes smoothly and clean. Truly helps in the craftsmanship of penmanship. Brings alive my handwriting with no effort. I would strongly recommend Levenger ink and products of refinement to anyone.
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Cartridges were easy to install in the pen. No problem with the cartridges however, the ink needs to be re-formulated to stop excessive paper bleed through.
I will buy this product again. Good quality at a good price.
By Dr Diana
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Best ink; never fails; "all ways" a winner.
By Sadie Rose
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This is one of those products you find and tell everyone about. I love writing with a REAL ink pen and always have mine on me at all times. I've used more expensive brands in the past... And then I found Levenger.Not only do they have the best inks in an array of vibrant colors, but they have free shipping and the ink is super smooth. But don't take my word for it--get some for yourself! Their Levenger True Writer Pens are amazing too... And you can't beat the value. Makes a great gift for yourself or anyone who loves writing.
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These cartridges make fountain pen use easy and the many colors make it lots of fun!!!!
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Not what it was originally
By Happy Customer
from Clarkston, GA
Okay so I have been a customer with Levenger for a while. And this has been my first time having a serious problem with a product. I love the fountain pens and purchased a few. Along with them I have also purchased the sampler ink. Now I fell in love with one of the inks and I may be incorrect but I kept the pack and the container and to my knowledge, the name of the ink is Blue Bahama. However when I had a Refill pack of 16 sent to me the ink looks a new darker color. I did speak with a representative who sent me a replacement but the color is still "too dark," it looks like the Empyrean above. I can't figure it out. So this is the first time that I haven't been too happy.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Merchant response: We value feedback from all of our customers as part of our commitment to providing quality customer service. We apologize our Blue Bahama Levenger Ink Cartridges did not meet your expectations. We have communicated your concerns to our quality assurance team. Providing our customers with the best possible service is very important to us. If you should need additional assistance please contact our customer service center at 1-800-544-0880.
Great color choices!
By PlannerChick
from North Fort Myers, FL
Levenger has a great selection of ink colors for the True Writer cartridges! I chose Greystroke, and it's just beautiful. Makes writing a pleasure!
(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
Reliable high quality ink with color choices
By Tool Junkie
from Kent WA
In addition to the pleasure of hand writing personal correspondence with quality ink is the delight of adding color choice. Adds an element of interest. I get responses like, "Where did you find that color of green ink?" Just one way of making sure the letter was read. Ho Ho.
Love the concept
By ShellBell
from Edmontonm Alberta
I am just wondering if this was my own fault as maybe these ink cartridges have a shelf life. I have three beautiful fountain pens from Levenger and try to use them all consistently and i was also moving out of my coloured ink comfort zone by trying the sample pack. I tried a couple of them with no problems and then recently I put one in and after many efforts to get it to write I realized the ink was not flowing in the tube and then the next one was the same. I did get the third one to work so I am just wondering if I had let them sit to long or maybe did not store them properly. I have not had any issues with the boxed ink that I have purchased over the years so not sure where I have gone wrong with the sample pack.
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Writing with the joy of free flow !
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A father in Ludwigshafen, Germany was forced to throw his infant son from a fourth-story window of a burning apartment building.
Miraculously, a person on the street below caught the baby. It isn't yet known if the baby's parents survived.
Officials have confirmed five other children, a pregnant woman and three more adults died in the flames.
The building had been crammed with people watching a religious festival in the street below.
The tragedy is the worst to happen in the city of Ludwigshafen since
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Police are now investigating the possibility that it was an arson attack
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If David Ferrer was a car, I think he'd be a Toyota Corolla. Not flashy, reliable and goes forever, that's Ferrer. And on Friday, the men's third seed continued to go about his business with no fuss and even less attention, chalking up a straight-sets 6-2 7-6(5) 6-2 win over 29th seed Jeremy Chardy.
Joining Ferrer in the fourth round are Li Na and Kevin Anderson who pulled off their own versions of the Great Escape, but Jerzy Janowicz wasn't quite so lucky.
The 2011 and 2013 finalist here, Li came back from match point down to break 26th-seeded Czech Lucie Safarova's heart 1-6 7-6(2) 6-3. Meanwhile, Anderson recovered from a two-set deficit to upstage the slippery Edouard Roger-Vasselin 3-6 4-6 6-3 7-6(5) 7-5.
But it was the self-confessed under-prepared Janowicz, the 20th seed here, who was one of the big names to exit, falling to Florian Mayer 7-5 6-2 6-2.
"Most important was I didn't practice for two months," revealed Janowicz. "I just came to Sydney without absolutely any practice and I didn't have opportunity for to prepare myself for long matches. Still, I'm anyway happy I was able to go to this third round."
Ninth-seeded German Angelique Kerber has snuck through to the fourth round with little fanfare. Her 6-3 6-4 win over American Alison Riske sets up a clash with 28th seed Flavia Pennetta.
Seventh seed Tomas Berdych is another who you can add to the flying-under-the-radar list; he notched up his third-straight three-set win on Friday, this time over spirited qualifier Damir Dzumhur.
Just like Roger Federer did earlier this week, Serena Williams has set a new high watermark for Australian Open wins. Williams notched up her 61st win, taking over from Lindsay Davenport (60) with a 6-3 6-3 victory over 31st seed Daniela Hantuchova.
Next up for Serena it will be 14th seed Ana Ivanovic, who doused local favourite Sam Stosur's hopes in three sets, 6-7(8) 6-4 6-2.
What did you say?
"I think the five centimetres save my tournament. If she hit in, I think, whole team on the way to the airport."
- Li Na reflects on Lucie Safarova's missed match point.
It'll be a long drive home for …
Edouard Roger-Vasselin
The man with three names had opponent Kevin Anderson on toast in the fourth-set tiebreak leading 4-0. But Anderson came back, won the tiebreak and forced the match to a deciding set, which he won 7-5. Roger-Vasselin was hoping to make it into the fourth round of a major for the first time; instead he's wondering what went wrong.


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Gayle records please former WI players
Jermaine Lannaman, Gleaner Writer
Former West Indies players Courtney Walsh, Jefferey Dujon and Jackie Hendricks have expressed surprise and delight at the record-breaking feats of Chris Gayle.
Gayle smashed a record 175 not out to guide the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to a 130-run win over Pune Warriors in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament yesterday.
The feat, which beat 158 not out made by New Zealand's Brendon McCallum, also included the fastest century in the history of professional cricket.
Gayle brought up his hundred off 30 balls, which bettered Australia's Andrew Symonds, who previously held the record off 34 balls.
"I was so shocked when I saw the innings. It was something that was totally out of this world," said Hendricks.
"One never expected someone in a 20 overs match to get 170-odd runs.
"It's unbelievable, really and truly and I don't see the records being broken in our lifetime," he added.
Said Walsh: "I am really very happy for him. It's a tremendous achievement and it just goes to show that on his day he can destroy any bowling attack.
"It is a score that people dream about in a 50 overs game, so to see him achieve it in a 20 overs game is something extra special."
Dujon, in the meanwhile, said he always felt that if there was anyone capable of setting a Twenty20 record it was Gayle, and he, too, was overwhelmed by the feats.
"I always thought Gayle had it in him to break records, especially in limited overs cricket," said Dujon.
"He is a very powerful and skilled player and probably the most capable batsman to do something like this.
"I now look forward to him transferring his club form on the international stage for the West Indies, especially with the ICC Champions Trophy coming up in June in England."


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Carlos Queiroz introduces the lambda architecture and showcases how it can be implemented with SpringXD, GemFireXD and Hadoop in a CDR(Call Detail Record) mining application.
Spring XD for Real-time Hadoop Workload Analysis
The authors explain how the Pivotal team leveraged familiar SQL-based queries to analyze fine-grained cluster utilization using Spring XD.
Leading a Healthcare Company to the Big Data Promised Land: A Case Study of Hadoop in Healthcare
Mohammad Quraishi presents implementing a Big Data initiative, detailing preparation, goal evaluation, convincing executives, and post implementation evaluation.
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The speakers show how to provide a scalable runtime environment, that is easily configured and assembled via a simple DSL.
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Gabriel Gonzalez introduces TSAR (TimeSeries AggregatoR), a service for real-time event aggregation designed to deal with tens of billions of events per day at Twitter.
Building a Data Pipeline with the Tools You Have - An Orbitz Case Study
Steve Hoffman, Ken Dallmeyer share their experience integrating Hadoop into the existing environment at Orbitz, creating a reusable data pipeline, ingesting, transporting, consuming and storing data.
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Claudia Perlich discusses privacy-preserving representations, robust high-dimensional modeling, large-scale automated learning systems, transfer learning, and fraud detection.
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Paco Nathan keynotes on how Spark fits into the big data landscape, describing what other systems work with Spark, and explaining why Spark is needed in the future.
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Jim Scott keynotes on the history of Hadoop, the difficulties that this technology has gone through, exploring the reasons why enterprises need to evaluate their targets and prepare for the future.
The Business Value of Big Data Driven by the Internet of Everything
John Zamierowski discusses the business benefits of big data coming from the Internet of Everything, focusing on the "Why" and "How" of big data and current developments in sensor technology.
Persistence: A View from Stratosphere
Stefan Edlich discusses big data systems -Spanner, Presto- and the future of data persistence, data analytics, data formats and of NoSQL/NewSQL in general.
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Lamar Odom Signs Contract to Join New Basketball Team — Where is He Playing?
Lamar Odom's marriage to Khloe Kardashian may be over, but there's still a beacon of hope on the horizon for the former NBA star.
While allegations of heavy drug use may have damaged his reputation stateside, he's still got plenty of people willing to bank on a career comeback — although they're an ocean away.
Fox News reports that Lamar has officially signed a short-term contract with Spanish basketball club Baskonia (also known as Laboral Kuxta), based out of Vitoria-Gasteiz, a city in the Basque country in northern Spain.
Although Lamar had reportedly been hoping to rejoin one of his previous stateside teams, particularly favoring a contract with either the Clippers or the Lakers, it seems as though getting back on the court is better than being jobless for the star. It seems like a good start to reinvigorating his stalled career, but there are still hurdles to overcome before Lamar gains back the respect of his former players and coaches.
"Most NBA GMs want to give him this year off and take a look at him next year after a year away," a source revealed to HollywoodLife.
While Lamar may hope to play for the NBA once again, not everyone is so optimistic about his return to US ball.
Earlier this year, former Lakers coach Phil Jackson said of Lamar's future with the NBA, "I think that bridge might have been burned."
Do you think playing in Spain is a good idea for Lamar? Will it help him get back into the NBA's good graces?


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Lincoln getting set to host MIAA outdoor track championships
Thursday, May 1, 2014
This weekend, area sports fans will get to see something they haven't seen in 15 years – Lincoln track and field athletes competing at home.
And the Blue Tigers won't be taking part in just any meet, as Lincoln's Dwight T. Reed Stadium will play host to the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Outdoor Championships.
So for the first time since last century – 1999 to be specific – fans can see Blue Tigers in their natural environment.
"It's great for our community, they have not seen our track program compete here in town in a long time," Lincoln athletic director Betty Kemna said. "This is an opportunity for us to showcase them. We have world-class athletes that compete on a weekly basis, but our community does not get to see them. Now they can."
As the years went by, more and more hurdles – no pun intended – arose to prevent Lincoln from holding a home meet. Thankfully, Lincoln had more than a gentle nudge pushing it in that direction.
"The track meet is on a rotation, so when we rejoined the MIAA, we knew what year we were going to host the championships," Kemna said. "So for three years we've known that 2014 would be our year to host."
Tim Abney, who has served as the director of the project inside the athletic department, said it didn't take long to realize what a daunting task it would be.
"It is a process that requires patience and getting people to assist," he said. "It's not just saying, 'OK, ready, set, go.' It's making sure you put all the pieces in place."
And the jumping-off point was simple.
"Our first priority became the equipment, because we hadn't hosted in years," Kemna said. "We started looking back when (former Lincoln president) Dr. (Carolyn) Mahoney was here and starting purchasing pieces, like the pole-vault pit. We started putting the very expensive pieces in place first.
"Then it was, we have to go to meets. How do we operate the meet?"
Needless to say, technology has advanced a little in the past 15 years.
"I was here in 1999 and actually was an official for the last meet," Kemna said. "Things have changed. Now you have to have certified officials and you have to have a timing company, it's no longer stopwatches, it's all computer-based. Getting those pieces put in place and getting contracts for those people to be here was next."
The next big step was to hire a meet director, and Kemna didn't have to go far to find one, settling on Dennis Licklider, the longtime Jefferson City coach who won numerous track and field titles with the Jays and Lady Jays before retiring.
"They had talked to me at the (high school) state track meet last year because they knew they were going to host," Licklider said. "We sat down in October and really started ironing out what we wanted to do."
Despite all the work that's come since, he's kept his sense of humor.
"I wasn't sure I was really what they wanted, but so far I've got them fooled," he said with a laugh.
Both Kemna and Licklider spent time at championship-level events hosted by some of the other MIAA schools to get a sense of what was to come.
"Hiring Dennis has really been a lifesaver," Kemna said. "He has everything under control and ready to go.
"He has been in charge of everything. The ability to do that alleviated the burden on (Lincoln) coach (Victor) Thomas and his staff of trying to coordinate this and coaching their programs."
Licklider said the newness of the situation made every task a bit harder than normal.
"If we were at Warrensburg or Emporia that hosts meets all the time, they know what to do and it's just a matter of getting the facility ready and sending out some paperwork," he said. "Between referees and umpires and event officials and volunteers, we've got almost 200 people coming in over the three days to help. And you have to call about 400 to get 200, and then getting them signed up is a major undertaking."
Up next was coming up with a schedule that would accommodate all of the events and athletes smoothly, vetting it with others to make sure no problems would arise. Since then it's been getting all the equipment in place and organizing a work force that includes more than 100 volunteers from the Lincoln community.
Kemna said the end is in sight, but there's no time to relax yet.
"You keep your head down, you say we're going to make this great and you just keep moving forward," she said.
"It's a huge undertaking and I'll need a vacation after Monday," she added with a laugh.
But there's also a sense of excitement that comes with something clearly out of the ordinary.
"We're excited to have it," Abney said. "We want to showcase our men's and women's track teams. We want to let the community see not only the track talent here, but in the conference as well."
Licklider echoed that sentiment.
"I think Lincoln has got a beautiful facility to show off, and they obviously have great track teams," he said. "For the community to not only see Lincoln, but the rest of the MIAA, is a great thing.
"It will be a neat experience, we hope that we have a lot of people come out and watch."
The event gets underway Friday with the first few events in the heptathlon and pentathlon starting at 2 p.m. Saturday's action starts at 10 a.m., with the last event to start at 7:40 p.m. On Sunday, action begins at 10 a.m., with the last event starting at 4:20 p.m.
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of articles about this weekend's MIAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships being hosted by Lincoln University.
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Market Overview we forecast the Hong Kong IT market will grow from around US$4.7bn in 2010 to US$5.8bn in 2014.
Computer sales were on an upwards trend in H110, with retail demand leading the way as the economy recorded positive growth following a contraction in 2009. The government sector is expected to be a key driver, along with stronger demand from the corporate and small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) segments.
IT market growth is forecast at 7% in 2010, but much will depend on continued business and consumer confidence in the economic recovery. In 2010, consumer spending is expected to remain strong, as evidenced by strong demand for Apples iPad. Loan advances continued to grow strongly into May, while imports also increased.
The IT market will be supported by initiatives encouraging the integration of Hong Kongs economy with mainland China and the abolition of taxes on cross-border trade. Recent integration of PCs with wireless networking technologies, as well as the roll-out of 3G mobile networks and popular converged services such as internet protocol television (IPTV), are also drivers.
Industry Developments In February 2010, Hong Kong Financial Secretary John Tsangs maiden budget was broadly positive for local IT market growth, as the government looked to strengthen the economic recovery. The HKD317.2bn (US$40.82bn) budget was composed of higher expenditure and one-off relief measures to support domestic demand and lower-income households. Government fiscal stimulus, including tax relief, was aimed at boosting consumer confidence. In 2009, projects being implemented by Hong Kong public sector organisations included development of a city-wide system for sharing electronic health records and an e-procurement system for the office of the Chief Information Officer.
Beijing made it easier for mainland Chinese residents to apply for visas, increasing the number of visitors and boosting the Hong Kong computer market during the economic slowdown. Many mainlanders visit Hong Kong to purchase notebook computers, digital cameras and other devices. The visa reform was widely perceived as a gesture to help Hong Kong fight the economic crisis.
Competitive Landscape 2010 is projected to be the year of tablet notebooks, spearheaded by Apples iPad. In July 2010, official versions of the iPad became available from mobile telecom service provider 3, as well as authorised Hong Kong resellers and the online Apple store. The iPad is relatively high priced, but seems likely to appeal to fashion-conscious early adopter Hong Kong consumers. Meanwhile the device has also won some corporate customers, including the InterContinental chain of hotels.
Also in July 2010, HP Enterprise Services announced it had signed a 10-year contract with the HKSAR government to help Hong Kong public libraries implement and provide ongoing support for a new integrated library system (ILS). The Virtual ILS system is scheduled to be implemented at Hong Kong Public Library in 2011, and will include a radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to enable automated management of book borrowing rights.
One feature of the IT services competitive landscape is the increasingly aggressive move of telecoms service providers into the IT services space. In May 2010, PCCW Solutions launched its own cloud computing service. Local telecoms company PCCW has forecast the service will break even within one year, and the banking and retailing fields are seen as key areas of potential. Meanwhile in January, Hong Kong Broadband Network, the broadband subsidiary of local telecoms company City Telecom, announced it had formed a partnership with I-Consulting Group to introduce managed services.
Computer Sales we forecast the Hong Kong computer hardware market will be worth US$2.2bn in 2010, 9% growth from 2009. In H110 the market rebounded as consumer spending remained strong, building on an impressive recovery in H209. However, the most popular area of the computer market was netbooks, which were estimated to have accounted for 20-25% of Hong Kong notebook sales in 2009.
Computer sales are expected to maintain an upward trajectory in 2010, with robust consumer demand support by a revival in corporate and SME investment. The Closer Economic Partnership Agreement with mainland China is continuing to expand horizons for smaller enterprises and encourage IT investments.
Software Software sales are forecast at US$1.1bn in 2010 and are expected to reach around US$1.4bn by 2014.
Hong Kong boasts one of the most advanced software markets in the region and software accounts for around 25% of IT revenues. Indeed, the territory has long been an important market for new launches of packaged software products.
The release of Microsofts Windows 7 operating system has the potential to stimulate the market. Beyond basic enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications, business segment growth opportunities include customer relationship management (CRM) and business intelligence. As vendors attention turns to smaller companies, the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model is enjoying increasing popularity in Hong Kong.
IT Services In 2010, the IT services sector is forecast at around US$1.4bn, up from US$1.3bn the previous year. IT services revenues are then projected to grow at a 2010-2014 CAGR of 5%. The market is expected to build on a trend towards larger outsourcing projects evident in both the public and private sectors over the past couple of years: IBM and HP are among those to have won large deals.
The governments Digital 21 initiative will continue to generate a number of projects, while one of the highest IT spending verticals should be the financial sector, where IT systems and processes still generally lag some way behind Hong Kongs status as a leading global financial centre. The IT services industry benefits from Hong Kongs excellent telecoms infrastructure, with Hong Kong being the first city to fully digitise its fixed-line telecoms networks.
Cyberport The Cyberport was designed to provide the city with a major regional hub that would attract leading IT companies and professionals. The first phase of the HKD13bn project, developed by PCCW, was inaugurated in November 2001. After the science park opened in June 2003, it came under criticism for failing to attract enough tenants to fill the 38,000m2 of office space. This was mitigated slightly when the Dutch electronics firm Philips agreed to rent a floor and Microsoft announced it was moving its 250 Hong Kong-based employees there. However, high-tech blue chip companies seem to have lost interest, with commentators pointing to the lack of a mature venture capitalist community, favourable egovernment policy or even entrepreneurial spirit. As the Cyberport does enjoy some advantages, including a favourable location and proximity to the vast mainland market, there is increasing demand for the government to revive the project.
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This coffee machine is relatively easy to use. The quality of coffee is good ( depending on the beans).
The machine tends to get clogged up from time to time due to scaling. Descaling can be done with acetic acid.That too works for some time until the machine clogs up completely.
Here is where your trouble begins. This company has outsourced its repair services.Unfortunately these people have no technical know how about how to repair these machines.Apparently new parts are also difficult to come by.I had to throw away my machine after these people were unable to mend it after 3 months!
Please take my advice and invest in some other coffee machine where they can fix your machine when it goes wrong.